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Vesele St'astO Vanoce Novi Rok 1954 1955 Vam—na g e sestry a bratfi—nagi Kdyt nastane Vanoeni doba, bez ohledu na to kde jsou a co delaji, lido povznesou sve mygenky od katdodenni lopoty . . . zapomenou pro okamtik jejich osobni tetkosti a pozastavi se na chvilku, aby se rozmysleli o A r Yznamu Vanoc, . . . v g eobecnem bratrstvi v g eho eloveeenstva . . . o jejich blitnich a obzvIdete o jejich pratelich.

My to take einime. Odlotili jsme na g i pre.ci abychom se zamysleli o pravem vYznamu Vanoc o bratrstvi vSech lidi, fraternalismu, phitelstvi a o Vas. Radi bychom vkroeili do va g eho domu, na kratieke pratelske popovidani; jenom yam rici, jak velice si vatime vageho telstvi v minulosti, a te se te gime, ie si ho za.sloutime naporld, v budoucnosti.

Ale ponevadt takova na g e osobni nav g teva je nernotna a ponevadt nechceme nechati ujiti teto svateeni dobe abychom y am a va g im milkm nejakSim zpilsobem neprojevili na g e pocity, proto timto sobem projevujeme y am na g e upkimne pkani, byste melt vesele Vanoce a gt'asta NovY Rok, v nace% ze behem nastavajiciho roku zavladne, "Pokoj lidem na zemi a dobra y ule mezi v g echny lidmi" a te na g e Jednota, to na g e Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, (SPJST), poroste a bude prospivati ye vet gi mite net kdykoliv pi•edtim.

Hlavni fikadovna S. P. J. S. T. J. F. Chupick, tajemnik

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Merry Happy Christmas New Year 1954 1955 To you—Our Sisters and Brothers—Our Friends.

When Christmas comes, wherever they are and whatever they are doing, men lift their thoughts from their everyday toils . . . forget for a moment, their immediate selfish problems ... and pause a while to think of the true meaning of Christmas, of the brotherhood of man, of others and especially of their friends.

So it is with us. We've dropped our work . . to reflect to the true meaning of Christmas . . . brotherhood of man, fraternalism, friendship and you.

We would like to walk into your home for a friendly chat; just to tell you how much we appreciate your friendship in the past and that we hope that we may continue to merit it in the future.

However, since such a personal visit is not possible, and since we cannot let this holiday season pass without, somehow, extending to you and your's the Season's Greetings, so, we are hereby extending to you, our sincere best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year; our hopes and our sincere wishes that during the coming year Peace on Earth Good Will Towards Men may prevail, among all people, everywhere and that our Order the Slavonic Order of the State of Texas, (SPJST), may grow and prosper as it has never grown and prospered before.

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Zase p • iehazeji Vanoee, snad nejmilejAi a' nejkrasnejSi svatky. "Dnes vAechny struny v srdci zneji," napsal Jaroslav Vrchlickk ye sve basni "Vanoce". A jink eeskk basnik, Josef Hora, vykreslil dobu vanioeni jako dobu vzpominek, kcle vanoeni vzpominka . . . jako kniha je, list za listern se otevird. 61ovek ete stale doufaje, se neni pina jeho mira. Kciyby tak vSichni yeah, a kdyby nezapominali. Mit v sobs zpevnou nedeli . ."

Vanani svatky pomalu prOmenily se v dobu, kdy yzpominame tech a snaZime se navazati styky s tenni, na ktere jsme easto zapomneli celkch predchazejicich dvanact mesicit Vanoeni doba je eas It rozesilani darku nebo alespori vanoenich pozdra ynkch listku east° takijka zapomenutkrn naSim znamkrn. Ba pomalu vanoeni vkmena darkti a listku stava, se ja.kousi fornialitou sluSnosti, j a kknisi sym bolem—v idi tc ink in znamc uini -dobre yule, miru a lasky. Pomalti vanoce zaeinaji pozbkvat sveho drivejSiho kouzla tim, ze obchodni zajmy chteji, vyuZitkovati radostnou dobu Yanani ve svfij prospech. Pomalu v obchodnim sVete znamenaji vanoce jen jednu vec—penize, obchod, vice penez, vice obchodu.

Lids snadno piehlizeji skuteenou hodnotu veci. Oloveklehko zapomene na jadre a vSima si jen leskle venkovni slupky. Casto se nam zda, zee nemeli bychom na sve pratele a zname 'zapominati, a tu prichazi doba vanoeni, ktera nam dava prilelitost, abychom svilj poklesek, svou lhostejnost a zapomenlivost napravili.

Vzpomeneme si na ne aj2 o vanocich. A nejsme to jen my. Mnohk prtnnyslnik a obchodnik dr2,1 si poznamky po eery rok, aby vedel, komu o vanocich ma poslati pozdravnk listek a prani veselkch SVatkii Pred svatky se zaznamy vytahnou, listky rozeSlou, a zaznamy se znovu uscliovaji pro rok priSti. A podobna procedura se pro yadi take u jednotlivan a v soukro m kch rodinach.

Neodsuzujeme a nekritisujeme dnegni vanoeni zvyky. Presto zda se nam, ze note pomalu ztraceji bkvale kouzlo a ze propaclame tomu yypoeitanernu natlaku, abychom s1 hodne veimali vkkladnich sniZenkch cen, snadneho rivoru.

Zapominame na duchovni hodnoty, zato oslavujenie vanoce svkmi dolary Pl'ichod MesiaSe je zaAinen poStayou 117ikulaSe —Santa Clause. Pro deti vanoce znamenaji vousdee, kterk rozdavi'i darky, na ktere objednavky nekolik tkdnii dopredu. Po celk rok toeinic se ve svem kruhu, hovime sve ctikidosti nebo ziskuchtivokonci roku chceme dosti, a proto

Ve stfedu, dne 22. prosinee 1954. hnati zameSkane. Proto neodsuzujeme chaeSni vanoeni zvyky, ze aspori jednou v roce vzpomeneme na druhe. Odsuzuj erne a kritisujeme onu povrchnost a melkosl, s jakou sv't ; pratelstvi vtiei druhym projevujeme.

Radostna doba v;jobeni ,niela by bSrti opravdu dukazem a projevem naSi dobre yule vSern lideM. hciy2 pozorujeme nedoekav )-I a naWjeni cic . t 1, meli bychom 1 . oclut raclosti pcen(sti na sebe, so do nalady spokojeno , ti a pratelstyi viiei vi;;ein. VZdy1' vanoce jsou snad jedieyeii svatky, kdy niclost ze Zivota by se niela oil kaZcieho z nas na v'Seclink strany 26.cine jine svatky v roce nedavaji tu moZnost, aby elovek oslavoval svatky s jasotem ye svem nitru, projevem miru, pokoje a dobre 'vale. Potrebujeme takove svatky, kdy nraZerne vyzarovati a Shiti kolem sebe spokojenost sami se sebou, se svou rodinou, se svkm okolim.

Jenne spokojenost a Stesti jsou pro kaZdeho z nas slova jineho vkznamu.

KdyZ stojime pied didelitkm rozhodnutim nebo na, zajeatku noveho oddilu Zivota, nebo rname pied sebou'nejistou budoucnost, prejeme si, a preji nam druzi, Stesti a spokojenost. Kdybyste se 11th otazali, pro6 se Zenou za penezi, pros zapoll meli sebou schopnostriii nebo intrikami, proe pestuji politiku a vedou revoluce nebo chteji prevraty, odpovi yam jako jednim hlasem: "abychom byli spokojeni a St'astni". Honba za Stestim-anglickk pursuit of happiness. V torn, co nazkvame- Stestim, nalezame prvni cis, zdanlive velmi rozumnk, pro nektere lidi posiedni a nej yySSi..Jenle Stesti jednoho neni Stestim druheho. Stesti Zebrakovo je jine neZ Stesti bohaeovo. Spokojenost ditete je jinx nez spokojenost jeho rodiet, a take jina neZ spokojenost stareho eloy eka. Stesti mute je jine nez Stesti Zeny, a spokojenost d ybu lidi neni nikdy stejna Kdyby pouhe Stesti jednotlivce melo bkti meritkem, meli bychom bolik meritek, kolik mame lidi. Nestaai jen spokojenost a Atesti jednotlivce. At' se nam to lib i nebo ne, at' tomu chcerne nebo ne, jsme spjati se svetem a s lidskou spoleenosti. 61ovek je tvor spoleeenskk. Silny, pravk, dokonalk, normalni elovek touZi vZdy vykroeiti ze sebe, proniknouti kus sveta svou silou, nechati mezi druhkmi lidmi znamku sve osobnosti. St'astnk a spokojenk eloyek citi svet, a citi se s yetem. A doba vanOeni je vZcly pro spokojeneho eloveka svatky lidskosti.

Redaktor prase dostal uvedomeni od bratra Jos. Horriaka, predsedy Tiskoveho vkbor.u, ze Tiskovk vkbor, vydavatele Vestniku a redaktor budou miti schtizi v nedeli 2Aedna 1955 v kancelari (Pokraeovani na, strane 4).

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(Dokoneeni se strany 2) ustkedny v Temple. Stanovy natizuji, aby TiskovY vY13or, vydavatele a redaktcr seSli se jednou roene a v tadne schtzi projednali vSechny pkednosti nebo nedostatky Vestniku Ve schazi ma bYti ten navrZeno a doporuoeno, co je pottebne nebo nutne ku zlepkni organu.

Mimodkit ptichazi olazka, zda ti Cleni SPJST, kteti Otou Vestnik pozorne, mohli by prisp6ti svYmi nahledy nebo s yYmi poudky ku ziepkni nakho organu.

Ptichazeji vanoce, kdy snad mnohemu nakmu elenu zbude chvilka, aby vzal tuZku, kus papiru, a vymenil stre nahledy strait zlepkni obsahu Vestniku.

Reclaktor ma pochvalnYch dopisti nekolik. AC chvala a potlesk je snad kaZdemu milt'—a nynejt-i redaktor by nebyl elovekem, kdyby ho pochvala nepoteSiptece je tkeba take kritiky. Dokud nepozname nedostatky, nemtiZeme hledat napravu a zdokonaleni. Proto pOSlete svou kritiku bud' bratru Horriakovi nebo na redaktora. KaZdY takovY pokyn bude vzat v tivahu. A bude-li to vaS'im pkanim, jmeno pisatele nebude clan° do vetejnosti.

S s.tacl ZadiV jr.nv funkciondi v naM SPJST neptemy'Sli tolik o svem nastupci jako nynejS1 redaktor Vestniku. Pied rokem odekl natal nahle dobrY fraternalista„ bratr Frank ,:.Ivadletaak.

U jineho bratrskeho spolku ztratili takteZ mistoptedsedu nahle. Velika sesterska organisace mnohem silnejSi ne2 na ge SPJST, ztratila neda yno svou .predsedkyni, kterd teSila se pinernu mlravi jeSte v dobe, kdy redaktor Vestniku s ni mluvil pti zasedani Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu v Atlantic City. Byla zabita v automobilovem neStesti, ona i jeji mantel.

Minuleho tydne pkibuznY redaktora byl pkitomen vanoenimu banketu i se svou choti, ale nedoZil se kence banktetu. jeho wahly skon promend radostnY veeer v tragickou uddlost. Proto redaktor pta se slovy basnika. Bezvuee "kdn-na moje misto?" Pted rokem chtel reclaktor pomocnika. Chtel si ho sam platit. Doslid ho nenakl. A tak rad b y ustoupil a misto nekomu mladSimu. Anebo aspoil dostal pomocnika, na nejZ by mohl uvaliti kus sveho btemena. A neni to price povrchni, ma-li redaktor konat svou povinnost tak, aby se sam za nemuscl stydet. Anebo shy Vestnik byl pro naSi Jednotu nee() platnY. Jestlf redaktor bratrsiteho organu nepracuje ani pro zisk a slavu, ani pro moo a ctiladost, ale jen pro radost, nebo jak se lidove rika, jen pro svou zalibu, ze je to jeho konidek, kde najdete takoveho

V 2STNt IC WEST. TEXAS zvla:Stniho eloveka? Ono lidi se zvlaantnai napady je dost, ale ne kahlY podivin se hodi za redaktora, ba ani za pomocnika. VyZaduji se k tomu jiste znalosti Ceske mluvnice (dnes ten anglicke mluvnice), uspokojivY vYber vYrazoveho matetotiZ bohatou zasobu slov, aby mohl podati yYznamove odstiny, a pak take redaktor musi miti jakousi ureitou filosoiii nebo kekli bychom zdrave a pkijatelne nazory na Zivot. Nekdy se zda, ze jsou tti lidi, pracujici pro naSi SPJST, kteti potkebuji jegte nee° vice ne2 pouhe hiasy delegatil, aby mohli spravne konati pra7 ci, pro kterou byli zvoleni. Tyto tti osoby jsou: vrchni lekad, pravni radce a redaktor. K temto teem mohli bychom zakaditi ten statniho organisatora, kterY rovneZ musi miti krome nadpolovieni vetginy hlasu jeae take organisatorske schopnosti a ptedbeZne znalosti dle pokynt. No,rodniho bratrskeho telesa.

Pro nynel giho redaktora. Vestniku je otazka budouciho redaktora, nastupce, nebo jen pornocnika nanejvY'S dUlelita.

Jestli planujeme budoucnost na g SPJST, meli bychom rozhodne miti na zteteli to, jak vychovati si schopne sily u tacit, v distriktech, a take v ittadech nejvyggich.

Neni zbyteene ptipominati to znovu °pet. elovek se neciti gt'astiV lee kdy ma kousek jistoty. Ani spolkovY fitednik neniftZe se citit St'astnY, kdyZ nevidi, snahy jeho nejsou nadarmo, ze take -o budoucnost spolku je do jiste miry postarano. A tteba, bah udalosti neni v naM moot, tteba nerntiZeme osudu diktovati nak pfani, je povinnosti kaZdeho vetejnett° einovnika, aby svou spravne konanou praci ptedal jednou do schopnYch rukou.

Becky mudre staroveku Platon kdesi pravi, ze dobrY a spolehlivY elovek, kter3"7 slouZi vefejnosti, nema miti ani touhu po slave a ctiladosti, ani snahu po moot nebo po penezich, ale pouze radost z toho, ze je mu moZno a doptano pftsobiti jeho oblibene einnosti. Tento Platontiv vYrok je jako u gitY na kterehokoliv redaktora naalch bratrskSrch organti — ani slavu, ani cti gadost, ani gplhani, ani hmotnY zisk. Vzdor tomu jsou v gichni dobri a spolehlivi redaktoki dosti dalelitYmi dinovniky v kagdem bratrskem spolku.

Informuji, pobadaji, burcuji ze spanku; nekdy pro slovo, vett', nebo odstavec maji s nekYm neptijemnosti. Sam redaktor Vestniku to za.kusil a je gte nekolikrat proZije. Nevykine se tomu nikdo, kdo stoji pied oeima vSech. Jazyk ben kosti, ale kosti lame je lidova fraze.

Flati-li to o feel mluvene, tint vice to piati o keel napsane. Neni ani jednoho reenika, aby se nekdy nezmDtl. "Nemel to tak neomalene a neprogetelne pornysli si posluchaei. Obyeejne se na chybu brzy zapomene. Ale kdvZ redaktor pri stalem otiskovani svSrch myglenek,

Ve stkedu, dne 22. prosince 1954. den po Vdnu, ustaviene podavajici sve nahledy, kreslici nova slovni obrazky, se nekdy ukvapi, nebo pre'relme, nebo jen neco nepoda dosti getelne, chyba jeho je na papire a rienecha se vice zmenit a vyma zat. Proto redaktor ma daleko nesnadnej gi pra.ci neZ kter3'Tkoliv jiny vedouci ye spolku. ) • 4, • (

KALENDAft ✓ nedeli kagdou prvni a tketi v mesici lad Pokrok Houstonu porada taneeni zdbavu, ktera je pro deny fadu zdarma.

KagdS7 je uctive zvan.

Ve stiedu veeer kaZdSr tden jsou vany taneeni a zpevni hodiny pro mladeg v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu, 1140 Robbie. KagdS7 je uctive zvan. ✓ pondeli veeer kagdS7 t3iden cviel se sborove zpevy dospeVrch v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou vitani. Zaeatek v osm veeer.

Ve stiedu 22. prosince dava rad tefdnik eislo 142 v Houstonu jitrnicovou yeoefi, ktera zaene ye 4:30 odpoledne. Po veedi vanoeni program zaene v 6:30, predvedenST omladinou kadu. ✓ nedeli, 9. ledna 1955 bude konana pravidelna mesieni schtze Sokola Houston. Uvadeni einovnikt. Bratil a sestry dostavte se v pinem poetu a vyslechnete celoroeni zpravy. Po schilzi obeerstveni a (2x) ptatelska zabava.

• 4 • KAREL HAVL1C' EK SOROVSKk. Veeerni piseil.

Na laviece pod okSrnkem sedeli jsme s mou panenkou v noci, ona koukala do klina, a ja ji koukal do oei; mesieek jak mazaneeek na nebieku gpoulil svou hubie,.ku on se etverak usmival!

O to bylo posezeni jako v bo gim nebi za kamnama, andeliaky fofrovali, vznagejice se nad nama; hajek jako mita° kvetl, slavik zpival jak na flaginetl kantor by to nedoved.

— Karel Havlieelz • 4 • Lakomec se nemiluje. Ma, vet gi lasku k peneztim neZ k sobe. Ziti s telem polo vyhladovelYrn a odpirati si ve gker3"7 pfepych, choditi v odevu nejbidnej gim a nejlevnej girn, zbaviti se osvegeni a zobavy, abychom mohli ulo giti penize — to vge neni jiste laskou k celemu svemu ja. ska lakomcova jest cele v jeho penegnich megcich a jeho tel.° vain velmi zahy ukaZe, jak mai° je miluje.

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ZPRAVY A MASI' Z D!STRIKTU ZPRAVY Z TitET1110 DISTRIKTU KaZd3i ma vice schopnosti nen si myitAntm, SESTRAM, BRATRVM A S. P. J. S. T. vice neZ obyeejne pouZiva. Jsme-Ii Grapevine, Texas. PikATELUM 7. DISTRIKTU S. P. J. S. T. vzprukni jakoukoli silnou pohnutkou, Sestry a bratki: mime-li pkieinu k mimokadne namaze, pfejerne Nechci tentokrate zabirat mnoho mioctneme-li se v situaci mimokadne zod sta v nakm listu proto, Ze se domnivam, povednosti, kdy musime zvitezit nebo VESELE VANOCE ze bude mnoho tomuto podobnSlch podlehnout, tu kaZdSr z nas rozvine vlohy a su. a schopnosti, o nich2 se mu dtive ani nePMl jsem yam vkm gt'astne a vesele ASTNE NOVE ROK. zcialo. Vlohy nekterSich lidi jsou tak hlu svatky, pine spokojenosti a dnes opet boko skryty, ze teprve v okamZiku velike Emil Mieulka, pkedseda; pieji yam zdarnSI a irspeSnSr pro vas vSekrise vystoupi nalelite na svetlo.

Roy Ilranickk, mistoptedseda; I • el, • chny i naSi Jednotu, Nov' rok 1955.

Jacob hortner, tajemnik; Za vaSi trpelivost, soueinost a kaklou Jaroslav Rektokik, pokladnik. olovek, jenZ ry e a namaha, svoje al° i dobrou snahu yam srdeene dekuji u yeZabavni vSlbor: ducha honbou za zabavami nebo za obdomi, ze pies vSechno snaZeni jsme v Mrs. Mary McCloskey, chodem, miluje svuj obchod nebo zabavy mnohem pochybili. Pies to, te v mnoMrs. John HranickSr, nemoudke. Nema doSti v'Simavosti k hSTch nagich kadech byla einnost velice Mrs. Betty Jutica, stroji, na nem2 jest zavis1V k uskuteenozlepkna a i schiize v mnohSrch dobke naMrs. Marcela Kleprlik, vani s“Tch idei. Je to prase tak, jako vgtevovane, mame v distriktu naSem Mrs. Mary Veroda, kdyby mechanik dopustil, aby nekterS/ dy mak) cinne a nektere docela neeinne.

Mr. Frank Bolf. jell() drab' nastroj, jim2 provadi nejake TouZime-li po tom, aby kadova, einnost Karel Holasek, ieditel. vzacne nebo pracne dilo, zrezivel nebo se Vgude pozvedla, aby spolkovS7 ruch neJohn BranickSr, mistoteditel. vzal jinakou uhonu zanedbanim. ochabl a aby navAeva naAich schfizi neupadala, tu bude povinnosti naafi, minim nas fifth, postarati se v novem rote o to, .KMAIRKIKIMOMP .3KOMMMKUIRMINKOZEN abychom koneene men prostfedky, pomoci vgude tam kde se toho potkeba uka&, zapracovati mlade, ochotne elenstvo do teto einnosti.

Wilde ovSem je zapotkebi to ochoty, obetavosti a porozumeni, & pracujeme na spoleenem dile. ita,clova einnost jest zakladem zdarneho v'vinu bez ohledu na poeet elenstva toho ktereho kadu.

Bude tedy na nas vkch zalekti, zda tento novST rok bude pro nas vSiznaenSrm, fispanSim nejen v rodine naS1,-ale i vnasemradu, v distriktu a tu i pro celou naai Tomu snaleni varn v gern me upkimne Ludva 0. Hokk, na zdar! t. c. tajemnik III. distriktu.

•c Nikdy neutikejte od zopovednosti! byste moZnost zvetSiti sve vlohy.

