Supplement to the SVOBODA, Ukrainiae Daily :•%%*.. m

Published by the Junior Department of tile Ukrainian National Association. 'щШ^^т No. 12. Jersey City, N. J., Friday, March 23, 1934. w*

NEW ТОВК YOUTH OF A. GREAT MEDICAL JflWJ »»,< THE V. N. A. UKRAINIANS IN THE FAR EAST •л , А^иШАДОДОГ A New York Youtli'e Branch The world'* press for the past few year* lias been filled, with .Prof. Memyk fit the of the Ukrainian National Associa­ despatches and special articles concerning thai section ,of the .BacberiologkaT institute.of £har- tion has finally become a reality. . .earth's globe popularly known as the Far East. Despite this fact, kivr-., afCar. yeare -of'. еі^Й;, our general conception of the Far East has usually been limited h.»nntl^\rn°vni"-bJ^^-^i||^^'M^'. After two months of planning, < with many preliminary meetings, to that of some vague territory lying somewhere* ш Eastern Asia, an flnHrfoyftCi f Е"*)"Т ' spotted tyv і- a group convened last Friday at particularly along (he.Pacific coast. phiis...;,Bapiirimenfas have,,.shown, л,' a temporary local at 80 East 7th Occasionally, however, our complacent. conception of the that this anti-toxin«has positiv^l -Street, -drew op a resolution, peti­ Far East and- its significance to the reel of the .would receives a reeuRe, and that It can also «Sp* tioning the Supreme Assembly of most disquieting jolt, particularly so when our shell of indiffer­ used. successfully against- diph-U the U. N. A. to grant a charter, ence to anything outside the orbit of America and Europe becomes therla. branch number and seal, and for­ pierced, in some manner or other, by the astonishing knowledge This ted- hae beeo -hailed bjpt^' warded the resolution to Mr. Ha- that the Far East is an immense territory of .great .natural re­ many --scientists -as the' greatest),*. ' lychyn, Supreme Recording Sec­ sources, staggering populations, and of a size. sufficiently large medical discovery.of modern times.,-. * retary of the U. N. A. enough to lose within its limitless expanse many a European eoun- It is predicted that it will revoluj-'-j try without leaving hardly a trace of it. tioniie the battle against the£ Mr. .Nicholas Hawrylko, pro­ -Rather taken aback by our ignorance we make.haste.to dust dreaded typhus. minent young Ukrainian attorney off the long forgotten Atlas and tuin its. pages .to the map and r : of New York was chosen Presi­ statistics of Asia; We gaze in wonderment... and owlishly, nod *~ І • —'-'' ^х-Щ.їі^Ж& " dent by. a majority vote. Mr. Jo­ our heads that.indeed the Far East is a very large and. hnportant UKRA IN IAN PROGRAM AI В seph M. Uhorchak. and Miss Anna section of the-earth. -i*.;.CfflbUMBIA A. Troskey were unanimously If, by this time our natural curiosity has overcome our. equal­ The., - Ukrainian 'Дд^тт*1 Wdtt '*~ chosen secretary and treasurer, ly natural... er, ."conservatism" towards anything which might men's.uLeagoe concluded its Uk-. respectively. Mr. Halychyn offi­ . disturb our long-settled convictions, we hurry to the Public Lib­ rainian Exhibit - at the Teacher's ciated at the election. rary and there, to our unutterable, amazement^ we. find.shelves C*>llegei..lCtoJtumtna, .University,' last ••• The- third Friday of every upon shelves of hooks, periodicals and reports on the. "Far.East­ Sunday, evening with a special month will be devoted to a busi­ ern Question". Then, and only, theu, do we begin.to dimly per­ program,.designed. to acquaint the ness meeting, and the first Friday ceive that this,great land known as the Far.East,_fhc.land which American guests -1 with certain - of every month to an informal has been the cause of more international intrigues and wars-than phases' of Ukrainian life and art. social. Everyone, whether a mem­ is generally supposed,- and upon which the- intense attention of ; . The.program was held la one of ber of the U. N. A. or not is the world is focused at (he present time—bids fair to have a most the reception rooms of the Col­ cordially invited to toe next so­ - profound effect upon the future history of the world. ;. lege, and attended by members сї-^Й cial on. Friday, evening, March 30, the faculty, a large gathering of at 30 East 7th Street .W. Y. C. Our astonishment at all this, however, pales into_uisjgntficanc,e when some kindly old soul, taking pity on our blissful ignorance,, graduate teachers, students, and •informs us that there are Ukrainian .people living in the Far East; - -some American-Ukrainians, ралі & RETURNS FBOM STAY IN and imagine*—not a few -either, but great numbers of them! . ticularly of the younger genera­ ., UKRAINE, ASSAILS SOVIETS We learn with growing amazement that according to Д)іе offi­ tion. C* ; > , Members otr. .organization* In cial Soviet statistics (which certainly cannot be accused .of favor­ The program was opened by .-both the United States- and Ca- ing our people) that but of the one million and quarter total* ~Mrs.-BL D- LotutAy, President of- . nada. which favor. a soviet sys­ population of the Soviet Far Eastern Region -(whjcli is but a part the League who acted throughout tem of government for ..these of the Far*East) "780.000 are Ukrainians. . The majority .pf. this '' the'entire evening as a'sort Of a countries should be shot, declared population is located in a more or less compact territory Tunning'': maater-of-ceremonies, - explaining . Konstantyn Kramarenko, 38 years on an imaginary line between _Blagoveschensk to. Vladivostok. Ukrainian * customs and coetumes,- Other Ukrainian settlements are to the north of the Amur River,.' and illustrating the' latter with 1 old, a oktive of .Ukraine, who re­ turned to Fort Brie, OnL, from some around Lake-Baikal in the interior*, and along the southern * Ukrainian girls acting as- models. Buffalo yesterday after four, years borders- of what constitutes Siberia: Tbe Ukrainian population - .A talk eat Ukraine was given by in-. -Soyiet .Russia. Is predominantly rural in character, and some of the Ukrainian r Mr. Fred Arnold, a -student of villages there even bear typical Ukrainian names such as Cherni- " Columbia. Mrs. Hrebynetska ac­ A native-of the Ukraine, he left hrV. companying herself on the- piano, Brantfordi OnL, in 1030 to trace We- further learn that there is an extensive Ukrainian colony ' sang several well chosen selections, hie family in Russia.after-living in 'in Harbin. Manehoukuo—the Japanese protectorate about which •" and Mr. Pi-Ordyneky sang--several Canada nineteen years. When he we have been-reading so much within recent tfmesin the Aroer- " stirring -pieces -to the piano ac­ went to his native village in'Uk­ iean press. There, in Harbin, the Ukrainians have their own ' companiment- of Mrs. M. • Shumey- raine he;learned all his relatives newspaper, "The Manchurian Herald," and a Ukrainian National' І^й-ГТНіЬв followed la seeieutation were dead except bis mother, 72 Home around which revolves the Ukrainian life. ' of finely -executed Ukrainian aan- years old* who had been exiled The річ-sent tense situation in the Far East, resulting from the - oea -by members of the' Awamen-'i. to--* bush- camp in Siberia. Pre­ strong -rivalry between Soviet Russia and Japan to establish their • ko's Бспооі of Ukrainian. Dances. tending, to be an ardent.supporter spheres of influence, has brought about a change for the better for - The American guests were visi­ of the Soviet, he was .finally given Ukrainians living therein. Both countries realize that in event of bly hnpresaed •by the- Ukrainian a pass to go to Siberia to see conflict between them the Ukrainian population therein-may prove • иічіадаїя and besides warmly ар-- his mother. - to be an -important fee tori plaudmg all-offerings-showed their He. found her emaciated and •*- The Ukrainians- of the Far Bast had to.a degree organiicrt • • interest' still farther jyiaetlim; suffering privation, but forced to tlfemselves .and- made- contacts- with their-mother country at the - numerous questions —regarding оці lumber in the bush camp. close of the Worid War. but with the coming -of the ' Ukraine and its oostoms. Pespito his good standing in So­ into power, the gains were wiped out. Recent times, however, viet circle*, he Visa permitted to have seen the revival-of the Ukrainian movement there, and today see her on)y one hour and had to ( ДДІВАІМАЇф .TARE. PART this movement is^growing by leaps and bounds. And.the So­ be careful not .40 show any filial ^..ШШк *Ж. JUEUHAN , viets- fear to place any great obstructions in the wayof this move­ affection, for such- sentiments, he MONARCH ment >for fear of having Ukrainian revolts on' their hands' during said, are .frowned - upon by the 1 ,. Jfeys. fn^ft, Beigiam informs us the -probable"conflict-between the Soviets* and Japan. Soviets. He fled f rom.Ruseia after . that, .faking part. in the, funeral in.all fairness to Japan we -must emphasize that Japan has '' many, daring ..escapes from the * procession of the recently..deceas­ .treated the Ukrainians .within its territories quite well; and has •" powerful .Soviet secret police, the ed, Belgian monarch Albert. I was • placed no'hindrances.to the development of the Ukrainian move-'~ Ogpu. .Even yesterday he feared a "Ukrainian delegation .consisting men*, within the-realms of its influence. As a result,'Harbin has to identify, himself, saying his of Engineer D. Andrievsky, M. •become the center of the Ukrainian, movement- in the Far East. - mother.might suffer for his con­ Hraba,- and a- student W. Dush- According-to the despatches received by us from -Harbin,, great'' demnation, of the Bolshevik regime neky who-carried ft large Ukrain-.. • numbers of- -Ukrainian refugees' from the Soviet Far-Eastern І '-bin banner. The delegation march­ because spies for the government Maritime provinces are-conjing into Manehoukuo,-in order to es­ ed between the Italian and Ameri­ ate here also, he. said. cape ithe Rolelievik persecutions* and cruelly. ' can delegations. He .declared the great mass of. Briefly., .such is the situation of the Ukrainian- people-in the -* *"tV-i і.лааі Russian are living under worse Far East.. In conclusion we wish to add the welcome news that ; conditions now than ід the days our doings here in America are-followed with great interest by our ^'jtoafSicB - j| of Ivan the -Terrible and they -kinsmemin that far-away part-of the globe. And on our part it . tke Ukrainian. Tfouth,'a..1l-to«ae would .welcome a. .foreign invasion 'of .North America essay .contest .is indeed a pleasure .to know that-they, separated from-the) r> native -• otf"^fh*t"'particnuir aspects or to escape from their present plight. homeland by vast distances, li\ing in a rigorous climate'amidst . .{Buffalo Courier Express, phases of UhrahUan Hfe . attract .strange, raee*...have, not forgotten their mother Ukraine: but on -aae meet" ends around April 2nd. . March 19, 1934). , the contrary ore-striving their best, in spite of all obstacle*.placed -..: There Is still time send- your es­ in their way -by the Bolsheviks, to help realize a dream common to say in and win a iiateaiMi prize. - Todey'i "U. W." U concluded la the ail Ukrainians, throughout the world—the creation of an independ- :<л iBpide 14 ngwl. (Oontest details in "fflwilimU" ent .state of Ukraine. \ Sf&fc«i»vieue-i*eneeof toe-t'-Л ,W."). * i. ' '-if.' ^МіГг}*.І+-АІЯЬФЗЯ u- '-.. ?--Д:.' *• -* -'--ТІ Тії Р^ПіГЧЯ UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1934. No. 12

