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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-04-14
TX.

Leopold byl iiz hotov a &C.
kal Luciennu v nejlepsi nalade.
Mas vetroplach pysnil Sc, re
otci svemu sdelil tax rozhod-
nym zpusobem svuj dmysl, re
je.j %prinutil, ably ptal Sc pc Kla-
re a tesil Sc V duchu, jaky asi
DOZEN ucini krasny milostny JIG
no list ma mladou divku.
Lucienna chtela. ieti do Gre
teilu kocarem a vratiti sc veCer
drahou.
Fiakr $ nasim parkcm stanul
"a puldruhe hodiny ostrova
Saint Catherine.
Maly ostrnvck, ma nemz ma
lezali Sc toliko letohradky Pa
TizanH, byl nyni zimniho casu
zcela pustym, a slecna Juana
musila byti velmi srdnatou, re
tam tax sauna vydrzela. Pra-
men, z nehoz cerpala tuto srd-
natost, byla pevna nadeje, &c
zd6di znacne jmeni, jakmile
zemre jeji ochrance, starry, po-
setily a zarlivy m)adenec.
Letohradek des Trembles
byl krasny domecck uprostfed
velk6 zahrady, ia niz nacha-
zela Sc pole, iez byla ma pro-
DEF, a maly domecek, ienz die
napisu, zaveseneho made DIVER
mi, cekal tez ma nejakeho kup-
&c.
Juana cekala jiz ma hosty, q
velmi vfele vitala L~ucicnnu a
Leopolda.
"Zmirate zajiste zimou a
hladem !"smala sc vesele. "Nu,
ma stesti hori v krbu .iidelny
jake v pickle q snidane Dude J.
hned hotova".
"Nu, posvitime 81 ma .tu sni
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SEN LAMPARE MEHA.
Svetozar Corovic.

Lampaf Meho zasnoubil sc
s Fatkou Hasagovou q Ultra
Isl devce privede domn. Roz-
veselil Sc Meho jake ptak ma
jare. Ida sc mu, re vyrostl az
k nebi, dosahl rukama do ra-
lie a odtamtud uloupil nejhez-
lei devce. Radosti nevf, CO
delat! Hned bezi ma jednu
stranu, hned ma druhou, toci
Sc jake vreteno, p~oskakuje,
krici, nadava, je pry zamest-
man, ackoliv nedovede a ne
muze mic udelat. Ba i matce
a tenn zenam, CO il pomahaji
" dome, prekazi, nebot' jim
leze do cesty, vysypava mou-
ku, prevrhava veci.
Vecer skoro padl unavou.
Bolely no nohy, klesaly mh, a
nemohl Sc ma mich udrZeti.
Konecne vessel do sveho ma
leho, %prizemniho pokojiku,
kterym Sc tolik chlubil a pys-
mil, re no nikdy nemaloval a
prece re byl vymalovany, po-
nevada mu steny vlhkem Sc
zloutly, zacadily Sc a opravdu
vyhlizely jake malovane. Tu
se svalil ma starou, roztrha-
nou pohoFku, re ktere ma Sc
sti mistech prokukovala bavl-
ma a nejake hadry.
- Oh, boze, to Dude hezke,
az mi Fatka pride domu -
fekl polohlasite, zaloziv ruce
pod hlavu. - Ultra V tuto do
bu Dude jiz sc mnou a Dude
lezet vedle mne.
A nemohl dale pokracovati.
Jakasi horecka a chveni "a
caly Sc no zmocnovati. Pred o.
Gina sc mt vytvoril obraz: ia
ko by Fatka lezela u neho, V
tenke koSilce, S obnazenymi
hadry a oblymi pazemi, pri-
pravena hladiti mu oblicej, ia
hat no "a kniry a tisknouti sc
k MENU.
= Ach, to Dude krasne! -
oddechl 81 rozehraty, vybehl
z pokoje.
- Kez bych usnul - taste
nal, svaliv sc ma hola, tvrda
prkna, ktera Sc prohybala
pod MIN, a ruce opet Zalozil
|pod hlavu.
