The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-08
UNDERTAKE A
NOVEL STUDY
Salt Lake Club to investigate
Esperanto, the Universal
Language.
FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
JUST NOW 1T is ALL THE RAGE
AMONG LiNouIsTs.
INTERNATIONAL USE

odit Lake Is TO have a class in the
STUDY, OF Esperanto. the proposed uni
Nefsai ian2uage whose advocates are
claiming SO much for it's practica bility
ana adaptability all over the world The
Monoay Night club which has been TAX
ing miscellaneous studies for some time
past. has taken step. under the direc-
eion or Professor George c. Wise, pro-
iessor OF languages at the University of
e Usan' toward. beginning the study. Here
AFTER part of each meeting will be de-
voted to the study and practice of the
language, and IL half that it's advocates
cialm Tor 1t is true il will take only a
lew weeks to become proficient in 1t.
esperanto is all the rage just now with
hhSulStS aud students of ethnoIOgy the
world over. 1t is indeed 10 the world
over that it applies, for it, like the dead
and gone Volapuk. is designed to become
d medium of communication between the
e1ucated peoples of various tongues. In
basic principles from which the leading
languages of the earth are derived, and
Is easy TO learn and TO spell, while Vola-
puk presented difficulties in both ways.
Perhaps no movement among scholars
has had more impetus and genuine en-
ttusiasm to back it than has this -E.s-
called a fad AS early as 1887, it is true
the movement was begun by the eminent
linguist, DR.. Zamenhof a Russian ply
stefan, who named it Esperanto. but it
Is only within the past year or so that
1t has been taken up by scholars and
men of letters as being so eminently prac-
teal and SO well adapted for the pur-
poses for which it is designed. splen-
did article giving a brieI history of the
movement and also giving the main
points OF the proposed manufacture Gf
such word may be used in connection
with language) appeared last January
in the Atlantic Monthly, written by A.
SchinZ. who claims that he is not an
ESperantist but only a student. He sets
by the Esperantists far as lack of
means and the overcoming of the preju-
dice created by the failure of Volapuk
The former was overcome by a few en-
thusiastS in Germany, France and Eng
land, notably w. II. Stead, who gave the
movement hearty support. But the names
connected with the success are nu-
merOus now as to prove of themselves
that there is no more uncertainty as to
the outcome.
Students Converse in 1t.
The congress of Boulogne. held in Au-
euist of 1865 was the first and at the
same time the most convincing proof of
the real value of the language. Needless
to say this conference was composed Of
students Of the language Schinz says in
speaking of this:
Twelve hundred delegates. from TWEEN
ty-two different countries, had gathered
and while it was possible to tell the peo-
pie of the various nationalitieS by their
accent, there was no trouble in under
standing every one present. AS it was
expressed by one of the witnesses of
these interesting scenes: For Oratory, for
poetry. for disputation, for music, for
merriment. for filtration. Esperanto was
put 10 the proof, and found not to be
wanting.
For a whole week speeches were made
by representatives of the twenty-five ma
items; all their discussions were con-
d. eted in Esperanto In the evening thi they
formed Moliere's Marriage Force"
The characters were taken by seven coun-
tries. OF the ladies, one was Italian. one
was Russian and one was a Swede; the
men were English. Belgian, Norwegian
and French"
Again he says: .'The general principle
upon which DR.. Zamenhof has worked
is this: To eliminate all that is acciden-
tai in our national language and to keep
that which is common to all. In conse-
quence, strictly speaking, he invents
nothing; he builds entirely with material
which has been in existence Tor long
while
Try TO Read This.
After giving a brief description Of the
leading sounds and the principles which
govern he concludes with the statement
that even with cursory study one may
read a paragraph in the new language,
and gives the following:
La internacia linguo Esperanto estas
facile lernebla, &C de la personoj nemuIe
instr itai IJnu horo suficas generate por
lerni la tutan gramatikon, kelkaj tagoj
por legi, kelkaj sernajnOj por skribi. Es-
peranto estas efektive tire stmpla, flek-
sebla, borsona kaj we're internacia per
da radAoj oni pcvas fari tire grandan
nombron da vortoj dank al la praktika
sstemO de prefiksoj kaJ sufiksot. Flu
ci linguo ne havas Ia lntencon maifort1gl
Ia lingtion naturan de la popolO. CT
devos servi por la rilatoi internaciaj kaj
por tiui verkoj kiuj interests Ia tutan
mondon Esperanto helpos la sciencojn,
la komercor, kaj la vojagoJn.
Translation.
The international language Esperanto
is easily learnable. even by toD people
not much educated. One hour suffices
generally to (for) learn the whole gram
mar some (French quelques) days to
read. some weeks to write. Esperanto is
effectively very simple. flexible, we'll
sounding and very international by its
quantity of radicals. one can make (a)
very great number of words, thanks to
the practical system of prefixes and suf-
fixes This language has not the inten-
ton to weaken the natural language of
any people. 1t must serve for the inter-
national relations, and for all the works
which interest the whole world. Esper-
anto helps the sciences, commerce and
Journeys.
In the current number OF Harper
Weekly appears another article called
1.-The Strength of Esperanto, written by
George MacCloskie. LII d.. D. Sc, of
Princeton university. He commends the
movement and says:
THE surprising thing is that the new
language is already beyond the probation
stage even in nations which have not been
rrejudiced in its favor. The British ES-
perantist of, August reported al length
the examinations for senior commercial
certificates in Esperanto. appointed and
subsidized by the London chamber OF
commerce. This means business.
America Is Backward.
Text books on Esperanto are now pub
fished in several languages. but. accord