BREAKING THE ICE
Scene—Public drawing-room of hotel in the Engadine.
The Hon. Mrs. Snobbington (to fair stranger). "English people are so unsociable, and never speak to each other without an introduction. I always make a point of being friendly with people staying at the same hotel. One need never know them afterwards!"
"TIP" NOT GOOD ENOUGH
The Delamere-Browns, who have been spending their honeymoon trip in France, have just taken their seats on the steamer, agreeably conscious of smart clothes and general well-being, when to them enters breathlessly, Françoise, the "bonne" from the hotel, holding on high a very dirty comb with most of its teeth missing.
Françoise (dashing forward with her sweetest smile). "Tiens! J'arrive juste à point! Voilà un peigne que madame a laissé dans sa chambre!" [Tableau!