THE UP-TO-DATE CONVERSATIONIST.
He (at the end of a turn). I see there's been a row in Chili—what do you think about it?
She. I don't know the place—isn't it somewhere in America?
He. I shouldn't be surprised if it were, but my geography's shaky. I rather fancy it's somehow connected with pickles.
She. Oh, then it's a mistake their quarrelling, as I suppose it will be hard upon the poor, especially during the winter?
He. Fancy that's the idea. Been to the Guelph Exhibition?
She. Yes, and I think it's a pity they took the jewels out of GEORGE THE FOURTH's Crown. I should like to have seen the Koh-i-Noor.
He. But they wanted them for the one at the Tower, don't you know, and as for the Koh-i-Noor, was that invented in his time?
She. Perhaps it wasn't. Stay, wasn't it discovered by Captain COOK, or DRAKE, or somebody?
He. I daresay. I have never looked the matter up. À propos, One-pound Bank-notes are to be issued.