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West, Texas ye sttedu (WEDNESDAY) 1. SRPNA (AUGUST) 1951 ROON1K (VOL.) 30EXIX.

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spolkovou budovu pro v gechny sve spole-

RED VICE NE2 sto lety civilni in-, denske styky.

ZenYr, jmenem Frederick Law Olmstead, by poveten iikolem, aby pro rnesto NovY York planoval mestsky park. Olovek, kterY planuje parky, ma pied sebou biehy a rokliny, skaly a ktoviny, stromy a plany pisek.

MestskY park Novell° Yorku mel bYti v mistech, kde byly bud' neprostupne moealy, neb zase ostre htbety holYch skal, nebo vYmoly, na jejich2 btezich dtepely prabidne boudy tech, kteii nemeli na ndjem v lacinYch domcich ptedmesti a museli se spokojit s prozatimni boudou stlueenou ze vgelijakYch odpadkii.

Promeniti podobne ogklive misto v mestsky park vyb,dovalo vice ne2 jen peninize. VyZ'a.dovalo to eloveka, kterY by mel dosti obrazotvornosti, aby na mists roklin a vYrnolti videl prameny ktlAt'dlove vody; aby na mists holYch kamenti videl vYblcdny; aby na mists moaald vial akry vodnich lilii; aby misto kluzkYch a blativYch btehil vial chodniky a cestiCky ku prochazkam; a aby na mists nevzhlednYch der pro mestske odpadky vyvstaly zelene travniky a upravend MILO pro deti.

Tak povstal dnegni Central Park v Novem Yorku die obrazotvornosti, vidin a plant' in&nYra Olmsteada pied sto roky.

Pied pet a padesati roky salt) se nekolik eeskYch pionYril na bfehu reky Colorado, tam kde pravY breh reky strmi do vYk nejakYch tri sta stop. V dohledu tohoto skalnateho brehu sedeli tito pion 'ti.

Nehledeli na strmou skalu, ao ji men pied °Mina, ale hledeli do budoucnosti. Videli tisice na:Sich krajanii, jiZ tenkrate rozliozenYch po rozsahle prostore Texasu, a v duchu videli dal§i tisice novYch prichozich, ktefi rok po roku se pohrnou z Evropy do Ameriky a do Texasu.

Neco bude nutno podniknouti, aby tito novi ptichozi i s Venn., kteti zde jiZ byli, men se oe optiti po strance hospodatske, spoleeenske, vYchovne i zabavni. Bude tkeba zaloZiti pro Ceske osadniky spolkova, strediska, kcle by si osadnici vystaveli

Tak povstala myglenka zalokni nag' SPJST koncem prosince roku 1896, kde seSli se zakladatele jeji v mesteeku La Grange pod strmYm skalistYm btehem ieky 'Colorado. Vzalo to dal‘Sich Best mesicil ne2 v gechna podateeni organisaeni prace byla dokoneena a vyzvednuto povoleni di vYsada od statnich titednika v Austinu.

Podobne jako in&nYr Olmstead pH planova,ni mestskeho parku pro Nov York, ten i tito Ceti prnkopnici meli pied syYm dukvnim zrakem vidinu a predstavu, jak zakrYti nebo zmengiti Haile hospodatske a finaheni qmoly v, zivote nagich jak okra gliti strme kamenite stezky dennich svizelu, jak poskytnouti osve2ujiciho stinku a dugevni vzpruhy naim krajantim. Proto dali do stanov noveho krajanskeho spolku, ze jeho ukolem bude poskytovati deskemu iidu vYhodnou '2ivotni ochra,nu, pedovati o uditovani aeskeho jazyka, o podporovani deti elenii ye vyS'Sim vzdeldni a o vSeobecne povzneseni krajanti v mravnim, duAevnim a narodohospodatskem ohledu.

Podobne jako in&nYr Olmstead mel plany pro zlep geni nevzhledne krajiny, melt pied pet a padesdti roky i naSi pionYti plany pro zlepAeni neuteknYch votnich pomertt mezi eeskYmi ptistehovalci v Texasu. Nebyly to plany jednostranne, ale plany dalekoSahle. Nebylo to jen pojiAt'ovani nebo ukladani xnalYch fispor pro zaji'Steni slu§neho pohitu, ale prostredky k lep gimu, radostnejimu, povzbuzujicimu spolkovemu spoluZiti.

Nyni se podivejme, jak daleko jsme propracovali tento ptivodni plan, zdali jsme si ho podr&li v jeho ptivodnim ndertu, zdali jsme ho rozsirili, nebo do jake miry jsme od privodniho Warm odboeili.

V otazce Zivotniho pojiAteni nemusime si nic vyeitati. Pokraeovali jsme pomalu, s rozvahou, , nekdy s dosti velkou davkou rozpakil ale celkem jsme postoupili tak, ze mriZeme byti pine spokojeni. moZne a potrebne vYhody v otazce pojiWovani prijdotr.

Ve vki vybudovani spolkovYch mistnosti pro spolkove freely drZeli jsme se ten dosti znamenite. Mame asi 125-35 spolkovYch mistnosti, jejichZ iihrnna ce na mute bYti z,,hruba odhadnuta na pin milionu dolara, snad i vice. Mnohe z nich byly postaveny v prvnich patnacti letech existence SPJST, tedy v samYch zaeatcich vzrfistu a vyvinu domacich radn. Nektere byly prestaveny podruhe, ba dokonce potreti. Lee v poslednich deseti letech pouze etyri nove radove budovy byly vybudovany: u radu Pokrok pallas (84), TyrA (80), Pokrok Sweet Home (63) a dulaic (165).

Po strance spoleeenske mo'Zno He!, ze budovy stoji, ale s yYm poslanim se dnes neuplatriuji. Do schuzi elenove nechodi, Protole nikdy nikdo se nestaral o to, aby nak domaci idedniky poueil, jak nak eleny do schrizi p‘rivabiti, ye schnzich udrZeti a pro dalAi spolkovou praci nadchnouti. Jests jsme nemeli ani jednu po&non schtizi pro predsedy a Pile radove aredniky. KaZdy rad je odkazan na sve vlastni samouky. Na mnoha mistech ani tech samouk y neni. Nemame a nemeli jsme Zadneho Warm pro zlepkni schrizi.

Je to jakoby Central Park v Novem Yorku nemel celkoveho dohledu, a kaZdY jednotlivY delnik staral se die s yYch nejlepgich vedomosti o udr&ni a vzhled sveho cipu.

Jak dobre se udrZujeme nad hladinou apIneho zaniku po strance zabavni, v radovYch programech, v pestovani divadel (CeskYch nebo anglickYch), v udrkvani peveckYch krou2kii, v nacviku uvadecich Cet, nebo I v zabavnejSich uvadecich programech, tot' jsou veci, kterYch netreba opakovati. KaZdY z nas bud' citime zodpovednost sve liknavosti — nebo jsme nad tim v'Sim jiz davno prestali kreit rameny.

Hodne jsme zapomeli na ten ptirvodni plan (That o v geobecne povzneseni krajana v rnravnim a ditigevnim ohledu. Ma-lo se starame o schnze. NezlepZime-li na.S spolkovY Zivot, budeme pojfSt'ujichni agenty — ale ne bratry.

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Prvnim na gim heslem je Podpora. AS pbd tirnto heslem minime podporu v geobecnou, uvaZujeme trochu o podpore v padu umrti. Tento predmet zasluhuje vice ne2 kratkou redakeni fivahu. 2ijeme v dobe, kdy hodnota dolaru je znaene sni2ena, v dobe "haflace". Nizka cena dolaru ma primy vztah na podporu, o ktere mluvime. Abychom tomu lepe rozumeli, vezmeme si priklady. Zde je bochnik chleba, ktery glen usazeny v ineste si koupi.

Pied deseti roky tento bochnik sta.]. 8 centii. Dnes nas stoji 18. Zde mame libru masla. Pied deseti roky libra masla stala 30 centa. Dnes za libru masla musime platit 72 centy. Vejce pied deseti roky byly 30-40 centfi a dnes 65-75 centfi.

MestskY domek, kterY na zaSatku valky

ncdostanelti pod ;,;15.000. Vtvuo , t, si .L1ry milk podivejte se, ze Chevroletka stala roku 1940 $525 f. o. b. Flint 'a Plymouth kara $565 f. o. b. To vgechno znarnena, "Ze dries dogar nema to cenu, jakou mel pied deseti, patnacti roky.

Jakon cent' ma tines mid certifikat? keknete mi, abych se podival, jaka, eislice je na nem napsana. Pro lep gi pochopeni vezmeme si certifikat na tisic dolarft, ktery byl vystaven v' dobe, kdy bochnik chleba byl 8 cents, maslo 35 a Chevroletka $525 f. o. b. Onen certifikat ma stale cenu jednoho tisice dolarfi. Dnes v gak hod nota clolaru je znaene sniZena. Dries, kdo by chtel si koupit dornek, aby mel stre chu nad hiavou, musi zaplatiti trikrate vice neZ by platil tenkrate, kdy certifikat byl vystaveh'. Tenkrate jeden certifikat na $5,000 bYval by koupil obstojnY dornek.

Dries by tent domek vyZadoval certifikat na pinYch patnact tisic.

Z toho vyplYva, Ze mluvime -li dries o podpore v padu umrti, mime na mysli takovou podporu, jakou jsme si pied lety zajistili. Dnes je to pouze asi jedna tretina nebo tri petiny one podporY, kterou stale iname na mysli. Jestli jsme meli certifikat na jeden tisic, dues dedicove dostanou celY tisic, ale sotva' vyrovnaji tim fleet na $600. To proto, Ze certifikat byl vystavenY, kdo dolar mel vyggi hodnotu. Proto ka2dY, kdo, mel $3,000 pojieteni roku 1940, mel by miti dnes' $5,000, aby tote2 pojigteni jako drive.

Pojigteni na iivot je kontrakt, 2e v budoucnosti vyplati se ureita eastka penez.

Ty penize pfijdou na zakoupeni chleba, na vyplaceni domova, na gatstvo, na gkoly a vzdelani deti. JenZe chlela jiZ davno pridrazil, domovy stouply v eerie, za obleky a gaty nutno zaplatiti trikrat vice, a vzdelani stoji ten vet gi sumy penez ne2 drive. Jestli na ge prijrny stoupaji, tuto tak zvanou "inflaci" ani nepocit'ujeme, pokud se nage prijnay nezastavi. Umrtim Casto zastavi velika cast prijmu rodi ny. Jestli jsme si nezvY gili nagi ochranu a podporu v padu umrti, rodina bude trpet.

Jak ziskati nove deny, je jednim z dfilelitYch problemt na gich radovYch organisatoru. Jak udrZeti si site poji gteni na stejne vYSi, je problemem nas samotnych.

Kdo pred deseti roky mel $1,000 poji gteni, mel by dries miti $1,500, jestli neni jiZ prilig stars'. Kdo drive mel $3,000, dnes by se mel pripojistit, aby jeho poji gteni bylo $5,000, jestli vek to dovoluje. Nasledkem drahoty, coZ neni nic jineho neZ zlacineni dolaru, na g e drivej gi poji gteni ma jen dye tretiny sve ptivodni ceny. U stargich certifikatu to eini jests hodne vice. Proto uvaaljte o sve podpore.

TrinietY generalni sjezd bratrske jednoty Lutheran Brotherhood konal se nedavno v Minneapolis, kde je Ustredna

nt.11,-,111-fate jsme no "('t( bratit,kc oiganisaei, ponevad,, pal.Ft mezi nejpokrolfovej gi- bratrske spolky.

Organisace bylo, zalo2ena v 191 i. Rok pozdeji 'cele jrneni teto jednoty bylo $6,735.

Z toinato nepatrneho Zaeatku od roku 1918, organisace rostla kaZclYm rokern bez zagtayky. DfieS po 32 letech je povaZova na za nejlepe •izenou laratrskou jednotu se jmenim $56 milionti. Spolek takrim 800 mistnich radii a blizko 200.001) elenft. Rizeni spolku je v rukou peti hlavnich Urednikii, kteri jsou zvoleni od reditelft. Cely sjezd se odbyl za jediny den.

Po odroeeni sjezdu vbeer se shromOdill nove zvoleni reditele, i kteri si zvolili predsedu hlavni firadovny a dalSI etyri firedniky. Jejich detske pojistky, doeasna do 16 roku se &Stem automaticky pozmeni na do2ivotni a jejich doeasnaldo 18 se promeni na nadaeni v 65 letech. Jednota ma nmoho dal gich zajirnavosti, které byfo by zahodno na gimi Sleny pozorne studovati.

Ana progresivni bratrska jednota je zvana Aid Association for Lutherans.

Zalo2ena byla roku 1902. Letos zborila svou starou firedovnu na pet poschodi a nahradila ji novou firadovnou o dvaceti poschodieh. Prijima, elenyl'od 1 dne do 65 roku do nejvy gg iho risika $125,000. Jednota tato ma pies 3,000 odboeek, 360,000 Mena a je tt yrtou nejsilnergi jednotou ye SpojenYch statech. Loni byl tento spolek na prvnim rniste ye vzrftstu Clenu. Organisace tato pra ys oznamila, Se udelila gest studentskYch nadaci, trent chlapcfun a trem deveatfun, kteri jsou eleny tett) organisace, kteri obstali ve zkou gkach a dostaly ceny umoZnujici vitezfim studovati po Styli roky na universite. Zkougek se zneastnilo 145 Zadatelft. Zkou gky byly otevreny kteremukoliv studentu z "high school" kdekoliv ve SpojenYch statech, byl-li Menem spolku. Majetek spolku obnagi 134 milony dolarti.

2novu p •ipominame, Ze vgechna oznameni stran spravneho zasilani Vestniku museji bYti oznameny Hlavni firadovne ye Fayetteville. KaZde takove oznameni, poslarfe bud' na redaktora nebo do West, musi bYti znovu vloleno do ()balky a ode• slano na Hlavni firadovnii, ktera zasilani Organu musi kontrolovati.

Jii je tomb rok, co vas nynej gi redaktor vede Seskou i anglickou stat' Vestniku. Bylo to nekdy v Toni v Servenci, kdy bratr Jos. Horriak, predseda Tiskoveho vYboru, obratil se na nine, tenkrate vY poniocneho anglickeho redaktora, zda bych mohi prevziti ftpravu SeskYch re da.kenich elankti a dvah. Jak ten Sas le ti! A joke nepredvidane zmeny pro jed notlivce! Prevzal jsem Ceske redakeni yedeni, abych prozatinine vypomohi. Zatim mrie to zfistalo. Takrka pu g roku nevedeli elenove SPJST, 2e za nemocneho redak-

Ve stiedu, dne 1. srpna 1951. tora pracoval nahradnik, kterY nechtel a nemohl prozraditi sta y nemocneho. Jak sestra Stranska z Dallas se pozdeji vyjadtila, "Psal jsi svoje mySlenky, ale psal jsi je slohem bratra Motley." Od smrti zesnuleho redaktora Motley psal jsem slohem svym. Vim, te syYm slohem nevyhovuji vSem, vim, to formou sveho psani nezamlouvam se mnohYm, ale konam svou praci v opravdove snaze, abych mezi eleny probudil vice zajrnu pro naS spolek.

Vy, dtenati Vestniku, vy, sestry a bratti, jste mYmi soudci, zdali piai tak, aby zajmy a prospech Jednoty byly na miste prvnim. Jestli moje prate uspokojuje pies 50% elent, budu se snatiti, aby ono procento vystoupilo na 60 a 75. VSechny neuspokojim. To jste mohli sami pozorovat nedavno. A mute podobna nespokojenost ptijiti zase pro jinou vec a z jine strany. Toho se redaktor nevyvaruje.

Mnohdy elanek ptepisuji dvakrate i tkikrate, abych odstranil zavadna mista, abych netekl new nespravneho, abych o nekoho neSetrne nezavadil. BYval jsem kdysi vYbojnYm, ba vYbuSnYm. Byl sem jako kvasici vino, nevykva genY, nezral*, zatrpklY, nechutnY. Vek a tivotni zktienosti nekdy uhladi hrany neastupne a nepoddajne povahy. Ne vtdy, ale easto.

Bylo inYin Stestim, ze jsem vSechen svilj volnY eas v poslednich Sesti letech vetoval universitnim studiim. Dosahl jsern jakesi lepSi rovnovdhy v mySleni, v asuzovani, v rozdelovani veci titernYch od tree daletitYch. Proto tadost bratra Horriaka byla pro mne dalSim duSevnim povzbuzenim a vYzvou, abych sve htivny, jake, nezakopaval, ale dell se o ne s druhYmi. Dries konam troji praci: jako poStovni fitednik, jako eesky a anglicky redaktor, a jako instruktor na universite. Upravovani redakenich elanku a itvah pro Vestnik je moji nejmilejSi zabay ou. Sedavam u sveho psaciho stroje do palnoci i dee. Ptal bych si vsak, aby elenove °lintel se po bystrem redaktoru mezi mlad§1. generaci, kterY by se pomalu zdokonalil na schopneho novinate, kterY by mel lasku k takove praci a zaroveri vtely zajem o flak Jednotu. Do ptiStiho sjezdu, jeSte jeden rok, s vaSim ptitomnYm redaktorem budete muset mit strpeni.

Radostne je bYti potadatelern bratrskeho organu, kdyt ptijdou takove ptispevky, jaky poslala do minuleho eisla sestra Frances Homola, tajemnice tadu Bedtich Smetana Oislo 39, z Bryan. Jit se redaktor vzdaval nadee, te se nekdo ptihlasi se tivotopisern nektereho zaklac l ajiciho elena. Tolikrate to bylo opakovano, a stale tadna, odezva. ivotopis bratra, TorridSe Maleho, jak byl sestaven sestrou Homolovou, mohl by bYti nejen vzorem pro dalSi, ale i novYm ptipomenutim, te bychom mei pro naSe stare zakladatele napsati pant radek, aby si jc jeSta pke-

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detli a jimi se pote gili. Sestke Homolove uptimny dik za jeji easovY a cennY ptispevek.

V pondeli a v titerS, minuleho tVdne, 23. a 24. dervence, korial se v Rosenbergu sedmY sjezd SlovanSkeho Vzajernne PojiWujiciho Spolku, znameho pod zkratkou SVPS. V nedeli pied zahajenim sjezdu mel spolek onen oslavu 251eteho trvani stfibrne jubileum. Zprava o nedelni slavnosti byla vypracovana, pattianYm vYborem po ukoneeni sjezdu a ma bYti uvetejnena ye Vestniku ptigti tYden.

Proto popis slavnosti ptinechame onomu vYboru. Sjezd samotny byl velmi zdatilY, jakoby vzdaleni elenove velike rodiny seAli se k rodinne porade. Raznost sjezdoveto jednani rids mile ptevapila. V gechno se odbylo ye dvou dnech beze zmatku, spechu, a se samortejmYm porozumenim, to jdou vSlchni ptitomni za jednim elem.

Rizeni sjezdu bylo v rukou dvou vyzkouSenYch spolkata, bratra Franka Andince, co ptedsedy, a bratra Jos. Kalouska, co mistoptedsedy sjezdu. Tajemniky sjezdu byli bratti Cervenka a Kos, eesky, a Kahanek a Nesuda, anglicky. Krome tednikit alavni atadovny SVPS, bylo na sjezdu ptitomno asi 40 delegatil. Spolek SVPS vykazuje vice net 100% vzrastu za posledni etyti roky jak ve innotstvi pojitak i finanene. Stati atednici byli zvoleni znovu bez oposice.

Tajernnik Illavni fiiadovny, bratr Chupick, pronesi nedavno vYznamna slova, ktera si zaslouti dalSiho uvatovani. Mluvilo se o zodpovednosti fitednikfi a jejich planovani pro budoucnost Jednoty. "NaSe SPJST je prilis velikYrn spolkern," noznamenal bratr Chupick, "abychom vSechno nechali jen nahode, to se to samo ukate, jak bychom meli pokradovat.

Jsme jit 'DMUS velikYrn a slotitYm teesem, kde na vSecky strany je tteba staleho dohledu a rozhledu, noveho ptemYeeni a planovani, skuteeneho obchodniho ducha. a podnikavosti." Souhlasime s temito slovy bratra Chupicka stoprocentne.

Kclyt si vAinmerne jinYch bratrskYch jednot, starSich net na:Se SPJST, mateme si ueiniti vlastni usudek, prod tyto jednoty nerostly tak rychle a prod jsou jeSte dnes v mnohem ohledu daleko pozadu za naSi SPJST. Na druhe strand mame tet jednoty mladSi, hodne mladSi net jsme my, ktere nas davno predstihly a jsou dvakrate ttikrate, ba desetkrate silnejSi net jsme my. Nemateme vyeitati naSim prakopnikum a tehdejAirn vedoucim, to nerostli jsme rychleji. I tenkrate se hodne nechalo jen nahode. Byli naSi telidej g yedouci zaeateeniky tet ye vedeni veci spolkovYch. Mei dosti nadg eni, vytrvalosti i smelosti, ale byli to pouze lide dobre vale, kterYm schazela dovednost. Snatili se o rozSiteni bra,trskeho pojiAt'ovani, delali vSe s ochotou a laskou, ale nemoli dosti

Strana 3 Praktienosti. Mane si vzpominam na dojem zklamani, kdyt jsem ponejpr y navStivil kancelat Hlavni atadovny zadatkern roku 1925. AC Jednota byla jit bohatou korporaci — mei jsme za Trillion a evrt majetku, staeil tenkrate koutek v pozadi grocerniho obchodu. Bylo to 28 roku po zaloteni spolku. Tenkrate vSichni atednici venovali zaletitostem Jednoty pouze svuj volnY eas. Dostadovalo to. Nikoho nenapadlo, ze pinY eas atednika by byl pro Jednotu vYhodnejAi. Az pozdeji se zadalo nalehati, aby atednik venoval spolku vSechen svaj pinY eas. A teprve pa 35 letech od zaloteni Jednoty uznana, potteba dalSiho staleho atednika. Lee neni tieba opakovati, co bylov minulosti.

Mateme si poySimnouti dneSka, to dosud nemame ani jednoho organsatora, kterY by sam o sobe prohla,sil, ue organisatorstvi je Leh() povolanim. Marne zde v Texasu jinou eeskou bratrskou jednotu, ktera dosud ziskala mezi narni asi dvanact set elena, a tato organisace yydrtuje zde dva stale organisatory. Temito slovy neni minena tadna, kritika, ani vVeitka, je zde pouze upozorneni, ze dosud nam staei prate, ktera je konana ye volnern Case. A pisatel nemusi ukazovati jinam — mate se podivati po vla;tnim dvote.

Sam je tet takovYm "svateenim" delnikern, to pracuje pro Jednotu jen ye volnem Case.

Mame mezi sebou zakoieneno nekolik navyku, ktere se dosud ukazuji tet v zapiscich schaze. Jeden takovY nespravnY navyk je protokolovani, te ten neb onen atednik byl zvolen "aklamaene". Ceske slovo "aklamace" znamena, hlasity proicy souhlasu. Je spravne iici, to "shromatcleni pit alo navrhy jednosvornou aklamaci." Jinak slovo "aklamace" vyjadtuje hlasite pozdravovani nebo vitani.

Mateme spravne poutiti toho slova, kdyt vysvetlujme, to uz ye staroveku lid projevoval aklamace na uvitanou eisatam pH vstupu na vetejna mista, do chramu nebo do cirku, a podobne. Kdykoliv je protokolovano, te fitednik byl zvolen "aklamadne", znamena to, te jeho volba byla ptivita.na projevem souhlasu, Muerte, ad spravne mineno je, ze volba byla provedena zvednutim rukou, a nikoliv aklamaene.

"Divam navrh, aby to zfistalo ltii starem", je easto slySeti v naSich schazicli.

Je to clalSi navyk, ktereho se nemateme zbaviti za tadnou cenu. To jsou prave body, ktere nejsou dobie promy geny. Katde pravidlo a katde usneseni je v platnosti, pokud se nezmeni pozdejSim dohodnutim elena. Aby se nejake pravidlo nebo usneseni zmenilo, je tieba podati v tom smyslu navrh. Takovy navrh se bud' ptijme nebo zamitne. Jestli se navrh nelibi, hlasuji elenove proti na.vrhu. Stara pravidla zastavaji v platnosti bcz

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13.1 v g7-17-141.,-riTri.AF; Kaclleeek. A. ,i:ivestka a Annie Ba.ethe.

Prig ti horke srpnove narozeniny slavime s pi. Willie Powell, pi. Frances Walla a pi. A. KostomlatskY. Mely jsme navg tevu milYch hostn, o kterych dasto eteme, ale malokdy se sejdeme. Byly to pi, D. Stransko. z Dallas a pi. Rendlova z Corpus Christi a pi. Frances Dvo •akova z Iowa Colony; te2 panskYch hostfr jako Johnny Stareala, vojadek na prazclninach, p. Dravve, p. 8efeik, p. Zimmerman, p. A. Hilsher, p. Elzner.

Dekujeme 73, navgtevu.

Velini chutny obed podavan zdarma pak prohli2eni darktl, dekovani rozmlouvani. Tentokrat jsme mely darky, ktere vklycky nemivame, nebot' pi. Hendlova z Dallas darovala krasne barevnou hadkovanou schranku na, ubrousky, velmi ozdobna v keZde domacnosti a libila se, nebot' vydr y zena ptinesla $7.60. Dalsi vYstavka darn venovana krou2ku pi.

P. Stuchlienou, jest ubrus vet giho rozme• ru, cely 1.116116 haelcovanY. Co prace a draheho materialu a ov gern ea,su bylo obetovano, to vi asi jen pi. Stuclniena sama.

Pant Stranska darovala $1.50 krou2ku.

Zdali kdy bude ocenena ta prace na "rich .2en, domaci prace tolik, udr2ovani zahradky a jinYch povinnosti a trochu toho volneho dasu bavi se mein praci.

A nesmim za,pomenout, .2e pro pobaveni nam vyhravala na harmonieku dcerug ka pi. Kahankove. Velice se nam to libilo a byla odrnenena potleskern. Male sledinka, nam snag zase szahraje. Opel ukazka jak v etlern van, se ditky snadne zauenji, nebot' to berou jako zabavu ne2 udeni.

Nyni ale koneim a na shledamou dne 8. srpna, 1951. S pozclravem A. Kostornlatska.

vani. Kdy2 nekdo hlasuje proti novernu navrhu, znamena to, 2e je spokojenY s veemi tak, jak to a2 doposud bylo. Aby se vgak o starch vecech znovu hiasovalo novYm navrhovanim a novou procedu•ou, je zbytednosti. Kdykoliv je podan navrh, "aby to zUstalo pti starem", ma ptedseda slu gne a s ohledem upozorniti, e mlvrli netteba podavati, jestli elenove, kteti jsou proti novote, budou hlasovati proti ve • i, ktera, se jim nezamlouva.

Pied dvanacti roky byla vytigtena Illavni idadovriou kni2ka o 64 strankach, nesouci nazev "Ptirudka pro rizeni schtzi." Tajemnik Hlavni etadovny uvedomil nedavno, 2e je na sklade dosud sluany poGet techto prirueek. KterY ptedseda nebo Utednik tadovY, nebo i kterykoliv Glen ednoty, pral si potiditi tuto ptirudku pro snadnej gi jednani ye schuzich, at' dopige na Hlavni Utadovnu, ktera, rada kniZku ka2dernu 2ada,teli za gle. Cena techto kni2ek byla kdysi 50 centti a dolar vlo2enY do listu ptines1 by dva vYtisky. TakovYm zpfisobem dva elenove by si mobil objednati po vYtisku najednou.

