Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-02

pick up all the doctors terrible mispronunI
Citations and faulty constructions. The
young American couple are absorbing Miss
Lucy's direct translation OF American
idioms and her mammals Ter swee'' ac-
cent. And SO on with the rest OF US. We
are spelling each other.
Get the Sense Of It.
In society we hear Miss Smith, whose
voice is just like PATHS only three notes
higher Miss Brown, who has won g.
medal at the Roody Institute for declama-
ton" Mr.. Johnes. who is studying for the
Paris grand OPERA Miss Robinson. who
is going to give piano recitals In London"
and Disqualification. the Franco-Turkish
poet" They sing with notes angelical to
many harp. Also their song Is partial.
and IL the harmony ever suspends hades.
as the blind bard puts 1t, the effect ought
to be due to the artistic atmosphere, be-
cause when song and poem finished
and well-gloved little hands have appauded
frantically those rosebud lips Will murmur
with soft humility-you hear 1t al around
you in the an4aole rafting of cups and
spoons
II don't catch every world"
He speaks SO fast. don't you know
II understand enough to get the sense"
Strange, strange! the part has become
greater than the whole; and from scattered
scraps of 'raffreux passe, ines fauteS
ct mes douleurs'' they are able to CLEAN
the sense Of something that never had
it.
One man in Paris-one man only-I have
known to pick up French in a year. Az
his name was Rigby, and as he did Ii in
this very boarding house, see no harm
in disclosing his method.
On our excursions to the monuments OF
Paris he walked ever with the lovely
French grass widow. In our evening trips
to boulevard, Montmartre and Latin Quar-
ter he stuck to the widow. Watts saw him
with her at the Gymnase. The doctor met
them sailing down the avenue of the
Champs Elysee. links and l observed
him teaching her to skate at the Ice palace.
Lucy and her mamma ran across them ae
married couple brought in report con-
Meeting them with certain walks Of tho
Bots de Boulogne.
OF course, we talked about them. prac-
Say tay patent!' "Pove gar-song!" 10
vols son finil!''
The couple had tendency to hang
around the empty dining room when meals
what can they do at that mussed-up
tabie?' queried Lucy's mamma. They
would be more private in cab" Out
that was spite, because no sudden burst-
ing in upon them ever faxed them).
They just sat there. Rigby and the widow
toying with the dessert.
The Biscuit Method.
81 must know said Lucy's mammal
and nobody blamed her when she hid be.
hind screen to look and listen. In three
minutes she came to US in the billiard
room.
She's feeding him with biscuits" was
her gasping explanation.
/"How?'
by handi She murmurs to him. takes
a cracker or a gingcrsnap: she holds II to
his mouth; pleads with him tenderly to
eat it" .
"And hep
He eats ft-like a pacha! It's a shame
to spoil man like that! Pove idiot! She
fills him up with biscuits now, maze 5e
vols son-finil"
Who could resist? Behind the screen we
tiptoed; some one tipped 1t over: bang! it
fell, amid embarrassing silence There
was Rigby, being fed with love and bis.
cults!
Ladies'" he said, rising; and he added.
Gentlemen (Which We thought rather
good of him, considering), permit me to
present to you my wife-to-be. Our mar
rage will take place as soon as l have
mastered the French ''u'' and "ou' pro-
nunciations."
He sat down. The widow took another
biscuit. He shut his eyes dreamy-and
opened his mouth. She raised the biscuit
and pressed his tongue gently with corr
ner of it.
"Eu!' she murmured
"Eu!" he answered.
Yes it is the biscuit method of acquire
ing French, the only efficacious method,
and it has no handbook.
STERLING HELLO.