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Show Why They Can Spell It. "Iicfore I went to Europe," said tl.s school teiirher, "it was one of the mysteries of r.iy profession how every llrltlsh child enrolled In our schools came to be authority on the spelling of chilblains. Teachers might heal tate over one "I" or two, the children never. Thy intent make orthographic mess of the simplest one syllable word, but the tiniest tot from the British Isles went to the head of the class on chilblains every time. One wintry month In tbo?e same Islands told me why. It Is the word they saw oftenest. In drug stores. In clothing stores, In shots of all kinds cures and preventives of chilblains are universally uni-versally advertised. Owing to the exigencies of the climate there Is a regular chilblains literature presented present-ed for those children's absorption, so no wonder they know how to speli their universal affliction." |