Velice praktickou myglenku pojali Atednici krajanskeho spolku SVPS, ze vypiano\ ali svou oslavu den pied zahajenim sjezdu. Tim ugetreno bylo hodne drahocenneho easu. V gechny slavnostni proslovy, zdravice, ptipitky a podobne ve•ejne lichoceni, ktere obyeejne zabere pul tine pfl zaoatku ka2cleho sjezdu, byly posunuty na, nedeli pied sjezdem — a druhello dne rano zadala opravdava sjezdova prate bez prfitahu a bez zbyteeneho vycleni. Gratulujeme. * 4 • ( itatl Elmaton Oslo 148.

Cteni bratti a sestry: 4, • Na nedeli dne 5. srpna nam ptipada Nebezpeena monost. vehni dule2ita schnze, proto vas vgechny 2adam, byste se v gichni dostavili, neb On: Vezmete me za mu2e, dam se mame dulaite jednani. pojistit na 2lvot na vysokY obnos. KdyTe2 muslin zdelit, 2e na g br. Domorad bych potom zemtel, byla byste dobte za podstoupil telkou operaci v nemocnici opattemt na eelS, Temple. Pteji br. Domoradovi brzke uAno — ale -- co2 kdy nezemtezdra,veni. Te2 statieek Barto g v El Campo te? se naleza v nemocnici v El Campo.

Doufam, 2e i tento nag pisrnak se v) Ted' ma jistotu. brzku uzdravi a bude dale do Vestniku ptispivat. S bratrskYm pozdravem Snoubenka.: Posly g, dra,houg kou, 'a Frank H162ek st. doufarn, ze v noel nechrapeg? „fie 1 enich: Nikdy, moje zlatieko!

Houston, Tex. --- A jak to vig?

Tak opet nejakou zpravu o na gi schttzi Ztistal jsem jednou po celou noc narozeninoveho krou2ku zde v Houston. vzhilru, abych se o tom ptesvedeil!

Ptig ti schtze bude v tom horkem mesici srpnu druhou sttedu dne 8. dopoledne, Nedorozumeni. tati2 nebudeme-li se chladit nekde u voMatka Kalousova pti gla, do zahradni dy, anebo tam na horach. Ale prod: si ma- restaurace. Ci gna se zdvoiile uklonil a lovat ta,kovY krasnY obraz, nu aspon pta se: "Objednano, prosim?" vu. 1V1inula schnze byla detne navgtivena Dopalila se matka Veronika: "Heled'jak elenkami tak i milymi hosty. oerven- te se, elovede, za, prve nejsem u vas 25,dria cove narozeniny jsme slavily a vesele si Nana a za druhe 2adnY abed nechci. Dejzapely s panimi Evelyn Mikolas, Louise te mi. sodovku!"

PLESU "Kotrmelee". Jos. Skru2nY, V rodine tesatskeho mistra Permutra panovala takova podivna nala,da.

Bylo rano po plesu, na nej2 se mlada pani tolik Vann,. Jako divka, nikdy nemela ten neliby pocit, kterY se u ni dues dostavil. Za svobodna, zbyly ji pa plesu vklycky jen krasne vzpominky, sny a touhy, ktere zptijemriovaly ji ten v gedni 2ivot zase do plesu pti gtiho. Avgak pro 2enu vdanou ztraci tato zabava ten pravy pa2itek. Po ni dostavuje se nanejvY ge litost nad tim, co ta legrace stela. Z yle gte mah zena takoveho mu2e jako pani Permittrove.. A2 do veerej giho dne nemela si ste2ovati. Nluz je dobrak a mnoha z ptitelkyri ji ho zavidi. Vge, oG jej po2a.• ji koupi, nieeho ji neodepte,A piece se nan od yeerejSka zlobi.

— Co penez, namahani a shaneni ji stela plesova toileta, co prace vynalo2ila na ozdobny svuj frees. A v ge nadarmo.

Pan Permutr toti2 ptenechal starost o svou drahou polovieku jejim taneenikilm a sam usadil se do vedlej gi mistnosti.

Tam bavil se se znamYmi i s neznamymi o politice, o valce, o stavebnim ruchu, o zlYch easech, dotahl to na, patnact piv a tegil se na odpodinek. Ani jednou ne ykrodil do salu na vyzvani sve choti, aby podival se na jeji •triumfy, aby obdivoval se lehkosti jejiho twice a o2ivil vzpominky na doby podatku , jejich znamosti.

Pro koho se tedy strojila? Pro tech hekolik gardedam, ktere beztoho poctive nitky na ni nenechaly? Ci pro tech par taneenikii, s kterYmi prota,ndila noe Bth vi, kdy se zas s nimi setka?

Poznala na plesu, Ze laska, jejiho rati2e u2 hodne ochladla, 2e se mu stave. lhostejnou, 2e na ni nemysli. To bylo •pro 2enu v jejim Van poznani hrozne.

Pan Permutr sedel za stolen' a poeital, co jej ta mimotadna zahava stela. Moe jej to nepotegilo "Tak TYninko, puldruhe stovky na to prasklo!"

"A co mi to vyeita g ?! Nemusili jsme nikam chodit, kdy2 toho lituje g !" vybuchla pani Permutrova.

"Ale, ale, TYninko, v2dyt' jsi sama ehtela. A ty dobte vi g, 2e pro tvoji radost udelam vgecko. Deti nemame, nemusime tedy je gte tak spotit. Proste konstantuji, jak draho nam ta noc pti gla. Jen kdy2 jsi se bavila.

— "Pane bavila! Pro mne maji ty utracene penize to cenu, 2e jsem se ptesvedeila, jak tvoje laska ke mne vie a vie mizi. Ale Zikmunde, ja te varuju, obrat' se, ne2 bude pozder "No, no! Snad netou2ig jegte pa sladkern cukrovani? Na to jsi uZ trochu stare.."

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Oddil Dopsovatelsky PRO(: SE TO DO STANOV NEDOSTALO! Sestry bratti: Ve Vestniku eislo 28 ze dne 11. eervence t. r. jest na ptedni strance v prvnim a druhem sloupci nasledujici "Pozdeji nekteti elenove men soukroriloir debatu o torn, lie sjezd ye Fort Wort napted prijel jednohlasne doporueeni or ganisaeniho vYboru, ale toto doporueeni se pozdeji do stanov nedostalo. SjezdovY organisaeni vYbor, na nemZ byla teZ sestra 2ofie Hradeeka a bratr Frank IlloZek, starSi, odporueili sjezdu, aby byla zvYkna podpora ye vkch tabulkach dospelYch aZ do 40 roka na $10,000, od 40 do 60 roka na $5,000 a v Detskern Odboru ye vkch tabulkach do $5,000, krome doeasne podpory do 16 roktt. V Detskem Odboru to veSlo v platnost, are v odboru dospelYch se to do stanov nedostalo, ac zprava sjezdoveho VYboru byla jednohlasne ptijata. 0 tom y edena byla soukroma debata a vyslovo yany domnenky, proe se pojiSteni u naSi Tednoty nezvySilo no, $10,000, kdy to bylo odhlasovano."

Po pfeeteni tohoto jsem povidal me manZelce, kterou to hodne zajimaio, lie "ten kdo to psal nevi o lulu\ i, jako se east° stava. Pamatuji se jako by to dnes bylo, lie sjezd odhlasoval nejvySSI obnos certifikatu ye vgech ttidach elenskYch jen sedm tisic pet set a v D. 0. pet tisic. A to bylo vzdor tomu, lie mimo VYbor na Organisani praci deset tisic v odboru dospelYch navrhovala, Ufadovan a nekolik jednotlivYch Menu."

Pak jsem sahnul po protokolu ze sjezdu ye Fort Worth, (Vestnik eislo 33 ze dne 11. srpna, 1948) kterY, rnimochodem podotYkam, mam stale po rude a ukazuji manZelce, co protokol o torn povida. A Likonoil jsem rozmluvu o torn vYrokern, si to srovnam ye sjezdu v Houstonu.

Pozdeji, ale, kdyli jsem si promyslel eel toho dvakrat udelaneho vYroku, lie "se to do stanov nedostalo", musel jsem zmeniti mtij umysl oeliti tomato nateeni aZ za rok ve sjezdu a rozhodnul jsem se zaslati moje vysvetleni do Vestniku. Redaktor Vestniku vede a rozvinuje smer toho nateeni nejake nepoctivosti timto: "Pozdeji nekteti elenove meld soukromou rozrnluvu o tom, lie sjezd ve Fort Worth atd." Tohle maze bYt pravda, ale take to pravda bYt nemusi, lie "nekteti elenove meli soukromou debatu o tom atd." Ale, dejme tomu lie jest to pravda, lie nekteti oleni o torn debatovali a "vysloveny domnenky" tedy, dejme tomu lie nekteti elenove o tom rokovali. KdyZ budu s mo-

ji opravou ekat a do SJFM11, budou on' ve ,sjezdu aby slyseli pro vdti? Pawn, mnoho elenft to lie "se to do stanov nedostalo" Cetlo, budou oni ye sjezdu, aby to slyseli v moji zprave?

to Lake ve stanovach melo bYt, a nen') to tam. Kdo vi prod?

Tak mne napada, jestli pri to "soukrome rozmluve a debate" nahodou nebyl ten pan Martin KatruSak, — a sam.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Asi ti eleni co o tom lie "se to do stanov Frank B. Stei nedostalo" rokovali take vedi, lie sestaOpisy: Tiskat a Tiskovy vYbor. vovani stanov bylo v mYch rukou a take ) mnoho elenu, kteti o tom, lie "se to do staIiaed Svaz (lechoslovanti cis. 92. nov nedostalo" eetli, vedi kdo stanovy po sjezdu sestavoval, a ja bych to velice neFort Worth, Tex. mile nesl, aby se v jejich myslich mYm ml Mill bratti a sestry! denim k tomu natknuti ustalila myglenka, V nedeli, 5. srpna, mime v naSi sini talie jsem to zilmyslne, z osobnich priein neeni zabavu pti vYborne Ceske hudbe do stanov nedal, nebo schvalne vyne- John R. Bade z Fayetteville. Rtijd'te vSichal (anebo snad hodne ptidal). Prato chni, stall i mladi. Vite jak oni to umi bude nejlepSi kdyli podam opravu ptimo hezky od podlahy brat. Take zveme cedo Vestniku. Ale, prVne, nail redaktor lou eeskou vetejnost zdej‘Si z okoli, neco tak zavaneho napsal, mei se ptevSechny vas radi uvidime. Rork° yam svedeiti, zdali jest to pravda. Ovkm, ve° nebude, chladiee v sini yam zpfijemni palice opatrne si nechava zadni dvitka abaveni. tevtene vYrokem: "MoZna le se nestalo Dnes, kdy vgechno je tak drahe a hadZadne prehlednuti", . ale jeho povinba teZ, nemoZno poeitat na nejakY vetSi nost byla napted se o torn ptesvedeiti. A zisk, jen tak lie se easem sejdeme a spodoufam nekdo nebude vytYkati, leene pobavime pti Ceske hudbe a. tanci, lie jsem protokol menil, protole nas na neb ta eeska muzika, ta srdce pronika, Upravu protokolu po sjezdu bylo ;,de na ni nelze zapomenout. nact.

Posledni zdbava, pH kttre hrala PataZde mate ptieinu, prod "se to do sta- kova orchestru z Ennis, se dobre vydatinov nedostalo". Die protokolu, ktery byl la, byla velka navSleva a kaZdY chvalil uverejnen dne 11. srpna 1948, zprava jak pekne hrali. botu na organisaeni praci byla sjezdu ve Wive jsme zde hravali divadla, ja i Fort Worth podana ve st,tedu dne, 21. e'ermoje dve deveata a syn jsme nekolikrat vence 1948 odpoledne (asi kolem tteti hrali. Dries IA se tern star'Sim herd= na hodiny; pozn. pisatele). ateni opravejevi§te nechce a u mladYch neni nadkni nYch stanov bylo zaeato ye etrtek due pro divadla, a mnozi ani eesky neumi, 22. eervence dopoledne a aZ odpoledne toneb malo, a snad je take vina v torn, '2'e ho dne jsme se dostali ku elanku 117 do nam chybi vedouci, ktery by se eeskYin 122, jednajicich o na gich certifikatech.

Ten elanek 117, zavisici na aprave Clan- divadhim se zajmem venoval. Myslim, lie ku 122, kterY ureuje nejniZSI i nejvySSi je jiZ jen Dallas a Houston, co doposud deska divadla hraji a rdzne eeske proobnos nagich certifikatti, byl odlolen jak to dopadne s elankem 122. 0 tomto gramy potadaji, ktere ja vkly se zajmem elanku 122 se rozvinula kratka ale Lira sleduji.

A ted' zase flea) jineho. Kadou sobotu debata, ktera se ovAemi do protokolu neveeer, od 10 hod. do 10:30, uslySite haddostala, a zde mate doslovnY zaznam tabu anglickou, ktera v ria‘Si sini hraje sojemnikti sjezdu o torn elanku 122: botanai a zaroven tuto pal hodinku o"0'lanek 122: Ptijato navrhem bratra znamuje zabavu ptes stanici KXOL. V Ed. Marka na zvYkni podpory do $7,500.- nedeli v 9:45 hod. rano, pies to samou 00, cal vyliaduje zmenu nekolika ph- stanici, je vysilana eeska rekordova hudjatYch elankti. VYbor na stanovy ma ty- ba, tak si nasad'te radio na tuto stanici. to opraviti."

Sl. Bukovjanova z Dallasu byla zde Tedy, zprava Organisaeniho vYborti by- navUevou u nemocneho otce a naSeho la podana a ptijata ve sttedu 21. oerven- spolubratra Josefa Bukovjana, ktery se ce. Jeliked zpravy vYborove podlehaji nachazi v City-County nemocnici tiZ po pozdejShnu jednani sjezdu, byl odporudeni tohoto vYboru na vYSi certifikatti do $10,000 hlasovanim sjezdu ye etvrtek odpoledne zrukno a $7,500 mate spravne VeSkere dopisy pro Vestnik, elanky ye stanovach. A kdyli uz nekdo na neco a referaty posilejte na adresu renespravneho by rad ukazoval, lie se to do daktora: stanov nedostalo, prod nektiei take o EDITOR OF VESTNIK torn odporueeni Org. vyboru na bezlekar6402 PRAGUE skou prohlidku Zadatela v obnosu $2,000, HOUSTON 7, TEXAS — di snad si toho nikdo nevSimnul. Dle jejich pochopeni sjezdoveho jednani by ‘11=1111•11•11111116.4111111

Vem dopisovateitim

Strana nekolik tydnu. Vaichni mu ptejeme brzke a trvale uzdraveni.

U Jos. KubanovYch ml. maji radost z chlapeeka, kterY se jim narodil minulY tYden v nemocnici S y. Josefa. Odekavali deveatko, neb chlapce dva ji2 maji, ale je jim stejne jen kdy2 pry Pan Huh airavi dd. Gratulujem a ptejem, by jim vyrustal k radosti. Tea statiekilm p. Fr. KubanovYm. Pani Joe Juranovi s detmi stravili prazdniny v Galvestone. Pravili, k se _tam meli dobte a v moil se east() koupali.

Pani Joe Koeich se synkem vyjeli si na prazdniny a2 do Floridy, ale neni mi znamo, jsou-li uz doma. „Tate jednou ptipominam, nezapomerite na zabavu v nedeli 5. srpna.

Na 3. eervence • jsem take oznamovala zabavu, ale v tisku to nejak pomichali v kalendati Vestniku a oznamili zabavu, svaeinu a schilzi, ale v dopisu to bylo spravne. Nekteri se teaili na 'svaeinu, ale zadna nebyla. Dalai jsem psala, ze u John Chatupiza maji chlapeeka, v tisku stalo, 2e u John ChalupovYch maji chlapeeka, a Ze zde mame John ChaloupkovYch, nas tadovy tajemnik, tak jim nekteti gratulovali ku ttetimu, neb dva chlapce maji. Oni to brali se smichem a a2 se vae vysvetlilo, tak se tomu small vaichni.

Tak vidite, co to zmenene jmeno natropi.

Tak jiz ukoneirn a kde mate hodne date, tak nam poalete. Sucho a horko a prkt nechce. Teplota poslednich nekolik dni vystupuje 102, 103 a2 104. Potime se, potime, no je eervenec a jeate srpen a .tepla bude ubYvat, za chvili zaeneme narikat na zimu a tak se zde,, 2e elovek nein nikdy spokojenY.. — Ale ji2 ukoneim doopravdy. Tak se mejte vaichni dobre a laud'te zdravi. S pozdravem, M. Juranova, dopisovatelka.

• •y, • Cameron, Tex. Redaktore a pilteli Valeiku: Mdm po ruce nasbiranYch mnoho "clippings" z anglickYch dasopisti za minulYch 25 let . Nekolik jsem jich vybral a tuZkou opsal a jestli se hodi uveiejnit v anglickem oddeleni, tedy dobra, a jestli ne, tedy necht' se hodi do koae. Ono to u2 kraei dosti speane k tomu, 2e Ceske easopisy zaniknou a spolky budou tizeny v anglicke fed.

Kolik je jich dnes, co by se nein doma psat a Gist. Moji coati ueitele byli Jonaaova Slavie v Racine, Wis., a Haiduakova Svoboda. Ctenim jich doma jsem se naueil Gist a psat. V letech 1894 jsem byl eastYm dopisovatelem do Slavie a mel vkly radost, kdy2 tam byl mdi dopis s ohlavenim "Dopis z Texasu". Odbiral Co zaniknuti, a Svobodu tea. 'Skoda jich.

Karel Jonaa a Aug. Haiduaek byli vzacui jakYch dnes malo. My starai

E S T NiK — WEST, TEXAS jeden za druhYm odchazhne a jen maid pamatka po nas zUstane.

Asi pied. 20 lety me psala sesttenka z aermne, k tam u nich je stare potekadlo, ze kdy2 Kolumbus ptistal u bteha Ameriky, 2e prvniho bileho eloveka, ktereho uvidel, byl Siler z Cermne. V ten same eas jsem dostal easopis Furniture South z Highpoint, nedaleko WinstonSalem, kde nova nabytkova tovarna otevtela novou tovarnu v Sider City. Tedy jsem ji psal, 2e to neni jen potekadlo, ale skuteena pravda, neb ze onen Siler zaloZil mesteeko Slier City nedaleko WinstonSalem v Severni Karoline. AC toto je tteba bachorka, ale 8iler City existuje, neb v ten samY eas u nine byl nabytkovY jednatel z Winston-Salem, kterY chodil do akoly v 8iler City.

Ani nevim, prod' toto pisi, tedy radeji ptestanu. Mo2na as budu miti vice easu, napiai vic.

Jestli se z toho nedd nic vybrat, hod'te to do kok a ja, se horait nebudu, neb jsem na to zvyklY. Zatim v Ude, F. A. Marek. ) • ,y, Ennis, Tex. Ptedne pozdrav na br. redaktora, bratry a sestry. Je nedele rano, trochu se mraei, ale pical bych si, ne2 toto budete eisti, by dobte zapraelo, neb je tteba.

Main yam zdelit; kteti jste nebyli v minule schlizi, a aby nebyl oheri na st•eae, 2e jste o tom nevedeli, co jsme udelali.

Jak ptijdete do ptiati schilze, tak si napiate sve jmeno a odevzdejte na pattiene misto, uvidite kde. Po schilzi, ktere jmeno bude vyta2eno, dostane zaplacen celY mesieni poplatek. Nezaleli jak KterY neb ktera ma zaplaceno na rok do ptedu, doStane ten mesieni poplatek hotove ye zlate neb papirech, jak si bude ptat. Ale jedna podminka je, 2e musi bYt ptitomen. To plati stejne pro vaechny, stare, mlade, i mladieke. A tak to bude pri ka2de schtizi, a,2 ulevime naai pokladne.

Tak ted' nebude 2adnych vYmluv, 2e jste o torn nevedeli, mate to eerne na bilem, a stoji to za to. A 2aclnY akrabot, jestli to ja dostanu. Budeme tam mit jeate vic, tak Ze yam odpoledne lehce uteOe. Melo to bYt ye Vestniku heed po schUzi. Jednak si ieknete, 2e jsem byl jeate jakYsi k nieemu po.tom etvrtem eervenci. No trochu ano, ale take jsem si pravil, 2e do schlize byste to zapomeli, tak mdm vYmluvu dobrou, 2e?

Slavnost etvrteho eervence se n.am vydatila dobte. Vae alo na draeku, navateva dobra, zvlaate yeeer zblizka i vzdalenejai. Pited'te zas, jak vam dame vedet ve Vestniku, radi vas uvidime, a jak nalek se o vas postarame.

Take nas navativil p. Stanley Patak i s rodinou z Dallas, ale nebyla s nim Zadna

Ve stfedu, chic 1. srpna 1951. tee, potad pilno. Chtel jsem mu neco pokptat do ucha, to jako nekde stranou, tteba u jeho kary, ale kdepak. No, poakej, jenom se foukne vedle. Ani se mu nedivim, neb ,on je jakSrmsi, co eloveka pojisti proti fkmu, aby neumtel; take proti ohni, aby neshotel; take proti krupdm, ale jestli tea proti hrnefn, aby nepadaly na hiavu, to nevim. Ale to pojiAt'uje jen v Dallas (my mdme sveho) a ma toho moc. Take tarn krmi hladove a napaji tiznive. Take ma dobytek, neb jsem mu prodal pinokrevne prase na rejzovani, tak se nedivte ze s nim nebyla tadnd tee, ma toho moc.

Zato ja mel jednu smulu za druhou, neb jsem se teail na toho etvrteho. To jako mi nekteti dual peeeti, 2e je to pravda, 2e kdy2 na etvrteho tanei a hodne foskakuje, k udela dobrou iirodu. To bych i ja potteboval. Tak-jsem si to planoval, k to zkusim a to by bylo akorat pri to tlaeenici. Vite, ja jsem se jeate to nenauCil po to nove mode, tak kdo mne bude videt, kdyt byla pine, sin, budu to vrtet jak se de,, no a valeik, jak asi kdyt se zeli glape.

Ale to jsem vedel, te s moji ne. Mel jsem to vypldnovane dobte. Kdybych nahodou dostal kokm, tak aby se mi Arlasy, nejetily, tak je dobte nattu. "Tonik" jsem si nechaval na rano, kdyby mne bolely. Tak zatim co moje se pudrovala, ja vletel do kumbalku, popadl kus sadla a u2 to ti-u.

Ale vette, zrovna jsem trefil na Apekove.

No, musel jsem bYt peknY, neb kds4 jsme sli ke kate, tak vaeci psi a koely sli za mnou, asi mne vyprovodit, anebo jsem b3,1 tak poknY. Stesti bylo to, te moje vezla cosi do kuchyne, tak s tim sedela vzadu, ale poi ad citila Cesnek, at na to pkiMa. To vite, co bylo potom v sini — mel jsem mista dost, tak jsem radeji proddval sodovku. S moji ta.neit, to bych se chytil. Kdyt mi neco porouei, ja mam prvni, "at' to udeld ona, ze je A take je, vsak je porad jeste mensi ode mne. Ale jestli ti, co si zaskodili, budou mit lepai drodu, tak to vynahradim podruhe, at se to moji libi nebo ne, musi jit, to jako kdyby tech koaiku bylo moc, ale mastit u2 nebudu.

Tak asi pro dneaek dost, jaksi to nejde. Ruky teake, ono u toho presu na seno se ty ruky yyzkonaeji, a v tom kopani tea dost. Tak jeate jednou, nezapomente na to schilzi a kakly mesic a ten kdo to potahne a trefi na moje jmeno — no, je nas vic — koupim mu peknou dervenou strawberry sodovku.

John W. LaIa. S pozdravem 4, • ( ) Temple, Tex. Velkd vetaina elenstva naaeho spolku pochazi z rolniekeho lidu. A co my, kteri jsme byli vychovani na bavinenych polich, jsme vedeli, jak by mel byt nejlepe vcden nas spolek? Zajimalo nas

Ve

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orprio 1951

jen, kterY clruh baviny se nejlepe vypiaci pestovot. Nic jsrne nevedeli, clo jakych podniku u1,1,1dat naSe penize, abychom nemeu aty. Spolehali jsme se jen na nagi iii adovnu, te ona je celou na gi Inbnou silou, Nechall jsme ji i myslet ?a na Q, ;ime nekdy chvana te jsme zustali ocipoeivat.

Pokrok as rtas zaeal vyru govat z toho oclpoeinku. Zczeiname pozorovat, stare spolkove rodine je malo de ti a je nej yy$ ,,i eas obratit pozornost na tyto cleti, aby se nam nerozletely do sveta,.

IVIotna to tenska zvedavost path jen do tenskeho rodu, proto i ja jsem 2vedava. Main potad nejake otazky. Bylo nekcly ve Vestniku uvetejneno, kolik roene narn i)hbylo na elenech vice netli je nahrada za yypla,cene certifikaty? Neeetia jsern nikde ani zminky o torn v dopisech. Motna, te jsem to pfehledia — anebo neni to didetite?

Za celeho meho olenstvi mela jsem pHletitost pozorovat jednani na ttech sjezdech. Vtdy se mne zdalo, te je potteba, aby to jednani melo nejakY ureitY ell, ku kteremu by se pokra,envalo, ale nikdy jsem si nemohla v me rnyglence pfedstavit, jak tolik tisica elenft by se dalo vest jednirn smerem k ureitemu cili. Na ge sjezdy potrebuji hodne opravy. To bude zaletet na vgech tadech na g i jednoty, aby delega,ti neptinesli.na sjezd smes ritznYch myglenek, a tam z toho tepr y vybirat. Tim nage sjezdy stoupaji finanene na cene.

JO, myslim, 'te my jsme davno pottebo. vali nekobo, kdo by narn daval pokyny k lepgimu vedeni. Nevedeli jsme nic o jinYch bratrskYch jednotach. Nevedeli jsme, te maji sve siroteince a ritulny pro stare deny. Nevedeli jsme, ze jejich sjezd ukonei za tri dni s daleko vet gim poetern elenstva netli rnarne my. Tote nam dalo dost latky ku ptemY gleni sami o sobe. My p.osavad si nedovederne uvedomit na gi silo 25 tisic elem.\ — te bychom mnohem vice mohli vykonat netli jsme vykonali doposud. Padesat rokfi jit mame to nage bratrstvi, lidskost, podpora natisknute na papite. Je videt nekde nejakY skutek?

Posavad se o tom jen mluvilo, tak jak se mluvi o ritadovne jit leta, a potacl nername nic. Oetla jsem o tom elanek, ze kolik. naSe Jednota jit vyplatila pojistek zemtelYm elenam. Ze to je bratrstvi? Je i neni. To je k dostani vgucle u spoleenosti.

Dokud na ge sjezdy se povedou jako pokampari, bude rispech?

Spantelova. ) Dallas, Tex. Cteni bratti a sestry: -Nage fadova dopisovatelka jest nejakil nedbala, nejde do schfize, nepi ge, ani se fitadu nevzdava, co s ni ueinime? Die sokolskeho trestu by zasloutila hobla, ale ji

rItrarrt '?

ho dati nemateme, tedy co s ni? Nejlep'e bude, kslyt ptijcleme do pri gti schlie a zvolime si jinou. Schfize bude o 3 hod. odpoledne dne 5. srpna. Netikejte, te jest horko, neni to tak zle a ti mladi fitednici si opravdu zaslouti, abychom do schrize ptigli a ukazall jim, te si jejich prace time.

V posledni schtlzi clam ucetni vYbor, kterY ptehlitel knihy, oznamil neco, co jsme u naseho tadu nesly geli po nekolik let.

