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vaiue to every business man. The pos
. Of 1t Is certain to save much trou-
uie Mr.. Simonton's compilation avoids
t me involved language of the statutes as
aal as possible and states the conditions
aho doctrines Of commercial paper in a
manner to be understood by every reader.
'a s, object is to explain in this concise and
simple manner the practical and useful
pl.aSes OF commercial paper, so that any
iileiisent person can learn therefron
ms own rights and obligations when max
l'ts' receiving or transferring negotiable
paper. as we'll as his relations with the
9ank with which he deals The powers,
outles and liabilities of banks and the offi-
GERS directors and stockholders are pre-
scented briefly.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP. By Grover cleve-
land. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus
Company.
This little volume of essays by Grover
cleveland has an especial tineliness In
view of his recent death at Princeton.
While he was breathing his last the work
was going through the press There are
less than 100 pages Of print, yet they con-
tain the essence Of Mr.. Clevsland's per-
senal doctrine Of patriotism. The content.
comprise Mr.. Cleyeland's address on good
citizenship before the Commercial Club at
OA'Nooo III OCIOU0T. '10OO, oAH0 SAHS VA
patriotism and holiday observance be-
fore the Union League Club Of the same
city on Washington's birthday. The lat
ter address is Of particular interest Just
now. owing to the rise Of a sentiment in
favor of more truly patriotic. as well
as safer. method of popularity observing
Independence day.
SOUR SONNETS OF A SOREHEAD;
and Other Songs Of the Street. By
James P. Haverson. Pictured by Fer
gus Kyle. Boston: H. NJ. Caldwell
Company.
Professional pessimism Is here on tar
In generous quantities. The sonnets are
clever and the "other songs" contain
some genuinely funny presentations Of
social foibles. II it were necessary t.
accept the author at his own full valu
alton as a "sorehead" there might b.
some readers who could not make thei
way through the work. But. taking tn
pessimism In Pickwickian sense, as !
is doubtless intended. renders it possibl
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to interest theatrical managers to insist
on the use of fiawless English by charac-
ters in their plays, excepting, of course.
where. as in low comedy role. a cockney
dialect is essential to the part. But those
characters who are supposed to be speak
ing good English must do or get ruled
out of the casts.
Parents are to be urged to teach their
children the value of accurate speech. and
lyceums for oratory will also make their
contributions
If the progress is carried out on the
scale of the plan the time may yet come
when England will not have to labor un-
der the reproach that to hear good Eng
lish one must visit the United States.
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- HAKESPEARE, Byron. De Quin-
cey and Macaulay may rest in
= peace s:,sn. h.. ,..n ,orn., to
rescue the language in which they
wrought their mighty masterpieces.
1t is called 1.-The Pure English League"
its home is in London and it already has
a membership of a couple of thousand,
though 1t has only been organized few
weeks.
Most literary men of England are allied
with the new movement. one Of its lead
ers being the famed George Bernard
Shaw. the Irish disciple Of 1bsen, whose
witty and brilliant plays have made his
fame known all over the world of let
tiers.
Mr.. Shaw is one of the many noted
English workers in letters who have been
bemoaning the terrible havoc done
to the Anglo.Saxon tongue by the horri-
BILE perversion of it known as 'cockney.'
Prof. Brandt did much to arouse the ma
ton with his striking saying that Eng
lsh is not English
This striking pnrasing called national
attention to the increasing '-ulgarization
of the language
Then Shaw arose to protest against the
gradual oblteration of the letter "a.
"Biby's mime is Jimes, plin Jimes.
This sentence has been used all over
the United Kingdom to show how COM
pletely the accuracy of pronunciation Is
being abandoned. That is the way the
average Englishman with a classical edu-
cation would refer to the fact that the
new baby had received the highly hon.
orable cognonen of James.
leading barrister in the London
courts was heard to say to witness:
"Dijjer sye yo sawr i'm in the line?'-a
question which the witness, being cock
ney himself was able to translate as
did you say you saw him in the lane?"
An alderman of the city of London.
who lived in the suburb of Highgate
said TO a cabinet minister: Dye think
Ighgit' pretty?" When the statesman
replied that he had not noticed any
change in the alderman's appearance, the
latter, bewildered, said: I'm not talking
about myself. 1 said 1ghgit.'
These are instances of the sort of butch
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cry of the kings English that has finally
resulted in the big contemporary protest.
American Pronunciation Upheld.
