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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, 1921 ROONik (VOL.) XXXVIII. West, Texas ye stfedu (WEDNESDAY) 12. DUBNA (APRIL) 1950 eislo 15.

T. G. MASARYK A SPOR 0 RUKOPISY

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TISKUJEME nesmirne zajimavY dopis T. G. Ma.saryka z roku 1888, 1: tery vysvetluje, z jakYch pohnutek a za jakych okolnosti zasahl mladY Masaryk tenkrat do boje o rukopisy. Dopis zaroven obsa.huje v. lapidarnim vyrazu Masarykovo kulturni a mravni vyznani viry. Prof. rr. G. Masaryk zaslal tento dopis, kdyZ byl v Moskve, polskernu slavistovi G. Grabowskernu. B. Grabowski (zemkel r. 1900) byl Zak varSayskeho profesora C. na Hlavni. Skole F. B. Kveta; stal se brzy nositelem Slovanske my§lenky v Poisku v posledni.etvrtine 19. stoleti. Hlavni svuj zajem obratil k Cechtim a Chorvatrim, s jejichZ pkednimi kulturnimi pracovniky udrZoval Bile spojeni. VYrazna, postava T. G. Masaryka nemohla ujiti jeho pozornosti a oba mi.dove za.hy se seznamili a navazali trvale styky. Grabowski, romanticky celkem chapajici slovanskou mySleriku, ba i pod dojmem informacr svych deskYch pkatel, nejednou skepticky posuzoval einnost Masarykovu. Uvedeny dopis je zaroveri obhajobbu prace Masarykovy. Dopis uvekejriujeme verne podle originalu se vSemi slohovYmi a gramatickYmi odchylkami od dne gniho psani.

Moskva 25. III. 88.

CtenY Pane Profesore, k milernu listu VaAemu odpovidam, jak vidite, z Moskvy, kam2 jsem pied nekolika dny pkijel z VarSavy. Jsem to v Rusku po druhe a studuji, abych to kratce fekl, slov. otazku, jmenovite ruskou a polskou. Co se posledniho tYka, ye Var'Save p. dr. Karlowicz, nekolik dni tak mile a laskave sluZby mne prokazal a k poznani pomerfr tolik mne pkispel, te jemu a jeho pkatelfim (p. Swietochowskemu) a j.) velice jsem zavazan. Co ze sveho pozorovani mile vyplyne, snad brzy alespori po ea.stich, v Atheneum budete eisti. — Dovolte mne ted', abych yam struene objasnil situaci a specielne ukazal na to, co mne se tYka. 0 MasarykoA4ch zaeateich v Pram Ja jsem so neprovinil Meim, prank;ina,

a pkedce jsem prondsledovan a2 do krve; jak a prod, povim timto historickYm veci vYkladem.

Byl jsem docentem Videriske university a eeska, universita, povolala mne 1882 do Prahy. (Jaky miij tehdejSi 2ivotni surer byl, poznate z me prace "Der Selbstmord" atd.) V Praze zahy jsem si zjednal oblibu; ale poznaval jsem vady jasneji, Z'e postaveni me bude velmi teZke. Prod? My jsme SPOLEeNA SCHUZE eLENSTVA BADt V OKOLI ENNIS konati se bude v nedeli 16. dubna 1950 v Narodni sini, v domove kadu Ennis, Cis. 25. v Ennis, Tex. V teto spoleene schrizi fikednici Hl. fikadoyny pkedvedou postup prace cele nati. SPJST za rok posledni a te2 pkednesou postup prace naSi Jednoty za roky pkedchazejici. Zaeatek schrize presne v 1:30 hod. odpoledne. tlakem staletym a jinymi histor. pricinami ja v'Sak pozna.val, budu musiti tak, jak i druzi, vystoupiti proti zhoubnym smertim. Mne tim vice pkipadl rikol ten, proto 2e hlavni mrij predmet je sociologie.

Nevystoupil jsem vSak nijak ptimo, nijak offensive. Pkeete-si, prosim, moji praci o Pascalovi a Brokleovi a uvidite, oC mne Slo a co jsem chtel: mravni opravdovost a ye yea vy gAi stanovisko. Napsal jsem o Brokleovi studii proto, .Ze u nas historie nejvice se pestuje, ovS'em duchem nedobrYm. Napsal jsem pak studium del basnickYch a opet nepiimo na pokieslost nagi belletrie jsem ukazal.

Z tech mYch praci, prosim, sud'te, nikoliv dle toho, co se o mne psalo a snad jeSte' pi§e ..

Vedle techto praci menSich napsal jsem Cesky "Konkretnou logiku", °pet z ni poznate totet usili. (Pau yam nemeckY preklad, proto je,Upinej§i).

Vedle toho zalo2il jsem s nekolika koley "Atheneum, abychom nejen kritisovai, ale lilavne z cizich literatur vedecke

myMenky (v referatech o dinektejSich spisech) pkinageli, 7- tot' rikol Athenea hlavne a prate diste positivni. Atheneum • ovSem me odchylne od rortlkenYch nahlecta my'Alenky udelaly mi mnoho nepfatel; kahly kritisovanY soptil na mne.

OvS'em za.roveri mel jsem i mnoho prdtel, aspori uznavajicich mou snahu: Tak staly veci do 1886 do 0nora. Byl jsem v Praze (a Slovanilm) homo novas, nestaral se o mne nikdy, t. j. mohi jsem dosti klidne pracovati.

Tu z Cista jasna prisel Spor rukopisn. ✓ Atheneum, fmor 1886 ptikl Gebauerav 1. elanek a rrifij List ke Gebauerovi. Po tom sledovaly dlanky ostatni. Prosirn. pf .eetete si veci: jsou nejen vecne zajimavy, ale i pro pomery deske velmi charakteristicke.

Na.r. Listy zaealy rukopisy hajiti a proti mne gtyali pak YSichni nespokojenci a tak jsem se stal zradcem, nihilistou, a huh vi elm, a ja nejsem nic nez elovek, kterY si pfeje, abychom svilj narodni Zivot postavili na mravni zaklad.

Jak byl Masaryk zataien do boje o rukopisy.

Abych struene vyjasnil situaci: • rukopisne otazce proprifeil jsern Atheneum byv paadan o to kollegou Kvidalou, ja sam bych nebyl proti rkprim vystoupil, ae jseih je mel za fale'Sne: Nevystoupil bych, proto 2e moje esteticke a sociologieke dfivody nejsou tak pkistupne kruinim. KclyZ vkava novinakska za(!ala — (prod, povim hned) Kvidala zaptel sve pitesvedeeni a aby se kryl, steal proti mire a mym soudruhilm a tak se stalo, ze i na universite flak. dva tabory piiide se postavily proti sobe. Zurivost t. zv. obhateft jest takkka psychosni a vy6vetlujc se jen tim, 2e nebeli a nebeZelo ruk. speru o rukopisy, ale o osoby: rukopisy staly se dverna stranam znamenim, jak ye ,Seed beZ, zorganisovati novou stranu spolesku depice a kiobouky. Boj jde hloub, o to densko literadni", kterd by zaklady naseho (Pokraeo y dni na straui-;, 4.)

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Ti:1:G y Nr.'bor — Press Committee — Pfedseda — N teto apeluje na v g'echny krajany naroCha,rman Josef Hornak, College Station, Box 125. 2 ene zemich deskoslovenskSrch, aby p1Tc . no,.. Mrs. Ant. HorAk 5007 Alcott, Dallas. Texas.

Iles. Prances Olexa. 6402 Ta gg art St. Houston. Texas. Ile a ochotne spolupracovali pri prave za— /- ajenem seitani obyvatelstva s censovirn Madam a jeho zrizenci. Je v zajmU poj. state i v zajmu naSem, aby vYsledPOSTMASTER: Send form 3579 y seitani byly co neptesneji a data o stau zeme a obyvatelstva co nejpravdivejS1 with undeliverable copies to nejspolehlive.W. Na gi krajane se proto S.P.J. S. T., Fayetteville, vlagte upozorriuji na to, aby pravdive Texas.

2 odpovedeli otazku po miste zrozeni. Na tazku: "Kde jste se narodil?", odpoveze: V Oeskoslovensku Etak odpovi ovgem narozeni ye stare viasti). Pti polledlien seitani obyvatelstva v roku 1940 i nnoho krajanti pies jasne instrukce seiaciho fitadu odpovidalo na tuto otazku TASK), — MOC KOUZELNA. hybne. Protbge se narodili ve starem RaA 7.A.sku ni:'f,o-,(?! Vftlyt' jsme nenavisti 1:ousku v dobe, kdy je gte 6eskoslovensko -w'',, pteasTeni. i.asku k salad, k vdemu, eexistovalo, odpovidali na, tuto otazku o semi sveho pirvodu: Rakousko-Uhereo>. naSeho ;Ie. Laski", ktera eisti ko!

Tak mnoho krajanil bylo chybne zajah oheh v;ecko. Jeden ke druhemu sari° rnisto za Oechoslovaky za Rakti gaco bral.r K bratru. KaZdy at' si zjisti, y nebo Uhry. Bylo to nespravne a proti „ Ze lucre vie, nez"sit; Id demo jemu. tednim pokynarn, ktere pravi, Z`e zemi Ei rand hobo? IN to pravda neni. ftvodu treba jest nvesti pod jmenem, Z e jizvn III-)' Dot gem ji k pohlazeni! terd mte nyni! Zadny kra,jan, necht' je J. F. z g iatsthdii kdekoli, nepota'ebuje se °W.I

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Ve r.tPodu, (Inn 12, dubrin 1950. vat neio.Who p ■oltozoni s“'011 lly2 svUj pavod pravilivO Vysvetlete take svym ciospelyni ditkain, aby na druhou otazku "Jako, jest vase rriatei.g ka. tee?" odpovidali: deska! Man za matetskou tee tottZ povalnje tee, ja bylo rodine mluveno v dobe easneho mlaai ditka, i kdyz toto ditko v dospelem vela poniiva, vYhradne anglietiny. Dicky mohou se zajiste ptihlasit k sve matetsV feel s hrdosti, neb jest °pet poultazat na to, jak vynika,jici Ameridane, Genova presidentova kabinetu, nej yySgiho soudu, natoti a kongresnici, spisovatele a novinati, americke kolleje a university dovedly uctit parnet velikehotechoslovaka, presidenta Ma.saryka. Bylo by -Om 7,1O, kdyby v jubilenim roce Masarykove noilinec se neptihlasil k lidu, z nehoZ' teni Amerikou tak vp'enr velikan vze gel. Americky censovni -ata,d vYslovne apeluje na v§echny v cizine narozene obeany, aby otazky po zemi sveho piivodu a matetskeho jazyka zodpovedeli pfesne a die pravdy. Vyhovte tato Zadosti a spliite svou povirmost obdanskou, jak zakon poaduje; Eli gka Krisnohorska, “Tznamna, 'eeF,kA spisovatelka je autorkou libret k SmetanovYm operam Hubieka, T'ajemstvi a Oertova stena. Krasnohorska vydala nanoho basnickYch sbirek, ale jeji vlastni literarni odkaz je nejiivej gi tam, kde je spojen s hudbou Bedticha Smetany. Jeji obsahla korespondence se Smetanou je pina pronikavYch rozboril pro souhrn libreta a operni partitury, pro dramatidnost a rovnovahu dila. Prodana, nevesta, nejnarodnefg i deska opera, kterou Bedfich Smetana zkomponoval v letech 1864-1866, je pina Srnetanovy vrouci ky k deskemu lidu. Dne 30. kvetna 1866 byla uvedena na scenu. Byla uznana celou y etejnosti hudebni, ale nechybelo ani kritikft. Mezi nimi byla i Eli gka Krasnohorska, vytrvala ochrankyne my glenkoy e a obrazove Cistoty i piivodnosti Ceskeho jazyka. Krasnohorska, mela, velkST smysl pro harmonicky souzvuk hudby a slova. Smetanovi vytYkala, Ze v Prodane neveste se vyskytuje neptesnY souhlas mezi ptizy ukem a metrikou deskeho slova a jeho hudbou. KclyZ se ji Smetana ptal, prod si ke kritice vybrala prave jeho operu, odpovedela Eliska Krasnohorska: "ProtOZe jste veliky mistr, malt' skladatel to neuzna nikdr. Tento smysl pro jazykovou spravnost Bedticha Smetanu zaujal a brzy se Krasnohorska se

Smetanou stall clobrYmi ptateli a spolupracovniky Baliky CARE do Ceskoslovenska zastaveny. Z Prahy dochazi zprava, ze vlada se

rozhodla zastavit v Oeskoslovehsku &Ltd einnost pomocne baliekove organisace CARE. 6innost jail pl'estatie letos clue 31.

Cervence. Dohoda eeshoslovenske vlacly a

Ve sttedu, dne 12. dubna 1950. touto organisaci byla pra'Zskou vladou odvolana. Oznameni toto znamena, ze amerieti krajane maji mo't'nost poslati sySim ptibuznS7m neb znamSrm Ve stare vlasti pomocnS7 balik prosttednictvim CARE do konce leto gniho Cervence. Jinak ale ka .g T bude moci po 31. Cervenci 1950 poslat-dS ptibuznSrm Ci ptateldm pomocnS, balik (potraviny, gativo, latky atd.) ze Spoj. statti neb tut° pomoc esl. vlada vY ge uvedenSrm oznamenim nezaka,zala.

SlavnS, dirigent Arturu Toscanini, ume lec svetoveho jmena a vehlasu, zaujimajici jiz po dlouhou dobu v geobecne phznavane prvni misto mezi nejvet gimi dirigenty dne gni doby, &Ail se min. btezna t. r. veku etytaosmdesati let. " Z‘ " eleznS7 Titan", "dirigent imperator" a jak je gte je zvan, dosahl na obou polokoulich, v Evrope i v Americe triumfalnich nspechu a poet, prodelal v gak i nemalo utkani umeleckSrch i dokonce politickSrch, zamestnavaje svet neustale mohutnou silou a vahou sve osobnosti. Narozen v Parme v Italii, kde take vystudoval budebni kon'servatok, vykonal pro italskou hudbu nesmirne mnoho a mnohS7 italskSi skladatel vdedi jemu za nspe gne uvedeni sveho dila doma i potom v cizine. Dtistojnost umelee a umeni dovedl hajiti i v cizine, zvlagte Nemecku, kde deinne protestoval proti zneligivani dila Rich. Wagnera k propagande nacionalisticke. Ale jinak patti italsk3'r maestro opravdu hudbe a hudebni kultute vgech narodii, ma, tu stejne blizkS7 a ptimSr vztah k hudebni tvorbe romanska, germanske i slovanske, zde zvlagte k nagi deskoslovenske. Jeho Nvotni draha probihala namnoze mimo ji2 v mladi v Buenos Aires, pak v New Yorku u Metropolitni opery, pak u tamnej gi Filharmonie, easteji pfisobil v Bayreuthu v Nemecku a velmi east° ridil slay nostni hry v Salcburku v Rakousku. Sve velikosti dosahl Toscanini ptedevgim sqm zcela ArkjimeenSrm nadanim a spolutvarei genialitou VyvolenSr mistr taktovky pronika as zazraene k sanVm kotendm kade skladby, stava se jejim mluvpravS7m interpretem, jemu2 je duch i vgechen zapis partitury svat3im jediiVm ptikazem. Tato jeho naprosta objektivnost (ptednietnost), nedovolujici 2adneho vlastniho zasahu a samovolneho pojeti nebo vSikladu dila, zaklada, prave onu svrchovanost a koneenost mistrova vYkonu a jest nejvy ggi znaekou jeho umeni. Zaptisahle, zrovna fanaticke zasveceni dilu i autoru je tu zakonem, kterST jest neoblomne v gtepovan a vyadovan i ye svefenem symfonickem neb opernim telesu. Toscanini ovlada, ka;Mou partituru zpameti jf2 od prvnich zkou gek a diri, guje vkly bez partitury, jsa k tomu neptimo nucen take sVoji kratkozrakosti, a vysilujici Cinnost ptivodila mu i povaZlive ochromeni pravice, z neho2 se vgak

VtSTN K— WEST, TEXAS zase dovedl vzpamatovati. Jeho dugevni sily jsou dosud nezdolne a vek osmdesati etyt let nezanechal u neho nejmengich znamek poklesu umelecke zdatnosti. Slavn3i Arturo Toscanini dosahl mimo umeleckVch triumfd take nspechd finanCnich a jest honorovan za dirigovani koncertil znamenite. Narodni rozhlas N B C plati mu za jeden rozhlasem vysilanSi a jim dirigvanS7 koncert sumu jeden tisic dolard. Maestro Toscanini bude leto gniho kvetna dirigovati symfonii mesta Dallas, co'Z bude umelecka udalost prveho faclu.

RSrn bude obrannou Carou pro ociraIeni ntoku v ptipade novo valky. Spojene staty daly.souhlas spolu se vgenii neastniky konference v ilaavu k tomu, aby teka RYn tvotila hlavni obrannou linii pro ptipad noveho valeeneho konfliktu v Evropy.

Spojene staty pilvodne hajily nazor, Z"e by spojenecke sily mely byt pro ptipad neptatelskeho fitoku sta&ny do Anglie a do fra,ncouzske severni Afriky, kde by pak mely byt budovany tak silne formace, aby mohly pak vylodenim ptistoupit k pratintoku. Kdy'2 vgak Spoj. staty od tohoto pfivodniho planu ustoupily, je to pova2ovano za fikaz, ae stay Atlantickeho paktu se povakiji za dosti silne, aby padnS7 iitok zastavily na evropske pfide.

PH tom nema byt menena hlavni obranna, zasada, ze by pro pripad valky byly Spoj. staty hlavnim zbrojnim arsenalem evropsk3ich arma.d a mimo to mely by nesti hlavni tihu letecke valky. Na potaclu konference nebyla otazka, dO jake miry by melo byt povoleno opetne yyzbro jeni Mined, aby mohli se zneastniti spolu s ostatnimi zapadnimi mocnostmi abrany Evropy a tim sve vlastni zeme.

Jak y e Francii tak v Anglii bylo pry v posledni dobe sly get eetne hlasy, ze bez Wined byla by obrana zapadni Evropy mak) neinna. tfedni politika Francie i Anglie odmita middle vyzbrojeni Nemcd, pti Cemz je pravem poukazovano k tomu, ae by vyzbrojeni Wined nebylo filevou, nYbrg spite novSrm ohro genim zapadoevropskYch statti. Dale je poukazovano k tomu, 'Ze by se vS7chotioevropske narodY jegte vice ptipoutaly k Rustim, kdyby • e zapadni mocnosti znovu pomahaZ ji vojensky Nanictin na nohy.

Smrt eiha na silnicich. Roku 1949 zabito bylo v automobilovYch • ne gtesti 31,800 osob a vice mene zraneno 1,564,000 osob.

Rychla jizda zavinila loni smrt 10,000 osob a poraneni 398,700 jedincti. Chodcd v tom roce bylo zabito 3,420 pti neopatrnem ptecliazeni kti. ovatek, co . bylo o 890 osob mene oproti roku 1943. Loni bylo po prve za deli dobu merle sraIek aut tizenSTch ridiCi veku 18-24 let nea v poetu vgech autonehod. Kolem 400,000 sraek aut zavinila rychla jizda a WO treti AmeriCan, jen'Z' pti gel loni k zabiti v auto-

Strana 3 nehode, ztratil sviij zivot proto, ze nekdo jel veikou rychlosti. Dopravni zakony a jejich pattiene vymahani jsou easteene odpovedi na poeet autonehod, nejdfile gitej gim Cinitelem zdstavaji v gak ridiei aut.

Jezdete opatrne a rozumne!

BananovSr strom neni stromem vithee.

Banany jsou hlavni potravinou pro miliony lied a na nich take zavisi hospodatskY divot mnoha zemi. Pravlast bananti je neznama neZ jeho historie se da stopovat asi do roku 175 pied Kristem, kdy jeho podoba byla po prve vytesana na budhistickStch parnatnicich v ndobich Indie. Pozzminky o torn ovoci vyskytly se v einskYch zapisech z doby panovani Tangovy dynastic, jeZpanovala na poeatku ktest'anske doby. Cinsti lekati vatili leky z kotend bananu a ovoce bylo povaZovano za vzacnou 'Zivinu a stonkovYch vlaken uZivano bylo k pleteni rohoa Do Ameriky ptivezeny byly koteny bananu v roce 1519 gpanelskin misionatem a v krajinach Sttedni Ameriky se jim zvlaSt' dobfe dasilo — dnes ba-nan jest jednou z dfilelitYch pologek hospodarskeho Zavota asi ttetiny vkch americkYch republik. LatinskV nazev jedleho banana jest "Musa sapientum" (ovoce mudrcii) a ye starobylYch knihach mluvi se o nem jako o rajskein strome. Patrne ti, kteti po prve spattili toto te'Zke ovoce, nedovedli si ptedstavit, Z"e rostlo jinak, nea na strome, aC pravdou jest, Z'e banany na strome nerostou — jsou to plody nejveli gi pozomske rostliny, ktera vlastne nema lodyhy Ci stonku nad zerni. Jeji stonek pozastava ze zasaditYch easti lista, ktere marftstaji jeden pies druhY a samy se utahuji, takle utvoii se neco jako trubic.ovY stvol ad 8 do 15 palcii v okruhu, ktery se zveda do vYSe od 18 do 25 stop. Banan obsahuje vitaMiny A, B a C a je bohaty na pfirodni cukr a akrob, tak& jako aivina je neobyeejne prospe gnY. V poslednich letech vyrabi se ze suenYch bananti take mouka, ktera, jest velmi vY2ivna. a ptidava se i do mleene smesi pro male ditky ureene. V tropickY• ch krajinach ukva, se banana v hojne mite i ke krmeni dobytka, ponejsou stale velke p fs ebytky a pak k vyvozu je moano pouZit jenorn bananu zeela bezvadnych. Banany, na nichZ- se vyskytnou vady, jsou ponechany pro Clotnaci trh a k vYkriim clobytka. AZ do poloviny 19. stoleti byl banan ye Spoj. statech vzaenYm ovocem a pochoutkou jenom kruha nejzamos'MeTSich. Dnes v gak jest ovoce to v dosahu kac.,,deho. Dekujeme za to predevgim zlepgeni dopravnich pro-sit-T(11:d a naleite organisaci pestovani a sklizeni ba-nanovYch prod. Banany ptinagi sesti stfedoamerickYm republikam vice nea desOt milionu dolartii rano na pfimYch danich. Asi 140,000 lidi je zamestnano pfi pestovani bananil a jejich, mzcla jest kolem $40,000,000 roene.

