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New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

FINLAND TODAY By George Ecnvick,
i. II. G. :. with 81 illustrations and
map Svo. PIP xii, 3AN. Charles
Scribncr's Sons.
LETTERS FROM FINLAND. August.
19OS- March. 1909. BY Rosalind Trav-
crS With Illustrations and map.
Nvo. PIP 81. f0i. Imported by f. 7.
button & Co
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13
THE CHURCH AND WOMAN.

The Church of God greatly exalts
two types of Womanhood, says the New
York Register. One is aureoled in vir-
ginity, reproducing in herself His pa
tience and purity, His mildness and
mercy She is the Sister of Charity,
the nun. She dwells in the heights;
her ear is inclined to catch the song
of the Seraphim.
The other type is the Christian wife
and mother. She is nearer to us, her
ear bent to the warm earth, listening
to the sad music of our humanity.
Very greatly does the Church regard
the true woman. Her praise is sung
in the Offices of the Church whenever
Monica is mentioned; whenever holy
Blanche, the mother of st. Louis, is
praised; whenever Elizabeth of Hun
gary or of Portugal is named.
Enter the door of any Catholic
Church; is not the first thing almost
that you behold the image of the great
mother whom God exalted, with the
child in her arms? His Church and
her children very highly exa1t the
good Catholic wife and mother.
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EASY TO CRITICIZE.

1t is easy to sit in the sunshine
And talk to the man in the shade;
It is easy to float in a well-trimmed
boat
And point out the places to wade.
But once we pass into the shadows,
We murmur and fret and frown,
And our length from the bank, we
shout for plank,
Or throw UP our hand and go down.
1t is easy to sit in our carriage
And counsel the man on foot;
But get down and walk, and you'll
change your talk,
AS you feel the peg in your boot.
It is easy to tell the toiler
How best he can carry his pack;
But no one can rate burdens weight
Until it has been on his back.
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SETTLING THE DIFFERENCE.

Because of a difference of opinion
between Jimmie Merritt and Jack
Burnett, accumulated by an indiscre-
ton on the part of Joey Merritt who
ran home and "told," Mr.. Merritt was
met at the door on his return from
town by an excited wife and sulky
son. Without a word, Mrs. Merritt
thrust the disheveled Jimmie forward.
Been fighting again." Mr.. Merritt
asked, somewhat obviously.
Jimmie nodded. mot very much"
he said, extenuatingly.
with Jack Burnett-his best
friend!" Mrs. Merritt supplemented,
severely. eff it had been one of those
White boys! But Jack! That's what
I can't understand"
"I've told her n told her." mutter
ed Jimmie, with rude impersonality,
"but she just won't understand!
wasn't fighting Jack cause I don't
like him; had to do it,
Mr.. Merritt gently persuaded his
wife into the hammock, sat down be-
side her, and drew Jimmie-black eye
and torn blouse and alI-into the cir
Gle of his arm. With the other arm
he encircled his palpitating wife.
Suppose you tell me-" he said to
Jimmie.
Jimmie struggled momentarily for
expression. Nothing but fighting
would settle it." he began, stubbornly.
Mr.. Merritt's gentle pressure re-
strained his wife's outburst.
''You see," Jimmie continued, 1--WE
formed base ball club, the Neigh
borhood Nine. Jack wanted to be
captain. So did l. He took of his
jumper n I took Off mine. We pasted
time out of each other. / won and
then we shook hands, and then" con-
Guided Jimmie maganimously. 4 made
Jack first base. That's all there was
to it. You understand, don't you ia
| ther?"
"Of, course" said Mr.. Merritt, heart
ily Everything is all right now, Ell?
No ill-feeling or grudges? Good friends
forever after, and all that, Jimmie?"
"Course!" said Jimmie, Indignantly.
Didn't we shake hands?"
BEG pardon, son. said Mr.. Merritt,
contritely. Now run in and wash up
for dinner Afterward get Jack, and
wen choose up for a game of three
| old cat"
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ANTIQUITY OF SALT CELLARS.