gurdy music by turning a little oc those days, the kings and Д SHORT HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN LITERATURE handle). The lives of the Saints, queens, princes, nobility, the "bo- ' Цг EEV. M. KINASH Ще beginning and end of the yars" and the "druzhina". Small -*•>•; world, and general religious'and wonder then, that this class was (A free faanslaaon by s. 8.) moral subjects form the basis of IgM: • (Т) quickly superseded in popular this type of folk songs. .' favor among the Ukrainian peo­ Another type of the Ukrainian Many of these soldier songs are Пісня яро- правду І неправду. ple by the Cossack "dumi", which folk-songs is the "burlaky" songs. but imitations Of the-more popular arose several centuries later. For "Burlak" (singular) is a Ukrain­ ОЙ- сей світ, ой cejf світ великая зрада, Cossack songs. The. change to Що по всьому світу настала неправда! ian word denoting a vagabond, one whereas the former dealt with the accomplished very easily in many Чи ти правдо вмерла, чи ти заключена, life of the ruling class, the ''dumi", Who wanders from place to place cases, by merely substituting in Що тая неправда увес ь світ зажерла? without a fixed habitation. There place of the "Cossack" the word -бо тепера правка -стоїть у порога, on the other hand, dealt with the А тая неправда "сидить кочець стола; Cossacks, who were warriors to a distinction, however, between which denotes soldier or warrior Бо тепера правду під нозі топтають, the two terms, for whereas a va­ —"voyak". А тую неправду трунком напорають; drawn principally from the or­ gabond is usually associated With Бо тепера правда сидить у темниці, dinary, peasant type of the Ukra­ a worthless type. of fallow, the 4. Lyrical Polk Poetry or Songs А тая неправда з панами у світлиці; inian nation. The autocratic form The- lyrical folk poetry is the Бо тепера правда сльозами вмиває, term "burlak" is more akin to a А тая.неправда з панами гуляє. of government was at all times person of higher type, one who largest division of the Ukrainian Нема в світі правди, тільки рідна мати! repugnant to the liberty" loving through some misfortune" or other folk poetry- and songs. Speaking Ой де-бн її могли в світі Цознськатн? Ukrainian people, and therefore generally it to the product of the Ой де-б її могли в віч! увндіти. has lost his home, family .and the Cossacks with their freedom friends, and who, as a consequence, Ukrainian womanhood. The pre- Орловими крилами моглн-б ми летіти, Бо тепера світу копець приблнжнася; loving qualities,' their -feeling of wanders through the countryside. dominant theme of this type of Хоч рідного* брата тепер стережися; Many songs nave arisen around folk songs is love, together with Він з тобою їсть^пе, а"враз бесіду*. social and political equality with this type of character; Usually all of its many ramifications and А на серці злість має, неприязнь готує. one another, together with their implications, as flirtation, court­ Хто по правді судить, то того карають, unusual bravery and dash—quick­ they teil of his sorrowful fate: - А хто не по правді, того поважають. ship, marriage, and'the like. Many Ой хто буде правду в світі визначати, ly found great favor among: the V Нема в світі гірш нікому, of these songs deal with the light­ Зошлй ему Господь що день благ ода- Ukrainian people. And this favor" > Як бурлаці молодому. • І er veto of love, while others de­ [ти! Деж ти, бурлак, забарився, found its expression in - the num­ Thy вечерю припізнився? х vote themselves to exposition of berless Cossack ' aumi". jlsV-— О* не був я на охоті, -саме of unfortunate love, of part­ 6. Historical Songs and the "Dumi" їмо був я на роботі... і т. д. ings, Heartbreaks, ana sadness. In fact, practically all of the lyrical Historical folk-songs among the These Cossack "dumi" were StlH-another popular type of folk poems and songs are tinged Ukrainian people are divided into ordinarilly composeu immeoiately ' class folk-songs are the warrior with a feeling of sadness and me­ two classes; their general classifi­ after some great event or'happen- or-soldier songs. They are usual­ lancholy, with one major excep­ cation being based upon the histo­ ing by the "kobzari-banduri". ly based on the hard life a soldier tion—the "kolomeyke"-Hthe dan­ rical period of their origin: "bely- Their main tneme is me never has to lead. Here is ones .. cing songs of the Ukrainian peo­ nl" and the famous "dumi". . ending struggle of the Ukrainian ple, particularly of tne mountain nation with the Turks and Tar­ Йй£Й* Чорна ріля заорана The former class of songs, JІ кулями засіяна. dwellers. "belyni", has its source to the tars, while running parallel with Білим тілом зволочена Middle Ages, to the days of the it is the subsidiary one of the '. І кровю сполочена. " 6. Religious-Mora! Songs Лежить вояк на купині, Ukrainian Kingdom of Kiev, when struggle of the Ukrainian people • Накрив очі китайкою, s* The religious-moral songs are Ukraine was one of the leading against the ruthless exploitation Китайкою червоною. usually sung by itenerary "'lyri­ states of Europe. Folk-songs deal­ policy of the Polish and Russian Ані тру мни, ані ями, ing with the life of that period Ані вітця, ані мами. • cists" to the accompaniment of the land owning class. "lira" (an instrument in the form concern. " themselves'' principally 1 нікому задзвонити, :мЛ . &jj£?-,. І нікому затужили. of. a mandolin, producing hurdy- with the 'life of {be ruling class (To be continued)

the biting windv and munching I Cossack eyes the comely figure of SUHHDIfCHHY hot" baited.. potatoes which were a young- woman, dressed in flow­ • eld Ukrainian story by 8. 8. being baked in. .the coals of the | ing Turkish garments, even to -—tH (16) fire*' Promt • -where they sat іI the extent of a veil over her could be seen,* When the moon | face. Only a pair, of dark,-f right- - 18. On the eve before the battle Poland keep, her pledges ?'Certain­ peeped out from aoove .the scud­ I ened eyes were visible." Her fear. • Seven years had" passed since ly' not! But that is getting ahead ding blaclr^oilds, the -glistening | however, seemed to be compound* ~ Sahaydatchny*B triumphal return of our story.. Let us return to length of tie Rivier. ed with a trace of relief upon see­ to Kiev, following the series of the the time when Sahaydatchny took There, was little talk among ing that she was among Cossacks. victorious Cossack forays on the the field against the Sultan's them. All were lost in their "Who are yon?"