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liDY2 SE CHYLI K VECERU YL JSEM nekolikrat tazan, Co soudim oudim o myglence a planed na postaveni fitulny. Posledne se tak stalo po ukoneeni distriktni schtze v Ennis.

KdyZ koncem dubna tohoto roku konala se schaze tfetiho distriktu ye West, bylo ye schnizi pfijato tfinact rilznYch bodii jako direktiva pro dal gi pra.ci v tfetim distriktu. Mezi temito 13 body byl bod eislo 7, kterY "Abychom probudili v nag ich radech snateni o zrizeni Utulny v nagem pfigtim sjezdu."

V distriktni schuzi v Ennis sestra Antonie Horakova, elenka fadu Jaro dislo 130, pfipomnela znovu tento bod. Jeji proslov byl asi v tom smyslu, tie nemeli bychom se odvolavati na to, kdy hlavni firednici nic nepropaguji a nepodnikaji, Ze tea eleni by meli ziistati neeinnYmi. Od denu 'tie musi pfijit iniciativa, ponevad2 hlavni tifednici jsou jen vykonavateli vule jsou delniky v Jednote. Na pfani clenu bude zaletiet—dlc vYroku sestry Horakove---zdali hlavni iffednici budou pracovati na my glence pro krasnY domov starYm Vyysta.la debata, ktera byla hodne jednostranna. Dva 61eni zabrali svym vYkladem hodne easu a hodne oposieni postoj, dimI nebyla dana pfilelitost vyslechnouti jine, ktefi meli docela jine hledy. Dlouhe povidani se znechuti pos)ouchati, a tim se east° cela debata radeli usekne.

Vypadalo, tie natal eleni chteli sly geti dalgi nahledy, chteli poznati smYgleni jinYch. Snad proto si mne obstoupilo nekolik elen0 po schtizi venku s otazkou, co soudim o planech na postaveni fitulny.

Snad proto byl jsem potiadan, abych se o myglence irtulny zminil v organu.

NeZ budu pokraeovati musim upozorniti, ae plany na fitulnu je gte nejsou. Je pouze my glenka, Ze mela, by by-

ti probuzena, snaha o ziizeni aulny, a tie bylo by Zadouci, aby na pfi gtim sjezdu se o pfedmetu jednalo. A musim upozorniti, ae projednavati na sjezdu neco nepromy gleneho a nevypracovaneho bylo by nakladne.

2ijerne v zemi polehnane. Je to zeme; kde osifele deti jsou davany do spotadanYch domacnosti na vychovani, kde jsou vystaveny nemocnice pro nejnuznejgi, kde jsou spolky proti tYra.ni zvifat, a kde dokonce plati za to, aby koOky byly nakrmeny.

Polehnana je zerne, kde se starame o vgechno moZne, jen ne o tesklive a polekane starce, jejichZ jedinYm hfichem je, ze zcstarli. Vlada stara se o pOstiZene suchem, o postiZene povodni, ba i o dobytek postiZenY hmyzem zvanYm kliSte. Ac vlada povoluje starobni pensi tem, kdoZ dosahli 65 let, to neni v ge, co stati tide potfebuil. Vetgina tech, kdoZ dosahli vysokeho veku, jsou odkazani sami na sebe. Tri mocnosti, na ktere se start elovek spolehal, jej opustily. Tyto tfi mocnosti jsou vlastni rodina, spoledenske skupiny a svazky obchodni. Stall lido vedi to, citi to, ale neradi zavadeji o torn diskusi. Ani rodina, ani spoleeenske skupiny, ani obchodni kruhy o problemech stargiho eloveka nerady diskutuji. A to se tYee v gech starYch lidi, at' jsou bohadi nebo chud'asi.

Prvni, co stati lido pottebuji, je •lek proti ponechani svemu vlastnimu osudu. TakovY lek nedostane start' elovek v lekarne.

Druhe, co stafi lido by meli miti, je vyleeeni z tesktnoty a osamelosti. Start' elovek, ktery citi, ae je ponechan svemu vlastnirnu osudu, je nejtesklivej gim tvorem na svete.

Tfeti vec, ktera tizi takita kaZdeho stareho eloveka, je vedomi nebo jen domnenka, ae nikdo nerna pro nej Zadne

potfeby, ae neni nikomu nic platnY, je sam sobe i jinYm pouhou pfitetii a btemenem.

6tvrta nutnost pro stareho eloveka je nejaka zaruka, 'tie bude o nej postarano, kdyti, by zdravi nebo penize vypovedely.

Starobni pense od vlady je dnes slabym pokusem, aby tett) etvrte nutnosti bylo dasteene vyhoveno.

Lee jak vyhovime onem tern pfedchazejicim pottebam, aby (1) start nebyl ponechan svemu vlastnimu osudu? (2) Aby nemel stalY pocit osamelosti a tesknoty? (3) Aby se necitil zbytcanYm tvorem, kterY je toliko bfemeneni svemu ckoli?

Amerika je zemi pomerne mladYch iidi. Pied padesati lety, v dobe, kdy nage SPJST byla v zaeltdch, prUmernY lidsky vek byl 45 let. Proto pojigt'ovali jsme deny jen do 45 let na pinY tisic. Lee v uplynulYch 50 letech vedatofi prodlouZili nage Zivoty o dalgich 20 roku. 6im dale tiM vice bude miti Amerika vet gi po eet starYch lidi. A tito stafi bide budou vy2adovati vice a vice ohledu.

V uplynulSrch 50 letech zmenily se te; narodohospodafske pomery, tattc ne plati to prilpoved', "Kde se pet uZivi, sesty se pfilivi". V mestech, kde se kupuje kaZde sousto, a kde domov vyladuje o jednu svetnici vice, ten gestY, kterY je starY, citi to dvojnasobne.

Pfijde doba, kdy domovy pro stargi di budou nezbytnosti. Nebudu pkedpovidat, zdali budou vydetiovany za penize mestske, okresni, statni nebo vladni, rub° soukroma. Ale nesmi to bYti "Utulna-, ktera by mela nadech nebo znameni jo ko posledni stanice. Musi to bYti pfijem nY, vlidny domov, kam by se stargi vek mohl uchYliti k veeeru sveho Zivota.

A musel by to bYti domov, kterY by vlidne pfijal vdovu po bohatem banketi, kte nechce Ziti s detmi, jako by vlidne pfijal stareho opu gteneho kmeta, nemajici nikoho a niaeho v celem girem svete.

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Alam pied scbnu iii archy poznamek psanYch dn,)bmirn pi g ment. Jsou to zaznamy a dojmy nasbirane prischuzitretiho di-triktu v Ennis v nedeli 25. eervence.

Pealed muj pad' na, poznamku, ye schlizi bylo piatomno csrn rnistnich dopismlteht. Po6karn se svYmi nvahami, aby napieci moll slovo naS'i zpravodajove, aby nebylo vVmluvy, ze nekdo "schopny" ne1)0 "povolanY" jiZ podal referat ze schtiz e. Me poznamky se neztrati.

Ir Yvoj, zlep§bni a vzrust v flak Jednot(", nepr,eliazi nahle, ani vlivem jecInotlivy e. 1\1,11okdy je ci.g bra my glenka prijata s potle'-kem. Zivot na g byl by jednoduggi a pokrok ye spolku mnohem rychlejgi, kdyby ke itch dobra myglenka byla prijata s nactS'enina. Ale v gechen pokrok je zelloultavY, pomalY, nekdy az bolestne Nove nahledy prijimame zvolna, ncnapadne, take nek.dy sami sobs nechceme p •iznaL, ze jsme sve nahledy zmenai.

Bylo by omylem tvrditi, ze jednoho pHjemnelas. ran g .1,ine se probudili a dosta,1.1 j g ine docela novou ptedstavu o Zivotnirn pojigt'ovani, Ze najednou se nam v nasich mozkovicich ru ;,.‘ritilo a my hned po snidani vekline 115 organisab gra, aby nam sdelil o kolik vice zivotniho pojigteni toho nebo onoho druhu bychom mohli u SPJST clostati. Takove piipady se nestavaji. Oeeneni Zivotniho poji gteni pfiehazi velmi pornalu, U nekterych, se neobjevi nikdy, tteba, byli desetkrat deleg aty. aby formovali smernice nageho b ,,keho pojigt'ovani.

Buda iada,t Ctenare, aby. mi pro minuli, Ze vezmu sam sebe za vzor. Kdybych si vybral nekoho jineho, mohla by z toho bYti larzutost. Popi gi, jak sam jsem klopYtal, ne2 jsem dcspel k picesvedeeni, ze Zivotni pojiSteni je nutnosti pro kaZcieho. Byl jsem prvni rok na studiich----na vypujeene penize--kdyZ jeden z profesoru ptemluvil mne, abych si vzal Zivotni poji g teni. Byl zastupcem jiate obchodni spoleen,sti z Kalifornie.

Vzal jsem si tisic dolarii 201etou splatko you. Mel jsem vyhlidku, ze at budu 40 let start', budu miti poji gteni vyplaceno, Ii dyz jsem prisel damn na prvni prazdniny, vstoupil ,jsem do SPJST. Bylo to hodne la,einejSi, a chtel jsem mitt vice pojigteni. KdyZ jsem se olenil a zaeal pocit'ovati vetSi zodpovednost, vstoupil jsem do Woodmen of the World. A jak pribYvalo me rodiny, pribiral jsem vice a vice iivstniho pojigteni, take v dobach, kdy deti chodily do gkoly, mel jsem pies dvacet tisic poji gteni. Mnohdy musel jsem odrici note strevice, abych mohl zaplatiti poplatky. Ac SPJST po-

sttedli, rine I, rrpna 1054. platky byly nejrnirnej gi, a Cast° mne musel dva, tri mesice eekat, neZ jsen-1 se vyrovnal, nemel jsem u Jednoty vice neZ, jeden tisic. To jsern byl dokonce elenem Elavni kadovny. Ani kdy Z jsern byl zvoleny mistopredsedou Jednoty, nikdo -rni nesa.h1 do svedomi, ani nine neupozornil, ze od hlavnilao firednika by se sluSelo, aby g el prikladem. AZ kdyZ jsme si postavili novou a nakladnej gi residenci a vyzvedl si zalohy nekterYch obchodnich pojistek, dospel jsem k nahledy;" negkodilo by, kdyZ bych al vzal dalgi tisic pojigteni u na gi SPJST. A myslel jsem si, ze jsem dosti dobrYin elenem, kcly2 jsem mel v gechny 'Cleny rodiny pojigterty kaZdeho na Lisle a sam mei dokonce dva tisice. U obchodnich spoleenosti jsem platil na trojnasobne Vyggi pojigteni.

Die toho, jak deti doratstaly a rodinnYch zodpovedno.sti ubYvalo, pougtel jsem jednu obchodni pojistku za drama, vytahoval si reservy a podrZoval si pouze bratrske poji gteni. Ba teprve po .mnoha letech zaeal jsem chapati, Ze pcji gteni u SPJST nebo u druhYch bratrskYch spalkfi neni jen na, vyplaceni pohrebnich vYloh, ale ze je to opravdovY majetek, lepgi net komde pozemku nebo jine nemovitosti. Uznal jsem, e maj podpis a maid mesieni splatka dava, me manZelce naroky na dal gi tisic nebo dva tisice majetku.

Mezitim mel jsem prileiitost studovat Zivotni pojigteni. A zase prichazel jsem k novemn a dal gimu pcznani, Ze onen druh pojigteni, jak maul a na gi SPJST, neni jests ten nejlep gi. Mluvil jsem 0 torn s bratrem Markem, bovotil jsem nagem dosavadnim druhu poji gteni s jinYmt atedniky a rediteli, zavolal jsem si na pomoc na geho aktuara. Pti gel jsem k nahledy, to kdyby ma manZelka clostala najednou v gechno poji gteni, ktere mam u Jednoty, nebylo by to ,.ode mne rozumne zatizeni. nepotrebuje kapital. Ona pottebuje mesieni, etvrtletni nebo rocni prijem. Ona potrebuje, aby na prvniho kaZclY mesic dostala nahradu za to, co jsem sam nosil doma, dokud jsem byl na Zivu. Ptigel jsem k presvedeeni, ze bude innoliem rozumnejIi, kdyZ firartni pojistky, ktere main u Jednoty buchou vunlaceny ne.

Nic podobrieho nemeli jsme u SPJST, aby Zivotni poji gteni nebo itmrtni podpory byly vyplaceny v libovolnYch splatka.ch. Na minulem sjczdu zavedena byla duchodova pojistka, ttida "M", kterd pgskytuje elena mesieni prijem po dosaZeni 65 rokd, ale nebylo nic podobneho zavedeno pro dedice, v mem to pripaclu pro mou manZelku. Prave dobe jel jsem na Purdue universitu, abych lope poznal zpdsoby a vyhody Zivot niho pojig t'ovani. Jednollo due dii tali

Ve stiedu, dne 4. srpna 1954. jsme ukol, abychom si vypoeitali, ila zaklade nagich poplatkovYch kniiek a vYhod, fake u sveho bratrskeho spolku mame, kolik pojig teni bychom men miti, aby nag e mantelky nebo na ge rodiny dostavaly tak vysokY mesieni ptijem, jalcY nagi smrti budou pottebovati.

Mel jsem s sebou nag i poplatkovou kniiku, jenge nic podobneho u nas nemen jsme zavedeno. Abych nedelal nagi Jednote gpatnou reklamu, musel jsem se vymluviti, 'Ze my prave mame na gi noyou poplatkovou kni gku v tisku, a musel jsem si vyptijeiti kni gku od jinYch tam studujicich fraternalistil, abych svuj ukol vypoeital. S pomoci studentil cd jinych bratrskYch jednot vypoeitai jsem si, kolik mel bych miti givotniho pojigteni, aby yna mantelka mela 3talY mesieni ptijem dokud giva. Je to obracenY proces toho, jak jsem na givotni pojigteni platil a budouci reservu tvoChtel jsem, aby poji gteni bylo vyplaceno v eastkach.

Jen'ie kaide zlepgeni vyiaduje svilj eas a pokrok je zdkuhavy. Koneene po delMm, rokovani—na doporueeni aktuaraHlavni iikadovna ptijala tento novy plan, aby innrtni podpora ye vYgi tii tisic a vice byla vyplacena v mesienich, 'etvrtletnich nebo roonich splatkach, dle ptani Mena. Bylo to pkijato v mimotadne schtzi konane v sobotu 30. ledna 1954, kdy byl zvolen novY mistoptedseda Jednoty. Ale kdybyste se dnes ptali kterehokoliv dlena, kterY o veci hlasoval, japodminky pijali, zdali easteone vyplaceni pojistek je mesieni nebo jive, na dogivoti nebo jen na omezenou lhutu, kagdY to bude vykladati jinak. Plan byl ptijat, ale nic dalgiho nebylo dosud vypracovano. Nekdy je ten pokrok bolestno loudavY. A snad je to tei k neeemu dobre. illavni fdadovna pfijala zfuneovaci tabulku na tyto eastedne vYplaty, ani by v gechny okolnosti .spravne uvaZila. Snad tento odklad je ptiznivY, aby cela zalegitost byla prodiskutovama na sjezdu. Nebude ani na sjezdu mnoho delegatil, kteti pachopi, oC se jedna, ale do to doby moZno, budeme miti vice delegata, kteti budou zasveceni do organiaaeni Cinnosti a budou se domahati, aby eleni dostali lepgi vyhody nez jake jim Hlavni ittadovna "jen tak od oka" odhlasovala. Tato bude zale gitost, ktera se da lepa • ,ysvetliti ptimo delegattim na sjezdu nez y erejne v novinach.

Podotknul jsem, fie nove nahledy piijimame zvolna, nenapadne. Nekdy se novYrn nahlednm branime a houZevnate drZime se veci stavajicich. Proto ten nemohu si v hlave srovnati, prof dva me certifikaty maji provisi, 2e vaechny hOdncty, reservy a yYpoety jsou ph 4% zurodeni, pozdej gi certifikaty pri 3 1/2 % zuroCeni, ale IIlavni Eadovna odhlai3ovala,

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ge ina manZelka, pii eastdenem vyplaceni pojistek, bude opravnena k docela ni2gimu zUrodeni. Asi Ze tato zalelitost by mela bYti rozhodnuta spi ge sjezdem nez Hlavni fikadovnou. A ten moZna, je to jen ma houZevnatost 1peti na utkvele myglence a neptipustiti nove Kdyi jsem byl v poji gt'ovacim kursu na Purdue universite, bylo mne i ostatnim vysvetl•vano, ze certifikaty, ktere jsou poeitany na 4% zUroeeni, finely by bYti vgdy pouZity k easteenernu vyplaceni, kdeZto certifikaty na men gi zfiroeeni mohly by bYti upotfebeny k. okamZitemu pinemu vyplaceni, kdy je tieba zaplatiti ftety s pohtbem. Ty certifikaty, ktere nesou vyggi firok, pfinesou dedicum vice, kdy se vyplaci po eastkach, nez certifikaty s nizsim zUrceenim. Hlavni titadovna nechce 'emit Za.dnY rozdil mezi mYm 4% certifikatem a mYm certifikatem.

Jakou fnokovou sazbu odhlasovala Hlavni fdadovna, o torn jste se doeetli ye vYtahu z protokolu dubnove schiize 1954, ktery byl uvefejnen ye Vestniku dne 5. kvetna. Jestli se o tyto veci zajimate, najdete si ono Cislo. Pachybuji vgak, takove otazky jsou do to miry zajimave, aby si nekdo vyhleciaval ono Cislo.

Soutei organisatorii v mesiei Cervenci se velmi pekne osvedeila. Bratr Marek oznamuje, • Ze organisatoki na gi ziskali_v mesici eervenci za $222,000 noveho poji g -teni.NmadosuCice,kolnvych elenti bylo ziskano v Cervenci. Ale poznamenal jsem si Cislice, jak je bratr Marek oznamoval ye schtlzi v Ennis a jak ktery distrikt pracoval az dosud v naboro ye souteti, totia od 1. eervna do 25. eervence. V distriktu prvnim bylo 11 organisatoril, kteti ziskali 50 novych elenti. V distriktu druhem 12 organisatorti vedlo do Jednoty 31 nove Cleny. Deset organisatorti v distriktu tietim ziskalo 54 nove Cleny. V distriktu etvrtem byli 3 organisatoki, *kteti. ziskali 11 elenii.

Distrikt pat* mel 9 organisatorti, kteti zapsali 26 novych elema. V gestem distriktu bylo 11 organisatorti (Jako v distriktu prvnim), kteti ziskali 44 eleny.

Otyti organisatoti v sedmem distriktu zapsali 15 novych elent. Celkem pracovalo v Cervnu a dervenci 60 organisatord, kteti ziskali do Jednoty 231 novych Clem). Vg ichni ti, kteti jsou v teto souteti, zaslouZi si pochvaly a pineho uznani. V kaZdern distriktu bude Zest organisatortt, kteti budou za svou ttimesieni snahu odmeneni cennYmi a praktickYmi premiemi.

Upozoriiuje nine stark Glen, ze v nekterSteh beZnYch novinach jsou ten kivotopisy starch prukopniku. Dekuji za toto upozorneni a vim, Ze v leto gnim vYroenim cisle "Hospodafe" jsou tivotopisy. Jsem rad, Ze staki pionYti dosud sve parneti, 00 sc nine hlavne jedna,

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ti sestavene pied mnoha lety. Kcly g by nekterY mladik sestavoval nekdy knihu eesk3"rch lidech v Texasu, snad mu nekdo poradi, g e to ei ono bylo uvetejneno kolem roku 1950 nebo 1954. Ale malokdo si vzpomene na givotopis uvetejneny kolem roku 1900 nebo 1910.

Prive tohoto tj,dne dostal jsem dopis od jednoho mladika. Oznamuje mi, chce dostati akademickou hodnost zvanou "master's degree" a Ze pracuje na dile pojednavajicim o eeskYch lidech v Texasu. Sam CeskY neumi. Zvedel, Ze jsem redaktorem listu, kterY je tfAten v Ceske feel a chce podrobnosti o Vestniku, toti'Z kdy dasopis byl zalo gen, prof se tak stalo, kdo byli zakladatele nebo propagatoki myglenky zalc geni listu, kdo byli redaktory Vestniku, kolik odberatelit ma Vestnik, kde je vydavanY, a asi pul tuctu jinYch otazek. Pi ge, ze v kapitole o 'eeskYch novinach v Tekasu chce miti pokud mono podrobne informace.

Pry psal na jine Ceske noviny v Texasu, ale dosud dostal odpovedi jen 'ad nekterYch. Vagina redaktoril eeskYch novin mu informace dosud nedodala. Z jeho dopisu vyrozumivam,ze chce sestaviti pro americkou vetejnost skuteene hodnotnou knihu pinou informaci o texasskych eegich, aby naznaeil, cim eeskY ptistehovalec ptispel k vybudovani Texasu, jake zvyky, vzdelani a tradice si ptivez1 z Evropy, prof si zaklada,1 size spolky, aby nahradil st vesniekY a malorastskS7 'Zivot stare oteiny, a jake byly ptieiny, ktere ho ptinutily k vystehovani. Proto znovu ptipominam, ze tyto stare givotcpisy a zaznamy, kdy g bych je mohl otiskovat, po ptipade nektere zajimavej gi ptelog it do anglietiny, mohly by kdysi v budoucnosti bYti bobatYm pra menern pro na ge dncs teprve klieici hiatoriky.

Redaktor se omlouva tem, kdo mu v poslednich dvou tYclnech psali a Zadali o rady nebo informace. Sekretakka mne jegte nevypovedela, ale zanedbava sve povinnosti. Na s polku mne le gi haldy pa-. poznamek, dopisU, a ona se bavi s vnoudaty. Jsou to ov gem i ma vnou'data, ale to rodinna hrdost me praci me zanedbane korespondenci Alevy ne docla. Pry men jsme si vziti prazdniny zajeti k tetince a g do statu Idaho. SeDoufam, ‘Ze spolkovou i osobgo z ni korespondenci do genu, abych si jcnejake ptatele. gte udrgel ) • 4. • ( Stihne na.s druhdy ztrata osob, kterYch litujeme, ale po nichl netruchlime, a jindy ztrata osob, po nichZ truchlime, kterYch vAak nelitujeme.

• • Kdyby elovek mel ruCiti za budouci diny sve, musila by mu bit dana moZnost ruditi take za sviij osud.

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ye stfedu, dne 4. srpna, 1554,

WEST: TEXAS

ZPIAVY OHLASY Z DISTRIKTe ZE SEDMEHO DISTRIKTU Floresville, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Ptichazim do deske easti Vestniku a doufam, ze mi prominete ze jsem nepSal jiz chive. Za prvni jsem eekal, ze se nekdo z nageho distriktu ozve na dopis br.

Bundila ze dne 16. eervna, v kterern ze bychom meli obstarat vlajku SpojenYch statal pro na g distrikt a pH schtizi ji dtistojne misto vyhradit, by vgem tomnYm stale ptipominala svobodu a spravedlhost, na kterou jsme pravem slova hrdi. Br. Bundile, jsem jist, ze eleni si toho pfeji a vgeho co jest zapottebi, jest ddt Slow) tedy Verna() tadky Tebe opravriuji obstarat vlb.jku v ptihodne velikosti, a taky stanovim, by distriktni pokladnik vlajku opatroval a vZdy do schilze dodal. Co se tfee ceny a velikosti, to ponechame Tobe k rozhodnuti.

V poznamce br. redaktora na dopis br.

Bundila pig e: Na gi spolednou snahou nejen v sedmem distriktu, ale v kaZdem musi bYt, aby distrikty konaly to, co domad tady jednotlive nemohou vykonati a do eeho Hlavni fitadovna si netroufa, aby s novotami a opravami nepohotela.

