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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
SOCIAL SERVICE.

This is the title of a magazine,
the first issue Of which has just
appeared under the editorship of
the Rev. Peter E. Dietz, Of Ober-
lin, Ohio. It is intended to be the
organ of the Militia Of Christ in
Social Service an association
which was founded last November
under the direction of Father
Dietz. Remotely at least, the
Militia owes it's existence to
the resolutions Of sympathy with
the Spanish anarchist, Ferrer,
which were adopted by the Execu-
tive Council Of the American
Federation Of Labor, October,
1909. In order to prevent, if pos
sible, similar action by the Fedora
ton as a whole at it's annual con-
vention the following month, Fa-
Their Dietz went to Toronto. So
successful was his mission that the
obnoxious resolutions were not
even presented in the convention
At one of the sessions Father
Dietz heard the Rev. Charles
Stelzle assure the delegates that
he appeared before them as the
representative Of the Federal
Council Of the Churches Of Christ
in America, with mem
bership of 100000, and con
stituency Of 40,000,000." Realiz
ing that, while the attitude of the
Catholic Church toward the work
ingman has been and is more
definite and favorable than that o.
any of the sects for which the Rev
Mr.. Stelzle spoke, it was probably
unknown to or misunderstood BY
a large proportion Of the labor
unionists, Father Dietz asked him
self whether something could no
be done, to enlighten the laborins
people on this subject. A tenn
Lporary organization Of some Of tn,
Catholic delegates was formed be
fore the convention adjourned
and preparations were made 70,
more important action at the mex
annual meeting of the Federation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
PROTESTANT FOREIGN MIS-
SIONS.

Tt may be of interest to our
readers to learn how much their
non-C Catholic brethren are contrib
uting to Protestant missionary
work among the heathens. In
connection with the Worlds Mis-
sionary Exposition, held in Boston
recently, it was announced that
each year increases the enormous
sum of money contributed for this
purpose. Last year the United
States and Canada contributed
81, 908,000 for foreign missions.
Great Britain gave 81, 100000 and
the other nations Of the world to-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

How consoling it would be if there
were reason to believe that the
number Of Catholics who fail to
nourish their souls this year with
the Body and Blood Of Christ
will be a negligible quantity.
In order that this number may be
made as small as possible, it is the
solemn duty Of every faithful
Catholic to do all that lies in his
power to bring an Indifferent
member Of the Church to the
tribunal Of Penance and the Table
Of the Lord during the paschal
season.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

a thousand strings" lay open to his
touch, and he played upon it with
masters hand.
When that voice was first heard in
the Commons the most distinguished
members dropped their pencils and
listened in fascinated admiration. The
man to whom that voice belonged was
equally at home in the forum, on the
busting, or in the Parliament; and
wherever he stood he was a master.
It was said Of him that he could
| whine and wheedle, and wink with
one eye, while he wept with the
other" Now he was the wild storm
sweeping everything before 1t, and
now he was the summer zephyr play
ing with the violets. He could be
sublime as Niagara, as when he re-
buked the soldiers who clashed their
arms in his presence with the i'm
mortal words: "You may assassinate
me, but you shall not intimidate me-"
and he could be hyena-like In his sar-
casm, as when he complimented Peel
upon his smile, which, he informed
him was like the silver plate on a
coffin"
In the course OF his heroic fight for
Catholic emancipation he "stormed
the hillsides" OF Ireland with such elo-
quence as had never been heard be-
fore, and when elected the member
from Glare he met the bravado OF the
Conservatives of Parliament with the
front that nothing could daunt.
Daniel O'Connell loved Ireland with
whole and undivided heart Never
did man more completely and unre-
lservedly and unselfishly devote himself
to his country
Ireland knows this and therefore
Ireland will never forget its sun
crowned King"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
THE TRAMP'S TEMPERANCE SER
MON.

A tramp asked for drink in a
saloon. The request was granted, and
when in the act of drinking the prof
fered beverage, one of the young men
exclaimed: "Stop, make speech. It
is poor liquor that does not loosen
mans tongue" The tramp hastily
swallowed the drink. AS the rich
liquor coursed in his blood he
Strengthened up and stood before them
with a grace and dignity that all his
rags and dirt could not obscure
Gentlemen" he said, 'T look to-
night at you and myself, and it seems
to me I look upon the picture of my
blighted manhood. This b1oated face
was as handsome as yours. This
shambling figure once walked as man.
ly as yours, for was once a man in
home and friends and position.
"I had wife as beautiful as an art
lists dream, but I dropped the price
less pearl of her honor and respect
into a cup of wine, and, like Cleopatra,
saw it dissolve, then quaffed it down
in the trimming draught. I had chill
dren as sweet and pure as the flowers
Of spring, and saw them fade and die
under the blighted curse of drunken
father. I had home where love lit
the fame upon the altar and minis
tered before it, but I put out the holy
fire and desolation reigned in its
stead. I had aspirations and ambi-
lions that scared as high as the morn
ing star, but / broke and bruised their
beautiful forms and strangled them
that might hear their cries no more.
Today am husband without a wife,
father without a child, a tramp
without home, and a man in whom
every good impulse is dead All have
been swallowed up in the maelstrom
Of drink"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

