The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-29
CATHOLIC OPINION

1t is one thing to inquire into the ques-
ton as to whether socialism is, after all.
a practical danger. 1t is yet another
thing to inquire whether the socialism
we have in this country is not largely an
importation; and whether it may not ex-
pire. or be greatly modified as the Ger
man workingman passes off the stage
and leaves the problem of labor to his
children and the second generation
Catholic Citizen.
The long winter evenings have come
again and the question in every family
is how to pass them pleasantly and well.
The young people are attracted to par
ties to theatres, to saloons. What can
keep them at home? If the old custom
of having a chapter or two of a nice
book read out every evening were re-
vived, q common entertainment could be
had, a topic for conversation would be
furnished and an antidOte to outside at
fractions would be furnished. Try it..
Get d good book and have it read out in
the family circle after the evening meal
You'll be glad of the suggestlon.-Cath-
Ole Columbian.
The English Catholics. who are vehe-
mently opposed to home rule for Ireland
and who helped the tories to defeat Mr..
GIadstone's great measure of Justice are
denouncing the Irish nationalist party IN
parliament for not supporting the gov
eminent education bill. How modest ana
reasonable those English Catholics are,
to be sure. Ireland emancipated them
and got little gratitude for it. They
want and ask something else now from
Ireland, while still taking sides with her
oppressors. Perhaps the Irish members
may come to the COmmon-SenSe cOnclu-
sion to attend first and last to the bust
ness of their own country and leave Eng
lish Catholics to take care of themselves
-Freeman'S Journal.
In lecture in Chicago John F. Finerty
explained as follows why the irish 90
not rise in arms against England Inc In
Irish people are the only people in Eu-
rope who are not allowed to possess
arms. They cannot even drill The whole
country is so thoroughly patroled by
British police and SOldiery that it would
be impossible to secretly organize sin
gle regiment. The possession of gun
in Ireland means Il term of two years in
prison" And yet there are lrlshmen IN
this country who know all this ana
blame the people at home for not resort
ing to arms.-1rish Standard.
Mother Mary Katherine DreXel is about
to establish a mission school for the
members of the Navajo tribe in Arizona
She will spend more than 100000 on the
main building of the institution; Where
is there greater charity than this? An
humble Catholic nun proving herself a
greater benefactor of the Indian than
even the great American government 1t
self.-Church Progress.
Boris Sarafoff, the leader Of the Mace
DOMAIN revolution. is only 80 years of age.
but as an aVenger of the crueltieS prac-
ticed by the Turks on the people of the
Balkan peninsula, he has record Wnlcn
lad inspired Byron with a new "Giaour.
Indeed in his reprisals on the Turks, ne
seems to have outdOne their example.
Even though he fall short of his ambition
to seize ConstantinOple. dethrOne the sui
tan and become the dictator of a. new
Macedonian state. he is still likely TO
make more trouble for the 'unsp6akabls
Turk than any man since the days or
that redoubtable Christian warrior John
Sobieski.-Pilot.
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A topic now exciting the cheap scien-
lists up east is the return of Professor
Garner from central Africa with alleged
photographic records of the language
spoken by the monkeys of that portion
of the Dark Continent. This time the
professor. is certain he has the language
hard and fast. He is even confident that
he has made some progress in 1t himself.
Perhaps he has; and perhaps, also, a
time may come when chimpanzee as well
as botany shall be taught the pupils OF
our public schools. Advanced educators
ought neglect no opportunity of making
monkeys of the people.-New World.
In condemning the unfair and unjust
utterances of President Eliot of Harvard.
as inimicaI to the rights of man: and in
the policies of socialism, the Federation
of Labor has commended itself TO the
American people as a body of men Jedi
Gated to the principles of fair play as ap-
piled to themselves and to Othe Stain
Ollie Light Scranton.