Boulogne, 4th August, Boulogne has been delivered into the hands of the Brotherhood of the Green Button. The brotherhood has arrived alin gi is daily incrensin numbers. Every visitor wears in his buttonhole a little star of green enamel with a white "E" in the contre.
The little green star is the outward sign of Esperanto. Those who wear-it. proclaim themselves delegates to the Uni 1 Congress of Esporantists, which has its solemn opening at the Municipal 'Theatre to-morrow evening. The Brothe hood of the Green Button hus temporal ly taken possession of the town. The badge is to-be seen everywhero—in the cafes, in the restaurants, on the Quai Gambetta, and on the sands. Last night it was in' the ball-rooms, the theatres, and the cafes chant ant. A-few brothers of the button and one fair sister appeared for a few fleeting moments at the tables of the little horses," and a few fleeting franes were hazarded and lost.
Wherever the green button is, there is the Esperanto language spoken—and nothing else. It is the bond of union
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