CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEBRUARY 17, 1937.

WITH OUR JUNIORS

By Michael Vrhovnik, Director of Vrtec and English Speaking Lodges

Janček -prevejanček

Pa je bil res navihan in pre-
vejan ta Bolkov Janček. Vedno
je znal zasukati tako, da je bilo
njemu v prid. Ako je bil vsled
tega oškodovan kdo drugi, to ga
ni brigalo dosti.

Pri neki priliki da mati Jan¬
čku dve hruški:

“Na Janček! Ena je tvoja,
drugo pa daj Frančku! Poka¬
ži da si dober brat in privošči
Frančku, ki je manjši od tebe,
debelejšo hruško!”

Janček vzame hruški in gre
iskat bratca. Ko se potem vr¬
ne, se opravičuje materi:

“Frančku sem dal manjšo
hruško, ampak je zaprosil za¬
njo, veste mati.”

“Čudno,” zamrmra mati, ki
Jančku nič kaj ne verjame.

Zvečer pa, ko se otroka sprav¬
ljata v posteljo, vpraša mati
Frančka, zakaj je zaprosil za
manjši sad.

“Veste mati,” pojasnuje Fran¬
ček, “Janček je prinesel dve
hruški in rekel, da naj ga za¬
prosim za manjšo hruško. “Če
pa ne maraš manjše” — je pri¬
stavil — potem pa sploh nič ne
dobiš.” Seveda mi potem ni
kazalo drugega, kot prositi za
drobnejšo hruško.”

Mati se obme k Jančku :

“Torej na tako goljufiv način
si me hotel nalagati. Fant, kaj
bo iz tebe?! Sram te bodi! že
prav! Vedi da imam pod klju¬
čem še polne košare takih slad¬
kih hrušk, toda za kazen ne do¬
biš nobene več!”

Janček se grdo skremži in
potuhnjeno zleze pod odejo. Rad
bi se opravičil, a ne upa, dobro
vedoč, da če le kaj zine, bo po¬
leg izrečene kazni priletelo še
kaj drugega za nameček.

In the Office

Physician: “Well, Mrs. O’-
F'lynn, what’s the matter with
the bov?”

Mrs. 0’Flynn: “Arrah, doct-
hor, th’ b’y’s bead is thot shotp-
ped oop wid a coold thot his
noše is no use, an’ he’s a eough
on him thot wud shplit yer
aires. Cough fer the gintlemen,
Moiky.”

RULES

1. The S. S. P. Z. JUNIOR LITERARY CONTEST will
continue through six (6) consecutive issues of the VRTEC SEC-
TION, beginning with the month of March (next) and ending
with August.

2 The contest will be open to ali good standing Vrtec rnem-
bers. Contestants will be divided according to their ages into
two (2) groups. These shall be designated as GROUP 1 and
GROUP 2 ....

GROUP 1 shall be made up of ali contestants whose age
is 13 yea.rs or over.

GROUP 2 shall be made up of ali contestants whose age
is 12 years or less.

3. Contestants may contribute as ma.ny ORIGINAL stories,
letters, essays, poems, ete., as they wish. Each contribution
should be signed with the name of the member, Vrtec number
and present age.

4. Prizes shall be awarded monthly and at the conclusion
of the contest in the following manner . . .

MONTHLY AWARDS
Group 1 Group 2

(Note: These trophies, properly engraved, vAll be emblamatic
of the highest S. S. P. Z. J unior liter ar y achievements durinej
the year 1937).

5. Only those contributions published in the VRTEC SEC-
TION will be considered when awarding prizes. Contributions,
other than poems, should be from 100 to 300 words long.

6. Ali vrinning contributions will be placed on exhibition in
the S. S. P. Z. National Athletic Meet Hobby Show at Cleveland,
Ohio, September 4, 5 and 6, 1937.

7. Mail your contributions direct to Vatro Grili, Editor of
Napredek, 6231 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, O.

8. CONTEST JUDGES shall be brothers Vatro Grili, Ru-
dolph Lisch and Michael Vrhovnik.

Farewe!i and a Word
of Cheer

To the Member s of Pioneer,
Vrtec, No. 1  (

CHICAGO, 111. — When you
come to your next meeting you
will find that your Vrtec is now
in the hands of a new adminis-
tratrix, Mrs. John Pevc. You
are ali well acquainted with her
for she has attended ali of our
meetings and has helped us at
ali of our doings. She is with
ali her heart and soul for your
Vrtec. She is capable of keep-
ing you members interested in
your Vrtec and attending your
meetings and she is well versed
in the organizatioris by-laws.
In parting, ali that I ask of you
members of Vrtec No. 1, is that
you cooperate with your new
administratrix, attend ali of
your meetings which are ali
going to be made as interesting
for you as possible.

I want to thank ali of you
members for the manner in
which you have cooperated with
me while I was your administra¬
tor and for the souvenir and for
the swell times we have had to-
gether. The memories shall al~
ways remaiii.

Joseph Drašler

FOR AMATEUR PHOTOG-
RAPHERS

Amateur photographers will
soon be able to take pictures
with their present cameras—
but in natural color. Ali they
need is a special roli of film for
$1 and the Services of a special
developing agency which wiil
return eight natural-color prints
for $2 more. The film, protect-
ed by Dufaycolor, Inc., with 500
patents, is neutral gray to the
naked eye. But under the mi-
croscope it is a brilliant check-
erboard pattern containing 1,-
000,000 color filters to the
square inch. The amateur pho-
tographer takes his pictures on
the film in the normal way»
vvithout any special lens or es¬
tra attachments,

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Letters From Our Vrtec
Members

France Bevk

•Ne.”

