Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894 — John Shaqi
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
_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.
_Interlacken_--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 thunder-storm.
_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.
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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."
* * * * *
THE INCONVENIENCED TRAVELLER'S PHRASE-BOOK.
(_To be Translated as Required._)
Why have you thrown my boxes down with such violence that their contents
have become distributed on the platform?
Why is it necessary to strike me on the head with a stick because I am
taking my proper place at the ticket-office?
Why have you refused to give me change for a sovereign, minus the
eighteenpence you have the right to charge for my fare?
Why do you close the door of communication when I offer a remonstrance?
Why can I not obtain redress upon complaint to the station-master?
Why am I chased off the premises by a private policeman when I am
anxious to catch the next train?
Why is my luggage being placarded with places that certainly do not
correspond with my desired destination?
Why can I not have my tea cool enough to drink? and why I am hurried out
of the refreshment-room before I can discuss my bread and butter?
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Why must I pay half-a-crown for comestibles valued on the card at less
than a shilling?
Why am I forced into a carriage already overcrowded with aged females,
sickly children, and snarling spaniels?
Why can I not have a seat, considering I have paid the full fare, and
amply tipped the guard?
Why can I not have a window open, considering that the glass stands at
ninety in the shade?
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