That the whiskey sold in blind pigs contains wood alcohol and causes those who drink it to go blind.

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That wealthy society women never wear their pearl necklaces in public, but always keep them at home in safes and wear indistinguishable imitations instead.

§462

That the late Charles Yerkes had no less than twenty girls, for each of whom he provided a Fifth Avenue mansion and a yearly income of $50,000.

§463

That when one goes to a railroad station to meet some one, the train is never on time.

§464

That the theatregoers in the Scandinavian countries care for nothing but Ibsen and Strindberg.

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