Kdyby Edison vynalezl nastroj, kterSrm bychom mohli zvfSiti sve piirozene vlohy o polovici, nedali bychom se zastraiti sebe veal cenou a koupili bychom si ten nastroj. A piece neni na svete mute nebo Z'eny, chlapce nebo divky, ktrS7 by nemohl dociliti teho2 spravnSrm mygenim, spray rm vy--nSrmazi nZvotasprnS uZitim pkilelitosti, ktere se mu skSitaji.

J. M. SKRABOEK, RUDY J. gEltiK, At jste v jakekoli situaci a v jakemkoliv pkedseda tajemnik okoli at' se yam stavi do cesty jakekoli F. J. OLEXA, A. L. HILSHER, nev'hody a pfekaZky, stale jest utajeno mistoptedseda pokladnik ye vas dosti vloh, abyste vynikl tam, kde J. M. SKRABANEK, chcete.

0. S. Marden teditel )•,4 • ( A. L. HILSHER, teho je pottebi. nahradnik Nadel Bo2e, podle stavu hlad bohaOm chudSirn stravu.

— Karel IIavli6ek

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stfedu, tine M. prosinee 1954.

zeINNOSTI DOMACICH itADC Rid Fort Worth eislo 154.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mill bratti a sestry: Nejelkive yam fAem, cele na'Si mile Jednote pfeji At'astne a po2ehnane . Vanoce a tez S't'astnY NovY rok, 1955, aby vas v gechny Pan Mir chranil ode v geho zleho a dal vam VSem hodne zdravi.

Smutne zakoneil tento rok pro rodinu Kotev. Pan Joe Kret, bratr pani Kotefoye, pies ulici, vrazila do neho kara a on byl Wee poranen. Hned ho ambulance dovezla do Dallas nemocnice, kde si chudak dlouho polezi. Pfejeme mu uptimne, by se docela uzdravil.

Take vy, gvakte a gyakrova, 2ebrovi ye Waco, Texas, plijmete upkimnou soustrast nad ztratou Arai mile dcerugky Matenky. Bah ji dej veenST klid, at' odpoelva, v pokoji.

Mame pied volbami; 18. prosince mame stromeeek, "rid a Sokol dohromady, tak ptijd'te jiste mezi nas.

Srdeeno vas v gechny zdravi, Anna Svitakova, dopisovatelka. ) • Qi • kid Karel Havlieek eislo 4.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Tak jsem tu zas s trakou do mlYna. V listopadove schrizi byli zvoleni na rok 1955 vSichni ti sami tadovi rikednici — jednohlasne. Zaroveri ti sami co byli v thbavnim vYboru.

Jak jsem psala v pieddlem dopise, budeme mit vanooni program tento mesic 12., take jsme ho men a vydatil se nad oeekavani; lidu VSady a tech ditek.

ITS'e zapinene.

Podasi bylo jak pro to stvotene. Ani ten Pambieek nechtel tu radost detem Pokazit, tkeba ze date jest tak velmi tteba.

Program byl nasledujici: 1. Welcome everybody, pkednesla Judy Trepton anglicky.

2. Piseri, "SlyA jaka to liba piseri", zpival sbor eesky.

3. Piseri (Bells of Christmas) 2 divky zpivaji, nasleduji je 4 male deti.

4. Pkednes, neb Recitation — Why *e like Christmas. 4 divky a 3 hogi.

5. Piano duet — Bernice a Mildred Trepton.

6. Pak "Santa Claus Acrostic." — 5 divek a 5 hocha.

7. Piseri "Ticha noc, Svata noc." Zpival sbor eesky.

8. Ted' to nejlepgi. Bernice Trepton oznamuje: ticho pste, pst — Santa Claus neb Mikula g ptichazi; rolnieky neb zvoneeky zacinkaji a to se fib deck tech maliekYch a ty ocka zazati. Santa Claus vchazi dovnitt a zpiva se piseri — "Here comes Santa Claus".

Byl to kratkk program, ale velmi hezItS7 a veru nevim, jak to sestra Grone gova, dokazala ty deti se to Ark naueit v tak kratke dobe ani 3 tYdny. V gem se to velmi libilo a tak bylo ujednano, nee° takoveho mit, kadY rok. KaZde ditko bylo obdarovano, at' male neb velke.

Sestra Selma Grone gova, ptedsedkyne a Linda Mikugova, mistoptedsedkyne za,bavniho vYboru a moje maliekost toz pry ten Santa u "radu pro nas zanechal take darek pro kadou a to vite, zvedava 'Zenska! Ja musela -Veda, co to jest!? Ale, muj ty smutku a zarmutku — hezke psaci pero Parker; nedivim se sestke Gronegove a Mikugove ty si to zaslou21, ale co ja?

Vsadim se, ze nag pkedseda a bratr tajemnik uhadli me myglenky, neb ja to sve emarani chtela dat na starost nekomu, co to umi lepe -- a tu mag ! Dali mi hezke psaci pero a ja — ubohe stvokeni, abych si ho zaslouLla, nic mi ted' nezbSTva — jen zas dale psat!

Ale spas stranou; vtele diky nagemu kadu za ten dareeek.

Ale jestli nekdy nem to pero napi ge, co se yam nebude libit, tak to nebude vina ma ale vage.

Co toto budete eist, celY • svet bude vitat toho Jdi gka, to ditko rnalinke, ktere ptiglo, aby spasilo nas a cell svet a dalo mir svetu, ktereho jest tak malo za dne g -nidoby.

Bude se zpivat "Narodil se Kristus Pan, veselme se, z rune kvitek vykvet nam — radujme se."

Ale zaroven, co jest lidi, .2"e misto radosti maji Jak mrij starou g ; jeho matka zemiela 7. tento mesic a 9. jsme ji ulozili na zdej gi katolickY hibitov. — Bala 83 let, 7 mesicri a 10 dni. Smrt ji byla vysvobozenim, neb pies 3 mesice se trapila a z lo2e jiz nevstala. DruhSr mrtvicovY zachvat ukoneil jeji Nevime dne, ani hodiny; pohiby jsou tu skoro kakiY' den. Smrt se nepta, chceg , nechca; kdy2 pkijde nas eas, musime jit, at' mladY neb start. To jest 2ivot.

Tak vgem piejeme vesele Vanoce a t'astriST NovY rok a slibuji,ze uZ vas nebudu napalovat Zadneho tento rok. Neb vim, ze jest u konce.

Tak na shledanou v tom 1955.

Mara Fabian.

Vag e, )• Ve spoleenosti.

Take tobe radu dam: nemluv pied lidmi o sobe sam, nebot' je to proti zdvokilosti mluvit o neiadu v spoleenosti.

Karel Havlieek 1111.11111

ftid El Campo 'aisle 50.

El Campo, Texas.

Mili bratii a sestry: Ptichazim yam oznarnit volbu Piece jednou za mnoho let se ilkednici zmenili. Zvoleni nasledujici bratki: Ptedseda, Frank Dressler; mistoptedseda, Logic Tobola; tajemnik, Henry MoZigek; pokladnik, Alfred Kollaja; teetnik, Frank Rod. MajetkovY vYbor: Frank Dressler, Logic Tobola a Frank Rod. teetni vYbor: Eman Barto g, Henry MoZigek a Frank Dressler.

Pieji novYm fikednikum mnoho zdaru.

Vim, ze je s tim price, ale nekdo to musi Tento rok se chYli ke sklonku. NovY rok je skoro za dvetmi. Pro me byl rok minulY velice smutny. Jak je yam znamo, ztratila jsem meho mileho man gela, a Bah vi, co liana pkinese nastavajici Nov rok.

Pieji yam vgem vesele vanoce a mnoho gtesti v ptig tim NOvem roce, 1955.

SrdeenY pozdray.

Mrs. Joe Peterka, tajemnice. )• 4 , Rad Svaz eehoslovanii eislo 92.

Fort. Worth, Texas.

Mill nth a sestry: Vyroeni tadova schaze byla dosti eetne navg tivena. Bylo ptitomno kolem 40. elena, ale mohlo jich piijit vice, nevim kde ti ostatni vady zastanou. itadoveho jednani nebylo mnoho a bylo vyiizeno hladce. Jedno ditko bylo pkijato do detskehO odboru.

S ptestupni listinou od radu Jam eislo 130. z Dallas, jsme prijali pi. Albinu Jureakovou, nyni pi. Alex Bunker, usazenou zde ve Fort Worth. Pan Bunker je zdejgi osadnik a na g dlouholetY elen radu. Na vyzvani br. piedsedy jsme ptivitali novoman2ele hluanYm potleskem. Doufam, sestre Bunkerove se bude u nas libit a oba east() mezi nami uvidime.

Nemocna je hlag ena sestra Orrick, ktera nedavno podstoupila, mensi operaci a je v dalSim lekatskern o getkovini ye svem domove. Ptejeme ji v gichni brzke a trvale uzdraveni. Jest to marainka riageho bratra, tajemnika a dopisovatele do an.glicke east Vestniku, Jay Dee Waggonera.

U bratra, marlela Willie F. KtivankovYch, dostali minulY tYden rodinne nadeleni a to chlapeeka, ze ktereho maji velkou radost. Ted' maji dva pareeky. Gratulujeme a pkejeme, by yam malt Willie F. Jr. vyrustal ve zdravi, Tez starickulD, p. a pi. Mukuskovym,ze Jim tech vnou-

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datek pro poteSeni pfilaSrva a nam zase do fadu.

Pak pfikrodeno k volbam tifednika a vgechno Slo v Uplnem poiadku. Stafi.

Utednici znovu "zvoleni; a doutam ae ku spolojenosti vaech.

Ale kdo jich neznate, nemyslete si, jsou. -tak staki, jako v U. S. Senate, jak nedavrio jsein sly gela pfes radio, jaci dedePkove, tarn vladnou,- to docela ne. Jegte same mlade. tvafe vidite, a cot. nag br. tajemnik, ten je je gte mladik svobodnY a i •ad sviij zastava velice clobfe a v gichni ostatni. Ono to vypovidani, ae id ad vice nepkijme, mnoho nepomitte. Ti mladgi se za tan Indio placenStmi idady neaenou. A tak si myslim, ae to ty nage tifed,niky- take tell, ze elenove v nich maji tak velkou dilveru.

Napoaledy jame si pochutnali na dobre ve'deit kterou fad daroval a. sestry nesly rtzneho pediva habadej a pak v piatelskem hovoru jsme setrvali aa do rozchodu.

Zde'jSbu Imenal tifednikil a irrboru pro rok 1954: Pfedseda, 3. R. Bartel y,, mistopfedseda, Joe juran; tajemnik, JaY Dee Waggoner; fleet-1i, Joe Kodi; pokladni Fr. Bla'aek.

Spravni vS'rbor: Joe Juran, Joe Koci, Fr. Blatek, Steve Matusevieh a Henq Lukga.

NemocenskSf'vSrbar: JOQ. Ktivanek Pa,u1Foyt, Jay Dee Waggoner, Fr. Blaaek, Joe Kodi; sestry: Vla sta Dolkos, Helen Zicb a Aloisie Beean.

Zabavni vSrbor: kiestra- Annie Langer, Rudy Kodi a Henry Lukga. fteditelka mladete, sestra Flora Kodi.

Sta,novni -1,3"bor: Rud. Kodi starSi, Bob Easley a Joe Bedan.

Priwoddi, Joe Danek.

Dopisqvatele: Marie Juran a, Jay Dee Waggoner, Reseludni vStor: Rud. Kodi, Helen Zich a Marie Juranova.

Pani Kubinove v Dallas pekne dekuji za pozdrav„ kterSt mi pi. Bunker vykidila , Irzdrav;olg tuj i a _pfeji, yam vesele va,nocni. sVatky a innoh,o zdravi v tom Novern rote.

Tea hr. ,redaktoru, bratrfim v Hlavni Ufadovne, vsem brattirn a sestram, vgem 4touciT pfeji St rastne a vesele svatky tianneni a poaehnanST .NovSr rok 1955.

S pozdrave-m, Marie Juranova, dopisovatelka.

• ) 4, • ( beam fadu Cis. 1, S.P.J.S.T. Uvedomuji, ze v nag i vSrroeni schtzi, konane druhou nedeli v prosinci, vgichni stafi Utednici byli znovuzvoleni pro nastavajipi rok r ,a site: Lad. Cmajdalka, pfedseda; P. P. Baron, tajemnik-pokladnik;

7ESTNiX —

WEST. TEXAS

Emil Zapalae, neetni; Anton •Kulhanek, Sr., mistopfedseda; Dr. B. O. Witte, iadov,c7 vgichni s adresami ye Fayetteville, Texas.

S Uctou, P. P. Baron, tajemnik. ) • •to ± SlovanskSr Vzijeinne Poji gt'ujiei Spolek proti ohni a boufi, odbodka dislo 1. v Houstonu, bade konati svou idrodni schtizi drie 29. prosince, v '7. hod. veeer v sini Sokola na Edsee ulici. 6ienove jsou aadani; aby se v pinem podtu zneast John Kahanek, mladsi, pfedsecla.

(2x) Anton Biljr , tajemnik. ) 4 4 iiad Saii Antonio eislo 133 • San Antonio, Texas Po ukoneeni vSrroeni schuze nageho du, kona.rie v nedeli 12. prosince t. r. slySel jsem nekolik lalasu, 'ae to byla na,se' nejlepgi schtize. Jestliae nechci se k nim pfipojiti stoprocentne, pak s radosti muslin pfiznati, ae byla to schtize na z nagich nejlepgicb. Byli jsme mile pfekvapeni podetnou nav gtevou sester i bratH, zejmena pa.k tech nejmla.dgich.

Pokladame si za, -Pest, ae pfi glo mezi nas i hodne pfatel, velice nas to potegilo.

Tentokrate nestadily zidle, nestal vga,k nikdo, donesii jsme nekolik z vecllejai mistnosti. Dekuji Vara v gem za tak peknou 'least a prosily' vas sna'ane, vytrvejte, pfijd'te do kaade na gi schtize a pfived'te je gtk vice va gich piatel!

Ponevada to byla schaze vSTrodni, omezili jsine beans jednani na to nejnutnejai, abychom ziskali vice easu pro volbu novYch Ufednikil a pro jmenovani bora. Leto bylo v ge vyrizeno veinal kratce a jednoduSe. Vgichni tiffedniM byli. totit ()pet zvoleni najeclnou a jednohlasne pro dalgi pbC1013i. Je to vSrraz pine duvery Menu a zaroven oceneni dosud vykonane prace. My si toho nesrnirne vaaime a dekujeme yam. Na ge vSivocly a prosby, aby byli zvoleni jini, byly site pozorne vyslechnuty, v zajmu celku byli vgak nakonec vicemene nuceni idady 'si ponechati. 6inirne tak s vedomim pine odpoveclnpsti a neimavne prace pro dobro fadu a z poznatidi z let pfedchozich buderae pra,covati je gte a vetSim zajmeni a Usilim, abychom vas ye vagi duvere nezklamali. Mame-li se vgak dopracOvati dobrYch vYsledkU, potrebujeme vase porozumeni a Udinnou pocIporu. A tu, sestry a bratfi, znovu vas prosim, abyste ,nam pornahall 'dale a nagi praci co nejvice usnadnili. Ben vas a vagi pomoci pracovat nelze! Zapojme se Vgichni do spoleOne prace, necht' nag fad je na miste ve0oucim, pfedpoklada pro to mame dost. Dekuji yam!

V diisledku zrneny pod'asi na,Ae listina nemo.cnYch podetne vzrostla. Jak bylo ye schuzi hlageno, sestry Jenny V. Bundilova, Marcella M Kleprlikova. a bratil.

Strana 7 Fred Novak, Louis Dressier, necitili se zcela zdravi a proto do schtize radeji neNagim uspokojenim je, ae jsou to yesrnes onemocneni leheiho razu a my vgem ze srdce pfejerae rychle a trvale uzdraveni.

S politovanim bylo vaak ptitomnsieni vzato na vedomi oficiaini oanameni pfedsedy fadu o skonu nageho mileho bratra Obey E. Arnburna. Je g te minniou schtizi pote gilo nas sdeleni sestry Amburnove, 2e se mu dari lepe, zatim to vzalo rychlSr obrat k horaimti. Jeho pfed, Pasneho odchodu v gichni upfinme me, jelao pamatku uctili jsme minutou ticha. ,Projev souwtrasti, vypracovan Sf jmenovanSrm resoluenim v3-7 borem (sestrami Theresou Falbovou , Henrietou Kalmusovou a bratrem Ed. Validkem) byl odeslan k uvefejneni ye Vestniku Ve schUzi byly tea jrnenovani elenove do jednotlivSrch vSiboril, a to: (a) do zd bavniho vSrboru: sestry Henrieta A. Kaimusova, Bessie E. Beckerova, Frances Schimcekova, Sophie Maid, Lucille HulloPaulina Bayersova, (sestra Blanatova nebyla, jmenovana do zabavniho vS7boru na jeji vlastni pkani, aby se mohla, venovati vice organisatorske Mimosa). (b) do neetnibo vYboru: znovu zvoleni bratti: Alfred 1:- alrnus, F. Maly, Joseph 8ugarek.

1,3o, ukodeni schtize u ovendeneho a ozafeneho vanoeniho stromeeku pfedseda, radu, bratr Sylvestr C. I3undil, rotdaval ptipravene darky no:kin nejmenSim a nejmilejaim ada,stnikttrn schttze.

Pak byla podava,na na ge tra,dieni svadina ke vaeobecne spokojenosti. V ge bylo velmi chutne a v dostate'enem stvi. Povaauji za svou povinnost, abycn jako tajemnik fadu podekoval segtte Blanafove, ja.koato vedouci na geho zabavniho vjiboru, i viem kdo vypornobli a pfispeli, at' ua to bylo eimkoliv jakkoliV. SpoleenSim zpevem deskSrcli. vanoenich koled a nekterYch lidovYch pisni ukoneili jsme krasnou schtizi. PH losovani bylo vytateno jrneno sestry He.leny E. Quarlesove. Ta "'Sal nebyla tomna a proto cena pfipadla ye prospech 13liti se Vanoce a tu pouaivam teto pfileaitosti a jmenem vaech nageho Path" pfeji yam vaem, sestry, a bratfi, radostne a poaehnane vanoce' zaroven mnoho zdaxu do novel° roku.

Rah vam aehnej!

Jaroslav Kleprlik, tajemnik.

• ( Take dobra rada.

Kahl* delej svoje, mil* pane mfij: sedlak Zito z hnoje, a ty z aita — Karel Havlieek.

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DOPISY A NAHLEDY CLENU Houston, Texas cela rodino Solkova, pfijmete od nas (Pokradovani) vg ech to nejhlubSi soustrast nad ztratou Na Diktivzdani byla jsem pozvana na vagi Avagrove, mangelky, matky a babie°bed k dceki Elizabeth a zeti Henry Calli- ky. Zesnule dej g, 6 Pane, tithe odpoeinuhan, kde take byla pkitomne maminka ti a zeme budi g ji lehkou. zeta, Annie Callihan. Pak po chutnem Pani Rozka Kotrlova ma na Vsetine, °bade vzal nas zet' Henry Callihan na Morava, jeg te etyki bratry. Zde ma jen spacir. Nebylo to pe gky, ale v automo- jednoho, Emila Solka, kterS7 bydli od ni bilu, kterY maji nova. Tak se nam dobke daleko, ag v Rock Island, Illinois. gpacirovalo. Ale musi vgdy elovek vyjig Qtene redakci i vSem dtoucim pkeji -detsPanmBohe,abylchrneS) At'astne a vesele vanoeni svatky, a zdraod to vSelijake sraky. Pekne yam, deti, vY a paehnanSi novST rok 1955. dekuji za chutnY obed a dYriovY "par.

Vera 8tefkova. ) Pani Mikeskova z Caldwell psala v minulem aisle Vestniku spravnY' dopis, obHouston, Texas. zvlagte o to 'Ceske ken Nevim, prod se Ctend redakce a mill atenaki: Pfig la jsem k vam dnes jenom na kralidi stydi creaky miuvit; ani Mexikani se nestydi za svou fee. Ale ja myslim, ze take pkani k Va./locum, abych yam blaeeska tee nezahyne. Pan Buh ji neda hopkala to nejlepgi. zahynouti uz proto, '2e Bible svata byla Pfeji yam to, co si sami pfejete. Ujedpkepisovana ze gidovske (hebrejske) ke- nali jsme se, ze letos nebudeme posilat el a fecke eeskS7mi bratry v meste Kra- vanoeni karetky tem osobam se kterSrmi licich na Morava. Tehdy nebylo pera, ja- se kag dS, tYden sejdeme; s temi se ptiviko dnes. Tehdy se vzalo z husy brko, za- tame osobne anebo po telefone. Karetky kezalo se a psalo se. A inkoust? Byly k vanocum posilam jenom tern osobam, ly dubenky, a na nich kuliak v. ktere bYvaji yen z Houstonu. malinke modre, Cane a dervene. Z tech Pani Woleikove, z Crosby pkiji gdi do se delal inkoust. Ale to byl jed, ty ku- Houstonu kaki* mesic i dvakrat a vgdy lieky. jde a pracuje den anebo dva ye veteranA potom kdo vzdelava paclu, aby dala ske Svoji praci daruje a tak Arodu? Nejvice morayskS7 lid, eeskSr a pol- jsem s ni tam`s'6'jela podivat. Kdy g vidite skY. Z rolnideni v gechno mama, pokrm, ty zmrzakene mlade mute, jak jich jenom odev a v ge jine, bez eeho se elovek ne- na koleekovYch stoliekach vozi, tak vas obejde. Kdy g nebude rolniku, nebudeme srdce zaboli. Darovala jsem 5 dolart na mit co jist. Museji bYt take nkednici, aby darky pro jejich rodiny. drgeli paddek, ale nejhlavnej gi je rolVy, kteki nedostanete ode mne blahonik a chleb. S hladnYm galudkem ne- pkani, vzpomerite, ze ja si na vas stejne vzpomenu. maze se Mat. Jestli se kdy Ce gi provinili, byli to jen Paasi mama velice krasne, je gte nam nekteki, ne v gichni. Za to my tady v Ame- tady nic nezmrzlo. Kvitka kvetou kedno rica nemusime trpet. My se tak tupime, radost.

