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Entered as second class mail matter, January 3rd, 1933 at West, Texas under the Act of Congress of Augus t, 24th, 1922 RO6Ntk (VOL.) XXXVIII. West, Texas ye stiedu (WEDNESDAY) 5. DUBNA (APRIL) 1950. eislo 14.

VELIKONOCE NAD 'tadne svatky slavene nagim lidem v rodne domovine nemely tolik kouzla, jako Velikonoce. Bylo to vkly nekolik vzrukjicich dnil a raclostne nalady. ZelenY etvrtek, kdy onemi vek kostelt, VelkY patek a vzpominka na Uktiovani, Bila sobot y s jasavYm Vzkfisenim, slavnostni BoM Hod a radostna pomlazka. Po zkruSent telesnem i dukvnim, po vzpominkach na smrt pro vykoupeni eloveeenstva, po stradani zimy, libezne jako po chmurnYch dnech zimy, jasne hfejive slunce.

Novy ' ivot se rozpina vesmirem a vAecko rasa: pfiroda do listil a pupencil a srdce lidske do nadeji. Obroda, novY rozlet za yeenYm snem o krasnem 'Zivote. Neni proto divu, 2e tento eas je napinen tollkerou poesit a kouzlem. Byvalo tak dfive, kdy2 elovek kil tesneji s pfirodou, Venkov si uchoval nmoho z bYvale idylienosti a jsme tomu radi a vracime se k poesii minulosti, jako se vracime k pkirode. ZvlaSte v teto dobe mame se prohrabavat ke kotenfim narodniho 2ivota, pro jeho krasu, z nik budem derpat odisteni a posilu srdci. Vrat'me se tedy ke krasnYm "eervenYm svatkfim" po jarni rovnodennosti a po prvnim jarnim upinku, vzpominejme na 2ivot pfedkA. Na Velikonoce se lide od doby postni. Vstupem k nim bYvala jik pata postni nedele, zvand smrtelna. U vedomi, k se blffi jarni svatky, chystali se lide krajil eeskych morayskYch, k vynesou z dediny symbolickou postavu smrti, zimy. Nemelo to nic spoleeneho se straSIdelnYin kostlivcem. Byl to spik jakYsi hastroS se slamenou 'depict, ove genY vyfouknutYmi vajieky, zvanYmi vejdumky.

Mlade'Z ji nesla v prilvodu za obec, aby ji hodila do vody a pit tom zpivala: Nesem, nesem s-mrtku, k zelenYmu etvrtku, a2 tu• smrtku odnesu, nove leto pfinesu. — vody ji natloukli, potom od ni utikali, kdy ji shodili s biehu. Smrt byla vynekna, to znamena, 2e mohlo pfijiti leto.

A potom pfiSla prvni velikonoent nedele, zvana kvetna, berankova, nebo take

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palmova. Cirkevni obfady toho dne minaji pamatku vzjezdu Paha JeMe do Jerusalema a pit nick sveceni ratolesti, pfedstavovanYch v eeskych krajich snitkami jivy, koeieek. Z nedele kvetne vstupujeme u2 pfimo do velikonoentho tYdne k Zelenemu etvrtku a pfedevSdm k VelkeSPOLE ✓NA SCHUZE 'OLENSTVA RADiJ V OBOE! ENNIS

konati se bude v nedeli 16. dubna 1950 v Narodni sini, domove fadu Ennis, cis.

25. v Ennis, Tex. V OW spoleene schfizi fifednici Hi. Ufadovny pfedvedou postup prace cele naSi SPJST za rok posledni te2 piednesou postup prate na gi Jednoty za roky pfedchazejici. Zadatek schfize pfesne v 1:30 hod. odpoledne. mu patku, dnu bolestneho vzpominani vekopamatne udalosti na Golgate. VSechno v ten den smutku ztichlo, umlkly i zvony, ktere se od Zeleneho etvrtku do Bile soboty odmleely. Jednotlive tine, poledne i klekani na dedinach byly oznamovany misto zvonem klapaekami, tehtaekami a hlomozicimi trakarkami, s kterYini behali chlapci zpivajice: "My poledne zvonime, tim pamatku einime, 2e Kristus Pan pro nas umfel, a pro nas na kil i trpel." Na Bilou sobotu bylo oslaveno Vzkiiseni a velikonoeni zvyky, ktere potom pfichazely zennena o velikonoenim pondeli, maji v sobe u2 jenom etstou a easto milostnou jarni veselost. S otvirajici se zemi, otvira, se i lidske srdce rozkveta, laska. Host chodi za deveaty na pomlazku, pofadne jim vySlehaji a dostanou za to barevna, vajteka na dfikaz, 2e jsou v dome radi videni.

Svatky velikonoeni spadaji bud'to do posledni easti biezna anebo do prvnich tid tYdnti mesice dubna. Velikonoce patft mezi tak zvane pohyblive svatky, ktere nepkipadaji kaldy rok na stejnY den; •i-

di se to dle behu, vlastne iminku mesice.

Na cirkevnim koncilu v Nice v roku 325 po Kristu byly upraveny svatky a tam bylo usneseno, aby Hod BoM Velikonoent byl v&ly v to prvni nedeli po prvnim frplfiku mesice po jarni rovnodennosti.

Vet§inou byva v tech prvnich jarnich tYdnech promenlive poeasi, majici podivne rozmary. Wady pane sviti slunk°, chvilemi zase prsi, v noci tfeba dostavi se mrazik, nebo se stficla s pliskanici.

StarSi etenafi se snad pamatuji, ke ye stare vlasti jik po nekolika teplYch a sluneenYch dnech podala se objevovati pr y -nizeta' k,ruznajikvta,sne2enky, bledule, libovonne fialky, sasanky, jaterniky, petrkliee a kdct pak se dnes pamatuje na vkchno, co tam tak zahy na jaie rostlo.

BYval to pH Velikonocich cely tYden radosti a milYch zabav pro mla,d0 a take pro star:Si usedlejSi lidi. BYvala to vitana zmena a ‘ a.clouct vytrkni z vkdnich dnfi, kdy aspofi na eas se zaponmelo na denni trampoty a starosti a zavladla veselejk nalada.

Pfejeme v gem sestra:m a bratfirn mile, radostne a utekne svatky velikonoeni. ) • 4, 4, ( I velbloud, nepodiva-li se do zrcadla, mule se posmivat Hrbatemu. — Orionmilk se posmivat hrbatemu. — Orientaint pfislovi.

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6. dubna. Oslava 15. 'Oral trvani KroOku deskYch Zen v Dallas, Tex. v Sokolovne, Dallas, Tex. 9. dubna. Velikonoeni zaba,va v sini fadu Svaz oechoslovant cis. 92. ye Fort Worth, Tex. 9. dubna. Bingo ve 4 hod. odpoledne a eeskSr film v 7:30 veeer v sini kadu 8tef anik cis. 142. v Houston, Te. 9. dubna. Velikonoeni zabava v Sokolovne v Dallas, Tex.

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PanmAnio, paihnfno, ajieka mi ciejte, at' jsou blla nebo Ira to nekoukejte.

V kogieku proutenem vajieek je mandlik, Aneieka s Pepiekem, snedi jich dnes rendlik.

ne, novinkou ukazal se neobyeej0 zajem tadovSrch organisatorii, kteti mai fadu op r, n6 03 011 rane — Subscri p tion $3.00 a year tazek o`jednottivostech pojistek na gi Jedm''ns adres zasilaji se do Hlavni 13tadovny vs noty, je2 byly jedna po druhe pine zodFayetteville, Texas. povezeny. Cele shromadeni sledovalo jedChorwe of address must be sent to Grand Lodge, Fa y etteville, Texas. nani spoleene schtize pozorne a se za• • do p isy, PtedPlatne a oznainky bud't$t adre- jmem, co'Z znamend, ze neelu teto schilze :ova/1y na: Vestnik, West, Texas. bylo dosaZeno.

A o7)1;'y zemtelYch tient!' se uveteinUJI bezPlatne.

Svateeni dny ye stare vlasti zahajeny Y i r., lnu p odobizny Je nutno zaslati redakci $2.50.

1)e otzituaries are printed without charge, For cuts byly jiZ o Zelenem etvrtku, kdy ztichly 1,. y to send $2.50 to the Editor. vgechny zvony. ftikavalo se, Z'e odletely do ,ima. K chlapeckVin radostem pattilo ITT AvNt tTAADOVNA — SUPREME LODGE Pi d –1 - - President, Ed. L. Marek: Vice President obchazeni vesnice anebo mesta s tak zvaFr Beersecil,eAak, Thrall, Texas. Tajemnik F. Chu p ick; {16etnik — Fin. Secretary, nVnii tehtaelta,mi a klapaekami, jimiz o3, , tiovsk; Pokladnik Tress, Josef Koli- znaeoval se denni eas jako v normo,lnich , p ni rade° — Counsel — Aug. Kacit, . '1 , •;:as Vrchni lekat — Medical Director Dr. J. dnech hlaholenim zvonti. Kdo svoje A 1.1.1nreek. El Campo, Texas.

10 -- Board of Directors — J. M. t krabanek, di ye stare vlasti proZil, jiste se take toin bbie St. Houston, Texas: Karel Navratil 816. E hoto "tehtani" zneastnil a ma na ne mile • Tem p le, Texas, J. C. Einei g l. Yorktown, Texas ,10[1t1 1:11bala, Pilot Point, Texas. Frank Rod, El vzpominky. Chodivalo se rano, v poledne (,1 a veeer. 0 Velkem patku bylo to tehtani Sr,nDvni V§bor — B y law Committee: jaksi nejslavnej gi. Naposled se chodilo s C“ , , , IvP ir. Hacif, p tedseda — Chairman, West. Tex tehtaekarni rano na Bilou sobotu. Veeer i lank n Steiner, tajenmik -- Secretary 4350 Dickason, Dallas, Texas. pak byla sla,vnost vzidiseni, ktera mela — Press Committee — Ptedseda — • izmr n Josef. Hornak, Colle g e Station. Box 125. rovneZ mnoho pavabti. V nagem rodnem • , 'Ti ,- Ant. Horak 5007 Alcott, Dallas. Texas, meste bStvala tato slavnost velice okazam:.

ID( es °team, 6402 Tat g art St. Houston, Texas. la a obeanstvo se k ni ptipravovalo Po delgi eas. 13Vvala spojena s velkSim prnvodem, v kterem pochodovala gkolni mladeZ, temesIne cechy v pine parade a se POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 koroilhverni jarnim kvitim ozdowith rndeliverable copies to beiVmi a jine spolky. Ve v gech oknech domil na namesti, ktere priwod tento oS. '.T S. T., Fayetteville, begel za zpevu chramoveho peveckeho Texas. sboru a za hlaholeni v gech zvonu, byly rady rozsvicenSich svic. Pasobilo to v gechno za viaheho jarniho veeera dojrnem mo polladkov9m a nezapomenutelnSun. K celemu velikonoenimu tSidnu vztahovaly se rozmanite zvyky a symboly jako Svpuinoci k rozkvetu Jednoty. oetli Zluta, kutatka, beranci, jarni kvitky a p;f, knou zpravu sestry Hru gkove o spo- malovana vajleka — vestries symboly no1(‘;'rafs elenstva tadu v Temple, ko- ye probuzeneho Zivota, viditelneho v priiil Hvezda Texasu cis. 47, v rode jiz na v gech stranach. Zvla gte vajleko je vStznaen'Vm„ znakem techto jarnich Lf.n, 1,Tova dopisovatelka tadu po- svatkil, jako symbol tajemstvi Zivota.

Aze spravne popsala a my Stati narodove je g te pied ktest'anskou adostne podrobnosti, je2 erou potadali okazale a radostne jarni 11;t:4i Obci piil110ITT O. 1'3( c-u-A, spopri nich'i, se obdarova.vall lec 11 " schtize ky. iako znaky svvch upi:imnch cites jak sc ocekil.vd10 prenasi hiavni uicclr ici hie dncsli sv0-, a dobrych Mani. Pekn .V tento zvyk preje zPrAvY obbirnO a naprosto ,srozainitel-chazel pak s pokoleni na pokoleni a zu-

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131071 ntinli 100(1001 ni;alovana vaiii3ka a 01),, 1;:.0r0 Tune lecky provedene krashce pripra ovaly na pornlazku 0 velikonoenim pondi",11.

'Le ini vzpominkarni vybavuje se 1, mysli nagi ledacos, co tizee je spojeno se .5111 *in domovem v rodne zemi.

Tradieni mrskot na eeskem venkov6.

Velikonoeni svatky obyeejne znanietialy objeveni se prodavaeek sneZenek na ulic most, vStkladn obchodnikti a zrnenu chovani mladeZe, jak chlapca, tak i divek. Mladenci pojednou zaeli obdivo% piilrodu, kouzlo jarnich potoku a fok, prave v techto mistech natezali ty nejlepgi proutky na pomlazky, aby , yak pri pouZiti pekne g tipaly. A deveata? Najecinou se u nich vyjevil nemalS7 zajern 0 dumacnost, hlavne o zasobu vajec. Nedivte se, vZ'dyt' ka'tcla divenka spolehala, nejakSt ten mladenec ptijde vy glehat a 7a tit namahu musil dostat piece n10.11oti odmenu. Proto se honem shanely pekne barvy, abyv pondeli bylo vge ptipt,) \,en0.

A velikonoeni pondeli — to byl hiforick den v kalendati v gech ptislugniku unizSkeho stavu. Bylto jedinST den v roce, kdy mohli odloZiti vegkerou galantnost k nef.'nemu pohlavi a uplatnit pravo silnejkho.

Na pomlazku musi laSrt vgeehny htiehy, ktere device behern roku chlapci zptisobilo, dokonale odeineny. Zejmena na deskem venkove mela pomlazk y (snarl doposud) ji2 svou tradici a pomlazky venkovskSich ty se paneeku daly merit na chlapcti yardy. A ubohe divce nepomohla skrStg, chlapci ji nalezli vgade a tirn pak pro ni. A stejne tomu bSrvalo i ye mestech, kdy dopoledni promenady byly pine a kde se vyplaeelo na kaklem kroku.

Proste hogi si pkigli pine na sve a divenI; se musely chte nechte pro svaj ptidel pkijit, vZdy o divce, ktera nebyla na, pomlazku vyglohana se tikalo, Ze o ni mladencl nestoji. Za par nedel byla primi pout' a pak zase dinky musely ukazat middencum, jak dovedou pomlazkovy ptidel tit.

Slavny honec a krotitel drave 7v6iT Frank Buck zemiel v Herman nemocnilyi v Houston, Texas ve stall. 66 let. Buck proZil nebezpeenS7 divot v lesich a dainglIch po eelern svete a east() jeho Zivot visel na nitce. Od sveho 18. roku toulal se po celcm svete. V voce 1911 podnikl vS7 pravu do Ji%ni Ameriky, ktera byla jeho prvni z eele Lady pozdel gich, aby tam nachytal vz(wnou zvet, drave gelmy a neznain liady a pfivez1 je N.ve domil Buck narodil ;-e 17. btezna 1884 v Gainesville, Texas, kde leho otec mel kola. kstvi. Ve gkole se ilcivice zajirnal o zemepis, a zve •. Odegel 7,' ;-kely v sedrne aide, aby uspokojil svoii touhu po cestovani. Podnikl nOkolik Yjiprav do d'zungli Atriky ,Asia it Jiini Ameriky za divokou zvei'i U kin-lain', ktere cioddval zoologickym zahracim a cirkustim. Rho

Ve sttedu, dne 5. dubna 1950. dobrodruktvi se stala podkladem mnoha knih a filmovS(ch her. Po ftteku z domova byl cowboyem, pak se dostal do Chicaga se zasilkou dobytka a po nejakST ea.s byl z nej tula.k. Ale pak se mu podatilo uspotadat napted vS(pravu do JiZ'ni Ameriky, kde nachytal mnoho divoke zvete a nektere koupil od domorodcfi. Miloval pralesy a tikal, ze to jsou nejkrasnej gi a nejzajimavej gi kraje na svete. Zbyteene nezabijel 2adnou zvet, jen v ptipade sebeobrany. Jednou byl napaden tygrem a skolil jej teprve az byl' jen tri stopy od nej jednou kuli ze sve pugky. Na svSrch vS7pravach v cl Z • unglich a pralesich bral filmy a z nich je nejznarnej gi film "Bring `Em Back Alive", "Wild Cargo" a "Fang and Claws". Svfij Z'ivotopis napsal v rote 1941 s nazvem "All in a Lifetime". Mirho to napsal nekolik jinS(ch knih jako byla "On Jungle Trails", poldivana, ye Akolach.

Duchovni chleb na g vezdejg1. Wdycky o velikonocich si uvedomujeme poslani kultury a umeni vice neZ' kdy jindy. Souvisi to se vzktisenim, symbolickS im probuzenim zeme, jez v jarnich dnech obrozuje eloveka a ptipomina, v gechny ptedchazejici generace, ktere usilovaly o ideal bratrstvi a touffly po jeho uskuteeneni. Ti'aerie slovo, slovo na divadle, obraz a socha znamena pro eeskeho elove,ka vic kdekoliV jinde na svete. Neni to jenom potegeni z krasneho slova, jeho smyslu, tvaru sochy, barev obrazu, je to je gte neco vic, co tkvi v same podstate umeleckeho dila, co mu bylo dano do vinku jiz v dobach svatovala yskSlch, co bylo zpeeeteno krvi v dobach husitskSrch. Tot' onen ideal shlikni vgech lidi dobre vale; onoho duchovniho bratrstvi, ktere vyznivalo v mohutnem husitskem chorale "Kdoz jste bo2i bojovnici a zakona jeho", stejne jako v choralu svatovaclayskern, kte0 prave v dobe husitske byl bojovniky nejeasteji zpivan. Tedy nen° z techto chorald a z bible eeskobratrske, slovo tvrcle jako skala, svetle onou typicky eeskou, nezmarnou virou poznamenalo Ceskou literaturu, hudbu, divadlo a umeni vtibec pro vgechny Ceske generace tak, ze eim tim vice poznavame, co znamena pro pracujiciho eloveka svoboda, pravda, spravedlnost. Kterato zakladni pUZadavky jsou obsakny v du gi kakleho Oecha, jemirt je odkaz Mistra Jana Husi samortejniSrm symbolem, v nemz touti po uskuteeneni a napineni husitske my glenky, kterou nejqrazneji vyjadtil Bedfich Smetana v programov3ich symfonickSich basni Tabor a Blanik. Na VelkSr patek podle stare povesti se otviraji pamatne skaly a vydavaji poklady. TakovSi narodni poklad je obsat'en v dile Bedficha Smetari. a Mikolage Alge: je idealnim duchovnim chlebem pro lid, posiluje a spojuje k spoluprasi, jako i ukazuje cestu vkm tviircfun

VEST N, . I K- WEST, TEXAS soueasne generace lite,rarni, vS(tvarne, hudebni, ktera, usiluje o zlidoveni umeni a kultury v pinem smyslu tech slov.

Predloha podpory farniaiske produkce sehvalena. Senat schvalil 36 proti 31 hlasum ptedlohu r zakona o dal gi vladni podpote zernedelske produkce poslanecka snemovna kongreSti tuto ptedlohu pied Urn schvalila. Aby zakon nabyl moci prava, pottebuje uz jen podpis presidenta Trumana, kterST prase dli na prazdninach ye Floride. Zakon zmociittje vladu; aby vykoupila dalgich 1,000,000 bald bavlny a 400,000 tun bursk9ch oti gkfr (peanuts) od pestiteld bez ohledu na to, 'Ze ma ve skladigtich ohromne zasoby techto zemedelsk rch produktft, na kterS7ch prodelala vice 'ind jeden bilion dolarfi.

Pro predlohu hlasovalo 25 demokrath, 3 republikani, proti 28 republikanti a 3 demokrati, mezi nimi illinoisky" senator Paul Douglas a newyorskS) senator Herbert Lehman. — Koncem t5'7dne radio z Floridy hlasilo, k president Truman tuto ptedlohu podepsal.

Jan S. Presl, iieskSr krtitel prirody. Heslem probuzenecke doby Jungmanovy by10: psat v Oechach v gechno eesky! Veda a jejiThazvoslovi bylo vgak stale v zajeti cizich slov. Jungmann, kterr usiloval o Ceske svobodne pesteni umeni a vedy, chtel zee gtiti i vedu a gkolskou nauku, a proto dal popud k zalokni vgenaueneho listu pro vzdelance s nazvem "Krok". Nag el spolupracovnika, ue,eneho vlastence J. S. Presla, prosluleho botanika a profesora ptirodopisu na prakke universite.

Presl se riarodil roku 1791 a podobne jako jeho bratr .Karel studoval s vellOrn. zajmem piirodni vedy a jiZ" v mladi byl uznavan za vynikajiciho udence. Se syStm bratrem vydal "Kvetenu Ceskou", a tu po prve u,il eeskSrch vSrrazti; gettil mno11S7ch starSrch lidov3ich, jive vzal z jazykfi slovanskSrch, nektere vytvotil sam. ITz nazev "kvetena" nahrazoval dosud u2ivane latinske "flora". A tak maine dodnes od Presla Cilinnik, 1S7kovec, hrachor, easti rostlin: tyeinka, kvetenstvi atd. Zajimal se 1 o chemli, technologii a geologii, jim'Z venoval nekolik spisil a i v nich poeegt'oval cizi v3irazy. Ze zoologie vy gel jen dil "Ssavectvo". Frohii,irne li za'Zioutle vzacne '‘irtisky vedeckeho Casopisu "Krok", vidime filasnou mravenei pill a praci badatele vlastence. S actou se sklanirne pied malo . ocenovanou praci prvniho prdkopnika narodni vedy, nezapominajice ani na Preslovo horlive pestovani eeskoslovenske vzajemnosti; stS7kal se se glovenskSim basnikem J. HollSrm i s Konarem, kterST venoval Preslovi znelku ye "Slave deer-P. Presl byl vtele vitan slovenskSimi vlastenci pH nav gteve Bratislavy.

Ptekladal eetna, cizi veclecka dila do matetg tiny a byl i svetovjnni vedci cten. Heslem jeho zaslu'tnelio 21votO bylo stare la-

Sirana, 3 tinske: Stfij kde stud, vlast miluj! A tomu heslu zfistal vernS( a.": do smrti 6. dubna 1849. Vzpominame pamatku mute, jenz znarodnil ptirodni vedu a pokftil v matetskem jazyku east, a jevy vesmiru.

NovY plan pro Evropu. Kongresni vSibor pro zahranieni zale2itosti odfiznul jeden bilion dolarti z fonciti pro tketi rok Marshallova planu pro zeme v zapadni Evrope, a na misto tech hotovS(ch penez ustanovil nahradu v pkebyteenkh zemedelskSrch produktech. Snikni to bylo natizeno 10, proti. 7 hlastim v torn vS(boru pti rozprave o tech $2,950,000,000 pro ty Marshallovy zeme a kongresnik John M. Vorys, republikan z Ohio, ktery tu zmenu navrhl rekl, toto nahrakni toho nu dolart v hotovosti temi•pfebyteonSimi zernedelskjimi produkty zabrani velikemu sniZeni toho celeho obnosu aZ to pkijde ku projednani pied eel* kongres, kde je mnoho elenft pro znaene sni'2eni toho obnosu , pro ty zeme v zapa.dni Evrope. V to Ptedloze, z tech z1Vvajicich $1,950,000,000 v hotovSich penezich, bylo z tohoto obnosu take zvla gte ureeno 600 mil. dolarti ku pouZivani ve snaze pro odstraneni obchodnich pfekaZek mezi term zernemi.

Ike dni 7. dubna. Dne 7. dubna 1348 vydal eeskk kill Karel IV. zakladajici listinu pro zfizeni Ceske university. Karel IV. v teto listine povedel, ze ji vyzdvihl z moci eeskeho krale, ale na nalehani nejen ptednich osob, n9br'Z v gech obyvatel kralovstvi, "neustale laenej gi po plodech ved", meli 1)- 7t tak uspokojeni, "aby nemusili kraj sveta choditi a u cizich prahil kbrati, ).17brZ aby doma melt sttil k cluchovnim hocItim ptipraven3i." Mono prakka universita byla uvedena v Zivot jako fistav eeskeho statu, eeskeho naroda. NezaleZ,i na torn, k jako kaMa jina universita sttedoveka inela zprvu universalni raz a ptilakala naval cizincd z rfiznSlch zemi i naroda.: bylo to doCasne, ti cizinci lehko opuougteli Prahu, kdy2 byly na nemecke pude zakladany nave university, a z rozhoteeni se v gichni Nemci vystehovali, kdy, Vaciav IV. kutnohorskSina dekretem roku 1409 zavedl na universite tad y e smyslu platnich zakonft aby cizi nepanovali domacim, "prav-S7rn a ptirozenS7m declictim kralovstvi", nSI brZ, ti aby universitou vladli a do slunaroda i statu ji zpina a zeb poctive staveli. A ee gti mistti i Zaci, jako od poeatku jednali, videli v universite prosttedek pro duchovni i mravni povzneseni eeskeho naroda. Dejiny university Karlovy jsou dejlny Oech. Prato, se v. ni vie obrai, co glo pies Ceske kraje, proto, ze universita sama si 'ureovala jejich beh. Jako gla k vii s narodem, ne pro slavu sveta, ale pro jeho duchoVn1 vzrtist, tak hynula, kdy'Z narod byl sviran a ubijen. Av gak 1 tehdy, kdyZ byla eicskeniu duchu odcizena a umlecna, mlu-

Strana 4 vila. A posvecena tolikerou praci, nad genim, nesmlouvavosti, smelosti, byla zbrocena krvi bojovnikii a mueednikil, kte1.1 zapasili a trpeli za Pravdu sveho lidu.

Pravda .obnovovala eeskY narod i jiho universitu Karlovu. A do duchovniho i mravniho bohatstvi university Karlovy vpisovana jsou nova jmena. Jmena, ktera, do daleko Airoka predstavuji dil :Ceske velikosti. Mezi nimi tyei se zjev rovnocenny nekdy zjevu Husovu: T. G. Masaryk.

Z chudeho studenta stal se ueitelem naroda, ale stal se i jeho vfidcem. Od Husa vygel, v rozdilu yen nove my glenky razil, ale v podstate nezmenene. I Masaryk chtel, aby byl obrozen v pinosti Zivota eeskY lid pro blaho sve i sveta. A to je poslani university Karlovy, pot yrzene minulosti, ale platici i pro budoucnost.

VyniSpisovatel Tomag Capek kajici Ameridan esl. ptivodu, spisovatel pracovnik Tomag Capek, zemtel ye veku 89 let y e svem domove v Jackson Heights, New York, v Utery 28. bfezna 1950. Narozen byl v Chrast'ovicich u Strakonic V Cechach a do Ameriky pfijel v roce 1879 ja.ko 18 let mladik. V rote 1886 vstoupil na universitu v Ann Arbor, Mich., aby studoval prava, v roce 1839 studoval prava na universite Columbia v New Yorku. Po graduaci zahajil praksi pravnickou v Omaze.

