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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-31

friend, for l have not wanted one
too large for me to take care of it.
Just a few rooms. filled with the
things and my ideal husband
would bring together, not all at
once, but by degrees, loving each
bit because of the sacrifice it in
volved."
The young man held up his
hand. Don't" he whispered,
but she went on, her soft voice
sinking little lower.
Il have thought Of myself work.
ing about this little home, per-
fectly happy, contented with
what was mine because it was
mine, because down town there
was dear, strong man working
for me to take care of me, and
proud because he was doing it, I
have seen myself planning the
meals, studying his tastes. and
getting up little surprises for him,
smiling as my hands were busy
because of the joy that was ours"
please have a little mercyP'
Jim cried, springing to his feet.
Its bad enough to know you are
going to marry another man
without listening to this"
Lilith went on, her eyes very,
tender now:
81 have pictured myself as the
day drew to its close watching
and listening, and then when 1
heard the footstep / could not
mistake, running to the door to
throw it open and draw into the
shelter of our home and my arms
the dearest person in all the world
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-31

count Of what he considered his
poverty.
do you know, though, Jim, I
am afraid my little talents will be
lost as rich mans wife?" she,
said. Il ami very common little
body, who likes to potter about
in the kitchen cooking up nice.
meals for those / love. l some
how take as much interest in my
cooking and sewing as. Gwen does
in her paintings. like to see just
how far l can stretch dollar,
and when l can work in some
thing extra l feel thrill of virtue
that would make a hnancier
laugh" Her-voice was very low
and sweet, and Jim felt it vibrate
his heart strings until he could
have cried aloud with pain.
when | manage to get a week
or two more wear out of gar
ment I have considered utterly
worn out l am as happy as though
some one had presented me with
a title, and when / have busted
and Strengthened up a room and
then can sit down for few mo-
ments' reading l enjoy myself as
Twill never do at any social func-
ton no matter how great my
triumphs may be-" She was
watching Jim from under her
soft curling Iashes, but he was not
looking at her.
"Say, Jim, do you know what
my ideal of a home has always
beenPe
NO. the mans voice was
s,1v1v "TIovever with Rose
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1912-04-25

SALE OF TIMBER, Ketchikan,
Alaska. April Is, 1912. Sealed bids
marked outside, Bid, Timber Sale
Application, january %, 1912, Ton
gass," and addressed to the Forest
Supervisor, Forest Service, ketchikan,
Alaska. will be received up to and in
GLIDING the 18th day of May, 1912
for all the ,Qerchantable dead
timber. standing OF Gown, and all the
live timber designated. Tor cutting by
the Forest officer, located on an area
to be definitely designated by Forest
officer before cutting begins, including
approximately 10 acres on the east side
of at the head of Eliza Harbor, Admit
rality Island. within the Tongass Ma.
tional Forest. Alaska, estimated to be
/ 900. GOO feet B. VI. Of live and dead
spruce ana hemlock sawtimber, log
scale. more or less. No bid OF less
than sl.00 per thousand feet b. VI, will
he considered and deposit of S200.GO
must be sent to {. Z. Gardner, Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service, ketchi-
kan. Alaska, for each bid submitted
70 the Supervisor. Timber upon valid
claims is exempted from sale. The
right TO reject any and all bids is re-
served. For further information and
regulations governing sales address
Forest Supervisor, Forest, Service,
ketchikan, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1912-04-25
Early American TheatrioaIs.

The earliest attempt to introduce
theatrical performances in this coun-
Try WAS made about 1855 in New Eng
land. but Increase Mather wrote and
spoke So forcibly in opposition to the
project that it was speedily abandoned.
The first theatrical performance in New
York city of which there is any clear
record was given March 5, 1850. The
theater was on Nassau street, between
John street and Maiden lane, and the
play was Richard Ill.," Thomas Kean.
the Junior manager of the company,
enacting the part of Richard.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1912-04-25
His Valuation.

