ILLUSTRATIONS
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WOWZE
A conscientious tangoist inflated with her vanity Attempting to excel a silly partner in inanityFrontispiece
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BRIPKIN
A person whose apparel by its conscious imitation lies Respecting the society in which his limitation lies9
DIABOB
A complicated artifact devised in proof of amity Producing to æstheticism visual calamity15
HUZZLECOO
A conversation intimate, intensific but amical Surcharged with personalities outrageously dynamical37
JIRRIWIG
An unaffected traveler engrossed in Touristology, A middle-western species of the Baedeker biology47
KIPE
Evaluating notice with impertinent serenity, The envious propensity of feminine amenity53
QUOOB
An undress-suited being in an access of humility Apologizing vainly for apparent incivility77
SPLOOCH
The acme of ineptitude whose quality unfortunate Assails our sensibilities with agony importunate89
TASHIVATE
Indulgent inattention to a chatter of banality Emotionally answered with a feeling of tonality93
WOG
A thinglet unpremeditated marring one’s consistency Or dignity or pulchritude with devillish persistency109