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.-' ' More Justice, Lea Law.
- .The procedure of the courts has become o
complicated with technicalities that the idea back
' of the recently incorporated Arbitration Society
of America it sure' of popular welcome. Thi
to be a court without lawyers, designed to speed
justice, make it less expensive, unshackle it from
technicalities; establish simple truth and promote
good feeling and 'mutual .understanding among
disputants.
. Except for ihe fact that it is open to the gen
eral public for the settlement of all controversies
except criminal and divorce cases, this is not a
new departure.: In Omaha the Live Stock and
Grain" exchange' now adjust disputes among
their, members before, an arbitration board in
stead of resorting to the courts. The Federal
.Trade commission and the Interstate Commerce
commission are. trade courts of a similar kind. In
roany '.other places the trend toward what may
be called 'executive justice" is to be found.
, Odd though it may seem, many of the back
ers of this flew court are lawyers.-. Among the
incorporators are Dean Harlan F. Stone of the
Columbia-Law school, former Governor AVhitf
man, ex-Secretary! f Commerce Redfield, Dean
Frank H. Sommer of the University of New
- York Ltw school, and a number of bankers,
merchants and professional men, Including the
president of the New -York Jtotarv, club. .
Only lawyer who live, by litigation and who
use thejj .craft'.fa 'clog the wVHs.tff justice will
suffer from, this reform.- thole who seek to "put
something over.'. wiH ,ot feature' here. : The
.t,w0 parties torr tjispute'rnsjrgo'to.-the chamber,
choose a 'ifiird wh0. need' not' even be a lawyer,
. to sit in judgrnent. and'the decision will be final
except where fraud or. corruption can be shown.
'Litigants will be unhampered to tell their story
in their owV"y Without being gagged by ob
jections, that.sit is "irrelevant, immaterial and in
comjKtent.' sTher-;wui fee ho need to hire a
lawyer, and.,although legal' counsel may be ad
niitted if desired, ihertill be no eloquent ap
peals to the' hear too skillful maneuvering of the
statutes, no hired jtxperf testimony and no jury
to be confused. ;' ' .
The arbitration society. wjll, not only get a
quick and just hearing for the, poor, man, but it
will prove of the utmost benefit to business men
who can not afford to wait during three or five
years of litigation. Although it is only by a
special act,of the New York legislature that this
new tribunsir Is-authorized, the movement is one
that is bound to .spread, so great is the need for
a simplification of judicial processes.
NeWaika Vital Statistics.
At the annuat meeting of the Nebraska Tu-
berculosis society last week passing reference
was made to Nebraska's vital statistics. Maybe
it would be more accurate to refer to the lack
of them, for, strictly speaking, the registration
in Nebraska amounts almost to nothing. Only
within the last two years has the state been
admitted to what is designated as the "registra
tion area," which means that some reasonably de
pendable record is kept of certain data regarding
disease, but these are elementary and far' from
being sufficient in scopeo eet the demand for.
accuracy. Even so importaht'a matter as birth
registration is not given in satisfactory form,
although in the cjties fairlyclbse track is kept
of the infants cofning;' into the world. Other
phases, however, are 'sadly neglected. Reasons
for this are not hard to find: Many people
regard the necessary inforlnation as' private and
personal, and concermngVthemselves.or jtheir
family only, and particularly5 none of the pub
lic's business. Family physicians are 'af rimes
inclined to. sympathize with this, attitude of mind,
and thereare-acquiesce in the .supression or in
formation. Little 4rm. might result from' this,;
ordinarily but at tltnes the omissions are aanoy-
v ing- if not serious itr iheir effectsf ? In the ir)atter;
of tuberculosis, itisSmpossible to make' reliable
comparisons in Nebrasks, for the data is incom
plete. What is. true; of. this disease is true of
others. Go back a few yearsy and the babyborn
in Nebraska" will have a difficult time to prove
that he ever was born, if he has to rely on pub
lic records. This state of affairs should oe cor
rected; a 'proper law properly enforced is the
method available, and it can.be done with little
jmblic inconvenience and perhaps with great
public good. ' V-",: r ;rV ' . '
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A Portrait of the President. ;
Howard Chandler Chrfsty is painting a, por
trait of President, Harding. '-"'On Sunday after
noons the artist and his wife call at the White
House, where they are greeted like home folks,
for are they not also from Ohio?' t v
Although Mr. Christy is a noted portrait
painter6 aeis best known for his pictures of
beautifufoulfg women, such' as appear on mag
azine covers. In fact he evolved that attractive
fiction known as the "Christy girL"; ,
It is interesting and reassuring,' therefore, to
learn with what eyes he sees his latest subject
"He is an exceptionally good sitter for a por
trait painter," Mr. Christy says. "To begin with,
he is not impatient and he does not require rests.
