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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
THE GREAT JOBEL.

At the dawn Of the year 1900
Rome beheld new and unWonted
spectacle. The whole city was on
the tiptoe Of expectancy Crowds
of Romans and pilgrims from for
eign chimes fastened to the basil
lea of st. Peter to make pious
visits to that ancient and veneer
able church. The Pope and the
papal court made inquiries as to
the unusual spectacle, and they
were informed that the people
were going thither to gain the
great indulgence that had been
promised all those who would visit
Rome at the dawn of each century.
Investigation was made in the pa
pal archives for information on
this subject. Consultations were
held between the Pope and the
cardinals. Finally it was decided
to issue Bull granting plenary
indulgence for all those who com
piled with certain conditions, and
to order the celebration Of this
great event once every hundred
years. Thus was instituted the
great Jubilee, or Jobel, as the
Hebrews called it.
The reigning pontiff, Boniface
VIII, issued the famous Bull. Anti
quorum habet, in which he laid
down the conditions for gaining
the Jubilee indulgence. Pope
Paul II, in 1470, eventually de-
cided to celebrate the Jubilee
every twenty-five years, the prac-
tice at present in force.
The celebration of the Jubilee
has ever evoked all the latent
powers Of Christian devotion. The
plenary indulgence which per-
son may gain for himself, and the
other great indulgences which are
made applicable to the suffering
souls, all tend to arouse the faith
ana the -cnaf1ty OF CathOllcS the
world over.
This year a special Jubilee is
being held all over the Christian
world. Catholics will endeavor to
take advantage Of this singular
privilege, and will gain as many
indulgences as possible, especially
for the souls Of their departed.
This is an opportunity which no
devout Catholic will lose. May it
be said that the Catholics of the
Northwest are not behind the old
Romans of the year 1900 in fervor
and devotion and the realization
of the unwonted privileges which
form a part of our Christian heri-
tage.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
DRINK AND LONGEVITY.

you say that drink Injuries health
and shortens life, do you not?"
Eyes, that is the universal convic-
ton"
well, there is Old links, who drank
all his life and lived to be over
eighty"
well, there is Old Thinks, who
thought it well never to drink, and
has lived to be over ninety and is liv-
ing yet But one swallow does not
make spring. Old Jinks is dead,
believer"
Eyes, he was no longer able to look
after himself, so they took him to the
poor-house, where he died the other
day."
well, drank all his life and died at
the age of eighty in the poor-house, is
a rather brief and sad biography for so
long life, is it not? If he had not
drunk he might have lived longer and
Jared better. Any man would rather
have it said of him after his death that
he had been sober, Industrious, honest,
truthful and God-fearing; had been
good son, brother, husband and father,
neighbor and patriotic citizen, total
abstainer all his life, and died at fifty
in his own home, surrounded by
faithful wife and dutiful children, than
that he had drunk all his life, lived to
be eighty and died in the poor-house"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
VICE COMMISSIONS.

Within the past two years we
have had a plethora Of commits
sions appointed in the larger cities
to investigate the so-called social
evils. Some Of these commissions
have done work that will greatly
help to understand the enormity
of the evils, and to show how in
nocence and youth are exploited
and sacrificed on the altar Of COM
mercialism. But the hellish fends
who would teach what they are
pleased to call sex hygiene in the
schools are allowed to roam at
large and to impress the public,
already weary of fads and sex
hygiene drivel, with their absurd
and criminal theories.
Now just what good has come of
all these commission reports? In
what particular city has the social
evil been eliminated? What per-
manent stand have the municipal
tiles affected taken on the sub
ject? A storm was conjured out
of the abyss, police were driven to
explanations, legislators have been
aroused, the denizens of the
abodes of vice have been scattered
for a time, have returned, and the
public attention has been diverted
elsewhere. In the meantime vice
continues to flourish in the same
places wherein it had it's home
and its inception.
False theories have been adj
duced as the alleged causes of
such crimes. The working girl
has been the object of the attack,
and it has been declared that a
salary of only six dollars a week
will send any female to ruin. This
evil is not so much an economic
one as it is strictly a religious
question. A mere question of
wages alone will not affect the
state of this question, as there is
a large proportion of this evil ex-
listing in higher places, and mat
ter of few dollars more or less
will affect but very few, and those.
of the weak-minded class. The
religious instruction and training
of the young will alone put a stop
to the widespread havoc of this
terrible curse of Sodom and Go
morrha. The work of the commits
sions has been to widely advertise
the vice, to show its prevalence,
display its sensual allurements.
to cause it to enter into the ordi-
nary topics of conversation, and
thus to blunt the edge Of its helm
BUSINESS by making its discussion
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02

