JUVENILE SECTION OF "NAPREDEK"

CLEVELAND, OHIO, DECEMBER 16, 1936

WITH OUR JUNIORS

By Michael Vrhovnik, Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges

The Season

Millions and millions of boys
and girls ali over this wide
world, among them several
thousand VRTEC raembers, are
anxiously awaiting the dawn of
another Christmas Day. Many
of them, e v e n n o w , are
c o u n t i n g the d a y s
and the hours that remain till
the arrival of Christmas Eve
and are wondering in hope and
prayer whether they have been
good and obedient enough to
warrant a stop-over by Santa
for a few minutes, or longer, or
at least long enough to slide
down the chimney and drop a
gift, or two, into the long f!ow-
ing stocking hanging at the
fire-place, behind the kitchen
stove or at the foot of the bed.

Trn sure not one of you need
be reminded of the approach of
this happiest and most joyful
of annual holidays for every
Vrtec member, whether he be-
longs to an ACTIVE Vrtec, or
an inactive one, looks forward
to Christmas Day, with its
countless joys, gifts, surprises,
merry-making and ali kinds of
good things to eat, as the most
glorious and thrilling day of
the whole year. For ... as one
might express it in verse .. .

'No other day throughout the year
Holds such a wealth of friendly cheer,
No other day can bring to mind
Such thoughts of love for ali mankind
The Christmas špirit seems to be
A light that shines o’er land and sea,
May its bright rays bring Joy today—
In ali you think, or do, or say.”

Christmas Season, today and
yesteryear, how nearly alike
they are in špirit, joys and hap-
piness. True enough, the times
have changed and with them
some habits and customs, but
the ring of voices on the streets,
in homes, in shops and plants,
in Stores, in meeting rooms, in

's Greetings

schools and churches and every-
where else, remains pretty
much at the same blended pitch.
Ali of them, you know of
course, do not ring with glad-
ness for many are stili sad and
low, some steeled with coldness
and indifference, others with
selfishness and hate; but, for
the most part, they impart
cheeriness and happiness in
greater volume than any other
time of the year.

Many of our youngsters do
not know what it is to feel the
misery and the emptiness that
comes when good old Chris is
forced to hurry by your home
without leaving something to
remind you of him and the
friends who have made his visit
possible. On the other hand,
many of you, as young as you
are, have experienced the an-
guish and the sorrovv associa-
ted with “Forgotten” boys and
girls. You know, only too well,
why you were placed on the
forgotten, under-privileged roli.

This Christmas, judging by
the increase of employment in
the big work shops where San¬
ta and his fellow-workers are
busily engaged and from ali
other indications, promises to
be the merriest merry Christ¬
mas since the year of the
CRASH, the c r a s h heard
around the vvorld and the din of
which is stili faintly ringing in
our ears.

Orders for gifts such as dolls,
electrical trains, sleds, skates,
cowboy and Indian suits, base¬
ball gloves and bats, footballs
and basketballs, etc., have been
received on a much larger scale
than ever before. More men
and women have been put to
work making things to play
with, to wear, to travel in and
to have around us as comforts.
It goes without saying that the
more help Santa hires to supply
the needs and the wishes of
everyone, the more easily will
he be able to satisfy everyone.
On top of that the transporta-
tion and communication lines
have been improved consider-
ably over that of former years
insuring, both, rapid and effi-
cient delivery Service. Yes, my

Vrtec friends, there is no rea-
son why Santa should not visit
the fire-side of every home in
the land. Not one of you should
be forgotten.

Christmas is the time of the
year when most of us, old and
young alike, are included to for-
get the urge and surge of the
worries and cares of our every-
day life and to think more seri-
ously of the beautiful things,
things which make life more
worth living. Everywhere, with-
in the circle of our SSPZ, joy-
ous Christmas parties and pro-
grams are being held. Some few
have already been staged and
reports sent in show them to
have been successful in every
way. For this we are, indeed,
very thankful and hope that
those, which will take plače in
the immediate future, will

smack of every delight and joy t
common to the season.

I wish I could be with you a 11
to join in the celebration and
extend to you, in person, the
greetings and well wishes of
our great Society. I’d like to
be there to feel the warmth of
your handclasp, to give and re-
ceive pats of fresh encourage-
ment and to thank you for your
loyal support, your hearty co-
operation, jmur ever-willing
and helpful Service and for ali
other courtesies you have ex-
tended to the SSPZ during the
past twelve months. Through.
this medium I extend to you,
one and ali, a Christmas filled
with the merriest cheer and
GOOD WILL towards ali men
and may the New Year bring
added joys, comforts and hap¬
piness to you and yours.

Vrtec 160  Di$play$ Talent And Shov/manship

I shall not forget the pro¬
gram sponsored by Lodge No.
227 and Vrtec unit 160, featur-
ing members of Vrtec units 160
and 139, and staged in the SN-
PJ auditorium on Sunday after-
noon, Dec. 6th. It was every-
thing one could wish for and
more. There was not a dull
moment in the entire program
altho it lasted more than two
hours. I cannot help but mar-
vel at the showmanship and
the trouper špirit displayed by
Mary Lou Gratchner and Mary
Jo Townsley. These young
ladies did several song and
dance acts that warmed the
hearts of every person in the
audience and earned them sev¬
eral encores.

