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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-17

kakor da ga tare Sc ste, vpra-
sanj -.
Nenadoma sc matt odloci:
"Sediva tam v lopo, Tomo!
Vse tt razlozim."
Henrik zitnik je bill siten clo-
vek. Nervoznost ga je mucila
ze il dijaskih let. Vecen glavo-
Dol in slab zelodec, utripanje
srca in slabo spanje v emo
mer neprilike in zgaga, v Soil in
drugod, prepiri in nastopi, toz:-
be in pritozbe. V srcu je bill
morda dober clovek; a sam nj
mogel Ease, &c ga je prijelo. -
Matt je imela svoje krize z
MIN in ona sama je bila
opozorila snaho, ko Sc je ia mo-
lila s Henrikom:
cali ga poznas, Helena? Ii
81 upas v zakon z MIN? Mislis,
da preneses vse njegove sitno-
sti? - Draga moja, lie preuda-
ri, predno Sc mu zaobljubis
Preizkusi ga, nikar ne hiti S
svatbo!"
Helena pa 81 je domislje jevala,
da ga neizmerno osreci svojo
ljubeznijo. Prepricana je bila,
da je ljubezen pri obeh ne
skoncna. Prisegala je, da il bo
igraca, krotiti mu nestrpnost in
muhavost. In zdelo sc il je ma
ravnost, da je poklicana, ozdra-
viii ga Cd bolezni, pripraviti mu
gnezdo srece, XII je sanjala o
MEM.
A kmalu po poroki -- ziveli
so v trgu ma dezeli - so Sc po-
javila nesporazumljenja. Hele-
ma je bila prezivahna, prevec
zivljenja-zeljna in vesela, da bi
Sc bila mogla odreci druzbi. Nj
tt je nj bill pripravljal ma kaj
takega, ko je bila ze nevesta.
Zdaj pa je naenkrat hotel, da
Sc popolnoma odtegne vsemu
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prt mladini, XII je ljubimkala IN
rajala pod njenin varstvonl.
Vozila Sc je v mesto nakupovat,
obleke merit, zabavat Sc h kon-
certom in v gledisee, zaprav-
ljat po vseh pravilih fine in raz-
sipne dame. Henrik jo je moral
spremljati ma plese in ma vese-
lice in ma maskerade. Rad, ne
rad - vdati sc je moral zlepa;
ko bi hodila sama, bi bill lie on
osmesen. Preklinjal je in Sc je-
zil, ko Sc je dolgocasil brez
prave druzbe, YES nestrpen in
nepotrpezljiv, ma milost in ne
milost prepuscen razdrazenosti
syojih zivcev. - (
Dalje prihodnjic) =
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svetu, vsej druzabnosti in vsem
zabavam. Sam cmeren samotar,
nezadovoljen 2 vso okolico, je
zahteval, da postane tudi ona
cmerna samotarka in da Zabav-
liza vsemu svetu. - Ona je bila
drugace sanjala to gnezdo sre-
&c. Upala je bila, da bo narobe
ona MEGA iztrgala celarnosti
in ga sprijaznila z zivljenjem.
Motila Sc je bila v MEM; pre-
cenjavala je bila sebe i'm svoN
ljubezen. Sprva 81 nj sama sebi
upala priznati, da il postaja
zoprn, da so j cisto izhlapela
custva, XII jih je lbila, gojila
zanj. sele med nosnostjo, zlasti
v zadnjih mesecih in v tistih
tednih po porodu Sc il je do
kraja ohladila dusa. Malen-
kostno sitnarjenje in zlobno
zbadanje, najrazlicnejse suro-
vosti in brezobzirnosti so jQ po-
lagoma iztreznile.
Postavila Sc je po robu in Sc
pripravila ma boj. Ko Sc je vr-
Mia il otroske sobe zopet v
druzbo, bohotnejsa in lepsa, ne
go preje, mikavnejsa po dozo-
relosti in caru materinstva, 81
jajnejsa po duhu in dovtipu, ga
je zacela muciti koketnostjo,
mu je zacela draziti ljubosum-
most. Trop cestilcev Sc je sukal
okoli ME, njen salon je bill od-
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Go in brezmejno vdanost, "a.
upanje in vero
20, Tomaz neverni, ii je zal
"a vero?"
