IN PLAIN ENGLISH.
One of the upper ten thousand who was visiting America accepted the hospitality of a gentleman in New York. When, taking farewell of his host, the latter asked him what he thought of the American people. "Well," answered the nobleman, "I like them immensely, but I miss the aristocracy." "What are they?" naively asked his host. "The aristocracy!" said the nobleman, in a somewhat surprised tone "of voice. "Why, they are people who do nothing, you know; whose fathers did nothing, you know; whose grandfathers did nothing, you know —in fact, the aristocracy " Here he was interrupted by the American, who chimed in with: "Oh, we've plenty of them over here; but we don't call them aristocracy—we call them tramps!"
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1919, Page 45
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123IN PLAIN ENGLISH. New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1919, Page 45
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