V letech 1890 a 1891 byl elenem statni legislatury v Nebrasce. V roce 1894 se o'Zenil Se sl. Annou Vostrovskou v San Jose, Cal. Po to provozoval pravnictvi v New Yorku.

V roce 1910 se etyfmi krajany Bank of Europe v New Yorku a od roku 1912. byl jejim pfedsedou. Zemfely Tomag apek byl neobyeejne tinny literame a bral podil na vydavani nekolika easopistia v rfanYch dobach, easteene v Nebrasce a pozdeji tez na vSachode. Vydal nekolik knih, vesmes o 'Zivote a pracich Cecilia a Slovakia' i zanechal /lam velke dedictvi dejepisne o americke vetvi Oechia. Zvlagte vynikaji jeho knihy "Pamatky eeskYch emigrantil v Americe", "Padesat let eeskeho tisku", "Bohemia under Habsburg Misrule", "Nage Amerika" a jine. Jeho velkou snahou bylo seznamovati tez jinonarodni lid americky s pracemi a snahami Cechu, kteil pi ijizdeli, aby po boku ostatnich spolupracovali na zvelebeni -Leto nagi nove vlasti. Toto dilo se snaZivemu T. Oapkovi zdafilo a tak velmi pfispel k sblaeni na geho lidu s ostatnimi amer. : je velmi prospegne nejen obyvateli, co Z pro ease otce, prvni Ceske osadniky v Americe, ale teZ pro jejich potomky. ZemtelY T. Capek vykonal prospe gnou pomoc pro nag: lid v Americe — test jeho nehynotfci pamatce!

Odejela na dovolenou. Clenka nageho tiskoveho vYboru sestra Antonie Horakoy e, namisto zajezdu do stare vlasti (esl. vlada nevydava pritomne povoleni) vydala se s detmi do slunne Kalifornie na

VtSTNIX— WEST, TEXAS dva tYdny el vice zaslouZenou dovolenou.

Milym vYletnikiim pfejeme pi.ijemne dny rekreace, St'astnY navrat domil a tegime se, Ze nam schopna pisatelka po to jejich vYlet popige.

Ode§el jeden z nejlep§ieh. Koncem minuleho tYdne zesnul v Penelope, Tex. bratr Tom Pfikryl, zakladajici Glen naSi Jedno67 ye sta. 1: . i 77 let. Narozen byl v Archlebove na Mora.ve a do Texasu prijel co 14 let hoch prim° do Granger, Tex. ProteZ"kosti ja.ko druzi ranni delal ptistehovalci, pomalu ptizpilsoboval se novYm pomerinn a vytrvalou prieinlivosti dopracoval se Uspechu. V Granger se olenil se sleenou Annou Sijanskou a mladi mankle pfestehovali se do osady Penelope, kde Adobro zakotvili. ZesnulY bratr Tom Pfikryl byl dobrym spolkovYm pracovnikem, zastaval po radu let rilzne bYval delegatem do naSich sjezdia, pomahal vydatne v kaZde snaze narodni a osadni. Zanechava tu manZelku a etyfi syny: Ondrej, Joe (v Taylor), Rudolf a Bohumil v Penelope a bratra Frank PHkryla ye West. Polifebni obfady konaly se v pohrobnicke kapli ve West Ai pondeli a pozustatky ulo2eny k veenemu odpoeinku na htbitove v Penelope. Na g pfedseda br.

Ed. L. Marek proslovil krasnou smuteeni ted v kapli i dojemnYmi slovy rozloueil se s odeg lYm spolubratrern na hfbitove. Poziastale rodine vyslovujerne na gi hluboce citenou soustrast, zesnul bratr necht' odpoeiva v pokoji a test jeho pamatce. ) • .T. • TEL. JERN. SOKOLA HOUSTON. Oznamuje, ze pravidelna mesieni ze, pilpadajici na druhou nedeli dne 9. t. m. dubna, odlo:Zena bude o nedeli pozdeji a to: 16. dubna, z dilvodu podniku radu tefanik, Cis. 142., SPJST, neb na tuto nedeli Velikonoeni potada sviaj program a timto zve vg echny safe pfiznivce br. a ses. ku hojne navg teve. Tedy br. a ses. sokolske rodiny, na shledanou v nedeli dne 16. dubna o 3 hod. odpole.

Za Tel. Jedn. Houston, Rudolf B. 8 ebek, jednatel. ) • 4 Bryan, Texas.

Cteria redakee Vestniku!

Ani nevim jak bych zaeai, ale obyeejne se zaeind s poeasim. To tu mame asi takove jake si kdo pfeje, jen pro farinafe je gpatne, neb je pofad chiadno, co2 jest gpatne na bavinu, tez korna trpi a zahradky jak by smetl, ale musime to sebrat jak to dostanem.

Tento rok zaeina pro me smutne, neb jsem ztratil manZelku. Jest to vein rana pro jednoho, ale co delat! Kdybych veal o nejake star gi Zene, ktera nema, domov a chtela by vest pro mne domacnost, rad bych ji dal dobrY domov. ja jsem vet ginou prye v praci a tak bych ji svetil vge.

Jestli toto bude nektera Cist, tak pi gte na:

Ve str.edn, dne 5. dubna 1950.

John Ernest, c. o..1. F. Zak, 406 W. 28, Bryan, Tex. Ja pritomne jsem zamestnan na highway, inam : praci stalou a bydlini pana Zaka, rentYi.e.

S pozdravem na v gechny . etenare Vestniku znamenam se v facte, John Ernest.

• oTo • Rad Ruioq Dvur, C. 89., Rosebud, Texas.

Nag e radova schrize byla odlo :&na na tieti nedeli v dubnu. Prieina toho jest, Ze velkonoeni svatky pfichazi druhou nedeli.

Prosim, prijcite do teto schilze, neb ndvgteva ye .schiazich jest vZdycky Oiteena v gem S bratrskym pozdravem, John J. PlaVek, taj. ) Pad Antonin Cermak, Cislo 56.

JelikoZ nedele 9. dubna, kdy mela bYti sclnize nageho radu, je nedele velikonoeni, odlolena je Sell-faze na, nedeli 16. dubna. Snad bode schfize lope navAtivena.

Farmaki si statiji, Ze je malo vlahy v pude. Misty urody gpatne vze gly a nekde Cekaji se setim na de gt'. Pastviny jsou vyprahle.

S pozdravem, vas Chas. Holasek, taj. ) 4, Rid Pokrok Jihu, e' .72., Cameron, Tex. Cteni bratH a sestry! Timto uvedomuji, Ze pfigti schrize bode konana tieti nedeli' v dubnu. Tato zmena, byla udelaina, proto, Ze velikoncreni svatky pHpadaji na druhou nedeli. Tedy nezapomerite. na 3. nedeli v dubnu ye 2. hod. odpoledne a dostavte se v pinem poetu. S bratrskYin poJerry PlachY, taj. zdravem, •( Houston, Texas.

Drazi pi.atele!

Timto yam laskave oznamuji, ze v nedeli 9. dubna v sini radu Stefamik Cis. 142. bude pobaveni pro kahleho.

Ve 4 hod. odpoledne bude hra bingo.

Sestry od radu darovaly pane darky, ktere jsou venovany na bingo.

Veeer v 7:30 hod. br . S. Valeik bude rtkazovati eeskY film. Bude trvat 2 hodiny, a vstupne pouze 50c. Obrazky ukazovane budon: C' esky Den ye Fayetteville, University Houston, rueni prate pi. Dvoi .a.koy e a barevne obrazky olejovYch poll v APf.i.jcrte v hojnem poetu, abyste rabii. se mezi nami pobavili. S pozdravem, Mary Chupik. o ) Pad Karel Jonii4, Cislo 28.

East Bernard, Texas.

Cteni brati.i a sestry! Timto y am oznamuji, Ze rad Karel Jona g Cis. 28. bude pofadat svoji mesieni schiazi treti dne 16. dubna, na misto druhou nedeli.

Pileina jest Velikonoeni nedeli. Proto vas laskave Zadam, dostavte se v co nejvetgim poetu. Vgem nemocnYin elentim pf.eji brzke uzdraveni. Mil' pozdrav vgem.

Carrie Bohaeik.

Ve 2ttedu, nine 5. rhtbna 1,950. i01.11111111•161101101411i1141141011.11.11110.50■44ortets400,dass,4w.e

Oddil Dopsovatelsk Wheelock, Tex. Ctena redakce Vestniku, mile sestry a bratti! V minule schazi na geho kadu Bedfich Smetana Cis. 39. mne bylo natize, no, abych napsal do Vestniku a pozval nage eleny i elenkyne, by se dostavili do pfig'ti nargi schilze v hojnem path. Budeme miti jednami ohledne pobaveni se v kvetnu na Den matek. Tak se setry a bratti closta yte, abysme to mohli ujednat, abychom byli v gichni spokojeni.

Prave co toto pi gi dostali jsme velkY degt', co je dobre na zahradky, na pastry a hlavne na tu zasetou kornu, neb misty kde byla jarni trava„ ji' to bylo dosti such& Jsem vybizen nekterYmi na ghni Cleny, mne bych do Vestniku vice psal, ale to tak nejde jak za, dtivefsich zrak slabne,tR nervy a ruka te2 je ta gi. Nekdy Pozdeji ai tu praci v poli trochu chytnem, pokusim se napsat del gi dopis; doufam to bude zajimat aspori moje stare zname.

Pozdrav na celou Jednotu.

Frank Vytopil, tajemnik. )• •( ZAJEZD HOUSTONSIEtCH OCHOTNIKU DO SHINER. Prvni jarni vYjezd divadelnich ochotnikti jest mono zakaditi za nejlep gi den jejich narodni einnosti, jiz sama pfiroda nage, trogku jaksi opozdend zde v Texasu, data nam pfile'Ltost nahlednouti do taka a krasy texaskeho jara a chlouba nageho mileho Texasu "Bluebonnets" zrovna hYfily svymi barvami, a aekoliv jsme byli ye spechu, abychom dojeli na misty na.geho ureeni co mana nejdfive, pfeci nemohl jsem odolati poku geni a zastaviti na par minut odpoeinku. Kvetouci modre kvety pokrYvajici celou strain jako more modre vody a pfi kahlem zavanuti vetru nkne sklanell svoje hlavieky jako poklonu a diktivzdani matce rode a N.votadarnemu slunci za tu pHlditost, ae bylo jim moci zase ze sveho zimniho spanku se vzbuditi a zase se podileti na onom divupinern cyklu pfirodnim, opakujicim se do nekoneena. A mime vinici se krajina tohoto texaskeho pfedhoti, kterou jsme jeli, otvirala nam nova a rove pfekvapeni, obz yla.gte mile pro nas, kteti jsme zvykli na ptimotske roviny, kde2 jsme celY na g 'Lvot usazeni.

Huste obydlend krajina men gich farem, kde2 vetSinou na g eeskoslovensky lid se usadil a ktera iniaete lehko poznati die hezkeho a eisteho vzhledu, kterehoa yam poskytuje pohled s cesty po ktere prave prOji2dirne. A i prvni pohled na mesteeko Shiner ueinil na nas dobrS, dojem,

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roke a eiste ulice, vzhledne domy, kaIdS/ obklopen kvetinami, ktera vetginou byly v pinem kvetu, a zelinatske zahradky ukazovaly na hospodarnk zpusob rodin tarn Zijicieh. Mesteeko Shiner jest polo'2eno v mist y , kde bylo ugetkenO ruchu a hlomozu no“7ch spojovacich silnic a tim si asi ugetfilo ten staromodni vzhled a i ten start' a velice osvedeenY zpilsob Mvota, kterY si va.Z1 uptimneho pfatelstvi vice neMi dolaru. A prave toto pfatelstvi nam tolik prokazovano pfi na gi navgteve si velice votime a clekujeme vfele vgem tamnej gim osadniktun za mile pfivitani.

Tarn jsem tea poznal jak na ge eeska hodinka na, radiove vine jest pine °cello\T ana a jakou velikou cenu ma pro nage lidi usazene v rilzriSrch malSich eeskS 7ch osadach, kde mohou poslouchati na gi milou eeskou hudbu a na ge &love pisne.

Jedna z prvnich otazek tamnel gich krajanil byla: A kde jest ten' vas radiovSr rozhlag ovae Franta Vavfik? A kde jest pani Kukralova? Opravdu pine jsem pfesvedeen, Z"e radio a na ge eeska, hodinka jest dnes nejcennej gi pro uditeni nagi eeske fedi, a na g Frantik si opravdu za,s1uhuje, aby na gi obchodnici ye vgech mesteekach a i malSich venkovskSrch obchodech mu dali malou finaneni pomoc v oznamkach svojich obchodil, co jest asi nejlepg i a nejrychlej gi oznamovani v dneg ni dobe. Doufam, ae fleastnici tohoto divadla v Shiner byli fipine spokojeni s vSrkony nag ich hercu, aspon velikSr potlesk obecenstva tomu nasvedeoval a po ukoneeni teto lidove hry, kdy promluvil nag' re'Mser V. StratnickSr a kdy Frantik Vavfik pfedstavoval v gecky einne herce pfitomne na, jevig ti, potlesk nernel konce, coZ byla prava ukazka obliby tetolzname hry .Zaroveri chci upozorniti v gecky Ceske osady, kde by si pfali videti toto divadlo, aby dopsali na Vladimir StratnickST, Rosenberg, Texas.

Jeg te jednou chci vzdati srdeene diky vgem fleastnikiim na. geho divadla a doufame, ze zase v brzku bude nam mcAno mezi vas milk kruh zase zavitati.

Milog ) • .T. • ( Rosebud, Texas.

Cteni bratti a sestry!

Vidim peknY dopis sestry Hru gkove a jaksi mi to do hlavy nejde, ze to tak rychle dokaza,la, v nedeli byla schtize a ye sttedu ua jsme to eetli. Tedy tea napigi neco o te schtizi. V nedeli 26. bfezna jsme vyjeli z donut, zastavili jsme se pro naseho predsedu Torn Vitka a jeho ku a jeli jsme na Seaton. Korny okolo testy se pekne zelenaly. O' eska, mesteeka Ocker, Labeikville a Seaton nejak pane vgude je nastaveno nee° novS/ch budov, vge je pane na bilo obarvene a jakesi to stare harampani je uklizene a spalene. Rad cis. 47. ma peknou spolko-

Stranu I y ou budovu, k sini pfikoupili 2 akry zenie, tak to •ekl ptedseda br. Theodor Dana, a ten pozemek ted' eisti a 16, eervence to oslavi, bude tarn piknik. Zda, se mi, Ze sc to po Cesky fekne vYlet. Aby byl velky vYlet je tfeba, aby se sletelo hodne lidu; tedy komu z vas je manes, jed'te na ten VS/let. Je to fad pokroeilS7 a zaslou2i si podpory. Mel a ma prozirave ttfedniky a take.

IA 'deny. Sin je u hlavni cesty, pfikoupeny pozemek by mohl by't upraven co park, u cesty vpfedu vysetet ozdobne kete neb rune, dale nejake stinne stromy, tfeba magnolie, v tom by nejlepe poradil zahradnik, a pak v late ledacos pofada,t, coZ by jiste doneslo slugnSr vSdeZek. A te' new o te schtizi, to hlavni u'Z bylo napsano. Tedy v gichni Ufednici a feditele pronesli kratgi neb delgi proslovy, znelo to tak • mdfne hodne inrti, umiraji staki a tea mladi, pottebujeme vice clenii, tedy kdo v Jednote nejSte, dejte se k nam, muaete =fit jako ta. Nanka, no a ten tisic se v'Mycky sejde. Nejeilej gi organisator je br. enkyfik a hned za nim je na g bratr Karel Navratil.

Dale jegte new a to je to hlavni, dostall jsrne zdarma dobrou svaeinu, coz za nynej gich pomera je velka, vac pohostit zdarma tolik lidu. Ja jsem se tea bavila znamenite, kdo vas zna, tak vas vita, kdo vas nezna a tekne vam sve jmeno, potfepe ruku a jste seznameni, staii, mladi, na tom nezaleli. Poji gteni a nemocenska podpora, to mlade lidi netahne, to spige nee° do skoku.

ToZ' myslim abych toho nechala, jestli je ten sazeo je gte nemocen, bude to v gelijake. Srdeene vas v gecky zdravi, Anefta Skupinova.

• Guy, Texas.

Mili bratfi a sestfieky!

Zase vam pigi, ze ses. BoMna. Sugnova, man&lka br Alfreda Su gne, Needville, testa 1, podstoupila tetkou operaci na 2lueove kamenky a slepe stfevo v sugarlandske nemocnici. Je to dcera p. Jos. Surovce v Damon, Tex. Pfeji ses. Sugnove brzke uzdraveni, kdy' ji nemohu nav gtivit, tak vzpominam na milou sestfieku, neb doufam ze ji tou vzpominkou potegim. P. Jos. Siirovec je stale pronasledovan starostmi o sve mile v nernoci a east() navgtevovat nekoho z rodiny v nemocnici. Nedavno jsem psala v oechoslovaku, ze jemu zemfela mangelka, a hued zase byla operovana jeho snacha ses.

Vlasta, manelka Ludvika, Surovce, a pfi tom bral i br. Ludvik S. medeciny od lekafe a dojitdi oba manZele obeas k lekafi k pfehledu, ale vyhMeji zdravi. Ta-, ke , nage blizka sousedka ses. Stupkova, manZ"elka Karla Stupky st., guyskeho kovale, je nemocna a tea byla odvezena do Sugarland do nemocnice. Pfeji ji brzke uzdraveni. Neni mi mo2no ani ses. Stup-

Strana 0 kovu navgtivit a bydlime blizko sebe.

22. biezna lads nav gtivila ses. Rozara Waleikova, s dcerou Ane gkou, a jeji snacha Norma na jejim autu, man gelka guyskeho dtinate Ed. Waleika. Te gila mne jejich navAteva. Se ses. R. Waleikovou jsme se zna.ly hued v rodne vesnici HoWalkove, jen ge ona je o neeo inlad gi, a se zeinfelYm jejim manZelem Jos. Waleikem jsme byli druzi bratranei.

24. biezna k narn ptijel br. Vilem Wal eik se svoji deeru§kou a synadkem z An gletonu a zde v Guy ptibrali svoji ma minku ses. Rozaru Waldikovu. Byli na besede u Wernera v Boling, Texas, a na zpa.teeni caste domil zastavili se u nas, cog nine mot potesilo, ge na mne. Vilik nezapomel. Jak jsme hravali zele . v Guy divadla, br. 'Walaik mival Alohy sedlaka a V 'My je dobie sehral. Oh, bratte! jsou to mile vzpominky. Mali jste pH torn namaIty udenim, ale i mile zabavy jste OHL Onehdy nas navgtivil p. J. Davidek s inang elkou. Tana nas jejich naligteva. V necieli 26. bfezna jela ses. Davidkova s dcerou z Boling na naligtevu k rodine Jos. Gritzmana v Damon a ,zastavily se pro nas, bysme jely s nimi ku Gritzmanin, ale mely,jsme na.v glevu z Houstonu, tak jsme s nimi nemohly jeti, a stejne by jim to dalo prate pomoci mne do auto,. Byli u nas na navAteve z Houstonu na g' davni mill ptatele, man gele Jan HRS.?* a s nimi pfijela mila ptitelkyne ses. Franti gka Rachaeova, teg vdova, ale o, hodne rnladgi ode inne. Jeji mantel zemtel, budou tomu, jak myslim, brzy 2 roky. Nevidela jsem ses. Rachaeovou od toho dam co jsme prestali k 'nemoci jezdit na divadla do Houstonu, a talc jsem ji rada uviclela.

SevSemi jsme si pomluvily a pobavily se.

Dekuji ses. Bile za to hezotieke kvitko, a ses. Rachaeove za ten'mily darek a za nav g tevu vain v gem dekuji i Mikeskovi.

Minulou nedeli zastavil se zde br. Jos. Skrabanek, feditel SPJST, s jeho synoveem Lo gnikem. Ptijeli za Jos. H. Mikes kou v Utednich zalegitostech.

24. bfezna byli jsme pozvani k narozeninam oslavit je moji sestle Johane Polakove v Rosenberg, mela 76 rokil. Kclyg, nikam nemohu, talc ji pfeji, by se doekala ve zdravi clagich narozenin. Na zdar!

Rozi Mikesk-Truksa. ) • 4, 4, ( Z Kroaiku eskYch 2en. v Dallas, Tex. Ani jsem neminila vice psat, ale mam obavu. ze od meho minuleho dopisu to nektera sestra tfeba °Pamela, ge mame dne 6. dubna na gi patnactiletou oslavu.

Obed bude ye 12:30 zadatek. Na ge mlade sestry pod vedenim ses. A. ZvolankOve upravi stoly, a a g se naobedvame bude schuze a doufame, e se v gechriy sestry dostavi, neb mame hodne jednani. Proto ptijd'te ySechny a na eas. Za Kroidek s pozdrovern, Marena Linkova.

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0 Jar. HaS'kovi, outorn "S y ejka", bylo ug napsano nejen tisice cla,nkil, ale — dik jeho kamaradarn i fada memoarovych knih, romana, ba dokonce i divadelni hry.

Nekli byste, ge Jaroslav Ha gek, elovek, ug byl popsan talc dokonale a zevrubne, ge se to necla vilbec nieim dopinit. Ale nektere podstatne o Hagkovi piesto nevi — skoro nikdo. A zaeneme lined tfeba tim, kdy a kde se Ha gek narodil. Otevfe g na pi. nauenY slovnik, a hie, tam se doeteg, g. e se narodil r. 1883 v Mydlovarech. 0teviteg velmi vagnou publikaci o soudobYch eeskYch spisovatelich (Kunc) a tam stoji, ge se Hagek narodil 24. dubna 1883 Praze. A to radeji nebudeme citovat zaplavu datovanYch chyb, ktere do svYch vzpominek vtelili Ha gkovi kamaradi.

Le se Mydlovary dostaly ag do naueneho slovniku, to ma na svedomi nejspige Z. M. Kudej, kterY ye sve romanocauserii "Ve dvou se to lepe Wine" cituje Hagka: "Mydlovary jsou moje domovska obec. To ti fikam, abys to lidem vysvetlil, kdybys me nahodou pfetil a oni se hadali mezi sebou o to, kde jsem se vlastne narodil."

Dobrak Kudej to zamenil proste rodnou obec s obci domovskou (po otci) — nic vic. — A jak se urodil ten 24. duben, to zas by asi mohl vysvetlit Franta Sauer, kdyby gil. Avgak oba, Kudej i Sauer, jiste neseetnekrat Ali kolem praveho rodneho domu Hagkoval, zkracujice si cestu z "Vodielcovy" do "titne", ani g o torn vecleli!

Rodny HaSkav dam je rozlo gitY, velikY barak a zna jej v Praze, myslim, kdekdo, jenomge nevi, ge se v nem narodil autor "Svejka". Historicky jinak neni. Patiil rodine Habichove a -- to je tak vSe, co se prozatim na nej vi. Dnes ma v nem u g fadu let astfedi Klub eeskYch turisth — a je to kratce darn ep. 132541 (C. n. 16) v to sere, rohlikove lomene Skolske ulici za vyggi div61 gkolou.

-V dome torn se v pondeli 30. dubna 1883 narodil Josefu Ha gkovi, kandidatu profesury na realnYch gkolach, a jeho gene Katefine, Jaroslav, jako druhY syn (prvni Pepieek zemfel kratce po narozeni). Pomahala mu na svet baba podivuhodneho jmena Petronilla Izeraova. A tag baba jej pak donesla v sobotu dne 12. kvetna L. P. 1883 do kostela ke svatemu Stepanu, kde ho kaplan Fr. Benda pokititl na jmeno Jaroslav Matej Franti gek. Kmotrem mu byl dr. Matej Kovat, c. k. gymnasialni profesor a — (kurentem podepsand) Julie Slahsky, Privatiere. To v ge je zveeneno na strance 27. volumenu XXXIII. matriky kftenYch u sv. 8tepana.. * * IlaSktiv otec, Josef Ha gek, auLtel no nemeeke realne skole" v Mikulandske ulici, se podle hlaiz,cni no inagistrati, pristelioval do Prahy r, 1877 a prvni jeho

Ve stfeclu, due 5. dubna 1950. mladeneelcy byt byl na Floreneii u talske brany (Cp. 1413-ID dues: Florenc 33. Odtarntud se fSak u g pfigtiho roku pfestehoval k s y einu pfisobi g ti do Marianske ulice, do domu u Polivkfi Cp. 926II. (dnes Opletalova 16) a za necely rok pate zas je gte bllg -- do ulice 8tepdnske Cp. 646-II., co g je dam u 6ernohorskVeh. — A svatog tepanske fa.rnosti zastal jig veren ag do sve smrti, pinYch patnaet let.

A tato farnost je pak i prostfedim. ve kterem jeho syn, malt' Jaroslav Ha gelc, prail cely detsky vek.

V zali 1879 se Josef Ha gek ()genii a dojel si pro nevestu a g do Protivina, kde byla i svatba Nelze dnes docela pitesne zjistit, byl-li prvnim bytem mladYch mangelh dosavadni mladeneckY pokoj Josefa Ha g -kavdomeuOrnhsyc,aboLd novY byt v Krakovske 8 (p .581-11) v dome Pilzovskem, kterY je na magistrate hlagen k lett:1m 1879-1880. Nevime ani, jak dlouho bydlili -i v to Krakovske, ponevad g hned dalgi, a pro nas nejdhlegitejgi bydligte , :lkolska 1 6(ep. 1325-11.) -Hagek senior na magistrate vilbec neohla.sil, adkoliv prave tam se mu (podle matriky u sv. 8tepa.na) narodil nejen prvni syn Josef, ale i druhy syn Jaroslav (30. IV. 1883). To jest Jaroslav Hagek.

Podle afedruho zazn.amu bydlili pak Hagkovil v r. 1884 v Jedne ulici di 7. (548II.) — dam u Svantla, odkud se 26. srpna 1885 pfestehovali do domu u Podu gla na Karlove namesti (Cp. 313-II.), vlastne do zadniho traktu v Psi uliece. A zde se jim 15. biezna 1886 narodil tfeti (resp. gijici druhY) syn Bohuslav, ktery s Ja,roslavem o tfi lets star gim, tvoti rodinu, dopinenou pozdeji sestfenici Marii, sirotkeni po pogtovnim oficialovi Ma.rtinu Ha gkovi, kterou Ha gek sen. jako poruenik adoptoval (byla o rok star gi neg Jaroslav -nar. 26. VI. 1882).

Koneene to byli take Vaclav Lev, syn prosluleho zpevaka Josefa Lva. Vaclav Chodera, syn divadelniho feditele, Josef Koschinz z Freudenburku (vnuk pohadkake Kogina z Radostova). V I. B. byl syn nakladatele Jaroslav Otto. V tereii pribyl (propadl') Vladimir Oech, syn vydavatele "Kvettr" a synovec Svatopluka decha.