Salt-cellars may be said to have
been in use in prehistoric times.
Homer declares that salt was a gift
of the gods. The Greeks and Romans
gave the salt cellar the place of honor
at their banquets, and every effort of
craftsmen was employed to make it
an object of beauty. Salt-cellars
were often heirlooms, handed down
with great care from father to son.
During the middle ages the salt-cel-
lar was the finest and most conspic-
uous object on the table, and was
placed in the center-the members
of the family and their guests occupy
ing seats at one end, the servants
and retainers sitting at the other
This is how the phrase ito sit below
the salt" came to mean Ito occupy
an inferior position" Wealthy peo-
pie used salt-cellars made of gold and
silver and designed by great artists.
Many of these have been preserved
to this day, and are treasured in mu-
seums. Poor people, however, were
content with more humble receptacles
for the useful condiment, and often
used a piece of bread with a place
followed out to serve as a salt-cellar
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speak. "They aren't long," she said
they're lust as short"

speak. "They aren't long" she said;
they're just as short"
why" said Miss Eleanor, soberly,
"you acted just as If they were. Come
up to my room, and I'll show you"
Polly Wee hoped off the floor and
ran upstairs just as she was, in her
bare arms and ruffly petticoat.
"See here, Polly-Wee," said Miss
Eleanor, holding out picture. "This
is little fellow that used to live next
door to me-"
The picture was very small don
key with very long ears.
"He used to draw the children in a
cart-when he felt like it. He would
be as good as gold for whole morn
ing, and then all at once he would
stop, and no coaxing or scolding or
even whipping would make him stir.
One day the children were mile from
home when he stopped. They could
not get him to bulge, and they had to
walk all the way back. When Donkey
Boy got good and ready, he came home
by himself, dragging the cart behind
him. What do you think of that?"
Polly-Wee's face was red, and she
kept her eyes on the picture.
81 find he was-naughty," she whis-
pered.
eyes," nodded Miss Eleanor, "but
he didn't know any better, you see.
Little donkeys often act like that, And
they always have long ears"
Polly-Wee went downstairs again
very fast.
please, grandmother" she cried
holding out plump arm, please put
on my Dress"
Grandmother slipped the plaid sleeve
over it, and in three minutes Polly
Wee was ready to go down town, as
sweet and good little lady as you
ever saw.
And after that when Polly-Wee
didn't want to- all grandmother had
to do was to feel of her ears.
Marion M. Thornton, in S. S. Times
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KEEP THE KITCHEN CLEAN.

The thought of an untidy kitchen
is abhorrent to a good housekeeper.
The trouble lies with being more able
to spot dirt and scold about it than
to give rules for it's prevention.
When a new maid arrives the mis-
tress should tell her explicitly how
she likes the work managed, instead
of saying, 81 expect your kitchen to
be spotless!"
There should be times for each
cleaning process, besides the ordin-
airy daily cleaning UP. Every girl
should be made to sweep up the kit
chen floor at least once day, prefer
ably after each meal, to wash of
tabletops and sink after each dish
washing time and to dust thorough
ly each morning.
In no room in the house is clutter
and dust more unsanitary, yet little
attention is often paid to systematic
fighting Of it. Sometimes this is due
to lack of provision. Every kitchen
should be equipped with a broom, roll
Ter, brush and pan, dustless busters,
SCTuDD10S BRUSHES, CudMO1S SAILS,
pals and scrub cloths Of its own.
Many cooks will wipe up kitchen
table with the same cloth used for
the floor, or worse yet, with the dish
cloth. For this reason have sets of
cloths distinct in color, for each opera
ton, and there should be no excuse
for mixing them. The same holds
good of brushes; there should be a
sink bush, another for vegetables, a
third for table tops and a fourth for
floors. Also have mops Of different
size and thickness to use on pots and
pans and bottles.
The care of a kitchen floor depends
upon the material with which it is
covered. If there is good quality
of linoleum on it work is simplifed
as beyond daily brushing up it will
only need semi-weekly scrubbing with
skim milk. Never use soap on limo
leum. To brighten rub with a cloth
wet in linseed oil after the floor has
been washed up and well dried.
A bare floor is liked by some be-
cause it can be scrubbed hard with
soap and water. If a tablespoonful of
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BE KIND TO BOYS.

You are made to be kind, boys, gen.
erous, magnanimous. If there is a boy
in school who has club foot, don't
let him know you ever saw it. If there
is a poor boy with ragged clothes,
don't talk about rags in his hearing.
If there is a lame boy, assign him
some part of the game which does not
require running. If there is hungry
one, give him part of your dinner. If
there is a dull one, help him to get
his lesson. If there is bright one,
be not envious of him, for one boy
is proud of his talents and another is
envious of them: there are two great
wrongs, and no more talent than be-
fore. If larger and stronger boy
has injured you and is sorry for it,,
forgive him. All the school will show
by their countenances how much bet
ter it is than to have great fist.
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CuRSlNG.

