Vapaus, January 24, 1957

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Kobert Burns, Jan. 25, 1759 — July 21, 1796 . r
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Öne hundred and nlnety-eight years ago, at Alloway, in' Ayrshire,
stland, Robbie Burns was bom. During the 37 years of his life
ired möstly In poverty — he f ashioned poetry and song thathave made
beloved of ali mankind. As James Barke, his biographer, says:
Ie belongs to the company of the supremely great Beethoven,
3speare, Rembrandt . . . "
Wbat was hls outlook on life? Here i n his own words:
"Whatever mitigates the woes or increases the happinesii of others.
is my criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large,
any injUvidual in it, this is my measure of iniquity.''
Thattheme' runs through bis work like a golden thread. One of
le best expressions of it may be found in his "Why Should We Idiy
^aste Our Prime" — of which here is the last well-läiown stanza:
The Golden Age we'll then revive: ,
Each man wiU oe abtother;
In harmony we ali shall'live. ' ^ .
And share the earth'together^ • '
In Virtue train'd, enlijihtened Youth - ; .
. Will love eaQh„fellow:creature; _
And future years shaliprove the. t n i t h ; '
f That Man is good by nature: ' ;
Then let us toast with.three times three '
The reign of Peace and Libertie!
pinadian Popuia-iion
Increasing
The highest additioQ to the popu-lation
in the country^s history^and
the sixtb. highest. rate. of natural
increase i n the worId. boosted
Canada'$ population by 314,000 per-sons
in 1955. According to the
Bureau of Statistics, this record ;was
due to live births, maintenance "of
the low general ' m o ^ i t y rate of
1954 and record lown in the in-fant
mortality rate.
The bureau reported 442,937 live
births for a rate of 28.4 per> 1,000
population. the third highest rate
i n the last 34 years.
The 1955 death rate remained at
the record 1954 low of 8.2 perl.OOO
population, the fourth lowest in the
World. A record low infant morta­lity
rate' of 31 per 1,000 Uue births
was established in 1955.
The btureau remarked, however,
that "infant mortaUty stiU remain­ed
a serious problem since it
amoimted to 11 per cent of ali
deaths in 1955 and the Canadian
rate is higher than that in seven
other countries."
The 1955 marriage rate dipped to
8.2 per 1,000 from 8.5 in 1954, the
lowest since the war and a <!bntinu-ation
of the trend that started in
1951.
'If
Ä visiting bit^ness'digtiitäry
kepped up' to i i i , I B M ; Autblöa^c
Production, ' r ^ r d i n g j ^ t e m and
s);>elled his'kama ;ti> an ^ditractive
•miss seatc^ at ä^sleek .^pewriter
keyboard. Out came a' ^ey card
.with his name printed: on it i i i a
palitern of holes. The lady inserted
the card into a little gadget re*
sembling an old fashioned adding
machine^ As the businoss ^man
stepped on a scale an dperator
pressed a serles of buttons. '
The room erupted i n a clatter of
teletype keys, Ughts Iit up pn a
giant console, tape machines^hirr
red and in a far' corner another
operator plucked > öi neatly l y p ed
statement from the, gadget The
statement induded - the dignitary's
name, estimated vV^eight, actual
sveight, the temperature of the
room, the number of pounds
weighed on the scale 'that ^ y , the
number of big shots visiting that
day. the precise time — ali before
our. hero had stepfted from 'the
scale. Ftirthermote, the whole she-bang
of statistics was on tape, ;on
file cards, and in duplicate. *
There was only one ihistake. The
business man's name was misspel
PUCK-CHASERS WILL
MEET IN MOSCOW
The Big Festival
. The big question has been settled! : . , - ^ - . - : - ' ' . - - v '
: Next sunmmer Sudbury will.pläy host to the first. cdm^
jined festival of the Finnish-Canadian AmateurrSport Federa-
Ition and the Finnish Qrganization of Canada-^ The weekend'of"
rAugust 3 4 will be an extremely gaU occasion for those
Ihundreds of people who vnll participate ih this first great ?
ifestival."