13ratti tajemnik Joe Maca, rieetni Arnold Vrla se dali do uporninani tech starYch dluhil a vette me, te meli s tim hodne prace, neb rline ty pojistky a placeni bylo tak za,motane, te si s tim easem nevedeli rady a museli s tim na III. tad. 0pravd.oqrrt usilim se jim podatilo vSe clati do poradku a za minulych gest mesictl skolektovali pres $6,000 raclovych poplatIca. Ve vYroeni schfizi jsme jim k tomu dali pinou mot a odhlasovali jsme si, te budou bratti posilat upominky klidemu Menu, kterY bude dlutit 3 mesice tadovYch poplatkil. Telly, bratti a sestry, dostanete-li takovou upominku, nezlobte se, ba bud'te radi, te vas na va, gi povinnost upomenou. Delaji tak v gechny jine pojist'ujici spoleenosti a tarn to bereme, ani bychom se nad tim pozastavili. Tedy potadek jest nutrik, jsme ViAchni cleni, stejnd prava ,stejne povinnosti.

Milj dik patti °bourn bratrilm za jejich opra,vdu namahavou praci a doufam, te i druzi bratri a sestry ye schfizi ptitomni jim svdj dik projevi.

Ty nage schfize, ano jak je heinit zajimavej gi. Tim, te jsme dali pohosteni, u nageho tadu jsme nic nedokazali, zase jen ti, kteti vtdy ptijdou. Pfiralouvala jsem se za, to otychom zavedli psani protokolu v anglietine, v nadeji te ptijdou mladi elenove, kteti budou protokolu rozumet a ktetl rnohou na nej i anglietinou odpovedet. Nepornata to, ti mladi si zaplate sve povinnosti, neb je po nekom poglou a jsrne zase tam kde jsme byli.

Odpovezte si vy elenove, kteti si ty poplatky jen tak zaplatite, ktetl ani tu hodinu v te schrizi nezristanete, jak se citi nisi Vite te oni si teknou: a hek, proe tam mam marnit pekne nedelni odpoledne, kdyt ti druzi si jdou po sve taloaye, ja si mohu take jiti — a maji docela, pra,vdu, ja, se jim ani trochu nedivim.

Tedy pohosteni nelaka, programy po schrizi, kdo si to vezme na starost? Ti stargi s tim nechti u2 nic miti, jest jich jen nekolik co tyto prace kidi, a to jsou vesmes eleni Sokola, kteti maji sve prace dosti. Miad gi elenstvo se nedostane a tak ty na$e tadove Na listku nemocnS/ch jsme meli Joe Maca, na geho tadu tajemnik se pozdravuje po opera,ci. A nyni jest v nernocnici

bratr mistoptedseda Stan. Hfriovec, ktery postoupil tetkou operaci a doufarne, te brzy zase bude zchav, cot v gem tem nemocnYm opravdu pfejerne.

Zemtel nam stars elen br. Josef Goebel. Byl jeden z tech zakladajicich Menu nageho radu, vtdy einny v mladgich tech, zastaval rline ritady, i ja jsem s nim drtela arad tajemnice, on fteetni a velmi pekne se nam spolu pracovalo.

Valy bYval ptltomen ye schuzich, at posledni asi 3 roky nernohl, neb mu zdravi nesloutilo. Skoda takovYch clenu, ocichazi z toho na geho eeskeho sttediska, zde Dallas, ficInou na ge tady, pomalu nastupuje Pada rids trochu mlad gich. Nu, dej se yule Boti, ptijde naS Ca g a jde se.

Lituji, te jsem nemohla jiti no, pohteb hr. Goebela. Nerada jsem tak a roil y , ale v posledni chvili jsem nemohlaa'z prace odejiti. Ut ty na g e eeske pohity nejsou tak navgtivene jako dtive bYvaly. Tedy, kdo infitete jdete, dnes vy jim, zitra oni yam. Ptijmete pozdray.

Antonie Horakova. ( j ZE SLAVNOSTI V ROSENBERG.

"Ne, to neopomeneme, takova vYzna,mna, slavnost eeskeho spolku, zalotenem na,gimi krajany a jimi tizenem", tekli jsme si s panem E. E. ChernoskYm a tak jsme si vyjeli na tu oslavu dvacateho pateho vYroei zaloteni Slovanskeho . VzajemPojist'ujiciho Spolku proti Zivelnim pohrome.m. Ten ptidavek proti tivelnim pohromarn ptidavam sam po zpasobtt eeskYch pojist'oven ye stare viasti, jet byly tizeny eeskYmi lidmi dle hesla: "Svfij k svemu!" Nebot' tento spolek pojist'uje jen proti gkodam yzeglYm potarem, ale i proti vichticim a jinYm pohrornam.

Cestou jsme pfehlitell s pariem ChernosicYm dosah toho dlouho panujiciho sucha, na, polich a jive zeleni, on to mute lepe posouditi netli ja„ sam, bylt' zrozen a vychovan na fame. Mohli jsme tak diniti, jelikot vranika okovaneho gumou, tidila dovedne a ostratit& jeho pani, o jit schopnostech v torn ohledu jsem se jit mnohokrate pfesvedeil. Jell jsme tarn v zastoupeni kra,janske Liberty Loan and Building •Association, take zalotenem a tizenern eeskYmi lidmi, na gimi zdejgimi krajany a kterY brzo te mety, dvacateho pateho vYroei sveho zaloteni dosahne.

Druhy podrutnY titul jet nese je: --Prvni eeskoslovenske pfijoovni a stavebni drutstvo v Texasu. — V oboru pojist'ovani my texasati Oechoslovane dosahli jsme znaeneho fispechu, te rnateme bye ti spokojeni. Mame tu nekolik krajon skYch jednot v pojisteni na tivot a k tent se radi je gte rolnicky pojist'ujici spolek proti tivelnim pohromam a v gechny se mohou vykazati dlouholetou Uspegnou einnosti. Osou te einnosti je v podstate getrnost, jet kate jedno stare moudre

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V E S T N I K -- WEST, TEXAS Ve strechi; dne 1. srpna 1951, "Schovej bil9 gro g na Cerny den" bileu. Od houstonske odboekY byli tam litary Band z Ganado, sesilen0a Vackoa lidove je dodavano: "Pro strYeka P •i- pritomni oba bratri BilYch, Anton a Jan, you kapelou -z Rosenberg pod jeho rizehodu". Cinime tak jak pro sebe, tak i pro Jos. Kalousek a Johnnie Kahanek, vSich- nim obveselovala na ySte yniky v3"iborri' sesvoje rodiny, pro ty hlavne. Schovavame ni in corpore s rodinami a pribuzen- hran9mi pisnemi i eesk9mi, za coZ klidila ty groSe pro amrtni pojisteni, by v padu stvem, y eetne bratra Frank Aneince, jen2 staly potlesk po kaalem, kusu. Mezi hunaSeho odchodu z tohoto sveta pozasta,11 je pted,sedou SVPS, s jeho dceruSkoti. debniky urtel jsem nam- Houstonanam meli na pohtebni v9lohy a ptipadne nePok:ynem ruky zdravil jsem bratra dobte znameho pana V. Kueeru, pana kajake finaneni zabezpeeeni alespon po ji- bishe z East Bernard, tajemnika SVPS, pelnika Nesvadbu z Wallis. Byl tam i jeho stou dobu. ztel jsem tarn bratra Will Nesudu z Dal- 'bratr, reverend Nesvadba, takteZ z Wallis.

V torn je take trochu proziravosti. las. Bratr S. Valeik, redaktor Vestniku Z ylaStni yYzdobou slavnosti bylo tam dye Kdybychom ty penize dr2eli doma, po- byl tarn ptitomen se svou pain a dceruS- valeenYch tankir s eouhajicimi dlouhymi stradali bychom jistoty, mohli bychom je kou a jeji ratolistkou, predstaviv me poz- hlavnemi z jich strelnYch kupoli, litYch utratiti, mohli bychom o ne rtiz- deji bratra Bunclila ze San Antonio, je- z ocelove smesi. Tito valeeni velikani sponYmi zpasoby a neprinaSely by nam zis-- ho2 znal jsem z jeho dopisu pekne styli-- eivali na podvozku opatrenem housenkosovanYch y e Vestniku a jeho pani. Dru7 vitYm dvojityrri pohybnYm soustrojim, ku. JakY zisk nam skYta, pojistka na vot, recte peniz v ni ukladanY? Jih Pis-- h9rni cilymi narodnimi pracovniky v San jich2 podlouhle tlapy na jednom byly z mo di: "Nevite dne, ani hodiny!" Nevi- Antonia jsou man2ele Kleprlikovi a ocelov9ch plate, na dru.hem z gumov9ch. me, kdy naSe Zivotni nit bude pretnuta, Dresslerovi, jak mi znamo z jich dopisa Jeliko2 jicny hlavni byly chraneny obaale kdy se tak stane, pojiSteni na neZ y e Vestniku. -Pravni radce spolku SVPS, lem, nevim jake byly raze, tuSirril vSak jsme na neZ jsme penize do spolku sotalce C. H. Chernosky, jen2 byl jednim tripalcove, neb sedindesatipeti ukladali spravne a pravidelne, je splati- z hlavnich teanikti na, slavnosti, byl tarn trove. Zdaly se-bYtd jeSte zanovnimi a telnYm v obnosu, na nej2 byla pojistka se svou pani, synem Charlesem ml., a je- tak nevirn, byly-li snad z valeene vYzbroje vyradeny neb ne. ho rodinoti. vydana.

Z Buckholts jsem uvital pani PoSivaByla tu. vela rada me znamYch spolkoStejne je tomu tak s pojiStenim proti loyou, priby ySi tarn se svou sestrou, pani v9ch a narodnich pracovnika„ veteranti, N.velnim pohromam. Zas je to Setrnost Annou Vrlovou, te2 elenkou Pada Pokrok spojena s proziravosti pro ochranu ma- kteti na to lise pilne pracovali a pracuji jetku, oi vlastne pro nahradu ztraty a obohacuji s ykrin zkuSenostmi strany HOustonu a z jich navStevy poteSily jsme vznikle tou Ci onou zivelni pohromou dle naSeho Vestniku. Bratr Gajevsky, bratr se v naSem doinove v atery odpoledne. zneni pojistku. Zivelni pohroma mute Miles PodlipnY, nas enniskY filosof, bratr Pani PoSivalova ma tu syna,4-jen2 ma, tu prikvaeiti, ne2 se nadejeme a tu pak na,- Josef Vytopil a bratr KlinkovskY. A, ej- obchod dvetmi, okny a ostatnimi k tomu ptisluSenstvinni. Poslali jsme po ni pohrada ztraty je jako hojiva mast', mirni- hle, i ten Corpus Christi poslal deputanzdrav jejimu manZell a synu slouZicimu ta, bratra Holaska, jen2 kam zavita, vnaci onu bolest neStesti. 1Jkladani uSetre✓ branne moci SpojenYch state v New nYch groBi v stavebnim a ptijeoynim Si veseloSt. ZO,' kratko sticet1 jsem se s bra-Jersey. spolku, eili tak zvanem y Ypomocnem ma trem pravnikem Kacitem z Temple, jen2 Na zpateeni ceste k domovu zastavili take jiste vYhody. Predne riaSe uSetrene je tarn radcem a pritelem naSeho licit' a a v nem ukladane groSe jsou zabezpeee- poZiva, u nej ficty a va2nosti. Poslal jsem jsme se u pani Libbie Chadil Roberts, ny pied ztratou a pak prina,Si tirokovY po nom pozdrav me sestre Kamile Foj• dcery to zesnule pani Frances Chadilove zisk v podobe dividend a zvykarne si tak ta'Skove a ostatnim nine tam. znamYm. ✓ Katy. Pan Roberts ma tarn rozlehle Setrnosti a rntiZeme zase citovati stare DalS1 Rosenbergean jeho jsem natrefil prostranstvi s peknYm domovem a dobre ecske "8eti'eni zlate koreni. A na slavnosti, byl bratr Neuman, jemu2, se tarn °bourn dari. Maji jedno ditko, je to ciceraSka a velmi mild. Stretli jsme se jsou-li tyto spolky a Usta yy v CeskYch ru- jak bylo patrno. farmateni svedei. kou, rizeny prozirave a hospodoxne flakZ Blessing tarn jsouci bratr Hlolek sde- tam s manZeli FortranovYmi, pani Velma mi CeskYmi lidmi, kyne nam z toho, take ill malo poteSitelnou zpravu, ze bratr Fordtranova je dcerou pana E. E. Cherznaeny prospech. Davame zamestriani Domord.d, tamni oily narodni pracovnik noskyho 'a tak si on tam hral jako dedena8im vlastnim lidem, nas tisk, el na, '.e a zbehly pisatel do Vestniku churavi, tak eek s jeho vnoueatami; spravneji mluveeske noviny tim .te2 ziskavaji, jako i 2e musel hledati lekarskou pomoc. Dou- nicky vnouaaty, hochem a diveinkou, to jich zamestnanci a ty na'Se Ceske spolky tarn, 2e to nebude tak vane onemocne- je pravY akrobat a die stavby Vela, byla by n Ustavy take prispely a ptispivaji ye ni a pfeji mu brzke pozdraveni. :Zahledl velmi dobrou taneenici. Rozloutivk se -s pelaSili jsme to pozdnim veeerem znaene mire nasim narodnim a osveto- jsem tarn i bratra Dlouh9lio ze Sheldon, • vYm einnostem v mnoha oborech, jakoZ i byl jsem vSak zamestnan nevim jinYrn a k domoVu, ponechavSe Soferskou schopdolote znamo a ocenovano; ony byly v pak, kdy2, jsem jej chtel pozdraviti, jif nost v rukou pani Chernoske, jet mne dotorn ohledu hybnou pakou v zaslu2ne jsem jej neshledl. OvSem, 2e tarn nescha- pravila a2 k branam nacho dornova. einnosti. A kado to jubileum eeskeho zel ani bratr Vavrik, jen2 has obveseluje Srdeene diky za tak peknott a zabaynou spolku, nob astavu ma nas naphaiti note na rozhlasu z Rosenberg Ceskou hudbou proj 12d'ku.

Bratr redaktor Vestniku, Stephen ValSenim, 2e je to kus velkelio aspechu na a oeskYmi pisnemi. Pan E. E. Chernosky vyteene mete plodne prate pro nas a na- seznamil nine s panem Kovarern, jen2 je elk byl tarn se svou pani a dceruSkou jineb namm potomky. okresnim komisarem okresu Fort Bend a ste dtive neZli no pro prate v tradovne Liberty Loan jeho pani.

Hnedle bych byl opomenul seKdy2 jsme tarn pkijeli, ji2 tam byly and Building Association, (mnohdy tam houfy navAtevnikU z mnoha mist Texasu stru Kukralo you ve spoleenosti jinych musi pan a pani Chernosky nastaviti y e. a byl jsem. prekvapen tim, jak nas Hou- darn.

Slavnost byla pane zaran2ovana, he- eery a nedele ku zdolani pra ce se tam naston a hlavne tad Pokrok Houstonu byl eetne zastoupen. Hlavni Uradovna naSi zounka rnlada ciama pripinala navStevni-- hromadivS ), prijeti drive ' ia on poda asi Jednoty SPJST byla zastoupena poked ktim tmavomodre stuny se stribtivYmi sain vystiZnejSi priMeh poi adu slavnosti.

K zaveru preji Slovanskemu Vzajemvim pred.sedou bratrem Ed. L. Markein a pismenami zcela gratis, velke prostrantajemnikena bratrem J. F. Chupickem, stvi s velkYrni budovann a bylo postarano ne Pojist'ujicimu Spolku jmenem Svym, kteti oba pronesli nairno jin9ch teenikti jak a obeerstveni tak i o obveseleni bud-- tadu Pokrok Houstonu a jmenem Liberblahoprejnou zdravici SVPS k tomuto ju- boa Prolesor John Grcgurck so svou Mi- ty Loan and Building Association ninolio

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Oznamuje, Ze prkti pravidelna mesieni schnze bude opet v sini Pokrok Honstone- v nedeli 5. srpna t. r. a zaane jak obvykle v 9 hod, rano.

Bratri a sestry, vezmete to laskave na vedomi a dostavte se v hojnem noetu, byste pretrumfli aleny z okoli sine radn Stefanik. S pozdravy Statni 'Mop )

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To rname ale teploueke poOasi, slunk"ko talc pripaluje, Ze by vSe upekio. Jest treba deSte, v S . e suchem hype.

P. a pi. Fred Merlikovi a syn Freddy vyjeli si do Denver City na yStivit jeho rodiee a sestru, p. a pi. Joe Merlikovi, kteri nyni bydli u jejich decry, pi. Hoyt Ed wards. Drive Merlikovi bydleli zde, ale mamince Merlikove tady nejak zdravi neslonZilo, tak se tarn odstehovali, pry se ji tarn lepe dari. Prejemo ji, aby se brzy uzdravila a prijeli zpet mezi nas.

Te2 odjela Doris Jean, dceruSka Fred Mrlikovych, do South Bend, Indiana, naVStivit jeji pritelkyni, bYvalou Frances Milanovou.

Do Chicaga do sokolskeho kursu odjeli nas ndeelnik Emil Milan, ndeelnice Linda Krenek a cvieenci Jerry Milan, Joe Milan mladSi a jeho manZelka tea odjeli nikam na, sever. Preji vSern, aby se do-bre pomeli a navratili se St'astne a zdravi dome.

S pozdravem na vSechny, Prances Jeemenek.

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Ctena redakce a mili etenari: Po kratSi preStavce opet se chapu pera, slepit nejalcY dopis, ne'oot' nam starSim ua jineho na tomto svete nezbYva, jenom to eteni. V:secko to sllaneni a jezdeni za nejakou tou veselosti je jenom chvilkove a nedovede nas nikam. Zahnat smutek, ktery vas tint, nedoved.ete i kdybyste jell na kraj sveta, a vy, kteri mate dobre spaleeniky, vaZte si ,jich dokud jich mete, kdyZ uZ jich ztratite, tak je pozde kat. Clovek, ktery davecle vykouzlit krasnou myLenku v dobach kdy mu bylo nejhtlre a neztratil kuraZ k Zivotu, je nam nejcennejAi a nejpotrebnejSi. Svet je talc rozharany, zda se bYt vyM.-

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0 pohrbu pan g Svaeiny psat nemohu, me se shodnout s naSimi nejbliasimi, jak nebyla jsem doma v ten eas. Pan Svaeina ve spolkovYch schlizich talc v kostelnich, byl dlouno nemocny a talc ted' spi pak mame za co trpet, a nejvice to Urine-• spanek a me klid a odpoeinek (4:1 tech Zisou naSi chlapci na fronte. Jsem cele tiny votnieh starosti a bolo. Pauli Svaeinova, sama a Ziji jen y e strachu, Jak nekomu mete moji soustrast., nevi dobre, uZ si to y e s y Ych myllenkach Tak jedni odemrou a droi se Sent. V udelam vetA a tak se nedivte, e tonic sobotu 21. byli jsme v Crosby na svatbe a, rejdim po svete. jako na svatbe, tarn to bYya nejlepSi, jiMinuly tYden jsem se vratila a navSte- dla tolilc, kolik kdo mobl snist a je'Ste vy od sentry z Buckholts, kde jsem se teZ pine stoly zustaly. Vdavala se sleena Misheastnila slavnosti v Ceske sini, kde na- na ,':"3krlova a pan Joe Krauskopf. Velice vAtevu meli ohromnou. Take pan Amos jim to sluSelo. Svatba byla velice okazala.

Kadleeek z Pioustonu prijel S celou rodi Pet dospelYch druZek nevestu vyprovanou pddivat se na stare zname, Se mason zelo a dve malinke drUZieky. Pak naslena zpateeni ceste do cloustonu prijela doyala hostina a naposledy tanec. VSeho pani RuZena TomaSkova k detem, ktere jsme se sneastnili. Ze v ten sakerny den bydli v Houstone. Pani TomaSkova je asi mne sestra z 13uckholts prijela%nav'Stivit na tom samem miste co ja v loni, ji ze- a oplatit mojJ besedu, tak jsem ji vzala mrel mantel a letos v lednu syn Eda, a v sebou na svatbu a talc jsme se mely obe kvetnu dcera Klara, u ktere pani TomaS- dobre. Nasiedujici den, v nedeli 22. jsme kova, si udelala domov. A talc to dobra zas jeli na oslavu do Rosenberg, kde matieka je jako ztracend a hleda ted' u- ohnovY spolek mel svoje jubileum 25 roklidneni svych mySienek. ku zaldZeni mestskeho ohnoveho spolku, V nedeli 15. kvetna melt Sokoli svoji ku kteremn i ja pattim od zaloleni jeho prvni slavnost v jejich nove sini v Hous a odbbeky v Crosby. Vyjely jsme v 10 hotonu a dobre se jim vydarila, aekoliv din rano, pi. J. SoSeakova,pi. Marie St'adent' straM ze vSech stran, jich to obeSlo. stny, pi. PoSivalova a ja. Nejprve jsme jeBarbecue bylo velice dobre a kaZdY si ly na Guy na htbitov a pak Ze se zastavichvalil. Pak nasledovalo bingo, zpev rne u P. MikeskovYch na phi hodinky, ale naposledy tanec. deSt' nam to pokazil. Talc prijmete od Prvniho eervence mely jsme vYlet, same nas srdeeny pozdrav pi. Truksova a Mivdovy, v galvestonskem zalivu. Pani Ro- keskovi. Sestra zase uZ odjela zpatky dosie Hanus, jako predsedkyne naSeho vYopatrovat maid kuratka, kterYch si letu nas tam pozvala. Jeji (Thera, pani Ro- koupila sto. Za jeji nepritomnosti jeji landova tam viastni letni domov ate tam mantel je opatruje, Sc snad je bude i 0pies tyden nikdo nebYva, tak jsme se rukovat, aby jim nebylo talc horko pri tam nastehovaly na celY tYden, pani Ha- torn stichem a horkem pooasi, ktere tarn nusova, pi. KostorniatskY, pi. Mollie Syp- maji. Kern v Houstonu does velice dobre tak a moje maliekost, a Sc jsme se mely zaprSelo, talc to bude zase vSecko lepe vydobre nemusim ani popisovat. KaZda me- padat. la ustanoveny svuj dil prate. Pani HaDne 22. zari Lesko-MorayAti Bratri v nusova, nam varila, pani KostomlatskY u- Buckholts sveti jejich novY kostel, ktery klizela a pani Syptakova a ja jsme ryba- byl teprve dohotoven a je velice peknY, Pily. BYva, tarn star'Si pen a take vdovec, celY z Mien() kamene. Talc zase budu mit ten nas vial na lod'ku a jely jsme daleko karn jet. na more chytat ryby a take se velice doChlapec, ktery je ye vojenske shine ye bre chytaly, jakmile jste hodil haeek do Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; nine porad vody, ua jste tab.' rybu. NeSt'astnou na- Mk: "Mdmo, pit ed'. KdyZ jsi to dokazala hodou mne se chytil cas -fish, z haeku se jet na Floridu, dokaZeS to i Sem." Ale pieodepnul a zabodnul se mile do nohy, a ce tolik kuraZe nemam a musela bych jet talc uZ jsme potom vie catfiAti nechytaly. soma.

Must to bYt velice jedovate, neb mne aZ Dries to mame pohreb. Syneeek 3 roky uSi bolely. KrabU, rake pani Syptakova start', Alfred Brumek, ktery pies Linnachytala velice mot a davala je do vel- d za ostatnimi &Unit, kde se pripravokeho drateneho koSe, ktery je tam uZ je- vala velike "Birthday Party", byl zamnom na ten fteel, ale nekdo nam je v no- Zen a zabit truckem. Jeho rodiee jsou Kael ukradl. Slykly jsme jak lodieka v noel rel a Agnes Brumek, ktere jsem ja znala obji2dela kolem naScho mhstku, ale Ze by jeSte z Cameron. Prijmete rnoji soustrast. nam nak raky kradl, to jsme si nepomyIVIesto jako je Houston si IcaLly den vyslely.. No jen jestli mu Sli k duhu. Krabi se easem dobre chytaji a kdy2 je proda- Zadd dva i tri lidske Zivoty, tak ae opatrvate, talc jsou $1.25 tucet Zivi. Jak je Clo- nosti nilcdy nezbYva. Tak se mejte dobre net se sejdeme %q1-;% y& posilen na mysli, kdyZ se z toho mestAnna Vrlev.). skeho ruchu ztrati a neslySi isle net jen ty S Uctou

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NU ZALOV RESOLUCE SOUSTKASTI. My, niZepsanY resolueni vYbor kadu Praha eis. 29 v Taylor, Texas, projevujeme upkiinne citenou soustrast portistale rodine nad ztratou jejich otce a naeeho spolubratra John K. fiaka, kicrY svou pozemskou pout' dokonal 15. ceivence ye staki 51 rola".

Vime, milt pozüstali, e te2ce nesete jeho odchod aZe Wig zarrnutek jest VelikY, ale budi yam ittechou, Z'e my, elenoye tadu Praha soucitime s Vami ye Vaeem zarmutku.

Tobe, bratfe budi2 seine lehka. Cest Tvoji pamatce!

Marie Svadlefialc, Vera PolanskY, A. L. BoudnY, resolueni vYbor.

3•&•( RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, nine podepsany resolueni v ybor ' du Karel Havlieek Cis. 4, projevujeme timto radu na gi citenou soustrast pozastale rodine nad ztratou jejich otce a decleeka a na geho mileho spolubratra iikeg Pluck, kterY dokonal svou pozemskou pout' po diouho trvajici nemoci ye stati 87 let.

ZesnulY bratr bydlel ye Winona, Minn., a vZdy spravne konal sve elenske povinnosti. Pochovan byl na Winona hititove.

Vime, portistala rodino, Ze tace nesete ztratu Vaieho milovaneho, aveak budi yam fitechou,'Ze my opravdove soucitime a Vann ye Vaeem zarmutku. ZesnulY bratr at' odpoeiva v, pokoji a test budi2' jeho painatce.

Dario v Hallettsville, Texas, dne 22. eervence 1951.

Jan Boeek, Jan HolY, Josef Woytek, resolueni vYbor. )• ( RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. Terra° fadky fad Jaro Cis. 130 vyslovuje uptimne citenou soustrast pozastale rodine nad amrtim manZela, otce a deilccica .

Josef Goebel, lstrr ;od nas odeeel nav2dy k vednemu o:mid/. &sandy bratr patiil do facia dieutiou tadu let a byl opravdu dobrYm elenem, zastaval ramie akady a sit-east/ill se schazi aZ do doby, kdy zdravi vypovedela slu'Zbu. Vy, pozastala man2elko a ditky, bud'te ujieteni naeich spoluelena soustrasti a zesnulemu pfejeme odpoeinuti veene.

Za fad Jaro eislo 130 Mira Jurdik, Stan. Hulovec, Antonie aiorakova, resolueni vYbor.

VESTNiK WESY, TEXAS RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, nine podepsa,nY resolueni VYbor fadu Pokrok Roweny eislo 49 v Rowena, Texas, vyslovujeme na gi nami uptimne myelenou soustrast portistalYrn ditkam nad Umrtim jejich mile matky a na gi spolusestry Marie Baron, kterd due 1. eervence skonala ye staff 78 roka, a dne 2. eervence za, hojne Utast pfatel a znamYch uloMna byla k veenemu odpodinku na Narodnim hfbitove pH osade Rowena, Texas. ,TU rnnohokrate jsme se zminili o trp kYch zadateich prvnich pristehovalca, ktefi zavitali do zdejei krajiny. Jak mnoho jinYch talc i tato sestra ye syYch za-= eatcich zde nernela na ra gch ustlano, ale cltivera v lep gi budoucnost je nezklamala a dne 2. kvetna roku 1904 se syYm man2elem byla mezi prvnimi pH zalo&ni na,geho fadu eislo 49 SPJST. Proto, mile ditky zemfele na g spoiltsestry, budiZ Vain atechou, ae my Vag zarmutek sdilirne s Vami, na Va gi milou matieku a na gi spolusestru budi vzpominano.

