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DRTSKS ODBOR EDAKTOR NA:SEHO organu ma to vYhodu, i* e infiZe kdykoR liv piijit s jakYmkoliv napadem pied eleny nebo i pied samotne hlavni afedniky, ani2 by se musel hlasit o slovo. Ad redaktoru neni v tom postaveni jako jsou vedouci tiednici, a ac y e schazi hlavniho telesa mlei celou dobu, jen posloucha a pozoruje, mute po schazi povclit uzdu sve vymluvnosti a iici, co si mysli. Nebo kdykoliv pied schtlzi mfde podat jakYkoliv navrh nebo nahied, ani2 by to bylo povaZovano za neslug nost nebo piestupek. Ovtem, vgechno to must bYt v jiste mire a ye snaze, aby se probiraly body Jednote tditeene.

Ae redaktor neformuje smernice a neplanuje einnost v Jednote, jeho avahy maji btt psany tak, aby byly kit prospechu spolku. Jestli si nekdo poySimne redaktorovYch napadt, mute na ne odpovedet nebo navazat; jestli si nikdo redaktorovYch poznamek nepolitimne, nemale se redaktor durdit, Ze jeho mytlenka, frvaha nebo piipomenuti zastaly nepoirSimnuty. Redaktor rozhccine nemice bYt j6itnY, blahovY, piilis o sobe myslici.

Tentokrat pkichazim s neeim, co pfijato bylo pied etyrt stoletim, a co v zdkladech nebylo zmeneno. Pik o teto yeci mesic pied schazi vedouciho telesa, aby o zalelitosti dalo se piemy gleti. Pial bych si, aby o veci uvalovali hlavni kednici, feditele a take eleni.

Mam na mysli Detsky odbor nati Jednoty, hlavne onu east, ktera byla zavedena v roce 1928 na sjezdu v Temple.

Kvuli snadnejSimu porozumeni bude tieba opakovat, co oven sjezd v Temple pied etvrt stoletim piijal. Chteli jsme pojigt'ovat ditky eleml ye staff, od dvou do patnacti let. Pfijali jsme tabulku poplatku, a ureili jsme podporu v ptipadu iimrti ditka. Poplatky byly 20 cent)). do 10 let a 30 centft od 10 do 15 let. tInrtni podpora byla $34 ye 2 letech, $40 ve '3 letech, $48 ve 4, $58 v 6, $300 v 10 $380 v 11, $460 ve 12, $500 ye 13 letech, atcl.

CelYch dvariact roku jsme neprovedli Zadnou zmenu o Zadne zazraky v pojigt'ovani deti. 0 dvanact let pozdeji zacali pojiSt'ovat deti i v takovych pkipadech, kdy rodide v Jednote. Po dvanacti letech zvY gli jsme fnrtni pcdPoru na dvojnasobny obnos ,za dvojnasobnY poplatek. Krome toho ditky mohly byt pojitt'ovany od jednoho mesice Brzy tomu bude etrnact let, co byla provedena tato zmena zvY geni. A bude tomu letos v eervenci 26 rokil, kdy jsme zavedli tuto doeasnou detskou pojistku.

Otvrt stoleti je dosti dlouha doba, aby hlavni urednici poznali, zda tato pojistka je vYhodou, zdali se vyplaci, zdali ma vYhody, zdali by se mohly provesti nejake zmeny nebo opravy. etvrt stoleti je vlastne az pkilfg dlouha doba, abychom jezdili v jednech a tech& kolejich bez uvakvani.

Proto pfichazim se Zadosti o zmenu a zlepSeni. Podavam to mesic pied schazi.

A take to podavain dva, mesice po rozmluve s natim aktuarenr, ktereho jsem e tazal, zdali bychom nejake zlepSeni mohli provesti.

Jiz delSi dobu porovnavam cletskY odbor u jinYch bratrskYch jednot. Mnohe z nich provedly zlepkni sveho detskeho odboru ji.Z pied nekolika lety. Jine 1chazeji k poznani, te ZadnY odbor v Zivotnim pojigt'ovani nestoji dnes na torn bodu, na kterem byly zaklacly pololeny pied etvrt stoletim. DrIusim doznat, Ze nektere bratrske spolky poskytuji lepg vYhody ne2 poskytujeme my, a to jedine pr'cto, Ze zadinaji si sveho detskeho odboru vice vSimat a nestoji na tom bodu, jak kdyZ, detskY odbor zaloZili. My stojirne na nem dosud. 0 techto vecech poslal jsem informace na naS1 hlavni afadovnu jiZ pied gest mesici v nadeji, ze o zlepkni detskeho odboru bude v nektere schazi jednano. Jak jsem jiZ naznaeil, pokyny mohu davat, s novymi napady mohu piijit, ale jen nepiimo, bud' ve Vestniku nebo soukrome. Nebylo by sluSne, abych ye schtizi zasahoval do jednani.

Nat aktuar doporudirje, abychom mrtni podporu v tilde dOeasnYch pojistek zvysili. Sarni hlavni afednici dosvedel, Ze je to nejen moZne, ale Zadouci. Upozorriuji na vec dnes, aby nekterY aiednik nebo reditel vzal si tuto fed na starost a ye schazi otazku vyvolal a doporueeni nakho aktuara ve forme uediteho navrhu piednesl. Sam piedseda by mohi tuto dalelitou vec pkipomenout.

Potiebujeme, abychom cletskemu odboru venovali vice pozrarnosti. KaZdeho roku v mesici kvetnu je uvekejnena fedni zprava v mesieniku bratrskych spolku, ktera ukazuje, kolik detskych elent bylo do ktereho bratrskeho nebo sesterskeho telesa piljato. JeS"te ani jednou nevidel jsem v sezna.mu jmeno SPJST. To proto, Ze jette v Zadnem roce jsme neptekroeili v detskem odboru tii sta nov'ch Clem v ptirtstku. MoZna jsme ziskali vice neZ tii sta, ale ninozi prestoupili do odboru dospelYch, takFe eisty prirastek jeSto nikdy nebyl pies tii sta.

NaSim eilem meld by bYt, abychom po skytnuli v doeasne tilde vSechny naoZ ne vYhody dle doporueeni aktuara, pak abychom soustiedili nate snahy u ziskani vetgho, poetu deti. Jsou rodiny, ktere nemohou si dovolit pro deti vysoke zalohove pojigteni, ale ktere by mohly si zaopatiit aspori doeasne pojii";teni za velice mirny obnos.

Pro zajimavost uvaclim, Ze jeden bratrsky spolek jiz uverejnil svou zpra,vu o pilnistku sveho detskeho poWSteni za rok 1953. Zprava je opravdu prekvapujici, jak jinY spolek dba o to, by mu pri.bYvalo hOdne mladYch elenn. Zprava u(lava, Ze v torn nejmenovanem spolku bylo prodano za 29 milionti detskeho pojitteni v uplynulem roce, spolek ziskal pies 18,000 deti, a prfunernY detskST certifikat vystaveny loni byl $1,638. Nast orga nisatori prodali loni za $484,000 detskho pojleteni a upsali jsme 494 deli.

Bude treba, , abychom naiSentu detskemu odboru venovali vatk pozornost,

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Vo sffedu, CAne 14. bl'ezna1954.

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to schtlzi prijdou Hove pokyny pro dal-• I Si a lepSi praci druheho distriktu.

od redaktora .

Treti distrikt je nejlene oznamovarek a nejpokroellejSi distrikt v Jedna;-' te. 0 reklarnu se pe glive, stara tajornnik. distriktm bratr Iioseic. Ketyz bychorn, spocitali jeho dopisy, zpravy, oznarnova ni a nabaddni, které dosud hrel itverejneny ve Vestniku, rumen bychoin. pi'iznat, '2e napsal toho sam jedinY • tft-krat vice ne2 vSic.hni ostatni diStriktni tajemnici. To neznaniena, .be zpravy' jiL nych distriktnich tajemniku jsou pod: cenovany, ale bratru Ho'Skovi to neda,. on musi psat, aby uvolnil hnaci;p6--: re, ktere je v nein natakno. Oar 'ina. tn. "pruZinu" v sobs, kdeZto druzi distrikt:ni tajerianici jsou de psani pobizeni okolnostra1 zVenel. To u2 jsou nase dary, jed•n rad piSe, druhy rad zpiva, ti'eti rad "rediauje", etvrtY rad kritiSuje, pa-. tY rad odkla,da, testy rad opoleha se na jineho. Bratr PloSek rad piSe, a z vYchlicli jsou dobri tajemnici, zpravedajove, pripadne i redaktere ye. Teti 'distrikt ma dalOi vyhodu, ze rady v distriktn vybraly si za predsedu elovoka energickehc, bratra Cyrilla. Pokladnika, kterY je teZ picdsedou radu Pokrok Dallasu. Lee ani bratr Pokladnik s bratrem liokein by nedokazali sami vOech-no, kdyby nemeli daYSI pomocniky, 0chotne bratry a obetave scatty. Bez nadz-e kdyby T-T1 sazovani je moZne Ufadovna vozdavala, pentlieky a stuhy mezi distrikty, ze treti distrikt by si odne'i prvni yyznamenani.

potegitelnj/m a slibnSrm znamenim pro zvy'Seni einnosti a zlepSeni spolkoveho Zivota jsou dopisy od distriktnich Urednikti. Prave prehlilim posledni 'Oslo naSeho organu. Na . prvnim mists je tarn zpra.va bratra HoSka, tajemnika tretiho distriktu, kterY pravidelne pile do kaZdeho eisla. Pak v deske easti je dopis od Cyrilla Pokladnika, ptedsedy tretiho distriktu. Hned nine je dopis od Rudy J. Seldika, tajemnika pateho distriktu. A v anglicke jsou ∎cpet do,p isy od tajemnika pateho distriktu, od pi'edsedy tretiho distriktu, oznameni o. praci planovaciho vYboru pateho distriktu, a oznameni literarni soutae od vYboru ze sedmeho distriktit.

Nage distrikty jsou dosud ye stavu, o kterem nemitZeme je ustalenk, presne dokoneenY. Mnohe veci v distriktech nejscu propracovane. Na nektere body si nekterYch distriktech dosud ani nevzpomneli. NeintiZeme mluvit o nejakem ovoci v distriktech, kdyZ nekde neobjevil se dosucl . kvet. To 1.7echno yezane svUj eas. Ale je potaujici, ze irkednici distriktir zadinaji chapat sve zadinaji pracovat ureitYmi smery. A poneva.dZ irrednici jsou hybnou pakou, pohanejicim- perern v distriktu, na, nich nejvice zaleli, co se v distriktu planuje a kolik prate se v distriktu irykona.

Kdo byli nebo kdo jsou distriktnimi firedniky? Bylo to obyeejne uverejnene v zapiscich z jednotlivYch Schtzi, ale etenar to snadno prehledne nebo zapomene. Ba ani sam redaktor si v‘Sechna jmena nepamatuje. Zde jsou vyjmenova-. pokud ma parnet saha. V,prvnim distriktu je predsedou jiZ druhY rok bratr Stepan, kterY je rovneZ reditelem v distriktu. Jeho hlavnim pomocnikem a zpravodajem prvniho distriktu je bratr Ba p on, tajemnik ra,clu eis• o 1. ye Fayetteville. Prvni distrikt ovSem ma planovaci a zabavni vYbory, jejichZ jmena si nepamatuji. PriAti schtizi bude tento distrikt konat v Nelsonville, 25. dubna.

V druhem distriktu je distriktnim p •edsedou bratr Reuben B. LeSikar, nyfteji predseda radu Praha eislo 29 v Taylor. Tajemnici distriktu je sestra Hilda BrtfSova, ktera je zaroven tajemnici radu v Buckholts. Distrikt ma zabavni vYbor a vYber planovaci. Clenove techto VYborti jsou vyjmenovani v provoldni ku elentim druhella distriktu, uveHjnonem na, jinem mists tohoto disla.

Pristi schtize bude tutu nedeli v sini du TyrS" v Holland. 04ekiva se, to v te-

0 etvrtem distriktu nentam mnobo zpra y. Nevim, kdo Wit inc edniky etvrte-, ho distriktu, jen zjistil loom, ze etvrtY distrikt mei zasteupeni od vSech svych kdyZ byla schtize etvrtehe . distriktu Toni v Seymour. V tom ohledu byl by etvrtY distrikt epravnen na odmenu a modrou' pentli. PriSti schUze etvrteho distriktu bude v Rowena 27. dervna, jak. oznamuje bratr Eva:ink:1m na jinem miste dneSniho eisla. iffedniky pateho distriktu byli bratr Franek, jako predseda distriktu, a brat" StraZnicky, jako tajemnik. V listopactey e schtizi pateho distriktu oba tito rednici odmitli p •ijmouti, Urady, ad na ne bylo nalehene. Oba byli dobrYmi redniky. NebYt bratra tajemnika tretiho distriktu, mohl by tajennaR- pateho distriktu, bratr Stra.ZnickY, obdrlet prvni • cenu mezi distriktnimi tajemniky.

Vet2Sina jeho zprav a dopisia pro Wstnik priOla "special delivery", jen, shy zpravy se dostaly y eas do organu. Nynekimi bratri •edniky patellae distriktu Skrabanek a Sefeik. Bratr ;kr a banek je reditelem pateho distriktu, predsedott distriktu a teZ predsedou ila.clu Danbury..

Bratr Sefcik je tajemnikem distriktu vyslouZilYm ptedsedou kadu Pokrok Hou-

Ve stfedu, dne 24. brezna 1954. stonu. Oba se snati, aby pity distrikt nezastal piilis pozadu za distriktem tfetim. Whodou pateho distriktu je, to sestra Hilsherova, keditelka mladete, je na dosah ruky, ate patY distrikt mel vtdy dobre planovaci a z.abavni vybory. gest* distrikt, ktery je nejsilneTiim distriktem v Jednote, ma jiste potite. Sesty, distrikt vlastne ztratil, co mu pravem naletelo, toot prvenstvi die velikosti a die zasluhy. Tarn byla prvni ustavujici schaze, kde se jednalo o zavedeni triktu byla prvni uldzka toho, co by se dalsim schazim. Ale tfikrat byl jit tfeti distrikt v nevYhode pfi pokadani svYch schazi. Pokalde ptifknuta mu: nedele, ktera nevyhovovala. Bud' byly distriktni schilze jinde, nebo byly schaze faclove a spollea rolnickych. A zase musim doznati, to v distriktni schazi Sesteho distriktu byla prvni ukazaka toho, co by se meta zavesti v katcle distriktni schazi.

Tajemnice kadu Karel Jona§ vstala a fekla: "Kdyt jsme v distriktni schazi, tak bych yarn chtela oznamit aspori kratce, co jsme u naSeho radu vykonali." Mela to pekne sestaveno. Oznamila, kolik schazi fad konal; jaka byla pramerna na ySteva ye schazich; kolik organisatora ma fad a jak pracuji; kolik novYch elenil bylo pfijato do faclu; kolik zabav, svaein, divadelnich her a detskych programa meli u iadu; :zkratka, byl to pfehled prate u fa.du Karel .Tonag v East Bernard, a byl to pekny vzorek toho, co by distriktni arednici meli znat Pfitomne v Sestem distriktu je pfedsedou bratr ElSik ze Shiner od fadu Vlastenec, tajemnikem je Vaclav , Hradecks( od kadu OechosloVan z Hillje. tredniky v sedmem distriktu jsou bratri Mieulka a Shortner. Bratr Mieulka pfcvzal Arad pfedsedy po bratru KruMnskem. Bratr Shortner slouti druhou jako tajemnik, byl znovuzvolen vo schuzi v Hobson. V pfedeSlem eisle Vestniku oznamuje vYbor sed-meho distriktu, ze je vypsana literarni soutet (essay contest) pro deti od 10 do 16 let na tema "Co oeekavam od SPJST a ornladinoveho hnuti (What I expect in the SPJST and the Youth Movement)". Schaze sedmeho distriktu bude konana 16. kvetna v San Antonio.

Opakuji, ze je to poWujici znameni, jak preclsedove a ta,jeriinici distaiktil se o placi v distriktech rozepisuji. To diva nacieji, to pomalu bude do katcle distriktni schaze pfinesen nejakY program, nejake nazna,eeni o postupu dinnosti v distriktu. V nekterYch distriktnich schazich byl celY postup jednani docela jednoduchY. Zahajila se schilze a pfivitali se navStevnici. Pak, si nekdo vzponmel, to jsou pkitomni hlavni tifed-

VASTIiiii—WEST, TEXAS

Strana 3 nici, tak se vedeni schaze pfedalo afed- svem poznamkovem zapisniku, aby si niku z astfedi. Ten napted pronesl ne- napsal, to vas fad bude mit svaeinu, detkolik pochvalnYch vet, pak zaeal mluvit i skY program, divadlo nebo velikonoeo utitku distriktnich schazi vSeobecne. ni pomlazku. Proto usnadnite redaktoru Po nem pfiSel druhy afednik, pak tfeti, oznamovoni vaSich fadovYch podniku, at se vystfidali vSichni prominentni : kdy to napiSete na z ylaStni listek. StanavStevnici. Zatim uplynula hodina a el Jen arAik papiru a upozorneni, "Dej nic nebylo vykonano pro dobro distrik- nam do kalendafe, to pokadame to a tu nebo jak povzbudit ty kady, ktere je-1 ono." Takova poznamka zajisti vam, Ste v tadne distriktni schilztnemely sve- oznameni va geho fadoveho podniku buho zastupce. To nebyl pracovni program,' de zatazeno do eeskeho kalendafe i do ale jen plane. schilze, nechutid, bez po- anglicke rubriky, a zastane tam, dokud vzbuzeni, jen ukolebani k dalSi neein- datum nevyprSi. nosti. Je potaujici, distriktni atedni-1 S poitovni dopravou ma reda'ktor ai ci sami uznavaji, aby katda distriktni dosud nejvetSi boleni hlavy. Zda se, to schtlze projednala neco utiteeneho. elm rychleji Clo y & dovede litat, tim potJiz chive jsem vyslo'vil nahled, maleji pad je dopravovana. Zatim co katcly distrikt • by mel mit, krome pravi- v malYch mestech a mesteekach je poSdelnYch afednikt, take dopisovatele ne- ta rortfidena hned po pit ezdu vlaka, bo zpravodaje. Neni dobre naklaciat v ge- ve velkem meste je poSta ttidena stale, chno na distriktniho tajemnika, kterY ale dodavka do domil je pouze jednou musi vesti zapisky a jinou koresponden- denno. Na hlavni poStu si pro poStu choci mezi 'deny, afedniky a fady v distrik- dit nemohu, ponevadt tam nemaji dotu. 0 postupu naborove, osvetove, yule- stateene mnotstvi poStovnich schranek lavaci a jine einnosti v distriktu by mel pro vSechny ty, kdo chteji mit stalou referovat zpravodaj k tomu ustanoveny, dociavku poSty. Na stanice v residenenebo dva zpravodajove, jeden starSi v nich etvrtich—a takovYch stanic je v destine, druhY mladSi v jazyku anglic- Houstonu petadvacet— je dopravovana kem. My si dosud neumime rozdelit jakakoliv poStovni zasilka (dopisy, baci mezi vice lidi. My nejradeji nalotime liky, noviny) pouze jednou denne, a to na jednoho tolik, kolik jen mate unest. v pet hodin rano Hlavni afadovna poPak se spolkova, prate stave.- bfemenem Sle mi dopis v pondeli veeer z Temple. misto aby byla vyraienirn, zabavou, ko- Vlalc z Temple vyjitcli po druhe hodine niekem. him vice je do spolk'ove pra- z palnoci, a dopis pfijde do Houstonu v te zapojeno lidi, tim snadneji se pracu- fiterY o sedme rano. Dostanu ho at ye stfedu pied polednem. Leti na hlavni je. Take u kadu, kde je Sest nebo raznych vybora, je postup prate daleko poSte od sedme hodiny v Ater' rano at znatelnejti net tam, kde maji jen vYbor do paté hodiny ye stfedu rano, kdy je na kterem je pfedseda, vyslouti- odeslan na resideneni stanici. Prot si lY pfedseda a mistopfedseda, a kde ta-, pro dopis nedojdu na hlavni poStu? Nejemnik zastava tet afad iieetniho i po- motno, lee bych mel poStovni schrankladnika. Spolkova, prate je celkova ku na, hlavni poSte. Tech neni. A kdyprate--vSichni dohromady. A jestli chee- bych schranku i po delgim eekani dote pokraeovat, musite si Wady, funkce, stal, znamenalo by to • katdY den jednu tikoly a povinnosti vytirofft. Mciny dis- nebo d ye testy do hlavni etvrti mesta, pet trikt by nemel se spokojit s merle net mil tarn a pet mil nazpet, v tlaeenici, peti raznYmi vYbory. Chcete vedet, k pill hodiny objitdeni kolem mista, kde oemu tolik vYbora? PkemYSlejte. At si bych chter zastavit a zaparkovat, nebo povinnosti pro pet vYboril stanovite, bu- pokatde 35 cent-a v parkoviSti. Zivot ye dete mit od patnacti do tficeti lidi, kte- velkem meste ma sve vYhody, ale take fi se budou zajimat o nejakou einnost v sve nevyhody. PoStovni doprava je jedna nevYhoda, kterou redaktor hodne distriktu. A nezapomefite, abyste dva zpravodaje, dva lidi pro reklamu pocit'uj e. vaSeho distriktu. Potfebujete toho jako S odesilanim rukopisii a dopisii do tissoli. karny jsou tet potite, ale jen v sobotu.

Kdyi jsme u toho bodu, ze potiebujete Posledni zasilka rukopisa z Houstonu do West musi bYt ocieslana v 'patek veeer oznamovani einnosti u vaSeho fadu, dopled Sestou hodinou. V sobotu rano je volte mi, abych pfiparnnel jinou stran- jit pozde, ponevadt dopis by priAel do ku reklamv. Va,A zpravodaj nebo zpravo- West at v sobotit y eeer, kdy je tiskarna dajka piSi do Vestniku o nejakem pod- zavtena. Proto redaktor stale opakuje, niku, kterY vas fad bude podnikat. Kat- ze si pfeje, aby latka pro Vestnik mu bydy takovY podnik ma bYt oznamenY v la dodana— ne odesilana, ale ut doclakalendafi, cot je zdarma, a redaktor to na—nejpozdeji v patek. Ale jestli dopis rad vykona. Jenle redaktor je nekdy pfijde do Houstonu na hlavni poStu al tak zabran do eteni zpravy od vaSeho; v patek rano, dopis leaf dvacet hodin na dopisovatele, ze opomene sahnout po hlavni poSte.

• atrana 4 Piedseda Marek prove uvedomil redaktora, ze pit spoleene zaji.41'ce na seifrozapad do "otyrteho distriktu za.stavi '-, d$cda s redaktorem v Rowena 1. dubna, budou v San Angelo mit porady s nekter •ini Uredniky kadu Masaryk 2. dubna, a 3. dubna, v sobotu, budou u ladu eislo 15'7, kde v domove bratra Kvetone bode spoleena schttzka. V nedeli odpoledne bude schilze v sini •adu Sam Hoy Eton v Seymour. Pro velkou vzdalenoq organisatorti etvrteho distriktu bude nutno vykonati tyto zastavky. Toto oznameni je uverejneno pro ty eleny SPJST, kteii nedostali dopis osobni, ale chtali by bYti pritomni, aby vyslechli spoicene porady a aby se lepe seznarnili s novou organisaeni einnosti na gich pracovnika.

Jak vk e podotknuto, da/gi distrikt vypisuje literarni soutM pro mladd, ktera, i;ijc v onom distriktu. Podminky soute'ks v sedmern distriktu byly uverejneff. ny v minulem eisle restniku- a jsou znovu otiSteny v bOnem eisle. VYbo • pro soutU, inladeZe, sestavajici se sestry • .Juileove z Corpus Christi, a bratki Franka Polla z Floresville a Roy Hranickeho z Orange Grove, se gel se v nedeli 7. biezna, aby sestavil pravidla terarni souteZe a t r32, ceny pro ty, kdo VYbor rozhodl, ze bude budou Ulm° 10 cen, prvni tli nejvyMi budou $20, $15 a $10. Upozornete yak ditky na tuto literarni s puta', dejte jim p•eeist podminky a pravidla v anglickem zneni a vybidnete le, aby se soutNi podileli.

Tato literarni soutea je ote ykena i pro ktere nejsou eleny SPJST, jen ty kdy ctec nebo matka jsou eleny. 0 dal• podrebnosti soute.:Ie mohou ditky dopsat na nektereho elen y vYboru, jehoZ" adresa je uvedena pii pravidlech. Soute2 j zaeala, cleti mohou' no svem kclu zaelt uracovat, aby sestavili elaDet ne deli rla; dye ste slov, a aby c$3e$1a1). ne pozdeji ne2" na 1. r5-1. je ti eti plipad, kde 01$tjj;.

-i$uje literarni soutO. Novaardi ade no dopis od jednoho fadoVeho Ueetniho, ktery se mne pta, proe hlavni inc atlovna ned.rai moderni knihy pro Uetovani u domacich kadtl. Onomu ltoetrn:ru odpovedel jsem osobnim dop!sem. Nyni lune pilchazi mygenka, mohou mit take ladoVi J.L!tni kteli nejsou aralna vedenim domacich 1.1et• L';'. b abyrte v teto veci dorfeetnilio, bratra Urbau---..Cno. jistY, ze yarn poradi nebo ze porrMk y am odstranit stark sob, vccioni l:ter' netterYrn taddm nevyhovuje. Nedavno videl jsem v tiskarne, ze jeden dornaci Cad si nechal archy do a ye iteetni knihy natiknout. U

VEST NfIC WEST, TEXAS kadu Pokrok Houstonu byl start' zpilsob zaznamit a elenskYch kni'Zek zruS'en asi pied 15 lety. Velke lady maji sve yedenrknih, male lady se dosud pliclfZuji toho, co bylo zavedeno pied 40 lety, Dokud si nezavedeme systematicke, jednotne vedeni domacich netti, dotud budou vyystavat potik u tech radii, ktere ro.stou. Ony stare iteetni knihy vyhovovaly u malYch 16.dd tenkrat, kdy se jmena 'Menu ye schtizi vyvolavala, aby se kaktY 'Olen po pokadu dostavil ke stolku, kde odvedl svtij poplatek. Z tech dob jea,e se udrkl onen stark polad jednani ye schilzich, kdy se s placenirn poplatkti eekalo a'Z' do doby, kdy pri.$10 na 'Oslo 12, as po volnYch navrzich.

