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Entered as second class mail matter, January 3rd, 1933 at West, Texas under the Act of Congress of Au g u s t, 24th, 1922 Cislo 3.

ROONIK (VOL.) XL. West, Texas, ve sttedu (WEDNESDAY) 16. LEDNA (JANUARY) 1952

SVETLA A STONY SPOLKARENI

vani, aby se stal k eleny zdejSich bratrEJEDEN z nagich starSich elenii skych. spolku. Vklyt' jim spolky poskytose pamatuje na ptijezd nekte- I valy nejen pfatelske styky s jinYmi, ale rYch pfistehovalcil. Rikavali jsme'' jim "Evropeaci", ponevadZ sami jsme 1 tea ochranu a penelitou vYpomoc v pfipfijeli o chvilku dfive4 Vystoupili z vlaku padu nahleho Novi elenove, ktefi meli spolkove zkus kuftiky nebo s uzliky, kaklY ceduli na kabate, tvafe jeSte neosmahle, spik ble- Senosti ze stare vlasti, poznali dosti brzy, de nebo niZolici, a poplakne se rozhliZeli ze zdejSi bratrske organisace nebyly po rilesteeku, po tech nekolika dtevenych zrovna vzorem. Byla. snaha, Ze kaZdy se domcich nadzvednutYch od zeme. Bylo na chtel nejak uplatnit, ale elenove byli ponich videt, k pfiSli do neznameho ovzdu- nejvice samoukove. Spolek byl spiSe jako Si, Ze bloudili oeima hledajice nee° zna- pokusna organisace, zaloZena nekolika umeho, nekoho s ureitou podobou. vedomelejSimi a podpororovana paru Pfistehovalci tako si zvykali na nove nadSenci, kteti men dostatek nejiepsi yupomery. VSe bylo stale cizi; ba ani pH- le, ale schazela jim prakticka vybrouSe, buzni, bratii a sestry se nemohli po ne- nost. Mnohdy novy plistehovalec byl trokolika letech odloueeni v prvni chvili po- chu zaraZen nedostatkem kvalifikaci u znat. Jen fee, hlas nebo smich znely zna- nekterych oinovnikti, ale tim, ae byl me. srdeene pfijat a vybidnut byl ku spoluV tech prvnich dobach navykani na ci- praci, hned chtel pomahat a zlepSovat. zi pomery melo kahle slovo pronesene v Byl hrdYm na sire spolkove zkuSenosti ze rnatekske keel nesmirnou vahu. KaklY, stare vlasti, rostl sam ye svYch oeich, kdo mluvil stejnou feel., byl hned pfite- kdyZ mohl v neeem poradit a jeho navrlem. A kdyZ takovY novo nalezeny pfitel hy byly schvalene, rad piebiral na sva ukazal trochu ochoty, laskavosti nebo po- bedra dobrovolne povinnosti. Spolkova hostinnosti, znamenalo to vice neZ vzda- einnost pfinakla mu ustokojeni, ania by tutu nachylnost dovedl analysovati. Jen lenY bratr. vedel, ba citil, ze bYti zvolen za fadoveho MilYm pfekvapenim a vitanou novin- diednika bylo vyznamenanim, bylo ocekou pro imigranty bylo, kdyZ zvedeli, k nenim nebo vysvedeenim jeho schopnov okoli Zije vice krajanskYch rodin, kte- sti, bylo to vefejnYm uznanim. re dokonce maji utvoteny jakysi podpurOvSem mySlenka vzajemne svepomoci, ny spolek, maji svou spolkovou budovu, mySlenka pojiSteni a podpory byla tenkde se jednou za mesic schazeji, kde ka2- krate nejpadnejAim argumentem pfi zidy musi znati jiste heslo, kde zazpivaji si skavani novYch elend do bratrskYch spolpfi zahajeni a pti skoneeni schtze, a kde kt. Vypravel mi muj tchan, jak jeden dojeden druheho oslovuji "bratke" a "se- mitci fad byl zalolen nasledkem tragicke stro". smrti jednoho krajana. Pfi pohitu mluKaZda zminka o krajanskem spolku vilo se o nahlem odchodu neAt'astnika, o byla pro tehdejH pfistehovalce skutee- smutnem stavu nezaopatfene vdovy a nYm magnetem. Nebylo tfeba pfemlouva- malych deti, a v kratkosti byl zalolen noni a zvani, pfistehovalci Sli do spolkii ja- va fad SPJST. ko kaeata k vode. Nallonnost ku spolkakeni si vlastne pfinesli ze stare vlasti.

Bratrske spolky znamenaly velmi mnoPtiAli ze zeme, kde spolkovY Zivot byl v ho po strance vYchovne, osvetove a vzderozkvetu, kde byly pfertzne vzdelavaci, lavaci. Sta, ba tisice jednotlivcii mohlo by osvetove, vYpomocne, konsumni, delnicke, se docela upfimne pfiznat, Ze to byly kraprilmyslove, telocviene, etenatske, diva- janske spolky a einnost v nich, co pfispe- delni, pevecke a jine spolky, svazy, krouZ- lo k jejich sebevychove. Vzpominam si ky, jednoty, besedy, sbory a sdruZeni. Sa- prave na piipad, kde mlady 181ety hoch mozrejme to ncvzalo Zadneho upozvolil se pfijati menH Ulohu v divadle.

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Jeho vYmluvu, ze neumi eesky eisti, jsme mu vyvratili naSimi sliby, ze ho eist naueime. Slo to pomalu, ale obstojne. Vzal Alohu podruhe, potieti. Dnes ye schazich a na sjezdech mluvi naprosto plynne a jiste si ani nevzpomene, jak pied dvaceti roky eeStinu lama'.

Tfeba nekdy se bruciva na to naSe spolkafeni, piece nikdo nerniae upfit, ze se vykonalo pfekvapujici mnoZstvi uZiteene prace. Nemusime chodit jinde pro pfiklady, rozhledneme se jen pc) na gi SP JST. Ani nemusime poeitat, kolik tisic se vyplatilo manZeltm, manaelkam, detem a rodinam na innrtni podpofe, ac je to eislice dosti imposantni, ale vaimneme si jinych vYsledku, ktere vyrostly jedine tim spolkatenim, tim "zabijenim easu" a tim "zbyteenYm schtizovanim". Jen naSe faclove sine — a je jich blizko sedmdesatl — pfedstavuji fictyliednou cislici kolem pill milionu dolarn, snad mnohem vice, snad milion. V‘Zdyt' jen samotny fad Pokrok Houstonu ma majetku za sto tisic a hititov za dvanact tisic. A podolanYch mame vice, od Fort Worth, Dallas, Ennis, West, Seaton, Cyclone, Granger, Taylor, pies Smithville, Fayetteville, East Bernard, Hillje, Placedo, aZ do Robstown a Corpus Christi, a pii tom jsme dvacet jinych sini ani nevzpomneli. Vklyt' i ty stranou lezici lady, jako Seymour a Rowena, maji sve sine, a pane, jak jsem se minuleho leta pfesvedeil.

Rostly pomalu tyto stanky, techto sednidosat pomnikil lasky bratra k bratru, rostly pH obetave, vytrvale, drobne, taktka rnravenei praci. A nejvetSi zasluhu na vybudovani tohoto milionoveho majetku, ktery path dornacim maji lide skromnYch pomeril, dobrovolni pracovnici, dnes nazyvani "staff spolkati", ktefi po svYch dennich starostech venovali sve veeery a pill svYch noci pro dobro a ye prospech vaech. Kdyby nektery z tech starch dobrovolnikn mohl si spoeitati, nebo kdyby si bYval zapisoval, kolik hodin sveho easu venoval zdarma na spolkovou praci, na divadelni zkouSky, (Pokraeovain ua 6traikt, 4.)

PSTNIK •WEST, T17,7A.S eeskeho listu v Texasu" a rad by seznamil se i s jinYmi houstonskYmi krajany.

Redaktorske povinnosti ustoupily stranou, aby se vyhovelo zdvorilostem. Zajeli jsme spolu do sine radu Pokrok ,FoustoGRIDS/ ORGAN 131.,OVANSKI PODPOEUrfOI JED. nu, kde Ceske trida mela malou hostinu NOTY STATU TEXAS pro eeskou tridu v Crosby. Nu, jest' zbYOFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE SLAVONIC BENEVOLENT vaji dva vedery, kdy prace se dolene. Ve ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OP TEXAS etvrtek weer bylo nutno jiti do schilze REDAKTOR — EDITOR delegatti radu Pokrok Houstonu a priSlo STEPHEN VALCIlt se domu al k pillnoci. Nu, zbYva 10' po6402 Prague Houston Texas siedni prilelitost, patek veder. Lee v Vydavatele — Publishers tek priSla name dopisu pro Vestnik, kaleECHOBLOVAIC PUB. COMPANY -- WEST, Twatis dy z nich musel byti preeten a sem tam Pfed p latn6 83.00 ro6n6 — Subscription 83.00 a Year poopraven. Pritom byl jsem volan etytiZi/16/17 safes sasilail se do Hlavni &adorns re krate k telefonu — a veal jsem, le pH.Fa y etteville. Texas.

Stiho due, v sobotu, bude schtize TiskoChaim of address must be sent to Grand Lodes, Fa y etteville, Texas. veho vYborut, kde se od redaktora bude odekavati nejaka zprava nebo odporudeni.

Pfedplatne a oznanaky bud't0 adresovany na: Vestnik, West, Texas.

Redaktor se musi priznati, .le cele dislo ZivotoDisy somfelfch Monti se nvefehinii besPlatne. tohoto tYdne bylo sestaveno jen v maZa rytinu podobizny ie nutno saslati redskin 82.50.

'Yen prestavkach, v deseti a patnactimiThe obituaries are p rinted without char ge, For cuts nutovYch mezerach, v rannich pfilhodinIs necessary to send 82.50 to the Editor. kach, jen tak po kouscich. A kdyl to vSe HLAVNI fTRADOVNA --- SUPREME LODGE Pfedseda PreSident. Ed. L. Marek; Vice President uvalime, je celY na,S" livot stolen ze saPr. G. Svad:anak, Thrall, Texas, Taieninfk Secre. mYch kouskii, z chvilek radosti a z easotars John F. Chumek; t g etnik -- Fin. Secretary, Raym. UrbanovskY; Pokladnik Trees, Josef Ke,11- vych nryvkti bolesti a zklamani. A piece ha, Jr. Pravni radce -- Counsel -- Aug. Hach, Temple, Texas Vrchni lekaf — Medical Director -Dr. J. jdeme vpred, nekdy klopYtave, nekdy A Halami6ek El Cam p o Texas smeleji, ale stale v nadeji, obtize prece §Pditele — Board of Directors — J. M. Rkrabanek, jen prekoname. A jako dneS"ni Oslo Vest4720 l3ella.ire Blvd. Bellaire, Texas; Chas. Navratil 816, E Ave A, Temple Texas, J. C. Einei g l, Yorktown, niku je sloleno ze samYch kouskil, upraTexas John F. Kubala, Tioga, Texas. Frank Rod, El voy anYch jen v kratkYch chvilkach, ale Cam p o, Texas. piece tvorici dosti souladnY celek, rovriel Stanoyni Who? — Bylaw Committee: Geor g e E. Eacif. ofedseda — Chairman. West, Tex i na.A livot pokud-je sila a nadeje je Prank B. Steiner, taiemnik -- Secretary vice mene souladne pa,smo. Kalcla minu4350 Diekason. Dallas. Texas.

TiskovY yYbor — Press Committee -- Pfedseda -- ta poeita, ne snad v dolarech, ale v doChairman Josef Hornak, Colle g e Station, Box 125. bre snaze. Merime svfij livot nikoliv ruTexas. Mrs. Ant. Horak 5007 Alcott, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Frances Olaga, 6402 Ta gg art St. Houston. Texas. diekou na ciferniku hodin a na strankach kalenclare, ale podle: ilsrnevu tvare, podle stisknuti rukou, podle tiukotu POSTMASTER: Send ferns (1579 Schfize Tiskoveho vS;boru konala se. v with etndeliverable copies to sobotu, 12. ledna, v utulne residenci man&hi Jos. HorriakovYch v Bryan, Texas.

SUPREME LODGE SPJST Schuzi byli pritomni, krome predsedy vyFayetteville, Texas. boru Horriaka a , dvou dalgich vYboru, sestry Horakove z Dallas a sestry Pri pSani dne'Snich redakertieh fivah Olexove z Houstonu, tel fedaktor Vestniciti se redaktor jako hrisnik, kterY jine ku a clva elenove vydavatelske spolednooleny napomina, yyzYva a varuje, aby se sti Oechosloval z West, bratr Jos. F. Hosvymi dopisy neodkladali az na chvili po- lasek, predseda spoleenosti a bratr Jesledni, ale 'sem dle sveho napominani rome KopeckY, tajemnik vydavatelstva nejedna. Jak snad etenati vedi, vSechnu Jako hosti byli pritomni bratr Olexa a svou redakeni praci konam ve volnem ca- clot' redaktora, oba z Houstonu.

Ujednani ze schfize Tiskoveho vS,borti se v nedeli a v dobe vederni, kdy prijdu domil ze slulby na poSte. V pondeli weer bude oznameno elentim prostrednictvim jsem slibne zadal a sestavil elanek pro Vestniku v dobe nejblizsi. &haze byla predni stranu a udelal nekolik naertti pro pcivodtie stanovena na dobti pozdejAi, ale dalSi elanky. V Utery prikl syn Stanislav, Hla,vni firadovna l'aciala, by TiskovY vYkterY- je majorem u letectva, i se svou bor podal svoje doporueeni do schtize choti, a priSly druhe deti i s vimudaty. V hlavniho telesa, konane v pondeli 14. ledfitery weer nevykonal jsem ladnou re- na;), proto Tiskovy vYbor mei svou dakeni praci. Ve stredu volal na nine ee- delnou rodni schtlzi o nekolik tYdnu Mezi rozmanitYrni body,- ktere byly sky umelec, operni zpevak MiloS" Luka, de prijel do Houstonu ohledne projektovani TiskovYm vYborena probirany, jsim jen koncertu nekdy v imoru, rad by si pro- dy e dulezite odchylky, ktere byly pa delmluvil s "redaktorem nejrozSitenejSlho uvalny atai prijaty a ktere predsecla

Ve streclu, dne 16. ledna 1952, Ti.skoveho vYboru je poveren preclIolili Hlavni Uradovne a potaZmo predsjezclovemu stanovnimu vYboru. Tyto zmeny stanov jsou v tom smyslu, aby (1) priAti redaktor mel dostateene 2urnalisticke zkuknosti anebo kollejni prupra,vu k vedeni organu v jazyku deskem i angli' ckem; a aby (2) priSti redaktor mel dostateene znalosti v oboru livotniho pojiSt'ovani, aby emu mohly bYti priclany chili povinnosti ye smeru orga,nisaani prace. Bude se tedy od priStiho redaktora odeka.vati schopnost destiny i anglietiny, znalost lurnalisticka, a te .2 schopnost k organisadni a naborove praci. Dle tohoto odporudeni, redaktor by musel na sebe prijati dafSi povinnosti, aby Vestnik byl vice nastrojem organisadnim a aby redaktor pracoval . pro vzrust Jednoty tiskem, mluvenYm slovem i osobnim stykem. Krome techto dvou bode byly probirany mnohe stejne dulezite veci; ktere budou oznameny ye zprave Tiskoveho vYboru.

Loudivou a vzpominkovou raladu pozoroy al redaktor mezi jednotliv ymi eleny Tiskoveho vYboru. Predseda Horna,k nekolikrate opakoval, le S'estnact let je plesmiru dlouha doba pro kohokoliv bYti na vYborti. Sestra Horakova ozna,movala, le ye, svern domacim radu odmitla nominaci za delegatku, aby mohla se uvolnitt od stavajicich povinnosti, Tel sestra Olexova projevila, le od sjezdu v Corpus Christi vykonala -- a tel dostala - svuj dil. Pri takove vzpominkove nalade i redaktor pocit'oval stesk, ba print° touhu vyzpovidati se. Chtel tem druhYrn pripomenouti --- ale zdrlel se toho — le on viastne die vkch znamek a eislic patri jil davno do stareho haraburdi. Kdyl druzi citili, byli zapraleni do spolkove prace osm nebo Sestnact let, pisatel chtel pripomenouti, le on sam je z nich nejstarAim jak vekem, tak i spolkarenim: dvanact rokti na ueetnim vYboru, etyri roky mistopredSedou hlavniho telesa, etyri roky predsedou reditelic, dvakrate sjezdovYm predsedou, a nyni, v desati letech, zapfalen do redaktorSkYch slasti, konanYch ye volnem Case, jakoby pro zabavu a radost. Nerad jsein sly :g el to sentimentalni resig;novani, protae schopnYch lidi nema.me nadbytek, a pritomnY TiskovY vYbor vykonal kus poctive a teene prace. A zda se, ze jest' do sjezdu mini vykonat.

"Inventar se polizuje koneem roku vAude v obchodnim a spolkovem livote", pile na jinern mist' drianiho eisla Dr. Arno'St J. Zilka, assistent profesor eeStiny na statni universite v Austinu. A dodava, k tomu, "Jak by ale bylo zajimave, kdyby Se nekdo odhodlal .poriditi take inventOr na'Sich spoleonYch narodnich zdjma a hospodareni na narodni roll dedidne? Co by se to objevilo hriven nenesou-

ye stredu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

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cich uZitku a nepouZitYch ani z polovi- torn je, e tadky a pismo v tiskarne je ny?" Tak mane si vzpominam tech snad vgechno jako v zrcadle, opa.ene, nebo a prani na geho drobneho, pracujiciho, "vzhilru nohama", a teprve otisk pismen negkoleneho lidu, aby na g eesky lid do- je srozumitelnY. Jestli se nekdy nova tadstal uznani, zatim co rnnohy z nagich ka umisti pii opravovani na nepravem ptednej gich bud' se stranil Ceske spoleC- miste, tikame, e jsou kadky prehazene, nosti nebo gel do ni jen k van svemu vla- ze jsou to chyby typograficke, za ktere stnimu prospechu a obchodu. I v na gi SP pisatel nemriZe. Bratr NemY z Crosby ma, v dnegnim O.JST je malo z tech mlad gich, kteti by gli mezi nos k vuli tomu uptimnemu a ne- sle dopis, kde upozorriuje na jinY spolkofal govanemu citeni. Odeetete u nate- vy Casopis. Mel jsem mu vlastne cely odrYch mladgich moZnost osob.niho zisku a stavec vyhoditi die pokynn od hlavnich je u nich po vlastenectvi i bratrstvi. Pro- ritednikii, abych se nikdy nezmirioval o to poznamka dra. ZiZky o spoeitani na- jinYch jednotach, co a jake zarizeni maji, abych si jen vgimal toho, co mame my. gich talentir je velice ptilehava.

Mluvime-li o slovu talent, snad za Jak ale znam bratra Nemeho, ze by nezminku stoji upozorniti na elanek v dne g zUstal nemym po takove censure, tedy -nimCsle,kdjvysetlno,jaksme ponechal jsem jerctu svobodu slova die Utomu slovu pri gli. Neni to elanek teZky ku stavy zeme. Na jednu vec chtel bych uCteni, aC nese nazev hodne zastra gujici a pozornoti a bude to spi ge vysvetleni net ueene znejici, "Jak se poeitalo ve staro- oprava. Nage Jednota neplati tolik za veku". Stoji za preeteni, abyste vedeli, co tYdenik, co jine jednoty museji platiti za to znamend, kdy2 mluvime o "htivne" a mesienik. Mame lacingi papir, mame la"talentu". Za starYch dob talent zname- cingi redaktorskou silu, a mame lacingi tisk. 0 tom budu s kterYmkoliv Clenem nalo miti "htivnu" nebo 3,600 gekelt.

Upozortiujeme na distriktni schfizi v debatovati, i kdybych se mei postaviti na Taylor, ktera se kona tuto nedeli, 20. led- hlavu pied hotelem Rice v Houstonu, kde se ptigti sjezd bude konati. Jestli budeme na, v sini tadu Praha 'Oslo 29, do niZ jsou pozvany v gechny tady ze sttedniho Te- chtiti mesienik, mesioniku odpovidajici xasu, v gichni elenove Hlavni ritadovny, Cetbu, a lep gi papir, kterY by rybieka.m nechutnal, pak se ptipra yme na redaktor, elenove Tiskoveho vYboru, a tolik vyggi yYdaje. Nad tirrito mojim vYrokem kaZdY Oen Jednoty, ktery se zajima o bude mnohy kroutiti hlavou, ba pronese spolkovou praci. poznamku, ze hajim sytij krajic, ale fakt Bratr Milos" Podlipny z Rosenberg ode- zUstane faktem. Odepkel jsem ueiti na vzdal redaktoru peknY ptispevek pro an- ,Ifoustonske universite, kde byl ten krajic glickou Cast Vestniku. Stalo se to u i s maslem, tedy o sousto mi nejde.

Zitosti predna gky dra. 2i0cy v sini radu Doufejme, ze u kaideho vet giho fadu, Pokrok Houstonu, kam ptijeli manZele kde je zvoleno nekolik delegatti do phPodlipnYch i s jejich dceru gkou Joyce, alli° sjezdu, sejdou se tito, aby podali nyni studentkou sociologie na universite predsjezdovemu stanovnimu vYboru nev Boulder, Colorado. PonevaZ prispevek jaka, odporueeni, smerujici k v geobecneje v knize, kterou nemohu poslati do ti- mu prospochu Jednoty. Toto ptipomeskarny, aby ji sazee umazal tiskatskou nuti neznamena, Ze je treba mnoho noCerni, bude nutno ptispevek z knlhy vy- vYch elankri pridavati ku stavajicim psati. Moje sekretafka se mi je gte nekde stanovam. Ba naopak, mnoho by se mopo svete toula, tak prace eeka na mne sa- hlo beze Slody ubrati. JiZ jednou jsem motneho. Bratru Podlipnemu se timto o- podotknul, Ze kdybychom svehli upramlouvam, aby se nedomY glel, fie si jeho veni stanov znalctim Ce gtiny, jakymi pozornosti nevalim, nebo ze jsem na ph- jsou bratr Jos. R. Anton v Houstonu nespevek zapomnel. SrdeonY dik. bo Karel Holasek v Corpus Christi, doNAS Vestnik ma v kaidem eisle primer- stali bychom stanovy o polovinu kratgi ne 5,820 radek, ktere sazeei museji vysa-1 a majici stejnY smysl. Na ge stanovy jsou zet. Techto 5,820 tadek musi redaktor dnes jako v gechny ty slavnostni teei, vysazeni preeisti, aby opravil jakekoliv "Hodne jim toho napovidej, ale nic jim chyby, ktere se pti strojovem sazeni , vy- nepovez." A die toho jsou na ge sjezdy Dle domluvy s yydavatelstvem mnoho reefs nepatrnYmi vYsledprohlili redaktor ve gkeru sazed vysaze- ky. nou latku, ktera je hotova v sobotu odpo-1 Redaktor dostane svfij dil kritijCy, coZ ledne. Co je sazeno aZ v pondeli, to se do mu naprosto negkodi, ba ptispiva ktr zorukou redaktora k prohlidce nedostane.; streni myglenek, asi podobne jako brouTed' si predstavte, Ze nektera z tech gest sek prispeje ku zostreni tupeho nole. Totisic tadek je chybna. Redaktor chybu , hoto tYdne dostal redaktor upozorneni, najde, poznaei, co a jak se to ma opra- ze mnoho pie o zlepgovani stanov, "Poviti, a sazeC vysazi novou radku. Dejme rad' radeji delegattim, aby venovali vice tomu, ze takovYch novYch radek je pouze Casa tomu, jak zlepAiti Jednotu, a stapadesat nebo sto. Pri opravovani se tako- novy se nernuseji zlep govati." Narnitnul snadno ptehodi. Zvla gtnosti ph- jsem, 7C jedno bez drubeho nejde. "Ale va

Strana 3 nemluv a necielej se necliapavYm. Vig dobie, ze na kaZdem sjezdu se piijde s nelakYrn koniekem. V'Myt' mohli bychom nak sjezdy die toho pojmenovati. Na jednom sjezdu vezme se na mu gku nee° a delaji se ,die toho stanovy, jen aby se nekdo utahnul. Na druhem sjezdu utahuji nekoho jineho. A tak to jde sjezd po sjezdu, a pokaZde se formuji stanovy, a2 je kilri prye a ma gtal prazdna. Kdyby naafi delegati mysleli vice na Jednotu a merle "na stanovy, tak bychom na sjezdu nemuseli, makit tri dni opravoyaniin stanov a meli bychom vice easu na ny, jak zlep git Jednotu." Vedli jsme v timto smeru rozhovor je gte dalgi dinu, aZ mne taktka ptesvedeil, ze delka nagich sjezdn se rovna deice na gich stanov, a Ze Cim vice je opravujeme, tiro dele nam trvaji sjezdy. Onen den tvrdil, ze podle objemnosti stanovni knaky mono ptedem odhadovati trvani sjezdu.• MoZna, ze zmineny 'hen ma trochu pra y -dy.

Jinou thitku dostal redaktor, se pry pr:paguje, aby hlavni irtadovna mela pro sjezd v gechno predem uvatene', aby tednici men vypracovany plan sjezdu.

Piece hotovY obed a ptipravy a zasoby k vateni jsou docela rtizne pojmy. Re daktor se znovu primlouva—a opakuje svou ptivodni myglenku—aby hlavni rednici s pomoci stanovniho vYboru ureili delku sjezdu. kekneme, Ze ph rozumnem planovani byli bychom hotovi se sjezdem za etyri dny. Tu musime miti ureity easovY rozvrh, kolik se vykona prvniho dne, na druhY den, Zda se mi, ze minulY sjezd vyhradil dva vedery pro praci sjezdovou. Jestli druheho dne bude sjezd roz yldeny, mcZno pouZiti veeera.

Kongres v takovem pripadu zastavuje hodiny i kalendat. Na gi delegati nejsou kongresniky, ale maji smysl pro poradek, kdyZ se jim potadek ptedem oznami. A jestli hlavni ittadovna oznarni pti zandjeni sjezdu, ^Xe bude miti Ceky delegata ye etvrtek v poledne hotove, sjezd teZ bude ye etvrtek odpoledne ukoneenY. Delegati sotva budoa zasedat po vYpla-Le eekti. Jen planovat a piljde to. A v podobnem planovani prinaleli hlavnim iftedniktim hlavni slovo.

Jak dfileiite je kaide slovo ye stanovach, poznal jsem minuleho tYclne ph debate dwu elena. Jednalo se o yYznain Ceskelao slova "radne". .Jeden z debatujicich tvrdil, ze "tadne" znamend pravideli* zakonite, die ustaleneho zvyku, pfedpisu nebo formy. DruhY z debatujicich vysvetloval, ze "radne" znamena slugne, spotadane, bez priznakti opilstvi.

Zadali o muj nahled. Odpovedel jsem, ze zaldi na okolnostech nebo na vete, ve ktere slovo "fadne" je pouZito. TSr1(6.li se to duevnich hodnot, mravnosti a zpusobn Zivota, "tadne" znamena, spokadane, charakterne, mravne. Ale tykftli se to placeni, nav gtevy Skolni (studen-,

Ztrana 4 to chodicich na prednaSky) nebo konani schtizi, "radne" znamena pravidelne, die ureiteho predpisu. Pak jsem zvedel, ze se jednak-,, o spravnY vYklad vety "a kterY radne radcve schilze navStevuje," nalezajici se v naSich stanovach. Mel jsem rozhodnouti, zda "radne" mini bez priznakti opilstvi nebo to mini pravidelne.

Napred jsem myslel, ze nekdo se mnou Zeal*. Napadlo mne, ze "radna schuze" a "mimoradna schtize" dostaly by novy y Yznam. Prenecham toto vysvetleni bkvalemu stanovnimu vYboru. A zaDo yen bych upozornil nynejk predsjezdovY stanovni vYbor, ze nase stanovy dosud poladuji navS"tevovani schtizi za povinnost, z kterato povinnosti jsou vyjZeny, tedy i delegatky. muty, • cz: • ( ft ail Bila flora Oslo 16.

Hallettsville, Texas.

Mili bratri a sestry: Timto yam sdeluji vYsledek na'Ai roeni schnze. Hrednici zvoleni pro rok 1952 jsou: A. B. Dukk, predseda; Victor Melnar, tajemnik; Victor Dukk, iteetni a Julius E. PustejovskY, pokladnik. Nemocensky vYbor: Vilem Wojtek, Frank Fojt a Ed. Melnar. teetni vYbor: Julius evelk, Emil E. Dukk a John Kovarek. Resolueni vYbor: Vine Melnar, Jos. Dukk a Frank Melnar. Hadovi lekari jsou: Dr. C. T. Dufner v Hallettsville, Tex. a Dr. H. L. Tannen ye Weimar, Tex. Delegat do sjezdu byl zvolen br. Jerry E. Valchar a ndhradnik A. B. Dukk.

