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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
POET LAUREATESHIP OF ENG.
LAND

The post of poet laureate which has
been vacant since the death of Alfred
Austin. was last week the butt for
some good natured raillery by Irish
members in the House of Commons,
The ancient post, it appears, like that
of the post of Kings Jester, Is falling
into disuse. Surely the salary, which
is only $3.50 with an allowance of s135
in lieu OF "a butt of sack" Is not in
tended to make it position to be
much sought after.
The merriment at the cost of the
ancient and honorable post was start
ed when Arthur Lynch, the Irish mem
Der for West Glare, asked Premier
Asquith as to the salary, the privileges
and the prerequisites for the office.
The Premier admitted that he did not
know the exact duties of the post or
it's prerequisites, but enlightened the
members to the extent Of stating the
salary 1t carries with it.
Swift MCNEIL, another Irish member
who has the reputation of being the
wit of the house, then took the floor
and discoursed seriously on the de-
STABILITY of reviving the post of Kings
Jester. Mr.. Mcneil had no more than
taken his seat in the midst of a round
of laughter when a third Irish MEM
Der suggested the name of Mr.. MCNEIL
for the post. To put finishing touch
on the humorous discourse, Captain
Lynch rose to ask whether "butt
of sack" was not an intolerable deal
Of sack for 'ha'porth of poetry"
Such is the way the ancient post of
honor is considered at the present day.
Time was when to be poet laureate of
England was coveted honor. The
position was filled by men of genius
who left their imprint on English lit
erature. Tennyson is an example. His
fame does not rest on the fact that
he filled the position but on the fact
that he had the genius to honor it. The
late poet laureate was never considered
very highly as a poet. The post has
gradually been falling into disuse of
late years.
The Testing by the Irish. members
about the office of poet laureate and
the mention Of it as being in a class
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

prevention of contagion, and herein
lies one of the greatest benefits that
the science of medicine has given to the
world. To have first discovered that
from person to person, is an honor
that can have few parallels. This has
led to disease prevention and to the
elimination of untold suffering and the
curtailment of the death rate. The
medical men who are honestly striving
to lessen the suffering in the world
are among the worlds leading bene-
factors.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
AMERICA HELPS HOME RULE.

Moral support ordinarily seems to be
an intangible thing. To most of us,
while we use the term freely, it does
not seem to have much existence in
reality. And yet there are times when
it becomes a very tangible thing. A
House of Commons last week. John
e. Redmond, chairman of the Irish
Parliamentary, to whom has been sent
many resolutions passed by American
legislatures favoring the granting of
Home Rule to Ireland, took occasion
to read extracts from these messages
of sympathy and support. The result
was that the House was thrown into
a pleasant mood: No one can doubt
the effect. Every supporter of Home
Rule must have felt more inclined to
lend his support to the movement and
more assured that he is in the right
than ever before on hearing these Of
fetal messages for the legislatures of
the great American states.
There can be little doubt that the
moral support that the Home Rule
movement is receiving in this country
is a large factor in the successful ad-
vancement of the cause. The patriotic
1rishmen who led the way in having
the resolutions introduced are to be
complimented for their work. They
are helping Ireland to win the right
to government which the country
has so long fought for and so we'll
deserves.
He that is not with me, is against
me; and he that gathereth not with
me, scattereth," are words of the Cos
pei that apply here as we'll as any 9TH
er place. The support of the Irish
people, wherever they happen to be.
will have its effect on the fight of their
brothers for emancipation. No one
should consider himself too small or
of too little consequence to pass by
an opportunity to help the cause.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
THE ORPHAN ASYLUM PICNIC.