Tady jsou nage povinnosti, aneb co jest od nas Odekavano (minim distrikty), dosti jasne ptedlo geny; toti'Z my si mfit'eme dovolit se opalit a s novYmi nahledy aneb s revoluenimi nahledy pkijit do. vetejnosti. -- Co jednotlivec, main neco na mysli, adkoliv jsem jist, ze to mnoho vahy nebude mit, pfece si myslim, ze .nekterY z vas z toho neco vybere pro dal gi vage niyglenky a bude to k dobru nam prigte.

NemYlim-li se, v distriktni schtizi v San Antonio byl nahled musea podan feditelem Holaskem a podporovan proslovern od Dr. Jos. Kopeckeho a pak podan k odhlasovani ptitomnYm sestram a bra:trill)) v one schilzi. My glenka byla Ptijata jednohlasne. Od to doby zustala nepov gimnuta, az posledne se o to zajimal br. Hanug od tadu Slovanska Lipa z Waco, ted' bydlici v San Antonio, s mYSIenkou, ze on a br. Holasek budou pkijimati sbirku pro SPJST museum, a takto daji zaeatek.

Toto by si zaslouZilo nagi 100% podpory a nagi snahy a k tomu ja bych si ptal, s vagim dovolenim, dodat asi toto: PH zaeatku, veci ptijimane by se mohly zanest do dvou druhir, darovane a zaptijeene, ty co jsou zapilleene, na jakou dobu, a co se tYde opatrovnika musea, toho asi bude zapottebi, tam by se mohla uplatnit osoba asi techto kvalit: letterer and grainer, prvni tHdy; ten by obstaral ramce s pattienYmi ohlavenimi a opravoval a pHpravoval by pottebne veci pro pti gte. Pak tato osoba by po ptipade obstarala oznamky a reklainy pro v gedhilY tady, kde

jest zapottebi, pro slavnostni parady, kde by si mistni tady ptaly se podilet, aby se dostalo Zadouci reklamy. Tam by se Zadalo od opatrovnika, by mel zkuAenost tak ivanY "lay-out-man", totiZ vypracovat originalni oznarnky, ktere by narn vyhovovaly. A na konec, kdyZ by toho vSeho hebylo dosti, by opatrovnik byl stale zamestnan; mohlo by se Zadat nejaxe zkuSenosti v knihvedeni, na piiklad double entry, aby mohl vypomahati, kde by se mohl upotiebit, — k •atce, by se naosoba a pak Hlavni idadovgia na by mu udelila jeho praci.

Co se tYde oznamovani a 'reklamy, jakou maji ceny pro Jednotu, to neni no dopiedu odhalinout. To by zaldelo, jak by s, tim bylo zachazeno a jake kva lity by oznamky byly. Tolik ale yam mohu sdelit, v me vice neZ 401ete zkugenosti, dnegni dobot jsou vetgi a dukladnejgi poptavky pro oznarnky, neZ kdykoliv ptedegle.

Jak se pravi, kdo ma my glenky, ze spig neb pozdeji ptijde do nesnazi — o to je postarano, toho se nebojte. Kdo bude ndE. Mieulka. sledovat? ) • A, • SCHUZE TRETiHO DISTRIKTU Mile sestry a bratti: Schtzi tketiho distriktu zahajil bratr TupY od spolku Volna Uechie eislo 135 v 10:45 dopoledne v Sokolovne a po uvitaci keef ptedal to ptedsedovi br. Pokla.dnikovi. Byla zahrana americka hymna "Star Spangled Banner" .a vzdana test vlajce.

Uvitaci tee od Willie HejnY a Larry LatnovskY. Tti hezka deveata driela slova Podpora, Bratrstvi a Lidskost a pied nimi byla iada 20 mladgich deti a ty drZely slovo Budoucnost S. P. J. S. T. Velice pane to vypadalo a kaZda z deveat neco promluvila ptihodneho ku slovu, co drZela. Nebylo mono kakie slovo sly get, ale velice pane to vyhliZelo.

Potom se volaly v gecky fatly a od ptitomneho tadu eleni vstali, abychom mohli videt, kolik pti glo. Trinact tan bylo zastoupeno a osm ne. My od tadu 'Oslo 66 ve Waco jsme meli 16 elenft.

Velice zajimavS, protokol pfeeet1 bratr Hogek z minule schilze ye West. Jegte jednou vyvolal a podekoval tem teem rnladYm deveatinn, co vyhraly ten "essay contest".

Ptedstaveni byli dva bratli nejdele ye spolku, oba, tam byli 54 rokfi. Byli to bratii Janek a Snapka; a nejmlad gi deveatko, 7 rnesicil start Barbora BlaZek. Men Ui zakladajici eleny, dva bratry a jednu sestru. Gratulujeme jim vgem.

Bylo 13 organisatora a 7 dopisovatelii ptitotnno.

Z Hlavni idadovny v Temple byli pHtomni broth Marek, Chupick a Navratil.

Z Houstonu to byli sestra Birdie Hilsherova a bratr Stepan Valeik se svou manZelkou. Jsme velice radi, ze mohli ptijet.

Bratr Skrabanek teZ byl ptitornen i se svou manZelkou. Z Houstonu byli pHtonmi teZ manZele Olexovi a pravnik Ernest Hanka.

Bratti Pokladnik a Hrabina promluvili o p •aci konane v tietim distriktu. Oba to dovedou velice pekne vysvetlit.

Bratr Hanu g promluvil o bratrstvi v anglicke keel Mel velice peknou tee a bratr Pokladnik pravil, ze se to dd. otisknout ve Vestniku, aby si to mohlo vice elena pteeist.

Bratr Hogek pravil, ze je rad, ze nas tolik pie do Vestniku o svem tadu a ka2demu dekoval a pravil, ze prate jednotlivca ma bYt ocenena, aby men jeSte vice chuti pracovat; a dohadoval, jak bychom mohli neoinne •ady vice povzbudit. Chtel by mit dva tabory, modre a bile, aby se mohly ptedhanet a kterY by vie novYch Mena dostal. Od prvniho ledna do konce 'derma 'name 251 novYch clenu. V'Sern Aniekam pf'al 'St'astnY svatek, jeZ ptipada na 26. eervence.

Bratr Pokladnik by si 0 •61, aby mlade2 dostala vice ptilelitosti name ukazat, co dovedou.

Bratr Roman Parma Jr. od tadu Slovanska Lipa eislo 66 udelal a daroval tietimu distriktu palieku, za coZ mu bratr Pokladnik podekoval.

Bratr Ho gek vyzval kaalSr tad, aby tekli, co vykonali; a podle zprav v gichni se eini jak jen mohou. TeZ vzdali Best sestte Milanove a bratram Bartek, Popp a Slovak, ze prodali nejvice pojiSteni od zaeaku tohoto roku.

Schaze odroeena ye 12:20 hodin do dvou hodin pro °bed. Obed byl velice chutnY, vSeho bylo dost, jak jidla tak piti. Bylo horko, tak kahlSr mel Zizefi. Sestry se vyznamenaly dobrym jidlem a peeivem a v gem srdeene dekujeme a teZ sleenam, co nas tak pekne obsluhoyaly pitim a pedivem.

Po obede ye dye hodiny se udelily deny (door prizes). Byly 4.

1. Sestra Ja.re g, eislo 140, dostala elektricke hodiny.

2. Bratr Jare g, Oslo 139, dostal thermos jug. Meli gtesti. ze oba vyhrali.

3. Sestra Trojadek, eislo 90, dostala door chimes.

4. Bratr Navratil, eislo 138, dostal light fixtures. Vgem gratulujeme.

Bratr oervenka v West pfeeet1 organisatory, co nejvice upsali novkch Menu a ze pry jsme nejptednej gi ze sedmi distCtyti -distrikty byly zastoupeny.

Ve stfedu, dne 4, srpna 1954.

Bratr Marek nam vysvetlil, jak kagdY distrikt si stoji. Prvni je distrikt 6 a druhY je distrikt 3, co nejvice prodaly.

Velice peknou tee mel a gkoda, ze ji nemogno celou opsat.

Bratr Chupick pravil, ze ma vgdycky velkou radost se s nami sejit a rad mezi nas ptijede. Kuchatity te g pochvalil a vgdycky nee° k smichu tekne a dobie se mu nasloucha, a teg mei peknou red.

Bratr Valdik pravil, ze je 5 ditek, co napsaly povidky v anglietine, kdy to nekdo bud' preeet1 nebo povedel eesky a mel pro tech 5 deti po jednom dolaru. Velice se mu to libilo, ze i deti pracuji.

Bratr gkrabanek pravil, jak ho tegi, tak dobie pokraeujeme v ttetim distriktu a kagcleho pozval na jejich, pateho distriktu schuzi 26. zati v Danbury.

Bratr Navratil te g mel zajimavou red.

Ptimlouval se za mlade g, abychom ji zaueovali, aby jednou mohli ptebrat kde my ukondime a my se mohli na ne spolehnout.

Sestra Horakova z Dallas se ptimlouvala za domov pro stare lidi, pro vYletni misto pro mlade eleny a te gilo ji, ze bratr Valeik uvetejtmje ty povidky pro deti ye Vestniku.

Bratr Chupick odevzdal knofliky peti nejstar gim elentim, co mei aspon 50 let elenstvi, a pronesl velice tklivou fed.

Dne 28. listopadu bude distriktni schtize ye Fort Worth u tadu 'Oslo 92. Vgichni jsme pozvani a tak se zas tegime.

Sestra Hilsherova nechala zavolat vgechny deti a mlade g, aby k nim mohla promluvit. Ona to s nimi urni a vi, co chce dokazat. Pfejeme ji. mnoho zdaru.

Je to od ni velice pekne, ze si de, tolik prace, aby pomohla nee° dobreho ziskat pro inlacid. gkoda,, ze nemohu celou jeji fed tady opsat. Tolik ma plant a napacit..

Schtize•zakoneila ve 4:15 a bratr Pokladnik podekoval za pohosteni a dobra jidla a byl rad, ge se nas tolik se glo, kdy bylo tak horko. V sini bylo ptijemne, ale kagdY mel velkou lizeti a sodovky,'piva a ledoveho eaje se hodne vypilo, ale my-slim, ge to studena voda byla nejlepgi.

Po schtizi sestra Nesudova a jine mely velice zajimavY program od rnlaciege.

Pisne, tanec a hra na piano a harmoniku se nam velice libila. Te g malt' orchestr mely a zahraly nekolik pisni. Vgechna jmena byla uvetejnena ye Vestniku, tak nebudu zabirat vice misto. My jsme odjeli donni o pet hodinach a tak jsme nevideli ostatni program, ale jsem ptesvedeena, ge se men dobte i potorn a o tanci teg.

Srdeene v gem dekujeme v Ennis za jemne ztravenY den a St'astne jsme dojeli dome.

Te'z' pczdrav na Vas, tetieko Svitakova a Va§i celou roclinn.

V tide Rtviena Parma, dopisovatelka.

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ZPRAV, Z T1 ETill0 DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. Grapevine, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Chci podati dues jen krat gi popis udalosti a moje pozorovani z nisi prave konane distriktni schtaze v Ennis dne 25. gervence.

V ten den teplomer vy ginul se sice na, 108 st. ve stinu, ale vzdor tomu navgteva nasi schdze byla nad nase odeltavani.

Kniha navgtevnikti, ac neaphio,, vykazuje 268 jmen a zjistili jsme jegte celou *radii domacich i ptespolnich, kteti opomeli do knihy na gi se zapsati. Odhaduji navgtevu kol 600.

I Naysteva houstonske delegace a bratra Hlavni uradovny nas obzvla gte potegila.

Diky jim vtele.

Spojene nage dobre rady enniske cis. 25, 82 a hostici tad 135, byly jak nale gi pHpravene ye vgem, v kuchyni, kde vladly nage obetave sestry, v nalevne, kde zas bratti byli ve svem 2ivlu a pozdeji venku pH sini, kde ruzne hry mely sve stanky i sve vytrvale "vyvolavaee" k deasti. — Inn, bylo videti, ge tam prilprava, byla kladna a ja ov gem rad se ptiznam, jsme se rzas ka gdY mohli nem' ptiueiti, jak podnik takovY se cid aspegne poke,dati.

Zaba,vni Cast programu byla te g velice zdatila, eisla jednotliva, ditky ptedvedena, velice libiva. Sokolky se nam vepsaly svYm Vern vzorne provedenYm dislern v pamet i do srdce nageho a pteji jin dalgi vytrvalosti a setrvani pH tak krasne praci. 'regime se, ge jim bude v listopadu mono ve Fort Worth se °pet nam piedstaviti. — Na zdar! tislo venovano holdu na gi SPJST svedei o torn, le v Ennis maji schopne a obetave pracovniky, ochotne a pdhotove, kdy ptijde eas dosvedeiti, ge CM vice jak slova plati. Muth° dikti vain tarn vaem a nag obdiv. gkoda, gkoda,, ge jste tam, sestry a branebyli vgichni, nebot' nevirn, kde co tak pekneho, ptivociriiho, zas kdy uvidite. Zas opakuji diky, diky yam vgem.

Z 21 tan, sdrugenYch v na gern distriktu, tentokrate pouze 14 bylo zastoupe nYch. Jest to ov gem gkoda nas vgech, nebot' jsme odekavali, ge zajern by se mel stapilovati, — KagdY tad by mohl pkinesti do distriktni schtize prospe gnY a uliteenY navrh, nebo' ne g bude ptigti sjezd, jest nagim kolem mnohe veci promysleti a prodebatovati. Mnohe na ge navrhy mohly by se ujati i v jinYch distriktech a eas trvani ptigtiho sjezdu by se ptipravenosti znaene zkratil. Av gak o torn si pohovotime ye Fort Worth dne 28. listopadu, kam byla vetginou hiasu pfi gti distriktni schilze pclogera, a doufame, ze jedenka gdY bude moci sve nAnlecly pPecinesti, anM by byl

Strata • zkracen o sve demokratic0 prdvo hrubYrn, ja vetim, navrhem na "skondeni debaty".

Celkem trvala posledni na ge distriktni schtize od 10:40 do 12:30 dopoledni zasedani a odpoledne od 2:00 do 4:15 hodin, tedy celkem 4 hodiny a 5 minut.

Tail° nas sejiti se s tak eetnYmi Oaten a pfeji yam vgem, i tem kadUrri vagim, rimoho dalgiho zdaru.

Sepsani protokolu mi ov gem vylada dalgiho dasu a doufain, ze laska.ve poshotrite. Ten skvelY plat, dosud ale jen v planetach, kteti mi mnozi za moji praci zavideli, s radosti postoupirn svemut naslednikovi.

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pozdravem a v tide Ludva 0. Hogek, t. c. tajernnik.

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P. J. S T.

Sestry a bratti: Po distriktni schttzi ye West dne 25 dubria, a pa spoletne porade zastupcii tretiho a pateho distriktu, bylo usneseno, aby organisatoti ye vgech sedmi distriktech SPJST byli pozvani do bratrskeho zavodu v ziskani noveho elenstva' do nagi SPJST. Tento zavod Tketiho a Pateho distriktu proti vgem ostatnim distriktum by nas mei najiti v gechny pohotove vYpomoci nagim organisatortim kde se jen pkilegitost naskytne.

Podminky zavodu byly by docela jednoduche. Organisatoti v kaldem distriktu snagili by se, aby ptirustek novych 'diem\ a novych certifikatil byl mereny v procentech podle stavu elenti v distriktu.

Ka:2 0 distrikt by se snazil zvY giti eislici svS/ch Mena a pkiritstek by se vypoeital v procentech.

Didegitost a prospe gnost takove nove naborove kampane jiste uzna, kazdy organisator. souhlas od nadpolovieni vetginy vsech organisatorti, zavocl by zapccal na I. cervna a ukoneil by na, 31. srpna 1954.

Jestli schvalujete takovou bratrskou soute g, cog jiste potegi celou Jednotu nasi, poglete svuj souhla,s co nejcifive na tajemnika tketiho distriktu: L. 0. Hogek, Grapevine, Route 1, Texas.

S bratrsitYm pozdravem Cyril Pokla,dnik, ptedseda L. 0. Hogek, tajemnik Ttetiho distriktu J. M. gicrabanek, ptedseda Rudy J. Adak, tajemnik Pateho distriktu

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Vt STNIX — WEST. TEXAS

Ve stredu, dne 4. srpna 1954.

Z CINNOSTI DOMACICH RADII Rad Itozkvet Zapadu eislo 107.

Floresville, Texas.

Sestry a bratti tadu Rozkvet Zapaclu eislo 107: NaAe posledni schrize byla opet slabe nav'Sti yena vzdor tomu, 2e jsme mejednani a bylo to oznameno v anglicke i Ceske easti Vestniku, Schrizi zahajil br. ptedseda. Vzdan slib vlajce arnericke, eten zapis z minule schrize a pkijat jak eten. teetni vYbor podava svoji zpravu pulroeni, 2e shledal knihy nejlepim pokadku. Zprava vYboru byla pi ijata.

Dale na kadu pti gla otazka stran koupe podilu sokolskeho na budove. Rozptedla ,se debata dosti end, na ktere . se podileli nektere sestry a bratki. Brat] . Fr. Bolf se ptimlouva o koupeni podilu, zaroveil to podava jako navrh. Bratr ptedseda nechal hlasovat o navrhu, co2 bylo pkijato jednohlasne, proto 2e kdy'2 se lilasovalo "proti", tak 2adnY proti nebyl a zdali ano, tak to nedal vedet. Tak fad bude ted' vlastnit budovu sari. Snad nekteti budete dudlat, ale to u2 mate poz ci e, meli jste dosti easu pkijit a dati svoje mineni najevo.

Tak jsem -yam to hlavni napsal, tak to bade dost, neb jest velke horko, tak se psat nechce, neb pot se jen leje.

S bratrskSim pozdravem Tom. Novak, clopisovate ) • 4 • kid Jaromir eislo 54.

West Texas.

Bratii a sestry: Schtize bude prvniho srpna, a jste byste se dostavili. Schtize bude jak obyeejne o druhe hodin y.' Po schrizi se pak bratrsky a ptatelsky poba,vime. Mok na, ze nebude tak horko, ale za to nerumusirne to pkekonat, jenom vodu pit, ani pivo nechutna. (Pane sazeei, Vain chutna kayo, co peni, jestli ne, ja za to nemohu).

Onehdy br. ptedseda ptijel a -- pojd' se projet, ale u2 byl veeer. No to ja jsem hned hotov, ale po yidam, pojd'rne nee() se posilnit, at' lepgi videt, nebot' yeeer je vS'echno eerie, jenom mosty rozbite u yidi. Ale to nic, jenom kdy2 jsem jel, ale piijeli jsme v potadku dornit. Tento tYden zas se nam toula po Houstonu, ale tam nejsou mosty Spatne, ale mne nechal doma. Ale ja, yam povim, jestli clicete nekde jet a nevite cestu, tak br. pted seda varn povi, nebo neni jedne cesty, aby on po ni nejel.

MinulY tYden zemtel otec Franka Pibila, 82. rokii. BYval dlouhe roky v teto krajine. Pfeji mu odpoeinuti a rodina at' piijme nagi soustrast. Jestli pa,ttil k tadu, to nevim.

Tento tYden reel puhieb Albert Miler.

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Take byl star, nevim ureite kolik, snad pi-es sedmdesat. Pfeji mu odpodinuti a rodina at' ptijme nak upkimnou soustrast.

V sobotu mel pohteb knez no, Penelope, take IA byl dost star, ale nevim jak byl star. Pfeji mu odpoeinuti lehke, at' odpoeiva v pokoji. Byl dlouhe roky v osade na Penelope. Osada ztratila oblibeneho kite ze.

Tak bratti a sestry, nezapomente na prvniho srpna pkijit do schtize. Bratr predseda nant neco povi ze schnze v Ennis, jakou men nayStevu a co dale, to on vi, ja tam nebudu. teetni vYbor pfehledl knihy, tak yam neco povi, ale co ja vim, je to v potadku, lepAi to bYt nemilZe. Tak na shledanou prvniho srpna ye 2 hodiny a po schtizi to zapijeme kafem, ale co peni. Raimund u2 se smeje.

S bratrskYm pozdra yern za tad Jaromir Emil Klaus. ) • 4 • ( Rad Columbus eislo 58.

Hungerford, Texas.

Sestry a bratti kadu Columbus: Uvedomuji vas, ze pravidelna schrize nageho tadu bude druhou nedeli, 8. srpna o druhe hodine odpoledne. Laskave dostavte se v poetu co nejvetkrn, proto2e vase ptitornnost je nutna a nektere spolkove zalektosti nedaji se odkladat.

Bratti a sestry, pfipominam a apeluji na vas na, vSechny, abyste aspori d ye hodiny easu mesiene venovali sami sobe a sve rodine v zajmu Zivotniho pojiSt'ovani, jestli chcete, naby na g spolek pokraeoval.

Oet1 jsem nekolikrat, ze stojata voda nedela dobrotu. A to same je se vSeckYm, co se zanedbava. Jake. by byla Moda, kdybychom naseli a pkiki se podivat Paz mame sklizet. Ptedsta yte si, jak by vypadal vas clomov, kdybyste v nem vymetli a upravili jen jednou za rok. To same nineme pfirovnat ye spolkove praci.

Neni to chYdly hodne, ze nekteti eleni ptijclou do schrize jen tehdy, kdyZ mail platit. A nekteki dokonce poSlou s yftj poplatek, bavi se dale dle sire libosti a spolehaji, 2e to za neho fri-ednici udelaji.

Ano, urednic delaji svou povinnost, ale co ty, bratte neb sestro, na tebe nespada Zadna povinnost? Mohl by ses pochvalit, co dobreho jsi udelal pro spolek od doby, kdy jsi ptistoupil do spolku? A piece celY spolek je pro ygechny a kaZdY z ritednikfi ma na sobe jenom eastku povinnosti. 0statni maji na, starosti v gichni eleni.

Tedy jeSte jednou vas upozorriuji, 2e bratrskern spolku na kakleho eeka nejakST kousek povinnosti, aspon kdy‘2 vkchni poniohou rozhoclovati o clulaitYch ye.ceeli. Prot() nezapomente pkijit do schtize

dne 8. srpna.

Na shledanou s vami 'demi se WI va6 ptedseda Ostoja Muniza. )• ( Rid San Antonio eislo 133.

San Antonio, Texas.

Bratii a sestry: Jiste jste si vsimli, 2e v poslednich nekolika eislech Vestniku rozepsali se nekteti o ruznYch zajimavostech V geobecneho razu, tedy nejen spolkoveho, mimo jine te2 o nak krasne aatine a jejim poukvani. Velmi vitam new takoyeho, nebot' ji2 daNno chtel jsem o veci neco napsat, z ureitYch dfavodit vSak jsem tak neueinil a zaujal jakesi yytkavaci stanovisko. Nyni je debata otevtena a proto rad Se ji zadastnim a sdelim s vami vaemi svoje nahledy. Neueinirn tak vaak dnes, ponevad2 mam mimoiadnou praci, ktera zabere vice easu (byl jsem poladan mYm slu2ebnim pkednostou, abych nap.sal pojednani o bezpeenostnich ptedpisech a bezpeenosti na draze v CSR pod zornYm rihlem s pomory zde v USA); jakmile se toho zhostim, ihned se k veci vratim. Bylo by dobte a jedine ye prospech celku, aby se nas rozepsalo co nejvice.

JeSte jenom kratce chci ptipornenout, 2e v fiterY dne 10. srpna t. r. budeme mit nas tradieni kahloroeni "Picnic" v pivovate "Pearl" a vkchny vas srdeene zveme. Ptijd'te vkchni, jiste se dobte pobavite, o torn nelze pochybovati. Nezapomente ale, prosim, ae v nedeli pied tim, 8. srpna, maine na gi pravidelnou schitzi, kde bychom vas take vSechny radi videli.

