Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-23
ESPERANTO CLOCK.
Will Be Shown at Congress OF New
Languages Next Summer.

For the benefit Of the EspefantstS'
who are to hold their firth UNIVERSAL
international congress at Chataqua' y.
Y in August next. special Esperanto
clock has been constructed by Harry
p Pratterlv of TIC East One Hundred
and Twenty sixth street. New YORK IL IS
so made that only one WHO READS Lspei-
anto and con translate the sentence upon
the dial, which is the open sesame TO tie
secret, may take advantage OF the oppof-
t,,nitv TO set his watch by a ninety-nne
cent alarm affair.
For the Esperanto timeplece boasts
no twnety-one jeweled movement. Us
only plea for notice is that 1t IS unique
The back is exactly like any othei cloch'
with cam levers winding two springs
and the tick is in plain English, If one
looks here for beauty there comes a shafp
disapnointment. for aesthetic it is not.
On observing the dial, however, ali
disappointment is lost. in amaZe"ent' 1t
soe,os q CROSS between a japanese puzzle
and a government war map, afordinS the
uninitiated about as much posl'INe II
lightenment. The figures Of the hours
run contrariwise to the orthoaoH oloel -
common numbers AS in other puzzles
the solution seems simpie-"hy, o. co''i Sc
turn your back stoop over, look pet"een
your legs, and read it that way. "ieh
this has failed the NATURAL thlng 70 20 =
to stand on your head, and inns IS lul'ie'
Unconsciously one knows that the le"
letters on the dial do not spell lhe il'ile
of the maker, but conceal the secret beAihd
the whole thing. 'Vidu ii Hora, II says
MAINLY enough to an Esperantist, ana
dimly bv guess work to the ordinary man,
and then ironically "Spegue.'
s, then the Jersey commuter sets his
watch at once, if he be fortunate enough
to be one CT the eject, or otherW1ce he
puts down his II bundles, spends 10 min
utcs turning the hands breaks ~" nlaih-
spring. and misses the 5.15 ferry ara inc
train in time for dinner. Moral. learn
Esperanto
Rnt it is all plain if it is only sug-
eested The mystical 'spegule, trans
lated. means "in a looking glass rake
the nocket 4nirror ont. turn around, gel
both in the proper line, and there you are
And the advantages are there. IL
your better half does not read the lat
est novel in Esperanto and so is ne
vond the pale. no argument can ARISE
about tie tine that elapses between
office and t.nt door. The servant
girl. insr,ired by the fear of the I'M
known. will be at work at sun up, and
her c;,cst in the kitchen will leave at
g. Then. too, in the frantic lush IN
the morning YOU can take your hat
from the sos Chippendale rack in the
hall and see the time by means of the
oval looking glass from the clock IN the
mi
None of these things We're intended
when the invention was first made. ~
is in reality only a simple Esperanto
clock No cuckoo cuckoos in Espefahlo'
the clock is Sphinxs riddle, silent ana
in~crutable. 1t is at preesnt on the desk
If Henry B. King. councillor OF the New
York division of the Esperanto Assocla-
ton of America, 1l5 Broadway.
Mr.. King is enthusiastic about the pos
sibilities of the universal language. HIS
first knowledge of Esperanto was made
in last February and within a month s
time he read and wrote it fluently and
spoke it easily.
ut is recognized in % countries he
said land is taught in many schools IN
America. You can read Hamlet, lrVln&s
works, Manon LeScaut, and dozen Jour-
nails of a scientific nature are published IN
the language TO show how sincere the
Esperantists are in their movement they
publish Robinson Crusoe ard the pest
children's books, and there are now IN
America many Esperantists not over ID
years old
"rhe interest that is shown in the lee
ture tour of DR.. Baker by the societies
and institutions of the Country is cs-
pecially gratifying. ] would like to hear
from all who have any interest in Fsper-
anto and the coming congress at Chauta-
qua.
The spirit Of modernism has even over
taken the universal language. There has
sprung up in the ranks new learning.
calling itself a reformed and inspired
faith, and has set about replacing the
old. There are two parties now, the con-
servatives and the radicals
1t is planned to make the Chautauqua
congress the greatest in the history Of the
movement The founder, DR.. Leonold
Lazarus Zamenhor, will be present and a
number of others from European coun-
tries 1t is expected that Esperanto will
be given a tremendous impetus in Rem
erica BY the efforts of the congress.