That when a Chinese laundryman hands one a slip for one's laundry, the Chinese letters which he writes on the slip have nothing to do with the laundry but are in reality a derogatory description of the owner.
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That an old woman with rheumatism in her leg can infallibly predict when it is going to rain.
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That Philadelphia is a very sleepy town.
§378
That it is impossible for a man to learn how to thread a needle.
§379
That there is something unmanly about a grown man playing the piano, save only when he plays it in a bordello.