Tamte2 obdrkte tea vstupenky do pivovaru. Ptijd'te ureite, na shledanou! aroslav Kleprlik, tajemnik.

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Distriktni schiize Nasledujici je pofad distriktnich schftd, ktere jsou na programu v piTgtich medcich: 19. zati, distrikt pr yni. Caldwell 26. zeti, distrikt NAY, Danbury 17. kijna, distrikt druhY, Cyclone 24. tijna, distrikt S'estY, Elmaton 31. kijna, distrikt sedmY, Corpus Sestry a bratii, hled'te se zueastnit techto distriktnich schfizi, aby v kaide Ichfizi byly vAechny rady onoho distriktu zastoupeny. Vezmete s sebou sve deti, aby se mohly podilet na programu, nebo aby uvidely, jak v ildech omladina pracuje. Parnatujte, ze distrikty jsou nelen pro lep gi prat/ v Jednote, a/e pro lep§i pratelstvi mezi cleny a domacmn fatly. (dz)

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DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENU "DO(IKEJ (',ASU JAKO HUSA KLASU" Dallas Texas, 26. eervence 1954.

Sestry. broth: Nekdy se stane ze nepromy glene vyslovena poznamka neb fivand da podnet ku dosti neptijemnYm nasledkilm a nekdy i zklamani. 0 tom jsem se ptesvedeil y eera v Ennis, kde se mnou mluvilo nekolik Menu nasi stare tridy "A" o to propagovane Sieve kaldemu elenu, kterY plati '5 rokii, bez ohledu na staff takoveho elem. V jeden eas jsme moli dosh znaonY krouZek zajemcu a obavam se, ze jsem se jim mYm yysvetlenim teto zalehtosti mnoho nezavdeeil.

Ale, ze jsem si teto propag;andy o vu bez ohledu na stall dobte v gimal hned od podatku, byl jsem dosti dobte ptipra y en na odpovedi. Cela table agitace o te• to veci, dle toho jak to pozoruji od zaeatku, byla vyvolana redakeni &ohm ye Vestniku ze dne 7. dubna t. r., kde mate na treti st •ance nasledujici poznamku: "Redaktoru pri glo stiznost od jednoho stargiho elena nasledujiciho zneni: `Co se mne u SPJST nelibi, le se nebere ZadnY ohled na dne gni stare eleny, kteti vstoupili do Jednoty v mladem veku. Mne bylo 19 let, kdyl' jsem byl ptijat do Jednoty a do tadu Oslo Jsem v Jednote padesat rokS, ale nemam jegte pinYch 70 let, tak ladnou Slevu nedostanu, az mne bude 70 rokt.

Milj soused ptistoupil do Jednoty hodne pozdeji, kdy2 mu bylo 35 rokt. Pied peti lety zaeal dostavat dtvrtinu tlevy na poplatek a loni dostal polovinu. Ja pflstoupil v roce 1903 a nedostavom nic.

On ptistoupil v 1912 a ul gest mkt' dostava ulevu. Mohi bys mi, bratie redaktore, yysvetlit, pros na ty, co byli dele v Jednote, se nebere ohled?'

Redaktor na to odpovida, ze nemille, a pak trochu kriticky vysvetluje, jak se to stalo, le tato tleva byla ptijata ye sjezdu v Taylor.

Ale, teto ne yysvetlene otazky se chytill nekteti cleni ttetiho okrsku nasi Jednoty, — a ze prave bylo pied schazi ho okrsku, bylo ye West ptijato, jako devatY bod resoluce teto schtze, aby -alevu na poplatkach dostal kaZdY e'en kted plati tficet pet mita, bez ohledu na jeho dosalene stati po tticeti peti letech placeni. Tento bod to resoluce vyvolal mezi na gimi 'deny mnohe nadeje, kteti se ale doekaji zklarnani.

Abych se pkesvedeil, jak si v teto veci stojime u na geho tadu Pokrok Dallas cis.

84, -- vyhledal jsem si miij seznam elenii a vypracoval jsem si pfehled v gech na',ich elenu tridy (tfidy "B" se to jeAte netYka), jejich stali ph vstupu do Jednoty a jejich dosa.'2ene stati. Vedel

jsem, ze mame jednohp elena, ktery vstoupil do Jednoty ye stall 16 rokft a jest jiz dva-a-etyticatY rok Menem (mame jineho, kted ale bude 35 rokil v Jednote z jara), a jest mu male, pies 50 rokt. JellkoZ ye tfide "A" eleni 16-17-18-19 platili ve stall 20 rokil shrnul jsem tyto eleny do jednoho staff. (20 rokt) a tech mame jedenact, nejmlacigi 52 roky start', a ten plati uZ tticatY gesty rok. Nejstar gi pak v teto hide co phstoupili do 20 roku staff lest 62 roky start a plati ut 42 roky. Pak na.sleduje ph* ptistoupeni stall. 21 do a yeetmo 37 rokii, mame 34 deny, kteti plati 35 neb vice rokt, z nichi nekteti (die me listiny ..413t jich 14), jiZ Slew closta.vaji. JederMid g Glen ptistoupil ye staff 41 rokil, jest Menem 51 rokit, dovrgil jiZ vek devadesat dva; dle tabulky Narodniho Kongresu, ktera konei vekem, nemYlim-li se, devadesat dva roky, byl by na g Martin Koval' opravnenY ku dplate jeho cektifikatu za Mimo zde vytknute eleny jich mame sedm clenu, kteti si plati do Jednoty 34 roky, nejmla.dgimu jest prave 50 rokt, jeden uZ ma zaplaceno 33 rokil a nekolik 32. Tak mne prave napadlo: coZ abychom udelali tu pfi gti okrskovou schuzi, ktera bude ye Fort Worth v nedeli dne 28. 11stopadu, trochu zajimavej gi a bude-li Martinovi Kovatovi mono se tam dostavit, odevzdali jsme mu tam jeho knoflik padesatileteho elenstvi a poukazku od Jednoty na jeden tisic dolarii. (Die me vedomosti, Martin Koval nema ptijeku na certifikat.)

Ted' se vrat'me k to stanosti toho devatenactileteho diena. Rozhodne jsem nesouhlasil s tim, jak bylo, tato stanost podana a ani s ton kritikou sjezdu ye Taylor. Po pteeteni to stilnosti jsem mel ten dojem, ze ten devatenactiletY si jeho vec dobte neptedlohl a ze ma tu my glenku, ze, protole jiZ plati do Jednoty padesat rokii, zaplatii mnohem vice neZli ten 'Oen o kterem pise,ze Alevu dostava, aekoliv pkistoupil o devet let pozdeji. A ze se rad hned o v gem ptesvedeim, vyhledal jsem pottebne pomucky a zde jest co jsem shledal. KdyZ ten devatenactiletY pfistoupil do Jednoty v roku 1903, jeho poplatek byl, mimo vkladneho, sedmdesat centil mesiene, neb, bez sralky, $8.40 merle, na tisic dolarti, ptedpokladaje, tisic pojigteni ma. Tento obnos platil aZ dnroku 1921, tedy, vezma celY rok 1903 do 1921, po 18 rokii. Kolem 1903 meli eleni Jednoty dosti east() odpu gtene poplatky, ale ze jsem tu tyto "odpustky" ukazujici listinu, kterou jsem dostal od bratra Marko, nekam zaloZil, nemohu je zde vy nekcle poeitati (bratte Mai ku, jestli

jeate jeden otisk, budu Ti vdeenY, kdy mne jej zagleg).

V roku 1920 byly sjezdem v Schulenburgu poplatky zvYgcne tak tento Men platil, poeinaje 1921 devadesat centit mesiene. neb $10.80 roene, bez stalky, coZ tedy plat uZ 32 roky. Celko yY obnos jeho poplatky, die roeni gkaly, jest $496,80.

Ten 35 rokil start e'en, kted ptistoupil do Jednoty roku 1912, platil na tisic dopoditaje celY rok 1912 at do roku 1921, mesiene $1.22 a roene, zase bete sraiky, $14.64, po devet roku. Poeinaje 1921 platil $1.45 neb, bez sralky $17.40 merle, po 26 rokii. Potom dostal filevu platil $13.05 po pet rokS a jeden rok polovieni poplatky, to jest $8.70 roene na jeho tisicovaeek. Celkem zplatil $658.11, coi dela, o $161.31 vice nehi zapiatil ten devatenactiled za jeho padesat rokti.

Ted' tento ale bude take miti -Levu, tedy jeho dhoda bude stale lepgi.

Jestli by bylo spravedlive veci druhYm ttidam pojigteni dati doZivotnim ttidam ("A" a "B") poplatkovou Slevu po 35 letech placeni, ukazuji nejlepe poplatky vyggich ttid a zalohy techto. A asi nebude tteba jich uvadeti zde mnoho, jedna Spine postadi. Vezmem stati 20 rokii ye ttidach "B" a "C". Poplatky v tomto stah jsou $13.77 ye ttide "B" a $21.76 merle.

Ve tilde "B" zaplati do staff 55 roku, po 35 letech placeni, $481.95, coZ se zda dosti znadnY obnos. Ten 201etY ye ttide "C" vgak zaplati za dvacet roku, tedy ye staff 40 rokii, $435.20 — jenom o $46.75 m.ene.

Ted' jest zde vgak jedno velike ale: jsou to zalohy techto dvou elenS po dosaAeni veku 55 tticet pet mkt( pa vstoupeni do nagi Jednoty. Ten. dvacetiletY Glen ye tfide "B" ma za.lohu ye veku 55 rokS v obnosu $370.73 (A. X. —4(/,-) aneb $393.00 dle Am. Ex. tabulky s procentnirn,zarodenim, — kdeZto elen ve 'Vide "C" ma ye veku 55 rokii zalohu v obnosu $526.00 die A. X. tabulky na $4% a obnos $566.00 na 3-a-ptl procenta. A to jest znadnY rozdil.

(Mimochodem podotknu, ze die nag jednatelske kniZky ma ten Men ye ttide "C" zalohy v obnosu $555.00 — o jedeno,ct dolarti men gi nelli to procentni tabulka vyladuje a o $29.00 vet gi neZli 4 r,/, tabulka.)

Ani jegte ve stkti 70 rokil, ve kted.Cas ten Glen tridy "B" by byl opravnen slevu, jeho zaloha se je gte zdaleka nevyrovna zaloze elena ye tilde `C". Dle A. X. tabulky jest jeho zaloha $627.00 a tidy "C" jest to $719.00 — tedy o $92.00 .procentni tabuice jest vyggi. Na rozdil o $94.00.

KdyZ porovnavate zalohy tridy "C"- s nisi stator "A". jest ten rozdil late vet-

Straua 8 M. Ten 201etSi ye tilde "A" ma po tiiceti peti letech zalohu $349.00 a ten den ye tilde "C" $526.00 (a to udavam to ni2M, zalohu). To dela rozdil $177.00 — a to byste chteli tomu ve tilde "A" aneb ye tilde "B" dati slevu na poplatkach po placeni 35 rokil? Kdo bude pak ty jejich nedostateene zalohy doplacet. Ty vySSI tkidy?

Myslite, 2e jest to spravedlive vy2adovati ye vSech druhYch tildach pattiene zalohy a ulevovati, a to east° v dosti mla.dem veku dokvotni tilde? Ten 'den, kterST si za dneAnich pomera vezme v mladem veku, od Sestnacti do osm-a-dvaceti roka, dokvotni pojistku, vsazi sam proti sobe, 2e se nedokje Sedesati neb vice let. Proo bychom jej meli v torn jeSte povzbuzovat poskytnutim alevy po dosaZeni veku 55 do 59 let? Nebylo by to Skodlive pro jednatele pti prodavani vyMich tkid?

Nad by si takovY elovek bral dvacetiletou, kdy2 maze platit v dokvotni mnohem merle a ma nadeji ze, dokje-li se pet-apadesati, 'Ze bade platiti merle. Jen at' se doeka, easu jako husa klasu, — my jsme take eckali, a to jsme nemeli u Jednoty men jsme jen tkidu "A". na vYber, Bratrsky a po pravde, vaa Frank B. Steiner.

VESTNiK WEST, TIMM

jsme, aZ se hory zelenaly. Mladi hrali 1)61", tak jsme se bavili a2 do vedera.

Tam bylo veselo, na to velike 8krabankoye rend..

Take jsme byli v Rowena, tam oslavovali padesatilete trvani tamniho tadu, zaroven s distriktni schtizi. Tam byla yelika, navAteva, schfize byla zahajena piesne v oznamenY eas. Br. Kvasnieka pie" Ceti dejiny tohoto tadu, pak mlacie2 mela kratSi program. Tam na zapade jsou zvlaStni lido. Ty zasoby rozlieneho pediva a masa to dosvedeily, vSechno jidlo bylo zylaSt' chutne a vSechno zdarma.

Jsou to lide obetavi, pohostinni. Ja jsem se tam citil jolty) bychom byli vAichni jedna rodina .

Zase do schtize 3. distriktu v Sokolovni v Ennis. Tam meli horko jako v dervenci. Byla tam pekna navAteva, scheme pfesne zpozdend, schaze zajimava,, program mlacle2e velice peknY (u2 je tomu davno, aZ 'Ain§ dam°, co jsem tak veilkou skupinu deti slySel zpivat). Jidlo bylo dobre a dobra obsluha.

Jate se vratiin ke scliazi v Danbury.

Tarn jeden teonik povidal, my nemil2eme v nasi schuzi na ge 'nazory si vyrneriovat, my musime nag eas venovat naSirn detem. VYsledek byl, ze po obede se Ude rozji2deli, kdy2 seznali, 2e nic noveho neuviMt. Calm, Texas. di, k nicemu se nepriuci, svoje nazory Bratti a sestry: nemohou vymenit. Byli zklamani a jeli Br. redaktor psal, abych neco napsal o tech schfizich, ktere jsem navAtivil. Tak Jestli v techto schazich byly chyby, a zde to mate; br. redaktor to spiskal a on nekoho to boli, tak vas ujiSt'uji, 2'e nine je za to zOdpovednSr. to boli nejvice.

Prvni distriktni schrize byla v Dallas v Take 2e to debatovani ye schazich je Sokolovne. Druha schaze byla ye Fort zbytedne, 2e to nam nic neptinaSi. Ne:Worth v Sokolovne, obe schaze mely do- vim jak mnoho zla neb dobra jsme ziskabre raivStevy a byly zajimave, programy li, ale main nadeji, jestli bucleme pokramlaclek byly pane, jidla byla chutna,. covat, ze mii2eme ziskat hodne.

Tteti schaze byla v Narodni sini v Ennis.

Ku pilkladu, v Ennis byla vyzvednuta Tam byla vetAi navSteva, schfize zajima- mySlenka, o atulne pro stare deny. Tato va, vYstup mladeZe velice peknY, °bed do- debata nekterYch uspokojila, a nekteki brY, znamenite nas pohostili. Otyrta budou ptemYSlet dale. Bratr Marek povischaze byla ye West. Tam bylo vice lidu dal, 2e s tou myalenkou musime poekat neki ye schazi v Ennis. Byla zajima,va., do sjezdu. Ale mile to neuspokojilo. My program byl peknY. bychom meli veclet mnohern vice o na, Neco yarn musim prozra,dit, oni tarn ye Bich mo2nYch planech a to pied sjezdem.

West v2clycky musi mit neco, co nikde na Na sjezde MnohY delegat je jako ve Skopsvete nemaji. Oni maji mikrofon-, a to ten, ku na hluboke vocle. TakovYmi plaveiky co Kolumbus ptivezli do Ameriky. To je jsme vSichni byli na schulenburgskem ten nejlepSi na svete, ja jsem slySel dva sjezde. Nevim, kdo ten navrh dal, aby programy naraz, jeden program se stra- Jednota postavila siroteinec. Pak bratr ny teenikri a drub' ze strany, co nalevali Pazdral promluvil dojemne, take bylo pivo. Br. Cervenka a2 do dvou hodin mne slySet sirotky plakat. My delegati jsrne trapil hlady. spechali s pomoci a hla,sovall pro siroteiTake s man2elkou jsme si zajeli na nee. Po sjezdu byly na ka2dY tad poslane schazi pateho distriktu do Danbury. Tam formulate k vypineni, a kolik tad ma . obylo vice lidi neki bylo ve West. Schaze devzdat. Tenkrate nic horSiho se nestalo. zaeala pozcle a brio skoneila, a nastal o- Oleni Jednoty sirotky uspali, a ty dosud bed. Sii jsme dvema kadami pro jidlo, tak spi. Dnes neco nesmyslneho odhlasovat, jsme brzo byli po obede. (Dekuji br. gkra- to by znamenalo vyrazit dno Jednoty. bankovi, netrapil mne a2 do dvou hodin.)

Ty naSe schaze jsou naSimi gkolami. obede zaeal piknik, meli jsme dye KaZdY 'den by mel veciet, co pottebuje harmoniky, fonograf a housle, a zpivali Jednota. Mel by take t reat, co Skodi Jcd-

Ve stkedu, dne 4. srpna, 1954. note, kde jakYm zpiisobem v gechrii manic pracovat. (Weitka — u'Z jsme dlouho dvete nal mladeli.) To nevim, jestli je to spravne tedeno, ale jestli je, tak otvirat ty dvete se musime ueit. Take neinfiZeme zavirat dveie starSim elenum, ty nam je take tieba.

Bylo by to velikou pomoci, kdyby nekteti dleni za S - li do nektere Utulny a sebrali dislice, co stoji zatizeni ntulny a co stoji vydrZovat jednu osobu rodne. Na'Se Jednota by nemusela bYt zkuSebnim kralikem. A tak je to s kaZdYm podnikem.

Meli bychom vedet, jak to bude potom.

Na'Se sjezdy jsOu prilis drahe, Vestnik je drahY; co mame s tim delat, aby se vlk naZral a koza znstala celd?

Ed 8napka.

•( Jourdanton, Texas.

Mil' bratie redaktore: Rada bych popsala podrobnosti pohtbu naS'eho souseda Henry Ripple, ale neni mi to mane. Nemohu psat net jen v ptestavkach. Main ApatnY zrak a lepZi brSile nemohu dostat. Doktor mi zakazal Gist, nechci-li oslepnout.

Tak Ti posilam vYstfiZek ze' zdejiich novin. Jestli by jsi z toho mohl nee() uVetejnit ve Vestniku, prosim Te, udelej to.

A ne-li, tak si to pfeeti pro sebe a Tvou man2elku. Vim, 2e oba znate rodinu Ripplovu.

Je zde jeSte jejich syn Alfred, kteffr ptiletel na pohteb z Venezuely z Ji2ni Ameriky. Dnes stehuji residenci z farmy do mesta.blizko jejich syna R. B. Ripple, nebot' ta Meta. babieka Ripplova, matka zesnuleho Henry, a jeji snacha nemohou zastavat samy na fume.

Pro celou rodinu je to velika rana, nebot' pied ttemi mesici prisia o 2ivot .jejich dcera a vnuelca ye srakc kar, a ted' zase ta hrozna rana.

Doufam, Ze mi to nezazliS, bratie Valeiku, 2e Ti toto piSi. VSak je to take asi poslednich par tacika, co Ti pisi. Tak ptijmete oba, Ty i Tva ma,n2elka, maj sesterskY a ptatelskY pozdra y. S mnoha zdravi jsem Frances Ktemenkova. * * Poznamka redaktora: Vyhovuji smutne povinnosti, o kterou mne Zada sostra Ktemenkova, abych oznamil atenatam a elenam tragickY skon bratra Henry Ripple v Jourdanton. Znal jsem dobte Jindkicha Ripple, dokud jsme oba bydleli v East Bernard, kde jsme spoledne cvieili v Sokole. S jeho bratrancem, Jindfichem Novosadem, gel jsem na ueitelskY astav, kde studovala tee sleena Frances Ripple, sestra Henry Ripple. Z vYstil2ku, kterY mi poslala sestra Ktemenkova, a kterY je uvetejnen v anglicke easti tohoto disla-, dozvidam se, Ze bratr Henry Ripple byl nahodou zabit, kdyZ eihal na prerijni

stforlu,

4..r,rpna 1954.

viky, zde zvarie "kojoty". Stalo se tak aasne rano v aterY 13. dervence. Die zpravy smireiho soudce .Barton Wells, mrtvola stfeleneho bratra nalezena byla v pastevniku s prostfelenYm temenem hlavy. ZesnulY bratr mel v poslednich dnech nesnaze s prerijnimi viky. Katidou not ztratily se mu nejake slepice. Proto nekolikrat vstal jegte pied vYchodem slunce, vzal svou ruenici .22 kalibru a chodil eihat na vlky. Obyeejne se vratil s vYchodem slunce. Zmineneho rana diouho se nevracel. Man gelka ho po ranu hledala a volala, ale nemohla se ho do-. volati. Pogadala souseda Jos. Jutieka, a• by ji pomohl nalezti pohfegovaneho. Za volali bratrance Toma ge Novosada a souseda Chas. Belieka, pozdeji volali okresni Ufedniky. Koneene nalezli telo Henry Ripple vedle velikeho patezu. Ruenice byla zabodlo, v zemi, hlavni dolt. Dle Afedniho vygettovani, bratr Ripple mel asi "rajfli" opfenou o patez. A bezpochyby se shYbnul, aby ruenici zvednul, kdy jedind kulka byla vypalena a vypadla mu z ruky, aby se zaboilla do zeme mezi kofeny pafezu. Bratr Ripple byl star 61 let. Zanechal mangelku, stailekou matku, dva syny, jednu sestru, d ye vnueky a velike mnogstvi pratel. Na ge SPJST ztratila v nem dobreho elena. Pozfistale rodine vyslovujeme na,gi nejhlubgi soustrast.

1 • St. • I. SRDCE PLNE LASKY ...

Dne 10. eervence uplynulo sto dvacet let od narozeni Jana Nerudy, basnika i novinare, jeho g yYznam znstal za jeho givota nedocenen. Teprve po smrti dne 22. srpna 1891 byla pochopena jeho lidska. i literarni' osobnost. Pochazel z chude rodiny, studoval na universite a vennival se cele aeske literatufe. Do jeho dugevniho vYvoje zasahla jeho dobra matka, jeg Jana, jedine dite, milovala nesmirne. Po smrti otcove syn o matku staral se pealive a i po jeji smrti pfipominal si stale jeji bytost obrazem, stojicim na jeho pracovnim stole. Lasku k matte opevoval Neruda east°. Ukazoval na hluboke porozumeni, je g matka ma pro syna a po smrti matky basnik citil se osamelSr a volal: "Ven musim, yen — tam do sveta, mne je tak zima doma."

Jig za studii zamiloval si Neruda prostou pragskou divku Annu Holinovou.

Rozegel se s ni v dobe, kdy mel fadu nenspecha, proto ge ji nemohl nabidnouti svou ruku. 0 nekolik let pozcleji seznamil se se souchotinafskou divkou venkovskou, Terezii Machaelovou, radoval se z kvetin, ktere od ni dostaval, psal 11 dlouhe dopisy a byl zdrcen zpravou o jeji smrti.

Kdykoliv Neruda, utrpel te gkou givotni ranu, odchazel na testy do ciziny: do PaNernecka, Uher, darihradu, Jerusalema, Alma. — Ve svern stafi, kdy v dobe dloiihe nemoci pro gival ye sve svetnie-

V S T•N 1 X — NEST, TrmAs ce dlouhe, dlouhe dny a noel, nesl take svou osamelost a ponevadt jeho srdce bylo pine lasky a volalo po, lasce, venoval ji cele svemu narodu. Na lo gi smrtelnem psal sve "Zpevy pateeni". Vzpominal na &tile bolesti a volal: "V gechno jsem oplakal, zase se osve gil Tebe bych, narode, Tebe bycb neptetii1".