Every one knows, or should know,
that cursing is the wishing of an evil
to person or thing. Further, the one
who does the cursing asks God to do
the Furnishing.
Where is the satisfaction?
II an angry person gave some one
a rap there would be certain amount
of satisfaction, but to ask some one
else to do the rapping is cowardly.
This is precisely what one does who
curses. He wishes God to do what he
himself is too cowardly or unable to
do.
Cursing affects two distinct objects,
the one who curses and the object
cursed.
A third may come in one who hears
the cursing. Here is where scandal
is given. Beware of giving scandal,
especially to the young. It is one of
the greatest crimes that can be COM
mitted, as often it starts young in
nocent one on the way of sin. The
consequences are traceable to the
scandal-giver.
Let parents be most careful in this,
as there are numerous instances of
the parents curses resting upon the
children.
In every instance cursing is the
effect of downright ignorance. With
some, more than with others, ours
ing always shows something of the
scummy, rowdyish, and riff-raff. Those
who have only small vocabulary
curse to emphasize their weakness.
The better educated curse to be on a
par with their less fortunate compan-
ion-lack of character.
The well trained who curse do SO
after having lost that finer sense of
right and wrong.
No one is respected because he can
spin off ugly curses. 1t is anything
but manly.
Young and old should quit this cow
ardly vice
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HOW THE DUTCH KILL LAzINEss

The Dutch are a hardworking peo-
pie, and have little use for the man
who is able to work and will not. The
cure for laziness, when the lazy one
happens to be an able-bodied pauper
who is disinclined to labor, is no less
effective than amusing. When it has
been determined that the pauper is, in
fact, able to work, he is placed in a
cistern into which water flows from a
pipe. A pump is provided which is
capable of removing exactly the same
amount of water as enters by means
of the pipe. The lazy person, for once
in his life, is made aware of the merit
of good, energetic labor, as it will
require lively pumping to keep the
water from rising over his head. There
is no record of any pauper having to
swim.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
PoLLY-WEE'S LONG EARS.

Il don't want to-" said Polly-Wee.
Then she shut her red lips tight and
sat down fiat on the floor in her little
petticoat, and would not say another
word
There was no reason at all why
Polly-Wee should not wear the pretty
plaid dress grandmother had laid out
for her. Grandmother thought there
were some very good reasons why she
should. But when a little girl sits
fiat on the floor and will not move or
speak, reasons do not count.
Nobody knew Miss Eleanor was in
the hall, but she was coming for
Polly-Wee to go down town with her.
'sH'mi" she said, looking In. $50
Polly-Wee has on her long ears
again!''
Polly-Wee felt of her small pink
ears, and forgot she was not going te
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kerosene is added to the pail of water
the scrubbing will be more quickly
done. Where the water is hard it
should be softened with borax or
ammonia.
A vanished floor can be cleaned
more easily If sprinkled with coarse
salt, which is allowed to stand for a
few minutes, then brush up with a
soft broom.
Tile floors should be washed up
with water, then rinsed with milk.
An occasional treatment of linseed oil
will keep lustre in the tiles.
Keep three white barred muslin cur
tains for each window for frequent
changes. Have windows cleaned in
side and out once week. Do not
use soap. A tablespoonful of am
monia to a gallon of hot water will
give quick polish. Use two cloths
and finish with chamois or tissue pa
per.
Utensils must be kept polished. For
copper use soap applied with damp
cloth, then sprinkle thickly with bo-
rax, if you have no regular copper
polish. Brass can be cleaned by being
moistened with kerosene then rub
bed with paste of powdered chalk
and lemon juice, and polished with
chamois. Boil tin utensils occasion
ally in strong soda water, and if rust
ed rub with lard and let stand before
washing.
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TWIN LOVES.

God loves the little children
Whose souls are spotless white;
All day He watches DER them,
And all the lonely night.
When they are bright and happy,
1t fills His Heart with joy;
God loves the little children
For Jesus was boy.
Sweet Mary loves the children,
And sends Gods angels down
To guard her tender dear ones
Lest they should lose their crown
Each day she prays that Jesus
Will keep them undefled-
Sweet Mary loves the children,
For Mary was child.
IT E. B. in the Are Maria
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, APRIL IS, 1912.