Not that we haven't had festivals in the past.. Quite on
Ithe contrary, both organizations have held big national festi-ils
for many years past, but now for the first time the choirs,
Imusicians,'athleites and gymnasts will be celebrating together i
[instead of at. their own festivals.
Originally it was decided to hold the first conibined fes-;
jtival at theLakehead and much pr^aratory work was done. :
iHowever complications set in when the City of Port Arthur
jdecided to hold a Special civic celebration over the same week-
[end. And of course it would (have been difficult to have two
[big affairs going on simultaneously in a city the size of Port
f Arthur, so thesite of the Finnish festival had to be changed.
Then it was proposed by the national leadership of both
[organizations that the festival Jbe held in Toronto and bran-:
chesandclubswereaskedtoexpresstheiropinion. Whenthe
matter was discussed in Sudbury recently,the local branch
lof the FinnisliOj:ganization of Canada todk a bold step and let
I it be known that Sudbury would be wiJling to play host to the ;
f festival, althöugh there were no objections if it were granted
ftö Toronto!
It would appear that the jöint committee of the'two na-;
[ tional organizations was pleased to hear of Sudbury'sdnitia- ;
tive and especially wtoen the Sudbury choir and the Alerts J
[A. C.let it bevknownthat they toosupportedtheproposal; |
Sö, everything is f inaUy/cleared iip and we are jitö^^
[jiing to reälize what ä huge responsibility we -haye tatken tp ;
f carry. However, we have years of experience to fall back pjiv;
and we'll really have to do spme digging to get everything i
' arranged in time.
Very soori ä committ^e to Hooik after preparations wiE be i
formed with participants from the local, choir and the Alerts
Club and then directives wil bögin to flow. ,
Normally preparations are well undenvay.at this time of
the year but this time they ha.ve been delayed because pf the
reasons mentioned. This meäns that preparations must be
begmi iinmediately in ali centres. The choirs have been rais- :
ing finances for some time and probably many sports dubs
have already begun building up their travel fund for the •
corttemplated Port Arthur trip. In most cases holdmg the
^, festival in Sudbury will mean that less money will be re-quired:.
3ut ih most cases that sti^I means a considerable
sum. And it must be jraised- '
' ^ We would ako like to remind the participafing gr<iups
t^iat vtrith the numerous programs that vidll be held thrpugh-out
the festival there wiH be an («jportunity for aU to present
special gynmastic, dance and choral numba^.
The program itself will take considerable woric, but it
too will be arranged in the ensuing weeks and ^erything
wiU be in orderin Sudbury by August 3 — 4 when the festi-yäl
will takeplace-
BY FLOYD WILUST0N ;
On my way to Moscow I stopped
over in Bratislava and Brno in Mo-ravia
and in Prague, the capital of
Gzechoslovakia. ^ While in Prague
for a few days, I vlsited the jockey
Stadium where the Kitchener Wa­terloo
teäm played two exhibition
g^mes last year and where the Can­adian
team was scfaeduled to play
a number; of games in January or
Tdbniary; > • " " , v .
\;4Aer<j]getting a bit of exercise
Skäting/tääiöks to the generosity of
the manager of the arena who lent
me a pair of very good ikates, I
spent some time rwith him in his Of­fice
discussing hockey in Czechoslo-vakia
and Canada. On the wall in
his Office was a lärge painting of
one'of the games between the Czech
and Canadian teams last year. On
this years' toumament in Moscow,
the manager of the arena admitted
that is was hard to say who would
win the championship. He regret-ted
very much that Canada would
not be taking part.
the third had pot yet been complet
ed and the administrator apologized
that we would not be able to see \t.
On the third floor ,will be basket-ball,
tennis and volleyball coiuyi.'
To get back to the second ^iflobr.
