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1{LAVNi BRADOVNA -- SUPREME LODGE t .'so.3eda — President, Ed. L. Marek; Vice. President ScoreCr. G. Svadlenak, Thrall, Texas. Taiemnik ua,‘ John F. Chu p ick; fleetnik — Fin. Secretary, )?., yin, Urbanovsk'; Pokla.dnik Tress, Josef Koh. h .. Jr. Pravni radee — Counsel — Aug. Kacif, Tema. Texas Vrchni lekak — Medical Director Dr. J. A. Isslanneek, El Cam p o, Texas. ft, Jitele — Board of Directors-- J. M. Skrahenek, Robbie St. Houston, Texas; Karel Navratil 816, E A ,. a A, Tem p le, Texas, J. C. Einei g l. Yorktown, Texas John F. Kubala, Pilot Point, Texas. Frank Rod, El Cam p o, Texas.

BylaW Committee: Stanovrif V§bor Geor g e E. Eacif, pfedseda -- Chairman. West, Tex Frank B. Steiner, tajemnik — Secretary 4350 Dickason. Dallas. Texas. fiskov§ v§bor — Press Committee — Pfedseda — Chairman Josef Plornak, Collage Station, Box 125, Tixas, Mrs. Ant. Horak 5007 Alsott, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Frances Olean. 6402 Ta gg art St. Houston. Texas.

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Svritky vanooni svatky raclosti. Jsou-11 mezi nami jednotlivci, kteti pch11:2eji na oslavu vananich svatku bez jakehokeliv ,. zruchtt, nebo kte'i dokonce tehraii,'ze c , lava vanoc je zbyteenosti, nemnteme ubraniti toinu, abychom takove lidi nepalitovali. Takove zasmu gile oblieeje vYjirakou v neprehlednem mnozstvi 1-uelvavYch a radost projevujicich tvaKaZdY z nas ma radii ptatel a vzpone si na pe vandenim listkern s blanoptanim. A i kdy nekteri z nas tento uk nepestujeme, pak 'name pro sve zname na potkani alespori uptimnY stisk ruky a pkani veselYch Vanoc A

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kdy dostavi se vancee v pine sve radosti, to east() vzi nmeneme si strYch. pribuznych tarn za motein, s, v srdce vloudi se Prani, aby mir a spokojenost pojmuly do naruee cele lidstvo a aby bratrske poiortneni a laska eloveka k eloveku vstcupila do srdci vgech.

Rady, tnajici detskY odbor, zpusobi tem mladYm vtdy velikou radost, kdy do sveho zabavniho programu zahrnou vanoeni nadiiku. Mel by, vlastne katdY tad, at' jit ina detskY odbor nebo ne, pamatovat na deti etytikrat do roka.

Tyto etyri progra.my mely by bYti na kalendati poznamenany rok kuptedu: program na Den Matek (ciruha nedele v kvetnu), ptipadne zapojiti s Majovou slavnosti a korunovaci kralovny kvetin; pak nekdy na Aaeatku nebo ktt konci prazdnin nejaky vhodny vYlet nebo piknik pro deli: dale veeer na posleni den v rijnu praviqlnott Halloween zabavu; a koneene z ylaStni vaimoni nadilku. Maine donmenku, ze sotva jedna desetina nagich radii pota.da jakY vanooni program.

Neni tteba vYmItiv, ze &Ai maji svilj program ye gkole Deti by ni'deho proti tomu nemely, kdyby vanoc.'e byly nekolikrat do roka nebo kdyby nadilka byla katdY den ye vanneniin tYclnu. Ony:.site nestoji o proslovy tech star gich, nebot' mysl clrobotiny je nekde jinde. Ani detske basnieky neclovedou upoutat jejich pozornost. U nich zavladne pattiena — taktka horeena pozornost az tehdy, kdyt do salu vstoupi Santa s velikYm pytlem na zadech, v nemt darky sotva mohou se udrteti.

Frani vanoeni maim) tiumnoitti mezi dospelYmi osobami i bez Snad nekdo namitne, je to ZP1:1S013 hOdFle lacing, ma vgak svoji dtiletitost, prone genli je z uptimneho srdce. A takovY pazdrav ptina gime dries prosttednictvim techto nekolika tadek v gein sestram a brattim na gi Jeclitoty, od prvniho at do pcsledniho, jmenem obou reclaktort, jmenem vydavatelstva i jmenein Tiskoveho vybnu p •cjice vain radostne vanoeni svatky. n-Ididna ,je aloha, v nit vzponuname naro,ciii. Prince Mira. N, Sak stoji za uvahu.neklicina (Juba sired dveina tisici lety. Ten, jehat narozeni oslavuji vgichn1 kte,st'ane, pti gel rovnet v neklidne dobe.

Narodil se, kdy t rodice jeho gli k zapisu a k zaplaceni s yych d_ iii. Jako clnes, byl tenkrat nedostatek byt.il. Herocles velikY, swum anec idttmejskY, chranenee Cesara Augusta, umiral tehdy ye svem paled v Cyprosu v jerichu, po krvavem panovani. Urniral stra gnou nemoci rozkladem kr-ye, nenaviden od stiran zutivosti a vYeitkami svedomi, navgtevovan ptizraky jeho bezpo OetnYch obet, mezi niniz stala jeho nevinna tena, u glechtila Mariana z krve Machabelcti. Sedm ten jeho haremu

Ve stredu, due 20, prosince 1950. teklo ad Ilerodesa, kterY, dosad jit pachnul hrobem, I jeho strate ho a- 1 pustily. 13ezcitna jeho sestra Salome stain vedle umirajiciho. Ona byla jeho zly genius, striljce jeho zloeinn tech nej-, eernej gich. Stala s diademem na `Cele, s nadry tiTyticimi se drahYmi klenoty, a slidila o poslednim vzdechu krale, aby uchvatila pro sebe jeho moo. A prave v dobe, kdy umiral posledni kral tidovskY, narodil se budouci duchovni kral lidstva.

Jeho misledovnikrt nebylo ani tolik kolik bychom dries na gli kterekoliv nedelni odpoledne nekcie v divadle. Dokud nil, neposlouchali jeho slov. A prece, dvacet stoleti pozcleji nalezame gest set milionn du:A, kteii oslavuji jeho narozeni a piijim<.l..ji jeho neeni co vYkvet idealu lidskelio, jako vrcliolnou moralkl, kterd ma v rasiednim slovu bezmeznou laskL1 bratrskba a y geobecne lidske sloratreni.

Data vanotini nui svoje vlastni Brava.

Nikdy jincly bychom si nedovolili ptineti a zasaditi seleny stromek uprosti•ed svetnice. Nikdy Rnd y bychom se neosinelili vetejne vyvegovat sve paneochy Lak okate. Dle pravidel a zvykil vanoen1 0slavy podolone taryvky detske nalady jsou docela ptipustne a anduvitelne. Vanoce maji Svoje vYsady, kdy mtiteme popustit ualu sve nalade, anit bychom se deltili srnegnYmi. Mileradi Opiravujetne. At nyni, kdy pofacititeli byly dodany informace ohledne ptedclitizejicich sezeni Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu cot stalo se laskavasti bratra Chupicka doeetli jsme se ze zazoaniu, te na gi hlavni Urednici Castilla se jit j:ted nekolika lety jednani kongrc gii Omylem bylo udano v necia.vnem eigle Vestniku, ze teprve letos byla na ge Toast viditelnejAi. Abychom • tuto ch-y-bu opravili, ptiznavame, ze pied dvema lety siteastnili se kongresu tet nasi reditele, bratti' Eineigl, Navratil . a Skrabanek, krome na gich hlavnich ritednikt. Loni, Lofi sezeni v Dallas byli tomni bratti Marek, Chupick UrbanovskY, Navratil a tet sestra liorakova.

Doufame, ze tento nedostatek ptedbetnYch informaci bude poradateli prontinuto. A dodateene dottfame,te pti gtiho Palm bude nage iteast v Corpus Christi doleko lep gi net tome: bvlo v minulosti.

Prace agitaeni behem tohoto mesice jo velmi uspokojivou, jak oznarnir predsecia Marek v joondeli rano. Na gi organisatott se drti znamenite. Jestli Vytrvaji ye sve praci je gte tento tYden a do etvrtku ptigtiho tYdne, na ge kvota bade dosatena.

Die telefonickeho sdeleni bratra, Marka, nertnavna place nekterYch organisatotit ziskala, do Jednoty za osmnact dni, od 1. do 18. prosince, sto deset novYch Cle-` nil. Tim ptipada gest hav-Ych Menu denne. Schaz 'nam tudit etyticet dalgicb.

Jak jit bylo minute feeeno, nein

Ve sttedu, dne 20. prosince 1950. to prace snadna, ale neni to Mc nemo2neho. Bylo by zajimave, kdyby mohly byti uvetejneny a Oteny dopisy od naterych vice snaLvYch organisatorti, kteti projevuji ochotu ziskati vice nei pouze dva nove eleny. Jeden organisator slibuje, Fe ziska ad pet, aby pry nahradil, co jinemu se nepodati. Takova spoluprace a porozumeni te gi. Doufame, ze bratr pfedseda se schvalenim ostatnich iftedniku pozdeji necha uvetejnit celY podrobnY vYsledek teto snaIivosti, aby nejen Hlavni ittadovna, ale s ni ten vgichni eleni mohli oceniti tento zavod o dosa2eni nag! kvoty. Bratti organisatoti a sestry organisatorky, v gichni elenove, jim zajem na gi SPJST lezi na srdci, chteli by yam praci usnadniti, jen abyste sve mety dosahli. Nepovolujte v poslednim tYdnu.

A vy, mill elenove, vite-li o nekterem svern ptibuznem nebo znamem, ktery neni elenem Jednoty a mohl by bYti, yypomoste nagim organisatortm dnes, ted' protoie vgechny pkihlagky museji bYti vytizeny a odeslany do pti gtiho etvrtku, 28. prosince. .._,Kdysi byvala moina doba, jak elenove nekteti se domnivali, ze nagi hlavni nevenovali dosti pozornosti obsahu Vestniku. Tuto domnenku o zdanlive lhostejnosti se strany na gich vedoucicn bude nutno zamitnouti. Vestnik je pro na ge htedniky jak teplomerem tak i tlakomerem. Dle tanu a dle nalady dopisovatelti, iftednici a teditele SPJST vycit'ujl smygleni &anti. Ac htednici nemaji v umyslu zasahovat do tizeni organu, je pote gujicim Ukazem, ze v poslednich dvou mesicich etyti ze gesti hlavnich ittednika dobrovolne poslali potadateli ureite pokyny. V podobnem uposorneni, doglem pakadatell tohoto tYdne, ptipisuje jeden lalavni ittednik: "Vet ml, bratte redaktore, Fe tento pokyn davan v pevnem svedeeni, Fe Ty ma g stejnY zajem jako ja, aby nage Jednota nebyla v nidem pozadu." Diky za dobte minenY pokyn. NAprava bude ihned vykonana.

Zpevem k srdci. Nove pevecke krouFky a sbory mely by bYti na programu u kaFdello poeetnej giho tadu, aby cdivnul nag ochabujici spoleeensky styk. Natika se, Fe na, bratrstvi a ptatelstvi pomalu zapominame, Se nage tady pfestavaji bYti sttedisky pro spolkov3) Fivot. MalokterY z nas vgak uvatujeme o ptieinach vedoucich k tomu, ze nedrFime tak pohromade jako kdysi. Jednodu ge pkestavame pracovat. Tim je mineno, Fe pomalu zapominame na ritzna spoleeens,ka, pobaveni,ktera, nas kdysi stahovala do na gich sini. Zpev byl jednim takovYm poutem. Bylo by ve prospech nejednoho tadu, aby elenove zaeali cvieit nave sbory 'desire i anglicke. Snad v ka2cle osade na gel by se nejak3) ten hudebnik, kter3) by byl schop-

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ny a ochotnY zpevaky zacvleovati. Ptemyglejte, promluvte mezi sebou a pokuste se, zdali u va geho tadu byla by moFnost zavedeni zpevu. Zajem se nedostavi sam sebou, ten je zapottebi pozvolna yypesto(Vynatek z ramanu "Ben Hur") vat.

V dal'. etvrt anebo nanej yYS pill hodiNa§i radovi dopisovatele zavdeei se ny pro.stird se jihovYchodne od Betlema svemu tadu a prospeji ten jinYm kdy2 uvetejni v organu popis jejich va- rovina odloueend ode vsi ptedelnYm pasmem horskYm. Uval jsa dobhe chranen noeniho programu. U nekterych jsou vanoeni nadilky potadany kaddo- od severnich vetril honosil se mimo to roone, a vgak nekdy se opomene poda- • porostem planYch smokovni, zakrslYch dulativ a sosen, kd&to sousedni ti zprava sirs! vetejnosti. Ve shonu ny a rokle hastily olivove a marugove noenim, phi nav gtevach a besedach, lehhougti, ca2 v ge ptispivalo v tuto roani ce se phihodi, Fe na dopis pro organ nedobu neocenitelnou merou k vYFive cifzbyva easu, s psanim se odklada, a2 uply- ; ci, a koz a skotu, z nichF se putujici stane tYden nebo dva, a cela zaleFitost ja- da skladala. koby vyvetrala a pozbyla sveho svated- V koneine od mesta nejvstalen'ejgi Mho lesku. Jen& takove referaty jsou I rozkladala se pod samYm skalnim sravzorem a lakadlem pro jine tady merle zem prastranna "mara" eili ovearna smele a vahave. Popis takove vanoeni veky stara. Za kterehosi loupeSneho nadilky etou jini, zapamatuji si, a phi- jezdu, claim° v riepamet,' pti gleho, strFegtim rokem dostanou ten chut' a odvaru na z budovy sthecha a budova sama bezuspotadati podobnY program. Proto ve-1 mala rozbotena. Ohrada k ni ptilehajimete toto upozorneni v tivahu a poda-1 ci zilstala vgak neporu gena, a to melo vejte referaty o va gich podni'cich. Pro- 4 pro pastYte, kteti sem zahaneli sve svetim celku a zavdedite se vagim Fence, vetgi yYznam ne2 staveni samo. domacim pracovnikilm.

Kamenna lrradba kolenf, pIrostranstvi Matice Vy'Skho Vzdelani, sidlem v Chi- byla zvYgi muFovy hlavy, ale nedosti vycagu, rozeslala v techto dnech zpravu soka, aby easem smele do vnitt neskosveho pil;obeni za 48 roktt sve existence. oil hladov3) pardal anebo le y z pustiny Ad organisace tato je mnohem star gi ne2 ks,ein zabehlY. Po vniternl strane hradby zdejAi Texa.ska Matice Vy ggiho Vzdelani, vysazen pro lep gi ochranu proti neustajeji finandni hotovost je znatne mengi. lemu riebezpeei trnitY plot tegetlakovY, Od jednotlivcii do glo v minulych dvanacti jen't tak bujne vzrostl; Fe se vrabec stemesicich ptispevkil v obnosu $350. Mezi hi prodral pteenivajicimi vetvemi, ozbrorianYmi bratrskYmi a krajanskYmi orga- jenYini nad to velkYmi chumaci trnil nisacemi stoji nage SPJST na miste pry tvrdYch jako hteloy.

Na tuto rovinu, zavedli nekteti pastYti -nim,atovbnsu$12,kteryFopissva stada hledajice pro ire eerstve pavek dogel od nasledujicich: Hlavni iltadovna (z 15. sjezdu ve Fort Worth) $100; stvy; a od dasneha jitra rozlehaly se NovY Tabor C. 17, $10; had 6ermak C. 56, lesiky volanim a hdery seker, bekotem $5.00; tad Placed() C. 97, $5.00; a fad San ovci a koz, cinkotem svonct, bueenim Antonio C. 133, $2. Mezi jednotlivci jsou skotu a g tekotem psh. Kdyd siunce zapana seznamu uvedeni pouze dva lido z dal°, samitili do "mary" a se soumrakem Texasu. Na listine jsou jmenovany dva meli vge v bezpeei v ohrade; pak si hozdelali oheh. dole u vrat, poFili skrovnou texaske tady Zapadni Cesko-bratrske yeeeti a zasedli k odpoeinku a hovoru, Jednoty (z Houstonu a z Dallas) a dve zilstavivge jednoho na strati: Sokolske Jednoty (z Placedo a z GalvesMimo strake bylo techto mun lest; torm). Celkem dare! z Texasu ptispeli ob- za chvili byli rozloFeni kolem ohne ne nosem $143, coF &nil° asi gestinu vgech kteti sedice. jini pak leFice tvati k semi.

Slovanska Podjorujici Jednota Sta.- PonevadF obyeejne chodiii s odkrytou tu Texasu je jedinou bratrskou podpur- hlavou, jeFily se jim viasy hustYmi, hrunoir organisaci krome 6SA. ktera bYmi, vysmahlYrni chundely! hrdla meli je zatazena mezi do2ivotni eleny Matice. zarostla, bradarni, scuchanYmi pramePodobnou hodnost ma na ge SPJST rov- ny na hrud' splYvajicimi; jich brubY aneF u zdej gi Texaske Matice Vyggiho dev, zahalujici je od krk po kolena tak, Vzdelani. V tomto ohledu nebyli nagi pte- ze pa2e byly obna2eny, zale2e1 v pla gdaci, vedouci a elenove domatich Mat (Pckrat'ovani na strane 4.) nikdy skrbliky. Texas ad dosud ma 48 Dvaeetileta doiivotth pojistka je die Matienich studenth. Krajanske vetejnosti, zvlagte nagim SPJST elentim, byla vYkazti podanYch phedsedou Markem nanejpopularnej gi pojistka. Takhka 60% by vitana podobna zprava, kolik nasich studenthi bylo podpoteno Texaskou Mati- vgech novYch certifikatil je vystavovano ci Vyggiho Vzdelani. Ptiklady tahnou a na tento druh poji gteni. 0 ,veci ptinesepovzbuzuji. me rozbor nekdy pozdeji.

"Zvestuji vim radost velikou"

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Pojednou rczestkvela se zare do nes- Nikdo neodpovedel.

"Kristus Pan se narodil; zda-li to nenesitelna, i zastreli si oet a klesli na kolena; po te, co jejich due chvely se biz- rekl?"

Pak nabyl opet jinY hla,su a odvetil: ni, padli na tvare oslepeni a ohrorneni, "Ano, to rekl." a byli by zilstali ztrnulYmi, kdyby se (Dokoneeni se strany 3.) nebyl ozval hlas rkouci jim: "A zda-li tea nerekl, ae v meste Davidove, kterYm je na g Betlem onde? A ae -Nebojte se!" tich z oveich a kozich koai i s rounem, ho naleznete jako nemluvriatko 131enkami I poslouchali. a byl prepjat okolo tela g irokYmi pasy; "Nebcjte se! Nebot' aj, zvestuji yam obvinute?" jich sandaly byly nejhrub g iho druhu; radost velikou, ktera bude v g emu lido."

"A leaici v jeslich." s na pravern rameni visely jirn torby Prvni mluvei zahledel se zamy g lene v g ivosti vice ilea Hlas lahodou a konej potravou a vybranYrni oblasky do prakt, a hlubokY i z y uenY, projal vgec- oheri, posleze pak pravil jako elovek, v jimia byli oz,brojeni; vedle kaadeho le- lidskY, ku jejich bytost a napinil je dtverou. nerna tizralo nahle preds.evzeti: odznak jeho aela na zemi oveacka "V Betleme jest pouze jedno misto, Vatyeili se na kolena a vzhleciance s stavu a ttoend zbrari. kcie jesle; jedinke, a to jest v jeskyni plachou Uctou uz • eli uprosded velke Tadi byli pastYri judej g ti! Na pohled e ,zjev mute cdeneho belostkvoucirn rou- nedaleko stareho khanu. Bratri, pojd'surovi a clivoci jako ti v • chrtli psi sedi- chem; nad ijameny vyenivaly svr g ky pe- me, a vizme tu vet, ktera se stala. Kneci s nimi kolem plapolu; v praYcle vgak ruti lesklYch a sloaenYch; hvezda nad zi a zakonnici oeekavali jia drahne Caprcste mysli a dobreho srdce, ktereato jeho Belem vyzarovala utkvelY trpyt jas- st' Krista. Nyni se narodil, a lr,an sevlastnosti y yplYvaly jednak z jednodu- nY jako veCernice; jeho ruce byly k inm slal nam znameni, po kterem he pozna,cheho aivota, jednak, a to po prednosti, vztaaeny aehnajice; jeho tva • byla ute- me. Pojd'me tarn a klanejme se mu." ustaviene peee o tvory malomocne a Sena a boL5kY krasna.

A coa stacia?" hodne naklonnosti. SlYchavali a hovo • ivali easto s y Ym pro"Pan jich bude ostrihati. Pospe g me si."

Tu vstali v g ichni a odesli z ovearny.

Odpoeivali a rcmlouvali, a v g echen jich stodu g nVm zptsobem o andelech, i nehovor toeil se kolem jejich stad, pred- pcchybovali nyni, nYbra pravili si v (Napsal Lewis Wallace.)

—Na ge Kvota: 150 nov9'ch elen0— metu ntidnem svetu, jenz v g ak byl ce- srdcich: VYNALEZ JIZDNI110 LISTKU 1Yrn svetem jim. Rozpovidali se giroce "Slava boai pri g la na nas, a to jest Cestovani za "starYch zlatYch east." dlouze o vecech malicherneho vYznamu. ten, jena za starch east pri g el k probylo zdlouhavou za.leaitostLZaealo to oZatim co rozpraveli, a prve nea minulo rokovi u reky Mai." kamaikem, kdy se elovek rozhodl pouait prvni bdeni, usinal pastYr po pastYri Andel mluvil ihned dale: leae ka41Y, kde byl seal.

"Nebo narodil se y arn dnes spasitel, po g tovniho dostavniku. Bylo se totia Noc byla jako vet g ina noel teto rani kterYa jest Kristus Pan, v rneste Davido- ba dat "zapsat". Bylo nutno vypinit veldoby v pahorkate krajine jasna, chlad- y e!" ky formular. Kdya pak zahajily aeleznice na a hvezdnata. Vitr nevanul. Zdalo se, Nastala °pet pomlka; slova to pak vti- Prvni provoz, podraely tento zdlouhavY ae ovzdu g i nebylo nikdy tak eiste, a ti- ,skla se jim v mysl. system. Poznenahlu vaak doprava rozrtcho bylo vice nea mleenim; bylo svatYm "A toto vam bude za znameni" pokra- stala a vyrizovani u okenek zabiralo dechnutim, pokynem, ae s.e nebesa skid- &nal zvestovatel: "naleznete nemluv- lig mnoho easu. Z jednodu g ai je tim, ae neji nizko, aby po g eptala cosi radostneho riatko plenkami obvinute, leaici v jes- pottaivali predtiStenYch formulart, ktere naslouchajici zemi. slech." obsahovaly v g echno pottebne, totia misto Striate prechazel u vrat hale se tesHlasatel jia nepromluvil; velika radost odjedzdu, cil testy atd. Jen tridu vozu ne v pla g t'; chvilemi stanul, kdya jeho byla zvestovana; lee trval posud na bylo nutno je g te napsat ruene. Ceny za pozornost vzbudilo hnuti ve spicich sta- svem miste. Zane; jejima stredern zdal ostatni tfidy, ktere neprichazely v fivahu, dech anebo vyti g akala v dali smerem se bYti, zinenila se nahle do rtlaova a se vy g krtly. V dal g im vzrustu dopra,vy se od hor. Pidnoc nadchazela mu pornalu; chvela se; tu poealy se nad pastYri, pa- stal i tento zpiisob velmi zdlouha.vYm a lee posleze nade g la prec. Ukol jeho byl kud mobli dohlednouti, blYskati bile pe- tak jednoho dne — bylo to v roce 1841 — vYkonan; nyni si pohovi spankern beze ruti a mihotati zative postavy, a hlasy pri g el Edmonson, prednosta male, stasnit; jima price aehna sve znavene deti! jako velkeho mnoastvi pely sborem: nice Milton na anglicke trati Newcastle Nakrooil si k ohni, ale zastavil se; ro"Slava na vYsostech Bohu, a na zemi —Carsisle, na my g lenku vydavat male zlevalt' se kolem neho svit inekkY a bi- pokoj, a v lidech zalibeni;" tenke listky, ktere bylo moano pohodlne 1.Y jako svit mesice. Cekal nedYchaje.

Nejednou, ale mnohokrat zaznela tato schovat do vaeku s penezi. Tak se stal Svit se sesiloval; veci pied tim nevidi- chvala. vynalezcem dne g ni jizdenky, jejia format telne vystoupily na odiv; rozeznal ztetelPak pozdvihl hlasatel cei, jako by ee- vyzkouSel eetnynii pokusy, pri dema zjine celou ohradu a v g e, co v ni nocovalo. kal souhlas kohosi daleko nahore; jeho stil, ae nej y Yhodnej g i je listek z lepenky Rozrazil jej mraz pronikavej g i nad mraz peruti, na s y r g ku bile jako snih a ye o deice 21/2 palce a since 1 1-4 palce. , ychraveho vzduchu . . . mraz bazne. stinu inenive jako perlet', za g ustely a roTyto rozmery maji jizdenky doposud Vzhlecil; livezdy pohasly; svit vychazel zepjaly se! kdya byly rortaaeny na mnojako z okna na obloze; co se dival, svit ho loket od jeho postavy, vznesl se zleh- skorem y e v g ech zemich, nebot' tento zazaril stkvelosti; tu on vykrikl ustra- ka a bez namahy, a odplynul s oei, vzav format se znamenite osvedeil. Je pornergen: zaii s sebou. Je g te dlouho potom, kdya ne malt' a piece dost velkY, aby mohl bYt "Vzhtirt, vzhilru!" zrnizel, zaznivala s oblohy vratka pone-. pohocilne podan jak u pokladny, tak i kontrole.