The girl had demanded her letters
back and be was shipping them by ex-
press.
"ya,uatior?" said the clerk.
whats that:'
Valuation. What are the contents of
this package WORTH"
Put it at 80 cents" answered the
young fellow with !. scoWl.-Louisyille
Courier-Journal.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1912-04-25

So Much For Mamma.
April I5th. 1912.

Papa-I hear you were a bad girl to-
day and had to be whipped Small
Daughter-Mamma is awful strict. If
I'd a known she used to be school
teacher I'd "a told you not to marry
her. .-.-
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1912-04-25

.. q. eerklrhtatu- Jnllttanr
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
mrangrll. Alahka
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
MIR. HILL ON RELIGION I'M
EDUCATION.

At the dedication exercises held
at the North Star College, a
Swedish Lutheran institution, at
Warren, Mimi, Mr.. James j. Hill
delivered the principal address in
the course Of which he dwelt upon
the need of a religious training in
education.
Mr.. Hill declared that Chris
tianity should be taught in the
public schools and that he would
like to see copy of the Deca-
logue in every school room. sNo
nation" he said, s'can long exist
without an earnest Christian spir-
it behind it. Laws that forbid the
teaching of Christianity are the
weakest things in our govern
ment. "
This is not the first occasion on
which Mr.. Hill has been out
spoken in his belief regarding
the necessity Of an education that
will combine moral training with
secular knowledge. In fact, he
loses no opportunity Of emphasiz-
ing his views on this important
question, and not a few of his
requests have been made to in
stitutions in which the teaching
of religion holds an important
place in the curriculum. His
views on this subject are emin-
emily sane, and are endorsed by
every intelligent man who knows
the deficiencies inherent in every
system of education which fails
to give due prominence, in its
course Of studies, to a moral train
ing which will develop character
and mould conduct along the
lines laid down by the gospel.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

Do your Christmas shopping
early. There is wisdom in the adj
vice. Those who act upon it re-
ceive more attention in the stores
than can be given later on. They
are not so Inconvenience by the
congestion of business just before
Christmas they have more time to
make their selections and a greater
variety of choice; and they win
the gratitude Of the overburdened
clerks who dread the rush Of the
holiday season.
Those who defer their Christmas
shopping until the eleventh hour
are put to much personal incon-
venience and they work a hard
ship to the clerks who seldom
get any real pleasure out Of the
Christmas season, owing to the
late hours they are obliged to keep
and the consequent fatigue which
detracts from the normal enjoy
ment Of the day.
The custom Of keeping stores
open during the Christmas season
until the last tagging customer is
served is not a commendable one
There is no reason for it save the
greed and competition Of the mer-
chants. If they would agree to
close their stores at a reasonable
hour the public would make provi-
sion for earlier shopping. The
present system is wrong, and
works an injustice to the clerks.
Even though they are paid for
the extra time they put in the
physical and mental strain to
which they are subjected can
not be compensated for in
money; and all who would like
to see a change in this regard that
will relieve the WORKOUT clerks
should make an effort to improve
the situation by refusing to
patronize the stores that keep
open late in the evening and espe-
cially on Christmas eve. The pub
lie can and should cooperate in
this way by doing their shopping
earlier in the day and earlier in
the season. In this way they will
show their appreciation Of the
good example set by the mer-
chants who have agreed to close
their stores at seven o'clock on
| Christmas eve.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
coNQUERs THE MIGHTY NATIONS.

Speaking of the claim that the
reason Mohammedans, Chinese and
the Inhabitants of India are not higher
up in the scale of civilization and
progress is that they are prohibition
lists, l.. M. Hays, in ''The Statesman"
Austin, Texas, says: while it is evil
dent that abstinence from liquor is the
only thing that has preserved them
from utter destruction as nations,
where are the liquor-drinking nations
of the East? Where is the great AS
syrian empire? Where is the mighty
Roman empire, that sat upon her
seven hills, mistress of the world?
History says luxury destroyed them.
What is luxury but another name for
liquor? What sort of luxury without
liquor would destroy a nation? Where
would the weakening of the will
power, the maddening Of the brain
and forgetfu1ness of family and duty
as citizens and patriots that ruins a
country come from If not from liquor?
What kind of food in all the world
would the devil find to destroy nations
unmixed with liquor? What about the
Belshassar feast to thousand of his
lords, drinking wine out of the sacred
vessels stolen from the temple at
Jerusalem when the handwriting ap-
peared upon the wall, and the same
night Babylon, the mightiest city the
sun ever shown upon, went down and
was finally destroyed, and today is
Il haI +o4i IF co+1y ond hnfC
mingling her dust with the great AS
syrian empire destroyed by the same
liquor called luxury"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
DRINK IN THE HOME.

