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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-22


leIy; Il thought 1 should just look at the outside
Oh the cottage and co.
now which room did you sleep in when you
were boy4 asked Mrs MuIligan as she spread
Walte cloth on the table. 1--WE sleep together,
Nora ana l. and there are two rooms not occupied,
IDuU II you will take friendly like and have the
room you used to have, will do our best to make
you comfortable l have often thought | would
IKE to mother that poor little chap who had to
go away all alone"
1t was during dinner that Hery learnt that
mrs MullIgan's husband had been killed in
away accident, and that the home was kept together
by Nora, who was typist.
AFTER dinner Hillery showed his new friends the
room ne had occupied as boy, and mother and
daughter set to work to prepare 1t for his occu-
patton.
That Hillery should accept the hospitality of
strangers after this fashion was not odd He was
a Canadian and Canadians give hospitality quite
freely to strangers and take it as freely their
turn.
The days passed md Hillery was happier than
he mad been for years, To be made much of by
tender-hearted women folk, after Catching it
long in the prairie, was to HTillery heaven upon
earth lie owned to himself quite freely in the
solitude Of his chamber under the caves, that the
pair of roguish Irish eyes which looked out from
Nora's pretty face had no small part in the max
ing of the enchanted land in which he found him
self
There was no servant in the modest home, 50
Hlllery helped the gentle mother while Nora
at the office where she did typing, which stu
ated at Peckham Rye. Mrs. Mulligan was not
little astonished at Hilery's knowledge of house
work and the expedition with which he accom-
plished household tasks. Hillery for reasons best
known to himself. talked a great deal to Mrs Null
ligan about the ideal farm he had built and about
his general prosperity. and about the delights
which a free life in the Canadian prairie could
yield.
1T is all perfect out there at my place, except
for thing he said one morning, when he had
just finished chopping up some boxes for tirewOod.
And what is that" she inquired, looking with
keen interest into his kindly weather-tamed face.
Il want mother-and wife at the farm" he
told her.
Then she understood.
1t was when Hillery and Nora were returning
from Benediction the Sunday evening following
that Hiery said:
You promised reward to the finder of your
rosary, Nora. l want my reward"
She laughed shyly. Perhaps she guessed what
coming.
Il want very big reward" Hillery went on
Il want you. Do you think you could trust your
self to a rough westemerT'
"To you | could" she answered, almost in
whisper.
So do small events sometimes lead to great ones
That Hilery took sweet wife and tender mother
back to his farm in Canada was all due to the lost
rosary.-Mrs. Coulson Kernahan in the Universe
and Catholic Weekly London.
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Medical Advice.

The doctor looked serious.
"You should be very careful for at least
month"; he said.
rs it as bad as all that! asked the patient,
anxiously.
IF the result is to be as satisfactory [ would
like TO have it. you cannot follow the rules that [
lay down too carefully"
Il will do exactly as you say said the
thoroughly alarmed patient. "A-am | eating too
heartily"
much too heartily. You should eat simpler
food and not too much of it. If you follow my adj
vice you'll cut your butchers and grocers bills just
about in half"
"Ill do it, doctor"
you ought to take more exercise, too" con
tinued the physician. 'How do you go to your
office now?"
II ride"
stop it at once. You must walk to and from
your Office every day, rain shine. Do you eyer
go to the theatreH
quite often"
You mustn't do it while you're under my care.
How about smoking2
Il smoke of course but only in moderation"
Don't smoke at all instructed the physician
"Throw away all cigars. and don't buy another
for thirty days at least. I'll give up the case
'I'll do it, doctor; but-but-"
"Do you drinkp'
occasionally, but Il
"Stop it entirely.
"A little claret on the table now and then ought
not to"
Not drop at any time"
GAll right doctor. What neXts'
Nothing Follow these instructions closely for
thirty DAYS, and by that time
eyes !" said the patient, eagerly. by that time,
whatl'
e.Bv that time repeated the doctor, 'vou ought
70 have saved enough to pay me the balance due
on that little bill you have owed me for matter
of about eighteen months. Good-day"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-22
Cradles in Other Lands.

