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WHY CATHOLICS REAR OUR
LARGEST FAMILIES.

laity of this church. A preacher
brought in, as hackers of his vulgar
view, the Protestant people to sup
port him in his false insinuations. "It
is commonly believed among Protes-
tants," he is reported to have said,
"that there is an understanding be-
tween the laity and clergy of the
Catholic Church, that may account for
the large families of Catholics. The
Catholic clergy believe in large fami-
lies; more children in the homes of
the laity means more Catholics at
large eventually. If the
advent of the baby in the home is
encouraged for the purpose of out
numbering the Professionals, the pur-
pose is an unworthy one. A Catholic
Protestant race for babies to insure
ecclesiastical growth is discredit to
the Christian faith"
Now, dear brethren, l must empha-
tically deny that it is commonly be-
lieved among Protestants" that there
is an understanding Che means a con-
spiracy) between the clergy and laity
of the Catholic Church for the promo
ton of large families in order to out
number the Professionals. l have too
much respect for the intelligence and
honesty of that class of people to i'm
pute to them such dishonorable and
vulgar understanding of any such con-
spiracy between the Catholic clergy
and laity.
Our neighbors, among whom we
live and who know our lives, know
the principles and the morals, social
and religious, of the Catholic people
better than any preacher pretends to
know; and believe he misrepresents
them when he asserts that it is COM
monty believed by them that con-
spiracy exists in our church to pro-
mote large families in order, one day,
to outnumber the Protestants. This
| is vile insinuation, made on a false
basis.
Catholics, generally, have large
families because they honestly live
up to the obligations of the married
life as taught by their church. They
respect and obey the natural law un-
der which God established wedlock,
and they are still further guided and
strengthened in the discharge of their
domestic duties by the positive teach.
ing of Christ Himself. God in the be.
ginning pronounced man and wife
two in one, blessed them, and babe
them increase and multiply, and
Christ, the Son Of God, said, "What
God hath joined together let no man
put asunder," raising the first natural
contract of marriage to the dignity Of
a sacrament of the new law. This, in
brief, is the belief of Catholics founded
upon the natural law and teachings Of
Christ and His Church, and this is
the true reason why Catholics have
large families. They are wisely in
structed not to expose themselves tt
the punishment of Oman.
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CORNERSTONE LAID.

field, on August, the fourth, the fes-
tival of st. Dominic, in the year 1869,
he dedicated the church and gave it
the name of st. Dominic
At the same time he appointed Rev.
Rudolph Haase, the first resident
priest and pastor of the parish.
Father Haase attended missions in
Cannon Falls and Pennington. In the
next year Rev. Jas. A. McGlone was
appointed pastor, and in the month
of June, 1872, he was given charge
also of the parish of Hardwood.
In July, 1875, Rev. John Pavlin was
assigned as pastor to Mortified and
Hardwood. In his time the church
was finished on the inside, enlarged,
a sanctuary and sacristy added to the
rear of the church, vestibule and
steeple attached to the front, a bell
placed in the steeple, pews put in the
church and affairs in the sanctuary.
In general, the church was made quite
presentable, a credit to the zeal of
good Father Pavlin and to the good
will and strong faith of the early
Catholic pioneers OF Mortified. Dur
ing Father Pavlin's time some more
property was purchased and a little
cottage that served as a priests resi-
dence until 1892 when the present
house was built under the direction of
Rev. Thos. Gleason. Father Pavlin
also secured a very desirable plot of
ground for a cemetery, lying about
one and a half miles east of the
church.
An interesting event of the early
days showing the healthy rivalry that
from the beginning existed between
Hardwood and Mortified was a con-
test between them which took place
in 1872. The premiums were a black
thorn stick and a picture of st. Pat
rick. Both articles are still pre-
served. The day chosen for the con-
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HERO|NES OF THE BLACK
THE NUNS AT GETTYSBURG.