The program’s feature attrac-
tion was the play “Otrok Je
Bolan’’ (meaning, “The Sick
Child”), and here again, the
audience was thrilled and over-
joyed to see and to feel the
ease and the smoothness with
which each character perform-
ed his or her part. I wish I
could describe more in detail
the excellence of action and
speech as it actually took plače
during the performance. But,
perhaps, sometime in the fu¬
ture, arrangements will be made
to show you movies \vhich vvere

made during rehearsal of a
number of its scenes. Then
you can judge better for your-
selves whether Rose Gradisher
as Gospa Zajec, Angela Roka¬
vec as Gospa Muc, Angela Mo¬
žina as Kuharica Žlica, Wilma
Gratchner as Kuharica Potica,
Evelyn Možina as Dekla Mica
and Rudolph Vidmar as Doktor
Mazač did, or did not, do justica
to the characterizations to
which they had been so care-
fully assigned by their director
Stanley Možina and brother
Victor Zupančič, Administrator
of Vrtec unit 160. I’m sure,
from the few scenes you will
see, you will agree that the
play was exceptionally good.
And while we are on the sub-
ject of movies, that is, movies
of our plays, it is well to men-
tion that more of this kind of
work vili be done in the very
near future. Not only do we
intend to promote dramatics
thru moving pictures here in
Chicago, but vherever there is
an ACTIVE Vrtec. Let, it also,
be said that the SSPZ, among
the Slovene Fratemal Societies,
is first in the movie field of
social and cultural develop-
ment.

(Continued on page 2)

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<%'Cali 'Vandrovček\

A. Zaitz

Božični  prazniki v Sloveniji

Mali Vandrovček, kakoršnega
poznamo, je zgubil starše v rani
mladosti. Že kot otrok je bil pri¬
moran, kot na stotine drugih,
od hiše do hiše iskati kruha in
dela.

Premrazen in izčrpan v tem
brezkončnem iskanju dela in
dobrih ljudi, je potrkal na vra¬
ta slovenske družine v mestu.
Družinica — napol odrasla hči,
mali bratec in sestrica, so ravno
vesek) prepevali, ko se odprejo
vrata ter se pokaže naš ubogi
vandrovček s culo. Mlajši bratec
in sestrica zbežita, ker sta se u-
strašile nenavadnega tujca. A-
nici, starejši hčeri, se vandravč-
ka smili ter mu na prošnjo pri¬
nese nekoliko okrepčila. Van¬
drovček je kakor da ni jedel že
deset let, Anica pa ga skrajema
opazuje. Radovedna, kaj ima v
veliki škatli, ga povpraša, kaj
ima notri. Vandrovček pove, da
nosi s seboj svojo edino premo¬
ženje po svojem očetu —“čmr¬
lje”. Anica je' radovedna, kaj je
to — čmrlji — pa ga nagovori,
da pokaže, ih vandrovček veselo
zaigra — na harmoniko. Ančka
, strmi začudeno v tujca. “Ostani
pri nas”, ga prosi, “ker tako le¬
po igraš”. Vandrovček pa se na¬
smehne ter odide naprej iskat
službe.

Anica je tako prevzeta od le¬
pega mladega tujca, da niti ne
sliši, ko mamica vstopi ter jo
vpraša, kaj je tako zamišljena.
Molči ter mamici ne izda skriv¬
nosti lepega Vandrovčka, kate-
x i je pred časom odšel.

Par let ža tem se je v družini
Anice veliko spremenilo. Oče je
zgubil delo v tovarni in prišla je
na vrsto Anica kot najstarejša
v družini, da mora po isti poti
kot pred. leti Vandrovček.

Od hiše do hiše hodi in spra¬
šuje za službo, ampak nikjer
nič, povsod se izgovarjajo, da ne
rabijo pomoči. Vsa obupana se¬
de na stopnice neke hiše, da bi
si malo odpočila. Zdajci ji uda¬
ri na uho znana melodija har¬
monike, nekdo igra v tem po¬
slopju. Vstane in potrka. Vrata
se odpro — pa stoji pred njo
čedno oblečen mladenič.

“Kaj želite?”

“Iščem službe in kruha. Sli¬
šala sem nekoga igrati ter se
spomnila melodije, katero sem
slišala nekje davno poprej”

“Kako vam je ime?”

Anica odgovori.

“Kaj pa znate?”

“Znam peti in igrati.”

“Zapojte!”

In Anica je zapela tako lepo
in ganljivo, da je Vandrovček
ostrmel, ni se mogel več prema¬
govati.

“Ali se spominjate nekega
tujca s “čmrlji” pred leti?”

Anica se zamisli.

“Da”, reče veselo, “ti si tisti
. tujec s “črmlji”, kateremu sem
takrat dala večerjo.”