VESTNIK -- WEST. TEXAS

Strana 4 glen .1'40,000,000 plyne do kapes podnikatelti, dopravnich prosttedku a pod. Rychla doprava banana jest jednou z nejclitle2itejich veci a v geclany velke planta2e maji ptime spojeni s pfistavy. zpraya, 2e lod' toho a toho tine bude ptipravena k odpluti, nastane na bananove plantaL ruch. Lined za ranniho rozbtesku dclnici utezavaji ostrYrni no2i banany a kladou do velkYch pytla, ktere jsou mezky dopravovany do ooze fizkokolejne druhy, kde ji2 je ptipraven vlak. V den nakladani vlaku "zelenYin zlatern" musi vgechno klapat jako nejpresnej gi stroj a vykladani z vlaku v ptistavi g ti je rychle a zpravidla nalo2eni lodi 50,000 svazky bananti trva asi 12 hodin. Ovoce i po dopraye do Soustati musi byt je gte zelene. NCktere lodi konaji cestu z nektereho sttedoamerickeho pristavu do ptistavu Unie jenom 5 din a jine 18 dni. Nale2ita peee musi byti oyoci pti doprave a uskladneni venovana i ye Spoj. statech. Velkoobchody s banany mail zvla gtni skladi gte, kde ptivezene banany jsou cho yany v ptimetene teplote, aby nale2ite dozraly. Nejvetsi druh zvanY "Musa paradisiaca", hodi se k peeeni a smakni a domorodci ptipravuji si z nick velmi chutna, jidla. Nejlahodnej gi chuti k jidlu bez ptipravy je druh, kterY z yan jest "Musa cavenclishii" (einsky trpasliei banan), kterY dosab.uje delky jenom asi dva a pill nebo ti palce. Tento medove sladkY druh pestuje se nyni v sttedni Americe v hojtie mite, ponevad2 neni napadan tolik cizopasniky jako druhy jine. ) • 4, • Lepg i btu-1y Po vzoru 2eleznic opattuji dnes nektere automobilky v zahranfei sve vozy novymi ifoinnej gimi brzdami. Tyto brzdy nepUsobi na kotoue nebo buben eelistmi oblo2enYmi asbestomedenYm tkanivern, piitlaeovanYmi inechanicky nebo hydraulicky, riYbr2 na kovovY disk, na ose vozu pasobi eelistmi, je2 objimaji disk s cbou stran. Tato brzda zarueuje mnohem lep gi chlazeni a tim i vets: trvanlivost, spolehlivcst proti brzde eelist' ove. ( ) Neni praveho g te.sti v hledani jenom vlastniho prospechu a nedbani prospechu ostatnich. Neni spokojenost 2ivotni bez k nernu2 bychom lnuli velkou a neomezenou laskon Jednota na ge ptedstavuje idealy, jim2 mil2enie slou2iti s neomezenou laskou v pevne vice, 2e povede to k rozmno2eni na geho Stesti. Cesta k 2ivotnimu pokladu jest velmi jednoducha, jak ukazalo se v ptipade synfi, kteti hledali poklad na lanech po otci zdedenYch. ) • •T• • ( Litost ptichazi obvykle pozde. Je to zcela ptirozene, nebot' je rodu 2enskeho.

T. G. MASARYK A SPOR 0 RTJKOPISY. (Pokraeovani se stray 1.) bytu stfizlive a uptimne shledavala a proti korrupci se postavila.

2e prave z university podnet vy gel, je pochopitelno, a nestalo se, si parva licet componere magnis (je-li dovoleno srovnavat male veci velkYmi, poz. red.) prase u rids pc) prve.

Tedy ne o rukopisy, ale o byti nebyti stare korrupce Ala: my pied neptitelem tak naueili jsme se lhati, ze jsme koneene i sobe sa.mYm lhali. — Tot' v ge. A kdy2 piisli lide eestnej gi, kteti chteli pi'avdu, byli zatracovani a kaceriovani.

Role Naroftnich Listil v boji.

2urnaliste a specialne Nar. Listy tak urputne se proti nam postavily, tot' jednoduche: pokud byla jen nem. universita, publicistika meg a veliky a jedinY vriv na studentstvo a se studenty i na, profesory; obzvlag te N. Listy vliv mely znaenY. Oeskou universitou vliv ten ztracela tou merou, kterou necenila eiste vedeckou praci; a proto postavila se na g e 2urnalistika ve znameni rukopis y proti mlade generaci pracujicich. (K tomu piistupuje osobni zale2itost: Gregr, majitel N. Listt, chtel mne, prave pied vyjitim 1. elanku proti rkpam, ziskati za redaktora vedeckeho feulletonu sveho listu; byl jsern ochoten, ale civil jsem rfizne podminky a proto, 2e jsem se nepoddal, Gregr na mite zanevfel. 0 to veci easteene i vetejne jsem psal ukazav z listu Gregra sameho, 2e jeho redakce nevetil v rukopisy a 2e ptednepekne pradlo.) ce je hajila, a. t. p.

Strach pied t. zv. verejnYm minenim byl tak velikY, 2e i mnozi neenci zapirali sve ptesvedeeni; zkratka, asi 11 /2 roku vladl u rids terrorism 2urnalistik y, kterY byl jen s poeatku inkoustovy pozdeji vgak neg titili se prondsledovaa hmotn.e. To je smutna, kapitola na g i °beetle mravnosti.

Masaryk o svem vlasteneetvi.

Koneene pti posuzovani nagich nezapominejte, prosim, na to 2"e jsme byli pod natlakem cizim a 2e proto historicky charakter na g zkalen, ne vg ak, jak doufam, podstatne; jakkoli tedy velmi rozhodne jsem se postavil proti 121 nas syirajici, odpou g tim svYm protivnikfun dpine. Je mi jich uptimne lito; a oni, nemYlim-li se, jig poznavaji, co se stalo. Pochopuji date, 2"e rnYm snaham neporozumen: Indio lidi pochopuje, ze mit2eme milovati narod, i kdy2 jeho slabosti a Spatnosti zname a zatracujeme. Vet gina lidi co miluje, zaroveit i nekriticky zbo2fauje. A myslim, 2e kdo ygi silou svou postavi se proti proudu obecnemu, neeini tak z nelasky: co by mu bylo do toho, echo nemiluje? Prave to boll, co milujeme, ale co poznavame byti nespravnym: co nemilujeme, je nam lhostejno.

Ve stredu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

Tegil jsem se velice z listu Va geho, Pane Professore, a main nadeji, 2e na ge poznani bude pravde nejak aiteene. OdPustte koneene, 2e jsem Vain neposlou2i1 lepe; jsem v gak zanat jinymi vecmi, a tak vytrhnut z Pra2skeho o zclu i, 2e o item ani nedovedu nale2ite psati. Budu Vam pudee'en, povite-li mite, jestli a jak moje zprava Vas uspokojila. Pi gte rune, prosim do Kijeva, poste reslente.

(Budu tam asi 2 nedele.)

S uctivYm porueenim T. C. Masaryk. )•4, • ( ivotni gtesti jest pokladem v dosahu kahleho, kdo vynalo21 vgechny sve sily a pevnou vali k jeho ziskani. 0 itesti maze mitt kahly jinou ptedstavu, ale marne o ne usiluje ten, kdo neni ochoten na °Hat jehoZ ptinesti jiste °bet. Rikava. se, 2'e Stesti je v nas, pone yad2 prYgti z vnittnich cite.' a yeeneho pramene Lasky. Sobeeti zavistivi lide marne po nem yztahuji sve rune. Stesti neskloni se k tem, kteti nejsou ochotni pracovati pro dobro a prospech vgech ostatnich. ) • 4, Jeden anglicky lord hral svou obvyklou partii golfu. PM torn se mu ztratil mieek a lord podeztival chlapce sberade. 2e min ukradl. Ale za chvili se min na gel a lord se zaeal omlouvat. Chlapec v gak jen may' rukou: Nic se nestalo, sire, oba jsme se mylili. RI vas pova2oval za gentlemana a vy me za zlocleje. * O jednom nagem herci, k ery je povestne lakomY, se yypravi tato historka: Onehdy potkal dobreho kamarada, se kterYin se u2 dlouho nevidel.

-- Bud' zdrav, Jaroslave, jak se mag?

Co delag?

— Ale nevalne, kamarade. Nejak me zlobi 2aludek a doktor mi nedovoluje skoro nic jist a pit, smim je vodu. hm, to je neptijemne ... a poslyg, nechtel bys k nam ptijit zitra na 0bed? * bylo to Toni v der Rozeiloval se host vend: — v jedne letni restauraci: "Pane vrchni, copak je to za brouka v me polevce?"

"To se me mod ptate", povida pan vrchni, "ja nejsem zoolog, ja jsem jidlonog." * * Dedeeek vzpominal v rodinnem kruhu na sva mlada leta: Jojo, deti, ja jsem byl v 2ivote etyi'dkrat oelcovan!

— A proti eemu, dedeeku. ptala se zvedave vnoueatka.

— Proti sve veli, odvetil hrde dedeeek. * * Ze vgech cite, kterY lidem zfistava od kolebky do hrobu, je touha.

Ve sttedn, dne 12. dubna 1950.

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Fayetteville, Texas.

Mill bratki a sestry!

V nedeli dne 2. dubna mel zde v gymnasium pki veiejne gkole prednaku bYvaly poslanec Ceskoslovenskeho parlamentu, dnes exulant, p. Mirko Sedlak. Lituji, Ze to bylo trochu malo oznameno, neb jeho pkednatka stoji za vyslechnuti.

K tomu jeZte pied veaerem za,da,lo prZeti, coZ jiste mnohe co o pkednaAce vedeli, odradilo. Ja vtak opravdu ze srdce dekuji tern, kteti se postarali, abych se tarn i v degti dostala, i po pkednatce domfi. Jsem jista, Ze kteM byli pkitomni nelituji. Radim kaZdemu, kteremu je mono pkednOtek se sneastniti. Pan Sedlak mluvi zajimave, Ze dovede posluchaee upoutati po celY Cas. Zde mluvil hodinu a pfil a Ze posluchaei byli uporttani dokazuje, .Ze po pkednake bylo debatovano jeUe pres hodinu, Ze nechybelo mnoho do jedenacti, kdyZ jsrne s1i domfi. Jiste kaZdeho dojalo kdyZ mluvil o utrpeni vezfiti v koncentraCnich taborech a o tom, jak vezne dojal soucit americkych vojinfi, kdyZ je tito videli na pochodu tak zubolene, Ze jim darovali svoje jidlo. Take jsem s nim souhlasila, Ze amerteti obeane mohou Bohu dekovati, Ze je jim dopkano Ziti v teto zemi a,ze kdo neproZil porobu, nevi ani jak je gt'astny, Ze ji nepoznal. Mezi keei Casem zaZertoval, 'Ze to posluchaee i razesmalo. Tak kdo mfiZete, nenechte si ujiti prilelitost ho vyslechnouti.

Br. Frank Steiner a br. Karel LaZnovskY nedavno psali, Ze Vestnik stoji Jednotu velke penize. Ja myslim, Ze by se cena Vestniku mela poeitati podle poetu sel vydavanYch, neb vZecko Ceho se dela vetk mnoZstvi, pkijde lacineji. Dejthe tomu, .te by se nekolik tisic ei gel tisklo za zakladni cenu, aby vydavatele meli jistY zisk, ale ostatni pfes poeet byly o mnoho lacinejM. Tady dodateena eisla Vestniku stoji vydavatele jen papir, tiskakskY inkoust, trochu toho Casu je pkehnati pies lis a poeitati opotkebovani strojil a pog tovne. Nejvice prace da sazeei sazba, pak sazbu dostati do forem, ostatni prace netrva ani cely den. Tedy by se to lehko dalo spravit, 'aby kaZdY byl spokojen, jak vydavatele, tak Clenstvo, a Jednotu by to stalo mene.

Jak jsem napied natikala na mokro vypada, Ze zaenu zase na sucho. NeZli jsem mohia naset okurky a ostatni semena, musela jsem napied zaleti se "sprinkler", nebo do tech hrud co byly jako kameni, nedalo se nic naset. Napied bylo moc moc mokro na orani, pa,k pti gel jeden such' severak za druhSr m, ze s vrchu

IP sTNix wet num zero tak uschla.ze je zrovna tYrda, at. ted' Po nedelnim degti to je trochu lep gi, ale potkebovali bysme asi trikrat tolik. Vette, te mi je lito farmara, neni jim co zavidet. NekterS7rn nasazenST korn vzklidil, ale pro sucho nevze gel, tak musi set znovu; nekterSTm co sazeli drive, vze gel, ale vase talc malo, te pro sucho drti v zemi, jim ho "black birds" vytahuji. Na vgecko by bylo potteba vice de gte. To je ale nejhorgi, te my dostanein bud'to moc date, nebo malo. Vgecko uz dovedou spravit, jen by se je gte men naueiti pohnati mraena na prave misto. No motna, ze i toho se doekame.

Srdeene vgechny zdravi, Anna 't apalova. ) • 4 • ( Rad Elmaton, cis. 148,, Blessing, Texas

Cteni brath a sestry!

Oznamuji y am, Ze v nedeli dne 16. dubna spolky vlastnici Narodni sin se rozhodly potadati spoleenou zabavu, neboli piknik. °bed bude ye 12 hodin, bude se podavat barbecue, klobasy a k tomu pattebne "triminky". Sestkidly jsou taddny, by jak obyeejne prinesly nejake zakusky, jako koldee, paje atd. V gak ony ty nag e sestry tomu rozumi lepe netli ja. Ve dne i y eeer bude bingo a jine hry a veeete se bude podavat asi v 6 hodin. Do tance bude vyhravat Ray Baca orchestra. Proto tada,me vkchny spolubratry a vabec vSechny, kteH se chti s nami pobavit, by piisli mezi nas. S bratrskSrm, pozdravem, Frank Hlotek.

I. • ( Palacios, Texas.

MIS/ bratte redaktore, Zadam o uvekejnen' tohoto dopisu.

Mill bratti a sestry tadu Elmaton eislo 148! Nevim jak se to stalo, 'te na ge minula nebyla ye Vestniku oznamena, neb bylo zapottebi, aby se co nejvice Mena dostavilo, neb to byla velmi duletita, 'schilze stran na gi Narodni sine, ate teto schfize se velmi melo elena neastnilo a obzylo,gt' tadna elenkyne nebyla ptitornna, tak y am sdeluji, Ze vgecky spolky co tuto sin na Elmaton vlastni, Ze vYbor teto sine se usnesl, aby potadal na den 16. dubna piknik a to vite, mile sestry, Ze bez vaZi pomoci se nic neda poradati a delati, talc jak Zadna domacnost bez to dobre marry se neobejde. Talc my se take neobejdeme bez vas a tak jste laskave taddny, abyste si toto vzaly na vedorni a tak jak vZdy einivate, talc abyste i na den 16. dubna na ten piknik nejakSrm peeivern a nejakYm salatem a co v gecko k tomu patH, to vy vite lepe net ja. Zadna, kutata, neb vSibor se postara o dobre barbecue a dobre klobasy a o dobre pivedko, a tet chladne napoje a dobrou hudbu bude take postarano. Obed bude podavan ye dvanact hodin, yeeete v pet hodin. Tak si to mile sestry a vy Ceske mamy vemte na

Intans

vedomi. oistSr vSrtetek pripadne sini, ktereho je nam velice tfeba.

Ptikaz matkam. — Nechcem se do vagi vSr chovy, ctene matky michat, jen na nektere slabosti vase poukazat.

Vim te katcle dobre matce o gtesti svoji Verky beti a o Margitkynu budoucnost jim na srdci lezi. Nezlobte se proto na mne, kdyt i pravdu pravim, Ze jste prim° shovivave k tern Julinkam va gim. Betky Ze jsou do roboty ne je gte dospele, ale yday at, ach Ty Bote, hm, na to jsoU zrale.

Ach, Helenka may svoje neza gpini si bile, tatik vyg el do roboty, ty pospe g si smele, rano na posteli Julinka si cigaretu kouH, Tonka na mamu hubuje, co ji pied desatou bouti. Vilmugka je ut nervosni, Cas je ji zdlouhavV. , ei se nekde jeji JeniOek se Zuskou nebayi? A Rfitenka pki i pal dne yysedi, a v kuchyni jeji maminka myje od yeerej gka nadobi. chanky jsou u Kristinnky na dennim potadku, kdyt i neni zametene v irtlem jejim ptibytku. Kdyt tatikovi praskne na to celo, "pejda", jen kdyt se nedozvi, Ze u Tonky byly pardy. Nylonky nepoglapka.

Helenka Cas si k tomu neda a Matilda pH radio hodiny vyseda. Matka nevi co pry ei prat, vatit, Ci piglovat a ei Milce dlouhe nehty pomoct omalovat. Ach mamielcy, pflueujte Matenky vase vatit, a tet Katky by vedely Rudkovi knitku oteyfit, a Terezku nauete tet knoflik na kogili pkigit, aby Karel byl spokojen, ze jste je naueily robit. Ptidetujte yeeer Dorky husi peH drapat. A tet spanile Anifty, IcSrin jsou je gte mlade, potom bude uZ neskoro, kdyt Jotka Emila bude mit ohlagly. Na to matky mail hledet, by dcerky se k tomu ptimeily a blaZenou, g t'astnou domacnost samy si zatidily,kdyZ i mnohokrat nebude pineho dostatku.

Vg ak kde panuje mir a pokoj — raj v takovern pribytku. Vim, te moderni vSrchove se tit neptiueim, to se dnes vyta,duje na torn marnern svete. Doufam, *te mne, mile matky, za to bol gevikem nenazvete.

S bratrskSim pozdravem, Frank Domora.d.

Dodatek: — Pomalu bych zapomel, nine bylo natizeno, abych pozval na ten nag piknik celou nag i hlavni fitadovnu, i br. redaktora, tak bti. fitednici i Ty br. redaktore nezapomerite na den 16. dubna, Ze na Elmaton bude velikS7 piknik a vy jste tam jit da,vno nebyli- a Ze i u nas je kus to haluze nag i Jedrroty. Radi vas yge= cky uvidime, na shledanou 16. dubna na Elmaton na pikniku! Vas za -dechny destart' Frank Domorad. ny zve, ) •4.

Dobie vychovaneho elovelca poznate podle toho, te se zajmem dovede naslouchat, kdyt mu o vecech, ktere dobte zna, vyklada, nekdo, kdo o nich nic nevi.

!Aram 6

STNIK — WEST, TEXAS

Prochizica na g krisnou stoveiatou Prahou.

Jaroslav Kleprlik, elen fadu Cis. 133.

San Antonio, Texas.

(Pokraeovani) Pod okenky apo g tolii jest hlavni east orloje, a to sfera, neboli eiselnik. Jest to znazorneni obehu teles na obloze. Zajirnave je, ze orloj odpovida staremu nespravnemu nazoru, ze zeme stoji a vgechna ostatni nebeska telesa, i slunce, se pohybuji kolern ni. Uprostred je zemekoule, na ni2 jsou vyznaeeny, toeny, poledniky i rovnobe2ky. Stied eiselniku znazorriuje polohu Prahy na zemekouli. Ostatni east predstavuje obraz koule nebeske, rozdelene tremi pozla,cer4rni kruhy, predstavujicimi rovnik a oba obratniky. Na niku jes pripevnen kruh s hvezdarskSimi znaekami zverokruhu. Ve stredu zviretniku jest polaena osa, kolem niZ" se otaei slunce a mesic. Kolem eiselniku jest pak pohyblivV kruh s arabskSuni eislicemi od 1 do 24 staroeeskeho poeitani hodin, die pineho orloje od zopadu do zapadu. Mimo to rimskSrmi eislicemi jest oznadeno poeitarn dle nemeckeho zpilsobu na ptirl orloji od pulnoci do poledne a naopak. Pak jsou tam je gte t. zv. babylonske nebo planetarni hodiny. Vgemi -Omit() soueastkami pohybuje stroj, umisteny ye zvlagtni konifirce. Jiste velmi dfnnyslne a nejvVg zajmave. Proto dovolil jsem si orloj popsa,ti poclrobneji.

Pod eiselnikem jest kalendaf neboli mosienik. Je to velika medena, deska, vyzdobena pfivodne ma111m Josefem Ma nesem. Thavetrnostnimi vlivy v gak velice trPela a proto byla nahra,zena kopii mallke E. K. Ligky. Stied tvori puvodni znak starornestskV a jest pevnSr, kdefto ostatni east se pohybuje tak, ze vkly o postoupi o jeden kalendatni den. Od znaku ke kraji jsou umisteny dva pasy meclailonfi a kalendarni kruh. Mam zato, ze tato velmi krasna prate malitska, zna,zorriujici jeclnolive mesice, vystiZene charakteristickSmi pracerni, jset vgem dobfe znama a proto upou gtim od podrobneho popisovani jednotlivVch medailonii. My "name ',red sebou mnoho jinth° a zbyteene bychom se zdrZeli. -Vstupme, prosily', do radnice. Vchazime do vestibulu, kde nas vitaji skvostne a nam vg em tak mile a zname malby Miku'a ge Alege, ktere dle jeho navrhu provedl roku 1909 Karel Spilar. Malby predstavuji znamST vS7jev z na gich dejin, a to vetlau knelny Libu ge a hold Slovanstva mestu Praze.

A nyni pojd'me nahoru, abychom si prohledli jednotlive radnieni mistnosti.

Jak uz jscm podotknul, staromestska rad-

nice vyhofela. A prave hodne utrpely pamatne mistnosti, z vetsi easti padly popelern. Proto moje popisovani budu lieiti vesmes v Case minulem, tak jak jsem to videl. Po vyhoreni nemohi jsem si na miste zjistiti jak to vypada uvnitr, nikdo nebyl vpuaten pro nebezpeei nrazu a pak bylo pilne pracovano na oprave budovy a ptistavovani. Tedy nad schodiatem byl Renaisaneni portal ze sklonku XV. stoleti. Je vaak zajimave, ze neni znamo a nikde neni zaznamenano, z rukou cizozemskeho neb pralskeho kamenika.

Pozdeji nesl "lapis Senatus a nahore mel znak staromestskY, jak jej bylo -divan° v letech 1477 al 1648 a pod nim poprsi krale s korunou na hlave, Zezlem a riaskYm jablkem v rukou. Po stranach erbu byly postaveny sochy spravedlnosti a praVa. Dlukio podotknouti, ze tento portal byl do staromestske radnice prenesen z domu aradu vinienich hor u Karlova mostu, kterY asi roku 1840 obec pralska prodala. Do neho byly velnii dovedne zasazeny vykladane dvere z Malostranske radnice. Oboje tvorilo dohromady vkusIV a umelecky hodnotnY celek.

Timto krasnYm portalem yeah jsme do predsine a tou dostali jsem se k Velke zasedaci sini nstrednilao zastupitelstva, zrizene z bYvalYch mistnosti kancelarskYch roku 1870. V roce 1910 byly mistnosti naldite npraveny dle navrhu architekta Chochola. Z puvodni yYzdoby zustaly dye z nejlepaich historickYch praci Vaclava BroHka, a to: Hus pied koncilem a Zvoleni Jiriho Podebradskeho za krale Ceskeho. Tyto obrazy Braikovy jsou zajimave nejen proto, ze velikY mistr jimi Zive predvedl velike .udalosti dejinne (na obraze Husove jest zachycena scoria, kdy biskup Konkordiensky ete rozsudek za napjate pozornosti vaeho sboru, v jeho eele sedi na tame verolomnV cisar Zikmund a v nemz v pozadi za Husem stoji zachmufene Ceti panove z jeho pravodu), nSrbd i tou okolnosti, ze umelec na nich znazornil tvare nekterYch svYch vynikajicich soueasniku, kteri meli diilelite funkce v na g em narodnim Zivote. Tak postava Husova pripomina pry podobu zemreleho tehdejaiho poslance Engla, na obraze volby krale Jikiho z Podebrad lze poznati v osobe Sobeslava z Miletinka vyraznou hlavu dra. Frantiaka Ladislava Riegra, jej.; postavil BroZik do stredu obrazu jako predstavitele zapasu za obnoveni Ceskeho statu, toOlciho po korunovaci Ceskeho krale. SedicI Lev z Ramitalu pripomina vlastni podobu 13raikovu, aedovla gy a aedovousY Jaroslav Plichta ze 2erotina V. V. Tomka, v pozadi za kreslern stojici Benea z Mokrovous ma tvar dra. Karla MatuSe, v jimich postavdch byly patrny podoby Ad. Olivy, Jana Kolara, Filgnera, hrabete Harracha, J. Otty atd.

