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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7451, 26 October 1889, Page 3

Tub tt UmvmLi n la^aqb.«-.»!%* votaries of Volajriifc, the naw *• ___ive__a_F" language, have terminated their congß«w by a banquet of about fifty cover-, whicli was held at the Grand Yefour in Pa___. The meats and drinks ware far more interesting than the speeches, and it was mors agreeable work to discuss the** S'ajtr\paaayin," which is Volapiik for champagae than" the merits asd capability. oT the unintelligible jargon which a few Interna' tional faddists propose to substitute forth* UvingLMguage-of Europe. Oneof the moa« aatoundiag of the apostles of the new tongue is undoubtedly a Buesian ex*»hdarme, who at the beginning of the banquet recited a lengthened edition of the Lordrs Prayer in Volapuk, and after the dessert began to read out, in the saw* linguistic medley, an unendirjgtreatise on the "Benefits of VolapQk." The vamopi orators—each of whom pronounced VolapQli in his own national manner I—-were1 —-were \ spt plauded by cries of "Lyfo!**, ,a*d "Lyfomoa!" although they were aaderstood with difficulty.