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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Club News
woMENs CHRISTIAN SERVICE

The Women's Society of Chris tian service will meet Wednesday at 2:3O p. m, at the First Metho- dist church. Mrs. John Porzen- heirn will be in charge of the program on Our Local Church and Activities" Mrs. Robert SpierS will preside. Mrs. Edward D. Sea- yer will conduct devotions. Hostess for the afternoon will be Mrs. Charles Beere. The executive com- mittee will meet preceding the pro- gram at 1:30 p. III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Couple Celebrate
 Nuptia[ Anniversary

More than sixty friends of MT. and Mrs. Michele Smeraglio of Irion street gathered at the Hotel Elton on Sunday night to celebrate the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the couple.
 MT. Smeraglio is an employe of the Scoviu Mfg. Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
DIBNER-ADLER

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Lillian Adler, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Philip Adler of New Haven to Louis Dibner, son of MT. and Mrs. Isadore Dibner of Kaytonne avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Market Irregular At
 Opening Hour Today
Trading Very Quiet-BOnds Were Mxed-Steels
 Motors, COppers, Rails Had Small Declines

163 1-s off 1-4, Anaconda q l-e oD I-s, Westinghouse Electric e6 oft 1-8, New York Central 13 l-e 0D 1-S, and Johns-Manville 5s lea of 1-l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
JEWISH VETERANS AUXILIARY

The meeting of the Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans which was scheduled for tomorrow evening, February 12, at the American Legion Home, has been postponed indefi- nitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

pail and hose Three youngsters, the
oldest seemingly not Is, raced for the
idling car and were gone. Another at
tempt by penniless high school kids to
siphon gas, the fourth in a month on our
short street
You read this indifferently.
Stealing gasoline isn't front page
news" you say TO yourself. Boys like
that have always raised Cain"
But IT PROBABLY NEVER OCCURS
TO YOU THAT YOUR CHERISHED TAD
MAY BE a BOY LIKE THAT" OTHER
BOYS MAY STEAL, LIE, GANG UP IN
WOLF PACKS But NOT YOUR
BOY NOT YOURS!
Stop kidding yourselves, Nom and
Dad! Whatever other youngsters are do
ing, yours may do No matter how charm
ing they are, no matter how brilliant, no
matter how carefully trained in social
tricks, they may-they WILDE hoodlums at
heart unless they've been given the one
them fast against the looseness of our day
can't be found in a textbook
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
Better Health

consequence so long as 1t is
local (such as a valvular defect
only, that it only becomes of
moment when the heart muscle
is diseased and all the blood
vessels are also affected. Then
the circulation is deficient in
the muscles and oxygen ex-
change in the lungs is lowered
and the entire organism Is out
of killer.
In my youth we used to hear
of Bright's disease, and every
body knew II was due to dis
ease in the kidneys.
But the present conception of
kidney disease. of nephritis, is
that the kidneys are diseased
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
By ANTHONY RUD

different from its imitation
lion roar. the ostrich left with
seven-league strides.
The hartebeests heard and
understood the alarm. The
leader bugled through his
nose, and away went the en-
tire herd, white tails up and
wlggling.
But luck is not always bad.
Perhaps 20 minutes later
Spots caught a strong scent
of a highly-flavored meat she
especially loved-wild goat.
Usually goats are tough
quarries. They travel in herds,
and the old billies have long
sharp horns which they use
-prn1ect- their mates and
kids.
This was just one old battle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
By DR.. Logan Clendening

only as part Of a general pro-
cess-the eyes are usually quite
as much involved as the kid
neys, every group of little capil-
larry blood vessels being involved
just as much as the capillaries
in the kidney.
Even cancer. which is so often
regarded as a purely local dis
ease. may really originate from
a general bodily arrangement
which manifests itself only at
the site where the cancer be-
gins to grow. IN fact; cert ain
cancers of the bone have proved
to be due to disturbances of one
group of the ductless glands,
the parathyroids.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
Daily Short Story
NICE KITTY

of wait-a-bit thorn. acacia
and black waffle had found
water enough for scrub
growth. Spots crept right
into this clump, paying no
attention 10 the plucking
claws of thorn.
Motionless she waited. nose
toward the veldt. long tail
curved forward along gaunt
flank, yellow eyes squirting.
Far-off dark specks, just per
ceptible in the luminous but
deceptive moonlight, appeared
to be drifting downwind in
her direction.
HALF HOUR PASSED
A half hour passed. Tire, iiiit--
grazing animals were much
closer. Spots could see they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

