The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-08-31
Won't Stand for the
New Tangled Method

AcCcKDING TO THE OLD WAY OF SPELLING
III thu midst of all this terror he drew the fair girl gently toward nm'
pressed her to his breast and kissed her upturned hrs"
ACCORDING TO RoosEvELT's METHOD
.nn the mtdst of wi this terror he du the rare girl jenty tord him, prest
her u his brest and kt - urturned lrz"
In matters political, were are ever ready and willing to endorse the poll
es Of Theodore Roosevelt, prs ident o the United States, but when hi goes to
tamperHng with the spelling looks and monkeyiAg with thu mother tongue We
declare parting of the ways, tn and there. Because, if carried to it's logical
conclusion, this socaned etorm o. his will destroy the beauty of tn language
will make of printed pages a Josh Billings almanac M VIII mhict upon poster
ity a method of writer communication as homey and barbaric as the wndward
side Of a brush fence on a South Carolina isde hn.
The English lar guage is polygot in character. The Latin, the Greek, the
shares to making of it the m@te expressive spoken o. earth, and to change these
words which have been derived from the language MENTIONED is to MAKE 1t nd
cons to the sight ard rob the scholar and The student OF ON of his chief aids for
its mastery This idea is rot entirely original and for in expr sson OFT two which
we are using we are indebted to the editor o. the PocateIo Tribune, and, per-
haps ere we complete we shall bouow me or we more. We ann see that III
simplicity claimed by the advocates of the ideas Ivan ty Andru harnagy
is achieved, cor do we see airy improvement in the sentence constructed in the
reformed, or alleged reformed method. For example a love tale might contain
this passage:
.In the midst of al this terror, he drew the fair girl gently toward him,
pressed her to his breast ard kiss d her upturned lips"
There is a sentence, symetrieal and pleasing to the eye. There a sentence
describing an act that all can appreciate As ore reads, he can put himself in the
hero,s place. But how about this othographical abortion:
sIn the midst of awl this terror he dru the fare girl jenty tord him, prest
her tu his bresta ard kst Ter upturned lpz"
That knocks all the romance, Ill thu sentiment, n causes ian TO INNS
of-not kissing a girl, but of shOemakers, street car conductors e0rnet students
and what not. ~
Hitherto we have had set rules of spelling. The construction n form Of
words has had restrictions and regulations But if We are to spell Theoretically,
why nt permit every man to rn his W course ant form his WORDS as DIS
fancy may dictate, or his ear interpret sounds?
Recurring to the derivation of words. Here w have "initiai' or IN
stance which has its origin in the Latin "iiio.' That can be seen at a glance
But wait a few years. ard ask the average school hoy to ascertain the roo OF
The Ergish language is the greatest spoken. BY it every emotion, every
can be portrayed in letters 1t has a term for everything IN lack
English there are n such Deficiencies. 1t is beautiful to listen to, 1T is beaut
full to read. Right here, let us examine the word beauty That term stands
for every thing or heats delight in. 1t is symetricary constructed and appeals
the eye. A glance at it conjures up pleasant collections or pictures 0
SON ching nice we expect in future. Spell it "buty' and what do you getf A
printed page of English is a delight to the eye at present, but adopt the method
suggested by this person Karnagy and nothing ut hdeous monstrosny VII
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