New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18

So take the position Of &C" in Offence" III
cence" and kindred words
other spellings which are recommended are
mama" for mamma" "maneuver" for ma
noeuver" and "manpuvre" "pur" for "purr."
"jail" for "gao" bans for "banns" fantasy"
for "phantasy," "silvan" for sylvan" similar"
for "cimeter" and "scimitar' and the half dozen
or more other spellings. "sithe" for "scythe,"
tho for though" "thoro" for thorough"
"thorofare" for 'thoroughfare "thoroly' for
thoroughly" thru" for through" "thruout"
for throughout" "altho" for although"
check for "checque." "controller'' for comp
troller." clue for "clew." cue" for queue"
subpoena" for subpoena" and "apothem' for
"apothegm'
It is also recommended that the extra "l' be
dropped from such words "calliper" and
traveller"
GRIMES OF SPELLING.
I'VE have excellent authority for many of
these changes" said DR.. Charles p G. Scott, the
etymologist on the staff Of the Century Die
tionary" and secretary Of the simplifed spelling
board. Shakespeare used lopt,' 'blusht,'
dropt 'hxt' and 'crost' Milton. Dryden, Wot-
ton, Cowley. Middleton. etc, also used '1xt.
Besides. Milton made use of 'addrest.' contest,
distrest,' ropt, 'crost' and 'dipt.' Distrest
used by Burns and Lowell; 'drest,' by spen-
ser. Goldsmith, Boswell and Tennyson; dropt,
by Dryden, Richardson, Burns. Rogers, Mrs
Browning Tennyson. Lowell, etc; altho,' by
Bunyan; 'carest,' by Burns; 'clapt. by Tenny-
son; 'clipt. in the edition of the Bible Of 1911
and by Lowell; mist for missed" by Isaak
Walton. Bunyan and Lowell Burns used
crusht' and Milton. Boswell, Tennyson and
Lowell found 'dipt an acceptable spelling of
dipped"
Many crimes are charged up to the present
,err1-
dents of it's photography. It is a thief of time
and money they say, and not only robs the stu
dent Of much valuable time but discourages him
as well 1t makes books, magazines and news
papers more expensive. 1t adds to the bulk of
the business mans letter book as well as in
creases his typewriting and postage bills. Worse
than all, according to a sage Of Tarrytown, who
last week jumped into the fray with a broad
side of circulars. it makes bankrupts of some
men and helps to keep the Iunatic asylums and
prisons filed. AS for the English alphabet. they
declare it is simply a makeshift that poorly
serves its purpose. It takes from the school
boys time 1t diSgusts him when he learns that
young is spelled 'y-O-u-n-g' and then is
called on to spell tongue" and fails. He be-
comes discouraged because he gets on so slowly
and is obliged to spend so much time determn-
ing how each word is spelled. He thinks it well
to play "hooky."
Several years ago ]. H. Gladstone. of Eng
land, carefully collected the statistics of the
English schools. He arrived at the conclusion
that in the course of the eight years spent in
school the average English child gave up I2O
hours to spelling lessons, which might have been
dispensed with if the spelling had been simpH-
fed. Comparing the schools in England with
those of Italy, Germany and other countries. he
said he was convinced that IF English orthOg-
raphy represented English pronunciation as
closely as the Italian does its pronunciation, at
least half the time and expense Of teaching to
read and spell would be saved. This may be
taken as 200 hours Of a lifetime, and as cost
ing more than S2,500,OOO per annum in England
and Wales alone"