Man proposes, then woman imposes.


RABBIT A small rodent, very similar to a hare, which feeds on
grass and burrows in the earth. WELSH RABBIT More like a string,
thrives on cheese and burrows in the stomach.

RACE-TRACK An interesting locality, where pools are bought and
sold in books and the heat never interferes with the search for the
Pole.

RADIUM A radiant radiator, redolent of ranging radial rays of
radio-activity, raised to radical rates and regarded as a ruthless
rake-off in the reign of riches within the arrayed radius of a
raging, raving and raided race.

RAG-TIME Music pulled into many pieces--the invention of a
flannel-mouth to which many have cottoned.

RAPID TRANSIT A municipal myth, circulated for the amusement of
the long suffering--and slow moving--public.

REFORM In general, a periodic epidemic, starting with marked heat,
followed by a high fever, and accompanied by a flow of ink in the
newspapers, a discharge of words from the face and a rush of blood
to the polls, leaving the victim a chronic invalid until the next
campaign. In New York, reform has been confined to a Low attempt
at government.