n him could lick Jack Dempsey.

Sec.103

That fully one half the repertoire of physical ailments is due to uric
acid.

Sec.104

That a woman, when buying a cravat for a man, always picks out one of
green and purple with red polka-dots.

Sec.105

That a negro's vote may always be readily bought for a dollar.

Sec.106

That cripples always have very sunny dispositions.

Sec.107

That if one drops a crust of bread into one's glass of champagne, one
can drink indefinitely without getting drunk.

Sec.108

That a brass band always makes one feel like marching.

Sec.109

That, when shaving on a railway train, a man invariably cuts himself.

Sec.110

That the male Spaniard is generally a handsome, flashing-eyed fellow,
possessed of fiery temper.

Sec.111

That after drinking a glass of absinthe one has peculiar hallucinations
and nightmares.

Sec.112

That since the Indians were never bald, baldness comes from wearing
tight hats.

Sec.113

That all wine-agents are very loose men.

Sec.114

That the editor of a woman's magazine is always a lizzie.

Sec.115

That what is contained in the pitcher on the speakers' platform is
always ice-water.

Sec.116

That all Senators from Texas wear sombreros, chew tobacco, expectorate
profusely, and frequently employ the word "maverick."

Sec.117

That the meters on taxicabs are covertly manipulated by the chauffeurs
by means of wires hidden under the latters' seats.

Sec.118

That Lillian Russell is as beautiful today as she was thirty-five years
ago.

Sec.119

That if a young woman can hold a lighted match in her fingers until it
completely burns up, it is a sign that her young man really loves her.

Sec.120

That if a young woman accidentally puts on her lingerie wrong side out,
it is a sign that she will be married before the end of the year.

Sec.121

That if a bride wears an old garter with her new finery, she will have a
happy married life.

Sec.122

That a sudden chill is a sign that somebody is walking over one's grave.

Sec.123

That some ignoble Italian is at the bottom of every Dorothy Arnold
_fugax_.

Sec.124

That a tarantula will not crawl over a piece of rope.

Sec.125

That millionaires always go to sleep at the opera.

Sec.126

That Paderewski can get all the pianos he wants for nothing.

Sec.127

That a bloodhound never makes a mistake.

Sec.128