The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-29
An Ia.c,eStial Interview.

io- th.: past week was Mr.. Virgil {.
Di5.l,'. .ir.. OF Cha,lcsto who went &c
C!.a.iuOua, New York, IL August Il
r, present the State Superintendent. o!
Education at the second American k->-
peraa,o Congress Mr.. Dibb!c Is IN o:'
ticcr O! the association and i >trun.,: be-
liver in the possibilities and inture "'
this auxiliary !nterua:lona! !angua.e.
ansl ;alkcd interestingly abou; |. 20 The
editor OF TIE TINES.
First of all" said Nc. Dibb!e. Is.
p..rauio is no; :. scheme for a5oi,StIinr
Rational ..nu uasc>. hut Only I second
lauSua.e FOR people IN all c"u"t'lrS "a
u>e. iur all dealings with p-.op!t' "i ONE:
coaa;ric>. or FOR subjects q: inte:it,lUa.
4! .i.:.rcSI. Where did the .in2uaGe
80, ir> na,nc: M. Dibb.e was asked.
L'nc ua:ue Esperanto w.l> gwen Ia the
!:,ns suaSc by the public. DR.. l.. l. lam
I enhotT. polish physician iuven,ed the
language. and published his first book
uuder the name "lnternational l-auS2,
age. by Ds'. E>pcrauta.s Now The worc
I .ESp.ranco i = word from :he ,auyu-
age and :ncauS 'One Hoping or "A
Hoper. and the pablo Se!Zed upon the
pSendonym o: The doctor. a. i name for
the language Esperanto Is therefore TIE
Language o! Hope.
is Esperanto entirely artificial:
was the neNt question.
No, 4, all The grammar is >lriplv
:he fundamentals o; the grammar ot CIV
| iiizec tongues. with i-regulari;ic. it'o'-
iShed. There are sixteen rules o; gram
| mar. with no exceptions. Ia the SANE
wav the roots 10 the vocabulary are: -
! lecteG Us far as possible according 10 IN
/ ,eraa,ina.litv. Beginning with such
words - telegraph. telephone. c,.:..
which are found in r.! languages. othe:
roots were selected from fno>, OF IN"
/ languages, or from TWO or three accord
| ipo 10 the circumstances. The result is
that the ordinary person knows already
the meaning OF the great majority OF
the roots
Blu: are DOT those rules OF grammar
difficult
/ "On the contrary ;hcy are very sim
Pile Every noun ends in O adjective 10
q, derived adverb ia e. Nouns and ad-
! jectives have an accusation in =. and
! plural in pronounced y Tne.e Is DO
| gender. 90 person. no number. No >ua-
| iec,ive mood, and no ir. eGulari:v.
What about pronuociailon:
Easy, very easy. Any one eau ieara
it perfectly without teacher, because
the spelling is phonetic and the pronun.
ciatioc regular.
! Can you give specimen OF the Ian
/ euage:
Certainly: Esperanto eStas leusvo
simpla aeksebla. belsona. we're inter
nacia en- siaj elemencoi kaj proponaS !!
; Ia monde civ!liZira IL sole veran So.von
de liasvo in,ernacia.' Esperanto IS q
simple, flexible, eupEoniouS language.
truly iu.crua;!oaa! in lis elements. and
| /. cfTerS TO the civilized world the only
true solution OF an international! !anSu-
age.
SIS Esperanto progressing in the
! worlG:''
Very rapidly since 1905. when the
first International Esperanto Congress
was held. Some thirty nal!onaiit!es
were represented 1t this congress. aud
Esperanto IS spoken medium was
thoroughly tested. Since then four other
annual universal congresses have been
! held. each ! greater success than the
preceding one The last OF the series
was IL kvina THE Fifth which COO.
cluded is sessions in Blrc";ona %
September II Of thi, year. Tne aeN.
| Universal Congress meets 10 Washing
,op, next August.
..Ic the world there are DOW i.S00 Es-
perau:o societies, aad . good estimate
o! the total number OF ESperantists IS
about one million.
Has any Official recognition been ac-
corded Esperanto" MIR. Dibble WAS
asked.
Several Governments have sen, oil!-
| cial representatives 20 the ESperaota
/ Congresses. Last year Uncle Sam sent
! Que representative. this year TWO. The
King OF Spain WAS Honorary President
OF the Congress JUS: ended. The Japan
ese government is especially friend!v.
Then. too, Esperanto i 'he ottici:i!
language OF the European Christian En-
deavor, the International Dentists AS
sociatiou. The International Good Tenn
| plarS, and other organizations. The Ia
! teruasional Medical Association accovd>
/ it equal rank with nat!ona: tongues. II
! is used also in the Intern2tionai Red
Cross.
..Bu: the mos, i'm por;ane official sane
,ion heretofore won was the formal dec
llaration OF the First Pan-Amer!can
Scientific Congress, held 10 Chile in
January, tina, Esperanto is worthy "f
place in the schools os the American Ma
tons. and that the CongreSS wished the
| United States 20 cali on Interna:iona!
Scientific Convention TO adopt II official
ly."
rs there any Esperanto organization
iu America"
The Esperanto Association OF North
America, OF which DR.. D. 0. S. Lowell,
headmaS.er Hoxbury Latin School. is
President, one Of the councillors OF this
association is President Charles z.
Thwios. o: Western Reserve Uairer-
si,y. an educator who ranks with En-
P-eSiden, Elio, OF Harvard.
The National Headquarters IS IN
Washington Chamber OF Commerce.
The South Carolina headquarters are
y. ". c. a., building Charleston. Any
headquarters is glad TO answer Ques-
tions The Sixth International Congress
comes TO Washington on the invitation
of the Washington Chamber OF Com
nerce, which has promised maternal
assistance for making it the creates:
success Of all.
Esperanto is so easy tha, an ordinary
person can master I, with oGe-dfth the
study any other language requires. Once
mastered the language affords touch
with the whole world through post
cards, seveuty-dre Esperanto maga-
zines, and large and increasing lltera-
rure- L well repays any one 70. the
trouble OF learning it,
Mr.. Dibble expressed the hope that
same O; the people OF Manning, which
shows such evidences OF progress in =
splendid court house and school. will
soon learn the language. Learn Esper-
aato. said he, ''and the whole world be-
comes your neighbor.''
Look at the Picture.
\ picture showing the Hal: Moon.
the boa, which Henry Hudson used 10
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