The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-01
WINS SPELLING BEE.

1t took 551 words. and an hour and
a half of time to spell down" % of
| Frederick's champions at College Hall
Tuesday night. The mems prize was won
by R. Paul Smith, superintendent of
the Hagerstown and Frederick Rail-
way, and the women's prize by Miss
Miriam Ramsburg.
| The teams were selected by the
captains, Mr.. Smith and Justice Aaron
R. Anders. Superintendent of Schools
q. Lloyd Palmer had made out a list
OF words, and acted as pronouncer
The judges were Chief Judge Ham
mond Urner, Major d. John Marley
and Prof. Anon Burgee.
Mr. Palmer opened the bee by hold
! ing up a book One of the pages was
marked by his finger. He requested
! the capt9ins to guess the number of
| the page, the nearest guesser to have
first Try. Judge Anders made the best
guess and easily spelled the first
word.
Several rounds were spelled before
anybody missed. There were several
near misses that held the attention
OF the audience and the contestants.
Mrs. R. S. ]. Dutrow misunderstood
the word surface" and spelled II
service" She was given another
chance and when she understood the
word spelled it correctly.
A few minutes later Robert Shaw,
of Mr.. Smiths team, fell down on
"salable," which he spelled with
superfiuous &C." Mr.. Shaw maintained
that his spelling is correct and cites
the new dictionaries to prove it. Reg
lnald Smith, of the same team, then
came down on funny" emitting one
IN"
"Pianos" brought down three spell
ers-Benjamin Rosenstock and Frank
Urner, of the Anders team, and Harold
Hammond, of the Smith team. 1t seem
ed to be the general opinion that
there ought to be an sc" in the word.
Roscoe Rhoads, of the Anders team,
missed "jostle,' spelling it FOSSIL"
The next miss was surprise. Ralph
Schroeder, one of the twins who have
proved themselves experts, answer
ed "laudinum" when that word was
called for: Ralph was on the Anders
team; his brother, who was on the
other side, kept in the ranks until
near the end of the match
A number of ladies then missed in
succession. Mrs. Manassas Grove
missed "origan" (origin) Mrs. Dut-
row, "hasard," (hazard); Miss Louise
Grayson, "weavel" (weeviD; Miss
Sarah Enright, "bullitin," (bulletin).
Charles Hudson went down on
cemetery" spelling it with an "a"
Otto Reinmuth missed an old per
picker, "embarrass," emitting IN "r."
Walter Mehrling tried TO spell
'shekel with an additional letter,
"sheckle' Miss Emma Newman miss
ed "stratagem," the same word bring
ing down Mr., John p King Miss Lii
liam Motter missed "bastile," using
two 'rs." Miss Charlotte Baker
spelled "supersede" with a medal
&C."
The first captain to fall was Judge
Anders, who misunderstood nausea"
After he caught the sound of the word
he failed to recognize it and blurted
out "neasau." The last woman, Miss
Miriam Ramsburg, then came down
on "facetious," which she spelled
'facicious."
The lines were now thinning out,
and the few remaining spoilers were
able to stand up for long time. "Tus-
sic" brought down H. Lavier Michael,
who inverted the last two letters; w.
K. Burgee left an "l' out of "Woolly."
Roy Schroeder was the next man
down, falling on "vying." He spelled
it "vieing." His miss left three men
on the Smith team and one, Mr.. ]. C.
Biehl, on the Anders side.
Mr.. Biehl stuck long time, finally
coming down on "bobbinet." 1t was
suggested that as this word is rather
technical it ought to be omitted, and
the judges ruled that it should not be
counted. Mr.. Biehl, however, refused
to take advantage of the ruling and
sat down.
The three remaining men on the
Smith team then spelled to determine
the winner of the mems prize. Carl
Mumford was asked to spell "Penta-
touch" and refused to make even a try
at it, surrendering as soon as the
word was pronounced. Robert l..
Smith came down on "grisly," leaving
his brother the winner of the match.
The two winners were each given
an order on the Citizens National
Bank for $3.50 in gold.
The spelling bee, which was given
for the benefit of the Civic Club, was
we'll attended and the audience spent
thoroughly enjoyable evening.