His fae is -strong and-neble, -'His -very heavy
eyabrows are! MaA, "while Ks, hair i a beautiful,
avWyaW- "Airothex feature to appeal -to .an
trtitt it the good color in his face, also his study,
deep blue eyes." ,
If Mr. l liruty't bru.h proves as eloquent at
his tongue, every one wilt with to tee this picture,
A Truce Wilh Life.
"After questioning a very considerable num
ber of college boys of every clats or type," John
Fainter Gavit writes, "I conclude that in the aver
age cats learning (or its own sake plays a rela
tively small part in the complex of motives.
What the typical boy sees in college appears
to be not any educational process that lie is to
undergo through instruction so much at a chance
to live, in all that the word may be taken to
mran, in a very pleasant environment and amid
most interesting events and social activities for
four years or more before the hurly-burly and (lit
more or less irksome routine of hard work in
the outside world swallow him up."
One may look back over one's own college
career and be unable to contradict this estimate.
Outside the professional courses, and within them
to a certain extent, there is a baffling lack of
serious purpose. For maiy a college course
is little more than a truce with life.
This is not true, of course, of thoie students
who are earning their way, although their tiJ
ucational progress is indubitably handicapped by
the necessity for work outside the ciriculum.
Taken all in all, can it be said that American
colleges are fulfilling their purpose?.
' How many graduates of these institutions
when they foregather to celebrate their alma
mater, mention their studies or speak of what
they gained from one course or another? They
may recall with affection some outstanding man
of the faculty. But for the most part it is
college life, not the work in the class rooms
that is uppermost:
The increased attendance that is swamping
the nation's educational halls is not due to any
new desire for wisdom. Boys who go to college
are merely following the fashion. Many of them
are not only unprepared, but unfitted for se
rious scholastic work. Yet it is only fair to ad
mit that most of them do get something out of
their environment. The point is that they do
not get as much as they might. A college edu
cation is too often a story of wasted opportunity.
Humanity in the Test Tube.
A learned judge is to read Eugene O'Neill's
"The Hairy Ape," his purpose being to deter
mine if it contains' obscene or unpermissible ex
pressions. That is, he is to censor it from a
strictly moral standpoint, and, in the end, the
solution will depend on the judge's personal
opinion as to what is moral or immoral, obscene
or not
While this is going on, "The Hairy Ape" will
continue to be presented at a New York theater,
and be discussed sapiently or casually by the
thousands, who . wifness its unfolding. What
O'Neill appears to have done is to cut another
cross-section of human life and expose the va
rious dividing lines that partition society into
strata. The interest is not so much in his meth
od as in his accuracy.
No doubt can be raised 'as to the relative
standing of the stokehold and the first cabin
or the reaction of the denizen jof one ' sphere
on the habitue of another. The huge, stoker,'
animated solely by gross animal impulses and
passions will always be the "filthy beast" to the
dainty even if snobbish and supercilious maiden
from the upper deck, and no amount of expos
itory argument by O'Neill, or Tolstoy, or any
one else, will bring them closer together or estab
lish between a communion greater than now rests
on their, common humanity. . -
O'Neill's vogue, as that of others of his kind,
rests on his presentation of sharp contrasts, plac
ing antithetical types in juxtaposition, but it rests
on that alone. 'His analysis is incomplete, and
his reactions unconvincing, just because his post-
ulate is incoherent. Such drama may pass cur
rent for a time, but it serves little good, because
it shows only the defect and fails to suggest
the remedy. Humanity has been tried in the test
tube of many an author, but so far has resisted
ultimate resolution, because of the obdurate ele
ments disclosed, principally that of self, disclosed
in both the stoker and the maiden, and no cata
lyzer suggested.
A Network of Waterways. ;;-.
A six-foot channel for the Missouri, river
would open it to navigations Representative
Jefferis speaks the mind of Nebraska in his pro-:'
posal for a federal survey of the possibility of
clearing the river for steamboats between Kail-',
sas City, Omaha and Sioux City. .
