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Evening Star, Issue 14184, 8 October 1909, Page 6

The Simplified Spelling Board, on whom Mr Roosevelt conferred perhaps undue fame recently, issued an announcement which shows that the cause is very vigorous. They have a membership of 25,000, including 7,000 teachers and college professors. Two hundred and fifty-nine American periodicals, including eighteen daily newspapers, have adopted the reforms they advocate, and in a number of public and private schools the simplified spelling is used. Encouraged by this, the Hoard have published a list of 3,261 words in addition to the list of 300 with which they started operations, and henceforth “ Delv,” “ Solv,” “Crevis ” and “Justis,” etc., are to take their place beside “ Burnd,” “Livd” “ A J rmd ’”. V Fildand other simplified past participles. { In Russia men drink tea while talking busies; that’s the custom of the country In New Zealand women drink tea while telking politics. The custom is to drink A. and J. MFarlanes “Russian” blend of Tippy tea at Is 6d per lb. “It is good tea ” if,™ C^°!Le^ ressi ,??. b y people who have been drinking Russian ” tea. Thev mean it is the kind of tea that', just suits