The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-19

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Satisfaction over@the. circulation OF books
by means Of public libraries and by pur-t
chase; in our admiration for our maya;
inns ana congraspfa
Of readers nd hS wa
3peoplei in the world, e we should not&forget
that we have also our defects. Along this
line shall we he allowed to utter IN the
to begsuch subject to correction and con-
tra4 ton, that the great american people
oann 70 spell the English language? This
misleading and ill-conslderedS generaliza-l
4tion.e One may say!l any general ton
can be made fromlfa few data as e e,
instance, that &all e5AmeTicans are left
handed. since a few are 50: sB ut ,whatsy.e
tended; and the children who now attend,
our public schools aslarge majority can.
be considered incapable of proof N with
out, testing all individual cases, but gems
ordinations are not always based on
from what we know 10 say that g very.
great altitude OF Amerl ca ms cannot spell
correctly is not "a slanderuos statement
base it upon the testimony Of man teach.
sers and upon q ther wide personal
observation. ii q s5 q L 81 sS
This defect arisesA partly from an I'M.
preston that any zone can 4 spell that
ply is ike preatihiilng: and that We drop
people assume that, having gone through
how TO spell q Why, 4 certainly, we I can
spell. Did we not.stand up last ct many y \.
spelling this defect
sehoes seeng does
as much emphasis al it should. PaTt5of
It comes FROM Impression that It does
not. matter much whether one, spells cor I
,nf. hat har a al q 81 n.
stances OF men and + women who kept
the world awake without better orthog-i
raphy than that Of shakespe re- OF: Wash
a nssSn ahs iafe from maa
ofsitself. il YOU doubt this. max q exper--l
haea n Ask edtGrs
in In, spelling Recall how many people When
you spell this wore? Y Take u any Group ~
matter, and read loud a page from the
book nearest at hand and ask the mem
bers Of the company to smell the Word = \
nographers ana 'typ,ewriters a . not spell
correctly. One man tells us that no nag
to discharge four !, n q !, week s
mess Side OF the, situation. Here are
young people who have presu ably, passed
t osy hS Rah s sHhsSls
hand writing and have {maste red the type
writer, and then lose their posi- Ions pe-i
cause they are deficient IN what ls Z, ar 2,
parently a very simple ma tier, but sWhi Z
becomes serious to an employer U ms
correspondence goes out In such form as
to give the impression that a. seGond III q,
third grade school teachers lp'r Is needed "
we have heard Il asserted and have q r
observed something to confirm me asseiE,
families" that ia that eertatn hersdlt u,,,s
qualities Of brain ma Ike IT easier, TOR some ne
than for others to see word gplct
to have distinct word pictures OF .the Iign I,.
forms of words Is to be able to spell th san
accura tely. We kneW q college pro91es sia y
room room g wrote ss an ths second syllalSS1 e
class called out: Doctor, thai word nee t as
an e' in IT,. The her. ho aWhs ap la y
at wittlclsms than at orthogran Ply, SAY Sisa
switly 2h yos Mand yqaf and
came out smiling. All people ca,,lphst IN n
quit themselves SO well hen scaugn ~ IL ~
a blunder. He was a. man OF great to ,,aS
and considerable attachments ana n, my IVY
TWO brothers who also We're ptSn!in !IN,ss
a letter Without errors. In spelllng, i HHs
doubtless they could all have learned tA tNl