Illinois

Bill Before Legislature Says You Must Pronounce it Illinoy "Illi-noy," not "im-noise,M is what you must call Illinois in the future. It will be wrong to pronounce " the came the way it is spelled. That is because It Is likely to be made a violation of state law to mispronounce be name of the state, a bill with that end in view having been prepared for Introduction in the state legislature by Representative J. W. Allison of Essex.' Representative Allison's measure is entitled: "A bill for an act to define toe official pronunciation of the name f the state of "Illinois." It Is brief goes to the point as follows: "Be it enacted by the people of the etate of Illinois represented In the Kenetal assembly, That the accent of Tihnola' be placed upon the last sylla-e and that the last syllable aforesaid Pronounced with the omission of J-ae sound of the letter s' and like the Cna! syllable of the word 'annoy. " This bill is analagous to a 'measure introduced recently in the state legislature of Missouri, There the idea is , Slt "own heavily on those shame less paragraphers who have been re- wring to the "show-me state as the state of Siizoury," and according to " terms of the bill before the legls-re at Jefferson City all law-abiding izens must henceforth pronounce flame of ihe sovereign state ct Missouri as though it were a girl's nam a "Miss Sue Ree." With like solicitude Representative Allison, a tender-hearted physician' of Kankakee county, trunKs re aoo sugge tl.a anrf f An much of A TOlOCk OH the proud name of Illinois to have the sounds "ill" and "noise" emphasized tho camp word. He can't cut out iho Tvart that is "ill" In suite of his ability as a surgeon, and therefore he is eager to perform an operation on the "noise. Tn our state song entitled 'Illinois,' which we. are so glad to sing at au d festivals, the worf D latV A i.i.miuwv - ' 'Illinois' rhymes with 'joy' and never with 'noise,'" explained neprwsa-tive Allison yesterday to a newspaper correspondent. ".ue&Kies i nave imeu informed on good authority "that the Indians of the famous Jinnois inuo called the word 'Illinoy,' and also that r, tha maun -Illinoy' occurs in many writings of early explorers, trappers and hunters In this part of the country a century ago. me peoyuj this state ought to know how to pronounce its nam and not to have to wobble around and guess at the proper pronunciation. Ull-noy to ' good enough for me .though I ihave deemed it wise not to attempt to alter the es tablished curtcm ef tseKin