NaS'e radova schtze bude konana jako obyeejne druhou nedeli v mesici odpoledne.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Victor Melnar, tajemnik.

SVetla a stilly spolkaieni (Dokonoeni se strany 1.) na studovani Uloh k divadlum, na, cvieeni zpevu, na upravovani jevi gte, na potadani pterilznYch spolkovych zabav, sam by sobe nevetil, kde se v nem tolik °betavosti a ochoty vzalo. A to v ge bylo vykonano pro touhu bYti uZiteenYm, pro lasku k spoleene veci, dle nejlep gich moZnosti.

Jedinkm ziskem pti tom byla touha po soudruZnosti, jedinou odmenou bylo sebevzdelani a zu glecht'ovani, odmena mravni.

Krajanske spolky bYvaly udrZovateli kulturniho vedomi. Snad bychom mohli Mei "narodniho" vedomi, pokud mame na mysli zvyky, obyeeje, tradice, duchovni hodnoty ptena gene z otce a matky deti. Krajanske spolky vytvately ovzdugi provanute CeskYm duchern. Spolky za eleny osoby jen slovanskeho vodu nebo sympatisujici s eeskYm lidem.

Ceske ovzdu gi udrZovano bylo potadanim

VPSTNIK — WEST, TEXAS

Ve sttedu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

ptednaSek, hranirn divactel, pestovanim NASE SPJST POSKYTUJE NASLEDUJICI zpevu a hudby, a vydavanim spolkovych VYTIODNE POJISTElsTi PRO easopisa. Jak napsano bylo v minulem elsle Vestniku slovy bratra Hornaka, "Te2CELOU RODINIT. ko uvetiti, kolik narodniho uvedomeni 'Vida B. — DoMvotni, ye Mere Olen plabylo zachovano nebo vychovano tim, ze nage SPJST posilala Vestnik do nekolika ti poplatky a. ,2 do sve smrti. tisicir CeskYch rodin jiZ skoro etyricet roVida C. — 20 lete splacene, Glen plati ku." A jako tech seclmclesat spolkovych v teto tride poplatky 20 rokil, afeak v sini je sedmdesat pomniku, rovneZ tech du smrti podpora jest vyplacena, kdykoliv tticet devet roenikti Vestniku, urovna- se tato uda. nYch do stohu, tvotilo by vYmluvnY pomnik.

Vida D. -- 15 lete splacene, 'Men plati To vgechno mohli bychom povaZovati jen 15 roku; yYplata podpory jako ye za svetle stranky spolkaCeni. Jen& vgucle, de C poznaeeno. kde je svetlo, bYva, take stin. Pri pekTricia E. — 10 lete splacene, Clen plati nych spolkovych vlastnostech mame chyjen 10 rokU, s YYplatou Mnrti jako ye triby, ktere nejscu tak pekne. dach C a D. Zapolime o ptedactvi a zabihame torn do vysttednosti, ktera gkodi a spol'Vida F. — 15 lete nadaeni, obnos certikovou praci tti gti. "Jozefku, va geho tatu fikatu jest vyplacen po 15 letech placeni. ani nepozna g, aZ ptijde dome. Byl zvoleVida G. — 20 feta, nadaeni, obnos cerny, za delegata." Byla to jen kousava poznamka, kterou jisty brats ulevil sve u- tifikatu jest vyplacen pa 20 letech paceni. raZene jegitnosti, ale rozdvojilo to kdysi Vida H. Vyplacene v 65 letech stall, dosti hinny tad. Dnes jiz vubec onen tad Clen v teto tride plati poplatky a2 do doneexistuje. Nekdy i na gi ptedni elenove, sar2eni 65 let, kdy je mu obnos certifikatu misto aby byli vzorem, zapasi o kousek vyplacen. pochybne slavy tou merou, ze zinnyslne Vida I. — Dvacetilete yyplacene v 60 pilestupuji stanovy.

DruhYm stinem je povrchnost, s jakYm leteeh, Clen v, teto tride plati poplatky Po se zakladaly mnohe tady. Co toho nad ge- 20 rokt a obnos certifikatu se vyplati ni, ruchu a radosti, ze sehnalo se deset kdyz Olen dosahne 60 let staff.

Clem ku zaloleni noveho Cadu. Jakoby Vida K. — Poplatky plati se do veku zarodek smrti ptinesly si mnohe tady 65 let, ne obnos certifikatu vyplati se pti svem zaloleni, nebot' zakladatele po smrti. spolku postavili do sveta sPolek slabk, za Dalgi vyhody k thou) pojistkam jsou: podminek neptiznivYch. Spolek dnes Zije pouze pro jmeno. Ale tu Cest nutno mu 1. Dvojnasobne pojfSteni pro pripad vzdati, ze spolek neztratil viru v budouc- smrti neSt'astnou nahodou. nost. Spolek se lehko rozpadne, a jednou 2. ZproSteni poplatky v pripadu trvarozpadlY, vice se nevzktisi. leho zneschopneni elena.

Tteti stin v na. gem spolkateni je omylnd ptedstava, ze v budoucnosti vgechno Belsky Odbor: pobeli bud 'samo nebo dle na. geho nynejLhutni pojiSteni do 16 let. giho planu. Malujeme ,si, ze za pet nebo deset rokil budeme stale je gte miti tyteZ Vida aspornY doLvotni certinebo podobne Utedniky, jako 'name ted'. fikat vyplacen ye dvaceti letech, s pinYm Domnivame se, ze v gechno se bude toeit obnosem podpory ye veku 16 let. dle nynei giho — nageho — vzoru. Nechceme ptipustiti, ze starneme i ye spolVida J—S. — dyacetileta doivotni, s kove Cinnosti, ze jsme tu sta- pinYm obnosem podpory y e van 1. roku. rou spolkovou slavu z dob, kdy krajann ze nacladni ye veku 18 let, Vida J—E. stare oteiny stale mezi nas ptibYvalo.

Bud' nechceme se sptatelit s myglenkou s pinYm obnosem podpory ve veku 1. nebo vubec neuvaZujeme, ze na ge mista rcku. budou pomalu yypinovana novYmi einovVida J—G. nadaeni po dvaceti leniky, kteti budou miti jine sklony, nahle- tech placeni, piny obnos podpory y e veku. dy a idealy. dtive jsme siArybirali za fited- 1 roku, niky tadove lidi s lep gim evropskYm gkoleDag i vS7hody v Detskern Odboru jsou: nim. Brzy je budeme nuceni Upine nahraditi nag imi cletmi se Akolenim americkym.

Pojigteni platiciho (Payor Insurance), Kde chive zastaval tadoveho tajemnika ochrana tato za mirnY mesieni neb roeni nebo deetniho glen s prilmernYm vzdela- poploatek zbavuje, v pripadu smrti ponim obecne gkoly z Oech nebo Moravy, jiC platky platiciho, povinnosti daleiho pladues dosazujeme graduanty stCednich ceni poplatkd na takto chranenY certifigkol americkYch. Na gimi budoucimi kat, ktery ale prodlOuje yeekere hodnoniky nebudou imigranti, ale graduanti. ty v nem uvedene. (dz)

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Dallas, Texas.

Mill etenari Vestniku: Prave jsme vyritetovali naSi bilanci s rokern 1951, kterY kaZdemu z nas prines1 rilzne zmeny. Dobre i zle, zdravi, nemoce, zrozeni novych Sivotn, odchod do neznama elenti rodiny i naSich pratel a dobrYch spolkovYch pracovnikti, kteri zanechali v srdcich portistalych bol6stne vzpominky. Prinesl sebou 1 mnoho kriticky vaSnYch udalosti mezi narody i mezi vrstvy vSeho lidstva.

Je mne velmi lito rodierl, matek, mladYch manSelek, jejiS synoV'e a muSi se musi jit bit za cizi zajmy, slouSit Seleznemu militarismu. Mnoho je jich, co se uS nikdy nevrati aneb prijdou zmrzaeeni a ponesou nasledky po cely Sivot.

KeZ uS by nastal mir klid vS'em lidem po celem svete. To je nas vkch prani do noveho roku 1952.

Jdeme s nadeji do roku noveho, do noveho dsili a prace v sokolskem i spolkovein Sivote. UbYva nas stale, tiha let nas tiskne k zemi. Sil ulaYva. A ta naSe uS treti generace nacilazi to svoji zabavu ye svem stredu, v rtiznYch sporech jim NemtiSenne se na jejich pomoc spolehat. Je treba se semknout k spoleene praci a obetovat se pro dobro nakho vzajemneho Sivota, jemuS volam zdar!

Br. redaktorovi dekuji za velmi vYstiSne napsanou tvahu objasneni poeatku IVIouekova fondu ve Vestniku ze dne 26. prosince s nadpisem "DuSevni zdravi starYch lidi."

Je to spravne napsane. TakovY byl dan zaklad Mouekova fondu. A znovu zde opakuji, Se jen na vas vkch elenech bude zaleSet, zdali se tato mySlenka uskuteeni. Jen malou ukazku nepochopeni z naSi osady. Slibila mne jedna moje znama, sama od sebe mne pravila.: "Brzo zaenu pracovat a pak Vain na Mouekftv fond take nee° dam. Mne se to myAlenka libi, a take ji chceme finanene podporit."

Pracuje uS delSi dobu. Na slib jako by zaponmela. (Ja osobne o prispevek nikoho neSadam, ani bych to neudelala, je to kaSdeho dobra vale.) PH nahodile Teti mne pravila.: "Nezapomnela jsem, jsem Vam slibila. Zminila jsem se o torn pied jednim naSim Menem radu (firedmkem) a on mne to rozmluvil, Se z toho nic nebude, Se by to stado mod penez, Jednotu i nas eleny."

Tak mluvi elen, ktery je finan.ene dobre zajiSten a sam to potrebovat nebude.

A aby projevil ochotu bratrskou pro druhe merle St'astne, to ho ani nenapadne a radeji to rozmluvi tern, kteri maji dobrou vuli na to prispet,.aby take sam nemusel

1 IJTNT$ —°WES T , 71.17.KAS na tc, Deco ze sveho pridat. Za. Lakeveho bratrstvi a sesterstvi by se nikdy Sadna utulna pro stare eleny nepostavila. To je j iste.

Zde je kvitovani dalSich darn: Pi. Milad y Patakova mne v necleli 23. prosince ph vanoeni naciilce v Sokolovne odevzdaia $2.00 od pi. Paul MareSove z Temple, narnisto kvetin k ucteni pamdtky pi. Josef Zvolankove, ktera zemrela 19. prosince v Temple. Projevujeme cele rodine Zvolankove naSi hlubokou soustrast a zesnule y eenY mu a klid po strastech Sivota.

KrouSek CeskYch Zen daroval $5.00 k ucteni painatky pana Jiriho Nevole, tatinka naSi elenky Karoliny Kebrlove a $1.00 od pi. M. Linkove (toto je dar namisto posilani vanoenich prani). Do dneSnib.° dne main sebrano $290.00. Deset dolarn mne schazi do tri set, a pochybuji, Se dosahnu sumu pinYch $300.00 do nedele, 6. ledna, prvniho roeniho Murti,bratra F. Moueky, na jehoS podklade byl fond tento zaloSen. Dosavadnim vSem darcum vzdavam moje srdeene diky.

TeSi nas, Se sestra R. Spanelova k Temple se citi lepS'i a zase mezi nas dopisovatele svYmi dobrYini navrhy prfsla. Jen se, sestro Spanelo ya, nebojte, Se by yam v to Utulne bylo smutno, kdyby tam nebyly VaSe znaine z Dallas a Houstonu. KdoS vi, zdali se toho doekame. Piste east°.

Take jsme meli ph stromku vanoenim program. Nebyl sice dlouhY, ponevadS za jeden tYden nelze s detmi mac nacvieit.

AS podrulle si k tome vezmeme vice easu. jenS chodi do cvieeni, zazpivaly vanoeni pisne spoleene. Pak tri Oh Parmovy byly spoleene na programu. Tommy hraje velmi pekne na tahaci harmoniku.

Jerry a Katy zazpivaly pri doprovodu jejich bratra Tommy. Donald Hokk zahral dve pisne na piano, Ceskou a anglickou bezvadne. Ma slibnou budoucnost pied sebou v hudbe. A nakonec naSi. cvieici Sokoli a Sokolky zazpivali tri vanoeni pisne dvojhlasne velmi pekne. Na piano doprovazela je Frances Jurcik a Loraine Gallagher. A pak priSel dobrosrdeenY Santa Claus, ktereho vSechny deti rady uvidely, a vkchny podelil. A to jsme i my veld. museli bYt hodni, i my darky dostall. OvAem Se nevirn, jestli vSichni, ale ja ano. NavAteva byla dobra, jak malYch tak velkYch. Dekuji vSem spolktim, ktere na tuto vanoeni nadilku finanene phspely. Byl to rad Jaro eislo 130, Sokolska Jednota, rad eislo 401 ZOBJ a SenskY krouSek i Bingo. My verime, Se ye spojeni je sila.

Nevim, eim to je, ale v kaZdem mem dopisu to mam popletene, slova a radky prehazene ,ac to drive tak east° nebYvalo). Ale neozvat se? — Mysleli byste, Se se rune to tak libi. Nestavd se tak jenom rune, ale je to znat, Se i vYborni stall pismaci to maji v jejich dopisech prehaze-

Strana 6 ne. To mate toho tiskarskeho Sotka spate ne vytrejnovaneho.

Jeden pismak nine napsal: "Nedivil bych se, kdybych to psal ruene, ale phi to na stroji a jeSte mne to tam prehazi." od sester, ktere maji krasnY rukopis spravny pravopis, si na to same stauji.

Prave v poslednim eisle 2. ledna je toho pravY doklad. Z pera universitniho profesora ArnoSta ZiSky jsou v programu universitnich studentil radky prehozene.

A ne jeden — nekolik.

V mem dopisu ze dne 26. prosince jsem. psala, Se nak rodina dostala soustrastnY ' k memu nmrti, v dopis z Ceskoslovenska nemS naSi rodine psali, Se kdybych byla Sila, Se mne chteli poslat darek. A Se jsem, jim napsala, Se jsem Siva, a zdrava, neposlab nic. Tarn stoji, Se jsem jim psala, neS jsem zemrela, coS je chyba, ne moje.

Ja jsem tak nenapsala. Druhd: Kuchyri toho yeeera po delSi dobu ridim ja. To na Sylvestra. Napsala jsem, Se po delSi dobe ridim kuchyri, neb jsem se v lednu 1951 kuchyne vzdala. Treti: Ze vanoeni program'bude bude 30. prosince. Napsala jsem 23. prosince. Velmi nerada kritisuji, ale kdyS je to v kaSclem dopise, to uS i klidna voda se pohne. Vzala jsem si radu bratra redaktora, aby neS dopis odeSiete, jste si jej preeetli 2--3krat. Ueinila jsem tak a prec to nepomohlo.

Vkchny etenare zdravi BoSena Valeikova. ) • 4 • ( Ze selnize Milo Jaro Oslo 130.

Dallas, Texas.

Mili bratki a sestry: Prvni schilze v roce 1952 se nam veljce pekne vydarila, 'Dana navAteva, cele jednazi schtlzove bylo pozorne sledovano.

Ze jsme nemeli vyslouSileho pkedsedu ve schuzi, tedy uvadeni rirednikti prijal na poSadani br. tajemnik Hlavni riradony, J. F. Chupick, ktery byl v nas: schitzi pritomen co host i s jeho milou pani, sestrou Chupickovou. Uvedeni ilkednikri bylo pekne a br. Chupick vSdy hodi slova, ktera rozesmeji.

DalSi v'bory byly teS ustanoveny bez dalSich obtISi. Na neetnim vYboru jsou bratri a sestra Marie Filipec "mladSi", bratri Joe Vrla a br. TupY. NemocenskY vYbor: Sestry Albina Jureakova, Ant. Horakova, Marie Filipec "stars:". Resolueni vybor: Ant. Eorakova, Helenka Vrlova "mlaai", a Marie Filipec "stars:".

Vgern dopisovatelfim dopisy pro Vestnik, Elanky referity posilejte na adresu redaktora: EDITOR OF VItSTNIK 6402 PRAGUE HOUSTON 7, TEXAS Vegkere

Strana 6 Dopisovatelky 'name d ye; pro eeskou stat' moje maliekost a pro anglickou Helenka Vrlova. Zabavni vYbor jsme nechali do ptigti schrize, neb btezen ma 5 nedel a tak tu 5. nedeli si minime udelat nejakott tadovou yeeeti, neb neco podobneho.

Tedy Utedniky mame v gechny zvolene, nagi organisatoti jsou tea ti sami; Vine.

Ondrugek, Miro Jureik, Arnold Vrla. Tak nyni s chuti do prace.

Kdo budete pottebovat nejakou praci stran certifikatu, zmeny, odstoupeni, plestoupeni a podobne, volejte neb pigte na Joe Maca, 7011 Concord, telefon D I 2296.

Kdo chcete platit neb neco podobneho, volejte na Arnold M. Vrla, 4521 Keating, telefon LO 1753. Bratti vam radi pornohou.

Budete-li pottebovat soudce v nejake debate, zavolejte Miro Jureika, jest na geho tadu ptedsedou. Ale jak ho znam, nevim jak dopadnete. On se umi pekne postavit, za gkrabe se za uchem, usmeje se a budete ihned rozsoudeni. Bratr Hfilovec, oh, ten co jeho asistent mu mnoho nepomtlie, hodi rukou jako by chtel odehnat mouchu s nosu, sehne hlavu a uteee. eetni vYbor, sestra Matenka Filipec, ta ma, nasobilku v malieku, tedy ho gi pozor, at yam neschazi penize; pomocniky ma tea dobre.

NemocenskY vybor, Bo2e, nebud'te nernocni, nebo as vas tyto sestry navgtivi, tedy jiste ihned s postele vstanete, ne ae jste ozdraveli, ale abyste je vyhnali. Ale abyste to mohli udelat, tedy nas zavolejte v gechny tfi, mame telefony. Sestra Albina Jureak a ja jdeme do prace, tedy volejte as yeeer. Sestra Filipec jest doma.

Rady ptijdeme yeas nemoci, neb nekdy jest ten eas dlouhY na to posteli.

Resolueni vYbor, neumirejte, to jest co nerada delam, na to mate easu dosti, v2dyt' jest to tak pekne kdy2 se mn2eme dohromady sejit a ka2dY, co nam odegel, schazi. Dopisovatelky, jejda, jest ta stara hubata, tedy nelibi-li se yam nekdy neco, tedy vette, ae to jest jen z plic, jimak vas ma v gechny rada z celeho "srdcate". Za to Helenka yam to napiSe pekne v anglietine, co zde Mame neb nedelame. Tak by to melo bYti vkchno.

Ba ne,dekujeme Jednote Sokol, ae nam doprava, misto pro nak schtize a jine v jejich Sokolovne. Ja bYt na vaSem miste, bych nas uZ davno vyhnala. Tedy nic, jen velkY, vfely dik.

Bratru Chupickovi a jeho pani dekujerne za jejich navStevu. TeSilo nas to vkehny a prijed'te zase nodruhe. NaS'im elenam a ptatelftm tea dekujeme za vkchnt pomoc ye prospech nakho Padu pal obeclech, programu a nav gtevach spolkovYch schtzi. Velky dik.

Na listku nernocnYch 'name d ye sestry, Martu Funda, ktcra se podrobila teake

Vt STNiK— WEST, TEXAS operaci, a Karlieka Kraftova pry si vzpomela zastonat. Ptejeme yam ygem, byste zase byly brzy zdrave. Karlieka musi hrat divadlo, tedy na stonani ani pomy gleni a Ty, Marto, a2 bude g 0. K., ptijdi taky nekdy mezi rids i s Tvoji rodinou.

Bratrum HI. Utadovny dik za vedeni nagi Jednoty, jsme spokojeni. Bratru redaktorovi zase pfejem trochu vice trpelivosti. Pteje si dopis ka,2dY mesic, tedy dostane dva. Diky.

Vydavatelstvu Vestniku, sazeorim, nevim, nevim, nekdy to tak tro gku popletou, ale ani trochu se nedivim, tolik peknYch deveat pied okny projde, jsem jista, ae i ja bych ty chyby udelala. Tedy to nic, pekne dekujeme a jsme spokojeni.

Vy, ostatni elenove a etenati Vestniku ptejeme yarn vgem hodne zdravi a spokojenosti v novem roce.

Antonie Horakova, dopisovatelka.

• • San Antonio, Texas.

Mile sestry a bratti: Znovu rok jak stin mihnul do more Yeenosti, uplynul a nikdy vic se nenavrati.

Tak jest to i s nami; uplynuly dni i leta a ne2 se vzpamatujeme, tu uvidime, ae slunce aivota se chYli k zapadu a a2 teprve na sklonku aivota sveho pochopujeme, ae eas uplynuly nikdy vic se nenavrati.

Oastokrate .matime eas, kterY nam byl ureen ku praci a zdokonaleni. Polastavme se a rozjimejme, zdali jsme co pro dobro spolubli2nim vydobyli v uplynulem thee. Pou2ijme easu, kterY nam byl darovan. Pamatujme, ae ka2cla chvile marne zmatena, uplynula, ku gkode bude.

Stale nam chybi to sily du gevni, ktera, dosud v lads dalma. Pohledneme na dnegni dobu, na uplynula leta, jak hrozny a desnY pohled ptedstavuje se pled zraky na ge. Zatim co my se radujeme a veselime jedni s druhYmi, tisice a tisice druhYch oplakavaji svych milYch: Matky syny, deny mute, deti tatinky, kteti jim byli v upine sile zdravi odervani a valkami pohtbeni. 0 keg by se v tomto roce sousttedili vildcove ze vaech zemi a narodri pro mir a pokoj a namisto valeenYch hroznYch spore radeji nastalo vyneovani ku vedam, ku praci, jea by byla uaitkem a pokrokeni vkm narodum: aby ti ubozi hoM a otcove se mohli opet navratiti do sve domoviny. Pak teprve by se citili obohaceni plamenem a laskou ye svych srdcich. Ale dokud narodove vkch zemi neodloZi tu bratrovraZednou zbran, dotud nebude ten pravY mir na svete.

A tak i v nagi spolupraci spolkove eas jest vymefen. Plyne rychlosti a my zitstavame pozadu. Musime se z diimot probudit a zaeiti s chuti jedenkaZdY pracovati. Vynasna2me se aspori kaki* z nas ziskat jednoho Mena a spoeitejme, o kolik by nak Jednota vzrostla. Nezda se to bYti nemoZne. Sleduji rad zdejsi, cis. 133.

Ve sttedu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

Zapoeali s detmi, a jak videt, (let jsou nadgene a radovaly se ze sveho programu. Detem se musime venovat neb ony jsou budoucnosti tadu a cele Jednoty.

Musime pflbirati mlade lidi za fitednikky do tadfi, abychom je pinueovali, neb jednou staff budou muset upustit; ne by nechteli dole pracovati, ale staid vypovi samo sebou.

Pi§e se, ae sjezd se bli2i, ani se nenadame a bude tu. Byla jsem pfitomna nekolika sjezdtim, i mimo na gich. Doka2i posoudit aspon oasteene, ae se da hodne prace vykonat, kdy2 se nemafi zbyteene ten eas tak drahY. Pie se tea hodne ohledne ritulny pro stare lidi. Ja bych mela pro takovy Ukol zajem, ale byla jsem si ptehlednout jednou domov pro stare lidi, i praci jsem tarn mela nabidnutou.

To ale vezme mnoho vice vydr2ovani, neali si dovedeme pfedstavit. Neni to 1,T e jen postavit.

K tomu jate nema Jednota sveho domu. Vypada, se ten jest pfednejAi. Ale i to se bude teako rozluAt'ovat. Cekali jsme na dobu easu, kdy je Vge na nejvY v cenach vy'Sroubovane. Pfala bych si ale, abychom jednou vlastnili sviij domov a mohli v budoucnosti pokraeovat. PtemYMejme a podavejme Uvahy, abychom neochabovali v torn, co nam na g" rodieove zapoeali.

V uplynulem roce jsme se nekolikrat sesli u man2elft Amburnovych. Oa.sto se u nich schazi eeskY orchestr ku cvieeni my, co radi eeskou hudbu poslouchame, jsme se take nekolikrat ate na jate a v lete, neb sestra Amburnova jest milovnice kvetin. Bylo tam v2dy krasne. Ten jeji dour je vyzdoben kvetinami pterfizneho druhu. K tomu uprosti-ed je krasny pekanovY strom, v jeho vlidnem stinu se vZdy pfijenme sedi a poslouchaji ty Ceske melodic. Amburnovi jsou obetavi pracovnici pro spolkOvY oba dva jsou v2dy hotovi vypomoci pro dobro fadu. Jsem jista, 2e se u nich zase na jate sejdeme, neb zase pfivyzdobill dour i "patio", a my ostatni se postararne o to ostatni.

KrasnY novorani yeeirek ptipravill pro pratele a zname manacle Blanalovi.

I ja jsem mela tu test bYti pozvana. V dome bylo v§e novorodne ozdobene, a to vse vykraMila jejich dceruSka Matenka se svoji spolukamaradkou Sandrou 8enkyfovou. Bavili jsme se hovorem i hrou, pojidali stale neco se stolu, neb byl praven piny, ani makove kolaee nee/1yhely. Vzpomneli jsme statieka Bartoge, jak v2dy pile, ae bez makovnikri neni eeska beseda. A tak pH tom hovoru a zabaye jsme se ani nenadali a sly gime ozvenu, "rok se s nami louei, a zase nov-Y nas vita." Tak jsme se zamysleli. Nevime dne, ani hodiny, co nam nastavajici rok na'Si. I size v oeich se objevily. Po uvita-

Ve stredo, dne 1G. ledna 1052. ni noveho roku jsme se rozloueili a odekaZdy do sveho domova.

Dekuji Blanaro yym za pozyani a za praveni krasneho veeirku, i za to rozlotteeni, abychom se opet u nich se gli tak za rok.

Preje vgem St'astny veselY novy rok Rubie Holly.

P. S2: Jak jsem ji.Z podotkla, nevime dne ani hodiny, ba ani vteriny. Udalo se velke ne gtesti v okamZiku v rodine uro ycove. Vyjeli z domu pouze do obchodu nakoupit Zivobyti na 3 .ledna. Nejaka pajmeno ne.vim, snad jela velkou rychlosti doproti, ztratila kontrolu, tak Ze do nich uderila. Male deveatko 8 mesicti stare prigio o Zivot. Matka ji mela v Mine, i ona utrpeldzraneni dosti vaZne, otec lehinaz a dva synatkove vzadu neutrpeli.

Frank Z ‘ urovec jest elenem radu els. 133 an Antonio. Slibil upsati deveatko v nejbliZgi dobe.

Ja rodine Zurovcove projevuji hlubokou soustrast nad ztratou krasneho (ley Catka. Byla v 'Le rakviece jako andelieek Citirri s Vami VAS bol.

•( )• Odhaka Slovanskeho Pojigt'ujicilio Spolku, proti Ohni a Boo •i eislo 9.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Mill bratri a sestry: Zde yarn poda yam zpravu z posledni vYroeni schtize v prosinci. Schtize byla eetne nav gtiyena na gimi bratry a sestrami a pak je gte jsme meli mile hosty redniky z hlavni aredovny, ptedsedu Fr. Aneince, mistopredsedu Zubika, pravnika C. ;ci". Chernoskyho, nageho bYvaleho tajemnika Johna Kahan1m, v gichni z Houstonu, a bratra Nesudu z Dallas.

KdyZ zapodala schuze, byli nam predstaveni na gi hoste nagim ptedsedou A. Tirkem. Pak k nam promluvil predseda Fr. Aneinec, yysvetlil stran pojistek a pochvalil nage ntedniky i eleny. Po nem promluvil mistostarosta Zubik a. ten pHpomenul elentim, aby si vzali stanovy, ale aby si je cele preeetli a ne je zastreit nekde do gupliku a vtibec je neoist, tarn nam stanovy nejsou nic platne. Pak promluvil John Kahanek, Ze je rad mezi nami a rad s nami pracoval kdyZ zde bydlel, a my si prali, aby zas mezi nas se vratil.

Pak promlnvil pravnik C. H. Chernosky v reei anglicke a naposled bratr Nesuda.