Spoznata se ter se veselo ob¬
jameta. Vandrovček jo sprej¬
me v službo. On je namreč od
tistega časa, ko je bil postrežen
od Anice z večerjo, našel službo

pri godbi. Napredoval je, da je
imel svojo sobo ter hodil igrat
na predstave in zabave, Anica
mu je prišla ravno prav na pred¬
večer, ko je imel igrati na neki
veliki zabavi, za katero bi moral
poleg sebe najeti drugo pomoč.
Sedaj mu je ne bo treba. Skupno
z Anico bosta igrala.

V tem veselem razpoloženju
takoj pričnete z vajami. Van¬
drovček zaigra na harmoniko,
kakor še ni nikoli poprej. Anica
ga spremlja s petjem nakar za¬
stor pade.

To je izčrpek igre “Mali Van¬
drovček”, katera je bila spisana
za naše Vrtce ter bo uprizorje¬
na na božičnici dne 20. decem¬
bra Igra ima tri kratke prizo¬
re. Glavni vlogi imata: Vandrov¬
ček — W. Tersel, Anica—Fran-
ces Tersel. Br. Mike Vrhovnik
bo skušal igro filmirati. Tako bo
SSPZ zopet za eno sliko boga¬
tejša.

VOLK IN KOZE

Nekoč so šle tri koze v gozd,
da bi objedale listje. Prva je
imela en trebušček, druga dva,
tretja tri. Vse tri so se prav
zadovoljno gostile. Koza z enim
trebuščkom je bila prva sita
in je šla domov. Zdajci ji je
prišel volk naproti in ji rekel:
“Hitro teci, sicer te bom po¬
žrl!” — Koza je odgovorila:
“Nikar me ne požri! Kmalu bo
prišla tista koza, ki ima dva tre¬
buščka, od tiste boš še bolj sit!”
Volk je pustil kozo.

Nato je prišla druga koza.
Tudi ta je rekla volku: “Nikar
me ne požri! Precej za menoj
bo prišla tista koza, ki ima tri
trebuščke. Od tiste se boš prav
do sitega nažrl!” Volk je pu¬
stil tudi to kozo, da je odšla do¬
mov.

Zdaj je prišla tretja koza.
Volk je zarenčal: “Hitro teci
domov, sicer te bom požrl.” Ta
pa ga je brcnila tako močno, da
je volk padel z viška v dolino
in si zlomil nogo. Iz vasi pa so
pritekli kmetje in volka pobili.

Iz češčine R. D.
Gustav Strniša:

PRIŠEL ČAS JE KROG
BOŽICA

Prišel čas je krog Božiča,
bele na okrog gore,
k dvorom bliža se lisica,
v snegu zajčje so steze.

Mrzla polja so, gozdovi,
mraz in mrak v deželo gre,
snega polni so vrhovi,
zvečer poti so težke.

Mlin ne gre več zaporedom,
voda čezenj manj šumi,
potok skriva se pod ledom,
curek skozenj čist blešči.

To so zimski, zimski časi.
sever poti je zamel,

Božični prazniki so pred dur¬
mi. Vsak je najrajši doma v
svojem kotu. Nocoj je sveti ve¬
čer ali badnjak. Pravega dela
ni nikomur mar, zlasti moškim
ne. Vsi se potikajo okolo pe¬
či, ki danes puhti posebno do¬
brodejno toploto od sebe. Ma¬
ti ima veliko peko. Po vsej hi¬
ši sc širi tisti dobri vonj po
poticah in gibanicah.

Za čudo pridni so danes o-
troci. Vsi so v hiši, vsi se gne¬
tejo za mizo. Tihi so, da je kar
neverjetno. Že sinoči je prišel
njih starejši brat, ki se uči v
mestnih šolah. S seboj je pri¬
nesel vsega, kar je potrebno
za jaslice. Že zjutraj so se o-
troci napotili v log nabirat ma¬
hu. Prinesli so ga poln koš.
Za pet takih jaslic bi ga zado¬
stovalo.

Ko so bili otroci v logu, je
hlapec utrdil v kotu desko. Na
to desko stavi zdaj starejši de¬
ček jaslice. Iz mahu napravi
goro. Po gori se vije cesta. Po¬
suta je z najdrobnejšim pes¬
kom. Cesta drži v Betlehem,
ki stoji v kotu vrhu gore. Pod
goro postavi hlevček. Vanj po¬
loži na slamico božje dete. Ob
straneh mu stojita osliček in

volek. Poleg je božja Porod¬
nica s svetim Jožefom. Potem
razpostavlja po gori drevesa,
ovce, krave, voliče in pastir¬
ce. Spredaj utrdi vrsto drob¬
nih svečic. Naposled obesi na
dolgo konjsko žimo od stropa
doli angela, ki nosi v rokah
napis: “Slava Bogu na višavah
in mir ljudem na zemlji!”

Ko starejši sin vse to ureja
in nastavlja, sede mlajši bratje
in sestrice okrog njega. Mirni
so, kakor bi bili pribiti. Ne
premaknejo oči od jaslic. Ne¬
beška radost jim sije z zado¬
voljnih obrazov. Danes so po¬
zabljene vse igre. Celo jesti jim
ni mar. Zadovoljujejo se s
hlebčki, ki jih je mati nalašč
spekla zanje.