Dnes ye yet$ich kadech by to bylo napronto nemone, aby na vybirani poplatkii se ureil pouze stanovenY eas. A dnes ani itotovani u vetAiho •adu se necla provadet starYrn zpusobein. Kdo z vas ifeetnich mate poti2e, proberte tento bod v distriktni schtizi. A jestli v distriktni schuzi nedo.stanete dobrou radu, obrat'te se na bratra Urbanovskeho, ileetniho Hlavni iikadovny.

Prive prislo redaktera slavnostni eislo "Organ CeskosiovenskYch Spolku v Americe", zaslane laskavosti kolegy Jaroslava F. Chmelieka z Chicago. Oislo "Organu" je imposantni, majici 84 strany velkeho formatu, roenik 62., a bylo vydano k oslave 100 vSiroei jednoty OSA. 0 obsahu pamateeniho 'Oslo napi gi pojednani pkiSti tYden. ) • 46 •

dll Dopisovatelskfr fad Jaro eislo 130.

Dallas, Texas.

Myslela jsem, a'e mom od psani na eas pokoj. V posledni schuzi -7: *ae prSi cosi k uvekejneni, stych z toho udelala dopis.

Ano, psat, ale co a jak; vadyt' i bratr redaktor o vlastni per° si 'lady prsty spaIi. Je proto lepe v jistSrch pkipadech psat v rukaviekach, die toho, o eem chceme v dopise uvaa.ovat.

Tedy nee° o nas. Ten na g. fad si vklycky ptedstavuji jako nejake vykiSiekane deveatko. Zrodilo se v teplem hnizde Sokola, tam vyrostlo a tam alje ten na g lad.

A kdya zub easu na hnizde sem tarn neco pocucha, pro nas je to samozfejme, .';:e to Sokol opravi, coz oni eini, a zas sedime bez starosti dal. Je pravda, jednou do roka nejakou malou eastkou pfispejeme, ale piece mom dojem, ze jsme ja kYmisi nevdeeniky, ba za to leta prim° Sokolu cosi dluhujeme. Pkijde eas — a doba se blizi — a pak sk •blit nebudeme.

Nak einnost je obmezena skorem jen na ty mesioni schOze. Kdya byl nas Cad zaloaen, v kalendati jia pro nas mista nebylo. Nage stargi spolky nom daly do yin-

dne 24. bkezna 1954.

Ve ku k nagim podnikam kaklou patou nedeli v mesici, a tech do roka mnoho neni.

My byli a dosud jsme s tim spokojeni a odtud vyplYva to na ge zdanliva neeinnost.

Dluhy jsou to hybna, Niko, ye spolcich, co nuti elenstvo k neustale einnosti. My jich nemame, a proto si hovime v sladke necinnosti. Poeetne jsme silni dost, je prS, nas 240 elena mimo DetskSr odbor.

Proe ne? Vadyt' main v Cade nekolik organisatore. Vet ginu tech na gich Clem die jmena ani osobne neznarn, pouze ty starSi, dlouholete, z minulSrch let, kdy ten spoleeenskY aivot 1:• 7val je gte druanejgi.

Je zahodno, a take ujednano, polidit zaramovanY seznam elenstva, a v mistnosti v.yvesit, abychom byli aspon na papile pohromade, ponevada se do kopy ni7 kdy jinak nesejdeme. Navgtevy ladovSich schuzi si kritisovat nedovolim, ponevad2 posledni dobu v torn ohledu jsem byla sama dosti nepravidelna. Uji gt'uji vas ale, ae by se nas mnohem vice do mistnosti ve glo neali nas tam pkitomne bYva; aidle na vas eekaji a itfeclnici take, a vy kde jste vgichni?

Vadyt' cela to organisace je na ge: — sami si ji spravujeme a vy ponechavate kizeni \reel v rukou nekolika jednotliven.

PCi vet gi navgteve je jednani a cela. schtize Vady veselej gi. Dye hodiny easu pCi dobre vuli jednou mesione kaadS7 z nas mute obetovati. Mimo povinnost kadu sejdeme se se znarOmi, s kterSimi jsme se snad ua del gi eas nevideli. Promluvime si o tom' ei onom, a je to du gevni osveaeni po jednotvarnosti celot3idenniho aivota, a to take ma svoji osobni ce7 nu. Tak na shledanou v kadove schuzi prvni nedeli v dubnu.

Moji neb sazeee vinou (lepe sazeee) v dopise, oznamujicim zvoleni byl opomenut mistontedseda a tim je bratr S. Hulovec.

Na popud sestry Horakove na g lad doroyal 25 dolarn na stavbu katolicke Atulny. Nevladneme nadprtimer statky pozemskS7mi, ale clan° z lasky a budia poaehnano. Nain babiokam a staleektim dosud byly pkedkladana nale krasna, hesla jen na papile. Ted' snarl mnohYm a nas bude umaneno to Podporu, Lidskost, Bratrstvi okusit prakticky.

Mame sice svnj vlastni fond •pro ten samS7 -Creel, ale skladat na mrtvou hromadu, kdoa vi kdy aa k poukti, to'a radeji dame tam, kde na ge Myna dojde sveho ne plu bezProstfedne. A koneene, ten nag fond, to bychom se naeekali, a g by vzrostl do potkebne vY ge. OzYva,ji se jia hlasy, stavet za penize z itstredni pokladny. Tak je to spravne: my ten kapital tam neskladali, a je od nas, at' neco. z toho jde zpet pro nas.

Vzpominam pled lety pki na gi kadove schtizi nas poctil nav gtevou kteilrsi pfespolni bratr a take pronesl krat gi ale ph:-

Ve stfedu, dne 24. btemla 1954. lehavST proslov. Byl nam pfedstaven a snad vet gina z nas jsme poprve poznali bratra Navratila. Snad Ti, bratfe Navratile, bylo podekovano za Tvoji ochotu, ale diky znovu. Zaroveri jmenem faclu 6.

130 Tobe a cele iodine vyslovuji soustrast nad ztratou manaelky a matky. Vadyt' smrt je snad pouhY pfechod do dalgiho aivota nam neznameho. Snad?

Ach netruchlete, moji drazi, radej se se mnou radujte, byt' byste stale smutni byli, mne k aivotu nevzbudite.

Je to pouze jedna sloka z pohrebni pisne, kterou jsme sborove co aaeka obecne gkoly zpivaly pfi pohitech pod vedenim nageho fidiciho ueitele, kterY se doail 95 rail a v loni zemkel.

A. Hemaalova, dopisovatelka. )• • ZE CTVRTEHO DISTRIKTU

Rowena, Texas.

Cteni bratri a sestry etvrteho distriktu: V poslednim mem dopise ye Vestniku jsem varn oznamoval na gi distriktni schrizi pofadanou dne 20. der yna, v nagi osade Rowena. Po vyjiti meho dopisu na vefejnost jsem byl upozornen, ae spolek RVOS dne 21. eer yna zaene odbYvat sjezd, nekteti bratri, ktefi jsou zvoleni za vyslance, musi tu nedeli jet, aby v pondeli rano byli na vykazanem misty. Tedy tu schrizi buderne konat 27. dervna. Prosim, pfijecIte vaichni mezi nas, aby nage spolkova mistnost nedunela prazdnotou.

Jak ziskat pokrmy a rrizne napoje, bude oznameno pozdeji.

Dne 1. dubna veer vsedm hodin do nag spolkove sine prijedou bratti pfedseda )Ed. Marek a Stepan Valeik. Budou vysvetlovat nove pojistky a jejich piljeovni hodnotu na rrizne domovy. Ka.aclY' zaeateenik, kterY tonal po svern domove, zde ma pfileaitost se k nemu dopracovat, jen mu venovat poctivost a silu.

Budete-li si prat nee° vice vedet, to tam uslygite. Bratri Marek a Valdik na vagi otazku vdm mileradi odpovedi. ftad Tomas G. Masaryk Cis. 160 ma byt pfitomen taky. Sestry a bratri obou radii, prosim pamatujte na den prvniho dubna weer. Na shledanou se teal Vaclav Kvasnieka.

4, ) Rad Tioga 'Oslo 5.

Tioga, Texas.

Cteni bratri a sestry: Nag fad eislo 5. bude pofaclat svou etvrtletni schrizi prvni nedeli v dubnu, to jest 4. dubna o dvou hodinach odpoledne.

V pfipadu gpatneho poeasi druhou nedeli v dubnu. Zajiste . vgichni eleni by si pfali to gpatne poeasi, dim spilt tim lepsi, neb zde mame velke sucho, vgechno trpi, a ty velke vary a ty pra gne boufe to dodelavaji. V zahradkach, co bylo, vac zmrzlo, I tea ovocne stromy, vae zmrzlo. Zde jest letos moo oseto obilim vaeho druhu, ale

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS Strana 5 jestli brzy nezaprgi, tak se to lehce sebe- Bala do psani. re, neb misty ua to vysycha.

Slyg ela jsem nekolikrat, ae dobre eteni Tea mam, par certifikatri pro nove Ma- je jak dobre pfatelstvi. Je v tom mnohe ny; jsou aadani, aby se pro ne dostavili, pravdy, ale piece nas taky te gi, kdya se tea ostatni eleni, a sestry, neb jest to na- muaeme s prateli osobne pobavit. ge prvni schrize letos, tak snad bude o tegi nag e schrize. Obyeejne po schrizi add cem debatovat, neb marn take nejake do- nY nespecha domri a tak se hezkY-poba pisy od Hlavni idadovny k pfeateni. Se- vime. S pozdravem stry jsou addany, aby neeim pfispely do Vlasta Dolkos, kuchyne, neb si chceme po schrizi udelat ) svaeinu. Tak se dostavte v hojnem poetu. itad Jaromir Cislo 54.

S bratrskYm pozdravem West, Texas.

Michal Prihoda, pfedseda.

Bratri a sestry, kteri jste nebyli Steve Novak, tajemnik. ' schrizi 14. brezna, na ge mesieni radova P. S. — Bratre redaktore: Bud' tak las- schrize byla °pet detne nav'Stivena, kav a uverejni to tea anglicky, neb u na- nas vgechny teal, obzvla gt' tiredniky, brageho radu mame vet g inu elenri co etou tra pfedsedu Roberta eervenku nejvic. A jen anglicky,Predem diky. vite prod"? Proto, ae ma ke komu mluvit.

(Poznamka red.: — Nemysli g, ae by to To my mame kaadY mesic. Na, gi eleni jdou bylo vyznamenanim pro nektereho rado- radi do schtize, aspori ti stall. se trouchu vela° elena, kdya byste si zvolili anglicke- I pobavit a zahrat si domino a veder je ho dopisovatele?) hned.

•( • Pak byl &ten protokol z minule schrize a vgechno bylo v poradku, na g tajemnik Emil Popp to jegte ete v na gi Ceske reef.

Mili bratri a sestry: Aa to nebude, tak ti staff take nebudou.

Mdm trochu easu napsat par f atlkil do nageho mileho Vestniku Je zima a pra- A ua to je vie a vie, a nebude to sllouho chu tolik, ae neni moano ani dobre clSr- trvat a my nemusime jit ani do schrize a chat. Snad kdyby zapr gelo, nebylo by mriaeme byt doma. Bratri a sestry, nic ua je pozde. tak zle, jenae pr get skuteene nechce, Vgechno hyne suchem pfi pomoci tech 1 Ti nagi dluanici si to vzali piece k srdci suchych severakri. Ovoce asi nebude aad- j a vyrovnali se aspori easteene. Slygel ne, neb jsme men dva dobre mrazy na jsem, ae jich bylo dosti hodne. Vadyt', bratri 'a sestry, je to vase poji gteni, to nekvet, co jeden neznieil, drub* dodelal. ni rifednikii poji gteni; oni delaji jenom Dnes byla radova schuze. Ja jsem ne byla pfitomna, adkoliv rada schfize na- svoji povinnost a musi to byt. Tak prosim, kteri jegte nejste vyrovnani, dejte to vgtevuji.

Spolubratfe J. F. Sefeiku, si na Vas tea do poradku, nebo v pripadu suspendova pamatuji. Byla jsem s mojiMi rail& 'u ni a stalo se inrti, nedostanete pojigteni.

Vas na nav gteve. Oast() rodiee vzpomina-; Je to tak, bratre redaktore?

Bratfi a sestry, jsem siy gel, ae na listku ji jejich mile pfatele. Va ge sestra Anna nemocnYch je sestra Frank Holaekova.

Jeaova dodnes je me maminky dobra pfitelkyne. Rodide bydli asi 8 mil ode mne. Jak se Ti daft? Ja myslim, ae sestry Te Maminka byla hodne nemocna, je ua navgtivi a ja Ti preji bake uzdraveni. mod" lepgi; snad zase bray zesili. Tatinek Doufa.rn, ae to neni tak zle a na nema dobre zdravi, ale je dosti city. Stale' schrizi ae bude g ye schrizi. rad ete, jen do psani se ri g nchce, ruka se I Pak jsme jednali ohledne to kuchyne. mod" tfese. Muj strSreek John Martinet Ze zaeathu se zdalo, ae z toho nebude nic, bydli zde ye Fort Worth. Vychovali pet ae neni aadna nalada, ae je sucho a kdo vi hodnYch deti, etyri jsou aenate, dab. se jestli co s udela. Ono to je pravda, ale Jim dobre, jell& strYeek ma nemocne sr- vady se neco udelalo, jenom aby neprigla deeko ua del gi dobu. Prod riekdy n.eptije- nejaka katastrofa po takovem dlouhern dete do Fort Worth? Tana by nas Vase suchu. Potom se to jaksi probralo a odmila nav gteva. east° si vzpominam na hlasovali jsme, ae stavet budeme za jimoje pfatele vTemple. Bylo moje pfani stou cenu, kdya to nebude presahovat jise dostavit na oslavu Hlavni rifadovny, stou sumu. Na pri gti schrizi budeme yejen ae mne z toho se glo, eehoa posavad det, co budeme delat, stavet nebo ne. lituji. Moana podruhe.

Bratfi a sestry, kuchyni je tfeba. Jak Velikonoeni svatky se pomalu bliai. Za- jedna sestra fekla, ae ony si vyberou jiste nas sestra Anna Langrova pfekvapi plan a tak se postavi a my to budeme s nejakYm hezkYm programem. platit. Bratri, je to tak, nebo my nemame Rada etu na g milt' Vestnik, jsou v nem nic gikovneho, aby se mohlo pfipravit zajimave dopisy a dlanky, ktere bych si jidlo. Tak premYglejte, jak by to bylo nejrada v pameti zachovala. gikovnej gi a pfijd'te do schrize.

Bratre redaktore, upfimne Vain dekuji Bratr tajemnik Emil Popp oznamuje za opravu mojich dopisii. Mne psani mod" do faclu dva dospele, F. Mach a Albert dobre nejde; a ze jsem ted' sama, jsem se Srubat, a etyki deti do detskeho odboru;

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ye stfedu, dne 24. bkezna 1954. k vuli vybirani pkispevkin nelze oeekava- va. Tyto damy venovaly mnoho sveho eati, ae ten nag dorost vtibec nejake poroz- su a sve prace, aby pfipravily bohatY umeni pro takove suchoparne jednani program, a mely by byti za svou namahu projevi. 0 tom prave, jak zjednati nd- odmeneny aspori velikou navatevou. pravy, chceme na, pkiati nail distriktni V pfedale schuzi druheho distriktu, schtizi si porokovati. Tedy laskave si po- kterd byla v sini fadu Praha v Taylor, znamenejte den 25. dubna na va gem ka- bylo usneseno, aby pro budouci schilze lendditi a neslibujte va gi navatevu niko- byl ustanoven vYbor, kterY by si vzal na mu na tu nedeli. Addy ve West a v okoli starost vypracovat pofad jedndni. Tento se v ten den o nas dozajiste postaraji, i navrh byl schvalenY proto, ae elenove nail kadovi organisatoki v ten den tea nebyli upine spokojeni s vYsledkem pfedmaji ye West s nami "dostavenieko".

Ichazejicich distriktnich schuzi, ae nebylo Ve schtzi teto bude podavana vYroeni projednano nic naiteeneho a konstruktivZE SPOLEeENSKE CINNOSTI I zprava okrsko ye einnosti, oznameny vY- niho, podle eeho by distrikt od jedne V sobotu, dne 27. t. m. u Sokola na Ed- / sledky nagich elenskYch prirustku, udile- schtze do druhe postupoval. Na zdklade see St. budou hody v 9 hodin veeer. ni cen teem viteznYm sestfiekam v "Es- tohoto usneseni byl ustanoven planovaci Jidlo, piti — k nevyjezeni a k nevypiti. / say Contestu", planovanY rozvrh pro pH- I vybor, kterY sestava, z bratril Frank V. Bude dobry gulag' a co k nemu patil Kdo gti rozpoeet, volby novYch distriktnich .8pailhel, Rudy Ivieie, Frank Matush, nema rad gulag, at' si objednd dobrou volna, rozprava, navrhy a vilbec Frank Hejl od kadu Praha z Taylor a Ben klobasu, zeli, atd. Je to veeeke po soused- co jineho bude k uvaaeni pkedloaeno.

Tento vYbor, s pomoci pfedsedy sku a porce velika po 60c na talif. Kaya Rozumi se, ae kaadY jest k 'Leto porade Hlavni fitadovny, bratra Marka, venoval za 5c koflik. Kdo rad ma mleko nebo uctive zvan.

Ihodne easu na vypracovani jednaciho pocukr, ci oboje, tedy se mu pkida. Feely°, Naleaita pfiprava navrhu bude ovaem, fadu a rfiznYch bodd spolkove prace. kousek 5c, vzdor vaechne drahote vae aby se naae jednAni neprotahovalo, jak Jsem jistY, ae toto jednani v distriktni prvni tfidy, za ceny starodavne.

I sehtzi, die vypracovaneho pofadu, pfinenaleal ocenena.

Pfijd'te' mezi, nas, abychom se pobavili.

Prosime na geho br. redaktora, aby se mnoho zdravYch pokynii a navodu pro Jestli by se zabava vyeerpala, vytahne se svYm vlastnim elaneekem na ge fadove ei- kaadeho pfitomneho Mena a hlavne pro nejakY program anebo zabaveni jine. 0 nitele na diileaitost deasti upozornil.

Ufedniky vaech facia v druhem distriktu. napady u mladYeh Nay nouze nikdy neA prave proto, ae vim, jak planoyaci Prosirn tea, aby k Will tomu, by veeer m. Za to by vain skoro chtel rueiti za yeasu ifoastnici se mohli vraceti k do- v.Ybor si dal na torn zaleaet, aby jednaci Zabavni vYbor. mordm, naae distriktni schtze zahajena program byl vaestranne uaiteenY, apeluji ) 4. ( bude pkesne o 10. hodne dopoledne. Tim na kaadeho Mena SPJST v druhem disZ TitET1110 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. bude umoaneno po poledni ntestavce po- triktu, kdo ma jen trochu zajmu o spolGrapevine, Texas. kraeovati s pokadern a tea zabavni pro- kovou praci, aby pkigel do teto Dne 4. eervna 1952 mezi jinYtin napsal gram zapoeiti yeas, pak aby na gi pfespol- schiize. A pokud se tYee mistnich usedjsem do Vestniku, ni pfatele se mohli s nami pote giti pfed niku jednotlivYch Melt, jiste nebude ve schuzi schazet ani jedint protoae jedna-, "ae pokud nove planovane (tehdy") nayratem ni bude se tSTIcat veci, na kterYch kaadY "distrikty nas budou sbliaovati a gifiti Nezapominejte na kontest dopisovarnistni fifednik ma mit skuteenY zajem. "mezi nami pottebne informace z ii- telt !

S pranim hodne zdaru yam vaem, a v "stkedny a poueeni nam potfebne, buToto prozatim vae, co bylo nutno s vadou nam prospesne a radi pomuzeme mi sdeliti a ujiat'uji vas tea, ae rad vas nadeji na shledani se vaemi varni ye td._ vaechny ze vaech naaich 21 kadil, bratki z schuzi v sini kadu Tyra v Holland, v neToho se jeate pevne drairn, jenae na Hlavni dkadovny, redaktora, naae viteze, deli 28. bfezna, znamenam se, s bratrnagich distriktnich schrizich berou zajem organisatory i jine navatevniky z dru- skYm pozdravem Reuben B. Leaikar. jen ty dime fady, a ty pak, ktere by toho hYch distriktil v ten den uvidirne.

• 4, • ( nejvice k oaiveni svernu mely zapotkebi, Na shledanou! nebYvaji zastoupene.

Dallas, Texas.

Ludva 0. Hogek, "Bud' jest to nezajem aneb pohodlnost t. c. tajemnik distriktu. Pkatele• a nam se to podoba, jak by ten na g list Jelikoa jsem byla v sokolske dramati1 • .T. • vubec neeetli. Zda se mi, ae fadem syYm eke schuzi k tomu zvolena, abych vaechOZNAMENi tLENUM A ikADtm zvoleni vYbofi, pfedsednictvo, melo by ny nage divadla a podniky propagovala, 2.

DISTRIKTU syYm vlivem pusobiti k tomu, aby si elencoa syedomite na moje vedomosti einim stvo uvedomilo, ae jen jejich spoludeasti Pfiati pra,videlna schlize druheho dis- a hledim, aby tern na gim obetavYm olze v Jednote nail dociliti potkebnYch'na- triktu bude pokadana v sini kadu Tyra chotnikfim a reaisertim a za,roveri vaem, pray a zlepaeni k naaemu rozrnachu a ne eislo 80, v Holland, Texas, v nedeli 28. kteii s divadly maji co einit, se jim doPolLechavati budoucnost nekolika jen bfezna 1954. Zaeatek schilze bude v 1:30 stalo pkimefeneho uznani. y etsim, einnYm kadin. odpoledne. Vaichni elenove SPJST v dru-1 Obetavost nedd se koupiti za dolary, Lhostejnosti svoji, nedeasti, davaji pak hem distriktu jsou upozorneni, ae jejich to se musi v srdci zrodit. ptieaitost tern vaem, kteki se o to jia nyni pfitomnost je oeekavana a poaadovana.1 Kde by byla na ge civilisace a vilbec pozasazuji, aby takove lady nemely na pill P •edlehaji volby distriktnich ilfednika krok, nebYti obetavosti elo yeka ueence.

Stich nagich sjezdech zastoupeni. pro beanY rok, a take je na programu Tfeba je to jen obyCejnY ochotnik (take Pakli podobna drasticka zmena bude hodne jinYch spolkovYch zaleaitosti. Za- pfiroviadni), kterY till yeeery v tYdnu okdys uskuteenena, tak jen sebe sami mo- bayni yY.bor tea pkipravil svou Cast pro- betuje na cvieeni, na zkou gky a mimo tohou "liknavi" moci viniti a tu se domni- gramu, kterY uspokoji kaadeho. ho jeate doma ma s tim starosti. V takoy arn, ae elenst yo techto by se melo Na zabavnim programu json nasleduji- vein mladiku nebo -deveeti noste nove na nail praci podileti. — ci sestry: pani Clara Hejlova, pani Si- krasne pokoleni, ktere ma ua v srdci Kde se kadove schrize konaji (nebo od- donia Stoebnerova, pani Ben Zabeikova, klad obetavosti. Ciro vice se ponoki do byvaji) jednou za etvrt roku a tu pak jen pani Jerry Ivieie a pant Walter Jakubeo- hloubky dramaticke mySlenky, tim vetsi zas neco. Pkijd'te do schOze, at' vas pozname.

A jeate neco, abych nezapomel na bratra Girarda. Jsi ua trochu lep gi? Jaa doufain, ae ano, ae jsi lepai nea ja. Jak mi kekla, Tvoje dcera, pani Fickel ye schi1zi.

UZ jsem tarn jezdil, ale nena gel jsem Te. Tak se mej dobfe a bud' zdray.

Bratfi a sestry, pkiati schtze bude 4. bna ye 2 hodiny odpoledne.

S bratrskYm pozdravem za fad Jaromir Emil Klaus. )• •

Ve - Sttedu, dne 24. br!eziaa 1954.

VESTN1K — WEST, TEXAS

Strarsa 7 bude jeho nekdy odmena, neb se pH tom Maji pane hlasy. To same se Vica, sl. Va- no, ale tarn se koupalo ua tisice lidi. Nam uei a vzdelava, rozeznava dobro od Spat- 1 lerie Patakove. Bylo to he2ke dueto se drkotaly zuby jenom se na ne, divat. neho v kaZdem deji, kterY je ptedveden , Stanlym. Skoda, Ze si nemohu vzpome jsou tady lidi proti zime odolnejZi. na jeviSti. nout jmeno to mladieke pianistky s tim A zas trochu dojmu z dalai cesty do Ze nekdy nas starM uz talcova, obeta- jejim pejsankern na jevisti, ta rozesmala San Francisca dne 7. btezna, kde byla povost easem unavi, jest jen pochopitelne, kde koho, ta mela Zivota v sobe a ty oei, ale jedinYm lekem jest zase uznarti a ii- v tech hrala eertovina, ale vSem se to taclana °slava Masarykova y Sokolovni spech, jen2 takova prate nese. Obavat se libilo. Ke konci to ty stare panny docie- na Page Street. Jela cleera, pain Magnichyb a kritiky neni take zdrave. To je laly; to byla ale komedie s nimi. Byly chova a ja. Jely jsme express busem. V jen pokrok, abychom se tech chyb v bu- tarn same mlade sily, jen jejich hous- San Franciscu eekala no, nas mole druha doucnosti vyvarovali, a chybu udela kaZ- lista Jan Kebrle, z ktereho byla udelana dcera Lottie s muZem Robertein Ramey.

