AMERIKA The American Esperantist. Vol. 42. NOVEMBER—DECEMBER 1929 No. 2 CONTENTS Page Milestones Of Good Will....................................................................... 17 Esperanto Activities in North America................................... 19 Raporto De La XXIIa Kongreso..................................................... 23 North American Year Book............................................................... 23 Our Contest..................................................................................................... 24 Our Bulletin Board.............................................................................__ 25 Echoes From Our Readers.................................................................. 26 Nekrologio .................................................................................................__ 26 Our Honor Roll .......................................................................................... 27 Young People's Page............................................................................_ 28 Eroj From The Secretary's Desk................................................... 30 Adresaro De Nia Membraro............................................................... 31 Krucvort - Enigmo .................................................................................... 34 The Roll Call Of The American Red Cross........................... 35 To Our Readers .......................................................................................... 35 Anoncoj............................................................................................................... 36 Price 20 Cents Per year $1.00 Published by The Esperanto Association of North America Fort Lee, N. J., U. S. A. THE TRIANGLE PRESS, 325-32ND STREET. UNION CITY, N. J. THE ESPERANTO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. A PROPAGANDA ORGANIZATION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY AND USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AUXILIARY LANGUAGE, ESPERANTO. CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP: I. LIFE MEMBERS $100. 2. SUSTAINING MEMBERS $10. 3. CON- TRIBUTING MEMBERS $3.00. A. REGULAR MEMBERS $2.00. THESE FOUR CLASSES INCLUDE AMERICA. ESPERANTISTO. 5. REGULAR MEMBERS WITHOUT AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO $1.00.___________________ CLUB DIRECTORY. This department is conducted for the benefit of our organized clubs. Club secretaries arc requested to make reports of the activity of their club to the General Secretary for the purpose of keeping and) publishing a record of the Esperanto movement throughout North America. .Changes of officers and addresses should be reported immediately. CLUB DIRECTORY. Boston, Mass. Boston Esperanto Society. 507 Pierce Bldg., Copley Sq. Sec, Miss Mi. Butman. Meets Tuesdays at 7 P. Ml Chicago, III. La Graduta Esper- anto Society No. la. Sec, Mr. V. Popela, 1637 W. 19th St. Meets every fourth Wednesday in Esperanto Office, 1500 W. Cullerton St. Duluth, Minn. Duluth Esperanto Club. Pre?., Mr. E. Bauer, Arlington Heights, Duluth, Minn. Sec. Mr". II. Merry. Jersey City, N. J. Universal Es- peranto Fraternity, Inc., 574 Jersey Ave, Pres. J. J. Sussmuth; Y.T'res. Mrs. J. Goklzier; Sec, Miss H. Temp- lin; Treas., Mr. F. Templin. Meets every second Saturday of the month. Publishes quarterly 'Esperanto LandV. Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles Esperanto Club. Pres. J. Soberer, 612 Spring St.; See., Mrs. I. Horn, 1945 Fletcher Ave, So. Pasadena, Cal. Meets every second and fourth Wednes- day each month. Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee Esper- anto Club. 525 67thAve. Pres. Mr. A. Eunkel; V.-Pres., Mr. M. Diaz; Sac- Treas., Mr. A. F. Doneis. Meets every Thursday at 7:30, Boom 409 in tin: Wisconsin University Extension Div- ision Bldg., 7th and' Stale Sts. Minnapolis, St. Paul, Minn. Twin City Esperanto Society. Sec, Helen W." Prink, 1216 Nicollet Ave., Minn. Meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at the Minnesota Union, University of Minnesota. Pros., Mr. N. Boyes, V.-Pres. Mr. C. Briggs, Treas., Mr. If. Libby. New York City, N. Y. The New York Esperanto Society. Sec, Mrs. S. Healy, 73 Central Ave, Monelair, N.J. Esperanto Dinner is held on the first Saturdav of each month at 6 :45 P. M., at Hotel Endicott, 81st St. and Colum- bus Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Esperanto Society. Sec, Mr. II. llet- zel, 4919 Warrington Ave. Monthly meeting for business every fourth Friday at Y. W. C. A., 18th and Arch Sts., 8:15 P. M. Central Office, 133 N. 13th St. (Book Store of Peter Ke.illy.) Topeka, Kans. Topeka Esperanto Association. Pres., Mr. G. Morehouse; V.-Pres., Miss II. Hall; Sec,Treas., Miss L-. Hardy; Cor.