Volume 8
November, 1910
Number 4
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MERIKA   VV   "PSPERANTISTO
UNUA AMERIKA  REVUO
J      y DE   LA   LINGVO  INTERNACIA  ESPERANTO
VOLUMO VIII
CHICAGO    XoYF.MIiRO   MCMX
XU.MKI       IV
OFFICIAL PART
ESPERANTO		ASSOCIATION
OF	NORTH	A MERICA
	Central Office:	Washington, D. C.
THE   ASSOCIATION
The Esperanto Association of North America
was organized in July, 1908, at the First Amer-
ican Esperantist convention, at Chautauqua.
New York. Previous to that time several
local societies had existed, and two asser-
tions, the Canadian and American Esperanto
Associations. Although this latter had mi-
plished splendid work in introducing Esperanto
into this country, it was not considered ade-
quate or sufficiently democratic in its organi-
zation. Therefore the Esperanto Association
of North America with its more popular
method of government was substituted. The
objects of the Esperanto Association of North
America, according to the constitution, "shall
be the furtherance of the study and use of
the International Auxiliary Language, Esper-
anto, according to the Fundamento Zamenhofa,
and, in particular, the formation of a close
union between and among all individuals and
uizations   studying   or   using   Esperanto."
Aside from the keeping of records, issuing
Of membership cards and soliciting of member-
ship fees, and contributions, the work of the
Association through its general, district arid
local officers and workers i3 almost entirely
of a "missionary" character. As in any pro-
paganda or missionary organization there are
DO concrete benefits accrueing to the member
who has only a selfish point of view, all money
beyond the expenses of postage, printing, and
communications to the members being used
bn   propaganda among non-Esperantists.
The Hon. John Barrett, director of the In-
ternational Bureau of American Republics, and
one of the busiest men in the United States,
so busy that as yet he has had time to learn
only enough Kspcranto to carry on a very
elementary conversation, is the president of
the Esperanto Association of North America,
and has done more during the past year to
bring the International Language to the serious
attention of the government and the all-power-
ful press, than any other man. Dr. H. W.
Y< m.ms  of the  United  States   army  medical
corps is the vice president,  who b        s  much
propaganda of a general character, has done
especially important work in interesting t
war department and American Red Cross So-
ciety in the possibilities of Esperanto. I he
secretary-treasurer is Edwin C. Reed elected
to this position for the third year at the an-
nual meeting last August, and previously om
of the three executive councilors of the former
American Esperanto Association. His entire
working day is given to the Association, and
he is paid the nominal salary of $100.00 ■
month although this is on the understanding
that the individual members of the Association
arc in no wise responsible if an insufficient
amount is in the treasury. (With this ex-
ception no officer receives any remuneration.!
The secretary-treasurer is the director of the
Central Esperanto office in Washington, D.
C, keeps the records, collects and disbur
the moneys of the Association, issues direct-
ly or through the district secretaries all mem-
bership cards, acts as district secretary for
all parts of the continent where no organized
and duly chartered district association exists,
acts as a center for the collection and distri-
bution of official news, of ways and means of
propaganda,   in  this manner  acting as  an
tant in the propaganda for those other nffi
cers and members who desire it, is secretary to
the general council, executive committee and
all standing committees, serves aB a center
for the sending of propaganda literature and
information to all inquirers throughout North
America, and to all newspapers and orgnniz.»
tions  which  give any avenue of  approach
By the constitution, the territory of United
States and Canada is divided into twelve gen-
eral divisions for election, legislative, and ad-
ministrative purposes. Each division is sup-
posed to have approximately the same numb
of inhabitants, and supposedly therefore the
same possibility in number of EsporantisL.
Each   d                fects,   nt  the   annual   meeting
of the Esperanto Association of North America,
a general councilor. Since every member in
a division may, if he desires, cast his vote in
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MKRIKA   ESPERANTISTO
tail          urn by a writ!en  j
attend in person, such a councilor
the          e of the majori                           ing
ve^t in the i                 I these g
•uncilore   should   during   their   year   of
office have the cordial and hearty support of
tlm   mexobei        The   general   councilors   sleet
thi        eers and committees of U        -ssoci
and   form   the   legislative   body           cen
annual   meetings,  conducting  the  business   by
ill.        eh councilor has also general  sup
-ion over the propaganda in hi-* di        u.    If
there   are   no   chartered,   si                  liatri
branches to care actively  for  the  p:
in any part of the division, the g        il OOUll-
receives the sum of t               s cents fr
the fee of each member is such territory. This
is issued for his exp*         and for propaganda,
and is in no manner a personal renumi on,
most councilors spending many times this sum
innn  their own  poet        "or   t        good of  the
In the constitution of

iation  of North  America  is a  provision
that, upon  a  petition being signed by  twenty
it  of   the   memh                        ivisi
recall ballot shall be taken and upon a major
ity   expressing   itself   in   favor   of   recall,   the
general   councilor   shall   be   recalled   and   111
censor elected.    With an election in which v
member, present or absent, can express his opll
ion           with  this  recall  provision,  the coun-
cilor   of  each   dlvisi        miRt  he   the  choice  of
those  interested.
When the Beperantiete of an        te, or suffi-
ciently   large   part   of   a   state,   are  numerous
i   an.        I  that   the  movement  would
strengthened by closer union, a district charter
in ■ 5 be obtained from the Esperanto As ia-
tinn of N         Amort       When    udh a charter
i* granted, the di           association, so long as
it abides by the constitution, is the official
branch   and   representative   of   the   El        into
Association of North America, and each mem-
ber of either I           neral i            ion or 11
district branch be of 1        tlier
for the on» of fifty rents. In chartered
districts, one-half of this fee. i
to the councilor, i paid Into the district
treasury and one-half Into the genera]
ur        One  membership  card,   with   the   nan
of ImiIIi general and district  organizations! Is
in   chartered   districts.        lc   fes   p
the general association for a district charter
is $1.00.
When the Esperantists in any eit                n.
or district of any size within a territory nl-
ready given a district, charter, feel that a local
organization would assist the propaganda, or
desire the benefit and pleasure of regularly
meeting with each other in                 or group
a local charter may he obtains If no district
association already has jurisdiction, such local
r  is obtained  from the general  associ
tion. otherwise from the district nasoc        n.
In either case, the charter fee is fixed at $1.00.
The  rules and  membership  fees of local
tie-   may  he  such   as each  soci            ty d<
best, provided   that  they  do          conflict   with
the constiti            f the E. A. of N. A. or the
di           fi-di              and  provided  that  the sum
of fifty cerr           iid to the dial        or gem
tree>         for   each  and                                  be*
of such society.    For such dulv chartered local
societies or groups members!*                are fur-
nished   by   the   general   assoc        u,   with   the
names of the local,         rict and general asso-
ci;       ta upon  them.
ch   member of the Espera'                iation
of  North   America   ]         a   fee  of        y  cenK
directly   to   the   general   secretary,  to  the dis-
ict  secretary, or through hi3 local seer.
iet and local secretaries report niorr
ly.     [n ballots of the general council, tl».
in         ver of each councilor is proportional to
nuird>er of members on record on the
first of each month: that is to sa I any
h.i             en during September the vote of the
entire council  was 133'.        he number of m«-
her*  on   record   Sept.   I),   and  the  vote of a
incilor. whose district had b      100 of th«
had a  value of  approximately on            -h  in
tb        ttl   vote.
In addition to the regular membership abo
m also p\<v-         for a sustaining
membership.    The  fees   from  regular  member-
pay for little more than the membe;
card-, notices         >c me
heavy  }             bill  of t                                   ing
quirers   and   In  attending  to  official   cor
sponi!        .    A great deal  more mone
merely for the salary of rm- seer.
bui                               berature, for              aphic
help, and other                                        il  asi
rriiis  [|  furnished by the suataini]
rships and contributions.     \ sustaining
member  pays, in addition  to tin            nr fi:
cent                  Sum   of  ten   dollars   ;i   year,
one dollar r month.   To him is I           a mi
tain ing n                         i iflca       md I e will be
1 in the year-book (to be issued in
ruary,) bui be                  en any special v<
power.    A c       Ibutor may contribute to
wciation such sum or Bums aa b        N able,
a special contributor's certificate.
Then         iho a  provision                membership
nt  tlie fee of $1<           which  must  he inves:
and on 1 \   the  interest   used each  year.
II. Iuir been  the  purpOM Of tl'i-  article, fn
I phi in   for   those   who   have   never   joined
it,   the   object   of   the   Esperanto   A       iation
>rth America, Its method of        trumei
and tho fees for membership.   To ill who he-
lieve In  Esper          and realize that "in unbm
is  stron           ■  cordial  invitation is ex-
o join the association..    Mimbership i-
not limited to those who know Esperanto, hut
open to all in sympathy with the work.    For
those  persons who for any reason do not care
to add their names to the roll and 50 cents
to the treasury, but are honestly and earnestly
AMER1KA ESPERANTISTO
75
interested, and doing in their own way their
utmost to learn or to spread Esperanto, the
officers of the Association have onij t i»* - kind-
liest sentiments, although individual unorganiz-
ed Esperantists cannot have the same prestige
which   those   same   individuals   can   assist   in
■ating by adding their nanus to the roll.
Any who do not wish to join because they
receive nothing more concrete than the re-
alization that  they  are aiding and   promoting
8 of the greatest movements the world has
r  seen, are  urgently  advised  to spend  the
60 cents in their own town, for something more
immediately tangible than an "ideal.
It is secondly the purpose of this article to
say to those few who are or have been mem-
bers, and harshly criticise the action of their
councilor or of any of the general officers
elected by the council (although those lew in
almost every case did not show sufficient in-
terest to attend the annual meeting or io se
a written vote with their wis         Laud then •
on), that they have most lamentably failed
in the first element of American citizenship.
The right and duty of the ballot was not so
neglected by those who did perform their duty
to Esperanto, insofar as that duty lies in con-
scientious voting. Their votes elected, in
nearly every case with unanimity, the ruling
body of the Association, the general council.
Without exception the councilors so elected arc
honesty earnest) capable men; and if any one
of thnii should prove himself otherwise, the
remedy of recall is in the power of the mem-
bOTS of his division. That all members should
Dot agree with all actions ami methods of the
councilors and other office in is naturally to
be expected, just as in any organization, from
the church to a political marching-club. But if
that member, who can not yield to the will of
the majority of those who have done their duty
and expressed their choice for e< uncilor, will
US6 hil energy in methods of hi? own for pro-
paganda of Esperanto, instead of trying to
force the will of a minority upon the officers,
by increasing the labor and worry of their
«•dices, and blocking the progress of the work
of ih.' organization, he will 1»«' mueh more lil
ly to he respected as an honest Ksperantist,
and will not lead to the suspicion that he may
be a "wolf in sheep's clothing." The trouble
and hindrance caused last year by such mem-
bers was comparatively small, but never11mless
sufficient to hamper perceptibly the Special work
for the colossal piece of propaganda, namely,
the Sixth International Esperanto Congress,
which was occupying the time, thought and
energy of your officers.
During the past fiscal year of  th               -
tion the propaganda work of the general offi-
rs (aside from such articles as were publish-
ed in Science, Popular Science Monthly, Xorth
American Review, School Review, etc.) took for
the most part the form of preparation for the
\th International Esperanto Congress. That
this was the most successful of "propagamliloj"
can not be doubted bv anv one aware of the
fact that the aggregrate amount of magazine
and newspaper space given to it was greater
than the space given to Esperanto in several
preceding year? together. But during the com-
ing year the work of the officers will take
another form, and endeavor to crystallize the
interest which has been awakened throughout
the country. But the Esperantists must not
feel that the officers elected for legislative and
executive work are to do any more propaganda
work than the average member. The legisla-
tive' and executive work is their duty in a<\
dition to the personal propaganda which IS
equally the duty of all Esperantists.
The general secretary and executive com-
mittee are preparing a series of propaganda
leaflets, which will be published as money
corner in. The first of these will probably be
"Why the Educator Should Approve Esper-
anto." As ordered by the general council in
annual meeting, the chief propaganda efforts
of the general association will be concentrated
upon accomplishing the introduction of K-per-
anto into schools and college-. Special leaflets,
articles and letters are being prepared for this
work.    Each   Esperantist         old   call   person-
ally upon a local educator, seek to inter
him, and report to" the general secretary con-
cerning the attitude noted, etc. Any favorable
opening will be followed up by help from the
ral office, according to a careful plan. In
addition to the above mentioned series of h
letB, each of which will appeal to a special
cla        i    lerid   of   newspaper   articles   will   be
prepared. T<> prevent the Incurring of need-
less expense, such articles will be sent to very
few papers outside of those known to be friend-
ly. Call, therefore, upon your local editor.
ask him whether he will look favorably upon
such articles, and notify the central office.
Last, but by no means least, do not fail
io send in your membership fee promptly, in
or !er that the wherewithal mav not be lack-
ing for  this  iin]        nt year's work.
SPECIAL NOTICE
As stated last month in these columns, tl
arrangement by which the Association was
given office accommodation by the Washington
chamber of commerce terminated automatically
at the date of the International Esperanto
Congress. All communications for the Esper-
anto Association or its executive officer? Iiould
now be addressed to "The Esperanto Office,
Washington,   D.   C."     Before   this   magazine
iches its readers, the office will probably he
running smoothly at 316 Fifteenth St. N. V\'.,
which Esperantists visiting Washington can
easily locate.
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AM F.RIKA    EvSPERANTISTO
SUSTAINING   MEMBERS
ustaining  members   are  those  who   pay,   |
addition   to' the   regular   fee,   the  sue
dollars   a              or   one   dollar  a   mont        A
8j        } certificate                I  to each, and  tin
will be given due credit in the year hook.
The following have become sustaining members
oft                into Association of North America
since public*!        of [lie last  list:
Arthur   Baker,   Chicago,   111.
Arthur  c.   K.   Eambletl               inamo,  Culm.
V                                     Phih,
1       V                                      I).   I
Mi- lii             Bates i»                 eoville,
Crowd-
Roberts. Omaha. Nebr.
Mrs.  Robert M<        Vnnapolis Md.
P. M        dder, Washington,  I). I
Miss  Cora  L.  Butler.   I                niond.   \.   V.
Mr-.  R. B. Elliott, Omaha, Nebr.
Xlis^ Delia C. Condron, \\                    I). C.
Jan    \    Miller. Baltimore, Md.
THE FISCAL YEAR
By   vote        the general            til,   the   fiscal
is   ti        lirtieth   of                  r.
ns                          I who joined previou        the
nnu.il   meeting                 uj-on   th                    , I
if        date                     urged upon all.
During the coming              mont              octal
statement of the
liihed, l>ut as Oct.  1 commences a new  fiscal
year,  the en lire statement   from  Sept.   1,   1909
(tin» beginning of the last   fiscal j       before
♦ he change  was made),  to October   1, is given
hei        h:
Receipts
Membership  Fees                     ........  $ 409.00
Examination Fees  ..........
i staining     Mem her-hips,                >u-
tions   ..                       .......                1215.1
Miscellaneous    .....................          2.10
$1701.20
Expenditures
Postage  ..............                              117.1
onndlors Fees                                    .        63.00
Ex             -  Fees  ..                                       45.05
Printing          ......                                      130.14
Sea        Cs Salary and                               1300.00
$168!
Balance on hand Oct. 1..                11.56
EXAMINATIONS
Like otb           ional associations, the Esper-
anto   A—         n   of   North   America   conduc:
ex               as,  le   correspondence  and by  pt.-r-
sonn] examiners, and grants diplomas of  pro-
ficiency to those candidates who meet with the
requirements.        ill  information concerning e
animations will he gent upon        Ipt oi
to any one requ        g it.      V Id             hairmaii
of Exami      ions, the Esperanto Office, Wash-
ington, D. C."