Ve gkolnim race 1894-5 pro gel Hack sekundou, rovne g s vyznamenanirn. V tercii, ktera byva, osudna skoro v gem studenthm a pro Jarosalva Ha gka je nadto jegte ve znameni otcovy smrti, nastava, nahlY glom. A jako naschval zde Hagkovi nastupuji na ogiclne pfedmety dva novi profesofi s pkimo klasicky postragnymi jrneny: feetinu a latinu uei tkidni Dedek a matematiku prof. Bubak. — Skoini rok 1895-6 (tercie) Podle toho dopada. JeSta do pololeti se Hagek jak g takg drgi, avSak no konci rokti ouvej ! nedostateanA a reparj z mateinatiky. Jon to zl y3 Zen6 prLtalniny, prvni prazdniny Po otcove

Ve stfeclu, tine 5. dubna 1950. mrti. I-Takk dela 16. zati 1396 opravnou zkouSku z matematiky a piece jen postupuje do kvarty.

Avgak kvara je pro Ha gka nepfekonatelnYm kamenem itrazu. Stal se z neho zfejme poclprumernY Zak, ktery v Zadnem pfedmete nad dobrou nevynika --- a nadto se proti nemu spikli ftekove i s ftimany. Propadl. Jaroslav Ha yek ve gkolnim roce 1897-8 opakuje kvartu, ale zfejme se mu nova nilaci g i kolegove, mezi neZ pfigel nejak nelibi (je mezi nimi Bienert, bratr pozciejSiho policejniho feditele pralskeho a Jan Gebauer, syri prosluleho ociptirce Rukopisn) — Hagek jen tak tak dokonell se slabym prospechem I. pololeti a due 12. Unora 1898 "se svolenim matky vystoupil z Ustavu", jak struene zaznamenal •editel gymnasia Gre gl do vYkazu.

Tenkrat v iijnu 1897 se zneastnil Hayek znamYch protibur gackych boui'i — jako. snad vgichni jeho spolulaci — ale v analech gymnasia neni zaznamenano ani "consilium abeundi" (rada, aby odegel, tim mene vyloueeni). Nemaji tedy pra ydu Zivotopisci tvrdiei, 2() musel odejit. 0statne, studoval za rok pote obchodni akademii.

Patfilo k dennimu po •adku, Ze studenti z eeskeho gymnasia v ';',itne se rvali se stuclenty z nemeckeho gymnasia ye Stepanske (vedle Alcronu) a Ha yek se jiste zneastnil i vybiti bur gacke knajpy "Schla raf fie" (proti Jame), kdyz bydlil tenkrat hued naproti v nemZ zeinfel otec).

Nepochybujeme take, Ze tehdy pomahal stavet barikadu v Zitne, ponevadZ to byl jeho rayon — i posleze, Ze strhaval vyhlag ky stanneho prava — lee nic z toho nebylo p •edmetem vyget •ovani ye gkole.

Hayek odegel z Ustayu dobrovolne, zjistiv, Ze mu studia nejdou tak, jak by jit mela. * * Kdo se chce pfesvedeit o spravnosti nagich citaci, nalezne v ge eerne na bilern ve Ykkazech Jiraskova, gymnasia v Hesslove ulici, nebot' je to tote2 gymnasium, ktere pfivodne bylo v 2itne vedle pivovaru "U 13achoril" (Cp. 566 -- dnes '2itria, 18).

Ve Akolnim rote 1899 dala Katefina Hag kova zapsat sveho syna, Jaroslava na Ceskoslovenskou obchodni akademii v Hesslove ulici. Zaplatila za neho gkolne 5 zlatYch, av gak v II. pololeti byl jiZ od placeni osvobozen, nebot' mel dobrY prospech. A ten si udr'Zel po cele tfi leta studii na tomto chvalnem fistave.

Reditel Ceskosloyanske obchodni akademie Emanuel Toner, znamY sokolskY pracovnik a prvni pfekladatel srbskYch pisni punackYch, ucil Ha gka v I. roeniku dejepis, ale jen kratky eas, nebot' zemkel (4. dubna 1900), pak ten pfedmet pfednagel dr. Fr. Jaro'. Tfidrii prof. Jos. Ju-, rajda mel pfedmety komereni (kupecke potty, fteetnict yi) a nemeinu; z ostatnich

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bud' uveden te: jen basnik Gustav Dorfl: (angh ytinu) a Jan 0. Prazak Aesnopis — to byl jediny p •edmet, kterY HaSkovi rtekr).

Ye druhem (ILA) roeniku 1900 aZ 1901 byl mu t •idnim Raimund Severa (feetnietvi ), anglietinu ueil znamY Y. A. ung, kupeeke potty S. To gner, nemeckou korespondenci dr.Haustnan. Pozornhodne je,;ie to Fr. Brabek &Al i mad'a gtinu. ktera etla Ha gkovi — vYborne. I tenth roenik abSolvoyal s vysvedeenim T. tiidy.

Due 12. eervence 1902, po obsolvoyani tohoto rooniku obdrZel Jaroslav Hayek vysvedeeni na odehodnou (prvni tfidy) Po vgechna leta HaSkovYch studii, jak od tercie na gymnasiu, tak na obchodni akademii, zastupoval zemfeleho otce Ha g yek (otctiv bratra--ktivporuenikJaH nec), vrchni rortfid'ovae (fakta) "Narodni politiky", a nikoliv, jak "autenticky" tvrdi jeho brat): Bohusla y v "In memoriam Jarosla y a, Hagka", znamy tenkrat mladoeeskY vtidce dr. Skarda. Ten mad byl radcem rodiny, av gak pied it lady jako Poruenik Ha gita nemohl zastupovat. * * Proberme si to po pofadku, abychom mohli odvodit, zda Ha yek vskutku ne nenavidel vojnu a vojaneteni anebo zda mu nebylo lito, Ze se z vojactvi dela takova uniforrnovana, opereta s natfasajicirni se oficiry, srne gnYmi kadety a s celou tou c. a k. burZoasni hnparnou. UZ zde v tech dvou moZnostech, nam "Svejk" odpovida vlastne okainZite sam: nenavist totiZ neni schopna psati vesele, kcleZto litost ano. Lee drZnie se skuteenosti!

Hayek se jegte y (lobe, kdy studoval obchodni akademii (1902), seznamil s makedonskYm povstalcem Klime gem, ktery agitoval mezi eeskYmi hochy, aby gli na Balkan vybojovat svobodu Makedancum. Ha gek podnikl vypravu lined ' o o prazdninach (byli tfi mladenci), avgak vYprava se rozklilila cestou pies Ivlad'arsko a Hayek do Sofie dorazil sarn. Vratil se pak, vida, Ze Klime g vic sliboval, ne.Z mohl spinit.

Z teto yYpravy se ov gem udelnlo nekolik anekdot Po prazdninach nastoupil Ha yek kajicne v bance "Siavii", av gak utZ na jafe r.

1903 claval do kupy yypravu jinou ten--; tokrat na pomoc Burtim. Jen'Ze burska vec byla v to dobe uZ vlastne likvidovana.

Avgak: gio o zaminku, dostat se do jiZni Afriky a tam v nejakYch partyzanskych hlouecich zvednout prapor sympatickYch Tato vYprava, pro Burn proti Anglii . niZ Haeek ztratil misto v bance dopadla jeg'te Zalostneji. Nakonee chytli Hagka v Norimberku a poslali ho gupem do Prahy. z teto YYpravy se udelalo nekolik a-

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Nikoho nenapadlo;-Ze v tom i onoin pHpadti to mladistyy, 'dobrodrliliae zalolenY Hayek inyslil doopravdy a Ze se teprve dodateene ze syehe zklaniarii (jeZ mir ostatne pfiheslo :benne zkugenosti) kuryroval tint "Ze se mu sinal . . A pl'ece . to byla tonha boja .vat za prem.), utlaaovanych.

Jen pokraetijine po to niti dal!

R. 1904 - praVe kciyZ je bez rnista, a kdy by , bylo nejvhodneffil odbyt si jednoroeni vojenskou povinnost, "aby to mel za'sebott" jde Ha yek po prve k odvodu a je "untauglich".

Nikoho z vojenskYch psychOlogft nenapadne otazka, jak je moZne; Ze .loch, kypejicim zdravim (jak o nem fikali Zaci) a 'Clo y& "tela dosti siineho; jenZ nejevi ani ria eidlech ani ha Ustrojich Vnitfnich Zadne znamky choroby" (jak to definoval lekat banky "Slavie" r. 1902), neprOe? ni odveclen? A ne-li Haeek ostatne nevi odveden arii po druhe r. 190, az teprve po tfeti roku 1906 — ale za nekOlik nedel po dodateene leka • -skeprohlidcznvua'eshopYm a propu gten do ci(rilu. reel proste ai tuto, otazku reel nekdotou, rota bene nikoliv ptivodni, nYbrZ y yptijeenou ze . sta.rodaVnYch ZidovskYch Smonces.

Zde nam ,bohtdel, , Chybeji dOklady, abychorn mohh. zoclpovedet pfesne a to hned . nekolik otazek. (Snad by se ye vojenskein archivu pri . dObre vitli nagel kmenovy list dobreho vojaka Ha gki,-kterY by p •ines1 y ysvetleni.) Prvni otazItu jsme sIjiZ fekIi: Prot nebyl odveden, bylli a statnY? walk zni: Proe r.

1906 rukoval k 28. pluku, kdyZ patfil do Budejoy ic,.kam rukoval r. 1915? A tfeti: Ja,k to bylo s jeho,jednoroennn praVern r.

1904 a„pak r. 1915? ivotopisee fika "jaroslaV Ha gek vstou nil .do anarChistickeho hnuti r. 1904" (to jest po prvnirn odvodu)..A jindel "Hayek jeg te dlouha, leta dovecil vyPravet, ,0 tech nekolika nedelich, ktere stravil (r. 1906) v Tridentu (na vojne)" ... a zda, se, Ze v tom neciti ani rozpor, ani souvislost.

Touha bojovat v Ha gkovi nesporne ' byla. NefouZil,bojo y at pod prapory ra,kouske monarchic, ale jiste touZil bojovat proti kadetfun, hejtmanum a jeneralftm — kteti otravovali Zivot dob •ym vojakarn. ) • 4; Nejzdravejlii. staty. Ditky, ktere se narodi dnes, budou Ziti O ' le nail jejich rodiee nebo ded aneb babieb,:a. Ziji lide dele, kde je podnebi nejmirnej g i? Nejposledneje) cisliee ttkazuji, Ze lide y Nebrasce nejdele. Pet jinYch statal, kde lide skoro tak dlouho jako V Nebrasce, jsou Io(va, Kansas, Minnesota a Severni a JiZ. ni Dakota. Tyto sotva mohou bYti zvany oblasti s mirnj'im podnebim.

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Ii'E STN K WEST, 'TEXAS Zlate Moravce, Nova, Balla, Zarnovice do ZvOlene, pak dale do lazni Sliae, veeer po-1 slech lazenskeho koncertu a pfespani. etvrtek 28. Pokraeovani v ceste pies Banskou Bystricu, kde v druhe valce v' rote 1943 se odehravaly boje ye slovenskein povstani, ktere Nemci na konec potteli a spoustu lidi postilleli. Dalei jizda na Rithimberk. Zde pri ceste do kopet' byl Zjieten defekti na pumpe bezinu, ktera pfestala nassavat benzin. Ridie auta Frant. Bedna.tik brzo vynael, ze kdY2 jest pfedni Cast auta niZeji, ze pumpa pracuje, tak nasledkem toho jsme asi dve mile do pkikrYch kopcti jeli pozpatku.

Ve sttedu, dne 5. dubna 1950.

spoustu rtiznYch penez, ktere tam na.vetevnici nahazeli, videl jsem tarn i nekolik americkYch niklu. Jizda na lanovce neni mot pfijemna, jest velikosti asi 10x 10, pojme a'Z 20 lidi, oveem ze stojicich.

Niveteva Republiky Ceskoslovenske Hodne se to houpd, ponevad'Z jest to pHmaniely J. J. MikeskovYmi z Temple, Tex. pevneno jen na ocelovem lane, pomalu se (Pokraeovani) vznaei ptes hluboke propasti a rolde.

Tak mili elenafi podle toho vidite, Zpateeni cestu jsme vykonali zase lajsme po CSR cestovali veerni mo2nYmi novkou a po ptijezdu dolu po malem obzpOsoby, letadlem, vlakem, autem, vozem eerstveni ihned nastoupeni testy pies Poa pesky. Po pfestrojeni jsme hned nastouprad do Batejovky. Bat'ovy podniky jsou pill cestu vlakem do Hodonina, kde bydli Cast moderne po americku vybudovane. dcera meho bratrance Jana Svetlika, MaPak se jelo nazpet stejnou cestou a't do tenka, ktera, jest provdana za Frant.

RilZomberku, pak stale podel teky Vanu Bednatika, maji tam nakladarnu ovoce. na Vrtitky, kolern hradu Streeno, pod nim2 jsme se fotografovali. Dale jsme se vraceli pfes Zilinu, Bytea do PovaZ. By, strice, tam nas pfevezli i s autem pies 1eku Vah po pramu, dtevene lod'ce, dale na Ptichov, Lilky a pak do Horni Lidee, rodiete br. Frank Matushe a John Kurtina zde v Temple. Zde jsme navetivili sestru a evakrovou piitele Frank Matushe, jeho bratra jsem jiZ nevidel, ponevadZ pied nekolika dny byl uloZ'en na mistnim hrbitove ku yeenemu spanku.

Za soumraku jsme dojeli zpet do Zddvefic, rano v sobotu jsem pomahal pki mlace-ni obili. Mlatieku maji spoleenou, pohanenou elektrickYm motorem. Divil jsem se, proe ma tolik lidi sjednano ku obsluze mlatieky. HdyZ prate zaeala, tak jeden podaval snopky s vozu, druhY uvolrioval povtisla, tketi naphioval mlatieku, pak tri osoby byly zamestnany vazanim slamy do otYpek a odndeenim jich do stodoly. Jedna osoba odndeela plevy a dale jeden odnaeel pytle eisteho obili na ptidu a jeete zbylo trochu prate i pro mne. Veeer jsme s mladYmi, totr2 s bratrankovYmi detmi, syn Jo&a, Martha a Jarmila, dcery, jell do Vizovic na karniManiele J. J. Mikeskovi s bratrancem Janem Svetlikem ze Zadve •ie pod hradem val. Tarn jsme si pfi krasne hudbe hezky Streeno na Slovensku Bratranec bratra Mikesky Jan Svetlik cestoval s nimi pa zataneili.

Slovensku.

31. nedele. Prisli za nami nekteri znami, mezi nimi i mistni farat Hejda a pak Veeer se nom pfedstavily d ye deveata ye V Nikii Revnici koupili jsme vyeivany ee- jsme udelali nekolik navetev v decline a slovackern kroji, na kterem pracovaly pec od slovenske babky, spravka auta a site u Jana Rafaje, branskeho na Stranbezmala dye leta, z kterYch jem si vzal pak pokradovani dalei cesty, pies'' Liptov- coch, ktery ma za Zenu Frantieku Slaeasnimky. Tyto kraje jsou nejheZel a nej- skY SvatY Mikulde, kde jsme si koupili lovu. Od nich ke Slaealum, odkud pochabohatsi na vYeivky v republice. brymzu. Dale do VysokYch Tater, do 8trb- zi Zeno. Jana Svetlika, obe jsou sesttenice, 27. stteda, odjezd na Slovensko. Celkem skeho Plesa, kde jsme koupili vyeiyane maji evakrove.. Dale jsme se zastavili jsme otyti: ja, 'Zena, bratranec Jan Svet- halenky, pokraeovani do Tatranske Loin- Frantieka Hurtoveho a Tome Hurtovelik a Frant. Bednatik Co tidie jeho auta. nice po krasne ceste svobody do Smokov- ho a koneene k Janovi Peeneikovi, veichJedem pies Bfeclavu, kde bydli dcera mo- I ce, a tarn ptenocovali v ,krasnem hotelu ni moji pkibuzni. ji sestienice Marie Vlekova, maji zde smi- Praha. Veeer peslech krasne koncertni Pendell 1. Zajezd do Zlina, nyni zvaeenY obchod — dale pies Kay Malacky I hudby, lidu yeady ptimo nabito. nem Gottwaldov. Mesto jest krasne, "kus do Bratislavy. Tam jsme se s hradu Rano v patek. 29. dalei jizda do nejvye- Ameriky", moderni, podobajici se tolik vali na panorama Bratislavy,. na keku eiho bodu VysokYch Tater lanovkou na- mestilm americkYm. Rozsahle obuvnicke Dunaj. Z tohoto misty jest rozhled do horn ke hvezdarne 8tefanikove, odkud I zavody postavene Tomdeem Bat'ou, kteMad'arska i do Rakouska. Krajina mezi jsme videli krasny rozhled po okoli a I re zamestnavaji mnoho lids z okolnich Bfeclavou a Bratislavou misty Se podoba innoho pkirodnich kras i se snehem, kte- actin. Tento znaene rozvetvenY pramysl naei kranne zde v Texasu. Zde jsme videli ry zde jest po celorooni dobu. Velmi zaji- poskytuje lidu, kdysi odkazanern jenom velke lany kukurice, obili, iepu cukrov- I "nave jest zde male jezero, v kterem jest l na to chuda polieka, prilditost k sluenYm ku. Dale pokraeujem v ceste pies Senec,1 voda tak ktiet'alove eista., presto ze je i vydeikum, i ekolni vzdelani lidu se zvedlo Sered, do Nitry, dale pokraeova.no pies nokolik metril hluboka. Na dne jeho videt a to merou ncmalou ptispelo k zvYeeni Z'i-

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Ve steedrt, dne 5. dubna 950, votni miry celeho kraje. Okolni vesnice jsou dnes namnoze dosti vYstavne, staveni vetginou z cihel a k.amene, steechy z beidlice askoly jako zameeky. Neni to jiZ tech deevenych a se glYch chaloupek, jak kdysi bYvaly. Tu a tam je o ygem jegte na,jdeme, vyskytuji se v galc uZ jen osamele na stranich pod pahorky nebo pH lesich, ;1.30U mile a malebne, zeidka vgak segle. Castejai vYdelky tunknily liduzlepgeni to sttechy nad hlavou, zahradky peed nimi v letni dobe jsou hezounke a laYei kvety, ktere Vala gi maji radi. Dale jsme si prohledli mistni moderne zafizenou nemocnici a pak zajezd na lesni hebitov, ktery jest zajimavy tim, ze jest Alpine v peirozenem lese, kde ani pocirost neni vyeisten, jen fake chodnidky vas peivedou k osamelemu hrOlciu. Zde je pochovan Tomag Bat'a a mnoho jeho pilbuznYch. Pak pokradujem v dal gi ceste do LuhadoVic, svetoznarne lazne Luhadovice jsou velmi krasne, polkene v peknem obklopene krasnYmi horami. Budovy, jak hotely tak nemocnice v ge moderne zafizene a v pozclej gi dobe yystavene. Krasnou cestou pees Lhotu jsme se vratili zpet do Zadveeic.

Peigtiho dne jsem se gel podivat na nekolik kouskt pole, ktere jsme kdysi vlast Hill a . na, kterem jsem v cletskYch letech pasal dobytek. Zastavili jsme se take v bYvalem Kozlovem Mlyne, kde jsem proZil mnoho krasnYch chvil za myth detskYch let, ponevad2 mandele Kozlovi byli moji kmotei. PH dal gi obchtzce jsme zastavili u Kratint za eidkou, kde jsem jim ukazal nekolik znamych seatonskYch obeant, rozenYch Zadveeant, v knize "Parnatnik TexaskYch Oechoslo yakt", a pak veder jsme si udelali peatelSkou besedu v hospode u Stojann, v .bYvale eikove, kde se seal" vaichni moji bYvali spolunci, dosud Zijici. Pei tom jsme vzpominali na detske kousky v mladi, pH dent'Z jsme posedeli do put noel.

Peigtiho dne ve stfedu jsem poslal nekolik pohlednic rodine a peateltm v USA., pak jsem se podival do moderne zafizene Palenice, kterou bratranec Jan Svetlik vlastni a v ktere se pall to zadveticka prava slivovice. Pak jsme all do blizke vesnice zvand "Rakova"; dlouho jsme se tam nezdrZeli, ponevadZ jsme dostali zpravu, ze na rifts dekaji "na Pasekach". znarni z Hor. Lidee a ze Vsetina. Peigtiho dne ye etvrtek dival jsem se jak Jan sekl alto samoyazem, se kterYm se tady na Zadveesktt letos poprve pracuje. Odpoledne jsme nav gtivili Pavia Vranoveho, kterY ma za Zenu Franti gku Mikeskovou, sestru Frant. Mikesky, nyni nekde pH Caldwell, Texas. Dale jsem nav gtivil Josefa Holika,.se kterYm jsem sedaval ye akole, pak Josefa BelidkovehO, meho bYvaleho souseda a pak na, konec rodinu Sugilovu, bYvalou naduditelovou. Pei gti den v pa-

V PSTNIK— WEST, TEXAS tek jsme ali navativit rodinu Mikeskovu, Foyakovu na Men g ikoch, kde byla tea jejich dcera, Ma •enka Vlekova z Beeclavy a jeji d ye 12--•1_41ete dceru gky Verugka a Evieka. Den byl krasny, pane teploudko, a pei gtiho dne jsme meli jiz odjihiet, tak trine to peimo tahlo, abych se jegte jednou prael po blizketn lese, kterY zacina malt' kousek od jejich chalupy ✓ kterem se po eas valky stale zditovali partyzani. '2;ena ze ptiljde se mnou. Veru g -kasehudMi,zpljtasn.N zahrade jsme si natrhali zralych hrugek a ji2 jdeme.

Milt etenaii, prochazka zclej gimi lesy jest velmi peijemna v tuto rodni dobu.

Pekny trnavozeloly travnik, porostlY mechem, ja jsem mel pocit jako bych kradel po sametovem koberci. Na vaechny strany hojnost rtzneho kviti. Evieka stale peinagi nove a vysvetluje jak se ktere jmenuji. Pei dal gi prochazce pee male itdoli jsem naael krasne heiby -a pak dale jahody, z kterYch jsem mel radost. Dalgi oklikou se vracime domtit, telesne trochu unaveni peichazime zpet. Pak jsme jeli se odhlasit do Vizovic. Pei to peilkitosti jsme se rozloudili s manZely Pavel KalendoyYmi. Petal den sobota, po dojemnem rozioudeni s celou narn tak milou rodinou odji2dime do 6ermne v Oechach. Tuto cestu koname zase s Franti gkem Bednakikern z Hodonina. Ja jsem si ho stale dobiral, jak jest dovednY eidid auta, kdyZ to nejde vyjet do kopce peedem, ze tam vy.L. jede pozpatku. Do Zlina nas doprovazel z rodiny Jan Svetlik. Zde jsme se zastavili ✓ krasnem domove rodiny Varikove; s pi.

Vatkovou jsme se ji g delve poznali, ktera nam slibila zaopateit nejake vY givky, ktere mela jiZ pro nas nachystane. Zaroven nam dala nejake vY givky pro pani Frank Matush v Temple, Tex. Po dojemnem rozloudeni s touto milou pani a s jejimi roztomilymi cletmi a naposled rozloudeni s bratrancem Janem Svetlikem opougtime tuto krasnou zem zvanou Vala gsko. Dalgi pokradovani v ceste pees Peerov, Olomouc, Litovel, Sumperk, eervena, Voda do Kunvaldu.

0. srpna. Peijezd do Kunvaldu autem Fanoae Bednafika. Kunvald je pfivodni sidlo Jednoty 6eslt. tch Bratei. Sem peigli ✓ r. 1450 Bratei vedeni knezem ikehoi'em z Prahy a zde zalozili na panstvi pana Karla ze 2erotina prvni sbor Jednoty Bratrske. Dosud se zachoval zde domek, kde stavalo akola bratrska s peilehlYm. hebitovem. Nedaleko domku stoji Bratrska lipa, ktera, die t yrzeni nekterYch historikft "pamatuje" je gte Bratry. Nedaleko domku se nachazi t. z y. "Modlive ftdoll", kde se Bratei shrOmaeovali k bohosluZbam. Po malem odpodinku odjeli jsme pees 2amberk, Ky gperk do termne, rodigte Mello tchana. Zde jsme byli pHjati celoti eadou peatel a peibuznYch.

Straw, 9 Pl-edevAim to byla rodina Du gkova (bratr

pani Dug kove je v USA jako fare"' Marek (pak Markova), u nich jsme .spali; pak druha rodina Markova (feznik), ktera nas hostila, dale to byla rodina Motlova z nedalekeho Nepomuku a, eels eada jeate jinYch pfatel, ktera se s Muni srdeene ptivitala a seznarnila.

7. srpna. Pobyt v eermne: dopoledne nayg teva bohosluZeb, kazal mistni lard?

J. Carda. Kostel byl napinen do posledMho mistedka. Peitomny byly take (-ai z Prazdnincrve osady, kterou zde vydrZuje Synodni rada desko-bratrske cirkve ev. v Praze. (Deti z most jsou yysilany a vydraovany po dobu gkolnich prazdnin na venkov, aby zde se zotavily na dersvem vzduchu a pei dobre strave.) OcIpoledne besedovani s peately, prochazka pc) bermne a okoli.

8. srpna v 9 hod, taxikem do Kygperka, a odtud vlakem pees Hradec Kralove, Lazne Podebrady do Prahy. V Praze nas uz odekavala pi. Svetlikova s Fanougem Bednffikovym a jeho matka K. Bednatikova z Hodonina, kteei do Prahy Odell z Trutnova. Naveder podnikli jsme mengi projial'ku yozem Prahou: pees Vltavu pa 8tefanikove moste, kolem Veletttniho palace, Letnou, ChotkovYmi sady, pees prv%,. ni hradni nadvoei (zde nas zastavil pollcajt, ze se tam nesmi jezdit), kolem palace arcibiskupova„ palace 6erninskeho, (kde skonoil sebevratdou Jan Masaryk), Pohofelec, Petein, pak dale k Sokolskemu stadionu a zpet pees Malou strai', kolem Narodniho clivadla na Vinohrady (kostel sv. Ludmily) domt na iakov, do, Tomkovy ulice C. 8. Veder jeate chvili pobesedovali.

9. srpna. Rano odjezd Fanou ge 13ednaeika a jeho maminky do Hodonina. Na to testa s Frankem Svetlikem. po Praze: na policii se peihlasit, v Narodni bance, 2ivnobance, v kancelati Csl. Aerolinii, bralo nam to cele odpoledne. Odpoledne po malem odpoeinku vydali jsme se na Vaclay ske namesti, obhllaeli obchody a vYkladni skeine, chteli nav gtivit obchod DAREX, ale ua bylo zaveeno. Na zpateeni ceste zastavili jsme se v biografu Heseda, kde hrali film "Po glapane kvety", jehoZ dej se odehrava v Texasu. Je to zapas mlade aeny, ktera ztratila dite, mute a ktera se pustila do velikeho zapasu s texaskYm senatem o zru geni zakona o neman'ZelskYch detech. Sama si vybudovala opatrovnu nalezenYch a nemanZelskYch cleti. Film peedvadi nektera, mne znama, mista. Bylo nam to mild shlednout v CSR kus sveho americkeho domova. (Veeer jsme cestou z biografu zmokli, kabaty jsme nemeli.)

