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Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 5

A lady in Chicago is suing for divorce on the ground that her husband “ splits his infinitives, doubles his negatives, and uses the word ‘ain’t.’ ” The nice adjustment of “ to’s ” and “ nots ” is a matter of taste, but a husband may find many words more outrageous to feminine sensibility than “ ain’t.” He might say “Won’t.” Captain (receiving new middy); “ Well, my boy, the old story, I suppose—fool of the family sent to sea?” “ Oh, no, sir,” replied the youth, “that’s all altered since your day.”— ‘ Pathfinder,’