'2e. jsme hor gi neg Mexikani. Piece jsme Sestra, pani PoSivalova a gvakrova, pavzdelanekgi lid net ti zdejSi Mexikani, as ni Milka Kralova z Buckho/ts, nas tady v dneSni dobe jsou ji g vzdelani vgichni ti, minulSr tYden pfekvapily; prase jsme bykteil maji vyS gi gkoly, at' jsou to bill, ly pkijety z pohkbu pana Andru ge, moji semi nebo Mexikani. Ted' neni v tom dcery tchana, as bS'rvaji v Houstonu, porozdilu. Ale piece na g president 'lam ne- htbili ho pki Crocket, ponevaa tarn laST zakazuje eesky mluvit, to si jen lidi sami -vali;mjt nohrdiy. delaji. Mnoho lidi uz jde podle to svetske Kdyg jsme jell s pohkbem, tak nas jelo na gesti karach a byli jsme pH meste pYchy a slavy, a se to samotnemu Huntsville a pied nami jel velikS7 nalogenu Bohu nelibi.

V kostele E. C. M. B., kterST se naleza, v nS, truck se senem. Najednou jsme jenom aisle 6207 North Main, Houston, vlastne zahledli, jak chlapec, asi devet roka, se v kuchyni pzi kostele se budou peel ko- jenom ve vzduchu pfenes1 plea cestu.

Clovek, co ten truck kidil, asi chtel chlaplaae az posledni sobotu v lednu 1955.

Prave jsem dopisovala tento dopis, ce minout, ale ztratil kontrolu nad svYm kdyg jsem obdrgela nasledujici smutnou truckem — a sjel z testy do lesa. Zlomil zpravu: man gele Joe a Rozka Kotrlovi velikSr strom a sam se take zabil. Nage dostall smutnou zpravu z Evropy. Rozka kary, ktere jely na pohieb vSechny stat a Sli pomoct. Ale on a pomoci Kotrlova, ma v Evrope bratra Jana Solku. Jeho mangelka, Anna 8olkove„ roze- nepotkeboval. Chlapec, kteil byl zabitSr, nd Hold, zemiela na Vsetine, Morava. byl malt eernogek. Kdy2 jsme jell zpatky bylo 5 hodin, ten truck s tim naZanechala manaela, styli deveata a jedkladem tam jeSte stal. Myslim si, jake i.oho syria.

Telly, D ilau l6 Jou a Rozko Kotrlovi i negtasti zavini takove male stvoteni. Je-

nom z legrace, jestli to doka ge pkeletet.

Tak uz konaim tento rok riVim dopisovanim a mivejte se vSeci dobie a pies svatky jegte lepSi. Anna Vriova. )• AUTEM Z TEXASU DO ARKANSASU A A LOUISIANY

(Popisuje Jaroslav Kleprlik) (Pokraaovani) Nadegel den naSeho odjezdu. V patek 8. iijna sli jsme naposled do koupeli. By11 jsme v laznich ji2 pied sedmou hodinou, abychom ziskali co nejvice easu a mohli co nejdfive nastoupit zpateeni cestu domti. Nejradeji bychom tam byli jeSte zustali ,ale to nebylo mane; v nedeli eekala na nas iadova schrize a v gelijake jine soukrome povinnosti, proste to neAlo. Tak, chte nechte, museli jsme se pkipravit k odjezdu. Sestra Holla s nami do lazni ne gla, zustala doma a pro vAechny navatila, abychom se nemuseli zdrZ'ovat. Jinak meli jsme vAechno pkipravene, proto jakmile jsme pti gli z lazni, najedli jsme se, naloZili do auta vAechna nage zavazadla a za chvili jsme opouAteli Host Springs.

Nag smek byl Arkadelphia, Prescott, Hope, Texarkana, testa, kterou jsme jell. Ale to naprosto neubralo na nagem zajmu, pozorovali jsme krajinu a videli stale neco noveho a zajimaveho. Z Texarkany jsme vgak nepokraeovali do nitra Texasu, nSibrg jsme odbaili a po silnici US 71 udelali jsme si mengi zajigd'ku do Shreveportu ye state Louisiana. Cesta byla velice dobra, paasi znamenite a proto 'nalada, jak u g ani jinak nemohlo bYt, byla vYborna. Podobne jako pfi pkekroaeni statnich hranic z Texasu do Arkansasu, take nyni statni znak nas upozornil, ze vjigdime do dalgiho statu Unie, do Louisiany. °pet gadna, prohlidka, legitimovani se neb nee° podobneho, co je vice ne2 samortejme ve v gech statech evropskSich. Male, ale pane misto Ida nese pry jmeno po man gelce jednoho z prvnich usedliku. Pavodne byla to veliavgak kdy2 v roce 1935 byla ky v blizkem okoli nalezena bohata olejova ziidla, takika pies noc promenila se Ida v olejaiske mesto. Velike dilny a skladiSte postavene pro potiebu noveho priimyslu, jsou prostorne budoVy a nova s obchodnimi budovami se stavi.

Dargi, rozlohou i patem obyvatelstva asi stejne velike misto je Hosston, legici v firodne nigine teky Red River. Pozoruhodna je eervena barva pudy, co g lze eisti obsahu 2eleza a soli. Mimo baviny pestuje se tam i obili, brambory, hrach i jine luSteniny a zelenina. Dale na jih legi osada Gilliam, obklopend bohat3imi

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polemi bavinikovYmi, ktere se tahnou po eatku tohoto stoleti bylo mestem praobou stranach silnice. Jsou tam vesmes merne velikosti a nepatrneho yYznamu. male domky, velike farmy jsme nevide- Jakmile se zaelo s tabou oleje, tisice roli. . ze vgech state Unie ptistehodin tem & Lze iici, 2e severni Louisiana upoutala valo se do Shreveportu a blizkeho okoli. nagi pozornost velkYmi rozlohami poll s Melo to za nasledek vzrast Shreveportu bohatou bavinou. Videli jsme sldizeti ba- v obrovske mesto eiste americkeho razu. vinu ruene i stroji, na jednom poll Us- Pro mnohe znamenal obrat bajeenou pkik° Dixie byly 4 stroje v provozu. Aekoliv legtost ke zbohatnuti; ti v gak, jejicht' sbirani baviny strojem glo velice rychle, olejove studny nebyly produktivni, nenebylo tak dukladne, stroj nesesbiral jenom neziskali, ale naopak mnohdy vgechno. Mnoho baviny zastalo viset a hodne ztratili. Vedle oleje je to bavina, musela pravdepodobne bYti dodateene ktera se pestuje ve velikem mnoZstvi a sesbirana ruene. Tener v kahle vesnici samozfejme zpracovani baviny dalo vznik maji svoji eistirnu baviny, cot. (lava do- rozsahlemu prfunyslu, kterY poskytuje brou obtivu mistnim lidem. Nejlepgim a dostateene zamestnani nej girgirn vrstnejlacinejk lidska sila je tam dernoch. yam.

Bud' jsou to sezonni delnici, pkichazejici Obyvatele Shreveportu jsou temek v gii z daleka, neb jsou to trvali usedlici, chni rozeni Americana. Pouze asi 3% bydlici v primitivnich clkevenYch stay jsou pkistehovalci narozeni v cizine, po-bach.Mnozi chaospdkilmat' nejvice ye statech evropskYch. Pokud kapitalek, koupili si vlastni pole a hos- jde o rasove rozvrstveni, je ye Shreveporpodaki na svem. Bavinu dovall do eisti- tu obdivuhodne vysoke procento Cernoren bud' nakladnimi auty neb povozy. chit (asi 35% , vice nee tketina v geho oKola vozidel maji vet ginou gumove obru- byvatelstva,) a to v clusledku pkilivu z de, snad aby se nenadelalo tolik hluku, venkova. Mogi jsou vetginou migenci ale take to mute' bYti jakasi vYsada za- evropskYch ras, hlavne AngliCana, FranmoZnejkho hospodake. V Belcher, far- couzu, Windt a Skandinavcii. Ve Shremakskem sidle, meli z ylagt' peknou ba- veportu jsou i• narodnostni men giny, z vinu, tahnouci se a2 do Dixie. Podel cesty nich2 italske, kecke, 2idovske, mexikanske bylo hodne dubti a pekanovYch stromt, a einske jsou asi ty nejsilnej g. Lze tak mnohe z nich jsou jiz stark, rozlo gte ve- usuzovati z toho, 2e ve Shreveportu je likany. Dixie samotne je •vetgi skupina italska etyrt', kecka etvrt' a t. d. 6ernogi, domka kolem mistni eistirny baviny, kte- pokud jsme je videli na ulicich Shrevebyla v pinem chodu. Jests nekolik poll, portu, jsou velmi syrnpatickeho zjevu, peknYch staveni, stroma a u'Z jsme se velmi dobke se stroji, jejich tvak ma k peknemu mestu Shreveportu, vzhled rozhodne inteligentnejk, nee je druhemu nejvet gimu mestu v Louisiana, tomu u eernocha v jiZnim Texasu. lelicim na zapadnim bkehu keky Red Shreveport je mesto kostela, jejich River, v severozapadnim cipu statu. Jest stavby jsou skuteene nadherne. Z nich, to typicke americke mesto, velmi hezke na pkiklad, First Baptist Church je neja stale rostouci. Pasobenim vlivu z jihu, vetgi kostel ye masts, byl pkestaven a vYchodu i zapadu dostalo se mestu ty- rozgiken v roce 1922, dale timsko-katolicpickeho charakteru. Slu g podotknouti, kY kostel Svate Trojice (Holy Trinity obchodni budovy jsou vesme g novostav- Church), postavenY v roce 1896 na mists by nejmodernej g konstrukce. bYvaleho maleho kostelika z roku 1856, Ve Shreveportu jsou pekna tr2iste, ob- First Methodist Church, postavenY v roce chodni domy i menk obchody, videli jsme 1913 v romansko-klasickem slohu na Zive tam i male poulieni stanky jak tomu bY- obchodni ulici, St. Mark's Episcopal yalo za staroda yna. Ulice jsou giroke a Church z roku 1867, pfestavenY po popekne udrZovane, distota v gude byla Zaru v roce 1905, pkipominajici sloh franvzorna. Poulieni dopravu obstaravaji po- couzsko-gotickY, Fir s t Presbyterian hodlne autobusy, jezdici v kratkYch in- Church a mnoho jinYch. Z vekejnych tervalech. Jako zvla gtnost maji autobu- budov chci pkipomenouti peknou vladni sy vptedu po leve strane na stke ge jake- budovu na rohu dvou hlavnich tepen si elute paraplatko, a to bud' jednodu- mesta, postavenou v roce 1912 s proveche, neb dvojite a razne ote ykene (bud' denim pkistavby v roce 1932, velmi hezke nahoru neb dole a pod.) Ptal jsem se ea budovy nemocnic jako Shreveport Charito znamena, Ze jsem to jegte nikde ne- ty Hospital, Shrine Hospital for Crippled Bylo mi feeeno, k je to pro ozna- children, take moderni gkolni budovy &Irani smeru kudy autobus pojede. Do- Centenary College v nadherne etvrti, tyanY obCan mi ale hned kekl, 2e tomu Byrd High School, St. Vincent's College rozumi jen ten, kdo jiz deli dobu au- and Academy, velika moderni spalovaci tobusem jezdi, a jests pry se nekdy sple- stanice "Postavena, v roce 1935 a jine a te. Neparal jsem proto dale, sotva bych jine.

Mesto ma tea velike jezero Cross Lake, to byl asi pochopil.

Rychle rostouci pramysl mel nesmirnY asi 8 mil dlouhe, o celkove plo ge 13 etvevliv na vzrust mesta, ktere jests na za- reenYch mil a pramerne hloubce 8 stop.

Strata 9 koupani v jezele je z bezpeenostnich tiffvochl zakazano. Jezero bylo dizeno a je peelive udrZovano, aby mesto Shreveport melo dostatek vody pro pkipad kritickeho sucha. Dle dosavadnich vYpootti zasob• vody v jezere stadi na 3 roky.

Libilo se nam tam velice, gkoda jen, nebylo vice easu, rad bych byl provgechny etvrte a poznal v ge co tarn maji. Za• tu kratkou chvili videli jsme toho dost a ponevad2 jsrne chteli za svetla urazit jests kousek cesty, sedli jsme do auta, pomalu projeli je gte nektere postranni ulice a pak po silnici US 79 zamikili jsme na zapad, abychom za nekolik minut pkejeli statni hranice a byli opet v na gem slunnem Texasu.

(Fokra•;ovani—dokoneeni) • 4, • c Z hnizda Sokol iiika Dallas, Texas Mill etenaki: V nedeli 12. proshice byla konana schtze Sokola a volby einovnika na rok 1955.

Navgtevu elenstva k teto yYznamne schazi bych pochvalit nemohla. Je pravda, Ze byla neprijemna, vlhka zima, ale to nepohoda na ge elenstvo neomlouya.

Vgichni maji, a2 na male yYjimky sva, pohodlna, auta, tak pki dobre vali se tam lehce dostanou. V gak i v jinYch osadach maji stejne zkugenosti.

Nekteki bratti a sestry se obavaji, budou navrhovani do ittada (mne samotne se to netYka, sama uZ" patkim do tkidy vyslouglYch vYmenkaka), a aby nemuseli odkeknouti nejakou tu spolkovou funkci, tak radeji sedi doma. Pak •eknou to stare, obvykle: "A, ygak oni to tarn bete mne take spravi."

V listopadove schazi byl zvolen nominaeni vYbor, cot praci pki volbach usnadnuje. Za starostu navrkn byl bratr J. PodhradskY, miads.. Bylo vaak vzato .1! avahu, k pfi gtiho roku bude dalaita representace Sokola na dvou mistech. Pr y -nibudeclostanijzdZ2C.BJzdeunas v Dallas, na kterY pkijedou zastupci z celYch SpojenYch state. Druha yYznamna udalost je jubilejni rok Sokola, 90 let trvani nejstar gi sokolske jednoty v Saint Louis eini velike pkipravy k dastojnemu uvitani bratra a sester pkiznivcil So-, kola z celYch SpojenYch state. Ph to ph legtosti bude tam poradan slat Sokolstva v Americe. Byl poladan bratr Ben Pkevratil, aby pro tento rok itkad starosty pfijal. Ma za sebou dlouhou kadu let starostenstvi v nag. Jednote, umi velmi dobke sokolske kormidlo iidit, je dobrY keenik v ee gtine i v anglietine, a umi dobke, vZdy a vg ude, hajit vac sokolskou.

Uznal davody elenti a fikad starosty pro prigti rok pkijal.

Bratr Jul. PodhradskY je inladY, snahvy a vytrvaly v praci sokolske, jedge nedovede se tak lehce yyjadkovat v &gine.

Strain 10 'Mime, 2e pti bratru Pkevratikkvi se do filadu starosty zapracuje. Byl zvolen mistostarostou.

Utad tajemnika si ponechal i pro ptigti rok. bratr Albert Nesuda. Osveddil se v uplynulern rode ye svem fitade velrni dobte. Je nutne, aby mladgi eleni se do titadfi zapracovali. Ale to neznamend zku genYch a snad i starch se zbavit! Jsou nmozi stall dle letopodtu, ale velrni pracoviti, spolehlivi, schopni, ze ani mladi by je nemohli v praci a znalosti pfekonat.

Veak stranictvi, nevra2ivost, neuptimne jednani nekterYch branu a sester odstrani dobreho pracovnika. A nasledky se brzy uka2i—odnese to spolek. triad neetniho zastaval velmi svedomiLe bratr J. J. Rotrekl po nekolik let. Chce si odpodinout. Jeho misto pkevzal bratr Joe Ehrenberger, take jeden z tech mladgich. My vetime, 2e triad na sebe vzatY bude dobfe zastavat.

Sesstra M. Toberna si svnj triad pokladni ponechala. Dokazala dle stanov vykonavajici svou praci to, co se je g te nikomu z jejich pkedchtidcti nepodatilo: posbirala dluhujici poplatky od vsech (Henn a2 na dye nebo tti vYjimky. To je rekurd zasluhujici,tiznami a pochvaly. Jsnie seJ,tije Toberne vdeeni, 22e si svilj ii-ad ponechala.

TechnickY vYbor si zvolil bratra Johnie Iebrle, mlad giho za nadelnika a bratra.

Albert Nesudu za mistonadelnika. Bratr, a sestra Wm. Nesudovi mohou bYti pravem hrdi na sve jak zastavaji dale2ita mista v Sokole. Jejich dcera Ella Nachtingel je starostkou Sokolic v Los Angeles, California. Ona i jeji mantel jsou velmi dobrYmi einovniky ho Sokola. Syn man2elii Wm. Nesudovych, Albert, je zase dfilditou silou v jednote hag.

Bratr Miro Jureik se fitadu starosty Vzdal ze zdravotnich ohledil. My vgichni bratru Jureikovi pkejeme, aby si odpodinul a se uzdravil, by °pet mohl se chopit ote2i v praci sokolske. Dekuj erne bratru Juroikovi i bratru Rotreklovi za jejich clobrou praci, kterou pro na gi jednotu vykonali. Marne j radi a jejich einnosti v.3 i me.

Pisatelka se svaho fikadu sokolske dopisovatelky vzdala. Misto toto je otevterte. Koho jrneno bratr starosta ye schfizi vyvola,, ten bude psat a oznamovat sokolskou dinnost 3.2 do schfize pti gti. Tak se da. ptilditost 12 elenfon do roka informovati o praci sokolske. Bude-li to Cesky nebo anglicky, to nevim. Rada sve pero svYm nastupcUm pfedavam. Zaroven pteji jinn aby dokazali to, co jsem nedokazala ja—zavdedit se vkly a °dem.

Na, misto posilani vanoenich pozdravnYch listku darovali bratr a sestra Miro Jureik $5.00 na, stavebni fond Sokolovny, a te2 bra,tr a sestra W. F'ola gek $2.00 Diky.

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K velmi bolestnemu poraneni. pfi gla 7. prosince veder maminka na gich vzornYch a netlmornYch pracovnikti v Sokole, bratrft Vlade a Otty Ho gkovYch. Uklouzla doma a p11 spadnuti roz gtipila si kost v leve race. Vgichni litujeme pani Hogkoyou, 2e ji .v jeinn pokroeilern veku stihlo takove ne gtesti. Je pacientkou v St. Paul nemocnici v eisle 604. Snad polaude si tam delei dobu. Neni to jen obydejne zlomeni ruky, jsou p11 tom jine komplikace.

Schtizi Krouzku '2en nav gtivila pani Olexove z Houstomi a take pani Foitova z Fort Worth. Pahl Juranova, jak bylo &lye oznameno, inezi nami nebyla. N3,Veteva obou sester nas opravdu potegila.

V pondeli 13a prosince mi zazvonila, sestra Fitrova a sdelovala smutnou zpravu, ze jeji milovany mantel a otec jejich chlapce dokonal svou 2ivotni pout'. Hese' ten most, ktery spojuje 2ivot se smrti.

Odekl clovek ziatelao srdee, kterY svou man2elku Matenku a sveho hocha Fanouska nade vee na svete miloval. Podiehl dlohotrvajici zaketne chorobe ve stall 60 let. Byl pro svou milou ,mirnou povahu obliben vgemi, kdo s nim prish do

Tgt .17 dclu,+d n e°: 22. lorotInce'190.

ale kdo co mate a chteli byste to tam pi:dolt- net) darovat, pkihlaste ty veci me. Dalgi vypigi pozdeji taktO o titulne.

Gratuluji ses. Milanove k dosa2eni tonka nova.° Clenstva j en2 pro jednotu naSi ziskala nejen ona, ale 1 druzi organisatoki. Bratr redaktor ye velmi vhodndu dobu pted Vanoci_ poraclil babiakam dedeekum; o znamenitem darku pro vnoudata pojistku u na gi Jednoty. Pottebovali bysme vice takovYch Stepant Valeika, kteti by poradili, dokazali, 2e pojistka u naei Jednoty ma velkou cenu pro male deti, pro vetei i pro kakleho.

Dekuji ses. Holla za pozvani k yam.

Snad se mi nekdy naskytne pfile2itost a loth ethi nj cla mezi. vas.

I ja gratuluji br. ses. Jos. KotrlovYm v lloastone k to jejich 44. lete spoleene pout' r2ivotni. Zaslala nam jedna froastniee, pi. Hostomlatska, kartu, s podpisy vsech tam hostti pkitomnYch. Mankle Kotriolovi radi a etedke hosti.

Pkejeme veern dtenakilm zdravi a Uspech v Novem voce.

S pozdravem se znamend, Bokna Valeikova.

• Dayton, Texas Alanzele T. Fitrovi pkijeli k nazi. do Bratli a sentry: Dallas v. rode 1948 ze statu Connecticut.

