The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-10
Our literary Gable,

,ou y. LAY I with Plus X opens the sep,en..
Oe' oi Donahoes Magazine in this ar...r. u, rla.
omega" Walsh gives charming rt.. writer.
an out-of doors reception given by find =, r's're 0.
00.ie'y lor the Preservation of the r..' o@a'r
Seumas MacManus discusses "Irf.r .ro.r.''th '
points out means Of developing th es' and
country thereby decreasing the rl,,,t- ''s OF tha
VINO leave Ireland through lack of o..,,r. "sra1ts
r. NJ. Lynch tells of a quaint r,,. .'i
James Connolly has intercst5u- 'l9 aal
Polar Possessions" paper on ON
Nora lyman OMahony describes I'm. -
conservation OF the Armagh Cath. IrsI ing 40.
lsgenas associated with the history or .-. recalls
Patr!ckS now the Protestant ,4rfha...r '.'fl ST,
From Summer Days" bv ANN. q. ,r
dehShtIul pen picture of familiar scenes. I. Is al
| story of Irish life. '-li little
James ONeiI" is the subject - ,.
dramatic paper by John T, bot Smith - ''lt1ly
analyses this actors work. and shows. ,r+ e-uUy
Ialled TO make the most of his uudoubt.f sr,. ids
Mary Agnes Thicker contributes q. r.-a+t,- f.
love story, "Guidos Acre and the serial ., '4lD
some chapters of absorbing interest 04sa
There are many other features Il. s-.~.4
reader including very large number of b.sJlr,r
Illustrations. '- j.
The initial article in the Catholic Worth for
tombcr comes from the pen Of Thomas IT, WI,
The effort and it is praseworthy is to deal
perennial school question i'm aspect nos- 70, .
people, because it has the advantage of ar,,tr.''
from the argument the deuominati0uaI rrairdi,, 'e
bitterness that usually accompany discussion ~, ga
matter upon the familiar lines. The ,-~.
states his thesis thus
The system of universal free secular e,r,s,.,
which has been adopted in the United States is NJ
capable of fulfilling the purpose for which if was ~
tablshed and no system Of purely secular edy,a,i.
ever can fulfil this purpose"
BY secular education he means system of trsfrs,-
from yxhic all roll Tir1 ac,iY,
ton denial is absolutely excluded. Clearly ~
first thing to investigate he says is the nature OF M
purpose aimed at by the state in it's establishment ~,
the common schools. This involves the question n,
the respective rights of the parent and of the state
the matter of education. The writer then goes on n
define these rights under their respective subdivfsi
of rights and authority.
absolute and Relative Efficiency by j. c. Nc
Afghan. This is a timely topic taken in connects.
with the in the east
Richard Baxter" by Dudley Baxter, is d biograpbr
Of the Bakers of whom the greatest o,
Nonconformsts 1t affords another glimpse of the re-
markable religious desolation occurring in old Eng
land.
The other numbers Of the current issue Of the
Catholic World are fully up to its standard Of excel
lence: "Buggins: Friend of the Throne" NJ F.
Quinlan;" Follow Thou Me-" Sister NJ. Wifred. o. S
B.. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales Charles Welsh; a
Little Journey in the Schwarzwad,' Estelle lIcCos
key Daschbach THE Black Hand" Eugene Uhrch
Robert Southwen; Poet, Priest and Martyr" Rather
inc Breezy; Father ThebaudS "reminiscences; Anti
Clerical Tactics in Spain" Rev. Walter NJ. Drum S
j.; Mission Work in Paris Countess De Courson,
Present Conditions in the Anglican Church"
Although Librarians themselves puzziins over
he matter, no one rises to explain why men patrons
If the reading rooms of public libraries are much
more numerous than women, when in the matter Of
aking out books it is exactly the other way. Of
course, in the reading it is a question Of maya
rather than books; but it does not appear from
my other evidence available that men read magazines
more closely than women do. Yet the fact remains
hat in every well patrOnized reading practically 4
IL the patrons Sometimes they pore steadily n
yer magazine, and sometimes they browse
round, but they are there and they are stayers II
ny women they generally busy with
ote-book and some work of reference; and if not
hey stay but short time. One explanation offered
that in the feminine temperament the love of order
greater than masculine and that because the
lists to the library or the spending of d morning
lere are not regular thing they to be regarded
strictly business and made accordingly with as
xed a purpose that which makes the shopping
,ur such definite and strenuous performance. 1t
nd too, that great many men seen in these read
e rooms are temporarily out of employment. There
ust of course, be a great many women who are
ithout work Also and perhaps these not visible
the libraries because they are put looking for 1t.