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BRATRSKt LIST A SPOLKOVY organ Vestnik ma pray e 43. narozeniny. To znamend, 2e neni ani ptilie mladY a horkokrevnk, ani ptilie stark a zapomenlivY nebo nevrlY, ale prase ye svkch nejlepeich mu2nYch letech. ‘ -tyticet, petaetyticet rokil je vOc, kdy elovek u'l me, zkuknosti.

Jenk stati novin se nemeti stejnou mirou jako stati eloveka. Noviny, a ten bratrskY spolkovY organ, se met' dle toho, jakk je obsah.

Tomas Jefferson, jeden z nejveteich clemokratickYch vfidcfi Ameriky, pronesl j ednou vYrok, 2e noviny by mely b'ti rozdeleny na etyti east; jedna Cast pro pravdu, druhe, Cast pro pravdepodobnosti, tteti Cast pro dohady a povidaely, a etvrta, Cast pro 12i. Jefferson tim chtel poukazati, k nepravda se milk dostati do novin i vzdor nejlepei kontrole.

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Vestnik je spoleenSrm majetkem veech elenil. Ka2dY mute v nem podati sve ne,hledy. Je veak tteba, aby byla jakasi s4ednocenost v podavani nahledii, aby vsechno to, co je poslano k uvetejneni, melo nejen smysl, ale noel, smer a cii.

Proto je najat redaktor, jehoZ fikolem je spojovati veechny ruzne nahledy, upravovati je, odstraniti nektere vYrazy ekoClive, dopinovati svYmi poznamkami, a take davati do kahleho eisla nee° jako patef, toti2 ptedmluvu bud' hned na prvni stranku nebo v redakenich fivahach.

WA spolkovY organ je listem rodinnkm.

Ma b'ti pro eleny mladei, pro dospele, a take pro eleny stare. Ma slou2it a vyhovovat tiem generacim, dedeekovi, otci a inatce, i vnukfxm. Jen& ka2da generace ma pile nahledy, pile po2adavky, jine nesrovnalosti. A ti starei jsou v2dycky v ptesile, v2dycky napominaji a poueuji generaci deti.

Napted to zaene—necumlej palec. Pak

u2 to jde v potadu a stale—jsi u2 dost stark, abys posbiral sve hraeky; nechod' s blativYmi boty do ptedni svetnice; tve ekolni znamky jsou pro ostudu; u2 se tahde s deveaty •a mde jeete kapku na brade; al buda starei, tak ti karu piljeim; kdy jsem byl v tvem staii, tak jsem si u2 na Utraty vydelaval; nezapominej, k to neposilame do ekol . jen pro dobre easy; s tim 2enenim nemusie tolik spechat; to je hezounke vnouee, to kdy2 ty jsi se narodil . . . A tak to pokraeuje stale v kahle rodine, jak leta ubihaji a jak veichni starneme.

Do toho kolobehu 2ivota zasahuje nag spolkovY organ ji2 pies etyticet rokfx.

Naei fitednici men tenkrat 28, 32, 35 rokii. Vestrfik rostl s nimi, o2 se stali dedeeky. Jenk ,Vestnik nemohl starnouti.

Nesmel. Ptichezela druha generace. A nesmi Vestink starnouti ani dnes, protok mame tteti generaci, ktera ma sva, prava, hlasi se k praci bez pobizeni, a jen chce, aby, mladYm elentm byla ponechana volna ruka. Je daleko lepei clati tern mladYm po2adovanou volnost, ne2 abychom je stale napominali, 2e provedou nem epatne. Zivot neni rozdelenk na Come a bile, ale je mnoho odstint Bede barvy. Mladsi generace nekdy musi volit eedY odstin. A tteba nevybere si nekdy to prove, musime ji ponechati volnost vYberu.

Spolkovr organ je zrcadlem prate v cele Jednote. Ma ukazovati, co se deje u domacich radu, v distriktech, a take v Ustkedi, kde se veechna einnost celeho spolku soustted'uje a vyvrcholuje. Organ je spoleenou paskou. Ba vice ne2 to paska spojuje veci povrchne, jako obal, kde2to organ spojuje jednotlive eleny jako pouto nebo tmel do jednoho svazu, veechny Utedniky a veechny deny.

Az dosud Vestnik slou2i1 a vyhovoval prvni a druhe generaci. Dnes mame tteti

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generaci, dorost, eleny mluvici a etouci pouze anglicky. Pro tyto eleny must byti obsah Vestniku tak.ovy, aby bdpovidal nevyeerpatelne energii mladi. Horeena zvedavost pohani mlade, kteii hledaji nova dobrodru2stvi, novY ramus, novou sensaci. MladY Olen nedokak seat hodiny ve schtzi, aby toeil palcem koleni palce. Zatim co starei elovek je spokojeny s tim, co Ili videl, slyeel a poznal, mladk elovek stale chce videt, slyeet a poznat hodne vice. A proto anglicka east Vestniku musi bYti poutern nebo tmelem naklonnosti, porozumeni, piatelstvi a vzajemneho respektn.

Anglicka east musi odpovidati po gadavkum tteti generace. A k teto funkel se citi nynejei redaktor piilis zastaralk starosvetskST. K tomuto Ukolu je tkeba osobu pod Padesat nebo jeete inladil. Se svolenim Tiskoveho vYboru a Ustkedny hledal nynejei redaktor podobnou vYpomoc jiz delei dobu bez vYsledku.

Pies etyticet rokil slou2i1 na g Vestnik tern eleniim, kteti s nim vyrbstali a na nej si zvykli. V budoucnosti musime u2iteenost nakho organu hodne rozeiriti.

Vestnik musi vyhovovati v kalde rodire veem elenam rodiny aspori do jiste miry.

Ptitom musi informovati, co se kona v domacich tadech, joke, je prate v distriktech, nebo joke jsou zpravy z di.

Minuleho roku byly zavedeny v organu rubriky pro zpravy z distriktu, o Cinnosti v domacich tadech, a take zavedeny sfoupce pro vYmenu nahledil elemi.

Dopisovatele si pomalu zpravy sve sani rozdeluji, aby zapadaly jejich ptispovky do zminenYch rubrik.

Anglicka east Vestniku je dosud popelkou, ktera, nema jeete dostateenY poeet dopisovatelii. Ku zlepeeni dojde, kdy domaci tady zvoli si pravidelne anglieke dopisovatele z tech mladeich 61enu. Doufejme, ze nekdy k tomu dojde.

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Rok 1954 jci minul. Zase rok bratrske einnosti v na gi Jednote staff se minulosti.

Spoleene jsme truchlili s truchlicimi a spoleene jsme se radovali s radujicimi.

Pracovali jsme vespolek v pravem bratrskern duehu y e prospech na gi Jednoty a ona udelala velice dobdr postup, z ktereho se v g ichni radujeme.

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Stojice na, prahu Noveho roku, my elenove na g i S.P.S.T. meli bychom brat podi "v obonvene einnosti na poli bratrske prate. Jak pohlilime do minulosti pkipo, i ' V edvlatneS a ,oznamky bud'tek adresovany, as miname si ty mnohe pdehnani, ktere Vestnik. West, Te jsme obdrZell v bratrske praci a pohled 7ftotolal5y sernfelkh' Meal se Uveieinuil bezplitne Lz. rytinu podobizny, le nutno zaslati redakci 5950 do bucloucnosti narn otVira, neobrnezenou Ve o bit-caries are printed without char ge. For cuts pkilaitost v naSi yelke . bratrske Jednote. it

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StarY svet, tekneme, ale stale se menici.

Vrat'me se pfes staleti a staleti, jak daleko zaznamy lidske sahaji, vzpomenme na dvacet Best ei dvacet osm civilisaei, velikYch spoleoenskYch pkerodt, ktere vznikly, trvaly tkeba tisic let, a zanikly, aby na troskach jejich vyvstaly nove civilisace, a °pet nove. Nebo pkedstavrne si dal g i pokoleni vekil budoucich, pr vnuky na g ich pravnuku, nove civilisa.cc:stareho sveta, stale se meniciho. A novy rok je pouze symborem, easovou znadkou eloveka mezi dverna kmity veenosti, znaekou zmeny. elovek chce metiti zmeny, protole nezii elovek, kterY by , nepadlehal zrnenam. NovY rok je pkipomenutim, Ze kaZdY dal gi den pkinese name nove zmeny, Ze eas neni hodnota, ktera se da uldit nebo zamknout. Vitaminy veerej g y YZivy zitkta. 0 pfigtich-kanepostaein dnech .vime jen tolik, Ze kaZdfr pkinese nejakou jinou menu, jive problemY, i i g ky, moZna jine vi--nestaroi,jnezkou terstvi. NovY rok lezi pied nami. St'astny rok,Pkivitejme ho radostne, protole lidskY vek se meki spi g e v torn, .co citime, spi ge v nadeji a duveke neZ v slicich •na kalendaki. St'astnY ,nova,: rok 1955.

Rozdelovani cash je snad nejstar g i lidskou vymdenosti. Ve stkedaveku v g echny kfest'anske zerne zaeinaly novy rok na 25. bkezna. V g estnactem' stoleti mnohe zeme zaealy novy rok rip. 1. ledna. V Americe piijali zpilsob poeitani noveho lety. roku teprve pied dvema sty. sky novy rok zaeina, v'Zdy na podzim. 0 nevem roku • ikame, Ze obracime eistY list v knize , Zivota, nebo ze smaZerne stare chyby a zaeneme znovu. Na konci stareho roku a zaeatkem noveho chceme pohkbiti na g e nezdary, a zaeiti s novYmi umysly.

Jsrne tedy na rozhrani Zasu, kdy doAla na g e trpelivost nad vlastnin-ii nezdary, a kdy pkichazi nova nadele. V tornto lep g im rozpoldeni mysli mohli bychom si pkipomenouti nektere sliby a resoluce pro lep g i vzajemne trochu vice trpelivosti s temi, kteki se nam zdaji pomalYmi; trochu mene domY g livosti, ze vime o drobatko vice ne2 nekdo jinY; trochu vice poeitani y e vlastni mysli, zdaji na g vlastni odhad sebe sameho neni nadmiru vysokY; trochu pohotovosti zamhouiiti obe oei nad chybami jinYch; trochu pkipravenosti a zruenosti podekovati jinYm a dati uznani take za

Ve steda, dne 5. ledna 1955. mengi praci druhYm; trochu vice bratrske nomoci; a trochu odvahy k vykonani -sti, kdykoliv vnittni hlas nem to .,aseptave.. My, lide, mame chapati, to katdY z nas je povinen netiti jen pro sebe, ale take pro jine; te neni cilem tivota jen vlastni Stesti, ale abychom ku Stesti, pornahali take jinYm. Star* rok 1954 je jii ukoneen a path' mezi dejiny, ale nezaeali bychom ten novST rok 1955 sprevne, kdybychom na ten stars docela zapomneli. Stars' rok nede. se odhodit jako stare, ko gile. Je ye vzpomin.kach na stars' rok kus n•geho cele. tada zku genosti, na nicht hodne visi nage budoucnost. Ve spolkovem tivote mateme stall/ rok, katclou dobu dvanacti rnesica povatovati za stuperi k dalgim einem a Uspechem. 'Mime se chybami a take ueime se aspechy. Na aspechu ✓ roku starern stavime pokusy o aspechy ✓ roce novem. Pokrok nezadr2itelne kradi vpted. Pokrok je v'voj a postup k lepLimu. Lee pokrok je zaroveri take souteti--abychom drteli krok s druhYmi, abychorn newastali ptili g pozadu.

• Nage bratrska soutei v roce 1954 mela by byti pro nas v novem roce vzpruhou a 'ootteenim. Byl to aspech, kterY je pro -as poueenim. Dva tisice novYch elena a a a pal milionu noveho poji gteni byla • ,se meta, nad kterou jsme v zaeatku edtivetive kroutili hla,vou a pokreovali ameny. Mnozi se domnivali, to to stale ✓ybizeni k agitaeni praci spi ge ugkodi net prospeje. Nebo mysleli, to toho burcovani bude pkesptilig. Lee neni to zbyteenosti, kdyt se pine o dobre praci. Je to spige nutnosti, aby dobra myglenka byla stale pied ()alma &exit, aby byla stale propagovena, aby neupadla v zapomenuti. Redaktor je vdeenY v gem tern, kdo rnyglenku 'soutete propagovali, kdo venovali eas pro agitadni schaze, kdo ziskavali Pro novY rok 1955 mime nove plany a dalM nadeje. To bude oznameno hued po schazi na gi usttedny, kteratto schaze bude konana druhe pondeli v lednu.

Muslim ptiznati a nesmime zapirati, to loriskY aspech byl docilen spoleenou praci vedoucich atednika, distriktnich ittednikil a domacich organisatora. pateho distriktu, bratr 8krabanek, spravne a svedomite pochopil, to aspech ✓ roce 1954 byl docilen spoleenou snalieu. KatclY organisator v distriktu patem dotal od bratra Skrabanka velmi Pllehave, podekovani za aspe gnou agitact a spoleene bratrske zajmy. K dopisu byl p •ipojen vhodnY darek katdernu organisatoru--pinici pero. Organisatoki ✓ patem distriktu jiste byli piekvapeni derkem l a ocenenim jejich sluteb, a jiste aby v novem roce nezastali ' D'spegne vedeni a aspe gna agitaii pfehlednouti nebo podceriovaadnaho jednotlivce. Spolkova agitace

VESTNiK WEST, TEXAS je prate spoleena, od ttch nejvy ggich at k tern zapacIlYm domacim pracovnikam.

Tetko by bylo generalu vyhrati bitvu, kdyt by mu obyeejni yojaci selhali. Ve spolkovem tivote tvotirne jeden spoleenY tetez, kterY nemute bYti nikdy silnejLi net je ten nejslab gi elanek v nem. Je pouze na nas, aby tech slabYch mezi nami nebylo. A na ge distriktni schtize posilovaly a ututovaly nas, abychom povzbudili se, abychom naderpali abychom v silne yzajemne vete pracovali spoleene pro dobro SPJST. Ve vsech distriktnich schilzieh v roce 1954 nagli jsme jednu vec spoleenou a nam milou Nagli jsme zidgenY zajem nagich mladgich elent, ba dokonce zejem deti. V katcle distriktni schazi byly mile, libive programy mladete. Ve ttech distriktech byly dokonce vypsany literarni ceny pro nejlep gi elanky a &ally o nagi SPJST. Sama Hlavni atadovna ptispela sedmi cenami pro ditky v soutati pro vgegch sedm distriktu. M dosud byly ceny odevzdany pro viteze v distriktu tketim, patem a sedmem.

Tohoto zajmu deti men bychom vyuittkovati v roce 1955 je gte ye vetgi mite. Pottebujeme trochu vice slavnostniho razu pri uvadeni novYch elena. Potkebujeme k tomu uvadeci dety 4estasajicich z mladYch bratrii a sester, z na geho dorostu.

Ziskali jsme kolem dyou tisic novYch Clem, ale melt jsme pama,tovati slavnostni uvedeni techto novYch. 'aerie.. To bychom tit mohli mluviti o skuteene spolupraci mezi mistnimi organisatory, mistnimi Utedniky a mistnimi uvadecimi tami. To ut by bylo neco slavnostniho, kdy uvadeci day by svou pkitomnosti dodaly ptijimani novYch elena nemaleho lesku, ba pkispely by k tomu, to katdY novY elen by met hodne radostnej gi pacit a dojem, to vstupuje do bratrskeho ovzdtigi. Zavedeni uvadecich det aspon u tech velikYch tada melo by bYti na gi snahou v roce 1955.

V techto dnech vzpominam.e odchodu dvou poctivYch pracovnika v na gi SPJST. BYvalY redaktor Moudka ode gel dne 6. ledna 1951. Zemtel ye svern domove ye West po nemoci, ktere. ho drtela v ku pies pal roku. Sloutil jako redaktor Vestniku pinYch osmnact let. A pked rokem, due 9. ledna 1953, ode gel nahle 13YvalY mistoptedseda SPJST, bratr Frank 8vadleriak, jako °bet' automobiloveho neStesti. Ve 8va vi ztratila na ge Jednota nadmiru neci ,.Cho atednika, kterY nejednou sum ididnYnn vysvetlenim utisil rozvitene my glenky a prudka slova debaty. Skoda, pte gkoda, to ode gel Piave v dobe, kdy jeho schopnosti bylo tteba nejvice. Vzpomina,me zaeatkem noveho roku na oba zesnule spolkove bratry.

S novYm rokem pkijde iada neoeeki vanYch chvil, nekterYch radostnYch, jinYch hodne smutnYch. Teeko iici, kterYch

Straw, 3 bude, vice. Led v gichni doufame, *te i to neptijemne a nedekane tt'astne pfetijeme. Jen kdybychom si vice rozumeli. Jen kdybychom se melt radi. A miti se rad', to neznamena, ze musime mitt stejne tory. To znamena pomahati druh druhovi, jeden druhemu za vgech okolnosti. To znamena pochopiti a porozumeti, a take odpustiti, kdy nekdo provede vec jinak net jsme si to sami ptedstavovali.

Miti se radii Jak by to bylo krasne, jak by to bylo velkomyslne, jak by to bylo pro nas v gechny dobre, kdybychom jeden druhernu vygli vstkic s uptimnYm amyslem, to si porozumime.

Konec stareho roku nebo zaeatek noveho roku je doba, kdy katclY rozumnY hospodat dela prohlidku svYch zanedban'ch veci a dava si je do potadku. Pro name eleny je tteba (lit do pokidku dve listiny—elenskY certifikat a posledni yule. Obe listing jsou didetite a mely by bkti vypineny ptesne die pkani jednotlivce.

MnohY nag Oen ani nevi, kde jeho certifikat prave Teti. Je to smlouva mezi nem a Jednotou, na nit* je napsano, komu odkaz ma b't vyplacen. Ve stanovach stoji, to Glen mute odkaz zmeniti kdykoliv si pkeje. Ve stanovach ter stoji, odkaz mate bYti ueinen :sve pozastalosti". Je vgak nekolik daviida, prod certifikat by nernel bYti vystaven "pozastalosti" (anglicky "to the estate"). Jsou s tim zbyteane vYdaje, nebot' pozastalost je vytizovana probatnim soudem. Certifikat je vtdy motno vyplatiti .ptimo dedicum. Druhe, daletita listina je posledni vole. Kolik nagich elent ma svou posledni Wilt? Jsou svedci, kteki ji podepsali, dosud na tivu nebo v blizkem okoli? Jsou podminky nebo okolnogti tytet, joke byly tenkrat, kdy posledni vide byla sestavena? DobrY hospodel porovnava tyto osobni veci aspori jednou za nekolik roku.

Az budete miti ptiki schazi, promluvte si o techto ver Th vetejne. NeostYchejte se pteptati n, whotoveni posledni vale druh'ch elena. Mame si yzajemne poradit. A matete zo,roveri pote,dati natere spolkove bratry, aby byli svedky na vagi posledni yell. Co je v ni napsano, to nemuseji znati, jen kdyt jsou svedky vageho podpisu. Pro vyhotoveni posledni vole obrat'te se na spolehliveho advokata.

A je jeg te jinx dideiita vec, ktera by mela bYti probran.a a zne,ma v rodinnem kruhu. To je otazka pohtbu a vYloh s tint spojenYch. Obyeejne elovek nerad mluvi o podobnYch vecech ani v soukromi mezi etytmi stena,mi. Je v gak daleko rozumnej gi, kdy se o pkedmetu zavede rozhovor net kdy se v gechno ponecha nahode. Bylo by daleko rozumnej gi, kdy by mut zagel za pohrobnikem a sam vge ptedem vyjednal, tieba nekolik rokti dopkedu, net aby nahle zdrcena rodina mela o vgent rozhodovati. MnohY Clo y& rad

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by zanechal po sobe povest starostliveho a na yee pamatujiciho otce, ale o svern odchodu nechce se ZadnYm mluvit, ani s aclvokatem o posledni vuli, ani s pohrobnikern o yypraveni pohrbu. A peeco je to vec, ktera eeka na kaMeho, vec, ktera p eraA bYti ponechana k vyfizeni nekeme jinerau, east° merle zkueenemu.

Ve Vestnihn zaene vychazeti novk • Reclaktor chce k nemu uelniti poznamky. Predne, yetecina naeich stareich elena preje si eetbu toho druhu, necc lehciho, poutaveho. Jsou nekte•i • kteti otc ytene reknou, Ze oni ve Vestniku etou veechno, jen roman nikoliv. jsmi fide, kteili by neeli na operu i kdyzaplatili. Kdo neete povidky a romany, ten take mohl by dobre zit bez divadel a radiovYch programa. Redaktor by bez lehei eletby nemohl tit. To racleji nebude riarit eas etenim dennich novin, jen aby mel eas na jednu povidku tydne, obyeejne jednim tahern asi dye hodiny kolem palnoci. Pred rokem citil se redaktor spokojenY, ze mohl paskytnouti etenatam klasicke dilo Ocl to doby hledal nem klasickeho, • ale marne. Objednaval, vybiral, 'Ceti, ale stale nebyl spokojen. AZ koneene vzpornnel si na mohutnY selskY roman. velkeho polskeho spisovatele, kterY ptines1 autorn Nobelovu cenu, asi $35,000 odmeny, a svetove jmeno. Reymontovi "Sedlaci" nastoupili v pilekladech viteznou cestu Za hranice a Reymont stal se dedicem svetove slavy Sienkiewiczovy. V romanu "Sedlaci" 1161 Reymont realisticky tyrde pomery na vesnici jeete v dol.* kdy socialni rozeetvavaly obyvatelstvo a hnaly je do mravni zkaty, nad niz yeak piece zvitezilo zdrave jadro venkova. Jako Alois Mretik napsal "Rok na vsi", takta i Reymont predvadi • v Lipcich, v polske vesnici, v ramci jednoho roku, zaeinajici kopanim brambor na podzim a koneici pfletiho roku o Snich. V romanu je mnoZstvi postav a jejich osudt. Mnohe z nich zastanou etenaram Vestniku nezapomenutelnYmi. Nektera lidova., vesnicka slova budete muset spisovateli prominout. Podal a vykreslil postavy, ktere navady zastanou vaeinai znanVmi.

WEST, TEXAS

is ze &chide Tiskoveho rfrboru Pravidelna schaze Tiskoveho vYboru byla konana 2. ledna 1955 v Temple, Texas, v kancelati Hlavni atadovny.

Schilize byla zahajena bratrem predsedou Jos. Horriakem v 9:15 rano za pHtomnosti veech elenti yYboru, bratra redaktora a vydavatele Vestniku.

Ti Bratr Jos. ornak 26.da ptitomne eleny, aby povstanim uctili pamatku naeich dvou pilednich atednika, toti2 mistoptedsedy Franka Svadlenaka a bratra C. H. Chernoskeho,bSwaleho dlottholeteho sedy Hlavni fitadovny, kteti nam odeeli v minulern roce.

Oten protokol z minule schaze a pilijat jak aten.

Oten dopis od bratra Hoeka, tajemnika tiletiho distriktu, v kterem se pochvalne zmilmje vedeni naeeho organu, take o soueinnosti Tiskoveho vYborti. Za tuto pozornost TiskovY vYbor a bratr redaktor srdeene dekuji. ten dopis od bratra John State z Corpus Christi, v kterem podava sedm boda k zlepeeni naeeho organu. Tiskoilr Ar bor uznava, yeech sedm boda jsou cenne, jen2 Tiskov3l vYbor se jit po leta aby tyto nahledy a pokyny byly uskutea-

Zprava redaktora,, t3"Tkajici se soutHe dopisovatela do naeeho Vestniku, byla prozkoumana a vYsledek je jak nasleduje: Prvni cena, L. 0. Ho§ek — $25.00 Draha cena, Wilma Nesuda — $20.00 Tteti cena, Pokrok Houstonu 88 — $20.00 etvrta. cena, Svaz 6echoslovanti 92 $15.00 PPatticena, Distrikt tteti $15.0 0 Sesta cena, Distrikt sedinY — $10 .00 Tiskov3"7 vS7bor \teem vitezfim s di ky zaslid odeny jak naznaeeno a hr a2eno rn bratrem redaktorem. Tiskov3i vYbo r gratuluje a doufa., ze i naddle eleni dle motnosti ptispeji k obohaceni naeeho Vestniku.

