Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1891 — Popular Fallacies. [ARTICLE]

Popular Fallacies.

That men never read cook-books or fashion magazines. That the physician collects his bills with greater ease than the tailor. That only the eye-glassed young lady feels that inward bliss which comes of culture. That a passion for fancy drinks de notes a Ipve of the beautiful. That every two-for a-penny liar is qualified for newspaper reporting. That the new tariff will cause the fivecent barber shops to increase their prices. That a folding-bed was made for any other purpose than the encouragement ■ of profanity. That there is a woman living who has not in her boudoir a work on “How to Become Beautiful. ” That there is a good-looking woman in the world who doesn’t know it That there is anyth ng that has severed more friendships than the simple phrase, “Lend me five dollars.” That the dude isn't strong enough to make the milk of human kindness turn sour. That the match is easily found which lights the first time you strike it. That a man has a bald head when there are a half-dozen hairs on it. That there is a limit to knowledge any more than there is -1.0 a game of poker-