Tomo skoci magic ma noge in
Sc ozre po vrtu, nalo jeZen ma
Sc, da sc vdaja sanjam, zme-
rom zopet sanjam.
Vrt je precej obsiren, lepo
obdelan in v popolnem redu,
Ma tenn koncu trata sadnim
drevjem; v sredi zelenjadne in
cvetlicre grede, preprezene S
peseenimi stezicami; V ozadju
lopa, obdana cd obeh strani in
cd zadaj z mladim smrecjem
Tomo seta okoli cred. Roke
V hlacnih zepih, glavo povese-
no, z mislimi ma Dunaju. Ma
smesek razocaranja mu igra
krog ust: - O, to krokarsko,
vlacugarsko zivljenje! Clovek
misli, da uziva; pa samo "a
pravlja - cas-, mladost in svo-
je sile, telesno zdravje in
zdravje svoje duse. Pocasi IL
gublja zmoznost "a resnicni
uzitek, "a lepoto in dobroto, "a
naravo in preprostost. Glej, da
Sc iztrzes, Tomo, hudicu in ME-
GOWN angeljem! Placaj Sc teh
par sto kron, pa Sc resi- - ma
otok blazenih! - Otok blaze
nih! Nasmesek mu postane po-
rogljiv in trpek Sal 81 ga
bill zaslutil, Tomo, ia otok bla-
zenih, pa 81 mu bill pokazal hr-
bet! =.
Mehka roka mu seze pod
pazduho ter Sc ga oklene:
"Kaj premisljujes, Tomo?
Ali sem te prestrasila? ?"
I "Nisem zapazil, da 81 prisla,
mama"
] Tho in pocasi setata med
gredami, vsak v svojih mislih,
kakor bi ne nasla v prvem hi
pu besede "a razgovor. Tomo
bi rad vprasal radi We're, pa ga
je sram. Materine misli so v
preteklosti, pri ranjkem mozu
in njegovi smrti. A nenadoma
je tudi Tomo V pravi smeri:
"Deseto leto re poteka, ma
ma, odkar Sc je bill oce
ponesrecil."
"Ti 81 Sc spomnil? ze vse te
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ENAKo r r AN N osT

Sc ne da prevarati. Cisto ra-
zumljivo Sc mi zdi, da,nisi prav
verjel. Kdo bi ii oGital?"
Tomo je v zadregi; z roko
zamahne, in pogleda mater pla-
no in prosece, -- pa ne najde
izgovora in rece kratko:s
"Odpusti, mama!"
Ona Sc ga zopet oklene:
'Dober fant 81, Tomo. &c ii
ne ocitam, nj potreba odpusca-
ii. - A kdo ii je povedal"
'Stara matt. Ona te je zme-
rom zagovarjala." Nenado-
ma Sc zopet zmede in zardi ter
hiti nadaljevati: "Menda te je
imela rajsa nego oceta. Pra-
villa mi je bila, da je bill bolan,
da je bill zmerom slab ma ziv-
cih. Potem pa da je bill dobil Sc
neko drugo - bolezen in
kot posledico pojave blaz-
nosti. Ali ne?"
"Nasa stara matt, - vidis,
to je dobra zenska! Koliko je
ona pretrpela v svojem zivlje-
nju! In zmerom boljsa je po-
stajala. Take stare mamice, to
SO svetnice! LIE jo poslusaj, &c
Sc razjezi mad komerkoli! To
je drugace kot pri meni. Tu nj
nobenega sitnarjenja ali trmo-
glavosti ali cello sovraznosti.
Pravicen srd pravicnega sodni-
ka izkusenega, razumeva-
jocega, neskoncno dobrega sod
nika. - Cast te podrazi, a nj
koli ne il hudobije; zmerom
ina dobro misel in lepe namene
tabo. Po obedu te je zbadala. "
Tomo je razmisljen in po-
gled mu je nestalen; matt "a
pazi, da je ne poslusa. Stisne
Sc tesneje k MENU:
"Kaj premisljujes, Tomo?"