When Jimmie was well in the house,
Mrs. Merritt turned puzzled gaze on
her husband.
i don't understand either OF you!'
she cried. Are you encouraging jim
ME to fight his best friends?"
''The beautiful thing about a boys
fight" he parried," is that all rancor
ends with the fight. I'm not sure,
Margaret, that this wouldn't be hap
pier world If men did less hating and
more quick fighting.
Youths Companion.
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THOUGHTLESSNESS.

1t is clear to all students of life
and people that thoughtlessness is at
the base of a good bit of the unhap-
piness that makes the world such a
bitter place at times. We do not
take enough careful thought as to
what we do, or what we say, or even,
if one might so put it, as to what we
think! for thoughts blossom out into
actions at the most unexpected mo-
ments. Well did the Psalmist say
~'Set a guard upon your lips" for it
is so easy to give offense by a care
less speech, or to hurt some one unwit-
tingly because of a little lack of
thought
Tactful people are always careful
in speaking, and while tact is an in
born instinct in most people, it can
and should be cultivated where lack
ing. The tactful person is the one
who avoids embarrassing subjects of
conversation, who always steers a
course into mid-channel where no
hidden shoals are apt to give the
conversational boat an unwelcome
jar.
Lack of thought is also responsible
for many a contretemps in everyday
life. Busy about matters of larger
moment, one is so apt to overlook an
apparently trivial matter, which may
in the end have an important bearing
on some part of your life. It is not
too much to say that lives and even
souls have been wrecked because of
lack of thought in little things.
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A knowledge of the forms of court.
esy is less essential than the practice
of its facts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-24
TO FLOOD SENATE
WITH. LITERATURE

The board OF directors OF the Wo.
mans Temperance League OF Amer
lea, ut a special session yesterday at
ternoon, decided to provide Mrs. j..
Tyler Jobson. president and organizer
of the league, with private secre-
tary and stenographer.
Mrs. Jobson has been an especially
hard worked woman during the nres-
en- session of the Legislature. being
busily engaged getting out temperance
literature for the benefit OF the State
solons and others who need nstruc-
ton with reference to such matters.
In addition. she was a constant visitor
to the House gallery during the de-
bate on the Jordan submission bill
which received an overwhelming dry
vote Thursday afternoon.
She and other members OF the
league who have been button holding
the delegates will now turn their at
the fate Of the measure now rests.
They expect to attend the Senate COM
miteee hearing on the question In
large number Monday night. Mean
while. they Will see that the senators
are bountfully supplied with the prop
er kind OF literature.
Mrs. Jobson's lealuers executed a
coup d'etat yesterday when thew pre-
sented each dry member OF the House
with n beautiful bunch or pink car
nations. There were exactly sixty
punches In all.
Miss Mary Douglas Goodall. field Sec
yetary OF the league. who has BEEN
ut headquarters for several days. will
set out OH another trip through the
state next. Nonday.
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TO THE V|CTORS
BELONG FLOWERS

To the victors belonged the flowers
when the House convened yesterday,
On the desk of each of the member1
who had on Thursday cast their votes.
the desk of the representative Of
Richmond's dry" newspaper, the la
dies OF the Woman's Temperatures
League of America had placed bc6u-
tiful bouquets Of carnations and fern.
giving the House gala appears
ance. %
Here and there the desks of the
wet" members were bare OF adOrn~s
ment until, determining that his cox
leagues should not go entirely un-s
recognized. Mr.. Old. member froH1s
Norfolk county, sent out for q bag g.
lemons. which he carefully distr1b~s
uted among the wet members.
During the proceedings Of tbs
House Mr.. Oliver. of Fairfax. wanE
observed to partake of his diet w
lemon juice with every evidence ~
enjoyment.
Bouquets Unconstitutional. MI
Mr.. Milstead. of Newport NeEAs
one of the members who opposed thu
enablng act. declared that the bou@S
quets were unconstitutional and, tn
order that the constitutional lawyekS
of the House, Mr.. White, OF Rock
bridge, should not feel that class le9~
islatlon had been perpetrated azainne:
him. the Newport News man got Oh:
promising bud. wrapped 1t up ixsS
copies OF the Richmond Firginian an~
Roanoke Times. and placed 1t on tal9a
desk OF the gentleman from Rock
bridge in such shape that 1t aimo&G
hid that member from the speaketsM
view. I'M
The members of the House, bOe&|
"wcts" and "drys." were in hil1
rious mood, and before the H0uME
was called TO order they seemed 1e
happy and as carefree as schOOlb0yMG
After the opening prayer Rev. III
J. Young, pastor of Centenary Metl
odist church, made brief speeNl|
presenting on the part of the lAAf4
Of the Woman's temperance lNA9446
OF America flowers found unS1H1
desks OF the members
u A resolution was 0ifere<f
Mectze OF Prince William. anu Mllm
ed by the House. thanking the 1A1
of the Woman's Temperance Len1@
Of America for the flowers. S33
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-24
CONVICT LABOR
BILLS PASSED