Ti nas prvne vzali do pa.rku se podivat na dY, neb Zadny neni dokonalSi. Istars, babieka. kvetiRY. Tarn maji sklenik obrovskrch V poslednich ttech nedelich za.. sebou I Dik vain vSem, kteti jste prisli. Vime mela zdejsi sokolska vetev peknou skli- vetSini4 z vas byla, jedinou my'Slenka, ne- rozmerti, kdo jsou zastoupeny kvetiny ze Lygech koneln sveta. Maji tam i laguny, zen pro jejich stavebni fond. jak pkispet na stavebni fond, byla to ta- pine vodnIch kvetin a ryb ilchvat14 Prvni bylo divadlo "Tonea s Emmou do ky obetavost. UptimnY dik 'dentin Za• vdavek se Zenou", ktere se vydatilo zna- padni Jednoty, kteti ten podnik hodne, to ponied. Je tarn i Japanese Tea Gar menite jak moraine talc finanene. Dik propagovali v gem, kteti pri programu den, kde jsme, sone: porucili jejich vyhlagenYi elaj a "Fortune Cookies", use shutv'Sem nav'Stevniktim. neinkovali, za vkchny ty kolaee od naJe to take obetave obecenstvo, ktere Zich Zen, kuchatkam v kuchyni, bratrilm ne a hezke. Pak jsme ztamodtud jell do easem ptimhouti jedno oko, ale na toto za barem a tem, kteti byli u pokladny. Sokolovny. Program meli Jeduohc yystoupenf mela skupina inaVeh deveat divadlo kdyby meli etyti oci, vkchny by Vydatilo se vae bajeene. Diky. 'a chlapcU v eeskS7ch krojich. Jedna di!byly hodne otevtene, jak se libilo. Dik Pristi nedeli bude sehrano velice vesele venka pak zahrala na harmoniku jim i hercilm. divadlo "To byla noc". Je zase mezi nami Pak bylo opakovano v Ennis zase a- jedna nova a dobra hereeka, pani Libuge kousky. Ta to umela skuteene mistrne. spe§ne. VSechen eistY ptijem byl dan en- Smithova, V7vala sl. LaInovska z Ennis. Pak bylo vice l•eenikii a nekolik eiseJ niskou Jednotou na stavebni fond do :f3ude zase dobra eeaina na jevikti. Retie miaskYch zpe yil, ale kone,c programu jsme nedoekaly, neb jsme namely na bus Dallas. Diky! je Anielcy Zvolankove. Tak prosim, ptaKrasna spoluprace, vid'te, a aby mira tele, ptijd'te a nezapomerite na nas, ne- eekat a jet domA. Velice krasne dojiny jsme sobe pfivetly z teto cesty. byla dovrkna, byl pokadan "Kabaret" budete litovat.

Z.C.B. Jednotou a Sokolem dohromady, S pozdravem Agnes Elsner, S pozdravem taky na stavebni fond. Byla veeete s pro2274 Lafayette, Santa Clara, CalifKarla Kraftoud. gramem, kterST trval hodinu a pill. Listky 1, - d (— ) -) • 40 4 byly v piedprodeji, ale nebylo jich prokid Morayska (Mice C. 145.

Santa Clara, California.

Mt. Calm, Texas, dano mnoho. VYboti se ale piece pripraviTady ptichazim s pa,ru tadky, bych oli jeSte jednou tolik porci papriky, ko- pravila chybu, ktera se stala v mem poJe to na gi povinnosti dobra veci chvalit lik byl listku kupkedu prodano, mimo klo- slednim dopisu. Melo stat namisto Penn- a zle hanit; a k tomu, kdyz hr. redaktor basil a'seli, to je'Ste bylo extra. sylvanie, Ze maj set' ma rodiee v Balti- nas ponouka k psani, tab jen do toho.

Vette ptatele, Ze jsme se citili vgelijak, more. Tarn dcera a on mini zajet se poNejprve vzdavain test na geinu redakjen ne dobte, kdy2 jsme videli takovou divat nekdy v la es . V Perinsylvanii main torovi. Je to znamenite, jak on ridi Vest•, ohromnou navStevu a my meli jen 160 mil syna vojakem, a proto planuji tarn tit za- nik burcuje, tluee, takle nas neneclfi, vedeti papriky a ostatni museli ptijmout stavku a se na nej podivat. Zet' a dcera si zdtimnout, jen abychom ustavieni klobasy aneb gunku, ktera byla narychlo planuji tu cestu ttk ted', a pani Klapucho-. pracovali v naboru noveho elenstva. donesena. Proto ptatele, kteki jste nedo- va. a ja minima jet take. tech organisatorskYch schazieh 7 a2 stall, co jste si odpust'te nom, neb hodin stoji na nohOu a vtlouka do nas Jó,, pochazim ze stare vla,sti ze Strain), yam slibujeme, ze v budoucnu toho pti. vkchno, co ma org,anisator vedet. bodna bylo Anezka Popravime tolik, at' to tieba zbyde a my to kdo by to lepe provedl. budeme jisti celSrch 14 dni. Vime, Ze se z pelkova. Tak ted' krajane ze Strane, kte.Byl to take doblai n.apad, uvetejrioval, ti zfiStavate v Pennsylvanii a Baltimore, vas ka.2c13i teSil na tu teleci papriku, kteotazky, co ma kaZdS7 obean veclet; to zara, byla vYborne ptipravena sestrou Jur- hlaste se. Vim, Ze je vas tarn bodne. jiste Zadatelfun obeanstui ulevilo.

Dne 14. anora jsme se byli podivat na Cikovou a br. Kebrleni, a knedliky, ktere Jsou vSelijake ptipady. V nakm Maly sestry Zvolankova, a Linkova. Od "Winchester Mystery House". To je drim, pomerne rnlarlaY elovek, rozenST v Europe, chyb se elovek uci. Byla velika naNgteva co stavela vdova po panu Winchester, ale zde vyrostl f a. dobte ovlaciajici anglio jake jsme nesnili. Proto prosim za tad kterY vynalezi ruenici Winchester. Ona einu ,pokouZel se dostat obeanskSi list.

Dallas Z.O.B.J. a za Sokola, pkimhutte pani verila, dokud bude stavet, 2e neze- Ale to nebylo snadne, neb neural psat an jedno oko a zapornerite, podruhe se po- nare; a tak stavela, Ze kdyZ zemtela, mel gist. Ja kdyZ jsem Ceti ye Vestinku, cc ten dam t2" 160 svetnic. Je tam tolik kra- kaZdS7 obean SpojenSich stata ma Veda, lepSime.

Program se v gem libil, jak jednoaktov- sy a diva, Ze to se neda vypsat. To jako talc jsem pkitele pozval, shy ka ochotnika z Ennis, dostalo se jim hod- nektere schodine vede ke stropu a Zacl- moZna nen zapamatuje, kdyZ mu to pochvalneho uznani. Taneani Oslo si. ne dvete na konci; aneb okna jenom ye du eist. Oil ptichazel veeery, za kratkou Ondrakove bylo vSrborne. Jak jsem slyk- zdi, kde neni nic videt. Nektera ta okna clobu vgechny otazky vedel, a take obeanla, Ze je u'eltelkou v taneeni Skole, talc ji byla importovana z jinSrch semi a stala sk:ij list dostal. Pak pti »rvnim setkani gratulujeme. Kvarteto mladiekSrch man- tisice dolaru, takteZ dveke. Ona pani podal ruku, dekoval a povidal, ze ty of cs Zela SkotakaOch a Jendy Kabrle a jeho Winchester musela zamkit jak kaZdS7ktere se wail, byly mu p=fecikladanC sesttiely bylo take hezoucke. Jsou to 'di- smrtelnik, a zemtela, v rote 1922, ye stati' ja mom ztoho raclost, ze jsem jemu po chni rortomilSr mladi Tide, ktere jsem po 82 let. inohl. Ale nebSit to ye Vestnikft, tab by so prve, mimo Jendy, videla na jevisti. PkaDne 28. anora zas jsme jell se podivat to nebylo stalo.

II bychom si, aby byli u nas Cast6ji do Santa .Cruz. Bylo ten den dost chladTake. nemohu pominout bratra Stehle-

Strana 8 ra. On vykonal pro Jednotu mnoho. V nmohYch pkipadech zachrdnil hezk3-Tch par dolarft nagi Jednote a dosud nam poukazuje, kdc by se rnohlo neco ugetfit.

Jaw politjka poctive valy chranila a dosud chrdni zajmy na gi Jednoty. To je jenom br. Steiner, o druhSrm nevim. TakovYch Steineria je treba vice, aby ta politika gkodliva Jcdnotd se vice neopakovala.

Tak penize povolene sjezdem na eeskou gkolu v A. & Koleji jsou. vyderpane.

Nyni bychom piesn6 men veclet, kolik dobra ty penize vykonaly, abychom vedeli jestli v budoucnosti mame podporovat 'Ceske Akoly.

Pied sjezdem jsem detl, 'ge pravni radce se spokoji s $500 mesiene a nyni se musi dorndhat za svoji prdci. Tak jsme platili v presinci $2151. a v lednu $3837.

Take bychom moll uva2ovat, zdaZ kovY vYbor prospiva Jednote. Mne se zda byt nepotrebn3im. Pit de-li dopis tak jiste ziedaktor a tiednici Hlavni iliadovny vi, co maji s dopisem Mat; Tiskov3i vy-Tbor je na zavadu.

Meli bychom vice uvakvat a planovat o budove pro starce. Casto sly gim i dtu, Ze Jednota je bohata a nic nepodnika.

Musirne take uvaZovat, juke nasledky by povstaly Jednote. Dejme tomu, ze Jednota povoli padesat tisic neb vice na, budovy, a k tomu budou vSrlohy kaZdSim rokem s udrZovanim v geho nutneho. TakovS-r plan by jiste piivedl Jednotu na mizinu. Bud'me opatrni, na ge solvence mnoho nesnese, a zv3i geni Umrtnich poplatkil by znamenalo konec na gi Jednoty.

Kdyby nekdo veal o planu, Ze by se budova vyplacela sama sebou, tak si pospate a dejte to na veiejnost. Nemyslim, k bych se do: %11 techto vSihod, ale take pomohu. Jestli takovSi plan bude, aby Jednota nebyla za,tiZena, tak bychom meli dary do Mouekoveho fortriu.

Jestli nic neudeliime pied sjezdem, pak sjezd bude mit te214 ril«)1 a take rile noudela.

V roku 1924 vzal jsem doZivotni pojistku v Peoria Life Insurance. Za nekolik rokil pitgel agent od spoleenosti a chtel, abych pojistku nechal zmenit. Ptal jsem se po pricine, prod chce menit pojistku, di se nedostava. penez? Odpovedel, k spolednost ma dost penez, "vZdyt' nam agenWm a na2Sim roclinam kaMYm rokem po celSr Wen plati pobyt v tech hejlepAich liotelich a po celST tYden navAevujerne ty nejlep§i zabavy."

Za kratkou dobu dostal jsem psani, moje pojistka nema platnosti, ze vkchno je v rukou sekvestora (receiver). V roku 1933 prevzala to Alliance Life Company, a ta psala, Ze to bude zase dobre, jestli budu nadale platit. Tak jsem platil. A roku 1949 pfeSio to do Republic National Life Insurance v Dallas, ale u2 jsem stal platit. Je to pojistka na tisic dolarir

vitsTNIK

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a ai jsem tarn vrazil neco pies $1200. AZ se pominu, nekdo dostane $600. To je dopojistka. Tak pozor, co kupujeme.

Tak neco z nagi hostiny tietiho a pri.distriktu. Bratii Altrabanek, Pokladnik a Hoek jsou znameniti hostitele a sporti. Tak dobrST °bed jsem jeSte nejedl. Jsou tam znamenite kuchaiky. Jegte tarn melt laSrt i ti eleni, ktere jsme ziskali, tak jak to sestra Hradecka navrhuje.

Nyni abychom se vyzpovidali, kdo elm ptispel na to hostinu, aby Slarohlidi netroubili, Ze to vkchno plati Hlavni Aradovna.

Ta neprizniva pohoda pro farmate zarover"r je neptizniva, pro 'labor elenstva; sucho, zima.

S bratrskStm pozdravem Ed. 8napka •( DO HOUSTONU A 0E011 VM`llt nagim pfatelilm a priznivcitin oznarnujeme, ze elenove taclu Pokrok Houston"' pokadaji sve prvni "barbecue" ✓ tomto rote tieti nedeli v kvetnu.,.013sluha zadne o pal jedne v poledne. Po obede bude volna, tanedni zabava p1i dobre hudbe. Podrobnosti budou oznameny pozdeji. A kdo by chtel nebo kdo mute znstat na veder, ma velmi dobrou tost pobavit se popularni hrou bingo nebo jinou hrou dle piani a vSTberu.

Poznaete si datum 16. kvetna a pozvete sve pfatele. KaZdST je vitan.

Zabavni vSibor. ) itad Moravgti Bratii Zislo 6.

Cottonwood —West, Texas.

Bluth a sestry: Nage pravidelna schilze, jen pkipada na prvni nedeli v dubnu, bude odlokna o tYden pozdeji, 11. dubna. Proto si to poznaate, abyste nezaporneli.

Buda asi zajimat na ge etenale, kdy2 jim sdelim, ze jsem poslala zase tii baliky do teskoslovenska nagi rodine. WA, jsem obavu, jestli baliky dojdou. Poslala jsem je 19. ledna a sestra z FrStStaku mne psala minu1S, tSrden, ze balik obdrZeli, vge ✓ nem bylo, jen etyii pary ponolek tam schazely. Take netei mne psala, Ze z ob• nogeneho gatstva nemusi platit Zadne do, a z noveho Z.e je velice nizke, take si to s radosti zaplati. Velice tam pottebuji 'Satstvo, ale Zivobyti ze je tam k dostani dost na jejich potkebu.

Ja., uz poslala 54 /Win a je gte tii poSiu na druhY tSrden, neb to da praci v gc vyeistit, vykhlit a zabalit. Take jsem poslala nekolik parrl nylonek v dopise leteckou pogtou a vge dostali. Z tech 54 balikil jen jeden se ztratil a to proto, ze mrzj tdta tam dal mot cigaret pro jeho bratra, tak to byla asi ptidina, prod neprokl.

Zase mame prachovou bouti a prget potad nechce. Je hrozne sucho, ani nemohou seti kukukic1.

Ve stiedu, dne 24. lakezna 1954.

Ja, po vecerach pletu "rugs" na podlahu a pki torn se divam na televisi.

Co asi delaji 2ivcovi v Novena Yorku?

ObOas dos( anu dopis i od jejich syna, co je na vojne a je ted' v Nemeeku. Piijrnete nas pozdra y. Bratr Zivec je gte nedodrslovo, kdy2 nam slibil v posledni schdzi pied jeho odjezdem, Ze obdas bude psat do Vestniku. 2ivcovi jsou u lads eleny a jest jich 5 v nagern kade.

S pozdravem Stacy Kazda. dopisovatelka. * PlkEDSEDA MAREK ZTFe1 ri,l1. SVAKRA Smutna zprdva doSla pi a‘e ,aced uzavirkou listu a zapodetim ti gku t °hot° disla, piedseda Marek ztratil blizkeho pHbuzneho, manzela sve sestry, Ladika J. Pagade, dlena radu Cesky Prapor Oslo 24 v Cyclone. Podrolmosti nejsou znamy, jen kratieke uvedorneni, svakr ptedsedy Marka skonal nahle ve svem domove v osade Meeks, asi 15 nail vYclaodne od Temple. Pozustala rodine vyslovujerne v gichni naSi uptinurou soustrast. )

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Disk" Aria schfize Nasledujici je porad distriktnich &bitktere jsou na programu v priStich mesicich: 28. btezna, clistrikt druhY, Holland 25. dubna, distrikt prvni Nelsonville 25. dubna, distrikt tteti, West 16. kvetna, distrikt sedmY, San Antonio 30. kvetna, distrikt patY, Danbury 27. dervna, distrikt etvrtY, Rowena Sestry a bratfi, hledle se zileastnit techto distriktnich schuzi, aby v kalde schiizi byly vkcinty tacly onoho distriktu zastoupeny. •Veznidte s sebou sve deti, aby se "nobly im(iilet, n,.c nrottranm, nebo aby tr y , ly, j v jinYch fklech omladina pracuj e. Pa a ; tuj te, Ze distrLi jsou nejell pro lepsi raci v Jednote, ale pro lop-- p y. (dz) • )•

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uvlaujenle o v. ech tech moZnejch vynalezech a rozmanitejoh pidnech, byl kaZdej novcj ndpad zpodatku hodne podivnej a bl(iznivej, ale a!!". pa 'ease ukazal se docela praktickej a potroboej.

Mluveni je prej sti-ibro a mleeni zlato.

Tomu by mel kaMej elovek rozurnet, kerej ma, d ye ugi na slygeni a jenom jeden jazyk na mluveni.

V tSTN K — WEST, TEXAS

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine psanS7 resolueni vSrbor tadu Rozkvet Zapadu Cis. 107, projevujeme nai citenou soustrast pozfistale iodine nad ztratou jejich matky, babieky prababidky, nadi spolusestry Frantigky Svoboda, ktera zemfela po kratgi nemoci 9. btezna, VYSLOVENI SOUSTRASTI. 1954 v podehnanem veku 84 rokii a nekolik My, nine podepsanY resoludni vSrbor fadu eskST Prapor dislo 24 v Cyclone, TeZesnula sestra narozena byla v rode xas, timto projevujeme jmenem tadu hlu- 1869 v eskoslovensku, v Americe •dila, 57 boce citenou soustrast pozastale rodine Rozena byla GajdodoYa. Roku 1905 nad ztratou jejich mile mandelky, matky, se provdala za Josef a Svobodu, kterS, ji babieky a nadi nam vdem mile spoluses- pied mnoha lety prededel. Pochovana stry jest na Narodnim hibitove pii Floresville.

Vileminy Navratilove, Zesnula zaneehava jednoho syna, Bektera zemtela dne 5. biezna 1954 ye stall dficha Svobodu a jednu dceru Agnes Pa58 let.

Vime, mile rodino, e teke nesete ztra- vliskovou, oba ye Floresville, dale jedetu Vadi mile, ktera nas vdecliny milovala, nact vnukn, dva zemieli v Utlem mladi, a ale budid yam fitechou, e i my s vami della pravnukii. delime jejiho odchodu a s Vami soucitiVime, pozilstala rodino,*de tedce nesete me ye Vakm zarmutku. ztratu jeji. Budit Varn fitechou, de i my, Budid test jeji pomace. elenove tadu ,Rozkvet Zapadu Cis. 107 ResOlueni vYbor: Fr. J. Marek, R. J. soucitime s Vami. best budiZ jeji parnatMarek, Ben ‘Zabdik. ce, at' odpoeiva v pokoji. es • ( Vlasta Flowers, Petr Nezhyba, Tom NoRESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI vak, resoludni vYbor.

My, nine psanSr resolueni v'bor tadu ) • KomenskY dislo 20 SPJST v Granger, Texas, projevujeme jmenem nadeho tadu uptimnou soustrast pozilstale rodine nad ✓ sobotu tohoto tSrdne a kaldou naUmrtim jejich otce a nadeho spolubratra sledujici sobotu fad Pokrok Houstonu Josef F. Ligka, kterS, od nas odedel navddy k veenemu dislo 88 pofada pfatelskou zabavu. Kays odpodinku dne 15. linora 1954 ye stall, 87 caj a zakusky jsou vidy zdarma. Vetere let. ZesnulY bratr byl elenem Jednoty a die pkani. NayStevnici jsou I/My vitani pozvete sve zname. tadu po 44 let.

Vy, pozustale ditky a daMi rodino pHV nedeli 28. biezna pofada Sokol Housjmete na g uptimnou soustrast a zesnu- ton sokolskou besidku mladde i elenstva. lemu budid zeme lehka.

Na potadu evieeni, deklamace a zpev.

Dario v Granger, Texas, za 'fad Komen- Vstup volnY, zadatek ye 3 hod. odpoledne. skY Oslo 20 SPJST. Po programu spoleend vedefe a rfizne obHenry E. Vitek, John P. Trlica, J. H. eerstveni. Wane hry a pratelske pobaHuser, resoludni vYbor. veni. Zveme vgechny upfimne ptatele. et. o ✓ nedell dne 4. dubna, ochotnici SokoRESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI la Corpus Christi, Texas, sehraji divadlo Add Pokrok Jihu Cis. '72 v Cameron, Te- pod nazvem "Klepny z nakho domu". xas, jmenem resoluernho vYboru vyslovu- Podle ohlaveni je videt, de to bude nko citenou soustrast porttstale pro zasmdni, proto se dostavte vdichni ze je rodine nad ztratou jejich matky, babid- dirokeho okoli a jiste nebudete litovat.

Sledujte oznamku ve Vestniku. ky a nadi dlouholete sestry Vincena Guzner, ✓ sobotu 13. dubna fad Oulak eislo 165 ktera zemtela 11. btezna, 1954 po del gi nepotada pro sve dleny a jejich pfatele yemoci.

Vime, pozustala rodino, e teke nesete likonodni zabavu. Hry a darky pro deti, zabava pro dospele, zakusky pro vkchny. jeji strata, ale budr2 Vain Utechou, my soucitime s Vami ye VaS'em zarmutku. Zaeatek v 7:30 veder.

Zesnula sestra necht' odpodiva v pokoV nedCli 16. kvetna fad Pokrok Houstoji a test -budiZ jeji pamatce. nu pofada svuj piknik 'barbecue' pH sini.

Za fad Pokrok Jihu eisla 72 v Cameron, Obed zaene ye 12:30 v poledne. Volna taTexas.

I neeni zabava odpoledne a ruzne hry wFr. Mikulec, Jan Slovak, J. J. Stoklas, eer. Podrobnosti budou oznameny v dopi resolueni vYbor. seeh.

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Strana 9 WEREJREK A ZiTitEK Jsou dva dny kaddeho tYdne, ktere by nam nemely pilsobit starosti, dva dny jed by nas nernely zatedovat strachem. Jeden z techto dni je yeerejdek se vdemi jeho omyly, laremeny, chybami, bolestmi a to dukvnimi nebo telesnS7mi. Nebot' veerejdek u minul navddy a vymkl se tim nag kontrole. Vdechny penize sveta by yam nemohly ziskat vaerej g den. Nemfldeme ptivolat nebo zmenit jedinS, skutek, jend jsme uCinili minuleho dne. Nemildeme vymazat ani jedno siovo je d jsme Vderejdek proste odekl.

DruhYm takovYm dnem, pro nejd bychom se nemeli trapit je zitkek, s jeho modnYmi neptatelstvirni, jeho bterneny, jeho velkSrmi ptisliby a jeho tteba chudm Zitiek take jegte nemame pod kontrolou. Zitra slunce vyjde jako obyeejne, bud' v cele sire nadhete, nebo skryto za mraky, — ale vyjde ureite. A drive nei se tak stane, nemame povinnosti k zittku, nebot' jedte se nezrodil.

Tak mame jedinou modnost, dnedek.

Kdokoliv z nas dovede vydrdet divotni boj tohoto dne. Jedine kdy'd se zatidi lotemeny veerejdek a zittka, nevydrdi a shrouti se.

Neni to snad zkuknost dne gka, je d lidi sklati, zlomi, nYbrd eventueini vS7ditky a trpkost pro neco co se stalo lidera a eventuelni starost o to, co zitkek primese. Zijme proto jen jedinY den v tomtC Case.

Je nadim Udelem,'de v'e(;ne snadeni po pravde, nestranne zvetejneni vdech je d nam ptinese badani, fipine provadein akademicke svobody v divotni praksi, uznani deny a dilstojnosti jednotlivce; hodnota jeho v hospodatstvi vychazejici z vlastni iniciativy a podnikavosti a vernost základtim americke vlady zustane trvale easti na g narodni filosofie a viry.

—Jaroslav F. Chmelieek.

• 4, • Stejne stara pohadka.

Mu v prosttednich letech uminil sl navdtiviti mesteeko, kde chodil do vysokYch dkol a podivati se ta do domu, kde po dobu syYch studii bydlil. Vedel do domu, a jelikod si pamatovai, kterY pokojik byl je ho, ptistoupil hued ke dvetim a zaklepal.

"Dale!" ozvalo se uvnitk — ale ne lined — a o male chvilce.

Stardi pan vstoupil a rozhlgeje se kolem, fikal Si: "Ano — vge je takove, jak to byio, kdy2 jsem zde bydlil ja. Ten stejnY start nabytek — ten stars' pohled na Skolni budovu a i ten start gatnik tady..."

A negli tomu nynej gi obyvatel pokojiku mohi zabranit, pfistoupil k gatniku a oteviel dvete, kde spatkil v koute se kreici divku.

"To je moje sestra," vysvetloval stu' dent.

"Ano," odvetil stafgi pan, zaviraje opet dvefe, "i stale ta stare pohadka o sestke je tu jeSte slykt."

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VE ST NIK — WEST, TEXAS

Ve stkedu, dne 34. bfezna.1954.

SESTRA HILSHEROVA V CHICAGU Asi tY- den pied banketem pokadanYm crganisatory tretiho distriktu v Dallasu zvociel jsem, ze sestra, Hilsherova odejela do Chicaga. Kdy2 jsme se seali na banketu a scstra Hilsherova nebyla pkitornna, za.se jsem. zvedel, ae konala cestu letounem, chtela., se timte2 zptlsobem vratit, ale snehova vanice ji zdrZela, take se ncinohla dostavit k banketu.

AZ v fitemirn aisle chicagskeho "Illasatele'', vy, -16.1al 16. biczna, naS'el jsem podrobriosti o zajezdu sestry Hilsherova do Chicago. ak se easto stava, innoha zprava pkijde k redaktoru oklikou. Az z "Hlasatele" jsem vydetl, prod sestra Hilsherovet byla. v • Chicagu. Pro zajintavost otiskuji colon zpravu. rani 1,3ir

vq ilsberova z Houstonu Pas navgtivila

V techto dnech se zastavila v na:Si redakci znania. mlada krajanka z Housto- • nu, 'I eiias, p1. Birdie Hilsherova, ktera, si zajeia do Chicago. jednak z da.vodti obchodnich, jednak se zde chtela bliZe se-'I znamit s praci krajanske. mladeZe v bratrskYch jednotach. Pi. Hilsherova p •edsedd v odboru noladeZe organisovaneho v Bratrskdin kongresu statu Texas a soueasue je poradcem v odboru mladde ve Slovariske Podpo •ujici Jednote Statu Texas. Jsouc sama rnatkou dvou hochin zajima se al. Hilsherova o problemy mlade-1 Ze a stala se v tomto odboru uznavanou odbornici po ceblin Texasu, kde se take , zabYva problemy zanedbane mladeZe. • Pi. Hilsherova. navaivila v Chicagu nekolik krajrmskYch organisaci a instituci.

