Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-11

social questions and modern apollo
getics. These are particularly part
of the School of Social Studies, at 140
Nassau street, New York, but the
same questions are touched upton i'm
pressively during the retreats at each
week end.
The subject of Socialism Is dealt
with exhaustively from the Catholic
viewpoint and with especial reference
to the interests of the workingman.
The subject is treated constructively
and is approached with scrupulous
spirit of fairness and sympathy with
the good intentions of those who are
striving to better the workingman's
lot. The particular aim, however, is
to demonstrate that in Christian
principles may be found a remedy for
present day Yocial evils, and that not
merely is Socialism not the only
remedy but that it is no remedy a.
all.
No Fixed Charges Made.
There is no fixed charges for those
who spend their three days in this re-
treat on Staten island, although it is
customary for retrea1ants to make an
offering of So for their board and
room and other expenses during that
time. This sum, of course, does not
come. anywhere near the actual cost
of the material services rendered, but
many of the rich men who have visited
tho rotroot hove haan ca Oanor0IIz in
their contributions that the work has
been carried on without much finan-
cial worry. Now and then Father
Shealy say he finds check for $1,000
or more in one of the envelopes of
Monday morning after the retreatants
have gone back to their workaday
world. No one, however, is excluded
because he can make no offering at all
in recompense. All that is necessary
is simply to arrange privately with the
director, who wishes it most clearly
understood that the man with no
money is as welcome at the retreat
as the man who can contribute largely
to its support.
In Beautiful Spot.
The House of Retreats is on Finger
board road, at Fort Wadsworth. The
grounds form part Of what was known
as Fox Hills, beautiful undulating
slope in the most accessible part of
the island. The original owner of the
property had keen sense Of it's arts
tic worth. He was man of great
wealth, and is said to have spent to-
tai of 100000 in building the great
mansion and on the improvement of
the 20 acres or grounds about it dur
ing the many years that he lived there.
Walks OF granite meander through up
land and lowland and lead to unex-
pected views of the sea and of the
rolling country inland There are
tennis courts and grottos, conserva-
tories and grape arbors. For some
years after the owners death the
place was used as summer boarding
house and fell more or less into disre-
pair. The grounds we're lapsing back
into their natural state when the prop
erty passed into the hands of the Lay
mems league and the retreat was es-
tablished there. Since then the place
has been restored to most of it's orig
inal beauty. There is nothing like 1t
on Staten island and few estates near
New York that can compare with it.
The house is imposing with its great
staircases, its wonderful carved pam
els and it's huge fireplaces.
The place was renamed Mount Ma
rensa' in honor of the Spanish town
of Marensa, where st. Ignatius of 10y
ola, the founder of the Jesuit order,
wrote his famous spiritual exercises.
1t was this book that introduced the
retreat plan of campaign into the war
for the conquest of souls.-New Yorl
Press.