The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-08-12


and even today, when the number has
been increased by about third, there
is a cry for more priests and Sisters
and catechists.
The LADY OF The CHURCH.
Dillon had deep feelings and deep
prejudices One of these was against
all people connected with the theatre.
He was twenty-eight years of age, and
his prejudices were intollerable: he
sometimes mistook them for prin-
ciples. His father, charming Irish
man, was very genial and easy-going.
His mother was dead; she had been
very cultivated, very scrupulous, and
rather Jansenistic in her rigidity. It
was rather bad for Dillon that his
parents had been so different He
had his mothers point of view, and
he rather patronized his father. Dill
Ion, now that he had finished his law
studies, occasionally went to the play.
Il should hate to see anybody I
W-C0pCS4OAAy any 6AA OA AS
STAGE" he said one night, when he
and his father were dining at the
club, preparatory to one of those rare
visits to the theatre, to see version
of Sir Walter SCOTS ''Kenilworth'' !;
though there is a very nice looking
and clever young woman in the play
an Irish girl, they say-and l am
taking you, dad, as birthday treat
just to see her. She does Amy Rob-
sart!'"
The elder Dillon was a rudy, white
haired man, over fifty, who did a
great deal of work on the Stock Elk
change every day without showing
traces of worry.
There is no reason why she should
not be nice GIRL said his father. Il
think it is horrible scandal to con-
denim whole profession. In France
before the Revolution"
ooh, dad, here's her name" inter.
rupted Dillon, knowing that his father
would begin about Adrienne Lecouv.
reur and then perhaps the Irish Bri
gade. His fathers way of making
excursions into old France was only
more terrible to him than that gentle
mans habit of quoting Tom Moore's
poems. tits MORA Livingston
MORA Livingstone" repeated the
elder Dillon. why, l knew her ia
Their. He was old DR.. Livingston Of
Lexington Avenue-great man in his
day, and good friend of mine. He
came from the same part of Ireland
His wife was very beautiful woman
and very exacting about the religion!
duties of her husbands young friends
Many time she took us before din
ner to confession to st. Stephens.
The elder Dillon laughed, his blus
eyes twinkled. "She died, the docto
made some bad speculations-whe
he is now, don't know. He must b.
rather old. He married late in life
l remember, I'd like to know whethe
l could be useful to him or not
wonder if we might get Aunt Susan t,
call on this little actress and find gu
something. You don't know, Barry
} what l owe to the dear old docto
and his wife,"
Dillon f1dgeted with his necktie
he was uneasy. He never could tel
what undesirable acquaintance his ia
ther would acquire in his benevolen
} moods, which were frequent.
J aunt Susan's out of town. he said
; coldly. And it wouldn't be prope
for man of my age to go hangin
1 about stage doors. What would pee
: pie think?"
The elder Dillon frowned.
: II should never have done a kin
act in my life if l had stopped to dis
cover what people thought. l sha]
: certainly find out something abou
Livingston and his daughter. Has tn
t girl been on the stage long?"
"She has made her entrance in thi
E part, the newspapers say. Beside:
: she may not be your friends daugl
S ter"
/ We'll see. If she is I'll write t
l. her for her fathers address tomol
4 row."
+ The elder Dillon finished his COTE
e in silence. All, those were pleasan
d days, when, a high-spirited, rockies
e generous lad, he dined twice a wee
K with the kind Livingstons!
a It's time to 60" said his son.
I Dillon would have been called
r prig by some persons who did nc
know him we'll; but he was not
prig-he was only inexperienced, il
tolerant, and he had acquired horre
of all effusiveness, because his fathe
i, IN his opinion, was much too eff
It lsive. It is true that his father di
n many kindly things on the impuls
# of the moment, and forgot them J:
e once. while Dillon himself made a
i. kinds of inquiries and hesitated an
r very often lost the opportunity. TT
& most undesirable people would ste
e his father in the street, and shah
5. hands with him and tell him abol
5, their families. Dillon, who was mue