The question of where the Catholic
people of Minneapolis are to go to
celebrate the Fourth of July should
find its solution in the announcement
of the plans for picnic which is be-
ing arranged for the benefit of the
Catholic Orphan Asylum. The picnic
Is not intended for a selfish purpose,
and not even for strictly Catholic
cause, for the Orphan Asylum throws
Its doors open to orphan boys of all
creeds and no creed, alike.
The celebration of the Fourth in
large cities generally takes the form Of
picnic parties, either by people of the
same church or same lodge. The pic
mic offers an opportunity for con-
genial gathering, for q sane and patri-
otto celebration. Most people will go
to the lakes and parks to spend the
day. Catholics should not overlook
the opportunity that will be offered
them to spend the day pleasantly and
at the same time in a way that will
be permanently beneficial to the poor
boys who are so unfortunate as to
be thrown on the world without the
guiding hand of father or mother
to direct them. The Orphan Asylum is
at present caring for more than a hun
dred such boys. The Sisters in charge
find that they are sorely in need of
larger quarters for their noble rescue
Work. A new fireproof dormitory is
needed. This will cost approximately
$125,O00. Sufficient funds are not avail
able at the present time for the work.
To relieve the crowded condition., the
addition ought to be ready for use
next fall. AS means of getting the
much-needed funds the committee has
decided on the plan of holding a NAM
moth picnic on the Fourth of July on
the Orphan Asylum grounds. All the
Catholic societies of the city have
gladly consented to cooperate. The
members of those organizations are
sacrificing time and labor for the sue
cess of the event by which it is hoped
to raise $4,000 for the new building.
The success of the venture now de-
ponds entirely on the willingness of
the individual members of the many
parishes in the city to spend the mon
ey they are certain to spend on that
day at the picnic grounds.
Nothing need be said of the worthi-
ness of the charity. To, have seen
nearly a hundred of the happy little
fellows who know no other home than
the Orphanage and have no other care
than that of the gentle and motherly
Nuns who have the. work in charge,
leading the line of march at the Mem
orial Day exercises at st. Mary's ceme-
terry, would interest the least concerned
in the charity by which they are so
we'll sustained. 1t is duty bounden
on every one of US to see that the
unfortunate boys and girls are given
chance in life. We owe it to our
selves and to society. 1t should be
considered not a sacrifice, but pleas
ure, for every Catholic who possibly
can to cooperate in making the pic
mic success.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

1t now appears that the Socialists
and the Industrial Workers of the
World are at outs in Butte, Montana.
The Socialists are proceeding to ap-
point committee which will endeavor
to have revoked the charter on account
of an alleged fraud by the Industrial
election. The Industrial Workers are
accused of trying to substitute their
doctrines for those of the so-called
regular Socialist party. The whole
difficulty seems to be in determining
the limitations of the doctrine of So
cialism.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
EueENIcs AND COMMON SENSE.

Inc state of Oregon is the first to
enact and enforce a law of eugenics,
The law requires the presentation by
every male applicant for a marriage
license Of a certificate of health. The
certificate must be made out by a doc
tor duly authorized to practice mcdi-
cine in the state within ten days pre-
vious to the application for the mar
riage license and must be filed with
the clerk of court. What the effect
of the law will be remains to be seen.
The scientific mating of men and
women and the cry about eugenics
are the latest attempts of the theorists
to make the laws of hygiene the tenets
for new religion. The underlying
theory is that if men knew what was
bad for their health they would avoid
the commission of evil. The history of
the world has long ago disproved the
theory. Laws providing the penalty of
capital punishment are written on the
statute books of many states and GRIM
mails continue to be hung. Men are
told by reliable doctors that they are
undermining their health by using to-
bacco, and they continue to use it: to
use liquor, and they continue to use
1T; to use opium and other drugs, and
they use them. Man is too prone to
live in the present. The knowledge
of an evil consequence about to come
in the uncertain future is not suf1-
ctent to deter him from acting now.
Health and it's preservation are i'm
portant factors in the well being of
society. But they are far from being
the most important. Modern theorists
are going about the task of elevatinp
society to higher plane by starting
at the wrong end of the program. To
try to teach men to be good by teach
ing them that bodily harm will result
from excuses, is putting virtue on a
scientific basis. 1t is as if one would
try to force the water down q bottle
that is full.
II there is anything in eugenics that
would prevent men from violating the
laws of hygiene. there should be in
finitely more in the teaching of the
Church which maintains that the well
fare Of the soul is the all-important
consideration and that violations OF
laws Of God imperils future happiness
Teach men that immortality is bad. and
how it is a foe of health and you sim
ply teach them, not to abandon the
evil, but to be cautious. Teach them
that the soul is immortal as Christ
taught, teach them the Commandments
and the penalty for breaking them,
and there will be no place or need for
the doctrine of eugenics:
True religion aims at roofing out the
tree of evil; our modern theories only
attempt to prune the tree.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

This week Minneapolis was the guest
ofsthousands Of the leading men among
the medical fraternity Of the United
States. It was notable gathering Of
men interested in science which is
related to life as no other science is.
There Is no question of the remark
satle advances made in the care and
Treatment OF diseases in the last few
decades. It has frequently been said
that half Of the diseases that people
are heir to are preventable. What
has been accomplished in the past is
aa justifcation Of the statement. Won
derfnl strides have been made in the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

The name of First Avenue South
to Marquette Avenue. With Nicollet
and Hennepin, st. Anthony Falls and
now Marquette applied to our promin-
ent streets and the great falls in the
Mississippi, it would be no surprise if
the Guardians of Liberty and the
Menace gang would begin to reinforce
their missionaries in this part of the
country.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
ST. THOMAS
COLLEGE NOTES
A Great Year For the Purple and Gray
Athletes.