Psi vyskoeili a rczutekli se skudice. nahlu vzdalenosti tlurnend: —Nage Kvota: 150 novkh 6Ien0— Stada srazila se pode g ena v hrornadu.

"Slava na vYsostech Bohu, a na zemi IVIttaove vzchopili se na nohy se zbrane- pokoj, a v lidech zalibeni!"

Masa — majorita minorita indiint v rukou.

Kdya pastYri zcela se vzpamatovali, viduum — ant jedno, and druhe neobAo"Co se deje?" otazali se jako jednim zirali na sebe zaraaeni, as jeden z nich ji bez enact, jiz diva vedeni. lila sem: pravil: —Nage Kvota: 150 novkch tien0--"Vizte!" vzkrikl straace, "obloh y je v "To byl Gabriel, Hospodint y posel k Vg eeek smysl dealistiekeho humaniplarnenech!" lidem." tlisnau: zbaviti se nisill.

vim radost velikou"

" lifeatiji.

Ve stfedu, die 0. titsinde 195d.

Oddil Dopisovatelskf

VAS

WEST, TEXAS

pros ten Santa Claus pkinesl tern dmhYm detem tolik hraeek a peknSrch veci, a nebyly hodnelM neF ja, a nine nedonesl.

Pomyslela jsem si, ze hned v diteti se probouzi nejdfive litost, pozdeji i nenavist, a z toho jest poeatek zla.

Pfeil yam vSem po2ehnane vesele svatky van0Oni a St'astnY novy rok.

Rubie Holly.

— Na g kvota: 150 nov9ch 61enii.— kad Ennis 6slo 25.

Sestry a bratki! MnohY z nas uz vime, ale ne snad vSichni, 2e nas spolubratr, mlady Edwin M. Gurecky byl teFce ranen ve valce v Koreji. Proto bych vas Fadal, byste jemu poslali bud' vanoani listek aneb karetku s pkanim uzdraveni. Jsem jist, Fe ho kaLly listeeek potai a pobavi, 2e jsme na, nej nezaporneli. Jeho adresa, je: Pfc. Edwin M. Gutecky 18297016 Hospital Directory Section, A.P.O. 503, care Postmaster, San Francisco, Californaa.

S pfanirir v§eho dobra k vanocim a novena' roku.

L. J. Kudrna, taj.

San Antonio, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratfi!

Ptispivarn s pant fadky k Oinks yelkSirn svatkuin vanoenirn, neb jak jest slyS'et ze vS"ech stran, budou ty vanoce letos velmi rozliene. Lid jest napjat jak ta situate mezinarodni se obrati, neb jak vse skonei. Jsme opravdu v takovem napjeti, ponevad2 mnozi z nas to neoeekavali, 2e to tak daleko dojde v to Koreji, zvlaSte mnozi z tech rnladSrch hocht se nenaddli, kde budou zase bojovat a pokla.dat svoje 2ivoty. Zajiste ze tisice lidu se modli, prosice Boha Otce, ale mak) jest tech, co se v2iji do hloubi srdce sveho, aby poznali jak jsme, ria torn dnes ubozi a jak jest nart tteba pokani, hlubokeho pokani a pokoteni se pted tvati Bo—Na g e kvota: 150 novkh tient).— 2i. Ptijde doba 2e lidstvo se musi oddelit Ennis, Texas. od kanonii, od zleho, zavrhnout inylenPtedne si muslin vy2adat od redakce ku v p0u2ivani vakerSTch hroznS ieh zbra- kbusek mists ve Vestniku a to ne sam od ni jako atomic boinby, jen aby se neza- sebe, ale na rozkaz bratti a sester, at' nesail° tak trestrie. Dries je mnoho moder- co hodim do Vestniku od na geho tadu, a nich noV3-/Ch Veci, vynaleza novSrch, naho- tet aby vzdalenej§i riemysleli, 2e jsme tadou ale vSechrly tyto nove mYSlenky pki- dy zmrzli: Jak to dopadne nevim, neb se naSi? Ptinakji narn Resti, mir neb spa.- jaksi necitim. Byl jsem v Dallas u syna su, nebo je to pou2iVano k zahube lidske? Jana podivat se na jejidh ptirnstek do Spasa nemri2e ptijit na svet touto cestou, rodiny. No a to2 ja tak hodiV, abych neta Vasa musi prijit jedine shriry, s vy g VyrnAoval to male a 2enskm nechal solo, givota, srdce na--AichoblastidchoVni tak jsem odeS'el do rnesta a tak asi ty se se musi napinit laskou k llohu a 'Salt velke budovy na mne mely freinek, neb obrodu kolem sebe, probouzet to dnekri jsem potteboval prakk na uti§eni spici lidstVo k novernu 2iVotu. Z toho Kri- No a moji 2enugku jsem nechtel budit, a stova ptikazani se musi stab jednou no- to yam hned teknu, 2e by me cosi donesvi lidi a zapoeiti novS7 2ivot. Oni musi la. K tomu ona rano Fe bude prat a ja ptemenit toho ducha svateho a a2 se tak 2e pect chief), a ta trouba tak nizko, a static, teprve bude mluvit k celemu svetu, jen jedno oko na na'Aeho tajemnika KunikoliV Cesar v rouse Je2 gove, ale Je2fg drnu, ma jakousi zazraenou medecinu, Sam. — Ftno, budeme oslavovat zrozeni 2e pry jedna davka, poniti2e, tak tvrdila toho, jen2 se zrodil v chudem chleve. Ale jeho 2ena moji. Jak to dopadlo povim jak jest to teilo jiti tou cestou trnitou, yam az podruhe. po ktere nas Spasitel kdysisel s kti2em Tak ted' neco o na S • i v3iroeni schnzi a potupy lidske hany, k tomu citil fider ka- kteti jste nebyli ptitorimi mate co litomeni. V lasce jsi fSe, Kriste snaael, k to- vat, neb jak bratti tak sester se se gel nejmu prosic Boha Otce, by odpustil, neb ne- vetei poeet za dlouhS,7 eas. Trochu vi co aini. — Dalo by se hodne psati, ale ten obed zdarma, kterS7 byl vS7born3i a z dnes jde v§e v jinSrch kolejich, hledi se dela° pozristaval ani nevim, to se dozvite vice na zisk, v obchodech se nave geji o- od br. Alfonse Gureckeho, kterV to ph,krasy k tomu darku za ptehnane ceny. pravil, tak 2e jsem hned u brany veal, Uvidite i napisy, jednou v rote maze ka2- 2e cosi je tam dobreho.

4 dati dareeky. Nemyslici uvidi a pomyMo2na Fe 112 neco vite, 2e nas banket sli si, to i ja, musim koupit, man' "kredit F. B. Vrla a odhadei RVOS. Jarolirnek account". Poeita., kteremu co musi dat; byli na lovu jelenri, tak mana, Fe jich naje-li rodina za.manefSi, tomu se musi stfileli dost. Nemohli vSe spotfebovat dodat neco cennej§iho. Chudine se mule dat ma, tak oni jako dobraci dali' moFna i i obnoknSr sat, ti budou jiste spokojeni druhYlia, ale at' to bylo jeleni nebo ho-1 zajiste 2e ano. Pamatuji si, kdy jsem vezi, bylo to dobre, aspori si ka2c1Sr poloriskeho roku dala potfebnSf dareeek ne- chvaloval, 2e by mohla loSlt schfrze ka2majetnernu deveatku, nevedome vetici dou nedeli. Jestli by chteli tea platit, to jests v Santa Clause. Pta se s pladem, nevirn.

Strana 5 Tak nyni zase neco, co jsme udelali a kola() zvolili. Zmeny nebyly skoro Facine; jen pFedseda si to vymenili s mistopfedseclou a ostatni aklarnaene, neb rad' svou praci delaji, k tomu mladi a zvlaSt' nas pokladni, ktery mel co dost se udrFet a jak by ne, neb kaFclou chvili bude volan k vojsku. Prohlidku ma jiz za sebou. Jak se citil, to vime jenom my, kteki jsme zkusili ocichaZet naSe syny na vojnn v takoVY eas, kdy ty zpravy pfichazi elm £ vice eerne a srnutne. A tak bratki a sestry, lepAi skutek jste nemohli udelat jak ho zvolit aklamaene. Ukazali jste mu, Fe si ho vaFime a s nim citime, a ja teF. Jestli budeS muset odejit, tak Ti pfeji,• abys se zdravY navratil a zabral sve sto pokladnika, dokud si buleS pfat. ' A nyni to hlavni, z eelib mel kaFdY strach. Jak vite, sin naSe stala pekhe floky, no a pokad straSili ze budem muset sahnout do kapes kaFdk, a tak kahlY sedel jak kukatko, ale to jste meli videt ty tVake jak paadatele podali zpravu jejich, co udelali za ten rok a irate Fe byl kaFtly pFekvapen. Neudelali jen jeclau splatku na sin, ale skoro etyti. A tak, to vite, lined byla jinni lialada a asta od ucha k uchu. A hlavne, od kuchyne te2 hlasi nekolik stovek. Tak vidite, ze Omcovali dobke, za coF jim br. F. B. Vrla podekoval pkipadnYmi slovy, jak on to co2 si pinou mirou zaslouFily. Ale nejen pokadatele maji.' zasluhu za takovY aspech, ale take a vetSinou navStevnici.

Nebudu jmenovat Fadne, a to jak domaci tak pkespolni, zblizka i zdaleka. Dekujeme yam touto cestou za tak hojne vg tevy a zase vas zveme, pkijd'te zas mezi nas kdy yam moFno. K tomu maple vetSinou nove pokadatele pro p •iSti rok a tak jsme dost jisti, Fe vas nezklamou a bude se yam zas v Narodni sini libit.

Jestli jsem neco Vynechal, tak rad vynahradim podruhe. Bude lepe kdy2 pkijdete do lednove schOze a tam se to vSe dozvite na puntik a dosti moZna., Fe nam ty nove kuchaiky neco pripravi, aby jsme nemeli hlad. Tak jests jednou vas zvmdo schitZe, kteFi jste nebyli v prosincove vYrooni a jsem jist, Fe nejeden kekne : jeda domft: "Stara, budeme muset i my aspori nekdy ptispet nevim do kuchyne, videla's jakou peknou praci udelali." A jak nas Franta Vrla pravi, Fe vFdy kaFcla, kapka ponalFe, a je, to pravda.

Tak jsem toho naSkrabal vic neF jSem myslel. Nyni zaleFi na torn, co s tim br.

Moueka udeld.

• Tak nyni nakonec pkeji vSem veSele sVatky vanoeni a St'astnY novY rok a co hlavniho, aby uz jednou zavladl ten tak vSem kYFeny mir, aby byl uz jednou konec tomu prolevani krve a toho straneho strachu, co bude dal.

S pozdravern na vS'ecky dopisovatele.

John W. Lana,

Strana Kad Pokrok Sweet Home eislo 63.

JiZ uplynula dlouha doba, Ze Zadny dopis jsem nevidel v na gem Vestniku, zajiste nagemu tadovemu dopisovateli zamrznul inkoust. Trebas se neblYskame v na gem organu jak od jinych radt, ale pokraeujem dobte. Zabavy v na gi nova sini nam ptinagi sluZnY vYteZek a v gichni pomahaji jak mohou. Vg echna test budiZ dana na gim Zenuakam, neb ty nam jsou napomocny nejvice, bez nick bysme nemobil nic udelat, a zajiste jim je gte ZddnY nepodekoval. Tak tedy y e jmenou nageho tadu jim srdeene vzdavame srdeediky za jejich pomoc. Jest vgem znamo, Ze jeden sam nic neudela, to vezme spojeni a ye spojeni je sila. Take jsme piijali letos jiz pekny prieet n.ovych elemt a to jest ta nejptednej gi vac pro nagi tiPTST, ziskavat nova eleny. Na ge SPJST ma raznYch druhti pojistky a jsou lepe zarueene neZ pojistky kterekoliv obchodni spoleenosti, a to nam dokaZe a ji2 jsme dokazali, Ze platime pinou sumu yeas val.ky. Kdy2 mate pojistku 1000 dolarti, tak nage Jednota vyplati 1000 dolarti, kdato spoleenosti jenom jistou eastku. Prod jsme mohli vyplacet pinou sumu certifikatti bylo, ze na ge SPJST je mohutn.a, silna a v dobrem finanenim stavu. A jeji chceme tak udrZet, musime ziskat vZdy nova eleny. Take musime dat Best na gim atedniktim Hlavni idadovny za jejich. poctivou praci, kterou konaji.

Br. Jos. Koliha, pokladnik HI. Utadovny nas navgtivil v na gi minule schrizi. Jeho nav gteva nas velice pote gila. Promluvil k nam velice vaZne ohledne ziskavani novYch elenti do SPJST a nemocenske podpory a take o zajem, aby na ge mladeZ nav gtevovala easteji na ge schtize. Jeho tee dobre poslouchala, neb br. Koliha je ciubry reenik.

13ra,tti a sestry, nezapomerite na 25., jest to na "Christmas", jak se tekne po eesku. No co? Taneeni zaba ya a jest kaZdY zvan zblizka i zdaleka, teZ pekni a ti co nejsou tak pekni taky. Tak Zadne vYinluvy.

Pro rok 1951 tadovi Urednici jsou ndSledujici: Karel liavlik ptedseda, Frank Bujnoch, mistoptedseda, Joe N. Morris taj.. Emil Kutat neetnik, Julius Rohan pokladnik, C: M. Hon g tajemnik nernocenskeho odboru, AdaIf Matu gek domov-

Do vanoenich svatka jiZ neni daleko a NoVeil° roku taky, tedy pfeji Utedniktim Hi. frt. a personalu Vestniku a vela Jed1:ote SPJST. St'astrie vanoce a veselY novY Joe N. Morris, taj.

—Nage Kvota: 150 noviich

kid Velehrad Cis. 19, Schulenburg, Tex. `Clentim tadu Velehrad timto davam na vedotni, Ze jsme se ye yYroeni schuzi usnesli a odhlasovali, ae budeme potadat

VESTNiK— WEST, TEXAS schrize etvrtletne, v breznu, eervnu, zati a prosinci. Neradi jsme to udelali, ale maji-li urednhci ye schuzi vklycky sami byt, toZ na zkou gku bude tak. ttednici na prigti rok zvoleni byli jednohlasne stall a site: Predseda Roy Bueek, tajemnik Ferd. Mieulka, mistoptedseda Anton Till, iidetni Joe Patalik a pokladnik Jerome Jutena. No tentokrat nas bylo devet, tak velkeho vYberu nebylo. Doufam ale, Ze statl Utednici pracovali poctiVe k pine spokojenosti Mena a budou tak i nadale.

Svatky nejkrasnej gi, vanoce jsou uz za dverini, ktere predchazi doba adventni, roraty pine kouzla, kostel pinY svetel, kaZdY z pina srdce zpiva "Ejhle, Hospodin pkijde a rosu dejte nebesa." Ano, rosu dejte nebesa, neb to sucho zaeind Wit povaZlive, a nejenom rosu, ale dobry degt' a vlahu pottebujem. V gecko to letos nam jde nejak opaene. Obyeejne v tomto obdobi je vlahy dost, ale letos nic. Jinde maji povodne, snehove boure a my jak na Sahate. NeZ ph. tom v gem se mame aZ mot dobte a pevne douf am, Ze i ta vlaha se dostavi. "Slava na vYsostech a pokoj lidem dobre yule" budeme brzy slyget na v gech stranach, ale tento zpev bude ptehlu govan rachotem del a stenanim ranenYch na dalekem boji gti. Neni pokoje, neni miru a jak to vypada ani tak brzy nebude. V doba radostne, k svatkam Yana/11m Olovek je ptistupnej gi k tomu dobru, ktere pi.inagi ta velka laska v jesliekach, ktera neptinesla na svet reed, ale lasku a pokoj. Ach ty Stedry veeere, ty tajemnY svatku, ano pro nas deti byl v2cly pinY tajemneho oeekavani. Celt' den pUst, jen ti mall dostaly new malo k ukojeni, aby se nemotaly pod nahama Zenskym, ktere mely pilno. TouZebne oekali jsme yeeera, a2 se,uka,Ze prvni hvezda a s ni Stedroveeerni vedete a ta at' byla jatteba i chuda, gtesti a pokoj dYchal v to morayske chaloupce. Co tech koled jsme ptezpivali "Narodil se Kristus Pan ph Betleme na sala gi. Hopsa bratroye k yam pospicham" a jine. 8koda Ze to tak daleko, zazpival bych br. Mouekovi pod °oknem pravou vala gskou koledu. — Bratre Moueko, jako by se stalo, dobre vale neschazi, a tak yam tam v redakci a vgem etenalam preji pravou vanoeni naladu a toho pokoje. S pozdravem vas, Ferd. Mieulka.

Ve stfedu, dne 20. prosince 1950.

Dufner. Ostatni vYbory jmenovany budou ve schuzi lednove.

Schilze byla eetne na,vUivena a protahla se skoro do gest hodin, ovkm spoleend svaeina zabrala chvili Casu, pkesto •dak jednani se nad obyCej protahlo.

Sestry tadove jako obyeejne se zadrkely a zaplavily stoly spoustami dobrotin, tak Ze to mohla bYt spi ge hostina, ne jen svaeina. Dekuji yam sestry za ptispeni a teSime se, Ze to snad nebylo naposled a Ze zase brzy nas podobnou hostinou ptekyapite.

Jak asi jste si v gimli, od Novell° roku ptevezme misto tajemnika br. Kleprlik, jehoZ adresa je 224 Narp Street a proto kdo bude mit neco k vytizeni, by se na nej obra,cel v zalelitostech tadovS7c Vanooni svatky Will se kvapem,,, proto pteji v1-em vesele vanoce a gt'astnY novSr rok. PM" bych si, by vgechno lidstvo mohlo bYt St'astno, bysme nemuseli 'zit v samem strachu, co /lam zittek plinese, zda radost Ci zase nova svetove hrUzy a utrpeni. Ke2 by ji2 jednou tomu vraZdoni bylo nav2dy konec.

Prod se mush takovi Hitleti, Mussolini, Stalini a dalgi rtizni barbati;odit? Jak pokojne by lidstvo mohlo Ziti, jak radostne a klidne svet by pokraeoval; bude tomu kdy konec, budou se naddle podobni netvorove rodit? Doufejme, ze ne a a2 tato rortrZka bude vyrovnana, Ze dani nebude, Ze se svet umoudti.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Louis Dressler, taj.

Dodatek: Srdedne dekuji vkm, kdo laskave ptispeli s informaci stran bratra John Hrna ml., neoeekaval jsem vsak takou zpravu. Nem& jsem ani tukni, Ze co jsem druhou vyhlagku do tisku posilal, Ze jiZ nebyl mezi Timto vyslovuji v1-ern portstalSrm 12ptimne citenou soustrast. Vim jak takova rana boll, vSak osud si s nami nekely podivne zahrava a my jsme proti osudu bezmocni, proto stateene neste svou bolest, kterou jenom eas mute zmirnit.

Za tad San Antonio Cis. 133.

Louis Dressler, taj.

—Nate Kvota: 150 nov3ch

Houston, Texas.

SlovanskY Vzajemne PojtSt'ujici Spolek proti Ohni, odbooka Cis. 1. v Houston, kona, svoji vYrodni schuzi ye stteclu 27. prosince v 8 hodin veeer v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu na North Main a 20. ulici. Jest —Our Quota: 150 New Memberspovinnosti vkch eleml schtze se &leastitad San Antonio Oslo 133.

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Frank Andinec, ptedseda..

Tern kteri nebyli schrizi minule ptiAnton BilSr, tajemnik.

—Nate Kvota: 150 nov3ch arena— tomni, chci oznamiti vYsledek voleb pro prigti rok a side: Predsedou znovuzvolen Snook, Texas. br. S. C. Bundil, mistopredseda Josef VaVe vYroeni schrizi radu Slovan Cis.9. nek, tajemnik Jaroslav Kleprlik, ieetni- SPJST byli zvoleni Utednici pro rok 1951 pokladnik Alfred Kalmus, prilvodei ses. jak nasleduji: Ptedseda Oscar Slovadek, Bettie Matluine, tadovi lekati dr. C. F. mistoptedseda Ernest Jakubik, tajemnik Skripka, Joseph J. Novak a Romie M. J. T. 8krabanek, fidetnik Richard Junek,

Ve sttedu, dne 20. prosince 1950. pokladnik Frank L. Jaktibik; ireetni vS7bor: Frank Jakubik, Vilem Orsak, Jos. Kulhanek; majetkovSr vSrbor: J. T. .8krabanek, Chas Aebesta, Ed Jakubik; resolueni vYbor: Jos. Sunt gal, Jos. Jakubik, J. T. Skrabanek; tadovS7 praporeenik Vilent Orsak; zastupce Nernocenskeho odboru pro tad sestra Teresie Fojt.

Dnes pied dvema tSrdny vyjeli jsme si na ryby, do Danbury . na Skrabankovu rend do kanalu. Je tarn hluboka voda asi 8 sttevic a eista.. Nachytali jsme asi 450 liber peknYch ryb, nejvet gi byla 'ZlutS7 cat, ktera valila 36 liber. Vyjeli jsme z domu o 5. hodinach rano, Robert Vajdak, Frank Kaltanek a ja, a byli jsme doma ten samS7 den v 7:30 hod. veeer.

Ptedseda na geho hi• itova. na Snook Jos. Jande mne Z'ada, abych ph teto phlehtosti zdelil, ae vS/roeni htbitovni schtlze buck konana prvni nedeli v lednu po schitzi tadu Slovan SPJST. On b.da deny, aby se do one schtize dostavili a dohodli se,. jak se bode htbitov crstit v r.

1951 a te2 atedniky zvolili na rok 1951.

S bratrskSrm pozdravem, J. T. Skrabanek, taj.

--Nae Kvota: 150 nov9ch eiena-

Dallas, Tex. Cteni bratti a sestry! ones' main k Yam 'dotaz a ptala bych by nam na nej bylo odpovezeno tend., kteti vkly byli' proti jakekoli zmene v nasi Ositel nam zde stateeek, bratr nageho tadu jaro, br. Valka. Zemtela mu 2ena, nage spolusestra, a on jest zde nyni sam bez jen malt' krouiek ptatel, z ylaAte Anibrieanit, kteti se snahli jejich s nemoci' spojene tak osladit a upravit az ku hrobu sest. Valka, ze my na ginci a i ja sama se nifteine zastydet.

My nemame Utulek pro stare lidi v nasi Jednote a tento statieek pottebuje domov. Jest to hodn* elovek, malt) vidi, ale jinak se sam' o sebe postara,. Bere pensi, mohl by platit mesiene 35-40 dol. a to by jegte mel par cent-a na svou 'vlastni 11tratu. Zde v Dallas a dosud br. Miro jureik s moji pomoci a pi. King i kneze od kostela karn oni patrili, jsme mohli najit mist() Za, 65 dol. Ines. On ale by velice rad mezi 'desk& lidi. nekdo svetnieku a chtel by pomoci uplatnit nage krasna, hesla "Todpora, Lidskost, Bratrstvi? Ma-li, dopi gte na rooji.adresu.

Vage spolusestra, Antonie Horak, 5007 Alcott, Dallas 6, Texas.

Kvota: 150 novYch elen5-

OSLAVA TERESIE VALcuAftovt.

Terezie Valchatova byla uctena k jeji narozeninani dne 26. listopadu 1950 jeji ditkaln ,' vnuky, vnouekami, pravntVty ptekvapenkou.

Teresie Valchatova, rozena Coufalova, 88-LETA

VESTN flt — WEST, TEXAS Strana 7 narodila se v oerinne v 6echach dne 26. clay Dugek, p. a pi. Frank Rognovak, listopadu 1862 jako nejstar gi ze tti deer sleeny Martha a Agnes a Henry Valcitat mant'eln Frank a Teresie Coufalo yS7ch. V z Weimar, Tex., a p. a pi. John Wojtek roku 1869 se s rodiai a babiekou vydali na Oakland. cestu do Ameriky a po plavbe osm tYdnit Ptitomni vnuci byli: Jaro Fojt, John trvajici ptistali v Galvestonu na jate r. nie Valchat, p. a pi. Johnnie Fojt, p. a:P4 1869. Z Galvestonu po vlaku do Brenham Erwin Fojt a syn Howard, p. a pi. JerrY a pak na voze do Wesley, okres Austin, E. Valchat a dcera. Gladys z Weimar, Tex. kde bydleli po nekolik let.

Ptitomna vnouCata: P. a pi. Julius ErPo prvni dobu bydleli v malem domku mis a dcera Darlene, Wilma Fojt, Maru jednoho Americana, otec chodil po vST tha Du gek z Weimar, Tex. -delkuajimtkabylvOoumci U vnueky pi. Ruby Rokyta a man2ele vyueenou porodni babiakou, tak byla velFrank s dceru gkami Ruby Mae, Gloria mi dasto volana z domu, take Teresie Ann, Marion a syn Marvin z Port Lava-, jiA co male devee mtisila Casto delat hoca, Tex. se nemohli dostavit yeas do ,_o.. spodynku a dohliZ'et na mlad gi sestry. slavne schnze k zamestnani man&la, To prvni let° sbirali bavinu pro jedno- ale ptijeli as pozde veeer pwdravit staho hospodate a 'Z'e pole bylo daleko, vygli tenku jen na kratkS7 Cas, 1072 statenka, vhly na ce1Sr den, a kdy" se jednou k ye- pfala si videt dvojeatka . Marion a Mar,.."

