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are Denlnu, TOO, with their privilege
taxes, tipping licenses, etc. All the
city needs is for those who owe to walk
up and settle their Indebtedness. The
Receiver of Water Taxes has been
for three or four days past stopping
the water Of delinQuents,
The Progress of Spelling Reform.
To the Nashville Americana
In April 1910, when spelling match
es were Of almost nightly occurrence.
and demonstrated that scarcely anyone
really knew how to SMELL the English
language, | had the pleasure of pre-
senting, through the columns of the
Nashville Republican Banner. some
reasons in favor of a revision of
iawless photography. Since the time
the matter has been taken up By some
of the present educators and philolog-
lists Of this country and Great Britain.
and much has been accomplished to
wards, at least, preparing the way for
this greatly needed reform.
In August, 1876, an international
convention was held in PHILADELPHIA.
which resulted in the formation of the
Spelling Reform Association. 1t has
held three annual meetings in eonnec-
tiOn with prominent educational or
CARNATIONS, and the following list of
its officers for the ensuing year is evi
dence of the great Importance attach
ed to this subject bymenO of the highest
learning, both in England and Amer.
lea
President. Francis A. March. LID:
Pro. English language aud compare
tive philology, Lafayette college. Ex-
President American pathological asso-
citation, Easton, Penn.
Vice Presidents, S. S. Haldeman.
LII d., Prot. Comparative philology.
University Of Pennsylvania. Chickens.
Penn; Rev. Richard Morris. LII D..
ex-president Of Pathological society.
London, England; J.. A. NJ. Murray.
LII. d., president Of the Philolopical
society, London, England; Rev 4. Fl.
Sayce, a. ~, Prof Of philology in the
University Of Oxford, Oxford. Eng
land; Hon. w. T. Harris, LII. d., su.
perintendent of schools, St. Louis.
Mo; Il. Jones, B. A.. 1 Amoerly street.
Liverpool, England; w. d. Whit
ney, LID, Prof sanscrit and com
parative philology, Yale College. New
Haven, Conn; Henry Sweet. ESQ.
ex-President Of the pathological socie-
y, London, England; j. I. Child.
Ph. d., Prof. Of rhetoric and oratory.
Harvard University. Cambridge.
Mass; Rev. w. w. Skeat. A. NJ.
Prof. Of AnglO-Saxon in the Univer.
sity of Cambridge, Cambridge Eng
land; c. X. Nelson, DID,, ice Pres
ident y. Johns College, Annapolis,
Nd; Eliza B. Burns, teacher Of Eng
lish phoneties and phonic Shorthand.
at Cooper s Institute, New York, 81.
Park Row, New York.
In the present movement no sweep
ing changes are proposed. The asso-
citation recommends for general usethe
adoption Of these Eve rules: /. Omit
a from the digraph ca when as e-short.
as in he'd. helth, etc. 2. Omit silent
e after a short vowel, as in hav. civ.
etc. 3. Write flor ph in such words
az aliabet, fantom, etc. 4. When a
word ends with a double letter omit
the last. as in shal, cliff. eg. etc. 5
Change ed to t where 1t has the sound
Of t as in lashi, imprest,etc.
The Pathological Association. which
meets once a year, and is composed Of
men Of the highest %lingual research
and %attainments, recommended. al
their meeting last year, the spellines.
hay, CIV. liy, tho, thru, ar, gard. visit.
infnit, catalog.
Newspapers generally are aiding the
movement. thousands nav publish
articles giving information in regard
% the reform or recommending it..
Scrlbner. for September and October
has long. able and commendatory
papers. Several Journalists IN New
iork and san Francisco hay for the
past year been regularly spelling. hay.
gg liz. The Chicago Tribune has the
following order placed over each com
pOsit0r case
CORRECTED sPELLINGs.
Hereafter spell certain words in Tie
Tribune az follows
Demagog, catalOg, pedagog, synapoq.
diaiog,. decalog, and other words end
ing IN logue aud gOgue.
tlgaret, etiquet, paraquet. coquet.
and all similar words, except Gazette
when 1t Is used as the name ola news.
paper.
Omit the superfuous me in pro
gram-gramme.
Omit the second ~ dilemma.
Spell definite in all its forms without
the fnal G thus, dednit-ly-ness, TO-
delnite-ly-ness.
Spell infinite without the final e
thus, iniinit-ly-ness.
Omit final c in %hypocrite, fayorite.
granite; also, upposite-ly-ness and
opposite ness.
When less is followed by another
syllable drop n s from "less." viz
Carelesness, thanklcsness, faultlesly.
etc.
/. Omit the fourth g in assassin (assas
IN and other forms Of the word.
speii somerset, not somersault.
6peil canyon, not canon.
Controller, not comptroller.
Change pm TO fil, faBtom, fantasm.
and all forms Of the word Ma, ip
Ionic, ionetic-s-al, @fonoqrafy. or.
th9graiy allabet, digraf. difthona.
The Home journal, thc leading
literary and society paper Of New
York, adopts a similar set ~ rul,s e.