ec.217

That farmers afford particularly easy prey for book-agents and are the
largest purchasers of cheap sets of Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling
and O. Henry.

Sec.218

That George Washington never told a lie.

Sec.219

That a dark cigar is always a strong one.

Sec.220

That the night air is poisonous.

Sec.221

That a hair from a horse's tail, if put into a bottle of water, will
turn into a snake.

Sec.222

That champagne is the best of all wines.

Sec.223

That it snowed every Christmas down to fifteen years ago.

Sec.224

That if a young woman finds a piece of tea leaf floating around the top
of her tea cup, it is a sign that she will be married before the end of
the year.

Sec.225

That if, after one lusty blow, a girl's birthday cake reveals nine
candles still burning, it is a sign that it will be nine years before
she gets married.

Sec.226

That if, while promenading, a girl and her escort walk on either side of
a water hydrant or other obstruction instead of both walking 'round it
on the same side, they will have a misunderstanding before the month is
over.

Sec.227

That it is unlikely that a man and woman who enter a hotel without
baggage after 10 P.M. and register are man and wife.

Sec.228

That all country girls have clear, fresh, rosy complexions.

Sec.229

That chorus girls spend the time during the entr'-actes sitting around
naked in their dressing-rooms telling naughty stories.

Sec.230

That many soldiers' lives have been saved in battle by bullets lodging
in Bibles which they have carried in their breast pockets.

Sec.231

That each year the Fourth of July exodus to the bathing beaches on the
part of persons from the city establishes a new record.

Sec.232

That women with red hair or wide nostrils are possessed of especially
passionate natures.

Sec.233

That three-fourths of the inhabitants of Denver are lungers who have
gone there for the mountain air.

Sec.234

That, when sojourning in Italy, one always feels very lazy.

Sec.235

That the people of Johnstown, Pa., still talk of nothing but the flood.

Sec.236

That there is no finer smell in the world than that of burning autumn
leaves.

Sec.237

That Jules Verne anticipated all the great modern inventions.

Sec.238

That a man is always a much heartier eater than a woman.

Sec.239

That all the girls in Mr. Ziegfeld's "Follies"