Ceske Literarni Sdru geni v Austinu 0cenilo vYznam Jana Nerudy a zafadilo do eitanky "Leto" jeho podobenku i baseri "Laska"; do eitanky "Podzim" !pas& "Dye draha mista", "Let' prapore nag", "Matiece" a "Rostlinno„ rodina". Obe krasne eitanky dosud mame na sklade a cena jejich zUstala nezmenena. Penize mogno zaslaV i v dopise na, adresu: Dr. Ed. Mieek, University Station, Austin, Texas a eitanky budou ihned zaslany a Vage jmeno zapsano do pamatniku. Tak uctite pamatku velikeho basnika, jehog srdce bylo pine lasky.

S uptimnYm pozdravem

RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resoluani vYbor fadu La Parita, dislo 161 SPJST, timto projevujeme jmenem na gebo fadu uptimne citenou soustrast pozustale rodine nad ztratou jejich mantiela, otce, dedeeka a nageho spolubratra Henry Ripple, kterY pfigel negt'astnou nahodou o givot dne 13. eervence rano, kdy s rajfli v ruce gel do pastevniku po stope vika, kterY jim odnatel drube g, ale domft se jig givY nevratil.

ZeinfelSr spolubratr byl v gdy mime povahy, pracovitY a starostlivY o svoji rodinu a dbalY vgech syYch povinosti.

Rodina zemfeleho jest stoprocentne v Jednote a v gichni elenore patfi k nagemu fadu.

ZemfeV spolubratr zanechava stafiekou matku, mangelku, dva syny a jednu sestru. Teg velkou fadu rodiny a pfatel, kteti zeIi jeho pfedeasneho odchodu.

Pozustala rodino, vime ze truchlite a zelite nad odchodem Va gehO draheho, ale budig Vam easteenou ntechou, ze i my, spolubratfi a sestry neradi'ztracime dobreho alena, a ye Vagem zarrnutku soucitime s Varni.

ZemfelSr spolubratr byl pochovan zde na mestskem hfbitove za velke neasti jeho rodiny a cele zdej gi osady. Obfady vykonal Rev. E. J. Anderson ze San Antonio.

My, spolkovi bra.tfi pfejeme Tobe klid-

Strana ny spanek. best budi g Tvoji pamatce.

Dan° v Jourdanton, Texas, dne 22. e'ervenee 1954 za tad La Parita eislo 161.

Resolueni vYbor: Frances Kfernenek, Josef Jurieek, Rosie Ermis. ) • 4, • ( RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, nine podepsanY resolueni vYbor du Pokrok 11,1oultnou cis. 27, SPJST, v Moulton, Texas, timto projevujeme nagi hluboce citenou soustrast pozustale mangelce a ditkam nad odchodem jejich draheho mangela, otce a dedeeka a nageho mileho a vageneho spolubratra Franka Krametbauera, kterY zemfel dne 13. aervence, 1954 Ve stati 88 let v Shiner, Texas, a pochovan byl dne 15. eervence 1954 po cirkevnich obfadech na katolickem hrbitove v Moulton, Texas, za eetneho doprovodu a sester na geho tadu a pratel zesnuleho, ktefi jej ku vednemu odpodinku dopro vodili.

Na g zesnulY spolubratr pfistoupil do Jednoty 17. lijna 1897. Byl fadnYin Menem a pro fad a Jednotu mnoho vykonal.

ZesnulY byl dvakrat genat a zanechal e'etnou rodinu.

Vime, poznstala man gelko a ditky, 'Wee nesete ztratu va geho milovaneho mantiela, otce a dedeela, ale budi g Vain fitechou, ge i my, bratfi a sestry soucitime s Vami ye Vagem zarmutku.

Tobe, bratfe, pfejeme tichS 7 spanek lehke odpoeinuti. Odpoeivej v pokoji east budig pamatce Tye. Dano v Moulton, Texas, dne 27, aervence 1954.

Za fad pokrok Moultonu Cis. 27. SPJST v Moulton, Texas: Frank Jilek, Jr., A. J. Dafilek, jakith Tougek, resolueni irYbor. ) • 4„ •

Bratr Bittralzda slovo olovek, kterej je honosnej a kerej nechce bejt pi-ehli genej a potrpi si na vosobni slavu, lunge bejt jistej, ze vo syYm pohtbu von bude jedinej, kerej bude zakrytej vencema.

• 4, • t DetskY rozum Ueitel pfedeital &tem o gvarnem kterY jel na eernem hrebci.

"Tak, kdo z vas vi, co je to hfebecr Nikdo se nehlasi, krome Ferdakka.

"Tak tedy!"

"Mabee, je kun, kterSr se hodi na Clary k udrgovani rasy," vyklacla Ferddeek sebevedome a docla, jako na vysvetlenou: "Potom mama jag* valachy, ale ty se k tomu nehodi, to jsou voli."

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• , Zivotm zkuienosti a vzpominky krajana Josefa Vanka (Pokraeovani.) nni kava, kterou jsme do galku dobyla, tak ` rykteena” gc jsme nevedeli co to vlastne je a men jsme dojem, nekdo ye voile yyg plaehal stare derne ponogky. Pak jsme gli na dvtir, kde nam vtloukali do hlav vgechno mogne. Prace vgelijake bylo dosti, ale jidla, Indio a Spatne. Jak giv jsem nebkval velkk jedlik ale nmozi ptitalaovali pasky na kalhotech veimi easto. Potom pti gla Costa cvieeni ye strilen. Byly tam udelane figury z tyrdeho papiru, s temi pohybovali a my do toho praskali. Ka gc13"r stfilel jak se dalo, ale nakonec musel to zkusit ka g -ciksam.Bylotzvdencabylo rids par, kteki jsme dostali zlate strelecke odznaky. Rikali tom, ge letely okolo zlata, ale ge spadly do blata. Hejtmanovi, kterk nas prohanel jsme rikali "dedek".

Uniel nadavat velmi dobte a ka gdk jsme si paniatovali co flair' kikal: "Voni vostudo, ja jich zavku a g budou eernejl" Kdyg bylo evieeni skoneena, ptali se nas k jake slugbe se kde hlasime. Tehdy jsern se nemocnienimu oddeleni, protoge jsem si myslel, ze budu trochu v zayetti.

Vern° se tehdy, 'ge zvlagte v Bosne toho mnoho potrebovat nebudern.

Pred odjezdem do Bosny jsem clostal 3 dni dovolene. Bylo .to 'v mosupuste kdyg jsem prijel dome. Bylo velke vitani. jsem do hospody, kde byla niuzika a tan cif jsem ag do rano. Myslel isem si,ze se prospirn dost. Ale ehyba la yky. Dlouho j ,,e111 spat nemohl, protche p •igli moji kaniaracli a lakali niue na dal gi zabavu do Stkcbomyslic, kde byl veneeek. Maminka jim domlouvala, ge jsou jeAte ospaIi a mela obavy, abych z toho nebyl nemoven. Pkipravila, nam Idivu a peeivo, a kdyg ,jsme se najedli, vydali jsme se na ce gtu za zabavou. Nepotteboval jsern ani tehda, =oho domlouvani, proto ge od detstvi jsem byl veden k potticinernu 2ivotu.

Vgechno take dopadlo ciubie a ve etyri jsme si to u g flatiron zase k cioluovu a do spanova. Doma to dopadlo ykelino dobre, a proto jsem spot po zaba ye jak se kika "jako dudek". Odpolcdne uz zase k:amaracti niisli a 2c byehom men jit do Vclegic. Bylo to od nab nedaleko, ale tathick mi ptipominal, ze o pul noes main bkt zpatky v Proz,e. Vedel jsem to do like a nemel jsem chut' clostat se do ba sy. 'Se vgemi jsem se rozloueil a jel do Prahy. Pki gli nine vyprovodit mnozi kamaradi al na nadra gi a pak se zase vratill do hoGtince. Moe se mi tehdy do to Prahy nechtelo, ale nedalo se nic delat.

Pci ptijezdu do Prally jsem se dostal do vojenske nemocnice, kde jsem se Mel uelt tim mastiokakem. V ge dopadlo celkem do late, proto ge prvni zriklaci jsem sebou. Neg jsme odjeli do te Bosny, move

jsme se ueili strilet. Bylo to 0 pro nine hraekou a deda, hejtman mne poklepal dokonce na rameno. Miij karnarad Pronto. z Hora gcl'ovie se mi tehdy srnal a povida "to je v gechno, co jsi za to dostal?"

Tkden utekl jako voda a my se opravdu pkipravovali do Bosny.

Bylo to 7. dubna v 7 hod. rano, kdyg vojsko ze smichovskkch kasaren se ubiralo na nadra gi. Mnogstvi lidu ptiglo se rozloueit a dat s Bohem. Byly to scent' na ktere do smrti nezapomenu. Meli jsme ptivodne jeti hlavni geleznici, ale proto ge nag pluk byl nejstar gi, museli by nam ve Vidni ddti vgechno dvojnasobne.

Na to vgak byla rakousko-uherska monarchic moo opatrna dat vojaktim dvojnasobnk plat a dvojnasobne jidlo. Radeji nas poslali odboekou kolem gvkcarskkch hranic. Po dvou dnech jizdy jsme pkijeli do Sarajevo, hlavniho mesta Bosny.

Zda.lo se, ge rname jednu east tury odbytou, ale to druha tura byla hor gi. Nag e setnina byla ptidelena Trnova, ktere bylo asi 42 kilometra od Sarajeva.

Tki setniny sly na druhk den do Kalinoviku. I ja jsena se dostal do Kalinoviku na hlavni praksi. Musel jsem ssebou vziti i pugku, cog nine nejvice rmoutilo. Zde v okupaeni zemi byl v gak takovk pkedpis, tahat celou vkzbroj ssebou. Zde byla velka nernocnice, kde hlavnirn lekatem byl Nemec, eetat a druzi byli vet ginou Mad'a ki Oetat umel nemecky, kde gto ti druzi nikoliv. Museli jsme Se vgichni vespolek sna get Kdyg nejake nara gky sem tarn byly, vypokadal jsem se hned a mel jsern u g potom pokoj. Mad'ati si yetginu z nemeekeho lekate, kterk jim nerozuniel delali legraci. Ka gdk maine nejake chyby a mel je i ten lekat, vadyt' i jeden nag vojin po jeho gpa,tne operaci zemkel.

Mezi eetniky byli nektell Charva,ti. Po zkougce, kterou jsem dosti dobre provedl jsem musel jit na, pokoj 13, kde byl velmi tehe nemoenk. Ka gdych 15 nainut bylo treba zkouget teplotu, da yat ledove obklady. Pacient met zapal plic a myslirn, g e i zapal pohrudnice. Moo si natikal na ty divochy Mad'ary, 'ze mu ani vody nedonesli. Dorozumel jsem se s nim dobte a jak byl At'astern ze si mohl s nekkm pohovotit. Mezi detniky, kteki prisli nav gtevou, byl take jeden Cech, ale jeho jineno jsem uz zapoinnel. Jink eeskk lekat byl dr. Josef Chyba, se kterkm jsem progel navgtevu u pacientil. Ten mi take potichu sdelil, jaci jsou Mad'ati. Nernocneho, kterS7 mel otravu kive, jsem mu prenes1 do operaeni sine kde doktor sundal obvazy a ja jsem dal obvazy nove.

Doktor potom natidii,'a'bych nemocneho nechal v prvem poschod a neptenal jej, nebot' nemocny prave ptenagenim nejvice trpi. Take uoomu nemocnemu,

ktereho jsem obkladal ledem, dal doktor pottebnk lek ihned. Horeeky povolily a za dva dalgi dny byl nemoenk clilapik, ge mohl opustit nemocnici. To dovede dolark lekak a dobra obsluha. Kdyz se loudil, prigli jegte jeho dva kamaradi a moo clekovali za to, ge jsem ho zachranil. Tabak i vino mi darovali. Ov gern nebyla to moje zasluha, jako spi ge hodneho lekate, kterk chtel a yeas pomohl. Kdy g se dr.

Chyba se mnou loueil slibil mi, ge pokusi nine dostat zpet k 5 kumpanii, ke ktere jsem pattil. A skuteene za tki nedele byl jsem zpet zase v Trnovu.

Cesta ovgem byla imavna, protoge jsem mel slabe podra gky a nohy byly rnoc otladene. Jednoho dne mi dr. Chyba rekl, ge nemam prave gadne nernocne a ge by potteboval vyvetrat a vyeistit jeho svetnieku. Pustil jsem se s radosti do prace. Kdy g jsem stadel roho gku, nagel jsem velkou petikorunu, dale zlatku a jinde zase jine drolane penize. 1)ohromady jsem toho dne na gel 25 korun. Vgechno jsem ulogil do doktorova noeniho stolku.

Druhk den doktor ye stolku penize nagel, avg ak netekl mi nic a ani ja nic netikal. a dva tkdny na to jsem uklizel znovu. Pod roho gkou vgak nebyl onic. A-. vg ak kdyg jsem odtahl higko a chtel pod nirn zametat, vyvalil se celk balik a v nem cela facia penez. Padesatky, stovky bai tisicovky. Byl jsern z toho, jak se rika, janek. V gechno jsem zase ulo gil do noeniho stolku. Prave jsern myl okna> kdyg se doktor Povidam mu, 2e to ug prestava v gechno a jdu ke stolku odkud jsem mu vyndal balik s penezi. Podival se na to, naee g priskoeil ke nine, objal nine a vysvetlil oe jde. Vgichni stojniei byli v kasine a oslavovali jeho zasnoubeni. Kdyg pry priged domii sylekal rychlo uniformu a mel dojem, ge ten balik "s penezi nejak nekde vyhodil. Daval mi tehdy odmenu 50 korun, ale ja je nevzal, proto ge jsem vedel jak penez pottebuje. Dustojnici, kteri se tehdy chteli genit museli slo git kauci. A tkden na to odjel a ja, zUstal sam. Hejtman se pigel obeas podivat, jenona si odfoukl a gel zase yen. Tak to chodilo po dobu jednoho tkdne, ne g prijeli iovomangele a s nimi i hezka kuchakka.

(Pokraeovani.)

• di • Nemage Wit umernosti dueha ani srdce u tech gen, kterkch letora neni v souladu ani s duchem ani se srdcem. ) • 4. • ( Jsou blaznovstvi, ktera, Airi se jako nemoci. nakalive.

• A• Jest nemoLno 1)0 cliuhe milovati to, co ' jsme opravdu milovat prestali.

WedneSday August 4, 1954 Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THERE • WERE EIGHT LOCAL REporters in the district meeting held on Sunday, July 25, near . Ennis. I don't think it would be fair to take away from reporters all the material which they can use. Consequently, my notes will wait until we hear from the reporters. * • INSTEAD, LET ME DISCUSS AGAIN A topic which every SPJJST member should know and understand. I was surprised the (ther day by a remark of one old SPJST members. He .said that he did not see any difference between an old line insurance company and a fraternal society such as our SPJST. There is no doubt that many of our SPJST members do not know that there is a fundamental. difference.

a member of the .Society? In addition, many fraternals -impose other restrictions upon membership in their by-laws which cannot be met by a corporation.

Religious denomination is one of these :equirements.

LET ME GIVE YOU A DEFINITION of a fraternal beneficiary, association.

The definition could be slightly changed, but it must have five points. A fraternal beneficiary association is a corporation, society or voluntary association organiZed (1) without a capital stock; (2) carried on for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit; (3) having a lodge system with ritualistic form of work; (4) having .a representative form of government; and (5) making provisions for the payments of benefits to its members or their beneficiaries in accordance with the regulations of the statc.

MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE payment of benefits to members or their beneficiaries is by far the major service rendered by Fraternal Societies.

These benefits are similar to those offered by life insurance companies. This being so, it would appear only logical that the certificate should, in so far as possible, contain provisions similar to those now required by statute to be contained in contracts issued by a life insurance company. Because of the very nature of a Fraternal the certificate cannot be said to be the entire contract between the insured and the Society, but to a very large extent this defect can be overcome by having contained either in a rider, or preferably in the certificate, those provisions of the by-laws that may result in a reduction of benefit to the insured. It would also appear to be a good thing if there were a provision in the certificate stating that the insured would be furnished with a copy of any by-law passed in the future that may affect the value of his certificate.

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IN THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CO_ Nstitutes a fraternal association, it is stated that it be "carried on .for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit." It is encouraging that this provision is stressed in the legal requirements. It means that all thoproperty of the organization belong to every member, and not just to a selected few.

ANY RESTRICTIONS UPON MENIbership such as being of certain religious faith do not properly constitute part of a Fraternal code. Such restrictions as should be contained in a code would have to be of an underwriting nature. A restriction to the effect that a Society may not accept for insurance on a non-medical basis any applicant over 45 years of age or for more than $3.000 regardless of age would properly constilute a restriction that should be contained in a Fraternal code. * *

WE DO HAVE AN ARTICLE IN OUR IF WE ACCEPT THE DEFINITION by-laws stating that whoever wants to for a fraternal then we must also accept become a member of the SPJST must the fact thata Society can only grant first familiarize himself with the bybenefits toits_Members. Group insur- laws. We also do have our official paper ance contracts in many cases are issued in which any proposed changes are ampto corporations. How then can it be pos- ly discussed. And when the changes are sible to issue a contract to a corporation adopted by the delegates at the conventhat is precluded by law from becoming tion held every four years, the new art-

ides are again published, not only in the proceedings and debates, but also in its final form.

• * IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT the management of the SPJST—and of every fraternal association must be so that every member has a free voice in selecting the officers or the workers of his organization. The supreme body is selected by those who are sent t5 the convention. The officers and committees of the local groups are selected by the members who come to the meetings of the local lodges. No "old-line" insurance company would care to listen to the voice of every policyholder. The com mercial insurance companies are managed by those who have shares and stock of the company. The fraternal societies operate without shares. Your local SPJST lodge is being operated by all members, because there are no privileged stockholders or shareholders. All members are equal partners.

• • LET US SUPPOSE THAT THERE would be an SPJST lodge which would have a hall, a lot or two, or a piece of ground, and that all of this would belong to a few privileged members, and not to all of the members of the local lodge. Let us say that the property would belong to a group of members, to stockholders or shareholders. In such' a case. the entire membership could lease the hall from the shareholders for the meet• ings, programs, and other lodge activities. But in such .a case, the members Of the local lodge and the shareholders Of the property would be two separate groups. If the property would not belong to all of the SPJST local members alike, the shareholders would be holding meetings of their own. Nothing else in relation to the property could be discussed in the SPJST meetings except what would be included under the terms of the lease.

• • MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN attempt to change the SPJST into a company controlled by a selected few.

At that time, there was a suggestion made to some local SPJST lodges to handle the local property by a selected (Continued on page 21.)

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Wednesday, August 4, 1954 HAVE YOUR CHOICE

Our Youth Movement birdie Wilsher DEAR ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS: May I extend to you this recognition of Official Congratulations from my office as the SPJST State Youth Counselor and on my authority as the State President of Youth , Counselors of the Texas Fratcxnal Congress.

You have achieved a great distinction in the winning of the Prize in the Essay Contest in your district.

I read your published winning articles with great pride and interest, and I am Sure so does every member — youth and adult — of our entire SPJST or ganization.

I am glad you are taking such interest in the Youth Movement of your Lodge, and sincerely hope that you will continue and inspire other children to do the same. Write into the Vestnik often about the progress in your Youth Activities. Your interest and your help will make my work so much easier. I am depending on you in the future.

With my best wishes to you on your 'cvork in the Youth Movement of our SPJST, and a lot of success to you and all the other children of your lodge, I re-Main.

Fraternally yours, Birdie Hilsher Your Youth Counselor This is the letter I sent personally to •each winner of a prize in the recent SAJST Essay Contest of our Youth. I am 'quite certain that the whole member'Ship is joining in these congratulations to: DISTRICT FIVE Houston Lodge 88 Janis Kabanek Houston Lodge 88 Robert Lee Hilsher Needville Lodge 81 Willie Mae Blinka DISTRICT SEVEN Frances Jurica Clarkwcod Lodge 56 Barbara McCloskeY, Floresville Lodge107 Mary K. McCloskey Floresville Lodge 107 Anna B. Shortner Karnes City Lodge 93 DISTRICT THREE Ennis Lodge 135 Sylvia' Laznovsky Waco Lodge 66 Emogene Hanus San Antonio Lodge 66 Lucille I-Ianus

I am still awaiting the response from the balance of the Districts, and am very happy to comment and congratulate on these encouraging activities of our Youth in our SPJST. ) •

To Every Organizer A conference was held by the representatives of District Three and District Five, after the meeting in West, Sunday, April 25, for the purpose to 'invite every SPJST organizer in all the seven districts to a friendly contest to see what district would secure the highest percentage of new members.

This contest of third and fifth districts against all other districts should find all of us ready to assist and help our organizers wherever opportunity arises.

The rules of the contest would be simple. The organizers in each district would try to increase the number of new members and new certificates on the basis of the present number of members in their respective districts. The increase would be stated in pereentnes.

Each districts would be raising its own. number and figure its own percentage.

Every organizer should feel the im-' portance and advantage 'ct this type of: contest. If a majority of organizers approves this plan, the contest will start on June 1 and will end on August 31, 1954.

Thirteen SPJST certificates for adults: CLASS B: where a member pays premiums during his lifetime.

CLASS C: where a member pays premiums for 20 years, but in case of death, the full benefit is paid as provided by the by-laws.

CLASS D: where a member pays for 15 years; benefits paid as provided in Class C. CLASS E: where a member pays premiums for 10 years with death benefit paid as provided in Class C and D. CLASS F: Full amount of certificate is Paid after 15 years.

CLASS 0: Amount of certificate is paid after 20 years of payment.

CLASS H: proper amount of certificate is paid when member attains the age of 65 years, member pays premiums until he attains the age of 65.

CLASS I: member pays premiums for 20 years and proper amount of the certificate is paid when he attains the age of 60 years.

CLASS K: member pays premiums to age 65, and the proper amount of his certificate is paid upon his death.

CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum of $2,500.00, and is not included in the amounts of the other classe.

CLASS M: Annuity Policies.

CLASS M-G': Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced bencults and $1,000 paid-up insurance after 20 years.

CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will be issued to members up to the age of 50 years, who have real estate loans from this organization.

Five SPJST certificates for children: Kindly send your approval—to the de- CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into light of the entire membership of the any other insurance after the child SPJST — to the Secretary of District reaches the age of 10 years and beThree: L: 0: Hosek, Route 1, Grapevine, fore attaining the age of 16 years.

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CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at Sincerely and fraternally, age 16, payable at death.

Cyrill Pokladnik, president CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value L. 0. Hosek, secretary at age one year, payable at death.

District Three CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year, J. M. Skrabanek, president CLASS J-G: 20-year endowment, morRudy J. Sefcik, secretary tuary face value at age one year.

District Five (dz) • 4, • • 46 • ( Careful Driver: One who is still tinYou can mold a mannerism, but you familiar with the gadgets on his new must chisel a character. car.—Changing Times.

Wednesday, August 4, 1954

VESTNiK -- WEST, TEXAS

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REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS ADDRESS OF BROTHER OTTO HANUS apply them to the problems of our daily (Editor's Note:—For the benefit of living.

Fra.ternalism goes further than the those who could not be present in the district meeting at Ennis, and also tor mere teaching of principles. It practices the repeated enjoyment of those who these principles in relations with its were there, we give you a splendid ad- members. Fraternalism increases the joys dress of Brother Otto Hanus before the of living together through encouraging SPJS members attending the meeting of its members to share their pleasures with each other. Fraternalism lessens District. Three, July 25, 1954.)

