OPTIMISM A cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea-kettle to
sing though in hot water up to its nose.

ORCHARD The small boy's Eden of today, in which the apple again
occasions the fall.

OSTRICH The largest and heaviest bird on earth, yet rated by his
owners only as a featherweight.

OUTSKIRTS The only garments which clothe many a metropolis with
decency.

OVEN The only sport who enjoys an equally hot time with or without
the dough.


Handsome is what hansoms charge.

P

Soap, long deferred, maketh the dirt stick.


PAIN A sensation experienced on receiving a Punch, particularly
the London one.

PALMISTRY A plausible excuse for holding hands.

PANTS Trousers' Country Cousins.