10. srpna, dopoledne pr gelo, tak jsme si pospali. Pak jsem si udelal jen kratkou prochazku po nejbliZgim okoli. Zagel jsem do dtvrti Vinohrady a vratil se k poledni

Strana 10 Odpiiledne jsme gli nakupovat nektere darky, pak gli do Darexu, -a -neer jsme navg tivili divadlo "5. kvetna", kde hrali opera "Bohema.". V druhem nejvetgim narodnim divadle y tuto, dobu nehraji. Divadlo "5. kvetna," je byvale nemecke divadlo, krasne vybavene. )• 4 • (

Prochazka n .ii-srasnou stovezatou Prahou.

Jaroslav Kleprlik, elen radu cis. 133.

San Antonia, Texas.

(Pokra.dovani) Sestoupili jsme a vy gli °pet na Staromestske namesti, neboli na VelkY rynk, jak se &lye rikalo. Ne2 ptijdeme dale, poohledneme se znovu na toto historicke namesti, a to od rohu ulice Celetne, kam jsme prave do gli. Vidime, ze namesti ma podobu nepravidelneho etverhranu a kdybychom zrnefili delku a gifku nernesti, zjistili bYchom, ze. je 130 metro cllouhe 106 metro girolte. Dosti tedy prostorne a proto je ho PouZivano hojne pro rtizne yerejne tabory, shroinaZdi gte, statni oslavy a pod.

Nam zbyva . po leve strane hned od Celetne ulice rada z nichZ nejpamatnejsi je cifun knihkupectvi gtorcliova.

Tento fizkY, historickY drim, zdobenY freskami die navrhil Mikula ge Alge, byl zniden polareni, zalolenYm nemeckymi vojaky za revoluenich bojii v kvetnii 1945. Se stavbou noveho clonau bylo site lined zapodato, avgak bude to cifim novY, ne ten krasnY, pestry a libivY historickY durn, na kterY jsme byli zvykli. adu techto.. domuzakonduje na naroZi ulice Zelezne, ktere sveho easu Sta,vove eegti venovali vzpomentitemu jiz biskupovi Lucianu Augustinovi. Dfnn ten jest zdoben na klenbach sveho prOjezdu krasnYm Zebrovim, dilo` to znamelio nam Matyage Rejska..

A divarne-li se nyni od rohu ' elezne lice pies celou plochu Staromestskeho namesti, pripada narn, ze jest jaksi nei* jakoby tam neco schazelo. Ano, je tonu Asi v polovine prosttify mezi pomnikern HusovYrn a rnistein z nehoZ se diva/Tie, staval povestnY Mariansky sloop, postaveny roku 1650 Ferdinandem III. na parnetr osvebozeni Prahy od Treba tedy rierneli pravdu ti, kteri tvrdili, ze poste,vili jej Habsburkove 119, parnatku vitestvi belohorskeho, jest pfece nespornYrn faktern, Ze mel byti pamatnikern váleaneho dokoneeni protireformace a Ze byl vztyeen na podelcovani, kdyZ" posledni nepritel Habsburkii, jen pfi gel pomahat eeskYm exulanttim, byl, odraZen. Byr strZen nekolik dni po statnim prevratu roku 1918 neuvedomelym a roze g tvanYrn za-

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.• stupem lidu, vracencim se s Bile Hory. nazor jinYch a zastavam rovne2 stanovisko, '2e byl to tin krajne nepredlolenY, s niniZ nelze souhlasiti. Socha mela , zristati na svem miste a mela bYti opatfena vhodnYm .napisem, aby nam pripar minala jeji postaveni umanila jenom nesvornost, zi gtnost a podobne nectnosti, jicM v nagem state inusime se rozhodne varovati.

Tim bychom obegli Staromestske mesh cele. ZbYva, nam jenom posledni, nejvetgi, nejparnatnej gi a nejznamejgi objekt staromestska radnice. Sestry a bratfi, kdo jste v Praze byli a tuto nadhernou starou pamatku videli, jiste yam jeji obraz nevymizi nikdy z parneti. Doporneuji yam, t,byste si jednotlive easti teto staromestske radnice, tak je budu nine popisovati, ve sve pameti ozivili a clabre zapamatovali. TotiZ staromestskou radnici v to historicke krase a skive v Praze uz neuvidite. Tu zhovadila, nic negetridi nacisticka, soldateska za poulienich bojti v kvetmi 1945 zapalila a z vet gi dasti Opine znieila. Oprava frontalni dasti dopadne pornerne Velmi zdatile, av gak vnitfek ztraci na sve historicke eerie a vYznamu vilbec, zadni east (od cliramu sv. Mikulage) je prye cela. S pfista ybou nebylo prozatim vfibec poditano.

S krvacejichn srdcem budu yam proto nyni popisovati to, co jsem nekolikrate s pohnutim si prohliZel, co v gak ItZ nikdo vice neuvidi. Postavena byla v race 1338, pied vice jak 600 lety. V race 1381 byla k radnici pristavena veZ s arkYrovou kapli ice cti patromi deskYch a P. Marie. V letech 1840-1848 byla prestavena ye slohu gatickern. Jeji fasada proti TYnskernu kostelu pochazi teprvc z posledni ripravy asi z poloviny 19. stoleti, kcly take pkistaven byl Paylan. Jegte chci Pfipomenouti, Ze veZ staromestske radnice byla vysoka 70 metal a byla obpovena v race 1805. V arkYfove kapli byl pietne pochovan Neznavojin; padlY v bitve u Zborova. Za koyovou deskou (po jeji g stranach plaly reeke ohne) byla ulo2e-na prst' z onech bojigt', na nichZ bojovala eeska zahranieni vojska. Dale v pravo jest zasazeno do dlaZdeni 27 bilYch kriZkii na pamet' 27 deskYch panii, viidcu po ystani proti rodu Habsburskemu, kteri tarn byli popraveni 21, dervna 1621. Na bronzove desce, zasazend ye zdi, jsou uvedena jmena vgech techto mueednikti, kteri za svou vlast, viru a prava stavovska polozili Zivot a je tam i zrninka o torn, Ze poprava trvala od pate do devate hediny ranni. Za zminku stoji teZ, ze necialeko tohoto mista ukoneilo svoji Zivotni pout' take 11 dristojniIcti, odsouzenYch Walti gtejnem k smrti pro zbabelost (pa bitve u Liitzenu roku 1632).

Obejcleme nyni naro;-2i radnieni a prejdeme, ulici, abychorn ad protel giho podloubi mohli si prohlednouti jinni prtreeli

Ve stredu, dne 5. dubna 1950.

radnice. A to ,si ined- plipbmeheriie, * 2e riaroZi, .kde stoji veZ s arYkovou kapli, jest riejstar gi easti radnice, yznikle na miste domu Velflina od Kamence, zakoupeneho obci v prve polovine 14. stoleti. Z teZe doby pochazi i Cast, kde jest umisten hlavni vchod, ktery se sousednim gotickym oknem, okra glenym znakem Stareho Mesta Pralskeho a znakem zemskYm, tvofi svym gotickYm portalern nejkrasnegi vyzdobu teto stavebni easti.

Vievo pak je videti (zristalo jen z east: pogkozeno) krasne renaisaneni okno pygnynr napisem "Praga Caput Regni" a nad druhYm patrem byl vlys 19 kamennYch polychromovanYch znakti, z sttedni,Stojici kolmo,jest znakem Stareho Mesta Pralskeho a ostatnich 18, naklonenYch k nemu zprava i zleva, jsou znaky panic racrich, kteri asi po race 1450 pri pfestavbe teto dasti tam vykonavali svfij Orad. Pokud se pamatuji, nebyly v gechny snaky zachovany, nektere z nich byly pogkozeny, pripadne znieeny.

Staromestska radnice neni pfivodni eelkova. stavba, jest to ye skuteenosti skupina domka a domil, vykupovanYch postupne obci pra2skou. Tuto skupinu domii radnienich ukonduje na teto strane dfun "U Minuty", nazYvanY tea die domovniho znaku "U Bileho Iva". Neni tomu davno, co ph oprave domu byly odkryty krasne sgrafity, cos nasvecleuje tomu, fte dfun by van asi na poeatku 17. stoleti velmi bohate vyzdoben.

V dolej gi easti veZe, ye zvlag tnim phstavku, upoutil pozornot',., kaZdeho "Starodesky orloj", zhotovenY v letech 1490 mistrem Hanu gem. Jest to vehni dinnyslnY stroj a proto bylo nutno vycvieiti nokoho, kdo by orioj udrZoval, dovedl opravit, ptipadne i zdokonalit. I bylo proto usnesena, ze radnienim hospodarem nentriZe bYti nikdo bez teto znalosti. Po smrti hodinate Hanu ge bylo rizeni orloje svereno Vaclavu Zvfmkovi. Ten si v gak umeni orlojni asi pfilig neosvojil a orloj pokazil.

Ani jelto syn Jan v obsluze orloje se nevyznal a proto roku 1552 byla sprava orloje svefena. Janu Taborskemu z Klokotske Hory, jen2 orloj uvedl do poradku a znaene jej zdokonalil. Po jeho smrti orloj vgak opet vypovedel sluZbu. Posledni velka Uprava byla provedena roku 1864 za vedeni zniirnYch pra2skYch hodiniirti Hainze (jeho zavod hodinalskY je pravd proti radnici) a Holuba.

Tento drahocenny a pamatnY orioj byl polarem v kvetnu 1945 rovneZ pogkozen.

Diky Bohu, nebylo to kriticke a tak po velke namaze byl orioj opraven. Bylo tfeba nadliske trpelivosti a velke zruenosti, aby vge vypadalo pfesne tak, jak bylo ptivodne zhotoveno. Kdo jste orloj yideli, date mi zajiste za pravdu.

A ted' si prohlednerne orloj zblizka. NejvYge, pod modenou stfi gkou, jest umisten

Ve stfedu, dne 5. dubritz 1950,

mestsky mak a pod nim jsou dve mold, okenka s pest •e nattenymi dvitky. Razem kaZde hodiny otevrou se nad orlojem tato okenka, vedouci do male koinfirky, kde na dvou kruhovYch ptistrojich se pohybuji sochy apoetolO a ukazuji se u okenek. PH torn se sochy apoetOlft pohybuji (sv. Petr zveda ruku k ptisaze, sv. Pavel pokyvuje hlavou na znarneni souhlasu, nevetici sv. Tomas krouti hlavou, sv. Jan dava polehnani atd.). Po stranach umistene sochy andela, Turka, lakomce a kostlivce se rovne2 pohybuji. Kostlivec potahuje zvoncem tolikrate, kolik hodin uplynulo od zdpadu slunce. Po odzvoneni zakokrha pak jeete kohout, umisteny nad hodinarni. KaZda soeka ma symbol apoetola, ktereho ptedstavuje.

Tato zvlaetnost je v Praze velmi oblibena a ma-li bYti orloj v chodu (t. j. obyeejne kaZdou celou hodinu), ptichazi mnoho lidi, zyldete cizincit a lidi z venkova, aby se pobavili tomto diimyslnii sestavenYm mechanismem.

(Pokraeovani.)

• 4 • ( tlenum iadu Columbus, eislo 58. v Hungerford davame vedet, ze jsme ujednali v minule schtzi, konati naee fadove scinize v domove naeeho pokladnika br. Ed. 8abrule a tak ptieti bude dne 11. dubna, v Utery veeer v 8 hodinu, k velikonoenim svatkiim; pak v torn samem miste do odvolani kaZde druhe pondeli v mesici v 8 hodin veeer. Delame to z toho dt1vodu a v nadeji, ze se vas vice do schtize dostavi. Broth a sestry, bud'te tak laskavi a ptemYelejte trochu o tom naeem spolkovem Zivote, bud'te uptimnYrni sobe a sve rodine. Cokoliv udelae pro spolek ku kteremu pattie, samo sebou se rozumi ze dela§ svou povinnost ku svYm pribuznym a hlavne s yym - detem. Proto vas vyzYvam jmenem tadu, abyste se polepeili a pteji veem et'astne a vesele svatky yelikonoeni. Na shledanou 11. dubna! S poOstoja Muniza, pteds. zdravem, • 4 • ( eislo 89.

Cteni broth a sestry!

Lituji ze vam musim oznamit smutnou zpravu. Br. Jana Lanieka neni vice, dne 29. btezna jsme jej doprovodili na posledni ceste. Pohfeb mel pekny, mnoho 0 censtva, hory kvetin a krasna tee farate Besedy. Br. Lanieek to zanechava manZelku, tti ditky, dalei ptibuzne a tadu ptatel. U naeeho tadu byl dlouha leta, po celY Bas zastaval nejaky clad, zvlaete jej zajimal tadovy majetek; jmenoval nektere tady, ktere bidne hospodatily a pak jim hrozil zanik; elenove, kteti maji blaho tadu na srdci, budou jej jiste dlouho vzpominat. My jsme byli 13 let dobr9mi sousedy a ja jsem tomu uvefit nemohla, ze br. Lanieek je mrtev. JeSle v lednove schUzi vypadal Upine zdrds.

Andka Skupinovd, rdclova, dopis.

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Mean% 11 lodich do Pittsburghu a New Qrleansu do doby po obeanske valce, kdy byly objeveny levnelSi zdroje v Michiganu. Roku 1827 bylo Shawneetown hlavnim finandnim a prinnyslovStm sttediskern Illinois Territory. Prave toho roku odmitla shawneetownska banka povoliti tisicidolarovou pfijeku chicagslOm stavitelnin, poukazujic, ze Chicago je priliA daleko, KdyZ vody rozvodnene teky Ohio tfis- nez aby takovdto pUjeku mohla 14 . 11. okaji do mestske polateZni hrdze v Shaw- pravnena. neetownii, neptlsobi dnes jiZ s yYmi trYpaPrvni Hen! hraz byla vybudovana roku dy veteine mistnich obyvatelti valnYch 1875; jeji vy§ka piesahovala vodni hlastarosti. Tito obyvatele maleho mesta ye dinu povodne z roku 1867 .Kc131 poedtkem state Illinois jsou resolutni lide, kteti se let osmdesat9ch vystoupila voda jeSte roku 1937 po'nejhorei zaznamenane vS7§e a rozlila se mestem, byla hraz propovodni na tece Ohio -- rozhodli odste- dlouZena a zvS/Sena. K clidelitejg hovati i s celYm mestem do vyeei polohy. stavbe do g lo teprve roku 1933, ale i tato Nove mesto bylo zaloleno na 320 akrove nastavba byla Indio platna, nebot' roku rozloze, prilmerny o sedmnact stop vYee 1937 vystoupila voda etyti stopy nad exineZli mesto stare, a to podle planu, kterY stujici hraz. vyhral v souteli prvni cenu. Pfida byla Nove mesto bude oVgem pH kahle vetgi rozparcelovAna, ulice a chodniky upraveny, kanalisace a elektfina zavedeny. Me- povodni odtiznuto od sveta, nebot' ieli na stka, vodni nOdrZ byla ptemistena bez pahorku; jeho nejniZ gi bod je 19 stop nad ptedchoziho rozmontovani, stejne jako rekordni earou povodne z roku 1937, takobilni sYpka a 237 domil, ktere pkelily po- Ze jeho obyvatele se dnes jiZ nestrachuji nasledkil noveho rozvodneni •eky Ohio. vocleri z roku 1937. V dobe japonskeho (Common Council.) toku na Pearl Harbor a nasledujiciho vstu ) • 4, • pu Ameriky do valky a omezeni stavebPrave odbila pulnoc, kdy na noanim niho ruchu byla jiZ veteina praci spojestolku znameho pralskeho lekate zadrnnYch se stehovanim mesta skoneena.

Okresni budova mesta Shawneetownu, eel telefon: — Halo, pane doktore — ozval se Zenokresnihosidla Gallatin County, byla jednou z vice neZli 120 novYch staveb, vybu- skY hlas jedne ze stalYch pacientek pana dovanYch se statni a federalni pomoci fi- doktora — ja nemohu usnout, co main naneni. Od konce valky vyrostlo ye meste delat?

Pan doktor spolkl serii drsnYch slov, nekolik kostehl a mnoho novYch obytnYch ktera se mu drala na jazyk a sladce prai obchodnich budov.

Obytne domy, kostely, obchody a Utady vil: leli na severn! strane S'iroke hlavni silni— PodrZte si laskave sluchatko u ucha, ce; na jih od ni je Zeleznice a tovarni ja vam zazpivam ukolebavku. etvrt.

Jeden Skot se d'enil. Ale beda, nekoliV dobe velke povodne zilo ye starem meste na devatenact set lidi. Jenom 36 z krdt becia, vzai si ienu velmi marnotratrich nebylo tehdy vypuzena nespouta- nou. Hned druhS7 den po svatbe, kdy se nYm ptirodnim Zivlem z domovii. Dnes Zi- vrdtil domii, zjistil,ze v kuchyni hoti dye je v teto stare east mesta jen asi pet set svieky. lidi, chranenYch hrazi, ktera zdviha — Jezuskote, zadpel, ty pan g dve svielcy, 17 stop nad Uroveri hlavni ulice stareho ty me privede'd na mizinu!

— Ale kdepak, Patriku, uklidnila ho jemesta.

Populace noveho mesta pi.ekroeila ho mlada Zenueka, to je jen jedna svieka, eestnact set. Obe mesta spojuje OzkY pruh ale já ji rortizla na polovic. zeme, kterY je Utedne Cast! inkorporovaPfeeel kdysi k jednomu bohatemu banneho mesta.

Shawneetown je dues nejstareim, a sou- keti Zebrak a Zadal jej o almuZnu. easne i nejveteim mestem v Illinois. StaNemohu yam nic dat, poyidal ban re mesto bylo zaloleno pied 150 lety pio- ket, mam spoustu chudYch ptibuznYch, nYi•y z Virginie, kteti tam obchodeivali s kteti me stoji spoustu penez. Na ptiklad Indiany kmene Shawnee. Mesto Kaskas- rnfij bratr • kia na Mississippi bylo skoro o sto let VOs bratr rime tikal, ze od vas nikdy starei, ale east° se opakujici povodne na nedostal ani halit! tomto americkem veletoku vedly roku — Hm ... to tikal? Nu, vidite, bratrovi 1910 k jeho zaniku. nedam a vam main dat? * * • Solna zfidla zapadne od mesta poma hala k poeateenimu rozkvetu Shawnee- Je to pozOruhodne, na kolik ptatel si townu. Nova osada posilala sel po Henich Clo y& vzpomene, kdy je v tisni.

Itch Vesmernost, e. 68,, Nelsonville, Tex.Cteni broth a sentry! Timto vam day am na vedomost, ze v dubnu nebudeme schrizi potadati. Sve plispevky mOete poslati br. L'etnikovi.

S bratrskVm pozdravem, B. W. Schiller, taj.

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Vavtinec Lukavec, gruntovnik z Ujezcla, byl (g olf& osobnY, asi tficetiletY. Za mlada sloutil u dra,gouna, a sledy jizdy na koni byly na jeho chazi dosud znat.

Chodil ponekud kolebave a kolena yen ohYbal. Ale pies to byla pcstava jeho ,statna, dost vysoka, a jako z kamene tesaria.. Jeho velke, upracovane ruce, svaly, SO, krk, vte to sedelo peVne, .vtim tim probleskovala vnittni sila, neoblomnost a zdravi. Kulata, dervend, bezvousa tvat byla typem venkovskeho vela, slovanskeho sedlaka, ktereho pro-. zrazoval take mekk3"/, jako by stale usinevavY pohled svetle modOch ()di. Hovotil zvoln •, ponekud zpivave, malokdy se rozCHU a rad zkoumave se dival po svem okoli. K cizim byl, jak vettina sedlakt, nedavetiv, lichotilo mu, kdyt nekdo z panti ptivetive nan promluvil, ale meti no si nikdy nesedl. Zbyl v nem dedienSi na vesnicich strach, 'te pant nemiluji sedlaka, led kdyt je chteji vyutitkovat, a proto nerad chodil do schazi, ye kterYch men pani slovo, at' ut tam mohl nalezt poudeni sebe lepti.

Necitil potteby vettiho vzdelani. Katdeho roku na podzim, kdyt sel nekam na trh, koupil si kalendat, napied opatrne prohlednuv ye sklade vtechny °balky raznYch ka,lendata. Kde natel nejvice obralku, na nicht bylo videt vojaka, ten koupil a za zimu jej prodet1 mnohokrate. Vedle kalendate s_veho pfeeet1 i cstatni razne kalendate, kteretTjezdeeti sousede si ptinesli, a tim skoneilo se je ho dychteni po strave dutevni. V late neeet1 nic, aekoliv rad poslouchal starostu v nedeli v hosPode, kdyt vykladal o politice a raznYch velikYch nehodach.

Tomu posilal noviny syn a starosta byl zpravodajem vesnice, vykladaje svYm vlaStnim zpilsobein podivuhodne novoty, ktere piipravil dle sveho nahledu bud' hrozive, nebo posmetne.

0 tom vtem Lukavec celY tYden kdyt, se svYm potahem jezdil a unaven mytlenkami na, hospodatstvi, hledal nee:), 'dim by svaj mozek tamestnaval. Rozjimal, ne,obelhava-li je starosta, a neobelhava-li, soudil, jak je ten svet podivnY. Ale touha poznat osobne tirti svdt, ptesveddit se sam z novin, co je pravda a co let, po tom netoutil. Pnvatoval svou vcjenskou zkutenost za dostateenou a nenalezal, co by nad ni mohlo bY-t cen. nejti. Hospodatil dobte. Statek v bjezde koupil tepry pted svatbou se svou tenou Kristinou a mel co na, nem opravovat.

Jeho ptedchildce, kterY jej v koialce

utopil, nechal vtechno spustit, a Lukakavec nebyl elovek, kterY by se spokojil s neeim polovieatYm. Zapas1 se do oprav staveni a poll, a uminil si, statek co nejdtive povznest na takovou vYti, jako byl jeho rodnY statek ye Vla,chovicich. Sotva neco svou tetrn•sti a pill vyziskal, obracel vse na opravy, aekoliv byl jette nekolik set dluten. Dluh jej vtak netitil. Veal, te at si vtechno spotada, dluhu se lehko zbavi.

Se tenou til klidne, v pokoji, bez hadek a mrzutosti. Mnoho keel spolu nenadelali, a east° vysedeli celY yeeer, anit na sebe promluvili. On sedel za stolem pokutuje mirne ze sve kratke Omky a ona bud' Siukala kolem •lotny, nebo nad nimt visela matpravovala u lampa. la Kristina, di jak ji kratteji volal Styna, byla ticha. end tena. Prosttedni, ne pkilit sand, ale ohebna, mekkch linii a ykrazne tvate. Mela hezke tmave, hnede oei, podlouhlou diVei tvat a huste bade vlasy, ktere katdodenne ye eesala, at' bylo price sebe vice.

Chodila po staveni hbitY-mi, lehkVmi kroky, pobizela eeladku vie sv'rn prikladem net siovy a nerada kam vychazela. Nemohla se naueit, aby s mutem pohromade jedla, tteba ji prvni leta k tomu pobizel. Bylo-li ji nekdy piece poslechnouti, byla, vtecka nepokojna malo jedla a vstala ed stolu kdyt sedlak jettd jedl. Nenutil ji potom a zvykl te kdyt sam ltici polotil, tepr y ona, ptisedla ke stein.

Maji-li se ti dva radi ei nic, tetko bylo iici. Mrzutosti meal nimi nebylo temet tadnYch. Nikdo z dornacich nevidel hospoda•e a hospodyni se zamraeit, led kdyt chasa neco piilis otkliveho vyvedla. A ani tu selka nektidela a neproklinala. Jen malieko se jeji hlas zyYtil, nabyl sily a urditosti. Vtecka se pti tom rozpalila a kdyt ji hnev ptetel chvatne odchazela do isvetnice nebo komory, aby ji nikdo nevidel.

Mezisebou •hovotili o betnY-ch vecech, o dome a hospodarstvi, a tu vtdy vedi slovo Lukavec. StYna posadivti se u kamen skladala ruce do klina a divajic se temet s ostYchavosti na mute, pozorovala jeho asta a vYraz. Nekdy se pti tom zamyslila, adkoliv s mute dei nespustila, a postfehnutti se potom pti sve rcztrtitosti, bud' napadne zbledla, nebo se ji krev do tvate vehnala.

Spolu vychazeli yen tune male. Na sousedskou muziku, na pout' k rodienm mutovYm a na posviceni k rodiefim teninYin, dvakrat, trikrat do roka o svateenim dnu do poll a dost. I kdyt vytli oba do kostela, odtrhla se valy ona. od mute a tla bud' napted, nebo se p1-idala k sousedkam. Ale nejradeji tla soma.

Sousedky tune zvidaly, lady by ji byly do klepti dostaly, a toho se ona bala.

Ve stfedu, dne 5. dubna 1950.

Jedinou vadu mela, o ktere vedela, ale kterou odlotit nechtela. Chodila rada hezky obledena. At' doma v praci, nebo do kostela, byla vtdy vtecka uhlazena, vista, vymyta a nastjojena. Week() na ni kvetlo, eustelo a svitilo se eistotou a. apravou. Kdyt jini ut scan, ona se jette rnyla, a rano net chasa vstavala, hospodyne stala ut na zahrade u pumpy, aby se bud' myla, nebo aby vyprala nekolik kuoskil ne dosti eistYch sate.

Zkusila zprvu proto velkeho smichu a at k jejim utim donesly tebrave tetky Stiplave poznamky sousedek, tetice se, tie budou moci vypravovat, co ona tomu tika. Ale nedoekaly se nieeho. Jen se jejich novinam usmala pokojne delala, co delala di-iv. Omrzelo je to tedy, zvykly na ni, a kdyby bYvala snad jednoho dne mend dista se ukazala, byly by se divily, co se to stalo.

Byla jako avde zdrteliva, placha, mela rada taty tivYch barev a okna pina kvetin. Svetnice byla stale vymetena, olieena, svateene vyzdobena, at to bylo chase, ktera, zde jedla, azko.

Pies to schazelo celemu tomu domu neco, co by tu tepleji zavanulo, rozsvetlilo se a tiveji vYrazy domacich pohnulo.

VSe bylo piilis stisnene, tlumene, azkostlive, nesrdeene. I ten klid vypadal jako mrtyY, nehybnY, dusivY. Deveeky nevydrtely u LukavcovYch nikdy dale net rok. Nestetovaly si, chvalily hospodaie i hospodyni, kdyt se jich vtak nekdo ptal, prod tam dale nezastaly, nevedely prod je to tam netetilo.

"Je tam smutno," znela vtdy stejne odpoved'. A selky, ktere rady ptichazely kalde veci na kloub, hadaly, prod je tam smutno.

"Nemaji den a -proto je tam smutno," usoudila ptedstavena. "Kdyby jim po svetnici behali dva, tti klazani, on by je smutek ptetel."

1,A "Nernaji se radi," hadala, selka Votrubka, ktera byla Kristinina krajanka. kayec si brat term nerad, ona nerada jeho, a ted' toho oba lituji."