Vgichni reenici byli radi vyslechnuti a odmeneni potleskem za jejich krasne povzbuzujici reei k dal gi praci. Pak bylo pokraeovano ve schtizi a pak byly volby Ukednikft. Za paedsedu byl zvolen bratr Anton Tirk, mistopredseda Walter Hale, tajemnik a tieetni John Chaloupka, 1. odhadei Frank Kadleeek, 2. odhadei Carl Zichaeek, 3ti odhadci predseda, mistopredseda a tajemnik. teetni vYbor, Joe Danek, John Motl a Ladie Struska. Dopisovatelka Anna Milan. Bylo ptitomno asi

V 'E STNiK — WEST, TEXAS 60 elenrt. Po schuzi byla podavana chutna vedere, knedliky se zelim, gunka, klobasy, salaty, makarony, koldee, paje a kejky. 0 jidlo se postaraly na ge sestry kucharky, co to prinesly. Za to jim path nejsrdeenej gi diky. TeZ dekujeme tiredniktim hlavni itrado yny, Ze nelitovali tak daleke cesty k nam a prali bychom si, aby prijeli zase a privezli sebou bratra Urbishe na ty knedliky Se zelim. Schfize se kaZdemu libila a doufame, Ze budeme mit jeae lepSi. Bratr tajemnik mne tikal, v bteznove schuzi bude mit protokolni kniZky ze sjezdu a kdo by si je peal, mute si je od neho dostat a pfeeist.

Nevim jestli jsem tarn neco zapomnela.

Musite mne otipustit, Ze jsem se s dopisem tak zpozdila. Ptes Vanoce hocine prace a navSteva a do psani neni nalada.

Meli jsme zde navStevu aZ z Californie, ze San Bernardino moje sesttenka s manZelem Karlem Variou. Ptekvapili nas, ale byli jsme radi, Ze pkijeli a nejakY eas s nami pobyli. Take Benny Pavliekovi z Houstonu, moje netet, byli zde pies svatky, a syn Frankie s manZelkou z Corpus Christi. Men jsme pekne vanoce i Nov rok. Ani nevime jak bude ten novY. A ja pteji vaem bratrtim, sestram a vkin etenatilm zdravi, Stesti a prosperitu .a co si kaZdy pfeje v tomto roku.

Jegte blahopfeji Anne a Angel KoteffovYm, k dostali zase novou vnueku, kterou je obdatila jejich dcera Doris Burnette. Maminka i dceraka jsou zdravi, co2 jim ze srdce pkeji.

Jegte milt' pozdrav vaem.

Anna Milan.

Dallas, Texas.

Ttetiho ledna KrouZek OeskYch Zen konal schuzi, ktere se zueastnilo osmnact elenek. Oeekavala se vetai naVateva, ale Ze bylo tak Apatne poeasi, mnohe elenky se nedostavily.

Take nas poteAila nafatevou pani Majkova. z NewYorku, ktera jest zde na navSteve u sve dcery.

A nekolik na.gich elenek se naleza na listku nemocnYch: Pant Kraftova a pani Slamova, kterYm piejem brzke uzdraveni a aby v ptiSti schuzi mohly byt take s nami. Take jsme vzpominaly na pani Herzanovou, jak nam ptispiva a ceni naSi praci, a ani neni naSi elenkou, za co2 my, ji vaechny dekujem a ptall bychom si, aby /lady zavitala do na geho krouZku. Ve schuzi bylo ujednano, Ze KrouZek OeskYch Zen bude potadat 9. Unora zasterkovou zabavu v dallaske Sokolovni.

Kahla dama ma ptijit a miti zasterku a malou mash stejnou ke sve zasterce.

MaSli dejte do °balky, a kaZdy naut jednu z tech obalek dostane, a vlastnitelka one made bude na ten weer spoleenici ono ho pana, kterY bude mit jeji ma gli. TotiZ

Strana must ji alespon jednou vytoeit, a to uZ nezaleli jak.

Take budou dany ceny na nejpeknejAi zasterky.

Vanoce i Nov' rok jsme oslavill velmipekne. Va,noeni stromek byl spoleenY, KrouZek OeskYch Zen a Sokol, take spolek SPJST (eislo tadu neznam).

Vanoeni veeirek byl vice pro deli, kter6 na posledni chvili nacvieila pani Valeikoyd. Bylo nekolik pisnieek a vanoenich od tikavaeek, pak ptiSel Santa Claus a rozdal darky.

A jeAte musim 1ici, Ze ty dal to vk. pekne vykonaly. Apo nadilce detem zase bylo pekne na.deleni nachystano v kuchyni pro ty dospele, a tam take nic nechybelo.

A novy rok na Sylvestra byl take pekne ptivitan, byla 'Dana zabava, ktera tr vala do noveho roku.

Ptiai schuze bude prvni etvrtek v unom.

Mary Deciek, dopisovatelka. ) 4 • ( Crosby, Texas.

Milt etenali, dnes je po svatcich a po Novem rote. Ted' po N_ovem rote poleti radi politika po celern svete. Budou hlu(let k Americe, ktera strana letos vyhraje. Bude to napinave i zde pro nas fSechny. Vime ptedem, Ze republikani budou na to obetovat hodne milionku, aby demokratickou stranu porazili. My, tide pracujici, nic nevime, co se pro nas zas chysta, jestli vyhraje republikanska strana i s presidentem. Tak marne oeekavanou depresi, jaka byla za, Talta, Hoovera, Coolidge a Hardinga. Zas by ten delnY lid met tu Hooverovu prosperitu za rohem. Tak se musime plipravit na to jak se path.. Ja ji2 mam kabelu nachystanou, jak budu tu prosperitu nosit domU. Take u nas: Jednoty se bude odehravat trochu phevrat. Jak vidim ye Vestniku jedni chti pro stare d.eny nejaky domov a druzi zas Ze by to mot stadia. Inu, vAem vyhovet ti delegati neinohou. sam myslim, Ze za 50 tisic by se moo nezbudovalo.

Pak je zas otazka ohledne Hlavni fitadovny. JiZ se o to pracuje po mnoho sjezdu, aby mela Jednota svnj domov. My vime, he Fayetteville pro na gi Jednotu nevyhovuje, ale ty velke •ady to chteji doma, a tim padem to zustava na starem miste. Dnes to nemukine pkirovnat, co bYvalo dobre plied 50 roky, aby to mohlo bYt dobre nyni. V tomto ptiAtim sjezde by melt delegati odhlasovat, aby vase Jednota mela s ytij domov v nekterem, vetS'im meste. Do Fayetteville chtela leznicni spoleenost zastavit vlaky a myslim, Ze nekdy na to phijde, Ze tarn vlaky nebudou jezdit. ProC by nemohla bY't kadovna nekde ve vetAim meste, aby to

Strana 8 vyhovovalo vSem? Dnes ma Jednota pies 6 milion0 majetku, ale domova nema.

My zde nebudeme a Jednota zde bude, tak hled'me, ne'2 my stark odejdeme, abychom nechali nakm mladkm eientim domov. Sjezdy by se mely deiat jen ye vetSich mestech, aby s tim ubytovanirn bylo lepk. Ve vetSich mestech jsou hotely a ty pojmou vkchny delegaty i hosty, co sedostavi na sjezd. Pak se nemusi mists tad o to ubytovani starat.

Vestnik take sebere mnoho tisic roene.

Bylo by mnoho uktteno, kdyby byl yestnik mesienik z lepSiho papiru, ktery se da lepe drZet. Zapadni Jednota ma skoro na :60 tisic Menu, ma Vestnik mesienik a vyhovuje v'Sem elennm. Prot my bychom nernohli mit mesienik a trochu lepkhO papiru, aby si ho mohl 'Olen podrZet 1 30 a vice rokt. NaS nynejk Vestnik za tti roky seZerou rybieky, neb se2loutne a neni ke eteni. Ja mam nektere Vestniky Zapadni Jednoty ptes 20 rokti a jsou jak nove, ale nas Vestnik za ty roky je celY , sekanY, sam sebou ptele'ZelY. Nyni budu pokraeovat v kapitole dvou kamaradd, dragounti u Prochazky. Mili &Lenart ptestal jsem psat, ze jsme .vjeli do toho tunelu co jede vlak z Vidne at do Italie. Jitik povida, "Snad nejedeme do pekla?" Je to tunel asi, myslim, 2 nebo 3 kilometry, moZna delsi, mana, kratk, mana ze nektery etenat vi lepsi nez jd, jak je dlouhY. Na to draze jezdili vlakem vojaci a inIenYti i konduktoti, myslim to byl asi oddil pionyrti nebo jak se nazYvali zinisti. Byl tam konduktorem kaprAl, asi dobrY sibal, neb flea jsme vjeli do tunelu, ae1 pies vozy a oznamoval, ze bude tma asi 20 minut, "a kdo mate hezkou sousedku, tak si poslate hubieka, a kdo mate hezkeho souseda, tak se nechte obejmout. At' jste stall nebo miadi, vSechno se to potme hladi." To jiZ jedni se tomu zaeali smat a ptali se ho, kolik tech pusinek rozdal, co jezdi tou &dhoti. On na to, Ze on nema eas, ae on si to vynahradi az nebude ye sluZbe. Jitik mei vedle sebe hezkou sousedku, asi 17letou. Ja mu povidam eesky, "Hied' toho andilka otahnout o par tech pusinek, kdyZ je to natizeno." Jeho sousedka na to peknou eatinou povida, ze o vanocichhubieky nerostou. Tak jsme zvedeli, ae mame mezi sebou peknou Sesku. Zatim isme byli z tunelu venku, tak bylo po legrad.

Ja mei sousedku Nemku, kolem 40 roka, mohla by bYt moji maminkou, neb ja mei tenkrat 21 roku. Umela mluvit a delay si z nas trochu smichu. Pta se mne, karn jedem? Ja ji povidam, ae na svatbu.

Ona na to, kdo se bude &nit? Ja povidam, ae zde ten miij kamarad. A ono, kde ma nevestu? Ja povidam, "Tamhle v to gkatuli." Ona: "No to bych rada videla, aby jell° nevesta vlezla do takove

TEXAS

ye stkedu, dire 16. lcdna 1952.

gkatule. — Ja mrkl na Mika a povidam, ve 8tokrave. PelcnY par koni a sane. Ze "Jirko, vyclelej tu tvou marjanku". Ne'Z sani se vyhoupl peknY andelidek v podobe jsem to vytkl, Jirka, jia marjanku natahl, hezke holeieky, asi 16 jar a par tYdnir vidiv z ni vAechny vnittnosti nevyletely a ce nebo merle. Ve mne to hrklo jak ye ua notuje "Veera na Marjance, dneska u starch pendlovkach. Povidam, "Jitieku, Zvonn, atd." Tu pisnieku znal tenkrat tomu andilkovi by se davaly hubieky, kaZdY Videnak, i ta moje sousedka, tak kdyby se dr2ely." Jirik mne povida: "Ty povida v nemeine, 2e ona si nemyslela, ae otrapo, myslik kdyZ nam dala ta pani si z ni Mame blazna. Ja povidam, "Od- tech par pusinek, Ze by nam chtela ta pust'te mi, vaak jste chtela videt mojeho hvezdiaka take par ptilepkt. Bea se ukamarada nevestu, tak yam ji ukazal, a mYt, aby se od tebe nezaSpinila.. ta mu vkidy dela partnerku." Ona na to, Jak tak metame los o tech pusinkach, Ti BemiSe Soldaten jsou asi vaichni mutu ta hvezdieka, jak ji Jitik nazval, krazikanti". Ja povidam, ze kafZdY jinad hraje kterY chodi za deveetem, ae si take ei k nam, pekne se ukioni, my hned hrkli s nim hraje tfebas pi mesieku. Ona na §pornami jak Zalatnik klieemi a pekne to jestli jsemja, dal zenske spiS hubleku, jsme ji zasalutovali jak nejake komtesce tea 2. enska, data mne?" 0 je, pani, ja do- ze zakleteho zamku. Tak stojime a eekastal mnoho tisic hubieek od jedne nejlep- me, jakou novinku od toho andelieka dosi na svete." Ze by rada vedela od staneme. Ona se zaeervenala jak panenktere. Ja„ povidam, "Pani, mate deti?" 2e ske jablieko a povida, to se vi, v nemema jednoho syna a d ye dcery. "Tak vi- ckem jazyku: "Jste to vy, vojaci, co jedite, pani, vy jste dala vaSim detem take dete k panu spravci?" Brave Jitik zostfil par tisic tech pusinek jak dala moje mat- zrak, zamZoural na mne jak cikan na pokone a povida: "Jawohl, FrauOna nemeakala, chmatla ka lein."

"Tak tam 'deka na vas mtj tatiokolo krku a dala mne d ye puse, ae za nek." moji dobrou maminku. A zaeala plakat.

My sebrali na,Se Svestky a brali se k sajak jsem byl vojak jak kamen tvrdY na plakani, piece mne jeji plat obmekeil, nim. Jitik hodil svtij jarmak do sani a a ja. taky vyronil size, jednou za mnoho vyhoupl se na ptedni koziik jak kocour let. Neb jsem neplakal od smrti meho ta- na ptaka. A ja mei tu baskou chvili setinka. Kdy'Z to vide]. karnarad Jirka, tak at s tim peknYm andeliekem. Moc hose pta, to pani, co mne udelala, Ze ja size vorna nebyla, ale ne2 jsme ptijeli asi dva ronim. Ona mu povida, ae mne dala dye kilometry, jiz jsem vedel celY rodokmen puse za moji matku. On na to, "To abyste kniZete Eisensteina a take se prozradila, dala take mile par hubieek za moji ma- Ze jeji rodiee jsou oek. Ona ze umi take mu, ja ji nepoznal." Ona vstala se sve eesky. 2e ma bratra take u dragounti ye lavice a povida: "Kdy'Z' si to pfejeS, vo- Stokrave, Ze je kapralem, 2e se jmentrje jacku, tak ti dam take pusinky za tvoji Alois. --- Ja, ji na to povidam: "Alois man'. A aZ ptijedu do Dreikirchen, tak KenZa?" 2e ano. A jiZ jsme mluvili eesky. to teknu mojim detem, s jakYmi vojaky Umela pane eesky. Ona se ptala, jestli jsem jela." Ja, na to ji povidam, "Tak, ho znam. Povidam, "My jsme byli spolu v pani, teknete vaSim detem, 2e jim take podoficirske Mcole." Ja se ji ptarn, "SledkaZdemu posilam tu Bemisch pusu." A no, jak se jmenujete krestnim jrnenem?"

• ji Z Jikik ptitakal a povida, "Ta, kaZdemu tid". Ona sklonila hlavu jak oveeka, kdy hladi a povida; "Zdenka, po bahiece a Ona se zaeala swat a pta se, kam jedeme. Ja ji sdeluji, '2"e do Badenu. Ze ona mamince je AneZka, tatovi Alois." Tak jsem vedel vAe. A k tomu povida, "Pan tea. spravec je take Moravec, i pani spravcoJitik se bavil s jeho sousedkou. Ta jela va, a jejich deti umi take oesky, ale jsou do Italie k panirm, co u nich pracovala ye moe pykri. Jejich tii sluZky jsou' take Vidni. Oni ji povolali take na vanoce do Moravky, ale ta kuchatka, je takovY nateplYch krajin. Tak nam ta testa utekla, duty holub, ta eesky nechce mluvit a neZe jsme jen zaslechli "Baden—Baden". mecky to rnekota jak koza." JeSte Ze ten My sebrali nak paky a bereme se take vratnY i jeho Zena jsou take Moravci a dolt. Jitik dostal od sve sousedky podo- clelnictvo Ze je vetknou slovacke. Tak benku a peknou pusu, Ze ji bylo slySet asi jsem mileho andelleka vyzpovidal i bez 3 kilometry a "Vojaeku, pis mne". Moje htichu. NeZ jsme dorazili na misto, asi sousedka, pani Frydl, tak se jmenovala, dva kilometry, tak jsem vedel vSechno. take slezla. Jiz na ni eekal jeji syn Max, Ale povida, "Vojaeku, netikejte to nakm, asi tak 18-19 mkt. Sedla do sani a ji'Z 2e jsme mluvili eesky, oni chteji, abych se naueila Wynne nemecky a ja. to nemohu rolnieky hreely. Snih se ttpytil jak NeZ' jsme se ohledli, tak ji uz nebylo dokazat." V torn kone zastavili, vratnY ovidet, ale adresu mi take dala., a zvala tvird, vjedem do dvora, kone zastavuji a tu nam lokaj tika, ze budeme bydlet u nas na jeji statek.

V torn tarn ptijel jakYsi lokaj, vystrojen vratneho, ze spravec nardil. Jitik skoeil v jakemsi livreji, klobouk. do 'Spice, jak jak miady zajic, popadi svoji marjanku a regiments pater, co jsem ho vide' parkrat jeSte jakousi Skatuli, a jiz se bral, jak ci-

Ve stredu, due 16. labia 1952. kan do kostela. za nim. Jitik pozdravil nage opatrovniky nemecky a ja povidam, "Dobre poledne, pane a pain vratnY." A ona to pani vyktikla, "Ale pane BoGe, jeden je Moravec." A nato Jitik poYicia, "A jeden Slovak jak poleno."

Jegte to neni skoneene, aG /lady pozJohn Nemy.

(Jeri dale.

V „e STNI -

WEST, TEXAS

Palacios, Texas.

Ctend redakce, bratti a sestry: Asi tYden pted smrti br. Fr. Domora.c1 mne Gadal, abych aspon zkratka, napsal jeho Givotopis, Ge on ho mel napsanY, ale Ge se nekde ztratil a tak mi pomalu pravii, co mam psat, ale byl jiG moc slab', musel jsem blizko neho sedet, abych ho slygel mluvit.

JelikoG ale po jeho amrti hned v pr y -nimeslVtnikubylvetjn ho Givotopis, tak jiG jsem neposlal to, co jsem napsal, jen k tomu podotYkam, Ge oni dlouho farmatili v okoli FrYdku v okresu Austin a do okresu Matagorda se ptistehovali na podzim roku 1928.

My jsme jejich nejbliGgi sousedi desks narodnosti, treba Ge jsme 4 mile od sebe vzdaleni.

Poznali jsme se hned kdyG se stehovali z okresu Austin. Pamatuji se dobte, kdyG jsem mu tekl moje jmeno, on pravil, "No kdybys byl velikY, mohl's bYt Hejtmanem, ale Ge jsi male postavy, tak jsi jen Hejtmanek." Ja jsem v tomto okoli byl jiG 10 let, kdyG Domoradovi se k nam ptistehovali. Meli jsme zde jiG tad eislo 148 SPJST a spolek cis.' 138 RVOS, oba ty spolky jsem pomahal zakladat a bYval jsem tajemnikem v obou spolcich, a pak br. Domorad ptistoupil do obou tech spolkfi a b'val easto ptedsedou v obou spolcich a nekolikrat i delegatem do sjezdti. Na zaeatku druhe svetove valky zde byla zaloGena prvni odboeka SdruGeni Americk9ch Cechoslovakti v Texasu a br. Domorad byl po cely eas valky ptedsedou a to velice einnYm. Pohtebni obtady vykonal br. C. H. Chernosky anglicky a br. John Chupick z Fayetteville promluvil eesky v pohrobnickem zavodu v Bay City a pak na htbitove u teky Trespalacios, (kde br. a sestra Domoradovi jiG meli ptipravene hrobky), br. Chernosky ukoneil pohtebni obtady die spolkovYch pfeclpisfi a pak se jmenem rodiny a bratru a sester spolkovYch se zemtelYm rozloueil.

Sestra Domoradova mne poGadala, abych jmenem jeji a jeji rodiny podekovarteenikAm, claret= kvetin a v gem jenG jakYmkoliv zptisobem jim byli napomocni.

Neni tomu moc davno co zemteli br.

Vine. Lejsal a pak Jos. Zemanek, ted' br.

Domorad, tak ti star gi po jednom odchazi a uG je nas to Indio a nevime kdy ptijdeme za nimi. test budiG jejich pamatce.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem F. J. Hejtmanek.

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itad Jaroinir eislo 54.

Bratti a sestry: Prvni na ge schtize byla eetne nav gtivena, kterou zahajil ptedseda . br. Robert Cervenka, a po srdeenem ptani At'astneho noyeho roku byl eten protokol. Nevim jestli jsem nezapomnela napsat, Ge jsme venovali 25 dol. na Matici Vy ggiho Vzdelani. Timto to opravuji. Na gi ritednici vgichni nanovo nastoleni. Je radost bYt nagem tadu pii schtizi, kde jsme v gichni jako jedna rodina. Po 141aceni poplatkfi a jinYch spolkovYch ialeGitosti jsme ptijali 2 eleny s ptestupni listinou a 4 nove. Doufame, Ge se jim bude libit a vitame je mezi nas.

Poeasi maine aprilove, chladno a horko se sttidaji, ale pr get nechce a tak je hodne nemoci mezi lidem, i br. John Sulak a jeho pani objimaji postel a ptejeme jim, by byli brzo zdravi, i br. Louis rorsak a vgichni jini. Pi. Joe Svaekova teG se snad citi lepsi, coG ji vgichni ptejeme.

V sobotu 5. ledna melo pohteb deveat` ko Raymond SustalovYch, ktere se narodilo v Providence nemocnici a Gilo jen nekolik hodin, coG je velice rmouti. Pak byl te2 na na g katolickY htbitov pochovan pan Fred Holchak, kterY Gil ye Waxahachie a byl dlouho nemocen. At' odpoeiva v pokoji. PozustalYm obou rodin patti na ge uprimna soustrast.

Tak a ted' by lids radi vedeli, jak to dopadne s temi star gimi automobily, kdyG je ptehliGeji a ani jeden z deseti neptejde. Co budou delat ti star gi pies 60 let?

VGdyt' jsou lids, kteti Giji daleko od mesta a musi jet pro Givobyti a nemaji Gadneho k tizeni kary, neb ti mladi jsou nekdy ve vet gich mestech na praci. V gak ti stati tidiei malokdy zavinili ne gtesti, obyeejne jsou to kary nove, ktere jedou 70-80 mil. Budeme eekat jak to vgecko dopadne.

V nag em West mime asi nejake ty dlouhoprst'aky, neb neni tYdne aby se nekde neco neztratilo, ale vet ginou jdou jen po penezich. KaGdY se chce mit dobte, ale za cizi penize.

Myslim Ge ptestanu, neb nevim jak to pan sazee pfeete. Moje prava ruka je potad k nieemu.

Na konec po na gi schtizi na g' zabavni had Antonin J. Cermak eislo 56. vYbor nam uchystal dobrou svaeinu, pak Corpus Christi, Texas. se kaGdY bavil jak chtel a pak domn.

Doporueujeme a navrhujeme nasleduRairnunde, pig! jici zrneny ve stanovach: Srdeeny pozdrav na v gecky etouci elanek 19. a 20. Sjezd: Vypustit v Cl. Marie Klausova. 20. odstavec (a), jenG zni:

Slrana 9 "VYbor na denni potadek," a vsunout misto nej do Cl, 19. odstavec (c), nasle dujiciho zneni: Zprava ttielenneho v9boru na denni potadek, kter'Gto vybor ustanovuje Hl. U. nejmene mesic pted sjezdem, aby mohl zaeiti pracovat aspon jeden den pied zahajenim sjezdu.

Dtivod: VYbor na denni potadek jmenovanS7 sjezdem nema eas - - pouze posledni ptestavku' k prostudovani a vy-, pracovani sjezdovYch pravidel a obyeejne jen opige z posledniho sjezdoveho pro tokolu ten denni potadek. Kdyby vYber se mohl sejiti aspori jeden den pied sohajenim sjezdu, jiste by nam u gettil na sjezdovem Case, vydani a zamezil retzna nedorozumeni ft protahovani sjezdoveho jednani: Navrhujeme zmeny v el. 137-141: P kuty, tresty, suspendace, vyloueeni.

Pozmenit nasledovne: Nezaplati-li elen pravidelne poplatky po dobu t1-1 mesicu, tajemnik mistniho tadu uvedomi Hi. U.a ptestane poplatky za nej Hl. U. posilati.

Ma li certifikat takoveho elena pfijeovni hodnotu, Hl. U. vrati facial nekolektovane jeho poplatky ne vice neGli za tti „, mesice. Hl. U. uvedomi dotyeneho elena, v jakem stavu jest jeho pojistka. Takoy9 nepozbYva elenstvi u SPJST a jeho certifikat jest v platnosti, dokud neni vyeerpana piljeujici hodnota certifikatu za dluGni pravidelne poplatky s riroky Wetmo. Takove ustanoveni jest platne i pro eleny nezvestne.

Davod: Nektere bratrske jednoty maji podobne zatizeni a u poji gt'ujicich spoleenosti jest pojistka platna., dokud jest zaloha. Ktere elanky by se musely meniti, zaleGi na stanovnim v9boru, ptikloni seek nagemu navrhu.

Cl. 83., jenG zni: Je-li Gadatelka o elenstvi v tehotnem stavu, odloGi Gadov9 1(")-kat prohlidku aG po porodu." Clanek vypustit ze stanov.

Dilvod: Mame nyni vet ginou bezlekar skou prohlidku. Tehotenstvi neni nemoe, nYbrG ptirozeny sta y v livote Gen. Organisator se podivne citi pti teto otazce mlade Gene anebo divce. ' Oasto ztratime dobrY prospekt pro tuto nemistnou otazku a agenti jini nas ptedejdou, neb toho nemaji.

Cl. 133, paragraf (a). Posledni veta tohoto elanku (a), jeG nyni zni: "Urok n.a certifikatove pfijeky jest stanoven sjez-. dein a jest 5%. BudiG zmenen: "Urok — atd. — jest 4%."

Davod: Ptijeujeme na farmy na 4.5%, k tomu platime pravnimu radci za pte, hied abstraktu a vyhotoveni dluhopist.

Kupujeme bondy a akcie 2.50 a 3%. Prod poeitat na gim elenttm na ptijeky certifikatove 5%, s nimiG neni Gadneho vydani krome prace v ritadovne, kdyG jete strhujeme rirok predem? Nevypada to pHlig bratrske.

Wednesday, January 16, 1952 . . let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila 1 .eervence 1897. Gertifikat Paid-up 241 na $646.00. tmrti eislo 5124. Br. J. H. Walshak, zamestnanim rolnik, od tadu SlovanskY Dilworth eislo 124, zerntel dne 21. prosince 1951, ve stall. 67 let. Do Jednoty stoupil 28. btezna 1915. Certifikat A-3992 na $1,000.00.

Hlavni fitadovna SPJST timto vyslovuje poznstalym po techto zemtelYch braFayetteville, Texas, 31. prosince 951. ttich a sestrach jeji nejhlubS'i soustrast.

Cteni bratti a sestry: J. F. Chupick, tajemnik Hlavni Uradovny.

Timto se yam oznamuje, Ze behem me-• 4, • ( sice prosince 1951 Hlavni ntadovna SPJ ST vyplatila, pojigteni po nagch zemteCukr jako lek. OsvOujici napoj pro lYch brattich a sestrach, jak nasleduje: nemocne y horeece a pro zdrave, majiUmrti 'Oslo 5114. Br. Frank S. Sebesta, li 2izeri, je voda, v niS je rozpubtenY cuzamestnanim rolnik, od tadu Slovan Cis. kr. Cukrova, voda uklidriuje nervy; , jest 9, zemtel dne 26. listopadu 1951, ye stati tedy vYbornYm prosttedkem pro spani.

71 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil dne 4. zati phi bolestech hlavy praSkti, fteinkuji lope, napijeme-li se , vody pa 1898. Certifikat A-460 na $1,000.00. pouZiti praSktig Kava a eaj jsou zbavotmrti Oslo 5115. Br. Charles PraskY, vany cukrem z 'easti jedovatYch fleinkft zamestnanim tiskovy sa,zee, od tadu Po- kofeinu a theinu. Tyto napojc stavaji krok Houstonu eislo 88, zemiel dne 15. li- se s cukrem stravitelnejSimi. NeninZemestopadu 1951 y e stati 54 let. Do Jednoty li no poZiti kavy spats, oslad'me si ka.vu ptistoupil dne 1 .kvetna 1934. Certifikat vice jednott nebo dvema kostkann cukru.

E-6 na $1,000.00.

Cukr uklidriuje phi onemocneni 611znice, tmrti 'Oslo 5116. Ses. Marie Bartok za- phi chrapotu a kaSh. Trapi-li ins v noci mestnanim hospodyne, od tadu El Cam- kaki a nemarne-li doma mod, pijme po eislo 50, zemhela dne 1. prosince 1951 hodne ocuktenou vodu. Cukr poclpornje ye stall. 72 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila 21. traveni a pilsobi dobte- na hue. Trpirneeervna 1905. Certifikat A-3288 na $1,000. li stisnenosti, pijme Caste ocuknNanOu 'Crorti eislo 5117. Br. Vine Gerick, za- vodu. RozeilenYm lidem podejme sklemestnanim rolnik, od todu Pokrok Bas- nici cukrove vody, aby ji pomalu vypili. ket 'Oslo 85, zernhel dne 23. listopadu 1951 nas koniar nebo jinY hmyz, ye staff 85 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil dne potteme postfZene misto kouskern cukru, 19. 'derma 1903. Certifikat A-5477 na namdeenyin ve vale. Bolest ntestane. e $1,000.00. rady pAivaji cukrovou vodu ra.no a trorti 'Oslo 5118. Br. Frank Tulis, za- y eeer, aby moll cistou plet'. Je tedy cukr mestnanim krejei, od faclu Svaz aecho- take kosmetickY prosttedek.