Durer. who must be considered
intelligent, which he sent to his
doctor showing himself pointing
10 the exact spot where he had
the pain.
But more and more we have
come to see that in most dis
eases the whole body is sick.
and IT must be regarded and
treated as a whole.
II IS. for instance. a typical
symptom of heart disease. It
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

There is a favorite trick of
sick people which is to point TO
a spot where it hurts and ask
What is under there ?" As
If whatever is under there must
necessarily be the sole and only
cause of the trouble. Expert
enced physicians have too often
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

OUT of the thinning jungle.
" toward the treeless veldt,
stole a noiseless shadow. II
was moonrise of the hot
Christmas season. hunting
time for the spotted speedster
of South Africa. the great
cheetah-a creature with prac-
tically no sense of smell, and
who needs light whereby TO
locate prey.
This was a tall, lanky.
fanished mother cat, leaving
her four kittens for the first
time since their birth. She
was shabby. Her sleekly
rufous coat needed glazing.
For t10o days now il had gone
unlocked. and for about 80
days more she would not pay
usual attention TO il. simply
because there were four little
ones TO be washed from claws
to ears, daily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

seen some one
operated on
for appended
It's when in
trouble W as
p n g u m onia
away up in
the chest.
But eve n
the most in
tenigent pa
TENTS give up
the idea only
under duress.
In ( ae I we
have a paint
ing made by
4 In o r h I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

YOU wouldn't expect sermon magazine
would you Yet surprising that's exactly where
they should be foundand where you'll find that hits
home America Can We Cure crme?" by the Rev Sidney W.
Powell D. D. pastor Of the First Baptist Church in St Paul.
MINI There's shilly-shalying about Doctor Powell.
A BAD BOY OR GIRL DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN" he says
in effect. THE COMMUNITY STANDS CONDEMNED WITH
THE CHILD IT HAS BUILT UP FALSE IDEALS LUXURY
WHICH ARE BOUND TO UNDERMINE CHARACTER UNLESS
THEY ARE REINFORCED BY CHARACTER AND IDEALS
many character? many
ideals? We have dramatic lessons bridge lessons
dancing badminton beauty culture. do have
LESSONS lectures loyalty social responsibility?
Doctor Powell is not talking about pany-wast pruder He's
talking about something which decent parent st edu
Gator in America desires and which all fondy believe
little darlngs honesty and decency But
how of them actually do it? How of city
youngsters have for anything beyond their
desires regard for the qualification of their immediate
pleasure and vanity?
at their But it does that something done
about it when youngsters Nom and Dad didn't sit
back and sigh Oh well kids will be kids when Jimmy borrowed"
neighbours and ended the Emergency when 15
yead Sister stayed out until midnight the ke joint
They realized that kids will be kids but they realized that
it parents be parents and Jimmy and Sister
semblance of spiritual values and civilized viewpoint Or
be put the spot themselves.
You can't youngser develop fine character
spontaneously than him develop
strong muscles healthy guidance
be fed principles be fed food
social pose smartypant shrewdness be substitute
1.-THE GREATEST CRISIS AMERICA TO-DAY CRISIS
IN CHARACTER" says Doctor Powell
word spoken concerning national defense.
We're spending incredible billions equipment And there's
doubt but that Young Americas nmb fingers will quickly
handle that equipment.
BUT HAVE THEY WHAT IT TAKES TO HONOR LIFE AS
WELL AS DISPATCH DEATH? HAVE THEY LEARNED THAT
HIFE=FH#AN
AND TANKS? AND WHOSE FAULT is 1T IF THEY HAVEN'T?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

originates in this case in the
muscles because they do not get
enough blood-because the cir
culation is deficient. We learn
then that heart disease Is Of no
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
Elsie Robinson
Americas Greatest Crisis Is Character

SOMETTING shufled the darkness by parked
- thudded softly . . cnked few yards hill
painted steadily Simple noises in themselves
adding UP something sinister. I stepped outside
There a Scufle the clatter of abandoned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
SPOTS FAMIsHED

Spots were famished. Her
lord and master, deeply re-
senung the summary manner
in which she had chased him
from the vicinity of the litter,
had sulked and failed TO be
a good provider.
Thus far he had brought his
mate Just exactly enc tough
almost inedible masa stork.
That had been a cynical re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

ERE is pleasant little game that will give message
every day Il is numerical puzzle designed spell
fortune Count the letters your hrst the number
Of letters subtract the number Is less than
add The result your number Start the upper
hand Of the ectangle and check OF
numbers left right read letters
the checked figures give you. 4-tF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

