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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-12
Patience.
CCharles Eliot Norton.)

V-IIaI IGs LIIUI -NUI JUI.J
The indisposition TO join in the loud
cutlery against an evil, when the outcry
can be followed by no proposal of a
sufficient remedy. is no sign of indif-
ference to the evil. 1t is easy and
tempting to get up a short-lived repu-
tation for humanity and magnanimity
by the fervor of attacks upon wrong I;
II is hard. and offers no allurement of
notoriety,. to devote oneself quietly, So
berly and patiently TO the study of
means of removing it, and the attempt
10 apply them. The reformeT who
promises a quick result, an instant i'm
provement, is the one who is listened
to eagerly. But the durability of a
reform is generally in inverse proper
ton TO its rapaditY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-12

Little eyes are watching
Round the mothers knee:
Little hearts are beating,
Papa, dear. for thee.
Soon YOU will be coming
From your day Of care.
We will make you happy
In the arm chair.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-12
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-12

nobleness, their future greatness? All,
was it not in the home?
A nation and its men are made
Not in the gambling halls.
! Nor yet within the gay saloon.
Where drink the heart enthralls.
A nation and it's men are made
Not meath the gilded dome
OF theatre, but they are made
In that dear place called-home
If a good mas loves his home and all
| its dear associations. a good woman
trebly loves it, for home is woman's
sphere. Yet isn't it the saddest of all
women. very many mothers of the now
adayS. have not that love of home which
they ought to have? They leave their
children to the care of the gOVernesS,
and see them not for whole days. They
go "gadding about aping the manners
and finery of those who are just as
empty headed and heartless as them
selves. They have not one particle of
the sense of duty to themselves, their
husbands and their children. Ask the
husbands of such women where their
wives spend their time, and they will
tell you they do not know. and do not
where they ought to be. "The house d.
vided against itself cannot stand and
divorce with all those accused evils
that follow in its train, is the natural
consequence of such a life. There is
still a worse aspect to this question.
Many mothers must get out to the the
aires, the music halls, and such places,
but then who will look after the chill
dren during their absence? "Oh, my
dear madam the devil whispers. bring
those children right along with you.
The music hall will brighten them up
and cheer their lives. Mrs. So-and-So
brings hers, and they are about tho
smartest and cutest children-that l
know"
Such mothers read with a shudder of
horror of those women who in the old
pagan days consigned their offspring to
the waters of the Nile. These very
mothers will tell you with gesture of
the most utter disgust that those pa
gan women were thoroughly destitute
of that feeling which exists in the heart
Of the savage brute l concede they
were, and yet l say without a fear of
contradiction that those women of that
far-off pagan day We're noble, aye, vir-
tuous, in comparison to those mothers
who lead their young, innocent ones
into those places where good is de-
cried and evil vaunted
Yes, the pagan woman took away the
life of the body from her infant, but the
modern mother, by exposing her chill
dren 10 the temptations of a wicked
world, destroys not only the body, bat
the principle of eterntl life-the soul.
Ye men and women of every grade
and sect, cultivate a love for your
homes. Be a bright example to youi
children in this respect. Make your
homes what good homes should be
religious, pure and peaceable. What
the sun is to the earth, good homes are
to the nation. They are its light, its
and it's power.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
Girls as Fire Eiahters.