I • 4 slovann eislo 92, zernhel dne 7. prosince 1951 ye stati 67 let. Do Jednoty pristoupil CITRON A OCET V ZASTOUPEN1 11. derma 1911. Certifikat A-6631 na Na odlehlYch nnstech nemame easto $1,000.00. moZnost pitvOlati okamZite lekare a ptetimrti Oslo 5119. Ses. Anna Veselka, za- ce je neltdy rychla pomoc Zadouci. TakC mestnanim hospodyne, od tadu Dubina, dornaci lekarnieka Beni vZcly no race. V aislo 12, zemtela dne 25.. lisopadu 1951 takovem ptipade nezbYva, ne'Z' sahnouti ye stab 65 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupila 13. k domacinr prostredkilm. Jednim z takotijna, 1912. Certifikat A-580 na $1,000.00. vYch prosttedkil je citrono ya ,At'a ya. Z ttrirti eislo 5120. Br. Willie F. PeAek, ni potidime si v nutnem pripacle •dobre zamestnanim tesat, od echoslovan kioktadlo pro deti, dsstanou-li nahle eislo 40, zemtel dne 14. prosince 1951 ye boleni v krku. Take krvaceni z nosu zastall. 50 let. Do Jednoty ptistoupil dne 7. stavime snadno vdechovanim yotly, do hijna 1941. Certifikat B-3020 na $500.00. ni2 jsme piidali citrcnove Citrothurti Oslo 5121. Ses. Terezie Bravenec, nova St'ava sniZuje take ob.stecne horee-na odpoeinku, od tadu Slovan Cis. 9, ze- ku, tiSi zvraceni a potile zaZivtci mtela dne 14. prosince 1951 ve stati 84 let. vedrem. Phidame h ji dr) dente Do Jednoty pristoupila dne 16. bkezna kavy, je citronova St'ava dolnym pro1904. Certifikat A-506 na $1,000.00. sttedkem proti migrene a bolestern hlatmrti Oslo 5122. Br. John Filla, zame- vy. Citronove. limonada poslouZi &late i stnanim rolnik, od hadu Praha eislo 29, phi zachvatu bolesti revmatickYch. zemtel dne 13. prosince 1951 ye stall 68 Jilayin domacim prostredkem je ocet. Ulet. Do Jednoty ptistoupil 13. listopadu pottebime ho s Uspechein phi zachva1913. Certifikat A-5469 na $1,000.00. tech rndloby, phi stipnuti hmyzem, phi trarti eislo 5123. Ses. Anna Janea, na horeece deti. V tomto ptipade ovinuodpoeinku, od hadu Pokrok Slovami eislo jeme jejich telo obklady mondeenYini 31, zemtela 21. prosince 1951 ye staid 78 ye voile, do niZ bylo pticlano octa.

VE ST NIK- WEST, TEXAS

Strana, 10 Tyto navrhy na zmenu stanov byly vypracovany vYborem na stanovy nakho ka.clu a schvaleny elenstvem y e vYroeni sehnzi dne 9. prosince 1951.

Stanovni vYbor: Chas. ,Eolaselt, Ruth Troubil, Agnes Elzner, Anna Regmund, Albert Regmund.

*a Dallas, Texas.

Sestry a bra,tti: Nasledujici navrhy na opravu stanov mne byly zaslany k uvetejneni ye Vestniku: Od tadu Karel HavReek eislo 4: Olanek 'Oslo 23: Druhy odstavec tohoto clartku aby znel: "Stanovni vYbor ma se sejiti ne pozdeji Neils thi mesice pied sjezdem, atd."

Olanek 46: Posledni dva taclky tohoto elanku, poeinaje: "Plat za vytizovani, atd. . . . vynechati a za.kaditi: "Za vykizovani pfljeek dostane mesieni plat dle ujednani sjezdu".

Olanek 60: Doda.tek. "Po vytizeni zaSle pravni radce Jednoty ve'Skere s ptjekou spojene na Hlavni Ufadovnu k opattrovani".

Frank K. 13ueek, Frank B. Fabian, Chas HolY, vYbor.

Bratr Ed Snapka, Mt. Calm, zaslal nasledujici navrhy na opravu stanov: Olanek 6: "Ka22dy had jest opravnen na jednoho delegata a ma jeden hlas na kadeho dospeleho elena". lanek 64: "Tiskovy vYbor zru giti a dd.ti povinnosti tohoto vYboru redaktoru a •editelum".

S bratrskYm pozdravem Frank B. Steiner.

3 • els • C T. J. Sokol Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Texas.

Tak u2 ty svatky mame za sebou. Mel' jsme hezke poeasi, az na NovY rok bylo trochu chladno, ale jenom malo, a to proto, *2'e jsme meli na stark rok zabavu v Sokolovne. Zaba,va byla velice zdatila..

Kaki* se dobte bavil a Sokolovna byla nabita, ze uz ani nemeli kde stati.

Dne 30. prosince 1951 Jednota Sokol Ft. Worth rnela pravidelnou vYrodni selnIzi a take volby ntednikti na rok 1952. VYsledky volby: Starosta -- Joe Merlik; mlstosta,rosta, - Chas N. Renfro; jednatel Walter Hata; Ueetni - Annie Milan; pokladnik - Fred Merlik; naeelnik -Jerry Milan; niteelnice - Linda KFenek; majetkovY vYbor - Joe Merlik, Walter Fiala, Frank Prochaska, Joe Milan, John Bevan.

Ku konci jen podotYkam, e jestli nam brzo nebude prkt, tak to bude dosti Spatne. - Na zda.r!

Walter Hala, jednatel.

1952,

ft. Jarornir Psenka:

Washington Zavora eeskoamerick5, roman "Ano, to vim. To jest na tak dlonho, dokud se padvolujeS vSem jejim chontkam a rozmarnm. Ale v2dyt' jsi sdm rekl, 2e neminiS znstati osedlanYm scuma-1 rem, a a,2 jednou prestaneS bYti ye vSem povolnYm, necdmlouvajicim man2elem,1 pak se tiebas naueiS pohliZeti na jeji! povahu s jine strany. Nerikam, netvrdim, ae se tak stane, ale probiram vSechny mo2nosti. Byl jsem na dule2item rozcesti a tu jsem se rozhodnul, se nezjevim svoji rostcuci lasku k Maryeli a fimysl vziti si ji za man2elku, dokud nebude stalost tveho Stesti s jeji matkcu nale2ite yyzkouSena. Za lhtitu jsem si rok od jejich prijezdu. Myslil jsem, ae do roka se jiste ukase, zda jest vase shoda trvald, a v priznivem pripadu ae tebe a tvoji jako rodide me divky, po2adam za jeji ruku.

Osud, jena tak easto si s nami zahraye a zavadi nos na razne painky, kam jsme nemell namiteno, mi vyvedl ten kousek, ae pokazil moje yYpooty a udelal ze mne zamilovaneho blazna, jen2 hned po prvni hubiece paddal svoje device o ruku."

Staremu Zavorovi se zaleskly &di radosti, kdy2 zaslechl, ae ji2 padla prvni pusa.

"Nu, vSak tim nic neztrati'S, nestrachrej se. Tvoje cbavy se rozplynou . . ."

"JeSte nejsem u konce, tatinku,. To nejhorSi teprve prijde . Jako- dva mladi blazni jsme si hned vyznali lasku."

"Znamenite," zvolal Zavora a placl si na koleno.

"Ano, vyznali jsme si lasku. Ja ji napsal, ae ji miluji a doufam, ae si ji v race vezmu za 2enu, a ona mne napsala, ae mne miluje .. ."

"Tedy derne na bilem dokonce," radoval se ∎otec. ae nine miluje, a 2e se moji 2enou nikdy, nikdy nestane." Tatik Zdvora vyskceil rovnYma nohama.

"Cole?" zvolal tak litmotne„ 2e se sam ulekl zvuku sveho hlasu.

"Ano, napsala mi, 2e nemnZe nikdy byti moji Zenon, se neni volnou, 2e mne bude sice wady milcvati, 2e bude srdcem v2dy ,mou, ale 2e se nemii2e stati moji man2elkou."

"Mel jsi se ji zeptati prod'!"

"To jsem ueinil. Zaprisahl jsem ji, aby mi sdelila prieinu, tak abych preka2ku mchl odstraniti. Tuhle je jeji odpoved'."

Na listku, jen2 podal syn otci, Ceti tenth:

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"JedinY rnilovanY! Tvoje nalehani, abych vysvetlila ,csudne "prod", neposune nas pranic lot predti. fZekla jsem, 2e nemohu nikdy b'ti Tvoji 2enou a yedela jsem bohu2e1 — co pi gi, ,Predti si muj dopis jeSte jednou pozorne a vez, Ce setrvavam na ka2dem slovu, A opakuji: ChceS-li zmirniti moje netesti sladkYmi chvilkami, nazvi nine' ve svem srdci lehkomyslnou Videnadkon a jednej die talc. Moje rty a moje srdce 'eekaji, • Marie."

Tebe milujici "Ntt, tohle je dosti rekl pan Zdvora zasrauSile. "SLsvo "nikdy" je dvakrate podt0eno. Ja jsem z toho celY piTakovYhle konec mYch platom' nt-I!" . ."

"A mYch," rekl Septmo Washington.

"Co budeS delati?" zeptal se ,otec.

"PriSel jsem se s Tebou poraditi. Neyyzvedeti pCicinu, prod' se mohtrli nemil2e stati mcji Zenon — ad mdm domnenek na sta, budeS mad ty St'astnejAi a dozviS se ji od matky."

"A v dem ti to pomn2e, dozviS-li se?"

"V eem? Ve vSem. Chci Maryeli za 2enu. Chci ji dosahnouti za jakoukaliv cenu. Francouzi, jak jsme se v jich historii ueili, mail jedno krasne narodni ftikaji, 2e slovo "impossible" neni francouzske. Chdi znati prekaZku, abych ji mohl odstraniti."

Pan Zavora se pojednou uderil do vela.

"Dnes weer mag " prieinu, vedet," rekl s kladnou ureitosti.

"Co chow udelati?" zeptal se Washington, jen2 tak rychle osvecleeni 'otcova dtivtipu neceekaval.

"Kdy2 jsi, s Maryel , tak daleko, se jste si vyznali lasku a ochutnali svoje hubieky, nevim, co by , mi Zabranovalo, abych- -dnes veeer nepo2adal o jeji ruku pro tebe. Odmitnou-li to, museji piece udati nejakou prieinu. NemysliS?" "To je pravda. Trebas vylnylenou ?Anti a pravou zamleet."

"Take to je mc2no. Ale kdo jde do valky, musi bojovat. Bude'S zde dnes na veeefi?"

"Ano. Budu se pii tve otazce divati na svoji pani macechu, jejiZ prsty v to cele fire tu'Sirn . . .

PonevadZ byl Washingtontiv veeer,'.' jak se veeernm Washingtonoch pravidelnYch navStev u Zavorn Cikalo, nebyla jeho pritomnost nikomu podivnou.

IViaryel vypadala jako uplakana, s e'ervenYmi kruhy kolem oei, a pani Zavorava v sobe tako tajila Spatny - -humor.

Vetere nestala , tentokrate za Mc, a z6.bava nebyla Zadna.. Chvilkami rnluvili oba ZavoroVe spolu rortr.%lite o obchodech, o .stoupajicich cenach pozemkn, ale .bylo to jen proto, aby mleenim neticho je ge trapnej§im.

Pri kave, jeZ byla podavana die videriskeho zvyku eerna se smetanovou

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penou, rekl pan Zavora chNiejicim hiasem: "Prisedni si sem, Mery, ehel ti Nei co clule2iteho."

Pani Zdvorova si sedla k cipu "To, co reknu, plati vdm onema. Mnj iediny syn Washington si oblibil Maryel a ulo2i1 mi, jako otci, abych dnes po2adal o jeji ruku pro neho."

"Tak u2 je to venku," odclychl si stare,stlivY tatik potichu, zbaviv se sveho btemene.

Na divku, neoeekavajici nic podonneho, ucinila slova to hroznY dojem. Be:hem nekolika vterin vystridala vSechny barvy, od temneho rumence da zelenave bledosti. V jedne chvili se zdala, ze skie..sne v bezvedomi se sidle k zemi.

Washington tech znamek desneho divCina nevidel, nebot' nespustil odi s tvare sire macechy. Ta se namahaja vSemi silami svich nerve, aby zUstala kiidnou a aby hlas jeji mel obvyklY laskavosti, kdy2 po kratiekem premYSleni rekla: "To je velmi dulezita otazka, na kter!u by mela odpovedeti Maryel sama."

HI tom se podivala na svoji dceru.

V te2e chvili dostal jeji zrak vYraz takove tvrdosti, takove velitelske presnosti, 2e se Washingtonovi zdalo, 2e by ,inel skoeiti mezi matku a dceru a chraniti tut() syYm telem. Zdalo se mu, 2e 2d.dnY tyran na sveho otroka by se nemohl pcdivati kruteli a nenprosneji. Cel' pomer mezi matkou a dcerou se mu zjevil v taint° pohledu. Matka dovedla ovladnouti svoji dceru tak, ae mohla zmeniti svoji materskou autoritu v bezohledne poruenictvi. Ale co mohlo bYti prieinou tchoto neptirozeneho pcmeru? Grim od-hvodniti tu nevysvetlitelnou dcetinu posluSnost vtrei matte, jet, die toho pubicdu sonde, ani matkou v ideovern slova smyslu nebyla?

Maryel zahledla turd', velitelskY pabled sve matky. Obratila se k obema musum a s viditelnou namahou zakoktala dvakrate: "Ja, ja . ." DalSi slova /lechtela ji pies rty.

A vidouc novY nefiprosnY pohled sve matky, povstala nahle, obratila se ke dverim vedoucim do kuchyne, a s hlasitYm zaakanim vybehla yen.

Mezi tim co oba mu2i se za ni divali udivene, premohla matka svoje prekvapeni a pckud ji bylo moZno tekla: , "lVlaryel je prilis rozeilend, ne2 aby mohla sama nale2ite odpovedeti na neneekavanou a lichotivou nabidku. Chtela bezpochyby rici, ae je zasnoubena, nebot' tak tomu skutedne je . . Ano, je zasnoubena ve Vidni. Dala svoje mlademu mti2i, jen2 ji uptimne luje. To se- neda vice zruSiti. Byla tou vaS"i otazkou vehni rozeilena a dala se i do puce z litosti, se tady nema sveho snoubence. Ma ho velice rada, tfebas to

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Strana 12 nebylo videti. Ona si ze zvyku rada zakoketuje, ale tim se nesrni &Ai nikdo Sves.ti. Srdcem path svemu nastavajicimu, jakmile mu pomery dovoli, ptijede sem, aby z ni ucinil svoji Zenu . . . Mne je to velmi lito, mil' Washingtone, velrni lito."

Domluviv gi, oddychovala rychle, jako po velke namaze.

Tu se ozval pan Zavora drsnYm, z jeho fist divne znejicim hlasem: "Snad bych mohl, jako jeji otec nyni, take vedeti, jak se jmenuje onen jeji Zenich a kde jest. A pak proe se mi tak dfilelita vec tajila? Kdybych to byl veal od zaeatku, nemuselo k dne gnimu trapileum v'stupu dojit."

"Snad bys se nehneval, Franku?" kekla zena, •panovav gi se eim dale tim vice. "Nechtela jsem ji kaziti radost z mladeho Lvota oznamovanim, ze neni vice svobodna. Na zasnoubenou divku se jig, Tide zcela jinak divaji, a pak jsem chtela vyzkou geti, zdali vzdalenest nebude jejich lasce na Alcor. A nae to oznamovati, kdyZ by z toho melo sejiti?"

"Nu a . . .?" zeptal se netrpelive pan Zavora.

"Maji se nyni je gte radeji a dopisuji si jako blazni, nemohouce se dookati hodiny shledani. Ostatne on sam ti dopige, aZ bude pkipraven vydati se na cestu, a pak se dozvi g jeho jmeno i vge ostatni."

Washington, jenZ byl po celou dobu svoji macechu pilne pozoroval, se zdvihl a gel ku dvetim. Vzal s ve gaku klobouk a s pozdravem "dobrou noc" vygel.

"To vge je bidna hanebna lei-," rekl si, octnuv se na zdravem vzduchu. Prochazel se chvili po chodniku, opakuje si neustale: "Jak tomu ptijiti na kloub, jak tohle tajemstvi rozlugtiti?"

Pojednoti se zastavil a rekl si: "Ano, tak to udelam. Ona sama mi musi. vse."

VII. Bolestne

"Maminko, nevezme-li tohle nejakY konec, ueinim tomu konec sama," rekla druheho rena Maryel, dohnana mateinYmi vYeitkami teener k zoufalstvi.

Matka se zalekla techto sla y dcekinYch a rekla mirnejSim tonein: "Nikdo jinY tomu konec ueiniti nemtiZe, nei-li ty. A kdybys se byla ridila m'mi pilkazy a dala Washingtonovi hned z poeatku vedeti, i-c by byla kaZda jeho namaha ma gna, nebylo by k tomu vgemu doglo. Je to jell tvoji vinou, necitig -li se At'astnou. Ostatne se nemtZe ten zdejAi floutek k Fritzovi rovnati.

Budeg miti mui-e, jakeho bys v America nenagla."

Maryel jsouci od matky tvati odvracella, se bolestne a ironicky pousmala.

"Ted' nech v geho rozumovani a litovani, sedni a napi g Fritzovi pekne psani.

NeZli je zalepig, ukaZeg mi je. Dam je na poStu sama. Budu mu neco posilati, pog lu to zaroven."

"Mami, ja tr,Z Fritzovi psat nebudu!

Jak pak main psat neco, co nevi pray, da, co necitim. Kdybych mela psati to, co skuteene proti nemu pocit'uji, zagla by mu chut' na Ameriku."

Matka prenrchla vzdor divein jednim prisnYm pohledem a nekolika slovy, jeZ kekla nemecky. Kdyi- chtela rici sve dceri nee() zvla gte padneho, pouivala nemeiny.

"Neodmlouvej, Maryel, a nezapominej, ze nema g vice pr.va k odporu. Sedni a pig. A abys nemohla psat hlouposti, budu ti diktaati . . ."

0 chvili pozdeji ve gla pani Zavorova do pokojiku„ ja, nazYval jeji inanZel svoji pracovnou. Pan Zavora seal u stolku a psal "resYty", kvitance na einZi pro sve plzenske najemniky. Sve Zeny si valne nepov gimnul. Ta obchazela chvi11 nabytek, srajic s neho prach, a pak pojednou si pkitahla jednu Zidli k manZelovu stolku a posadila se tak, aby ji tento videl dobre do tvate.

Kdy2 zvedl pan Zavora hlavu od pisma, usmala se nan slad'ounce.

Zakabonena tvar manzelova se trochu vyjasnila.

"MuZioku, ja, jdu zase Zebrat! Tviij Zebrdeek je tady."

"To ja vim vi-dycky hned, jak se takhle na mne zasmejeg!"

"CoZ pak nejsem k tobe stale stejne hodnou?" ptala se panfoka, protahnuvgi komicky oblieej, napodobic tak ptekvapenou malou holeieku.

"Hodnou, to je gte --- ale dosti uptimnou ke rime nejsi. Takovcu va2nou vec, jako dcerino zasnoubeni, mi zamleovati!"

"Ale rozumej piece! Proe o torn inluviti, kdyZ to nebylo je gte zcela jiste!"

"Nechme toho tedy. Co jsi si prala?"

"NejakYch par dclarti. Ne mnoho. Asi tricet dolarti. Videla jsem takovou krasnou plagtenku dole v meste u Stevense a ja takovou Zadnou nernam. Za ty penize je t o zadarmo. Udelat bys mi s ni velkou radost. Budu to mit je gte radgi."

Pan Zavora se na okainZik zamyslil a pak rekl: "Well, aZ piijdeme spolu do mesta, podivame se na ni."

"Toho neni zapotebi, Franku, ninj muZieku. Ja si to obstaram sama, nernusig se obtRovat, to by bylo zbyteene. Jen dej sVemu Zebraekovi tech par dolarfi nebo eek. On je uz dost chytrY, aby si to sam zaopat•il."

Pan Zavora vytahl svoji eekovni kni2ku a vzal pero do ruky. Ale neZli se dal do psani, rekl: "Pied tYdnem jsem dal tomu tvemu ZebrUokovi peadvacet clolara na nejakY

Ve stredu, dne 16. ledna 1952. naramek, po nemZ pry byla Maryel cela blazen. A je gte jsem ten naramek nevidel."

"My jsme ti jej neukazaly? To jsme tedy zapomnely! Odpust; main ti pro nej doskoeiti?"

"Nu, rad bych jej videl."

"Telly iokam2ik strpeni, jsem to s nim lined."

Za chvilieku se pani vratila nesouc nejukY v hedvabnern papiru zaobalen' naramek.

"Nedali k nemu Zadne pouzdro?"

"Ne, takhle jsme jej koupili," kekla pani Zavorova, ji2Z se zaeinalo mui-ovo vyptavani nelibiti.

"Hm, hm. ja se ptam proto, tady se Zalne draZ gi klenoty bez pouzder neprodavaji. UZ k peti dolarovemu naramku se dostane pane pouzdro."

"Ale tenhle jsme koupily bez pouzdra," Cekia trochu ostieji Zena.

Pan Zavora otdeel naramek v ruce, prohliZeje jej pozorne.

"Kolik ze jsi dala za ten naramek?" zeptal se pak ,zvednuv hlavu.

"Myslim, ze asi patnact dolart," dvetila pani Zavorova vahave.

"U koho jste jej koupily?"

"Ale co na torn zaleli, mOiekti? U nejakeho klenotnika dole v meste, JVZ vskutku ani nevim."

"Hied' se upamatovati," rekl pan Zavora. "Dojdu si na toho chlapika a budu poladovat penize nazpet. Tenhle pek nema snad ani dva dolary ceny. Ja se ye zlate dost vyznam, byl jsem jednou asi dye leta jako spoleenik v torn obchode a vim, kdyby tohle byly prave rubiny, ze by je nikdo neprodaval zasazene v tak nizkem, skoro bezcennem zlate."

"Co? ze jsme byly okradeny?" ptala se Zena, licit filas.

"Ano, a drtkladne," rekl "Nu, podruhe si dame pozor a nebudeme kupovati nit bez tebe. TetiZ 'Cadne klenoty. Takhle v gatstvu, to vii-, tomu zase my rozunaime lope. Bude g videt, jaka to bude krasna pla gtenka za ty penize. Nu tak, muj bulieku, se nezlob na svoji koefeku a pote g ji."

Pan Zavora se je gte chvilenku rozmSrglel, pak vzal do ruky pero a napsal eek na Zadanou sumu triceti dolartt. Dostal zan teple obejmuti a mil tuctu sladkVch pus.

Kdy2 zase v pracovne osamel, kekl si v duchu.

"Kam jen ty penize putuji? KaZdou chvilku na mne vyZebra nejakou sumu nikdy nevidim, i-c by si co slu gneho za to poridila. Vsadil bych se, ze si koupi plagtenku za polovici tech penez, a o-,f, statni ze zmizi tam, karn putovaly pealna naramek a jine, jeZ jsem ji dal.

Take vim ptedern, ze si nevzpomene na na klenotnika, u ktereho naramek koupila. Piece by mela hodne Want z toho

Ve stredu, dne 16. ledna 1952. co ji davam na domacnost, kdy2 kupuji v'Sechny jejich ostatni potreby zvlaW, Za to jidlo piece patnact dolath neda.

Kdyby to jinak nebyla takova hodna, mazliva koeielca, kterou musi mit elovek rad, trebas by nechtel, myslel bych, ze se zadinaji splriovati predpovedi meho moudreho synatora."

Na jedne ze 2ivych ulic 'etvrti zvane "teska. Kalifornie", rneli svilj bankovni obchod krajane LiSek a Kafka. Na velIcYch dvou prileelnich tabulich, skvela se zlata pismena, ,cznamujici kolem jdoucirn v anglickem i Ceskem jazyku, 2e banka vyplaci firoky z vkladu, kupuje a prodava hypotelcy, obstaraviti majetr4cke prenosy, vyrizuje zasilky penez do cizich zemi a pod. Uvnitr Uradovny zasedali za zanariZovanYmi okenky prehrady oba spoleenici, jejich jeden mladY priruei a stenogra,fka,.

Obchody sly naS'im banker-Urn dosti dobre, etvrt' vzrustala il2asne rychle, nove obchodni budovy rodily se jako houby pa deSti a ulice slibovala stati se obchodnim strediskern Lirokeho okoli.

Oinnost banky stoupala od mesice k mesici. Ale jednu nevYhodu meli mladi spoleenici, ze ZadnY z nich nebyl pravnikern a ze s tak mnohYmi zale2itostml se museli uchylovat k pravnimu radci, jeho2 honorare zatriZovaly znaene vYdaje banky.

"My bychom si meli vziti za spoleenika nejakeho dobreho mlacieho pravnika," rekl jednou pri porade jeden ze spoleenika. "Mohl by miti pri naSi bance notarskou Uradovnu, cbstaravati pra y banky, a vyplatilo by se to-ni jak nam, tak i jemu."

Tern& soueasne vzpomeli si oba spoleenici na znameho jim pravnika Washingtona Zavoru, jen2" dosud nebyl samostatnYin, ac mel jiZ ze sveho nekolika leteho prisobeni u velke pravnicke finny neocenitelne zkuknosti.

"Takoveho zde miti," rekli si spoleenici, "to bychom se rychle zdvihali. Mimo svoje zkuSeno.sti ma po otci znaene jmeni a vi, jak s penezi zachazeti."

MladY Zavora &veal se o navrhu maMehl banky hned nasledujiciho dne, byv jimi pozvan k dille2ite tirade. Plan se mu dosti zamlouval. Stal by se spoleenikem dobre zalolene banky, vyhnul by se premnohYm starostem a neprijemnostem, je2 s sebou prinaS'iva, provadeni prakse pied soudy, a veal, ze prinny, plynouci z bankovnictvi a z notarstvi bYvaji lepS1 neZli nejlepk pravnicke honorare.

Obe hlavy zavadu vyjmenovaly mu rfizne prijmy banky.

"Ostatne," rekl Likk, jen byl bYvalYm ZavorovYm spolulakem, "jsou vkchny nak knihy k tve disposici k prohlednuti. Zde je seznam stalYch nagich

VESTNiK— WEST, TEXAS Washington vzal vazanou knihy na svirj Un a mezi reei prenatal v ni listy, divaje se tu a tam na jrnena, vesmes eeska.

"Who otce doposud nemate za sveho vklada,tele?" zeptal se.

"Dosud ne; stari pani se dr2i verne syYch starch finanenich Ustava a nelze jim to ne2 schvalovati. My jsme odkazani vetSinou na mladsi obchodniky a pak na lidi, kteri se sem z jinYch dtvrti pristehovali a jim je daleko do svYch drivejSich bank dcji2deti . . . Ale meni• me dosti east° eeky panem Zavorou vystavovane!"

"Tak? Kdo pak je sem donaSi?" "Pani ZavorovL eiperna a fend panieka, ta, tvoje macecha!"

Washington prernitl listy k pismene "Z" a /Pak' tarn vskutku jmeno sveho otce.

"Dava si za ty eeky penize vyplaceti?"

"Nekdy, a /lady posila penize prye."

Mladernu pravnikovi bleskla hlavou rnyglenka.

"Do Vidne ne?" zeptal se, jakoby lhostejne.

"Myslim, ze ano. Ostatne milZerne se podivati."

Za chvilku Ceti Washington na talonu poukazkove kniZky, podane mu jednirn ze spoleenikil jmeno: Fritz Horichter, Wien. Plna adresa stala pode jrnenem.

PrekvapenY mladY muZ si vepsal jmeno i adresu v 'pa/net' a po celou dobu daiSiho rozhovoru si obe v kaZde prestavce rozmluvy v duchu opakoval.

Jakmile se pak po ukoneene porade octnul na vzduchu, vytahl zapisnik a zaznamenal si jmeno i adresu neznameho, jemu2 delala nova pani Zavorova dobroditelku.

MladYm banketam slibil, 2e si jejich navrh dobre promysli, a nechal jim hodne na priznivou odpoved'.

Z Kalifornie zameril prim° k obydli sveho otce. Zastal jej dorna.

"Tatinku, chci ti oznamit nee° vehni dide2iteho. Predem ale ti chci rici, 2e si nesmi'S mysleti, jako tenkrat, 2e mne k rnemu jednani vede ziskuchtivost nebok sobectvi. Jedna se o tebe stejne jako o mne."

"Tak povidej rychle, co jen novella," pobidnul jej otec.

"Dava.S' sve Zene penize na pos, jich do Vidne?"

"Ne; prod mysliS?" "Protole tarn penize posila."

"Jak ji mazes podeztivati z /leech() takoteho?" rekl otec rozhorlene.

