Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-09-05
PRIEST sLAmEs MOTHERS
Father wheIan Says They Are
At Fault For Style OF Dressing,

Father whelan Says They Are
At Fault For Style OF Dressing,
Speaking last night before the So.
daity OF st. Mary's Star of the Sea
Catholic Church, In South Baltimore,
the pastor, Rev. John T. WheIan,
vigorously scored present day fash
ions amoung women. He declared
that it was the mother, and not the
daughter, who should be blamed.
Drawing q parallel, he pointed out
that ST. Rose. OF Lima, Peru, the
first American Saint, was working
girl, and be said that she should be
q model FOR the working girl OF
the present day. He said:
How wonderful 1t is that the first
American Saint, whose feast we
celebrate August 30, should be q
working girl St. Rose, Of Lima, in
Peru, was born In 1856. She was
christened Isabel. but the figure
and color OF her face caused her 10
be called Rose while still In the era
die. She grew up beautiful girl,
but one day, hearing a young man
admitting her beauty, she delibar-
ately disfiSursd her beauty, lest she
be an occasion Of temptation to others
I'VE admire st. Bernard lreeez
ing in the water 10 overcome the
temptation Of the hssh and the devil
but St. Rose disHRured herself TO
preserve others from sin. They
NAV talk ali they please about tho
super man, but here we behold q
true super woman.
Disgrace To Girls, He Says
How her example shames those
who by their dress today lead others
TO sin aud shame A Roman Cardi.
nal lately said that women dressed
10 the mode OF The day are living
in a permanent state of sin. Fashions
which shameessly display the pnysi
cal charms OF young girls are dis
grace to the girls, and put their
mothers 10 equally bad light.
I'VE talk Of children hiding them,
selves behind their mothers skirts
Alas, the skirt no longer hides even
the mother. Aud 1t Is the mother,
and not the daughter. who should
be blamed for the indecent dress OF
today. What are mothers for, II
not to see that their children wear
becoming clothes Children may
know no better; their parents should.
The parents Of ST. Rose were
wealthy, but, like many American
families, lost their fortune The old
story-three generations from shirt
sleeves to shirt sleeves. St. Rose
gladly went 10 work as sewing
girl TO help her family in their
necessities, and by her pure and
beautiful life edited the whole city,
as Jane Adams dose today. After
her death she was declared Saint
by Pope Clement In 1871. And SO
the first American Saint was q work
ing girl.
As Ideal For American Girl
what splendid ideal she is for
American working girls Accord
ing TO the last census, there are
about 9,OOO,O0O working women In
the United States. This is about
one tenth Of the entire population,
1.-THE working girl Is everywhere
in American industrial life today.
: The business world could not 90 on
without her. See her filling Balti-
more, Lexington and Pratt streets
morning and evening. The sigh
! should be an inspiration to us all
She does not choose the easy way
4 We do not IND her loahng on The
: street corner. nor filling the saloons
q She is not too proud to earn her owr
/. living Her hands may be stained
and hardened by labor. But 1t Ii
an honest hand and helping hand
1t assists many sick father, many
widowed mother. II helps many
brother and sister to future sue
cess. II keeps many family to
: gether. 1t saves many family
!. !, from Bayview. Her hand may b.
stained, but her soul Is white. AL
' honor to herl God bless and pro
tect and reward the girl wh'
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