You know hDwl it is i n the Maple
Leaf Gardens ot the, Winnipeg'Are­na
or in any arena in Canada. Du­ring
each period you stand in')ine
shovlng your way through to buy a
hot dog and coke. WeU, here tbere
is a different setup. Ä jperson p j ly
needs have'a good^upply of kopecks
to feed the automatic näachinef You
can get anything from a full,cpiu>se
meal to a botöe of beer, ice cream,
sandwiches, cakes - etc; .^Q vvaiting
— and there are f our such automats
here in the arena. For the athletes,
there are special onestoo.
Oh yes. I almost forgot the .dres-sing
rooms. Just plain rooms Wifb
chairs —. but between periods ör
matches there are special rest rooms
with chesterfields and rugs. '
I sure am looking fomeard to see*
ihg those World Hockey Tourha-'
ment games here in Möscovir and so
•It was a verjrinteresting-conver-j^^^ MuscovTlesrBut ityäTeal
sation m which he told me how well
I T W O U L D B E
*^tween you and me, David, I
I thiok marriage is irather fiboliaJ»"i
" '^tw(een yöd lahd me i t certaiiir
. . , ^ MI8TAKE
"ky dear, youTe 'weänng your
weddingrihgoii1heii^
. «I J m o v . I
Mmi i i ! . ; ?7-
liked were the Canadians who play­ed
there and also about a Canadian
whohad coached hockey in Czechos-lovakia
for a number of years. He
asked me hovtr I liked' the skates
aiid the ice. I replied that the ice
was "good' and fast", the skates
were "good and sharp" and I was
'good'and tired".
* , * *
My first Sunday in Moscow, took
me to the sports grounds of the
aew Luzhnlcki stadium.' - Here in
:he city of ancient structures and
^andiose metro stations, stands a
irery new building, appropriately
ialled "Palace of Sports". At first
[ wondered what was so special
jbout a Hockey Arena to'merit a
lame. However after seeing tbe
yhole building and talking with the
administrator, I didn't need any
'.nore explanation conceming the
aame.
It really is a 'palace* in every
iense of the word, >This is where
;he World Hockey Toumament will
>e played next February.
Lookingaroundtbe "arena*' part
)t the building from what is now
Ihe ice surface, I couIdn't help but
think of arcnas that I have been in,
j i Canada and making eertain corn*
parisons. For example with the
jfaple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The
.ce surface is regulation size and
:he seating capacity in this part of
Che building is 14,000. Another 2,200
chairs can be placed on the surface
irea during a concert
* * *"
The playing areä is weli-lighfed
and there is ample room foi: r ^ r '
cers, broadcasting, television etc
There is a s|>ecial air-conditioning
iysiem so tbat the aiv w i l l be at a
pleasant temperature at ali times.
rhere are 60 showeni on the i^rst
loor for the athletes to use'after
die games. Also, there ls<a small
'poolrstyled" bath for those ath­letes
who want to soak their blues
3way. iEach g a i i^
ser.
pity Canada won't be represented.
BACK TALK
Tlie judge had seen ali kinds of.
caseslike this one. jSIanand wife
just couldn't get along togetherr Ca-refully
he asked the woman why she
wanted' a divorce from her husband.
"Weil, your honor," she answered;
"for.three long years Tve had to
wash hls back- every Saturday
night."
^ The judge blinked and asked i n -
credulously, rDo you consider that
sufficient reason for divorce?" ;
"No," the wife replied, "but last
Saturday night hisback was clean/'
VäÄ^ Btit Hionet btamie the'mat:hihe
i^hhe t»retty ybulife miss/^^te hu-
>nÄan element, ^rffii/Began thö pro-oelss
washt'fauät. "f"
-Vin another experiment, k mechan-ical
monster shivered to d' hait
äbdut half>way through a' complex
prbblem. Trouble-shooting engi-neers
swarmed^ over the machine
and finally located the break-down.
The human element some clumsy
biit' shot had kiqked the plug out
of its' Wall socket.
.These wonders of the automation
era were presented to New Yorkers
recently, at the Third International
.Automation Exhibition. The exhi-bit,
fi)led five floors of the N. Y .