Ceru vraceli, misto kde stal domek byla yin, 8 stare. 1V1 .:r. 'el musel v jen hromadka popele a v ge co s sebou z praci yeas rano.

6ech ptivezli bylo ohnem znieeno, ale doJedna vnueka, pi. Olie Kozlowski la bti lido pomohli jak kdo mohl a soused mantel Andrew a dcera Alice nebyli phRippel phjel pro ne a odvezl je sebou dotemni k vuli vzdalenosti, bydli v Grand mu, take mei fined prvnim rokem v ARapids, Michigan. merice druIV domov, tteba Z'e to byla jen Dalsimi neastniky byli: Vlasta Mucala, jedna nevelka.'svetnice bez oken, jen jeMargaret Koehn, Leo Rokyta, Elgin Mi-. dine dvete a komin ye kterem se vge vaeulka. tilo, neb kamen nebylo, jine stavby na Rad posloucharn stateneiny v'Srklady, miste tea nebylo, Po Ctyti roky zUstali v jak pomery zde byly kdya sem do Amerinajrnu u toho sameho hospodate a pak ky Tteba jak musel pro vodu chose stehovali na jine misto, ale v torn sacult pul mile do potoku, dobytek honit ta mem okoli kde bydleli po pet let, pak dye ke tarn k vode, jak si koupili to farrnu, leta zas na jinem miste a ku konci roku nea se studne vykopala. Je mnoho to 'Me 1880 se vystehovali z Vesely (Wesley) do popisovat, tak toto ukoneim. okresu Lavaca, do osady Bila Hora, kam Ptejeme statence zdravi a blahoptanii ptijeli prave na NovSr rok, dne 1. ledna aby se dohla 100-letrch narozenin.

1881.

Jerry E. Valchat, vnuk.

—Na'ie Kvota: 150 novich Dne 24. listopadu 1b84 se provdala za YOU'RE THE DOCTOR" Josefa Valchate a odstehovali se do okrePo delgi (lobe" zase vyrukoval dramaticsu Colorado ku Oakland, kde byli v najmu po nekolik let. V r. 1889 zakoupili kST kroOek Hlahol tadu Pokrok Houstofarmu pti Oakland, kde statenka je u nu s anglickou veselohrou "You're tp.e syna na to same fume, kterou syn vla- Doctor" jejia sehra setkala se s mimotac17 stni. Narodilo se 12 deti man&liim Val- nYm itspechem. Byla protkana, tolika chatovS7m, dva syni a deset deer. Jedna smith a veselost budicimi scenami, Z"e dcera zerntela ye stall 10 mesicti v roku navgtevnici nemohli se zdr'Zeti od 1891 a druha dcera v roku 1929. Mantel chu. JiZ" popis hercii a illoh jea meli pted, Josef dne 1. listopadu 1939. Statenka ma stavovati ye Vestniku ze dne 6. prosin5 vnuku, 5 vnoneat, 2 pravnuky a 6 pra- ce daval tusiti, 2e to bode opravdu neqo fizne veseleho. Divadlo bylo zahajetio vnoueat.

Teresie Valchatova s manZelem byli za- pa 8. hodine yeeerni, jelikoz to ne41it kladateli na geho tadu Bila Hora Cis. 16. odbStvala se v3iroeni schtlze iadu, SPJST, ktera jest jedinou zakladatelkou dajici na 10. prosince. Add Pokrok Housr nageho tadu na zivu. Vet gina Ceti s man- tonu maje tak velk4r poCet elenstva po, 2eli a man&lkami, vnuci a man'Z'elky, a ttebuje hezkou Cast dne na projednini vraiely s manzeli path ku na gemu tadu vgech zalehtosti jet spadaji na vYrneItiCis. 16. SPJST. Mandel Josef a Teresie tadovou schtzi a je gte znaena. Cast pro, vady byli u zakladu novSich eesk3%eh spol- grarnu byla ponechana na druhou nede, kU, jejichz byl mantel Josef zakladate- li v lednu, ptigtiho roku.

Bratr Bill Rezek ukazal se po del gi dolem, jak nag eho spolku Bila, Hora, tak spolku Cis. 33. RVOS a prvnim tajemni- be na na gem jevigiti v filoze Bob Morrison.,, (in search of trouble). Mel dosti dlouhou kern jeho.

Pfitomny byly ditky, pi. Teresie Voj- illohu a bylo vidno, ze nezapomenul se ,na tek, p. a pi. John A: Fojt, p. a pi. Jaroslav jevigti pohybovati. Slo mu to pane. E. Va.lchat, p. a pi. John S. Fojt, p. a pi. Va.- Kadleeek v filoze Spiffyho se pilne staral;

Strana 8 aby mel Bob tech "trublfr" vie, ne2 dost.

E. J. Kadlacek, velmi dobrY student na vyasi gkole prokazal se bYti velmi nadejnot' hereckou silou. Amos Kadlacek ptedstavoval motocykloveho policistu Dugana, patrajiciho po darebacich ukradnuvSidi mu jeho motocykl. Ta.to Aloha mu jak se pravi "pasla", ma bias a mimiku pro podobne filohy jako by stvotene.

Poeinal si velmi dobte. Steve Kelly ptedstavo ya,1 doktora Thorpeho. Um" brat velmi dobte, ae hraje jen obeas.

Max Rosenberga, aidovskeho pravnika, podal velmi zdatile bratr Jerry Ermis.

Napodobil velmi dobke mluvou i mimikou Zicta. Rudy 8efaik mel filohu instruktora pro telesnY vyevik, profesora Sockuma a jeho postava a telesna, vyspelost spolu s hereckYin talentem se v tato life velmi dobte uplatnily. KdyZ je ve hre aloha komickeho druhu, retie obrati se na Tima Kostomlatskeho, nebot' vi, Ze on je nejlepgi osobou ji ptedstaviti. Hral bra.

Theophilusa Pecka, nadejneho spisovatele. Archie Landis, Bob's friend byl pan John Cabaniss, noviciant na na gem jevisti. Ptedstavil jej velmi dobte a krouZek rllahol mel by se pokusiti ziskati jej pro jine hry, neb jak jsem zvedel od pani Kostomlatske, hral Ulohu Kecala v "Prodane neveste" pti jedne slavnosti zde v Houstonu. Herec s vycvidenym zpevnim hlasem je vhly Zadoucim. Na ge hvezdiaka v frlohach, kde je yyZadovana hereeka. diveiho typu, sestra Wilhelmina ‘Simeeek rhea filohu Velmy Matthewsove majitelky Crescenta Sanitarium a pro druh podobne Molly je pUvabna Wilhelmina zrovna stvotena, zde se poji herecky talent s diveim pfivabem.

Naomi KostomlatskYch je nejen nagi ochhtnou vYbornou pianistkou, ale take vi, jak se obouti do herecke role. Cha'rliktiso yala obtiZnou Mohr" Clementny, staleho pacienta s churavym srdcem a tak hledala pro p irtechy v ziskani nejakeho gy arnefaiho elena mulskeho pokoleni. Opravdu to sehrala mistrne. Tou "movie star" byla sestra Maxine Stavinoha, gy arne odena v nejmodernej gim stylu vystoupila na jevi gti jako opravdova holywoodska hvezda, delala sve roll ve'ru Best. A °pet jina yznegena, dama, Katrina Dumpelmeyer, dama z Vidne, hrana scstrou Helen Fusigovou, gkolenou pelfkYni upoutala nav gtevniky jak sehrou, tak i syYmi pUvaby. Muai, jak je autor pkitahl do tato hry, pronasledovanYmi obetmi, jim kladly vgemoZna osidla podle autorova gusta v gechny Zenske osoby hry a ne posledni z nich byla signorina ei signora Bianca Bachagalupa v honu za bohatYm muZem, carne temne havrani vias v uchvacujicim freesu, alobenem belostnymi kvety mely ji v teeto snaze ptispeti. Ta signorina °Bianca zje-

vti3TN I K — WRIST, TEXAS vila se nam v dhoti bratra Antona, Rose, tak ma v ni v hereckem umeni velmi vaneho soupete.

Sestra Harriette Earlova v teto late hrala krasku Ethiopie, jiZnich kraju SpojenYch Statt, ktera je obdakena trochu odlig nymi pfivaby, vrcholicimi ye vartstu jistych telesnYch rozmeril. Byla to velmi zdatila imitace Oerno gskYch "'marnys" jak kostymove, tak i mimikou a mluvou. e se hra velmi libila vyziralo ze stalych potleskU jet kaadeho herce doprovazely pfi jeho vYstupu a to se herci pak jegte vice dinili pobaveni nav gtevnikU. Pochvalne uznani navgtevniku a velka na,-1 vgteva dodava herctim mimotadnou vz-1 pruhu, ae jim to, jde jak se pravi od podlahy. Na gi si o pr a v du to pochvalne uznani pine zaslouZi i gantni nabytkove zatizeni jevi gte pro tuto hru zapirjeil obchod Hilsher' Home Supply Co., ochotne a zdarrna, s bezplatnon dovaalou i odvaakou. Krajane pti koupi veci pro sve domovy meli by takove obetave krajany, kteti take podporuji eeskY tisk oznamkarni je podporovati. Na konec pfeje pisatel herecke druZine kroui ku Hiahol "Vesele Vanoce a zdar a lige nejlepgi v nastavajicim novem roce 1951"!

Rodiee bratra pfedsedy tadu Pokrok Houstonu, Rudy Sefcika se pfigli nan podivati, jak se drZi na jevi gti a tak men radost a nej. Pani bratra 8tepana Va,161ka, pokadatele anglicke east Vestniku pfedstavila pisateli sveho bratra, jen po hezky dlouhY eas me gkal na tom bliZgirn vYchode v biblickYch zemich, najme v Saudi Arabia jako zamestnanec nejake olejove spoleenOsti. Byl jsem velmi potegen si s nim porovokiti a jej seznatl.. Nevim, kde se setkal se svYm idealem, se svou nynej g" velmi slienou teriu g -kou,dcerstaHlyAmuerovala syYma ohnivYma eernymi oeirna a svou spanilosti. Je Rekyni a tak byl pisatel potegen s ni si promluviti a pochlubiti tem" skrovnYmi vedomostmi o sta rych Helenech. Koupil jsem kdys obchod s teckYm zboZirn v bYvale mestske trZnici od jednoho ikeka, Anagnose a naproti memu obchodu mel tam restaurant take kek, tak neco ze gkoly, neco od nej a jeho zakazniku ftekil a z teckSrch novin, Keres Helanikon a Athene jsem sve skromne vedomosti rozmnoaoval. Jen jsem litoval, ae jiZ tam nebyl pfitomen bratr Joe R. Anton, jen tyei nade mnou v fedtine hodne vfaeji, ja jia nedovedu reeltovat Homera jak on. Ve hluku strojiren, ocelaren a slevaren je jiZ teak° dale studovati a leccos, co se elovek v mladi naueil pomalu mizi ze spleti mozkovYch blan. Trocha to energie jiZ je gte elovek ma, musi byti gettena. itadu Pokrok Houstonu a jeho d enstvu

Ve stiedu, dne .20. prosince 1950. pfeje pisatel teZ "Vesele Vanoce a zdar ve vgem v nastavajicirn roce 1951!"

S. P. StudnienY. NA8I OEST" UNIVERSIT/di STUDENT' Student' eeske tea a literatury na Houstonske tIniversite opet zpivali staroeeske koledy, jak se del° o vanocich od pradavna, i deje se dodnes. I kdy kahlY eeskY kraj ma ave. oblibene vanoeni koledy, pkece jsou pisne, ktere jsou znamy vgude a plati ptimo za hudebni symboly vanoc. Jedna takova staroeeska, koleda je "Narodil se Kristur Pan," pochazejfci a XV. Tate je vZdy na programu zdejgi university a libi se v gem studentum.

Slovo "vanoce", jak vysvetlil na g profesor, je pouze zkratka pro "dvanactnoce", to jest pro dvanact noci ofle dne slunovratu (21. prosince) do Navaho roku. ikikalo se zDr yu "o dvanacti nocich", pozdeji "o dvannocich" a koneene "o vanocich. U starch Slovant pooinal rok novratem. Geld noc a celY den po ni byla u starch primitive v gech naroclu peedstava dne gnich 24 hodin, ne tedy od noel do puhzoci. Hned prvni noc svatku slunoyratu, anebo Pfichodu slunce (21. prosince), byla oslaveneptisnYm postern a celonoenim bdenim. Tak pokraeovala slavnost vitani noveho slunce, noveho roku pinYch dvanact noci (od 21. do 31. prosince) a dni a kaZdY ten den jim stavoval jeden mesic v nastavajicim roce.

Dale, pokradoval dr. Sktivanek, "koleda" jest lidova vanoeni piseii. Wive se kikala "kolem jdou", kdy se chodilo od chalupy k chalupe a zpivalo a rozdavalo z ptebytkt dary svYin bliZnim. Slibova,li si tim pomoc v nouzi, dodal.

Studenti, kteti jiZ studuji eeskY jazyk tketi rok, pfeeetli nekolik vanodnich her.

Hlavni osoby jsou obyeejne Mikula g , Cert a andeliekove; Aloha Carta je pfekvapujiel pro ameriekeho studenta. Snad by i americke deti lepe poslouchaly, kdy by ye dely, ae bert ptichazi pro neposlu gne deti!

Zapenim nekolika dal gich vanoenich koled, profesoti Motal a Sktivanek rozpustili ttidy as do 2. ledna.. Studenti pCeji redakci bohatou nadilku a jen to nejlepgi k vanoenim a novoroenim svatkfim!

Mildred Kahanek, dop.

--Na ge Kvota: 150 novy'eh elenO-

fidu eislo 25. v Ennis, Tex. Sbor mladeZe mel vanoeni program dne 10. prosince a pH torn jsme si zvolili fitedniky. Pfedseda Joe Frank Novak, mistopredseda Albert GureckY, pokiadnik Mary JaIska, tajemnik Mary Vrla, zpravodaj Ivan Hagkov‘ec.

Sbor mladeZe bude mit schuzi kaZdS7 druh patek v mesici. V padu gpatneho poCasi o tYden pozdeji.

Ivan Hagkovec.

Sbor lllladeze

Vo sttedu, dne 20. prosInce 1950.

Vt S TNiK— WEST, TEXAS

Strana

itad Karel HavHeck, ZIA() 4. zda,11 main pokraeovat nadale. Diky za byli. Radi uvideli svoji deem a vnuka,, Hallettsville, Texas. uvetejneni a jsem jako vtidy s Panem Bo- tak ae jsem byla velice mile p•ekvapel* Anna Klekarova, dopis. Nevedela jsem tie ptijedou, az byli tady.'

Nevim jak bych zaeala, neb toho mno- hem.

Dodatek: Je g te jedenkrate g t'astnY no- Take na g e mild, vkly usluand pi. Fraft-' ho nevim. Na g i dtednici zastali stati, byli zvoleni jednohlasne a to proto, tie v g e do- vy rok 1951 pteji vain a na shledanou ces Gracey. Skoda, tie je ode mne 12 blo: vzdalend, presto piijde mne easto na b • e konaji y e svornosti, co4 jest pekna pti g tiho roku, da-11 Pan Bah se doekat cnost. Sleduji dopisy od jinYch facia a zas vas zlobit s moji g krabaninou, zda-li v g tivit a pote g it, zavold telefonem. Take kid se me, tie zadina mit na g organ hod- dlendm na g eho tadu bude libo, aneb ne. easto kdy nejake ty maliekosti —Nage Kvota: 150 novich jako po g tovni znamky a rilzne jine, ne dopis y . Jest videt, tie eleni si re neprodavaji v tech obchodech, ktere!

MOMOST LEPS1H0 SPOLU2ITi. svYch 'radii a tak to ma byt, podavat kal sve zboai nedodavaji do domu. Ji se to dY sve nahledy. Jak jedna psala, tie co by etena redakce, bratti a sestry! se delalo, kdyby nedostavala pensi, Pteji v g em vesele vanoce a g t'astny no- zda ae je to maliekost, ale pro mne je to by se odivali a co by jedli. Ale ja na to vY rok, aby byl ke v g em lidem lehei, la- velka vYpomoc a take pote g eni. Take p. a hledim, tie kdo pamatoval na sve stati a skavel g i a ptines1 celemu svetu ten tou- pi. Fred Burl, pi. Mary Buri, pi. 8enk, platil dane, tak ted' se tekne, nepot • e- aebne oeekavany mix, by ua jednou byl Hanzlik, tak ae ty v g echny navatevy buje g , ma g , a ktery ne g ettil a nedbal, tak konec tern valeenYm hruzarn a krvepro- aivot ueini mnohem ptijemnej g im. Je se ma ted' dob • e. Ale nespolehat se, to leva,ni a konec toho hrozneho vraldeni, politovani, ae stare pionYrske zvyky nas vlada bude tiivit. Vlada jsme my mrzadeni xnladYch muaa a nieeni tolika tak moc zanedbavany, tot navgtivitl, v g ichni. Vlada se moc stara a slibuje a nevinnYch lidi. Doufejme, tie se spojenym stare osamele nebo nemocne lidi, nas kolem prstu toei, ale as nits otoei, co narodum poda • i najiti cestu k v g eobec- ut zdravi a nemoc cirri nemotinYm sobe potom bude dale, neb ted' se to as smut- nemu miru. Asi tie to vezme mnoho pte- easteji vyjeti mezi lidi. Ted' je moano ne obraci. Sucho velke ati teskno. Nevim my g leni, budou-li v g ichni na g i amerieti jeti za pill hodiny na kate, kde dtive jak bude dale, ale musime jit za nadeji, statni tittednici a dtednici vaech jinYch koeaie nebo vozu to vzalo pal dne. Za neb kdo se Pana Boha nespusti, toho on narod y poctive 'a spravedlive jednati a tech east', kdy to nebylo tak snadne *neopusti. Karove ne g testi jsou na den- v g ichni miti dobrou vali svetovy mir chti- chic cestovati, kdya Tide nekde jeli, nim potadku, co ptijde lidu o aivot min) ti zavesti, uskuteeniti touhu v g ech do- tkali nektereho znameho, tak se piece ztvdomova, ale nedba, se, neb ted' ta, mlada brYch lidi. Ale lehke to nebude podobnY stavili a pii torn se zeptali, jak se vgein generate je moc neopatrna, a napomenuti potadek dskuteeniti. Jsou zde vgelijake va g im doma vede, a taker na jejich souSe'mnozi nedbaji. Jest to i s tou na g i ma- obchodni a hospodatske pomery, ty se dy se zeptali a vzkazali srdeenY pozdrall, te • skou feel, ted' se za ni stydi. Myslim, musi urovnati, by v g ecky zeme a narody tak ua to spolutiiti bylo jaksi lepgi, ae co matka nauei sve ditky, to toho by si mohly take pohodlneji a g t'astneji aivy tel g tej g i a ten divot byl lehei, ta spoluitea,st mely valit a ne se za to stydet. Podivej- bYti. To asi vezme cely lidskY tiivot, moa- na jejich aivote ucinila jejich aivot me se na Amerieany, ti nemluvi jinak na vice flea jedna generaci, neali vetgina g i a teplejgi.

Zdravim v g echny etouci, nea jak je matky naueily, ti nam nelezou lidi bude mod sobe osvojiti vedomosti, Rosalie HlavatY Kampen. do na g i ee g tiny. Je. nezahazuji anglickou vzdela.ni a pochopeni pro svoje spolulidi —Nage Kvota: 150 novkh tlenatee, ta je pottebna, ale mame si sve valit a narody, by take mely p • iletiitost sobe elenum tadtt Columbus, as. 58. a milovat. — Ale jaksi jsem se rozejela a sve hospodatske a spoleeenske pomery Hungerford, Texas. ted' zas o nedem jinem. Take jsem videa upraviti v gem lidem ku g t'astnej g imu aiti.

Bratii a sestry! Doba ukoneeni tohoto v organu, to nekteti radi by byli, aby se Snad je to jenom touha, ktera, se neda v roku se kvapem blitii a proto tea spe, schaze po • adaly za dva mesice. Nevirn je- aivote uskuteeniti, nebot' mame tolik cham s temito tadky, abych vam z hloubi stli by to tak bylo prospe g ne, motina to rozdilnYch lidskYch povah na svete. Maj srdce podekoval za v g echno co jste pro mnohY by zapomel tie je schtize. Ja rada dobrY statieek tikaval, to kdinu neni ra- na g tad a v g eobecne dobro spoluelentit pozoruji jinYch nahled, neb co hlava to dy, tomu neni pomoci, ae jak nekdo dela, delali. Budu se te g it, ae i v budoucnoAi rozum. tak ma. Nekdo hledli, elm dele tilje, nau- vytrvate a pomilaete nam, see vain silt' Take musim napsat, ie na g syn mel ne- eiti se bYti lep g im a laskavej g im Clove- stadi, abysme rostli, mohutneli a oprav-. g testi a Stesti. Shotelo mu vaecko krmeni kern. Jiny tou svoji lidskou podobu sniai dovou lasku mezi sebou zachovali. Bra-, a ted' takove sucho, o krmeni je hloubeji neali ta nema zvitata, ktera, se tti a sestry, nemyslete ae naae dilo je Ale zaplat' Pan Bah, to ostatni zachra- tak nesniauji, to by se tolik ,nairala a napi kondeno, to neni moano dohonit ani .za, nili. Ted' jest nebezpeeno udelat nekde la, at by nemohla na svYch nohou stati. celY divot. Pevne dofam, ae ti mladi eipr oheri. j a, se bojim prat, neb my tady v Mame mnoho dobrYch lidi na tomto svenove co to zdstanou po nas, budou s churHallettsville mame Caste ohne, take ha- te, ale take mnoho tech fale gnYch, zavi- ti pokraeovat a starat se o rozvoj a vzrast siei nemohou staeit, a to vae zaviriuje to stivYch a aarlivYch. Snad to take tak mu- nazi mohutne, v g em mile SPJST. Zaroveri sucho. 6 kea by nam zapr g elo. — Myslim si bYti. Kdya vidime ty fale g ne, tak podekuji v g em kte • i mi vypomohli jakyrri7 to budu muset ukoneit a to asi pro leto- torn lepe ocenime a vatiime si tech do- koliv zpasobem v moji organisa,eni pr4ci Lek. A tak vam pieji v g em a cele redakci brYch. Tak snad i to ale je k neeemu doa, ku prospechu a dobru celku. Zvlakni vesele vanoce a poaehnanY novY rok 1951, bre. Moana tie nekdo tekne, to takove d- diky path naaemu tajeinniku, kterY -rn1 aby se ta hrozici valka ukrotila, neb ja, vahy a pozorovani riepatti do na g eho Ve- opravdove vypomhl. se bojim ae bude v g elijak. Ale elovek my- stniku. ' Je g te z hloubi srdce pieji g t'astne a ve," sli a Pan Bdh meni. — Ku konci chci taPosledni tYdny byly pro mne velice mi- sele svatky vanoeni a potiehnanY natty ky bla,hop • at na g emu celemu tadu Karel le. Nav g tivili mne moje ptitelkyne pani rok 1951 a vaem elenam na g i Jednoty SP Havlidek dislo 4. g testi, zdravi a Boti po- Mary Dedek z Dallas, take moje vnuela JST a tea ostatnim lidem dobre vale aehriani k svatam vanoenim a k novemu pi. Lord Carlson z New Yorku se svym uptrinne pteje a pozdravuje vaa stars roku 1951. Jestli jsem se s n'aim zprone- milYm synkem, kterY je dva a nal roku piitel Ostoja Muniza Bosnejc. vetila a nedelala jsem jak jsem mela, starYm a je velice milY a zpasobnY a pti —Nage Kvota: 150 novkh blendprosim v g echny za odpu g teni, a jak vam torn sobe mysli, to ui je docela velkY Je zcela v potadku, pije-li nekdo jako v g em libo, jak jste se mnou spokojeni, hoch. Take mdj syn Leo a mantielka zde ryba, pije-li ovaem totea co ryba.

Strang Palacios, Texas.

Cteny br. redaktore! Ptichazim s loam taclky do na geho bratrokeho Vestniku, nob .je tomu ji2 hezka chvile, co jsem nic nenapsal a ani sam nevim prod jsem ne-1 pgal, ale kdy se tak zamyslim, tak si pomyslim, kde jsou ti na gi stari dopisovatele. Snad to neni mo2ne, 2e by ji2 nas vgeci opustili a nas tady zanechali a myl abysme se divali a rvali o to, co nam bylo a "je tak mile, a to je na ge deska, matetska red, kterou nam je gte par dopisovatelfi pornaha udrkti, a to jsou bratti Barton a StudnienY a sem tam neco napige br. Karel La2novskY. Nevim kde a co je s tim nagim humoristou Janem GajevskYm. NebYti nagich sester, tak mame po nakm Vestniku. Na jedne strand praculeme k udrkni na gi fedi a na, druhe strand par jednotlivcti ji zakopava. A kdo je tornu vinen? Ti sami, kterYm jsme dtivevetovali, 2e oni povedou na ge dasopisy v dirchu &skein. Ale at' si nikdo nemysli, 2e ja jsem proti keel anglicke. Nikdy ne, ale ja, hajim to, co nam fistava SpojenYch static zarueuje, svobodu teal a tisku. tTplire souhlasim s br. Hugo Freundem v jeho miiiulem dopisu y e Vestniku, co oni vykonali pro svuj na,rod a pro tuto noyou vlast. Jig bylo mockrat psano, 2e dobrY vlastenec je take dobrY obean SpojenYch statti. A tak na gi povinosti je, abysme hajili vsecky prava teto zeme, nebut' v tech jsou zahrnuta i na ge narodni pr 'ava. id, kterY se smal ilitlerovi.

