Grammar by Rhyme

Three little words you often see
Are Articles A, AN, THE.
A Noun's the name of anything.
As SCHOOL or GARDEN, HOOP or SWING.
Adjectives tell the kind of noun,
As GREAT, SMALL, PRETTY, WHITE or BROWN.
Instead of nouns the Pronouns stand:
HIS head, HER face, YOUR army, MY hand.
Verbs tell something to be done:
To READ, COUNT, LAUGH, SING, JUMP or RUN.
How things are done the Adverbs tell:
As SLOWLY, QUICKLY, ILL or WELL.

Conjunctions join the words together,
As men AND women, wind OR weather.
The Preposition stands before
The noun, as IN or THROUGH the door.
The Interjection shows surprise,
As OH! How pretty! AH! How wise!
The whole are called nine parts of speech
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

Learning the Telegraphic Code

An interesting and valuable application of the A, B, C, Hitching Posts and Visualization is made on the following pages as a basis of learning the International Code as used by the army and navy.

Many persons have learned the code in a few hours by this method, where it has taken days to master it by repetition. The Morse Code has only a few changes and can be learned by the same plan.

The Code in Pyramid Signal Form

1234
E.T_R._.K_._
I..M_ _L._..Y_._ _
S...O_ _ _ P. _ _.C_._.
H.... X_.._
A._N_.U.._G_ _.
W._ _D_..F.._.Z_ _..
J._ _ _ B_...V..._Q_ _._

Note the Pyramid arrangement of the signals in groups of three and four. Also note that the signals in columns 1 and 3 begin with DOTS, and those in columns 2 and 4 begin with DASHES. Note that the signals in the adjacent columns are opposite. A is ._; opposite in the adjacent column is _. N.

Learn the signals in groups as arranged.

As it is more difficult to translate from signal to letter, the following instructions are based upon learning from signal to letter. To learn in this manner will shorten the time necessary in becoming able to "receive" messages. Follow the instructions closely.