New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21

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and beautiful ard not her e1irstton FOR hrf NM
hands astye lead aGd heF eva sdcpssd country VIA
make bsr sorry 10 return shomsn who're shs win az
hibs the little American from maine-hcr six-monfhs
old son--to her admiring countrywonsn. sg
Nj, Munennitsu Mrtsu, tho JspAnnse Minister. Il
toIly little diplomas who Is very interesting 70 an
Americans who meet him. but he complains ncqucoay
that be Is having an uphill time learning the English
language Not long ago he declared that be had %
SPARED OF beng able 10 carry on smooh easy
conversation In our Language.
swhy, Mr. Mutsu.' exclaimed . bright young lady
who was present. az thank you sre learning English
very rapidly
aoh. yess said the Minister g an talking soma o6
IL quite well, but cannot get your slang get Al
mixed up when speak sang'
The Japanese Minister thinks tho slang phraeos Of
Americans are decidedly funny, and be has been tx'
ceedingiy anxious 10 pick UP the more common
phrases Most Of the everyday expressions hsye been
explained TO him. and he laughs immoderasly At than
In the soup, ticies him very much. and he says Ne
Is going to have lots of fun one Of those days spin
fDg American slang phrases on bis counrymen whea
ne goes home. a - q,
A prominent theatrical man who was in Washing
ton last week in speaking Of Edwin Booth, so recently
reported seriously III, but now on the road 10 re-
covery, said: -
Edwin Booth, Stuart Robson and John g. Ovens
an boys together IN the city Of Baltimore and
used TO run sort Of amateur circus such as boys
often get up. They made ring In oeIaf which
had dirt floor, and gos 10 performing all sorts OF
tricks, such as trmbling Ieeping, etc. Finally they
got the notion that their ~crcus, was not complete
without horse and they scraped together some money
and purchased an old horse for which they paid only
$6. Then the question was how to get the amman
into the cellar They wers afraid TO try the 'front.'
door, they didn't want the grown-up folks to know
that they had the horse, consequently they took him
to back window and tried to urge him to lump
through, but the horse refused, and as he was u.
cumbersome piece of property, the boys sold him that
night TO q negro for g. So Booth has often told mo
that he preferred in his youthful days the circus to the
stage, and that his father had to threaten him with
corporal punishment before he could DO induced 10
learn the light parts IN plays to which he was at
first assigned
The Nation's capital can boast OF lots Of smart
children and they constantly saying bright things
well known public man has two sons, one Of whom
is nearly twentyone years of ago, and the other Ia
about thirteen The elder took turn at society last
winter, but subsidized when Lent began. Not many
days ago, while tho family were at dinner, the youth
said: t.l-..
II expect 10 be married one Of these days, but I
have learned enough 10 three months not to select
society girl for wife, Most Of them do not get up
until IL and ~ o'clock In the day. They are indis-
posed half the time.7
GYes and exposed the other half" said the Nttls
fellow, who had been keen listener TO the es.
periences related by his big brother