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prevalent where the Inconvenience OF children l.
not specially felt. 1T j. most noticeable iu place
inhabited b. the servant keeping class. Tins ca.
be read: 1T Is little less noticeable among TIM
| non-servant-keeping class. "lt Is much create
in that section of the population which gives POGO.
of thrift" which reads IN another way. "lr Is very
noticeable among that large portion OF the peoP..
who give no evidence of thrift. "lt Is due ey-
IDENTIFY to some cause which was NOT appreciate.
operative fifty years ago" This means il Is dr
to new and recent cause. 1T Is principally, If
not entirely. the result of the deliberate action
married people 1t Is due to the deliberate actl0.
of married people oftrime, driven 10 il by povcr
which Is the result of the Boer war ~uperiuduca
by the decay. the great loss OF vitality OF the Prof
eStant religion of England with all its depiorah..
Weaknesses in reaching the two extremes of society
viz, the wealthy classes and the multltudes win
live from hand to mouth. 1t can be- seen that Eng.
land Is teeming with abortion. which Is only ar.
other name for pagan wees, drunkenness. dc~paE.
and degradation among the lower thousands auo
gambling wassailiug. iutdeIty and indifference.
among the upper tens.
But some Will alIege there Is just a- much IN
fantcide in America as i'm England and that IT Is
only the immigrants and their immediate kin Tia.
keep the population of this country at somethjr-
less than ebbtide And that Is fairly true, but
supports the Catholic contention that such thing
due to the absence of vital religion DOB rh-
public schools; that marriage Is not holy and IN
dissOluble union and sacrament i'm the uOu-C athu-
lie world; In fact. that nearly all the the cduccrou-
Ills from which society suffers due directly and
indirectly to the Protestant uprising of the earl,
part OF the sixteenth century. That Ireland shows
up we'll IN morality is not and should Not b..
news to this generation, for wherever the Catholic.
religion has penetrated it has always fought For
the sanctitv Of The home, the sacredne,s of moth
erhood, wifehood and childhood with iudomirabl.
and undying ardJr. the history Of the world viii.
testify. Englishmen of today if they knew their
countrys history of the past might we'll cry out
with bitter hearts. Give us back our England of
King Alfred. OK Edward the Confessor of tin.
seven Henrys, with its beautiful monasterie, and
converts, when the word pauper was unknown
when vesper bells chmed across the smiling fields
at even tide. when the hamIet~ towns and vale
rang with the merry shouts Of happy childhood
when the muIttudes united in one strong bond of
religion, trooped to Mass al the dawn Of Christ
anolnted dav and kuet i'm gratitude to- God for
peace and plenty at the close of every Sabbath eve
only TO be answered with the stormy blasts Of TWEEN
tleth century infdelity drunkenness iufanticide
poverty and helplessness which shrek with brutal
sharpness over their country today 4 grand army
and navy. and q treasury running over with gold
do not typlfy d couteIted people ImDerialistir
England Is =olemnlT and fsrefullr going the self
same road thar Imperializ-1a Rome -rsrered who's
tragic end brought forth e -7-or5 o- eyec73tior
for rs fOliies and sublime pity for IL short
sighted staresme- and IT. fallen buried plorie-
that could never whichever -1- sum -l5rd ooyv and
fade TI7e sEsIn