“Deset lir ti dam,” je potegnil
moneek denarnico iz žepa. —

“Kaj bo tebi? Saj si se ga že na¬
veličal. Jaz ga bom naučil govo¬
riti. Sam bom v Argentini ji, ti'
pa imaš mater. Koliko zahtevaš
zanj?”

“Nič.”

“Daj ga, če ti veliko ponudi,”

je menila mati.

Lukec je molče odmajal z gla¬
vo.

“Pa ga imej,” je dejal Bronto-
lon nekoliko užaljen. “Še poginil
ti bo. In če bi ga le hotel, bi ga
tudi dobil.”

Ne, Lukec mu zdaj ni odgo¬
voril. Kako bi ga dobil? Objel
je tičnik z obema rokama in ga
pritisnil nase .. . Gledal je sko¬
zi okno. Noč je legla na zemljo.
“Parana, Parana!” so tolkla ko¬
lesa.

10 .

Vlak je privozil na veliko po¬
stajo. Marjeta in Lukec sta iz¬
stopila. Cez pol ure je odhajal
vlak v Genovo. Pod veliko ste¬
kleno streho se je gnetlo ljudi.
Vsem se je neznano mudilo, vsi
so nestrpno čakali. Vlaki so
prihajali in odhajali. Vedno no¬
vi ljudje. Klici, glasovi piščalk,
brlizg lokomotiv.

Marjeta in Lukec sta stala na
pločniku, škorec je bil tih; zde¬
lo se je, da spi. Bilo je hladno,
Lukec se je tresel od mraza.

Brontolon, ki se je bil izgu¬
bil v gneči, ju je kmalu iztak¬
nil. Svoja kovčega je postavil
na tla in jedel kruh s slanino.

“Do vlaka je še čas,” je mom¬
ljal. “Jaz sem vešč takih stvari,
le name se zanesita . .

Minute so tekle . . . Lukec
je postal nemiren. Pogledal je
na veliko uro na postaji. Pre¬
teklo je bilo že pol ure, odkar
so bili prišli. Pred njimi je
stal vlak, vanj so se gnetli ljud¬
je.

“Genova!” je zaklical železni¬
čarju, ki je bil prišel mimo.

Železničar je postal. “Tam,”
je pokazal na vlak. “Kaj pa de¬
late? Naglo! Vlak vsak hip
odide.”

“O, presneto!” Brontolon je že
držal kovčega v rokah. Mati ni
nič razumela. Le to je vedela,
da je treba strašno hiteti, sicer
bo vse zamujeno. “Hitro, hi¬
tro!” je zaklicala Lukcu. Že je
tekla za možiškom. Lukec je po¬
grabil kletko in stopal materi
skoraj po petah.

Vlak je že zapiskal. Sprevod¬
niki so potisnili zakasnele pot¬
nike v vozove. Lukec se je ozrl.
Brontolona ni bilo. Zašel je v
drug voz. Dečku se je od zado¬
voljnosti raztegnil obraz.

Z materjo sta našla oddelek
voza, ki je bil skoraj prazen. Le
ob oknu je slonel gospod in si
zagrinjal glavo z zastorom. Zde¬
lo se je, da spi.

Marjeta je dela kovčega na
polico in sedla k oknu. Poleg
nje je sedel Lukec, kletko je po¬

stavil na klop. Vlak je že tolkel
čez tračnice. Mimo oken so be¬
žale luči.

"Hvala Bogu,” je vzdihnila
mati. Nato se je ozrla. “Ali sva
kaj pozabila? Kje je pa cu¬
la?”

Lukec je ponosno sedel. Prav¬
kar je hotel reči: “Če bi mene
ne bilo, bi bila zamudila vlak.”
Materino vprašanje ga je udari¬
lo po glavi. Kje je cula? Cule
ni bilo.

“Saj . . . saj sem jo nesel,”
je zajecljal Lukec.

Natančno ni vedel, če jo je
res nesel. Le zdelo se mu je ta¬
ko, da jo je imel v rokah. Da
je nesel škorca, je dobro vedel.
Škorec je bil na klopi. Ne, škor¬
ca bi ne bil pozabil.

“Izgubil si jo,” je mati skle¬
nila roke.

Da, najbrže jo je pustil na po¬
staji. Toda Lukec ni mogel te¬
ga priznati. Molčal je. Prepa¬
den je iskal po policah in pod
klopjo. Cule ni bilo.

Gospod, ki je slonel ob oknu,
se je zdramil. Imel je črne lase,
a noge dolge ko pajek. Mežikal
je z očmi, poslušal in gledal po¬
zorno.

“To je vse radi tistega tvoje¬
ga škorca!” je očitala mati iz
nevolje.

Lukca je zabolelo, škorec in
zopet škorec! Tedaj je sprego¬
voril črnolasi gospod v čičti slo¬
venščini.

“Ali je bila v culi kaka vred¬
nost?”

Marjeta se je razveselila, ker
je gospod govoril tako po doma¬
če. Pol nevolje je hkrati izginilo
z njenega obraza.

“'Nekaj starih cunj,” je deja¬
la. “Tudi nekaj cvrtja in kru¬
ha.”