Domačemu psu Belinu pa ne
gre v glavo, da se danes nihče
izmed otrok ne zmeni zanj.
Gleda jih in gleda. Naposled
skoči na klop in se nerodno ri¬
ne mednje. Otroci ga popolno¬
ma prezirajo. Nekdo ga celo
brcne po gobčku. Belin se ne¬
voljen zopet zavleče pod klop
pri peči, se zvije in dremlje

skozi okno zrem po vasi,
skoro bi kosminke štel.

Josip Murn-Aleksandrov report of elections

dalje.

Po Franu Erjavcu

WJTH OUR JUNIORS

Vrtec Xma$ Party, Program And Dance On
Chicqgo's South Side

(Continued from page 1)

On Sunday, Dec., 29th, Vr¬
tec unit 139 (Trailblazer Jrs.)
will sponsor a Christmas Party,
program and dance. By then
movies will, also, be taken of
several nuhmers of their ex-
tensive program and, if possi-
ble, will be shown on the 20th.
Another feature will be sound
movies. Stili another will be a
Slovene play written and direct-
ed by brother Anton Zaitz, as-
sistant Supreme Secretary. And
to round-off the program, there
will be a score or more instru-
mental and vocal solos and

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duets, declamations, recitations,
singing by SLOVAN, the old-
est Slovene singing society in

Annuai Election Meeting In January

Some of our Vrtec units have
already held their elections, but
as provided in Section 22 of the
Juvenile By-laws, the officers
of ACTIVE Vrtec UNITS are
elected for a term of one (1)
year at the regular meeting in
January . . . Officers to be
elected are President, Vice
President, Secretary and Trtas-
urer who comprise the Execu-
tive Committee. The Sergeant-
at-Arms may, also, be elected if
the members decide so by a
majoi'ity vote; othenvise, he is
appointed by the President at
each meeting. The Auditing
Committee, Social or Entertain-
ment, Athletic and Initiation
Committees should be elected.
A letter of instructions and a
form has

America, and a talk or two by
the Supreme. Board members
present. In addition, members
of Vrtec unit 160 will be on
hand to repay a similar visit
and participation in the pro¬
gram of Dec. 6th by Vrtec unit
139. Incidentally, members of
Vrtec unit 139, who were called
upon to make their Chicago
Westside debut, were William
and Frances Tršar and the
Schweiger sisters, whose first
names, I’m sorry to say, I do
not recall at this writing. Suf-
fice it to say, however, that
each did justice to his selection
and upheld the fine tradition
already established by their Vr¬
tec.

been mailed to each Vrtec Sec-
retary. It is the duty of each
member to comply with the By-
laws and instructions as close-
ly as possible. One cannot em-
phasize too stronglv, the im-
portanee of electing the most
capable, loyal and efficient
members to the responsible po-
sitions of the managing bodies.
It is highly essential to the
continued successful progress
of the you.th movement within
our Society that a course be
adopted that \vill assure our Vr¬
tec units the leadership neces-
sary to bring about co-ordina-
tion and a broader development
of our fraternal instincts . . .
Vrtec members! Attend your
Januarg Meeting 100%! Elcct
'for  gour officers  capable, effi¬
cient and loyal members!

Aviation now has over 30 landing at Kansas C\ty Kad
years of progress behind it, and failed bim. Tlie report said th- -
this progress has so altered the Kansas City radio range wbs

France Bevk
denem škor

“Kam naj pa
ca?” je vprašal.

“Daj ga komu! Kdo bo po po¬
ti pazil na to žival?”

“Saj ga ponesem jaz! In če . .
bi ne pustili ... ga bom zaprl

v kovčeg

“Da se ti zaduši. Bedak! Po¬
leg tega bomo imeli še kake sit¬
nosti z njim.”

“Bedak! Bedak!” mu je vpil
škorec.

Lukec se ozrl po njem. V ti¬
stem hipu mu je bil še ljubši.

“Kje si kupil tičnik?” je vpra¬
šala mati. “Jutri ga ponesem
nazaj, da mi vrnejo denar.”

Mati ni bila še nikdar tako
odločna. Lukec ji ni ugovarjal.
Spoznal je, da bi bila vsaka be¬
seda zaman.

Povečerjali so. Škorec je za¬
dremal v svojem kotu. Mati je
pomila posodo. Legla je v po¬
steljo. Tudi Lukec je legel na
klop. Vsak večer je naglo za¬
spal, tega večera mu ni bilo do
spanca. Rad bi bil sanjal o A-
meriki. Toda vsake sanje o A-
meriki brez škorca bi bile nič . .
On bo hodil po tujih krajih, a
škorec — kje bo škorec? Morda
ga bo imel Peter . . . Smejali se
mu bodo. Lahko, da bo škorec
celo poginil.

