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English As A World Language Every now and then somebody suggests that *veryone should learn Esperanto or some other synthetic internationali< anguiage, o ail could understand one an- *ther. Well, they are too late. Ahinternational language al- ready exlsts, understood in some degre.& by 600,000,000 people on il continents. It is thQ English laniguage. Two years ago this corres- pondent rermarked, in a columnr, that in interviewing fine na- tional leaders in ninie nations of Asia and Africa, seven of the lin- ter-views were conducted in Eng- lish. Yes, Messrs. Nasser, Su- karno, Nehru, Kishi,. Nkcrumah, Abdul Rahmnan, U Nu, Beri- Gurion, ail converse ably in En- lish. Now scholarly Lincoln Bar- nett, writing in Lif e magazine, reminds us how far and fast English has spread in our own lifetimre. The Soviets and Chi- nese even use English in their best broadcasts to the Far East end Africa, The Bandung con- ference of neutrals waRs conduct- cd in Englishi. 1 knew of an la- raeli conference oh Afro - Asian experts con co-operatives which liad to be held in Englishi. That was the one language everybody - or almost everybody - uin- derstooDd, English is the language used by international pilots and air- port control towers in al parts of the worid. It also is used by airline stewardesses more often than any other because most tourists know somne English - aç,nd because some Americans doc flot know any other language. It has surpassed French as the No. 1 language of international diplomacy. In Poland people would as rgoon stuçly English as Germian or 1Russian, býecause it offers the best "ýwindow on the West." In Indo- nesia when the inhabitants said goodbye to thre Dut-ch - and their anguage - they- welcomed the E n glis h language into their 3chools. Wheni Prime Minister Jaw,ýaharlal Nehru met the Dalai Lamna hleeing frorn Tibet, they conversed in English. Why this tecent wartime and postwar sprcad of Englisli? For on. thing, lt had a kind of head mtart. The British had carried Efiglisir with them through ail> 1Iheir vast colonial emrpire - f ndia, Burma, Nigeria, Egypt, andj Malaya, Then, to'b, tire Eng- lish were great traders and used their own language in comnmer- elai transactions. And of course, '*nce a language geta going and ý# widely accepted, others want to learn it to be in on the con- 'They're love birde, you knoW, so Il'ai vlng them sonne prlvacy." versation, so to speak, wri tcs William H. Stringer Ln the Chris- tian Science Mornitor. Eniglish l3aaan espccially vital language (maybe because Amen- cana speak it). Anyway its words have pentrated ail sort of for- eigni tongues, from. belabol iii Russia, to le jazz in French. In Mosc-ow this correspondent no- ted a street-corner sign, evident- ly for pedestrians, whlch lit up at intervals. It rcad,, in Russian, OTOIL. îWhat,'.' 1 asked mj ln- tourist guide, "doos that say?" .It's the English word 'stop,"'" she replied. "And if imeans stop." Learn a cea]ral. cor. of 1,000 words and this filîs ail tire basic needs of conversation. At leasf, so forcign soldiers study'ing in thre United States have disov- cred. Leave out most oh the verlis and a person sf111 can make hiwm7eîf underistood. Some pensons have been de- ceived into thinking that one fac- tor lu the spread of Englishir l its aýlleged simplicityv. This la, however, w<rong on two grounds. Tire firsf la thaf opportuuitY and availability are far more impor- tant factors 'In thec spread oh ian- guage,, The second point is that Eng- iish speech, har from being simn- ple, la one ohftire Most compli- cated tongues oh the adlvan.ced modern world. Truc, if is une oh the easiesf oh languages to lie- gin speaking. But if la one ohftire hardest to1 speak well. Beaide if, French and Germarn are imodela oh ease, older, and logicality. The United States irelps along this swing tIo E ng 1 ai . The United States Informiation. Serv-ý ice lias 389 cultural centers in some 80 countries, aud in moat oh them are Eriglish - languagc libraries- and courses in English to bce had for flic asking. Duces ail oh thia data give an Amnerican a mellow feeling? He got