In Lapland newborn baby is Graded in its
mothers shoe, big affair, covered with skin and
stuffed with soft moss. This the mother can hang
to tree or cover with while she is busy. In
India the baby rides in a basket which hangs from
its mothers head, or from her hips in hammock
Sometimes the babys nose is adorned with nose
ring; and in some parts its face is wrapped in
veil like its mothers. The Chinese baby is tied
to the back of an older child; while the Mongoian
infants travel about in bags slung a camel
Strangest of ALL the mother in Guinea buries her
baby up to its waist in sand, and that is the only
cradle the baby ever knows.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-22
THE PRIEST CONVERT.
Whether the vision dawned

Whether the vision dawned
In pausing on the oar some summers day
Between the banks of Cam; or in some towns
Mysterious solitude of teeming life
Fraught with mems destinies: or striding swift
Along the pilgrim way of gentle downs
While bees hummed IN the thyme some breezy noon
Or with the turning page, some single word,
Or in the stiffness of one hallowed hour
Beneath the brooding dome where holy hands
Uplift the Christ-we know not but we know
That vision came-the City on a Hill!
To you from then the whole world hung in space
SO great so small, so held within the will
And great design of God, that your life's cup
Surged to its utmost tide. The least impulse
1t must oerAow to impart. The least offense-
Must still o'erAow, for that could not be held
Was not of God. And swift in sudden light
You saw illum'd the awful course of man
Across the centuries, saw nothing stay
The perfect plan of God, saw Truth whole,
One fawless sphere, and all the dark world
With the red rose of Sacramento Life.
And here are hundred faces turned to catch
Reflection of your vision in the Mount!
While through the dusty chambers of the soul
Blows the good wind of God, and the sap stirs
And wakes to second spring land of Joss.
But since your eyes, fixed on celestial heights,
Might miss some pitfall, chidren's hanGs are held
In prayer for you, and holy nuns have told
The chaplet for your good, and blessed saints
Are all astir with joyous agencies.
And still we think your busy angel goes
Apace and ardent with your eager heart
"A 4 NJ. in Irish Catholic.
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Joseph VIM. Taylor

CTAHs LEADING UNDERTAKEN AND LICENSED
EhBALMER.
Telephone 95 Office open day and night q, 49, IS South
West Temple street. Salt Lake City, Utah
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Hard-Hearted Bows.

If there is one thing God does not like, it is the
reckless neglect of a mothers advice. boy may
have his passions and weakness, but when he laughs
his mothers counsel into scorn, he may not expect
much of return from heaven. The hardest heart
for the priest to reach is the heart that is wifuy
unmindful of mothers love and that willingly
does without her care. Such heart must not be
a very agreeable field for Gods mercy.-Young
People
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-22
Rare Indeed.

Get me sell you rare photograph" began the
versatile agent.
Nothing rare about that" said the business
man. "It's picture of Speaker Cannon, and there
are thousands in different parts of the country"
'Not like this"
whats the distinction~
''Why. in this picture the speaker isn't smoking
a cigar. You'll take one? I thought So
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-22
October.

The fruits of the earth are garnered,
Fast flies the waning year,
The fairest month of autumn
Is pledged to Mary dear;
A rich embroidered carpet
In green and gold and red
Flecked here and there with russell
Over the world is spread.
Before the shrine of Mary
Each bright October day,
Her favored children gather
The rosary to say;
Unto the pleading voices
She bends a list'ning ear,
Of all the prayers we offer
That prayer she holds most dear.
We bring bright autumn flowers
And weave a chaplet fair,
While natures purest incense
fingers in the air.
But sweeter cen than perfume,
Is the prayer of Mary's own;
She bears each hearts petition
Unto her dear Sons throne.
O, Queen of the highest heaven.
0 radiant Lady blest,
Show thyself Mother,
List to our fond request.
Lead thy faltering children
Thro' life's gloomy night,
Into the glowing splendor
OF heavens eternal light
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
A Written Reference.