A hromadu jinYch dtivodir uvadeli starostlivi jazykove, nemohouce pochopit, jak je motna domacnost, ye ktere se Tide nevadi a mantele netkorpi. — Neco pravdiveho • v jejich teeech bylo. Ten zvlaStni, hlubokY klid ye statku Lukavcove sveddil, te tu dtime cosi neptirozeneho, te neco, neznameho drti celY diurt v one bezradostne ztrnulosti, ktere. nepropoutti tadneho veselejtiho a jasnejtiho paprsku a nedopoutti, aby tu zavznel smich nebo prudti hovor.

NedYchalo se tu radostne ani chase, ani hospsdatarn. Proto neposkytl nikdy dinn dojem jedno-litosti, celistvosti a jasneho souladu. Proto se jeden druhemu proto katdy vyhledaval samotu a v te nalezal oddech pa aporne, titive nalade, ktera otravovala elstY a sliend vypadajici statek.

Ve stiedu, dne 5. dubna 1950.

Ze Lukavec si bral Kristinu a ona jeho bete vkho zazehu vzajernne lasky, Z. e jejich sriatek byl dilem jejich rodieu a- yYslednici jejich chladnYch yYpoevedelo se ykobecne.

Kdy2 sedlak ptiSel z vojny s dvema hvezdielcami, byl dosti vesel. tTe tak, jako ne2: na vojnu dochazel, ale piece jen se rad zasmal, nekdy pobyl v hospode ne2Z bylo rodietim milo. Nepkestal pti torn pamatovati- na svou Best, selskeho synka a daval na jevo, '2e Lukayeeti jsou i mezi sedlaky nen vie.

Na 'Zeneni nepomYSlel, aekoliv rodiee, chtejice starSimu jeho bratrovi ptedat statek, nadhodili, 2e musi Vaviinec do to doby z domu. Domnival se, ze bratr se tak brzy 'Zenit nebude a k snad to ani neni pravda, Ze on musi z otoovskeho statku.

AZ" tu najednou, dva roky po navratu z vojny; povidal mu jednou otec, aby se chystal, Ze pajdou v nedeli na namluvy. Podival se na otce s nedavetivyrn smevern, vida vSak, Ze se zcela vaIne diva, uvekil mu. Ale nijak hluboko se ho °tom scleleni nedotklo. Ma-li na namluvy jit, pajde.

Optal se, kam Ze pajdou. A tu se doveal, 'Ze do Polekvic k Zemanovilm.

Tam tedy! Znal Zemanovy, vedel, tarn 0 hospodaki mladY sedlak a staii Ze jsou na vYmenku s nemladSi svobodnou dcerou. I tu znal jen tak od videni a veal, Z e je to sluSne devee, k se nem povicla, ze bude miti penize, ale dal nic.

Prvni den mu bylo jaksi veselo vzpomince, Ze se bude Zenit, 'Ze uZ se nebude poeitat mezi chasu, ae bude syYm panem. Ale potom, elm vice se nedele tim byl nepokojneja ,a tim hroznejSi mySlenky do hlavy se mu hrnuly.

Ma se Z. enit a ani za - vyvolenYm devoetem nechodil, s nim nemluvil, chlapcima napied se nechlubil, ae dostal od sve vyvolene kytieku nebo polibek.

A kam se spolu postehuji, kde bude jejich domov, co budou spolu delat?

Podruhy snad neztistanou? Z nenadani se vezmou a u2 budou spolu Zit, kdo vi, jak St'astrie a spokojene. Kdo jell to otc poradil? Vzkazal on sam Zemanovam, nebo oni sem? 2e. take Zemanovi i jich dcera uZ musi vedet o bliAcich se namluvach, bylo jiste. Co asi Kristina tomu Pike? Nebyla to ona sama, ktera sve rodiee upozornila na neho, Vavkince?

Tato domnenka jej zamrzela. Prot si ma device vybirat knicha a ne naopak?

JeSte se- mu znami vysmeji, ,Ze Si nedovedi ani knu vybrat a k misto, aby chodil on za nevestou, chodi nevesta za Mm. Vzdcr v nein zvolna se probouzel a k nepropuki, jen velike kazni otCove bylo co delcovat. Stars' Lukavec byl v svem donne neobmezenym panem, vSichni uvykli jeho vali se podrobovat

VESTNIK tiVEST,TEXAS

nikomu nenapadlo, k by se mohl poku7. sit o zvraceni prvotneho otcova rozhodnuti.

StarSi bratr Vavtinctiv byl od mlada po otci, tteba vaei tomuto zachovaval pinou posluSnort. Vavtinec vida, ze je bratr mildekem otcovYm, naklonil se vice k matte, ktera svou ne2nosti, dobrotou a trpelivosti zmirriovala t yrdest mukvu. A proto ye Vavkinci nenabyla nikdy drsna povaha otcova vrchu nad mekkou poddajnosti matainou, kterd synka vedla stezkami lasky a ptema,hani se.

At' 0 tedy otec jakkoliv se rozhodl, jemu to Vavtinec za, vinu neptipisoval, ale sve budouti acne a jejim Bez odporu sel s otcem do Polegovic a byl pPitomen vyjednavani. Kristina neudelala ran site zlY clojem. Vyeet1 z jejich laskavYch oci temek prosebnou aby se na ni nehneval, Ze za nic nemak. Ale pies to na dne jeho duk zastala tkvit trpkost, k se musi knit s deveetem, ktereha pied tim neznal.

Na namluvach pozoroval, Ze otec o jeho sriatku uZ dtive dukladne ptemY'Mel a se Zemanem o torn rokoval. Meli uZ vyhlednutY statek v TJjezde a v tYdnu mela se koupe uzavtit. Ted' jen se domlouvali o vane s yYch ditek, o zavazcich, ktere chteli opatrne ueinit, aby jedna strana druhou nepodskoeila. Bylli tyrdY, neastupnY, byl Zeman SvitotivY, hladkY, ale chytry.

Vyjednavajice cele tem& odpoledne o vSech podminkach jako dva advokati, nestarali se, co deti tomu Pikaji. Posilali je sico yen, aby se spolu proSli po zahrade a hospodiastvi, ale oni se vratill velmi zahy za,se do svetnice a kaklY z nich usedl jinam. Vavtinec k oknu, Kristina do kouta vedle kamen, vyhybajice se yzajenanYrn pohleciam a snaZice se usmivat, kdyZ" selka Zemanova, Siroka, statna Pena, obracela se k nim s nejakYm krtem.

KdyZ se otcove dojednali, vypilo se trochu ;viva, snedlo neco buchet, a pak Lukavcovi odchazeli, Vavtinec jen nerad podaval Kristine ktere se tato sotva dotkla. A jak sudena byla ta ruka!

Zemanka, jej zvala, aby k nim ted' easteji piisel aby si z toho nic nedelal, Ze j.e Kristina takova bojacna.

"Ona se Odycky mukkYch }Ala," rozkladala chlubne a cell:). jei Siroka, zardela tvat se leskla a svitila clvojsmyslnYm asmevem. "TakovYch hoick je dnes malo. Ale musite si zvyknout a aZ budete svoji, budete mit easu dost, abyste si spolu popovidali."

Vavtinec pies tu chvalu nemohl se pro Kristinu rozelitat. Asi dvakrat nebo ttikrat do PoleS7 ovic Sel, protok jej tam otec postal, ale jeho styky s Kristinou nestaly se o nic vtelejSi. Neal° mu, Ze take cna nejevi k nemu z ylaStni ptichylnosti, se si jej nechce naklcnit a 'Ze asi je nevinna z toho, z eeho ji dtiv podezti-

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val, jako by ona sama si jej byla vybrala. Ne, to etcove sami se dohodli, smlouvu uzavteli a nestarali se, co tomu deti tekneu.

Tim jeSte vice jeho rortrpeenost se zvedala a on patkil na svou samostatnost jako na nee° nasilneho, nemileho, odporBez radosti sal k oltari, chladne cd oltate a sttizlive byl pkitomen svatebnim hadum. Seclel vedle sve Peny cite a ona vedle neho ulekane.

AZ" kdyZ', se ocitli ye sve vlastril domacnosti, nutil se, aby ukazoval ptivetivejsi Vycitil azkost Peninu, jeji strach, jak se k ni bude chovat, a tajenou litost nad zma,tenym Lvotem. Ze by bYvala, snad pted svatbou mela nejakeho mileho, neslySel, a proto se naklorioval myrilence, ze ted' nutno na ni bYt laskavYm. Byla mu vdeena, zahrnovala jej pozornostmi snaZila se, aby ji nemohl nic vytYkat, ale vSe to bylo jako svetlo bez tepla, jako ozatena temnota, ye ktere stin se svetlem stale zapasi. Kristina nabyla manZelst yim krasy, jeji cei hloubeji a dtiverneji, nebylo tu vSak nikoho, kdo by dovedl zagehnout vasnivejsi zaSumeni srdci, kdo by dovedl vykouzlit kvety, ktere by lakaly svou vani a syYmi bravami. Jejich nitra zastavala cizi, chladna, jejich tufty diimaly a jejich krev line tepala v tele.

Nic zakiveho, Zhouciho, radostne nadSeneho, svadne kouzliveho nevstupovalo do jejich Wa y a nepinilo jejich nitra o pojujicim zmatkem.

A kdy2 ani deti nepticlaazely, trvali v tom pcdivnem, tako pochopitelnem sta-vu, ye kterem byli spiSe podobni dverna lhostejnYm spolubydlitelin, ne'Z m0i a acne. TCPko Pici, zastesklo-li se jim po Mech. Vavkinec nikdy nenaznaeil tauhu mit potomky. StYna zastavala lhostejnou, kdy2, videla jine matky chovajici v naruei male (Teti, nebo tlupy umounenYch koSilaeti popelit se po na.vst.

Pats' rok uz spolu Pill, stale tak jako unavene, jako vysileni svou azkosti, jako rortrpeeni nezmenenYm Pivotem, o kterY nestali. A neptetvatovali se ani, kdy' nekdy z rodieti piisel, kdy'Z strojili pro pta.tele posviceni, kdy2 vclani za try, ptichazeli do domacnosti s yYch bratki a rester. Jen v oeich StYninYch jakby se obeas zoufalY stesk zasvitil, jakby nema prosba ktikla a zaPalovala.

— 13ylo na podzim po sklizni. U Luka,vcil sklidili dobte hojnou arodu a namlatili Pita k osevu. Jen jeSte zvalna brambary zaelnali svakt a chystat vse na zimu.

Letos troufal Vavtinec zaplatit dluh, protok mel staveni v potadku a je'Ste mu zbylo lake zasob z roku ptedeSleho.

Byl spakojenejSi ne'd cltiv a odlesk jeho dtgevniho klidu vrhal take ave. svetlo na &nu. Nebyla uZ tolik zamYSlena, ptece nekdy se ji ukazal asmev na, drobne tvaki a nevYhYbola se tolik muZi.

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Cteni W'atti a sestry!

Tirrito se yam oznamuje, ze behem mesice brezna 1950, Hlavni Oradovna SPJ ST vyplatila pojiSteni pa nakich zeinfelYch bratrich a sestrach, jak nasleduje: ihorti dislo 4761. Br. Fred D. Labay, zamestnanim rolnik a tesar, od radu Slavic eislo 144., zeroPei dne 24. Unora 1950 ve staid 57 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil doe 7. kvetna 1916. Certifikat A-.3508 na $1,000.00.

Umrti Zislo 4762. Ses. Alvina Matejka, zamestnanim hospodyne, od radu NovY Tabor, dislo 17., zemrela dne 26. fmora 1950, ye stari 86 let. Do Jednoty pristoupila doe 9. dervence 1905. Certifikat A9016 na, $1,000.00. tinrti disk) 4763. Br. Bohumil J. Beran, zamestnanim obchodnik, od radu Vernost, eislo 51., zelotel doe 4. brezna 1950, ye stari 40 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil doe 26. dervna, 1940. Certifikat C-5662 na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 4764. Br. Anton Brim, tesar na odpodinku, od radii Woodrow Wilson, eislo 146., morel doe 8. finora 1950 ye staid 61 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil doe 5. srpna 1923. Certifikat A-8871 na $1,000.00.

Umrti dislo'4765. Br. Josef Novosad, na odpodinku, od radu Koroensky, eislo 20., zemrel doe 3. brezna 1950 ye stari 78 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupil dne 9. prosince 1906. Certifikat A-2472 na $1,000.00..

Umrti dist° 4766. Ses. Julia Mucha, zamestnanim hospodyne, od radu NovY Tabor, Oslo 17., zeintela dne 20. froora 1950, ye stall 69 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila dne 12. kvetna 1901. Certifikat A-10163 na $500.00. total Oslo 4767. Br. John Koppa, rolnik na odpodinku, od radu RfiZovY Dvtir, eislo 89., zemrel doe 20. fmora 1950 ye stall 78 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil dne 11. listopadu 1903. Certifikat Paid-Up-599 na $69.00.

Umrti disk) 4768. Br. Anton Seidl, no. odpoeinku, od radu Oechoslovan, (Oslo 40., zemrel dne 7. brezna 1950, ye stall 73 let.

Do Jednoty pristoupil doe 2. kijna 1904.

Certifikat A-3415 na $1,000.00.

Umrti 05:4 4769. Br. Karel OlkovskY, zamestnanim mramorar, od radu Pokrok Dallas, eislo 84., zemrel dne 5. brezna 1950 ye stall 58 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil dne 19. rijna 1926. Certifikat C-332 na $1,000. tinrti disk) 4770. Br. Matej PraZak, rolnik na odpoilinku, od radu Pokrok Dean-

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eislo 120., zetntel doe C. btezna 1950, ye stall 80 let. Po Jednoty ptistoupil doe 12. kvetna, 1912. Certifikat A-11008 na $500.00.

Emrti dislo 4771. Br. Villas 0. Harkins, zamestnanim proclavae, od radu Praha, eislo 29., zeintel doe 9. blezna 1950, ye stall 37 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil doe 21. prosince 1942. Certilikaty C-6918 na $1,000.00 a 0-6749 na $1,000.00. iTrorti dist° 4772. Br. Wm. J. Mikeska, zamestnanim majitel llhne, od radu Hvez cia Svobody, eisio 87., zemrel dne 8. btezna 1950 ve stall 61 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil doe 9. srpna 1908. Certifikat A2862 na $1,000.00.

Um •ti disk, 4773. Br. Jonhn RoZnoyak, na odpoeinku, od radu KomenskY, eislo 20., zemrel doe 8. btezna 1950, ye stall 77 let. Do Jednot yptistoupil dne 13. kvetna 1900. Certifikat A-2918 no, $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 4774. Br. John V. Hutyra, zamestnanim obchodnik, od radu Jaromir, dislo 54., zemrel dne 20. Unora 1950, ye stall 58 let. Do Jednoty plistoupil doe 5. prosince 1915. Certifikaty A-6762 na. $1,000.00 a 13-1137. na $1,000.00.

Umrti eislo 4775. Br. Ernest H. Janek, zamestnanim tesar, ed radu Jaromir, Oslo 54., zemrel doe 23. nnora 1950, ye stall 30 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil dne 19. listopadu 1935. Certifikat D-237 na, $1000.00.

Umrti disk) 4776. Br. George E. Harris, zamestnani neudano, od radu Jaro, eislo 130., zemrel dne 11. btezna 1950 ye stall 37 let. Do •Jednoty plistoupil dne 1. dervence 1938. Certifikat B-2090 na $2,500.00.

Umrti eislo 4777. Br. Frank Obal, zamestnanim stolat, od radu Fort Worth, eislo 154., zemtel dne 13. brezna 1950 ye stall 81 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil dne 9. "der yence 1911. Certifikat A-6632 na $1,000.00.

Umrti Oslo 4778. Br. Roman Konyieka, zamestnanim zahradnik, od "radu SloYanska Lipa, eislo 55., zemlel dne 15, bteZna 1950 y e stall 67 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil dne 10. prosince 1911. Certifikat A-15328 na $1,500.00.

Umrti eislo 4779. Br. John Smajstrla, zamestnanim &Mat, od radu HvezdnatSt Prapor, dislo 55., zemrel dne 14. btezna.

1950 y e stall 68 let. Do Jednoty plistoupil dne 25. kvetna 1905. Certifikat A-4571 na $1,000.00.

Hlavni ittaclo y na SPJST timto vyslovuje portistalVm po techto zemtelVch bratrich a sestrach jeji nejhlubSi soustrast.

J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni firadovny. ) • 40 • ( VELItt. ROZVOJ f. ilE.OLSTVi V FRAZE Do rnateicskch skol v Froze s 244 triclami chodi does 9849 deti. Prijimany jsou pouze deti zamestnanYcli matek.

Nedostatek n:ista brdni tomu, aby bylo plijato pies 1708 2dekil, jejichZ maminky nejsou zatim v pracovnim p•:-.3neru. 0 vVchcvu nejmen5ich se stara 424 ueite-

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dne 5. dubna 1950,

lek a 43 peStounek, Kroin6 toho peduje pralska lidova sprava o 186 narodnich Skol, z nichZ je 1'78 petittidnich, 2 etyttlidni. 4 trojtticini a jeclna jednottidni.

Celkem je tedy v Praze 1506 tIld narodoich Alta Nedostatek mistncsti zpilsobuje, ze 369 tiid ma nepravidelne vytido yaDoueoyacich skupin je celkem 1114 na 157 Skolach. V techto "krouZcich". ktere pomahaji slabSim Zakiim chapat tieebni latku, je 11.369 elenti. Take pionVrske oddily pra2skSrch akol poteSitelne rostou. Dues jiz existuji a roz yijeji se ye 34 Skalach. Cleno ye 75 pionS7rskSrch oddOld disla 1274. V ueitelskem sbcru pte yladaji Zeny. Z 1391 literarnich uditeln je na. ptiklad 1082 Zen. Muhl opouSteji tato po yolani, protole za svou praci obdrZi ye yYrobe mnohem lepa honoroyani. V 39 Zk•olach se npine stravuje 1866 deti, ye 139 Skolach dastedne 42,290 laku. Je to nejvice ze vAech krajd v republice. Saruteni rodidil a pta,tel je na vSech Skolach a ma celkem 27.620 Mena. Jeho ukolem je dbat o to, aby vSichoya deti byla v duchu lidove demokracie, aby Zaci neutrpeli na zdravi a aby pede o ne byla v gestranna, to je cluSevni i telesna. Celkem je na ndrednich Skolach v Praze 28.168 chlapcil a 27.417 di yek. Stteclni Akoly na yaevuje 23.182 chlapct a 1006 divek. tsttedni narodni yVbor keli v ptitomne 'dobe otazku, jak zajisti pro stale I/6W poet Zakft yyhoyujici Skolni mistnosti.

• .116 • ( Pan' PonoZkova . ma, chlipku a nesmi chodit yen. Poslala proto s y eho manZela, aby ji koupil hrnek na mleko. Pan PonoZka pliSel do obchodu a spattil spousty larnk0. rg echny byly pfeklopeny dnem yzhilru.

COpa,k je tohle za hrnky? zeptal se pan PonoZka udivene, vldyt' nemaji nahole ZadnV otvor!

NadeZ vzal jeden hrnek do ruky a ulas1 jeSte • Jakle? To je peknSr potadek! A dno nemaji taky!

Dva yznekni aristokrate se urazili rozhodli se yytidit si tuto zale g tost jak se na aristokraty sluS1 - soubojem. Ale neiak se to nezdatilo. Ad po sobe vypalili na dvacet krokil celkem dvanact ran, oba stall nezraneni.

- Navrhuji, pravil jeden ze sekundantil, aby si soupeti pottasli rukama.

- Prod? pravil druhV sekundant. VZdyt' se jim ttasly celou to dobu, co po sob,e Zlobila se maminka na. maleho Jendu: Ty jsi, Jenieku, ogkliyS7 chlapeeek.

PtijdeS" se k mamince pomazlit, jen kdyZ chceS. cukrovi!

- No je, mami, ale zato jsem u tebe kaZdou chvilku.

Ve stredu,dne. 5. dubna 1950.

Btrana-li

mteEK: MALI? trENAtt (LAST DRuH4.)

1.16te me eesky eisti.

EDUARD

CTRNACTE CVItENi

Velikonoeni.

Hody, hodv do provodY, ja jsem tmaly zaRek, utikal jsem podle vody, me 31 kopu vajicek.

Potkala me kiepeliCka, &Lela jedno eervene, ze mi di lan jetelFeka a ji tekl: "Ne, ne, ne!"

dedeekovi a babkiece veseVch svatkil yelikonanich. M bude jisti velikonani vajieka, vzpomen si na nej!

S pozdravem STRICOEK MitEk Z AUSTINU. ) • 4 • ( PRED FOMLAZKOU R. F. Vojik

U Valise v preStkedni chalupe bylo nezvykle ticho. Jindy v takovY parni den, kdy slunce opet temek po ce1Sr den hokelo na modrojasne obloze, ozrvalo se odtamtud vesele hvizdani, halekani nebo praskani Lojzikovo, kterY tam na dvoke behal, kaeu prohanel nebo s druhy v kulieky hral. Ale dnes byl dvar prazdnY a Lojzik sedel v komoke a plakal. Slzy jako hrachy se mu koulely po tvakich a kanuly do umburaneho kapesnik.u. A nebylo Tatinek umel dakladne praSit kalhoty, kdy zaslou2i1. A Lojzik zaslou2i1. Tajne odeSel s kamarady na koeieky a fialky. Doma ho zatim shaneli, hiedali a sestra Madla prohledala celou yes, ale Lojzik nikde. U2 se strachovali, 2e se mu new stalo. A on byl zatim rya fialkach a koeitka.ch!

Proto take dostal, sotva& se ye vratech objevil. Lojzik neplakal proto, byl bit, ale proto, 2e mu otec pi isne zakazal davati mu pomlazku. A kdy otec porucil, bylo to jako testament. Proto Lojzik nakikal a v duchu se loueil s barevnYmi vajieky, se sekanim do nich penizem a se sazkami s druhy. Vedel,ze letcs to bude smutne. A bylo. Dni ubihaly jako voda, pomlazka se bli2ila a Lojzik stale ptemySlel, jak ziskati alespon jedno vajieko. Za nic by o ne nefekl chlapcum. Kdyby mu nielb srdce litosti puknouti, nebude se jich doproSovat. Uminil si svate.

Za§el k dedeekovi. Snad se nad nim ustrne a da. Ale se Spatnou se potazal.

Dededek nejen 2e nedal, ale jegte Zmaten od neho odkvapil a smu ten se odtahl na zahradu.

— Pro koefeky nine takhle tSTrate, ale Pic e6ti basnioku nekolikrat a opet opg vSak ja si nee° vymyslim, abych se dodo seSitu bez chyb! stal k pomlazce! — tesil se.

Straek pkeje Tobe a T yjim rodiCtim Kdy2 prochazel stodolou, uziel kro-

Na eivove6ku, za potokem, minx ja strkce tome nosim kaidSrm rokein rn lovana. vajiika.

Hody, hodv do provody, ja jsem rnatir z,ajiZek, dojdu-li tarn bez nehody, dam mu kopu vajiiek.

penatou s ipku, jak se vytahla zpod my v perne.

Aby tak! Je to eerna kropenatka, o ni2 maminka soudi, ze zana g ! To by koukali! blYsklp chlapci mysli.

Vm2iku byl na kolenou a vlezl do sla=.: My. Rozhrnul nekolik snopti a nemYlil se. Cele hnizdo bilych vajec, jako ze nove kosti vysoustruhovanYch, salad° se na udiveneho Lojzika.

— To se mi povedlo! usmival se chiapec a oei se inu rozzakily.

To budou doma -koukat! Pot•ebuji se prosit o jejich pomlazku! Sam jim ji dam! — radoval se Lojzik a opatnie sesbiral vajieka do kiobouku. Potom jako lasice vyklouzl ze stodoly a rovnou k dedeekovi.

N.esmele vrazil do svetnice s kloboukem vajec za zady.

— Dedeeku, prosim vas, neprozradite hne, kdy se varn s nedim sverim? — ptal se ye dvekich.

Nebude-li to nic zleho, neprozradim, — sibil v9menkak.

—Tedy dobra! NaSel jsem vajieka, kropenatky. ZandSela je ye stodole. Tu jsou! Nikdo o nich nevi, uschranim si je, obarvim a dam je naSim pcnalazkou.'

Vid'te, 2e mi to dovolite, — prosil Lojzik.

Dedovi zahralo Sibalstvi v oeich a povidal: — Jsi dobrY hospodak, ze jsi se toho pwsiml. Nech je Lady! Zitra koupim u kupce barvu, spolu je obarvime a pazdame o pomlazce. -Dedeeku, zlaty dedeeku, to bade Svanda! Lojza nic nedostane, ale sa.in bude rozdavat! Beztoho se MI IVIadla sniala, 2e nebudu nic miti! anal se vnuk.

Ujednano — udelano.

DruhY den vakila se ye vS7rneriku barva na vajieka. Lojzik pomahal. Za ho-, dinu se smala na pana dervena vajieka, 0.22 zrak pkechazel.

A co2 teprve o pomlazce! Madla nechtela ani uvekit, ze Lojzik sehnal tak krasna vaji6k0.. Pravda, maminka ji udelala 2luta., ale Lojzikova byla krasnej-.

Si. Piekvapeni zirali na Lojzika, kdy ji mi w'lechny podeloval. e. Kdo ti je dal? sn— ptal se otec Ale ji2 to byl dedeeek a vysvetlil, jak chiapec k nim phSel a jak z neho bude dobr I hospodat.

-- Inu, (Am je vetSi ulienik, tim ma vetSi Stesti! — usouclila Madla, na cko zavidic Lojzikovi.

A tak to Lojzik )• VVro•13-a plic.

Toyama E. Zimmer mann v LipSku zahajila sericvou vYrobu ocelc y ch pile, kterS7ch se pou2iva: pii leobe detske obrny.

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Noc Jeho 2ivota ROMAN Napsal Bohumil Zahradnik-Brodskt "Dumat ma take hled a 2izeri a nemil',ne ani jisti ani piti, protole ma ruku ochromenou. Posti se tedy jako on. Kdo to zjednal k tcmuto lotrovstvi?"

"Ja.. sam. Ty si myslig, ze ze mne nem) vynutig? Mates se, stars' blazne."

"Nebude g-li mluviti, zase ti nchy sva2u, odnes.0 to k tece a strelm tve nohy do vody, abys pomalu zmrzl. Nebo pustim pilu a polo2im to misto kiddy, aby to stroj rortizl jako kmen, kterY je ureen k rozkouskovani."

"Bcjim ja se ty Ych §tra gakil!" posmival se. "Take ty bys pcznal, jak chutna giroeina."

"Ba nebojim. Az bude mrtev, provazy s nohou odstranirn a ieknu, le jsi utekl a 2e to stihl trest spravedlnosti. Mne oni uveti, a kdyby ani neve pili, nebudou trati, protole budou radi, 2e se to zbaPovidam ti znovu, abys povidal, ne2 ptijde policie. Nebude g-li mluviti, paZadam, aby to svazaneho vezli hned v noci do Grenoblu a dobte via, ze oni s tebou milosrdenstvi miti nebudou. Kdo to zjednal?"

