SHAMROCK A three-time loser as a racer at sea, but a four-time
winner as an "ad." for tea--and Sir T.

SHEPHERD One who depends on a crook for a living.

SHIRT Every man's bosom friend.

SILVER A metallic form of opium, smoked by Presidential
impossibilities.

SINNER A stupid person who gets found out.

SNAP A brisk, energetic quality that enables a man with ginger to
take the cake.

SNORE An unfavorable report from headquarters.

SOROSIS A female gas company that lays its pipes on cultivated
grounds.

SPAGHETTI A table-dish eaten only by Italians and jugglers. From
Lat. spadix, branch, or fork, and gestamen, burden. A burden for
the fork.

SPIDER A busy weaver and a good correspondent, who drops a line by
every post.

STARS The greatest astronomers known, having studded the heavens
for ages.