Putnam patriot., 1908-07-03
THE PUTNAM PATRiOI July , 1908
An EdacsfionsI Pssfime.
Esperanto the Hope of The World.


 There has long teen desire to have one language for all peoples. More ge- neral interest has been manifested iE recent years To bring this about, and es- pecisliy k this SO at fhe present hour. At recent meeting Of aH Esperanto society at PiitsbUrg, its president said there were already one million students Of the language there were 7isl. .tsj1 To cietles with 7o newspapers, mostly in Europe. -oue of he most eminent educators favor the cultivation Of Es- peranto. Andrew Carnegie is an en. ihnsiastic student. A. aIso The Director of tie Carnegie Technical Institute and also Chancellor Mccormick Of the Western University of Penh-5 aiiia.
 The advantages Of Esperanto are thus given by an expert authority:
 1. it is not dead but living Ian gmage. containing all the elements oi life and growth.
 z More motives for learning II than for any other language. By II you may correspond not merely win one foreign nation but with the educated in all laDds. Already. if you can write good Esperanto. correspondence circles in ali lands are open 10 you. Important periodicals and publications of inter national interest are now painted in Esperanto.
 ;. II is the easiest language on earth to learn. Tn large convention man NJ years of age made his first address in Esperanto. The reason of It's being so easily learned is in the wondFous simplicity of its grammatical eonstruc- ton. There are no exceptions To gene raj rules, no silent letters, and never only one sound for one letter, and the accent K always on next te the last syllable.
 1. II has in 1t many inherent pro pagating forces.
 ]. 4 universal language meets q worlds need.
 6. IL k attractive. You can scarcely help being interested if once you be ,in to learn if.
 :. It's marvellous success i'll 50 short an existence. The third annual world $ congress mel last August with ,sD de- legates. Eight hundred of the dele gates from thirty different nations dined together daily. No other Ian guaRe ~as Used during the convention. Mofe than 5,a9B,9W people are already interested in il and are well organized. About 556 societies are organized to pro paeate the new language. Many hun dreds uf circles are formed Tn this eOun- try to study II, and all under ena in- slfaetaf 1T course oi lessons tn the triS- tiau iiefaid. II k ,oeasY ta ieHru that no teacher is necessary. Aita the teNt book, reader and vocabulary ene can easily leafu il without any further aid and the whole outfit costs anfy seventy cents
 No less than four important interna- tiOnal reviews are now published in Esperanto, besides many periodicals md othef publications of Il more na- tional and local character. Ii k taught in nnuN public schools in several eoun- tries ia Europe
 Finally, l cannot imagine any possi- hle strong hindfance 10 ils growth.
 There K no reason why Putnam may not have a Circle for the study of t.s- pefanto. IL k no doubt lo become the language of polite society as was Latin at one timet and later French, which is medication of Latin, as k Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. IL would af- ford pleasure Of lasting effect because il would he T useful acquisition, and it's study would leave no feeling of was ted time. \ small entrance lee Ia the Circle could be used as prizes for great est proficiency, during tic season, of of individuals CT divisions. BY agitat- 25 might he formed iay October, te con tinue through the winter months, meet ing one night week.