"Chce g se mstiti, 2e?"

"Choi pouze trestati, nebo aspon bYti piipraven na Utok nieemnYch lidi. Kolik ti za to dal Holmes, '2e jsi zasttelil Padoka a ted' 2e ses uvolil zabiti Valdimira?"

"Nic ti neteknu," vzdoroval zlostne.

"Jak tedy cheek Kdy2 soud, tedy soud."

Bahl pro nove provazy a ne2 se Lindley nadal . mrgtil koncem, kterSr se ovinul kolem nohou, a u2 le2el na zemi.

Jake kdelca po nem skoeil, a ne2 se vzpamatoval k odporu, u2 mel nohy dobte svazany., "A ted' piljdeme k t.ece. Hezky se ti bude lez.eti, nohy se ti umyji a ty usneg, ani nebude§ vedeti kdy a jak. Stitim se to site, ale §kodnou zvet nutno hubiti, aby nepachala zlo."

ShYbl se a zvedal jeho telo. Skubal se'Lou, ale svaly farmatovy byly jako oceloye, a v naruei s Lindleyem se bli2i1 ke dvetim.

"Poekej, ja ti povim, co oboe§ vecleti," ozval se Lindley Uzkostne.

"Debra, zkusim to, mluviti-li pravdu.

Chceg-li lhati, zal2e g jenom jednou, potom, kdybys ptisahal pti vgem na svete, nic mnou nepohne. Nohy prozatim nechame svazany, gkoda •ezati provaz.

Mnoho-li jsi tedy dostal?" povidal tine.

"Tisic "Za obe vra2dy?"

"Za, obe. Ostatne Padoka nebi Akoda a zasttelil jsem ho v sebeovrane. Napped

,f1 S. T...N t X — Wt T,-Ttt'Arl on pp nine policie to zjirtila." `An°, to je pravda, ale sttilel, proto2e jsi ho prondsledoval. Mysli g, 2e to novim?

Marne zapira g, a ueiniA lope, kdy2 bo deg vlastni kfi2i chraniti. Byl pit•om Frank?"

"Nebyl, ale veal o torn. Nentel jsi ho vyclecliti, a proti Mabel se stavetti."

"Dekuji ti za upczorneni, budu NT2dy, co sam za clobr,e uznam. Tenkrat, kdy2 jsi veeer po Dumatovi stfilel, take jsi ho chtel zabiti, 2e?"

"Ne, to jsem ho chtel pouze Ptestragiti, aby ()thud ode gel. Nechtelo se no zabijeti, ale Holmes mi 1:ohrezil, nezbavim-1i ho Dumata, ae inj zbavi vYdelku, pogtve na, me policii a zniati jakYkoliv rnuj pc-dnik. Froti Holmesovi je te2ko bojovati, a jsem churls' elovek."

"Ani ne tak chudY, jako nieemnY. Hlavni vec tedy mame. Bude g to opakovati policii?"

"Dovede se vysmeknouti 'a potom sam zabije. Je to stra glivy elovek, bojim se ho vice, nea tebe. Poslechni, Tony; past' mne, ne2 ptijde policie. Slibuji ti. ze budu pri tobe a ae ti oznamirn vae, co bude Holmes proti Lobe chystati."

"Neni taeba, cchranirn sam a policie ma na tebe pravo. Penize u2 'nag?" `Pouze polovinu, druhou jsem mel dostati zitra."

"Bkoda tech penez," ustral se ironicky. "TakovY jiciagskY g,ro g nese uZitek.

Tope aspori vynesl g iroeinu. ireinig dobie, kdy budea ptemY gleti, kcmu sytij kramek a sve penize •cika2e§."

"Tony, mej se mnou slitovani," zaeal Upenlive. "Vim, 2'e jsem vinen, vim, 2e jsem spachal velini gpa.tnY tin, 2e jsem darebak a 22 me eeka te2ky trest. Ale, Tony, ja byl sveden. Chodil ke mne jako muj zlY duch, v noel ptichazel, hrozil sliboval. fzekl mi, ae me zniei, 2e se u ittaclit postard, aby mi byl obchod zakazan. A ja jsem se ho bal, proto2e ho znam, a vim, 2e je vaeho schopen. Nebyl bych Padoka zasttelil, ale pouze poranil, ale ruzzurilo me, ze po me stielil a sliboval, ze ptijde a zaalapne me jako eerva. Ty mi neveti g, ale ted', kdy rni hrozi smrt, povldam ti, ze jsem tehdy, kdy. jsem po Dumatovi po prve sttilel, mohl ho dobte trefiti, ale nechtel jsem, vymlouval jsem se, 2e mel s sebcu psa a 2e jsem byl piilia daleko. A dnes take jsem UrnysIne apatne byl Dumat ode mile ne dale nez deset metal, a via, '';c main dobre oko. Tony, smiluj se, rust me, pomoz mi uniknouti. Vystehuji se odtud do stater, nebo pajdu nekam k Pacifiku, jen abych Holmesovi."

"Takhle jsi mel mluviti dtive, byl bych ti vetil a byl bych ti pcmohl, abys mohl odutd zmizeti. Dnes, kdy jsi uz vec spachal, nevetim. Za penize bude.§ zase loupit a vra2dit a kdo to zniei, ueini clobry skutek."

Ve.StFedtt, dne dtibna 1950.

"Jsi. tyrdY ,jako ocel, ale -ne'etini g clob•e.

Tviij syn bude take souzen, on o vgem veal, a tiebrilie svet vi o torn, ae ses ho z •ekl, je to tvijj syn, a bade souzen jako ja. Zeinru-li ja, zemte on take."

To byla clobte volena rana. Aekoliv Terner ani brvou neprozradil sve leknuti, piece jen v jelto nitro zatrnulo. Ano. Palle zakonn je osnovatel prave tak, ne-li vice, vinen, jako pachatel, Frank 'Verner bade postaven pied porotu, a v geky noviny americke budou ptinageti rozykigne zpravy a pocicbizny obvinenYch, a pod jednou z nich bode nati g -teno:FrakTentr.Vjeho2ivtOpsbnde uvedeno, kdo byl jeho otcem, a risk, kterY vet ginou nevra2i na ptistehovalce, pod gkrtne hodne tuene, 2e je to Oech, ktery nezapte svuj cikanskY vcd. Vgichni Ceai, co jsou zde usazeni, budou zostuzeni, a ty ovaem nejvice. I do Cech poglou noviny, aby tvoji kraja.ne vedeli, jakjsi a jak sis syna vychoval."

"Zadr2," ktikl farmat, nemoha dele pPerroci rozeileni ktere jim zat •aslo. Lindley sahl na jeho bolave misto, protg2e nieeho se Terner nedesil, jako ztraty cti, na kterou byl hrd gi, ne2 kcal na svou korunu. "ftekne g-li jeate slovo, vyhodim to na mraz a zavru tak tva neeista usta."

"Svet-zvi, ae jsi take vrah," odsekaval nebojacne. Dobte rozumel vYrazu farinalove a vedel, 2e ho zasahl na nejcitlivejgim miste.

Terner po nem mrskl pohledem pinYm nenavisti, a podle sveho stareho zvyku, nekonati nic v prvnim navalu zlosti, vygel yen. Ano, situace byla zla, a pine yeill, ae ani Lindley, ba ani Holmes Franka neu getti, naopak, ze nan svali v gechnu vino. A co Lindley rpovidal o novinach, to bylo, lachu2el, pravda. Sam se zajrnem sledoval takove sensaeni soudni ptipady, a odsuzoval Horko ho rozrazilo, v hlave mu hueelo, a vy ged do sine, papo gel na &tr. ma ho ovanula a chladive se dotkla jeho spanker. Zhluboka vydechl a zabloudiv pohledem po nebi, pocitil hlubokY stesk a bolest. Frank so mu zjevil, a ph vgem svem hnevu hlasilo se vedomi, 2e je to piece jen jeho syn. Hodne nizko padl, nezvecll se mu, ale p •ese vaechno octikani se jeho syna citil, ae nepiestal bYti jeho synem. Jeho hanba .pfijde se jmenem, a at' by ode gel kamkoliv, vgudy jednou pronikne zprava, 2e jeho syn jednal akladneho vraha.

Zasykl bolesti a sevtel ruce Byl opravdu v pasti a dostati se z ni, znamenalo pogla.pati spravedlnost, ktere byl on 2arlivYrn stra2cem. VY§e vaak ne2 spravedlnost byla jeho rodova pYcha a 2arlivcst na test. Co delati? Jak se rozhcdnouti?

Napped se pustil ke ,svetnici, podivati se na Dumata. Zvi-li, 2e je ztracen, potorn bylo marno mysliti na nejake

76 ttledu, dne 5. dlibna 1950. stupky. ;6-writ stracenY 1111.1i bYti. placers jinni Aivotem, jako toho Addaly zAkony, IcterYmi se vAichni osadnici Austin tidili.

XdyA veAel dovnitt, otoeila Teresa hlavit a opatrne vstavala se Aidle, kteroula u pcstele ptistavenou.

"Spi," povidala Aeptem, bliAie se po Api;kach ke str'ci. "Pied chvili otevtel oei, poznal me, pousmal se, ale lined zase savtel oei a meal klidne ocidychovati. Podivej se na neho."

Ptistottpiv tedy bli2e a nahnuv se, sic(loyal (tech Dumattl y. Skuteene kliclne •salhojnY pot perlil se mu na eele.

Usta met pootevteria, a pies bledcst tvati emir dojem eloveka, kterY ftnayou usnul. To znamenalo, ze je vyhrano. Horeeka klesla, a jakmile se nahradi strata krve a ra.na se zaceli, bude zdra y. Pokynul Tercze, aby s nim vyAla do Meng' svetnice, a kdyA se Presvedjsou dvete savteny, povidal. Jindy byl zvyklY rozhodovati sam. a dfivetovati svemu instinktu, ale v teto chvili ztratil jaksi hlavu a nevedel, kde je spravna cesta. medal u Terezy rady, pi.A1 si, aby ho nekdo, kdo s nim dob•e podeptel a poteAil. Teresa naslouchala pozorne. Uhodla ftzkost Strycovu a sama take mela strach.

Sice jeji due prahla pa pomste, ale rOzumela tomu, Ae zlo mine zroditi nove zlo, ktere bude incAnd horAi, neA to stare.

"Nikomu jsem nikdy neubliAil, a ted' se svet proti mne spikl," naiikal si na konec. "Pustiti lotra Priei se spravedlnosti a trestati ho, znamena nove, netuacne zapasy a bolesti. Co mam clelati?"

"Pust' ho, strYeku," tekla pevne. "Ueinii straAnY skutek, ale doufam, Vladimir se usdravi, Tva duk by se nikdy neuzdravila, kdyby tve jrneno stihla hanba. Pust' ho."

"Poslal jsem uA pro pclicii."

"Najdeme vYmluvu. Ujmi se Lindleye a sved' p •ihodu na neat'astnuo nahodu."

"Budou take Vladimira vyslYchati, a bude-li on mluviti prAvdu, bude dvojnasob zle."

"Vladimir vypovi, co mu tekneme. Rueim za to. Dtive, neA ho policie vyslechne, budu s nim hovoriti ja."

"BudiA, ale ten darebak musi clan Adruku, abychcm meli zbrari, kdyby rids podvedi. Priveclu ho sem."

Za chvili byl Lindley v male. svetnici a tam sepsano jeho doznani, ktere podePsal. A take ujednano, jak pied policii hovotiti. Teresa nemohla se odporem na neho podivati, ptesto vAak piinesla mu kus studenehc masa a trochu brandy, aby se zahtal. Vas' se jako uAtvane zvite, a jeho oei nepokojne tekaly. Ano, dobte se vAechno skonei, tikal si, pojidaje hltave jidlo. Farmat prohlasi, -Ae vYsttely platily jelenu, ktereho v houAti yyplagili, a jen neAt'astnou naho-

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den zasa'kri byl Vladimir, Clileclino ye budou mieett, promluvi s nimi a jinYch svedkil neni. Lindley do tYdne zmizi se zdejAi krajiny, a a.A zmizi, potorn se Terner postara, aby Holmes s Frankem zvedeli, ze je na pile ?lamo jejielineastenstvi. Snad se zastydi a ustanou, a. ne-li, potom ovAem nebude sbYvati, lee. hajiti bespeenost,' a Aivot i za cenu cU. Terner citil . zahanbeni a ujednaneho podvcdu, ale utnost n byla siinejAi neA Ohledy. Mleky ptechazel, a trvalo dosti. neA se ohodlal mluviti s aelediny. Hojnost horkeho puttee ueinila je velmi ochotnYmi, a kdyA ptede dnem dojeli policistie s lekatem, naAli situaci naprosto zmenenou. Lindley sedel v male svetnici svoboden a usmival se na tie cirsYm vYrasem vedomi, i.e rtA, nan nemaji prava.

M.esitim, co policejnimu inspektorovl podaval Tenter spravu, lekat prohliAel Vladimira. Spankem se hodne zotaviL ale presto byl blizek nove mdlobe, kdyA ranu ptevazoval, rorttepane ckraje ny ostfihaval a ranu uvula oktfil.

"Nic z oho nebude," prohlasil zmetiv jeho teplotu. "Za nejakY tYden se ranu, zajizvi, a bude moci zncvu na lov. Melte zdrav' a silnY muA mohl by miti vaAne nasledky, ale pan Dumat to pitestoji, svIdAte, kdyA ma takove cAetteni."

Vladimir zdravou rukou vial ruku Terezinu a zvedl k ni sve I/deOne oei. A ona, pcdlehnuvAi nahlernu dojmu, shybla se a polibila ho na. rty.

"Ano, to je nejlepAi lek," usmal se lekat. ".Mohl bych dostati trochu horkeho punee?"

Odvedla ho do kuchyne, kde pani Perkinsova pi'evzala starost o jeho pohoAteni a sama ss vratila k Vladimirovi, aby ho informovala. o tom, co se mezitim sebehlo. Pozorne ji naslouchal. Napted syraAtil Celo, a bylo znati, Ae Apr:1\7°u trpi. Potom vAak, kdyA uvadela dfivody, vrasky na Cele se vyhladily, a smutn' usrnev mihl se kolem jeho aft.

•• "Nesmime stilfekovi pfisobiti bolest," povidal ti ge. "JA budu zase scirav a Frank bude sachranen. Bud' bez starosti, nic neprozradim."

Pclicejnimu inspektorovi neuAlo, Ae vjrpovedi jscu nejasne, Ae se zdaji nemoAnf., Ae farmar jevi rozpaky a sklieenost.

Znal ho a znai take Lindleye, po nem2 uA dal/no' policie pasla, podezirajic ho z nekaleho nemesia, o nemA se mnoho poviclalo. Zdalo se neuvetitelne, aby jelen vyekal v houAti na tak nialcu vzdalenost, a rovneA aby Lindley chybil jelena a trefil eloveka. Take okolonost, ze Terner pro policii posilal, svedoila, Ae zde bylo urea() podezreni, zatim vAak, neA pollcie ptiAla, neco se ptihedilo, co Primefarmate ku smene stanoviska, 2e se Lindley neptizna, toho si byl jist, A Ae take Terner svizj v'rok nezmeni, bylo

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"Jednou se ti, darebaku, na staneme," pohrozil Lindleyovi, " a potom nam neunikneA." "Na vaAem miste bych se na nic takoveho nesazel," uAklibl se vYsmeAne. "0statne jsem volnYin a budu moci jiti Ae? Budou tarn miti o mite starost, a kdo vi, jak tarn hospodati."

"BeA si, ale tuze nejasej, neni vAechno jeAte hotovo," Na to uA Lindley neodpovedel. Poklonil se a vyklouzl y en. Sveho kone si pod pristteAkem chytil, houni na neho hodil a Avihaje ho nutil, aby rychie ujiAclel.

NeA odjiAciel lekaic a policiste,. davno uA odjel, vsdychaje cestou a zase se radiije, Ae se vraci svoboden a zdray.

XVII. Maje ruku dosud v obvazu, nemohl Vladimir otevtiti dopisy, ktere dcAly. Dva pied nim leAely, a oba nesly znamky jeho stare vlasti. Dychtiv zvedeti, co mu kdo pile. volal na Terezu, aby Ala a otevtela listy. Ptibehla z kuchyne, vesela jiA a besstarestna a raiAkami dopisy otevirala: "To jscu nak Ceske znamky," povidala se zajmem prohliAejic adresy. "Jeden je z Prahy a druhY z Rahova. Kdo pak ti to odtamtud piAe?" dodala zaraAene. Bezdeena, bazeri pied neeim neznainim ji ptepadala a zadivala se na kterY polozil prvY dopis a sahal po nonom„ jenA i u neho vzbudil ptekvapeni. Vynal dopis z obalky a napied se podival na pcdpis. Zarazil se a ohledl se pa Tereze.

"BYvala Aena mi piAe," povidal jakoby provinile.

"Co ti chce?" tazala se ye stoupajicim zdeAeni.

"Dosud nevim, hned se to dovim, Ty se bojiA? MA mbA. , Aeno, ted' uA neni tteba, aby ses bala, jeji dopis ptichazi pozde a take nevime, co vlastne pile. pkoti si jej napted ty."

"Me, ne, vetim ti," tekla vzmuAujic se, "vAak mite poviA, co usnetA sa dobre."

A neAji mohl zadrAeti, rychle vyAla y en, aby met" muA pinou svobodu. Chtel na ni zavolati, aby seekala, pctom vAak si pomyslil, Ae bude lepe, svi-li sam, co Pavlina piAe a pristoupiv k oknu, Ceti: "Mtij cira,hY Vladimire, jsem nekoneene n.eAt'astna. Stale jsem doufala, Ae jednou se zase sejdeme, ale tvtitj nelitostny dopis zpusobil oh straAliva, muka. DrahY neptestala, jsem to miti rada, byla jsem otcem oklamana a donucena k novemu snatku. Stale tvrdil, Ae jsi mrtev a dokazoval mi, Ae bych se stala Sebraeicau, kdybych nedala zavodu bystrou hlavu. Marne jsem ho prosila, aby me nenutil, aby jeSte poekal a sam mi vAechno vedl. Hrozil, ze odjede doin g, Ac ho prate ptemaha a Ae si chce odpoeinouti. Den

Strang._, po dni do mne hueel a ja koneene podlehla. Kdybych byla VAak zvedela, jsi k nam ptiSel, byla bych utekla a vyhledala te, ale nic jsem nevedela, at kdy mi lido te videli. Pohadala jsem se s otcem, ten vSak tvrdil, ‘Zo ses me red zba y•oval, ukazOval, jak jsi mne s lehkYm srdcem prodal, a to me rozezlilo. Byla jsem take v te dobe ve vysokern stupni tehotentsvi a nernela jsem dosti rozvahy. Od te doby jsem byla sklis mutem jsem nemluvila, ale tomu je to lhostejno. Nema pro nic jineho mysl lee pro mamcn. Podnik vynasi, jsme bohati, ale co je to platno, kdy jsem tak nekoneene chuda.

Drahy. Vladimire, mutes-li mi odpustiti a vratiti se, vrat' se. Dite druheho mute mi k srdci neptirostlo, rada se ho odteknu a mutovi je dam, a k tobe bych piisla potize se s yYmi dvema cletmi, kterYm jsi ty otcem. Nechci ti ptekateti ye snatku, jet ZatnYS1E4, a nebudu ti einiti namitek, vlastne nemohu jich einiti, ale me rad, napie mi a ptijeclu za tebou. Budu s tebou rada tfelaa bidu snakti, jen kdy2; bucle'S u rune. Nebo p•ijed' s.em, odstehujeme se nekam daleko od Rahova a tam najdeme koutek, kde zase nale iaska rczkvete. Ode dne, kdy ptik1 tvilj dopis, stal se mi nou't odpornY, is otcem jsem se pohadala, a oba na me nemluvi. NevratiS-li se, je konec s mYm gtestim, ale ty ce vratiS, te, rnnj mildeku?

Pig mi brzy, oeekavam dychtive tvou adpaved' a twin se na nak brzke shledani. Tisickrat IC Ube. tva ne§t'astna, Pavlina."

Ruka , Dumatova klesla, dopis na sttil poloZil a zadival se do prazdna. V koutku jell° srdce ozvaly se stare. sladke vzopminky a hlava se mu zatodila malou zavrati. To vSak trvalo pouze , chvilku.

A tit se jeho Sije p •imila a jeho oblieej stal so pevnY a 0/1'0. Mival tenu rad, tak rad, to myslival, ze nelze vice Resti OM, ale eeho se dotil? Sotva zmizel, zmizely ptisahy a sliby. Kdyby byla jeji laska tak velika, jak lief, jak snadno mnoha se vzepiiti a odporovati. Ani domluvy otcovy by ji byly nezvratily, a kdyt nic jineho, byla by nov' snatek odlotila o rok ei dva. Zae stoji laska, ktera se nal • atuje jinou, ate stoji sliby, ktere fined v zapeti jsou vymeneny nov'mi sliby? Ne laska, ale stesk pa pr y nim muZi, po jeho zptisobu jednani ji diktoval tento dopis. K.oteluha je v prve fade obchodnik a ' ye druhe mantel. On Indio dba pchodli a •ozmarti ZeninYch, on poYektije lasku za nepottebnou vec a jde po zisku. Jeho 2,ene se nedostava netnosti, pohocili a onech sterYch pozornosti, ktere on ji kdysi prokazoval, ona na, svem tole pocitila rczdil, jak' panuje mezi prvnini a drultYm mutem, a proto se ghee vratiti. Kdyby byla tolik po nem toutila, byla by patrala, kam se odebral a sarna by mu napsala, te nemiale bez

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neho bYti Mva. Na pollen by ji byli kam si bral ce•stovni prekazy, a konsulat by ji oznamil, kde se nachazi. MIsto toho mleela, a neb'ti jeho dopisu, byla by mleela i potom.

Ach ne, na tento lep on nesedne, tekl si zlostne. Je tenat, tenu ma vzornou, milujici ho mnohem hlubsi laskou, net ho Pavlina milovala. To on dobte vycitil a jeho srdce bylo prohiato touto obeta-' you laskou. Dnes uz laska k Pauline je pouhou troskou, z nit vypueela druha laska, &sta. , a poctiva, a kterou nikdy nezradi.

Nahle citil nutnost ueiniti jasnou. Vzal kus papilla a zdravou rukou napsal nekolik vet.

"Milo., Paylino, Tytij dopis pti gel pozde.

Neeinim Ti vytek, ale sdeluji, to jsem tit tenat, to mam vYbornou Zenu, kterou rnam z celeho srdce rad, a ktere se za nic na svete nezteknu. Ue se take za-milovati si sveho mute, abys byla spokojena. Radim take, abys mela sve nej-. mlacfSi dite uptimne rada, protcte je to povinnost matky. Bud' g t'astna, jak Ti to pteje Vladimir Dumat-Terner."

Napsal a zvednuV se, ‘Sel do sine a volal na Terezu. Objevila se v§ecka ustraSend, a jeji velke ocb patraly v jeho ,vYrazu, aby pochopila, co se deje.

"Pojd', pfeeti si tyto dva dopisy," povidal mekce, a aby ji dodal odvahy, naklonil se a polibil ji.

"NevypudiS me?" ptala se hlasem plnYm "Detino! Nevypuzujeme, koho manse radi. Jen jdi a eti, ja si zatim pkeetu dopis druhY." Scnvalne neche.val ji nepoz•orovanou, aby se mnoha uklidniti a vice mimodek net Vedome oteviral druhY dopis. A ut jeho pozornost se zbystfila. Legionakske sdruteni odpovidalo na jeho, pied mnoha mesici ueinenY dotaz. Nechteli p,sati, dokud by mu nemohli podati nejakYch ureitYch zpra y. Oznamovali, to je motno ziskati fade zbytkovYch statkti, pti nicht maji legicnati pfednost. Pfi nekterYch jsou lesy, nebo jine premyslove podniky.

Zy laSte ho upozoriovali na hezky statek na jihu, kterY z,byl po rozparcelo yani velkostatku. Pet set mer dobrYch poll je u neho, slnSne obytne staveni, asi sedm set filer lesa a mlYn is pilou na stale vole. Objekt stoji site hodne pellet, ale jemu by byla poskytnuta pajeka, takte by s dosti malYm kapitalem ziskal majetek, kterY v ptidinlivYch rukou by nesl dobre firoky. Zadali, aby behem dvou mesicu napsal rozhodnuti, do to doby budou to pro neho reservovati.

Takhle zp • ava, nusobila 'nary silnefSim dojmem, net dopis Pavlinin. Tak jako by pied •sySma alma v4del statek, kolem neho lany poll a vedle les. Patok teee lukami a lesem a na bfehu stoji mlYnee, v nend °Ova, se zpev pil, ktery je mu nyni tak mil' a blizkY.• Tam by byl do-

Ve stfedu, dne 5. dubna 1950. ma, tam by zaeal titi jinSrm tivotem net, zde. Znal to krajinu, veal, to je tam hojne lesti a pila by se vyplacela. V lete by Mal farmate, v time pilate a nemusil by se bati, to lidska zloba bude ukladati o jeho tivot. Tam, jen tam, zaboutilo mu v jeho srdci, a docela zapomnel, te nedaleko stoji tena, a ete dopis, kterY pro ni mohl b'ti velmi esudnY. AZ jeji objeti ho vytrhlo z mySlenek.

Jemne ovinula svou ruku kolem jeho hrdla a ptivinuvei se k nemu, zvedla k nemu sve slzami napinene oei.

"Dekuji ti, Vladimire," pravila vrouc-• ne. "NelitujeS' opravdu ztraty sve teny?"

"Jsem snad lhat? Ne, bud' bez obay.

Co jsem psal, procitil jsem. HorS1 je tento dopis, ten mne vie rozeilil. Vezmi si jej a eti."

Jeji radost pohasla a is bazni brala dopis do rukou. Vladimir, podepiraje zdrayou rukou ruku churavou, chodil p0 svenici. Nemohl se zbaviti ptedstavy statku. Celt' jeho rat si ye syYch ptedstavach vykouzlil, jako by byl zeleni zatopen a jako by kvety byl obklopen. Tarn by byl raj, tam by se tenou pracoval, pfieinoval• se a kladl za,klady k• At'astne budoucnosti. Zde nikdy netdomacni, zde nikdy Stesti nedojde, zde sve kosti nesloti. Pravda, tekl tit nekolikrate, to se vrati, a jeho tchan nic nenamital, nad- • hazuje pouze, to napied v S. . e zvelebi a at on, Terner, bude cititi Unavu, potom tieba cam pitjde odtud. Netajil se tiro, te take sam WW1 pa rodne domovine, neopominul vSak nikdy ptipojiti, zde te bohatstvi lope roste a s vetSimi penezi Ze se take ye stare vlasti lope tije.

