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Show SIMPLIFIED SPELLING (S BAD May Be More Logical and Phonetic But Offends Taste of Majority of Intelligent People. We cheerfully and gladly print, lu hla own Incor.-ect spelling. Mr. An drew Carnegie's animadversions upon tho Times' "old" fogy" orthography. The clothing of men and women Is Incorrect as it falls to follow the cus torn of the majority of the most respected re-spected wearers of clothing, t'sage, not logic or even convenience, is the criterion In dress. The usagn of a majority of the best speakers and writers determines how a language should be spelled. Judged by this standard, tho simplified spelling which Mr. Carnegie affects In his letter let-ter to the Times may bo more logical, log-ical, more phonetic, more economical tlita the accepted forms, but he will have to confess that it is Incorrect and uncouth. If offends the taste of the majority of Intelligent readers and writers. Mr. Carnegie should not blame the teachers at Wellesley for enforcing the dictionary spellings in the compositions com-positions of Its students. There are plenty of good abstract reasons why the young women at Wellesley, and, In fact, nil women, should don trousers trou-sers as better suited to freedom of movement than the cumbersome skirt and petticoat. In this rnatt-r tho reformers re-formers of dress have all the -gu-ments on their side, and Mr. Carnegie, we presume, would confess Ms prejudice preju-dice In respect of custom and usage. A newspaper's business Is the gathering gath-ering and printing news. In conveying convey-ing the news It would not affront Its thousands of readers. Now York Tiroes. |