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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09

1t is gratifying to learn that
the endowment of half a million
dollars which is being raised by
the Knights of Columbus for the
Catholic University of America is
practically completed and the
final installment will be turned
over to the University authorities
at the close of the National Con-
vention which was held this
week in Boston. The Knights de-
serve great commentator for this
magnificent gift on behalf of
higher education. When the
question of this endowment was
first preached, it seemed a diff
cult undertaking to be accom-
plished in a few years; but the
large membership of the order,
which has now passed the 300,-
900 mark, made the individual
subscription very light, and the
response was prompt and gener-
Gus. We hope the good example
thus given by the Knights of Co.
lumbus will stimulate other So
cieties to take greater interest in
the educational projects which
the Church has so much at heart
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09

per will meet with proper punish
ment.
The will should be trained to
prayer from babyhood. Happy
the mother who teaches her little
boys and girls to lisp the Sacred
Name and to grasp the truth of
God s holy presence! Happy the
child who learns to fear God and
to recognize God in all who WELD
authority!
From their mothers lips our
Catholic children must hear of
Jesus present in the Blessed Sac
rament to be our daily food. In
this age of early and frequent
Communion sacred obligation
rests upon the Catholic home to
prepare the little communicates
as soon as possible.
Let us pray with great zeal
that Catholic fathers and mothers
may be ever faithful to their holy
duty of training the children. On
this training depends in large
measure the spread Of Christ s
kingdom on earth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
THE NEW POET LAUREATE.

The appointment of new Eng
lish Poet Laureate in the person
of DIR. Robert Bridges calls atten-
ton to the fact that his wife is a
convert to the Church, as was also
his brother, the late Matthew
Bridges, the poet and hymn
writer. The new laureate is in his
sixty-ninth year, and a physician
by profession. He practised medi-
cine for many years in the Lon
don hospitals. His fame as poet
is not widespread. The "Repub.
lie" gives the following apprecia,
ton Of him:
"Mr. Bridges is not popular
nor a great poet. He is, however
a true poet, which Alfred Austin
was not. Bridges work is of the
kind called exquisite and is
rather for the delight of other
poets than for the winning of the
multitude. He has published
eight volumes of poems, mainly on
classic themes. He works with
the leisurely and delicate touch OF
one loving his art for it's own sake
He is not a bard Of contemporary
events; not forceful, not amor
Gus, but wistful, refined, pensive
"No longer young man, it may
be hard for him to learn the new
manner beseeming court poet
Perhaps, this won't be expected
of him. He cannot be ranked
with the great men, Dryden,
Wordsworth, and Tenyson, who
have held the laureates, but at
least he can hold his own with the
minor Elizabethans."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
DRINK AND BUSINESS.

The days when every bargain was
concluded with what is sometimes
called smile" have passed away,
says the Boston Advertiser. The
man of today who takes drink dur
ing business hours is very likely to
step into drug store to obtain some
thing to kill the smell of it before he
goes back to work. Firms are begin
ming to look upon intemperance on
the part of employees as an unpardon-
able matter. This is particularly true
with the railroads, and the Pennsyl-
Vania road has recently taken the adj
vanced ground that it would rather
not have its employees drink at all;
very decidedly rather that they would
not. The men are reported as recon
ciled with such stand on the part
of their superiors, although it is not
hard to imagine what their attitude
would have been a few decades ago
ii any such demand had been made.
1t is becoming apparent to an increas-
ing number of persons that drink and
business do not belong together.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
VALUE OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

How oft has the flush of indigna-
ton mantled my cheek as / heard
men, who made profession of loving
virtue and Of leading their fellows to
virtue, discountenance in their
speeches the practice Of total abstin-
ence, which is for so many the sole
plank of salvation! oh, for the char
ity of st. Paul, who exclaimed that he
should eat no meat and drink no wine
when there is danger of scandalizing
brother! Oh, for the charity of
Manning, who declared that he needed
the pledge, because his poor friend,
the London dock laborer, needed it.
And Manning was loyal to the last to
charity and total abstinence. On his
bed of death a potion was rendered
to him by his physician; it was free
from alcohol; the physician knew that
no pardon would be given if a single
drop of alcohol was put into that po-
ton; but as it was, it gave a slight
exhilaration and the great Cardinal
was troubled, and he would no more
allow to his lips the cup from which
he feared the shadow of harm to his
pledge of total abstinence. Oh, for a
few such leaders of men as great Car
dinal Manning!
Archbishop Ireland
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
ALCOHOL AS sTIMULANT.