Take jai se jdu zase mezi vas ohtat, Bratr Fitr byl zde pfelden ze sveho bYkdy ta ptedvanoeni doba je'd lady. a va,lelio domova velkou spolcenosti na vyToby aeroplanu. Po pkijezclu do Dallas nas vg e hnedle k dostani, jen miti ty vSeniovyhledali die uvedene edresy meho dopi- houci dolary. Rok jsme take men vice su y easopisu Hospociai-. A napoprvni se- suchY, ale vSeho se uvedlo dost; ka2cIY vyjiti s tornito velmi milymi lidmi jsme pada veselejSi jak za tech• mokrYch 1Vlyslim, 2e by jich bylo asi mato, kte+ navazali nak ptatelstvi. Vzala jsem pozdeji pi. Fitr sebou do Krodku Zen. Za- ki by si ptali zas rnokre roky..A tak si libilo se ji mezi nami a stala se na gi elen- budeme pint aspon tu stich gl pohodu. kou: take do jednoty Sokolske jsem oba Vlastne jsou jeSte suche'rokTudekavany man2ele navrhla. Sestra Fitr rada porno- v budoucuu nekolik let,-tak Sc bucieme to laa v sok.olske kuchyni; jejich Fanougek sit. east° freinkoval pki programech.

A tak je gte pitit to svetove lidstejJe mak) takovYch hochn jen2 ovladaji si Ale: ono samo neptijde; k dobte de gtinu v nynej gi generaci. Naudil tomu musi pracovat a pracovat veichni. se a pane ptedna gel basne a hraje vel- Tak nine dasto- Pkijde na rny81 kratka mi pekne na, prano-accordeon; vzdy basnieka, kterou jsem slyeela maleho ochotne v programu vypomohl. Telo br. chlapc'e ptednaget: Fitra bylo ptevezeno do jejich bYvaleho Co2 na ten svet nakikame domova k pohtbeni. Je dokonano. Zase Ze je gpatnY, je zlY? jeden poutnik odlozil svoji hul Sestro Jake jemu tvary dame.

Fitr i Fa,nougkovi projevuji za celou Jedv takovSich se objevi. notu sokolskou hlubokou soustrast'; a Neni v tonato hodne pravdy? 'robe, br. Fitr, sliloujem, 2e na Tebe na uptimnY suit tvYch modrYch di a miNedavno jsem videla v Oechoslovaku, lou pova,hu nikdy nezapomenem odeeel 2e kde se vezme sen. (Ale nernyslete, vgak pro nas jsi nezernkel.

Mill ptatele; psala jsem, 2e vanodni chci nekoho poudovat, toho jsem daleka.) kartky letos neposilam a rnyslela jsem, Cetla jsem v jedne pouene knize pojed2e ani vy nano je posilat nebudete. Ale nani o snech. Je me to same (Lima, '2e kat./ den jich pfijde 6, 8, al 10, cot nas prave pojednani ono nine zustalo nejvice jaksi zahanbuje, 2e my neposilame. De- v pameti, ac ja sama ye sny neveiim. kujeme vgem uptimne a pfejeme yam ta- Tam se pojednavalo, ze na ge mysl pracuje kdy2 spime—vice mene Nekcly mysl ke vge nejlepgi.

Nabidla jsem sve sldby pro tu muse- pio euje silheji a sp3nek je zase slab gi a -Lnni praci; neni me mo2ne se v tomto tu, 2e by se mohl vysv(stlit sen. A zase na(Dokoneeni na stiane 21) dopise o torn rozepisovat, a2 po svatcich 0 IL

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possible for us to visit you on Christmas Day in spirit.

While we may not be able to actually join you at your dinner table on Christmas Day, we feel `„) that we shall truly be with you as you bow your heads together and thank Providence for all the good things we are enjoying.

One of the nicest gifts we have received is from you—yes, each of you have had a share in it and have made it possible for us to enjoy. That gift is the close companionship which make it

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Even though we are unable to be with you in person as you sing carols, when all the beautiful packages under your tree have been untied, we will be with you in spirit.

We feel the joy that brings on song after song—beginning with "Joy to the World" and ending with "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful."

We also feel a part of the laughing circle when your friends drop in, or when you leave home for a visit— and can enjoy the few minutes' relaxation from all the excitement as you drop into a big,easy chair.

We feel closest of all during the Christmas program at your lodge hall or during the Christmas service at your church and while we listen to the voices of the chil dren raised in praise and exaltation.

We feel that each member of our SPJST Brotherhood and his family will share the greatest gift of Christmas—the spirit of love, devotion and happiness which has grown stronger and brighter every succeeding Christmas.

And so, Sisters and Brothers, we thank you for your lovely gift of true fellowship, and we wish you an abundance of blessings this Christmas season.

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613y birdie Wilsher CHRISTMAS MEDITATIONS "May this festive season -- regardless of our creed — be full of joy and happiness for all In true brotheily love, may the Christmas Holidays be a spesial t time — a time during which we bring and share happiness and may happiness which truly radiates the spirit of real fraternalism spread this yuletide its warmth into the homes of everyone of our members.

May this Christmas season also bless our continued endeavour to captivate and perpetuate the spirit of brotherly love, kindliness, understanding and , sincerity, and may it strengthen our determination to let the spirit of true fraternalism permeate our everyday living throughout the coming year."

During the season, perhaps more than at any other time of the year, we feel the place children have in our lives and the role they play in the destiny of our society, our corn munity, our country, and the whole world. Children are a symbol of hope and joy; a universal promise of the future.

"CHILDREN ARE OUR TOMORROW, THE TOMORROW OF MANKIND." The shaping of OUR tomorrow is entrusted to us to day. We can, if we will, mold this future to fulfill our hope for fraternal security of our society. We can if we will try to fulfill the promise of a kindlier, friendlier world that every child brings with him, by extending t o our children the true ideals of fraternal life which make for wholesome childhood and responsible adulthood, by giving the children a feeling of belonging, and by preparing them for the important role they will someday play in the future life of our " S. P. J. S. T. Society.

"WE CAN DO THIS ONLY IF WE CONTINUE THE PROSPER OUS AND ACTIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT AND CAREFULLY GUARD THE SAFETY OF ITS PROGRESS." These ideals should be the stars in our skies, and I ho pe sincerely that this holiday season will find our f ar-scattered membership following their light, and that each yule tide to come will find, us still following the paths those stars shine upon.

"I like to think of Christmas As a time I set apart To give to good friends everywhere A corner of my heart!

My heart is filled with many gifts of love and gratitude, Which can't be purchased anywhere— By the spirit they're pursued!

These gifts have been discovered Through the kindnesses of friends; Their smiles, their understanding ways, Have paid great dividends?

"These gifts are very precious," I heard a wise man say, "The only gifts one ever keeps • Are the gifts one gives away!"

So at this wondrous Christmas time, To you may I impart The gifts I've stored in friendship In a corner of my heart."

(Quoted) To ALL OUT S. P. J. S. T. members and ALL our chil dren everywhere goes my warmest wish for a "Merry, Merry Christmas, Joy and Gladness" throughout the coming year and a continuous Progressive and Successful Youth Movement.

Even though I shall no longer be able to serve you as your Youth Counseaor — due to circumstances beyond my powei to control — my thoughts will always be with you and always for YOU, the whole membership of our beloved S. P. J. S. T. Society.

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS You have been singing Christmas songs for years. But do you know where they same from? Or do you know that once you could. have been jailed for joyful singing?

A minor tragedy occured in the small village of Oberndorf, Austria, 136 years ago. The unfortunate happening gave the world its most beloved and wellknown Christmas song.

The village church organ in Oberndorf broke down and could not be repaired by Christmas Eve. The choir had prepared the music for Midnight Mass, but the music could not be rendered without accompaniment. The villagers of Oberndorf would have no music for Christmas.

To lessen the disappointment of his flock, Father Joseph Mohr, the parish priest, hoped to surprise them by writing a new. Christmas song—one that could be sung without the organ. The night before he had visited a sick mother and her child; and had been impressed by the warm, simple love of the mother for the baby. On the way home, he was further moved by the stillness of the snow-covered mountains in the winter night.

These were his inspirations when he sat down to write the new Christmas song. When finished, he took it to his organist, Franz Gruber, who composed the melody within a few hours.

At Midnight 1Vlass, Christmas Eve, 1818, the hushed congregation of the little mountain church heard the first performance of Stille Nacht—Silent Night.

The manuscript of the song lay forgotten among the music of the church choir for many years. Then some unremembered music lover found it and took it to the Rainers—a famous family of Austrian singers., The Rainers added Silent Night to their Christmas concerts.

Within a few years it became very popular in Austria and Germany. In 1840, the musical family made an American concert tour, and Silent Night was a part of their program. Ainericans immediately took the song to their hearts and adopted it as their favorite Christmas Carol.

This beautiful song has exemplified the spirit of Christmas ever since, carrying with its words a true feeling of "good will toward men." For example, World War I veterans tell how, on Christmas Eve, the German troops serenaded with Stille Nacht from their trenches, and were answered by Silent Night from the American soldiers across the battlefield.

Silent Night, though probably the most popular, is certainly not the first Christmas song, Christmas hymns were written and sung in the days of the Roman Empire. The first' was probably "Jesus, Light of All Nations," composed

by St. Hilary in 368 A. D. Christmas carols are different from the hymns in that they are less religious and more gay and festive. Actually, the word "carol" is from a Greek word meaning to dance and play the flute. In medieval England, carol meant a "ring dance," something like "Here we go round the mulberry bush." Those ring dances pertaiting to Christmas were the most popular, so that carol came to mean a Christmas song.

The first true Christmas carols were written by St. Francis of Assisi and his followers in the early 13th Century.

St. Francis' idea was to tell biblical stories in song, and thereby reach more people. Those songs that he wrote about Christmas soon became popular all over Italy and spread to other nations.

The earliest English carol was first sung about 1410. Later, carols were popularized in Germany by Martin Luther.

In fact, Luther wrote one for his little son at Christmas, 1540, "Away in a Manger".

America's first Christmas carol was written and sung in the language of the Huron Indians. Called Jesus Is Born, it was composed by Father Breuf, a French missionary to the Indians, about 1630.

Singing Christmas carols has not always been permitted. In 17th Century England, the Puritans denounced caroling in pamphlets, and even call all all Christmas celebrations "pagan." The Puritan-controlled Parliament passed a law decreeing the Christmas Day" and all other superstitious festivals" should not be observed. All stores were to remain open on December 25, under the threat of punishment.'

In 1647, riots protesting the antiChristmas laws broke out all over England, but the Puritans remained firm.

Their feelings were transplanted to America, where Christmas remained outlawed in New England until only 100 years ago.

When Charles II was restored to his throne in England, the people were happy to throw off all the strict Puritan rules. One of the first things they revived was the celebration of Christmas and the singing of carols.

Christmas didn't return to New England, however, until flocks of Irish and German immigrants began pouring into America in the middle of the 19th Cen-

tury. These folks celebrated the Savior's birth in style. Their New England neighbors gradually became charmed, and set the day aside for merrymaking themselves.

Finally, Christmas caroling in public, perhaps the most beautiful of Christmas traditions, was revived in America at the beginning of the 20th Century. Boston started it in 1908, then St. Louis in 1909, and now every village and city in the United States has its carolers bringing Christmas spirit to their neighbors on December nights.

The 'songs they sing are still the old songs, with the exception of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. There is always heard such carols as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Joy to the World, etc.

Charles Wesley, who wrote 6500 hymns and who was the younger brother of John, founder of the Methodist Church, wrote Hark the . Herald Angels Sing in 1775, and his organist arranged the music. Joy to the World came to us from the English poet, Isaac Watts. Lowell Mason of Massachusetts composed the music from tunes found in Handel's Messiah.

Some say that the song, Away in a Manger, was written by Martin Luther.

However, it is generally believed that this carol was composed by American Lutherans of German descent, who drew on one of Luther's songs for inspiration.

A team of a Unitarian minister, Edmund Sears, and a Detroit newspaperman, Richard Willis, gave us the words and music for the beautiful It Came Upon a Minght Clear, while an Episcopal minister, John Hopkins, wrote and set to music We Three Kings of Orient Are. A Boston minister, Phillips Brooks, made a trip to the Holy Land, visiting Jesus' birthplace. What he saw inspired him to write the poem, 0 Little Town of Bethlehem, which his organist set to music. This tender carol was first sung in Brook's Sunday school on Christmas Day, 1868.

0 Holy Night, one of the most beautiful Christmas carols, came from France.

The words are by Cappeau de Roqueinure, while the music was written by a professor of the Paris Conservatory of Music, Adolphe Charles Adam.

Just who wrote Adeste Fideles (0 Come All Ye Faithful) is a mystery, although there is some evidence that it was composed by St. Bonaventure, a cardinal who died in 1274.

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES KAREL HAVLICEK NO. 4 To the members that do not participate in Christmas programs. Brothers and sisters, make a stab at having a Christmas program in which the children and young folks are the actors.

You will be surprised what a good entertainment they can put on, and the fun there is to a real Christmas program with Santa Claus passing out gifts to the children and fruits and candies to everybody.

Everybody who came to our program last Sunday had a good time. The program consisted of dialogues and recitations by the children and singing by the group. These children, our children, our future life of the lodge, really did a. good job. It does not take any special talent, just the average, living on farm and village, with the mothers and group leaders running the show.

As the group finished singing, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING, Santa Claus stepped up on the stage and took over the program. It was an inspiring sight, to see the little tots, the larger children, and everybody in general, all excited and eager to know what Santa brought each one.

The lodges that do not sponsor any Christmas programs, in my opinion, are really missing a good opportunity to give their youth something that is primarily of interest to them, thereby, opening the doors of the lodge to them. Programs Of this nature likewise create more interest for the parents of these young folks. This all adds up to greater attendance and a broader appreciation of our fraternal organization.

Before the program started, the president, Mr. Erwin Bucek, presented gifts to: Mrs. May Fabian, correspondent; Mrs. Thelma Grones, youth leader; and Mrs. Mikus, assistant youth leader.

After presenting the gifts, Mr. Bucek asked the audience if they would like to have a Christmas program next year. The answer was an unanimous "YES", and all are looking forward to and ready to come back next year.

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HOLIDAY GREETINGS! May our Brotherly wish For Christmas cheer Be with you and yours Through tliie glad. New Year.

Officers of Lodge Pokrok No 88 A. L. Hilsher, President

ANNUAL MEETING OF LODGE SAN ANTONIO NO 133 San Antonio, Texas I'm surely glad to report that our annual meeting, held on December 12, was one of the best in several years. We were greatly impressed because of the unusually large attendance, the largest attendance thus far this year. I would like to thank everyone who attended the meeting, especially the boys and little girls. Let's keep up the good work and have a good attendance at all our meetings. We were also honored by the presence of many welcomed visitors, and both the present members and visitors really showed their interest in the affairs of our lodge.

Roll call of officers was taken, and the minutes of our previous meeting were read. After a short talk by the President Brother Sylvester C. Bundil, giving important news and information regarding the general interest of our lodge, business was conducted and various matters were discussed.

Thanks to our 'organizer, Sister Marie Blanar, three new members were accepted again: Eileen Rose Vanek, George Edward Ligocky and Charlie Fred Ligocky.

I regret to announce that four of our members, Sisters Jenny V. Bundil, Marcella K. Kleprlik, and Brothers Fred Novak, Louis Dressler, are on the sick list.

We understand that nobody of them is seriously ill, and we all join in wishing them a speedy recovery.

your support which made the task easier. In 1955 we want Lodge San Antonio No. 133 to be a leader, so this means, make an effort to attend our meetings regularly. We feel the corning year will be a good one, and that your officers are worthy of your loyal support.

At the same time were appointed our committees as follows: a. Entertainment Committee: Sisters Henrietta A. Kalmus, Bessie E. Becker, Frances Schimcek, Sophie Maly, Lucille Hill, Pauline Bayers, b. Auditing Committee: re-elected Brothers Alfred Kalmus, F. Maly, Joseph Sugarek.

Many thanks to sisters and brothers who served this year and congratulations to those appointed to serve in 1955.

After several other discussions we adjourned at 3:47 p.m. with everyone present feeling the time was spent well. Then a social hour was held and refreshments were served.. Many thanks and appreciation to Sister Marie Blanar, the head of our entertainment committee, for the nice arrangement, as well as to all sisters for their donations and valuable help. A nice Christmas tree with disdisplayed gift packages for our children, was placed in front of the hall, to the right of the president's chair. By singing some of Czech Christmas carols and folk songs we finished the fine Sunday afternoon. It was really a good meeting, and those who were not present, were the losers. Come to our next meeting, sisters and brothers, and enjoy the opportunity of having firsthand information about the affairs of our lodge.

I take this opportunity to extend to all of you, brothers and sisters, on behalf of all the officers sincere wishes for a very merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. With each passing year let us ever be mindful that passing year let us ever be mindful that where we are free to bargain and arbitrate for what we think justly belongs to the working people. By keeping such a thought in mind and attending meetings regularly and in greater numbers, our lodge will gain towards its betterment.

Remember, and never forget, to keep your dues paid on time, in order to protect your death benefits.

Jaroslav Kleprlik , Secretary ) • I' • (

It is with a deep feeling of sorrow that I report the passing of our Brother Obey E. Amburn, who died Tuesday, December 7 at 2:40 p.m. He was a staunch lodge supporter and had many friends.

His ilness was brief, and his sudden and untimely death was a great shock to all who knew him. A moment of silence was observed in respect for him.

The business portion of the meting was cut short, in order to get on with election of officers for the coming year.

There was no change, all the officers were re-elected unanimously. This proves the confidence and respect our members have for their officers. For the benefit of members who find it a hardship to attend our meetings, our re-elected of.= ficers for 1955 are: President, Sylvester C. Bundil; Vice-President, Alfred Kalmus; Secretary, Jaroslav Kleprlik; TreasDallas, Texas urer and Bcokkeeper, Ella Mae Murie; Guide, Sophie Maly. These officers Dear Readers: Since the year is ending I believe it served you last year. They have done a swell job, and I want to thank all of is time again that I should write a few you in their behalf, and mine too, for lines about some of the past and pres-

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ent activities at the Dallas Sokol Gym. soon. Dallas needs a larger and a finer We have just about concluded a very Sokol Gym. Here's wishing all a Very Happy and fine season of 1954 with a fine sum of money towards our Building Fund and Prosperous New Year. are planning a much better and finer Yours always, Vincent J. Ondrusek program for the year of 1955.

Ent. Char. Sokol P. S. Come and visit us often. You will The:Czech play presented by the Ennis SOkol was a very fine production with always be welcomed. )• •( net proceeds donated by them to our A NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT Fund. The Academia was a very good show in anybody's show and the Annual Every year, the Texas Fraternal ConG.' I. Dance was a rousing success. Both gress held its annual session; and every o1 these prograins netted a very siz- year, there was a financial problem to able sum 'of money which also was settle. Very few times the T. F. C. broke placed in the Fund. Of course, we are even. It usually came out of the red by expecting a large attendance at our voluntary contributions after all the bill Annual New Year's Eve Dance which came in. will be a very big thing as we will have It is, therefore, highly pleasing to retables drOund the dance floor covered ceive from Sister Birdie. Hilsher, general with tablecloths, plenty of refreshments, beautifully decorated ballroorri and a lot convention chairman, a report of profit of good things to eat which will be al- at the last Texas Fraternal Congress held lowed to 'be taken to the dance floor. in Galveston. The report was mailed to So we are expecting a large turnout all the committees who contributed to and V)°, the net proceeds will go into the success of the last session. It reads as follows: the Building Fund.

December 9, 1954 Now, what we have. planned for 1955 is as follows: on Jan. 8th, Sat., OPEN HOUSE AND FREE DANCE for all of members and our friends. Everyone is invited. On Jan. 23rd we will present a 3-act Czech play which will be directed

by Mr: Miro Jurcik. On Feb. 12th, Sat., there will be a Big' Masquerade Dance,' with prizes and good music by the Star-, lighters, Then on Feb. 27th, Sun., there will be another 3-act Czech operetta.

This should be a real "honey". On Mar. 13th, Sun., the gym classes will present another of their very fine exhibitions.

OnlVlarch 27, Sun., there will be another very good play presented, a 3-act Czech comedy and operetta: This one to be directed by Vine. J. Ondrusek. It should be a "dandy" as it has a lot of good songs with a brilliant cast. Now the big event of the early season a Big Easter Day Dance on Sun., April 10th and music by the very popular Eric Honza and Boys from Ennis, Texas'. This just about concludes the first part and later there will be another 6. I. Dance and some very fine dances with extra added features.

Dear Brothers and Sisters: The 54th Convention of the Texas Fraternal Congress in Galveston, November 17th, 18th, and 19th has successfully completed its annual course, and I am happy to say that the preparative arrangements were indeed notably effective and very impressive.

This was possible only because of the wonderful assistance extended me by everyone of you who so untiringly performed your chosen committee duties.

With all efforts intergrated into a desire to make the convention an outstanding event, the enthusiastic cooperation of everyone was wondrous to behold and. I was indeed very fortunate and happy to have had your valued help in the work of the convention tumultuous activities.

I am certain you will be proud to knew that for the nominal $5.00 registration fee, we were able to give our conventioners so many diversified events including the banquet, historical tour, fraternal dance, youth program, a reception, the adult performances, and even a "surprise" free working committee breakfast for those that came to attend, and still show a profit in the final We are still looking for a suitable piece accounting. of land and are making tentative plans Thanking you once again, and with to build our New Sokol Gym which we hope will be done in the very near fu- personal regards, I remain ture. Every day someone contributes Fraternally and Sincerely, money to this worthy project and I feel sure that others will too and the site MRS. BIRDIE HILSHER can be purchased and building started General Convention Chairman

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SUNDAY TWICE A MONTH: Sunday—Every first and third Sunday of each month Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88 sponsors a dance. Every one is invited and members are admitted FREE. MONDAY EACH WEEK: Monday—Every Monday of each' week. at 8 p.m. chorus singing practice Will be held. Any one interested is welcome at Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

WEDNESDAY EACH WEEK: Wednesday—Every Wednesday of each week dancing and singing lessons are sponsored for the youth of Lodge Pc krok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22: Stefanik Lodge No. 142 in Houston, sponsors a very delicious "jitrnice" supper. Also very unusual Christmas program is Promised after supper. Time: supper-4:30 p. m., program-6:30 p. rn.