Po krateim ozhovoru jednohlasne usneseno doporu,%ti, aby obnos yy psanY a yyplacenY bratrem redaktorem by l hraZen Hlavni atadovnou. ) • .14 • ( otena resolute od ildu Anton eermak nekterk narod vzdelanejel, tan 'Oslo 56 z Corpus Christi, posland Tiskoje u neho veal raznost nazora.Kolik lidi, vemu vYboru, tYkajici se rozhodnut i Tistolik nazortl. To je bohatstvi a zaroveri koveho vYborti. .s,labost clemokra.cii. Je spravne valce se Pri projednavani zale'Zitosti mezi bravyhpout proto, Ze ji zavrhujeme, je veak trem tajemnikem a teditelkou mlade'Ze vyhnout se ji prbto, tie se ji prieel TiskovY vYbor k nahledu a koneeDuff Cooper. nernu asudku, '2e se jedna o eiste osobni • vec. Tiskov3.7 vYbor nabidl se vec obouK0,.(1,:r abstinent si maluje budoucnost stranne vyeetrit. Nabidka Tiskoveho vYvodov,Ymi barvami. — Co je to to autar- boru byla Hlavni ata.dovnou ptijata. kie? To je, na prikiad, kdyby v Italii si Kdy't ale Hlavni atadovna podnikla dosvetry z makarona. — Nejlinejei je cela opaone kroky, TiskovY vYbor citi se, svedomi: maJokdy se v nokom hne.

Ze nemide vice bYti vykonano v teto

a

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osobni zalditosti.

Usneseno a odhlasovano zaslati Ma y -atdovnestkHilherovsluci nasledujiciho zneni: RESOLUCE ze schaze Tiskoveho vSrborti Temple, Texas, 2. ledna 1955.

Bratram atednikam a teditelam Hlavni Utadovny SPJST: Tiskovy vYbor dovoluje si poslati tento ptipis bratriun Hlavni ail adovny ye sna.ze a s pfanim, aby na g spolkovY Organ na.dale smetoval take ku praci a povzbuzeni naigeho dorostu a rnladeiho elenstva.

V poslednim 52. eisle minuleho roeniku ze dne 29. prosince 1954 je trferejnena resignace sestry Birdie Hilshettwe oznamujici, ze poeinaje 1. lednem 1955, zminend sestra, preje si b3iti zbavena svSich povinnosti jako teditelka rnla.deZe v nag SPJST. Sestra Hilsherova vykonala v poslednich dvou letech idasne velik3.7 kus prdce mezi detrni a dorostem. Jeji progtamy daly podnet k neasti mladYch Menu ye veech eilejeich radech a take ye veech distriktnich schazich. Jeji pravidelna, strana ye Vestniku pod ohlavenim OUR YOUTH MOVEMENT byla etena veerni smistnimi teditelkami mladae a yeerni uptimnYmi eleny.

Proto TiskovS7 vSrbor apeluje na Vas, bratti atednici a teditele, abyste se neukvapovali, ale pine uvalli, co tim nage SPJST strati, kdyt resignaci sestry Hilsherove prijmete. Jestli to bude mano, proberte a prodiskutujte nesnaze sestry Hilsherove. Hledejte nova testy a dalei prostredky, jak byste mohli schopnosti sestry Hilsherove naddle pro praci v Jednote vyu2itkovati.

A kdyt by pfekUky nebo chAvody jeji zdaly se bYti neptekonatelne, pcdadejte ji, aby aspoil naclale ptispivala do naeeho organu sv3-7rni elanky a avahami o hnuti rriladeZe. Najdete nejakY zrrasob, by ye Vestniku mela nadale svou rubriku OUR YOUTH MOVEMENT. 0 tuto spolupraci Vas, bratil. Hlavni atadovny, ye vei acte Mda, TiskovS7 “7bor Jos. Horriak predseda Prances Olexa Antoine Horak.

Bratr redaktor podava svou zpravu astne a vysvetluje nasledujici body: 1. "'Mast dopisovatelti byla velmi poteeujici. Dekuje Tiskovemu vYboru za jeho spolupraci pri ureeni vitezu v souteE 2. Ditkam za pohadky bylo poslano 12 odinen.

3. VS7pomoc pro redaktora neni dosud vyt.eS'ena. Zadatkem roku, kdyS redaktor pkibral si na starost organisaeni praci,

Ve stredu, dne 5. ledna 1955.

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zjednal si eastednou yYpornoc, ktere platil $25 mesiene. Pozdeji pribral si yYpomoc pro anglickou east, ktere platil $50 mesiene, a take vYpomoc pro ceskou stat' ZPRAVY Z TitETiHO DISTRIKTU s nahradou $25 tYdne. Rad by v g ak doS. P. J. S. T. stal yYpomoc takovou, ktera by rnohla Grapevine, Texas.

• zasta.vati praci v ee gtine i v anglietine.

Sestry a bratii: Tato zalelitost musi bYti vyre gena ve Tak jiz jsme v torn novem roce a zajischtizi Hlavni irradovny ye schtlzi v lednu. ste ze nutno vzpomenouti v gech tech 4. Redaktor chce zavesti sainostatne dobrYch (?) resoluci, ktere einime na rubriky pro zpravy v gech hlavnich fired - NovY rok. Vetginou povstanou z dobre coZ musi bYti projednano v ledno- snahy nagi, polepgiti se a stali se prospegnej gim svemu okoli. ye schtzi.

Jest tato snaha chvalitebna, jenie tak 5. Redaktor bude uvefejriovati vice rychle zapominame dobreho -amyslu sveMann o bratrskem poji gt'ovani a o vY- ho a do starch svYch koleji se navracihodach Zivotni ochrany vabec. me. Domnivam se, Ze pak-li bychom v gi6. V novem rooniku budou zahajeny chni mohli alespon mesic setrvati pri naclanky o zdravovede, spravne Zivotospra.- gich novoroenich resolucich, ze bychom: "kaZdY Vestnik zapinili s yYmi dopisy", ye a pokyny pro udrZeni a zlepgeni zdra"ziskali KAZDt alespon jednoho novevotni Urovne Mena a Otenart. ho Mena pro na gi Jednotu v roce 1955," Ve zprave yydavatelt poukazuje bratr "zapinili nage spolkove sine do posledJos. Holasek na okolnost, ze redaktor i niho misteeka pri kaZde schtzi," vydavatele stale hledi zlep govati aroveri "nikdy se nehaterili k Will vecem maVestniku po strance tiskove i obsahove. lichernYm, byli obetavej gi kde toho treNerna Zadne polada yky stran zvYgeni ba, podporovali dobre snaZeni presto, ze cen, vzdor tomu,ze po gtovni sazba byla nepovstalo z nagi. hlavy", dvakrat v minulem roce zvY gena. Dekuje, "meli ohledy a porozumeni k tern nabratru redaktoru, take Tiskovemu vYbo- gim mladgirn eleninn a actu k tern starru, za spolupraci, ktere si velice vaZi. grin nagim Nechci, abyste se domniva.li, ze sam z Br. pfeds. Jos. Hornak dekuje sestram tohoto kazariieka se vyjimam. Jsem si Tiskoveho vYboru za spolupraci, bratru redaktoru za vedeni Vestniku, bratriim toho vedom, ze jsem east() ten pochybil, vydavatel-am za vzorne vydavani organu. avgak zkougeli jsme neco nOveho, neTeZ.dekuje bratru profesoru Miekovi za zvykleho a zdalo se ml east°, ze by mohvedeni nagi Detske besilky, ktera je v na- lo se jeviti lep gi pochopeni. V to snaze gem Vestniku pravidelne, v gem nagim prospeti veci, zrychliti tempo naprav, dopisovateltm a ditkam za prispivani s pakli jsem se yam pohodlnej gim zdal ravecnYmi elanky, a jmenem Tiskoveho vy- dikalnim, hled'te alespori nyni se mnou born tlumoei vgem elentm uprimne pra- spoleene najiti lep gi testy, jak budovati nag i Jednotu, pod jejit" ochranu jsme se ni Novell° roku. uchYlili, pro pokoleni pri gti. pro ditky a Misto a eas pri gti schtze Tiskoveho vsr- vnuky nage. boru bude ureeno dle okolnosti.

Sjezd posledni ani netu gil, jake dobro mohou nage distrikty v mezidobi sjezdt Jos. Horriak, pfedseda pro Jednotu pri zdarnem vedeni vykoAntonie Horak nati. Toto vedeni intZete, ba men byste Frances Olexa, taj.

Vykenavati vy fslehni sestry a bratri, te) • 0, • dy vase navgteva distriktnich schilzi jest Dovidame se, ze evropske atlasy se na- smerodatna, dillelita, vase poradni hias, prigte budou vydavat ve forme -atrZko- projev radu vageho, opravy, namely met• Ych blokt, podobne jako rnirove smlou- ly by smerovati k dobru Jednoty, k praci vy. — Kansas City Star. aspegne, svedomite a ()Wave. * * Vgem tern, kteri jen kritisuji, ale sami Moralka naroda je jako zuby: eim jsou prstem nepohnou, mohu jen poukaza.ti A r kalenej gi, tim citlivej gi na dotyk. — na vYsledky na geho spoleeneho snaZeni v Bernard Shaw. roce 1954. Dle zpravy od na geho bratra • 4. hlavniho predsedy Marka, na g treti disPolitika bYvala hrou v gachy. Dnes je trikt ziskal do 1. prosince 405 novych elep •ipadem, kdo rychleji vystreli z revol- nit pojigtenYch na $453,000.00, tedy temer veru v opaku. — Biskup z Chelmsdorfu. pill milionu. Vim, Ze na gi snaZivi organisatori ani v prosinci neodpoeivali, tedy Svet hleda, lidi, kteri dovedou neco eislice zde uvedene se jiste zvY gi. KaZdY udelat, ne lidi, kteri umeji jen vysvetlo- z nas mel by uznati, ze vdeeime nagim vat, proe neco neudelali. — Book of Good organisatortim za prieineni jejich.

Cheer.

Podpora dopisovatela byla v stavu udr-

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ZPRAVY A 011LASY Z BISTRL.qTe Zeti zajem na gich radt po celY minulY rok, a bude rnYm pote genim oznamiti yam vgem prigte, jak si v tomto zavodu stojime. — Pamatujte tedy v novem roce, ze na gim nejvetgim gkildcem mute bYti lhostejnost v Zivote verejnem i spolkovem. — "Ach, ono se to i beze mne skonei, vg ak oni to aj beze mne spravi."

Takove rnyglenky rdousi ucinlivost a nadgeni vgech tech, kteri se snaZi svoji pohotovosti starati se o sporadanY chod radoveho nvota a tim potaZmo i eele Jednoty nagi.

Zdali pak si tato dobfe minena, slova zaparnatujete?

S pozdravem a pranim zdaru % am vgem v 1955.

Ludva 0. Hogek, tajemnik distriktu. o • ATOM jest kecke jmeno a znamena PRVEK. --A co jest to prvek?

Prvek jest to nejmen gi eastka vgehomira, na kterou intrZentie nejakY piedmet — hmotu — rozdelit. Ale od zaeatku tohoto stoleti mluvi o prvku fysikove z jineho stanoviska a chemikove zase ze sveho.

My se prozatim pridrZime fysikii. Pro fysika jest nazor tento: Dostihneme-li neustalynt delenim nejake hmoty koneene, easteeek dal giho deleni uz neschopnYch, nastane otazka, jejiZto rozlugteni se zda, pied nami prchati.

Chemikove v gak tvrdi, Ze atom nerd nej poslednej gi easteekou stejnorode hmoty, raYbr2 ze je to molekule.

Dochazi tedy east° u neodbornikt k mateni pojmil a proto jest zahodno vysvetliti obyeejnerriu smrteiniku to, ze: . te'penim hmoty fysickYm (nolem, kladivem atd.), prildeme k to nejmen gi eastiece — atomu.

Stepenim chenrickYm dostaneme — molekulu. 0 teto si povirne neco prigte.

Pro dne gek si zatim rekneme, jedna molekule siry, sklada, se jenom ze thou atomu siry, avgak jedna molekule rumelky (cinobru), sklada, se z atomu siry a rtuti, jedna molekule cukru, z atomu uhliku, kysliku a vodiku.

Die toho jest tedy jedna molekule nejmengi mnoZstvi prvku nebo sloueeniny, ktera mute existovati ye volnem stavu, kcleZto atom (prvek) sam jest nejmengi mnoZstvi prvku schopneho existovati uvnitt sloueeniny.

• es.• Nema-li elovek starosti, degeneruje na stay kukly. Dejte mu starosti, a jeho mozek bude stale tinny a sveli. — George Robey.

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Z CINNOSTI DOMACICH itADC Rad Rvezda Miru eislo 33.

Bleiblerville, Texas.

Mili bratil a sestry: Chci napsat tern, kteti nebyli 12, prosince ye vYrodni schtizi, jak na g tad pokraduje.

Protokol pigi eesky. Ve schfizi ho lakeetu desky, a na g ptedseda Frank V. Stepan umi eesky Gist. Jestli jsou ye schfizi eleni; kteti by desky nerozumeli, ptelo21 to anglicky.

Odpoledne jsme volili fitedniky a vSrbory. Nejdi•iv byl zvolen ptedseda. Vgichni co byli ye schfizi, byli pro stareho ptedsedu. Abych nezabiral moc mista ve Vestniku, byli vgichni zvoleni stab 'Citednici tadovi a sice: Frank V. Stepan, ptedseda; mistoptedseda, Willie Schovajsa; tajemnik, Vincenc Chaloupka; fidetni, Herbert F. Schramm; pokladnik, Ben Schovajsa; prfivoddi, Willie &igen. teetni vSrbor ztistal start. — John A. Stepan a Edgar E. Ashorn.

Resoludni vYbor start. — Tillie Zettel, Nettie Bell Stepan, Vincenc Chaloupka.

Nemocenskk vS7bor mu2skY. — Frank V. Stepan, Elmo ChernoskY a Willie Schovajsa.

NemocenskSr vYbor 2enskr. — Anna Sugen, Marie JanovskY a Olga Fick.

MajetkovST vStor. — Willie Schovajsa, tajemnik, Clarence W. Ashorn, nik.

Zabavni vStbor. — Ben Schovajsa, John 8ugen, Clarence' Ashorn. ' Clara 8uen zvolena na zabavni a dis triktni schtze mlade2e.

Schfize naSeho tadu budou I/My druhou nedeli v mesici ye 2. hodiny odpoledne.

Vincenc Chaloupka, tajemnik. )• a • t Rad Karel Jonag Cislo 28.

East Bernard, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratti: Oznamuji varn, 2e nage ptigti schtize bude konana 9. ledna 1955, o dvou hodinach odpoledne. Jste gadani, abyste se teto schtize zucastnili v co nejvetgim poetu. Budou nastoleni novi utednici, a tak mate dobrou ptilelitost poznat tyto nove iitedniky. Zde yam uvedu nasledujici fitedniky, kteti byli zvoleni v minule radove schilzi.

Ptedseda, Stanley Barto g; mistoptedseda, John GajevskY; tajemnice; Carrie Bohadik; fidetni, F. V. Urbish; pokladnik, Anton Kelner, Jr; knihovnik, Carrie Bohaeik. fIdetni vYbor. — Louis Janik, Anton Kelner, Jr; Albert Lupik. fteditelskS7 vStbor.— Louis Janik, Anton Kelner, Jr., Emil Polagek.

Stigni vStor. — John Zatika, Charles Keprta, Sr., J. F. Novosad.

Resoludni vYbor. — Annie Duckett, Annie Fojtik, Rosie Mika.

Lekati. — Dr. J. a Schumann, Dr. B. Hall.

Zastupci do distriktnich schazi. — F. V. Urbish, Stanley Bartog.

Dopisovatele. — Do anglicke easti Annie Fojtik; do Ceske Stanley Bartosh.

Jednatele. — Stanley Barto g, F. V. Urbish, Carrie Bohadik.

Po ukoneeni teto minule vSrroeni schfize byla podana chutna svaeina, a tak chci jmenem tadu Karel Jona g srdedne podekovat v gern sestfidkam a zvlagt' ditelskemu vYboru, 2e se tak o svaeinu postarali; tak je gte jednou mnoho Take vgem sestram a bratrtim a cele nagi Jecinote a Vain bratte redaktore pteji St'astnST a veselY Nov3) rok. A tak vy vgichni od tadu Karel Jona g, na shledanou v ptigti schfizi se 'OM vas dopisovatel.

S pozdravem na vgechny.

Stanley Bartog.

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Rad ee g ti Bratti eislo 44.

Industry, Texas.

Cteni bratti a sestry: Tirrito yam 'sgem chci zdeliti, 2e vagi fitednici ztistali zase ti sami pro ptigti rok a sice: Joe F. Coufal, ptedseda; Miroslav Petrusek, tajemnik; Otto Marek, Udetnik; John Marek st., pokladnik.

Schtize se budou i nadale konati dou druh6u nedeli v mesici v devet hodin rano S pkanim yam vgem po2ehnaneho Noveho roku. Zitstaxam vas, s fictou Miroslav Petrusek, tajemnik. ) • 4. • 4 Rad Anton J. t ermak eislo 56.

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Ctena redakce, sestry a bratti: Kdy2 ty vkrodni schfize ma.me za sebou, 'tak chci zde podat oznameni tem, ktefi ye schtizich nebyli, kdo jsou jejich 'Cited/11cl pro rok 1955.

Rad Anton 6ermak Oslo 56 znovu zvolil br. Alberta Regmunda, kterY slou2i1 jen jeden rok. Tim 2e tad v rode 1954 nemel mistoptedsedu, tak pro tento rok jsme si zvolili za misto ptedsedu br. Rud. Severa.

Sestra Betty Juticove„, ktera zastavala utad tajemnice po 4 roky, byla znovu zvolena, incest° 2e by se bYvala chtela uvolnit .od prate a ptenechat ten telic fikol zase nekomu jinemu.

Bratr Frantik Veselka, pokladnik, take znovu zvolen, neb sviij fitad take dr2e1 pouze 1 rok.

Jelikog tad nemel v ptedclaazejicim ro-

ce fitad prilvodeiho obsazen, tak pro tento rok do toho atadu byla, zvolena sestra Annie Peal.

Take znovu zvoleni byli organisatoti br. Chas. Holasek a br. John Staga.

Dopisovatele, pro Ceskou stat' br. Staga, sestra Andela Oablova, a ses. Anegka Elznerova; do stati anglicke ses. taj. Betty Juticova. Mimo techto uvedenS ich dopisovatelfi ka2dY Glen maze psat a podavat svoje zpravy a nahledy.

Wbory, die potteby budou ustanoveny ye schuzi, ktera se bude potadat jak obvykle v Sokolovne 9. ledna ve 2 hod. odpoledne. Pkijedle vgechni do te schaze, at' jest peknY vYber do tech v mt.

V one lednove schazi budeme take jednat, jak zatidit a ptipravit u na.kho du eis.56 hromadne uvadeni norSrch Uvadeni chceme provest slavnostnim zpasobem.

SlovanskY Vzajemne PojiAt'ujici Spolek proti ohni a bouti (S.V.P.S.) Oslo 30, 12. proSince 1954 take potadal svoji vYroeni schazi, a take znovtb ,zvolil Wechny atedniky pro rok 1955, na br. J. J. KruginskYho, kter3) nominaci pro ifi'ad pokladnika neptijal. Br. KruS'inskY sviij atad zastaval po vice let ku spokojenosti spolku, a ye schuzi jemu bylo br. ptedsedou podekovano.

TTtednici pro rok 1955: John Sta'Sa, ptedseda Ray. Cykala, mistoptedseda Chas. Holasek, tajemnik a odbadei • Rud. Troubil, pokladnik.

Zastupce do sjezdu Chas. Holasek, nahradnik J. J. KruginskY. Ve schazi nam podane zpravy br. tajemnikem dosvedeuji, ze spolek sill, neb jen u naSeho spolku maje pojiSteno majetku v cene pal druheho milionu.

Rad SPJST piekonal take v S • echny rekordy ptedchazejici, v upisovani noitYch Clem). a pojistek.

Panujici atmosfera (ovzdu g ) jest ptizniva k vetSimu rozmachu, jen pracovnika pilnYch bychoin pottebovali vice.

VSichni moc spechame v torn naSem giti a ne g se nadame, shledarne, ge ten givot byl piece jen kratkY a mnoho Who, co jsme chteli vykonat, jsme nevykonali.

Na listku nemocnYch se ptitomne de181 dobu naleza man gelka br. Aloise Backeho, ktere od srdce pfejeme, aby se zase brzo pozdravila a svojemu mangelu late diouho co hodna mari gelka slou gila. Neni tomu tak davno, co spolu oslavovali zlate jubileum. 50 let spolutiti bYva nekdy take jako ten sen, kterY ptijde' a zas odejde.

Vanoeni nadilka, spojena s detskSrm programem, 19. prosince 1954, path take jig minulosti. Program byl libivY, neb mi-

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`fie -seed-u; dhe 5..."1edila. 1955• mo octrikavani basnieek byl i zpev za doprovodu piana. Na programu se poclilely ditky ve staid od 4 do 14 let. Take Mikula.arneschazelia kdy tento ze sine ode.. 'g el, tak_pidael ke tune sedmiletY vnuk, take Janik, a povida: "Grandpa, byl to opravdovY Mikula g?" Ja na nej zustal liledet ptekVapen a pravirn, "prod se "Kdy2 opravdovY Mikulaa ma cern& boty, a tento mel braunove Jstkevice)." — Na to jsem mu tekl: "No Janiku, ja nevim, neb toho jsem si -nevairnnul, co mei•Obute na nohach." — Doufejme, ae takOve nepatrne chybieky, nedostatky budou naptiSte dopineny. Casto bystre detske oko zahledne to, co my v naaern staid prehledneme. ,Podasi narn ptalo, navateva byla uspokojujici, ale mohla bYti jeate 'Mai. Sin byla uvniti• okraalena a pekne to odpovidalo to dobe vanoeni.

V" kuchyni byly zakusky a to oblibene katieko. Ka2dY mei k tomu volny stup si dle chuti poslouZit. Diky bratrske a sesterskk naldi vaem, kteri vsemptne pomohli udelat ten vd noon]. vecirek prijenme zabavY• Bitderne se' teait; Ze ten priati bude jeate lePai pro ty, kteid se jej doekaji. Na tanto -yeeirkii se podilely tti spolky a si Telocviena Jednota Sokol, tad Anton eerfnak 'Cis. 56 a Pojlat'ujici Spolek proti b1-41/ bleslui SUPS disk° 30.

Rolnickzajernne OchraonY Spolek (RVOS) Corpus Christi eislo 112 potadal svoji vYrodni schtzi 19. prosince 1954 v sini Moravan, kde pti volbe trednikil pro priati rok byly udelane dye zineny v etadech. -frkednidi pro rok 1955 byli Zvoleni nasledujici: PtedSeda, Stepan Strmiska Mistoptedseda, Adolf Mikulik Tajemnik, James F. Neined Pokla.dnik, Stepan 1VlokrY Oclhadei, Prank Kagpar.

Va*IlnY shora jrnenovane spolky se Vykazuji s 'PeknYm prirtstkem jak na olenstvu, tak tea na finandnim stavu.

Ptejeme si vaichni, by v tomto nastavajicim rode to bylo jeate Take sestra Bolena,Valeikova, z Dallas si na vz0Ofriela v tyt6 &1ST a Zaslala nam ku ptedteni a prohlednuti se git pamatn3"Tch foto-obrazkU, pisne a valagske lIdove tance. VaZinde si tohoto cenneho darku a bude pkedan v drZeni. Tel. Jed. pokory Corpus Christi, aby i clal gi sestry a bratki spolkovi si jej mobil prohlednout.

NeZ ukoneirn, chci je gte touto cestou podekovat za sebe a za, nazi rodinu vgem tern sestrarn a bratrnm spoIkovS7m a pkatelOm, kteki nam projeviIi jejich lasku v dobe moji nern6ci, kterd mne stihala nelitostne, tak u2 pornalu se mi nechtelo Zit a svet zadinaI nine prarnalo zajimai. Byly to ty povzbuzujici slova flatne 1 pisertme, co"rni k mojenitt leeeni

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dodavalo-sily a nacleji, ae to vie pfendohu a meal tendi' Svojimi 'smrtelniky na Zivu si ,jests trouchu pobudu.

Zaroven srdeene . diky vgem za vanooni a novoroeni Pkani. Bylo vas letos hodne vice net Iota Take zde path moje uptinme diky tern nagim reclaktornm, co ty moje dopisy upravuji do tisku.

Nemohu si steZovat nyni nekolik.

