The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-27
. ~ BIessed Mother of chrlst.-colum-

to the Blessed Mother of Chrlst.-Colum-
bian.
We are hearing altogetner too muc1
these DAYS in the public ut.eiaCes u c III.
| ger ia f,,Iiv aware of their vlciousnesS.
| What the people want is action, Mr.
President. not enlightenment.-Chur
| Progress.
If Is said that when the friends of M.
| Combes warned him of the dangers tnat
| would be likely to follow tnoroughgolIig
appicaton of the new law. ne Sc s0 m ny.
replied Il have a majority OF l6O in tHG
! chamber" Ii was NAPOLEON who SAID
that providence is on the side Of the pig
| battaIions.' and it was Napoleon also
who had to confess later on that ne
could not sit on bayonets. The Dig
! battalions melted awav on the deserts
| and the frozen Russian plains and tne
| bavonets were unable to support ms
| throne in Paris. Combes trusted MAJOR
! ity will be equally ilIusory as support
! when it comes to a question or SAVING
| their skins. When even SUCH out-and-out
| radicals as Henri Rochetort are found
| denouncine the brutality ana lIIeEallty OF
| CofnbeS' raid. the dav OF doom must De
| close at hand He. too. will tlnd ne can
not sit on Observation-Disclosures and Times
Two lady missionaries from Indiana
have appealed to the state department to
protect them against the unreasonable
prejudice of the natives OF a Mexican
town who object to their efforts 10 con
vert them. The government no doubt
will do all in its power to insure the COM
fort of the ladies, but it can hardly be eX-
pected to exert such influence as VIII
cause the Mexicans to change their
minds with regard to the unWeicome Ia
borS of foreign proSelyterS. Inc lair IN
diana missionaries should shift their
ground They might secure transfer To
the Philippines. where they would be at
least under the immediate Daternal care
of the state department. Ene ruthless
ness of their endeavors would probably
be the same in both cases. The lmpert1-
nence of half-educated men and women
who leave their own country where two
thirds of the people profess no belief IN
any form of religion. TO spread Christi
anity in foreign country. the majority
of whose inha bitants are practical Chris
tians. never appears to occur to those
who are guilty of it-Monttor.
In Chicago girls have been substituted
in the place of striking messenger boys,
and the telegraph company has decided
to keep them permanently employed as
messengers. The company intends to
have also a number of men to attend to
calls from saloons and disreputabIe To-
calities. But how can the company tell
where messenger is to be sent when a
call comes to the office. and how can a
girl be expected to preserve her modesty
when she tramps the street all day long.
This use of girls is terrible more painful
than poverty. Laws should be made in
Illinois to stop it.-Catholic Light.
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Mr.. H. j. Desmond. the able editor of
the Catholic Citizen of Milwaukee, is the
author OF "A History of the Know-Noth-
ing Party" which is appearing serially
in the columns of his journal. The his
tory will afterward. we trust, be pub
lished in book form and will be a valu-
able contribution to the history of Amer
lean politics and parties. as well as a
work that will appeal to every Catholic |
citizen as having a real and permanent |
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Is there anything immoral in having |
ones hair cut or in submitting to the |
process Of shaving? The reasonable an
aver to this is. no. And vet. in the mind |
Of the average barber there is fixed |
opinion that only the eviI-minded come |
the sort of literature the barber-very |
often a respectable man. even man of |
family. offers YOU. He by the way. is !
never seen reading the Police Gazette |
r delectable weekly. printed on paper /
which bushes violently for the pictures
II holds. but he ALWAYS offers ii to his /
patrons. The Police Gazette" may be |
to give a horror of vice and /
perhaps the barber intends it that way, |
because II sin loses its attraction it is in I
the atroc.ous deIineation of papers like |
The Police Gazette" Nevertheless, there
are other papers. equally vulgar, of |
fered by the barber Whv does he do it? |
The New Century hastens to assure |
him that there are clean-minded persons |
who occasionally have their hair cut
The New Century.