rip to Paris

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

During a recent trip to Paris on a holiday, the Baron and his fiancée, Lady Angela, were waiting at the station for their train. They observed a woman talking with a man who she obviously did not know. It appeared that she was trying to arrange a social date with the man for something more than a casual relationship.

While the first thing the Baron wanted to do was ignore what the two people were doing, but because they were talking so loudly and the gestures were so obvious, it was difficult not to be an observer to the interaction.

The man seemed interested and they were talking about her fee for the date for the evening.

That was enough for the Baron and Lady Angela and they were glad that their train was finally arriving.

After the train pulled out of the station with the Baron and Lady Angela aboard, it wasn’t too long that the subject of the strange woman came up. The Baron wondered whether she was selling her services to the man because she needed the money to survive, or did she do it for her own amusement?

The Baron believed the government should provide food and shelter for people who are temporarily down on their luck. Everyone at one time or another may have a few low points in an otherwise successful life. With a brief helping hand and a friendly word, recovery could soon be accomplished.

Upon their return to Lilliland, the Baron and Lady Angela discussed their observations with their chief advisor, Professor Hamblin. The Professor noted that in different societies people behave somewhat differently. One society is not necessarily better than another. The best results must indicate that no one gets hurt or ill because mature parties are fully responsible for their own behavior, and that is really all you can expect in a free society.