The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23
WHAT SlxT0 SAYS.
The INTERCHANGEABLE Dialect as Applied 10
the Philippine situation.

| From the Baltimore American
| Note.-It will be observed that Senior
| Lopez seems to be insurrectins against
| his own dialect. This may be attributed
TO vaudeville, the Dreyfus trial. and the
| spirit of freedom.
| Boston, Oct. Stalking a seat below a
large map labeled Roads of the Philip
pines" l asked:
| rs this Mr.. Sixto Lopez?'
| 81, senOr," he replied. with a sibilant
| siZz like unto that of the soda fountain
which has been carefully winked at.
| Where are OnetO TWoto, Threeto, and
the rest of the census?" inquired. think
| ing TO insert some frivolous jocularity
into the conversation.
Light and airy insertion is all right for
a shirtwaist, but there is no room for it
| in Filipino tete-a-tete. The numerically
| designated patriot blushed to a hammered
brass tint, and exclaimed:
'Sir-r-r-r-r-r-r?'
Calling his valet, he instructed the poor
man to take the "r'' out into the hallway
| and roll it some more.
| Senior" 1 resumed, determined to bring
the smile of joy TO his lips, Il am glad l
| senior"
| He did not rise to this bon mot He did
not even smile when | took a pencil and
paper, and by the aid of a few logarithms
| ana several OF Euclid's best and most in
| trlcate pictures, indicated that when a
| line OF thought bisected the curve of a
conversation in such manner the re-
| SulJdnI angle was an angle for laughter
''Sare,' declared Slxto. Ia come-a to
| TINS land fora de freedom. la will
Walk-a on de straight-a road from-a now
IN Boston?"
| The
| Strengthening out when he got on to Bos-
Ton curves, and in response to question
regarding the seemingly uncalled-for pro-
tuDerance Of himself into the country at
| this time. he said:
Il am Ze good friend OF re gr-r-rand, re
noble Aguinaldo. l bring to America his
| last message
But some one intimates that you have
| not seen Aguinaldo for two years.
True enough. mon colonel, but il IS that
/ have not the f1eetness of the feet 10
overtake him. Had not my feet been 10
| the slowness my eyes their duty would
| have accomplished"
The senior sighed, and with an impulsive
gesture, like that Of the coy schoolboy
who sits down upon the bent pin, he arose
| 10 his unf1eet feet raised his hand. and.
| pointing TO high heaven. as he said, but
| really 10 the clause OF the hotel rules
! which admonishes the guest 10 put his
money IN the safe and informs YOU that
.
'Ach, Mein gOundtryi Mein gOundtryl Id
| ISIS that / haf the lofe yet in mein buzzum
! for i'd Mein heardt ID goes nit Akkenal-
| do unit mis- prave fellows"
IF il keeps up with them you have a
! palpitatiOn.' l interjected, whereat he re-
quested me not 10 interrupt" him and
went on. until l asked him II he intended
| supporting Bryan in this campaign
'Ay cOorse noti Av coOrse not Now ye
| see, It's this way, SEE ], th't il Is, seq ].
! Phwhy shud We Support Brine. phwin
| Brine is shuportin' ug2 To be certainly
| theirs no doubt we cud give Brine p'ints
on runnin' but Brine gives US p'ints on
| talkin'. An. more be token, tn mon th't
talks an runs away viii live 10 talk an
/ other day Dye see? It's in tn cOnVysa-
1 tional condict that We shOine. SEE /. loike
a di'mund in a shtained glass windy, Sc.
l. An as tn runuin' We have none O. tn
| buck jumpin' faytures of an ottymobeel
| yit We en- wind jack rabbit in wan
mile. an give him a shtart at that We
| have 10, seq !. our backbone has been
bruk so often th't our talkin' apparatus
an out walkin' attachments all THIS
! left 10 US. dye seer
The gallant Sixto then handed himself
| ten dollars for his patriotic expenses. and
observed that there was not so much
money in being a patriot as there used
An" he murmured you have the
great patriots All indeed. yes. The
mighty Web Davis. ne who shoots the
/ hole IN the hat that he may the more
| language speak through IL. And the great
| Wellington. How he makes the sorrow IA
| his heart for Us. and All the more vet
| since the Senior Mckinley told him that
he should not the grass promenade upon.
And the thrice noble Bryant On. il We but
had a man in our land who could make
the paramount 10 change with the moon
Yes And there Is also me, II could only
/ die a thousand deaths for nv country
| Gladly would begin dying them at once
/ But as IL is"
las If isl
''As IL is. have but one death TO spare.
and ] do not ike 10 use H."
And so left Senior Sixtesn-to-one-to Lo-
peg counting up his name