-Sec, Miss C. Zerkle. Meets at 1122 W. 8th St. every first Tuesday in the month. — J. H. Fazel, Director. Toronto, Canada. Toronto Canada Club. Pres., Mr-. E. J. Bengough, Mc Master University, Tel. Ivingsdale 28G5 Sec, II. Wall, 716 Rhodes Ave, Tel. 3223. Meets every second and fourth Saturday at 6:30 in the restaurant, "Peacock Inn", 99 Yonge St. Washington, D. C. Kolumbia Es= peranto Association. Telephone Miss Leavitt, Main 6640, between 4 and 6 P. M., or address Mr. John Sheil, — 506-6th St. N.E., Phone Lincoln 10231 between 4 and 6 P. M. Amerika Esperantisto Entered As Second-Class Matter Nov. 1, 1929, At The Fost-Office Of Fort Lee, N. J. under' the act of march, 3, 1879. Published bi-monthly at the end of the first month by THE ESPERANTO ASSOCIATION of NORTH AMERICA 1591 Anderson Ave., Fort Lee, N. J. One Dollar a Year. Editor: J. J. Sussmuth. Vol. 42. November — December No. 2. Al Niaj Legantoj Kaj GeamiJ^oj. Katizc de la Krisnaska Festo kaj la Nova Jaro la Centra Oficejo dcziras esprimi siajn plej korajn bondezirojn al ĉiuj Oesamideanoj. Ni esperas daŭri esti favorataj de via bonvolo kaj subteno kaj ni klopodos servi al E. A. N. A. entule kaj al ĝiaj membroj individue Ian nia f*5g_ plej bona scio kaj kapablo. J. J. Sussmuth, Sekretario. Carmen S. Sussmuth, Ilelpanta-Sekr. MILESTONES OF GOOD WILL. ... A Heart To Heart Talk With The Secretary. The approaching holidays are universally known as festivals of joy, peace and good will. It is, indeed, good will that reunites fam- ilies once a year, that inspires us to make others happy with presents and which creates a general spirit of happiness and love. This beautiful holiday spirit is felt throughout the civilized world. Page 18 AM ERIK A ESPERANTISTO. _________ When a firm, which has recently started in business submits a financial statement, there is usually an item among the assets which is called "good will". This good will may consist of a certain amount of experience or a certain reputation among future customers which can be capitalized by the firm making this statement. While from a finan- cial standpoint this item is often overlooked, in practical business, however, it is of great value. Who does not remember the Ambassador of Good Will who crossed the ocean high in the air and occupied the front pages for many weeks? Who does not remember how well it felt when reading the papers to find the colums filled with expressions of good will, friendship and international understanding. It was, indeed, a "grand and glorious feeling" to see all this good will crowd out the sensational news items of murder, vice, hatred and what not. And thus, good will is an immeasurable asset in family life, religion, business and even politics. Every movement needs good will, like the sunshine that makes everything grow and when we see an idea grow we can rest assured that there is* plenty of good will behind it. The Esperanto movement is in need of good will more so than any other movement because it is idealistic and promises very little materialistic profit to its adherents. The closing hours of the last Congress showed plenty of good will and many who made promises to help in the course of the general enthusiasm have already shown that they were sincere about it. This good will, however, is not limited to those who were at the Congress. Almost daily the mail is bringing us proof of a similar feeling even among those who are far away from the Esperanto centers and who have to nurse the spark of enthusiasm all by themselves. There are plenty of tangible expressions of this good will. Just turn to the page with the Honor Roll where Gesamideanoj are laying the foundation to the grand Edifice of Esperaritism. Read what each stone contributes to this structure. These contributions represent good will in concret form, good will voluntarily brought and offered on the altar of Esperantism, because they all were made of a free will and unsolicited. Such good will cannot fail to succeed. We are confident that our call for Minute Men will find a generous response. The echoes from our readers seem to indicate that. We are confident that the spirit as shown by Mr. Fisher's letter will add to the rebirth of enthusiasm among indifferent circles, and regain their confidence which so rightly belongs to Nia Kara Afero. So let us look into the future with full confidence and work together with a constructive optimism to strenghthen our local clubs, the National Association and the, Esperanto movement in general as expressed by the spirit of U.E.A. May this wish mark a new milestone of progress which we hope to reach during the coming year. AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 19 ESPERANTO ACTIVITIES IN NORTH AMERICA. New Yorh, N. Y. On Saturday evening, October 5th, the New York Esperanto Society held the first Barĉo of the new season at Hotel Endicott with an attendance of thirty. The guests of honor were the following officers of the Esperanto Association of North America: Mr. Henry W. Hetzel, President; Mr. J. J. Sussmuth, General Secretary; Miss Mary Scheitlyn, Treasurer and Miss Carmen S. Sussmuth, Assistant Secre- tary. Mr. Lewis H. Maury, President extended the Society's greeting to the guests of honor and E. A. N. A. and called upon Mr. Hetzel, who had come up from Arden, Delaware for the oc- casion, to present Mr. Sussmuth, our old friend and member, as the new Secretary. Mr>. Sussmuth gave a re- port of his work since his election and outlined his plans. The energetic efficient manner in which he had gone about rebuilding the Association and putting it on a firm, working business- like basis was most encouraging. He had already revived our magazine, "Amerika Esperantisto," copies of which were available at the meeting. Much enthusiasm was shown and given concrete expression to such an extent that it was necessary to call upon two assistants to help the Society's Secre- tary, Mrs. Healy, to receive renewal and new membership fees and subscrip- tions. A letter to a former, highly es- teemed member, Mr. K. Ossaka, of Japan, was signed by all pressent and forwarded via air-mail to Mrs. Lillian M. Gilbreth a noted pioneer in, and a leading authority on, Scientific Engineering in Business, then en route to the World Congress of Engineers