Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
FRosTBURG, MD. NOVEMBER 10, 1897
Again.

representative citizen that 1.-The people
are tired of your controversy with that
prosy bush whacker, Fair Play and
want no more of it,"
The JOURNAL, however, is not
"tired," but as the differences have
about resolved themselves into those
of opinion, it is probably needless to
pay further elaborate attention to
"Fair Play" later masquerading as
"Play Fair
He says in his latest that
In all that the JOURNAL has had to say IN
this connection his reference is to the use of
the word "heaven" in general, whereas
"Fair-Play' was speaking of the definite,
distinct, specific use of the word in the single
instance under consideration.
This is untrue.
The JOURNAL held and still holds
that to make God the architect and
builder of browning breastworks" of
"clouds" is to belittle if it does not de-
fame His majesty and goodness.
That is settled.
Next he quotes Longfellow:
All is of God If He but wave His Hand
The mists collect.
Notice that eff" Does "He wave
His Hand" every time 1.-The mists col
lect ?" If SO, there is nothing any
where to show it. If He does, then it
is equally true that "if He but wave
His Hand" soul is damned-an idea
whose iniquity would startle hell itself.
That is settled, Notwithstanding
Wordsworth's detestable notion that
sit pleaseth Heaven to add war to
drouth."
'Play Fair asks the JOURNAL
Have you forgotten the following rule of
capitalization
Words derived from proper names should
begin with capital letters?
The JOURNAL has.
But it has not forgotten that
All adjectiyes derived from the names of
countries or natioms should be capitalized.
1t is true Prof. Hill, of Harvard, in
his Principles of Rhetoric puts it
A capital letter should begin every word
which is used as proper name.
But suppose one should not use
heaven las proper name ~ Is it
"Fair Plays" Office to stand by and
say "you can't do that -
Suppose the author of the sunset
picture had not used heaven as a
proper name, what then? Would it
be Fair Plays" business to ascribe
beatific origin to 1.-THE frowning breast
works ?"
Hence, Prof Hill, as if foreseeing
abuse of his latltudinarian dictum,
says also
For purposes of emphasis they (capitals)
should be WSed cjM canton.
Why? Because
to insist too frequently upon emphasis is
to defeat the object of emphasis
The Standard Dictionary is no more
an authority in capitalization than in
definition 1t is work which confers
more honor upon verbs than nouns,
yet in the one particular instance men
toned by Fair Play" it capitalizes
the noun but not the verb. 1t would
make a Christian of Il child by christen-
ing-that is, backed by Fair Play"
the creature is made greater than the
act of creation.
Buff Christian should be capitalized
because "derived from the greatest of
all names, Christ" the JOURNAL would
like to know whether the designation,
"Mahometan," is capitalized for the
same or a similar reason?
Prof. Greene says such words
are commonly considered proper nouns
because whole group is regarded as an in-
diyidual
But Fair Play" thinks that heaven
should be so treated because Fairchild
accused that place or condition of
Throwing up frowning breastworks,"
using "clouds" as the raw materials.
He seems to think also that christian
Is an embodiment of moral excellence
so rare that when one is discovered he
ought to be decorated by some insignia
of emphasis. Why not italicize him
and be sure that nobody's utmost
scorn" will become visible to Fair
Plays own little, mean, snake-like
eye?
The JOURNALS effort to be brief is
melted by the inquiry-"w is Fair
Play" or "Play Fair ?" They seem to
be two, for the latter inadvertently
says at one place
The point Fair Play sought to make was
that, if IRE had no right to personify the moon
"even by implication" the JOURNAL had no
right to personify her either.
The object of this quotation is not to
show that question of right of per-
sonltication acaS not at all incolced, but to
ask who are "re?" And why does
Ear Play give way to play Fair 2"
Was the former driven from the field
Or is the change of nom de plume ruse
to get away from points that could not
be answered to those little ones over
which big hullabaloo could be raised 4?
Why this jugglery. Swede-like, of
christian and slr-name? Why the re-
annntmont bora oE T,a,l1