Show A linguist the charm of mrs ruth mcenery stuarts negro dialect stories was greatly enhanced when she read them herself as she used frequently to do in the early days of her fame for charity and church entertainments her imitation of the negro dialect was excellent and her small son who was very fond of her accomplishment in this line frequently boasted of it among the other children once when some of his schoolmates were ing the accomplishments of their sev eral mothers be was overheard to declare well my mother is smarter than any of yours she can speak two lan grages cihat are they demanded his companions white and colored |