The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-25

dowtless gloting over his sweet revenJ
upon thoz hoo. a few munths ago laned
and jokt over the steel magnate's ad-
vocacy OF fonetic spelling. for which he
boldly declared regardless OF his thow-
sands OF critics and OF the rldicule that
was hurld al him on every hand.
Now no less person that the president
has given his sankshun TO the "simplihed
forms Of spelling" as advocated by Pro-
fessor Brander Matthew and Andru Car
negy and the rest of the Simplifed Spell
ing Bord. and furthermor President
Roosevelt has direckted that all of his
offishul dispatches in the future, shall be
ritten after the Carney manner, and his
messages 10 congress shall also be speld
according to the "nu. but rite way
"A reform appalling in its radcalism''
those IN favor of spelling g-as-she is-now-
tawt declare. and one in which "the end
IS not yet-nor soon" The reformers'
themselves. avow that the 500 words
which have been adopted offishuly by the
president are only a few OF ths thow-
sands which they hope TO change before
they are thru with the Inglish language.
A FLUID OF INQUIRIES.
DIR. Charles +. c.. Scott who Is one Of
the leading members Of the Smplihed
Spelling Bord. sat up In the bord's offices
at No. Wun Madison avenue yesterday
and ansered hundreds OF inquiries abowt
the presidents revolushunary spelling
orders He seemed plezed. but not sur
prised over the presidents stand for re-
form spelling. and his assistant, George
w. Wharton. did a land office bizness
In providing the swarms of ankshus IN
ouirers with reform spelling lists and data
upon the subject.
1--WE are indeed plezed that the presi-
dent has openly and offishuly declared for
our sistem." said DIR. Scott, and II VIII
proov boon 10 our cause l am shure'
/ am not at all surprized at the presi-
dents stand for the new slstem OF spell
ing. which we have only just begun, ana
which will proov In time 10 be OF lnfnt
benefit TO US as a nashun II Will prooV
TO be of inestimable value TO the former
and will make him more inclined To lern
Inglish, for. despite its buty, usfulnes
and grammatical simplicity, the Language
IS fun OF the most fagrant absurditiez
wher its orthography Is conserned. ana
IS totally lncomprehensible 10 the fori-
ner.'
"Then. too, II will be OF immense value
In comfnershal life. lessening I'm very
large degree the work OF the stenografers,
clerks and uthers I'm office. IL will be OF
benefit TO the newspapers and magazines
IN increasing space by the omishun OF
meny unnecessary letters.
Under our sstem, when perfected, wun
can efael- -wurds like might and write ana
site and know that when he spells eny
wun OF the three words the uthers are
spelled In like manner.
NOT EVERYTHING IN WUNCE.
"Of course. we do not hope TO accom-
plish everything at wunce. We are going
al this reform I'm a most conservative
fashun We are accomplishing II by send
ing owt owr publicashuns all over the
land to scientific people and to educators
and uthers and letting them reed for
themselves our statements In regard TO
our conclushuns upon spelling reform.
They have found them rashunal and un-
revolushunery and have becum imprest
with the Importance OF the matter.
presume IL was mainly in that way that
President Roosevelt became interestd In
the movement. for we have not quesch-
unned him personally upon the subject or
solicited in any way his ade In the cawse,
added DR. Scott
Prof. Brander Matthews, in a pamfiet
upon the Spelling OF Yesterday and the
Spelling OF Tomorro" sites an amusing ex-
ample OF the confuzyun that a student OF
Inglish is confrunted with in the case or
the sound now represented by "e" I'm
the wurd ''let." The same sownd is rep
resented by "ea' In head" by "ei' In
"helfer," by "ar' In said" and by "a"
IN ''many"-seven different SYMBOLS for
single vowel sownd.
"The urlier movements for reform In
spelling faild TO accomplish much" says
Prof Matthews, "becauz their leaders ala
not sufflshuntly take into accownt the
conservatism of the average American,
which is unwilling TO change, even when
reezons for the change are overwhelming
Eny future muvement for simpler spelling
can hope for success only I'm proporshun
as II reckons with prejudice. and as IT
makes its aproch along lines OF leest re-
sistance."
Five thowsand letter. commanding the
sistem have been recseved at the he'd
kwarters
MOVEMENTS IN THE SKOOLS.
The superintendents and members OF the
bord OF education OF this city have rec
commended its use In the city skools. and
now that 1t is 10 be offishully uzd at
Washington, the sistem will dowtess be
erged at the cunning skool term.
President Roosevelt has instrukted Pub
lie Printer Stilllngs, IN washington, TO
provide himself with a list OF the new
spellngs The presidents firm stand for
"few letter wurds will undoubtedly make
IL nesessary for sivil survice peepul to
lern the new spelling In order to pass
exams" for thay will be required 90 em-
ploy II In thayre offlshal capacity. This
tn itself is bownd 20 make the sistem COM
pulsory, In time. in the public skools.
The Erase often herd on the stage to
the effect that 'he speeks United States"
may not prove such an absurdity after all
when the Carney Spelling becums the
nashunal spelling. Ingland. thus far, has
only Jokt over the slmplihed spelling idea
The slmplified Spelling Board includes
the following:
Brander Matthews, professor I'm Column
bia University, chairman: +. Benjamin
Andrews. chancellor OF the University OF
Nebraska; o. G. Blackmer publisher. Oak
Park, Chicago. Ill. David ]. Brewer, Jus
tice OF the Supreme court of the United
States; Nicholas Murray Butler, president
OF Columbia University; Andrew Carne-
gle, New York. Samuel l. Clemens. New
York; Melvil Dewey. lately director OF the
New York State Library, Albany y Y:
Isaac X. Funk editor and publisher OF
the Standard Dictionary; Lyman J. Gage
ex-secretary OF the treasury. New York,
Richard Watson Glider, editor OF the Cen