A PROTEST.
Where are the übm, the pr«tty ■—tsj Yfce unci we used to know. The sweetly simple glrilih nan jg Wi knew to lon* ago? JST Tkere are no Marys any mors, jw In this enlightened age, *7 The old name's never used to-day, - "Msrie" U all the rat* • The Kittles are all "Kathyrteea/* to this late age ana day; k Thar* art no Mamies any am% fW For "Mayme" I* the way; •" oik The Fannies ara all "Fanys" now, * TS\ The girl* we used to know Hamad Alice have all ehaagod their SITS—, ■nca "Aly>" la tba go. *fe» PsarJe have gone to join tlfiSOSf. y . For "Pyrle" la op to data, ■*/ & The Helens spell It "Helyn" now, V W For It Is very late, y js The Ediths are all "Edythe" now, ' And much as we may rue, "| The girls named Lillle have rone o'er. They spell It "Lyly" too. f O. gyrlt, pray tell ma why you do I ThU eylly. syHy, thyng. !. Tf we should ynto dayly lyfe, »/ Thys kynd of spellyng bryn& Confusyon would be ryfe yndoefl. We'd lose our E's and I's, Tb keepyng track of spellyng wbych Ts very much too Ys. —glamarck Tribune. t ■
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 348, 8 January 1903, Page 8
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203A PROTEST. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 348, 8 January 1903, Page 8
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