Show from the lundon london eun fun clil we are not a nation of shopkeepers w r n A conversation i 1 foreigner Is igle U true rue as nopoleon Ni said that thit you pou oa english bereft nation of shopkeepers englishman there never was wois a greater CI calam iv ny I 1 assure pu taju e is is nothing jio thing of the shop about us wil L trident ignot is not exactly y a yard a rd measure I 1 it foreigner dut put still tiler here bere are are certain of V your sour ur institutions installations and that amm are worthy of 0 if a la label belinta in a slop shop window anaf anath he pr ce 1 I 1 illinik think could easily be put pat upon theil thell thenn er you yon must be but perhaps ps you ou would bould not mind mentioning just eris ovie one or twi foregger Fo fore regner gner certainly and you must tell me frankly if what I 1 advance is H true or not 1 first of ali all 11 1 I informed that all till a am promotion in your our army H il to tw tie bought for so much mone mohe money that a lieutenant t nant a 1 captein a general porte porto quoi is bought hought with no more mar difficulty with less loss ern err barras than we buy a irdon or a briot brio I che or a abir jar of if I 1 ask you yoa oa if your I 1 lii Ili hister of war I 1 is anything better thai than abio ablo a big tov ov shop where prades prid 3 ctr ell uil rank baili botis r I 1 high ligh and I 1 low ow areto are to be at all prices precise precisely ly in the thes same ime way as wes houll purchase in the lie passage des pano Puno amas arums berunis rums and swords siv fin and d cocked ints has for our litte little children cli cil idren to play ith itil napoleon did rny ray ay iy that the baton de marechal aa was in ili every french breuch sudi sod jerls ars ers kila but excuse mr me with u ith you ou english seem seera tob to be in yon your r fathers bree breeches ciles clies pocket the pocket to be sure bure u where tile gold is is kept kepl Engli engil sliman bilman I 1 admit lle ile lile ilie lie s theraid the therb there raiQ p unfortunately some furne little truth ruth iu what you gy say but the same ratio traffic ruffle forel foreigner ne r does dois not exist elsewhere you on M P rardon pardon a adon me once more how about about our oui churtz our ou church monsieur is per pey ertly pure lure free froman reproach I 1 foreigner F igner oil oll axce excessively pure there iro gro arg are no radars inside in ido ifo your our temple how then iha 0 o omea meg U u that every d day 11 Ln ing ipg 1 1 Es 3 oil ciata them thein are put up for lor salm ial m tell yn me io how 0 1 V is ic ilat a cl rayman call can go to market as a farmer md can buy his ins 0 or 2000 as sout q 41 wili will es as much facility as is the litter latter can call t tily liy a as V many thany pigs and the chances are aie ale that of ide he two he fie woud get the tiie pool root divich r I 1 will gaint that such sm h things ti rings lings jo io oan oar ir great do occur occasionally foreigner no tot lot occasion Aly but frequently quent ly your poor parishioners are bou sou id vv auction sold like your youn our calil dt at so fco much a hii hil hu n dred 1 it the east there are slave markets for fer dertha the body bat in eng I 1 irid alone is is there a slave guve mar inar ket het k et for lle ile lie the sout it I 1 t is E En ng gishman ishman you are s eve eye re dio alo baku r however there is no other instance Foreign forg Ford foreigners guer mner erN ni other why it was wag but yesterday ay ti that la t your our seats in parliament were almost 0 openly pent y ag sold d jn in public you went lo 10 an agent us as you would go to the thu box office of a theatre and tile tiie mun could tell you at once toa fraction traction what was the pi ice lee of every beat seat in tile the house the only difference diffie rence ronce was you paid more for lot tile tiia comedia Coni edia edie iu in the one oua instance lu stance stanco than the other englishman but the same practice no longer exists foreigner Fo you know that it doe sonly the con commerce merce is carried oil on much more secretly besides bes ides ldes have you not election committees almost always sitting to injure into votes having i been sold Is there not every every session some inquiry going oil on into an election that has been notoriously won by the force of hard money 1 you must be aware that tint there are as few free seats eats in your parliament as there are ili in your churches talking of churches look at your system of or pews money 1 inoue money ino money you r can can ran an have nothing unless you yon pay as its lna las in a shop hop so much for it your iia ila national tion figure noula should be drawn like one of or our dames du ducomb conla coir a grand hidy lidy that sit siti at the counter and makes out the accounts and sees that everything i is properly paid for Engli engil englishman engiishman sliman bliman iio flo however wever our law is free from any suspicion of corruption To foreigner with pride you may say it but you know it requires a fortune almost to go to law justice ia Is about the dearest thing ili in england it ignot is not given but sold and sold very dearly A poor man cannot afford to got goi to law he would ha he ruined before he was heard more than this england is about the only country where a husband receives what is is called da damages maes for his wounded honor plastering it over so to say with bank notes deriving de a profit out of ills his rifea very shame then tell me about your law low of divorce englishman I 1 regret to say it is very bad foreigner can well vell be worse why your rih nih man for can get his divorce but for the poor man mail there ia is no hope his ills wife ife pay be a confirmed drunkard a most depraved creature a lunatic or a criminal even but still he cannot get rid of other her it unless lie he is in fit a position to pay the above su sum in for tile the liberation divorce in your england Is a luxury within tile tiie reach of only of the rich mon alon gauvre ami over the tiie door of most of your institutions might really be oe in yc ii acrid cri crl rid nid hed bed as at a place of amusement PAY TAY here liere you pay your money and you on aie admitted and no questions asked and vet et you will tell me 3 on ure uro not a nallon nation of shopkeepers englishman excuse me monsieur Mon bleur I 1 would rather not answer any more questions Fo foreigner regner but the facts I 1 have given yon you prove but too plainly that you are in lit many respects tine line nation do don bon ers and what is worse 4 shop keepers for the benefit of tie the ellch rich you sell your in ili the urmy army your livings in the church your votes at elect elections ions lons your seats beats in parliament and your pew pews and your divorces and various other commodities none of do the poor ever buy but which aich are trafficked in fit marc banded handed solely by fly and nd for the file rich my aly dear friend take a foreigners advice adrice febrez id ld boutique As you would say put up the shutters as is quick as possible or else you will v ill iii find one of these beautiful dys atys when ele ehe is sold that tbt the glory of the tile nation will ba be tho the the iho next article |