Gospod je menil nato, da se
ne izplača vpraševati po nji. Bog
ve, če bi jo sploh našli. Sama
zamuda bi bila in sitnosti. Bil
je radoveden, kam se vozita.
“V Buenos Airesu?” se je čudil.
Povedal je, da gre tudi on v
Ameriko. V Brazilijo. V Rio
de Janerio. Kakšen slučaj! Sko-
ro vso pot se bodo lahko vozili
skupaj.

Mati je poslušala, odgovarja¬
la na vprašanja. Obraz ji je si¬
jal. Tudi Lukec je bil zadovo¬
ljen. Cula je bila napol pozab¬
ljena. Povedal je, da nese škor¬
ca s seboj. Če zna govoriti? Se¬
veda. Zdaj spi, a jutri bo poka¬
zal svojo umetnost.

“Moje ime je Slokar,” je po¬
vedal nazadnje gospod. Pomel
si je roke. “Torej z Vipavskega
sta? Tudi moj oče je bil Vipa¬
vec. Že drugič grem v Ameri¬
ko. Brata imam tam.” Okre-
nil se je do Lukca. “V laške šo¬
le hodiš? Torej si Italijan?”
“Ne. Slovenec sem.”

Da, Slokar je bil Lukcu všeč.
Brontolon je govoril čudno me¬
šanico, temu gospodu je pa be¬
seda kar pela. Tudi se ni po¬
željivo oziral po škorcu.

SPARTAN JUNIORS
CLEVELAND, O. — The reg-
ular meeting of Spartan Jrs.
waš held on Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday. The meeting was at-
tended by many members. Vrtec
No. 11 members were well rep-
resented.

The SSPZ Junior “Wheel of
Progress” was explained to the
members. It was voted to
make souvenirs for the SSPZ
01ympic Meet, that is going to
be held in Cleveland on Septem¬
ber 4, 5 and 6, 1937.

A play will be held in June
in the Shakespearian Garden in
Rockefeller park of which Mich¬
ael Vrhovnik will take movies.

Don’t forget boys, there is
swimming every Saturday aft-
ernoon from 2 to 3 o’clock. If
more boys do not come we will
not be able to have the pool. Vr¬
tec No. 11 boys are cordially
invited.

After the meeting a game was
played. Cake, candies and hot
chocolate were served.

Valentines were passed out by
Anton Ilershic, the president,
who is doing a good job of it.
Spartans Juniors’ o r c hestra
played for dancing.

The next meeting vvill be held
March 12, in the Slovene 'Na¬
tional Home. Until then I hope
that U vvill B there.

Signing off —

William Wapotich,  reporter
of Spartan Jrs.

* * *

VRTEC NO. 160, CHICAGO
CHICAGO, 111. — Brothers
and sisters of Vrtec 160 and
members of SSPZ I wish to an-
nounce that you are ali invited
to Berger’s Hall at Lavvndale
and 27th Street, February 18,
1937 at 9 p. m. for a movie en-
tertainment. I also wish to
say that Bro. Vrhovnik vvill be
vvith us to present us the mov-
ing pictures he has taken at our
last tvvo programs, given by Vr¬
tec 160 and 139. One vvas taken
on December 6 and the other on
December 20 and other pictures
vvill also be shovvn that Bro.
Vrhovnik has taken. I promise
you ali vvill enjoy the entertain-
ment and refreshments very

much. Members of Vrtec 160
don’t forget the meeting at the
usual plače, 2334 So. Ridgeway
Ave.

Wilma T.
Vrtec 160.

Gratchncr,  Sec’y

VRTEC NO. 5

CLEVELAND, O. — Vrtec
No. 5 had its regular monthly
meeting, February 12, 1937.

There vvas a very good attend-
ance at this meeting. We are
going to have a play and movies
vvill be taken of it. The play
is going to have a lot of action
because the movies vvill not be
talkies. Vrtec No. 11 vvill also
be in the movies.

We are going to have classes
in vvhich we vvill learn hovv to
make small articles. These ar-
ticles vvill be sold at the S.S.P.Z.
01ympics. Members vvill re-
ceive post cards telling vvhen to
come for the first class.

Many of you members are
forgetting that there is svvim-
ming every Saturday at the St.
Clair Bath House betvveen the
hours of 2 and 3 o’clock. Un-
less more members are present
svvimmir g vvill be discontinued.

After the meeting vve had our
party. We played games and
had a lot of fun. Then vve passed
out the valentines. The verses
of the first fifteen vvere read
out loud. Then vve had refresh¬
ments. I think that ali the mem¬
bers had a very good time.

Thomas Tavčar,  P. C.

FIGURE PUZZLE

This oddity vvith figures vvill
stump many of even the best
mathematical minds. It is real-
ly a figure puzzle dealing vvith
the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9. The puzzle is to arrange
these nine figures in three
groups of three figures each so
that the first three vvill be one-
third of the last three and the
middle three vvill be equal to the
remainder obtained by subtract-
ing the first three from the last
three.

See if you can puzzle out the
proper arrangements. In čase
you have any difficulty, here
they are: 219, 438 and 657.

“Culo sta izgubila, zdaj nima¬
ta kaj za pod zobe,” je omenil
Slokar. Odprl je svoj kovčeg
in jima ponudil kruha in sira.
Jedla sta.

Lukec je postajal od hipa do
hipa bolj molčeč. Glava mu je
lezla v naročje. Govorjenje mu
je rahlo, vedno rahleje udarjalo
na uho. Zasanjal je o culi. Iz
cule se je izmotal velik škorec
in mu kričal nad glavo: “Bedak
si! Bedak si!”'Kolesa vlaka pa
so tolkla: “Pozabljivec! Pozab¬
ljivec!”