There were other heroes at Gettys-
burg besides the wearers of the Blue
and Gray. There were heroines of
the Black-the Catholic Sisters who
went to the front to tend the wounded
and console the dying. These, by
some strange oversight, we're not men
toned in any reports in the daily
press, any more than if they never
had any existence. A gentleman who
knows something of the part they
played, and chronicled it in suitable
shape in a history, has written to
''The Record" to correct the singular
omission. He said, in part:
Emmitsburg, where the mother
house of the Sisters of Charity is
located, is only about ten miles from
Gettysburg, and when the news OF the
battle reached that place a dozen of
the nuns, under the guidance of
Father Burlando, started for the scene
of the battle, well supplied with
sponges, bandages and clothing. The
wheels of their carriages literally ran
through rivulets of blood. Father Bur-
lando fastened white handkerchief
on the end of stick as sign of
their pacific intentions. In less than
an hour after their arrival they we're
at work binding the wounds of the
stricken soldiers and bathing many a
fevered brow.
The Catholic church as well as the
Methodist seminary were utilized for
hospital purposes, and it was here that
most of their work was done. They
also attended the sick at the Transyl-
vania College building, which was be-
ing used as a prison for Confederate
soldiers. Surgeons were scarce at
that time, and in many cases the nuns
did the work that is usually performed
by the medical men. The next day
other Sisters were hurried from EN-
mitsburg, and in short time they
had a force that was competent to
cope with the great task before them.
How well they did it is a matter of
history that is sometimes overlooked.
After it was over they received a
grateful letter of thanks from Gov
ernor Curtin. G. B.
OF such as these the Guardians of
Liberty" would have us beware, be-
cause, forsooth, they are of evil char
acter and emissaries of Rome"
philadelphia STANDARD and Times.
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National Cemetery.

Passing from the Catholic Church
to the gateway of that part of the
Gettysburg field which is now a ma
tional cemetery, the visitor is at once
confronted by an eloquent Catholic re-
hinder. Over the entrance are in
scribed the lines from the immortal
poem of the valiant and brilliant Cath
Ole soldier, Col Theodore OyHara,
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We are not put here merely to enjoy
ourselves; it was not Gods purpose;
and, l am prepared to argue, it is not
our sincere wish. AS for our deserts,
the less said of them the better, for
somebody might hear and nobody
cares to be laughed at!-Robert Louis
Stevenson.
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Among conspicuous Catholic SOL
diers at Gettysburg one of the best
known today is Rev. Walter Elliott,
head of the Apostolic Mission House,
Washington. Father Elliott had two
brothers who also served in the Union
army, and Father Elliott and his broth
er, Robert, (who was in the 18th Mich
igan Volunteers) were in the famous
battle of Gettysburg, where they did
heroic work, but his brother was killed
the day after the battle while in pur-
suit of Lees army.
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Church Is Hospital.

During the battle and for weeks
after, the Catholic Church of st. Fran
els Xavier, Gettysburg, became a hos
pital for the wounded, who we're care
fully tended by the then pastor, Father
McGinnis, and by the Sisters of Char
ity, who hurried to their aid from St.
Joseph's, Emmitsburg, ten miles
across the mountains. 1t will doubt
less be visited by thousands during the
celebration, and none can give them
better information of the battle and
it's monuments than it's jealous and
hospitable pastor, Rev. w. F. Boyle.
st. Francis Xavier has a historic in
terest of it's own. Founded in 1880 for
the scattered but loyal and fervent Ger
man Catholics of the district by Rev.
Matthew Lakieu, S. j., superior of the
Jesuits at Conewago, its first pastor
was Rev. Michael Dougherty, S. j., and
his successors include the distin-
guished Jesuit names of Paul Kohl
mann, Joseph Dietz, George Villiger,
James B. Getting and F. x. Deneckere.
A new church was erected in 1852 and
dedicated by the sanity Bishop Neu-
mann. The church was transferred to
the secular clergy in 1858 and in 1864
Rev. ]. A. Boil repaired the damages
it suffered during the battle. 1t was
destroyed by fire in 1893, but at once
rebuilt, and the present handsome edi-
fee was dedicated in 1896 Attached
is an excellent school and academy,
founded by Father Boil in 1877 and
conducted since 1899 by the Sisters
of Charity of Emmitsburg.
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CATHOLIC MEMORIES OF
GETTYSBURG.