"Nepodeztivam, vim. Poslala tam ji2 za, tech nekolik mesica pies d ye ste do"A komu prosim ter "Zde jmeno a adresa. Kdo to je, nevim, ale domnivarn se, kdo by to mohl bYti."

Strana 13 "Na koho myslia'?" optal se otec, jen2 se zaeinal rozeilenim potiti.

"Myslim, ze by to mohl bYti ten Maukin Zenich!"

"Oisty Mnich, kteremu by bylo zapotrebi zasilati penize!"

"Nevim jeSte, ale donmivarn se tak.

Ostatne se to jeSte dnes anebo zitra dozvim ureite. Mam jiZ svnj plan. Tomuhle musime jednou ueiniti konec . Vim, co udelam. Jdete dnes na prochazku?"

"Ano, vyjderne si asi za pul hodiny."

"Dobra. Myslim, ze mne tya Zena nevidela, kdy2 jsem prichazel. Nevracej se s ni drive net- asi za hodinu, a pak navratu nebud' prekvapen nieim, at' se tu stone zatim co chce. Stavet prekvapenYm se bude muset, aby to Zena nepodezrivala z freastenstvi, ale jinak vez, ze zatidim vgech•a k dobru /pas v§ech."

Pan Zavora vyzvidal na synovi, co chce provesti, ale marne. Tento se vymluvil, 2e jeSte sam nevi, co bude muset dle okolnosti udelati, a neprozradil ze svYch plantnic.

"Ted' vim koneene, kam ty vkchny penize, jet- na mne Zena vytahovala, My," rekl si pan Zavora, oblekaje se k vychazce. "To by tak bylo pekne, aby mne sem k tomu vS'emu privedla na krk nejakeho darmoZrouta! A musi-li mu posilati penize ted', co by to bylo, aZ by byl tady?"

Ale pied svoji manZelkou, kdy2 ji vyvadel z dornu, aby s ni poclniknul obvyklou prochazku do parku, nedal na sobe znati nieeho. Naopak, dal se "Zebraakem" uSkemrati o etrnach dolart na nove klobouky, jeden pro ni, druhY pro deem.

Maryel mezitim pripravovala v kuchyni weal. Tvat diveiny nernela jit tu sveZi barvu rilZoveho listku. Byla pobledla, a oei, pripravene eastYm pladem o svrij lesk, obklopovaly se zaeervenalYmi, nepravidelnYmi skvrnami.

"Zavrhnul mne," rikala si divka ye svem uvaZovani. "Nedba o mne vice. Ji‘i etrnact dni na nine nepromluvil, ani mi nenapsal radky. Opovrhuje mnou. Kdy2 sedime u jednoho stolu, ani na mne nepohledne, leda nejak rikosem. A piece je na nem videt, 2e jej to trapi. Lze mu z oblieeje vyeisti ,2e je neSt'asten . . .UbohY drahY hock! . . NeSt'asten moji vinou. A o nabizene fitek nechce ani slySet. Neclace se spokojiti moji laskou, chce mne za Zenu. A nemoha mne dostati, opovrhuje mnou Zasluhuji toho — a piece, ne, ne, neni to moje vina. Nejsern, nebyla jsem. nikdy ‘Spatnou. Jsern takovou jakou mne udelali. Oh, prof jen mam byti tak neSt'astnou?!"

Znovu se zarosivM zrak divein zahledi se oknem kuchyne yen, do prostoru, kde za nekolika prazdnymi staveniAti je videti na sousedni ulici. Zapadajici slunce zlati, eerne viZky a lomenice donra. Tam za domy, na vYchode je nebe tmave, za-

Strana 1'i eernale. V tu stranu se rozprostira vetai east mesta Chicaga s etvrtemi obchodnimi a tovarnimi.

Nad residenenimi etvrtemi modra se pti zapadnim vettiku sveli ovzduai, ale nad vnittnim mestem je zatemneno.

Slunce vyalo z lave dymu a vYparn a zapada v prithlednYch zlatYch zavojich nad nekoneenYmi preriemi.

A v srdci lidskem mnohdy naopak vycladzi slunce atesti ze zlatYch zavojil nacleji a zapadd do zatemnelYch Um' zklaDivka diva se oknem yen, zapomind na praci a je ptesvedeena, 2e jeji slunce atesti zapadlo na vkly. Zapadlo do hlubin beznadejnosti.

Pojednou vyruauje divku z j-ejiho ptemYgleni nejakY tichY gramot ze sousedni jidelny. Mary& obraci se NT tu stranu a zti mezi dvetmi kuchyne stojiciho Washingtona LehkY vYktik vydere se ji z hrdla a obe rune vznesou se rychle k srdci.

"Oh, jak jste mne polekal," pravi, spige klesajic neZ usedajic na Zidli.

Washington je bled', ale z jeho oka zati odhodlani.

"Maruako," pravi, ptistupuje k ni.

"Choi s tebou dtiverne promluviti."

"Neni tedy jeate vise hotovo mezi mi?" pta se divka tichounce.

"Ne, Martial°, neni a nebude. Leda by nebylo jednoho z nas mezi Ztvymi. Do to doby ale neustoupim ani o pid' od sv'ch "Tak jak jsi psal," pta se divka sotva slyaitelne.

"Ano, tak a ne jinak."

Hlava diveina klesa na dmcuci se prsa v zklamani.

"Pak neni vice .r'zaclne nadeje pro mne."

"Rci, Maruako!" pravi mladY mud, bera obe jeji ruce do svYch. "Ty via, ze to miluji. Jsi moji prvni laskou, ale vim, ze po torn, co jsem posledni dobou pro'211, nevyvstanou nikdy vice tak velke, mom& city v mem srdci."

Divka posloucha sladkkm sloven roztrkte. Tvat jeji jevi nepokoj.

"Slya, drahY, dejme pozor. CoZ kdyby e matka mimo nadani vratila? Jiz dvakrate tak ueinila."

"Co mi po ni, po tvoji matte! Jsem proto, abych to pied ni chranil, a ne abych se ji ba1. Zanech vaech ostatnich myalenek a venuj pozornost mYm slovnm. Slyaela jsi z mYch fist a pcznala jsi z mYch skutkil, ze to miluji. Vim, ze i ty mne milujea. Vyznala jsi mi to, mam stalou ptilditost to poznavati i z tveho vzezteni. Milujeme se telly navzafern velkou silnou laskou . ."

Mezi feel jinochovou octla se hlava divky na jeho prsou. LeZeli si v narudi, nedbajice celeho sveta.

"Marugko, milujeg mne tak jako ja. te-

V STNIK— W7EST, TEXAS be?" pta se jinoch divaje se divce do zaslzen'ch oei.

"Vice ndli ja tebe miluji, milovati nelze," odpovicla 'divka. vinouc se tesneji na muZna prsa sveho mildeka.

Washington oddaluje divku ocl sebe, drZi ji za obe ruce, diva se ji ptimo do tvate, do oei, a pravi pevnYm hlasem: "Je-li tzmu tak, pak neni ptekalky, jd by nam rnohla ye spojeni zabrariovati. Rozumej mi, neni pfekalky. Jsi zaslibena; rozumim tomu. Jsi zasnoubena.

Matka tomu spojeni chce, a ty, jsouc ji ve vaem posluanou, nepcmYalia na odpor, divas se na shatek jako na vec nevyhnutelnou. 'Ale to nezna.mend aadnou ptekaZku pro skuteenou lasku. Ty toho sveho snoubence nemilujea. 0 tom neni pochyby. skuteene mne a on stoji mezi nami, pak jej nenavidla. Neni-li pravda?" Washington vyeka nemeho pokynuti a pokraeuje v rozbouteni rortouchn hlasem: "Tu tedy nemnZe to ‘Zadrie dane slovo ani Zadny piikaz matein nutiti, abys celY divot zaproda,la do podobneho spojeni, jd by nevyhnutelne vedlo k neat'astne existenci. Nemam pravdu?"

Divka s hlavou sklonenou posloucha vaanivYm slovum cnoho mladeho mute, jeho byla zvykla vidati Ody spi ge klidneho a malonaluvneho. Washington, nemoha se doekati odpovedi, pokraeuje: "Neobavej se, ze bych to nedovedl chraniti pied zlobou matky nebo peed nasilim tcho, jenZ" by se — nepravem povaZoval za zrazeneho. ovaem bys tak bezpeene v teplem hnizdeeku, jeZ bych ti ptipravil, tak obklopena vaim, echo k gtesti zapottebi, Ma yne moji laskou, ze bys si na nejake nebezpeei ani nevzpomnela. A tviij mud by se dovedl postarati o to, aby ti ..2adne nehrozilo. Ani to to neuspokojuje?"

A kdya divka stale v mleeni pchtiMna jen slabounce smutne hlavou pokYvla., pravi Washington zcela zmenenYm, drsue znejicim ,hlasem: "Nebo snad uznava g ptekelky ty za mocnejai nezli naai lasku? Ma v tv'ch citech vzpominka na snoubence a matku vrch nad naai laskou?"

Maryel neodpovida. Jeji rty se chveji, zrak zustava upien k semi. Boute zuti v jejim nitru.

"Pak jest tedy jeate jinn pfekalka mezi nami?" pta se Washington, ustupuje o krok.

Desne to bouti pod terra vzdouvajicimi se riadry, i v to sklonene hlave. Mary& zapasi sama s sebou. Ma Mei pravdu? Ma se vrhnouti k noham sveho milence a zjeviti mu vie, odhaliti mu tu jinou, tu nesmirnou, nezdolnou ptekaZku, je2 sto ji mezi nimi jako neptekroeitelna zed'?

Pak ale bude razem konec v gemu. Ten, jeho'Z ona tak vroucne miluje, se od odvrati zklam.an a rortrpeen a napinen o-

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povrZenim a ona nikdy vice neobdr21 vliclneho pohledu z toho milovaneho zraku, nikdy nezaslechne ptivetiveho sInvka z , tech drahYch fist "Mluv, Maryel, tekni mi, na eem jsem!

Je mint() tveho snoubence a mimo tvoji matku jeate jind ptekaZka mezi nami?"

Jeate okamZik zu •i boj v nitru diveine.

Na jedne strane touha iici pravdu, potteba pokorneho ptiznani, na druhe strane obava, strach pied nasledky, pied opuatenim nebo i slovem pohany.

"Maryel!" Zadoni jinoch.

Boj dobojovan. Strach zvitezil.

"Neni!" pravi divka a citi pH torn, ji hive slovo pall v hrdle.

"Pak neni vnbec Zadne pfekalky mezi nami. Neuznavam ani slovo dame mu2i, jeho nemilujea, ani vuli matky, jez nema citu pro tebe, za skuteenott pteka&u."

A chce znovu seviiti milovanou divku do sve naruce. Ta vaak ustupuje. Vaechna jeji smelost, s jakou nabidla nedavno sama prvni svoje rty k polibku tomuto milovanemu mlademu muk, ji opou gti. Citi se vinnou 111, nehodnou to eiste velke sky.

VymYg li sobe vYklad sveho odmitaveho posuriku.

"Nevetim ,ze by se daly ptekalky ty odstraniti," pravi.

"Ja vgak nejen vetim, ale jsem o torn ptesvedoen," vyvraci vitezne Washington.

"Co cheek ueiniti?" pta se divka.

"Ziskati to za 2enuaku . . . Nyni ale chci od tebe jeate nekolik odpovedi na moje otazky. Ptedne musim vedeti, jak se jmenuje tvtij snoubenec."

Divka se znovu chveje. Ma zapovezeno svoji matkou Mei Zadane Puerto a chova vnittni obavu, ze po prozrazeni jmena bude nasledovati prozrazeni toho, co je skuteenYm okovem, jen ji k muZi tomu pouta.

"Nemohu ti fici jiz nic vice, nd co jsem jiz tekla, neptej se mne na nic," pravi v nejvyggim rozechveni. "fteknu ti to tedy sam," voies mladY mu2. "Tvuj zenith se jmenuje Fritz Ho richtr."

"Jak via?" vybuchuje Maryel.

"A jeho adresa jest Alpenstrasse No. 622, Videri," pokraeuje neaprosne Washington.

"Kdo ti to tekl?" voles divka, v niz nias zatlaeuje na chvilku vaechny jinn dojmy.

"Vim o nem i to, Ze je chudak, jen nema na cestu do Ameriky a neumi nebo nechce si na ni vydelati!"

Divka ji2 netika nieeho. Jen se oeima airoce rozevtenYina diva se na vaevedouciho jinocha.

"Takovy chudak, ze musi ptijimati penize, ktere mu z Ameriky posila matka jeho nevesty," dodava, Washington skOro posmegne.

(Pok adovard piciSte.)

Ve stredu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

yESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

EDUARD MICEK:

MAU- itTENAik trete me eesky Gist!

DRUHE CVICENT.

Zimni.

Kol krystalnk se bela kvet a piseii ma jak lehkST sen ve mlze nad ni splirva. a jehly jinovitky, Jaroslav Vrchlickir muj Boie, jak by vie Preeti nekolikrat a spravne opi g do sethen svet situ! Popros tatinka nebo maminku, aby Ti baseri vysvetlili! byl zaklet do pohadky.

S pozdravem Mech svez, pekne zelenSr si mezi okna stelou, snad spi v nem lesa ozveny s ja a baji celou.

Plan fiche. &sem ORh 'Oka Ptak Bern ir po litne, tak smrti truchla vzoominka se hlavou starce kmitne.

Zem spy . Slyi, z dalky vetru sten ji stare baje zpiva

STRICEK MitEK Z AUSTINU. ) • 4, • 0 CHYTRE PRINCEZNE GILT VESELE KOUSKY CHYTROUSCINY. (Pokradovani.)

Princovo nekesti zarmoutilo krale Tvarti2ka i prince Krasotina, bratra balova. Lid si z toho ovsem nic nedelal.

Sibala kaZdY nenavidel a Tide se divili, ja,k ho nuke milovati jeho bratr, kterY je tak milt' a dobrY. Ale Krasotin velmi miloval vSechny sve pribuzne a zylaSte prave tointo bratra a staral se peelive, jak by mu pomohl. AvSak pomoc byla te2ka a rany Sibalovy misto aby se hojily, vie a vice hnisaly.

ChytnouSka, kdy se *St'astne zachra,baela, do ve2e, kde zanechala sestry, a ty se ji ovSem postaraly a nova trapeni. Ne2 se yratila, narodil se ka2cle princezne ,synadek. To se ovSem nesmel kcal dovedeti a proto se ChytrouSka rozhodla jeSte jednou, s veselou mysli zbaviti sestry nesnazi. Prevlekla se za mu2e, ka.2deho chlapedka dala do jeclne krabice a udelala otvor v mistech, kde melo dite Usta, k temto dvema krabichn pribrala jeke nejake a usednouc na ktiri; vydala se do hlavniho mesta zeme, kde panoval kral Tvarti2ek.

Kdy2 dojela do mesta, dovedela se, jak skvele cdmelmje Krasotin vSechriy, kdo2 se snazili vylecit jeho bratra. Ka2dY' Sarlatan byl kralovsky zaplacen. V tech clobach bylo pino tako yYch dobro druhu, kteri se toulali svetem, bez du-

Strana 15 vednosti bez zamestnani a vydavali se za, zazraene lekare, kteri mail nebeskY dar uzdravovati nernocne.' Oblekali se nezvyklYmi rouchy a davali si divna jmena, nikdy ySak nepftscbili ve svern domove, ale ikali, 2e prichazeji veinal z daleka, co2 y2dycky Maio dojem na prosty lid.

Chytra princezna si- hried vymyslila podatenY kousek. Dala si jnieno, nezvykle v tomta kraji, nazvala se Sanatio,, pak dala rozhlasiti, 26 Sanatio se dostavil, aby leen vSemo2ne neduhy a zany, jsa nadan bo2skou moci uzdravovaci. Krasotin hned poslal pro toho kouzelneho doktora. ChytrouSka prika, tvatila se bilhvi jak, zamumlala nekolik nesrozumitelnYch slov — vSlchni byli spokojeni. Ji se take libila t yar Krasotinova a kdy s nim chvili hovoi'ila o ranach 8ibalovSroh,. prohlasila, .2e si jde pro lahev zazradhe vody; ‘Ze to zatim nechS dye krabice, obsahujici vYteene masti, ji.ch2 bude treba pii lab(' poraneneho prince. ()deka, a .nevratila,- se. Cekali na ni netrpelive. A ye chvili, kdy chteli pro ' svetnice ni pakati, uslySeli z SibalovY detskY krik. 81i tam, rozhli2eli se a poznali, 2e krik vychazi z obou krabic doktoroyYch. Skuteene byli to oba kluci„ synove 8ibalovi a princezen. Princezna je ovgem nakrmila, ne2 se vydala na cestu do palace, ale proto2e to piece jcn dlouho trvalo, den pocitily hiad a daly to hlasite `najevo. Sluhove otevreli krabice a shledali, ze oba kluci jsou velmi hezci.

Sibal si hped pomyslil, 2e je to novY kousek Chytroukin, a tak se rozzlobil, se jeho nemoc poradne zhorkla a kaZdY myslil, ze zemte.

Krasotin byl neWasten vida sveho bratra na smrtelne posteli. Sibal jej zavolal a rekl mu: "Milt' bratre, v2dy jste mile miloval, jiste budete pro mne plakati. NeZadam od vas dilkazti Yak lasky za 2iva. Ale slibte mi, 2e svou lasku doka2ete az budu mrtev."

Kras:Ain nedovedl bratrovi odeptiti ve stavu, v jakern jej videl, slibil mu a zarekl se nejstraSnejSi prisahou, spini, co p•islibil. Jakmile 81bal uslySel jeho prisahu, rekl mu objiniaje ho: "Umiram klidne, princi, proto2e zemru pomsten. Prosba„ kterou k vam mam, je tato: jakmilc zemru, ptijdete a pa2adate ChytrouSku za .2enu. Myslirn, 2e si vas vezme, a jak ji budete miti v much, ihned ji dYkou probodnete." Krasotin se zachvel hrtizou pri techto slovech, litoval, 2e se dal strhnouti k prisaze, ale nebylo jiz moZno cdeiniti, co udelal. Brzy po to bratr jeho zemrel. Kral Tvaridek ho • de plakal. Ale lid si z toho pranic ne(Pokradovan/ pilsto.)

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BENESOVO SEZNAMENI S MASARYKEM lvtlacik hoch, opustivS1 kdysi Prahu, vracel se jako mu2.. Bylo to 8. zati 1908.

Edvard BeneS byl nyni dr, BeneS, V Prize mu vi3ak neuznavali jeho dijonsick pravnicky doktorat; Vzpomenme, 2e BeneS byl z poeatku zapsan na Karlove universite v Praze.

Konceni druheho roku sveho pobyta v cizine byl stale jeSte pokladan za prat= skeho vysokoSkolaka in absentia. I za svkch studii v Dijonu, na Sorbonne a v Berline byl za hello pcklacian. Kdy2 se vSak roku 1908 vratil, octl se v nesnazich.

Nebylo pochyby a torn, 2e tento podivne stark mladk mu g je hotov pro druhk doktorat ye sy kch etytiadvaceti letech. Ale ittedni osoby na universite v Praze pottasaly hlavami, vraStily eela a pokaSlavaly. To je zle, 2e nevi, 2e student smi pteruSit etytlete stadium jen na jeden rok kdy se toti2 . yenuje cizi na universite temu2 ptedmetu, na, jakk byl zapsan v Praze. Jen v ptipadech docela z ylaStnich se povoluji dva roky.

Chce-li, vyuecvat v Cechach, musi udelat doktorat na Karlove universite, nejen y Dijonu, con znamena, 2e musi jeSte jeden rok studovat v Praze. l3eneS tedy stadoval. Kdy2 se vAak po dosakni pra2skeho doktoratu uchazel o misto profesora, bylo mu feeeno, 2e jeho dijonskk doktorat je neplatnk. BeneS si z toho mnoho nedelal, a mel pra y du. Kdy2 vypukla valka, byl to prave tento doktorat pray, kterk ho kvalifikcval pro jeho clule2itk tkol. Osud se musil ironicky usmivat, kdy byl tento malt' doktor o nekolik let pozdeji v neve stale a stale znovu bolen, aby pted sedal novemu nej yySSimu soudu vetejneho mineni, kterk se tarn astanovil jako Spoleencst narodt. Bylo to mo2ne jen prot6, ze ho jeho dijonskk doktorat opravrioval k praktilcovani mezinarodniho prava.

Bylo by blahsve. myslit si, '2e si Benes ptedem nejak ptedstavoval, jak pro heho bude tento doktorat dillelitk, ale pravda je, ze kalcik krok v kariete toho mute byl logickk. Slovo "logika" inohlo bkt ptimo jeho heslem.

V eervnu 1909 ptedlo2i1 zkoukjicim profesorem na Karlove universite disertaxi "Pavod a vkvoj maderniho politickeho individualismu". V tomto souhrnu ukazal politickk vkvoj lidstva k svobode od Sestnacteho stoleti pies franccuzskou revoluci, po stopach orthodoxismu, katolicismu a protestantismu. Povedel o ptivody moderni vedy v sedmnactem a asmnactem stoleti.

Posledni kapitolou je jeho proroctvi, jak se bude svet vyvijet dal, a jeji zaver pravi, ze bude nutno najit synthesu rtiznkch

(Pteklad z knihy E. B. Hitchcock: Built a Temple for Peace) ideji a ideala aby bylo mono vyvodit pravidla pro praktickk pokrok. Demokracie musi najit spra y nk kornpromis mezi socialismem a individualismem.

Brzy pc) navratu do Prahy pozval k sobe Benek profesor Masaryk. Jejich osobni styk po prvnim setkani v roce 1905 byl tidkk. Masaryk eital vSak Clanky sveho bkvaleho 2alca, a eista logika a chladne pi•esvedeeni mlacieho vlastence ueinily na neho vkbornk dojem.

V Praze pohlizeli na Masaryka jako na jakehosi socialistu. Masaryk byl se svkmi ideami a socialni spravedlnosti v2dycky krajne demokratickk, dokonce radikalni. Mezinarcdne byl ji2 uznavan za velikeho humanistu. Mnozi Ceti profeueenci a myslitele byli jeho vdSnivkmi piivrzenci, aekoliv mel take stejne va.Snive protivniky.

BeneS' zaptisahlk radikalni revoluciobyl ptipraven, postavit se bez va.hani Masarykovi po bok. Kdy2 ho profesor pozval, aby za nim velmi ho to notailo) a ihned pozvani vyhovel..

Masaryk chtel vedet o bene g ovS7cli planech a pozorne naslouchal, kdy mu mlaciAi muz vyklacial, ze musi co nejcitiv najit zamestnani; ale 2e by se chtel stat profesorem, az dokak, le skuteene dovede vyutovat. Musi dokoneit studio, podie po2adavka university a potom ptijme misto prafesora na nekterem gymnasiu.

Masaryk ptikyvoval a usmival se a bez dalSich •eei slibil, 2'e mu pomt2e. "Cemu byste chtel ueit?" zeptal se BeneSe. A znovu se usmal, kdy mu BeneS kaki, 2e by chtel vyueovat filosofii a scciologii jako sam Masaryk. Potom mu poradil, do kterkch ptednakk se ma dat zapsat, a dal mu na srozumenou, 2e bade, jak bylo zvykem na jinkch universitach, pod jeho ochranou i v Praze, kde profesor jaksi adoptuje pro sebe kandidata, jeho si pak vsima po celou dobu jeho icariery.

V 'eervnu 1909 udelal doktorat na Karlove universite, v zati zaeal vyueovat a v prcsinci se oknil. Citil, Ze obdobi, v nem2 se ptipravo yal na 2ivot, se skonClio a vlastni price .2e se teprve zaeala.

Mel ji2 nohu na nejspocinejSi ptiece 2ebtika, ale se vSech stran se na neho cili jini, soupeti se stejnkrni pravy, a on se musi dcstat az nahoru a ptede vSechny.

Dr. BeneS prohlasil, 2e to byla doba, kdy se nejvic naueil. Vrhal se na poznavani systematicky, hospodarne. Koneene vedel, jak rozliSovat jednu vec od druhe, co volit a co a jak nedelat. Hana byla take na starala se, aby mei vhodne ji-

dlo, aby ncsil galore,. eekala na neho, az ptijde domu, vklycky pin g clobre nalady, trpeliva a chapajici.

Teprve rokti 1913 byl piljat na universite ja.ko docent, protok. jeho clobrY ptitel Wfasaryk byl mezi zkouSejicimi profesory a hlidal si ho jako slepice- kutatka.

Tehdy bylo Benekvi teprve osmadvacet let. Ale jako kdyby to nebylo dost, udelat doktorat etytiadvaceti a v osmadvaceti u2 pattit mezi universitni ueitele. BeneS. tikaval, 2e se to mohlo vAechno o dva roky urychlit kdyby byl kl o dva poky cltive na studie, etenate by mohly zajimat nektere Benegovy skuteenosti.

Kdy2 odjel do Patik, plakala jeho matka, pratok mela strach, u2 nikdy neuvidi. Eduard byl jeji posledni dite a matka se v nem vzhlikla. V2dycky dychtila po torn, aby se a nem neco dovedela, a mela radost, 2e se-mu vede dobte. To ji ostatne neptekvapovalo. Kdyi nekdo ptedeital nahlas jeho elanky, poslcuchala a usmivala se hrde a pokyvovala hlavou, ttebak jen mato rozumela tome, o eem psal. Nu, v2dyt' ji byl po calk 2ivot nesrozumitelnk! S obzylaStni radosti a nem mluvila s ptateli ye vesnici, a kdy2 ho chvalili a tikali ji, 2e speje k neeemu velikemu, usmivala se a tnoucite kkvala hlavou. Znala sveho Ed- ' varda. Nebyla, pfekvapena ani tenkrat, kdy ji syn napsal, 2e udelal vSechny ziccuSky , a k je ted' doktarem. Doktorsky titul ho zatadil mezi jakousi intelektualni aristokracii. Jejiho syna! Bylo to bajeene!

Take otec mel z techto dobrkch zpro.v radost. Kdy2 slykl, 2e chlapec udelal druhk doktorat, jeho radast neznala mezi. Podatilo se mu vSak tuto svou radost phis neprojevovat, nebot' yeti", 2e je to slabost, ukazovat pied lidmi sve city, Kdy2 se Edvard vratil roku 1908 jako dr. BeneS, jeho inatka byla jeSte na 2ivu a 2ila stale v Ko2lanech. A),e ji2 ho za 2iva nespattila; zerntela nahle, dtive ne2 k dojel, a BeneS se inohl s rodincit sueastnit '1.12 jen jejiho pohtbu.

Otec se po mateine smrti podi y he zmenil. VSechna jeho stara tvrdost zmizela, stal se ptecitlivelkin a sentimentalnim.

Vzrukin, kterd tolik let pctlaeoval, vylevala se ted' z neho jako .povoden.

Otec BeneS odjel za. Edvarclem do Prahy, ale dim, v nem2 syn 2i1, mu ptipadal ptilig velkolepk. Stark sedlak si prob.112e1 Obrazy na stenach, koberce na podiaze, nabytek. Zaktiknut bloudil pokoji.

Netikal Mc. V Praze se nezdr2e1 dlouho, odjel na venkov za synera Vojtechem, ueitelern, a zemtel roku 1910, ani se kdy doveciel, jake velikosti jeho syn. dosahne. BeneS ptijel na °tally pohteb a (PokraCovani na strane 17.)

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JA K SE POtiTALO VE STAROVEKU Poznali jsme, 2 • e nektere narody nepouSivaly pismen pause k zapisovani slov, 141312 i k zapisovani eisel. Jine narody opet psaly pomoci znakri, padobajicich se hieroglyftlm, vynalezly v gak zpilsob, jak zapisovat velkY poeet eisel jen nekolika snaky.

Obzvla gte zajimavY zprisob zapisovani eisel vznikl ye starem Babylone. Babyloriane psali htirkarni na destiekach z mekke hliny a potom tyto "rukopisy" vypalovali. Tak vznikaly trvanlive hlinen& "listiny". Nektere z techto dckladil se ea.steene zachovaly dodnes. Pri vykopavkach objevili vedei mnoho nich hlinenYch spisu, statnich a obchodnich snoluv a dokcnce i ueebnic. Prave proto je nam Sdvot starobyleho Babylonu tak dobfe znam.

TechniKa psani hulkou na mekke zpusobila,ze v gechny hieroglyfy — obrazky Babyloriana — se skladaly z iizkYch svislYch a voclorovnYch klineeka.