Seventy-fve years ago the bill for
alcoholic stimulants averaged $1.48
per patient in the Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital. In 1911 the average
cost of alcoholic stimulants of all
kinds, per patient, was less than three
cents in the largest hospitals in the
United States-Bellevue in New York
and Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
On an average the hospitals today are
using only one-tenth as much alcohol
per patient as they were twenty-five
years ago. In other words, whisky,
wine and beer are falling into disuse
as medicines.
There are now four hospitals in the
United States which give no alcoholic
medicines. Their death rates are re-
markably low About four hundred
physicians of the old school in the
United States absolutely refuse to give
alcohol, and nearly all of the new
schools are against it's internal use
When the allopathic physicians met
in their last national gathering a mo-
ton was made to strike alcohol out of
the pharmacopeia. The motion was
lost, but the hot discussion it evoked
showed which way the wind blows.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09

Austria, Tyrol, Styria, Bohemia,
Silesia and Galicia. The latter
province, being mostly Polish,
has Catholic Polish Woman s
Union. Hungary also is blessed
with Catholic Woman's FEEDER
alton, which has lately been
greatly increased by the accession
of the National Hungarian Union
of Catholic Unmarried Young
Women. Delegates Of the Fed
Grafton of Catholic Women of
Italy, comprising some $50 socie-
ties, with over 10000 members,
were received and blessed by the
Holy Father in an audience jan
uary, 1912. Belgium has the
National League of Christian
Women. The Catholic women of
Spain are federated; so are those
of Switzerland $1,000; even Por-
tugal, Notwithstanding the terri
BILE persecution against all loyal
Catholics, has young but valiant
woman federation.
"What more natural than that
the quickened life Of all these
feminine societies should impera-
lively call for an International
Federation of Catholic Women as
a counterpart to the unsectarian
or interdenominational "Interna-
tional Council of Women" repre-
sehting some twenty national fed
erations, with a membership of
100000 women all over the
world. The start was made by
the French Women's Patriotic
League, which in August, 1910,
requested Catholic women's So
cieties Of the whole world to send
delegates to Brussels in Belgium
for general discussion Of the
project. Eleven societies re-
sponded, and the deliberations re-
suited in organizing 'The Inter
national Federation of Catholic
Women's Leagues whose gen
eral secretary should have her
office in Paris for the next five
years. In the summer of 1911
the delegates Of the League met
at the Eucharistic Congress at
Madrid. Twenty-Five organiza-
tions were represented. To this
Catholic Women Federation be-
long also the National Federation
of St. John the Baptist of Can
ada; the Leagues of Catholic
Ladies of Argentina and of Uru-
quay; and the Catholic Women s
League of Boston, Mass. Last
September the delegates of the
League met at Vienna in Austria
a few days before the Eucharistic
Congress. They also met this
year at London in the month Of
July. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
MODERATE USE OF ALCOHOL.

I hear makers of alcohol, at last
aroused by the prohibition wave, cry
ing out that they stand for it's moder-
ate, not it's immoderate use, says DR..
Howard Kelly, Baltimore
In reply to this l answer that if they
make it and sell it the use is prac-
tically beyond their control, and that
their plausible declarations are as
light as the paper on which they are
written, and can in no way affect its
use, whether moderate or immoderate.
further inquire why these gentle
men have been SO long in reaching
this benevolent conclusion. l declare
that l believe their contention and
their expressed desires are specious
and false, and, further, l aver that,
judging by such scientific evidence as
we now have, there is no such thing
as moderate use Of alcohol.
If it is ga sign of weakness to be
total abstainer," / hasten to confess
my weakness, and I confess it for all
who are dependent upon me; would
that I might also make confession
for the whole world We are no
stronger than many of the thousands
of bright young men and fine women
who thought they were strong and
found out their weakness only too
late.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN

The general intention recon-
mended by Pope Plus < for the
members of the League of the
Sacred Heart during August is
Catholic Home Training. The i'm
portance of this phase of Catholic
education need not be insisted on.
The little ones require constant
care and attention and those who
are charged with this work need
all the enlightenment and direc-
ton bestowed in answer to
prayer
"Suffer the little children to
come unto Me- That is our
Lords appeal for the proper
training of children in our Cath
ole homes. Parents are to bear
In mind that the children are a
sacred treasure confded to them
by Almighty God, treasure that
must be restored intact to Christ
In baptism their little ones are
made children of God and heirs
of Heaven. It must be their ear
nest care to remove, as far as
they can, any danger of their
children losing their inheritance
Regard for these precious souls
viii impel them to keep away
whatever might teach evil. Any
word or actions that might scan
dalize them will be scrupulously
avoided.
The work of training begins in
the cradle. The child must be led
by love to overcome its tendency
to selfshness. It must under
stand that sacrifices and little
acts of self-denial will win the
applause of those whom it reveres
and that disobedience or iIl-tem-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
TEN YEARS In THE VATICAN.