CONGRESS DEFICIT
As slated last month, the deficit of the Sixth
Internationa]   Esperanto  i ongress,           d  by
had  weather  for  the upon an   Van           I   per-
• nuance,   wai   0VM   tf-uU.     The   exact   amount
D   nut yet  he announced,   because  tno   report
much   i6   on   hand   from   tuo   hale  of
keU  in   the   central   office at   Paris   is  still
a wailed.     Laeh   .           hi   lnemU i   ol  the  con-
gress was Informed of the deficit, and given
opportunity lo share in meeting it. The
plies which this brought forth were uniformly
generous and cordial, proving clearly that not
Esperanto, hut also Kspcrantibin, has a
foothold   In          rica.     <>ver   one   ha
of   t              unt   probably   necessary   has   been
touted, and as so^.n               figure of t!
licit can be definitely calculated, the balance
of the sum  needed will  In* divided  pro rata,
lied for from the goaranto                  al-
lowing   contributions    were    received   for   the
"Congress Deficit" up to Oct. 1, and are hereby
acknowledged        th   thanks   by   the   congre-
committee:
Five dollars each  from  Edward  L.  steckel.
.1         imei    Edwards,   John   Fogg   Twombly,
VJ            itilda   Maulsby;   $2.00 each from  Dr.
a         Simonek, Wm/V. Oglesby. J. C. Ble>,
N.ihum Ward, J. M. Clifford, Jr..
Burgess; $3.00 from Mrs. N. T. PuUifer;
from   M       Belle H. Kern                   rom
II          D.   King:   and  $1.00  each   from   C.   M.
Wiriek,  D.   a   Leahy,   Ŭ   F.  Adams,   Herbei
Harris                        "hens, Frank  Stephens, (
.bow-h         n Mary Scheitlin, Rev.  Raul
.   Hoffman,  MDs  M.  K. Anacker,  Miss Amy
Cunningham,   Dr.   J.
L                 Roseboom. 0. W. Lee, Dr. Dana VY.
Fell         H.   W.   Fisher,   Mrs.   EL   W.   Fisher,
Miss Anna E.  Beatty, L. W. Eaaterbrook, Dr.
Tobias                           race Duf        Dr.  \Y. A.
C. M       Ivy, Prof. Theodore Pee
Martin   I     Tew,   Mnthias   A.   Ainster,   VV.   S.
Hamburg        Miss Nellie V.   Price.  U.   IF   Mfa
ure,   Mrs.   L.   de   L.   Helliwell,   Dr.   Matilda
or,  Lee A.   Miller.   Finest   F.   Dow.
Dr.   II    B.   Besemer.                       irds,  Havar
F.   Sambo,   Miss   II   A.   tfaiseh,  Kenneth  i
Kerr.  Dr.   \Yrn. J.  R. Thonsscn. J. T.  Allisoi
Edwin   R.   Fleming.   Chester   C.  Camp,   Mi-
le   F.  Morse,   Miss   Edith   Haws.   I.   11.
Pedrick, Miss Grace Randolph   Geo.  I     Stans-
field.   Mrs.   Kate   Skinner.         bolas   Kliricke,
W. I^insing, Miss Laura Fisher, Miss Finilie
HofTinann,   Mrs   A.   E.   J add,   Louis   Steiner,
Miss Helen *                              M, Stevens. \\
J,  Spilhnan,   F.  W.   Howe,  W    I     Winn.  ( .   I.
Roberts,  James   II.   Ad        .  A,   P.  Warrington,
Miss Ma Die Wadsworth, P. II. Peterson, 1. C.
I.               Dr. Eugene Kerr, Howard B. Frost,
A.   W.   Miller,   Miss   rora  L.   Butler,  Col.  J.
Bradford,  R. vV Powell. Dr. C. H. Fesflen-
den, Mis-  Belle C. Saunders, Lewis B. Luders,
Mrs.   Lewis   B.   Luders,   F.   \\\   Y odder,   a
Mayer,   H.   II.   Bergman,   Miss   Delia   C.   Coil-
AMER1KA   ESPERANTISTO
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droit, Dr. 11. W. Yemana, Miss Irene H. Beebe,
i'Ikh. IT. Briggs, Dr. D. C. Ferris, Miss Jessie
L. Nichols, Mrs. Flora \ Williams, Miss Har-
riot M. Rowland, W. i; tdama, R. L, Lerchj
Miss (bora Churchill, Wm, A. White, M
Nellie White, R, M. Strickland. 0, Hoffman,
M                MYH beimer,  TTcnrx    I i    Bn rroll,   l>r.
D. 0, S. Lowell, F. A. Preston,   Arthur Baker.
ESPERANTO   MARRIAGES
Two  marriages  <>f  interest   oooured   during
September.    On Sept. 15,  Mr. 1. C. 1. Evans,
sr<'ivt.ir\   of the District of Columbia   Espi
nnto   F        ition,   and    Mi—    Elizabeth   (rifpin
Darling, of Washington, D.        Those win» at-
tended  the Internationa]   Esperanto Congi  !
will  remember the grneeful   manner  in   which
these two led the opening grand march at the
International  Ball.
On   Sept. 12,   Mr.   Carl   A.   Lovell,   who   as
triet  secretary  baa been  striving  to  ma
the  Esp       rto   plant take  firm   root   in  Ok!
horn a,  was  married  to   Miss  Zoe  Shaklee,  of
Col J w         Ok 1 a horn a.
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA
The annual meeting of the District of Col-
umbia Esperanto Federation was held Sept.
24. 11)10. The membership was reported by
the                   as 161.            officers elected for
the new year were: president, Edwin C. Reed:
first vice president, W. J. Spillman, Second
vice president, Miss Fannie ft. King: secre-
1 ary-treasurer, I. C. Evans.    The        rict coun-
cilors,  who are elected   by the  various  groups
1 societies, of the federation, have not yet
been chosen.
CONGRESS  PHOTOGRAPHS
Some complaints have been rec< I about
non-delivery of                photographs.   I
one who did not   receive picture after payii
ne  photographer   will   write   particular
Mr. Reed, everything possible will l>e done, in-
cluding lawsuit   if  necessary.
nl of Official Bart)
K R O N I K O
Mexico.—The   monthly   magazine,    Touring
Club -M                    ntainse.n Esperanl         Hon,
and notes the establishment of a regular de-
partment for the languag An Esperanto
immission has been founded by the Touring
Club, with Dr. Ahselmo Morin, a well known
.<perantistt as the director. The Bulletin of
the Meteorological Observatory at Duran
now uses Esperanto for printing its more im-
portant matters.
Brazil.—The August number of the Esper-
anto magazine pnnts a great number of inter-
esting details as to the local m ss of Es-
peranto, among them being tbe          rnment
appointment of a delegate to the Washington
Congress, and the favorabh deration of
Esperanto by a commission on tbe educational
reforms.
Chile.— The hundredth anniversary of the
independence of Chile NV'i* celebrated by a
series of festivities opening September IS. An
Esperanto congress was held in Santiago on
this occasion, from the  15th to tbe 20th.
Spain.—An evening of mu        nd theatrical .
with a big popular demonstration at the Quell
I/ark, was held in Septeml*r in honor of "the
first anniversary of the Fifth Esperanto Con-
gress." In spite of the local political unrest,
a big manifestation was held.
Esperantist Lawyers.—The international so-
oty  of  Esperantist   law                es a   report
of        egress   in  tbe  September "Reviio.      The
so1               rowing.         daily in Ei        . and it
ed that n         adherents  will  lie gamed
in  the  United
Seventy-eight    Periodicals.          The   August
number of the  official            into         ate,  in
listing the 1         into periodicals, mimes fifte-
special, eleven general and literary, and fifty-
two propaganda papers, or a total of seventy-
eight papers published regularly in and con-
cerning Esperanto.
Hungary.—One of tU        h schools will have
an   I                  class   this   fall,   and   the  editor
of   the             into   pa          states   that   be   has
been         d to leach th               ge in five city
anu tbn e  provincial  schools.
Bohemia.—The   Bohemian   n      inal  conve
iron   oi       jK»rantist>  occurred  in  September.
An  advance announcement of this  &        ition
contaii - incidentally the information that the
mi        r  of  railways of  Austria  has  sent   to
employes   a  circular   calling   to   their
at!        in the importance of Espcr.           Aus-
tria is perhaps of all European nations the
most beset with linguistic chaos, and this cir-
cular becomes more significant when we re-
member the recent announcement that Es-
peranto has been added to the languages used
'way  time-tables in that country.
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AMERIKA    KSPERANTISTO
France.—No better example of the serious
rharartrr    of    tl           poranto    movement    in
krance ran I* ted than the recent decision of
"I>c Petit Pariaien," one of the oldest and most
popular daily papers of Paris, to run an Es-
pe: > section. They promise to continue it
inde         ly if a suflicient amount of interest
is   shown.     Important    communications    from
foreign  countries arc welcomed and should be
1 to Sro.           Andre, fako Esperanto,
\a> Petit Parisien, Paris. The internationally
famous (dement -Bavard firm, manufacturers
of automobiles, motors ami flying machines,
has iatMud a catalogue in Esperanto. Every-
bod>         ild write for a copy of this, address-
ing* Clement-Bayard,   P          and   mentioning
Amerika Baperanbisto, On the occasion of the
Brussels          national congresses, a supplement
to   the   Congress   Rev         being   published   in
Ksperant                   eel of Ido and the so-called
"delegation" waa introduced. A vigorous pro-
tect          nst the pretense of representing them
was file l by a large number of persons whose
name- were being mad against their wishes,
i his document, printed in French, is of itself
a gooo argument with which to reply to the
que           as to the importance of the many
•! ru" projects. Tt will be mailed on re-
quest hv the Union dos Federations Esperan-
tistcs da France, 51 rue Clichy, Paris.
International Teachers.—There is published
in   Moravia,   Ai        \.   at   Bystricc-Hnstyn.   an
in             >nal   monthly   journal   for   teachers,
railed   "Pedagogia   Revuo."     Every   Esperan-
st who can do so ihould subscribe. The price
is fitly cents a year, including membership in
he international «elation of teachers. The
magazine contains, in Esperanto, articles from
many different sour- and American teachers
w          find many of these very interesting to
read to their classes.
University   Announcement.—The   University
of Grenoble, Prance, lias issued a leaflet in
Esperanto   explaining   the   arrangements   for
special   French Col          for foreign students.   A
will  b       nt on request by the secretary,
0.  Roy, 3 rue Ant hoard, Grenoble.
Bulgaria.—The fourth annual convention of
Bulgarian ami Roumanian Esperantists took
place at Sofia in August, under the protection
of the minister of education, and was attended
by about 250 Bulgarians,         manians, and a
fi w persons of other nationalities The very
long ami interesting official report, which can-
not be printed here, can be obtained by sending
two postal coupons to the editor of the local
organ, Sro. Ivan Krestano, Pirdop, Bulgaria.
Mexico.—The Esperanto magazine, "Verdi
for September and October is one of
the bett numbers which have yet appeared.
It gives an interesting account of a local con-
vention on the occasion of the recent celebra-
tion of Mexico's centenary of independence.
Other International Languages.—One of the
corollaries of the Esperanto movement has
been the development of competitive schemes
for an international language. While many of
the<4- aTc good in themselves, they all ignore
the basic necessity of unitv and usuallv at-
tempt a new propaganda, declaring that th
have "something better than Esperanto." It
is a poor year which does not develop several
such schemes. The one which has caused the
Esperantists most vexation and concern has
been called Ido, the advocates of which
claimed that it was "Esperanto, with some
improvements." This claim has confused the
public, which naturally said: If Esperanto
has been improved, why not use the latest
le?" Reports from abroad now indicate
that the Mo movement is dividing into two
elements: One, tired of theoretical discussion,
is reverting to Esperanto, the only interna-
tional language in practical use: the other,
disatisfied with the many imperfections of
Ido, is turning attention to other schemes. A
significant        um*tnnce in connection with the
Ido affair in America is that a propaganda
periodieal, after two years of existence under
the patronage of a wealthy Tdist. did not have
a sufficient number of bona fide subscribers to
obtain cm ion of the second-clata mail rate.
though it v he sole Ido propaganda paper
for the English-speaking races. Its publica-
tion in America has now been abandoned, with
the understanding that it will be resumed at
an early date in England, where a previous
Ido periodical was discontinued for lack of
readers. The Ido movement received one of
its hardest blows at the Brussels International
Exposition, where the reports of the inter-
na hionnI congresses were printed in French and
Esperanto, and where a strong memorial deny-
ing the authority of the "delegation" to repre-
sent them in the Tdo matter was presented by
a large number of scientific and other societies,
and signal by a hundred or more prominent
scientists  in  their own behalf.
Cleveland, Ohio.—Ce la septemhra konveno
de la Cleveland Esperanto Society andiĝis
raportoj de la ceestintoj oe la Seem, Resultr«
de la eiutagaj seiigaĵoj pri la Kongreso ce
Washington, apengitaj en la kolonoj de la
lokaj Jurnaloj dum la kongrossemajno, multe
da 8civolemuloj faras demandojn nri Esperanto.
Sendube grandnombro da novaj gestudentoj
ĉeestps la afitunajn klasojn kiuj komeneiftos
en Oktobro. Okazos hi 13nn de Oktobro pub-
lika kunveno kiam oni a ran (Jog pri la vintraj
kursoj.
Suda Karolina.—Dro. W. S. Bean, profesoro
ĉe la Fresbitera Kolegio do Slid* Karolina,
Clinton, estas nomita sekreturi>> por Suda
Karolina. Dro. Bean estas tre klera lingvisto
kaj li forte helpas al nia aforo en tiu ĉi fttato.
Oni projektas ahan kurson en Charleston. Oni
pripensas  la   fondon  de   kursoj   ce Hartsville,
AMERIKA   ESPERANTISTO
79
Darlington, Florence, kaj Greenville. Du el la
plej gravaj Jurnaloj en la ŝtato inter vjuis 1a
usilanton post lia reveno de la kongreso,
kaj puhlikigis longajn kaj interesajn interv-
juojn. I-a "Greenville Daily Xews" publikigis
du kengajn kaj interesajn artikolojn pri Es*
peranto kaj la Kongreso.
Detroit.—I4i  loka  soeicto   faras  mult an   la-
boron kaj ricevas multajn novajn aliĝojn.  Dro.
rel  havas konstantan  reklamon en  la  (efaj
genuanaj gazetoj de la urbo.    Amerika  Kept
;uitisto rieevis, responde «1  nia letero presita
en   la   lokaj   Jurnaloj,   pli  ol  cent  petojn   por
esperantaj Hbretoj.
Pittsburgh.—La Esperantista Klubo arauĝis
feel ii por kelkaj ĉefaj koincrcistoj kaj
ednkistoj de la urbo. rkaŭ kvindek gastoj
inter ill la ĉefo de la Universitato, kaj
mnltaj profesoroj el diversaj lernejoj. oi.
Mailman. Kerr, Clifford kaj Fisher faris parol*
adojn pri la di versa j flankoj de la Esperantista
muvadn, kaj la jurnaloj donis bonegajn raport-
Ojn. Kursoj komeneigos true en Oktobro pro
la inetrtiado de novaj varbitoj.
Chicago.—Estas kurso por komencantoj, kiuj
kunvenas ĉiuii merkredon fie Hull Home, je la
Sepa kaj duono vespere. Post la oka kaj
kvarono, estas kunveno por interparolado kaj
ckzercado je la lingvo. La 18'an de Septembro
Sro, I I I ' faris parokklon en la konata
"Lincoln Centre,*' en la anlo de All Souls*
Church, Li donis inteiesun raportan pri la
Sesa, kiun atente aŭflkultifl la dimanca kun-
venintaro.
Du Quoin, Illinois. Loka jurnalo raportas
pri elmont.ro de espers mi .i j"i. Farita de TTarley
C. Croessmann, lernanto de altlcrnejo.
New Haven, Conn. Loka jurnalo, la
"Union/' presas artikohm pri Fspcranto ĉiun
dimanoon. La Loks klubo faras sisteman
propagandon. Oni pot as Bern la don de prop-
aganda] nuuiuskriptoj, ktp.i al Sro. D. O'Don-
nell, New Haven Union.