Trade Show Building with' gadgets,
speilmen and luscious young women
to help sell the new era.
::The purpose of the above related
experiment was to show that the
IBM caiculator could easily'replace
scores of derks and checkers, could
at any. moment record .the size,
weight, volume/speed and flow of
Production anywhere. It is to be
installed in a utility plant to give
a running Story of the flow of gas
i r om varlous feeder companies so
that the bosses can manipulate it
s^iftly without^ relying on meter
readcrs.
I^ozens of other calculators and
brains, designed to mechanize man­agement,
at least at the lowereche-lon
levels, seemed to portend the
major assault that wouId render
wii^te-collar workers and foremen
obsölete.
The exposition did not feature
the 4 heavy industrial automation
which is already producing in
Dätroit for one, more cars faster
and' With fewer workers than ever
before. \
No Shortage of
. Thre4f ofi Ji^erica^^^ faÄ-
4liBSBSlbÄ:»o<tefirtler8i;4uPont»^«^
MeUons,..are,at least eight times
richer >tadayithan they. were 20
years ago. > - ' ^ -
Their liooled fortunesj whlch
fotalled a meagre $1,362 mllUons
back in the depr^slon years of
1937, today comprise corporate
wealth that addä up to the astound-ing'
figure of $11,947 millions —
from something 'over one billion^
to near ,12 billion dolfhrs.
The figures will be published and
analyzed i n a forthcoming book by
the economist. Victor Perlo. The
author report$:
" V ' T h e s e three famlliesalone
.own more productive capital than
ali the;AVorkerS'in the USA, o n a l l
of the Nfegro people in the United
States, or the entire population of
a numbejr ;>f ^ppuntries, i n which
these familles have their enormous
ihvestmcttts.? 'J.
The duPonts; wealth rose more
than, sevenfold,; from $574' milllon
to $4,6^ millionsv The Mellon em'
pire expanded. more than: eight and
a half times, from $391 millions to
$3,769 millions. The Rockefeller
fortune multiplied from $397 mil­lions
to $3,518 millions, or seven
and half times.
These are minimum estimatesi
Perlo States. The reportcd corpo­rate
fortunes "exclude hundreds of
milliofts of personal property, and
secretly * held businesa property
which cannot be estimatoci." , *
. Perlo compiled the figures by
using the same methods of estt-mating
these fortunes that wasuscd
i n 1937 by the governmenfs Tem-porary
National Econpmic Com-mlttee.
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Torstaina, tammik. 24 p.—Thur^^äsr,Jim: 2^^i951|
''Jim,
COMING Skl
Jim. 26>»7 loffltMtoa cros-oooitfiT ncel flpeBwicd['b]r T^tairXSC^^^?
Jan.
Feb.
29
1>2
IiOiiC lake.
Intenutloaal iavltatlon jottiii meet a| l O d l a i A . ' r f :
Jnnlor Skl Day. - ' - .
OnUrio and Qa*bee inter-colkglate champfaHMhlp» «f
CtfUnipröod. *
Feb. 2-S ' invllaUon cross-conntry^meet ipoosorcd^by Speed^ÄJC^ir^
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
S
3
9 >
9.10
9-10
WUtetIalu
Jonlor Ryan Cop raee BIbnt I^Uant^ Qoebetp;^
Sontheni Ontarto jnnlor AlplBecbampIOMliIp»;
NorUiem Otttorlo senior amaMsotratiy liumfitnUm > •
spouiored by Sampo AXX, Sqdboiy; . - - '
Ontario Jtmlor l-w»y champlomhip* Colilnfirobd./, /
Northern Ontario senior 3rwayehampib»diIpg^^^U^
Feb. 16.17 Canadian Junior 4.way chaai|ilotislUi» OttaVfa. . <
Feb. 16-17 Ontario senior 4-wsy chanipiött^ps Tem^ataui^DtiQMbee; ^
Feb. 2S Sonthem Ontario aenlor Alpin» ColllngwocKJL;J~' ^
Feb. 2S-S4 Senior Canadian crofM<«bnntty eiUimplonatilps äpoii^^
Voima A.C. Long Lake. ' - ;
CAiadlan Senior Jnmplnjr ChamirfonalUpsMldl^^
Ontario Inter-Bcholastlc cliampbnuhips Fort W i m i ^ ^
Flnnldi>CanadIaaAnwteur Sports'Fcdentionvd^
championship meet sponaored by Jehu KJO^ B«ai^^l4M«y|i;^
Canadian Senior Alfdne champlonsblps Mont^^^i^aBt^^
Qnebec.