Ve stredu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

V levem rohu "u okna stala povestna vaza Sevreska, dar to mesta Parile roku 1901, krasna, umelecky cenna, 1.30 m vysoka, z modraveho porculanu, zdobeneho kvety, emailovymi ornamenty a zlatYmi krotray. Vyrobena byla ye francouzskYch statnich dilnach na porculan v Sevresu, jejiz vYrobky j sou unikatni, nemaj ice kopii. Dale tam bylo mnoho darn 6eskoslovenske obce sokolske, venovane Praze u pfile2itosti sokolskYch bronzova, socha Diany, dar gymnastil francouzskYch z roku 1912, obraz 0. Nejedleho, znazorriujici cvieeni sokolskeho dorostu 1920 a mramorova deska s odlitky medaile, udelovane za stateenost stvu i dastojniktim eeskoslovenskYm, kteri bojovali v Italii.

A nyni podivame se do stare radni sine, kde se zdr2ime trochu dele. Sousedila s velkou zasedaci sini, odkud jsme pkiglo dvermi pobliM vazy Severske. Stara radni sin byla zrizena asi za doby Jiriho Podebradskeho, v druhe polovin y XV. stoleti. Nasvedeuje tomu zejmena kasetovY strop, nesenY tremi drevenYmi tramy, bezanYmi v nadherne gotice a pak take drevene oblokni zdi. Dalaim dukazem jest i mestsky znak tam umisteny, kdYi za Vladisla.va Jagelonskeho bylo obdareno Stare 'nest° rozmnb2enim znaku o helm s fafrnochy a nad nim o korunu cisalskou se dvema eeskYmi. Ivy. Z pnvodni yYzdoby zbyla soaka Spasitele na konsole, majici podobu kueeraveho andelieka (pamatka z XV. stoleti). Na soace jsou napisy vztahujici se k soudnim vYkonilm, ktere praye v teZe mistnosti byly provadeny. Pokud jde o dalai vYzdobu, to pochazi uz z doby pozdejai. Tak na pr. malba stropu je z druhe poloviny 16. stoleti a byla opravena, resp. obnovena roku 1884 Petrem Maixnerem. Vykezavane tramy podchyceny jsou pozlacenYmi retezy, ktere sem byly dany roku 1638. Tvrdi se o nich, uzaviraly mestske ulice za noci a nepokojt. Po roce 1649 byl pridan nad dvere do predsine novy mestsky znak, rozmnoMnY Ferdinandem III. Znak od roku 1784 stab se znakem spojenYch mest pralskYch do prevratu roku 1918. Na konsolach, predstavujicich andelieky, jsou pane soa ky Madonny ze 16. stoleti, sv. Vaclava sv. Ludmily ze 17. stoleti a sv. Jana Kaitele z I. poloviny 18. stoleti. Podivame-li se kolem sebe, vidime vaude umisteny znaky mestskYch cechil a osob meat'anstva (celkem 58), z nieh2' nektere nebyly dosud ureeny.

V rohu mistnosti stoji velka barokni kamna se znakem sta.romestskYm a letopoetem 1736, nahore zdobena pozlacenou ozdobnou mrizi. Mimo to byly tam jeate dva praporce, pod niml2 bojovali Prala.ne roku 1648 a dvoje yzacne barokni hodiny. V Cele sine stab mrarnorove poprsi krale Jikiho z Podebrad, zhotovene Toma-

Ve stfedu, dne 12, dubna 1950. gem Seydanem Toku 1873 na pamet zvoleni Jitiho za krale v radnici Staromestske. Ve skuteenosti vaak tato udalost stala se v jine mistnosti, a to ye stare zasedaci sini, v traktu obracenern proti Tynskeinu chramu.

Stara sin radni jest pro nas yelikYm pamatnikem . po strance historicke. Uvedu nektera data, aby jeji historicky yYznam lope vynikl. V one sini roku 1473 hajPa rada mestska svoji neodvislost proti dispoSiei kralovske, v -We sini byly konany ygechny pfedporady, je2 yyznivaly v ohnive feel a resoluce ye velke zasedaci sini do to doby v nekrvavern boji toll a kralem. Tamte2 byla konana roku 1516 slavni hostina ha, carnet riemeckeho poselstVa a tam byly take vykonany ptipravy pro spojeni Stareho a Noveho mesta. Sift videla nage panovniky a pozdeji, kdy't' se schylovalo k ne gt'astne valce cetilete, byla cittle2itym inistem majlelin znaeny VYznam v tehdej girn 2iVote Kdy2 pak za vice nei 200 let vjal se spraVy sbor obecnich star gich, volcny obaanstvern, ttistala radni sin rinstem pro zasedani rady mestske, mistem, s nim2 teane jsou spojeny vYVoj i deje na gi Prahy a s ni i cele nagi drahe vlasti.

Zdr2eii jsme se trochu v teto mistnosti, mill pfatele, ale jak vidite, ne bez ny. Opravdu velmi pamatna, sin, jakou se nemil2e pochlubiti hned tak jiny narod. Tim vice boll zneucteni teto, pro ka2dela° eecha posvatne mistnosti bem, jak-u2 jsem vpfedu naznaeil. PMate podivarne se je gte do stare obecni sine a do radnieni kaple a pak ptijderne da(Pokraeovani). le po Starein nieste. ) 1%ad Jaromir, elslo 54., West, Texas.

Matti a sestry! V na gi dtibnove schfizi, ktera bYltt Vence e".,, etne riavativena, vzdali jsme eest poVstanim na gi zernfele aestfe Andes le Ctvrtlikove, ktere, byla v nagem.

HI:du 37 roktt. Pak jsme pfijali br. Franka tednickeho od fadu Cis. 6., s pfestupni listinou, a novou elenkyni, man2elku br.

Viktora Barton& V pfigti schfizi budeme asi jednat o pikniku, neb 4. eervence zde bude ani se nenaclaxne. Pak pfedseda br.

Cervenka chtel schtiti ukoneit, ale jegte mel br. Hugo svoji zptavu, neb byla nabarvena stiecha sine a pak nrinulY tYclen byla havoSkovana podlaha. 13r. pfedseda pak bkoneil schilzi a ptikroeeno k svaeine a yOlne zabave.

Ve schfrZi mell jsme vzacnou navgtevu.

P. a pi. Peter Uranovi z Parla River, New York jell na svatebni ceste na Floridu a zastavili se u rodiny p. Joe Janeeky pii Abbott; pi. Uranova a pi. Janeeko ya jsou sestry. Te gila nas jejich navate ya, a vaichni jim pfejeme hodne gtesti v jejieh spoleenem 2iti a at'astnou cestu.

Co toto plan se zdd, 2e se v geci eerti 2eni; ye stare vlasti rikali, '2e se kdosi obe-

V2S TN IX WEST, TEXAS sil, neb narn foukaji takove yetry, a toho prachu! Zda se, 2e u2 zaene pr get, ale pfijde vitr a odeZene mraky nekam do tramtarie a je sucho zas.

Minulou sobotu byla pohtbena na kat. hititov pi. Barbora Slayove., 66 roku stara, a v AterY zase stafieek Moric Cinek, 87 ton star. At' oba odpaivaji v pokoji a rodine pa.tti soustrast nas vgech.

Tak mile damy, ktera, js),e dostala gmikrust? Ja, jsem mojiho tat'ku oklamala, jindy vstane on &iv, ale v nedeli jsern si pospigila, at' neco nedostanu, a tak me ani neumyl, asi u2 pekna nebudu.

Jej, kde ua jsou ty easy, co jsme se schovavaly, at' nas hogi nemrskaji, ale nic to nepornohlo, dostaly jsme to stejne. Pak u2 jsem byla v Md. Ostrave, tam nebyla 2adne„ glahaeka, jen trogku nas postfikali michanou vonavkou s vodou. Pak ale jsme se mttsely vykupovat rnalovanYmi vajiakama. Zaeali tam tehdy cleat cukrova, vajieka a uvnitf bYval obyeejne nejakY hezky obrazek, a bYvaly ty sladke velikonoeni vejce dosti drahe. Dries jsou jen vzporninky. Velikonoce byvaly jegte v dosti ehladriem poeasi a mlacle2, totd2 ti stargi se schazell Wade v hostinci a bavivali jsme se vgichni dohromady. V nedeli jsme taneit nesrneli, jej, to jsme musell byt je gte hodni, 9.2 v pondeli, to ua bylo volno, ale tit se tan& del rok, tanei deli a nikdo si toho nev gima, kdeito Ve stare vlasti flesh-tell gkolaci ani o taneeni sin zavadit. Jake jsou tarn pornery asi ted'.

Srdeeny pozdrav na, v gecky etonci, Maika klausova. )• • Pfedhaka p. Mirko Sediaka. At. Taylor.

Pan Mirko Sedlak, byvaly poslanec svobodne t sl. republiky, ktery cestuje po eeskYch osadach V Texasu, bude konati pfedna gku v Taylor, Tex. v sini faclu Praha, SPJST., V fitery 18. dubna. Pan Sedlok jest vYteenYrn feenikein a tuto prednag kovou cestu kona pod zagtitou americkeho vlasteneckeho vyboru, jeho eleny jsou pi. Rooseveltova, gen. Marshall a gen. Eisenhower. Vgechny jeho dosavadni pfednagky nalezly souhlasu a dobreho ptijeti.

Neza,pomente na uterY, 18. dubna, v sini fadu Praha v Taylor. Zaeatek v 8 hodin Edwin Koval. veeer, vstup yolny. ) 4 itad Tioga, Oslo 5.

Bratfi a sestry! Timto yam davam na vedomost, 2e dne 16. dubna, buderne mit schitzi, tak se dostavte v hojnern poetu.

Mo2na, 2e u2 se otepli, tedy nemejte strach, ze budete trpet 21zni, neeo se obstara. V padu apatneho poea,si schaze bude o tYden pozdejl. Ueetni vYbor je 2hdan, by ty knihy ji2 dal do potadku.

S pozdravem, Chas HejnY

Strana.;• 7 Pittsburgh, Pa., 7 ,dubna 1950.

Konsulat prosi o uvefejneni tohoto bznameni ve Vagem easopise: Medd, se pani Blahova, majitelka, farmy v Texasu, ktera byla sesttenici pani Antonie 6apkove roz. 6midove z Bfezna. u Mlade Boleslavi. Patraji po ni jeji pHbuzni z Ceskosiovenska.

Kosulat dekuje p •edem za Vagi ochotu a 2ada, aby v plipade, 2e se uvedena pani pic ihlasi, mu byla zashina jeji adresa, kterou male jejim pfibuznYm v CSR. S krajanskYm pozdravem, (Podpis neeitelnY), spravce fitadu. `, • 1 • ( Robstown, Texas.

Ta smrt zaeina jaksi nemilosrdne mezi narni stargimi fadit. Bratiti Ho2novjak, Karia, Smajstria a nyhi Pfikryl. Vgeei moji dobri znami, zdlagte br. J. grnajstrla. Chudak v roku 1938, kdy2 jsme jell zPet z navgtevy 6SP., sobe sliboval, ze za •nekolik rokil pojedou OR. Osud ureil jinak.

Odpoeivejte v pokoji!

Ja ted' ye svatky vzpominal na pfitrefunk, ktery se my stal, kdy2 me glo na etvrtY rok. Bylo to na gmigrust. Otec mel nejakou praci ye meste, byl krejei, a ja, pfljdu na kus cesty s nim a pak sam k bablece, rodiee mateinY, a jak otec pujde zpatky dornu, 2e se pro mne zastavi. Tata mne zavedl az na cestu, ktere. vedla primo k jejich 'staveni a sarn, aby si bez potieby nezachatel, tuto oSadu, kde babi s dedeekeni bYvali, fninul. Ja, s radosti capal k vesnici, ani ne mill vzdalerte, tege se na, vajieka, ktera Pate dosta.nu. lCdy2 jam se ta b11211 k vesnici, *Wel jsern kluky s patty jak s niihi proti me ma,vaji. Ja dostal strach a hybaj zpatky, 2e pry domu, ale kdy2 jsern pfi gel na mist°, kde jsem se s tatou rozegel, namisto abych zahnul k nagi osado, ja, se pustil do poll. Za.'Cabo prget i krupky padaly. Ja mei nove botky na nohach, sedl jsem do pfikopy a tyto vyzui, abych si. je neumazal a schoval za velky gatek, ktery jsern mei 'pfes prsa vzadu svazany, tepici mile vitr s hlavy odnesl a ja, tam asi odespal. To bylo v pondeli rano. Otec kdy2 pfi gel zpatky pta se, kde je kluk? Dedeeek i babieka, pravi, tady 2a.dnY od Vas nebyl. Bylo j12 k samemu veeeru tak otec, cely polekank spechal domU. Doma se shani po Frantikovi, ale marne. Ta alou hledat kluka.

Nekolik sousechl glo hledat do poll a otec zas zpatky na 13orovou, jestli nine tarn kdo vide? Nevidel mne nikdo. Ti kluci se neptiznali. Medan do pfilnoci, ale marne.

Druhy den znovu, ale po Frantovi ani pamatky, a tepr y v UterY k sairiemu \Teem mne naSla jedna ienska v p•ikope skoro zmrzleho. Prsty u nohou jsern mel pomrzle. To jeate sam pamatuji, thdje nohy to pani obkladala kyselYrn zelim. Co to melo mit za. ucinek, nevirn.

Men jsme zde ndvAtevu btatrit Ka,stift

• Strana 8

VESTNiK----WEST, TEXAS

z Bruno, Nebr. Oni se prijedou kaklY rok v tento eas do Texasu ohrat. Dale jsem se u nageho Baei se gel s pally prof. J. Havlikem, 8vadleriakem a 8ilerem.

Prof. Havlik a p. Fr. Baea jsou bratranci. Bylo nahodou, ze zastihli p. Baeu doma, nebot' on je vic u vody neZli za rem.

F. J. Moravek.

• „y„,

PrateUlm Sokola Houston.

V odpoved' na nekolik dotazil stran divadla a pfijeek na sokolovnu, zdeluji, nasledkem navalu osobnich zalditosti byl jsem nucen se vzdati retie dramatickeho odboru a predsednictvi a einnosti v majetkovem vYboru Sokola Houston.

Kdo si preje podrobnosti ohledne ky na sokolovnu, stran firoku a zaruky, jake se yam dostane, dopi gte si na predsedu majetkoveho vYboru, jimZ je br.

Johnnie 8indel, Rosenberg, Texas, a on yam vge s radosti vysvetli. Ohleclne za.jezdfl a divadla pi gte na jednatele: br. R. B. 8ebek, 2301 McAlister St., Houston 7, Texas.

Dekuji v g em za to velikou prizeri, jiZ jste mi vhly prokazovali a prosim, abyste ji naddle venovali mYm Se srdeenYm Na zdar!

Vladimir. Stra_ZnickY, Rosenberg, Tex. • 4, • ( C. Spolek Seaton, 5, RVOS., Temple, Tex. Ctena, redakce Vestniku, Zadam vas o uverejneni tohoto dopisu za fieelem predsjezdove schtize RVOS, ktera bude konana dne 19. dubna veeer v osm hodin v • radu Hvezda Texasu v Seaton. Bratri, jak yam znamo, bude se opet konat sjezd RVOS v meste Temple v mesici eervnu tohoto roku, proto jest Zadoucno, bysme pracovali s pripravami pro tento sjezd.

My jsme konali prvni takovou schfizi dne 5. brezna za pritomnosti bratri od Cis. 1, John Klinkovsky a Joe Kohut od eis. 107., br. Karel Navratil od C. 88., br. 8enkSt a prali bysme si, by se teZ na gi prigti schtze zircastriili i nekteri bratri od Cis. 83., bysrne mohli pracovat stoprocentne v gechny spolky okresu Bell spoleene. Bratti, tato schfize je otevrena pro v gechny eleny, tak se dostavte v hojnem poctu do 'Leto schfize.

S bratrskYm pozdravem za predsjezdoFr. Matush, predseda. vY vYbor, St. Rusriak, taj.

4, 4 ( Rad Ennis, eislo 25.

Sestry a bratri: Zajiste eetli jste oznameni ve Vestn4iku ze dne 5. dubna, ze k nam prijedou uredirici Hlavni firadovny ke spoleene • v nedeli 16. dubna a proto jsou Zadani eleni v gech mistnich radft, aby se k nani teZ dostavili na tuto schfizi v poctu nejvetgim. Sestry radu Ennis eis. 25. jsou Za, prinesly zakusky do kuchyne, aby hlavne peeivo a salaty, v gak kaZda, vi, co

je t •eba na still. 0 maso se postard vYbor.

Po schuzi budeme miti spoleenou \meal a veeer taneeni zahavu. Tak nezapomerite na nedeli 16. dubna, v gechny vas zve VYbor. r

Le is Willard karAdidapro Iliad gerifa

Pravi, ze yell v porekadlo "Unce predejiti ma cenu libry vyleee.ni."

Lewis L. Willard, slouZici svilj etvrtY rck co constable v precinktu eislo 1. a kter' dle lidu jet zastupuje, vykonal kus dobre prate v jeho postaveni, opravnil Vestnik k oznameni jeho kandidatky pro ilkad terifa Burleson okresu. "Pracoval jsem ye due i v noel ve maze vymahati zde zakon dle me nejlep gi schopnosti s napomoci jiZ se mi dostalo" pravil p.

Willard "a verim, ze lid okresu je pohotov mn.e povY giti k lepgi praci, k one s g pilsobnosti, eim2 vetgi autoritou a Mn! budu miti prilelitost k postupu a v stejne dobe moci slouZiti spoluobeaniim tohoto okresu.

Mr. Willard_ je rodakem Burleson okresu, v nem2: byl narozen i vychovan a je stari 39 rokii. Farmaril a pied 12 roky prestehoval se do Caldwell, kde mel gasolinovcu stanici. Sve doby byl zrizencern drahy Santa Fe a nekolik let vozil pog tu na Star Route. Je Zenaty a jeho syn Lewis byl Joni Clenem Cety Caldwell Hornet football team.

Ve svem oznameni Mr. Willard pravi "Co kandidat iltraciu gerifa Burleson okresu budu se snaZiti prijit do styku s kaZdYm volieem a vyhledavati zvoieni do fdadu spravnYm zp-asobem. Budu-li zvolen slibuji, ze budu se snaZiti nakla dati s kaZdYm stejnYm zpfisobem, jak bych naklada sam se sebou. Verim urn:Mine v stare reeni, "ze unce piedejiti ma cenu libry vylbeeni a budu vZcly zkou-

Ve st •edu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

Set pornahat lidem predejiti nesnaze re • deji neZ nucene je trestati aZ se do niclt dostali. Chci pomahati lidem neZ nesnaze zapoenou. JesUi kdckoli mysli, ze se ma dostati k neeemu, co zpfiscbi nepokoj a nesnaze, mule prijit ke mne na poradu a ja ochotne mu budu hledet pomoci predejit neprijemnosti.

"Nechovam zagti oproti kterekoli narodnosti, vyznani ei barve. Chci bYt prateltelskYm s kYmkoliv a jell zakcn vymahart v tomto okresu patriene, budci vice prileZitosti k utvoreni dobreho pratelstvi.

Mani red mlade hochy a divky v nagem okresu. Je snadnej gim vychovavat mladi neZ napravovati dospele, a bude-li dana ml prilelitost k siu'zhe na gi omladine a jeji rodiefun dohlednu k tomu, aby mega moZnost dospivati bez poku geni, vrhane, v jejich stezky. "`Paniatujte, zvolite-d.i nine gerifem, ze budu na raiste, karn nine zavolate.

Chci nakonec podekovati v gem pratetam za minulou podporu a davam svoje slovo, .1e budu slouZiti dobre, jestli vase podpora zaradi mne do firadit o kterY se uchazim."

(Paid Pol. Adv.) •

Weldon B. Davis uchazi o znovuzvoleni do iiiadu navladmiho okresu Pan Weldon B. Davis opravnil tento den nag Vestnik k oznameni jeho kandidatky pro znovuzvoleni do firadu navladniho okresu Austin, podlehajici rozhodnuti letognich Cervencovych primarek.

Mr. Davis pravil, ze si blade vaZiti hlasu a podpory lidu Austin okresu a ze bude povalovati svuj navrat do firadu navladniho okresu za poctu stejne co odpovednost. On siouZil v taint() postaveni kratg i dobu neZ nastoupil volonskou slu2bu v roce 1941, pc , svem navratubyl zvolen v race 1946 a znovuzVolen v roce 1948.

"Slibuji, ze budu naddle se snaZiti dle nejlepgich schopnosti slouZiti lidu meho domovskeho okresu, vratim-li se do tohoto Uradu," pravil pan Davis. "VaZim si vagi podpory v minulYch volbach stejne jako va geho povzbuzeni a spoluprace v dobe meho firadovani.

Primarky budou konany v den 22. Cervence 1950. Pan Weldon B. Davis je alenem nisi SPJST a je elenem dbalY spolkov:ych povinnosti.

(Paid Pol. Adv.) ) • 4, .0 ( tryvek z diveiho romanu: Rikate, pravila, jemne se p3ric, mne opravdu milujete? A minute tim, mne chute pojmouti za 'z'enu?

— Pardon, odvetil Jill, ncodboeujme od

Ve stfedu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, ni'2epsany resolueni vYbor raclu Hvezda Miru eislo 33. v Bleiblerville, Tex., jmenem radu projevujeme uprimnou soustrast pozcistale rodine nad ztrdtou jejich otce, dedeeka a nakho spolubratra H. Willie Warmke, ktery zemrel dne 25. brezna 1950 ye stall 74 let. Pohiben byl druheho dne 26. brezna za velike neasti bratri a sester, p •ibuznYch a pratel na Welcome hrbitove.

Narozen byl v Bleiblerville 22. prosince 1875. Do nakho tadu a Jednoty phstoupil ye stari -39 let, 11. dubna 1915.

Byl dobrYm a dbalYm bratrem, zastaval nejake Uracly a. ." do jeho smrti.

Za,nechava, truchlici manklku Meta Warmke, jednoho bratra, Fritz Warmke, dale 4 sestry a 5 ditek.

Vime portistala rodino, ze teke nesete odchod jeho, ale budiZ' yam Utechou, ze i my soucitime s Vame ye Vakm zarmutku. test budia jeho pamatce, necht' ocipo'diva v pokoji!.

Dano v Bleiblerville, Tex., dne 3. dubna 1950.

Frank Schovajsa, Vincene Chaloupka, John Syptak, resolueni vybor. ) • 4 • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My ,nikpsany resolueni vYbor radu Karel Havlieek cis. 4. v Hallettsville, Tex., projevujem timto srdeenou soustrast Pozustale rodine a ostatnim pribuznYm nageho dlouholeteho bratra August Holotika, kterY zentrel dne 3. dubna 1950 y e stari 80 let u jeho tety Ben De Harde, a pochovan byl na katolickem hrbitove v Halletts ville za Ueasti prate' a spolkovYch bratri a sester. Bratr Holotik byl svobocInY. Vime, drazi pozustali, k srdce VaSe nese zarmutek nad odchodem ITakho drahello z rodinne:ho kruhu a. budiz Vam -atechou, ae VaS' bol neseme s Vami. My tea jsme si ho velice ya2ili pro jeho dobrou povahu.

