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save the confessor and the penitent,
being aware of the fact. This declara-
ton is corroborated by diocesan au-
thority and by two witnesses who
affirm that they had heard the con-
lessor narrate the circumstance to
Father Colletti, Thus Italy may feel
at rest about the last hours of one
who in his day of strength doomed
large in the eyes of the people.
Archdiocese Of Westminster.-Int the
Archdiocese of Westminster 0ondonj
there are at present $40 priests, 165
converts, 293 churches, and 189
schools, with 42,93S pupils. The Cath
Ole population of the Archdiocese is
156,201
Queen Mary's Psalter Exhibited
The copy of Queen Marys Psalter pre-
sented to the Queen by the Trustees
of the British Museum, and specially
bound by Miss Katharine Adams, a
member of the Arts and Crafts Exhi-
bition Society was recently loaned to
that society and placed on exhibition.
Sectarian Decline in EngIand.-Com-
pairing the figures of 1912 with those
of the previous year the Congregations
alists face total drop in membership
and Sunday scholars of $500. On the
same basis the Baptists have lost
1855, so that these two churches,
which are identical in polity and order,
show the large decrease of 1854.
Annual totals also show that since
1906 the Baptists have declined to
the extent of 1864 members, 1875
Sunday scholars, and 297 local preach
ers. Nor are the Baptists and Con-
gregationalists the only sufferers, for
the Wesleyan Methodists, the largest
of the Free Churches, and nearly all
the junior Methodist Churches have
also experienced similar decline.
Newman's Oratory FIourishing.-It
is the earnest desire of the Oratory
Fathers to have the Newman Memo
rial Church consecrated this year,
and to this end an urgent appeal has
been issued by the Superior of the Ora
tory, the Very Rev. r. G. Bellasis, on
behalf of the Church fund Should
the appeal be successful the consecra-
ton will take place during the sum-
mer of this year. The Association for
the Propagation of the Faith in this
mission is remarkably vigorous, it's
active members numbering consider
ably over one hundred.-The Duke OF
Norfolk who celebrated his 65th birth
day last week was one of Cardinal
Newman's favorite pupils at the Ora
tory School, Edgbaston.
New Alphabet for China.-China is
to have new alphabet. The present
Chinese alphabet consists of 5000
characters, while the new one will
contain only forty-two characters.
Growth of American CoIIege.-A
correspondent writes from Rome:
Zone is struck with the big difference
there is between the North American
College today and when it opened it's
front doors for the first time, in Deem
Der, 1859 1t began with solitary
dozen students; now it has ITO stu
dents, the largest number on the
register of any college representing
one nation in Rome" We see in
this but an ordinary and reasonably
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expected growth. Our 43 dioceses,
2,108 priests and 1894 churches, in
1859, began the College with IL stu
dents under the care of Very Rev. DIR.
McCloskey. Fifty-three years later
our 17,491 priests, 1899 churches,
and 15,015,569 Catholics have ITO stu
dents from 95 dioceses, and less than
two students from each diocese on an
average"
English Catholic Scholastic sixth
annual Conference of the National Fed
Grafton of Catholic Teachers Associa-
ton of England was held in Manches-
ter. The new president, w. J. Flem-
ing of Oldham in his Introductory
address, refuted the charge that Cath
Ollie schools in England receive pub
lie money for religious instruction. He
further showed how these schools
tighten the rates instead of increasing
them. Among other things he said:
There were, in July, 1909, according
to the Government returns, 1866
Catholic schools with accommodation
for 402,667 children. Taking $40 per
head as moderate estimate of the
cost of building, we find that, after
deducting the money received from the
State, Catholics have contributed 3d.
475,091, or nearly G4,000,00O, in relief
of the rates. If the cost of the Sec
ondary schools and the upkeep of the
fabric for both sets of schools were
included, the sum contributed would
be considerably augmented. Where
does the cry of Rome on the Rates
come in, when it is considered that
this sum is paid for the privilege of
giving some four hours per week to
religious Instruction."
Catholic Social Work in Paris.-The
Catholic laymen and priests of Paris
who have founded the Associations
Provinciales" and who direct these
associations belong themselves to the
province whose emigrants they wish
to help. This creates, at starting, a
bond of friendship between them and
their "proteges," who are constantly
pouring into Paris from the country
districts. From the fund set apart
for the purpose they help the sick, and
nursing Sister is deputed by them
to visit the invalids of the colony
Work is, if possible, provided for those
who need it, and 'fetes" are organ
lied where the emigrants from the
same province meet on common
ground.
Catholic Merchants Bequests.-Mr
Henry Bedford Sleeman, of Avoca,
Southwark, England, who died on
November Is, gave $500 to the Little
Sisters of the Poor, Lambeth; G250
to st. Vincent's Cripples' Home, Clap
ham Park; $500 to the Benevolent
Society for the Catholic Aged Poor,
Soho; e200 to st. Joseph's Foreign
Missionary College, Mill Hill; and like
amounts to various other charities He
left Gibbs, over $1,000 of which will
go to various charities, mostly Catho-
lie.
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Site for Biblical Institute.-The
Pontifical Biblical Institute has pur-
chased an excellent site for it's new
branch house in Jerusalem.
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Proceeds Of Play to the Blind
George M. Cohan one day recently
gave the proceeds from Broadway
JONES'" amounting to $4,000, to the
Catholic Institute for the Blind, New
York
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Distinctions for Louvain.-The Cath
Ollie University of Louvain, Belgium
has scored again. 1t received eight
distinctions from the government; the
Brussels University, only two; and the
Client and Luettich Universities, each
four.
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New Alphabet for China.-China is
to have new alphabet The present
Chinese alphabet consists of 5000
characters, while the new one will
contain only forty-two characters.
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Vicar General of Franciscans.-On
account of the continued illness of
Very Rev. Father Soltas, Minister
General of the Friars Minor Conven-
tupals, the Holy Father has appointed
the Procurator-G General, Very Rev.
Father Dallolio, Vicar General, with
all due faculties.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
Hold DRESS PARADE
Secretary Of War Reviews Regiment
and Praises Young Soldiers
Appearance.
THE HEAT ExHAUsTs THREE

