The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-30

The Hon. WILLIAM ARTHUR OF OInaha
publishes. in a pamphlet called A Well
Ordered Household; or, the Ideal City,
certain plans and specifications for
model settlement. His city is to be
without saloons, franchises to grant,
land speculation, bonds, pew rents, ad-
vertising in Sunday newspapers. 1t
is to be with model plan and govern
ment, restrictions on weekday adver-
Using, n twentieth century spelling, the
metric system well started
There Is much virtue in q good be-
ginning, says Mr. ARTHUR. How could
there be better beginning of a model
city than model spelling? Unfortu-
nately, Mr. ARTHUR is not az brave as
he should be TO set the crooked straight:
1T would suit me better TO make the newrpeing
compulsory for every one than TO leave i,'optional
bot the plan might not work well
A plan for saloonless town might not
work we'll Blind pigs" might wear in
their shouts this jewel Of prohibition.
Still, the counsels of perfection must not
be thrown away. A model city Is for
model folks. Besides, novelty pays.
Originality adyertises:
"A new city TO amount to anythinenuststand for
more than cities now existing, or why build ~
South Omaha could have carried this reform TO a
nnsh and made her name historic; now she merely
kills swine and talnts good air with efiuvia Gin.
cinnatl killed them before South Omaha WAS born.
Why repeatr suAKEsPRARE. we have been assured.
never repeats and that accounts for his influence
among the ente.
And this spelling reform will mako the city much
more Interesting to thousands than 1t would other
wise be II viii pay, There arc plenty OF well edu-
Gated people VINO know that Il Is something else
than fad. II each school teacher In the United
staps gave 81 this city could no, help succeeding.
A, least we are entitled 10 a sixteen room school
from them"
The school teachers, those overpaid
and purseproud darlings of the public,
should be glad to set up model spelling
settlement. STILL some Of them may
believe that the establishing Of world
language is the chief duty of man. What
is the use of patching English spelling
if English itself will soon be forced out Of
business? The Hon. GEORGE WASHING
TON WIsHARD Of North TaTytown es-
Inmates that an international tongue
plant can be installed for five billion dol
lars. 1t will take the school teachers at
least five or ten years to raise this sum.
The model of government for the
model city has much merit. Especially
this provision
The Mayor would be man one term. a woman
the next
One-half Of the City Council TO be men,
the other half women. All citizens
more than 81 to vote il they can read the
English language in the selected SPELL
| ing" The initiative, referendum and
imperative mandate TO be used. With
out them what is MANI Or woman,
either? No advertising bill boards: a
prohibition even non-model cities would
| do themselves good by adopting. NUM-
cipal drug stores. No more morphine
cocaine deviltry,' no more back phar-
macy rum no divorces.
DR.. JOIN H. GIRpNER and his col
leagues in the Anti-Noise Club will feel
a deep, silent JOY IN this:
4 strict law against uselesa noise would be en-
forced Dogs would be heavily taxed Only people
With thick skulls would allow q cur 10 disturb a
Who'll. block with never ending yelp.-
No toy pistols, no Fourth OF July bang
and slaughter Here is foundation enough
for model city.
No bad language. 1t will be neces-
sary to give permit TO stay in the city
conditioned upon good behavior Of the
tongue No deadbeats allowed on the
premises. ITO save quarrelling. Mr..
ARTHUR, who has plenty Of humor, will
appoint all officials for the first two
years Pelzer, S. c., has no officials but
a Mayor. -Dunshalt,' he model city,
ought TO get along without any officials.
A walk TO the cemetery is the conven-
tional Sunday dissipation Of the rural