Zajela si do hlavni fikadovny Ceskoslovensk-ch spot d v Americo, do k.aly Vojta 11-6.1,».'stek, do sokolskYch teloevieen a zadla si tail na schnze nadi mladeZe. Pi.' Hilsherova ci teZ zajela do St. Louis na jubilejni oslavu 100. vYroei zaloleni CSA, aby taco pkipodne ziskala vhod-fiSr materal pro svou einnost mezi texaskou &N. Tvilada krajanka z Texasu si za.11a na koncert prof. Karla Jiraka, kterY pied nedavnem prave dokondil nekolik skladeb pro deft Fl. Hilsherova hodla, seznamovat idite:10 hudby v Texasu a organisace s temito JirakovYrni skiadbami a ceskou hudebni kulturou tak jak ji propaguje prof. Jirak.

Pi. Hil:therova je znamou osobnosti v Texasu, kde patki k detnYm klubtlm a organt-,acim a v Irajan.skein. Texasu je vZ11de dok • e zn:'oriet svou praci pro mladcZ a -snahou o ucliovani eeskYch kulturnich trader u krajanske mla.cleZe, ktere v gtepujo sad o:diazein naS'ich pkedkil a nab•rla je k pdstovani ee gtiny. Texaska bratrskil jednota SPJST ma pies 160 radii a pi. Hilsherova jako celostatni po-

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radce mladde ma takto znamenitou pkilelitost pomahat .krajanske naladeli sestavovani kulturnich a umeleckYch program-C1 a soudasne ji poudovat o vYznamu bratrskYch pojiWovacich organisaci. Pi. Hilsherova si uvedomuje, ze bu-; doucnost krajanske vetve spoeiva v ziska.ni nisi mladeZe a bratrske organisace jsou dues v tomto smeru nej yYznamnej&'im dinitelem.

Mlada, krajanka z Texasu studuje problemy mlacleZe po celYch SpojenYch statech a kona za tim fidelem testy do ruznYch statu. Pi. Hilsherova se podakilo ziskat spolupraci na poll inladde mnoho spolupracovnikfnimezi nimi2 je v Chicagu p. John Pech, kterY ji pomaha 'ail sestavovani hudebnich programit pro mid.deZ. Jeji dalai pomocnici je pi. Frances Hrdliei<ovo, ze Svobodne skoly, ktera ji dodavii vhodnY material pro deskou east jejich p •ograma pro mladeZ. Za sveho pobytu v Chicagu take nav'ativila ope•etu Vlaaovei hnizdedko v Sokole HavlieekTyrS" a byla prekvapena vysokou ktrovni tohoto predstaveni. Blahopkala p. Jar. Chmelidkovi, reliseru, k takovc"‘mu ftspe chu a take piedsedovi OSA, James MuZikovi a celemu vYkonnemu vYboru. V Chicagu se te2 seznamila na schazi mla.cleZe C. SA s pkedsedou tohoto odboru p. Habalem a pi. BaruSkou Stejskalovou a jinYmi. V organisacich, ktere pi. Hilsherova v Texasu zastupuje, organisuje sportovni dinnost, zpev a tanec, hudebni programy, opercty a divadelni hry. V posledni dobe Pracuje pi. Hilsherova na mySience postaveni tabora pro ddti, kterY2to podnik sans o sobe je dost velikY, aby na nem ztravila mnoho dasu. V kvetnu hodia pi.

Hilsherova v Chicagu na yStivit Na.rodni Fraternalni kongres mladeZe a doufa, pak bude mit pkilelitost seznamit se ,s dalaimi nasimi organisacemi a osobami, ktere tentok •at nemohla navaivit.

Soudasne pi. Hilsherova, prostiednictvim Denniho Hlasatele %yslovuje diky za srdeene pkijeti, ktereho se ji na nmoha mistech dostalo. Za sveho pobytu v Chicag o byla pi. Hilsherova, hostem manZelt1 Tony NaarovYch v Berwyn, Ill.

nezajimali o to, co leli mimo Adro na geho velikeho statu. Proto zminka o profesoru JirAkovi pfiehazi velmi vhod a dava, prilelitost uvefejnit podobiznu tohoto vyriikajiciho krajana.

vystudoval v Praze, kde navStevoval sta.roslavuou Karlovu universitu: Pozdeji staff se Zakorn profesora Viterslava Novaka. Ponejp •v verejne vystoupil jako kapelnik Pra2skeho mestskeho divadla, pak seal se dirigentem Narodniho divadla v Brno a v Mora yske Ostrava, asistentem dirigentem C'eskeho filharmoniekeho orchestru a reditelem Peveckeho sboru "Fflahol" v Praze. Po patthet let, od 1930 do 1945, byl ieditelem hudebnich programa Narodniho rozhlasu v (1,‘'eskoSlovensku. Vystoupil jako host-dirigent v Jugoslavii, Poisku, Nemeckit, Belgii, Francii, Anglii. Slo21,1 operu, nekolik symfonii, ouvertur, serenad (hudebnich zastavenieek), rapsodii (hudebnich skladeb podle lidovYch pisni), komorni hudby a pies sto rozmanitSich pisni. Nejsem si jistY, ale main clomnenku, ze onen popevek, kterS, sestra Hilsherova ptedloZila k dobrozda.„ni ye schdzi Hlavni fikadovny, pochazi od profesora Jiraka. Neni•li tomu tak, sestra Illisherova mne opravi.

V preclehazejici zprave, vyfiate z "Hlasatele", je poznamka, ze scstra Hilsherova zaSla si na koncert profesora Karla Boleslava Jiraka, kter3i pkitomne vyuduje hudb y no Roosevelt College v Chicagu, a o od roku 1947.

My v Texasu mai() vime o rtiznSreh umelcich a vynikajicich osobach deskeho pavoclu, titeri uiji. v jinYch dastech SpojeJiro.kova price, poked byl V oeskosloW;-ch statu. Jako bychorn trpeli provinci- vensku, byly uvefejneny Hudebni Matici, alnosti, totiZ, nedostatkem rozhledu o Melantrichem, nakradatelstvim Orbis a cech mimo stat Texas, jako bychom sc Urbankein v Praze.

Wednesday, March 24, 1954

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Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a BENEVOLENT ORDER week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston7, Tex. Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LOOGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR MANY OF OUR SPJST MEMBERS ARE curious about the school : for organizers which the Supreme Lodge is holding now and then for the benefit of our organizers, The members wish to know what kind of lectures the organizers are exposed to, and what kind of information is given to them. To satisfy the curiosity of the members at large, let me explain some cf the more important points. * * AS I HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING THE schools for organizers for over a year, I could write pages and pages about the type of instructions that the organizers get. This will be only a very brief introduction. The lectures usually start with an explanation that there is a great need for Fraternal Insurance, because it is for the plain people, for the working classes and the great American middle class who form their own brotherhood for mutual aid in sickness and for funeral benefits.

• • • THEN THERE IS AN EXPLANATION as to what constitutes a fraternal benevolent society or how it differs from a mutual organization or an old-line commercial company. Every organizer learns that a fraternal benefit society, such as our own SPJST, must be an incorporated society, without capital stock; it must be organized and carried solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, but not for profit; it must have a lodge system, with certain rituals by which the aims and purposes are explained, impressed and demonstrated to the members; it must have the kind of management which would give every member a chance to express himself and have voice in selecting the officers or representatives to the convention; and it must pay insurance benefits according to the specific sections of the law.

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ALL OF THIS MAY BE TECHNICAL to some of cur members. It means that the management .cf a fraternal benefit society must be so that every member has a free voice in selecting the officers or the workers of his lodge. Now suppose there be a lodge which would have a hall, but that hall would not belong to all of the members of the lodge but

only to a few. The hall would not be property of the entire membership of the lodge, but it would belong to a group of members who may be called stockholders or shareholders. The entire iy embership could lease the hall from the stockholders, but any discussion regarding the property, any repairs, any leasing, any questions of income or expenses could not be discussed in the meeting of the local lodge. The property would not belong to all. The matter relative to the property would have to be discussed in a special meeting of the stockholders or the shareholderS, but not in the lodge meeting where everybody has an equal chance to voice his opinion and has a right to elect someone or be elected by others.

• • • THE PROPERTY OF ANY LOCAL lodge is a common property of all members; alike. There must be no temptatton on part of the management to declare any dividends in ,favor of few and against some others. There must be no cross interest, but the good of every individual members must be considered equally. Fraternalism implies that a group of people associates for common interest, work together in brotherly union, reflecting the will of the entire group or at least the will of majority after the minority has a chance to be heard.

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tract as our greatest single asset. It is a safety clause which absolutely prevents the failure of our SPJST from insufficient income. It reserves the right for our SPJST and our delegates to work out our own solution to any difficulties which may hit our society. In former times the commercial agents used to say, "They in the SPJST can raise your rates." We can answer that the open contract makes the benefits in the SPJST secure.

THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURance, one ,o-f the "big ten" in the commercial insurance field, was thrown into .receivership in 1936.. The court divested the stockholders of their property. Also the court scaled down the benefits. The "guaranteed rates" did not keep the company to go into receivership.

And when the company got into receivership, the guarantees meant nothing. A company may operate on the legal reserve, with honest management, observe all the rules of correct underwritin yet a war, an epidemic, or an economic depression may cause a defficiency in the reserve. The company may become a failure. The cost of receivership is usu ally heavy. * ALL OF OUR SPJST ORGANIZERS must well understand that these are two systems of life insurance in this country. The old-line system sets up the legal reserves and guarantees the rates The fraternal life insurance sets up the same legal reserves and guarantees the benefits. If a deficiency comes in the reserve of the old-line system, it is forced into receivership because its rates are guaranteed and its income cannot be increased. In case of deficiency in the reserve of the fraternal system, the plan is flexible enough to maintain the society as ; a going con cern, and the benefits are paid.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT POINT IS always fully discussed in the school for organizers, the difference between the open contract and the closed contract.

The controversy between the open contract and the closed contract still goes on. The open contract plan is represented by the fraternal life insurance societies; the closed contract plan by the commercial life insurance companies.

Both systems are on a legal reserve basis, but some agents of the commercial insurance companies emphasize their "guaranteed rates," although the representatives of fraternal societies may talk about their "guaranteed benefits," which THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE are the chief factors in open contract closed contract plan of the old-line companies and the open contract of the operations. fraternal societies may be explained in other words with practically the sail- e OUR ORGANIZERS, AS TRUE FRA (Continued on page 15). ternalists, should explain the open con

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vS T /%11X — WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, March 24, 1954 TWENTY WAYS TO KILL YOUR LODGE

Our Youth Movernen y birdie Wilsher Quo Vadis Brothers and Sisters?

During my many visits in various lodges and our district meetings ,in conversing with various members including our Youth, certain facts were predominantly repeated, and only con toed my past observation. Namely tliat; If there were more inspiring speeches made at the meetings concerning the building up of our future, laying advance plans, and then backing these up by gonig to work on them in one big body; instead of some members making meaningless old repetitious speeches, which get so tiresome and disgusting to the general membership, and especially so, to our Youth. If our youngsters come out, they want to learn from us and be active, so let us try and retain this interest and willingness -- not only of our youth, but the entire membership. It may mean our future.

If there were more encouragement and recognition of effort for good work of members instead of shrugging shoulders and going the other way because of envy; if there were more courtesy and appreciation shown for the good work being done — if only by a "pat on the back"; that would be practicing the true love and friendship amongst us, that would be the brotherhood for which we stand. Remember --- TO HAVE BROTHER, YOU MUST BE A BROTHER. What youth likes to come to an uninteresting and lengthy meeting where there is really nothing said, and have to witness at times only a lot of arguing and unnecessary discussions — sometimes in raised voices? Not only the Youth, but no one likes to attend such meetings — and- I do agree. These are the surest ways of driving our Youth away, so please let us re-examine our actions and concentrate cri making our meetings more interesting for all concerned.

Of en I've been asked, "Why is it that in some meetings, you are so, inspired and so enthused, and so filled with willingness to help that you can hardly wait to get started and usually come back for more. Why don't we have

meetings like that?" Why don we? We can, and we should, for the best interest of our organization.

Many of you will undoubtedly recall these statementsimacle, and I too wholeheartedly agree with you.

We should also appreciate our past history and respect its memories, appreciate our older brothers and sisters for what they have done for us. For it was they, who by looking ahead made it possible for us to be here today. Now may I ask, "Are we looking ahead?"

What are we doing towards the future of our childrens' welfare in this organization? Are we going to just sit back and glory in our parents' achievements and failing in our duties, lose cur Youth and do nothing abont it? Are we to fail our forefathers trust and heritage? Are we too weak a generation to stand on our own, and do as they did for the future of our organization through their work for the children (us)? Why can't we be a little more like they were and look ahead for the future of our Youth in this organization, instead of living on their accomplishments — they wouldn't be like that. Let's live on our own. Therefore, it is up to us to unite with our young people in a partnership that they are ready and able to accept. We are not thinking of only an apprenticeship in which Youth is supervised by adults.

We are thinking of the young and the mature sharing tasks as full-fledged members of our organization, each assuming as much responsibility as he can. There can be no condescension here. We know that adults need Youth as much as Youth needs adults.

Our SPJST Fraternal Organizational work is never ready-made or superficial or limited. Our problem is so broad and varied that it requires many minds, and many hands. There is no project or activity that cannot benefit from the ideas, the energy and the enthusiasm that _Youth has to offer. Let us always resolve to arouse the interest of our Youth and to harness that interest to practical tasks for our future. )• • (— Convalescent: A patient who is still alive. — Outdoor Indiana.

1. Seldom, if ever go to a meeting.

2. Never accept an office. It is easier to criticize than to du things.

3. If you attend, find fault with the work of the officers.

4. If asked by a chairman to give your opinion regarding some matter, tell him you have nothing to say. But say plenty after the meeting.

5. Do nothing more than is absolutely necessary; but when other members roll up their sleeves and willingly and unselfishly use their ability to help matters along, howl that the Lodge is run by a clique.

6. Squawk about your officers, but never allow yourself to be nominated for one.

7. When a banquet is given, tell everybody money is being wasted on blowouts which make a big noise and accomplish nothing.

8. When no banquets' are given, say the Lodge is dead and needs a can tied to it.

9. Don't tell the Lodge how it can help you; but if it doesn't help you, resign.

10. If you receive service without joining, don't think of joining.

11. If the Lodge doesn't correct abuses in your neighbor's business, howl that nothing is done.

12. If it calls attention to abuses of your own, resign from the Lodge.

13. Keep your eyes open for something wrong, and when you find it, yelp.

14. At every opportunity threaten to quit and get your friendS' to resign.

15. When you attend a meeting, vote to do something and then go home and do the opposite.

16. Agree to everything said at the meeting and disagree with it outside.

17. When asked for information, don't give it.

18. Cuss the Lodge for incompleteness of information.

19. Get all the Lodge gives, but don't give it anything, but complaints.

20. Kick about the cost of membership even though you spend as much as an entire year's dues on the World Series or a "Little Party." — Selected. )• 4r YOUTH NIGHT AT LODGE NO. 88

Youth night is held every Wednesday night at Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 38 from 7:30 to 9:30. Lessons are being taught in voice (singing), tap, ballet, and ballroom dancing. These lessons are offered to our youth, their relatives and friends. Join as soon as possible. Visit the hall of Pokrok Houston any Wednesday night and get additional information. (dz)

Wednesday, March 24, 1954

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Fraternalism A Vehicle of Americanization The fraternal benefit societies of this country are a great patriotic and humanitarian movement. Fraternalism constitutes a unique; typically American part of our democracy. Nowhere in the world do you find its exact counterpart. Its usefulness and services are well known. Yet there is one field where its significance still waits for recognition and evaluation. Comparatively little is known of the important role that Fraternalism played in the process of Americanization of our immigrant population.

There are about 200 fraternal benefit societies in America. They have about 10,000,000 members, more than 80,000 lodges and more than $2,350,000,000 in assets. Quite a group.

They were founded more than one hundred years ago on the pattern of English Friendly Societies which came in existence in the 18th Century as a result of the disintegration of the ancient guild-system in England by the machine age. The machine age made them a necessity also in this country.

Reflecting the composite character of our laboring masses in the past, in America many of these societies had to be organized along racial and linguistic lines. Since we became an independent nation, about 4,000,000 immigrants came to America. All nationalities and races were represented among them; English, Scots and Irish, Germans and Frenchmen, Scandinavians and Sla ys, Italians, Spaniards and Jews, Greeks, Hungarians and Lithuanians, numanians, Finns and many others. Almost every one of these groups has fraternal societies and the fraternalist movement is a true mirror of the melting pot, probably its truest mirror besides army roll calls.

About 90 out of 200 societies, almost one half of existing fraternal societies belong to the non - EngliEth speaking group. And more than one half of this language group is composed of societies with members of the Slavic family of nations.

Most numerous among them are the Polish societies, next to them we find in this group Czech and Slovakian, then Yugoalav (Slovene, Croatian and Serbian) and finally Ukranian, Russian and Carpathc-Russian societies.

Although the mass immigration from the Slavic lands of South Europe began in the nineties of the last century, and is therefore classified as the so called new immigration, the oldest American fraternal society belongs to this Slavic group. It 16 ULU' own Czechoslovak So-

(Prepared for the 100th Anniversary of non-existant. For early immigrant workthe CSA by Joseph Ma.rtinek) men of all races and nationalities the fraternal benefit society provided the ciety of America, the CSA now celebrat- only means of protection available. ing its 100th anniversary of founding, Organizations of the non-English fraas the first member-society of the Na- ternal societies was a sheer necessity. tional Fraternal Congress to attain its- With the exception of Englishmen, Scots centennial. Yet this may take by sur- and Irishmen, new immigrants did not prise only those observers who do not speak the language of the country and know that Czechs, (or Bohemians and what is equally important, but usually Moravians, as they were called here in escaping attention, is the fact that they the past) belong not only to the new had almost no opportunity for learning but to the old immigration, as well, as English soon: our Public School system the centennial of the CSA. amply demon- at that time was still undeveloped, there strates. were only few night schools and the imH. migrant, who had to toil long hours — Because some of our societies ha v e in some industries like steel, coal and strange, outlandish sounding names they clothing industries 10 and even 12 hours are generally referred to as "foreign a day — had practically no time and speaking societies." no chance to attend them.

This is a misnomer.

He could not become English-speaking Let me quote from an editorial of the American overnight. Because of t h e Chicago Tribune (September 12,. 1953) a daily high above suspicion of favoring language barrier, only through the medium of his own language press and oranything foreign: ganizations he was able to take part in "Strictly speaking, all except Indian names in this country can be called out- the life of the community. Of these organizations the fraternal benefit socilandish er exotic because all family eties were the most important. They names are of European origin." became a veritable backbone of the group Which is a fact. But not only that. life of the immigrant, far surpassing I live in the Santa Cruz Valley of other organizations in membership, inSouthern Arizona where Spanish was fluence and stability. They were a pracspoken 80 years before the Pilgrim Fath- tical school of American democracy for ers landed in Jamestown. During the the newcomer, in most cases his first colonial times, the German language was school of democracy. Next to Public so prevalent in Pennsylvania that long Schools, the immigrant press and fraand hot discussions were held whether ternal benefit society were the most outthe English or German be the pfficial otanding and efficient promoters o.t language of the state. I also may add Americanization, a rational, gradual but that in the state of Nebraska in the none the less far reaching Americanizaseventies and eighties of the last cen- tion and ene of the beat means of adtury it was necessary to publish gov- justment to American ways. ernor's messages officially not only in Contrary to the opinion that regards the Enlish but also in German, Swedthese societies with seemingly outland ish and — yes — in Czech, the language ish names as foreign bodies in the tisoue of the founding fathers of our CSA. of American life, these societies became What is foreign about languages that so imbued and identified with the Amerwere spoken in this country side by ican way of life that to the later immiside with English or — as is the case of grants they appeared as foreign, too Spanish — even before English! And strange, all too American, entirely difwhat may be so "foreign" about the ferent, especially in their ritual work, Czechoslovak Society of America which from anything they had known in their is a genuine product of the American homeland, impressing them not as sociMidwest frontier and is celebrating its eties of their true nationals but as com centennial at the same time as the posed of Czkh speaking Americans, Republican Party of the United States? German, Polish, Yiddish speaking Americans. The some impression is laa III The fraternal societies were organized ly shared by recent post war itran4-_,,i;by early immigrants, mostly workmen, and D. P.'s. for mutual protection for themselves and Because some of the non-En their families in the event of sickness, speaking fraternal organizations accident, misfortune or death. They were ticipated in movements for liberation ei founded at the time when this country their old countries from tyranny and had no social legislation to -speak of establishment of them as free and inand the labor unions were still weak or dependent countries —as is the ease of

Strum 14 Czechoslovakia., Poland, Ireland, Baltic countries, Israel, etc., — in certain quarters our societies have been unjustly suspected of allied foreign national Lin. and divided allegiance. What the critics fail to see and perceive is the outstanding fact that in almost every case such participation in the liberation movements meant, and in fact was, — export and extension of American political ideas and ideals of freedom and democracy to respective old homelands of immigrants.

As soon as a new generation, composed of children of immigrants grew up, another segment of Americanization, the final one, was added. First among Germans, Scandinavians and Czechs, the oldest immigrant groups, than in other groups as well, lodges composed of native born Americans conducting all business in the English language were organized.

The first English speaking lodge of the CSA was founded half a century ago, in 1904. Today of 336 lodges of this societdy no less than 120, fully one third of all lodges, belong to this class and the number of old lodges joining group is growin every year.

Permit me illustrate, what fraternalism means to the country in practical terms.

Early start of fraternalism among the Czech immigrants who`had organized their first society, our GSA, a century ago, resulted in great development of fraternalism within this racial group.

Today out of one million persons of Czechoslovak ancestry half a million are enrolled as members of fraternal s ci e ti es , which means that almost every family is covered by fraternal insurance.

This fact offers an explanation why in this group only insignificant number of persons fall to public charge, why this group has one of the highest percentages of home owners, one of the lowest percentages of juvenile delinquency and, last but not least, one of the lewest percentages of rejections for military service. Several factors contributed to this fine record, but beside the tradition of well 'ordered family life inherited in the old country, fraternalism was the most important single factor contributing to it. We are proud of this contribution which helped to make Czech immigrant a self-rehant, self-respecting, progressive and enterprising citizen of his adopted country.

Iv. This is one segment of American History which is largely neglected. But the time is coming, seems at, hand, that American historians will pay more attention to it. Surely the story of adjust ment 01 40,000,000 immigrants to their new American environment belongs within the scope of American history.

VESTNIK WEST, TEXAS Surely fathers and mothers of millions of American soldiers who defended their country in world wars deserve the same attention as the immigrants of colonial times. And no earnest student of this phase of American history will fail to appreciate the great role played by Fraternalism in the Americanization of immigrants.

Millions of immigrants left indelible traces in our national life. Beginning at the lowest level of existence, for a long time they remained inarticulate mass, but their children and grandchildren recently are coming to the top, they stand up and must be counted. Already two of cur greatest cities, New York and Chicago had mayors descending from the so called new immigration: Mayor La Guardia of New York and Mayor Cermak of Chicago (he was a life long member of our CSA. And besides several governors of German and Scandanavian origin, in the state of Ohio a governor of Slovene extraction, Frank J. Lausehe, was elected several times at that. What can be considered more American than our sportsmen and soldiers? Yet when you check up the names in the sporting pages of our dailies and when you were checking the lists of our losses in Korea you certainly must have had the impression of hearing the roll call of the.

United Nations. So let's face the fact of life that, in its racial composition, I America of 1954 is not old England of 1754. . . .

I shall conclude with the following illustiation of out point of view.

When I have been in Europe in 1946 I had often to explain why we, Americans 'of Czech origin, do not consider ourselves a national minority in the European sense of the word. My explanation was simple:

Wecinerday, March 24, 954 OLD TIME FOOD REMEDIES Have you ,sometimes wondered if folks with vitamin deficiency diseases were ever cured of their troubles back in the days before we knew that vitamins existed? They were, of course, .because down through the ages doctors learned to prescribe certain foods according to the revealing lessons of trial and error.

Thus, the Romans cured scurvy with water cress, while the ancient Chinese used sauerkraut and the British hit on lime and lemon juice — many, many centuries before modern nutritional theories were dreamed of.

Just one story will show you how doctors accomplished marvelous things with diet, even though the exact science was still to come. Back in 18century London, Dr. John Abernethy was chief of the famous St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the greatest surgeon of his day. Furthermore, he was believer in the efficacy of. iet diet.

Once when the king's cousin conOnce sulted him for a severe eye inflammation, Dr. Abernathy put his royal patient on a diet which called for humble pie as it was known in those days. This was a stew made of liver, kidney and other organ meats—a lowly, even despised, dish not usually eaten by royalty.

The diet also called for spinach, another food then held in contempt, and to put it mildly, the high born patient was taken 'aback. He began to grumble, but the doctor stopped him and said: "Please sir, you have come to hear what I have to say, and I tell you that what goes on in your kitchen, your stomach, is not right, and therefore the garret of your mortal house"—and he pointed at the royal patient's head—is out of order, too. Repair the injury being done to your constitution and everything will be all right. And this you must do by diet."

How Dr. Abernathy knew of the healing effect of what we now label Vitamin A foods, no one can say. But the haughty royal patient went on his special diet—and was cured—Journal of Living.

4, A Fifty years ago only 11 per cent of Americans youngsters went to high school and a bare 5 per cent were graduated. Today 73 per cent go to high school and 49 per cent are graduated.

In fact more young people are attending colleges today than attended high school only 30 years ago.

For one thing — I said — we do not live in a foreign country under any foreign government. We Czechs came as a group to America as early as some other racial groups. First Czech immi-1 grant landed in the New World only thirteen years later than the English Pilgrim Fathers. Immigrants from Bohemia and Moravia have been in America in colonial times and gave good ac- I count of themselves. We came to big American cities at the time when they have been small towns. We worked in growing American industries and broke the prairies side by side with native Americans, Scandinavians, Germans and others. We helped build modern America. Our sons fought for America in many wars. It is our country by the right of sweat and blood. It is our country, it belongs to us and we belong to it, part of American nation which has first not a suffered minority but an integral claim upon us.

