Suddenly a door opened, and a great quantity of rubbish was swept
briskly into the street.
"That's the New Broom," said the Hatter. "There's been another election.
Evidently the Democrats won, as there goes the Donkey, waving his ears
and hee-hawing."
"Oh, is that a fruit store?" asked Alice.
"No; the Republican headquarters," replied the Hatter. "That huge
cornucopia you see is a symbol of Prosperity. Prosperity in Cartoonland
is always represented by a horn of plenty with a pineapple in the
muzzle. You've heard the expression, 'The pineapple of prosperity.'"
"No," said Alice, "but I've heard about the 'pineapple of politeness.'"
"That," said the Hatter, "is something else again."