The Washington herald., 1913-06-06
spelling Bee
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and bushy-haired: some looked fright
perfectly composed. II was q treat
simply to scan the faces of those on the
stage.
The schoolmaster called the roll. and
the contestants answered promptly. Tho
rules governing the competition were
then explained. II was announced that
no objections to the pronunciation of
words would De considered by the school
master. Contestants were warned to
spell by syllsbles. to pronounce each syl-
liable, and finally to pronounce the en-
tire word It was announced that per-
sons violating this fundamental rule
would be forced to leave the stage.
Irwin Barbour. OF The Washington
Herald, was giveL the first word. Mr..
Barbour had not the slightest difficulty
In handling the word shave" Ira L.
Bennett, of the Washington Post. then
succeeded in spelling ''peacemaker." Sem
ator Poindexter turned red. yes. extreme
ly 80, when he was given the word
moose" The schoolmaster' thought he
could trip one of the newspaper men with
the word brewery" but he soon found
out his mistake. Fred A. Emery, Of the
Associated Press. was greatly startled
when he was given the word poker"
What was she name, sir?' he asked OF
the Secretary of Agriculture, apparently
shocked.
Representative Sims of Tennessee won
much applause by the rapid manner in
which he disposed of his quota of words.
He famed vigorously during the contest.
as did many other of the statesmen
Senator Myers of Montana was the first
to go down to defeat He spelt acacia
'accakia.'' Senator Norris spelt canta-
80 he
Baltimore Sun. was the first newspaper
man to leave the stage. 1t was the
word "exsiccate" that stumped him.
Mr. Heiss, Of the New Orleans Times
Democrat. fell when the word ''fuchsia"
was handed him for treatment.
Representative Sims went down on
"hydrocephalus." He got as far ! as
"hydroceph" and then inquired of the
schoolmaster how the remainder Of the
was pronounced.
Mr. Harbour. Of The Washington
Herald, was troubled over the word
"gneiss," and was forced to succomb.
He spelled 1t mice" and nearly every
one present thought he was right, until
there was a shake OF the schoolmaster's
head Mr. Bennett, of The Washington
Post. was asked to spell ''mediaevalist."
He thought for a moment. and then in
quired calmly:
"sir, will you have it with or without
the diphthong7'
Secretary Houston preferred the diph-
thong. and Bennett gave II to him. The
word which puzzled them all was ''ogee."
Il fell like a bomb shell in the midst Of
the contestants, and ii was feared for
4 minute that the entire line would fall
before the mighty word. But Represent
alive Willis scratched his head, thought
, moment. and then shouted loudly with
/ Eureka spirit. "O-gee." Correct, sir,
replied Secretary Houston.
List of StickIers.
Secretary Houston had just 10 words
n his list of spelling stickers." Here
ire the words. including the stumblers
over which all but Representative Willis
II Ohio stumbled:
Acacia, aneurism, apocalypse, bdelliun,
,erylline. bleme, cantaleup, cedrelaceous.
,hrysaIis. colonelcy, exsiccate, fossilifers |
Jus. gangrenescent. fuchsia, gneiss, hare |
,rained. infeoff, incalescent, lapidescent, |
mediaevalist, mnemonics.
residence. neuralgia, ecunmenical, aegis, |
Ierolite, empiric, myrmidon, seragiio, |
chneumon, empyresn, ce2taur. moresque, |
,onneted, reconnaissance, enamor. pleo- |
lasm. acerbity. zoophyte. neophyte, !
cerement, cerulean. gen.
ian. philter. demoniacal, trysting. |
lageolet, abatable, nausea. dsctyl, as |
'hyxia. daguerreotype. nauseous. dahlia,
foliaceous, phantasmagoria,
acique, iguana, elysium, quintessence,
Iyacinth. caesura, debonair. musilag gin
'us, embodiment, gasconade. pharisaic, /
pentateuch. hydrocephalus,
plagiarism, garlicky. phlegm, shillalah,
.uscultation, jejune, chalcedony. aeolian,
hlox. breviary, ephemeral. epicene.
halybeate. serrated. gladiolus, caout-
houc, gossamer. desiccation. epithala-
mum. desuetude, desquamation. CHR
graphy. ogee, onomatopoeia. pachyderm,
arvae, oleaginous, and laryngesl.
Presideit Wilson, accompanied by his
aughter, Eleanor. arrived early in the
vening and remained throughout the
With Secretary of State
nd Mrs. Bryan they laughed heartily
nd seemed to enjoy the evening thor
ughly. The great ballroom was crowded
rom one end to the other.
John T. Suter. president of the Press
Tub. spoke briefly, welcoming those
resent. He then introduced Frank B.