Doctor CleHdeaing viii an
swer questions of general in
terest only. and then only
through his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

on odluIudy mas lduy luCh given you
the go-by as above predicted?-EVD.
nETROITER writes:
- 81 am not yet of voting age but l have
lO-week-0Id baby, S=m0nth-Ofd Springer
spaniel and a 22-year-old husband. The
spaniel Is awful cute"
From authoritative sources this depart
ment learns Carole Lombards nickname
for her most recent husband. c. Gable, is
..PaPPy - calls her 8"EfiaEnHly,"
AS to the recurrence of a particular
letter In ones experience, the letter
has bobbed up In my life continually"
writes a subscriber ~ was born on Palmer
street, Patton, Pa, educated at Patton
Public School; Pierce School, Pine street.
Philadelphia, and the University of Pitts
burgh at Pittsburgh taught school at
Parnassus, Pa, and at the Perrysvile High
School PerrysviIle avenue, Pittsburgh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
FEARS VULTURUES

On the veldt edge was the
eternal boom-grass. dotted
with occasional clumps of
higher vegetation. Spots stole
out 10 convert as a flattened
shape. something like a cross
between a leopard and giant
dachshund.
Now she wanted to be I'M
seen. lest her hunting be
spoiled by the vultures. the
marabout storks. the hyenaS
and jackals. carrion eaters
who know full well that the
=ft4opSyyEea iifttAt tan dtS only Tire re
most delectable portions of
her prey, leaving all the re-
mainder.
Five hundred yards out into
the open veldt a small oasis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

venge. The male cheetah is
probably the only monogamist
Of the entire cat tribe. and
perhaps this is because he is
the only cat OF any kind with
a definite sense Of humor.
He practically had said that
if his lovely lady felt like
doing without his company for
a while. playing around with
those senseless kittens. she
could eat stork and like it.
Now the mother hungered
Her small cat face was keen.
Tka black ltHaE- which cut
from the corners of her yellow
eyes TO the corners of her
wide. upcurving mouth. were
almost hidden in new wrinkles.
Wrinkles and she just two
years old this month
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
CoWARDLY BRUTES

The two hyenaS, CoWardIy
bruteS but slavering. circled
around just out of reach of
her deadly paws, while Spots
drCerr1dtcu ST1or-1r1TE7 ET-U1V-ffS S 3 IA
splitting exhalations with gulp-
ing sounds. as she made way
with the goat meat as fast
as she could eat.
Now and then sire batted a
vulture which fluttered close.
Once she knocked a iackal
head over heels. when he tried
10 sneak up at her side.
Now another pair of hyenaS
Joined the narrowing circle OF
famished ones. Spots really
had eaten her usual big meal.
but from sheer defiance she
began on the second haunch.
For a minute or two they
let her eat; for if there was
one thing certain in that
moonlit scene, it was that the
first hyena TO move in on
Spots would have no appetite
for goat flesh 10 seconds later.
Finally one Of the hyenaS
could stand it no longer. and
Sprang with a wild, weird
laugh for her back.
SPOTS KILLS ONE
That hyena's mate made a
mad rush for the cheetah's
flank. But something hap
pened. With a turning leap,
Spots gathered both her un-
wise enemies into a clawing
embrace. landing on her back
which is the best fighting
position for all cats.
For perhaps eight seconds
then there was a clawing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
On the Side
By E. v. During

Marry Monday marry for weath;
Marry Tuesday, marry for health;
Marry Wednesday, the best day Of ALL
Marry Thursday marry for crosses
Marry Friday, marry for losses;
Marry Saturday. no luck at ALL
--Haliwel.
Were you married Wednesday? How you doing?
Did to love- honor and obey How
mink coats Did him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

SCARED warrior. though He
had been driven out of his
herd. and now was taking il
easy, waiting for wounds to
heal. or until they brought
death. There had been some
doubt about what might hap
pen. before Spots smelled him.
Then there was no doubt
at all.
There came a bounding
streak through the moonlight.
Then a furry, agonized baaing
mingled with sounds Of cheetah
ferocity. Then both sounds
died as the cheetah got her
throat hold.
She Toasted. Beginning on
the liver and heart as the
choicest tidbits. she had just
started a haunch when the air
above her came alive with
Tapping wings, and the night
horrid with the raucous voices
of vultures.
They came SWOOplng down
screaming. and the skies for
miles around showed many
more hurrying carrion-eaters
who seem TO know the fact of
death the instant it occurs
anywhere within a radius of
many miles.
Spots reached up. batting a
pair of too-adventurous birds.
Shrieking and skidding
through the air. they fell.
broken things. TO be swarmed
Under =tiaei@eat,z
nibal mates.
Meanwhile. Just as Spots
really got into the stringy
meat of goat haunch, the
hyenas came. There were
only two at first. with a pack
of a half dozen timid jackals
behind them.
Spots was not in the least
afraid, but she knew she was
going to have trouble if any
more hyenaS came. 1t had
been a dry Winter, and famine
was abroad on the yeldt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

