Wop—A term of derision directed at an Italian who earns a difficult livelihood digging ten hours a day at subways by an American actor who earns an easy livelihood digging twenty minutes a night at Ford automobiles.
A scream—The designation of an allusion to the Prince of Denmark in Shakespeare’s celebrated tragedy as “omelet.”
Team—A term applied to two vaudeville actors who get twice as much money as they deserve.
Sure-fire—A compound word employed to describe any allusion to President Wilson or the performer’s mother.
Swell—An adjective used to describe the appearance of a gentleman performer who wears a diamond stud in his batwing tie or of a lady performer who is able to pronounce “caviar” correctly.
Artiste—A vaudeville actress who carries her own plush curtain.
Dresden-China Comedienne—Any vaudeville actress who is not a comedienne and who wears a poke bonnet fastened under the chin with pale blue ribbons.
Headliner—A performer of whom audiences in the legitimate theatres have wearied.
Society’s Pet—The designation of any young woman performer who has danced in a Broadway restaurant that was visited one evening by a slumming party from Fifth Avenue.
Mind-reader—A vaudeville performer who imagines the members of a vaudeville audience have minds to read.