Na velkem hakenkrajlerskem shroma2dein keeni sam Adolf Hitler. V prvni kade se di kid, tak neznamy dobry aid. A dim vic Hitler ktiei, nada,va a hrozi 2idtun, tim vice se Ld smeje. JinYm naraz prenazi po htbete pti pomy gleni, 2e by nechtel bYti 2idern pod vladou netiprosneho Ilitlera, ale nag Ld se smeje' a smeje.

E.cly2 Hitler svoji tee dokoneil, ptistoupil k Ldovi a zlostne se ho ptal, pro co se smal.

To je tak, pane kancleti, vysvetluje lid Faraon nas chtel vyhubit, my jsme tu a kde je Faraon? Na jeho pamatku jimacesy. Nabuchodonozor nas chtel vyhubit, my jsme tu, kde je Nabuchodonozor? Na jeho pamatku jime na Nov rok precliky. A ja sc rnusim smat, pane kdy pternY glim co budeme jist za na va. gi pamatku.

V E_S TNiK -- WEST, TEXAS Temple, Texas.

Cteni bratil a sestry! Timto yam zdeluji, ke vgichni stati ingednici nageho du 'Oslo 24. byli zvoleni aklamadne pro rok 1951 a site: F. J. Marek ptedseda, H. M. Jakubik mistopfgedseda, Chas Navratil tajemnik, Ben 2abdik neetnik, lVf. J. 8tepan pokladnik. NemocenskY rYbor ztstal te2 start' a sice: br. M. J. 8tepan a ses.

Clara Beran pro Ocker, br. J. J. Schiller a ses. Marie Schiller pro Cyclone a okoli, br. J. E. Wentreek a ses. Rosie Wentreek pro Meeks a okoli, br. Rud. Martinec a ses. Anna Martinec pro NOV011 Osadu, br.

Chas V. Stepan a ses. Olga 8tepan pro Red Ranger, br. F. J. Marek a ses. Marie KlinkovskY pro Seaton a Ratibot, br. Joe Pechal a ses. Rosie Pechal pro Oscar, br.

F. J. Marek a ses. Anna Marek pro Tem ple. Tak bratti a sestry, pamatujte si to, kdo jest ye vagem okoli na nemocenskem vYboru, abyste v padu nemoci yeah na koho se mate obratit. lVfajetkovY vYbor: F. J. Marek, H. M. Jakubik, Chas Navratil. Resolueni vYbor: F. J. Marek, Chas Navratil, Ben Zabeik. teetni vybor bude ustanoven v lednove schtlzi. Tedy pamatujte na lednovou schtizi a dostavte se v hojnem poetu.

Vanoce mame jig za dvetmi a novy rok za rohem, tedy yam vgem, brath a sestry pfeji vesele vanoeni svatky a At'astnY a veselY novy rok 1951, aby se varn v nem alespori easteene spinily vase tuthy a IAAni. Nagi Jednote pteji, aby dale zkvetala a abysme v ptiatim roce do ni ziskali alespori 2,000 novYch dlenu. Budeme-li spoledne pro ni pracovat a jeji dobre pojigteni svojim ptatetam odporueovat a k tom-u, aby zylagte kdy2 budeme hleclet „, na ge ditky patrily do na y, tedy tech 2,000 novYch dlenti bysme lehce ziskali. Ovgem bude to zalekt take na torn, jak se ty svetove pornery vyvinou. Myslim, 2e jest jednoho kaaleho nas ptaram, aby se ty valedne mraky ptehnaly bez velike pohromy a aby jednou zase zavladl na svete opra,vdovY rnir.

Poeasi /name doposucl stale sucho. Bylo by potteba, aby ptes zimu zeme dobte nasakla, neb jsme meli ji2 d ye posledni leta dosti such*, zylaSte pkes zimu malo prgelo.

Tak se mejte zatim v gichni dobte.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem, Chas Navratil, tajemnik.

Kvota: 150 nov9ch

• Mill bratti a sestry, tisic let na gi neFayetteville, Texas. phitele usilovali na gi tee udusit a nag Ve vYroeni schtzi tadu Pokrok Texasu narod vyhubit, ale to se jim nepodatilo a take se to nepodati dokud jeden each els. 1. ve Fayetteville nasledujici Utednici byli zvoleni pro ptig ti rok: Ladislav teto semi svobody it bude.

Cmajdalka ptedseda, P. P. Baron tajernMill bratti a sestry, vesele vanoeni nik-pokladnik, Emil Zapalae fteetnik, eatky a At'astnY novY rok y am vg em late- vgichni s adresou ve Fayetteville, Texas.

P. P. Baron, taj.

Frank Domorad. spolubratr je

Ve gttedu, dne _20. irosince 1950.

VZPOMINEJME DOBRILCH LID!.

(Venovano zesnulemu br. Pavel Bolfovi.)

Resoluci soustrasti od tadu Nova Osada Cis. 69. mne zanesla o 44 roky zPet, kdy jsem mel pfilaitost poznat tohoto oblibeneho krajana, kterY byl tou dobou zamestnan co prodavad (klerk) ve sin genem obchode, ktery vlastnil p. T. T. Morre v Rogers. Jestli se dobte parnatuji, tehdy i jeho gyakrova sleena Sasinova tam byla zamestnana. Byl to v tu dobu jediny obchod v Rogers, ktery zamestnaval na ge lidi, kde se krajane ptistehovalci mohli pti nakupu domluvit. Mimo toho obchodu tam byl dtevosklad, kde byl po nejakou dobu take zamestnan br.

Emil Divig , pokud byl jegte svoboden.

Mesteeko Rogers bylo giroko v, okoli zname pro dobrY ba ylnovY tr1. Bylo tarn gest cl2in kde mohli rolnicl svoji bavinu rychle od2inovat a prodat na ulici, kde bavinovi kupci se v cene ptedplaceli a T. T. Morre skoro vady platil nejvic a proto take ji nejvice nakoupil a rolnici tam udelali eel nakup pro domacnost a hospoclatstvi. Trvalo tonekolik roku co v Rogers se oci2inovalo a prodalo vice baviny ne2 v Temple.

V roce 1906 byla velka &oda baviny v okresu Bell a myslim k i v okresu kdy bylo to baviny v poll a pikovalo se jeate v lednu. Bylo to ph vanoenich svatcich, co gvakr Frank Pobotil, kterY tehdy bYval mezi Seaton a Red Ranger, mel ze 30 akril vypikovanYch 30 bait a sedm jeate v poll pikovat. Kdy2 jel do Rogers do d'Ziny, to g mne vzal sebou, a po od2inovani vaechen obchod take delal u T. T. Morre s klerkem Pavlem Bolfem, ittery v obsluhovani byl na potrhani, neb kahlY chtel bYti jen nim obloukn.

Jeho vaedni a fi glukie chovani, spolehliva mica a veha mu ziskaly tolik zakazniku, 2e nevim o 2adnern podolonern 013chodu, mimo MondfiltovYch bratti v Cameron, kde byl take kclysi zamestnan br.

Julius 8. ustek a mohl si nohy uchodit i s Jos. Mondfikem pti obsluhovani, skoro pro kahlou vec be get_ zvlagt'. Mesteeko Rogers po nekolik nasledujicich let bylo na velkern stavebnim stupni. Zavedli, si tam vodovod, vystaveli velkou zdenou ovaem 20 i na kostely parnatovali.

Dye banky delaly obchod a,2 do 1930, kdy jedna pod jraenem State Bank zavtela dvete. Stavely se zdene obchodni budovy, ktere vypinily 3 bloky (dtverce) po ka,2cle strane hlavni ulice, a velke mno2stvi 0bydelnich don-au Take olejarna na zpracovani ba ylneneho semene tarn byla pastavena, ale brzo zanikla, vyhotela. Mezi temito obchody byl take ztizen jeden obchod, ktery rnel tti ocideleni a pozAstaval z grocerniho, gatniho a klezatskeho zatizeni, obchodoval pod jrnenem "Mercantile”, kde Pavel Bolf se nechal na-

vEnTNIK.

Ve st..tedu, dne 20. prosince 1950, miuvit a stal se podilnikem a lidi obsluhoval dale, kde ale jednoho dne ku svemu idasu a ptekvapeni shledal, 2e se dostal do neptijemne spoleenosti. Kdy2 jejich obchod se rozpadl a on ztratil cely podil, praci a snad utrpel i na cti. Nebylo dosti na torn, 2e vkechny poctive nabyte fispory, ktere si u T. T. Morre vyclelal, tam ztratil, ale mimo toho dle statnich zakonti jeho movity a nemovitY majetek byl zamoten, mimo homestead (doMoviny).

Kdy2 byl takto finanene posti2en, ne svou vinou, ale nesvedomitYmi snad obchodnimi manipulacemi, intriky, a pouden o stavajicich zakonech, rozhodl se hledat novy doinov v Priem state, kde by bez ptestupovani zakona mohl volne a poctive dle sveho svedomi at v kruhu rodinnem a obeanskem. Tento novY jeho domov se nalezal v Lebanon, stat Oregon, kde byl pobli2 sveho domova jak ptechazel cestu zabitedoucim j autem.

Nebyl to jenom tento bratr, ktery se stal obeli nesvedomiteho obchodniho kizeni tehdejk doby, kdy nalcupy byly delany y e velicem mno2stvi na fiver, kde obchodnik na slib a dobre slovo vydr2oval celou tadu zakaznikfi od kropu do kropu. Prisla nekdy neitroda, jindy zase automobily pohltily velkou sumu pen& na vydr2ovani techto. Oas, ktery byl y e venovan praci v poll, aneb v jinem zamestnani, se delil se zabavami, jezdenim do mesta, aneb na besedy, a tim se stalo ie east° nezbyio vyplatit nadelanY dluh u obchodnika. K tomu v'Semu ka2dorodne deAte odplavovaly Urodnou pfidu, kde pozemek byl svahovitY neb kopcovitY a zern takto ochuzovana, Apatne a nedbale obdelavana nesla nasledky. Ukazka to upadani rolnickeho pkijmu. Obyeejne johnsongrass a kokrbel krakil takovou farmu.

Mani v dobre pameti dalk podobnY pHpad tohci sameho razu, ktery / se 'udal v soused. mesteaku a to v Buckholts. Myslim 2e to bylo nekdy v roku 1914 neb 1915, kde take podobnY obchod a toho samall° jmena "Mercantile" se rozpadl, kde va2enY a oblibenY podilnik krajan Vinc Marak ptiSel• o celY svilj majetek. Toho jsem posledne videl v rote 1918 na jate, kdy byl zamestnan v mojem obchode v Buckholts, kde po zavteni salonu, jak zaCala statni prohibice, jsem otevtel obchod• s neopojnYmi napoji a za kterYsi mesic jsem ho vyprodal p. Albertovi Za.leskernu, a Vine Marak se odstehoval pry& Zatim co tito dobti krajane trpeli finanene dozvedel jsem se pozdeji, ze jeden z tech podilnikfl si , otevtel obchod ye Waco a byl zamo2nYm obchodnikem. Byl to jeden z tech, kteti si na torn velice zapath mezi ty stoprocentni. kladoll, S odchodem Pavia Bolfa a jeho ro-

WEST, TEXAS

diny do noveho domova jakoby vie ne2 pfd mesta Rogers se vystehovalo. Chmftrdoba se rozestkela nad vetknou obyvatel tohoto slibneho mesta, kde pokrok byl zastaven a co bylo v par letech postaveno, bylo pozdeji a to po prvni svetoy e valce obraceno v popel. Vzdor tomu 2e tam mag i dobrovolny hasieskY sbor, nestaeili plameny hasit. Kdy2 mi ptiko jet pies Rogers, toe to na mne pusobilo jako bych jel pies zbotenkate, aneb pkes mast() obyvatel duchfi. Byly to ptechodne hospodatske many, ktere nemile pfisobily na vYtvar 2ivotni existence.

Portistale rodine br. Pavia Bolfa ,vyslovuji moji uptimnou soustrast a zesnulemu spolubratru budiZ zeme lehka a east budi2 jeho pamatce. Odchodu Tveho Tvtij verny ptitel a spolkovy bratr John Sta*Sa. —Nage Kvota: 150 novi%cti

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Poznani nejstarHho obdobi naki kultury — zkoumali je ji2 G. Dobner, V. F! Durych, Jos. DobrovskY, velikou zasluhu ma o jeho studium, jak ji2 povedeno, veda ruska, venuje se mu z y YSend pozornost zejmena od vYroei svatovacla y skeho 1929 (k badatelfim ji2 jmenovanym ptipojuji zvla g te jrneno prof. B. Havranka) — podstatne obohacuje dejiny naSeho jazyka, a znamena, jak zdfiraztioval zvlakte M. Weingart, zmenu v nazirani na poodtky naki literatury. 13-avail jsme se, 2e cyrilometociejstvi bylo u nas jen kratkou a ma:lo vYznamnou episodou, po ktere ptikla nadvlacia latiny";*podatky si literatury jsme po pisni "Hospodine0oomiluj ny" hledali o2 na konci stoleti 13. Pod dojmem tolioto celkoveho nazirani na poeatky naafi literatury a kultury byly nam upirany i nejzakladnejk pamatky Ceskocirkevneslovanske periody, pochybovano o pravosti glos a pod. Ve skuteenosti v g ak mama od dob ptisobeni cyrilometodejskeho dosvedeenu na na g i pude nepteruSenou oinnost littrarni, psanou ovaem jazykem cirkevneslovanskYm Ceskeho zabarveni; pamatky tohoto typu nalea do delin naSeho pisemnictvi jiste stejne dobke, jako pamatky psane v to dobe latinsky nebo — pozdeji namecky. Byl by zajiste velkY nepomer mezi nejstark dobou elle pasobnosti kulturni a mezi nasledujicim temnYm mleenim po dobu trvajici dale ne2 dve stoleti! Vlivem nespravneho a zajiste zejmena te2 tendeneniho nazirani na poeatky nak kultury sami jsme si neuvedomovali y elikost svYch zaeatkit. Na vYznam a silu tato stare faze naafi kultury ukazuji take eile kulturni styky se zememi sousednimi a zvlaate slovanskYmi, i tato okolnost ukazuje na 2ivotnost tohoto obdobi naafi vzdelanosti.

Zaklady nak kultury a bylo uka,zano na vliv mora y ske mise take v stavitelstvi a v umeni — jsou tedy opravdu slovanske. Prosttednictvim sveta byzantskeho dostaly se k nam na podatku riaSeho statniho a kulturniho 2ivota zakladni prvky kulturni orientate slovanske, ktere u nas trvaly a byly pestovany dale a vtiskly tak peeet' prvnimu obdobi no,kich dejin a naafi vzdelanosti. Nerozhodli jsme se tined pro zapadni civilisaci, jak se Casto vykladalo; Cerpali jsme yydatne a rozhodne take z vYchodniho pramene a prvky obou smerfi se u nas Casem spojily . a slily v harmonicky proud.

KONEC.

(Pokraeovani.)

Do kla g tera saza y skeho lze polaiti sepsani avotopisu sv. Vita, pfelo2eneho velmi pekne z latiny. Patrne to byly podle starkho zlomku liturgicke knihy slovanske, vznikle a zachovane na na.S1 opsany take Pra2ske zlomky, vyznaaujici se staroslovenftinou protkanou hojnymi a bezpeenYmi bohemismy, mezi nimi snad i dvema nejstarkmi doklady 'Ceske ptehlasky. Na Sazave koneene mohly vzniknouti zachovane nam zbytky modlitebni sbirky, v ni2 ,se ptipominaji jmena, eeskYch a zapadnich svatYch; v Rusku, kde se zachovaly, vzniknout mohly sotva; sveddi ovaem o torn, jak byly pestovany kulturni styky mezi nami a Ruskem ke konci 11. stoleti, jak byli v Rusku uctivani take svetci ptiznaene Ceati, zejmena sv. Vacla y ; naopak byly zase na Sazave uctivany ostatky ruskYch kni2at,mudednikil Borisa a Gleba.

V dvojich glosach cirkevneslovanskYch, PaterovYch a JagidovYch, psanYch neumele latinkou kolern roku 1100, jejich2 ptivodcem byl asi tech znaly cirkevni slovanAtiny, projevuje se ji2 soumrak cirkevneslovanske kultury u nas. Prve vaak ne2 zapadla docela, vydala krasnY sm g enY plod, v kterem se, jak ukazal M. Weingart, spojuji ohiasy nejvYznaenejkich pamatek typu Ceskocirkevneslovanskeho s podatky Ceskeho jazyka spisovneho, totia velebny eeskocirkevneslovanskY hymnus "Hospodine, pomiluj ny", —Nag e Kvota: 150 novYon elenGhiasici se podle jmenovaneho badatele do Olovek myslici, znajici sve sily, jde svou zakoneeni Ceske cirkevni slovankiny v cestou, pro neho levo a pravo neni.

11. stoleti. Pisen vynika, volbou gramati—Nage Kvota: 150 novlich letiackYch a lexikalnich prosttedkii, stylem Kdo nejvic klame? Ten, kdo nejvic mlubasnickou formou, rytmem i metrem. Po- yi o sobe! .0inske

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V. A, k ranu, kdyZ uZ kohout kokrhal a vYchode Sift se bilk pruh svitani, kiesla ji Nava na still a usnula. Unava bezesne nod. ji premohla a ted' se poddala kratkemu spanku, v nemZ nalezla na chvili upokojeni.

Na torn miste za stolem stravila nekoilk hodin s alma do prazdna vytkeStenYala, opakujic si bezpoetukrate tyteZ o: inky, na nek nedostavala ureite Zima ji rozraZela, des lomcoval fidy a pfiSerne pedstavy taneily • ed neima. Bala se v setmele svetnici, mholikrat Sla a rozsvitila lampieku, ale vhlyeky, jakoby se strachovala sama sebe. zase zha.sinala a utikala do kouta za still, kde ski'Oena, se zatajenYm dechem sama se soudila.

A soudila se nettprosne, soudila se s jakousi rozkoSi, jako kdyZ rozzurenY vojak v bitve ye zvireci va.Sni s rismevem stapi bsdak v prsou neptitele, s radosti loka, zaoach teple krve a rozkoai jasa, elm vic obeti pada. Neznala pro sebe milosrdenstvi. VSe, co na svou omluvu mohla uvesti ; uvedla, ale patrala dychtive po vSem, co mohla k svemu odsouzeni uvesti.

Odscudila se. A odsoudila se i tenkrat, kelyZ v navalu zoufaleho strachu vaechny poleheujici okolnosti na obranu opakovala. Ale odsoudila take jeho, On je take vinen, vice neZ ona. On jest vzdelanY, zamoZnY muZ, je starali, zna Zivot, rozhod' dojista uZ davno, jakYmi cestami a jit, a nemel tohle &lat.

Ohvilerni laskou jej obhajovala, ale ani to nepomohlo. Ne, u neho to slovo ma jinY'vYznam net ten, kterV ona Zada. Kde je prava laska, neni vaane. Mohl jinou cestou, dilstojne a muZne ukazat, ze ji ma opravdu rad. Nemel vyuZitkovat jesiabosti, jejiho rczeileni, do nehd ji aain uvedl. Kokistil z jeji ochablosti, naUP ho zvitezeni citu nad rozumem .

Co se stane ted?" Co z ni bude? Jak ykehno skonei? Nekterou chvili napadalo, .i.e by udelala nejlepe, kdybud' na hraz beZela a skoeila, kde je dilcubeji, nebo kdyby utikala nekam karn by ji oci nesly. a kdk-.', by se skri; pied svetem, pied sebou sanlaP V' tech chvilich naraivY hnev ji ;att'asl, ze ut byla na ceste k vYmenici.

Z:uluce na okno, vzbudi jej a zepta se, pros to delal, co ted' ohm s ni posit? Ale

cot, vysineje-li se ji? Nebo kekne-li ji, ze je tim,, eina se alai?

Sklesle vracela se na sve misto. Nevzdychala, neplakala., a piece ji oei palily, na prsou ji dusilo a Ithecko ji pripadalo hrozne, straAne teZke, ze snad nebude s to ani toho shesti.

KclyZ rano deveeka do svetnice a Verunku a hlavou no, stole pololenou a spiel spattila, probuclila ji. Chudak, beztoho asi v Okresine hodne tancovalv, cestou se uSla a doma ji dtimota ptepadla, ze ani neulehla.

Verunka, jako z inrakot podivala se na deveeku, zrak jeji chvili bloudil po svetnici, aZ najednou oei vytfeS"tiv'Si, vstala.

"Jdete si lehncut, prospite se jeSte, net pantata s panimamou ptijdou," domlouvala ji sluZka. "Vklyt' sotva na, nohou stojite."

"Ne, nechci," vyrazila namahave a zuby ji cvakaly jako zimou. "Zatop, KaConk°, musime varit snidani."

"JO, bych dues vatila sama."

"Ne, no, umyji se a bude mi dobre.

Veera jsem se mnoho ubehla a ani nevim, jak jsem mchla usnout tady u stolu. Prevleknu se a pak ti pujdu pomoci."

Namahajic se, aby vypadala zase stateenou, potacela se do pfistenku. Na okamZik na truhlu padla, ale' fined se vzpamatovala a chvatne se svlekala. S jakousi OAklivosti odkladala gaty a rychle brala na seb.e v'Sedni odev; kdyZ se studenou vodou umyla, do svetnice se vratila a deveeku do chleva posilala.

Byla uz na pohled klidna a sna gela vAe, aby bylo snidani brzy hotovo. Pri torn v okamZicich do zamySleni upadala, z nehd va"ak jakYrnsi urputnYm vzdorern se prebirala.

Sotva bylo snidani hotovo, Sla k Tarn bylo dosud ticho. Padavet spal a dlouho klepala, net se ozval.

"Nesu snidani," volala ze sine.

"Tak brzy?" odpovidal ospale. `Nechte mne jeSte chvili spat."

"Ne, vstarite, nemam kdy. A mluvit s vami musim."

Hlas jeji znel vS7 hrane a zaslechla, jak vstava a obleka se. Po chvili ji oteviral.

Lek' se, kdyZ ji spatf1.1. Byla ye tvail siva, pod oeima Oernaly se ji kruhy a cela jeji tvar byla prime nehybna.

"Snad no nehnevaS, Verunko?" ptal se ji, kclyZ se dvere zavrely a za ruku ji vzal. "Cot mi neveNS"? Ty jsi nespala celou noc, vid'?"

11✓116ela a zase zrak do prazdna uptela jakoby sama s sebou zapasila. Poton jemne mu ruku vytahla a poodstoupila.

"Co jsme to udelali," zanpela a rukama si tvar zakryla.

"Ale, Verunko, vOdyt' se nic nestalo, teSil ji polekane a ruce ji z oblieeje odstrarioval. "Pro nekolik pohbeni. Wdyt'

Ve sttedu, dne 20. prosince 1950. se mame radi a A. to neopustim." "fteknete mi na sve spaseni, co se UMOU chcete cleat?" ptala se ho najednou prudce. Prod to, co se stab, omlouvale, jakoby to nic nebylo? Vy jste vzclelany muZ, veal jste, co delete, kdo jsem ja, a musite ted' take vedet1 co se Istane. Udelarn si smrt, nepovite li mi, co bude dale?"

"Na to je kratka. odpoved'. Vezmu si to jsem ti to weer, neopakoval jsem ti to stokrat? Co chca jeAe vie?

Proe jsi tak rozeilena? Jsi na polo mou nevestou a tu neni zapotfebi, abys ses tak zoufale "A smim to rici noSim?" pta,la se jako oZivena.

"Rekl jsem ti, abys jette rnesic!poekala," povidal jaksi rozpaeite. "Vit, ze by z toho feel, -ze by sem tvoji znami chodili a me obtaovali. Chci tu byt jette test nedel a etyki poekej. Potom to prohlasime, ty od.ejdeS na nejakY eas do Prahy a na padzim si sem pro tebe ptijedu."

"Nemohla bych mad jet do Prahy hued?"

"Ne, bez tebe bych tu nevydrZel. A ty bys nine mohla opustit? A nefikej mi stale vy. VzpomeA si, jak to bylo krasne, kdyZ jsi me Veera Rudolfexn nazYvala."

ZapYrila se malieko, a radostnY paprsek rozjasnil jeji tvaf.

"Ano, bylo to krasne, ale nemeli jsme to ptece Mat. Jak krasne, lehce mi bylo driv, jak racla, jsem se na vas divala a jak smele jsern se mohla, kahlemu do oei pcdivat. Ale ted' se vseho bojim, vsecko je mi cizi a zda se mi, ze kaZdY po mne prstem ukazuje. Ale i to vS'echno snesu, jen kdy2 mne neopustite. Nebudu vas nazYvat tak, jak si pfelete, bojim se, ze bych tim jeste vice hreM.la a ze by se nespinilo, co slibujete, kdybych tomu tolik dtvefovala. Oh, mne bude nyni tezko tu "Jen odvahu, nepoddavej se tolik rizkostem, kdy.Z vidik ze je to zbyteene, ze jsem stale tYZ a budou jirn. Nebude to rozkot, aZ budeA mou malou, zlatou Zenuskou?"

