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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22

The most unique feature at the an
nual exposition of motor trucks held
at the Coliseum, Chicago, last week
was the Motor Chapel, "St. Peter"
built for the Catholic Church Exten-
sion Society. This Motor Chapel is
the first of its kind built in America.
It's equipment is complete in every
respect and includes all that is re-
quired for the celebration of Mass and
the holding of other Catholic services.
The missionary priests who will travel
in it will be able to conduct church
services precisely as in the largest
Cathedral and with as much solem-
nifty. Besides the regular church serv-
ice there will be given, while the car
| is en- route, illustrated lectures on
Catholic doctrine and Bible subjects.
The car is eighteen and one-half feet
long, six and three-quarters feet wide
and eleven and one-half feet high. The
general plan and details of construc-
ton and equipment were designed by
the Rev. E. B. Ledvina, First Vice
President and General Secretary of
/
the Society.
The altar is located in the back
portion of the car the sides of which
are of folding door construction and
when open form the sanctuary walls.
A drop device increases the regular
width of the car to thirteen feet, form
ing a platform surrounding the altar.
Besides the combination altar and
vestment cabinet the car carries a
folding confessional, folding organ
and chimes and all other accessories
for Catholic services. When the altar
is not in use it can be pushed to the
rear and the space in front occupied
as living quarters.
The Motor Car also carries tent
which is erected over it at each
stopping place and when spread out
is capable of accommodating as many
as two hundred persons. This viii
form what may be called the church
proper, the Motor Car serving as the
sanctuary. The tent also acts as 6
protection against rain and other in
clemencies of the weather 1t is twen
ty by fifty feet with seven and one
half foot walls. The entire cost o
the car and it's equipments is $500
Two years ago car similarly equip
ped started on it's missionary toul
throughout the country districts o.
England and has been great aid IL
the work of disseminating Catholic
truth and bringing the benefits of re
ligion to the Catholics in sparsely set
tied districts. The Motor Car, est
Peter" will serve similar purpose il
the Southern and Southwestern part!
of this country. 1t can go into dis
tricts where the two Chapel Car!
owned by the Extension Society could
not penetrate On it's first missionar!
trip the Motor Car will be in charge
of two Oblate Fathers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
LECTURES AGAINST SOCIALISM
PROPOSED TOURS TO CREATE
PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST So
CIALiSM.

Messrs. P. W. Collins and David
Goldstein, both well known anti
socialist lecturers, are again entering
upon new lecture tours under the
auspices of the Central Bureau of the
Central Verein. These tours will
end shortly after Easter and both
speakers will again be at the disposal
of other parishes and societies then.
The numerous lectures which in
the last two years have been ar
ranged by the Central Bureau have
proved a factor in molding public
opinion on Socialism and social ques-
tions. Parishes, societies. or city
federations desiring to secure a
lecture in April or May would do well
to arrange as soon as possible, to
allow the local committees ample
time for necessary preparations and
thus to assure the success of the
lecture. All requests for further in
formation should be addressed to
Central Bureau of the Central Yer
elm, 3O7-S0S Temple Bldg, st. Louis,
NO., and will receive prompt and
careful attention. 1t may also be of
interest to know that just lately an
"Anti-Socialist Lecture Bureau" has
been opened by non-Catholics at
Washington, d. C.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
.HONORs GENERAL SHIELDS
APPROPRIATION FOR STATUE TO
TO BE PLACED AT CARROLL
TON, MO.

The Missouri Senate has passed the
bill of Senator Busby providing for an
appropriation to erect a monument to
the late General James Shields in the
little city of Carrollton, Mo.
The admirers of General Shields are
confident that the House will pass the
bill before the session ends.
General Shields body is buried in
st. Mary's cemetery, Carrollton. A
monument is erected to him there
which was unveiled by Archbishop
Glennon on November II, 1870
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
NEW ANTIPH0NALE
VATICAN EDITION JUST ISSUED
IN RoME-CONTAINS RECITA-
TIVE MELODIES OF THE DIVINE
OFFICE.

