The Jersey City news., 1901-05-03
Charming Artistes Who Are
to Present CONSTANT
nople" in Buffalo
at the Hotel
Washington.
THEIR SEARCH FOR BOARDING HOUSES
Under the Skillful Guidance
of a Gallant Cicerone
They Win the Land
ladies' Hearts.

The city was invaded today with a
hevy of very charming and utterly ire
sistible artistes from Europe, who are on
their way to Buffalo, but who will remain
in this city for two weeks to rehearse a
new drama, "Constantinople.' The author
of 1t is also here at the Hotel Washington,
and he is no less parsonage than Sir
| Paolo Georgius, friend of the great
composer Verdi.
The pretty ladies in the company, who
dance on the tips of their toes, warble
like thrushes, whirl through the air on
trapezes, and do similar stunts as be-
wildering as they are graceful, are the
despair of the boarding mistresses down
town who cater to the profession" and
| for the very good reason that great
many of the artistes don't speak English
| and the boarding house ladies don't speak
French, Spanish, German or Russian.
The situation is complicated, too,
| by the belief among some ladies who
| run boarding houses that anything is
good enough for foreigner. to whom
| they imagine good things are unknown.
There, marin, a good room, large bed,
you see, plenty of light, hot and cold
water, three good meals a day, and all
for Sc a week, to be paid of course in ad-
vance, as them's my regular terms
which / always make to the profession,
and / don't make no change to anyone,
as am well known to many as reason
able in my rates, and l treats them we'll
as treats me, and / don't find no fault
when there is no OCCASION only my terms
are in advance" ratified off a Grand
street lady, who has rooms, to three of
the fair invaders this morning, none of
whom understood word she said. They
had been directed there.
"Quel est be prix par jour pour lie
salon ct les chambres a coucher?" asked
one of them, and the landlady, raising
her voice almost to a shout, presumably
that the foreign lady might better under
stand, repeated the preceding formula.
With an impatient shrug of the shoulders,
the visitor demanded
"Tenez vous table d'hote?'
'.No, marin, there's not one in the city
land then aside)-what's the woman ex-
pect anyway? You can't teach them
foreign people sense
At that moment some one came up who
made things plain to both parties, and
my what a change. The foreign ladies
declared the boarding mistress "char-
mante.' and that lady confidentially said
to the interpreter
81 knew them was ladies' even if they
couldn't speak United States"
Other members of the company weren't
so fortunate as these three ladies were.
In another boarding house two of them
encountered an impatient lady and then
there was trouble. The tall artistic in
an automobile coat and a very fetching
fiat began
"Ieh wunche die wohnungen zu sehen
die sic zu vermiethen haben.'
beg parding, lady, but what was you
be afther saying?''
stare and an appealing look brought
this from her companion, similarly at
| tired
"Desidero vedere gil appartamenti che
avete da affitare.'
"Dootch and Dago, and you're not the
| likes for me-" replied the landlady, po-
litely shutting the door in their faces
There was nothing to be done but go
| back to the Hotel Washington and wait
| for the "directeur,'' who seemed to be
everywhere but here and there when his
services were required. To a News"
representative, standing by and enjoying
| the fun, he mopped his face and dolefrily
| Observed
| This is no joke, can tell you.''
| When the ladies reached the hotel they
poured their grievances all at the same
time and in divers tongues, into the SYM
pathetic ears of Sir Paolo, who seemed
to have the extraordinary faculty of
being able to pacify them all. He not
only looks like musician with his flow
| ing locks and general air of negligee, but
| he is one At the famous Scala Theatre
in Milan he produced many compositions
Il write there over thirty grands bal
let's vous savez in that theatre and
meet Giuseppe Verdi there yer often I
write many masses for the cathedral,
To the employees of the hotel the quiet
distinguished looking little man is won
der. During the morning he often sat at
the piano in the reception room of the
hotel improvising.
Gee" said the critical bell boy, s'but
dat guy knows how to punch de ivories.',
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