Arden, Delaware.—I.a it loka Jurnaleto, "Ar
den Leaves/' estas multe «la intereso je Esper-
anto,   kaj   dtun   la.   somero   est is   klasoj   ĉiun
tagon.
Balaton, Minnesota.—Proksi le tin ĉi vi 1 -
aĝeto estas kelkaj Esparanttatoj, el kiuj Sro.
Paul Kruke kaj Albert Peterson estas la plej
entuziasmaj. Ili publikigas multajn artikolojn
on lokaj Jurnaloj.
isN   PACIF1KA   NORDOKCIDENTO
Senhalte nia inovado marAas antafien. Ed
en la malproksirna Okcidento la lingvo vivas.
Vi<aj legantoj eble legis antaŭ nelonge reklamon
skribitan de la Komerca Klu1>o de urbo Port-
lando en ĉinj Esperantaj gazetoj. La rezulto
de tiu reklamo Snperis ĉiiijn eaperojn, kaj la
klubo rieevis  tiom da  respondoj, ke ĝi devis
aranĝi specialan lokon por konservi la from*
dajn leterojn kaj kartoju. Per Esperanto gi
rieevis pli bonan rezulton ol ĝi iam rieevis
uzatite la landau lingvon. Fro la mirinda re*
zulto la klubo, entuziusmigita, invatis la
perantistojn de ŝtatoj Oregono kaj  Vi            no
knnveni en Portlar.do la IGan dc Julfc Oni
havis tri kunsidojn, kaj post pandadoj en kaj
pri Esperanto nova asocio fondiĝis baptita "La
perantista Asocio de la Paeirika Xordokci-
dento." Laŭ propono de Sro. Fred Riven,
redaktoro de La Simbolo, oni devaa pag in*
jare po unu dolaro por ciu membro, kaj tiu
sumo enlasas la anon ne nur en la novan
asoeion, sed ankaŭ en la Esperantistan Aso-
cion de Xord ameriko, kaj en la Universulan
Asoeion de Geneva.
La   nova  asocio  estas  sub  la   /           de   la
Portlands Komercn Klubo. kaj tin klubo pro-
mesis (iam pro vizi nian asoeion je paperajo,
postniarkoj,  k.  t.  p.,  kaj  ĝi  ankau  promesis
zorgi   pri   nia   koTespondado.            klubo   plu
promesis publikigi esperantan libreton pri la
Okcidento. Tiamaniere Esperanto faris gran*
dan pason antatitii en nia parto do Usono, car
oni nun komprenas g*au valoron kaj komencaa
u/.i ĝin reklame.
Oni  e'ektis  la jenajn  oricistojn:
Prezida-nto—Kolonelo   J.   C.   Cooper,   MeMinn-
ville. Or.
la   \"icprez —Sro.   I^ehman   Wendell,   TaconDU
Wash.
I   \"u prez—Sro.  1). CL Fen             ttle,  Wash.
>i*krclario-Kasl8to—Sro.   W.   L  Crissey,  Port-
land, Ore.
Redakcia Noto.- Pro Ho, ke el       pripensa
1-i*iii   I i    UMlan   kunvenon   de  amerikaj   Esper-
antistoj en Portland, (efurbo de la supre-
noniita Booieto, estas speciale konsilinde, ke
fiiuj ssperantaj to&antoj en tiuj ŝtatoj aliĝu al
tiu sooieto kaj helpu per sneoo kaj influo ĝian
kreskadon kaj funkciadon. La redakcio per-
sona konas la tntan estraron kiel fidinda,
en.           kaj   Udela,    Senprokraete sendu  vian
a iĝon al Sro. Crissey. la sekretario.
PROGRESS IN PITTSBURGH
'I he Congress at Washington has had the
effect in Pittsburgh of bringing to the support
of the Pittsburgh Esperanto Society and the
Esperanto movement in general a number of
the best business and professional men of the
city. During September ail earnest effort was
made to ini           mhIi men, not that they were
necessarily expected, or even asked, to learn
the language, but because it was felt that the
time had arrived when nun of this caliber
ought to be conversant with Esperanto as a
great and useful world movement and ought
to assist it, at hast by their moral influence.
Many of the solid men of the city apparently
hold the same view, for results have been very
gratifying and the society has received many
accessions to «its membership, and will receive
more.
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AMERIKA   ESPERANTISTO
initiate these new adherent?, a dinner
w i» s given en the evening of September 29 at
the University Club, at which were present
about forty person By a happy coincidencej
I 'i ..i.    \    Cotton,   of   I'          whom   many   will
remember  meeting at   the   Sesa,            in   the
city on his way home from Ob                and he
slab   attended.    During   the   evening   he   ad-
dreaaed   the   assembly   In   Eaperanto,   which
i    m.   < liftord   translated   ii       English.    Ad-
aregses touching upon van                     of the
movement were made by M                        Kerr,
Mailman  and Clifford, special  stress being  laid
. latter upon the usefulness o iperaato
to the educator, Ihunarks wore then made by
a  rtumoer of             present, Including Dr. Mc-
trmick,   Chancell               the   1             ty   of
ii;    |)      Lindse       Presidsnl           the
l           Ivania College for Women; Prof. Hamil-
jon,   Superb                of   >        I?   of   Allegheny
nuty :   Trot. Crabbe, Principal         aady Side
aderrry;   Prof. Armstrong, Principal of East
liberty   Academy;   Proi    Rynearson, Superin-
-idon't   of   the   Pittsburgh   High   School;   Mr.
M\         editor   of   the   "Pittsburgh   1           and
"Pittsburgh  Sun  ;   M        bUders,  British Con-
,i  in  Pittsburgh, and  Mr. L
These   gentlemen   urged   upon   their   hearers
the BcTlous character of the   Esperanto move-
menl and promised u» use their influence in
furthering it Dr. aCeCormickj especially, was
emphatic in his demand that Pittsburgh sup-
port Lhe movement and expressed the hope
that the schools and colleges would give 1
peranto a eerioi triaL He ga\e permission
for lh«'  immediate         blishment of a class in
the    I nivcrsity   of    Pittsburgh.         of.   Arm-
strong,   whose academy  is entirely  under his
own  control,  offered   to  make a  test of  the
ion of  Esperanl         that knowledge of
the  tanguag                tepping stone to the ac-
rem»             the   national   tongues  and   pro-
•ed to enter it in his curriculum as a eom-
pulsory   subject,   requesting   the   aid   of   the
Pittsburgh   Esperanto   Society   in   securing  a
ex.    Needles*:             . this opportunity, so
anxiously awaited, will not In» permitted
to   pass,  and   if   Prof.   Armstrong  can   report
rabh   next year, the victory of Esperanto
in   Pittsburgh   i-  assured,  as  the other edu-
iii. representing practically all the
Is and  colh         of  the city, agreed   that
inch a test proved sath       ory, it would be
a demonstration of Esperanto's worth in lan-
stndy   which  they could  not afford
disregard,  and  its  introduction  into their  in-
stitutions would probably soon folio*
IX  IL\ILMAN.
MONSIEUR;PREVOSTS VIEW of esperanto
BY DR. D. 0. S. LOWELL
1  have just read  in  the  Huston Transcript
translated from be F       ►, M. Prevost's expia-
tion, "\\ hy I am  not an   K-peranLi*l."    Tim
article   was  a  pleasant  BUrp                most  0
ji-nun is oi Esperanto arc disposed to be violent
ami  sarcastic.    Bui   the  Learned Academician
not only dignified and eloquent—as we might
expect—but he is tolerant, an astens to
declare that he Implies no scorn."                er,
from  bis poinl   of  view  his argument,  ii  not
unassailable,  i         II  nigh impregnable.    Tin
is, perhaps, no reason why a member of the
French A my should learn. Esperanto ho
any benefit that be may derive* He can afford
to wait for the hundred-millionth man to
learn Ii before any positive need of the Ian
\ ill oppress him.
But it is interesting to note that there are
on I        o reasons that seem to preven          Pre-
from devoting his attention to  what  he
calls "the livest of all the artificial langu.i
His Reasons
1.    He does  not  believe Esperanto   will  be
come universal; and he gives a priori reaCo
for Ins unbelief.
Now a priori arguments may be convincing
so long as they remain a priori; but a single
little   fact   will   overturn   a   dozen   wcll-c<
8 true ted  theories  not in  accordance with   fact.
It is said that Dionysius Lardner once wrote
an able treatise scientifically contending that
no steamship could ever cross the Atlantic
ocean; and that when his book first reached
America, it was brought over by one of those
aame ships that (theoretically) could riot cross.
Many men did not believe in steam cars, tele-
phones, phonographs, trans-oceanic cables, wire-
less telegraphy, the 5-day ocean liner, the 2-
mimito horse, the discovery of the North-pole,
or the flying-machine; but all those unbeliev-
able things are now facts, and who is found
to dispute them? An ounce of fact outweighs
a   Ion of theory  when the two conflict.
That Esperanto might he made "universal,"
so far as physical laws are concerned, no one
can deny. If all people who are able to read
and write would unite in its serious study
from now until Christmas, they could read,
write, and slowly speak the langu with at
least as much accuracy as most American
school boys read, write, and speak the English
language.
Tt took many nations many years, at the
t of many lives, to reach the North-pole;
and the skeptics far outnumbered the explorers;
but the polo is ours. It is true, we can not
use it; yet an Arctic thrill ran up the -pine
of every loyal American when he knew who
first reached the frozen goal. Men tried in
vain from the days of Daedalus to those of
Darius Green   (both  equally historic)   to  fly
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through the air; yet at the opening of the
twentieth century what scientist would have
risked his reputation by predicting half t
aviation marvels of this year of grace 1910?
No, M. Prevent; you may not believe that a
hundred million men will ever learn Esperanto.
T may n-»t believe it myself. But you and
I both nmII admit that it is just as probable
it whs. ten years since, that a message
would ever be sent across the Atlantic with
no medium except the air: or that the same
air would he traversed by either monoplane
or multiplane without the aid of hydrogen.
Therefore   disbelief   is   not   conclusive.
2 M. Prevost's 9econd reason for declining
to learn Esperanto is, that he does not need if.
Prohahlv he does not. He certainly is the
best judge of his own need.    Tf T were a mem*
r of the French Academy I should doubtless
reason   as   M.   Prevost   does—and   engage   in
other activities.   T presume that, for one reason
and another, every one of the Forty Immortals
has thus far refrained from the study of Rgpc
onto.    They  may  look  upon   it  ns  a  literary
diversion, and they are too busy to pause for
mere   amusement:    or   they   consider   it   the
dream   of  a  bodv  of  enthn sin stirs,   and   they
hesitate  to  run  the risk of ridicule.    Men   of
smaller reputation will doubtless learn the lan-
guage first—the plain people and the altruist
those  who   are   willing  to  sacrifice   somewhat
for the general good, and those whom ridie-
does noi   "harm.    And T imagine that when M<
Prevost discovers that the world needs an In-
I'M national   neutral   language,   that though   he
may  have no need himself he will  he willing
to denv himself B  little and lend his great in
fluenee for the aake of others.
Tn a brief paragraph, which T can not re
frail! from quoting. M. Prevost makes three
statements, every one of which T am hound to
challeng That he speaks in absolute good
faith, T have no doubt. Put it shows the risk-
it one runs when he describes things outside
his nun range of vision—for ho himself says:
"T neither have an intimate nor a distant
quatntance with Esperanto." The paragraph
ids n*  follows:
"Esperanto's sole rŭiŝon d'etre is its utility;
U don't lenrn it, as you learn dead or mor-
ibund languages, in order to gain access to
literary masterpieces. And in 1010 Esperanto
is still absolutely use! because so few people
it."
My fir3t challenge is this: "Esperanto's
sole raieon d'etre is EOT "its utility." Esper-
an! is an internal idea. Tt cherishes an
ideal. Its adherents are distingui 1 by
their  altruism.     They look  out  le=s  for num-
p one and moro for number two than mem
l>ers of most movements do.    They are not  im-
peccable:  there are had Espprantisf*:  but  t
good  ones are in the majority.     I   little  in
cident of the International Congress st Wn<h
ington, just ended, illustrates fchk      A young
oatian, named Plesche, started from his own
untrv for our national capital; hut in S
■rhind  be had  the misfortune to  fall  among
thieves,   who picked  his  r*              nd left  him
penniles          He   told   the   Swiss   Esperantists.
They paid his way to a European port. Esper-
antists tt        -ecured his passage t>         i  York.
York ksnmideanoj" sent him on free to
Washington; the congress welcomed him with
open arms, heard him speak as a delegate
from { iu, took up another collection and
sent him on his way rejoicing to Joliet, 111.,
where be has          ter and w         In- will resi
There is Esperanto in its working, ''useful"
indeed to one man. hut elevating to many
more: for it aroused the sympathies and soften-
ed the h           of scores who  discovered  tin
9 gentle influences the answer to the lawyer's
question: "Who is my neighbor?" and the
truth of the Master's utterance. 'It is more
blessed to give than to receive."
My   second   challenge   is   to  the          ement:
"You don't lenrn it. as von learn dead or mar-
ibund languages, in order to gain access to
literary masterpieces." Now it is a fact,
though I have not V         nity to suppose that
M. Pravost will be interested in it, that for
me the chief interest in Esperanto nt first was
the fact that if it should spread, as T hoped
and believed, T might " gain access to literary
masterpieces" by its use. Many living authors
are practically de.ad to mc because their works
«re cither untrnn-latcd or, bv me, untranslat-
able.    T cannot read Polish, Hungarian, Jnpan-
-. Dutch. Bohemian. Bnssfan. or the Srnndi-
nnvian  tongues:   yet there are "li              mas-
terpieces" in all those languages that have
■ver been translated into English. French.
German, Italian, or Spanish: but they have
been and are daily translated into Esperanto
and in that tongue I And them delightful.
Through its i lium 1 hn\ sained
to works by Orzeszko, Sierosov^ki. Pru«, To-
kuchi Kndo. f!rahow«ki. "Renter. IV-vptnin.
Wyspianski, Naka^awa, Poraks. Tnmic. Svjm
tobovski. and ^trindberg. Oogol. Tshen. Tur-
genev, Oorkv. and Sienkiewicz have also been
translated into Esperanto, but some of their
works   are  al«o   found   in   English.   French,   or
■ rxnan.
Finally. T challenge the last sentence of this
unfortunate paragraph: "Tn 1910 Esperanto
is «till absolutely usele— because so few
people speak it." T have no doubt that M.
Prevost brii            "ry word of that statement:
t in my own limited experience T have more
than once proved its falsity. T have found it
useful to the other fellow: and he's the one
I] trim E-perantisfs are after. Tn 1907 in I
rnilu si ition in London T met two blind
RwfnV ho had lost their way. T knew no
Swedish, thev knew no English: vet with ti
aid of E-peranto alone T lea met their nocd'-
and   brought   them   to  their  friends   in   Cam-
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bridge. Only last Saturday, in the, railway
station at Washington, D. G., Captain Pero-
gordo, oflicial representative of King Alfonso
of Spain to the Esperanto Congress sought my
aid. He could speak no English. "Komprc-
rieble," he said, *vi parolas angle." (Of course,
yon ^peak English). Then he told me I
*troubles—in Esperanto, for 1 speak no Span-
ish. He had important instructions to give
an American ports* as to the disposal of nis
baggage, while he remained outside to meet
a friend. \ few seconds of Esperanto proved
that, "in 1010" it was NOT "absolutely use-
less" at least for the Spanish delegate.
If. Prevost admits that an International
language like Esperanto is a "scientifically
defensible idea," he attaches little, weight to
"sentimental objections," and he declares em-
phatically that the endorsement of Nietzsche
and T 1 must "make the wags stop and
think. 1 or," says he, "it would be absurd
and puerile to speak jocosely of a question
that has interested and still interests minds
of the first order.'' Still he believes that—
Artificial idioms are idioms for convention-
goers. Their utility, within this restricted
field, is unquestionable; but even there, it is
fatly diminished by the fact that its ad-
herent» are intellectual to begin with, so that,
no matter it' there were do Esperanto, probably
any two individuals can already converse in
some   great   modern   language,   or   in   Latin."
