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Show A Linguist. Tho charm ot Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart's negro dialect stories was greatly enhanced when sho read them I herself, ns sho used frequently to do In tho early dnys of her fame, for charity and church entertainments. Her Imitation of Iho negro dialect wan excellent, and her small son, who was very fond of her accomplishment in this line, frequently boasted of It among tho other children. Once, when Fome of his schoolmates wera vaunting vaunt-ing tho accomplishments of their several sev-eral mothers, ho was overheard to declare: de-clare: "Well, my mother Is smarter than any of yours. She can speak two lan-guages." lan-guages." "What nro they?" demanded his companions. "White nnd colored. |