Psano dne 18. dervence roku 1951 v Rowena, Tex. Josef Eolubec, Josef Maredek, Vaclav Kvasnieka, resolueni vYbor. * • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, naepsanY resolueni vYbor kadu Praha Cis. 29 It Taylor, Texas, projevujeme uptirnne citenou soustrast pozustale rodine nad ztratou jejich man&lIcy, matky, babidky, prababieky a nag spolusestry Jenny Davidove, ktera dokonala svou pozemskou pout' due 9. eervence 1951 ye staff. 84 rokii.

Vime, pozastala rodino, 2'e Wee nesete jeji odchod, avea,k budiI Vain 'atechou, my opravdove soucitime s Varni ye Vaeem zarmutku.

Zesnula sestro, odpodivej v pokoji a test Tvoji pomace.

Za fad Praha els. 29. v Taylor, Texas: Marie 8va,dlehak, Vera Pola,nskY, A. L. BoudnY, resolueni vYbor. ) • * • RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, niZ'epsanY resoludni vYbor fadu Praha Cis. 29 v Taylor, Texas, projevujeme Upfimne citenou soustrast pozastald rodine nad ztratou jejich mankla, (Ace a naeeho spolubratra Walter A. Pagela, IcterY zeinkel 10. eervence 1951 ye stab 51 rolca.

Vime, ae -Wee nesete ztratu Va geho milovaneho manZela a otce, ale bud1Z Vain Utechou, ae i my, broth a sestry fadu Praha soucitime ye Vagem zarrnutku.

Tobe, bratfe bud g zeme lehka a test budiZ Tvoji pamatce.

Marie Svadlefialc, Vera PolariskY, A. L. BoudnY, resolueni vYbor fadu Praha C. 29.

Ve streffu, due 1. Srpna 1951.

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. My, niZepsanY resolueni vYbor fadu Uechoslovan Cis. 40, projevujeme timto jme nem fadu na g ctenou soustrast popastale manZelce nad ztratou jejiho manZela naeeho rnileho spolubratra Frank Seitz, Ictery zemfel dne 11. eervence v laoustonske nemocniei a poi-Uteri byl na ,katoliReienberg. ekem hfbitove Vime, portistald manZelko, Ze po jeho odchodu jest pro Vas Zal velikY, ale budiZ Vam iitechou, Ze my, elenove naeeho fadu soucitime s Vami. test budiZ jeho pamatce.

Dana v Hillje, Te,, dne 24. dervence 1951.

James HradeckY, E. K. HajoyskY,3Leon Tkiska, resolueni vYbor. )_• 4, •

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sobotu 4. srpna bingo u kadu Pokrok Houstonu eislo 88. Zalcusky budou zdarma. ✓ nedeli 5. srpna fad Svaz eechoslovanil Oslo 92 ye Fort Worth potada velkou hudbe John. R. Bade taneeni zabavu z Fayetteville. ✓ nedeli 5. srpna pfelolend schaze u facia Pokrok Dallasu 'Oslo 84. Pouze pro tento mesic bude schtze na prvni nedeli misto na tketi. ✓ nedeli 12. srpna spolee'nY piknik du Pokrok jihu'eislo 72 a spolku Cameron R.V.O.S. eislo '73 jako kaZdorodne v Cameron. VYborna hudba odpoledne i ✓ nedeli 19. srpna Zupni slet a zavody potada Sokolska 2upa Jani v Ennis v Sokolovne. KaZdY je p0 sokolsky zvan. ,y, • Rad Pokrok Dallas eislo 84.

Cteni bratki a sestry: Timto varn oznarnuji, na ge pkieti dova schaze kona se prvni nedeli v srpnu, to jest 5. srpna ye 3 hod. odpoledne.

Zmena, tato jest jenom pro tuto schtlzi, ponevad'z tfeti nedeli v srpnu bude potadan Zupni solcolsky slet v Ennis, Tex. a mnoho naeich elenti se hodla, toho zadastnit. Veder tfeti nedeli v srpnu v sini zabava nebude. Vezinete laskave na veclomi a pfild' te do teto schaze. Maine rtizna, flzeni, o kterYch by men elenove veal.

Prato nezapomerite na prvni nedeli V srpnu a na tuto schazi. ✓ bratrskYm pozdravem za, fad Cis. 84.

Frank Vodidka, tajemnik.

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"Muj muZ nine o myth narozeninach pfelcvapil."

"Ale jdi! A s kYrn?"

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Vyzvedaeka cis. 13 Roman z obeanske valky

"Rortrhaji vas no, ulici na kusy — ``Nemam strachu. Sejciete dole pc schodech prede,mnou."

Chvilka napjateho ticha. Pak: "Mohu se rozloueit se svou dceoutkOu?" "Toho se nemohu octvaZit .

"Jste tak nelidska?"

"Podvedete-li trine, pak budu ja. viset.

Videla jsem ItZ stink taneic, pod tibenici .. . Ne, otaite se a sejdete se schocl a."

"Nechte nine alesPon, abych se na ni podivala . . ."

"Neposiechnete-li mne, a neptijdete-li dolft, tedy vas bodnu do krku Spiel note."

Zelena dama na ni bleskurychle skoeila a chytila ji za prave zapesti; nitZ spadi se zazvonenim dole se schodu; ale divka, ttihla jako bid a obratna jako Uhot, chytila svou zajatkyni a obe se pritiskly na zabradli schodn, tesne u sebe, zapasice, tkrabajice a drasajice si navzajem pate a prsty, aby se jedna z nich uvolnila, a tak se potacely a beZely soueasne ke schodtm.

"Ja. to znam," volala Zelend dama, primo besnici vztekem. "Jsi yyzveclae'ka Cislo 13. A ted' se ty mlada vraZedkyne, r,ostaram o to, abys byla znieena jednou poovZdy." Rozevlata spcusta jejich zlatYch cfslepoVala divku, ktera zdvcjila sve zpola omtheena prudkYmi ranami pestmi druhe Zeny. 13 fist Zelene damy se objevii slab pramenek krve a brzy pretekal pies celou jeji tvar. Skryvala zuby za l'OZdrasanS7 mi rty, a trhala z divky ha y jeptitky, objevujic tak jeji nahe, hnede nabaovene telo.

Zapasice a tkrabajice se jako dva na smrt se 'potykapci hadi, dostaly se az na okraj schodn, sklouzly o nejakY stuperi, zase se chytily a zapasily, aZ spadly do pcloviny schoditte s ohromnou ranou, jet ottasla celYm domem.

Jedna z nich. lekla zkroucend a chvejici se u zabraciii, se ziatYmi vlasy pokrYvajicimi ji v n.e.poradku zkovavenY 0blieej.

Druhd, zpola naha, si proklestila cestu k hlavnimu vchodu, zavrela a zamkla dvere a shYbla se zase pro svuj ni12, kterY ihned natla.

Ale kdyZ se plitila, hekajic a popadajic sotva dech, na misto, kde lekla Zelend dama, optena o zabradli v polovine se hod gt 6, nemohla ji vzictisit, zdvihnout

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Pracovali lide, beloti i eernoti.

Vyzvedaoka dislo 13, vaecka se clivelic, Tito se otaeeli, divajice se no jeptitkti; hekajic a skcro orndievajic, se pokusila jet jela rozkooemo na eistokrevnem koni o to, aby sebrala zbytky sveho reholniho a vedla druheno, ale nikdo se ani nepo' havu a oblekla se. hnul, aby se ji na neco zertal. nebo Nyni si s hrtizon nvedomila, to je od- zastavil. A divka pobizela Skylarka k kudsi slyaet larozne jeeivY hlas, ale ne- trysku, ickoli toho kuii nemel zapotrebc, vedela, byl to hlas eerne slutky, zavreSnidajici, dejici nebo na prahu sedici ne komarce, nebo volala-li to pani Mom- vesnieane , zustali nemi, kdyZ videli seriscva z strieku od Svate Kristiny, jet ujiZdela Bledela dole na Zelenou damn, stlu- pinYin tryskem pod paposky vychazejieenou, znieenou, pinou krve, ale piece ciho slunce. stale krasnou.

Ktepelka, tetelici se v prachu na silDivky se zinocnila hrtiza, nebot' se ji zddlo, ze je ten ptekrasny krk zlomen. nici, utekla rychle do travy; hejna lueAle kdyZ se sklonila nad znieenou Zenon, nich skrivann se zvedla a letela pies jeji krasne al se otevZely, hrud' se ji Pole, zatatena pavueinaminvetenYmi rosou. VyplatenY sysel, utikajici kolem poli, zdvihala vzlykctem a celd telo se traslo.

Divka chvilku stala, divajic se na ni se doze zastavil, aby civel na vba kone, se svym notem V once, rak zavoavorala, uhanejici nejvyttlm tryskem %smerem k chytila se zabradli a drtela se chvilku Fredericka Bylo jeSte stale velmi 'Came rano, kdyZ vzprima.

Bylo docela beznadejne, chtit ji donest dcjela na misto, odkud bylo.videt vrravo az ke konim. Zde se nedalo uz nic delat, hory a vlevo malou Ndku.

A zde pojednou spattila zdreujici oleda by ji chtela skolit.

A pak, venku uZ bylo pine denni svetlo. bras: po silnici jel pluk federalni ka yolerie na hrozne zbedovanYch konich, jet Na schodech leZely cary nodni Zelene damy. Temito divka omctala jeji pchaneli vysileni jezdci s vpadlYma ma, sotva se dr ici v aedlech final/on. krasne bile 'achy u kotnikti, vtahla ji volne once za zada a spoutala je take. A Pobizeli je ostouhami tak, to aZ kalif:1m celou to dobn se na ni tato zpustotena, tekla z vyhttblYch bon krev, lepici 'se krasna a kovacejici bytost divala svYma na blato na jejich sosti.

Za nimi se potacela baterie jizdniho velikYma, fialovYma alma.

Vyzvedatika 'Oslo 13 streila zase MU do delostrelectva — di spite to, co z ni pcchvy, schovala ji do zahybu platte a zbYvalo — a jeji kone sotva byli schop&Mc se zabradli u schoda odchazela 'Do- ni tahncut tetka dela a kessony. Jakmain k hlavnim dv.etim. Otevrela je a mile je divka zahledla, videla, ze nekteti kone padaji vysilenim a zilstavaji leZet, zainkla zvenei.

Nikdo ji nevidel. Dole na. silnici jeden nehybni, na silnici; videla, jak se deeasnY farniat vezl karu pinou jablek lostrelci ze vtech sil pokouteji uvest sva smerem ke. Gettysburgu. Nikdo jiny ne- dela do spravnYch poloh, aby mohli pokradovat v ceste. byl na ulici.

Nekolik jezdcu ji videlo prijildet KdyZ se kara, taZend oslem, ztratila, z dohledu, divka preSla verandu a ry- jeden cinstojnik se otoeil a ubiral se k chle odeSla do zahrady, kde stall netrpe- ni icovicvnYm krokem, zastaviv ji zdvilive Skylark a Lady Margrave, hYbajice Zenou rukou.

Kdyt se chistojnik dovedel, ze je vy()easy a trhajice neklidnYmi zuby cele zvedadkou SpojenYch state, kdyZ vyslevetve ovocnYch stromti.

VS'ecka se jeAte chvejici, ale nervosne chl jeji vypraveni a prozkoumal oba dosclelujici tc, co ji eeka, divka vsedla tak, pisy z Emmitsburgske potty, podival se jak byla, Ye svem zapineriem havu jep- na ni beznadejne, pak se obratil k utrtiSky, na Skylarka, a veclouc Lady Mar- macenym jezdcum •a zase na ni pohledl grave, vyjela ze zahrady yen pies SirokY velmi unavenYma alma.

"Tb je Pleasantontiv rozkaz," reki. travnik.

Veliky larebec ye staji rZal a hrabal "Jsme polomotvi v sedlech. Stuart jede kouty; ale divka mela uz dost veci na dal k boci'dtim. Jedeme za nim."

"Nemam nikoho, kdo by mohl bYt postarosti, aby se pokouS'ela ukradnouti i clan zpet do Emmitsburgu, aby zatki j ej. z techto mute by ‘ Zahrada byla oplocena, ale velka vrat- Zelenou darnu. ZadnY ka byla otevrena. Divka jinn tedy projela, to nevydrZel ... I vy vypadate velmi prejela rychle Hlavni t •idu, a zahnula unavene, sleTho." "Kde je testy pink kopinika?" zeptado maid, stinne ulidky. Uliekou jela tak dlould p, at se dcstala na painu mezi za- la se divka. "Nemohou ti snad jit?" hraclami pinYini obsypanYch ovocnYch "Nevim, kde je," rekl unavene dustcj.,. stromii, a pote prijela na silnici do Fre- nik. "Je-li ve Fredericku, musi tahnout dericku, jet peSinu pretinala v pravem dal k Usti reky. Vate kone jscu, jak se zda, sveli. Bylo by lip, kdybyste jela Uhlu.

Pada silnice byly farmy, z jejichZ ko- pied nami."

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"Pak Trine doprovod'te," Sadala divka zoufale.

Vratil ji jeji dva dopisy a snail se jet za,roveli s ni, ale nakonec ji musel po2aclat, aby jela pouze krokem. I timto spasobem snadno dohoni jizdu a delostelectvo, ktere jsou v preciu. Tarn ji vyslechl i bledk plukovnik; pak divka pabidla Skylarka, a uji,tdela sama dal s Lady 1Vlargrave, na niS nebylo jedineho zpoceneho nebo zpeneneho misteeka.

Asi na pfildruhe mile pied Frederickein vbehla do tabora Sesteho pluku Ve meste zustalo pouze par hlidek; tito nemohli postradat ani jedineho jezdce, aby jel zpatky do Emmitsburgu a zatkl Zelenou damn.

Byl tu vaak federalni detektiv, jmenem Wrigley, ye stanu velitele hlidek; a tomu divka sverila sve dva kone.

Od neho se take dovedela, Se Jeb Stuart, jeho jizda a Pelhamova dela, se 'demi zajatci Unie a dveina, tisici pennsylvanskYch koni projeli kolem Fredericku pies New Market, smerem k White Ferry.

"Je to hrozne, sleeno, ze musime tu Semi nechat v Emmitsburgu, ale bylo by pro rids mnohem horsi, kdyby se dostala butieska, jizda pres Potomac."

Divka mu ukazala dva dopisy, jeS vzala poStmistrovi v Emmitsburgu. Detektiv byl liAackY mladik ye ,§pinavYch kalhotach a se slamenYm kioboukem; drSel oba clopisy v kostnatYch rukou a bedlive je studoval.

"Tahle telegraficka zprava je spravna," rekl. "Povesili jsme ty dva burieske zvedy. To vim dobre, protoSe jsem je sam chytil. A rad bych se dostal na kilSi take te Zelene dame; Ale main rozkazy od majora Allena, abych daval pozor na meat'any ye Fredericku a zatkl kaScleho, kdo by se pokouSel dostat se k Jeb Stuartovi."

"Jsou tu ye meste nejaci agenti tajne shiny?" zeptala so divka.

"Ne, ale je tu Sifrovae ye stanu generala Bufforda. Bude dobre, budete-li telegrafovati majoru Allenovi o rozkazy." "lVfohu dostat spojeni s Knoxvillem?"

"Phrozene. Pojd'te se 111.110U, sleeno.

Pojedu na tom hezkom koni do mosta boa sedla."

Lady Margrave nemela nejmenSi chuti se vzpirat, mladik na ni vsedl s lehkosti a jel bespeene do Fredericku v.edle vysvedaeky Maio 13, jeS jela na Skylarkovi.

Hlidky byly ubytovany ye starer mlYrie nedaleko Seleznieni stanice; a zde vyzvedaeka aisle 13 slesla s kono, k nemalemu ifSasu hlidek, vojenske policie a mnohYch tulakfi, bilYch i eernYch. Jizdni kapitan ji odkazal do druhe budovy, kde soda hezkY mladik laced

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telegrafnim pristrojem, a jell horkou rySovou kaSi. Mel Sive oei; a kdy'S vysvedaeka eislo 13 sundala, svou kapi a ukazala mu tvar, mladik se dal do smichu, proto2e hneda barva jeji tvare byla misty smyta, a pri rozene plet' Gail Lovelessove, uS jinak nabehla a poSkraband pro jeji zapas se Zelenou damou, byla nyni jeSte zkraSlena krasnYmi skvrnami neprirozene hnedi.

Ale mladik byl velice chytry a okamSite poznal diveinu krasu i v tomto prestrojeni; a pod jejim kouzlem nechal aye snidane a rychle zavolal tajnou sluSbu, Knoxvillu. A v nekolika minutach byl na druhem konci major Allen.

"Vyzvedaeka 'isle 13 se hlasi s Fredericku," rekla divka. A mladik prenaki zpravu svYm jemne rachoticim pristrojem; a pak eekal.

PriSla odpoved' majora Allena: "Kde je Stuart?"

Pak rada spra y a odpovedi po magnet ckern piistroji telegrafu.

"Stuart obejel Frederick pies New Market, smerem k White Ferry pies Hyattson. Pleasanton jede za nim, ale jeho kone se sotva drzi na nohou."

"To jsou posledni zpravy?"

MladY Barry kY yl na divku a telegrafoval spa: "Ano." "Poser, pro yyzvedaeku eislo 13," hlasito klepani telegrafu. A mladY Barry to Let divce nahlas, podle sluchu, jak zprava priehazela: "Jake zpravy mate?"

"Zelend dama je v Emmitsburgu ye starem Morrisove dome. Mohla bych ji zatknout, kdybych mela nekoho, kdo by se se mnou vratil."

Major Allen odpovedel: PoSadejte generala Bufforda o mute . . . Vak zpravy, jeS jsme dostali po agentech 106 a 90, jsou spravne. Kde je H. B. Smith?"

"Kdo je to H. B. Smith?" zeptala se divka mladoho Barryho.

• "To je mfij predstavenY, hlavni detektiv stiedniho Marylandu, Delavare a Virginie. Je tu nekde ye meste."

A telegrafoval: "Ma sluSbu nekde ye mesto."

Major Allen odpovedel: "Vyzved'te, milk-1i yam H. B. Smith pomoci. Dovidam se od generala McClellana, Se odejeli posledni vojaci za Stuartem. fteknete Smithovi, proboha, at' tu 2enu chyti. Myslite, ze bude jests v Emmitsburgu, poSlu-li za ni z Knoxvillu agenty eislo 106 a 90?"

"1VIA rozkazy odejet do False Capu a dat snameni burreske lodi jmenern Miranda."

"Je to jiste?"

"Objevila jscm jeji rozkazy v clopise,

ye stredu, dne 1. srpna 1951. kterk jsem vzala na poSte v Emmitsburgu."

"Dejte ten dopis H. B. Smithovi. knete mu, Se posilam agenty eislo 106 a 90 do False Capu. Musite se tarn odebrat take a pomoci jim chytit tu Semi ne2 se ji podari odejet do Anglie a spilsobit tam twine peklo."

"To je velmi d lezita vec. Pan Stanton ji potiebuje, a ja, ji potrebuji mnohem vice e• on."

Vezmete si vaecko, co potrebujete, jakoS i penize, od H. B. Smitha. Tento telegram je vaSim zatykaeem.

Pojedete pies Baltimore a Norfolk k Back Bayi, na VirginskYch hranicich.

Neztracejte ani okamSik. Ta -Sena musi bYt zajata nebo usmrcena."

"Up'oslechnu vaSich roskazt,bane," znela odpoved'.

Pak priglo po telegrafu: "Vyjed'te," a maid episoda byla u konce.

"Slava.," zvolal mladik s obdivem.

"Tady mains zase romanci!"

Vyzvedaeka eislo 13 poeala plakat, be'snadejne, znieena.

"Jsem tak na smrt unavena," vzlykala.

Mladik vstal, dostav napad a ihned jej provedl s velmi sympatickYin veselim. Vzal s plotny velikou nadobu s vodou, odeael do syeho pokoje, jen2 byl zaclonou oddelen od nradovny, a naplnil tenkou plechovou vanu teplou vodou.

Pak vedl velice laskave divku do teto mistnosti, ukazal ji mYdlo a rueniky, muaskou noeni koSili a aye vlastni tdborove "Tohle bude neco pro vas, Se?" rekl.

"Ano," vzlykala divka, "a neco k jidlu."

"Prinesu yam vkcko, sleeno. Main vain koupit ye meste kalikove Saty?"

"Ne, diky. To si obstaram soma," odvetila divka, smejic se pies ay e slzy.

"Kdybych mega trochu lihu, mohla bych si smkt zbytek tech hnedYch slum s tela . . ."

"Donesu vam lahev, sleeno. Ted' se vykoupejte a lehnete si. PoSadam hlidku, aby vas nikdo neruSil." Mladik odeSel a promluvil a desatnikem, ktery heed jinemu vojaku, aby dbal na to, aby se do pokoje nedostal SadnY Yeti:elec.

JinY vojak prines1 potravu a lih; a mladY Barry smaSil na panvi slaninu a uvaril hrnec kavy, okouzien touto romanci, jeS vtrhla do jeho jednot yarneho tiredniho Sivota. A pri tom si zpival. jak se divka myla ye stare plechove vane. Prostrel na malem taborovem stole svfij pribor, polozil na talik slaninu a eichl spokojene k dobre kave. A zase si zpival.

Pak slyAel, jak se divka zvuene smala, zatim co se Splouchala ye vode. Vzal jinou•pane y a zaklep,a1 na ni plechovou Vidli(tuu.

ye stredu, dnc 1. srpna 1951.

"Prvni yYzva k obedu, sledno," volal vesele. "Rychle!" jdu," odvetila divka. A za nekolik minut se objevila v jeho noeni kogili, Je Z se ji vldeela kolem bosYch nohou, a al" k brade byla zahalena vcjenskou pokrYykou.

"Dekuji vain za lih," kekla divka.

"Smyla jsem jim posledni skvrnky."

Dival se na ni, a si sedla; pak, se yzacnou mu2skou delikatnosti ode gel do sousedniho pokoje, kde byl jinY telegraf, kterY nikdo nemohi sly get, kdyZ byly dvere zavreny podle vojenskYch peed vYchodniho ckna se podival yen na dvorek, kde byla, pani Bunnova, hezka kuchaiova -Zena ktera loupala broskve na kompot — pro eelou pesadku.

"Pani Bunnova," zavolal mladik, "tady je jedna dama, ktera nema Z"adrie gaty."

"Pane Bole!" zvolala keno,. "Co mi to vypravite, pane Barry?" "ta,dne sluane gaty, myslim. Je velika a gtihla asi jako vy. Jciete do kramu k Evartovi a kupte ji, prosim vas, nem, ✓ dean by mohla jet na cestu. A teknete jim, aby poslali neet do hlavniho stanu a pkipsali to na konto majora Allena od tajne slukby."

Pani Bunnova mega site delat svaj kompot, ale rozko g z nakupu nad tim zvitezila.

Nek se Gail Lovelessova probudila ze sveho kratkeho spanku na Uzkem luZku telegrafisty Baryho, kuchakova Zena Sc vratila se syYmi baliky a se zavazadlem.

Mela dvojitY a dosti velikY tea, jimk trochu Baryho polekala. Ale kdyl tento vec uvakil, nebylo to koneene jeho starosti; zaklepal jemne na dveke; dostal ospalou odpoved'; otevfel dvere a hodil dovnitt baliky.

Pres to v gak byl sotva pripraven na to, Ze uvidi za chvili nato zjev krasnd divky v gedYch popelinovYch atech, s rozkognYm kleboakern a SAM, jenl. se vy• z nepokadku jeho muIskeho obydli.

"Jemine," zvolal mladik. "Jste opravdu moc hezka, slfieno, ne Z abyste gla na, hen za bukieskou yyzvedadkou. Prod radej nepoglou nekoho, kdo by ji vie postragil?"

Small se oba jako male deti, a divka se zeptala na, vlak, poladala o revolver a trochu pen& na cestu.

Pcnize prinesl u posel od velitele hlidek kterY byl jiste zpraven od majora Mena.

Revolver a patrony, 'eerstve ze skladigte zbrani, si divka pkipjala na telo ✓ fistrani Barryovy lcknice.

Kdyk se divka vratila, mei pro ni Barry -a Z"eleznieni listek.

"Na trati jsou tri pine viaky vojakii, a tam, kde na ge vojsko pfechazi reku, je parnik," vysvetioval mladik. "Na \TYchode, mezi Fredcrickem a Washingto-

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nein, jade druhYm smerern druhY vlak.

OdjiMi do Baltimoru za hodinu. Pkede dvekini na vas 'deka dostavnik."

"Vy jste bajeenY ehLopec," iekla divka vkele. Zrovna zatila. V gecky stopy pa nave a stradani zmizely tak odolne je zdrave mladi, kdyl je popohani vzru geni.

U dveki vzal vojak jeji zavazadlo, a mladY Barry, s eepici v ruce ji pomohi do dostavniku.

"Diky a s Bohem," kekla divka; a podrZela jeho ruku chvilku ye sve - zrovna tak dlouho, aby znidila na chvilku klid Jeho duge.

Mladik na ni hlede'l va gnive. Byla to zase jedna z jejich Jen Julie mohla vratit pohled s tak nidivYm Usmevem.

"Nechcete mi iici jak se jmenujete?" zaseptal mladik nesouvigle.

"Vyzvedaeka dislo 13," zageptala divka ukrutne; koei se obratil ke konim s klamnon laskavosti, mavaje pruknYin bidem; a dostavnik se vydal na ccstu kkivolakYmi uliekami mesta Predericku.

Divka spala ye vlaku celou cestu al do Baltimoru. Na palube lodi do Norfolku spala take— bdic jen na tak dlouho, aby se trochu najedla sucharu a astkic — a pak zas usnula, spankern spravedlivYch. Kdyk se po easne snidani objevila na palube v dokach v Norfolku, dva muZi ji piizli pozdravit. Byl to John Babcock a Augustus Littlefield, agenti tajne slukby SpojenYch sta.-tn.

Oekal na nd koear, fizenY dvema ozbrojenYmi jezdci a takenY dvema krasnymi konmi; a v nasledujicim okaniliku sedela Gail Lovelessova mezi obema muki tajne sluZby a jela dosti rychic pc) uli eich Norfolku.

Jeji kolegove tajne sluZby prijeli pies Richmond, jelikok moll co dolat v tomto hlavnim konfederaenim meste, jak vysvetlovali. Ale major Allen je vybidl, aby se venovali nyni teto "pram", jeZ" se zde naskytla.

Kdyk vyzvedaeka dislo 13 skoneila svou historii o Zelend dame, Babcock kekl: "To Zena, odjela z Emmitsburgu hodinu po vas. To je apinY nezmar, sleeno, jinak by byla uk bYvala pove gena po Manassasu."

"Nejvet gi vinu na tom ma pan Lincoln," kaki Littlefield—trPee. "MaZe-li se tomu vyhnout, nepcvesi nikoho."

"Ale buridi," pokraeoval Babcock, " yegi rase lidi stale. Povesili Jima Andrews° v Chattanooga. Povesili Johna Scotta, George de Wilsona, Billy Cambella, Marion Rossovou, Perry Schadracka a Sama Slavense v Atlante. A povesi Billy Knighta, Billy Bessingera, Williho Pittingera, Jacke Parrota; a mand 1 Dorseye, Wilsona a Portera; a bilhvi kolik dalgich jegte."

"A," pokraeoval Babcock, usmivaje se

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na Gail Lovelessovou, "myslim, e chyti-li nas, taky pro nas Pripravi tanec na gibenici."