in Japan who will carry our greetings to our old friend. Among the attendance were: Mr. Henry W. Fisher, Esperanto Pioneer in America and a former President of E. A. N. A., Mr. James F. Morton, Curator of the Paterson (N. J. ) Mu- seum, Mr. A. Duff who learnt Esper- anto in' 1893, Mr. Berthold Schmidt, Chief Delegate of U. E. A. for greater New York and others. L. H. M. % % sfi New York, N. Y. On Saturday, November 2nd, the New York Esperanto Society held its regular monthly Barĉo at Hotel End- icott with an attendance of thirty- four. A guest of afar was Mr, Sindo- Seitaro of Osaka, Japan, a former pupil of Mr. K. Ossaka. His beautiful Esperanto was balm to the ear and a delight to the soul while his fluency and the enthusiams of his auditors greatly impressed several visitors who could scarcely believe that the East and the West could understand one another so readily through the medium of an "artificial language". Mr. Sussmuth, Secretary of E. A. N. A. gave a most encouraging account of his activities and, among other things, reported that arrangements had been made whereby the old debt due to the B. E. A. would be liquidated and announced Mr. Henry W. Fisher of Perth Amboy, Nt. J. as having under- taken the settlement of this indebt- edness. Mr. Fisher arose amid ap- plause and explained that he had been Page 20 A ME RIKA E8PERANTI8T0. influenced, by Ids confidence in Mr. Sussmuth's methods and faith in his fitness for his post, to relieve him of this handicap. It was decided that the Society would hold its regular December Barĉo on the first Saturday as usual and to meet on Saturday, December 14th with the Esperanto (dub Harmonio of Mew York and the Universal Esper- anto Fraternity of Jersey City, N. J. in a joint Zamentof a Festo. L. IT. M. » * * New York, N. Y. Rhodes Preparatory School. — Professor E. J. Johns, Ph. I). is giving an instruction course in Esperanto in this school with fifty pupils. The result has been most grati- fying and the opening of another course is expected. There- will be a special prize given for the highest percentage achieved at the coming examination. Further details about its prize will be announced later. Boston, Mass. The Boston Esperanto Society held a special meeting, October 7th at which secretary Sussmuth was present. The meeting was held in Hotel Statler and reunited many of our old gesamide- anoj. Mr. Edward S. Payson, Hon. President came specially to this meet- ing from Lexington. Our Hon. Vice- President, Miss E. J. Marian was also present. Prof. Lambert announced the opening of an Esperanto course beginning at the end of October. All the members renewed their membership in E. A. N. A., as well as subscription to A. E. The secretary wishes to thank the Boston Society and especially Miss Meriam for the hospitality shown him during his stay in that city. Brownficld, Me. White Mountain Esperanto Office gastigis dun la Somero flu samideanojn, kaj esperis gastigi aliajn ĝis deko en Scĝo Amfiteatra, stir montflanko. Birdoj, floroj, beroj, fiingoj, f rule to j, muskoj, rokoj, kaj pejzaĝoj bonvena- das. Biblioteko de Esperantajoj kaj stntllibroj invitadas. Verŝajnc Sumo Frost restos tie tra Vintro kie li ak- ceptadas ĉiam vizitetojn de samideanoj. Historion li verkadas. Sekn. Sussmuth trauoktiĝis ee loĝejo apud vilaĝo Okt. i) a kaj ĝojigis samideanon kaj lian panjon. Kiu ŝatas montaron, skribu, ankaŭ propagaiulemuloj. N. F. Washington, I). 0. The Kolumbia Esperanto Associo is again sending out circulars. "Our movement is gaining adher- ents but it still needs the moral and material support of every earnest Es- perantist and an urgent call has gone out from the new headquarters for an increased enrollment in the National Association (E. A. N. A.) and more subscriptions to its monthly organ, "Amerika Esperantisto". The membership in Ei A. N. A. and subscription are included in their dues. * * * Hawaii, Island of Maui. Samideano Meyer writes, there are two groups studying Esperanto with approximately one Hundred partici- pants. * # * Chicago, III. The American Federation of teach- ers past the following resolution during their recent convention. AMERJKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 21 "International Language." "The W. P. B. A. recongnising the nee. R. Sim- onds read a paper regarding Esperanto before the Fairbault Branch of the American Association of University Women. This paper was deposited in the corner stone. J. E. S. * * & Los Angeles, Gal. En Septembro nova kurso komen- ciĝis je la Politeknika Vespera Alther- nejo, instruita cle S-ro Jos. R. Scherer, Presidanto de la loka klubo. Dudek personoj estas en tiu ĉi grupo, kin estas parto de la regula vespera kurso de la altlernejo. Estas la dua jaro dum kiu oni kondukas Esperantan kurson en la Politeknika altlernejo, kiu estas unu el la plej grandaj lernejoj en la urbo. La Esperanto Klubo de Los Angeles kunvenas la duan Merkredon por afer* kunveno kaj ankaŭ kondukas spertulan grupon je la 4a Merkredo ĉiumonate, en la "Senior " ĉambro cle la Centra Biblioteko. La Propaganda Komitato, sub la administrado de S-rino Sylvia Wexler, nun prepares programon por publika kunveno dum la venonta Janu- aro, kiam ni esperas aldoni multajn novajn samideanojn al nia klubo. Du eminentuloj, S-ro P. P. Christensen kaj D-ro P. G. Cottrell, baldaŭ vizitos Los Angeles, kaj la klubanoj inteneas aranĝi bonvenan aferon por ili kiam ajn ili aperos. Dum la someraj monatoj, la anoj kelkfoje kunvenis je la marbordo kaj ĝuis feliĉajn samideanajn pjknifkojn sub la