Show SMART interpreters THINGS PLEASANT FOR SPANISH VISITORS V when their thor con C to new now tork york from om oth bouth am r ipa lie free to them nil ther aar wa ott for or attention it tho the spanish speaking people who cocce to tug city every year were num numbered bervA the result would sur prito the country wo no dont got many from spain to bo be sure but hosta hosts of booth bouth americana americans visit us wo we got thorn them on their way to europe and on their way back again and thousands thou Bands como come hero lore for tho the ole sole purpose of tho the greatest llo of tho the world thousands more come horo hero yearly upon business trips imd and tho the rich people of many south american republics bond send thair sona hero to bo be educated in our scho though most people in the southern republic republics take franco aa as their model in the matter of fashion gove amon tal ideas and the liko like they place a bagh high value upon american edi dedication cation az d american business buel noes training now york ie Is therefore tho the objective of very vory many thousand south american travelers ov every cry year and ho he hotels of tho the city which mako make south american business their chief object aro are always wa a crowded tho ile professional 6 interpreters terp reters in town also find all tho the business buel noss they want and plenty to koop keep them prosperous the ile spanish interpreter is a novelty to americans though ho he has flourished hero here for so many years that ho be may bo be considered an institution when a steamer bring brinar up at quarantine from a south american port there Is frequently seen a small tug hovering horing around her in addition to tho the tugs carrying the quarantine revenue offic ale lAils As soon as permissible this tug pulls alongside and half a dozen smartly dressed young men get aboard ship they are am all or south americans though they como come down tho the bay together amicably enough in a tug which they have jointly paid for as soon an va those these young men get aboard ship they become tho the ih iii el bellest lest sort of rivals and work against each others interests inte most assiduously they quickly learn loam tho the names of the richest or most distinguished passengers from the purser and begin to circulate among them and aid advance tho the interests of the particular hotels which each represents these young men are the runners or interpreters ere each la Is in the employ of some particular spanish hotel from which he roc receive elves a salary wary how ilow lie c advances his own interests at the some same time ume will presently be seen it does not take him long to discover of the guests he has capt captured tred has the most ready cash to this guest or party ho he then procco proceeds ds to make himself indispensable he greeta greets them the next morning affably and offers to show them the wonders of the town As a rulo rule tho the guests accepts his favors the more readily when he tells them that he Is entirely disinterested I 1 in his offers he ile is employed by the hotel he lie shows them tho the town and they are am charmed by his r aej an extensive knowledge then ilea be he suggests that perhaps they wish to make some purchases hosea and that he know the best and cheapest placed to buy a ny bort sort of goods they wish they generally fall in wil with ah this proposition readily enough if they dont bytheway bytho by the way the interpreter will very soon find it impossible on account of engagements to accompany them further but finding them willing to spend money he takes them to clothing house and the dr goods houra tho the boot makers the stationery stationers station ces ers the fancy goods dealers de alces the tha picture storo store tho the brio bric a brao brac shop and to hosts of other places whore where he be says tho the best american lean goods can bo be bought lower than at any other places in the city cit y the way he beats down tho the salesmen at these plaes plates and secures thoroughgoing thorough going bargains delights his patrons and his ini dimate knowledge of city lifo life and trade induces then thern to lay out nc no end of money in ways wha wah they had not calculated upon he ile is a very agreeable com kimlon too and know knows so many interesting things about new now york and new yorkers and american ways and customs and politics poll tica that they pay his travelling tra velling expenses around town but in their pleasure at having found so valuable a guide insist on oil treating him to fine dinners vi with ith ino fine winoa wines and elars to say nothing of thea theaters tors ald ocher 0 her amusements if they havo curiosity as to the reason for all hie his attentions they are tire satisfied at his smiling explanation that ho he L h empl employed by tho the hotel howl they are simply surprised that hotels in america pay auch such consi considerate derato attention to guests after the paty has dand new N york thoroughly and bought great uan quantities of gooda goods more than they ex to and soon he the eights sights to on an went and an expense never tho visitors lea leavo e now york for fort af lir ir acme in tho southam continent it ie is with ith expression of gratitude to their courteous guide not unusually accod danied with something eon ething very tar giblo md nd useful which the interpreter stows away in hie his pocketbook with thanks thank L for all thise clil ties however tho the interpreter hae has not riot been paid by the hotel for which ho he ie is tho the runner ills duty to that establishment endea when ho he brought tho the guests there and hie his salary was for that alone after hie his guests have gono gone ho he proceeds to collect hie lite pay payroe to tho the attentions ho he showed them ro aicra cry shop where they purchased goods ho he repair repairs and collects his big percentages upon tho the amounts of their purchases of course he piloted his charges to shops where ho he had previously mado made arrangements tor for percentages arrangements too were not mado made with tho the shops as business concerns jut with individual salesmen sal osmon in them in most big stores thoro there aro arc many salesmen who depend dep nd not upon salaries but upon percentages on their falos it is a paying business for these men to offer to too tho the interpreter en to veins tring them custom but when tho the interpreter visited tho the shop with his charges chars OS no ono one would havo have suspected that ho he had over ever before boon igeon tho the salesman who sold his friends tho boods at so greata a discount altogether 1 1 the interpreter has him como come out 0 u of the transaction very well lie hae has had pleasant company for ln n days all his around town all tho the wino wine and cigars ho he wanted plenty of good dinners a free trip to niagara a com fort ablo gratuity and after it waw all over a very comfortable comfort ablo sum of money in commissions ills commission from tho the hotel keeper in niagara ho he collects by mall mail but so long as tho the south american visitors more satisfied and happy what matters tho the little deception |