That all Presidents of the United States get many hot tips on the stock-market, but that they are too honourable to play them, and so turn them over to their wives, who make fortunes out of them.

§451

That Elihu Root is an intellectual giant, and that it is a pity the suspicion of him among farmers makes it impossible to elect him President.

§452

That no man not a sissy can ever learn to thread a needle or darn a sock.

§453

That all glass blowers soon or late die of consumption.

§454

That all women who go in bathing at the French seaside resorts affect very naughty one-piece bathing suits.

§455