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Show H' Economize In Reading. Hj i A French doctor affirms that tho hu- H man brain Is overtaxed by tho pro- H fosstonal writers. Wo havo no con- H sldoratlon for tho poor reader, says H tho Illustrated London Nows, but force H him to labor through Involved son V tonces, intricato spelling, much ropotl- H , tlon and very long -words. Tho doc- Hri tor suggests that if wo must uso n kW long word like "tuberculosis" wo H should not inflict Its appalling length H upon tho reader moro than onco, but kWi lndlcato It by tho Initial letter "t." By Hjf this process an article might contain t A lnrC number of initial lottcrs, and H tho reader would bo constantly hark- H ' log back to find what words begin with H "p" and "q." Economy of timo, says H tho French rorormor. Is most csfson- H tial In reading. When you. cah;mako your meaning plainer by a diagram do H not bother the public with tho dollca- H clos of your proso. I read a book fti lately by a professor of literature who K turned muoU of Shakespeare into trl- Bf' anglon' nndi-Bhowoil that ono of lil3 BBS plots was k parallelogram. This was BBJ dono, no doubt, in tho Interests of BBJ simplification, although tho "s" of trio "p" could Bcarcoly BBJ havo beon apparent to a read- BBJ or who chancod to bo In a hurry. If BBJ you do not know what tho "s" of tho BBJ "p" means you had bettor cconomlzo BBJ your timo by reading this paragraph BBJ all over again. |
