That no well-bred person ever chews gum.

Sec.471

That all actors sleep till noon, and spend the afternoon calling on

women.

Sec.472

That the men who make sauerkraut press it into barrels by jumping on it

with their bare feet.

Sec.473

That the moment a nigger gets eight dollars, he goes to a dentist and

has one of his front teeth filled with gold.

Sec.474

That one never sees a Frenchman drunk, all the souses whom one sees in

Paris being Americans.

Sec.475

That a daughter is always a much greater comfort to a mother in after

life than a son.

Sec.476

That a man with a weak, receding chin is always a nincompoop.

Sec.477

That English butlers always look down on their American employers, and

frequently have to leave the room to keep from laughing out loud.

Sec.478

That the most faithful and loving of all dogs is the Newfoundland.

Sec.479

That a man always dislikes his mother-in-law, and goes half-crazy every

time she visits him.

Sec.480

That if one doesn't scratch a mosquito bite it will stop itching.

Sec.481

That all the men in the moving picture business were formerly cloak and

suit merchants, and that they are now all millionaires.

Sec.482

That the accumulation of money makes a man hard, and robs him of all his

finer qualities.

Sec.483

That, in an elevator, it is always a man who usurps the looking-glass.

Sec.484

That it is very unlucky to wear an opal.

Sec.485

That if a man's eyebrows meet, it is a sign that he has a very

unpleasant nature.

Sec.486

That a negro ball always ends up in a grand free-for-all fight, in which

several coons are mortally slashed with razors.

Sec.487

That if Houdini were locked up in Sing Sing, he would manage to make his

get-away in less than half an hour's time.

Sec.488

That Bob Ingersoll is in hell.

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