Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-03

wire fence. do the service performed by
hawks talons.
This is Dad enough, hat worse yet,
instead of destroying without delay the
mouse, insect or bird it intends to de-
YOUR, the butcher bird apparently likes
to collect enough for a full meal before
beginning re eat, and SO leaves its vie
tim TO suffer torturing death whia it
looks for another. Sometimes ii will
perch quietly by utterly indifferent to
the prolonged suffering that it is in
hlcting on the uufortunates it has Sc
cured. Occasionally, like a second
Nero. it will indulge in a little music
on such an occasion. l think you will
agree that bird that will cause a thorn
to pass through the vitals of a fellow
creature and unconcernedly MARBLE n
gentle little ditty during its dying
agonies fully deserves the sobriquet of
butcher"
But the butcher bind is not unique;
nature is full Of cruelty, and man is
not the least offender. 1t is not well
to examine too closely into the meth
DDS by which life is perpetuated lest
we encounter, evidence that incriminates
ourselves. We need not dwell ON this
dark side of existence. By peculiar
trick of the fancy we can shut our eyes
to the tragedy of the world and perceive
only the comedy, a most fortunate trait,
for otherwise we should be borne down
by the weight of sympathy. 1t is this
faculty that enables us to dance and Joke
and sing while fellow citizens are in the
thrOes of suffering and death. At the in
slant | write this, at the instant you
read it, thousands of our fellow-beings
are undergoing fortunes as severe as
those inflicted by the butcher bird upon
its victims, yet few minutes hence,
when this thought has passed. we shall
both perhaps be as light-hearted as
though the earth held nothing but seren.
ity and jOy.-Good Health
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ESperantists' World Convention
The Esperantists of the national CAPT,
tai and officers of the Esperanto ASsocia-
ton of North America are busily en-
gagged in preparations for the interna-
tional Esperanto convention TO be held in
Washington in August, 1910. 1t will be
the first international convention held in
the United States and every effort will be
eXerted to make it the largest and best
yet held. L. Q. Reed, secretary of the
American association, has moved his
headquarters from Chicago TO Washing
show power of work and high purpose"
ton and has offices in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce. The headquar-
tiers of Esperanto therefore, will be in
vention.
The Chamber of Commerce is taking
an active part in the preparation for the
convention, having invited Prof Arnold
Christen of Aberd Gen. Scotland, to come
here and push the Esperanto propagan-
ia. Prof. Christen has been for fifteen
years or more professor of modern lam
guages in the Scotch city. He is an
enthusiast on the subject of the univer-
sal language. He already has estab-
liShed himself i'll the national capital and
IS hard at work organizing classes, and,
his friends declare, will talk of nothing
hut Esperanto.
In order that the people may see Es-
pCranto in action, the local society is
arranging an entertainment in the new
language. Not word of English will
he spoken or sung and the programmes
and other printed matter will be in Els
perantO. Clubs or classes for the study
Of Esperanto are being formed all over
the city, and when the convention gath
ers next August it is expected that some
thousands of the best citizens Of Wash
ington will be able to follow the pro-
ceedings, all Of which, of course, will be
in Esperanto, In fact, there is a tacit
agreement that no official delegate TO
the convention from any country will
talk anything but Esperanto while here.
Esperanto clubs are being organized
those who will be in position to assist
the thousands of visitors to the conyen7
ton" said Prof. William j. Spillman Of
the department of agriculture, one of the
Esperanto boosters. For example, we
want a class for policemen. who ordnar-
lily are not regarded as linguists but
who can be of much assistance to visi-
tors if they can understand only lit
tie of the language. For the same rea-
son steps have been taken to start the
street car men in the study of Esper
anto. Glasses for store clerks are being
organized. and the physicians are not be-
ing overlooked In this way we intend
giving a practical demonstration Of what
Esperanto can do as a means of com
munication between all classes of citi-
zens of different countries"
Discussing Esperanto further, Spill
man said: "A man who has studied and
talked Esperanto for two or three years
can talk it better than he can any Other
language he has studied ten years. This
fact has been demonstrated. Another
advantage of the language is that Els
perantO is never spoken in br0gue,
Many persons have asked, How about
the brogue? There simply is none at
all. The reason is that every letter has
just one sound. Further than that, the
sounds are all International. A man
does not have to learn now to make the
sounds, but merely what they are. There
is much less difference between the Els
peranto spoken by Russian and a
Frenchman than between the English
spoken by educated people in England
and in the United States. Frank w.
Connor in Woman's National Daily.
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