ZazaPila radosti a -LIZ ruky z jeho neodtahovala.

"Sta,ne-li se to, snad toho Resti ani nesnesu," zakptala, mhoufic 001. Vzal ji do naruee, libel ji, a ona ptijimala jeho dukazzy lasky tik a blaiene. Co ji &ly e kormoutilo, co otfasalo hrrizou jejim srdcern, to vse na chvili zmizelo a zustala jen zatopa blaZene touhy a &why v krasne, budouci dny. Srnal se ji, kclyZ" mu povedela, kterak celou noc stravila bez spanku a nakonec ve svetnici pause no, okamZik, eim2 se unavila vic, nez kdyby bdela.

"MusiS' se projit, piljdu s tebou naproti

Ve sttedu, dne 20. prosince 1950.

Barace," chla.cholil a laskal ji.

"Ne, nechci. Zatala by motna o Tomagi, te jsem s nim vdera neka tancovat a ja, lhat neumim, abych se jinak vymluvila."

"Nebud' blahova, nestav se tak ptikke proti jeji villi," radii ji vesele. "Aspoil ted' ty etyti nedele, net jim vSeehno povime. Bylo by to vesele, jak by hued byla s tebou spokojend, v gechno ti odpustila a TamaSe na radostnou novinu ptipravovala."

Podivala se nan patrave a stin ji tvat pteletl. Prod' ji radi nee° takoveho? Neciti, te jest to calive, nehodne povahy ptime a eiste nekoho za blazny mit, jinak rnluvit a jinak myslit? Ne, ne, tohie ji ani povidat nemel. Prod' jen elm tim vic v ni vznika nediivera o jeho pravdomluvnosti, o jeho bezahonne vase? Prod prave ted', kdy by vlastne mela v ge nejlep gi na nem nalezati, cosi ji od neho odpuzuje a obraz jeho v jeji dui zahaluje?

"Toho neudelam," pravila zvolna a pevne. "Nechci bYt lhatkou ani pokrytcem. Nic radeji neteknu. Chcete-li, WU naproti. Ja tu budu mit doma dost behani a d •imota me pfejde. Je mi lehdeji, kdyt vim, te nelitujete toho, co jste udelal. A ted' musim do svetnice.

Deveeka beztoho deka na snidani a mohla by si leccos myslit, kdybych tu dlouho byla."

"Aspori me tedy polib," prosil lichotiye. Vahala okamtik, potom v gak polibivk jej, zapalila se a utikala rychle ven. Dival se okamkk za ni a usedal k snidani.

Byl jeke ospalY a s nechuti snldal. Sotva dojedl, zase se s ylekl a polotil se na postel. Usnout jit nemohl a •proto oddal se polite mySlenkam, ktere se mu houfem vyrojily. VeerejSi den jasne a ostrYmi rysy zapudil v ge ostabni, a on jakoby zvedave chtel nahlednouti nekam, kam jen ye chvatu polaledl, zaeal o v gern piemYglet.

Z poeatku se • usmival, ale potorn vtdy nevrleji stahovala se jeho tvat a nepokojne sebou vrtel.

"Co jsem to Mal," najednou polohlasne zvolal a posadil se na loti. Ruce do klina polotil a hlavu schYlil. Ano, vdera se choval hanebne, podle, darebacky.

Zapomnel na sve postaveni, vzdelani, okolnosti. Mel hned odeptit pozvani k pouti. Prod tarn do Okkesina jezdil? Ukazovat se lidem, sloutit Baru gce a jejim ptatelarn za prosttedek, kterYm by se chlubili. Kdyby to znami v Praze videli a dovedeli se, do smrti by posmechu neugel.

A co dal? Nebyla to komedie, ze k DrahnovskYm gel? Nevypadalo to tak, jakoby se 2eni g kovSlmi ptibuzenske svazky uzavtel? K ptedstavenYm mohl jit, tam maji studenta a vitali ho jako tele sveho syna. Ale jinam. nikam. A do

vESTNIK—WEST,TEXAS kostela mel jit take sam. Bude-li student v Praze povidat, jak pan profesor a filosofie doktor selky a selska deveato doprovazel, vSechna slana spoleenost se mu vyhne.

Neodpustitelne chyby se dopustil, blaznovske pogetilosti. Ale i to by si odpustil.

Ale cot to dale, kterak to srovna ye sve mysli? Kdyt uz jednou blaznil, mel blaznit dasledne dal. Mel jit do hospody posadit se mezi sousedy a divat se na veselici se mladet. Zastane vSak doma, aby tu provedl to nejhloupejSi, cello kdy se dopustil. Polibeni Veruneino bylo prvnim krokem k tomu nesmyslnemu kroku, kam dal svou rozvahu, rozum, povateni?

Co s tim deveetem? Hezka, je, neupird, te je take hodna, ale co dal? Je a zastane venkovskYm, nevzdelanYm deveetem, pro ktere se zase hodi jen venkovskY elovek. Nekde nasakla lep gim vzduchem, lepsimi mytlenkami a ptedstavami, ale to je pozlatko a ne zlato. Ta se k nemu, vzdelanernu a svou vyberaenosti a toilhou po nadhete a obdivu zmamenemu muti nehodi.

NeSt'astna piihoda, natikal a nepokojne se obracel, chteje nejak vSe z mysli zapudit. Co to jen delal, kam to zapadl?

Zelravi nalezl a pokoj ztratil. Ona, Verunka, neni vinna. Musi to seznat na torn, te mu ted' katda, my glenka na Verunku je mukou, te se'ena chovala velmi hezky, ano lepe net on. Neutikala mu?

NevyhYbala se mu? Neptala se ho nekolikrate, uvatil-li, co dela? A on se ji na VSechno zatikal, te vi, co dela, te se rozhodl a nezvratne ptedsevzeti pojal.

Byla to pravda?

K smichu. VSecka slova vkladala mu do fist vaeri, touha zahrat si s tim dev&tem, eistym a slidnYm, ktere nan dinilo ptijemnY dojem. Byla mu na yenkove dlouha chvile, stYskalo se mu po zabavach velkomestskYch. Vracene zdravi a sila ptinesly s sebou bujnost, kterou zkougel na Verunce. Zma •il jeji klid, zmakil vSecko, co ona dosud s azkostlivou ptisnosti chranila. Oloupil ji o lest, snad i o budoucnost. Ma ted' dost shy to vge napravlt? Vezme si ji?

Ani napadnout mu to nemate. Co by s ni alai? V tu chvili, kdyby skuteene vykonal, co sliboval, musil by zatadat o pteloteni nekam na venkovskY astav a udinit konec vSem nadejim, jet v budouci svaj postup a po yYSeni mel. Maria, te by Verunka kratkYm pobytem ve velkern meste ptisvojila si povrchni nater slane panidky, ale to neni je gte vge. On chce dostat pani, kterou by se mohl ye spolednosti chlubit, jet by zvy govala vahu jeho jmena jmenim a rodem syYm. A to Verunka nedokate. Motna, 2e by z ni byla dobra hospodyrika, ale nic vie.

Ani pied dam by s ni nesmel. A posmech, naraticy a vtipy by byly k lepgimu.

Ne, to ut mils' viand pustit z hlavy.

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Ale co ted' Ma tu pokradovat ye hte?

Verunka je nedavetiva, bude ho stihat, neopanuje se, a domaci budou brzy podezkivat a tait, co se stane. Zaplete se jegte vice v komedii, kterou tak nerozumne zaeal, a cltiv nebo pozdeji prozradi se vge a on odejde s hanbou. Vtdyt'

by Barala byla s to vyhnati jej, kdyby se. dovedela, te on je hlavni ptieinou, prod TomaS neclochazel u Verunky pkivetiveho ph-ijeti.

A uteci? Hm, to by nadelalo mnoho hluku. lined by se patrol°, prod' nahle opustil Podoli. Jezdil rukama ye vlasech, asilovne patraje po nejakem vYchodu.

Az si na nee° vzpomnel.' Ano to bude nejlepgi. Psani napiSe a at ptijcle zase nejakY dopis, ukate jej domacItn a tekne te musi do Prahy k poracam, zakrodovat o.povYgeni, spokaclat tamni sve záletitosti. A odtamtud si napiSe pro sve \Teel, poke nejake clarky pro selku, runku i mask& a bude konec. Verunka bude mleet, on ji zna, te ho neprozradi, ze sama radeji to nejhorSi podstoupi. net by nan talovala. Poplake si, ponatika., yda, se. A bude-li chtit nejakou nahradu, da ji, co bade chtit. Penh ze ma, a kdyby toho bylo ptili g mnoho, yypiljai si. Bohata nevesta vSechno potom zaplati.

Oddechl si, kdyt se na ndeem ureitem ustanovil. Jeho lehka mysl, nezvyklii hloub zabYvati se jadrem mykenek odvatovat cenu sveho konani, vyjasnila s.e a veseleji vstaval. aby vySel yen. tit po venkovskem vzduchu a usmival se p •i vzpomince, jak Verunka si aci v mysli maluje budouci svilj tivot po jeho boku. WS' se vzd.or sve zdrtelivosti jiste, te bude pani profesorovou, ale podivi se, at se zmYli. Ostatne ted.' by mu ut pobyt v Podoli nebyl ani milYm. Razem mu tar. dy vSechno zevSednelo, p?estalo jej baviti i to, co pro nej mein kouzlo novosti, chtive zatoutil po zmene krajiny, po nYch lidech a hluenejk spoleenostl. To, nae lekat yam kiadl, aby na venkove, nabyl klidne mysli, aby mu jist zachutnalo, a bezesne noci zmizely, v ge to at se stalo, a zajede si nekam do mengich kde se schazi slan.a spoleonost, kde bude moci deekati se veselejkho dobrodrastvi.

ProSel chvatne poli, ve.§el do lesa a bloudil bez cite v chladku. kterY jej vetmi ptijemne osvetoval. Podoli zvonili fit poledne, kdyt konedne se vracel, pokojnY a veselY. Na dvoke spa.ttil vyprate,nY vaz a pomyslil si hned., ze fit jsou druzi z posviceni doma. Ne gel vgak do svet, nice, ale hned do vYmeniee se zatoell. V pa,tach za nim 'Dinka Baraka. Usmh vala se pratelsky a po dornacku dala se . do hovoru, jak se mu v Oktesine libilo.

Chvalil vSechno, nevrlcst vSak sotva ptemohl. Vida, to mam-z toho, vytYkal si flostne, te jsem podal tem lidem prst.

Sahaji ted' pro celou ru%u. Pomalu by

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a ai etyti dny to trvat bade. Tak je to; mnohY si mysli, to 'Cloy& nema tadnYch trampot a zatim, kdy se mu nejlepe daH, kdyt je nejspokojenejti, najednou to ptijde eista jasna. Jen etete."

TichYm ttescucim se hlasem eetla Verunka. Barutka se taky do list y divaia a jen hlavou ptikyvovala.

"Inu, to jinak nemilte bYti, pan profesor do Prahy musi," zaeala, Sotva, byl dopis cloeten. "A kdy to pojedete?"

"Came rano. Main tim vlakem nejlepti spojeni a budu moci hned zitra dopoledne jette nekam zajit. Bade mi snad pan 2enitek moci dat kone?"

"Jak by nemohl. Kdy bude panu profesorovi lib°, tehdy pojede. A at se pan profesor zase bade vracet, potleme taky kone naproti. Tomas ma pana profesora tuze rad a pojede tteba hned."

"Ne, to neni zapottebi, a take bych nerad v noci se ye vlaku trmacel. Ale ra no budu rad. Kdybych byl hned po obedopis dostal, byl bych jel odpoledne.

Ted' je vtak uz pozde. Musite vzkazat Kubatovi, aby na me zitra neeekal. Sli sy." bil jsem mu, te s nirn pfijdu zitra na "Hned, hned, jen co se ustrojim."

Chvatne upravil svirj odev, skryl pti- raky. Nett'astne psani. No, vynahradime si to po druhe, at ptijedu." pravenY dopis a otevtel.

Tfeba nerad, piece jen pohled stale "Dlouho jste budila?" ptal se mite se na Barutku nebo do prazdna upiral, vyk fisinevu.

"Asi dvakrat jsem tu byla, kdyt jsem hYbaje se setkani s pohledem VeruneivAak slytela, to je tu ticho bylo mi vas nYm. Citil, te se nan diva, te jeji zrak plane a te z nej jako ptisna vYhrtitka lito buditi," povidala laskave.

"Jak si hodna. Prcsim te, dnes poslovi a pohrdani se diva. Mel sto chuti dupod testy, a tekni mu, aby poseekal, ne- nout, aby sla, odkud ptitla, a nedivala se musim-li na nic odpovidat. Vzal by hned tak smele.

"Ale co na torn, vtdyt' pan profescr se Copis s sebou, aby jej rano dal na poaspori zase trochu poteti a pak se mu ttu."

Ochotne Ala vytldit jeho ptani. Sotva tu bude zase libit," smala se selka. "Ja, zaviela, na adresy dopisfi se podival a kdybych mohla, hned bych jela s sebou poznav znamV rukcpis ptitele, obalku na Prah y se podivat."

"Kdybych nemel tolik behani a starorortizl. dopis vyrial a svfij tam vstreil.

Potom rortizl i druhe dva dopisy a Ceti. sti vzal bych vas jiste s sebou," omlouByly to bezvYznamne listy ptatel, kteti val se uslutne. "Ale takhle sam tam mu sdelovali rilzne malicherne novinky a nic nettliji."

"Vim, vim. Vtdyt' jsem se jen smala. vyptavali se ho na jeho zdravi.

Po chvili vylotil se z okna a vclal na Pojd', Verunko, pan profesor se musi Tomate prave po dvoie jdouciho, aby k na cestu ptipravit."

Tlaeila Verunku pied sebou, a Padavet nemu poslal selku i Verunku. Ptitly hned obe, Barutka zveclava, Verunka zfejme si oddechl. Citil zahanbeni. Byl si yepolekana. dom, te to proste devee, ktere on okla"Podivejte se, co jsem dostal," volal na mal, k nemut se hanebne zachoval, prone jako pohnevan. "Ani na dovolene ne- hlecla jeho mysl a napady. Ale at', poniam pokoje. Musim na nekoiik dni do vidal si vzdorovite. Jen prye odtud. Tady Prahy. Radeji bych se ani nevidel.'. at' si o mne povidaji, co chteji, ba at' se "Ale, ale," divila se BaruSka up•imne, to i do Prahy donese, te tu tertoval s ale Verunka vyslala k nemu dlouhY pa- venkovskYm devoetern. Takove ptipady travY pohled. Poinatl jej trochu a zdalo latkovani nejsou mezi jeho znamYrni tak se mu, to se ye tvati rdi, jakoby at pro- tuze vatenY a spite mu budou zavidet, hlecila jeho let. Chvatne list do ruky ji net aby j ej odsuzovali. strkal.

S detinnou radosti skladal nejpotteb"Ctete, tteba nahlas. Jak me to vAecko nejti veci do tlumoku a ostatni slotil mrzi, e bych, n.evim co, za to dal, kdy- Co sveho kufru. At napite, odvezou jen bych se nemusil namahati cestou. Ovtem, kufr na drahu a bude dobte. Jak je mu ptijedu hned, jakmile budu se svYmi blaze, te se zase vrati mezi lidi, to se letitostmi hotov, ale piece jen jest to zbavi toho otkliveho sveho zivota tady nemile. Cesta mne Mello skliei, utrinaci,na jednotvarne,nehostinne samote. Po-

meli za ntlapek. NeAt'astnY veeer, kdy jsem si kocovinu spiskal. Ale aspon jsern tim piisel k rozumu a ted' se ratne ze vtehc vyzuju. Ket by mi ttesti pialo a poslieek mi dopis ptinesl. Vzpomel si vtak, te nerne, dosud napsany list. jejt chtel ukazati. Chvatne obed snedl, potom iia deveeku zavolal, aby si nadobi odnesla, jelikot chce spat, a ut zavtev dvete, usedl a psal. Rukopis svilj menil, aby nebylo pcznano, te sam to psal a kclyt dokoneil, tite se zasmal.

"Tak, ut je to hotovo, a ted' si na chvi11 lehnu. Zatrolena, holka me rano brzy zburcovala, a kdo vi, nepojedu-li zitra rano zase prye, tentokrate nadcbro. Jak se ut na to tetim."

Ve vzpomince na radost, jaka ho eeka, berstarostne usinal, a za chvili neslytel hluk ze dvora, kterY ho jindy odpoledne budival. Vzbudil se at ke etvrte hodine pii t'ukani na dvete.

"Kdo je?" ptal se rozespale. "ja," ostYchave volala Verunka. "Nesu svaeinu a posel tu eeka. Ptinesl tti dopi-

Ve stfedu, tine 20 prosince 19d0, chcpit nemftte, te se mu zde tolik libilo, a lekat jej met lined do lazni poslat.

Byl at do veeera zamestnan skladanim a tepr y potom vytel si opatrne na zahradu a odtud na postranni petinu mezi pole, aby si oddechl. Neptal si setkat se s Verunkou. Bal se jejich vYeitek, vypta.vani, slibn, ktere dozajista od neho by potadcvala a nevedel, by se a zUstal-li by pH torn klidnY. Venkovske ticho uspokojilo jej, a klidnejti mytlenky vkradaly se mu do mysli.

Neal pravda,l'e tu byl tak zle tiv. KrasnYch chvil tu zatil, ticheho blaha okulaskou byl sil a jen teto samote, kde vitan, clekuje, te jest nyni. tak silnY. Mohl tu stravit take zbytek sve ctvolene, jen kdyby byl opatrnejti, kdyb byl nedaval se uchratit svou nett'astnou tekavosti, jet mu jit mnoho mrzutYch zkutenosti pfinesla. Na jedne strane nuti se at k ptepjate vatnosti a na strane druhe nemute potlaeiti vYbuchy syYch kterYm se nekdy vzdor nejleptim rimyslum poddava.

Jeho -ittek z mista, kde se dopustil nu jeho vzcielani a cti nthodneho, jest nemene otklivY net CM sam. Prot nebyl &I've tak opatrnYm, prof dfive nekladl vahu na svou test a okolnosti jako nyni?

Vtemu se mohi vyhnouti. A ted' chvatne opoutteti samctu i divku, kterou v zoufale postaveni uvrhl, je zbabele. On na ni hledi jako na tvora nittiho. Kdyby byl cosi takoveho udelal velkomestske, chytre a prohnane sleene, dovedla by jinak ona prava hajiti a on by se citil zavazan dati ji naletite vysvetleni. Ale te je to jen prcste levee, zachazi s ni netetrne a tvrcle.

Prot? Nema tteba Verunka vic citu, vie pochopeni, vic ptirozene jemnosti a mravnosti net takova, vystrojend, velke. sleena? Nema pravo na tetrnost, na Cestne dodrteni slova? Jest snad on ptesved'den, te by se z ni nestala po kratkem Case vYborna terra, znamenita hospodyne a uctyhodna panielia? Cot nezna dost prikladu, %e term, ea,sto z nejhortiho rodu, vytinula se vysoko a dovedla ke cti sve i sveho mute misto toto zastavat. oi jen penize mu vadi? Nebude to bohata term, ktera dela narcky na velikY dim, na bohate vedenou domacnost, potadovat za sve yen° mnohonasobne pozornosti? Bude mu take tak vrouene odcland, milujici, netna„ jak si stale ji' ptedstavuje a jakcu si pteje?

Nebude se na nein trestati podvod, ktereho se na Verunce dopustil? Vtecek rozruten chodil po mezi, ze ktere tile° zpivani cvrekft, a jet vonela kvitim, na net yeeerni rosa padala. Bojoval znovu boj, a lepti stranka povahy jeho vYhrutne mu , stavela vie na mysl, nutic jej. aby o tom ptemYtlel, aby pied koneenYm rozhodnutim neeinil poslednillo kroku k zameru.

Ve Stredu, dne 20. pros-Ince 1050.

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sti, a kdy z?- namazal i krk, z neho. tryskaly proudy krve', posadil nan hlavu. Ate krev neprestavala -Led. a ut'ate. hlava nechtela prirtisti k ostatnimu telu. Pornaten beZel, pieklopil rely kotel divotvorne masti na krk a uriznutou hiavu. Ale jakkoliv se hmoZdil, hiavu klizil a pride,laval, volal, prosil a. klel, draha, n-nlenka nevstavala, ale bledla a chladla, jeji srdce pine lasky a milosti, vyvrhlo posledrd irtinej krve, prestalo tlouci a jeji krasne telt) zUstalo chladne a necitelne leZeti na zemi.

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Cesta do ikoly.

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Tu se tepr y MiloSovi zachvacenemu laskou otevrel zrak. Videl, ze byl prelsten, ze Ludmila zadala sve srdce jinemu a Preeti nekolikrat hlasite a spraNne ora zustala pevna a staid v lascel on 2e se jenom pro pohor geni vtiral !-"a, pletl do do seSitu! tajnosti jejiho srdce. Posledni slza se zaS pozdravem bleskla v jeho oku. Od to doby jiz neplaSTR'keEK It/LttEK Z AUSTINU. kal. Tato udalost otrasla jeho smysly.

Jako zpitY odvravoral damn a nikdy se --Na5e Kvota: 150 00v9ch tlenti— ji2 nevyjasnila jeho za,dumeiva a zasmu.0 sila

Dvotvorna Mast i

(Pokraeovant) NecitiveriVe se dival MHOS na Ludmilu.

Mluvila dale: "Ver., ze jsem ti byla naklonena hned na prvni setkani; ale jsem jednala na odpor hlasu sveho srdce. Je died p •ieina toho byla ta, ze me vazal slib, ueinenY prvnimu anlend; nebot' stra'And kletba ma stihati podle na g pHsahy verolomce. Za to, ze nyni zruSim prisahu prvnimu zenichovi, prijdu o hlavu; ale svou znalosti piirodnich tajemstvi opet O2ivnu a budu nalekti jen tobe. 0, smiluje se nad divkou, ktera lne k tobe nej yroucnej g laskou, a ueln, at' jate (Ines mohu jiti s tebou." Pri tech slovech pritulila se k rytti, kterY tu stal v pochybnosti a mluvila dale: "Train tak, train a neboj se, toho okamkni, ktere se ti zda bYti tak straSne, ale vskutku nenr nic jineho nezli broznY sen, ze ktereho kdy‘i se probudime, oplYvanae nevYslovnou rozkoSi.. Nephjdu, nemelm jiti s tebou, nechca-li preekati okamik, nechceS-li pre2iti tento sen. Vidi§, mast' je hotova," pravila, belela ke, kotli a jeSte jednou ji michala, "a tu je mee," ktly p•ibehla nazpet a vytahla rytirtiv mee. Se zasIzenYm okem se privinula k Milokvi, dala mu prvni polibeni a Upenlive prosila, aby vyslechl jeji prosbu a .Zadost.

ZlinskY pan premolen devinou pritulnosti a vroucnosti i stalosti a nenstupnosti jejich proseb uveiil, .2"e jeho milenka musi podstcupiti takovy trest z pokuty za porukni slibu ale k opravdu potrena uvarenou masti nabude noveho 2ivota, kterY venuje jemu, jak jej ujfSt'ovala. 0hlecil se pomatene na kotel po masti, polibil vroucno svou milenku, rozprahl mee a c t'al i jedrnrn razem hiavu. Ale Impky! Popacll ji a niazal chvotvornou ma-

KdyZ, se dovedel SlavoS, co se prihodilo s Ludmilou, padl doal nemoci zanedlouho ji nasledoval tam, kde verna milenka jeho nari 'eekala a kde. 2adna vtiravost ji2 nekali bla. ene Lasky nebeSt'ani/. Pro Marti, seSlou vekem, byla to srnrtelna rana. I ona ykratce zenn'ela.

JedinY Miles zustal je,'"?.te ameha leta na Zivu, aby vedl protivn9 a odpornY 2ivot.

Kdy2 nemohl nalezti konce svelio Lvota v nejvetSicla odvaZlivostech a v nejkrutejSich bojich, sahl po nem koneene rouhavou rukcu a vjel si do prsou tYnaZ meeem, kterY nokdy zahubil Ludmilu.

Obyvatele Zlinsti vypravuji, ze v jiste nooni Jobe bYva viden rytir s pacholetern, kterak jezdiva pies koi.-,ce a lesy, pre y Vocal a dollny kolcm Zlinskeho Za nynejSich east: pry bYva viden sotva jednou za tricet let a rnnozi ze starSich lidi, kteri pry ho videli,. ujiSt'uji, kdy Z . prijde ten rok, ve kterern se na poeatku ukaZe, Ze potom bYva viden gestvicekrate toho roku. Je pry to MHOS', ZlinskY pan, kterY za dvoji spachanou viaZdu pa smrti nenalezl pokoje a odpoeinuti.

KONEC. Kvota: 150 novych

Vedouci jednoho obehodu pristihl proda.vade, jak se 'vzrueene dohaduje se za.kaznikern. KdyZ zalaznik odeSel, domlouva vedouci proclavaei: "Proepak jste se hadal se zakaznikem?

CoZ jsem y arn neseetnekrat nerikal, zakaznik ma vkly pravdu?"

"Ano, pane vedouci," odpoveclel prodavae. "Wdyt' prove 0 to jsem se s Min prel. On totiZ tvrdoSijne trval na tom, 2e nenia, pravciu."

