The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22

4 bors ana the excitement viii he over
( Ihe Chileaus are good fighters. and
/ wen there is trouble they respond ta
the can 10 arms as cheerfuHy as the
! iflsn' Their men have been So busy
i at the game of war during years mast
/ mat girls and women have taken their
/ places I'D many lines of Work-notab
I as street car conductors. ID fs claimed
( t'at the Argendnes would not respond
/ 20 tner countrys call as readily as
! the Chlledus would to- theirs ON ac-
count of Argentina being So large.
! ~ is divided into provinces or states.
| "hleh nave their own governments,
"hhe all Chile is governed by one aG-
/ lhinlslrauon. In travelling over Ar
/ gentina the tourist must DE careful
[ nor 10 carry change from ore province
/ 70 another, as each state has its own
money.
The trouble between Chile and Arr
I gentina has been a dispute over the
/ boundary line. This difference was
nnaily settled By arbitration. and a.
/ grand love feast was held in l4uor OF
the settlement. Eacd of the tHa couu-
tries sold OFF few battlssl.E= HI order
/ 10 train down 10 eGcu otaer's size
/ Then 1t was decided III erect % large
statue of the Savior on he boundary
lire 20 mark their peacealsle arrange
ment. All went wen uc,I the gue=-
ton Of locating the monument arose.
/ should the statue face toward the
east or West-towa}d CHILE o- A~p-r-
tina2 Neither country sras willing TO
have the figure of the Iord turning
his back ola its people. and NE tuuult
over the question grew Sc strong that
IL began TO look as IF the tattleshirs
had been sold tee soon. III last ace
counts the question was stu iu debate
Americans have their tFibuIatious
II
among a people who speak a language
other than their own. Mistakes il
Spanish are frequent and cause much
merrlment. A young woman entered
a cafe and endeavOred 10 make the
waiter understand that she wanted
roast beef by drawing the picture of
COW. The attendant smiled knowing
iy and IN few MINUTES came back
with a ticket TO the bun sight.
One afternoon d party OF young
people We're taking some Fefreshmeut
i'm cafe, and young man whO had
studied Latin, but Nho had never
talked Spanish, was dosing the order
ing. Several other members of the
party could speak Spanish fuentiy and
it gave them the cold shivers to hear
the newcomer butcher The language.
They felt sure that IF given enough
rope he would soon hang himself The
members of the party were partaking
of some berries that were delicious.
One young lady. to whom the venture
some liuguist was especially devoted.
said she believed she would have
second helping. When he ATTEMPTED TO
give the order a great laugh went uU
at his expense He intended TO ssy-
Bring the young lady some more
berries" but in reality ne said: Bring
the young woman horse blanket
He gave up his job in disgust
Another young man. who was show
ing of his Spanish before some young
lady friends, intended "a say. Bring
me a little more cheese 1ue servant
looked puzzled and be- feu minutes
the head waiter approached the Young
gentleman very 0eferentia1Iy ana asked
him in English. what is In you wish,
sfT2 The waiter understood sou to sag
you desired a small house We have
nothing of the sort on the bin of fare
BY this time the student of Spanish
was so Disguised that he had lost his
appetite. He headed for the door grum-
bling something about thick headed
walters not understanding their own
language
A very recent incident and one
which came near resulting fatally. oc-
Cured in one Of the hsrbors OF tine
west coast. A young man who knew
some Spanish words was being rOWed
ashore in a small boat by a native.
An outgoing steamer crossed their
path and was close upon them before
either noticed its approach. The
American saw it first and shouted 10
the boatrnan: Pray, man, pray,' The
frightened bOatmau took him at his
word and fell upon his knees. The
steamer just grazed the row boat as #
passed. The Spanish words for row
and pray" are very similar. and the
American intending TO say, Row,
man. row." used the wrong word at
the critical moment thus disconCert-
ing the boatman. Tt really looked ike
the right time to pray, and the native
did a good job of it,
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