.

Sec.174

That tarantulas often come from the tropics in bunches of bananas, and
that when one of them stings a negro on the wharf he swells up, turns
green and dies within three hours.

Sec.175

That a man will do anything for the woman he loves.

Sec.176

That the reason William Gillette, who has been acting for over forty
years, always smokes cigars in the parts he plays is because he is very
nervous when on the stage.

Sec.177

That the doughnut is an exceptionally indigestible article.

Sec.178

That one captive balloon in every two containing persons on pleasure
bent breaks away from its moorings, and drifts out to sea.

Sec.179

That a workingman always eats what is in his dinnerpail with great
relish.

Sec.180

That children were much better behaved twenty years ago than they are
today.

Sec.181

That the cashier of a restaurant in adding up a customer's cheque always
adds a dollar which is subsequently split between himself and the
waiter.

Sec.182

That it is impossible to pronounce the word "statistics" without
stuttering.

Sec.183

That the profession of white slaving, in 1900 controlled exclusively by
Chinamen, has since passed entirely under the control of Italians.

Sec.184

That every person in the Riviera lives in a "villa."

Sec.185

That the chief form of headgear among the Swiss is the Alpine hat.

Sec.186

That each year a man volunteers to take his children to the circus
merely as a subterfuge to go himself.

Sec.187

That all marriages with actresses turn out badly.

Sec.188

That San Francisco is a very gay place, and full of opium joints.

Sec.189

That an elevator operator never succeeds in stopping his car on a level
with the floor.

Sec.190

That they don't make any pianos today as good as the old square ones.

Sec.191

That a man who habitually clears his throat before he speaks is
generally a self-important hypocrite and a bluffer.

Sec.192

That Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian Dr. Frank Crane, leads a monastic
life.

Sec.193

That whenever a vaudeville comedian quotes a familiar commercial slogan,
such as "His Master's Voice," or "Eventually, why not now?", he is paid
$50 a performance for doing so.

Sec.194

That all Asiatic idols have large precious rubies in their foreheads.

Sec.195

That when the foe beheld Joan of Arc leading the French army against
them, a look of terr