On jo pogleda malo zbegan
in neodlocen:
Emo bi rad vedel, mama. ze
davno bi tie bill rad vprasal. -
Kdaj je bill oce zbolel! Kdaj je
bill - soplno zbolel? Ne zame-
ri mi vprasanja, majka!" -
Stisne il roko in jo pogleda S
prosecimi ocmi: "Samo to bi
hotel vedeti: - Ali je obolel..
Al je obolel - pred No,
pomagaj, majka!"
"Po tvojem rojstvu, Tomo
Poldrugo leto ali kaj takega po
tvojem rojstvu."
Men obraz postane mrk, s
povesenim pogledom stopa po-
leg sina.
'Ti 81 lahko brez skrbi, pode-
doval nisi nicesar cd te bolez-
nj"
"Hvala, mama!'
Tomo 81 je oddahnil A
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dni mi je ma mislih. V enem
mesecu imamo obletnico. Ia
svoj god, ma svetega Henrika
dan je bill -- izvrsil." \ :
z nervozno kretnjo utrze
listic z ribizljevega grma:
"Jezik sc ii je zataknil, ko 81
rekel ponesrecil. Dobro,
Tomo! Sal imas pravico, 1--WE
deti resnico. ze davno bi ii bi-
la povedala in razodela
marsikaj bi tt bila rada razlo-
lila :"
Izpustila je njegovo laket. z
zamaknjenim pogledom in z
valujoco dusko hodi poleg ME
ga:
"A zadnja leta 81 mi bill tako
nezhansko tut, sovrazen, ne
usmiljen, - da tt nisem mogla
blizu. Letos Sc mi zdis dostop-
nejsi; najbrze zato, ker 81 ne
kaj pretrpel, vsaj nekaj male
ga pretrpel."
Tomo gleda v stran in matt
nadaljuje:
'"Trpljenje ublazi cloveka,
Tomo. Mic tt maj ne bo hudo "a
to, kar imas "a sabo! Use je
dobro, kar izkusis in preizku-
sis So stvari, XII tt jih nihce ne
dopove, XII Sc jih cd nikogar ne
naucis. Sam moras priti do
spoznanja. In prav je, da' pri-
de kaj trpljenja ma cloveka !;
sam Sc Sc prepricas, da je pray.
Kan pa bi osabnostjo, ko bi
ne dobili tuintam po prstih 2"
Tomu je malo sitno in vroca
so mu lica; rad bi pojasnil ma
teri, kako je bilo z Vero, - in
da je on zlocinec; - pa sc sa-
mo nerodno zlekne v plecih,
vzdihne in Sc ore precej poni-
glavo po vrtu.
"Tudi JAZZ sem nekaj pretr-
pela, Tomo. Deseto leto pote-
ka cd njegove smrti, - deseto
leto mole pokore. Bila sem gre
sila; res sem bila kriva, Tomo.
Mic tt ne tajim; dovolj 81 star,
da me vsaj deloma razumes. A
tebi so gotovo rekli, da sem ga
edino JAZZ pognala v smrt. Zato
81 mislil, da 81 lahko brezobzi-
rem proti meni.'
cali sem bill tako strasansko
brezobziren, mama? &c sem bill
parkrat malo drzen mladi-
ma je objestna, mama. Kaj sem
pa napravil?"
"Ah vse ravnanje in po-
nasanje Mnogokrat bolj
ranis S kretnjo in pogledom
nego S psovko."
"Saj sem vendar vedel, da
tt nisi kriva! Oce je bill bolan.
"Vedel 81? A preprican nisi
bill. Slutnje so te motile. Custvo
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-17
OJZ KRAIGHER
MLADA
L.JUBEZEN

A odkod bi vzela? Prihranke
ii je bill ze vse izmolzel. Pokoj-
nine nj dovolj, obresti so izcr-
pane, glavnica pa mora ostati
20 ocetovi zelji nedotaknjena
do Tomove samostojnosti. Sin
j izpodbije vse pomisleke; pr
vic: zelja nj dolocba, cepray je
v oporoki; drugic: &c 81 vzame
cd glavnice, 81 vzame kakor po-
sojilo; v nekaj mesecih je lah-
ko vse ze zopet V redu.
