The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-11
NEW LANGUAGE
DOOMED AGAIN
sPERANTO CONGRESS MEETS
SOON ~ WAsHlNoTOE-OELE-
GATES WORLDWIDE.

Washington, aug. 10-Nuns-icaliy.
TIE sixth international Esperaa-o Con
g.ezs 10 be held in this city Angus,
I4ra 10 %, promises to break al pre-
yious records.
Delegates vii ne here from all over
lie civilized world including 4 number
0: prominent educsto-s. scientists.
and l.nguis-s from diHe-en, sections
o. me United States.
Among the unique features planned
1or the convention are ne p-esen;a-
ton Of Snskespe4-e's AS You Like
L" on Wednesday evening. Angus, l..
and the delivery Of several sermons
on Sunday August u. in the neT
tongue.
Friends Of Esperanto say il has been
making progress in the United States.
II has been taken up BY scientists.
hnguis1s. teachers, public men and
commercial houses. At its last session
the Maryland legislature passed a law
permitting the study OF esperanto in
the public schools.
q Owing 10 the use Of the term, uni.
versal language. many have been
misled into the belief that it was in
tended 70 substitute esperanto for all
other languages. That this is erron-
eous will be emphasized at the con-
gress. Its author, DR.. L. L. Zamenhoff
OF Warsaw, Poland, will first in Eng
lish and then in esperanto tell what
ne had in mind when he prepared the
first text books and what associations
al over the world have been advocat-
ing since then. He will point out that
Esperanto is meant to be a language
TO be used in International peace con-
ferences between business men in diff
ferent countries and in all cases in
which a common language is lacking.
The teaching of the language in the
public schools of this country and
abroad will be the principal topic dur
ing the congress. 1t is believed by
The leaders that through the children
in the public schools success is to be
obtained. It is declared by the advo-
Gates Of the language that in the
study Of English and foreign tongues
the knowledge Of Esperanto will be
OF more value than Latin or Greek.
Missionary work TO this end will be
pi5nned.
mother thing that will be empha-
sized at the meeting is the use of the
language 20 bring nations and races
closer together It is pointed out by
Ivy Kellerman, Ph. D., author OF sey-
eral works on Esperanto. tnat It VIII
help 10 bind nations together and dis
pei the doubt with which races regard
each other She will deliver an ad-
dress along these lines, pointing out
the difficulty Of travel abroad under
old conditions and the case with the
use Of Esperanto by many foreigners.
While the congress will not be con-
yened until Sunday, an informal re-
ception and concert will be given Sat
urday night, August 13, at the Airing
ton hotel All the vocal exercises will
be in Esperanto.
On Sunday morning church services +
will be held in Episcopal and Catholic
churches. The Rev. James L. Smiley
OF Annapolis and the the Rev Paul
Hoffman Of Baltimore, will preach.
The sermons will be in the new ton
que. In the evening there will be
concert, the vocal parts being repeat
ed i'm Esperanto.
On Monday the finest business will
be conducted DR.. Zamenhof will de-
liver an address. after which the gov.
ernmental delegates will be present
ed.