. The necessity for prompt development,, of
cheap transportation facilities to meet , the era.;
of prosperity that is looked for was emphasized
at the recent foreign trade convention in Phila
delphia. Williamy H. Stevenson, of the Lake1
Erie and Ohio canal board of Pennsylvania, was
one io can attention to tne importance 01 in
ternal waterways, and mentioned the improve
ment of the Missouri as among the desirable
projects. '
'."It is possible to provide within the next
five years a complete connected system of in
land waterways covering the -whole- nation for
the small expenditure of $100,000,000 a year,
one-twelfth the amount the government and,
people !have given or lent the railroads in the, last
three year's," this expert declared. i."Such a sys-i
tern would carry 500,000,000 tons of freightah
nually at a saving of at least $350,000,000 indi
rect freight charges alone. But it would also
save the people many billions of dollars, for fit
would ' keep our farms and factories busy, and
would supply their products much cheaper to
all the people." , V : ;i
As an example Mr. Stevenson cited the case
of the Monongahela river, where the govern
ment has expended $13,000,000. In 192Q the say
ing in freight was $20,000,000, a great deal more
than the entire sum spent on construction of the
channel. ' v'.'
The president of the Baltimore" & Ohio rail
road once said that 66 per cent of the traffic
on that road did not pay and that it was neces
sary to increase the rates on the other 34 per
cent. With a supplementary system of water
'transportation, the bulky, slow-moving freight
could be diverted from land routes, with a Con
sequent gain both to the people and the railway
owners.
The Dag's fitde of lb
MaaMt nuveita ns Pn pumi uimuin an
ox if mora or iaa ireitiu anu wwim. v
hostility to the io$. Hums unfortunate Kiim
ft ii'ilevt. humor, or U-kiiea anapa at a man,
woman, or child. U huni4 dn au1 klllJ.
s-eiirrally after bains badly mutiUied. Then the
rk-itemnt spread, i-ltira and towns tteeoma hya
terlcal over lha suhjert, and hundred of par
fecily kind and healthy, doss are destroyed. In
moat raaea cruelly deaireyed.
From an article by Walter A. pyer. In the
rtiprlitgneld Ml) I nlon, wa are ilad to re
produce a few Uioushtfiil oros upon litis ques
tion: .
t "ft would be futile to deny that there ia such
a thine aa rablea, but I hopa tha time may come
when tha diae and Ita iiieiitfeoiailona will be
better underatood, and that it will be sueceaa
fully handled by a common aena avMeni of
quarantine, aa It la In Ureal Uritain. There are
those who profit by mad dot acarea, and who
have paver yet failed to dtacover rablea germa
tn the brains of dead doge. Wa leave It all to
them and their preaa agenta. 1 hope some day
some one w ill get at tha bottom of all IhaU
"Meanwhile, tha hmt an enlightened govern
ment seema able to do Is to punt placards and
shoot uniuuxsled dnga on alght Knnobllne pas
time! llow many doga, with their Incredible ca
pacity for love and devotion, their almoat human
aenaitlveneaa, linvo been pureued and terrified
and done to death by unreaaonlng brutea! It la
tha men and women who are mora often mad.,
let them give way to this obaeaslun and no dog
ia safe.
"There ia always some fool or other to set up
the medieval cry of 'Mad dog!' Then tha rheae
la on. - Driven frantlo by terror, the poor fugi
tive dashes through tha streets, naturally giv.
lug every evidence of Ineanlty. fthouts and pl
tol shot drive him on. At length he la brought
to earth by a poorly aimed bullet in agony
and terror ha dies.
"Let ua leave no stone unturned to stamp
out rabies for the sake of the dogs aa wall aa
ourselvea. But la there no way to check thla
slaughter of Innocenta?
"Meanwhile reck I cm motorists go practically
unscathed. How many deatha are caused each
year In the United Statea by the bites of rabid
dogs? How many by automobiles exceeding the
speed limit T Let ua set up the cry of 'Mad
nutot Mad auto!' and get our minds oft this
hysterical fear of rablea."
"Marplot" and Others.
From Ik. Kinwi ('Mr Bur. ,
The use of the word "marplot" by ex-Pres.
dent Wllaon In reference to Senator Keed re
calls the fact that Mr. Wilson, while the author
of so many striking phraaea, rarely used words
or references that were obacure to the average
person. Hla diction was academic. But the
reader did not have to go to the dictionary or
encyclopedia.