With graduation Wednesday after
noon of last week came the end of
what may be termed the greatest year.
athletically speaking, in the history OF
ST Thomas. Football, baseball and
tennis championships besides a Won
derful hockey record, all combine to
adorn the efforts Of the Purple and
Gray athletes during the past year.
Some day this record may be equalled
but one thing t1s certain and that is
that the 1912-1913 string of victories
will never be surpassed by the Midway
men. On the other hand, the past
year has witnessed the development o,
the greatest athlete who ever wore
the st. Thomas colors as yell as the
inauguration of hockey as a diversion
among the Merriam Park Cadets.
Starting the season with but four
veterans, the st. Thomas football
eleven held the veteran Carleton ag-
gregation to tie score after the Mid
way men had participated in but four
days work. Thereafter, they swept all
before them-going through the sea-
son without sustaining single defeat.
Including the record of last falls ma
chine, st. Thomas football team has
not met defeat during the last four
years. Probably the one thing that
brought the most joy to the many fol-
lowers of the military eleven was the
sensational work of the Cadets midget
captain and halfback, Bud Dougherty.
Captain Dougherty's work was contin.
ually in the limelight and he was the
unanimous choice for captain and half
back of the All-State team. Besides
being one of the most popular students
at the Midway school, Dougherty will
go down in st. Thomas history as the
greatest athlete ever turned out of the
military institution.
The wonderful work of the st. Thorn
as baseball nine, which but last week
clinched the Minnesota Dakota colleg-
late championship, may be said to be
on a par with that Of the Cadets foot
ball outfit. Although the Saints were
but an aggregation Of youngsters they
showed they had the pep and fighting
spirit for which their Alma Mater Is
famous and consequently took many a
game with whirlwind finishes.
A straight string of victories unin-
terrupted by a single defeat is the rec
ord of the st. Thomas 1913 tennis team
the second in the history of the
school. Great work on the part Of the
Cadet veterans. however, may be said
to be the secret of the Kaydets' won
derful record. Naturally, the state
collegiate race was walkaway for the
Saints.
Following are the assignments an
nounced to take effect September 4:
Colonel, Owen Cunningham: lieuten-
ant colonel, Al. Meyers: major of LIST
battalion. A. Johnson; major of End
battalion. ]. Hartigan; major of 3rd
battalion, w. O'Brien; captain and az.
jutant. R. Doherty: captain and quar-
termaster, B. Caughrean; captain and
commissary, w. Rech: captain of COM
pany "a" J. Helm; captain of COM
pany 3D." B. Corbett; captain Of COM
pany 3D." o. Armstrong; captain Of
company e." P. Murphy; captain of
company Fl" w. Dickinson; captain
Of company "H," F. Baker; captain of
company IT." C. Doran.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

With the complicated and impos-
sible-to- please-every-o one tariff bill on
Its hands, the first session of the 63rd
Congress is a most busy one and every
member Of Congress, both in the SEN
ate and House Of Representatives, is
on the firing line" watching the in
terests of his constituents and the
state or district he represents.
Among them all there is probably
no representative in Congress more
occupied than the Honorable Ben
johnson of the Fourth District of Ken.
lucky.
Very recently the craftsmanship of
two committees were conferred upon
him, viz: the Democratic COMPRESSION
al committee, to which he was unani-
mously elected chairman, and then to
the great surprise of all, announced
that he had other arduous duties to
occupy his time. and withdrew. In
other words he is too busy"
Almost simultaneously with this
Representative Johnson was named
chairman Of one Of the most import
ant of all the House committees, that
of the District Of Columbia.
In addition to his Congressional
duties, Representative johnson is very
active here in Knights of Columbus
Affairs, and he is seen and heard often
at the different council meetings at
the local temple.
He is getting to be veteran in the
halls Of Congress-. for he has had con-
tinuous service since March 4, 1907.
Representative johnson was born
near Bardstown, Kentucky, on May 20,
1858. and graduated from Saint Mary's
College in 1873; four years later he
graduated from the Louisville Law
University. He has been in politics
since 1885. when he was elected to the
Kentucky House Of Representatives..
and in 1897 was reelected and elected
speaker of the house Of representa-.
tives that year
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
IRELAND AND DIVORCE.

