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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
RESIST THE BEGINNINGS.

Many man who is now leading
most sinful life was in the days of his
childhood and youth living in spotless
purity, piety and God-fearing. Many
an Incorporate man knew not the
taste of strong drink till middle life,
when he thought his character and
habits were formed. There are men
now serving a Jail sentence for theft
that were as honest as the rest of us
only few years ago.
To such persons who have fallen,
the memory must still recall the first
approach of temptation that later con-
quered them, and the recoil of the
mind from it with terror They must
still remember how the temptation
came time and time again, awaiting
admission at the door of the soul, so
that by degrees the mind became ac-
customed to it's presence. At last it
entered, when conscience was on
guard; and in an instant it democrat
lied the whole household of the soul,
loosened the passions, and though soon
driven out, had in that moment made
allies for itself, that at it's next knock
ing it might not meet with such stub
born resistance as before. At last it
gained full possession, cowed and
silenced reason, and took the govern
ment into its own hands.
Thus has it happened to many a
person, who has fallen from the life
of grace that he led in his youth. The
mind gradually becomes habituated to,
and finally controlled by thoughts and
temptations that once were foreign to
its whole training and habit. So like
wise it may be with us, if We resist
not the beeinnings-if we resist not
the minor temptations that precede
the greater ones. We have the power
to refuse admission to them. We are
not responsible for a thought that we
instantly repel; but we are RESPONSE
BILE for our choice of good or evil.
No man sins by compulsion, or be
cause of the gravity of the temptation;
he can resist it il he will. Man does
not become corrupt in day. He be-
comes so by not resisting the lesser
faults that are followed by greater
ones. If he resists not the former,
how can he expect to resist the
latter? Watch We and pray" said Our
Lord, that you enter not into temp.
tation, the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak" BE sober and
watch because your adversary the
devil as roaring lion goeth about
seeking whom he may devour."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
HAPPY GlRLHoOD.

Oh, that young girls would realize
that they are the rosebuds in the gar
den of life, and be content to shed
their sweet perfume uncomplainingly,
not wishing to be older or more world
ly-like. I'm only a young girl" Be
thankful for it. You are one of the
sweetest things that God ever ex-
ported to earth. Just think OF your
future-all hope. The years fly as
swiftly as a bird on the wing; Sc
swiftly that those things seen this
year are forgotten next.
Do not be jealous of those more ad.
vanced in years than you. All those
sweet, womanly graces are yours to
gain, while she whom you envy is fast
learning those sad lessons that are
just so far removed from YOU Be
joyous, be young, be natural. Your
ideal is not yet known to be but
fancy; your idol has not yet proved
but clay. There are no sorrowful
memories to bring the bitter tears to
your eyes; no vain repentances. Oh
happy, happy girls! Love this youth
that God has given you, and forget
not to thank Him for it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
WHERE A MAN RISES.

When woman comes into room
in which there are only few people,
say about half a dozen, all the men
should rise at once and remain stand
ing until she is seated In crowded
room, at tea or party, this, of course,
is not necessary.
If man is already seated at the
table he should rise when women come
to the table. Men who are very care
full of their manners do this even at
hotels and restaurants if strangers are
put at their table, but it is unusual.
Heidelberg students in Europe keep
up this courteous practice, and it is
said that Harvard students in this
country also do so.
If woman in passing down the
aisle of theater or train pauses to
speak to friends any men in the party
should rise while she is speaking,
and if on a train one of them should
offer his seat
A man should always remain stand
ing until the women at table are
seated, pulling the chair back for the
oldest or the one nearest, if there are
more men present.
If a man by chance sits next to a
woman acquaintance on a car or sub
way and she leaves the train before
he does he should rise and lift his hat
when saying good-by.
1t is not necessary for man to rise
| if a woman goes in and out of room
many times. This would be stretch
ing an act of courtesy to the point of
the ridiculous, although there are few
excessively polite men who insist on
keeping their manners polished to this
degree.
A man should never remain seated
while he talks to a woman who is
standing. This applies to Offices as
well as drawing rooms. A courteous
employer can always get good work
! from his employees.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
ASHAMED OF GOD.

