PUNCH THIS OUTLINE OF
HIS SUGGESTIONS.]
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THE DEMOGRAPHIC VADE MECUM.
_Question_. You properly attended the Congress last week?
_Answer_. Certainly, by wearing a small brooch pinned on the flap of
my coat.
_Q._ What effect had this on the cabmen?
_A._ To cause them to charge me just double the customary fares.
_Q._ Did you go to the Inaugural Meeting?
_A._ Of course, but as it was so crowded, I could get no further than
the door.
_Q._ Did you hear the speech of the Prince of WALES?
_A._ Unfortunately not; but I had the advantage of seeing the top of
his Royal Highness's head.
_Q._ Did you go to the _Soiree_ in Lincoln's Inn Fields, at the Hall
of the Royal College of Surgeons?
_A._ I did, and was much amused at finding myself drinking claret cup
in the museum devoted to skeletons.
_Q._ Did you go to the reception at Guildhall?
_A._ Certainly, and was greatly gratified at the amusements supplied
to the Lord Mayor's guests.
_Q._ What were those amusements?
_A._ So far as I could see, the Band of the Grenadier Guards,
conducted by Lieut.
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