SCOTS HUMOUR
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] bl11,—An old Scots friend, on. a temporary visit to London, came to see me. Referring to the recently expressed opinion of the ex-Kaiser as to the relative density of the Scots and the Southron in the matter of humour, I asked his opinion on the question. He replied : " A legal case concerning a public house and its frequentation was being tried in Edinburgh. Whilst pleading, one of the counsel addressing the Bench on the case suddenly said : ' And, by the way, that reminds me, only last week I saw your Honour going into such and such a Public house.' Stay, Mr. said the Judge, ' You mean you saw me coming in.' " This story, perhaps well known in the North, was new to me. I think that the rapidity with which the hearer of the story realizes the point of the judge's correction can be taken as a rough gauge of the sense of humour in that given person, be he Scot or Southron.—I am, Sir, &c., Athenaeum Club.
A. GRANVILLE.
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