From Rome comes the information
that the new Antiphonale which has
been looked forward to for several
years has now been issued. It may
interest our readers to learn that
this part of the liturgical books con-
tains all the psalms, antiphons and
other parts of the Holy Office, the
Hours of the ecclesiastical year, all
carefully edited. The monasteries
and congregations which sing the
Divine Office will be especially inter
ested in the new work and it might
be added that the number of relig-
ious houses where the Office is sung
every day is gradually increasing in
this country.
The Antiphonale takes it's name
from the antiphons, the short pas
sages sung or recited before and after
each psalm in the Divine Office and in
the public vespers (which is part
of the office) which contain in them
selves collectively the spirit of the
feast commemorated in the Office.
The Antiphonale gives many ver-
sions of the tones for the lessons,
prayers and other parts of the office
that are sung in recitative, retaining
some Of the ancient melodies that
have standing of usage in some
parts of the world but have not, per-
haps, had official recognition. The
composition of these recitative melo-
dies, and there are many of them in
the Office, is as interesting and won
derful as the tones of the Prefaces
and each different infection of the
voice. has it's proper place in the
text. Their beauty does not depend
upon a sweet voice though it may
be enhanced by it; they are impress
sive even when sung with every
scanty vocal display IL infected cor
rectly; it is impossible to deprive
these beautiful old chants of their
dignity.
There will be limited number OF
copies of the original edition and no
more copies of this edition will be
printed by the Vatican from these
plates, making the copies of unique
value to the book collector Of first
editions. The copies of the typical
edition viii be accommodated to
orders for them, as long as the copies
hold out, by J. Fischer & Bro, Of
New York, who are authorized by the
Vatican to reprint the volume. The
next forthcoming editions viii be
from the presses of the world and
win be replica Of the Vatican edition
with bindings and makeup according
to the taste Of the publishers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
GIFT FOR CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
PICTURE REPRESENTING THE
DEATH OF LEO XIII TO BE HUNG
IN GIBBONS MEMORIAL HALL
PRESENTED BY JOHN D. GRIM
MINIS.

The Catholic University of Washing
ton will shortly receive, as gift from
John D. Crimmins, famous painting,
by the Marquise de Wentworth de-
picting the last moments of Leo XIII.
This picture has been accepted by
the Board of Trustees and will be
placed in the Gibbons Memorial Hall.
While Mr.. Crimmins has not made
known how much he paid for the can
vas, competent critics and art dealers
state that it was not bought for less
than $4,000. 1t is said that a Cath
olic club in Paris offered $4,000 for
it with a view to presenting it to the
French museum. The picture repre-
sents the scene which took place at
the death bed of His Holiness Leo
XIII.
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paid, workshops are in such unsani-
tary conditions that immediate
changes are necessary; that in GER
tain industries hours of labor are
prejudicial to the health of the work
ers. For the remedying of these evils,
proper legislation seems to be the only
means"
The Director of the Survey, Miss
Caroline J. Gleason, is the daughter
of Mr.. John M. Gleason, of Mime
apolis. She is graduate of st. Clara
College, Sinsinawa, Wis, and of the
University Of Minnesota. Her work
in the West has received the commen-
dation Of all who are familiar with its
Importance. Father O'Hara who is
the soul of the movement in Portland
is a native of Lanesboro, Mimi, and a
graduate of st. Thomas College and
of st. Paul Seminary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
DILIGAM TIE, DONNIE.
written for The Catholic Bulletin, by
Helen Hughes Hielscher.)

Helen Hughes Hielscher.)
With all my strength / praise the
Lord,
The roof and crown of my desires,
The height to which my soul aspires;
My hope and refuge is His word
And, praising, on His name / call,
For have been to death prey;
And streams of sin enclosed my way;
He'll spread her nets to meet my fall.
In my distress I called on Him,
And, seated in His holy place,
My cry went up before His face,
The earth shook to its utmost rim.
The mountains trembled to their base,
Because His mighty wrath was
stirred;
With smoke the heavens above were
blurred,
And fire came flashing from His face.
He bowed to earth the arching blue,
And darkness lay about His feet,
He rode a winged angel feet,
And throught the wind and rain
clouds flew.
Clouds fed before His face in gloom,
The heavens wept Goals of fire and
hail,
And forked lightning left it's trail;
The splintered earth gaped like a
tomb
At Thy rebuke, Oh Lord; And then
Thou caught'st me from the foaming
flood,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
POPE HONORs EDITORS
PAPAL MEDAL CONFERRED ON
BOARD OF EDITORS OF THE
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Final Volume Presented to His
HoIiness-SpeciaI Vatican Edition
Sets Sold at $4,000 Each.

