The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-09


throne room the Misses McCreanor, Of
Dublin, offered His Holiness a chalicc,
monstrancc surmounted by a. Celtic
cross and an illuminated card finished
In gold with the prayer which is known
In Ireland as 'the Breastplate OF St.
Patrick beautifully printed thereon.
This prayer, which St. Patrick himself
composed, is as follows:
Christ before mo. Christ be after me.
Christ within me, Christ beneath me.
Christ above mo, Christ at my right
hand.
Christ at my left, Christ in the fort
Christ in the chariot. Christ in tho
ship.
Christ in the heart of every one who
thinks Of me.
Christ In the mouth of every one
who speaks to me.
Christ In every eye that sees me.
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Amen.
For this interesting gift. which is
intended for the Putumayo mission.
entrusted TO tho order of F'riars Minor.
the Holy Father thanked and blrsscd
the donors on behalf of the natives of
South America. whose welfare he has
SO much ut heart
II would be difficult to find a more
patriotic gathering than the party that
sat down at the official banquet given
to the vice rector of the Irish College
by the Catholic Young Mems Society.
to which anti-lrish Irishmen living In
Rome were not asked, just as they
had not been allowed to partjcipntc
in the audience with the Pope. Sew
ertl or the ladies of the pilgrimage
wore dresses Of green poplin, with
green bands in their hair. The priests
and laymcn wore green badges, and
old Irish songs were the order of the
evening after dinner or the speeches
delivered by DIR. Hagan, Mr.. p. l..
Comedian, Knight of st. Gregory. the
veteran rish-American journalist: Mr..
Daniels, Father Turley and Canon Nc
Carten, that Of the latter deserves
mention by reason of the public. hu
initiation Inflicted by the sturdy sog-
garth on the London "Times" IL few
years ago.
1t appears the great English Jour-
nal of Pigott ana bigot fame had the
Ill luck to publish anonymous letters
calumniating Canon McCarten. He
Died his people In money matters! He
lived on the fat of the parish and
did little for 1t. etc. Soon, however,
the Times" found itself face to face
with lawsuit, and the bigoted Saxon
Journal found 1t had been badly
caught. So well did the priest stand
before England and Ireland after the
exposition of his affairs in the wilt
ness box that he was begged by the
| lhelers not to proceed with the case
| They would publish a humble apology
in their columns; they would pay
him three hundred pounds compcnsa
ton for the calumny. and they would
dcfray all legal expenses incurred.
And so the "Times" got it's head out
Of the moose, for Canon McCarten
was merciful.
How daring the foreigner whom the
Socialist municipality OF Rome ack-
nowledges as Mayor of Rome can be
Is evident once more, this time In n
manner that has brought upon him.
self and his friends the rdiculc of
the city. On deciding to place a slab
of marble upon the spot on which
Constantine the Great defeated the
pagan armies by the Mflvian Bridge
In 313. the general council nominated
to conduct the celebration of the six
teenth centenary Of the Peace Of the
Church notified the Mayor of it's in
tention. This legal formality ought
to be an easy matter to- expedite had
the council to deal with any one be-
sides Mason who halls from Lon
don slums. However, a big difficulty
came to be raised by Nathan as to
the wording of the inscription. The
wording of the inscription should, he
sa'o, convey that 1t was erected "in
the reign Of Victor Emmanuel III
and not "in the Pontificate of Plus
X" The end of this complication will
prove an interesting one indeed.
So peace with Turkey is made al
last, and with little satisfaction tc
the taste of Italians in general Fo,
twelve months hard fighting of thu
Italian troops. under terrible diff1cul.
ties and the expenditure of 600, 900 90,
lire or more. Italy might well hay,
expected better conditions.
BURN 'EM, LOWS.