Brother Chairman, Brothers, and Sis- sorrows by making it possible for its members to' bear , one anothers burden. ters, and Fellow Americans: When a member is sick or in distress, Much is being heard today about Fra ternalism, many of you wonder just what he is visited by the brothers and sisters Fraternalism is. I will endeavor to give of our lodge, s and practical aid is given you some highlights on how Fraternal- by men and women who are personally ism works, Our own Slavonic Benevo- interested in him and his cr her family. lent Order of Texas is a Fraternal so- The help that is given is not given coldciety and just because it is a Fraternal ly and formally, the heart of the givers Society we are here today meeting to- goes with the gift . . . Yes Fraternal Ingether, exchanging our views to help surance has been characterized as inmake our Lodge a better Fraternal in- surance with a heart.

In many of these societies homes are stitution.

Fraternalism accepts t h e immutable provided for the aged where they are law of life that all things, whether sim- cared for in such way as to make the ple, insignificant implements of daily sunset of their lives comfortable and life, or great world wide institutions, happy. I believe that the time will come when our own SPJST will find ways and must contribute to the common good and means to provide a home for our aged thereby serve humanity, else they will members and many contributions have not live . . . that they have no right to live . . . and that nature will destroy been made to the Moucka Fund for that purpose. that which serves no useful purpose.

Others have provided ,homes for orThe mission of Fraternalism is more phan children, where these children are than the sale of life insurance. Fra- trained and educated in principles of ternalism builds the home, itself, and riga living, given an education, so preserves its integrity. It is obvious that that they may have the same oportunity unless there is a home, then there is in life as the more fortunate, and beno need for that which protects the come good citizens. home, that if there is no home life worth When calamities fall upon a comprotecting, then there is no need for life munity, the lodges of fraternal societies insurance. Let us examine these state- are usually the first to bring aid to the ments thoughtfully and frankly. stricken and suffering. Of this, I have Modern life with its inviting amuse- had an ample opportunity to see durments here and there, and with the ing the May 11, 1953, tornado at Waco, means of quick transportation to centers my home town. These lodges quickly of attraction, has disorganized home made food, medicines, clothing and shellife to some extent. It has set up condi- ter available to the needy. tions that have bewildered parents. It Fraternalism provides a practical and has created problems that are hard to sensible way for men and women as solve. But these problems must be solved well as children to meet and understand if the homes of the nation are to be pre- each other. In the lodge meetings such served. as our meeting here today, new and Fraternal societies such as our SPJST lasting friendships are formed and the live and operate through their hundreds lives of our members are made richer, of local lodges, most of them meet reg- fuller and happier through these conularly in their lodge halls, throughout tacts. I am sure that many of you here the length and breadth of our nation. today will carry home new friendships These local lodges, in their ritualistic that you will treasure for years to come. work, establish high home ideals.

Fraternalism teaches individual and Through the spoken and printed words, national patriotism. In our lodge halls they emphasize great principles that the flag of our great country is honored are a guide and an inspiration to fathers and the Pledge of Allegiance is given beand mothers. Through dramatic exer- fore each meeting. Fraternalism encourcises, they exemplify these principles and ages sound thinking and opposes all

fluences that are destructive to our American ideals. Fraternalism is founded upon the principles of our Democracy and through the representative for of our government, it helps its members to understand these principles and preserve our freedom. Fraternalism is against any ISM except AMERICANISM. Perhaps •in no single field of endeavor does Fraternalism play a greater part than its work with children. The problems of proper training for children are daily a n d become more complicated.

Child delinquency is growing. Crime among young people is increasing at an alarming rate. Every institution that can help 'solve these problems is vitally needed.

In meetings of our local lodges and meetings such as cur meeting here today, children find an outlet for their energies. These meetings teach them clean living and their energies are so directed into channels of rightful living.

Our lodges also develop qualities of lead•, ership in our children. Fellow members and our friends, may I ask you to give your children an opportunity to work with you older members in your local lodges, give your children an opportunity to serve on' your committees, teach them to be good citizens.. . I would like to make this statement here and now that our younger people can get along without the SPJST but our SPJST cannot get along without our young people and continue to grow. . So, give these young people a voice in the affairs, or your local lodges and you will pa far towards making your local lodges interesting and inviting.

And now, Brothers and Sisters, I want to assure you that in our meeting today you are free to make any suggestions that will help our Third District maintain the leadership it has set for other districts. You do not have to be a duly elected delegate from your lodge to have voice in our meeting here today.

We want you to feel free to ask any questions and we will endeavor to giv you the answers. I want to thank each and everyone of you for the attention you have given me and I sincerely thank yu.

(— "Gimme an all-day sucker," the youngster demanded of the candy man.

He was handed one.

"Looks kind of small," remarked the youth locking at it doubtfully.

-Yeah, the days are getting shorter."

W, .inesci August; 4 ;• . 1954 •

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES I ODGE IU)ZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107 Floresville, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters, Just a iew lines to let all the members know that at our last meeting, which was held July 11th, all the members present voted unanimously for buying the Sokol shares of the Sokol Hall. Henry Sralla, Torn Novak Sr. and Wm. Vaclavik were elected to investigate if all is in shape and to close the deal. So we hope all the rest of the members are satisfied.

The next regular meeting will be held the second Sunday in August which will be the 8th. Let's all be present.

SPJST had a dance July 11th. It turned out to be a nice crowd and I think everybody had a godo time. So let's all turn out for our next dance which will be August 28th.

Best of luck to all, Julia Vaclavik, reporter ) S •AZ CECHOSLOVANIT NO. 92 Fort Worth, Texas Dear Brothers and Sisters: Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular monthly meeting Sunday, August 8, starting at 2 p.

Everybody enjoyed the last Czech dance, July 4th and the music was by the Rejcek Orchestra from Abbott, Texas.

Congratulations to Bro. and Sis. John Chnlopiza who are the parents cf a daughter, Sandra Jo who was born June 23rd.

We want to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Sis. Carmen Sylvia Simek, 46, who died June 29th at her home after an illness cf 20 months.

She was born in Rogers and had lived in Fort Worth 36 years. Mrs. Simek was a member of Rosen Heights Presbyterian Clunsch and had been active in W. J. Turner Elementary School and J. P. Elder Junior High School P-TA organizations. She was a member of Lodge No. 154. Survivors are her husband, Charles B. Shnek; mother, Mrs. Frances Jecmenek; one son, Charles Robert Simek; one daughter Miss Joan Carmen Simek; two -sisters, Mrs. Maxine Merlick and Mrs. Mona Lee Tdattendorf and one brother, Robert Joe Jecmenek, all of Fort Worth.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p . m. Thursday in the Rosen Heights Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Mount Olivet.

Fraternally Jay Dee Waggoner

LODGE 66, WACO July 27 1954 Dear Brothers: and. Sisters: We wish to take this means of expressing our sincere appreciation and thanks to those who contributed the use of their equipment and to those who so generously donated their time and labor in the work done in getting our facilities in Linden Park ready for our meeting on July 18th.

The, entrance gate and bridge have been built. been built. The dirt work on the driveway has been done but the finishing work will have to be completed after several rains. The softball field and other smaller areas for games have been graded and leveled; all the areas under the trees have been cleared, and several large picnic tables and benches have been built.

The area is beautiful and the efforts of all those members and friends who havo worked so hard in getting our Linden Park improved is truly fraternalism.

Our lodge here is 48 years old and this is the first time in its history a meeting has been held on our own property. We are proud of the progress we have made recently and will continue to work hard and look to a better future.

Fraternally, Emma Ceska, Reporter Waco SPJST Slo y anska Lipa 66 ) • SLOVANSKA LIPA WACO 66 Dear Brothers and Sisters: This weather, I might say, is, getting everybody down. Just the same we went to the District meeting in Ennis on Sunday, July 25th. We enjoyed it very much.

Everything was so nice and the food was very delicious. It was a pleasure just to watch the young ladies work so hard for their lodge.

I'm proud to say that we, Slovanska Lipa, did have sixteen members present. So Brothers and Sisters, let's keep our hands clasped together and our fu ture will always be bright.

I would like to thank all our brothers and sisters for the hard work that they are doing in preparing our Linden Park for our future home. The work has been hard but it, still has been a lot of fun, for we do have something to look, forward to.

Our monthly meetings which are held every third Sunday, are enjoyed very much. I might say we never go hungry or thirsty. The youth as well as the

elders are enjoying the sports activities.

The Birthday Club is also getting a nice start. Just forget your age and have a nice time.

We have elected a very nice Youth Director, She is Mrs. Emma Ceska. So come on girls and boys and let's have lots of fun.

We regret very much that our brother and secretary, Ed Mazanec, has not been able to be at our recent meetings. We all miss him very much. I wish to see him out of the hospital soon.

Now brothers and sisters, here is a little poem in the memory of our dear sister, Mrs. Katherina Wolf, who passed away August 5, 1953. She remembered our lodge, Slovanska Lapa 66, as she passed away from us at the age of 82.

SHE IS JUST AWAY I cannot say, and I will not say That she is dead—she is just away!

With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, She has wondered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be since she lingers there.

So think of her faring on, as dear In the love of Thee as the love of Here, Think of her still as the same, I say, She is not dead—she is pust away!

Sincerely yours, Mrs. Libbie Parma ), •

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WHERE TO GO SUNDAY AUGUST 8: Lodge Osveta No, 38 at Kovar, Texas, will have a luncheon after the regular meeting.

TUESDAY AUGUST 10: San Antonio Lodge No. 133 will hold its annual picnic in the Pearl Brewery.

Everybody is sincerely invited.

THURSDAY AUGUST 12: Beginning at 7:30 p. m. a Bingo Party given by Charter Sister's Club of Stefanik No. 142. Everyone most welcome!

SUNDAY AUGUST 15: Cechoslovan Dodge No. 40, at Hillje, will sponsor a supper and dance. Supper starts at 5:00 p. in., the dance at 7:00 p.m. Old-time dresses for the grand march, and three prizes will be given.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25: Beginning at 10 a. in. to 3 p. m. Charter Sister's Club of Stefanik Lodge No. 142 is giving a Bingo Party and a gettogether luncheon at 12 noon. Everyone is welcome!

Wednesday, August 4, 1954

V AS TNiK — WEST, TEXAS

ACTIVITIES OF JUNIOR MEMBERS Ennis, Texas Dear Editor, Enclosed you will find one dollar donated by my aunt, Mrs. Bessie Rada for the first Czech letter published in the last Vestnik. (Robert Sill, Vestnik, July 28th.) She has always been interested in the efforts of the young in mastering the Czech language.

Fraternally yours,' Wilma Nesuda (Editor's Note: Sincere thanks to Mrs. Bessie Rada for the donation. Robert Sill will be proud of the money received for his first Czech letter.) ) 4 JUNIOR CLUB LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO. 88 Houston, Texas The Junior Club of Lodge 88 met for its regular meeting on July 22. There was only a small group, but no matter large or small we always have fun. We would like to have more come out and bring a friend to add to our enjoyment.

(Make the friend a boy,. we're short of them.)

There was no activity planned after the meeting So we adjourned, but coming with the next meeting we're planning a "Bring a Friend" Dance. Each member is to bring a friend and all the girls are to bring sandwiches for refreshments, and everyone is bringing fun.

The music for the dance will be supplied by records brought by the members. So until the next meeting, August 5, look for see you then. friends and Goodbye!

Barbara Jean 13ohac 1 • 4, • ( JUINIIOR CLUB LODGE POKROK HOUSTON NO 88 Houston, Texas The Junior Club of Lodge 88 held its regular, meeting on Thursday, July 22, at the Lodge. Twelve regular members were present. We had one visitor who was Barbara Foyt. The door-prize was won by Barbara Osterhouse.

The Ice-Cream party oh Friday, July 16, was a big success. We had almost any flavor of ice cream imaginable. Although some of our members kind of laid down on the job of helping with the refreshments, we had wonderful response from our elders. They all pitched in and did, what I am very sorry to say, our members left in the way of work. I wish to thank all the people (you know who you are) for helping. The Junior Club also wishes to thank the following for making :lila donating ice cream: Mrs. Frank Bra wince, Mrs. Henry Bravericc, Mrs.

Butschek, Mrs. Manns, Mrs. E. J. Kadlecek; Mrs. Hruska. Also to thank all those who brought cakes and cookies.

We had a hilarious floor-show (and I do mean hilarious). The boys again presented a style show and this time they also had the Hula and the Can-Can. Helen Fusig sang two numbers for us and Diane Jones did a tap. Although the show was good, you couldn't say the same for the M. C. (What Corn!)

A skating party was planned 'for Monday, July 26. Also a Charades Team is being organized. If interested please call VI-9152.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, August 5 at 7 p. m. You are always invited to attend.

Sincerely, Billie Jean•4 Rezek, • Reporter ) LODGE 66, WACO Dear Editor, At ow.% last meeting which was July 18, 154, the youth and the adults all enjoyed the use of the athletic equipment that was given us by the Supreme Lodge and Mrs. Birdie Hilsher.

The youth and the adults chose a team. They played several games of volleyball and a game of baseball. The youth team won the baseball game and one of the volleyball games.

Everyone enjoyed himself. One of our members brought his horseshoe set. Some of the adults enjoyed this very much.

Fraternally, Shirley Hanus, Youth Director ) • 4v YOUR HEALTH Hurry and worry are two of the greatest menaces to health in this age.

Hurry not only speeds up your job, but the human system as well. Like the car engine that's pushed too hard, the hurrying body wears out too soon. Worry affects the body just like hurry. Worry is normal when you do most of it under stress. But if you worry most of the time it wears out the body.

Disorders caused by hurry and worry include coronary thrombosis, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, angina pectoris, nervous indigestion, constipation, peptic ulcers, and nervous and mental ailments. On top of these, hurry and worry are the biggest cause of accidents.

Be ambitious, work hard, plan ahead, but take time out for certain important things like eating in leisure, relaxing just before and after meals, recreation one or two nights a week, good sleep, and sensible exercise. You'll live longer.

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Daughter of Hornaks Said 'I Do' Among the many letters received by the editor of the 'Vestnik came one letter last week which was a complete surprise.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hornak, of College Station, announced the marriage of their daughter Lilian Dagmar to Dr. Henry Milton . Sorrels on Saturday, July 17, 1954, in Houston.

Just that—and nothing else. As soon as I get the additional details about the newly-weds, it will give me an extreme pleaSure to publish them.

In the meantime, we wish Dr. Sorrels and his charming wife a long period of years of happiness and contentment as life companions. ) • 4. •

POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C, Chervenr.a) Wednesday, August 4

Joe Patek orchestra — Plainview cony munity center near El Campo Saturday, August 7

Sil Krenek orchestra — Gay Hill Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Harmonic Hall in Shelby Majek orchestra — Vogle's Place it Woodsboro Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall in Taylor.

Sunday, August 8

Ray Jurecka orchestra — Gana& K. C's Benefit Dance -- Plainview Commu nity Center near El Campo Sill Krenek orchestra — Mentz Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Cotton Grove in Moulton Joe Patek orchestra — American Le gion Hall in Shiner Pavelka's orchestra — Wedding Dance Moravian Hall in Robstown Wednesday, August 11

Henry Brosch orchestra — PlainviewCommunity Center near El Campo All the above dances are at night unless otherwise specified. This is a free service but applies only to those danceS at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik or writer will assume no responsibility resulting from any dance announcements which are listed in this coitimn Listings from orchestras and dance halls should be received at least one week before publication. Send all listing,. co Calvin Chervenka, Route 2, Rogers, Texas.

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GOOD IN-LAW RELATIONSHIPS Psychologists and sociologists, with the help of leading universities and research foundations, have conducted wide-scale surveys to fihd out just how much domestic unhappiness and how many broken marriages are caused by the inlaws problems, and why.

What percentage of people have inlaw trouble?

A survey of married couples at Cornell university showed that more than one couple out of three have trou'Ae in this department. Three-fourths of this number get along "fairly well," either by maintaining a kind of armed truce, or by "walking on eggs" when the situation gets too strained. With the rest, the relationship ranged from an endless cold war to open hostilities.

To what extent are arguments over in-laws responsible for domestic strife?

To a very great extent, especially among young married couples. A Cornell study of 364 young married couples showed that there was only one subject that the young couples argued about more, and that was money.

Couples are frequently advised: "Don't live with your mother-in-law." Do science's latest findings justify this counsel?

They do, very emphatically. Leading authorities, ranging from divorce-court judges to top sociologists and psychologists, strongly agree on this point. It can be done, but unless you're a very special type of person, the chances are that the arrangement won't work out happily.

"Don't," advises Duke university's noted sociologist Hornell Hart, "live with or even in the same neighborhood as your relatives or in-laws, and do not allow them to live with you." Dr. Hart admits that in some cases living with relatives may seem unavoidable. But he emphasizes the point that "almost always there is some other possible solution. And your marriage success may depend upon finding it."

After an exhaustive study of marital problems, Loyola university advises newlyweds to establish their home at some distance from that of in-laws. The reason is simply that if they are not interfered with by others, they can much more easily adapt themselves to the new life.

Can you tell, if a couple are on good terms with their in-law?

Yes. Studies conducted at a leading university show that an intimate title of address such as "Mother" and "Dad" almost always goes hand in hand with a harmonious in-law relationship. But if you address your in-laws as "Mr." and

"tiVIrs." this indicates that the relationship is not what it might be. The same thing applies if you use the direct address (merely looking at the person and speaking.)

How do most persons address their in-laws?

Just what to call a spouse's mother and father presents something of a problem for a great many people. Some evade the issue completely by not calling them any thing, but using direct address. Others hip it off so well at first meeting that they are on a fipt-name or mom and dad basis right from the start. To find out how it is with most people, the American Institute of Family Relations made a survey of 1,600 married couples in various parts of the U. S. Here is what they found out.

The biggest percentage call their .inlaws "Father" and "Mother"; somewhat fewer call them by their first names; the next largest percentage address them formally as "Mrs. Jones" or "Mr. Smith"; "Grandma" and "Grandpa" rank next in prevalence; most of the rest use direct address; a limited few (2%) call their in-laws by pet names.

The survey also showed that persons who are a bit in awe of their in-laws often start out with "Mr." and "Mrs.", and gradually progress to "Father" and "Mother." Says the institute's director, "I think young people will help to improve the situation if they take the plunge from the very beginning, use the terms 'Mother' and 'Father,' and let their actions conform."

What are the secrets of a happy and harmonious in-law relationship?

Scientific studies reveal quite a number of things entering into the picture.

At Cornell university, Prof. Peggy Marcus made a study of college students who had been married one year or more. The survey, which was conducted through a confindential questionnaire, showed that the following factors are most significantly related to good in-law adjustment.

1. Parents' approval of the couple's marriage. Without this, a goOd relationship is difficult to achieve.

2. Meeting the wife's (or husband's) family before marriage. Couples who met their in-laws before marrying got along with them far better than those who did not. And those who got along best met them before' they even became engaged.

3. Friendliness of his and her parents toward each other. The better the two families "hit it off" the less in-law trouble is likely to result. But if the bride and groom's parents don't take

to one another, stormy weather may be ahead.

4. Happy marriage of parents, on both sides. , The investigation showed a very strong relationship between good in-law adjustment and happily married parents. One reason for this, as Professor Marcus points out, is that "if parents are happily married, they have less need for overattachrnent to the children, and are more willing to let them lead their own lives."

5. The couple live by themselves. This was found to be a must.

6. That marriage partners be of a similar religious faith. The greater the conflict here, the more pronounced is in-law friction likely to be.

7. How happy the relationship is between the couple's children and the grandparents. Where children got along well with grandparents, and affection was mutual, an excellent in-law relationship was usually found. Where grandparents displayed lack of interest, or found the children annoying, in-law adjustment was always bad.

Is a husband's education a factor in how Well he gets along with his motherin-law?

Yes. If he has less education than his wife, the Cornell study showed, his mother-in-law is likely to feel that her daughter married "beneath her." Far better in-law relationships were found where the husband's educational background was as good as, or better than, the wife's.

Can you usually tell when you first meet your in-laws whether you are gOing to get along well with then' or not?

Yes. If you take an instant liking (or dislike) to your in-laws, you are likely to continue to feel this way about them.

Likes and dislikes in the in-law department are almost always mutual, and formed very early in the relationship. In the Cornell study, married couples were asked, "What did you or your husband do to make adjustment with you parental families?" Those who enjoyed a good in-law relationship stated that none was necessary.

How does a meddlesome mother-in-law get that way?

Usually, sociologists find, her life has been so completely centered around her children that when they marry she :suddenly finds herself with nothing to fill the void left by the children. Naturally, she struggles to maintain the old mother-offspring relationship. Also, years of planning for her children, and guiding and protecting them, have built up a mental-habit pattern that she finds extremely difficult to break. She can't

girt. 4,- 19F.4 174-cinesclaY bring herself to completely let go the reins of supervision. This would be far easier if she had outside-the-home interests into which she could channel her energies.

Should women prepare in advance for the time, when they will become mothers-in-law?

Yes. The wise woman will cultivate absorbing outside interests to occupy her after children marry. Otherwise, she likely will find the transition extremely difficult. Also, she will do her best to keep the following rules., 1. Maintain a hands-off policy, and let the couple lead their own lives: 2. try to restrain herself from giving unasked-for advice; 3, under no circumstances give out with the "I-told-you-so" routine; 4. remember that though adjusting to her new role may be difficult, her children are also faced with the problem of adjusting to a new status.

Marriage is always a matter they can best work out without interference. ) • 4, • IT COULDN'T BE DONE Somebody said it couldn't be done, But he, with a chuckle, replied, That. "maybe it couldn't" but he would be one Who wouldn't say so until he tried.

So he buckled right in, with a trade of agrin.

On his face. If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done—and he did it!

Somebody scoffed, "0, you'll never do that— At least, nq one ever has done it," But he took1 off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing he knew he'd be gun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit .cf a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done--and he did it!

There are thousands to prophesy failure— There are thousands to point out to you, one by one The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Then take off your coat and go to it.

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing That "Cannot be done"—and you'll do it.

—Edgar A. Guest. )• •( There are many complaints about the weather,• but probably not nearly so many as there would be if the government regulated it instead of predicted it.

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LAW UNTO HIMSELF Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, principal in the present senate investigation involving himself, his staff and Secretary of the Army Stevens, appears to have long been a strong individualist and the subject of controversies and investigations almost since the beginning of his career in public life - -- both in Wisconsin and Washington.

So far, he has either Successfully ignored ,or counterattacked each investigation. Nevertheless such episodes have been frequent ,enough in the senator's career as to indicate a disposition on his part to disregard rules and regulations when it suits his purpose to do so.

For instance, when he became a candidate for the United States Senate in 1946, he was serving as an elected circuit judge in the state of Wisconsin, with probably five more years of his sixyear term to go. The constitution of the state of Wisconsin forbids an elected judge to run for another public office during his term on the bench. Notwithstanding this, Judge McCarthy proceeded to run for the'United States Senate — and without resigning his judgeship.

He was taking no chances. If he had not been elected to the United States Senate, he would still have his judgeship.

A petition was filed with the state supreme court, seeking to bar him fresn the senate race, but the court held that since he was running for federal office, it had no jurisdiction.

On an earlier occasion, Judge McCarthy was sharply rebuked by the Wisconsin court for having ordered some records destroyed, the court terming it an "abuse nct judicial power."

There is now pending in the United States Senate, unless it has been dismissed, an investigation by the senate itself, to determine "whether expulsion proceedings should be instituted against Senator McCarthy."

This investigation began in September, 19frl, as the result of a resolution introduced in the senate by the subcommittee on privileges and elections, of the senate committee on rules and administration. The investigation appears to be still unresolved, chiefly because of McCarthy's refusal to appear before the subcommittee.

