Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1914 — FOR NATURE STUDENTS. [ARTICLE]

FOR NATURE STUDENTS.

The Young Woman Was Proud to be so Well Informed. William Archer, the noted English critic, said at one of the meetings of the reformed spelling board in New York: ’ • “I have been rather surprised here in the states, with the general Ignorance of what we spelling reformers are trying to do. Our aims are not at all understood. We have no idea of going to such ludicrous extremes as many people think. "In fact, the average man s idea of reformed spelling is a good deal like the two young ladies’ idea of natural history. “ ‘What part of the animal does the chop come from?* said the first young lady. ‘ls it the leg?’ “ 'Oh, not at all,* said the other, laughing. ‘The leg! How ridiculous! It is, of course, the jaw bone. Have you never hearfi of animals licking their ehops?’ ’’