were black on face and chest
and legs, but pure white be-
hind.
They were hartebeests, tall,
swift-footed veldt antelope.
Delicious food, but difficult
TO catch.
They could run rings around
any maintained racehorse ;
but for a distance not exceed
ing 200 yards the cheetah is
the fastest creature on four
legs.
The handicap Spots had to
stlTnnun1 was lack Of stamina
After 200 yards she slowed
suddenly At 400 she could be
distanced by a iackrabbit
Three hundred yards away
go still a little too
far. The hartebeests were
coming toward Spots. but they
took their own time about IT,
The cheetah hunched the
long muscles of her shoulders
more than once. but restrained
herself. Her long tail lashed
slowly over her back. curled
forward, laShed again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14
PROVED UNDoING

II was to prove her undoing
here-it and a COMPOUNDED os-
trich, The big. long-neeked
IDIOT, strutting past IN mating
season pride. m a king its
truculent ming sound,
stepped stopped ees-.-ttae-seE4h- OASIS.
bent its head far over. and
lifted a leg TO scratch its neck.
That second il saw the lash
ing tail of the cheetah. With
a blood-curdling Squawk far
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

The winch VIII hold
against thing
a textbook.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

TOmOrrOw's hort story:
ooh, Nurse" by George Dixon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-14

800 - .-h'tArn ANff'ea+h 'Atn
mare rolling this way and
that The other two hyenas.
too selfish to help, ran in for
the goat meat.
Spots crunched her razor
teeth through the back Of one
hunched hyena neck. That
enemy fell away, qulvering
and dead. Instantly. a wave of
vultures rolled over the body
hiding it in a rolling wave Of
feathers.
Spots now had hold of the
other hyena, which was try
q ing vainly and with what
seer e d shrieking yells Of
laughter, to escape But Spots
stuck fast.
The hyena could no mort
esca pc from that clawing
biting demon of speed and
malignity than a house fly can
pull its feet out of warm and
sticky tanglefoot.
spots uTd a complete 1rJt7
this time, disemboweling with
her terrible hind claws, at the
same time her teeth sliced
through the pumping arteries
Of the hyena's throat.
nW-&U Snnur-Nurr.
Then. although real appetite
had been stated. she ate the
dead hyena's heart Just- ffte,s,
good measure Then. licking
her lips and staring rather
CLASSIFY at the vultures. she
backed away, watched a mo-
ment, then turned and bounded
away-a little less sprightly
than she had come.
Fifty yards from the home
cave and her kittens, she
brought up short. There was
another cheetah. her sly, de-
faulting reprobate of a mate.
He was going toward the den,
which was absolutely forbid
den. but he was trespassing
in a peculiar manner-back-
ing toward the den as he
dragged with him the entire
carcass of a Grants gazelle!
He had come to make peace.
had he? Spots felt her red
dened whiskers stiffen in a
gFimace. Just the same.
with an amused expression on
her turued-up lips she stayed
well out of sight until her hus-
band had hauled the antelope
right up to the mouth of the
cave. --
Then she suddenly went for
him, a snarling, splitting tor
nado. OF course, she was not
really trying TO do him any
real damage, but he did pot
know that. Yowling protests
of his undying devotion. he
tuck ed in his tail like a
whipped dog, and fled. When
the wife was that way. what
could any mere male do?
STRANGE SOUND
Spots laughed to herself as
she finally let him 60. She
went back. hauled the ante
lope right into the den-where
it would solve the problem of
the next few meals. Then she
lay down with her four ador-
able, fluffy kittens. who fell
upon her awkwardly. with
plaintive news soon silenced
While they were feeding.
the yellow eyes of Spots half
closed in huge content. Then
began a strange ripping, grind
ing sound. A circular saw
going cross-grain on oak? A
big coffee mill?
No. The kittens were safe.
The old man was loyal. if
peeviSh. Spots was well-fed
and happy. SO she purred.
THE,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-04

ease z~klamani!" cetl ted S
plnou chut1.
Kdyz docetl, vzpomnel 81 ma
Krancila.
"Ten svec necte cfsla, ale ma
pravdu. Jen to mazat!" septal
a pustil sc do "Zprav zahranic-
n1ch".
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-07-04
HORSKE KORENY.
ROMAN Napsal KAREL " RAILS.
Napsal KAREL V. RAILS.