Intemperance deteriorates the moral
nature no less than the intellectual,
and freezes and petrifies the finest af-
fections OF the heart. To me, says
writer in Everybody's Monthly, the
most horrible and hateful things in
this fallen world is cruelty that in
fiicts bodily wounds or the finer
cruelty that plunges a sword into the
spirit. The one man of whom have
no hope-the one man on whom I
despair of making any Impressions
the man who is devoid of natural affec-
ton. Yet think Of the multitude of
babes this day without enough of
clothes to keep their little limbs from
shivering beneath the winter chill!
Think of the mu1titudes of pale-faced,
broken-hearted wives who know not
where to turn for morsel Of meat for
their furnishing children! Think Of
the cold hearths and empty cupboards,
the tattered garments and unfinished
rooms! And all because men pour into
the pockets of publicans the earnings
which are little enough with the most
families with the bare necessaries Of
life. Yet, if they only do not add
violence to neglect-if they only do
not swear at their wives and strike
them with c1enched fist-they are sup
posed to- be good enough husbands as
husbands go. And do they never
swear at them and strike them?
And the wives themselves, what of
them? All, it need no longer be con-
cealed that they, too, are finding out
the secret of alcoholic insensibility.
Drunken husbands are fast making
drunken wives in this community. Yes,
and drunken husbands and wives are
making drunken children, too. For the
drink tendency is hereditary. 1t is
propagated, like every other physical
popularity, from parent to child. The
torrent does not end when it dashes
blind1y into the abyss. Drops of it
start off upon the new career in the
constitution of the drunkard's off
spring These are heavily weighted
in the race they have to run, not by
example and bad training only, but
also by the physical disadvantage of
a hereditary faint. Drunkenness is
poured into the very blood of the
newborn babe. And il these things
be done in the green tree, what shall
be done in the dry?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

The Catholics elected to posi-
lions of responsibility at the re-
cent election will soon enter upon
the performance Of their official
duties. Their fellow Catholics ex-
pect that they will perform these
duties in a conscientious manner
so as to bring honor to themselves
and reflect credit upon the Church.
Whenever they fail to do this,
they fall below the high standard
of exemplary conduct expected Of
them. 1t is to be hoped that they
will, one and all, be loyal to the
state and faithful to the Church.
AS practical Catholics they can do
much to enhance the reputation of
Catholics for honesty and eff
cheney whenever they are placed
in positions of trust and response
bility.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
THE SEASON OF ADVENT.

The near approach of Christmas
bids us pause and try to realize
the sacred meaning Of this holy
anniversary for which the season
of Advent is a preparation. No
other date in history is fraught
with greater significance for man
kind. 1t commentaries the most
important event in the annals Of
the world, namely, the birth of
the Saviour Whose teaching effect
ed a revolution in human ideals
and practices. It made man more
fully cognizant Of his dignity and
duty, by pointing out to him his
true relation to God and his fell
lowmen. It established upon a
firm foundation the kingdom of
God among men and gave birth
to religion whose motive power
is divine love, whose doctrines are
not the products of human wisdom
but the message of the skies,
whose object is to make man
worthy Of eternal enjoyment with
his creator.
Those who realize the deep sig
nifcance Of the Saviour's birth
strive to make the Christmas sea-
son a time Of spiritual exaltation
for themselves and Of diffusive
happiness for others. With this
end in view they enter into the
spirit which animates the great
heart Of the Catholic Church
when she ordains that the ami
versary of the God-man's birth
shall be preceded by period of
preparation during which the
true Christian casts an introspec-
tive glance into his soul in an eff
fort to read the record of spiritual
progress or decay which the past
has inscribed thereon. lie he finds
evidence Of growth and develop
ment along the right lines, he
thanks God for the increase in his
spiritual treasury; but if he is
confronted with a barren soil
wherein the seeds of religion have
not taken root, he should initiate
the husbandman who taps the fer
tilizing reservoir and floods his
land with life-giving water. The
soul that has lain dormant during
the past year needs the refreshing
waters of divine grace to enable
it to bring forth a harvest of good
deeds worthy of eternal recon-
pense.
During Advent the Church ex
horts us to have recourse to the
means of grace placed at our dis
posal in order that the soul dead
in sin may be revived, or that it,
supply of life-giving grace may be
increased by contact with the
fount of living waters. Only
those who harken to her voice vii
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

