Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-09 | Page 1 | Roosevelt Authority

ROOSEVELT "AUTHORITY Whj "Spit" Was Substituted Substi-tuted for f Expectorate" 'iiLNcW'York. : t i 'i . , , ... : , r . - -i - ; NEW-YORIC April . In a statement given out by! Commissioner Lederle of the" Board of Health, it Is set forth that letters have been received objecting to the use of the word "spit" in. the Board of Health ordinances, and asking that the. word "expectorate" be substituted. In this connection Commissioner Lederle makes public a -letter received by the Health department from Theo-; dre , Roosevelt when - the latter was police commissioner, asking' that the wprd "spit" be used Instead of "expectorate."- The letter follows:- , t'Pollce Headquarters. New - Tork. "March 2L JS35 Tte . Jlon.; Charles K. Wilson: Can't you liave our form of notice changed -so as to read spft' Instead In-stead of .'expectorate'? Expectorate 1 a vile word, and the Health board ought to use good English. , . "THEODORE , ROOSEVELT." "