—asked'Karpo Turkish i"ff||UwV" towns and cities. horde. ruminations. .Only Hrytsko seem­ in a Turkish dialect. During those seven years" Sahay- ed & trifle restless. Seeing that "I was a Turkish captive girl, datchny won undying fame as a The. Cossack force under Sahay- Khoma was more deeply immersed and I've just escaped from them," great Ukrainian CJoaKvck leader by datchnjVi wis encamped not far in thought th'an the others he was the girl replied in clear Ukrainian, his exploits li^jfentjiig back the in­ from Khotyn, while facing it, about to jolly him. a bit,- when dropping at the same time her vasions of the Turks and Tartars. quite some distance away, was the suddenly a restraining hand was veil and disclosing the typical Uk­ Naturally enough those Cossack vengeful Sultan with his tremen­ laid upon his arm. It was Kar­ rainian features of a beautiful Ш victories became a source of worry dous army. Save for a few skir­ po. The totter", was gazing in­ girl. At that moment, however, and annoyance even for the Sul­ mishes no battle had been fought, T tently into the darkness, in direc­ her beautiful features were pallor tan: himself. *"tiiP"* the -insol­ 'OC yet J for both sides were try­ tion of the enemy's encampment. ridden and her lips blue from the ence of the Cossacks in actually ing to .ascertain the strength'of "Hush!"... he whispered, "I cold. It was apparent that it was threatening, even that great Mo­ the opposing force. ' thing I saw someinlng white mov­ with great difficulty that she kept hammedan stronghola, Tsarhorod It was a pitch dark night. A ing oyer there yonder." her teeth from chattering from : itself! Seeing that his troops cold north wind, the "moscal", was The group stopped eating tneir the cold and janissaries were incapable ;of blowing, sending chills through the potatoes and gazed searchingly to Just when she was about to add checking the Cossacks, the Sultan Cossacks huddled around their where Karpo pointed. something else, Nebaba, who was threatened the" King of Poland campfires,'and causing still great­ "What Is it?"—someone guard­ staring at her fixedly all the that if he would not use his influ-, er discomfort to the sentinels while, suddenly broke in a joyous ence (?) over the Ukrainian Cos­ edly asked. stationed at- the outskirts of the "I can't make it out," replied ery. sacks, he would invade Poland and Cossack encampment. Far out to' "Why!—she's our Hefman'along punish her. The Polish king made Karpo. "Here, boys," turning to the impenetrable darkness could two Cossacks recruits seated in lost god-daughter—Kheesia!" frantic attempts to comply, but be seen the faintly flickering And indeed, she was ^Khvesia, she to. no avail. Seizing this opportu­ the shadows, "steal quietly До that lights of the Turkish and Tartar clump of bushes over there, and if who had disappeared so mysteri­ nity of regaining some of the hordes' campfires. ously during the burning of Kaffa. prestige he lost at the hands of anybody is there, grab him." Seated around one of the Cos­ Two silent forms sidled out of Everyone had given up Мре for . . the Cossacks the Sultan vented his sack fires, at one of the outposts her. even her grief stricken god­ wrath against the luckless Polish the circle and vanished In the of the camp, were a group of our darkness. The remainder resumed father, Sahaydatchny. ,And now king by ' inflicting a terrible de­ old friends. Karpo, "mighty" Kho- she was back again! feat to the tatter's army to 1620. their former relaxed positions, ma, Nebaba, and Hrytsko. The The Cossacks made haste to The following year he returned not wishing to alarm the one who seven years had "hardly wrought seat ber by the Ore so that she with a great horde and bid fair was perhaps watching them. any change in them. They were would get warm, and while others to repeat his victory of the pre­ Minute passed after minute v . pf£ Still that, courageous, happy-go- busied themselves in getting her vious year. Suddenly a sharp crackling of lucky band of Cossack warriors. something- to eat Hrytsko solfti- Ї * A great fear, fell upon Poland. the bushes was heard, and then Only Hrytsko seemed to be more clously made her comfortable. -i'. і One more defeat like previous one a woman's scream pierced the air. mature than we last saw him; the Taking off his "shupan" he threw Hi ,and that, would be the end of "Help, Oh, help!" Cossack wars during the seven it over her shoulders.- Poland. In desperation Poland The group sprang to their feet, Ш years had left their imprint upon and a few ran to where they could The sight of warm friendly appealed to Sahaydatchny for aid. him, as well as upon his com­ , Sahaydatchny agreed, but only on perceive the two Cossacks leading faces around ber and the sound of Ш panions, old and experienced between them a struggling figure her native tongue completely un­ the condition that Poland would campaigners. A warm friendship guarantee the liberties of the Cos­ dressed in white. nerved the poor gir|^Govering I had sprung up among this group "Don't Scare her, boys,"—Karpo her face with her hands* she start­ sacks. Poland made haste to I and they always managed to make these guarantees, and cautioned, "but bring her here to ed to weep softly. 1 stick * together, whether in time the fire so that we could see who At the sight of hefHtears the promptly -received the Cossack of peace or in battle. aid. This aid was in the nick of she is." Cossacks redoubled their awk­ time. It saved her from extinc- The little group was seated a- In a moment the white clad ward efforts to make her comfort­ .. tion; for the Cossacks inflicted n round the flickering flames of the figure was led into the dim light able and warm. crushing defeat, upon the- Turks ! campfire, with heavy Cossack of the campfire. Somebody threw and Tartars at Khotyn, But did I "zhupans", thrown over their a few dry sticks on the fire. The і shoulders to protect them from flames flared up. revealing lo the (Concluded on 4th page) No. 12. UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, FRIDAY, MARCH 23. 1934.

