Show k tr 1 r r 70 1 MARRED SPEECH OF SENATOR Telegraphers Telegrapher's Abbreviation lation That Destroyed Destroyed Destroyed Des Des- troyed all Eloquence The telegraph operators were spending spending spend spend- ing their day off oft in a brisk walk through the country You know our habit of abbreviating ing or substituting short words for forlong forlong forlong long ones 1 said the Washington operator Well this habit once did me harm Senator Grande had made madea a speech about education and in wiring the speech out I substituted the short word kids for the long word children children chil dren thinking that of course the operators or editors at the other end would have sense enough in taking down the message to substitute thelong the thelong thelong long word word for the short one But they didn't and Senator Grandes Grande's really eloquent and stately speech appeared appeared ap ap- In the next days day's newspapers in this fashion My friends you will remember Wordsworth's profound saying The kid is father to the man man I need not dwell on the vital Importance to the community of Imparting a sound moral and secular education to kids I in their their- Impressionable years The kids kids' of this generation will be the fathers and mothers of the next One said Suffer Sutter little kids to come unto me and we should never forget that saying in behalf behal of all aU kids the world over |