Wednesday, March 24, 19a4

LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF TIOGA LODGE NO. Sisters and Brothers: Your secretary is requesting the editor of the Vestnik to place a notice in the official paper that your regular meeting will ha held on Sunday; April 4. It will start at 2 p. m.

• Yon/. presence is urgently requested, since this is the first meeting Tioga Ledge is Yielding this year. There are several new members that will be initiated.

Also, the secretary• of your lodge is requesting that the Lodge Sisters bring •some food to have a luncheon after the meeting. It is promising to. be a friendly •gathering, if the members only remember the date, April 4th, 2 p, m.

And to make it still more interesting, the editor would have a request of his own. You need an English reporter. You need more publicity. I mentioned it in the • MUSINGS in the preceding issue.

Would some of you volunteer to be the English reporter for Tioga Lodge? If you don't know how to start, let me know.

I'll send you specific instructions.

—Editor • )• DISTRICT SEVEN ESSAY CONTEST The Essay Contest Committee of District Seven SPJST set up and approved the following rules to govern the Essay Contest sponsored by District Seven: 1. The Essay Contest is open for meml ber and non-member children (whose mother or father is a member of the SPJiST, between the ages of 10 and 16,who reside within the confines of District Seven.

2. The essay contest must not con-. sist of more than 200 words.

3. The essay must be written or typed on one side of the paper and mailed to Roy Hranicky, Box 75, Orange Grove, Texas. Send three copies of each letter in order that each judge may have one.

Do not place your name, or any other identifying mark on your letter. Write your name, address, and age on a separate sheet of paper. This way the judges will mit know the identity of any party writing an essay. Please indicate your local lodge ; name and number on the extra paper.

4. Your entry and identity informatAlen shall be included in the same envelope. In .order that envelope is not, opened until after May 1, 1954, please/ write "Essay Contest" in the lower left hand corner of the envelope.

5. The essay envelope must not be iostmarked later than May 1, 1954.

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6. If we have fewer than ten contestants each contestant will receive an equal prize. If have more than ten contestants the following prizes will be given: First Prize—One 20-year policy with one year premium paid, plus $20.00, Second Prize—$15.00, Third Prize—$10.00, Fourth Prize—$5.00 and Fifth through Tenth each $1.00.

7. The winning essays will be published in the Vestnik. Interesting excerpts from the other essays will also be published.

8. The essay must confine itself to the following topic: "What I Expect in the SPJST and the Youth Movement."

9. The judges will not participate in the contests other than to impartially judge all entries. The decision of the judges will be final.

10. No essays will be returned.

11. Winners will be announced at our District 7 meeting in San Antonio, May 16, 1954.

We hope that many of you boys and girls will enter this contest. Should you have any additional questions do not hesitate to write to one of the following committee members: Mrs. Betty Jurica Route 2, Box 899 Corpus Christi, Texas Mr. Frank Rolf Floresville, Texas Roy Hranicky Orange Grove, Texas (17) ) • 4

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NOTICE TO SPJST MEMBERS IN DISTRICT TWO The next regular meeting of District Two will be held at Lodge Tyrs, Holland, Texas, on March 28, 1954. The meeting will be called to order at 1:30 p. m. All members of this district are urged to be present inasmuch as officers for the coming year will be elected and also because the program, both entertainment and business, has been carefully worked out and is believed will be most enlightening.

The youth program committee, composed of the following sisters: MrsClara Hejl Mrs. Sidonia Stoebner, Mrs. Ben Zabcik, Mrs. Jerry Ivicic and Mrs. Walter Jakubec have prepared a fine program which will be most entertaining. These good ladies have given a lot of time and effort to the preparation of this program and should be rewarded with a large attendance.

The last District Two meeting, held at Lodge Praha, decided that henceforth a committee should be appointed to work out a program for the businesS

part of the meeting. (The suggestion was made and approved because of the I feeling that in the past nothing constructively beneficial to the membership was being accomplished at these meetings).

In line with this directive a committee composed of brothers Frank V. Spanhel, Rudy Ivicic, Frank Matush, Frank Hejl (Taylor), and Ben Zabcik were aPpointed. This committee has given this matter much thought and time and have, with the aid of our president, brother Edward L. Marek, prepared a program which I believe will certainly be of benefit to each and every mernber, and particularly to the officers and organizers of the various lo• cal lodges, in this district. It is for this added reason, why I especially urge that every SPJST member, and particularly every officer of each local lodge, be present.

With best wishes to all and hoping to see you at Holland on March 28, I remain Fraternally yours, Reuben B. Lesiker ) • fic. • OSVETA LODGE NO. 38 Smithville (Kovar), Texas The regular meeting of Osveta Lodge was .held at 2.p. m., Sunday, March 14, 1954. First t h e Binancial Committee checked the records and found same in good order, .after which Bro. Pres. V. H. Barina called the meeting to order.

A nice number of members was in attendance and several things of importance were discussed and voted upon.

Your reporter was called "on the carpet" because of the lax Way he has been handling the news of the lodge in the past three months. To that, of course, I had to plead guilty. I am especially sorry that I did not report on the Christmas party back in December, as that made it appear that the efforts of those that made it possible were not

Musings of the Edit (Continued from page 11) meaning. The closed contract takes ti,(, comoany to the court to permit the r(' duction of the benefits under receivership. The open contract takes the society into a huddle of their own members in a convention to. figure out their own salvation without the heavy costs of courts and receivership. The open contract is far better than the closed contract because it is based on the joining together of people to guarantee the , benefits, the true principle of insurance.

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appreciated. I promised to try to do het Ler in the future.

Yes,- your Lodge went on record at the meeting Sunday that we WILL HAVE a program and lunch immediately after the regular: meeting in May. That will be Sunday, May 9, 1954, and that is also Mothers' Day. Our Lodge again wants to pay tribate to man's best and greatest friend. his mother. Therefore, we are getting the news . out early so that the word emi be , .passed so that a large ciowd v.111 be on hand. Our entertainineM conimittee, Bro. Barina and our young, 'isters, Misses Joyce Ann Hribek and I i,rothy Susen have their heads together and you may be assured that they ,vill have something nice for us.

So plc ass pass the word around so we can have a large number present.

In closing ,for this time, I again wish to pay tribute: to our fine officers. They are all on the, job and really trying to keep Osveta Lodge. on the map. Let us shcw them that we appreciate their of fort-, ;:nd turn out to the meetings. Get out and meet your Brother, Sister, and Nei g hb. r. It will do you good to see w1-1 .1t, the rest are' doing.

Your reporter; F.E. Hollub ) • Zn, DR. DA P0'..$ ADDRESSES TEXAS A&M CO! LEGE CZECd CLUB

Dr. J. A. Dabbs of the Modern Language Department at Texas A and M College addressed the members of the Czech Club, relating his experiences in Europe and the Near. East during the Second World War. Time .Czech Club members gratefully accepted a cut and several mats of the Club's sweetheart, Molly Smesny, from Mr. Clements of the College Information Office. These mats will be sent to the Czeeh language newspapers.

The cl ub members were also happy to 'morn that more students are now studying the Czech language here at A and AI College than ever before: The. Czech Club picture will be taken Tuesday, March 16th, for the AGGIELAND, A andN s yearbOok. Following Dr. Dabb's interesting address, rei'reshments were served. The next meeting, will be held March 23rd.

Johnny Bravenec, Jr. Reporter • t, 3 r7.FCH YOUTH CLUB San Antenio, Texas DoerReader The Czech Youth Club has lost one of its little members, Roger Dale Krupala.

Roger Dale K r upala, 7, was drowned Sunday, February 21, when he accidentally slipped into the Llano Reservoir

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Dam waters, estimated to be about 13 feet deep. It was 20 minutes before the body could be recovered.

Roger Dale was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Krupala, formerly of San Antonio, who had just moved to Llano a few months ago.

Services were held at Llano, Texas, Tuesday, February 23, 1954.

The Czech Youth Club would like to express its deepest sympathy to the Krupala family. the Club held a meeting at the International Institute and elected the following officers: president, Patsy Murrie; secretary, Marian Blanar; treasurer, Mat Hughes; repo; ter, Marian Blanar.

Marian Blanar, reporter )• • (.

Fort Worth, Texas Hello Mr. Editor and Everyone, . This is my first attempt at writing to Vestnik although I've often thought I might try my hand at it. At our last Sokol meeting which we hold regularly every fourth Sunday H of each month at , 3 p. in., I was elected as the Vest/Ilk ireporter, so I will try to keep every one Unformed of our Sokol activities.

I will begin first off by inviting all the girls and boys to come drill every Tuesday night. The younger children begin at •seven-thirty and are through early, so it will not interfere with their school work next day. The girls are instructed by a very able and conscientious young lady, Miss Mary Jane Svacek, and the boys and men also have a good instructor, Mr. Erankie Milan.

All you Mothers and Dads come to our Sokol meetings and then stay for the square dancing, Beseda, and other folk dances that the children are learning, every Sunday afternoon.

I want to wish a speedy recovery tic Mrs. Carmen Shriek, my sister, and Mrs. Rosie Steinman. They have both been ill for quite some time.

Once more — all you members try to attend our next meeting which will be Sunday, March 28th.

Maxine Merlick ) • •T• • ( CULAK LODGE NO. 165

Moulton, Texas Dear Readers: Our monthly meeting held Tuesday night, March 9, was fairly well attended, which, of course, made our leaders feel very happy. A gOod attendance spurs them on to do better work.

The 1954 officers were finally installed at this meeting, Henry Hehveg performing the order of installation.

After disposing of preliminary pro cedure, our sick members Caine under discussion, Mrs. Anna Havlik, our or-

Wedne1(lay, "NT ,ATI1 24, , 1954 g'anizer, is still in Houston, but we are so pleaded to report that she is now recovering. We are looking forward to her return home. Mr. John Mladenka, who suffered a stroke about four weeks ago, is still confined to the Wagner's Hospital, but is slowly improving in spite of his advanced age. Mr. Mladenka is one cf the few remaining charter members of the SPJST. Our Lodge, although the youngest of all lodges, boasts of having three aged members who are charter members of the SPJST. They are Mr. John Mladenka, Mrs. Theresa Valenta and my mother, Mrs. Vera Svoboda.

Our president, Mr. Leo Jarosek, received a congratulatory ovation from the members because he is now a grandfather since March 2. May the little girl be ,a source of much joy to the young parents and the grandparents!

With the April meeting the night of the 13th, we are planning to have an Easter party. All members are heartily invited to come enjoy a pleasant social hour after the meeting. Will the good ladies please each bring something for the lunch? And by all means, bring the children along; we shall try to have some games for them and an Easter treat for each. Hereafter, a door-prize will be awarded to some members who is present and who holds the lucky number.

The short sketch, "Service of Humanity" on the life of Albert Schweitzer in the March 10 issue of the Vestnik, is a commendable article. The story of this great missionary's life rates every person's reading it. What a grand world this would be of we loved according to his precepts!

Yours for a joyous Easter season, Rose Helweg • Al • POKROK HOUSTON WILL HAVE BARBECUE

We don't want you to miss it. That's the reason we, give you plenty of time to mark the date on your calendar -the third Sunday in May when Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 88 will have its first barbecue in 1954. It will start at 12:30 p. m. There will be a big free dance in the afternoon for the enjoyment of everybody. And if you stay for the night, you will enjoy our regular bingo and other games.

Remember ---- third Sunday, May 16, beginning at twelve-thirty. Everybody is cordially invited.

Entertainment Committee (V-14) • 4 • ( If Adam came back to earth, the only thing he would recognize would be the jokes.—Milam Messenger,

W'efirit, clay, Mat*eh 24; 1994 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15TH • :SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The Special Session of the Legislature began at 12 o'clock noon on Monday March 15th.

This session was called by Governor Shivers for the purpose of considering the $402 per year increase in teachers salaries: . to rebuild the buildings. at the Eastham Prison Farm; to rebuild the buildings at. the Texas School for the Deaf; to furnish proper •buildings and facilities at the Southwestern Medical School in. Dallas.

Acording to the Governor's message this entire program will cost approximately 36 million dollars.

The Governor suggested to the Legislature to finance the program by first taking the nearly 11 million dollar surplus that we have in the State Treasury.

He then proposed a 1/2 cent per thousand cubic feet natural gas tax; an increase in the franchise tax on corporations from the present $1.25 per each $1,000 of their capital stock and an additional 63 cents per barrel in the tax on beer.

This is the Governor's program and many members seem to agree with it.

There are others who have other ideas and there will probably be some real debates and battles before the session ends.

We certainly appreciate hearing from the people on the program as suggested by the Governor. Your ideas and suggestions will be most helpful.

The Senate saw fit to elect me President Pro Tempore for this session. The duties of this office are to preside over the Senate when the Lt. Governor is absent, and also to act as Governor if the Governor and Lt. Governor happen to both be out of the State at the same time. Being human, we are very proud of this honor and fully recognize that it was made possible by you, the people, who make it posible for us to serve you in the Senate of Texas.

We will try to keep you informed on matters coming before the Special Session, through the newspapers, and invite you to come to see us, write or call us on matters in which you are interested.

Sincerely, Gus J. Strauss Congratulations to Senator Strauss, a member of Havlicek Lodge of Hallettsville to the honor of being elected President Pro Tempore of the State Senate.

—EditOr. ) 4, REIVIOVING THE RESULT

"Your wife used to be so nervous. Now she's a• calm and cool as a cucumber.

What cured her?"

"The doctor. He just told her that her kind of nervousness was the natural result of advancing age.

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ihrarri HOW TO LIVE ON LESS

Robert Blythe manages one of the Lodge Kingsville No. 118 of Kingsville, largest super-markets in the country.

Texas extends its heartfelt sympathy to His job depends on his ability to chart the family of successfully the buying habits of Mrs. • KATHERINA JUSTINE HORAK America. He thinks those habits are too Who passed away on March 3, 1954. We extravagant. He tells us: greatly feel the loss of our member and 1. We don't try the less expensive fraternal sister. May she rest in peace. brands or grades. In food value and The Resolutions Committee taste, a 26c can of tomatoes is often Lillie Elsik just as good as a 35c can. They are Lula Elsik usually the tomatoes that were crushed Frank Laza more in cooking, but for anything othei: ( •) • 4 than salad, what difference does it make?

The majority of shoppers stick PRESIDENT MAREK LOST A RELATIVE to more expensive brands in all fieldS, Ladis J. Pagach, brother-in-law of instead of exeperimenting, Blythe find& 2. We don't compare sizes and prices. president March, a member of Cesky Prapar Lodge No. 24 in Cyclone, died Sliced peaches and crushed pineapple suddenly Saturday, March 20, 1954, at contain more actual food per can, yet his home in t h e Meeks Community, peach halves and pineapple slices outabout 15 miles east of Temple. No other sell the others "seven or eight to one." details available at present. To the fam- A size one can of sliced pineapple for ily of the late Brother Ladis J. Pagach 32c stands next to a size 2 1/2 can of crushed for 33c, and outsells it. we express our sincere sympathy: Women often buy smaller sizes, Blythe • 4, thinks; even though the food keeps well and can be served in' various ways, because they don't want to bother with leftovers. An 8-ounce package of frozen WEDNESDAY NIGHT EVERY WEEK: peas on sale at 19c is more expensiVe Youth.night is held at Pokrok Houston than a 12-ounce package for 23c, yet Lodge No. 88 every Wednesday night many women never look at the label to see that the two containers differ in from 7:30 to 9:30. Everybody invited. quantity. Or, as one shopper said, "Eight SUNDAY MAY 16: ounces is just what we can use." She Pokrok Houston Lodge No. 88 will have evidently never tried breaking off what a barbecue starting at 12:30. Big free she wanted and keeping the rest frozen dance in the afternoon, bingo and other for future use. games at night. Everybody welcome.

3. We do more out-of-season buying that we should, if we want to watch our SATURDAY APRIL 13 Culak Lodge No. 165 at Moulton will pennies. He cites as an example the anhave Easter Party for members and their gry shopper who complained indignantfamilies. Games and treats for kiddies; ly that asparagus for just one meal cost entertainment for grownups; lunch for 90c. "But this is the first of the season," Blythe explained, "wait 'till later all. Party begins at 7:30 p. in. and the price will be down." ) • 4, • ( 4. And finally, according to Blythe, USIN' THE OL' BRAIN we buy more luxury items than necesDr. S—one of the world's leading in- sary. Some prepared mixes and some organic chemists—had solved countless frozen foods fall into this .classifica.tioh technical problems. But now he was Today's home makes wonderful use of stymied: locked out of his summer cot- time-savers, but for constant use we can tage, keys on the key ring in his new pay too much for that time. He feels automobile which had also locked when that with a little care we could more he slammed the door. The wing window equally balance our purse and our was ajar, but only enough to insert two Clock—as well as our purse and the calendar. fingesr.

• About ready to smash the car window. in desperation, the scientist was re•Discussing his patient, the doctor said, strained by the driver of a passing "This eccentricity y ou speak of in your truck. With the aid of a wire coat-hang- son — isn't it, after all, a matter of er from the cab of his vehicle, the driver heredity?" fished out the keys. Then, tapping his "Doctor," retorted the patient's mothbrow with a grimy forefinger, he turned er fiercely, have you know therOs to the internationally renowned scholar: never been a trace of heredity in our "Cotta use the ol' brain, Buster." family.

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— WEST, TEXAS

Wednesday, MarOh 24 1054

TOBACCO AND LUNG CANCER When conflicting opinions are presented it is frequently helpful to note if there is any relationship between the opinion expressed and the private or personal interests of the ones expressing the conflicting opinions. Regardless of how plausible a basis there may seem to be for the remarks made, the wise person will take the statement that coincides with personal self-interest with a grain of salt.

A case in point is the conflict expressed in the public press of the United States in the early part of December, 1953, regarding the risk of lung cancer and other ailments that tobacco and particularly cigarette smoking presents.

Under the heading "A Vote for Acquittal" Time magazine, December 7, 1953, quoted at: length from the public state-. ment made b y one Paul M. Hahn, president of the gigantic American Tobacco Company, to the effect that the use of tobacco was not injurious to health and did not cause lung cancer: "No one has yet proved that lung cancer in ,any human is directly traceable to tobacco or to its products in any form. . . . We are confident that lOng-range impartial investigation... will confirm the view that neither tobacco nor its products contribute to the incidence of lung cancer."

On the other hand, the New York Times, December 9, 1953, published the testimony of such men as Dr. Adolph Alton Ochsner, a past president of the American College of Surgeons and at present chairman of the department of surgery of the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Dr. Ernest L. Winder of the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Dr. Grace M. Roth of the Mayo- Foundation at the University of Minnesota, and Dr. Irving S. Wright of the Cornell University Medical College, showing that tobacco, and particularly cigarette smoking, was the cause of both cancer and circulatory diseases.

"Four medical reports were presented here yesterday," the Times reported, "linking cigarette smoking and disease, particularly lung cancer, without qualifications. . . . The meeting also marked one of the first occasions in which medical researchers, reporting before a professional group, have joined in insis' Ong firmly that it is indeed smoking, and not some other environmental factor, that has caused the great increase of lung cancer."

According to Dr. Ochsner, medical men are now "extremely concerned about the possibility that the male poplation of the United States will be de-

cimated by cancer of the lung in another fifty years if cigarette smoking increases as it has in the past." Other reports, made from a study of more than 1 5.000 cancer patients in England, Ger! many, Switzerland, Denmark, Czechoslovakia and the United States, caused these experts to conclude that "the prolonged and heavy use of cigarettes increases up to twenty times the risk of developing cancer of the lung."

Other reports indicated that nicotine from smoke may be a primary cause of heart diSease: "The use of tobacco may mean the difference between life and death for persons with diseases of the circulation." Dr. Ochsner also wryly suggested that smoking may have at least one virtue: Heavy smoking might cause a man to have a heart attack; thus he would not live long enough bo develop lung cancer!

Now we ask. Whose opinions are "disinterested?" Mr. Hanhn's, the president of a tobacco company doing a billion dollars worth of business annually? He speaks of impartial investigation, but is his opinion likely to be impartial? The facts show that as a result of this information about the relationship be/ tween tobacco and- cancer being made public the stocks of the major tobacco companies experienced the biggest drop of the year. The press quoted from the nation's leading researchers showing that the two were related, tobacco and cancer; r. Hahn says that they are not, but did he produce like impressive testimony to suport his assertions? And why does Mr. Hahn stress the need of "impartial investigation"? it could not be that Mr. Hahn is more interested in the profits of the American Tobacco Company than he is the health and lives of the men of the United States, could it?

It it not true, Mr. Hahn, that for many years certain tobacco companies have gone out of their way to woo the doctors with advertising material, with free cigarettes, etc.? And is it not also true that most doctors themselves smoke and that therefore for them to I make such an announcement is really reflecting on the course of the doctors themselves? And further, as far as being disinterested is concerned, is it not a fact that the more cancer there is the more work the doctors have and the more profits they make? and that by their making such a public announce. ment as the above about the relationship between tobacco and health there will be less work, and hence less profit, less income for doctors' So is it likely

that they were motivated by selfish, cosiderations?

In view of the foregoing it should not be difficult to ascertain whose statements are disinterested and whose are suspect. ) • eye • • HE DESERTED HIS WIFE WHEN THE CRISIS CAME Love is the greatest' power in all the world. It is the force to which all life is due. It is all that is best and noblest in life. The love that centers about the home is the greatest of all loves. There are many cases, however, where the apparent love that enfolds a home is not genuine. To illustrate: A man was very proud of his wife.

Nothing gave him greater delight than to be by her side in the social and public life of their city. She was beautiful, charming. He was proud of her. He boasted of her to his friends. He dreSsed her in silks and satins. Always he undertook to share her popularity. When people praised her, he wanted them to praise him also. It did not satisfy his pride or his ambition to have people speak kindly of the "popular Mrs. Jones;" or to have a newspaper praise her many worthwhile qualities. The praise should always be for "Mr. and Mrs. Jones." His devotion to her was common talk among their friends. When the crisis came, however, his so-called love for a- pure, beautiful woman proved to be nothing but love of himself.

It was found at his death that hi., estate was involved. It was found that certificates protecting her, which he had boastingly exhibited to her , and her friends, were lapsed, their cash value withdrawn, or assigned. So long as he could enjoy reflected distinction from association with this noble woman, he cared for her. But he cared nothing about her comfort, her happiness if he could not share them.

There are thousands- of such men.

We know some of them. We are thinking of one of them now. We hope he reads this article. He is making a gallant fight to pull through these highpriced business times. He recently insured his life for his creditors. He does not carry a dollar for his wife. For y ears he has been devoted to his wife.

Now he assumes the risk of leaving her destitute. He thinks he loves her. If he reads these lines, just let him know that the man who is penning them knows be loves himself and his business better than his life — Reprinted from Greek Catholic Union Messenger.

Wednesday, March 24, lk

fiSTNiK— WEST, TEXAS

HOW TO HANDLE PROBLEM PEOPLE

By Harry Kepner; Condensed from the book, The Be.sl Things in Life) Anyone who wants to attain maturity in personality must be able to "enjoy" the company of an irritable, maladjusted person.

A lot of people cannot be changed or influenced—you just endure them, and you need inner strength to endure them.

At the same time, you try to understand intelligently and influence the problem person in ways that are beneficial to both of you.

A recognition of patterns in human behavior can provide a starting point toward the- development of maturity in your dealings with problem people. You doubtless have already noted many behavior patterns. You have, for example, obServed the tendency of certain physically inferior men to compensate for their small stature by a pompous, manner, while other intellectually inferior men tend to compensate for their inadequacy by extra effort. Another familiar pattern is that of the henpecked husband who is meek at home and domineering with employes at his office or shop. There is also the example of the worried student who frets about an impending examination and manages to become ill in time to avoid it.

In some instances you may have had problem people among your close associates, and you have had to devise ways of dealing with their characteristic behavior patterns. Perhaps you have had to cope with an habitually unruly child, an irritable spouse, a nasty-tempered supervisor, a gossipy neighbor, or a neurotic relative. As you became better acquainted with him, you probably developed some explanations as to "how he got that way." You may have asked yourself certain questions about him, such as: 1. What influences surrounded him in his early childhood?

2. How did he think and feel about himself as a child; that is, how did he "define himself"?

3. What were his problems in his adjustment to life?

4. What adjustment patterns did he develop, patterns that persist today?

One way to try to understand a person is to begin with his problems, especially if he is a problem person. Usually, the difficulty he had does not bother him or us now. Rather, the bothersome fact is that he dealt with the problem in inappropriate ways and persists in using these same inappropriat

ways today.

Sometimes a person's problems are quite obvious, as in the case of the physically handicapped. But psychological "cripples" are. far more numerous, as indicated by the fact that there are approximately eight million persons in the United States who suffer from some sort of mental illness.

When you swish to find out the problems that were important in the development of a person's behavior patterns, you can usually do so by any one of several approaches. One is to get him to talk about his ailments, preferably those of childhood and the earlier years. Descriptions of ailments offer you an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the other person's psychological history because illness, especially the functional kind, is often a convenient method of adjusting to a problem. Try to find out what problems the other person may have avoided by means of his illness.

A second approach to the study of the other person is to put him into a reminiscent mood so that he will tell you about his early childhood and the conditions associated with it. Indeed, one of the most helpful questions in the understanding of an adult is to ask yourself: "What would this man's behavior mean if it were that of a small bOy?" Most men are glad to talk about their childhood experiences. Reminiscences such as these often reveal, as by-products of the conversation, problems which the individual could not tell you if you asked him directly.

If we discover the goals that a person sought as a-child, we can expect his adult goals to be quite similar: ) • 4 • ( The high school tennis courts were laid out next to the rectory of St. Andrew's church. Exuberant youngsters occasionally whammed a ball over the fence onto the trim lawns ,cf the rectory.

The courts had been in use only a few weeks when a player chasing a stray ball came face to face with a large "No Trespassing" sign on the rectory's lawn.

