Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-27
OLD MAIDS WITH
CATS BETTER THAN
WIVES WITH DOGS
Monsignor Then in his ADDRESS at the
Chautaqua Yesterday Afternoon Held
That the Laboring Glasses of our Coun-
try are Being AAenated- Thompson $
Address
From Thursdays Daily

AaQYeSS !.
From Thursdays Daily.
| Give ne all Old maid with tabby
cut every time in preference to a mar
ried woman with a pug deg. SAID Mon
signor Then in his lecture on Foot
prints on the Sands Today" at the
Chautauqua yesterday afternoon "The
selfish lives of society women are
things Of the which to be nationally
ashamed. Ten thousand children die
annually of starvation in London, the
| richest city in the world. London is
representative of the rest Of the world.
| Think Of the condition Of a nation
with one third of it's population in
want. What matters 1t do you say?
If not by words you seem to in
actions. Surely If there is God above
he will punish you. If you permit one
child to starve you will be held for the
crime
God created this world in harmony
Monsignor Then went on. st is we
how have queered the plan. We are
more prone to criticise those beneath
us than to help them 1t is not charity
they want. 1t is indeed a. deplorable
world when one third of its popula-
ton is dependent on the charity of
the rest of the world. You throw the
poor man a bone and like a dog he is
expected to subside while he draws in
to corner to devour it. After you
have cut the buttons off, you send a
bundle Of clothing to some station
where the poor are supplied and then
with folded hands wonder righteously
why there is any more need IN the
world"
alternating Laboring Classes.
Monsignor Then went on to tell OF
the conditions existing in the large
cities among the poor, laboring class.
es. He explained why socialism with
It's beautiful promises attracted the
destitute man. How when his child
rem at home were starving for bread
and he unable to get work, knowing
that the rich not ten blocks away in
the utmost extravaganza and luxury,
that If the riches Of the earth were
rightly divided he and his would be
enabled to live in comfort, ne was
drawn and attracted by the promises
held out to him by socialism. He held
| that the laboring classes were fast be-
ing alienated from the rest of the
world and that the most dangerous
situation to the life Of republic, for
nation of classes, was at hand.
"If the upper four hundred want to
be exclusive, let them be, the speaker
went on, 'If they want to live In Eu
rope God speed them. We have moth
ing to fear from these, or nothing to
hope for. But from the laboring class
| es there much to be feared likewise
to be hoped for. The vulgar display
of wealth on every nand is bad for
| them. 1t fosters ideas Of anarchism
Socialism is the solace of the poor
And do you wonder that the picture at
tracts? Socialism is the one thing that
has steady uniform onward move
ment in the world. So beware.
ri hold that the child labor and wo
man labor In our factories today is a
disgrace to our country and the flag
that waves over IT.. Father Then
said "a new system Is needed ano
needed at once. The present lack OF
national legislation hold to be dis
grace"
The speaker went on to explain the
origin of socialism and to warn that u
an Immediate remedy were not forth
coming the evil would take lasting
root in. our country. He held that the
country should own its own sources o.
general wealth and that corporations
and one man management were mo-
constitutional.
"I love to think Of America as
mighty oak receiving its nourishmen'
from the roots, the common people
4 and not from the top no matter how
beautiful that may be- When the poe
said; lives of great men all remind us,
1 etc. he meant that something In oul
A lives always influence the lives O
. others. 1t should be our aim to live
our lives that our footsteps may leat
steadily upward"
Monsimor Then was introduced to
the audience by Rev Father James
Pulger of st. Patrick's Catholic
church. With few we'll chosen words
the Rev Father Bulger spoke Of the
excellent educational benefits to be
derived from the Chautauqua. An ad
dress by Hon. G. D. Thompson of the
Wisconsin legislature followed
Thompeon's Address.
Mr.. Thompson who recently came
into national prominence by his eff
forts to secure the passage of the
wonderful ability. His power to sway
HIS duulSliE0a Is FSly luoi hCu. !aL o'lV
moment they were convulsed with
laughter at his hunor and the EEK
moment in tears at his vivid portray
al Of some pathetic incident.
Using Common Folks as the sub
, Sect Of his interesting address. Mr.
Thompson held that no hearts were
i as honest as tender, as true as those
} Of the plain, c.ilmon folks The com
try and the city common folks were
given as the two classes.
THE common folks" Mr.. 'rhomp
son said. crowd nearest 70 the heart
Of God, for there are no barriers like
those surrounding the hearts of the
| r CHI to shut Him out /"
His descrlolol o: the lives of tho
two classes ri CT .nmon Li'ks WAS u
exceeding interest and wildly portray
ed.
They" he said in closing, "ir
their humbleness. really love theil
fellow mes and are the only germ
keeping the spirit of brotherhood
, in existence s.