A dog with three heads, a serpent's tail and several
snakes around his neck, who guarded the main entrance to Hades.
When a man begins to see snakes and one head looks like three, it's
a cinch he's not far from Hell.
CHARON. The gloomy gondolier of the Styx, who carried the dead to
the Other World--if they paid him first.
And even to-day, he who patronizes Rapid Transit must pay his fare
in advance.
CUPID. The son of Venus and the God of Love, who with bow and
arrows punctured men's bosoms with the darts of admiration.
But now-a-days the arrow's not in it with a snug bathing suit or a
decollette gown.
DAEDALUS. The original Santos Dumont, who invented and
successfully operated a flying-machine that would fly. His son,
Icarus, tried the trick, went too high and fell into the sea.
A flier frequently precedes a fall--especially in Wall Street.
DIANA. The goddess of the chase; unmarried.
And this is very fitting. May the chase always be for the
unmarried only!
HERCULES. The Gritty Greek (no relation to the Terrible Turk), an
independent laborer, who always had a good job awaiting him.
It is interesting to recall the days when non-union labor had all
the work it wanted.
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