"WHY ARE WOMEN AS THEY ABOUT ASSAYS A REPLY TO "A MARRIA6E 14 SHORT STORY

ARE" і What is an essay? Who can PROBLEM" My brother and I were devoted write essays? Must one have a -to -оце another. He, being much Older than I, took it upon him­ - She emerges from the shop. She college education in order to write I agree with A. L. in "A Mar­ essays? Questions such as these self to guard and teach me against is-any woman, and the shop from riage Problem" that marriage with­ 7 are asked over and over. Read the thejfays of the world. "*Where- which- she emerges is any shop in one's own race is meet benefi­ following- paragraphs, and per­ cial for the propagation of a pure ever he went .you were sure to find in any town. She has been shop­ haps you may-discover something me. tagging behind hlmi And now ping. . This does not imply that which you did not know or was througbbred stock, but I must rise in defence of those who have —now I must 'find my way for she has been buying or that she not sure about. "' myself, for my brother, Ignatz was • has contemplated buying anything, • The essay is that type of litera­ married!; foreigners and yet who are not in the least ''mismated".. hie name; has been taken from' but merely that she has been ture in which the author gives in me. . shopping—a very different pursuit prose his own thoughts on life Marrying a Ukrainian does not for buying. Buying implies busi­ or any of its phnjHHi There is no necessarily mean that you will We were' happy together; we ness for the shop; shopping mere­ particular form wnich essays must be ideally mated; for being of one would hide in the walls at day­ follow. They may deal with subjects light and at, night, when every­ ly implies business for the clerks. nationality is not a sufficient ar­ e drawn from biography, history, gument for assuming that you thing was quiet w would crawl As stated, she emerges and personal life, travel, nature, art, shall be harmoniously . matched.- out through the hole under the hails" a passing street car. Because criticism. They may be written to kitchen sink and ran into the entertain, to instruct, or to teach Nevertheless a Ukrainian should her heels are so high and her first look for a mate among the babies room where we were sure skirts are so snug, she takes about moral-or religious truths. to find bread or cooky crumbs on Ukrainians before • marrying into : twice "the time to climb aboard There aret- usually three import; another race; for, besides the na­ the floor beside the crib. :jji; % that a biped in trousers would ant characteristics of the essay: tural advantages, of such union, we After eating, my brother Ignatz 1. The author is prominent and take. . Into the car • she comes, should all be interested .in the decided to play, so we went be­ teetering and swaying. The car we' see everything through the neath a bureau and came upon an author's eyes. ~: future "welfare of the "Ukrainian la no more than comfortably filled. generations to come and bring up empty spool. We rolled it back True, all the seats at the back 2. The essay is in proses 3. It is always artistic. our children ae Ukrainian descend­ and forth to one another when where she has entered are oc­ They may be classified as fol­ ants. J-.'i'.-^t.vJ suddenly the light was switched cupied; but at the front there still lows: 'OB.'vJ> guess we made too much is room for another sittee or two. Historical, biographical, person­ Oftentimes an individual, how­ noise and awoke the housewife. Does she look about her to ascer­ al; imaginative, narrative, didactic, ever, in selecting a mate from Sh, Ssh, Ignatz said, she will go , tain whether there is any space critical,' reflective, philosophical, among his or her own country back to sleep. Soon the light was left? I need not pause for reply. or religious. people is at a loss to find those out and we again began to romp' I know it already, and so do you. The word essay means an at­ qualities necessary ior a perfect and came upon an unfinished car­ Midway of' the aisle length she tempt. The essay never gives an match. In such a case would it pet on a frame which was made stops and reaches for a strap. exhaustive treatment of any sub­ not be advisable for that Indivi­ ject* but as its name implies is ' of heavy yarn. Ignatz and I made She makes an appealing picture. dual to search .among other na­ many trips with the wool from, compounded of blindness, helpless­ an attempt to see only what the tionalities? Kor is not marriage author chooses to express. the bedroom to the hole under- ness, and discomfort. She- has a life-long contract 'where one It was the French writer Mon­ ' neeth the sink and to our modest clinging vine written all over her. mistake is an everlasting annoy- room in the wall. taigne who in 1571 first applied •ance and an unbearable burden? She craves to cling, but there is to his prose pieces the term essais. Truly we are all branches- of one The next morning, I heard, the' ' no trellis. So she swings frOm Twenty-seven years later (1598) tree—but we can be grafted on housewife say to her husband, her strap. Francis Bacon used the term for there must be mice in my room, the first time in English when he to another tree and still continue The car bumps along The con­ to flourish, oftentimes producing • I beard them last night. Later ductor, making his rounds reaches applied it to pieces ne wrote. the housewife went into the bed­ Almost nothing was done to de­ a much finer offspring due to the her. She knows he is coming; at stronger characteristics acquired- room to. get something and came velop the essay until ttie first part aoroes a stray piece of yarn. She least she should know It. She of the' 18th century. Then Addi­ •hivMtgti the new blood. -One Uk- 1 - Indeed at her carpet and said, I'll might have been getting her