Ze by moje dopisy byly zkracovane nebo prekrucovane. Jen sent tam nekdy prehozena pismenka panern sazeeem, a to si kaz"dy etenak mute dornyslet, aneb sam si to opravit pki eteni. \Igen' spolkartirn a etenarstvu do noveho roku 1955 i nasledujicich prejeme, by se yam dostalo tali} vSeho v pine mire, co mate nejra,deji.

John Sta ga a rodina.

I 4. 4„, • t kad livezda, Texasu eislo 47.

Temple, Texas.

Mill bratki a sestry a etenaki Veestniku: Pkedne vain pkeji St'astnSr a veS'elS7 tento nastavajici Nov ST rok. Ale co yam nejvice ze srdce pkeji je, abyste v gichni byli pki Upinem zdravi, neb jen ten elovek si mute tic!, ae je St'astn3i, kted si nemusi zdra,vi kupovat za penize. Verte vaichni, Ze toho zdravi a spokojenosti si velice Indio jeden za penize koupi.

Techto par kadkri piai jests ye starem roku, ale ua jen 3 dny zbYvaji. Dries mame zirriu a radio hlasilo, Ze moZna dostaneme i neco snehu. To by u rids bylo neco vzacneho, Ze ano?

Start' 'rok se s nami rozloudil, ani jsme se nenadali a byl prye. Jednem donest zdraVi a gtesti, kdeZto druhYm zase nernoc a zarmutek. Ale co je 'Mat, jak je komu souzeno, tak musime brat!. Tak kteri jste byli siehani tint° nernilosrdnYin Osudem, doufejte, ae ten novY nastavajici rok Vam mute donesti lep gi budoucnost.

Co nam stark rok, donesl, to 'LIZ vgichni vime, ale co nam novS7 donese, na to mu-. sime eekati a v to nejlep gi doufati a miti riadeji, Ze vge pfdde jak si sami pkejeme.

Prot tento dopis pi gi je, ae vam vgem, miii bratki a sestry, chci oznamiti, ae nag tad 'Oslo 47, v SeatOn, Texas, pki Temple, Texas, nebude mitt aadneho keditele, neb tad si to pkevzal na sebe. Bylo odhlasovano, Ze pki zabavach a piknikach budou muset bratki a sestry vypomoct zdarnda. Nevime, jak nam to bude pracovat, neb ted' ani kuke nechce hrabati za(Jarmo; ale budeme zkou get, co nejlepgi se cla, Mat, neb chceme si ptistavovat kuchyni a chceme si vydelati nejake penize — tak v gichni s chuti do toho!

S prvni tzabavou zadneme, ktera bude v nedeli 16. ledna. Dude to maakarni zabava pki ktere bude iteink.ovati hudba Adela and her Melody Masters.

BUdoudavane tki cent': prvni bude

Strana na, tomu, kdo bude nejpeknej gi a bude predstavovat nee° novelio, co to jegt6 nebylo. Drulia bude dana tomu, kdo bride nejsmegnel gi a tea nutsi predsta.voyat neco snieSneho, co to jests nebylo. bude (Jana, co bude nejSkared gi a tea ci bYti za neco upravena, aby byla skuteene sme gna, Skareda.

Tak mili bratri a sestry, kclyZ jsme udelali maSkarni zabavu, tak se hlecl'te v gichni za neco vzacneho a pekneho ustrojiti, abychom sac name!! jen ninon buclovu maSkar upravenYch za eernoehri.

Jestli neratiZete bYti sanii, tak vy, kteri mate ditky, hled'te ustrojiti ,je, nab . pro ditky to,bude vyraZenj.

Tak mill bratri a sestry, pust'me se vaichni s chuti do prace, aby nam nage prvni zabava dopadla dobfe. fstrojte se, kdo rritiZete,a komu je to mdkne, za neco vzacneho ez pekneho, jak jsme to Cielavali za stadch cash.

Nate keditelka mladeZe, sestra Clara Hejl, mela -velice pekile sestavenS7 vanorr-ni program. Ona s tou nail drobotinou unit zachazet, vZdy ph mai° easu mab-Tch Utratach dokak Y§e dobi:e so-staviti a dobke provesti. Na g bidje nani hrdY a mot si jeji cloetoty vaZime,,neb vge dela zclarma pro dobro na geho faclu, aekoliv s tim ztraci mnoho sveho volne• ho easu. Milt sestro Clara Hejl,mockrate Ti dekujeme za rok, minulSr a pkejende Ti, bys mela velice fispe gnS7 a uspokojid rok nastavajici s naafi mladeli. Vime vaichni, ge to &Ida z lasky, ale take .uznavame, Ze ti to da mnoho prace a trpelivosti. Tak Ti prejende mnoho zdaru v roku 1955.

Mile sestry a bratri v bade eis10 . 17.

Nov3"/ Tabor pki Caldwell, Texas: Jak jsem se doeetla ve Vestniku, jste si vystavili krasnou kadovou budovu a le tarn velice dobfe pokraoujete. Ze srdce yam tam vgem pteji mnoho Uspechu aby vain vge slo jak si sami prejete. Krajinka, okolo Noveho Tabora je chudobna, ale je bohata, na obetavost, untImnost sebezapteni. Vady na tuto maldu krajinku s laskou vzpominam, neb jako okolo Noveho Tabora v giehni vite, je to moje rodigt6. Tarn jsem se narodila, gkolu ko-nfirmovana byla, a tam jsern tea vstoupila do stavu nianZeiskeho.;a byla sezdarna v Dover: Tabae. A pak jsme oba, jai muj mantel, ptistoupi11,'-k vagemu I-adu Cis. 17, a pobyli jsme s mi as do doby, kdy jsme zakoupill Temple, Texas. Pak domovinu zde jsme si vzali pl'estupni listiny k Icadu C. 47. Ano, s laskou na tuto rnalou krajinku vzpomjnam , neb tam jsem proZila sVOje mladi a tam nine moji drazi zesnuli rodiee nautili, abych byla dost silna, vzderovat vgem nastraham zleho osudu,. fake obyeejne na chudobne ditko eekaji. Tak yam, mill bratki a sestry jests jednou

Strana 8 pfeji mnoho zdaru ve va gem fbade Ns. 17.

Mfij dopis se mot prodlou gil, tak musim ukonaiti, neb si mne zvolili za fadoyou dopisovatelku, tak nechci redaktora hned s prvnim dopisem dopaliti. Mnoho zdaru a Atesti a zdravi pfeje vgem.vase spolusestra Mrs. Steve Rusriakova, dopisovatelka radu 'Oslo 47.

• 4, • Rid Rozkvet Zapadu eislo 107.

Floresville, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: VYroeni nage schfize byla velice dobke navgtivena. Jest sobe prat, aby aspori tak byla kaZda; ono to jednani jest hned hodne lepgi. Pamatujte, 2e kad -bude takovY, jak ho sobe udelame; dobrYch vsrsledkil docilime jen s bratrskou shodou a svornou praci.

Zde varn podavam vYsledek voleb, abyste vedeli v pada potkeby na koho se obratit.

Predseda - Henry Sralla; mistopfedseda - Julius Ilriia; tajemnice -- Mary McCloskey; fieetni br. Novak Jr. se vzdal na jeho misto zvolen Anton Svoboda; pokladnik -- Jesse Bayer; reditele zabav - William Vaclavik a Ernest Koeing; ueetni vYbor - Luka g Sralla, William Vaclavik a Ernest Koeig; 8tupci do okrskovYch schdzi - Jules Va2ofie Kalla; dopisovatelem do deke Libu ge Bayer; do anglicke Julie Vaclavik. Start' dopisovatel se vzdal, neiii mne mono ted' schtize pravidelne navgtevovat, tak nemohu ani psat, snad k radosti br. redaktora, kterST mel s moji 1,krabaninou dosti prate a snad mne v duchu posilal, kde peps; roste. No necht', A bude mit pokoj. (Pozn. red.: Naopak, lituji; 'a na druhe strane citim, ge i me misto by mel zastavat nekdo mladgi.)

Doufam, ge jste vgichni spokojeni s volbou. Prosim, pracujte svorne se zvolealymi itfedniky, neb jen tak dobry vYsletlek je moZnY. Schtize se bude konati 9. ledna 1955 ye 2. hodiny odpoledne.

S pozdravem a pfanirn v gem mnoho zdaru v novem roce.

Tom Novak, t. C. dopisovatel. * • ftad Svaz ecchoslovanti eislo 92.

Fort Worth, Texas..

Mill bratil a sestry: Ty krasne svatky vandni ji g patfi minulosti a ja, doufam, Ze jste je se sySTmi milYmi ye zdravi a radosti proZili, tak jako ja. Pdasi po nokolik dni bylo piimo pies den teplo jako na lidera odpoledne 27. se pfihnal severak a trochu nam zapr gelo; a na not ma mrznout, i zitra. Zima se zaeina hlasit ke svemu pravu.

Start' rok se chili ku konci a kdo vi, co ten novY nam dobreho el zleho pkinese.

Je tak dobke, Ze to nevime.

V E- STNiK WEST, TEXAS kadova schuze v tomto novem roce 1955, ptipada na nedeli 9. ledna a jako vgdy, o druhe hodine odpoledne. Cleni jsou 2adani, by se v hojtem poetu do schuze dostavili a vzali si k srdci novoroeni ptedsevzeti, ge budou pravidelne schtize navStevovat. Jen spoleenou praci a porozumenim docilime doblch jak pro fad, tak celou nagi milou Jednotu.

Take yam bratti a sestry ptipominam, g e tento mesic si mame ka gdSt obnovit nemocenskou, ktera je $2.00 na alena na rok a nad 16 let star', a fad pilplaci $3.00 na kagde $2.00. Ptijd'te si aplatit do schuze, neb u br. tajemnika. Novi eleni jsou vitani bin vice Clenn, tim lepei podpora v nemoci.

V nedeli, 19. prosince, jsme meli peknY vandni program pH osvetlenem a hezky okraglenem stromeeku. Ditky, menei ptedndeely basne a zpivaly vanoeni koledy pIi plane, za cog se jim dostalo zaslou geneho potlesku. Veechny, i ty nejmenei bylo radost poslouchat. Po programu se vgechny shromaIdily na jevigti a opet nas obveselovaly zpevem a2 do pfichodu Santa Clause, jeho pfivitaly potleskem a radostnjmi vYkriky. A vette, ge ti stargi se zase te gi z to radosti malYch. A cog, ag Santa zaeal rozdavat darky pod stromeekem nakupene, jen jim oeka hrala, jak dychtive svfij darek odekavaly.

Naposledy byla nadilka od fadu: kabelky napinene ovocem, ofechy a cukrovim.

Vtele diky pdadajicimu vYboru 4a vgechnu praci a pilpravu pekneho programu a detem a rodiatim za to namahu a spolupraci s programem; a v gem pHtomnym za velkou navAtevu. A tak za rok na shledanou, budeme-li Zde podavam jmena deti na programu zneastnenSrch.

Skupiny: 1. Joy to the world.

2. poem - Melinda La Bate - How Do You Do. 3. Santa Claus letters - Brenda Kinvanek, Doris Kubala, Barbara Dana, Diane Polk, Fran Blacha, Evelin Dana, Erica Koch, Georgia Kubala a Priscilla Watson.

4. Michele a Melinda La Bate song Santa Claus is coming to town.

5. Carol - Silent Night - Priscilla Watson.

6. Why we like Christmas - Erica Koch, Brenda Kfivanek, Priscilla Watson, Doris Kubala, Michele La Bate, Gordon Huberiak a Barbara Dane.

8. Nancy Greer - piano - I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

9. Michael Greer - Song - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.

10. Song - Up on the House Top Diane and Duthie Polk and Fran Blacha.

Ve stfedu, dne 5. ledna 1955.

11. Jimmie Paprskal - Saxophone Come all ye Faithful.

12. Gordon Hubefiak - Poem.

13. Diane Durham, Angela and Helen Paprskat - Greeting.

14. Silent Night in Czech - Barbara, Joan and Johnnie Skraeek.

Marie Ann Juran a Carol Ann Polk doprovazely pisne na Mane. Calvin Rubeka byl obtadnik.

8t'astriSi a polehnanS.r NovY. rok 1955 a mnoho zdravi od Pam Boha Vam vgem a br. redaktoru piceje Marie Juranova, dopisovatelka.

3• • dad Danbury eislo'139.

Danbury, Texas.

Clenum kadu Danbury: Nage prosincova schde se *4pokazila tim, 2e bylo -Spatne pdasi. Nepfiglo do schtze tolik elenu, jak jsme ocekavali.

Proto bylo jednomysIne usneseno, aby volby iftednika pro rok 1955 se odlogily al do phial schde v lednu.

Timto oznamuji, Ze lednova schtize bude druhou nedeli, dne 9. ledna a zaene v 9:30 dopoledne. Laskave dostavte se do schilze, abychom mohli movesti volbu fifedniku, a take abychom mohli vykiditi jine spolkove veci.

S pianim gt'astneho noveho roku vgem elenum, T. H. Logt'ak, tajemnik.

• jr, • fad Volna eechie 'Oslo 135.

Ennis, Texas.

Sestry a bratti: Pkedem Yam -dem pieji gt'astnSr a yeselSr NovY rok a doufam, 2.e yam pkinese mnoho dobra.

Nagi vYroeni schuzi jsme men 12. prosince a tkebas ge po6asi bylo gpatne, seAlo se elenti hezkY podet. Schizzi zahajil pfedseda br. Tup3 . ye 2 hodiny odpoledne.

Mimo jineho jednani meli jsme volby idednikt. Zvoleni byli nasledujici Cleni: Pfedseda - br. Vaclav TupS, Mistopfedseda - br. Rudolf Hrneit Tajemnik - br. Joe Vytopil Pokladnik - br. Frank A. Lagnovsk3i teetni br. Joe B. HejnY Knihovnik br. Vaclav Tupfr fteditelka mladde - sestra Mary LdnovskY Zastupci do distriktni schuze - bratki Frank A. La gnovskST a Joe B. HejnSr. teetni vYbor bude ustanoven a g v pheti schfrzi.

Dale, sestra Mary Lagnovska, ptipravuje se sestrou Vlastou La gnovskou a mladSimi Sokolkami vanoeni program, kter3"7 se pdadal 17. prosince a byl to velice peknr program. Byla to radost pozorovat, jak ti mali si umi poeinat na jevigti. Bylo tech deti asi 30 v programu a vgechny to pane pfednesly. Na g vi4e13"7 dik sestram La gnovskYm za jejich do-

ire sti.edu, tine 5. lecina brou praci.

Navgteva byla dobra, ani Mikula g nechybel. Pffiel a mel pro kakieho nadilku.

Po programu nak sestry pfichystaly vu a zakusky. Potom jsme se vAichni pekne bavili aZ" pozde do noci.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, Joe B. HejnST. )• •(

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Zia a svatba Ilanielu HolubvSrch

kfid F. B. Zdrfibek Oslo 112.

Guy, Texas.

Ctene sestry a bratki: Nak vYroeni schfize v mesici prosinci byla nasledkem gpatneho poeasi mot malo navAtivena, proto na navrh starYch idedniku byla volba radovYch firednin odlo2ena do schilze lednove. Tak nezapomente, bratti a sestry, a dostavte se co mono v neivet'Sim poetu a zvolte si ifredniky dle vaSi vale.

Schfize se bude konati 9. ledna 1955, ye 2 hodiny odpoledne. NaSi minule schilze se zireastnilo asi 30 elenii, ale kdy't po zaplaceni svYch povinnosti a poplatkil honem ze schtize utika, a firednici zustanou sedet sami. Proto i vy, bratri a sestry, kteri jste se zudastnili minule schtize, prijd'te zase a pomoke zvolit firedniky.

S bratrskYm pozdravem, J. H. Mikeska, tajemnik. ) • s • (

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FRANK A HERMINA HOLUB

ManZele Frank a Hermina Holub sla- Frank Jr., Alfred, George a Erwin; decry ✓ nedeli kaklou prvni a tfeti v mesici tad Pokrok Houstonu poMda, taneeni zi- viii svou ziatou svatbu 15. listopadu Lillie Taylor a Martha Pegek.

Bratr a sestra Holubovi jsou mnoha. bavu, ktera je pro eleny Mdu zdarma. 1954 v kruhu sve rodiny a blizkYch pka.tel v Schulenburgu, Texas, a take tam leta eleny Jednoty a jejich etyki synove KarlY je uctive zvan. byli sezdani roku 1904. Vychovali Best di- a etyki vnou'eata jsou take eleny. Bratr Ve stiedu weer kakiSr tYden jsou da- tek, etyki syny a dve dcery, kteri jsou Holub jest uZ mnoho let tajemnikem kavany taneeni a zpevni hodiny pro mla- -vHchni na aivu a take LIZ v gichni samo- du Bratki Svobody eislo 67 v SchulenburdeZ" v sini tadu Pokrok Houstonu, 1140 statni, a take" sedm vnoueat. Dal jsou: gu, Texas.

Robbie. KaldY je uctive zvan. ✓ pondeli veeer kak/Sr Oden cviei se ATTILA sborove zpevy dospelY:ch v sini radu Po-. east() stYkame se v delinach nebo krok Houstonu. Ochotnici a hoste jsou rilznYch pkileMtostech charakterisovani vitani. Zaeatek v osm veeer. nejakeho barbarskeho poeinani se jme✓ nedelL 9. ledna 1955 bude konana nem Attila. Do na gich dejin zasahl jiz jepravidelna mesieni schilze Sokola Hous- nom syYmi potomky, protole sam se naton. Uvadeni cinovriiku. Bratii a sestry radii v patem stoleti po Kristu. dostavte se v pinern poetu a vyslechnete Attila (bit bal.) vladl ve velice celoroeni zpravy. Po schtizi obeerstveni a rozkladajici se od hranic timskYch az na pratelska zabava.

(2x) keku Volhu a ovladal v gechny kmeny slo• " • ( Zlato jest bud' na gim tyranem, nebo vanske a germanske v tomto prostoru se naAim otrokem: je tkeba, aby rozum, mi- nachazejici. Stkedisko teto sily bylo v sto aby se jim dal ovladat, sam si jej Uhrath. podfidil a spravoval podle potfeby.

Tento hunskST kral byl postavy neveliPublius Syrus. ke a yzezteni nehezkeho. Vynikal vS"ak bystrosti ducha a zchytralosti, ktere se Dobra sfizka. bylo tolik bati na rovne s jeho stra§nYin Do kavarny 01:Ad k pulnoci staly host meeem. Byl desnYm vrahem sYSTch nea uvidel dva sve kamarady, zaborene nad pkatel, ale syYm poddanYm spravedlivSim partii gachu. Ponevad2 je znal, ptal se: a milostivYm. Roynn si ho velice chvalili Peal umelci, obchodnici a temesInici. Je"Oe vlastne hrajete?" ho Innyslem bylo rozvratit nisi kimskou Jeden z nich ukazal na vegak: "Tam o ten zimnik, co tady nekdo za a zaloZiti velefik hunskou. pomnel."

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madou (asi 700,000 lidi) k Orleansu ye Francii, kdeZ" ho timskY vojevildce a statnik porazil. V roce 452 uzavrel s pape'Zem Lvem VelikYm mir a pti gtim rokem zemkel ye svatebnim lozi jiZ s nekolikanasobnou Po jeho smrti se ohromna tato rise rozpadla a jeho hun gti bojovnici vratili se do asijskYch stepi zpet.

• • Zubni monolog.

Pan Jahoda potkal neznameho muZe, kterY si promlouval sam k sobe. V panu Jahodovi se objevil detektivni talent a zaeal neznameho muae sledovati, coA pak: usvedeiti jej a odevzdati policii?

Ted' byl prave vhodnY okamMk. "No tak, priteli, uleheete svemu svedomi a keknete, co vas HZ! Ptiznejte se!"

Dovolte, pane, co je varn po torn? Ja, si dal pkidelati novY chrup a tak se ueim mluvit!" kika se, Z"e yysoke podpatky vynalezla kterou vHchni libali na eelo.

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VYBERTE SI IDLE POTREBY Trinaet drulth certifikattl SPJST pro dospele: x` ida B: Dokivotnl, poplatky se plati al do sinrti.

Tkida C: Poplatky se plati 20 roki.l. PIrlY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykdykoliv v piipadu itrarti.

Ttida D: Poplatky se plati 15 ion. PlnY obnos pojiaeni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu fnrti.

Tricia E: Poplatky se plati 10 rokft. Piny obnos pojiAteni se vyplati kdykoliv v pripadu Cia F: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen Po 15 letech nebo kdykoliv ptedtim. v ptipauu fnrti.

Wilda PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen ye 20 letech nebo kdykoliv pl'edthn v ptipadu umrti.

Vida H: PlnY obnos certifikatu je vyplacen po dosakeni 65 let stari nebo kdykoliv piedtim v pripadu fnrti.

Vrida I: Popiatky se plati 20 mkt. Phr3 obnost certifikatu je vyplacen po dosakeni 60 let staid nebo kdykoliv ptedtim v ptipadu 1 (,a K: Poplatky se plat' do veku 65 let. PlnY obnos pojiSteni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu Poplatky se plati do veku 65 Tot. Po dosakeni 65 roku len dosta,va mesieni ptijen. lokud pied 80 oty stari, dedici dostanou mefeni prijem do 80. vYroei naozenin Clena.

M-C: Upisova ochrana na 20 lot, ktera se zmenktje, ak, zUstane vyplacene pojikteni na $1,000.

Pojiilteni se vyplati kdykoliv - pripadu umrti dle klesajici LT E ,, ova ochrana jen tem, kdo map od SPJST vypujeene penize,, drulni certifikatii. SPJST pro deli: 1da J-T: Doeasne poj g.teni do veku 16 let, ktere se make zmeniti na kterekoliv jino pojtSteni po dosakeni veku 10 let, nebo pozdeji.

Tiida J-C: Poplatky se plati 20 roku.

PlnY obnos poji gteni se vyplati kdykoliv v .pripadu mill ye van ad 16 let vYk. thrrtni pojistka pod 16 let staid I P rile stnpnice. 'ida L: Dvojnasobne Urazove pojfkteni (double indemnity). Certifikat se vystavuje pause do obnosu $2,500, dodatedne k jinemu certifikatu..

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Vida J-S: Poplatky *se plati 20 ron PlnY obnos pojigeni se vyplati kdykoliv v ptipadu mrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicti, $250, pod 12 mesicti, $500.

Vida I-E: Poplatky se plati do 18 let PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 18 letech stall nebo kdykoliv v ptipadu turd od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicil, $250, pod 12 mesicti, $500. l'fida J•0 Poplatky se plati 20 roku.

PlnY obnos certifikatu se vyplati po 20 letech nebo kdy-, Loliv v pripadu itmrti od veku 1 roku. Do 6 mesicu, $250, pod 12 mesicil $500. (dz) ) ♦ 4,0 e BAKTERIE. Bakterie jsou velika skupina malinkYch, jednobuneenYch, kulatYch neb nitkovitYch kivSch organismti, jek se mnoki delenim. Jik holandskY ueenec Leeuwenhoeck v rote 1680 vykttoval zvet'Sujicimi skly kapku stojate vody, obsah strew, hmotu z vykotlanYch (vykranYch) zubtt a bezpochyby on to byl prvni, kterY popsal peolive bakterie, ale po vice jak jedno stoleti nestal se v tomto oboru kadnY pokrok.

Teprve v race 1828 Ehrenberg pokusil se novemu ueeni dati navy podklad a roztriditi mikroorganismy ak do to doby pazorovane. 0 nekolik rokii pozdeji Cagniard -- Latour a Schwan objevili pravou povahu kvaSeniukazavSe, ke hlavnim nitelem pri tomto pochodu je kvasidlo organisovane, jakYsi rostlinny fitvar, eimk vyvraceli nahled dosud beknY, ke beki o pochod eiste lueebni (chemicky).

Teprve ptesvedeive dilkazy genialniho Pasteura zjednaly pravde platnost ye svete vedeckem. V letech etyticatYch nakho, stoleti paella shaha uvesti balterie ye ptieinnY styk s nakaklivYmi nemocemi lidi i zvii'at. Zakladem tohoto ueeni jsou prate Pasteurovy o nemocech bourcu (hedvabnik), kvasu vina a piva. Ale teprye Koh zavedl potadek do praci vSzkumnYch a hlavne vSzkumnYch.

ye stkedu, dne,5. ledna .19 no, ke nejgajimavejki jest otazka jejich ptivodu, protok se nalezaji v obrovskem poetu jak ye vzduchu, ye Node, na povr-. chu zeme, ba i v organismech lidskYch a kivoMnYch (mimo v krvi zdravYch osob).