Zas pokracoval rozhovo-
|ru sam Sc sebou:
- TAX ia sedim a ona We
die nine. ia polibim il a ona
mne. A zas 81 povidame, po-
vidame a Zas sc polibime. A
tax vzdy, dnes, Ultra, az mi
porodi syna. ia priJdu z trhu
a souSede mi Teknou: "Naro-
dill sc ii syn" Jindy zas pri-
idu a on jiz mluvi, a rika mi:
"tato". A mne srdce poskoci,
jake neiakemu hribeti a OBJ
Iiimam i jej j Fatku a cely
Zacal mlaskati rty, jakoby
libal dite, a objal jakysi sloup
a pfitiskl iei k sobe, jake by
obljimal Fatku.
Mezitim sklesla mu hlava
a oci Sc mu zklizily. Pritiskl
sloup jeste silneji a zacal
chrapati.
Najednou Sc objevil Ibro
Kahvedzija (nosic kavy). ze-
lene vyvale oci pripadaly mu
jeste vyyalenejsi, spinavy O.
blicej jeste spinaveJsi a mo-
dry jake chrpa; prsa Sc mu
dmou 1navou.
O., Meho. zvolal z
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20, nspijde to. Jsem hroz-
ne ospalt - trochu 81 odpoGi-
MI. Ma mou cest - jest ku po-
divu, jak mne s'boli vlasy"!"
Vstal z kresla a klopytal do
salonu, kde Sc chtel poloziti ma
divan.
"Pekne Sc tn chovas, ma mou
cest", hnevala Sc Lucienna.
"Jsi to clovek - stydim Sc We
ru, re jsem te sem privedla".
"A COIL" smala Sc Juana,
"nechme jej spati a-pojd'me ma
prochazku. Muslin ma cerstvy
vzduch - zde jest desne hor-
ko. Myslfm, re mann "spicku"
jake Leopold! Prijde-li. "'be-
houn" S klobouky prime je ma
komorna a da pet franku cd
cesty, hned il to naridim".
Byla Size velka lima, ale
slunce jasne svitilo, kdyz 81 O.
be p~ritelkyne usedly do lodi
cky a uchopily Sc vessel.
Mechanic je projfzd6ti Sc pc
Marine a vratime Sc do vesnice
la Pie, kan 81 nasi maliri vyjelj
k snidani.
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.VELKY LOS.
I ROMAN.
Francouzsky napsal Xavier De Montepin.
ROMAN.

Lucienna obycejne pozde
vstavala, byvala vsak jiz casne
vzhiru a cltala v posteli troje
neh ctvery noviny.
Komorna odevzdala il dnes
rano zaroven S novinami maly,
velmi silnou vonavkou pach-
nouci listek tohoto obsahu:
"Draha Lulu!
Nudim Sc k smrti v peknem
sven: letohradku, jejz mi hroz-
ny mul *arlivec dareval, a kde
milc neIitostne Vezni. Zarlivec
ten prave odjel a pravil mi, re
Sc watt tcprve "a tri dry, ne
verim mu vsak, jest schopen
pfekvapiti mne kazdou hodi-
nu, a proto nechci Sc odvaziti
do Parfze. Bud tax dohrou a
r%oztomilou, a. dokaz mi, zes
vernon pritelkyni. Jakmile OBJ
drzis tento list, vydej Sc ma ce-
stu a pfijd' Ike mne ma cely
den. Mas-li sveho Leopolda phi
ruce, vezmi jej S sebou; je tax
hloupy, re Sc mu clovek must
smati. Pospes rychle k milujici
tt pfitelkyni
Juane".s +
"Prichazi mi to prave vhod!"
zvolala Lucienna, vyskocivsi z
loze. "Nevedela jsem bez toho,
CO 81 Ones pocnu. V zine neni'
Size tax pekne ma venkove, ale
pfece mne to snad pobavi".
Obratila Sc pax ku sve ko-
morne Sc slovy:
"Vezmete 81 kocar, Marke-
to, a dojed'te rychle k panu
Leopoldovi. Odstrcte komorni-'
ka, kdvby vas snad nechtel pu-
stiti do jeho loznice; bude-li
Leopold spati, vzbud'te jej a
feknete mu, re Sc "a hodinu
pro nehO ZaStavim a re jej Cd
vezu ma venek;; at Sc lined
pflpravi. PospeSte 81 - jiz at
jste pryc!"
Luclenna ~upravila 81 krasny
svuj Was a sama Sc oblekla do
bohatych, acknowledged satu,
jez il vyborne slusely.
Byla prave hotova a uvazo-
vala 81 klobouk, kdyz sc komor
ma vratila.
