ty of
terrorism in a country like the United States, she was more interested
in the incentive than in the effectiveness of an assassination. She was
ostracized for her loyalty to Czolgosz and, as a consequence of his
execution, suffered severe depression.

Once Emma Goldman had mastered the English language, she was not long in
wishing to establish a periodical that would carry the message of
anarchism to those whom she could not reach in person. Outbreaks of
strikes in this country and increased revolutionary activity in Russia
only made her more eager for a magazine of her own. In 1905 she was
serving as manager and interpreter for Paul Orleneff and Alla Nazimova,
who had come to the United States for a theatrical tour. When Orleneff
learned of Emma's ambition to publish a periodical, he insisted on
giving a special performance for her benefit. Although a pouring rain
kept the audience to a fraction of the expected number, the receipts
sufficed to pay for the first issue of _Mother Earth_.

The scope and purpose of the new monthly, which began to appear in March
1906, were explained at the outset:

_Mother Earth_ will endeavor to attract and appeal to all those
who oppose encroachment on public and individual life. It will
appeal to those who strive for something higher, weary of the
commonplace; to those who feel that stagnation is a deadweight
on the firm and elastic step of progress; to those who breathe
freely only in limitless space; to those who long for the
tender shade of a new dawn for a humanity free from the dread
of want, the dread of starvation in the face of mountains of
riches. The Earth free for the free individual.

Emma Goldman edited the monthly throughout its eleven years of
existence. In all this time it reflected her views, her interests, her
dynamic liveliness. Her fellow editors at one time or another were Max
Baginski, Hippolyte Havel, and Alexander Berkman, but the character of
the periodical underwent no change as a consequence. Each issue
contained at least one poem, brief editorials on the events of the
month, articles on current aspects of anarchism, comments on labor
strikes and radical activities the world over, reports by Emma on topics
of interest to her or on her frequent lecture tours, and finally appeals
for money. Many prominent libertarians contributed essays of a
philosophical or hortatory nature. It emanated a youthful vigor and