The bearer, Hayashi Kishi, has
been in my service for the last four
weeks.
During that period he was trusted
with the keys of the wine cellar, with
the task Of providing for the table,
and with the general regulation of
the whole household, and these du-
ties he discharged with much salts
faction to-himself.
For a teetotal family. to whoa
cleanliness and punctuality are NJ OBJ
ieCts, who use no stoneware or other
breakable dishes, and who can view
with Christian charity the loose ideas
upon the subject Of property OF ar
untaught heather brother. I can con-
scientiously say that he is admirably
adapted.
1t is purely out Of personal regard
for him that | am compelled to dis
pense with his services, for my SUBJ
stance has so diminished since he
came into the household that l grieve
to see his great acquisitive talents
wasted upon such 4 barren field.
I shall be glad tt hear that the
earth contains another fool so confid-
ing as to take him into service and
relieve a white man Of his burden.
I have endeavored in this to COM
ply both with his request and the
trath.-NeW York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
The Din Did 1t.

The first performance of "Elektra"
in New York, with the fainting 1T at
the end, of Nine. Mazarin, was being
discussed at the Lambs.
II suppose you know what hap
pened once at an 'Elektra' perform
ance?" said Victor Herbert.
WELL, a doctor had a deaf patient,
and advised him to go to hear 'Elek-
ira and sit near the trombones.
1.-The noise the doctor said, has
cured several incurable cases of deaf
ness, and there is no reason why 1t
shouldn't cure you, too.
1.-The patient accepted this advice.
He even bought two front row tick
cts, and took the doctor with him to
the famous opera.
"As the two men sat side by side
the patient, when the din was at 1ts
very loudest, shrieked in the doctors
ear:
doctor, oh, doctor, I can hear!
"But the doctor took no notice OF
the glad cry.
doctor, you have saved mel the
patient repeated. 4 can hear again.!
"But the doctor sat cold and inn
passive. He had become deaf him
self."-New York Tribune.
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Making and Using Stencils.

The use of the stencil for wall dec
grafton, or for ornamenting curtains,
scarfs and even dresses, is effective
and not difficult. Whether the effect
is cheap and tawdry or beautiful and
dignifed will depend upon the design
and colors selected.
To make the stencil, procure some
fairly heavy Manila wrapping paper.
Give it a coat of raw linseed all. With
a cloth wipe off the super1uous oil
and hang the paper to dry. 1t should
be used when fresh.
To cut, lay the paper upon a sheet
Of glass and use a very sharp knife.
This keeps the under side of the cut
clean and free from ragged edges.
When finished the stencil should be
given a coat of shellac.
1t will be easily Eel that since the
design shows only where the openings
occur, the openings alone make the
design, and the paper must be so
made that the paper completely sur
rounds each opening; that is, unless
care is used in planning the design,
it may fall apart when it is finished.
This can readily be seen by studying
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
While crossing thu street I had dis