1.-The visitor to st. Mary's grave
yard in this city as he steps inside
this ancient burial place sees the ele-
waited vault, where underneath all that
may remain of Commodore John Barry
and his two convert wives reposes.
Right next to it, similar in size and
shape, is the Meade tomb and grave.
In it are the remains of the grand
father of the late Gen. George Gordon
Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, who
was born in Spain December 80, 1916,
and baptized in the Catholic Church
January s, 1916. His godmother was
Christiana Gordon y Pendergast, moth
er of the Marquis of Las Tunas
That he was not one of ours
was due to the faith destroying Hogan
Harold-Conwell schism of seventy
years ago.
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which form the epitaph for Americas
warrior dead:
ION Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14

Small wonder at the present rage Tor
auction bridge when one considers that
lis forebear, whist. held the leading role
IN card games for nearly two hundred
years and. during that period claimed
the attention Of profound thinkers. AUG
ton. by bidding for the trump, ADDED tne
PERSONAL psychological element that gave
Keen. plouant interest to the game
an element that gives play to nearly
every attribute Of learning. from iuhda-
mental arithmetic TO the highest form Oh
logical reasoning and inference.
No one ever fully masters the game ioi
l., very reason that it is a game o.
s~es. every hand raising It's diheFsH'
ytoblen in the millions Of combinations
Hence It's great attraction for the KeS"
Intellect and for sound deduction.
Tie unusual situation in the pia| %
hands holds the attention Of the stude"'
Of the game
One Of such situations occurred IN inc
following hand. IT IS very unusual ~
see winning contract forced so high AZ
little slam Such contracts permit o.
htts play. as the holding OF each SIDE
lends 70 two suffers that are more or less
az downs.
The hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.

The programmes Of the New York phil
harmonic viii. as usual. be enhanced by
the appearance a. assisting artists OF
many Of the most distinguished OF the
artists who will be heard in America the
coming season. The names already an
uouuced by the management make up a
well balanced list OF vocal and instru-
mental artists, and are as follows;
Vocalists- Marguerite Matzenauer, Mime.
Gerville- Rcache. Nine. Ottillie MetzgeT'
Julia Culp and Jacques Urlus.
V.olinists-M ischa Elman, Carl Flesch.
Jacques Thlbaud and Leopold kramer
new concertmcister Of the Philharmonic.
Pianists-Tcresa Carreno. Harold Bauer
and Max Pauer
Violoucellists-Jean Gerardy. Leo Schulz
and Beatrice Harrison
Also TO be heard are Henri Leon Leroy
first clarinet. and Xaver Reiter, first horn.
Miss Kitty Cheatham will be the soloist
II the young peoples concert.
The Philharmonic viii also have the CO.
operation of the St Cecilia Club. Victor
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therefore, reveals about an even chan'"
of enough tricks to stop the opponents
from game. At rubber game a counter
declaration entaiing loss might wen De
offered. but at the first game 1t Is hardly
10 be recommended.
PLAY-OFF FAULTY.
East after doubling, led the ace Of
shades TO the first trick, dropping dunn
my's lone ten. The queen OF clubs, led
next. put North In with the solus ace.
North led one Of his hearts, ami hnesso
allowed dummy TO win with the queen.
A low club from dummy was trumped by
North with the seven. Dummy was IN
again, after rufng one Of North's re-
manning spades. Another club was ruffed
by North with the ten, East discardins
heart. Dummy's queen OF trumps ruled
North's last spade, and Norths JACK Of
diamonds runed dImmy's final club
As all his losers were disposed Of. North
led a low trump 10 dummy's lone king
Inasnuch as this card and North's ace
were the only cards higher than East 5
twice guarded nine. one trump trick final
" went 10 the adversaries This trick
and the one made at the opening or the
hand lust set North's contract.
With proper play. Of course North
should have made his contract. y partial
reward. however. attended his EFFORTS as
q lost game would have been the result
had the opponents final declaration re
manned undisturbed.
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Reports from Boston announce that all
seats 90 Carnegie Hall Tor H. two series
OF concerts during the coming winter
have been sold for the season by sub
scrption. This means that IL VIII be as
difficult Tor tho casual music lover 20 hear
the Boston symphony Orchestra this year
a. II was last The two series OF concerts
Will be given. As In the past. on Thurs
day evenings and Saturday afternoons,
the dates being November and s. Deem
Der and y. January and 10. February
- and q and March 70 and o.
Tie solo.sts announced are Padcrcwski.
Fritz Krelslor and Elizabeth Boehn Won
Eud,rt the principal lyric soprano OF the
Royal opera Berlin. who will make her
debut in New York with the orchestra.
Or. Muai WI arr. from Austria the
end OF this month
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AlBERTINA R-ASCH
PRlhA bAlLERtN a"
CENVURY OpE ia

