Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-21
.SINPLIFIRD SPELLING.
Mark Twain Is 1t Be Given a
Tnal BY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Persistent Use For Three Months
viii Make the Readers Of the
Newspapers, lie srid, Low.
ers 81 system.

meeting OF the members OF the Asso.
ciated Press was held in this city Wed.
nesday. Important matters In connec.
ton with the service were disposed
OF.
AT night the members, who include
publishers. editors and other represent
ntiyes Of newspapers taking the Asso-
ciated Press service. met with several
guests at dinner at the waldo.f.As.
torla.
Melville f. Stone. general manager
OF the Associated Press. presided. and
with him at the guests table were Sam.
uel E. Clemmons. MARK Twain. who
discussed Reform Spelling:" General
Horace Porter. former American am
bassaGor TO France who responded 90
the toast. Our Guests" Henry A..
Suite. the author. who talked OF "Crit.
les" and Professor George +. Vincent
OF the University OF Chicago. who
spoke on Purely Academic"
After the guests and members were
seated. after the custom OF the Asso.
ciated Press dinners. the loving cup
was passed and each member drank.
each In turn being introduced 10 the
guests.
Mr.. Stone introduced Mark Twain.
who was greeted with applause. Mr..
Stone said OF Mr.. Clemens among 9th
er things. that he was "the inspiration
Of the first press club In this coun.
try"
Tibet ruth is" replied Mr.. Clemens.
the inspiration was due 10 a jug that
some one carried in. That club Is still
running"
Mr.. Clemsns spoke IA characteristic
vein. He said In part: II am here 10
make an appeal to the nation In behalf
OF the simplified spelling. have come
here because they cannot all be reach
ed except through you. There are only
two forces that can carry light TO all
corners OF the globe. Only two-the
sun In the heavens and the Associated
Press down here. | may seem 20 be
flattering the sun. but do not mean
u so. I am meaning only to be just
and fair all around. You speak with
a million voices: no one can reach so
many races, so many hearts and intel
Iects as you, except Rudyard Kipling.
and he cannot do Il without your help.
II the Associated Press will accept and
use our simplified forms. and thus
spread them to the ends OF the earth.
covering the whole spacious planet
with them as with a garden OF TOW
ers. our difficulties are at an end.
Every day OF the 365. the only
pages OF the worlds countless newspa'
pers that are read by oil the human
beings and angels and devils that can
read. are those pages that are built
out OF the Associated Press dispatch
; es And so beg you. ! beseech YOU
oh. I implore you--to spell them In the
sImplIfIed form. DO this daily. con
stantly. perslstently for three months
only three months. is all ask. The
infallible result? Victory. victory. all
down the line.
'For by that time all eyes here and
above and below will have become ad'
,usted 10 the change and In love with
n The present clumsy and ragged
forms will be grotesque and revolving
m the soul. And we shall be rid OF
phythysis and phythsis and pneumonia
ana rheumatic and pterodactyl ana
| All other insane words. which no man
addicted TO the simpiified Christian
no can try TO spell and not lose some
~ the bloom OF his piety In the demon
aIIzIng attempt. Do not doubt u. we
; are chsmeleons, and preiudices ehange
rIaces with an easy and blessed IA
cillty. and we are soon wonted 70 the
change and happy In II. We 90 no,
regret losing our old yellow fangs ana
snaes and tushes after we have worn
rice fresh uniform store teeth while.
} ono seem 10 be seeking the good
NJ tho world? That IS the idea. u
!. is nv publlc attitude Privately. ! am
merely seeking my own profit. we al
AZ N, hut n Is sound. and II Is virtu
one Tor no public interest Is anything
cher or nobler than a massed action
~ nriyate interests. In 1888. when IN.
[ simpliiled spelling movement iirst me-
20 make a noise, was indiiterent 70 ).
= More even irreyerently SCORED a.
= ~ What needed was an oojec' les
son. and | got H. -.
= Here the speaker related an aheo
do,e OF having once been requested
10 write ten pages OF copy for mag
azIne when words OF not less thar
from ten 10 twenty letters were EN-
n,oved. M cents a word thereby SUI
iering great pecuniary loss. and con
tinued: -.
From that day 20 this have beer
a devoted and hard working membe
OF the heaven.borr Institution, the 10
: ternational association for the proven
lion OF cruelty 10 authors, and now
am laborlng with Carnegie's simpliiie'
committee. and with my heart In th'
work.
"sImpllfied spelling can convey an!
fact YOU want 10 convey, and II ca
pour out emotions like sewer. DC
YOU. I beseech you, 10 adopt our spel
ine. and print your dispatches In u