Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
HOW PRETTY rHEo swoRE.
The Infamous Deception Practiced oS
Grau on a Confding Frenehwoman'

Eelo York Herald.
| In order to put her English studies into
| practical operation, Nine. Theo conVerses
I only in English between the hours OF l
and 3 p. m. This is an order Of Nine.
| Theo's English teacher, and it is dutituiIY
! obeyed. Accordingly, when a Herald re-
! porter called on the diva yesterday after
| noon she greeted him in English:
"GoOd day, sir" she exclaimed, Win
| the most charming of foreign accents;
sab, what a dem hot day that we have
| hadp
'SYe-ss; hot day." replied the reporter.
''You have suffered much from the neat r.
sob, dem, dem, dem," cried the diva,
with a despairing motion OF her shapely
little hands.
81 beg your pardonp' exclaimed the re-
porter, somewhat startled.
81 say that 1 have suffered dem, dem
much" said Nine. TheO, with sweet
smile.
ssIndeedp, stammered the reporter.
'sAh," cried Nine. TheO, Il see that L
have made some dem beg error. What IS
it? Tell me quickf'
swell, madame,' answered the repor-
ter, ''the word-ah-dem is rarely used IN
English except by Mr.. Mantilini."
Ah,vraimentp ~ exclaimed Nine. Theo,
with an air of surprise, and, breaking
into very fluent French, "Why?"
''Slang," cried the diva, in crescendo
tones 'is it anything tres, tres villain"
eyes, very bad slang"
'Ah, mon Dieuw cried Nine. Theo,
with a shrek of horror, as she sprang TO
her feet and rang the bell violently.
Her footman appeared.
''Jules," she ordered, E'say to Monsieur
Grau that / wish to see him instantly.
You will find him down stairs, l think.
Do 60 10 ms Z
As the fOotman disappeared Nine.
Theo sank into her fauteul as if quite
overcome.
''What has so disturbed madame?"
asked the repOl tel, soothingly.
''Ah, monsieur, igurez yous,'' cried the
diva, the bosom of her Mother Hubbard
tossing tempestuously, "that horrid word
was taught me by Monsieur Grau. My
English teacher was unWeU this morn
ing, and Monsieur Grau volunteered to in
struct me in her stead"
swell, what did he teach you that that
word meantW
''He said that the word very was the
English for tres. But when one wanted
to be very foreIble one did not say very,
but dem. That word, he SAID, was sort
of superlative of very. Thus, you see,
my dear Nine. Theo,' the wretch re-
M arked. show very rich. forcible and eX-
pressive is the great English language
Il thought" continued the diva, that
the word was an equivalent for excessive
ment, and ah! have been deming all the
visitors who have called upon me during
the last two hours"
The diva buried her face in her hands
and mOaned. At this moment Jules re-
appeared.
He reported that he had found Mr..
Grau below. Monsieur had acted quite
queerly. At first he had seemed sur
prised that madame was in such haste
to see him. But an instant later an idea
seemed to come to him. ''Tell me, jules"
he had said, ''has madame just been talk
ing English to anybodyP Jules answered
m2n sieur that madame had just been
talking English for the past hour. Then
Monsieur Grau had suddenly burst into
sun eclatde rire," and had made for his
carriage as fast as his legs would carry
him. ''TeH madame l am dem, dem
busy" he cried as he disappeared.
"Le monstre, lie perfde," mOaned
Nine. TheO, between her pretty teeth,
upon hearing this report.
Nine. The0 practiced no more En-
glish that day. In future she will copper
all points in English furnished by Mr..
Gran