The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-09
FORTY ESPERANTO MAGAZINES
uHOST EVERY CIVILIZED LAND
HAS AT LEAST ONE.

~ Tsperanto, many Of them written entirely
in Zamenhof's universal language. At
least one is published in every civilized
country in the world except China. Japan
has one. France has six or seven.
They are all monthly. One, published in
Paris, Nnoro TNterndcid, appeared for
,oue wears twice a month, but since the
h.pinninR Of 1907 has returned to it's monthly
torn. Linoro Interndcid, by the way, Is
the oldest Esperanto publication in exist
.nce, being now in its twelfth year. Another,
LEspfrdntiste, follows 1t close with ten
wears Of financial success. ,
In the United States there are two Espe-
rsnto papers, The American Esperanto
Journal and L'Amerikd E~sperdntisto, pub
lished in Boston and Oklahoma City re-
snectively. THE reluctance OF American
tvpefounders and builders OF typesetting
machines 10 put on the market the accented
letters used by Esperanto printers is most
snnoving, says the latter. and this may be
one reason why only two Esperanto publica-
lions have been started in this country.
South America has two. in Chile and Peru.
The makeup of the Esperanto magazine
,s pretty much the same in all of them.
Thoy usually start with a greeting to the
readers. continue with a detailed description
NJ the doings of the local societies and
groups, a discussion on some points OF Es-
reranto grammar, a translation or two from
national classic, then Esperanto news from
all over the earth and several advertise
ments. The best of them, like L'Esperdn-
fisie and Lingpo Interndcid. frequently con-
tain articles by eminent linguists.
The French are very keen on Esperanto,
and il is owing TO the labors of a French
professor, Louis de Beaufront. that DR..
Zamenhof's language has taken such n firm
hold in France, which is now conceded to be
the headquarters of the dfero, tine word
used to translate the cause" This is the
more surprising as Esperanto probably
presents more difficulties in pronunciation
to French people than to those of any other
nation, Esperanto not being founded. as
some people think, on the Romance Ian
guages basis. but a~pproximating more
closely to the Slavish, Polish and Greek
rammars and %syntaxes.
Esperanto newspapers are peculiar in
their advertisements. Translated. some
Of them are as follows:
Ramon EspInosa. schoolmaster. Gale de
Mercedanas. Lima. Peru. desires to exchange
postcards.
Samuel Goldrag, Warsaw. Russian Poland.
Krochmalna street, wishes to correspond
with North American Esperantists OF both
sexes.
young workman desires to visit Germany
in order TO learn its language practically.
One who is about to help. please write to
Eskil Hakansson. Sodertelge. Sweden.
NJ. Pierre Deribere-Desgardes. medical
and scientific student. Paris, being interested
in medicine, botany and phytotherapy,
wishes TO correspond concerning them.
The advertiser Fundamentally. who is
a bicycle and automobile mechanician, wishes
10 undertake. on equal shares. with another
person Of any nationality. the founding of a
garage. &c. Address - engineer, Peters
fad, England.
NJ. Romano Frenkel. inspector of mems
Eymuasiums, Jenisejsk, Siberia, Russia, de-
sires TO get in exchange used Mexican. Portu-
guese and Spanish postage stamps for the
same number of Russian used stamps.
The understanding in these cases is that
the correspondence is to be carried on al
together in Esperanto, so that in this way.
for instance, a Swiss gentleman may ex-
change views with, say, a Japanese lady.
neither Of them understanding the others
national language.
But the advertisements are not all OF
the personal kind only. The advertising
columns are filed mostly with advertise
ments Of books. pamphlets, DC, printed by
the publishers Of the paper; subscription
rates and impassioned appeals to subscribe
now, and exchange advertisements OF other
Esperanto journals. for they all live in
delightful harmony. There are also ad-
vertisements OF olive oil, cocoa, r sfnelting
syndicate, boarding houses everywhere,
wines, cigars and whiskey. To satisfy any
passing curiosity, it may be said that the
Esperanto for whiskey is viskio, with the
accent on the penultimate syllable.
Special professions are taken care of in
the Esperanto journalistic world by the
iHterr1cid Sciencd Reruo with articles on
geography, astronomy, geology, mathe-
mates, chemistry. DC; the ~Internacid
Reruo Medicine and the Fiuqild Stelo (the
Winged starr for stenographers, which is
written entirely in Esperanto shorthand.
The Roman Catholics have the 'Espero
Rdtoikd. the blind have the Esperanto
Lipilo, printed in the Braille raised char
acter. For photographers there is the
Foto-Retuo. Ira Ia Monde is illustrated
profusely.
Esperanto editors are not without the
saving grace. Many pages are devoted
10 amusing stories and jokes, Of perhaps
a mild order. Here are a few of the latter:
She twice msrriedl-You are unjust, cruell
must say my first husband never treated
me so.
He-stop talking to me about your first
husband.
she-very well. / will talk about my
third then,
1escher-Now. ! have explained what the
difference IL between a sin and an omission.
Tell me, which would II be II, for example.
should be walking across a bridge with
YOU and you should push me into the water?
Child-lt would be a sin.
Teacher-Quite right. And what would be
an omission?
Child-If ] didn't push you in.
Wife, received g dozen offers of marriage
before yours and each one of the proposers
was CleVerer than you.
Hnsband-I quite believe that; they GER
tainly must have been. Tell me, ] beg. how
they mana ged TO get out Of it.
The general note in Esperanto journalism
Is optimism and good humor. The only
exception il the Rusidndd Esperdntisto,
which is distinctly sombre in tone in all Of
to articles. for which, however, the iu-
ternal troubles OF the country are reasons
obvious enough.
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