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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
VAN PRES.
Jesuit Priests Opinion.

A London evening paper, referring
some time ago to the persistence of
the belief in the reality of vampires,
asked the question, do vampires ex-
ist?" 1t reported case where the
head of family resident in a small
Russian village died, and since then
nine other members of the family
have also died. Believing that their
deaths were the result of the rowing
spirit of their chief, the remaining sur
viving members of the family assem-
bled together a few evenings recently,
disinterred the remains, and cut OFF
the head, again burying the body. They
hope by this means to prevent any
further evil happening to the family
interviewed on the subject by one
of the Catholic Herald representatives,
well known Jesuit Father pointed out
that in Proverbs Xxx, Is, there was an
allusion to the Alngah, whose daugh-
tiers are said to cry "Give, give" The
Alngah might, he said, be the horse
leech, and probably was, but it might
also be the alng or ghnl, an Arabic
female spector which sucked blood.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

received the grace which Almighty
God is working in your soul?"
mo, have never said any prayer,
because, as / told you, do not know
any now. But there are couple Of
little verses my mother taught me
more than fifty years ago. Often at
night when am in bed they come
into my minds matter of habit you
see, and frequently I have fallen
asleep murmuring them to myself"
"Will you say them for me noW?''
asked the priest quietly. Il would
like to hear them"
The old man began without the
least trace of self-consciousness:
Il put my trust forever,
o Mary pure, in thee!
Then show myself mother,
And daily succor me.
And when deaths hand shall touch
me,
Thy pity | implore:
Oh, lead me, dearest Mother,
To God-for evermorep
my dear friend, don't you know"
said the priest, 'that, though you may
have been entirely unconscious of it
yourself, the Blessed Mother of God
whom none has ever invoked in vain,
has always had you in her keeping?
You have great cause for gratitude.
Come to me this evening; it will not
take long to restore to your memory
the Our Father the Hail Mary and
the Act of Contrition.
AS the priest pursued his home
ward walk he said to himself: Il be-
lieve in spite of his apparent good
health, that the hand of death has
touched him.
And so it proved. The old man
made a good confession and received
Holy Communion the next morning.
The following day he was found dead
in his bed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
TENDEREsT OF MOTHERS.
A Story of an Old Soldier.

An old soldier who for more than
forty years had led life of irreligion,
and who was not known by his COM
panions or neighbors ever to have
been Catholic, suddenly stopped the
priest one day as he was passing the
little cottage wherein he lived, and
surprised the good old man by tell
ing him that he wanted to go to con-
fession.
But are you a Catholic?" inquired
the priest.
Eyes, father" was the reply. "That
is to say was once Catholic"
Certainly you may come to con-
fession, whenever you WISH" said the
priest. But l am curious to know
what has impelled you to this step. 1t
can hardly be fear of immediate death,
for you look as well and as hearty as
ever saw you"
81 was never better in my life," re-
piled the man. For the past fortnight
have been feeling unusually well.
But something has taken hold of me,
father; a vague unrest which / can
not describe. For several days / have
been saying to myself that the next
time 1 saw you would ask if might
not be permitted to go to confession
"And afterwards?" queried the
priest. "You intend to lead good
Christian life to the end of your days,
I hope?"
THAT is my Intention responded
the soldier with Gods help, father
with Gods help, of course" OBJ
served the priest. without His help
we can do nothing. / am rejoiced at
your good dispositions, my friend;
and you may come this evening at
seven o'clock"
Every well, father. But you will
help me. | hope / have forgotten all
about confession, and l do not know
any prayers"
mo prayers at all-not the Our
Father'?"
Fl have forgotten it. :"
Cor the Hail Mary'?"
Il have forgotten that also.
Well, well. but You must have said
some prayers now and then to have
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
DISCIPLINE OF DIFFICULTIES.

