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.


STAYS A sort of straight-jacket employed in reforming women.