President Harding is cautious In his word
usage. "Normalcy" is perhaps the limit of his
wandering from the straight and narrow path.
In this respect he Is like Judge Taft, who, eo
far as Is recalled, added only "honey fugle" to
the Joyousneas of the nation.
All of which gets back to Colonel Roosevelt
as in a class by himself In overflowing with
words and allusions that sent the ordinary per
son to cover. He seemed to assume that every
body was as familiar as he with a wide range
of literature. It probably never occurred to him
that anyone should be baffled by "Armageddon,"
or "Mr.. Facing-Both-Ways," or the "man with
the muckrake;" or that people should not recall
that A gag walked "delicately." Perhaps when
he denounced someone by comparing him to a
"Byzantine logothete" he expected to popularize
an unknown word. He certainly was taking a
chance when, he (compared Secretary Baker's
military activity to that . of Tlgtath-Fileser,
Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh' Necho.
There is such a thing as using little known
words without being obscure. Roosevelt had the
knack.,
Omaha's ball team is home , again, and we
hope it has been cured of its habit of losing.
"Uncle Mose" has loosened something in the
Big Sixth district, all right. . 1 !
Tchitcherin still thinks he won something at
Genoa. V " . ' V
Don't gouge" is a good motto for all. ,
From State and Nation
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- Nebraska's Language Law. . ,
iVoa UN Kortk m.ric.a Bnleir. - y
General satisfaction will attend the decision
of yie, supreme court of, Nebraska, upholding
the constitutionality of the Jaw prohibiting the
teaching of foreign languages in ' the public
Softool's, at least beldw a certain grade.' Of the
logical, validity of the law there never was room
for serious question. The -power of the state
to remiire universal attendance at school es-
'mntially implies, the power to prescribe the gen
eral courses or stuoy mat snail De pursued.
The , object of compulsory schooling Is to
assure' In all citizens sufficient education for the
right performance of the duties of citizenship.
To require children to attend school, and to
permit the school to teach-them nothing of civic
value, would be gross stultification. , Of the
educational soundness of It there Is no . more
room for question. The weakest and least sat
isfactory of all the work done in the average
public school is its teaching or not teaching
of English. Until the schools turn out scholars
far better instructed and trained in the use of
the vernacular, they have no business to give
an hour's Instruction In any foreign tongue. .
, Finally, on the moral ground the law is of Im
pregnable propriety indeed, of imperative de
sirability. The very fact that in any community
or state there is a large proportion, even a ma
jority, of residents of non-English speaking
origin is one of the strongest possible reasons
for teaching no language but English in the
common schools. ' .
The . Passing of Real Figure.
l-fom tot Nation.
Henry P. Davison's life was a sort of saga
of the self-made man the poor boy who came
to New York with $40 in his pocket.ccould not
And a job and went to .Bridgeport, rose from
bank messenger to bank president at 31 and
partner in the great Morgan firm at , 42, the
man without' a college education whom univer
sities delighted to honor, with LL.D.'s. And
Davison was after all a bluff banker with an
ideal, although' that ideal was a limited class
r:ldeal. He combined with rare organizing abil
ity a conception or noblesse oblige. ,
His war-time stewardship of the Red Cross
Was, a real administrative .achievement, although
his frank conception of the Red. Cross as an
active agent in attaining military victory was a
direct and' dangerous : violation- of the neutral
position guaranteed the. Red 'Cross by Interna
tional agreement and an abandonment of its
traditional motto: Humanity and Neutrality.
His later conception of an International Red
Cross league fighting disease and serving as a
sort of virus against botshevism was far above
the open shop,. "Americanization," and other
sordid schemes with which some of his fellow
captains of industry sought to stem Industrial
unrest. With him passes one of the few real
personalities in American banking.
.' A Good Time to Go Farming.
From Firm life. j
:'- The National City bank of New Tbrk after
analyzing the census figures for 1920, declares
'that for . the first time in the history of our
country there are more people working- In fac
tories than on farms. . Fifty years ago there
were more than twice as many country workers
as city workers. This not only means that the
farmer has a bigger -market for his product,
but that he is a greater buyer of manufactured
goods, because an increasing large proportion
of the factory hands are making things for the
comfort and convenience of people in the coun
try. If we forget the year or two of hard times '
now nappuy passing, we can see that farming
is not a crowded business, and we can be sure
that it will be generally prosperous in the fu
ture. The man who gets, discouraged now and
leaves the farm -because .. he thinks farming
"doesn't pay" is making a mistake.
