Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 4 | Mrs. Roosevelt's New Studies Hint Further Trips Abroad

Mrs Roosevelt's s New Studies Hint Further Trips Abroad I WASHINGTON March 5 UP UP Mrs Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt is starting a course of Spanish lessons and now the question is isIs isis isis is Is the first lady preparing for another Roosevelt Jaunt abroad Mrs Roosevelt walked Into the Berlitz School of Languages the other day and signed up for hours of Spanish Later she arranged a conference with Vice President Henry A. A Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace who who is quite a Spanish speaker and who is going to tomake tomake tomake make a tour of Latin America next month Because of ot her Interest in Latin America it might be that Mrs Roosevelt is considering going with the Wallace party to Latin America as a will good visitor She wouldn't have time for all her Spanish lessons before before before be be- fore that however and a later trip seems more likely For several years she has expressed expressed ex expressed ex- ex pressed deep interest in countries countries countries coun coun- tries south of the border She visited briefly in Nuevo Laredo Mexico in 1940 In 1934 on a ad d trip to Puerto Rico she stopped of off in the Dominican Republic Cuba and Haiti Mrs rs Roosevelt can read Spanish Span Span- lab ish and can understand it fairly well when it Is slowly spoken although she has never taken formal instruction in the lan ban guage She has an extensive knowledge of French and reads some Italian so Spanish was an easy language for her to read I