Are you looking for an accept
able Christmas gift for your
friend? II so, why not send him
years subscription to The Cath
Ollie Bulletin. It's weekly visits
will be potent reminder Of your
friendship and a reiterated pledge
of your good wishes. Try it this
year and experience the happiness
of being a promoter Of the spread
of sound Catholic literature. A
Catholic paper brings the message
of the Church to it's readers, and
your friend to whom the gift is
made and his friends and relatives
will bless you for your thought
fitness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
THE Y. w. G. A. CAMPAIGN.

The Young Women's Christian
Association Of this city began a
campaign last week to raise TWEEN
ty thousand dollars to enable it to
carry on it's work. No one has
any objection to it's doing SO pro-
vided no attempt be made to mis-
lead the public, and especially
Catholics, in regard to it's sec
tartan character. That such an eff
fort is being made is apparent
from the fact that an announce
ment appeared in the public press
during the week to the effect that
the Guild of Catholic Women had
furnished representative to aid
in the work Of securing funds to
finance the Y. w. G. A. project.
It is unnecessary to state that
the Guild Of Catholic Women did
nothing Of the kind. They are
we'll aware that the Young
Women's Christian Association is
Protestant institution which is
trying to do the work that the
Protestant churches are unable to
do. It's constitution provides that
none but members of evangelical
churches can hold full membership
in the association and have place
on it's board Of directors. In this
respect it is a full sister to the
Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, and any Catholic who con-
tributes to its maintenance knows
that he is helping along an institu-
ton which bars Catholics from its
official positions while gladly ac-
cepting their money.
Both the Y. w. G. A. and the 7 !.
M. G. A. are un-American institu-
lions inasmuch as they are ready
to accept contributions from Jews,
Catholics and Unitarians without
giving them any representation on
their governing boards. Let them
come out openly and declare their
sectarian character and purpose,
and then If those who are barred
from full membership and voice
in their government wish to con-
tribute they do SO with full
knowledge Of the real object for
which these associations are found
| ed. lie Catholics wish to contrib
lutte to an Institution which penal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

Another instance of the ere
call" in operation comes from Los
Angeles. Fred Choate, a former
assistant city prosecutor who was
dismissed from Office, started a
movement for the recall of Mayor
Alexander. An advertisement for
one hundred men and women to
circulate the recall petition in or
der to secure the required number
of names appeared not long ago
in Los Angeles paper.
The Chicago Inter Ocean, COM
menting on this, says: "This is a
fair sample Of the workings of the
recall. 1t does not matter much
whether Choate's dismissal was
right or not. The point about the
matter lies in the fact that any
political appointee-or person
who fails Of appointment, for that
matter may advertise for unem-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

Twenty-Five non-Catholic mer-
chants Of Boston have presented
His Eminence Cardinal O'Connell
with "a princely gift of money"
to enable him to restore his Titular
Church of st. Clement in Rome.
This ancient Basilica with it's three
superimposed churches, and its
wonderful relices of early days
was in danger Of destruction on
account Of the undermining of it's
foundations by water. The work
of restoration is now going ON.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

attune their soul to the music of
the skies and free their heart
from that spirit of worldiness
which is barrier to the opera
tons of the Holy Spirit. For them
the Christmas sky will be vibrant
with the music Of the angelic choir
which greeted the Saviour's adj
vent with the joyful refrain
"Glory to God in the highest and
on earth peace to men of good
will. !"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
WHAT THE STATE GETS OUT OF