Nov   while   1   question   the   last   statement,
I will not pause to dispute it: T will mere-
ly state that in an international convention
the problem is not usually that two individuals
shall understand each other, but that people
of many  lands and  languages shall  all   under-
stand at the same time. In the Washington
igress, Mr. Frank MorrisonJ Secretary of th
Ameican Fedeation of Labor, was an interested
listener to the practical side of Esperanto for
an hour, hearing all business conducted in the
language, and noting that questions were de-
bated with eloquence and enthusiasm, he craved
permission to address the congress and made
a ringing -pooch in English, in which he pledged
himself in the interests of labor to learn the
language. Now I happen to know that in
that, meeting there were men from Mexico, and
Brazil, and Spain, and France, and Poland, and
Austria who knew no English and could not
make out what Mr. Morrison was saving. No
one of the "great modern languages," not
even l-atin, would have made him compre-
hensible to all of the "convent ion-goers." But
at Morrison'* elbow stood \V. W. Mann of
England; and as the former paused at the end
of a Sentence, the latter rendered into clear
and fluent Esperanto all that had just been
said: then every one of the "convention-goers"
understood.
li is interesting to note that AL Prevost
does not close the door ultimately upon our
"kara lingvo." Ih- says, "1 shall not try (to
learn It) in 1010, and probably not in long
year-,   n»  com         But   let  us  hope that those
vents will not be S< ry long after all. He
does not need Esperanto, very probably; hut
Esperanto needs bin If he and men like him
would lend their influence, not for the -ike
n. their own need but because of the need of
others, the hundred million mark would not be
far away.   For that we hope.
THE "Lite! ii \ Digest" is a splendid mag-
a/in. read by a splendid list of subscribers,
u has chosen to overlook the recent congress
in Washington. Would not a general protest
from the readers of Amerika Esperantisto show
to the editors that this magazine which pre-
mise to give (and usually does give) a weekly
review of the principal world and national
nits,   cannot    a fiord    I            >te    Esperanto?
—E. H. Ei mmi a or, Hanover, Pa.
SOMEWHERE   I   saw   the   word   "atatero"
used   for county,    It  seems to me that
that is a far better word than "graflando," for
we have  no counts  in  the United State*.
In   Rhodes5 dictionary   I   find  "spell"  trans-
lated "n I fa bet urn j." If we must use the sufiix
"umM it senns to he that "literumi" would be
better. I should like to know of some better
and shorter word for "prairie55 than "herbe-
henaĵo.
It seems to me that in our rapidly growing
language, with its relatively expensive dic-
tionaries, it would he well if you would open
your columns for suggestions such as those
given above—that is, keep a standing O0ttC6
flat ich were wanted. Find what your
readers thought of them, and at the end of,
say six months, print the result of the sug-
gestions in surd form that we could use them
as a  supplement to our dictionaries.
B, G, Huijbeut,
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GREAT AVAL USJCHE I »1   LETTERS
September   16th   Anterika   Bsperan-
en1 out, over   the signature   of   its
ioIit<n. two thousand 1<      sto edit
in the United States and Canada.    This
letter   with   an   o         rial    revision   or
abridgement to suit the periodical using
it. has been published, to d       or a       n-
f future publication sent, by the
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Telegram, FTerknm         V.
degram,  MiiLllovilL,  V   Y.
Times,  Buffalo
Traveler, Boat*
l el gram, ^.ilt  Lake t II
THogram,   Keadii
Ibune, John        a, Pa.
B, i\ew  York
limes, Troy
Times-Union,   Jacksonville
Telegram.  Suit   Luke Cli
i Onpire. Universit)  oi I Oklahoma
University   \l issouriai)
Union, Nevi   Ha\ en, «lonn.
round,   Sioi:
\\ orld's i chronicle, Chicago
Witness, Montreal
The original text of the letter was
follow
To the Edito Doubtless you have long
ago formed your opmii I to the mcritH of
peranto, thi International language. I hope
thai it i> favorable; but as there is much ir-
responsible criticism of Esperanto» especially
on                                 temational convention in
Washington,   I   wranl   to offer an opportunity
every thinker to ju<       for himself.   I have
had  prepared 100,000        I  grammars of Esper-
anto in pamphlet form, and will send one free
to ;in\   person wh«                 ently interested to
enclosing -tamp for reply.    I think
it   really  due  to  this  great  movement   for an
infc       tional   auxiliary   language,   which  now
• •a fifty  nations  in  its scope,  that you
publish  this letter, so that your readers may
the   opportunity   of   judging   for   them-
Yory cordially,
Arthur Baker,
litor Amerika Esperantisto.
700  K.  Fortieth St., Chicago.
Most of the papers published the let
tor in full, heading it to suit the editor-
fancy.    Others reduced the text, and
the  reductions   perhaps   the  most   terse
and effective is this one from the (let
land Leader:
Esperanto Grammar
Arthur Baker, 700 E. Fortieth St., Chicago,
editor of "Amerika Esperantiato," a magazine
of the international auxiliary language, haa
issued 100,000 copies of a grammar of the
language.     A  2-cent   stamp   inclosed   will   g.
The results of this  sort of publicity
may be imagined.    We are sending out
"Elements of Esperanto" and the "Key"
to an average of about two hundred in-
quirers per day. All tl          iddre
will be saved, and turned over to the
proper local clubs or organizers for fu-
ture use..
Now, reader of Amerika Hsperan-
tisto, you have the opportunity of doing
the best work for the general propa-
ganda   which   yon   have   ever   accoi
ished.    Take this letter to the edito
of the  papers  in  your  town.    Kxplain
!<> them that there are hundreds of then
leaders who actually want to know about
this new language, who have seen vague
ferences to it and wonder what it's ah
about.    Explain also that, like the move
ment  for universal peace or any other
propaganda  movement,  it  i-  absohitf
out   of  the  question  that  such  an  a
iiouncement be paid  for as advertising
—that the only pay they can          t is the
good-will of those interested in the sub-
ject
This   done,   with   your   home   n<
papers, sit down and write to the editor
of every magazine of which you are
subscriber or reader, urging him to gi
this offer publicity for the reasons abo
stated.    Write to th       tidal journals of
the lodges or churches to which you be-
long.    This system is bringing us thous-
ands of inquiries, and we shall find new
propagandists and secure  some stalwart
recruits   for   our   ranks.    You   cannot
possibly overestimate the importance of
this.    With   your  help  we  can  accom-
plish   wonders   in   propaganda   develop-
ment this season.    I*\»r example, in one
western  city  where  there is as yet no
club v         i now supply three hundred
addresses  of   per          interested,   from
which list we are sure that a club wili
be founded by one or two faithful work-
ers resident there.
—
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FOR   BEGINNERS
EC
I~" T ITCHING up a string of suffixes
1 and driving them around sharp
corners merely to show your skill is bad
bush           It is worse Esperanto.  Over-
precision in language is an affront to the
ider or hearer. It is pedantic. It is
tiresome. It is awful. The writer who
is paid by the word may have some jus-
tification for saying: "Gradually the
wheels began to move and the train
started," but in using the first seven
words he steals the publisher's moti<
and the reader's time.
The most offending suffix, perhaps, be-
sides ig and iĝ, is cc. The suffix ec in-
corporates in a noun the idea which is
sentially       ectival in character: ruga,
ruycco; bela, beleco; *///</, alfcco.    You
mot use eco except where the root is
adjectival.   This being the case, what do
you mean when you write beleca, firrcca,
neneca, kulpcca?   You waste good ink,
tire the eye and brain of your reader and
prove that yon don't understand Esper-
nto.
It should be remarked that the words
which have an inherent adjectival mean-
ing take  the  adverbial  ending  with  the
same facili tnd with no need to inter-
pose a suffix unless you are writing
poetry and in desperate need of an extra
syllable. Rapidece cannot mean more
than rapidc, and profundece is only a
labored method of sa         profunrfc.
Ouit it!
[
PARALLEL   READING   EXERCISE
THE  POOR  MUSICIAN
I ALWAYS,  deep   in   my  soul,  was
angered when I heard (people)
Nothing   (more)   good ever happens  in
our da         < >ne truly might think that
our time is the worst since (fnun-after )
tlie days of Adam, and that people are
all mere barbarians. I say to all, straight
in the fac*, that it is not true, though
there exists a plenty of bad people. Peo-
e tell everywhere of a bad act, but
when (something) good ever happen-,
they are silent about it.
But I do not wish to be silent when I
hear here or there of a good deed, and I
shall immediately tell of one.
On a beautiful summer day there was
a popular celebration in the Prater, in
Vienna. The Prater is a very large
public park full of beautiful trees, and
the principal promenade and amusement
LA  MIZERA   MUZIKANTO
MI ĈIAM profunde en mia animo
koleris kiam mi afldis diri. Xenio
plu bona okazas en niaj tagoj!" Oni
vere povus pensi, kc nia tempo estas la
plcj malbona depost la tagoj de Adamo,
j ke la bomoj estas         nur barbaroj.
Mi diras al Oiuj rekte en la vizaĝon, ke
ne estas vera, kvankam ekzistas sufiee
i malbonuloj. < >ni rakontas 6ie |
malbona ago, sed kiam bona iam okaz;
oni silentas pri ĝi.
Sed mi ne volas silenti, kiam mi aŭd
tie ci  aŭ tie pri bona ago, kaj  mi tuj
rakontos pri unu.
Dinn bela somera tago est popola
festo en la Pratero en Vieno. La Pra-
tero estas tre granda publika ĝardcno
plena je belcgaj arboj kaj la fiefa pro-
mena  kaj  amuza loko de la Vicnanoj.
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AMERIKA    KSPERANTISTO
place of the Viennians. A crowd flowed
thither, young and old, people of high
rank and humble the njoyed life; also
(there) came man reigners, who en-
joyed the pleasure of the popular
Where th< are happy people, there
al        ui hope I.for,)        lething that per-
i who depends on the pity of his more
I tunalc neighbor-.
In Vienna at that time i         lived an
old veteran, whose small soldiei  pension
is not sufficient for him to live. He
did not wish 10 beg.   :      e took an old
violin which he had learned to play from
father, who was a Bohemian,    He
ier an old tree in the Prater,
and had trained his   faithful spaniel so
that   it  sat  before   him  and   held   in  its
mouth the oM bat into which the people
threw the few krcutzers (Austrian
small coin) which they wished to give
him.
Today he stood there and played, ai
the >paniel sat before him with the hat;
hut the people passed and the hat re-
fined empty. If the passers-by had
-lanced at him only once, they would
have been compelled to have pity for
him: thin, white hair hardly coven
Ins cranium; an old, worn, tiireadbai
soldier's  mantle   was   bis   coat     Many
ttles he had fought, and nearly
• uc had left him a scar as a memem
( >!                   fingt         n   the   right   hand
held the bow.   A caitrtdg       ill had tab
the other two at Aspern, and nearly at
the same time a larger ball bad taken <
a leg.   And still, today the happy people
did not n         him, and he had bought
with  hi-   last   ktvutzers  strings  for the
and played  with all his strength
his old inarches and dances.
Sadly the old man watched the surging
crowd, the happy faces, the proud ele-
gance of the clothes. At the laughter a
thorn pierced his soul—tonight he would
he hungry on his straw bed in the little
basement room.    His spaniel had really
a belter late; it might find under a curb-
Popolamaso tien alfluis, junaj kaj mal-
junaj, altranguloj kaj modestuloj tie
ĝojK pli la vivo; ankaŭ venis muliaj
fremduloj, kiuj ĝuis pri la plezuro i
T popolo. Kie estas ĝojaj homoj, I
ankafl povas ion esperi tin, kiu dependas
de la kompatemo de siaj pli felieaj prok-
umtiloj.
to Vieno vivis tiam invalido, kies mal-
randa soldata pensio ne sufieis al li por
vivi. Almozpeti li ne volis. Li do ek
prenis violonon, kiun li estis lernin
ludi de sia patro, kiu estis bohemo. Li
ludadis sub maljuna arl><> en la Pratero
kaj estis dresinta sian fidelan pudelon
tiamaniere, ke ĝi sidis antaŭ li kaj tenis
en sia buŝo la malnovau Capelon, en kiun
la homoj jetis la kelkajn krejeerojn,
kiujn ili volis doni al li.
Hodiaŭ li ankaŭ staris tie kaj  ludi
kaj la pudelo sidis antaŭ li kun la ĉapelo;
sed la homoj  preterpasis kaj la ĉapel
testis malplena.    Se  la pasantoj  estus
ekrigardintaj lin mir unu foj.»n. ili estus
devigitaj havi kompaton al li: maldensa,
blanka hararo apenau Icovris lian kran-
ion ; malnova. ĝis fadeno eluzita soldat-
mantelo estis lia ve M jn batalojn
li estis kunbatalinta kaj preskaŭ eiu post-
al li cikatron, kiel memorajon. Xur
tri fingroj fie la dekstra mano tenis la
arĉon. Kartoĉa kuglo kunpn la du
aliajn apud \-pern kaj preskafi en la
ma tempo pli granda kuglo forprei
la kruron. Kaj tamen hodiau la ĝojaj
homoj ne rigardis lin, kaj li e-tb tinta
per siaj  lastaj krcj«             rdojn |>or la
violono   kaj   ludis   kun   pia   tuta   for
siaju malnovajn marSojn kaj         ojn.
Malĝoje rigardis la maljunulo la on-
digantan   homamason,  la  feliĉajn   v
aĝojn, la fieran elcgantecon de la ve
ajoj.           la ridoj enpenetris clorno en
ban animon;—hodian spere li devos
malsati sur pajla lito en la subteg-
menta eambrelo. Lia pudelo havis efek-
tivc pli bonan sortonj gi eble trovos sur
AMERIKA   ESPERANTISTO
87
one on  the way home some l>one by
which it could satisfy its hunger.
Already it was somewhat late in the
lernoon.     I lis hope  was as near the
tting point as tl             tor already the
promenader ere going home. Pro-
found pain numit 1 itself on his
browned, scarred face.
He did not suspect that not far from
him stood an elegantly dressed gentle-
man, who long had listened and watched
him with an expression of deeply felt
pity.
Finally,  when  all  remained  fruillc
when the weary hand could no longer
iide the bow and his leg could hardly
arry him long            sat down upon a
stone, leaned           >rehead on his hand,
and the earth absorbed a secret tear.
But the gentleman, who cl by was
leaning mi  the  trunk of an  old  linden.
saw how tin crippled hand wiped away
the tears, that the eye of the world should
nut see the sign Hut lor the gentleman
the tears were like boiling hot drops
falling upon his heart; rapidly li
over (stepped to [ave a gold coin to
the old man and said: "Give me your
vii din one moment."
Tin old tnap looked thankfully at th
gentleman, who used the German lan-
guage as awl                 - he himself the
iolin. But (as to at he wished, that
the old soldier already understo and
passed him his violin. It was not so
had, only the unskillful violinist grated
on it awfully! He tuned it, took hi
position (put himself) quite close to the
old soldier and said: ''Comrade, now
you take the money and I will play."
He thus began to pi        >, that the old
man curiou                       is old violin and
thought that it surely was not the same,
for the tone wonderfully ]              d the
soul and the sounds rolled forth like
pearls. One time it was as though
angel voices sang inside the violin, and
afterwards as though there sounded from
it the plaints of burdened grief, which so
touched the heart that the eyes filled
with tears.
la vojo hejmen sub defluila ŝtono ian
oston per kiu ĝi povos koiitentigi sian
malsaton.
Jam estis iom malfrue en la posttag-
mezo.    Lia espero estis tiel proksima al
ibiro kiel la suno, car jam revenis
hejmen la promenantoj.    Profunda dob
ntris sin stir lia brunigita, vundita
-ago.
Li ne suspektis, ke ne malproksime de
-taris elegante vestita sinjoro, kiu longe
lin auskultis kaj observis kun esprimo
de profunde sentita kompato.
