WHY YOU THINK YANKEES SMART.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14554, 23 June 1913, Page 7

WHY YOU THINK YANKEES SMART.

The average American worships a " 'cute" newspaper or advertising title, as he adores one that will confer upon him an "'Open Tsesame" to society. His vocabulary is enriched by numberless catchy, headlines, designed to attract. "The Living Thing on Earth" he describes himself. If he doesn't think a deal of your ability, "you cut no ice.'-' Items of popular* interest are neatly labelled "'Thought food in tabloid form." When he tires of your company he says "Git!" or "Well, you won't exude genius on the first floor, anyway !" When ,he "makes good" in a business deal, he remarks that "he has got a cinch i "—slang for packsaddle kniot. He thanks his stars that "there's a sucker born every minute," for whom he "keeps his .syes skinned." The gentleman who doesn't pay his bills is "a quitter from way back," aiid his disappointment at not receiving payment is sad as a- "hire system iuneral stunt." . „_ ' If you lack "savvy"—a contraction of savoir faire—you haven't the "grip" to instruct your "stenographer" or the "nous'^to run a "fivecent, candy outfit." "Bully" i» a synonym for firstrate ; and if your American dislikes a business proposition he " gives you the frozen face," and you "are up against trouble." Then it "is up to you" to set things right, or you will "be turned down." It is a labour-saving country.