The sign came down overnight; however, when the tennis club erected its own sign directed opposite. Their sign read, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses." )• •( Never hit a man when he's down. He might get up again. — Frances Rodman:

Strana A TEST YOUR POSTURE

Good posture is a result of holding your body in a balanced position. The easiest way to attain it is to think of an imaginary line running (side view) from the tip of the skull through your neck, shoulders, hips, knees, and insteps.

When the head is bent forward, the a13domen thrust out, or the back bent, the line of gravity is shifted, and a strain placed ,cn muscles to keep the body from falling.

To test: Stand with back to wall with head, heels, shoulders, and calves of legs touching it, hands by sides. Flatten hollow of back by pressing buttocks down against the wall. Space at back of waist should not be greater than the thickness of your hand.

Stand facing close to wall, palms of hands touching front of thighs. If chest touches wall first, your posture is probable excellent, or at least good; if head touches first it is only fair; it abdomen touches first, your posture is really bad, and you should see a chiropractor.

Standing When you stand straight your head should be balanced . and erect. Your shoulders are relaxed and low; your chest is held high. Your lower back should curve to just a slight degree.

Your abdomen should be flat. Have your knees' straight but not stiff, and feel YOUr weight in the outer borders of your feet.

Sitting You should sit with your feet flat on the floor. Do not slump in a chair,' but keep your back straight and your 'abdomen flat. As in standing your head should be erect and well balanced. When you lean forward, lean from the hips, not from the waist.

Walking Movement should start at the hips.

Your head and upper part of your body should remain at right angles to the ground. Swing your arms freely. Look ahead. Knees should be relaxed and free.

No greater contribution can be made to the Nation than by improving posture and thus increasing the efficiency of all our workers. Poor posture is expensive, and poor posture habits are responsible not only for many days of lost time, but for poor response to job needs, and eventually for a shortened life of top efficiency.

•( )• If you've ever bent over a drinking fountain with the ends of your tie dangling, you know how a cocker spaniel I feels about his ears.

VESTNXIC — WEST, TEXAS

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DON'T HELP THE BURGLAR

By Milton M. Enzer The enormous amount of burglary in the United States has cost home owners many millions of dollars and untold amounts of misery an past years. This year will be no exception.

Unfortunately, the burglar's principal ally is the person he victimizes. If it were not for the errors of imission and commission plus mistakes in judgment made by property owners, the burglar's task would not be nearly as easy as it appears to be.

During the vacation period, the advice and precautions listed in this article are timely and helpful.

A survey made by The Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company's research department found that these are some of the mistakes people make which enable burglars to practice their livlihood: 1. Leaving a home with exterior doors or windows unlocked.

2. Failure to equip both front and back doors (and , all other exteriot doors) with secure locks.

3. Failure to notify the newsboy that the family is on vacation. Piled up newspapers outside the door are an indication to the burglar that the "coast is clear."

4. Failure to notify the milk company by telephone or letter to stop milk deliveries during the vacation periods. A note in an empty' bottle saying that the family will be away for several days will tell a snooper that he has a green light to burglarize the house.

5. Leaving a note for prospective guests in the mailbox, saying, "Key is under doormat. Make yourself at home.

Will be back in an hour." Burglars appreciate such thoughtfulness.

6. Notifying the local newspaper that you plan going on vacation. Thieves are quick to take advantage of such accommodating advance news items.

Here ace some things you can do— and be sure to show these to your wife —to make things very difficult for housebreakers: 1. Keep at least two interior lights on when you leave the house in the evening. An unlit. home is a signal of easy entry to the nighttime burglar.

2. Leave shades up when vacating the house and notify neighbors and police that yea. are taking a trip. A light in the house durin g you absence will then warn those you have alerted that prowlers are in your home. Ask neighbors to pick all mail and circulars from the stoop so that your house has a "lived _in" look.

3. Never notify your local newspaper that you are planning to leave on a trip.

Rather, inform the editor about your vacation after you have returned.

4. Call police to check On all strange solicitors not carrying proper credentials.

5. While talkirjg to a strange caller at your door, stand in front of the locking mechanism. A favorite trick of burglars is to engage a prospect in conversation while flicking the push buttons below the bolt of a mortise lock and thus unlocking the door. ` The burglar hopes that the household will not notice that the door is unlocked; he can easily break in later.

6. Make certain that high grade pin tumbler cylinder locks are on all exterior doors. Don't depend on cheaply made locks to protect your valuables.

7. A very economical method of protecting your exterior doors from intruders is to install auxiliary nightlatches n these doors. For utmost security, good deadlock is advisable.

8. With the possibility in mind that you might slip up on one or more of the above, rules, it is wise to keep a record of the serial numbers and descriptions of all your valuables. In many cases, police can track down a burglar if this is done, as pawnshops and secondhand dealers are required by law to file sales reports with the police.

Of course, the best way to prevent being robbed is not to keep valuables in your home, but instead store them in a safe deposit box in your bank. The burglars count on home owners to ignore this rule of caution.

The rate of burglaries will only decreace from 1953's rate of 1123 every day in direct proportion to the vigilance and "preventive lock security" maintained by the householder himself. ) e 4, • (

Wednesday, March 24, 1954 ADVANTAGE OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Scientists are provIng that: worry, feeling0 bf job in.secudity, borne-life troubles, petty jealousies, hate and similar factors are the cause of more sickness than bugs. Take a tip from Kipling and enjoy your fun where you find it, and you don't have to be a slave to convention either. Your Lodge meetings offer a splendid opportunity to get your mind off work and worries that beset each one of us these days. When is the last time YOU attended your Lodge meeting? Why don't you take advantage of the social security that is afforded you? You are cheating nobody but yourself by denying yourself the privilege of working with others and having a good time. Joining an organization like ours, and then not taking part in the work of your Lodge is like buying a shotgun and then going hunting, but leaving the shotgun at home so you would not have to lift it to your shoulder. Check your calendar when the next meeting is coming up, and plan attending. You're only here once, so learn to relax by taking part in activities that are different and enjoyable.

—J. F. Chinelicek.

1 • 4. • ( THOMAS MASARYK

Last week Brother Hugo Freund, a member of Jaromir Lodge in West, mail to the editor of the Vestnik a clipping from the Congressional Record. It contained three speeches delivered in Congress on the anniversary of the birth of Masaryk. Here is one more address about Masaryk delivered by Thomas A. Burke, U. S. Senator from Ohio, marking the anniversary of the birth of Thomas G. Masaryk. The message by Senator Burke is as follows: Thomas Masaryk, father of Czechoslovakian independence, was a man whose vision was equal to his courage, and whose beliefs were never compromised for the sake of expediency. He was born in a little Slovak town of Hodonin, the BROTHERS and SIS'I:ERS, we want son of a coachman and a cook on a you to have your Vestnik. When you Hapsburg domain. Although he was aphave a change in address, please send prenticed to a blacksmith, his extraoryour change of address to the Supreme dinary capabilities led to his becoming Lodge SPJST, Temple, Texas. Don't for- a university professor, first at Vienna and later as Prague, and eventually to get to fill it out like this: his position among the great statesmen I have a new address! of Europe.

NAME If we were to single out the strongest drive forces in Thomas Masaryk's life, OLD ADDRESS they would probably be truth and deLODGE mocracy. His devotion to truth often led him along the more difficult, the more NEW ADDRESS arduous path. He gained distinction as Mail to: SUPREME LODGE FIPJST a scholar, but also made many enemies among fanatic nationalists when he exTEMPLE, TEXAS.

Wednesday, March 24, 1964 posed some Czech folk songs as skilled, 19th century forgery.

Time and again as he saw his students promoted above him at Prague University, he never questioned the price of truth or of his belief. His ethical disposition of mind enabled him to remain above the level of politics, and, for this reason, the source of his support was widespread. Neither were his national sympathies so fanatic that he could not fit the aspiration of the Czechoslovakian people into the needs of Europe in general. He was a great patriot but, above all, he was a great humanitarian.

Thomas Masaryk's career is singular because he lived to see the happy conclusion of his life-long struggle for an independent Czechoslovakia. On October 28, 1918, G'zechoslovakia was born, with Thomas Masaryk as President. It was the culmination of his work, not only as a patriot but, as a democrat. By birth, by teaching and by conviction he was a democrat, and it was as an expression of his democratic ideals that he conceived of the first Czechoslovak Republic. His struggle was not only against an alien oppressor, but against a despotic monarchy. Czechoslovakia was therefore founded as a democratic republic, and its whole development was in the western tradition of the rights and dignities of man.

Today, Masaryk's beloved Czechoslokia is under the hands of dictatorial absolutism. That degrading misery, which Masaryk felt only democracy could abolish, lies heavy on the land. Although the Soviet tyranny has wiped out Titonta.s Masaryk's beloved democratic republic, an dhas tried to oppress the last vestiges of the timelesS Czechoslovakian tradition of democracy, the spirit and the memory of the past remains. In this menmory, the people of Czechoslovakia have found hope that their beloved re-public, and has tried to oppress the last among the countries of the free world.

In paying tribute to Thomas Masaryk today, we keep alive that hope for the people of Czechoslovakia and honor one of the great men of western democracy. )• 4•( The traveling salesman was away from honie a few days. A courteous hotel clerk handed him a copy of his hometown newspaper, and with amazement he found a notice of his own death in the obituary column.

He rushed. to the phone and made a long distance call to his wife, explaining . everything. "Darling," he began excitedly "have you seen the notice of my death in the newspaper?"

"Yes, sweetheart," came the reply.

-Where are you calling from?'

V2STNt X WEST, TEXAS

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THE TRUE MEANING OF FREEDOM We sometimes think that of all the jungle or the disciple of organized colblessings that accrue to man in these lectivism with the inevitable despotism United States, the least understood is it impoSes. freedom. It is probably the most disTo maintain the freedom which we cussed and the least understood 0 fall still enjoy in America, we must have a. the subjects which fill our editorial pages, our pulpits, and our street-corner clearer concept of it. We must recognise the prevailing truth that men must live discussions.

We talk of freedom as though it were together; that the "freedom" enjoyed a concrete thing which can be bandied by one individual must not come at the about like a pilig-pong ball, traded like expense of freedom cf his neighbor. One a bale sf hay, or bestowed like a medal. must contribute something of individual Our discussion of the subject ranges freedom to the community, the State, from the wild-eyed arguments of the and the Nation in which we live in order radical who in essence interprets free- that this community, State, and Nation dom as a cloAk behind which he can do themselves may remain free. For the the very things that will eventually kill system under Which many men can live it, to the equally questionable opinions with a maximum of freedom for all, we of the individual who shouts that since must individually submit to the slaveries this is a free country he can disobey " imposed by the tax collector, the draft al the traffic laws whenever he pleases. board man and the Machine age. At the We accept freedom as a heritage: a same time, to maintain freedom we inust boon from our ancestors, or • as straight relentlessly fight against those w h o from above. We forget that freedom would lead us down the easy road which must be constantly defended after it, ends in collectivism. has been won. We forget that only a peoThis is no easy talk. It calls for a bet.ple with the will to remain free are ter man than the rugged individualist worthy of the heritage. who sought new country when neighbors One of the charges most often leveled moved closer than 7 miles. This man in at our civilization of today is that in effect fled the very discomforts and inits very complexity, freedom has become conveniences we today must stand and so circumscribed that it has almost fight. ceaSed, to exist. Laws, taxes, neighbors, mechanization have with inexorable The free system we have evolved in force ringed freedom about. The pio- merica is the noblest the world has neers who roamed the tall grass of the ever seen. Into it have gone the contriprairies of America made his own butions of millions of men from the piolaws, and was answerable only to him- neer who conquered the plain to the self and to the rigid code of Nature coal miner who provides the fuel of inherself. That, say freedom's critics, was dustry. It is a unique combination economic, governmental, and philosopli real freedom. ical forces which work in harmony, and Today, these critics hold, all that is to which today we must contribute just gone. Life has become but a steady as did our forefathers who brought n. succession of pausing for traffic lights, into being. filing income tax returns, running to We of today a.e charged with the re•catch a bus, keeping off the grass, joining a union, or punching a time clock. spcnsibility for defending this freedom.

Legal servitude has been replaced by And we must always remember that it economic servitude, they say. They ar- must toe defended not alone against gue that it is no more possible to break alien systems and alien philosophies, the bonds with which' a lack of dollars but also against those picayune people hedge us than it was for the serf to who should so carp at the little thing sever the shackles that bound him to that we should become helpless against his plow. Our complex life may permit our major foes.

• a very few people to be free, these critics say but these are economically indeBhrglaries in the US will take place pendent persons or the hermits who at the rate of almost one a minute, durcan still find a cave in the hills. ing 1953, according to past indications, This is bosh. Man today can be free which show that 410,000 were recorded as he ever was or more so. But to recog- in 1951, the last full year reportee. nize the truth of tnis one must elevate Since burglaries are on the increase his concept of freedom and of the indi- and untold thousands of such crimes vidual also. There is no place in a free are never reported to local police system today for either the brutish in- gencies. 1953's burglaries are expected to dividual who obeys only the laws of the total about 525,000.

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Iraskovy stare povesti ceske tasto mne elenove Sadaji, abych uve- a jemu piibuzni. Po skalach, po lesich znamYch, hornatYch konein. jnil nee° leheiho z eeskeho pisernnictvi hnizdila hejna draveho ptactva, lunak i I I tam jeOte naki osady, jichS obyvatele nebo z CeskYch dejin. DobrYch eeskYch sokol, rarohn rod, jestrab, krahujec i od- hovorili jako oni, a dale take v krajinach knih z pritomne doby nemame. Musime rtidy menkch thavcil a so y a vYrti. pri Labi rece. sahnouti po spisovatelich starSich. Vzpo- 1 Potoky, reky i jezera hemZily se rybami NeS, jak preg li druhou tuto reku, byl mnel jsem si na Jiraska a jeho "Stare a vydra, bytujici v ' gem starYch olSi a vrb kraj pustejk a osad shledali jen poskrovpoVesti Ceske". Neni to historie, jen pove- sarostlYch divokYm chmelem, mela hoj- nu. Byly daleko od sebe, a obyvatele jesti. Mnozi jste je eetli. Pro etenare zde ny lov, bobri paknerusene staveli sve u- jich ciziho jazyka, kolemi odeni, neeetni, rozene, a tech zaeina, bYti vic a vice, bude mele stavby.

I ale smell a srdnati, staveli se jim se zbrato neco noveho. — Redaktor, V hlas vett a Sumeni stromt hreely ni v ruce do cesty. Cech a Lech a jejich 0 potoky, hueely reky, a v jejich bilem pis- lid je potreli a shubivSe jejich chudd oMyslel jsem na dni stare ku svitila se na slunci zrna ryziho zlata. bydli v chatreich i ve vykopanYch ja2alm 76. (77.)

Hlubiny zeme byly jeSte zameeny, a ni- mach, postupovali dale, z lesa do lesa.

Pojd'te a poslySte povesti davnych ea- kdo na ne neuhodil, aby vydaly poklady Zla byla testa hlubokymi hvozdy, sla PoslySte o naSeimpraotci, o predcich, rud a vzacneho kovu. jejich ehnze luhy a baSinami, pinYmi rajak priki do koncin flasi vlasti a usadili vOude jard sill a bohatstvi. Zeme, do- kosi, ostrice, rozlehlYch mechovYch trsti se po Labi i pc) Vltave i po jinych rekach bra svou hojnosti a plodnosti, cekala jen a rtiznYch krovin. Zveeera zaSehovali ohteto zeme. na delnY lid, jen by uSll hojnYch dart" ne a topili do Usvitu, aby zar, padajic do SlySte i co vice dochovalo se z temnoty jejich. tmy lesni, plasila Uskodne, lite gelmy. yekir, co zustalo z bajecnych vypravo y ani I piciSel a nezdelanou zdelal; zvelebil ji Tak doki aub ke treti velke rece, Vltave, preSlYeh pokoleni, jeS klanela se bohtim teSkou, lopotnou praci a svatou ji &inn kteraS divoeinou tekla; kdy2 i tu piev Seru starch hajti a jeS obetovala stu- tim potem svYm a krvi svou, kterou pak bredli, poeala si vSechna eeled' stYskati, dankam v tichych ouvalech, jezerfun i vylil v prenmohYch bojich, haje piaci Se neni konce klopotne cesty a nikde stasvatemu, Sivernu ohni. svou dobyte zeme i sveho jazyka. leho odpoenuti.

Pornnete na easy tech prvnich let i na Z materskYch koncin slovanskYch pHTu vojvoda Cech ukazal na vysokou to, j aka byla tenkrate tvainost nasi vla- Sel sem lid, nasi predkove, se svym vud- horu, jeS se pied nimi modrala nad I cern o'echem. sti, neSli sem y kroeilo nase pleme. rYm, rovinatYm krajem, a del: Mkt nebylo, ("Odin jen malo a poridkul Aj, poeneme o rich tu povest.

"Podejdeme pod tuto horu, tam detem, 0 eECHOVI a ty jen v nekterYch koneinach, kdeS se i skotu odpoeineme." Doki a poloSili se na dochoval chudY ostatek dfivejSich obyva-1 npati hory, jeS slove Rip. Vojvodove a telu ciziho jazyka. Rada. skoro vsecka od-; Za Tatrami, v rovinach pH. rece Visle stark rodu ohledali pi:Wu viIkol a znamepoeivala netknutd radlern. Vse bylo pm- rozkladala se od nepameti Charvatska nali, Se jest Urodna. Rano pak, za prvni seine, east prvotni velike vlasti Slovan- zone vstal tech a vydal se sam jedinY stejSi, divoeelk, rovina, plan i , vzhuru na temeno Alva tichYm lesern, Ohromne pralesy eernaly po horach ske. na pomezi a se svahu tech hor tahly se V to Charvatske zemi bytovala cetna pinYm jeSte noeniho sera.

KdyS vstoupil na horn, bylo rano; a 'AirokYmi pruhy na mile hluboko do ze- plemena, pribuzna jazykem, mravy, spuhle, SiroSirY kraj se pied nim rozkladal me. I tam, vnitr, rozkladaly se pouSte sobem Sivota. starYch, temnYch hvozdtt, mezi nimiS svi,-; I stab se, ze se strhly mezi nimi vady a do nedozirne dalky nub k modravYm hotily se jasneji zeleni bujne palouky s krvave boje o mew a dediny. Vstal rod, ram rovnY a volnY, les a chrastina, nivy jici. hustou, vysokou travou. Dost bylo na rod, piibuzni bojovali proti pribus-1 a luka.. I3ujnou jeho zeleni svitily se reky jako rozlite stiibro. tiasovisek houpave pudy na Sint i v le- nym a hubili se navzajem. sich, dost oSidnych baSin krikem vodniho V ten cas dva bratri mocneho rodu, 0-1 I zaradoval se praotec tech nad ute g eptactva oSivenYch, dost tichYch, eernYch, ba vojvodove, Cech a Lech, spolu se o to nym krajem i samyslil se pak nad rum, jako zakletYch slatin, v nichS se shliSely snesli, Se opusti rodnou zemi bojem ne- 'jak bohove daji, jak tu bude jeho rodu 1 stare stromy ohromnYch kmentl s vousi- blahou. Rekli si: "Vyhledejme sobe no- budoucim pokolenim. — r.atYrn, sivYm mechem.

KdyS pak sestoupil, zvestoval, co shledl, vYch sidel, kdeS by nub rod Sil s pokojem Lidska stopa tu byla vsacna. Zveie vOak a dila si hledel."

Nazejtri vydali se mnozi kolem hory, avsude hojne. NikYm nehonena, nehubeBylit' uvykli jiS po predcich pfidu pilne by poznali vSecko okoli. Co shledli, podona, rnnoZila se, Se ji sotva postaeovala zdelavati, vseliky druh obili pestovati i balo se jim, vody velmi rybne, puda pUda. Po eernYch lesieh bytoval medved, chovati kone a stoda bravu i skotu. rodna,s vSechen zpilsob to krajiny, a oznahledaje dute kmeny s medovYmi plasty mili, ze se hodi na Jak se usnesli, tak vykonali. Svolay'Se veel, od jejich2 roju svueely stromy.

I sve pleme, vzdali obet' bohtm, vynesli oKdyi pak tretiho dne poealo slunce Divok_Y kanec rozrYval kyprou lesni brazy dedtii, a rozSehnavSe se s otcovskou nad lesy vychaseti, povolal Cech bratra du, a hustYm, spletitYm podrostem draly pudou obratili se na zapad slunce, v ne- a stark. a rozkazal svolati vSechnu eeled'. se husky a divoka koeka. S haluze eihal zname koneiny. I bral se rod za rodem, Povystoupiv s nimi na misto, odkud videmrStnY rys, pronikaje bystrYm zrakem kaZdY poeetnYch rodin, v`Sichni pratele a li do kraje, promluvil k nim takto: Sero lesni, jim2 se neslo z daleka ivani piibuzni. Napied Sli zvedove a zbrojni ((Pokraeovani.) ohromneho zubra, berouci se ku brodu muSi, prostred vojvoda tech, sive brady, )•A•( nebo ku prameni. Jelen volne prebihal a ale statnY a silnY, jeho bratr. Lech a koOtec nechtel matce koupit ke krysmus nim stado lani, na paloucich se paslo lern nick vladykove, starostove su koSiginu. Rozpredla se o veci velmi pohojne srn„ ale take mnoSstvi vlluI se ton- chni na konich, stada dobytka, naposled hnutliva rozprava. Mala Manieka nalalo a pliSilo za koristi lesern a Sirou kra- pak opet zbrojni muSove. Tak brali se' slouchala chvili rodieovske rozepri a pojinou.

I nejprve koneinarni piibusnYch plemen, I jednou void na matku: Vysoko v slunnern povetri nad hrbetv az preSli hranice Charvatske zeme, aZ pragt' sebou na zem a valej se, lest" plul kral vAeho ptactva, skalni orel ptebfedli Odru keku a vstoupili do ne- bud6 vidCt, ube ti ji tatioek koupi,"

stkedu, clue 24. b kr ezna 1954:

Viktor Hugo:

UB02ACI (Les Miserables)

Nasledoval sluhu. Za chvilku octl se v rozsahle komnate, osvetlene pouze dvema svicemi, jeg staly na stole zelenYm suknem pokrytem.

Sluha tekl: "Pane, to jste v sini poradni, stisknete jen kliku a octnete se v zasedaci sini za, stolid pfedsedovou."

Zustal sam, nastaval rozhodnSr okamgik. Hied& se vzpamatovati, ale nepodafilo se mu to. Rozhli gel se s jakYmsi otupelYm neklidem po teto tiche a hrozne svetnici, kde bylo jig tolik bytosti znieeno, v nig brzy i jeho jmeno zavzni, a kterou v tomto okam giku kradel jeho osud.

Nejedl jig pies etytiadvacet hodin, byl rorttesen jizdou, ale necitil toho. Byl jako zkamenelY. Pohtigen v myilenky, upel zrak na mosaznou kliku u dvekijktere jej od sine, kde se mel rozhodnouti jeho osud. Nemohl ani od yratiti zraku od toho leskleho bodu, oci jeho se roziitily a hieday yydeiene, piny zmatku. Kriipeje potu vyvstavaly mu na eele a firmly se p skranich.

"Kdo vlastne mne k tomu nuti?" pomyslil si, ale piece citil, 'g e je to neodvratno. Chtel se tomu jeite vzpirati, uteci pied sebou sarnYm, popoiel rychie ke civetim. Ote ytel je a octl se v dlouhe, itzke chodbe. Oddechl si a naslouchal.

Vukol bylo ticho, i dal se na utek, jako by jej nekdo pronasledoval. Ptebehnuv Cast chodby, zastavil se. Popadal sotva dechu, nohy se mu tfasly, optel se o zed'.

Zed' byla chladna, pot na jeho 'Cele studenY, i vzptimil se hrtizou. Stoje tak ye tme, pfemYilel. Uplynulo etvrt hodiny.

Koneene sklopil hlavu, oddechl si bolestne, ruce mu sklesly k telu a vratil se. gel pomalu, jakoby nesl velke bfime. Veiel zase do poradni sine a uptel zrak na kliku, jeg jako hrozna hvezda pied nim se leskla. Pohligel na ni jako ovce na oko tygfi. Chvilemi popoiel v gdycky o krok a bligil se ke dvetim. Najednou, neveda ani sam jak se to stalo, octl se a g u sail' ktedovite na kliku a dvete se oteviely.

•Octl se v zasedaci sini.

Popoiel jeite krok a zavedl bezdeene za sebou dvere. Nikdo z davu nezpozoroval jeho ptichodu, pozornost viech byla obracena na lavici obgaloyanSTch. Na tege mezi dvema, eetniky seal Champmethicu.

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Madeleine pohledl na toho eloveka a hajce jej hkil teei kvetnatou, pinou uzdalo se mu, ze vidi sebe sama. Byl jedi- eenS7ch °brat). dosti dobte. Uvedl, ze krane o nee° starii, tvat take nebyla Upine dege jablek nelze dokazati, je gto je mog ge onu osudnou vetev nalezl na, ceste.-no, podobna, ale tata g postava, tyteg pohyby.

Tak asi vypadal tehdy, kdy vchazel do Nebylo svedkii toho, ge by byl k vtidi ovoci ptelez1 zed'. Jedinou pfite gujici okolnoDigne.

"WO Boge, cog' se mam stati zase ta- sti byla minulost obgalovaneho, jeho bykovYm?" pomyslil si s vnittnim desem. vale zloeiny a trest na galejich. On viak — Tomu mugi mohlo bYti aspori iedesat mermomoci vie zapird, krade g i to, ae let. Bylo v nem cosi suroveho, tupeho a byl kdysi trestancem. Dejme tomu, ze je to bYvalY galejni otrok Jean Valjean, cog yydeieneho.

Kdyg dvete vrzly, ptedseda, soudu se o- je tin dokazano, ze kradl te g jablka? Nehledl, a chapaje, ze ptichazi pan pfed- ni oviem moudre, 1-e viecko zapith, ale stavenY z Montreuillu, uklonil se. Rovneg nutno take uva giti jeho obmezenSi rozum. advokat se uklonil. Madeleine si toho te- Na konci sve keel yyzYval porotni soud, aby Jean Chammathieu byl dam pod poneviimi, byl jako u videni. mer to vie jig' pied dvaceti lety, ten zvedaYST licejni dohlidku, ktere jsou viichni proa bezduchY da y, ty soudce i eetniky. Ny- puSteni galejni trestanci podrobeni, oni to progival podruhe a tragickou frai- svobozen viak od hrozneho trestu, jak stiha kagdeho trestance, jen g se noveho kou osudu, ktera jej dohanela k stvi, sedel on sam na lavici obgalova- zloeinu dopustil.