Pismo starch Babylorianil se proto nazYva pismem klinovYm. Asi pied triceti salmi a pill stoletim, t. j. bezmala pied etytmi tisici lety, priAli do Mesopotamie, do fidoli mezi •ekou Tigridem a Eufratem, na Uzemi dne gniho Iraku, dva kceovne narody: Sumepave a Akkadove. Byly to na svou dobu narody velmi kulturni. Ovladaly zemedelstvi, pestovani skotu, temesla a obchod. Po dvou stoletich splynuly v jedinY mohutnY stat BabylonskY. V dobe splynuti mel kaklY z techto narodil, Surnerove i Akkadove jiz svou vlastni jednotku many a vahy. Zakladni jednotkou vahy Sumerfi byla mina, ktera vaSila ptibliSne libru. Jednotk'ou meny byla mina stfibra. Akkadove milli mengi jednotky. Jejich jednotka vahy, gekel, byla gedesatinau sumerske miny (ovgem jen pfibliSne, ponevad2 tehdejsi prirnitivni vahy nebyly dost citlive).

Po splynuti obou narodil zitstaly obe jednotky v obehu.

Itekl jsme jiz, ze babylonske pismo se skladalo z Jednieka se psala jednim kolmYm klinkem, dycjka dvema klinky atd. aS do deviti V techto znacich jsou klineeky serazeny tak prakticky, ze je pti eteni neni tteba poeitat, ponevadS jejich pooet je videt na prvni pohled. Pro eisla deset milli Babyloriane z ylo.gtni znak — girokY vodopovnY klinek.

Babylonsky narod se vzrnahal, seineMei pottebovali kalendat, obchodnici se naueili jezdit Po mph. Jak kalendaf, tak i mbtepla yba vySaddvaly znalost pohybu nebeskYch tees. V Babylon:6 se zrodilo•hvezdafstvi, je/ se te gilo velke vaSnosti. Jeho vYvoj v gak vySadoval zdokonaleni eiselne soustavy. Bylo nutno zapisovat stale vet gi a vetgi eisla a, pti

tom tato 'eisla ted'• tia neoznaeovalo jenom vahtt nebo penize, ale nejraznelgi velieiny. Zroclil so zajem o eisla vtibec bez jakekoliv souvislosti s poeitanim a mefenim pfedmetn. 'Cato eisla se nazyvaji abstraktni.

K zapisovani abstraktnich eisel si Babyloriane nevymyslell nove snaky, nYbrS pouSivali tech, ktere men. Zaeali sy Ym eiselnYm znakiim klasti vYznam die toho, zdali znak byl umisten vlevo nebo vpravo.

Takovy zpfyob zapisovani else!, kdy hodnota znaku se meni zmenou jeho rnista v aisle, se nazYva posieni eiselnou soustavou neboli posie'pim Cislovalnim od latinskeho slova p o s i t i o poloha.

•osieni eiselnou soustavu nalezli tedy Babylofiane. I my uSivame posieni soustavy, av gak znak nebo eislice stojici vlevb znamend u nas 'Oslo desetkrat. vetgi ne'Stentyz tent znak strojici vedle vpravo, nikoliv gedesatkrat, jak tomu bylo u Babyloriantt.

Prato rikame, Se mame desitkcvou etselnou soustavu, kdeSto Babyloriane mesoustavu. li Posieni soustava umoSnila Babylorianilm zapisovat znaene velika eisla.. Babylariane dovedli zapsat cisla o hodne vetgi, az milionkrat vet gi neS miliarda.

Po cele staleti nemeli Babyloriane znaku, kterY by ,tx1povidal na gi nule.

Babylonska eiselna soustava nela znaenY vliv na teckou, einskon a zejmena na indickou vedu. Jeji stogy se dochovaly dodnes. Tak jegte dnes delime eas pcdle Babylonskeho zgasolou: hodinu na gedesat minut, minutu na, g edesat vterin, podobne jako talent mel gedesat min a mina gedesat gekeln. •Darsi zbytek gedesatkove soustavy je kopa, a rozdeleni kruhu na 360°. l3abyloriane neprovadeli poeetni vYkony jenom s eisly celYmi, ale i s jedno duchYmi zlomky. Sestavili radu matematickYch tabulek, ueebnic a sbirek priovg em na hlinenYch destiekach.

Do Mescpotamie prichazely nove narody, menili se vladati a Mk, ale Babylonska kultura zustavala a pfeokala patnaet stoleti.

BabylonSli matematikove dovedli zapsat i znaene velka eisla, nedavedli si vS'ak je'Ste predstavit, ze eisel je nekoneene =oho. K tomu je gte sama babylonska oiselna soustava byla nedokkonala.

Bylo treba ponechat sice posioni system, ale zvolit za zaklad misto gedesati nejake rnen gi 'Oslo a naueit se spravne ricuSivo.t znaku nuly. To se podarilo In-

vetgich reckYch matematika, Archimedes, kterY all pled 2200 lety v Syrakusach na ostrove Sicilii, vytvoril eiselnou solistavit, ktera jasne ukazovala, "Se je eisel nekoneene mnoho, a mimo to urnoSnila vyslovit kaScle eislo, I kdyz bylo sebevetSi. Cheeme-II o nee'em fici, ze je toho toIlk, Se se to neda ani spoeitat, pak east° rikame, se je toho "neseislne mnoSstvi jako pisku v mori". Archimedes &Icazal, ze maze vyjmenovat eisla, ktera jsou mnohem vet gi neS poeet zrnek pisku na zemi. A nejen to. Kdyby celY viditelnY vesmir aS do nejvzdalenejgich hvezd, ktere jen mute na ge oko zachytit, byl vypinen nejdrobnel gim prachem, pak i pro tcto noncSstvi zrnek prachu by se na glo eislo, ba bylo by moSno vyznaeit I cisla mnohem vetgi. keekou kulturu pPevzali stall P,imane se roza nehovali , ji. AvSnk timska padla pied patnaeti sty lety. V Evrope zufily neptetr2ite valky. Cirkev, ktera v to lobe nabyla velke mod, krute utlaeovala lid. To v g e noel° za nasledek Upadek kultury: mnoho remesel zaniklo a vymoSenosti vedy byly zapomenuty.

V to Jobe se Evropa spokojila s nejprimitivnej gi soustavou timskou, s pceitanim do nekolika des etitisicti. * ak i v daleke mdii nastal v to doAvg be rozkvet vedy a umeni. Na nejvyggirn stupni bylo hvezdatstvi, ktere si uchovalo vg echny vymoSenosti babylonske yedy o hvezdach. Ve zvla gte velke acte. byla matematika, pratoSe s jeji pomcci bylo moSno sestavit kalendat, vypoeitat ptichod ranich obdobi a predpovidat zatmeni shuoce a mesice. Matematikove se tegili y mdii velke vaInosti. "Jak slunce zastiriuje svou sari hvezdy, tak mudrc predstihne v g echny, kdyS vystoupi v narodnim shromaSdeni s nejakYm problemein a mistime ho vyte gi," kikali Indove. Jeden z oboru matematiky Indove nazYvali Lilavati, cos mamend pfekras-

' em Benesv ovo seznam S Masarykem (Dokoneeni se strany 16.)

spolu s bratry a se sestrami pofidil na koSlanskem htbitove malt' nahrobek • obema rodiam, kteti v tomte kraji stravili svuj dobrY vek, sSiti s aivotem pddy.

Obe sestry si vzaly male sedlaky se zapadnich Oech a byly se s yYm Sivotem spokojeny. Nav gtivily bratra, lulyS byl * ministrem zahraniel i presidentem. DiU starch Reka dosahla matematika valy se na jeho Sivot a postaveni se velikeho rozkvetu. Aekove umeli poeitat znaenou fictcu. Nic v gak od neho nechtes eisly celYmi i se zlomky. Jeden z nej- ly a Benes to chapal.

Strana 18 /13 a matematicke fikoly bylo u nich zvykem skladat do verso..

Obzvlagtni plztozumeni men Indove pro velka eisla. K zapisovani velkYch easel vynalezli takovou eiseInou soustavu, v nil byla zahrnuta desitkova zakladna, babylonske posient sekupeni eislic a sprayne pouZivani znaku rmly. Teto eiselne soustavy pouZivame &dries.

Jak se v gak tabo s.r.ustava dostala z Indie do Evropy?

Na Arahskem poloostrove, kter' na cesty mezi Evropou a Indii, se v VII. stoleti nagi ery o, dehraly velke uddlosti. Arabske kmeny, obYvajici tento poloostro y ,podmanily si mnohe sousedni staty a sjednotily je v jedinou mocnT,u figi. ArabskY stat rnohntnel, osvojova.1 si kulturu zapadnich a vYchod/Itch sousedu a dosahl znaeneho rozkvetu. Od Egypt'aral na zapade pkevzali Arabove vge; co se je gte zachovalo z kultury starych fzekU, od Indu na vYchode se nautili stavitelskemu umeni a pfeyzali jejich eiselnou sestavu.

TOto splynuti zapadni a vYchodni kultury `v mladem narod6, kterY se rychle VYVijel a gifil svuj vliv, pfivedlo vedu k velkemu rozkvetu. Rozvoj mokeplavby, obchodu a stavitelstvi zptisobil take rozkvet rnatematiky.

Zaroveri s eiselnou soustavou pfevzali Arabove'od Indu i jejich znaky k zapisovani cisel, t. j. cislice-cifry (slovo "cifra" 'je take arabskeho ptivodu).

U Arabu byla seskupeni eislic stejne jako u nas.

Tyto eislice se uchovaly dodnes u narodil arabske kultury: u Turku, Irancit a Afga.ncti. Pied zavedenim abecedy podle ruskeho vzoru pouZivaly techto &she nektere narody Sovetskeho svazu: Tatali; AzerbejdZanci, Turkmeni a jini.

V osmem stoleti nagi ery vtrhli Ara-. bove do Evropy a obsadili skoro cele 8pAnelsko. Boje za osvobozeni Spanelska trvaly nekolik stoleti. Valeena leta se stfidala s lety klidneho sousedstvi. Arabgti kupci obchodovali s Francii a s Italii. Evropska mlada jezdila na studia do arabskYch /nest, Kordovy a Toleda, proslulYch stfedisek kultury. 1VIene klilturni Evropane pfijimall od kulturtiergich Arabil vedu a ninon'. Zejmena evropSti obchmlnici si csvojili velmi rychle poetallske umeni, ponevadZ bez neho nemohli obchodovat. Desitkova eiselna, soustava se velmi rychle v Evrope rozsu'ila a yytlaeila fimske eislice. Oislice, ktere Evropane pievzali od Arabu, se menily nekolika stoleti a pozvolna nabyly tvaru, kterY mail nyni.

Je zajimave, ae se na g e dnegni nazYv.tji. "arabske", tfebaZe se od nich hodne ligi, krome jednieky a devitky, klere se itpine podobaji arabskYm. Bylo by v gak spravnej gi rikat "arabska ,vustava" neZ aralaske eislice", ne-

VASTNIK -- WEST TEXAS bo jegte pfesneji "indicka eiselna soustava" ne "arabska" protole ji vynalezh Indove, kdeZto Arabove ji do Evropy pouze pfinesli.

Na zaeatku XIII, stoleti napsal jeden matematik nekolik zajimavYch, a pouenYch knih. V "Knize o poeitani" shrnul vgechno, co bylo tehdy o-aritmetice znamo. Od to doby uplymilo 750 let, matematika pokroeila Vpfed sedmimilovYrni kroky, byly vypracovany zcela nove obory teto vedy. Av gak pseitani, ktereho se uZiva v praxi, temef se od to doby nezmenilo. Kapitoly o celYch eislech v nagich pc'eetnicich se mato li gi od kapitbl z poeetnic z one doby.

• •70 • JIVIENA SVATKIJ V eiETINE. Nevzpcmneli jsme si na tuto vec, kdy2 presly s ydtky vanoeni, Novy rok, svatek Tfi kralti a budou brzy hromnice, tu teprve pii opravo yani rtiznYch dopisti pro Vestnik vzporrineli jsme si, Ze tento elanek mohl bYt napsan o mesic nebo dva dfive.

Timto pojednanim chceme vysvetliti, jak v eegtine pig eme vanoce, StedrY den, jelig ek, narozeni Pane, BoZi hod, a jmena dni, svatkii a rtIznYch easovYela fidobi. Ono mnohdy to stejne napigeme tak, jak by nam to inkoustem z perm vyteklo, ale piece "pro jistotu" nebo abychom potvrdili, Ze umime testy, radi bychom znali spravn' zpusob, jak se takove svatky pill.

Az tedy v budottonosti budete psati CeskY dopis, nebo budete posilat sve natai pozdravy a pfani, pi gte slovo natal jen s malYm "v" na poeatku. Ale i samo slovo vanoce, stejne jako velikonoce, letnice a hromnice, r ra prvni pi,smeno male. Naproti tornu J.jazvy StedrY den (weer), hod BoZi vanooni konoeni, svatodu gni), Novy rok, svatYch Tli kralti maji nektere pismeno velke.

Vlastnim jmenem jsou tu vet ginOu jmena pridavna, tedy 8tedr):7, Nov', BoZi, podobne jako v nazvech doby velikonoe ni Kvetna (nedele), ZelenY (otvrtek), VelkY (patek), Bila (sobota), pi geme tedy u nich velke zaeateoni pismeno. Jmena, podstatna den, hod, rok, nedele, etvrtek atd. jsou v tech nazvech jmeny obeenYmi, maji tedy prvni pismeno male.

V nazvu 6. ledna je velke pismeno u CIslo yky tfi, at' jiZ se v souslovi vyskytuje krale, jmeno svatY nebo ne, tedy na okolo TH. kralu, o Trech kralich; podstatue buena knit a pfida.vne svatY mail zaeateeni pismeno valy male. Ale pozor! Tenta zptisob plati jen tans, kde se jim ozna.euje ureitY den; jinak ne.

Nejde-li tedy o den 1. nebo 6. ledna, nejde jiz, o jmeno vlastni. Proto napi geme ye vete plish k nam -LH kralove dislovku tfi s malYm "t", stejne jako pHdavne jmeno novY s inalYm "n" v pfanich posilanych ke zmene roku, nebot' svYm milYm prejeme jiSte v ge nejlepgi

Ve kedu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

AS tA LOV RESOLUCE SOUSTRASTI. NiZepsany resolueni vybor iadu Praha 'Oslo 29 tinzto projevuje uptimne eitenou soustrast v gem portistalYm nad ztratou jejich otce a dedeeka a na geho spolubratra John Filla, kterY zemfel 13. pro.since 1951 ye stall 68 let. Do Jednoty pfistoupil r. 1913.

Vime, Ze ztratu jeho teZce nesete, ale budi2 yam easteenou titechou, Ze i my soucitime s Vami VAS zarmutek.

BudiZ Cest jeho parnatce!

Za fad Praha eislo 29 v Taylor, Texas.: Mary Svadlenak, Vera PolanskY, A. L. BoudnY, resolueni vYbor.

KALENDAR. ✓ sobotu tohoto tYdne a kaidou nasledujlei sobotu je u radu Pokrok Houstonu poradana hra bingo. Ka2clou sobotu Yeene a hezke ceny. ✓ nedeli 13. ledna, Sokol Houston kona pravidelnou mesieni schnzi ye 3. hod. odpoledne v Sokoloyne. Uvadeni novYch dinovnikft. Bratfi a sestry, dostavte se v pinem poetu.

Vnedeli 20. ledna velika distriktni schuze v sini fadu Praha eislo 29 v Taylor. Na sclafizi jsou zvany vSechny lady stfedniho Texasu, vgiehni hlavni Afedniei a reditele. Spoleeny oloed. Jednati se bude o zorganisovani jednoho nebo dvou distriktii ve stfedni easti statu. ✓ nedeli 27. ledna, 2upni sokolska \TYroeni schfize. Po schnzi divadlo "Vdavky Nanynky Kulichove." na celY novY- rok, ne jen na den prvniho ledna.

Prida yna jmena odvozena od jmen jednotlivYch svateenich dna, jako Medrcveeerni, boZihodo yY; novoroeni, ttikralo yY, jsou rovna bez velkYch zaeateoinch pismen.

Pro den • 25. prosince se take s oblibou uZiya, oznaeeni narozeni Pane nebo na Bozi narozeni. Podle toho, co jsme rekli, rozhodne ji2 kakly sam, ac velke pismeno mail jen slova, Pane a Bo'Zi. ZbYva, nam jate slava JeiSek a Jezulatko. 0 torn, Z-6 jsou to jmena vlastni, oznaeujeme-li jimi rnaleho Krista, nikdo nepochybuje. Ale jak je psat spojeni darky k JeliSku, pfeji yam bohateho jeildca, tato kniha je muj je'Z'iAek? Podle pravidel piseme. pri yYzriamu Sted r oyeeerni clarek "j" male, v a,statnich velke.

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THERE WERE MANY, many things discussed at the meeting, all pertaining to the matters connected with the publication of our Vestnik. The full report of the inetting will be given to all the members very shortly by Sister Olexa, secretary of the Committee. Since it was Supreme Lodge that requested the meeting at this early date, and since Brother Jos. Hornak is to go before the supreme body, holding its regular meeting on January 14, it may now be mentioned that only two changes are to be recommended by the Publication Committee. The two changes are to be presented to the Supreme Lodge, and are then to be forwarded to the By-laws Oommittee which will meet on the second Sunday, February 9, at West.

THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS of the Publication Committee are: (1) to eliminate two editors, one for the Czech section, and the other for the English part; and to combine the two duties in the hands of one person, capable of both languages, having a previous journalistic experience or a college training; and (2) to enlarge the duties of the future editor to take over the duties of field manager or organizer, thus enabling the editor

to keep in contact with the members through the paper and through perqmal visits and organizational instructors.

• • • IT IS HOPED THAT THE REPORT of the Publication committee will be given careful study and consideration after it is published. As much as there is some doubt among some members regarding the value of the Vestnik, the paper is being considered by many others . to be the real connecting link for the entire membership. There is some talk that it is too costly. There are remarks, here and there, that memberrs do not care to read it or receive it. There are some other objections, either genuine or fictitious. It is for the members to say what they want. To your editor, it is immaterial what the delegates at the next convenion decide.

IF YOU PARDON a bit of personal matter to be injected into this matter, your editor is getting to be too old to have an_y fresh ideas. The conditions will not improve with old age advancing.

Old age is a period of psychological as well as physical decline. Men and women, after they reach the advance years, have characteristic changes, including the lack of ability of straight thinking, narrowing of interest, heightened selfishness, conservatism and stiffness in opinion. When I reach that stage, I do not wish to be your editor. ♦ ♦•

WHAT YOUR EDITOR WOULD GLADLY DO, and what his most sincere wish would be in this matter, is the hope that he could handle the paper just long enough to locate an energetic and capable young person, either a man or a young lady, who would gradually assume the editorial duties in both languages. It should be the obligation of every public man or every officer of an organization like our SPJST, to find an understudy, or an alternate, who would step right in, should something human happen to the man in charge. e ♦ WITH A BIG CORPORATION, such as our SPJST, it would really be a sad arrangement if two of our top officers should meet With an accident which would incapacitate them for a while, or

would deprive us of their services, We are an insurance organization, yet we are not in any way insuring ourselves against such a happening. We do not have a single understudy, a single assistant at the headquarters, who would or could fill the enexpected vacancy. It is the most serious threat to the smooth working of our Order, should one or two of our supreme officers meet with a fatal accident.

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A WHILE BACK, YOUR EDITOR was discussing the matter with one of - our supreme officers about the advisability of getting some more capable assistants who would be considered as potential su preme officers. I was informed that as long as the headquarters remain in a small country town, there is no chance to get any outside help. All the help ha.s to be a home product. No one with any degree of ambition wants to be tied down to a position in a small town that has no recreational accomodations, no library, no music halls, no concerts, no amusements, no chance for advancemet. ♦ e • THIS IS NOT YOUR EDITOR'S OPINION, this is a statement received from one of the top officers. You, ask any of them, and if they are sincere, .as this one was to me, you may hear something along the same line, and probably a good deal more. So, the matter boils down to the point whether or not the delegates at the next convention will see the actual conditions in the true light, and whether or not they will have backbone enough, or vision enough or progresiveness enough to find a sensible -solution. ♦ 0

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IN THIS CONNECTION, PERMIT your editor to call your attention to an article appearing elsewhere in this issuee under the headin g A Check-up May Save Your Life. If we were in a bigger town, says, some Rochester of the South, we could do a world of good for our members. But, pardon me, I started to tell you that I did not have any fresh ideas; therefore, just forget the last remark.

But think about the other matters.

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USE THE BRAIN YOU HAVE "Dear Brother Editor: mental gymnastics in metaphysical I could not understand."

"In'support of my statement that a reasoning.

Faces in the jury box would immeperson ; dOes not have to be a college On the other hand, we all know per- diately brighten. The jurors knew they gradttate to be intelligent and success- sons who are less than intellectual did not understand these outbursts of ful, enclosed is a clipping. It would be giants, but who, at least, have sense brilliance, but here was Judge Z. H. only fair to our readers if you would enough to get along with other people. telling them he did not understand bring 'the other side to their attention. In fact, some of them seem to use their either! On the other hand, they could understand every word Judge Z. H. used —Fraternally, L. 0. H." stupidity as an asset. in his argument. No question as to whose I recall an old codger who sold a fiftyThe clipping which was sent to the editor was a series of questions and ans- bushel load of potatoes at $1.50 per bu- side they were on!

The result was that in the course of wers. For example, one of the questions, shel, when the price was $1.40. He ex"What is intelligence?" had this reply: plained: "I ain't got much learning and thirty-odd years Judge Z. H's "dumb"Intellience is the ability to use one I couldn't figure what my load would ness" paid off in fees that often ran inpast experiences effectively for the solv- bring at $1.40 ,s& I just put in some ex- to five figures.

Try to put over your social or business ing of present problems. There is a vast tra nice 'taters and priced them at $1.50." difference between knowledge and in- Housewives smiled tolerantly and paid ambitions by showing how smart you telligence. KnoWledge is the possession his price. The old boy went home with are, and you will find thousands of ways to fail. The other fellow will be constantof the facts,,but intelligence is the abil- an extra $5.00 in his pocket. ly on guard; he'll take a delight in slapity to use that knowledge."'

Possibly the very scarcity of high in- ping you down at the first opportunity.

Our ,friend, who .mailed the clipping, telligence quotients is the reason why Chances are good that you will become was particularly interested in the fol- the ego, deep down inside of us, clamors a living example of the French proverb: lowing-,question and the answer to it: so persistently for us to impress other "A snappish dog always has torn ears."

Q: "Are the majority of the nation's people with our "smartness." It is this If you do a lot of listening, a lot of most intelligent men college graduates?" same human factor which makes people —A: "Definitely not. During the last flock in droves to stores to buy large asking, and almost no telling, the other war, over ten million men were given in- quantities of scarce merchandise. The fellow will never be on guard against telligence tests by the Army. The men mere possession of scarce item seems to you. He will probably pitch in and help who scored in Grade I, the overwhelming give many people a feeling of impor- you.

"Knowledge is the material stored. majority were not college graduates. But tance. the findings shoWed that the higher a But this pampering of the ego, by Intelligence is the ability to use it," said soldier's educational level, the greater showing off our smartness, is a dange- Dr. Karl Meninger. 'It is therefore entirehis likelihood of scoring in a higher in- rous business. This "itch to be thought ly possible to have a cranium almost telligence bracket." smart" is often the very factor that bursting with knowledge, yet not have To another question, if a good memory keeps capable people from reaching the intelligence to put this knowledge was an index to one's intelligence, the their desired social and business goals. to practical use.

The French have another proverb: answer was no. A person can have a Bill, who is president of a fairly large Wonderful memory and be stupid, or a corporation, makes frank use of his han- "Everything is pardoned save a want of poor Memory and be highly intelligent. dicap of "dumbness." He admits he was fact." It is not tactful to show your suThe SO-called intelligence tests are never very good at reasoning, so he perior knowledge by displaying the other merely' crude measuring devices to show shifts the hard work of thinking things fellow's ignorance. Violate this psychoone's aptitude. I remember that in one through to his executives. The execu- logical law, and you can often expect Of the' classes at the University of tives are SO, charmed by the rather' disastrous results.

Are you showing intelligence if you Houston -a small group of advanced stu- "dumb" boss who hires them that they let your desire to appear clever keep you dents - discussed with some pleasure that work almost day and night. so?

Henry - FOrd did not give evidence of su- Frequently an executive has a nervous from really . being ) ♦ 4, • perior intellect, but that he was "just breakdown, but not Bill. He remains seWhen one grows old it is net the mechanically minded." But our proles- rene and calm, draws his large salary sor pointed Cut that Ford was certainly and profits, and brags about what memory of the great successes he has capable of using "stumbling blocks for shrewd executives he has. To the keen won, the things he has achieved, the steppingstones", and by doing so he dis- observer, Bill is obviously "not so dumb." fanie that has come to him, that brings The law is a learned profession, re- the greatest satisfaction. It is the kind played more common sense than a large quiring more intellectual capacity than deeds he has done, the contributions he percentage of college graduates.

Psyehologists have proved that only 3 most occupations. One of the most sue- has made to the happiness and nrogress per cent ofthe population has an I. Q. cessful lawyers I ever knOw was one we of the world ., the words spoken to the of 130' or "every superior". Abstract in- will call Judge Z. H. Frequently he would lonely that bring him satisfaction.— telligence can be measured with reason- face a battery of three or four brilliant Brooks. ) • 4, • ( able accuracy, but we must remember lawyers—men who took pride in exhibitthat such measurement is the measure- ing their shrewdeness learning and oraDuring the "Be Kind to the Waitress" ment of learning capacity. torical ability. week, someone brought out the followJudge Z. H. would listen to their ing: The possession of an intellect of high learning capacity is no assurance that learned dissertations; then rise and face "Are you the girl who tcok my order?" the learning has been accomplished, or the jury. "I am sorry my distinguished asked the impatient man in a cafe.

"Yes, sir," the waitress replied. will be accomplished. If achieved, it may, opponents saw fit to argue this lawsuits turn out to be the sort of learning that as they did," he would confess.

"Well, I say!" the beamed. "You don't "There was so much of their argument look a day older!" enables the person to do only high-flown

Wednesday, January 16, 1952

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LOOKING FOR A SUMMER HOME? A Wise guy once told me that the best buy in overcoats is toward the later part of the spring, and the cheapest straw hats are at the end of the summer season. So, don't be misled by the caption of this article.

Let me put the subject of this article before you by asking you a different question.

Would you like a bit of paradise? A place to call your own where you can have a summer home or a winter hideright now — and to which you can eventually retire — in California, Colorado, Florida or some other favorite location?

You can get that paradise for as little as ten dollars a year! Thousands of people, just like you, have already done so!

It's all a part of the magic of America, this dream come true. The key to its realization lies in one sentence printed in Government Circular 1764 which reads, "The Act of June 1, 1938, as amended by the Act of July 14, 1945, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior . to lease or sell a tract . . . of any vacant, unreserved, surveyed public land."

Government-owned land which fall into this category, chiefly in the western part of the United States, number into the hundreds of thousands of acres. Almost everybody has heard about public land, as it is called, but few realize that such land may be leased or purchased outright from the government, often at an almost negligible cost.

Tracts of land all over the West, and in some cases in the South, have been surveyed by the government and classifield as suitable for private homes, camps health or convalescent resorts, and business locations. The government makes these lands available to people like you an d me because it wants these regions of the country put to use. Non-busineSs tracts — and some commercial sites — are leased to private citizens, usually for a period of three to five years, with option to re-lease or purchase the land after that time. In most cases, non-business tracts lease for a flat rental of five dollars per acre, per year.

What steps should you follow to investigate or actually lease your private paradise?

Let's follow Bill and Ruth Gardner Wh: lived in Dallas. All their lives they had wanted to have a summer home out West — a place they could go to when Bill's pension came through, a place Where they could live conifortably and happily on a very limited income.

One day Bill heard about the -small land tracts which the government offers

ta citizens. Out of curiosity he wrote to the Bureau of Land Management in Washington, requesting information. In two weeks he received an easy-to-read government publication called "Facts On Small Tracts.

Suddenly the dream began to show signs of coming true. This was something great! He read the bulletin carefully, then wrote for more information to the regional office of Land Management in San Francisco. Again he got a circular.

After studying this second circular, Bill sat down and wrote the land agent in San Francisco, explaining what he wanted. Then when vacation time rolled around, he and his wife took a trip to California.

At the land office in San Francisco they found out where the classified public lands were located in that state, and went to look at them. The land agent had Bill's letter on file, so he was able to suggest several sites to the south — just what they had been looking for.

Almost at once Bill and Ruth found a beautiful three-acre tract not too far from Fresno. Excited, they went back to the land ,office and filled a lease form on the land. It was as simple as that!

They returned home, and before the first norther hit Dallas they received word that the land was theirs.

Today Bill and Ruth Gardner are living in southern California. Bill is retired, and their friends wonder how they can enjoy such luxury on Bill's modest pension. But the land costs the Gardners just fifteen dollars a year, and after they invested in the inexpensive small bungalow they built, their housing expenses practiCally stopped.

If you wish, take another case. Harrry and Jean Sheldon, two younger marrieds, heard about the public land tracts.

Harry was working in a, filling station in Pennsylvania and he had a fairly good income. Still, he wanted a business of his own.

