BASEBALL

    A game in which the young man who bravely strikes out for himself receives no praise for it.

     BAT

    Senior partner of Bat, Ball & Co., and never found without the rest of the firm, as it takes several high-balls to make one short bat.

     BEACH

    A strip of sand, skirted by water; covered with lady-killers in summer, life-savers in winter, and used as a haven—or heaven—for Smacks the year around.

     BENEDICT

    A married male.

     BENEDICTINE

    A married female.

     BENEDICTION

    Their children.

     BERTH

    An aid to sleep, invented by Pullman. Lower preferred.

     BIRTH

    An aid to life, discovered by Woman. Higher preferred.

     BICYCLE-SKIRT

    A abbreviated garment that makes women look shorter and men longer.

     BIGAMY

    A form of insanity in which a man insists on paying three board bills instead of two.

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