ObyeejnY zpilsob rozrnnokovani se bakterii jest deleni. Uprostted kakde bakterie objevi se z poeatku jen stZki viclitelna ptepakka. 1V1irno toho vkk pozorovano u, mnohYch bakterii rozplozovani. Tyto bakterie nazYvame "spory) a jsou daleko oclolnejki. Nektere z nich vydrki i vateni po nekolik minut (do 130 stupriii.), vzdoruji i mra.zu nebo chemickYm sidueeninam. Jedine vysokY atmosferickY tlak jest bakterlim bez vYjimky S•kodIivY. Svetla neni bakterihn nezbytne tteba, rovnek tak na elektrickY proyd nereaguji vkchny stejne.

Uvakime-li, ke bakterie nasledktm sveho rychleho rozmnokovani spot • buji yelike mnokstvi. potravy, poznavame,l!ke jsou v stavu zpfisobiti didelite zrneny to ho Vela neb telesa ze ktereho svoji pa,travu betou. Jejich hlavni fteinek spooiva v rozkladani slaitYch Wok. Tento rozklad jest chemicky zvan oxydace bud' iipina, eili zprachniveni anebo neupina, ktera sluje kva genim. Jiste formy zptisobuji kvageni, jine hnilobu. Z uvedeneho uvedeme pliklad mock lidske neb zviieci dele uhlieitan am-. , monatY, V rortoku kde jest alkohol a kysele latky, vyviji se pri 100-110 stupnich ocet. IVIledne kvaseni jest vYsledkern sobeni nekolika bakterii. Tak na ptiklacl na Kavkaze vyra.bi se z mleka lahodnY, gumivY napoj kefir, kterY2 jest vYbornYm lekem pii nemocech kaludeenich, rovnek tak jest tomu i u yogourtu, vyrabenem zase v Bulharsku.

JakYm zptisobem vlastne zpasobuji v nakem tele nemoc, o tom bylo jik projeveno mnoho nahledti. Bakterie jsou v naSem tele kivYrni a kivi se na, iikor krve a tkane s nik ptijdou do styku. Mnohe z nich pusobi rozklad a vyrabi tim latky jedovate, tak zvane ptomainy a toxins.

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"Posledni slovo" je nejnebezpeenej gi ze vkech pekelnYch strojil. MuZ a kena, kteAekoliv bakterie jsou Utvary velmi jed- il je chteji mit, jsou jako deti, ktere se noduche, piece je mezi nimi nekolik rvou o zapalenY granat. Douglas Jerrold. rtiznYch forem a rozeznavame: 1.) mikrokoky, teliska kulta, leskla, nekdy lehce vejeita nebo kopiekovita; bud' ojedinele nebo po dvou se vyskytujici, nebo v ketizPa prvni davce ucitite tilevu!

Icy sestavena. 2.) Tvary tyeinkovite, kdyk Tuhy glera jest uvoluen a deka prevlada nad tionStkou to je zovechi se yarn lepe, z hlubuka! me bully. Pak nalezarne jeSte skupinu S4 bakterii v nekolika formach. ° Dlouho byly pokladany .za nepohyblive, ron,vnt 3,006:qi ale dries je znamo, ke nektere z nich jsou (Zmirnuje nachlady a za.nadany eilYm pohybem. Jest pochopitelpal prtiduguic.)

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Reports from Lodges, biographies, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a BENEVOLENT ORDER week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7, Tex. Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 With tudeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, TEMPLE, TEXAS rie

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MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THE NEW YEAR IS WITH US. VAST We will list them for you: Term New Year's Message opportunities await our acceptance. Pos- tificates. insurance, life, limited payment life, enFrom The President of S.P.J.S.T. The year 1954 has passed. Another year of fraternal activity in our society becomes history. Together we shared the sorrows with those who grieved and the happiness with those who rejoiced. We worked together in the true spirit of brotherhood and our society prospered.

We rejoice over the gains made.

Standing on the threshold of a New Year we, as members of the SPJST, should dedicate ourselves to renewed activity in all fields of fraternal life and service. As we review the past we recall the many blessings which we received in our fraternal work. As we view the futures unlimited opportunity unfolds before us in our society.

• We should strive this year 1955 and in the years to come, to serve our Brothers and Sisters, our Country and the World that shall live after we have passed away. Remember, the good we do for others and the world, remains and is immortal. We should. make fraternalism a living force in our lives for brotherly love, a thing so devoutly desired by all free men, who believe in freedom of thought and religion and the right of each individual. Let us become earnest co-workers in our society in the service and for the cause of Benevolence, Humanity, and Brotherhood, and let our pride in America and the American way of life be great.

In behalf of the Supreme Lodge members, I want to thank you for your cooperation and help during the past year, and extend to you hearty greetings and best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Fraternally yours, Edward L. Marek

sibilities for greater progress in fraternal service are unlimited. The growth of our SPJST during the year just closed has been due to the loyalty and continuous effort of our members, organizers, directors, and officers. As the English poet Robert Browning said, "The year is closed, the record made, the last deed done, the last word said. And now, with purpose full and clear. we turn to meet another year."

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YOUR EDITOR HAS IN MIND A NUMber of plans in which all of us can actively participate. We should not rest on past laurels, but "with purpose full and clear" we should use the success of the previous year as stepping stones toward higher and nobler deeds. Here are some of the activities your editor has in mind; plans for better attendance of the meetings; more proficient initiation work and a number of efficient drill teams; revamping or reorganizing the entire Junior department; special interest in district meetings; and offering our members the complete circle of protection.

• THERE ARE OTHER PLANS WHICH might be suggested. For the time being, any of the above projects would require plenty of thinking and of energy. Let us look at the last one mentioned, the complete circle of protection. If we examine our By-Laws, we find that the purpose, the reason for existence, of 'the SPJST, is stated in less than ten lines.

Even at that, we are somewhat like the man who claimed he observed all the Ten Commandments except one. We, too, practice only a part of every one of the three aims enumerated.

dowment, retirement income, and single premium. Yet we don't have one type which we should have, one type which our members need very sorely, one type which is not covered in the purpose of the SPJST. SOME OF OUR MEMBERS KNOW one of the authorities in the field of insurance, Bert Jaqua, professor of insurance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Not long ago, he was making an address and he listed the differ(Continued on Page 12)

TO ALL OF OUR READERS WE EXTEND SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR AN EXTREMELY

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THE' BY-LAWS SAY THAT THE PURpose of the SPJST is to provide life insurance protection. The wording itself should be changed. Or modified. Or both.

Besides protection we also have a combination of protection and savings. We have thirteen different certificates for adults, which may be somewhat confusing to some of our members. Actually, we have only six different types of cer

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Musings of the Editor (Continued from Page 11) ent types of protection in the order that we need them. He named, first, disability insurance; second, life insurance; third, liability protection. Most of us have plenty of liability protection. Some of us have life insurance, but not plenty of it. But how many of us have disability coverage? We say that nothing is sure but death and taxes. Still there are things that can be worse—yes, worse than death. For instance, an accident or a long sickness can be worse than death! * • NEARLY ALL OF US COME INTO this world .without a great deal in the way of money or wordly goods. Probably 95% of us make our own way. This is especially true of men, who not only have to make their own way, but who marry and rear families that are dependent on them. In most cases, all of a family's needs and all that it owns and enjoy, is the result of the father's ability to earn. Yet, millions don't even know what real disability insurance is, let alone carry enough.

• THE HOSPITALS ARE FILLED WITH people who have no wish to be there.

Yet, we don't think about it. Sickness and disability seems to come to most of us as a distinct shock. Apparently, we don't like to read figures or we don't believe what we read. Our doctor will tell us that there are to be 400 things that can go wrong with the eye alone aside from accident, and there are so many things that can go wrong with the human body, it takes a medical dictionary of 1600 pages just to list the sicknesses. There are 662 disabilities per 31,000 of population in the United States every year. Some of them are passing ,sicknesses, some of them are permanent, 587 of them, and only 75 are from accidents.

• WHILE WE ARE IN GOOD HEALTH, we are indifferent to all these figures.

When Irvin Bendiger, the well-known Philadelphia lawyer arid lecturer, was in the hospital on what turned out to be his deathbed, he dictated his famous little message to all insurance people called "Four'White Walls And a Ceiling".

In it, he detailed his own carelessness in not planning ahead financially for :such emergencies. Now he could see the hills piling up, but it was too late. * * WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GIVE OUR members the type of protection they

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need? What are we saying to our prospects when they ask us if the SPJST has any type of sickness and disability Thirteen SPJST certnicates for adults: protection? In the school for our organiCLASS B: where a member pay;, p rezers, we hammer home this phrase: miums during his lifetime.

"Tell your prospects that there are two hazards in life—dying too soon and CLASS C: where a member pays preliving too long." Yet, there is another miums for 20 years, but in case of hazard—becoming disabled. Of course, death, the full benefit is paid as we do have the waiver of premiums provided by the by-laws. clause, and the permanent disability, CLASS D: where a member pays for 15 but we don't have a disability income years; benefits paid as provided in insurance.

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CLASS E: where a member pays preSOMEBODY ENTERS THE HOSPITAL miums for 10 years with death beneevery two seconds of every 24 hours, fit paid as provided in Class C and right around the clock. Every third famD. ily will have one of its members in the hospital in the next 12 months. Every CLASS F: Full amount of certificate is Paid after 15 years. year, 17 milion people are admitted to hospitals, which is one in nine of the CLASS G: Amount of certificAe is paid entire population, and the average bill after 20,years of payment. for doctors and hospital is $516. The CLASS H: proper amount of certificate average family will have three illnesses is paid when member attains the a year that will require medical attenage of 65 years, member pays pretion. miums until he attains the age of * 65.

RECENTLY, MANY FRATERNAL SO- CLASS I: member pays premiums for cieties have worked out some form of 20 years and proper amount of the disability insurance. Your editor sincertificate is paid witen he attains cerely believes that this feature alone is the age of 60 years. a challenge for all of us in 1955.

CLASS K: member pays premiums to -age 65, and the proper amount of EVERY ONE SHOULD GET YOU TWO his certificate is paid upon his death When you have a lead or a reference CLASS L: Double Indemnity insurance which is issued up to the sum of and you make a call and a sale, does it $2,500.00, and is not included in the make you feel pretty good? Well, you amounts of the other classe. should feel good only if you have gotten at least two references from the CLASS M: Annuity Policies. applicant. Look at it this way.

CLASS M-C: Mortgage cancellation inWhen you went to call upon the insurance with gradually reduced bendividual you had some business in front efits and $1,000 paid-up insurance of you. Having completed the call with after 20 years. an application and leaving without any CLASS N: Mcrtgage insurance will bc reference you have no business in front issued to members up to the age of of you, so you' have actually lost a good 50 years, who have real estate loans live prospect for the time being. Isn't from this organization. it good common sense that each buyer should replace himself with at least two prospective buyers?

Five SPJST certificates for children: A capable salesman can normally figure that he will sell 50% of his refer- CLASS J-T: Term insurance to 16 years of age, which may be converted into ences and leads. Therefore, each sale any other insurance niter the child must replace itself by providing at least reaches the age of 10 years and betwo references so that one may stay fore attaining the age oX 16 years. even and keep himself in business. Think this over and if it makes sense, make it CLASS J-C: 20-pay life, face value at a rule and a habit to finish every sale age 16, payable at death. with at least two references. Then you CLASS J-S: 20-pay life with face value will never be at a loss as to where to at age one year, payable at death. make your next call and sale.

CLASS J-E: Endowment at age 18, with —Philadelphia Bulletin ) eto mortuary face value at aze one year.

Life insurance gives immediate pro- CLASS J-G: 20-year endowment, mo• tection because the first premium astuary face value at age one year. sures it.

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Simple Explanation of Insurance to 'Y® Follow this author through his simple explanation of life insurance. It's basic, yet it gets the real story across to his young prospects.

If you're going to give a man a Complete education in life insurance, you nearly have to spend two or three hours with him. My prospects are all young they're getting their first taste of life insurance.

You must assume that not one of 100 prospects my age will know the difference between term insurance and an annuity. So to bridge the gap between a man knowing nothing and knowing enough to comprehend the programming concept, you really have to brief him ecause you can lose him too easily.

Here's What I Do Here is,what I do in an interview: I go into the demonstration as soon as I have introduced myself and spent the usual time getting acquainted with My prospect. I draw graphs as I go along, plotting cash value against age.

To start out, I say, "Mr. Prospect, before we can talk about your insuitance, I'd like to explain the different types to you. All of these insurance policies you know about, I can divide into four groups.

"The first is Term insurance. . You have heard this called 'die-to-win insurance,' and 'Government insurance'.

Many people think that Government insurance is all Term . . . You were in the service and know the insurance the Government gave you had no values unless you converted it. That's the big thing about Term insurance—it has no cash value, no equity no dollars which you can get. It's like automobile insurance or fire insurance. You must die to win.

There are many types of Term insurance: Ten-Year Term 15-Year Term, and Term insurance riders which are added to your permanent types of insurance; the most popular type is Five-Year Term, the kind you had with the Government; the premium starts at age 30 at roughly $100 for $10,000 of insurance.

But the basic principle in all Term irksurance is that there is no cash value."

Then I begin to draw my graphs.

"Here you are at 30. You start, and you pay five years. If at the end of five years you haven't converted this insurance, you can renew it at a slightly higher premium. Each time you renew it, the premium goes up. When you get to age 65, the insurance stops; if you haven't converted to another type of insurance by then, you are no longer covered.

By R. G. Trimborn Your premiums in the last five years are about $430 a year—quite a change from $100, but that's the price you pay if you don't convert while you are young.

Get Into Ordinary "Now we get into the Ordinary Life group; the basic principle is that you have a cash value starting .in the second year. At age 30 your premium is roughly $200 a year for $10,000. Between the day you start and age 100, the cash value will grow to equal the face amount of the insurance, $10,000. This cash is yours anytime you want it—all you have to do is pick up the phone and say, `Ralph, I need money.' I need money.'

You don't have to cash in your policy— you can borrow from it for the temporary need.

"Then, of course, you say, 'Gee, age 100—I'm not going to live quite that long.' Therefore you might want to have a shorter period of time. Well, a new policy has been announced—Life Paid Up at bo. Premiums will be paid until then, but not beyond 90.

"Now that is still a long way off. We also have Life Paid Up at 65, 30-Pay Life, Ten-Pay Life. With each of them you are paying a slightly higher premium per thousand dollars, but you are going to be able to stop these payments after the given period of years.

"We have people who don't like to pay premiums for twenty years, or even ten .. . they don't buy anything on the installment plan. If they like, they can put all the money in on the first day and have a life insurance contract for $10,000 that will have that cash value at age 100 exactly. That's Single Premium insurance.

"The third type of insurance is called Endowment. Endowments are forced savings; they accumulate greater cash values faster. Most endowments are written to run to age 65. There are also endowments at 60, 20-year endowments, ten-Year endowments—the Company will write an endowment for almost any period of time you want. Everybody's needs are different and you have to have a lot of contracts to suit so many needs.

"Now at the end of the endowment period, there is no more life insurance protection. After the period of endowment you receive the amount of money which equals the face amount of insurance. If you die before the endowment period is over, the Company completes the savings plan for you and gives your widow the money that you intended to

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save over that period of years. The premium is roughly $300 a year for the Endowment at 65.

Get to Final Group "Now we get to our final group, and Mr. Prospect, I am personally very proud of this group because the Company that I represent, developed this contract many years ago, and because it was so well founded, the rest of the insurance industry has copied it. All companies now have this type of contract. ti's type of insurance which will give more cash ultimately than the policy.

"The principle is' that a man likes to save enough money throughout his life to retire at some age. Under this policy, the insurance company is golinf to accumulate $16,230 for you, nel matter when you start the plan. You may say, ` Why that odd amount of money?' That amount is, exactly to the penny, what the company needs to give a man, aged 65, a $10 a month income for the rest of his life."

(Remember, I am doing all of this in front of the prospect, drawing the graphs while I am talking to him. I can see his reaction as I go along; I know when I'm losing him, and when to stress a point. I can throw things in to wake him up, if he needs it.)

"Some people don't like to wait until 65; the insurance company will let, you retire sooner, at 60, at 55, or even 40. All you have to do is pick up the phone and say, 'I am retiring tomorrow, Ralph. Start my income.' The income will be propOrtionate to what you have paid in. Somewhere in your 50's, when your children are independent; the face amount of your $10,000 insurance will be exceeded by the cash value of your policy; if you die, the insurance company pays the cash value rather .than the face amount of insurance. If you live to get the income it will go on just as long as you go.

Ask 11 He Understands "Now, seeing all of these demonstrations, all of these different types of insurance, you understand life insurance a little better, don't you?"

These explanations and graphs take approximately ten minutes to do in front of the prospect. ,Intermittently, ask questions referring to his insurance program, because from the time I start, I am trying to find out whether this man is as good a referred pro. 'pect as •I think he is I want to find out before I get to the end so I'll know whether to (Continued on Page 21)

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES this month as usual the second Sunday of the month. It was very well attended and elections were held.

Henry was re-elected president with unanimous vote; so was vice-president Julius Hrna, secretary, Mary McClosky, treasurer Jesse Bayer. But our bookkeeper Tomas Novak Jr resigned. So our new bookkeeper is Anton Svoboda. Newly-elected auditing committee are Roy Pelech, Ernest Koenig, and Wm. Vaclavik.

Dance committee remains the same as last year: Ernest Koenig and Wm. Vaclavik. Our Czech reporter Tom Novak resigned, so Sister Libbie Bayer was elected in his place. English reporter is the same as last year, meaning me. Delegates to District 7 meetings: Sisters Sophie Sralla and Julia Vaclavik.

Our next meeting will be the second Sunday in January, to be exact, Jan. 9, 1955, when the newly-elected officers will be installed; so all members plan to attend.

Well, I think I have to quit for this time, for I am afraid dear Editor will have a headache before he reads all this, so please, dear Editor have patience with me for another year.

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Julia Vaclavik, Reporter (Editor's Note:—Congratulations to you on your re-election. The editor would be highly pleased if other lodges, which are much bigger numerically than Lodge 107, elected reporters. Keep up the good work; by doing so, you may wake up the sleeping members and other lodges.)

• 4, LODGE OSVETA NO. 38 Smithville (Kovar) Texas This report has been somewhat delayed because your reporter was "swamped" with playing Santa Claus to "millions" in the postal service. This has been the record breaker in the volume of mail handled. The postal workers put forth every effort to get the mail moved on schedule. Bro. Valcik, we needed you too, lucky!

The regular meeting of Lodge Osveta was held on Dec. 12. Very few members were present. The business was disposed of rapidly, as the ladies were busy getting ready for the Christmas party held the same evening Bro. Barina also had • 4• his hands full, presiding at the meetLODGE ROZKVET ZAPADU NO. 107 ing and getting things in readiness for Floresville, Texas the Christmas party at night.

The big part of the work fell to a few Dear Members, Editor and All, A Happy and Most Prosperous New hard workers to make the Christmas Year to One and All. party a success and put the spirit of Lodge 107 had its regular meeting the season in l he hearts of the little DANBURY LODGE NO. 139 Danbury, Texas Dear Members: This is to notify all of you that our regular meeting will be held on Sunday, January 9, 1955, starting at 9:30 a. in. We need a large attendance at this meeting.

Our regular December meeting was spoiled by bad weather. Many of you did not come, and it was unanimously decided to postpone the election of officers for the year of 1955 until the regular meeting in January.

Kindly try to be present Sunday morning. We have to have the election in the January meeting, and we need better attendance.

Wishing all of you happy and prosperous New Year, I am, Sincerely and Fraternally, T. H. Lostak, sec'y.

46 • ( ) LODGE NO. 34 Caldwell, Texas This is to advise that we will have our meeting the first , Sunday in January 1955 but if the weather is bad we will have it on the second Sunday.

All you members who have not paid up your dues, please come and pay up..

Some of you have not attended so long we hardly know one another anymore. You know the school house where we always met is gone but we have a nice little house up the road a little farther to meet in.

Your brother, Frank Langlotz, Treasurer • ,d), • LODGE CESTI BRATRI NO. 44 Industry, Texas Dear. Members, I hereby wish to inform every one of you that your officers remain the same for the coming year, and are namely: Joe F. Coufal, president; Miroslav Petrusek, secretary; Otto Marek, bookkeeper; John Marek Sr., 'treasurer.

The meetings again will be conducted on every second Sunday of each month beginning at nine o'clock in the morning.

Wishing all of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Sincerely, Miroslav Petrusek, Secretary

ones. That is what it was intended for.

Our untiring leader, Bro. V. H. Barina, and his able and charming assistants, Misses Joyce Ann Hribek and Dorothy Susen deserve a lot of credit, along with about six others who made the hall resplendent with the spirit of Santa Claus. Gifts were given to all children

by Santa himself. The play was a grand success. Thanks to all!

Lodge Osveta wishes to thank all of its members who were so kind and helped when help was needed at some of the dinners and other doings we had during the year that is now drawing to a close. We shall be looking forward to bigger things in 1955.

Best wishes for a very happy New Year to all members of Lodge Osveta, to our officers, the editorial staff and all members of the great SPJST. Also to my good friends at Jaromir at West and my kinfolks at Inez lodge.

Your Reporter, E. E. Hollub )• CULAK LODGE NO. 165 Moulton, Texas Dear Readers: A Happy and Prosperous New Year to Each and Everyone! My, what hustle and bustle there always is in the preparation for the Christmas holidays and then before we can realize, the holidays are over and we wonder what all the rush was about.

The Christmas party held at Culak Lodge on Sunday night, December 19, required the efforts of a number of willing members, to make it the success it was! The Christmas tree, so generously given by Bro. Zat Johnson, was beautifully decorated by Sisters Ludmila Darilek and Theresa Mikulencak. The packages of treats that Santa distributed to children and quite a few grownups, were prepared by Mesdames John Beran, Adolf Dlouhy and Bill Mikulencak.

The following short program rendered by the children, was well received by the listeners: Welcome Betty Lou Fojtik Song How Do You Do? 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Lillian Dlouhy Mabel Fishbeck It's Here Again Cradle Hymn Away In a Manger (With Motions Singing Skit Six Christmas Cooks Our Own Adaptation Jingle Bells Mark Fishbeck To Bring Him Joy Song A Song and a Star Dortthy Darilek Lights Out! I think the children did exceptionally

Wednesday,...Jamtary -5,, 1955 well in presenting these numbers considering the few hours of practice they had. Here and now, I wish to thank the parents for co-operating by bringing or sending the children for training. Likewise, I want to assure the children that it was a pleasure to have Worked with such- fine youngsters.

'After the program, Santa, whom Bro. Bill Mikulencak had invited from the Ndrth Pole, distributed the gift bags anild a, lot of fun and merriment. In the meantime, Harry Helweg had "put the kettle on" and had an urnful of delicious coffee ready for serving when the ladies had set the goodies on the tables.

Having had refreshments, a number of rounds of bingo were played for nice prizes.

At' the December meeting, the following were elected or re-elected as officers of our lodge for 1955: Lee Jarosek, president' Emil Krejci, vice-president; Adolph Wagner, secretary-treasurer; Rose Marie Melnar, financial secretary; Adolph Dlouhy, 'guide. The remaining officers are to be appointed at the January meeting which is to' be held the second Sunday of hte month.

Your reporter, Rose Helweg 1 • A•( LODGE POKROK DALLAS NO. 84 December 29, 1954 Dear Members and Friends, At our last meeting, which was held December 19, the following officers were elected for 1955: President Cyril Pokladnik Vice-President Edward Kolenovsky Secretary Frank Vodicka Robert Duron Sr. Treasurer Bookkeeper Frank Slovak Ben Jarma Guide Members of the • various committees are: Entertainment Committee—Ban Jarma, Ben David, Edward Kolenovsky, Annie Steiner, Annie Marek.

Auditing • Committee—Ban David, Ben Jarma, Emil Petr.

Building Committee—Frank Vodicka, John Kubacak, Jodie Rejcek.

Sisters Mildred David and Ella Fridrick are in charge of the kitchen. When either of them call for assistance, please give them your help. If each one helps in the kitchen when asked, this asistance will probably not be required but once each year of every sister that is a member of the lodge.

In behalf of all our members, I want to thank Brother Cyril Pokladnik for the delicious "klobase," ham and rye bread that he so generously furnished Decem-

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be r 19 for our "after-meetin g" 111,neh.

Everyone enjoyed this good food.

Thanks also to the sisters who provided 'the sweets for this occasion.

The program- presented by the children turned out 'very well. I Will not name each individually as there were so many that I might surely leave one out. But our appreciation is extended to them all for a job well done Everyone, in fact, took part in the program by joining in with the pianist' in singing Christmas carols at the end of the program, We hope everybody enjoyed it.

