Evening star., 1924-12-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A friend of mine. who is a great
deal younger than ne looks, and who
wears q cap, went to q newsstand to
ouy . .certafn magazine.
What do you want, son?" asked
!! the proprietor. Nick Carter?"
Atlantic Monthly" solemnly re-
piled the other.
felt somewhat sin the same boat
the other afternoon when I entered
one of Washington's prominent book
stores TO purchase certain volume.
II want book I used to use in
| school, I told the lady with auburn
locks who came forward.
oh. don't be ashamed Of the grade
you are in" she seemed to say OF
course, actually she did not utter
those words, but that was the way
she made me feel she felt. You get
"Tt was , called swlnton's Word
Analysis -.
"Oh. don't make out you have for
gotten what the teacher told YOU"
she replied. still In her silent though
expressive language
The clerk retired to the recesses of
the store. emerging shortly with a
thin volume in very pale blue boards,
| with a dark green back
Despite the many years II has been
1t on sight. 1t was difficult to wait
| until out OF the store before exam
ming 1t. Under the watchful eyes of
the young lady, however, there was
nothing to do but wait.
once on the sidewalk, I ripped off
lhe wrapping. allowed the sales check
for 4s cents to futter unheeded to the
ground. examined my purchase.
IL was like meeting an old friend of
S,.,t
Analysis" was the only book of grade
| school days to be held in memory Out
| OF all the text books used, this Is the
only one whose title and author l re-
membered
| Undoubtedly there are thousands of
| men and women who cherish the
| memory of this little book. Even the
bad boys-there were no bad girls
! then--liked to study Swinton's Word
Analysis
What child was there. or is there.
VINO would not be interested to know
that the word "capricious" comes from
the Latin word "capra," a goat--liter-
| any springing from one thing to an
| other like the sudden leaps of that
| animal? Hence. tickle. uncertain"
The names of the histories, the
| arithmetics, the grammars, the geogra-
| phfes, all have vanished like the SHOWS
y
| mains treasured memory to many a
| man and woman who is working cross
word puzzles today
The cover of the book holds a medal
| lion, showing a lady outlined against
the BLACKLIST night. In her left hand
| Is tremendous book. while In her
right she holds a quill pen lmme-
d1ately behind her right arm is a newell
| post.
| The title page of the book contains
i the following: "Word-Analysis: A
! graded class-book, of English deriya-
ytive words, with practical exercises. in
spelling, analyzing. defining. synonyms
/ and the use Of words, by William
| Swinton. a. NJ. professor of the Eng
! lish language in the University of
| California" The volume Is published
by the American Book Company. and
| is still in use in the public cshools Of
the District of Columbia. 1t was copy
| righted in 1871.
The child who learns once and for
all that the prefix mis- means wrong
! or wrongly, can never be at a loss
TO define misconduct or misspell He
! VIII say automa tically that the for
mer means wrong conduct, and the
| latter to spell wrongly.
If he knows that the suffix an or
ian means one who, when it forms
noun. and belonging to, when II
/ forms an adjective, he will define
Christian as one who follows the re-
ligion of Christ, and republican as
belonging to republic
He knows that ize means to make.