Tobe, bily brati-e, jena odpoeiva.s pod • e pamatku toe vrstvou zeme slibujem, Z Tvou uchovame ye syYch srdcich. nano v Hallettsville, Tex, Jan Boeek„Tan Holy, Jan Woytek, Jos. Woytek ml., resolueni vYbor. ) 4o RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, nikpsanY resolu6ni vYbor radu HU2ovy Dyti •, eislo 89. v Rosebud, Tex., jmenem radii projevujeme uprimnou sou-

V P, TNiK --- WEST, TEXAS

Strum, 9 strast pozastale rodine nad ztratou man- 'to nejsou-li v potrave po dlouhou dobtt aela otce, dedeeka a nakho spolu- (na pr. nekolik mesicu, nekdy i nekolik bratra Jana Lanieka, necle1), vyskytnou se v organismu zvld gtktery zemi-el dne 28. brezna 1950 a pochoni onemocneni z neclostatku vitaminil -van byl dne 29. brezna na Narodnim t. zv. avitaminosy. Ze znamYch vitaminu lirbitoye v Cameron, Tex. jsou chilezite etyti, vitamin A, B, C a D. Vime, portistala rodino, ae teke nesete Vitamin A jest obsaAen Wa yne v tucich odchocl jeho ale budi'"z Vam Atechou, 2e i (v masle, v eerst yem mlece, v rybim tumy, elenove iadu soucitime s Vami. ku, pak v jatrech a ve vejcich), midi vzrast Ty bratre Lanieku odpoeivej v pokoji tela, propiljeuje mu vzdornost YU& infektam, kde je y eeny mir. eim a chrdni rohovku °dui pied vysYchdDano v Rosebud, Tex., dne 8. dubno, nim,,, 1950. Za rad ROovY Dvitr„ cis. 89. SPJST. Vitamin D, protikrivienY, se vyskytuje v Rosebud, Tex. Ed. Baca, V. J. Svoboda, resolueni vy rovnea v masle, vejcich, mike, v rybim tuku, a j. Je ho treba hlavne pro deti. Zabor. le'11 take na dostatku sluneeniho svetla • 4 • Holland, Texas. (zejmeria tak zv. alovych paprscich), ktere cirri vitamin skuteene iteinnYm, t. j.

Ctend redakce Vestniku!

Pan Mirko Sedldk miuvil u nas v sini Promennuji tak zv. provitamin, prijatY SPJST. v Holland, Tex. dne 8. dubna 1950. potravou, y e vitamin. Bez vitaminu D v Pral bych vain kaMemu ho vyslechnout, potrave vyviriuje se u deti krivice s ruzponevaft to nejde vymluvit jak dojemne nymi poruchami ye vzrfistu a stavbe koon nana veci vysvetlil o zajmu aeskoslo- sti.

Vitamin C, vitamin protikurclejovY, jest venska , a tamejAich pomerti. Pan Mirko Sedlak• jede po eeskYch osaddch k nam velini Neni-li ho v potrave, dochazi k vyvinu kurdeji, chorobe to provapromluvit, to g nenechte si ujit to ho vyslechnout. 2ijem prave v to zene te-ZkYm krvacenim a zanetem dasni. napjate dobe jak zachranit nasi svobodu, Vitamin C jest obsakn hlavne v e'erktere si vkchni tak prejem. - S bratr- styYch plodech (paprice, brambordch, kliskYm pozdravem, J. W. Mancla. eicim zrnu), ye vaech zeleninach a v krstvYch pomeraneich a citronech.

• A • Vitamin B jest velmi slaitY a obsahuje ylastne nekolik vitaminu. Nalezd se v 16. dubna. Spoleaa, whine elenstva fa- kvasnicich, v obalu zrna (na pr. u rYk), v oreAich, v rajskYch jablkach, ye benddu v Ennis v Narodni sini v Ennis, Tex. 16. dubna. Piknilc krajanskYch v tu, ye sladu klioiciho obili. rgelike zahadne zanety nerve pri prilia jednotvarne Narodni sini na Elmaton, Tex. 15: dubna. Veselce radii Hvezda Miru nebo chude, stra ye, potom nektere otoky koneetin ph hladoveni mohou byt zpusoCis. 33 v Bleiblerville, Tex. 7. kvetna. Majova slavnost divadlo: beny neclostatkem vitaminu B v potrave.

Nouze o vitaminy je hlavne brzy na ja"Kdo nemilo y al ndil" v sini radu Pokroic Houstonu cis. 88. na Studewood. Za- re, kdy jsou vyeerpany zasoby vitaminft v tele a jest je gte nedostatek zeleniny a odatek presne ye 4 hod. odpoledne. voce. Po krutYch zimach jest nedostatek 11. kvetna. Sehtize Drain. Krotfiku v sini radu Pokrok Houstonu els. 88. vitaminu obz ylaAt' citelnY. vim vice bude v soukromYch zahradkach pestovana zev 8 hod. veder.

14. kvetna. Mother's Day Program v si- lenina a ovoce, tim lepe. Zeli, okurky, retni faclu Pokrok Houstonu cis. 88. na Stu- key, kvetak, hid:Icol/Sr salat, rajska ja- jsou pornerne nejspik cenove dewood. Zaeatek presne ye 4 hod. odpodostupna. Nouze o tuky - trva-li dlouho ledne.

23. dubna. Divadlo "Vase tehyne od- - muae se ov gem stati katastrofalni, pozbrojuje" v Sokolovne na Carl ulici v nevaa tuky nelze nahraditi.

Dallas, Tex. Zokatek v 5:30 odpoledne.

Jest prirozene mnoho odchylek: nate18. dubna. Pretinaka Mirko Sedlaka v ri lide mail vrozeny nebo ziskany odpor k sini faclu Praha Cis. 29. v Taylor, Tex. ureitym treba nezavadnYm ji21. dubna. PiednitAka Mirko Sediaka v ni dostavaji po nekterYch pokrmech (a to i po malem mnoastvi) abnormalni prizna.-4. sini faclu Jaromir cis. 54, ye West, Tex. ) • 4 • tak zv. alergicke reky precitli yelosti VITAMINY. akce pr. koprivku po jahodach). A Vitaminy jsou ';;i yne latky, kterYch t naopak jsou Tide, kteri dobre stravi i jilo nezbytne potrebuje a bez nicM nor- cila, nejteHi. Prec jen v gak zustane obecmalni 'Zivot neni vtibec moans'. Staei jich nYm pravidlem, k jest rozumne a zdravi yetSinou sice jen zlomky gramu, ale ty prospe§ne jisti stridine a smi genou stranesmi na trvalo v potrave chybeti. Krat- vu, hodne pracovati, pokud moano dosti kou dobu sice jejich nedostatek nevacli, se pohybovati a spati aspori 7 as 8 hodin nebot' telo je ma uschovany v zasobe, za denne.

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10 Robert Purl uchitzi se o znovuzvoleni za navlad niho okresu Strana

VEST NA K. — . WEST, TEXAS

ptisoudila zastaveni trestu. V kaklem ptipa,de, kde odsouzeni v tomto okresu bylo podano soudu odvolacimu, krirninalni apela,eni soud v Austinu potvalil rozsudek. Toto nasvedeuje, ze navladni konal svoji povirmost pfesne a nebylo =harm penezi daneplatca. Okresni navladni jest take odpovednYm za stihani prestupkil u soudu okresniho. Poeet prestuplai zyYSil se pornerne dle zvYSeni pripaelti kriminalnich a take zde porota uznala vinnYrni vkchny olaZalovane. Dodateene je okresni navladni odpoveden za, stihani ptestupkil u smireich soudu okresu.

Toto zvYkni prate bylo vykonano bez ptibrani pomocnika do idadovny, ktera pozilstava ze staleho pomocnika Jack R. Barkley z Gdogetown a obeasneho pomocnika J. R. Owen z Taylor. "Jsern jistY, ze lid Williamson okresu", pravil Mr. Purl, "va.Z1 si vYteene shifty techto dvou schopnYch pravnikfr, jich.Z pomoc byla none neocenitelna."

Do drieSka letog niho roku bylo poda.no vice ob2a,lolo nez za celY rok 1945, co2 dosvedeuje zyySovani se zloeinnosti.

ZkuSenk navladni jest Z'adouci, aby 0vladal da,nou situaci. "Posledni tti roky", Robert H. Purl, stall. 38 let, oznamuje pravi Mr. Purl, "daly mi tuto zkuknost. svoli kancliciatku pro znovuZvoleni do ii- Lituji, Ze jsem nemel dosud easu setkatadu navladniho okresu. Purl, rodak til se voliei osobne, neZ zamYSlim tak Williamson okresu, syn zesnuleho Edgar ueiniti, ja,krnile povinnosti iftadu tomu G. Purla a vnuk Henry C. Purla, sve dovoli. Protole zbYva prace k dokondoby serif a Williamson okresu, predigada, eeni, a protok an veri, ge slouzii okresu svoji zpasobilost a svilj rekord, dosazene Williamson peelive, a podia dosakneho behein tri let v Tirade k uvaleni voli- rekordu, pan Purl Z'add a bude hluboce 'Cam. poycleanY za hla.sy vkho lidu.

Purl zi,skal Zkoleni v gramarni Skole (Paid Pol. Adv.) v Georgteto,l,n, Texas A. and M. Kolleji, )• •( Southwestern universiie, a na 'rexaske ZA POKLADEM DO 1VIORSIckCH universitni skole pra.v. Stuclujice prava MERIN. zainestnO,n byl easteene u Texaske , , Niall Diarmid Campbell, ve yoda z Arnieni komise. Po ptipuSteni do statm- gyll ve Skotsku, eini novY pokus o objeho spalku pravnika pokraecval ve sluthe veni a vyta&ni pokladu, ktery je domneu departmentu Statniho kontrolora a le pohtben ye vraku bkva,le 6panelske lokratkou dobu pied. za,poeetim druhe svedi Florencia, na dne motskem v zalivu Totove valky vstoupil do soul rome prakse bermory.

Bohatstvi, ktere se naleza ye pravnicke. Purl nastoupil vojenskou vraku Florencie, je pry hodnoceno na, sluZbu v bfeznu 1941 a po pen letech slu$100,000,000.

8panelska lad' Florencie byZhy, polovinu te'ie prodelal v zamoici, byl la potopena v tomto zalivu nedaleko o&stile z armady propuken. Dodateene k tomato Purl byl ptipuSten k praksi u strova Mull v rote 1588, kdy kralovna Al-spolkov soucl(i jiMiho distriktu a n. beta pora.zila se s yYm lod'stvern Spanelskou armadu tak, k se Spanelsko nikdy nej yySilho soudu Spaj. state.

Strueny vYkaz rekordu jeho arado- vie z tato pora2ky nevzpamatovalo.

VYluene pra y° na tento fidajnY poklad Waal: bylo dano kralem Karlem I. vevoclovi z Obblob3r velkoporoty mnoZily se v letech poslednich na pr. v roku 1945 tolika Argyl a jeho potomkam.

Mnoho pokusa o vytakni tato potopene 25 hrdelnich zloeina bylo podanc.,,, v roku 199:9 velkoporota, Williamson okresu lodi bylo jiz uoineno v minulosti. VSechny vsnesla 10143146,1obu, aili z yYSeni 309 pro- skoneily s neaspechem. Nyni vSak se pocent a tyto ololaloby zahrnovaly hrdelni ! kusi o to 12 potapeen, vystrojenYch nejzioelny a ta1261 pfipady provineni zakana. novejZimi potapecimi a,para,t3r. Spusti se V stihani teto ttidy ployineni u distrikt- na dno motske za pokladem, ktery je poniho soudu, behern doby jeho ittadovani, vaovan skeptiky za pouhy mythus. VevajeZ zapoelo v lednu 1947, ni jeden z ob- da Campbell vSak yeti, ze poklad ve vraZalovanYch porotou souzenYch nebyl 1 ku existuje. osvoloozen. Jen ye dvou pripadech porota 1 Potapeei pouZiji pri tato praci specielni

Ve.stfedu, dne 12. dubria 1950. potapeci obleky, ktere jim umOni pracovat v hloubce 54 az 72 stop po dobu 40 minut. Praci lotide Edit namofni porueik R. Parkinson z kralovskeho namotnictva, kteremu vevoda, z Argyl, vla,stnici ostrov Mull, odevzdal listinu ,v ni'g je pfesnY popis potopene lodi.

Podle vevadovYch dokumentt, 'Spanelska potopena, lod' vezla armadni pokladnici. Bylo v ni dost zlata, aby mohly bYt vyplaceny vSechny ykdaje teto 6panelske valeene yYpravy, to jest $40,000 denne pro namotnictvo a $100,000 denne pro armadu, ktera mela bYt vylodena v Anglii.

Podle archivu vevody z Argyll, byla na lodi take kralovska koruna, yyzdobena drahokamy, kterou daroval papa pro budouciho panovnika Anglia — bude-li kralovna Altheta v bitve porakna a sesazena s tranu.

Mistni legenda fika o teto 1400 tunove Spanelske lodi, ze lod' ptiplula do zalivu Tobermory pro zasoby potravin a vody.

8panelskSr kapitan odmitl za potraviny zapla,tit. Kdy2 Launchlan McLean, syn tehdejSiho vevody vstoupil na lod', aby zadal penize za dodane potraviny, byl zadr:Zen na, lodi jako zajatec. Aby jej Spanelove neodvezli do Spanelska, zalozil radeji na lodi po'26.r a zerntel s posadkou, ktera eitala pry 600 mug/. ) • 4 4, Zajem o Slovenskou operu SlovenskY hudebni skladatel E. Suanon vytvotil novou — v pofadi desatou siovenskou open/ "Kr-a/ava," kterou hraje s fispechem bratisla yske Narodni divadlo. Prenneru dila navZtivil reditel Universal Edition z Vidne A. Schlee, kte rY uzavtel s nakladatelstvim "Slovensky spisovatel" smlonvu, podia niti bude S-ucholiova opera vydana nernecky, francouzsky a itaisky. Nakladelstvi "Slovensky spisovatel" yyda "Kratfiavu" ye vkch sloyanskYch jazycich. ) • 4 • NOVA ZAVERKA Ing. C. Jan Malek z Trnove prihlasil k paentovani svfij vynalez zdokonaleneho fotografickeho pfistroje pro kinofilm s vysokou zaverkovou rychlosti. Mechanismus ctistroje zabezpeeuje pied dvoji exposici na tentYZ obrazek, proti pretoeeni dosud neexponovaneho filmu a je take znaane zjednodukn. Koneene ma malY poeet pohyblivYch dilil. Tim se vYrobni naklady ptistroje znaene sniZuji. PHstroj je take odolnY proti mechanickemu poZkozeni. )* ( Jeden mladY dramatickY autor poslal svou novou hru Bernardu Shawovi s prosbou o posouzeni. Brzy dostal tuto odpoved': Vak prate je veimi zajimavo.. Ma v sobe mnoho noveho a pekneho. Bohutel, to nova- nevi hczke a to hczke neni nova.

Ve stiedu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

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B. Zahradnik Brodsky:

Tu jednou odpoledne dog el do statku Fulin, gvec a zaroveri obecni posel, se vzkazanim, ze pantflta ptedstavenY diva pekne pozdravovat, aby soused Lukavec k nemu na slcvieko ptigel.

Vavtinci bylo rodivno, proe ptedstavenY vol, d s nikYm vYlcoru nebyl, dane mel zaplaceny, s njkSttn nebyl v mrzutosti p •ieina vzkazu byla tedy velmi zahadna.

Ale ptat se obecniho posla nechtel. v nem trocha otcovy hrdosti, kterSt se nikdy za rovna s bardeniky nepovaZoval.

Zavclal '2"enu, aby dala pozcr ve-stodole, a nata.hnu y jinY kabat gel zvolna pies naves, kde mel starosta statek.

StYna mela doma praci. Sama umyvala a ted' musila od prate odejit.

Oekala ye stodole, ale rortrZite poslou-' chala povidani podruhrt, kteti tu povtisla delali. Ptes tu chvili oclbehla na druhY kcnec dvOra, aby se pedivala, jde-li uZ muZ, Negel. Bylo to nejake dluohe fizeni a selka v duchu se uji gt'ovala, 'Ze takhle dlouho jegte nikdy u starosty nevytrval a Ze by nadarmo tarn nesedel, kdyby k tomu valne ptieiny nebylo. Poeinala bYt netrj:i..i liva, a malieko se take na muZe hnevala, ze ji nechava doma samotnou, kdyZ piece vi, ze ma ye svetnici co delat.

KdyZ uz hodina utekla a cn se nevracel, ujistila se, Ze jej propasla, Ze asi uz od starosty gel, ale Ze se pustil na pole, kde eeledin ore, zapornenuv, ho doma zapot •ebi. Smitila se s tim a ptipravovala se, Ze potom si vezme deveeku na moc, aby to dchcnila, co by zmegkano.

Lukavec pti gel c;oma 0 s veeerem, kdy se venku trousil soumrak a pasaci s hluenYm prasktinim hnali dobytek ke vsi. Selka domYvala s deveekou a praye vstavala, aby se oblekla. Jak muZ'tige, temet itkradkem ve gel, lekla se a uptela, nan plachY pohled.

Zdalo se ji, Ze yypada nejak zcela jinST, ze je vycle genY, bojacnY a Ze si teener netraufa na, ni se podivat. Zvolna goural se ptitmim Svetnice a svleknuv 'kabat, pcsaciil se za still do kcuta. Chtela se ho zeptat, kde tak dlouho byl. Vycit'ujic vgak, Ze si ted' rozmluvy nepteje, gla mleky ke plotne, aby vatila ve-deti.Sedlak seal za stolem dal, lokty maje podepteny- a hlavu obracenou k oknu.

KdyZ Stna prisla, aby rozsvitila lampu, trhl-Sebou a ruce mu klesly.

"Tady nerozsvecuj," povidal a hlas se •rriu ttasl. "RosVet' si u kamen."

Poslechla, ale hlas muzuv ji polekal.

Co jen to s nim je? Stune? Hen, nic na

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nem nebylo znat, nikdy ani trochu Tiezastonal a nic take netikal. MOZna, -e ptemaha, Ze to nechce prozradit, aby ji necOlekal. Tisnivo, Itzkost ji zamrazila a 0 ji nepustila. Chvatne a bez klidu vatila veeeti a stale se v ni probouzela zveclava touha, podivat se dobte na muZe, aby videla, jak yypacla. Me ostYchavost .ji v tcni branila, a kdy'Z' pied saniou vedeti Ala rozsvecovat lampu nad stolem, chvela se strachem, aby se na nej nepodivala.

Jedi inalo, skoro nic. A sotva. zase se podeptel, hlavu do jecine Wane poloZil a oei na stenu upiral, maje Usta pcotevtena a ye tvati vYTaz podivne ulekancsti. Na chasu, kterou selka k weeki zavolala, se* neohledl, nesahal po dYmce, ne gel yen se podivat, aby dohledl, jak krmi kone a dobytek. Jakoby nee° neobvykle vaZneho jej zaraZilo, zdesilo, ochromilo.

Az kdy Zena, jeZ take strachem, jen se v ni rodil a celcu ji zachvival, sotva se jidla, dotekla a zbytky ku plotne odna gela, pohnul sebou hluene a odkaglal si. Poobratila hlavu a videla, jak .se o stenu podeptel, nohy natahl a rukou na stole zabubnoval.

"StYno, je chasa ua venku?" zeptal se, kdyZ se jejich pohledy sttetly. Ji zdalo se, ae se na ni kouka vyhrtZne, a zatim on sotva slova sva vynutil, zachvacen eimsi nevYslovne fizkostnYm. "Je," odpovedela pokorne. "Podivam se, chceg-li."

"Koukej, aby sem uZ pro nic nechodili," &dal/al mekeeji. "Rad bych s tebou 0 neeem promluvil a nechci, aby to chasa slygela."

"Podivam•se za nimi," slibovala ochotne. "Nemaji to co pohledavat, a dam sin na zavoru."

Vybehla y en a Lukavec opustiv sve misto u stolu p •egel svetnici s hlavou sklopenou a rukama v ka,psach zastreenSrma.

Slygel, jak venku Zena void na chasu, aby ala spat, a jak se vraci s yYmi drobnYmi, chvatnYmi kroky. Ted' za,vira, dvete, r..evriuje zavoru a jde ke svetnici. Zastavil se u stclu, a kdyZ ve gla, sna,Zli se na ni usmat. Nepovedlo se mu to a on jakby nan zncvu itnava Colehla usedl ce na lavici u okna. StSr na chvili stab. nerozhodnuta u dveti, potom v gak PMchazela zvolna ke stolu. `Sedni si," povidal prosebne, a StSma se nepamatovala, Ze by kdy na ni tak melee pron.-Awn "Mani ti nee° rici. Je to o g -klive,aj pomc.Zatjvonemohu, a co se ma stat, at' se stane hned.

Jen se, prosim te, na men nezlob. Povim ti vgechno a potom delej, jak za dobre uznaa. JO. byl, StYno, u ptedstaveneho. Ale ne pota.d. Ode gel jsem od neho yen do poli, abych ptemSTglel, co delat. A tam jsem si uminil, ze ti v gechnou uptimne povim."

Stritnit Zamleel se a podival se na zenu, Sledovala ho se zbysttenciu pozornosti, dneAni den ji ptinese cosi velmi dille2iteho a rozhodneho. Sna'Zila se vypatrat ptedem, co to asi je, nikdy se tak kuraine a tak odhodla.ne nedivala na jeho Usta, jako ted'.

"Jen povidej," tekla t ge, a jata nahlou soustrasti, ze muz neeim trpi, hotela touhou, aby mu pomohla.

"Napted mi slib, ze se na me nebudeA hnevat," Zaclal a rozpa'Cite se pous"Free bych se hnevala? Nic zleho jsi mi neudelala a kdyby, v gak jsi muj mui."

Lahodne teplo ji zahtalo Vedomim, •Ze milZe jednou muzi v neeem prospet, ukazat mu, Ze si ho vO.Z1. A siastno i bylo, Ze on tak cifiverne a temet prosebne se k ni obraci.

"Ty jsi hodna, StSrno," pochvalil Wele a nazvedl se, jako by chtel vstat a k ni jit. Ale zase si sedl. Nevini v gak, jak bude g se mnou spokojena, aZ ti povim to ostatni. Ani nevim, jak zaeit. Ty se budeg piece hnevat, 0 se to dovi g. Nu, jaka, pomoc, jaka pomoc!"

Stiski dlane, a mu v prstech zachrupalo, a zat'al zuby.

"Jo, mam, StYno, vyhrkl najednou prudce a uptel no ni UpenlivSr pohled.

Selka napted nejevila Zadneho pohnuti. Jen oai 'sire otev •ela a kcukala se na mu2e, nelZe-li. A potom zaeala e'eryen prchat z jeji tvate a ruka, kterou mela pololenou na stole, zvolna padala na jeji klin.

"To snad ne," povidala po chvili tahle a hlas se ji ttasl. "Snad bych o neeem ua napted vedela."

"Mam, StYno, vet mi," povidal ted' 0 se zoufalou lhostejnosti, a ptikYvl na dotvrzeni hlavou. "Ale ted' ne, co jsme svoji, ani tidy, ale jinde, daleko odtud, z vojny."

Jako by se ji trochu ulevilo, oddechla si a hlavu malieko nachklila ku ptedu.

"Prot jsi mi o tom 0 dtiv netekl?" ptala se s mirnou vYeitkou. "Snad to ne-: musilo ani na ptedstaveneho dojit. A kdo vi, nezastoupila-li jsem cestu te, ktera mela na tebe vet gi pravo."

"To ne, StStno," hajil se s nahle pro-. buzenou horlivosti. "To je neco jineho.

Ja Sam nic nevedel, aZ dnes. Nebyl bych taky tak daleko to nechal dojit. Vim, ze ti udelam bolest, ale jsi ma Zena a ta,. to musi vedet napted. Potom, aZ v gechno vypovim, dam ti na vybranou. Ty si tekne g, co se ma stat, a ja te poslechnu."

"Prot bys poslouchal?" prohodila a hoitSr fisme y zktivil jeji fista. "Co se musi udelat, to se udela, at' 0 je to 03koliv."

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Noc Jeho 2ivota ROMAN Napsal Bohum11 Zahradnik-Brodskt "Rozumim mu a vim, Se trpi k lath Frankovi. Ode dne, kdy se dovedel, Frank nejen veal o Lindleave ritoku, ale nadto jevil zlost, ze mne lepe nepoznamenal, strS7c se sam v sobe souSi. Hanba mu to je a nemilge si pomoci."