Lukcu je stopila žalost v gr¬
lo, požrl jo je. Skozi okno je po-
sijal mesec. Lukec je zaprl oči,
a je videl škorca pred seboj.
Zdelo se mu je, da mu sedi na
ramenu in mu vpije v uho: —
“Potep! Potep!” Znova je odprl
oči. Posluhnil je.

Mati je vzdihnila. Ni spala.
Lukec se je ozrl. Tudi njen, od
mesečine obsijan obraz je gle¬
dal v strop.

Lukec je mislil dolgo, dolgo,
slednjič se je odločil. Natiho se
je spustil s klopi na tla. Natiho
je šel do postelje. Vse je trepe¬
talo v njem.

“Mati!”

Marjeta se je začudeno ozrla.

“Zakaj ne spiš?”

Lukec je govoril ponižno, pro¬
seče: “Mati, ali smem vzeti
škorca s seboj? Priden bom.
Vse vas bom ubogal.”

Mati je molčala. Bila je do¬
bra, predobra, njeno srce se je
mehčalo. Govorila je mirno, mi¬
loba in ljubezen je bila v njenem
glasu.

“In če bomo imeli sitnosti ra¬
di njega ? Če ti ga ne bodo pusti¬
li vzeti na parnik? Morda bo
treba zanj še celo plačati . . .”

“Če ga ne bodo pustili vzeti
s seboj, ga bom že kje pustil,”
je dejal Lukec počasi. “In če bo
treba zanj plačati . . . tudi . . ”

Mati je pomislila.

“Na, pa ga vzemi.”

Lukec je bil neizmerno hva¬
ležen. Veselo mu je zapelo v
srcu. Skočil bi bil k škorcu in
ga objel. Po prstih je šel do klo¬
pi in legel. Olajšan je v hipu za¬
spal.

Sanjal je, kako se tepe z mor¬
narji za svojega škorca. Že so

ga premagovali. Klepec je pla¬
nil po njih. Okljuval jih je in
jih ozmerjal.

“Potepi! Bedaki!”

Pustili so ga . . . Mesec je vi¬
del srečen nasmeh, ki se je raz¬
lezel čez Lukčev obraz. Smejal
se je tudi on in do jutra čuval
nad samotno kočo.

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Prišel je čas odhoda. Mati in
sin sta spala zadnjo noč pod do¬
mačo streho. Marjeta ni zatis¬
nila očesa. Tudi Lukec je spal
nemirno. Sanjal je.

Sanje niso bile podobne prav¬
ljici . . . Padel je v vodo. Pla¬
val je, ni se mogel rešiti. Odpi¬
ral je usta, ni vogel vpiti. Vroč
pot mu je lil po telesu . . .

Rešila ga je mati, ki ga je bila
poklicala še pred zarjo. Lukec
se je naglo umil in se oblekel.
Na klopi sta stala kovčega. Ne¬
kaj stare obleke in živeža je ma¬
ti zavezala v veliko ruto. Denar
in papirje je zapela v bluzo.

Lukcu je bilo čudno pri sr¬
cu. Bil je nemiren, nestrpen. Sto¬
je le pil kavo in gledal skozi o-
kno. Zunaj se je delal dan. Ob¬
risi gora in drevja so vstajali iz
teme.

Materi je bilo še težje v srcu
nego sinu. Jedla je počasi, gle¬
dala predse v mizo. Pustila je
kruh in kavo in si dala nekaj o-
praviti okoli kovčega. Ali je
skrivala žalost?

“No, Lukec! Zdaj pa je treba
iti.”

V kotu je spal škorec. Ni se
bil še dodobra prebudil. Pri luči
je pokukal z enim očesom. Nato
je nevoljen obrnil glavo v kot.
Dremal je dalje. Lukec je sto¬
pil k njemu in ga podrezal.

“Klepec, zdaj pa gremo.”

Škorec se je predramil. Ni se
mu ljubilo iz svojega kota. Ali
je slutil, da mora po svetu, v do-
godiščine, o katerih se mu ni
sanjalo? Zaplesal je, a Lukec ga
je zgrabil in postavil na mizo.

“Potepin ,potepin,” se je drl
ptič. “Parana!”

“Da, v Parana gremo,” ga je
pobožal Lukec. “Na! Še en groz-
dič. Pozoblji ga, a naglo!”

Klepec si ni dal dvakrat reči.

Z eno nogo je stopil na pecelj in
trgal jagodo za jagodo. Tičnik
je bil pripravljen. Lukec je bil
razširil vratca. Tudi dve paliči¬
ci je bil odstranil, da bi imel
škorec dovolj prostora.

“Luka!” je poklical ptič po
zajtrku. Opazil je kletko in jo je
radoveden ogledoval. Vtaknil je
kljun skozi vratca in se ozrl po
Lukcu. Ta ga je zgrabil in ga
potisnil v tičnik.

To je bilo za škorca novo. ftu-
mena žica ga je opletala ko paj¬
čevina. Osuknil se je ko brglez.

Od veselja in začudenja je začel
vpiti. Lukec je zaprl vrata. Ško¬
rec je bil v ječi.

