--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.
--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.
--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 a.s.sume an expression which results in the photograph being an inaccurate likeness.
--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.
--341
That Italian counts, before the war, always used to make their expenses when they came to America by acting as wine agents.
--342
That a Russian peasant, in the days of the czar, drank two quarts of vodka a day.
--343
That a German farmer can raise more produce on one acre of land than an American can raise on a hundred.
--344
That a boil on the neck purifies the blood and is worth $1,000.
--345
That whenever a Frenchman comes home unexpectedly, some friend of the family makes a quick sneak out of the back door.
--346
That every negro servant girl spends at least half of her wages on preparations for taking the kink out of her hair.
--347
That the licorice candy sold in cheap candy stores is made of old rubber boots.
--348
That if a boy is given all he wants to drink at home he will not drink when he is away from home.
--349
That the second-cla.s.s pa.s.sengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship always have more fun than the first-cla.s.s pa.s.sengers.
--350
That a drunken man always p.r.o.nounces every "s" as "sh."
--351
That champagne will prevent seasickness.
--352
That thin wrists and slender ankles are unmistakable signs of aristocratic breeding.
--353
That when one asks a girl to go canoeing she always brings along a bright red or yellow sofa cushion.
--354
That when a woman buys cigars for a man she always judges the quality of the cigars by the magnificence of the cigar-bands.
--355
That candle light makes a woman forty-five years old look fifteen years younger.
--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.