Show Rhodess Phonetic French Every anecdote told of Cecil Rhodes proves the greatness of the man lie bas met no obstacle which lie could not surmount even to teaching Brit sh sailors to pronounce French so that u Frenchman could understand It Following Is the story of how he did it While on the way to England from the Cape on a Castle liner he was on deck while passing Cherbourg where several vessels of the French Channelsquadron were drawn up inline In-line to salute the exEmpress Eugenics Eu-genics yacht The Frenchmen who were spread out on the yards of their vessels shouted Vive Ilmperatrice The Castle liners captain wishing to show his respect to the exEmpress got his men ready to salute but In the short time attyils disposal he could not school his cr w > to repeat the French words wordseH them to say Beef lemons and cheese suggested Rhodes playfully and to his utter amazement the yacht was greeted with 0 deafening yell of 1 beef lemons and cheese which entirely en-tirely drowned the voice of the French sailors The exEmpress Is stated to have expressed great pleasure at Eagle the compliment afterward Brooklyn |