(Dalje prihodnjič)

original airplane design that
the present-day plane can hard-
ly be recognized as the- same
type machine as the one the
Wright brothers took off the
ground for the fiest successful
motor-d ri ven, heavier- than-air
flight in 1903. It is, therefore,
surprising to learn that 25
years before the Wright broth¬
ers’ flight at Kitty Hawk two
Frenchmen patented an air¬
plane the general deseription of
vvhich was strikingly similar to
that of the modern transport.

A translation of the patent, as
it was filed in 1876 in France,
vas published recently in the
New York Times and it- re-
vealed that not only were many
of the awkward features of the
first successful airplanes not
included in the deseription but
that some of the most recent
improvements such as variable
pitch propellers and retraeta-
ble landing gears were. As
conceived, d e s c r i b ed, and
sketched by Messrs. Penaud and
Gauchot, the inventors, the
1876-model airplane, a mono-
plane, had an enelosed fuselage
not greatly different from the
fuselage of the new flying
boats. In fact, with its land¬
ing gear retraeted, this plane
vas a flying boat, according to
a specific statement by its in¬
ventors. In the deseription it
vas said that the airplane vas
to be dravn through the air by
tvo motor-driven propellers
placed in the leading edge of
the ving on either side of the
noše of the ship just as the
propellers of the modern tvin-
motored traiisports are placed.

It vas further stated that the
eonstruetion of the propellers
vould be such that their pitch
could be changed during flight.
While the tail arrangement vas
almost exactly the same as that
of the plane of today and there
vas even a tail skid, the land¬
ing gear consisted of four
vheels instead of tvo. But
even vith this difference the
French patent deseribes a n air¬
plane more like those of today
than earlier ones. Even its
vings became narrover near
the tips as is true in present-
day design, and the aileron
system of maintaining equilibri-
um developed by the Wrights
25 years later vas mentioned.

Of course, regardless of the
good ideas contained in it, .this
plane added nothing to aviation
because it vas never built.

The Senate committee inves-
tigating the air crash near
Kansas City, Mo., in May, 1935,
in vhich Senator Bronson Cut-
ting vas killed, recently made
its report. Signed by Senators
Copeland, Clark, and Donahey,
the report placed the blame for
the crash on the Bureau of Air
Commerce because the three
bureau aids upon vhich the pi¬
lot of the ill-fated ship vas
forced to depend after being
obliged to pass up his regular

off course; the radio station. at
Kirksville, Mo., vas veak, arul
the light beaeons useless. Itn
this - report in vhich it placed
the blame for the accident upe n
the Bureau of Air Commerce
the committee suggested a nuni •
ber of changes to be made in
the bureau. It said Direeior
Eugene Vidal lacks the firm
ness to develop a n efficient or-
ganization and that Assistant
Director Rex Martin does not
possess sufficiently vide e:<-
perienee to qualify him for M«
present position. Besides it m
criticism of the persomr I
vhich, it pointed out, vas not
meant to reflect in any vay on
the characters of the persons •
mentioned, the committee stig-
gesied several changes in tim
set-up of the bureau itself. -This
placing of blame on the Bureau
of Air Commerce is direetlv-op -
posite the findings of the bur-
eau’s ovn in vesti gation foliov/ •
ing the crash. It placed til ■
blame on the eperating com •
pany and found. the latter gruli /
of seven violations of regalu,
tions. ' Fines of $500 for each
violation were imposed but

these ha.ve not yet been pa ul
pending the outeome of an ap
peal.

A $50,000 air race from Lon¬
don to Cape Tora vili probabl/ .
be held this fall. Hovever, trn- ...
like last years London-to- Mel-
boume dash, this race- vili b-> -
open onlv to flyers and planeš
of the British Empire.

Maryse Hiltz, French avkv-
trix, claims to have set a sev/
vomen’s altitude record by • >, |

recent flight to a height of
45,275. The vomen’s altitudo 2
recoid has been held sinc-e last
year by Marquise Negrone, of
Italv, vho took it from Miša
Hiltz by flying to a heigfct of
39,511 feet.

After its third trip to tim
United States the Hindenburg
has been declared a success by
the officials of the German Zep¬
pelin company.

About 3,500 aeres of puip
vood are required to make m
day’s supply of paper for United
States nevspapers, according to
estimates of the Pennsvlvani i
Department of Forests mul
Waters.


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Stran 4

Juvenile Section of

Letters From Our Vrtec

Members

“UNCLE” CHARLIE WISHE S
YOU A MERRY XMAS

CLEVELAND, O. — Christ-
mas just around the corner and
ali good little boys and girls
anxiously await Santa’s arri-
val. Expecting good things to
eat, toys, dolls, dresses, etc.,
each and everyone knowing
Santa will not forget them.

After Xmas another great
day—New Year’s Day. The
start of a new year. New
things to do, new ideas, and
resolutions to be made. Each
resolving in his or her own way
to do better and bigger things
in the future. Vrtec members,
the start of the new year means
greater progress, increasing the
membership by thousands, new
ideas to be worked out, doing
ali and everything in your
power to make our SSPZ the
organization we want it to be,
bigger and better.