"Arci, nenniSe si pornoci," ptitakala zadurneive.

"Snad bychom mu mohli dopis aspori ukazati, aby vedel, ze nejsme jeho zradci a stojime verne pti nem."

"To ano, to by ho poteeilo. 8kcida, sem nejezdi. Mohla bych snad zajeti k nemu sama. Cesta jest sucha, mraz neni velikY a na sanich bych tam byla hned."

"Opravdu bys jela? To jsem rad. Poekej, zavolem na delediny, aby zaptahli do sani. Kone jsou odpoaati, by,stke pobeSi a pro tebe to bude osveaenim. Beztoho je tteba, abychom se na strStce obeas podivali. TeSil se, Se se ptestehuje do pily, ale nic o torn netika, a ja ho sem nenutim, aby'si nemyslil, Se touSirn farmu uchvatiti. Kdy2 jsi byla ty u neho, ptece jen mel vetSi pohodli, kdeSto ted' je odkazan na sluSebne, ktere nikdy nenahradi lasku a peel, kterou potkebuje.

Jsi hodna, Se chce k nemu zajeti; kdovi, neeeka-li na to."

V'Secek se rozeilil, a Teresa zamleela poznaniku, ze vedle starostlivosti o strYce ma take ye sve duei touhu, aby vypatrala, co strS7c kekne dopistn. Jeji domnenka byla posfiena tim, ze ji vnutil take svou odpoved' Paxline, pted,stiraje, Se dopis z fanny odeslanSr bude rychleji -expedovan. Nemrzela se na to. Byla ptesvedeena, ze je ji Vladimir eddan, a to ji pinilo blahSim uspokojemm. Hhbite se ptevlekla, nakidila hospodyni, jak se za jeji neptitornnosti starati a provazena, mu'Sem az k sanim, usedla.

"Dnes mne neeekej," povidala libajic ho na, rozchodnou. "Musini dati tre,:hu svetnice do pokadku, a zde nine snad nebude tieba."

"Jiste ne, vzdyt mne uz me neni. Jed' opatrne, at' se cestou nic nestane."

Sane se iozejely a kone s rozkoS1 uhaneli. Teresa, zahalena v koSieiny, proSivala rozkoSnou jizdu, ktera by ji jindy napinila detinskou radosti. Dnes *dak byla v jeji dusi starost. 0 mute se bala, a take o strSice. SvYm bystrYm posttehem vedela najisto, Se muz plane touhou piti statek a vratiti se do Cech. Sice to i pted tarn •ikaval, ale nadhazoval, to brsy nebude, protoS uz byly hotovy jak pilu 4velebiti a tOZ 'sikiti• Ona

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sama, jako prava terra, byla by ochotne s nim 'Ala, karn by byl chtel, vecloric o jeho rozgafnosti a o torn, te napred dobke uvaii, net co kona! Ale osoba strYcova, stala v jeji du g' jako vySgi bytost.

Milovala-li sveho mute celYm srdcem, vatila si strYce ja,kousi zbotriujici laskou.

Pro ni byl nejlepSim a nejhoclnejSim alovelem, Seznala ho a jeho poctivost, a nikdy nezapomnela, co ji i Vladirnirovi prokazal. Ani sveho otce nemela ye vetsi vatnosti a byla ochotna, pkinesti ka'Zdou °bet', aby stryc byl spokojen. BraeI tlo ji, 'z'o je strYc nyni zadumeivY a trpi ani by se svetil a ptipustil nejakou U.techu.

Co asi tern dopisfun rekne? Nebude urazen? Jiste pcichopi, prod mu ptivati dopisy a za,ene podezirati, te ptichazeji mu oznamiti, te i oni ho opusti. To by ho sklieilo a nesmi ani k podezkeni dojiti.

Snad ji bude clano, aby mu hezky rekla, Co v jeji duSi je.

Kt-137'g dojiSdeli k fume, farmat vracel na koni s druhe strany z ohrad. Seal na koni a zda,leka ji poznav, jel ji naproti. "a,dna, 'Spatna zprava?" zvolal zdaleka.

"2adna,, strYeku," odpovidala vesele.

"Jedu se na, tebe podivati a take ti vezu nejake dopisy. Vladimir si 1)1'61, abys byl o vSem informovan. Ty si drav?"

"Zdrav, Terezo. Trochu jsem unaven, ale to pfejde, jen co si budeme moci s Vladimirem vyjeti na lov. Hoji se rana?"

"Velmi dobie. VAak 112 by mohi zase na pilu."

"At' dela, trochu pap a a necha, za sebe 19racovati jine. A ty jsi spokojena?"

"Upine, strYeku, Vladimir je poctiva difse."

"To me test, velmi easto na vas myslim, a mel jsem starost, jak je u vas.

Halo, vyptahnete kone, a opattete je.

Dnes neodjede'S?" "Rada bych trochu u tebe poklidila, zustanu do rana."

"Budu tedy miti jeden veder veselejPornohl i se ,sani a ve gli do staveni. Napked sam ptines1 obeerstveni a potom usednuv proti ni, zaeal se vyptavati na prate na pile. Tvakil se, jako by byl na dopisy zaponmel, a Teresa nemala odvahy hned o nich zaeiti. Teprve po hodine Terner jako by se upamatoval, prohodil, Se se zmiriovala o nejakYch dopisech. Rychle je vyjimala, davajic napied dopis Pavlinin. KdyS s oeividn3im zajmem ptedet1 ptichystanou odpoved', pot'ouchle se usmal.

"Zda se mi, Se panieka by rada neco odcmila, Ceho se sama dopustila. Nebylo by to hloupe, sttidati mute, a neni vyloueeno, Se by po Case se ji zase po druhem rniiSi zastesklo. Vladimir moudte odpovedel, nemylil j gein se v nemu jsem red, ze jsi se do takovYch rukou dostala. Dopis odeSlu sam, bude date, kdyt

Ve stkedu, dne 12. dubna 1950. dostane brzy odpoved' A co je to druhe?"

"Pied easem, dtive jeAte, nez bylo rozhodnuto, abychom se vzali, psal mut do ech, patraje po nejakem statku ke koupi. Ut na to zapomnel, ale najednou dosia odcoved'. Rikal, se to to bude zajimati, a ze by rad anal tvaj asudek."

"Vida, tulaka, ani se zde neohtal, a tit ho srdce Ohne zpet," povidal dobracky.

"Pravda, byl dlouho z domova vzdalen a ani se po navratu tam neohtal. Co pak mu piSou?" Zadal dist a Tereza bedlive pozorovala jeho viraz. Pkestal se usmivati, zvatnel, a vSechnu svou pozornost napial. Zdalo se ji, te ete velmi pomalu, ba ze ete dopis pa druhe. Hdyt dodetl, zustal secleti se zrakem do prazdna upkenYm a dopis ruky nepouStel.

"Miletice, Miletice," opakoval, jako pro sebe. "To buena je mi zname. Soudim, te to je od mare rodneho mista asi pet hodin testy. Bylas tam neirdy?"

"Nebyla, strYdku, ale slySela jsem o tom. Jeden z naSich uditele mel tam znameho spravce a jezdival tarn chytat pstruhy."

"Vida, vzpominam si, te se uz iehdy tikavalo, co je tam pstruha. Vice na zapade zaeinaji uz lesy Suma yske, kopec na kopci a vSechny jsou zelene. To je kraj, podobnY nagemu, jente ov gem pada tam neni tak arodna jako zde. Ale kdo ji poslouti, take mu rodi. Vladimir tam chce, Z'e?"

"Nic net ikal," zalhavala, "povidal pouze, abych ti to ukazala, co tomu tika" "Jiste se mu tam chce, to ja mu rozumini. A co ty?"

"Kde bude mud, tam budu ja. Ale tobe neopustime, to jsme si dodavala jaksi slavnostne.

"Opravdu? To jste hodni, ze na mne nezaprninate. Je mi beztoho velmi Smutno z toho vSeho."

"Nemag na nic mysliti," domlouvala teple, citic hokkost v jeho slovech. "KaWS?' proLje 'lady nejakou bolest a zklamani."

"JenSe to zklarnani nejsou stejna a me sklamani bylo velmi trpke. Nu, prod bych plash tviij klid, nic se tim nespravi, a dim je elovek starSi, tim detnejSi jsou zarmutky. Glace snad Vladimir, abych mu poradil?"

"Nic netikal, povidal pouze, abych ti dopis ukazala. On se spokoji, at' je to cokoliv, znam ho dobie."

"Tim lepe pro tebe. Pkeetu si dopis jeSte lootom jednou, fines nemam jaksi sve my'elenky pohromade. Podivej se trochu po hospodatstvi, ja si nee° zatim obstaram."

Pochopila, ze chce bYti chvili sam a ocleSla do kuchyne a odtud yen dohlednouti na, drithe.S. ZdrSela se schvalne hoc? ne dlouho venku, a uplynula skoro hodina, net se vracela. StrSrc pritv§ sryle/

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Medal stale novSi predmet hovoru, ale rad, pojede-li," souhiasil ochotne. "Buy en, volaje na eeledina, aby osedlal kopies to chvili upadal v zamytleni a ye- de nam aspori veseleji." ne, to pojede do Grenoblu.

Kratce po obede objevil se na pile nd"Poslal jsem take Vladimirriv dopis, der jevil zvlattni imavu. Vymlouval se, to venku hodne promrzl a vybidl Terezu, hle str'c. Sam spreteni kidil a vjel na tekni mu, to tit beti," rekl jaksi bodge. aby si tla brzy lehnouti. Bez namitek nadvoti jako o dostihach. Z koni se kouZase se posadili a hovorili. Tereza kala, brzo-11 merle o Frankovi, a skoro poslechla, neusnula, vtak a byla udive- tilo a jeho hlas, volajici na eeledina, ptese lekala to chvile. Chlacholit strYce by- na, slytic ,llumene kroky str'covy, jak hlutil drnkot a hukot z pily.

"Otti dobre kone a potom je proved'," lo by marne a pridelavat mu bolest neci- prechazel po sve lo2nici. Neco ma v mytelne. Ale vyhnul se katde zmince a jak- sli, nedej Bole, aby se neeim trapil. narizoval Useene. "Leteli jako blazni a si se rozehtival. Lien, co se nazlobil se Dutevni utrpeni je horti net telesne, ted' jsou uriceni."

Hodil eeledinovi °prate a miril ke staslutkou, net ji vstipil, aby delala vte a strYc by dlouho takoveho stavu nesveni, 4 jehot dverich se objevila Tereza. nesl. tak, jak do delava Tereza.

"Zitra jsme chteli jeti za tebou, to je na tebe," zasmal se, "a veera Kdyt ho rano spattila, zdalo se ji, to povidala, to by musila bYti kouzelnici, je eilejti a jeho oei he jsou jasnejti. Vy- hezke, to jsi prijel .Sam jsi jel?"

"Sam. Myslit, te nedovedu riditi spreaby mi vyhovela. Zdejti slutebni nemaji ptaval se, jak se vyspala, a potom naLeni? Vladimir je uvnitt?" k zamestnavateli onen cit, jak' mail kazoval, aby se Vladimir tettil.

"Ano. Dopoledne chodil po pile a ted' lide, a to nejen v kuchyni, ale take "Musi bYti brzy zdrav," rozumoval. venku."

"Plijdu se brzy nari podivati a zle bych je unaven."

"Prod ho pouttit yen, kdyt nema sam "Take se to kazi, tatinek si dosti na mu vyeinil, kdybych videl, to se netetill. A ty take nyni odpctivej, eeka, na rozum," durdil se laskave a vzav ji za eelediny staoval." ruku zaroveri s ni vchatel dovnitt. Vla"Protote je to zvyk sedlakri, na eeled' tebe jarem robota." si stetovati. Sem je dati, to by teprve Byla jeho laskavosti dojata, a kdyt ji dimir oteviral dvere do sine a s rismevem vital strYce, jent s veselYrn vYrazem vedeti, co je peklo. Vladimirovi se tedy polibil, shYbla se a ruku mu polibila. stYske, po praci, a verim mu. Jette tte"StrYeku, pro nic se netrap," povidala mu podaval ruku.. "Slytim, he jsi neosti, to ma tebe. Aspori ho samota neskli- pohnute. "Nestalo by za to, aby ses v patrnV," karal laskave. "NemocnY zristati doma a nechodit na mraz. Jak euje a nema easu mysliti na bolest. Vi- sobe soutil." je?" hezky jste se k sobe hodili, da Rah, "Prave, prave dcerutko, to ja take vim, "Dobre, strYoku, mohu jit malieko ra'te nebudete ani jeden ani drub' lito- a nemej tadnYch starosti, jsem ut ostrimenem hYbati.". vati." len a najdu vtdycky spravnou cestu.

"Jen tadne hlouposti, aby sis nepo"Ja nebudu," zavolala rozjakene.

Doma pozdravuj a sem ut nejezdete, Doma se ti asi stYska, to?"

"On take ne," kYval hlavou. "Hezky to prijedu za vami sam."

"Mnoho ne, Tereza je stale kolem dopadlo. "Kdyby byl ten lotr Frank mel Kdyt to vtechno Vladimirovi povidala, radu tatovu v lepti ride, mohl dnes ve chvili premYtlel a potom hlavou zavrtel. mne."

"Arci, je ti veseleji, net mne. Mate se svetu smati. Nic se nelekej, tit me to "StrYeek ma neco za lubem, co to je, obolelo a vidim v torn prst osudu, kterST nevim, a nebudu se ptati, ale jsem zve- zde prijenme teplo, odlotim kotich a Teme asi chtel hortiho zklamani ochraniti. day. Nu, jednou se to dovime. Jsem rad, reza mi da horkeho daje. Dcstal jsi neVtdycky je katde zlo pro neco dobre, te se nazlobil a at sem prijde, jette jed- jakY novY dopis?"

"Nedostal." rekl jsem to jednou, a opakuji to dnes nou o tom pohovorime."

"A psal jsi do Cech?" s tim vetti jistotou. Nemluvme ut o torn, Ale jako str'c i on byl zamytlen a je"Nepsal. Nechci bez tebe nic delati, a tkoda katde chvile, kterou si 'da y& o- ho zamytleni pokradovalo i v nasledutravi. Divim se ti, 'te neznat ty Miletice, jicich dnech. Kdyt se ho tena tazala, nad chtel jsem proto rano se za tebou pojaka je tam poloha, co tam seji, zkrat- vlastne mysli, probiral se vtdy jako z divati."

"Prosim te, znat ty Miletice?" ka, jako je to hospodarstyi." polospanku a rychle hledal nejakou vY"Jak bych je znal? Nikdy jsem v to "Pro mne to bylo take vedeti, mak) mluvu. krajine nebyl, a vim pouze, co bylo v jsem z domu pritla, a o takove fed se "Jsem ut unaven nedinnosti," nalikal dopise." vice nati muttti starali."

"To je chyba, Lena ma o vtem vedeti. si, "a z toho potom je, he se mi hlavou "Toho mnoho nebylo, ani neuKdyby zde asport nekdo z to krajiny byl. honi takove nepottebne veci. Jen co pri- udali, co ten statek stoji."

Ve Statech, tam je jiste dosti lidi, kteti jede strYeek, vtechno se zmeni. On phi"Pravda, a to je hlavni. Soudim, he to to krajinu znaji, ale zde u nas nebude nese vtdy tivost a eloveka posili. Co pak stoji mnoho, a to bych ani nemohl neasi nikoho z tech kondin. Miletice, Mile- asi tekne o tech Mileticich?" co takoveho podniknouti. Napadlo nine, Zasmala se srdeene a vysvetlovala tice," opakoval zamytlene. to by se snad statek rozdelil a he bych Tereza se na neha pozorne zadivalak• smich tim, to oba, strYc i mut, mluvi o mchl se pokusiti koupiti aspon ten les Nemohla pochopiti, to to jmeno statk u Mileticich, ktere neznaji. Jiste bude s inlYnem a pilou." tolik strYce zajima. Snad cosi ho k ne- strYc take Vladirnirovi domlouvati, co"Vida, mudrce, o pole nestoji, a to je mu pouta, di snad mu to jmeno need z te nezna toto misto, kiere by mel zna.- piece zaklad. Arci, ty jsi same drivi a jeho tivota, pripomina. StrYc sedel to ti. Zasmal se take Vladimir, chtel cosi nepamatujet, he bez poli neni chieba. chvili tamytlene a ona ho nerutila. Na- rid, ale radeji zavedl hovor na jine po- Co asi myslis, jakou cenu ten statek hle zvedl hlavu, ptettel si eel() a usma 1 le. Katdkin dnem, kter' uplynul anit ma?" farrnat pxijel, byl Dumat nepokojnejti a se skoro provinile "Tetko mi hada, protohe neznam "Mluvme o neeern jinem," povidal, nu neklidne spal. nynejti cenu pozemkti. Hodne asi."

"Co tcmu rikat, abych se take ja, za to se do veselosti. "Stale bychom mlu "Piece hadej," dolehal jaksi rozjareviii o Mileticich, a ani nevime, kde t o strkekem podival," navrhoval kterehosi ne. je a co to stoji. Nektereho dne se.podi rana. "fieknerne, te pui milionu korun." vam k vain a promluvim si s Vladimi "Prod ne. Neptijede-li dnes rano, at' "Vida, nejsi daleko od pravdy; ja rem. Tuhle mam novou eeskou knihu ti zaptahnou a jed'. Pojedu s tebou, pro- dam etyristatisic." A kratce se rozesmal. poslali mi ji a to me veder obveseluje tote kdyby se sane zvrhly, mohlo by bYti "To by nebylo drahe! Ale pies to je Dries ovtem eisti nebudu. Mame dost a sic." to mnoho pellet." dost co si povidati."

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path. INAS dolor stoji vysoko, je skoro Neni Bile to zle a stesk rune prejcle, jen zim, protoM jinak by mne nekltd Jako by neijsilnejSi dojem s neho etyficet korun, a to si snad vypoeitaS, co budu moci pracovati." tekl spadl, posadil se, rukou plejel tva ‘l i hla" by to bylo dolare."

"Kdo povidd, so mne vu a melee se pousmav, roz hledl se pa .no.dnY poeet, deset tisic dolare." valme. "Pojeclu s vdmi." ;pravne. takovY staick. za deTereza 11%, c,hvili byla pritomna, nail-- svetnici. Teresa Ocibada do kuchyne, a sot tisic, rekneme pro jistoi u so patndct divSi v kuchyni, co man pro strVce achy- Vladimir, stale jeSte pod dojtnem velike dolor i, by na :;-dejA p )mery byla stati a nyni rychle se priblilila. noviny, posadil se cpocial a ziral na dobrd koupe. A v 5, jake jsou latu po"A jii se potom s tebou sem vratim i• tamale jako na bytost, ktera umi dezemky?" s Vladimh'em," povida la naruZivYm lot zazraky. Nernohl dcsud Z.e VSdyt.' jsem teki, ';',e to nezndm." olesvecteenin-i, "Statek prowl juneme a bri- by bylo vse pravda, ale v jell° nitru vstavala uZ velika, radost a byl by rad se dal "Ale ja to swam. Pozernky dobre, i demo hospodaidti ode." do jasotti, kdyby se nebyl bad, Ze snad pknice se tam dari, aokoll y Wa yne Zito "Na corn? Na farm.'? Tn proda.m. A a brambc •y tarn prospivaji. I to je do- pill' take prodame. VZdyt' ja Lake tou- ptece to neni pravda. Take 'rerner mleel, bre, vSak jinni Cechy snam. Tohle neni Oim domtl. Robumej to mi, nechapave de- a kclyZ Teresa s jidlem a eajem prichazela, pustil se do jidla. Nejedl mnoho; uz v mokre poloze a proto mute moudrY pouze dve risky eaje za sebou vypil, a hospoddr vYlaek pozerrike z yYSiti. Lesy ft" Alas se mu zlomil a slzy mu vyskoeily cdstreiv vS'e, meal klidne hovoliti o jsou zachovale, pila v dalekem okoli neInd konkurenta, a dale by se tedy new do oci. Rychtle je oti'el a povstav, pleSel 1-,odrobnostech. Opakoval vlastne, co kratkYmi rysy napled naznaeil. Ptal se podniknouti. Chce se ti jeae stale vr a. _ prucice svetnici. je rozhodneto," meal hlasem, Vladimira, moZno-li organisaci, jeZ mu "Ano, till se dome?"

"To je tak, strYeku," , povidal cite, jak ktery nestrpel odporu. "Od ckain'2iku; psala, davelovat. Neznal pomery a hlase ho zaeina rozechveni zmoc•ovati. ,kdy se mi syn vzeprel kdy jsem vi- vou pokyvoval, jak je to doble, ze je zde `8rdc'e mne tahne nazr:.et, ale rozum mne del, Ze vSechny nadeje, ktere jsem v neho cosi, oe se mohou opliti tide, ktere valka. zdrZ,uje. zde je j ista nadeje na zvelebe- skladal, jsou zmakeny, smizela, ma las- Po svete rczehnala, oloupiv'Si je na dlouni podnike a ziskdni majetku, a Wa y ne ka ke zdejSimu' majetku. Citil jsem se hY eas o domov i o majetek. A ted' jsi to ty. Dokud se s Frankem nesmiriS." zde cizincem a me srdce volalo Po stare zaeal jako zkukny vojevticice uvaZovati, "8 tim prestan!" preruSil ho tenter pri- domovine. Mlddi se mi zjevilo, a nemel co se nyni ma stati. Bylo vicleti, ze v polore, nejakem smirovani s Frankem `j sem dnem i noel klidu. I kdybyste vy slednich dnech o v gem plemY glel a v§eruW:e bYti ani reel. Prestal navZdy bYti netouZili po navrate, byl bych se snad chno uvaZiv, nagel presnou smernici, aby roYm synem. Predeveirem mi vypravova- vratil sdm, protole chci ztatiti z mysli v nieem nebylo pochybeno. NebyloW vali v Grenoblu., Ze v bare zpival Pos m eSnou misto, kde mej syn zradil zdsady pocti- hani a jakasi sladka horeata zmocnila pisnieku no CCechy. Daval lepSimu hi- vcsti. Dopis, jejZ Vladimir dostal, pri- se vSech. Vedomi, Ze nastava prevrat v storky o svem pobyte v 6echdch. Mabel set mi jako pokyn osudu. TehoZ dne jejich Zivote a Ze se blili velika, osudobyla s nima smala se na cele kolo. To jsem roslal do Cech telegram, aby mne va chvile, ktera z yrati stars' rad, aby Terner, ale Holmes, a jeho Ste- sdelili, co Miletice stoji a jak je to ,sta- navazali move pomery, napinila je nadneni sti, Ze jsem nebyl pritomen. Byl bych mu tek. Opakuji, Ze statek koupime spolee- Senim. Z ylaSte. Vladimir byl jako v ohni. me. lined. A potom proclaim, co zde mam Chvilemi se smal, neveda eemu, a zase pesti zavrel esta."

"Svedli ho," namital, chreje farrnate a Pojedeme, abychom jarni price kc- upadal v zadumeive mleeni. Videl rodnST nail uz my. UtrZume za far-mu a pilu k •aj, videl pole i lesy, ktere budou jeho ukrotiti: "Dd-li se takevY start' chlap sv e sti, ne.%, co statek stoji, ale Vladimir musi majetkem a node vAim tym bude domaneni to rni0:, ale baba. Ale ani baba by Pastaviti parni pilu a na dluh se Spatne ci nebe, go kterem se mu tak zoufale stYskalo. neplivala po svem rodiSti. 1,,TechceS-Ii stavi. Nu talc, co ted' tomu rikate?"

