AT THE SPEAKING-TUBE.

_Waiter._ Una voce poco fa maccaroni! _(At least, it sounds something

like this. A little cupboard arrives by the lift containing a dish which

the_ Waiter _hastens to receive. The new arrival is apparently of a

disappointing nature,--he returns it indignantly, and rushes back to

tube._) La ci darem la mano curri rabbito Gorgonzola!

_A Voice (from bottom of lift--argumentatively)._ Batti, batti; la donna

é mobile risotto Milanaise.

_Waiter (losing his temper)._ Altro! Sul campo della gloria vermicelli!

_The Voice (ironically)._ Parla tele d'amor o cari fior mulligatawni?

_Waiter (scathingly)._ Salve di mora casta e pura entrecote sauce

piquante crême à l'orange cotelettes pommes sautés basta-presto!

[_Corks up tube with the air of a man who has had the best of it._

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