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS I THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1950 JEM - RECEIPTS

Spldtky rnajetkovYch pitgek - Payments on Mortgage loans Splatky na certifikatove ptijaky - Payments on certificate loans Piodej majetku - Sale cf real estate Poplatky od kadti - Dues from subordinate lodges Urok z certifikatovYch piijaek - Interest on certificate loans Urok z majetkovS7ch piljeek - Interest on mortgage loans Urok z bondt1 - Interest on bonds Najemne z majetku - Rent from real estate Z mineralniho z olejoveho majetku -Royalties Na odhady -- Appraisal fee CelkovST pi1jem - Total receipts Hotovost 11-150 -- Cash balance 11-1-50

binrtni Mortuary 102,483.02 3,161.23 124.90 27,183 17 1,331.13 24,631 75 1,250 00 121.60 477.73

Vydani Expense

3,088.55

DetskS, Nern0c'sk Sick Ben. Juvenile 7,569.44 4,327.38 .80 1,664.58

85.68

471.00

Souhri Total 110,05: 3,163 129 34,68 1,331 26,29( 1,256 121 471 471

160,764.53 .:.132,956.05.

3,559.55 7,335.65

13,562.50 0,133.87

85.68 1,299.61

177,972 150,725

293,720.58

10,895.20

22,696.37

1,385.29

328,691

VYDANI - DISBURSEMENTS 7,300 00 16.00 500.00

129,241 4,535 5013 8,762 752 9

Majetkove piljeky - Mortgage loans Certifikatove pujeky -- Certificate loans liylacene nadaeni certifikat - Matured endowment claim Vyplacend podpory - Claims paid Dane na majetek -- Taxes on real estate Opravy na majetek - Repairs on real estate Vracene nmrtni poplatky a bonus-Returned premiums and bonus Za oznamky - Advertising Za odhady - Appraisal expense Pravnikovi za vyfizovani piljeek - Attorney fee VYlohy na auto -- Car expense Komi'Sne organisatortim - Commissions to organizers Dary - Donations Cestovne idedniku - Officers travel Za odznaky - Emblems VYmend den - Exchange on checks Freight and express Lekatske prohlidky -- Medical examinations Bez lekatske prohlidky -- Non-medical examinations Vestnik a sluZne redaktorti -- Official publication, editors sa aries Vylohy tiskoveho vYboru - Publication committee expense Na vydr2ovani , Hi. ttadovny -- Office Maintenance Najemne z Utadovny - Office rent PoStovne -- Postage SluZne fifednikti - Officers salaries k Slu Zs ne yYpomoci - Employees salaries Tiskova prate a psaci pal-thy - Stationery and supplies Soh-the Hl. ttadovny - Supreme Lodge meeting Tax, F. I. C. A. Telephone and Telegraph

121,947.94 4,519.00

Celkove vydani - Total disbursements Hotovost 12-1-50 - Cash balance 12-1-50

135,987.84 157,732.74

9,910.52 984.68

7,882.49 14,813.88

14.16 1,371.13

153,795 174,902

293,720.58

10,895.20

22,696.37

1,385.29

328,697

984.68

14,813.88

1,371.13

174,902 1,100.288 350,155 3,725,160

12.00

8,750.00 752.82 9.26 8.82

66.49

2.16

95 425 804 59 1,354 91 141 210 28 4 240 171 2,408 19 83 150 491 1,678 809 376 214 22 29

95.00 425.70 804.50 59.54 1,354.02 14911.2800 210.57 28.11 4.84 240.00 171.85 2,408.53 19.10 83.80 150.00 491.00 1,678.36 809.96 376.89 214.00 22.24 29.51

MAJETEK JEDNOTY ASSETTS Hotoriost - Cash Vladni bondy - Gov't bonds Okresni a mestske bondy -- County and municipal bonds Majetkove pOjdky - Mortgage loans

157,732.74 1,100,288 00 333,696.65 3,464,304.14

16,45930 260.856.36

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;ertifikatore pfigky - Certificate loans ,kcie - Stock 'army- Real estate ;ollateral loan , odily a mefitka - Equity and Utility deposits lineralni a olejovf majetek - Royalties and minerals owned. bfibytek a zafizeni v fifadovne Furniture and Fixtures

2,964.00

210.000.00

451,513.29 210.000.00

44,402.05

44,402.05

435,17

435.17

448,549.29

20.00

20.00

60.00

60.00 12,912.39 1,900.00

12,912.39 1,900.00

automobile 5,759,488.04

15,797.07

295,093.54

1,371.13

6,071,749.78

S bratrslOm pozdravem R. A. UrbanovskY, fidetni

Piljem od MAI v mesici listopadu 1950 adu DatUm

1 2 I 5 7

9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 18 19 ,0 4 5 7

16 8 24

18 28 18 20 22 21 20 20 21 24

29 24

8 22 20 24 20 29 24

20 18 18 22 18 21 15 15 21 13 22 20 24 20 20 27 20 20 22 29

Obnos $166.28

49

13

50 51

24

55 56

57 58 60 61 63 65

69.87 29.67 67 1,039.45 68 621.46 69 348.00 71 34.50 72 73 384.00 42.03 75 76 33.93 77 16.81 227.59 78 67.72 80 123.83 81 788.07 82 89.23 83 92.46 84 886.81 86 162.82 87 36.18 88 359.60 89 1,454.46 91 397.30 92 201.62 93 1,294.92 95 2,097.97 97 486.38 98 23,83 99 13.40 101 548.32 103 64.52 105 224.07 107 9.83 108 123.69 109 83.52 110 702.88 111 58.33 112 14.88 113 68.55 114 61.42 116 917.85 117 351.66 118

18 28 13 a 24 20 22 24

8 18 20 8 24

18 20 22

21 20 27 27 8 20 8 22

29 24 22

8 20 27 29 8 15

173.86 119 418.92 122 74.88 124 52.25 125 126 127 128 129 130 132 133 135 137 505.96 138 93.91 139 22.21 140 171.26 141 52.63 142 12.72 143 28.26 145 19.72 146 18.77 147 280.55 148 293.54 151 12.49 152 60.51 153 364.50 154 71.86 157 273.80 158 5.112.50 160 158.90 162 249.71 163

858.53 40.71 1,194.13 66.10 96.14 393.42 19.04 23.33 218.40

411,17

24

27 8 22

21 20 20 20 13 8 25 22

29 20 25

27 24 25 22

21 21

6.28 163.87 46.57 25.06 95,35 17.25 41.76 38.81 383.09 46.16 435.07 221.55 17.58 353.64 252.04 118.77 308.32 246.16 472.04 29.89 70.03

22

111.66

27 27

653.38 297.77 39.30 100.04 726.53 15.77

24

27 22

13 28 29 15 8

8 92

A lot of folks are tempted to specu-, 403.04 late with their money. With the farm110.90 ers, however, there's enough specu205.30 lation in farming itself-what with the weather, insects, plant disease, livestock sickness, and prices. For $34,599.10 the farmers, a safe, sure way of building fmahcial security is with U. S. Savings Bonds. Should he need Ntiie stroje chrineni dokonalSrm extra cash his money is handy, it's always there for emergencies. So,' naterem a pokovovanim farmers, be sure that part of your' Kdo si prohliZel na veletrhu tex fall crop or livestock check goes intilni stroje Cs. vYroby, jiste si to Savings Bonds. They pay $4 for every $3 invested in ten short years. vgiml lesklYch chromovanych This is the time to resolve-"NOW souCastek a noveho hladkeho na- LET'S ALL BUY BONDS."

25

53.66

27 27

31.57 303.20

24

22.68

20 20 22

27.95 13.71 68.91 20.89 142.38

27

277.25 tem. Toto vnejS1 vybaveni na-

25

29 25 25 22 22

8

20 8

9.91 144.97 7.99 473.29 41.39 49.40 68.32 88.67 41.67

Na celem svete je asi 2.320,000.000 lidi. Tento stay byl roku 1947, co't je nejposledneN rok, z nehoZ jsou lyo race eisla pro celY svet. Tuto zpravu podavo. statis-tick Uf ad SpojenYch no.rod1:1.

United Nations' World.

Sich textilnich stroje neni vgak ureeno jen pro efekt. Hlavni eel vybaveni je, Ze dobfe chraneny povrch zabrailuje poSlozeni vlaken a Ze chrani konstrukci stroje proti vlhkosti. 8patnY ter nebo pokovovani mei째 by za nasledek reziveni soueastek a tim zpomaleni vYrobniho procesu a sniteni trvanlivosti stroje.

U. S. Treasury Department

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HOUSTON, TEXAS Telefon residence: Lehigh 9745 Telefon tifadovnY: Pres. 2553

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WILLIAM MACCLEOD RAINE

Texasan "To je jiste SviZna mlada dama," iekl Mobeetie Bill. Dodal pak: "Nektery hoch si ji jiste vSimne, nemyslite, pane Turley'?" . o nejakem mladem "Slygel jsem 11 2 mtfti v Harvardu," odvetil redaktor us= mivaje se.

"Jsou-li ti mladi mu'Zi zde takovi, jako bYvali za myth east, pricdenou ho jiste dtkladne za jeho penize," pfecIpovidal statec.

"SeSU jsme se k valeene porade, panoabychom se rozhodli na postupu, ktery by bylo nejlepe sledovat," ohlasil doktor Peters. "Mara mluvit ja, nebo budete mluvit vy, TomaSi?" "Jen mluvte," odpovedel Turley.

Porada dospela k dvema rozhodnutim.

Ptvni bylo Turleyovo, ze bude v listu odsuzovati snahu uznati Sibleye vinnYm, jette neZli byl tadne souzen. Druhe bylo Sibleyovo, aby ptivedli Serifa Bradyho dn domu a vSecko mu povedeli.

Mobeetie Bill naSel Serifa hrajiciho po.ker v "Dolanove palaci." Brady vyhraval, a neteSilo ho pkiliS vyzvani starce, aby s nim Sel ven. Statec se nenechal oclbYti, a aby meal od neho pokoj, zanechal tam Serif brad znamky, aby si inisto ye hte, a vySel s Texasanern z domu.

"Co vas eert bere, co vlastne chcete?" otazal se Serif, no nevlidne. Neehtelo se site od hry, ale ted', kdy jiZ vytel yen, nepospichal. Hra potrva, po celou nbc; a snad po celY nasledujici den.. "ftekl jsem vain, abyste si vy gel se mnou n prochazku, Brady. JeSte jsme se nevetSinou konarn svoje prochazky v sedre, tatiku. Co k vertu y am vlezlo do toll() vaS'eho stareho kokosu? Chcete se Mnou mluvit v ttedni veci?"

"To poznate soon, aZ tam budeme. A co V4s ostatne kouSe? Nikdo yam tech vabich par znamek neukradne." ,'"Vy se dnes tvatite neja,k tajernne, tatiku!

A jste pee nejZvanivejSi chlap, ja,„ ky se sem kdy ptihnal z Texasu na par rokii pted Serifem! Him! Pamatuju se, 2e jsem jednou naSel na stare Chisurnske cesto lebku buvola. A na to bylo napsano: `Ti/mluven k smrti Mobeetie Billem.' Poaavil ji tam, aby oznaeovala hrob toho ttholieho novaeka."

Turley je uved do mistnosti, kde &kali ootatni serif se klidne rozhledl.

"Halo, doktore! Jak se vede? Tenhle aary, psel me vytahl od, pokeru. Cheete

si snad dat nejakou hru Lady?"

"Snad ant ne. 8erife, stisknete si ruku s panem Boonem Sibleyem."

Z vraseiteho hnedeho oblideje Bradyho zmizel tsrnev jako svetlo pki zhasnu ti svieky. Vzbudilo to u neho napjatou obeztelost, ktera, se jevila v cele jeho postave. eekal chvili mlcky, pozoruje mladeho Taxasana pevnYma, zkoumavYma ()alma.

"Nedelejte takove zesty, doktore. Mohly by spustit a nekornu ublilit," tekl.

Serif site miuvil k doktorovi, ale nespustil ani na okamZik Sibleye s oei.

Boone ptikyvnul. "Ncni to Zert, fe. Jsem ten elovek, ktereho hledate."

"Kdo vas zatkl? Jak jste se sem dostal?"

"Nikdo mne nezatkl. Piisel jsem se vzdat, protole jsem slySel, Ze mne

Ve stfectu, dne 20. prosince 1954.

"Mame i nemanie. Asi v to chvili, kdy byl dostavnik pfepaden, setkali jsme se s dverna starYmi prospektory, kteti byli I na ceste k Draktrn. Dusty se s nimi znal.

Jednomu tikal Toughfoot Bozemna, a idruhenau Hassayampa Pete."

"Kde to bylo?"

1 "Nekolik mil pied Homoli."

"A v kterou denni dobli jste tekl?"

"Asi v deset hodin, myslim."

"Tim byste byli z toho jiste venku, potvrdi-li oni, co tikate. PoSiu nekono pro ty stare osly."

Boone dodal svou tahlou feel jeSte neco. "Kdy-Z u2 mluviine o alibi, rad bych veal, joke alibi by mohli udat Curt French, a Sing Elder."

Serifovy oei se zabodly do jeho. "Co tim myslite?"

"Zajima me, jak by vysvetlili sve male pasear, kdyby se jich na to nekdo zeptal.

Serif na neho ziral inZasem nemY. U- Odejeli z mesta v tterY rano piil hodiny vaZoval o to situaci a nemohl najiti sve- nato, kdy jsme odejeli Dusty a ja. French tla. Je-li tohle ten lupie Sibley, jakY jel na ryzakovi. Sing Elder na linedakoztteSteny napad ho ptivadi ptimo do ru- vi. Sing je o neco mend net jeho ptitel." kou pomsty, ktera ho ecka?

"Kam jell?"

"Vzdat se?" opakoval Serif nakonec.

"To prOve bych rad vedel. VaLe hadani "Ano. Abych ()distil svoje jmeno. A- je tak dobre jako moje." bych dokazal, ze jsem to neudelal."

"Mate na to neiaky dtikaz?"

"Neptepadl jste ten dostavnik?"

"Macka Rileye. On dela v Buvoli ohraL, "A abych vyzkoumal, bude-li to mane de" Mack tvrdi, Ze French byl opily a meal kdo to udelal." lahev s sebou. French tekl, Ze jsou "To jsem blazen!" tekl Serif. "Jakle, stupci Boba Hardyho za ideclnim poslavy proklatY hlupakti, valyt' jste byl vlast- him a Ze Riley nemii nic ?ikat o tom, ne uZ zjiAten! Nemate moZnost ani mr odejeli z mesta." tveho.

"French mel spaInieky," dodal doktor zjistil, Serife?" ptal se Boone. Peters. -0Settoval jsem ho. Vzkazal mi "Kdo "Jeden ten lupie mea l postavu jako Du- toho dne rano, abych k nemu nechodil, sty Rhodes a mei na sobe kolene nohavi- Ze se chce vyspat. Bob Hardy mi ptines1 ce a hnedou kosili. jakou pry mel Dusty, ten vzkaz a ptal se, mohl-li bych pkijit kdy odjiZdel. Byl na linedem koni." misto Lobo po yeeeti. Quinn ptiSel ke mite "Vy nosite stale hnedou koSili a jezdi- &who potorn, kc15.4 French a Sing Elder te na hnedakovi, Serifer Odejeli z mesta je-li totiZ Pravda, co "Tak jsem to snad udelal, ale ne mi- Riley t nule tterY. Druhy lupic, ktery Bucka za' "Inn! To vytilili hodne podivne!" Sebil, byl vetSi postavy ne2 jeho pritel. Jel rif ptimhouiol oei. "A kdy se vratili dona ryzakovi" mesta?"

"Ja,ko ja," dodal Boone. "Hnedak a ry"To nevime," odpovedel Peters. "Ale zak jsou kone nejeastejSi barVy. Vim o nevratili se, dokud byl Riley v praci. 8' el jinYch dvou rnuZich, kteti odttid odjeli z' price asi y e etyti odpoiedne." v itterY rano na podobnYch konich."

Brady'to vSe srovnaval v mysli. Udela"Kdo?" otazal se Brady. la-li tohle Quinnova tlupa a uZila jeho "K tomu ptijderne brzy. Neni to tak k dosaZeni s yYch cilu, vysinivaji-li se mu trochu slabe zjiSteni, Serife, kdy jde o pod rukou , jako pitomemu odmenu tpi tisic za mrtveho nebo Zive- Ze jinn zae je lobo lokct, neZli bude to Vec u konce. Vtel v nem vztek. Whip mu ho?"

"Whip Quinn a Bob Hardy mluvili s ce- lichotil za jeho rychle jednani vypsastujicimi toho dostavniku. Udali jiste po- ni odineny. Prot to Mal? Co mu miiM zaleZet no tom, bud(ou-li ti lupin chyce:. pis, ktery se hodi na vas."

• e by mel v torn osobni zajem.

"Vsadim se, Ze udali kdy jim Quinn ni? Leda Z fekl ten popis nap ped. Nenapadlo yarn KdyZ vaecko uv,izil, Heal 1 ciostavnik ptenekdy, Ze to bylo svedeno na mne a na paden nikdy, kdyz byl ozbrojenYm pri1Dustyho jaksi pkiliS noble? Ze nekdo vocleim Russ Quinn. Nebyl take vyloupen, hrozne dychti zvolit nas jednomyslne a kdy nevezl zasilku zlata. Vylili&lo to, jako by nekdo 'nal ptistup kc zpravam s poktikem hura?"

Pze Spole4nos "Mate nejake alibi?"

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Never before in the world's history has the ancient precept, "Peace on Earth," been of such vital concern to the whole of mankind.

Peace as no longer interpreted by intelligent men and women as a region secure from invasion and the transgressions of an unwanted people. There are now no mountain chains lofty enough, or oceans wide enough, to isolate a region from perverse, human conduct.

It is all too apparent that the genuis of science is a monopoly of no nation. The wizardry of offensive measures can always match the ingenuity of defensive ones. Therefore, external compulsions, na matter what their nature, are as fickle as the winds. Today, they may compel men to build a wall of armaments against aggression.... tomorrow, such compulsions may influence them to further it.

Real Peace has its seeds in the spirit of good will toward all men. This good will is nurtured within the indivadual. Teach a man to recognize his weaknesses, and to experience the strength and the pleasure of virtue, and you have made a real contribution to Peace. The power of Peace, therefore, must be an internal motivation; when racial and religious hatred and avaaace prevail, the word Peace must remain but a hollow mockery.

Twenty centuries ago, the Prince of Peace, whose nativity we now celebrate, left these thoughts as a guide for mankind.

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YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD

Wednesday, December 20, 1950

Santa Claus Anonymous

L: it were not for the pleasant custom there was a manger scene, or some other of sending Christmas cards, most of us religious subject; but cards which feawould completely lose track of dozens tuned landscapes, children, flowers, I spotted him one day before Christof childhood friends and college class- animals and fairies were the ones in mas in the toy department of my mates who have scattered to the cor- demand. favorite store. He was a gangling, redners of the earth. In our busy world, The first complete line of Christmas sea ded young man who stood a little letter writing ; except as a means of cards in the United States was printed aside from the crowd. As he watched, keeping in touch with one's own family, in 1875 by Louis Prang, a skilled German arrived at the counter a wideis almost a lost art, but it takes only printer who set up a small lithographic eyed little girl with soft blond curls. Her a moment to dispatch a card to an old business in Boston. His crude presses coat, ;thought worn; was obviously newer friend you'd never dream of writing to. were a far cry from today's high-speed than that of the tired-looking woman Few of our Christmas customs are so printing equipment. Yet the experts of at her side. The child reached for a faithful to the spirit of the season. To that era declared his work far superior snow-white stuffed rabbit, hugged it the elderly person or the shut-in by- to that of any other craftsman, and the hungrily to her, then: put it down. I passed by the rush of holiday activity, public loved the beautiful coloring of saw the redheaded man nod WI the cards are a cherished token that he is his prints., the "chromes" so popular salesgirl, who, without seeming to 'notice i101; forgotten, and to people of every around the turn of the twentieth cene his gesture, handed the rabbit to the child. "It's yours," she said. "Compliage and circumstances they are a grace- tury. ful compliment, Since the days of Prang, men with ments of the store."

The youngster stared down at the toy, This , year more than one and a half Christmas cheer in their hearts have billion Christmas cards will make their developed increasingly beautiful 'means unbelieving. Her mother, equally inway through the mails—an average of of expressing their own good wishes. credulous at first : burst into a torrent ever 40 for each family in the United Last year the estimated sales of Christ- of thanks. After they left, the redheadStates. Yet only 75 years ago, Christmas mas greeting cards at wholesale was ed man put a bill on the counter and owed on. cards were unknown in this country. $50,000,000. With more than one and a The salesgirl's face brightened when The custom of sending printed greet- half billion cards mailed annually, this I asked her about the strange transacings, which is now such an inseparable epresents a postage bill cf five per part of our Christmas tradition, was cent of the total first-class mail revenue tion. "He comes every year," she said.

"Spends his Christmas bonus this way. just then catching on in England and of the Post Office Department. had not yet been introduced into the - Incidentally, postal authorities recom- I-IC always insists that we play Santa for him, and makes us promise to keep United States. mend that Christmas cards for out-ofThe Christmas card story begins in state delivery should be . deposited by his secret. He picks out the kids who Enel'l rid a little over a hundred years December 10, and cards for local delivery haven't got a nickle to spend." She led wearily at me. "That guy makes ago. In the 1840's engravers' apprentices at least a week before Yuletide. The sLericd sending samples of their work latter may be marked "Do Not Open this whole. cockeyed Christmas rush worth while." lo their friends at Christmas to show Before Christmas."

The Saturday Evening Post how much they had accomplished durGood taste decrees that a first-class --Our Quota: 150 New IViembers—, inc year. One such sample, made friend deserves first-class mail, so seal in 1812 by an imaginative sixteen-year- the envelopes and use three-cent stamps old :Apprentice named William Maw for your cards. Writing your return ad- LIFE IS TOO SHORT . TO BE LITTLE Egley, is the first real Christmas card dress on the' envelope is quite proper, (Andre Maureis) known. Young Egley ran off 100 copies too, and good insurance against slips My favorite quotation is the sentence for his friends and offered some for of the pen or an outdated address book. above, written by Disraeli. It has helped sale. Unfortunately, he was ahead of Strike a gay note by using colored ink through many a painful experience. his time; the idea didn't catch on, and for your signature and the envelope Often we allow ourselves to be upset by the card was soon forgotten. It did not come to light again until 1941, when address—the traditional Christmas red small things we should despise and forone of the cards turned up among some or perhaps a surprising green, bright get. Perhaps some man we helped has old skating prints in the British as holly leaves. Try dotting the ,i's with proved ungrateful ... some woman we red ink. believed to be a friend has spoken ill Museum.

Your signature should conform to the of us.... some reward we thought we Until the Egley card was discovered, credit ifOr the first Christmas card was style of the card. If the greeting is gay deserved has been denied us. We feel given to Henry Cole, who in 1846 de- and informal, married couples may omit such disappointments so strongly that sinned a card carrying the season's the "Mr. and Mrs." and sign simply, we can no longer work or sleep. But greeting's to his friends and had John "John and Mary Smith." Either the isn't that absurd? Here we are on this Horsley, a Royal Academy artist, illus- husband's name or the wife's may ap- earth : with only a few more decades to trate .it. Cole's card was no instantan- pear first. If there are children in the live, and we lose many irreplaceable eous success, either. It took nearly 20 family, don't fprget to include their hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us years longer for the public to adopt the names in the signature. custom of exchanging holiday greetWhatever you do greeting-card-wise, and by everybody. No, let us devote our in g: ; it was not until 1862 that the idea have fun! Look on sending Christmas life to worth-while actions and -feelings, was generally accepted. cards as a delightful experience in to great thoughts, real affections and Curiously enough, the most popular spreading holiday cheer and renewing enduring undertakings. Par life is too cards . of that time had no particular friendships, rather than just a social short to be little.

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WHEN THE WISE MAN APPEARED (By W. A. ANDERSON) (This touching Christmas story originally appeared in the Philadelphia I strained and heaved at the crank, Bulletin, December 24, 1942. Since then but it was useless. I fumbled to light a it has been reprinted in the Reader's Digest and other publications. Even cigarette while I thought it over. When though some of our readers had read I looked up, Bruce was scuttling down the lane, one hand holding his skirts, the story before, it is one of those which the other swinging the censer, the high retain its charm.—A. E.) golden crown perched cockeyed on his It was a bitterly cold night, vast and head. I hesitated between laughing at empty. Over Hallett's Hill a brilliant him and yelling for him to stop. Then star danced like tinsel on the tip of a I threw the cigarette away and began Christmas tree. The still air was once more to crank. resonant as the inside of an iron bell; Finally the engine coughed throatily. but within our snug farmhouse in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania it I scrambled into the car. Just about was mellow with the warmth of our where the road enters town I overtook Bruce. cherry-red stoves.

"You shouldn't have gone off that The dinner things had been cleared way," I growled. "It's too cold." away, and I had relaxed with a cigarette "I made a fire in the censer," he said. when Bruce came downstairs—an ap- "I kept warm enough. I took a bearing parition in a long white nightgown with on the star and made a short cut across a purple cloak of tintexed cotton over Basoine's farm, and came out right by his shoulders. In one hand he held a the new cottage." He shivered. tall crown of yellow pasteboard and "But look at your feet! You might tinsel. From the other swung an ornate have frozen them!" censer. On his feet were thin flapping "It wasn't so bad." sandals.

We arrived at the school on time. I "What in the world are you sup- stood in back and watched. When I saw posed to be?" I asked.