The investigation involves answering questions raised by the subcommittee as the result of its investigations into some of McCarthy's financial dealings.

While, according to the record, the senator has consistently refused tO appear before the subconimittee, although requested to, do so, he did, 'after con siderable delay, send the subcommittee

a letter stating, "Th answer to the insulting questions in your letter of November 21 is `no'.'

One of the questions raised by the subcommittee was whether McCarthy had used his official position as a senator and a member of the banking and currency committee of the senate to obtain $10,000 from the Lustron Corporation, manufacturers of prefabricated houses, for a manuscript he wrote on housing.

The Lustron Corporation paid the senator the $10,000 notwithstanding that it was being financed by the . Reconstruction Finance Corporation or other government agencies to the extent of over $35,000,000, most of which money the government lost.

The government agencies lending the money for the Lustron housing project were dependent on congress for the money, and more particularly on the banking and currency committee of which Senator McCarthy was a member.

This question in connection with the Lustron Corporation and others raised by the subcommittee's findings, apparently have never been answetred by Senator McCarthy before the subcommittee and to date there has been no action by the committee on rules and administration as to McCarthy's status as a member of the United States Senate.

The senator apparently makes his own rules—and now challenges the President of the United States.

--Editorial in Houston Chronicle _.—.) • 4 • Genius.: Lone Wolf or Team Man? "There are geniuses who are utterly lone workers, who are lacking in generosity and unduly jealous of their reputations, who will retire into a cubicle and work with no man. Great things have been accomplished by such individuals in the past and will be in the future. But much more has been and will be accomplished by those who have brillian creative skills combined with human attributes that make them always welcome in a community of their peers. Their full accomplishment may not appear in their own papers, for they will be surrounded by devoted disciples, and their creative contribution will be in . men •as well as in direct results,"Vannevar Bush. )• •( The pioneer mother had her troubles with marauding Indians, ferocious bears and no conveniences, but she never went through a rainy Saturday with the television on the blink.—Hartford Courant

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Members of the Kopecky family held a reunion at Riverside Park, East Bernard, Texas,on Sunday, July 25. There were 20 families who enjoyed the happy occasion. One family came all the way from Pomona, California. The others were from Houston, Port Lavaca, Victoria, Wharton, Eagle Lake, Rosenberg, and East Bernarn. Those who could not be present were missed very much by the others. Everyone went home happy and hoping that we can meet again next year

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—Carrie Bohacek It used to be a happy group of youngsters, seven boys and three girls, in the Kopecky family. But John is gone; also one of the daughters, Frances, and her husband, Frank Horelica. The picture was taken at the family gathering last year From left to right, standing: Joseph Kopecky, Dr. Lewis Kopecky, Adolph Bohacik, William Kopecky (Master of Science), Dr. George Kopecky, Otto

HENRY RIPPLE, 61, ACCIIDENTALLY1 hurried search near the house, when KILLED she failed to find him, she summoned their neighbor, Joe Juricek, who came All of Jourdanton was shocked to learn to town and got the help of Tom Novoof the passing of Henry Ripple, suc- sad and Charlie Belieck. cessful farmer in the LaParita com They hurried, back to the farm. Later munity, when word came that Mr. Rip-- Belicck returned to town, reported the pie was missing and a search party went accident to the Sheriff's office, and reout immediately. Later word came that turned to the farm with Deputy Sheriff he had been found, and the results of Pat Smith. After about half an hour of that search party is given by the Sher- search Novosad discovered the body of iffs office.

Ripple near a large tree stump. The .22 Justice of Peace Barton Wells re- rine with barrel down was stuck in the turned a verdict 0.1: accidental death of ground, resting against the roots of the Henry Ripple, age 61, a farmer living in stump at about 45 degree angle. The rifle the La Parita community. Ripple's body was a single shot, bolt action. The offiwas found in his pasture with a .22 bullet cers theory on the accident was, that he hole on the top of his head. probably had the rifle leaning against According to Mrs. Ripple, his wife, Mr. the stump, and when he bent down to Ripple had been complaining last few pick it up by the barrel it was disdays that hob cats and coyotes had been charged, at the same time the rifle getting a lot of their chickens. So he dropped barrel first between the roots. had made it his practice to get up early Henry Ripple was born on Feb. 13, for several mornings, took his.22 rifle and 1893 at Fayetteville, Fayette County, went to the back end of the pasture to Texas. He moved to East Bernard, Whartry to kill these cats and coyotes. He had ton, at the age of 11. On Dec. 3, 1913 he always returned about sunrise, how- was united in marrige to Miss Mary ever, Tuesday morning he failed to re- Trlica, They remained at East Bernard turn. After checking with the neighbors until they moved to the La Parita comof his whereabouts, Mrs. Ripple made a munity in Atascosa Co. in 1921. Mr. Rip-

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Walzel, Henry 0. Kopecky (Master of Science), Anton Kopecky. Sitting m front of their husbands: Mary Halamicek Kopecky, Mary Janik Kopecky, Carrie Kopecky Bohacik, Mary Spode Kopecky, Josephine Koym Kopecky, Ludma Kopecky Walzel, and Mary Wasicek. Kopecky, three of them ex-school-teachers.

Sister Agnes Kopecky (Anton's wife) was not in the picture on account of illness.

The parents, also John, Frances and Frank were SPJST members, too.—Editor ple was a very fine man, a good neighbor, very successful farmer, a strong believer in high education for his children. .

He is survived by, his widow, Mary Riple, 2 sons, Fred in Caracas, Venezuela and R. B. here in Jourdanton, sister, Mrs. Joe Husak, Houston, 2 granddaughter‘a and a host of many many friends.

Funeral services were held from the Hurley Funeral Home Thursday, July 15, at 9 o'clock with Rev. E. J. Andersen of.

San Antonio officiation with burial in the Jourdanton Cemetery.

The profusion of the flower's mute evidence of the esteem h friends held for him. ) • 4, 41.

While all progress is change, all change is not progress. We see all around us however, mounting evidence that work is increasingly regarded as an evil to be escaped, rather than a blessing to be cherished; a burden to, be cast off rather than an opportunity to be of service to others; a malediction rather than a benediction. We cannel. 'accept this pirilowphy life and be worthy of our heritage.

Wednesday. A.ugurt 4, 1964

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A SHORT COURSE IN SELF.ANALYSIS Most of us know more about our jobs because they are useful contacts? than we do about ourselves. • 3. Are you a leader, follower, or soliEXperiments prove that the average tary? Whichever you are ,this trait you person does not recognize the sound of were born with. You can't do much to his own voice when it is played bac kto change, but it is important that you him. Neither does he always recognize know which you are. Each kind of perhis 'own handwriting. He often fails to son is important in carrying on the identify his own reflection in a mirror work of the world. on the street. He is usually less familiar Knowing yourself on this point will with his own facial expressions and help sou find the field in which you are mannerisms than his family is. He al- most likely to succeed. You may find most never suspects how much of his that you have leadership you never use; personality he reveals even to persons Or. after repeated failures, you may dehe meets casually. cide • correctly that you just weren't Here are some questions. Honestly made to run a business; then you'd betanswered, they will give you a pretty ter take a job working. for somebody good picture of your personality. You else. Again, you may find that you do must judge as others judge you: by what your best' when you're by youryour own actions prove about yourself. self. Many writers, artists, and scien1. Do you accept or resent criticism? tists are of this type. If you are unIt is only human to prefer approval to happy when alone, finding a job will put disapproval and to feel upSet by criti- you in contact with many other peocism. But if you immediately start find- ple. ing fault with the one who criticizes you, 4. Can you avoid being domineering? watch out. If you feel that you are be- This applies not only to business manyond criticism, you need a course in agement but to everyday relationships. humility.

If you tend to dominate others you may Try this on yourself for two weeks. get your own way but you may also be Write down every direct or implied crit- storing up antagonisms. You lose in icism that you receive. Do it whether friendship and popularity what you gain you think it is just or unjust. How many in power. It's then up to you to decide times has the same defect or short- which you desire, You can't always have coming been touched on? Does your both.

5. Do you welcome or fear change? wife, think you are inconsiderate? Doe.s your employer find you careless or ir- This is a vital question. All of life is a responsible? Do your subordinates find process of change. We go from youth to you arrogant? Do other drivers shout at middle age to old age, from health to you on the road? Do you find yourself sickness, from employment to unemployment, from war to peace, from rags involved in angry discussions?

The truth may not be palatable, but to riches and back again, from hapit is helpful. If you have to answer Yes piness to sorrow, from hope to fear.

The more flexible . you are as a huto many of the questions, do so honestly. Do not answer "Yes, but—." It is nos man being, the richer and more painless an alibi you need. It is a change of at- will be your life. If you can train yourtitude. self to meet change, you can eliminate 2. Are you friendly? Do you estimate a great source of fear. The best-laid this by what you would like to think plans, the strongest security, can be about yourself. Look at your record. How overturned in a moment. Ask anyone many friends do you have? Do they who has lived in Europe the last 20 seek you out? Do they come to you years. with their troubles? Do they share their Life offers no guarantees. Yet it is not hopes, fears, pleasures with you? What the strongest tree that survives the do you do, concretely, to improve and storm; it is the one that can bend with build friendships? the wind and not crack.

How many of your friends have you seen during the last month? Do you talk to them about their own interests, or do you bore them stiff talking about yourself? Unfair as it may seem, they are as interested in themselves as you re in you. Do you keep the conversation cheerful or do you throw a pall of gloom over your meeting? Do you choose friends because they are congenial or

Resistance to change are usually signs of aging. Yet they can appear in a person of 20. No Matter what his age, the unyielding man is old. He is a slave to his own habits, physiCal and mental.

Flexibility in thinking must come like flexibility of muscle, by use. The time for mental limbering up is now.

6. Do you. take part in things or hold aloof? Taking port in things broadens

your range of interests. The man who stands aside and asks only to be left alone will ultimately find himself left alone.

Almost everything that goes on around you concerns you to some extent.

It doesn't matter whether it is the widening of a street or the founding of a boy's club.. It has an effect on the taxes you pay or on the kind of neighborhood you're going to live in.

As a mature human being you cannot entirely escape responsibility for the kind of world you live in, You cannot escape responsibility for the kind of government you have. You have a voice in affairs. Make use of it. You will not only be a better citizen, but you will, become better aware of your stature as a human being.

7. Does failure crush you? Or do you use it as a springboard for another try?

There is. no human being who has not failed over and over. Abraham Lincoln had accomplished very little by the time he was 50. Ulysses S. Grant was a middle-aged failure when he was called to the army in the Civil war.

Do you give up easily? Do you stick to a thing until you conquer it? If you give up easily, you will find it difficult to build a working program for the future. The first problem that comes up will make you quit. Make yourself try just once more. Then, again, and again.

There is no such thing as permanent failure; unless, of course; you accept it.

There are only obstacles to be surmounted. Other people do it every day:Why not give yourself credit for as much moral stamina as they have? Stamina needs exercise to grow.

If you have answered all these ques- tions honestly, it may be that you haVe a feeling of dissatisfaction or discouragement. HoWever, the sooner yOu Make a start on correcting your Shortcomings, the easier you will find it to do so. You can make unbelievable changes in your personality if you really want to, provided that you set about it systematically. The surest way to fail is to refuse to admit any faints.

Last of all, don't take yourself seriously! Learn to laugh at yourself and the mistakes you make, even while you are doing your best to overcome them. Remember that countless others face the same worries, have the same desire for • friendships, suffer from the same feeling of inadequacy that may bother you.

Don't become too introspective. Others have a way of letting us know about our (Continued on page 21.

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VISTNf K — WEST, TEXAS

ONE-DOLLAR FAIRY TALES BUCKWHEAT (By Martha Bednarek, age 13) Beyond seven rivers and seven mountains there lived once a king a queen.

They had a beautiful little daughter with dark eyes and auburn hair which looked almost red when the sun was shining.

They wanted to name the daughter with a' pretty but unusual name. Every time they thought they had the right name, they found out, that somebody already had the same name.

Finally they decided to send out a messenger to go for six days. On the seventh day, the messenger was to stop the first person that he would meet, ask the person his or her name, and that name would be given to their daughter.

On the seventh day the messenger came to a crossroad. He sat down and waited. Along came an old grandmother.

The messenger greeted the grandmother and asked her name.

"My name is Krupieka."

The messenger would not believe it.

The grandmother explained. "When I was born, I had a different name. Then my parents died, and the people who took care of me, gave me the name of Krupieka, which means the same thing as Cream-of-wheat. I don't know my real name any more."

The messenger thanked her and reported to the king and the queen. They named their daughter Krupieka. And she grew into a beautiful girl.

Then a pagan army invaded-the coun7 try. The king and the queen were killed, and Krupieka was taken into captivity with other young grils. She was to become wife of one of the young generals in the enemy land. She did not want to marry the enemy and she was tortured for three years.

Once the old grandmother happen to travel through th,e enemy's land. She found out that the young girl had the same name as she had. She took pity on the girl, and since she knew many magic formulas, she changed the young girl into a smal' grain which she had, hidden in the pocket of her apron. With this grain she traveled many, many days until she came to a land called Bohemia. There the yOung Krupfeka asked the old Krupieka for a - favor: "You had brought me out of captivity. But I don't Want o live. Please bury me here in this beautiful land."

The grandmother did as she was asked. She buried the seed. But the next spring the seed sprouted and started to grow, It grew into a plant with pinktinged white flowers. yielding honey. And

when the flowers fell off, there were 3eventy-seven grains. Then the wind scattered the-grain over seventy-seven Acids.

The people started to eat the trian;!;ular seed of the plant and named it Pohanka, which in Czech means Buckwheat.

Thus Krupieka changed into Buckwheat.

My grandmother heard this story from her grandmother, and she from her 2;randmo then

Reports From Districts TO MEMBERS OF DISTRICT NO. 1 The following will be on the entertainment committee in connection with our iistrict meeting to be held Sept. 19th, at N'ovy Tabor near Caldwell: John J. Srtibar, PreSident Retie 2, Caldwell, Texas Edwin Janosky, Il,:ute 1, Beilville, Texas .

Ben Maresh, Bleiberville, Texas John T. Skrabanek, Snook,. Texas Stanley Mrnustik, Caldwell, Texas Local lodges within our district, that have some talent that could be used here are requested to announce this at least two or three weeks before the meeting to the president or to either one of the committeemen, above named. They will need your help and co-operation for it is no easy task to put on an interesting program. They will appreciate this very much.

A nice prograin, however, is not the only thing that makes a successful meeting. Send in your ideas as to what all could and should be brought out at these meetings for the benefit and growth of our district. In this way, all this can be compiled and classified and be in readiness to be brought up for discussion at the meeting. Your officers . and committeemen alone, cannot accomplish very much but with the help of all, certainly something should be done in this direction.

Fraternally yours, P. P. Baron, Sec'y •

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Nowadays when they speak of a girl reaching that "awkward age" it means that she's too old for teddy bears and too young for wolves.—Briggs Manufacturing Co.

Wednesday, August 4, 1954 CO NSTITUTION PROTECTS AGAINST TRIAL BY ORDEAL One of the most important basic rights of the individual in this country is the privilege against self-incrimination. The Fifth Amendment of cur Federal Constitution provides that "no person ,shall be compelled in any criminal case 'to be a witness against himself." The early American statesmen insisted that this guarantee become a part of our law for excellent reasons.

The doctrine against self-incrimination is most probably an outgrowth of "trial by ordeal" practiced in the ancient days of England. A person accused of a criminal 'offense had to plead either "guilty" or "not guilty" at the time he was arraigned for trial, and still does today.

However, in those days the accused had neither the benefit lot counsel nor the right to testify in his own defense and either plea ultimately amounted to just about the same thing.

If the accused pleaded "guilty" he was hung a little sooner than was the case if he pleaded "not guilty." This situation, understandably enough, caused many persons charged with crime to stand silent on arraignment and not plead either way. When that happened, the accused was subjected to tortue to induce him to plead one way or the other.

Incredible methods of making a person talk were used with almost total success. In some cases the accused was placed in close confinement with a bit of bread to eat one day, a sip of water the next, and so on from day to day until he consented to plead or die of starvation.

On other occasions heavy weights were placed on his chest above the heart and attendants stood on the weights, or he might have been forced to recline on a bed of sharpened stakes. Investigations in those days arose primarily because of alleged dereliction from the rules of the Church.

With memories of such atrocities, it is plain to see why the colonists from England made sure that such practices would be prohibited by their fundamental laws.

The privilege against self-incrimination is not only incorporated in the Federal Bill of Rights but is also guaranteed under the constitution of all but two of the 48 states. Our Texas constitution proVides that an accused "shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself."

—Contributed by L. 0. Hosek. )•A•( No matter how clever a woman may be mathematically, it is impossible to make her realize that she is ten year older than she was ten years ago.— Frances Rodman.

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Eventually, things would get straightened around. Big tax periods, such as January 15 and March 15, would pull the Treasury out of the hole. Overdue bills and salaries would be paid. In the The U. S. Treasury may run dry late meantime, though, the country might (Continued from page 19.) in 1954. find itself in quite a mess. and World Report. July, 1954 faults. If we keep our eye out for an If so, there could be payless paydaYs U. S. News occasional hint, we can get a pretty good _ 1 • J„, • for federal workers, a delay in checks idea of what we are. for veterans, farmers, old people, others.

Getting Things Done Treasury says the way out is to raise Henry Ward Beecher once was asked the debt limit. But Congress may say no.

(Continued from page 11.) how he managed to get through so , much The perennial problem of the public few. The property of any local SPJST work in a day. He replied: "By' never debt is arising once more in Congress. lodge is a common property to all mem- doing anything twice. I never anticiThe trouble this time involves the legal bers alike. There cannot be any attempt pate my work and never worry about debt limit to 275 billion dollars. Under to declare dividends in favor of a selected it. When the time comes to do a thing the law, the U. S. Treasury is not per- group and against other members. Fra- I do it, and that's the end of it." mitted to owe any more than that at ternalism implies that all members work The fussy, hurried, worried man is the any one time. for common interest, work together in chap who tries to do everything at once.

The debt today is bumping along close brotherly union, and giving every mem- He dabbles in this and dabbles in that to that ceiling, and has been for nearly ber a chance to be elected to hold any —finishing nothing. He picks up a leta ybar. Now it appears that, to pay its position, if he has the qualifications. If ter to answer it and lays it &own to bills in the latter months of 1954, the any local SPJST lodge is holding meet- pick up another letter and fuss with Treasury will have to borrow more mon- ings in a hall which is owned by some that. He puts the hard work at the botey than the law allows, individuals, and not by the entire local tom of the pile. He leaves a hard job So the Treasury is asking Congress to membership, then any discussion re- on his desk day after day until it abraise the debt limit. This request is garding any item not covered by the solutely has to be done and then he running into stiff opposition. A year lease is out of place in the SPJST meet- rushes it out in such a hurry that it selago, a similar request was turned down, ing. dom is done right. This man goes home • A • and the same thing could happen again. in .the evening with frayed nerves. In Senator Harry F. Byrd (Dem.), of Virimagination he drags his desk and paPOSTAL JUNK ginia, among others, is dead set against pers home with him and worries about a higher ceiling.

Our mailbox at home and probably them there.

The question arises, therefore: What yours, too, is filled these days with an The big things of life are never done happens if the Government can't lay assortment of junk not even suitable by fussy man. When one is worrying hands on enough money to make ends for papering a room reserved for par- about half a dozen tasks that must be meet? Treasury officials have been ticularly obnoxious weekend guests. done in the future, he fails to do the scratching their heads over that one This stuff is what used to be called present task as it should be done. One for months, and haven't yet come up throw-aways because that literally was task at a time, finished and started on what it was; circular tossed into door- its way before tackling the next task, with a satisfactory answer.

If this situation should develop, the ways by a youngster who thereby is a rule that makes for poise and powGovernment would find itself in the earned a few pennies an hour.

• er.—Silver Lining.

Now, under revised postal regulations, ) • same position as a man who is caught short on cash and already has borrowed it is carried by the postman. It is the TO OUR REPORTERS all the money his banker will let him kind of stuff that carries no name. It When you write the report about your have. He must put off his creditors for reads: Resident of such and such num- meeting, observe some of the rules used a while, or else he must sell assets to ber on such and such a, street, and it by all good reporters: announces a miraculous cure for warts raise cash, or both.

1. If you don't have a typeWriter, use This is exactly what the Government and things like that. It is an additional nen and ink. would have to do in the same circum- burder for the postman and generally 2. Print all proper names to avoid ern. stances. It would not mean federal bank- an annoyance o*o ale recipient. barrasment.

Promoters who use this method to ruptcy exactly. The Treasury would be 3. Use white paper, and all your sheets broke just temporarily, and would have blanket a neighborhood get by at so lit- should be of the same size. to scratch around for money to keep tle cost that it amounts to almost free 4. Write on one side only. Sometimes delivery. Postmaster General Summergoin g during lean tax-paying periods. the editor may wish to paste up your During those periods, some bills sim- field professes concern about a deficit. report on copy paper.

Well, here is one expense he could ask ply would not be paid. There might be 5. Don't crowd your writing. Leave payless paydays for Government work- Congress to stop at once, because this plenty of margin at the top, to the left, ers, Checks for veterans, farmers and old junk, which is a burden to the post- to the right, at the bottom. people might be held up. Companies man, goes in the wastebasket of many.

6. Keep sentences short. Your report making tanks, guns, airplanes and other many people, including the editor of will be easy to read. The Reader's Digest equipment for the Government might the Vestnik, without ever glancing at it. averages 15 words per sentence.

• i • t have to wait a while to get paid. The 7. Mail your reports as soon as you can. ) • j, • Government no longer is able to raise No wonder Rip Van Winkle was able money it needs simply by running off to sleep for 20 years. His nei ghbors did Some girls feel that no man is worse than no man. -- Rowan County News. "greenbacks." not have a radio.

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NeZ se Zenske ohfaly a ke kolovratUrn usedly, rozmlouvalo se chvili o vklieem.

Jestli Sc prihodilo ktere cos noveho if domacnosti, nebo novinu jakou, povidalo se o tom; byl-li jak svatek, s nim2 byl narodni jakYs obyeej nebo povera spojena, aneb byl ii.svatek zasvecenST, zavdalo i to prieinu k rozpravce. Ku WI.kladu veeir piied svatYm Mikulagem hned se ptala Kristla Adelky, ma-li jiZ za oknem puneochu, ae se jiZ Mikulasi v okoli potloukaji. "To mi babieka da, aZ prijdu spat," i'seklo devee.

"To si nedavejte svou maliekou punreknete babiece, aby yam pujoila velkou!" navadela Kristla.

"To nejde," ozval se Jan, "to bychom byli my nSizeni."

"Varn beztoho Mikula g nadeli jen metlu," Akadlila Kristal.

"V-Sak on vi svati MikulaA, ze ma babieka metlu jeAte od lonska schovanou a ae nas nikdy nebije," l'ekl Jan; babieka ale minila, ae by to mnohdy Jenik zaslouZil. Lucie den byl detem velmi nemilY. . Byla povera, , ze chodi tu nos Lucie, bila to, cilouha, rozcuchand. Zena, a straSily se ji ae je vezme, jsou-li neposluSne. (I na Slovensku povera to znama, ae Lucie rozsochata, v plachte zahalend Zena, fe,eto na hlave chodi porneAe„) Bolacnost

one 4. orpn :,, 1954. je prava nemoudrost," kikala babieka, a nemela rada,k.dyZ se Mi stranly neeim; ona je ueila, nebat se nieeho, leda hnevu boZiho, ale vymlouvat jim nektere povery, jako to otec vady ChM, kdy2 mu zacaly povidat o vodniku, prativci, svetYlkach, o ZhavYch muaich, kteri se mnohdy pied elovekem kutaleji jako 0tep slamy, jim ale za takove posviceni na ceste podekovat se musi, a p. -- to neumela, ponevadZ vira na ne pr lis V ykorenena byla. U ni byla vetkera Miro da odutevnena, dobrYini i tkodnYmi duchy; ona verila i v zleho ducha pekelne ho, kte/eho Btih na svet posila, aby zkoutel lid bo21, ona to vte vekila, ale nebala se, majic v srdci pevnou, nezvratnou dtitveru v Boha, v jeho2 moci celY svet, nebe i peklo, a bez jehoZ yule eloveku vlas s hlavy nesejde.