The Director General of the
"Catholic Board Of Mission Work
Among the Colored People" has
issued a warning to the public con-
corning number of colored i'm
posters, some of whom masquer-
ade as priests and Bishops, who
are collecting money for indus
trial institutions in the South.
One of them, a large and very
black West Indian, has been quite
successful in fleeing his victims.
He dresses as a priest and &C
tually walked in the procession at
the Eucharistic Congress in Mon
treal The charitably inclined
should be on their guard when ap,
preached by strangers in behalf
of worthy causes, unless these so.
licitors can produce credentials
from the authorities Of the insti
tuition in behalf Of which they are
laboring, as well as from the Bish
op Of the Diocese in which they
are soliciting funds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

A great poet has said: "To
know that which before us lies in
daily life is the prime wisdom. "
If this be true, then, asssuredly,
it is no less mark of superior
wisdom to prepare for that duty.
And this holds good not merely in
the natural order; but, likewise,
in the supernatural. The Chris
tian who has been favored with a
knowledge of what the future has
in store for him, who knows that
cit is appointed unto men once to
die, and, after this, the judg-
ment," must be placed among
those whose number is infinite il
he fails to make adequate provis.
ion for the future reckoning.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
SATURDAY. MAY 15. 1911.

So much is there in the way of
giving aims, so much in the way
of refusing, when to give would be
an injustice to ourselves or to 9th
ers, that there is a gift which is a
blow and kindly word which is
benediction. We may not always
have the gift wherewith to relieve
distress; but we can always have
the kindly word for the unfor-
tunate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

puts the work on permanent
basis and broadens the scope of
the movement for well-instruct-
ed laity, by establishing regular
course of study in social science
for the purpose of enabling them
to keep abreast of the times in all
that makes for the welfare of the
Church.
These retreats are for laymen
who can afford to set apart a few
days, or even few hours Of each
day, to listen to instructions on
religious topics without detriment
to the work in which they are en-
gagged. They give the individual
a brief respite from the ordinary
duties Of every day life and help
him to fix his thoughts on his soul
and labor more devotedly than
usual for it's welfare.
It is not new idea in the
Church; but in it's application to
the business and professional
worlds it is intended to give a
fuller opportunity to the working
men than is afforded by the oc-
casional mission held in his parish.
1t has been in vogue among sodali-
ties, especially of women, who
have more leisure than men to en-
gage in such a series of devotion.
Gradually similar opportunities
are being extended to all Catholic
societies and many of them take
advantage Of it to spend a few
days in retreat prior to the recep-
ton of Holy Communion in a
body.
In our own city the Knights of
Columbus inaugurated what is in
tended to be an annual affair by
participating in the exercises OF
special retreat prior to their
general Communion ON columbus
Sunday" March 10. The Ancient
Order of Hibernians and the
Ladies Auxiliary have completed
arrangements for similar retreat
to be given at the Cathedral next
week; and their leaders are max,
ing every effort to insure a very
large attendance Of members al
the morning as well as at the
evening devotions.
These are moves in the right
direction. Catholic societies are
expected to give good example in
their corporate capacity and II
no better way can this be done
than by participating. as organi
cations in the exercises of a re
treat preparatory to the reception
of Holy Communion in a body
Besides the influence exerted or
the Individual member by such {
public demonstration of practica
Cathoiclty it has an effect on al
members Of the community who
through human respect, might b.
tempted to put their Catholicit.
in the background lest the public
profession of it might injure then
in business or professional way
The Hibernians, who count a
least 5000 members in Ramse,
County, will do much to enhance
the prestige Of their Order if the.
participate ''to a man" in thi
public manifestation of the tru
Catholic spirit Retreat AM
annual Communion in a bod.
should be the slogan Of ever,
Catholic Society worthy of tn
. name.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
RETREATS FOR LAYMEN.

Retreats for laymen are a we'll
established feature of the religious
life Of many American cities, es-
pecially in the East. In New York
their value is enhanced by the for
nation Of Laymen s League for
Retreats and Social Studies which
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

Rev. JAMES M. REARDoN, Editor.
JOSEPH w. BLANCHARD, Business MANAGER.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

Entered as second-class matter, Jan
uary IL 1911. at the post office, st.
Paul, Mimi under Act of March 8, 1879.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
POWER FOR THE FARM.

