The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-26

all that I have left over. 1t is a
poor affair to be a Jesuit Yes, we
are Socialists because we believe in
land beyond the stars And it fills
me with great joy, mighty rap
ture to know that 1 am trying to
make this old world little BETTER a
little purer. 1t is grand, wonder
full thing to be q Jesuit"
Continuing. Father Vaughan dealt
with mans eternal instinct-to have
a home of his own, to be able to put
little money in the bank, to pro-
vide for old age. He was quite GER
tain that Socialism would destroy
that idea, root and branch. They evil
IDENTIFY did not regard family life as
sacred. Some of the Socialistic clas-
sizes even advocated free love. They
also wanted to regulate the number
OF children. In short, the terrible
thing is that they want to dictate
terms to God. One of the reasons for
the frequency of divorce was the fact
that men and women often lived to-
gether in the animal sense-and nat
urally became satiated and sought
new mates.
Unless you lift up marriage to the
height which God intended" said the
lecturer fervently, cit becomes moth
ing more or less than legalized pros
titution. Under their regime, the
children would belong to the state,
and all the lovely and beautiful rela-
tons of family life, the love of father
for child, of sister for brother would
be swept away in one great wave
What would the earth be without the
homer"
Forcefully Father Vaughan dealt
with the great fallacy of the equality
of opportunity. Men born with equal
ity of opportunity seldom attained
the same heights. Twins out of the
same cradle would succeed in vary
ing degrees almost always. Why.
some of the greatest millionaires of
canada had been born practically in
the gutter. 1t was the stuff and the
grit that was in them; the persever-
ance and the doggedness that brought
them through. They had barred their
races to the rain and the sunshine.
and had fought the battle of life I'M
hinchingly.
tell my own countrymen," he
continued, when they come out
here, to put their eyeglass in their
pocket; to cover up their knicker-
bockers with a strong pair of over
alls, and get their nose down to the
grindstone. 1 love to study the lives
of the men of this continent who have
made good
1T was a question of thoroughness,"
he continued. The crossing sweeper
even could make his crossings a
thing of beauty by diligence and care"
I'VE are not creatures of environ
ment,' said Father Vaughan. 1--WE
are architects of it,"
With consummate skill lie took up
the parable of the chessboard and tha
pieces in the game of life. Just as
You cannot play the game with the
paWns alone SO in the game of life.
You need the hierarchy, the king and
queen, the bishops and the knights"
But he added with a smile, they
all go into the wooden box at the
end"
The lecturer finished his discourse
by suggesting the remedy, which So
cialism could not supply. Lack of
understanding was the main cause,
especially in those who employ labor.
They should try to understand the
servant question. They should try to
uplift others, to build settlements. and
homes and clubs, and to Introduce
some of those little human touches
that meant so much in grey lives. A
wide berth should be given to the
paid agitator whose business it was
to create a row when there was none
Another good plan, suggested Faith
err vaughan, would be to allow the
employees to have some little none
tary interest in the firm or company.
SO that the position of the worker to
his work be not so impersonal. He
should have some little share in the
gains, but realize that his share did
not mean all of it.
There should be legislation, he as
serted to stop all sweating industries,
which was a crime and Il tyranny on
the part Of the employers.
There was something else. People
should remember that they were all
members Of a graf Christian Empfre.
and that the one great liberator and