ESPERANTO

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 5

ESPERANTO

• Mr. Nelson • Hill's threeact comedy, "Ni - trinku Je ci-tiu Momento" ("Let us drink to this Moment"), was presented . after: the tuition hour at the Wellington Esperanto Club on Monday night. The various, roles were taken as follows:-— Mr... Lloyd Jowers (the doctor) and Mrs.E. A. Hornblow (his nurse); Mr. E. G. Bernfeld (an old friend) and Miss Joy Asquith (his fiancee); Mr. N. Hill and Miss Coila Olsen (grandfather and grandmother); and Messrs. N. Hill aha G. Blong (two engineers). Mr. S. C. Asquith proved his versatility in taking the dual roles of the inebriate and the fairy, in which latter capacity ne gave a modernisation of. the Coppelia Ballet and Dying Swan dance., The theme songs "Cinderella" arid: "Vi ja estis bela knabino," were sung-by Miss Joy Asquith and Messrs. Jowers and Hill. Incidental music was supplied by Mr. E. Sharp. The weekly meeting of the Miramar Esperanto Society was held on Monday night in the clubroom, St. Aidan's Hall, Miramar Avenue, "Mr. Bertram POtts, presiding. Correspondence was received from Sweden. Tasmania, France, and. Denmark-conveying greetings from overseas Esperantists. The letters from Europe were particularly interesting in view of the fact that war was invprogress. Correspondence was also received from the New Zealand Esperanto Association1 in connection with the forthcoming tenth New Zealand Esperanto Congress to take place at the end of the'year in Wellington. Instead of the customary classes the president conducted a special conversation session showing how to build up sentences from a minimum of roots. Supper was served,: during which Esperanto conversation was encouraged. At the weekly meeting of the Karori Esperanto Society, Mr. E. Bernfeld gave a very interesting. talk on "The Cafes of Vienna," comparing them with those of New Zealatid In Vienna, he said, the cafes played an important part in the social life of the city, as it was there that men and women of all professions had their own regular meeting place. He also explained the different manner of preparing the foods, and described the coffee-houses where one could obtain coffee prepared in twenty-seven different waj's. For the benefit of the newcomers, the president, Mr. Nelson-. Hill, £ave>' % ru_mio_- tracslatioiu