(19) When my railway-shares are going up, and Froggy seems nearly mad
with joy, _that_ is the time my tailor always chooses for calling with
his little bill;
(20) When the day is cool and the thermometer low, and I say nothing to
Froggy about his being quite the dandy, and there's not the ghost of a
grin on his face, I haven't the heart for my cigar!
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4.
(1) Any one, fit to be an M.P., who is not always speaking, is a public
benefactor;
(2) Clear-headed people, who express themselves well, have had a good
education;
(3) A woman, who deserves praise, is one who can keep a secret;
(4) People, who benefit the public, but do not use their influence for
good purpose, are not fit to go into Parliament;
(5) People, who are worth their weight in gold and who deserve praise,
are always unassuming;
(6) Public benefactors, who use their influence for good objects,
deserve praise;
(7) People, who are unpopular and not worth their weight in gold, never
can keep a secret;
(8) People, who can talk for ever and are fit to be Members of
Parliament, deserve praise;
(9) Any one, who can keep a secret and who is unassuming, is a
never-to-be-forgotten public benefactor;
(10) A woman, who benefits the public, is always popular;
(11) People, who are worth their weight in gold, who never leave off
talking, and whom it is impossible to forget, are just the people whose
photographs are in all the shop-windows;
(12) An ill-educated woman, who is not clear-headed, is not fit to go
into Parliament;
(13) Any one, who can keep a secret and is not for ever talking, is sure
to be unpopular;
(14) A clear-headed person, who has influence and uses it for good
objects, is a public benefactor;
(15) A public benefactor, who is unassuming, is not the sort of person
whose photograph is in every shop-window;
(16) People, who can keep a secret and who use their influence for good
purposes, are worth their weight in gold;
(17) A person, who has no power of expression and who cannot influence
others, is certainly not a _woman_;
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(18) People, who are popular and worthy of praise, either are public
benefactors or else are unassuming.
Univ. "persons"; a = able to keep a secret; b = clear-headed;
c = constantly talking; d = deserving praise; e = exhibited in
shop-windows; h = expressing oneself well; k = fit to be an M.P.;
l = influential; m = never-to-be-forgotten; n = popular; r = public
benefactors; s = unassuming; t = using one's influence for good objects;
v = well-educated; w = women; z = worth one's weight in gold.
5.
Six friends, and their six wives, are staying in the same hotel; and
they all walk out daily, in parties of various size and composition. To
ensure variety in these daily walks, they have agree to observe the
following Rules:--
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