Some persons seem to think that
the Pope is very wealthy. The
truth is that he has no personal
wealth; the money he receives is
used for actual expenses and for
Catholic mission work throughout
the world.
On this subject "Rome" tells a
story which our readers may not
have heard before:
Some years ago the ladies of the
aristocracy of Vienna organized a
special collection of Peter Pence
and took their turn to stand at the
doors of the cathedral to receive
the offerings. Among the crowd
came a wealthy financier who
stopped before one of the collec-
tors, ostentatiously took bank
bill from his pocket book, but in
stead of dropping it into the plate
handed it to a poor beggar-wom-
an with the words: "Take this.
good woman, l prefer to give to
the poor instead of to the Pope
and Cardinals who don't need my
money to live we'll" The mendi-
cant Immediately dropped the bill
in the plate, saying: "This is
for Peter Pence. !"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
ITALIAN TEMPERANCE.

The daily press informs us that at
recent anti-alcohol congress held in
Florence one of the speakers declared
that the Italians are rapidly forfeit
ing their reputation of being the so
berest among Continental peoples.
Alcoholic psychosis, he said, is max
| ing great progress in the Peninsula,
and in common with the experience
of other nations it is most prevalent
in the great manufacturing centers.
Fifty-three Of the fifty-four asylums of
the country (there were no returns
from Naples) report 1902 cases of al
coholic insanity, of which ISL we're
women. This is an increase of 100
per cent for men and of over 100 per
cent for women when compared with
the period 1903-1905. The production
of alcohol is prodigious. In twenty
years it has leaped from 1,750,000 to
17,75O,OOO gallons, over 11,75O,OOO of
which was used for drink. The brew
| ing Of beer has increased during the
same period from 100000 to 12,0OO,-
900 gallons.
On the other hand, England" as a
report in the same paper puts it, els
SOLDERING up" and is very far from
being in the bibulous condition that
prevailed there "thirty-four years
ago." AS within those "thirty-four
years. the Church has made remark
able progress in restoring England to
its ancient faith, for there are now
1,793,000 Catholics in that part of
Great Britain who possess 1,13S ele-
mentary and $50 secondary schools,
with 2,1S2 churches, chapels and sta
tons, and in 1911 alone there were
over 1000 conversions to the faith, it
is quite possible that the changed
conditions in the matter Of temper
ance may be traced to the rapid re-
turn of the nation to religious truth.
On the other hand, the persistent ef-
forts of the Italian Government dur
ing the last "thirty-four years" to
crush out all religion from the hearts
Of the people may sufficiently explain
why the Italians are no longer distfn-
guished for that remarkable temper
ance which was for centuries their
glory.
sArcygrc +,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
THE TREATING SYSTEM.

Hon. Champ. Clark, Speaker of the
House of Representatives said the
other day:
zone of the worst phases of saloon
life is the treating system. 1 have
seen half dozen choice American
citizens, leaders in their line of work,
line up in front of bar, and in less
than thirty minutes come out indie
cent, jabbering idiots. A hog would
feel insulted if any one of them
should call it brother. You know how
it is done. One threw down dollar
that he said he could not afford to give
his wife two hours before, and treated
the bunch. The others did the same,
and so on, until the bartender had
served six orders, thirty-six drinks, and
had pocketed the change of six Ameri-
can sheep"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
WHAT A BOTTLE or WHISKY
DID.

A South Australian paper makes the
following comments on the receipt Of
a little gift from an admirer of the
journal: "A present in the shape Of
bottle of fine old Scotch whisky was
kindly sent to the Office at 2 p. m. on
Thursday. Ten minutes past that
hour not a drain of the liquor remain
ed. Ten seconds later the office boy
had sold the bottle at the rag and
bone shop next door. At 2:3O three
men were charged with being drunk
and disorderly. The editor of this
paper returns thanks for this hand
some gift, and would feel obliged if
the donor of the whisky would send
along us, policeman's helmet,
new office boy, four panes of glass, a
new street-door knocker and-no more
whisky"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918.