1• • (DO TODAY'S JOB TODAY—, NOT TOMORROW Waiting until we are absolutely sure, waiting until conditions change, waiting until somebody else proves a product right— all these people who insist ,on waiting for some future time to buy, to save, to DO the things which need to be done, are losing millions of dollars daily.

Suppose everybody had said, of the 1920 automobile, "I'll wait until it is perfected before I buy." , There would have been no great automobile indusn try, and we would have been deprived of millions of man-hours of driving pleasure. .

While some timid soul waits, others are building businesses, earning a handsome income, buying, selling, trading, doing, growing. This latter group knows that anyone who waits until things are 100 per cent to his satisfaction will die before he is ready to grasp an opportilL: nity.

It is much the same with the salesman' who is going to make an all-out sales drive next week—never this week, ways . next week. When summer comes he plans 'on doing "his best" when fall arrives.

Fall finds him not quite ready, but he will be ready to set the woods on fire "this winter". Always "provided," of course, that conditions' have settled down to something like normal by that time.

Provided, too, that "things HAVE cleared up and there are nothing but green lights."

It all goes back to the fact that the less a man wants to work, the more he is going to do "tomorrow."

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Santa C taus - Myths Legends Is there a Santa Claus? The answer is "Yes" from millions of children who await his annual visit each Christmas season: if he appears fanciful to a few unbelievers? Thousands to each one of these have seen him in person. scores of him in stores, festivals and homes, their faith strengthened apparently by his numbers. What one of us can fail to see the appeal of this kindly superhuman, diverting attention, sometimes completely, from the sacred import of G'hristmas Day? If you were asked, you might say of his origin that he has been with the world always, just as sunshine, showers, tides and seasons, and may continue on forever. But books of reference, biographies and historical data reveal that Santa Claus, as we know him today, is a new-world creation, a native-born American for all of his Dutch name and sturdy figure. We give no thought of his boyhood. He grows no older as the years pass, but continues on as in our childhood, and in the childhood of our parents, and of their parents, and just as he will be generations hence.

Santa Claus in an invention that is deathless, a paradox in that mortal man has created an immortal. He is a personification of the human heart with its love for its offspring. Children sense his personal interest in their desires and beseech his aid. Therefore, as long as there are children, there will be a Santa Claus. It was a wise man who said that if there were no Santa Claus, we should have to invent one and thus sathfy the imaginations of childhood.

However, by going far back there is an origin for giving presents to children at Christmas-tide and an actual person who instituted the custom. This individual as a priest, born in Syria early in the fourth, century, A. D. He was named by his devout and early Christian parents Nicklass or Nicklaus (meaning God with us) in the Greek language of the country, which name in English became Nicholas. The date of his birth is unknown, but his death date, still honored in several European countries, is said to have been a December 6th in a year prior to 400 A. D. After his death he was sainted, hence, came to be known as San Nicklaus, and is English, St. Nicholas.

Little is known for a certainty, of his life. Legends and myths spread northward into Rusia by slow progress from person to person, thence westward into other European countries. He became the patron saint of Russia. In Holland the Dutch had difficulty in articulating

his name, and their corruption to Santa Claus, came to America with the early colonists from Holland. along with the name, St. Nicholas, from England. Under the unique and colorful name of Santa Claus he is known now almost to the exclusion of English St. Nicholas, just as a New Englander is forever a "Yankee" because the Massachusetts Indian called the early settlers that in trying to say English.

In his celestial functions,St. Nicholas was the protector of those who lived in continual and imminent danger. Among others, merchants, seamen and children in particular; the merchants with caravans of goods winding along difficult roads through lands infested with murderous robber bands; seamen in frail crafts without compass, helplessly lost if caught in blinding storms, and children afflicted with a thousand ills and perils, ministered to only by ignorance and superstition.

In the ancient town of Myra in Asia Minor where the good man, Nicholas, carried on his priestly work, there lived a family in which were three beautiful daughters. The legend says they were beautiful and who are we to question it?

Indeed youth itself is beauty and what story could have come down through fifteen centuries without a little exaggeration? But to proceed, these beautiful girls were doomed to lives of poverty and shame because their parents were too poor to give them dowries. No girl might marry unless she could bring to her husband a dowry.

One evening as the destitute family sat in its hovel, a bag of gold was tossed through the open doorway and fell at the feet of the father. He used this as the dowry for his eldest daughter. On each of two succeeding evenings other bags of gold were thrown into the home, and so all three girls were able to marry and to escape the ignominy of their wretched condition.

Of course you have already guessed the donor, and we may be certain it did not take the local people of Myra long to trace the good fortune of the distressed family to Nicholas. It was all quite . in character with his reputation. This story is just one of many that passed from Syria throughout the world. Many peculiar versions of this and other deeds gave expanding vitality to this worthy individual. Even, it is said, pawnbrokers trace the three golden balls of their vocation to the three bags of gold. Some day, it may occur, that the well-known rule of base ball, "three out, all out," derives from the same ancient source.

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Realities At any rate, after the death of Nicholas and in his memory people_began giving presents to children on the date of his.death, December 6th (his birthday date being unknown), and this custom still is observed in some countries. Later when winter solstice festivals determined the date of Christmas, St, Nicholas celebrations merged into the general holiday scheme, and the day, December 25, selected as the birthday of Christ, became also a day of giving presents, a la Nicholas.

In all this giving down through the centuries this spirit of good will has left gifts on doorsteps, in homes, passing through windows and doors in some unknown manner, as spirits may, but invoking the aid of no personality. So it might be to this day, no doubt, except for a sequence of events which follows; so let us leave the Old World for the New where Santa Claus of New Amsterdam and St. Nicholas of New York met to work out a destiny to the everlasting joy of countless millions of children of this and of other lands.

If you were to visit New York, old Trinity Churchyard, on lower Broadway, opposite the head of Wall Street, would be on your "sights" list. Wandering among the ancient mounds, you might come upon a weathered slab of marble, Oat upon a grave, near the south retaining wall. The graveyard is what is left of a hall, kept in place by retaining walls on the south and west. Not far away are the graves of Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton. Upon the slab are these words: "Bishop Benjamin Moore and Charity, his wife."

Bishop Moore was a great man in, his day in early New York. He assisted at the first inaugural of Washington, he was Bishop of Trinity Parish and the President of Columbia University, but today he is largely forgotten except by historians, yet the world remembers him and his wife as the parents of Clement Clarke Moore, their only child.

Born in 1779, graduated from Columbia, Clement Clarke Moore was an eminent scholar and theologian. He was a professor in the General Theological Semina'ry, ground for which he donated from the Chelsea estate of his parents.

He followed in his father's footsteps as bishop of Trinity, driving home evenings to his country place, Chelsea, far to the north of the little city to what is now approximately West 23rd Street and Tenth Avenue.

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A STAR FOR BOBBY Through, the ages many beautiful and wondrous Christmas stories have been written. But the story of little Bobby and what happened to him between Christmas Eve and Christmas morning is a true story.

It actually took place a few years ago in one of our large Southern cities, in a home not unlike millions of other homes in our great land. And on that special night Bobby, just like millions of other small children, was filled with excitement and expectation.

Bobby knew the moment the C'hristmas .tree was brought into the house.

And on his tricycle, with hesitation, he followed his father and older brother as they carried it down the long hall.

His mother, ever watchful, hurried after him and, helping him off the tricycle, led him into the living room.

"We'll stand over here,' she said, "while Daddy and brother put up the tree."

She held his little hand and described to him everything that was going on; how they were sawing off the rough end and how they were nailing the tree to the base.

"Now they are standing it up and spreading out the branches," she said.

"It's a beautiful tree, full, rich and green. And it's so tall it almost reaches the ceiling."

Then, opening one of a number of cardboard boxes that were close by, she took out an ornament and handed it to Bobby.

"Here is a large red ball," she said.

"This year you're going to help us trim the tree. You're a big boy now, you're four years old."

Bobby held the glas ball and turning it gently he felt its cool, smooth surface, He smiled. Then he held it aloft and his brother took it and fastened it to the tree.

"Here's another ball," said his mother. "And here's a string of little silver belts." The bells tinkled and Bobby laughed, "And here are some glass icicles, some silvered pine cones and a whole roll of sparkling tinsel."

In this way, one by one, the ornaments passed through Bobby's hands. And finally, when all the boxes except one were empty, his mother said, "We are now getting down to the end. There's very little left. Here is a glass bird and here's a wax angel. And last of all there is a bright star — a big star."

"A star!" said Bobby. His hands reached out. "Give it to me, Mummy."

"It's the Star of Bethlehem;" said his mother, placing it in his hands. "Daddy will put it on the very top of the tree."

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out and everything was dark again?" asked Bobby.

"No, Bobby. The light of that star has "The Star of Bethlehem? And it goes never really gone out. It shines even on the very top?" today.

(And here her words took on a "Yes. Don't you remember seeing it passionate quality, as if she were talklast year?" mg as much to her own fears as to Little Bobby was not certain. He shook his head. He didn't remember. Last year him.) For it was this star that brought was such a long time ago and since then hope to the heart of man; hope that the world had changed so much. It had penetrates all darkness, all sorrows It leads us on. lost its light All brightness and color "It is the light of the ages; the light had gone, And for him it had become from the Star of Bethlehem." a world of darkness. Two serious illHis smiling lips repeated t h e last nesses, coming one upon the other, with words very gently, tenderly. long days and nights of fever, had "The Star of Bethlehem." robbed him of his sight. And the doctors "And then the light of the star went and specialists all agreed; forevermore and in another moment he was sound he would be blind. asleep.

As soon as the large star had been Later that night, as Bobby's mother lay placed on the top of the tree it was time for Bobby to go to bed. And that night, sleeplessly in bed, thinking of the deep as on all other nights, he rode down the sorrow that, within the last year, had hall and into his bedroom on his tri- come to their lives, her lips moved softcycle. His mother followed behind and ly in prayer. Once more she prayed as watched him as, in his blindness, he she had prayed so often before, that a way would be found, that the doctors bumped into the furniture and scraped could be wrong, that something, somealong the wall. where, somehow .. .

After a time when he was undressed In all the world and wide heaven aand had climbed into bed, he reached out bove, there surely must—she felt—be a his hand to make sure that his beloved way to lead Bobby •out of darkness. tricycle was parked close by. And having And as these prayers filled her mind assured himself, he smiled. Then while she was aware that her husband was alhis mother was tucking him in, he asked, sip wake, and she knew that his th'oughts "What is the Star of Bethlehem?" and his prayers were the same as hers.

"The Star of Bethlehem ... It hap- Nigt after night they lay silently awake pened long, long ago,, very long ago. It sharing one sorrow, one hope. So often happened on a certain night, a very in the past had they spoken together.

But now in silence they bore their special night, a night people all over the world still remember. It was dark. grief. There was nothing in the world People were afraid -- because they were they wanted but this one gift, the one oppressed by wicked rulers. And they gift which neither could give the other.

It was as though they were reaching were unhappy and had lost faith.

"Then suddenly a bright star appeared for a star.

And now in the deep quiet of the in the sky. It was so bright that it lighted up the whole land, as far as you night, as she thought of the beautiful could see, in every direction. And some Star of Bethlehem, to herself she reshepherds who were in the hills, watch- peated the words she had spoken to ing their sheep, saw the star shining Bobby: in the sky. They didn't know what the "It has brought hope to the heart of star meant, so they were frightened. But man . . . It penetrates all darkness, all an angel came to them and told them sorrows . . ..It is the light of the ages." not to be afraid, because the bright star And, as though mirrored in a dream, was a sign that something very great she saw the light of this brilliant star and good had come to the world penetrate a dark heaven. And its brightness pierced the barrier of darkness.

"Then the angel told them to go down She saw its broad rays coming as though into the valley to the village of Beth- from eternity and bathing the world lehem and look in a stable beside an with the light of hope. Hope that leads inn. The angel said they would find a man forward on his uncertain path. baby lying in a manger. And the shep- Hope enduring. Hope .. . herds did as the angel said and they With this vision lingering in her mind found the baby. The little Christ Child she fell peacefuly asleep. had just been born . . ."

"And then the lightof the star went (Continued on page W)

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THE FINISH ON YOUR CAR The thin film of paint on your car, only two thousandths to thirty five ten thousandths of an inch thick, has a big job to cio to provide maximum beauty and protection for your investment.

This film of protective color, is attacked vigorously by sunlight and dew ( the two worst common enemies of the finish), rain, salt, heat, cold, sleet, chemicals and just plain dirt.

If your car is new, how can you counteract those assaults and keep it newlooking as long as possible?

Well, are you a once-a-year car washer and polisher? That is bad. Dirt and road scum will permanently dull the paint if you leave them on long enough.

Spots,of bird lime and tree resin will do even worse damage.

Or. are you a polishing fool? Are you out every week end with cleaners, polishes, waxes and plenty of elbow grease?

That's not good either. You can rub your way down to bare metal quicker than you expect. ,What, then, should you do about polishing and waxing? The best answer is rdo as little as possible.

- It your car has an enamel finish, it should not be necessary to polish it at all the first year provided you drive under ordinary conditions. tinder no conditions, say the Chrysler pddple, should you polish a new enamelcob:ted car sooner than three months in cold weather, or a month and half in really` hot weather.

A f ear with a lacquer finish may be polished after thirty days. This should be done by hand. Never se a buffing niaehine. `Prequent washing of y r car is the bat treatment you can ve it. Once or twice a week is not too often. That will keep— it clean and shiny whether you park it in a garage or not.

There are two schools of thought on ow to wash a car. The first says that lenty of warm or cold water is all that s needed -- no soap or detergents.

The second school says that a mild .soap eor a detergent is helpful, but that t should be rinsed off quickly. Other,Wise you get streaks and a scum that can cloud and damage the paint.

Do the washing in the shade. Flood the surface liberally to loosen the dirt, using either a hose or pail. Wash with a sponge or soft cloth and dry with a chamois or soft towel.

DOA% ever dust with a dry cloth. A chemical analysis has shown that 90% of all dirt on cars is grit, which can damage the paint seriously.

But suppose the finish on your car is not all that it once was, and you want to restore some of its original luster.

There is a large variety of polishes and cleaners on the market today. Before you start the polishing, you should know something about cleaners and polishes — what they will and won't do.

These can be divided roughly into four classifications: .

1. Simple, oil-based polishes, which are easy to put on but which give an extremely short-lived shine.

2. Liquid polishes containing a mild abrasive to remove chalked paint, solvents to take off tar and grease, and wax to give the gloss. These are a oneoperation clean-and-polish mixture 3. Combination cleaners and waxes.

Paste cleaning compounds which contain abrasives and chemicals used in connection with paste wax.

4. Siliome polishes, liquid or paste.

The silicones are lubricants and thus make the polish easier to apply. Also, they produce a gloss themselves.

The silicone polishes are the newest thing. They are easy to put on, are tough—impervious to heat and cold alike and far more repellent than any wax.

Crystal clear, they admit light readily and produce a high gloss. What's more, they tend to keep dust and grime from sticking to the surface.

There's nothing wrong with a handrubbed paste-wax protective coating.

The popular impression is that such a waxing will last up to six months, considerably longer than an application of liquid coating. Experiment failed to prove this. Actually, no wax or polish will be effective for more than three months.

There's nothing wrong with the socalled plasticizing or porcelainizing jobs either. They produce a hard, high gloss, but the coating may peel off after a while.

But neither the expensive refinishing operations nor the back-yard polishing is a must. In fact, the auto and paint men say that two or three times a year is often enough to polish any car. Plenty of washing is what really counts. — Changing Times. ) • 4, • ( We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

—Balzac ) 4, It is time that we had uncommon schools, that we did not leave off our education when we begin to be men and women. --Henry David Thoreau

Wednesday, DeeembeF 2Z 1954 WHAT 'ARE YOUR SLEEPING 'HABITS?

Peter E. Seigle, a psychologist, analyzed the sleep habits of 684 American men and women for the, Englander Company, well - known manufacturers of sleeping equipment.

Only one fourth of the persons studied, felt that they had any great difficulty in getting to sleep, but practically' all of them followed certain preparing-for:-' sleep rituals, as a way of tapering , off from activity to relaxation and sltep.

Persons troubled about falling' asleep' had nearly twice •as many ritual prat'-' tices as those who fell asleep: readily.'

Women were considerably more rituali8tic than men.

Reading is the commonest ritual. Women are more prone to read than men, married persons read more than unmarried ones, married women read much' more than unmarried women.

Thinking while lying in bed was the next most common ritual. Women think more than men, unmarried persons more than married persons, and persons' who believe they have trouble falling asleep think more than those who do not 'believe they have trouble.

Checking the house. Women show their greater ritualistic and apprehensive tendencies by scoring higher in this category.

Breathing plenty of fresh air is primarily a ritual of women (61 per cent of women compared to 25 per cent of men) and more married persons prefer fresh air for sleeping than do unmarried persons.

Eating is less common among younger than among middle-aged groups. Women tend to eat more than men, unmarried women to eat more than married wom en, unmarried persons to eat more than married persons.

Listening to the radio is more comrhon among women than men, among the unmarried than the married.

Exercise is a ritual that tends to taper off with age. Strangely, women are more given to exercises than men, better than two to one. The most faithful xercises were unmarried women who reported they had trouble falling asleep. ) • 4 • ( Three-fourths of the miseries and mis, understandings of the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their viewpoint.

—Gandhi ) • a • I The power and glory of all creatures, and all matter, consist in their obedience, not in their freedom. The sun has no liberty—a dead leaf much.—John Ruskin.

WArInt–'da5r, December 22, 1954

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HEALTH AND CHEMICAL ELEMENTS Men have learned that so little as one part in a million of certain elements can mean the difference between health and disease. Thus Dr. Harry V. Warren, in The Scientific Monthly, June 1954, urges physicians, geologists, agronomists (soil specialists) and geographers to cooperate in ascertaining the biochemical possibilities for health.

Among other things he points out that fifteen main elements, such as oxygen, phosphorus, calcium and nitrogen, comprise ninety per cent of earth's crust.

The remaining elements, because of the minute quantities in which they are found, are termed "trace" elements. Today these can be measured in quantities as small as one part in ten million. Certain of these trace elements are faund in a pure state in enzymes, and they play a vital role in all life processes, we are assured, from penicillium to human tissues. Growth of bacteria can be influenced by the amount of certain trace elements present in the culture.

Sheep require cobalt to live, although it need be present in their food only to the extent of one part in a million Lack of iodine not only causes goiter in humans but renders the lower animals incapable of bringing their young to birth.

Too little of certain trace elements makes land sterile. In New Zealand it took only two ounces of molybdenum per acre to make certain land fit for farming. A lack of it causes a viruslike disease in grapefruit. Molybdenum is an essential part of a catalyst present in all liver cells where it functions in nitrogen metabolism. Evergreens that were growing only to a height of three to four feet grew to a height of fifty merely by adding zinc and phosporous.

On the other hand, too much of certain trace elements will produce cancer and other diseases in both lower animals and man.

According to Dr. Warren, among the reasons why supplying the necessary trace elements presents a problem are: complications due to man's scientific progress, such as the use of chemical fertilizers; modern irrigation in which the rich mineral-laden silt settles in artificial lakes and the land is irrigated with mineral-free water; growth of cities, where the waste is flushed into the rivers and the seas instead of its being returned to the ground; and the use of refined products such as white sugar and white bread.

That the problem of supplying trace elements is both complex and real is apparent from the wide variations of trace elements found in various plants.

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A Star , For Bobby

Thus dried pine needles from one part (Continued from page 17) of Canada contained only .1 part per And through the long hours while she million of molybdenum, whereas those from another section of Canada con- slept, the dark night slowly vanished and tained 50 parts per million or 500 times a new dawn brushed over the world.

When the light of day grew stronger as much. she stirred.

And in that half world between "Virtually all forms of life contain, sleep and walking she heard a voice respond to, and are affected by virtual- calling. It was persistent and repeated ly all these trace elements, . .. includ- its call again and again. But she could ing not only such elements as molybde- not make out what was being said . . num and cobalt but also such as cad- In another moment she was fully awake mium, nickel, silver and gold, whose re- and, rousing her husband, she ran to the lation to nutrition has been little in- door. vestigated." In thes past men have It was Bobby's brother calling. "Come, stressed the need of phosphorous and lime, then the emphasis was placed on come! Hurry! Come look at Bobby! He's calories, then on vitamins and now, says riding his tricycle around the room. He's Dr. Warren; the time has come to stress riding around the tree and he isn't the vital role that trace elements play bumping into anything. Hurry! He can in health. Incidentally it might be see!"

They rushed down the hall to the livstated that for some years a modern movement among agriculturists, known ing room. It was true.

Bobby was riding his tricycle around as "organic farming," has been stressing this very thing, the need of the trace and around and not bumping into anything. elements for health.

