The Irish standard., 1905-04-08

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Mary's Infant Asylum. He contributed
generously to the Catholic University
Washington, D. c., and was the ori
ginator of the proposal to secure one
! hundred annual contributors to that
| institution. For number of years
| he was treasurer of the Irish League.
His support of the Irish Constitutional
struggle for over twenty years is we'll
known. In labor, time, and money
his contributions to that cause have
been estimated at many thousands of
dollars.
The particular esteem and universal
recognition of the L;etare Medallist
of 1905 enjoys among his fellow-citi-
zens may be CLEANED from the fact
! that at the banquet on the occasion
of Archbishop Williams Golden Jubi-
lee. attended by Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Satolli. Mr.. Fitzpatrick was
chosen to deliver the address of the
Catholic laity.
He was one of the founders of the
Newton Cooperative Bank, of which
he is now vice-president. He is also
president of the Union institution for
Saving in Boston. The good he has
effected by his work in these cooper
ative banks is incalculable. His efforts
along this line have made many poor
| families the owners of comfortable
homes which otherwise they would
never have possessed.
Every public issue bearing on the
good of the community receives Mr..
FitZpatrick'S careful consideration and
heary cooperation; but perhaps the
greatest work of his life has been,
and continues to be, the active part
he takes in promoting the welfare
of young men. He has always shown
Il deep interest in this portion of the
commonwealth, particularly, as is
| natural, in those of his own race and
creed. He is assiduous in procuring
suitable positions for them and lectur-
| ing to them in Catholic associations
on some such subject as Business
as Vocation. He has spared neither
! money nor energy to better the con-
| ditiOn of young men and to give them
Il start in life. He knows from exper-
fence the royal road to success in
business. He knows, furthermore,
| that ii woman is the heart, man is
| the head,-the pilot appointed by God
himself to guide the family barque
of society; hence his special interest
in the young man. There are in Boston
to-day scores of successful business
| men who owe both their first step
and much OF their subsequent progress
in life to the positive assistance and
| lnfailing encouragement and advice of
Mr.. Fitzpatrick.
The business of his views as to
what constitutes real success in the
commercial world and the high sense
of responsibility which he deems it
| cOngruOuS for every business man, in
tn" larger senes of that word, to en-
certain. are we'll set forth in the
following quotation from an excellent
paper contributed by Mr.. Fitzpatrick
TO Donahocs Magazine few years
ago.
And first OF all, what is business
| success. and by what standard shall
| ii be measured? Is it by the amount
| pi moneysa man makes, regardless
Of the principles and methods employ
-! and The character of the man en-
| gagged in it? lr il We're. then the art
OF doing business could no longer
claim an honorable place IN the l,eat
pursuits of life.
The business man by the very nature
| of his calling is necessarily all i'm
portant factor in the composition of
| the community. and Is accordingly us
Irresponsible to society for the influ-
ence he exerts in II as he is to his
customers for courteous treatment and
honest dealings. So general is his
! sphere and SO broad the field of his
operations. that he comes in personal
contact. almost daily, with individuals
of all ages and stations, and 1t is
reasonable to assume that the result
of this contact must be healthy or
otherwise. He buys, he sells, he
measures. he weighs, he superintends
storehouse and counting-room. insur-
ance and banking and it is his manner
of doing these things. as we'll as the
financial result of his services and in
INVESTMENTS that determines whether he
is IL successful business man or not
First among these qualities necessary
for success in business> | would men
ton honesty. temperance. and in
,ustry.
! IT charity in itself-the mere Civ
ing OF alms-be holy and whole
some thing, what shall We say of
thoroughly well-regulated charity? Mr.
| Fitzpatricks charity has always been
thoroughly we'll regulated. To quote
| his own words: Here let me say
that I believe the sphere of true
charity is often misunderstood. In
the minds of many it consists simply
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