Statni zastupce odpovedel rovne g peknYch. Viichni piece nazY"vali muse, nad nim mel bYti vynesen rozsudek, Jeanem ne a ueene, ale dokazoval, ge obgalovanS7 neit'astnik se opravdu dopustil viech zloValj eanem. z nich g je obvinovan.

Hrozil se toho, zaviral oei a zvolal z ObgalovanY poslouchal celou tee stathloubi sve duie: niho zastupce s velikYm ildivem a pte"Ne, nikdy!"

Mel pied oeima neslY'chane vidern, te- kvapenim, jen chvilemi vrtel hlavou na met ptedstaveni nejhroznejiiho okam gi- znameni ticheho protestu. Nastal okamku sveho givota, odehravane pfeludem gik, kdy ptelieeni nielo skoneiti. Ptedsesve vlastni osoby. Vedle neho stala sidle; da vyzval ob galovaneho, aby vstal, a ta.sedl si, aby ho nikdo neuvidel. Potom gal se jako obyeejne: "Chcete jeite nee° ku sve obrane popougil hromady listin"pied soudcem leaicich, aby za nimi tvat svou pied ce- dotknouti?"

Champmathieu vstal, otaceje v rukou lou soudni sini ukryl. Sam mohl viecko dobte videti. Hledal zrakem Javerta, ale starou rortrhanou eepici a zdalo se, jakoby ani neslyiel. Pfedseda opakoval svou nevidel ho.

Obhajce skonei1 svou fee, pfelieeni tr- otazku podruhe.

Nyni chud'as pochopil, oe begi, trhl sevalo jig tti hodiny. Jig tfi hodiny byl onen da y svedkem, jak pod latemenem bou, jakoby se probudil ze sna, rozhledl hrozne podobnosti je pozvolria niten ten se vilkol a uptev nahle oai na statniho zaneSt'astnY elovek, chud'as, bud' blbY, bud' stupce, jal se mluviti trhane, nesouvisle, vnepotadku. Vypadalo to, jakoby chtel velmi vychytralY. 2aloba znela: "Neni to pouze glodej o- viecko najednou ze sebe vychrliti.

"Mam iici tolik," zaeal. voce, nYbr g velkY zloeinec, bYvalY galejni Statni zastupce jej pferail: otrok, velmi nebezpeenk, jmenem Jean Valjean. Spravedlnost ji g dlouho jej sti- ) "Odpovidejte jen na otazky. Sna gite se protoge pied osmi lety, opustiv kaz- zapfiti viecko, a pfece je dokazano, ze nici toulonskou, dopustil se krade ge na jste galejni karanec Jean Valjean, a ze yefejne silnici. Ozbrojen sukovici, okradl jste kradl jablka."

Savojana maleho Gervaisa, zloein to dle "Vidim, ge jste velmi ziy elovek", vzktikl elanku 383. trestniho zakona, jeho g pro- 11nevive obgalovanY, "to jsem yam chtel jednani sobe zustavujeme, jakmile bude Nevim, co proti nine mate! Nicetotognost osoby soudne zjiitena. Spachal ho jsem neukradl. Sel jsem cestou, bylo novou krade g, to je na,vrat k zloeinu. Za prave pc) boutce. Nalezl jsem ulomenou ten zloein musi bYti odsouzen. Odsud'te vetev s jablkh le gela na ceste. Zvedl jej pro navy zloein, pozdeji tepr y ptijde jsem ji, netuie ani, ze mi natropi tolik na tadu stars'. Je to zat yrzelY zlosyn." nesnazi. Za to ji g tti mesice mne drgite Zatim co statni zastupce mluvil a a trapite \re vezeni. Nevim, co mam tici, pfes jednostejne vSmovedi svedkt poslou- neumim se dobte vysloviti. Stale se mne chal obgalovanY s otev •enYmi iisty a pin vyptavaji na ruzne veci a chteji, abych Ugasu. posuriky a daval celYm syYm odpovidal. Nejsem neenk, tee mi jde chovanim na jevo, ae viecko popird, ale ztegka, jsem jen prostY chud'as. Vim jehied& stale tvrdoiijne ke stropu. 1VIluvil dine, ze jsem neukradl nieeho. Zvedl s namahou, na otazky odpovidal nejasne jsem jen se zerne, co tam le g:el°. ftikate a zmatene, vypadal trochu jako blbec. Jean Valjean, Jean Mathieu! Neznam Nebylo lze posouditi, je-li si ten elovek tech lidi. Jmenuji se Champmathieu, vedom cele hruzy sveho postaveni. Ob- pracoval jsem u paw, Baloupa, y PatigL

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dile 24. 13 .rc,rma 1954.

Jste opraVdtt velice nebot' vite 1, drive bYval jen zachrnuren, ale pa- rozruch, nebot' z poeatku nemohl niteg, kde jsem se narodil. Ja to nevim. znavain jej fipine." kdo pochopiti, co se deje.

Nema kag d.y elovek dum, aby se v nem "Sednete si," rekl predseda., "obgalovaPotom ke svedkilm Cochepailloyi, narodil. To by bylo prilis r ohodlne. Mne 13'7 vstante."

Brevetovi a Chenildieuovi. g se zda, e moji rodiee staleho bytu nemePrivecili Chenildieua, jen g byl dogivotne "Cog mne nepoznavate?" otazal se.

Prespavali na ulici a jak vilbec se odsouzen na galeje, jak to naznarloval! Wichni tri pohledli na sebe udiven6 a dalo. Vice nevim. Kdy2 jsem byl ditetern, eervenY jeho pas a zelend eepice. Privezli zavrteli hlavou. likali mi "MalSr", nyni mi rikaji "Start'", jej sem z Toulonu, aby v to zalegitosti Pan Madeleine se obratil k poroteum I to jsou ma kiestni buena,. Byl jsem ji g v svedcd. Byl to malt' clovek, asi padesat-i k soudu a rekl hlasem jemnYm a klidrtiznych rnestech, ale nebyl jsem na ga- nik, eily, vraskovitY, vychrtly a sniel,! nYm: lejich. Povidam varn, ze jsem nieeho ne- ale zraku neobyeejne bystreho. Predse"Pani porotci, propust'te obgalovaneho, ukradl a jsem Chammathieu. Nudite nine da oslovil jej 'Winer prave jako Brevetal a vy, pane predsedo, dejte zatknouti jig vgichni sySrmi hloupostmi. Proe se vAi- Chenildieu dal se do smichu a zvolal: nine! Olovek, jeho hledate, neni on, nYchni na mne vrhate jako vztekli?"

"Zajiste, ge jej poznavam! Pet let brg ja. Jsem Jean Valjean!"

Statni zastupce se po tech slovech 0- jsme byli k jednomu retezu prikovani.

Nikdo ani nedY.chal. Na prvni pocit bratil k predsedovi soudu a rekl: Prot pak se durdi g, starouSi?" gasu, nasledovalo hrobove ticho. V cele "Pane preclseclo, nasledkem zatvrzele"Sednete Si!" rekl predseda. soudni sini se rozhostila velebna ho zapirani ob galovaneho, jeng by se rad Soudni sluha privedl nyni Cochepailla, jaka nas naplriuje, kdyg veci velike se vydaval za biba, cog se mu vSak nepoda- jen byl te g dogivane odsouzen na gale- dehravaji. na to jej upozornuji navrhuji, a- je. Sedlak z hor pyrenejskch, byl paNa tvari predsedove zraeil se soucit a byste jmenem soudu raeil jeAte jednou stYrem v horach a z pastYrre stal se po- zarmutek. Promluvil nekolik slov se statpredyolati karance 13reVeta, Cochepailla a zvolna loupegnikem. Cochepaille vypadal nim zastupcem i soudci, potom se obratil Chenihrieua a policejniho inspektora Ja- jeSte hioupeji ne g obgalovanY. Patril k k obecenstvu a otazal se: verta a naposledy se jich optal na totoz- (mem neSt'astniktim, ktere priroda ob"Neni zde nejakST lekar?" nost obgalovaneho s karancem Jeanem datila divokou povahou, a z nich g lidska Madeleine jej prertigil: Valjeanem." spoleenost koneene eini karance.

"Dekuji yam, pane statni zastupce, ale "Upozorriuji pana statnillo zastupce," "Ano, jest to Jean Valjean," rekl Co- nejsem lined se presvedeite. Malem odpovedel predseda, " ge policejni inspek- chepaille. "Prezdivali jsme mu "Jean byste se; byl dopustil velkeho prehmatu. tor Javert, jeho g volaly domti idedni po- zdvihak", proto ge byl velice silnY." Propust'te tohoto mute. Konam svou poâ&#x20AC;˘ vinnosti, nak inesto ji g oPustil. Dovolili Kahle ujiSteni techto tri svedktin pa- vinnost, nebot' onen neWastny trestanec jsme mu to se svolenim pana statniho trne uprimne a poctive, obgalovanemu jsem ja. Verte mi, mluvim pravdu. To, co zastupce i obhajce ob galovaneho. Ostatni velmi pritegovalo. Ten poslouchal v,ge s nyni einim, vidi Buh nad nami a to mi svedkove jsou vAichni zde." vYrazem velkeho fi gasti, na oemg dle ga- staei. Ma gete mne dat zatknouti, tu mne Predseda dal rozkaz soudnimu sluho- loby se Wayne zakladala jeho obrana. mate. SkrYval jsem se pod cizim jmevi, aby svedky privedl. Cela soudni n sin "ObgalovanST, slySel jste," tazal se pred- nem, zbohatl jsem a stal se predstavenSnn, byla tak napiata, ge se zdalo, jakoby me- seda, "co svedkove vypovidaji? Jakou chtel jsem se vratit mezi lidi poctive, ale la jedinou dirk. mate odpoved'?" patrne je to nemo gno. Nebudu zde vyNapred veSel bSrvalY galejni karanec "To je znameniter odpovedel. pravovati eel* svaj- givotopis, vgdyt' jej Brevet. Mel na sobe eerno'Sedou kazajku, V Obecenstvu nastal nepokoj, ba 1 me- jednou seznate. Okradl jsem biskupa, ojake se nosi v astrednich vezenich. Byl to zi porotci to hlueelo, nebot' v'Sichni po- kradl , jsem maleho Savojana. Pravem 'Aedesatnik a vypadal velmi va gne, ale by- kladali jeho odpoved' za vYraz nesmirne varn bylo reeeno, ge Jean Valjean byl Ololo patrno, ge je pra y ST ta'Skar. Dostal se do drzosti. . vek ApatnY., ale snad to nebylo imlne jeho vezeni pro nove preeiny, kde g se dobre "Sluho, zjednejte ticho v obecenstvu! vinou. choval a proto jej ueinili jakY'rnsi dru- zvolal predseda, "skoneirn prelieeni."

PoslyS'te, pani soudcove, 'Cloy & tak hem klienika.

V torn oka ni giku se cosi za predsedou boce kleslY jako ja, nesmi ov§em Ciniti "Brevete, jako karanec nemti gete pri- fin_ulo a bylo slySeti hias: vYtky prozretelnosti, udileti rady spole g sahati," rekl predseda, "ale i v eloveku, "Brevete, Chenildieu a Coehepaille, poge hanba, z ni g jsem-nosti.Alevt mi,' jej zakon snizil, mute trvati cit poeestno hlednete sem!" hledel vybrednouti, je velmi Skodliva, vec. sti a spravedlnosti. K tomuto citu se v VSeeky projel mraz, tak hrozne a kvi- Trestnice delaji trestance, galeje galejni rozhodnem okam giku odvolavarn. Roz- live ,ten hlas znel a zraky vAech pritorn- otroky. va gte vge dobre, ne g odpovite. Pamatujte nYch uptely se k mistu, odkud se ozval.

Uvagte to vk. si, ge vase svedectvi mute znieiti eloveka, Clovek, jeng to slova vyrki, opustil sve Byl jsem kdysi jen ubohYm vesnieanebo dopornoci mu ku spravedlnosti. Jest nrieto mezi yyznamenanSrmi posluchaei nem, velmi rnalo rozumnin, galeje mne to van okam gik, infigete je gte sve uda,- za stolem soudcri a atevrev dvirka u zmenily. Pied tim jsem byl hloupy, potom ni odvolati, myslite-li, ge jste se mYlil. bradli, stal nyni uprostred soudni sine. jsem se stal ApatnYrm. Pozdeji mne za"ObgalovanY! Vstarite!"

Predseda, statni zastupce, pan Bamata- chranila dobrota svateho eloveka, jako "Brevete, prohlednete si jej dobre a bois, dvacet jinY.ch osob jej poznalo a mne drive znieila prisnost. reknete nam na sve dobre svedomi, trva- vSichni zvolali zaroven: Odpust'te, panove, nechapete zajiste, te-li na torn, ge je to vas bY'valY soudruh 1 "Pan Madeleine!" eem zde mluvim. V menu krbu v popelu z galeji, Jean Valjean?"

I Ano, byl to opravdu on. Svitilna se nalezneto peniz, etyricetisous, kterY jsem Brevet pohlecil na ob galovaneho, po- stolu soudniho zapisovatele ozarovala .je- pied sedmi lety ukradl malemu Savojatorn se obratil k soudu a rekl: 1 ho tvar. V ruce dr gel klobouk, sat byl novi. Nemam jig nieeho rick Zatknete "Ano, pane predsedo! Ja prvnijsem jse ho bezvadnY, kabat jeho peelive zapiat. Byl mne! poznal a take nyni to potvr guji. Tento jen veinal bled a trochu se chvel. Vlasy Vidim, ge pan statni zAstupv, vrti neelovek je Jean Valjean, byl v Toulone od jeho Sedive jeSte za jeho prichodu do A- dtiverive hlavou a n'' ,h, jsem se r. 1796 do r. 1815. Rok na to byl jsem pro- rasa byly nyni imlne bile. Za hodinu, Divim se, ge tito lido. nine nepugten te g ja. Ovgern, ge se zmenil, nyni kterou stravil v soudni sini, docela zbele- poznavaji. Skoda, tu neni Jav2rt, ten vypada jako ptibloup1Sr. Snad je to sta- ly. Jeho objevent se zpilsobilo ohromnST by 111110 zaliste hued poznal."

Ve stfedu, dne 24. bfezna 1954.

Nemolno vysloviti hlubokY, dojemnY smutek, kterY se chvel v jeho blase, kdy posledni tato slova

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TEXAS

XV. Fantina 'St'astna.

Zatim stravila Fantina velmi Spatnou noc.

Trapil ji hroz-nY kaki, mela straAnou Potom se obratil ke tfem galejnim trehoreaku, jeSte rano pFi navUeve lekatostancilm. ye blouznila.

Lekat uznal jeji sta y za velmi "Col mne opravdu nepoznavate? vas dobke poznavam. Brevete, vzpomeri vY a natidil, aby mu bylo ihned oznameSi. . ." no, jakmile se pan Madeleine vrati.

Chora byla cele dopoledne za.smuglla, Zamldel se, chvili vahal, potom fekl: oei mela zapadle a na jedno misto upte"Snad se jeSte pamatuja na pletene ne, jen chvilemi horeene zarici. Sestra kostkovanesle, ktere jsi v trestnici no- Simplicie se nekolikrat ptala, jak se ji sival?"

• dycky tuta odpoved': dati a dostala v Z Brevent uskoeil pkimo filasem a pro"Dobte, jen bych rada ,videla pana Masi jej vydeSene od hlavy al do deleina." pity.

Pan Madeleine nav'Stevoval nemocnou .

Madeleine pokradoval: obyeejne ptesne o tketi hodin y odpoledne.

"Ty, Chenaldieue, mess prave rameno V pill tteti zaeala se Fantina jiz znnepopopaleno, protole jsi je jednou polotil kojovati, kaZdou chvilku se ptala milona panev se ZhavYm uhlim, abys na nem srdne sestry: znidil vypalene pismeny D. P. v T. (Do"Sestro, prosim vas, kolik je hodin?" livotni prate v trestnici,) ale jel" posud Koneene odbily tri. Fantina vyskoeila tarn lze videti. l ekni, neni-li to pravda?" na svem 'oil, aekoliv jinak se bez elk po"Ano, pravda," odpovedel Chenaldieu. moci ani nemohla hnouti, sepiala . kredo"Ty, Cochepaille, mess na leve ruce da- vite vyhuble a zaZloutle ruce, z prsou se tum modrYmi pismeny vyryte. Jest to ji vydral hlubokY vzdech a hledela uptedatum pkistani cisafova v Cannech, dne ne ke dverim.

1. bfezna r. 1815. Odhrfi rukav!"

Koneene odbily tri. Fantina vyskoeila Cochepaille odhrnul rukav a zraky na svem loZi, aekoliv jinak se bez cizi vg ech obratily se k obnalenemu pfedlok- pomoci ani nemohla hnouti, sepiala kteti. Oetnik pfistoupil k nemu se svitilnou. Cavite vyhuble a za2loutle ruce, z prsou Datum se tam nalezalo. se ji vydral hluboky vzdech a hledela uNeSt'astnik obratil se potom ko obe- pfene ke dvekim. censtvu a k soudcilm s fismevem, pliVm Nikdo nevchazel, dveke se neotviraly. vitezoslavy a zoufalstvi, na nej2 ti, kteSedela takto asi dtvrt hodiny, bez hnu fi jej videli, po celY svuj zivot s bolem ti, tajic dech. Sestra take mid,e1a. vzpominaji.

Po etvrte hodine klesla chores do po"Pfesvedeili jste se nyni, ze jsem Jean duSek a jedine pokalde, kdykoliv hodiny Valjean?" otazal se. cabijely, Obracela hlavu ke dvetim. NeNyni jia nebylo v sini soudcu ani mluvila ani slova, nesteZovala si, neoblobnikn, byla tam jen srdce hluboce do viriovala nikoho, zdalo se jell; ze na ni j ata. Nikdo se na nic neptal, ladnY Ukad sestupuje neco temneho. Byla bleda janezakrodoval, nikdo nepamatoval na ko platno, iista mela zsinala, ale chvilejen mu pfisluSel. Nikdo snad nedo- mi se piece usmivala. Odbilo pet hodin. vedl ani udati, co citi. V gichni byli tim I Tu slySela sestra, jak Fantina tie velkYm sVetlem pFimo oslneni. Bylo jisto, tala: ze stoji pked nimi pravY Jean Valjean a "Nejedna dobte, ze dnes neptichazi. Zipochopili hned, 'Ze ten dlovek sam se u- tra mne zde jiz nebude." &Iva, aby nebyl misto neho odsouzen ji Hledela k stropu jakoby si na neco nY. vzpominala, pak zaeala zpivati hlasem "Nebudu slavnfr soud dole zdrlovati," rekl slabYm jako dech. Zpivala starou dojemJean Valjean, "odchazim, protae mne nou ukolebavku, kterou kdysi uspavala nezatYkate; mam jeSte vytiditi rilzne za- Cosetku. Zpe y byl tak smutnY a neZnY, lditosti. Pan statni zastupce vi, kdo jsem 2e to div nerozplakalo, ba i jeptiSka, zvya kde bydlim, mute mne tedy dat zat- kid pohledu smrti, tie plakala. knouti, kdykoliv to za dobre uzna."

Setsra Simplicie se take dkvila, 2e pan Odchazel ke dvefim — v gichni mu u- Madeleine neSel. Poslala tedy sluZku, aby stupovali s testy. se dovedela, co se stalo a prosila, aby U dveti se jeSte obratil a fekl: ptedstavenY bez prodleni pti gel do. ne"Pane statni zastupee, jsem varn k mocnice. slulharn."

SluZka se za chvilku vratila a poeptala Za hodiny na, to sprostil vYrok poroty kvapne milosrdne sestte, L'2 ,e pan ptedChampmathieua ohlaloby a on byl Ihned stavenY odjel a le nikdo nevi kam a kdy propuften na svobodu. Odchazel zma- se vrati. Rekl jen sve hospodyni, aby ho merle a vyjevene, domnivaje se, 2e vsich- na noc neeekala. n se zb:aznili a nechapal z cele uda.losti Zatim co obe Zany, obraceny k Fanti11(1 menSil lo. spolu Septaly, poklekla Fantina

Stre4a 25. v horeenem rozeileni na svem loll a natahujic krk, aby lepe sly gela ,nahle vykflkla: "Mluvite o panu Madeleinovi! Prod Septate? Co dela, prod nejde sem?"

Hlas jeji byl tak ostrY a drsn, Ze se °Ulna lenam zdalo, jakoby slySely hias mulskY. Pohledly na ni ulekane.

"Odpovezte!" vzkfikla Fantina.

"Hospodyne povidala, ze dnes zaSeptala sluika.

"Mile dite," kekla, "uklidnete se a lehnete si."

Fantina vAak piece neposlechla a fekla hlasem silnYm, velitelskYm: "NemiAeme pkijiti? A prod? Vy znate pfieinu, chci ji take vedeti!"

Slulka poSeptala kvapne milosrdne sestte do ucha: "Aeknete ji, Z.e je zarnestnan na ,radnicl."

Sestra Simplicie se le.!ice zardela. Byla to leZ, ale bala se tici nemocne pra ydu, aby ji neuSkodila Dlouho vaak nevahala a uprouc sve smutne a klidne odi na Fantinu, Fekla: "Pan pfedstavenY odjel."

Fantina vyskoeila a sedla si, jeji zazatily, nevYslovna, radost rozjasnila jeji oei zazatily, nevYslovne, radost rozjasnila jeji bolestnou tvar.

"Odjel!" vzkrikla. "Odjel pro Cosetku!"

Potom vztahla obe ruce k nebi a jeji rty se pohybovaly v tithe modlitbe. PomodlivAi se, obratila se k sestfe a fekla neezne: "Miles sestro, rada si zase ulehnu, nim vSe, dello ladate. Pied chvili jsem byla zla, odpust'te mi. Draha sestro, nyni jsem velmi §t'astna. Buh je dobrY a pan Madeleine je dobrY, jel pro mou Cosetku do Montfermeillu." Lehla si, pomohla rnilosrdne sestfe urovnati podu gky a zlibala malt' kriaek, kterY ji sestra Simplicie darovala.

"Mile dite," Fekia milosrdni sestra, "nyni hled'te sobe odpodinouti a nenamahejte se keei."

Fantina vSak piece se nemohla udrleti, miuvila stale a teSila se, le spatii. svou Cosetku. Kdo ji videl pied dtvrt hodinou, nebyl by nikdy uvefil, ze je to tatal osoba. Tvafe se ji nyni rdely, bias byl eistY a pfirozenY. Chvilemi se smala, mluvic sama s sebou. Radost matefska je prave takova jako radost detska.

"Jste-li St'astna, poslechnete mne nemluvte j1Z" tolik," domlouvala ji neZ"no sestra Simplicie.

Fantina polozila hlavu do poduSek a zaSeptala: "Dobre, lehnu si a budu rozumna. Nyni musim bYti rozumna, fldYt' dostanu sve dite. Mate pravdu, sestro, vSichni, maji pravdu." Umikia, od te, chvile se I jen vesele rozhliZela, kolem a le'tela

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Te r;tradn, dor N. brerna 1954. hodin priSel lekar. Neslykl Zatim se docela rozednilo a paprsky "Vidite, jak se hned rozeilite. Pokud hluku, myslil, de Fantina spi vychazejisiho slunce ozatily tvar pana takto si poelnate, nedovolim, aby sena a 1 1 ,1i;i1 se po §piekach k posteli.

Madelcina. Sestra Simplicie na nej po- , vas e dite pr1§16. Nestael jen dite videti, Ulna flan hledela klidne a rekla: ' hledia a prekvapene zvolala: vy take musite pro Ile Ziti. Jakmile - burI dete klidnejSi, sem yam site privedu." la, ji sped ve "Muj bode, co se to s Yami stalo? nechajji,; Ubelad niatka svesila hlavu. cone v postylce?"

V.Zdyt' mate vlasy imlne bile!"

"Pane dok .,ore, odpust'te mi, dale 1;ar inyslil, Ze mluvi v horeke. nemela zrcadla, po- jsern se uct0,..:.ti. Chapit vk dobre, vy Sestra "Jan se podivejte, zde bude jeSte do- dala mu tedy male zrcatko, ,jehoZ se bojite ro • •ilcni, poekam, jak dlouho zji§teni finarti. sti inista," dodala. cal lekar si pr: ,ji.!. . pr , :ahem y am, ze mi to nerip2:e.01, Madeleine se podival do zrcatka Lekar odvedi sestina Simplicii stranou 1' i boa Who vidim jiZ a to mu rekla, eeho se nemocna, domY- rekl klicirie: od veere .0-1,;, , ' tee niece docela priro§11. Na to on es t se vratil k lozi Fantininu. man . re ii c spatriti. VyriasnaZim se "To je divne!"

"Vy posucl nieeho nevite," jala se hned Sestru projel mraz, tu§lla neco h • oz- bYti klidnou,•,, ch se rychle urdravivyvetlovati, miti svou deeru§ku, neho. la a svou 0::setim. uhildala." pan Madeleine jiZ pro ni jel. Rano, jakiVIacieleine si s, , (11 ::ictli u postele.

"Ntohu ji ted' videti?" teral se. mile se probudi, ji dam dobrY den a v "Cod pan predstaveny nema v Umyslu, Fant i na neam a ac se na•: noel budu cititi vedle sebe tu crialou ko- privesti ji elite?'} tazala se nesmele se- cm: l ia:.1. aby vyp:-.Clo klidna a "hodCiehu. Bode mi tak dobre, aZ budu mo- stra. ne rozumna", jak nkala ve sve chorobci 1,y§eti jeji deck.'.' ne oche blosti, nemohla se prece zdrZe"Oclem, ale k tomu je tleba dvou U1-aZte ruku," rekl lekar. ti, aby se Madeleina na tisicero veci tri chin."

I Podala mu ruku a zvolala sme j ic se: "Bylo by tedy snad lepe, kdyby pana , nevn:tvala.