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Forests of the Future. '
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;f Fifty years 'ago- New T6rk produced more
lumber from' its "forests than any other state.
Now it produces less than one-tehth of the coun
try's supply. .. . .. , - . .
This is partly due, of course, to the nation's
increased use of lumber, but the greater reason
is the wanton destruction of the- forests without
replacing them.
States that are planting trees on a big scale
are preparing much wealth for their future resi
dents. '
The more any state conserves its natural re
sources, and develops .Its power, the more at
tractive It wHl 'be in the next generation, and
the greater the prosperity of its inhabitants. '
v Cause and Effect
rroa IS. Psrtlaad Pna-Bwtld.
Democratic senators complain that when any
of them begins a speech on the tariff all the
other senators, abandon, the .senate, chamber. If
we mafuiudg.-from some of these speeches we
have-read-' nobody -can blame these-who dodge
thens ver-y-macft.
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YESI SLEEP BEAUTIFIES. '
An old sleeping schedule, and ene
often quoted, ia as follows;
Pieep required at different Mgea:
Ihirtng the first half of Ihe first
year, S3 hours.
rU months le It months ef age.
20 hours.
The trsnliln from 21 hours to
30 hour la to be gradually effected.
Tha sleep svlmdul fur tha Utter
part lf this year period la lea than
20 hours' and that for Ihe first part
is mora,
Two years II hours.
Three yesre, It hours.
Four years. It hours.
In leceenlng the hours of the sleep
schedule it I well first to reduce the
morning sleep period, then the after
noon sleep period, and, finally, the
night period. However. It la well to
retain a brief afternoon period, even
though It necessitates soma reduction
In the 12-hour night sleeping period,
which Is to advantageous in child
hood. Five years. 14 hours.
Rlx years. IS houra.
fteven years, 12 Vi hours.
tight yesrs, 11 hours.
Nine years, 1I', hours.
Ten years. It hours.
Thirteen yesrs. lOH houra
Fifteen yesrs. 10 hours.
Seventeen years, 14 hours.
Nineteen years, 9 sours.
Over 10 years, t hours.
This is an old schedule, end as
good as any, but It Is not perfect, be
cause, In short. It Is too perfect
Notice how It drops an hour a year
In some stretches.
All humans sre not built exactly
on one model or one set of specif!
rations. At some points on the route
from the crsdle to the grave the
machine speeds up.
Physical, mental and social growth
have been closely studied. These
studies show great variance In speed
of chance at different life periods.
The next objection to the schedule
Is thst It suggests that Individuals of
the same chronologlo age are all the
same In their sleep requirements.
The subject or sleep is a very Im
portant one. More important even
than nutrition; and I wish there was
some way by which it could be
studied as closely as growth In
stature and weight have been studied.
The importance of It begins to be
noticed in babyhood. Many babies
get into trouble becsuse they are
poor sleepers, or maybe we should
say that they are poor sleepers be
cause they are in trouble.
I have In mind children given to
night terrors; children who sleep
poorly in the daytime; poor night
sleepers. Some sre In trouble be
cause their mothers have trained
them Into bad sleeping habits, such
as night feeding and floor walking,
being rocked to sleep, put to sleep
with stories all the too much at
tention group of trouble makers. .
Many older children get into Sleep
troubles because they play too vio
lently after supper, stsy on . the
streets, go to shows, or do something
else which keeps up the brain activity-just
before the bedtime houra
Parents - might not .be guilty of
these sins It research on such had
made more facts available.
When it comes to. the sleep of
adults, or, rather, the sleepleasness
of adults, of all bad habits the worst
Is fear' that one cannot sleep and
worry because one is not sleeping.
Recently several articles by scien
tific physicians of broad experience
have appeared. When their' direc
tions are boiled down they come ex
actly to the position of a woman who
wrote to this column many years ago
of her method.
The plan Is this: Go quietly to
bed, prepared to accept what comes
without worry, anxiety or repining,
' If sleep, all right
If wakefulness, all right. At Ieaat
physical rest would be achieved.
Every one who retires in the spirit
of Christian resignation wilt sleep.
Books On Tuberculosis.