InviUtlon eros8.^mitry meM sponsoredby Alerts A^C.^
Sndbnry. ' „ ' ^
Mar. 16*17 Invltatlon cross-country meet sponaored by^ Eehoi AJC^
,Round Lake. .
Apr. 27*28 Combhied Northern and Soolhem Zones and Ontario -
Division Annual MeetUigs^at Snndridge'. ,
Canadian Skl AasoelaUon Annnal Meetbif at Ottaira,
Feb. 24
Mar. 1-2
Mar. 2*3
Mar. 9*10
Blar. 9-10
May 18-19
Weak Spots in the/ Body
LOADED ANSWEB
"Is that you Sam?" the wife cal-led
out to her late-retuming and
somewhat inebriated htusband.
" A l i I know," grumbled Sam,
slamming into the buffet, "is that
I'd damn weU better be".
NatUte>has>)provided man with a
wonderfully strong and efficient
body iremarkably ^ adapted to< our
needs. However, it Is' not surpri-sing
that there are a number of na­tural
:weak spots in so complicated a
structure^s the human body. These
weak spots are located at • pointsi
where the large blöod vessels and
eertain other structures pass from
one body compartment to another.
When such a passage becomes wi-^
der than i t need be, it may allow
the protusion of some structures
from its natural locatlon 'to an area
where it does not bclong; This con-
^ition-is-known'^as hernia, or rup-ture,
congenita^ if present at birth
(due to failure of complcte develop-ment
in the embryo), or acquired
ifdeveloped after birth.
Most acquired hernias are protu-sions
of some intra-abdominal tis-sues
through a weak point as a re-suit
;of sudden pressure or strain
as from quick lifting of a heavy
weight. Or they may result from
the repeated smaller strains of a se-vere
chronic cough, from repeated
straining at Stool, from the growth
of an intra-abdominal tumor, from
markred gains of weight, or from
pregnancy. /
Most hernias can be recognized
by a bulge under the skin in the in-volved
region, with or without a va-riable
amount ofdiscomfort or pain
in tlie area. The usual hernia is not
verydisabling or uncomfortable but
may be subject. to the devclopment
of seciouscomplications.
* * ' •
Inguinal hernia 1s the commonest
lOCAL UkUGHS
CepyrigfetM - Lator r«atarM
by HILLAR
•Stopped againi Just decided U> «rait around and ivatcb
förm,'of yuptppe,'lt occurs jn the
groln area, on one or both sides,
through the anatomical Channel nor­mally
provided for' the; pa^^age of
the genital cord and testide In the.
m a l e , o r their. equivalent in the'
female. It is more frcqu^nt in the
raale bäcause men are usually sub^
ject' to greater physical- strains.
Adults with Inguinal hernia usual-ly
need about one week in the hos­pitsi
and are gotten out of bed and
walking on the ^first or sccond day.'
Disability after sdrgery is usually
from three to four weeks for adultsT
who dolight'work and from six to
eight weeks for those in hc^vy
work. Injection treatment is not
rccommendcd and may be dange-rous.
For those .whocannot undergo:
surgery for one reason or another,
the wearing « f a well fitted truss
is recommended, <
A good precaution agalnst lifting
is to bend your knees to a crouch-
Ing position before lifting a heavy
object oit the f loor.
