The sun., 1900-07-07
FL HeraldO de Boston.

Polyglot Boston has learned to trust the
linguistic enterprise of the Boston Herald.
A few years ago, on the occasion Of the
French play at Harvard University. that
newspaper published a more than adequate
description OF the performance in the dialect
of French most familiar to Bostonans
1t was. therefore. with qualification rather
than with surprise that the people Of Boston
and the neiGhboring towns. after spending
weeks over Spanish grammar and dictlon-
ary In preparation for the coming Of the
Cuban teachers, found on opening their
morning Herald on Tuesday last that one
page Of the newspaper was printed in the
Castlian idiom. To the dwellers in Brook
line and Somerville and Cambridge and
the Newtons it was bit of a shock to dis
cover that they had been living without
knowing it in an "arrabal." but as they
examined the unfamiliar words and, here
and there. identified known phrase or
place they were overcome with delight
that Boston should after all be so very
Spanish.
For the time being the Herald trans
formed itself into FL Heroldo. Its scare
head, by a subtle sacrifice of grammar to
chiyalry at once gave notice to the Cubans
that they were In Massachusetts,. woman $
own stamping ground. 1t read Boston
ola Ia bicnvenida las maestras maestros
Cubanos" 4" Beneath was engraved trip
tych, showing, in the centre, the Cubans
disemhArking from transport to the left.
the Boston Herald. as herald, in medieval
garb with its trumpet modestly tucked
under one arm, offering itself for sale as a
legorica portrait OF the venerable town
of Boston. She il represented as an elderly
spinster in mob cap, pulled sleeves and
pannicrs, grasping palmleaf fan and her
skirts in one hand. while the other, which
Is hidden. points presumably to a Look
Out for the Engine" sign in the background
bearing the inscription Welcome. The
severity OF her expression is attenuated
by spectacles and side Curls. Not a fiat
tering presentment, to be sure, but one that
from its source We must take to be true.
1t IL not precisely according to Castilian
Cuban teachers on their arrival that they
must be thankful for the favors they are
about to receive and to enumerate all
that has been done for them, even TO
the fact that the walters at Memorial
Hall are serving for "muy POGO dinero,
but New England cannot become the land
of hidalgos all at once and Boston is
not In the habit Of hiding its good deeds
under bushel For the housewives who
have been learning to cook "tortillas" and
their husbands who have been trying to
give the right cock to their "sombreros"
Ell Herdlio's Castilian fount will provide
sufficient refreshment, IL tells them that
their "Estacion Terminal" Is the largest
railroad station in the world, that their sub
way or via subterranea" ia "muy bonita, u
that ia avenida de Commonwealth" Is the
most beautiful avenue in the United States
and extends 10 the pueblo" Of Auburndae
and 1t describes "el mcrcado de Quincy"
and ia iglcsia de Ia Trinidad" and ia capila
de King" and "el parque dc Franklin "
The State House is "el CapitOlio, magnfcC
edificio situated" enuna cminencia llnmada
Beacon Hill proximo al Parque grande
el Common" 1t has IA "magnihca cupola
grnndc" which shines at night with un.
eqlallcd radiance from thousands of electric
lights. Moreover Boston abInda en- mag.
nifcos hotelt~S" and has ten "buenos tcatros,
unfortunately closed for the summer.
The Cuban teachers arrived too late tc
find Don JosIAs Quincy. Alcalde Mayor
OF the city. or Don RoGERo WoLcoTr. Cap
tan General OF the State. hut every Bos-
tonian household will recognize "el Presi.
dente de Harvard Il Senor Don CARLO
GUILLERMo ELIOT and will compare the
name with the signature on its treasured
sheepskins. CAROL. Gull. ELIOT, Praises
Some curious information the Cubans
will take home with them from FL Heraldo