While visiting his wife's relatives in Idaho, Sheldon heard of the government classified land in that state, and he investigated it. He -found a tract, leased it, and with the help of a GI loan, put up his own gas station. He later bought the land from the government and today he has his own business. It's thriving, too, because the government has classified for commercial use many tracts along a new state highway, and it was one cf these tracts which the Sheldons purchased.

You can do the same thing. Whether you want an inexpensive after-retirement home, a site for a small business of

your own, or just aspot for a vacation lodge, your citizenship entitles you to purchase or lease federal lands just as the Gardners or Sheldons did. And it's just that easy, too.

The first step is to decide where you would like to locate. In Texas and the thirteen original colonies there is public land available. However, every state in the West and many states in the South, including Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, have public lands which have been classified for sites.

The government has divided the public lands into regions, and all claiths are handled through the regional land offices. After you have decided roughly upon the part of the country where you would like your home site or btrsiness location, write to the regional office.

After you have decided roughly upon the part of the country where you would like your home site or business location, write to the regional office which covers that area. The regions and the addresses of their land 'offices are listed at the end of this article.

Ask the regional office to send you a copy of Circular 1764, Part 257, Title 43, and drop a card to the Bureau of Land Management in Washington 25, D. C., asking for the free folder titled "Facts On Small Tracts."

These two publications provide all the information you will need to start you toward your own private paradise. You will be surprised how easy it is to file for your land. You should know in advance, however, that there is a tendollar filing fee (which is returned to you if the tract you desire is not available.) Also, you cannot lease land blindly. The land office cannot mail you lists of vacant lands or plots Such information is on file at the regional land offices for study.

You also must be acquainted with the land you wish to lease or buy. This means that you must go, to the region, locate the tract or plot, and with the assistance 'of the land agent, give a description of the area, as well as state your reasons for wanting it. This is merely routine information, and the land agent is of great help in assisting you; he has topological and surveying infermation available for you at the regional office.

After you file your lease or purchase form, you've done all you have to do.

What remains is for the wheels of the Bureau of Land Management to grind into action. And before you know it, as unbelieveable as it May seem to you, your (Continued on

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A CHECK-UP MAY SAFE LIFE Not long ago, a middle-aged woman walked into the New England Center Hospital.

"I know I'm perfectly OK,” she told the doctors. "I'd just like a check-up."

That woman got a quick 45-minute examination. It cut into her shopping time a little, but she didn't mind.

Later, her X-rays revealed a cancer as "big as a peach. She was operated on and is at home again living normally.

That woman would have sworn she was healthy. But a friend of hers had received one of the fast examinations, so she decided to have one, too. By doing it, her life was saved.

And in that simple story there's hope for millions of Americans—not for sick, bedridden persons, but for those who actually feel fine and are sure that they are perfectly healthy.

For today many doctors are training their sights exclusively at "healthy" per5,ons in amazing screening programs to find hidden evidence of cancer, heart' trouble, diabetes, TB, syphilis and other less serious diseases.

In Boston, the New England Center Hospital's Health Protection Clinic has screened thousands of persons who think they are "well." "Two groups, totalling 7:500 "well" persons, have been screened in a year-long program.

Boston isn't alone. San Diego, San Jose, Oakland, and Los Angeles have also pioneered in screening-for-sickness research. And the same goes for Richmond, Atlanta, Birmingham, and Indianapolis. Usually, the programs are carried out under public and voluntary health agency sponsorship.

What do the doctors hope to accomplish by screening-for-sickness?

They want to discover diseases in their early stages so people will not be bedridden for years-or die prematurely.

Once the disease is under control, the patient often can expect to return to normal living and hold down a job.

And just as important, he does not become a burden to his family 'or to his community. So early detection of disease may save you money as well as a world of personal worry and pain.

Under the direction of Dr. Vlado A. Getting, Commissioner of Health in Massaehusetts and Dr. Claire F.• Ryder, administrator of the Health Protection Clinic, here's what happened when the Boston program got under way: A day after the program was announced, clinic phone operators couldn't handle all the calls.

Persons eligible for the screening examinations had to be "apparently well" and not under a doctor's care.

Examinations were free.

Here's the most startling fact: Out of the first 2,600 who were given the examinations, more than 1,000 were found to have definite physical failings that could be treated by their family doctors.

Those people thought they were "well."

Not one was under his doctor's care.

To find the disorders, the clinic staff had each patient answer a 222-question medical history quiz and undergo a 10to-20-minute examination. physical Chest X-rays were taken. Blood and urine were tested. Records of heart action and blood pressure were taken.

Vision and hearing were tested. The cost of such screening to the clinic is low.

The examination given each person was by no means the most elaborate possible—that would have taken longer than 45 minutes—but it provided information about the most vital organs of the body.

After the examination, the findings were forwarded to each person's family doctor. As one of the most important cogs in the entire picture, the family doctor's task was then to follow up cn the screening results. Without the family doctor's follow-up, the screening would be of little value.

If the screening tests showed indications of tuberculosis or any other disease, the family doctor's job was to try to verify the evidence.

Not only were hundreds of vision and hearing defects found among those screened but there were two dozen cases of tuberculosis, 289 cases of heart disease, 2 cases of diabetes, many cases cf anemia, kidney disorders, syphilis and obesity. Eight dangerous cancer cases were confirmed.

So doctors have proved that there are many more people sick than think they are. ) • 4 • ( LADIES FIRST

The tall, dignified man joined the crowd in front of a bargain counter in an attempt to get a very special pair of hose for his wife. He inched his way patiently, but was buffeted here and there by the, women, and made no progress.

Suddenly he lowered his head, stretched out his arms, and t hen barged through the crowd.

"Can't you act like a gentleman?" inquired a cold feminine voice at his elbow.

"I've been acting like a gentleman for the past hour.", replied the man, still charging forward. "From now on I'm going to act like a lady."

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A -"Selling Proposition?

(By H. F. Boss) Recently a new salesman was asked, "Do you think you can sell life insurance?" And he replied, cocky and selfconfident, "Sure—I can sell any thing."

Now don't misunderstand me, please --life insurance has to be sold.—no argument about that. People that walk up and ask you for it usually have been turned down by someone else.

But life insurance is so much more than a selling proposition, so much greater and more wonderful than other things a man can sell to make a living.

Let me give you an example.

Some time ago a woman called on me about an office job. She was a widow and had two small children. She owned her home, free and clear. Well dressed, pleasant, happy, she carried an unmistakable air of courage and well-being. In the course of the interview I said to her, "I hope you won't mind my asking, but I would like to know how you have been able to get along so well by yourself and looking after those two fine children."

Her answer has stayed with me. With a fine smile, she replied, "I don't mind a bit. You see, my husband was a great believer in life insurance. In fact he bought so much I thought it was silly, when we needed so many other things.

But when he died I found out how right he was. He left us enough to pay off our mortgage and give us an income for a long time. I really don't know what we would have done without the life insurance. That's why I thought I would like to work with life insurance and help tell others about it. It was a godsend to us."

There you have it. Someone has to die to get us all the way into the life insurance business, to make us realize how different it is, how almost sacred it is: Substitute in the lady's statement, in place of life insurance, a gas range, refrigerator, drapes, car or any other "selling proposition" and the difference stands forth in bold relief: "I don't know what we would have done without the new drapes —they were a godsend to us."

Life insurance is different. It has to be sold, to be sure. But it also has to be loved. ) • 4 • ( In the smokeroom of the big hotel the Scot had been boring everyone with tales of the great deeds he had done.

"Well, now," said an Englishman at last, "suppose you tell us something you can't do, and by Jove I'll undertake to do it myself."

"Thank ye," replied th eScot, "I canna pay ma bill here."

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LOOKING FOR A SUMMER HOME? (COntiftued from page 21.)

paradise is ready and waiting for you.

After leaSing the land, you must, of course, promise you will take reasonable precautions to see that the 'land is not despoiled. 'Yen may use timber en , the land, if it is wooded at all, after receiving permission from the regional land office. .The regions where small tracts of land are available, and the location cf the land offices to which you must .write for information are listed below: Region I (Idaho, Washington, Oregon): Many tracts are located along creeks and in timbered areas. Some areas are extremely well suited for year-round dwelling, as well as for small businesses such as motels or restaurants. Many sites are near large towns, especially in Washington state. Write to the Regional Land Management Office, Swan Island Station, Portland, Oregon, or to Box 223; Boise. Idaho.

Region (Nevada,, California): There are „over 132,000 acres open for settlement now in California and another 10,000 under consideration. In Nevada, many tracts are available near both. Reno and -Las -Vegas. Among the choicest sites are tracts in Morongo Valley and Twenty-Nine Palms. -Write to the Land Office, 030 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California, or to Box 322, P. 0.

Building,. Reno, :Nevada.

Region III (Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas): Many tracts are located near national forests or small towns. Primarily' ,valuable are the small home sites, although many lands are not accessible by hard yoads. A land office is at the Federal Building in Cheyenne, Wyoming; another is at 1245 North 29th Street, Billings, Montana.

Region IV (Utah, Colorado): Attractiye areas are open in the Red Mountain area near Aspen, COlOrado. This is especially beautiful country, excellent' tor recreational sites or year-roUnd living. Also, there is magnificently beautiful land available ,near Ouray, Colorado, and in the Uncompahgre River Valley.'

The government is considering opening more land in this section, especially in the upland valley region of the Colorado River and in the area near Shadow Mountain Lake. Write to Box 341, New Custerriholse Building, Denver, Colo rado.

Region V (Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico) : Many home sites are available, although much of the land is desert. This region is especially suited for health or convalescent resorts. Land offices are at P. 0. Building, Santa Fe, New Mexi-

co; and Box 100, U. S. Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Emphasize the Positive History should give perspective and balance. Even history teachers, though, have to check their bearings occasionally to make sure they are keeping tathe course which the next generation's scliolars will say was truly objective.,

Region VI (Comprises the eastern half of the country) : There are only 3,000 acres of land classified at present in this region, but much of the choice land is in Florida. There are excellent Some heads of university history !de highways leading to these areas, which partments have been doing that at the are suggested for home sites. Write to Stanford Institute of American History the Regional Administrator, Bureau of at Palo Alto, Calif.

One of them, Dr. Land Management, Washington 25, D.C. William T. Hutchinson of the University Region VII (Alaska) : Ab)out 10,000 of Chicago, comes up with interesting acres have been classified in Alaska, es- recommendations. pecially in the coastal region of the He urges American historians to put southeast section where the summers more emphasis on appreciation of Amerare cool and the winters mild. This area is especially suited for the younger per- lean ideals than on criticism of their son who is looking for a good business system. He would stress also "what Ameopportunity. Choice residential tracts ricans have agreed on rather than what are located near fairsized towns or cit- they have fought about," the accomplishies, recreational tracts are located near ments of regions rath'er than solely the government in Washington, and the eftourist routes, and commercial or business tracts are available where the money fective working of political parties unis to be made. Almost always, the home- der the Constitution as well as their stead tracts are less than ten miles from scandals and spoils.

Urban centers, and public utilities are There was an era during which the available through such centers. Of history taught in American schools was special valuo are the 2,900 acres on the written largely in a vein of selfglorifimild and very beautiful Kenai Peninsu- cation. Preoccupied with wars and poll-7 la. In Alaska, write to the land offices tics, it overlooked social problems and at Box 1740, Anchorage, or the Federal the history of the people.

Building in Nome.

A reaction from that type of history There are thousands of choice home teaching has reached ap ,cint in the last sites or small business tracts 'open to two decades where criticism has apyou. Just take this first step: Write two proached cynicism, and conservatives, letters today, one to the regional office as Dr. Hutchinson points out, have of the area you prefer, the other to the had a rough time.

Bureau of Land Management in WashSuch swings of the pendulum arc ington.

Your bit of paradise may be waiting characteristic of human affairs and human impulses, but the function of right now. schools and universities is to help suc) 4 There was a dollar bill in that winter ceeding generations see the world, or suit we recently took out of moth balls, their part of it, whole.

On. this point another pendulum is but it had lost its strength. ) • 4 • , swinging which will need some control.

That is the pendulum between nationalism and internationalism .At present the big need is to acquaint students with SATURDAY OF -THIS WEEK their "citizenship in the world," as Dr. and every Saturday night there is August C. Krey of the University of Minbingo party. at Pokrok Houston Lodge nesota described it, but this should not No. 88 at 1140 Robbie Street. blunt appreciation of national contriSATURDAY JANUARY 19: butions to the world's advance.

Fried Chicken supper served with all What the historical associations and the trimmings at Lodge Pokrok Houston institutes are discussing now will apstarting at 5 o'clock. pear in the classrooms years hence. One SUNDAY JANUARY 20: of the points they do well to make is Praha Lodge No. 29 in Taylor will be that both critics and defenders, both the host to all delegates, representatiVes, liberals and conservatives, have their officers of the Supreme Lodge, and uses in the world. guests attending the district meeting ) • 4 • ( held at Praha Lodge Hall, The tentative plan is to organize one 'or two districts Now someone has advanced the theory in the central. part of the state. that square meals make people round'.

WHERE TO GO

TITICAS

Camp Chaffee, Arkansas ', Dear Editor: . What can we do to build up the interest , of our younger members? This question has been bothering local lodge offOcials and the Supreme Lodge officials for some time.

In the old days the SPJST lodges sponsered dramatics clubs, dances, athletic clubs, and other forms of diversion.

Members of all ages took an active part in the activities. During the last two decades with the development of the movies, radio, and television, the interest in dramatics has almost all been lost. School dances, elaborate dancing clubs, and 'the juke-box have taken most of the dances from the SPJST Halls, High School and College football, track, basketball and the countless other competitive sports have almost killed modern youth's interest in gymnastic acti.vities. These rapid changes have left the SPJST without a constructive youth program.

I think that most of cur members realize the need for a good sound youth program. A program, to be really effective, would have to be set up on a statewide scale. This could prove very costly.

However, I would like to suggest that the officials of the SPJST investigate what has been done by some of our large commercial organizations. I am going to mention a few of the organizations that I have contacted in my 4-H Club work and give you an idea about the youth programs that they carry on. Probably most of yGu have heard of the Sears, Roebuck Foundation. The Sears, Roebuck Foundation is sponsored by the Chicago Mail Order house. The'Foundation is well known in Texas for its "Pig Program." The program provides Texas Farm boys with good breeding stock and with competition in practical swine husbandry.

The General Electric Company sponsors contests on the National, State, and Local level. These contests serve to acquaint farm youth with safe practical methods of using electricity on the farm The Thomas Willson Meat Packing Company sponsors meat animal demonstrations providing winners with trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago each December. I could go on and on mentioning the countless cornmercial concerns that have sound youth programs in operation. I mentioned only the programs that dealt with 4-H club work, because of my past ,contact with them. Most of the above mentioned businesses take an active interest in the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Camp Fire Girls, The Future Farmer's of America and

Other youth groups.

The Commercial concerns that I have mentioned are able to contribute large sums of money to their youth programs.

The SPJST within its local lodges, has something more valuable to contribute —adult leadership and inspiration. All of our youth groups always have an urgent need for willing, competent adult leadership. The many youth programs that are set up can exist only if the older generations will take • an active hand in providing transportation to meetings, meeting places, refreshments, and adult supervision. The present 4-H Club Leaders, Scout Masters, and Den Mothers would welcome the cooperation of more civic minded adults.

It is my firm belief that, through our Order, we could ally ourselves with some of the existing youth groups and build up an extensive yet inexpensive program that would be of much benefit to the SPJST as well as the young people. I believe that with a minimum of planning and discussion with the state directors of the major youth groups a very satisfactory SPJST sponsored youth program could be put into operation.

I would like to hear the reactions of some of our members to the suggestions that I have made.

Sincerely, yours, Roy E. Hranicky. ) • 4, DELICIOUS CHICKEN SUPPER

Delicious Chicken. Supper to be served at Lodge Pokrok No. 88.

A Special invitation is extended to everyone to come to our good ole Southern Fried Chicken Supper with all the trimmings at Lodge Pokrok, 1140 Robbie in Houston by the SPJST Birthday Club Sisters this Saturday. January 19th (and every 3rd Saturday night of the month) from 5 p. m. till — — Bingo will be, played until the jack pot is won by someone each time that we will have our supper. So, that will give you something to look forward to— and there will be some nice door prizes which you may win for the price of a dinner ticket.

Adults $1.00 and children's plates 50c.

Come out and spend an enjoyable evening.

THE COMMITTEE

By Birdie Hilsher P. S. Anyone wishing to donate a cake, pie, or candy for that night, will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I • 4, SEATON LODGE NO. 47

Temple, Texas.

Dear Members, Yesterday we, the members of the Seaton Lodge No. 47, held our first meeting of this new year; and we had

Wednesday, January 10, 1552 a very good attendance. We should try to came to all our meetings and show interest in all the going ones.

Brother John Klinkovsky Sr. and Sister Dorothy Sodek Novosad transferred into our lodge from Cyclone Lodge No. 24. We welcome them among us. Three new members were also added to our list they are: Ann Lanette, Norma, and Ruth Shenkir, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Shenkir of Cleburne formerly of Seaton. The Shenkir family is a 100% SPJST family. Congratulations!

After much discussion, Walter Jakubec and Willie Kohutek were elected on the concession and entertainment committee for 1952. We should all give the brothers a boost by going to dances and helping in everyway we can or these two cannot do it all by themselves. Even my husband said that we'll attend more dances then previously. I shall wait and see!

New officers were installed for 1952.

They are: President; Frank V. Spanhel, ;Vice President, Dennis Bartek; Secretary, Marie Hruska; Treasurer; John innek; Financial Secretary, Jerry Talasek; Sargeant-at-Arms, Jerry Mikulas, and reporter for the English Section Clara A. Hejl.

On January 18 a special meeting will be held at Seaton Star Hall to discuss the by-laws of the SPJST and to instruct delegates to the convention to be held sometime this summer. All retiring and present officers of the Seaton Lodge No. 47 are on a special committee to help in the discusSion. All members whO are interested in any changes in the bylaws or in the discussions are asked to attend thiS meeting. The meeting will start at about 7:30 p. in. in case of bad weather it will be held on Jan .22 at the same time and . same place.

During the past year eighteen adult members and 15 juvenile members were initiated into our lodge. Our lodge tors are: Emil J. Hejl, Walter Jakubec, and Albert Mikeska. Let's help them solicit as many members as we can.

Happy New Year to all!

Fraternally yours, Mrs. Clara A. Hejl. ) • 4 • ( The conversation was "confidential."

The young wife exclaimed proudly, "My husband and I have been married a whole year, and we have never quarreled. If a difference of o'pinion arises, and I am right, my hubby agrees."

"But what if he is right?" suggested the friend.

"Oh, that has not yet occurred." ) • d. • t Tipsy: "Boy, oh, boy, is it windy!"

Tipsier: "You're nuts, it's Thursday."

Tipsy: "So am I. Let's have a drink."

Wednesday, January 16, 1952

VESTNIK— 'ST, TEXAS

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YOUR CAR HAS 50-50 CHANCE Your car is given only a little better The grin again relieved the serious than a 50-50 chance of passing that new Claire Bryant managed to look quite composed as she finally walked into the expression on the young man's face, "I required state inspection. reception room. She had stood outside suppose you don't frame a thing like George Busby, chief of the inspection for a full minute, studying with great this," he mused, looking at the piece division of the Texas Department A of of paper.

He dropped it into the top satisfaction the name on the door: Burdrawer of the old walnut desk. "But I Public Safety, has ordered exactly one ton and Bryant, Attorneys-at-Law. guess I'll keep it here handy—to re- half as many rejection slips as certi4Suddenly the door at the left swung mind me how I got off to a wonder- cates.

He says he hopes 50 per cent rejections open, and a tall young man with a big ful start . . . yes, before I even knew it!"„ be too high a guess, but he expects grin filled the doorway. * * rejections will run at least 40 pert-cent "Hello, Mom!" The above story appeared as a full- — maybe more.

Together they walked into his office page advertisement in about a dozen One state that recently passed a with its view of the tall buildings, the large magazines with country-wide cir- similar law found its rejections running river, and the harbor out beyond. She culation. The advertisement was pre- 44 to 45 per cent, he said. It was on that looked and approved, then looked again pared by the public relation depart- basis that the rejection= slip order was and approved some more. She sat in the ment of one of the largest life insurance placed—allowing for enough extras to deep leather chair by the window and companies. You might have seen it. You avoid running out. smiled back at her boy. might have read it before. We reprint Busby says many of the defects turned "Jack," she said, "for years people it here with only one purpose—to call up by the inspection will be minor,' but have been warning me not to dote on the attention of our SPJST members minor defects will have to be corrected you too much. I took their advice seri- that every progressive company believes just as major ones before the certificate ously. I have tried hard not to spoil you. in advertising, in constantly bringing will be issued.

But today I'm bound to say I'm proud its name and its products or service be- The inspection, voted by the last lees= as a peacock of you—and as satisfied fore the public. lature, costs the car owner $1. It covers with myself and With life as I can be!" )• 4 brakes, lights, horn, windshield Wiper's "I'm hapy, too, Mom. It was wonderand steering gear. You'll have to have a BREAKEABLE RESOLUTIONS ful of Mr. Burton to take me in as a certificate saying your car passed the inpartner so soon. By the way—I've had New Year's resolutions, to me, always spection before the tax collector will is-Dad's big walnut desk moved up here. seemed like a good method of discourag- sue your 1952 license plates.

It fits in swell!" ing yourself. You picked out your worst When a defect shows up on inspection, "I noticed that," said Claire Bryant. faulti, vowed you'd never give in to them the owner has seven days to get it fixed "I wish he could see you now." again, and before you knew it you'd and bring his car back for a recheck The young man grinned that, nice, broken your word — failed! Once without additional cost. If he waits slow grin of his. "Just before you came broken; the resolution never. seemed longer than that, he'll have to fork over in," he said, "I found something in the quite as important as it once did. another dollar for an entire new irispec top drawer of the -desk." He pulled a ton.

• (—_ fragile, time yellowed piece of paper But all that was before I voiced this out of his pocket. "That's Dad's writing, viewpoint to an aged friend of the f amA REAL AMERICAN BOY all right. But what the deuce does it ily. "Most resolutions are a mistake," Among the green hills of Vermont in mean?" he told me. "Mine aren't -- and I break the farmhouse where, by light of all oil Claire took the piece of paper. Her them all the time." lamp Calvin Coolidge took the Oath' 'Of face softened. "Yes . . it's his writing. office that made him the 30th President resolutions "What kind of do you He was always writing himself notes in of the United States, there hangs a sort of private shorthand he had. make?"

"Bad ones." He laughed at my look of framed letter. The letter bears the Can't you figure out what it means?" dismay and then went on. "I know I'm nature of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the The young man read the note again: going to break them anyhow, so instead President, who died while his father was "6-7-23—see RW re more ins." of saying 'I will not get excited if some- in the White House. Here is an ispiring "Who is R. W.?" he asked. one disagrees with me,' cr I will remain letter written by a boy still in his teens, "That gives it away," she smiled. "R. calm at all times,' I make a resolution which v should be read by all boys.

W. is Robert Wilson . . ." that's meant to be broken. Like 'I will Someone had written to young Calvin, "You mean the agent who took care blow my top if anyone disagrees with calling him "the first boy in the land." of Dad's insurance?"

In his reply, the son of the President "That's right—he was with the New me.'

"Works pretty . well, too," he added. said "I have earned no right to be York Life. Notice the date . .

"Whenever I get into a discussion I re- called 'the first boy in the land.' My "Six-seven-twenty-three — June sevfather deserves all the credit. I descry enth, 1923—why, that's the day I was member that resolUtion and know that's and want no recognition until I have it exactly what people expect me to do. * born!" my own action."

His mother smiled. "Youur father had Breaking it doesn't bother my conscience byWe take off our hat to any boy Who one bit." a thousand plans for you. And being a He chuckled. "As a matter of fact, it refuses to bask in the reflected glOry Of lawyer, he never liked to put things off." makes me feel downright proud 'of my- a father's wealth or greatness, who She looked at the note again. "You see, jumps into the arena of life and Says, your father got hold of Robert Wilson, self!"

"I'll stand on my own feet; I'll fight my )•4 whose advice he respected, and took out own fight; I want no credit for the deeds more insurance. That's why, when your If you are all wrinkled up with care of other men— judge me by my own." father died, everything—including your and worry, now is a good time to have America needs more boys like that -and law education—was provided for." your faith lifted! men, too.

SLIP OF PAPER

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VESTN1X WEST, TEXAS

SMOKING AND LUNG CANCER The caption of this article May look alarming. It should be more accurately stated that a chain smoker may develop rung cancer. There is no alarm if you haVe just started smoking and do it With a degree of moderation, but if you haVe been at it for years, and more than ten - cigarettes a day, you better take a peep at the new findings by those who have studied excessive smoking.

scientific research must find cut. But one thing seems clear, there is more of , this cancer-causing agent in cigarette smoke than there is in the more powerfully scented wisps from cigars and pipes. Twice as many Americans — in proportion — smoke their way to cancer 'of the lung with cigarettes as with cigars, and pipes.

Investigators theorize with good reason that cigarette smoke is inhaled in larger amounts — because a cigarette smoker inhales more frequently than cigar or pipe smoke. Or it may be that the dangerous factor is a product of burned paper. Either way, the cigarette is the major offender.

Although this study proves almost without doubt that smoking and cancer of the lung are closely related, millions of smokers have little to fear.

Even new when cancer of the lung kills More ithan ten thot,i3and Americans each year it must be remembered that only 52 per cent of all of the nation's citizens smoke. But bronchiogenic cancer is increasing rapidl y and if excessive smoking of prolonged duration is responsible, the number of lung cancer victims may rise before long to new and terrifying heights. For the most part these studies were limited to male smokers.

If pessimistic predictions prove true, and ten years hence heavysmoking women add their numbers to the gruesome total, cancer of the lung may becOme a major cause of death.

And suppose you have been smoking a Paek a day for the paSt fifteen years?

What should you do to protect yourself?

The answer is obvious, Reduce your smoking. Light smoking, less than ten cigarettes daily, is associated with very few lung cancers. Heavy smoking, from sixteen to thirty-five cigarettes daily, is followed by ten times as many bronchiogenic cancers as light smoking.

44, • ( BROTHERS and SISTERS, we want you' to have your Vestnik. When you have a change in address, please send your change of address to the Supreme Lodge SPJST, Fayetteville, Texas. Don't forget to fill it out like this: I have a new address!

As far back as 1912, medical men began to suspect that smoking had something to do with bronchiogenic cancer f::r inevitably it was a heavy smoker who died of cancer of the lung. As cigarette sales increased, lung cancer increased. By , 1946 the , Mortality rate had doubled, and among men past sixtyfive it had tripled. Then in May, 1950, th-e . Journal of the AmeriCan Medical ASsociation pUblished a study by two St .'Louis physicians who proved almost ciOnclusively that smoking and cancer of the lung went hand in hand.

Their report, based on a comprehensive study of 684 cases of proven lung cancer, would make hair-graying reading', for the nation's chain smokers. Cigarette smoking, cigar smoking, and pine smoking were all evaluated. Light smokers, moderate smokers, and heavy snickers were all studied by groups, and always it was the hard-smoking cigarette addicts who led the list in cancer of the lung! In a total of 605 men being treated for lung cancer, 96 percent had been heavy smokers for more than twenty years.

The fact that six times as many men suffer from cancer of the lung as women- is a mystery no longer. Few women haVe smoked heavily for twenty or thirty years. Time will supply the an&Wei' — will heavy smoking lead to increased bronchiogenic cancer among women as it has among men? In 1950, forty American women in every hundred were steady smokers.

There is no danger that the next cigarette you light will plant the seed of cancer in your lung. Malignant tumors do not originate in that way. TobacCO - -Smoke in the human lung acts as a Chronic, constant irritant — and medical science has atriple evidence to prove that chronic irritation can be a cause of cancer.

NAME Exactly what this irritating substance OLD ADDRESS in tobacco smoke is, no one knows.

Whether it is a product of the tobacco LODGE itself, or an irritating by-product to insecticides used to protect growing tobacNEW ADDRESS co plants, or an element from the comMail to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, • .bustion of paper used to roll cigarettes, FAYETTEVILLE, TEXAS (dz)

Wednesday, Tanuary 16, 1952

So He Painted Sunrise Very feW people have ever heard of Bill Blank—a middle cla:Ss, middle-aged craftsman of the old school who lives in his own neat little honse, in the aaa of which. is a Shop where he repairs: and refinishes line antique - furnitur. When business i., clow, - he indul ges his lobby. which is landscape painting.

A few months ago Bill suffered a se7 rious burn. The injury compelled him to lie face down while recuperating. At first he complained bitterly. "Here I am, down and out, good for nothing—and there isn't a thing I can do abbut it!" But one day he saw the futility of comiplaining..

From some obscure and unsuspected reservoir of courage and initiative there came to him the challenge: `Or is there something you can do about it?"

For hours Bill pondered. Then he called his wife and son. Soon he was lying across his bed with his arms and shoulderg free. Beneath him, spread out on a loW wooden box, were paints and brushes.