verda standarda. I. M. H. Page 22 AMERIKA E8PERANTIST0. Twin City: St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Twin City Esperanto Club met during the last week of October and had a Japanese Esperantist as a special guest. His fluent speech in Esper- anto thrilled all those present and they all got a great "kick" out of this oc- casion. Another meeting will take place Wednesday, November 6th during which Mt. Socio Ogaftara will speak on Japan in his "native" language — Esperanto. II. F. Victoria, B. C. During the yearly exhibition held in this city recently, Mrs. Alice Wicks had a special stand for Esperanto liter- ature. She has been successful in ar- ousing quite some interest in her vicinity. A. W. * * * Jersey City, N. J. The Universal Esperanto Fraternity held their meeting on the second Sat- urday of September. The winter acti- vity of this Society will consist of regular meetings every second Satur- day of the month and instruction class by Mrs. J. Goldzier, also radio instruct- ion over Station W. K. B. O. every Saturday at 3. P. M. Several new members have joined the Fraternity. * * * Montreal, Que. During his trip to Canada, Secre- tary Sussmuth, had a delightful meet- ing with some Esperantists of Montre- al, including Mr. Bardorf, Mr. Prattley and others. Means and ways to revive the Montreal Esperanto Club were discussed and we hope that we shall be able to have some further reports re- garding this matter in the near future. Religious Activities become more frequent in Esperantujo: La Tvristana Ligo Esperantista' (s-ro Paul Ilueb- nor, 1 Bergstrasse, Quedlinburg, Ger- manujo) sciigis la ehlonon de 'ronds- kribo', kiu taŭgas por interesigi kris- lanajn societojn pri Esperanto. **La 'Evangelia Hondo' (s-ro Livingstone Jenkins, 64 St. Thomas Road, Fins- bury Park, Loudon N, 4. Anglujo) disdonas Evangeliojn kaj Bibliopartojn. Monojn kaj disdonantojn elpetataj por tio. **"Metodista Ligo Esper- tista" fondiĝis. Adresu en Anglujo: s-ro Reginald Gill, 161 Hastilar Road, Manor, Sheffield; en Germanujo: s-ro Kiril Jotov, Martins Missionsanstalt, 180 Ginnheimer Landstrasse, Frank- furt a. M. Oni deziras havi metodistan reprezentanton en Usono. **Sinjoro L. Jenkins, (kies adreso estas donita supre), la direktanto de la Tnterni- aro', travojaĝis Holandon kaj Germa- nujon varbante anojn. Li nun invitas al unuan. Tnterniara Kongreso' en Ijondono dum la 22-21 Septembro de 1930. Birds of a feather should flock together. Topelca, Kans. At the annual meeting of Topeka Esp. Asocio Miss. Dorothy Trott was awarded a prize of $3.00 cash offered by Pres. Miorehouse for the member making the greatest advancement in the use of Esperanto during the year. Other prizes of Esperanto books will be awarded later. The President renewed his offer of $5.00 worth of Esperanto books to those who write the best letter or essay in the next thirty days. Article to con- tain not less than 200 words. The T. E. A. voted to admit as Asso- ciate members anyone studying Esper- anto. AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 23 RAPORTO DE LA XXIIa KONGRESO DE E. A. N. A. PINO. Sabaton vespere Julio 13a okazis la ehijara Vespermanĝo de E. A. N. A. sub la prezido de S-ro H. Hetzel. Oni dedieis momenton de silento je la memoro de samideanoj Dr. Zamen- bof, Jos. Silberniek, S, Pelkowski. D.A. Klaĝin, Richard Jones, kaj Rufus Powell. Samideano Morton i'aris elokventan paroladon pri "La Interna Ideo" kaj ankaŭ raportis la ĉiujaron resolucion. S-ro J. R. Gregg, la eltrovinto de la stenografia systemo Gregg, paflo= ladis pri la tri periodoj tra kiu ĉiu ideala afero pasas. Li diris ke Espe- ranto nun estas en la periodo de uni- versala akceptado. S-ro Jt. J. Burita deklamis, "La Vojo" kaj "Mia Penso." S-ro Parrish donis sian kutima fluantan paroladon on Esperanto. Profesoro Elvin J. Ben- gough faris humoran dejdamon kaj samideano Bortnik tre kapable dekla= mis "La Blanka Vualo." Represen- tatino de la Muzeo de Roerich parola- NORTH AMERICAN dis pri la esplora ekspedicio de Pro- fesoro Roerich en Azio kaj konstatis la fakton ke en la plej malproksima Azio oni scias kaj uzas Esperanton. S-ro J. J. Sussmuth ankaŭ parolis en Esperanto kaj enkondulds-sian novan helpantinon, sian filinon Praŭlinon Carmen Sylva Sussmuth. La Infana Trio, konsistanta de la knabinoj Wanda kaj Adelia Vlosek kaj Mignon Sussmuth, kantis Espe- rantan tradukon de Lorelej kaj S=rino Chomette deklaris "Al La Fratoj." S-ro Hetzel legis la poemon "Vagula Spirito", sendita H. J. Keyes. Multaj kantoj kaj muzikajoj estis miksitaj enter la programo kaj la tuta afero finis kun la hora kantado de "La Espero. Oirkaŭ naŭ-dek parsonoj partopre- nis en la vespermanĝo, kiun oni ĉiama- niere konsideris kiel plena sukseso. YEAR BOOK. The Central Office intends to publish a new year book or annual (the exact name has not been decided yet). No year book has been published for almost a generation and we are convinced that such an annual would show another milestone of our progress. We expect to bring this out at the beginning of 1930 and the proposed contents of this book would, consist of a complete club directory, Adresaro of all members registered until January 1st, 1930, a complete book list, propaganda items of general interest and such reference matters, which are usually looked for during the year. This book should be in possesion of every Esperantist in North America, The price and date of publishing will be announced in our New Year's Number of A. E. We should like to hear from clubs and members, how many