• * • y
Femoral hernia occurs just beloW.
the gröin in tlie upper and inner
part of the thigh, along the anatomi­cal
canal through which the.large
blood vessels pass from the abdo-mcn
to the lower cxtremities. It is
more common in women than men
and Is more subject to complications
than is inguinal hernia. * • •
Umbilical hernia occurs in the
region of the navel where the birth
cord (umbilical cord) originally pas^
sed from the infants -abdomen to
the raother'swomb. These are very
common at birth and i f smifll very
often correct themsciyes during the
first, year or two of life, usually
with.the aid of a simple töping of
the skin oVer the little bulge. If
not, or i f umbilical 'hernia occurs
in adult life; it is corrected' by sur-gery.'
- .
> • * • ^
, Incisional hernia takes; place
through the scar of a prevLous ope-ration,
usually due to infection of
the wound or pooe wound healing.
ff small and not uncomfortable,
these hernias may be safely. lefttin-,
treated or confincd by an abdominal
belt or binder. If large or pain-ful
surgery is recommended,
• * • , .
Iniemal hernias are more rare
and do not produce any visible
bulge.s under the skin, Such a her­nia
is diaphragmatic hernia whicb
occiurs when some af>dorainal con-tents
protrude into the chcst
thrpugh the diaphragm aloiiside tbe
espptegus — a» i t ; i » s^
cliest jrita f he; ätidpf^
för intemal hernias d e ^ n d on the
symptpms and X-ray^findiflgs;
CHIPPING AWAY AT
THE OLD BLOCK
By BOB WARD
We see by the pnpers whcre a
French court has ruled that hus-bands
still have some rlghts *<->
wives, for instance, aren't suppoäcd:
to whack thcm with hutchets,
In upholdinjg' the divine right of
husbands hot to be notched, natch,
the court fincd the wife $42.84.
"For the security of husbands,"
said the judge, " I cannot let you
off scot free."
I • • • '
This being the kind of item we
Uke to take up with our mtssus ive
8howed it to her an4 asked her
opinion.
"What do you thii^k of the rul-ing?"
we queried. , ' ' ^
«Herstslf lookcd at us and burst
out laughing.
"This," wo'said, "is no laughing
master. Here*s a woman, who's
been 'whittling away at her husband
like a tirriestudy man whittles aWay
at a prlce and >- it^s.nöthing to
läu'gh"about."^ " ' '
"I think it's a real killer," Amy
said between chortles. "Mayjbe the
wife was just trying,to knock h
chip out of the old block." '
With this she inughcd and laugh-ed
like little, Audrey used to laugh
and läugh in ali the stories'that
little Audrey just used to laugh and
laugh at.
Weil this got our temper up a
bit. Just a bit mind you; because
when one discusses tfaings like
whether wives should be allowed to
go about with hatchets cyeing huS'
bands like a woodsman eycs yonder
hemlock, then one has to be just a
mite cautious. ' After jal^ j tbei
hatchlng m\ghi be'catchlng.^/:C
So we cjiirbed ourseUand^uked
In a very'iiondlJatory: w ^ i^'^^i<
thöUght of a hackcd-up hubt>S!:W88^
as deliriöus as all tnat^' ^ |
"Perhaps," said our wire; *!the?
whole thing tpas axe*id0ntaL" v.<' i
This, of co}irse, set off änqjU^er;
wave of laughter and we |iegäti'in\
a sedous vay td", pohder. jf^^i&ur f
conduct over the yeara had ^miy
elcnrepts oi a <iblp on the shoulderl
or elsewhere i n i t * We Iii6ilt|dly:^
shnigged the chip off» fust.ln^ciuef
and ventured to irenture: ' i l , i
"Come on, Amy, be a'Uttte seri*
ous;»^it(fipt!ij^i^i
"How much dld thfr ;rudge iihe
the wlfe?'» she asked./ : rUv'^
"$42.82." ^ : ?> >
" A sort of aslashed imte,'^^ saldi^
^erself. /'Prices/cut to the^{bon«';
. , a real cheap cbQp."- . ' t '
We retreated to bur ne^spAper*
^ We ^ecided tbat lato itoiigli U
was we shouia^make meralreso*
luttons. -.y -
For on'6ihing vie re&blvedaätfo
brlng items of ihlf naturo ip-fof
diteusslon. This mightl^e «oa-sidercd
"chlcken" by sotäe i^ooiten.
