The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-13
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM OLD MEXICO.
Concluded from page 81

AOOhNAudCu -" PoSC cJ
sun and water seem to make heat
seventeen times heat. AS the launch
started off for the river trip, | spied
Mr.. B. waving goodbye, SO We came
alongside the dock again, to shake
hands and to ask what he thought of
the ancient city, and when he was GO
ing to start for the mines. 81 think
SO much of it," he replied, chat | am
going right back again with the S. S.
Iroquois,-didn't know there was
such a hot place until after one died"
And his peachy complexion testified
that his remarks were very sincere.
had to laugh, but told him to wait
a little while, he would like it, heat
and all, even if he did think it was
too many miles away from the win
ter cold of Broadway, or 18th and
Market st. R. R. Station. = I am sure
he will come back again and | know
he will always think with pleasure of
his first sea trip here. A dinner was
given him on board by his friends
and the officers of the ship; it was
his birthday, and he was a very much
surprised gentleman indeed, when
coming to the regulation meal. He
found everything in honor of him
self. l heard some very interesting
speeches by the Captain about our
country and l was rather proud of the
men from that country who made
them. There were speeches, too, in
Spanish, by Dominican men, who liked
our America, and wished for the
same feeling toward their Republic,
(translated to US by the Sister Plan
tacion's Auditory. Good wishes were
responded to and l am sure our
Philadelphia Bank President did not
regret the Santo Dominion trip that
night, anyway. I was the last of the
American lady passengers, so in sure
enough gala costume, was the only
one present, and was honored, too,
with the request for a speech. Being
extremely modest, will add that l
trust it wasn't so bad. At the end of
it, the thought struck me, "The 18th
of D%ecember!" and I said, "Why, this
is my Daddy's birthday, too" 1t was
rather a peculiar speech ending, but
seemed to meet with approval. The
Junior member of a New York sugar
firm going to the Macoris Estate,
sprang up, and cried, "Welll here's to
Daddyl" and about forty more mas
culine voices echoed the wish with a
will. Right there, though, the gaiety
of the dinner party almost changed
to a bad ease of home sickness for me.
Mr.. B. disposed of that feeling, how
ever, when he said, Gentleman, I am
very pleased to share my birthday
party with this, another American
gentleman, Mr.. McDevitt, though sc
many miles of sea separate u.s."
Am hoping to know still more about
the Spanish language while here this
Crop, but most of the attempts result
in more laughing than learning.
Here is one specimen of instruction I
received to my inquiry of "what does
Undo mean, Sammy" Sammy is
our colored cook, cleans house very
we'll, looks after the chickens, ducks,
and guinea pigs, curries and washes
daily our steed, "Dulzura," makes a
very decent looking groom when n
desires to go horseback riding, and
has no other escort, is an eX-jockey,
and speaks three languages, English
of a sort, French and Spanish, and
tells n very firmly that he is ga
British Object, Sir" He gave my de-
sire for information grave considera-
ton and then interpreted the word
"lindo" thusly: "Mistruss, it do mean
What Beautiful She Arel'" Now,
l am a lady little given to slang and
who mostly thinks her uncomplimen-
tary criticisms for future treatment.
The inward response this time a
"Some language, believe mel After
wards l looked "lindo" up in the
Spanish dictionary; it means "pret-
ty," SO Sammy had a right to his
opinion.