The Irish standard., 1909-02-13
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I: NV PASSING :
John Bull is in fit of hyster,a. He
is afraid of a German invasion. What
is the use of having the biggest navy
10 the world and keep awake Ut night
through fear? We assure John that
there is no cause for alarm while
King Edward is the guest of Kaiser
William. But look out after he gets
back!
In a sermon at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral, New York, last Sunday morning.
Archbishop Farley said that "the stage
is worse today than it was in the day;
of paganism." He urged parents to
exercise a. supervision over the young.
to look carefully after their companion
skip and to dissuade them from al
tending such orgies of obscenity as the
low theaters. The words of the New
York prelate deserve the attention of
When VIM. j. Bryan arrived in
Jacksonville last Sunday morning ar
ter travelling all night, he was aston
ished to read in the papers that lie
was seriously injured the day before
in an automobile accident and was
II tire in, To h0k
The great Commoner smiled and said
there was nothing to the story. His
millions of friends throughout 4i,e
country are glad he is safe and SQUAD
and that there was no mishap. But
who sent out the false telegram?
John B. Moran, district attorney Of
Suffolk county, Mass, who died last
Saturday night in Phoenix, Ariz., where
he was seeking to restore his health,
ran for governor in 1906 on four tickets
as Democrat Prohibitionist, Indepenl-
ence Lacquer and Citizen, and lost the
election to Gov. Guild, Republican, Oil
ly by narrow margin. Although
nominally a Democrat, Mr.. Moran re-
fused to support Bryan in the recent
presidential campaign and allied him.
self with the independence League. He
was 50 years of age.
The last words of the famous Jesuit
preacher, Rev. VIM. O'Brien Pardow,
proved startlingly prophetic, according
to a writer in the Catholic Columbian.
He is reported to have said: 1--WE are
here celebrating the feast of the Holy
Name. How many Of us will be hese
to celebrate this feast next year?
From great audience of this character
some are sure to go. The first to go,
may, more than likely, be me, for
am getting to be an old man now ard
expect,lat any time to render All az
down from the pulpit and was dead
from pneumonia within a few days.
Cardinal Gibbons, in his sermon. at
the Baltimore Cathedral last Sunday,
referred to the English suffragettes
as follows: Elm one of the passages of
the Old Testament there is special
praise for a woman. She is not men,
toned as worthy Of condemnation for
her efforts to obtain social triumphs
nor for her zeal in struggling for wo-
mems rights, particularly the right Of
suffrage. It is not told that she, IN
seeking these things, was bold and
resolute and shook her fist at the
prime minister. No, we are made to
understand that she was q womanly
woman, a loving mother and a dutiful
wife"
A bill has been introduced in rhe
Indiana senate by Senator Robert En-
met Proctor directing the state boarl
of education to have the national an
them, the "Star Spangled Banner,"ren-
dered in all public schools Of the state
at least once a week. The same bill
has been introduced in the house Of
representatives and is backed by tie
G. A. R., the Emmett Club and other
patriotic organizations. Every state
ir the Union ought to pass such bill,
but care should be taken that the piece
be sung as originally written by It's
author, Francis Scott Key, and not
the revised edition gotten up by Anglo
r:aniacs, with all unkind references
to Mother England left out ...
After six years in Wyoming, Rt. Rev.
]. ]. Keane, bishop of Cheyenne, has
erected new cathedral which was
dedicated Oh Sunday, Jan. 81. That
speaks volumes for the energy and