Fine kiam ĉio restis senfrukta. kiam la
laca mano ne povis plu gvidi la ardon
kaj lia kruro pre>kau ne povis plu lin
porti,   li   sidiĝis  sur   stonon,   apogis   la
tnton en la mano kaj la tero ensorbis
kretan larmon.
Sed la sinjoro, kiu tie proksime sin
apogis al la trunko de maljuna tilio, vidis,
kiel la kripla mano forviŝis la larmojn,
r ke la okulo de V mondo ne vidu post-
gnojn.     Sed   por   la   sinjoro   estis   la
larmoj   kvazafi   holante   vannaj   gutoj
falantaj sur Han koron. rapide li alp
>nis ormoneron al la maljunulo kaj
diris \1 mi vian violonon unit momen-
tonr
La maljunulo  rigardis <kmkoplene  la
ijoron. kiu uzis la gcrmanan lingvon
tiel mallerte, kiel li la violonon, Sed
Irion li volis, tion jam komprenis la in-
dido   kaj   pasigis  al   li   sian   violonon.
ne           lei malbona. our la mabperta
olonisto gratis sur ĝi tiel mall)ele! Li
ĝin agordis, metis sin tute proksime al la
invalidokaj diris: "Kolcgo, nun vi prenu
la monon kaj mi ludos.
Li do komencis ludi tiel, ke la mal-
junulo scivole rigardis sian malnovan
violonon kaj pensis, ke ĝi tute ne estas'la
sama, ear la tone mirinde eniris en la
animon kaj la sonoj ruliĝis kiel perloj.
lam estis kvazafi anĝelaj voeoj kantus
en la violono kaj poste kvazaii sonus el
_ plendoj de peza doloro, kiuj tiel tuŝis
la konm, ke la okuloj mabekiĝis.
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AMERIKA   ESPERANTISTO
Now the people stopped and looked at
the elegant gentleman and listened to the
fine music; all saw that the man was
playing for the poor fellow, but nobody
knew him. liver larger grew the circle
of the listeners. Even the carriages of
the rich people stopped. And, main
thing, everybody understood what the
talented foreigner wanted, and richly
they gave gold, silver, and also copper,
each according to his ability. The
spaniel growled. Was it pleasure or
anger? It could no longer hold the hat,
it had grown so heavy. "Empty it, old
man!" cried the people to the veteran,
"it will he tilled a second time:' The old
man did so, and rightly! Still once more
he had to empty it into the sack in which
lie usually put the violin. The foreigner
i there with shining eyes and
so played that the enthusiastic cries
sounded, each louder than the other.
The whole audience was delighted. Fin-
ally, the violinist struck the beautiful
melody of the song, "God Save Franz,
the Emperor!" All hats and bonnets
flew off the heads, by degrees the pop-
ular joy became so great that all the
people   suddenly   started    singing   the
mn. The violini>t played with the
greatest enthusiasm until the hymn was
finished; then he quickly put the violin
into the arms of the happy veteran, and
before the old man could speak a word
of thanks he was gone.
"Who was he?" asked the people.
Forward epped a gentleman who
said: "I know him very well, he is the
great violinist, Alexander Boucher, who
es his art in the service of ben< tion.
But let ns, too, not forget his noble
example!"
The gentleman presented his hat and
it also was filled. I ybody gave, and
afterwards, when the gentleman shook
the money into the veteran's sack he
cried :   "Long live Boucher!"
"Long! Long! Long!" cried the peo-
ple.
And the veteran clasped his hands and
prayed: "Lord, recompense him richly
for this!"
Xun haltis la homoj kaj ekrigardis la
elegantan sinjoron, kaj aŭskultis la ad-
mirindan mtizikon; ĉiuj rimarkis, ke la
viro ludas por la malriĉulo, sed neniu lin
koni Ciam pli granda fariĝis la rondo
de T aŭskultantoj. Eĉ la kaleŝoj de
1* riculoj haltis. Kaj, ĉefa afero, ĉiu
komprenis, kion la talenta fremdulo in-
tends kaj rice oni donis oron. arĝenton
au ankaŭ kupron. ĉiu laii sia povo. La
pudelo murmuretis. Cu ĝi estis plezuro
an kolero? Oi ne povis plu teni la cap-
elon, tiel peza gi fariĝis. "Malplenigu
ĝin, maljunulo," kriis la homoj al la in-
valids "ĝi pleniĝos duan fojon!" La
maljunulo tion faris, kaj prave! li devis
ankorau unu fojon malplenigi ĝin en la
sakon, en kiun li kutime metis la viol-
onon. La fremdulo tie staris kun brilaj
okuloj kaj ludis tiel, ke entuziasmaj krioj
eksonis unu pli laŭta ol la alia. La tuta
aŭskultantaro estis ravita. Fine ekludis
la violonisto la belegan nielodion de
T kanto: "Dio gardu Francon, la im-
pericstron!" Ĉiuj ĉapeloj kaj capoj
flugis for de V kapoj, iom post iom la
popola ĝojo fariĝis tiel granda, ke ĉiuj
homoj subite ekkantis la himnon. La
violonisto ludis kun la plej granda en-
tuziasmo, ĝis la himno estis finita; tiam
li rapide metis la violonon en la brakojn
de la feliĉa invalido kaj antaŭ ol la mal-
junulo povis paroli vorton de dankeco. li
forestis.
"Kiu estis li?" deniandis la popolo.
Antaiien paSis sinjoro, kiu diris: "Mi
tre bone lin konas ris la bonega viol-
onisto Aleksandro Boucher, kiu utiligis
sian arton por servi al la bonfaremo. Sed
ni ankau ne forgesu lian noblan ekzem-
plon r
La sinjoro prezentis sian ĉapelon kaj
ĝi ankaŭ pleniĝis. Ciuj donis kaj post
kiam la sinjoro skuis la monon en la
sakon de 1' invalido li kriis: "Boucher
vivu longe!"
"Longe! longe! longe!" kriis la popolo.
Kaj la invalido plektis sian manojn
kaj preĝis: "Sinjoro, rekompencu lin
rice por tio!"
IV. 0. von Horn, en "Legolibreto"
89
I. A A M AN TO J D11 <', I,RTO
Lttii  WiIlium Norriŝ trad n I: is /'. J. Jiumham
(Fino)
TIAM  leviĝis  Luknaro, liavanta sur
sia  vizaĝo  esprimon  tie!   mizeran,
kid bona homo povas havi, kaj diris :
"Siro Barulfo, mi havas parolsendaĵon
de la Reĝo al vi ftiuj. Mi estis apud li
kiam la lanco enpikis lian fidelan koron:
tni lin iomete tiris dc la batal Li diris:
'Mi estas mortvundita; sed, vivauta ail
mortinta, mi ne dcvas forlasi tiun 6i kam-
pon; enterign min preskafi ĝuste tie, kie
la malamiko faros sian lastan haltigon,
antaŭ ol li tarnigos/ Oar, kiel vi vidas,
kavalifoj, nia mortinta sinjoro estis certa
pri tio oit ke la bela urbo estos savita.
Tiam la sango. elsprueinte el lia koro,
iom sufokis lin, ankorafi li diris, spasme
spirantc, 'Tuj, Luknaro, kliniĝti al mia
buSo.1 Tial, mi kliniĝis, kaj li diris. mal-
laŭte kaj rapide: 'Malfermu mian ma
kirason, kaj elprenn la paperon, kiu trov-
iĝas lie kaj donu ĝin al la grandsinjoroj
kaj kavaliroj en la konsilantaro.' Mi do
1'n uis paperon de Ha bmsto, sur lia koro;
la lanco estis trapikinta gin, kaj estis por-
tint a iom da ĝi en la vundon, kaj la flue-
tanta sango makuligis ĝin : mi prenis gin
de la rompita bastonego tie la lanco, kiu
jam ankorafi restis en la vundo. Mi gin
montris al li; tiam, kiam li estis avide
rigardinta ĝin, li klinis sian kapon, kicl
signo ke cio estas bone: tiam li diris:
*Mi volas iri; eltiru la bastonegon, kom-
palinda Luknaro, fidela kaj vera!' Mi
tiris gin; okazis granda fluo de sango; li
ridetis al mi, kaj mortis."
Post tio, Luknaro pasis de sia loko,
kaj irante al Barulfo, donis al li la pa-
peron, tretnulte makulitan kaj sir it an.
Oin legis Barulfo.
"Bonaj sanktuloj, kiel strange!    Cu vi
ias tion, kio estas en ĝi skribita, Si~o
Luknaro ?"
• • \
Ne, tial ke mi ne malfermis ĝin, m.
nut konjektas, Siro Barulfo."
"Afiskultu, kavaliroj!" diris Barulfo
kaj li legis: "Kavaliroj kaj grandsin-
joroj, se mi mortos en tin ei batalp, kiel
mi   kredas,  ke   mi   faros,   tiam   (se  tio
jnos al vi bona), estu Gerto, la filino de
Sigurdo, la kulturisto, reĝino anstatafi
mi; si loĝas en la patrina-urbo, ĉe la
abatino de la Sankta Agnes abatejo de
monahinoj/'
"Jes, tiel mi pensis," diris Luknaro,
;i|ien;ui, tameii. parolanta al ili, car li
estis pensanta en si mem, pri si mem; lia
malĝojo ŝajnis malpliiĝi multe, eĉ duin la
legado de la tetero, car li pensis, "Nun,
kiam Ŝi estos Reĝino, kaj havas tiun 6i
malĝojon, mi povas servi sin multe pli
\ kaj mia anio ne maltrankviln Hn
kiel  ĝi estUS   farinta.  far ĝi          >s  nur
simila al la amo de bona regain por sia
estrino; mi malpligrandigi an bedafi-
ron sian, kiam ĝi okazos, tiel amante sin,
neniam plej malmulte sin genante. Ho,
egoista Luknaro, esti ĝoja pro >ia mal-
gojo! Tamen. mi est oja neniel pro
ŝia malĝojo, sed pro mia servado es-
tonta r
Ankorafi la kandeloj flagris kaj bri-
letis en la ekventoj kiuj movis la tendon,
car la vento leviĝis kun la lumo; kaj fine
tiu. kin troviĝas la nlej proksime al la
kadavro estb is. kaj la pastro kiu estis
dorminta, vekiĝis, suprentiris sian kor-
pon eksalte penante liksi siajn blindi-
gatajn, palpebrumantajn okulojn sur la
vizaĝo de Siro Barulfo, kiel vekitaj
homoj kutime faras.
Je tio, Barulfo subite eksaltis pieden,
kvazafi li ankafi estas vekanta el dormo,
kaj lafite ekkriis:
"Aktiviĝu, grandsinjoroj. kaj kaval-
iroj. ke ni povu marsi al nia Reĝino! Car,
miaparte, nia Reĝino Ai c^t< »s. Cio, kion
li diris kaj faris, dum li vivis, estis rekta
kaj vera; kaj li cstis, kaj estas. la plej
saĝa el 6iuj homoj, kaj ŝi, ankaŭ, estas
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ttue nobla virino. Cu vi neniam aŭdis,
kavaliroj, kiamaniere ŝi savis sian patron
tiam, kiam lin kaptis la virojn de Rego
I m > ? Kion do vi diras, cu si estos ilia
Reĝino?"
Kaj ili fiiuj rcspondis, "Jcs," Tiam
ree diris Barulfo, "Kscepte Sinjoroj Ed-
vino. Hugo kaj Adolfo koiitraŭdirus ĝin
del mi hayas nenian dubon ke ili ne
faros), 1 >io gardu Kcĝinon Gerto!"
Tiam ili ciuj stariĝis kaj diris, "Dio
gardu Reĝinon Gerto!"
Kaj Barulfo diris, "Sendu heroldon
Birkafi la armeo, ke li proklamu Gerton
Re >, kaj ke li ordonu al ĉiuj e
pretaj marŝj du horojn antati la mallevi
de la luno. Igu, ankaŭ, ĉcesti la kaval-
iron, kiu portas la grandan standardon,
por ke ni povus enterigi la Regon."
Kiam do eio estis preta, la plej nobl
el la kavaliroj, inter ili Barulfo kaj Luk-
naro, levis la mortintportilon, sur kiu la
Reĝri kuŝas, kaj ili kutie marsis al la cn-
teriga loko; kaj la standardportisto portis
la grandan standardon, tiamaniere ke ĝi
klaketu eirkau li, kaj la pastroj iris an-
taŭe   kaj   poste,   parolkantantaj,     Kaj
granda viraro de kavaliroj kaj militistoj
iris kun ili. dum ili marsis sur la ebenaĵo;
kaj la granda luno, mm li          e, frapis
sur iiiajn armilojn, kaj ĵetis timige iliajn
nmbrojn sur la mortintojn, kiuj kuŝas
tiel rlcnsaj inter la arboj.
Ili marŝis tutan mejlon, gis ili alvenis
al loko, cirkaŭita per tremoloj, kie la
malamikoj, tiun pastntan tagon, fine estis
rompitaj.
Tie fi lin enterigis ili, starante Btrka
en rondo, en ticl densaj vieoj, kiel iam
en batalo. Senlarme kaj severe ili ri-
gardis la blankan bonodorfumon leviĝi
en la lunlumo; ili aŭskultis la parolkan-
tadon ; ili suprcnlevis siaju voeojn, kaj
ilia malgojo de koro estas tre muzikeme
eldirita.
"Attskiiltu lw diris la viroj de Rege
Boraeo, kiam la kantadon aŬdis ili.
"Aŭdti la p-uimnkantantajn lumclojn!
Sed cirkau tin ĉi tempo morgan ili estos
komencontaj Besi kantadon por eio kaj
ciam: Hal ke evidente ili restos por esti
mortigitaj, kaj ni mortigos ilin Biujn : kaj
poste, bura! al la rabaĵo!"
Gerto la Reĝin o
Dume do kiel travivis Gerto?
Inter espero kaj timo malrapide pasis
la tempo, kaj la tuta tempo estis laca pro
dsana sopirado, kiu ne estus malpli, se
li nur estis irinta bestĉasadi. Kompaton
ankaŭ por tiuj, kiuj sin Irovas malsanaj
pro ;imo kaj timego, ŝi havis, kaj ĉiuj,
kiuj rigardis sin, sin amis.
Do, unu vesperon, fiirkaiS la sunsubira
tempi), dum la monŭhinoj kantadis, kaj
si kun ili» dum la malalta suno briladis tra
la ok       nta fen             j frapadis sur la
oron rii kaii la altaro, ĝis tin transform-
lirinda karmezino, sur kiu la pale
pentritaj anĝeloĵ, kiuj  mtancis la oron,
sin montris pli ptiraj kaj palaj ol iam,—
Venis, je tin sunsubira vespero, mal-
proksima kaj nedefinita komence, trans
j supra super l.i tegii i ntoj dela domoj,
la montetQ mir kiu stariĝis la abatejo,
son«> de kriegado, enmik        kun la laŭt-
plorado de la virinoj. kaj la ankoraŭ p!i
dĝoja kaj pli teruriga laŭtplorado de la
grandaj tnmipetoj, kiu ŝajnis esti la
auiasigita malĝojo de la viroj, kiuj ne
povis mem lautplori, pi      ia \ ireco.
Gin afidis trcmante la monaliinoj. kaj
iliaj himnoj svenis kaj mortis, <lum till
terurega sono de la indigna malgojo de
tuta popolo, suprenirante Bielon, leviĝis
kaj profundiĝis, k iam antaŭen rapi-
dadis; kaj Gerto farĝis pala, i is la
lipoj, kaj ankail unue iremis. kiel tremola
folio, sia koro tiel frapanta dume, kc
povis audi ĝiajn pulsobatadojn; sed, per
fortega peno, si repuŝis la tremantan
febron. Si diris mallaŭte al -i mem. "li
estas mortinta, kaj mi ne devas rrjorti
ankoraŭ.*'
Do si eliris el sia side jo kaj. pala en sia
yizago kiel marmora statuo, marsis su-
pren al la altaro: si sin turnis. kaj Fans
frunton al la pordo kaj la nno, neniu
malhelpanta sin. tial ke ili Ciuj diris: Si
atendis no\     u pri la bat^lQ*"
Komence, la suno estis sur sia frunto,
kiel li kviete staris, sed £i pli mallevigis,
ĝi tUŜis ŝiajn llpojn, kaj sajnis ke ili
tremetis en tin fluego de Ittmo, kvankam
si tenis ilin senmovaj.