Lukec je bil oslonil glavo na
materino ramo in trdno zaspal.

11 .

Genova. V zalivu je ležal ve¬
lik parnik. Na krovu so stali
zagoreli mornarji in gledali na
ljudi.

Pred ograjo, ki je zapirala
pot do parnika, so se gnetli iz¬
seljenci. Možje, žene in otroci.
Sedeli so na culah, na kovčegih
in čakali. Postajali so nestrpni-
Silili so v vrata, za katerimi je
stal stražnik.

“Zakaj nas ne pustite na par¬
nik? Saj smo že plačali vož¬
njo.”

Stražniku se ni ljubilo odgo¬
varjati.

V gosti gruči izseljencev sta
stala tudi Marjeta in Lukec. Ta
je občudoval parnik, vrste o-
kroglih oken, oba dimnika, jam¬
bore, rešilne čolne. Vse mu je
bilo novo. “Pazi na škorca,” mu
je dejala mati. “No, pa če ga iz¬
gubiš, ne bo tako velika škoda.”
Nato je govorila s Slokarjem.

(Dalje prihodnjič)

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SVran A

The Cause of Thunder Storms

ZAKLETA KRALJIČNA

Condensed from the General
Electric Revie\v
E. A. Evans  and K. 1.
McEachron

If thunderstorms occur at
night and people do not watch
the storni movement accurately,
they frequently get the impres-
sion that the same storm “hangs
around ali night,” paying them
repeated visits. Actually, the
movement of air has carried
them a succession of storms.

When conditions over a wide
area are favorable for the for-
mation of thunderstorms, a
number of such storms may be
formed and several may pass
over the same region vvithin an
hour or so of each other. In
the daytime several members of
a family of such thunderstorms
ca n frequently be seen at one
time from good observation
points. The lower part of a
thundercloud can be imagined
as one plate of a huge conden-
ser, the air as the insulator or
dielectric, and the ground, or
another part of the cloud, as the
other plate. The cloud is not a
conductor of electricity but con-
sists of a multitude of poorlv
conducting water droplets sus-
pended in an insulating medium,
the air. The charge of the
cloud is not distributed on its
surface as on the plates of a
metallic condenser, but is a
volume charge distributed on
water droplets and air ions
throughout regions in the cloud.

The electric charge in the
cloud attracts to the ground be-
neath and ,near it an equal
amount of charge of opposite
polarity. Between the charge

a very large
in thunder-

on the cloud and the charge on
the ground an electrical field
exists just as between the char-
ges on the plates of any other
condenser. This field increases
as the generation process goes
on within the cloud. When the
field reaches a certain critical
value a discharge between cloud
and earth takes plače.

In the breaking-drop theory
of the electrification of the
clouds in thunderstorms, a ma¬
jor role is played by violent up-
ward air currents, which exist
in active thunderstorms. These
upward air currents carry up
moisture which condenses as it
rises. The condensing vvater
vapor combines into drops.
When these attain a size and
weight such that the force of
gravity can cause them to move
against the rising air currents,
they fall. Joining with other
drops as they fall, they grow
larger and an increasingly
greater number of them are
broken up by the action of the
upward air currents.

Profuse breaking of rain
drops must occur in the violent
movements of air currents
known to be present in thunder-
clouds. Laboratory e x p e r i-
ments have proved that when
drops are broken up in an air
stream they become electrified.
It is but natural to infer that a

similar action on
scale takes plače
clouds.

By measuring the electrical
field, it is possible to see the
separation of charge and its ac-
cumulation in limited regions in
the cloud; the way this charge
is removed or neutralized by a
lightning stroke; and how, after
a stroke, the electrification pro¬
cess builds up the charge
again to the value necessary to
< ause auother discharge.

The necessary conditions for
the fonnation of a thundercloud
are : (1) the presence of enough
moisture in the air; (2)  the
presence of vveather and geo-
graphical conditions vvhich fa-
vor the movement of moisture-
laden air up to the condensation
le vel; and (3) conditions favor¬
able to the formation of sus-
tained strong upward air cur¬
rents.

Heat thunderstorms occur
when there is little movement
of air along the earth’s surface.
Such days are marked by weak
horizontal pressure and high
temperature.

Mountain thunderstorms are
closely related to heat thunder¬
storms. The slopes of the moun¬
tain are heated by the sun’s
rays. They reradiate this heat
energy at a longer wavelength
which can more readily be ab-
sorbed by the air than the sun’s
direct shorter-wavelength redia-
tion. The air near the moun¬
tain slopes is thus heated above
that of the surrounding air.

Mountains also aid in the for¬
mation of thunderstorms by de-
flecting upward the air which
is blown against them. The en-
ergy of the moving air carries
it up the slopes tovvard the con¬
densation level.

The U. S. Weather Bureau re-
ports include the prediction of
thunderstorms and are the best
available. It must of course be
realized that stations predict
for areas covering many square
miles. It cannot be expected
that ali parts of each section
will be subjected to the same
vveather conditions. Those in-
terested in predictions covering
a very localized territory must
supplement the Weather Bureau
predictions by local observa-
tions. With the Weather Bur-
eau’s information on regional
atmospheric conditions as a
base, and with an acquired
knowledge of the significance
of pressure, temperature, humi-
dity, wind direction, type of
cloud, and degree of atmospher¬
ic haze, it is frequently possible
to predict the occurrence of
thunderstorms several hours in
advance.

