The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28
ou1orloNs AND ANswI1s.

Some pears $50 Z read an article on the
lach In English Of . pronoun to represent
both masculine and feminine Ssnders In
such sentences ~ III any one calls. ask
him 10 watt: Every n 10 the srchi-
tsct Of his MI fortune" My recoiisc-
tion IL that the writer suggested using
. capital r. 20 stand for me or she" /:
Or. for him or her" There probably
have been books written on the subject.
J. A. HENSEsY.
The inquiry was referred TO Frank II.
visstsiiy. editor Of the Standard Die
tionary. who points out In the new
Standard the words heer. hiser and thon.
Heer wal proposed to stand for no or
shs." hiser was the bisexual possessive
and thon could b. used in any case.
There VA also projected the word himer
for min or her"
Mr.. Hsnnesy's sample sentences would
thus read: "1f any one calls. ask himer
to waltz: IF any one calls. ask thon
to watt; livery n 10 the architect
Of hiser Owl fortune" or 'thon's own
fortune"
Thon. . contraction Of chat one"
was the suggestion Of Charles Crosat
Converse Of Erie. Pa, - long ago a.
1855. In 1919. when the topic was under
discussion. Mrs. Ella Flags Young. then
superintendent Of education In chicago.
used hiser with IN apostrophe-hie'er.
II can quite understand why such
combinations u he'er. his'er and thon
have not found favor" Rays Mr.. WISE
telly. The nrs two are merely COM
binations Of no and her. and his and
her: the last has something TO recon-
mend II in its originality. But to mo
II IL somewhat of a surprise that men
who have looked into the subject at all
aid not recommend the revival OF some
Ansio-saxon word which IL now in
disuse.
"Ys II now practically obsolete. ]
know II 10 classed a. archaic, but II is
90 seldom heard in its original form a.
the nominativs plural Of the second per-
sonal pronoun hat II seems 70 me II
might we'll be used either In the Middle
English form or in tho Anglo-Saxon
70. There 10 also the Angio-Saxon gtt
used to designate 'ye two which might
be used. but my preference IL for author.
authir. outher or owther. Any ono of
these forms Of the Old English awder.
which means literally whichever Of the
two either Of the two or 'one or the
other seems 10 mo preferable 60 those
that have already been suggested"
A bets b that President Wilson an
nounced his engagement to Mrs. Gal,
before he announced that ne would vof
for roma suffrage. B holds the oppo-
site belief. Who wins7 A.
Tho announcement Of the President'f
intention to vote for equal suffrage pre-
coded by several hours tho announce
ment OF his engagement.
notice an inquiry as to Jack Jouett's
famous ride. and your statement that
the only notice o have seen In that In
the "History Of Virginia" by Robert
r. Howison. II you will examine Ran
dall's Life Of Jefferson" Vol. 1. p. 33S
you will md al account given In thai
volume: and in the January. 1901
st. Nicholas Maodsine. Judge r. T. W
| Duke. .Jr., Of Charlottesville. Va. gave
an account of this ride.
Jouett rode some fifty-hve miles II
q very few hours, crossed the Rivanns
River at Milton and warned Mr.. Jener'
son. who made n narrow escape from
Tarleton's raiders: and then rode or
to Charlottesville, where he kept ar
inn known as the Swan Tavern, and
warned the legislators. most OF whom
ESCAPED He lived and died In the OLE
swan Tavern in Charlottesville. the site
OF which Is now occupied by the Red
lands Club. Some years ago tho So
ciety for the Preservation OF Nirgtni:
Antiquities erected a bronze tablet upoi
the Redlands Club building designating
II as the site of the old Swan Tavern
where ,Iouett lived and died. He 1
buried somewhere In the ground aroun'
this building. and in 1926 a ueetin!
OF the citizens OF Charlottesville wa
held for the purpose OF raising a monu
ment TO his memory. but besides III
meeting. which was reported In III
Charlottesville Gdcette OF 1925. rothin'
ever seems to a been done unit
this tablet was erected.
Either .Jouett or his father was IN,
ancestor OF the painter Jouett. the pup'
Of Gilbert stuart, also OF Admira
Jouett and Of the prominent ken,uck,
family OF hat name, 7 may state 81
PEASANT tina the name In Randall
life OF Jefferson Is spelt Jouitt, bu
the correct spelling Is Jouett.
ALREMARIr.
wish to present n young woman VIII
In about to be married with "A silve
service set. Which initial Is proper e
have engraved. that OF her maiden ham
or Of her future one" W. /" q.
The initial Of the maiden name, say
Tiffany.
The statement recently that tn
Third Commandment is: Thou shall
not take the name Of the Lord thy Co
IN vain" SC. requires amending r
the numbering adopted by the Council %
Trent this is the Second commandment
Hebrew usage and general Protestan
usage to-day make 1t third the system
of Enumeration In catholic Bibles make