of these books they would be ready to order. Wre arc also soliciting Advertisements. The publishing of this book should be of special interest to advertisers as it is a publication used throughout the whole Year. Page 24 _ A MET! IK A. ESPERA NTISTO. OUR CONTEST. THE MINUTE MEN OF E. A. N. A. Who does not know the story of the Minute Men, who were ready at a minute's notice when called upon to serve their country ? It was a patriotic duty they were to perform and each one volunteered to this worthy cause. The Central Office is now sending out a call for Minute Men to serve the E. A. N. A. When we talk of Minute Men we mean homoj, including male and female of the species Esperanto. We want volun- teers to assist the Central Office in rounding up old samideanoj and bringing them back as members as well as subscribers. During the Congress we received a score of promises of co- operation and during these last few months we have had dozens of letters from our faithful members, asking the Central Office whether they can assist us in some way. It would be a pity to have these good intentions and promises go unused and wasted and we have finally come to the conclusion that some splendid work can be achieved in a very unexpensive way. This work will not only be useful to the Association in general, but will be most gratifying to each one who volunteers to become a member of this Minute Men Committee. We have therefore, formulated a plan and here it is! We want from twenty-five to fifty volunteers to join the commit- tee of Minute Men of E. A. N. A. Their dutis are outlined as follows: They will receive from the Central Office a certain number of names and addresses of former members and Esperantists in general and their duty is to correspond with them and get them into the Associ- ation. The Central Office will furnish the necessary stationery or literature and all we ask the members is to spend a few minutes of their time in writing to these people. As a reward for the results of each member we will create an honor roil. First, in listing the address of the regained member there will be the name of the volunteer minute man in parenthesis. Second, we shall mention all names, unless otherwise instructed, in the honor roll of this committee. If this contest turns out fairly fruitful, the executive committee will consider the awarding of some special prize which will be donated and awarded at the next Congress. So now, all Ye Faithful! Here is a practical plan to cooperate with the Central Office. Enroll at once and let us make an adresaro in our American Year Book that will command respect and prove the progress of Esperanto in North America. AMERfKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 25 OUR BULLETIN BOARD. The next Universal Esperanto Congress 22a ITniversala Kongreso de Esper- anto will be held at Oxford, England, August 2nd to Oth, 1930. Bulletin No. 1 has just been issued and the following officers are heading the Con- gress Committee: President, Bobert Bobertson; Treasurer, Paul Blaise; Secretary, C. C. Goldsmith. Address all letters to the Secretary, High Iiol- born, London, W. C. 1. The Congress fee will be $5.00 Esperanto Examinations and Certificates. The Esperanto Association of North America issues certificates of three grades to all who prove their profici- ency by examinatiion. For details send a stamped, self=addressed envelope to Professor Edwin L. Clarke, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. * * * New Year's copy of A. E. will be published at the end of January. — Copy closes January 1st and all reports should reach the Central Office on or before that date. Kindly typwrite reports on a separate sheet of paper. * * * We have just received a freight shipment of books and the Central Office can now offer you a large select- ion for your library. Watch our incre- ased list in our next copy. & * $ The following clubs have joined E. A. N. A. in a body: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C, Top- eka, and Cleveland. May others follow their example! Thanks also to the secretaries for sending us their club directory. This is aspeciated Kunlaboro. Telegram sent October 6, 1929. To the Hon. J. Bamsay MacHonald, Prime Minister of Great Britain, The British Embassy, Washington, D. C. Esperanto Association of North America adds its appreciation of your endeavors to promote peace and under- standing among the nations, coinciding with our aim in furthering the use of the International Language. Henry W. Hetzel, Pres. Washington, D. C, October 9, 1929. Dear Sir: The Prime Minister asks me to acknowledge with many thanks your kind communication to him, which he was glad to receive. I am, Yours very truly BOSE BOSENBEEG, Secretary to the Prime Minister. & * * A Suggestion for a Christmas Gift, Win your friends over to Esperanto this year. Give them a Christmas pre- sent different from the usual gifts. — Give them a subscription to Amerika Esperantisto and we shall mail the magazine a few days before Christmas and inclose a special greeting card from the Central Office with the name of the donor, and we shall add an Esperanto Key as our Gift. Page 2(> AMU RIKA Kr'l'ERANTTSTO. Who is Who. We have received a number of names of pioneers in the Esperanto movement. The votes, however, are not numerous enough to publish them. We want more votes and we are part- icularly interested in having some of our older friends send in their list. Do it now so that we can publish the names in our Winter Number. * * * Our Winter Number. This copy will come out around the 20th of January. We are trying to gain a week with each copy until we have reached the 1st of the first month and then our magazine will be new for two months. We have a wealth of reports and articles left over from our Christ- mas copy which will be in our Winter Number: "A Complete Condensed He- port of the Esperanto Movement throughout the World,." "A Review of Foreign Esperanto Magazines."