Upon you Vrtec members de-
pends the suceess of each new
venture tried by our organiza¬
tion. Upon you, in future years,
svili fall the responsibility of
keeping up the good work of
your parents, their parents, and
your older brothers and sisters.

They have ali put their heart
and soul in making the SSPZ
the most oustanding of ali Slo-
vene organizations. English-
speaking lodges and Vrtecs are
the ones to keep up the wonder-
ful example of our predeces-
sors, always working forward
vvith newer and better ideas.

Your resolutions for the Corn¬
ing year should be:

To attend ali Vrtec meetings.

Attend ali social affairs and
partake in sports and other af¬
fairs.

Cooperate to the best of your
ability with your lodge officers,
administrators or administra-
trices.

Make your lodge meetings in-
teresting, enjoyable, a plače to
meet your many Vrtec mem¬
bers, friends ali.

We have the members, co-
operation, best insurance poli-
cies, willingness to work to
make our SSPZ more known,
increase our membership to
three and four times more than
at present. _ Therefore everyone
to work, attend ali meetings
and social affairs, boost the
SSPZ everywhere and always
and I’m sure this year will be
one of the greatest in SSPZ
history.

Wishing ali members the
merriest Xmas and a very
happy and prosperous New
Year.

“Uncle” Charlie

CHRISTMAS PARTY OF VR¬
TEC NUMBER 1
VANDLING, Pa.—Now that
the winter is here, probably
some of the Vrtec contributors
for the Vrtec Page will write
more articles. Hoping that the
winter will solve this problem
of getting articles for the Vr¬
tec Page. We Vrtec members
from different Vrtec units
asked for the Vrtec Page, and
now when we have it we don’t
contribute articles. As a New
Year resolution, let’s ali send
at least one article a month for
the Vrtec Page.

Vrtec No. 1 is going to hold
its regular monthly meeting on
Sunday, Dec. 20 at Zaitz’s Hall
at 10 or 1(5:30 a. m. A definite
time hasn’t been decided upon,
but word will be sent to ali
members telling them the de¬
finite time. The meeting will
be held in the morning because
of the play which we are put-
ting on will be held in the aft-
ernoon. At this meeting, of
course, the election of officers
will take plače.

At the meeting held by Lodge
No. 27, SSPZ., Jos. Drašler, our
present administrator, w a s
again unanimously reelected to
act as our Administrator for
1937. Congratulations!

The Xmas play of Vrtec No.
1 will take plače on Sunday,
Dec. 20 at 2 p. m. at Zvon Hall
in Forest City. At previous
Xmas entertainments Mr. Zaitz
ga ve Slo vene declamations and
a play, but now that he has
left everything is English. Vr¬
tec No. 1 welcomes ali friends
and parents to attend this play.
We will try to do our best in
expressing our talent.

After the entertainment pro¬
gram, the members of Vrtec
No. 1 will receive a gift.

“Wishing you ali a very
Merry Christmas and a New
Year filled with happiness.”

Angy Pevc,  Vrtec No. 1

VOLK IN MEDVED

Volk in medved v loži tihi
srečala sta se:

— Kam pa, kam? vprašuje
volkec.

In kako vam gre?

— Veš, svoj kožuh, težki kožuh
rad hi zdaj prodal,

saj sem slišal, da ti tudi
sanj si barantal!

—Saj ni res, moj striček dragi,
vse je grda laž samo,
komu kožuh naj ponujam,
če pa ljubim vas srčno?

—E j ponudil bi ga volkec,
morda si ga tudi že,
sleči le mi ga ne upaš,
moje te moči plaše!

‘ ‘Napredek" _

Burke in šaljivi

poskusi

Kako je mogoče vzeti denar iz¬
pod klobuka, ne da bi se
dotaknil klobuka?

Položi kakšen denar na mizo,
pokrije ga s klobukom in reci,
da ga bodeš vzel izpod klobuka,
ne da bi se zadnjega dotaknil:
sezi nato pod mizo, kakor bi ho¬
tel denar v roko položiti, potr¬
kaj na mizo in reci: “Ena, dve,
tri, presto! marš!” Zdaj lahko
rečeš, da je denar izginil. Goto¬
vo bode kakšen radovednež po¬
vzdignil klobuk in če bi se to ne
zgodilo, poprosi koga, naj vza¬
me klobuk proč. Kakor hitro pa
se to zgodi, moreš denar vzeti z
mize, ne da bi se bil dotaknil
klobuka.

Aajboljši skakač ne more pre¬
skočiti slamne bilke.

Skakaču se stavijo ti-le pogo¬
ji: kolen ne sme celo upogniti,
pa tudi telo mora ostati negib¬
no.

Ložje pa je še, ako se položi
slamna bilka ob steno in skakač
je ne bode mogel preskočiti.

Stavo za denar dobiti.