Bude ho asi zrazovati a on nemate pro ti jeho vitli nic poeitit. Vtclyt' zalotil jeho existenci a od poeatku byl mu jako pravy otec vZdycky radou i pomoci po boku. Ale' zatim nekdo statek koupi a tako potom. zis•ka nee° podobneho. Tetka nalada na neho padala, VSechno ostatni s jeho mysli zmizelo a zustala pouze mueiva touha po rnajetku tam daleko, odtud ho nelaska tenina vypudila.

"Ty bys rad to koupil, Cc?" ozvala se Tereza blitic se In nemu. lelmi rad," pi i vedcil s hlubok'm povzdechem. "Pfedstav si, te bychom byli znamem kraji, to bychom inn pole, lesy, pilu, use, co nas teSi a eemu rozumirne. Nebyla by to rozkoS? Nebyli bychom tam Wa•stni?"

"Snad byli, ale nevim, co tomu fekne strYc. Toho nesmime opustiti."

"OvSem, toho nesmime opustiti a neopustime. Kdyby main rozumel, jiste by souhiasil; ale posledni fl eas je takovY poclivnY, nemluvnY a ptimraeenY, te se bojim aby se i na nas nerozhneval." ) • 4 • (— Prvni siikarna v Allritirii. -- V Tirane zfidili prvni moderni sirkarnu s yYrobni kapacitou dvaceti tisic krabieek denne.

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Show Life and Spark Last winter I saw something in downtown which stuck in my mind. Often I thought of it because it has a hearing on the way we run our own business— no matter what kind of business.

It was on a cold grey afternoon, with the clouds seemingly wrapped around the Gulf and the Esperson buildings, two tallest buildings in Houston. People were hurrying home from work.

Huddled in a niche of a building on the street corner a man of perhaps 55 years of age stood with a batch of newspapers under his arm, both hands in his pockets. He locked like an old office clerk down on his luck. From time to time he would say, almost as though he were talking to himself, "Paper?" "Paper?"

He made no sale as I passed by, and waited for the traffic light to change, and I doubt if his total for the day would compare favorably with the business done by the modern metal racks, where you drop in your nickel and take your own paper. When I looked back from the opposite side cf the street, he stood in the same place as before.

One . block to the right there was another news peddler, and it was the contrast that drew my attention. A boy of about 15, he was keeping warm by sheer attention to his business. With a stack cf papers—the same evening newspaper—under his left arm, his right hand held a single copy and he was threshing it about as though trying to make his arm come off. Dodging in and out among the people rushing for busses, he was screaming at the top of his voice, "Ridd all aboud-d did: Stock mocket blah, blah, blah. Getcha even papwa: Final `dition.' Papwa, mister?"

I stood there a few minutes waiting for my bus. I don't have any way to prove it, but I would venture to state that he sold at least five papers to every one that his quiet competitor at the other corner sold. Both these news salesmen had exactly the same news to sell, the same edition of the same paper. But one was dull, depressed, unimaginative, just hoping to have a luck, just 'Making a living. The other was

excited, virile, aggressive, alert, keeping warm with enthusiasm.

What a lesson! Whether we are selling newspapers, houses, or life insurance, there is no substitute for this quality cf pride, enthusiasm, excitement. Just picture these two news salesmen ta be working for your local lodge, say soliciting new members, selling life insurance. You can see the old office man knocking softly on your door and saying, almost apologetically, "I guess you have heard that the local SPJST lodge is conducting a drive' for new members, but you are not interested, are you?" While the youngster would almost run up the steps, push the bell confidently, and with a broad smile, when the door was opened, he would tap his sales kit smartly, and say with excitement ringing in his voice, "Mister, do you know what I've got here for you?"

The gospel of fraternal insurance is as wonderful today as it was when the old pioneers came together and talked about co-operative self-reliance. It is just as vital to your neighbor today as it was to the isolated settlers fifty years ago, even more so. It is the same chance given to a man to help himself; to build a sense of independence; to save money and save it systematically; to save his, family from want, embarrassment and charity.

Don't let your lodge gb down to the level of indifference where you would be talking -only to yourself. Don't let it stay down on the level of dues collecting. Your lodge was organized for a higher purpose. Lift it up. Hold it high. Show your pride. Bring it back to its former alertness, enthusiasm.

And if you've lost the contact with reality as to what your lodge should stand for,. visit your sick member in a hospital, or go and see some orphaned children, or talk to a widow. That will give you a new slant on the value of your lodge, a new appreciation of what the SPJST is offering. That's worth to get excited about.

It won't hurt to add a postcript right here. There is a new lodge in Bell County, named Temple Lodge no. 416. Yes, the i • number is correct. The SPJST does not have that many lodges, so it mifst be another Czech organization. It was reported to have started with 40 members.

Say, aren't we like the old news peddler, just talking to ourselves? ) • 4►

The Joy of Easter Easter is here again, the season of joy, of hope, and of faith. Easter is a da y cf deep significance to Christians and non-Christian alike. The long winter months have faded like shadows into the past, and spring is trailing its robe of gorgeous colors across the earths The hills are growing green, the trees are in bud. Spring brings renewal of all nature, and man, too, feels the renewal cf his hopes and aspirations.

Two thousand years ago the people trudged many a long weary mile to list en to the beautiful and inspiring words of the young Carpenter. Every •word He uttered was a challenge to the existing order of things, a challenge to replace vice by virtue, selfishness by charity, cruelty by kindness, malevolence by benevolence, enmity by brotherhood.

The spirit of Easter should come to all of us, whatever our personal belief, wherever we may be, in town or country. Easter comes to us again and again throughout our life so that our coarse, gross nature is reborn, and so that we can sense infinite stillness and eternal peace in the world of oppression, tyranny, prejudice, falsehood, and hate.

Easter comes to -us whenever we rise above the sordid things of life; whenever we fill our heart with compassion for the sorrow and hopelessnes of others whoever they may be; whenever we allow our heart, our thoughts, and our life be touched and softened by the voice of gentle winds and the wafted fragrance of blossoming flowers.

Easter comes to us when we help give the world a new philosophy of life and a new and good conception of true brotherhcod.

NOTICE! If you report your Lodge activities in English, be sure to send it at least one week before the date of issue in which you wish to have it directly to: Associate Editor, 6402 Prague Street, Houston 7, Texas.

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Words ThatWork It isn't only the Vestmk that tells our organizers about their business. Every respectable insurance company has one, two, or more publications for the benefit of its employees, and a special pamphlet ever so often for the salesmen exclusively.

Here is a reprint of one of those pamphlets. If you change the words "policy" and "salesman" to "certificate" and "organizer," the remainder of the pamphlet fits our solicitors like a glove.

Read it.

Sonie of the smallest, simplest words can influence the prospect's thinking in the right direction. Take for instance the two words IF and WHICH. The salesman who says, "If you like this policy ..." is planting the seed of doubt.

The salesman who says, "Which policy looks best?" is making it easy for a man to say, "This one."

Another power word in selling is LET'S. It is a cooperative word — a "you and I together" word. "Let's see why you will get more protection for your money under this plan." Notice how much more acceptable your point is then when you make a dogmatic statement, "You will get more protection because. . . ."

Consider the word HOW. I heard a salesman ,,ay the other day, "Let me show you how this will save you money."

It is a word that arouses curiosity — you wont to hear the rest.

Another magic word is TRUTH. "The truth of the matter is. . . :' Most people feel an instinctive respect for the truth.

It's a word that catches their attention.

And in the close, beware the words, "Sign here." They sound legal, formal — and therefore ominous. Instead, try this: "Mr. Prospect, would you look this over, and if it is correct put your name on the line just above my name." )o

Redouble Your Efforts Nobody cares for exhortation and strong iti',4111Y,.

On the other hand, your 'associate . editor is duty bound to remind the SPJST members that we sometimes fail to grasp fully the importance of constant desire for growth.

Up to now, no direct or indirect re port roached me as to the net gain in mere bership for 1949. Probably those who attended the district meeting at Sea weee given some inkling about the membership growth of the SPJST, Iy -re,,./wctivf: of what the gain has been in 1949, we should redouble our efforts so that the future gain would be mum:

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noticeable. We should particularly ap-1 pital for a while, where she could have peal to those lodges who, for one reason complete rest and quiet. Everybody is or another, have not succeeded in get-1 fond of 'Aunt Minnie, she was always doing something for her family and ting new members recently.

There were, however, already very! friends. Now is the time for them to do promising indications that some lodges! something , for her. No chance that have taken a lead. Thus, two lodges in Aunt Minnie is going. to lie there Lavaca County reported expansion and, neglected, no sir! So brothers, sisters, added activity. Lodge San Antonio is nieces, nephews and cousins, with their planning to build a new home, which families and neighbors, rally around her. naturally means new members. Other They visit, gossip, joke, commiserate, lodges are beginning to stir up. Those discuss her condition and similar cases they have known — anything to divert are good and encouraging signs.

Again, if your lodge is not very active, her and cheer her up. If children are it is something of a miracle to get some- not forbidden in hospital rooms, they one to join yotir ledge. It simply does bring the children in to see her, too — not work that way. I am not one of Aunt Minnie was always fond of chilthose who believe that you lodge must dren — and the youngsters charge have a three-ring circus to get new about, examining things on the bedside members. Yet, if your hall is un- table, asking questions, wanting a drink, painted, the grass around it two feet having to go to the bathroom, and,-so high, and the attendance is averaging on. Even if Aunt Minnie doesn't live about seven members every three through it all, they meant well! months, there is a slim chance for your The only safe and considerate prolodge to secure a new member. No car cedure in calling upon some friend, acsalesman would come with an old model quaintance, or a member of the SPJST, to sell a new car. No solicitor, no 'or- either at home or in a hospital, is to ganizer will do you any good if you have ask a close relative of the patient when nothing to offer. it would be advisable for you to •come, What you need is an invitation to the if at all. If you are assured that the neighboring lodges to visit you, and patient would be comforted by a call later to repay their visit. Or start it from you, then make it, by all means— the other way. but don't stay too long. If you can There is that habit of getting in a rut, detect any hesitancy at all to your and making it deeper and deeper. It question about your visit, stay away. takes an effort to get out. Occasion- There are more delicate means of showally, a push or a pull from a passerby ing your sympathy than by barging comes mighty' welcome. For that rea- unwanted into a sick room. If you son, this idea of mutual visit in district can't think of some small service for meets should be used more effectively to the patient, there are always cards, give the smaller lodges the kind of as- notes, or flowers that ma y be sent. sistance they need.

The patient will either enjoy them if 4, ) he or she is able, or can ignore if too ill.

Our local lodges Should be careful about sending visiting committee into a Visitors are a constant and persistent sick room. Flowers always, but comhospital nuisance — I almost said mittees—never. ) "scourge" — in spite of the great variety of plans that have been tried to keep them weeded out. It is a shameful fact, but I have heard doctors say that they expect their sickest patients to be worse on Sunday night, after the influx of (By Harry Botsford ■ Sunday callers. Doctors are always People instinctively lilted and reloath to make a hospital call during visiting hours. Getting through the spected this handsome man. Of medivisiting mobs in the hallways and on the mu height, eyes black and expressive, stairs is like elbowing one's way through his hair was always carefully brushed the crowd at a carnival or amusement and his black moustache groomed with equal care. It was his full, rich voice, however, that most people remembered. 'act, hospital visiting on Sunday afternoons takes on many aspects of an That, and his little acts of kindness.

He came to Franklin, Pennsylvania, in outing. After a picnic dinner in the park, it isn't at all difficult to work up 1864. Franklin, at that time, was an oil quite a crowd to drop in on Aunt Minnie boom town, filled with derricks. Forwho has just had a stroke. It was just tunes were being made and lost in the a light stroke, the doctor said, but he proverbial tv,, inkling of an eye. The thought it best for her to go to the hos- city was crowded; hotels were filled; the

Hospital Visiting

History's Man of Mystery

Ve sttedu, dne 5. dubna 1950. streets were lanes of deep mud, flanked by busy stores built with "false fronts."

The sidewalks were thonged with men in fine broadcloth, oil men spotted with grease, men who strolled along apparently without a care, men weary from long hours of hard work. Gamblers, promoters, farmers, supply people, real estate dealers, housewives and sightseers all mingled together.

Down this street strolled the stranger.

Men and women of all walks of life turned to look: there was something distinguished about his easy stride and his casual air.

Of one bystander he politely inquired the way to the office of Joseph H. Simonds, real estate dealer and oil producer.

Simonds greeted him joyfully. "John, I'm delighted to see you! Have you accepted my invitation to settle down and be an oil man?"

The impressive stranger seated himself easily, lighted a thin brown Havana cigar. "That depends," he said with a smile. "I haven't much money. My profession is not too highly paid. But I have persuaded three friends to invest some money in the oil business, if I approve. Between us we have $5,000. I suppose that seems a pretty small sum to you oil men accustomed to thinking in millions?"

Simonds smiled. "John, not all oil business is conducted in millions. Matter of fact, there have been successful properties developed on very modest sums. Let's get you settled, however, before we start to talk business."

The stranger rented rooms at the home of Mrs. Sarah Webber, who immediately liked his neat, polite and unobtrusive manner. He furnished his rooms with good pieces, hung fine paintings, and received express shipments of good books. His closets were filled with expensive clothing.

In the bustle of new developments, scant attention was paid to the formation of a modest new on concern, the Dramatic Oil Company. Head of the vonture was the stranger. Simonds vas one of the partners. The new company purchased land close to town and fronting on the Allegheny River. Their first well started to produce 20 barrels a day. Two additional wells were drilled with equal success. Oil was selling at $O.87 a barrel, and 60 barrels a day meant a gross income of about $600.

By now the stranger was no longer a stranger. He paid his bills promptly, treated h i s employees generously, showed a genuine interest in his business. Socially, he was always in demand. He had suave manners seldom encountered in the oil fields: vvas a good conversationalist, a fine dancer. With older women, with elderly men, he had

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a way that was both 'courteous and deferential.

When persuaded, he would recite, however reluctantly, extracts from plays.

His voice was moving and impressive as he recreated a character from the stage.

Once he was launched into a characterization, he seemed to enjoy himself tremendously and accepted the applause of his friends calmly.

Once a group of men friends were gathered in his rooms at the Webber home. It was a stag party; the room was filled with cheerful conversation and smoke from fragrant Havanas.

Somehow the talk turned to religion, even while they avoided the two subjects which they knew their host never 'discussed—the Civil War then in progress, and politics.

Someone asked the host about his religious beliefs. "I have no settled beliefs," he admitted frankly. "Sometimes I suspect I am an unbeliever: Yet there is one part of the Bible that has always impressed me tremendously with its dignity, appeal, honesty and promise."

Standing in a corner, as though to separate himself from the others, he recited "The Sermon on the Mount."

Never from any pulpit had any member of the small audience heard it delivered with so much feeling, with greater solemnity, power and expression. He concluded in a voice that shook with emotion.

"But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."

In less than a year, the members of the group were to recall the majesty of the voice and the message it delivered; and the final passage then took on a new and draMatic finality: "and the ruin of that house was great."

At times he left Franklin for a few days, always returning in good spirits.

Yet there were times when the man Ms moody, when he walked unseeing through the streets; nights when Mrs. Webber heard him pacing ceaselessly up and down his rooms.

He was a great walker. With a friend, Bob Brigham, he tramped the hills and valleys around Franklin until miles and miles of the lush terrain became familiar ground to these boon companions. They were interested in common things: poetry, the stage, literature.

He had a temper, this strange man, a violent one when it was aroused. He soundly thrashed a husky teamster who was cruelly beating a horse. The teamster weighed 50 pounds gore than his

Straus 21 slender opponent, but he couldn't box and was savagely mauled by the taunting, smiling avenger. It was not a nice exhibition, but the crowd which witnessed the fight agreed that the teamster was badly in need of a beating.

Children adored him. Little Joe Watson, son of a neighbor of Mrs. Webber's, was one of his favorites. Every morning the lad waited for a familiar whistle.

It was a signal his friend was coming, and he would rush out and meet him.

Always there was a romp and always a story to be told.

The handsome man would sit on the steps with little Joe on his lap and spin wondrous tales that entranced the child.

The man delighted in his audience, changed his voice to fit the roles of animals, and made every tale sound real. When he returned to town after his various trips, he always- brought a present for Joe. Their daily meeting became a ritual welcomed by both—a gay, cheerful interlude of a sunny morning.

The handsome 'story-teller had many friends among prominent oil men. Women, too, were attracted to him, yet he showed no evidence of favoring one above the ethers, giving to each the same respectful, courteous, impersonal attention.

Some say he left the rooms in Mrs. Webber's house in October, 1864. Others swore on the Book that he was there early in April, 1865, among these being Mrs. Webber and several of his intimate friends.

He was cheerful and polite as always when he came downstairs carrying a small bag and informed Mrs. Webber that he would be away for a few days.

His affairs were prosperous: his bank balance was substantial; he had several business deals on the fire. He was cheerful as he boarded the train.

On the night of April 14, 1865, the town of Franklin, and the rest of the world, was shocked and stunned at the news that President Lincoln had been shot by John Wilkes Booth.

Friends in Franklin said it was simply incredible and impossible that John Wilkes Booth, gentleman and oil producer, could be the killer. Yet it was the man from Franklin who had fired the fatal shot. But why, no one could explain.

What happened to the mind of John Wilkes Booth in the year he spent in Franklin, no one will ever know. Comb all the evidence given by friends and associates and you are unable to produce any evidence that Booth planned or plotted a murder. True, he refused I to discuss the war; true, he detested political arguments. DLit many others

tli-rrm also found these highly controversial subjects distasteful.

According to the testimony of those who knew him best, he lived a normal, cheerful life. And they point to the fart that he had new ventures started evidence that the assassination was no planned or premeditated act.

'Pile enigma of John Wilkes Booth will always remain an enigma. He is reported to have said as he lay dying, "I did what I thought best." But neither the world nor the people in Franklin ever did-or ever will--understand him. ( ,

Early Detection of Diabetes . . . .

The only , reason why your editor places an article of this nature in the Vestnik is to get you interested in your own health. There are many ways to get you to a dcctor's office. Still the best way is to walk there in person smiling, either when you apply, for life insurance or go there for *a regular health checkup once a year.

All over the United , States today at least a million men, women and children are afflicted with diabetes--but don't know it.

One of these "unknown million" was a seemingly hardy citizen of Philadelphia, George K. Spelvin. At first, apparelitly minor conditions annoyed him.

For instance, he had bruised his arm one day while trying to prune a dead limb from a tree in his back yard.

Somehow, no matter what he did for the bruise, it. refused to heal; after seven or eight weeks it finally cleared up.

Then a boil appeared on the back of his neck, and when that one disappeared another cropped up shortly after. Soon he noticed that even after such a simple chore as raking leaves he. felt tired.

Stepping on the scales one evening, he found that he had lost eight pounds in the past few months.

Sinl the skeptical Mr. Spelvin felt he wasn't "sick enough" to go to a doctor.

He was the sort of citizen who shuddered at the idea of being given a -workover" by the physician—getting xrayed, fluoroscoped, cardiographed, prodded with instruments. Time enough, he told himself, when he began to feel "really sick."

Then cne day, months later, he suddenly realized that something must be actually wrong with him. He had a areal desire to drink water—lots of it and Gften, all day long, wherever he went. And, of course, he had to urinate alniost, as frequently. Moreover, he had developed a tremendous hunger; he

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seemed never l o, have e,i;-c; . 1 ;, ) eat, and he would feel an urge to munch a bar of chocolate or a handful ef nuts at all hours of the clay and night. I_t was the abnormal thirst and excessive urination which finally sent George K. Spelvin to his physician. And it didn't take long to diagnose his condition as diabetes-but by that time the disease was in such an advanced stage that for the rest of Mr. Spelvin's life be will be compelled to take injections of Mullin.

As with cancer, tuberculosis, polio and other great scourges, it is extremely important that diabetes should' be detected EARLY, while_ it is still in a mild form eaug,lit' socfn en sugh, certain cases may be controlled merely by diet and exercise (and complications prevented or postponed) after a reasonably normal blend sugar is established. ' But how can any lay person realize that he has a beginning case of diabetes when none of the obvious severe symptoms (such as unusual thirst and urination) appears? The good news is that at last simple, inexpensive, home tests have been made available to everyone. Both the American Medical Association and the American Diabetes Association favor their sale to the lay public. All you have to do now is to walk into almost any drugstore, ask for a self-test for diabetes, take the little package home and in a short time you'll know, whether or not you should consult your physician.

One simple self-test consists of a chemical tablet, a small test-tube and a dropper. The whole procedure can be performed in less than one minute.

If George K. Spelvin had made such a test when he discovered his bruise was slow to heal, this is how he would have checked on himself: A couple of hours after a meal which included potatoes, bread, sweet desert and similar starches, he'd collect a urine sample in a clean container and place five drops of it. in the test tube, adding twice this amount of water. Dropping a tablet into the tube, he would notice a change in color.

If it turned blue, the reading was negative; that is, there was no sugar in his urine. If it turned any ether color— tan, orange, brown—the reading was positive; sugar was present, the signal for him to see his doctor promptly. (A second tablet is provided in the package in case of doubt, particularly if the reading shows green.)

Remember that such a self-test does NOT diagnose diabetes itself. Its only purpose is to detect sugar (glucose).

Nor does the presence of sugar in urine necessarily signify that a person has diabetes. Only a physician can definitely determine WHY sugar is present.

Precisely what 'IS diabetes? D r.

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Charles ii. Best, a co-diseoveret of the life-giving insulin, calls it "a disturbance of carbohydrate, fat and portein metabolism clue to an imbalance of the glands of internal secretion." More simply phrased, it is the loss of ability to make full use of certain feeds; a diabetic can't convert starches and sugar into energy the way normal people can.

The disease occurs much more frequently in women than in men; beyond the age of 40, twice as many women are affected as are men. Medically treated diabetics can live relatively "normal" lives—and life expectancy for them is constantly increasing. At the age of 30, a diabetic today can expect to live to be at least 60. In 1925, he could expect to survive only until the age of 46.

Intelligent diabetics who arc well treated carry on their lives as effectively as others. They simply have to pay special attention to their health.

Most of them hold their jobs, lose little time because of their illness. In fact, for diabetics—as for others—work is good medicine.

Diabetes is eighth among the causes of death in the United States. The reason: too many diabetics never discover what ails them until too late.

While the general picture of the diabetic seems to be gloomy, medical science is now embarking on a new era in diabetes research.

But until science discovers all the answers, the best attack -on the disease now is early detection—either through a regular health examination by your doctor or an annual self-test in your own home. A few minutes thus spent may well pay dividends in future health.

• " • ( AN OMINOUS DREAM A few days before hiS assassination, Abraham Lincoln told his friend, Ward Hill Lannon, and Mrs. Lincoln, of a dream he had had. "I went from room to room of the White House and no living person was in sight, but the sound of sobbing met me as I passed along, until I entered the East Room. There before me was a catafalque on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping. " 'Who is dead in the White House?'

I ' demanded of one of the soldiers. "'The President,' he answered. 'He was killed by an assassin!'

"Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd, which woke me. I slept no more that night, and though it was only a dream, I have been strangely annoyed by it ever since."

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America Grea (Part Two) "As I have just mentioned," contined Dad in his explanation of the American economic system, "we started to make the things we needed faster and at lower cost in three ways.

"First, we developed new kind of power. What I mean is' this: In the early days, men and animals did most of our work. We even used the wind to run' our machines.

"Then we began to use water power to turn millstones and run looms. But in some places no water power was to be had.

"We needed something better. Our inventors and business men kept testing and trying. They knew there would be big rewards in our free market for reliable power that could be used anywhere.

"At last we had it. James Watt, an ingenious Scotsman, invented an engine driven by steam from water heated by burning coal.

"Later still Americans developed engines run by gasoline and electricity.

Now we're looking for ways to use atomic power.

"Today we use nearly 29 times as much power as We did a century ago.

Even in 1900, half the work in America was still. done by sweating, straining men and animals.

"Today, the horse has nearly, vanished from our streets. Animals supply only 2 percent of our work energy, men only 4 percent. Power driven machines had taken over 94 percent of the burden.

"Year after year, more and more power has been used to run our machines. The cheaper that power is to be had, the more we can use it, and the greater is our production each hour.

"Second, we invented and used new machines.

"Take' the case of Samuel 'Slater. He was' a young Englishman, just twentyone. He had read that the Pennsylvania Legidatare had authorized a society for encouragement of manufactures, and had given $500 to a than who bad built a carding machine. Carding is the process of laying the fibers of cotton, wool or hemp parallel,, without which later twisting and spinning cannot give a smooth or strong yarn.

"Slater did not reveal his plans to anyone, not even to his mother. The people cf America were just set free to shape their own destiny. It was only a few years after the Revolution.

"Slater reached New York and from there he came to Pawtucket, Rhode Is-

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land. There' he' Pro-posed to pea Orin a production, distribution, and cOhsumpmiracle—to make machinery that would tion put together is called economic spin good yarn. He had built a factory system. So the American economic completed with machinery out of his system was glowing, was getting bigger head. Fractions of inches in diameter and better. But we still have to menof cylinders, precisely the right relative tion another thing whiCh helped us speeds of rollers, accurate gears—and make what we needed faster and IA-len all this was done, he must spend cheaper."

"Was it better schools?" asked Junior. hours each morning cutting ice from "You've got pretty close to it, if you the frozen water wheel to make his facmean more learning. Yes, you've got it tory run.

"Slater was the father of American almost right.

"We have made what we needed fastmanufactures.

"Nine years later, in 1799, Eli Whit- er and cheaper three ways—now power. ney invented the cotton gin that did 50 new machinery, and more skill on our men's work. Not only that, he made jobs.

"Yes, we've learned more how to do history with an order for muskets. The government wds preparing for war with things, and that made us better and France. Whitney was to make ten better workers—no matter what our thousand muskets in two years. At the jobs.

"New power—new machines—and conend of the first year, only five hundred were ready. In those days, each part stantly increased skill of both manhad to be individually fitted to the agers and workers began, to turn scarce others. Whitney had been wasting one things into plentiful."

"But don't machines take away jobs?" year to make machines which turned out locks, barrels, and so on, all precisely Sis inquired.

"It does look like some hand-worker alike. Whitney spent almost one year to build machines which made parts so lose out to the machines. But that is accurate that no gunsmith could imitate only for a while.

"For instance, a million jobs in horse with the old crude methods. At the beginning of the second year, Whitney and buggy business have been replaced was ready to go into production, and by some seven million new jobs in making, selling and servicing automobiles. he was completely successful.

"Today there are more people just "His neighbor, Eli Terry, who was making clocks, started to make clocks making, just building, machines than on the same principle. With all the were engaged in all manufacturing of laborious fitting eliminated, he found all kinds a hundred years ago.

"Coming back to your question as to that he could sell clocks for $10 apiece instead of the regular $25. In three what we mean by the American eco nomic system—we could say that it is years, he and his partner sold 5000.

"Pins had long been made by hand, anything and everything put tOgether selling as high as 20 cents each. Then which helps us to turn out more work a. than in COnnecticut perfected a ma- with less sweat and strain for the enchine that made two million pins a joyment of all. Little by little, we are learning how to solve many big probweek.

