T0 be fair and square, to PNCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE BEST- IS OUR MOTTO r0 T,UMEn i- — ISSUE NO. 45 OBSER VER CLEVELAND JOURNAL -—_ A Weekly for American Slovenes Entered a s second-class THE FIRST AND THE O N L 'r AMERICAN - SLOVENE NEV/S PAPER PRINTED IN THE ENGLI3H LANGUAGE matter August 2, 1928, at the post-office at Cleveland, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879 CLEVELAND. OHIO, THURSI)AY, DECEMBER 4th, 1930 PRIČE FIVE CENTS The people of the United U. o are again recognizing the ben- fits of paving- It bas been found that during the first six nths of 1930 saving accounts IZi W ^5.000,000 ""ST United States have in- Play LPreseiits “Kajn” Players of Cankar VoI„„ Wer Services to Celebrate Prim- orski Dan A GOOD PICTURE WITHOUT propaganda Proceeds Will be Used to Cover Exp e nses Incurred by Prep- aration of Memorandum What a convenience it would tevs been for the actors and L public speakers during the nd of the last century and the Jeginning of the present. 1, those days there were no loud cpsaker systems in halls ano theatres so that people sitting a t a little distance from the stage could not hear distinctly jn spite of ali the efforts of the performers. Recent study shov,»' that the voluminous clothing of the age absorbed much of the s0U nd. Even today the drffer- ence is noticed between the sum- mer and winter seasons. We are completely accustom- ed to the new size paper cur- rency. Yet the Treasury rec- ords show that there is more than a billion dollars worth of large currency stili at large. There should be no fear felt that most of us will be asked to handle the larger bills for the records show that the bills are of large denomination and most- ly held in bank vaults. It will be many months before the old cur- rency finds its way to the U. S. Treasury. . It is time to talk of the Christmas mailing which vvill be done during the coming sea- son. The following figures vvill help to make the decision that packages and mailing pieces be sent early to insure safe and early delivery. Figures state that last year the Post Office Department handled one-hun- dred and fifty million letters, 20 million parcels and seventeen million postcards. Ali of that work was done in about ten days. * * v Fighting and fighting hard for an idea may be benificial even to those who counter fight. so long iago the State of Michigan was the scene of some a, 'gumentation when the law f°r the destruction of ali tuber- cu lar cows be destroyed with c °mpensation to the owners was Proposed. The law was passed an d upheld by the State courts. N°w Michigan has been offici- a 'iy recognized as being practi- ca % free from cattle tuberculo- SIS - The pronouncement vvas Wade by the Department of Ag- hculture. This makes it the ' r d state to be accredited. The others are North Carolina and Maine. the ^ French magician performs spectacular feat of making Next Sunday has been styled as Primorski Dan with the pre- sentation of the Tragedy ‘Kajn’ by the players of the Ivan Can¬ kar Dramatic society. It will be Primorski Dan because the proceeds of the play vvill be de- voted to the expenditures that have been incurred in the draw- ing up of a protest memorandum which vvill be sent to ali the na¬ tions of the vvorld so that a pic- ture of the conditions in the Cos- tal provinces will be knovvn to them ali. The memorandum which has been drawn up and which has been adopted at the Protest meeting which was held at the Slovene National Home on St. Clair in Septem¬ ber. The commit-tee in prepara- tions has been busy putting the memorandum into shape to be presen|ed to the various people where the protest is calculated to do good. In the process of preparations many expenses have been incurred which the committee itself has taken re- sponsibility. Volunteered Work The players of the Dramatic Society Ivan Cankar have vol¬ unteered their Services by offer. ing the reproduce the play Kajn vvhich vvas played last spring. The play itself is one in which the conditions under which the Slovene people who are at pres¬ ent living in the affected dis- tricts. Having in itself no mal- icious intent but a good picture of the conditions of living por- trayed in a dramatic fashion. Outline of Play The story of the play consid- ers itself with a Slovene family the eldest son vvho has been in- veigled into joining the fascisi hordes and the con»equent de- mand that are made upon him n. contradiction with ih is feelings when the members of his.