That a piece of camphor worn on a string around the neck will ward off disease.
§166
That a saloon with a sign reading "Family Entrance" on its side door invariably has a bawdy house upstairs.
§167
That the wife of a rich man always wistfully looks back into the past and wishes she had married a poor man.
§168
That all persons prominent in smart society are very dull.
§169
That when ordering a drink of whiskey at a bar, a man always used to instruct the bartender as to the size of the drink he desired by saying "two fingers" or "three fingers."