There is story of tender-hearted
woman who, seeing within a cocoon
the struggle that the butterfly was
making to free itself, thought to help
by breaking the meshes, and letting
the silken-winged creature loose; but
the butterfly, thus released, was too
weak to lift itself, too undeveloped to
care for itself, and died before it's
rescuer's eyes. 1t needed the battle.
Beginnings ought to be hard. The
people whose beginnings are made
easy for them are the handicapped.
Attainment, achievement, ful1llment
cannot be made easy-and beginnings
should not be. Patience, determine
ton, thoroughness come hard to those
who have never known hard begin
nings. The bright pupil who learns his
lesson without special effort usually
receives a poorer preparation for life
than any other boy in the class.
1t is not only the virtues essential
to success that are to be associated
with hard beginnings; family affection
flourishes best when there are diff
culties or dangers to enrich the soil
of home life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

women two hours Saturday one hour).
Night duty for females and children is
forbidden. The law provides for fac
tory inspection. In accordance with
the Berne Congress, law has been
introduced in Spain for abolishing
night duty for females and children.
Another law stipulated that females
employed in business houses and
offices must be afforded an opportunity
to sit down.
A new shop law has come into force
in England, which comprises all pre-
vious laws in reference to shop assist
ants, etc. A new amendment to the
Swedish law permits shops being open
ed only between the hours of 6 a. m.
and p. m. week days. A law has
been introduced by the Reichstag pro-
hibiting the employment of children
under fourteen years of age in smelt-
ing or rolling works.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
MANY SOCIAL LAWS ADOPTED IN
EUROPE.
French Labor Office Reviews Labor
Legislation Enacted in 1912.

The French Labor Office has pub
lished an interesting review of the de-
velopment of the social legislation in
Europe during the last year. In no
less than ten countries laws relating to
wages and labor conditions have been
drawn up, the most noteworthy of
which is the minimum wage bill for
minimum wage was recognized. An
other law provides for an embargo to
be placed upon ships in cases where
the leaders have not been paid. A new
law in Greece stipulates that all wages
must be paid in cash, either weekly
or three times weekly and that
amounts up to one-quarter of the wages
only may be deducted in payment of
fines or for other purposes. Another
special law provides for all disputes
between worker and employer being
brought before a justice of the peace,
In this way rapid legal action will Je
assured without cost to either party. In
Austria a new law exists under which
the miners are to be paid every four
teen days. Employers are forbidden
to take more than cost price from their
workers for tools, or pay wages in a
beer house or on licensed premises. A
further law raises the amount OF
wages or pension which may not be
seized in payment for debt. A law
has come into force in Italy making
industrial instruction, for children OF
twelve to fourteen years of age who
are engaged in factories, compulsory.
A bill for the establishing of CONNER
cial high schools was also approved
by the Parliament. Laws concerning
female and child labor, work in fac
tories, workshops, mines, and on rail-
ways, sanitary, and other precautions
for the safety and welfare of the work
ers, as we'll as the weekly day of rest,
were introduced in eight different
countries. In seven other countries
similar bills are at present before the
government. A Swedish law amends
and combines the old laws relating to
the regulating of the working condi-
tions for all Industrial workers. 1t also
prohibits the employing of children I'M
der twelve years of age in industries,
and boys under fifteen years of age
in the mines (women may not be en-
pIoyed in the mines at alD. Children
between twelve and thirteen must not
be employed more than six hours
daily; between thirteen and fourteen
not longer than eight hours, and four
teen to eighteen not more than ten
hours daily Six weeks rest to be al
lowed in cases of confinement. A law
has come into force in Greece regulat-
ing the employment of women in in
dustrial concerns. Children under
twelve years of age may not be en-
ployed unless they work with their
parents, when the minimum age is ten
years. The working time for children
of from twelve to fourteen years
must not exceed eight hours; for
Juveniles, fourteen to eighteen, ten
hours daily. On the days preceding
Sundays and holidays, eight hours is
the maximum working time allowed
A pause of half an hour must be grant
ed to children, and to juveniles and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

Speaking much is a sign of vanity,
for he that is lavish in words is mig
gard in deed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
A SMILE AND A TASK.

Keep smile on your lips; it is better
To joyfully, hopefully try
For the end you would gain than to
fetter
Your life with a moan and a sigh.
There are clouds in the armament
ever
The beauty of heaven to mar,
Yet night so profound there is never
But somewhere is shining a star.
Keep task in your hands; you must
labor;
BY deeds is true happiness won;
For stranger and friend, and for
neighbor,
Rejoice there is much to be done.
Endeavor by browning LIES duty
With joy-giving song and with smile,
To make the world fuller of beauty
Because you are in it while.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
Oneness of Life.