-ovvn family are affected. The p!ay en ds with the tragie death the Slovene f«scist. It is a simple story in vvhich the conditions are very aptiy portrayed and in which the špir¬ it of the Slovenes is very elearly told. The methods 01 the fascist are very well told vvithout the špirit of propagano but telling in a forceful way the things that the fascist do when they get the upper hand. The Slovenes w.ho ar.e inter¬ es Led in the conditions will have a chance of showing their atli- tude to the sympathetic co-op- eration in getting the conditions of the Slovenes in of TRAVEL PICTURES AT THE oT. CLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY Pictorial Travel 0 f the North- we s t and of Ranier Park to Be Made Tuesday Dec., 9th To those who have no chance of spending their vacation of Dude ranches” and see the won- derful country in the great Northwest, an opportunity is offered by the St. Clair Branch of the Cleveland Public Library to see them and live in imagin- ation at least in movies that wil! be shown in the auditorium of the library on Tuesday, Dec, 9, at 8 P. M. The pictures will be shovvn through the courtesy of the Northern Pacific Railway Co., of which F. G. Schotts is trav- elling Passenger agent. The pic- tures vvill shovv the “Dude ran¬ ches” and camps in the Nor West and scenes of the Ranier National Park. Admission is free. Children, however will not be 'admitted unless accompanied with their parents. Brave Cold Weather to Attend Meeting Jugoslav Slovene Members are Told of Conditions Prevail- ing in Slovene Italy Although the weather was anything but mild, a goodly number of the Jugoslav-Slovene Club members ventured forth from their cozy homes to attend the meeting held at the Inter¬ national Institue on Monday, December lst, for they were promised a speaker after the regular meeting. And they vvere not disappointed neither. Mr. Louis F. Truger, a member of the Enakopravnost staff and di- rector of the “Gorenjski Slav¬ ček,” presented by the Zarja Singing Society at the Little Theatre of the Public Auditor¬ ium on November 30th, was present to discuss the politicai conditions existing in Jugoslav- ia in the past and present. With the aid of a large map and sev- eral books from which he quo- ted excerpts, lie gave the mem¬ bers, most of vvhom had no idea of the conditions heretofor, a fair picture of the grave situa- tion. Srngers in Blodenian Opera - . v of Grl With Golden Vm MHnHHk -Dl At Ivi rvPAr POTHE/cfErl? \ s ct L* STANLEV KOKOTEC THE CAEETAKEH MAEV IWflNUSH AS ,N)NON VAT (2 O -J.. eieiL.i_ AS THE fMNKEEPEia. ANTON SMITH , AS THE \CLEBK SLOVENE ARTIST’S WORK REPRODUCED IN CLEVE¬ LAND CLUB LIFE ■ n hors e disappear. That’s noth- 8. Henry Ford has made ° Us ands of them disappear. * ¥ « er Th e trouble with the young- d 8eneration today it that it is more horsepower it should be re will power. Italy some- w"hat emeliorated. By attend- i„g the performat.ee they have a pleasant evemng at the IZ and help in their ewn « the cause. The current issue of the Cle¬ veland Club life carries an in- teresting picture of Mr. Frani- House, Cleveland society leader. Of interest to the Slovene is the fact that the portrait of .Mr. House as it is represented in trie Cleveland Club Life is that it was done by our own Slovene artist, Mr. Božidar Jakac. HERE’S A PLAČE TO x GO! Sunday, December 7, 1930 “Kajn”, three-act play pre¬ sented by Ivan Cankar players. Dancing after performance. Tuesday, December 9, 1930 Travel Movies at the St. Clair Library, at 8 P. M. VvVVvV NATIONALITY DRESS TO BE EVIDENT AT DINNER * Jugoslav Slovene Club Members to Sing Slovene Songs Dress- ed Slovene Costume TINKER BELL DANCE Prohably this decade developing to go down in h.story as I “thirsty thirties. The United Lodges of S. S. P. Z. lodges of Cleveland are preparing for a big time for the Tinkerbell dance which will be held on Sunday, December 14th at the Slovene National Home. Roxy Sernelli and his Serena- ders will furnish the mušic for dancing, while the entertain- ment committee in oharge will w ill have do its utmost to insure a grand the and glorious good time to | present. PASSION PLAYERS TO REPEAT SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION Preparations to be Made Meeting to be Held at Knaus’ Hall Dec. 5th at NEW TALENT INVITED ATTEND TO Committee Sends Letter to the Journal That Everyone Who is Interested in Production to Attend In taking a stroll through the center of Cleveland’s Slovenes in the vicinity of Mrs. August. Urankar’s home in St. Clair Avenue near 62nd Street, if you should perchance hear some pleasing harmony, it is none other than a group of Jugoslav Slovene girls, rehearsing for their debut in Slovene national dress on December llth, when ali the clubs conducting their annual dinner and meeting at the Y. W. C. A. club rooms. Miss Jeanette Sterle, our popu- lar songstress will also favor with several Slovene selections in native dress, accompanied by Irma Kalan. To those who at- tended the card party held at the club rooms on November 22nd and heard her delightful interpretations of two Slovene folk songs, Miss Sterle needs no introduction. «* - The Czech, Polish and Italian clubs will also be represented on the program. Tickets are fifty cents and may be purchased from Irma Kalan, Membership Chairman. CLEVELANDERS LEAVE TO HEAR BANOVEC IN CHI¬ CAGO CIVIC OPERA Miss Jeanette Perdan Receives Invitation to Sing at Inter¬ national Concert at Chicago Three Jugoslav Slovene Club members, Jeanette Perdan, Ir¬ ma Kalan and Mrs. Janko Rogelj left Wednesday for Chi¬ cago where they will have an opportunity to hear Banovec with the Chicago Civic Opera, on Sunday December 7th in the role of Hoffman from the “Tale- of Hoffman”. Miss Perdan has also been invited to sing at an intemational concert which vvill be held in the University of Chicago. Book Just Off Press CaKndar is Reference Book on Ali Material of and About First Slovene Bishop in America Again the city of Cleveland vvill have an opportunity to see the Passion Play which created a big sensation last year in the Iramatic circles of Cleveland. This year the Passion Players of Christ the King Lodge, K. S. K. J. will stage tbeir perform¬ ance under the auspices of the 3t. Vitus Parish and the gate receipts will be shared by the sponsoring organization and the St. Vitus Parish. Čast of 120 Needed Activities are now in active organization and ali efforts are being made to get a čast for -ali the parts of which there are more than 120. The committee on preparations for the Passion Play are exerting ali of their efforts to make ths čast com- plete as soon as possible in or- der that the rehearsals may be¬ gin in good time for tthe first performance vvhich ”\vill be held as early as March first. The committee is anxious to have ali of the old čast report again for the parts and though some have resigned from the Passion there vvill have to be substitutions to eomplete the čast. Letter to AH Interested “Because the first perform¬ ance vvill take plače on March (Continued on page two) For those vvho are interested in getting information about the life and the vvorlcs of the first Slovene Bishop iiuAmerica bhey vvill have an opportunity of doing that in 1931 issue of the Ave Maria Calendar vvhich has j ust been taken off the press. The jalmanac or calendar of the Ave Maria Publishing Co., is replete vvith pictures and stories of Bishop Baraga’s ac- tivities and ali the vvork that has been done in order to have his name before the American pub¬ lic. Ali the accounts of the re¬ cent centenial celebrations tha+ have taken plače in the various Slovene communities in the U. S. are accounted for in detail. The pictures most of them photographs'of the places and reproductions of men vvith vvhom he vvorked and vvith vvhom he came in contact. The calendar is a reference book for the ma¬ terial vvhich refers to the life of the first Slovene Bishop in America and a figure in Amer¬ ican pioneering : lii/lory, Bishop Frederick Baraga. The book is on šale at various book stores in the community and can be procured for fifty cents. /ARJA SUCCESSFUL IN SUNDAY’S OPERA Gorenjski Slavček Staged Agaip as Part of Theater of Nations rs FIFTH OF SERIES Composer and Critic Give the Members of the Čast Some of His Expert Criticism SIXTEEN HAVE GOOD TIME AT CARD PARTY Lait Saturday night an inter- esting card party vvas given by the Misses Alvina and Emma Skedel at their home at 7810 Union Ave. Frank Zaletal, Ann Spisak and Anthony Mills, proved to be the card sharps and received the prizes. At one o’clock a delicious lun- cheon vvas served. When the Singing society Zarja appeared at the Litle Theater of the Public Auditor¬ ium last Sunday they sang for an enthusiastic audience in par- ticular for the composer and mušic critic of the metropolitan nevvspaper. The follovving is copied from the Pl.^in Dealer of December lst. By James H. Rogers . The quest of the girl vvith the goiden voice is the leitmotif of the opera, “The Nightingale of Gorenjski,” given Sunday afternoon at the Little Theater of Public Hall by the singing society Zarja, as the Slovenian contribution to the Theater of Nations sponsored by the Plain Dealer. To a little village in the mountains of southeastern Eur- ope comes a French mušic Mas- ter, curiously nameri Chanson- ette, and tvies .to' iure the fair- est of the m -idi and the best singer amon. lem to try her fortune, under his tutelage, on the stages of the great capitals. But the lover of Minka—that ia the giiTs name—objects strong- ly and, is povverfully supported by the stalvvart lads of the vill¬ age. In the end, Minka listens to the voice of her heart, as you vvould guess, and Monsieur Chansonette departs, minus a substantial fine, vvhich he is forced ,to pay into the village treasury, presumably as a de- terrent from further artistk L'orays. Musič by Slovenian The mušic to this artless nar- rative is by Anton Foerster, a native Slovenian, as I am as- |iured. There seems to be small trače of any local color matta ial in his score, such as the folk songs or dance tunes of the country, but it is plainly the vvork of a good musician; and it is pleasingly melodius thru- out, vvith many brig-ht and ani- tnated touches, particularly in the choruses. The performance vvas high!y creditable and it vvas much enjoyed. Every-thing passed off like clockvvise. Not a hitch anyvv-here. As I have had occasions to note before, in Theatre of Na¬ tions productions, vvhich of eourse are given by amateurs, our citizens vvho come from the merry | pj c turesque life of far-off lands take much more naturally