, 49

_tots_ to be avoided, 54

_toward_, spelling of, 52

_trade unions_, plural of, 51

_transpire_, meaning of, 30

_treaties_, capitalization of, 19

_triple entente_, etc., capitalization of, 19

Trite phrases, 58

_trousers_ preferred to _pants_, 55

_true facts_ to be avoided, 49

Truth, 2, 5, 14

_Turgenieff_, spelling of, 51

_turn over_ preferred to _turn turtle_, 30

Twain, Mark, quoted, 31

_tying_, spelling of, 51

U

_under a signature_ preferred, 37

Underscore _u_, 7

_union_, _-ist_, capitalization of, 18

_Union Jack_, capitalization of, 19

Unit lines in heads, 9

_university_, capitalization of, 19

_unless_ preferred to _without_, 28

_unmoral_ confused with _immoral_ 52

_unsanitary_ confused with _insanitary_, 52

Untruth, 2

_upper peninsula_, etc., capitalization of, 18

_utopia_, capitalization of, 20

V

_varsity_, punctuation of, 52

Verbs, in heads, 9
rules governing, 29

_very_, eschew the word, 34

_Very Rev._, use of, 48

_vice-president_, capitalization of, 17

_viceroy_, capitalization of, 17

_violinist_, avoid feminine form of, 24

Vital statistics, 50

_viz._, use of, 44

Vocabulary, broaden the, 16

_votes_, use figures for, 38

_vilify_, spelling of, 51

_vying_, spelling of, 51

W

_want_ preferred to _wish_, 30

War, first three years of, 72-74

_ward_, capitalization of, 18

_war_, capitalization of, 18

_W_ in heads, 9

_wages_, number of, 55

_way_, capitalization of, 20

Way to become original, 61

_we_, _editorial_, use of, 55

Webster, Edward Harlan, quoted, 16

Webster's dictionary, 48

_wedding_ confused with _marriage_, 50

Weights and measures, 40

_weird_, use of, 35

well known, use of, 49

_west_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18

_whether, or not_, 49
preferred to _if_, 28

_while_ misused for _although_, 28
preferred to _whilst_, 55

_whilst_ to be avoided, 55

_whisky_, spelling of, 51

_White House_, capitalization of, 20

_whither_ to be avoided, 55

Whitman, Walt, quoted, 4

_wholesome_ preferred to _healthful_, 35

_who_, use of, 28

_whom_, use of,