On February IL, His Eminence Car
dinal Farley, received from Pope
Plus X, the medal "Pro Ecc1esia eli
Pontifice,'' an important decoration
bestowed by his Holiness upon the
board of editors of the Catholic En-.
cyclopedia. The order was insti
tuted by Pope Leo XIII, in 1888 and
the decoration was made a perman
ent distinction in 1898. It's object is
to reward those who in a general
way deserve well of the Pope on ac
count of services to the Church The
medal is of gold, silver or bronze
1t is cross shaped, made rectangular
in form by fleurs de lis, fixed in the
angles of the cross. In the centre
of the cross is small medal with
an image of it's founder, Pope Lee
XIII. The ribbon is purple, with
delicate lines of white and yellow on
each border.
The board of editors of the Catho
lie Encyclopedia consists of Charles
G.. Herbermann, Phi. D., LII. D., pro
fessor of Latin language and litera
ture at the College of the City o1
New York; Very Rev. Edward A
Pace, Phi. D., D. D., professor of philo
sophy at the Catholic University in
Washington; Conde B. Pallen, Phi
D., LII. D., of New Rochelle; Mgr
Thomas ]. Shahan, D. D., rector oi
the Catholic University, Washington
and the Rev. ]. J. Wynne, S. j.
DR.. Conde B. Pallen, Managing Edi.
tor, who went to Rome to present to
the Pope the final volume of the
Vatican edition of the Encyclopedia
returned to New York on February
2. DR.. Pallen was received by Pope
Plus X in private audience when he
presented to His Holiness the final
volume of the Catholic Encyclopedia
The Pope thanked the editors fol-
their magnificent gift and congratu
lated them on the success of their
work.
The Vatican edition of the Catho
lie Encyclopedia consists of twenty
six sets, lettered from A to 2. 1t
was the set with the letter A that
was presented to the Pope. About
twenty of the remaining sets have
been sold at $4,000 each, among the
purchasers being ]. Pierpont Morgan
and other, wealthy collectors. The
edition is printed on Japan paper
especially made for the Catholic En-.
cyclodepia. These volumes, bound
in beautiful white vellum, are extra
illustrated with over a hundred photo
gravures and many color plates which
are not in the other editions. Each
one of the twenty-six sets was person
ally autographed by Pope Plus x.
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the society. Those happy events have
had such good results that plans are
already made for an excellent concert
to be given for both children and par
ents shortly after Easter.
Religious Instruction.
1t took some time to learn the
names of the Italian families and be-
come acquainted with the children.
Besides putting forth general efforts
to bring them together, house to
house visits were made and the visi-
tors became helpers where help was
really needed. The visitation of the
homes had it's educational value for
the Christ Child Society members as
we'll as for those on whom they
called. This activity had the desired
result at the opening of st. Ambrose
Church. The attendance at Catechism
soon became large enough to call for
the employment of goodly number
of Sunday School teachers. Happily,
there has never been a shortage of
the latter In fact, it was at the time
apparent that some of the young
members of the society felt somewhat
disappointed at, not having regular
classes assigned to them. 1t was found
that when religious instruction was
impaired to the children in the Ian
guage of the schools they attended,
greater progress was made than when
they were catechfzed in the language
of their parents. This good work has
never been neglected since its incep-
tion nearly two years ago and al
ready considerable number of Italian
boys and girls are we'll grounded in
matters of faith. Many of them have
helped in the work of instruction. AT
the present time the regular teachers
are the Misses Quinlan, Shields, Short
Perkins, Nolan, Kennedy and Toomey
Acknowledgment must be made o1
the valuable assistance rendered al
various times by the Misses Mcclure
Clark, Stone, Boeke, MoTloy, Butler
Sampson, Hickey, Brennan, McFadden
O'Brien, Beckwith, De La Barth, Dono
hue and others.
Settlement Work.
Besides Sunday School instruction
the need of practical training for girls
and boys was early recognized. A
beginning was made in settlement
work when the first sewing class wat
organized. For while the members
met in basement room of ST. Mary!
School. This was found to be TOT
far from the homes of the great major
ity of the Italian children, and abou
Continued on Page 81
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PSALM SEVENTEEN

