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Show FOR PURE ENGLISH LEAGUE FORMED IN ENGLAND TO CORRECT FORMS OF 8PEECH. trltleh Nation Decomlng Alarmed Over Fact That Nation's Tongue It Worse Spoken In United Kingdom King-dom Than Elsewhere, A Pure Kngllsh league has been formed In England for tho purposo of rescuing tho language from degenerating degenerat-ing Into tho cockney accent so prova lent throughout tho Islnnds nt tho pres. cnt time. Already tho league has a membership of a couplo of thousand, although only organized n fow weeks ago, and tho shades of Shakcspcaro, Ilyron, Do Qulncey and Macaulay, who wroto In tho purest of Kngllsh, can now rest In peace. Most literary men of England nro allied with tho new movement, ono of its lenders being tho famed George Bernard Shaw, dlsclpto of Ibsen, whoso witty and brilliant plays havo mado his faino known nil over tho world of letters. Mr. Shaw Is ono of tho many noted Kngllsh workers In lottors who have been bemoaning tho terrible havoc dono to tho Anglo-Saxon tonguo by tho horrlblo perversion of It known ns "cocknoy." Prof. Brnndl did much to annuo tho nation with his striking saying that "English Is not English." This striking phrasing callod national na-tional attention to tho increasing vulgarization vul-garization of tho language. Then Shnw aroso to protest against tho gradual obliteration of tho letter let-ter "a." "Blby's nlmo Is Jlmcs, plln Jlmcs." This Bontcnco has been used nil ovfr tho United Kingdom to show how completely tho accuracy of pronunciation pronuncia-tion Is being abandoned. That Is the way tho avcrago Englishman with a classical education would refer to tho fnct that tho now baby had received tho highly honorablo cognomen of James. In recent years a debato baa grown up as to where tho best EngllBh was to bo heard, In England or In tho Unltod States. Formerly tho nasal twang of tho Ynnkco was ridiculed. Fun wns also oked at tho negro effect of tho pronunciation oi many worus uy souin-crners. souin-crners. But now It Is argued that tho English Eng-lish of Undo Sam's realm Is much moro nearly correct than that of King Edward's domain. But while tho younger country has been making progress in tho direction of right diction, England has been steadily gclng backward. Tho "Puro English Leaguo" wob founded nt Hornsoy, a North Loudon suburb, and Its appcaranco wns hailed as an encouraging symptom of better English to come. Tho newspapers of tho nation nro ! lending all possible aid, and all over tho land aro advocating the formation of branches of the parent league. Tho plan of proccduro to nchlovo the desired object Is a most elaborate elab-orate ono. LItcrnturo .will bo sent out calling attention to tho error of letting tho priceless horltago of tho tunguo fall Into dlsuso and vulgarization. Now methods of teaching will bo Introduced In-troduced Into the public schools, and ono of tho first things to bo done will bo tho rovlvd of tho valuable study of etymology, a study which nuver should hnvo been pormlttod to pnss from tho curriculum,, slnco by teaching tho derivation of a word, Its beginnings and Its various evolutions down to tho present tlmo, tho student gets an ox-act ox-act understanding of tho history of tho word, nnd honcu Is less likely to mnltrcat It In tho pronunciation, As befits a man prominently connected connect-ed with tho stngo, Mr, 8haw guaranteed guaran-teed to Interest theatrical mnnagora to Insist on the uso of flawless English by characters n their plays, excepting, ot course, where, ns In n low comedy role, a cocKiioy maieci is ossonnai to tho part. But thoso characters who aro supposed to bo speaking English must do bo or get ruled out of the casts. Parents aro to bo urged to tench their children tho vnluo of accurate speech, and lyceums for oratory will also make their contributions, If Iho congress Is carried out on tho scnlo of tho plan tho tlmo may yot como when England will not havo to labor under tho reproach that to hear good English ono must vlult tho United States, |