Aristocratic English Lady (full of diplomatic relations). "A—can you tell me if there is a resident British Minister here?"
Scotch Tourist. "Well, I'm not just quite sure—but I'm told there's an excellent Presbyterian service every Sunday!"
WONDERS OF THE WORLD ABROAD
Wonder if there be an inn upon the Continent where you are furnished gratis with a cake of soap and bed candle.
Wonder how many able-bodied English waiters it would take to do the daily work of half a dozen French ones.
Wonder why it is that Great (and Little) Britons are so constantly heard grumbling at the half a score of dishes in a foreign bill of fare, while at home they have so frequently to feed upon cold mutton.
Wonder what amount of beer a German tourist daily drinks, and how many half-pint glasses a waiter at Vienna can carry at a time without spilling a drop out of them.
Wonder how it is that, although one knows full well that many Paris people are most miserably poor, one never sees such ragged scarecrows in its streets as are visible in London.