Two convict labor bills. selected and
recommended by the Joint Senate and
House Committee on Roads anu In
ternal Navigation from a dozen meas
ures. passed the Senate yesterday with
one dissenting vote. They have al
ready been approved by the House.
Mr. Lesner, OF Norfolk. is their patron
These are the bills TO put on state
highways all conYicts except 500 Of
the dangerous and vicious ana women
prisoners. The matter OF working
prisoners on contract is left to a com
mission on which are the board OF
of directors of the State penitentiary
the governor and the secretary Of the
Commonwealth.
a contract system is not recon-
mended in the bill. which provides
that as far as practicable all pris-
oners be put to work making cloth
ing or utensils for State Institutions.
If this is found TO be not possible the
com mission may devise any means of
employment IL sees best.
This ends for a time at least a long
draws out and tiresome controversy as
to whether convicts shall be placed
on contract work. The Legislature
has gone on record as disappearing n
renewal OF the Thacker shoe contract
and incidently has shifted the bur-
den 10 other shoulders.
Before the next General Assembly
convenes the present contract will
have expired, If In the meantime the
commission has not found some means
Of employing those convicts not on the
roads it may grant contract to some
other company II it chooses.
The bin carries no appropriation. Al
though hfteen new convict camps are
to he established at n cost OF about
81, 900 Yesress, the stase VIII save In the
lesyened cost of maintenance at the
penitentiary. And again some fifteen
counties Will not receive an appor-
tionment of the State aid fund as
heretofore.
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was interrupted. lie offered the mo-
ton to discharge the Committee on
Privileges and Elections and take up
the enabling act. but added pro-
vision that n vote must be taken AT
once.
Mr. Folkes Declines Challenge.
Mr.. Walker refused any such prop
osition. We will agree to discharge
the committee he said. and set the
bin for n special order Tuesday. That
viii be giving all rides a fair show.
We decline 10 vote today. You want.
YOU say. to bring tn. bill out of the
committee. Are gou willing TO set
II for a special order Tuesday
II withdraw my motion, said Mr..
Folkes. I..hecause ] see MIR. Walker
does not want to take il up az he
said"
Not for minute did anyone think
II was the purpose Of the vets 10 bring
the issue before the Senate yesterday
for a final disposition.
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to discharge the committee and put
the act on its passage at once. He at
forwards withdrew this motion.
A House oil to prevent the killing
of robins I'm the state was passed with
n large majority vote. Amendments
TO place the power of declaring the
law In force in the hands of county
boards OF supervisors was voted down.
An amendment to strike but clause
fixing as q penalty the rorfciture OF
firearms was refused
, Mr.. Saunders was author of the
boards of supervisors amendment.
The Courts of Justice Committee
Yesterday afternoon reported favorabiy
a bill to prevent the collection OF
garnishments when more than 7. per
cent. interest is charged.
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81
SENATE PROCEEDINGS

The Lesner convict labor bills. al
ready passed by the House. went
through the Senate yesterday with one
vote against them. MIR. Walker voted
In the negative. These are compro-
mise measures and were taken from
nearly dozen offered In both houses.
While not recommending contracts
they permit such a system f n COM
mission composed of the Governor. the
secretary Of the Commonwealth and
the directors OF the penitentiary think
best.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Folkes
to have the Senate direct the CONF
mtttee on Privileges and Elections to
postpone action on the Jordan enabling
act was ruled out or order BY Lieuten-
ant Governor Elfyson, the presidiRg
oliicer. Mr.. Foxes afterwards moved