fare son ,and Steele -wrote the Tattler rainian І8 np ЛМчтпі flWbwanther ready for him. There are a dozen : get rid-bf them—spoiling my car­ and Spectator papers. It was not as the latter is from stilf another; handy spots where she might have pet ! I guess she must have been," until the first part of jthe 19th no -two individuals' 'are identically had a receptacle built for carrying very, angry with us for the next* century. that the great period of balanced in thoughts,' ;£ehayior,'-' small change—a pocket, in her night we found a curious round essay willing began.. i\ end attitudes. -»'~ш j"V "Cr '•' skirt. iCher sleeve or under her pieasf-of wood with holes drilled . A col lege .educatiofcis ibt neces­ In regard to < awkwardness' lft-. cuff: IT'would seem that she sary for one who wishes to write - around-, it;—a. trap, Ignatz called might have' had at least one de­ essays. Any one. can (trite es- loving with, a "stranger *; there" 'iti Keep away from hy he - warn­ pendable . pocket. But she has saysi Surely you may have an shouldn't be,any. One.does not ed. \t- circled and circled the none. ~- • idea- os>,ideas on some subject select a mate with whom' one is ' trap • end something emptied *\ The conductor stops, facing her, that other people may not have. not perfectly matched—and per­ so good! {^sniffed again and and meanwhile wearing on his Write .an essay and when people fectly matched' should ho*.. neces­ again but Ignatz watching me said, face -that air of pained resigna­ read it they can see your point; sarily mean that attitudes towards it is dangerous to us; we had; that is exactly' what you want. tion which is common to the various phases of life should be better leave ..it alone. faces of conductors on transporta­ Let's have some competition. identical. The importance lies, in '• . We did not venture from our; tion lines that are heavily patron­ The Ukrainian Youth's Leaeue of love, emotional understanding.and hole is the wall (or-* number of, ized by women travelers. In mute North America is sponsoring an the ability to adopt one's selves days. Ignatz knowing that some­ essay contest. Now's your chance. to the situations.' which mli-rt . body had a grudge against us and demand he extends toward her a It would be' nice to nave every soiled palm. With hands encased arise and cause friction betwee і wanted to do us harm—a wise one know your thoughts on the husband and wife.,.*- in overtlght gloves she fumbles subject The topic is broad; you mouse, my brother Ignatz. at the catch of a hand bag. Having have your choice. And wouldn't I am of the opinion that- t^i . One night our hunger was so wrested the hand bag open, she you be proud if you won a prize. - reason for some bf per young great that Ignatz decided we .'ЖкЛ paws about among its myriad MARY CHERNAK. people marrying into .other races find something to eat; so out from and mysterious contents. A card does, not lie in the .fact' "that the beneath the sink we came. 'We of buttons, samples of cold creams, educated Ukrainian girl - is ' dis­ looked around us, only to find the various sizes of hairpins, shoe satisfied with the grammar school . rooms empty and cold. We went horn and other minor articles are gets off with face toward the rear. graduated Ukrainian bay. In fac., to the baby's room; but that was. disclosed before she disinters her Thus la achieved a twofold result: I believe that most Ukrainian empty too and no crusts or crumbs purse from the bottom of her hand She Mocks the way of anyone boys are themselves high school on the floor for us. We went bag. Another struggle with the who may be desirous of getting graduates and- in some' Instances from room - to' room but • found clasp of the purse ensues; finally, aboard the car as she gets off it. they have had the good'fortime nothing. to appease our hunger.- one by one, five coppers are fished and if the car should start up to attend en institution df higher , Finally we came to the pantry,, up out of the depths and pre­ suddenly, before her feet have learning. The reason is, how­ there we found a slab of wood sented to the conductor. The lady touched the earth, or before her ever, one which can be divided with shiny trimmings on it with a has made a difficult, complicated grip on the hand rail has been into two distinct groups—those piece of cheese at the tip. Now rite of what might have been n relaxed, she will be flung violently who marry foreigners because my brother Ignatz was very fond simple.and a swift formality. down upon the back of her head. they have found in them ideal Of' cheese and he was known- 4 The car proceeds upon its course. As the conductor rings the mates, and those who marry them ' never to ehareoit with any one.. She site in her seat, wearing that starting bell, he glances toward a because they are fascinated by I asked him what that board was; look Of comfortable self-absorp­ man who is riding on 'the rear the thought of being elevated Into • end with a greedy look in his tion which a woman invariably platform. fancied higher realms of. society. - eyes he replied that it was another wears -when she is among stran­ .•:^Kin you beat *um?"