1t is not often, says the Catho.
lie News, particularly in a Catho.
lie country, that a Bishop is call.
ed upon to administer the sacra.
ment Of confirmation to the head
of the municipality which he is
visiting. Such a unique occur
renee took place, however, a few
days ago at Bezac, near Panniers
France. On the arrival of the
Bishop he was greeted by the
Mayor and corporation Of this
Catholic town. After the children
had been confirmed the Mayor, M
Marfaing, presented himself fo1
the sacrament, which he had
never received, and Monsigno1
lizard administered it. This has
very much annoyed the anti-cler-
zeal Mayors Of France.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02

The new Belgian School Law
prescribes obligatory education of
both boys and girls between six
and fourteen years Of age, with a
preparatory course in case Of in
tention to enter on a technical or
professional career. The teachers
must be natives and properly &C
credited; the communes are oblig-
ed to furnish gratuitous medical
inspection; and free schools COM
plying with the conditions of the
law are put on the same footing
as the State schools, their teach
ers getting the same salary as in
the public establishments.
This arrangement has been
made in order to safeguard lib
erty of conscience for all classes,
and especially to protect the poor.
The rich can select whatever pay
schools they prefer; a luxury
from which the poor are debarred.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
vi NAN SUFFRAGE
AND ITS AR Gu N { \ IS
WRITER IN "AMERICA" ANALYZES
ALLEGED REASONS FOR
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

Woman suffrage is question of the
day. The agitation for it is as uni
versal now as it was sudden in its de-
yelopment from a mere academic opin.
ion of few enthusiasts. One has to
consider, therefore, what view he ought
to take of it. Much that is said about
| it is beside the question, which must
be separated from all irrelevances
Thus, that there have been queens, as
well as kings, and very good queens,
too, is no more an argument in favor
of woman suffrage than that there
have been prophetesses, as well as
prophets, demonstrates the propriety
of female preachers. In the first place,
queens became such usually by hered-
itary right, by accident, through de-
fault of male heirs of equal proximity
to the defunct ruler. Secondly, though
the sovereign may be the supreme pos
SCISSOR of the three powers, the execu-
tive, the legislative and the judicial,
though the acts of these stand in her
tration and execution are in the hands
of others, advisers, ministers, judges,
agents of various kinds who are al
ways men. If an example could be
brought of a kind governing success
fully by means of women, it would
give an argument of some value; but
even then it would prove no more than
capacity to govern, and mere capacity
does not establish an antecedent right.
Secondly, the argument from queens
is only pari. Such an argument is
valid only when the conditions are the
same in both cases; otherwise it is a
fallacy. For example: Compressed
paper wheels are said to work well in
railway carriages, therefore they will
work well as driving wheels of locomo-
tives. It does not follow, and we think
experiment would prove the contrary.
Does 1t Work Well?
Where woman suffrage exists it
works we'll" This is pragmatic ar
gument, but it does not prove right.
Moreover, works well' is rather
vague, and needs clearer definition.
Does it mean only that certain particu-
lar advantages are gained, or does it
mean that the whole social organiza-
ton is perfected? Besides it is a uni
Versal assertion. Does it rest, with
those who make it, on complete
knowledge of all those places where it
is found, or on a knowledge, often in
complete, of certain places only? How
ever these things may be, the argu-
ment can only prove that the question
of woman suffrage is worth consider
ing. We may add that our experience
even in all such places is very limited.
If women vote, they viii, as logical
consequence, be voted for eventually,
and will hold Office executive, legisla-
tive and judicial. We have no salts
factory example of body polite SO
organized. Resuming our example, let
us suppose it proved by experience
that locomotive driving wheels of COM
pressed paper work well, 1t does not
follow that the whole machine, boiler
and fire box included, can be made Of
that material In connection with this
argument authority IL quoted. Bishops
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02

With regard to the present Bal
kan internecine troubles it is well
to remember that the Montene-
grins are Orthodox Greeks, and
very hostile to the Catholic
Church. In their siege of Scutari,
we read that: ''Every church,
school, convent, and hospital was
a mark. Two thousand wretched
refugees were sheltered in the ca
thedra1, believing it would be safe.
But the guns Of the Orthodox
sought specially each Catholic
building. A searchlight turned
on the cathedral at night enabled
the gunners finally to get the
range, and forty shells in and near
it completely wrecked the finest
building in these lands" The at
titude of Catholic Austria in pro-
testing against these outrages is
perfectly reasonable and justif-
able. The sympathy of the world,
recently on the side of the Bal
kan peoples, is now justly turned
into indifference or adherence.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02

in otherwise select circles sub
ject Of unblushing interest. In a
word, the only visible, tangible
result of these commissions is that
now vice is better known, its
votaries are better advertised,
they evoke no more horror, and
the goddess children of goddess
parents are thus enabled to follow
their evil bent with a better
chance of impunity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
RE N IN SCE NES OF
LOUIS PHILIPPE