And when he saw them watching him, he stopped. He smiled. Then, pointing .1. to the top of the tree, he said, "Look, Mummy. Look, Daddy. There's the Star of Bethlehem!" — The American Weekly ■fo )

Resolution of Sympathy SAN ANTONIO LODGE NO. 133

December 12, 1954 WHEREAS, On December 7, 1954, our Heavenly Father in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to remove from our midest BROTHER OBEY E. AMBURN, leaving us with a feeling of deep sorrow and a great loss on our hearts that only time can heal, therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the members of Lodge San Antonio, No. 133, remember Brother Amburn as a sincere and loyal member of our Lodge and deeply mourn his pasisng and extend to his family_ our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution he sent to the Vestnik for publication, a copy spread on the minutes of the Lodge, and a copy forwarded to his wife, who has rendered valuable assistance to our Lodge.

RESOLUTION COMMITTEE Lodge San , Antonio, No. 133 Mrs, Theresa Falbo Mrs. Alfred Kalmus Mr. Ed Valicek

There are two kinds of discontent in this world: the discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands.

The first gets what it wants, and the second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first but success; and there's no cure at all for the second.—Gordon Graham ) • at • C If you have a good purpose in your mind, you will find tatooed in your heart the directions how to succeed.—Joseph Sadony

How About Th Babies?

HOW MANY BABIES WERE BORN AMONG YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS LAST MONTH? DID YOU GET ANY TO JOIN OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT? IF NOT WHY NOT? WE INSURE CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 10 FOR 40c PER MONTH.

&Tana 20 HAVE TOUR CHOICE Thirteen SP,IST certificates for adults: CLASS B: where a member pay:: miums during his lifetime. ,;LASS 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 G: 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 a 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-C: Mortgage cancellation insurance with gradually reduced benefits and $1,000 paid-up insurance after 20 • years.

CLASS N: Mortgage insurance will ht. issued to members up to the age 01 50 years, who have real estate loam from this organization.

Five SPJST certificates for children.

CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into any other insurance niter the child reaches the age of 10 years and be16 years. fore attaining the age CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value ai age 16, payable at death.

CLASS J-S: 20•Pay life with face value at age one year, payable at death CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with mortuary face value at age one year CLASS J-G: 20-year endowment, mo• tuary face value at age one year. tdZ)

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Santa Claus - Myths )113 - Realities (Continued from page 16)

Wednesday, December 22, 1954

PO ,KA DANCE CALENDAR C. Chervenes.ai Wednesday, December 22 Gus Lindemann orchestra — Ledbetter mall Thursday, December 23 Gus Lindemann orchestra — Coshatte Hall near Beilville Saturday, December 25 Klein's Old Timer.s Orchestra — Christmas Dance — Klein's Hall on Harbor Road near Fredericksburg Sil Krenek orchestra — Christmas Dance -- American Legion Hall in Cror

how he might amuse his children on Christmas Eve When presents were passed around. The story which fora, ed in his mind, took its cadence from the jingling bells of his sleigh. So on Christmas Eve before the great fireplace around which family and friends were gathered he read. to them the lines to which he g ave a double title: "Santa Claus—A Visit From St. NicholaS," starting with the words all know so well: "'Twos the night before Christmas, when sky all through the house."

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Christmas .Here for the first time in all history ,:Rance .— K. T. Hall in San Antonia us Lindeaann orchestra — Christwas a Santa Claus of flesh and blood. For ,?as Dance — xxx Bill's Place near Weiis purpose Dr. Meou is said to leave pictured a jolly, rot':ud little Dutchman mar who did odd jokJ:.; around the Chelsea Sunday, December 26 homestead. The reindeer, the sleigh, the Klein's Old Timers orchestra — Maepipe, driving on hmisetops, corning down nius Hail in Albert chimneys, all were depicted for the first Kenvick.a's Worthing Band on Fairtime in the lines of the poem, which is child Hall South of Rosenberg Hwy, said by those who should know to be one 36 of the finest examples of word painting Rudy Kure% orchestra — Rifle Club in our language.

Hall in Orange Grove Thus we see that Santa Claus was Linnemann orchestra — Wessel's American born, spring full from the Hail in Eutefsville poetic lines of Dr. Clement Clark Moore Tuesday, December 28 in December, 1822, nearly 125 years ago.

Gus Lindemann orchestra — Burton _) v 4.

Hall Wednesday, December 29 I KSNOW SOMETHING GOOD Gus Lindeman orchestra—K C Dance ABOUT YOU Fair Pavilon in La Grange Wouldn't this old world be better All the above =Lees are at night unIf the folks we met would say— less otherwise specified. Thu is a free "I know something good about you." service nut applies only to those dances And treat us just that way? at wnicli mainly polka and waltz music is played. by a live orchestra. The Vestnik Wouldn't it be fine and dandy assume no responsibility resinter If each hanclasp, fond and true, Wang from any dance announcements Carried with it this assurance e listed en this column. Listings "I know something good about yo from orchestras and dance halls should Wouldn't life be lots more happy be received at least one week before pubIf the good that's in us all, lication. Send all listing co Calvin CherWere the only thing about us venka, Route 2, Rogers. Texas.

That folks bothered to recall? ° tie • Wouldn't life be lots more happy If we praised the good we see, For there's such a lot of goodness (Continued from page 13) In the worst of you and me. carols are sung by caroling groups each Wouldn't it be nice to practice Christmas. They never grow so old that That fine way of thinking ,too? it is not a joy to hear them again, You know something good about me; spreading the Christmas spirit. And of "1 know something good about you." course, nearly every caroling session be—Anon. gins and ends with everyone's favorite, • 4, o ( the song that came to us from the little • Someone has suggested that "share- mountain village 136 years ago—Silent ity" rather than charity is what this old Night. So long as that lovely carol endures, we will have Merry Christmases. world needs.—Esther Baldwin York

c ristrnas Carols

Wednesday, December 22, 1954

VitSTNIK WEST, =AB

o der a sretrk, st'astn y , badny dan." Po te, nekterk z mu gft posype badriak pgenici neb druhkm obilim a odpovi hospoda(Pokradovani se strany 10.) h: "dao ti bog dobro, sretno i eestito." opak, nag spanek je pevny neb hlubol4 (dej ti Bah dobra, gtesti a cti), nade g se a mysli zase siabsi. Tak tu jsme spali na ohni spaluje. Podobnk zvyk jest i u Francouzil a 8panelii. U Rusu, na hlubokS7m spankem neb nacelo a zdrave koledu, prichazi deveata brzy rano kdy a v takovem hlubokern spanku asi jsme jegte hoch tvrcle spi a nemilosrdne mu sen zaspali, byl-li jakk.

Sama bych tomu dala za pravdu. Nekdy nazeji p genici do oblideje a elm hoch vice se stane, Ze nemn geme spat a zvlagte, zuki, tim z toho mail vet gi radost. Ne2 on kdy mame nee° nalehavejSiho pied se- se vyhrabe z pelechu aby je vytrestal, bou. MoZna, 2e se ty mySlenky delily o davno se mu chechtaji na dvoredku. To je zaroveri i trochu pomsta za to, jestli o ten spanek. Sama vim, co je nespat; Ate kdy se ma zmenit podasi a pkijde na Velikonocich, pki pomlazce trochu na besedu revma. To je kamarad, ktereho metlu asi nema nikdo rad; a ja take ovS"em ne, Jak se to delavalo u nas, to si vy stargi ale pornoci elertickeho zahkivade jej od- dohke pamatujete, jak hned po veeeki dam a pak zase usnu—diky yea. devdata lily rortavenk cin do vody, jak A tak jeSte vesele Vanoce a gt'astnk hazeli stkevice pees stfechu jak hospodak Novk rok 1955 vgem na gim ptateltm a nosil vgem hovadkfun kousek nejakeho tem kdoZ toto budou Gist. misku, ba i na psa i na kodku se zapomeTake Ty, sestro Trampotova, zase pig; nout nesmelo; ptadk.fim se nasypalo zrni hezky se Tvoje dopisy etou, a vilbec vgech a i do poll se davaly kogt'aly od zeli aby dopisovatelt a dopisovatelek. Kdyby to glo zajici meli co 2rat, kdy bylo hodne snetak napsat jak se to ete, to bych tu byla hu. as dasteji; jenom ze myslet a psat jsou PastS4 chodil s dlohatanskou troubou, dve veci. A tak se, mejte v budoucnu vytruboval a potom pkichazel do svetnice vSichni dobte. Va ge spolusestra Terezie 8efeikova a pkal hospodaki i hospodyni aby jim Pan pngehnal i na i ye chleve. 13y1 vAade • •4 pohaten, hospodyne mu do rance nebo VANOCE do pytle nastrkala vSelikeho dobra a s Vamice (to jest svata, noc), jest velikST hospodakem si musel vypit to vina, to cirkevni svatek, zasvecenST narozeni Pane kokalky svateeni, take k ranu uz byl tak dne 25. prosince. Rusove jej nazkvaji natroubenSr, ie mu pasWka nebo decka RoZdevstvo (zrozeni), Slovaci Kradun musela troubu nosit nebo samy troubit. (nejkrat gi den), Jihoslovane Doke (t. j. A na to Ptilnoeni.—To i o jedne noze, ale mladk Anglieane Christmas. muselo se jit.

Tento svatek zavedla cirkev ye etvrtem stoleti a pkizpOsobila ho k pohanske slav• 4 nosti slunovratu, kdy podle mineni lidu Dugevni rovnovalia "slunce se rodi" (dies natalis solis invicti Cokoli pUsobi nesoulad v nagi dun', ubijej cirkev pkemenila na festum nativi- re. nam na sile a pkekali naSemu pokrotatis Christi) a chysta se obrat k letu. ku. Chcete-li nabSti vlady nad svSimi vloV tu dobu staff itimane sla,vili svoje hami a zySTS'iti sve schopnosti, chrarite se Saturnalie a bezpochyby take jini naro- jako jedu vgeho, co dava va gemu duchu dove pokladali dobu zimniho slunovratu zapornk smer, siner rizkosti, strachu za dobu posvatnou i tajemnou. zavisti, zbabelosti a celeho roje Svedei o torn posavadni zvyky a pove- tisnivkch my glenek. Vgechny tyto vady ry 8tecireho vedera, to chvile tajemne, jsou pkiznanim slabosti a lze je vgechny pine a kouzla a darii, kdy vegkera pkiroda oznaditi jako niditele sily. Kaalk zachvat jest oZivena, kdy domaci hovadka mezi zasmu gilosti, kaZda, neblaha, myglenka, sebou hovori a aloveku odhaluje se bu- kaZdk pocit stisnenosti nebo zoufalstvi, doucnost. Jihoslovane pkinagi do domu kaZdk strach, ka2c15, pochybnost mrzadi bandriak a zapaluji ho. Badriak nazkva nage vlohy. Jinkmi slovy, nage schopnosti se u Jiboslovant a Bulharti dubovk kmen, nesmirne silne reaguji na kaZdou menu spalovank na 8tecirST den. Obyeejne dva nagi nalady a dugevniho rozpolcdeni. Nejtki. Takove kmeny se poraZeji na gtedrk sme-li ye sve kuzi, je-li nam nevolno, den a ph padu nesmi padnouti na jink podlehame-li z nejake pkidiny pocitu stisstrom, aby to nepkineslo negtesti. Musi se nenosti, zoufalstvi nebo pochybnosti, nato delati pied slunce vkchodem. ge schopnosti se zuZi. Jsme-li v gak v rovHospodak posype strom obilim a pravi novaze, jsou-li nage myglenky v souladu, mu: "dobro jutro i destit ti badny dan;" netrapi-li nas nic nebo nemrzi, vlohy nakmen podsekavaji s jedne strany a s ge nesmirne rostou. Vgechny kladne, \Tedruhe strany se smi uhoditi jenom jednou sale povzbuzujici vzruchy a pocity zvy'guji sekyrou. Veeer hospodak vstoupi s bad- l nage vlohy, kdato pocity a vzruchy opacnem do domu a pi•eje vgem: "01)11 tre- ue zmenOji. 0. S. Marden

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI My, niZepodepsank resolueni vkbor du Karel Havlieek eislo 4, SPJST, timto projevujeme jmenem tadu na gi hluboce citenou soustrast pozilstale rodine nad ztratou jejich matky a na gi spolusestry Anna (Jno. A.) Fabian, ktera zemkela po dlouho trvajici nemool. dne 7. prosince, o pul jedne hodine odpoledne v Shiner.

DoZila se vysokeho staki 83 let, 7 ma sicii a 10 dnfi.

Pohrbena byla nasledujici den na katolickk hi•bitov vedle jejiho man2cia, kterk ji prede gel uz pied lety.

Zesnula byla rozena ye stare vlasti a. zanechala 9. sync, dceru a houf vnuka, rortrouSenST ch po celem Texasu.

Zesnula, byla vyprovozena z bratra Kubelly kaple do kostela velkSrm shromaldenim bratrii, sester a znamS7ch. V1p.

Alois MokkovskS7 vykonal pohkebni obrady.

Jeji man2e1 (Jino. A.), pracoval dlouha leta u Noveho Domova a take u nageho Vestniku, dokud byl v na gem meste.

Pozfistala rodino, bratki sestry a vnuci: Vime, ze teke nesete ztratu vag'i matidky a na gi spolusestry.

Budi2 vam fitechou, ze i my soucitimu s varni ye vagem zarmutku.

Zesnula, spolusestro, budiZ varn lehka a odpodivejte v pokoji.

Resolueni vkbor: F. K. Dudek Jno. G. Konvieka John Holy.

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RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTA

My, niZepodepsank resoludni vkbor du Jaromir 'Oslo 54 ye West, Texas, vyslovujeme timto pozfistale rodine upkimne citenou soustrast nad ztratou jejich. matky, babieky a na gi spolusestry Hatekiny Kusy, ktera zem •ela dne 7. prosince 1954 po delgi nemoci ye veku 72 let.

Tato sestra byla elenkyni kadu Jaroinir dlouhou dobu. Dbala svkch povinnosti.

Pochovana byla na katolickem pki West, 9. prosince. Zanechava: matt u, dceru, sestry a bratry.

Vime, mild rodino, ze teke nesete ztratu va gi mile matky a babiaky. I my s varni &lime jejiho odchodu a s vami scucitime ye vag em zarmutku. My spolubrutki a sestry pfejeme Tobe klidnk spanek a Cest budi2 Tvoji, pamatce.

Emil Klaus, Rot,frt Cervenka, Raymond Voldik, resolueni vybor.

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Vt8TNIX— WIZT, =CAS

EDUARD

dam MALI' t TEN Aik krasne zlate slunielo!

Uete me Cesky eisti. Budeme tu, slepielo spolu chodit po dvoie, LAST Tian, DOPLNENA. pejsek at' spi ve sve CrYitICATE DEVATE CVI5ENI boucle, Kam nechodi dunce, kote ve sve komoie! tam chodi A to na g e mild pani 4. t' je dlouho zdriva, LIZ stoji novir dome- t' je tady spokojena: cek! Laskava pani ma Slava! Slava! Slava!

nmoho starosti. Sfehuje v g echno ze stareho bytu do novel° domu.

Sthuje stoly, bedny, nadobi, postele, zrcadlo, obrazy, hecliny, uhli, knihy, , ko g iky a d ine veci.

Kdyi se nastehovali do noveho domku, kohoutek zazpival vese„. jsme tady, mile kot6, • one tady ,slepicvko uz nam sviti na cely-

Preeti nekolikrat s tatinkem nebo maminkou opet pokus se pieetene vypravovati! Pfeetene opia sprivne do segitu!

Strfeek pieje peijemnSich svatka nich malfm i velikS,m etenattim a take sazeekovi, jeni se peelive staral o- Maly etenif.

S pozdravem STIrktEK )

Z AUSTINV.

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Babieka (Napsala Bolena Nemcova.)

(Pokraeovani.)

StrYc mu dal v rote za vyueenou; pak poslal ho do sveta na zkuknou, a to nejprve do mesta Berlina k svemu znamemu, kde se mel jate dotvrdit. Jiti ale stavil se dtive v eechach u na.s. Tenkrate mi piinesl tu ten ritienec z VambeHe." To ikouc, vytahla babieka ze zafiadii klokoeovY ruzenec, kterY nikdy la, chvilku se na nej s pohnutirn divala, pak zas polibic ho, schovala a pokraeovala dale: "Milj otec nemel Jitimu za zle, ze se dal na femeslo, domlouval Novotne, aby si z toho nic nedelala, ze ji nadeje zmehla. `Kdo vi, k eemu to dobre', povidal; `nechte ho, jak si udelal, tak bude mit.

Tiebas cucky jen kdYi svemu dilu bude rozumet a zustane poctivYm, hodnYm elovekem, pak zaslouii takovou test, jako kterSikoli pan.' Jiti by

stiedu, line 22. prosince 1954. rad, ze se krnotr na neho nehneval, nebot' ho mel co vlastniho otce. I Novotny Bala fici—jak pak by nedala, vidyt' to bylo jeji dite, ktere milovala, nemohla tedy chtit, aby se citilo nea'astne ye svem stavu.

Pobyl u nas Jiri nekolik dni, pak oddel do sveta, a tii leta jsme ho nevideli a hrube ani o nem neslyAeli, ai se tu rano piede mnou vyskytl. Mutes si myslit, jakou radost jsem mela. Hned jsem ho poznala, atkoliv se velice zmenil; vysoky byl neobyeejne, pH torn tak uroStlY, by teiko bylo rovna mu pohledat. Sehnul se ke mni, vzal za ruku a poVida, prof jsem se ho tak lekia? `Jak se neleknout,' iku, `vidyt' jsi se tu Oetnul, jakbys s oblak spadl. Odkud jsi . pfigel a kdy?' `Jdu piimo z Kladska, strYc se boji, ponevadi vgude tarn verbujou, aby mne nekde nesebrali verbiii; poslal mne, sotva jsem se ze zkuSene vratil, do Lech a mysli, zde ze se snaze skryju. Protloukl jsem se At'astne Dies hory, a tu jsem.' `Ale 'jro Panaboha,' povidam mu, jen aby to tu nesebrali; co kika. mama?' `Ja ji jegte nevida Ve dve hodiny s pulnoci jsem dorazil na misto. Nechtel jsem mamu budit. Lehneg si na travu pod Madlenino okno, ona je ranna, pookaA, vstane, pak pujdes, myslil jsem, a lehl si na zelenou pefinu. Opravdu, o tobe se darmo neiika ye vsi: Nei sktivan zpivat zaene, Madlena nese travu doma.

Sotva svita, a ty uz kosa Ja to videl u Ttudne mit, eesat se, a sotva ze jsem Tdr&t se mohl, abych k tobe nepkiskoeil; kdyi si se ale modlila, nechtel jsem to vytrhovat. Ale ted' mi povez, jestli mne maS jeSle rada?'

Takovou vedl; jak jsem mela jinak iici, nezli ze roam, vidyt' pak jsme se meli radi od mladosti a jakteiivo mi na jineho mygenka nepfi gla. Trochu jsme povidali, pak vklouzl RH do chaluny k mime, ja zase povedit tatovi, ze pfig el. Tatik byl moudrY elovek, jemu se nelibilo,ze Jiti pifSel v takovou nebezpeenou dobu.

'Nevim, povidal, `jestli zde ujde mu kabatu! co moineho, udelame, abychom ho uklidili; jen Zadnemu netikejte, ze je tu.'

Novotny , aekoliv mela velikou radost, mela . pti tom piece hroznY strach, nebot' byl k rekrutirce vypsan, a jen tim ug el, ze nevedel nikdo, kde je. TH dni sedel ukrytY na , htite v sene. Pies den byla u neho mama, na yeeer, vklouzla jsem i ja k nemu, a vespolek jsme si potom o VSelieem povidali.

(Pokraeovani.)

• • Wed vidy na malem, velke se , udela samo.

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DEJINY NARODA EKE (Pokradovani.)

StruenSr vAlad Me F. Palackeho.

Nabodenstvi starch Slovanri, stejneho byvgi privodu se staroindickYm, zakladalo se na zasveceni sil prirodnich zosobnenYch. Vereno v jednoho nejvy ggiho boha, styofitele sveta, prisobce svetla i blesku a vetginou . byl nazYvan Perun. Krome nehpmeli vgak•podisizene a nazYvali j e d'a,si, to pohlavi mu2skeho, to zase Zenskeho, to dobrYrni nebo zase zloduchy, besy. Obeti ,eili tfeby, Zrtvy a modlitby vykonavany Zylagtninii obrady a verili v nesrnrtelnost duge, rovnet i trest nebo o(Iplatu po smrti. Toto puvodni nabotenstvi prizprisobovalo se mistnim pomerrim.

Zda, se, ze Prija neb Lada rovnaly se reeke Venugi a ‘2iva asi bohyni Ceres. Tur nebo Svatovit byl bohem valky. Vint° bohilm staveny chra,my s modlami; kneli neb knetky je opatrovali, zkoumali botskou prostredk3r ygelikYmi, nejvice ale vitenim hrebi dili lose.

Nejstargi zpilsob vladni hodil se jenom pro namd pokojnY, bezelstnY a v politickern ohiedu je gte nevyspelY. Nemeyge nad , sebou ,jednoho panovnika neznali ani svazkri, ktere tvori narod a sta.

Vgechny kmeny slovanSke rozdrobety byly ve mnotstvi obci, navzajern neodvislYch' a jen v eas potteby spojovaly se v jednoty. K velkYin YYpravam zahranienini-medostavalo se jim ani chuti (byli zemedelci) ani potrebne organisa,ce. Nechteli nikoho podmariovati, ale take nechteli bYti podmanenYMi. Nechteli miti Pariovniky. Vlada, jejich byla, veskrze deMokraticka. Vgechna jejich mom u nich mela pilvod v otcovstvi a knetstvi. Jejich predpi drtitele byli tedy starostove a kneti. S• arostove meli na peei dobro obecne, vecieni prava a spravedlnosti. Na Yicich eili snemich, narizovali. hlasern SpOlenYm ale vtdy po poracle knetimi di ireci co . gkouniatele yule bozi. Proto prvni zakony byly povatovany za bohern dame.