"The Century Opera House is much bet
ter adapted To opera than 10 dramatic
performances. and il will be = matter OF
great regret If. with its charming solu-
ton OF many difficult architectural prob
lens. ii is not restored to such dignihed
purpose
The chorus. orchestra and principals
have been In constant rehearsal. and the
Messrs. Abow believe that the perform
auccs will show q standard OF excellence
most gratifying 20 all lovers OF opera.
The sale Of seats. according % Mr. Baird.
the president of the company. has been
beyond all expectations. and everything
points TO a most successful opening.
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OIES AND COMMENT ON CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN MUSIC WORLD

.r.ning December .. This modern work,
',hpshed in 1893, has been heard three
,ross in Chicago. and was sung at the
',,orcester Festival last fall. Mr.. Koem-
Itch spent much OF his trip abroad
ne summer with the composer in study
of the work.
.erbo Messiah" repeated for the eighty
18th and eighty-hfth times, will be
- On Friday afternoon, December %,
"a saturday evening, December p.
ca r.o,bovens Mass in d" will be sung
-. ,no third time by the society on Sat
80 evening March 2S.
-, wav Of neediul dessert to this sub
,,oi menu. concert OF a cappella
- 'a'c will be given on April .. The pro-
49,. I'M, Tor this has not yet been decided
upon. 49,, - -. o,,-. -.,,--
Us presented by the society. apart
49,, some hundreds of extra concerts.
,'a, will be given in Carnegie Han. as
- and the orchestra of the symphony
society will assist.
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PLAY.oFF RAISES QUESTION.

East's low spade went to dummy's lone
king Dummys diamonds were set up
on the first lead OF the suit. when a low
card led was won by East's king, which
took North's singleton jack.
After North was in on the next lead
with the ace OF spades. winning East's
queen. q low club from his hand put
dummy in with the ace TO run off the
diamonds. Five diamonds and four top
cards in other its gave North and
South game and rubber on the hand.
The error of the opponents here lay IN
Easts going up with the king OF dia-
monds on the first lead Of the suit. He
was afraid OF losing hi king II he held
off-not a groundless ear, as a second
diamond fguratively placed IN Norths
hand will readily show.
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FEARS UNFOUNDED.

His reasoning lacked the breadth essen
tial 10 success at auction.
What was the sacrifice OF one trick
through failure OF a maneuvre that, SUI
cessfully carried through. would at least
give temporarily a chance 10 ward off de-
feat? From East's point of view, defeat
could be foreseen because. with a solid
diamond suit IN dummy-eight tricks APP
pearine on the surface-one extra trick
for game at no trump could easily DO
figured in North's hand.
Had there been any chance of making
good the ten In his partners hand. Easts
play Of the king OF diamonds would have
been correct. The cards. however. plainly
showed that this was impossible.
Had North held Off on the FIRST dia-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14

was the New Theatre. now the Century
in New York. Had II been q commercial
proposition its acouStiCal quality would
have received but passing notice. As an
institution OF large purpose on the part
OF the founders Il received a correspond
ingly large attention AS an institution
of generous purpose, without hope or de-
sire for financial return. II was appro-
priated by the public. and received the
persistent criticism which seems the usual
reward for such undertakings.
1T was part Of the original programme
submitted TO Messrs. Carrere & Hastings,
the architects. that the building should
be used or At least should be adapted 10
use for opera as well as for drama. In
this respect il was 20 bear TO the Metro
politan the position which the Opera
Comiaue in Paris bears 20 the opera.
This idea. with it's corolary features, in
huenced the early design and shows in
the completed structure.
Finally. it should be borne in mind
that while the acOusticai demands In
theatre are greater than in almost any
other type Of auditorium. because OF the
great incubation Of the voice In dra-
matte action, the New Theatre was I'M
dertaking an even more than usually diff
fcult task, that OF presenting on the one
hand the older dramas. with their less
familiar and more difficult phrasing. and
on the other the more subtle and delicate
of modern plays. The builders Of the New
Theatre were forced by the conditions
which surrounded the project to depart
from the conventional type Of theatre
construction (Which is fairly, though only
fairly. well adapted TO the usual type of
performance presented far more radi-
cally than was perhaps at that time real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
siSe SNAAr,e" CENTURY OPERA CO.