"Pokud jde o toho va geho nezmarneho bileho panthera," kekl Littlefield, "chytime-li a zatkneme-li ji, co za to bude rnit? Krasnou kidli a troji jidlo denne v pevnosti McHenry." "eny by se nemeli veget," Pekin, divka. "A vubec by se u nemelo ve get. Videla jsem sama popravu. Je to prigerne.

Prod nas slugne nezastreli?"

"To je, myslim, piing stylove pro obydejne Apehy," odvetil Littlefield poohmurne. "No, sleeno, mame-li uZ" milovat rye nepratele a davat jim houpaci ve vladnich pevnestech, doufam, e so Zelend dama piece jen bude howat na pevnosti McHenry, nek se zas vr4firne do Kncxvillu."

"Chudak . . ." kekla divka laskave.

"Kdybyste ji byli videli, jak tam leZela, s krkem bezmala zloinenYm .

"To je v gecko jen komedie a humbuk, slceno. Dostali jsme s Johnem Babcockeni zpravu, Ze byla videna vdera veder v Baltimoru v takYch dernYch hedvabnych gatech se v gemi gperky na sobe, a pygne si vykradovala na s yYch virsokYch podpadcich."

Divka se nan podivala nevekive, ale John Babcock potvrdil tuto novinu tichYrn kYvnutim.

"Ne, ne, sleeno," pokraeoval Littlefield, "ta vtibec nebyla poranena. J.edinY beefsteak ji zase vzpruki — a tvak ji zmeni trogku lieidla."

Nevideli jsme ji v hotelu ani na nabreki. Mela tu drzost, e si sedla na, vojenskY elun jako chistojnikova kena.

Dovedeli jsme se to pkili g pezdo, abychorn ji to zmakili. Doufarn tcdy Jen,Ze ji jcgte najdeme v Back Bayi ncbo nekde v du nach.

"Dostane-li se na tu burieskou blokadovaci lod' u False Capeu a odjede do Anglia," dodal Babcock, "udela hrozne veci SpojenYm stattim."

Tak pfejeli za povidani, Z"ertovani a ironisovani ony dlouhe mile cesty dosti dlouho silnici k hranicim Carollny.

Obed„ kterY men v ko gi, jim pomohl zkratit dlouho hodiny.

Nikde nepotkali skoro dive clu ge, po te to ceste divoeinau, kde bylo videt Jon jehlienate strcmy a malo derno gskYch domkü s kouricimi kominy, na velmi ridkych pasekach. KdyZ poprve ucitili sal vzdaleneho oceanu a zapach meal velikYch a nekoneenych zatok a ostravkii, je Z od deluji deny od Atlantickeha otednu, slunce bylo Jia velice nizko.

Nad Back Bayem poletovaly miliony a miliony divokYch ptákü, — divckYch, husi, divokYch kachen, divokYch labuti je Z vgecky letaly ve velikYch hejnech, krouZicich pod mraky, zbarvenymi zapadajicim sluncem do ecr y cna; a rude

ttrana 14 nebe oznivalo jejich hlasitYm pokiikem.

Vojaci, .kte •i je provazeli, zastavili u stare tavcrny; Littlefield, Babcock a Gail Lovelesova vysli Yen z koearu, cell pclamani; a Babcock yeAel do temne ta"Nechame Si zavazadla Lady, sleeno," reki Littlefield chmurnYm hlasem, divaje se pies Airoke vody. a dodal; "Neco mi tika, ze jsme to naSi Zelenou (lama zrneSkali."

Babcock vy d. el rychle yen, nasledovan civema silnYmi muZi v namotnich botach.

Mu2i nesli vesla a vedli tii prichozi dal do zalivu, kde kotvila v Wine, cdelene od zalivu, plachetni lod'.

"Je Lady?" ptal se Littlefield.

"Odjela odtud na elunu pied dvaceti minutami," •ekl Babcock. Pote zavolal na sve dva jezdce: "Obstarejte kone a jciete se najist. Potom na nas poekejte." Pak podal s Litlefieldem ruce Gail Lovelessoye a •oba ji pomchli do lodi, v niz jeden ze silnYch muZil drZel kormidlo, zatim co clruhY obstaraval vesla a plachty.

Celd velikd zatoka hrala nadhernYmi barvami pro odlesk zapadajiciho slunce.

PurpurovY zenit oznival kejhanim husi, kachen a labuti, a miliony jejich kiidel pinily vzduch podivnYm zvukem, jako by se blilil hurikan.

Vitr byl dosti silnY a mote bylo krasne; na ckraji lodi se objevily viny a Gail Lovelessova se schoulila do p•idi, zahalena do sve nove Adly.

Po dlOuhe dobe slySela, jak Littlefield klidne tekl: "Tamhle jsou Jacku."

"Ja vidim," tekl Babcock. rozdeji &dal: "Nemohu poznat, jestli ji dohanime."

Jeden ze silnYch muZti •ekl k svemu spoleeniku: "Ti jedou hezky rychle."

DruhY odpovedel: "Myslim, z.e jedou rychleji neZ my."

"NemtiZete vice rozvinout plachtu?" zeptal se Babcock.

"To nemtiZeme. Uz jsme ji rovinuli vie nez je tteba."

Bylo to pravda. Jakmile se dostali k maim ostra yktim, vitr cd more se zdvihi a pravd strana loci' byla skoro u hla. diny.

"Lip bude, kdyZ ji trochu povolime," poznamenal mu.2 u kormidla, a jak se otoeil k zapadajicimu slunci, jeho obliCej motem oSlehanY, se ,zbarvil rude.

Vypluli prudeeji. Babcock a Littlefield povolili plachtu; promoeene platno se vypjalo; lano se napjalo k prasknuti.

Pak naraz, ptieni rdhno se ptehouplo, jak ktiZn y ali, a zaboiilo se na druhe strane do vody, ozatene pekelnou eeryeni na zapacle.

"No 112 jsme skoro tarn," poznamenal jeden z plavdt k Babcockovi. "Tamhle jsou duny. To je u'Z pobteli."

DruhY elun nebylo uZ videt. zakryl jej palmesicovY ostravek.

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zahnal lod' do zavetti velike, snehcbile duny; jeho kamarad pfekroell svYma na.motnima botama okraj lodi a ptitahl piieni ronno na stranu btehu; a Babcock Littlefield a Gail Lovelessova vyskoeili na bteh a Spihali se nahorti po piikre dune.

Jakmile se dostali na vetrnY hteben, videli velike rczlohy Atla.ntickeho ocednu a slydeli boutlivY ptiboj yin podel celeho btehu.

Videli take zakotvenY eernY parnik, asi na pill mile vzdalenosti za timto nebezpeenYm btehem, a v rudem svetle sluneenich paprsku bylo videt 'dlouhY Crum, brazdici si cestu k pobieM. Pak videli Zelenou damn, jak stala samotna na okraji strme duny. A v teto chvili se otoeila, a zahlecila je.

Pies take hedvabne 'Saty mela pfehozen lehky cestovni plast'. Vitr ji odval lehkY kloboueek a naeechral nadherne vlasy, je2 kolem ni vlaly jako prapor.

Lodni 'dun nebyl uz daleko.

John Babcock pcoal utikat smerem k Zelene dame. Na nejakou chvili se zda10, z,e to nezpozcrovala, ale pak se nahle otoeila a v ruce s rukaviekou se ji zableskla pistole. Namitila a vysttelila.

Vysttelila petkrat na Babcocka, Littlefielda a koneene na Gail Lovelessovou, kteti k ni vachni utikali.

Littlefield a Babcock men rovnel pistole venku, ale nesttileli; divka, svou pistoli nevytahla.

Byli (lost! blizko, aby slyseli, jak Zelend dama volala na muZe ye elunu, jenZ byl nyni nz tesne za ttiAtiei yin: "OdeZerite je! Ja k vam doplavu."

Ale bylo zicejmo, ze posadka elunu nemela zbrani. Dtistojnik volal cosi zpet, ale vitr to zmenil v nesrozumitelnY kiik.

Babcock, jenZ utikal velmi rychle, byl ji uz velice na blizku, kdy.-2 Zelena dama spustila pistoli a vrhla se do ptiboje se syYm zavazadlem.

"Nedelejte to!" volal Littlefield. "Utopite se."

"Vrat'te se. My yarn nic neudelame!" prosila Gail Lovelessova. "Pro lasku vrat'te se. My k vdm budeme laskavi . ."

Prvni vino, uchopila Zelenou damu a vyrvala ji z ruky jeji zavazadlo. Prodirala se druhou vinou a °Wild, se, divajic se mezi mokrymi vlasy a ukazujic svou krasnou tvat, bledou a skiehlou, pinou kapek studene tIiati.

Pojednou se ji zmocnila spodni voda jako zralok a prevalila se pies ni hrozne hueici ulna. MuZi v dlouhem elunu stall s vesli vztyeenYmi a jejich volani se neslo pies more jako poktik rackft.

"Ta.mhle se objevily jeji hedvabne S'aty," tekl Babcock. Odva2i1 se s Littlefieldem vyjit timto smerem a pokusili se eelit vinam ptiboje, divajice se slepe k mlstu, kde zmizela Zelena dama.

Jeji zavazadlo se vratilo s penou ttigticiho se ptiboje.

ire sttodu, tine 1 y pno ' 1951, Na brehu stab. plaeici yyzvedaeka eislo 13, a tfasla se v e,ervenych paprscich zapadajiciho slunce.

5 Protigpionka

Dny temneho zmatku mizely v hustYch rijnovYch a listopadovYch mlhach. V nich mizela i blednouci hvezda generala McClellana.

Pak kratce zaplala Burnsideova planeta, ale brzy zbledla v kouti PelhamovYch del, klesla a zbledla apine v posledni vine krve, jez zanechala na btehu osmnact tisic mrtvYch, co bylo sim prilivem csudne •eky.

Kdykoliv do veci zasahl president bud' generaly paralysoval nebo zgasobil jejich sebevraZedne Silenstvi. Nenaueil se dosud jak si ma vybrat vudce al pak ho nechat jednat podle sveho.

A s padem-s yYch vudcti a sySich armad, tajna. sltaba SpojenYch state se rozbila na kusy.

Alan Pinkerton — velikY jeji Sef znamY v armade jako "major Allen", resignoval na sve misto 'Seta a tajne sluZby, prctole mel rad a vetil v maleho Maca a tace nest jeho oclvolani.

Jeho agenti, kteti nebylii..trenovani ve vecech valky, skoro soustavne pteceriovali poeet neptatelskYch vojsk. Jeho milovanY general, jen2 se nemohl spolehat na vojenske zpravy, pcbizenY a svazanY presidentem, jen2 neznal valeene timeni, pohyboval se poplaS'ene jako nekdo, kdo praivd ogklivY sen, zatim co cela zeme oznivala jeho opakovanYmi 2a.dostmi o vetSi a vetAi poeet vojakft, kteti by mu poinohli z UzkYch. Nyni, za noveho veliciho generala na nejZ uZ Jeb Stuart a Joe Sweeny slant novou pisnieku pro sve banjo — cela cttesena tajna sluZba SpojenYch stall mela bYt znovu aivena a pteorganisovana.

Jejim S'efem se stal George Sharpe, plukovnik 120. pluku newyorske pechoty.

A kancelat vojenskeho zpravodajstvi se zrodila z chaosu.

Plukovnik Sharpe, vysokY, hezky rostly, hezke tvate a pinYch rte pod syYm zakroucenYm knirkem, jejZ ncsili kayo.leriste, v krasne unifornie a v botach s ostruhami, naslouchal clvorne vSemu, co mel na srdci jizdni general Averell. Averell. byl jedte hezei, na Sharpe. Byl to r •ijemnY obraz harmonickeho vojenskeho Zivota, jak by mel v2dyeky bYt, . ale jak malokdy vskutku byl.

Pak piliSel do prostorneho stanu plukovnika. Sharpea i jizdni general Stoneman, na nej.Z nebyl tak ptijemnY pohled.

NasledOyal jizdni general John Bufford yzneSenY zjevem i my'Slenkami. Tito tti generalove meli vladu nad dvanacti tisici yojaky. Nebot' kavalerie Yankeeti se koneene zmohla na, spravnY poeet. Jeb Stuart je tomu naueil.

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S pozdravem sTRtOEK miCEK Z AUSTINTJ • -) • 0 IlLOUPENI VLKOVI. Jednou zdalo se jednomu vlkovi, ze dostane dobrou svacinu, a to se mu taky vypinilo. Vstal ze sveho brlohu, Sel nejakou stezkou a naSel static). T podival se na ne a fekl k sobs sam: "VZdycky tikaji, ze sny jsou vitr, a pkece ml se jednou son vypinil." Polovic toho sadla sitedl a druhou polovici si schoval. Potom Sel dal a pilSel k nejake kaluZi; tu chodila kobyla se hkibetern a vlk ji tekl: "Ja ti to htibe snim." Kobyla nebyla hloupd a kekla vlkovi: "Tehdy jen brzieko, neb se mi velmi zle vede: to htibe me kouSe sedlak me zapraha a mam mnoho nesnazi, a k tomu ke vS'ernu jsem jests kulhava.

Ale kdybys byl tak dobrY a chtel mi to z nohy vytahnout, tuze me to boli!" Vlk byl ochoten; kobyla pozdvihla zadni nohu a vlk prohliZel, co ji ma vytahnout.

V for ho kobyla uhodila tak, ze se vleak pkevalil -a ehvilku zustal leZet; a

kdyZ" se zas sebral, byla kobyla se hkibetern to tam. Potom kl ten vlk dale a naSel sVini s . malYmi prasatky i tekl ji: "Jd ti ty vSecky prasatka snim" Ale svi-: ne byla schytrala i kekla mu: "Tomu jsem velmi protole me tuze hryzaji a ja main Spatne Zradlo; ale ze ty Prasat-, ka jests nejsou poktteny, musime je napked pokrtit." Vlk byl k tomu ochoten a Sel s prasatky do keky. A bylo to neda-, leka Prasatka tak tuze kvieely, az i inlynakSti psi ten kVikot uslySeli a ptibehli k rece. Tu svine nabyla smelosti, a vlkovi posledni prasatko v kece vyrvala a vlka sameho dale do vody vstreila. Zmachan vylezl z keky a tu se nail. shrnuli ti mlynarSti psi, a tak ho pokousali, zes neho hadry visely. Piece vSak jim vyvazl a Sel dal, i pkiSel na vysokou horu; tu behaly kozy a on jim kekl: "Kozy, vas vSecky snim." A kozy mu kekli: "Udelej, co chceS, ale my se musime pled smrti trochu pomodlit." — "Tehdy jen brzy," tekl vlk a zaeal se s nimi modlit ritZenec: "AIM! ahn! ahn!" —V tom uslySel ho pe.s oveackY pkibehl na nej a co mlynatAti psi neudelali,,,dodelal, takze vlkovi na celem tele riezirstalo ani zdraveho misteeka a ledva s Zivotem vyvazl. Tu sobs nejakou chvili poleZel a potom vstal a sedl si na ohon; a vtom mu zaval, dobrY vitr.

I sebral se, Sel dal a naSel stareho berana, pasl se sam. Tehdy tekl jemu vlk: "Berane, ja to snim." A beran mu odpoveal: "Udelej, co chceS, vSak jsem sta gy dost; ale coZ ti pomtiZe na rune zuby sobs kazit? Vis co jdi tamhle dOlii a otevti hubu a ja ti do ni vskoeim." Vlk byl tak bloupY, slezl shury a postavil se dole s otevtenou hubou. Reran se shitry dobte rozbehl a vlka tak uhodil, ze ten, se pkekotil a napolo inrt yY padl, a berm). sel svou cestou.

Po dlcuhem, cllouhem Case vlk se zase vzpamatoval a vlekl se dal, 'vravoraje sem tam, vpravo, vlevo, napked, naiad, jak opilY. Tak se ptiplazil az k nejakemu velikemu dubu a pod nim si tu sedi tekl Sam sate: "Jak mi se tak hloupe. vedlo! pravda, ze mi se zdalo, ze dostanu dobrou svaeinu: ale Stesti i neStesti me potom potka, o tom nezdalo se mi nic.

Ale tim vSirn byl jsem taky ja, vinen sant Byl-li to rozum, kobyle se davat za doktora? a co jeSte hloupejSiho, vydavat, se za knoze a prasatka kitit? anebo jak jsem byl hloupY, Ze jsem chtel jako var_, hanik s kozami se modlit ritZenec! a nad to ca hloupejkho, aby mi celY beran vskoeil do huby! Ano, ano, nejsem nic. vice hoden, neZ aby mi nekdo pii same tele usekl ohon!" -- I stal za tun dubem s.ediak a mel v ruce sekyru b ylt' si Pro. tyeky na obrue..'e; a tu bac! vlkovi ohon — A ten hloupY vloak jests potud bneelohonu behd, jestliZe yeera nezcepe5,4 OA SARIS ....

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w eskSIT Apostoi Svetoveho 1Vhru Komenskir C Due, kdy boj za mir se stal Zivotnim vela° dila "Vgeobecria porada a naprave sofie, tolerant/1i nabolenstY1,- kde by zajmem celeho sveta, sluSi se vzpome- veci lidskYch" na nernZ autor mnoho let bylo dogmat poskrovnu, a o novou politinouti i velkeho prakopnika miroveho pracoval. Bylo psano latinsky, jako ple- krt. Nove my gleni ma bYti po ,celem hnuti, J, A. Komenskeho, kterY venoval YaZna, vetSina spisy Komenskeho, pro- rem svete sireno novYrn, , yelmi zjednodujiZ pled tlemi staletimi sve Zi yotni asili tole latina byla tehdy dorozumivacim 'SenYm dorozumivacira jazykem misto miru. jazykem vzdelancti vSech narodu. Roz- tehdejAi mezirtarodni latiny. Jsme I s KomenskY ji.Z jako_ malt' hoch poznal umi se, 'ze dilo tak mohutne nevzniklo barbarskYrnL narody bratii a •sestry, ale nieive &inky valek; StraZnice na jinni najednou, vyvijelo se podle toho, jak se pro rozdilnost jazykri nemriZeme se snadMorave, kde po smrti rodieri nil a sve Sitil obzor a Zivotni zku genost autorova. no stYkat. tvahy o politice by nas dnes tety, byla uherskymi tlupami Stepana Jednim z nejzajimave gich spisn prn- nejvice zajimaly, bohuZel upravovatele Boekaje plepadena, yydrancovana a yy- pravnYch byla jeho nad gend kniha "Ce slozil patrne nektere pa •tie •Vgenaprapalena. Na studiich v cizine se oteyfely sta svetla", napsand latinsky za pobytu vy, ktere nebyly autorem vypracoyany, inladikovi giroke perspektivy a pojal tarn v LondYne. JiZ tam navrhuje zlizeni vi- dosti neumele z rianYch rozptYlenYch amysl pozvednout vzdelanostni &oven boru osvicenYch muZu z rtiznYch nal .° - naertkii, ktere misty nejsou zcela ye shovlasti a venovat se zdokonaleni gkolstvi. al, kteti by se venovali Siteni pokroku de. To je snadno pochopitelnewprotole Ale jen tti leta po sriatku proZil v mir- a ygeobecneho vzdelani. Dosud prY pe- KomenskY si zaznamenaval pahsoficke ne Zivotni pohode ye Fulneku. Po por9.2- stovali styky jen blizci sousede s poznamky pi'd 40 let. ce Oeskeho povstani proti habsburske mi tehoZ vyznani; ale "maloduSna a valka hrozne zpastoeila, vykatolicke reakci na Bile hole stal se sektalska omezenost jest nepritelem o- lidnila a na dlouho roz yratila velkou Cast psancem a po etyli desetileti bloudil Ev- becneho 'Atesti, nebot' chce lovit svnj Evropy. KomenskY uvaZuje, jak tedy vyropou. Kdy2' se usadil s deskobratrskymi vzrrist z cizi zkazy." — Take v znameni budo yati novY, lepsi s'vet na rozvalinach emigranty v polskem meste LeAne, na- tern seise "NejnovejAi methoda jazykri", stareho. Vzdelanci maji zkoumat pra y psal spisy, ktere maji svetovy yYznam, girSi yyznam, ne2 na- dy a Sifit je gkolami; kneli maji v chra--kterYma, nohem ae je privodne psal pro svou vlast, pe y znaeuje azky nazev, jsou y Yklady o tom, mech rozehlivat lidska srdce; pfednim -nedoufaj,zsmigrtv;eS jak smerovat k svetovemu dorozumeni. fikolem politiku je pak risiloyna price k udnes jeho "Velka didaktika" a "InforKomensky chtel pozdeji vtelYmi y Yzva- drZeni miru. K temto ukolilm maji bYti matorium gkoly matetske" jsou vysoce mi kniZky "Andel miru" zasahnouti i do zlizeny tfi sveto ye sbory, Sbor svetla, javaZeny, zejmena nyni v Sovetskem sva- jednani mezi Anglii a Holandskem v me- kasi nejvydi •kulturni rada. by sledoval zu. ste Brecle, ale nemel rispechu; slo o kon- na pl, pokroky ved a vynalezri, dohliZel Velikou sensaci vzbudila jeho "I3rana kurenci dvou moenosti, ktere mely kofist- na zdokonalo yani gkolstvi a ueebnich jazyke, ktera byla hned plekladana do nicke obchodni a kolonialni zajmy. method, ale pledevAim na yydavani knilt vSech yYznaenejSich evropskYch a pak 2 chystane sedmidilne "porady o na- a na tiskafe. 2acinSi nebude vyclavat knitake do tli asijskYch jazykti. Jiz od ro- prave veci lidskych" Komensky sam vy- by podle sve libovule, nYbr2 jenom to, co ku 1628, kdy navZdy opustil vlast, za- dal jen prvni dva, svazky, kdy na sklon- mu' bude sveleno k tisku vefejnou automestnavaly Komenskeho plany ygeved- ku Zivota nil v Holandsku. Nabadavy a ritou. ne, pansoficke. A tu se ocitame jiz plimo vodni svazek "Penegersia", VSebuzeni, Cirk ye mely tehdy mnohem MAI vliv a u jeho Zivotniho zapasu o mir. Videl byl, jak se soudi, jednim z popudu hnuti hmotnou moc neZ nyni. Autor by yAak hrUzy tlicetilete valky, byl s jinymi kne- zednatskeho, a velmi si ho cenil slavnY chtel, aby konsistote a presbytele rrizzi cirkve CeskYch bratli Stvan jako vy- humanitni filosof Johann Gottfried Her-- nYch vyznani splynuly v jednu konsistof soka zver pH honbe, a jen doeasne se der. AZ na smrtelne posteli zavazal Ka- cirkve obecne. Vrchnostenske pra y° nad mu dostalo Ukrytu na panstvi pana ze menskY sy eho syna a Kristiana Nigrina, svedomim, tak krute provadene protire2erotina. Bohatstvi zeme bylo loupeno, jednoho ze svYch Zakti, aby zbyle ruko p i- formaci, ale uznavane i tehdej'Aimi protestatky byly cizimi dobrodruhy zabirany, sy uspoladali a y ydali. Nigrin pracoval stanty, budil odstraneno. Klid'te se bezlid s nejvetSim nasilim obracen na ka- deset let v LondYne a pak v Amsteroda- boZne spory o nabolenstvi. Ba Komentolickou viru. Pan ze 2erotina o tom na- me na riprave hrozne rozhazenYch ruko- sky, posledni biskup Ceske cirkve Bratrpsal v soueasnem dopise: "VSichni, kdo pisn, vydal take z poznstalosti nektere ske, dokonce soudi: "Nabolenst yi eili jsou vypovezeni, stroji se prye, a to yet- spisy Komenskeho, ale nikoli pet zbYvaji- theologie musi se sepisovat tak, aby je Aim dilem bez penez ... hrube velika je cich dile z Porady. Teprve v poslednich musel uznati za pouhou a jedinou cestu bida, a kam se kdo obrati, sly gi plae, letech pled druhou valkou svetovou byly k bohu kaZdY, ... at' klest'an, zid, Ci moZaloby, klik, tak ze teskno po- jeji rukopisy objeveny v Halle; zaujimaji hamedan." V dobach, kdy holely plameslouchati; nejvice ty ubohe pani, kte- pres 2,000 foliovYch list& Original vabec ny inkvisice, take i Calvin dal pros*" urym se chystaji brati dcery (t. j. do kla- jeSte nevykl, ale piedloni vydal prof. palit volneji smYglejiciho Serveta, bylo Stern na katolickou pfevYchovu)' tak Hendrich CeskY pfeklad "VgevYchovy". takove citeni ovgem neprominutelnYm tdce to nesou, Ze div smyslri nepozby- Je to tedy prvni tisk del, na jejichZ vy- kacirstvim, a Komensky byl zejmena se dani Komenskemu tolik zaleZelo. vaji." strany reformovanYch hrube napadan.

KomenskY soudi, ze v g echna zla a Tyto spisy, zachranene po tfech staleNej yyggi politickY sbor yyslancri, kterY mravni bida prameni z toho, ze neni tich z prachu provincialni nemecke kni- nazYva mirovim soudem, ma bditi (jak dost lidskeho uvedomeni, neni jednoty hovny, nevzbudily dosud ternef 'Zadnou asi mei° bit za na gich easel pirvodnim av mySleni a citeni. Je pfedev g im tfeba pozornost, ac plina. geji leccos zajimayeho kolem Organisace SpojenYch NarodiO, avzdelavanim SirokYch vrstev vSech nejen pro lep gi pozna.ni Komenskeho, by nikde narod nepovstaval proti narodu, rodri, i tech, ktere dosud jsou na niz- nej yyznamnejAi to Ceske postavy XVII. aby se nikdo neopovaZoval vystoupiti, kdo kern stupni, a pak rizkYmi yg elidskYmi stoleti. Je v nich vSak i mnoho pozoru- by hlasal boj a ueil vYrobe zbrani. Ale ostyky pripravovat pridu novemu, lep- hodneho s dne gniho hledWca. Ledi fad nen sbor a mistni organy by mely take g imu zlizeni veci lidskYch. To bylo pod- na svete opira KomenskY ye sve VSena- mnohe hospodalske a jive rikoly. Jsou tu s'oatou y elkolepeho planu sedmi svazko-. prave (Panortriosii) o nove zaloleni filo(Dokoneni na strane 17.)