JAN BURIAN

Zeme byla majetek narodni a della se na obeiny neb dediny. ()Veiny byly hory, lesy, feky a potoky, pastviny a jezera.

Sloutily obecnemu utivani. Dediny, zvlagte role a zahrady byli vlastnosti jednotlivce a byly dedienYmi jak pro pohlavi mutske, tak i tenske. Pfevaha osobniho majetku mela sice vliv na postaveni jednotlivce .v obci, ale nikdy mu nedavala vice pray ani vYsad. Ti, ktefi vladli vetLim poetem dedin, tedy &denim nahromadeneho majetku, nazYvali se lechove nebo glechtici.

Rodiny, ye kterYch shromaalil se majetek a ritad knetskY pohromade, stavali se rodinami knetskYmi, t nicht postupem easu vyvinuli se rodiny vladafske v torn smyslu, jak je my dries rozumime.

Neni se tedy co diviti tomu, ze jakmile se Slovane objevili zrakinn tehdejgich dejepiscil, nevystupovali jednotne pod vudc velikYch celku, jako tomu bylo u druhYch na,rodri. zbrani fitoOnYch; nYbrd jen obrannYch. Nepoutivali jezdectva, nYbrt bqjovali pegky a branili se gtitem a meJegte poi/at-10Si bylo, te umeni váleeneho nepestovali a teprve v pripade nebezpeei volili si vojevodusa hned po mebezpeei se roFhazeli do s yYch domovii.

JakYsi obrat v gak nastal za veku Attilova, k.dy.Z, museli se braniti vpadilm Hunt.

Tehdy velikY panovnik hunskY Attila, chteje zrugiti nebezpeene spojeni zapadnich narodu pod vedenim rimskeho vojevildce Aetia, 0111 roku 450 se svYm vojskeni asi 5 — 700,000 mutO, do nynejgi Fra,noie. Ve voj gte tomto nachaZely se mimo Huny take nemecke a sarmatske porobene plemena. Hlavni proud techto vojsk 0111 pies Cechy a take po sve porake, tahl roku 451 pies Cechy do Uher.

Vracell se po nejhrozneWi bitve toho veku; kde byli porateni na, polich catalanskYch u dne gniho Chalons sur. Marne: Rok 451 jest velkYm obratem a drilelitou epochou v na gich dejinach. S nim nastala doba, ve ktere 6echove nabyli v dosavadni zemi Bojske a Markomanske koneene preva,hy a jedinYmi pany a obyvateli se stall.

SlovanskY vojevoda tech, dobyl teto zeme brannou rukou ve druhe polovine pateho stoleti.

Dle stare poyesti, pri gel se svoji deledi z krajiny Charvatske, easti to zemi srbskYch na sever od Tater. Plukove tahli pry pies tri reky, t. j. skrze d ye krajiny do polehnanYch tech vlasti. Slabe ostatky Bojii a Markomanri, ktere snad v techto zemich po Hunech zristaly, podrobill se vlade jeho. Tote2 ueinili pravdepodobne i ti Slovane, kterid jit pied nim do techto semi vnikli. Jest pravdepodob• no, te Mien° rodu Cechova naletelo jenom jeho rodu a eeledi a teprve potom rozgirilo se i na rody druhe. NejmocnejSi rod techriv usadil se uprostfed zeme okolo hory Rip a na stranu jinni. Vedle nich vynikali Lueane na stfedni Ohri, u Lokte' byli to Sedlieane, v okoli Biliny zase LePlouenici a Litometici Deeane.

Od Melnika k horam Je gtedskYm Novane, kterit star gim jmenem nazYvali se Srbove. VYchodne od nich byli rfi Charvati, u Kourimi a v nejjiZnej gim cipu, u pramenti Vitavy byli Doudlebi. V jinYch krajich byly druhe rody slovanske ale tech se nam jmena nezachovala.

Na zapade od zemi deskfth Vyznamenavala se fi ge buryriska, prostirajici se od dolniho toku Labe at na jih k Dunaji pits Harzske pohori. Zda, se, de toto Lsousedstvi nebylo tehdy je gte nijak nebezpeenYm ale Pt ye starch povestech deskYch slygime mnoho o zradnYch Durincich o nasili a vraale. Jsou to jenom ohlasy davneho geroveku ale dokladri k tomu nernarne ZadnYch. Rise durYriska vgak vzala za sve jit v roce 531 ve velke bitve s Franky na fece Unstrute.

Tim se stala zeme eeska, primYm dem velike rise Francke jejitto par-1'6\71'nd byvge piing zamestnani na zapade, nemeli eas se venovati vYchodu.

V roce 553 vpadli do Evropy z Asie kteri byli ze svYch sidel vypuzeni Turky. V roce 563 vtrhli take do meth a odtud at' do rise Francke. Potom zas podruhe v letech 567 na es e2 uzavitli mir se Sigibertern. Jest tedy pravdepodobne„ t egi podlehli temto stra gnSm najeidtukum dobre organisovanYm a rychle s9 por hybujicirm, Na jak dlouho a jakYnil. sobem, neni nam znamo. Avari usadili se na dlouho v dnegnich Uhrach a ioidtsucl east() delali najezdy na zeme desleda. hlavne na Moravu.

6echove, nemohouce dlouho sna geti jha tak ukrutneho, ()brain se k nejzdatnel: gimu tehdy valeeniku Samo. Jeden staff spisovat,,-,1 pravi, Ze ze zeme francke se pribral; duhY naproti tomu tvrdi, Ze ze some slovanskYch Velettl, ve dry*m. tak; Holandsku pochazel. Je tomu as]. ' jest pravdepodobno, ze pfebral se sesvp7 ji Celedi k nejbliMim- Sloyantim ja'od nich germanskYmi kmeny odfiznut. Jak jinak by se mohi spfateliti a snarojpiti s Cechy a bojovati proti nenavidenYni. Franktn. Pod jeho vedenim byli ve mnohYch krvavYch bit yach poraMni a mot jejich v Evrope pottena.

Asi v roce 627 volili Slovane osvobedi-tele Sama, za krale a panoval asi 35 let.

Za syeho .2ivota mel pry 12 Zen a spjflil s nimi 22 synil a 15 deer. On byl zaki telem prvniho slo yanskeho statn o kterem jest v dejinach zminka..

Hlavnirn jeho sidlem byl pravdepodobne Vy'ehrad; jeho moo rozprostira4a, do StYrska v Alpa.ch, na vYchod k tram a ri sever ke Spreve a Habole dr.eenim I.Z"emecku. t(P-ikraeovarc _) e J,„ Pozdni rozum.‘ Nekresej do kage!

Kresej do troudu a o lasce k vlasti nekas vlbloudu.

-- Karel Havlii,'ok

vEsTNit

8trama

Irot,

sti'edu, dne 22. prorince 1954.

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Jiraskovy Stare povesti Ceske (Pokradovani.)

Delnici pen& nedostavali, ale chleba a jineho jidla do sytosti, tez obuv a odevy. T dyz o torn jini uslyseli, kteki hlacloven, houfem beZeli k tomu dilu a 1311ne pracovali. Kral easto k nim na Petrin doji2del, east() sam je podeloval, kikaje, ze tu pracovni lid jest jeho rodina. lidi mu Zehnalo, a vstavajic, lehajic za nej se modlilo.

Z toho kameni, je' svazeli, tesali, z staveli, rostl jim chleb. Proto kikali to zdi "chlebova", take "hladova", protole zahanela hlad a nouzi, A zubata, j e, ponevadZ ji kral Karel IV. dal proto staveti, aby zuby hladoveho lidu,mely co kousati.

• Tenkrate zil v Praze bohatk megt'an imenem Jan Rotlev. Ten si zakoupil v Jilovem opuRenk dul, jsa pkesvedeen, tam je zlata jeSte dost a Ze se ho najisto dokopa. Najal mnoho havikti, a kopal, doloval neUnavne, vytrvale, nelekaje se Zadneho nakladu. A bylo ho ninth° tkeba. Ne2 zlata se nemohl dokopati.

Sterkem a jalovkm kamenim vedla gtoia, nikde se nemihlo ani zrnecko nezasvitla Zila, ryziho kovu. Sta ,sta kop tu jig Rotlev pochoval. Penize clo S . ly, a jiz pocal delati dluhy, jen aW,`"prace nestala. Znami a pkatele ho vatovali, sraeli ho, at' radeji vaeho necha, zlata ze nenajde, za to Ze tam po(*Va., co jeste ma. NeZ Rotlev byl pfe*. deen, ze na zlato jiste uhodi. V to uminenosti nedbal rad a prodaval sviij majetek, kus po kuse, aby mel do Jilovskehi) dolu. Tak pkiSel o vsechno a neAIM; 'eim by horniktim. platil. Byl ne§t'asten, zoufalk. Ne proto, g.e pohibil sve ale '2e nemohl dale kopati. Tvrdii, opakoval, Ze ted' by co nevidet pizsli na zlato, jen kdyby je'Ste kratinkou deti)u mohli dolovati.

Odbkvali jej usmeaky, a nikdo mu neve•il. Jen jeho Zena nepochybovala o torn, co tvrdil. A lito bylo manZela. NeZ pornoci mu nemohla. Co mela, aperky a skvosty, vie mu jig pkedtim dala. Jen drab*, zlatem tkank giojir si zachovala cc Ygeho bohatstvi, a to pro pamatku mladSTch let. Bylt' ji ten zavoj zvlate nebot' ji ho daroval jeji mu g, kdyZ byia, nevestou. NeZ i s tim zavojem se rozloudila. Rotlev ho vzal a ch ydtal s nim ke kupci; jeSte vice pak pospichal se strZenkmi penezi do Jiloveho, praci obnOvit.

A jen se dali do dila, hned prvniho One, u,hodili na bohatou zilu ryziho zlata. Byla tak mocna a vydatna, ze si za kratkou dobu nahradil vSechen svuj kind, co dp dolu dal, a pak tail a tOtii,

vytelil ohromne bohastvi zlata.

Ten dul, jen' mu pkines1 Stesti, na.zval z vdeenosti "Moja". V Praze pak si vystavel na Starem meste proti sv. Havlu nakladnk dum, jeden z nejvet gich a nekkrasnejSich po cele Praze. Tki briny vedly do jeho nadvo •i, podsine mel zemi, nahoke viZky i krasne tesane arkkke. Rotlev v nem bydlil v jizbach a komordch bohate upravenkch, aZ je pak vaecky i prostorne sine postoupil Karlovu uceni. Ze zlateho dolu vze gel ten nddherny atm, sam pak se stal dolem, z neho2 taila zlato udenosti a vzdelani mnoha pokolenj. rodu domaciho i ciziho.

• • * Na podzim roku 1378 bylo ticho a smutno na Karl gtejne, slavnem hrade.

Svodite mosty se nespou gtely, kral a jeho dvotane neprijizdeli, jak v ten das 13Yvalo, na hludne hony. Komnaty kralovy zavkeny a za easnYch Soumrakti nevzplala okra jeho palace zardelou zaki.- Ti-. cho bylo na hrade, a jen podzimni, studeny vitr roznaael hlasy bedlivkch stracil ze etyk hlasek kol velike veZe, z pate pied hradni studni a ze 8este pod pala,cem kraloqm.

"Dale, od hradu dale!" ozkvalo se z nich kaZde hodiny noeni a znelo tahle a smuthe nevlidnou, sychravou noel. A kdyZ se rozednilo, kdy2 v slunedni zaki zastkvelo se kolem po lesich rude a zlate listi, nebylo veseleji.

Hlas IoveckYch rohti nezalehl do jejich ticha, smeeky psti neza gtekaly a hlahol loved nezahludel ni tvalem, ni give zbarvenou strani. Stark dub v lese, kudy se chodi z Karl gtejna k sy: Janu pod skalou, stal opugten. Nepfichazelt' dobrY kral Karel IV., aby pod jeho rozloZitou korunou na vy ystalYch, omgelYch kotenech jako na sedatku si pohovel, jak einival kaaleho roku.

Venkovane gli kolem a smuthe se ohliZeli po dubu, po "kralove lavidce", kde ho vidali, an sobe odpoeiva. Byla prazdna, a "kralovu studanku" opodal, u niZ se Karel vidycky zastavil a z se napil, zavalo 'Lute a zardele listi javoni, bun a habrit.

Smutek ael hvozdem i po Kargtejne.

Kral stonal, na Pralskem hrade legel souZen horeekou, a jiz mluvili, Ze vice nevstane. On sam to vedel a odekaval smrt• U lole megkali arcibiskup, synove kralovi, v'aecka, rodina. Kral napominal syeho dedice v &skein krdlovstvi, Vaclava, at' vladne moudke a sprayedlive, a Zehnal mu uslablou rukou.

V ton zazyudel zvon na veli svatovitske, raz, dva,, po tketi, a hned po tech hueivkch ranach ozval se umiraeek a znel Zalostive.

YgiChni kolem lole se lekli, jen kralo-

you tvaki rozlil se svit svateho klidu, a tichym, mirnyrn hlasem promluvil: "SlySite! Pan mne void. Btth budiZ s vami na veky!" V ten okarrilik chva.tal svatovitskY zvonik Zasna ku veZi. Byla zavtena, klide mel u 'sebe, a umiradek zvonil! Chvatne otev •el, hnal se po schodech vzharu. Tam ustrnul, jako ptimrazen stal a hledel.

Umiradek zvonil sam, a to chvile take vgechny ostatni, hrube zvony. Houpaly se samy od sebe a zvonily, hlaholily. Tak bylo na veli svatovitske, tak bylo na vgech velich. Ptival zvonovYch hlast zaleval vaecku zarmoucenou Prahu, a za toho trudne velelaneho hlaholu nesla, se duge dobreho, slavneho krale, otce vlasti, do yeetne slavy, "kde nebeske je dvorstvo krasne".

II. 2ITO

KOUZELNiK

Za prvnich let panovani Karlova syna bylo vaecko kralovstvi spokojeno, a dlouho o tom ala povest, ze za dna krale clava mohl kaZdY se zlatem na hlave jiti nebo jeti za kaZde doby, ye dne i v noci, i nikdo Ze ho nezastavil.

Kral dbal velmi spravedlnosti, aby se dala od bohatYch chudYm, a sam k tomu prihledal. Nejednou se pkestrojil za delnika, za chudeho temeslnika nebo za studenta, a gel mezi pekakky chleba kupovat. Byl-li chleb hodnY spravedlive vahy, zaplatil jej a ode gel. Shledal-li vgak, ze je gpatnY a male vahy, dal se poznati a pobrav v krame vgechen chleb, kazal ho dati chudYrn neb rozdati do gkol potkebnYm Zakfn. Pekafe pak ztrestal pokutou na statku nebo ho dal v ko gi zmachati ye Vltave.

Tak civil i keznikem a jinymremeslni Jednou take gel piestrojen za delnika kopat na vinici, aby i tam zhledl, jak se lidem deje. I kopal na vinici celY den a kdy2 seznal ,jaka to kru gna, a perna prate, naridil, aby meli delnici v poledne delgi odpodinek, naveeer aby mohli drive z dila.

Take v noci se rad Prahou potuloval, piestrojen, po laemach, zkou geje, majili spravedlivou miru. Ale take aby slygel, co se deje, co lid miuvi, jak smYgli. "U modre gtiky" na Starem meste bYval nejeasteji a tam i jinde ztropil i nejednou avandu se syYmi kumpany veselYmi. (Pokraeovani.) ) • ft. • ( Panu starostovi.

Chlubivag se a to podle prava, ze jsi etyki tisic megt'anii hlava.

Jenom to si pkimysleti slugi, jake musi mit tva hlava ugi.

Karel Havlidek

Ve stkedu, dne 22. prosince 1954.

VLASTA JAVORICKA:

PiU ZAPADU SLUICE ROMAN (Pokraeovani.)

To snad ani nebyly skute'ene Zeny!

Tally se po palcich a nohy zvedaly do-. cela az nad hlavu, ty jiste nernely 'tadnych kosti.

Skakaly jako gumove pruhy — jedna druhou pteskakovaly a jen to — jen. to. Ustavidne se tally, a g gla Dote hiava kolem. A potom pti gel nejakk pan v dernYch g atech a cylindru — panenko draha, vklyt' je to Jenda.

Dote vskodily slzy do odi, Ani na nej v to prvni chvili nevidela.

A sotva vstoupil, zadali tide tleskat a nebylo tomu konce. Jenda gel az ke kra. ji jevig te — srial vysokY klobouk a vgem se klanel. A nastrojene damy tleskaly jegte vice al tomu nebylo konce.

Janda potom zpival.

Pak se pane prochazel mezi temi baletkami a jeho bias se ttasl v prostoru mezi hlavami vg ech at pod stropem.

Dora plakala, ad' to bylo k smichu co zpival — ale ona mu stejne nerozumela.

A kdyg odegel, tak tide tleskali jako zblazneni a on musel znovu a znovu na jevigte.

Pak videla Dora v gecko moZne. Jednou byly nejake sledny obleeeny za kvetiny — potom zase mely na girokYch kloboucich divna pera — pak zase mely zelene suknieky a Zivittky rOZove jedna radost.

Chvilemi zpivaly, chvilemi tandily a Jenda vZdy byl mezi nimi a pokaide jinak obleden.

Take byl pariacou, ale to bylo Dote nejvice k pla,ei. Mel nabilenY oblieej a tak divne, bolestne se o gklibal, neco mluvil a zpival, ale Dora tomu nerozumeta.

Ptigel ji tak podobnY — tatovi — ten se prave tak gklebival, kdy2 si vzal neco do hlavy a take byval takovY bilY jako namazank Vapnem.

A bylo ji Jendy nevYslovne lito, protole zpival cosi smutneho, o gagkovi, ktereho boll srdce, ale publikum, Ze se chce smat — smej se pariazo, vklycky bylo ke konci verge. A tide se skuteene small a tleskali, div se nepotrhali KdyZ bylo po divadle, tak Jenda dekal u dveti kudy musela mamieka jit a yzaI ji pod paZi a povidal: "Maminko, chci to ptedstavit svym

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ctitelkam, pojd' do gatny."

A to se nemohli chodbou ani protlaeit — krasne damy na nej dekaly, oblehaly ho a chytaly za, rukavy — ta mu podavala kytieku, ta bonbonieru, ta chtela podpis a velmi gkemrala.

A jak s nimi umel Jenda hezky mluvit. ertoval a tak pane se smal a vgem podaval ruce a tlkal: "Dnes nejsem sam tohle je moje maminka — ano, ano, maminka je to, moje maminka —" A ty krasne sleeny a panicky ji take hned tiskly ruce a kikaly: "To jste gt'astna, maminko, Bole, miti takoveho sum."

V gatne byla jako ye videm. Tam bylo 8atil a gkrabogek, kloboukii a rortodivnYch Oct A kvetin. A kdovi co kytic.

Jenda povidal: "Ty jsou tvoje, mami, at' mag take new z me slavy."

A zase ji ptedstavoval panim i panum, i panu tediteli divadla, ktery tam

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A svetil mamince, .ge jig ted' bude miti svtij vez, kterym bude jezdit kudy bude chtit a Ze ptijecle easteji dome a ji, nebo tatinka sem take doveze.

"Jo — tatinka," vzdychla Dora a citila novou — ci vlastne stale stejnou, starou bolest, pro Janovo nepochopeni, KdyZ se vratili do bytu, byla v gecka unavend. Chodila na ni jig delgi das nesnesitelna, vedra a takova, slabost, te,Se sotva hYbala.

Ale byla gt'astna a nade v gim udiVena, i tu, nad tim zatizenim v byte, Ze vgu-, de tede i v noci tepid voda a ge je vgude stejne teplo, Bo ge, to byla pohova!

V noci nemohia ani spat. Meta vgeho pinou hiavu — radosti i obay.

Teprve k ranu zdtimla a probudil ji bily den.

Nad Prahou jig se pnula modre, obloha, jen pri obzoru trochu zaclonena, koutem, parami a chmurou. bylo asi A Jenda spal dlouho set hodin, kdyZ vstal. Maminka tekala bytem a s posluhavadkou se bavila, kteOna nevedela co ma mluvit a jen tI- ra ptigla "mistrovi" uklidit. kala: "No, no, mam z neho radost, je Proe mu kika "mistr" myslila si hodnej syn. To mi Pan Brill dal za v gec- ra, "valyt' piece se nevyueil Zadnerrat ko co sem praZila." temeslu. Ovgem, nechtela se na to 'ptaf: A plakala ph tom a myslila si doma V poledne pak byli v hotelu na obecle.g.t. na tatu.

Kdyby to mohl takhle take proZit a Dora se zase v gemu divila. Jake tu,bylo tomu rozumel. dobre jidlo a jak to bylo podavano.,.A kdyby nebyl hloupY,,,aby , A jegte`ptigli itva pani a prosili, aby Jendou zase mluvili takovi vaZni a p,a, zitra ptigla s "Jendou" tam a tam, ie prvy pohled vzdelani a bohati pant a, je budou fotografovat a jini zase, aby zase, kdyZ usly geli, Ze je jeho maticOu vypravovala neco o sobe, ze jsou novina.- se ji klaneli.

Odpoledne pak ji vedl Jenda na, 1,91 11 a Ze to daji do novin. niku a povidal, Ze tarn se musi se .v g .m Chudak Dora nebyla z toho v ge o ptiznat a vsecko lekatrim povedet, , jakc,), dost moudra a hledela z jednoho na druby se zpovidala.