Tu dtiveru hledela take yttepovat IT srdce detske. Proto kdyZ Vora na den Lucie zaeala mluvit o bile Zene, babieka ji hned okkikla, dokladajic, ae Lucie jell> noci upije. Nejlepe to umel Mila, on vZdy chlapciun vykezaval bud' sanky, pluhy, vozieky, nebo delal louse, a chlapci se od neho nehnuli. KdyZ byla o neeem stratlivem ree a Vilim se k nemu tiskl, kikal: "Nic se nebojte, Vilimku, na eerta yesmen?" kti2, na stratidla hid, a vymlatime jim." To se chlapcilm libilo, a s Milou byh by sli trebas o pulnoci kamkoli; a babieka mu prikYvnouc "Irm, coZ je to vsecko platno, mu2 je piece jen muZ!" "To je pravda, a Jakub neboji se ani eerta, ani pana spravce, kterY je bort' neZ pravila Kristla.

"No, jak pak," vzpomnela babieka, "to mluvime o panu spravci, met Wee, Jakube, eaku, pkijit do dvora?"

"I myslim, ae z toho nic nebude, Zene se to na mne z dvou stran, a plete se do toho mnoho zlY. ch ZenskYch, a ty mi odzpivaji."

"I nemluv tak, snad se to da jette sp avit," rekla Kristla zarmoucene.

"Peal bych si to, jako ty, ale nevim.

Sleeinka spravcovic se preukrutne na mne hneva, ae jsme 177yvedli ten kousek tomu Italinovi. Ona si pry flan myslila, a kdyZ ho pani kneZna k vuli tomu poslala na rychlo prye, zkazila se ji vtecka osnova. Leli ustaviene spravci v utich, aby mne do clvora nebral. To je jedna: druha je rychtarovic Lucie. Ta vzponmela si, abych byl jejim kralern pti "dlouhe noci", a ponevan ji tu poctu nemohu udelat, bude mit rychtak zlost, a jak da Parabilh jaro, budu myslim zpivat: "Ilaj — haj — hajeeku zelenY jsem ja na vojnu chycenS7," -- a Mila zaeal zpivat, deveata spustila take, jen Kristla pustila se do place.

"No mle, holka, do jara jette daleko, kdo vi, co Pa nbith da," tetila babieka. ( (Pokraeovani.)

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nebyla to hrozna eervena hvezda jako pled :chvili, nYbrt bile a dobre denni svetlo. Pli tom pohleciu Valjean jit necitil finavy ani tine, nabyl novYch sil. Cim dale set, tim lope videl vYchod z toho hrozneho podzemi. Byl to klenutY oblouk, nitli net okolni klenuti, jet postupne se nitilo a all nelli chodba, jet Ulla se tow Mercu, jako klenuti se snitovalo.

• Priikop koncil v aodobe nale yky.

Koneene piisel k otvoru, ten vlak byl uzavlen teleznou mIizi s mocnYm. zamkern Byl tu vYchod, ale nebylo mfotno jim vyjiti. Za nim byl vzduch, leka, den, volnost, ale od toho vleho jej delila silnd Misto to zdalo se velmi opuSteno, a znenahla tet se stmivalo.

Valjean slotil * Maria na suchou Cast moche ji zatH,s1. Silne telezne tYee se amoche ji zatkasl. Silne telezne tyle se ani nehnuly. Zkusil vklijake zprisoby, ale plekatka byla neplekonatelna. Cot meli zahynouti zde, jscuce tak blizko volnosti? Mel snad zase jiti zpet, mel jeSte jednou podniknouti cestu, kterou mei za sebou? K tomu newel sily, a koneer* snad by padl zase takovou plekatku.

Bylo po vaem veta. Obratil se zady ke miltl a klesl tem& bez sily vedle Maria, jena posed sebou nehYbal. Smesice °brazil vilila jeho seslablYm mozkem. Najedncu se pled jeho zrakem objevila Cosetka, a tu se mu srdce bolestne se ykelo.

Nahle jakasi ruka polotila se na jeho rame; a jakYsi hlas zaSeptal: "Rozdelme se."

V prvnim okamtiku myslil, ae sni, nebot' kcio by v to jeskyni mohi bYti? Pohledl vzhilru a opravdu, jaksi elovek stal pied nim.

P11 pohledu ihned se vzpamatoval a poznal hned onoho eloveka. Byl to Thenardier. Lupie pi•igel bosky, aby ho nebylo k Valjeanovi, jehot.si zvedaye prohlitel. Nepoznal ho vlak, protote byl tak umazan a zakrvacen, te se sam sobe ripine nepodobal.

Valjean'zpozoroval hned, te neni poznan, a byl tomu velmi rad.

"Jak se chce odtud dostati?" tazal se Thenardier po chvili Valjean nieeho neodpovidal.

"Musil se piece nejak dostati von, a otevliti dveke nelze."

"Ovkm," odpovedel Valjean.

"Nute, rozdelme se na polovic."

"Co to znamena?"

"Vidil, tys zabil eloveka, a ja. maw Aelooliv to neznam, chci ti plece pomoci, jeato patrne patfil k mYm telrim."

Valjean pochopil tepry nyni: ten elovek jej pokladal za vraha.

Valjean vstoupil do baiiny pied sebou Nahole byla voda, dole lepkavY a pod nohou se uthYbajici jil. Pcsouval se vlak plece pomalu napied, jetto mu nic nth° nezbYvalo. Marius snad jit skonal, on sam byl velmi vysilen, a nemohl se vratiti a hledati nove testy. S podlitku rozsedlina nebyla hluboka, ale dale zaPada/y nohy jeho stale vie a vice do blata, ba,hno dosahovalto mu brzy jit az po kotniky, a voda at po kolena.

Sel dale, zvedaje Maria co' mono nejvYk. Bahno sahalo mu jit po kolena a voda po pas. Dosti huste bahno by snad bylo udrtelo tizi jednoho eloveka, ale dva zapadali stale hloubeji do neho. Valjean ubiral se nicmene dale, podporuje umirajiciho, ktery snad byl jiz mrtev.

Voda sahala mu jit pod pate, •atvate, se motel pohybovati v bahne, v neint vaznul Sel vgak plece s nesmirnou naniahou, citil, to stale zapada hloubeji. Nyni jit vyanivala jen hlava a rune, na nicht nest Maria ye vYke. Zapadl jeSte vice, voda, sahala mu jit at po rista, i byl nucen obratiti hlavu do zadu, aby usel a mohi ciYchati. Valjean nejasne rozeznaval hlavu Mariovu ples rameno mu visici, a zoufale ucinil posledni pokus. Pozvedl nohu ku pledu, a noha jeho dotkla• se eehosi pevneho, opory. Byl nej yylli das, jetto byl jit tame): dccela v to pachnouci propasti pohliten. Byl to zaeatek dlatdeni, ktery se pouze prohloubil a nerozpadl. Voda site tu east ta ke zalila, ale byla tarn t yrda prida, ktera stupriovite stoupala nahoru. Byli zachreni. Vykd z vody, zakopi o kamen, padi na kolena a distal tak chvili s k Bohu povznesenou.

Vsta,1 celY se tleSa, promrtlY, umazaohnutY pod bezvladnYm Velem MariovYin, ale s jakYrnsi nadzeraskYrn jasem v , Sel dale, byl jit vysilen az do krajnosti. Ohromna namaha jej zba,vila vlech sil, take byl nucen katclYch nekolik kroku odpoeivati. Jednou si take sedl aby Maria jinak na sebe ulotil a zdalo se mu, to jit ani nevstane. Vstal vSak pfece, nebot' telezna yule pohanela telo. 8e1 rychle a zetifale, nezastavil se vribec a nehlede ani tmu zrakem proniknoUti. Najednou vrazil do zdi. Couvl a zposoudruhu," pokraeoval Thenarzoroval, 'te jest to roh sto py. Obelel jej a zpozoroval v dalce jakesi svetelko, ale dier, "zabil-li jsi tohoto Oloveka, pak jsi

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tea vedel, kolik ma v kapse. Dej mi polovici, ja ti otevru dvele a k tomu ti jette plidam provaz."

"Nat potlebuji provaz?" tazal se udivene Valjean.

"I kamen potlebuje'S, ale ten najdel venku, je jich tam cola hromada. Jak bys jinak tu mrtvolu utopil? ftekni mi soudruhu, jak jen jsi se z toho bahna dostal? Ja bych se tarn neodvatil. Ale jen co jen pravda, nevoniS prave."

Valjean mleel.

"Mal pravdu, to mi neodpovida g ," dodal Thenardier po chvili, "ostatne vim i bez toho, kdo jsi. Toho pana jsi trochu podavil, jak vidim, a nyni ho chcel topiti v kece. Pomohu ti rad, s radosti pomohu hodnemu chlapovi, nechaPu jedine, proe jsi jej nevhodil do bahna?"

Nevyakav odpovedi, Thenardier pokraeoval: "Ostatne jsi snad jednau docela moudfe: zitra iste plijdou delnici zasypati prohluberi, zajiste by tarn nalezli telt) a kousek po kousku, nitku po nitce by se dopatrali klubka stopy po tobe a jia bys byl v pasti. Policie je chytra."

Zati.as1 Vaijeana za rameno.

"Nude, skoneeme obchod, rozdelme se!

Ukat penize!"

Valjean zpozcroval ze chovani Thenardierovo je jaksi z ylaStni Mluvil tile, byl v rozpacich a jako ulekan. Myslil si zajiste, te se tam skrYvaji jelte jini zloeinci, a ten le se s nim neehce rozdeliti o lup. Mel ye zvyku nositi stale penize a sebe, ale, kdyt yeera odchazel z domu, byl tak rozrukn, le zapomnel vziti s sebou tobolku. Mel iodine trochu drobnYch pellet v kapse, ty tedy vaecky vysypal do dlane lupiecvy.

"Jen co je pravda, zabil jsi Iacino toho elovaka," fekl Thena,rdier, pkikyvuje hlaVou, a pti tom prohledaval docela dilverne kapsy Mariovy i Va.ljeanovy. Ten se tomu neprotivil. Ph prohledavani utrhl Thenardier nepozorovane kus sukna z kabatu Mariova, mysle si, to se mu to nekdy hodi, aby zavra2deneho i vraha pozdeji poznal.

"Je pravda," Iekl, "oba dohromady vice nemate!"

A zapominaje, te se ma rozcleliti, stall vSecky penize do kapsy.

Potom vytahl zase klie z kapsy u haleny a fekl se smichem: "Ted' jildi, pliteli! Zaplatil jsi za to, ale podruhe se postarej o vetli kofist."

Thenardier pornohl jelte Valjeanovi pozvednouti Maria na, zada, pak lel tile k mfiti, otevlel ji jen potud, aby mohi Valjean s blemenem projiti a hned j'i zase zamkl. Zarnek byl patrne narnazan olejem, jetto ani trochu nezasklipal.

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1cdil Maria na pisek. Sve'21 vzduch ovival je. Vakol vlad1 nieim nerug enjr klid. Stmivalo se ji g, nastavala noc, ptitelkyne v gech lidi, kteti jsou nuceni se skrjrvati. Rekla Sumela u jejich nphou jakc, by je chtela zlibati. Z poli elysejskjrch doletal k nim Svehol ptac,tva ' uklaciajiciho se k spanku. krasnjr letni veeer rozestiral ve gkera sva kouzla.

Valjean pocitil divnjr klid v du gi, zaponmel na vge, a hledel jen do krasneho, modreho nebe, Vieka Mariova se neotev •ela, ale polootevtena Usta zlehka. djrchala.

Valjean chtel zase nabrati vody do, dial* kdyZ najednou ucitil, ze nekdo stoji za nim.

Obratil se rychle: stal tarn opravdu jakjsi velkjr mu g v dlouhem upiatem kabate.

Valjean poznal Javerta.

XLIV. Javert vyvrien z koleji.

Javert sel po nenaddlem vysvobozeni z barikdd hned na policii, podal tam zpravit o vSech uddlostech, a potom hned nastoupil sluZbu. Je nutno spravedlive uznati, ze tehdej g i pclicie pies zajem o povstalce, nezanedbavala te g zldeincti.

Dne 6. eervence, po poledni, 41 jakjrsi elovek po pravem latehu Sequany. Nekolik krokil za nim gel nejakY jinjr muZ. Patrne hledel prvni uprchnout, a druhjr jej prondsledoVal. Vypadalo to jako hra, nebot' se zdalo, ge nikdo z nich nespecha. B •eh byl prazdny, a prchajici 41 stale podel teky. Jeho postaveni byl• kriticke, jeZto dostati se na ulici nemohl, protoM lezela na dosti vysokein nabi•eli, jeho pdezdivka byla hladka, vysoka, a koneila dlouhjon jazykem, kter-y zapadal do vody. M dojde k tomu mistu, bade nucen vydati se do rukou policie, nebo vrhnouti se do , vody. LeZela tarn velika hromada kameni. Uprchlik ji.obegel, aby se ukryl a na chvilku unikl zraktim pronasledovatele. Ten zrychlil krok, obegel take hromadu kameni a distal udivene stati. Zloeinec zmizel, jako by se do vody propadl. Co se s nim asi stab? Nevrhl se piece do Sequany, to byl pronasledoyatel jiste zpozoroval.

Policista pti gel a2 k mistu, kde zed' zapadala do vody a zamyslil se. Nahle se udefil do vela, protot" ,e spat •il tam, kde voda zaeinala, Sirokou Zeleznou mtiZ, opattencu ohromnjrm zamkem. Tekl z ni gpinavjr ..pramen, kterj se vleval do Sequany, za m •ili pak bylo videti dlouho, temnou chodbu. Policista zatta.s1 ale drZela pe yne. Fired chvili vgak jiste byla otevtena, bylo jen divno, ze tak rezavjr zamek nezasktipal.

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Stoupl si za hnemadu kameni a nespustil s mtiZe oka. Nebylo jisto, proe eeka. Myslil-li, ze zlodinec se tamtudy zase vrati, nebo snad jini.

DroZka, jejimuZ koeimu p •ikazal, aby jel , za nim, zastavila se teZ v jiste vzdalenosti na, ulici. ()thane otevteni mtide, kterou Thenardier pustil Jeana Valjeana, bylo jen uskokem. Vedel dobie, .4 tam Javert jeSte eeka,, a 4 padne do jeho rukou hned, jakmile ze stoky vyjde. Policista ovgem se zmocni nove kotisti a nasleth kem. toho da jemu, Thenardierovi, pokoj.

Javert nepoznal Valjeana, kterjr, jak jsme pociotkli,,byl velmi zmenen, ptigel rychle se silnou holi v ruce k eloveku b •ime nescuchnu a otazal se ho zkratka a ostte: "Kdo jsi?"

"Cod nine nepoznavate?"

"Nc." "Jsem Valjean."

Javert se sklonil, optel ruce o ramena Valjeanova a uptel nail divokjr, laenjr pohled.

Valjean sebou ani nepohnul.

"Policisto Javerte," iekl klidne, "jsem v moci vagi. Ostatne povaduji se od rana za v.ageho zajatce. Nedal jsem yarn sve adresy ptcto„ abych prchl. Zatknete mne, ale pied tim jeSte mi poptejte trochu easu."

Javert ani nesly gel, co Valjean mluvil, pustil jej vzptimil se a otazal se: "Co zde debate? Kdo je ten muZ, jen zde ler2i.?"

Nyni jiZ Valjeanovi netykal jako pied tim, a stab se to temet docela mimovolne. jsern prave o nem promhiviti s vami," odpovedel Valjean, "jen prosim vas, napted mi p:rnorte odnesti jej domu, a pak se mnou eirite, co chcete."

Tvai Javertova se uSklibla, jako v2cly.cky, kdykoliv ho nekdo prosil o nejakjr Ustupek, ale neodpovedel nieeho. Vyrial jen z kapsy gatek, namoeil jej ve voile a otiel zakrvacenou tvat , 14Iariovu.

"Ten elovek byl na barikade," irekl jakaby sam sobe, "fika.li mu Marius."'

Policista, dokonaljr, byl v gecko pozoroyal, vgemu rozumnel a lige sobe pamatoval, aelcoliV met pied ()Mina smrt.

"Je ranen," iekl Valjean.

Javert 4,111 Mariovi na tepnu.

"JiZ je mrtev," odpovedel. ,"Zda se, Ze je gte Mje," odpovedel jean!

"To jste ho ptines1 z barikady sem?" tazal re Javert.

Valjean na to neodpovedel, ba snad ani neslySel, Co onen mluvil. Piremjrglel, jak by mladika co nejrychleji dOstal.doma.

"Bydli v ulici sveho deda. Nepainatuji se jit na jeho

Ve stteclu, due 4. srpna 1954. jmeno, ale zde je jeho . adresa." ftka to, shYbl se vytahl zapisnik z kapsy mladikovy a podal jej Javertovi.

Javert pi•eeet1 vzdor tme svjrm koeieim zra.kein adresu, strcil zapisnik do kapsy a zavolal droAr. DroZka sjela po nAbkezI. dolti a u biehu se zastavila.

Polor2ili Maria na zadni sedadlo, Javert Valjean sedeli na ptedu.

DroZka rychle odji2dela. Po kahlern tfesu na dlaZdeni ukapla sNlasu ranene'ho kapka krve.

Byla, jig eira noc, kdyz se zastavili pied domem pana Gillenermanda. Javert vystoupil a zatloukl mocne na dvete te'Zkjim klepatkem, ktere na nich viselo.

Objevil se ospciljr podomek. V dome vSichni jiZ spali, jeZto se brzy odebrali na lote.

Valjean s koeim vynesli Maria pomalu nahoru. Valjean jej ch-41 pod paiemi, kodi pod koleny.

Valjean, nesa Maria, streil ruku pod jeho Sat a ptesvecieil se, ze srdce raneneho jegte bije.

"Bydli zde pan Gillenormand?" tazal se Javert tonem atednim.

"Ano, zde je to," odpovedel domovnik, sobe ptejete?"

"Neseme mu syna."

"Syna?" tekl domovnik s adivem.

"Ano, mrtveho."

Valjean, kterjr stal za Javertem a desil podomka syjan hroznjrm zevnejgkem, daval mu za zady policistovjmi znameni, ie syn Gillenormandav neni mrtev.

Domovnik nieeho z toho v geho nechapal.

"Byl na barikade a v takovem stavu se vraci," dodal Javert. "jak to, byl na barikade?" zvolal domcvnik.

"Ano a byl zabit, jclete vzbuditi otce."

Domovnik se nehjtal.

"Ale rychle!" vzktikl Javert.

Domovnik koneene gel a vzbudil stareho sluhu Baska, jeM vzbudil starou kuchatku Nicoletu .a to gla pro tetu. Deda se ball znepokojovati, dovi se zajiste jeSte dosti brzy o negtesti.

Vynesli Maria do prveho patra a ulona stare pohovce v pi-edsini.

Zatim co sluha beZel pro lekate a Nicoleta vynclavala pradlo ze sktine, poloJa.vert ruku na thole Jeana Valjeana.

Pochopil, co to znamend a gel dole, policista za nim.

Sedli si zase .do droRy. "Inspektore Javerte," tekl Valjean, "pcvolte mi jegte neco."

"A co jegte?" tazal se zhurta Javert.

"Dovolte mne je gte na oka.in'Zik doma."

Javert chvilku vahal, potom spustil 0kenko v , ptedu ve You a "Kai do ulice Hornmc-rirme C. 7."

Potom jid nikdo z cestu ani slova nenronthwil.

Ve:stredu, dne 4, srpna 1954.

Co zarhyglel Vaijean? Chtel dokoneiti, co jit zadal, iici Cosetce, kde jest Marius a co se s nim stalo, vykonati posledni sva zafizeni? Na sebe nemyslil, to jest ji2i skondeno v ge, Co se jeho osoby tyee.

U vchodu do ulice Homme-Arne koear zastavil, protote ulieka to byla pHnzka, net aby vozy mohly tamtudy projitdeti. Javert i Vaijean vystoupili.

Kodi gel pokorne k panu policejnimu inspektorovi a prosil o nahradu za vylote-' ni povozu, ktere bylo krvi pottisneno a blatem umatano.

Javert vyplatil kodimu tadanou sumu a poslal jej prye.

Valjean si myslil, to policista ho' dice pegky dovesti do talafe.

Ulice byla jako obyeejne prazdna. Zat'ukal na dveke domu C. 7. Dveke se otevrely.

"Jen jclete nahoru," fekl Javert, "podkam zde na vas," dodal v'razem, jako by sobe Civil nasili.

Vaijean nan udivene pohledl. Takove poeino,ni nebylo zvykem nehprosneho policisty, ale nefekl piece ani slova a gel nahoru.

Octnuv se v prvnim patfe, zastavil se a podival mechanicky yen oknem na ulici vedoucim.

Na blizku hotela lucerna a osvetlovala celou kratkou ulici..

Vaijean irta,sem ztrnul. Po Javertovi pled domem nebylo ani stopy.

Odchatel pomalu z ulice Homme-Arne, a gel po prve ye svem tivote s hlavou sklopenou a s rukama na zadech slotenYma. • Bral se smerem k Sequane, kde feka blizko Notre Dame tvoti etyfhranne jezero, jehot sttedem se tene proud. Mista toho se plavei velmi boji, protote, kdokoliv tam do vody spadne, nikdy jit na povrchu se neobjevi. I nejlep gi plavec se utopi. .Javert se opfel o zabradli mostu a zamyslil se. Jakjisi pfevrat, zmena, revoluce, odehravaly se v jeho nitru. Trpel velmi. Jeho druhdy pii vgi sve obmezenosti tak jasnY mozek, videl stale rovnou ce stu pled sebou, nyni v gak pozbyl rovnoCitil, to jeho povinosti se rozchazeji. Mel d ye cesty pled sebou, obe pfime a nevedel, kterou z nich by sobe zvolil, nebot' obe, se na rtzne strany rozchazely. Dekoval svuj tivot zloeinci, je hot sam po celY svuj tivot nehprosne pronasledoval, byl nucen pfijati ten dluh a oplatiti jej, jeho povinnosti tedy bylo fici mu: "Jdi a bud' volnY!" Ale osobnim pohnutkam obetovati svou povinnost. . . Citil v gak piece, to jinak jednati nemilte.

Divil se, te Jean Vaijean jej pustil na svobodu ,ale nyni se jeste vice divil sam (s pu q h Valjeana na svobodu.

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Co nyni poditi? Vydati Valjeana bylo by 'Spathe, necha,ti jej na svobode, by take bylo gpatne. jej, klesne nice net galejni trestanec. vy ginul nad zakon a glapal jej nohama. V katdem pfipade by hanba padla na jeho hlavu.

MOH° ho to, takte byl nucen pfemY gleti a sam rozhodovati. At posud nikdy se mu neco podobneho nepiihodilo, vedel pokatde, jak se zachovati.

Nyni se osmelil rozhodnouti sam proti vegkerYm pfedpistm policejnim i zakonnYm a jednal, jak jemu samemu se uzdalo. Zrazoval spoleenost, povinnost k ukojeni sveho svedomi. Kdyt si na to pomyslil, cell se Axel.

Citil se pfi torn hrozne ponitenYm: galejni otrok byl jeho dobrodincem!