Tiel Si staris kiam. jen! la kontraiifra-
pndo de armiloj en la  veŝtiblo, kaj ar-
AMERIKA  ESPERANTISTO
91
mitaj kavaliroj enpaŝis, nek klinsalutante
la altaron, nek farante la signon de la
kruco; Luknaro unue, poste Barulfo kaj
kelkaj dndek grandsinjoroj kvantaj
lin; konience, la aliaj konftudtc cirkaŭ-
rigardis, sed Luknaro. irante antaŭ ili
ĉiuj, marŝis rigide supren al la loko kie
staras Gerto, kaj falls aiitaii Siaj piedoj,
etendante liajn brakojn al Si, dum lia
fera  arniaĵo brukraki         inlaute stran-
gan ebon Ĉirkaŭ la arkaĵij      tegmenta.
Si ne rigardis lin: lia] okuloj pririgar-
dis, anstataue, la malproksiman batal-
kampon. kaj Olafon kusantan tie, ie sub
la tero.
"Reĝino Gerto," li komenci ed Ha
voco mankas al !i, pro am; ntaj mem-
oroj.    Siro Barulfo kaj la aliaj respek-
ge alproksimigis al la du, kaj  iomete
r atendis, starante en duonrondo; li
ekĝemetis, tiam flek         pli malalte an-
i. dum lia arniaĵo tentadis fie la
ŝtupo sur kiu Si staris, tiam subite levis
liajn pasiajn okulojn al la ftiaj, kaj ri-
gardis ĝis ŝi estis de\ a rigardi lin, per
koro kaj okuloj ambafi.
Si kompateme rigardis lin; li diris ree,
"Regino        to, li estas mortin
"Ho, Luknaro! mi aiidis la trumpc
dum ili kantas gin: tial mi n         tie fii
por lia parolsendaĵo; kin gi i         *'
"Ke vi devas esti K 10 super ni
ankorafi kclkatempe. Nobelino Gerto."
"Ho! kaj fiu mi devas csti? cu mi ne
tuj povas iri al li? Tial ke, cu vi BCias,
Luknaro (kaj si kurbi&is malsupren mal-
alte al li. kaj metis sian manon snr lia
kapon, dum li genufleksisL cu vi scias
ke mi Jus nun vidis lin, kusantan pala
kaj malvarma, atendanfe min, Hal brakoj
tiel elstrefiitaj al mi, li lanĝitaj okuloj
sopirege rigardante?"
"Ho, plej nobla el la plcj noblaj," li
diris. "cu vi ne scias per kinm da dan-
geroj ni estas ĉirkaŭita? Kies snirito
kroni lia povas trahelpi nin, kai kun kiu
ĝi loĝas krom vi?"
Si ploras.    "Luknaro, kvankatn li tiel
alvokas min. ankoraii cl)lc tio *         pro
.tio kc li estas malsana kaj malforta, kaj
apenall srias tion, kion li dims: kaj mi
ja scias ke en lia koro li nntafi fiio de-
ziras la sendangerecon do tin Pi popolo.
kiu okcidenten iradas; tial mi estos Re-
gino ĝis tiam, kiam la lasta nialamiko
estos venkita—diru tiel al ili."
Post tio, li prenis ŝian manon; kiel
strange, dum li tenas gin, lia kompatinda
korpo ektremas, kiel lia koro fluidiĝas
interne! Li tenis sian manon kaj diris:
"Mi estas va^alo de Reĝino Gerto," poste
ekstariĝis kaj elvokis laŭte, "Siro Bar-
ulfo kaj kavaliroj fiiuj, venu, kaj ĵuru
respekton por Gerto, via Regino."
Je tio, ĉiu viro genufleksis antaŭ ŝi,
kaj prenis ŝian manon kaj diris, "Mi estas
salo de Regino Gerto."
Poste ciuj, starante kune ĉirkaŭ ŝi, sed
pli malalte ol ŝi, kontraŭfrapis trans
siajn glavojn kaj hakilojn, kiuj elsonis
ĝoje, sovaĝe, duonfreneze en tiu kvieta
loko, dum la suno pli mallcvigis, tiel ke
ĝia lumo falas sur ŝia brusto; kaj ŝia
vizaĝo, malĝoja, pala kaj trankvila, su-
pren elrigardas el la ekbrilanta ŝtalo.
Tial, tiun tagon, Gerto estis farita
Reĝino. Kaj poste, tra la tuta urbo, on»
povis audi la frapadon de marteloj sut
fero, dum la armilfaristoj faris sian
laboron, kaj la tintegadon de la truloj de
la masonoj, dum tiuj laboris ĉe la muroj,
plifortikigante ilin.    Car la muroj iom
ilfnrtigis, pro tio kc estas tre multe da
jaroj         kiam   ia  nialamiko  per  landa
armco estis minacinta la urbon.
Kaj la sesan venas Rego Boraco, de
zertiginte la landon Imige kaj large, dum
li marŝis.   Nun, kiam li estis sendita, por
postuli  la kapitulacon de la urho.  her-
oldon, kiu ne estis permesita efi eniri gin,
I kontrafie estis mokeme respondita de
la muroj, li grinds siajn dentojn, kaj sal-
tante sur nigran ĉevalon, kaj armita per
tualco, rajdadis eirkaŭe, ordarangante
sian batalon.
Je tio, ankaii, Gerto, efirante el sia kon-
silanejo, iradis fiirkaii Ia muroj kun
bando de kavaliroj : ŝiaj gloraj haroj fluis
libere super Siaj roboj de purpum kaj
karmezino, kaj Sin distingis ora krono
cirkulatlte sian kapon, dum en sia mano
fli portis mnldikan, blankan vergon, kiel
bastono de fiefo.
Tre fidelaj kaj sinceraj estis fiiuj tiuj
en la urbo, soldatoj kaj virinoj; sed kiam
Si alproksimiĝas al nil, ilia kredo kre^ka^
'L>
AMKRIKA   ESPERANTISTO
tiel, ke ili sajnas esti ravataj el si mem.
La virinoj ploras pro vera auo, kaj la
viroj ekkriegis, "Gerto! Gerto! s la
tuta aero sonis, kaj Reĝo Boraco stultege
murmuris inter siaj den toj, "Hi preĝas al
siaj diojt la malsaĝuloj/1
Sendito, pala kaj eluzita, estas alkon-
dukata al Gerto, kaj genufleksas malsu-
pren antaŭ siaj piedoj; li diras, "Nobel-
ino. mi havas parolsendaĵon por vi."
(Ho! Gerto, vortoj antaŭe elparolitaj.)
"Rapida, bonulo," §i diras, "car tiuj
6i aferoj alproksimiĝis al fino;" kaj ri-
deto de trankvila triumfo pasis trans ŝia
pala vizaĝo.
"Antaŭ tri tagoj," li diras, "la imperi-
estro penegis trarompi tra la intermont-
ojn; li kaj tri el siaj kapitanoj estas mor-
tigitaj, kaj nia Grandrinjoro Adolfo estos
tie ĉi baldafi."
"Dank' al Dio!" Ŝi diras, "sed vi, koni-
patindulo, kia rekompenco por vi? Ho!
dormo estas vcnkinta lin ;" ear li estas
antaŭen falinta antaŭ li, tiamaniere ke
lia kapo sin apogas snr isiajn piedojn. Si
tuŝas lin, prenas lian manon por supren-
levi lin; ĝi estas Itonmalvanna; li estas
mortinta.
Sed pri tiuj ĉi homoj dc Reĝo Roraco,
la vunditoj iru al niaj hospitaloj, por ke
ili lernu tie iom da amo, pri kin ili efi ne
revis ankorau ; la mortigito] estu enter-
igitaj kaj kusu sub la tcro, sub la herbo,
inter la radikoj de la lando, kiun ili venis
por venki; la militkaptistoj foriru nearm-
itaj, sed kun provizoj por ilia vojago: ili
transini la landlimon, kaj neniam tur-
mentu la bonan landon plu, de timo ke
pli malbona afcro okazu al ili.
Kion Edito, la Serinstineto, Vidis dc la
Batalselo
En la fre*a mateno sidis Gerto, la
Re£ino, dum sia spirito estas tre mal-
proksima, kaj ĉirkaii ŝi sidis la grand-
sinjoroj kaj kavaliroj kun rugantaj,
ĝojaj vizagnj, §i sole pala, kvankam
trankvila kaj serena. ear si, ankau. esta*
£oj plena.
Kaj tiam. en la mezon de la granda
salonega. oni portis Luknaron, mortan-
tan pro siaj multaj vundoj. ne treege
suferanta, £ar lia spirito estis foriranta
de lia korpo paceme, kvazau li estus nur
eluzita.
Kaj Gerto leviĝis de sia trono kaj iris
renkonten al ili, kiuj porta- lin; kaj estis
movetado lafilonge de la tapeto, kaj la
vento trablovis tra la malfermita pordo,
kaj pro tio Gerto vekiĝis; Sia spirito al ŝi
venis ree, kvazau Olafo estus sendinta
ĝin.
Tiel ŝi rigardis lin, kiel li antaiie es-
peris ke ŝi povus, kicl Reĝino al sia
fidela regato. Antatte, ofte, ia maltrank-
vila sento, ne precize kompato, kutiniiĝis
transveni sin. kiam Ai vidis lin; ftajnis al
kruela afero ke ĝi devas esti tiel. Es-
tis ĝuste tia sento kia povus ŝanĝi en amo
kun iu, kiu estas malpli konstanta ol
Gerto; sed nun eĉ tin ĉi sento estis nial-
aperinta, kaj Luknaro sentis ke estis tiel,
ce per la rigardo al li de siaj okuloj.
Kaj li, sin levinte, apenaii diris al si,
"Reĝino, Gerto, mi venas por diri adi-
aŭon ĝis iom."
"Kompatinda Luknaro, kin min tiel
multe amis!"
"Ne," li diris, "feliĉa Luknaro, kiu
ankoraii amas vin! En la venonta
tempo, eble amantoj, tiam, kiam ili ne
havos ĉion por kio ili sopiras, diros, 'Ho!
mi povus esti kiel Luknaro, kiu mor-
pro Reĝino Gerto, en la antikva
\( mpo/ "
"Estas vcre," ŝi diris, "Adiaŭ, Siro
Luknaro."
I To! kiel avide li prcnis ŝian manon!
"Fclica Luknaro!" li diris mallaŭte, kaj
postc, "Domine, in manus tuas" kaj li
ekdonnis, kun kapo falinta malantaŭen.
Dum mallonga tempo ŝi staris, tenante
lian mortintan manon, poste dolĉe liber-
igi< gin, kaj metis gin kun la alia, kruc-
igante ilin ambaii malsupren.
Je tin, oni ree elportis lin silente; kaj
ree la movetado kuris tra la orumita
taj>eto, kaj sia spirito ree estis forinta.
Dum iom da tempo, kiel la granda suno
pli altc levigis. venis la sono de trumpetoj
kaj la bruego de la sonoriloj el la sonor-
ilejoj: Adolfo estis veninta.
Kiel proksimiĝis la fino!
Tiu tagmezo estis senventa, senmiba,
kaj  tre hela, escepte ke mola nebuletq
AMERIKA  ESPERANTISTO
93
estis ĉie leviĝinta de la malseketa tero, en
kiu eiuj ajoj malproksimaj kaj bclaj
fandiĝis.
Ŝi elvenis el la mezo dc tin areto de
grandsinjoroj kiuj esiR kolektiĝintaj eir-
kaŭ Si, kaj, kun siaj malhelaj haroj
liberaj, staris sur la balkono, super la
popolo, kaj tra la koroj el eiuj ektremis
i klara parolado.
"Dio estis tre bona a I ni, amikoj, kaj
ni estas venkintaj, kaj nun vi devas per-
niesi ke mi iru. kiel vi promesis. Kaj
eble, ear mi devas iri, vi malĝojos kaj
ofte deziros ke mi rcvciiu; ankoraŭ mi ja
devas iri; ne estas nur tial ke mi volas
iri, ke mi devas forlasi via, sed mi ne
povas ĝin malhelpi. Mi opinias, ne, estas
certa, ke tio ĉi estas ankaŭ la plej bona
ambaŭ por vi kaj mi. Se mi estus
Reĝino multe pli longe, vi malkonten;
^us pro mi, tamen ne diros tiel, car vi
amas min.
"Pensu, nun! Mi estas nur Gerto, la
lilino de kamparano, kaj mi scias ke
estis nur la spirito de via mortinta grand-
sinjoro kiu igas vin min ami tiel. Sed
mi estus longe Reĝino, mi fariĝos ree
nur Gerto. Tial mi ja devas iri. Kaj, se
vi volos, permesu ke Barulfo, kiu estas
maljuna, sed tre ŝaĝa, farigu Reĝo."
Kiam Si estis fininta, estas malgoja
silento dum iom de tempo, poste inter-
miksita sono de plorado kaj plorĝemoj
kaj fervoraj deziroj supreniris al la bal-
kono, kie ŝi staras kun ŝiaj brakoj kulan-
taj ee Aia flanko; ŝi jam ŝajnas kvazaŭ ŝi
estus malsamspeca otajo de ili. Si diris:
"Cu vi havos Barulfon por via Reĝo?
Se vi volos, diru tiel por doni al mi
plezuron; tiam, adiaŭ."
Ili kriegis, "Barulfo! Dio gardu
Reĝon Barulfon!" Kaj jen! Ec dum
tiu aklamo, si malapcris, kiel anĝclo, kiu
de ĉielo venas tiam, kiam Dio lin pruntas,
kaj reiras eielon tiam, kiam Dio lin vokas.
Gerto  surpasis  la   batalteron;  nen
herbejo kun dolĉa, onda herbo kaj bclaj
floroj, sed io tre terurcga por rigardi. por
traspasi.
Ankorafi ŝi ne Sajnis atenti al giaj
teruroj. Sia servistineto estis kun Si; sed
kiam ili venis proksime je kvin dek jardoj
de la tremolrondo kie li kusis, Si reko-
mendis al tiu ke Si haltu kaj rigardu eion,
kio okazos tie, por ke Si povos poste sciigri
la popolon.
La servistineto do sidiĝis sur la mal-
ĝojan batalteron, sur ian grandan batal-
lon, kiu otis jetita malsupren tie.
Sed Gerto, Sin kisinte, sin forlasis kaj
paŝis al tiuj tremolarboj ree estis ves-
tita per inalnovaj vestoj de kamparanino
kaj estis tute sen ornamaĵo de oro aŭ
juveloj; nur, ŝiaj nigraj haroj kunplek-
tite pendis je ambau flankoj de ŝia vizaĝo
kaj Cirkaŭ ŝia kapo estis girlando de flav-
floranta stonkropo simila al tiu, kiun li
portis en sia kasko en tiu bataltago; sed
nun, dum ŝi eniris en la rondon de la
tremoloj, sajnas esti silento super la tuta
tero. escepte ke, kiam Ai antaŭen paŝis
inter la ombroj de la arboj, nedifinita ven-
teto leviĝis el la sudo, kaj la tremolaj
Folioj tremetis, la ora nebulo tremis.
Nun, kvankam la tuta cetero de la
bataltero estis piedpremita en sanga koto,
jam ree >ekinta, sed ŝarĝita de ĉiuj ter-
uraj objektoj, tiu 6i loketo ankoraŭ kon-
-ervis la somerajn florojn. nek ia signo dc
lia tombo estis tie.
Tie do kuŝiĝis Gerto, kaj siajn blank-
ajn vangojn kisis la blua veroniko; tie
ia spiraĵo ŝin forlasis, kaj tre kviete Si
kuSadis, kun inanoj metitaj trans Sia
brusto, dum la vento kelkafoje pasis
super ŝi.
