The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

| tinians of the Assumption from Con-
stantinople, who made the long journey
from Stamboul to London to assist in
the holy liturgy on September L..
The Assumptionist fathers undertook
some years. ago, at the special wish of
Leo XIII, a large establishment at
Quadikoi 1.-THE old Chalcedon, across the
Bosporus from Constantinople.) They
have there fine library of books about
the ecclesiastical eastern question and
number of very distinguished schol-
ars, who devote their lives to the study
of eastern rites, eastern church history
and eastern canon law. The names of
their learned superior, Pere Louis Petit,
of p. Vailho, p. Pamoire (lately deceased)
and others are known all over the
world. There, too, they publish the
EchoS dOrient. without comparison the
most valuable review of eastern
churches, and labor with apostolic zeal
for the reunion of these churches to
Rome. In order to help that work a
number of the fathers have By special
privilege of the holy see been allowed
to join the Uniate Byzantine rite.
Throughout Bulgaria, Macedonia and
Asia Minor the Assumptionists have
innate churches served by their own
fathers
Father Dempsey's hotel is a ST Louis
institution. simply a hotel for working
men. Father Dempsey himself says:
II. We are engaged in an effort to
correct the rowing disposition among
the thousands of men who flock to our
large cities at different intervals
throughout the year.
% To offset by attractive surround
ings the banefui influence of the cheap
lodging house and cheap saloon.
%. To provide permanent positions
for the unemployed.
"A. TO relieve deserving men in tenn
porary distress.
5. To protect the INDECENT against
exorbitant interest for money loaned
on clothing. jewelry, ETC.
For a dime man is given IA clean
bed with comfort and linen, hot and
cold bath, shower and plunge shoe
blacking and brushes. comb and brush, /,
access to all the leading magazines
and newspapers, towels. ventilated
| locker and key, piano. music in recrea-
ton room, stationery and in ordinary
'imes employment through free labor
agency Meals cost 8. 10 and 10 cents.
First class walters said Father
Dempsey are ready to serve meals at
the shortest notice. Everything is clean
and neat. We buy the best meat, vege-
t-sables, coffee. milk and cream"
The reverend hotel keeper" has the
appreciation and encouragement of
Archbishop Glennon. The first years
report gives the following statistics
of results achieved:
Guests during the year Z ,953; number
of free lodgings. S,056; number of free
meals. 2,l50; positions secured through
free agency, over 500; placed in hospi-
tails, 80, funerals at our expense, g.
Not fight or a quarrel in the place
| during the year. Not $40 worth of
property lost Nearly $4,000 deposited
in the bank for our guests
Verify, who would not be proud to
, be guest at Father Dempsey's hotel?
More power to him. and God bless him i.
CURES At LOURDEs VERIFIED
We recently referred to the sugges-
tion made that thorough scientific
investi tigation be made of the cures re-
ported at Lourdes. 1t is interesting
to note that many physicians are max
ing this investigation on their own
account La Croix (Paris) gives a list
of the various nationalitfes repre- sented.
year by year, since 1890, by the for
eign physicians taking part in the
work of the Lourdes board of verffica-
tons. In 1907 Belgium had 80 doctors
present; Brazil and Switzerland each:
Spain and Holland each: England
Austria and Germany each; the
United States, Canada. Italy and Aisace.
each; and Caledonia, Lorraine. Rus
sia, Roumania, Portugal Silesia and
Venezuela. l each. Previous years have
witnessed at least one or two repre-
sentatives of most other civilized coun-
tries, assisting at the unique medical
board that investigates the preternat-
ural cures, which are of frequent oc-
currence at the Pyrenean shrine