Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-12 | Page 2 | Interesting Lecture on Esperanto Cause

INTERESTING LECTURE ON ESPERANTO CAUSE Arthur Baker, tho Chicago editor and lectip-er, before a largo audience In the Socialist reading rooms In the Commercial Commer-cial club building, presented tho cause of Esperanto. Friday evening. According Accord-ing to Mr. Baker. Esperanto Is nol advanced ad-vanced as a proposed universal language, but solely to serve in an auxiliary capacity capac-ity among people having no other common com-mon tonguo. By moans of a chart tho speaker Illustrated tho grammar of Esperanto, Es-peranto, which contains In all about fifteen fif-teen forms, but possesses great flexibility, flexibil-ity, and a system or prefixes and suffixes roducos to a minimum the amount of word material required. Spetiklng of tho progress which Esperanto Es-peranto has made. Air. Baker declared that about eighty periodicals are now printed In the language, while books In great numbers are available for the use of the student. The sneaker said that In International congresses it has been thoroughly demonstrated that tho language lan-guage Is spoken with hardly a Iraco of nationalism. Mr. i Baker described a spirited spir-ited debate in wnlch speakers of many nations took an Impromptu part. "Never," "Nev-er," said he, "have I heard opinions more clearly expressed In moro vigorous or expressive language." Tho lecturo was highly interesting, and throughout his discourse Mr. I3akcr had tho undivided attention of his audience, rlio next meeting of tho Salt Lake Esperanto Es-peranto group will bo held In room 232, Commercial club building, Thursday evening. February 37. A 'cordial Invitation Invita-tion Is oxtendod to all thoso who are desirous de-sirous of Joining the class. Instruction Is free.