Stall chvili ohromeni a farmar past Kdy'2 strYc pled veeerem odjiZciel, aby nine rozzlobiti, jeho jmeno nevyslovuj.

Darmo se mi peni Pre y . Mne zde Frank se s yYma rozjisktenYma Oeima po jejich z domova poslal telegram, Ze Vladimir nedr2i, nine zde drZi ldska k Nide. Dokud ulashj'ch vYrazech. Jakasi divoka radost statek kupuje, manZele usedli a dlouho jsem mel nadeji, Ae tato pfida prijd.e do zirala z jeho tvd.re a omladle stal, eeka- do noci si povidali, znovu uvaZujice a poctivYch OeskYch rukou, drZel jsem ji je, aZ promluvi. Prvni vzparnateval se znovu si sdelujice radost i nadeje, ktere upinali k pliAtimu Zivotu. se Zdrlivou neestupnosti, ale od to chvi- Vladimir. Jeho oblieej meal zaliti a le, kdy jsem pcznal, Ze by se tato puda bliliv se k nemu, objal 'ho zdravou ru"Jakmile si v Mileticich v ge, upravime, stala vezenim tome, komu ji chci dati, kou. privezeS sve deti," povidala teple. "G1"Jsi nejhednejSi elovek pod sluneem," tim uZ nyni, ze je budu miti rada a karta se cbratila. Mluv nyni otevrene a povidal tresoucim se hlasem, a poloZiit tiara pfinescu polehnani." bez bazne. Rad by ses vratil?" "?dad, " fekl po krdtkein vahani. "Ale hlavu na jeho rarnena, yozplakal se. Je,poekam, dokud neziskam tolik, abych ho slzy vyvolaly plat Terezin, jeZ bete "Jsi dobra. Dekuji ti za toto ujigteni. motel koupiti takovY majetek, kterY by slova pristoupila a libala strYcovi ruse To byla jedind azkost, kterou jsem pooli tydr. t'oval, ale mel jsem tukni, 2e i v teto mne a 111011 rodinu uZivil." \reci se v tobe nezklarnu. Proe nebyla "Host, deti, dost, jsem take rozeilen a "Toble je poctiva leA. Pomchl jsem ti ma prini Zena tak vaIne myslici? Jiste mime vaZnejSi veci na starosti," povikcamiti pile, pomohu ti koupiti Miletice." dal stares:dive. "Vec je rozhodnuta, a vi ze bych bYval ji nagel trpelive aekajici Vladimir vytreStil na neho o6i. a zaeal be dobl'e, ze kdy2, se k neSemu rozhodnu, na, muj navrat a byl bych lo3i•va.1 u.getten se c,hveti. Farmar, pozoruje ho, smutne e most jiti vSe rd.?, naraz. Napred lame zkoukk, ktere nine Zivot se usmal. clejte nem jisti a potom si promluvime.

"Nemysli, Ze jsem tak clokcnala," bra"Ma to vSak Meek," dodaval, "ktery Chei jeSte dries veeer posiati telegram a snad ti nebude docela slily. Jake jsme sitra pojecleme do .Quebeku na konsuldt. nila se v rozpacieh, "i ja mam sve tmaye kcuty, ale ra.cla budu proti nim bojokaupili pile dchromady, koupinie Miletijsem nos piijezd jedne firrne, job vati, jen kdyZ mne nepte,stana mitt rad." ce spoleene." se sabYva, prbdeji posemku a najdu asi "StrYeku, nemOZe to bYti," zvolal Vla- vhcdne kupee. Napred se posilnime; ci- Pritulila se k nemu v jakesi uzkosti a on citil, jak se vSeclana zachvela. dimir eskostlive. "Za nic no svete to tim, Ze uZ nevydrZim, co jsem yydrZel cpustim a nenechAm to zde opuSteneho. drive a snad je dobre, Ze brzy odtud zmi(Pokraeovani prigta..),

Ve stkedu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

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El TNIK -- WEST, TEXAS

EDUARD MWEIE:

Cvrek zahral na howl-

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(Jae me eesky eisti!

PATNACTE M(ENI

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Nailkal si mraveneeek, ie ho boll v naloiii si, nerozumni, tuze velkou tiii.

L. Tesaitrva.

Cvreek take okamiite hodovani nechal, houslieky sve pod pail vzal, za doktorem spechal.

jahUdeeku, byla tuze velka. "Polimei se, piizvi pomoc!" A kdyz radila mu vielka.

k nemocnemu, Nep osiechl a ted' v doktor med mu radii. koutku Cyreek zatim pod borovy'm uboilief ek lezi jeden z jeho kamaradu housliekv si WM. pro dOktora bezi.

Pflnesli med od veielieky, Ale doktor hrobaiieek odiel, doma neni, F ho narnazali, u cvrela, pry piitelieka, od medu pak hrnecek MU slavi posviceni. tam za nim, pekne vylizati dali. prosil p an doktor se zvedi, aby (hive na mister byl, na konicka vsedl.

etrana 1$

liboval si rnraven cek, e to dobre byio mazini i pochutna.ni hned ho uniravilo.

S pozdravem STR's2tEK MIOEK Z AUSTINU. ) ( tPRAVY WILSONOVA NADRAii NejvetS1 osobni nadraZi v Praze, nadraZi Wilsonovo, se ptestavuje. Prestropenim prijezdove haly se ziskala v pr y -nimpatesno trechs vereenich metrech. Buda z ni bud' kulturne spoleCenska mistnost anebo deset kancelati. Nov' strop v pti.jezdove hale, vysoke nyni gesb a pill metru, spoeiv6, na esti mohutnYch piliiIch, ktere budou obloleny drobnou mosaikou. Po dokonCeni aprav se zdvili v prijezdove hale ttyri dvojite a dva jednoduche turnikety, kde vratni budou kontrolovat cestujici, kteti budou opouStet nadraZi desiti proudy. Steny, vysoke 1.60 m. oddeli. vYstupni prostor od eekajicich. Z prvniho nastupiAte povedou nove v'chody, z nichZ dva vznikly boenYm posunutim schsdiSte z podchociu na prvni nastupiSte. Prestavbou se lope zpritupni cestujicim costa k vzorne a svetSene fischovne zavazadel. Prestropenirn eekamy pr y -nitrdyseaWilonveadrZizsklo dalSich dvanact mistnosti. Z inch vznikne ash do tti tYdnii moderni.--nocleharna pro sluZebni Cety osobnich vlakU, vybavena Usttednim topenhn, umyvarnaml a jideinou. Opravne prate na Wilsonove nadra21 rychle pokraCuji. Nyni se opeeekvap. naje udsockl,len ti d y' poa n mvyn olvaelo_ Ejen ti. hale, vain Sc mohlo odstranit leSeni a poloZit nova dlatha v ptijezdove dvorane. ) • 4) • ( Novo surly InZ. Ptemysl Jenik z Prahy k patentovani novY zpilsob vYroby sudu a jednoductle strojni zal'izeni pro tuto vYrobu. Dosavadni vYroba sudü, hlavne pivnich a vinnYrh, je velmi nakladna..

Hojne se spottebuje hodnotnoho duboveho dieva, nebot' pii obrabeni du2in je znaenY odpad. Novym vynalezem se vyrabeji surly s bezeAvYna plaaem a odpad clteva se zmenSuje na myslitelne nejmenPracovni postup se Za.).'0Veil 'zjednodukijo a urychluje.

VAS TNiK - WEST, TEXAS

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- ve attedu, dne 12. dubna 1950.

Zpriva piijrnu a vydani Hlavni Ui.adovrty za m'esic biezen 1950.

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSF.MENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 1950

PktJEM - RECEIPTS

Splatky majetko'Och piljeek - Payments on motgage loans Splatky na certifikatove pfijeky - Payments on certificate loans Poplatky od facbil - Dues from subordinate lodges Urok z certifikatovS7ch piljeek - Interest on certificate loans...

Urok z majetkovYch pfijeek -- Interest on mortgage loans Urok z bandit - Interest on bonds Dividend z akcie - Dividend on stock Najemne z majetku - Rent from real estate Z mineralniho z olejoveho majetku - Royalties t Na odhady - Appraisal fee Prodej potteb tadilm -- Sale of lodge supplies CelkovST prijem - Total receipts Hotovost 3-1-50 - Cash balance 3-1-50

(Jmrtni Mortuary 53,984.77 4,701.35 39,771.94 1,926.26 9,728.57 375.00 2,250.00 49.40 533.90

Vydani Expense

DetskSr Juvenile 5,678.70

13,706.37

6,307.38 3.15 1,165.44

Nemoc'skSt Sick Ben.

168.68

Sol To 59 4 59 1 10 2.

661.50 4.50 113,321.95 354,382.35

14,372.37 6,088.91

13,154.67 13,346,33

168.68 2,734.31

141, 376J

467,704.30

20,461,28

26,501.05

2,902.99

517

VYDANI - DISBURSEMENTS

Majetkove Wifely - Mortgage loans CertifikatoVe pftjeky - Certificate loans Vyplacene podpory - Claims paid Opravy na majetek - Repair on real estate PojiSteni na majetek - Insurance on real estate Vracene Umrtni poplatky a bonus-Returned premiums and bonus Za aktuarsku praci - Actuary Za odhady - Appraisal expense Pravnikovi za vytizovani piljeek - Attorney fee VYlohy na auto - Car expense KomMne organisatorilm - Commissions to organizers Dary - Donations Cestovne Utednikil --- Officers travel Za, vSTmenu Sekil - Collection and exchange Freight and express Pojikeni proti odSkodnemu - Liability insurance Lekatske prohlidky - Medical examinations Bez lekatske prohlidky - Non-medical examinations Vestnik a slukle redaktora - Official publication - editor's salary Na vydr2ovani 1.11. liTtadovny - Office Maintenance Najemne z I.11 tadovny - Office rent Patovne - Postage Vracene poplatky za odhady - Returned appraisal fee SluZne Utednikii - Officers salaries .

Shane yYpomoci - Employees salaries Tiskova prace a psaci potteby - Stationery and supplies Tax, F. I. C. A. Telephone and Telegraph Celkove vyclani - Total disbursements Hotovost 4-1-50 - Cash balance 4-1-50

14,350.00 80.00

82,441.58 7,966.00 20,378.11 80.75 1.63 99.47

174.00

96, 81 20,

76.06 300.00 560.80 915.00 80.32 3,009.00 10.00 1893 21.19 2.07 107.38 189.00 85.70 2,185.62 89.78 150.00 71.00 10.00 829.26 1,699.86 361.29 43.16 29.67

1,

110,967.54 356,736.76

10,769.73 9,691.55

14,506.06 11,994.99

467,704.30

20,461.28

26,501.05

0,691.55

11,994.99

174.00 2,728.99 2,902.99

136, 381, 517,

MAJETEK JEDNOTY - ASSETTS Hotovost - Cash Vladni bondy - Gov't bonds Okresni a rnestske bondy - County and municipal bonds Majetkove piljeky - Mortgage loans Certifikatov6 Vijay - Certificate loans ........... . .... .........

356,736.76 1,100,288.00 350,355.95 3,077,711.44 441,414.74

19,440.30 230,309,23 1,729.00

2,728.99

381, 1,100.

369, 3,308, '443,

e rrredu, one 12. dubna 1950.

V PSTNI

i

. _. ie Stork . my - Real estate ateral loan ily a metitka -® Equity and Utility deposits eralni a olejovY majetek - Royalties acid minerals owned._.. ytek a zatizeni v fitadovne - Furniture and Fixtures )mobile

210.000 00 4(3,421.66

AR

Strang, 17 210.000.00 46,421.66 437.19 20.00 60.00 12,917.39 1,900.00

437.19 20.00 60.00 12,917.39 1,900.00 5,583,445.74

24,508.94

263,473.52

2,728.99

5,874,157.74

S bratrskYm pozdravem R. A. UrbanovskY, fieetni

iiem od iidu v 13ieznu 1950 Dattlm 15 7 23 20 14 22 22 17 22 22 20 25 22 24 20 27 7 25 22 24 22 23 13 29 29 21 20 9 7 23 15 15 21 21 21 24 23 18 21 22 20 24 27 24 21 18

Obnos $291.93 17.80 17.19 2,917.91 284.38 188.18 113.59 361.97 58.48 33.68 16.81 144.25 54.22 1,350.67 478.43 871.22 40.78 73.23 1,072.93 111.87 38.67 379.19 1,240.86 482.64 71.98 525.10 1,068.28 5,654.24 545.10 48.76 13.40 392.65 119.58 9.83 165.17 232.72 769.47 98.16 27.12 62.02 78 .35 954.57 499.76 1,071.64 526.49 358.68

53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 63 64 65 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 91 92 94 95 97 98 99 100 101 102 105 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117

13 28 20 18 22 20 21 7 18 21 20 25 17 21 20 23 22 29 20 20 23 23 8 25 23 23 23 21 16 17 21 88 20 28 16 16 29 7 20 21 7 21 10 22 28 24 23 21 21 21 7 21 29 17 20

5.53 2,200.45 296.45 53:36 140.91 6.20 69.64 60. " 464.49 12.25 695.97 307.02 567,26 113.70 25.46 887.07 78.11 56.89 12.72 26.00 60.88 151.23 66.64 214.10 1,157.46 73.47 37.56 865.38 43.40 192.95 427.63 3,051.67 1,359.99 501.82 6,351.65 164.46 85.88 579.60 67.33 32.57 44.19 18.81 98.37 46.16 249.86 1,228.57 19.65 1/1.0.82 202.50 596.42 32.49 52.71 70.30 12.56 82.35

191.11 Naklad na bytovou jednotku byl 6.28 propo-eten na 320 aZ 350 tisic 116.35 K6s. etyn bloky obytnYch do4.95 146.07 mug jsou uz lupine vybudovany 410.82 a posiedni bytove jednotky byly 17.25 daily do -utivani loni v prosinci.

47.25 Bytovy podnik hlavniho mesta 123.98 Prahy usiluje o to, aby letos by3,138.68 8.69 la ukoneena druha etapa vSrstav9 246.90 by sidliSte. V ka2,clein dome no23 20 148.23 vela° sidlike je kst bytti o ku15 10.07 chyni, predsini, obytnem pokoji 5.05 a jedne a. " dvou 10,nicich. Ka..(A16 303.78 24 110.06 dY byt ma vlastni prisluknstvi, 24 87.65 je v nem. Ustredni topeni a zari25 320.28 zeni na privod teple vody. Byty 28 217.01 jsou moderne vybaveny. Kuchy24 19.10 ne jsou opatreny vestavenYm na.

29 21 .0 bytkem, maji pracovni stoly a 13301.549 elektricke sporaky. Pro sidlifte 20 61.45 na Proseku byla ziizena vlastni 20 1174.79 teplarna pro rozvadeni otopu a 23 281.96 teple vocly. Letos budou prostran 23 95.80 stvi uvnitr ,sidliS'te i v jeho okoli 22 139.17 sadove upravena. V sidl gti bu25 616.90 de sad oddechu s brouzdaMtem 24 188.77 pro deti, detske htMte a htigte 21 145.65 pro dospele. Toto no ye sidligte 22 8.67 se stane zajiste plikladem vzor23 1,440.22 /1611° pinenj peee o moderni a 25 411.20 zdrave bydleni pracujicich °b27 110.32 cane hlavniho mesta Prahy. Zku 14 816.38 senosti, ziskane pH stavbe to29 43.35 hoto sic-111We se uplatni i pH 22 stavbach daThich sidM't,', iich2 $59,785.69 vy budovani phinuje. BY-tovS7 pod nik hlavniho mesta Prahy k zlep o Beni bytcve Urovne pracujicich Jlytcvy podnik mesta Prah Y ye Velke Praze. Stavba noveho BytovY podnik hlavniho mesta sidliste na Proseku je prikladein Prahy buduje na nekolika. mi- mulerni bytove politiky, ktera ma za ukal Zmirimvat a odstrastech v robvodu Velke Prahy vzor- novat vadv socialniho 2ivota, na, nova ,sidlik:C. Mimo jine ie ktere vypivaji ze katnYch- a to take sidlike na Proseku, je- zastaralYch nazoril na rekni byroZl sta.-0,1u zadal y eervencl 1948 t .avY-ch pomeril fistredni narodni vYbor hlavniho mesta. Prahy Os. stavebnim zavodiltra. Prcjekt sidliste na bade mit osady. Obvedproseku zahrnuje v prvni etape ni narodni vYbor v Praze 11 jedvybudovani domil o 66 vzor- na, o uvolneni zahradnich ploch ne vybavenYch bytoVYch jednot- na, fizerni Kapslovny k zrizeni kach nakladem 27 milionti Kes.4 sadu.

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Btrana 11

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Spbrien6 Piimi po 48 Letech.

Nave'Veva Republiky eeskoslovenske maniely J. J. MikeskoySqui z Temple, Tex. (Dokoneeni.)

11.srpna: De'an jsme obchazku po dech a bankach; byli jsme se odhlasit na americkem vyslanectvi, v Zivnobance, na Finanenlin referate ohledne povoleni vYvoza. darka, a j. Pak jsme vyjeli lanovkou na Petrin a chteli se podivat na rozhlednu, ale nedostali jsrne se tam, protoae vYtah byl porouchan.

Odpoledne jsme venovali prohlidce Prat skeho hra.du; nejdrive si prohledli kostel sv. Vita. Je to prekrasna urnelecka sta y -ba,vgotickemslhu;zakdestvbpololl cisat Karel IV. r. 1344, chram se postupne dostavoval a dokoneen byl v r.

1928. V katedrale se nalezaji hrobky eeskych krala a arcibiskupa. Pak jsrne prohledli t. zv. starou east hradu, a to sal Vladislay skY, vystaveny r. 1487-1500. V tomto sale se dnes konaji volby presidenta, dale t. a y. Sin eeskYch desek, kel3 se konavaly soudy a v nia byl vyhldeen oriel nad 21 eeskYmi pany, popravenymi na Staromestskem namesti roku 1621. Z t. zv. novejei east hradu videli jsrne Rudolfovu galerii a Bpanelsky sal. V obou je prekrasna, prace etukaterska. 8padelsk3'T sal je 12 metra vysokY, 24 m eiroky a 48 m cllouhY. Naveeer jsrne vykonali navetevu u tel v Braniku.

12. srpna. Dopoledne jsme se pripravovali na, odlet, balili zava,zadla. Ve 12 hodin jsme opou g teli byt Franka Svetlika a odjiadell do lctecke kancelare. Odtud autocarem na letiste, kde jsme se naposledy rozloueili s manaely SvetlikovYmi. Ze se to neobe glo bez veiikeho pohnuti, nemusim ant psat Z Prahy vyjiadime 12. srpna na eeskoslovenskem letadle za de gtiveho poeasi.

Jeete jednou pohled na Prahu, v duchu se loueirn s touto krasnou zemi, prave jest pill treti hodiny. Za d ye hodiny jsme pristali v mesta Pall ye Francii, za krasneho poeasi, misto, jsme melt predem zajletene v hotelu De Paris 8. Boulevard De Lla Madeleine. Tento hotel jest v hlavni easti niesta. Zde jsme byli 3 dny. Veteinu easu jsme ztravili prohlidkou mesta a okoli, zylaete velmi zajimava, jest prohlidka Versailles. The Castle and Gardens, krasna, poclivand jest na starobyla a hikoricka, kde jsou velmi krasne malby, tea korunovaeni predmety vgech francouzsk3'rch panovnika. Prochazka par kern okolo Versailles jest nadherna, co jest tu ra: lr kvetin, krovi, vodotryskil a Wayne i uznYch soch a poprsi rtiznYch fraalcouzskYch mak', aen a predmett.

Zde jsem si vzal nejake snimky na pamatku a jednoho yeeera jsme si vzali projiad'ku t. zv. Paris by Night, coa je yeeerni naveteva tak zvanYch noenich klubit a kabareta. Zde jsme melt prileaitost poznat, jak se bohata trida lidu bavi.

15. srpna odaladime na francouzskem letadle do LondYna. Cesta z Pariae do Londyna nam vzala 1 hodinu a pal. Ubytovani byli jsme v hotelu Grosvenor House, Park Lane, zrovna naproti hlavni dasti Hyde Park. Zde jsme ztravili tea vetginu easu prohlidkou mesta a rtiznYch pamatnych a historickYch mist: Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, House of Parlament. Nejpeknejei podivand ale jest na mesto tondYn za pekneho poeasi z leta,d1a,.

Dne 17. srpna o 8 hod. veeer vyjiadime z LondYna na etyrmotorovem letadle PAA Lockheed Constellation. PrOve zapadalo slunce, za dve hodiny jsme pristali Shannon, Irsko. Ze Shannon vyjiadime v 11:30 hod, a v 7:30 hod. rano jsme jegte za Upine tmy pistali na ()strove Gander, New Foundland. Celou zpateeni cestu pies Atlantik jsme leteli v noci. Hvezdieky tak krasne svitily a zdaly se mi tak blizko, jen tak na dosah ruky. V Gander jsme byli 3 a pal hodiny nasledkem nejake male poruchy na letadle. Cesta z Gander do New Yorku trvala, 4 hodiny.

Po prehlidce na celnici vyjiadime z New Yorku ve 12:15 hod. za deetiveho poeasi a bez dalei zastavky pristali jsme v Dallas o 6. hodinach dne 18. srpna. Zde na nas eekali decry Bettie a Judy s muaem Robertem a po trihodinoVe ceste autem byli jsme dolma v Temple. Cestu zpateeni pies Atlantik, totia z LondYna do New Yorku jsrne vykonali za 14 hodin. V letadle nas bylo 58 osob. Cestu tam i zpet raeli jsme velmi prijemnou, ja ani manaelka nebyli I, jsme ani trochu nemocni. Doma nas ocekavali ostatni nage deti. Po srdeenem privitani byli jsme veichi po ycleeni Prozretelnost, ae jsme se zase ye zdravi veichin vespolelek shledali. Ja si v duchu myslim, ae neni pies et'astny domov, "Home, Sweet Home".

J. J. Mikeska, Vae, Route 4, Temple, Texas.

Dodatek: Jen tak pate pies devate.

0 pomerech v republice mnoho psat nebudu, ponevada dnes napsat nee° pekneho o Ceskoslovensku, tak lined je prohlaSen za komunistu. Chudei vrstvy lidu se zdaly spokojene, ale lide z bohatgich trid si narikali. Hledel jsem si v gak sveho, nikomu jsem neradil, ani nic nevymlouval, asi proto jsem se v gerni dolare vychazel a veude nas melt radi. Mnozi mail nespravnou, predstavu o Americe, a mnozi by se sem radi yystehovali. Predstavuji si tu vee jen z to dobre stranky rt pevne yeae tu kaadY rychle zbohatne, a jak tu must byt dobre; kdya skoro kaZdY vlastni

Ve stkeclu, dne 12. dubna 1950. automobil. Velmi se zdali 'prekvapeni, kdya jsem jim rikat, ae v mnoliS7ch pripadech to jest v ge co vlastni, -jen to auto, a na to jest mnohdy vetei east clluaon. A jeate vice se mi zdali prekvapeni, kdya jsem jim yyp •avoval, jak teace jsme museli pracovat a yeemoane se v raznych ye, cech uskrovriovat, nea jsme se domohli toho mala co mame. Nejvice nespokojenosti tam jest mezi lidem, ae stale jest tam vSecko na listky, jak potraviny tak i textilie, mnozi maji penez dost, ale kdya nemaji listky, tak zvane eatenky, tak si nemohou potrebne veci koupit.

Ty same pomery jsem shledal i v Paria v Londyne, hlavne textilie, vSe pouze na listky, jen ten rozdil, ae v obchodech bylo vice zboai. Dale, po celou dobu naeeho pobytu v Ceskoslovensku jsme nemeli aadnYch nesnazi, v gude s nami jednali velmi zdvorile, oliz ylaet' mistni trad v Hodonine na mou aadost nam dal zylagtni pridel benzinu na cestovani po Slovensku.