Now the center of Christianity is
the Incarnation. And the Incarnation
prolongs itself in the Eucharist. And
in the Eucharist we feed in an abso-
lutely true, yet most spiritual and mys-
tical fashion, upon Christ's Body and
Blood. There is nothing horrible about
it's ritual; it has no materialistic asso-
Citations. We take unto ourselves
Christ's life; all our fellow Christians
do so, too, and we are linked with
them in one life. The Eucharist is
the most truly social" institution, for
it unites God, and every Christian liv-
ing or dead, into one; better than by
ties of political party, country, or uni
formity, because the unity it effects is
that of oneness of life in each and all
concerned.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
TO know that which
before as lies in daily
life is the prime wis
dom" Milton.
Dut1tRHttr 5rtRnrR
Compiled specially for The Catholic Bulletin

tsp baking powder
u tsp grated nutmeg
milk liz tsp salt
31s -four and enough to roll.
Cream butter, add II of the SUI
gar Beat eggs until light, add milk,
remaining sugar, and combine mix
lures. Add 3B C -four, mixed and
sifted with baking powder, salt and
spices, then enough more flour to
make dough stiff enough to roll.
Toss 70 of the mixture on Toured
board, knead slightly, pat and roll
out to II inch thickness. Shape
with doughnut cutter, dipped in flour.
paper Doughnuts should rise to the
top almost Immediately when put in
to smoking hot fat.
Doughnuts No. p
flour
/ beaten egg
II tsp salt
IA milk
II sugar
Il tsp cinnamon
8 tsp baking powder
u tsp melted butter
Is tsp grated nutmeg
| Mix and sift flour, baking powder
and seasoning. Beat eggs, add to it
the sugar, milk and melted butter
Add to dry ingredients and mix with
knife. Pat, roll and shape as in
recipe No. 1.
Sour Milk Doughnuts-
flour and enough to knead
u tsp soda
| y sweet milk
y tsp salt
sugar
tsp baking powder
1 tbsp melted butter
l well-beaten egg
Y tsp cinnamon
q sour milk
Mix according to directions for
doughnuts recipe No. 2. Add enough
-four to knead, pat, roll and shape;
fry as in recipe No. 1.
Apple Fritters-
2 apples cut in cubes
IL c -four
2 tsp baking powder
8 tbsp sugar
u tsp salt
2s c milk
i egg
Mix and sift dry ingredients: add
milk to well beaten egg. Combine
mixtures then add apples. Drop by
spoonful and fry in deep fat Drain
on brown paper and sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHINESE
MISSIONS.

Miss Edith Mclaughlin, of 2348
West Pico Street, has demonstrated
the true missionary spirit by depriv-
ing herself of the luxuries of life that
twenty-eight cents would have pur-
chased and this small young lady of
eight years has handed in her pennies
for the Chinese missions. If more lit
tie girls would emulate this good ex-
ample the heather Chinee" would
soon be only a memory and Christian
China would be an assured fact.
The amount has been forwarded to
Father Koesters, Society of the Divine
Word, at Techny, Ill.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

Asked what Catholic could believe
about vampires, he said: "a Catholic
will treat the whole business as an af-
fair of evidence. It would, of course,
be insolently unscientific to say there
are no sorts of created beings in the
universe save those of which we are
conscious. Scientifically, there may
be; religiously, we believe there are
(i e., spirits of different kinds an
gels and devils). And if so, it would
be quite as unscientific to lay down
offhand what such beings could or
could not do.
catholics are inclined to diagnose
an element of diabolic activity in
Spiritualism. If this is so devils can
apparently utilize matter to some ex-
tent, clothe themselves in it, and ex-
ercise material effects on men and
things. 1t is impossible then to as
sert dogmatically that devil could
not behave in some such way as vam-
pires are said to behave, if God per-
mitted this. Whether it has ever hap
pened is entirely a matter of evidence,
and l should say that my personal
opinion is, that there is no evidence
whatever for the apparition and ex-
istence of vampires.
"Mystically speaking, however, /
should say that the myth of Vampires
testifies to a belief very deep-seated
in humanity, namely, that the blood
is the life, and that if you drink blood
from living creature you are drink
ing and absorbing it's life. The same
held in less degree for eating it's
flesh, especially before the blood had
left it. All sorts of nations at different
times had rituals based on this, some
very gross, some very mystic in in
tention, yet for the most part horrible
and materialistic.
christianity is so marvellous re-
ligion," said the Jesuit Father, among
other reasons, because it is so sublime,
yet never scorns what is low; and be-
cause it condescends to the most hui
man elements in man, yet never de-
grades itself. 1t is truly Catholic and
universal, and links the highest with
the lowest. 1t caters for the whole
man, body and soul. 1t takes account
of all his instincts. 1t is not like
paganism, ancient and modern, which
simply recognizes the claims of the
body and it's pleasures, nor like the
old or new philosophers, who despise
the body and sacrifice it utterly to the
spirit, as if we were, or even could be,
an angel"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
THE CHILDREN AND THE ANGELS