--kry arilnevite, je jsem zdrava?" predstaveneho do to doby vubec ne- 1 "Byla costa dobre, pane Madeleine? e se pan Ach, j0k j;! 0 bodily, Ze jste pro ni jell 1 ekar se divil, bylo ji opravdu lope. spatrila. Domnivala by se, Telma bila pravidelneji a silneji, zdalo pfedstavenY posud nevratil."

B.,eknete nn, vvpad.0 dobre? Jestli pak ji se, de do ubohe bytosti vstoupil novY diMadeleine chvili premY,Slel, potom va?.- Theriaid • rovi nublI.Avaii? Byla eiste 0vet. ne F:ekl: I bleeena? Jak 'oak ji ..ltavovali?" a tak Lekar, odchazeje, napoininal ji, aby "Nikoli, mild sestro, muslin ji vide- dale, terna bylo rievYeerpatelno. ruku a neZne rekl: Madeleine ji vzal se ehovala kucine a vy 0ola se kaZde- •. Pordeji snad nebudu miti dosti earekl: rozeileni. Sestre "Ocsetka je herke a zdrave deveatko, so." ji lepe. licl ,y Stesti tomu “Vede "Nude, v tom pripade, pane predsta- v brzku ji spatrite, ale niliniti tak ch cI :. lo pan predsia\„eily s ditetem se venY„ prosim. Ona sice nyni spi, ale to nanoho vain §kodi, jiZ raeinate ka§lazitra ti." kcior vi? NekdY nastane v nevadi, jen ratite jiti dale." nemoci orekvapujici obrat, name Ulcer odeSel, zustala s nimi jell sesve§el do pokoje Fantinina, priblilil se klady, velika radost najednou zara- k posteli a odiuntfl nebesa. Chora, tra Simplicie.

Chvili bylo ticho. zila clal§i postup nemoci. Vim dobre, de stale, dYchala teZce a nepravidelne, ale V torn najednou Fantma vykrikla. taco nemoc jest organicka a value po- I tvar meta rorjasnenou, lice lehce zrume"Acta, sly§im ji, mfij Bode! Tot' jeji kroCila, ale Zivot je tak zahadnY. . . nena. Madeleine stal chvili bez hnuti, snad ji jeSle zachranime." pohliZeje stridave na nemocnou a na hlas!"

F,aitina stravila celou noc v horeece, Bylo to ja., esr d I LO. ktere si hralo a prave jako pled dvema mesiei, kcly ale byla stale pina radosti. Tepr y k rd- sem pri§el poprve. Chore otevrela oci sMala se na dvore• Lode iv chi° a vSe inir usnula. rase utichlo. a /dozorovala jej: odegla zatim na I Fan'ina jeSte chvili naslouchala a uSestra A Cosetka?" tazala se. clivilku do lekerny, pripraviti pro Fan tajei*-o cl echern, potom se jeji tvar -Ikekla to s takovou virou, s takovou „ .

-brt lek. Byla prave v nejlepsi pram, ,jis totou, beze v§i pochybiaosti i obavy, lc l-ice ;,:aeln-narila, a rekla rormrzele: Myr v tom najednou usly§ela, ?rI e nekdo ze ani nemohl odpovecleti. Fantina -Ten dokLor je prece zlY, pros ml neveSel. C, H ratila se a zlehka vykrikla. dovoluje spatriti me dite?" , kraeovala: Mad' leine stal pied ni.

Brzy v§ak opet se usmivala a tine sa, "Veclela jsem, Zo pan predstaveny je "Act?. to jste vy, pane predsta -venSr y, tu. Ackoliv jsein .-pala, citila jsem pre- ma sobe Septala: tak c.,sne?" zvolala. ce vast pritomnost. Ale r ,-knete mi, kde "Ach, jak budeme §t'astny! Budeme "Jak se dull to ubohe Zene?" tazal se je Cosetka? Prof, j Ac 1) ne-posadil na miti malou „zahradku, pan predstavenY :§eptecn. i mou postel, 001( . 11 ji mohla spatial i- mi to slibil, Cosetka si tam bude brava"V tomto okamZiku ne rmatne, ale by- i hned, jaknaile se probudim?" ti. Potom se bude ucit cisti. Bride stale h jsme vellum znepokojeni."

Madeleine cosi odpo yedel, ale nevedel ci nine."

Potorn mu vypravovala, co se stalo, 1 ant warn co. Na, §testi pr iSel preve leIVIadcleine pustil jeji ruku a naslouze Fantine veCer pied tim bylo zle, a le kar, kterY jej z nesnazi vysvobodil.

I dial to reel jako §umeni yanku, pohrti. nyni je lope, Jezto mysli, ze pan pled- I "Uklidnete .se, mile dite," rekl, "vase Zen v hluboke my§lenky. sta yenY odjel do Montfermeillu, aby jr dcerulka j e zde."

Nahle prestala, mluviti, priverl jeji dite.

I Oei Fantininy zazarily nebYvalym les"To je dobre," odpovedel, "neni toe- kern.

I Pozvedl mimovolne hlavu. Fantina vyro-- 0.1,1 a j..z, ba, vyvadeti ji z toho klamu." padala hiozne. IN,Ln "1' nedychala 1 "6, privedte ji sem!" zvolala.

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STR(CEK MICTA Z AUSTINU. X. Po t ernovskem kopci nahoru kraei pet poutnic; je to bableka a panimama. KriManeinka a Ba.runka. Prvni dye maji bile plachetky pies hlavu, nad oiNapsala Bol:ena Nemcovii) blfeej jako stkiSku stahnute; deveata kulate klobouky. Take si saknieky vyka(Pokraeovani.)

"Debke I ak delete" pkisvedeila knH- saly jako I.,:ristla a starSi. '2,eny, a na "Ne.?;; ale niu. i to bYt no blizku pie- zz•;.dech nesly Si male raneeky, v nichZ cc leo zIP PcI. PkedeVenem v noci. iel mely potravu.

"Nine se zda, to slytim zpev," rekla Piccolo z rls i-aka., a v ba2anthici 11 ho ebrat; kcIy se ale branil a MI:eel, Krt5t1a, kdyZ doSly na vrch kopce.

"JO take," ozvala se deveata; "pojd'te zbili Po, c. zastal posud je churychle, balciekc . , aby nam neutekly," pora y . Taksemi keklo."

"To se ml zdi vine nepodobno, Osvi- bizela babielm a chtela se pustit do belm. cenosti," kroutil hlavou pan Proek.

"I vy bloudkove, kdy, vddce o nas vi, "Jaktaivi ,jsme nezl y e1i, aby to bylo zbojnik iA jakych v baantnici, aniZ kde nepiijde bez nas," zdOPla je babieka, a no blizku," myslivec i mlynak.' deveata upokojena kraCela s ostatnimi pr Y se .stab?" ptala se babie-; stejnym krokem. ka, pkistoupnouc bMe. Na vrchu pasl oveak ovce a z daleka Myslivec ji to povedel. je pozdravoval.

"I tobe knZe prohlhand," povida be"Ne.zmoknem, JOzo?" ptala se ho panibidka, Si v rozhorleni ruku o ama. bok. "e pak se neboji Panaboha. Po"Bud'te bez starosti, do pozejtki to vyja to milostive pani jinak." ' A to' za‘I'mla povidat, co ji byl aKristla cirPl. Vzpemente i na nine s oteendSrano svekila. "Ne snad abych chvalila, kern! 8t'astiacu cestu!" co ti chlapci udela.II, ale co je platno, "flojt to Panbuh, vzpomeneme." ka2dY haji eve. Kdyby kdo byl toho yetroplacha vide' slat u.okna deveete v no"A babieko, jak to JOza vi, ci, rozneslo by se to jako po troubach,! pret a kdyZ ma bYt hezkY ens?" ptala a device by meld dobre jmeno a Ste.sti se Barunka. 'km'...:ene; 0 by se keklo: "I co ta, cho"Kdy'Y, nia prget, to lezou eervici se zedill ni pant, nehodi so mezi nas.' Devea ma ale strach, aby se jinn ten ejo- me k vision a vyrYvaji budky; eerni (mlcci) vykukuji z der, jeSterka se avet< nemstil," dolcMla babieka. le schovava, i pa_vook, a vlaStovieky "At' se neboji, jé to srovnam," ?ekla kne2na; no to pokynula komtese k od- tali at a same zeme. Oveaci jsou cely jeti. obe vsedly na kone a vlidne pozd- bo'A den venku, a kdyZ nemaji co dedravir;e spoleenost, rychlYm cvalem u- ' lot, to •ni to zvik. atka po.,!..)rujou, jak to jiMely k zamku.

I :1%ije a tyje. Nejlepi mit] kalendak jsou 'To je Pravda, 2e by Si malokdo trou- hery a o1..)1(:ha. P:dle jasnosti hor a fal epani knenou tek mluvit jako naSe barvy oblohy poznam, kdy •nastavá peknY, kcly u oatn, eas; kdy vetry, kroupy a minila peal pro'pov,a. bak babieka. cc je nekdy lone mluviL s cisa- sn(7,hy u neéIi s pisakem, a dobre slovo no2ernovske Raplieky .stoji. Pouf poutdobra.o mista. Kdybych Sc byla niku, miti, tonI i deti, nejedna n:atka kdo vi, co by z toho bylo P0- nese si dab v pefince s sebou, by je s ' pravila babiaa. obetovala matce 1)04, a bud' zdravi ztra"Wdyt' já to rikam, c je to pani ble- eel* bud' Stesti pro ne yyprosila. de v tom, ie ji obelhavaji kde kdo," (Pokrao:ovani.) .. nil myslivec, Ida s paneni, Pro'Skem

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MLADI A STUDIE KOMENSKEHO Peed 262 lety, dne 28. beezna 1592, sto ja Karel star gi z Z ' erotina venoval zvla gt- mu 2akovi nejlepgim vzorem, ponevad2 I rokti po objeveni Ameriky, narodil se Jan ni peel. Tu poeal se ueiti latine a pei sve k studentiim bYval velmi laska y. Take Amos KomenskY, veliky ueitel nar0d0, snaZivosti osvojil si za tei leta ueenY ten sbirka knih pro akademii byla hojne zaposledni biskup Jednoty deskobratrske. jazyk dokonale. Ueitelem svYm jmenuje sobena, take se tu KornenskY po prve v Otec Komenskeho Martin, rodem byl z Toma g e Dubina, kterY roku 1605 s bra- 2ivote dostal k bohatemu zdroji vedomo Komny u BojkQvic na Uherskobrodsku na trern s y Ym Pavlem byl studentem akade- sti. Ze z nich cereal neemovne, toho sveMorave. Asi roku 15'70 peistehoval se s mie neboli vysoke g koly Herbornske v dectvi name ye dvou disertacich tiskem otcem svYm do Uh. Brodu a zakoupil si Nassa ysku. Ueebne peedmety gkoly pee- yydanYch, prvnich to svYcli spisech, v zde dtim na ram namesti, jak asPon tvr- rovske zahrnowtly patrne latinskou nich obhajuje nekolik otazek profesory di tradice. Take chot' jeho Anna pocha,- mluvnici s eetbou nekterYch snadnej g ich uldenYch. zela z Komny. Dne 28. beezna 1592 naro- spisovatel0 eimskYch, skladani latin- 1 Peehlizeje toti2, jako stafec svou eindil se jim syn Jan, jemu2 urcen byl veli- skych listilv a versuv podle cetby, mimo nost litera.rni pi cipomina, 2e ji2 na stuky vyznam v dejinach, mezi peislu gniky to osvojeni zakladnich pravidel mygleni diich odhodlal se k vYznananYm pracim naroda jeho jedno z peednich mist.

1 (dialektiku -- nynej g i logiku). Biskup La- pro svuj flared. Byl to peedv gim npinY Rodiee Komenskeho nedoekali se vyso- neck jako vrchni spravce Skoly patrne slovnik eeskolatinskY a latinskoeeskY keno veku, nebot' otec zerneel poeatkem pedoval te2 o to, aby 2aci naldite poznali (nazvanY potom "Thesaurus linguae Bor. 1604 a brzo po nem i chot' jeho. Osikele bibli, ktera, tak mistrne byla preldena. hemicae", "Poklad jazyka oeskeho"), aby rodiny, dvou star gich deer a nejmladgiho V rodin y biskupove KomenskY na g el raladYm roclaktim svym usnadnil poznani syna, ujali se pribuzni. Tak dostal se Jan druhY domov, jak patrno na vzpomince z ueeneho jazyka, ostatnim pak zjednal KomenskY s otcovou sestrou Zuzanou do Herbornu poslane, od neho asi take do- pochopeni v gi ueenosti latinou pestovamesta Stralnice; majetek rodinnY dan ve stab se mu druheho jrnena "Amos" (A- ne. Mimo to zamy glel sepsati Ceske dilo, spravu poruenikiim, z nicht' dva bydleli v mosus, laskypinY) za to ze peichYlil se k z neho2 by se krajane poueili o tvaenosti mestecku Nivnici. tern, kteei ho tak dobrotive peijali. Lane- sveta i veci na 'nem, o prnbehu dejin a o Literni uceni Komenskeho pocalo zaji- cicY patrne take vymohl mu podpeiru na rozvoji nabdenstvi. Nazval je "Theatrum ste jiz v Brode za zivota otcova. Peisna vyggi studie v cizine (u. Karla z Zerotina). universitalis rerum.","Divadlem vegkerenkazeri v dome otcovskem, ja se chlapec Byla ov gem daleko blue universita stva veci", a provedl je v celem rozsalm tad podroboval, usnadfiovala mu zajiste pra2ska, ktera od roku 1609 byla pod o- za nemnoho let. BohuZel zachovala se t*chranou defensorti, pH ni pak v koleji u ram z hello pouze iivodni kniha I., ostati pozdeji leta osifelosti a peispela k ali kterou si v geobecne zikaval v letech stu - kaple Betlemske peipravovali se na flead ni za gly v bouelivYch dobetch valeenych, dijnich. Ueeni domaci omezova lo se po- kazatelskY mladici z Jednoty, vedeni Z techto funysln ji2 v mladi pojatych teebop. nabdenskou, .2e po eteni ueil se Z jsouce seniorem zde neadujicim; bohu2e1 zeetelne poznavame, ze KomenskY horlikatechismu zakladnim pravdam keest'an- v gak obnova university tehdy chystana ye chtel peispivati svYmi vedomostmi ku skym, potom z kancionalu duchovnim nebyla talc vYznamna, aby byla budila povzneseni krajanii, o nich soudi, ze nezpeviin-I. Jako dedic rodinneho jmeni pak dilveru muZtiv o vzdelani nadanYch jino- jsou dosti dbali sveho vzdelani. Odnagel zasvecovan v prakticke pdadavky zivot- chil va,2ne usilujicich;' a k nim naldel si jich z dvouleteho pobytu na herborn• ni. ' ' Zerotin i LaneckY. Proto vypraven Ko- ske akademii hojne, a vtle i chut' ku pra Ve Stra2nici chodil do bratrske gkoly s menskY na vysokou Akolu, je2 svSrm evan- ci byla u neho je gte silnej gi. Zaroven ve povestnYm pozdeji prorokem Mikula gem gelickYm, peisnYm duchem byla znama del, 2e bude poteebi uleheiti uceni latine, Drabikem a dophioval tu vedomosti v ro- ji2 Zerotinovi, kterou mohl doporueiti ta- jak se o torn prave tehdy nove hlasy prodiSti ziskane. Zajiste naldelo k nim po- Ice ueitel jeho z vlastrii Zku genosti. nagely, ponevad2 skoly tehdej gi podava znani vYriatkitzPisma, peedeitanYch pied Byla to akademie V Herborne, malem V po dlouholetem uceni jen molo, vedeM kazanim nedelnim, jd mladd tehdejgi meste Nassay skem psi elece Dillu, zalde- a to se opatrovalo take a trapne. vykladala den pied tim, o osvojeni not0- na roku 1554, na niZ Pismo vykladal proI Chteje nav gtiviti je gte jinou vysokon veil° znevu cirkevniho, ponevad2 zaci zpi- slulY theolog' jan Fischer (Piscator), 'Ze- gkolu, vydal se na cestu k severu, bezpo vail s uoitelem v choru. Na gkolu tu Ko- rotinovi osobne znamY, o jejich2 polite- chyby po RYne, a dospel aZ k Amstero. menskY nemel milych upominek, pouka- rech take jinak Veal mnoho chvalneho. damu. Na zpateeni ceste zavital do Hei zuje easteji na tvrdou a nevhodnou me- Bratrgti Sttidentti Ceti tu byli posluchaei delberka, i byl tu je gte nejakY eas poslu thodu tehdej giho vyueovnani. ' od roku 1596, ponevan Skola meta raz chaeem theologie. Zejmena oblibil si z Ale ani takoveho uceni nebylo mu po- ptisne reformoVanS r, jaky si peal zakla- profesorti znameho tehdy filosofa Davida piano dokoneit. Do roku 1605 peipada to- datel jeji, Jan Star gi OrafiskY. Parea, jen2 naldel k nejoblibenej gim utiZ prvni vpad. rot Stepana Boekaje na KomenskY zapsan byl s pal krajany eitelian to university a prave tehdy se Moravu; ty vypalily dne 5. kvetna Stra.2.- zaroveri peibylYmi jmdn' em "Jan Amos peimlouval za sjcdnani nabdenskeho nici, nedlouho potom i peedmest• Uher- NivnickY" dne 30. beezna. Mimo g kolu la- smiru v Nemecku, jako se stain nedlouho skobrodske Neradice, kde mladY Komen- tinskou byla tu vysoka kola hlavne pro peed tim vydanim Rudolfova majestatu sky mel dvorec, a tak pozbyl nejen utul- sedmero umeni a theologii, prava i medi- (r• 1608) v C' echach. 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1 vY duch nesl se zajiste za povolanim vyg- si ne2 KomenskY,MO neobyeejne pilno- souhlasu lidi dobee smYslejleich. gim. sti a seetlosti, jen2 co rok vydaval rozsah- . gi cil 2ivotni, Touha jeho spinena byla teprve r. 1603, le svazky, obsahujici peehledne vseckyvratil ii Maje tedy vytcen i z nejrozmanitelgich se KomenskY nanejbli2 1V1oravu pees Pro kdy2 dostal se na bratrskou Akolu do Pee- vedomosti tehdej g Pokraeovani na strane 32) r OVA pH sidle biskupa Jana Laneckeho, oboril, Tell byl patrne starsimu a snazive-

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"Inu, kdopak vedel, 2e ten zub ma tak dobre koteny?" ) • 4 • ( "Deveatko z venkova" jeden z nejlepgieh 3li eeskjr:stfilmu, usudek to krajana v ;

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"Ouvej, zub, kamarade, zub. Marn tuhle jeden trochu diravji a boll jako zbesilSr. Ale kamarade, ani se nehejbe."

"Jdi tedy k doktorovi," radi 8pinka. — "Ad, tahni k eertu s tema, doktorama.

Bolest eloveku udelaji a jeate z toho koary vypumpuji."

Pritel Spinka se podrbe trochu za u chem.

"Tak ti dam dobrou radu. Uva2Z si zub na jeden konec S"pagatu a druhST si pHvaZ k palci nohy. S timle inatrumentem vlez na noc do postele a usni spankem spravedlivSrch. Trochu sebou v noel cukneg a rano najdea zoubek na apagate. Bez doktora, bez bolesti."

Ptatele se rozeali.

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• Je gte v polovine dvacateho stoleti existilje y e SpojenYch statech skupina progtYch, prosPerujicich a• zboZnYch lidi, jejicha zpilsob -Zivota, zaloleny na naboZenskem ptesvedeeni, zustava v podstate tokovYtn, jakYm byl ptede dvema sty lety, kcly jejich piedci nalezli v Novem svete fitoei g te. Jde o protestantskou sektu Akteti,se: snaat vesti prostY Zivot piivodnich ktest'anii.• Povrchnimu pozorovateli zdaji se Ainkgove,jako-lide, kteti prave vystoupili ,ze 4taroZitneho obrazu. 0erne Shaky muZil eepice Zen, jakoZ i nadmiru NO g at, kterY je potadkern dne, byly ugtanoveny jia koncem sedrnnacteho pti zalolent teto sekty y e 8vYcarsku.

Ami g ove; kteki se pfivodne usadili v Penng ylvanii, mluvi germanskYin nateelm, oznaeovanYm zde jako "Pennsylvania putch", a Ziji spolu y e velmi blizkem pomeru. Pii potulkach po Pennsylvanii nejeasteji Si jich pov g imnerne' ria venkovskYch cestach; kdyZ v lehkern koearku s jedinYin konikem dodavaji krajine jakSrgi mistni sveraz.

Historicky jsou AmiSove odboekou IVIennonita, sekty to, ktera vznikla ye 8vYcarsku koncem g estnacteho stoleti, .a jejtZ elenOve take se snaZi Ziti podle vzoru pryYch ktest'anfi. Nabolenske pronaslcdovani y Evrope ptimelo Mennonity k tome, aby , se v sedinnactern stoleti podolt stehovati do Ameriky. Anli g ove, kteki Se ptidrZuji jeSte ptisnej g ich pravidel, poeali sem ptijadeti o neco pozdeji. Dnes jich ye SpojenYch statech a v Kanade Zije mezi 30 a 40 tisici. Nejvet gi osady ArniSft jsou V Ohio, V Indiane a v Pennsylvanii. Nektere skupiny sekty aiji vgak aa--tak -daleko na zapad, jako je Oregon, tak daleko na sever, jako je Ontario, Kanada., Od poloviny devatenacteho stoleti Atept se Ami g ove na d y e hlavni skupiny: na konservativni Ami g e (zvane tea nekdy Acirkevnimi) a na Ami g o stareho kadU (domaci). ' Ve SpojenSrch statech prvni a nich takkka splynuli s cirkvi Mennonitft, a oproti druhe skupine se ponekud zmodernisovali.

Druha skupina zachovava ptisna praVidla v Sacent i v bohoslovi, zavedend zakladatelem sekti Jacobem Ammanem, nebo Amenem, kterSi Se roku 1693 odtrhl ve S' vYcarsku od Mennonittl, nebot' Diovaioval jejich kazeri za piilis mirnou.

Ami g ove ' stareho tadu neschvaluji stavbu kostela, nebot' podle nich je jedno misto prave tak posvecene jako jine a kostely stnefuje se k ritualismu. Sve schfize potadaji proto v domovech elenil a cirkevni hodnostate voli losovanim.

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brazil, a take telefon, elektkina a praci usnadnujici vynalezy jsou v nich nezname. Pii polnich pracech a k cestovani uiivaji toliko korift. Jejich g atstvo je velmi jednoduche, bez jakYchkoli ozdob, na zapinani jsou na nem vkhradne jen haeky a oeka, Pacifisticke Ami g e upominaly knofliky piilis na vojenske uniformy, a tak je proste zakazali. KdyZ se Aimi g olent, nebo kdya vstoupi do cirkve (ktest je toliko pro dospele), necha si I nal-Asti pinovous. Ami g e s knirkem neuvidime nikdy.

Synove Ami g a must se podle viry stati fannati. Z toho dtivodu Ami g ove neschvaluji vy gg i vzdelani, ktereho jim neni pro prostY Zivot zemedelce zapottebi.

V okrese Lancester, v Pennsylvanii, kde jsou stare osady Amiga, melo mnoho Ami g a p • ilaitost prohlednouti si vnitiek rnistniho vezent. Odsedeli si tam nekolik dni proto, ae ptestali posilati 141ete deti do g koly. Pennsylvanske skolni zakony jsou jednim kamenem Orazu, o kterSt Ami g ove klopYtaji y e styku s venkovskYm svetern, kteremu se jinak v g ernoZne vyhYbaji.

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(Dokoneeni se .strany 29) hu r. 1614 a hned meal ueiti na Skole pterovske. Jako praktickY ueitel brzo zkusil obtiZe methody latinske, a proto vzhledem k novYm na y tham v Nemecku einenYm odhodlal se sam ptispeti k tege ni paleive to otazky spisem nam nyni neznamYm, jej nazval "Pravidla snadnejgi mluvnice". Zaroveri pracoval bez ustani:o sebevzdelani, jea ovSem nepokladal za skoneene. Zajiste mu po praci gkolske zbYvalo k tomu dosti easu. Pro slovnik skY sbiral slova i uslovi, krajanttm chystal ptehledy sveta, dejin jeho i dejin zjeveni a shanel spisy pro vlastni pouee-: ni. Uvadi zejrnena, ae do ruky dostal Vivesovo dilo "De disciplinis" (0 naukach), v nema se ukazuje na neclostateenY apti sob zkoumani veaeckeho a pottebu °pray jeho.

Po dvou letech dosahl tea povolani 2iVotniho, byv ordinovan na kneze sve cirkve r. 1616. Zatim zilstO,val site je g te na dosavadnirn ptisobi g ti v Pterove, ale byl si zajiste vedom, ze einna sluZba y e spray e cirkevni nastane mu zahy.

/ aTe • ( Nabolenstvi Amisu jim nedovoluje, aby • y am mluvit pouze Resnik:Mohu debojovali zbrani, ale za valky nacha.zime je bez jedineho slova protestu na vSech set minut a nevim, jak bych mistech, kde je tteba vykonati to nejhor- , Hlas z publika: Zadnete hned tou deg i praci. Take dame plati bez reptant, ale y atou minutou! podporu, od vlady nikdy nepkijimaji. JeLeka • skS, odbornik. jich "socialnim zabezpeeentrn" jsou je"Povaate, mitj syn po operaci slepeho jich rodiny a obec. Osobni problemy vytizuji si pravidelne mezi sebou, aniZ by se stteva vaZi o deset liber merle."

"U sta hromft! Nikdy bych byl netekl, obraceli k soudu nebo odvolavali k adkonum. Jsou sobestaent, trpelive obdela- e to slepe stievo tolik vaZi!" vaji pudu, vedou celkove asketickY divot — a ziska.vaji si fictu sousedil. Ami g oy e jsou ZivYm dokladem, ae y e SpojenSrch HOUDKOVO C'ESKE DIVAD 0 statech je vZdy misto pro odli gne lidi, pro rfiznorodost,_ktero, eini tuto zemi tak zaPi.edvadi nadherny film jimavou.

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