High School cadets of Washington yes
terday held their dress parade. Secre-
tary of War Garrison reviewed the regi-
ment, and praised the young soldiers
on their fine showing. Many govern
ment officials and District educators
watched the maneuvers Of the cadets,
who for nearly two hours paraded around
the Ellipse south of the White House.
More than 500 cadets participated in
the review. which was preliminary to
the competitive drill. With the music
of the Marine Bank, the cadets made a
favorable impression on the Washing
tonians who stood three deep around the
Ellipse.
The cadets were put through the
manuel of arms by Cadet Col. S. j.
Leonard, Of Eastern High School, and
following a stand at attention before
the Secretary of War, they passed In
review before the official party.
Secretary Garrison was accompanied by
Capts. Powell Clayton and Frank r.
Mccoy, of the General Staff of the War
Department Col. Burton Ross. military
supervisor of the cadet regiment, was
with the reviewing party. as were Capt
James F. Oyster, former president or
the Board of Education; Henry p. Blair,
new president OF the board; Superinten-
dent Of Schools W. M. Davidson; Maj.
Henry Leonard. of Boxer war fame. and
Col. Spencer Cosby. former Engineer
Commissioner.
DIR. William b. Hudson, medical direc-
tor Of the public schools. was In charge
of the cadets on the field. DR.. Hudson
ordered three Of the boys from the ranks
for fear they would faint on account OF
the heat and strain. In former years.
it has usually been necessary to order
dozen men from their companies be-
cause of physical exhaustion. DR.. Hud-
son said the cadets this year had shown
themselves stronger than any other body
Of cadets under his supervision.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-07
THERAPEUTIC SOCIETY
DISCUSSES PNEUMONIA
Last Days Session Devoted to Read
ing Papers-Members At
tend Banquet.

The fourteenth annual convention of
the American Therapeutic Society came
to close with a banquet held In the
New Willard Hotel last night. when
prominent members of the society re-
sponded to toasts.
business meeting preceded the. ban
quet, with President DR.. Noble r
Barnes, of this city, in the chair. he
ports Of committees, report of the coun-
Gil, reports of officers and other busi-
ness were considered.
The better part of yesterday was de-
voted to reading of papers and discus
sions on modern methods of treating
pneumonia and other ailments. Among
those who read papers were DR.. l..
Kolipinski, of this city; DR.. s. Soils
Cohen, of Philadelphia; DR.. Albert T.
Rousel, of Philadelphia; DR.. Thomas E.
Satterwhaite, OF New York; DIR. George
Herbert Evans. of San Francisco: Dr.
Francis H. PottengeD Of Los Angeles;
DIR. II. B. Anderson. of Toronto, DR.. John
Madison Taylor, of Philadelphia: DIR. Ell
mer b. Freeman, of Baltimore; Dr.
Julius Friedenwald, of Baltimore; DIR. T.
F.. ILeitz, of Baltimore; DR.. Robert t.
Norris, Of New York; Drfi W. Wayne
Babcock, Philadelphia, and DIR. A. Ear
nest Gallant. of New York, vice presi-
dent.
Dr. Robert T. Morris presided over the
morning session and President DR..
Barnes over the afternoon session. Lun-
cheon was served at the University
Club
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"CITIZENESSES" LEAVE CITY.
Junior Republic Girls Go Home
After Instructive Trip.