The tenth anniversary of our
Holy Fathers occupancy of the
Chair Of st. Peter occurred last
Monday, August 4. There was no
formal commemoration of the
event; but His Holiness received
many messages from all parts of
the world, congratulating him on
the completion of his first decade
in the Supreme Pontificate of the
Church. The warmth of these
good wishes was enhanced by the
remembrance that only a few
short months ago, the Holy
Father seemed on the point of
death, but, in the Providence of
God, was rescued from the brink
of the grave. AS far as one can
judge from the reports published
in the press, his health, while not
as robust as formerly, is excellent
for man of his years who is so
heavily burdened with the cares
and responsibilities Of his exalted
office.
In accordance with the pro-
gram of eliminating as far as pos
sible all official functions during
the excessive heat of the summer
months in Rome, the 1'Papal
Chapel fixed for August 9. the
anniversary of his coronation, has
been postponed until November
16. In the meantime his faithful
children throughout the world
utter fervent prayers that he may
be granted health and strength
and length of days to govern the
Church and complete the reforms
foreshadowed in the announce
ment made by him when he as
cended the Papal Throne, that the
object of his Pontifcate would be
"to restore all things in Christ. =
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
THE ROME OF SOUTH AMERICA
ANCIENT CITY OF CUZCO WAS A
WEALTHY AND PoPULous
INcAs CITY.

The ancient city of Cuzco, in South
America, when first viewed by Euro
pean eyes, was, according to the best
authorities, a great and wealthy
municipality of perhaps 100000 souls.
How old it was at that time we have
scant means of knowing. Gercilasso
would have us believe that there were
only Is Incas in the royal line from
Nance Capac to Huayna Capac; Mon
tesinos, on the other hand, assures US
that the Incas ruled for 1000 years!
Which are we to believe? No written
history of the race exists-only the
records of the quipus, those queer
knotted strings that were the Incas'
sole documents, and for which no
archaeologist has as yet discovered
the key, the Rosetta stone.
Cuzco's original plan was, singu-
larly enough, that of the Roman camp,
a quadrangle divided by two inter
secting streets into quarters, with a
gate on each face and towers at the
angles. Ramusio gives an interesting
woodcut of the city as it appeared to
the conquerors.
The Incas, like the citizens of the
United States, had no more definite
name for their country than Tavan-
tinsuyu, the empire of the four prov
inces. The four streets of the capital
prolonged by great roads, divided it
into four main provinces, each under
the dominion of it's governor. When
the people came to Cuzco they
lodged in their own quarter, where
they adhered to their national
costumes and the customs of their
own provinces.
The city today retains the same
general plan, it's two principal streets
being practically the old main thor
oughfares. It's two eastern quarters lie
upon steep hillsides; the two western
are in the valley, where runs little
river, the Huatanay, spanned by
bridges.
The northeast quarter was the Pala.
tine Hill of this South American
Rome, and contains the palaces of the
kings, for each Inca, after the manner
of the Roman emperors, built his own
abode. scorning to live in that of his
predecessor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL STUDY
PROSPECTUS OF THE PROPOSED
KETTELER ACADEMY, CHI
cAGo, SHOWS SCOPE OF THE
INsTITuTIoN-sITE PAID FOR
AND BUILDINGS WILL BE
ERECTED.

A neat little brochure giving in de-
tail the purpose and scope Of the pro-
posed Catholic School of Social
Science, to be erected in Chicago, has
just been issued by the German Cath
Ole Central Verein. The school, which
will be named the Ketteler Academy
in memory of Rt. Rev. Bishop Kettle
Ter, will be devoted to the study and
serious consideration of the social
problem as moral question; and the
study and investigation of it as a
social illness, the diagnosis of the
causes of this ailment and its
remedies from socio-ethical view
point. Other subjects arising out of
the study of this general one, to which
attention and study will be given are
the decline of the family, neglect of
youth, the housing problem, woman
and child labor, lack of employment
and the treatment of the unemployed,
industrial accidents, etc., and methods
and means for the removal of existing
evils, such as labor legislation, social
insurance, institutions for the annie
able settlement of social disputes,
professional or occupational organiza-
tions.
1t is thus hoped that the Ketteler
Academy will serve to foster the I'M
Outstanding and deepen and spread the
appreciation Of the principles of that
Christian democracy, whose funda-
mental principles have recently been
laid down by two Popes, Leo XIII
and Plus x, and for that beneficent
Christian action for the public well
fare which is founded in the natural
law and in the precepts of the Gospel.
The prospectus goes on to say that
opportunities for this line of study
will be offered to all the professions,
including priests, attorneys, physi-
clans, and workingmen, as well as all
who wish to devote themselves to so
cial service, as officers of the juvenile
court, as directors and workers in set
Elements we need so badly
as employees of Catholic railway sta
ton missions and of charitable or
CARNATIONS of various kinds. All of
them will receive theoretical instruc-
ton and opportunity for practice at
Ketteler Academy to enable them to
fulfill the tasks to be assigned to
them.
The report indicates that active
work for the erection of the building
will soon be resumed, that the last
dollar for the site, amounting to the
sum OF $16,OOO.O0, has been paid
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
A BIGoTED SCHOOL BOARD.