"Tretjic pa: - Sal sem sa-
mostojen! Ia samostojnost raw
no gre. Kako bonn samostojen
brez denarja?"
Navihano Sc il rezi obraz,
da sc nasmehne tudi Ona:
"Zvijae 81 poln: - jurist bos
dober."
"No, vidis, - in cello brez
izpitov!'
Pa Sc ugrizne V jerk: - tt
prokleti izpiti. Matt ga pogleda
vprasujoce.
Mama, mic Sc ne boj! Sc
pred bozicem napravim izpit.
Sal sem re precej pripravljen;
a "a ia tecaj je bilo prepozno
- in poguma mi je bilo zmanj-
kalo Samozavesti, vidis?
Samostojnosti! . Pa smo 20
pet tam! Sal je vse odvisno Cd
tega. In samozavest in samo-
stojnost sta odvisna cd denar-
ia. Circulus 49, razumes?
"Circulus vitiosus!"
"Ah! Ma, mama, tudi tt
bi bila dober jurist."
SklOni Sc k NIL IN 10 obJame
krog vratu, pa pritisne svoje
lice k njenemu:
''Porednica 81, mama, yes?
In resnicno te je skoda >"
Ona vstane in ga prime lju-
beznivo "a usesa:
"Zdaj sva 81 dobra ,Tomo.
Pojdi ma vrt, JAZZ pridem takoj
"a tabo. Rada bi Sc Sc kaj po-
menila :"
- Tomo lezi ma hrbtu v tra-
vi pod drevesom in gleda V ja-
sno junijsko nebo, XII bi mu
skoraj vid jemalo, ko bi 81 ne
hladil pogledov V zelenem list
iu kosatih hrusk in jablan. Ka-
kor' nitro je prisel Cd matere,
je bill naenkrat YES otozen, ne
znano tesnobo je zacutil v pr
sih. In ustne so mu sepetale:
"Kje je vera? Kje nevera?"
Zdaj pa Sc jezi sam nase: -
Ali je nisi sam zavrgel? Ali je
nisi sam odpahnil? - surovo in
brezobzirno? - da bi te ne mo-
tia ma tvojih gresnih potih?
Pravico ina, da 81 poisce dru-
gega. -- "Vera je zarocenan
- Zakaj pa ne? &c je pamet-
ma, Sc tudi poroci. Kaj to tebe
briga? Ali ii je morda zal, pri-
jatelj? Ali maj bi bila dr.
sala klece "a tabo, ko 81 gail
blato vseh ostudnosti po dunaj-
skin ponocnih ulicah? =.
&c Sc vzpne ma oba komolca,
vidi ma obzorju vrhove kam-
nisikh planin. Sinje pecine Sc
vzdigujejo V nebo, tako pre-
lestno snazne, S koprnecimi
obrisi kipece v jasni vzduh -
kot molitev in povzdigovanje
neskonGno cistih, v nedolznosti
razgaljenih deviskih dus. In
blesketanje kristalnih solncnih
zarkov Sc odbija cd skalovja ko
da je razgrnjena cez vse tenci-
ca il samih svetlih biserov, XII
migljajo in plapolajo do ne
ba . Tomu pa sc zdi, da gle
da Veri V sladke oci. Isto Gu
stvo nadcloveskega razkosja,
uzivajoc najvisjo nero poze-
meljske krasote, ga navdaja
kakor lansko zimo, kadar je Sc
del pred njo, oko v oko, hre-
penecim srcem in vriskajoeo
duso, XII mu je plala in zehtela
" h1azani 1irhazni Pred SahO
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Daily Quiz
BY THE ACE ANswERMAN

Had IL not been for a terrible
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peror might have successfully
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BY converting one letter In
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o-If some one offered you a quid
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Members of the civic clubs
affiliated under an interna-
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is Service" belong 10 what
group?