Physicians engaged in treating men,
tai diseases are figuring on the per-
centage of the bill for the public care
of the insane which is incurred on
account of alcohol. The recent report
of Superintendent Harrington, of the
Rhode Island State Hospital for the
Insane, says Scientific Temperance
Federation, deals with the magnitude
of this account. He places the prob
able number of insane persons in pub
lie hospitals in the United States at
10000, and estimates that twenty per
cent. of these according to statistics
given by DIR. Geo. W. Webster, presi-
dent of the Illinois State Board Of
Health, and others, owe their insanity
directly or indirectly to alcohol This
useless army of 10000 persons main
tanned at public expense does not
include those who are cared for by
relatives.
Not all Of the insanity due to alco-
hol comes from it's direct use by the
person afflicted. "There is a large
mass of facts" says Supt Harrington,
to show that the progeny or hab1tual
drinkers suffer in great measure from
the effects Of alcoholism in parents.
Imbecility and epilepsy are largely due
to inherited effects brought about
through alcoholic drink, and many
cases OF degenerative insanity also
come through vicious Inheritance
induced by alcoholics The dangers
arising from what most persons would
regard as moderate drinking are be-
coming much better understood, since
a large body of scientific investigators
have been giving their attention to
the subject, and our evidence upon the
degenerative influence of alcoholics
and upon the cost to the state and
nation which the use Of alcohol en-
tails lis accommodating.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14

q system winch naQ It's universities
and schools Of higher education
long before the United States
thought Of organizing similar in
stitutiOns.
"There has been a noticeable
disposition in some quarters, "
says Mr.. Jones, to create the i'm
preston that the Filipinos are an
ignorant and illiterate people.
This was very far from the truth,
even prior to American advent.
To demonstrate this it is only
necessary to advert to few
salient facts bearing upon the sub
ject of education during the years
of Spanish control. The Univer-
sity Of St. Joseph was founded by
the Jesuits in Manila very nearly
1926 years ago, and II years before
the doors Of the first American
college were opened the Domin-
lean Order Of the Catholic Church
in the Philippine Islands estab-
lished, also in Manila, the Univer-
sity Of st. Thomas, which for more
than three centuries has been in
successful operation. And yet the
Tagalogs had attained a well-de-
fined civilization long before the
advent of either the Dutch or the
Spanish. Prior to the year 1863
there were parochial schools
throughout the islands, but it was
not until that year that primary
schools were established, under
the royal decree Of December 20,
in every municipality of the archi-
pelago. In addition to the many
private and church schools which
had long been in existence prior to
1866 Spanish school statistics for
that year show that there had
then been established 1,674 Gov
ernment-supported schools, at
tended by 23O,35s Filipino boys
and girls. There were that year
| 1851 matriculates at the Univer-
sity Of St. Thomas engaged in the
study Of the higher branches of
learning. There we're also located
in Manila prior to the revolution
against Spain five colleges devoted
to the education Of women, among
them the College of Santa Isabel !;
college of agriculture; nau-
teal school; a superior school of
painting, sculpture, and engrav-
ing; a military academy; and a
number Of other colleges of more
or less Importance, where the
higher branches were taught.
There were, too, as many as nine
other colleges and sixty-seven
high grade Latin schools located
in various sections of the Islands.
A people enjoying such superior
educational advantages as these
can scarcely be characterized as
ignorant and illiterate Especial
Ilv can it not be said Of the
| Tagalogs, who for ages have
possessed rich literature of their
own. Even in the outlying Chris
tan settlements of northern Luzon
a majority Of the population could
read and write their own Ian
guage long before the power of
Spain over the Islands was brok-
en-"