That, in a family crisis, the son always sticks to the mother and the daughter to the father.

§281

That beer is very fattening.

§282

That no man of first-rate mental attainments ever goes in for dancing.

§283

That a woman can't sharpen a lead pencil.

§284

That on every trans-Atlantic steamer there are two smooth gamblers who, the moment the ship docks, sneak over the side with the large sum of money they have won from the passengers.

§285