The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-24
WILL HONOR CHAPLAIN

and brothers. He died in command OF
that post; and we buried him with mill
tary honors."
The death OF Mother Mary Of the Cross.
foundress Of the Australian Congregation
Of the Sisters Of St. Joseph OF the
Sacred Heart, is. indeed, a great event
In the history OF the Catholic Church in
Australia She was an Australian born
and bred; and, for that reason, her lsbors
belong peculiarly 10 the young Australian
nation.
Caring for Children.
These Sisters make a speciality Of 60
ing TO places where there is no resident
priest perhaps not even church, and
caring for the children in those forsaKen
districts. Right out IN lonely bush 10
caliues they establish themselves. some
times in little huts which look like toy
houses.
Wherever there are children TO be
taught they teach them. The Sisters
never refuse a call, never give a thought
to ways and means. Daily mass and
holy communion are the great supports
OF the religious. The Sisters OF ST.
Joseph are deprived OF this consolation
in many outlying converts. but they do
not complain.
Their founlress. when q young girl
twenty-four years old, started her under
taking ia a stable In a country town In
South Australia Since the inception OF
her congregation in 1866. but forty-three
years ago. she received 400 Sisters; and
when she died the other day her nuns
numbered $50. Mother Mary founded l06
houses. including twelve homes for the
orphans and those who fan by the way
side; and in these Institutions I,040 In
mates are sheltered. The schools num-
Der IL. and are attended by l2.4o9 pupils,
from among whom every year come most
brilliant successes in the public competi-
tive examination. Mother Mary's
daughters are working In every State IN
Australia and New Zealand.
The Companla Tranatlantica. OF Bar
celona. Spain, grants old age pensions
and sick benefits TO its men; conducts a
savings bank. which pays per cent on
interest deposits; and has various other
philanthropic schemes for encouraging
loyalty among It's employees. II conducts
a cooperative store which is truly CO.
operative. conducted by the men and for
their benefit. All this regards the per-
sons in the actual employment Of tho
Compania Transatlantica; which shows
that not all corporations are soullesS
Orphan Asylum Conducted
It also conducts an orphan asylum and
Industrial school for the children Of those
who have died IN its service. The child
Is taken, even at a tender age. and fed.
lodged. and schooled at the expense OF
the company. until he IS ready for
position in the service.
Neither Is he condemned. through HIS
ignorance, 20 a life OF common drudgery.
by being thrown out 20 work his own
way as soon as he can use his hands.
The company maintains q special free
school OF mechanical and electrical en-
gineering, for those who show adapta-
bIlity and fitness for such work The
asylum, with its elegant chapel. close 20
the sea, and In finely cultivated lands.
bears no sign OF hardfsted, hardhearted
public charity.
The Catholics Of the diocese OF Cam
brai France. have reopened $40 schools,
70 take the place Of the AS primary
schools closed by the Religious COngre-
cations law.