"Down through the years, Americans lems. We still have a long Way to go invented hundreds of thousands •of before we can give everybody a good job, a decent living and a feeling of work-saving machines.

"Of course, it takes money to make Security, and we ought to do it even and install those new, labor-saving ma better in future than we did it in the chines in factories, more money than past.

"In America we have won freedom any one man could afford. A single machine operated' by one worker often and now we are winning economic costs thousands of dollars. So the security. But freedom and economic owner took in many partners, thrifty security must grow together."

"I thought that you could explain the men and women who received stock in exchange for their money. All these American economic system in a few partners joined to form a company ' words," interrupted Junior with a look of disaPpointment. which they owned together.

"No, you cannot. When you get older "With new kinds of power, new worksaving machines, and new way of fi- you'll study the American economic hisnancing them, the American economic tory. It won't be the history of the system was on the march. presidents, the dates of battles, the im"As I told you before, economics is portant events, but it'll be the history the study of how men satisfy their hu- of the little men and women, how they man wants, how they make food, cloth- earned their bread with the sweat of p. raise crops, drive tractors, and their brew, how they used land, labor, everything which is done to satisfy hu- 1 tools, machines, ideas, inventions, or man desires and needs; and all this combination of all of these. And you'll

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learn something about the captains of only to turn and blink at me, as much ging the wire. That may bring hysitictustry, and you may understand that as to say "how dare you," and back it ,terics, I thought. No sooner thought I he low-down, stinking, dollar-chasing came, literally flying through my legs to 'than the door opened and a lady walked rich man was not such a bad character the back of the place among the same in. Leaving my pet for the moment. I went to wait on her. after all; he worked 18 hours a day and boxes and cans. died at 50, so that you could enjoy some A gain I let it stay thinking maybe It would happen that she wanted to of the good things of life, so that the this time it, has learned of my displeas- wait, and during the conversation I had posterity would profit. That's why we tire at its close proximity and would nearly forgot about my pet. She have Carnegie. Foundation, Rockefeller finally stay in hiding. Not so, however. started toward the divan when I stopFoundation, Smithsonian Institute, No- Two days later 1 was busy at some ruch ped her in time, explaining:, excitedly, I re Dame and Chicago Universities. All work when I espied it on the mesh wire I had to move my pet first. those things you'll learn when you study on the side of the counter which sepa"Oh my goodness, a lizard! she cried, the American economic system. You'll rates the work department from sales and backed toward the door and stayed en better understand what gives us, and waiting room. outside while I unceremoniously WhiskEvery time I saw it it gave me a start, broomed it to the back where it disapAn rericans, our strength and prosperity." but being on the other side of the mesh, peared in the usual hideout. That was • .T. • ( this time, was just a mild surprise. I close, I had nearly lost a customer and stood there looking not knowing what before she would be seated I had to to do about it. One thing seemed cer- move the furniture around.

(Sylvester C. Bundil) lain, it wanted company, wanting to be For a while I wasn't bothered until I have an unusual pet which up to near me where I work, not realizing one noon I went to wash up preparatory date I haven't yet touched with my fin- what a nuisance it had developed to be. to going to lunch. I was in the motion gers. Not that I haven't tried but some- It came to me that it had something of turning on the hydrant when I was what with reluctance I made several in common with the human being, for scared out of my wits, for sprawled on attempts to do so, but just as I thought all of us have had periods in our lives top was my unpredictable pet contented I would touch it, it was gone --- that when we craved companionship. I have as yeu please. Naturally, my first imfelt at times I didn't have a friend in quick. pends on how one pulse was to jerk my hand away just The principal of our school came into the world. It d e as one would by unexpectedly having my place the other day and I invited feels. For instance, during the Christ- one's hand in the fire. Automatically, I mas week one cloudy day, I sat thinking him to take a look-see at my pet and away hitting my head against guest for the past three months which about the set of circumstances which backed the corner of my emergency medicine no amount of coaxing would oust the brought about a feeling of everything cabinet. That was the straw which crearure out of my trash can containing going wrong when in fact nothing more broke the camel's back. In my rage I a bit of waste paper. I gave him this serious than a case of indigestion. stilled the life of the little creature.

Nevertheless, I had the willies. But just account of my experiences: Every winter after that one shows up, Thinking perhaps the can was too then the door opened and a little old never looking the same as the preyiotis slippery and tall I reclined it at an angle lady stepped in. year but, unlike the first one, the preswhich would be easy for it to get out. I got up to attend to her wishes when ent one stays in the back, not venturing I needed the can very badly but I do not she said, "I didn't want anything, I just to the front to pester me. In fact this disturb it now for fear that I may have stopped to wish you a merry, merry one as far as I know does not leave the the- same experience which happened Christmas." Coining from someone not trash can which I sacrifice for its use close to you but a loyal customer, my about eight winters ago. feeling of depression took wings. In while I resort to a pasteboard box which At that time the same species as the stead of the willies I was inspired with the pickup men don't like. Having been present pet but much larger insisted on spreading the Christmas cheer to others there for three months I wonder how it pestering me with its presence whether just as her good will had brought it to lives, for it seems to do nothing but I liked it or not. Not inclined to killing me. When I least expected it, I found sleep. anything which appears not dangerous some one having the feelings proper to ddhrd amhew hhenrrhal Lately, I have noticed that my unwelI at first tried to shoo it out the back man, dispensing the idea that "every door but. it would only go as far as the dark cloud has a silver lining. When we corned guests, the cockroaches, have door then turn and acurry among some say, we haven't a friend in the world mysteriously disappeared. T h e diccans and empty boxes which for some we don't mean it. Getting back to my tionary defines acockroach as a black reason or other are always there. pet as its four feet sprawled the mesh beetle, and on the other hand it is an What could I do but let it stay or wire, contented as a -purring kitten, its insect, A tree lizard lives on insects so either kill it and I didn't want to do eyes closed, I had a feeling of compas- I am wondering whether or not my pet that. It was cold outside and I didn't sicn. Taking a dust pan from under is doing me a valuable service by deblame it much for wanting to hibernate the counter thinking, perhaps, that in vouring the pests or scaring them to in a warm place. But later I found it its lazy condition I could coax it to stay death. However I have not found any on my counter where I work, and need- on the pan, long enough to carry it to of them lying around. less to say when one reaches for his the back end. But not so. Just as I tools and sees a snakey-like creature at was about to touch it, it moved away NOTICE! such short distance without warning it with such rapidity it was amazing— scares the daylights out of you. I just about a foot.

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I knew then that such procedure ould be sent directly to: Some minutes I was busy propelling it wouldn't work. I had a mind to let it Associate Editor, from the counter with a whisk broom stay, but on second thought that would 6402 Prague Street, which was handy at the time, With not do. What if someone came, maybe Houston 7, Texas. very much reluctance to leave my preS- a lady, wanted to sit down in the divan ence I finally got it out the front door just below where it was and saw it hug-

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LETTERS LODGE STEFANIK NO. 142 Dear Deadens of Vestnik: On Easter Sunday April 9, you are invited to spend the afternoon at Lodge Stefanik 142. An Easter egg hunt will be held for the kiddies at 3 p.m. You can play Bingo from 4 to 6 p.m. loyely prizes have been promised from Sisters Cykala, Filipek, Vaja, Reid, Kunetka and Ward. You will again have a chance in winning the beautiful crochet flowers that Mrs. Becan makes.

Now, I'll let you in on a surprise. This year the young folks will stage a style show. Naturally in their Easter outfits.

The applause of the audience will judge the prettiest cne. This show will start at 7 p.m.

Last, but not least is; Bro. Valcik will show a Czech talking moving picture that will last two hours, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p. m.

A very interesting part 'of the film is the Czech Day celebration held in Fayetteville last summer.

It is the first time this picture is being shown. Also Mrs. Dvorak's collection of crochet work and collections of other Czech women in Texa g. If you are not familiar with the University of Houston, then this is your chance to get acquainted with the activities of this Institute of higher education. Let's hope we will see pictures of the Czech class from the University admission to this show is 50c per person.

So you see, dear friends, the afternoon is packed with entertainment for young and old, and I'm sure if you come you will enjoy every minute.

Fraternally, Mary Chupik. )•4•C

Miss Dvorak's Excellent Performance About a month ago an article was published in the English Section of the Vestnik informing that Miss Elsie Dvorak, of Houston, was to sing one of the leading parts in Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro." The opera was presented by the Department of Drama and the College of Fine Arts of the University of Texas, in Austin.

Being interested in the success of the opera, I wrote to one of the students at the University of Texas asking him to send me a report or a newspaper clipping relative to the performance. The report was delayed—and - nobody can blame a student who has plenty of other things on his mind—and I gladly reprint, in part, what THE DAILY TEXAN

VASTNIK WEST, TEXAS reported. The clipping, among other things, stated: "Probably the most generous share of the night's applause was rightly awarded to Elsie Dvorak for her interpretation of the ethereally beautiful Dove sono in the third act, where the Countess Almaviva (played by Miss Dvorak) in tender sorrow\is lamenting her husband's infidelity.

"The Dove sono gave the audience the unique opportunity of comparing University talent with a lately departed professional who interpreted the same work."

The clipping from THE DAILY .1.EXAN, a student newspaper of the University of Texas, has a good deal more to say about the opera, naturally describing the performances of the other singers.

In explaining the reference to "a lately departed professional," we have to control our itching typewriter and discretely refrain from mentioning the professional singer's name, except that she is nationally known.

A year ago, Miss Dvorak sang two beautiful Czech songs in the hall of Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 when Dr. Rcucek was lecturing there, and I was fortunate . to record her singing on my wire recorder. Those two songs will some day enliven a program somewhere. ) BEYOND THE VEIL OF LIFE— After an exhausting day with patients, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, famous Philadelphia neurologist, had retired to rest. He was awakened by the violent ringing of his front door bell, and at the door found a little girl, thinly clad, and plainly in distress. "My .mother is very sick, sir," she said "Won't you come, please?"

The night was cold, with snow whirling before a bitter wind. Dr. Mitchell was very tired; he expostulated with the child, but something in the way the little messenger spoke made him relent.

He dressed and followed her.

Finding the mother very ill with pneumonia, the doctor arranged for proper medical care. Later he complimented the sick woman on the intelligence and persistence of her little daughter,.

"But my daughter died a month ago!" cried the woman weakly. "Her shoes and shawl are in that cupboard."

Dr. Mitchell, amazed and perplexed, opened the cupboard door, and saw the exact garments worn by the little girl who had brought him thither. They were warm, and could not possibly have been out in that wintry night.

—Adventures of a Naturalist

Fayetteville, Texas April 1, 1950 Dear Brothers and Sisters: You are hereby advised that during the month of March, 1950, the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, has paid death benefits due by virtue of certificates issued to the following, deceased, brothers and sisters, to-wit: Death Claim No. 4761. Brother Fred D. Labay, farmer and carpenter, member of Lodge Slavie, No. 144, died on February 24, 1950, at age 57. He was admitted into the Order on May 7, 1916.

Certificate No. A-3508 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 4762. Sister Alvina Matejka, housewife, member of Lodge Novy Tabor, No. 17, died on February 26, 1950, at age 86. She was admitted into the Order on July 9, 1905. Certificate No. A-9016 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 4763. Brother Bohumil J. Beran, merchant-garage man, member of Lodge Vernost, No. 51, died on March 4, 1950, at age 40. He was admitted into the Order on "June 26, 1940. Certificate No. A-5662 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 4764. Brother Anton Hrna, retired carpenter, member of Lodge Woodrow Wilson No. 146, died on February 8, 1950, at age 61. He was admitted into the Order on August 5, 1923. Certificate No. A-8871 for $1,1 000.00.

Death Claim No. 4765. Brother Josef Novosad, retired, member of Lodge Kc.mensky, No. 20, died on March 3, 1950, at age 78. He was admitted into the Order on Decemebr 9, 1906. Certificate No. A-2472 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 4766: Sister Julia Mucha, housewife, member of Lodge Novy Tabor, No. 17, died on February 20, 1950, at age 69. She was admitted into the Order on May 12, 1901. Certificate No. A-10163 for $500.00.

Death Claim No. 4767. Brother John Kappa, retired farmer, member of Lodge Ruzovy Dvur, No. 89, died on February 20, 1950, at age 78. He was admitted into the Order on November 11, 1903. Certificate No. Paid-Up-599 for $69.00.

Death Claim No. 4768. Brother Anton Seidl, retired, member of Lodge Cechoslovan, No. 40, died on March 7, 1950, at age 73. He was admitted into the

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Order on October 2, 1904. Certificate March 14, 1950, at age 68. He was ad- In order to pay off a part of his debt, he No. A-3115 for $1,000.00. a' I mated into the Order on May 25, 1905. was, obliged to sell his entire library "a precious collection of friends" he had Claim No 47 6 9. Brother Navel Certificate No. A-4571 for $1,000.00.

To the bereaved relatives of our de- accumulated during a lifetime of exO l :owski. marble cutter, member of Lodge Pokrok Dallas, No. 84, died on ceased Brothers and Sisters, the Su- tensive travel and diversified studies picnic Lodge, S.P.J S.T. expresses its and interests.

March 5, 1950, ar age 58. He was ad But this was not the end or his trou'led into tile Order on October 19.

0. heartfelt sympathy. bles. When he was past 80, he found Certificate No. C-332 for $1,000.00.

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Secretary Supreme Lodge. himself face to face with the prospect Death Claim No. 4170. Brother Matej ciing turned out , of doors. He was l'razak, retired farmer, member of ) 4, 4r s obli d to sell his estate in a lottery in Lodge Pokrok Deanville; No. 120, died THE U. S. PRESIDENT WHO WENT erdr to save his "home in Monticello on March 6, 1950, at age 80. He was BROKE to lay my head in, and a •lot of land admitted into the Order on May 12, for my burial."

1912,. Certificate No. A-11008 for $500.00.

History is full of examples of ou And yet, in spite of the loss of his Death Claim No. 4771. Brother Vinas f 'standing achievements of men who weri G. Harkins, salesman, meMber of Lodge born in povert3P and acquired immense ortune, he never lost the tranquility of his mind. He devoted his declining Praha, No. 29, died on March 9, 1950, at wealth. Here is an inspiring story years to farming, philosophy, science, age 37. He was admitted into the Or- a man who had money, 40,004 acres der on December 21, 1942. Certificates land, 135 slaves, lost it all, but never let art, music, literature, religion -- and Ncs. C-6918 for $1,000.00 and C-6749 for it disturb his peace of mind. He was above all to education. Fur "education, $1,000.00. the third President of the United States. the ploughing and the planting of huDeath Claim No. 4'7'72. Brother Wm. Thomas Jefferson, whose birthday man thought, produces the universay J. Mikeska, hatchery operator, member falls on April 13, was born into a well- food of human progress."

The only treasures worth possessing cf Lodge Hvezda Svobody No. 87, died to-do family. He was a landed aristoon March 8, 1950, at age 61. He was crat from the very beginning. He had — as he observed -- are a head full' of admitted into the Order on August 9, plenty servants, and yet he always rose ..ncviled,9,e and a heal!, at peace with ae, world.

1908 Certificate No. A-2862 for $1,- early to build his own fire. "For what 000.00. purpose have our hands been given to Death Claim No. 4773. Brother John us if not for labor?"

Rcznovak, retired, member of Lodge Shortly after his marriage, he went Komensky; No. 20, died on March 8,, into 'politics. In those early days of the If you write your report in longhand, 1950, at , age 77. He was admitted into struggling Republic, a political career please PRINT all proper names. It is the Order on May 13, 1900. Certificate meant hard work, inadepquate pay and Unpleasant, and sometimes embarrassA-2918 for $1,000.00. neglect of one's private business. Many ing, to see your perfect report all Death Claim No. 4774. Brother John a rich statesman found himself ruined spoiled by the , carelessness of the ediV. Hutyra, merchant, member of Lodge at the end of his political career. tor to allow mistakes like misspelled Jefferson was well aware of this state names to be printed. But sometimes Jaromir, No. 54, died on February 20, 1950, at age 58. He was admitted into 'of affairs. It was with reluctance, the editor is not sure what some of the the Order on December 5, 1915. Certi- therefore, that he accepted his political names are. Then, too. what locks perflea Le Nos, A-6762 for $1000.00. and B- jobs. But he had an ideal to pursue, a fectly legible to him, may . be puzzling 1137 fur $1,000.00. duty to perform. He was anxious to the linotype operator who, naturally, Death Claim No. 4775. Brother Er, "prevent the accumulation and perpetu- cannot be acquainted with every naive, nest it. Janek, carpenter, member of ation of wealth in select families." especially the Czech ii.n-nes, Laige Jaremir, No. 54, died on February And, before Ins career was over, he When your report is written in long23, 1950, at age 30. He was admitted had succeeded in abolishing his own hand; and when you leave enough space into the Order on November 19; 1935., wealth. He went in rich, and he came between the lines and with wide mar(0 D-237 for $1000.00: 'out poor. lie retired from political life Death Claim No, 4776. Brother George — to quote his own words "with gins on both sides, the editor usually E. Harris, unemployed, member of hands as clean as they are empty." plays safe and he PRINTS the names Lodge Jam, No. 130, died on March 11, Throughout his 'public career, he had for. the guidance of the operator.

And, too, do not Write, on both sides 1950, at age 37, He was admitted into refused presents, however small. For the Order on July 1, , 1938. G.ertifi •ate he was anxious, as lie wrote in one .of 'of the paper, but use another sheet.

B-2090 for $2500.00. his letters, "to retain that conscious- That's the first rule for everything Death Claim No. 4777. Brother Frank neon of a disinterested administration which is placed in the hands of a Gbal, cabinet maker, member of Lodge of the public trusts which is e s sential to printer. ......._„) • a • ( Fort Worth, No. 154, died on March 13, perfect tranquility of mind."

1950, at age 81. He was admitted into And so he returned from the White' BROTHERS and SISTERS, we want the Order on July 9, 1911. Certificate House to his Monticello plantation _ you to have your Vestnik: When ,you and to financial ruin. Far from en- have a change in address, please send A-0632 for $1,000.00.

Death Claim No. 4778. Brother Ho- riching himself at the expense of the, your change of address to the Supreme man Konvicka, gardener, member of governnient, he had paid out of his own Lodge SPJST, Fayetteville, Texas. Don't 1.cdge S lovanska Lipa, N o. 66, died on pocket for the many social functions forget to fill it our like this: I have a new address! isvii roll 15, 1950, at age 67. He was ad- necessitated by his official duties. And rultted into the Order on December 10, his plantation, under the inefficient, NAME 1911. Certificate No. A-15328 for $1,- management of his overseers during his OLD ADDRESS LODGE 500.00.

I absence, had sunk into a deep morass lle.ath Claim No. 4779. Brother John! of red ink. He now found himself bur- NEW ADDRESS Smaistrla, ginner,. member of Lodge deflect with a debt from which he was Mail to SupreMe Lodge SPJST, lly ezdiaaty Prapor, No. 55, tied ox unable to emerge to the end of his clays. ' Fayetteville, Texas

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TEL. VA-0256 1140 ROBBIE ST. Na doptini: 20th and North Main.

Parovni objednivky jsou rychie vyilzeny.

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Oterteno po vetery a nedele dle ujednini.

kazit, proste. je dela: rada hledisek, ke kterYin rnusi Ustav aby se spot•ebiteli clostalo hocInotne zbo21, tak, jak je tacla j;.:ke ma, bSt.t i po stran cc zdravotni. KatdSi napir, vlotenY do krabice cukrovinek, je podroben nejptesnejtim skoutkam v chemicke a fysikalni laboratoii a z nejruznejtich je posleze vybran takov3i, kterY nejlepe odpcvida vtem potadavkilm.

To je ovtem jen nekolik pfikladtr z bohate vYtkumne einnosti a.stavu, 'dinnosti, o ktere vettina spotkebiteli nema, zdani, a ktera je prece pro hodnotu potravinovYch VYrobk0 tak diilezita. Ktera pak hospodyne, kupujici praviclelne sve polevkove ko •eni, si treba povtimla, te se podina na trhu objevovat nove baleni. Drive se prodavalo polevkove koreni ve znamYch pocinovanYch cbalech. Dnes se objevuje na trhu no y e baleni, kartonova krabieka, uvnitk vylepena, hlinikovou folk s hlinikovYin dnem a vie kern. Je uvadena na do porudeni obaloveho stave. A takovYch kladti je kada, nebot' titkolerk Ustavu je nejen pkezkoutet pcstupne vetkere poutivane cbaly v prinnyslu vYtiv, ale hledat i nove suroviny a materialy, jet by se ukazaly vhodnYmi. Slavne polky Franti g ka Mateje Hilmara do hudebnieh gkol Slavna 6eska, inuzikantska tradice je paznamenana mnoha krasnYini jmeny hudeb nick skiadatelii, kteri vyjaditvali zpevnost sveho lidu razovitYm zpUsobem tak, te Becli-ich Smetana vyslovil paniatne heslo: "V hudbe tivot 6echt." A

Strana 30 nebyli to jenom ti slavni skladatele, kteM pro nikli svSimi skladbami do celeho vzdelaneho sveta, take to bylo neseetne mnotstvi onech skromnS ch, neznamSrch oeskS ch muzikanta, kte ii pkispeli svoji uptimnou hkivnou k svetove. tradici Ceske hudby. To poznavame v cizojazyenS ch slovnicich hudby, kde je eestne misto venovano temto pro kopnikarn Ceske hucebni tradice, k nimz se sklaneli mnozi velikani e sve dobes hlukok•u actou a vyslovovali svaj nejvy'SSI obdiv jejich razovitemu dilu.

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TakovSim radostnS7m poeinem je vyciani preslulj ch polek Franti'Ska Matoje Hilmara, ktere prave vydal v znamenite aprave hudebni pedagog a ueitel Vaclav Kolak v Orbisu.

Je zde 16 krasnVch Hil marovSich polek, z nicht katcla sama o so,je osobitSrm kvetem staroeeske hudby, ktera ziskala pozornost ce leho sveta. Hilmarovy polky v podani Vaclava Kolake zasluhuji, aby byly zakazeny i do v._;ech hudebnicch Skol, jak :pro svoji melodickou svetest, tak jako nezbytnV alanek v hudebni v3ichove, kterV pkiblituje nakmu midkokeny slavne Ceske hudebni tradice a ukazuje ono zdrave Ceske musikantstvi v cele jeho Hilmarovy polky jsou vSiborne upraveny pro klavir a jiste zpasobi velikou radost jak mla0m hraCam, tak jejich ueitelam, i rodiatim pihi poslechu. je to sa r

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Hilmarovy palky oce v r. 1925 ministr prof. d. NejedlY, YznarnjenZ napsal nem dile tohoto skveleho e,eskeho kantcra volkou studii do Zivotopisu B. Smetany, ilemk" zdttraZnuje lido\ ou razovitcst Hilma,vy hudby. Ministr dr.

Zclenek NejedlY jiZ day no zdurazrioval Yznam HilmarovYch polek e vYvoji 'Ceske hud by se z laanim zi'etelem na budovatelske di lo Bedricha Smetany, jemu2 se venoval ve svYch mohutnYch studiich, je'2 vydala debni matice Umelecke besedy. Zaznamend vt'une tento krasnY nos noveho vydani Hiln-larovYch polek v prave Vaclava Kolare pro naee hudebni middi, a doporueujeme vre le jeho zaPazeni do veech hudebnich osnov jak toho slavnY CeskY l:antor Frantieek MaCO Hilmar pinym pro.vem zasluhuje.

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— Jsem prvni . ena, kterou jste polibil? zeptala se ponute sleena.

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— Mil, tak vas mohu tijistit, ty ostatni 0 nic neptiely.

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Patronat opa ske st. posilame poRou kdekoliv $14.95 nemocnice nad haviri sto vyplacene Hanu Hdw., Box a jejich rodinami 4147, Bellmead, Texas (dzc) Lekafi statni nemocnice v °pave pkeyzali patronat nad dolem 11 asaryk I v Petrkovicich. Dosud se ' a.dnY Uvedene sazby zahrnuji podill v yeviru OKD podobnYm patro- platek za uvefejneni jrnena: kannatern pochlubit. Po- didata o afad e sloupei tomto nevaq na dole Masa- aZ do voleb. $25.00 ryk I neni ani obvod- Statni *Pad 15.00 Statni Zastupce Di lekar, ani ambulan15.00 ce, budou lekari ze Okresni arady 10.00 ,ste.tni nemocnice v 0- Okresni Komisaf 7.50 pave za horniky doja- Preeinktni nrady del. Krome toho jim Vestnik byl opravnen uvetejz ch z vlastnich pro- niti nasledujiei oznameni. st.Pedkil' ambutanci s OKRES FORT BEND Lejlepeim vybavenim.

RAY OWENS Tim bude o havire zdra Za 8ER,IFA votnicky dobre postardOKRES BURLESON no. Lekaki se zaroveri ZA SERIFA zavazali, ae budou peCLEVE BATES Covat o vSechny rodin(0 znovuzvoleni) ne prislueniky haviHi.

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Slovanski Pod. Jednota Statu Texas poskytuje vYhodne zivotni pojikeni pro cclou rodinu.

Nabizi nisledujici pojiiteni: Doiivotni, 101ete, 151ete a 201ete splacene, doiivotni zaplacene v 65 letech, 15 lets a 201ete nadaeni, dvaceMete vyplacene v 65 letech a 20 lets nadaeni vyplacene y e stall. 60 let.

Pro ditky nabizi: Lhittni pojikeni, 201ete splacene, 201ete nadaeni, ;kolni pojistka hotove vyplacena v 18 letech strati.

SPJST poskytuje nisledujici 'ATSThodne dodateene ochrany za levne poplatky

Dvojnisobne pojiiteni v piipade slnrti nekastnou nahodou

Zprogteni poplatkii v piipade UpIneho a trvaleho zneschopneni ku praci.

Pojiiteni platiciho (Pavor Insurance) zaplacene pojikeni v piipade, kdy platici zneschopnen je trvale ku praci.

Ve;kere infort ►ace s radosti sdeli

Hlavni Ciad.ovna S. P. J. S. T. Fayetteville Texas ■. .10.16M011=1145.3.MION.11921,17.6

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1897 - THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER -- 1950 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (S.P.J.S.T.) A FRATERNAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING LEGAL RESERVE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES: IN THE ADULT DEPARTMENT IN THE 91.31./ENILE DEPARTMENT Ordinary Life, Life Pad-Up at age 65; 10 Terme to age 16; 20 Pay Life, two plans; pay Life; 15 Pay Life; 20 Pay Life; 15 Year Endowment 20 Year Endowment; 20 Pay Endowment at age 18 and 20 Year EndowEndowment at age 60 and Continous Premment. Payor Insurance Feature available. iii ium Endowment at age 65. Premium Waiver, Double Indemnity Feature and Sick Benefit available.

YEARS C. FAITHFUL SERVICE 53 YEARS STATEMENT — DECEMEER 31, 1949 ASSETS — $5,776.377.13; CERTIFICATES OUTSTANDING — .23,556; Insurance in Force — $21,223,790.00 For all information write t'

P. J. FAY7TTr,VILLE, TEXAS