Where to spend Saturday to Monday is, of course, the prevailing and stubborn problem in many of the stately homes of England. What then must be the difficulty when the question to be answered is where to spend the Easter holidays? The reply depends, of course, very much upon the time that can be expended upon the vacation. If, to take an example, a gentleman has only a week at his disposal, it is little use his thinking very seriously of India or the Cape; but Paris is, of course, well within his power. Given a fortnight he might get as far as Rome if he wished to, although for my part I prefer Monte. On this favourite resort, however, I need not dwell at present, as my readers will remember a paragraph on Monte and suitable costume there which I wrote some two or three years ago on the occasion of one of the infrequent breakings of the bank. [Illustration: SCENE--_South of France Winter Resort_ _Aunt._ "Kitty, if you don't behave yourself properly, I'll tell your mamma. When I was your age, I was a good girl." _Kitty._ "And are you very wicked now, aunt?"] [Illustration: AN INNOCENT OFFENDER What is all this about? Why, it is against the law to carry plants of any kind, alive or dead, into Italy, and the officials at the Italian dogana (custom-house) near Mentone have just been told that an English gentleman, with a rose in his button hole, has strolled by, towards Ventimiglia. So they are after the unsuspecting criminal!] [Illustration: 'ARRY'S AND 'ARRIET'S 'OLIDAY TRIP] [Illustration: SCENE--_Hotel in Cologne_ _Fidgety English Party._ "There seems to be quite a commotion in the hotel, Kellner!" _Kellner._ "Ja wohl! De _drain_ has chust gom in, kvite full!" [_Fidgety Party, who is not yet accustomed to the German way of pronouncing English, is aghast._ ] THE IDEAL EQUIPMENT Any gentleman who really wishes to acquire a reputation as a citizen of the world must be supplied with a large number of travelling outfits which he can pack at a moment's notice. A compendious bag fitted with requirements for the moors is always handy under my bed; and I am ready to start for the Riviera, the Normandy coast, Paris, Switzerland, the Bavarian Alps, the Rhine, Norway, Palestine, Iceland, at ten minutes' notice, according as the invitation may be worded. No gentleman at all in demand can afford to dispense with such preparations. But to make travel really pleasant, remember that you must not only do in Rome as Rome does, but you must dress as Rome (or Paris) expects you to. THE NEEDS OF PARIS