-------- "Digest of the Press." "From Lisbon to India with Esperanto," by Parley P. Christensen. "Domo de Ilomamo. "The Esperanto Congresses." by Fran- cis 8. Onderdonk and tbe visual Secret= ary's Heart to Heart Talk. ECHOES FROM OUR READERS. "Esprimu vin per floroj," in other words, "Say II With Flowers." That is the way we feel when we receive expressions of opinion from our read- ers and here are some of the flowers of our large Bouquet on our desk. "Once more hoping; I had almost lost all Faith, Hope and Charity." Mrs. Belle Gochenouer. ' "Mi tutkore gratulas la novan sek= retarion. Kun eiaj bondesiroj." F. R. Hall. "May tbe magazine be bigger and better and may the movement prosper. That is my prayer, so help me St. Jacob's Oil." Dr. D. Wendell. "Am delighted with "tbe planks of the platform" and wish it and the originator every success." Mother Marie Claire. "With great pleasure we have seen N-ro 1 of Vol. 42 of Amerika Esper- antisto. I had imagined that the magazine had ceased to appeal1. I was delighted to find my error, and also with the general tone of the new issue." M. 0. Butler. "B. E. A." "I certainly wish you success and hope we will all pull together for the "bono de la movado'. J. A. Forsell. "Thanks for the receipt. (We aren't used to them.) Helen Frink. NIAJ MORTINTOJ. Miss Jessie L. Nichols, 212 Cudahy Apts., Milwaukee, Wis. Miss B. C. Saunders, 1615-3rd St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Mr. W. C. Church, Newton Centre, Mass. Mr. Geo. Kraft; 2138 N. Kinley Ave., Berkely, Cal. Ripozu ili en Paco. m AMEJUKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 27 OUR HONOR ROLL. Konstruante la Palacon de l'Esperantismo. The following contributions have been made on the altar of Esperanto. For the general cause of E.A.N.A. Mrs. W. H. Wyman..................$15.00 Mr. H. W. Fisher........................ 8.00 Mrs. G. W. Slafer........................ 3.00 Amiko de Bronx........................ 3.00 Amiko de Washington, D.C. 1.00 $30.00 For the amortization of old debts. Mrs. J. Goldzier........................ $5.00 Mrs. M. Ford................................. 5.00 Mrs. C. M. Healy........................ 5.00 Mr. J.F. Morton ........................... 5.00 Mr. B. Schmidt.............................. 3.00 $23.00 Total............$53.00 Perth Amboy, N. J., November 7th, 1929. My dear Mr. Sussmuth:— Referring to our recent correspondence as well as personal conversation, I am pleased to inform you that our society members have consented to donate $250.00 towards paying the debt of the British Esperanto Association. A. check for this amount will be sent to you shortly. With kindest regards Yours very truly, Henry W. Fisher. Pa. II. Maury, President of the Mew York Esperanto Society: "Henceforth, no one shall have any voice in this Society who is not also a member of E. A. N. A. The consti- tution requires it and hereafter this point will be strictly enforced." And, adds your editor, there is no copyright to this statement . . so please go and do likewise. :it * % The latest news from the far west came by air-mail, so they would reach us before the closing date of our copy. Attaboy ! - = watch the date! The next copy closes January 1st, 1030. * * * A Japanese Esporantist from North- lield, M;inn. telephoned to a Japanese Esporantist in Mew York City and they spoke Esperanto rather than their own tongue because they could think more easily in Esperanto. Bone, ĉu ne? Is anybody as lucky as our old friend Mr. Charles II. Briggs? He has all the, copies of America Esperantisto except ONE, Volume 2, No. fi. He is willing to pay the price or at least borrow the same to have its pages photographed. * * * Here is good news! In making up the Adresaro of old and new members, the Assistant Secretary made the plea- sant discovery that our present number has already exceeded the list of mem- bers of good standing submitted at the last Congress. Is H. A. N, A, progress* ing. Here is concrete proof. Preseraroj: Our September=Octo- ber copy contained a number of typo- graphical errors which we discovered too. late. This copy was brought out somewhat in a hurry because we wanted to got a start and show our samideanoj some actual work. Excuse us please! * *!* & Credit to these to whom credit is due! The vignette of our honor roll was inspired by an editorial picture of the New York Evening Graphic and readopted to the Esperanto cause by our budding artist, your assistant sec- retary, Miss Carmen Sylva Sussmuth! & * * By the way, do you notice the broken stone which the builders of the Palaco de Espcrantismo are leaving aside? They cannot use it; it is marked Pesimismo. There is no room for such an inscription ! * * * Esperanto in the Talkies. Paramount is on record as the first film company to make a talking picture in the international language, Esper- anto. This consists of an actual Esper* auto dialogue between Mr. II. W. Hot* zel of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Chomette of Belgium. AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO. Page 31 ADRESARO DE NIA MEMBRARO. November 