Fire fighting is not, as a rule, in
cluded in the curriculum of school
studies, especially at fashionable
boarding schools for young ladies, but
there is one very exclusive college for
girls in Russia where an exception to
the general rule has been made
The college is at Kieff. Only aristo-
cratic young women, daughters of
noble Russian parents, are admitted as
pupils. The college itself is under the
direct patronage of the czarina, and is
probably one of the most exclusive
seminaries ever established. So much
for the college, says the New York
World
One of the accompanying photo
graphs shows a class in fire fighting
taking very practical lesson in that
particular branch of study. The girls.
it will do noticed, are dressed like
regular Russian firemen-trousers big
boots, blouses, brass helmets and belts.
They scale ladders. climb fences, man
the hand pumps. string lines of hose,
form bucket brigades and crawl up
and down over the sides of the house
which they make believe is on fire.
This kind of school training, it Is
strong and fearless in the face of real
danger. In addition it provides the
college with an excellent corps of
firefighters. for the students are or
ganized into fire companies. with
efficient captains, ready at all times
to act like real firemen in case such an
emergency arises. The apparatus
may seem crude compared with New
York's splendid equipment, but the
kieff seminary is far removed from a
piped water system and has to depend
on natural springs, streams and wells
Tor water supply. If it was a case
of merely coupling up line of hose
to hydrant and turning on the water
1t would be as easy as A B c, but
these young aristocrats have to haul
their own apparatus, ladders, hand
pumps. water barrels. hose, hooks and
buckets to the scene of the supposed
fire. The hardest work that follows Is
done by the water carriers, who use
buckets and barrel carts in conveying
1t to the pumps from the nearest
available source of water supply.
To complete her course in fire fight
ing, one enterprising young woman
pupil at the Kieff seminary obtained
permission through her fathers influ-
ence to respond to fire calls with the
regular brigade of her home city in
Russia. She even drove to one fire.
This feat SO delighted her proud
father that he has had a painting
made showing how his daughter
| handled the reins on that ride to the
fire.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
Maine Democrats and Bryan.
portland ExpreSs.)


There has been more than sus-
pcion that most of the Democratic
leaders in Maine have no use for Mr..
Bryan, and that many of them are ex-
pressing to their friends the hope that
he will not be elected. When the big
three of the modern Maine Democracy
drafted the platform at the State Con-
vention they purposely omitted all
mention of the name of the Presi-
Dental candidate and in the FIRST
District Convention two resolutions of
endorsement offered not by the
machine but by individual delegates
who wanted to endorse Mr.. Bryan.
were shut off by what amounted to
gag rule. 1t is evident from the con-
duct of the newspapers and the atti-
tude of the leaders that the Demo-
cratic leaders are not loyal to the
Presidential ticket, and their fight to
establish the saloon under the protec-
tion of law is about all there is in the
Democratic campaign this year. There
are thousands of Democrats in the
State who do not want the liquor
traffic legalized here, and who do want
Mr. Bryan elected to the Presidency.
In both these great particulars they
are not in consonance with their party
about it? Submit to machine dicta-
ton and vote the party ticket, or re-
volt?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
She is the first woman to be admitted

She is the first woman to be admitted
The young liberal party of Bavaria
at it's recent national convention voted
unanimously to invite women to Join
all branches of it's society as soon az
they could do SO legally. There is
now a movement to have the old law
prohibiting women from becoming
members of the political association re-
pealed. When this is accomplished it
is expected tha t he women of Bavaria
will avail themselves of the invitation
from the young liberals and also that
other political parties will open their
doors to them.
Mr. Carnegie has pensioned for life
Margaret Morrison Carnegie, an aged
woman whose name is the same as his
mothers. He received q letter from q
woman in the wilds of Indiana asking
for some consideration. She made no
claims save that her name was the
same as that of Mr.. Carnegie's mother.
Mr.. Carnegie ordered her case investi-
gated and on finding that the woman
was really Mrs. Margaret Morrison
Carnegie and that she was in needy
circumstances he ordered that week.
ly pension be paid to her for the rest
of aer life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
MendIng..

Rents will look much better when
mended if they are attended to at
once, because the longer they are left
the more ragged the edge becomes.
Lay the garment right side down
and put the edges of the rent as close
together as possible. Cut a piece of
mending tissue rather larger than the
space that is torn and lay on top.
Take a piece of thin wooden material
the same size as the tissue and as
near the color of the cloth as possible,
lay this on top of the tissue and when
placed in exactly the right position
iron with a hot iron until the pitch
adheres to the garment.
The heat will cause the tissue to
dissolve. forming a sort of glue.
If the material is of light weight
goods it will be best TO use a patch of
exactly the same sort of goods, but if
the material is heavy, such as is used
in mems suits or coats, lighter patch
will be very much better
clean cut in heavy materials may
be mended by putting the two edges
firmly together and basting them to a
piece of paper on the right side.
Take a thread and insert the needle
about three-eights of an inch from the
edge and carry it between the cloth to
about half an inch the other side of
the cut and draw the threads through !;
put the needle in where it came out
and carry it to the other side about
half an inch beyond the edge in a
slightly slanting position.
Continue to do this until the whole
cut is darned. Be careful not to pull
too tight. Darn in the same way in
the opposite direction.
1t is difficult to use this method of
mending if the edges are the least bit
frayed and on thin materials it must
be done with the greatest of care, us
ing the finest thread and needle possi-
BILE.
All darns must be pressed when
finished. To do this. lay the right side
down on the ironing board and on the
wrong side lay damp cloth and iron
until perfectly dry.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
mo. sir" explained the girl, only

