New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17

that the local committeeman belongs 10 species ny
ITSELF Indigenous to certain localities and grega1ous
in its habits, but showing hopeful signs OF an early
decay. 1t would be monstrous were II otherwise
Tho disap pointment experienced By many of these
GOOD people at finding themselves talking to common
native when they imagined TO DO standing IN inc
presence of live scnor must have been Keen ana oeh
painful. At Manchester, remember that was ap-
proached by pompous old gentleman, while examining
some print goods which had been placed there on ex-
hbition in ono of the unfinished mill buildings, who
presently began to pour into my lot OF valuable
statistics and dataan intended TO show the greatness,
tho enterprise tho wealth Of the town and Of the State
I'm which the town situated. listened, trust,
with becoming modesy and attention tried, at least,
to digest some OF The information; attempted even
to appear interested But couldn't avert the crisis.
"Tnis SIR" the old gentleman exclaimed. with
magnificent sweep Of his hand-and, by the way,
found out aferward that tho only Democratic Cow
ernor the State OF New Hampshire ever produced was
addressing me" this hail. sir" said he, "in which
we now stand, is Csc feet and inches long, not
counting the thickness Of tho side walls !" Thon.
after pausing for a minute to permit me to recover
from my astonishment which no imagined no saw
depicted in my countenance he continued. in fatherly
and patronlzing manner:
al do not know what idea these figures convey to
you of the size Of this magnificent hall In your
country you perhaps have other measures-by tho
way where are you froml'
Washington, ID. CO.
"Ohll!"
1t was the last utterancc heard from that source
In another second had the melancholy satisfaction
of beholding the gentlemans back rapidly moving In
the direction OF heavily laden lunch-counter. But
there are dlsappointments too deep to drown. Poor
old man Poor Old mani
Tho attempts Of our South American friends to
familarize themselves with the English language
Though I'm the main successful have often led TO dis
astrous results. Especially is this true when they
have ventursd into the domain OF slang. am fomed
TO confess that for many Of tho ventures In this
direction tho young ladies In tho West are 70 blame
They have. with that charming disregard for the little
conventonalities Of life. which so frequently dis
tingushes them, set themselves up as teachers, and
tho young men of our party have been only willing
enough pupils. Whom o pretty young girl pucleS
her mouth and says--wel now, / am not going 10
tell tales out Of school: neither am going to agree
with those grcwsomc old spnsers and stad, dignlhed
matrons who forget that they young themselves
once and fond OF declaring. with ex-cathedra
air, that swell bred young ladies use slang
They make me weary Il am afraid am dropping into
slang myself, now. and have patience with them.
say, when pretty young girl slang dIscrcetiy
Il is effective almost fan In tho hands OF ono
of those darkeyed senoritas we read so much about
In boOks-thc beautiful ones mean-but nevor sec.
because. suppose, they always kept under lock
and key.
Senior NJ mention no name because the home
Of the young gentleman Is not hundred miles from
Valparaso.-Senor X, say, had been engaged In
earnest conversation all evening with the daughter
Of judge e., In the conservatory attached to tho
hosts residence She was a remarkably handsome
young woman. extremely bright and clever in CONVEX
saion and with charm OF manner which seemed to
hold the young diplomat wiling captive, much to
the chagrn Of half dozen attaches who moped in the
- ION, af
their more fortunate companion, instead OF looking
pleasant as they might have done with little effort
at self-control. In an evil moment Miss G. touched
upon tho subject OF slang. This seemed Senior KS
forte. He had picked up half dozen slang phrases
on the steamer coming this country and had addod
since his arrival, perhaps many more 10 his little
collection Small It was, it outnumbercd the sum
total Of his vocabulary of the rest Of the language.
Need say that in exhibiting this slender stock of his
-ccumuated wisdom to the young lady he felt ex-
tremcly proud Word led TO word one phrase to the
other. AND the explanations and the comments
There never seemed happier pair. Then, suddenly
as II seized by idea, the young foreigner exclaimed
"Ah. Mees. you ha-ave great deal of gall'
If she had been struck face If the ceiling had
opened before her gaze, Miss G. could not have
looked more surprised. A scky smile played about
her lips as she turned her cad. In vain did the
young man. with a horrid grin on his countenancc,
try TO explain that he meant 10 say she had great
deal of co." She would listen TO no explanation but
left him standing there and then, in search of her
chaperone. The young doesn't know to the
present day what allied tho young woman. There Is,
however, at least family in Ms to-day, who
think that all South Americans ilmannered Doors
and NJ gentlemen and ono young woman, perhaps,
who is OF the opinion that they all too mean for
anything"
senior Zegarra the accomplished delegate from Peru,
has been the author OF more bonmos than almost any
other member Of the party Under stern and dIgni-
fed exterior he cOnccas most lively and amable
disposition. which frequently finds vent in Qu6s and
bubbles Of moro than ordinary merit. Here IS one
Il his witty little remarks. which. you will admit for
foreigner especially shows not only dscernment and
knowledge OF men and things, but astonishing
familiarity with the ntrcaccs of our language as we'll
II was at a reception in 81. Paul, believe. Senior
Zegarra had been engaged in conversation with a
young lady for some time, when he was joined by his
secretary, senior Alberto Falcon The latter was OF
course duly presented the young lady by his chief
"scnor Falcon said the delegate from Peru, with
a wave of his hand.
The young lady seemed either surprised, or she had
not heard the name correctly She looked puzzled.
Authorization, repeated the young
gentleman. who never lets an opportunity escape him
10 fix himself In the memory Of the fair And
added he: think of the falcon, the bird of prcy"
The young lady smiled graclously
Don't make mistake my dear young LADY, in
terposcd Zegarra, in benevolent tone OF voice.
he belongs to a different variety altogether. My
secretary never prays."
We have had a surfeit OF statistics. They have
been thrown US, might almost say, day and night
"A perfect fusilade of them. On awakening in the
morning your first glance met that ever-present
pamphlet lying the counterpart. Ten TO there
WAS one already concealed under the pillow. How
either got there is mystery. Just as you rose
another would b. thrust cOyly underneath the door
over the transOm. You descended TO the breakfast
room and there, beside your plate, lay fourth
nfth was handed to you Us you took toothplck and
YOUR hat from the gcntlemany attendant at the
door. BY the time you reached the lobby 10 smoke a
quiet cigar a sixth was thrust into your pocket.
SEVENTH an eighth and ninth were sure to reach
YOU through the mails. At luncheon and at dinner
Others accompanied the MENU do not venture TO
count those which reached you at odd intervals during
the day and the remnants Of which Uttered the floor
Of the cars and the room at your hotel. But when