And sav'st me from the viper brood,
And gav'st me life and hope again.
He led me forth to open fields,
Because that He was pleased with
me;
He will reward accordingly;
For unto vice | did not yield
Like unto those with whom we talk,
We shape our lives, and vice flies far
If sages our companions are,
But perverse ones will virtue mock.
The Lord will light me through the
land,
And in the dust His power shall lay
The walls that tower before my way;
He leads His children by the hand
And strength within my feet doth
grow,
And swiftness like the mountain deer,
My heart leaps with scorn of fear,
My arms are like the brazen bow.
Thy strong right hand corrected me,
And in Thy dicipline was strength,
l will o'ertake my foes at length,
My foot shall grind the enemy.
They shall cry out but none will hear,
And into dust they shall be beat,
Or trod like dirt into the street;
But with Thy help I will not fear.
1 taught the stranger to obey
And hearken unto Thy command;
Their children lied and from the land
They faded soon and passed away.
Now l will raise my voice to sing
Unto the Lord that helpeth me,
The Lord who giveth victory,
And over nations sets me king.
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DEATH OF THE POPE's SISTER
ROSA sARTo SUccUMRs TO PA
RALYsIs IN HER sEVENTY-sEV-
ENTH YEAR.

The death of Rosa Sarto, sister OF
Pope Plus x, which occurred at Rome
on February IL, caused the deepest
grief to the Holy Father to whom she
was devotedly attached during his dis
tfnguished career. She was seventy
seven years old and lived in Rome
with her sb5ter and niece since the
elevation of her brother to the Ponti
fical Throne.
The funeral obsequies took place in
the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the
remains were accompanied to theil
final resting place by few prelates
and the Pope'ss two secretaries.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE {
A BILL PROVIDING FOR ONE DAY
OF REST IN SEVEN HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED INTO THE SOUTH
DAKOTA LEGIsLATURE-THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.

The agitation carried on during the
past year by Bishop Busch, of Lead,
for better observance of the Sunday
as day of rest and religious worship
has already borne fruit. His efforts
have attracted attention not only in
Lead, but throughout the diocese and
state. Many of the business men and
city officials Of Lead have promised to
cooperate with him for the purpose
of obtaining for workingmen an op-
portunity to rest from their labor on
Sunday and give some thought to the
religious significance of the day.
This movement has received consid-
erable impetus of late as a result of
a bill introduced into the State Legis-
lature by Mr.. Colgan. 1t provides for
an act "To Promote the Public Health
by Providing for One Day of Rest in
Seven for Employees in Certain EN-
ployment." The bills is as follows:
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of South Dakota:
Section I. Scope of the Act: Every
employer Of labor, whether person
partnership or corporation, engaged in
carrying on any factory, mine or mer
cantile establishment in this state
shall allow every person except those
specified in Section 2, employed il
such factory, mine or mercantile estab
lishment, at least twenty-four con
secutive hours of rest in every sever
consecutive days. No employer shall
operate any such factory, mine or mer
camille establishment on Sunday, un
less he shall have complied with Sec
tion 8. Provided, however, that this
act shall not authorize any work or
Sunday not now authorized by law.
| Section 2. Exceptions: This act
shall not apply to (1) janitors, (2)
watchmen, 60 employees whose duties
Include no work on Sunday other than;
a. Setting sponges in bakeries. b
Caring for live animals. c. Maintain
ing fires.
Section g. Schedule for Sunday
workers: Before operating on Sunday
every employer shall post in con
spicuous place on the premises {
schedule containing list of his EN-
ployees who are required or allowed tC
work on Sunday and designating the
day of rest for each, and shall file 6
copy of such schedule with the Com
missioner of Labor. The employer
shall promptly file with the said Com
missioner copy of every change il
such schedule. No employee shall be
required or allowed to work on the
day of rest so designated for him.
Section 4. Time Book: Every EN-
ployer shall keep time book showing
the names and addresses of all EN-
ployees and the hours worked by eacf
of them in each day, and such time
book shall be open to inspection by
the Commissioner of Labor.
Section 5. Penalty: Every employer
who violates the provisions of this act
or any of them, shall be liable to the
state for penalty of ...... dollars
for each offense, recoverable by civi
action by the Commissioner of Labor
Section 6. Time of Taking Effect:
This act shall take effect October first
nineteen hundred and thirteen.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
SOCIAL WELFARE SURVEY.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE WHICH
INVESTIGATED THE CoNDI-
TIoNs OF WOMAN WAGE-EARN-
ERS IN oREGoN-SoME OF THE
CONCLUSIONS MISS GLEASON
OF MINNEAPOLIS, DIRECTOR OF
THE SURVEY.