If anyone has any doubt about the
wisdom of the Catholic Church in pro-
hibiting divorce, let him make a study
of the conditions in Ireland. If any,
one believes that the happiness of a
people is increased by putting marriage
on a commercial basis to the extent
of permitting the wholesale granting
of divorces, let him turn to the Same
country for the refutation of the the
DRY. 1t is true that in the British En-
pire the granting of divorce necessl-
tates a special act of Parliament and
the spending Of a large amount of
money. But that cannot be taken as
the only explanation why Ireland has
record of less than one divorce an
nually per 100000 of its population,
while the United States, with 70 d.
vorces per 100000 population annually,
bids fair to soon become close COM
petitor with pagan Japan, with a rec
ord of 215 for the same number of
population.
The United States now leads the
Christian nations of the world in the
number Of divorces it grants yearly.
Who will say that peace and content
ment is growing proportionately in this
country? Who will say that the Irish
people are less happy because they do
not seek wholesale annulment of mar
rage?
The following table, which was pub
lished in the st. Louis Republic, shows
the number of divorces granted anu
ally for each 100000 of the population
in the countries named:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
NlE9 Ea!E1p~
Gk19Es lIss.!e2ttG9g EE!D
e aas

Eleanor Mint" is the name of the
latest drink of the Wilson administra-
ton. Not names, but temperature. is
the important consideration these days.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

Man moves quickest and works best
when the pressure on him is highest
Hence it is, that the men in the east
est stations in life do not always do
the best work.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
Long may it wave!

On June 18th the frs. Of the new
buildings Of Saint Charles College,
Baltimore, will be dedicated, and it is
a great source of regret that Rev.
Father F. x. McKenny, it's president,
who is Ill in Providence Hospital,
Washington, will not be able to at
tend the services.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

The girl graduates of the Minneapolis
schools this month outnumber the boys
by ratio of more than one and half
to one. And still there aye people
who talk about the rights of women
and the wrongs of men.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

June 18th is Flag Day." the birth
of ."Old Glory"
The people of Washington probably
are better acquainted with the flags
of nations than jewellers in any other
American city. The legations of all
civilized nations are here and distin-
guished persons or personages are al
ways coming and going in the capital
Of the United States, and courtesy
calls for the display Of many different
flags. The leading hotels keep flags
of all nations and they make frequent
display of flags representative of ma
lions that were before their absorb.
ton or extinction.
And this brings to mind that in the
flags of all nations which may be seen
in Washington, red is the most usual
color You will see it in nineteen ma
tional standards. You will see blue
in the emblems Of all countries, while
yellow appears in the flags of nine ma
tions. The yellowest flag is, of course,
the United States quarantine flag.
Black is to be seen in the flags of
Germany, Belgium and China; the en-
sign of Samoa has black in it. Green
appears in the flags of five countries,
while the merchant flag of Bulgaria
and of Austria Hungary have green
in them too. The flag with the larg-
est proportion of white is that of
Ecuador
But the grand old flag, the Stars
and Stripes, floats over every govern
ment building and simultaneously, ev-
cry morning at o'clock, the hour for
beginning the official day in the gov
eminent service, the "Star Spangled
Banner" that made Francis Scott Key
and Fort McHenry famous in Amer
lean history, rises to the top of the
Flagstaff and remains there until the
close of the day, 4:3O in the afternoon,
when it is taken down.
When the flag is seen, flying over
the Senate or House of Representa-
tives side Of the Capitol, one may be
sure that the Senate or House is in
session, and when it is seen over the
White House roof, it is an unfailing
sign that His Excellency, the Presi-
dent, is 'at home"
On the other hand, if the President
absents himself from the mansion, if
for only short drive through the
city, the flag is conspicuous by its alb
sence.
Long may it wave!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

yates of this highest institution for
Catholic learning in the United
States: Right Rev. Bishop Busch, Of
Lead, South Dakota; Right Rev.
Bishop Bowling, of Des Moines, Ia;
Right Rev. Manuel Ruiz y Rodriguez.
of Pinar del Rio, Cuba; Right Rev.
Bishop Then, Of Lincoln, Neb.; Hon.
Lawrence o. Murray, former Comp
troller Of the Currency, President of
the United States Trust Company.
Washington, D. c.; Hon. Fred Den
nett, former U. s. Land Commission
er, and Hon. James Gamer, Mayor of
Providence, r. I.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

with the post of Kings Jester is an
unmistakable sign that the position is
falling into disrepute. 1t is an newt
able result Of the onward sweep of
democracy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

Ground has just been broken for the
new dining hall to be erected on the
university grounds, which when COM
pleted will accommodate 500 students.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21

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