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-03
Fhe Fighting Mans Friend
Talk on Army or Navy Moves
Is Dangerous Keep # Secret
By SHANNON CORMACK

an auditor and accountant: Is
there any branch OF the service
he can enlist In TO get I'm his own
kind of work?
A-Have him see Captain Giles
pie at the army recruiting office
/ in the federal building and il
there are any vacancies in a
branch of the army where his tai
entS can be utilized he can be
signed up for that branch.
HANK O. Q-Can an enlisted
sailor without high school educa-
ton ever become "A commissioned
officer: The lad 1 have in mind
II now "a cONwain.
A-The scholastic requirements
for commission in the navy are
rather high and a young man
without the equivalent OF a high
school education would probably
have quite some difficulty in pass
ing the examination. However.
your friend must be a good sailor
If he already holds the rank of
.coXwain. petty officer.
ANXIOUS X. A.: Q-I want TO
enlist In the army air corps for
girls; what are the qualifications
and TO whom do 1 apply?
AT present there is no army
air corps for girls but the office
OF the Volunteer Civilian Defense
in the Barlum Hotel, Cadillac
Square can undoubtedly find some
duties for you. You should regis
ter there.
G.. a, r. Q-RecentIy I applied
for birth certificate and found
that / have two names. neither Of
them legal. have always used
my stepfather's name but. now
learn j was never adopted by
him. Should ! enter the armed
forces under the name I have used
all these years and under which i
am now registered?
A-You should use the name TO
which you are legally entitled but
should also give the name by
which yen are commonly known
thus; John Doakes commonly
known as John Brown
MRS. HARRY SEGAL: Q-My
husband IL I'm the army air corps
and four weeks ago was sent on
foreign service. I've written him
several letters hut haven't received
any answer: could you tell me IL
he isn't able to writec
A-FOur weeks is only a short
time for him 20 get from this
country TO the foreign post 10
which he has been assigned and
for him 10 get p letter back 10 YOU
You will undoubtedly hear from
him at the first opportunity. Army
and navy mail these days Is not
so regular as during peacetime.
Don't forget as long as you hear
nothing he Is all right. 10 News
Is Good News.
The Fighting Mans Friend is
an information aid 20 men in
the service and their relatives
and 20 men about 10 enter the
armed forces of the United
States Questions submitted 10
the Fighting Mans Friend will
be answered only in this COL
urn. No answers will be given
by telephone or mail
DO NOT write asking In what
classification you viii be placed
by your local draft board or
whether you viii be granted de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-03
N so DON'T TALK

SO, 10 protect your own boy and
YER soldiers and sailors: Dom
TX!
/. J. HARDY; o. am 4S
irs old and am anxious To joir
branch Of our military service
It at all possible for mo TO join
my age?
Mot at present. But you car
Toll In the Volunteer Civilian
Tense and undoubtedly some jot
value 10 your country will bc
nd for you. Call at the V. c. ID
ce on the mezzanine floor Of tho
rlum Hotel. Cadillac Square.
IRIS. J. NJ: Q-My husband
Mt he 20 years old until Febru.
20; does he have to register
the draft?
A-He does not have 20 register
February l6. but he can enlist
unfairly by applying 10 either
army. navy or marine corps
ruiting offices in the Fedora
Hiding.
r. NJ. CLINT: OIL am Is
.rs old. have had three years
itary training: my wife IL work
and we have no children.
q false teeth; are they taking
n OF my age with false teeth?
A--In some cases, yes. II dc.
Ids entirely on the report OF the
ny medical officer who will ex.
Inc you.
IRIS. G. c. Q.-Can n Russian
n allen. without his first papers
lst in the army or he liable fol
itary service?
|A-IIe cannot enlist in The
ny, but if he is between tho
IS Of 20 and Al he must rcgiStei
the draft on February 16 anC
liable to be called on for ser
=.
IRIS. 3. HOFFMAN. ON,
- In class IA and expects q
led up In n month. He q