GIFT OF TONGUES.
GIRL OF EIGHT WHO SPEAKS TEN LANGUAGES. Nkw York, August 30. Winifred Sackvilie Stouor, the eight-year-old daughter of Colonel Stonor, of the United States Maine hospital service, can speak and think in English, French, Spanish, Latin and Esperanto. She can speak hut not think in Japanese, Russian, German, Polish and Italian. She has also published a book of verses. The prodigy of tongues is at present staying with her mother at Palo Alto, Calitornia, and in course of time she will go to Stanford University. Mrs Stonor, who is a daughter of the Lord Sackville who was formerly British Ambassador at Washington, taught the child herself. ‘T began with her when she was three weeks old, developing her both mentally and physically, and the effect of the teaching and methods is apparent,” she says. ‘‘l started from the first to teach the child the best way to cultivate her taste and to improve her mind. The secret is to make the training play for them.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 916, 10 November 1910, Page 3
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168GIFT OF TONGUES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 916, 10 November 1910, Page 3
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