Sec.336
That while it may be possible, in every individual case of spiritualist
communication with the dead, to prove fraud by the medium, the
accumulated effect of such communications is to demonstrate the
immortality of the soul.
Sec.337
That an Italian who earns and saves $1,000 in America can take the money
home, invest it in an estate, and live like a rich man thereafter.
Sec.338
That all Mormons, despite the laws against it, still practise polygamy,
and that they have agents all over the world recruiting cuties for their
harems.
Sec.339
That when a man goes to a photographer's to have his picture taken, the
knowledge that he is having his picture taken always makes him very
self-conscious, thus causing him to assume an expression which results
in the photograph being an inaccurate likeness.
Sec.340
That if the lower line on the palm of one's hand is a long one, it is a
sign that one is going to live to a ripe old age.
Sec.341
That Italian counts, before the war, always used to make their expenses
when they came to America by acting as wine agents.
Sec.342
That a Russian peasant, in the days of the czar, drank two quarts of
vodka a day.
Sec.343
That a German farmer can raise more produce on one acre of land than an
American can raise on a hundred.
Sec.344
That a boil on the neck purifies the blood and is worth $1,000.
Sec.345
That whenever a Frenchman comes home unexpectedly, some friend of the
family makes a quick sneak out of the back door.
Sec.346
That every negro servant girl spends at least half of her wages on
preparations for taking the kink out of her hair.
Sec.347
That the licorice candy sold in cheap candy stores is made of old rubber
boots.
Sec.348
That if a boy is given all he wants to drink at home he will not drink
when he is away from home.
Sec.349
That the second-class passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship always
have more fun than the first-class passengers.
Sec.350
That a drunken man always pronounces every "s" as "sh."
Sec.351
That champagne will prevent seasickness.
Sec.352
That thin wrists and slender ankles are unmistakable signs of
aristocratic breeding.
Sec.353
That when one asks a girl to go canoeing she always brings along a
bright red or yellow sofa cushion.
Sec.354
That when a woman buys cigars for a man she always judges the quality of
the cigars by
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