Tea arady v Praze, s kterymi jsem vyjednaval o povoleni k vyvozu raznYch veer, ktere jsme koupili, dale tea firednici na celnici, y gici se snaaili nam ochotne posloukt. ) 4 • Budeme hledat zpiisob, jak vytiait slutneeni tepelne energie V Rusku ziskali se soustredene sluneeni energie teplo etyri tisice stupriu Celsia a pouaivaji je v pramyslu k svaieni teak° tavitelnYch kova. Vzhlenem k tomu se venuje i s nas v posledni lobe zySreend pozornost astrofysikalnim kuniiim a pozorovanim. Je gte letos b'udou zahajeny pripravne yYzkumne prace pro zrizeni astrofysicke observatoae v Beskydech na Morave. Observator, ktera se ma zabYvat vYzkumein Slunce pro neely tepelneho vyuaiti sluneeni energie, ma, byt postavena v prvnioh dvou letech druhe petiletky. ) • elk Tuaba po nalezu skrytY'ch pokladil byla hybnou pakou vYprav, ktere vykopeskami seznamily svet s historii a starou civilisaci staroktnYch naroda: Egypt'antl, Babylonantt, Asyrana, I3tekfi a Rimanti ye starem svete a Inkt, Maya a Aztekil ye svete novem. Byly sice nalezeny tu a tam poklady, nikolly yeak v neekavanem mnoastvi, lee hodnota jejich vyvaaena byla nezmerne obohacenim lidskYch \redomosti a yYzkumy prinesly slavu dobrodruham, patrajicim pavodne po pokiadech z tuaby po ziskani bohatstvi. Marne v dejinach lidstva neseetne pripada odhaleni jinYch daleaitYch bohatstvi pi marnem patrani po hmotnych pOkladech. (, )t Cvie jazyk: itikej nekolikrnt rychle za sebou: Olemovaly-li Olga a Alena ci neolemovaly-li otci olivove eedY neOleinovanY• 'Zupan?

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OFFICIAL ORGAN C4' SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

VESTNIK

All contributions, corres pondence of Lodtl re.

Porters, biogra phies, etc.. intended for nub. lication, must be in the hands of the Also• ciate Editor a week before the date of issue.

All communications relating to editorial mate ters of the En glish Section should be addresaed: Associate Editor, 6402 Pra gue Houston '1.

Texas.

POSTMASITM: Send form 3579 with undeliverable copies to S. P. J. S. T., Fayetteville, Texas. mand solution today, if mankind is to survive.

Numerous candidates have been adFive years ago, on April 12, 1945, the hush of mourning descended on our vanced for the "man of the half century" distinction. land.

The editors of Time magazine named President Franklin D. Roosevelt was Winston Churchill. dead.

No one will deny that this living symFive years have slipped by, but you bol of British courage and determinacan still recall the shock of the news, tion is one of the heroic figureS Of this, you can still feel that funeral silence, or any age. you can still sense the hush of expect- Some have suggested Lenin or Stalin, ancy while the people pondered and the founder of Russian communism, and mourned. his chosen disciple.

I mean some people, majority, but No one will deny that either of these not all of them. masters of aggression and terror have They either held him in high respect influenced the world's destiny in the or they hated the mention of -his name, past 50 years.

And in case it is of momentous interest The Wright Brothers, Henry Ford, Alto anyone, j ust count me as one who bert Einstein, and a score of others have thought a lot of the man; the cripple changed our lives profoundly through in the White House, who gets bigger in their inventions and discoveries. name as time tolls the bell. ' But no individual surpassed Franklin When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was D. - Roosevelt in his vast achievements stricken with infantile paralysis at for the happiness, well-being, security thirty-nine, in the midst of a rising and freedom of men everywhere. He career, it looked as if his future were symbolized, more than any public figblasted. But what happened to F. D. R. ure, the strength and vitality of demoduring those years of physical and cratic institutions. In the global cornvocational defeat can be measured only bat between the forces of light and of with the omniscient eye of history. darkness, Roosevelt brought inspiraFrances Perkins has stated that dur- tion, more than any other, to those ing his illness Roosevelt . experienced a who fought the battle for freedom. spiritual transformation. When he The death of no leader in modern hiscame back to public life it was with tory brought a keener sense of personal new humility and a new regard for the loss than that experienced by millions, suffering of humanity. It appears that the world over, one April afternoon 5 very likely it was during this period of ye ars ago. his helplessness and illness that Roose- We have only to recall crisis after velt first adopted as his own the philos- crisis which Roosevelt met and mastophy that later was to become a nation- ered, to acknowledge the depth of his al byword: "The only thing to fear is influence or the supremacy of his leadfear itself." ership.

• On the fifth anniversary of Roose- Roosevelt entered the Presidency of velt's death, it is well that we pause to the United States in the midst of our measure the record of F. D. R.—to most crippling depression. Under his measure both the man and the time in leadership we brought order from the which he lived and served. These past chaos of that time. Although millions 50 years have been turbulent years, of cur people were jobless and homefruitful ones for mankind in many re- less, our industrial plant was 'at a standspects, but tragic years, too. The next still, and hunger and discontent were 50 years of the twentieth century will rampant throughout the Nation, our be even more challenging and exciting; free enterprise system later emerged and as we approach them, it is appro- stronger and more productive than ever priate that we examine the heritage before. which Franklin Roosevelt left us. His Lang before most of us, Franklin life and his faith will fortify us as •we ,Roosevelt foresaw the danger of agapproach the grave problems which de- gression across the seas. He warned us

F. D. R.

and other freedom-loving nations to be prepared.

When war came, it was Roosevelt who guided us in the total mobilization of our manpower, industry, and resources.

The production goals he set seemed fantastic then, but we met them. We soon challenged, on equal terms, great war machines unrivaled in world history. In 4 years, backed by our industrial might, the Allies brought Germany, Japan, and Italy to their knees.

Franklin Roosevelt did not live to witness the complete triumph to which he had contributed so much, but he had witnessed at first hand, the folly of our course in the aftermath of World War I. He had resolved that America would not again withdraw into its shell. Long before the end of the conflict we had laid the foundations of a world organization to preserve peace.

The most devoted follower of Franklin Roosevelt will concede that he made mistakes, that he was subject to the failings and foibles of any human being, but in the long-range perspective, against the backgrOund of magnificent accomplishment for good, the mistakes somehow become dim in their significance.

If you want to feel humble take a ride over through Poughkeepsie and then move along to Hyde Park, N. Y. Take a walk through the famed James R. Roosevelt estate, formerly the home of F. D. R.'s half-brother. Just beyond is the memorial building bequeathed by the late President to the people of the United' States. Nearby is his grave marked by a simple marble slab; that and nothing more.

Around this plot is a 100-year old hemlock hedge, and though seemingly tens of people are always near you during your short visit, somehow you feel alone. That strange sensation will not live down as you meditate; the thought 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.

Strand 20 of what lies before you deep in the bowels of the earth. There are the remains of the man who at one time was the most powerful individual in the history of time.

But that has been changed, and the little mound and marker are all that -remains.

Politicians, orators, and statesmen will come and go. Many decades may pass before the American people will hear another mellifluent tone who could address them as Roosevelt did, "My frans." )

Fraternal Activities in Color Motion Pictures Members of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society are learning about their society's activity through a 45-minute color-sound motion picture.

It is booked from the Home Office by the local camps for local programs.

The film is entitled "Fraternity in Action." The story begins with scenes of the headquarters offices in Omaha showing the meeting of the board of directors and supreme officers.

Its second feature illustrates the training and work of the organizers and their meeting with state managers.

The remainder of the 45-minute film shows activities of local Woodmen camps, such as picking cotton for a sick member; preparing Christmas baskets; painting an invalid member's home; and other fraternal services.

This report is of special interest to your associate editor because he bad prepared a similar film pertaining to the activity of the SPJST. However, the SPJST film was a private attempt to make a- documentary recording; the SPJST film was started and exhibited two years before the W.O.W. film came out; the SPJST film is four times as long and it still is going to be enlarged as soon as the time and the finances permit.

In this connection, your associate editor regrets very much that he could not comply with several requests to visit lodges and places fel: the purpose of filming .groups, members, and lodge halls. Just the same, you are remembered and you can count on having the filming done in May, June, and throughout the summer. ) • 4, • ( A little three-year-old boy cried bitterly as a large friendly dog bounded up to him, licking' his hands and face.

"What is it?" asked his mother. "Did he bite you?"

"No," came the reply, "but he tasted le!"

V) STNIK— WEST, TEXAS

The Number 3 Person This is the third trial. It may be more successful.

The trial number one was when your associate editor wrote an article naming the local SPJST lodges where our Sisters were holding the responsible office of corresponding secretary. At that time, it was expected that reports would be pouring in telling about other positions being held by our capable Sisters.

Well, the reports did not pour in, did not drip, did not appear as one single drop. No contact. Not a spark.

The trial dumber two was sent out in a form of an article telling a long story about the Polish farmers and how many millions of acres they put in cultivation in the United States. Then timidly we suggested to get a count of our SPJST lodges who have their own halls, and to add up the value of these halls. You think it worked? Na-ah. You can't make our lodges brag, they learned to be modest. And who is this guy A. E., anyway?

Now, we're coming to the third trial.

It is about the No. 3 person in our lives of importance.

Outside of a doctor and a school teacher, the most important person in our lives is a postmaster.

At least, we have more to do with a postmaster than most any other guy. A doctor escorts us into this world, and so we kinda hang around him out of selfprotection. A school teacher trains us to use sense between 7 and 17, so we kinda string along with him, as a second choice.

-But a postmaster stands behind the little windows with the ironhhars over them and keeps us through those bars in touch with the rest of the world. A postmaster is the go-between with us and our neighbors no matter whether they live next door or on the other side of the world.

Postmasters have a hard job to fill id this life. Most everybody jumps on a postmaster because some no-count relative, or fair-weather friend, fails to write when they should. They get the devil when the money order ain't enough and Sears, Roebuck sends a cheaper article. They are criticized when the weather report says rain or when it don't.

I know some unthinking, self-centered people who would take away from a postmaster even the small pleasure of reading the post cards that come through the mails—imagine that.

But what a service they perform for us. You can send a letter from Key West, Florida, to Seattle, Washington,

ye stkedu, dne 12. dubna 1950. for 3 cents. That's the cheapest thing in the United States—except what the Government pays the postmaster.

Yes, sir, a postmaster is the No. 3 person in importance. He is outranked only by the doctor and the school teacher. They got a hold of us before he had a, chance. So, instead of conking him over the head when the Vestnik- doesn't come, you ought to go up and shake hands with him and say, "Listen, friend, you can't do everything."

So, next time you go to the post office for the mail, look at your postmaster and see if, in his eyes, lurks the smile that you have a right to expect and a grin that warms your skin and makes you feel glad you ordered that last catalog of seeds.

And some day, when you feel extra fine, buy from him a penny postal, address it to the associate editor, and give us his name. We wish to get a list of those postmasters who are members of our SPJST. Will you do that? Remember, this is the third experiment.

Thanks, and give your postmaster our best regards. )• •

Another Remii der To Reporterhs , On page 19 of every issue of the Vestnik there is the notice: "All contributions, etc., intended for publication must be in the hands of the associate editor a week before the date of issue.

Also, almost every issue of the Vestnik has another notice, IN BOLD TYPE, asking you to .be sure to send your report at least one week before the date of issue to the address of associate editor.

Again, from time to time, an explanation is given that there are at least half a dozen persons who may delay your important announcement which you wanted in this issue, and they are named: the mail clerks, the mail carriers, the editor himself, the linotype operator, the proof-reader, and the printer.

In spite of these repeated warnings, it occasionally happens that your associate editor opens your letter late Monday night which reads: "Please, rush for this issue, please, please."

Well, it just can't be done.

Not that the associate editor wouldn't wish to make up for your own delay or forgetfulness or something, but he does not know how to stop the time. Try it yourself, stop your clock when you are late, and see if you get anywhere on

Ve stfedu, dne 12. dubna 1950. time.

Should you wonder why the same rule could not apply to the English Section as to the Czech Section, let me explain the procedure. Your report, when set in type, must be examined for correction of typographical errors. A trial impression from type is taken; the im pression is sent to the associate editor; it must be corrected by him, and must be sent from Houston back to West.

If the associate editor were living near the printing office, this procedure could be carried out withing a short period.

But since he lives 200 miles away and the procedure has to be handled by mail, it takes two days. In addition, Sunday always comes at the end of these two days, and consequently, it takes three days to complete the preparation of the material for the English Section.

Unless, like Joshua, you can stop the sun and the moon, your report has to be mailed on time, which is at least one week before the date of issue in which you wish to have your report.

VEST

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Young Joe Hornak With Houston C of C

Brother Chas. W. Cerny, always a booster of his lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, who has his insurance agency office on the elevnth floor of the new City National Bank Building, and who is also in a pretty close contact with the Houston Chamber of Commerce, phoned us a good news relative to young Joe Hornak, the son of Joe and Anna Hornak, of College Station.

The last time we saw young Joe was the the Govern(); Shivers' office in Austin at the occasion of the signing of the Masaryk Day in Texas proclamation.

T h e telephone conversation with Brother Cerny revealed that young Brother Hornak was given an important position with the Houston Chamber of Commerce.

Well, it was just a tip, but worth investigating. So we called up the editor and manager of the publication ACTION by the Houston C. of C., for verification, additional information, etc., etc.

"Yes, sir, Mr. Hornak was appointed as acting manager of the Houston May we call your attention to an article which is elsewhere in this issue of Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs the Vestnik? It has a caption It Hap- department. In his Chamber position, pened on Good Friday. Read it. Ask you children to read it.

When you finish that article, which is a profoundly emotional chapter from the history of the Nation, go back to the preceding issue of the Vestnik, the issue of April 5th, and read another article which you have missed, under the heading of History's Man of Mystery.

We know that you can't read everything, and if you read 50% of what is in the Vestnik, you do pretty good, exceptionally good. But there are things with which everybody should be familiar, we mean, the colorful and fascinating accounts of what took place in this country one hundred or two hundred years back. So, you go back to the preceding issue and read the Man of Mystery. Let your children read it. will serve as secretary of the Military They may like it well enough to take it Affairs committee and the Army Adto school and talk about it in the his- visory committee, guiding the programs of both organizations." tory class. ) 4, "When did this go into effect?" We My daughter, Diana, watched me tried to get to the root Of the news.

"His appointment was made about a smear cream on my face. "What's that for, Mother?" she asked. "That's to week ago," came the other editor's reply. snake me' beautiful," I answered slyly.

Thus, we have a promising young exDiana left the room, and returned a few minutes later as the cream was be- ecutive with the Houston Chamber of ing removed. She studied me seriously Commerce.

Brother Hornak . comes to Houston for a moment and said, "Didn't work, with an outstanding military and addid it, Mother?"

Mrs. Helen Zdeb, in Chicago Sun- ministrative background. From June, 1946, until nearly. January, 1950, he Times

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served as a civilian employee with the Department of Army in Germany. His last post, as he told us in Austin six weeks back, was chief of the trode promotion branch in the joint export-import agency in Munich.

Brother Hornak is well equipped for his new position. He was graduated in 1943 from Texas A. & M. College, receiving a B. A. degree in economics.

With his excellent school record, plus his thorough practical training in the Armed Forces for several years, he is a valuable asset to the Houston Chamber of Commerce.

The Czech people of Houston welcome him, his charming wife, and his two lovely children to our big city.

Our heartiest congratulations to him, and cur sincerest wishes for the best of luck in his new responsible position.

By the way, thanks to you, Charlie, for the telephone tip. It was appreciated. j • 4, THAT SILVER LINING Dust may seem to be homely, prosaic and uninteresting, but it is one of the most necessary things in the world.

Sunsets, with the sunlight broken by floating dust which takes on color, owe their brilliance to the dust-laden air.

Clouds would be impossible without dust for vapor in the air to condense on.

Water-vapor which would gather on our bodies and clothing is kept from us by dust in the air, air that otherwise would be oversaturated and dripping. The world would be a very damp, cold, and less beautiful place without dust.

— Better Homes & Gardens • 4, o

Note of Acknowledgment Mr. Stephen Valcik 6402 Prague Houston, Texas Dear Mr. Valcik: Thank you for sending me the reprint of the article published in your fraternal magazine. It was a privilege for me to proclaim March 7th as Masaryk Day in Texas, and I enjoyed meeting the many outstanding Czech citizens who were able to come to Austin for the official signing.

If I can be of help to you in the future, I hope you will call on me.

Sincerely yotus, ALLAN SHIVERS AS:jsj (Editor's Nete:—The above acknowledgment from Governor Shivers refers to an editorial which appeared in the Vestnik on March 15.)

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was Taken to the hotel where they gave I said, "No, I' would not, but guess him a haircut, dressed :him in a good I might as well4—where?" suit of clothes, gave him nice linen.

He said, "It's right in the hotel lobby."

They decked him out in a rakish lookI said, "Don't tell me you have an ig overcoat and cane and spats. When atomic bomb?"

These remarks are taken from the ad- he emerged from this refurbishing, he "No, but we have something that puts dress of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, was a marvelous example of the bar- them to death a little more slowly but pastor of the New York City Marble Col- ber's art. no less surely." So saying he took me legiate Church, at the National FraterMeanwhile, they had photographed over and we stood in front of a revolving nal Congress. He is nationally known every process of this transformation, door. as an editor, author, radio commenta- and each photograph appeared in the "There it is." tor and religious leader. The readers daily newspaper. It was hailed as a I said, "I don't understand." of the Vestnik will find in his address first-rate publicity stunt. Everybody "Stand here for a moment, watch a plenty of food for thoughts, was amazed at what the barbers could these Chicago business men as they apThere are, broadly speaking, two kinds do, with the help of the tailors, in mak- proach the revolving door, then see of thought, negative thought and posi- lug over a man. The hotel manager what happens." tive thought. This generation of Amer- was , impressed., After the convention I stood there .. . it so happened that icans is very expert in negative thought. his interest in the man remained. the Rotary Club was just breaking up I don't know what you have been talkHe said te,, him, "By a strange set of from its noonday meeting—I am a Roing about here for the last two or three days, but if you are like most of the circumstances you have been made into tarian myself, but I had not been there conventions go to, there has been a a gentleman, and lifted out of the slums. that day, and we watched them comlot said about how hard it is going to New your great opportunity is at hand. ing through the lobby, gay, debonaire, am going to give you a job in another relaxed, slapping each other on the be to sell your fraternal insurance, that things are tightening up and .toughen- hotel which I operate, and I am going to back, until they got within hailing dising up, and that the economy of the back you, and we are going to make a tance of the revolving door. I swear to country is in a bad way, and a lot more successful man of you. When will you you that the most awful metamorgot to work?" phosis overcame them, their faces grew of the same negative thinking.

The man replied. "Suppose we make rigid, their eyes protruded, they pushed We are feeding our people a powerful lot of negative thought and it is very it tomorrow morning at eight o'clock." and shoved to see who could get first A doubt crossed the mind of the hotel through the door out into the street. dangerous, because if a man determines He said, "Look at them—some of these manager, but he agreed. The doubt to think negatively, as certainly as there is a law that lifts the tides of the came back at eight o'clock next morn- men spoiled their whole afternoon by seas, he will get a negative result. But ing when his man did not show up. missing one section of the revolving if a man goes out, determined to think Nor did he appear all day. So the man- door."

I said, "You don't mean one section positively, all of the forces of the uni- ager, following a hunch, went down to verse will conspire to give him a posi- the same street from which the man —you mean one complete revolution." had come and after a search found him "Thats what it was ten years ago— tive pull.

What you picture in your mind is dead drunk, sleeping on some newspa- now it's one section," he said.

From there I went to another city to what you develop in your experience. pers in an alley, his fine clothes rummake a speech, to about 1,000 profesIf you see hard days ahead, if you insist pled and soiled.

The hotel manager said that it was a sional and business men at luncheon. in your thoughts that there are going to be hard days ahead, you will get most disillusioning experience. "The I arrived a little late, slid into the seat barbers may be able to clean him up on next to the presiding officer, a doctor them. and physician, who seemed one of the If you picture in your mind great days the outside, but you can never make queerest and most whimsical men I ever anything out of a man until you also ahead, if you insist upon great days met. When I sat down he turned an ahead, if you believe in great days change him on the inside."

I just want to say one more thing to impassive face to , me, no smile, no inahead, you will get great days ahead, as you because I am sorry for you. I look dication of welcome—just looked at me sure as I stand here. You are what you you over here, a great crowd of Ameri- and I was amazed a bit, but I thought think. maybe this was the way they did it in Well, now, I suppose you say, "that is can business men and business men's this town. After a while he put out his a minister talking and what does he wives. Do you know, the trouble with a hand. His hand was flabby,, he said know about it." I always get that, you lot of our gentlemen, and women, too, without the slightest interest "Okay— is that you are the victims of tension. know. you want to shake?" I said with equal Your life is determined by the kind of We don't go in much, in this country, indifference, "It's all right with me.", thoughts you habitually think. If, how- for patron saints, but we have one even Finally I became aware that he was ever, your thoughts do not change, you so. The patron saint of the British is looking me up one side and down the will follow your old life pattern. The St. George, cf the Irish, St. Patrick, and ether, staring at me from head to foot. following story illustrates this principle the patron saint of modern Americans Finally he said, "You're a preacher, is St. Vitus. rather well: aren't you?"

A hotel manager told me that a Bar- We are a nervous, high strung gen"Yes—how do you know?" hers' Supply Association held a conven- eration. In Chicago I have a friend He said, "You look like one." tion in his hotel. This organization Gus Bering who manages the great I looked him up and down, You're had a very enterprising publicity agent. Hotel Sherman. He is a good hotel a doctor, aren't you?"

He went down to a poor street in a bad man and also a good philosopher. When section and found the most unpromis- I.went in there some time ago, he met "Yes—how do you know?"

I said, "You smell like one." ing specimen of human nature he could me in the lobby with a dour expression. locate — an unkempt, unshaven, drunk- He said, "Would you like to see the Well, we got settled and we became t asked, "What en, sad creature. This down-and-outer breakdown of American civilization?" fast friends. Then he

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"I don't knowf—what would you suggest?"

"You'd better know—you're going to speak in about five minutes.", I said, "What do you think I ought to speak to them about?"

He said, "Look at them."

I said, "I am looking."

He said, "Did you ever see such a pathetic crowd in all your life?"

"They don't look bad to me."

He said, "You are looking at a passing race of men, they are about to become extinct, they are dying like flies.

"Why,' said he, "when I began my practice, men broke down in the 70's, then in the 60's and then in the 50's; now," he said, "they are even breaking down in the 40's. I have established as a truism, if you can get a man through the 40's, you have a fair chance of getting him into the 60's.

Then he looked at me with a sinister look and asked, "How old are you, brother how old are you?"

"Why," he continued, "don't you know what is happening to this generation?

It is already a generation of widows."

I said, "Now, listen, doctor, I am only a minister, you are the guardian of the public health—it's your job not mine, why talk to me about it?"

"Yes," he said, "I know we are the guardians of the public health and we are learning today to deal with men not merely as chemical organisms. We treat the whole man from a psychosomatic point of view, but," he said, "you know, the thing that makes men sick, that breaks them down, are the thoughts that they have in their minds —hate, fear, guilt," he said, "and unfortunately we have never yet been able to develop a scalpel s'ufficiently sharp or the dexterity with which to use it whereby we can go into the tangled ramifications of a man's mind and operate for that which causes tension."

"No," he said, "I'm sorry, there is no doctor who can handle this situation."