Bruce appear, walking stifflegged on My wife looked at the boy critically, cut and chilblained feet, kneeling by but with concern and tenderness. the creche, declaiming his lines, I re"He's one of the Wise Men of the gretted my laughter at the dinner table.

East!" she explained with some indigna- Then an uneasy awe rose up within me. tion.

Something stronger than a promise, I The look she gave me was an urgent knew, had brought him through the reminder that I had promised to get bitter night to this sacred pageant. him to the schoolhouse in town in time Going home, Bruce showed me where for the ChristmaS pageant. I shuddered the short cut came out. "That's where at the thought of the cold and went out the Thompsons' live," he said, and addinto the night pulling on a heavy coat.' ed, "Harry Thompson died there."

The battery in the old car had gone As we passed the Basoine farm there dead, but by one of those freaks of were lights burning. I thought this was mechanical whimsy, the engine caught strange. Since George Basoine had gone a'. the first turn of the crank. That was off to war the old grandmother, who had a 'trick of the devil. For the engine died lost her youngest son in the first war, before we got out to the main road. My had sort of shriveled up and a gloom heart sank. I glanced at Bruce, with lay over the house; but as I slowed down the crown, and censer clasped in his I could see Lou Baseline through the a rms, staring down the endless lane that kitchen window, smoking his pipe and disappeared in the lonely hills. Hallett's talking with his wife and mother. place was more than a mile and a half That was about all there was to the away, and the nearest turn of Route evening. But on Christmas , Day a 90, with the thin chance of a lift, was friendly farmer's wife came by with more than two miles away. gifts of mincemeat, made from venison, Well, I thought, it's not tragically im- and a jug of sassafras cider. She went portant. Bruce still said nothing, but his into the kitchen where my wife was eyes were staring now at the big star supervising the Christmas feast. I twinkling just over the ragged edge of drifted toward the kitchen, too, when I the mountain. Then an uneasy feeling heard laughter there, since I have a stirred in me, because I knew the boy weakness for the gossip of the countrywas praying. He had made his promise,' side. too, and he was praying that nothing "You must hear this!" said my wife. would keep him from being one of the The farmer's wife looked at me with Three Wise Men on this magic Christ- a glittering but wary eye. mas Eve, "You hain't a-goin' to believe it

either," she said. "Just the same I'm tellin' you, folks up here in the hills see things and they do believe!"

"What have you been seeing?"

"It was old Mrs. Basoine. Last night when she was a-feelin' low she thought she heard something back of the barn and she looked out. Now I'll say this for the old lady—she's got good vision.

There warn't no moonlight, but if you recollect it was a bright starry night.

And there she saw. plain as day, one of the Wise Men of the' Bible come a-walkin along the hill with a gold crown on his head, a-swinging' one of them pots with smoke in thJin—" My wife and I looked at each other, but before I could say anything our visitor hurried on: "Now don't you start a-laughin.'

There's other testimony! Them Thornssons. Yeti know the ones whose oldest boy died? Well, the children heard him first—a-singin"Come All Ye Faithful plain, as day. They went tunnin' to the window and they seen the Wise Man a-walkin' in the starlight across the lane, gold crown and robes, and fire pot and all!"

The farmer's wife looked defiantly at me. "Old folks and children see things that maybe we can't. All I can say is this: Basoines and Thompsons don't even know each other. But old lady Basoine was heartsick and lonely for her lost boy, and the Thompsons was heartsick and lonely because this. was the first Christmas without Harry, and ycu dissent say they wasn't a-prayin' too! Maybe 'you don't believe that amounts to anythin'—but I'm tellin' 3ion it was 'a comfort to them to see and believe!"

In the quiet of the kitchen the eyes of the two women searched my face— for disbelief, perhaps, since I'm not a very religious person. But whatever'they expected, they were surprised at what they got.

I hadn't seen a vision, that Christmas Eve, but what I had seen was to ,me far more impressive than any apparition: a flesh-and-blood small boy with a promise to keep, following over ,a trackless countryside the star which centuries ago led the Wise Men to Bethlehem. And it was not for me to deny the courage and the faith I saw in my son's eyes that night.

And so I said, with a sincerity which must have startled those two good women as much as it obviously pleased them: "Yes, I believe that God is very close to us at Christmastime."

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Wednesday, i'lecember 20, TAO

MAKES TOYS Albert Carlton Gilbert receives less mail from youngsters than Santa Claus; but for 40 years lie has had 100,000 to 300,000 letters annually from small fry --and he has answered them all.

Gilbert is the world's largest manufacturer of scientific toys. He makes Erector Sets, electric trains, chemistry sets, electric-eye outfits, kits for working in metal and plastics, and other tcys that appeal to children's constructive ingenuity. It is only natural that the little nippers who sit bug-eyed playing with Gilbert toys regard him as a man worth writing to, not only about toys but about other matters of grave import.

In a recent day's mail was the following: "Dear Mr. Giblet . . I wonder could you give me a idea where I can get a book on forward passing and receiving. I am not very good on the receiving, I can't keep aholt of it."

Another letter, discussing laboratory experiments with silicates, required an answer from Professor Treat Johnson of Yale, who edits Gilbert's chemistry handbook. A whole batch of what Gilbert calls "little i" letters, from children too young to know about capitals, always end with "your loving son." That, apparently, is the only way the little fellows know how to end a letter.

In 1912, when Gilbert pioneered in the field of scientific playthings, most toys sold fcr less than a dollar and were what Gilbert calls "hanky-panky gimcracks." He insisted that children needed toys which would keep their minds perking; that in a scientific age sci e ntific toys were the answer. The children agreed. That is the secret of Gilbert's correspondence and his enormous success in revolutionizing the toy business.

Gilbert knows what children like.

They want action; that's why youngsters take, to almost anything with wheels. Equally important, they want to accomplish things. Once Gilbert put out, a model automobile. It had a real transmission like a full-size car, but it was a fiasco. After children had run it across the living-room floor a few times they lost interest. It had action but not enough accomplishment.

With an Erector Set, Gilbert's most p opular toy, a boy can build a real drawbridge operated by an electric motor, then tear it down and make a power shovel or something else that challenges his mechanical ability. With every chemistry set and microscope kit there is a handbook outlining hundreds of experiments.

This sounds like a lot of work—and

it is. But Gilbert says youngsters like to work, provided no one forces them.

They may not be enthusiastic about mowing the lawn, but they will work endlessly at being "electrical engineers."

Kids demand the utmost realism. At the Gilbert Hall of Science in New York; displaying Gilbert products, the men in charge never talk to young visitors about "toys," but about such things as "structural steel engineering" a n d "chemistry laboratories" and "scalemodel railroading."

Recently Gilbert brought out a train that goes "chco-choo" with the sound and rhythm of a real steam engine, and gives off billows of real smoke. This smoke, by the way, brought up one of the weightiest problems ever faced by Gilbert's engineers. After trying to scent their secret-formula smoke with everything from Chanel No. 5 to eucalyptus, they hit upon cedar as an odor authentic enough for young railroaders and pleasant enough for mothers as well.

Gilbert's original toy experts were his three children. Today his seven grandchildren serve as toy jury. In his home near New Haven, Conn., are boxes and boxes of toys—both his own and his competitors.' By watching the children at play Gilbert gets an unbiased verdict.

Gilbert was born in Salem, Ore.. 66 years ago. When he was ten, he and his two brothers fitted up their father's barn as a gymnasium. Gilbert became an ardent athlete. A year later he re ceived a magic set as a premium from Youth's Companion. He soon became adept at sleight of hand, and magic became his second hobby.

At 16, Gilbert entered Pacific University, an institution with 125 students.

He organized a track team, got himself elected captain and won the Northwest Conference track title over such amazed universities as Oregon and Washington.

In 1904 he went east to study medicine at Yale. He figured that a doctor's knowledge would give him an edge in becoming an athletic coach. At Yale he became fascinated by pole vaulting.

Vaulters then were using heavy hickory poles, and the record--12 feet—was regarded as the limit of possible achievement. Gilbert changed to a light bamboo pole, and in the 1908 Olympic trials set a new world's record of 12 feet 7 3-4 inches. Later he vaulted 13 feet 2 inches. The bamboo vaulting pole has long been standard.

Gilbert paid part of his way through school by performing as a magician in theaters and clubs. When fellow students demanded lessons in magic, he started the Mysto Manufacturing Company in

a woodshed outside New Haven, to make magicians' equipment.

By the time Gilbert received his NI. D. from Yale, in 1909, and married his childhood sweetheart, he had determined to make his living in the magic business. At the end of the second year his profits totaled only $366 and he decided that he would have to add other products to his line.

One day he was riding on the newly electrified New Haven railroad. As the steel power-line supports flashed by, he got his idea for a miniature structural steel construction set. Gilbert and his wife made the first models out tf cardboard. These were translated into steel parts and the Erector Set was an immediate success. Then he devised the tiny "mousepower" electric motors to run such things as miniature cranes and elevators. The following year he began making chemistry sets. Then he put his motors to work powering inexpensive electric fans.

Year by year new toys and household appliances have been added—an electric orange-juice squeezer, an electric mixer.

By 1940 two thirds of his 30 products were toys, cne third electrical appliances.

The Gilbert factory is as educational to the young visitor as any of Gilbert's toys. A staff of 1200 people turn out toys the way General Motors turns out automobiles, assembly lines and all.

To insure that making toys never becomes grim, Gilbert pays his staff more than the going wage rates and provides virtually every known form of employe benefit. Added Gilbert touches are free movies during the lunch hour and an orchestra that plays for dancing every Friday noon in the cafeteria.

Clear-eyed, bronzed and wiry ;. Gilbert still indulges his hobbies. He has his, own nine-hole golf course, a swimming pool and a complete gymnasium. mainti.ns a 300-acre farm and game preserve, where he raises pheasant, wild ducks, deer and rainbow trout.

Gilbert was in charge of the American team at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. He has found time to coach a long line of outstanding Yale pole vaulters and has designed special machines to demonstrate vaulting technique. As the _world't top authority, he recently wrote a treatise on vaulting for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Meanwhile his toy production is booming. Most toy manufacturers guard their experimental projects with extreme' secrecy, but Gillaert admits that he plans new toys in the fields of electronics and aviation, including_ jet propulsionJ •

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TWO BICYCLE MECHANICS (December 17, 1903) The measure of success very often depends upon the capital of love you put into your work, and the income of satisfaction you get out of it.

Thus, the total financial investment which Orville and Wilbur Wright were able to put into the building of their first scientific glider was only $15. But over and above this material expense, they put into the construction their life's dream, their unremitting toil, many years of obscurity and want, and a dogged determination to turn an impossible idea"- into an actual fact.

It was against a tempest of professional discouragement that the two amateur bicycle mechanics undertook to solve the problem of human flight.

Wilbur and Orville Wright had never gone to college. "How can a couple of bungling tinkers," asked some of the leading scientists, "hope to succeed where the greatest minds of the ages have failed?" Human flight, wrote one of the foremost authorities on the subject, Professor Simon Newcomb, "is not only impossible, it is illogical."

But the two "bungling tinkers" went ahead with their "illogical" dream. They neglected their bicycle business and jeopardized their livelihood. They found themselves handicapped from the very start. For they lacked two of the necessary ingredients for success education and funds. Others who were experimenting with the theory of flight—men like Ader and Maxim and Langley— enjoyed both these advantages. They had plenty of scientific knowledge, and plenty of financial backing.

And thus, with two strikes a,b...inst them, the Wright brothers set to work in the backyard of their bicycle shop, laying their "crazy" plans and collecting homespun and rubbish for the building of their machine.

The machine was just about finished and ready for its practical test when the Wright:, received a stunning blow.

The scientific wL,rld had come to the "final, (I n finite conclusion" that flight' in heavier-than-air machines w a s humanly out of the question. Profe,:sor.

Langley, with the backing of the Smithsonian Institution, had spent a lifetime of study and many thousands of dollars in the construction of an intricate airplane. An imposing group of scientists had y,) tiered on the banks of the Potomc to watch its initial flight. But the machine refused to fly. "The dream of the ages." they declared, "will remain an unattainable dream But the Wright brothers knew better.

Penniless, uneducated and obscure, they had, through sheer persistence, succeeded in discovering an important secret.

As a result of shrewd observation and numberless experiments, they h a d learned the true principles of air pressure—a discovery which had eluded the mathematical calculations of all the trained scientists.

And it was in accordance with these principles that they had designed their crude and inexpensive "chicken coop."

Theoretically, it ought to work. But would it?

They selected Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for their initial attempt. They had learned from Willis L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau at Washington, that this spot contained steady winds, low hills for take-off, and soft sand dunes for landing.

December 17, 1903. The day, is overcast. A raw northeaster blows in from the Atlantic, half a mile away. The two pioneer airmen, their bodies emaciated from insufficient food and their blood sluggish from too close confinement in their bicycle shop, are stamping their feet and flapping their arms to keep warm. They wear no overcoats. A couple of "moneyless vagabonds," bent upon an adventure in which everybody expects them to fail. No scientists and no reporters are present. The brothers are practically alone on the dunes. Only five spectators have taken the trouble to come from the near-by village. One of them looks at the plane and rernarke with a sneer. "So this rigarnajig is a-goin' to fly?" "Sure it is," replies another of the jeering spectators, "in a 100-mile tornado!"

But the two brothers go quietly about their business. They tune up the motor.

With a roar that drowns out the beat ing of the surf, the engine begins to spit fire and smoke from the exhaust.

Orville climbs into`the wings. "Let her go!"

A moment of breathless expectation —the moment for which a hundred million years have been waiting. Orville grasps the controls—and the miracle comes to pass. The first mechanical airship begins its historic flight!

The two Wright brothers never became puffed up over their success. They were merely two American "boys" who had "pulled off" a good play in an interesting game. Years later, when colleges showered them with honorary degrees and kings favored them with their smiles, they conic to both the college president and the kings dressed in their ordinar,i,, street clothes and

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Scientist Mistaken For a Janitor There are, many precious ingredients that go into the making of a great soul; And a smiling modesty, in many .instances, is one of these ingredients.

Michael Faraday in spite of his famous achievements in chemistry and , ,in electricity, remained all his life poor and humble and serene. "Toiling for truth and not for gain," he served as research scientist at the Royal Institu, tion of Great Britain; and the salary he received for "the variety of his duties and the brilliance of his mine was at no time more than about $500 a year.

But he never complained. "A glorious sunset," he wrote to one of his friends, "gives me all the gold I need."

One day a young student was sent down to perform an experiment at the laboratory of the Royal Institution. He noticed an old man, dressed in a shabby suit, observing him with a whimsical look in his eye. "I supptse," said the student, "you've been here for a mullber of years."

"Yes, a good many years."

"Sort of janitor here?"

"Yes, sort of."

"I hope they pay you well."

"I could stand a little better pay.'-" "And what, my man, is your name?"

Michael Faraday . .. " And it was from this modest "janitor" that Edison received the electric spark which today elluminates the world!''`"` Our Quota: 150 New Members—

The family had overslept, and Smith woke with a start at the clanking of cans down the street. She remembered that the garbage had not been puCo`ut, and raced down to the front door, stkiigling into a robe, with her hair in enrlers, and looking rather sleepy-eYea. "Yoo hoo," she called. "Am I too late 'for the garbage?"

"No," shouted the collector. 'sun* right in."

— Our Quota: 150 New Members-Ambulance-chasing lawyer, at priliate hospital: "May I see George Brown?;i Elderly Lady: "I'm sorry, but the ho gpital does not allow anyone but relatives , into the wards at this hour."

Lawyer: "Oh, that's all right: rtii, his , brother."

Lady: "Well! I'm so happy to Meet you. I'm his mother." their workingmen's caps. To the end of their days they refused to put on airs. They always liked to refer to them,selves as "a couple of pretty good bicyCle mechanics—nothing more."

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LETTERS LODGE STEFANIK NO. 142 Holiday Greetings: This is just a reminder of the Xinas Invitation of Stefanik- Lodge No. 142, Houston, Texas, on Dec. 25th at 5 p. m. for our Xmas Program. Our Childrens' Club, with a few adults participating . will present the program. Pretty blonde seven year old Louise Becan will open the program with "Christmas Welcome" to the audience. Xmas carols will be sung at intervals by the group of sixteen children. Xmas recitations and dialogues by both children and adults.

The Jingle Bells Drill" by Dorothy, Bennie, Virginia Ann Cooper, Margaret, David Triska, Barbara Ungrad, Jerry, Helen Traylor and Ranelle and Kay Sturm.

Two Tableaus: First "A. Silent Night" scene by the children and song in Czech

by Mrs. Annie Sebek. Second, the painting, "Mona Lisa" will became realistic with Margaret Triska portraying the Saint and the song will be sung- by the "Harmony Trio, Barbara Ungrad, Kay and Ranelle Sturm.

Talented seven year old Thalia Stehlik will give a violin solo to the accompaniment of the piano played by Itasca Stehlik. A Czech duet by Evelyn Mazova and Carmen Stehlik.

• Recitations by Albert and Rudolph Sebek, Oldrich Vala, Mary Chupik and Anna Vaja.

After the program Santa Claus will arrive to the tune "Here Comes Santa Class" to distribute his packages.

The dance will begin at 8:00 p. m. to the music of Bob Mazec and his Playboys." These boys are very good entertainers in both Czech and English.

Everyone is most heartily invited to spend Xmas afternoon and evening at Stefanik Lodge.

On! Dear! I musn't fOrget our New Yer's doings. We are going to dance the old year out and the New one in to the melodious music of Jimmie Brosch and his orchestra. The dance will begin at 8:30 p. in. cn Dec. 31, 1950 until ? on Jan. 1, 1951. This is going to be a gala event with all the trimmings. Please, Fraternal Brothers and Sisters, let's have a great big family Reunion at the New Year's Eve Dance and begin the New Year in perfection by being together at our Stefanik Lodge.

With best Holiday Wishes, I am, Amelia (Vaja) Sturm —Our Quota: 150 New Members—

LODGE JARO, NO 130 Dear Readers: Here it is the holiday season again This year in our household, we will re-

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live the make-believe Christmas spirit, as we have a 27 months old girl. Somehow as ycu get older, Santa Claus becomes more or less a "has been". You get down to the facts of buying and giving; and each year you forget, as you grow older, that maybe there really is a Santa Claus. It is a shame that we have to be told and a wonderful dream has to become a reality. So as I said, in our household we will again have Santa Claus. Our little girl is still. just a little too small to understand the true sig-. nifiance, but we have been telling her about it and of course she has visited Santa Claus in the store. As she looks at magazines, bill boards, she always spots Santa" Claus and we immediately have to look at him. I can hardly wait for Christmas Morning, as I just want to see the expression on her face when she sees those gifts around the tree.

So, for a few years we can again believe that that dear old bewiskered gent will travel down our chimney. Yes, it's fun to Make-believe.

My, but haven't I gotten away from my real purpose. December is election month in our Lodge and as usual there isn't the interest that should be in our Lodge. It is a useless time and effort spent asking, pleading for more interest, when there just isn't any. 1 guess in Dallas we have too many lodges and the same people have to be officers in all the lodges. We had a very nice meeting nevertheless and if my memory will serve me right, I will attempt to recall some of the events.

Our Lodge has definitely voted upon joining the Texas Fraternal Congress.

The Secretary, Br. Sebetka, it to contact the necessary officer about the details.

This has been pending for quite some time, but now is d.efinitely decided that it would be beneficial to our lodge to join this organization.

Every year the local Lodges get together and preside over a Christmas party for the youngsters. This year there will be two ladies represented from our Lodge to give aid and assistance to this very nice cause. A- $10.00 contribution was given toward the purchase of gifts for the children, and the representatives have the right to ask for more if it need be.

The elections were held and the following officers were elected. Br. Miro Jurcik, President (re-elected) ; Br. Stanley Hulovec, Vice-President (re-elected), Secretary, Sr. H. Sebetka, (new) ,, Recording Secretary. Br. A. M. Vrla, )new), Br. Joe Maca ; Treasurer (re-elected), Sr. H. Sebetka, Reporter, (re-elected). Our retiring officers are Br. Johnnie Sebetka, Secretary, and Br. Jerry Rotrekl, Re-

Wednesday, December 20, 1950 cording Secretary. Our deepest appreciation to both of these members for a job well done.

Installation of officers will be in the January meeting. Please all of you that possibly can, how about paying a visit to your Lodge, and meet the officers, pay up your dues, and at least you can say that you attended at least one of the meetings out of the year.

The yearly donation to Sokol was given for use of the meeting room. This year we have a file cabinet and I for one was very upset at seeing this cabinet in the bar-room. But last meeting ; I noticed this was put in the room' behind the stage, the dressing room. That is an ideal place for it, as a rule Cly the person having to do any filing doesn't need it for . jitst a minute and otherwise it is just in the way. Also I could just see our file cabinet used as a table hi the bar-room where someone could easily turn over a bottle of beer, etc., and the contents would be ruined.

It is possible and therefore I feel a lot better about it to see it where it is.

All the officers and menThers of Lodge Jaro, No. 130 wish all the officers and personnel of the Supreme Lodge, the Editor, Associate Editor, and personnel of the Vestnik; all committees; and all the Lodges throtighout the SPJST a very Merry Christmas and the very best in the New Year.

H. Sebetka, Reporter —Our Quota: 150 New Members—

LOST MONEY, STAYED HAPPY

The case of William Penn is an interesting example of a man who lost his money but retained his peace of mind.- He had sunk his entire fortune in the establishment of his "Holy Exg eriment"--the democratic commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was finally committed to the debtor's prison, and he stayed there for nine months.

And even after his release from prison, he had to play a hide-and-seek game with his Creditors. In the door of his house he had ordered a peephole to be made, so that he could observe the visitors before they entered. One day -a creditor sent in his name. Fifteen minutes, half an hour passed, and no sign of life. At last the creditor knocked for the servant. "Won't your master see me?" he asked.

"Friend," replied the servant, "my . master has seen you, and he doesn't like your looks."

To the end of his days, Penn struggled under a burden of overwhelming debts.

Yet, just before he died, he. said, "I have lived a complete and rich and happy life."

Wednesday, December 20, 1950.

Bugs Three Miles Up! Have you ever stepped out into the fresh morning air, inhaled vigorously, glanced longingly at the wide blue depths of the open sky and marveled at its clear appearance? Maybe it was clear, but undoubtedly it contained some foreign elements and, quite likely, bugs of one form or another tossing and pitching high on the wings of the wind.

Naturally this presence of bugs in the air lanes is more true in some sections than others. However, the government's amazing discovery about the contents of our "clear" air has revealed it to be quite "buggy" over-all. Government planes eqUipped with ingenious traps to track down and catch insects in the air have run into high-altitude inhabitants that have no business there. High over the swamps of Louisiana and Mexico, the traps have picked up boll weevils at 2,000 feet; spotted cucumber beetles at 3,000 feet; mosquitoes at 5,000 feet; leaf hoppers at 10,000 feet and spiders at 15,000. Agriculturists who continuously seek to prevent the spread of human and plant disease via the insect are interested and alarmed with the volume and rapidity in the transfer of insects from one region to another by wind.

Even insects that cannot fly are swept away from the earth by high velocity and blown away. Those with the heaviest bodies and smallest wing span, of course, move along at the lower altitudes, while lighter ones with larger wings take an upper berth. One astounding feature brought to light was that some of the larger bugs take on free riders from among the smaller ones for these aerial jaunts. A number of worker ants have been found as high as 4,000 feet. Caterpillars have likewise been discovered in high altitudes. Often their larvae, seen dangling from trees, will be caught away by the wind and lofted into the heights. Tests have shown that gypsy moth caterpillars take to the air for trips up to 50 miles long.

The aerial tests have brought new facts to light concerning the movement of the destructive grasshopper. Great squadrons have flown from Montana as far as Missouri, and it is found that on fair days, with winds from the south and the southwest, grasshoppers can fly with the wind as much as 200 to 300 miles. Nearly all grasshoppers prefer to fly with the wind, and savage destruction of crops under a plague has been averted by a change in wind.

—.Our QuotM 150 New Members— A lie may not have legs to stand on but it sure has wings to fly.

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Rice Diet Proves Helpful Two out of three patients with high blood pressure can expect to lower their readings 50 points or more by eating nothing but rice, sugar, and fruit juices. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is not a simple matter and doctors have various methods of controlling it, but recently there has been marked increase in dietary methods of treatment. Currently, many physicians prescribe the rice diet that was devised

by Dr. Walter Kempner of Duke Univer-7 city School of Medicine, and while there are failures, some of the results are truly astonishing.

Two-thirds of 167 high blood pressure patients put on the rice diet by Dr. Kempner reduced their systolic pressures, on the average, from 200 to 149 points after two months. In some, the lowering was dramatic within a few days. In the successful cases headaches disappeared; along with dropsical fluid in the tissues, and the overworked and enlarged heart tended to become smaller.

A grave threat of high blood pressure is that vessels may rupture, causing fatal cerebral hemorrhage if this occurs in the brain. The delicate arteries of the retina at the back of the eye often show the first signs of elevated blood pressure, and. ruptures here frequently impair vision. One woman, completely blinded by ocular hemorrhage, went on the rice diet and reduced her blood pressure 100 points in two weeks. Within a month and a half her vision was nor mal.

Dr. Kempner's rice diet is very simple.

Any kind of rice—white, brown, or wild —is allowed in amounts of about ten ounces a day. The rice must be boiled or steamed in plain water or fruit juices.

