the magnificence of the cigar-bands.

Sec.355

That candle light makes a woman forty-five years old look fifteen years
younger.

Sec.356

That the winters in the United States are a good deal less cold than
they used to be, and that the change has been caused by the Gulf Stream.

Sec.357

That the Thursday matinees given by Chauncey Olcott are attended only by
Irish servant girls.

Sec.358

That the reason the British authorities didn't lock up Bernard Shaw
during the war was because they were afraid of his mind.

Sec.359

That Professor Garner is able to carry on long and intimate
conversations with monkeys in their own language.

Sec.360

That oysters are a great aphrodisiac.

Sec.361

That if one sleeps with one's head on a high pillow one will be
round-shouldered.

Sec.362

That coal miners get so dirty that they have to wash so often that they
are the cleanest working-men in the world.

Sec.363

That the average French housewife can make such a soup out of the
contents of a garbage-can that the eater will think he is at the Ritz.

Sec.364

That such authors as Dr. Frank Crane and Herbert Kaufman do not really
believe what they write, but print it simply for the money that is in
it.

Sec.365

That the average newspaper cartoonist makes $100,000 a year.

Sec.366

That when a play is given in an insane asylum the inmates always laugh
at the tragic moments and cry at the humorous moments.

Sec.367

That if a girl takes the last cake off a plate she will die an old maid.

Sec.368

That men high in public affairs always read detective stories for
diversion.

Sec.369

That the wireless news bulletins posted daily on ocean liners are made
up on board.

Sec.370

That the Swiss, when they sing, always yodel.

Sec.371

That all German housewives are very frugal.

Sec.372

That if one holds a buttercup under a person's chin and a yellow light
is reflected upon that person's chin, it is a sign that he likes butter.

Sec.373

That all penny-in-the-slot weighing machines make a fat woman lighter
and a thin woman heavier.

Sec.374

That in the period just before a woman's baby is born the woman's face
takes on a peculiar spiritual and holy look.

Sec.375

That when a Chinese laundryman hands one a slip for one's laundry, the
Chinese letters which he writes on the slip have nothing to do with the
laundry but are in reality a