First she was a Christian Scientist,
And then a New Thought daughter;
Next she became a Theosophist,
Then Bahaiism caught her.
But now her Occultism wanes,
Astrology dispelling;
Her Orobaldity remains
As just plain Fortune-Telling.
O´votch, n. 1. One who does things merely because others do. One swayed by popular crazes, the victim of custom. 2. A currently popular fad or form of amusement.
To-day, baseball is an ovotch; dancing, whist, golf, Eurythmics, Eugenics, Kelly pool and Burgess Unabridged. (See Blurb.)
Golf is a re-ovotch, a revival of an obsolete sport. The popular tune of the day is an ovotch; the current slang; the fad of the hour in custom and costume.
Past is the ovotch of the bicycle, croquet and archery; to-morrow the ovotch may be put upon flying, skin-tight trousers, or free love. (See Thusk.)
One ovotch will never be revived, the family reciter, with her vox humana tremulo voice.
In Grandma’s time, the ovotch quaint
Was to be meek and modest;
She used to have the “vapors”—(faint)
She was so tightly bodiced.
What is the ovotch for a maid
To-day? The gown that lets
Her lissome figure be displayed,—
And smoking cigarettes.
Pa-loo´dle, n. 1. One who gives unnecessary or undesired information. 2. Uncalled-for advice. 3. A recital of obvious details.