Then he stopped and a queer look came over his face. And t is o d -torunedmastucklong, bony forefinger into my chest and said, "Whenever you stand before an audience of American business men, remember that you• are not only a preacher and a pastor, but you are a physician of the human soul and you tell them from an old doctor who has ridden the highways for 50 years that if they want to have the strength and power of their forefathers that whatever their religion may be, tell them to practice it as the greatest of all techniques of successful

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To the above address, your editor wishes to make only a short explanation. Someone may remark, "Why does he put such a heavy reading in the Vestnik?" "What has all of this to do with the SPJST or the fraternal insurance?" Well, it has. The old doctor made a statement that this is already a generation of widows. Husbands are dying like flies. You ask why?

That's the purpose of the article.

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Happened on o d Friday

For twenty long years Carl Sandburg worked on the monumental biography of one of the greatest Presidents of the United States, the biography of Abraham Lincoln. Finally, in 1936, it was finished and published by Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, in four volumes.

To stimulate our young readers to read the entire biography of Lincoln, by Sandburg, we give here only a short résumé of the last tragic day in Lincoln's life. But if you have a chance, borrow the complete work from your public library. It is a story which will inspire and encourage all who believe in democracy.

On the calendar it was Holy Week and April 14th was Good Friday. Five days before, Lee had surrendered to Grant. The war was over. Lincoln was 30 pounds underweight, his cheeks haggard, yet the inside of him moved to a music of peace.

The city of Washington was gay.

Flags and bunting flew across streets and up and down building fronts.

Churchgoers filled the pews, hearing Good Friday sermons. Psalms of thanksgiving were read.

The Presidential theater party for that evening was planned by Mrs. Lincoln. A third-rate drama, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN, was showing at Ford's Theater. Lincoln was disinclined to go, but Mrs. Lincoln had set her heart on it.

According to the White House guard, W. H. Crook, Lincoln said, when leave "Good-bye, Crook."

Crook was ptiled. Until then it had always been "Good night, Crook."

Cold and raw weather met those who stepped forth on the evening of this April 14. A ceiling of clouds hung low, mist and fog held the streets, and occasional showers had put a chill and a pervasive damp in the air. Away from the street-corner gas lamps, walking men became blurred humps.

The carriage left the White House.

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No circumstance delayed or hindered.

No telegram of,commanding importance suddenly found itself in the President's hands. Nothing happened to cancel the theater date of the evening. Out of the gates they drove.

From the carriage window Lincoln had a final casual glance at the White House where he had lived four years and 41 days. Before they turned one corner, by leaning forward he could see the mystic Capitol dome in a haze of light, a floating midair symbol of the Union of States.

At Ford's Theater, the play had already begun. The guard Parker was at hand. The party walked into the theater about nine o'clock. An usher led them to their box. The players interrupted their lines while the audience applauded, and the President nodded his acknowledgments. The play proceeds.

Mrs. Lincoln is seated farther back, and the President, slouched in a roomy haircloth rocking chair, is at the rear of the box, hidden from the audience by a curtain. Lincoln is in sight of only the actors, and the few people who may be offstage to the left.

This privacy however is not so complete as it seems. The box has two doors, and one, a few feet behind the President, is unlocked. In this door is a small hole, bored by an Outsider that afternoon to serve as a peephole. This door opens on a narrow hallway that leads to another door opening on the balcony of the theater.

Through these two doors the Outsider must pass in order to enter the President's box. Close to the door connecting with the balcony, two inches of plaster have been cut from the wall.

The intention of the Outsider is to place a bar in this niche and brace the door against intruders.

It is the assigned duty of John F. Parker to guard these doors constantly.

A careful man on this duty would probably have noticed the gimlet hole, the newly made wall niche, and been doubly watchful.

Either between acts or at some time when the play was not lively enough to suit him, or because of an urge for a pony of whiskey, John F. Parker leaves his seat in the balcony, goes outside and down the street for a little whiff of liquor, inviting the President's coachman and footman to come along.

Thin; circumstance favors the lurking and vigilant Outsider.

Between 11 and 12 o'clock of Gcod Friday morning the handsome, erratic, fiery young actor, John Wilkes Booth, comes to Ford's Theater for his mail, hears that a messenger from the White

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House has engaged a box for the Presi- reaches the door of the passageway to ment, and shouted the State motto of Virginia, the slogan of Brutus as he dent that evening. For months Booth the Presidential box. and his accomplices have been plotting And the next scene? The next scene stabbled Caesar: "Sic semper tyrannis• against Lincoln's life. The time has is to crash and blare and flare as one — "This be it ever to tyrants." come. He hopes not merely to remove of the wildest, one of the most inconOthers believed they heard him a government head whom he believes' ceivably fateful and chaotic, that ever shriek: "The South is avenged!" in his crazed mind to be responsible stunned and shocked a world that heard Some said the lights went out in the for all the woes of his beloved South, the story. theater. Others a thousand miles from but to realize the wild frenzy of killing The moment of high fate was not the theater said they saw the moon a man he detests as a plebeian mongrel. - seen by the theater audience. Only one come out from behind clouds blood-red.

He goes into action. At four o'clock in man saw that moment. He was the It was a night of many eyewitnesses, the afternoon he returns to the empty' Outsider. He had come through the shaken and moaning eyewitnesses.

Ford's Theater, sees the rocking chair outer „door into the little hallway, fastMrs. Lincoln has turned from the railin the corner of the President's box. ened the strong bar into the two-inch ing where she saw the wild-eyed man Booth Inspects locks, bores a hole niche in the brick wall, and braced it vanish off the stage, sees her husband through the box door, digs a niche in against the door panel. He had moved in the rocking chair, his head slumped the plastered brick wall for the inser- softly to the box door and, through the forward. With little moaning cries she tion of a bar to hold against the hall- little hale he had gimleted that after- springs toward him. way door. noon, had studied the occupants and his An usher from the 'outside tries to At seven in the evening Booth leaves Human Tar get seated in a rocking arm- help. Back of the usher is a jam of Softly he had opened the door his room at the National Hotel for the chair. and stepped toward his prey, in his people. He holds them back, allowing last time. In pasSing he asks the hotel only one marl to enter the box. This is clerk if he is going to Ford's Theater fight hand a little vest-pocket one-shot brass derringer pistol, in his left hand a 23-year-old Charles A. Leale, assistant this evening. e The clerk hadn't thought surgeon, United States Volunteers. steel dagger, about it. "There will be some fine actHe was cool and precise and timed his Mrs. Lincoln cries piteously: "Oh, ing there tonight," says Booth, and he every move. He raised the derringer, Doctor! Is he dead? Oh, my dear Msmoves on — there is work to do. Booth hurries on to see his accomplice Paine. lengthened his right arm, ran his eye band, my dear husband!" He soothes They arrange their timing: at the same along the barrel in a line with the head her a little, telling her he will do all hour and minute of the clock, Paine is of his victim less than five feet away that can possibly be done. to go to the house of Seward and kill -- and pulled the trigger. The body in the chair seems to be that A lead ball somewhat less than a of a dead man, eyes closed, nd certainty the Secretary of State and Booth to kill half-inch in diameter crashed into the it is breathing. Dr. Leale with help the President. A third accomplice, Atzerodt, is to kill Vice-President Johnson. left side of the head of the Human Tar- from others lifts the body and places it But Atzenodt begs off. He - has not en- get, three inches behind the left ear. on the floor. He holds the head and listed for killing. Booth storms at him For Abraham Lincoln it was lights out, shoulders while doing this, his hand and curses him for a coward and a good-night, and a long farewell to the meeting a clot of blood near the left traitor. Atzerodt finally drifts away, good earth and its trees, its enjoyable shoulder. He lifts the eyelids and sees never to see Booth again — a muddled wmpanions, and the Union of States evidences of a brain injury. He rapidly and woe-struck wanderer, one of the and the world Family of Man he had passes his fingers through the bloodonly three men in the world who could loved. He was to linger in dying. But matted hair, finding a wound and rehave told the police beforehand of the living man could never again speak moving a clot of blood, which relieves Booth's intentions at Ford's Theater nor see nor hear nor awaken into con- the pressure on the brain and brings shallow breathing and a weak pulse. scions being. that night.

Of this the audience knows nothing.

Dr. Leale asks that the President be At a stable near FOrd's and close to From the box railing the Strange Man moved to the nearest house. Several ten o'clock, Paine and Booth part, leaps, a ten-foot fall. His leap is ask if he cannot be taken to the White Booth to go to Ford's, Paine to ride to slightly interrupted. On this slight inHouse. Dr. Leale replies, "The Presithe Seward house. terruption the Strange Man in his fine dent' would die before we reached there."

The play is more than half over when calculations had--not figured. A draped Four soldiers lift the body by the Booth enters Ford's Theater. He walks Union flag tangles itself in a spur of past the doorkeeper with a pleasant one riding boot. He falls to the stage, trunk and legs. Two more doctors have arrived. One carries the right shoulder, smile and "You'll not want a ticket breaking his left shinbone. Of what one the left, Dr. Leale the head. They from me?," asks the time, and is pointed he had dbne the audience as yet knows come to the door of the box. The passto a clock in the lobby. "Ten minutes nothing. They see him, rush across the ageway is packed with people. A cappast ten." Booth opens -a door into the stage and vanish. Booth dashes to a parquet, notes the presidential box. door opening on an alley. There stands tain goes into action with troopers.

They show muskets, bayonets, sabers.

He has seen OUR AMERICAN COUSIN a -fast bay horse, a slow-witted chore played and has calculated to fine points boy nicknamed John Peanuts holding "Clear out!" rings the repeated order. the strategic moment for his deed. also reins. He kicks the boy and Soon to come is that moment when only mounts; hoofs on the cobblestones are!

NOTICE! one actor will be on the stage. A laugh heard. In all, it is maybe 60 or 70 secfrom the audience usually follows the onds since he loosed the one shot of his All News for the English Section exit of two ladies, a loud enough laugh brass derringer.

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"Clear cut!" they cry to the curiosityseekers.

Then the solemn little group with their precious freight carried head-first moves slowly through a space lined by protecting soldiers.

Overhead is night sky. Clouds of dark gray unroll and show a blazing white moon, and roll over it again.

On the street, humanity swirls and wonders and wants to know. "Is that the President they are carrying?" "Is it true that he was shot?" "Oh, God, it can't be true!"

Across the front of Ford's Theater a crowd is massed. Leale asks the captain to clear a passage to the nearest house opposite. A barrier of men forms to keep back the crowds. Now comes the report that this house is closed. At the next house, No. 453 Tenth Street, Dr. Leale sees a man standing at the door with a lighted candle, beckoning them to come in.

The room is 15 feet long by 9 wide.

A Brussels carpet is on the floor. Around are a few chairs, a plain bureau, a small wood stove, a washstand with pitcher and bowl. Outdoors the vagrant white moon is lost behind a cold gray sky, an even monotone of sky.

There they laid their stricken Friend of Man in the rented room of William The Public Relations Officer of the Clark, 'a boarder in the house of Wil- Czech Club of The University of Housliam Peterson — on a plain wooden bed ton is Emil Geffert, who came all the at about 10:45 o'clock, less than a way to Texas from Indiana to attend half-hour after the moment the trigger Texas' fastest growing university. Acof the little vest-pocket derringer was cording to the latest figures, the enrollpulled. ment has reached another all-time high The bed is too short, and causes the of 13,720 students. This is 1682 more knees to be elevated. Dr. Leale, troub- than the enrollment of a year ago. led, orders the foot of the bed removed.

Mr. Geffert was born in Chicago, IllThis it seems cannot be done. Leale inois. When he was 16 months old, he then has the body moved so it lies di- and his mother went to Czechoslovakia. agonally across the bed. Propped with He attended school in Zborov for the extra pillows, the body is gently slanted first three school years, and returned to with a rest for head and shoulders, the U.S.A. when he was nine years old. finally in a position of repose.

After graduating from Whiting High The last heartbeat flickered at 22 School of Whiting, Indiana, he enlisted minutes and 10 seconds past 7 a.m. on in the U.S.A. Navy and served in the Saturday, April 15, 1865. ship repair unit in the South Pacific The Pale Horse had come. To a Area. deep river, to a far country, to a byEmil, as he is known to his friends and-by whence no man returns, had on and off the campus, does a great deal gone the child of Nancy Hanks and Tom of reading and his favorite type of reLincoln, the wilderness boy who found laxation is a good mystery novel. He far lights and tall rainbows to live by, also enjoys all outdoor sports and is a whose name even before he died had member of the first Czech Volleyball become a legend interwoven with men's I Team to be organized on the university's struggle for freedom the world over. campus. He is now a freshman and is Over the drawn face Dr. Leale moved working for a Bachelor of Science Dea smoothing hand, took two coins from gree with a major in Czech and Russian. his pocket, placed them over the eyelids, He feels sure that the Slavonic lanand drew a white sheet over the face. guages have been neglected far too long Stanton, it was said afterward, pro- in Texas and the United States, and nounced the Words since become leg- hopes to set up another DEPARTMENT endary: "Now he belongs to the ages." of Czech and Russian when he receives

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his Doctor's Degree. His professor, Dr. skrivanek, has always pointed to the l opportunities in this field and to the fact that TEXAS SHOULD HAVE NOT ONLY TWO SUCH DEPARTMENTS But A DOZEN OR MORE—There is always room for one more.

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Look What He Gets In the middle of the month of March President Truman sent to Congress recommendations for reorganization of various departments of the Government.

There were altogether thirteen plans submitted. i As it happens when two sides play the game of politics, there is always a deliberate effort on the part of the opposing side to find something wrong with everything the first side presents.

So when the economy recommendaI tions of the President came before the 'Congress, there was an immediate cry: Look what he gets. If we start to save on the expenses, we should start with • who holds the highest office. him Some of the members of Congress proceeded to add all of the expenses of the President, even such items as the cost of carrying on the governmental functions of the President, the cost of Secret Service protection, the cost of

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As it happens to be, all expenses of the President are discussed and approved by Congress. It happened, ironically, that the salary of the President and all his expenses were discussed and appioved when the other side had the majority in Congtess and when hopes were high for the election of a Republican President. It was the feathering of the nest for the new occupant—in vain—which is causing criticism from those who did the feathering.

For the benefit of the readers of the Vestnik who may not know what salary the President of the United States gets and to what privileges he is entitled, we present a summary of the arguments. But you must remember that the salary and the emoluments were proposed, studied, and voted for by an overwhelming majority of those who now are claiming that econoniy should start at the top.

After taxes of $40,000 are paid on his original $100,000 salary, the President , then receives $50,000 which is tax free.

That makes $110,000 a year net.

The President has 42 facilities at his disposal for traveling, vacationing, and entertaining. These include his planes, the Independence and the Sacred Cow, the yacht Williamsburg, naval escort destroyers, a private pullinan car, 35 White House automobiles, the Blair House, his vacation house at Key West, Fla., and Shangri-La, the woodland retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland.

It is estimated that it takes 665 persons to operate these facilities, either full or part time. These include ship crews, plane crews, maintenance forces, pullman staff, Shangri-La staff, White House servants, secret service, police, and auto drivers.

The White House travel bill for 1949 was $33,896, and $40,000 has been appropriated for 1950. Airplane travel cost is not inclUded in this bill. It is charged to the Air Force, which maintains the planes.

The yacht Williamsburg has a crew of 100 men paid by the Navy. The yacht is also maintained by the Navy.

The President's personal plane, the Independence, was built in 1947 at a cost of $1,133,000. It is a de luxe DC-6.

It is operated by the Air Force and all its costs are assumed by the Air Force.

The President's other plane, the Sacred Cow, is a C-54, and has all the conveniences of the newer Independence — kitchen, refrigerator, sleeping quarters, and a built-in elevator. On long flights over water a crew of 8 is required, a crew of 4 for land flights.

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Construction cost of the President's private railroad car is placed between $250,000 and $350,000. It is equipped with radio, telephone, private bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, and shower. A steward and two mess boys from the Williamsburg man the dining room and provide other services.

There is another White House railroad car which is attached to the Pullthan on Presidential train trips. This is a specially built radio car, equipped by the Signal Corps with all the latest communication facilities.

When the Pre6ident cruises in the Williamsburg, a Navy destroyer accompanies the Waite House yacht.

Twenty-five secret-service men protect the President. Their salary is $109,200 a year. In addition there is a special force of 107 White House police at a cost cf $350,000 annually.

At Key West, the President occupies what once was the residence of the admiral in charge of the wartime facilities at that post. The Williamsburg is ale used to house White House guests and personnel when the President is in Florida.

Shangri-La, the Maryland retreat, is a hide-out 70 miles from Washington and is gttarded, when the President is in residence, by the Marines, 4 officers and 57 men who are on call for duty there.

Shangri-La is maintained and adminstered by the White House.

When the President visits ShangriLa, cooks, waiters, and messboys from the Williamsburg provide the servant staff.

At the White House itself there are 61 employees costing $150,000 a year.

These include 6 engineers, 6 carpenters, a painter, 4 electricians, 8 gardeners, 3 pluMbers, 3 laborers, a storekeeper, messengers, a housekeeper, 5 butlers, 7 cooks, 4 doormen, 7 housemen, and 4 maids.

We have warned the reader not to be alarmed by these figures and statements. They are pure political utterances. As the sides change, the talks .change, too. Former President Hoover, when he testified before the subcommittee of Congress in favor of increasing allowances to the President, made this statement: I should think the American people would be perfectly willing, and perfectly willing and glad, to see the Government give board and lodging to the President.

He does not get it now for he must pay his own board and that ef numerous other people. He gets his lodging free, but even there he has to pay part of the upkeep cost. * * * He must receive a great many guests that he cannot charge to his allowance account, and so forth. We want the

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White House to be the leading and gracious home of the Nation. At least, I feel the American people would want that to be.

Articles of this nature, for the lack of More suitable teportS from our Weal contributors, are plaeed in the Vestnik to encourage independent reading and thinking in vital topics pertaining to the Government of the United States.

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LETTERS LODGE POKROK NO. 88, HOUSTON, TEX. Rehearsals have gotten under way for the C2'ech play, which is scheduled for May 7th. It is a hilarious comedy and we have an excellent cast. Two of the players are old-timers, who have not played for quite some time -- Mr. John Starcala and Mr. John Stehlik — I know that, many of you will enjoy seeing them again. Also in the cast is Johnnie Sula, a very promising young actor who hails from FayetteVille. He will be making the trip back and forth from Fayetteville for the rehearsals. When an actor is Willing to put forth this kind of effort, you know that , love for the theatre must be in his heart. Elsie DobeSh will be with us again after a Ring absende. She has been in New York studying voice. Her aunt, Mrs. Lillie Follett, Will play her aunt on the stage. Mrs. Maty Telge is a newcomer and is shoWing a lot of enthusiasit for the stage. NoW the old reliables, upon whom I can always depend, are Tim Kestome, Wilhelmina Simecek and Mary Johnson. All three have outstanding roles and always come through with flying colors. I have taken a smaller role this time, as the directorship is all in my hands now and there is quite a bit of detail work to be done when putting on a play.

Our Dramatic Club has been invited by the Ellinget Chatriber of Commerce to present an English play during their Tomato FeStival on the 28th of May. We have accepted and will present "Cahn Yourself," a screamingly funny play which had two performances in Houston and met with great success.

Harriette Earl. * •( A class was asked to write an essay on Quakers. One little girl closed hers in this fashion: "Quakers are very meek people who never fight and never answer back.

My father is a Quaker—but my mother THE ROTARIAN isn't." ) • 4 • "Why should I always go to bed at a certain time?" complained a small boy.

"I don't belong to any union."

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Umele niivene"srdce Na celem svete provadeji lekaki vedecka pozorovani srdeeni einnosti, aby je mohli potam aplikovati na nemocech, ktere se srdcem souvisi.

Srdce je astroj tak '2e zastaveni jeho einnosti znamend =rt. Jeete pied 300 lety se lido domnivali, ze krev v cevach se vubee nepohybuje. Rozdil mezi lidskYm a zvifecim srdcem je pomerne malt', nebot' obe maji tYI vYznam. Snad jenem u Iivoteichit je srdce trochu jinak utvafeno, na pr. Iaby.

Proto se nejeasteji pouIivaji k pokustim. 2dbi srdce lze docela dobte vyjmout a pozorovat jeho eirmost. ba totiI nemtlIe — podobne jako ostatni stu denokrevni Iivancho- udrIovat stalou telesnou teplotu a jeji srdce nepoti'ebuje pro svou einnost vygg -hotepla,nIjevmist nosti, talde se lekati nemusi starat o jeho umele zahMvani.

Lekafi mohou srdce vyjmout dokonce i na nekolik dna z tela a umele udrIovat jeho tep.

Tyto pokusy jsou Uspegne hlavne u studenokrevnYch tab a ryb. Srdce ssavce je choulostivejS1, ale pracuje pomerne dlouho bezvadne 12 e2 24 hodin. Oinnost u vyriateho srdce pak po Case prestava.

Prvni z tela vynate srdce mel v rukou SyS7carskY badatel Korlocker uz v race 1874. Ken cern minuleho stoleti bylo oZlveno etyri dny pc smrti srdce kralika.

V roce 1902 podatilo se cziviti lidske srdce, kte re bylo vynato z mrtvoly 20 hodin po smrti. Umele aivene srdce tepalo asi hodinu.

Zeptame-li se badajak to je se starnutim srdce, odpovi,

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— Br. Frank Sebestik Anton Fiala uzenar z Prahy ses. Rosi Kopeekova Lakadie, jeho manZela ses. Rosi Hejoy Boienka, jejich dcera Dr. Jaromir BoreckY, kornisa • zern. tiradu br. Emil Hrabina Martin Lopata, majitel mlYna na, radosti p. Fr. Vodieka — pi. Anna Staglik — Lidka, jeho dcera VaSek Kudrna, niladek ye mlYne br. Juli. Podhradckfr br. Torn Kopeeek M. U. Dr. TobiaS Klobasa, lekai Retie hr. L. TobeInSr, vYprava jeviS'e ses. Krafova, napoveda ses. B. Valeikuva

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Straw. 30 byly pied prichodem zimy rozestavene domy z vet g i easti dekonteny tak, aby mohlo bYL hrube zdivo zastre geno. V zime pak v takovYchto stavbach mohlo neru g ene pokrac'ovat v praci. Ve vetaich mrazech staeilo k . phi atelne temper atufe slabe chrivani strednim topenim nebo prozatimnimi kamny, tak zvanSrmi "koksaky." Rovrin tak se v pfipadech poaivalo sovetske rnethody zahrivani elektrickYm proudem a parou. Leto g ni mirna zima usnadnila praci v rosesta,venYch domech bez vet g ich naklada. V pHtcmne dobe jsou kontrolovany vAechily stay by v Praze, aby byl fad ne pinen plan. Sot-teasne se zaji g t'uje dostateenY poeet stavebniho materialu na potreb na mista. Spolu se referaty prace a social,pee'e dba komunalni stavebni podnik o to, aby pracovni sily byly amerne rozdeleny, pripadne premisteny podle potreby. Zbytek eernYch staveb, ktere nejsou zarazeny do PCtileteho planu (soukroInc nebo bez povoleni) je zjfat'ovan a bude postupne zru gen, aby takto ziskane pracovni sily i material umcA nily jests rychlejai rust novYch bytt.

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1950

A FRATERNAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING LEGAL RESERVE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES: IN THE ADULT DEPARTMENT IN THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT Ordinary Life, Lite Paid-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. ium Endowment at age 65. Premium Waiver, Double Indemnity Feature and Sick Benefit available.

53 YEARS OF RUM SERVICE STATEMENT — DECEMEER 31, 1949 'ASSETS — $5,776.377.13; CERTIFICATES OUTSTANDING — ,23,556; Insurance in Force — $21,22 790.00 For all information write to 9

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