Esperanto Queen

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 6

Esperanto Queen

HEAD of the N.Z. Esperanto Club stationed m Auckland, 'Mrs.' King (we mean no punj, .may well.' be named the Queen of Ebperanto. She wont ii. this fancy tfress once on the steamer, and later /m Germany wore it at an entertainment when the exr Crown Prince and Princess of Germany were present.'; Mrs. King states that New Zealand is very little aware how the international language has progressed 1 on the Continent. . ' . ■■-...yvheve: "French is spoken here" used to v he written up, one now- as 'often sees: "Esperanto is spoken here."' Her late husband did much to found the movement m New Zealand and she was left to take up the work, which one regards as a mission. Mrs. King is a New Zeal'ander, but she has travelled m Australia, England, Roumariia, Fi-ance, Germany' and Holland, etc., m connection with this work of hers. .■/. .; . • : . The other day she related her experiences before ' the. rather; newlyformed Fabian Club of Auckland, and; as. a result, that club is forwarding a recommendation to .. the Minister of Education asking that the teaching of Esperanto take some place m the schools. . It is considered that; m any case its mastery helps as regards other languages, besides being easily acquired.