mo, SIR" explained the GIRL oHiy
the applc trees.''-Harper' Weekly.
Little Clarence had the experience for
the first time of taking his bath IN d
cold room with water not at the usuai
temperature His mamma left him Tor
a moment, while he looked aghast at
the "eoose flesh that appeared.
Hurry up, mamma" he called. I'm
turning into chicken" ."--Harper's .
Weekly.
Efie, on her first visit to the country,
saw number of chickens from the
front porch of farmhouse. the child
watched the fowls for some time as
the industriously scratched around.
Finally she turned and ran to her
mother.
ooh, mother" she cried excitedly,
come out on the porch and see the
chickens wiping their feet on the
grass Harper's Weekly.
A short time ago surgeon had three
leg amputations in a week The un-
usual number caused talk in the sur
geon's household. and his little daugh-
ter, Dorothy, was greatly interested. A
few days after the last operation the
surgeon NHc eiIlu lliliC DoioliiS "SA y
ru1nmaging in the attic. In Il trunk
was found daguerreotype depicting "a
girl about eight years of age. The por-
trait, through "a popularity of pose.
showed only one leg of the subject, the
other being doubled up under her.
Whose picture is that, nama?'
asked Dorothy.
Mine. 1t was taken When I was a
child not much older than you are
now
did you know papa then?"
"No, dear. Why do you ask?'
II thought maybe you did, cause
you've only got one leg."-The Delin-
Gator.
A cat belonging to Mrs. Jones had
caused great annoyance to the small
boys of the neighborhood by killing
some of their pets. so they decided to
of seven. with a very tender heart, was
much afraid some innocent cat would
suffer, SO printed the following notice
and pinned it on the trap:
This is for Jones's cat only."-De-
lineatOr.
A little girl was overheard talking to
her doll. whose arm had come off, eX-
posing the sawdust stufIing. you dear
good, obedicnt dolly. knew I had told
you to chew your food fine, but l didn't
think that you would chew it So fine as
that"
Some time ago little Walter had oc-
casion to differ from his aunt upon
some trifling matter Il tell you,'
said auntie playfully, II know a few
things" "And l know as few things as
anybody, l guess" said Master Walter
Indignantly c. E. World.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
The Garden Season,

The attention of housewives is just
now directed to the opening of thu
garden season, and the March
Woman's Home Companion contains
an excellent article by Samuel Arm
strong Hamilton on the subject
Among the many valuable pointers
given out by Mr.. Armstrong we quote:
THE seedlings which have been
started for early use in February will
need attention this month No matter
where they may be growing-in house,
hotbed, cold frame of greenhouse
they must be cooled off little, as the
outside air moderates, or they Will
grow too rapidly. 1t must be kept in
mind that the ideal Seeding is one
which is short and stocky, excepting
the young of trailing plants Give
them plenty of fresh air on pleasant
days. and toward the latter part of the
month, If the season Is forward one'
they can be allowed to air all day, be-
ing covered up at night. Avoid q
check from any cause, but grow them
slowly from this on
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03

an hour without getting a bite,
and then leave in disgust, declaring
that there are no fish in the lake. The
older residents of the state have be-
come used to these filings by tramps.
They have lived for scores of years un-
der the benign influence of the prohibi-
tory law. and realized it's blessings.
They are living witnesses to its great
benefits in outlawing the grog shop.
They have seen the traffic benished
from grocery stores, where it was sold
as freely as flour. They have seen the
blessings of the law in the home, the
church and the school. They know
that prohibition poorly enforced is
much better than license
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03