In recent years q debate has grown up
as to where the best English was to be
heard in England or In the United States
Formerly the nasal twang of the Yankees
vas ridiculed. Fun was also poked at the
negro effect of the pronunciation Of many
words by southerners.
But now IL is argued that the English
Of Uncle Sans realm is much more near
ly correct than that Of King Edward
domain.
The education dealt out in the public
schools of the United Kingdom is dis
tinctly classical. There teachers busy
themselves with instilling Latin and
Greek in the minds of their pupils
In American colleges English takes the
most important place. The study of the
mother tongue has constantly been de-
veloped. Students are taught the pro-
nunciation of the Anglo-Saxon and the
middle English, and are led through the
various stages of the evolution of the
tongue till the English of TODAY is
reached
Constant attention to the phonetic his
tory of words naturally leads to an even
tual nicely of pronunciation with the re-
suit that English visitors to the United
States have not hesitated to pay en-
thusiastic tribute to the great improve
ment in Uncle Sans use of the common
tongue.
But while the younger country has
been making progress in the direction OF
right diction, England has been steadily
going backward.
Music Hall Artists Blamed.
A large part of the blame is put by
many experts on the vogue Of the cock
ney and coster singer. as, for instance
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

GULLIyER.s TRAVELS INTO soMB
REMOTE COUNTRIES, Retold From
Jonathan Swift and Written Anew
for Children. BY James Baldwin.
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago:
American Book Company.
HOW TO COOK FISH. BY Olive Green.
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
THE IRRESISTIBLE CURRENT. BY
Mrs. l. Lowenberg. New York:
Broadway Publishing Company.
RIvULETs OF SONG. BY Percival D.
McCallum. New York: Broadway
Publishing Company.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOOKS OF BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL
AND ECONOMICS RECENT
LY ADDED.

The following books have recently been
added to the District Public Library:
Philosophy.
Dresser: H: w. Philosophy of the Spirit
iS Montsone pS. Edmund Philosophical Problems
in the Light of Vital Organization. 1907. B.
sd ssE is " Philosophy the Early
Bible Study.
Clarke J. F. Fourth Gospel; the Question OF
Its Origin Stated and Discussed. 1886 CBUZ-
Iddon H. The DIVINITY Iaot q or s,, Lord and
ch1s en- sS stsass Of the OF
Eastern Religions.
Bloomfield. Maurice. The Religion of the veda.
Cheyne r K Traditions and Beliefs Of An
Gent Israel 1907. , CBKN; S ct29t
Epctetus. Teaching; the ''Encheiridion.' 1888.
Noble. N. E. Cradle Tales of Hinduism 1907.
Biography.
toinette: the Life Story of Maria Carolina. 1907.
E-M33 46b.
Brown. John Letters of DIR. John Brown
H With Letters ae ErH@ Ruskn rhaekeray and
Duncan David: Life and Letters of Herbert
Ssan Edward a. lios ed by
h Could: G H. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn.
Greene, 6: ". Life of Nathaniel Greene. sv.
Griffin. II, j. ]. The Story of Commodore John
Barry: Father of the American Navy 1905
Hale. w B. Week in the White House With
Theodore Roosevelt. 1Y0S. F. RBl3h.
Hollway calthrop H. G Petrarch. His Life
an ke1 nms " 1901 John SHERMAN His Life and
Public it.' Services T ~ 1905 E.Sh5ssk
sy NJ AT rrs 1865 ana
Mathews. c, van C Audrey 5hs Ellieott His Life
Robbins. H. H Our First Ambassador to
Sainte- Beuve. c. A. Portraits Of Men. 1891.
Warden r. B. An Account of the Private Life
and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase.
1874. E-C3S7w.
France: Description.
Gould; ,. s Barring, Book of the Pyrenees
Hammerton- j. A. In the Track of R. L,
Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France. 1907.
G3a-H176i.
Klein. Felix. An American Student in France.
1903. G39-K674.
Lonergan, W. F. Forty Years Of Paris 1907
Great Britain: Description.
Guy and Co. South of Ireland illustrated.
Rowe, c R. South Devon. 1907. G45De-
R79s.
Shoemaker NJ NJ. wanderings in Ireland.
1908. G42-Sh73w.
Stephens. Thomas. ed. Wales Today and 10
morrow. 1907. G44-Sti6
Voyages and Travels.
Burrage H. S, ed, Early English and French
Voyages, Chiefly From Hakluyt. l5Sil6os. 1906.
