The sun., 1909-02-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

marries a Brltlsher she becomes British subject
s. O. HoVHs.
So far as the British law Is concerned an Amer
can woman by marriage with a British subject &C
quires British nationality. In the absence o.
statutory provision In this country there has beer
more or less diversity OF ruling ss 20 whether ar
American woman by marriage to an alien sac
| riflces her American nationality, whether sh'
sacrifices II temporarily for the term Of suct
| marriage. whether on death OF the allen husband
she resumes her American status. whether dlvorc,
restores her TO American citizenship. In general
as the United states recognizes American citizen
ship OF an allen born woman acquired by mar
riage TO an American the tendency OF the rulings
Is toward sscrhce OF American citizenship by q
| woman who marries an alien. A leading case Ii
! that OF Nellie Grant Sartoris. who married 9
British subject In 1874 resided In Great Britain
until his death In 1899. then returned 70 this coun-
try. BY act Of Congress Of May IL, 1893, she
was Internationally readmitted to American
| citizenshlp In accordance with the provisions
Of the third article OF the convention relative 70
| naturalization between the United States and
| Great Britain concluded Nay Is. 1870 This act
| OF Congress set forth In terms that after her
marriage 70 a British subject abe "emigrated 70
Great Britain, becoming thereby under the laws
Of Great Britain a naturailzed British subject
10 be recognized as such by tho United States, >
according 70 the same naturalization convention.
A bright active, schoolms'am In my family
address letters tc people in this city il 70 address
them Mrs. John Smith. $40 Fifth avenue, New
ySs Sss q Y iGhn S.s S.s scS s
why not address our friends In Chicago Chicago
City. or our earthquake survivors on the Pacihc
Coast "San Francisco City-f Please tell which
Is proper. d. n
The purpose Of the address upon the letter 10
TO insure It's delivery with the greatest celebrity
and certainty. postal ofhcial is authority for
the statement thsts bunch Of letters addressed
New York city can be dealt with a little more
rapidly and . little moro surely than an equal
number bearing the designation New York, N. Y.
This Is Of course purely local advantage The
cases of Chicago and San Francisco are not
parallel, for the clerks In this post once are
cerned not with the city but with the State for
which the letter. 10 bo pouched- The same pos
tai authority suggests the addition OF q caution
against the use of the word city by itself ss an
address OF local letters With great frequency
such letters are carried homo 70 various suburbs
and there mailed In the wrong city. Brooklyn. or
worse. whereby arise confusion and delay.
Your correspondent chanes weaver asks who
IKE leather, and what = the spplica ation thereof
Your explanation that the sense is that every
complete. IN ne fable in which The . PHRASE Is
found the author, think. desired 70 convey the
Ss pSsa Se s Ss % sr g. ss q SS
OF their own business interestst-a moderate form
% 1t what In these modem days Y known as gratt
which one ] do not know, nor can l give from
memory ,he whoie poem ss !; y many years since
a town feared siege and held consultation
Which was the beat method OF fortincation."
Tho civic fathers and leading citizens were called
on 70 present their Views when
a grave skilful mason gave In his opinion
dominion"
Other citizens followedwfyh different suggestions.
specially ,l Il came 70 the turn OF The last man.
shoemaker wRen-
The shoemaker, wiser than all these together,
n. McA.
difference OF opinion between my friend
and myself leaves the point unsettled. May I
impose on on your valuable tim. time for an answer
Sirned puekaa,er a vsndam Co.. or The un-
dcrsigned does &c. GEoRoh II. NORRIS.
A difference OF opinion OF widespread exist
ence. Usage varies, for Il Is possible 70 argue
as cogenuy on one side as on the other. Rhet- |
orlcians have attempted the law that collective
noun lakes a singular verb when the subject
Is regarded as acting as unit but plural verb |
when stress is 10 be laid upon the conse ting |
action Of the several parts OF which that collec-
tive Is composed. In the instance which the ques
III
warrant OF 49, goods Ia considered 70 have .
better foundation when backed by the nrm tusing |
does. which II corporate entity that may sue |
and be sued. or when backed by the Individual |
members OF the nrm using do). The rule cannot |
be hard aud fast so long as this difference OF |
opinion Is possible.
Please advise as To the proper pronunciation OF |
Zoe possessive case OF proper names ending In the |
,ucn % words % as Barns Hs n Rhomss 0t certl. ef &C.
md college graduates who seem to differ as to
he proper pronunciation OF these words:
The grammaHsns are now In accord upon the
rule that nouns ending In q slbllsut form the Ms
'esslve singular by the addition OF e, forming an
'ther syllable. This Is uniformly the case In
prose- poetry Is subject to the modification OF
metric emergency. Yet In "Hudlbras" one meets
he line
Prom StIies's pocket into Nokes'S"
Good Brown deals out flne scorn TO o. b. Pierce,
Who labelled hIs work Pierce Grammar" and
ook the ground that the apost ropbo was sufncient
o mark the possessive OF nouns with terminal
ibllapt. a recent critic" says this GTamms rian
II all the grammarans who ! think has not yet
earned 10 speak or write the poSsesslye case OF
lis own name properly"
Is the term "sartorial- broad enough to include
~ articles OF mems wear or should II be con
IS Indicated ia the standard dictionaries! l
AVE an Impression that II has been used 10 de-
Ss sssd sss dHSr .nS oo, sISsf OF apparel
With the habcrdAsher doing his part toward
'umsn sdornment at one end and the cobbier
Il the other sticking 70 his last etyuological
,roprety calls for the restriction OF "sArtortal-
o the proper function OF the tailor. IL does not
ppear with any authority 10 have been used
otherwise than In reference TO suits OF ciothea
shrrc II belongs.
Kindly let me know which Is the correct form
ohm Smith or John Smith, ESQ.," and II there
5 any distinction what Is. ID. d. r..
There is no distinction In American usage.
n England IL was formerly the case that one
ddressed usdesfolk with Mr.. and gentry with
50. How times have changed In that formal
se Is shown by . recent English comment that
he writer made . practice OF replying 70 duns
nth Esq. when IL was not convenient 70 settle
heir sSeoun's.
The note upon Alexander Smith puzzles me-
hink Il would be difiicult 70 persuade any ono
q nuniatety acquainted with his volume Of essays
now it-that II Is In any particular the offspring
4 an Unbalanced mind. II 10 q serene. whole ,
ome, wonderfully well written. engaging book.
nd has, II q slight, steady sale. for every few
ears nnd In the market a new edition. Smith /
s a poet was sounded In the house OF his frends
s when his indlscrimlnating admiren declared ,
% was the equal II not the superior Of Tennyson-
To settle an argument between friends please .
tate ln your sunday Issue which is the PROPER | !
ones" or my wife"r CRoLwElLHiIxIl.
A matter which rests upon the degree Of In ,
macy In the company before whom the express ,
ion Is 70 be used. Most men would feel Instinct .
rely which Ia the proper form OF speech and those