1st, 1929. *New Members. Please report arrors. AEIZONA. ♦McKinney, C. IT., R. D. 7. Phoenix. CALIFORNIA. *Cheetham, Edgar, Box 12, Halcyon. ♦Dainĝerfleld, Judge William, Oakland General Delivery, Oakland. *Ege, Julius, P. 0. Box 1748, Los Angeles. Gochenouer, Mrs. Belle, 221 S. Clark Brive, Beverly Hills. *Horn, Isabelle, 1945 Fletcher Ave., So. Pasadena. Pavid, Mrs. EL, 2215l/2 Ellsworth St., Berkeley. ♦Smith, Mrs. 0. G., 905 Forest Ave., Palo Altoi. CONNECTICUT. ♦Mitchell, Mr. G. W., 135 Noth St., Stamford. WASHINGTON, P. C. Davis, Allan, 900 11th St., S. E. ♦Hastings, IT. B., 545 Washington Bldg., 15 and G Sta. FLORIDA. Jordan, Ray, 546 7th St., Petersburg. ITAWII. Meyer, Richard, E. Kahului, Mavi. Thompson, Herbet, Box 2317, Hono- lulu. ILLINOIS. Christensen, Parley Parker, Morrison Hotel, Chicago. ♦Fisher, L. W., Mrg, N. Y. News Bureau, 332 La Salle St., Chicago. *Nuss, Mrs. Rita Beukema, 2840 Mont- rose Ave., Chicago. Podell, Mrs. Beatrice Hayes, 1910 Bradley Place, Chicago. Pope, E. M., 58 W. Washington St., Chicago. Simonek, Dr. B. Eh, 1500 W. CuUerton St., Chicage. Simonek, Etulino, 6831, 34th St., Berwyn. ♦Popela, Vaclav, 1637 W. 19th Street Chicago. IOWA. *Knappe, Wm. J., Wartburg, College, Clinton. KANSAS. ♦Davis, Harvey, Anthony. , Fazal, Rev. John II., 1122 W. 8th St., Topeka. MASSACHUSETTS. Bangs, A. E., 137 Bellevue Rd., Lynn. Bangs, Mrs. Jessie, 137 Bellevue Rd. Lynn. Butman, Mabel, 10 Reedsdale St., Allston. Fuller, Mrs. Lillian, 98 South St., Framingham. Fuller, Carolyn, 98 South St., Fram- ingham. ♦Goldings, J. R., 64 Crawford St., Roxbury. Jewett, Mrs. L. Ml, 147 Myrtle St., Melrose. Lee, Geo., 49 Federal St., Boston. Meriam, E. J., 50 Congress St., Boston Ohman, Eugene, 159 St., Botolph St., Boston. ♦Seavey, Ruth, Haverhill St., R. D. F. 2 Lowell, Dracut. Ward, N«., 8 Craige Circle, Cambridge. MICHIGAN. ♦Muehlke, Gustav, 1426 Richmond Ave. Lincoln Park. Page 32 AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO. MINNESOTA. Briggs, Charles, 12 Old Colony Bldg., Minneapolis. Forsell, J. A., 230 E. 5th St., Paul. Hall, P. P., Cannon Falls. Mueller, Rev. 1.1. E., 1018 Laurel Ave., St. Paul. *Scharlemann, Rev. I)., Zumbo Falls. * Schumacher, F. S., P. 0. Box 156, Cohasset. *Stapleton, Mrs. Jean, 2501 33rd Ave. S., Minneapolis. *Steinmetz, Elsa, 1311 W. 24th St., Minneapolis. Swanson, G. A., 3305 47th Ave. S., Minneapolis. Sweger, Martin, 699 Marshall Ave., St. Paul. Wendell, Dr. Lehman, 1035 Medical Arts Bldg., Minneapolis. "Whiting, Mrs. Eva., 3146 Johnson St. N. E., Minneapolis. MONTANA. *Crary, J. E., Terry. MAINE. *Clark, Roy, 2138 N. Camhell Ave., Springfield. MISSOURI. Link, Dr. J. J., 2102 S. Grand Blvd., St). Louis. NEBRASKA. Kennedy, C. R., 423=4 Farnan Bldg., Omaha. NEW JERSEY. "Atkinson, B. W., Standard Under- ground Cable Co., Perth Amboy, (contributing). "Benson, Wm, 719 High St., Newark. Bovit, John, 414 Springfield Ave., Summit;. "Butler, J. J,., 873 Bergen Ave., Jersey City. "Fisher, Mrs. II. W'., 119 Water St., Perth Amboy. Hcaly, Mrs. C. M., 73 Central Ave., Monelair. "Lincoln, Delia, 73 IJentral Ave., Monelair. Morton, James, Pateron Museum, Paterson. Pharo Jr., Edward, 313 Redman Ave., I [addon field. "Ware, Lawrence A., 31 N. Arlington Ave., E. Orange. Ware, Lemuel S.,6734 Irving Ave., Merehantville. NEW YORK. Allen, Henry, 35 Easterly Ave., Au- burn. Bagger, Mrs. D., 3770 Amboy Ed., Great Kills, S. I. "Davies Leslis, 1055 Teller Ave., Bronx Follows, Mrs. Dana, 150 Park Ave., Port Richmond. "Fisher, K. D., 40 E. 10th St., New York City. "Ford, Mary, 242 E. 19th. St. New York City. "Holcomb, Kenneth R., 35l/2 Elizabeth St., Auburn. Johns, E. J., 180 Claremont Ave., New York City. "Larsson, Carl, 115 South Division, Buffalo. "Lindberg, Edward, R. F. D. 2, Sher- man. Maury, L. II., 331 W. 58th St., New York City. "Roseboom, I). Livingston, Cherry Valley. Savers, J. D. Box 223, City Hall Station, New York City. Sayers, Mrs. Eda. T., Box 223, City Hall Station, New York City. Scheitlin, Mary, 3279 75th St., Jack- son Heights, L. I. "Segal, Bernard, 120 Broadway, Suite 1116, New York City. Sorenson, Mrs. Ida, 1629 Castieton Ave., Port Richmond. Stoepple, Leonora, 63 W. 94th St., New York City. "Whitcomb, R. N., 67 Riverside Drive, New York City. A M ERIE A ESPERANTI8T0. Page 33 NORTH DAKOTA. Hadler, Mrs. B. IP, Egeland. Hirsch, George, E, F. 1). 2, Bowan. OHIO. *Barlow, A. M., Hanna Annex, Cleveland. •Barlow, Mrs. A. M., Ilanna Annex, Cleveland). *Cairns, Mrs. Rose, 30? Bomniewood Drive, Cleveland. «■Caldwell, E. B., 3028 W. Boulevard, Cleveland. Cargould, Paul II, 3403 Fulton Ed. Cleveland. ::T)uff, Howard, 255 Erie Bldg., Cleveland. •Fox, J. J., 2781 Hampshire Rd., Cleveland and Heights. * Jenkins, Mrs. David, 3688 Bosworth Rd., Cleveland. •Welman, Victor A., 9411 Detroit Ave. Suite 3, Cleveland. OKLAHOMA. Ferree, G. P., Route 2, Chelsea. Person, W. L., Box 216, Stuart. OREGON. •Slater, Mrs. G. W., McMiimveille. PENNSYLVANIA. •Breth, F. W\, c, o. Daugherty Refin- ing Co., Petrolia. Clegg, Martha, 4522 Springfield Ave., Philadelphia. Hetzel, 11. W., W. 4919 Warrington Ave., Philadelphia. •Kalmus, Joachim, 614 E. Wyoming Ave., Philadelphia. •Sehmuzler,Alfred, o. o. Hotel Schem ley, Pittsburg. Witt, W) D., 5202 N. Carlisle St., Philadelphia. RHODE ISLAND. •Sandro, Rev. F. A., 45 Moorefield St. Providence. VEEMIONT. Monte-Gill, Mrs. Nellie, 22 Bailey Ave., Monepelier. •Pellett, John C, 78 Flat St., Brattle- boro. WASHINGTON. Ekstrand, Ivar E., Ostrander. *Zent, F. P., Box 781, Tacoma. WISCONSIN. *Doneis, Armin Francis, 525 67th Ave. Milwaukee. Ilamann, Fred, 481 63rd St., Wauwatosa. •Matschke, Fritz, 346 Maple Ave., Waukesha. ALBERTA, CANADA. •Lindgren, Wm., Box 64, Lac La Biche BRITISH COLUMBIA. •Wicks, Alice, Room 27, Surrey Block, Yates St., Victoria. ONTARIO. •Bengough, E. J., 157 Bychwood Ave., Toronto 10. " , PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. •Bardorf, C. F., 439 Mount Pleasant Ave., Westmount. