Show BOHEMIA LAND OF PATRIOTS Popular Idea Concerning the Country and Its People Has Been Far From the Truth When Shakespeare wrote of ot the seacoast of ot Bohemia he be showed no disregard of fact than most of ot us now do when we think of that richly storied country as a land landof landof of ot gypsies gypsies forever bent upon gay or or adventure Bohemian has stood for tor many an age as an appellation appella appella- tion for tor carefree wanderers yet as originally applied by the French It probably referred to the expatriated disciples of the Bohemian martyr John Huss cuss Spiritual and patriotic fervor tenor rather than lightheartedness are the traditional marks market of ot this people who after alter long generations of ot subjection to Austria are coming coming com com- ing Into their own wn Bohemia was the home of ot the Czechs for hundreds ds of ot years before Germanic Invaders broke In upon Its happy freedom as early Indeed a athe as the sixth century before Christ The Czechs' Czechs love of ot country ane and of ot liberty and their sense of ot Slavic kinship with their oppressed Slovak brethren dwelling dwelling dwell dwell- In ing near by never died or dimmed Despite tyranny and persecution they have clung to pride In their past and to hope for their future they have cherished their language their literature literature litera litera- ture and nd customs their common faith and ideals Atlanta Atlanta Journal |