The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-30
REFORM
PROVES POPULAR
PUBLIC PRINTER ENTHUSIAST.
FOR THE CHANGES.
THE LIST OF WORDS EFFECTED
President is Pleased over Criticism
As Well AS Comment On His
Move--WiIl Effect
Saving.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 25.-Public Print
er Stillings and other officials wrote
President Roosevelt this morning en-
Enthusiastically endorsing his change in
spelling. The President is being cen
sured by many and "jollied" by 9TH
ers, but unmindful of criticism, is en-
joying his vacation the same as
though nothing had happened. Still
ings says he has already put COM
mittee of employees at work remodel
ing the manual of Style" and has or
dered all proofs held until this is
complete. He says the new manual,
with its simplified spelling, will en-
able him to dispose of the services
of number of proof readers.
On June 1S,last, the simplified spell
ing board made public list Of 800
simplified spellings which had been
decided upon by the board. The list
follows:
Abridgment, accouter, accurst, ac-
Acknowledgement, addrest, ADJ, af1xt,
altho, anahest, anemia, aneesthesia,
anesthetic, antipyrin, antitoxin, apoth-
EN-, apprize, arbor. archology, ardor,
armor, artisan, assize, ak.
Bans (not banns); bark (not bar
que); behavior, blest, blusht, brazen,
brasier, bun, bur.
CALDER, caliper, candor, chapt check,
checker, chimera, c1yilize, clamor,
changer, clapt, claspt, clipt, clue, CO.
evil, color, Golfer, commixt, comprest,
comprise, contest, controller, coquet,
criticize, cropt, crost, crusht, cue,
curst, cutlas, cyclopedia, carest (not
carressed); catalog, cathechize, CEN
ter.
Dactyl, dasht, decalog, defense, DEM
agog, demeanor, deposit, deprest, de-
velop, dieresis, dixie, dipt, DISGUST, dis
patch, distil, distrest, dolor, domicil,
draft, droopt, dropt, dulness.
Ecumenical, Edile, egis, enamor, en-
cyclopedia, endeavor, enNelop, eolian,
con, epaulet, eponym, era, esophagus,
esthetic,, esthetics, estivate, ether, ETH
ology, exercise, exprest.
Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom,
favor, favorite, fervor, fiber, fixt, flaw
or, fulfill, fulness.
Gage, gael, gelatin, gild(not guild),
gypsy, gloze, glycerine, good-by, gram,
gript
Harbor, harken, heapt, hematin, hic-
cup, hook (not hough), homeopathy,
homonym, honor, humor, hust, hypo-
tenuse. q.
Idolize, imprest, instil.
Jail, judgment.
Kist.
Labor, lacrimal, lapt, last, leapt,
legalize, licensee, licorice, lyter, lodg-
ment, lookt, lopt, luster.
Mama, maneuver, materialize, mea-
ger, medieval, meter, mist (not miss
ed), inter, MKT, mold, molder, mold.
ing, moldy, mott, mullen.
Naturalize, neighbor, inter, nipt.
Ocher, odor, offense, omelet, op
presst, orthopedic.
Photography, paleolithic, paleonto-
logy, paleozoic, paraffn, parlor, parti
san, past (not passed., patronize. ped
agog, pedobaptist, phenix, phenome
non, pigmy, pillow, polyp, possest, prac
tise, prefxt, prenomen, prest,pretense.
preterit, pretermit, primeval, protest,
program, prolog, propt, pur.
Quartet, questor, quintet.
Rancor, rapt (not raped), rae, rec
ognize, reconnoiter, rigor, rime, ript,
rumor.
Saber, saltpeter, savior, SAVIOR, scep-
ter, septet, sepulcher, sextet, silvan,
similar, sipt, sithe, skilful, skipt, slipt,
smolder, snapt, somber, specter, splen.
dor, stedfast, slept, stopt, strest,stript,
subpoena, succor, suffixt, sulfate, sui
fur, sumac, supprest, surprise, syno-
nym.
Tabor, tapt, teazel, tenor, theater,
tho, thoro, thorofare, thoroly, thru,
thruout, tipt, topt, tost, transgrest,
trapt, tript, tumor.
Valor, vapor, vext, vigor, vizor. ~
Wagon, wasn't, whipt, whisky, will
full, winkt, visit, wo, woful, wooden,
wrapt.