Science Digest

The doctor was examining
school children. One youngster
was under weight.

“Live on a farm and don’t
drink milk at ali?”

‘‘Nope, we ain’t hardly got
enough for the hogs.”

Nekoč je živel kralj, ki je imel
hčerko, ki je kaj rada zahajala
sama v gozd in pri jezeru sredi
gozda posedala dolge ure ter
prelepo pela. Nekega jutra, ko
je sonce vstajalo in se je bleste¬
la na nebu jutranja zarja in so
črički prepevali svojo jutranjo
pesem, se je zopet odpravila  v
gozd. Na pa vedela, da blizu
stanuje hudobna čarovnica, ki
ima  vsakih sto let moč, začarati
mladenko. Ravno ta dan je bilo
dopolnjeno stoletje. Deklica je
sedla k jezeru ni  brezskrbno za¬
pela. Tisti mah se ji približa
čarovnica in jo s čarobno palico
pahne v jezero. Ko pade v jeze¬
ro, se  spremeni v zlato ribico, ki
je imela v gobcu srebrn ključ.
Kralj je dolgo časa iskal svojo
hčerko in povpraševal za njo v
daljnih deželah. Tako so po¬
tekala leta. Kralj se je posta¬
ral in umrl.

THE WORLD’S MOST
FAMOTJS“BANK”

The Fort Knox “Gold Fort-
ress” of the United States Gov¬
ernment, is situated in the heart
of the Fort Knox Army Reser-
vation in Kentucky, about 35
miles from Louisville, wbere
the vvorld’s largest amount of
gold will be stored. This spot
will house about one-half of the
world’s gold  reserve, mak ing
Uncle  Sam the richest man in
the \vorld.

Minilo je zopet sto let.

Zgodilo se je, da je prišel v ta
gozd na lov kraljevič sosedne
dežele. Prišel je do jezera.
Truden je bil, zato je legel kraj
jezera, da se odpočije. Tedaj
priplava k njemu zlata ribica a
srbrnim ključkom v gobcu. Za¬
prosi ga: “Kraljevič, vzdigni me
iz jezera in mi ta ribica v pre¬
lepo mladenko. Kraljevič jo za¬
vrne :

“Kaj boš ribica na suhem? Po¬
ginila bi!” A ribica ga prosi in
roti, dokler se kraljevič ne vda,
da jo vzame iz jezera in ji po¬
tegne ključ iz gobčka. Tisti
mah se spremeni zlata ribica v
prelepo mladenko. Kraljevič jo
vzdigne na konja in odjezdi ž
njo domov. Nato se je poročil
z njo. Ko je umrl njegov oče, je
zavladal on z mladenko, kralje¬
vo hčerjo, ki je bila sedaj reše¬
na.

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Živela sta srečno do smrti in
dobila dva otroka: Elizabeto in
Ljudmilo.

CARD TRICK

Here is a clever little card
trick that anyone can perform
effectively. The p e r f o rmer
thoroughly shuffles a pack of
cards and places it in his inside
coat pocket. Then he announces
that he can name at least five
cards in the pack by the sense
of touch.

Reaching in his pocket he
calls out the cards by name and
produces the named cards, one
at a time, The secret, of course,
is that the performer previously
removes fivp (any number will
work) cards; remembers their
name and the order in which
they are arranged and places
them in his upper right-hand
vest pocket.

Thus, the coat pocket may be
sho\vn empty before the trick
is begun. And while it appears
tehat cards are produced from
the coat pocket, they are actual-
ly produced from the vest
pocket,

The “bank” is so protected
that there is practically no
chance of  any army reaching
the gold. The building is plun-
der-proof, the  secret chambers
underground  are impenetrable.

In addition, there are a series
of steel and  concrete vvalls, pro¬
tected by pili  boxes equipped
vvith modern guns. If  thieves
attempted to use acetylene
torches on the stainless steel
vvalls, the walls would discharge
poisonous gases. In the event
that someone did succeed in
getting inside, the plače can be
flooded in a few minutes and
the exact location of the treas-
ure vvould be lost to the enemy.

HOSPITALS 293 B. C.

When in 293 B. C., the Ro¬
man gods seemed povverless to
control a grave infectious dis-
ease which had broken out. a
messenger was sent to the
Greeks to borrow one of their
gods, and for him the temple of

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Aescuapius was erected. At
first, sick people came to the
temple for religious reasons, but
the Emperor Claudius, in 41 A.
D., turned the temple into a
plače of refuge for poor people
who vvere ill. The temple be-
came a crude sort of hospital.
As the Roman Empire extended
over the wider territory, other
hospitals vvere erected at con-
venient places. With the rise of
Christianity, Fabiola created
her hospital vvhere free čare
\vas given as a Christian duty.
These early hospitals vvere
usually rough buildings vvith
stravv on the floor for beds. Pa-
tients vvith ali sorts of illnesses
vvere mingled together.

FLAMES THAT DON’T BURN

Light a candle and in its
flame hold a fine splint or
toothpick for just a moment.
You vvill be surprised to find
that only tvvo small spots on
the vvood shovv signs of ohar-
ring and the central portidn is
left vvithout a “burn.”

(Principle: Tl?e candle flame
consists of a complex set of
zones, the innermost one of
vvhich contains unburned gases
\vhich have no contact vvith
oxygen; the central or luminoui?
zone is the active burning gas
vvhich produces the char on the
vvood introduced and the outer-
most or blue zone consisting
mostlv of air and carbonic acid.)