Tamen, jen tio, kion Edito, ŝia servis-
lineto, diris al Barulfo la Reĝo, kaj liaj
grandsinjoroj kaj kavaliroj:
"Mi do sidadis sur la batalselo kaj
rigardadis, kaj kiam mia sinjorino pasis
antaflen por eniri en la rondon de arboj,
mi vidis. tiel klare kiel antaxi li mortis,
mian Sinjoron Olafon la Reĝon pa
anb \ por renkonti lin, kaj li ekkaptR
Ain en siaj brakoj, kaj sin kisis sur la
buŝo kaj sur anibail vangoj.
"Kaj ili du tie estis kune dum horoj
(intcrparolante, ŝajnis), kelkfoje sidante
sur la floroj kaj herbo (car tiu loketo,
mia sinjoro, ne estas piedpremita, kiel la
cetero de la kampo estas), kelkfoje
promenante de arbo al arbo, kun fingroj
interplektitaj.

AMERIKA   ESPERANTISTO
Sed ĝuste tiam, kiam malleviĝis la
suno, mi itis kvazati mi ja devas in
kaj ree alparoli al mia kara sinjorino, kaj
rce teni ŝian manon; tial mi alproksimiĝis
tremante, kaj jen! mia Sinjoi<> Olafo ne
estis tie plu, kaj mi vidis mian Sinjorinon
Gerto sola, kuŝante mortinta sur la floroj,
kun ŝiaj nianoj krucigitaj sur ŝia brusto,
kaj di , v( nanta de tiu loko kie la suno
estis maileviĝinta, vento skuis la tremol-
ajn foliojn.   Tiam mi venis for/'
Je tio, la Reĝo kaj liaj kavaliroj mir-
egis.
Kaj la popolo konstruis grandan preĝ-
cjon sur la loko kie ili kuŝis, en la
memoro de la agoj dc Olafo kaj la amo
de Gcrlo; kaj ĉirkaŭ la preĝejo baldaŭ
kolektiĝis bela urbo, kiu fariĝis tre fama
en la posttempo.
Ankoraŭ estis strange ke tiu ĉi preĝejo
neniam finiĝis, kvankam la popolo fer-
ore kaj ame ellaboradis; io diris ke ili
haltu de kiam ili atingis al la transeptoj
de ĝi. Kaj al tiu ĉi tago la ankoraŭ
nefinigita grandega fraginento, tiel alte
superante la urbajn tegmentojn, ŝajnas
simila al monta krutajo, kiu foje iris
vagante, kaj, pro la fcrvora sopirado de
la malaltalanduloj haltiĝis inter la pop-
larboj je etcrne.
Fino
PRI "MARTA"
0. Aymonicr, en La Kevuo
Jen libro, kiun oni povas rekomendi en
plena konfido, kiun neniu legos sen pro-
funda emocio, kiu fluigos pli ol unu lar-
mon. Iafnjc oni havas tenton diri al la
autorino: Sufiec! nia koro estas tro pre-
mata; lasu penetri unu radion da lumo,
da espero en tian mizeron. Sed tion ne
volis la aŭtorino; Si volis skribi historion
veran, instrui, konvinki, ne serĉante la
facilan intcreson de pasiaj aŭ imagaj
romanoj. Deziritule estas ke multaj vir-
inoj ĝin legu, por ke ili ne fariĝu vik-
timoj, multaj homoj por ke ili ne faru
viktimojn. Resume jen la temo,. Iu
virino, fariĝinte vidvino kun kvarjara
knabineto, juna, sana, bela, plena de
kuraĝo vane serĉas laboron, ne sukcesas
havi laborcnspezon sufiĉan por nutri sin
mem kaj sian infanon, iom post iom, post
alternoj de malespero, de rekuraĝiĝo,
post multaj   revoj,  tiom inulte da elre-
ĝoj, sekvintc longan vojon kalvarian,
falas en abismon de mizero sen alia eliro
ol la morto. Tiu virino estis sufiĉe klera,
kie) plej multaj junulinoj el la granda
niondo, Ŝi sciis iom da ĉio, sed nenion li
sĉii i undc, ŝi lernis ĉion "por ornamo aŭ
por bagatelaj oportunaĵoj de la vivo,
nenion por utileco ŝi ne povoscias"; ŝi
havas nenian kapablon specialan, nenian
metion. Unue ŝi in^truas la francan
lingvon; post unu inonato, ŝi devas kon-
fesi, ke §i ne estas sufiee kapabla; si devas
ankatt konfesi, ke Si ne konas sufiĉe la
muzikon. aŭ la dezegnon, aŭ la altran-
lon; ĉiam kaj ĉie, oni rifuzas Sin, Si
vas la saman respondon. Konklude,
"en nia socio nur tia virino povas atingi
laborenspezon sufiĉan por la vivo kaj
asekttri sian sorton kontrau grandaj
suferoj  kaj  mizeroj, kiu  posedas altan
rfektecon en ia sciado aŭ ian efektivan
talenton." Marta, se ŝi ne konsentas lasi
morti pro malsato sian infanon solan en
uibreto senmebla, sen fajro, estos devi-
gata akcepti laboron de kudrado tre mal-
multe j)agatan ĉe cstroj senkoraj, kiuj
ekspluatas la virinojn, Si devos labori dek
horojn eiutage en laborejo mallarĝa, sen
aero, en kiu regas ftizo kaj morto. Aliaj
virinoj tamen vivas en lukso, nur car ili
estas belaj. Marta estas bela sed ŝi tre-
nias de honto aŭsknltantc malhonoran
proponon, nur pensante al tia falo. Si
restos fidela al la devo, Ŝi akceptos ĉiujn
humiligojn, Si petos almozon. Kiam en
la   cambreto,   lia   infano   mortiĝos   pro
mko da medikamentoj, ŝi ŝtelos en unu
minuto de frenezo kaj unu minuton poste,
i jetos sin sub la radoj de veturilo.
La leganto trovos en tiu romano ne
nur scenojn tusantajn, pledon elokventan
por la virinoj sed ankaŭ ĝustajn konsid-
erojn pri la konduto de la viroj, pri la
nejustaĵoj sociaj, pri la nejusteco de la
leĝoj, de la moroj, de la opinioj. Pri la
traduko, mi diros nur, ke ĝi plene kom-
prenigas kiel meritita estas la granda lit-
cratura reputacio de Eliza Orzeszko.
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AMERIKA  ESPERANTISTO
95
NUR "ALVENIGITA"
Kiam mi estis knabcto mi loĝis en la
katnparo naiid ujloj de la plej prok-
sima fervojo. Nia vivmaniero estis tre
primitiva. Niaj vcstoj estis pliparte
farataj el drapoj teksitaj en niaj hejmoj.
Niaj veturiloj kaj terkulturiloj estis
farataj mane do lokaj metiistoj. Kiam
la fervojo estis konstrnita tra nia regiono
ĝi transformigis preskaŭ ĉion. Ni povis
aĉeti vestojn, veturilojn. k.t.p., pli mal-
karaj kaj pli bona] ol tiuj, kin in ni
antaiie faradis. Ni alndis al la ajoj Idujn
la lokaj komercistoj alvenigis el la fab-
rikejoj de la oriento kiel "alvenigitaj"
aĵoj. Ekzemplc, jumilo kin portis ves-
taron aĉetitan el la magazeno portis "al-
nigitan" vestaron. Tan tagon Sinjoro
Southard estis en la vila£o, kaj la hnlti-
gilo stir lia fnrmvHurilo estanta difek-
tlta, li arctis belan ma^infabrikitan halti-
gilon kaj almetis gin al sin malnova farm-
vetnrilo. La sekvontan dimanftan, e>
kampara pre£ejo, aro de sciemnloi staris
apnd la vetnrilo miresritai de la bela kaj
efika baltigilo. "Bill." la dekkvinjara
filo de Sin. Southard, sidis snr la sidejo
de la vetnrilo kai manipuladis la halti-
gilon je la mirego do la ?eestantaro.
Naibaro. kin his alvenis, vidis la aron da
viroj. kaj alpaSis al la vetnrilo. La pen so
kin venis al li en la kapo esti<=. ke ia no
metiisto, kin povas fari mirigindan alon
jam venis en la vilagon. Li vokis al ta
knabo: "Bill, kin fans tiun haltigilon v'
Rill rektigis <dn kaj fiere respond?*:
"Tin ri haltigilo ne estas farita. £5 estns
•atvenigita.* "—W. J. Sptilman.
NOKTO APTTD LA LANDLIMO
On vi scias, kion sign!fas la nokto sur
altato de unu el tiuj halknn'aj deklivoj.
kiuj per s?aj randoj tusas la fluon de nia
oreca TJmok'-rivero? Nokto de sfeloj
en la *cnfina. blueta etero: nokto. k?nm
eio vekl£as fttrkafl ni kaj flustra* sekretan
kaj mallafitan murmureton: nokto, de
£emndo kaj de kaSita pasjo en Svelintaj
hmstoj   de  vilagaj   junulinoj  kaj     maj
virinoj en la disjetitaj montaraj dometoj.
Ho! niaj poetoj ne scias, kio estas la
nokto, car ili diras, ke ĝi estas mallaiita
kaj trankvila, Ili ne aŭdis ĝiajn mis-
tikajn vofiojn en urba tumulto kaj en
bclc lumigitaj salonoj, ili ne sentis tiun
ebriigan spiron kaj malsekan odoron de
T herbo, kiun elspiras la nokto.
Tiam, kiam el riveroj fluantaj komen-
cas leviĝi maldiketaj kaj diafanaj tufoj
de T nebulo, kaj kiam en Y aero ekon-
gia tumulto, tiam ekmarsas 8i majeste
kiel imperiestrino, en kics nigra vualo
brilas miliardoj da oraj steloj,
Tiam, sub dclikata kaj patrina nokta
defendo ekparolas kaj reviviĝas 6io, kio
en surdiga tumulto kaj fluo de la tago ne
povis ekaikligi sian mallaŭtan murmur-
on. Ekbruas oraj grajnaj spikoj sur
fruktoportaj kampoj: la kanto de griloj
kaj noktaj insektoj ekzumas en horo, kaj
en antikva arbaro centjaraj fagoj kaj
kverkoj komencas rakonti sian pratem-
pan fabelon pri pa*intaj tempoj kaj mal-
erintaj gentoj.
Ru£aj kapoj de papavo kaj tufaj flor-
etoj de sova£a dianto. bruligitaj per var-
megaj sunradioj dum la tago, malferm-
i£as je mnheka nokto. kaj tremas pro
soifo kaj malforto, dnme el la densi£inta
ntmosfero enfluas en ilin perlaj gutoj,
Tie Cirkan flugadas fosforemaj skar-
aboj kaj zumado de iliai maldikaj flu-
giloj faras dolfan melodion. kin reme-
morigas nin je tonoj de mandolinaj
akordoj.
A pud simplaj lignaj haraĵoj ĉirkafi
fmktejoj kaj malpermesitnj arbaretoj
ekbrila* per *ia hlankero maldiketa eem-
1V0 Qnr *ana korpo de vila&a iunulino. kai
perdi£a* en la mallumo kaj ombro de
maljtmaj arbetaĵoj. Poste de tie venas
dolca murmurctado. Tin murmureto kaj
tin mallaiita parolo de V amo ebriigas kaj
ravigas vin.
Ho! kiel mi amas maltrankvilan, mal-
sekan kaj parolantan nokton de mia nas-
kiĝregiono!

CONGRESS   NOTES
DR. ZAMENHOF, after the close of the
Washington Congress, went to spend
some days in Montreal, where he visited the
aunt at whose house, some thirty years ago,
the famous "gimna/.ia festo" of Esperanto
was heldj at which Dr. Zamenhof, then a
young college student, celebrated with several
colleagues the invention of Esperanto—quite a
different language, he assures us, from the
perfected product which he offered the public
some years later. Throe cousins, Helen, Jack
and Stephanie Zamenhof, live in the same city.
Later, Dr. Zamenhof and his party returned to
New York for a few days, sailing for home
about September 1.
Henry D. King of New York, a personal
friend of Frank Morrison, secret a rv of the
American Federation of Labor, writes that a
class in Esperanto has been formed at the
Federation headquarters. The speech of Mr.
Morrison was very favorably commented on by
the Washington papers, which did not fail to
note its possible significance in the world field
of labor unions, numbering approximately 20,-
000,000 men.
The New York Herald was among the many
papers which had special corres] ente at the
Congress every da The Herald man stood it
as long as he could, but final eakened, and
when last seen was desperately thumbing the
pages of an Esperanto text book with the
avowed determination of learning the language.
The Washington Herald published an edi-
torial in Esperanto.
If you want to know h much of the
national game is in the little ball, and how
much in the variegated languages with which
we pursue it and talk about it after the game,
try playing base hall in Esperanto. Did you
ever dream that the screaming, howling maniac
who raves along the line between home and the
first base is just an innocent konsilanto, like
ProfessoT Loud or Mr. Dibble? Did it ever
occur to you that when Sinjoro Kelly for a
third time pulverizes an autumn afternoon
with a ball-club that he had merely made a
frapumo? Could you be induced to believe
that when CDonovan sprints backward for
fifty yards and plucks the fugitive sphere out
of the sky by jumping a forty f<>ot fence, that
he has only captured a flugumo? The Esper-
nntists from Europe mnv have understood
why the man  with the l          tried so hard to
hit  the  hall,  hut  you can  bet  they  are  still
wondering why the crowd was  (here.
A reporter for the Washington Herald ran
down and gathered up on paper a full set of
the initials of Colonel John Pollen. If none
escaped, they are: C. T. E., B. A., T, C. IX,
M. T., "and barrister." That last may mean-
well, the libel laws are very strict in England,
and it is somewhat dangerous to denominate a
man a lawyer unless you are in a position to
prove it. Unless you are sure you just call
him a solicitor or a barrister.
The Pacifist meeting was the largest of all
the sectional conventions. About fifty people
were present, and an address was delivered
by   Dr.   Arnhold,   a   banker   of  Dresden.    He
• lied attention to the work of the famous
German Pacifist and Esperantist, A. H. Tried.
and to that of Miss A. B. Ekstein, a well-
know 11   Esperantist of Boston.
Claud ills Colas, of France, repTe lag I he
Catholic Esperantist Union, was a prominent
figure at the CongTess. He made a great im-
pression with a lecture at one of the Catholic
colleges near Washington.
The four Washington papers, Herald, Post,
Star, and Times, each gave the Congress much
publicity, and interesting write-ups appeared
every day. All four papers offered the «cries
of the Congress week for about 25 cents each,
and many Esperantists ordered these sent
their homes. The problem of reprinting all
these reports has been considered try \mrrika
Esperantisto, and it is rather comforting to
reflect that the greatest obstacle to their re-
production is their extremely voluminous
character.
Secretary Reed was the happiest man in the
Congress by so long odds that he was in a
class all bv himself. He had never been so
sure of success ns he had to seem, and when
the opening day went off with so much viglo
and the actors in "Kiel Plafias al Vi" had done
so much better than everybody, including them-
selves, had exp« ' of them, Red glowed like
a birthday cake. Thereafter every mention of
his name in the I "iigress sessions brought foTtli
prolonged applause and further radiation.
Little Winifred Stoner and Adelaide Sher-
man were both absent, and the embarrassing
distinction of being the juvenile prodigy fell
to William BloGovern, a mere man from Nor-
folk, twelve years old. He mode an interesting
talk at the Bureau of American Republics, and
received much commendation for his fluent use
of Esperanto.
AMERIKA  ESPERANTISTO
97
William Mann of London, British  Esperan-
t, confesses that he :            nan Ksperantist
for eight yea        There  is  hardly  a   twist  or
turn of English which he can't take at the
same speed in Esperanto,         wing the English
meaning with an aecui         that   is almost ex-
asperating at times—h> as it so jolly much
bettor, ye know, than we. can do it ourselves.
I he Cosmos Club, a verj unemotional and
gh-browed scientific society, tendered the
freedom oi Its house to the Esperantista from
foreign countries, flavoring the said freedom
with the information thai never but once be-
fore had it been extended.