Some men remember, know you will,
When you slept with a comrade, the
nameless thrill
OF not knowing whether to kneel down
there
Before him and offer your nightly
prayer,
For fear he would tease you, or make
you feel
1t wasn't just manly in prayer to
kneel
You thought what you felt was
ashamed Of yourself,
But it wasn't-iust put that away on
the shelf;
And don't contradict, or shake head,
or nod,
When tell you that you were
ashamed of God,
As so many are when they kneel
to pray
In room with comrade or stranger,
that way
Ashamed of God! Now, isn't that nice
To pay such a forfeit and give such a
price
For weakness and pride! You know
better now
Since you've gathered world wisdom
and gumption, somehow,
That it makes no difference how many
are there,
There's nothing to be ashamed of In
prayer!
Nothing to be ashamed of in Him!
Alone in your closet, with lamp, turned
dim,
Or one in a million in strange lands
met,
There's nothing to be ashamed of yet
In kneeling and praying just as you
would do
With none in the room but your Fa-
ther and you!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09

talking and making proposals and ex-
pressing views, wait until you hear
what all have to say; let the heat of
the argument run down; then say your
say. Thus your opinion will have twice
the weight, and you will gain a repu-
tation for sound sense and judgment.
Don't talk about yourself any more
than you can help. Watch out for that
pronoun Il" and dodge it. 1t gives a
bad flavor when it is sprinkled too
freely in conversation.
Especially do not boast of yourself.
The height of good taste is to appear
entirely forgetful of self
Talk clearly. Talk In sentences:
Don't talk in disjointed nouns and adj
jectives. When you have anything to
esay, begin at the beginning and go on
through to the end. When you have
not anything to say, don't talk.
Cut out from your conversation all
useless explosives, such as SAY"
don't you know" well" and now"
and the like.
Don't adopt some pet phrase, and
work it constantly. l talked the other
day with boy who said, What do you
know about that?" at least twenty
times in as many minutes.
Avoid exaggeration. When you over
emphasize a thing you always weaken
it.
The most forceful statement is al
ways the simplest. Don't say one hun
dred girls when you mean six.
Never speak an i'll word or make
cutting remark of an absent person.
Keep mending and increasing your
vocabulary, your list of words. When
ever you hear or read a new word,
look it up, put it in your notebook and
make it a part of your working tools
of speech. Be friend to the die
tionary Find out precisely what
words mean. Never use word unless
you know it's meaning.
AS a rule, choose short, simple,
common word always in preference to
long and unfamiliar one. 1t is one
phase of ignorance to use big words
unnecessarily.
| Above all, study the art of CONVEX
sation. It will smooth your way many
a time to be ready and agreeable
talker.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
THINKING AHEAD.

Girls who. enter business life some
times wonder why their own promo
ton is slow, and why some of their
companions are advanced rapidly to
positions of greater responsibility and
higher pay. Often the cause is an
ability in those who are promoted to
see new things to do and new ways of
doing them. Such case is described
by an observing man who eats lunch
con every day at the same restaurant.
"The other day noticed that the
girl who had been acting as cashier
was gone, and that new girl was in
her place. The man just ahead of me
had check for ffty-fve cents, and he
gave the girl a ten-dollar bill. In
stantly she passed him forty-five cents
in change, and then, with a single mo-
ton, nine dollars in paper money.
My check was thirty cents, and !
had to give the girl a five-dollar bill.
got back seventy cents in one motion
and four dollars in another There
was no counting of the bills at all.
You must be a mind-reader,'
said.
''The girl smiled, and asked, why?
Because you seemed to know that
the man who just went out was going
to give you a ten-dollar bill and that
was going to give you five
oh, no. she said. But there is
always a, rush at noon on Saturdays
SO this morning thought would
save time by laying out the change fol
| a number of tens, fives and twos. II
does help lot
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
A NEiGHBOR.

Being a neighbor is a fine art.
There are fine lines of distinction to
be made and observed. A readiness
to help on the part of one should be
graciously accepted but never imposed
upon; sympathy is not to be expected
for every trifle; friendliness does not
mean intimacy; candor and sincerity
do not necessitate condolences or the
revelation of private matters; nor does
proximity give one the right to COM
ment upon others affairs-''to speak
her mind" on all occasions. Every
woman of sense and judgment knows
the need of a fine reserve
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
a LEGEND OF HALLOWEEN.

II : & ! Ell III 4
A mist was in the valley,
The moon was on the hill,
The gusty wind was calling,
The frozen dews were chill.
He stirred beneath the gravestone,
For faint and far away,
He heard the mournful bowling
OF old dog Tray.
He put the earth mold from him
And pushed the slab aside,
And sped along the highway
The gate was standing wide.
The frost had reaped the garden,
But crippled, blind and gray,
Still watching on the doorstep
Was old dog Tray.
He peered between the lattice
The cloth was spread for tea,
A stranger held the baby
And rode it on his knee,
His wife was fair and smiling,
His children laughed at play,
BY all he was forgotten
But old dog Tray
The loving creature followed
, That shape of vapor pale
Towards the clustered marbles
That glimmered in the vale.
The east was turning rosy
With dreams of coming day,
When through the churchyard wicke
Went old dog Tray
Beneath the early sunlight
The frost was white as snow
On sculptured shaft and pillar
And crosses in a row.
A little stiffened figure
Among them silent lay
Still faithful to his master,
Was old dog Tray.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09
a FEW DoN'Ts.

