Everyman His Own Word-Monger

I am solidly behind you in your great fight to bring "churkle" and "grusk" into the vocabularies of the people. But the movement to down the domination of the dictionary must not go too far. The consequences of such independence are fearful to think upon.

A poster in the last Boston city election read:

"Vote for Leo J. Conway for City Councillor. Fearless Exponent of Crime." FELT G. HOON.

Which calls to mind a letter addressed to the Bishop of Massachusetts:

"Can you advise me of a good divinity school. I wish to be an apostate of the Church."

But, after all, Mr. Hoon, the great underlying principle remains untouched. What the reporter said of Professor Norton's edition of Lowell's Letters is as fundamentally true today as when it was first written. The comment ran:

"Of course, Prof. Norton's remarks are of infinitesimal value."

For singing songs, the papers said,

One Luca B. Carbone,

All unsymphonic, seeing red.

Had tried to gas Maloney.

Luke never heard of Music 4.

Maloney chanted often

Of Irish Heroes by the score