Show TRIUMPH OF ENGLISH TONGUE an english speaking nation has grown up on the west nest side bide of the atlantic which has done and Is doing more than the parent country to give the tongue a world vogue two thirds 0 the people who speak english live in the united states the industrial and commercial conquests which tills this country la Is gaining tell in lavor favor of its peoples tongue A century ago french spanish and german vere w ere tar far ahead of english in the number of persons who used them as a vehicle of speech but in the lapse of time english has passed all of them and Is spoken by more people today to day than Is any other civilized tongue st J louis juls Globe Democrat |