"Peter Puck wants to know if steeplejacks have good prospects."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1930.

"That ye may be able to withstand in the evil day."  From The Improvement Era, 1966.

"Chronic vigour."  From St. Louis University's 1937 yearbook.

Tag yourself:

• assassin of joy

• dinner depresser

• bane or blight at supper

• conversational half portion

• intellectual side dish

From Vanity Fair, 1916.

"Why it is better to make your Christmas puddings now."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1936.

"'It' needs taking care of."  From The Gateway, 1966.

"Cows have ears for news."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1946.

From Help from Beyond by Henry L. Stern, 1974.

"A tadpole on my toothbrush."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1966.

"Island that blew its head off."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.

"Many are in dire need of a star to steer by."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1966.

Before Wendy Carlos' synthesizer album Switched-On Bach (1968) and the disco of Hooked on Classics (1981), there was Jean Casadesus' versatility with boogie and Bach.  From The Current Sauce, 1950.

"Let mirth go on, let pleasure know no pause."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1919.

Q: "How does air act?"

A: Unconscionably. 

From Modern Science in Our Environment by Dull & Mann, 1942.

"The great march to death.  Lemmings on the move again.  A tragic exodus that sets us all thinking."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1926.

"Will it be this next?"  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1968.

"Universe is likened to dying old man as 'cosmic night' nears."  From The Aberree, 1962.  

"Like an octopus of ice.  Mount Rainier's tentacles spread out over 100 square miles—while glaciers creep down its slopes, internal fires send forth steam and flowers crowd its base."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1915.

"Who knew this much went on?"  From The Omen, 1996.

Bad news for those under the assumption that fresh air is enough.  Fresh air is not, in fact, enough.  From The Children's Newspaper, 1930.