English wit and humor; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Europe -- Description and travel -- Humor
WHAT THEY TAKE ABROAD.--_What She takes._--Three black silk dresses
(Princesse, Watteau, and Duchesse); one green satin robe, with bows;
one fancy silk, with embroidered apron; two black grenadines (one
square cut); two white grenadines, with lace trimmings; four white
tops (two warranted to wash); one violet skirt, with apron and jacket;
four dinner dresses (violet, pink, pink and black, and blue); three
polonaises (yellow, green, and red); one white worked top, with
cardinal bows; two sealskin, one black silk, and three black cloth
jackets; long fur cloak, ulster, and grey travelling polonaise; four
hats (Gainsborough, brigand, shovel, and pork-pie); four bonnets
(black, blue, violet, and red); linen (14 cwt.); boots, slippers, &c.
(1 cwt.); extras, toilet, &c. (76 lb.).
_What He takes._--Linen (10 lb.); two flannel shirts; an extra pair of
boots; his sponge, combs, and brushes; and a wideawake hat.
[Illustration: A STAGGERER!
_Custom-House Officer._ "Now, then, got anything contraband about ye?"
_Mate._ "'Got 'bout bot'l and half brandy; but I'll defy ye to take it
fro' me!"
]
WHERE TO GO
[Illustration]
_Antwerp_--if you are not tired of Exhibitions.
_Boulogne_--if you don't mind the mud of the port.
_Cologne_--if you are not particular about the comfort of your nose.
_Dieppe_--if you like bathing in the foreign fashion.
_Etretat_--if solitude has commanding charms.
_Florence_--if you are partial to 100° in the shade.
_Genoa_--if you have no objection to mosquitoes.
_Heidelberg_--if you are not tired of the everlasting castle.
_Interlaken_--if the Jungfrau has the advantage of novelty.
_Java_--if you wish to eat its jelly on the spot.
_Kandahar_--if you are not afraid of Afghan treachery.
_Lyons_--if you are fond of riots and _émeutes_.
_Marseilles_--if you are determined to do the Château D'If.
_Naples_--if you are anxious to perform an _ante mortem_ duty.
_Ouchy_--if you like it better than Lausanne.
_Paris_--if you have not been there for at least a fortnight.
_Quebec_--if you are qualifying for admission to a lunatic asylum.
_Rome_--if you have never had the local fever and want to try it.
_Strasbourg_--if you are hard up for an appropriate destination.
_Turin_--if it is the only town you have not seen in Italy.
_Uig_--if you affect the Isle of Skye in a thunderstorm.
_Venice_--if you scorn stings and evil odours.
_Wiesbaden_--if you can enjoy scenery minus gambling.
_Yokohama_--if you are willing to risk assault and battery.
_Zurich_--if you can think of no other place to visit.
N.B.--The above places are where to go on the keep-moving-tourist
plan. But when you want to know "Where to stay,"--we reply, "At Home."
[Illustration: THE "MERRY SWISS BOY"]
THE REAL SWISS BOY
A NEW VERSION OF THE WELL-KNOWN BALLAD
(_Respectfully dedicated by Mr. Punch to the Alpine Tourist, on his
return home_)
MR. PUNCH _singeth to Swiss Landlord_--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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