Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-29


diffusion.
Even more. the opening e, ere scs OF
the iifst Of four public sessions we're In
the language Itself. Col. DIARIES T..
Sprague, well known New York
scholar aud banker, as head Of tho
American Nolapuk Association,
addressed his constituents In vo-
lnpuk adj routine business, In.
volvlng parliamentary proceedings
and participated Ia by many
persons, were all In this artificial
language a language sweet enough
10 he attractive even when not intelii.
gible, aud Yet sui DeHeris enough to Inn
PRESS liz distinctivenes upon one IA.
millar with language sounds.
a speaker with something to say
followed Col. Spraguo and prudently
chose English TO suit the understand.
ing OF his attentive audience. This
was Mr.. Alfred A. Post, OF Boston, who
represents NJ IL chief the Nolapuk
movement In Massachusetts. His
story WIS Of the adoption OF Volapuk
by tbs Boston school committee az an
elective study In Boston's evening
High School, and Of the numerous
clubs and classes formed In various
towns throughout the States for the
study aud Use VI Nolapuk. The array
Of statistics on this line was a royela-
ton.
Mr.. 4. ID. French Of New York. who
was an earnest speaker, with n sympa-
thetic voice, gave nm instance u the
language proving valuable inter.
national medium for the discussion,
cOrresp0ndentially. OF an art question.
This was followed by an exhibit Of a
wilderness Of Nolapuk literature, news.
papers, text books, volumes OF history,
poetry, tfauslations Of books Of tho
Billie, the Roman Catholic prayer
book, olmanaca, calendars, menus,
dance lists, theatre programmes, books
of playH-ln fact Of every sort Of print
ing which tho natural languages dis.
play. Here were single specimens
Of an entire years scrics OF forty
seven Journals, u hundred or
more gummnts and dictionaries
for quarter rs many difiefentspeak.
Ing people. The Conspiracy Of Catn.
linc. the Ecloguos Of Virgil, the Cos.
pei of -. John, the Proverbs of Solo.
mon, the fairy tales " Grimm, and
oven nm original volapuk dmma, were
In ihlS large collection, while charts OF
language, pure aud simple, and charts
comparing II with other languages
were abundant. 10 was both amazing
aud Instructive, this exhibit. amazing
because the life nf Volapuk IL yet an
Infant one; Instructive hecnuse IL shows
how widespread and varied Ia the use
OF thu language.
a highly effective feature Of the a..
soclallon's proceedings was lecture.
lesson on NOlapuk given at the second
days morning session. In three.
quarters Of an hour Col. Spfague, the |
lecturer and q model Instructor, had |
demonstrated the simplicity " the |
Language by the drouDIcnkim dd hoDii. |
Heni, for ho hnd MT only shown the |
nouns innpction and the verbs con. |
jugatiOn, but had actually 30 familiar. |
lied his audience with them aud with |
the adJecilves, advert- aud propositions |
that the responses came last and many |
to his question show would this bc cx. |
pressed In Nolapuk?n The nuditors |
had, IN hearing about the language, |
actually learned 1t by insensiblc ab. |
sorption.
This was Mr.. Posps opportunity, for
his listeners could then readily credit |
hls statement that u certain Language |
professor gave him attention a. he OK. |
plglncd the language, Ia twenty.scycn |
minutes by u stop watch, and was then |
able 10 fairly.well translate Into VIOLA. |
puk a paragraph from a newspaper. |
Mr.. Post followed this incident by |
stories OF almost M amazing an nc. |
quircmcnt Of Nolnpuk by other Dor.
sous VI both sexes. lie summed IN by |
estimating the average time needed 10 |
acquire n working knowledge OF the
language as ten thrce-quafter hour
Lessons, without home study. Think |
OF this weary students OF even French,
Italian or Spanish Ia six month |
courses with rrsult Of realized insuiil. |
cheney 10 order u meal at restaurnnt
In a loud tone OF voice! Nolapuk In a
few hours, any other language a sofi. |
Gus study OfmOuths or years.
Mr.. Charles Cufrler Bealo then com.
mandcd tho quiet attention II tho
audience while he told them how the |
patient priest Of little German village
had studied the difficulties aud the |
possibilities Of human speech for some
thirty years, and then, out OF the chaos
OF much information and from the
labyrinth Of much disorder, had been
led by a divine illumination 10 40
his thoughts aud knowledge
"a TO present all at once a Language
system which In construction, pro-
and word.formatlon could
be practicable TO nil mankind. |
lie traced the history OF Volapuk from
Its presentation anu rejection with
ridlculo down 10 liz acceptance
by few learned mon, under whose
aegls II found favor In every civilized
portion OF the globe, until now, as It's
literature shows, II IL an accepted fac.
tor, on the language side, Ia the bring
Ing Of all mankind into brotheIly rcia-
items.
II viii not answer to shower rldlcuIe
upon NOlapuk. AS IL friends earnes,-
~ affirm, II IL not, and never was, IN.
Tended 10 supptdHt, but only TO supple.
ment other languages, and with such
purpose Il has its province, and the pro.
seedlings OF the convention now ter.
minated 20 10 show that Il win con.
iinue IT, work 10 q sublime fruitlon.
CIlAurAuQuA, New York, August
ith 1891.