Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1917 — More War Conservation. [ARTICLE]

More War Conservation.

Owing to the high cost of print paper and the fact that the English alphabet is being subjected to a frightful drain in trying to supply letters sufficient for those eastern war names, all unnecessary frills are being shorn from American words. One newspaper notes the reduction of “debutantes” to “debs” and “suffragettes” have degenerated into “suffs.” Lobsters have been curtailed into “lobs” and a man who formerly romped through the alphabet with a name like Dzgielewski is now dubbed “Dizzie.” Another victory for the advocates of war conservation.