Slowly, with great effort, the amateur artist sketched a hillside, a brook, a chimp of maples. As he worked he began to realize that the more vivid he made his objects the less pain he felt. A gorgeous picture began to emerge—grasseS turned more golden, on the hillside, the leaves took on the briliant autumn richness of Scarlet, orange, and russet. OVer all streamed the yellow rays of the sun, drenching the landscape with such dazzling brightness that its glow overSpread the room with its light and warmth.

When the picture was finished, Bill's face beamed. The family gathered around. The neighbors trooped in, to marvel. How had Bill managed, out of pain and discomfort, to create so glorious a scene?

Bill smiled. Suffering , disclwed to him a profound and heartening truth. Said he, "I guess when life gets. black enough; we've just naturally got to find some way of making our own light. Seems like there is always something we can .do when we make ourselves believe we can't do anything."

—Adapted froni the Eye Witness. )a 7t An insurance company which :sent birthday cards to its clients, received. this note of "appreciation": "I was so happy to get the birthday greeting addressed to my husband.

I think it is so nice of you o continue this little courtesy._ Of ciclu‘ , ■ , it has been pretty hard fdr me to Ia?,ep up the premiums on the insurance since his death two years ago, but a beautiful. thought like this helps Me 'carry on.' "

Ve stiedu, dne 1G. ledna 1952.

AUSTIN, HEAVNI IVIESTO TEXASU. Vateni etenati: NA'S' velkolepY kolos vecieni, umeni, moudrosti a uSlechtilosti ducha i srdce nabira dechu, aby se mohl jak se patfi rortoeit pii dnech pololetnich zkoukk, v kritickSrch dnech od 17. do 26. ledna. Tak at budete 'dist tyto tadky, zaklepte nam na stolek, poSlete povzbuzujici mySlenku, modlitbiOku a ptani dobreho potizeni, aspechu a vitezne projiti a zodpovedeni vSech otazek a problemt. Tot' vite, 2e nikdo nechce propadnout. V torn je take ale haeek. Jak ut to vtdy bYvalo, podle potekadla, to tonouci se i stebla chyta — to zvlaSte se stava tu a tam pti zkouSkach — ze take ti tonouci nebo i plovouci se chteji za katdou cenu zachranit a chytaji se dela° se dd. — V tomto ptipade to ale nejsou stebla, ale slovieka, jet se daji ulovit "opisovanim" z odpovedi nejblitSiho souseda. A prove v minulYch dnech jak nas universitni denik Texan tak i ptedstavitelstvo studentskYch spolkii a povolani, spravcove studentskeho tivota, vetejne vystoupili proti teto nepravosti a vyikli nove heslo — "Scholastic Integrity", cot eesky nejlepe by znelo poctivost ve zkouSkach. spoleene porade soudcri, studentstva a Ilene fakulty, velmi pHpadne se vyjadtil na g nadejnY student prava, krajan J. C. Zbranek, z Crosby, kdyt iekl to mnoho zaleti na zpiisobu a na duchu v jakem pani profesoii nei a vedou jejich studenty. V torn smyslu se vyjadtili i jini, podotYkajice to vyki vzdelani ma ptihlitet nejen k pouhYm vedomostem, ale take k uSlechtilosti ducha a srdce. Ono venkoncem nejvice na torn zaleti jake ma kdo svedomi, jak kdo je odhodlan brati sve povinnosti opravdove a eestne.

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STNIK -- WEST, TEXAS

ptipade to byly hlavne dojmy ze 6tyl'ech mist kratkeho pobytu a pasobeni, na ktere nikdy nezapomenu. V katdem ptipade bylo v nich nee° tak krasne ojedineleho, idealniho a unechtileho. Nelze aryvkovite vylieit jak na vas zapasobi ztravene chvile uprostied tak eiste srdeenosti a eeskosti jak jsem protil na FrYdku, kus takoveho Lektina, kde je fara.tem dp. Lad. Klimieek, mej loYvaly tak z kolleje sv. Prokopa. Stejne srdeend a tak Oiste idealni byla i nalada na ptednake mezi naSinci v sini Pokrok v Houstone, kde jsem mel pocit, to tu promlouvam k mym nejsrdeenejSim posluchaerim a vrstevnikam. To nemluvi asta, ale srdce k srdci v krasnem porozumeni a souladu. A stejne Stedroveeerr yi pondeli a hod 13oti vanoeni zas ve Wallis u dp. Aloise Nesvadby — opet to stejne porozumeni pro spoleene snahy a praci, to rozhovor se stava, svateeni hostinou a elm srdce oplyva, tim asta ptetekaji. Jak krasne se pti takovem rozhovoru u dp. Nesvadby vyjasni obzor nad tototnYmi tutbami a zamery naSich kulturnich otazek a pro: blemn. Co posily a povzbuzeni si odnaSite i jen z kratieke navStevy y e Wallis, do Austinu!

Vrcholem vAak byl Granger — o kterem stejne jak o katde ptedeSle stanici vanoenich zastavek by se mohlo napsat tolik pekneho a radostneho! V tom nevelikern mesteeku nee° pies 1000 duSi, ucitite okouzlujici teplo a na ulici z katde tvate y am ptichazi v astrety netny asmev, ozatenY jasem radosti, spokojenosti, vyrovnanosti a dukvniho blaha. A to viastile je odlesk svetelneho oblaku — jejich duchovniho otce, dobreho, horlivosti plapolajiciho monsignora Jana Vanieka. On take je takovou bohatSirskou postavou jako oni tii kralove. Pk! jeho zvonivem Ono je kolem dokola mnoho ptipada, kazani ptipada vain jako Boti trubae, jet jak lide utikaji od jejich povinnosti — burcuje a povzbuzuje k pochodu. Bud'te bud' z lenosti, nebo z nevedomosti, nebo nam jeSte dlouho zdrav! VaS ze strachu, anebo z nadutosti a pYchy.

ArnoAt 2Aka, OSB. Jsou pravYmi mistry v ulevani anglicky se jim Mica "escapists" ate mail "self ) • Alb • ( defense mechaniku". A pak, ono se nenecha na dlouho nic ani studie, ani Temple, Texas. jakekoliv jine povinnosti zivotniho postaveni a povolani. To — zdar zokuSkam — Mill bratti a sestry naSi SPJST.: bez opisovani!

'Nastal nam novY rok. Mnozi si udelali pi ani, co budou tento rok delat. Rada sleSvet1S, obla k. duji Vestnik a tet si pteetu razne dvahy, Kdot pak by mohl jen tak zapomenout ktere etenati a atadovna podava. Tel i na blahe chvile a dojmy, ktere ptinesly ten domov pro stare eleny. Podle meho posledni vanocni svatky a Navy rok. Jiste dsudku by to byla velmi dobra vec. to mnohy ctenar si pomysli treba na nektery peknY darek nebo na y stevu z pHKdyt mne zemtel mantel a byla by tabuzenstva a z kruhu vernS r ch a dobrychI kova atulna, sama bych tam byla Sla a si ptatel. Dost motna, to to byla neobyeej- platila, dokud bych tam byla. Je to nejne krasna vanoeni' a novorocni pohledni- lepSi pro nas 6echos19vany mit takovou ce, ktera nas dojala, bud' umeleckym atulnu, kde by naSel klid a mir. Proto zpracovanim nebo vzletnYmi verSi a tte- dekuji sestke Valdikove za tak krasnY ba i hlubocc osobnim obsahem. V mein skutek a doufam, 2e 1 nadale bude pra-

Strana, 27 covat pro Mouektv fond. Byla by to peknd upominka na neho. On 1.12 o torn nic nevi, ale vi to rodina a cela naAe Texaska Jednota.

V2dy si myslim, kdy2 nekterSi ten Glen odejde, odkud se vice nevrati, venuje se mu mnoho kvetin, aekoliv za jeho 2ivota mu kviti nebylo dano, a2 kdy2 zemtel ne-, bo zemfela, jeji posledni sehranka je mo obsypana rtznS7mi dralaSimi kvety.

Zamyslete se, jestli by nebylo lepe ty washingtony dat na tu dtulnu. Ja mom za to, 2e ano.

B1121 se zase sjezd. Moje my'Slenky leti na sjezd kdy2 byl v Taylor, Texas, kde i ja byla ptitonma, a jak rada, si na to vzpominam a tee si v2dy prohlednu obraz v§ech delegatil a hostil. Bylo to pro mne neco noveho a mileho. Mnozi delegati ut netiji, ale pamatka po nich za-, stala, ktera uptimne hteje a blazi. Litovala jsem, to jsem byla tak daleko vzdalend, kdyi byl sjezd y e Fort Worth, ale zemtelY br. Moneka mne zasilal Vestnik, z nehot jsem zvedela prribeh jednani, za cot jsem mu byla velice vdeena a tall° mne to. Ted' co jsem z Fort Worth odstehovana, ani ty schaze, at' tadove nebo sokolske nemohu navStevovat, aekoliv bych i tu rada Sla do schazi, je to pro nas daleko jit peSky, jen se matern dostavit do schaze ohnove, ktera se kona, ye meste pro zdejSi eleny, jen te je mad° Ilene ptitomno. Jsou vkly d y e schtze ohrioy e tady a y e Star sini, tak se jede tam a zde jen ti se mohou dostavit, kteti musi jit po svYch. Asi toho necham, nebo si redaktor fek7 ne, kde se tu zase ona nabere, proto, bratie redaktore, se nezlobte.

Dnes jsem se setkala se statiekSTin p.

Janem Kohutem a on se mne ptal, jestli jsem psavala do Vestniku. Ano, dokud jsem bYvala y e Fort Worth. Proe pry ted' ne. No take tit starnu a nalady ani latky k tcmu neni. Pitmete od tadu Cis. 154 a tadu els. 92 milk pozdra y . Nemyslete, jsem na vas zapomnela, o ne. Pteji vam vSem dobre zdravi a nas! Jednote hodne do roka novYch Ilene. Na zdar!

Mary P. Maresh. ) • •?► • t itad Hvezda Texasu Oslo 47.

Cteni bratii a sestry: Jste tadani vSichni atednici 1 odsiou2ili delegati a vSichni cleni, kteti berou zajem o imravu stanov, aby jste se dostavili do schaze 18. ledna 1952 veeer.

V padu Spatneho poeasi schtze se kona 22. ledna. Je to driletite pro stanovni :11 r -bor, by se jim vypomohlo.

S pozdravem Fr. V. apanhel, pfedseda.

Marie HruSkova, taj col nice.

Strana 28 AUSTIN, IILAVNI WIEST() TEXASIT. VaPeni otenati: Byl to veru shon lulyg na§e studentstvo k voeeeru 2. ledna o sto lest putovalo z teplyeh domovti a z vanoenich svatkci nazpot do sidel vedomosti a moudrosti na statni universitu v Austinu. rSak drogky mely gne a dlouiho do noel projigdely eemi v sousedstvl studentskYch dornovii veetne naSich dvou dome Newmanova sta.vu na University ulici. A sji gdely se nejen z celeho velkostatu Texasu, ale i z odlehlYch konct jignich state a take z oblasti velkomest, Chicago a New Yorku a teg i z Jigni Ameriky z proslaveneho Mexico City. V gichni ti co priji gdeli ze severu, veetne chicagske oblasti, pot yrzovali hla.kne a tiskove zpravy o tulle zime, velkYch zavejich a kluzkern ledovem povrchu, jet ohro goval jizdu auty a donucoval k zdlouhave rychlosti pouhYch 20 mil za hodinu. Privezli take sebou studene mgeni v nahradu za tuhou zimu ye stredozapadnich statech. Tot' se rozumi, ze vzajemne vitani a vypraveni jak se krasne Pilo a jak bylo vkho hojnost, nebralo konce a ka gdy dalsi prichozi protahl radostne vzpominky, jim g ani druha hodina s pifinoci se nezdala pozde. Inu, radostne a S't'astne mladi. — Tot' se rozumi, Ze v naAich oeskYch tridach jsme tyto dny probirali slovioka, ktera vyjadrovala vkcky ty lalaene chvile vanoenich prazdnin a dopinovali frajako spani, jizi eeho vkho bylo dost dla, hovoru, nav'Stev a podobne. Zajimaye bylo take yypravoyani studentii, jak mnoho prile gitosti meli k pou givani eeainy v rozhovoru. Jindrich Tyroch z Temple v prvnim semestru cestiny eislo 406. o torn napsal CeskY Ukol s podotknuUrn, ze pri Atedroveeerni \Teal, kdy g na nej priSla racla eisti 'Ceske evangelium, mel prile gito,st ukazat jak pekne umi Gist a taky vgecky v rodine prijemne Podobne i ostatni ve vS'ech CeskYch trid.ach vypravovali jejich zkuknosti a zdalo se, Pe se dr geli zna,menite a ukazali, ze se lze pii dobre vuli a dtivtipu dosti naueiti a ze neni mistne pova govati situac za nejakou vYchovnou nemoZnost a tim mono vYstrednost. Nelze oeekavat, aby mlade g nee° umela bez ueeni.

Dal'Si mile prekvapeni ukazalo nekolik studentil v tretim semestru Ce§tiny 612 (Vavreeka a Nemec), kdy g napsali trikrat tak cilouhe pojednani o ()tame vyuCavan' eeAtiny v Texasu ne gli jim bylo ulogeno.

Ale nebylo radno se oddavat tune dlouho milYm a libYm vzpoininkam jak to v'Secko bylo pane o svatcich, protole pololetni zkou'Sky zaenou ve dvou tYdnech a tak se ka gdy diva do tube price a sestavuje co nejdnkladnejAi inventar pro tyto vydej poeet z vladarstvi drasa.jici dny

VPSTNI ti --- WEST, TEXAS

Ve

11,

doe 1.0. ledna 1952,

nou, privesti ji z rovnovany, ze Cetbou mtd%eme zase VSecko uvesti na sve misto a cbnoviti soulad.

Dtievni sily, ktere se neuplatnily vYkonech, jet uklada Pivot, maji bYti cviceny eetbou, povolani a sebevzdelani maji se navzajem podporovati, teprve to Pak cirri 11th stejnYmi. A je-li nekdo mimoradne tak . t'asten, Ze mu pripadl yeukol, pestuje-li pak s neoliky chabujici horlivostr rozsahlou Cetbu, shleda brzy, Ze vkchn3 napcmAha jeho cilium. Nepatrna zprOvieka, obsahle dilo, vkcko to se spojuje, aby mu pomahalo.

KdO vSok na malem miste, stranou silneho vInobiti moderniho Civota, verne pint svou povinnost, Acbetuje sva leta, t:mu teprve stavaji se knihy opravdovou S pozdravem fitechou. Z nich Cana povzneseni, veseA. Zizlca, OSI3. lost a ug itek a pravY nektar ka gde hrde ) nezavislost a volnost.

4, (ETBA KNIH A VZDEEANI. Proti bodnuti veelou nebo vosou.

Umeni .eisti zaleli v torn, z kaZde knihy yybirame to, co obsahaje. 2e se Oesneku uZiva se jako prostredku provskutku zmocnujerne mySlenek, je2 jsou ti bodnuti Zihadlem. Loeive &inky Cestarn obsaZeny. Ze rozliSujeme veci hlav- neku se osvedeily i ye va'ZnYch pripain a vedlej'Ai. Ze rozumime vztahu obsa- dech na mistech velmi choulostivYch, hu k forme. Koneene, Pe k tomu zauj me- jako jsou rty, jazyk, Ustni sliznice a hrme .sve stanDvisko a ncve poznatky si dlo. V Ustni dutine zptisobuje veeli a obratne osvojime. Mnozi lido, i ti, kteri vcsi Zihadlo rychle otekani zraneneho se nazyvaji vzdelanci, etou jako deti. eimZ nastava nebezpeei zadttSeni Pro ne jest kniha jen obrazem na plo- pacienta. Je-li ran g . Zihadlem zpiisobena g ebez stinu a svetla bez nalelite vzdale- pristupna, jako na jazyku nebo na rtech, nosti posta y . Vedi raly jen pribliZne, co potre se misto Cesnekem, je-li bodnuti' Cetli, nikdy vSak podrobne. Nedovedou dale v hrdle doporOuje se pojisti rosobe ani jinYm vydati z toha pocet a zestreny kousek cesneku. Ve vet'Sine pribyt' i shltli sebe vice knih, eerpaji vodu padech otok polevi a neS'testi je za gehze sita. nano. ) • 4„ • eti s mysli soustredenou. VezmeS-li knihu do ruky, bud' i svYmi mySlenkami Neprigel si na advokata. u knihy. Neucinis lr tak proto, abys vlastniho easu, ma se tak stati asPan Levis prikl k advokatovi na radu. pon ze zdvorilosti ke spisovateli. Cti dilo "Co mohu udelat," ptal se, "hcchovi, ✓ torn poradku, jak je spisovatel napsal, kterY mi rozbil kamenem okno?" nikoli brzy zde, brzy ande, .sice mu krivaby yam "MUZete Zadat na jeho • Neeti take nejprve posledni listy, le- zaplatil skodu." da a ApatnYch ponianti.

"Dobre," zvolal pan Levis vitezne.

Proto eti ve • volnych chvilich a beze "Pak mi date tri dolary, co to okno spechu. Pro spine a proto neWiteone nebot' to byl vas syn, co to okno roz"eteni neni Pivot dost dlouhY. Ostatne ka- bil.

ZdY spisovatel ma sve vlastni tempo, je"Ovkm," odpovedel advokat docela den ponSti cetbu rychlejM-. jinY jen vol- klidne. "Dude mne twit, kciyZ to spoeinou. Kde se k bohatstvi mySlenek a tame. JP 52stanu za poradu od vas pet hlcubc'e citu poji krasna forma, eista, dolarti, vy ode mne tri raete mi doroc, tarn musime i ji pouClvati, platit dva dolary a budeme vyrovnani." musime verse, periody opatrne srkati aby 4, e nic z jemnosti a pUvabu nenSlo nebyyM, ochutnano:.

Predhonil svoji ti idu.

-T'Jinysl, se kterYin eteme, bude sice vhly Tatieek se snaZil svemu drahemu sysmerovati k tomu, abychom obohatili a naekovi pies prazdniny vtlouci do hlavy zdokonalili sve vzdelani, ale budou se ye zakladoi pojmy matematiky. Zvedl ctyzvlastnich picipadech pak uplatnovati je- N. a ptal se: vZdy cile, ktere. jsou urecvany naeim "Kolik je to?"

Civotnim postavenim a pomery. To je Chlapec se dival, ale prave z nekrasnej'Sich plodu eetby, "Jeden tisic jedno sto jedenact. Ale to jestlige povolani a denni price hrozi nak bytost presunouti, ueini ji jednostran- jsme jegte nemeli."

tveho. 'Pak tedy jako vsude v obehodnim a spolkovem svete se porizuje inventar, tak tedy i mezi naSim studentstvem. Jak by • ale bylo zajimave, kdyby nekdo se odhodlal poridit take inventar na§ich spoleenYch narodnich zajmn a hospodatern na narodni roll dediene? Co by se to objevilo hiiven nenesoucich uZitku a nepouZitYch ani z poloviny. Objevilo by se, ze je vS'ude mnoho moZnosti a mnoho slibnYch vYsledkti, kdyby se jen ueinil pooatek a kdyby se konsolidovaly nano zajmy a nak usili. Proto zUstava mnoho nezuZitkovano, Ze jednotlive se na to nestaei a Ze se nekdy nepostrehnou vYhodne okamZiky a zpiisoby spoleeneho pod-

Ve stl•edu dne 16. ledna 1952.

VPSTNIK—WEST, TEXAS

Ital Guglielmo Marconi dostal Stat Delaware byl prvnim, ktev Britanii patent v roce 1897 na ry schvalil konstituci Spoj. stajeho vynalez bezdratneho tele- te, ale dosud je tarn v platnosti gra f ovani. zakon o zmrskani jako trestu pro kriminalniky. soudy state Texas Pi'ed y k yni • • PM torn historickem pozaru v iii'adovna nahore pies uliei DR. THOS N. DeLANEY Chicagu v roce 1871 shoFelo 17 ti od Netardus lekarny.

OCNI LEKAR., sic budov, a Akoda na majetku Sobotama odp. v BrOe spravne pripravene byla odhoclovana na 160 milionn East Bernard a Ganado.

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Ale n ek dy ztracela se sle -ena MiluSka na dlotthe hodiny do, lesa, tvrdic, jeji dtge samotu, a to pan profesor provazel pani Mikulkovou, ktera .mu barvite slasti manZelskeho Ze svYch samot4kskkch toulek vracivala se sled A A na Miluska site pobleunavend, ale At'a• '1 • stna, a spokojena. Pani berni 11.editelova nelibe nesla tyto jeji vklety do samoty a celk veeer pak stihala svou dceru karavkmi pohleBolesti hiavy dy, kterkm v‘Sak ona Zkaienk ialudek eelila eastkin odbihanim do kuchyne, • Neziiiivnost kde Cerny mysliVee se n Ztratu spanku posiloval notnkmi day Nervosnost -kamisln yapiv.

A tak ponlalu se Nedostate6nou chut' prazdniny c5h lily ku k jidlu konci kdyZ jednoho veE Nad3-rrnini eera pan profesor dodal si smelosti a po tfeVezinete Dra, Petra lloboko tim malem. pivu po2a-dnes veCer uvidIte o CO dal zajikave pani Milepe se budete zitra cititi kulkovou o ruku sledNetz.pte, zbytei:de ani o den dee. Berte ny dcery. Tu se obliJobou vyzkotrg en6 Dra. Para Hoboko. dej pani berni tediteJest vice midi prost•cdek Cinnost povzinmjici a ve- love promenil v jeditry vypuzuji,,,i lek----sestaven (ne jen z ny rnedovk kolde. Sledjedne neb dvou) ale 18 PHrody vlast- na Milligka se stoudne aleS kainkft a rostlin. VYhradni zardela . a rczpaeite formule. Hoboko navrhla aby se hned leniva sti•eva k iIinosti, slavilo za,snoubeni. A napontabli jint odstraniti yam-1 °nel odpadky—vyhani cele osazenstvo Spaleplyny a nakmani zavinene neho Mikna se shrozacpou—vzbuzuje maZdilo v jidelne piiposilujiii oacit ,;e1 pan lesni Drahorad, tepla v Opathe c Dra. tluste mleeky, kulha,vk Petra Hoboko ye starek 1 stark mladek i Valenti sousedstvi Pepik praSek, prisli i does, aneb pogle• letni haste, sto.rnomi to pro nail zvlagt. ni `obeznamovaci sieeny Kadrlate, pan nabidku". iidici z Opoena s r'cdinou, pan stavitel 1 z Ode g lete tento kupon Prahy, pan dilovedouci "zvli g tni nabidky"—Nyni Padevet s manZelkou O Pillo2en jest $1.00 Poelete mne poetou vyplacene pravidelnou 11 dvema dcerami, no uncovon Fahe y HOBOKO. proste vSichni radcstne O Poelete na dobirku (C. 0. 1),,) (poplatek pr-ipoeten). pripijeli, kdr2 pan otee Kalivocia vSem naJmeno leval slavnou pana farare Pcuchleho Adresa z Hodonina. I sam pan Po'etovni ni-adovna profesor si liznul, rozDR. PETER FAHRNEY & SONS CO veselil se a odvatne — Dept 811-44J die sveho mineni — dr2501 Washington Blvd., Chicag.

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A ttr za ykobecneho halasu jadrne zahovoI'll pan otec Kalivoda.

"Vidite pane profesore, jaky je ten osud prokletY sibal, vy jste sem jel chytat motYle a -chytilk jste peknou baboeku a sleena MiluS'ka sem nejela chytat nic a chytila hejla!"

A to cele osazenstvo mlYna, veetne letnich hcstU, dobre jiZ zalite ostrou St'avou z Hodonina, vypuklo' v huronskY smich. Pr y -nisemalpnotec,aZ se mu bficho nadhazovalo, smala se pani rnlynarka a placala -Who sveho vykutaleneho Perdu po zadech, rehonil se ' pan lesni Drahorad, 0.2 se mu maid oeka slzami zalevala, z-pasobne se tuchechtavaly sleeny Kadrlate, chechtala se baba Meznikovd, co ve mlYne posluhovala, starek se triskal pest do kolena, vyl.smichem mladek, piStive se chychotaly nadelane mleeky, al. se ,jim mohutne vnady pod umoueenYmi natfasaly, piskal vysokYm smichem praSek, at spadl s lavice, chechtali se mohutne letni hoste, smala se i sleena MiluSka, ba i pani berni feditelova,I ye dverich Cerny myslivec se pekelne pochech taval jako Mefisto, ba i sant pan profescr 0.Stepek se smal, ale do jeho smichu jakoby nakapal.

VESTN1K— WEST, TEXAS

Ve stfedu, dne 16. ledna 1952.

Mule vydrZi dele bez krmeni V Syrii deveata na vdavani zane2 kone, ale traktor bez "krme- veSuji v oknech panenky, a toni" vabec nepracuje. mu se mute snadno porozumeti.

Uncle Sam Says

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SFRAvNt VTKONAN4 POHREBNI SLIABA V hodlne tett zarniouceni naleznou Edward Pace pohtebnt dstav pohotov k sympatickemu vyfizeni nezbytnYch lednotlivosti a k vypraveni dotemneho pohtbu.

Levne ceny jam naM saaadou

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Snih vesele jim kiupal pod nohama, kdyZ to prvni Kral se pojednou zastavil. naprahl pravici vpied a radostne avoid': vidim kometu. za chvili tam budemel" , Zastavili se a divan.

OpraVd.u; Na konci cesty, mezi posneZenymi stroiny, blYskalo se nejasne; Ziutave- ry etlo.

TN. Kralove zrychlili sve kroeeje a za chvili stanuli pied nevysokYm, kamennYm domem, nad'jehoZ drevenYmi, hreby pobitY-mi vraty Zlutava lampa ozalovaIa oprYskany napis: VYletni R,e4auraee Komety Tri Kralove veS"li -do vnitr.

Zadd,pali na podsini, zakaMall a jiZ jim vstric hiaholil dubcvY hlas fisluZneho SenkYktery je vital a otviral dveie do male, ale Maine "hostinski , rink, nosti. (Pokraeovani.)

ly Oznamovatel Prijme se Ceske asedle cie y ee k obstara y ani domacnostia Q tiech, hoch jest 10 let star: Hlaste u W. N. Furey, —x Hillsboro, Texas.

Lekarske autority odhaduji, asi milion Amerieana maji cukrovku, ale Ze o tom nevedi.

• T_ak zvand Hooverova prehrada na rece Colorado je vysoka 726 strevica.

V NorvOsku lide vystavuji na venku potraviny pro MikulaAe na Stedry yeeer, a pro jeho soby maji priprayene krmivo ve stodole.

• • Ve Spoj. statech je zakenovano roene asi padesat miliona galonti 'At'avy z rajskYch.jablieek. .....•••0.10.10■11■71IMIIIIM011

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Pii priznivych okolnostich, jeV Kalifornii je pestovano vice den parek krys maze se rozmno- krocana nekv kte,remkoli y jinemi '2it v jednom race na 830. statu v Unii. . • Cesty pies pouSte a Hein ladoli Americke Valeene lode jsou nOv Iraku Mesopotamii jsou jmenovany pod], jmen statti..

• • dnes jeS"te tam kde byly pied peti tisici roky.

Stat Utah byl tak pojmenovan podle indianskeho kmene Ute".

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Ve stredu, due 16. iedna 1952.

Slovanski. Pod. Jednota Statu Texas goeskytuje v ►kodnel il•etni Wilton! pro Wow rodlni.

Nabizi nisledujici pojititeni: Soilvotni, Mete, Mete a Mete. splacene, doilvotni siplacen6 • $5 letech, 15 tete a Mete nadaird, &aesthete Typlacena • U leteck a 20 'eta nadadmi •yplacen6 •e stiff II let.

Pro ditky nabizi: Lhittn1 pojiiteni, Mete splacene, ?Mete nadaent, ikolnf pojistka bota•e Typlacend • 111 tested' sten.

SPRIT poskytuje misledujici Tfrhodno dodateeni sekrany as lame poplatky

Dvojnasobne pojiiteni • ptipade sinrtl neitastnou nikodou

Zproiteni poplatka • pfipade iipineho a trvaleho znesehopneni ku

Pojiiteni platicib.o (Payor Insurance) saplacene pojiiteni • pfipade, kdy platfci uneschopnen je tr•ale ku prAeL Veikeri informal s radosti 'dell

Hlavni Oiadovna S. P. J. S. T. Fayetteville, Texas

1897

55 YEARS

1952

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

55 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE Adult Department Juvenile Department Fourteen Classes of Certificates, with or without, Double Indemnity, Premium Waiver and Payor Insurance Features.

Admitted Assets — $ 6,174,509.56 Total Menibership — — 24,206 Insurance in Force — — $21,923,795.50 BENEFITS PAID — — 4,230,089.86