Evening star

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In America In forming proper adjectiveB

and names of peoples from the names of

their countries Is to do so by adding to the

latter either "n" and "ns" or "an" and

"ans," or in a few cases, for sake of eu

phony, "lan" and "lans." The formation

of American and Americans from America

sets the example. So we have Mexicans,

Cubans, Dominicans, Haytians, Jamai

cans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguann, Costa

Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Brazil

ians, and so down to Patagonians. The ap

parent exceptions?Canadians, Salvado

reans and Peruvians?are really nothing

but slight euphonic modifications of the

same rule by analogy with practically uni

versal American usage; therefore, we must

say "Panaman" and "Panamans."

A Corean Cinderella.

From the Chicago News.

In Corea the people tell a Cinderella

story that is much more ancient than that

familiar to western people. The key of the

latter story is the slipper, but not so theirs.

Peach Blossom, the Corean Cinderella's

name, was the ftynily drudge. One day as

the mother was starting off with the favor

ite daughter to a picnic she said to Peach

Blossom; "You must not leave until you

have hulled a bagful of rice and filled the

broken crock with water." While sitting

there bemoaning her hard lot she heard a

twittering and a fluttering of wings. Look

ing up, she saw a flock of sparrows pecking

the hulls off the rice. Before recovering

from her surprise a little Imp jumped out of

the fireplace and so skillfully repaired the

crock that but a few minutes of work was

required to fill it with water. Then she

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1903). Washington, D.C., 1903-12-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1903-12-12/ed-1/?sp=8

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1903-12-12.