Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30

American Pathological Society," and they
arc urging IN eyerv way possible the accept
ance OF their theories They have prepared
simple rules and list Of amended SPELL
ings. covering mos Of the hard words In
the language. by the efforts Of the two
societies, rules ana amended spelling we're
Incorporated 10 thu Century Dictionary; 50,
aiao, are they found in the Standard DIG
tlonary II "a the theory Of the rcfarmers
that children are muleted Of from four TO
Ave years Of tn .r life' In order to learn
what they might learn 70 one year, WIN
real advantage " themselves and "aeldon
succeed In learning. after all. " y w.
Questionable that the new method slnpiInes
maltora considerably. Professor MARSH 81
Iafsyette College had this to aay In an ad-
dress lately: 1T Is OF no use % wy 10
characterize with hfting epithcts and ade-
quats terms OF abturgatious tn9 INDUSTRIOUS
spelling OF the English language, inc unle
lost By Il is a large part OF the wholo scnool
time OF the masses of mon. Count the hours
that each man wastes In learning 10 read ~
school. the hours which he wastes through
liza from the hindrance TO easy reading, the
hours wasted at school learninB 70 epeil.
the hours spent through life N sepins ann
perfecting this knowledge OF spelling. 10
eonsuIt,ng dictionaries. work that never
ends; the hours that he spends In wriung
eilent letters, and multiply this time by the
number Of PERSONS who speak tngilsn, anu
wo shall have a Total Of millions each year
wasted by each generation muen rear
that Profetsor linrsh promises too much Tor
ire new methods. How spelling phonetlcal-
ly is going 10 ohviate the use o. dictionh-
rios the profesHor fails 10 explain. since
they are consulted as much 20 md tho
meaning as the spelling Of a word. Here
are q few Of the amended spelhnE5; tor
entrance, entranse. epigrnph. epgrafi eN-
pansible. expanslhl; gazette, Tazeti gobble.
gobl. gauze, gAuz; hatch. bach; poisoned,
p3isnd. nnssible. poaslhl Just how such
trifing changes gro going to help matters Is
not easy TO undcrstend.
II seerna to be the modern craze to grasp
after that which "a wild and new TINS
spirit Is shown more clearly IN no more
!orolhle manner than In tho greed with
which the latGst edition Of the newspaper Is
purohaged from tho lightning legged and
thunder throlted" newsboy. Yet, there are
those who are able TO 'hnd refuge from
tho present IN the splendors and fascinations
OF tho past; who ind It "bles5lng and
ealve." this Thing OF reading oneself away
from tho present, Into the silent islea OF tho
past. whcre the mind can spread its wings
and movo In freedom. aud mol feel weighed
down by the dronchinE storm Of present
troubles and sexatlons. II is only the man
who loves old hcolis who "a able to lose
himself In this manner--lust such faculty.
rs led Macau!ay 10 FAY. My mlnd TO me
kingdom is" That there are others beside
tho boaSwerm who enjoy the oil bool'a u
proved by tho fact tina, recently very many
OF the old tones have been reprinted IN
their quaint original spelling and express
sion,
- abb fltau nf tr
friendship. often so curious, sweet and
quaint A couple or years ago we had two
volumes OF IOhna1g's letters, and only re-
oonliy "some Ola Puritan Love Letters,
dating back 70 1920. Ono feels that he 10
entering another world when ne reada John
Wnthrap's love letters 10 his ''aweet wife
Margaret" It "a curious how childlllsc aud
bland this husband and vito greoied each
other IN the lung ago. Margaret addressed
her husband. Dearest In my Thoughts.
MY MOTT kinde aud lovlnge husband ana
"iiy beloved and good husband" winthrop
wa even more pronounced In his Affection.
for In most Of his letters he addressed MS
wife as "Ailcn owne. mlcu onnly, my best
beloved" and my truly beloved and dearb
wife," In this interesting volume tho oHg-
inai spelling has bucn retained, Governor
W,nthrop's letters to his devoted wife were
often saYorlne ci the 'saul Of wiz Here
Is sample. with tho original spelling, WIZ
ten In 1880;
Ny Sweet wile.--I prnyrc God am in good
health peace DO 70 thee q or. faullyc, 80
ldfsc thoe & hopo shortly to seo thee; fare
we'll.
II would eeam that tho Baeon.shokes-
nnarc queston would not down. The Speak
or q tho House Of Commons was called
tipon to give hin yiows lately and he did
90 most adrotly.-leaving the Inference that
no Is not full-heartcd shaKepearean. for
while no humored the shakespearean "blg-
o,s' as tho Baconans call themO. by con-
sRntinE to act fer the momuni. az their
rnlkesman, no reserved for hlmaolf q loop
hole OF escape. Thla loopholc oonssiod In
ha saying. 1T Is singular that In the past
como OF tho highest names In literature have
favored tho DaconiGn theory On some
other occasion this came 6pealier VIII not
unlikely ave mention Of some Of these
names. Ils will probably hit, among the
ret. urnn Lord Jefrey, Henry Hallam and
Lord Iytton Lord Jeffrey, tho great critic
OF Ma day; Henry Hailam, the hi8tarian OF
literature; Lord Lytton, conspicuous Tor
learning ard inieleot
Il Is strange that thoro should b. 70 much
hlternGsa between the nacunlan and the
argl- Basonians. Tho man who loves shakoE-
pnare. and who won't listen 4, The arsu-
ncnts Of the aaconlans, becomes enraEcd at
| The mere mention Of uaeona name IN that
connection. Tho shakospeareans are IKE
non-helloyors IN apiritualum--t subject u
| abhorent TO them. rut Il wot Sm that
| the naeonlans arc acquiring roe. uia with
| cnnaldegahle Hurccff. However tho cynher
| idea IA back number II It 10 not q
/ FRAUD. Il Is nero dpusion--to tho minds OF
most rnsn.