That a Southern levee is a gay place.

Sec.153

That when a dog whines in the middle of the night, it is a sure sign
that some one is going to die.

Sec.154

That the stenographer in a business house is always coveted by her
employer, who invites her to luncheon frequently, gradually worms his
way into her confidence, keeps her after office hours one day,
accomplishes her ruin, and then sets her up in a magnificently furnished
apartment in Riverside Drive and appeases her old mother by paying the
latter's expenses for a summer holiday with her daughter at the
seashore.

Sec.155

That the extinction of the Indian has been a deplorable thing.

Sec.156

That everybody has a stomach-ache after Thanksgiving dinner.

Sec.157

That, in summer, tan shoes are much cooler on the feet than black shoes.

Sec.158

That every man who calls himself Redmond is a Jew whose real name is
Rosenberg.

Sec.159

That General Grant never directed a battle save with a cigar in his
mouth.

Sec.160

That there is something slightly peculiar about a man who wears spats.

Sec.161

That the more modest a young girl is, the more innocent she is.

Sec.162

That what a woman admires above everything else in a man is an upright
character.

Sec.163

That seafaring men drink nothing but rum.

Sec.164

That no family in the slums has less than six children.

Sec.165

That a piece of camphor worn on a string around the neck will ward off
disease.

Sec.166

That a saloon with a sign reading "Family Entrance" on its side door
invariably has a bawdy house upstairs.

Sec.167

That the wife of a rich man always wistfully looks back into the past
and wishes she had married a poor man.

Sec.168

That all persons prominent in smart society are very dull.

Sec.169

That when ordering a drink of whiskey at a bar, a man always used to
instruct the bartender as to the size of the drink he desired by saying
"two fingers" or "three fingers."

Sec.170

That all the wine formerly served in Italian restaurants was made in the
cellar, and was artificially coloured with some sort of dye that was
very harmful to the stomach.

Sec.171

That bootblacks whistle because they are so happy.

Sec.172

That stokers on ocean liners are from long service so used to the heat
of the furnaces that they don't notice it.

Sec.173

That what draws men to horse races is love of the sport