—says the Those of the former groups.' are ; trap and for me not to touch it. . gers, and when she feels herself conductor. "I ask you—kin you most always happay married and a 1 went into the ball and in * to be well dressed and making a beat 'um?" worthy asset to any society; while corner found, a crust of bread and satisfactory public appearance.She The man to- whom he has put the latter usually end with thj looked about for Ignatz so he comes- out of her trance with a the question is a married man. divorce courts and disgrace. could nibble it with me. Not see­ Being in this state-of marriage he ing him, t went Into the pantry start on discovering that the car MB. has passed her corner or is about appreciates tbat-Vthe longer you and there I heard a^snap—Ignats to pass ij. All flurried, she arises live with them .the less able are was struggling, to get free, jl J and signals the conductor that you To fathom the workings of tried to pull fans out—but it was she is Slighting nere. Prom her their minds with regard to many In the Store too. late. He was caught by the air aiid'her expression, we may of the simpler - ..things of life. nock and as best be .could he "*43h,-wlt yo^-fcnow how wov Ivash—How much are- these told me how he could not stand gather "that, mentally, she holds st'cks of candy? • . him responsible for the fact that, men are!" - i-rj the pangs' of hunger, any longer We know howwii-jen are. But Storekeeper—Six for a nickel. ana wanted just a .taste of that she has been carried on beyond Ivash—Aha! ir six sticks of her proper destination. nobody knows why tHey are as dehcioue cheese. And-, ttfts Jt | : candy cost five cents, then five will earic thvl lost my brother; and The >far having stopped, she they are. " v. 5f ANNA MAY HOLODNIAK, cost 4 cents, four, for 3; three for Mb his last breath •^ 1©P"A5 makes her way to the rear plat­ 2, two for one cent, and—еше Is '-T&iye and Ьо*Лл^.Зта'*к form and gets off—gets off the M. ;• 43 Spruce Street, free. Please give me one stick- of wrong way. That is to say,- she Jersey City, N. J.' -candy. .; ', v New Jersqft.,; .-ІМЧ-S* і &>££&&&& иМ<ЛІМЛ,\ WKKKI.Y, І KJIIAV, MARCH I'M). No. 12

.-ШШЕ IN THE 20TH CENTUtiy LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MARCH 1 Х When і lie day seems rather genial Ж Щ'- 'Continued) Sweet and fair; (13) CONCERNING UKRAINIAN And its errors merely venial POLITICAL LIFE You decla re. iue article .1 have power and prestige would have Dear Editor: And by three o'clock lis roaring ^іАУЙМПГ'тІІ *° .outline in as suc- been unshaken. Buf^he refused, , I read with interest. your edit­ Like a dozen giants snoring...... dnct a manner as possible the for- and on September 6, the Ukrainian orial of March 16 captioned "Our And the sleety rain is pouring Progress in* American Political H"ii'' of our .entire an appaling famine. Deniken, now who slaved in. order that I might I gave you rides on my shoulder." a historjb during that year Ukraine an open and avowed royalist, for­ have the benefits of a university 'Then where is my 'father',"—• ie the center of eventa.which saking his war against the Bol­ education, and it is in the in­ she implored, gazing from face to precedent and beggar-i des­ sheviks, turned all of his forces terest of the young Ukrainian face. cription. Ukraine .became, the- against the Ukrainians, and soon Americans that I am writing this "Hush, child,!' Karpo said. Don't "battleground of-'-a merciless war; letter to you. became master of the eastern and I can't read nor write Ukrainian, excite yourself. Your 'father' is Чв*4£ шаг m which, there were no real -a-food-'portion of the western but don't.blame me. . When I was nearby. And you will soon see fy. tjbetUes in th* modern sense-of the bank Of- Ukraine.-- Infuriated at about 8 years old I was a pupil him." :и»ЛпЦі only, raids, • affrays and the resistance'Bf Ukraine he tram­ at the church school, but due to At this assurance the girl re- •v^jjnassacree; a war involving armies pled under foot all considerations some misunderstanding our church luctanly sank back to the ground. ^vTHnfywartrrfW ij{ ІТіщіїїцДгіиу mnn • of humanity, of decency,-of honor. was disorganized and the school Taking a glass of warmed milk ',j.A war of >yyy*ljf persecutions His reactionary followers were broken up. No attempt is made which Hrytsko offered her, and '^n^vreaked upon the Ukrainian peo­ •guilty of the most barbaric and to introduce any kind of Ukrain­ nodding gratefully to him, she be­ ple either by. one enemy or the- merciless savagery* excercised a- ian education whatrfio-ever. Why. gan to drink it slowly. other;,a war. which throttled the gainst the-Ukrainian soldiers and don't I attempt it? After she had drank her fill she oung Ukrainian National. Repub- peasants. The cruelty and violence Ш tell you why! Because the explained to the Cossacks how she difficulties facing me in form of . lie, • The entire, country became however, became the direct cause petty jealousies and lack of co­ had escaped from the Turkish the arena for. various conflicting of his subsequent fail: for by this operation' are enough to dis­ camp by-drugging her guards, and forces; each engrossed in*the at- ruthless treatment of the peasants of the difficulties sne had in reach­ x courage anyone. I'm disgusted unpt -to defeat the other; but all he alienated them, forever, and. with the whole thing. I'm sure ing the Cossack encampment. To ing tor і establish. their. j rule they became his most bitter en­ many of-my follow young Ukra­ the great relief of. Cossacks she impose their will UPCA. the. emies. - Peasant revolts sprang up inian Americans here feel the told them that at.no time had she Ukrainian land and people. •' fa everywhere.against, him and even same way. permitted herself to become Mo- When, upon the request qf the his most able lieutenant—Machno, Congratulations on the interest­ hammedized. •AHiee, the Ukrainian army of the denounced bis policy, and deserted ing supplement to the "Svoboda". "But tejl us," Karpo -asked, Western TnTT|ft"> ВщіПеш siaii»il with his 40,000 troopers. Taking Sincerely yours, EDWARD GBUR. "what.. happened to you ,1a, Kaffa, as the Ukrainian ,-Haletska (Gait- advantage of these favorable con­ when you bade ua wait for you . dan) Army, ceased fighting a- ditions, the combined Ukrainian A PERPETUAL, CENSUS AND by the door of your house?" ЩрЗщ&вак the-Poles and retired across armies commenced an attack along 1NFALLABLE IDENTIFICATION "Oh!" —the girl