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Stran 4

Juvenile Section of “Napredek”

17. februarja, 1937

ROSTER OP ACTIVE VRTEC OFFICERS

Fabulous Crops With Chemistry

No. 1, Forest City, Pa.: Administra-
trix, Mrs. Angela Pevc, P. O. Box 232,
Vandling, Pa.; president, William Pevc,
sec’y-treas., Angy Pevc, P. O. Box 232,
Vandling, Pa. — Meeting every 3rd
Sunday of the month at 2 p. m.

No. 2, Butte, Mont.: Administrator,
John Petritz, 2216 Willow St.; presi¬
dent, George J. Petritz, 2216 Willow
St.; sec’y-treas., Mary E. Kranitz, 602
E. Mercury St. — Meeting every lst
Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. at the
National Home.

No. 3, Slovan, Pa.: Administratrix,
Mrs. Anna Baich, P. O. Box 55; presi¬
dent, Bose Zunich, P. O. box 441;
sec’y-treas., Kate Zimich, P. O. Box
441. — Meeting every lst Sunday of
the month at the home of Mike Du-
bich.

No. 4, AUiance, O.: Administrator,
Frank Rački, R. F. D. -4; sec’y-treas.,
Amelia Rački, R. F. D. 4.

No. 5, Cleveland, O.: Administrator,
Charles Koman, 6304 St Clair Ave.;
administratrix, Antonia Žagar; presi¬
dent, Anton Ilersic; sec’y-treas., Dani-
ella Homovec, 1052 E. 72nd St. —
Meeting every 2nd Saturday of the
month at the. S. N. H.

No. 6, Donora, Pa.: Administrator,
Anton Bucic, Gen. Del.; president, Nick
Bunardzija, 15 Allen Plan; sec’y-treas.,
Pete Genari, 518 Fifth St. — Meeting
every 2nd Sunday of the month.

No. 7, Herniinie No. 2, Pa.: Adminis¬
trator, Mike Pavšek, R. F. D. 3, P. O.
Box 74, Irwin, Pa.; president, William
Barwiolek, R. F. D. 3, Irwin, Pa,;
sec’y-treas., Joan Pavšek, R. F. D. 3
P. O. Box 74, Irwin, Pa.

No. 8, Nokomis, 111.: Administratrix,
Danilla Kmet, Route 2; president,
Florence Kmet, sec’y, Justine Haupt¬
man, Route 2; treas., Anna Strozar. —
Meeting every lst Sunday of the
month.

No. 9, Indianapolis,' Ind.: Adminis-
tratrix, Mary Hvalica, 929 N. Holmes
ave.; president, Frank Mivc; sec’y-
treas., John Praprotnik, 915 N. War-
man Ave.; treas., Louis Znidersich, 938
Kerlan St. — Meeting every lst Sun-
day of the month at S. N. H.

No. 10, Strabane, Pa.: Administra¬
tor, Peter Elish, Highland ave., Can-
nonsburg, Pa.: president, VVilliam Dre-
nik, P. O. Box 208; sec’y-treas., Lilli-
an Kosmach, P. O. Box 172. — Meet¬
ing every lst Friday of the month at
the S. N. P. J. Hall.

No. 11, Cleveland, O.: Administra¬
tor, John Bohinc, 1246 E. 173rd st.,
president, Frank Gačnik, Jr.; sec’y-
treas., Anna. Gačnik, 18915 Muskoka
ave. — Meeting every lst Friday of
the month at 15335, Waterloo road.

No. 12, Palisade, Colo.: Administra¬
tor, Frank Mautz, R. 1, Palisade. Colo.;
president, Alfred Goffredi, R. 1; sec’y,
Lorenz Voytilla, R. 1; treas., Jack
Troyer, P. O. Box 624. — Meeting
every lst Sunday of the month at 2
p. m. at Frank Marolt’s Hall.

No. 13, Madison, III.: Administra¬
tor, Charles Belobrajdic, 1312 Grand
a vet; president, Richard Paynic, 15—
S. 6th St.; sec’y, Veronica Ozanich,
1222 Grand ave.; treas., Helen Ann
Belobrajdic, 1016 Reynolds St. —
Meeting every lst Sunday of the
month at 1400 Madison ave.

No. 16, De Pue, 111.: Administratrix,
Genevieve Kopina, P. O. Box 378;
president, Alphonse Urbank; sec’y-
treas., Daniel Kopina, P. O. Box 378.
— Meeting every 2nd Sunday of the
month at S. N. H.

No. 34, Reading, Pa.: Administrator
,John Pezdirc, Jr., 715 Gordon St.;
president, John Filak, 407 Tulpehock-
en St.,; sec’y-treas., Catherine Suklje,
460 Tulpehocken St.; treas., Pauline
Filak, 407 Tulpehocken St. — Meeting
every lst Sunday of the month at
administratork home.

No. 43, Agullar, Colo.: Administrator,
Carl Palowski, P. O. Box 153; presi¬
dent, Walter Lipinski; sec’y-treas.,
Anne Palotvski, P. O. Box 153. —
Meeting every lst Smiday of the
month at 10 a. m. at home of the ad¬
ministrator.

No. 44, Ambridge, Pa,: Administra¬
tor, Charles Grosdeck, 557 Glenwood
avenue; president, Joseph Tekstar, 154
Maplewood ave.; sec’y, Agnes Tekstar,
154 Maplewood Ave., treas., Jane Gaš¬
peršič, 716 Glenwood Ave. — Meeting
held every lst Sunday of the month
at 2 p. m. at Slovene Home.

