The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-05-14
HOW MOTHERS DAY
WAS OBSERVED
Last Sunday in Chicago by
Members of Church of
Precious Blood.
Father McCabe Denounced
Tendency of Age Toward
a Great Crime.
And Referred to Owners of
Flats Who Place a Ban
on Children.

The following interesting account Of
the observance of Mothers day in q
Catholic parish is taken from the Chic
cago Tribune of last Monday:
1t was Mothers day In Chicago as
we'll as in various other sections OF
the country yesterday, and many
nations in consequence. But it was
babies day in the parish Of the
Church of the Precious Blood and
some 500 youngsters, in tow Of pa
rents, gathered in the church at Con-
gress street and Western avenues and
howled, presumably appreciatively,
nounced the immortality Of the age and
It's tendency toward race suicide.
Father McCabc, however, proved to
be one orator whom no amount Of
hcckling could subduc; in fact, he en-
couraged it.
"Never mind the noise,' he admon-
ISIlcu lilC "oillCu IIlolICiS' LO ieliS
ones can't help it, and if they want to
howl, let 'em, and don't stuff your
handkerehiefs in their mou.ths;','s s.,, B.
Partly owing to this encouragement,
the priest found 1t necessary to deliver
his sermon in stentorian tones, but the
infantile vocal demonstration feazed
him not n bit.
1--WE are living In an age when the
doctrine Of our Savior, Suffer the lit
tic children to come unto me, and for
bid them not for of such is the king
dom of heaven is being cast to the
winds, to say nothing Of tho salvation
OF the little ones souls" he said.
eve arc living in an age when men
attempt to dictate to God how he
should have constructed the elements
of nature, in an age that assumes to
ridculc good men and women, and to
forbid the little ones to even enter
the world.
"We arc living in an age in which
brazcn women. lost to all sense Of
shame, publicly ccnsure the mothers
who bring their little ones into the
world and nurture and love them. An
age when shelter, even, is denied them,
| when landlords inquire Of prospective
tenants il the family contains chill
| lrcn And IL there are children the
parents are told they cannot rent
rooms and flats in which to live, put
ting, as it were, the stamp of dis
| grace on fathcrhood and mother-
hood"
Tho demonstration mado it evident
that there was no need of Roosevelt
exordium on race suicide in the par
ish of the Precious Blood. There was
hardly a. mother or father present who
| did not display two or more children
and ages ran from n few months up,
and vocal capacity likewise, but usual
ly in the inverse ratio, so far as age
was concerned.
One of the proudcst fathers in the
asscmblage was W. D.Kerivan, who
headed a pllalanx of seven, the young
est being carried in it's mothers arms.
The Kerivan family occupied one en-
tire pow, and there was an overflow
as well. The youngsters of this fam
lily group not only were more numer-
Gus, but they were we'll trained and
formed an island Of reverent silence
in an ocean of smothered howls.
"FIas everybody interested had an
opportunity to speak on this sched-S
ule?" queried the chairman of the tar
iff committee.
"Please, sir, I would like to say g.
word" exclaimed a small man who had
:! not before been noticed.
"Whom do you Representa-" queried
the chairman.
IT don't represent anybody but my.
SELF I'm the ultimate consumer" ad-S
mitted the small man.