I While crossing thu street I had dis
covered my friends name, and at
once knew from what l heard in the
hotel that it was the man who had
fred the shots q few moments before.
On finding the door of the restaurant
locked. he suggested that we go Cup
Street"-toWards the upper saloon
| where the crowd had gathered to
watch events.
Just then the special constables
put in their appearance and seized
my genial companion by each arm.
| AS he was six feet two inches, and
| weighed about 200 pounds, and had
a bad reputation. I was somewhat
alarmed. A man half drunk, with
four shots still in his revolver, might
make serious trouble, fighting with
two men half his size, so I suggested
that, as he had made no trouble for
me thus far, they should let him go
and let me try my success in handling
him.
AS 0 as I had learned his name.
I knew where he lived, and o I
turned to him and proposed thai we
go to the house. He seemed to take
kindly to the suggestion, and, plac-
ing his arm around my neck, he al
lowed me to convoy him homewards.
The whole population of the little
town had by this time gathered, and
there was much amusement to see
big J. C. taken home by the green lit
tie visiting preacher. As he crossed
the threshold he took out his six
shooter, and, throwing it on the bu-
reau, he stumbled and fell headlong
to the floor. In a few moments ne
was in a profound sleep, and after
taking off his boots and aiding his
wife in making him comfortable, l
took the discarded ~siX-shooter and re-
tired to the hotel.
The crowd in the school-house next
night was a %forerunner of crowds that
later overflowed our first little church
building, and caused us to build a
slightly addition within the first two
years of our work in the town. The
NJ church not only grew into a
strong organization of sixty members.
but it became a centre for work in
the outlying neighborhoods, as we'll
as sending out its deacon and pastor
to undertake work in the eve re-
gions further west.
In course of time the wife and IA
Their and mother and two sisters OF
our friend J.. C. Joined VI church in
". and our hero himself settled
down into steady ways. and finally
became marshal Of the little town OF
which he had once been the bully.
The parson got neither his whisky.
nor his cigar, nor his lemonade, but
The saw of the travail of his soul and
was satisfied" Such is the life OF
the home missionary. - American
Missionary.
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#Xt %s{N;R ?Msss: ~

Changeable taffetas are in high ia
vor for afternoon frocks.
Tucked long gloves are in again.
and will stay for the season.
Thin brown cloth gauntlets are
good for the horsewoman.
Parasols and stockings match the
gown, whether the shoes do or not.
The stitching itself is varied: 4
broad chain effect is new and pretty.
Pink silk gloves are reversible to
yellow, and just match the tearose
gowns.
Yellow Isle gloves are cool and
washable, and look like the fashion
| able but heavy chamois.
Flowered net shirred over a white
Neapolitan straw hat makes a novel
and pretty effect for a dressy hat.
White kid gloves are stitched in
| colors to match the frock. Lavenders
and pinks are especially favored.
Chantecler gloves have come to
match the chantecler handkerchlefS.
A tiny rooster or a golden pheasant
is embroidered at the elbow.
With the barnyard trimmings
which are so much sought for, the
straw braids-so coarse that one won
ders that they hang together-are the
first choice.
Silk flowers, made so exactly that
it is difficult to tell them from the
original models, are used for fasten-
ers at the neck with the collarless af-
| ternoon gown.
Very pretty afternoon gowns are
made of the sheer batiste, which
comes in the most fascinating shades
this year. This material. too. liz
used for princess slips. worn under
the white lingerie gown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
RIGHTS of FianceeS.

The law courts of GotGingen have
just delivered a weighty decision af-
fecting the rights and liberties of
iancees.
Some weeks ago a young Berlin ar.
chitect had a visit from his be-
trothed, a Gottingen lady. She stayed
in the capital over the week end, and
the architect escorted his sweetheart
back to the station, where, he fondly
thought, he saw her in the train safe
ly bound for Gottingen.
1t appears, however, that the lady
was reluctant to tear herself away
from the joys Of the metropolis. ST.
renlike, Berlin beckoned her back.
and at the second station she left the
train and returned to the city, where
she stayed till the next morning.
Some kind friend impaired intelli-
gence of this to the architect, and
added that his tiancee had been seen
unescorted in the Friedrichstrasse.
The architect at once wrote to his
sweetheart, demanding explanations.
Receiving no reply, he broke off the
engagement and instituted proceed
ings for a return Of his presents and
the money he had spent during his
%betrothal, including cab fares. rail-
way tickets from Gottingen to Berlin.
and the lady's board while she was
here.
Her explanation Of her conduct was
that she was tired to the point of en-
nui Of the intellectual fife of Coffin
gen., and sighed for the renowned
midnight revels of Berlin. The courts
decided that she had done nothing to
justify her lover breaking off the en-
gagement, and dismissed the action.
adding that there was no proof that
the lady's escapade reflected in the
least upon her character.
Breach of promise cases are un-
known to German law, SO the Coffin
gen lady cannot mend her broken
heart with coin of the realm.-Berlin
Correspondence London Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Hints on Letter Writing.