No salt or fat can be added. In addition, the patient is permitted free use of white or brown sugar, plus fruits or fruit juices, but on vegetable or tomato juice. Fruits must not be dried, canned, or preserved, or have anything added to them except sugar. To make up for shortages in this diet, daily supplements of all the necessary vitamins are taken, plus an iron tonic to maintain the red blood cells.

—Our Quota: 150 New Members— Forget the sorrows of the past and be glad for the pleasures of today.

We Used to Believe It Food fallacies or one kind or another —many of them very ancient superstitions—not only are costly but they serve to unbalance the diet of great numbers of people.

A typical food falacy is the fear on the part of many that acid fruits and milk at the same meal are harmful.

Science now asks: What if the fruits do curdle the milk? Gastric juices in the process of digesting will do that anyway.

Many people believe that the use of aluminum utensils results: in a dread disease, cancer. But the medical experts assert that there is just nothi/g to it.

They point out that the earth's crust contains about 8 per cent of aluminuM, that an aluminum-free diet thus is almost impossible to prepare, that the body rids itself of 99.9 per cent of the aluminum taken with its food and, finally; that hundreds of hospital kitchens are equipped with aluminum utensils.

Another widely held /hisconiceptfon is that food is poisoned by being left in open tin cans. It isn't, but of course it must be refrigerated properly like any other cooked food.'

A lot of us have believed for these many years that it is dangerous to , eat milk and fish at the same meal. The experts scorn this emphatically, pointing out that so long as the milk or, ;.ice cream, the fish or oysters, are fresh and . in good condition you run no risk, in combining them .at the same meal, The Department of Agriculture notes that fish chowders and oyster stews with milk are among New England's proudest gifts to the American culinary heritage, and that fish baked in milk also is the basis of some excellent recipes.

How about raisins? Should one- eat raisins for the iron they contain?

Raisins are a good . food, they haVe a deserved wide popularity, and they do contain iron. But just for the record it should be noted that, weight for weight, raisins contain less iron . than fresh spinach or meat.

Some food faddists having heard that milk contains a great many essential elements and lean, very heavily on it in the diet. On this score the nutritionists emphasize that no one food—not even milk, which comes closest to being an all-around food—provides all the elements required for a well-balanced diet. _our Quota: 150 New Members-

Our daughter is always ready for a Some people get the point too soon swim, but complains that washing dishand therefore never learn anything. es ruins her hands.

—Our Quota: 150 New Members— . —Our Quota: 150 New Members— The man who is always growling must The skin the woman loves to touch is lead a dog's life. sable.

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Wednesday, December 20, 1950

U. S. Defense Needs

It Ended in Korea

Excuses Will Not Work

Texas' Senator Ton Connalla, ,,peak ing a the banauet a! the Texa e Fraternal C ^ss, Nov e mber 21, took a mild slap at Russia, and assured his audience that the United States must prepare lei war, no matter what the cost.

"I hate to think of the way the United States must strengthen its de tense", he declared. "For the preparedness program that is in the future is one that will allow the United States to increase its Army, its Navy and its Air Force even to the clouds.

"That is what we must do, no matter what the cost."

The snowy-haired senior Senator had prepal ed a talk of only two brief pages for his appearance before a banquet of the Texas Fraternal Congress in the Baker Hotel. It contained only one sentence on world affairs.

His fiery deviation from the text thew the loudest rounds of applause.

By applying the principles of brotherhood espoused by members of fraternal bodies, Senator Connally said, this country could solve most of its own and the world's problems.

"Our ccuntry has been the leader in peace. Since World War I we have attempt e d to turn all nations into peaceful channels. Since World War II came to an end the government and people of the United States have been exerting themselves to the utmost to guarantee peace.

"We have not been successful, except that we have had no major war,' said the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee.

Senator Connally noted at the outset that he could speak knowingly of the fraternal congress' aims because he for many years has belonged to one of its member groups, the Woodmen of the World. , AL one point he reassured the members that their homes for cid folks, orphans and tubercular patients would remain free from Federal Government intervention.

"I . don't believe Congress will ever take them out of the jurisdiction of the states. We've got about all the jurisdiction in the Federal Government now that we can handle.

"We don't need any more," he added, "not any more at this time."

The Senator then turned to his hammering at the preparedness theme berating Russia for "undertaking, by its veto to frustrate, annoy, and oppose the noble efforts of the United States to set up a world government to guarantee the peace of the world."

(By Lebnard Lyons)

Many , people entertain the false belief that they must belittle themselves before someone else does it for them.

He who knows mere than you do won't belittle you, and he who knows less than you do can't. So you have nothing to worry about as long as you remember that no matter how small you may feel at times, you have something to contribute. The intelligent man will listen attentively to what you have to say.

The truly great of the earth are humble and kind. The ethers don't matter.

Don't admit you are beaten until you have to and the chances are that the other fellow will not bother t/ find it out. Too many people fail to realize. the other fellow is usually frightened too. With all of our varied distinguishing characteristics, human nature is fundamentally very much the same. We. have primarily the same hopes, fears, and desires, but in varying degrees., If others seem to cover up their feelings better than we do, it is because we don't know what is going on ip their minds.

Let no man despise thy youth, stature or station in life. William Carey, a shoe, maker with a map of India before him; opened that country to a missionary movement that revitalized a tired Christianity. General Grant entered West Point lacking even a middle name.

His sole claim to fame . was his skill in handling horses. But President Lincoln called him to succeed Where his more illustrious schoolmates had failed. Emerson, the apostle of self-reliance, admonished men to trust themselves and they'd be in tune with the universe.

Make the most of all that you know and what you don't know won't bother you. No man can know everything about everything. Study that which interests you; become an authority on your subject. Supply your mind with some ready facts. Digest what you know and form some, opinions relative to your facts.

When you get up before a group to tell them about your hobby or interest, don't begin by telling them what you're; not going to tell them. They will.: feel cheated. Tell them what you do know and the chances are they'll.never -get around to finding, out what you don't know! Don't strike yourself out!

It began in Czechoslovakia, where Bob Kubelka was born twenty-six years ago.

He had been the only member of his! family to be spared from Hitler's gaschambers because he had pre-med , schooling which could be useful. Kubelka was sent from a concentration camp to the prison for captured American Air Force men. He was assigned to treat their wounds, and did his job expertly.

He was popular with the GIs, who taught him some English as well as a respect for America.

A GI died one day, and to Kubelka he bequeathed his army dog-tags. When the camp was liberated Kubelka posed as the GI whose dog-tag he was wearing. The prisoners he had served kept the secret. Kubelka was with them when they were shipped to France, then to England and finally to America . .

He confessed his pose, but the Air Force men rallied to his defense. He'd be permitted to remain, was the ruling, if he had five thousand dollars as proof that he would not become a public charge.

He worked on the docks to earn the money. When his probation period ended, Bob Kubelka enlisted in the Air Force. He worked so efficiently that he was aesigned to the crew of the plane used by Stuart Symington, then then Secretary of the Air Force. Mr. Symington spoke to him during the flights and asked about his ambition. "I'd like to become an officer," Kubelka told him.

The Secretary was impressed, and helped get him into an Officers Candidate School. Bob Kubelka finished No. 1 in the graduating class.

When Lt. Kubelka, now a fighterpilot, again met Symington, he spoke of his wish to fly a jet-fighter. "Mr. In a conclusion that brought the audience to its feet, Senator Connally said this country has been "called by destiny to lay our hands on the benighted peoples of the earth, to become so mighty that we can teach others that a government like ours Is best for the prosperity and happiness of all peoples.

"And the reason that we must increase our arms In this high enterprise is that Communists do not respect any argument but the pow& of strength." â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Our Quota: 150 New Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

The prize crack of the week comes from an Arkansas farmer who has been fighting crab grass all his .life. He declares that when crab grass is pulled up by the roots, piled on top of a flat stone and dried for weeks, and then burned, it will take root and flourish wherever its smoke touches the ground.

Secretary, I have a rendezvous with my memories, up there alone," he said.

Again Symington helped him, and the young man, whose story began in a Nazi concentration camp, became a jet-flier fcr the U. S. Air Force. Last September, in Korea, almost twenty thousand miles from where the story began, it ended, quickly. Kubelka was killed.

Ve stredu, dne 20. prosince 1950.

Wstava 2 1/2 Mile nad morem V Bolivii vYstava y e vice neZ 12,000 stop nadinotske vOky neudivuje. BYvale hlavni rnesto La Paz je polPZeno snad jeAte vOe. Ale ve SvYcarsku to je neobvykle. A ptesto v rtitomnosti presidenta svazove republiky Kobelta byla otevlena vYstava v observatoki Sphinx na htbetu Jungfraujochu.

Pro vetSinu lidi Jungfraujoch jest misto, odkud mohou turiste, pohodlne dovezeni vlakem, bez namahy odbivovat jednu z nejimposantnejelch krajin ledovct a skal. Pro vedce Oak je Jungfrau joch mezinarodni vedeckou stanici, kde po 15 let velkY poeet veda. z 10 zemi prislo studovati nejrfiznojSl problemy.

Je tfeba jenom si prohlednouti seznarn 238 jejich publikaci, abychom se presveddin o vynikajicich sluthach, ktere poskytuje tato stanice.

Abychom se vystkihali jakYchkoli y nejasnosti, podotknetne, ze dve rtizne y edecke instituce postavily zatizeni na Jangfraujochu. Z.enevska observator umistila tam v male astronomicke ebservatoki cast vedeckych plistrojfi. Na druhe strane mezinarodni Usta y , jeho'Z elenem jest 8vkcarska spol. pfirodnich ved, Spoleenost cisate Vilema ku podporovani ved v Berline, pati2ska univers•ta, Kralo y ska spoleanost v LondYne, Akademie Yeti y e Vidni a Narodni fond vedeckeho y Yzkumu v Bruselu, tam postavil meteorologickou stanici umistenou na htbetu Sphinxu, VYstava, ktera zaujima nej y yMi poschodi observatote na Sphinxu, je velice jecincducha a da y a i nezasvecenemu sugestivni ptedstavu o dUle2itosti a prospechu vedecke prace, provedene za 15 let na Jungfraujochu. Astronomie, meteorologie, studium ledu a snehu, geologie, medicina, y Yzkum o kosmickYch paprscich a o ultrafialovYch spektrem hvezd, to vk jsou obory, kterYm se zde vedci venovali, Nadmorska vyska vyvolava, poruchy u lidi a u Avoeichfi. Organismus ocitnuvsi se v nebezpeai musi braniti. Oini to bezprosttedne zpUsobem prozatimnim tim, ze mnai eervene krvinky, potom pomalu se ptizpfisobuje zpfisobem tr y alkm. Tak na ptiklad inechanik stanice, kterY tam bydli, citi nevolnost jestli2e sestoupi do niliny. "astav na Jungfraujochu se s yYmi laboratotemi a se svou stanici, kde se chovaji moreata a jini Zivoeichove, dokl y e sy Ych pozorovanich k velmi zajimav67m. zku g dpostem. Ostatne take lide, kteti zde pracovali, byli "zkuSebnimi kra.liky." Po malYch skupinach rozmistili se y e spoleene loznici stanice, kdy2 je Ptcdtirn pozorovali po ureitY cas v ni2i-

V tS T NIX— WEST, TEXAS ne, aby mei' zaklad pro srovnavani. kterY jim byl nahote vyhrazen, byl temet mniAskY. Zakazovala se jim kava, alkohol, tabak, byli vodeni y e skupine na prochazku, prism") byly stanoveny hodiny bdeni a slyanku. Diky tomu mohly se zptisobern velice pfesnYm studovati viivy nadmotske y Oky na lidskY organismus. Tyto zkuknosti slou2i k zdokonaleni therapeutickYch method y horskYch klimatickYch stanicich.

Prof esor Chalonge z ratiZske observatete provedl se s y Ymi spolupracovniky na Jungfraujochu zakladni prace o ultrafialo y Ych spektrech hvezd. Pierre Auger tam provedl nemene drzlezite pracc o kosmickYch paprscich, jenom z nejzajimavejSlcli moderni fysiky, kterY hral dulaitou roli p11 studiu at,'amove energie.

Pozornost naOtevnikU vystavy jest neustale upoutana zvlaStnim hlukem, kterY se nejprve snaZi na,Otevnici ptisou diti vYtahu, kterYrn se vystupuje na Sphinx. Zahy se Oak dovi, ze je to poeitadlo. . . kosmickYch paprskfi. Paprsky plichazeji z meziplanetainiho prostoru, prochazeji nekolika trubicemi, zaZehuji male lampy a uvadeji v einno,st poeitadlo, ktere je registruje. Bylo by zdlouhay e yypoeita.vati y k, co je moZ"no videt v tato pozoruhodne vYstave, ktera promlouva k ptedstavivosti jako vSe, co ma! raz nekoneene velkeho ei nekoneene maleho. A krajina sama ptispi y a k celkovemu dojmu. Tato observatot odva2ne umistend na skale,, vystavend yetrilm a snehu, ma v so-be cosi titanskeho. Vedci zde nahote usiluji prolorniti tajemst y i nebe, zeme i samotneho Zivota.

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Kdy2 se mal3) Jenik rano probudi, vy-

leze Ody ze s y e postYlky a ptitoei se do postele k mamince nebo k tatinkovi. Jednoho dne Oak rodiCe vstali dtiv a nechali klidne spat samotneho. Za chvilku, slyseli z lo Z . nice natika y Y plae.

Matka baela za chlapcem, ktery ji s uleheenim padl do naruae, otird si na tvati slzieky a tika: "Maminko, probudil jsem se, podivam se na tvou postel, je prazdna., podivam se na tatinkovou, take prazdna. Pak se jdu podivat zpet ke sve postYlce — taky jsem tam nebyl. A tak jsem se bal."

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, ni2epsanY resolueni vYbor radu Hvezda Texasu Cis. 47. v Seaton, Texas, projevujeme uptinme citeno soustrast pozUstalYm nad ztratou jejich otce, dedeeka a nakho spolubratra Wrn. Hejla, kterY zeintel dne 27. listopadu eystati 72 let.

PozUstala rodino, buclf2 Vain Oem aspori easteenou fitechou ze my, elenoye tadu Hvezda Texasu s Vami ye Vakm zarmutku soucitirne.

Tube bratte budiZ zeme lehkoti a odpoeivej v pokoji.

Dan° za rad Hvezda Texasu y Seaton, Texas.

Resolueni vYbor: J. T. Jtinek, Frank g.

Heil ml., Eleonora Spanhel.

—Naie Kvota: 150 noviich

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, ni2epsan:',7 resolueni vYbor tadti Pokrok Moulton eislo 27., projevujeme uptimnou soustrast pozUstale rodine nad ztratou jejich otce, dedeeka a hakho spolubratra Anton Svoboda, kterY zemtel dne 16. listopadu 1950 v Moulton, Texas, y e stall 86 let.

Vy pozUstala rodino, plijmete naSi uptimnou soustrast. Tobe, bratte, budft zeme lehkou a odpoeivej v pokoji.

Resolueni vYbor: Frank Mieulka, A. Datilek, Frank Jilek ml.

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K AL ENDA V pondell vanani, 25. prosince i'ad Pokrok Sweet Home cis. 63 potada taneeni veselici. Zaeatek v 8:30 hod 'neer. Dobra, hudba. KahlY je fictive zvan.

sobotu, 6. ledna. — Bingo u tadu .Pokrok Houstonu Cis. 88., potadano sestrami radu. Pravidelne kaZdou prvni (1) sobotu v mesici. Zakusky budou podavany --Nate Kvota: 150 novir- ch ClennVe Francouzskern hlavnim Meste plati zdarma. za nejnovejSi mOdni slagr kravaty z porV nedeli, 7. ledna 1951 ochotnici Tel. celanu. NejkrasnejSi exemplat se bohu- Jed. Sokol Corpus Christi, Tex., sehraji Zel pti ptehlidce rozbil. Modni tvfirkyne divadlo pod nazvem "Bordynkati". Zase v,‘Sak nedala odstraSit a postarala se eatek presne v 7 ,hod. jiZ o dokonalejAi novinku; vynalezla zceV nedeli, 21. ledna. MaSkarni zabava U la nerozbitne, nemaakave a nerezavejici vazanky z duraluminia. Jeden jizlivY ladu Pokrok Houtonu, eislo 88. v Houkomentator k nim doporueuje special-1i ston, Texas, p11 hudbe Rudy Kurtz ze kleSte na rozva,zovani uzlu.

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Boj proti rnoucharn (Pokraeovani) Jakmile nzusi sarnieta vyspeje, je schop-. no naklast za tyden prvni clavku nekolika tuctu vaneek. JistY zna ice hmyzu s maternatickYmi sklony vypceital, kolik potomkil zplodi za sezonu r' samieka. Za pi edpokladu, ze prvni ck.vku vajieek naklade clubnu, Ze vSechna vajleka se vylihnou tato inuSi samieka bude za sveho Zivota klast vajieka devetkrat je normalni pritn;Or), byla by s to zplodit do zdri astronomickY poeet 450,000.000,000.000 potomku! Toto aisle by jiste mohlo do-dat twit uspokojeni kaZdemu, kdo nejakou mouchu zabije.

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eervene svetlo, po giva se jako mozku samoeinneho rozsvecovaee Zarovek. Male okenko ye sktince nad fotonkovYm zarizenim je obraceno k severe a je tak chranen° pied prirnymi paprsky slunce. Za,rizeni zaene pracovat, kdy2" venku nastane soumrak a prodmety vzdalene asi pet set strevic je tiZ" videt jen mlhave.

Sarnoeinue zapinani. svetel

Jecinotliva poulieni svetla bude nyni lze zapinat a Vypinat, jakmile se priblili soumrak nebo svitani, a to za pomoci maleho pristroje s fotonkou. PotiNvani fotoelektrickYch bunek k zapinani a vypindni svetel neni novinka, ale jejich vyuziti pri poulienim osvetleni prinese znaene Texas A.&M. College operuje spory. ponevadZ jednotliva svetla budou svitit jen tak dlouho, jedinY statem vlastneny hotel ye dokud bude tma a dokud jich Spoj. statech, v College Station.

0 bude skuteene treba. Plynern naSan Jacinto monument blizko pinene fotograficke roury, elekyyMim kamentronickeho zarizeni citliveho na Houstonu je nej nYm pamatnikem ye svete.

Pcdivejme se, jak vypa,cla moucha domdci pod mikroskopem. Na celem. tele je pokryta sametove j ernnYmi chioupky. Ternito hustYmi chloupky iaia pokiyty nohy a dokonce i Sest noh je spcdu huste porosttYoh I e kav yin i ehloupky (nikoli ss'aeimi kali S : ky), ktere monk umoZnuji bezp o en& lezt po tabulce • skla nebo po prevracenych plochach. Jeji vYkcnna, a Pohybliva cho- aa ffidla ovSem stejne 1;1- • 'Cjime prenakji i cho- 6• r(Ipoplcdne zdrodky.

• Obyeejna moucha do • maci vas nemilZe kousneut. Na rozdil ad mo- • skytit neni moucha • ( 1 1maci nsta vybavena 0 velmi ostrYmi kusadly, • jiiniZ by vas mohla kou • snout. Jeji Usta jSG11. jen chabe ZvYkaci stroji. Do potravy se • pong ti neobyeejne zvla Unim zpilsobem.

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Otevfeno po vet:Try a nedele die ajednini.

Aby si mohla ne scukrovi pohociovat, musi si Casteeku enkrovi v&ly rozinatjt.

Dela to tim, ze z fist vylt. euje tekutinu podobnou slinon, ktere. troI;iektt cukrovi dovede rozpustit. A tento hroznY zptisob, jak moucha zachezi s potravinami, pfichdzi prave vhod bakteriim virustim, nebot' jim pamdha rozSirovat se.

Myslite-li si, zylaSte za dlouheho obdobi vlh Id.ho a deStiteho poeasi, ze vas docela ureite kousla moucha, neobviMijte obyeejnon ternou mouchu domeci. Zde se jiste l rovinil nejakY druh ovadu.

A neni pochyby, 2e vas u take nekdy obtaovali dravei ze sveta much, masarky. Tyto mouthy bYvaji nekdy hodne napadne, pcnevaa jsou svetle barvy. Jsou tri druhy Masakek. V‘Sechny maji eervene oei, ale rtiznY kovovY lesk.

Masaity se lihnou ye zdechlinech a se neeistotou. Jeden znamY profesor mi vyprdvel, ae masafek se nekdy poir2iva k tOmu, maji-li odstranit mrtve krysy, veverky nebo jinn zvii•ata z nepiistupnYch mist mezi zdmi nebo podlahami.

Hubitel vypusti v mistncsti nekolik 'Masai'ek a jen poeke, az se mouchy na stelae nebo na podlaze seskupi.

Kd3t' se pak na onom mists v podlaze nebo ye steno' udeld otvor, temet zcela ureite se tarn mrtve zvife najde.

Je zamozfejme, repritelem much neni jen olovek. Na Stesti pfiroda eloveku hubeni much velmi vypornotha, nebct' jinak by mouchy byly cialeko zhoubnejSim. Sktidcem, nez jsou.

Je zajimave, ze pavcuci, ktere nekdy hu-

Strana 30 bime clusledneji mouchy, jsou prave nej hlaNnejMin nepifitelem much. Take ptaci, ropuchy a jaterky pkispivaji pr i hubeni much syYm dilem. A cos teprve vlaAtoyky, ktere za vzdanYch akrobaci ulovi much neseiselna mnoZstvi.

Dodnes vecici je'Ste zcela nevysvetlili adzku, co se stane s mouchami v zime v severinch polohach. Jedna theorie podporuje domnenku, Ze nekolik mak) much, ktere se vylihly 'lady na podzim, jsou s to pretreat zimni mesice ukryty pi• ihodnYch S'terbinach.

Za tepleho zimniho chic m 11Z" eine nikdy spatrit velkou mouclau, jak Zpola omamena le70 po okennim ramu.

Nevi to 2adnY S't'astnY jedinec, kterY by zvlak,' pfibyl na vase. Mouthy, stejne jako v gechny- ostatni druhy hmyzu, 1.12 nerostou, jakmile se Vylihnou z kukkly.. Nekdy mute bYt mala moucha, mnohem stark nez moucha, velNekteri odbornici • nazor, ze prvni jarni mouchy jsou potomei dospelYch much, ktere na podzim unikly studenemu lx)easi. V bytech a v teplYch stalich se mouchy ojedinele lihnou i za zimniho NeZ prijdou aprilove prehanky, nikdy u2 nelije vic neZ nekolik. much. Ale i tech.to nekolik jedincil • aby se do eervna vylihly miliardy a mihardy much.

S muichou domaci se setkavame temer ve vSech eastech sveta, vyjrna polarni oblasti, kde zustavaji teploty pc, celY rok pod bodem mrazu. Stale se ovAem jeke vyslouvuji dohady o tom, zda do Ameriky phvezli s sebou rnouchy kolonisatai z Evropy, nebo zda mou-

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Jola Uprka ptikl do vesnice a vidi nadherneho dedeela — Pr avk vesnickk typ. Povida mu: "Dedeeku, dam yam padesat zlaVch, kclyZ vas budii srnet namalcvat!"

RoznISrlel se dedeeek, a proto Uprka, aby jeho clumani urychlil, dodal:

"To budou pfece snadno penize." povida ado., "Copak o le jak se sebe dostanu pototh u barvu?"

U ostrova Mindanao ye nach je nejvetSi znama 1-116pbka, mote, 35,400 stkevicii.

LAVACA CO. ABSTRACT CO. JEROME I. KOCIAN Vyhotovi abstrakty, vlastnieke pram 1311zu je majetkove pojatent ttadovna nad Peoples State Bank Telefon do ileadovny eislo 5.

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Dye z tech nejlepgich Vino& nich radosti je mai dobre tele, a piani jim nejlepSiho gtestl.

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Slova,nska Pod. Jednota Stitt' Texas eskytule rjhodne iivotni pojillenl pro cello's sodium II/

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Nabizi nisledu,pca po.pstena: Ddivetni, Mete', 151ete a 20Iet6 spiacene, doilvotni ziplacene v 65 letech, 15 lett -) a 201ete nadaral, dvaceMete vndacene v 65 letech a 20 let6 nadsaul vyplacesie ye bah 66 let.

Pro ditky nabizi: Lhutni pojiiteni, 201ete splacene, 201ete nada6ni, ikolni pojistka hotave vYP IavenA v 18 letech di& SPJST peskytuje nisledujid vthodn6 dodatean6 ochrany za Immo popb,tky Dvojnisobne pojiiteni v plipade snail neitastnou nahodou

Zproiteni poplatku v piipade lipinehe a txvalehe zneschopneni ku

Pojiiteni platiciho (Payor Insurance) saplacene pojisteni v piipad6, kdy platiei zueschopnen je trvale ku print.

Veikere informace s radosti sd6li

Hlavni Oiadovna S. P. J. S. T. Fayetteville, Texas

1897 -- THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER - 1950 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (S.P.J.S.T.) A FRATERNAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING LEGAL RESERVE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES: IN THE ADULT DEPARTMENT IN THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT Ordinary Life, Life 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 Yesr EndowEndowment at age 60 and Continous Premment Payer Insurance Feature available. ium Endowment at age 65. Premium Waiver, Double Indemnity Feature and Sick Benefit available.

53 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE STATEMENT -- DECEMBER 31, 1949 ASSETS — $5,776.377.13; CERTIFICATES OUTSTANDING — 23,556; Insurance m Force For all information write to

SUPREME LODGE S. P. J. S. T. FAYETTEVILLE, TEXAS

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