Wisdom while you wait

Scene 2. Sunrise in the Plain of Universal Knowledge.

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Triumph of the Supplement Girl.

_Stage Managers_ MESSRS. KLAW AND ERLANGER. _Musical Conductor_ J. A. FULLER MAITLAND, ESQ.

Costumes by Messrs. Hatchard. Wigs by G. R. Sims. Ices by Lieutenant Peary. Zero whisky by Professor Dewar.

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_The NEW EDITION of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE_

_not only gives a succinct birds-eye view of the_ dernier cri _in every field of mental activity, but retells anew, in crisp and chatty fashion, the story of such departments of human knowledge as have been revolutionised under the searchlight of the Bell’s Eye Lantern. A glance at the margin of this cover will convince the reader how completely the Supplement fills any gaps in existing works of reference._

=HORTICULTURE= since Grape Nuts.

=SCIENCE= since Maskelyne & Cook

=LITERATURE= since T. P.

=HISTORY= since Mr. Markham

=TRADE= since J. P. Morgan

=SPORT= since Ping-Pong

=MUSIC= since Dolly Gray

=RELIGION= since Mrs. Eddy

=ADVERTISING= since Bell

=WAR= since Major Pond

=MEDICINE= since Pink Pills

=ART= since ‘I hear they want more’

=CUISINE= since Newnham Davis

=BIOGRAPHY= since M. A. P.

=MONARCHY= since Roosevelt

=JOURNALISM= since C. B. Fry

=HORSEFLESH= since Petrol

=POLITICS= since Winston Churchill

Transcriber’s Notes

Italics are indicated as _italics_.

Bold words are indicated as =bold=.

Small capitals were changed to all capitals.

Inconsistent word hyphenation and spelling have been regularized.

Apparent typographical errors have been changed.

Page 29: “on the roads that leads” changed to “on the roads that lead”.