Don't be afraid to say, Il don't
know" When any question comes up,
and your opinion is asked, think care
fully if you really know, or if what you
know is only hearsay or a presump-
ton, and unless you are fully certain,
simply say, Il don't know" You win
find that the wisest, most cultured and
most intelligent people are those who
are promptest to say Il don't know
In discussions, when everybody is
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-09

THAT kind of a girl needn't worry
about keeping her position. Positions
are always waiting for girls who can
think ahead little.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28

- NFEH
Dec 2S-Baptist Sunday school
school Christmas exercises.
1919
Jan. l--Dance, Goodwin Assooia.
ton, Auditorium.
January l7-Leap year danes.
tartan Yacht Club
Jan. 19-.Ball, Danish Ladies' socie-
~ Tremad. Kroeger Auditorium.
JAM 2S-Masuuerada ball OF La
dIes' Society Braga. Washington
hall.
Jan. s4-Sixtk annual ball OF Star
Of Grace Lodge, No. II. Shepherds
of Bethlehem, Washington hall.
Jan. 26-Barn dance, jefferson
Maccabees. Washington han.
Feb. Ball, Puritan Athletic Club.
Auditorium
Feb. xl-Colonian dance. RaritaD
facht Gu
Feb. 22-supper, Ladies' Ala So
cfety OF Simpson NJ. q. church.
Feb. 22-Dance, washington
Hose n Chemical Company.
March 18-Dance OF the Brother
hood Trainmens Auditorium.
May 2-shakespears masquerade,
tartan Yacht Club.
Sept. 2-sangerbund, Biennial
session In this city.
May so-Dance. Greek Societies,
Auditorium.
April 8--Dancs. St. Patrick's ALL
ance, Auditorium
April 10, 1s1S-Ball, Combined
Camps of Woodmen of the World,
Washington Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28

ACCORDING TO UNCLE ABNER.
A man doesn't get anything In this
world unless he asks for 1t. When
he asks for 1t he is liable Z get
everything. especially II he asks for
hash.
It was so cold here Thursday
morning that the steam froze into
| n straight wnen Iney pfew
the whistle at the staye mill and
they had to climb uD and chop
1t of with an Ak.
Since Miss Amy Stubs has had
that new blond trimmer from down
to the city workin' In her millinery
store Anse Frisby- has been wearing
HIS silk hat down to the office on
week days.
Grandpa Bibbins says iedgin' by
the arguments 1t is putty hard to tell
whether the country is being saved
or IL going to the dogs. He will
probably flnd out hat neither argy-
Fment IL correct.
There may be other ways of max
In a living beside workin' for It or
living with your wifs's folks, but
none OF EN- have ever been discov-
cred.
Uncle Ezra Poets hiss got a great
alibi. He wears long flowing whis-
fers and nobody ever thinks of Civ
ing him any Christmas neckties.
Elmer Sphinx says you kin always
tell a cheap restaurant by the tooth
picks on the table, but there are
other ways. Anse Frtsby says he
car always tell by the price.
Grandpa Bibbins say he is going
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
PROTECT THE MILK SUPPLY.

Too much care, cannot be taken in
guarding the citya miik supply.
The action of the Board OF Health,
Tuesday night. in revoking one IL
cense for selling milk In this city
and reprimanding another dairy
man, is TO be commended.
There is nothing that strikes SO
near the very life of g human be-
ing as the milk which it fs fur
nished to drink. When we think OF
the thousands of babies that are be-
ing brought up in this way and
when We learn Of some of the con-
ditions that prevail on the various
dairy farms, s~o-called, the wonder
ia that so many children survive.
The Newark Evening News has
been conducting an Investigation of
the source of the milk supply in
Newark. A tour was made by a
representative of that newspaper in
company with an inspector, In the
suburbs of that city. visiting various
dairy farms as they we're reached.
In almost every instance tho law
vas being violated and In some.
conditions we're most revolting~
Milk Is very susceptible to infec-
ton. 1t is one OF the easiest ways
for carrying a disease. When Il Is
realized 1t Ia the food on which In
fants, the sick and many invalids
live. too much care cannot be taken
to keep 1t absolutely pure.
1t is a matter of qualification that
the local health board is alive to the
situation and 10 backing up the
Of the inspection to make re-
ports on the condition OF the dairy
men. No milk mar should be al
lowed to do business in this city
who does not maintain the percent
age fixed by the State Board OF
Health. The local authorities can
not be too strict In this matter.
Give a city pure milk and a great
many of the other defects that make
up metropolitan life car be, In a
measure. overlooked.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
NEW n cENrRAI.