When writing letters Il woman
| should keep in mind the following
rules:
Business letters should be concise
and clear, because business people are
| supposed to be busy.
No letter is complete without the
date.
In writing to solicit employment of
any kind. on no account should per-
sonal perplexities or needs be men
| toned. The world is full of unfortu-
nate persons, and to a stranger the
troubles of one are no more than
| those of a host of others.
Letters Of introduction are left
open when written.
deliberately ornamented note paper
and highly perfumed notes are vulgar.
When answering letters remember:
That written words stand as ever.
lasting witnesses.
That an ambiguous sentence is like
ly to be misinterpreted.
that a friendly word never harms.
That a written word of sympathy
can sometimes do much good.
That a letter written in a kindly
spirit should be answered in the same
way, even though the message is dis.
liked.
That business letters and invita-.
tons must be answered at once.
That a lady acknowledges any
friendly offer of hospitality. even
though it be not by acceptance
Washington Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
FAIRY TALES,

When dusk falls cool as Il rained.on rose,
And a tawny tower the twilight shows.
With the crescent moon. the silver moon
the curved new moon in 4 space thai
CLOVIS,
A turret window that grows a-light:
There is a path that my Fancy knows.
A glimmering, shimmering path of night
That far as the Land of Faery goes.
And 7 follow the path, as Fancy leads,
Over the mountains, into the meads.
Where the freely cities, the glow-worr
cities, the fairy cities are strung like
beads,
Each city a twinkllng star;
And / live a life of valorous deeds.
And march with The Fairy King to war.
And ride with the knights on milk.white
steeds.
Or it's there in the whirl of their life I sit,
Or dance in their houses with starlight lit,
Their blossom houses, their flower houses,
their elhn houses of fern-leaves knit,
With fronded spires and domes;
And there it is that my lost dreams fit,
And the ghost of my childhood, smiling,
roams
With the fairy children so dear to it.
And it's there I hear that they all come
true,
The fairy-stories, whatever they do
Elf and goblin, dear elf and goblin, loved
elf and goblin and all the crew
Of witch and wizard and gnome and fay,
And prince and princess. that wander
through
The story-books we have put away
The fairy-tales that we loved and knew. .
The face of Adventure lures you there,
And the eyes of Danger bid you dare,
\ While ever the bugles, the silver bugles,
y the far-off bugles of Elhand blare,
The fairy trumpets TO battle blow;
And you feel their thrill in your heart and
hair,
And you fain would follow and mount
and 60
And march with the Fairies anywhere.
And she-she rides at your side again,
Your little sweetheart whose age is ten;
She is the princess, the fairy princess, the
princess fair that you worshiped
when
You were a prince in a fairy-tale;
And you do great deeds as you did them
then,
With your magic spear and enchanted
mail,
Drawing the dragon in his den.
And you ask again. cob, where shall we
ride,
Now that the monster is slain, my bride?2'
"Back to the cities, the freely cities, the
glow-worm cities where we can hide,
The beautiful cities of Faeryland.
And the light Of my eyes shall be your
guide,
, The light of my eyes and my snow-white
hand
And there forever we two will abide"
Madison Cawein, in Woman's. Homo
Companion.
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The Dancing Mania.

The dancing mania" of the Middle
Ages came on the heels of the great
plague known as the BLACK Death
Il was some sort Of nervous disease.
and is now supposed to have been
what is known as "St. Vitus' dance.
It began in the year 1874. at Aix-la-
Chapelle, and spread all ver Ger
many. the Netherlands and Italy. The
dancers formed circles, hand in hand.
and, appearing to have lost all eason
continued dancing, regardless OF tue
bystanders, for hours together untll'
in their wild delirium, they fell TO the
ground in sheer exhaustion. Pantlns
and foaming at the mouth, they "oulo
suddenly spring up and begin the
dance again, to he again exhausted
and so on until they died.