G12 B942.
kingsley. Henry. Tales of Old Travel 1889.
Nordenskioeld. " A. E. friherre. Voyage Of
the Vega Round Asia and Europe. 1856 Glib
Nov.
Railways.
Bycrs. NJ L. Economics of Railway Operation.
Daggett Stuart. Railroad Reorganization. 1905.
Kent. p Fl. Railway Enterprise in China.
1907. HJR-k
Education.
Coursault, ]. H. The Learning Process. 1901.
TX -CS37l.
Chamberlain. A. H. The Condition and Tend
encies of Technical Education in Germany. 1905.
Columbia University Teachers College. Hor-
ace Mann School. Curriculum Of the Elementary
Corbin John Which College FOR the Boyp
Huey E. b. The Psychology and Pedagogy Of
Reading 190s TX -Hs7p.
Enedden. D. s. and Allen, W H. School Re.
ports and school Efficiency. 1908. III sn23s
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I'm G L A N D, Becoming
II Alarmed Over the Fact

TN G L IN D, Becoming
Il Alarmed Over the Fact
That the Nations Tongue is
Worse Spoken in the United
Kingdom Than Anywhere
Else, Has Just Organized a
League, to Wage Battle
With the Cockney for Pos
session of the Anglo-Saxon
Tongue-It Is a Fact That
the Sound of "A" Has AL
most Passed Out of the Lam
guage George Bernard
Shaw, the Noted Author and
Playwright, Is at the Head
of the Movement, Which
Will be Far-reaching in Its
Scope, Including as it Does
the Introduction of Studies
in the Schools Calculated to
Make the Future Britons
Speak Properly.
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THE OPEN WINDOW; Tales of the
Months. BY Barbara. author of THE
Garden of a Commuters Wife" New
York: The Macmillan Comany.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.

THE OPEN WINDOW; Tales of the
Months. By barbara. author Of THE
Garden of a Commuters Wife" New
York: The Macmillan Comany
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
~ FTEN the disclosure of the iden-
tity of an anonymous writer robs
the product Of some of it's charm.
~ This, however, has not been the
case with the books from the
Per of Barbara who has been revealed
to the reading world as Mrs. Mabel Osgood
Wright. Mrs Wrght's peculiar charm
lies in subtle blend of the nature lover
with the student of humanity. She Is an
accomplished writer of fiction. in addition
to being an acute observer of outdoor life
in all its phases. In none Of her books
has she undertaken seriously to maintain
q novel strictly upon the foundations OF
conventional fiction. In the present VOL
ume she tells twelve short stories, each
appropriate to a month of the year. The
nature touch is inevitable in such circum-
stances, but the main interest neverthe-
less centers in the delicate differentiation
between characters. which is among Mrs.
Wrght's most charming qualities. USu-
ally optimistic and therefore fond Of the
happy ending Mrs. Wright has not rig
orously held to this form of composition,
the volume closing in a minor key of trag-
edy. 1t is in some respects the best story
good family who has come to America to
make a home for the girl Of his choice
who Is beneath him in the social scale.
Here he finds the woman of his heart, but
too late. Possibly Mrs. Wright felt that
she could best solve the situation by. the
invocation of tragic factor. In sharp
contrast is the August Story which
tells Of the adoption by Martha Corkle of
Albert and Victoria. mysteriously be-
slowed twins. In this the author is in
best mood Of quiet humor The twelve
stories make most delightful reading for
the summer.
THE POST GIRL. By Edward c. Booth
New York: The Century Company.
Possibly inspired by Mr.. De Morgan's
work comes this new story by a new
writer, of whom it is expected that he
will produce much that is successful in
the field of fiction The Post Girl is
story of out-of-the-way Yorkshire coun-
try. a land of coarse dialect. This fact
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and had not done anything out of the way
for years.
And now Pietro is happy again. His
mother believes him-believes that he Is
a good boy. His mother gees further
west soon, to bring back to Washington
another son. while from Italy-from
Palermo where they all lived SO long
ago-Pietro's father is coming. so that
they all may live in this great new land.
And Pietro will not again forget his
mother.
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Albert Chevalier, Marie and Alice Lloyd
and Vesta Victoria.
Although Americans have seen and
admired all these clever artists, it has
no, idea of the enormous vogue they
enjoy at home.
The music halls that have them for
attractions are ever crowded. Their
songs and witty comment are banded
from one country to the other.