book. containing the life OF Verdi, Will be
issued for this event, while carloads OF
natural roses CVerdrs favorte flower will
be sent 70 Carnegie Hall that night for
the ladies IN the audience. with the COM
piimeuts OF the combined wholesale and
retail florists OF New York and Boston.
other details. including the prices Of seats
and boxes. can be learned at the office OF
Mr. scibuI,, Knickerbocker Theatre Build
ing a9th street and Broadway by address
iug James ". Morrissey. business repre-
sentative Mr. Morrissey who was Adelina
PATHS business manager on her last tour
Of America. has written the diva. in Cras
Nos. asking # she will participate In the
Verd. festival and il is possible she viii
accept and come TO New York for this
one performance.
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VERDI C iNTENARY.

The date for the Verdi Centenary opera
Festival has been fixed Tor Sunday even
Ing. October -. al Carnegie Hall.
The Italian Orchestral Society OF lor mu-
siclaus and popular singers, under the d.
rection Of Ccsare SOdero, Will appear on
this occasion in Nerdrs most popular
compositions. which will include "Rlso-
Ietto." LA Traviata" III Troyatorc,"
Herman" lie Rois Amuse." "Otello,'
Aida" "Siciuan Nespers" and "Fal-
staff" Victor Maurel. who was lifelong
friend Of Vcrdrs viii give additional dig
nifty to the festival by appearing as solo
ist.
a souvenir In the shape ~ an ilIustrated
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chance of over-ruffing to the smallest
possible degree.
North. after rufing South at the third
trick could afford to lead the king or
trumps ina dummy. II the opposing
trumps were divided 81, all danger OF an
over-run would be past through North .
possession Of three trumps higher thah
possible lone nine in Easts hands. HAD
the above described play been followed
as the cards lay. il would have led TO the
necessity OF North ruffing low only once
Playing the hand improperly, as Nor'h
did q chance was still open 10 eXtrlcate
himself from an unpleasant position.
trump lead from dummy and west fail-
ing would show by ace and small hedrt
an easy way for North to regain the ieau'
insuring the contract.
FINE POINT IN PLAY-OFF.
zine points in play at auction that are
lost on the ordinary specializing NUM-
advocates claim attention OF students OF
the game long after the immediate pay
OF the hand. The question OF lhNo'Nei
deduction and correct analysis OF SUI"
points is the very reason or the intense
interest in the game by experts. he
exact play may never occur again out i'S
type will often appear.
The following hand at locai cluo
aroused a discussion that Lasted so"'c
days and is yet argued by the dihereht
schools OF reasoning.
The hard:
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Worcester County Musical Association
which will be held In Worcester IN the
week from September 3 10 October Z
Mr.. Arthur Noes Will be the CONDUCTOR
with Gustav Strube az his assistant The
principal novelty on the programme Is
Pierne's st Francfscus." which VII
have it's first performance In America
The other choral number viii be FertTs
Requiem" The Boston OrcheStras whl
supply the orchestral music end the SOLO
singers VIII be Nine. Schuni1nn-heipk.
Miss Florence Einkle. Evan Williams.
Miss Mary Jordan, Nine. Marie Sun
delius. Arthur Philips. Reinald Werren-
rath. Lambert Murphy and Hubert
Wotherspoon. on Friday afternoon at
the fourth concert. Mss Alice Eidridge
will play LISTS pianoforte concerto in
l. fiat
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QUERY HAND.

The following hand sent us from
Watch HILL Il. l.. TO settle a controversy
is somewhat interesting 10 the auction
critic:
South opened the bidding by declaring
one diamond, West going TO one no
trump. North declaring two hearts.
East declared two royals and South went
to three hearts, West three royals and
North four hearts. which West doubled.
North redoubled. East held the follow
ing hand:
Spades-K, Q. 10. 6. 8.
Hearts,.
Diamonds 3, ..
Clubs, Q. S. 8.
Should East allow the double TO stand