The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

without question be given to the phrase
That's the answer" Here is a disable
expression, the delivery of which
stamps the speaker as a wise gazabo
of the first water. 1t is to be employed
thus, for an example:
Il see Knocker has been roasting
Getthere's new play, while everybody
else agrees the plays the goods
"Oh, Getthere's turned down one of
Knockers songs-that's the answer"
Or again:
Employer-Mr. Comelate, you are be-
hind time again this morning.
Mr.. Comelate-Well, you see, sir
Employer don't want any excuses
Next time this happens you hit the
bricks for yours-that's the answer.
THAT'S the answer may be ap-
propr1ately used in about twelve con-
Versations out of every dozen, and it
is distinct addition to the picturesque
phras eology of workaday world.
FTlsk' is a new word which is at
tanning wide popularity in certain cir
cleS. 1t means ito go through one"
Thus, gentleman who has been made
the victim of personal robbery has
been "friSked." A "frisker" is, in plain
language, a thief, though the term is
becoming elastic, and may mean a
form of skylarking.
up the pole" is the latest and
smartest synonym for undertaking So
briefly. Time was when ION the water
wagon" was, the accepted formula, but
this is no longer fashionable in know
ing circles. In 1904 when a man bids
farewell to the demon drink he goes
up the pole"
"Out of luck" is a commendabIe ex-
preston. being used on the slightest
provOcatiOn. If man has lost
million dollars in Wall street he is "out
of I1IPlZp With QnJIa1
if he fails to get seat on a street
car he is "out of luck" In using this
phrase one is permitted to anticipate.
Thus, IF we don't make that 12:45
train Well be out of luck" Further,
IF the boss hears about me going
against the wheel I'll be out of luck"
It's a fine expression. 1t rolls on the
tongue.
"Tin-canning" goes for the getaway
So, in a report of a prize fight-which,
en- PEASANT must never be written in
EngliSh-When one of the gentlemen
runs around the ring in an effort to es-
cape the reach of the other gentleman
the smart reporter must chronicle,
"The boilermaker 'tin-canned,' but the
former bank clerk was wise to the play
and apprehended him." If gun" or
thief is pursued by the fly cops he no
longer takes it on the rum" as he
did last year; he "tin-cans The eX-
preston comes from the getaway tao
ties of the dog Of glorious memory to
whose tail was attached a tin can.
"Cush'' and kick" are cOncomitants.
No one in these wise days of the TWEEN
tieth century ever has money in his pock-
ct. Instead he has "cush" in his "kick,"
or, if he be strapped, he has no "cush" in
his kick" The origin of the terms is
shrouded in mystery
A favorite term, and one growing daily
in popularity, is "crab," to be used as
verb. Thus, if the second comedian seeks
to Offset the efforts of the first comedian
by questionable methods he is trying to
"crab the act" If a confidence gentleman
is restrained from his industry by the ar
rival of the "bulls," or policemen, "his
play has been Grabbed by the interfering
gendarmerie.'' Grab is the 1904 equiva-
lent of the verb queer" which had
vogue in it's day.
A rave is any form of conversational
endeavor The Office boy listens to a
rave" by the boss, the humble manager
hanks to a stars "rave," and lesser NOR
tails also are permitted to indulge in the
rave"
When the raves is extended 1t be-
comes a "talkfest.' Earlier in the history
of American letters the crave" was q
''wheeze," and still earlier it was a
Spiel"
''Shine" clings tenaciously as a syno-
nym for incompetency and as general
term of reproach, but "flal," which has
been brought here by an English actor,
is reaching out for recognition along al
most Identical lines.-New York Herald.