The Cotton Trade Journal of SaVan-
nah declares that "throughout inc oou'i'
there is an undercurrent of indivld-
ual (not politicaD sentiment favoraoie
to Mr. Taft to a degree that promises
probably more strides toward Digger
Republican party in the South than
ever before" 1t is too bad for the
South that il has not the moral cour-
age to crystalize it's Individual sentl-
ments into political sentiment. The
great prosperity of the new South is
due to the operation of Republican
policies, and has come about IN spite
of the South itself rather than by Its
helm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
ChiIdren's Sayings.

Like most minister's families, they
were not extensively blessed with this
worlds goods. She however, was the
youngest of ten children until her faith
er explained to her of the baby sister
who has come in the night.
We'll" she said, after due thought,
Il 'popse it's all right, papa. but there's
many a thing we needed worse."-De-
lineatOr
The little daughters of a Missouri
doctor were much interested in the new
baby which had arrived at the home
of neighbor and which their mother
told them had been brought by the
stork. The children were promised
visit to the baby, and when the event
fu! day arrived Gladys sought her lit
tie sister and said, Come on, sister;
we are going to see Mrs. Smiths baby"
TO the surprise of all, the child de-
clned to go.
Il don't want to see the baby" she
said. I'D raver see the stock"
These same little girls were busy at
work in the kitchen one morning when
their mother entered the room. She
noticed a dark concotion cooking on
the stove and attempted to remove the
pan. "Oh, mamma" objected the chill
Ircn, "don't take it off. We are boil
ing a mud puddle. le."-Lippincott's.
Marshall Field, 3rd, according to a
story now going the rounds. bids fair
to become a very cautious business
man when he grows up. Approach
ing an old lady in a Lakewood hotel, he
said:
"Can YOU crack nuts?'
mo. dear" the old lady replied. II
lost all my teeth ages ago"
"Then," requested Master Field, ex-
tending two hands full of pecans.
please hold these while 1 go and get
some more "-Everybody's Magazine.
Small Clara, who had to pass a glue
factory on her way to school, rebelled
on account of the disagreeable oder
therefrOm.
II wouldn't mind it so much. NAM
ma" she said. "if l had been born with
deaf and dumb nose"
Little Willard had hard work keep
ing awake one Sunday at church, and
later on, being asked how he liked the
sermon. he replied: well, the begin
ming was good. and so was the end.
but there was too much middle"
Elsie" said the mother of small
miss, 'vou'll have to be broken of the
habit of smiling at the table"
Hadn't 1 better be mended. mann
| ma?" queried Elsie.
Little Margie's father had bald
| spot. While kissing him at bedtime one
evening she said: "Stoop down, papa;
/ want to kiss you on the head where
the lining shows"
Little G-year-old Lulu was looking at
the numerous stars one night. After a
| time she exclaimed:
"Oh mamma, how grand and beau
tiful heaven is, And, just think, we can
only see the wrong side of it,
| A Washington man, while visiting a
friends place in Virginia, became much
interested in his experiments in fruit
| culture.
One day the visitor was making the
rounds of the place, being in charge of
the friends young daughter of ten, who
acted as guide.
This tree seems to be loaded with
! apples" observed the Washingtonian,
indicating a particularly fine specimen.
| Yes. sir" assented the little girl;
father says this is a good year for
apples"
81 am glad to hear that" said the
visitor "Are all your trees as full OF
apples as this one?"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
"a Crying Need!"
(Lewiston Journal.)


The Maine democratic platform
resolutely and boldly declares in favor
of the enactment of a law prohibiting
the employment in factories of
children under IA years of age. We
commend this on the part of our
Democratic friends. 1t is a good law
and ought to be endorsed by all. But
inasmuch as the Republican legisla-
ture of Maine passed this law in 1907,
We do not see the necessity for the
democratic convention now to de
mand" it all over again. The belief
is current that the person who feels
a crying need" for something that he
had been having for over a year and
didn't know it, is the same person who
is able to discover the difference be-
tween a resolution demanding enforce
ment and resolution denouncing
notification. In other words the
newly -throned Waterville Boss Of the
Maine democracy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
Worthless Testimony.
(Somerset Reporter.)

