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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY, MAY 20, 1963 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . Let's talk today about an Englishman who thinks there ought to be a WORLD lang uage. His name is William L. Simpkins, and he lives In ' Berkshire County, In England. He Is a retired banker, and back in 1950 he decided to roam the world. He' has visited 40 different countries since then and has had many interesting exper iences and has met many in teresting people. And, he says, he has enjoyed every minute of the time. But He adds There Is one complaint. Trotting around over the world, one finds so many peo ple one can't talk to. Why can't we adopt a UNIVERSAL language like ESPERANTO, so that we could all converse together wherever we travel?" WELL, everybody to his own likes. Mr. SimDkins likes Esperanto. And it would be wonderful in these days if there were a world language. But Approximately 270 million people already speak the Eng lish language, according to the best estimates. More peo ple speak English than any other language except Chi nese, which is too complicated to become a world language. French probably comes next after English possibly as many people in the world speak French as English. And there are only a FEW Esperantists. Common sense tells us we'd better stick to English and French as a means of getting understood over the world. MR. Simpkins himself is an Eperantist, and wherever he goes, he says, he spreads the message of Esperanto and hands out leaflets from Esper anto national headquarters in Meadville, Pa. "Foreign- languages are very difficult to learn for the average English-speaking per son," he said to a reporter in Portland the other day. "But not so Esperanto. I learned it fluently in six months. , There's a Harvard student Who learned It in three ' weeks.'! ESPERANTO, he told his Portland interviewer, is perfectly phonetic each let. ter has a single invariable S sound. Accent is always on the next-to-last s yl 1 a b 1 e. The . grammar has but 16 simple rules, with no exceptions. Words are .self-identifying: i nouns end. in "o", adjectives in "a" and adverbs in "e". He added that although 60 per cent of Esperanto's "roots" come from Latin, Esperanto is - much easier to learn than Latin. gave some ex- HE then amnles. "Bongan tagon," he said to the reporter, and added: "cu vi . volas renkantl Britan mondvogaganton," . and then ; translated: "Good morning, do you want to meet an English traveler?" Then he gave another ex ample: "Mi havas 69 jarojin meaning "I am 69 years old." He added: "Esperanto - mi satas" I like Esperanto. Maybe that's easier to trans. late than Latin, or German, or French. He evidently thinks so. But, looking at the stuff in print, one can't help wonder lng. " A LL you have to do," he " said, "to get in touch 1 with fellow Esperantists is to look in the phone book for the local Esperanto' organization, and when you find an Esper antists you're happy. But, once you leave him your lan guage troubles bob up again." . To identify himself as an Esperantist, Mr. Simpkins wears an identifiyng trian. gular-shaped lapel pin. To an other Esperantists, that means:"You can talk to me and I can talk to you. Varicose Veins Are Common After Age 40 Chicago -(UPD- After the age of 40, one of every two women and one of four men will develop varicose veins of the legs, reports Dr. Noah D. Fabricant, of Chicago. Pregnancy and heredity seem to be predisposing fac tors in women, and heredity in men. Varicose veins are enlarged blood vessels just under the skin that have lost their elasticity and no long er function properly. FAST EATERS Cambridge, England tUPD Waiters at Clare college, Cam bridge, have been told to slow down serving dinner so students do not rush out to watch television in the eve ning. "It reached a state where undergraduates were bolting a three course meal in 15 minutes," William Black, an acting tutor, said Sunday. County Youths To Attend Seminar Five Jackson county boys are registered so far among the high school students who will participate in an engi neering career seminar being sponsored June 12 in Portland by Pacific Power and Light company. Those registered for - the Junior Engineers and Scien tists Summer Institute at Ore gon State university June 9 to 22 are Robert R. Bruce, Central Point; Don McKen sie, Medford; Fred Swingle, Phoenix, Craig Williams, Medford, and Terry Moozer, Central Point. "The seminar provides an opportunity for the boys at tending the institute to ob serve PP&L engineers at work and to discuss engineer ing career prospects with men actually engaged in vari ous fields of the profession," a PP&L official said. PP&L President D. R. Mc Clung and E. R. de Luccia, PP&L vice president and chief engineer, and other officials of the electric utility com pany are to speak on the need for more young men with sci ence and mathematics apti tudes to pursue full courses of study leading to useful ca reers in industry, it was explained. ft Hash is Waif ing-M7 MISS THISCHMf -huEouHbe the big Winner UPERMARECET SWEEPSTAKES i.' It J U T'JJIJI'JIUI I: -I 1 PICK UP THIS FREE CARD AT OUR STORE TODAY GARDEN SURPRISE Rosemoad, Calif. - (UPI) -Mrs. Alice Perez was pulling weeds in her yard Sunday when a passerby asked if she were aware she was growing marijuana plants. The sur prised 36-year-old housewife, who had moved into the home last month, immediately call ed sheriff's deputies. They found and destroyed more than 20 marijuana plants, some as high as three feet. Mrs. Perez was not held. Try and Stop Me : By BENNETT CERF ALONE DINER at an airport restaurant was handed a check for three dollars and ninety cents, and gave the waiter a five-dollar bill. The waiter put a dollar and a dime on the silver tray. The diner wrestled with the problem, then frown ed angrily and stuffed the dollar bill into his pocket. To his surprise, the waiter grinned broad ly. "That's quite all right, sir," he said. "I just gambled and lost." A bold wag in Moscow dared tell about a big bruiser who attended his first track meet, and dis covered that one of the fea tured events was the ham- mcr throw. He climbed down from the stadium, doffed his coat, seized a hammer and threw it further than a hammer ever had been thrown before. When the track officials rushed up to congratulate him, the big man said modestly, "You haven't aeen. anything yet. Let m ahow you how far I throw the sickle!" - "In these days of status symbolism," observed Pat Wcmer, "an American man anxious to command respect in his community should boast one wife, two cars, three children, four pets, five suits, six acres, seven credit cards and be lucky if he has eight cents in his pocket." O 196, by Bennett Cerf. Dlilrlbiited bjr Kins Feiture Syndics! TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS THRU THE YEARS The. R. A. Holmes Agency, sold to Lowell A. Iverson, has been merged with MEDFORD IN SURANCE AGENCY, "The Insurance Center" at 25 West Main Street. Mr. Iverson is associated with Mr. Insurance Fred R. Brennan In the enlarged agency. Mr. Brennan will lend every assistance to Mr. Iverson in bringing your coverage up to date, and packaging coverages for you in the most economical manner. Mr. Iverson and Mr. Brennan will spend your premium dollar as if it was their own. 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