All who are interested in the con
ditions that obtain among female
wage e-earners in America can read
with profit the report of the Social
Survey Committee of the Consumers
League of Oregon which has recently
been published. This report was is.
sued in pamphlet form under the direc.
tion of the Committee whose Chair
man is the Reverend Edwin v.
| O'Hara.
The investigation was begun in
August, 1912, and covered the wages,
hours, conditions of work, cost and
standard of living of women wage
earners in Oregon and especially in
the city of Portland The greater part
of this work was done by, or under
the direction of, Miss Caroline J.
! Gleason, of Minneapolis, the Director
of the Survey.
In the city of Portland the inves-
tigators gathered information con-
cerning the wages, hours and condi.
tions of labor of 1903 women workers,
and outside Portland similar statistics
were collected for 1,133 working
women. The Director of the Survey
visited most of the larger cities
throughout the state and, for the pur-
pose of obtaining as complete informa-
tion as possible, worked in several of
the places described in the report and
thus was able to obtain first hand in
formation in regard to the real con-
ditions under which women and girls
labor in the various industries.
The report of the Director of the
Survey occupies fffty-three Of the
seventy-one pages in the pamphlet and
gives detailed statistics on all the
points covered by the investigation.
On the relation between efficiency
and wages the report has the follow
ing to say:
During the investigation, several
phases of the female labor problem
have been brought out constantly. One
of these is in regard to the efficiency
of the workers. One fact that was
clearly demonstrated is that efficiency
| 10 GC1 IdA1Ay nOL LnO SLhnu0Au 6NNOAh4A5
to which the majority of workers are
paid. This was evidenced ~ by the
dismissal of highly paid, experienced
employees and the employment of
young, inexperienced substitutes; (2)
by the reduction of rates on piece
work when employees had reached a
certain earning capacity; (3) by the
fact brought out again and again, that
though employees were retained for
years of service, though their efficiency
increased with time, they found it an
impossibility to keep their position
and bring their wages above certain
low figure"
The result OF the investigation is
thus summarized: "The investigation
has proved beyond a doubt that a
large majority of self-supporting
women in the state are earning less
than it costs them to live decently;
that many are receiving subsidiary
help from their homes, which thus
contribute to the profits Of their en-
ployers; that those who do not re-
ceive assistance from relatives are
breaking down In health from lack of
proper nourishing food and comforta-
BILE lodging quarters, or are supple
menting their wages by money re-
ceived from immoral living. That
even in places where living wages are
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
NEW WINNIPEG CHURCH
ST. EDWARDS PARISH LETS CON-
TRACT FOR A $4,000 sTRUc-
TURE TO BE COMPLETED DUR
ING THE YEAR-UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF FATHER GER
RiTSMA.

St. Edwards parish, the youngest
Catholic parish in the city of Wfnni-
peg, Man., is about to undertake the
erection of church to cost sixty thou
sand dollars. This was decided upon
at a meeting of the congregation held
on December 8, 1912, when the pastor,
Rev. Edward Gerritsma was author
lied to have plans prepared by Mr..
D. w. Bellhouse of Winnipeg. These
plans have just been approved by the
Most Reverend Archbishop Langevin
and last week the contract for the
new church was let for the sum of
$55,800, and the contract for heating
and plumbing for the sum of $4,546
The new church will be built in the
Byzantine style of architecture on the
corner of Arlington Street and Var
ward Avenue. It will be 142 feet long
by 64 feet wide; and the material used
in it's construction will be red brick
with stone trimmings.
st. Edwards parish was organized
in June, 1908 and placed in charge of
Father Gerritsma. The present wood
en- church was erected that year and
in the following year brick school
was built and placed in charge of the
Sisters of the Missions. The growth
of the parish has been rapid and the
additional room which will be fur.
nished by the new church is very
much needed to accommodate the
parishioners.
The work on the new church will
be started Immediately and the con.
tract calls for its completion by the
first of November. The first Mass
will probably be said in the church on
Christmas day.