Their knowledge of national government
much improved the nineteen "citizenesses
Of the National Junior Republics at An
napolis Junction, Nd, and Freeville,
n. Y, who came here yesterday. left
Washington from Union Station at D
o'clock yesterday afternoon Tor Annapolis
Junction. There they were entertained
at a dance last night
All the pretty ''citizenesses," some OF
whom are court judges. mayors, and
councilmen, and all Of whom take hand
IN ruling the miniature republics In which
they live, were immensely pleased with
their visit to Washington.
This morning they assembled at the
Florida Inn, and accompanied by William
r. George, founder of the Freeville Re
public. his wife, and Spencer Richardson,
assistant to Mr.. George, the entire party,
piloted by Miss Aline Solomons and other
members of the local committee Of recep-
ton, visited places Of interest here.
The trip to the Senate and the House,
as well as the stop in the Treasury De-
partment. was very interesting to the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-07

OF the art treasures in the Vatican,
"Old Father Nile" is one of the most
striking figures. Master paintings of
inspired Christians and the triumphs in
sculpture of the pagans are gathered
beauty. And among the chiefest of
these is the group that is tribute to
the mighty river that made possible
the eldest civilization that history re-
cords. odd Father Nile" was discov-
cred about 1890 near the Church Of
Santa Maria when Pope Leo X ruled
the Catholic world. II is believed to
be a marvellous copy of a group de-
scribed by the Roman historian Pliny.
The recumbent figure of Father Nile
rests one arm on the Sphynx. the SYM
Dol of Egypt, and the sixteen little
,pygmies gracefully sporting about him
and climbing over him are allegorical
Of the sixteen cubits rise of the River
Nile when II began to irrigate the la nd.
The sixteenth pygmy seems to be COM
ing to life out OF basket Of fruit,
showing perhaps that they are intend
ed also to represent the fertility of the
Nile.
The base represents the river, in
which may be seen the Nile boats, the
ibis, the stork, the hippopotamus. the
OK, the lotus, the ichneumon, and the
sacred crocodile.
Egypt is the gift of the river" said
Herodotus. The Nile is the vital ar
terry of Egypt, fertilizing region that
Ii snatches from the desert, adjoining
it with plants and verdure, making 1t
one of the most productive lands in the
world.
In mythology, Father Nile was the
son Of Oceanus, the god of water, who
was born of the union of Heaven and
Earth. The early Greeks believed the
earth to be a fat circle encompassed by
a river perpetually floating around II,
and this river was Oceanus, the source
of all rivers and waters in the world.
Through all the centuries, to the
Western World the Nile had been an
absorbing problem; the Egyptian alone
OF all peoples. ancient or modern. have
had no curiosity at all about tine Nile.
They considered 1t impious to try to
fathom the deep mystery Of their great
river. They worshiped the Nile, not
only as the providing father of their
country. but also as the source of life
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-07
DELEGATES DENY SLAVERY.
leland Representative
Sny Islanders Are Slandered.

Commissioners Quezon and Earnshaw.
of the Philippine Islands, issued joint
statement yesterday vigorously denying
the charge Of Dean c. Worcester. Secre-
tary of the Interior of the Philippines,
that slavery exists in the islands. Quezon
SAYS that Secretary Worcester has de-
sire to SANDER the Philippine people and
to accuse them of incapacity for self
government.
Both commissioners deny that slavery
exists among the 100000 Christian
Filipinos. and they expressed surprise
at the Senate resolution asking for a
report from the Secretary of War on
Worcesters charges. which were made
in a letter to the president of the HUI
name Association.
Each commissioner has written the
Secretary of War asserting that IL slav-
cry does exist it is among the uncivil-
lied tribes and that Worcester and the
Philippine Commission are responsible.
They recommend the abolition of the
Philippine Commission.
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TESTING ARMY SHOES.
Sergeant Arrives Here After Walk
Of 5000 Miles.

After completing a walk Of 5000 miles
testing out the wearing qualities of a
new brand of army shoes, former Ser
geant John walsh called at the White
House yesterday for a call on the Presi-
dent walsh said he was Democrat
or the deepest dye and could not pass
through the Capital without calling on
the first Chief Executive in the last six
teen years. The Cabinet was in session,
however, and the pedestrian was disap-
pointed Walsh has worn out five pairs
OF shoes on his tramp and he Will COM
plete his tour at Columbus. Ohio. after
circuit that will make up the lu,ou
miles to win the 5000 offered.
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Some Sensible Advice
On Womanly Beauty
(From Martyrs Drug Journal }