TRAINS LEAVE PERTH AMBOY
For New York. Newark and Eliza
beth at 6:f8, 7:I2, x7:S8, 1855, Ks ~,
$3.50. ss42, 1905. Ills a M; 1907,
1855 2s47, S.14. $40, sos. e.02. STA,
sos. 1928 g.ST p. IA
For Philadelphia n Trenton via
Bound Brook TIA, 7.55. $50. o:sx,
2. m. Sundays. s:32 q M; 1913. SOB
f:23. e:z7 p. M.
For Long Branch. Asbury Park.
Ocean Grove, etc $50. 1855, 1909 q.
M; 2.o6. 6:2s. e!Ds. 6:s{, s.56, 1881
night; Sundays 1850. s:s7 = m: 4:6z.
es16 ~ m.
FOR Freehold Sic. T:o2. s:o5, 1902.
Nc; 2:2I, $40. s.o5,e:34 y. IA: Sundays
1905 a.. M 4.b7 a:2s p M.
Knew York only
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28

to swear OF voting for Bryan, bus
there r them that says he amt
got the courage to do It.
Yes, indeed, there is such<a thing
as love at fuat sight, and / guess
1t is q good thing there is, for IL
some OF the wfmmen stopped 10 take
a second look there wouldn't be
nothin' dom.
Amos Butts, our popular and con-
genial undertaken. also folding
chairs for rent, Is having his hearse
lsthed and piastered and got ready
otherwise for the usual winter
rush.
never see a Teller YET who would
ADMIT that his oatmobils Was run
ming as good as 1t could.
Just bekus q Teller takes his hal
on In an elevator 1t amt no sign
that he's polite around homo q
whole lot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
THE CHRISTMAS MAIL.

Postmaster Pfeifer 10 to. be con-
graduated upon the excellent man
neT in which the Christmas rush at
tbs post office Was handled. It lis
true the employees worked overtime
including Sunday. hut the service
rendered cannot be complained OF.
Still even with the overtime 1t re.
CURED two extra carriers and two
extra clerks to handle the mail. Il
Ia plain that more help Ia needed
permanently. BY his efforts over
the holiday. however. Mr.. Pfeiffel
has shown q determination to satisfs
the public and. after all that IL ths
hrst requirements OF q post office
AZ soon az the nawspoatTnaster be-
comes moro familiar with the work
ings OF his ofice there is reason Il
believe improvements Will continue
to be made. AL least the manner ii
whach h @
few days gives Us reason for bellev
Ing that the city Will not be dis
appointed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1911.
PERTH AMBoY
Population, a3,1tl
f2 milAs from Nav York.

q miles from New York
On stsien Island sound; :. tn
{ meme head q Of 'h Rar f Bay.
! Ocean steamers c6n deck IN tsom
I Us to 20 feet OF water.
! Channel II feet deep 1t low va
for leading up the bay frem Handy
! Daily steamer service - New
! York.
! Lehieh valley and the Staten Island
I Rapid Transit Branches running ~
I all directions, anordinE almost a.
I unlimited number OF exeeiient lac
! Has two telegraph and tve tsls-
I phone companies ~
! Electric light and gAs companies
! Ewc daily nswspapsrnf
Nine grammar schools and one
/ high school, which In on the aR-
/ proved list of all he leading M
/ versities In the country. four paci-
/ ehial schools and . business COZ
Churches Of all denominations
City hospital.
Prominent center for troiisya W
all parts of the stats .,n
Riches, clay deposits In the coHnT
Try In tne ImmedlAte FtCtus
Splendid theatrical 81.
Some q the Leading in Rsnnins
Company'R smelter; Ratitan Cytpgit
Works, EnIted Lead WORKS; on.sI
Tile 4 Faience Co: G. Pardes stsss
and Tile Works. Atlantic Terra SSosws
ia Co.. + ederaI Terra Gotta Co. ~"
Jersey Terra Gotta Co.: three plans
Of the National Fireproonnf trias
within the Immediate vicinity: Ger
amfc Works. CherebrcnKh Vasetine
Works; Marcy Stove WORKS; 49, I
drydock companies together Eitn (
shipyards and marine /
Standard Underground Cable ON ]
pany; Roesnier a Hass1acher Chem I,
Teal Works: emery mills; coke sna {;
cigar factories; cement stone wor9st !
coal shipping piers. handkercnieA
factory. cement works; )
shops and iron foundrieR. !
For further particulars aodrsss. !
Albert Leon secretary Of enS I
Bonrd Of Trade. /
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
JUDGE DAILY ON EXCISE AT
FAIRS.