How Louis Philippe, due d'Orleans
and later King of the French, lived for
several years at Bardstown, KY, and
even paid court to pretty maid OF
Frankfort, the State capital, is re-
lated in an article in the National
Waterways Magazine, published by
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress, by the Countess Spottiswood-
Mackin. The article is profuse in
the asylum found by the Bourbon ex-
lie during most troublous period of
his eventful career, when Marat had
proposed the setting of a price upon
his head, and of priceless objects of
art presented by him to st. Joseph
Cathedral at Bardstown after he be-
came sovereign of France and, still
later, following the downfall of his
dynasty. Among the art works pic
tured are several vestments of exceed
ing beauty and great intrinsic value,
embroidered by Louis Philippe's
queen, Marie Amelie, and his sister,
Adelaide, after the flight of the court
to England, which still repose in the
Bardstown Cathedral.
Returning from the recent world
peace conference at st. Louis, whittier
she had been sent as delegate by
Governor Herman Sulzer, of New
York, and by the President General of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, the Countess Spottiswood-
Mackin made a pilgrimage to her
alma mater, the convent-academy at
Nazareth, and while there she OBJ
tanned material evidence of the so
journ of Louis Philippe, which has
been shrouded in mystery and doubt
by historical writer's of the past
Photographs of the rectory of Bishop
B. ]. Flaget, at Bardstown, where
Louis Philippe was frequently enter
tanned by his confessor and spiritual
advisor, and of the sacred objects pre-
scented to the religious community at
Bardstown, including bell which still
hangs in the tower of the Cathedral,
are published for the first time.
The stay of the Bourbon duke in
Kentucky was not without sugges-
ton of romance, the Countess relates,
continuing:
While visiting Frankfort the ducal
party was entertained at the Love
House, which has ever been associated
with Burr's conspiracy, where gala
ball was rendered in their honor
The stately minuet was danced and
Louis Philippe invited young lady
to dance with him, but she declined,
fearing to wound the feelings of al
plain young man with whom she had
but short while before declined to
enter the minuet That the loyal
maiden made more than superficial
upon His Highness is APP
parent from the fact that, when, three
decades or more later, he found him
self King of the French, a gentleman
from Frankfort who had known him
during the period of his exile, called
upon him at Paris. The King inquired
for his Frankfort queen, and chatted
OF the ball at the Love
House and the incident of the minuet,
In centennial ode to the City of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02

papers and magazines have taken
up the question. We mentioned
a general idea of reform, but the
intention was not to insist on any
one remedy. In fact, there are
four or FIVE good remedies we
know of that would cause a great
improvement.
Now, one of our esteemed and
distinguished contemporaries, the
True Voice, appears to think that
we are rather theorizing, and that
we have blamed former Arch
bishop Hughes, of New York, for
having oceasioned the present
state of affairs. 1t is unfair to
these men," says the Voice, to
blame them for result which not
they but the system brought
about. J." Our worthy friend, The
Voice, has somewhat mistaken the
issue, the spirit of our editorial,
and the controversy in which the
great Archbishop figured so prom
inently. Let us say right here
that it were harmful to begin a
controversy among Catholics
themselves on this subject, as this
will simply aid in entirely obfus-
eating the main issue. 1t is well
to state, however, that Archbishop
Hughes did indeed fight the pres
ence of Protestant worship in the
schools. and he won his fight
against the narrow and bigoted
Public School Society by driving
said society out of existence after
two years. But he also fought
for state recognition for the Cath
Ollie school, as we see, among many
other places, in his words adj
dressed in a famous document Of
the "Roman Catholics to their
fellow-citizens of the City and
State Of New York, -" published
on August 10, 1910. He says in
part: "We feel it unjust and
oppressive that while we educate
our children as well, we contend,
as they would be at the public
schools, we are denied our portion
of the school fund, simply because
we, at the same time, endeavor to
train them up in principles of vir-
tue and religion. This we feel to
be unjust and unequal, for we pay
taxes in proportion to our num-
bers, as other citizens" He
therefore fought to GUST Protes-
tantism from the public schools
and also to obtain some kind of
state recognition for the Catholic
schools which he was soon obliged
to build Moreover, in our edi-
torial, we said advisedly that the
attitude of Catholics in recent
years" has changed considerably,
intending to eliminate by those
words any reference to Arch
bishop Hughes, whose ideas on
tax apportionment were broad and
clear. We might add that since
the writer of this article claims
the distinction Of relationship
with the great Churchman it were
i'll grace for us to stir up family
dissension.
Now, we maintain that the posi-
ton Of Catholics is illogical on
this question, nor do we think that
the time is not ripe for some kind
of action. What is the remedy?
Several remedies suggest them
selves, but we simply ask that any
and all remedies be discussed and
that finally something be done,