"Nuze?" ptala Sc rychle.
"Dostala jsem sc k panu LIE.
opoldovi, madame; spal -
vzbudila jsem iei - hrozne Ii
val, pax konecne rckl, re Dude
pripraven, kocar ceka dole".
"Dobre, jiz jdu".
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Fatku.
Meho, polekan, vyskocil.
Co? KIDD? Koho?
- Odvedl ii Fatku Huso
Balta.
Mehovi jake by Sc setme-
10 pred ocima. Jake by no CO.
81 prastilo pres hlavu, pc w.
holenem temeni, a vykrikl, u
chopiv veliky nuz, ktery mu
zustal pc otci a ktery ode dav-
davna nikym nedotcen, visel
ma stene.
Neodvede il, pokud je
We nine trochu silly. ia mu
ukazu, jak Sc devcata loupi.
Byl bych nicema, kdybych mu
nesrazil hlavu jake kohoutu,
v jeho vlastnim dome.
Pritahl sosy svych kalhot,
ably mu neprekazely, zahrnul
rukavy k loktdm, holy nuz
vlozil mezi zuby a utikal, co
mohl nejrychleji.
- Pojd', loire! - krikl,
kdyz byl u Husova domu a
vyzyvave Sc rozkrocil do 81
roka.
Kdosi jake by zakaslal a
nadaval cost. Okenice zaskrf-
paly a okno Sc otevrelo.
Neni on nicema, - cd.
vetila hezka Fatkina hlava,
prohledajic zamfizovanym
, oknem. - Tvs dvojnasobny
nicema. On Sc mi vic lib nez
ty.
Mehovi sc zachvelo srdce,
zabolelo no.
Coz isl mi dosud lhala?
Fatka neodpovedela. Plivla
ma neho a zmizela. A misto nj
ukazaly Sc strasne, obrovske
kniry Husovy a jeho katanske,
lupicske oci, ktere metaly
blesky.
A co ty zde delaS? -
vykrikl Huso zdvihaje pusku.
= Ona je mole. A lhala-li,
bylo to q rozmaru. u ne
mluv, nebo ii hned vpalim kul-
ku do hlavy.
Meho uzasl.
= Tobe!
V srdci Mehove probudila
Sc uspana East; rozhalil prsa
a postavil Sc.
- Tedy strel! = zvolal. =
Kdyz isl mi wal il, vezmi 81
take mdj zivot. Co mi sejde
pc Ziyote bez nj?
Huso zakoulel ocima a ma
miril pusku.
NJ dobre, - vece. -
Stui!
- Coz opravdu zahynu? =
pomyslel ST Meho, spatriv jak
Sc Haven pusky obraci k jeho
celu. - Pro nj abych zahy-
null?
A drive nez Huso mohl spu-
slit kohoutek, sebral Sc, skrcil
Sc, a co mohl neirychleji, u
tekl. Bezel pres zahrady, pri-
kopy a ploty, zapominaje IA
sve sosy, ami Sc nevsimaje, re
mu jedna backora spadla S
nohy a re mu nuz zustal V.
trave.
Pro boha, pomozte Tide.
chtel prave zvolati, mysle,
re no Huso stale honi, kdyz no
tn shiny uder pod zebra vzbu-
dill re sna.
Proc spis tax dlouho?
karala no matka a zaS. Jim
zatrasla. Svatebcane uz
re srbstiny p~relozil !
Sveto Zivkovi3.
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X.
l pres patrny smutek, jejz
Adrien marne tail pred SOU
druhy, byla snidane velmi We
sela. Kdyz pax pc snidani vse-
dli do dvou tezkych lodic, ably
Sc projeli pc Marine, mihla Sc
okolo Mich lodicka s Juanou a
Luciennou.
Napadny a pestry jejich O.
blek jasne znacil, do ktere tri-
dy zen veslarky patti.
Vesele, ,peprue otazky a od-
povedi letely mzikem cd lodic
malird k LODGE, ktera nezme-
Mia rychlou svoji plavbu.
Maliri nasi neumeli veslova-
tt, j motali Sc bez jisteho smeru
pc klidne rece, az konecne do
stall Sc k ostrovu Saint Cathe-
rine, a zastavili sc prave u do
mecku, ma nemz viselo navesti,
re domek jest ma prodej.
