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Show Price of Domocracy. The price that Harold pays for democracy de-mocracy Is In a slovenliness of speech which I find offenBlvo and Enimellno luds utterly distracting. It seems a olty to havo his school drill In phonetics pho-netics and tho memorizing of good literature lit-erature vitiated by tho slurred and clipped syllables of tho street. Harold Har-old says, "It Is mo," and frequently ho 3ays, "It is nuttlnV Tho final g of tho particlplo has virtually disappeared from his vocabulary. Ho Bomollmos says, "I ain't got nuttln'." While Em-n.ullno Em-n.ullno Is distracted I am meroly offended, of-fended, because I recall that thoro Is a great body of linguistic authority growing up in favor of Harold's democratic demo-cratic practices In phonetics and grammar. gram-mar. When Harold says, "It Is me," Professor Lunsbury should worry. By tho tlmo Harold grows up It will prob-bly prob-bly bo good grammur to say. "I ain't t nothing." By tho tlmo Harold j-rowa up, tho Decaloguo, in its latest recension, will read, "Thou ahtlt not havo none other gods before I," and, "Thou shalt not bear no falso witness against none of thy neighbors." Simoon 8trunsHy, in Atlantic. ' |