The library of Congress smells just a tiny
hit oi varnish, but on the whole it was rather
nice   to   hear   the    BhiropcaM   keep   quiet   for
once,   it'- a great       i           the friendly rela-
tion between art ami finance, is that Library
oi Congress, and from Dublin to Tien Tsin
there's nothing equal to it.
Leigh Mitchell Bodges, a Philadelphia news-
paper man, was th        lesl  of n  little gathering
of Esperantista  who  worked  on  hie emotions
the following expedient.   Mr. Bodges wrote
long sentence in English. It was translated
int.»  Esperanto, and  slip*  with the Esperanto
were handed to  E-p.rantists of iei
different   nationalities.        ich   translated   the
matter into his own language, the Esperanto
slips were taken away and the Esperantists
retranslated into Esperanto. The Washington
Star0 says: "It was too long and in vol for
the memory to be of much service, and the
resultant translations were so similar that
Mr. ITodges was amazed."
M. Tison, chief of police of Paris, sent an
Esperanto   letter   of   greeting   to   Major
er, chief of the Washington police.    Four
polkeasen   from   the   Washington   force,   dili-
ntly digging in their vocabularies, were
ii-iilurea of the Congress, having been assigned
event for the week. The Washington
police are polite—a feature in which tl
need fear no early competition from New York
or Chicago.
lime. Marie Hankel spent a week visiting
the family of YV. L. Church, of Boston, after
the Congress.
.•rgiiis \\ ink. Inran, of Dresden, representa-
tive of the international magazine, "Rand um
die Welt," was at Washington with an ambi-
tious program for the use of Esperanto by an
international syndicate of magazines.
Senor, Setters and Scnorita Amores were
guests  at the  Esperanto bull.    Senor  Amores
chief translator at the Bureau of American
I;. publics. Since Mr. Barrett, president of
the Association, is a patron of Esperanto, but
not a pander of it, the task of learning it
seems to be up to Senor Amores.
MBS.   FLORA   WILLIAMS,
human interest feature of the Congr
was Michaelo Plesche, a young Croatian who,
though he had studied Esperanto only since
May, >ke it with wonderful fluency, and
enlarged its meaning with flashing eyes and
eloquent hand- He was a more or less inno-
cent young rustic, and on his way to this
country was robbed in Europe. Esperantists at
Geneva repaired his financial condition and
enabled him to continue to Washington, where
further repairs sent him to a relative in Chi-
cago. He was a bully illustration of the
entihV fn that high-brows are talking
through their cupolas when they say that an
international language is of no use to anybody
but End. Ostwahl and Horace Fletcher.
A  Behaii  said to be a real cousin of the
pmph. ■   Bahaa  I'llnh,           d the Congress on
behalf of that religio-philosophical cult, now
said to number some ten million followers.
They say that the original Bahna prophesied
the coming of a universal language. This
salutation, like that of the theoHophists and
others, was quite unoihVial and outside the
formal sessions of the congress, where religious
and political topics were strictly taboo.
Dr.   /amenhof   was   presented    a    congress
badge made of solid gold.
OS
AMERIKA  ESPERANT1STO
A phonograph concert was played for the
foreign Esperantists in the Arlington hotel,
national airs from thirteen countries being on
the program.
Not an official part of the Congress, but one
of the many happenings of interest during that
\\.            mentioned  in the following Associated
Press dispatch, dated August 1G at Paris: In
executive   session   today   the   Aero    Club    of
ance passed an ironclad rule requiring ability
to speak Esperanto, the universal language
fluently before an aviator's license can be is-
sued to an applicant. Without a li           no
acroplanist can participate in official aerial
meets in France. This action has been taken
on account of the difficulty experienced at
Mourmelon le Grand, where the various avia-
ii schools are located and whore nearly every
pro                nationality   is  represented.     Some
•I   the  students   v        utterly at  sea   in their
• lasses before Esperanto was introduced. Even
then tn the absence of rules to that effect,
many of the led ambitious did not learn the
new language. Hence the association has made
its knowledge compulsory."
THE CONCERT
fAXE of the most pleasant evenings of the
^ Congress was the Sunday night concert
given at the Arlington, August 14. The pro-
gram was arranged by William Mann and Mrs.
lora Williams. Mr. Mann presided and acted
as official announcer, while Mrs. Williams sang
a number of Esperanto songs as she alone can
sing them. However, there were other artists
on the program, which was as follows:
Quartet, "Lu Kapelo" (Mrs. Helliwell) —
Mrs, Williams, Miss Anack       Mr. Newell, Mr.
Wiriek.
Solo, "Ml Audai Yin" ( Harris)— Herbert
Harris,  Portland, Maine.
Solo, "La Asro" (Rubenstein)—Mrs. Flora
A. Williams.
Mandolin Solo—Miss Cora S. Butler.
Recitation—Dr. W. S. Hamilton.
Quartet. "Roza Erikejcr (From the German)
—Mrs. Williams, Miss Anacker, Mr. Newell,
Mr. Wiriek.
Solo, "KaMu al Mi"   (Greene)—Miss Agnes
Preston; 'cello obligato by Miss Ethel Lee.
Recitation—Richard Sharpe.
Solo, "la Ekzilo* Guerrero de Oliveira) —
Mrs. Williams.
Recitation, "George Washington kaj Li a
M.ilgranda Hakileto"—Miss Margaret Anacker.
Piano Solo, "Valso* (Chopin)—Miss Mar-
garet Mears.
Solo, Juvelkanto el Faŭsto (Gounod)—Mrs.
Williams.
Accompanists: Miss Margaret Mears, De-
troit: Prof. Guerrero de Oliveira, Rio de
Janeiro.
Of   the  various   sectional   conventions,  that
of the 0.  EL A. was certainly the most sue
ful.     The   attendance   during   both   meetings
■s unexpectedly large.           gate B. F. Schu-
bert arranged the meetings and made the nee-
iary preparations; the other delegate, Dr.
C. H. Fessenden, found it impossible to attend,
Rev. Paul Hoffman presided. Dr. Zamenhof ac-
Cepting the honorary presidency. Georges
Warnier spoke on the organization and aims of
the Universal Esperanto Association, and his
speech  was  the means of securing many new
embers. Several matters of general interest
were disc I Those interested in the U. E.
A. should send all inquiries and memberships
direct to B. F. Schubert, bureau of Pensions,
Washington.
RECOGNIZING  OUR FRIENDS
DR. VTEMANS suggests that it
would be a good idea to print a
list of periodicals containing articles on
Esperanto. Such a list might be hard
to procure, but it should be easy to men-
tion the more important of such articles
i luv appear. For example, the
School Review for June (Chicago, price
LS cents) contained a full reprint of the
report made by Herbert Harris and E.
C. Reed to the IT. S. Commissioner of
lucation, regarding Esperanto and the
Barcelona Congress.    In ordering extra
pies of any magazine, it is worth while
to say that you do so because of your
interest in the article on Esperanto.
The "Standard," a Baptist newspaper
cents a copy), 700 East Fortieth
ct, Chicago, contained in its number
of September 17 "A Plea for Esper-
anto" by R. G. Hulburt. It is an urgent
appeal to Protestant Christians to take
up Esperanto, citing the practical uses
made of it by other religious bodies.
The "Princeton Press/' Princeton,
X. J., contains an article by Prof. Mac-
loskie, "The Psalms in Esperanto."
The "Outlook," New York (ten
cents), in its issue of August 27 devotes
a page to Esperanto.
The Advocate of Peace, Boston, Sep-
tember (10 cents), has an article by
Stella V. Kellerman on the Washington
Congress,
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DEAR UNITED STATES:   Here
above   is   the   summary   of  your
H-calls on the subscription list of the
-perauto magazine. Amerika Esperan-
to.     Quite   widely   disseminated,   at
hs        this movement, cu ne?    Some
people will be surprised to see that it is
large; others surprised that it is so
small.
Ni        dear  States, you  are going to
apologi/e to us and say:   4Tt really is a
that we've taken so little interest
in your magazine, which represents such
a laudable movement/'
Good! good! But this casual com-
mendation, New York ami Wyoming, is
not quite to the point. What we want
to know, here in this Chicago office, is
just this: Do you propose to increase
your lists, so that this magazine can
(/row and become bigger  and   better
We have no complaint to make as to
our present list. IF YOU KEEP IT
'.ROWING FROM NOW ON.
vStates, a propaganda magazine at un-
der 5,000 circulation is not existing—-it
is simply being kept from dissolution by
pumping salt into its arteries and oxy-
gen into its lungs. When we get
5,000 we are merely existing. At about
10,000 we begin to live.
States, we have worked with you for
four years. We're not regretting a mo-
ment of it, and if you've not shown
proper appreciation of our efforts, no-
body knows better than we that it's
muchly our fault. However, you've
ventured to give us one subscription for
every 40,000 of your population.
100
AMERIKA  ESPERANTISTO
Before criticising our work or om
magazine, hadn't you better raise your
ipport to, say, * «lie in ten thousand of
your population?
It'- a modest demand.
The object of thL magazine is to get
a big number of people in America in-
terested in this international language.
We can accomplish that only when the
magazine is given a wide circulation.
We can obtain that wide circulation
only through the cooperation of those
alrcadx interested in our work
If  those already  interested have not
t done all they can. let them begin it
now.
Come on, States! We're going to
bulletin every one of you, every month,
from now on, increase or loss.
Kansas, with less than one subscriber
two counties, what can you do?
New York, if you were cut up into
little towns the size of Sacramento, Cal-
ifornia, you'd have just one subscriber
for everv town.   Can you beat it?
Wyoming, dear, if that one copy you
get were clipped up into bits the size of
a postage stamp, you could stick one on
every hundred square miles of your ter-
ritory !
Arizona, one of your subscriptions
expires this month. If it is not renewed,
the opponents of Esperanto will shout
the news 'round the world that our move-
ment has declined fifty per cent in one
month in the great state of Arizona!
Gel another, and let us  report a fifty
r cent increase!
NOW  REMEMBER,  IF ANY OF
YOU STATES WANT T< I BE SUR'
>F    SHOWING    AN     INCREAS1
NEXT MONTH, ONE OE THE BEST
WAYS  TO   IX)   IT   WILL   I
ORDER     SUBSCRIPTIONS      E< >R
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SAND    SUCH     LIBRARIES    AND
WILL    SELECT   THEM    IE    YOU
WISH.     THESE    I.1BR\RY    SUB-
SCRIPTIONS    \RE   ONLY   FIFTY
CENTS EACH.
Maine!  Florida!
California!
Throe of the corner states of L\ S. A. have spoken for the Propaganda
Cture th       car.    There are others in betwixt and between.    Some have
made engager™ nts and some have not.
Well, speak up!   speak up!    If you don't want the lecture, think you
can't, etc., that's all right, but SAY S( >!    Don't keep a fellow standing with
his grip in one hand and his hat in the other, wondering what youTe going
do, when every one of these golden October days is loaded with oodles of
opportunity to do things.
AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO
P. s.
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circulars, or read the front        er of your October magazine.
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Convenient? That's where we get even—it's so convenient that it
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When you think of it, think of the tir*t
Esperanto printer in America. We ha\«
a full outfit of accented type, skilled work-
men, modern machinery, and all work is
under the direct supervision of an Esper-
antist of five years' experience. Prices as
low as consistent with careful workmanship
and good materials. Write us. We don't
turn up our noses at English work either.
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BOSTON, MASS.
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Prezo, 10 por 25 cendoj  (Sm. .50)
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AUSTIN  COLLEGE,   SHERMAN    TEXAS
"KIEL PLACAS AL VI"
If you missed the Congress,
don't miss the Congress
Play! A limited edition
was printed and a few cop-
ies are left. One of the
best translations from
Shakespeare yet printed in
Esperanto. Pages, 137; in
paper cover, 50 cents; in
limp leather, $1.00.
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TEN MILLION DOLLARS
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part of it with you if you ask them.
This half-page space will cost you
$10.00 per month. A single advertise-
ment is never a fair test of a periodi-
cal's drawing power.   Follow it up!
$5.00
is our price for a quarter-page
each month.. People may want
what you have to sell, but they
will buy of the advertiser.
Nothing is simpler than the
power of suggestion. Get peo-
ple to thinking about you and
your business and the rest is
easy if your business is other-
wise right.
IF you do not add advertising
expense to the price of your
goods you are on the road to
the jumping-off place. If you're
afraid, try this small space for
$3.00, but repeat.
TWO DOLLARS is the price of an inch
display. Make your story short and to the
point if you say it an inch, and catch their
eyes with one big word in big type.
The Classified Department is chiefly used
by people with one deal to make. It is a
sort of life-buoy on which one can throw
himself into the advertising ocean with no
danger of being swamped.
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Oe 1' Koto de Europe  (Pri vat)...........20
ĉu TJnu Lingvo Internacia au Tri  (Cou-
turat)    ................................15
Ĉu   Li?   (Dr.   Vallienne).................1.20
Deveno kaj Historio de Esperanto        paen-
hof)                                                                .....20
Diversajoj    (Lallemant-Bearj).............45
Don Juan  (Molicre-Boirac)   ..............45
Don  Kihoto   (Cervantes-Pujnla)    .........10
Dr. Jekyll kaj  Sro.  Hyde   (Mann,  Morri-
son )     ................................    .40
Duonsurda   (Johanino   Flourena)..........15
Eĉ en Doloro    Ni    Estu    Ĝojaj  (Kamm-
Ramo)    ...............................30
EdziLJo  Malaranĝita   (Inglada)............20
El  la  Biblio   (Zamenhof)   ................10
El Dramoj   (Zamenhof)...................10
Elektitaj  Fabeloj   de   La   Fontaine   (Vail-
lant)    ..................................25
Elektitaj Fabeloj   (Grimm-Kabe)..........55
El  Komedioj   (Zamenhof)    ......                 .10
Eneido    (Virgil-Vallienne)    ..............90
En Malliberejo  (Ĉirikov-Kabe)   ...........15
Esperantaj   Prozajoj    (Kelkaj   Autoroj)        .75
Esperanta  Sintakso   (Fruictier)   .........45
Esperanto Teacher   (Helen Fryer)........25
Fabeloj de Andersen  (Skeel-Giorling).....10
La  Faraono   (Prus-Kabe)   .............. 2.05
In tbree volumes; any one volume......70
La   Fianĉiniĝo     de    Sovaĝulineto     (Rok-
8Ur*l O   J        -.*•..•.......•......                 .......        .20
Frenezo   (Pujula-Valles)                                .30
Fundanienta  Krestomatio   (Zamenhof]   . .   1.10
In half leather binding   ...............1.50
La   Funda    de   V Mizero            oszewski-
Gulliver en  Liliputlando   (Swift-Inman)..    .45
Gvidlibro  de  ĉibraltaro   (Edwards).......20
Horacio           aulay-Bickneil)............    .25
Ifigtnio en Taurido   (Goethe-Zamenhol         .65
Imenlago   (Storm-Bader)   ................25
La Interrompita Kanto (Orzeftzko-Kabo)..    .25
Internacia Krestomatio  (Kabe)   .........    .40
International  Language;     Past,    Present
and  Future   (W. J.  Clark)............   1.05
Inter   Blijiduloj    (Javnl-Jnval.)...........60
Japanaj  Rakontoj   (Ĉif Toftio)   ...........20
La  Jeso  de   Knabinoj   (Moratin-Maclean)    .20
Jolanto   (Hertz-Rum» berg)   ...............45
Julio Cezaro   (Shak-       «re-L;        it)......60
Kanto   de   Triumfanta   Amo    (Turgenev- ^
Fiŝer)    ...............................    .20
Kastelo de Prelongo  (Vallienne)   ........   1.20
Kial Hi Estas Famaj  (Feydeau-Dore).....35
Kiel    Ni   Plibeligos  la   Vivon?   (Anony-
mous)    ..................................20
La  Kolomba  Premio   (Dumas-Papnt)    ...    .20
Kolorigisto-aerveturanto   (Godlneau)   .....15
Komunista Manifesto   (Marx-Baker)..,       .50
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