Z PAMET1 TEXASKiTH PION811.1) (Poznainka redakce: Pied easel-W.1nel d2inu, ta'f'enou volskYm potahem. zadal redaktor, kdo by mel nejake 2ivo- Tenkrat zde byl OpoeenskY. Katolieti toplgy nagich starYch texaskYch prilkop- krajane jezdili do Frelsburgu a pak na nikft, riveteinenYch pfed 25 nebo vice Ross Prairii, kcle byli take Moravane. lety, '2e rad by je znovu otisknul ve Vest- VetejnYch gkol nebylo. Kne21 kazali a niku, aby zachovan byl dejinnY material Mil eesky. Vzdor volskYm potahfn, pro nekcho, jem0 nekdy v budoucnosti bcsYm noham, mlade2 se bavila vYteene napadne sestaviti knihu o 2ivotech a zku- tancem. genostech na gich nejprynej gich osadniBylo mi 19 let, kdy vypukla obeanska kn. Zde pkina gime 2ivotopis, zaslank la- valka. IVIoje sympathie byly se severem. skavosti bratra Jana Gajevskeho z Or- NenavIdeli jsme otrokatstvi. Jeli jsnie chard, kterY2to iivotopis byl sepsan L. do Ameriky, abychom byli svcbodni W. Dongresem, ptitelern bratra Gajev- ptali jsme svoloodu kahlemu. NejcItive skeho, nekdy kratce pted smrtI Dongresa brali jen dobrovolniky, ale pak odvadeli a uvekejnen v Arnerikanu roku 1929.) nucene a to nasilnYm zpasobem. Uda/IVOTOPIS vaestvi a nezakonnost kvetly na vgech stranach. Kdy2 do glo na mne, videl jsem, JANA IFIOR&KA Z FAYETTEVILLE. Nedaleko stare eeske osady Fayette- 2e neuniknu, gel jsem. Nejdtive nas cviville, Texas, naIez1 jsem stareho eeskeho eili pti Austinu v campu a pak nas pozakopnika, p. Horaka, kterY p •ijel do A- slali do Brownsville, na mexickou brameriky roku 1856. Seznav jeho dugevni nici. Za tri tYdny se mi podatilo uteci eilost a vYbornou pamet', vzdor 85ti ro- pies •eku Rio Grande. Za nedlouho pie • vzpornel jsem si na pana Geringera. Ali i Fr. Bezecnk a Jan Pets. Kdy2 nas Litovali jsme, 2e a VT gel ten start' zvyk bylo 25, vzali nas na lod' a devezli do krajana texaskych, kdy plichozi pti vstu- New Orleansu, kde nas zaradili do sepu sam ekl: "vitam vas" a domaci po- verni armady. Toti2 ja, a Pets jsme nedekovavge za navgtevu, obyeejne clolo- meli chut' na vojnu a hledali jsme nej2ili: "to2 tedy vezmeme si gluk". Ty easy prve praci, ne2 marne. Hlad ads donutil u2 take minuly, kdy byla osada tak "mo- obleci modre kabaty. Dali mne ke kavarayskou", 2e se tam ani skoro jinak do- lerii, kde se organisoval pink uprchlych hovoiit nemohi. Ja sam jsem tam slezl Texanfi. Tam jsme se cvieili dva tYdny z vlaku 1894 a distal jsem stat s otevre- a pak nas poslali chytit "bushwakers" nYmi fusty, kdy ke mne pristcupil e'er- p •i Camp Moore. Ti byli zutivci z ji2nich noch a Feld. doslovne nagi mates tinou: otrokait, kteti vedli bej na vlastni pest'.

"Dej mi to seelu, ja ti ju odnesu do ho- Plazili se hou gtinami a sttileli lidi ze za.tela." K Horakilm na farmu mne zavezi lohy. Byli to sprosti vrazi. Daleko od kolega Josef Tapal, red. Vestniku". Kciy2 Campu se nemohl nikdo cdva2iti. Vgude jsme se usadili na "galerii", stateeek byly rortrou gene hroby obeli techto vraHorak po marnych vYmluvach na slabou Zed." (Pozn. pisatele: Kdy2 jsem bydlel horach Ozarkach ph Springfield, Mo., Parnet' zaeal vypravovat as takto: "Narodil jsem se roku 1842 v Holieine videl jsem mnoho takovYch hrobn, neu Holegova na po2ehnane Haile v srdci gt'astnYch obeli bratrc yra2edne valky a dru2ne Moravenky. Otec Frant. Horak, otrokatskeho fanatismu.) "Koneene jsme sed1ak, mel sedm deti. Z tech jsou 2ivi jich chytili 25 a bylo s nimi nalo2eno die bratr Victor na Ammansville a sestra Ka- zasluhy jako s vrahy. Byl jsem dva a pal rolina Nietsche, nyni v La Grange. Do roku v armade, ale procielal jsem pouze Ameriky jsme se vydali roku 1855 v pro- jednu bitvu. Ji2ane k Franklin sinci a z Bremen po pla y)* 11 tSrdnii u New Orleansu. Byl jsem.v ptedvoji. Jitrvavgi, pristal na g chatrnY plachetnik 2ane byli varovani a zaeali ustupovati. ✓ Galvestonu. Otec znal stareho pana Vedl nas jakYsi Nemec, kterY byl vzteReimershofera v Cat Springs, ktery byl klY a "jen na ty otrokatske psy!" Byli te2 z Hcle gova." (Poznamka: Jeho dcera jsme v pfeclvoji. 1VIeli jsme 6 ranenych Klara Rehnershoferova zemtela teprve a 14 koni jsme ztratili, ne2 otrokati uletos v Galvestonu. Potomci tohoto osm- tekli z dosttelu. aetyricatnika a viastence mluvi dnes jen Po uzavteni miru nas poslali do San nemecky a anglicky. Klara byla posledni Antonia a tam jsem dne 30. tijna 1865 toho rodu, s ni2 se mohl dehovotit v nagi dostal propou gteci listiny. Za valky se matetaine.) "Tehdy bylo u Cat Springs melt doma zle a po valce je gte hate. jegte vgechno puste. Pcuze par Nemen Konfederaeni penize. V Batton Rouge, tam bylo usazeno. Otec koupil kus pozem- La., jsme jich zahazovali pine ko ge. Nagi ku a farmatill jsme na nem dva roky. bydleli na Ross Prairii. Zustal jsem na V Cat Springs mei Reimershofer obchod. farme 4 roky a pomahal: Zachtelo se mi Nage auto, buggy, koear atd. sestavalo 2..enitby. Neni eloveku dobte samotnemu z paru vole, s nimi2 jsme jezdili i do na slide a pan Btth mi nechtel vyndat kostela. Bavina se vozila do Houstonu a '2ebro z tela. Tak jsem gel slou2it ku kraprodavala za 7c.: Libra, JakSrsi Kinkier ;lulu Jos. La gtovici a, roku 1570 jsem "do

toho pragtil" a o2enil se sleenou Apolenou Zapalaeovou, dcerou Jana Zapalaee z Hrozenkova, kteti ptijeli do Ameriky talc(' 1855. Sli jsme na rent k Zapalaeovilm, ktei'i byli phi Live Oak Hill. Tam jsme byli do roku 1918, Prvni spolek byl evangelicky roku 1874. Ve verejne slcale ueilo se eesky, ale zaealo se nemecky. Pak digel katolickY knez a sestry, jako -i zakon, 2e se musi tieit anglicky.

Meli jsme 5 doer, lade jsou provdane phi Columbus, West, Crosby, Needville a Garwood, Vzali jsme , si ze siroteince hocha a adoptovali jej. Roku 1918 koupili jsme pozemek p i FayetVville a od to doby zde farmahime. Osta0e na g 2ivot gel jako jinY. To jsou veci rodinne. Co Ve dne svello-; v noel tma, • tom ✓ zime zima, v lete horko. Lido obyeejne povidaji trim hlouposti. Nemohu si na•ikat a take by to nebylo nic platne, Oekam klidne a2 phijde moje hedinka, abych se cdebral na veenost, ze ktere jsem ptigel."

Dou gka: Kratce po torn, kdy byl tento 2ivotopis pro Arnerikatt napsan; : doStavila se skutedne ta, kterou tatieek Horak tak stateene s klidem eloveka uvklorneleho o'eekaval. Wend mu budf2 pamet'.

Napsal L. W. Dcngres. ) • d. • KOMENSK' PESKY APO,;TOT, SVETOVEHO MiRIT. (Pokraeovani se strany 16.) rfizne zajiinave poznamky na pt. o spoleonem stravovani, nebo tento v 17. stoleti pfekvapujici projev: Monopoly bud'te2 odstraneny po celem slide; monopoly jsou hanbou stoleti. Nelze strpet, aby na sebe strhoval jediny elovek, co by mohla lepe delat vice lidi. Vgecko budiZ spoleene, lee 2e se niusi zachovati potadek jako mezi bratry. — To bylo psano, opakuji, jib pled ttemi stoletimi; Komensky 2i1 v Amsterodame v dobe mocne se rozvijejiciho obchodniho kapitalismu.

Na nejobecnej gi shroma2deni, na svetovY koncil, ma byt sezvan celY svet, zastoupenY nejlep gimi lidmi. Prosttedkem k naprave zlotada a k odstranen y tisnive nejistoty je ptedev gim dasledna propaganda miru. Evropane maji spasne svetlo miru roz gitit take na Asii, na Afriku a na Ameriku. Budou odstraneny nemravne zasady macchiavellisticke, demena radii budou zmirnena, a koneene nastane sedmy vek sveta, raj a pokoj na zemi.

Vgecky tyto utopicke sny, ktere v pr y yeku mohly mit znae--nichstaleichnov nY vliv, zapadly ne gt'astnou shodou okolnosti v rukopisech. Ale po ttech staletich ma2eme byti hrdi, be prave 6'ech to byl, kterY ve tmach tehdej giho rozvratu videl jib zativa svetla to utegenejgi budoucnosti, 0.2 zavladne Mir, a "narodove zkuji mete v radla."

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"Co2d? Ja stara! 8estadvacet let, to je hake, stall?" di pryd! Ta gestadvacitka se ti nak zalibila: Ne a ne se s ni rozloudit!"

"Mel jsi slyget veera. V gichni pani ha-dali mi jegte ne dvacet!"

"Soudili asi podle rozumu."

"Nech si svoje Spiekyl To ma,m za svou oddanou lasku k tobe? Jina na mem miste byla by ti u2 day no nevernou! Takovi kavaliti nabizeli mi sve srdce."

— "Nebud' sme gnou! Nabizeli srdce!

Tu chvili snad, co jsi tam byla! V2dyt' to zname. 'raze, ktere se uZivaji na vgech plesich a ke vgem danaam. Snad bys to to nebrala va2ne. Jen se podivej do zrcadla a uvidig, mt2e-li to nekdo s tim srdcem nayslet doopravdy."

Zikmund Pexnautr ukonoil rozmluvu, oblekl kratky ko2ich a odegel.

Pani Permutrova byla ranena na nejcitlivej gim miste. Kterd pak 2ena ptegla by ptes tohle k dennimu potadku?

Tak proto se inu2 o ni neboji, Ze uz neni hezkou. Ze n2 se na ni jevi znamky stati? Ne proto, Ze je ptesvedeen o jeji lasce a vernosti? A poOkej, Zikmundieku, z tohohle music bYt vyleden! To by byl peknY Zivot, aby ji 11.2 od nynejSka povaZoval za starou babu. Musi stilj co stiij vzpru2it u neho lasku aspon takovou, jako v prvnich letech man2elstvi. A to do• bude-li on na ni Zarlit. JenZe eili tech vecech byl pan mantel udinene dtevo ti chce-li u neho opravdu vzbudit pocit Zarlivosti, je tieba pou2it toho nejosttejSilao prostkedku.

S takovYmi my glenkami ubirala se pain Permutrova. trhu. Cestou stale myslela na ura2ku, kterou ji mu2 vmetl v tva • a v mysli osnovala rizzne plany na jeho potrestani a vyledeni.

V tr2nici potkala pana Potoeila, jednoho ze svYch veerej gich taneeniktl. Sel u2 zase do idadu, Zastavili se spolu, mluvili o veerej gku a pani Permutrova kroutila tak zamilovane alma, a mluvila s nim tak libemi, ze pan Potoeil nevedel, co se to s ni doje. Vecra je gte tak rozumna, pain a (tiles takova zmena.

Hovorili o dlouhYch vederech a pani Permutrova Bala mu na srzumenou, 2e by je mohl nekdy navgtivit.

-Ale, co by tomu tekl pan mantel, kdy2, mne sam nepozval?"

"I ten je rad, kdy nas nekdo znamY navgtivi. Je nam samotnYm doma smutno," Po dlouhem vykrucovani koneene pan p otoeil slibil, 2e ptijde ptigti pondeli.

Pti n ytchodu stiskla mu panieka vyznamne a podivala se na nej tak koketne, ze chudak zdervenal jako panenka.

Pariah: nemohla, se pani Pernintrov,) doekat. Oblekla si ten nejs yridnej gi domaci oblek a byla vie pted zrcadlern net v kuchyni. Muz vratil se z dilny, asi o pate hodine. Pti gel vymrzly a , •edl ke kam-ntim.

"Poslouchej, Zikmunde, piijde sem pan Poeoell."

"Co je to za Potoeila?"

"No, ten pan, s nim2 jsme se seznamili onehdy na torn plesu; ten blond, jak se mnou tandil."

"A co tu chce?" allo jen tak, na nav gtevu. Chci vas bli2e seznamit. Je to dobrY spoleenik a budete jiste brzy ptateli."

"Prosim te, ja main zrovna eas na povidani s takovYmi gigrlaty!"

"I mle, 2arlig a bojig se, aby se do mnk nezamiloval!"

"Zas u2 pfichazi g s teml hloupostmi?

To by nevedel o hezei?

Pani Permutrova, zbledla, zlosti. "A co2 kdy2 ti podam clUkaz?"

"Na ten jsem zvedav!"

"Dobte, za chvili pan Potoeil ptijde.

Neudelag mu nic, kdy mi vyzna lasku?" v2dyt' on si to rozrnysli."

"No ,ale kdyby piece k tomu doglo?

Nezmrzadi g ho?"

"Co, prosim te, potad ma y s tou laskou? Nevyvadej hlouposti!"

"Choi na tobe pouze slib, Ze mu neublilig".

"Poslyg ! Udelame to, jako jsme to videli v divadle, kdy ddvali "Tartuffa".

Pamatuje g se? Ten Tartuff chodil za Ze nou sveho pritcle. Mu2 tomu nechtel \r efit, ona ho ukryla pod stolem a tarn slygel na vlastni u gh jak ji pkitel vyznal lasku. Uvidig, 2e to bude u nas zrovna tak."

"Neplet' si to! Tam hrala tu 2enu pani Laudova a do te la se mohl ten chlaPik zamilovat. Ale dovol, ty a Laudova! To je rozdil!"

"Nezlob me! Ale, sly gig ? To je on! Tak rychle pod still. Av gak to ti povidam, at' mu pak nic neudela g !" Streila mu2e nasilim pod sttil, pretahla pies nej az k zemi sahajici ubrus a be2ela hostovi vstiic.

"Pekne vitam, pane Potodile. Prosim, posad'te se. Pied chvili prave mu2 odegel."

"Tak? To tedy abych pti gel jindy?"

"I ne, zUstante; milZeme se zatim bavit bez neho. Jak se vam to, u nds libi?"

"Mate to zde hezky zatizeno. Kolik tu platite ?" stovky; ale myslim, jak se vain to libi celkem; jako tak asi pocity mate?"

"Trochu se mi to zda bYt studene; ale ono je tam taky dnes o gklivo, elovek se nedotopi. Rortrast mne to mohlo."

Pani Permutrova u.t se taky eela tkas-

la, ale zlosti. Av gak nepovolila. Pfinesla zdkusky a lahev vina, nalevala, host nechtel ()aid, pil a vino konalo povinnost.

Tvate se rozpalily a za chvili mluvil jinak: '`Ted' vain vetim, milostiva, yam je doma veder smutno, ZvlaSt' kdyZ pan mantel odejde. Opravdu jej nechapu. Ma doma takovou mladou, hezkou 2enti gku a jde do hospody mezi kamarady. To je piece Mich!"

Pani Permutrova, zatahala nepozorovane za ubrus. "Ach ano. I3ezpochyby jsem svemu rriu2i jiZ sev gednela, ze mne tak zanedbava. Je to u2 tak Udelem nas n."

"A to se vskutku divim, 2e za jehgx, stejnost nena gla j.ste si nahrady."

"Nahrady? Jak to?" stavela se pani Permutrova, jako by nerozumela.

"Inu, nahrady za jeho uhaslou lasku.

Lasku novou, Zhavou, neutuclaajici! Ptece vas rnuZ je mnohem star gi a vy, tak mlada, zaslou2ite si nekoho, kdo by vas zbafioval. Ach, tak leckdo by si toho Hled'te na ptiklad ja." pAnu Fotoeilovi vino u2 tak smysly potoeilo, ye nevedel, co mluvi.

Ptisedl bliZe k pani Permutrova.

"Vy jste, milostpani, tak sveli, tak ptlvabna, tak syndna, Ze si nemohu pornoci a rnusim varn jsem do vas k zblazneni zamilovan!" — SnaZil se uchopit jeji rueku.

Pani Permutrove zazakily oei, docilila eeho chtela a to ji postaeilo. Odstreila rozjateneho milovnika, zinenila tva y 1 ton.

"Pane, Co Si to dovolujete? Jakjim pea,vein? Jsem vdana, pain; Neco takoveho, je to drzost! Bud'te tak laskav a okam21te mne opustte!"

Pan Potoeil vyvalil oei, zadal neco koktat jako omluvu, ale panieka vstreila mu do ruky klobouk, kabat a ochlazeny seladon vymotal se ze dveti.

Pani Permutrova, odhrnula ubrus se stolu.

"Tak co tomu kikag, Zikmunde? To koukag , vid'?"

Ale Zikmund nekoukal. Open o nohu stolu, clirupal spanek spravedlivYch. (Pkispevek od etenate Vestniku.)

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Diiverna otazka,.

Maminka: To neni od tebe hezke, VCrugko, 2e 12,e g .

Ja kdy2 jsem byla tak mala jako ty, tak jsem nelhala.

Verugka: A kdy jsi zadala, maminko?

V 6echach, kdyZ policie chyti zloeince a zavte ho, tak 2aloba tvrdi, ye jest vinen. A nevina se mu pak musi dokaZat. Zde v Americe policie chyti zloeince, zavte ho a zloeinec prohlasi: "Ja jsem nevinen." A pak se mu musi vina dokdzat.

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MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR WE SHOULD INTENSIFY our drives "old country," the son of a carpenter AMERICAN FAMILIES BOUGHT a recfor new members in these days of infla- was likely to remain a carpenter. The ord amount of life insurance on children tion. We are on the eve of the greatest only thing that the man of intelligence, last year. It shows that the parents have selling era of our generation. The future ability, and progressiveness needs to fear a growing desire to start- the Youngsters belongs to those who realize that the is the stagnant thought, the "standing on thrift programs of their own. Total cost of living as we used to have ten and still", the ,absence of new plans. junior life insurance in foie in the ,) • 4 • ( fifteen years ago is gone forever. We United States is now over seventeen bil should wake up to the fact that the cost lion dollars..

LET US SEE WHAT IS MEANT by the of living is much higher, that we do need ) • & • (— more protection, that the same amount phrase-"the higher cost of living" or by the word "inflation."

Let us get some of protection which we had, say, in 1940, SOME YEARS AGO THE SPJST would is not enough and that we should do figures. Here is a loaf of bread. Ten cr not insure a child unless it was of certwelve years ago it cost 8 cents. Today something about it. it costs 17 cents. Here is a pound of but- tain age. That restriction had been prac•4 tically removed. Still the child has to be EVERY ONE OF OUR SUPREME OF- ter. It cost 24 cents in 1940. It now costs thirty days old before we can write the ' FICERS, our local officers, and our or- 72 cents. A dozen eggs ten years ago certificate. Many companies now insure ganizers should adopt the slogan, "In- cost 28-32 cents. We in Houston pay immediately after birth.' crease your .present life insurance pro- 64-74 cents a dozen today. I know a man ore e tection." This should be the theme of all who fifteen years ago paid $7,200 to build his home on a city lot.

Last year THE MEMBER SHOULD SEE that he public lectures. This should be stressed in every meeting of every local lodge, the owner refused $20,000 for it. Dig up has profited by the inflation, and he will and this should be broadcast through an old magazine of 1940 and look at the profit if he lives. But his family is facing every issue of the Vestnik. It is vital. It advertisements of a Chevrolet. Touring a terrible deflation if he does not live. is essential. It is important that our cars were listed Lo.b. Flint at $525 and A dollar today is much cheaper, If the members should be constantly reminded Plymouths at $565. Compare it with the member joined the SPJST ten years ago prices today. and was given $1,000 certificate, he cf it. ()• should have quite a bit more insurance ) • 4 • ( ISN'T LIFE INSURANCE BOUGHT now. A dollar today will buy about 60'6 THE INFLATION WHICH IS SWEEPING the nation is the first and main because someone cares for, or loves, of what it would buy ten years ago when reason for all of us to examine our own someone? Don't men buy life insurance, he became a member. His $1,000 certifie personal needs and apply for mere life not because they may die, but because cate of 1940 should be increased. to at insurance. It should be done right among other members of his family must live? least $1,500 today. Those that have cerour own members. Some of them may We must pay the bills, and we should tificates twenty cr twenty-five years old, be beyond the line of getting additional also arrange for the postman who brings should increase their $1,000 certificates insurance, but we still have plenty of the bills the first of the month to come by additional insurance of about $1,500 members who should apply for the max- up to the front door with a check to pay more. eg, • imum. At the same time we should be those bills. That's what life insurance is and should be.

Unfortunately, our good CHANGE IS OPPORTUNITY for a man thinking and discussing the need of I raising the maximum of risks that the Czech people, as thrifty and providing as equipped to take advantage of, it. You SPJST should have. We now have $7,500. they are, have mostly failed to consider approach an SPJST member with the It should be at least $15,000. Or better the protection which the SPJST offers, in purpose to get him interested in addistill, let the convention determine the the light of a steady income after the tional insurance. Ask him to write down maximum which would be reasonablr4 breadwinner is gone. And our members four figures—and he does not have to for us to handle, but let us Sell insurance failed to grasp the importance of more show them to you—let him write down in any amount. We can always re-insure protection in times of inflation.

(1) what he is making today: (2) what ) •( what we don't care to handle ourselves. he was making when he = p lied for the PERHAPS THE GREATEST POSSES- last insurance with the SPJST; (3) what )•&• SHOULD WE BE AFRAID to use in- SION of any man is his character. To he is worth today; and (4) what he was flation as an argument for selling life lose that, he loses all, and the road back worth when he was handed his latest insurance, fcr offering more protection to gain again his character is often a SPJST certificate. Those four figures will to our members? Why, no! They have long and difficult one, ; possessed of prove your point. Those figures will show had a caste system in India and in China many trials and tribulations. No man him that he has profited from the for centuries and centuries. They were wishes to lose his character. It is and changes since he had taken cut his afraid of changes—so, there was no should be the one possession he most latest SPJST certificate. In many cases, change: a man was born a coolie or a guards and holds high. The only pos- he has only one certificate, and he will mandarin, or a merchant. Even in the session he can carry with him when he realize what changes occured in his own affairs since he joined the SPJST. days of our Czech grandfathers, in the crosses the bar.

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Wednesday, August 1, 195

THE BIRD THAT SOLD THE U. S. BONDS You wouldn't believe that a bird as common as a blackbird would be helpful in 'selling 15 million dollars' worth of U. S. War bonds. Your editor found the following story in the current issue of the parade Magazine, written by Car-weth Wells. It is so unusual that we reprint it here for the enjoyment of our readers. It is the story of a bird called "Raffles" by the owner. Read on about this outstanding pet.

THIS BIRD TALKED HIS WAY INTO THE U. S. (By Carweth Wells) One night in 1939, when my wife Zetta and I were camped in the Malay Peninsula, the silence of the jungle around us was broken by a loud squawking. A marauding snake had climbed a tree and caught some sleeping bird. Next morning we found the scene of the tragedy. Black feathers were scattered at the base of a tall tree, and abut 30 feet up a baby bird's head with wide open mouth appeared from a hole in the trunk.

Ali, one of our Malays, climbed up the tree and rescued the little orphan. It was an ugly fellow, all mouth and nearly naked except for a few black pinfeathers.

All said, "It is a clever kind of bird— when it is older it will be able to talk."

So we came into possession of Raffles.

When we brought him to this country the customs officer scanned our declaration and said, "What kind of a bird is "He's our talking bird," Zetta answered.

The man frowned.

"You can't bring in a parrot. They have diseases!"

"He isn't a parrot. He's a mynah bird," we-explained.

It•was a cold day, so Zetta was carrying,hirn under her fur coat. She took him out and placed him on her finger. He ruffled his feathers, looked at the officer and said in a friendly, coaxing tone: "Hello, 'Joe!" , Joe was the name of our cabin steward. Fortunately for us it was also-the name of the customs officer. Fe was flabbergasted. "He knows my name!

He's no parrot, he's a mind reader. Okay, you can bring him in!"

Mynahs, as common in Asia as blackbirds are in America, can imitate human speech perfectly. Unlike parrots, they reproduce' the tone and inflection of their owners. They can simulate almost any sound.

Raffles was black, with shiny iridescent feathers, except for two small white patches on his wings. His beak was bright orange.

By the time he was three months old he was repeating "Hello, darling" with

as much affection in his voice as Zetta had in hers. Whenever he saw Zetta preparing his food, he would say in a tone of keen anticipation. "Oh, boy!" It wasn't long before he was calling my wife Zetta and me Carveth. Since he imitated my wife's voice exactly, I often answered — only to find/ it was Raffles that had called.

Many persons scoff at the suggestion that mynahs can think. But if Raffles wanted a grape, he would say, "Have a grape!" If we offered him something else he would screech and repeat, "Have a grape!" When we turned on the water in the tub Raffles would exclaim, "Have a bath!" If we turned on the faucet in the kitchen he said nothing.

Raffles always said, "Hello! Hello!" when the telephone rang. Once when Zetta phoned me from outside our apartment, I let her s peak to him over the

telephone. Raffles listened intently, then called, "Zetta, Zetta!" and when she didn't appear he pecked the receiver angrily.

One day when Sarah Churchill was Istaying in our apartment in New York a friend telephoned and asked for her husband.

I "He's in California and I'm in New I York alone," Sarah said.

Just then Raffles, who was perched nearby, exclaimed in a seductive male voice, "Hello, darling!"

"I thought you said you were alone!" said the friend. "Who's your visitor?"

"I am alone," protested Sarah, "elcept I for Raffles, and he's just a bird. 4 The voice sounded so `human that Sarah had to invite that man to come and see RafI fles for himself.

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PLANNING WITH VISION When the first pioneers and charter members of the SPJST started to dream about a society that would be the best for them and their children, they had manifold objectives which they wanted to incorporate into the original By-laws.

Even today, after numerous and various changes, we still have some of the objectives stated in the present By-laws.

The SPJST was not organized primarily for the insurance purpose, as some of us are inclined to belive. It was a group of Czech settlers, a nationality group, we may say, that tried to reach the humble farmers and working people to combine and form an organization in which the habit of thrift, the spirit of mutual protection, the stenghtening of cultural ties, the encouragement of better , schooling and higher education, the establishment of local libraries, the publication of their own paper, and many other educational, social, and economic improvements were the aims.

Let me put it in another way. The charter members were in the same position as• a landscape artist who is to create a city park in a section of land covered with an unsightly swamp, laced with bald rock ridges and pimpled with squatters' shacks. To see the land in its ugliness and to visualize it as a beautiful city I park requires optimism and an unwaver ing mind's eye, The founders of the SPJST had a vision of a landscape artist. They wanted to bring spiritual beauty where the harsh conditions of everyday struggle seemed to accentuate all the harshness and ugliness. They began to organize local lodges

and started to erect the loc51 halls as centers of social activities in the communities. They started to buy books to increase the volumes in their local libraries.

They exchanged reading matter, even the weekly, semiweekly, or monthly papers and magazines.

To them the insurance feature was only one of the many benefits derived from being a member of the SPJST. In those days, a new prospect was never approached with "How can I sell him the SPJST insurance," but it was always with the feeling of pride and invitation: "Come and join the SPJST, and see the benefits you receive as a member." It wasn't the commission which prompted the old members to invite others to join, but it was the feeling of serving whenever and wherever possible.

We wish that we could recapture scale of that spirit of service, some of that vision that can see the old and unsightly things transformed into inspirational planning. We wish we could carry on the high aims of the founders.

We wish we could stress---along with the insurance features—also the support of our sick members, rest homes and our schools and students, sanitariums and aged or invalids. We wish we could throw out of the windows the dry and - musty procedures in holding our meetings and substitute for it meetings where we would participate in the parties and celebration—where we would learn to be brothers and sisters,. we would get to know that we really operate a fraternal organization, somewhat along the dreams and ideals of the founders.

