New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24


times Clara and l would be
II 1873 sitting with while
she looking the manu-
SCRIP 9E- 4- remember so well with what fang. Of
regret Used see her turn down the leaves OF the
Page " meant that some delightfully."- dreadful part
mus be Scratched out And remember one part per
tlckua-- n perfectly fascinating II was dreadful
that lar used 70 delight IN and oh with what dlsIoalr
w "a" -.--a turn down the -leaf on ~hcn II was
written thought the book would be almost ruined
Vh9-r T. l- gradually came TO feel as mamma did
hess and felicity Of Slsy's innocent free spelling
WITH The dull and petrlfled unlforrnltles OF the
spelling book Nearly al the grlrI!rless IS taken out
O tle asrergatlng OF my books by the subtI
1no--1c--s accidentally infused into the word by
ouSys ri. i.dcation Of the spelling OF 1t
Remember the special case mentioned by ouSy,
an1 can see The group two-thlrdS OF II plead
rng t7r rh- lie OF the culprit sentence that was
So ia~--.agly dreadful, and the other third OF It
patent eNrl4ining why the court could not grant
the PRAYER II The pleaders; but do not remember
Thar The con Ierlned phrase was. 1t had much
com and they all went to the gallows; but It IS
pos thar that specially dreadful one which gave
mos --e people 50 much dellght was cuIlniIl8Iy
det-t and put INTO the book for Just that junction
an --t with any hope or expectation that 1t would
e. = the eNrergator alive. 1t IS possible; for L
n q that custom
ousE quaint and effective spelling tails quite OPP
Irturely INTO to-day's atmosphere, which Is heavy
Wa The rlrn1-ngs and grl1nblings and mutterlngS
o. ne ol-Tpled Spelling Reform. Andrew Carnegie
S,-ted this storm couple Of years ago by moving
sfylng OF English OFT ilcqr1,z- and establishing
q and Tor the prosecution and maintenance of the
ctsaa1e He t-rgan gently. He addressed a circular
= some hundreds Of his friends, asking them to sim
ply ne spelling OF dozen Of our badly spelt words
II ..nk they were only words which end with the
slre- Hgh He asked that these friends use the
s-s- cd spelngs II their private correspondence.
j.. TINS. one perceIVes that the beginning was
sr..elently quiet and unaggresslve-
Next stage. A small committee was appointed
WITH B-ander Matthews for managing director and
ST. .--aan l. issued list Of three hundred words
r.. era5e Stiffness 10 spelling and proposed new
and sane sr--llngs Tor these words. The President
q The United States unsolicited, adopted these sim
pinned ta-ee hundred officially and ordered that
they oe used in the official documents OF the Gov
srn'rle1t II was now remarked by all the educated
ail the thoughtful except the clergy that SheOl
- pay This was most Justly and COmprehensIvelv
descriptive The indignant British hon rose, with
-.-- WAS heard across the Atlantic and stood
---. ..ttle isle gazing red eyed out over the
g-F.--- -as snow fecled with driving spindrlft
AM -lg his taIl. "a most scaTy spectacle TO see
- outraged because We, nation Of
.-ren. without any grown up people among US.
WIN property IN the language but using merely
by c0urresy 81 SIS owner the English nation. were
trug Ia defir the sacredness 81 II by removing from
q rsc1arltles which had been its ornament and
which had made II holy and beautiful for ages
II truth there Is = certain sardonlc pToprletv an
preserving our OTthOgraply, since ours Is a mongre
Ian gIsge which started with a child vocabulary OF
thTee hundred words. and consists OF two hun
1-el and twenty-five thousand, the whole lot with
the eEcr1tsgn Of the original and legitimate three
hundred borrowed stolen. srnouched. from every
INV -rc.led language under the sun. the spelling of
zach Individual word Of the lot locating the source
u The theft and preserving the memory Of the
,=Eer-d crime
WAY is i that / have .ntrlded INTO this turmoil
ana manifested a desire 10 get our OTthOgTaphy
5uTged II its 4zrnlnties' Indeed do not know why
should manifest any interest III the matter. Tor A.