"I find," replied the inventor, "that when they come over here they lose what is best in the Russian character and acquire what is worst in the American character."
"And what do you deem best in the Russian character?"
"Well, in Russia they are warm hearted and friendly. They are envious even there, but not nearly so envious as they are here."
"And what do you find that is worst in the American character?"
"Oh, you know; they do everything for money. But yet there is more greatness in the American character. They are mechanical. They are practical. They don't get cheated by unscrupulous lawyers.
"Are you married?" asked the American, sympathetically.
"No, thank God!" he replied, with more energy than he had yet shown.
"But you have no friends?"
"No."
"Some men," commented the American, "find a friend in a wife."