to Follovving this the crovvd danced and played games. Messers. Leo Dardy at the piano theater than do those of U 3 and John Baumbich vvith his: w ^ 10 trače our lineage to the banjo put the radio to rout, and j tiUcrs of the rocky soil of New received copious applause. The j gtigland. party broke up at a late hour. The guests were, Elaine Kan- ! The lcadin S ro!e s were aI1 wel1 echi, Anthonv M lls, John Klaus, enaeted. Antoinette Simčič vvas John Ajnik, John Baumbich, Joe the Minka ’ and she san « the Shustor, Leo Dardv, Charles. hi ^ h A - whlch 30 enchanted the Thomas, Mary Kozak, Hekn Ci¬ pra, Anne Spisak. Frank Zale¬ tal, Josephine Slik and Emma, Alvina and Rudy Skedel. French mušic master, vvith a clear, full and musical tone. Of eourse, this is not so very high (Continued on page two) Page 2 - CLEVELAND JOURNAL December 4th ‘ (Elmlattii fmtrstal” Published every Thursday by v The American - Jugoslav Printing and Publishing Co. 6231 St. Clair Ave. — Cleveland, Ohio rank Suhadolnik, Editor Heinie Martin, Sports Editor ibscription Rates: One year $2.0C Six Months $1.00 Established May 24th, 1928 104 CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1930 • There are things that you, the reader of this editorial, can offer as suggestion which will make a world of difference in the appearance and the content of the Cleveland Journal. We are most ensiouš to have ali the opinions that we can from our read- ers and we welcome them most earnestly. We are humble enough to know that two heads are better than one and that the opinion of others who see the finished prodfict from a different angle can and often have a saving suggestion to offer. Won’t you send in your suggestion of what can be done? The editorial staff will thank you most kindly and give consideration to every opinion cffered. Send it in today! “ZARJA” OPERA (Continued from page one) VINDICATED The Slovenes of Cleveland have proved conclusively on two occasions that they are in support.of anything that is cultural. For two Sundays they have come, seen, and applauded the efforts of the Singing Society “Zarja” when they have staged the third Slovene opera in America. The amount of interest and the lively applause that have taken plače in the last opera have shown without argument that the' Slovene is vitally interested in Slov¬ ene Song and Slovene cultural activities. The last opera “Gorenjski Slavček” has been the American premiere of the celebrated work of the Slovene composer Anton Foerster. It has been hailed as the gem of Slovene opera and the American Slovene people came in the thousands to listen to the members of the Slovene singing soeiety put it on in an alrnost Professional fashion. The efforts have been warmly rewarded in spite of ali thecalumniation and the malicious intent to discredit members of the organization and their interesvun showing how beautiful and how wonderful Slovene song can be when perform- ed in as good a form as can be expected of an amateur perform¬ ance. If fact if anything can be said of the performance and using the criticism of James H. Rogers Cleveland composer and mušic Critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, it is flattering to knov/ that the performance has been raised out of the level of medio- crity and placed on the plane of semi-professionalism. And yet none of the members of the opera čast are professional. Every Cor.ductecl by the St Člašr Branch Public Library. Isa Glenn’š new novel, “A Shoft fiistory of Julia” is a poig- nant, sNmpathetic -accouht of the cjuiet history of Julia de Graff- enreid, a merhber of the aristo- cratic group on King St. in an old Georgia town. The author draws clearly, and with pat-hos, a picture df the old South cling- ing desperately to pre-civil war conventions. The youngef -gen- eration, though outwardly se- rene and 'contended, suffers in- tenseV in this cohflict between tralitions and reality. Miss Glcnn’s former novel, “Trans¬ port,” proves her to' be a past mas ter at depi-cting the influenca of traditions on a group of peo¬ ple. “Transport” deals with the PASSION PLAY (Continued from page one) one of them is a fan who devotes eight hours of the living day i ro -i bound social customs of to some gainful occupatlon or it may be the v/ife who prepares the meals for a ha-rd working man. Špare hours are taken from rest and devoted to singing which so delights the heart of the Slovene man. It was for at least two weeks that the Slovene people of Cle¬ veland have -lived in that charmed land of song and mušic which has exposed to view a beautiful cycle of Slovene folk. song and lias given an opportunity of listening to folden voices of Slovene talent portraying the Slovene song ih ali of its prime beauiv. We at least are happy to know that the Slovenes as a boay are in¬ terested in the cultural work that is being done to such an ex- tent to sacrifice themselves in order to encourage those who are doing their ali to bring the Slovene song to prominence in Cle¬ veland. 