J, G. B. writes: "1. What ts the
difference between aeute pulmonary
tuberculosis and chronlo pulmonary
tuberculosis?
"2. In acute pulmonary tubercu
losis is there any danger of hemor
rhages? "3. What is the best climate for a
man in the first stages of pulmonary
tuberculosis; that is, carryinlng one
to two points five in the evenings?
"4. I would like very much to
know all about acute rrulmonarv
tuberculosis, as I am a victim. v The j
disease was aiscoverea six -montns
ago. My sputum has shown .bacilli
in several teats, so anything you can
tell me about this disease will be
highly appreciated."
' - REPLY. '
1. The acute form progresses rap
idly and is attended by considerable
fever.-The chronic form lssts longer
and progresses slowly. Periods of In
activity separate the periods of ac
tivity. . -' f...
' 2. Yes. -'" .' ; .
8. Such men should stay where
they. are. It is all right to go to a
sanitarium near by. - .
v 4. Write to your state tuberculosis
society at Topeka for its bulletins. -Also
foi-a list of books which you
should have and which the society
will order for you, or write the Na
tional Tuberculosis sooiety, 870 Sev-A
enm avenue. New York City, for
pamphlets and list of books on. sale.
Hint , to Skinny Folk.
G. M. writes: "Will you please tell
me if it Is harmful to eat my break
fast and go right to bed? I work
nights."
REPLY.
No. That's the way a cow works It.
. It is somewhat fattening, however.
CENTER SHOTS. 7,
A Bluefleld, W. Va., paper Is
publishing the New Testament as a
serial. Perhaps that will be good
for Mingo county. Omaha World
Herald. Henry Ford came near Inventing a
cheap watch,. Then, upon second
thought, he put the big wheels out
side and attached a crank instead of
a mainspring. Toledo Blade.
The way things are going, it can't
be long until the ideal marriage is
recognized as one where neither
party yields to"the temptation to kill
the other. Cleveland News.
Gampish and English
r Ike ar Ttaue.
Slowly the boyi-n if ids lffnt
"ioiellet-tusta" en the Valeriana is
breaking. To some of thoe ancients
even a modest merit is conceded by
the Mgncioys Oeorglan rhildren. ln
this happy menienC sppeers a Vindi
cation , or pasof yric r. a betoTsd
Victorian character, Mrs. .flamii
What phlleloger fee not'peen stirred
by that "suitiittuous and uiutuoas"
tangusge of hers? -As Air, i'eier
ton hsa said, one uuld prefer to
die umler her mlnitrunm to being
kaved by another nurse. kJnuffy. am
pl, thirsty tUra ehsi a language
was hers!
"My esrulngs Is not great, sir,
hut I lll not fee Imposed upon..'
!lea the babe and save (be mother
. la my mortar, sir; but I makes so
free sa add to that, Uoo't .try to
no Impogicien 'with the nuns, for
she will not shear it." , .
In 'the- Cornhill Msgaxlne Trof.
Krnt Week ley of the University of
Nmilnghsm. a skilled student of
words, shot, that Mrs., Gamp's hab
itual speech ss correct sound; even
patrician. Hers was the. Cockney
tongue, "that noble blend of Kaat
Mercian, Kentish and Kt Anglian,
which, written by Chaucer, printed
by Canton, spoken by fipenser and
Milton, snd surviving In the mouths
of gam Welter and Mrs. Gamp, has,
In a modified form and with an srtl
flclsl pronunciation, given us the lit
erary English' of fhs present dsy."
"Nuea" is a pronunciation ."prescrib
ed by an ort hoe pint qf J7J4' Let us
not b too proud. The great stand
ard Wslker whose . "Pronouncing
liletlonary" U7l) long ruled usage,
called "odious" "ojus." and preferred
"apsrrowsrasa' to "sspsrsgua" Mrs
Gamp said "cowcumber."tse. pundit
Hmsrt tell us. well-taught persons of
tha old school pronounced Tt'ln UI6,
Sarah's date was 1142..
Mrs. Gamp' wss a conservative,
fihe "talked like an early Georgian
duchess, and Ham Welter like a town
'blood'." Lady Wentwonh, In the
esrly eighteenth century, spoke and
wrote Gsmplsh. She calls her son,
Karl Strafford, ambassador at Berlin,
"dearest creetur," like Mrs. Gamp
talking to Mrs. Prig. Just ss Sarah
refers to the "torters of the Imposi
tion," Lady Wentwonh writes that
her dying lapdog "never offered to
nap at anybody In Its horrid torter."