As the year 1954 draws to a close, we of Lodge Pokrok Dallas No. 84 do hope the New Year will be a prosperous and happy one for one and all.

By the way, the reporter elected for 1955 is, Yours truly, Frances Baleja.

• 41, • SVAZ CECHOSLOVANU LODGE NO. 92 For tWor th Texas Dear Readers: Lodge Svaz Cechoslovanu No. 92 will have its regular monthly meeting Sunday, January 9, starting at 2 p.m. Members please pay their dues for the Sick Benefit in this meeting. Members have to be sixteen years old to join the Sick Benefit and the dues are $2.00 a year.

The members elected officers for the coming year, they are as follows: Presiident, J. R. Bartek; Vice-President, Joe Juran; Secretary, Jay Dee Waggoner; Auditor, Joe Koci; Treasurer, Frank Blazek. Board of Directors: Joe Juran, Joe Koci, Frank Blazek, Steve Matusevich and Henry Luksa. Sick Committee: Joe Krivanek, Patti Foyt, Jay Dee Waggoner, Frank Blazek, Joe Koci. Sisters Vlasta Dolkos, Helen Zich and Aloise.

Becan. Dance Committee: ' Sister Anna Langer, Rudolph Koci Jr., and Henry Luksa. Youth Director. Sister Flora Koci By-Laws Committee: Rudolph Koci Sr., Bob Easley and Joe Becan. Guide, Joe Danek. Reporters: Czech, Marie Juran; English, Jay Dee Waggoner. Resolution Committee: Rudolph Koci Sr., Helen Zich and Marie Juran.

Congratulations to Brother and Sister Willie Krivanek who are the parents of a baby boy.

Everyone remember the meeting Janu ary 9, and try to come.

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anizers Received A Gift Every active organizer in District Five was surprized during the holiday season with a gift from Brother J. M. Skrabanek, director of District Five.

The gift was a very attractive fountain pen with a highly amusing in scription. We cannot produce it here, because it would require an artist to draw the lettering and a special cut from an engraver. • With the gift came a personal letter which was as follows: Office of Director J. M. Skrabanek 4720 Bellaire Blvd.

Bellaire, Texas Dear Organiz:er: There is not a letter I would rather write than this one to wish you the greetings of the season . . . . I want to thank you for your splendid cooperation in securing the membership for our District 5, S. P. J. S. T. which put us over the top in both contests.

It has been a pleasure 4lo work with you and I hope our friendship, confidence and mutual understanding may grow stronger and more er ,l urina in our brotherhood.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR J. M. Skrabanek, Director and President Dist 5. ) a 49 • HOW'S IS BUSINESS?

Yesterday one of the salesmen in our agency came into my office and jokingly remarked that nobody would buy insurance. He was more serious, than jok-,' ing, however, sb we sat down and went over his records. We knew he could sell, because he has done a good job of it in the past. So we looked at ,his prospect list, and pretty soon he began to realize that he had a bunch of China eggs. He had been trying to sell insurance to people who had no intention of buying.

And believe it or not, he showed us a sion we went out for coffee. At the counter next to us was a salesman from another company and we greeted him with the question, "How's business?"

Fraternally, And believe it or not, he showtd us a policy he was getting ready to deliver, Jay Dee Waggoner 1• •t for $150,000. And to further prove that people were still buying insurance, that Our plans may be upset—there are policy was only part of $250;000 which greater plans than ours. —Mark Twain the client had just purchased!

We know what we are—we know not —Les Krupp, The Jeffersonian what we may be.--Anon

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Junior Membership In Fraternalism Because a number of societies, and some of these giants in the industry, no longer report separate statistics for juvenile coverage, it is impossible to compile an accurate summary of junior insurance and certificates in force. A listing by The Fraternal Monitor for May, 1954, shows 42 fraternals that made a net gain of 300 or more junior members.

This list totals a net increase of 80,257.

If we consider those organizations which did not submit reports, and those whose net gains were under the listing minimum of 300, we can safely estimate a net increase of over 100,000 certificates. For a total junior membership of one and three-quarter millions, this is an impressive gain, but far from satisfactory. We could accept the premise that a growth of 100,000 is something to crow about, and be lulled into a dangerous apathy. Nothing is so conducive to inevitable retrogression and eventual downfall, as a complacency born of satisfaction with limited success.

The accomplishments in the juvenile field are found wanting from at least two viewpoints. These are: Comparison of juvenile fraternal membership with the coverage in its commercial counterpart, and the ratio of junior to senior protection within our own house of fraternalism.

Should we be satisfied with one and three-quarter million junior certificates in a country with a population of over 160 million? When tens of millions of prospects are going begging for coverage and when these are inevitably "sold" on a commercial policy, should we derive any particular pride in writing up a few thousands? Is not our certificate infinitely more attractive and intrinsically more valuable, and all at an invariably lower cost? Are we not able to offer innumerable "extra contractual" benefits which accrue only from a fraternal benefit certificate?

Looking at it from the other standpoint, that of the ratio of fraternal junior to senior membership, we should be even less satisfied. Is there any logical apology, if apologists we must be, for a condition wherein less that two out of every ten fraternal benefit certificates written are juvenile? This is a sad commentary on fraternalism itself. Have we o little faith in our way of life that we have enrolled only a fraction of our progeny? What could be a more effective step to expand,- solidify and assure the future of our fraternal structure, than to sign up our own children? How

(By Michael Grasha,) Croatian Fraternal Union at Pennsylvania Fraternal Congress convincing can we be in our protestations of fidelity to fraternalism, how successful can we be in selling the fraternal package, that combination of un-. matched insurance coverage and extracontractual benefits, if we do not "practice charity at home first" by enrolling all our youngsters?

Let us not, succumb to the mass production bug. Let us resist the temptation to judge volume of sales as the sole criterion of successful field work. Let us be true zealots in the vineyard of fraternalism, emphasizing the tenets of brotherhood, and our certificates will sell themselves.

There is another facet to this story, however—a bright and happy side. We can justifiably be proud of our accomplishments with youth. In this day and age of fast living, superficial values, the impact of foreign. ideologies and that misnomer, juvenile delinquency, which rightfully should be tagged parental indolence, we fraternalists have the magic formula for curing all these ailments. We but need apply it to be convinced of its wonderful potentialities.

Fraternalism is synonymous with humanitarianism and Americanism. I say without equivocation that wherever a juvenile branch of our societies exists and functions, it is the most potent factor in the fight against loose living, against delinquency and against the insidious encroachment of Communism.

We owe a great debt of gratitude to our local youth leaders or counselors.

They give freely of their time and efforts to junior activities. Whether it be simple plans for particular holidays or events, or detailed programs for allseason activity, crafts, baton and tap classes, hobby production, contests and conventions, ritualistic exercises, any and all produce the desired result because they make the participant feel useful and important. They get at the very root of human frailty and temptation—idleness.

The Croatian Fraternal Union, whose juveniles comprise one-third of its total membership, finds it most profitable to nurture varied sports and socio-cultural activities. Our youngsters have avidly embraced the culture of their parents.

Choral groups, Kolo clubs which perpetuate our colorful national dancing, music ensembles which carry on, to us,

our 'melodious tainburitza music, all serve to instill a fundamental fondness for fraternalism which is of life-long duration. Our emphasis on sports is paying dividends, also. The society fosters bowling, baseball, basketball and golf leagues, with annual national tournaments of which juniors form an important segment. Christmas parties are an annual institution. Of the 500 junior units few, if any, will fail to mark thusly that universal holiday in a truly Christian fashion.

Need we seek proof of the inherent value of devotion to youth?,(Guidance alone is not enough, however. The junior who has developed into a qualified leader, should be given the Opportunity to progress farther, What could be more logical than that youth should lead youth? Longevity and experience in any organization can best be seasoned by the energy and enthusiasm of youth! This seasoning should be effected right up to the top admiiiistrative . echelons. • The Fraternal Monitor ) • 41, `JUNK MAIL' TO END SOON

Postmaster General Summerfield announced that city and town deliveries of "junk mail" will be discontinued after March 31, 1955.

Such deliveries of what the Post Office Department calls "simplified address mail" were established on an experimental basis 15 months ago. The system allowed distribution on selected routes of advertising material addressed simply to "householder," "patron," or "boxholder," without specific street address.

The experiment, which had been tried previously by the Democratic administration, resulted in numerous protests that the result clogged the postal system.

Rep. Murray (D., Tenn.), who is slated to become chairman of the House Post' Office committee in the new Congress assembling next week, said recently he had told Summerfield that unless "junk mail" deliveries were stopped, his committee would take steps to outlaw it.

The dropping of the simplified addressed mail, which is handled at a third-class rate of 1 1/2 cents per piece, applies only to city and village delivery routes. Such mail will still be handled on rural routes and to boxholders at post offices where no city or village delivery service is available.

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THE MGIC OF LEMONS Although you can't eat it like most fruits, the lemon probably has more culinary, beverage, industrial and medicinal uses than any other fruit." That is the verdict of Elbert T. Bartholemew and Walton B. Sinclair, two University of California scientists who have specialized in lemon research for over thirty years. Available evidence bears them out.

The lemon and its by-products feed cows, flavor foods, stop bleeding, control shock, fight flu, harden steel, ease oil drilling, tan leather, rinse hair. They put tang in candy, aroma in. perfume and fizz in carbonated drinks. They remove stains from cloth, smell from fish, stickiness from paper cartons and freckles from youthful faces. All this beside being the base for the world's favorite thirst-quencher: lemonade.

The lemon offers other magic, too.

You may find blossoms, green and ripe fruit on the tree at the same time; and you can pick a lemon in a Southern California garden any day of the year.

So you find fresh lemons plentiful at every season at markets throughout the country. Part of this you owe to nature and part to the persistence of man.

Man's earlies known reference to the lemon was in A. D. 1175 when a Chinese writer described "the li-mung fruit" as being " the size of a large plum and exceedingly sour to taste." It seems certain that the "li-mung" was originally native to South China and Burma, and thence like Genghis Khan, adventured across Asia. Since their traveling times were parallel, it may well be that Genghis himself carried lemon seeds along with the seeds of war into Arab territory. Anyway, there is written record of the invention of lemonade by a Monglonian tribe in 1299.

From the Middle East, the nomadic lemon, still marching with history, was "captured" by the Crusaders and transplanted triumphantly to the lush soil of Italy and Southern France. The TransAtlantic journey took place in 1493, when Columbus stopped off at the Canary Islands for lemon and other oldworld seeds on his way to the first permanent settlement of the new world, in Haiti. The hop to the mainland was easy, but it was not until the Spanish padres ventured up the Western fringe of the continent that lemons began to flourish along the Southenh California coast. In one 100-mile coastal strip of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, the temperature, humidity, atmosphere and soil are so ideal that today it is

the 'most productive lemon area in the world.

Lemon growers say if you seek a perfect year-round climate, go where lemons grow. The lemon is fussier about climate than even the orange. It freezes up if the thermometer sinks to 28 for more than an hour. And its tender shoots burn away with prolonged heat.

It does best in a year round mean temperature of 60-70, needs some rain or irrigation all year, but tends to rot in high humidity.

The lemon tree is a small evergreen, 15 to 40 feet high, with a thick, glossy, light green foliage, and often spiney with thorns. Its purple-tinged white flowers bloom in profusion and perfume the air with clean fragrance. One of the 'most refreshing summer sights in all the West is a lemon grove, its orderly avenues shaping a cool, green oasis against the brown of neighboring hills.

At the turn of the nineteenth century only about one million boxes of lemons a year were imported in the United States, and two and a half million were imported from Italy. Today the West can turn out 15 million boxes annually; 97 per cent of the U. S. lemon crop grows in California and Arizona. Before our transcontinental rail lines were opened in 1877, American lemons were rarely found outside California markets. But in 1893, sixty orange growers found a cooperative marketing group, the Southern California Fruit . Exchange, now known as the Sunkist Growers, Inc. Today's membership list over 20,000 citrus growers—including most of the lemon growers in California and Arizona—who have more than 300,000 acres in production.

The cooperative handles every step of lemon marketing from tree to retail.

Each grower-member has his local unit fertilize and spray his trees, size and clip his lemons, sort, store, pack and ship his fruit to market distribution centers. Lemons are always clipped, never pulled from the tree. Usually picked green, they improve in cool, dry storage until ready for market. They are "sized" with a ring, and packed in eight grades according to the number that fill the standard box. The largest pack 180 to a box, the smallest, 588.

During the thirsty summer months, lemon marketing is a tricky business.

As many as 150 carloads of fresh lemons click along to big-city markets at the same time. But many of them never get where they started out for. Sometimes that 'big heat-wave forecast for

Kansas City fails to show, so the traffic manager quickly switches the Kansas City car to Memphis, where the local man has just wired, "We're sweltering at 110 and almost out of lemons."

Up until five years ago, failure to matching wits with the weather man meant losses for the growers. But in 1949 a new star arose in the lemon family—frozen lemon concentrate—and bloomed so fast that there are more than 40 brands now on the market, and sales have increased 25-times-oVer, in five years. The grower is tickled because this frozen concentrate comes froth the "culls"—too small for the fresh market, but whose juice is just as good as that of a perfect "180".

Another recent piece of lemon magic is lemon juice in bottles. It needs no refrigeration and lasts indefinitely. Today's housewife also has lemon juice to thank for improving the quality of the frozen fish she buys. Frozen fish packers take advantage of its anti-oxidant action by dunking fish in lemon juice to check strong odors. It also helps retain flavor and freshness.

Lemon juice in place of salt is something new to most American households.

It is estimated that someone in every fourth U.S. family today is on a lowsodium or salt-free diet. And the modern homemaker is leaning that when salt is taboo, the sharp tang of lemon juice gives zest to foods.

Today the cooperative's by-products affiliate can pro9ess 1500 tons of lemons every 24 hours — formerly an entire year's job. One by-product, citric acid, is used for drugs, carbonated drinks, candy, jelly-making and as sodium % citrate, to emulsify processed cheese. It also plays a part in engraving, silvering and calico - printing. The wax from lemon oil is now widely used as a base for industrial deodorants—especially on cattle boats! The leftover pulp, mixed with alfalfa, is turned into cattle-feed.

"Pectate" pulp, as it is called, is put in a quenching • bath to help harden steel. It is also used to size paper, as an anti-stick for paper containers, to' speed the creaming of latex rubber, and as part of a mud compound that seals off water seepage in oil-well drilling.

It is perhaps in the medical field the lemon today is performing its most spedtacular magic. From pectin—found in the white portion of lemon peel—medi cal research has developed a solution that serves as a blood plasma substitute (Continued pn Page 21).

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THE CURSE OF THE COMICS (By Donald A. Webster) 'The Pacific Fleet Command has banned the sale of most war comic books in ships' stores on the grounds that they are top gory for the American sailor," according to Life.

If these books "are too gory for the American sailor," what about American-children? What about the boys and giii6 at home? *Dr.: Frederic Wertham, a psychiatrist, after seven years of scientific investigations, has written a thoroughly documented book entitled The Seduction of the Innocent, in which he reveals the effeets . pf comic books upon the minds and, behavior of children. The shocking ' made public in this book should facts jolt every responsible citizen into action.

According to the Asociation of Comics Magazine Publishers, over 80,000,000 new cbinie, books pour from the press every month! And it is estimated that by the end of 1954 this figure will have soared to over 100,000,000. Comic books are being printed in a number and with a speed worthy of a better cause. Whether this number will be reduced by the recent establishment of a censor, selected and paid by the comic industry, time alone wi/I' tell.

What are these "uncomic" books about?

"Ciirrie comic books represented about one tenth of the total of all comic books in 1946-1947," states Dr. Wertham. "By 1954 they form the vast majority of all comic books."

Most, of these magazines are textbooks in ,erime. The authorities are fighting juvenile, delinquency; the comicbook industry is encouraging it. A thirteen-year old boy; head of a gang, came to see Di:' ,Wertham. He had been involved in a-fight'with a fatal shooting. He told the cleCtOt gbout his gang's hide-out--an abaliddhed house. When the authorities checked the place they found it stacked full of Violent fighting textbooks—crime comics. s`"Grime books present the details of how , tor, commit crimes, how to conceal evidence, how to evade detection, how to hurt opple," reveals Dr. Wertham. Some bqu,k§,describe the best methods to use whey r,obbing a store. Many give illustrate4 lessons in foul fighting. Still others show how to murder for profit, set fires, forge checks, steal automobiles, pick pirkets, commit sex offenses, and carry out every other type of crime imaginable.

Dr., Wertham cites many cases as proof.

"Three; boys, six to eight years old, took a bey :of seven, hanged him nude from a tree, his hands tied behind him, then

burned him. with matches. Probation officers investigating found that they were re-enacting a comic-book plot."

An eleven-year-old boy killed a woman in a holdup. "When arrested, he was found surrounded by comic books. His twenty-year-old brother said, 'If you want the cause of all this, here it is! It's those rotten comic books. Cut them out, and things like this wouldn't happen'."

Someone has said, 'What food is to the body, books are to the mind." We would all rise up in righteous indignation if mere children of ten, eleven, and twelve were being given hard liquor to drink. Yet we go on unperturbed while these same young people devour without restriction sadistic comics of the worst kind. — Signs of the Times.

■ • „4, • WITHOUT LIFE INSURANCE It would be necessary: To live a long and healthy life.

To withstand the temptation to withdraw, for minor expenditures, even a single cent of the money you have saved.

To resist the appeals of borrowing friends . . . as long as you live.

To avoid all bad investments.

To watch carefully the compounding of interest and be prompt in reinvesting of matured funds.

To select only those investments which can be liquidated without loss in good or bad times.

That you maintain to the end of your life a high degree of investing skill.

That you secure diversification in your savings and investments.

That you keep constantly alert to changing economic conditions, so you are able to switch your investment program at the first danger signal.

That you develop some systematic savings plan which encourages you to save, year by year.

Wouldn't it be easier to write a check for enough life insurance protection so that you and your family can have financial security?

—Aetna Life in Insurance Index ) • Your old age security rests on what you do while young—not on what you think you'll do about it a little later on.

Start your life insurance program while you are still an insurable risk.

Wednesday,.January_ 5,

Sources of Where To Go "Where shall " I go?" "Whom shall -I see?" 'Isn't that what every agent is always wanting to know?

Before you can sell, you must prospect; before you can prospect, you must have names. They are your stock in. trade.

Getting more names and cultivating them is your passport to prosperity.

Here are sources of names with whom you should have influence: 1. Classmates you know from high school or college. They are now established men and women. Life insurance will have a definite place in their lives.

2. People you know from you, previous places of employment.

3. Your relatives, or their relatives by marriage.

4. Your present and former neighbors..

5. Members of your church, lodge or fraternal organization.

6. People with whom you and yeur wife mix socially.

7. Parents of your children's playmates.

8. People to whom you pal money for the right to live, such as the grocer, - butcher, baker, milkman, fuel dealer, landlord, etc. They appreciate your patronage and will listen to you because you are a customer.

9. Your doctor, lawyer, dentist, and others who serve you profesionally.

10. People you know because of your connection in public service and charity organizations such as Red Cross, Community Chest, Y. M. C. A., etc.

11. People you know because you drive a car—dealers, salesmen, service managers, mechanics, tire dealers, battery dealers, gasoline station operators, etc.

12. People you know because you enjoy a particular sport—such as tennis, golf, bowling, fishing, etc.

"The Insurance Salesman" V ) • ACCENT ON MIDDLE AGE Important changes in the operating plans of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginenmen, of Cleveland, were authorized at the 36th convention held in Boston and have been put into effect. At that time action was taken providing that members who had attained 65 years of age would be ineligible for election to office.

This news item appeared recently in the Fraternal Monitor, a monthly reporting the trands in the fraternal benefit societies field.

The last SPJST convention in Houston discussed the limit of 70 years of age, but it was overwhelmingly turned down,

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VESTNtIt — WEST, TEXAS

EVERYMAN'S PALACE The U. S. was the last of the great Western nations to possess a national gallery of art. Yet now, less than 14 years after its dedication, the National Gallery in Washington ranks with the world's finest. The gallery's principal offering is a grand tour of Western art—from stiff but splendid beginnings in Siena and Florence right through the skyrocket flash and fizzle of modern times. Casual visitors may make the tour in a day, students in a decade; the gallery is solidly studded with masterpieces.

Washington cab drivers are likely to refer to the museum as "the Mellon gallery,' which is just what its founder, Financier Andrew Mellon, hoped to avoid. He wanted to build no personal monument but a palace for Everyman, which would be lasting glory to the nation. The neoclassic building cost Mellon $15 million, is a palatial as any structure to be found in the Western Hemisphere.

Its central dome was modeled on the Pantheon in Rome. The rotunda and windowless exhibition wings are constructed of over 40 kinds and shades of marble from "Istrian Nuage" (Italy) to "Vermont Radio Black," and enclose five acres of exhibition space. There are fatcushioned couches for the foot-weary, and fountain courts ringed with fishtail palms to soothe the eye-weary. Behind the scenes is an air-conditioning system that gulps 5,000 gallons of water a minute. Some 600 lamps, like those used for night baseball, glow softly through the diffusion-glass ceiling.

In turning his own collection over to the gallery, Mellon urged that it be used as a criterion for further acquisitions in order "to prevent the introduction . . . of inferior works of art." To assure a continuing high standard, he set up a self-perpetuating board of trustees which examines all gift horses with a dentist's doubtful eye, Since Mellon's death in 1937, vast bequests from Samuel Kress and Joseph Widener (old masters), Lessing Rosenwald (prints and drawings) and Chester Dale (old masters and modern French paintings) have swelled the collection. It now numbers 1,721 paintings, 1,696 sculptures (mostly small), 21,451 prints and drawings, 22,000 watercolor renderings and photographs of American art objects (made under WPA auspices), 815 objects of decorative art, and 1,436 photographs from Alfred Stieglitz' collection, Total worth: more than $200 million Happily for future donors, almost a third of the gallery remains to be filled.

Director David Finley is in no hurry to fill it. "We would like to be not one of

the largest galleries," he explains, "but one of the best." The truth is that European masterpieces in private hands grow fewer every, year, while laws prohibiting their export from most European countries make them ever harder to obtain.

Income from the gallery's private endowment (printcipally Mellon money) comes close to $500,000 a year, is used to pay the salaries of the executive officers, to finance educational activities (lecturesjelevision shows, concerts) and occasionally to buy new acquisitions.

Maintenance costs , including the salaries of 322 civil service personnel, are borne by the Government. These costs come to $1,300,000 a year. In the same period, an average 1,779,088 taxpayers visit the gallery, enjoy a feast of treasures that no Medici or Bourbon King ever matched.—Reprinted from Time.

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WHERE TO GO SUNDI,Y TWICE A MONTH: Sunday—Every first and third Sunday cf 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 lgssons are sponsored for the youth of.,,bodge Pc krok Houston No. 88, 1140 Robbie.

SUNDAY JANUARY 2: Seymour Lodge 73 will hold its meeting:Children are to get their own parts ) 4 • f for the program, whatever they-want to IF LIFE INSURANCE WERE REPEALED do. Will have our regular lunch. ) • & • I "What would you do if life insurance were repealed?" a general agent asked WHAT LIFE INSURANCE one of his salesmen who didn't want REALLY MEANS to i sell his friends, For some reason we have never been "Suppose, for example, that we had word from the home office tomorrow able to discover, people insure their morning that all life insurance com- houses, their furniture, their automopanies were going to be required by law biles and virtually everything of value to quit selling life insurance forever. they possess, but seldom buy life, insur`But let's also suppose that our com- ance without being solicited over, and pany was able to secure a special dis- over again. pensation on your behalf: You are going Yet life insurance is the only Means to be permitted to sell 100 more policies. Then you will be all through. No by which a man or woman can create `a substantial estate by signing an applicamore life insurance—EVER! tion and paying moderate premiums.

"Now think it over. Who are the 100 A life insurance policy is a certificate people you are going to rush to see to let them in on a once in a lifetime op- of deposit bought on easy terms which portunity? Isn't it yourself, your family cancels at death all unpaid installments, It is a plan which makes possible and your good friends? Of course.

"All right. There's not a chance that the purchase of money for delivery in, life insurance is going to be repealed, the future at times when it will be needand we're glad for that — but why is ed most. As someone wrote' not long the situation any different insofar as ago: calling on your friends is concerned?"

