Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29
WORLD DELEGATES
SPEAK ESPERANTO
Progress in Universal Language
Shown at International Con-
gress in Washington
INTEREST IN LOS ANGELES
Eighty Countries Represented by
Noted Men from RemoteSt
Corners of the Globe
INTEREST IN LOS ANGELES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-The sixth
international world congress of Esper-
Artists. which has just concluded its
sessions here, was one of the most in
teresting gatherings ever held IN this
capital where international conVen-
tions are rather common. Among the
delegates were representatives from all
of the generally known nations and
from many countries of whose exlst-
ence the average American has not
ever heard. In all eighty countries
and nearly half q hundred languages
were represented. Seven countries
sent official delegates.
Among the delegates from Austraha'
Austria, Holland, Italy, South africa,
Brazil, China, Japan, Canada, the
Philippine Islands, France, Germany,
Mexico. Spain, Poland, Peru, Porto
Rico, Russia, Scotland, switzerland
and many countries whose names
would be unfamiliar to Americans
were people in all conditions and walks
of life. They differed greatly in color
and in costume, in intelligence and So
cial standing in their ideas on govern
ment, religion and politics, but they
all spoke and understood one common
language, Esperanto. 1t was their love
for this language and their faith ana
commence III II anu NilAI thSJ
and believed they could accomplish
through it that brought them together
from the remotest parts of the world.
A few were there who had known IL
from its birth twenty-thtee years ago.
OF this small group the most prom
| inent was DR.. Zamenhof, the inventor
| of the language. With his wiTe ne
came from Warsaw, Poland, 10 attehu
| the congress and to deliver his annual
message to his followers and sami-
| deanoj.
The business and administrative pro-
gram of the congress was long and va
| ried and the complete details VIII not
be known even to Esperantists them
selves until the publication of the
| congress book.
| the congress was the presentation In
| Esperanto of Shakespeare's "As You
Like IT.
The translation was made by DR..
Ivy Kellerman and was well received
so WELL indeed, that second presen-
| tation of it became necessary. The
play was given by the Hickman play
| ers under the personal direction Oh
Robert Nugent Hickman. This makes
the fifth of Shakespeares plays to be
translated into Esperanto, Hamlet" !"
| Julius Caesar 1.-THE Tempest" and
Macbeth" having preceded 1t.
DELEGATES IN COSTUME
| The most brilliant social feature was
the international ball given in the au-
ditorium of the Arlington. On this oc-
casion many of the delegates appeared
| in their national costumes thus giving
| the affair the aspect of mask Dali.
1t is doubtful, however, If any mas
uuerade ever presented more gro
tesque scene than the ball of the dele
gates to the sixth international con
gress of Esperantists. The particl-
pants, however, seemed to be uncon-
| scious of 1t, SO absorbed were they
in the novelty of the affair.
Among the dances was the Virginia
reel danced to the tune of Dixie. Ac-
cording to one correspondent Britons
joined hands with Latin Americans,
Latin Americans with Russians and
Chinese, and all four with Americans,
| Spaniards, French, Croatians and ltal-
ians, not to leave out a good mixture
of Germans, Poles, Slavs, Australians,
Jews and others from the uttermost
parts of the earth. Nationality came
to the surface in dress and manners
but In speech all were one big broth
erhood, the brotherhood of Esperanto.
Many of the delegates seized the OPP
portunity to see what the nationai
American game was like. In antlcl-
patton of this event large number OF
pamphlets explaining the rules OF the
game had been printed in Esperanto
and armed with these some of the del
egates soon became enthusiastic fans.
The umpire won great favor by occa-
sionally supplanting the Engllsh Word
strike with the Esperanto WORD
"frapuno."
other enjoyable events were the
moonlight ride on the Potomac ana the
home
of washington. Mention should also
be made of the church services con-
Quoted in Esperanto Sunday morning
nv Catholics and Episcopalians. -Four
policemen who for the past TOUR
months have been giving their spare
time to the mastery of the interna-
tional language were placed at the ols-
posal of the congress.
NUMEROUS SECTIONAL MEETINGS
Many sectional meetings were held
OF special note were those by doctors
physicians, lawyers, hnanclers, social
lists. teachers, pacificists, vegetarlans'
scientists. international postofice OIL
cials, theosophists and freethinkers.
THE woman suffragettes were little
slow in getting started, but they maze
m for It toward the end OF the ses-
sion. The chief addresses were deliv-
cred by Nine Marie Hankel OF Ger
many, w. Kurrle OF AuSlrdha nNN
Professor Rudy of North Carolina. Nu-
merous special meetings OF various
religious sects were also held.
Both San Francisco and New orleans
seemed anxious to obtain the support
of the congress on behalf of the Pan
anna canal exposition. The claims OF
San Francisco. were presented by Sim
clair Lewis, while New Orleans was
taken care of by G. G. Dave, director
of the Southern Commercial congress.
H Laws of Pasadena was the rep
resentative of the Esperanto society OF
Los Angeles, which was organized
about four years ago and mas mann
tanned its quarters since that time IN
the Blanchard Studio building, Los
Angeles.
IN structure the language Is marked
by it's simplicity and regularity. Each
letter has one sound and always the
same sound, no matter what its COM
bination with other letters may be,
There are no silent letters. The accent
is always on next to the last syllable
and there are as many syllables as
there are vowels. Every noun ends IN
| every adjective in and every ad-
iective can be converted into an ad-
verb by changing the final to e. The
plural is formed regularly by adding
the letter to the singular. 1t should
De noted that the in Esperanto has
the same sound as the letter In the
English word boy. There is no such
thing as an Irregular verb In Esper-
anto. The conjugation of the simple
tense is given below: II vidas, he sees;