The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
337 
All Sorts 
A Swedish Name 
Some weeks ago we printed the name 
of a Swedish subscriber recently put on 
our list. Our people copied the letter as 
well as they could, but apparently they 
made a sad job of it. Several of our 
subscribers who are familiar with the 
Swedish language promptly called atten¬ 
tion to it, and we print the following 
good-natured note: 
Say, but it was some name you made 
out to that Swedish subscriber to your 
paper. I was born in Sweden, and I can 
assure you that the Swedish do not use 
such names, which would be more fit for 
some savage from Central Africa, and I 
think it "would only be proper for you to 
apologize to your Swedish subscribers; 
furthermore, it is most likely that a lot 
of your subscribers will twist their jaws 
out of joint trying to rattle off such a 
spelling in a hurry, and in such cases you 
may be called upon to pay heavy dam¬ 
age#*. Now let me advise you to put your 
specs on and see if you can’t make out 
something different of that name and ad¬ 
dress. I think if you look carefully it 
will read something like this: Jordbucks 
Teckniska Byron. which translated 
means: Agricultural Technical Bureau. 
You seem to have gotten the name of the 
street right. Ostra Ilamugatan, which 
translated means East Harbor Street. 
But in what city said street is located is 
not mentioned. So you will see it was 
not the name of a man, as you tried to 
make out. but of an institution. Where 
does the joke come in ? o. nelson. 
The joke seems to be on us. Very 
likely many of our readers have smiled 
at the efforts of foreigners to master the 
English language. We have laughed at 
“stage Dutchmen.” Now we begin to 
realize what our foreign friends may think 
of our own assault upon their language. 
Expressive Language 
On page 144 the Hope Farm man gives 
something of the expressive language 
coined by waiters in certain restaurants. 
In almost every line of business may be 
found similar expressions coined by work¬ 
men who want to be original or emphatic. 
To those who have given little thought to 
the matter the following statement will 
be interesting. The papers state that 
E. H. Newman, State Librarian at Colum¬ 
bus. Ohio, declares wo should have an 
American language, “more concise and 
forcible than any spoken.” 
“Having wondered for many years why 
any red-blooded American should ape any 
one in anything, I determined to investi¬ 
gate the medium through which we ex¬ 
press our thought—language. I could see 
no reason for the name plate ‘English 
language,’ Newman continued. ‘I dis¬ 
covered, after investigation, that there 
was not such a per cent of real English 
in the whole as the prohibition law per¬ 
mits of alcohol in the beverages of today. 
“I took my stand one day on a certain 
street corner in Chicago, where more 
people pass in a given time than any simi¬ 
lar point in the world. I asked as many 
people as possible their nationality. To 
my surprise I discovered not one English¬ 
man to a thousand of other tongues. This 
in a great part satisfied me that we should 
have a language dignified with the name 
‘American.’ ” 
The Annals of an Old Subscriber 
You might be interested to know that 
my father remembers your paper since 
18(i4 ; he was then a young man, and at 
that time lived in the State of Wiscon¬ 
sin. A friend of, his named Richards was 
a subscriber to your paper, .and through 
an advertisement in it bought Berkshire 
pigs in Vermont. My father is 85 years 
of age, my mother 7.8; they live on a 
small farm, and are still able to do their 
own work. They-were married 53 years 
last July. My mother is a Yankee, my 
father Welsh, and came to this country 
when quite young and lived in the Mid¬ 
dle West, Indiana. Ohio and Illinois. 
He then came to York State, where lie 
met my mother and was maj-ried there. 
They went from York State to a logging 
camp in Michigan, where my oldest broth¬ 
er Avas born. When I hear my mother 
tell how she rode in an ox cart over 20 
miles to see a doctor, while shaking with 
the chills, I wonder if we appreciate the 
comforts we have now. From Michigan 
they moved to Racine, Wis., where myself 
and another brother were born. They 
liked that city very much, but were not 
sitisfied to settle down, and went from 
there to Iowa. 
They did not like the climate, and from 
there came to Connecticut, where they 
decided to stay, after my father went to 
Wales for a short visit. 1 can remember 
what a fuss I made, as I wanted to go 
with him. He promised I should go when 
older, which I did, and enjoyed every mo¬ 
ment of my trip. Sometimes, when I 
look at my father and mother, such an 
old couple, and contented after 53 years 
and over of ups and downs (they are not 
rich, only in experience) I think riches 
are not everything in this world and do 
not always bring happiness. My father 
looks forward to seeing your paper every 
week, and thinks it is one of the most 
reliable papers printed, 
Connecticut. mrs. george wiiitney. 
“Thou Shalt Not Steal” 
I want you to read what I sent into 
the Times today. I am not one of the 
farmers who has suffered personally along 
this line but I like to do my bit. 
“clergymen, attention !” 
“Dear Editor :—May I through the val¬ 
uable medium of your paper, call the 
attention of the clergymen of this city 
and of all cities to a very vital subject? 
Every Summer almost every farmer, es¬ 
pecially those who live along the State 
roads, suffer a very considerable loss 
from robbery of their crops. This steal¬ 
ing is principally done by city dwellers 
who own automobiles. Of course this is 
known by many, and considered quite a 
joke, whereas it is a serious matter to 
the farmer who toils hard for his crops. 
I suggest a title for a Spring sermon— 
'Thou Shalt Not Steal.’ If there is 
any doubt in the mind of any minister 
of the seriousness and extent of this 
habit let him call up or write the editor 
of The Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 
30th St., New York City, and learn at 
first hand the astounding facts. This 
type of crime cannot be controlled by 
law. and can only be impressed upon the 
conscience of man as one of the Moral 
Laws laid down by the Master.” w. M. 
We are certainly glad to give any 
cleryman what we know on this subject, 
though of course we disclaim any desire 
or ability to enter the pulpit. 
The Pastoral Parson 
(Continued from page 334) 
now the woman is going to try the other 
side.” Y r es, sure enough, the woman was 
just sitting down on the other side of the 
cow to milk the other half! The man to 
milk his half on his side, and the woman 
her half on her side. The man, however, 
had drained the right side. Just what 
happened when the woman made her start 
on the wrong side the Parson does not 
know. As he glanced at the rather high¬ 
headed critter of Devon extraction lie was 
suddenly mindful of the six miles that lay 
between him and his supper, and he hur¬ 
ried Jim up the hill. “They ought to try 
it at the same time,” mused the Parson. 
“Then m which side would the cow switch 
her tail?” The Parson leaves the answer 
to the suffragettes. 
Before making up 
anything 
for Dessert 
Consider the advantages of using 
for making such desserts as are de¬ 
scribed in every 
recipe book. 
Compare the old 
style recipes in 
those books with 
the new ones for 
making the same 
desserts in the 
easy Jell-0 way by 
using Jell-O. 
See how much 
easier and better 
these are made by 
using Jell-0—and 
how much cheap¬ 
er, too. 
Remember, always, that Jell-0 is 
already sweetened and flavored and 
that it does not have to be cooked. 
Jell-0 is put up in six pure fruit 
flavors: Strawberry, Raspberry, 
Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Chocolate. 
At all grocers’ and general stores, 
2 packages for 25 cents. 
We will send you a copy of the 
Jell-0 Recipe Book, free, if you will 
send us your name and address. 
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