"Musig se dat dobte vy gettit a pak Copak by mohla o sobe vypravovat? adelne lecit, aby ses mi udrZela, Ptece nemne povidat jak gtrykovala, jak je Zivot krasnY." Dora si vzdychla "je" povidala, jak byla zavtena ye svetnici jako v kleci, zatim, co milovala sluneeko a jasnY piece ji neco vrtalo hlavou.

"A Jenidku, nejse g. zkazenej tou chva. den, Ze byla od mug e stale krute podeztivana, kdyZ hi) meta dlouho, celyrn lou a slavou, kerou to zanaseji ty kra7;, srdcem rada? sny sleeny? Mag pteci syY devde, esli Kroutila hlavon a povidala: pak seg Kamilce vernej?"

Jenda se usmal a stisk1 ji loket.

"Jo — ja nic nevim."

"Maminko, v torn jsem po tatinkoVil Ale Jenda ji hiadil ruku a povidal Na ctnost drZim — jen co je pray& tern panitm: "To jste prisli. na maminku moc hlavne na tu Zenskou.

"Neco zadinat — u sveho deveete id zhurta. Kdyby vas to neobteZovalo, pozittku pith ke mne do bytu, jiste by trpet a jine kazit, to bych nedovedt.": "No, jenom abys nebyl taky nesri-yt= y am nee° povedela o svem Zivote a o mem detstvi." Panove byli hned cell sine Zarlivej, nebot' to bych Karrfile'd: neptala," povidala starostlive. "To'je St'astni a ge tedy pkijdou a odegli.

Potom koneene to vzalo take konec. nejstragnej g i metla v manZelstvi."

"Bezdevodne bych neZarlil nikdy, maJenda pomohl mamince do kabatu a zatim co je gte pino mladYch lidi obleha- mieko."

"Bezdavodne? Tatinek taky mysli, lo gatnu a vYchod z divadla, vyvedl ji ma dtivody," se smutnYm iismevem ho pod paZi yen a usadil ji do auta.

Dora se branila, 'Ze v gak mohou jiti napomenula. "A Ze je to z lasky. Ale peg ky, ale Jenda se jen smal a povidal, prava laska, ta, yeti, Jenieku."

Byli na klinice a on odevzdal rnatku on Ze z divadla take nechodi pe gky, Ze lekattIM do rukOu. se to ani neslugi.

Strana 20 "Vence se mi jedna o to, aby byla Minka kadne prohlednuta," povidal a neZne a povzbudive se usmal na Doru.

"Jen stateene, mamieko, a vSecko musis Mei!" S Dorou pak provadeli v gecko moZne, prima si ji podavali. Zkoumali ji plice a srdce, ledviny, divali se ji do krku, do ddi, do nosu — prohlizeli zuby a na vSeelvi se vyptavali, aZ se stydela. ''JakZiva ani nebyla na, vsi u doktora, natpZ tady, u takovych parni. Koneene ji take brali krev a povidali, aby se ph."mistr" pozeptat pozitiku.

TO byla Dora rada, ze je to odbyto.

Jencla pak s temi pany dlouho tik rnluvil a mel starostlivy oblidej. ' A kdy.2, Sli domil, stale ji fikal, ze se nernela tak vyzit, ze si mela piece jen trocbtr ulevovat.

Co2 o to! illevovat!

To se *lehce rekne aerie, na niZ leZelo etvrt stoleti a jeSte dale nejtetSi utrpeni a kiivdy, ale kdo ji s nimi mel pornoci .

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Brzy ulehla a nemohla dlouho usnout, konci, tak ji piece jen piepadala fizkost. potorn vSak se propadla do spani a vydrCo vlastne by tu delal Jan — je bez Zela to skoro do deviti hodin, ani sly-. ni nemoZnY a co deveata? KaZda je se Sela, kdy Jenda pfiSel z divadla. svYm ditetem na ni zavisla.

Byl vesely a povidal, ze tam byla take Jenda s ni jel opravdu domil a lined Kamila, ze Sli spolu do kavarny a proto tentYZ den to povedel sestram i otci yese zdrZel. rejne pied matkou.

KdyZ si Sli na kliniku pro rozhodnuti, "S maminkou je to vaZnY a ja se vain byl Jenda mnohein rozeilenej gi neZ ona. divim, ie ste to nevideli. Dyt' maminka Ji na tom ani tolik nezaleZelo. lkikala nema Zadnou krev." A fekl jim eislici, ze to neni nic zleho a ze _se ze v'Seho kteia, ji ubyla dervenYch krvinek, Slo vystime, jen a2 ji ta pa,desatka, mine, ale to do milionti a tatika to omraeilo. 0 Jenda se bad a stale o tom mluvil. krvinkach skoro jeSte nikdy neslySei a "Ja nevim, jak Zijete, vy lide na yen- takova suma byla nedostupna. kove, a hlavne Zeny. Zadny si vas nevSimPlak se podival na Jendu a povidal: ne, cela, rodina se na to klidne diva, jak "Hm — a kde toho tolik nabrala maminka jim pied beima dyne a ani to- co to vlastne je? Prosim te, ti doktoti toho namluveji." ho nevidi."

"I di!' minila Dora poteSend jeho staDeveata se zalekla. rostlivosti. "Snad bychme s kaZdou hlouVe meste pan starosta na abytek krviposti neSli k doktorovi? To by tak za to nek zenn'el stalo."

Dlouho stonal, stale se 10'611, aZ udelal Myslila, ze ji pani na klinice poS'iou mu a feknou Jendovi — prod sem chodi- konec. Cele mesto o torn mluvilo.

Byly tithe a zaraZene, 'Led' teprve si te, kdy ji nic neni — co vSecko ma uvedomovaly, ze maminka uZ davno je lat, jak to leeeni provadet a co jist, co "Dyt' mi nic nejni," povidala skoro yebleda jako stin a kolem oei ma zahriesele, "ze sem droSku slaba a ze me bo- Mat a co ugivat. due kruhy.

Dora se jim skoro smala. leji nohy a ze se v n_oci potim, to nic "Copak to mitZu aelat na venkove?

A KdyZ' maminka vySla ven, aby se ponejiii. VSecky ZenskY rikaji, ze to tak mall vokolo ty padesalky. To samo piej- u nas? Ja nemam, pani, na to kdy, sem divala po svem hospoddistvieku, kekl uz taky babiekou a milj je zvyklej na, vSem Septern, ze je• to s maminkou veltn, de, ako to pkiSlo." Toho dne odpoledne provadel Jenda ylastni pohodli — copak ho milZu vo to vaIne a. ze je to vithec nevyleeitelne. voSidit?" "milk to treat delSi ,eas, ale k vyleeeDoru Prahou — ale nechodili pegky.

Lekaki byli plisni a naprosto neuzna-. ni to ,neni. VSichni si to uvedomte, jak Meli auto a tu se vozili jako velci pani. by nam bylo bez maminky," a vbodl (36i Tide vSude byli a co videli. Na Hrad vali jeji diwody.

Tvrdili, si kdy musi udelat, ko- do otcovy tvare. u kolebky deske slavy, ye veleJan Slabina se zalekl a rychie zamrchramu see Vita, na Vykhrade u hrobil neene ji sania nemoc k tornu donuti a se VelkYch lidi, kteii se o tu slavu zaslouZili, kaZdY v jejim okoli musi trochu slevit a kal. "No — dyt' Zadnej za to nemftji pfidat, aby se leeila.

Ze," povidal, "ist mela co a ty prace t V ifinohYch kostelich i v museu.

Potom zavolali Jendu zpet, a poSeptali lika nebylo."

Bok, to byla krasa. Dora jen spinala mu, ze takova, zhoubna chudokreynost "To se ti zda, tatinku. VSecko ruc6,:a kroutila hlavou. na ni, Copak my, chlapi, vime o 2,en Ilblepe se ji libilo v kostelich. Tam se- je site nevyleeitelna, ale dlouho se s ni dela jako pena a po tvakich se ji koulely milk Zit, je-li pacient opatrnY a stale-li ske praci."

• • Slzy. BYvala v kostele tak malokdy — ani se leei.

"Jenom sem nemela nikam jezdi," V tornto piipade, ze jest choroba silne to ji:nebylo poptano v torn bednem zanedband a bude tieba, horliveho Mee- vzdychala Dora, kdy2 najednou se v Vote.

Z ' 'ena se v kostele potel, posili a odpo- ni a velike opatrnosti, aby se dala zatla- ta nemoc vzboutila, jako by to na hodil, "poka,d' sem si nezaeinala, nic, s eiti zpet. eine; ale ona tam nesmela..

Jenda vykl a byl bledY a velmi staro- doktory, tak to poiade Slo. Ale, jak mi Prace ji toho nedovolovala, a hlavne povedeli, co mi schazi, tak to na me dostlivY. Cestu k domovu a celY veder i Jan:" 4. lined si myslil a podeziral, ze tam jde Sti den mamince doka,zoval, ze to musi lehlo, jako mina. Nohy mam jak volov,P, brati vaZne a zahajit bedlive Went on, zada rte boleji a telo nemtrZu unkst. en za zaminkou, aby se dostala ven.

Bo Yie, co budeme delat, dyZ sem tak, ne Ted' spinala ruce v to vsi krase a v ze pojede s ni domil a fekne to otci.

"Budu yarn piiplacet," povidal, "aby moZna?" kaZdem kostele kikala Panu Bohu zvlaSt', Chudak Dora najednou byla u ;kon jak je rada, ze ji tuhle radost doptal, ze sis mohla na takou praci zjednat a tak dobieumistil jejiho Jendu aZe take dobie alt. To ovoce, jatra, maso a. leky se svou schopnosti a se svou V domacnosti pracovala jenom jak si musts kupovat, sice to ztratime, maao*tfil jeji dcery.

"Aih, dobrej Bole, dej im vic toho, co minko, a to ti musirn rici, ze by mne na mohla -- to taSi u'Z nezastala.

Prat a drhnout, coZ bYvalo jeji radosti, mite tak te2ce schazelo. Domaci mir a svete jiz nic rietenlo kdybys nam pied1Yaet do vsi pro nejakou domaci potiepokol." easne odeSla.” Dora byla dojata tolikerou laskou a bu, stloukat zeli, S'tipat drivi, nosit voVeder kl Jenda zase zpivat, ale Dora du, to uZ nemohla. nemohla s nim Byla piin g unavena, te- zaeala plakat.

Musel .sam Jan a tomu se to, holenko"CoZpak by ti nebylo snaZ? Taklec se kla ji z nosu krev a bolely ji piing nohy.

Take v zadech mela bolesti, proto ge tu poiad stardS a ph tom by sis moh za ye, piejidalo.

Byl zvyklY jenom start u vlaku a ehor spala na jine posteli net Boma a na to loZit uz vlastni rodinu. Ste vaici zavopadit po trati a co piikl do pense, ned6je kaZdY starSi Cloy& citlivY. To neni tteni, tak tu nejsem tak nutna." — Ale kdyZ si uvedomila, ze vlastne •jde lal vribee nic. jako u mladeho, kterY spi tfeba na kakteii se doneni, se ,svin. Zivotem snad k piedeasnerro, Byl jako vet gna

Ve stfedu, dne 22. prosince 1954. mnivaji, ze nemohou pracovat ani v tom nejrnentim, mimo sve povolani a kdy S_;11 do vYslutby, ze uz maji odpracovano na celY tivot. ena, chudo,k, i kdy je vYdeleene na, pracuje doma, po pracovnich hodinach jette jednou tolik anebo jette titeji.

Ted' nebylo Slabinovi pomoci. Musel Stipat dtivi a nositi vodu a v .sobotu take uklizet.

Dora se einila a tak se nutila vti silou co mohla, ale nadarmo.

Nemoc ji pternahala, ruce ji klesaly, nemela dech.

Smutne pokyvovala a "Kriste JetiSi, co si poeneme a co bude z tebe, tato, az vodejdu."

Jan Slabina byl jako poplagenY. Go? to by mohla Dora odejit?

Pti takovern pomytleni se mu alai° na nic., jak by byl sam — bez ni?

Kdyt ptitla Matenka dome, navRivit nemocnou maminku, temet se ji polekala.

Opravdu byla maminka bleda jako smrt a odi mela hordene a polekane.

"Dite moje," povidala azkostlive, "co bude s tatinkem, esli me Pan Biih povola no, yeenost? Mam takovej strach, ze umta a co si tato, poene? Maienko, moje deveeko zlata, sub mi, ze si vem8 tatinka-k sobe. Dyt' by ztistal jako kiil.

Na staikleta by byl v neeistote a hladovy.".

Mafia. se polekala, az zbledla.

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Hledela na matku nechapave a pak povidala rozhodne: "Ja si tatinka nevezmu, maminko, to ti nematu slibit. Ja ho mam site rada a vatim si ho — je to tatinek, ale, abych se na to uvazala, to ne. Tatinek je straSne divnej a jeden den nejni spokojenej.

Ja mam hodnYho mute, na kerYho si nesmim ani sloviekem stetovat, ale s tatinkem by se nesnes. To bych si udelala z domu peklo. Ale, tak ty neurnte§, mami, ty se zase uzdraviA," "Bote, dite, je mi bled& Aspoii dybys to mohla bejt a droSku me zastat, nebo ja navopravdu nematu." Dora ptesmutne vzdychala. , "No, ja sem dobehnu, jak budu moci, maminko, ale tot' vit, main svou domacnost a tady se nemiltu uvazat. Dyt' vono ti zas bude dobte."

Potom chodila Matenka matce vyprat a vytehlit a take pomohla nekdy s vatenim a nekam dobehla. Ovtem, byly dny, kdy se tu neukazala. Nemela proste kdy.

Lidutkotx to bylo jeSte horti.

Ta nebyla, blizko a mela jiz druhe dite.

Mut' byl site dobrY, ale tikala o nem, ke je puntiekat. Chtel miti ytecko v potadku a yeas. t am ji pustil, doma, ale pak kal, ze mu doma bylo neatulno a ze by ho domov nete gil, kdyby Lida easteji odjitdelar:A. deti-by se mohly zmrzaeit.

Nu, to ptece nebylo k tadani.

Pak pkijel Jenda, aby pozval rod& na svatbu a smutne se dival na matku.

Veru, vypadala stale hilt. Razne rozhodl, ae se musi zjednat dobra posluhovaeka, nebo slutka, ale ze maminka takhle nemate delat, on ze to nestrpi.

Take u spraval si na to stetoval a byl rozhoteen a rozeilen, na otce se mrzel, ze to nezatidi a sestram take trochu zazlival.

• Stetoval si take strYcihn a tu napadlo Pepikovi, kterY byl v pivovate delnikem, ze by dal jednu ze s yYch deer k Doke na vYpomoc. Jenda to ptijal s povdekein a (levee od prvniho nastoupilo.

"Tot' sem ted' pani," s povzdechem se se zasmala Dora. "Eke sem v tivote nemela slutku. Ani nevim, jak 'se to dela, dyt se porouti."

Na svatbu ovtem Slabinovi nejeli. Dora nemohla a tatik ji nemohl nechat samotnu. Ted' koneene se nebal, ze by za ni nekdo pkgel, ted' teprve mel ten pravY a zdravY strach o jeji telesnY stay.

Netet Jarka se dobte zapracovala a Dora mela po prve v tivote nejake zastani. 1VIohla rano si pkiletet a veeer chvilku Gist a kdy ji bylo zvlatte nadlo, mohla letet i ye dne.

Ve dne letet — tot' byl blahobyt, o jakern se ji v tivote nikdy ani nezdalo a nemtit strachem, jak to bude, kdy nevat: a neuklizi.

A tato, nerejpal a nehuboval.

Byl nejakY krotkY a tichY, take na Doru vlidne promlouval a take se ji ptal, jak se ji dati a jak ji vlastne to nemoc dela,.

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August Kacii TEMPLE, TEXAS

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— WEST, TE:KAS

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PREJEME RADOSTNE VANOCE A USPESNt NOVI. ROK 1955

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Povzdech.

Ztloustl Kuba jako soudek, dal mu Bah dobil galoudek; kdyby mu byl Bah dal vtip, byl by such jako gip.

— Karel Havlidek • 4. • enskST jazyk.

Mleet tienska nedovede je to proti zvyku: spig bych viii ze dovede mluvit bez jazyku.

— Karel Havlidek • a • t Beres-Ii fee jenom napolo, bude to stat dvakrat tonic prate. ) • * • (

Opis dekovneho dopisu Dekujeme timto Dru Albertu H. Broden N. D. ve Victoria a Tallettsville, Texas, za navraceni zdravi.

Muj mladgi bratr tripel bolestmi ucha a bylo mu nemnino provadeti zemedelske prate. Malo mu pomahalo ledeni raznY'ch lekatti.

Sama jsem trpela roz gitenim a hnisavjim zanetem 211 a cele note jsem nezavtela odi nasledkem velkYch bolesti. V nohach jsem mela Paldivou bolest a lekat natidil operaci. Mela jsem z ni strach.

K tomu mela jsem i skleslY ialudek a to byl dodatek k memu stradani.

Dozvedeli jsme se od mistniho obyvatele o Dru Brodenovi a rozhodli jsme se zajiti k nemu. Bylo to nagim gtestim.

Jig po prvnim ogetteni pocitili jsme znadnou ulevu. Bolesti v uchu bratra ptestaly a paleivg, bolest v myth nohach take. Maj bratr nyni spokojene pracuje a já od to doby necitim Zadne ktedovite bolesti v nohach a otok kotnikil zmizel.

Za to vge jsme jsme vdeeni Dru Brodenovi, Victoria, 908 N, Navare St., kted ptijima, v pondeli, -Cited a sttedu. V Hallettsville, ye etvrtek, patek a v sobotu az do poledne.

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SVATEDNI KONTRAKT CIPRIANA VODVOMAKY Za onoho casu bydlel v Mastne Lhote seellak jthenem Vodvomaeka, kterY byl ze vSech sedlak0 ten nejrozumnejk, ale mel ten obyeej, ze skorem za kaIdYm slovem to prislovi "zdola i shora" ukval, ario i ye psani ho upotkebil.

Jedenkrate byl od sousedova syna na svatbu pozvan a ponevadI co tludhuba znam byl, udelali ho drunou a proto musca druIba nevestu od rodiefi po2adovat. Kdyl tedy ten den pri gel, odebral se do domu nevestina, a po kratkYch kompliMentech poeal nasledovne: "Velectihodni a moudri, zdola i shoa vysocecteni tato i maim, jako take vsocectena, panno Vorklo! — Jeliko2 tuto nepritomnY velectenY zdola i shora ctnostnY "inladenec Kri gpin Cicvarek se odhodlal zidola i shora do svateho stavu manIelskeho vstoupiti a ponevadI se mu vase ctnostna VorSila, zdola i shora libi, tedy mi zdola i shoratprikazal, vam toto, zdola i shora oznamiti. Co se jeho figury, zdola i shora tYCe, jest, beztoho panne Vorkle, zdola i shora, znamY a ja, neveram, ze' by na "nem nee°, zdola i shora, vytYkati inohla. Co se jeho hospodarstvi, zdola i shora tfee, jest znamo, ze jest zdola shora jedine dite starch rodiefi - a ze jeho tata, zdola i shora, na telesnYcl-f silach ubYva a proto synovi hospoclarstvi, zdola i shora postupuje.

K vuli pretenci jest zdola i shora zahodno, jeho vAecky statky panne VorSile, zdola i shora hued pripsati; co se ale movitYch statn, zdola i shora dotYee, maji le oba zdola i shora pospolu ukvati. Kdyby ale ve stavu man2elskam, zdola i shoia, deti mell, talc maji tyto, kdyby tata drive zemrel neI mama, s ni zdola I shoPRO NEDAROVATI BAIREK NONAT? Ti, kteri obdrIeli balieek tohoto spolehliveho domaciho leku, jsou skuteene vdeeni, kdykoliv se vyskytne nutnost po dobu nastavajiciho roku, — ochrance proti extremnimu pripadu infekce.

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V it STNfK — WEST. TSXAS ra, stejnY podil miti. Kdyby ale mama drive umfela, tak se jim ma to mateino zdola i shora ve stejnY dil rozdeliti. Je-li toto zdola i shora primerene, talc prosim zdola i shora mi priznivou odpoved' dati."

KdyI se tedy tata, dcery ptal, jestli2e

by Ienicha chtela, VorSila na to "Jo" odpovedela, tak zavolali pisare, kterY pritomen byl a vSe poslouchal a tomu eastemu opakovani "zdola i shora" se smal. Tu mu napadlo, aby Ienichovi "ze zadu a ze predu" na misto zdola i shora odpovidal.

"Velecteny ze zadu a ze cnostnY Cipriane Vodvomaelco! Na to, co jsem stran KriSpina iCicvarka a jeho Iadosti ze zadu a ze predu seznal, mam nasledujici odvetiti: Tata nevesty musi Annu Vorklovu, ze zadu a ze predu, nejdriv zaopatriti. Co se jejiho vena, ze zadu a ze predu tYae, talc prislibuje Ienichovi: jeji mateino veno, ze predu a ze zadu hned prinesti z takovYho, ale ktere ze pkedu a

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Napsal to pied 50 lety FrantiSek DvoMeek, nyni to opsal GajevskY Honzieek. ) • a. • k Modlitba dneSka. Pomodli se 'C'echu, k svatemu Vojtechu, by to vzaly samostatne narody do cechu.

Necht' to krasna doba a Novy Rok piinesou Yam Niecky dobre fed pro hojnosti pinY kivot.

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