13 © It N©w The editorial sanctum of dny newspaper Office is a rather lonesome plače not that it is a plače where nothing happens but there is that absence of contact to whom one is always talking. There is always that feeling that not everyone is satisfied with what is being offered week after week as things that are intend- ed to be news to be readers, We are conceited enough to think that the Cleveland Journal is serving its purpose to the extent of its possibilities but we are uncertain if we are just in that eonceit. Surely there are among the readers and the fans of the Journal who could, if they would, offer some suggestion as to how the Journal can be improved fdr we firmly believe >that it can be improVed. We feel that there are things that could te improved but v/hich we do not see bčcause we are working tao closely to the thing that is produced. The angle of perspective is lost and that is the plače where the readers could help us. Surely there ca-n be no fear in expressing an opinion since expressed opinion is the thing that impi-oves any venture. amy offlcers and their families. “A Short History' of Julia” proves that this .author is very Light”. This is Munday’s la test book of intrieate adventurc stoiies. The h aro is an Ameri¬ can who finds his objective early in the storv. LIow to gam it is the 'theme for the rest of the hook.. There are some extreme- ly good descripfions of religiou? tites and a wild boar hunt, which brings the hero to elose dcath is interestmgly described. Blacl: inagic is the force that finally brihgs the twc principal char- acters together. The Americar girl brought up by Temple priests and the Ameican boy. TI H Longer Day (By the author of “Miss Ti-' verton Goes Out”) This stili tantalizing anonv tnous author has added another notable creatlon to her portraits df, vlom en in Bianda, a charact- at that. But we are speaking of light opera. Miss Simcie’s singing was ac- ceptable at ali times. Louis Belle v/as the hero. At any rate I take it he should rank thus, for he is a tenor and he portrayed the lover of Minka. Now here is quite a voice. It has volumc range, and real tenor quality. Frank Plut gave a very goo^ impersonation of the French mušic mašteje Mary IVanush, a> Ninon, Josie Milavic as Majda Joseph Birk, jr., as Lovre, and Stanley Kokotec, Vatro J. Gril 1 and Anton Smith, respectively as the caretake, the inkeep sr and the clerk, ivere ali in the picture and met ali require ments. John IvanUsh. was the conduc tor. A capable man. His or- chestra was modest in size, but he got some good effects from : t, and the performers on the stage had no reason to com- nlain of the support accorded them. There was a beauty chorus, charmingly costumed in uithentic native attire, and hus- ky viilage gallants to blend their voices with the fair ones. capable in portraying the great- er at once vi vi d and elusive. ness and šmallness of human be- ings. The volume of Best Plavs.of 1929-1930, compiled by Burns Mantle, Inchfdes such plays has “Green Pastures” by Mare Con- nelly, “Berkeley Square” by J. L. Baldeston and “Deaths Take • a Holiday” by Walter Fen.v'. “Green Pastures” took the Pul¬ itzer Prize for 1930, while ‘Death Takes a Hohday’ has been play- ing to p :cked houses for over a year in New York City. This bork also contains a list,©f other plays and a synopsis of them, together with the rating and number of performances given. The “Apple Cart” by George Bernard Shaw is given in this list. A preit;/, thorough revie\» of the modern drama and the drsmatic trend of thought is given in the introduction to this book of p!ays. For any one who is interested in keeping up to date in dramatic lffe thiš book is wcll worth reading. With her hands, as a little girl, often grubby from gardening. and her face of a mystic, she is both of the earth and other- rvorldljo We see lier first as a child in her cuitivated English home in the miclst of the familv group; her sisters, one ciever and one not, the artistic broth- er, the languid mamma dubbed Boadicea by. the children, papa and his vouhgis ih friend, a fre- quent visitor. We watch life unfolding for Brenda, her mar- riage at seventeen to the young- ■ish friend of the family, the coming of the children and their own life problems. Brenda is an unusual and appealing char- ■acter and her story is done in the best “Miss Tiverton” man- ner. Wiiliam A. Vidmar Attoraey-at-Law 212-14 Engineers Bldg. Office hours: 9:00 A. M. lo 5:00 P. M. MAin 1195 Residence: KEnmore 2307-M 18735 Cliapman Ave. first, it is necessary that prepar- ations begin immediately. The committee announces and re- auests that ali the players who hav,e participated in last years’ production as well as ali of those who are interested in any phaš e of the performance, as actors or as members of the staff should be present at a meeting which vvill be held tomorro\v eveuing. Friday December 5th at 7:30,-at Knaus’ Hall. At the meeting the roli of the old and the new players will be formed and the staff v/ill be organized. Because it happens that in some cases the whole family is interested the head of the family is re- guested to represent the family at the meeting. “The committee invites everv one, who has seen or heard of the premiere of the Slovene Pas- sion Play last spring and who are interested to come to the meeting and they will be cordi- ally accepted. At the meeting the vvhole program will be out- lined so that serious and unified work will result in a better and better rounded performance if that is possible. “Everyone who is interested is asked to teli his friend of the invitation to attend the meeting so that work may be projfected immediately.” —The Passion Piay Committee Ihe trouble with the brani freedom of today is that it t ° f often is inclined to settle i n tl° trigger finger. 