The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-05

guage. President John Grier Hibben voted Duty, Loyalty, Honor, Self Control, Service and Sacrifice as the six most important words. Professor J. D. Spaeth' favored Liberty, Loy- alty, Intelligence, Sympathy, Charac- ter and Justice. Professor Henry Van Dyke picked The. Is, Yes, No, A and Do. .....-
 All good words but of no value whatsoever in a case where you find the furnace fire has gone out, that the suit presser has scorched your tuxedo or that you've missed train by half a minute. 'aa
 The words selected by Professor Van Dyke are good general utility words. And any child can use them. Yes and No have caused more trouble than any two words in all, the. lan- guages of the earth put together. One of the toughest breaks in life is to need ''No" in an emergency, and find you haven't it in stock. This is particularly true when you're talking to an insurance, solicitor or boot legger. f@..v
 '"Do" is a king word in some places. Wall Street, for instance. , Also the plural which is H@Done'. and the past tense which is Hooked" f af ?. The inquiring reporter, however, has been at work on this matter and the results follow: -,
 TODAY'S QUESTION
 What do you think are the six most important words in the English lan- guage? .-'5 s #k -E-
 WHERE ASKED
 You'd be surprised.
 THE ANSWERS E
 Amos Q. Pipp, family man,, New York-Anybody who has had a pho nograph or radio the past year knows that the six most important words in America are Bananas" .> "Dixie," !" Nanny" Nightmare" "Wednes- day" and Italy" As second choice I'd say "You," Gotta" "See" "Mamma" "Every" and Night"
 Albert B: Fall, Washington D. C. I would say the six most important words in the language are "I'll have to see my lawyer"
 Miss Mabel Normand, Hollywood, fCal l-There are only two really .im- portant words out in my country They are Don't shoot" ,.
 Ramsay Macdonald, prime mini - ter, Systematically I haven't been in office long ehoughsto determine what the six most important words are.~ I should say, roughly speaking, in fact very roughly speaking, that the four most important words are Long ."Live" "The" King" v Henry Ford, bruise distributor, De- troit--I have taken the matter up. with my son, Edsel. The six most important words in English are "Bolts" "Bolts' Bolts" Nuts" Nuts" and "Washers." !
 " : | Jack Dempsey, financier, Miami I would list them in the following or der: "Gate" Purse" "Guarantee" "Percentage" "Cut" "Nextr' !
 Miss Patricia Padooka, betting par- ty expert, Great Neck, L. I.-Oh, dear me. What silly question. Six most important words? We'll, the six I use most are Please" George Don't" "1'' Mean" "It." 7'
 Jake Whoozis, second hand clothing dealer, sBowery, N. Where are only six words that count in any language. They are Fire" Insurance" "Dam- ages'' Collect" and Resume Busi- ness"
 John Dooolittle, man about town It depends where. you're sitting. In Philadelphia the six words are Butler. Butler, Butler, Butler, Butler and Butler. Taking the United States as whole I should say that the six most important words today are IPrincipal" 'Tnterest" Deposits" "WitRdrawals" Bank" and Balance"
 General Charles c. Dawes, Nsome- where in France (Deleted by thV cen tsOrs.)