That every time one sat upon an old-fashioned horse-hair sofa one of the protruding sharp hairs would stab one through the union suit.
§36
That when an ocean vessel collides with another vessel or hits an iceberg and starts to sink, the ship's band promptly rushes up to the top deck and begins playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
§37
That in no town in America where it has played has "Uncle Tom's Cabin" ever failed to make money.
§38
That the tenement districts are the unhealthy places they are because the dwellers hang their bed-clothing out on the fire-escapes.
§39
That, in small town hotels, the tap marked "hot water" always gives forth cold water and that the tap marked "cold" always gives forth hot.