The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-24
MONEY FOR ETEE Y1HING BUT CHAR
ITY


-GtttAe4+e- -Ga44taaAian- -receLllg 8 cAlie.l latten-
tor to Fad tact in these truly nard times,
namely that money can he found in plenty
tor the.tre. going aud Idle if not sinful
pleasuree, but roue, CT very little, for
works of duty and charity. Some people
think they cannot afoId d ;rit1ing sum fer
the benefit of .heir parish cnurcL, for the
support of seminary or an orphan asylum,
but they can afford both time and money
to go to parties of pleasure OF to the thea
tre they cannot afford five cents week
for subscription to a Catholic periodical or
tho furnishing of useful and instructive
. reading, but they spend ten times that
much foolishly. The following is an ex-
tract from the letter of the C0lumbtans
correspondent
"A.tAough everybody cries bard timeo,
! ueop!a W, III fad money to epenG for amuse-
| menta There are u nuEatcr OF dramatic
stare Of the fireJ magnitude now perform
ing II tie va.ioua theatres of "ur city, and
! from all ! an uOlG 10 learn noho OF them
! can complain OF empty honets. Bono
| sRnlt ig greeted Tignog Uy mUGo enttual-
s-tlc audience Gt tie GraGd Opcra House.
whele ..!e haualnaUn' has been played
for sur.o lime These Th3 60 cay there
nro II, YER apv VrCant seats, and 8e al the
iuuuJuncp :QGHtn DECLARE the '.;ce iIst 2HS'i-
lately gus}nnGuU' every body must pay i0r
! t.eIr tIckltS, ard III CASH too where the
money urmx4 tYufn is e IpyRtery, as traits-
men say hp6ntrs VAS never du!ier than
now altcr the spasM 1dic rush OF the Aoll-
DAYS The cid saying ITS an i'll wind
that blows rnrocy gUoG7 has had ample
illustration horo thn wInter. tho ml!d
weather moving mCst favorable to the
pcor. whose racks Increase daily. Every
Cntnahc iustitution for either adults or
! chijd,an is full TO its utmost capacity, and
s!iv.viog, EungyJ, homeless, ill clad croa-
tures Arr turned AWE" daily. 1 recently
visited tue House icr the Aged, conducted
by the Lttla Sie;era Ct the Poor, aud every
ly6;,ah,. SPOT v hero a bed could be placed
was Oc@HI pad, 1Iu no I7UasI5fc CtI4HcO of
aly mDIo persons beng received until
'd0AsL,' 10 only remover there, cauSes a
vacancy. Father Drumgpoie, the able
Supe:inirEdent ut 81. Fiacent's Lodging
iIngee for Poor Pcye, has his tender heart
scynIv dlstressrd Gt the narrow limits OF
his hruse, Which rs SO fUii that he cannot
admit another hoy; even tho PrO:eCtory Is
full, and CathohI. arc seIlousty discussing
, the ieas; s;bllity of procuring homes IN Cath
u,ic families N the West for some of the
{ hrlpi-es waits, whose spiritual as well az
temp poral reeds appeal go strongly to theiI
. more favored fellow creatures. The only
A institution here which has facilities for this
!, Western colonization of poor families ie
. the ChilGren's Aid Society. This organi-
i zaton claims 10 be wholly non -sectarian
"a but when the case is put plainly to them
. 'Win you undertake to place Catholic
= children in Catholic families = they dis
a claim any sympathy with Catholics anC
l. declere that they havc enough to do K
a provide tor their 'own,' whoever their OWL
r | may be. 1t is notorious fact that Catho
n lie clvTSymen are not welcome to hol'
a services in the lodging houses of the All
"A Society, nor do | know of any instsnc
.r where Cne of our Clergy has been invite
IN 20 hold auy religious service IN the home
al or schcols that Clam both State and count
~ aid on account of tueIr non sectarlan char
Of acter yet the inmates are all expected
r. attend tue eeCvlceG where ministers of u
! denominations preside.
MT "It is q great pity we could not organil
I'd Catholic colonization society aud plat
ny destitute children in good Catholic hom'
,lV III Tue West, as well r. 20 induc" tamih
Ia. to leave tie cver-crowded tcnements whe
Iss disease and death, morally as we'll
w. physically, render the atmosphere fo
ips with their po>lutlons. Perhaps some
nd your readers may he inspired to of
aor homes to come Of our city WAITS who a
nc starving for temporal and spiritual succC
Mt In that case communications addressed
,ew Rev. John Drumgoole, So Warren stre
ed. would no doubt meet with the speediC
ron attention. Then, too, the Society for I
rds Protection OF Destitute Roman CathO
;er. Chlldren,' with its we'll filled houses
ali Westchester, has an able representative
ite zoal0us president, Mr.. II. l.. Hogu
Office % Reade street who would readi
-op | am SssurcS, render every facility 20 tn
good Catholics who might desire to shf
OF their substance with those whom Pre-
cial ideuce has deprived of their natural p
esd tectors. Sister Irene, Of the FOundl
late Asylum, will he only too glad 20 dispose
nE: ecme at her Little cLarges, in well dIspo
NEE Catholic families.
p OF "Ot course, those children, in ou7 in
rom tutious, who may Eave either 0r b
rgc. parents living wou'G no be seHt away,
pen, the good Sisters and ClerGyn cu. no
NNes ,haa the Jealous lalty ipterestvi theI
aud Eu-rd the family with 1aalcss care
New iUtraln trO.n the severance "i tome
gEt. where X Is at nl p"s~lN'% to fisserVe
the nucrrry ot tha c urcn intact; 50 T. a {
, tnp drc1 adopted or bound on: 10 iaui'lrs
lhr ALMOST CNItaln to remain free rom mol
and alton. TIE sugcestIons made above
opts | nat authorized directly by tlpSe intere