OIL. See John D. Rockerfeller--if you can.

OLD HEN. The pet name a man has for his wife because she rules the
roost.

OLIVE. A green grape dropped in a cocktail so the customer can pull it
out with his fingers. See _Cherry_.

ONION. A noisy vegetable eaten principally by people who sit next to us
in street cars.

OPERA. A device used for the purpose of making a fortune for a good
singer.

OPPORTUNITY. Something never seen until it is not there to be looked at.

ORIGINALITY. The gift some people have of saying the bright things which
we intended to think about later on.

OSLER. A modern abbreviation of chloroform. An up to date bogie man
invented for the purpose of chasing "has-beens" to the woods.

OSLERESQUE. The state of being ready for _Oslerizing_. See any man
over forty.

OSLERISM. The art of picking out a fit subject for the _Osler_
treatment. "You can lead an old man into a drugstore but you can't make
him drink chloroform." (Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy, page 19.)

OSLERIZE. To pour chloroform over an old man's breakfast food and