The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-07-06


 which as you may know, b the mixed language the Hudson Ray Company have adopted in their deal ings with the Indian tribes and Ia the medium Of communication between them. l happened, from perence of some years of frontier life, to- know a little of 1t.
 "The guide looked crestfallen and the crowd interested, 90 pushed my advantage.
 "'Oh, then,' said l, you speak Choctawr "'No, monsieur
 "'What,' said I, don't speak Choctawl why, thousands of people speak that. Then Sioux, can you speak Siouxp
 "He shook his head. If there Is one thing European guide brides himself 1t is his ability to dabble in all the languages and to find one he cannot speak little of is blow, but for his party to discover three that he had never heard of is enough to lose him his reputation. "The boys were going into convulsions of laugh ter, my star rising and warmed to the work
 "'Well,' said l, Cherokee, then; you speak Cherokee surely,
 Sadly he acknowledged that Cherokee was 8 sealed book to him.
 "'Oh,' said, I supposed of course, you could speak some American language
 "'Why,' he replied, q zought all American tongue was 70 Ingleze.'
 "'You see you were mistaken; but perhaps you speak the Kalamazoo2'
 "ka CT mer- zoo,' repeated the bewildered guide, q never hear of any such thing as zat.' els 1t possible?' said |; why, I thought you knew many tongues.'
 "'Would monsieur say me some, If he please?'
 "Here was & poser the others were real lan- guages, though, except the Chinook. was ignorant of the first word of them. But Kalamazoo was invented on the spur of the moment as a good top- ping of to the list, and how coin the words Of new tongue at q minutes notice was puzzle, and yet must not hesitate. The boys were lis ening eagerly for the Kalamazoo sentences. Like flash came into my mind the unmeaning words of the old nursery tumble, and, in a solemn voice l repeated the sentence 'Opky 4 noky o kony ko, 0 kO cor dig cord jy ka dungo'
 l.to aka. impressed, while the old catacombs of St. Calixtus echoed, as am sure they never did before, with the shouts the boys sent up. And have no doubt the grzzed old guide Is still trying to find out from other American travellers, some more words of the barbarous Kalamazoo tongue e"- Youths COm- pdRi0n.
 | Chicago OpIra-House l The success which has attended the pro- duction of "Bluebeard, Jr.," at the Chi cago opera-h house, Is one of the most notable in the history of theatrical affairs in Chi cago. Up to the night of June p some sixteen performances had been given and over 36, 6,000 peo- pie had witnessed the gorgeous spectacle. Since the initial production the comedy features have been broadened, and what at the first was simply dwarfed by the glitter and gorgeousness of the scenery and accessories, is now prominent feature of the entertainment. Visiting managers from other cities, such Augustin DAly, MT. Miles, of Cleve- land and some from London, say that nothing so elaborate has been seen on the stage of any theater The piece Is destined to be the greatest of all the spectacular productions brought out since Jarrett S Palmer first electrified New York with "The Black Crook" The success of "Bluebeard, Jr" Is all the notable from the fact that 1t is the third spectacular of the Chicago opera house. No management in this country has ever scored more than two consecutive successes in the same line of work. The first production of the Chicago opera house was the Arabian Nights" the second "The Crystal Slipper" which was even more gorgeous than the first, and now comes "Bluebeard, Jr." which eclipses all, both in elab Oration and in it's popularity with theatre-goers of Chicago and the surrounding country. The piece has all the elements of success Its pallets most elaborate and there is attention to detail that is seldom witnessed even in legitimate performance The piece has been in