The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28
Ehe uuahia nv Exele Eadau ouiuu gouember e. 1888.

ton, he SAYS. because 1t IS the best ex-
ample we have of plain and vigorous
English.
Il have taken the Bible" said he,
mot as my model, but the model upon
which to make vast Improvement
In nv opinion the Scriptures furnish
the best example of the possibilities
of simple, unadorned end unhampered
language, and not a few hints have !
obtained from it in the matter OF brew
ity and clear-cut expression and econo-
my Of words. There are many writ
ings that excel in simplicity and
strength, but after an extended re-
search through the literature OF several
modern languages, l decided to adopt
the Bible as my guide"
The doctor here took up a copy Of the
New Testament, and. opening it at the
ninth chapter of Matthew, began
counting the words.
Now, in this chapter" he con-
tinued, there arc at rough count
eight hundred and twenty-five words.
Was ever an equally graphic story told
bv any other writer in four times that
number of words? l think not.
"To give you an idea of the extent to
which | carry the principle OF word
economy in Cosmolangue ! can produce
the same story in that language with
| less than SIX hundred and fifty words,
including repetitions, OF course, or
with one hundred and eighty-six sep
arate words. So you see have many
words the better of such an epigram-
matte and venerable condenser as st.
Matthew. How do l accomplish it?
All. YOU have not given the subject
sufficient study to understand that. II
would not satisfy you II told you
| that dozens Of words ere left out
entirely as being unnecessary. But
1t would not take you long to un'
derstand 1t; about weeks study
would be enough. I am preparing q
| grammar and dictionary combined
with the aid of which l think the aver
age adult will be able to master the
principles of Cosmolangue in week
The acquisition Of the vocabulary de
ponds of course on the quality of thu
student memory.
"Volapuk contains sounds which
only very small portion of humanity
can produce There is not single
sound in Cosmolangue that does no
come naturally to every human tongue
young or old. Cosmolangue is the onl.
language in the world constructed &C
cording to unvarying rules. There i
not single exception to any of it
grammatical rules. Cosmolangue ha
written form with which every civil
lied people is already familiar-th
music score No one would have t.
grapple with the requirement OF
strange text in learning this language
It would be familiar alike to the Eng
lish, the German, the Russian, tn
Greek, the Arabian and Chinese.
great advantage is the rapidity wit
which it can be written. With littl
practice the words of the averag
talker can be taken down in Cos
molangue as fast as they are uttered
For rapid writing there is q modifie
form, which dispenses with tn
quavers, the words of more than on
syllable having the PARTICLES Joined b
a waving line drawn over the dots o
and between the lines.
mot the least of Cosnolangue's at
vantages is it's principle of word ecor
omy, or the pruning out of every wor
not absolutely essential to clearnes
When perfected I think it will enab'
one to talk well on any subject with
vocabulary of less than thousan
words The simplicity of its gramma
is another feature in which it is super
or to Volapuk. Its scheme of verb col
iugation can be learned in fifteen mil
utes, and the rest OF the grammar in a
hour. VolapulS grammar is as difticu
, as the German or Latin. The rule IL
Cosmolangue pronunciation has no e,
captions. There are only seven soune
in the entire language and they are a
ways the same"
DAVID WECHsLER.
Fond of Stories.