Punch (74.1878)

290 PUNCH, OK, THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [Joke 29, 1878.

THE CONGRESS.

{By Telegraph, From Mr. Punch's, Oivn Man.)

-AFYER^ LLC Y\ t SVgLJ^AjXxS VMELU i'^OVN f ICTVR,t-.

Berlin, Saturday.
So many accounts of the doings of the chief actors in the diplo-
matic extravaganza entitled "the Congress," have appeared in the
London daily papers, that it is high time your readers should receive
some really trustworthy intelligence upon the subject. What follows,
if not actually "authentic," can he authenticated; a distinction
which must greatly please Sir Stafford Nokthcoxe and the Marquis
of Salisbury.

To commence. Lord Be a consf rei/d is enormously popular.
Crowds surround his hotel all day long, keeping up a continuous

cheer, much to the delight of the other occupants of the house, by
whom his Lordship is held iu high esteem. At night fireworks are
frequently let off in honour of the Special British Ambassador. Let
me give an instance. Just as the Author of Lothaire had got into
his first sleep the other evening, he was awakened by a loud explo-
sion, and rushing to the window (under the impression that the
hotel was on fire), found that the enthusiastic Berliners were letting
off a " grand piece," in seven different colours, consisting of his
portrait in flames, and the legend in English, " Very glad to see
you, Dizzr." The British Premier bowed his acknowledgments