The evening world., 1912-05-27
10 Thinks Monsignof
Brann, 7s-Year-Old
Priest, Who Looks at
Lite DoUn Vista Of Fifty
Years in Church and
Twenty-Five Years tn
NesD York.
Suffrage Should Be CiOen
Many Glasses Of Women
and Taken From, Mas
culine Drunkard and
Loafer, He Declares;
But Fish ting Won't Win
Women Votes.


BIZ Masie E. Clemens.
0eventy-flve years Of age. nifty
years . priest and twenty-five years
IN charge Of a church In the teeming
heart OF New York City Is the life
record OF Monsignor Henry A. Brann.
D. D.. LII. d. and Pm. D.. pastor OF
81. Agnes's Church In Forty.thlrd
street. between Third and Lexington
avenues. Now. In the celebration OF
his jubilee. Mgr. Brann Is as Intense
and alert and observing as he was
when he nrst entered the priesthood
and vowed to devote his life to the
spiritual welfare Of humanity.
In such q career. q man OF Mgr.
Brann's intellectual attainment must
necessarily gather Of knowledge and
wisdom . g0odly store. II was to
share some OF this with the readers
Of The Evening World that per.
suaded the veteran pastor to give me
an interview In his study.
Ngr. Brann 10 up to the times-snd
Of the Catholic clergy In his stand on
questions Of burning public interest.
For instance. Mgr Brann 10 . suffra-
gist. though he does not favor swing
The vote 70 all women. On the subject OF
sosssatisc, Mgr. Brann has pronounced
ideas. He declares the public school
system failure. because Of what the
supporters Of that system Styis its
greatest buiwark-ths uttas siimination
Of religious traininG Or instruction from
the schools. In COMMON With nearly
ell Roman Catholic ejsrgymsn. Nsr.
Brann 70 ~ sdveoaAe ef Sunday sports
whore. - long - tAsy remain clean
and bsnsacal.
DOC DINNERS PROVOCATIVE o.
ANARCHY. Mon. DRANN THINKS.
Above all. save his religion. Mgr.
Brann 70 Mow Yorkss. He u part Of
seen Il grow 10 IT, present Astounding
proportions and has kept pace with it,
growth.
Il would ike TO know what you think
OF the dinner given In honor Of . canine
pot by some society women OF this
city," was the ffrst question I put to
Mgr. Brann.
People who would do such q thing as
give . dinner in honor Of q pot dog
and those who attend such 4 function.
ere the enemies of society and the pro-
vokers Of socialism and anarchy" he
replied. Surely better means can be
taken TO procure notoriety or publicity
than by q fashionable dinner In honor
q dog. Why not 50 into a poor neigh
borhood and select dozen OF the poor
ct people to be found there and give
them . dinner? There are many poor
people out of work. or perhaps sick and
- need. who become embittered. dis
o&isncd and opposed to those who pos
aass such wealth as enables them to
lovsGh X on . banquet to . dog or Q
monkey. ] an happy to say. though.
~ such 0coastons a. the affair OF last
Wssk srs rare. Tho rich OF tho country
Ars usually generous. which u shown
~ ne large amounts given yearly to
Z SAAaakhropy."
D. aalksd the Nonagnor what was his
sSlnton Of woman suffrage.
Il en- In favor Of many Of the women
vS1ng." he saAd: mot universal suffrage
! ~ women. A largo percentage ough,
- vote. Unmarried women VINO have
Oroperty. for instance. ought to have {
voice IN public affsirs; al married won.
- who have seven children and any
women who u forty-fvs years old.
might add the woman who carries on q
buanesA am very much opposed
though. 10 militant suffrage. to tn,
powdy!sm that degrades . woman"
DO you think suffrage for womer
VIII interfere VIE, their home duties?'
ventured to inquire.
mo. DO not. Why should Il, II the,
80 about voting sensibiy? And there 1.
DO reason why they could not. Ia Fac,
TANK politics interferes with a grea'
many mems duties TO heir homes, and
bes!des. ! am not disposed 10 th!nl
k.roiy Of universal suffrage. even II,
men. Many OF them are not NJ I,
vote. Take the drunkard. he tou IN
tIs man who can work and won, work
and ~ho prefers ldleness. They shout,
Re dlsfranchised and thereby kept from
h,vius a voice In the regulation vi city
State or national affairs"
Knowing that Monsignor f. a warn
sdm!rer OF New York. ! asked him /,
tell me about the changes he has OBJ
served during his long psstorate.
II have seen great changes In thi
city Of ours. material and religious" h,
declared. Both elements have mad
great progress There are greater op
portunities for the people to advance
there are less bisotry and narrow
mindedness. and religion has mad
great strides. But In some respects,
am sorry to say. the matcrialistic ele
ment has become greater than the rsiig
ious.
NO CHAINS ACROSS eRoApwA'
TO GUARD CHURCHES NOW.
when hrst came to this city as
boy ! can recall that n chain wa