INUIIItTStI 1NtpUI ItI.J
Every Cnce in a while, when certain
journals are short Of matter
seine one is sent into the State to write
UP the workings of the Maine liquor
law. particularly to notice its defects,
lack of enforcement, etc. The latest
effort is that of the author of Peck S
Bad Boy" humorist of the first wat
err He visited several larger cities and
towns and actually stopped day or
two. His puglished testimony is
against the prohibitory law. and he
ridicules the people and caricatures
their conversation, ways and manners.
How worthless is such testimony. A
man might as we'll visit one of our nu-
merous lakes, try the fishing for half
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03

Following the Pan-Anglican, another
great congress is to assemble in Lon
don this summer. This is the eucharls-
tic congress, which was first held at
Avignon in 1882. 1t will be the great
est gathering of Roman Catholic &C.
clesiastcs ever seen in England. The
Duke of Norfolk is president of the re-
ception committee, which is making
preparations to provide suitable ac-
comodations for the large number Of
clergy who will attend. There will be
present several cardinals from the
United States. Rome, Spain. Germany,
France. Belgium and other countries
The special preacher at Westminster
cathedral will be Cardinal Gibbons.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
An Auspicious Opening.
portland Press.)

" Va tiohd
1t is certain that the Republican
State campaign opened in an auspl-
cous manner at Alfred Wednesday.
With fine weather, a large and enthu-
siastic audience. and speakers of wide
repute, it could not be otherwise. The
speech Of John Kendrick Bangs was
spiced with humor and at the same
time it showed that the speaker was no
literary recluse but man in touch
with political conditions and with
firm grasp of current issues. Nothing
could lie happier than his contrast OF
Bryan ard Taft, one as man OF words
and the other a man of deeds Con-
gresham Allan is always sound and
impressive, and Mr.. Swasey showed
that the old warhorse of oxford had
lost none of his fire and spirit.
Hon. Bert M. Fernald was OF course
the figure of central interest. The peo-
pie wanted to see and hear from their
new candidate for Governor. He was
indeed no stranger to that part of the
State, as he is to none, but this was his
first appearance on a public occasion OF
the kind since his nomination. There
can he no doubt of the good impression
he made by his candid. straight onward
discussion Of the issues of the cam
paign. He made it clear, for one thing.
that so Car as he is concerned, there IS
to be no mud-slinging. Long ago. ne
says, 81 made up my mide that SANDER
is no argument" He prefers to fight
kfair and appeal to reason instead of
prejudice, and that is the kind Of ar
gument that tells in the long run. He
points with pride to the record of the
party in this State. in the matter or
instituting reforms, and shows that his
sympathies are with continued effort
and achievement in this direction, es-
pecially in securing more equal taxa
ton. Unlike Mr.. Gardner, he feels con-
fidence in the tax commission and an
ticipates much of value from it's forth
coming report. He declares that if
elected he would not be hampered in
his official acts by pledges or business
or social relations, but would "be free
to act for all the people all the time"
He pays high tribute to State Audi
tor Hatch for the fearless and impair
tial administration Of his office, and In
dicates that as Governor he would back
up the same careful and businesslike
handling of the State finances.
Touching the temperance question
Mr.. Fernald plants himself squarely ON
the platform and against resubmission
and he is for conservation of natural
resources, for 5S-hour law, primary
election law. good roads, in short, for
all the reforms advocated in the plat
form adopted at Bangor and for others
that seem to him advisable. The speech
makes splendid impression.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-03
Concerning Women.

The girls dormitory of st. Gather
ines Indian school,. Santa Fe, N. M,
founded by Mother Drexel of Phila-
delphia, was burned recently. Seven
ty-two girls were rescued and taken
to the federal Indian Industrial school.
At the annual meeting Of the New
York State Bar association Mrs. Har-
rlette NJ. Johnston Wood, who is her
husbands law partner, was admitted
to membership by unanimous vote.