in on tire ground floor - knew the language h rom iufancy. Oflier languages, bowever, have their great roles- Frenchi, a Mark oh culture anywhere; Rus- alan, in whici many scientific treatises are pubiished, and se, on and on. But it la also signihcaut that Englisli las been tire language vehicie for expressing anme of~ mankind's Most; spiritual con- cepts, begînnlng with that grand masterlpiece, tire King JamQgs Version ohftir. Bible. Modern Etiquette Ily Anne Ashley Q. l it correct to have one's monogram engraved ounfthe en- velope of social stationery? A. No; tire monogramr should be engraved only on) the note- paper-itseif. Q.When a visitor brings candy to a patient * it the hospital, should the candy be ofhered about? A. Yes; and the nurse should be iincluded, too, if she la ps-e- Q. What sort of wcdding glft dots, a bri-degrooni give bis bride? A. Anythin g personal and lasting la suitable. Jewelry is perapa fliemost usual, but tirere's noting wrong wliti a g o-o d andbag, os- a travelling bag. And, cf course, there are mainy couples wvho forego bride- and-groom pr e se n taentîrely, and invest their muoney instead in some neçessary articles for tireir home. GLASS BALLET - Sketch of this octagon-shaiped building shows the fuLturie home u1 England's Ramrber-t Blet. it will be ai becon,, of light 0f night in Lundon. WiIl seat 1,100. thle-corning season, My address - stili thre samne. The date - of that l' n fot sure, ey<cept thnt it's near thre end of Mardi. The day -- Sunday. And the time - six4thlrty A.M. In the hospital the activities oh tire2 day are just beginining.. In somne rooms patients are talking back .and horth'to each other; in other i1urses are plung-ing thter- mometers into the niouths oh sleeping patients. Outside the su-n is shinÈing; birds arc flitt1ing to amid fr0 -- apparently '"G-o's in his H-eaven - ai's righit with the wr." If only it were so. Uniortunately wve know itisn't. 1 iraven't reatd a newspaper in over tliree weeks -- can't concentrate - but 1 have my radio and man- three times a day - that is, with interruptions. Being in hospitai? isn't like it uaed to be years ago. Patients now are encouraged to bc up and arounid as much as possible. So we wander up and dowon tic hiall at wi111 and vïsit in each other's rooma. ,lt breakr thie monotony but it also nakesa it impossible for a person tuoo- centrate on raadinig, %vitiiM4 or even thinking. There are a-1so other interruptions. Lunch and supper trays -- very welcomne, of course - btrt su often just as the lunch. tray arrives, se does the - _Wr - - I- ften- wonder whern the doctrs eý at -- afternoon tea nearly alwvays coincides with vis- itQrs. Breakfast is any fav'oi.artc nteal oh the dayv, at home or in. hospital. 1 just long for mny toast and coffee. My, but there's a lot tco sec a'ndi learn in a irospital. The patients that corne and go, their charauc- teristics, appealing or otherwise. They are alli]interes;tin. When 1 go cown for X-ray i amn some- times left for awhile in the corri- dor. But I don't stay theürc. I trunidie my chair around and take a keek at tire eniergency wmard; tire laundryv; thelao- tory and tire adminttîng office. -I want to know as mucir as1 can, inside and out. And whiy not? After ail, about four doo'tors3 and six nurses want to know, ME ifli' side and out! Surely whaict la sauce, for the goose la al1so sauce for t'he gander. And the things dojecurs saUy..- The other day 1 was On the opePrating table, moe or leunder thie influence oh a seatvè bt'tii vry uci aliv'- and alert. Sudcienly I start- (-dc to chuckle - thaý.t was as- mucli as I coufld mnalage. 1 couldn't "shaýke" w-ith laughter bcauýLse 1 wa.s strappedi down byý - my hands and foot. But I di'd mari age to chuckle, aud tiswas why ' v suddenly rmy surgeon saidý: "Now, Myrs, Clar-ke, sfiut your miouti!-" He mieant it liteir- ally but maybe he was glad of an, e Ius o say it. Wetll, 1 have Just gut througir ltallking to Partner. He says i doni't soon get home he'll be a Pa- tient in irospital himself! Appa- rently ire has been qflite busy - washinig a ndr waxing fluors, cleaning windows and tidying up tire front porcir - also baby-sit- lssUE 15'- 196Z tin,,. 