Show uniformity in spelling making slow progress Pro gresi of all the hundreds of languages in the world spanish Is recognized as the most perfect phonetic the halian tongue Is a close second this Is why these tongues are among the easiest for foreigners to learn the french academy has made some progress toward a uniform spelling of french hut but the system Is yet fur far from perfect when it Is remembered that even shakespeare spelled his bis own name in 30 different ways ft ays it Is not hard to sympathy sympathize with foreigners and elementary niell tary pupils in our own schools who face the difficulties of mastering the multitudinous forms of spelling perhaps some soine thoe a uniform system may be adopted by english speaking peoples but it will not be soon kansas city star |