One Of the interesting features of the
land show in Chicago last month was
mechanical power for the farm, writes
H. H. Windsor in the January Popular
Mechanics Magazine. This took the
form not only of the tractors them
selves, but was supplemented by daily
illustrated lecture on the economic ad-
vantages Of blowing and doing other
farm work by means of engines in
stead of horses. The lecture was not
a recital Of the joy to be derived from
seeing Of the wheels go round but
a consideration of mechanical power
strictly as business proposition. There
was a time when the farmer was not
classed as a business man. Today he
is not only more a producer than the
manufacturer. but his range Of products
is such that the volume Of his sales
compares favorably with those of many
country merchants. In his crop pro-
duction and delivery for shipment he
| has come to the point where he can use
power-driven machinery to quite an ex-
tent, and we may reasonably anticipate
| in the next ten years a large demand
| for traction power by farmers, especial
| ly those operating several hundred
acres. We will come to this through the
use Of automobiles, which farmers are
now buying by thousands.
Some of the records cited are inter
esting. For instance, on the big Da-
kota farms where the blowing, seeding
harvesting, threshing and hauling, ali
are accomplished with engines, the cost
is reduced $40 per acre. Flowing which
formerly cost $LS5 with horses falls tc
| 76 cents with power; pulverizing, from
So cents to II cents; and hauling, from
! 81 to 26 cents per acre. The final re-
suits are stated to amount to a net saw.
ing of 10 cents per bushel, or about
j per cent on the cost of a 60O-acre farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
A STREET CAR INCONVENIENCE.

If a larger percentage of the con-
ductors on the local street cars used
a little common sense, and showed
something of a disposition to be ac-
comnodating to the patrons of the
company, it is likely that the latter
would come in for much less criticism
on the way it conducts its business.
And a particular way in which many
conductors offend is in their failure to
hold their cars at transfer points I'M
til an opportunity is given to passen-
gers on approaching cars on other
lines to get off these cars. walk half
way across the street and catch the
car they desire to carry them on their
way.
It is safe to say that there are not
many patrons of the street cars who
have not had one or more experiences
of this sort. Just as the car they are
travelling on reaches a transfer point,
they will see another car on the line
to which they intend to transfer, just
pulling up to the, corner. Because of
the people anead of them. it often
takes few seconds to get off the car
they are on, and whether they run or
walk to the car they want to take, the
conductor on it more often than other
wise gives the signal to go ahead. They
lose it by dozen steps or SO, and are
then compelled to wait on the corner
for from seven to fifteen minutes as
the case may be for the next car on
that line. This is not conducive to put
ting any one in good humor, nor CIV
ing him a good opinion of the street
railway management.
There does not appear to be any
good reasons why such inconvenient
street car operation could not be rec
titled. The holding of all cars at trans
fer points until the passengers from
other cars at the same points have had
time to make a transfer if they so de-
sire would do the trick. The few Sec
onds that a car might lose on it's
scheduled time by such waits could be
made up easily when it got we'll out
on its run. Running, or holding, the
cars in this fashion would be a con-
venience to their patrons which would
be appreciated. If the railway COM
pany has not already rule for its
conductors to act in this fashion, one
ought to be adopted in short order
and it should be enforced. Topeka has
an excellent street car service for a
city of it's size, but it could be i'm
proved materially in several details,
including the one to which attention
has just been given.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
WORTHLESS LEGISLATION.

One Kansas legislative record ap-
pears to have been broken already at
the present session. In concerns the
introduction of bills. The statement
would seem a safe one that more bills
have been introduced thus far than
have ever before been put in during
a corresponding period of any pre-
vious gathering of Sunfiower law
makers. They cover almost every con-
ceivable proposition that man can
think of from doing away with the
wearing Of tights by chorus girls and
others, and prohibiting the use Of dogs
in the hunting of game birds. to paving
the way for a constitutional conven-
ton to revise the organic law of the
state.
And much of this proposed legisla-
ton is either unnecessary or incense
quential, or both. It should be rele-
gated to the waste paper basket,
where a good deal of it must surely
have originated. But it probably won't
be. For some unaccountable reason
as soon as most men begin service in
legislature, they seem to think it is
a signal to them to have laws passed
on this subject or that subject which
appeals particularly to their own
fancies, whether there is any actual
/ need for such legislation.or any popu-
| lar demand for it. 1t is also true thai
much proposed legislation on a variety
of topics has its birth in the minds OF
one or more of a legislators con.
i stituents. They become obsessed with
the notion that their own ideas or
every thing under the sun should bt
grated on the statute books and they
keep their representatives, mail filled
with q bill for this purpose and fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

