_He._ "Parlez-vous Français, mademoiselle?"
_She._ "No, sir."
_He._ "Sprechen Sie Deutsch, Fraülein?"
_She._ "No."
_He._ "Habla usted Español, señorita?"
_She._ "No."
_He._ "Parlate Italiano, signorina?"
_She._ "No!" (_Sighs._)
[_Pause._]
_She._ "Do you speak English, sir?"
_He._ "Hélas! non, mademoiselle!" (_Sighs deeply._)]
[Illustration: OUR COUNTRYWOMEN IN PARIS
(_The extra half-franc_)
_Aunt Jemima_ (_blue ribbon_). "There, coshay. This is pour
voomaym--sankont sonteems! But it's a _peurmanger_, you know--not a
_pour boire!_!"]