New-York tribune., 1891-02-07
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

Have you ever noticed said physician, now
many OF the people you meet have the habit OF keeping
their lips parted little Just observe peoples mouths
in your walks about the city and you will be surprised
AT tho truth of what telling you. or perhaps
Won Will not be surprised now that have put you on
your guard but you will find the number Is exceedingly
large. venture To say that more thah thIcc
quarters Of the men and women to be met In the
streets Of this city will be found to have their mouths
habituay partly open. TO some extent TINS Is que
to the catarrh. which IS almost national disease anu
which renders noscbreathng in at least some cases oV
an easy thing. Then | think that it is largely the
result Of bad habits The habit OF opening the lips
little is easily acquired, and. like all habits. not
easily broken. Then. again, there are some people
who have the habit Of bummng TO themselves as they
walk which naturally tends to throw the mouth open
of course the general habit Of when ar speaHlns
/. an extremely bal Ihr nose l. the nstrIIhcs
siycn lis 70 breathe with, ana OnlF "hch lIc a., ~
u,c- through the nose ana j. strained there, especaly
I'M cold weather i, il In ut condition to enter the lungs
Much more attention should BE- given TO tHg lotniaeo @
of the habit of nose breathing than Is generally the case
rbi, i. a fact that ought be- orcbly impressed on
the mind of every parent ana eVerS WdCsr' tSn
violent exercise Is natural and Inevitable To breahe
throuch the mouth Just a. the dog throws open ms
law, and hangs out his tongue when eXhaused Dy SUM-
nrcaj effort But the dog and all other animals When
in normal condition breathe only through the nose, and
men, women and children ought to do the saih''
The President has appointed a board to determine the
correct spelling Of geographical names. aud It Is tile
opinion Of competent geographers that the WORK 50
far done by the board is good and worthy OF gcierai
acceptance. 1t is certain that uniformity In the speihs
II such name, {, highly desirable. But who Is To pro
feet the language in general from the monstrosties
which ire- ponsblc newspaper writers are constantly
attempting to fo,t upon IT That dreadful barbarsm
larorltion" with the Kindred verb. participles etc.
and even "electrocutOncr" stll threatening us
! ana close behind this array comes " mototlcp a. d
Icscnau FOR the person VINO uert' ,, tc o - Ihc 80
electric railway. j. there no way 81
! thlu-,1 some high authority should Dc ch,po"c'ru
to control the creation Of words ana determine ,mvr @
necessity and at the same time to nnict a siSee' g
| ,,lmcnt upon the maa who Is guilty OF such mon
| -uo-ity motorrcer.'
81 meyer see the word .mlei.'" said man. looking
IN from his paper on the sixth ave- elevated ROAD yes
tcriay. without thinking of The fact-it IS iact py
! the wav-that q now well known IN ui' literary
world and I'm other lines Of activity had nea ~ reached
what are called years Of discretion before he ascertaed
that mi. woid ml~l,d' was rot the past tense OF the
vcrn .mi.lc' IIe lad nevcr suspected that 1t came
from .mi,lcad and had never pronounced II ms leG
nt alvav, ~ though il spelled 'mheld or 'nlI
J lcd' Thence hr worked back I" IN" VerD mist
| r,,rh - cours, be pronouAcrd 'miLLlc' and 1t was
mo-, uni he was far I'm hi tccn' that ue discovered MS
| error
| 81 have in mind parallel case" said his COM
| nonion II Is that Of "a Young lady who HAD never
tor-ht Of the word 'bu-ler sounded in any othcr
,vov than uc Ter, ard therefore caught on T.
the meaning of the word She pressed her ignorance
| 10, a most auontable way when She said to young
military officer on whom she was >irou' OF pfo'u
cling a GOOD impression oh the c'> something that !
want &, know very much. and an sure Non "l oo
clad to tell me. | see that there i a buglcr AZ
| ,,.t,t d, vour regiment have never been able TO
| find out what bag l'r7 doe. Won't Won ten me
| ,liat The duties of "A "bu--icr' are y must 'oil
| to litlc sympathy with IN" Young iauN NY I'i H. uo
',. have "A di .'lnct rccoc lon that Nhcn We :,
| Lor and wa, reading about the EcNoiriionaW NNt /
| .,,no l,pon th, word ard. pron un'inE IL m'utIif
| im.t a, 'thr younc Lads did vas ui"be to Tel I'i
fIlur.t ,limmcr OF It's meaning. suipo-' s"u',
i,. l,oioi i'm tl, dictionary for the meaning 0i trc
| otr,nrc word ard 80 g,t ON to the ught tra'h
| "Eut." said a third member Of the group t'hihS up
tho conversation at tbs point. our friend IS not a'o'
| .cthcr right about mts-lcd. That combination Is
,ly IN, past tense U the verb mise'' when III ans
to rain in very Gnc drops. Hike uIcN mist II ~,
., often u--h or seen. but II viii be found IN the
| n d,,ion,rics An equivalent of ii is 'milzle''
ici means the thing and Is pronoumf,H a ~ nd ,m
,no ,,,v - when the boy ran upon 'nlslen anu
r,n"ounrcd II 'mizlled.' he was good way on ou'
| he wasn't altogether OIL