The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-16

ssAisx goo4 Tor she pAyMcsI mzn. ara
pure. wholesome and eE<v1eing mental
soed for the ruorss ana sn.sase tuAE mar.
VII sens est into sh- word men and
worsea strong enough 90 overV~r@ re
svzz srasxra shern and capable af sAeddlrx
a coed snnss@nce ever che weaker ard ie.s
fortunate with xhe-a fhey come IN co-s-
tact A trusy reaned horae xsII give as
mach svtieacs % refinement Ia the kstr.s-
en and dfnsns rom as II the psrior ard
library.
There could ~ no NOR. suspicious &C.
eaxson than the present for Introducing a
rnsch-oee.eS reform into the norneresa.a-e
OF Cur culinary department need watch
must be rater< 20 every American Of uxre
ard refined taste. Those rno have never
CONSIDERED the matter seriously win hardly
re1ssre any irrgthy argument 10 convince
them Of she ahssrdify % attaching to oar
most Ordinary and sometimes even dis
sin-sfveiy American. dishes a long French
name.
There may have been 4 time. -erha,<
owing TO the lark OF skill on the r.ar. %
our less eff~<nsnsee Saxon ancestors in IRE
preparation Of food. ard the ohlsxa-sonx
under which the Englssh speaking reopse
were 30 the French cocks for the many
arsd valuable recipes whsri1 contributed
greatly 20 our pleasure and comfort. when
win the Dish vas In q measure exrusahse
But that IL should be continued after ua
have ourselves reached high degree %
proneseucy. ard should even Dc carried
70 such an extent that dishes eorco.seA
81 our Own cooks are designated by some
French name not one nit more dexcrip-
i've or appropriate than a plain English
h&me wound be. Is q practice which DE-
serves strong condemnation.
fssw b
part Of cheap culture TO corrupt good Eng
lisi by obscnrIne It's meaning with a 10,
OF French phrases. thrown In prorniScu.
otsiy, with view TO impressine listeners
With the linguistic abilities OF the user
lnis u much in evidence among TIE
sbsap writers. particularly noveilsss.
both In the past and present. but rarely.
~ ever. do Nc find 1t among our best au-
theirs. many Of them having used their in
hsfrce directly agalns, such practice.
William Cullen Bryan once gave tho
following excellent advice 10 a young au-
tfor II observe that you have used sew
erai French expressions in your article
i think IL you viii study the English lam
gtsge you will find II capable OF express
Ing all thc ideas that you may have I
have always found il so. and in all that
nave written / do not recall an instance
when / was tempted 10 use foreign
word. but that on searching l found q
better one In my own language" And IL
This Is true OF literature. certainly IL ought
not 10 be impossible. or even difficult TO
find words In our own tongue sufficiently
descriptive of the dishes served up TO US
every day to entitle them 70 use in prefer
ence to their foreign competitors.
l. D. Townsend. an eminent phiioIogist
and divine. says: 1T Is linguistic bar
harsssn TO present an English speaking
people. at public dinrer. with bill OF
fare from which one Is forced to read
hGitres All nattiFel for oysters casse-al-s
la ponpadour for soup. and poisson de
mer for Goldfish. and frontage for cheese
The English language as has been well
Remarked, Is too good and too venera bic to
De traded of for the JarSon of the
French
Much mere evidence might be produced
10 prove that those whom the world has
accepted as authority on the subject of
rehned language have condemned such
a course as lacking In taste and refine
ment. No one who understands the Eng
lish language In all the beauty of it's
strength and simplicity. can fail 10 recog-
nize its superiority over that OF the
French, nor can they think 1t improved by
a mixture with II OF other tongues. Ger
tasniy. we whose privilege II is TO claim
u as our mother tongue ought not to be
the last TO recognize and acknowledge the
merits OF language which at least two
eminent foreign philologists have declared
must eventually. owing 10 the wealth of
Its literature. It's economy. its range of
expression. and its past conaues:s. become
The International speech OF the world. And
the way TO dc this IL not to give prefer
enee TO another language in our house
hold and public dining rooms.
Loyalty 10 our language is loyalty of our
country. and no American wishes TO be
thought lacking In patriotism Then lie,
us show our patriotism by making stand
against the pernicious use OF foreign
words. which bring with them TO widen
Ing or refining influence. and tends to
depreciate the value OF our own language
amers our more illiterate classes.