That which began as piquant comedy
becomes matter Of habit, and from
laughing at the RECOMMENDATIONS Of Cheva-
her in one Of his wonderful limitations of
coster life the British public has come to
adopt the same mode Of speech.
The word '.cockney' has an interesting
history, one quite at variance with its
present application.
Now applied to the low, slangy life Of
London. it originally had a reference to
the elegant life of the pampered rich.
1t is connected with the Dutch word
cocker" which means literally Ito PAM
per-" Then comes the French form
"coqueliner," which means primarily to
rock the cradle. Originally, therefore, a
cockney was a child delicately reared.
Gradually it came to- be extended to citi-
ZenS OF towns Wnere wealth. was ample
and all the comforts Of life were OBJ
tainable.
The French pays de Cocagne,' and
similar expressions among other nations,
denote Utopia. an imaginary land of
luxurious ease without labor.
From earliest days London was famed
for its elegance, and the most fashion
able section of the city was that which
has now been abandoned by the wealth
and nobility and turned over to the lower
classes
Realm Of Cockneyism.
But although the pampered class has
gone from the historic neighborhood OF
the Strand. from Mary-le-bow. the an
cient term cockney still fingers in applica-
ton to those who live in the district, those
gayly clad 'Arrys with the side scanning of
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man of keen humorous observation, dem
onstrates that in addition to being a thor
oughly accomplished man Of affairs he
is gifted with a considerable literary
ability. The spirit of the book Is optimis-
tic and no one can read it without feeling
better for the experience.
CHECKS, NOTES AND BANKS; In
Guiding the Right of Parties in Deal
ing With Banks. BY Thomas c. ST.
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DdTDSF, WHO lcll 4t0ly t"Oi'C
years ago to seek his fortune
~ in America, and who last
week failed to recognize his
old mother, who left Italy, too-not to
seek a fortune. but to find her SON.
Perhaps if you're looking for fine ro-
nance you wouldn't go down into a
certain cellar barber shop in the business
section of Washington, because it is hot
ard does not seem very inviting. But the
romance of Pietro, who works there, is
strange and queerly woven, and the end
is not at all commonplace.
Every one knows of the stories that go
back TO Italy from this new land. where
a good strong man can make three or
four times as many lire in one day as he
could in a week at home.
These tales came to Palermo. where
Pietro. his mother. her husband and one
or two other children. all younger than
the first-born son. lived in comparative
comfort.
And so Pietro, with some knowledge OF
the barber trade. packed up his few be-
longings and set out over the sea to
America Strange he found the voyage
over; full were his days of the tales of
the new nation told 20 him by those Of
his countrymen who we're returning. not
to a foreign land, but to a country which
they at least believed they knew.
Perhaps the voices Of the great city OF
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MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT.
Author Of 1.-The Open window"

monitor of the New York and New
Jersey Bars, author of 'Simonton on
Municipal Bonds" etc. New YORK:
Victor Van Horen.
In these days. with commercial paper
a considerable medium of circulation and
basis of business, a work of this charac-
ter, briefly and authoritatively stating
the practice and laws and principles gov
erning the use of checks and notes and
the management of banks, Is of great
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and his eyes looked coldly into eyes that
were red and fearful and just a little
startled.
The Mothers Sorrowing.
Then suddenly the mothers arms drop
ped from the neck of the son who had
forgotten her-did not. would not know
her who had borne him. who had taught
him all she could. who had written to
him. oh. SO often, with love in every syl-
liable.
Now she understood that they
were right-Pietro cared no longer for
her. for his family. For him the rattle
of the game and the sparkle of the wine
were more than a mothers love.
"Oh, my son, You have broken my
heart" and she fell back to let him pass.
But the last words of his mother stuck
in Pietro's mind and gradually he under
stood their mean;ng-the meaning first of
that phrase you have broken my heart
and then those other words. My SON."
He remembered then, and in a flood of
broken English. with here and there
Italian words long bound up in him, he
assured his mother that now he knew her.
But the woman would not believe. In
fact. she would not believe for days, be-
cause the work of Giovanni, whether true
or not. had been well done. And Pietro
well, Pietro wanted to seek solace in the
waters of the Potomac. But he persuad-
ed a barber friend to go with him to as
sure his mother that he was a good boy
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Ckz4R5ZDZ BREEDZNG
GRo1WD OTZHE L0MDoMLQ5z

gay colored buttons down their trousers,
with their love for 'Arriet and the prefer
ence for rides in the Old Kent road, for
'arf pints and for a fight every Saturday
night.