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VESTNIK— WEST, lEXAS

Wednesday, August 1, 1J

CLIPPINGS OF A PIONEER (Contributed by F. A. Marek) (Editor's Note:—Brother F. A. Marek, a pioneer merchant of Cameron, Texas, an honorary vice-president of the R.V. 0.S., and a charter member of the SPJST, sent some clippings from his vast collection of interesting items which refer mostly to the Czech history, Czech people and to the cultural background of the Czech immigrants. Brother Marek has been collecting these items for his scrapbook for more than a quarter of a century. It is our hope and wish that more of his contributions will appear in the Vestnik from time to time.)

The Largest Bible in the World is in The National Library in Stokholm, Sweden. This Bible, which is hand lettered was written about the year 1200 in the convent of Pod Luzice in Bohemia, when the Swedish in 1648 took Prague by storm the huge Bible fell into their hands.

The oldest portrait known in the world is that of a woman--it is believed to be from 20,000 to 30,000 years old. Found in Czechoslovakia. * Jan ZiZka blind military leader of Bohemia greatest tactician of the middle ages, although totally blind fought 50 campaigns and never lost a battle. He ordered that his skin be made into a drum after death so he could continue to lead his soldiers in battle against the Germans 1421. * * 1033 Czechoslovakia stamps honored Prince Pribina, who introduced Christianity to the land and build the First Christian church A. D. 833.

Count Thurn threw two friends of the king of Bohemia out of a window of the Palace at Prague in 1618, and as a result the 30 years war was started.

Blessing of Oil taught in School spelled its doom.

A lesson in natural resources survived the school blast in New London, Texas.

As workmen cleared away the debris blackboard was exposed on which was scrambled the following: "Oil and natural gas are East Texas mineral blessings without them this school would not be here and none of us would be here learning our lessons."

An accumulation of natural gas was blamed for the exploision that stuffed out hundreds of lives.

Josef Stoklas, grave digger of Heidenblut, Jugoslavia age 77, had an ambition

to dig 1000 graves and he did: — But as he shoveled out the last spaclefull of earth, he dropped dead, and was buried in his 1000th grave. * * The land upon which Winston Salem, N. C. is located was deeded 172 years ago to Jesus Christ. Its citizens are living upon it now because they were described in that early document as "His people" Down through musty pages of legal records the story of this interesting fact runs like a bright ribbon . An English King—two Noblemen—hundreds of pioneers—hundreds of zealous church men —giant industries—all have had a hand in the shaping of this ground that became Christ's legal property when the unusual deed was filed. The story has made Winston Salem probably the only city in the world located upon ground legally and specifically Christ's.

Salem was founded in 1750.

The deed was executed by Lord Granville—who held an original grant to the property from the English King—to Jesus Christ. At the instance of Moravian or united Brethren Church pioneers, who had settled in the territory.

Salem forerunner of Winston-Salem was found 1750 by colony of Moravians from Pennsylvania under bishop August Gotlieb Spongenberg. In 1756 approximately 100-.000 acres were purchased by the Moravians, for five hundred pounds sterling with a yearly rent of 148 pounds.

The church did not have sufficient funds with which to purchase the property. So Count Zinzendorf, a zealous Moravian, came to rescue with money, but stipulated that the deed should convey the property Directly to Christ.

Thus far the story revolves around an English King, the two Noblemen, the pioneer settlers of Salem and the zealous Moravians, but Industries entered into the story of Winston-Salem because the thrifty religionist sold. parts of their enormous tract to industries at 'a low price because their purchase price had been low.

This is given as one explanation of the location of such a thriving Industrial City as Winston-Salem in a comparatively isolated section of the state.

The present Moravian bishop, leader of the southern province of the Moravian Church of almost a third of its history, is the Rt. Rev, Edward Rondthaler, D. D., who despite his 84 years, is the active leader in his church and conducts namy service's.

The oldest Moravian church in the south is Bethabara at Old Town, eight Miles from Winston-Salem. The original.

building is still in use. It is a stone and brick structure and on numerous occasions served as fart for the pioneers during Indian attacks.

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OUT-DESERVE WHATEVER MAY BE COMPETITION A point brought out in a recent article':. is well worth remembering, when an agent starts talking to a likely prospect The point is this: out-deserve the competition. That competition may be a new car, a new boat, automatic washer, almost anything. Here's, the trained un-. derwriter must step in to paint a pieture—perhaps one of gloom, if Via, family is left uprovided for: one of comparaL tive brightness, if a family, upon loShig the breadwinner, still finds an adequate source of income coming in, thanks to someone's belief in insurance. The job is to make the prospect want insurance more than he does something else. • Of course the old necessities for sell-ing are ever-present. You go need prospects, lots of them, although selected groups sometimes are much beter than simple numerical superiority. And you do need to know your business thoroughly; nothing better impresses a prospect than intelligent, ready answers to questions about policies, rates, etc. Then, the ability to close, of course, is always very important.

But always remember that there is stiff competition for your prospect's dollars: Show him that your policy (Altaserves the other competition.

—Life Association •NewS, ) e 4, • POWER OF FORESIGHT The boy (or girl) whose parents were farseeing enough to secure for him a loW rate on as much life insurance as they could afford after insuring their -own lives adequately for the child's clan& hood protection, has a head start, in life. The accumulated cash values, as well as the protection element, should::: mean a great deal to him as he grows. older and he will have more free money, for other purpoks than the one who:has to buy his insurance at the higher-premium of an older age.

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NO CRADLE SNATCHER. A mother was helping her little 'dxyear-old son address some invitati:n cards to a birthday party he was having.

"How about little Marian?" suggested the mother. "Are you going to invite. her to your party?"

"Naw," replied the youngster. "She's still in kindergarten. That's robbing the cradle."

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FRATERNALS NOT LIFE COMPANIES The following article by Mr. Thain ap peared last month in THE NATIONAL Underwriter under the title of "Fraternals Remain Distinct From Life Companies Despite Insurance Emphasis." It is published here through the courtesy of that magazine.

Some life insurance men reading about fraternals or coming across their representatives get the impression that fraternals are life insurance companies called by another name. This reaction is strenghtened on hearing about such professional insurance emphasis in the fraternal field as the organization of Fraternal Field Managers Association, and Fraternal Insurance Counselors AssociaCon with its F. I. C. designation, that sound very much like parallel organizations in the life insurance business.

However, one who goes deeper into the subject and talks to fraternalists and analyzes their business and their philosophy realizes that life insurance is still just one facet of fraternalism. In recent, years many fraternals have concentrated on doing a better job of helpping members with their insurance problems. But there still remain very fundamental differences between the character of the fraternal and the life insurance company.

One can't visit the home office of a fraternal or talk to fraternal insurance people without realizing that with most of these societies insurance is a sideline, and accommodation for members, not the be-all and end-all of the association.

The fraternal societies are working hard to make the admittedly important sideline of insurance as attractive and beneficial' as possible for their members.

They feel an obligation to offer considerable variety of policies and a professional brand of insurance counseling to their members.

HIGHLY VARIEGATED FIELD

Of course these is a great variety among fraternals and it is difficult to talk about fraternals in general because they range in membership size from 300 or 400 members to societies with better than half a million members. They vary ii`iinsurance in force from about $500 million down to five figures; differ in composition from religious and nationality groups to trade and labor associations and. origins.

Most of the fraternals had their origins in the period from the end of the war between the states to the first world war. They are venerable institutions with a strong sense cf the past and reverence for stability that makes them similar to the life insurance companies. It was only

By Richard 'Phain natural that their early leaders should 'seek to take advantage of the mutual character of the membership to extend insurance benefits to members. These I were in the dayยง before group insurance, so it was natural also that the fraternals should become selfinsurers. Many fraternals are the outgrowth of the grange and workingmen's associations which predated the labor movement in this country.

A number cf the fraternals still do not have any paid or commissioned field forces either for insurance purposes or to spread the membership. In the smaller fraternals, officers' often handled the details Of the organizations in their spare time and are employed full-time in other pursuits. Some of the larger fraternals have sizeable home office administrative staffs and insurance work is set up very much on life company lines with directors of agencies at the home office, with sales managers in the field and with fraternal insurance counselors, who bear a resemblance to regular life insurance salesmen. In many other organizations the insurance and membership accounts merely grow without much cultivation. Members pass the word along to others in their community without the help of any "professional" selling. Even the biggest fraternals with large commissioned or paid field forces depend in some measure for their growth upon the efforts cf their current members to bring in new members.

WHICH COMES FIRST?

Often life insurance men ask fraternalists whether their members are brought into the fold primarily for insurance purposes or primarily for fraternal purposes. Despite the fact that such a question is like asking whether the chicken or the egg came first the fraternalists have an answer. They reason that a man who merely wants insurance alone is not going to go through the bother of joining a lodge when he can buy the coverage from what fraternalists call a "commercial" insurance company. There are fraternal dues to pay, initiations to go through and the man who is primarily interested in insurance would not want to go through this. The life insurance rates of many of the fraternal societies are higher than the rates of "Commercial" companies and when the membership dues are added to the picture the costs of fraternal membership are considerably higher.

The fraternalists do not regard themselves as being in competition with the regular life insurance companies, rather

they say they have over the years served as stimulation to Americans to acquire the insurance habit and purchase additional protection from the life insurance companies. The fraternalists indic'ate that they have reached a segment of the population which would not have been insured otherwise. The religious and nationality groups particularly have gotten to the humbler working people. The lodge members who are more well-to-do, and a number of the prominent business and professional men, governors and senators are fraternal members, many carry the small amounts of fraternal insurance, but they must complete their life insurance programs elsewhere.

Life insurance people usuallpdo not realize in what small amounts fraternal insurance certificates are generally carried. The average fraternal certificate today is around $1,000, an amount which has doubled since the war. A great many fraternal societies will not write more than $5,000 and in the rare cases where amounts up to $25,000 are written, the fraternal seldom retains more than $5,000. Fraternals are not 'Interested in concentrating larger amounts on any one members. They are generally only interested in affording the lowest layer of protection for people who might not have this protection otherwise. Having established this layer, they reason that a certificate holder who wants and can afford more insurance will get it elsewhere.

Some of the larger fraternals sell a number of different types of life insurance through commissioned agents who are aggressive and in every sense up to the' professional standards of life insurance agents anywhere. Other fraternals will offer 15 or 20 different varieties of life insurance protection, but actually they concentrate on and market only two or three and maintain the cthers merely as an accomodation for their, field men and certificate holders. Investment problems are such that many fraternals are not interested in increasing their insurance in force.

SMALL TOWN STRONGHOLD

It is among the working people and the people in the small towns and rural areas that the fraternals have their strength. There are a number of communities where the great proportion of the citizens still go regularly to lodge night and indulge in the democratic fellowship of fraternalism with varying degrees of ritualism.

Men in the insurance business are inclined to see only the insurance siee, the smaller part of the iceberg above (Continued on page 23.)

Wednesday, August -1, 1051.

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OUR ONE-SIDED PROGRESS

, Two hundred years ago, in almost any ings, prejudices and hatreds. Do we want someone else will!" or, "if we turn he community, water was fetched from an to exercise bigotry from the community? other cheek, someone is sure to smack open well by means of an "old oaken Then let us start with ourselves, in tak- Us again!"

Perhaps few of us are cut out to be bucket" and a rope. Today we enjoy ing a less bitter attitude toward those of other colors and nationalities. Do we saintly; and I see no reason why we chromium plumbing.

Two hundred years ago, men traveled want to eliminate rancor between local should let others trample on us. But on horseback, or by wagon, over roads interests? Then let us associate ourselves we must head in the direction of imwhich were no more than trails. Today with worthy causes or groups which .try' provement, and we must step forard we sail' on floating power over highways sincerely to bring about better under- if there is to be progress. We knoW-What we ought to do. Let's go ahead and - duo mooth as a floor. it. • It is easy to say, but hard to do.

Two hundred years ago, women did Quite apart from the obvious good It is hard because doing this means their cooking over open fireplaces. Towhich comes to each of us as the result making changes in ourselves.

It involves day, almost every home has a streamself-analysis, objective evaluation of of having done the right thing, we-know lined range—gas or electric. our own strengths and weaknesses. It that the effects of good deeds will We have come a long way in the last ferces us to realize that what we do in spread. If you and I do right, two centuries, in, industrial production. our own interests may violate the rights fluence • others to do likewise.

Our inventive and mechanical geniuses and interests of other people. ply our limittd influence by the people have developed countless gadgets and It is hard because it means that we we know, and before long some decency, implements to provide for our conve- must try to be better persons ourselves. brotherhood, and some respect for nience and comfort.

Somehow this is an aspiration which we .others will be spread throughout the But how about progress in other lines push to the back of the closet, on the community.

—in our spiritual and hatelectual devel- grounds that "if we don't get the loot, (Continued on page 26.) opment—during those same two centuries?

Two hundred years ago, New England had witchcraft, bigotry. prejudice. Today we have cur racial prejudices and our salesmen? Whether we're bankers or (Continued from page 22.).

Political bigotry. In that day, long ago, the surface. If they attend some of the roofers, bricklayers, butchers, bakers, or there was strife between employer and meetings of local lodges or national candlestick makers, we're salesmen, these employee. Today, industrialists and labor meetings of the societies they would see days just the same: What we're out to unions are slugging it out on the indus- that there is very much more to the tra-- sell is free, yet precious beyond price. trial front. ditional fraternal movement than just Freedom, brotherhood, equality, democTwo hundred years ago, local differen- life insurance, even in those large fra- racy, and Americanism all rolled into ces flared into violence. Today, we have ternal societies which have a consider- one equals fraternalism." feuds on a larger scale. For example, able amount of business in force and Note, Mr. Emig says nothing specific California and Arizona contend for the very able insurance staffs. Many fra- about life insurance, though it is taken water of the Colorado River. Russia con- ternals support schools, trade schools, fOr granted that life insurance is part tends with the rest of the world with sanitariums, rest homes, public monu- and parcel of the good things in respedt to almost anything. ments and other institutions. One would American heritage to which he refer:.the We have grown to a fine maturity in have to sit in on the meetings to see the Rallying point for the fraternal so science and industry, but we are still colorful drills, marching and ritual routin the adolescent stage in the art of ines, and participate in the parties and cieties is the National Fraternal Congetting along with one another. celebrations to get to know fraternals. gress of America, made up of fraternal Is this disparity between our material They are active in organizing youth congresses in all but 10 states. Focal progress and our spiritual growth bad? groups, Boy Scout troops and the like. time of the year for this group is FraIndeed it is. Our mechanical progress Many young folks go to college through ternal Week, June 10-16, and in all . but, has so far outrun our spiritual devel- the help of the societies of their parents. one state arrangements are being ,made opment that the machine threatens to These activities and the general promo- to observe fraternal week with strong destroy the maker. We have built, with tion of democratic brotherhood are the programs, participated in by represenscience and industry, a Frankenstein principal aims of fraternalism and in tatives of each of the 150-old members which quite conceivably could crush us. surance activities are merely incidental. of National Fraternal Congress. There The atom bomb, for instance, in the Those societies which concentrated on is one state that has scheduled five hands of trigger-happy immaturity may insurance have long since mutualized meeting's in different sections of the state, another has arranged four pro expedite our extinction. and become life insurance companies.

I grams, some will hold banquets, alters Is there an answer to this problem?

DIFFERENT AGAIN SOMETHING DIFFERENT Dow can we bring our , spiritual develOne does not have to be with fra- luncheons, others group meetihe :• one opment into balance with our mechan- ternalists long to realize that they are state is planning an outdoor afiair and ical achievement? engaged in something that is not found ! the governor is scheduled to speak. One Despite the complexity of the problem, in the life insurance business. In their state congress is forwarding proclainathe answer can be stated in simple mutuality, they are similar, yes, but as Itions to the mayors of every city to sign. words. The solution lies within each of Fred W. Emig, supreme vice-archon of Many of the states are arranging to us—in our actions and attitudes.

Royal League, and chairman of the com- present their governors with an A_meti: If it is true we can't get along with mittee on fraternal week this year com- can flag. each other in our community, this con- mented in a model speech sent out by I These and many other activities of (Talon must result from the accuraula,- National Fraternal Congress. "Did you I fraternals are something clearly apart tion of many individtial misunderstand- ever stop to think that all ' of us *arc !from life insurance activities.

FRATERNALS NOT LIFE COMPANIES

vtriTntn— , Wer.ineccoy, igmz THE BIRD THAT SOLD THE U. S. BONDS t

High Pressure In the Right Places We have all heard of the so called "high pressure" salesman. Some refer to such a man when they speak of any salesman whom they consider successful.

It is our belief that a salesman s01-) ing :Accident and Sickness insurance, or any, line can be successful only in proportion to his ability to apply "high pressure," But there is a general misunderstandlug about this reference to "high pressure" men. Many appear to have the mistaken idea that he, by domination, superior will, and intense force has the Power to make a prospect do something against his will—something he does not want to do.

Methods such a salesman practices would be distinctly incompatible with our idea of what constitutes salesmanship.

When a prospective buyer is "high presstned" into making a decision against his will and better judgment the art of salesmanship has not entered inte the transaction because—he is not sold. s: Our conception of a "high pressure" salesman is one who high pressures himself—not the person with whom he is dealing. He uses high pressure in liberal proportions to keep his own enthusiasm, determination, and sincerity of purpose at high pitch.

This kind of salesman is never guilty of a shady sales presentation. He knows all men like honesty, politeness and earnertness. He knows his prospect wants faets'-L-nine times cut of ten he can bank on facts to land his sale. He 'knows few Inon can be driven—that the majority wonts to be shown.

Tie realizes that his prospect may know anything, about the finer points of Accident and Sickness insurance but that he, the salesman, must know them all. He keeps this in mind or he is likely to slight certain important points and fail to impress them upon the mind of his prospect.

1;e oasts aside all attempts at being a clever talker and shuns all ideas thai: there are any tricks, words, manners, or secret artifices about selling Accident and Sickness insurance.

He places himself in the plain, unaffected position of a man who has a simple truth to tell and is determined to tell it in the simplest possible manner.

He does not bewilder a prospect with a mass of trifling arguments but ties

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tertaining the wounded. )Continued from page 20) had learned to whistle "The Star-Span- He had just finished his tenth pergled Banner" as far as "the twilight's romance at the Great Lakes Na val Hoslast gleaming." Then he learned "You're Pital when a woman came up to Zetta, in the Army Now," "Hail, Hail, the Gang's her eyes red with weeping. "My son is All s liere" and "My Country 'Tis of Thee." dying," she said. "He has heard Raffles Fred Allen started Raffles on the road on the radio many times. Yesterday when to fame when he engaged our bird as he learned that Raffles was coming to guest on his radio program. The mynah visit this hospital he said, "Mother, the put on a phenomenal performance, and thing I want most in the world is to see fantastic offers for Raffles' services that bird." poured in from all parts of the country. As we entered the boy's room, my heart He was a guest at "Duffy's Tavern" and sank. Attached to the boy's nose was a. on the Lowell Thomas program. In Holly- rubber tube which coiled over the coverwood, many film stars flocked to meet let. Even mynahs that have never seen him. Walt Disney was so entranced that a snake have a horror of anything re-he gave a luncheon in the bird's honor. sembling one, and I expected Raffles to The hit that Raffles made was summed, give a terrified screech and fly out of up as follows by Time: "Hollywood has the room. The tube on a vaccum cleaner found a sensational new comic of peer- in our home was enough to send him off less prOportions. He is an orange-beaked screaming in terror. But with the unbird named Raffles, which has a positive • canny instinct this extraordinary little genius for saying the right thing at the bird had for doing the right thing, RafI files flew straight to the bed. right time, in an Oxford accent."

A Our mynah's greatest triumph was to Alighting gently on the dying boy's be engaged as guest artist with the San arm, Raffles, in a most eVearing tone Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the of voice, exclaimed, "Hello, darling!" The party held to celebrate that organiza- boy stirred. Then Zetta said "Startion's 33rd birthday. About 12,000 per- Spangled Banner!" and Raffles whistled sons jammed the immense Civic Audito- the song. The doctor turned away; the rium when Zetta, with Raffles perched On nurses wept. But the mother's face was t her wrist, walked to the center of the transformed with joy as her son looked huge stage. Never before had he seemta Raffles and smiled his recognition. such strange looking objects as tympani, The boy died later that night. bass viols and horns. As he eyed these Little did we dream that Raffles, too, monsters suspiciously, Zetta and I won- was soon to die. One day while performdered whether our pet would refuse to ing at a Veteran's Hospital in New York, he caught cold, That night he started perform.

We needn't have worried. For the next coughing and sneezing. five minutes Raffles held the immense By morning he could -neither talk nor audience spellbound. And when he closed whistle, but in a wheezy whisper kept his performance by whistling the na- saying, "Poor Raffles! Poor Raffles!" we ticnal anthem, the applause was deaf- nursed him day and night for a week but ening nothing that doctors and bird specialists At the beginning of World War II, we did could help him.

Raffles was eight years old when he decided that Raffles must devote his entire time to working for Uncle Sam. He died. Today his body is immortalized in sold $15,000,000 worth of War bonds and the American Museum of Natural History was awarded the Lavender Heart for ene as the world's most famous talking bird. to the important points and drives them , asked a friend, "Is the country still home. here?"

Above all—he avoids talking to his; • 4,11, (— — prospect with an attitude of fear, haste, I or uncertainty.

"Why don't you buy a bouquet?" asked —The Fraternal Monitor the lady selling flowers.

"I don't need one," Mr. Smith one I • a, to Calvin Coolidge had humor and sense i swered, moving on. enough to escape that exaggeration of j "Why not buy one for the woman you the ego which afflicts a good many of 'love?" she called after him. our Presidents- Awakening from a nap "I can't. That wouldn't be right. You in the, middle of a presidential executive' see, I'm a married man," he pa-used long day, he opened his eyes, grinned and enough to answer.

Wednesday, 'August I,

VES:TNiK—WEST, TEXAs.

Strana

THE COST TO RUN THE WHITE HOUSE White House used to be a fairly quiet home for Presidents. It isn't any longer.

It is an expensive concern today, the cost of which runs over two and onehalf million dollars.

A glance at the budget for the White House, now before Congress, provides a clue to what going on. The White House itself soon will be ready for occupancy again after a rebuilding job costing more than 5 million dollars. Now, in the first year in which it is to come back into operation, the cost of running the Executive Mansion and finishing the remodeling is budgeted at $2,614,215.

That is eight times as much as it cost to operate the White House some 30 years ago in the Harding Administration.

The figure comes to a tenth of the budget for the Whole judiciary branch of the Government for this year.

That increase grows in part from pay increases voted by Congress, from promotions, from higher costs of supplies and equipment. But it also grows from an applied revolution that has taken place in the concept of the Presidency.

Presidents of the past have operated with small, personal staffs. Back in 1923, President Harding had 31 people on the office pay roll. The pay roll itself was only $81,000. And all the expenses of the White House, mansion and office together, were just $311,000. President Roosevelt's last budget provided for a staff of 53 and a pay roll of $256,000. Mr. Roosevelt had secretaries and aides. But he was pretty much a one-man show. He made his own decisions.

Under Mr. Truman, the office force of 56 requested in his first budget has expanded to 293 employes proposed for this year. And the office pay roll has jumped from $240,000 to 1.7 million dollars. Items such as supplies boost the total budget for the White House office to almost 1.9 million dollars.

Housekeeping costs at the White House have shot up in recent years along with those of the business functions. But the ' real revolution is taking place on the business side. It is there that the new concepts of , President Truman are showing up both in operating methods and on the budget books.

Key aides of the President stand by constantly to "double in brass" as a team of speech writers. This is the staff that "ghosts" formal addresses and public statements. Liaison with Capitol Hill is in the hands of a former Congressman and one or two assistants. Personal contacts take the place of telephone calls from the presidential desk to the desks, of Senate an House leaders.

Other aides deal with minority groups

and interests, keep tab on foreign affairs, or handle patronage matters on a systematic, organized basis. Machinery is in operation to provide the links between top people in the White House and top officials in departments and problem is allowed to break though the agencies. Only the exceptional issue or cuter layer of White House. authorities and reach the President himself.

Many persons, in the Truman Administration, are able to speak with a measure of authority in the name of the White House. At the top level of presidential aides having that authority are three secretaries. They draw salaries of $18,000 a year for handling press relations, correspondence and appointments.

Three administrative assistants—the men President Roosevelt believed should cherish a passion for anonymity—are just a step clown the line at .$15,000 a year. And there are other experts, on law, labor, foreign affairs, legislation.

On the basis of figures alone, Mr. Truman appears to have increased his office staff five times and salaries seven times, in seven years. Actually, the figures are a bit misleading. They fail to show how the White House, down through the years, borrowed as many as three out of four of the office hands from other Government agencies.

Mr. Truman made a big cnange in 1947. Ho switched nearly 150 borrowed employes from departmental pay rolls to the White House pay roll. That brought no net increase in the number of Executive Office workers. Yet it did boost the White House budget to the point where it showed almost a fourfold expansion in staff and pay for a single year: Now, in the present fiscal year, the White House plans to use only 35 persons on loan from outside departments.

Those departments will pay their salaries of $158,000. In addition, the Treasury is to pay $647,000 for the police force that guards the White House, and the Air Force and Navy are to supply money to keep up the presidential airplane and yacht. If all these expenses were included in the White House budget, the total would sail past the 3.5-million mark.

The housekeeping end of the Executive Mansion likewise grows more expensive. The remodeled White House is a bigger one—a third bigger in floor space.

For the first time, it has a real basement, two stories deep. There are 128 rooms instead of 82. Many of the 46 additional rooms are bedrooms and baths on the third floor. There is a $600,000 air-conditioning system, more

elevators, new and secret protective devices, equipment for radio and television broadcasting.

More rooms to clean, more equipment to operate require more help. So the budget includes funds for 10 extra em7 ployes for the domestic staff.

White House officials estimate that for a full year it will cost an additional $85,000 to run the renovated mansion.

Electricity alone is to cost an extra $25,000, chiefly for air conditioning and ele vators.

The added expense for thiS year, however, will be only $49,000. That is because President and Mrs. Truman are not expected to move back Into ,the White House before December. Thus they will occupy the made-over mansion for only 7 of the 12 months of the pres-, ent fiscal year.

Even so, the current budget of $315,7 600 for maintenance and upkeep is by far the largest ever proposed. But _'it does cover many luxuries—a swimming pool, a greenhouse—and provides for life on a scale that the ordinary citizen can only imagine.

Wages and salaries account for most of the housekeeping expenses, just_ as they do for office costs. Pay for 71 employes comes to almost $229,000. What is left of the $315,600 is split up like this: electricity, $27,290; telephone service, $145; elevator maintenance, $6,000: air conditioning, $1,800; swimming peel. $300; greenhouse supplies, $8,000; laun.-dry, $7,200; kitchen equipment and other miscellaneous supplies, $8,000; upkeep and repairs, $27,900.

Those expenses are the official expenses. The Trumans themselves are required, to pay for personal teleph3lle calls and for their personal laundry and cleaning. The $150,000 presidential, pay also must take care of food 'bills for the family, guests and servants. In the Roosevelt days, these bills often reached $2,000 a month. Probably they are lesS now, since the Trumans have entertained less extensively.

A signal from the Chief Executive or his wife brings a domestic staff of 33 persons on the run. The White House requires a housekeeper, a steward in charge of all food and refreshments, three but lers, six cooks, four doormen, five maids, a messenger and a valet. Chauffeurs for a fleet of 29 official cars are on the office pay roll.

Keeping Winv-c House equipment running and the grounds in order takes' another 38 employes-9 engineers, 5 carpenters and a helper, 5 electricians; .11 (Continued on page 26.)