"Life insurance is the organized love —Manager's Handbook of men for their families; the capitaliza•t ) tion of affection; the prudence of years; OUTLIVES POLICY, COLLECT $5677 the riches of the poor; the security of the rich. It is love and affection reduced A retired Army colonel was to collect to a science—thrift exalted to a Prb$5677 Tuesday as the beneficiary of his fesion. And the beautiful part of it all own life insurance policy. is that it reaches its greatest value in Col. Edgar S. Walker passed his 96th immediate cash when everything else birthday October 3 and in doing so out- is made uncertain through death." lived the life span covered by mortality Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil' tables of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. )•4•t The man who does not provide an adeof New York. He took out the policy in 1887 and paid $1936 in premiums dur- quate amount of insurance makeS a ing the next 20 years. He stopped pay- bet that he will live—a bet which his wife and children pay after he is dead. ' ing premiums in 1907.

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WEST, TEXAS

The Most Dangerous Man n The World (By Dew Morgan) You can read. You are therefore in a minority in the world's population. For 1,200,000,000 people (which is about twothirds of the human race) are illiterate.

No man has realized this more fruitfully than Dr. Frank Laubach, an American nondenominational missionary whose unique gifts have enabled him to teach reading in 239 languages in 88 countries in the last 24 years. Read those figures again because they are too big to be absorbed at once.

Back in 1929 the world was suffering a depression. Frank Laubach was sharing this depression, but for a different reason. He had been a missionary in the Philippine Islands for the previous 14 years. Now he felt a sense of complete failure at his efforts to spread the Word among the Moros who were Moslems. Even their language seemed to be beyond him, especially since not a page of it had ever been printed.

Within a year he could write: "They love it so much they hardly give us time to eat." Soon there was a school building, a temporary church, a printing press and, incredible though it may seem, a bi-weekly newspaper! The gratitude of the Moros had no bounds.

Then came the sort of moment when Ininian failure gives a divine opportunity. The financial slump meant the withdraw' of Laubach's paid teachers But a fierce eyed Moros chieftan proclaimed: "Everybody who learns has got to teach. Each one teach one."

The. astonishing thing about the methods is that they are so easy The first lesson can be learned in 15 minutes.

This speed is important, since it gives the learner both enthusiasm and confidence.

It consists of 10 to 15 common words which are associated with pictures. The moment these are learned the student is required to teach them to another illiterate. Lesson two consists in learning to write what' he has learned to read in lesson one. To go more fully into the technique of actual reading is impossible in the space available. Let's look behind the actual technique to the preparation which precedes it.

'Take, for example, the agricultural experts. They know that only the best potatoes cap produce the best crops.

But the jungle dweller who constantly lives on the borderline of starvation could not see the sense of eating the poorer potatoes and leaving the better ones • for seed. Thus the potatoes got smaller every year.

Laubach's first lesson is so designed that it conveys the "secret" of how to get the best out of your potatoes. The words of advice which for long had fallen on deaf ears have a new compulsion when they are recognized in print. For the newly literate is almost hypnotized by the wonder of his .own ability to read.

Nor do the lessons lack coherence. Very often a superman is created out of a typical farmer. An Anand or a Hussein reveal the secrets one by one and show, how they themselves have profited by them. And the comment is "If Anand can, I can." With the result, to quote an old Cicogo speaking African, "I'm going to wash my cloth if it falls to pieces, I'll just have to get another now I'm a reader."

But that very remark shows why Laubach has been called "the most dangerous ma._: In the world." For if one African needs a new cloth, so do millions of others. If one Indian learns that something more than a handful of rice is necessary to a healthy bod y, so do millions of others. Learning to read is a tocsin to slumbering ,millions. ) • 4, • 4 DEATH AND RED TAPE People who would not think of treating their own broken legs or of repairing their own automobile engines still hesitate to retain an attorney to perform legal services of formidable complexity.

These people feel their way along by asking total strangers for advice—they can be seen asking the clerk of the probate court what they do next — asking insurance companies what forms are required for estate tax' waivers, and asking the internal revenue information clerk what tax returns must be filed.

They inquire of friends what they did when they had a death in the family.

Such people should be prepared to find that sometimes the advice they receive in this manner is worth exactly what it —Pilot's Log cost. a, • ( The worse shape a living man's affairs may be in, the greater the need that he put his estate in order.

You do not have to buy an afternoon paper or watch the ticker or board in a stock exchange to find out what your policy is worth. * Life insurance takes a portion of the money you are now making and makes it work for you when you are through working,

Wednesday, January 5, 1955 THE FIVE MOST EXPRESSIVE WORDS Dr. Wilfred Funk, of Funk and Wagnails, who publish dictionaries, is perhaps the nation's greatest expert in the use of English words. When asked to select five most expressive words in our language, Dr. Funk's reply to my inquiry was: "The five most expressive words in our language are an integral part of the life insurance business, as I see it.

Here are the words and how I believe they should be used.

1. "The most bitter word is 'ALONE.' We feel the chill air which blows about the old man or woman who must live in the state of dependency. They are indeed lonely ones. They are alone.

2."The most tragic word is EATH.' It is especially' tragic when death cuts off a man betore he has discharged his highest social responsibility—the care of his family. That is death as a tragedy.

3. "The comforting word is 'FAITH. To believe in someone, to know he will never fail, is one of the great experiences. To back that faith by the pledge of life insurance completei, the picture.

4. "The most beautiful word is 'LOVE. You need not talk with a father about his love for his family. All you need do is to turn his mind for the moment from the world of business to the world of home. Then he, himself, will feel the love about which you agents hesitate to talk 5. "The coldest word is 'NO,' which at times can be sub-zero cold. Rather I am thinking of all the 'no's' which the family of the under-insured man may receive. `No, you can have no further credit. . . No, the payments are long overdue, you must go some place else. . .

No, don't try to enter college, unless you have at least $5,000. . . No, you'll have to send your little girl to the char• ity ward at the city hospital. . . No, we are not taking on older women without experience... No — No — No' echoing always down through the corridors of the years."

—Dave Behling in Insurance Index ) • 4 • (, Take out life insurance now so that no matter what the future brings, your wife will at least be assured some financial independence. * * When you buy insurance, you transfer to the insurance company a heavy load of liability. If you drop it, you put the load right back upon your shoulders.

• • If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.

—Goethe

Wednesday, January 5, 1955

Sources Of Where To Go

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WEST, TEXAS

A Minister And Insurance

Strana 21

OLKA DANCE C NDAR

(Calvin C. Cherveniva I "I am not an Insurance man, but Wednesday, January 5 where human plasma is unobtainable. every time a young man corner before me Joe Patek orchestra — Plainview at the marriage altar, I feel like sayPectin capsules are used to soothe and Community Center near El Campo stabilize the intestines, and are regarded ing to him that he ought to give his bride a substantial insurance policy.

Saturday, January 8 as one of the best regulators for human K'cnvicka's Worthing Band — Faiic elimination. From the white inner rind "You have no right to take a girl of the lemon has come a whole new fam- from a 1]osition where she may be earn- child Hall Sil Krenek orchestra Nelsonville ily of drug compounds. Many applica- ing her own living, and tie her up to tions of these "biaflavonoids" as they you and later tie her down to a family SPJST Hall Rudy Kurtz orchestra — K. T. Tall are known, are still in experimental of little children who make it difficult stages. But they have already proven for her to make a living again—unless in San Antonio effective in the treatment of shock and you give her some protection and securSunday, January 9 hemorrhage, and the relief of severe ity.

Sil Krenek orchestra Plainview burns, including X-ray burns.

"Before you buy a car, buy her an Community Center near El C mpo And their power to strengthen blood ca p Rudy Kurtz orchestra Hall at -ilareswkndbyexcsivdrnkg insurance policy—and after you buy the has proved helpful in treating alcohol- car you will need insurance all the more Nada in these days of highway fatalities. Get ism.

Wednesday, January 12 With more lemon magic ahead, many her a policy before you get her a teleRudy Kurtz orchestra — Plainview vision set.

Put first things first; let the people—especially those about to retire— Community Center near El Campo picture a lemon grove in California as other things come along as you can afford them. the perfect way of life. These folk should All the above darzes are at night un•, remember that lemon growing is a busi"There are two exigencies of life every iess otherwise specified. is a free ness and hard work—just like any other man should meet; one is protection of service out applies only to those dances kind of farming. But they can be sure his family if he should die; the other at which mainly polka and waltz music is of one thing: If they choose to live in is protection of old age if he should played b y a live orchestra. The Vestnik or lemon country, they will enjoy one of live. Modern life insurance provides for writer will assume no responsibility re” suiting from any dance announcements; the most livable climates in the world. both. which are listed in this coli/mn. ListingS —Alan Legg—Lifetime Living "In our weekly or monthly budget we from orchestras and dance halls should, )• • can put a few dollars aside for insur- be received at least one week before ptibance as one of the necessities of life, lication. Send all listing,.. w Calvin Cherjust as we save up for something for crenka, Route 2, Rogers. Texas. • )•• the fuel bill, or a winter overcoat. A bit of foresight and a bit of planning THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES will gave us the money for this supreme and the date when each one of theui necessity. ratified the Constitution of the United "I know why I urge you thus. It is my States: (Continued from Page 12) duty as a minister to stand by the flowDelaware — December 7, 1787 go into a detailed programming inter- er-decked altar and the flower-decked coffin; to play my part in setting up Pennsylvania — December 12, 1787 view or work toward a spot program. hew Jersey -- December 18, 1787 Our time is valuable, and it is going to the home in the hour when it is broken.

Georgia — January 2, 1788 take a lot of it if you have to go back I see the difference between the widConnecticut — January 9, 1788 twice for the same thing. If you can owed mother who is left penniless and Massachusetts — February 6, 1788 show the man the different types of in- the mother helped through the hardest Maryland — April 28, 1788 surance, there isn't much reason for years by the proceeds of an insurance South Carolina — May 23, 1788 him to say, "Let me think it over." There policy; between the home where the New Hampshire — June 21, 1788' is nothing to think over. • children are left to care 'for themselves, and the home where mother can take Virginia -- June 26, 1788 Wife Appreciates Work New York — July 26, 1788 If the wife is in on the interview, she care of her children because she doesn't North Carolina — November 21, 1780 appreciates this type of work, and 90% have to go out and slave to support Rhode Island — May 20, 1790 of the time reacts this way: "That's a them. And the juvenile courts know the simple explanation of life insurance." difference, too, " 'The Lord will provide'—but it may At this point I usually go into information about the prospect, explain our be a wash tub for your wife to sweat want to be a life insurance man,. from program set-up and show him my own over, or a dingy tenement for your chil- the standpoint of the good that I could program or one that I believe fits his dren to live in, or public charity to sup- do. The minister cannot always save the circumstances. If, however, he turns out port your family. God does not put a fatherless and the widow from lonliness to be a person who would not appre- premium on your thoughtfulness. Yo and sorrows, but the life insurance man ciate a program, I proceed directly in- may slip away, but your children will can rescue them from poverty and need and lift the fear from their hearts!' pay the price of your neglect. to a package sale.

"If I could not be a minister I would —Dr. J. E. Hughson, in The Jeffersonian The Insurance Salesman.

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Simple xplanation o Insurance to Young Men .

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staiievek se ma naroditi a k nam na sv L prijiti Spasitel Spasitel nag!

Sbor: Kd - &emu pUjderne, co mu telly Prvn pastiri: Hopsa, -ermeme? bratrove, k yam pospiPrvni k chain Tak rychle beTnu povedu, vezmi sezirn sotva Ocham. bou plait medu a ty mu %or: ProC Pak bag, dej fasku brynze na kopro nejtiei pop - ledu! nrialoueku chodnielern Pieeti s tatinkem nebo maminkou nekolikrat, popros je, aby Ti vysvetlili neznama, slova a potom sprivne idniecem k prvni k nam, evieeni do seg itu! Moina, dice znaji obsah i napev to koledy, ktenarn. ra je velmi oblibona. Pripomene jim jeValaiska koleda.

Prvni: pa rvi: Balm chle dolinou s pieradostneu novinou!

Druhfr pasOi: Co pak to v nod neE, e? Snad jsi z o7oudil v lese?

Pivnipastiii: Q bratrove • fiejmiletii radujte se!

Druhr pa.stfi. : 26 se narcdil tertMesiii, o nemi

jich mladi. Pozdrav pani Holikove z Mempstead a vg em, ktefi si na strkeka o vanoeich vzpoinneli.,Diky!

S pozdravem STRteEK MItER Z AUSTINU. ) • •(

Babiela (Napsala Baena Nemcova ) (Pokraoovan I.)

Ve st •edu, dne 5. ledna 1955. nice. Ono z eele tG vojny nbc nebylo, sedlaci fikali ji `kolaeova', proto ze pry vojaci, kdy2 snedli po vesnicich koldee, donyri se vratili."

"A jak se delo s Jifim?" ptala se Kristia, s napjatosti poslouchajic.

"Nevedeli jsme o nein nicehoz a'Z' do jara, ponevad'Z s temi nepokoji nikdo nepfechazel. Byli jsme jako na trni. Pfi$lo faro — a jeSte nic; vydala jsem se na pout', jak jsem byla Jifikovi slibila.

810 vice znamkch a na gi mne jim dali na starost. Vildce na g byl kolikrate v Kladsku, a tatik mu natidil, aby mne tam dovedl, on tam zna, kaldk kout. `Stavime se u pani Lidu$ky, abychom se trochu kekl. vadce, kdyt jsme pfi$11 do mesta.

Ve$1i jsme do male hospody *a pfedmesti. K pani Liduke zachazeti ni, ktefi z 0.ech ona byla z nag krajiny. Tenkrate se jeSle v Kladsku mluvilo v$ude eesky, nea to bkva tak, .2e se bide rodili z jedne krajiny radi hledaji. Pani Lidaka nas s velikou radosti ptivitala, museli jsme do jeji sedniakY. `Jen se posad'te, ja tu jsem hned, jen trochu vinne polivky varni'pfinesu,' pravila ochotne a ztratila se ze dvefi.

Ja mela srdce jako v klatich, byla to radost, 2e se s Mint shledam, i strach, 2e se mu snad cos pfihodilo zatim, co jsme o nem neslyAeli. Tu najednou zaslechnem venku znamk hlas pozdravovat pani Lidu gku, a ji zase volat: `Jen dale, pane Jitiku, jsou tam poutnici z Oech!"

Dvefe se rychle otevfelk a v nich se ukazal Jiti, av gak zhlidnouc ho, zastala jsem jako hromem omro.C'ena. Byl ye vojenskem gatu. Mne se delaly m'Zitky! Jifi mne podal ruku, vzal do naruei a pravil skoro s pldeem: `Ja ne gt'astnST elovek; sotva ze jsem uchopil se femesla a stfas1 se sebe, co se mi nelibilo, jiz mam zase nove jho na krku. Z de$te jsem utekl a dostal se pod okap. Kdybych v echitch byl, alespori bych slouhl svemu panu, a zde slouait musim cizimu.' `Pro Boha to prosim, co's to dovedl, to vzali?' povidam mu.

Inu, mila, miadost, nerozum. Neveiil zkuSenemu strejci, kdya jsem od vas utekl, v g ude se mi stSiskalo, vgecko jsem jednou v bylo mi proti mysli. nedeli s nekolika kamarady do hospody, nedbaje na 2. "6,drie domluvy. Pili jsme, jsme se opili, tu pfijdou do hospody ver-

Nez jsem se vzpamatovat mohla, byl ten tam. Ja, beMm hned k Novotne, povedit, co se stalo; jdeme k na gim, vgichni j.sme byli jako beze smyslu. Kahleho g umotu jsme se lekali. Dustojnik rozeslal vojaky na vSecky cesty; nepoznav Jiiiho, myslil, 2e je ptespolni a ze ho ne(Pokraeovani.) kde natrefi, ten ale jim S • t'astne uklouzl.

VyhVbala jsem se panovi, jak jsem jen ) • • mohla, on ale nemoha jinak pomstit, ostouzel mne po vsi, jakobych gpatne Bud' je piing pozde, nebo piing brzy na device byla. Znali mne v gichni, nepodati- kolektivni bezpeenost jako uskuteenitello se mu. Na S"testi pt gel rozkaz, aby se nk program miru. — The New Republic, vojsko hnulo zpet, Prus vtrhl pkes hra- New York,

Ve stredu, dne 5. ledna 1955.

WLADISLAW STANISLAW REYMONT

SEDLACI I PODZIM "Pochvalen bud'. Pan Jag Kristus."

"At na \rely, mila Agato; kampak van-. drujete, co?"

"Do sveta, mezi lidi, jemnostpane. takhle daleko!"—a Agata opsala kcal oblouk od vYchodu na zapad. `Knez mimovolne pohledl do dalek a rychle ptevtel oei, nebot' nad zapadem viselo oslriujici slunce; nate se tiSeji, jakoby zaleknute zeptal: "A tOaras Klombovi vyhnali? Snad jste se jenom trochu pohattetili snad."

Agata neodpovedela hned, jenom se ponekud naptimila a jeji stare vyhasle oei narnahave bloudily po podzimnich holYch polich a po strechach vsi, ponorene v zahradach.

"I nevyhnali kdepak... jsou to dobraci. .. a pribuzni. A Ze bychom se byli pohaSterili . to taky ne. Sama jsem si rekla, ze musim do sveta. Z ciziho vozu, tteba i v rybniku, hajdy dole. Musila jsem ... nerneli U2 pro mne praci . . ted', na zimu . copak tedy budou mi davat kati jist i ten koutek na lehnuti zadarmo?. VSak uz i telatka odstavili. . . a husieky taky, noel jsou ted' ua chladne, zvitata museji pod sttechu a tak jsem udelala inisto. . . jak jinak bylo by Skoda dobyteeka, taky je to tvor BoZi Klombovi jsou dobraci, aspori v lete me u sebe nechavaji, • kouska mista, ani trochy jidla nelituji—rnela jsem se jako kterakoli selka. . . Ale na zirnu je potteba jit do sveta, po Z'ebrote . . . Nepottebta rnnoho a dobri lide daji. . . a tact to do ja.ra--kdyZ Pan Bith da—nejak pretlueu a jeSte nejakST ten gro g' us-. potim. . . tot' se vi, pro ne, kdyl prijdu prede Znerni jsou to piece pribuzni A nejkadk JeliS aby ub.Oaka opustil?

Neopusti."

"Neopusti, neopusti!" zvolal horlive kn & . a ostYcha.ve ji vlozii do hrsti zlatku.

"Jemnostpane nag dobrotircI, jemnostpane!"

Agata se s tresouci hlavou vrhla knezi ke kolerrnm a slzy jako hrachy se ji vyhrnuly po sive tvati, zryte jako ta podzimn oraniska.

"Jdete s Panern Bohem--jdete," Septal starostlive knez a zvedl ji od zeme.

Agata tresoucima se rukama sebrala torbu huleieku, opatrenou na, konci bodcem, a dala se rozjeZdenou cestou k, lesum; co chvile se vLak obracela ke vsi,

VESTNtI

WEST, TEXAS ,

k polim, kterSrch dol4vali brambory; i za tim koutem z pasackYch plazicich se nizounko po strniska.ch, se litostive divala tak dlouho, dokafl nezmizela za krovim pri silnici.

Knez znova usedi na koleeka od pluhu, aritml si, otevtel breviat—ale oei mu sklouzly s dervenYch liter a spechaly po ohromnYch lanech, pohrouZenYch v podzimni zadumani, bloudily pa bledern nebi nebo se zastavovaly na chlapci, na klonenem nad pluhem.

"Valku, bere§ to nejak na krivo!" zvolal knez, zaporninaje Se ponekud, a kraeel oelma krok za krokem za parem tlustYch' sivakit, tahnoucich vrzajici pluh.

Nato zadal znova nevedomky ptebirat eervene litery breviare, hYbaje pfitom rty, ale co chvile se jeho &di smekly na sivaky nebo zas na hejno vran, ktere ostraite, s natalenYmi zobaky poskakovaly v brazde a po kaldem hvizdnuti pri kaldem navratu pluhu se te2ce zvedaly a znova dopadaly na zoranou roli, brousice si zobaky na tvrdYch, seschlYch hruddch.

"Valku! Svihni narueniho, zirstava, ti vzadu!"

Knez se usmal, protole po rane bidem narueni vyrovnal krok, a kdy'Z kone dok cesty, hbite povstal, poplacal je s laskou po krku; sivaci k nemu nataho vali nozdry a, ptateLsky mu oeichavali tvar.

"Hot -- hyjel" volal zpeVne Weir, vytahl pluh, tivytici se, jako by byl ze sttibra, lehce jej nadnesl, oprati tidil kone tak, Ze se kralkYm obloukem otoeili, vrazil trpytnou radlici do strniska, Svihl bieem, kone zabrali, vahy zasktipalya Valek pokradoval v orani lanu zeme, kterY v pravern Uhlu spadal po svahu ad cesty a jako dlouha osnova vyeesanYch hrud sahal as ke vsi, lelici v doliku a ztopene v eervenYch a 2lutavYch sadech.

Bylo ticho, teplo, trochu ospale.

Slunce, ac bylo ua konec zah, jeSte viselo na pun cesty mezi polednem a zapadem nad lesy, take kete, hrornadky kameni i hruSne na polich, ba i seschle tvrcle hroudy kladly za sebe tmaye, chladne stiny.

Na opuStenYch a prazdnYch polich bylo ticho a opojna sladkost leZela ye vzduchu zamlZenem sluneenim oparem; vysokem jasnem blankyte lezela tu a tarn bez lad ua skiadu porozhazena, ohromna bila oblaka jako zaveje, navate a nadachrane vetrem.

A pod nimi, kam oko dohledlo, leZela temna, pole jako ohromna misa moil ce vroubend lesy—misa, pies ni';' ;a1:0 vlakenko, jiskrici s se kroutila a bleskotala zpod olgin a rokyti na brezich tetra. Uprostied vsi se vtak rozlevala v ohromnY podlouhlY rybnik a odtekala na sever prurvou mezi pahorky;

Strana 23 na dne kotliny kolem rybnika lezela lies; hrala ye slunci podzimnimi barvami zabrad jako Zervenotluta Mica svinuta ztemnelem listi lopuchu a od ni k lestn se rozbihalo dlouhe, trochu zprehazene predivo !Ant, plachty eernavYch poli, Srittry mezi zavalenYch hromadami kameni a chrastim—jenom tu a tarn to stfibrne Sedi se rozlil proud zlata, vier bob se Zlutal pachnoucim kvetem, vyschla reeiSte potokil se znavene belala, piseite cesty se ospale stately a nad nimi na navrgi se zvolna vzpinaly tady mohutnYch topolft, sbihajici k lesrim.

Knez se probral ze sveho zahledeni, nebot' kdesi nedaleko se rozlehl dlouhY, ZalostnY rev—vrany se s pokrikem vznesly, rozletely se Sikmo nad kopaniska za nimi se po strniskach a oranici,rOz-' 1:16111 Cerny klouzavY stin.

Knez si zaclonil rukou oti z del se pod slunce—cestou od les% pricha.zela jakasi divka a vlekla za sebou postrariku velikou eervenou kra.vu; ho mijela, dala ktest'anske pozdraveni,, chystajic se knezi polibit ruku, ale kray,a,3 ji rYpla do boku a znova se dala do bueeni.

"To ji vedeS na. prodej, ae ano?"

"Ne. . . jenom do mlYna, k bYkovPa. Vztekla ses, Stojit! Aby to hrom ei co?" volala diveina bez dechu a snail 'lia se kravu zastavit, ale to ji vlekla z sebou, nutic ji do poklusu—a obe zakryl oblak prachu.

Pote se po piseite caste vlekl hadrnik,,, strkajici lied sebou trakai asi naplmg naloleny mu2 co chvile usedal a te2ko od.dychoval. . . "Copak to nesea noveho Koaku?"

"Co noveho? Kdo se ma dobte, ten ma i dobie novinky Brambory se, chvaT la Bohu, urodily, alto sype, zeli hutte.

Kdo m6 brambory, kdo ma, alto, kdo ma zeli—toinu je hej!" 1VioSek polibil prelkdil-pfes rameno poprulf 'kb leeka a jol dal; zde se mu ua jelo leh7 de% protole zaeal sjiadet .a mid161143 svahu.

Nato prostredkem cesty, v oblacich prachu, .eat' vladel nohy po zemi, stee pY Oda, ktereho prova,zel tlustY chuh delaty pe g , uvazany na provazku.

