IN ESPERANTO
TTNTQUE WEDDING LONDON", Oct.. 14. For the first time in • the history of the Church of England, a wedding was conducted in Esperanto at St. George's, Blooniiibury,- yesterday. ■ ',-..• .; The bride was a talented Austrian violinist, Eraulein Schonau. The clergyman, himself' an Esperantist, read the service from a translated . prayer-book, and tho responses were given in Esperanto. The guests travelled by omnibuses, and many Esperantists attended, wearing the Esperanto green star badge, the best man was the English Esperanto president.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17175, 27 October 1926, Page 11
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81IN ESPERANTO Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17175, 27 October 1926, Page 11
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