Even when times are hard some
people have soft snaps.
Should you miss a chance just lie
low and grab the next.
Anyway, a mans conceit doesn't
keep him awake of nights.
How often sure things turn out to
have been uncertainties!
A castle in the air looks good until
you try to mortgage 1t.
Have you put your New Years reso-
lutions in cold storage yet?
Do the best you can, then you need
not worry because you didn't do bet
ter.
One can admire knocker who uses
his little hammer to keep his own
fences in repair
Every man has a place in this busy
old world, but lot of us have trouble
in locating it.
It may be all right to laugh and
grow fat, but when people begin to
call you FATTY" it's no laughing
matter.
He is a noble husband who accepts
the cigars his wife bought for him,
destroys them one at time, and says
nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20

that, which, of course, he feels that
he has to introduce.
The result is that the legislative ma
chinery is clogged from the beginning
to the end of a session with huge
quantity of utterly worthless bills. The
men who introduce them naturally
want to get action on them, and COM
mittees that have most important mat
tiers to attend to have to waste a lot of
valuable time in considering these
bills. Then, too. any number of
these bills which serve no good pur-
pose are passed by the legislature and
sent to the governor for no better
reason than to accommodate the men
who have introduced them, and per-
haps for the purpose of holding them
in line to vote this way or that on
measures that are of Importance.
In this fashion, the time Of the leg
islature, all too short at best. is dis
sipated on much legislation that is lit
tie better than nonsensical. The stat
ute books are filed with laws which
are not worth the paper they are
printed on and which do nothing more
than confuse the people of the state.
All this Is admittedly wrong on its
very face. And yet there does not
seem to be any particular way in
which to remedy it. If a remedy is
to be found, it will be provided by in
dividua1 action on the part of legisla-
tors in refusing further to waste their
own time and that Of their fellow
members in the consideration of a
great mass of legislation which is far
from being worth while. This is al
most too much to expect, though, for
every legislator seems to get an idea
that every bill he introduces is of
paramount Importance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
They pull together-a poor barber
and a dull razor.
The reason a gas bill runs up so
quickly is because it has thousands of
feet.
There is only one thing a woman
dislikes more than f1attery, and that is
not to be fattered.
If the wind could talk to the hat it
would probably say: Come out and
I'll blow you off,"
wigg-"Oh, there are lots of men
who could fill Taft's shoes Wagg-
Eyes, but not his belt
Many a married man acts as though
he had been picked up on the matri-
monia1 bargain counter.
Polite Pinktights-'What do you
think of the new COMEDIAN" Tottie
Twinkletoes-s"That mutt couldn't
raise a laugh with derrick"
speech was also given man to con-
ceal his Thoughts remarked the Wise
Guy. sfWell, I know lots Of cases
where it was an unnecessary precau-
tion,'' said the Simple Mug.
Hoax-"You got stuck when you
bought that suit of Clothes" Joax-
1.-THE man who sold it to, me said it
was all-wool.' Hoax-"I'l bet he
looked sheepish when he said 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
AYHAWKER JOTS

If you watch closely. advises Bert
Walker, you will notice that healthy
gate receipts and famous reform ers
always go hand in hand.
Sporting note in the Salina Journal:
In spite of the fact that he has retired
Frank Gotch seems to have made one
match the other day which promises
to keep him on the mat for the rest of
his life.
There is a good deal of the rabbit
about most people, insists the Frank
fort Index, and especially is this no.
ticeable after storm They don't
stir about much until they commence
to get hungry
Attention is called by the Ernporfa
about SIS bushe1 for their corn when
they buy it in the form of prepared
breakfast food, and yet they always
are wondering where the m Iney goes.
It's no use, walls the independence
Reporter, the legislature has been
badly crippled; nearly all of the
newspaper men have been eliminated
from the membership. How is the
state to get along without the men
who know just how everything on
earth should be run?
An old story that is worth retelling
or it wouldn't be going the rounds
again of the Kansas press: "a cent
and a quarter happened to rub togeth-
err. He of the laurel wreath said to
him of the feathers, Go away you
horrid red heathen.' Don't you call
me heather, I go to church oftener
than you do replied the Indian"
1t is charged by a Harvard teacher
writes Tom Morgan, that a rich man
who buys new automobile tires oc-
casionally is taking the rubber over
shoes right off the feet of the poor
man. This is an odd way of putting
it, but it seems that the way to square
things would be for the rich man to
once in a while.
Just because the editor of the Den
yer Republican lost $4,000 diamond
| the Emporia Gazette has issued a
vigorous pronunciamento against ed
| itors Haunting such display of pros
perity. For our part we believe that
from Kimberly is much more excus-
able than he who f1aunts upon his
shirt-front a daub of yolk de Ply
mouth Rock.-Wichita Eagle.
They say that the hobble skirt has
gone from amongst us and that the
washer woman will have to wear out
The newest fad is the aviation cap
| So long as the ladies and little girls
| of Hiawatha wear aviation caps al
| the picture shows and other entertain
ments this department has no kick
coming. Compared with the merry
widow variety of headgear and the
hobble skirt these latest inventions of
style are sensible.-Hiawatha News
Democrat.