--477

That English butlers always look down on their American employers, and frequently have to leave the room to keep from laughing out loud.

--478

That the most faithful and loving of all dogs is the Newfoundland.

--479

That a man always dislikes his mother-in-law, and goes half-crazy every time she visits him.

--480

That if one doesn"t scratch a mosquito bite it will stop itching.

--481

That all the men in the moving picture business were formerly cloak and suit merchants, and that they are now all millionaires.

--482

That the acc.u.mulation of money makes a man hard, and robs him of all his finer qualities.

--483

That, in an elevator, it is always a man who usurps the looking-gla.s.s.

--484

That it is very unlucky to wear an opal.

--485

That if a man"s eyebrows meet, it is a sign that he has a very unpleasant nature.

--486

That a negro ball always ends up in a grand free-for-all fight, in which several c.o.o.ns are mortally slashed with razors.

--487

That if Houdini were locked up in Sing Sing, he would manage to make his get-away in less than half an hour"s time.

--488

That Bob Ingersoll is in h.e.l.l.

THE END