police court, women's parlors.

White House, referring to President's residence, should be capitalized.

Capitalize only the distinguishing words if two or more names are connected, as the Wabash and Missouri Pacific railroad companies. (In singular form, Wabash Railroad Co.)

Do not capitalize the seasons of the year unless they are personified.

Do not capitalize a. m. and p. m. except in headlines.

Capitalize O. K., write it with periods, and form present tense, O. K.'s and past tense, O. K.'d.

Capitalize Boy Scouts (referring to organization). Make Campfire (referring to the girls' organization) one word, capitalized.

Capitalize Constitution referring to that of the United States. But state constitution (lower-case).

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PUNCTUATION

A series of three or more words takes commas except before conjunctions, as: There were boxes of guns, bayonets, cartridges and bandages. Separate members of the series with semicolons if there are commas within the phrase, as: There were boxes of guns, bayonets and cartridges; casks of powder, high explosives and chemicals; and many other prohibited articles.

Use asterisks to indicate that part of quoted matter has been omitted, as, He said: "I favor all measures that * * * will help the people."

Use leaders to indicate a pause in the thought.

He said he would never return . . . . . .

When the news reached his mother, she fainted.

Commas set off an explanatory phrase but not a restrictive phrase of inclusive qualification. One writes: Poe, a poet of America, wrote "The Raven." But one writes: Poe the poet is a finer craftsman than Poe the fiction writer.

Use commas before conjunctions in a sentence made up of separate clauses, each with its own subject nominative, as, The horse is old, but it is still willing. If the same subject, write it: The horse is old but willing.

Use no period after letters used in place of numbers, as, B Company. (Companies of soldiers are designated as B Company, not Company B.)

Use hyphen and no apostrophe when dates are joined, as, 1861-65.

Write the caliber of a revolver or rifle with a period, as .22.

Use no commas in years and street numbers, as, 1904, not 1,904; and 2452 High street. But write: 2,156 persons and $1,560.

Follow this style in date lines: CHICAGO, May 10.—
BROWNSVILLE, Mich., May 10.—

Avoid this form as hackneyed: His wealth (?) has disappeared.

Place a comma or a colon after said, remarked and similar words when quoted matter follows.

THREE RULES

Writes the Duke of Argyll: I have always held that clear thinking will find its own expression in clear writing. As to mere technical rules, there are very few that occur to me, except such as these—first, to aim at short sentences, without involution or parenthetical matter; second, to follow a logical order in construction of sentences, and in the sequence of them; third, to avoid absolutely such phrases as "the former" and "the latter," always preferring repetition to the use of such tiresome references. The last rule, and in some measure the other, I learned from Macaulay, and have found it of immense use. There is some mannerism in his style, but it is always clear as crystal, and this rule of repetition contributed much to this.