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EDITORIAL "Let the mother smile the weeping mother..." This quote is from Taras Shevchenko's "Poslanije" — to the dead, the living and those not born yet — to my fellow countrymen in the Ukraine and elsewhere", was written 130 years ago, yet it proclaims its eternally strong and timely message today. May is a month dedicated to mothers. We wish to pay special tribute to the women-mothers in the Ukraine, who, on both sides of prison walls suffer the sepatation from their children, from their loved ones. We pay homage to those women who took a stand against tyranny and injustice and who themselves or their children are now sentenced to long years of imprison ment, exhile or inhuman treatment in psychiatric wards. Such a tragedy is exemplified in the case of Oksana Popovych — herself an invalid, who took care of her old, blind mother. It would seem to a sane world that her circumstances alone would warrant aid and understanding rather than persecution. But just as she awaited a much needed surgery, she was arrested. In the pages of our press we can read of countless such examples which counter the basic human rights. When we celebrate the month dedicated to the woman-mother, we should not only be in sympathy and spirit with our sisters in Ukraine. We should examine ourselves — do we in the plenty of our lives raise our children to be strong individuals, proud of their nation, ready to serve it? This month we are introducing a new feature which we dedicated to "the young mother" Its inspiration came from a young woman Dora Horbachewsky, who wrote to us, saying, that young mothers lack a book of "baby talk", nusery rhymes and lullubys in Ukrainian. Hence our version of Mrs. Horba- chewsky's idea. If our readers show enthousiasm for such a feature, we will gladly repeat it in a variety of themes. WELCOME OUR LIFE recently welcomed Professor Wolodymyr Janiw, rector o f the Free Ukrainian University in Munich. The University enjoys a wide reputation and its accredited degrees are respected in the German circles of learning and educational institutions, informed us Prof. Janiw. The University offers a very informative summer program which is attended by many students from all over Europe, said our guest. We asked about women educators on their staff. There are four, the proffessor told us. We also found out that the University recently purchased a building which will allow for research projects and house the library. IN YALTA Halyna Carynnyk shares with us a fragment of her trip to Ukraine, a visit to Yalta. In the city, Halyna and her companions came upon an imposing statue of Lesia Ukrainka, the work of artist Halyna Kalchenko. The sculpture was dedicated and unveiled in 1971, marking the 100 birthday of the poetess. Miss Carynnyk describes in her article how she and her friends tried to find a museum where the poetess' stay in Yalta would be preserved in memora bilia, but in vain. In the regional historical museum they came upon a portrait of Lesia Ukrainka with a small note about her. They also found the building where Lesia stayed in 1907, but that was all. Lesia Ukrainka spent her time in Yalta nursing her ill husband, herself ridden by a disease which would shortly end her life. It was hardly a time of joyous, carefree vacationing for the young poetess, as the beautiful sea resort would warrant. In continuing her travelogue, Halyna Carynnyk went on to say that a few miles out of Yalta, they (she and her friends) came upon a strange looking monumeni in the form of a pyramid made from huge rocks. A tablet on it read: Built to commemorate the 100 anniversary of the birth of genius poetess, revolutionary Lesia Ukrainka — 1971. On other tablets on the monument were quotes from her works. SCULPTURE OF HALYNA KALCHENKO Sculptress Halyna Kalchenko died in March of this year in Kiev at the age of 49. She was born in the town of Borzna and completed her studies in the Kiev Arts Academy. Her works are mostly sculpture- portraits of noted Ukrainian figures. Her work has a feeling of uninhibited freedom is bold and explicit. Though realistic, her subjects are hardly bland, but exhibit their strong psychological characteristics. Among Kalchenko's more known works is the striking sculpture of Lesia Ukrainka in Yalta. A work of great expression is the artist's sculpture entitled’ "After the Questioning". EMBROIDERY FOR CHILDREN Embroidery is becoming increa singly popular in everyday use here and in the Ukraine. This month we feature two dresses for children. Dress #1. Use light colored fabric. Dress has yoke in the front and closes with colored buttons. Colar and yoke are decorated with embroidery in the shape of narrow streaks. Dress #2. Use light grey linen. Dress closes in the back. The sieve is raglan- type. The colar and front of dress is decorated with embroidery. Both embroidery disigns are in the cross stitch pattern. In the original, they are red and black. For children, adopt other color schemes, such as gold and wine or rust and green. В ТРАВНІ — МІСЯЦІ СКВУ ПОСИЛІМ ОБОРОНУ ЛЮДСЬКИХ ПРАВ У СССР НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ТРАВЕНЬ 1975 25
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