A potoui letel od lesa vYrostek set s kovici v nice; jakmile spattil kneze yedle cesty, zdaleka ho obese_l a cl.‘ rovnou pies pole ke y, kreme. sousedni vsi vezl obiPak zas Fec: i dk li dotr...4na. a Zidovkahnala stada ko 1nIF3, <La.:en jako druthY dal kkest'anske pozdraveni, vymenil nekolik slov a Sel svolly cestou, cloprovd.zen privdtivYm slovdni pohledem kn ze, ktery pr;oto, 2e ua slunce klesalo, vstal a kfikl na Valka: "Doorej aL k bliAm a pojed' (IOW —darmo kone utahaa."

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vaje polohlasne modlitby a jasnYm kypinym pohledem objimaje pole . `Knez kradel stale volneji. . . easem se zastavoval, aby si oddychl, chvilemi se na sve sivaky nebo pozoroval -ctilapce, kteri hazeli kameny po ohromfie' hruSni aZ nakonec houfem k hernu; proto!2e mel nice schovane za zady, libali mu jen rukav sutany.

Pohladil je pc) hlave a rekl napominave: "Jenom nelamte vetve, nebo nebudete mit napresrok hruSky." "My jsme pc) hruSkach nehazeli, je taki ` vrani hnizdo," ozval se chlapec, smelejSi nee. ostatni.

'Knez se dobracky usmal a vzapeti se zastavil u lidi, kteri vykopavali brambory. l'omahej Pan Bah!" "SejZ to Pan Bfih!" odpovedeli sborem a naprirnivSe se spechali, a:8Y polibili ruce milovaneho pastYre. "Pan Bfth dal letos peknou firodu brathbor, co?" prohodil knez, nabizeje otev •enou tabaterku mu2skym. Ti bran svedomite, s fictou, ale jenom do SUpieky, nebot' pied knezem se neodvalovali Sriupat.

"Brambory jsou jako hlavy a pod kaZtigiin trsem je jich al al."

"Prasata budou drand, kdekdo si bude drZet krmnika." ",isou draha i tak: v lete vyhynula ir.orem a taky do Prus se prodavaji."

4Tak, tak. A komu to vykopavate brambory?"

"Horynovi."

"Hospodare nevidim a jinak pole neYdzezn am."

"Otec jel s muaem do lesa."

"A co vy, Hanka, jak se mate?" obratil knez k mlade, vzhledne gene v 'deryenem aatku, ktera, proto, ze mela ruce umazane od hliny, pies zasteru se chopi) jeho risky, aby ji polibila.

"Jakpak se ma ten vas klueina, kterob° jsem krtil o Mich?"

"Zaplat' Pan Buh za zeptani, je zdrav jako buk, u g za.eina lezt." ''iTak tu bud'te s Panem Bohem."

Panem Bohem."

A knez zabooil napravo k hrbitovu, ktety letel s teto strany vsi pri ceste vysatexie topoly. iedel za nim dlouho, mleky, pozoru•ice. = jeho vysokou, ponekud schYlenou OOStavu; teprve kdyZ zaael za nizkou karnennou zidku hicbitova a kraeel mezi rovy ke kapliece, je' stala uprostred poZloutlYch Wiz a eervenYch klenu, rozvazaly se jim jazyky: "LepSiho kneze na celem svete nenajdeS," zadala kterasi z aen.

"Vgak si ho ul chteli vzit do mesta.. kdyby otec se starostou nebyli zajeli poprosit biskupa, uz bychom ho tady ne-

*Mt 1-tta.!4 Kopejte, lidicky, kopejte, do veeera u2 je nedaleko a bramborti mime jeSte mato!" rekla. Hanka, vysypavajic svtij koS na hromadn Zhitajici se na rozkopane semi, pine uschle nate.

Bystre, tine se dali znova do prase . . . bylo slySet jen t'ukani motyeek o tvrdou zemi a tu a tam such tresk aeleza o kamen. Chvilemi nekdo narovnal sehnutY, rozlamanY hrbet, zhluboka oddychnul, pohledl bezmySlenkovite na rozsevaee a znova se dal do kopani. . . vybiral ze ztemnele zeme 'Mute brambory a hazel je do koSe pied sebou.

Lidi bylo ke dvaceti, vetSinou stare deny a podruhove; za nimi se Maly dye lisci koleSiny„ u nich2 v plachtach leZely at, chvilemi se ozYvajici pladem.

"A tak se to stara, vydala znova do .sveta," zaeala JagustYnka.

"Ktera, stard?" otazala se Hanka a naprimila se.

"Stara, Agata."

"Na aebrotu . . .

"Bale na Zebrotu! Na Zadne vyraleni, jenom na Zebrotu. Drela cele leto -a phbuznYch, a kdyi na sebe vyslouZila, oni ji ted' pustili do Sireho sveta."

"Vrati se na jaro, prinese jim v kabele cukr, eaj a nejakY gro g—a pak ji hued zase budou mit radi, daji ji spat do postele, pod perinu, nic ji nenechaji delat, aby si odpoeala . . . at tetka sem a kmotra tam, dokud z ni nevylakaji posledni halir... Ale na podzim pro ni neni mista ani v sini, ani v chleve. Mrchy to jsou, hrom do takoveho pribuzenstva — vybuchla •agustynka, ktere se zmocnil takovY hnev, Ze jeji stall tvat zesinala.

"Chudakovi se vadycky vaechno obrati naruby, to je znama vec," prohodil jeden z podruhU, stars', vyhubly chlapik s krivYmi fisty.

"Kopejte, lidieky, kopejte!" pobizela Hanka, ktere se tato ree nejak nechtelibit.

JagustYnka, ktera nedovedla nemluvit, pohledla na stojiciho mule a rekla: "Ti Paeesove jsou stall chiapi, jim taky hlavy pelichaji."

"Ale porad svobodni," dodala jind na.

"A tolik deveat zfistava, na ocet anebo chodi do sluZby." "A oni maji eels' pfillan a jegte kousek louky za mlYnem."

"Copak je matka necha, se olenit. copak jim popusti grunt?"

"Kdo by dojil kravy, kdo by pral, kdo by se toeil v kuchyni anebo u prasat?"

"Panuje tam stall mama a Jagnieka ... tot' se vi, Jagna, jako nejaka dama, jako z panstvi, jenom se stroji, myje, v zrcatku shlili a copy si plete..." . . a kouka, koho by pustila pod perinu. Ale, paneeku, to by musel ut

Ati•edti, dile 6. feriim 1655. nekdo bYt!" dodala znova se zlomyslnYm immevem jagustYnka.

"Josef Banachfiv posilal s vodkou na namluvy neehtela."

"Tch princezna eertova!"

"A stare. jenom v kostele vysedava, v knilkach se modli a na poute chodi!"

"Nu ano, ale pritom je to earodejnice.

Kdopak jiny udelal VavrincovYm krayam, ze prestaly dojit? A na Jadamovic hocha, kdyZ ji chodil do zahrady na avestky, jenom jakesi slovo promluvila a hned se mu vyrazila takova divna nemoc, ktera ho, Kriste Pane, celeho zkroutila!"

"A pak ma bYt nejake polehnani BokdyZ tady ye vsi sedi, takove potvory. . ."

"Driv, kdy2 jsem jeSte dowa pasala kravy .. . dobre se na to parAatuju. . takove earodejnice vyhaneli ze vsi. . . dodala zase JagustYnka.

"TakovYm se krivda nestane, ty maji v2dycky nekoho, kdo se jich zastane;" a JagustYnka, sniZujic hlas a divajic se Ukosem na Hanku, ktera vpredu kopala prvni radku od kraje, zaSeptala sousedfn: A prvni, kdo by ji branil, by byl na mua Hanein. . . !Alia za Jagnou jako pes."

"Pro Boha . . . lidicky . . to neni k vire .. to by byl opravdu Mich proti samemu Panu Bohu," aeptaly si Zenske mezi sebou, ale kopaly dal, ani hlavy nezvedajice.

"A to je jen jeden, muZSti se za ni honi jako psi za fenou."

"Ale co je pravda, to je pravda hezka je; vypasena. jako jalovice, tvare bile, oei jako len . . a silu, Ze by s ni mnohY chlap nic nesvedl."

"Vklyt' taky nic nedeld, jenom se cpe a spi . . . jak pot= nema bYt hezka!"

2enske se na chvili odmleely, protoZe muscly vysypat brambory na hromadu.

A pak jen tu a tam prohodily nekolik slov o tom nebo o onom, a' zmlkly docela, protole jedna z nich zpozorovala, Ze od vsi pies strnisko UZI Joska Borynova. z daleka ktiJoska, vaecka uricena, eela: "Hanko, pojd' honem do chalupy, krave se nee° stalo " "JeliA Maria, ktere?" . ani dech "Ale Strace. .. to ti ma2 nemohu popadnout."

"Pro Boha, e.2 me u srdce pichlo, myslila jsem, Ze me," zvolala s uleheenim Hanka.

"Vitek ji zrovna ted' prihnal, protole pry je hajnY vyhnal ze seee. Krava se asi moc napasla, je takova 'rave., a hned pied chlevem padla—ani pit, ani arat, nic nechce, jenom sebou tlude a

ye stfedu, dne 5. ledna 1955. btei, az je mi ji Tito-.": "Otec neni doma?"

"Neni, jeg te nepiijel. Jezisi, Jain, takova, krava, co podojeni, to vedro mleka. Tak pojd' honem!"

"Hned, hned, letim."

Hanka vyndala, deck° z plachty, natahla mu na hlavu eepioku se sttapeeky, zavinula je do zastery a bystie vykrodila; byla tou zpravou tak polekana, si ani neshrnula vrchni sukni, opine na to zapomnela, a jeji nohy aZ po kolena obnalene se belaly po poll. Joska utikala napied.

Kopaei, rozkrodeni nad svYmi Mdka7 ml, se posouvali zvolna kuptedu; kopali leniveji, protole nebylo nikoho, kdo by na no dohledl a popohnal je.

Slunce se ta sklanelo k zapadu a jakoby rozpalene AilenYm behem rdelo se ohromnYm kotoueem, spou gtelic se za vysoke eerne lesy. SOumrak houstl a pliZil se po polich, sunul se brazdami, krail se za piikopy, housti v ktoviskach, zvolna se rozleval po zemi, uhagel, stiral a tlumil barvy . . . jenom vrcholky stroma, vele a stiecha kostela hotely prarnenem. Nekteki lide se u'Z chystali s poll Hiasy lidske, rZani koni, meeeni koz, rachot vozu se stale ostieji ozYval v tichem nastavajicim veeeru.

NejmenS1 zvonek na kostele zadal kovovYm hlaskern odcinkavat Andel Pane, lide se zastavovali a polohlasne OteendSe jako Sevel padajiciho listi se snaS'ely v temno.

Se zpevem a veselYm pokkikern hnali pasaci z pastvy dobytek, dupajici v houfu po ceste v oblacich prachu, v kterem se jenom chvilemi objevovaly mocne hlavy a mohutne rohy.

Ovce pobedivaly, husy se oladas vznesly s pastvisek a v houfech, Upine ponoteny eervancich zapadu, letely ke vsi a jen pronikavy kiik prozrazoval, kde jsou.

"To je Skoda, ta Straka je zrovna po teleti." "late Ze to nepotrefilo chudaka." "'Kdyd; piijde nazmar dobytee, je /10. vklycky Skoda."

"Boryna nema hospodyni a proto u neho Ntecko chodi jako v deravem sudd."

"A copak Hanka, neni hospodyne?"

"Ta hospodaii pro sebe. Zije u neho jako v podruZi, a proto kouka., aby co nejvice urvala pro sebe — o Borynovo at' se stara pes."

"Vgak Joska, tiebale je je gte hloupa taky uz leccos udeld".

"Copak by Boryna nemohi dat grunt Antkovi?"

"A sam pajde na vYmenek, ne? Jak jste starY, Vaviiku, tak jste hloupY," zadala rychle JagustYnka, "Ha, ha, Bo-

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ryna je, holenku, jeSte chlapik, mohl by se klidne Zenit. . . byl by hloupY, aby grunt upisoval (Velem."

"Chlapik, chiapik, to je pravda, ale Wine mu IA na Sedesat."

"Jen se nebojte, Vaviiku, kdejaka mladice si ho jeSte rada vezme, staei, aby kYvl." "Dye Zeny uz pochoval."

"Mohl by unit jeSte tied. At' mu Pan Bfih pomfiZe, ale pokud je Ziv, at' detern nedava ani lichu, ani pfd', ani tolik, co by dievakem piikryl. Potvory jedny, odvdedily by se mu zrovna tak jako ty moje mne. Daly by mu vYmenek, Ze by chodil na padelky, chcipal hladem anebo by musel chodit po Zebrote. Jen dej detem — ony ti pak daji zrovna tolik, co staei na provaz nebo na kamen, kterY by sis ptivazal na krk. . ."

"Lidi, uz je eas doma, smraka se."

"Je eas, slunce uZ" zatlo."

Sberadl posbirali rychle motyeky, koSiky, hrnce od obeda a- dali se pomalYm husim pochodem pa mezi ke vsi; promluvili jen tu a tarn, jenom stard jagustYnka hlasite hubovala na vlastni deti nakonec si vylevala zlost na vSech.

Zaroven s nimi jakasi divenka hnala prasnici s podsvineatky a tenkYm hlaskem prozpevolala: Aj, nechod'- kolem vozu, Aj, boj se, dite, koni, Aj, nedavej hubieku, Al, tiebas prosi o ni.

"Eh, husa jedna, vresti, jako by ji pekdo kfizi s Vela dial."

2 Na Borynove dvote, obklopenem se tii stran hospoddiskYmi budovami a na etvrte strane sadem, kterY jej oddeloyal od testy, se se gla kupa lidi; nekolik 'Zen radii° a provadelo podivne yeci nad ohromnou dervenobilou kravou, lezici pied chlevem na hromade hnoje.

Start' pes, trochu kulhavY a se srsti na bocich olezlou, obihal bachratou kravu, oeichaval ji, §tekal, vybihal dirami plote na cestu a zahanel deti, ktere se naveSely na plot a zvedave nakukovaly do statku, anebo dotiral na prasnici, ktera, se rozvalila pod chalupou tine chrochtala, protole ji ssala bila selatka.

Hanka dobehla domil cela Uticena, pkiklekla ke krave a zadala ji laskat po tlame i po hlave.

"Strako, chuddeku, Strako!" volala skrze slzy a nakonec propukla v upiima nafek. ny A Zeny jedna pied druhou radily novo' prostiedky k zachrane nemocne kravy; hned do ni lily rozpukenou std., hned zas vosk z posvecene hromnieky rozpugtenY v mlece; jedna radila mYdlo se syrovatkou — druha zas volala, aby ji

Strana 24 pustili krev — ale krave nic nepornahalo. tu a tam pozvedla hlavu a zdlouha bolestne zabudela, jako by vola,la o pomoc; jeji krasne oci s ruZovYm belmem se kalily mlhou a velka rohata hlava klesala vysilenim; nakonec jenom vyplazovala jazyk a olizovala Handiny ruce.

"Snad by JambrOZ dovedi poradit," navrhovala kterasi Zeno,.

"To je pravda, ten se v nemocech vyzna," piesvedeovaly ostatni.

"Josko, skoe pro neco! ZVonil Andel Pane, musi bYt jeSte u kostela. Proboha, az plijede otec, bude bozi dopuSteni., my piece za nic nemfdeme!" natikala Hanka pladtive.

Nato usedla na prahu chleva; chlapeekovi, ktery poplakaval, clf( fist bi1Y, pinY prs a s nesmirnYm trachem pohliZela na.crdoptici kravu nebo pies plot na cestu, naslouchajic, zda otec nejede.

NeZ by ses pomodlil OteenaS, Joska byla, zpatky, Ze pry JambroZ" uZ jde. , Hned za ni piisel staiec malem stolety, a tiebafLO mel dievenou nohu , a berlu, rovnY jako svicen jeho tvak byla sucha, a svraStela jako brambor na jake a stejne tak Seda, vyholena, a rozryta jizvami; vlasy, bile jako mleko, mu, padaly v prarnincich na eel° a na krk, protote byl prostovlasY. Bel rovnou ke krave a dukladne ji prohledl.

"Nu, ano, vidim, ze budete mit ,derstye niaso."

"Pomorte ji piece, to krava cenu nejmin iii sta zlatYch a je teprve po teleti, pomorte, piece, Kriste Pane!" volala Joska.

Jambra vynal z kapsy pouSt'adlo, obtahl je na, holince, proti eervankfini 'Si Prohledl ostii a pak piet'al krave tep-nu pod bkichem — krev v'Sak nevYfrYskla . . . jen pomalY, eernY, zperien§ praminek.

V'Sichni stall schYleni a hledeli se zatajenS7m dechem na kravu.

"U2 je pozde! UZ pouSti poSledni,paru," tekl slavnostne JambroZ. "Nic to nebylo, iacpa nejaka nebo neco takdiveho, ale mely jste piijit hned, jak se rozstonala. . . Ale to se vi, ienske, ty umeji jen vzdychat,— kdyZ jde o to,,,v nodem pomoci, rozbeei se jako ovde."

Jamlarot si odplivl, obeSel kravu, pohledl ji do oei, podival se ji na jazyk, oti24 zakrvavene ruce o jeji mekkou, leskloU srst a mel se k odchodu. " K tomu pohibu zvonit nebudu, zvorite si sami, tiebas na hrnky!"

"Otec s Antkem," vyjekla Joska a Walla na cestu, protole se s druhe ny rybnika, kde se v prachu, zardelem veeernimi eervanky, rYsoval rliouhY,vuz a kone, rozhlehl hluchY te210. rachot.. yolala "Tatinkti, Straka docielav

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uz z dalky na otce, kterY prave zataCel tunkvaje si ruce a studny.

"Kde pas1 Vitek kravy?" zeptal se, uza rybnik. Antek gel vzadu a pkidr goval "Maio, sotva dvacet pytlri." krajuje notnk krajic chleba z bochniku Vriz, na nein g vezli dlouhou sosnu.

"Musi se jegte dnes pkivezt," Yelikeho jako kegeto.

"Ale to si pro ne dojed'te sam, "Nepleskej zbilhdarma," zabroakl Bo"Na panske seei. . .hajnk ho vyhnal." dnes hnaty necitim a kti g" taky ne. . ryna a gvihl kone.

"Potvory, pripravili me o dobyt6e!" kulha na pkedni nohu." `"Jambro g ji pouStel krev, ale nepomo- a narueni "Takova, krava, ubehala se pii tom ho"Josko, zavolej Kubu od kopani, at' neni a nee° se v ni zapalilo."

WO' to. . . a rozehkatk vosk ji lili do krku a taky to nepomohlo. . a dali ji zapkahne hribatko na narueni stranu, "Psi jedni! Pastviny jsou na ge, v ka• taky to nebylo nic platne. . . jiste musi se to je gte dnes svezt. Ukazuje se tastru to stoji jako na dlani, a oni nas po •ad odtud vyhaneji, ze pry je to jeriejaka hliza . . Vitek tikal, ze ji haj- na degt'." nk vyhnal ze sae a ze Straka padla a Boryna vfel zlosti a nemkm vztekem, jich." co chvile se zastavoval nad kravou a "Ostatni taky vyhnali a Valkova chlaphekala v tu ranu, jak ji pkihnal."

"Straka, nejlep gi krava! Aby vas, po- nadaval jako pohan t, .. bloumal po dvo- ce hajnk hrozne zbil, hrozne. . ."

"No tohle! Na soud prijdeme anebo tvory, cent sebral! Copak nemri g ete dat re, nahliZel lined do chleva, hned do stcpozor!" vyktikl Boryna, hodil oprati sy- doly nebo pod kfilnu, neveda sam, co ke komisakovi! Ta krava mela cenu tki sta zlatkch." novi a s holi v race se rozbehl napfed. hleda.; ztrata kravy ho grala.

"To jiste, to jiste," pfisvedoovala Han2enske se rozestoupily a Vitek, ktery "Vitkuf Vitku!" za,Cal volat, oclepinaPo •celou to dobu v ne j vetgim klidu kutil ie Sirokk icemen od pasu, ale po chlapci ka, ktera byla rada, 2e tchan irochu vychladl. cosi liked chalupou, ve strachu utekl do nebylo ani vidu ani slechu.

Lide se roze gli, iirotole chapali, ze ta"lkeknete, Antkovi, aby se, jak svezou Zahrady a ztratil se; i Hanka na prahu povstala, a bezradne, ustra gene eekala, kova gkoda a takova mrzutost musi po brambory, dali hned do kravy, musi se pravu skoneit vkpraskem, ke kteremu stahnout a rozetvrtit. Az pfijdu od fojta, CO, bade. hle zmakili dobytee!" vykiikl koBoryna nikdy nemival daleko; ale stafec pomohu jim. Poveste ji na tram v pi'isto"Ta k dfdku -- tam bude v bezpeei pied psy rieene start' hospodak, kdy g kravu pro- dnes jen latefil.

"Hanko, davej na still!" kfikl na sna- a ostatni haveti." ' hled.l. "Jako bys tki sta zlatkch na cestu Boryna rychle dojedl a vstal, aby ne' '4"h o dil! K mise ano, to se hrnou, potvo- chu otevfenkm okenem a gel do sve poco pies sebe piehodil, ale vtom pocitil ale dat pozor na dobytek, to nedo- lovice.

Drim bylo obyeejne, selske staveni, ro- takovou tihu, takove v kostech, vede nikdo. Takova krava, takova krava! Olovek se nesmi hnout z domu, i zdelene napfie velikou sini; gtitem hledel takovou ospalost, ze tak, jak stal, se vrhl nak jde vSechno na ruby a v nive6 . . .,, do dvora a ety •okenni frontou do sadu a na postel, aby si na chvili zdfiml.

"Ja, jsem od sameho poledne byla na na costa.

Hanka pkegla zas na svou stranu, pobiJednu polovinu pki sade obkval Boryna koPani brambor," ti ge se hajila Hanka. hala po svetnici, co chvile se vychylovala s Joskou, v druhe se usadil Antek se svou vy.. ' "Kdypak ty si neeeho vgimneg!" kfiki stark vztekle. "Copak tobe zalegi rodinou. Pacholek s pasaakern spavali ye z okna a divala se na Antka, kterk jedl piked domem na zapragi; zprisobne si odstaji. "na, mem!" sedl od misky, zvolna nabiral 1Zieku za Ve svetnici bylo u g tma, nebot' okkn"Takova krava, takovk kus, takovou okapem a stromovim, lgiekou, gkrabal hlasite o vroubky misy by "lined tak nena g el ani na panskem kem, zastinenkm . promkalo malo svetla; venku se rovneg a dival se chvilemi na rybnik--slunce d woke." tmelo, jenom obeas se zaleskla skia na zapadlo a na vode se Maly zlate purBoryna mluvil pokad bolestneji, chodil obrazech svatkch, Cernajicich se v kade parove cluhy a ohniva koieeka, pfes neg ko,lpm Straky, sna gil se ji postavit na bile oblaeky plavaly atebetajici hunohv, tahal ji za ocas, dival se ji na na bilkch stenach; svetnice byla velika, jako sy, rozhazujici svkini zobaky gritry krvaZuby, ale krava dkchala chroptive a zastavenot rriziakm nakadim a naeinim vkch perel. *ale s vets i na.mahou, krey ptestala te- tak, ze jenom kolem velikkch kinAovkch Vesnice se poeinala hkbat a vkit givoi„.sraZela se v eerne speeene chuchval- kamen, stojicich u steny v sini, bylo trochu volneho mista. tem; na ceste po obou stranach rybniStraka uZ zfejme dodelavala.

Boryna se zul, ve gel do tmaveho pki- ka se pof."Zd jeSte vzna gely oblaky praNezbude ne g ji derazit, aspori nee° stenku, zaviel za sebou dvefe, odsunul chu a ozkval se rachot vozil a baeni e vrati," •ekl nakonec Boryna, pkinesl okennici s male sklenene tabulky a zd- krav, je g az po kolena vstupovaly do ze stodoly kosu, pkibrousil ji malounko padni svetlo krvavkin ptisvitem zalilo rybnika, pomalu pily a zvedaly tegke 1162 otaeivem bruse, kterS7 stal pod oka- mistnost. hlavy . . . tenke pramenky vody jako eat • chleva, vysvlekl kazajku, vysoukal grifirky jim ereely od girokkch opalove Svetnieka byla pina rrizneho hararnilkaVy kogile a dal se do porageni. tlam. S druheho konce bylo slyget boa-padi a hospodatskeho nacini, na bidelHanka s Joskou se hlasite rozplakaly, kach napkid zave genkch visely kogichy, chard placaeek, kterkrni genske praly, a ptot‘ige Straka, jako by citila smrt, s hluchk monotonni klepot cepa v eisi stozvedla hlavu, tlumene zabueela eervene pasy, bile haleny, onde zas cele dole. otepi Bede pfize, sbalene Spinave ovei kria(. s prokiznutkm hrdlem padla a zage a pytliky s petim. Boryna vytahl bi"Antku, rozsekej mi ty pakezy, ja, to neIn'abala nohama. lou halenu a eervenk pas a dlouho cosi dokagu," zaprosila Hanka nesmele a s 1, s se dal do lizani krve sra gejici se ha'Vzduchu, nato skoeil na jamu na hledal v beekach napinenkch obilim a obavou, proto ge se nezfidka stavalo, brambory a roz gtekal se na kone, ktoki pak zas v koute pod hromadou stareho Antek se dal pro nit za nic do kieni..