The pronunciation" of "ure" as "or"
"wss once universal, and we still
have 'fritter from French 'frlture,
'tenter-thooks) from French ten
ture. nnd several other exam plea"
"Idee" came along before "Idea.''
Old people In the United States used
to say, perhaps still say, "Chinee,"
"Indee," "Ashes." Lady Wentworth
writes of "the queen of Prushee."
The old pronunciation "Indeo" la
still evident In the plural "Indies."
"A back gate: which I forget the
street's name It goes Into," writes
Lsdy Wentworth. "ssrtalnly," as she
was accustomed to ear. antlcloatlnar
Gampish. In the thirteenth century
vesei was spenea "weasel." Three
hundred years later, while written
"vesel," It was probably pronounced
"wessel," In the We Her Ian manner:
"He called me a wessel, Sammy, a
wessel of wrath." So to Mrs. . Gamp
this world Is the "walley of the
shadder." In Henry Machyn's
"Diary" (1550-63) is much good
Cockney; for example, 'volsake."
"voman." "welvet," "wacabond."
"Amton Court. In southern English
dialect the sounds of d and r are
"almost Indistinguishable." Thus our
"pprrjdge" comes from "pottsge." or
rather from Its colloquial form,
f'poddige." Hence Mrs. Gamp's -"irn-perent"-
for "impudent Ifn Mm
Gamp wrote "chimley,'.' so did John
Knoxv .''. .-. ., . . .
Unfortunately, Prof. We e k 1 e y
hasn't yet found 'a patrician eight
eenth century parallel for Sarah's
"fiery furnage" and "Jonadge's
belly. but h instances "lh nautical
to forge' teheed I, for earlier 'to
force,' an esample ef a pronuncia
tion which may have ben much
inure prevalent tli one would ton
elude from mere spelling," In say.
log "ur liiafad of "against,"
Mrs, Uamp was philologlrally on ho.
don. lite ht added to 'again."
"mid." "among" feeing, at leet In
theory. S greater "vulssriviu" than
the ue f for "or.es." lAdy
Wentworth . bed lodglns." even ss
Mrs Cemp - -Her dsugbter-in-Uw.
Oountea .strafjord. observes ihe
archfeUhesj' of. York's .UisTSSrd IS
"Uterine" fire,; "At lo!y,a.boy as
rerwss seen, sna pi an unoni"q
spsrrM. He Is the very plot ur- of
jrout brother Will, he ha such e
wneeanng, engagin way wnn iini,;
Ita Lsdy ,Wft worth' prenirr ef
Mrs Harris Inwsnier. ttiymulogirsl
(y. eperrlf-la ttorreot. representing
die old Frncli eapertt, v 1 i
t Mrs. (jamp's Isnrfuage I perfect.
She rises to few glory. He Is added,
for the benefit Sf friends of "Kdsrd
t'rtitle,. nisrlnsr." that Lsdy Lucy
Pusey, met hr ef -the 4'atnous theo
logtsn, always celled h "Kdsrd.'I
And.-too. the etrsnge, unconscious,
beautiful poem of the London bus
driver: "These .'sre hicyulee and tn
cycles, are . rg'lpr soosanee to
irotr vehiclee. Acrent en Ihe
penult- One excaiinnslty hears -
Invee In htsr a iutiMiie say
lliesMer." ,
No Irt-l p fey "llrMMH-wlrea Tlnse.
Alt Hie worlds a stsge, but Ihe
(rouble Is there sre too many women
pest ,he for It who sre trying
to pity tho- sauhrette's part Thile
delphie Inquirer.
trwitlla IWritku Airral.
Germany Is compelled le reflect en '
how much eaaier It ws le start a
war Ihsn It Is tn recover from the
coneiuences. Washington Vtar.
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TUe fenfire! hiiap.
It's so easy lo fee a reformer en a
salary.--Atchisn Globe.
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At that,' wine, women and song
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Why will scientists -waste their
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The general business conditions of the last few months
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This was the only step for them to take, in view of the
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must be met before the 1st of June.
An unprecedented opportunity to secure, fine' rugs, at
whatever price they may bring is cheerfully given lovers
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This large collection consists of scores pf, extra. ,iarger
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hundreds of small rugs in all the finerweaves such as
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