The National tribune., 1896-02-20
CHAT WITH CoNrRIBUTORs.

Primrose wins Lord Baltimore's prize for first
correct set of solutions to the anagrams in No 22S
-Towhead has just sent contributions to "Mys-
terry for the first tme-a pair of most acceptable
fats He has left Minneapolis aud now resides at
saltwater Mnn-A pair each of GRASswIDows
diamonds and sGJEgsH squares this week. Speak
ing of squares, wht until you some @. Saw has
has promised Us IF any of our readers would
like TO secure Lippincotts Gazetteer (old or new
edi,ionl. Anthon, Dunglison, Lippineotts Biog.,
the Bijou Gazetteer, drop n line. We have run
across haIfdozen or so Bijoux, brand new. which
may be had mt very low fgure-Iow enough to
warrant anyone in possessing the handy little
reference-After carefully reading II. 5. Nuts
remarks relative TO the defining of word-forns we
confess our inability to understand whether Beech
Nut and ourselves, or form-buders themselves,
are the persons they inyeigh against-that is,
against whom the imputation Of pure la=iness"
is made. We are 10th to think Brother MT be-
lieves the reform advocated by Beech Nut aud our
selves impracticabe, he must know its future
rests wholly with the editor, who has the power to,
and should. reject every ilIy-defued form which
comes his way. Neither do we think the editor of
"Perplexities " will care to pose AS the man to
whom improperly y-defined forms are as acceptable
as those properly defined in which case he would
be placing premium upon laziness and making n
bid for needless encrOachments upon his time
That little firmness the part of editors will
suit In much good we feel confident and our corre-
spondents well nigh unanimous in expressing
their sympathy for tile object. When every form
ist prepares his copy with the care and accuracy
exercised by Y l.. e. r, Primrose. Rex Ford, Eu-
gene, and others we might name, editors will have
time devote TO duties more Urgent than verifying
expenditures for gas. Besides, where does the
harm to anyone come in?-The constancy which
character yes st. Julian's eulogy of veterans, as
we'll as erything in the puzzle line which Is
veteran" appears to have reuci,ed its culmina-
ton in his defense of Elbert-be whose name is the
symbol of fathlessness and insincerity. In saying
these words we wish to call attention TO the fact
that Mystery " has been much more lenent to
the faults of Ebert than many other departments
that its columns have been quite free from
marks relating TO his peculiar dealings; that "A
Chairman of the Investigating Committee we did
full Justice to Elbert. both in correspondence and
report rs puzzlers in attendance at the last conyen
tion will attest 10 is, therefore. with clear
science defend the action of the Il. p l.. in vot
ing to withhold its support from departments pub
Ishing his work, and will state without fear of
contradictions that the appearance of puzzle by Ell
bert in the department conducted by St. Julian, or
any other parment will be the signal OF death to
such department Ii must not be forgotten, how
ever that the Denver puzzler has had ample op
portunity redeem himself. and that the Leagues
resolution fully provides for the possibility of fu-
ture explanation from hin,.--Lord BIS anagram
'E times q plan should have read 'E trims pta'a.
2-oO-'96. X. o. CHESTER.