HER FAILING.

New Zealand Tablet, 25 April 1918, Page 45

HER FAILING.

_ Alluding to the vexed subject of spelling reform. Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian Prime Minister, tells in an English periodical the story of a lady whose spelling was somewhat erratic. She was sensitive on the subject, and her demands for information as to correct spelling sometimes placed her peace-loving husband in a delicate position. • One day when she was writing a letter she glanced up to ask : “John, do you spell ‘graphic’ with one f or two?” Well, my dear,” was the diplomatic reply, “if you’re going to use any, you might as well use two.”