ZbYval mu jen jedinY zpusob k roz1ugteni one zaletistosti vratiti se do ulice Homrne-Arne a dati Valjeana zatknouti.

To byla jeho povinnost Neco vgak se mu stavelo v cestu z druhe strany. Vzpomnel sobe na pana Madeleina i na jeho jednani kdysi pied soudem, a postava tohoto galejniho vezne, toho zloeince kterjr tehdy radeji obetoval sama sebe, jen aby zachranil sveho nepkitele, kterY dobrYm odmenoval za zle a misto pornsty mel soucit. Ta postava vzrdstala v odich Javertovjrch do obrovskYch rozmerii hrdiny.

Jaka, to podle natorii policistovYch •nestviira. Tedy svet jest jinjr net pfisne pray°, slitovani, dobre skutky, obetavost, soucit s trpicimi, odpu gteni, cit i slza pro bidu je vyggi net zakon! Tedy zakon piece se mate mjditi a soudcove mohou byti lidmi?

Jakesi svetlo proniklo du gi toho straitce ve •ejneho pofadku a rozjasnilo tmu, jejit zakladem byl pfisnY soud. Ta, prosta duge nemohla toho svetla snesti, nemohla je proniknouti, a ono jej piece dim dale tim vice obestiralo. Citil, to pod vlivem dobroty toho galejniho trestance tet sam se sta,va dobrYm a nemiite jednati jinak. Lekl se to vjistkednosti a zmocnil se ho hnus pied sebou samjim. to klesa vuci idealu sveho tivota — pineni povinnosti. Chopil se za hlavu obema rukama, pfemy glel, ale tadneho vjrchodu nenalezal. Citil jen, to dale tak nemilte.

Kahle se odhodlal.

Opustil most a jit se vztyeenou hlavou zamitil do nejblitgi policejni kancelafe.

Byl tam sergeant mestske policie. Javert vegel, udal sve jmeno, sedl si za stub a jal se psati.

Psal dosti dlouho, potom zapeeetil obalku a nahofe napsal: "NekOlik slutebnich poznamek."

Nechal dopis na stole a odegel.

Vratil se na bfeh. na toter misto, kde byl pied tim.

Vecko obklopovii la Upbia lane{. ' 'akov(-1

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tma take obklopovala jeho mysl.

Javert se podival dolti na vodu, ale slygel jen gumeni vin. Z vody ei gel chiad.

Stal tak chvili, sklonen nad propasti; nahle smeki klobouk, polotil jej na zdbradli mostu, pak na ne vylezl a skoeil do vody. Voda hlu ge zatblurikla a vgude zase bylo ticho.

XLV. BED.

Podomek a sluha po hovkou do salonu, a pak hned pkikvapil lekat, pro Deft poslali. Teta Gillenormandova pobihala udel gene a bezradne sem i tam.

Na rozkaz lekaffiv pkinesli postel, polotili na ni Maria a lekaf jej meal ohledavati. NebezpednYch ran nemel, ale ztratou krve byl hrozne vysilen. DlouhY pochod podzemni vymknul tpine xorttiAtenou licni kost a to ovgem bylo nebezpeeno. Jeho stay byl hroznY. Lekaf neveal, bude-li mu motno vzkrisiti jej tyrdogijne mdloby, ale civil, co mohl.

V okamtiku, kdy umYval tvaf chorehq otevfely se dvete a v nich stanula vyso= ka„, sucha postava.

Byl to ded.

Vzpoura znepokojovala pana GillenorManda jiz dva dny, takte nemohl ani spati, ba mel i horeaku.

Veeer ulehl velmi zahy.

Kdyt pfinesli Maria, ball se domaci ho vzbuditi, ale starci maji lehkY spanek.

Uslygel jakYsi nezvykljr rush v dome, vhodil na sebe tupan a tapaje po tme, octnul se ye dvefich. Spatfil hned postel i bledou postavu na, ni zavravoral krok ku pfedu a zaseptal: "Marius!"

"Pane," pravil start' Bask, "prave nyni pfinesli mladeho pana, patrne byl na barikade."

"Je mrtev!" zvolal stares hroznYna hlasem, potom se vzptimil a pkistoupil k "Pane ,jste lekaf?" tekl "rcete mi jen, jestli jit zemfel?"

LAM; mlcel, nevedel, co by odpovedel Pan Gillenormand zalomil rukama, zasmal se divoce a zvolal: "Zemfel, byl zabit na barikadach. Uainil to na zlost nine, z nenavisti ke nine. Nyni se vraci ke mne mrt yjr! 6, to ja neit'astnik jsem zavinil!"

Potom gel k oknu, otevfel je a jal se mluviti sam sebou jako bez "Probodan, rozsekan, a veal piece dobte, ze ho eekam, '2e jsem dal ptipraviti jeho pokoj. Vedei jsi," geptal, kdybys byl ptiSel a tekl: "Tu jsem," byl bys panem domu, to bych to byl poslouchal a &inn vge, .co by se ti jen bylo libilo, tys to veal, ale tekl jsi sobe: "To je stars royalista, neptijdu k nemu, radeji zahynu." byl chovthaini stareovYni zne-

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Pan Gillenormand nan pohledl °Mina krvi zalitYma a fekl: "Dekuji yam, jsem klidnSr. Nemyslete si, Se jsem rozhorlen. Bylo by poaetile, hnevati se na neboStiky. Hled'te, to dite jsem vychoval. Byl tehdy tak maliekY, a ja jiS jsem byl star. KdyS pak dorostl, zvolal jednoho dne: At' zhyne Ludvik XVIII. a utekl z domu. Ja. tim vinen nejsem."

"Mel takovou rusou hlavieku a byl tak hezkY. Lide se zastavovali a obdivovali jej, kdykoliv si v zahrade hral. Nejednou jsem se nan hneval, ale pokaSde se mi zdalo, 'Se zasvitilo slunieko, kdy2 gel do meho pokoje. Nebylo milejaiho ditete nad neho, a nyni mi ho zabili!"

"Ach, ty eloveee bez srdce, klubisto, re publikane," aeptal tiae.

"Ostatne je mi nyni jiz vae jedno, ja take zemru," vykkikl nahle hlasite, "budou asPori dva pohtby najednou. CoS by to nemohlo dohnati eloveka k ailenstyl?

Co2 je mdno, zhynouti jiS v dvacatem roce veku sveho a proe? Protde zemtel jakYsi jeneral Lamarque." " gel dobrovolne na smrt a ani se neohledl za sebe, nepomyslil sobe, koho v zoufalstvi zanecha. Nyni museji ubozi starci umirati samotni a mladi je ptedchazeji. Zhyri si, stare., sfivo, ye svem koute! Jsem ji2 velmi star, mel jsem jiS da yno zemfiti. Proe mu davate dYchati epavek i vaecky ty Miry, vklyt' je jiS mrtev?"

"Nemel jsi, hochu, soucitu se mnou, nebudu se take rmoutiti pro tvou smrt, ty nehodne dite?"

V torn okamkku oteviel Marius di, a' a pohled jeho, aekoliv posud zamSen mdlobou, pobloudil po pokoji a utkvel na Gillenormandovi.

"Marie!" zvolal statec, "Marie! Mfij drahY Marie! Me dite! Muj synu nejdraMi! Ot yirda oci, hledia na mne, Sijea?

6, diky tobe. ." A staiec klesl ye mdlobach na zem. * Marius dlouho zapasil se Sivotem i smrti, a nekolik dni lezel v silne horeece. Lekat natidil nejvetai klid, ale on stale volal jmeno Coseteino.

Ded neodstupoval od loSe vnukova a byl take jen polo Siv. ftekli mu,ze kaldodenne, nejednou, ba i dvakrat chodi jakYsi aedivY pan, velmi elegantne odenY, jak jej vylienval podomek, vyptava se na zdravi raneneho a pkindai obyeejne velikY balik cupaniny na obvazy.

Koneene 7. zati, za etyti mesite po one hrozne noci, kdy ptinesli Maria urnirajiciho domfi, lekat oznamil, ze jiS mute za divot Mari& rueiti. Marius byl vaak nucen Idea jeate dva mesice na pohovce k van rorttiatene kosti lebeeni.

Ostatne zachranily Maria dlouha ne-

Vt STNIX — WEST, TEXAS moc a dlouhe uzdravoyani se od stihani.

Ve Francii neni ani yak nejzarytejaimu revolucionati hnevu, kterY by ptetrval Best mesicft.

Gillenormand prodelal veakera muka bolesti, pak zase vaecky stupne rozkoae.

Nemohli ho ani ptemluviti, aby se ael do sveho pokoje vyspati. Dal si ptinesti svou velkou lenoaku do pokoje nemocneho a stra.vil v ni celY eas u jeho loSe. Kasai dceti, aby brala nejkrasnejai pradlo na obvazy a nebylo nic dojemnejSitio nad to, neZ kdy poda yal starou, ttesouci se rukou a s laskypinYm pohledem koflik eaje ranenemu. Kdy2 mu lekat oznamil, ee nebespeei jiS minulo, poeinal si statec jako blazen. Skakal, smal se jako dite, pak zase si klekl u lendky a sluha tvrdil, ze se modli, eehoZ aZ posud nikdy neeinil. NazYval Maria panem baronem a •kfieel: "At' Zije republika!" Zaponmel docela na sebe, Marius mu byl vAim. Zdalo se,.2e stakec se stal vnukem sveho vnuka.

Marius byl ke vSemu lhostejnY, cela jeho duSe dlela u Cosetky, aekoliv od chvi le, kdy jej horeeka opustila, jejiho jmena nevyslovil. Mueil se vSak mySlenim na ni, jeZto nevedel, co se s ni stalo.

Cela, udalost v ulici Chanvrerie jevila se v jeho mysli jako straSnY pfizrak. Nechapal, co se stalo, ze Zije, nevedel, kdo ho zachranil a nikdo mu toho nemohl Laska dedova jej vfibec nedojimala. Myslil, ze jest to jen novY zPasob, aby ho mohl ujakmiti. Nevetiu jiS' starci. UbohY pan Gillenormand tim velmi trpel, a snaSil se tyktiti se co nejsladeeji. Stale se nan usmival, ale Marius si myslil, ze se to smeni hned, jakmile sobe na Cosetku vzpomene. Byl jist, ze v tom okamkku by uslyael jen vYeitky a zatvrzelY odpor.

Zaroven se zdravim vracela se tea jakasi zatvrzelost k dedovi. Gillenormand to snaael mleky, ale bolelo jej velice, vnuk nikdy ho nenazYva otcern a vyhYba se vaelikemu ptiveti yemu osloveni.

Marius zatim chystal se k boji. Jednoho rana pan Gillenormand eta noviny, pronesl lehkova'SnY asudek o revoluci.

"Lido z r. 1793 byli hrdinove," odvetil ostfe Marius.

Stafec umlkl a nepromluvil celY den jiZ ani slova.

Marius, jenZ vklycky pokladal deda zr, neoblomneho, povaloval to za tajenY vztek.

Za nekolik dni na to sklonil se pan Gillenormand nad vnukem a fekl s citern: "Vidik mai Marie, na tvem miste bych snedl dobrY fizek, to by to hned posilnilo."

Marius se posadil na lozi, pohledl na deda, a hrozne zasmuile fekl:

Ve str'edu, dne 4. srpna 1954.

"Jednou to musi skoneiti, dele toho jist* nevydrZim." "Oe se ti jedna?" tazal se tied.

"Chci se deniti."

"Uhodl jsem to," odpovedel ded a dal se do hlasiteho smichu.

"Jak uhodl?"

"Ovaem, dostand sve deveatko."

Marius se chvel na celern tele.

"Ano, mitj drahY, dbstanea sve spanile deveatko," fekl srdeene ded, "vSdyt' to kaZdodene navatevuje v podobe jisteho stareho pana. Vyzvedel jsem ji2 vae, bydli v ulici HommexArme a pldee i cupuje pro tebe tfasne. Vid g, ted' jsi v pasti. Jiz jsi osnoval cele spiknuti a my. sill jsi sobe: "Reknu mu pfimo, tomu dedkovi, to stare royalisticke mumii, 'echo chci, a bude valka."

"Nabizim ti fizek, a ty mi odpovidaa: `chci se ' eniti."

"To je trochu nasilnSr skok. Co tomu fikaA, zlobiS se? Nenadal jsi se, ze tvilj ded je jeate pnSetilej§i neZ ty. Mel jsi jiz ptipravenou fee, kterou ha nine nyni jsem ti zkazil ptilditost a to to zlobi, pane advokate. Ale co delat, slob se, spinim tve ptani a tomu se divia. Via, vyzvidal jsem, tea ja se yyznam ve lsti. Ty e deveatko je spanile, hodne, akube pro tebe cupaninu, miluje te. Kdybys zemtel, byly by tti rakve, ma i jeji vedle tve.

6ekali jsme jen, aS ti bude lepe, abychom ji mohli pozvati sem.

Vidia, takova je ma krutost. Ptesvedeil jsem se, 'S'e mne nemilujea a to jsem si lainal hlavu, co jen bych ueinil, abych si tve lanky opet dobyl. fzekl jsem si: 'postaram se, aby dostal svou Cosetku, a pak mne ten nieema musi miti rad'. Byl jsi jist, Se budu ktieeti, machati holi, trkopiti hluk? Ani mi nenapadne, Cosetkka budiS tva, a konec. Raete se laskave deniti, pane barone, bud' at'asten, me dite nejdraHi," dokoneil statec se slzami ye zraku, uchopil hlavu Mariovu obema rukama a tiskl ji ke svYm prsfn.

Oba se rozplakali.

A take to je vYrazem velkeho atesti..

"Min otee!" zvolal Marius.

"Tedy mne maa rad?" vyrazil statec ze sebe.

Vice nemohu velkYm pohnutim Marius vymknul zlehka hlavu z rukou decloyYch a fekl neSh410: "Ale otee, nyni jsem ji'S zdrav a mohl bych ji videti."

"I o to jest postarano, spatfia ji zitra."

"Mfij otee."

"Co synu?"

"Proe ne jiz dnes?"

(Pokraeovani.)

• a • ( Jest rovnei eestno laSti hrSrin na sebe sama, jeko jest smeano bSrti hrdYm na jine.

Ve stkedu, dne 4. srpha 1954.

VYBERTE SI DLE POTREBY Tkiniet druhd. certifikatd SPJST pro dospele: Vida B: DoZivotni, poplatky se plati do smrti.

Vida C: Poplatky se plati 20 roku. PlnY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v piipadu Vida D: Poplatky se plati 15 roku. PlnY obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv v piipadu Tiida E: Poplatky se plati 10 roan. Pln3", obnos pojigteni se vyplati kdykoliv v piipadu Tiida F: Plny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po 15 letech nebo kdykoliv piedtim v piipadu Vida G: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdykoliv piedtim v piipadu fnrti.

Vida, H: Piny obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosaMni 65 let staki nebo kdykoliv piedtim v piipadu funrti Vida I: Pop atky se plati 20 mkt'. Plnj obnost certifikatu le vyplacen po dosaleni 60 let stall nebo kdykoliv piedtim v piipadu tonal.

Vida K: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Piny obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v piipadu Vida L: Dvojnasobne firazove pojiAteni (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pouze do obnosu $2,500, dodateene k jinemu certifikatu.

Vida M: Poplatky se plati do veku 65 let. Po dosaZeni 65 mkt). stall, Olen dostava mesiani piijem dokud My. Zemie-li pied 80 lety staff, dedici dostanou mesieni pkijem do 80. vYroei narozenin Mena.

Vida M-C: trpisova ochrana na 20 let, ktera se zmen guje, az zustane vyplacene poji gteni na $1,000.

PojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pkipadu funrti die klesajici stupnice.

Vida N: Upisova. ochrana jen tern, kdo maji od SPJST vypiljeene penize.

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Vida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 rola).

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VESTNf K — WEST, TEXAS stall je die stupnice.

Vida J-S: Poplatky se plati 20 rokii.

Piny obnos poj gteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pkipadu od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesieu, $250, pod 12 mesicu, $500.

Vida J-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let staff i. Piny obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech stall nebo kdykoliv v piipadu mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicti, $250, pod 12 mesicil, $500.

Vida J-G: Ppplatky se plati 20 roku.

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ye StPedu, tine 4, srpna 1954.

dinami, po kla gtelich, 'tie OlomouC117 knitie Otik, lemuZ rikali OernSr, ujel do Bazrcadlo, t •eba tie prgelo, jen se lilo. A vor, do Retina, k nemeckemu cisari, nepfeje bratranci SobeslaVovi knitieciho sam byl za de gte take such', na na Cepici ani kritpeje. To ho ten plait' stolce na kterY byl Sobeslav povSrSen tak chranil, tie nezmokl, a take jinak: skou naroda. tie nemusil spati, ani jisti ani piti, a tie (Pokraeovani.)

ZadnY ho nevidel, leda ten, ktereho chtel, aby ho videl.

Za tmy se zjevil, pti gel zavtenYmi usedl za still, pohovoiil, pteptal se sveho znameho souseda na vgeliocs, a nejvice na to, jak se naklacla s lidem na robotach. Povedel, tie p •ijdott jeate hrube platy nas sedldky, tie se bude platit dais. ze v geho, i z ko gtete. Ale tie to Creomulsion diva rychlou bude to posledni, pak tie ty nektest'anlevu, ponevadi pronika pi• mo k ske platy p •estanou; i robotv tie vezmou mistu potIiI, a pomaha uvolniti za sve. a vypuditi rnznyini zarodky naTak pohovo •il, posedel, chleba vaak pinenS, hlen, a pornaha pfirode neukrcjil, ndhle vstal a zas ode gel jak zmirriovat a le git podraidene a pti gel zav •enYmi dve •nii, a nikdy nePo is adejte vakho lekarnika o latekl kam jde. A nikdy take nezilstal u hey Creomulsion, s tim dorozunikoho na noc. A zase putoval sam tmamenim, ie se vain musi libit ten Vou nod zahalen earovnYrn pla gtem, teIrychly% zpfisob tilevy od kagle gitel lidu, putoval moktinou, blatem, cenebo dostanete yak penize zpet. stou, necestou, klidnY, a jistY nelekaje se sy Ych prondsledovateln.

Nejednou je potkal, kdyZ sli se zbrarelieves Cou ghs, Chest Colds, Acut• ansechitis ni chytat ho a vazat. A on gel vedle nich proti kagli, nachladu v prsou, svou cestou, dale, kral Jeeminek, vgech bronchitis utiskovanych Ziva irtecha, vgech vernYch vtelend nadeje a viva v lep gi budcucnost morayske viasti, nadeje a vim, jeZ ptetrvala boute veku, jeZ se neda udusiti, neutuchne a bohda nezklame!

PRAPOREC' SV. VACLAVA I. V lete zima byla.

To leta od narozeni syna BoZiho po tisici, po stu, po dvacet pateho, kdy eer y -namesicpolvt.Duhanpdlo snehu v Ceske zemi a lite mrazy ubodily, tak tie na mnohych mistech stromovi vyhynulo a v horach po•oky pteBUD'TE BEZPEtNI Z NONAT mrzly a ne tenko, ale tlustYm ledem. AZ Nikdy nezanedbejte rany fiz• vec divnej gi: kdyZ pak nastala prava nuti, trisku, pokhomtideni, zaro% zima, kdy vaecko bylo snehem zavato, stlY nebet, gtipnuti hmyzem, letni bou •e desily lidi. TO tehoZ leta tevied, atd. Z techto mute nastaeeneho, ji.Z koncem jeho, kdy mnozi zati va.tina infekce. Poutiijte slechli htimani a videli znameni blesNONAT se zruSne nadoby — a ku pied narozenim Pane, v Cas adventbud'te bezpeeni. Bud'te pohotoni, a jini o 8tedrern yeeeru. Silne se pak vi pro nutnou prihodu s NONAT blYskalo v nod due sv. Stepana prvomu—dokazane spolehlivY ptes 50 eednika.

A jen se pak obloha, opet zasmu gila a visela nizko a teZko, snehu pina, nad zimnim krajem, a jiZ zase ozatila se ost. nivYmi blesky; to druheho dne po novem roce„ zrovna pri rozednivani. Tu se nebe zas otviralo a ssinale, rude blesky mihaly se raz na raz, az ptechazel zrak.

PRAV1DELN.a VELIKOST 55c VELICA, USPORNA VEL1KOS7 Lide se ktiZovala, o zlYch znamenich, $1.05 o vojne mluvili, tiet' jiste bude: Jak by nebyla, kdy se v knitiecim rode krute R. C. MILLER AND CO. zase preli. 81y noviny zavatYm krajem, Box 285 ky na hrady a hradky, do podhradi, deCAUFORNIi ALTADENA.

Jiraskovy Stare povesti Ceske (Pokra"eovani.)

II. Veaba poustevnikova o symr Chropinskeho pana letem se roznesla mora y -skouzemialdnpest kain krale Jeeminka. V Chropinskern zamku meli pro nej still stale prosttenY a pokoje uchystany, jako by mel kaZde chvile ptijiti.

Cekali krale Jeeminka, cekali i hledali ho, Chropin gti, z Pterova mesta, Zalkovai a jini po v gem Pterovku. Ka.2dYm rokein se shromaZd'ovali po mestech a dedinach i zastupem tahli se zbrani v ruce krajinou, dedinami, poll a lestm, hledat Zadaneho, touZeneho krale Jeeminka, nadeji lep gi budoucnosti.

A kdy2 bylo htit a hilte, kdy poddanY lid za pozdej gich \F ail stenal v robote, utegoval se kralem Jeeminkem, vegtbou o lepgi budoucnosti. Kdyi pak za cisake Josel'a poddanYm znaene uvolneno, pcCinali vaude po dedinach vetiti, tie ptigel zaslibenY kral Jeeminek, tie nastava tou,Zeno, doba, kdy bude robotalne zruaena a pina svoboda vaem dana. Proto take lid ani neuve •il, -kdy2 dogla novina, tie cisat Josef umtel.

Ze je ziv, takove p •esvedeeni se v lidu ujalo, a Ze se jen ukryl pied piny, nepiali uvolneni selskeho lidu, tie cisat meaka v ptestrojeni mezi lidem, a cbchazi dediny. A tikali mu zase Jeeminek.

To byl novy kral Jeeminek.

Ale vrchnostem se nelibil. Pani se ho bali a tu gili, tie v jeho jmenu obchazi dedinami nespokojenci, k-teti lid gtvou a pobutuji. Proto he, stihali; za starodavna konalo se hledani tajerrineho toho krale y e vaech obcich celeho panstvi, a to v noci, vaude v stejnou chvili.

Vge, co bylo v panskYch sltrZbach, myslivci, hajni, mysliveeti inladenci; kancelate, vratnY, mu gketYti, vaichni se rozeali po osadach a prohliZeli dinn od domu. Rychtat a kon gele musili jim byti napomocni..A kdy v kaZdem staveni vge bedlive prohledli, v jizbe, v komorach, ye sklepe, na pride, a kdy tak celou vesnici obegli, zastavili se v hospode, aby se posilnili na pan.s'ke Utraty.

Toho vgak, ktereho stihali, Jeeminka, nikdy nestihli. Ten chodil tajne mezi lidmi dal, tak vetil lid, a ute goval, tie roboty prestanou,. tie bude v gem dobte. V kaZde obci mel sveho znameho souseda nebo dva. K tern chodival na besedu a to vZdy v nod, kdy Celed' u2 spaIa. Pti gel znenadani (byl prost•edniho veku a postavy dosti vysoke), v pla gti z modraveho sukna, s Cepici na, hlave, v dlouhem kabate, maje modrave nohavice do bot. A ty se svitily vtidycky jako

Jak odpomoci Bronchitis.

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119

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154

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