"Pockejte zde", pravil A
drien, "prohlednu 81 ostrov,
jed'te dale a pax Sc zde pro
mne stavte".
Malifi vyhoveli Adrienovu
prani; mlady muz vylezl ma
prikry breh a prochazel Sc pu-
stym ostrovem zabran trudne
myslenky.
Tloukly prave dive hodiny,
kdyz Klara vystoupila z vlaku
ma stanici Saint Maur.
"Nemohl byste mi rici, kde
jest oStrov Saint Catherine, pa
ne?" ptala Sc Klara kondukto-
"a omnibusu, cekajiciho ma ma
drazi..
"Jedeme tam, slecno; pro-
sim, vsednete do vozu; ma
kterou cast ostrova chcete? 2"
az letohradku des Trem-
blas".
tx PAM Juane?"
"Ano".
"Povim yam, az budete mi
ii vystoupiti, a ukazi YAM nei-
kratSi cestu".
Ia nedlouho stanul omnibus,
Klara vystoupila a spechala
pax naznacenym smerem; "a
deset minut stala u vrat leto-
hradku; nebylo zavreno, Klara
vsak pfece zazvonila, ably o.
znamila svuj pfichod. Kuchaf-
ka, Zamestnana kuchyni, a
panska, bavici Sc ddverne S
hezkym zahradnickym pomoc-
nikem, neslysely zvonek, a mia
da divka prosla tedy pc dlou-
hem marnem cekani u vrat, "a
hradou a blizila Sc domu.
l zde byly, dvcre otcvreny.
klara vesla do prIjezdu a
ptala Sc hlasite:
"Jest zde nekdo?"
Nikdo neodpovidal.
klara volala jeste nekolikra
tie, ale kdyz Sc mic nehybalo,
pfistoupila k jednem dverim a
zaklepala.
Zadne odpovedi -
Mlada divka otevrela a We
sla do salonu, kde lezel ma di-
vane spiel clovek obracen obi.
ce.iem ku stene.
"Pane" = pravila.
Spiel Sc nehybal.
panel" volala Klara hlasi.
tell.
Spiel sc pohnul, protahl Sc,
zivl nekolikrate, pax teprve
promnul 81 oci a obratil Sc.
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MladA divka poznavsi jej,
vzkrikla a zdesene ucouvla.
Leopold nyni poznal Klaru
tez a vyskocil jake strela.
"Vy - Wy zde!" koktal a
vravoral nejistym krokem k
mlade divce. "Jste to skutecne
Wy! Je to mozne?"
"Jsem to ia, pane, odpove-
della Klara chvejicim Sc hla-
sem. "Zvonila jsem u vrat -
nikdo neprisel. Volala jsem -
nedostalo sc mi v5ak odpovedi
a tn otevfela jsem tyto dvefe.
Jsem poslana cd modistky, u
niz jsem zamestnana a chci
mluviti $ pant Juanou''.
"Juana", koktal Leopold.
Guiana - neni doma, vyjela
81 ma LODGE. Nevim, kdy Sc vra-
ii. Jake stesti, re jest pryc,
mchu 81 aspon promluviti 5 vi.
ri - o, mdj poklade!"
"Nemam s vami CO mluvitj
pane - prinaSim klobouxr,
zde jsou - a nyni jdu".
Mlada divka obratila Sc ku
dverim.
Leopold zaskocil il tax prud
&c cestu, re by byl malem Il
paCi.
'Masite mne vyslechnouti
m-Site mne odpovedeti, musi
to -" koktal nesouvisle.
"Nechte nine odejiti, pane
"Nenecham, drive mi musite
odpovedeti. Obdrzela jste mul
doplS!"
"Obdrzela a spalila jsem
ho".
Gale prece jste no drive pre-
|ctla?"
me, neZajimal mne - ne.
|chtela jsem vedeti, co v mem
stoji".
"Tedy Sc stale ma mne hne.
vate, Klaro? JeSte jste mi ne
odpustila?
"Rekla isem, re YAM odpu,
slim, kdyz mne nechate ma no.
Ikoji a nebudete Sc jiz o mne
~starati, .necinfte ami jedno an:
druhe".
Go odpovite menu papin'
kovi, kdyz Pride, ably vas pro.
sill o vasi ruku pro nine? pri
jde k YAM co nevidet".