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS! Page 34 AMERIKA ESPERANTIBTO. KRUCVORT — ENIGMO. No. 2. De Ruth. E. J. Scavey. Ni pagos rum dolaron ]>or eiu presita enigmo. De maldekslre dekstren. 1. La plej eminenta Espera.ntisto. 8. Lando neekzistanta. 9,. Barilon. 10. Prepozicio. 11. Batalo. (radiko.) 12. Bone konata. (radika.) 13. Loĝejo. (radiko.) 14. Emblemo de Skotlando. (radiko.) 15. Sufiksot. 16. Modelu. 17. Pordego. (radiko.) 18). Utilo. De supre malsuprcn. 1. Granda bruado. 2. ITzata je ludkartoj. 3. Amo al moroj. (radiko ) 4. Periodo da tempo, (radiko.) 5. Pronomo. 6. Ekkrio. 7. Alilandulc 10. Ravan. 12. Sann. 14. Loko Girkaŭfermita. (radiko ) 16. Malproksime. 17. Prepozicio. SOLVO DE LA KRUCVORT — ENIGMO, No. 1. De maldclcstre dekstren, 1. Es] ranto. 9. Snlo. 10. Harp'. ll.Tren'. 12. Azof. 14. Ne. 15. Ero. 16. Urn, 19 Ismo. 22. Dors'. 24. Drum. 25. Erot'. 26. Observemo. De supre malsupren. 1. Estantido. 2. Sur. 3). Plej. 4. Eon'. 5. Aha, 6. Nazo. 7. Tro. 8. Optimisto. 13. Aro. 17. Amas'. 18. Amike. 20. Sub. 21. One. 22. Dev'. 23. Rem'. AMERIKA ESPERANTI8T0. Page 35 THE ROLL CALL OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. The Annual Roll call of the American Red Cross will begin Armistice Day, November 11th and continue until Thanksgiving Day, November 28th. Figuratively the name of every person in the United States will be called during this period, for the invitation to join is open to every- one. This is the only regular appeal which the Red Cross makes each year — the appeal to enroll as a member of the Red Cross. But, whenever a tornado smashes a town, when a flood sweeps over miles of peaceful countryside, whenever a swimmer goes down helpless in the tide; it sounds a call to humanity everywhere-anywhere! If one has responded to the Red Cross invitation to join, when- ever the call is heard, he can answer "Here" whether the call comes from next door, or across the continent, wherever the Red Cross serves, it does so in the name of every member, and of the whole country! -------------o------------- TO OUR READERS. Most of our friends and citizens join the Red Cross every year by contributing one dollar to this worthy cause. The work of the American Red Cross in peace time is for the benefit of all concerned and in this case it is similar to our own cause which is also meant for the benefit of mankind. The Red Cross in European countries has taken up Esperanto seriously, but the Red Cross in our country has so far been without any real reason to use Esperanto. It is our aim to call their attention to our movement, which in. its final analysis, has many similar purposes and we are therefore, asking all those of our readers who usually contribute to the American Red Cross to do so this year by sending their dollar directly to; American Red Cross, National Head- Quarters, Washington, D. C, Attention of Mr. Douglas Griesemer, Director. Please mention that this appeal was in Amerika Esperantisto, when sending your dollar to Washington, D. 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Dol. aĉetas la 'Tlniversalaii Esperantistigilon", kies prezo estas $1.50 Us. Dol. La "Esperantistigilo" estas la sola universala, rUkta kaj bilda metodo per kin 00 infano povas facile ellerni la Esperantmi lingvon. Gi konsistas el dek libroj, pli 01 300 paĝoj kaj vorto proviso el ĉirkaŭ 1,500 pretaj vortoj, klarigitaj per 2,300 ori- ginalaj bildoj. Mendoj sen antaiia pago pozitive ne estas konsiderataj. La plej bona kaj senriska maniero por sendi la dolaron estas per "PoStmandato". Krom la poŝt= mandate, skribu almenaŭ poŝtkarton kaj donu la detalojn pri via mendo kaj adreson .skribitaii per presliteroj, alio vi mem prokrastigas an eĉ malebligas la sendoii de via mendo. BENSON SCHOOL OF ESPERANTO,?!!) High St., Newark, N. J-. U. S. A. J\JjLl\ » - I Cm KJ - Juse £\.e Get the big 480 page Yearbook, just off the press. A real World Directory of the great Esperanto Movement. Subscribe to the monthly official organ ESPERANTO, edited by Dr. Edmond Privat, in faultless international style. A part of every American contribution goes into propa- ganda work right here in North America. Membership, with the Yearbook...............................................f$LO0 Official monthly organ, ESPERANTO....................................$2.00 Membership and magazine, combined.................................$2.50 For immediate attention, please address NATIONAL SECRETARY UNIVERSAL ESPERANTO ASSOCIATION BUFFALO, N. Y. w o^ MISS E. W. WEEMS has translated from the English the following books, well suited for easy prose reading to follow the first or beginners' book. LA TASO DE AMSERVO (The Cup of Loving Service) by Eliza Dean Taylor 35c MALLONGA BIOGRAFIO DE HENRY FAWCETT, by Winifred Holt......_............................................................................25c For sale by Esperanto Association of North America Fort Lee, N. J. or Miss E. W. Weems, 516 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. THE PAYSON BOOKS No one has done more than Edward Si. 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