cried, cover­ -,зr. the River Zbrueh-into'Greater Uk- a wide front, the final objective of Often,, in the columns of news­ ing her eyes as if to shut off the геіпвс-{June 1919), to aid their which was to be Odessa. papers, I have read contradicting memory of that horrible night, brother Ukrainians agaiast the ever The attack, which seemed pro­ statements concerning the nationa­ . "when I went' inside to get my advancing Bolsheviks—the position lity of certain people. This type. Ш mising enough at the beginning, of propaganda la vary unfair to belongings I was seized by my ШЬ the -.Ukrainian cause was dea- eventually failed- because of many the Ukrainian people, and I sug­ slaves, whom the pasha bad put erate. Southern Ukraine ae far. complications which arose at that gest that the Youth do something at my disposal, and was led out orth as ' Kbarkiv,i was in the time. , about this. by them through a secret back ands of Deniken, who .with .the Notwithstanding this, however, The U. N. A. has just celebrat- entrance into tne mountains near­ .eifrjaW - of the Allies was attempting Deniken's sway, was coming, to a - ed forty years of progress. I would by. There I was held -for two days, riV-*»o.». reestablish- -the- old royalist close. Harraased by the peasant like to suggest the establishment until .things quieted down, and •IvivBuasia. Northern Ukraine, ea far revolts, by the remainder of the .of a Finger Print Bureau of Iden- than I was returned to the pasha." |AiMIUWUth ae- Kiev, was in the hands Ukrainian. army, and especially by . tification for all new members. With these words Khvesia pass­ • •Of' the Bolsheviks.. Only a. small his former, lieutenant, Machno, be . This would prevent the present ed her hand wearily over her wan igment-of: , cen­ generation, from losing its identity was forced to retreat southward. by .dropping parte of its name as face. She was very, tired and tering aroendKaminets was in the At this.time Trotzky switched a has been' the practice of -some of distraught from her experiences. da of the Ukrainians; and tide, ( strong,army of Red .Guards,from our athletes and professional men. Seeing ner weariness Karpo made wn ^"У" the.rallying point for the- Eastern frost, where, it had The strongest 'kind of .propa­ haste to fix up a bed for her. all the. Ukrainian, forces. "~ ,•*& .been fighting КоДсЬак, and.hurled ganda is cold facts. Just suppose Gratefully she thanked him and la Jury, the combined Ukrainian it .«g°lriT,> Deniken, Deniken's re­ • that there existed a Civilian Iden- with a sigh she lay down to sleep. armies launched an. , offensive a- treat ••lwrffn;* a „rout end bis , tification,^Bureau with about 100,- Karpo covered her up, and in a st the :Bolsheviks. • Victory ac- forces did not.stop.running until 000 tea digit cards, and on these few minutes she was sound asleep. r«t"eampanied them' and on Septem­ they reaibfld the. Black Sea ports, cards a brief history of tne sub­ The Cossacks, following her ex­ ber 4th the. Ukrainians made a ject. We could compile statistics where .they were compelled to ask which would show at a glance the ample, threw themselves on the • tri-; triumphal entry into .Kiev. Dur- the British Tto, help evacuate them, sex, age, occupation, or profession, ground to get a few winks of -anfflt the entry, an..event occurred their, families and.-Wounded.. The the extent of education, etc. sleep before the expected Turkish )Wl,B>lili I wi 'SllTaa j|j illustration of remnants of Deniken's forces were New cards- would be added attack on the following day. lliajijnuaaahlaiit and fluid nature, transported to tne.Crimean Penin­ while others would be „ deleted m Soon, silence, reigned once .more, ?»r«* this war; While the Ukrainian sula. Finally, Deniken resigned as from the active file. These sta­ undisturbed..save for. the steady p- forces .were, marching into- Kiev commander-in-chief, and was suc­ tistics could be.used as a means breathing of the Cossacks. The •'Msfrom one side, the*.vanguard of ceeded .by General Wrangel. of counteracting unfair propagan- flickering flames of th&.campfire *ji«».iD6niken'e army, unchallenged by . da. It would also .show that the s, s. Ukrainians are, progressive and grew, fainter І and. fainter, - Up 'WIW 'Mlii ПцМннІІш, was marching in law-abiding people, * above the silvery moon had come from the other side. A UKRAINIAN JOKE By having an identification card out, casting its soft . radiance - Negotiations followed, in which When will Babusha go to sleep? with your picture, signature, thumb upon the sleeping, forms of the Petlura' demanded that Deniken Babuaha (grandmother) —Ivashu, print and file number, a person Cossacks, - .Only .Karpo sat hunch­ should at once proceed northward it is time for УФИ. to go to bed,- could save himself an enormous ed up against the tree, listening into Russia proper, leaving the for it 4s 7 o'clock already. A boy amount of trouble when-Challenged to the soft. sighing of the wind, Ukrainians to defend Ukraine who is seven years of age must by officers of the law or when try­ and watching the clouds go sail­ themselves "gnHMt1 the Bolsheviks. go to bed at seven. And when- ing to cash a negotiable instru­ ing by. Soon even hie form-be­ Had Deniken heeded the demand you will have eight years, then ment at a bank or. post-office. came Indistinct as the fire, slowly and made a Napoleonic swoop you can go to bed at 8 o'clock. Finger Print Identification is the Ivaeh (surprised) — Then when answer to the recent caption "Who died out, leaving but a few glow­ upon Moscow at that time at will you go to bed, babushu? You Am I." ing charcoals, winking cheerily In which Kolchak's Siberian army, are 70 years old, and .there la no ... зі im is- the soft mantle of darkness. was still strong, his subsequent such hour. ,, 38 Ш 12 r. (To be continued)