No. 60, Johnston City, UL: Adminis-
tratrix, Mrs. Mary Burja, 708 W. lOth
St.; president, Arch Roli, 710 W. lOth
St.; sec'y-treas., Frances Burja, 708
,W, lOth St.; treas., Frances Resnik,

604 W. lOth St. — Meeting every 3rd
Sunday of the month at Slovene Ha .11

No. 61, Brewster, O.: Administrator,
Joseph Samsa, Jr., P. O. Box 216;
president, Frances A. Stroh, P. O. Box
339; sec’y treas., Steve Virant, P. O.
Box 233. — Meeting every lst Sunday
of the month at home of John Vir¬
ant, Sr.

No. 67, Herminie, Pa.: Administra¬
tor, Frank Gercher, P. O. Box 22;
president, VVilliam Boltes; sec’y, Tony
Gercher, P. O. Box 22; treas., Matt
Rumshock. — Meeting every 2nd Sun-
day' of the month at the Slovene
Hall.

No. 72, Sygan. Pa,: Administrator,
Leopold Mur, P. O. Box 104, Presto,
Pa.; president, Frank Dolinar, Mor¬
gan, Pa.; sec’y, Julia Kramzar, P. O.
Box 411, Morgan, Pa,; treas., Henry
Ursic, Morgan, Pa. — Meeting every
3rd Friday of the month at 6 p. m. at
S. N. P. J. Hall, Sygan.

No. 76, Denver, Colo.: Administra¬
tor, Steve Mauser, 4439 Washington
St.; president, Albert Raitz, 3958
Brighton Blvd.; sec’y, Josephine Mau¬
ser, 4439 Washington St.; treas., Frank
Tomšič, Lyden, Colo. — Meeting every
3rd Sunday of the month at 1739
Boulder St.

No. 77, Center, Pa.: Administratrix,
Mrs. Elizabeth Knafelc, R. F. D. 1,
P. O. Box 223, Turtle Creek, Pa.;
president, William Pivik, North Bes-
semer; sec’y, Helen Knafelc, R. F. D.
1, P. O. Box 223, Turtle Creek; treas.,
Rose Šubic, R. F. D. 1, Turtle Creek.

— Meeting every 2nd Sunday of the
month at the Slovenian Hall, Center,
Pa.

No. 101, Burgettstovm, Pa.: Admin¬
istrator, Frank Laurich, Sr., 10 Linn
ave.; president, Frances Leskovich, E.
Market St., sec’y-treas., Eddie Loun-
der, 8 Linn ave. — Meeting every lst
Sunday of the month at the Slovenian
Hall.

No. 103, White Valley, Pa.: Adminis¬
trator, Jurij Previc, P. O. Box 458, Ex-
port, Pa.; president, Tillie Mladenich,
P. O. Box 102, Export, Pa.; sec’y Julia
Kosmach, P. O. Box 641, Export, Pa.;
treas., Mary Lavrich, P. O. Box 633,
Export, Pa, — Meeting every 3rd Sun-
day of the month at the Slovenian
Hall, White Valley.

No. 108, South Fork, Pa.: Adminis¬
trator, John Prince, Sr., 200 Maple
St.; president, Mary Glavan, 608 B.
Court,; sec’y Michael Glavan, Jr.,
608 B. Court; treas., John Prince, Jr.

— Meeting every 16th day of the
month at the Slovene Educational
Home.

No. 110, Massillon, O.: Administra¬
tor, Albin Osredkar, 1304 First St., N.
E.; president, Catherine Urbas, 1519
Walnut St.; sec’y, Edward Mastnick,
1239—13th St., S. E.; treas., Josephine
Selan, 928—13th St., S. E. — Meeting
every third Sunday of month at 2:30
p. m.

No. 118, Library, Pa.: Administratrix,
Helen Dermotta, P. O. Box 262; presi¬
dent, Helen Terchek, Box 205; sec’y,
Frances Dermotta, P. O. Box 262;
treas., Bertha Ocepek, P. O. Box 107.
Meeting every 2nd Sunday of the
month at 3:00 p. m.

No. 121, Russelton, Pa.: Adminis-
tratrix, Mrs. Theresa Gruden, P. O.
Box 702; president, Albina Sempr, P.
O. Box 125; sec’y, Stanley Stock, P.

O. Box 102; treas., Frank Gruden, Jr.,

P. O. Box 102. — Meeting every lst
Sunday of the month at the home of
Frank Gruden.

No. 123, Avella, Pa,: Administrator,
Charles Ograyensek, P. O. Box 312;
president, Frank Bregar, P. O. Box
363; sec’y, Sophia Ograyensek, P. O.
Box 312; treas., Mary Ograyensek. —
Meeting every 2nd Sunday of the

month at the Slovenian Hall.

No. 126, Povver Point, O.: Adminis¬
trator, Charles Bogataj, P. O. Box 12;
president, Frank Chuck, P. O. Box 63;
sec’y, Stefie Taucher, P. O. Box 3;
treas., Agnes Lesjak, P. O. Box 178.
Meeting every 2nd Smiday of the

month at the Community Hall.

No. 139, Chicago, III.: Administra¬
tor, Frank Pintar, 10215 Wentworth
Ave.; president, Stephen Lavrič, 11246
Stephenson Ave.; sec’y, Katherine Zad¬
nik, 11821 Pamell Ave., treas. Emil
Brolick, 11431 Stephenson Ave. —

Meeting every lst Saturday of the

month at Palmer Park Field House.