"Podekuji nu ga projev u
k chude delnici, povim mi
vsak, re sc marine namahal -
a re nepriiimam jeho navrh"
ITO reknete p~apinkovi!
Reknete mu, re mne nechce
te 2" zvolal hejsem udivene.
"Nemohu nc .jineho rici, ne;
ze nestanu sc nikdy vaSi!"
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klO
"Jste roztomili, re jste phi
sli", pravila domaci pant,
kdyz usedli "a stolen. "Zhsta-
nete zde cely den, poobedv&me
spolu, a chcete-li, muzete zde
zustati i pres noe mann hostin-
ske pokoje".
"Bylo by to prekrasne, veru
prekrasne! litoval Leopold.
"Skoda jen, re to nemdze bSt".
"a proc ne?" ptaly Sc ODE
danny.
"Protoze muslin byti o pull
sedme v Parizi. Nam neodklad
ne rizeni, muslin pfijimati Pc
nize - neeo podobneho nesmi
clovek nikdy zameskati".
"Tot' mrzute", pravila Jua-
ma, "spolehala .jsem ma vas.
Objednala jsem u Viktora
Chatrista - vite, to jest ten no
Wy zhamenity lahIdkar v ulici
Saint Lazare - cely obed -
postal mi krasnou volen, srnci
kytu, hrozitanskou pastiku 2
hpsich later, kosik lanyzu vel
kych jako pest, prekrasne ra-
ky a nejvzacnejsi ovoce. Co 81
!nyni S tim pocnu, kdyz mi to
repom1zete snisti! -"
"Nu, snad Sc to da nejak u
delati", pravil Leopold s usme-
VEN. "Vite co! Odjedeme v pet
hodin odtud vsichni til - v
sest ihodin jsme V PaTizi - "a
deset minut budu Sc svou yale
zitostf hotov - pax nekde po-
obedvame, pnjdeme do diva
ola, vratime Sc sem ma noe - a
Ultra k snidani SHINE ty dobre
veci, ma nez jste nam prave u
delala laskominu. NJ, CO tomu
rikate - jest to napad, COZ"
"Ba veru, skvostny napad!"
zvolala vesele Juana. "A to
tim vice. ana .jsem 81 dnes OBJ
.iednala u sve modistky diva no.
We klobouky; mohd SIC vecer
hned jednom ukazati!"
Phi slovech klobouk a modist
ka Lucienna mimodek svraStila
cello.
gu koho kupujes nyni klo-
bouky?" ptala Sc Juany.
"Stale Alexandriny Thou
retove, jake ty, coz isl jiz "a
pomnela, yes mi il odporuci-
LAP"
"a ona ii dnes posle klobou-
KY" zvolala prudce Lucienna.
"Ano, telegrafovala .jsem il
hned rano, a jsem jista, re zde
"a dive hodiny bude jeji che
houn" S krabici".
"Behounem PAM Thoureto-
We Jest Klara", pomyslila 81
Lucienna, "ta mne zde nesmi
spatfiti - nu, jak ia Sc il ne
iak vyhnu".
Vesela trojice sed6la V nei-
lepSi nalad6 u snidane, a Luci-
emma plnila S n%apadnou ocho-
tcu sklenice sveho milence Vi
mem - zdalo Sc, re jej chce
opiti. Umysl ieii znamenite sc
zdaril, nez minula hodina, stall
sc Leopolduv iazyk nehybnym,
rec Sc mu malta a oci Sc mu "a
viraly, champagneske a rosol-
ka mu dodaly, nez prisla ma
stul cerna kava, byl uplne zpit.
I, | Juana, kteraz prazdnila
slllenku ia sklenkou, byla sill
nc "trkla", jak tvrdil ~skytajici
travorajici Leopold.
Jedin6 Lucienna zustala zee
Ia klidnou.
+, Go ST nyni pocneme?" pta-
Ia Sc, vstavajic cd stolu.
Go 81 kdo pfeje!" smala sc
Gomaci PAM.
Coz abychom 81 vyjeli ma
iod'ce - k Will lepsimu zazi-
I'll"
"Znamcnity napad. Pojede-
ne az do Chennevieresu -"
Lucienha pohledla nepokoj-
me ma hodiny - byla jedna.
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Ivy nine tedy nenavidite?'
ptal Sc Leopold rozcilen hrdyn
odporem mlade divky a pc
drazden nasledkem nemirnehc
pitt.