't- st We suppose President Ho er’s commission on home 0V/ ° n ° V ' ship will spend most of it s t j W * considei-ing the cost of the ^ age. Appreciate borne and union baked goods. Cleveland Journal” “I read it in the — FAMILIAR SAYING— YoiW£Š Night s aJ Moming to >t ee n them Clean, C lesrai ,d He^lthv W rite for Free “Eye Čare” or‘ r Bye Be< ,«n •’Book Marice Co., DepL H. S.,9 2. Ohio St., Ch_cag 0 Got COLD? a At the first sign of o cold or sore throot, gorgie with full strength Listerine. 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He demonstrated to ali the iovers of the Slovene poetry and especi’ally to the Slovenes that they can be more proud of the work of Freseren than they should be cf standard which they have chosen for themselves, Koseski. In the analvsis of Preseren’s work he iaid oiit the ideals which the poems have set for themselves and at the same time he ex- posed his own theory of “world - sadness.” During the nexttwo years he contributed in the Glasnik his “Critical letters”. As the basis of ali his lettbrs he established the claims of ali criticism; If the Slovenes want to have a literature comparable with other nat- ions then it is necessary that we conform to a strict constructive and destructive criticism; if they do not want it then why not devote much time and energy ihto some thing that is worth while? With that principle laid down he then began a series of essays on the principles of poeties, he developed the fact that form is an integral part of poetry. Following the positive and. constructive cri¬ ticism he demonstrated his principles v/ith a critic¬ ism of Marn’s lessons on Slovene literature espefi!ally the part dealing with Prešeren (negativeiy) and fil- led with superlative praise of Koseski and his trans- lation of Byron’s “Mazeppa”. The benefit of ali of the criticism of Stritar was that the Levstik’s criticism for which Levstik himself suffered much. It also took literary criticism past Levstik who was interested mainly in the lahguage and the matter treated wheras Stritar brought it up to • the plane oi poetry and poetic thought. Directly the critical letters v/ere 'the cause of suspension of publication of the Slovenski Glasnik. When Stritar punctured the inflated and false basis of criticism he realized that he must not onxy destroy but also build up. As a result Jurčič, Stritar and Levstik published the magazine Mladika whose first number appeared in the fall of 1888." In it Stri¬ tar appears as a novelist and as a poet. With his no¬ vel “Svetinova Metka” he introduced into Slovene li¬ terature the “feeling” novel after the style of Rous¬ seau^ “Nev/ Ileloise.” In eomic sketeh “Prešeren in Elysium” the other Slovene poet celebrate Prešeren’« Least day \vith Homer, Goethe and Pe trarch actmg as his guide through the heavenly circle of poets. In a ballad of YoutH - suicide Stritar gave a very concrete figure of “World sorrov/”, In 1869 Stritar published his velume of “Pesmi” using the pseudonym Boris Miran in which he ap proached a lightveined and almošt frivolous tone. How important he oonsidered poems of that sort (Kaj mi mar je domovina and “Ti si moja domovina”) i.:, shown by the fact that he did not include them in the, .volume of collectsd verse. The basis of ali his judge- ment of the value of the poetry. is that they must show the quality of sorrow v/hich he claims is the poet’s duty to show. If is the poet’s task to carry in his heart “the worid’s unending sorrov/”, “he suffer that others may be h.appy”. It is characteristic of ali of the poems of Stritar that he felt the sorrov/ by reason rather than by feeling. His feeling tov/ards the mother land is verv beautifully told in the new series of “Popotnih pesmi” (Poems of travels) which in a marvellous manner sing of the joy at coming home. A.mong the narrative poems of this age are “Bolnik” in memory of his friend and the histotieal poem “Tur¬ ki na Slevici”. The poems of Boris- Miran enchanted the people with their finished touch and the style which is a reminder of the French romanticists. Even the thoughts and the method of presentation is a re¬ minder of the French. Somehovz that style became his pwn and shows an influence. AT THE CLIMAX OF HIS FOWER. “ZVON” Even in 1867 Stritar gathered about himself a club of university students who were