Komu izmed družbe se reče,
naj ti da srebrn novec. Nato
greš staviti, da oseba ne bode
mogla na tri vprašanja odgovo¬
riti z odgovorom: “Moj srebrni
novec!” Kot stava zapade ti da-
nar, ki ga držaš v roki. Nato po¬
kaži osebi novec in vprašaj: —•
“Kaj je to?” — Odgovor bode:
“Moj srebrni novec.”/ Zdaj se
delaj začudenega in reci: “Vi že
ja poznate vprašanja? Kaj mi
date, ako zgubim stavo?” —
Odgovori oseba: “Moj srebrni
novec!” tedaj si stavo dobil in
zahvališ se prav lepo za denar.
Ako se ti pa odgovori: “Nič ne
dobite!” shrani tudi denar, ker
si tudi zdaj dobil stavo. Oseba
namreč ni odgovorila: “Moj sre¬
brni novec!” kakor bi morala
reči.

Pri odprtih durih ne moreš vre¬
či kakšne reči skozi duri.

Tisti, kateri bi imel vreči, naj
se postavi kakšne štiri korake
od duri, tako da bode gledal v
sobo. Samo glavo sme obrniti na
levo stran in pogledati proti du-
rim, truplo pa mora ostati pri
miru. Zdaj se mu da v 'desnico
kakšna reč, ki se ne stere in to
naj vrže pri durih ven. Sicer se
mu bode zdelo to prav lahko in
tudi drugim se bode zdelo tako.
Toda reč se ne bode dala izpe¬
ljati in predmet bode odletel ve¬
dno kam drugom. Da se ti po¬
sreči, moraš predmet vreči ta¬
ko, kakor bi ga hotel dva do tri
korake proti desni strani pogna¬
ti v steno.

Trije koščki kruha.

Pazite! Tukaj na mizo denem
tri klobuke. Pod vsak klobuk
sem dal po en košček kruha. —
Zdaj vzamem košček za ko¬
ščkom izpod klobuka in snem
vse tri kosce. Ste-li videli? Kaj
ne? Toda glejte! Začaral bom
kosce in kmalu bodo vsi trije

16. decembra, 1033

Branko prijatelj ptičic

“činčarara, to se je pa pri¬
leglo našim praznim želodčkom!
Sedaj se pa le stisnite vsaka v
varno zavetje pod smrekovo ve¬
jico ali kamor si bodi, da vam
bo topleje!” — Tako je govo¬
rila stara sinica mladičem, ki
so skakljali okrog deščice, na
kateri je bilo natreseno razno
semenje.

“Čakaj, mamica, da še tole
peško izluščim pa pozobljem.
Zdi se mi, da je še dovolj pro¬
stora zanjo v mojem želodčku!”
se oglasi mlada siničela.

“No, le privošči si jo! Saj
sama veš, koliko ti je treba, da
ne boš več lačna,” pravi starka.

“Mamica, mamica, jaz sem
pa že tako sita, da me kar tre¬
bušček boli. Pa počila menda
ne bom, kaj praviš, mamica?”
zakliče siničelka.

“Cicifuj — cicifuj, jaz bi pa
tudi rad imel kaj pečenke,” se
oglasi prešerni siničelček. “Ve¬
ste kaj, sestrice, tjale v sadov¬
njak poletimo! Tamkaj gotovo
dobimo kaj mrčesa za posla¬
dek!”

“Saj res, saj res, — činčara,
cicifuj, cicifuj, cicifuj,” zakli¬
čejo vesele, in ne meneč se za
burjo in sneg, je odletelo ži¬
vahno krdelce na bližnje hruške
in jablane, črešnje in češplje,
kjer so preiskale sinice sleherni
list in listič, prebrskale s kljun¬
čki vsako skorjico lubadi — pa
vlačile na dan premrle gosenice
in drug mrčes. Kar je bilo le
živega, vse je moralo v želod¬
čke . . .

Tako življenje je na Branko¬
vem vrtu vsak dan. Zjutraj
natrese Branko pred hišo na de¬
ščice bučnih pešek, zrnja od
solnčnic in drugega semenja, ki
ga rade luščijo sinice, zato pa
so dan na dan na bližnjem sad¬
nem vrtu, kjer trebijo drevje
raznih škodljivcev.

Ko pa se v topli pomladi
drevje prebudi in ga posuje
Stvarnik s snežnobelim cvet¬
jem, ne bo gosenic, ki bi ga uni-
čečvale, drevje pa bo rodilo o-
bilo okusnega sadja, ki ga
Branko tako rad je!

Otroci, ali bi vi ravnali dru¬
gače? Prav tako, kajne? Da¬
jajte pridno hrane koristnim
pticam kakor Jurček in Bran¬
ko, saj vam obilo poplačajo ta
trud.

Fr. Črnagoj

pod mojim klobukom, katerega
položim tukaj na mizo. Kako se
bode to zgodilo? Ali ve kdo?

Odgovor : Klobuk bom dal na
glavo.

Kako ne more kdo sam vstati.

Katerega izmed družbe posa¬
di na stol, njemu nasproti vse-
di se tudi ti. Zdaj naj poskusi
sam vstati. Kakor hitro vstane
on, vstani tudi ti. Če ne pride še
na šalo in reče: “Saj sem ven¬
dar sam vstal!” odgovori mu:
“Ne, ker sem vstal tudi jaz.”