LETTERS

Our One-sided Progres

WHERE TO GO

LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88

(Continued from page 23.)

The inlahol Dramatic Club of Lodge Pokrok Houston will sponsor a real honest-to-goodness Western Dance at our lodge on the 12th of Sept. starting at p. m. Ray Krenek's Orchestra w i 1 I furnish the music and they really can play those old-time Western and hillbilly songs. Some of our actors will perform for you, so I know that you can count on having a rip roarin good time.

If you and I do not start somewher it is quite conceivable that no start will be made at all. In that case, conditions of material progress and spiritual stagnation will continue until some accident or some irresponsible idiot sets off an unthinkably disastrous, and perhaps final catastrophe.

Let's get started now on evaluating and clarifying our motives. In place of indifference, let us put positive convictions and actions to reduce hatreds and bigotry, and to increase mutual understanding. Let us exercise careful parental guidance, and join with groups whose aims are to improve the general welfare.

Above all else, let us find a purpose within ourselves to reaffirm a' belief in the teachings of cur respective creeds.

If we honestly do these things, even within our own lifetimes we shall see an advancement in our spiritual dev e lop -mentwhic aybesdrmaticws the mechanical progress from the horseand-buggy days to the motorized transportation of today. )* • This Is History— Believe It or Not Henry Clay, finding himself in need of money, went to the Riggs Bank and asked for the loan of $250 on his personal note. He was told that while his credit was perfectly good, it was , the inflexible rule of the bank to require an endorser. The great statesman hunted up Daniel 'Webster and asked him to endorse the note.

"With pleasure," said Webster. "But I need some money myself. Why not make your note for five hundred, and you and I will split it?"

This they did. And today the note is in the Rigs Bank—unpaid.

• ( A Washington matron once boasted she could make President Coolidge talk.

Concerning him at a dinner, she sought to make good her boast.

"Oh, Mr. President," she said, trying to disarm him with frankness, "I have made a bet that I can make you say at least three words."

"You lose," Coolidge replied.

• 4, • ( Man Bites Dog Two little girls were playing house.

One pretended she had come to rent the other's playhouse.

"Any parents?" the first one asked tersely.

"Yes, two."

"Oh, I'm sorry," the owner of th playhouse said. "I never rent to children with parents. They're so destructive."

SATURDAY AUGUST 4: PPokrok Houston Lodge No, 88 has its regular bingo party with refreshments free. Pverybody welcome.

SUNDAY AUGUST 5: Regular meeting of Pokrok Dallas Lodge No. 84 will be shifted ta the first Sunday in August instead of the third Sunday. For this month only, SUNDAY AUGUST 5: Svaz Cechoslovarm Lodge No. 92 in Forth Worth will have a grand dance with the music furnished by the popular orchestra of John R. Baca, of Fayetteville. Everybody is welcome.

SUNDAY AUGUST 12: Pokrok Jihu Lodge No. 72 in Cip.meron R. V. 0. S. Local No. 73, will tha.ve its regular annual picnic. Good music in afternoon and also at night.

SUNDAY AUGUST 19: The Southern District of the American Sokol Association will hold its annual athletic and gymnastic contests at the Sokol Hall in Ennis. The public is cordially invited.

• 4, • ( The visiting child psychologist was giving the teacher of the second grade some good advice.

"You don't hold the interest of your pupils, Miss Jones. When they come in, I'll prove to you that they are not pay'ing the slightest attention to what is going on."

Presently the youngsters filed in and took their places. The visitor asked the class for a number, and a little girl gave 35. The visitor, in large, clear figures. wrote 53 on the blackboard, and called for another number. Receiving 19, he wrote 91 on the blackboard, and for 47, 74. After several minutes of this, the visitor glanced triumphantly at Miss Jones, when suddenly a voice called out: "Sixty-six. Let's see what you can do with that." ,) • 4, • (

Wear your bluejeans, cowboy boots, or come dressed as a hillbilly. We'll have barrels of fun. The kitchen will serve sandwiches and snacks and at midnight, when most everyone will have worked up an appetite - we'll have scrambled eggs and bacon. So get your duds together and don't forget the date.

On the 11th of July, our Birthday Club celebrated the birthdays of Anna Svestka, Annie Baethe, Louise Kadlecek and Evelyn Mikolas. The table was overloaded with lovely gifts and the honorees' table held beautiful flouwers brought by some of the 'members. We were served a; delicious, luncheon of baked ham, combination salad, pickled beets and coffee and kolaches. Our visitors were: Mrs. Rendl from Corpus Christi, who donated a crocheted napkin holder, which was raffled off and on which we made $7.60.

Mrs. Stransky, also a visitor from out of town (Dallas) donated $1.50 to the club. We wish to take this opportunity to thank them very much. Our other visitor was Mrs. Frances Dvorak of Iowa Colony. The gentlemen visitors were: Johnny Starcala, Rudy Sefcik, Alfred Ifilsher, and Mr. Drawe, Zimmerman and Elmer. A beautiful large table cloth was donated to our club by Pauline Studney.

We had a very nice meeting and I might mention that the dinner was free to the club members.

August we will celebrate the birthdays of: Anna Kostom, Frances Walla and Willie Mae Powell.

HARRIETTE EARL -) • 4, • ( A -wife went to court to ask for a divorce. She gave her age as seventyeight and said her husband was eightyWQ,

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The judge asked how long she'd been married.

"Sixty years," the woman answered.

The judge expressed his surprise: "Why do you want a divorce after being together for so many years?" , She came back emphatically, "Enough enough."

The Cost to Run the White House (Continued from page 25.) gardeners, a pair of plumber, 2 storekeepers, and a painter, maintenance foreman and clerk.

All in all; therefore, the White House turns cut to be a large, expanding institution whose operating expenses have jumped 700 per cent in the three decades since President Harding's time. And Mr. Truman finds himself a key man among many rather than an institution in himself.

— U. S. News and World -Report

Ye sttedu, dne I. srpna 1951.

MILIONY V SHAKESPEAROVI Hlavni kolektor Shakespeare-a v Americe je Henry Clay Forger v New Yorku.

DalSi, kteti v torn oboru vynikli, jsou F,lizabethan Klub na universite Yale, Huntingtonska knihovna a Dr. Rosenbach.

Pted nekolika roky posledni vystavoval skupinu pfrvodnich svazkti a etvrtkovYch vydani ShakespearovYch her a basni ye Philadelphii, jich'Z celkova cena paella se na $985.00. Nektere z inch byli v vodnich vazbach, coZ je nejdillelitejSi faktor pri posuzovani ceny starch knih.

NejeenejSi knihou Rosenbachovy sbirky knih ze sedinnacteho stoleti je proslavenY prvni Holfordtiv svazek Shakespeara, zcela neposk yrnenY a vazanY v ptivcdni teletine. Ojedinele vydani Folgerovo z roku 1619 ShakespearovYch deviti her, svazanYch v jednu knihu, kdyby bylo dam, dnes do piyadeje, prineslo by nejmene $200.000.

Nektera vyda.ni Shakespearova, jsou dnes velice teZko k dostani, nalezaji se y e yetgitn pootu v Americe neZ v Anglii. Huntingtonova knihcvna se chlubi jako Britske museum tim, ze maji kahle po jednom svazku prvniho vydani Hamleta z roku 1603.

Shakespea.rova kniha idylickYch basni "Venuk a Adonis `' zvand, tiStena v roce 1599, nalezena byla v drevniku jednoho venkovana v Anglii. Roku 1919 zakoupil ji pan Huntington za $75,000. Druhy vytisk teze knihy nalezen byl pozdeji na jinern statku a koupen panem Folgerem za $50.000. Sto dvacet pet tisic bylo zaplaceno za dva vYtisky basne "Iflubokomu mori byl konec," Takove ceny zaplaceny za Shakespeara a to vk odvezeno do SpojenYch sta.• .Ti • SLAVNY FILOSOF DIOGENES Nyni si poslechnete historicke yypraveni o znamenitem feckern filosofu Diogenovi.

Pravda, bylo nekolik Diogerl, ale ten nas byl nejznamenitejAi a zil sveho casu v aide.

Byl z rnesta Sinopu. Tam jim fekl: "Je treba zit tak, abys od zivota nezavisel." Byl to velkY original.

Ale v sude neth dlouho. Nokclo, nevim kdo, ho prodal do otroctvi. Takoye veci se v Recku Maly dost east°.

OvSem, cn se brzy z otroctvi vykoupil a v ten rok, o nemz jde fee, zil si pomaloucku u znamYch v Korinte.

A brzo se tam proslavil s yYm rozurnem, ze se na neho chodili koukat.

A tu se o jeho zazraenem rozumu dovedel svetovY vladee Alexander MacedonskY. Byl to elovek take sveho (huhu pozo ruhodnY. Uininil si, ze si

V T N 1 — WEST, TEXAS timto filosofem. Chtel ho poteSit a udelat pro nej neco dobreho.

Za tim neelem prijel tenhle slavnY vildce se svou suitou do Korintu a podival se na filosofa.

Mono si predstavit obrazek: — Skvela kavalkada prijiZdi k domu. MladY adjutant v lesknouci se helme se obraci na sebehnu ySi se day.

"PoslySte, panove, nelije tu ten, jak ho jmenuji — — vite — — ten Diogenes — vite ten, kterY — — vite, mysli — — V usmivajicim se davu iikaji: "Tady. Zrovna sedi na zapraZi. Opaluje se. Je to skuteene podivin. . ."

Alexander MacedonskY seskoeiv s kone, prichazi k filosofovi a zaeind s nim tik besedovati. Pak mu rika: rozum, tatieku, mne uchvacuje. Chci ti udelat vSe. oo mne polada,S." Diogenes s Usmevem rika: "Nic nepotPebuji. Oe to imam Zadat?"

"Smele Zadej, co chow.. ."

Adjutant Alexandra IVIacedonskeho Septa filosofcvi: "Poladej, hlupaku, o vilku. Rekni, ze máS slepou mainfeku..Nebo poladej o viz s kofnni. Jsi ty ale vrtak! Tak mluv rychle, trulante jeden. ."

Diogenes pak rika Alexandru Macedonskemu: "Tak vis, holoubku, oe to po'2adam?

Odejdi trochu stranou. Vis, stiniS mi. . ."

Jiste, kdyby byl na miste Alexandra 1Vlacedenskeho nejakY hlupak, cham nebo tupec, jal by se krieet, horekovat, urazil by se a ph nejmenSim by vsadil naSeho skromneho filosofa do vezeni.

Alexander MacedonskY byl ale elovek.

Zasinal se a rekl: "Vite, panove, chtel bych bYt Diogenem, kdybych nebyl Alexandrem kyrn."

Pri eem,' , se oba srdeene zasmali a rozeSli se. A bylo jim obema zdravo.

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Strana 27 rynska. AvSak nezda se, ze nazev "modry" pondelek pochazi od modrych kostelnieh ckras z minule nedele, jako spiSe od modrin, jicM nebylo nikdy pondelnich pitkach nedostatek. Ozval se sice zakaz proti tomuto nekalemu zVYku oslavovani pondelkti, a to od sameho cisafe Maxmiliana II. (rcku 1571) avSak molt) platnY, jako i vsechny nasledujici nedovedly odstraniti pondelni hluene pitky. PrisnY zakaz vydal roku 1637 MI Vilem BraniborskY, kterY zapovida oslavy modreho pondelku pod trestem dloucleho Palate, nebo vypovezenim z mesta.

Vyskytly se take "odstraSujici" obrazky, z nichZ jeden pfedstavuje pain mistrovou, kterak sveho manZela, mistra Sevcovskeho, pri navratu z jedne ponclelni pitky pfivitala s potehem v ruce. Poc obrazkem, jenZ je pfivodem z Polska, stoji tento text: Tak sic placi, kto pondzielky traci. (Tak se tomu dari, kdo pondelky mafi.) ) I eTip • r UDENI NEROZTIKti U IGOROTU.

NejzajimavejSi sloZkou obyvateistva Filipin jsou ruzne divoke primitivni pohanske kmeny. A predevSinekolik kmena obYvajicich hornatou severni Cast Filipin, kterYna se rika Igoroti. PozoruhodnY je jejich zgasob pohrbivani vynikajicieh prisluSnika kmene. NebcZlika posadi na bambusovou Zidlieku, pod ni rozdelaji °hell a takto na rnirnem Zaru ho udi 30 — 40 dni. Po celou tu dobu se kcna pro celou vesnici hodokvas na tleet pOztistalcsti. Za tuto dobu je antvola timto procesem skvele mumifikovana, je, tak konservovana, ze kaZda Alacha a kaZcla Zila na ruce ziistava, krasne Potom poloZi nebcaika do rakye a s tou do skalniho, hrobu, kterY 'je vlastne jakYmsi tunelem, kde nechaji ho dny. Potom zase ho vytannou z hrebu i z rakve a posadi pied jeho chatre. do rukou mu daji doutnik a misku s vodon, pridaji jeSte zapalky, aby mei vse, co MODRY PONDELEK. pottebuje k svemu csveZeni na "daleModrV pondelek je pfivodu ryze ne- kou cestu" jak rikaji. Peed chatreir zumeckeho. V 16. stoleti byl obyeej, ze se stane mumie den — pak koneene je nenemeeke kostely ye svatky okraSlovaly, boZtik pochovan definitivne.

• 4 • a z to doby pochazi zvyk, ze v nastavajlei pondelek odpoeivali r y.) hYJestli co ctnostneho a chvalitebneho reni minuleho dne svateeniho. NazYvali s praci a starosti, peace a starest tento den lineho odpoeinku modrYm pomine, ale skutek k tve pochvale zndelkem "blauer Frassmontag." Neehval- stane yeene. nY tentc zvyk vykl nejprve od samych mistrt, jichZ kratee pa to i tovarySi naVrcholein pratelstvi neni, odhalime-li sledovali. Nejprve . se slavil, zvla,Ste v kra- priteli chyby sve, nybrz odhalime-li mu jinach horniho Nemeeka, pondelek ma- chyby jeho.

Rochefoucauld. sopustni pied poeatkem sedminedehnho pustu, kterY a2 dosud dodrZel v zemich Encyclopedic. katolickeho rytu s ytij hYrivY raz. Pozde"Tati, ja potfebuji encyklopedii do ji pcealy se slaviti i pondelky pc) yYznaenYch nedelnich svatcich a zanedlouho Skoly." vSecky ostatni pondelky v roce. N_eSvar "Encyklopedii nic! MUMS chodit pesky, ten pochazi, podle stare kroniky, z Du- ja take chodil do Skoly peSky."

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GATANINi DOBROOr:JP:PATO Moe se po kaZric takove scene kamen se srdee. V ;Stacieh, ye kterYela jsem pfiscbil v do-mladosti, nebylo nijakYch Messalin Poinpadtirek, a tak me zktienosti; v combo smerit nerostly.

Pojednou iie zaval v:tr do "Alblane. Teednieka leta b y 1 a za nmou a tu a tam jsem sklidil i -siti g nY Uspech.

Psalo a mluvilo se meal nadani a znenalila se mncu la'Skovat vrtkava Wizen etitelu a etitelek. Zaealc, to rozpaeitYmi smevy studentek, bou•7 livYm vyvolavanim po konei pfedstaveni a nevinonekymi rtiZovYmi psanieky anonymnieh xboZnovatelek. "0 krThkw-ti, the jmeno Zena jest!" fikaval jsem si se Shakespea,rem, ale tyto projevy nevykolez mezi eudneho zivota. Posleze jsem pi.eee padlehl. Ani dob .•e nevim, jak to pia, pnealo mi bYt darnske spole,enosti vol, neji, pozdeji se mi po ni i zn qesklo a z eista jasna bez sve viny jsem se stal hrdinou de-1)r°clraneho romanku.

Vida, vida, jak vzpominky hrnou. tel, mel pravdu. Uz to main! NapiSi historku o rhoc.lodendrarru, v to isem pohotel dokonale, at' me stihne etenarnv zaslOuZenY

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strankou a ja si nedovedl vysvetlit '"tajemluvu, jiZ podpis skr r -val.Nuenrslovikme Potted, ze rhodOdendron ci alpska, rune je z eelede rostlin vresKokvetYch, a ma. chrazotcornost pornohla k zav6ru, l' ma neznamd bode nejspik statkarken z blizkeho pohori.

Doutal isern pevne sviij ostrovtip, ienutZ e zahy poda•i sejmouti rail" masku, kterou se k •yje. List od Zeny! Ae .spiSe kritiscval ne2 plyVal 'vzbudil ve Rme hrejiyou naladu jako neeekand vylira. Proeital jsem jej zas a zas, teSil se s nim a laskal. Ve tine spoeival na mein srdei, v noei pod pociakou. PO padesatem eteni ,cbjevil jsem -hrubku." Ale coZ byeli si delal z ipmvopisne ehyby, ktcron zavinil dojista chvat, spiSe zale&la no tom, zvedet, kdo vezi za nepreniknuteinYm tajemstvim.

Drive mi ani neptipadlo zkeumat, ninoho-li se seilo k ptedstaveni .obeeenstva,. od chvile, kciy .dodo ono zahadne psani, the nebylo man() od otvcru v opont.1 odehnat.

Patrani •dostoupilti • vrchuhi. Me oei pi ,Acciavaly na promenade zraky vsech krasayie, ba nektere neuSly' ani meant prondsledeVani.

Zmena, ktera se se mnou strata, byla neuveritelna, Ke ArS'enni doSel noyY dopis, °pet na fialovem japanu, prosyeenem znamYm parfumem, a ozriaingval: 4`TouZim Vas 'poziaat.

— Rhctiodendron.7 I do teehto etyr ,slcv se vioudii gramatipkY,kaz, ale mei svuj pdvab, alespori pro mne. neromantieka, povaha byla nevzrusene,;doekala rozuzleni, ale mnou lomeoval bes nedoekavosti. Spdnek. mijel, hlava tteStila, jist mi nechutpalo

itrana 30

VESTNi

— WEST, TEXAS

Ve sti'edu, due 1. alma 1951.

Kdo dice jisti z jecirie milogicky myslet jsem neDUCKETT & DUCKETT dckazal. sy s Certem, musi miti lCici s eE g Ti PRAVNICI Najedncu, jako kdyZ. dlouho nasadou. .

Vyrizuji vSechny pravnicke Mejte vidy po race tubs utne —ma neznama se Nonat, Moly° obsahujici Mast' Jsou dva druhy nudnYch odmleela. Nekolikrat za Fred vSemi soudy statu Texas. ye vagem domove. Jeji ranobi g mnolidi — ti, kdoz vedi pril den me pohanela netr- Ufadovna nandre, pies ulici ho, a ti, kdoZ vedi piilis mak). . . rpfisoby pouiivani v chraniini pelivost presvedeit se, od Netardus lekarny, se proti Infekci, uleveni od ponetrei-li v okenku divrchne zpiisobenjrch bolesti a uSobotama odp. vadeini vratnice fialotrpeni, eini ji domaci nutnosti.

East Bernard a Gonad°. ye psanieko, ale vracel Objednejte ji nyni, to Mast' kteTelefon els. 1040 jsem se po kaZde zklari je ureena pro uleveni postiEL CAMPO, TEXAS Veliky rybir man. UZ se zdalo, Ze Slo ienemu might.

(11-1-5 pl o nejakY Zert, jejZ se mnou ztropil nejakY g SkociclibY kolega. Ma, uraZend jeSitnost tripela. Pripravy na novou .premierti daly zapomeS. OMELHA Cena Nonat poiton 550 a $1.05 nout.

Telefon VA-772i Pied predstavenim R, C. MILLER & cal 943 Waverly (Heights) "Marnotratnika" mi CALIFORNIA ALTADENA. HOUSTON 7. TEXAS prines1 verejny posluha nadhernou kytici 1.0110.1101.1.1•11.001NPO4111110.11■11■041 alpskYch rtili s priveSenou navaivenkou. 'Ceti jsem chvatne: "Projevite-li zajem o sedici v druhe rade kresel na tretim sedadle To work in Local Agency. Want lady capable to do rating, vpravo, Cekajte po typing Automobile and Fire Insurance. Good saldry and CeskY Lekat a Operate? za museem. RhcclodenWorking conditions. Air conditioned office. Please write, 711 Medical Arts Building drcn." I-Trubek bkylo giving full details concerning past experience. tentokrate vetSi rnnaHOUSTON, TEXAS stvi, ale presto se mi Telefon residence: Lehigh 9745 radostne vydralo z "Mum od ni ran- Telefon itiadovny: Pres. 2553 HOUSTON, TEXAS 1844 W. ALABAMA AVE., dez-vous," a to o dva(dm) cet let drive, neZ toto IMO .1■111.011W0•111.1011.0.1•1FiCHIM.40111.111111111K.111•47 ■111,0101■0-0.0 cs:k.ricliene zvolani zayv sal mnj Cyrano na scene% Ale ani tohoto nosaIfTho bohatYra nevzpruPRAVNIK '113, vice Roxanina vYzva neZ tehdy nine neVytizuje veAkere soudixt kolik mrtyYch radek. zalegtosti.

Spechal, ne, hnal jsem Clfadovna: 936 Bankers MortLe hprkem k op,cne, poptes ulici nadivat se na neznanacu gage 'watt Kress budove. svou zhoZnovatelku. 0znaeene sedacilo bylo HOUSTON, TEXAS plazclne. Zvonilo se po treti, 'opozdilci chvatali do salt', setmelo se, me dama neptichazeBledl jsem pod lieiVybravati aim bude orchestr clibin. Dalo se s jistotou tvrdit, Fe jcle o vtip, jim se nekdo bavi na Prijd'te se pobaviti do na g dobfe vychlazene sine. Texas mid fleet.

Jerome I. Kocian Club na Cepu, dost lahvoveho a dobra kuchyne.

V prvnim jednani se Vyhotovi abstrakty, vlastmi nedarilo dobre, lam✓ nedeli dne 19. srpna zabava nebude. nicke pravo, vyrizuje macovala mnou rortrZitost ✓ nedeli dne 2. zafi: ENNIS RIIYTM MAKERS jetkove pojgteni a ohrozila muj Uspech. ✓ nedeli, dne 16. Jail . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Pid dekovani se mi zatradovna nad Peoples ✓ sobotu dne 29. zafi: STARLIGHTERS. zdaio,. Ze oznaeene se✓ nedeli dne 7. rijna VINOBRANI a FRANK J. KUBIN State Bank daalo neni uZ prazdne.

ORCHESTRA Z ENNIS. Telefon do tifadovny eislo 5 Divain se a opravdu, v HALLETTSVILLE, TEX. (pd) krcslc 6i hovi temno-

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(ILL dna ImTna. v1ln1 p1nc-)7,t1111:1 :ra 10 srvice v mete ;lezove ' boba Ion kytici rhodo-, dendronoYYch kvetn nad mirnym yYstribela. ()ato chvile jsem heal pro ni, a jak se mi inI:i In, tak uchvatne, Ze musela po r ime laskou 'jinn° Silet.

Jak hlaZivalo jindy, obecenstvo najevo svou spokojenost. Dekovat se po aktu osmkrat, devetkrat zdalo se me nesskromnosti Indio. Ten veter bych si byl pH", aby aelezna 'opma akonCHa vSechny ovace rOzena. Ant pad]: me nemohl Inuit k mu spechu.

Lublanske museum je vaddleno od divadla jen nekolik krokft. Obe budovy stoji na poeatku rozlehleho sadu a v noel tu nepotkaS Cloveka.

Mesic svi,til na cestu jako rybi oko a ja pH vYchodu z divadla uviclCl Zenskou postavu.

Skokem stojim pied ni VfelY sti ck ruky, nekolik rcapaeitYch slov a pak trapria pomlka.

Nevim, jak do toho.

MC neznama bez iivodii preruSila mleeni melcdickym ahem. hovorila s cizim pHzvukem: "Zalezi-li yam na, me prizni, nechtejte vedet, kdo jsem. obeas do mesta a vkly vas o foul yeas ar,ravirn. Sbohem! Nesiedujte me!" Nekolik km:16kt/ doznelo v krovinach a ma "Madam Lohengrin" zmizela.

Tak jsem,,si arci dostavenieko nepredstavoyal. Jeho pi-L=1136h me roziadil, neSel jsem zapit ani svuj hereckY triumf. Byl bych se radeji nevidel. Nete:Sil jsem se a prianivych kritik, ani z blahopraoh pratel, a svatosvate jsem Si uminil, jeSte jednou vyavan, nejiti na Zadnou dalSi schtizku (Pokraeovani.)

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Hledam mule no in ktery umi jezditi s traktorern 'YrIi nUiliod. Zenateho, kicrY Dc tone dobre Mist() v k obYvani. Muni byti spolehlivY. DobrY plat. PiAte na Fayette County Feed and Pro-duce, . Joe Dulak, majitel, 1014 Sumit St., Schulenburg, Tmws . (31-K6) Ddkaz spokojene domacnosti.

"Zdali pak jest vase RtiZenka Wastne provdana?"

"To si VMyt' ta holka muse jiti do divadla, kdyn si chce jednou za eas poplakati."

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Zpriva o arnrti Nenprosná smrt nam vyrvala Mena na•Ai rodiny,- • ktereha name nikdo •vice nenahradi, a po ktererrL; nase srdce vidy teskniti a touiiti bude. Byl to ná § draie milo yank brats

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John C. KopeckSr Kter32 tie zerneel ye sranku o 4. hodine ranni tine 8. eervence 1951 ye svem domove v East Bernard, Texas, lcde bydlel p0 26 let. Dail se veku 61 let. Odekl na yeenost, klidne a odevzdane.

Palifeb zesnuleho se konal v pondeli dne 9. eervence o 4. hodine cdpoledni kde jeho telesne portistalky byly k yeeneinu soankti uloieny. za hojne iCasti peatel a znamYch na rodinem hebitove v East Bernard, Texas.

Jmenem poz6stalYch vzilivame timto Upeinthe diky* vkm kteei zesnuleho v dobe nemoci navWvili a jemu jakotikoliv 1W:chit neb pomoc poskytli jakai i vkm, ei jej ku hrobu cloprovatlili. Ten domov drah5 , kde jsrne uiii talc slaclke a krasne, chvile s yeho iivota je navidy rozdreen, neni ho ji 7z vice. Vak pa,matka a vzpominka na neha nam nikdy z rameti nevymizi.

Tobe drahy bratee reejem odpoeinuti lelike a Cest btdi tvoji parnatce.

Poziistala rodina, bratei a sestry.

MTURAE ROUTE SOUTIRREET

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VESTNi — WEST, TEXAS

Litrana 32 4R.

Ve stleciu, tInc 1.'srpno, 1951•

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Slovanska Pod. Jednota Statu Texas yoskytuje Tfrhodni ilvotal pojlitistf pre celoa rodhia.

Nabizi nisledujici pojiiteni: Dotivotni, 101ete, 151ete a 20lete splacene, doilvotut siplacene v 45 leteeh, 15 leti a Mete nadainf, *may letech a ZS lete nadaild viplaceni ye stiff Si let.' tilete vyplaeen6

Pro ditky nabizu Lhatni pojiiteni, Mete splaeene, ZOlete nadainf, ikolni pojistks hotovi vyplaceni v SFJST poskytuje nsisledujief vthodni dodatefue canny as fermi poplatky

'steels stiff.

Dvojnisobne pojiiteni pfipatle smrt1 neitastnou nihodos

Zproiteni poplatkil v pflpade upineho a trvaleho anesehopn'eni ku

Pojiiteni platiciho (Payor Insurance) saplacene pojitteni • piipade, kdy platfei znesehopnen je trvale ka Pvief.

Vekkere Informace a radosti sdelf

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1951 54 YEARS 1897 THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (S. P. J. S. T.) Fayetteville, Texas

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