anxibus to study li¬ terature. Into the group were included Josip Jurčič, Fr. .Celestin, Josip Ogrinec, Fran Levec. The aim of the group was to form a sort of supplementary board of editors who would by their in,terest and' activity in literature raise the standards of the language of the Slovenski Glasnik and put on a higher literary plane than the “Novice” of Bleiweis. The Slovenski Glasnik was forced to suspend publication in the middle of 1868 because of Stritar’s criticism of Ko¬ seski, and Marn. Janezich in the dilema asked Stri¬ tar to revive the Slovenski Glasnik in company with Josip Jurčič" and to make it a strictly literary paper. Jajnezic himself «wanted to establish a newspaper of his cwn for popular _reading. The project was never completed. In the year 1868 Jurčič cut off from ali support ieft Vienna with.the result that Stritar did not have the courage to begin the work himself. Jurčič howeve.r tried to*revive the Glasnik in Ma¬ ribor but the attempt was not succesful. It v/as only at the end of 1869 that Stritar began active work of a literary paper. The New Year of 1870 brought the first number of the Vienna “Zvon”. It has the honor of being the first strictly literary paper in Slovene. The -principle editorial help waS Levstik whom Stritar called frem Ljubljana. Jurčič tried ali he could from the distant Maribor but the youngest and the best voice came from Gorenja vzhen Simon Gregorčič be¬ gan to' send his ebntributions. As-ide from this array »the main ccntributors were university students. Stritar wanted in the “Zvon” to establish a real literary paper and as an unexpressed intention he wanted to develop young literary forces. After he paid his trik ute and set up the literary monument to Simon Jenko and made a. criticism of the poems of Levstik he began a long series of articles on pie study of poe- try in which he exposed the whole of the poetic Science. He discussed the form and the thought of poetry, the riming, the smoothness of expression so that the series is the most important contribution to the poetry among the Slovenes. In the' Zvon the most important novel was hu novel “Zorin” v/hich has been hailed as a later grand- child of Goethe’s “Werther”. Zorin is a person of deep feeling, highly educated, intensely interested i* nature and children who does not know -how to con- trol his feeling v/ith practical things. And because W Is not a poet he cannot use the medium of poetry o save himself. The love theme reminds strbrigly 0 Goethe but there is much in the novel that is origi n ally Stritar’s. The form of the novel waS borroW from his travels in France while the literary style W a mixture of Goethe and RuSšeau. The Novel itself i a finely polished piece of work with attention g ive in ali details. In his poetry this time Stritar became comP lete ^ familiar with the forms. The content is mostly his 6 pression of “world-sorrow” v/ith a deep sympa® e ^ feeling with the suffering mankind and with na u • A v/arm personal tone prevades his elegy “Na l er | , vim grobu” (At the grave of Jenko). Of poetic con ^ though not in form are his two dramatic “Regulovo Slovo” (Farewell of Regulus) and a mo ogue “Medeja”. In Iris sketches of contemporary life StriciA poses his observations of peasant family life- some of them have a dialogue form; one the ^ ical dialogues” and the other “Dog convcrsation Because of their critical work the editors oi ^ Zvon were the objeets of many attacks. IjeVS 1 sca ps .the main target but Stritar himself did not e ^ the shafts. This made him so disgusted with the ^ that he suspended the publication of the Zvo \vas not silent to his attackers and gave uiem than the.y expected in his “Preseren’s letteis , Elysium” and with the “Vienna Sonnets”. 80 .^ed v/as the interest in them that they vvere repu- by popular request edition during the next yeai- (To be continued) >r 4 tb, 1930 T' ra 2 e 3 . [jiterlodge League goffling Scores N OVEMBER SOth 154 122 150 139 165 137 151 186 177 185 797 769 778 2344 r iofl ANS ®i cC jrfercic jeKavec Sitter jOl* 18 __ „ rE WASfllNGTON BEO» GE 168 159 Drob « 10 140 153 .vi= 0 126 187 jOromar 180 22Q £o® ik 171 196 pam 61, __- fOTAtS 154 430 142 431 143 445 165 502 174 536 153 480 221 514 153 460 207 607 207 527 785 915 894 2594 SPAKTANS c vvohlgemutn Peterlin 0W ■^vsopal ffildvec IOTAES , 223 205 293 721 145 176 158 479 190 171 178 530 194 194 207 595 181 176 169 526 933 922 1005 2860 25 IOTALS 179 181 173 533 168 152 200 518 144 196 137 471 144 165 172 481 142 157 184 483 775 845 866 2486 -\- 5, y. M. C. frosek Rise Cj: 'Verbič Odovlck Leskovec I01ALS SOKOLS Bupnick S. Shuster S. Beneina F. Jereb T. Jereb > tOTALS 156 170 186 512 175 166 233 574 202 145 204 551 169 162 174 505 176 179 176 533 878 822 975 2675 197 182 188 567 186 199 201 588 156 152. 