The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-25
FOR NEW SPELLING
ROOSEVELT ENDORSES THE CAR
 NEGIE MOVEMENT.
Public Printer Instructed to Use inc List Issued by the Committee Headed by BrandeR Matthews
 of Columbia.

Oyster Bay. N. r.. Aug. 24-Presi- dent Roosevelt has endorsed the Car negie spelling reform movement He issued orders today to Public Printer Stillings that hereafter all messages from the President and all other doc uments emanating from the White House should be printed in accordance with the recommendation of the spell Ing reform committee headed by Bran der Matthews, Professor of English at Columbia University This committee has published a list of 800 words in which the spelling Is reformed This list contains such words as thru" and tho" as the spelling for through" and though"
 The Presidents official sanction of this reform movement Is regarded as the most effective and speedlest meth cd of inaugurating the new system of spelling throughout the country
 Not only will the printed docu- ments emanating from the President utilize the reform spelling, but his correspondence also will be spelled in the new style. Secretary Loeb has sent for the list of 300 words which have been reformed and on its arrival immediately all correspondence of the President and of the executive force of the White House will be spelled in accordance herewith. As the spelling reform committee shall adopt new re- forms, they win be added to the Pres ident's list and also to that of the public printer.
 While the order to the printer to- day does not contemplate an immedi- ate reform in the spelling of official documents from the executive depart ments in Washington, 1t is regard ed that more than likely the respect fxya I. @R &t, a n In line with the Presidents ideas and have their official documents printed in the new spelling
 June IS last the simplifled spelling board made public a list of 300 sim plified spelllngs which had been de- cided upon by the Board. The list is as follows:
 Abridgment, accouter. accurst. ac knowledgement, addrest, adz, affixt, al- tho. anapest, anemia, anesthesla, an- esthetic. antipyrin, antitoxin. apothem, apprize, arbor, archaeology, ardor, armor. artizah. assize, ax.
 Bans, (not banns), bary, (not barque), behavior blest blusht, brazen, brazier, bun, bur.
 Caliber, caliper, candor. chapt, check, checker. chimera. civilized. clamor, clangor. clapt, claspt, clipt clue, coeval, color, colter, commixt. comprest. com prise, contest. controller, eoquet. crit icize, cropt, crost. crusht, cue. curst cutlas. cyclopedia. carest (not caress- od) catalog. catachize. center.
 Dactyl. dasht, decalog defense. dem agog. demeanor deposit. deprest de- velop dieresis, dike, dipt, discust. dis- patch draft. distiI. distrest, dolor, domiciI dram. drest. dript, droopt dropt. dull ness.
 Ecumential. edile. egis. enamor. en- cyclopedia, endeavor, envolop. eolian, oen. epaulet. eponym, era, esophagus, esthetic esthetics. estivte. ether. eti- ology, exorcize. exprest.
 Fagot, fantasm. fantasy. fantom. fa- vor, favorite. fervor. fiber, hxt. flavor. fulfil. fuIness.
 Gaze. gazel. gelatin. g,ld. (nor guild.J gypsy, gloze, glycerR goodby, gram. gript
 Harbor. harken. heapt. hematin, hic- cup. hook (not hough). homeopathy, hom- onym, honor. humor, husht. hypotenuse.
 Idollze. imprest. instil.
 Jail, judgment
 Kist.
 Labor: lacrimal. lapt. lasht. leapt, legalize, license. licorice, lyter, lodg- ment, lookt. lopt, luster.
 CT, medieval, meter, mist (not missed)