Show o L Raus Mit Mt Der Hyphen I ITHE HE national commander of the American T THE legion has just centered a barrage fire on the hyphen once so commonly us used d to show a divided allegiance and to form a political ligament ligament liga liga- ment connecting America with every nation under the sun The fourth anniversary of the declaration by bythe bythe bythe the United States of war against Germany was regarded by the commander of the national army of patriots as a fitting time on which to put some well directed verbal shots into the pesky little tittle alphabetical adjunct adjunct- that is again making its appearance following several years' years retirement as a result of the World war It 11 is readily recalled how during the years preceding the war the use of the hyphen was employed to such an extent that it appeared that every well vell regulated newspaper office would find I it necessary to lay in an additional supply of th the I typographical connecting links There were and and turnvereins and various other kinds of and and usually held on days celebrating some incident in the life tife of some or pompous potentate and with Americans as the tag end of the nationalistic description of the participants The war taught Americans that this country is no place for Americans of the hyphenated variety As s the commander of f the American legion declares There can never be an armistice armistice armistice armi armi- stice with the hyphen An h nest adv adversary we can admire and forgive V We Ve e can never make a tru truce e with those citizens who affirm allegiance with two masters |