(Pokraeovani.)

SOH s •vozem za plotem, kde je zastavil semen a geleza; kdyg uslygel Hanku v pkedni svetnici, stahl okenici a znova se Antek, divajici se klidne na poragku. )• •( "Neplae, huso hloupd! Je to tatinko- dal do pfehrabovani obili.

Pkcha nia vetgi Ueast na vkIkach, kte::1 krava — my o nic nepfi gli," povWal Na lavici pod oknem se u g koukilo z re udelujeme tern, kdo g dopustili se chyb, z , ktne ,rz''.ene a zaeal vypkahovat a od- jidla, z ohromneho rendliku zeli se SIM- ne g dobrota; a nekakeme jich aril tak Strojovat kone, ktere Vitek za htivy vedl la, vane slaniny, misici se s vfmi micha a proto, bychom je napravili, jako bychom o Staj e. nYch vaji6ek, ktera na velke misce sta .- je pkesvedeili, ze sami chyb jejich jsme je brarribm?" zahovoiil Boryna. la vedle rendliku. prosti.

Ve sttedu, dne 5. ledna 1955.

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AMERItTi INDIAN' ZnamSr americkST humorista Will Rogers, kterS7 byl zabit pti zriceni letounu na Aljake, nikdy nezapiral svaj Indiansky pavod. Kdy2 byl jednou ptedstaven jiste dame, ktera se vychloubala, jeji ptedkove ptijeli na lodi "Mayflower", totra ae jeji pfedkove nalezeli mezi prvni osadniky Noveho sveta, odpovedel ji Will Rogers s usmevem, *te jeho ptedkove byli oni Indiani, kteti smele Poutniky na lodi "Mayflower" ptivitali u bteha Ameriky s j asotem.

Je mnoho spore o tom, odkud Indian! na zapadni polokouli pfivodne ptigli. V dobe Kolumbova ptichodu zili Indiani po cele Americe od AljaSky az po mys Horn.

Natal odbornici zastavaji nazor, se Indiani sem ptigli po pruhu pevniny, ktera kdysi spojovala Evropu nebo Afriku se zapadni polokouli — "Ztracenou Atlantis" pisni a baji; jini tvrdi, 'te Indiani se sem doplavili z ostrova v jenim Tichem oceanu nebo z Afriky, zatim co jini prohlaguji, k Amerika je kolebkou lidstva.

Tato domnenka je nepravdepodobna, nebot' na teto polokouli nebyly nikdy nalezeny pozastatky "praeloveka" tak jako v Evrope, Asii a Africe. Dtkazy jez jsou po rude naznaduji, 'te hlavni east Indiana se ptistehovala na zapadni polokouli z Asie tim, ptekrodila Beringovu uzlnu, aekoli nekteti z nich se sem mohli dostat take pies TWIST ocean. Pkevlada nazor, ae Indiani cestovali v postupnSrch vInach ptes Aljagku v posledni dobe ledove, tedy as! peed 25,000 lety. Podle odhadu byla tehdy motska, hladina asi o 225 stop nine, ne'Z' je dnes, a proto mohli pfejit ze Sibite na AljaSlu po pevnine. Z AljaSky se novi ptichozi pravdepodobne rozptSrlili v nasledujicich stoletich po cele zapadni polokouli.

• Take otazka, kolik Indiana obSrvalo oba kontinenty v dobe Kolumbova ptichodu, je ptedmetem nekoneenSrch odhadt, ktere se pohybuji od 14 do 40 miliont. Na aunt SpojenS7ch state a Kanady byl poeet Indiana v to dobe podle odhadu asi jeden milion, z Zapadni Indii nejmene dalgi milion a asi dva nebo tii miliony na, azemi dneSni Brazilie, Argentiny, Uruguaye, Paraguaye a Chile. Ale nejvetsi Indiana 'tily v Mexiku, Guatemale a jinS7ch zemich Stiedni Ameriky a ye Venezuele, Kolumbii, Ecuadoru, Peru a Bolivii v Jinni Americe. V techto vet§ich hornaOch oblastech existovaly velke indianske rise, zalokne na vy ggim stupni rozvoje zemedelstvi. Samotne Mexiko melo pravdepodobne devet miliona indianskeho obyvatelstva.

India,nske kmeny v dobe Kolumbova ptichodu koncein patnacteho stoleti byly velmi 'eetne a jsou eetne jeSte dues. Poeet raznSrch indianskSreh jazyka a nakeei

se odhaduje na 1700. JeAte dnes se v Mexiku mluvi 33 hlavnimi indianskY'mi jazyky. Z hlavnich kmena obSrvajicich zapadni polokouli od severu k jihu to byli a jsou Eskymaci a Aleutove na nejzazgim severu; Atabaskove, Algonginove, Irokezove, Siouxove, Soknove, Muskogeesove a Pueblove v Kanade a SpojenSrch statech; Aztekove, Toltekove a Zapotekove v Mexiku; Mayove v jiham Mexiku a Sttedni Americe; Karibove v oblasti Karibskeho mote; Chibchove ve Venezuele, Kolumbii a okolnich zemich; Inkove v Andske vysoeine veetne Peru, Ecuadoru a Bolivie; Aravakove v Amazonii; Tupiove v rozsahlYch oblastech kolem Asti teky Amazonky; Guaraniove v Paraguayi, Argentine a jihn. Brazilii a Araukaniove v Chile. 0 podetnosti tohoto mno2stvi IndianskYch kmenti v dobe Kolumbova ptichodu existuje jen malo adajfi. Kmeny se od sebe lisily barvou pleti od temet eerne pies bronzovou as po svetlou barvu olivovou.

Stejne jako jazyk a barva pleti lisil se take hospodatskY divot jednotlivStch indianskYch kmena, od kodovnSich kmenu Ohriove zeme pies siouxske lovce bisona v adoli ieky Mississippi a polozemedelske kmeny na severoatlantskem pobte21 as k vysoce vyVinutYM Indianum, Mjicim ye vesnicich v Mexiku, Sttedni Americe a Peru.

Kmenove spoleeenstvi bylo as na ureite vflimky u Aztelta a Ink* hluboce demokraticke. Nejenk kmenove hospodatstvi bylo ilzeno k prospechu v gech pHslug nika kmene, ale nadelnici byli voleni od nejniMiho as po nejvySSiho. Cele, spoledenska organisace byla prodchnuta hlubokYm smyslem lidske solidarity. Mluve o teto charakteristieke indianske demokracii, Morgan tika: "V'Sichni elenove nokezkeho rodu osobne svobodni a meii povinnost vzajemne ochrany svobody; byli si rovni v privilegiich a ostatnich pravech, pri eeint sachemove a naeelnici si neeinili naroky na jakoukoli ptevahu v tomto smeru; bylo to bratrstvi, spojene ptibuzenskrmi pouty. Svoboda, rovnost a bratrstvi byly zakladni zasady rodu, i kdy' nikdy nebyly formulovany. Tato fakta maji znaenSt vSrznam, protok rod byl jednotkou spoleeenskeho a spravniho systemu, na jehOt zaklade byla organisovana indianska spoleenost. System mel tSt charakter jako jednotky, z nich se skladal, nebot' jaka je jednotka, takoliSr je i celek. To nam slouai jako objasneni pocitu nezavislosti a dsobni dastojnosti, kterSt je ptevladajicim rysem indianskeho charakteru."

Indiani byli, v •pkirozenem dasledku sveho primitivniho demokratickeho spoledenskeho zkizeni, prodchnuti hlubokYin

smyslem pro Best a slugne jednani mezi sebou i s cizinci. Nebylo mezi nimi to chudoby, zanedbavani starch lidi, vykotist'ovani deti a vAeobecne bidy, ktero, se stal adelem Indiana po porake technicky vyspelejSimi a domnele civilisovanejsimi belocht.

Crow ye sve knize The Epic of Latin America (Ptibeh Latinske Ameriky) tika o Peru: `tivot pramerneho Indiana byl nepochybrie na velmi primitivni trovni.

Nicmene vgak vgichni ti, kdoI byli schopni pracovat, pracovali; bylo peeovano 0 nemocne, pachano jen malo zloeina, staii a slab! dostavali v ge pottebne 2ivotu; spoluprace ye prospech vS'ech — nikoliv konkurence pro zisk — byla hyltmou pakou hospodatstvi Inka." A o Argentine fika: "V dobe piichodu 8panelti damorodci ye vzhlednYch podzemnich vesnicich, obklopenYch kaktusovSimi zdmi a pedlive obdelavan3hni poli. Nosili vinelV odev, pekne zdobenSr raznSrmi vzory a ko4 voqmi sponami, a nosili dYku zaveSenou na zapesti prave ruky. Jejich obydli byla prostorna, tak velka, k se v nich smestnalo deset koni i jezdci Verrill pik: "Nikdy jsem se nesetkal s opravdu primitivnim Indianem, kterk by kradl. Dny, tSrany a mesice jsem vin dianskych vesnicich, kae domy byly otevieny a kde jsem mel nechranene ulokny vS'echny svoje Wei a zboH, ktere melci pro Indiany nesmlrnou cenu a po nerni nevS7slovne nikdy vAak se mi neztratil ani jedinSr ptedmet."

Aztekove Mezi americkYmi Indiany byli Aztekoye a Inkove na nejvy ggim stupni vYvoje.

Aztekove, bojovni, valkychtivi Indiani, O-. bYvali sttedni a severni Mexiko. Jejich nejstarg dejinS7 nebyly bezpeene zjigteny; piisii ztejme od severu ye dvanactem nebo ttinactem stoleti, porazili Tolteky a podrobili si mnohe sousedni kmeny. Nemame aadna skuteena statisticka, data o jejich pootu v dobe ptichodu dobyvatela, ale muselo jich bSiti nekolik milionu. Jejich hlavnim stiediskem byl Tenochtitlan v miste dneSniho Mexico City. Toto mesto melo pry tem& 60,000 dome a jestv kaklem dome 'gilo 5 as 10 lidi, byl celkovY poeet obyvatelstva 300 as 600 tisic. Bylo to tedy v to dobe jedno z , nejvetSich mest na svete, nebot' LondYn mel koncem patnacteho stoleti asi 200,000 pbyvatel.

Aztekove, ktere Morgan tad! do stiedniho stupne barbarstvi, v podstate vlastnili padu spoleene. Nejvy'SSI rada kmena ptidelovala padu jednotlivYm rodum a ty pak jednotlivYm rodinam k individualnimu obdelavani. Pada naeelnika a knai , byla vetainou obdelavana kolektivne. V dobe ptichodu 8panelii se tento system

Strana 28 spoleeneho vlastnictvi ptidy poeal rozkladat. Kasta ndeelnikil a kne2i, barbarske nadhere, se jiZ vice mene pevne zmocnila kontroly nad vetSinou pudy, jako by to skuteene bylo jeji vlastnictvi.

6ilne rodove tendence se postavily proti tumuto zasahu do spoleeneho pudy. Pracujici byli pripoutani k treba'Ze take na, ni meli didelita prava. Bylo take innoho bezzemkti, zamestnanYch na soukrome nebo polosoukrome ptide vladnoucich kast. Bylo take mnolio "citron" valeenY.ch zajatcii, zloeinen a tech, kteri se "dobrovolne" prodall do "otroctvi". oast ° byly poradany tray za fieelem smeny mezi tem', kteti pracovali v ijerneslech a term, kteri obdelavali pildu.13y1 zde poeatek peneZniho systemu, zaloleny na kakau, cinu a zlatem prachu.

Zatim co ran g asijska cvilisace byla budovana na pestovani rYZe a evropska na pestova,n1 p genice, byl ptivodni amerispoleeenskY rad zalo2en na pestovani kukurice. Hospoclaistvi jak Aztekti, tak Inkti spoeivalo v pestovani kukufice neboll "indianskeho Zita". "Tam, kde se v anierickYch indianskYch spoleeenstvich," rika "pfestala pestovat kukurice, tam prestala i vakera civilisace." Morgan prohlasil: "Vysoka produktivita kukurice, jeZ pravdepodobne pochazi z Boli.vh a kterou pestovali a rozWili Indian! v Stredni Americe a Peru, umoZ"rilla pomerne huste osidleni a tim vznik konfederaci. Kukufice, ktera rostla na horach, lnuze bYt poZivana zelena i zrala, ma vysokou vYnosnost a vysokou ArY2ivnost, a byla bohatAim prispe ykem lidskemu pokroku ne2 vS"echny ostatni obilniny dohromady. Tim si vysvetlime pozoruhodnY pokrok, kterY ucinili pilvodni obyvntele Ameriky . • " Amerfati Indian! byli easto velmi zernedelci, ale protole nemeli obdelavali ptidu okopavanim. John Collier poznamenava, ze "Indiantm podarilo vypestovat z divoce rostoucich americkSrch rostlin dvacet druh y plodin, zatim co bilemu eloveku se za 400 let nepodarilo vypestovat ani jedinou.". Pies padesat procent dneS`niho zemedelskeho bohatstvi SpojenYch state spoeiva v pestovatai kukurice, burskYch otisku, brarn- I bor, tabaku atd., ptiwodne vypestovanych!

Indiany. Aztecka veda rozl govala 1,2001 rostlin, jako i innohe druhy a odrudy! hadtii, hmyzu a nerostii. Aztekove meli ta-1 ke system obra.zkoveho pisma, ale na Aesti kneli pri dobYvani Ameriky tisice jejich knih, ktere povaZovali za diJedin.3"Tini dtillelitYmi domacimi lo zviiaty Azteku byli psi a nektere druhyl slepic.

Aztekove a jejich pl'edkove byli velkS'T mi staviteli a jejich eetne pevnosti, vod.ovody, chrarny a jine stavby uvedou v idas ka2cleho, kdo je spatri. Jejich pyra-

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midy syYm patem a rozlohou predei pyKrasni mladi bide jsou hifekou prirody. ranaidy egyptske. Zriceniny v °blast! Ale krasni staff lide jsou umelecka: dila.

Monte Alban pokrYvaji plochu asi pat- -- Marjorie Barstow Greenbie. nacti etvereenich mil. Aztekove take velzruene zpracovavali zlato, stribro, cin, dievo a rfizne drahokamy. Jejich hrneirrirynat stvi a tkalcovstvi je neobyeejne vyspele.

Kdy2 Albrecht Diirer, nemeckY renesaneOhlaveni, ktere zde vidite, znani umelec, popisoval roku 1520 kra.sne damena innohem vice neZli "Prory, ktere zaslal azteckY "cisar" Montezudejni znaeka". Jest to symbol, ma S'panelskerau knell, rekl: Zivote kterY pros 50 roku kond sluZbu jsem nevidel krasnejSi veci, ktere by tak pomoci od nebezpeenych infekci, pote gily moje srdce. Vide' jsem mezi nipfinakjici pomoc od bolesti a mi oslnujici umelecke predmety a Zas1 polimaclenin jako viedy, 'Akrajsem nad durnyslnou vynalezavosti lidi v bnuti, poiezani atd. Bud'te si jionech ✓zclalenYch zemich."' sti, Cc mate pa rice valy balieek (Dokoneeni priRe) teto zname leeive masti ve.VaSi. A., 9 t.

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Ale v tom " itovi sluhove toho nejznamenitej giho z nich chytli a podali ho sy einu pant'. A ten, prve net se kdo nadal, Wince nevelkeho a drobneho si urovnal, ruce k boktim mu ptitiskl zkroutiv a vvinuv ho, jak potteboval, otey tel obrovska Usta jako pec a jal se tam Nemeeka cpati a soukati, ttebale notkama mrskal, at ho tam vecpal a sesoukal at na gkorne. Ty Zito vyplil.

Kolem v ge tleskalo, jasalo, div to se nettasla po hrade okna. Vtom ptitahli Zitovi sluhove kad' pinou vody, kterou melt bavorgti kejkliti na podiu. Zito, jako by tim teZkYm soustern zrnden, postavil se nad dther a vyvrhl Svaba, jent ho patrne Bavor Zblunkl do vody, at vysoko vystkikla, hrabal se v ni, pak v gechen umaeen jako myg, lezl a drapal se z kade yen.

Lide kol tleskali, jasali, se small, chechtali, at se prohybali, za biicha popadali. Od saiichu rudi, slzici ukazovali si na Bavora, z nehot voda jen creela, jak na konci pod plachtou vklouzl a se schoval.

Bayoti dale jiZ nic nedelali.

Nikdo si jich nev gimal. KaZdS jen na Z' " ita hledel. Musil pied krale a kral ho pied v gemi pochvalil. Jak note mocnS7 kouzelnik s legeni sestupoval, vitali ho zastupove nekoneenym jasanim, at se po vgem kralove hrade rozlehalo.

Za parneho leta, pti Case sv. Bartolo'neje, poslal sveho straZce k Pratantim, tadaje, aby mu dovolili do Mane, kterat by byla nejbliZe od radnice. Pani kon gele dlouho se radili, at pak piece kraji po viili ueinili. Tak se dostal kral Vaclav opet u rolnost, tteba jen nakratko, a ne jako kral, nybrZ jako pratskY me gtenin. Smelt' jell v me gt'anskem rou ge vyjiti, nadto pak ho sttelili atyti sluhove.

Jimi provazen vkroeil do lazne, kterd byla nejbliZ gi, zrovna u kamenneho mostu. Aby nikterak odtud nemohl ujiti, zUstal jeden ze sluhil u sine, v domovnich dvetich, druhy vii aatech kralovYch; dva pak alt s kralem do lazne a koupali se s nim. Po chvili, kdy'Z se kral vykoupal, potadal s y Srch stratcu, aby se smel na eerstvem povetti ochladit.

Bylot' parno, aZ dusno.

Sluhove mu povolili, nebot' nemel sveho odevu a prchnouti nemohl. Tak vygel kral, zahalen plachtou, z lazeriske komory na pavlaeku, u same teky. Ta leskla se a gumela.. Za tekou zelenaly se latehy ktovim a stromy, zelenal .se Pettin, za nim dale na vrchu ttpytily se zlacene sttechy na velich kralo yskeho hradu.

Vgude volno, rnilo pod jasmim nebem, vaechno tak kro.sne v zaplave boLho slunce.

0 KRALI VACLAVOVI IV. Po letech pokojne ylady poealy tad a pravo v eechach velmi trpeti, kdyZ se kral Vaclay nepohodl s loamy zemskYini.

Nedbal na ne a neutival jejich rady, duvetuje vice milostnikum svym stavu zemanskeho i rnestskeho. Proto talovali pant na krale, Ze bete zemske ittady, zastavali, v lehkost a jejich hlas to nic nevati KdyZ pak se jim nestalo po vuli, spikli se proti nernu s uherskS7m kralem, jeho bratrem; tak po dlouhSTch, klidnYch a polehnanYch easich strhly se boutky a valky. Doglo tak daleko, ae pani ptepadli sveho krdle, kdyZ jel z hradu Zebraka do Prahy, a te jej jateho zavezli na staromestskou radnici. Tu jej chovali ye ' vezeni, jeZ slulo V tom vezeni byl drZan pies patnacte nedel, a proto pak byl jii velmi teskniv.

Sbehl po schtidkach s pavlaee, lazebnice za nim; kral do lod'ky, ona za nim, a jr2 lod'ku odyazavgi, odrazila od btehu, a veslovala naptie k druhemu bfehu. Veslovala prudce, vat silou a dovedne; netli stratcove vy gli z .komory, ptirazil elun ye tmavem stinu pod ko gatSrmi stromy ke druhemu btehu. Jen na bteh vyskoeili, a ji2 dale utikali ve stinu tech stromil a ktovinami, podel hou gti na btehu, potad vzhfiru proti yode, aZ se dostali pobliZe vesnice Chuchle.

Tu nalezli u btehu prazdrIST elun, do nebot limed usedli, a Zuzana, tak slula to lazebnice, veslovala zase na drih*' bteh. A at'astne se tam dostali. Kral byl zachranen. Ve glit' do lesti a les a gero je chranily; sami pak nebloudili, ac nastal jiZ veeer, nebot' kral Vacla y znal ptedobte vaecku tuto krajinu, kde east() honival. Ndli dye hodiny minuly, stanuli na

I zatoutil tu kral pu svobode vic nevezeni. Opodal u btehu pod starou vrbou odpoeival elun, tiae, nehnute a veselo leZelo na nem. Vtom veala na pavlaeku t.ena, kterat v laznich posluhoTo byl nejslavnej gi Z* ' ittiry kus. vala. Jen ji Kral zoeil, jiZ ji kynul a Ale pak, na, konec Lvota, piece prohral rychle se ji zeptal, veslovati. KdyZ a podlehl. ptisvedeila, tekl ji: To samemu satanaai, jemut se byl za"Ptevez mne na druhou stranu, odpsal, a jent si jej odnesl s telem i s du- menim se ti hojne, nebude g litovati. Ale si. — honem, neZli ti tu v komote vyjdou z mYtele."

kraji Kunratickeho lesa u potoka pod navrgim, na kterem strmel kraltiv novS7 brad. Svitili tam a zate svetel padala do tmy. Na torn hrade mel kral posadku yerne oddanou. Purkrabi nechtel strati ani uvetiti, kdyZ hldsila, te pted branou stoji Jeho milost, sam kral. KdyZ, se Purkrabi ptesvedeil, piijal sveho 'Dana poctive, hned mu dal ptinesti kralovskST oblek a pkipraviti znamenitou veeeti.

Kral pozval k to veedi take Zuzanu lazebnici, a kdyt po yeeeteli, kazal ji nest sto zlatSrch (dukatil) eeskSrch, kterd. ji dal jotted purkrabim a tekl: "Tu je, co jsem od ptivozu slibil. ostatni pomoc se ti je gte odmenim.”

I radoval se purkrabi a v gichil, a ne malo, to kral jejich je opet na. si#obocle.— Kral VaclaV pote na Zuzanu nezapo., mnel. KdyZ se opet ujal vlady a s pang ueinil narovnani, dal starou lazen u mostu zbotiti, a jinou, velikou, nakladnou vystaveti. •Jakmile ten aim vystaveli, a na lazenskS7 zatidili povolal kral Zuzanu a daroval ji tu lazeri i dvacet kop roeniho platu, tka, to to vae ji dava za prokazanou vernost, Ze ho z vezeni vysvobodila.

Nadto dal vgem lazebnikum a jejich temeslu listinu velmi milostivou, nebot' je tim listem ueinil rovne v gem jinSrm temeslniktim. Ptitom jim dovolil, aby uZivali za znameni v zlatem poll modre to&nice uzlem svazane, prostted nit stoji zelenST papougek.

Od tech east' at po dne gni den se to lazeii u kamenneho mostu "kralovou" jmenuje. Na stateenou pak Zuzanu pHpomina obraz na klenuti mostecke staro mestske vote jent spodobuje lazebnici v bilem podkytli, &Mei v leve ruce zave genou ktbernici, y prave pak ruce zelenSv venik. — Mysl krale Vaclava, jindy tak jasna vesela, zachmutovala, se vic a vice. DoLlt' se mrioheho zklamani a nevdeku. Necrilyetoyal lidem, zvlagte od to chvile, co jeho protivnici chteli jej otraviti. Jit jedu neveda poLl, ale yeas pomohl si protijedem.

Zustal na tivu, hrozna v gak paleivost Listala mu v atrobach po tom jedu. Aby se ji zbavil, aby ji alespoil ztisil, hasil ji pitim; kdyZ pak vice pil, a krev vinem rozpalena vstoupila mu do hlavy, zah(1'0 vkly diyokS7m, slep;rm hnevem a dopouAtel se i ukrutnosti.

Chmurno bylo v du gi. Zasmugile, s ()bayou, teskne pomY glel na budoucnost; kal se ji vic a vice. Obayal se pana, uherskeho krale, sveho bratra, panil spojence, lekal se tulVch sporix, o viru, co z nich bude, jak v ge to skonei, jak jeho vlada, jak i on sam.

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