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Theodosia Roresky. WOMEN DON’T WORK It seems there was once a Uk rainian farmer named Clem. He was known to the villagers as a foard-working and thrifty fellow. .He was a good husband too, as husbands go. However, he had one fault which eclipsed all his good points in the eyes of the women of the village. He always .came home from the fields with liis team complaining loudly how hard he worked, in fact, how hard all men worked, while the women stayed home and took life easy. “For it's no work,” said Clem, “to cook the builba (potatoes) milk the cows, wash and mend the linen. That's just a pleasant pastime!” For a long time Clem harped on this topic while the women listened patiently until one day Clem's wife, Eva, tired of his complaining and decided to teach Clem a lesson. So when he caniv, iiome that night grumibling as usual how hard he worked while she took life easy at home, she said, “Save your breath, my good man, I know your speech by heart now! Since you say that women do nothing all day and only you do any work, suppose we exchange our jobs. Г11 go in to the fields with the team to jplow and you stay home and take inіу place.” “What! You plow? What do you know about it?” laughed Clem derisively. “We'll see! Tomorrow we'll have a. try-out,” replied short and ample Eva, looking up into the face of her tall and lanky hus band Clem. ' Eva slipped out early the next morning before Clem was up, quickly ha;rnessed the horses and took the team out to the fields to plow. Clem stayed home. He had to cook the dinner, tidy up the house, feed the pigs and milk the cows. He didn't know where to be gin ! The pigs began squealing so he went to the pigsty to at tend to them first. It took some time before he had them fed and qiiieted. While he was putting the house an order he heard the tinkle- of bells telling him the cows were coming home from pasture for ■their noon milking. He dropped what he was doing to go out to the stable. He milked the cows and placed •the full bucket of milk near the cow he had just finished milking while he went to look for another bucket. The cow, backing up, kicked it over and the milk spill ed alL over the floor. Clem swore •and at the same moment thought of dinner. He'd better start the fire going and set the corn meal on to cook. Clem had' forgotten to close the house door and in the mean time the pigs got in. While chasing them out he tripped and fell striking his head on the door jamb. As he put his hand to his head to feel the lump swelling there, he heard the cows mooing in the stable, for he hadn't fed them yet! He had to climb into the hay loft to get the hay. Coming down in a hurry, Clem fumbled for the step on the ladder, slipped and the ladder overturned. A stick of wood protruding from the hayloft fortunately caught Clem by the seat of his pants and he swung there while the hay dropped from his hands. At that moment he heard a knocking at the house door. “There's nobody home!” yelled Clem. The visitor, a beggar, came to the barn door and seeing Clem hanging there, helped him get down. “Oh. my!” cried Clem in an anguished tone, “the ‘kulesha' must surely be scorched by now! What will Eva think when she comes home to dinner? The house is in disorder, the cows are hungry and there is no dinner ready! My, my, my!” clucked Clem dejectedly, “What will she say?” The beggar was barely past the gate when Eva arrived. She hardly recognized the yard and little house she had left so neat and' tidy that morning. It seemed as. if a tornado had struck it! The milk had foamed into pud dles in the stables; the hay was sprayed all over the usually neat ly swept and clean barn floor; the ladder was lying in the mid dle of it. Running into the house, she saw there too everything was topsy-turvy and scattered all over the floor. “What is the meaning of this? What has happened here?” cried Eva in a terrified voice. “Well, you see it was like this,” lied Clem glibly, “the gypsies were here. They wanted to steal the pigs. I had such a hard time chasing themy They messed up the whole place, as you can see. Finally they stole the milk and ran away.” Eva smiled to herself slyly, seeing very plainly through Clem's explanations but she kept her tongue in her cheek and started to cook the dinner, borsch and corn meal. Before long, the house was neatly set in