European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books \ done to let spelling become lost Art James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate to judge from the flood of horrid examples that come from you readers spelling is a losing Art. Its not yet a lost Art. A few Good spellers Are still around but too Many errors constantly crop up in too Many newspapers. Various theories attempt to explain the Manifest decline in orthography. Some critics blame the situation on the look and guess method of teaching Reading. Others blame television which tends to make us a nation of viewers instead of readers. Accurate spelling is a product of memorization a of Rote learning if you please a and Rote learning is out of fashion. A Garden writer in the Chicago Tribune turned out a piece on composts. One reason for a compost pile said the reporter is a to help Elivite the rapid buildup of waste materials at  in the fort Lauderdale fla., Sun senti incl a sportswriter discussed the cubs prospects for this season. The cubs Man Agar is hoping that last years pitching performance by Mike Bielecki a was not an  in Portland ore., basketball Star Kareem Abdul Jabbar ducked out of an autographing session for his new Book. The oregonian reported that his premature departure left a number of fans sputtering on the sidewalk a with those colourful exp Lica Tives More appropriate to a crowd of Boston celtic  the Tucson Ariz citizen qualified for this weeks Lousy speller award with an article on a festival at which cars were prohibited. Visitors Rode to the evenings entertainment on bikes horses trolleys wagons a and wheel barrels a not All of my horrid examples come from the news columns. People who prepare advertising Are notoriously poor spellers a classified and appeared for a Florida newspaper seeking a reporter. A test of a Grammer and spelling would be required. In nits mich., a greenhouse advertised a mothers Day Sale. A thoughtful child could Send mom an a impatient baskets for $5 or a creeping flocks at $2.50. Ready for the answers a compost pile will alleviate a problem. The pitching performance was not a ghostly apparition neither was it a passing aberration. The fans were Yelling expletives. The word is wheelbarrows for mercy a Sake a reporter must demonstrate a command of grammar momus plants Are impatiens and Phlox though in a bound to say that an impatient Basket has its charms. Fiction 1 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow first week on Lisl 2 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 3 weeks on list 17 3 september by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 2 weeks on list 9 4 the stand by Stephen King last week 1 weeks on list 6 5 dragon by Clive Cussler last week 4 weeks on list 6 6 an inconvenient woman by Dominick Dunne last week 6 weeks on list 6 7 the Golden Orange by Joseph Wambaugh last week 5 weeks on list 5 8 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum last week 7 weeks on list 14 9 family pictures by sue Miller last week 9 weeks on list 6 10 Skinny legs and All by Tom Robbins last week 8 weeks on list 9 non fiction 1 men at work by George f. Will last week 1 weeks on list 10 2 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry last week 2 weeks on list 3 3 done to shoot its Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson last week 14 weeks on list 2 4 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar last week 4 weeks on list 21 5 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene last week 3 weeks on list 21 6 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum last week 5 weeks on list 84 7 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum last week 6 weeks on list 39 8 in the Arena by Richard Nixon last week 8 weeks on list 8 9 liars poker by Michael Lewis last week 7 weeks on list 32 10 legacies by Belle Bao lord last week 13 weeks on list 7 paperback fiction 1 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 4 2 creature by John Saul weeks on list 3 3 warriors woman by Johanna Lindsey weeks on list 3 4 a prayer Lor Owen Meaney by John Irving weeks on list 7 5 Day of the cheetah by Dale Brown weeks on list 3 6 red Phoenix by Larry Bond weeks on list 7 7 a Knight in shining Armor by Jude Dever Araux weeks on list 2 8 sins of the flesh by Fern Michaels weeks on list 2 9 the servants of Twilight by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 8 10 Mirror image by Sandra Brown weeks on list 3 paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 30 2 a woman named Jackie by Jack Olsen weeks on list 4 3 when a Rabbit howls by Truddie Chase weeks on list 2 4 a Brief history of Tima by Stephen hawking weeks on list 2 5 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 347 6 love and marriage by Bill Cosby weeks on list 6 7 meet the new kids on the Block weeks on list 2 8 from Cradle to grave by Joyce Egginton weeks on Lisl 6 9 Why me by Sammy Davis or. And Burt Boyar weeks on list 1 10 summer of �?T49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 10 paperback miscellaneous 1 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on Lisl 19 2 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 13 3 codependent no More by Melanie Beattie weeks on list 93 4 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 17 5 50 simple things kids can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 8 compiled by the new York time stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 the stand by Stephen King 2 Bright Star by Harold Coyle 3 dragon by Clive Cussler 4 the bad place by Dean Koontz 5 september by Rosamunde Pilcher 6 Skinny legs and Alt by Tom Robbins 7 death Gate Cycle dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 8 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum 9 masquerade by Janet Dailey 10 family pictures by sue Miller non fiction 1 Means of ascent by Robert Caro 2 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 3 barbarians Al the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar 4 men at work by George will 5 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene 6 in the Arena by Richard Nixon 7 Garbo by Antoni Granowicz 8 head first by Norman cousins 9 magic touch by magic Johnson 10 Kareem by Kareem Abdul Jabbar Page 10 c sunday june 17,1990