"Vite velmi dobre, re vas ne.
miluji"..
"Mflujete jineho?"
"A kdybych milovala!
"Tedy milujete jineho!"
"Snad!"
me, ne, nerikejte to, nechci
to slyseti!" sipal Leopold, ma
jehoz tvari objevil Sc dizzy W.
raz. Pristoupil tesne k mlade
dsvce, kteraz zdesene pred MIN
ustupovala.
"Zpatky ode mne!" pravila
pfisn6.
IVY tedy milujete .jin6ho!"
zvolal zufive. "Vyznavate sc
mi z toho! Rikate to mne, jenz
isem prisahal, re stanete Sc
mou i proti vasi Wilt"
"Nikdy! Nikdy!" branila Sc
Klara.
"Blahova! co jest mi vas
odpor! Coz jste jeste nepocho-
pila, kterak vas miluji, jak pc
vas touzim?! ia osel choval
jsem sc k VAN S dctou, a Wy mi
pravite, &c nebudete nikdy
mou, ale re sc oddate tomu, je-
hoz ljiz milujete! Nemela jste
mi to fikati! Vim nyni, re by
bylo posetilosti chovati Sc k
YAM uctive. Jsme sami v tonic
dome, a ia jsem silnejSim. Ne
chcete Sc Statl mou zenou -
dobra, stanete sc tedy mou mi
lenkou!"
Leopold vrhl Sc ma mladc
devce, ale toto mu uklouzlo la
ko uhor. Rozcileny hejsek pro-
nasledoval Klaru, kteraz pred
MIN utikala, stavic mu do cesty
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in view and pursue it steadily, for whatever talents and advantages may be, with no aim or low one, we are weak, and could not be other wise" Nature holds for us each all that that we need to make us useful and happy. but requires us to labor for what we get.
 Home is the next door to heaven because it was the next thing God made after all the other things of creation. When Jesus returned to gather His own out of the various homes of various nations He will take to himself those who are worthy of the crown. When God needed some one to be savior of men, He knock ed at the door of Joseph and Mary Jesus was born in the poorest home in Bethlehem of Judea, but out of that home came an influence that will at last transform the kingdom of this world into the kingdom of heaven.
 "A shadow in a weary land,
 Where men as wanderers roam; A shadow where a rock doth stand.
 The shadow of home"
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Story Of TUo Alabama
 Women And HolU They
 OUercame Handicaps

place, she accepted; the remunera- ton for this being her board and SIS per month.
 By placing their joint earnings, monthly, In the savings bank, the sisters at the end of six years Lad accumulated $20o0. They now pur- chased eight lots on the outskirts of suburban village of the town. the price paid for these being S750. and a house which they had erected thereon cost $1200.
 Early in February, 1915. they went into their new home. Truck gar- dening occupied their first efforts, Mary pulling in child's little wagon their vegetables, sggs, chickens, milk and butter-they had bought a cow--which she peddled in the nearby village, and in the town mile or so beyond.
 During the six years since their first purchase was made, they have bought seven lots adjoining their property, two cows, costing $50 each and a horse and buggy for S225. Their lots are all under good fenc ing, and suitable outbuildings Lave been built. They have widened the scope of their agricultural efforts much. They grow corn, peas, velvet
 
 of the last named product amounted to 1000 bushels. Mary continues to peddle vegetables, milk, butter, eggs, chickens. etc, but she now conveys these wares in their buggy dra wn by their sleek, fat horse.
 The aim of the sisters for the tu- ture, Is the purchase of two addi- tional acres of land-they estimate this will cost them probably $500 per acre-but as they explained, they have not enough money to pay for 1t yet, and they have always made it rule not to buy anything unless they had, in hand, the greater port of the price needed with which to make desired purchase. Thus Ole sees what two women, by industry. thrift, and having a definite pur- pose in view, have effected in scarce ly more than decade and half. They furnished one of the strongest points of their succeeding in ray ing, NO matter. at any time, how little we made, we always saved some of it.'
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RANDOM NOTES

The many friends of Mrs. Andrew Ramsay (Mary Ruth McLesterJ will be glad to learn that she is improv- ing steadily from her recent illness.
