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Show MARRED SPEECH OF 8ENAT0R Telegrapher's Abbreviation That Des troyed all Eloquence. The telegraph operators were spending spend-ing their day off In a brisk walli through tho country. "You know our habit of abbreviating, abbreviat-ing, or substituting short words fot long ones?" said tho Washington oporator. "Well, this habit onco did mo harm. "Senator Clrando had made k speech about education, and In wiring tlio speech out I substituted tho short word 'kids' for the long word 'children,' 'chil-dren,' thinking that of cour?e the operators or editors at tho other end would have sonso enough, In taking down tho meosaso. to substitute the long word for tho short one. But they didn't, and Senator Grando'i really eloquent and stately speech appeared ap-peared In the next day's nowBimpor? In this fashion: ' " 'My friends, you will romomboi Wordsworth's profound saying, "The kid Is father to the man." 1 need not dwell on tho vital Importance to the community of Imparting a sound moral and secular education to kids In tholr Impressionable years. Tho kids of this generation will bo the fathers and mothers of the nest. One said, "Suffer little KIdsto come unto me," and wo should novpr forget that saying In behalf of all kids the world over.' " |