1 asked if Taffy and Dilltoi seerp tf0 miss nme and ire aaid Taffy gues running into my lied- roomr fisst thing eveny mnorning to sec if I arn there. Ditto iras started lier aprnutimc habits- waPntr tu sleep ail day and stay o ut ail nigif. That we don't ai- Io-\w but occýasionally Partner gues 'Vo bcd andi then gets up in the middle ohftire night to) let lier in. 1 am sure that pleases hïm im- mensel y. Ille other day ire.vent grocecry shopping at Cloverdale Mai1 and almuact got himacîlf 1ost. Shopping is ure thing Partraer isn't used to but 1 guesa ire wanted to doif i luat tf0 show that lie could. When I get lenme we-'l irbe fîfghfing, &bout wlot do what. lUiy room-mate sud I lïiened tu. the hockey last niiglit - ta tiat last bïg tussle befween tire Leafs suad Detroit Thank gooýd- ness 1 shall be humec to watch the pla-of fs on TV- Aften three ,weeks' w-ithout if 1 know now- hc>w T!ot Parýtnes- and 1IwouiM be wtt bout ït - 'even tirough çwe Sometimes disagret l, urn hoice oh pra-grsmis. - Iomrver, hfor a lit- lit 'while - Iet twhen Parfuer bas lis 'wester-xts"' 1can go ta' my des, snd get a f ew "thank-you"' carsdranCi? ettons written. And Sle '--iOgs S Snce rdspoetta a M'as Za doCUlmen1tây tIf(i , u îae in anl Eskýimoillgetrimfe- up in hall Untilftcheakupas sýpring, sdsilice I1 rce a haim, I soun bLegaqn tolaretire respect and warmlli , rgud for tic Eski mosIhld jby my 1a wv;bUS- b)and. I faitthe an ! hcac lie j.ddwhen the irieaiaeto leave Uaakctanid AasaLoi lecture tours witir tire 1uaavie A.nd the same cgernas ii r- turu Vo Alaska- affer Lcarhtsaoi ended. for morefilig or wrîting, more antc.saito search, eut a location for a iloiire We fouund wi-Lat vwewr o- ing for in thre Matanusira ,VaLIIVy. Here, to , ivaa stirem.stap- paigscenery l iln AJaska We Selecte tLirLe view wc iý,iked the Dest, c-ntýcred itiapcte .,indoiw and built a iog c>a(ýblis 1arouud tire wincw. Tiire fact thitit happenedi ta b(2ire th e laeart oftre thousasd àacres oh boresf wa surplus good(1 fortune, as waýs tire tact that if oveiookcd a Perfect binue lake. There was sf111l anotheirla- dent thaft iippeda oui: fortunes, from merely good to itf o traio ay Whl4e looking for our hnire- site,. we had biogged dovmi ot, an uinfrequented narruw lane. Wec hadi irhiked Vu the nLiearcatarmr for lhelp, and hadi coure away' not only with a fairner on. a. rco but witlr a haian'somne'whlite sied'- dug puppyv. Neithen Fred nir 1 adI a'ko ,we wanfed a dog vmfil w-e aaw titis une leap)irg straigfrtt into tire air Pand liowhirrg togo. -lvi ius?. Suddeniy w-e lrad wondered' what tie hun w-as, I'i'virrg inr a ent «whidi we were doing while building our hmue)' withouta We, called th,- puppy Seeg-oo because fiat iwas flic Eskimoi Iword' for ice andf December irsft -a ir of ice - was h-la birtli- Ilie cabiii was hlnishedi as wain- t er set iran' wc- took posssioi. iAnd Seegan? lNe took pos,,-sesior of fie iigh r idge upon whidi, the'-cabinsast, for ire was now a gaIgip'g adolescenit wthlier- i bIcdeas ofprotecVirxg isris aster and misfreas from itire, porcupineâ arrdannocunci h il'oul' elear barifs wfreti uoose- and' iear weru about, su iris master and'?mistresa could' prof cct 1Inn if tley wantee' r RHEINTEINCASTIE, near Bingen Rhire; Narrow,,,s affurd xeletviejv of G2rmcin' roantic Rhine region. Photo ý3cOurte3ýy ut LUFTHA'M M IIAN IRLNSi When lhis; instcr aidimis >aud !,etbeli i eIlL t iaayfui leau-1s re t unrd-,i Seegoo w'asý gent1c. Frcrnm lSsrras;ila mntti]iy afferctïirn, ror- idl heu- piasure li i2fgiftirgls aOwni kind. Wene heu. atiacked'. lie could fîght ,butt narostiy lhappy try-in'g to plèasc - botsr humant an'd'dbgs. s2egro Vwa ad'aptpble. Wïîen tlî'e' lcture fluns aine around', fro wou'ld walk ass- as mulI a1oi5aos if su wuere ffn tireC nwca.rIp ted tlibor of' a sprulie forest. & iF eaedou tele Yisi 0ni and on thr ' lec t urI- Platforrr a'nd' insteaýd of lLUtIerîm- frrg so}elie- - ptdil4e du IffationII of Ihia ad vuc it1h, kindly dgiy.InFne iiminiihe wmild' hftotal as any'miles of" traveT by a ut o as- otbr sl -d- on tralT-F'rIv I hein, oi of'm tI Ylc1fufalamute: Tie St'rut o a AIaskan inzr,' - ra M clietanz.