AAOAAAAJ OA1A v
kamnech z~asvistelo.
V posteli oval Sc itchy, du-
ISeny sm1ch. Pae jeden hlasek
vyjekl ma HAS.
Mistrem to chvili Skubalo, a
lie plchal dale. Deti osmeleny
spustily hlasiteji.
Pojednou sc tatfk vyhoupl,
chytil femen a odhrnuv pefinu,
zaklatil Jim We vetru.
Deti ztichly.
"Jestli pax by bylo nebylo
lip, ably fonda cetl a ty poslou-
chala!" brucel mistr usedaje.
"Tak ia pujdu!" honem or
val Sc Tonfk a hrabal Sc z pos
tele.
"Ted spi, Ultra 81 to pTectes!'
m1rne Tekla matka.
Pc chvfli deti klidne chrupa-
ly, a mistr pichal. Teprve "a
hodnou chv1li zahovoTil:
"MGj mistr byl v osmactyri-
catem v Praze ma barik&d6. By
10 to tam tenkrat vSecko: stu
denti, krejcf, sevci, Teznici, a
bylo to vsecko jedno. Stfileli a
sekali "a jedno, pro ceskou
ZEN; - A Wis, vycftat bys
vzdycky nemusela, vzdyt jsem
nebyl zadny pobuda."
Zena mlcela.
"Poslouchej, ~nevycitam, ale
chtelo mne jich kolik a mely ia
ky baraky nebo ~pretence. Ale
proc pax ty isl chtela mne?
Jenom pro to ctene a re jsen
vedel O svete. Zahledel jsen
Sc do tebe tuze a zapomne
jsem ma vsecko. Snad jsem sc
mohl NIT lip ,nez Sc mann ia.
dy v capable vesnici, ale ia rae
zGstal S tebou!"
"Vzdyt ia bych Sc taky byls
vdala; Wis dobTe re Sc mi nav.
kazovali dost a dost a NELL ia.
ky chalupy!"
mo no = jake K~rancil."
"a nebyl k svetu?"
81 byl. Chytal Sc, chybal, a
lie ma konci mu to bylo jedno!'
"a tamhle Spata z Kane
meek, vdovec, nohy by 81 byl u
behal."
"To je pravda, mohla is
uz byt vdovOu a NIT chalupu
ted mas bidny barak a hromad
ku det1!" Tekl trpce a pichal {
pfekot.
Mistrova Sc zajikla.
Gale ia nedala =" ozvala 81
mfrneji.
enc no - a skrtivaal is
mne, kdyz jsme byli svoji. DC
tt jiskrily, kdyz jsem ia sva lei
stra prohlfzel a povidal ii. A
kdyz takhle re vsi prijdou :
ptajf Sc mne pc svete, mas taky
radost, re jsme jenom chudac
z baraku, ale re mGzu povidar
cele vsi."
Mistrova sklonila sc Ike ko
|lebce. Snad chtela zakryti, IL
tvaf jejf, ne Size jiz tax svez
jake druhdy, ale pTece jeste ne
zast1pnut1, Sc zrumenila a Il
oci opet jiskTl. Kolibala volne
il a volneji, az pfestala.
PAX pTistoupila k muzi, chy
tia jej kolem krku a sevfels
hlavu jeho k prsGm. AZ WYE.
XII, jak jej stiskla.
mo, no, iona, ne tax z prud.
ka. Wis, ten starry uz nejsem
ale rad te mann jake drfv. Je.
nom, prosfm tie, nehubuji!"
Zena pustivsi rozcuchanou
hlavu muzovu povidala:
"PomGzu tt trochu, a pax s
Zvencf bylo nahle slyset kirk
Sejkorova vysla pred ehalupu
ale vratila Sc "a chvilku.
"sevcova nadava a KranciI
lezi We snehu. Neco tam kricf c
Bismarkovi!" pravila polohlasi.
lite.
mo tax vidis - nemajf deti
a on necte!" odpovedel mistr q
snupl 81.
Mistrova jiz neodpovedela a
zasla k Stroke posteli. Ctyfi
deti lezley tam skrceny jake
pisklata a tise dychaly -. Sta
la chvilku mlcky a divala Sc ma
ne.
Potion pustila sc do prace.
Sill kalmuk a mlceli.
Stare hodiny zahrcely a tlou-
ky desatou. Ponocny odhviz-
dial il pred chalupou a Ease "a
lezl.
"Dosiju ii to, ted 81 cfslo pre-
Ieti!" vyb1dla zena.
"Jen 81 lehni, uz to dodelam
a pax Sc do neho dam!" vlidne
OdpOv6d6l tatik a v lfci bvlO mu