The sun., 1908-01-19

! the English which ne and his friends expressed
| intemperateiy. The Jefferson Bricks Of the time
took Il up as a great international Issue and IN
named the populace 70 retallAte the injury upon
Macready. May I. 1919. the English actor played
Mdcoeth At the AstOr Place Opera House. With
MS nrst appearance on the stage . tumult broke
Out In the galleries. the second act unhearable In
the uin, was mere pantOmlme; the third act was
broken on when, chairs we're ripped from their
taStenIngs and thrown upon the stage. the police
made no effort TO preserve order and the audience
was dismissed A committee OF respectable
ciuAens invited Macready 70 continue his engage
ment and promised him adequate protection.
On the Following Thursday, May 10. the second
attempt at performance was made. On the
rSt show Of disorder within the theatre the rioters
were arrested and lodged In the basement. where
| they made an attempt 70 nre the building. Out
side was mob OF 5000 turbulent men and boys,
who threw cObblestOnes through the windows and
demolished the crystal chandelier suspended
above the auditorium. The military were then
summoned TO restore order. and the Seventh ReRt-
ment. paradlng eli Ofncers and men armed with
SIX rounds OF ball cartridge. essAyed the task Of
clearing AstOr Place and adjacent streets The
mob assailed the soldiers with stones and clubs
and resisted every attempt TO dSlOdge them with
the 0ayonet. When appealed 70 70 give the order
10 nre Mayor woodruff pAltered and then skunk
away 70 personal safety. As the riOtng continued
even nercer Recorder TalmAdge ordered the mob
20 dspcrSe and when that proved ineffective sherid
was nred In the air. sitter the foolish practice then
IN vogue. The second and third volleys cleared
the streets. Some thirty OF the rioters were killed
and nfty or sixty were known 70 be wounded
Macready was smugsled away from the theatre.
Inc military remained on riot duty until midnight
on the ensuing Monday. by which time the peace Of
ths city had been restored.
Kindly lie, me know n one 4, N very far ,,,rav
IN sayinE yourn for your own, her'n for her own
and further, when Il comes down TO real Hne thing
OF the others and the % dickens s o paS sSH
mine but what Of thStY e proDoScs ns sgenE nE & 2.
same as though IL wasn't there. /. C.
The premises are not quite correct. therefore
tne argument falls. Hlsn dt Is preferable without
the apoSrophe) Is not an abbreviaton Of his own"
The words OF that type are formed through mis-
taken analogy and In Imitation OF -mIuE," as suR-
gessed In the foregoing query. But in producing
the Initiative forms an error has been committed
showing that the true nature Of mine" has failed
OF comprehension. IL IA q form infected upon the
pronOun stem which appears In me" So his" IA an
lunectional form Of the prOnOun stem he" which
Is also found In her To add TO the already In
nected form his" second infection must remain
an error In grammar Such an error could arise
only when the fact that mine" is truly Innectlona
had passed from mind. therefore comparatively
modern. The "hisn" type is therefore not TO be
regarded as old fashioned but as rustic or pro-
ylncial not good words which have declined 70
low estate but words which have always been
false coin Of speech. Canon Farrar In Eric" uses
II IN senooloook nyieaf comminatlon;
He who takes what isn't hlsn
When he's cOtched must 20 10 prison.
Il was years ago and lt now Is more or less Gus.
tOmAry when writing a letter which Is not 10 be
posted but is TO be delivered superscribe II thus
me when and where the custom arose1 Z. r. Il.
The authorities silent as TO this once formal
usage. but we recall letters OF the middle Of the
seventeenth century In which the form was used
in free alienation with tho older inscription for
backing letter. 1t then was called. This alter
native employment leads TO the inference that
addressed" labor saving cOAthvance to
enable an Informal writer TO dodge the cumbrous
Inscription proper 20 a letter. The use OF the word
Is designed To state that the letter TO be under
stood TO be addressed In due form after much the
same manner as the Germans employ p p. to
stand for all the titles which the person addressed
might claim and whose omission might cause a
pAng Addressed" had the merit OF brevity. a
merit likely 70 be appreciated when Its simplicity
spared one the labor and toll OF backing the letter
with the solemn ritual Haste. haste, post. hastel
Ride. on your life rdei To John Smith, these"
To what extent Is the vulgar American pleonAsm
Il have got" extended over our speochf Is any
ton, ARcHIAAI.D BRooKN
A pIeonasm certainly. II one ands satisfaction
In tagging the IdlOm with a label, and therefore
utterly desplcaOe to such hold redundancy
a crime OF speech. But certainly not an Ameri.
Canlsm and even Bartlett has not Included II In
his list. II have got Is American, then Is Edward
VII. Yankee and Rex FIdeI Defensor should
read rural free delivery. Proof that we come by
have got" through honest inheritance is abundant,
for instance in this verse OF Banbury, comltaE.
OHon.. which is at least as old as America:
BSnbury church
That hasn't got a steepie:
very dirty town
And very proud people.
The IdiOm knows no restrictions Of dialect
geography on American tongues. From the south
one recalls the interesting variant "AIn'I you all
done got Il. Is your
What opinion do YOU hold as to the correctness
ing books AMP
IL Is correct and this opinion is held in an.
patent fact that the books themselves do not follow
but only their titles. Provided the proper amount
In negotiable securities accompany such an order
the form OF expression would produce the same
results as II the more precise diction had been
employed, the following named" books. The
latter Is forced and clumsy and yet does not serve
the utmost end Of precision. for in legal dIctIon
II would have TO read -the following named books
as hereinafter described In words, characters
and figures, TO wit" when begins to be nnlcky
about English diOms soon has 20 recognize
that the Onty perfect English Is that which has
become flashing crystal OF many facets in mineral
locations. beginning at the n. W. cor. OF lands
of Brumbacher In n. e, OF 5. e. = OF twp. e8M D.
NJ. thence n. e. by S24 rods to post" u.Gw.
VIII you explain why the present Congress- Ia
the SlKteth' From what year does the count
begnH WIZ
The INST Federal Congress convened March 4,
1859. at the corner OF wall and Broad streets in
New York. Anottlng to each Congress Its two
year term brings the tale 10 the SIxtieth Congress
now In session. The last Continental Congress
expired November 1. l7se. and for slH months
there was technically national Government
Of the Continental Congresses seven were Of the
Revolution. The eighth Continental Congress,
the FIRST OF the Confederation, convened at PhIIa-
delphia March 2. 1871. The last Continental Con-
grCss was the Fourteenth.
have IN my library q number OF volumes OF Val
entlne's Manual running With two or three brpaks
from 1851 TO 1867. These are followed BY other
10 Inquire what is that Is considered a complete
set Of the Valentine Manual G.FH
The complete nle OF Valentines Manual com
priscs "a volumes from i84i 10 1870. At the BanxS
sale In it0e set not wholly In good order brought
ti.6 single volumes OF dates In the SOS have /
ranged In price at public sale between sS and 40
To decide bet tell US when leap year begins.
A bets that II begins with February 20, 1904 and /
runs until February "a. 1909. bets that II begins
with the year 1908 and ends December 81. 1905 |
Which Is right EDWARD BELL. /
No judicial ruling upon the case being dlscovera- 1
bic amendment to the game law would seem