THE CHILDREN AND THE ANGELS.
When little children wake at morn
To greet once more the day newborn,
The angels take each tiny hand
And lead them forth from Slumber-
land.
When little children laugh and play
Mid snares and perils of the day,
The guardian angels stand between
Each lure and pitfall dark, unseen.
When little children sink to sleep,
Above them white-winged angels keep
A loving watch from dark to light,
All through the terrors of the night.
And when in dreams they softly smile
With hearts and lips that know no
guile,
Their souls forsake the haunts of men
And wander back to heaven again.
-MdrD E. Manntr, in AUe Maria
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
LESSON XxxVIII.
FRYING.

Frying means cooking in hot fat
deep enough to cover the material to
be cooked. The fat used for cooking
may be olive oil, lard, beef drippingS,
cottolene, etc. A combination of 23
lard and 1-3 beef drippings is con-
sidered better than lard alone.
To Try Out Fat
Cut fat into bits, put it into a pan
in the oven with enough cold water
to cover, and let simmer slowly sew
eral hours. When fat is melted and
nearly free from water, strain it.
Another way is to put the small
pieces of fat in the top of double
boiler.
To Clarity Fat
Melt fat, all raw potato cut in Il
inch slices, and allow fat to heat
gradually. When fat ceases to bubble
and potatoes are well Drowned, strain
Through muslin or double thickness
of cheese cloth placed over strain
er) into a jar or pan.
Points About Frying
Fat should be hot enough to form
crust on the food cooked in 1t.
So long as the fat bubbles it is not
hot enough.
Anything that cools the fat, tends
to make the food greasy.
Do not put too much into the fat
at a time, as it lowers the tempera'
ture.
Reheat the fat after each frying.
All fried food should be drained
on soft paper.
Rules for Testing Fat for Frying
When the fat begins to smoke
drop into it an inch cube piece OF
bread. If this browns in forty counts
or seconds, the fat is hot enough fol
cooked mixtures. Elk, croquettes, cod
fish balls, etc. Use same test for un
cooked mixtures, allowing the minute
for bread to brown. Eek, doughnuts
etc.
NOTE
Nearly all food not containing eggs
is dipped in eggs and crumbs, foul
or meal to protect them from absorb
ing fat. The heat of the fat hardens
the albumen of the eggs and forms {
coating.
DoucHNuTs.
Doushnuts No. =
G sugar
8 eggs
"a tbsp butter
The Washington times., 1913-06-18
Male Members Of COMPANY,
Lead in Honors, With Kent,
as "Jim Blake, !" IN Van.

the younger :Hlake a scfiaracter which
provided little opportunity for anything
but chance to play Opposite Mis-
Jewel Frank Shannon had his ..fattest'
part since joining the Polls. and he man
aged 1t very well. particularly In the
third degree, scene fn the nnal act.
Dudley Hawley, az, the lobbying repre-
sentative Of the -railfUad, and Thomas
Williams as the representative nom
Pennsylvania completed the male por-
ton of the cast.
There are but two women In the De
Mile play-the title role, played effec-
lively by Miss Linthicum. and the part
of the telephone girl. which fell to Miss
Jewel. who failed either to dress or to
''talk'' the role. The feminine roles are
90 subordinated tes the male in the,p ,plsys,
however. that there. was little fault. to,
ind. -ssss,-,. =. --rt-
The Woman IN excef0onaily timely
at this time Of lobby investigations and
Congressional disputes; It Is also highly
enjoyable as play. being full Of thrill
ing situations and. well turned lines.
With the Poll cast and presentatfen II
is well worth seeing, even II you have
sat through IT once. .bist Ess k..I =;
JULIA MURDOCH. :
The Washington times., 1913-06-18