order, the barn swept, the ladder in place and the cows milked, fed and sent to pasture again. After dinner Clem heaved a great sigh of content and without a word hurried out, picked up his whip and cracking it joyously, took the team out to the fields to plow. From that time 0 :n Clem be- Tolerance When the other fellow acts that way,, he Js ugly; when you do, it is nerves. When he doesn't like your friends, he's prejudiced; when you don't like his, you're; simply showing you're a good judge of human nature. When he picks flaws in things, he's cranky; when you do, you are discriminating. When he tries to treat some one especially well ,he's toady ing; when you try the same game, you are using tact. —DIGEST. L ittle Tips on K eeping F it Here are several little tips to Managing Directors and any oth ers who are too busy to take any physical exercise. 1 Whenever you walk, walk quickly and take long strides. 2 When you rise from your office chair* rise without using your hands. 3 When you stand up, stand erect. Stand straight, with your shoulders back. 4 Whenever you think of it, take several long breaths. 5 When you pick up anything from the floor, stoop without bending your knees. Efficiency M agazine, London. came a model husband and never complained that he was over worked while the women stayed home and did nothing. He *had learned his lesson and realized that a woman's work is just as tiring as a man's if not more so, and that to make a home what it really means a woman must stay in it. Ч И С Т О Т А (Цродовження ві сторони 3-ої) cl Помпеї отже були колис кою мила і з відтіль розій шлось воно у широкий світ. В наших часах маємо мило у всяких формах: плинному стані, спорошковане, у плас- тиночках, то знов у ріжно- барвних кусках твердої фор ми. Тепер в часі війни, влас- ти напоминають, щоб госпо дині 'були обережні з милом і уживали його ощадно. І ми- лення з прання Шкода вили вати в канал, бо саме таке ми- лення добре є вилляти під цвіти <на городець. Вода з ми лом ниіщить всякі насікомі, які часто обсідають ростину. В гасі війни особливо муси мо щадити цей середник чис тоти, бо не тільки його потре бує населення і -наша армія, але і всі .інші краї: у першу чергу ті, що знищені війною. Саме туди ндш уряд буде зму шений посилати мило? чи то як добровільну поміч, чи • в торговлі. Вдержати чіистоту у знищених війною краях це не шутки. Це є дуже важне і конечне завдання, щоб запо- бічи всяким пошесним неду гам. Слід зазначити, що Аме риканський Червоний Хрест, який розуміє конечність чис тоти у краях діткнених вій ною, найперш очевидно в Ев- ропі, вислав туди уже чотири і пів мілійонів фунтів мила. Ось так за тисячі літ згаду ємо цю молоду Фенікійку, яка своєю звичайною жіночою ці кавістю принесла людству та кий благодатний середник чис тоти, яким є отсей так дуже пожаданий кусочок мила. ZAKHAR BERKUT •» B y IV A N F R A N K O F IR S T E N G L IS H L A N G U A G E E D IT IO N by Theodosia Boresky THE STORY OF A MOUNTAIN SAGE AND HIS DEMOCRA TIC IDEALISM: THE LAST FREE UKRAINIAN COMMUN ITIES IN THE CARPATHIAN REGION DURING THE 13th CENTURY. THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE GREED OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASS OF BOYARS AND AGAINST THE DREADED MONGOL HORDE. The people were caught between the double-dealing tactics of the boyars and the conquering Mongols whose m ilitary successes were due less to their own prowess than to the weakness of a vast nation of people whose collective strength and effective cooperation had been undermined and impaired by craft and treachery of self-seeking factions. T H E P R E S E R V A T IO N O F T H E T IM E - T E S T E D D E M O C R A T IC F O R M O F G O V E R N M E N T A N D T H E P R O G R E S S IV E S Y S T E M O F C O O P E R A T IO N B E T W E E N F R E E C O M M U N IT IE S IS T H E M A IN T H E M E O F T H E B O O K Against the background of warfare, adventure in primeval mountain wilds, the problems of ia war-torn nation there has been written the romancs of the son of the peasant sage and the daughter of a proud and crafty boyar. BRIEF SURVEY OF UKRAINIAN HISTORY INCLUDED IN THE VOLUME S P E C IA L P R E - P U B L IC A T IO N P R IC E $2.15 in d . m a ilin g T H E O D O S IA B O R E S K Y 390 Ferry Street New Haven 13, Conn. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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