AN IMPRESSIONS DINNER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 78, 25 November 1912, Page 3

AN IMPRESSIONS DINNER.

SOME STORIES TOLD. “Civis,” in the “Otago Daily Times,” writes;—The established for inula of greeting when you land on the American shore, “Stranger, how d( you like our great country?” has beci reciprocated in London by an “Im pressions” dinner at which guests fron over eca might say what they though' of the Old Land. It was a dinner of the Atlantic Union—an internationa club, Sir John Cockburn presiding. 1 quote from a London evening paper; Professor de Sumichrast, of Har vard, said he hoped that none of the visitors who were to give their ira pressions of the old country wouk make the mistake of the Bostoi lady, who, on the shores of the ofche■world, was piloted by an angc through the locality in which he: existence was henceforth to be spent i,i After a somewhat prolonged ramble she said to her guide, “I really har no idea that heaven was so lik< Boston.” “I beg your pardon madarne,” said her guide, “this i; not heaven.”—(Laughter.) In fact, it was the other place. I touch of irreverence, the essential sal of much American humour, . was no wanting to the professor’s story, no to the remarks of Mr Joseph Hiner of Chicago, who came after him: — Since he was in this country threyears ago, London had greatly 'in creased the use of motor vehicles He noted with the greatest persona satisfaction that the drivers o those vehicles in London gave tw “toots” before they killed a man In Chicago they only gave on “toot,” and that far too short as preparation for Eternity.—(Laugh ter.) To those two followed “Mrs Cross, o New Zealand.” Not necessaril, does the presence of a lady at thi; dinner imply the absence of tobacc and the flowing bowl. The Atlanta Union I take to be a club of human and liberal principles. Nor, although she came from New Zealand, did Mr Cross discourse of Prohibition, but o the London Metropolitan Police, thei efficiency, their courtesy, a well-won theme on which she contrived to ®a, something absolutely new. One of her colonial friends armed home early one morning durin her visit to the metropolis, and afte reaching her room found it impo; stole to reach those “three littl hooks” which gave the majority o ladies so many anxious thoughts Looking out of her window she sa-i a policeman beneath the street lamp and found him an excellent substi tutc for a lady’s maid. Whether the lady descended to th policeman or the policeman went u| to the lady’s bedroom is not revealed but in either case we* may trust tin officer’s discretion. And, as re spects the intricacies of a lady’s dress much handling of militant suffragette; has made the London policeman ai expert. ✓