1t is singular that such section of the
town could sway influence over the use of
the tongue of whole nation. but the
high word of George Bernard Shaw is on
record to prove, that 1t does
It would be a perfect analogy to imagine
the tough dialect of the Bowery in New
York dominating the English of the en-
tire country.
Such a thing would, of course be i'm
possible; but the American has no such
affection for the Bowery as all England
has for that part of London which is the
home of the coster monger. a distinctive
type. not to be matched anywhere in the
world The American who goes to Lon
don is more interested in going to see the
true cockney in his own habitat than he is
in visiting Westminster.
The Pure English League" was found
ed at Hornsey, a North London suburb
and its appearance was hailed as an en-
couraging symptom of better English to
come.
The newspapers OF the nation are leno-
ing all possible aid. and all over the land
are advocating the formation of branches
OF the parent league.
The plan of procedure to achieve the de-
sired object is a most elaborate one
Plan New Methods of Teaching.
Literature will be sent out calling atten-
ton to the error of letting the priceless
heritage of the tongue fall into disuse and
vulgarization.
New methods of teaching will be intro
duced into the public schools. and one OF
the first things to be done will be re-
vival of the valuable study of etymology.
a study which never should have
been permitted to pass from the curricu-
lum. since by teaching the derivation OF
a word, it's beginnings and its various
evolutions down to the present time. the
student gets an exact understanding or
the history of the word, and hence is less
likely to ma1treat it in the pronunciation
AS BELTS man prominently connected
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HAKESPEARE, Byron, De Quin-
cey and Macaulay may rest in
peace.
A league has been formed to
rescue the language in which they
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HIS is the story of Pietro. the
barber, who left Italy twelve
years ago to seek his fortune
in America, and who last
failcd xecngniza his
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-06-18


Double seated rigs at half price.
All other rigs reduced In price at
Zimmer's.
A. F. Rodgers and wife were in
the city today. Mr.. Rodgers il iden-
titled with the Spokane Paper q Sta
tionery company.
Dan Davis viii leave this evening
for Spokane to meet his wife, who
is returning from Montana, and the
two win return home in the morn
ing.
For sale. one horse, weight about
l.lOo; one heavy team, 1900 pounds,
set heavy logging harness, one three
inch truck. to be sold cheap. Apply
to Winn-Barr-Chainey Co.
W. E. Lambert was operated on at
the Occur d'Alene hospital yesterday
for growth on his foot. The oper-
alton was very successful and the
patient is doing nicely.
Money to loan on farm land. Our
abstracts are accurate and are com
pleted with dispatch. Fred L. Tiff
fanny, Mgr, 1O4 Fourth ST. Bell
phone 1.
Thought the efforts OF Senator
Hepburn the library has been placed
on the accredited list for all public
documents relating to the United
States congress or governmental af-
fairs and their shipment will follow
as the publications are issued.
Attend the concert at pavilion
previous to the band dance Thursday
evening. Music by the entire band,
best in northern Idaho.
The funeral OF Mrs. Mary Skinner
which was to have been held from
the Occur d'Alene Undertaking par
lars this afternoon, has been post
poned until 2 o'clock tomorrow az
ternOon. Deceased was a member
Of the Daughters of Rebekah.
There will be joint meeting of
the misionar societies of the Presby-
terrain church of Post Falls and of
the church at this place on Friday
the 18th in the afternoon at 1880
o'clock. At this meeting will be sub
mitted the Presbyterian report for
the April meeting and all ladies OF
the societies are requested to be in
attendance.
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JUMPED THE TOWN.
Orvey Mitchell Falls to Appear i'm
Court for Trial.


Court for Trial.
The case Of the state OF Idaho W,
orvey Mitchell was set for O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. but he failed
TO make his appearance.
Mitchell was arrested, together with
H. J. Baker and his wife. and Maud
Allen in the raid made by the night
patrolmen on the house OF prostitu-
ton conducted by Baker and his wife
on Tubs hill Tuesday morning.
His case came up for trial yesterday
afternoon, but he asked for q contin-
uance until today at 3 o'clock. II
was granted him by the court. and
then his attorney, Earl Sanders. ask
ed that he be released on his own
recognizance and this was granted
him. Tuesday evening he left the
city an the $3.50 train for Spokane
and since has not been seen.