trip to Boston by sea Upon their re-
turn, after July 2, they will be at home
at l0o L street southeast
=
A large party from Boston and Phila-
delphia have arrived in Washington for
the marriage of Miss Anna May
O'Toole. daughter of Mrs. Catherine r.
OToole. to William Duncan Lynch, OF
Boston. which takes place this evening
at o'clock at the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart Church. the pastor. the Rev.
Joseph MCGEE, officiating.
The bride who will be escorted and
given in marriage by her brother, James
OToole, will have as her only atten-
dant. her sister, Miss Marguerite
O'Toole.
John Lynch. of Boston. will be his
brothers best man, and the ushers will
De Francis Kilkenny. James McKenna,
and William Hoover. all of Washington.
and Harry McKenna, of Boston.
After the wedding ceremony a recep-
tion will be held at Rauscher's and later
In the evening Mr.. Lynch and his bride
VIII leave for a wedding trip
Among those from out of town who
VIII attend the wedding will be Miss
Eileen Lynch and Edmunds Lynch. sis
ter and brother OF the bridegroom; Miss
Katherine McKenna. John McKenna.
MISS Eleanor Collins, DR.. Kelly and
Edward Sullivan, all OF Boston: Miss
Ethel Shaw and Joseph Balsr, Of Phila-
The Washington times., 1913-06-18
Personal Mention.

Miss Aline Myers, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. P. c. Myers, of Leesburg' Va.
will be married to Robert w. Swain. OF
Washington, this afternoon at o'clock
at st. Stephens Episcopal Church. the
Rev George F. Dudley. rector Of the
church. officiating In the present OF
small gathering of relatives and few
intimate friends.
The bride will be escorted and given
in marriage by her brother, James II.
Myers. She will wear her travelling suit
OF blue cloth with hat to match. with a
corssge bouquet Of orchids and lilies of
the valley.
Miss Virgie Myers will be her sisters
maid of honor. and she will wear a
French blue voile gown with a picture
hat. and will carry pink Killarney roses.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
Swain and his bride will leave Tor .
The Washington times., 1913-06-18

Miss Dorothy Shuey. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore F. Shuey. will
leave Washington next week in COM
pany with her mother. to go to their
summer home. Tntervale," in the
Shenandoah Valley Of Virginia Mr..
Shucy will join his family at Inter
vale from time to time during the
summer, and later in the season Mrs.
Shuey and Miss Shuey will proba
bly, go abroad.
r
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore william
Noyes will sail from New York on June
q. to spend the summer in Europe.
They will be accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Noyes.
r
Mrs. Crosby Noyes has gone to Cape
May. n. J.. where she is spending the
summer with her daughter. Mrs. George
w. Boyd. Miss Elizabeth Noyes is
spending a week with her grandmother
and aunt. at Cape May.
r
Miss Geraldine Boush, daughter of
Capt. c. ]. Boush, u. g. N, and Mrs.
Boush, will leave Friday for Boston,
where she will be the guest of her
uncle and aunt, the Commandant Of
the Boston Navy Yard and Mrs. De
Witt Coffmann. Afterward she will
go TO Maine TO join her mother. who
leaves here the first of next month to
open their cottage in the North.
r
Mrs ]. Burnet Crane is giving up the
house in Twentieth street which she has
occupied for the last several gears
and will spend part Of the summer at
Plainfield, n. j., with her daughter,
Mrs. Harold Brown. whose marriage
took place in Washington recently.
Miss EstelIe Crane will make a series
of visits in the North before joining
her mother and sister. Mrs. Crane and
Miss Crane will spend the greater part
OF next season out of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Upshur Moorhead and
their small son left today for Cazenovia,
n. Y, where they will spend the
greater part of the summer
Mrs. Burleson and the Misses Burle-
son. wife and daughters of the Post
master General, left Washington today
for Cape May. N. j.. where they will
spend the summer.
=
After making a rounds of the vari-
Gus horse shows and witnessing the polo
contest on Long Island, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean have gone to
Newport, and today took possession Of
Black Point Farm, which they have
leased for two years. 49,.
Mrs. Walsh will remain in Washing
ton until July /, when she will 20 to
Bar Harbor.