Another resolutton was
our head"^ durtag family de|ifjie»,
and notj under any 'set of'cirtUm*
stsnces fly off the handle. ' v .
We also resolVed to do so^iethtng^
nice every now and then to Ju»^
Insure that we keep in the bJMt
possible grace. /
And, oh. yes, we're «orry W caii't
lend you our hatchet. It aeetiä/to
havo become somewhat mlsplatfiML
Just,can;t find It anywhero<
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SHAW'S ALPHABET
George Bernard Shaw usually got
his way, but the odds.are that he
will go down in posterity as a play?^
Wright and not as the hacker of
"Shaw's Alphabet-^'
In the million-doUar-plus wiU
that made him one of the richest
writing men of all time, Shaw left
his residuary estate for research
into a new phonetic System of Eng-lish
with an alphabetin which each
letter represented one, and only
one, sound.
The hot'tempered Irishman workf
ed'wlth word8 a l l his life and be|-
fore he died in 1950 at age 94 be
had become pretty inforiated witii
the English language, particularlyi
its pronunciation.
Shaw argued that the word "flsh"
could just as well be'spelled "ghoti'*
on the basis of present phonetics.
He explained.
The " F " sound could come^ from
the rgh" in the world "rough."
"The "l" sound from the "O" in
the Word "women-"
The "Sh" sound from t h e / ' T i"
In the Word "motion."
It became Shaw's convictlon that
English could be so simplified as to
save tremendous sums in energy;
time, paper and money. Peter De-nisonRidge-
Beedle,who: discussed
the matter with Shaw, estimates the
Shaw alphabet would save $250
million a year in Britain and $1
billion in the United States.
But Shaw gave fewclues to the
alphabet he wanted except that he
seemed to believe that 40 or 42
letters or symbols .would cover
every sound n English.
However, he realized a lot of
people didn't agree with him and
he left a loophole whereby his .will
could be attacked if tbe alphabet
bequest was Judged not p^^^
4?ne of his betu^ciayti^
Museum, is now suing to haye the
provision dedared Invalid.
But Ridge-Beedle and otheriirare
contesting the case. Ridge-Bete^Ue
has tVied'to assemble an alplubet
using some of Shaw'8 prlndptet.
The result a coUection 4t lettcm
and symbols as strange looking^^as
the Russian cyrilllc alphabet' I
From time to time in later^yfean
Shaw erupted into print i n defeHJM»
of his schfme, After the expl08|^n'
of the first atom foomb, he vrote
to a newspaper Ignoring the impli*
cations of the superWeapon bu^.at*
tacking the spelling of the w<Mrd
"bomb."
Wby the " B " on the end, S!jW
asked. ^he word as pronouncied
has three simple sounds. Tliere,
he said, is an exämple of a 25 per*
cent.waste of time, energy aiid
paper and it applies througbout Vb»
language. He blamed tbe speUbBg
of "bomb'' on Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Ridge-Beedle said that in
Shaw alphabet a'Word such,as'
"lafiquer" wouId be spelled " k f i r ,"
The , Word "league" J w6uld < -ihe"
"leg." . .
The Word "leg" then, prei[|i^
ablyt would be spelled '^Jag."
The Word lag?<
'4
mi
UhaVs where yoti' need^a aftw
letter, v /
THOUGHTFtlL 1
" p h yes. My mother used^to Vfpt'' jm
ry a lot ahout my f^ther. If he stay-"
ed out after midnight. she'd Check -
all the hospitals". Ä ^
"To see if he wa8 there?" [ ci
"No. To makean appohitmentior ' /-fe:
him". ^
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