214 522 165 201 209 575 194 185 200 579 898 919 1012 2829 SCHEDULE POR SUNDAY december 7th : By HEINIE MARTIN A »eys 1 and 2 — AilejsTand 4 -f°’ 9 VS ' S ‘ Y ' M ' C ’ 5 ST. VITUS vs. BETSY ROS«: A»cys 7 and 8- ° SS Ali ° RELS vs - SPARTANS Alleys 9 and 10_ BOOSTERS vs. UlOFlAVS AHeys 11 and 12 - °riANS SOKOLS vs. ARCADIANS Alleys 13 and 14— COMRADES vs. PIONEERS INTER - LODGE STANDINGS SPARTANS S. Y. M. C. SOKOLS .. TEAM IIlGll THREE PIONEERS Schauer Makovic Meehan 'Lisch Borish TOTALS 170 188 131 489 134 172 205 511 138 158 123 419 146 164 149 459 205 162 155 522 793 844 763 2400 S« 9. CLEVELAND G. Klatiš Tomažin J- Klaus A. Mills Cimperman J0TALS 213 191 192 595 187 204 177 563 144 145 169 458 159 182 181 522 170 244 207 671 873 966 926 2765 COMRADES E Fifolt J- Fifolt R- Turk ' J - 'Smole B - Alich tOTALS ^tst ross G - kovitch c - Mandel p - Kovitch 4 - Perdan R. Riddle 175 193 182 550 154 182 184 520 163 156 167 486 •162 206 200 563 181 211 191 583 / __ 835 948 924 2707 150 154 160 464 150 138 170 458 181 162 160 523 183 192 126 501 144 145 144 433 T «TAls 808 811 760 2379 °kels A ndrty Leskovec ^niiarsie Gr °zem Kt >shian krinko t 0Tals 202 161 161 524 139 136 ... 275 157 159 123 439 157 165 167 489 162 162 178 502 . 128 128 SPARTANS . 9QRi S- Y. M. C.."'.'.‘.V."'.". 2887 WASHINGTONS . 2861 £>t>KOLS . 2829 BOOSTERS . 2775 TEAM HIGH SINGLE BOOOSTERS ..'. 1046 SPARTANS . 1024 WASHINGTONS .. 1022 SOKOLS . 1012 S. Y. M. C. 1004 INDIVIDUAL HIGH THREE VVOHLGEMUTH . 721 S. KROMAR . 674 WYSOPAL . 663 PEKOL . 653 KOLNIK . 650 INDIVIDUAL MIGII SINGLE VVOHLGEMUTH . 293 LESKOVEC . 277 MILAVEC . 269 J. STEPIC . 257 PROSEK . 256 KOTNIK . 2 & S. N. P. J. ORGANIZATION MEETING AT ST. CLAIR BATH HOUSE, THURS- I)AY DEC. Ut h Most Everythin’ Tbe most successful events staged the past social week Jere the Spartan Dance and the Klevet- Kid Dance and partv * * v The Klever Kids housed about two hundred and some Satur- «ay night.. V * N^tive from St. Clair, Collin- vvood, Nottingham, Euclid Vili- age and East 72nd St. vvere 'there. * * Ever hear about Joe Rebound He’s a resident from E. 72nd St. More later. * * * Ihe Kids were happy—-nize people. Gočd beverage, that it -coffee and sandwiches plus Joe Kalister’s cheese box in mad the affair lively, gay, vivaciou? and *er’—hedonic. * * * And belovved the town crie-' “Don’t forget January lOth, an other Kids party.” =!= 3 By the way Joe “Rebound’ present at the Kids party. Eve' see him? — Short fellov, big cigar. Kind fellow. . 66 WE 99 ( Aškecl him the nickname how he acjuired “Rebound”. 817 783 757 2351 C UtetVOODS J - Steple Mihelčič kraie t°' ' Steple t ^als M Laitfic b J? Krall i' baurich p - iS? x °tals 179 257 154 155 156 165 167 193 184 150 211 647 194 503 159 480 210 570 192 531 840 929 966 2735 For some time ve have been hearing about the possible fo mation of a local S. N. P. J. bas^ ketball league. Joe Yarc who is tne Comrade representative feels that theii has been sufficient proof shoivr by -the local lodges to form a Circuit at once. As explai.net previously the ol-ubs would bat- tle amongst themselves to de- termins the best fitted team vvhich vvill represent Cleveland at the S. N. P. J. National Tour- nament. Joe Yarc bas taken it upon himself to call the Ih-st meet- mg for Thursdag, Deocmbor V . , t8P M. at the St. Clair Bath Kouse. 6250 St. Clair Avm«. Ali S N. P- J- lodges-who are interested in the league are re- quested to send a representa- Se In the event you eannot do so or wish fnrther Informa¬ tion call Martin at En. 85fe tween 9 A. M. and Le t’s suit talkin' and get go in g. What say ? BOOSTERS 159 190 201 180 136 200 190 204 213 180 191 540 188 569 130 463 187 581 155 543 899 954 852 2704 “Well” he said, “YoU see one day I was talkin’ to a friend oi mine. Another fellow čarne along and said come on Joe I’ll buy you a cup of er—coffee. Sc I went along while my first friend said So long Joe, see von on the rebound. My secona friend, “Say Joe, I didn’t know your last name was Rebound.” H 11 That’s the making of JoseDf P. Rebound. CasuaJ announcement. .Inter Frat Dance, Thuvsdav, January, 29. Slovene National Home or. St. Clair Avenue. *ts Progresšives S. N. P. J. lodge is staging a dance Saturday out i-n Euclid Village. Everybody vvelcome say the villagers. 11 11 Mr. Frank Kovadi co-partner to Mr. Kausek of the CollinwoofS Drv Cleaning Co., imderwent a successful operation for appen- dicitis. Kis friends mav see him at his home located at 725 E. 156 St, H 11 Siiap into it Mr. Kovach. We want to see you at the bovvling games, not in your house. '11 H _ Ran into a fellow by thi name of Joe (forgot last name)- liVes in Golli mvood. Feels like his picked five man team fiom ‘Collinvvoofl. dan defeat any team in the Iriterlodge. F-ive huck? per. f tl Line up boys. We’ll hold the mazuma. Tl II The hardest : blow of the week to Tonv Leskovec was that 293 punch made by Charley Wolge muth. H H Really next to ourselves we vvould like to have seen Tony win that suit. Better lučk next t i me ._Although Charley is s fine fella too. 11 H Wolgemuth seleeted the suit preference to the overcoat ARCADIANS A. Kuhel Cetina L. Sodja Jenko Pekol TOTALS 186 191 163 540 176 160 168 501 151 168 170 489 157 176 149 482 161 172 185 518 831 867 835 2533 CHARLEY WOLGEMUTH He should