The members Of the public
school board Of Charlotte, N. G..
evidently belong to a class of un-
American bigots which is, unfor-
tunately, not yet extinct, even in
this age Of boosted enlightenment
and progress. This is shown by
the fact that they discriminate
against their fellow citizens who
are Catholic, solely on account Of
religion. At a recent meeting
they refused to appoint a woman
to the teaching staff Of the public
schools because she was a Catho-
lie. The facts of the case are rec
orded by the New York Nation, a
non-C Catholic publication, in the
following paragraph:
cit is a strange and painful
thing to read that in any city of
the United States a school board
should refuse to appoint a wom-
an as teacher in the public schools
on the express ground of her be-
ing a member Of the Catholic
Church. This is what was done,
however, a few days ago in Char
lotte, N. c., when two young
women who had been teaching in
the schools were, in the face Of an
extraordinary public protest
against the proceedings, refused
re-appointment by the board, the
vote standing ten to five." The
Nation urges the people Of Char
lotte to insist upon a reversal OF
the unjust decision.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
PROHIBITION.

The prohibition movement, which
has made such progress in late years,
may yet do much for the cause of
temperance. It's ineffectiveness is due
to two causes: the first is that it can
only restrict the supply of liquors,
without being able to lessen the de-
mand; secondly, the continuance of
prohibition is dependent upon some
what tickle local option vote that is
liable to change every few years,
thereby undoing all the good that
might otherwise be accomplished.
Both Of these causes, however, might
be overcome. Sometimes when q
remedy is applied, there seems at first
to be an aggravation Of the symp-
toms; so with prohibition. It's critics
point to the fact that where alcoholics
formerly bought their drinks by the
glass, under prohibition they buy
liquors by the gallon. This might
hold true for time, but even grant
ing this, the very excuses of some
alcoholics would be all the more re-
pulsive to the growing youth and the
evils of drink at once more apparent.
The inviting influence Of the saloons
being removed, however, there would
be far less danger from the insidious
onset of alcoholism, and the con-
tinuance Of prohibition would remove
the constant danger TO which the ris-
ing generation is fnnocently exposed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09

suggests that the knights of Co.
lumbus establish a similar hotel
in every large city of the United
States.
If this matter is ever brought
officially before the National
Council of the knights Of Column
bus we venture to predict that it
will be laid on the table. The
National Council has its hands
full at present and it is not likely
to stand sponsor for any project
of this kind, however worthy it
may be. Of course, the national
directors will have no objection
to local councils acting on the
suggestion wherever conditions
warrant it. However, there is not
that pressing need for similar
hotels in many Of the larger
cities, especially in the North,
that there is in New Orleans and
other cities Of the South. Tt is
very doubtful if such hotels could
be made to pay expenses in the
majority Of cases.
The Knights of Columbus in
every state Of the Union are en-
gagged in charitable and educa-
tional work of many kinds and
they cannot be expected to shout
der the added burdens which en-
thusiasts would fain lay upon
them. All over the country local
councils are engaged in social
betterment work of one kind or
another. Here, they have taken
the orphans under their charge ;
there, they support probation off
GERS to look after Catholic wards
Of the juvenile and municipal
courts; elsewhere, they conduct
free employment bureaus, organize
lecture courses and finance mis-
sions for nom Catholics. In some
places they are striving to estab-
lsh institutions similar to the Y.
M. G. A. for Catholic young men
and women. It cannot be ex-
pected that they will take under
their fostering care every project
for Catholic betterment no matter
how favorably it may be recon-
mended to their attention.
The Knights Of Columbus, as an
organization, is young yet. 1t
must have time to grow and es-
tablish itself on a solid basis and
devote it's attention to the pur-
pose for which it was called into
being. When success in its
chosen sphere of activity perches
on it's banner, then it can take up
other kinds of work. In the
meantime, it is doing splendid
service to religion along the lines
mapped out by it's leaders under
the direction Of the Hierarchy.
Let us not hamper this progress
by seeking premature extension
of it's field of labor.