 
 Mir. and Mrs, Henry Lee Badham and Dr and Mrs. Norborne Cooke are spending the weekend at Blount Springs
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Finn of Tus- caloosa are visiting Dr. and Mrs, Earle Drennen.
 Cards from Mrs. Albert Upmann. formerly Miss Ellen Lynn Notion from Paris, convey the news of a pleasant occasion when she and Mrs. W. E. B. Davis and Miss Elizabeth Davis attended the opera "Manon,''
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Mary and Martha Thompson these names answer for this story, which is a true one--are examples of what two women, sisters despite hsndicsps of timidity. inexperience, the frsll health of the younger of them, and not once cent capital to begin with have accomplished.
 With no immediate relatives to care for them, after the death of their father who, sfor the last 19 years of his life had been an in- valid, the penniless girls separating found places to stay in the families of some cousins of theirs, Thus they lived for many years. each paying for her keep by assisting in the work of the family in which she made her home. Finally after a talk which they held with each other they decided to go out into the world and try to make a living for them selves. Their first step was 10 go to town and rent cottage. This they did, the rent being s12 per month. At once upon their taking possession of the dwelling, there ap- peared upon its front Sewing Wanted"
 The undertaking proved a success they counted it such, at least--fof they were able daring their seven months residence at this place to meet the monthly expenses of the rent, also, of their frugal needs; be- sides, ss they expressed it, laying by a little bit"
 At the end of these months. Mar tha, the elder sister, secured a ;'osi ton as a nurse in the hospital in the town; her pay being t24 ger month, including board. The sisters now rented for $7.50 per month, a smaller cottage which was near the hospital where Martha work ed Mary lived there and continued to take in sewing. This she did for year when, on being offered the head of g sewing department in the hospital in which Martha had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
MIR. RAMSAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
 OUT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB

Last evening at the Country club Mr Erskine Ramsay celebrated his birthday by giving dinner party to which he invited a score or ihore of his friends, who thoroughly enjoyed the delightful occasion.
 MT. Ramsay had chosen very at- tractive idea for his party, beautiful birthday cake being planned for the occasion, while the table W as elabor- ately decorated with choice flowers.
 Many happy felicitations were of fered MT. Ramsay by his many friends
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on the delectable occasion of his birthday. and In his usual graceful manner he acknowledged all the good wishes with his accustomed gracious ness.
 Among those included In MT. Ram says hospitality for his birthday din- ner last evening were MT. and Mrs. Edward ". Barrett, MT. and Mrs. W. Il. kettig. Mrs. Orline Shipman, MT. ana Mrs. H. c. Seibels, MT. and Mrs. Felton Winberly. MT. and Mrs. Frank H. Crockard, MT. and Mrs. Campbell
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FIRST MEETING
 ART CLUB

The first meeting of the Bfrming- ham Art club will be with Mrs. w.. $. Lowell, 2207 Ridge Park avenue. hostess. Saturday. October l, 8 D. m. Miss Emma Augusta Jones of Louie Compton seminary will talk on American art and Mrs. Lowell. "Ths Art of India"
 The subject for the year is The Ars of the Orient" with contempory art as a secondary study. The officers are: Mrs. J. A. Montgomery, pres ident; Miss Carrie Hill vice presl- dent; Mrs. J. F. Carle. secretary: Miss Sara Neill, treasurer.
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Maben, IT,, Mir. and Mrs. Jack As bury, MT. and Mrs. David Roberts, Mir. and Mrs. Paul Chalifoux. Mir. and Mrs. Ike Osborne, MT. and Mrs. Val J. Nesbitt, MT. Ross c. Smith, MT. and Mrs. John M. Caldwell and their lovely guest, Mrs. Robert Cathcart cf Charleston. MT Andrew c. Ramsay, MT. Charles s. Ramsay, Col. and Mrs. Paul Pierce of Selma, Mir. Robert A. Brown and MT. Murray Brown
 THE GREAT SACRIFICE From the Arkansas Gazette.
 There are 1O,O00, 900 bachelors in the United States. Each probably is making some good woman happy.
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Just bird's-eye view of the love- ly party which Mrs. Frank Nelson, Jr., gave last Tuesday in honor of little Miss Emily Carter at ''The Hillocks," and to which score or more of little tots were invited. The picture gives a glimpse of MT. Nel- son Gin the background) and Mrs. Nelson among, the children, both en- toying the corhpany of their happy little guests.-Photo by Baird.