Encyclopaedia Vanitifaria

HENRY WILLIAM HANEMANN

ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. Rockaway Beach, L. I.

BASILISK. 1—Society woman engaged in public war charity work. 2—Blacklisted exporter reporting at censor's office.

BEDLAM. See United States Senate, also Russia.

BOHEMIANS. They who wash behind screens but not behind the ears. BROADWAY. Street in New York City blamed for everything and deserving it.

CECILIA, ST. A pure and innocent maiden, six or seven years old— generally six.

CHEAPSIDE. 1—The farther end of a grandstand. 2—West of Fifth Avenue.

DARBY AND JOAN. Weber and Fields. Also Hearst and Hylan. Also Wilson and Senate.

DE PROFUNDIS. See Jersey commuter.

DIXIE. A means to divert suspicion. Employed by Wagnerian tenors. ELGIN MARBLES. Ball bearings in an Elgin watch.

GODIVA, LADY. The symbol of a beautiful nude; see Wintergarden, Vanity Fair, Kaylaurel.

HOBSON'S CHOICE. Take it or leave it; see Woodrowwilson, League of Nations.

HOURIS. Wild Women. See Long Beach, L. I. (Sunday). JUGGERNAUT. 1—Fifth Avenue Bus. 2—Elderly couple performing at the Club de Vingt.

KIT KAT CLUB, THE. Red Cross Workshop.

LAND OF NOD. Washington, D. C.

MARE'S NEST, TO FIND A. TO go South for the Winter. See Hylan. MAYFLOWER. The only boat which has carried more passengers than The Leviathan.

OSTRACISM. See Alcohol.

PARADISE LOST. See Bartender, July 1.

ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. One dollar for a dry Martini. See Outrage. SANS CULOTTE. See Vogue, fashion department.

TAMMANY HALL. A common place of license, crime and intrigue.

Do not confuse with WEBSTER HALL.

TOUR, THE GRAND. See Woodrowwilson, Paris to Washington, D. C., or bust.

VENT, VIDI, VICI. Phrase coined by Julius Caesar for William Hohenzollern. Returned to Julius by William as unavailable.

VENT, VIDI, VICHY! The war cry of the prohibitionists.

VITUS, ST. (Also St. Vitus' Dance.) A dance invented by St. Vitus.

Now called "Shaking the Shimmie."

WANDERING JEW, THE. See Reisenweber's dance floor, (Sophie Tucker room).