The record-union., 1893-05-24
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WHERE FOREIGNERS MEET.

"We interpreters have good deal of
sport in our work, F" continued Mr.. Barry.
1T is surprising how it pleases foreigners
to run across some one who speaks their
language. They come again and again,
and this is getting to be sort OF rem
devious for all kinds of people. l have
had occasion to talk eight languages in
here already. Many of them are very
well informed in this business. The
principal glasSnakers in the old country
are the BOhemians, the Murano Vene-
tlans, the French and English. But in
my library have technical works on
glass in every language in which any
thing IS written about it. l had to in
order to learn technical terms. In some
languages the nomenclature is very COM
plete and filed with common terms, in
dicating the extent to which the industry
has been developed. In EngliSh-or
rather American, to be more eXact-the
nomenclature is rather soant. There are
few technical names. 1t is because the
industry is not an old one among us.
Most of the American glassmakers, that
Is. experts, are foreign born. We have
great times i'll the interpreters Associa-
uon talking about all these matters.
KAISER WILHELM's BoDY-GUARD.
"By the way, we had fine meeting the
other night at my house, No. 563S Madi-
son avenue. You know that Kaiser
Wllhelm's body-guard, or 'Leib regi-
ment,' is here with the German depart
ment. Well, seventeen of the htty-four
were my guests. They were escorted by
Otto Lehnerts, the royal trumpeter, and
we had some fine music at my house by
royal musicians. In our party are thirty
young ladies, and with their music and
other kinds of social entertainment we
had a great time.
Our association is unique affair,
truly. presume it is the first thing of
the kind ever gotten up, and it could
only have been gotten up at fair like
this"
The association is unique, and in it are
men whose experience would make a
capital volume of tales. 1t is not an un-
common thing in Europe to meet men
who speak readily six or eight languages,
but 1t is uncommon to find such an
American. Mr.. Barry is graduate of
The University of Michigan. of The class
OF 1880. lie went into the banking busi-
ness. His thirst for Iingual information
never ceased, and he pursued his studies
diligently. In his town, Jackson, Mich,
be taught languages, after quitting bank
Ing, and such was his reputation in that
city he is always referred to as Herr
Barry. Mrs. Barry is also an accom-
plished .linguist. His repertoire of spoken
languages is now as follows: German,
French, Spanish, Italian. Turkish,
Egyptian, Portuguese, Holland Dutch,
swedish. Norwegian, Swiss, Modern
Greek, Latin, Polish, English, besides
several dialects Of these languages, such
as Canadian French, which IS mixed with
Indian, MeXican-Spanish, Brazilian
Portuguese, French-Polish, Algerian
French, Scotch, Welsh, and he has fair
knowledge of Russian.
LATIN \ SPOKEN LANGUAGE.
The impression that Latin is a dead
language is erroneous" said he. II have
heard 1t spoken many time in Italy,
even by children. 1t is in many places
very little different from classical Latin.
Modern Greek is very different from
classical Greek, however. l heard a good
story about Professor D'Oege, the Pro-
fessor OF Greek in the University of Mich
lgan. lie was one of the first to make a
thorough study of modern Greek. He
stepped INTO a Greek restaurant and called
for some bread, using the classic name
name. In this way he made his first at
tempts at the modern tongue. The waiter
was horrlhed. He held up his hands in
almost terror. Then he fled. CROSSING
himself The Professor had used the
good classic term for bread, but NOWADAYS
1t Is only used for the bread of the holy
communion. The waiter was Mortified
to think that man should ask for it in a
restaurant, and the idea of putting butter
on sacrifcial bread was too much.'
In this association there are other Ian
guages spoken, though the list given as
Mr.. Barry's repertoire seems almost ex-
haustive. Some night there may be heard
Chinese, Japanese, Javanese, Hawaiian,
Finish, Danish, and perhaps others still.
Nolapuk seems to be absent, also the
language of monkeys, as spoken by Pro-
tessor Garner. This strange party of men
will grow larger before the fair is over, as
any interpreter to the Worlds Fair is
eligible.-lnter-O