No. 140, Pierce, W. Va.: Adminis¬
trator, Frank Polantz, P. O. Box 2;
president, Jennie Klevisher, P. O. Box
52; sec’y Louis Royce, P. O. Box 32;
treas., Mary Klevisher, P. O. Bos 52.

Tomato plants twenty-five
feet high, so high that the
fruit must be picked from a
step-ladder. It is just one
of the recent marvels from
the laboratory of that arch-
revolutionist and social ag¬
itator—the chemist

The raising of vegetsbles,

fruits and flovvers by using
Chemicals dissolved in tanks of
warm water in plače of soil, is
producing almost unbelievable
crop yields and points to revo-
lutionary changes in some
branches of agriculture.

Tomato plants so large that
the fruit must be picked from
a step-ladder are yielding at the
rate of 217 tons per acre of tank
surface per year. This compares
with a normal yield of about
five tons. Potatoes have been
produced at the rate of 2,465
bushels per acre of tank surface
without bringing into play the
maximum of growth stimulat-
ing conditions. The average po-
tato yield in the United States
in 1934 was 116 bushels an
acre. Tobacco plants twenty-
two feet high have been grown
under conditions suggesting the
possibility of complete control
of the quality of the leaf.

Commercial installations for
the cultivation of tomatoes and
strawberries by the new method
are now in existence. Likewise
small-scale commercial tests are
being made on other plants.
The new tank agriculture was
developed by Dr. W. F. Gericke,
Associate Plant Physiologist,
University of California, who
has been conducting experi-
ments for seven years.

The method consists of sup-
plying the elements neeessary
to plant growth in warm water
contained in concrete or red-
wood tanks. The temperature
of the solution is maintained
usually by means of immersed
soil-heatihig cable. In one of
the commercial installations,
however, heat is supplied by a
gas-fired boiler through vvhich
the cooling liquid is circulated
and reheated. Temperatures
run between 75 and 85 degrees
Fahrenheit.

The tanks are covered with
wire screen which supports a
layer of excelsior, moss or
straw. The seeds are planted
in this covering which keeps
them from falling into the solu-

— Meeting every 2nd Sunday of the
month at the home of Jack Klevisher.

No. 160, Chicago, IU.: Administra¬
tor, Victor Zupančič, 2421 So. Lavm-
dale Ave.; president, Anton Erjavec,
2658 So. Spaulding Ave.; sec’y, Wilma
Gratchner, 2334 So. Ridgeway Ave.;
treas., Jacob Marinich, 3022 So. Ho¬
man Ave. — Meeting every 3rd Sun-
day of the month at 2334 So. Ridge-
way Ave.

No. 169, Bridgeville, Pa.: Adminis-
tratrix, Christine Kvartich, 411 Sta-
t-ion St.; president, VVilliam Ozanich,
747 Bluff St.; sec’y, Ernest Pochervi-
na, 177 Liberty St.; treas., Josephine
Ozanich, 747 Bluff St. — Meeting
every 2nd Wednesday of the month at
the Slovene Hall, Cook’s Hill.

tion. They are then covered
with another layer of the same
material, the additional thick-
ness providing i n s u 1 a tion
against heat Ioss of the fluid
belovv it.

When the seeds sprout, their
roots extend to the solution
from which they absorb their
food. In the čase of tomatoes,
transplants are made as usual.
Natura! light and temperature
changes are essential to the de-
velopment of the plants.

Success of the method de-
pends upon adequate supply of
plant food made available under
conditions most favorable for
the assimilation and plant
growth. The nutrient salts are
placed in a “fertilizing unit”
consisting of a glass bottle
vvhich is designed to perm.it slow
release of the salts into the wa-
ter vvhere they are dissolved.
Ten or more of these food ele-
merits are mixed in proportions
depending on the kind of plants
and the climate \vhere the crop
is grown.

A carefully controlled, slight-
ly acid reaction is maintained
in the solution by means of sul-
phuric acid. Ali of the ingredi-
ents used are said to be Prod¬
ucts of the heavy Chemical in-
dustries but so far their identi-
ty has not been made public.

Since the eomposition of the
plants can be altered by varying
the temperatures and the pro¬
portions of Chemicals used, it is
probable that some unique char-
acteristics may be imparted to
certain food crops.

Ultimate developments of the
new method of agriculture for
certain crops appear to be limit-
less and of sweeping signifi-
cance. The frozen food and
canning industries as well as
truck farming are certain to be
affected vitally once the new
tank farming gets under way.

Professor Gericke stresses the
fact that in spite of the suc-
cesses he scored to date he stili
regards the whole business as
being in the experimental stage.
Ali the projects, both in his own
laboratorv and in the privately
ovvned greenhouses that are co-
operating with him, are under
his daily personal guidance. He
makes haste slowly, discourages
“boom” suggestions, and repels
ali advances from would-be pro-
moters.

“Digest Year Book”

MAGIC COBWEBS
Peel off the outer cover of a
cheap or discarded golf bali, ex-
posing the rubber fiber under-
neath; Umvind this rubber
band and arrange it in a sus-
pended fashion so that it close-
ly resembles a cobvveb of a
spider; knotting will be neces-
sary occasionally. Fasten the
upper ends to the wall with a
few thumb tacks. Sprinkle some
Fuller’s Earth over the entire
“web” and the realistic ef-
fect. This trick is very effec-
tive if viewed in the. dark by re-
flected light.