FAIRS.
While there are those who will
hnd fault with Judge DAILY for grant
ing a license to Joseph Allgair, in
sayreville, following all the agita-
ton that has been stirred up against
it. the position OF the Judge on ex-
else affairs as q whole Ia receiving
much favorable comment through
out the state. James A. Bradley,
founder OF Asbury Park, and n of
the strongest advocates Of prohibit
ton the state has ever produced,
has taken Judge DAILY as a shining
example and Ia endeayoring to have
the Monmouth Judge adopt the
same course. Mr.. Bradley has ref
erence TO Judge Days announce
ment that he will no longer recog-
nice women as signers of the appli-
cation for liquor licenses.
The Asbury Park founder has is
sued 8 statement showing that seven
women signed the application for q
license which was recently granted
TOR q place close to the northerty
boundary of Asbury Park. Contin-
uing his statement he saids
what does the Women's Chris
tfan Temperance Union think OF
these women? What does my
friend, DIR. Ballard. think OF them?
Just outside the mile limit law more
women signed a rum sellers appli.
cation for the right to sell rum than
In any other place. There Is not 9
parallel case in the worst section Of
Monmouth county where SO many
women's names appear on n appli'
cation"
Mr.. Bradley suggested that pray
or meetings be held to get these
women ito look upon the rum bus
mess as Judge DAILY does"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
LA FoLLETTE's CAMPAIGN.

Senator La Follette'a campaign
for the nomination for President on
the Republican ticket in 1919. Ia
now on In earnest. The senator
started on his tour of the middle
western states yesterday. He has
been busy preparing hia speeches
on the various subjects, setting
forth his position on each, and
these have been scattered broad
east throughout the country. Tho
senator evidently believes In public
lily.
The mail yesterday brought nine
OF mas speeches ready to be released
when the speeches are delivered.
Ths topics are "self-goyernment and
the Trusts; "The Courts and Labor
Combinations; '"rhe Tariffs; "The
Progressive Movement. What 1t has
Done for Wisconsin,; Primary and
Popular Government; What Wis
cousin Has Done With the Railroad
Problem; ''How Wisconsin Has Pro-
crossed Under Its Progressive Adj
m~inistrationv; sThe Conservation In
Alaska and "The Public Domain"
Senator LaFoliette's prominent
position In the country cannot be-
ignored. he il a fighter VINO shows
no quarters. Standing alone In the
senate several years ago he now has
d large following and on some things
has succeeded In holding the balance
OF power. He Is, without a doubt.
the leading progressive of the RE-
publican party and this faction is
growing.
While theirs is . great deal OF
doubt az to whether OF not he can
win the nomination for the presi-
deney next year. be will not lose
anything by the fight he Is making.
The Republican party Ia still in the
control of the stand-patters and re-
dictionaries. These men mean Il re-
nominate Taft. It is generally adt
mitted. however. that Taft cannot be
reelected. 1t Ia beginning 10 dawn
upon 8 great many that no Repub-
lican can win at the polls until the
party has been reorganized alons
progressive lines, and the manage.
nent taken out OF the hands OF this
old guard. When this is done Sen
ator LaFollette viii be In the fronl
ranks and 1t would not be surpris-
ing TO see him the regular eandi'
date Of his party four years hence
III me meantime ne is strainins
every effort for the Chicago conven
zion next june:
His methods Of campaigning az
peals to the people and his honest
straight forward talk wins support
ers wherever he ID heard. Ms ma,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-28
THESE MUST MAKE ANANIAe
JEALOUS.

Your luncheon, Mrs. Jones, vas
the most charming I aver attended,
my wife iets me smoke anywhere
/ want to-"
How we'll you are looking, my
dear. was telling my husband Just
the othcr day that you seem to Be
growing younger every year. Few
women do that.
What = love Of = gown Myrtilla.
It looks - though 1t came from
Paris and hts you like 4 glove"
Never In my life, Hank, did q
bill collector call on me. None Of
that for mine"