HEBREW

n : A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation. HELPMATE, n. A wife, or bitter half. “Now, why is yer wife called a helpmate, Pat?” Says the priest. “Since the time o yer woo in’ She’s niver a isted in what ye were at— For it’s naught ye are ever do in’.” “That’s true of yer Riverence,” Patrick replies, And no sign of contrition evinces; “But, bedad, it’s a fact which the word implies, For she helps to mate the expinses!” Marley Wottel. 141