Healthy hair adds much to womanly
beauty. 1t is such an easy matter to
have glorious mass of lovely hair
that the dull, "stringy" kind is mex
cusable. canthrox shampoo (which
can De mixed at home and costs very
little at any druggists) removes every
particle of dust, dandruff, and excess
oil and, after rinsing, the hair dries
quickly. 1t makes the head feel good
and leaves the hair soft, fluffy, and easy
to do up.
Keep the skin clear, velvety, and at
tractive and remove tan and freckles
by daily applying lotion easily pre-
pared at home by stirring two tea
rpoonfuls OF glycerine into one-half
pint witch hazel Cor hot water) then
sdding four ounces spurmax, which
costs little at any druggists. This To-
lion which is used instead of face pow
der, seems part of the skin which IL
tones to a beautiful, natural color
while. overcoming the oily, shiny ap-
pearance of the face. ~. eften due to
perSptratton.
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INTERESTING PAGE FOR WOMAN AND THE HOME
Militant Methods Do Not
Fit American Conditions

lish battle is not ours, and she thinks
the temper Of some Of the harsnest
critics might well be modihed DIT
She declares that to speak OF Its lead
ers, as many do; as 'hystericaL a.
insane" and as ''viragoes" betrays an
ignorance of facts or a desire to deceive
for were they such women. their move
ment could be easily crushed"
Women of Intelligence.
1.-THE militants," she adds, s"are wom-
en- of marked Intelligence. OF exceptional
poise. of self-sacrifice and devotion OF
the highest order. Opposed to them
stands a government that has shown
Itself weak, vacillating and false to every
pledge. When I utter condemnation II
will be upon the British cabinet, the
fundamental cause of the English stu
alton, that my disapproval Will fail.
And that ends her confession or 1aith
regarding the much-discussed militancy.
, AS for me. while the very thought
of militancy is offensive, through and
through, it has always seemed that 1t
would be sort of manly and fair for
those American newspapers that call the
militant leaders all kinds Of names and
that suggest varied wild remedies for
dealing with them, once in while to
publish the full story, from start to
finish, SO far as the finish has been
reached.
Because there are some folk who remain
in complete and. perhaps, blissful ignor-
ance of the strange inequalities In the
British law that first led women to re-
quest the vote as the means of remedying
them, in ignorance, too, Of their whole
course of procedure and the government s
sad lack of faith.
Tuyde,J CoudttIous I'm EnUland.
And since the militancy of English wom-
en- is so disturbing to their peace Of mind.
lit is to wonder that they do not occa-
sionally dwell upon the causes and the
very unideal conditions over there. For
though II is true that not even the causes
are sufficient to obscure the unlovely face
of militancy, there stands the fact that
Justice loving, fair-minded folk are al
ways willing to view both sides. And 1t
is manifestly not fair to rant and descant
upon militancy and the women who up
hold and practice it, and not once to
refer to the background.
One believes that practically all Amer
lean women who believe in woman SUI
frage are quite willing to rest their cam
paign for the voting privilege upon the
mildest kind OF tactics; and that. whether
the movement is delayed or not, they
want the peace-dove to futter about
their camps.
And IL there were no good. practical
reasons for opposition to violence, such as
Mrs Blatch gives. one would hold forth
the significant because; for anybody
who is wise at all regarding the American
woman and her ways knows right well
that while she is moved by the spirit of
&c. she is bound. hard and fast, to some
thing widely averse to militancy. And
one feels quite safe in adding-she always
J will be.
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Cothurn shoe Revived.

The last word in footwear is a dainty
hish-heeled shoe called the 1913 Cothurn.
This Is generally fashioned In gold or
silver cloth. and is laced across with
bands of satin ribbon or metal cloth. 1t
is worn with stockings to match. Metal
threads are woven into these new stock
ings, which on this account are decidedly
uncomfortable to wear. They are never
theless decidedly effective, and the
woman who wishes to be fashionable will
doubtless patronize them. discomfort not
withstanding.
The Cothurn shoe, as 1t was known to
the ancients, had, we are told, a thick
sole without heel. As the two shoes
were both fashioned exactly alike, they
could be worn on either foot
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Holder for Small Dollies.

A holder for small doilies is q neces-
sity for the careful housekeeper, and
1t certainly would be a nice remem-
brance for your friend. 1t would be best
to make the holder thirteen inches in
diameter, then it would hold twelve-inth
as well as smaller doilies, or you could
make two holders one for the twelve
inch size and one for the tumbler size.
To make the holders, cover two perfect
circles with cretonne and two with q
plain material, these with an overland
stitch and a cretonne and a plain cover
together form one side. Sew the other
two circles together and attach two
short lengths of ribbon to top and bot
tom for hinges. Opposite sew longer
lengths Of ribbon, so that the holders
can be tied together.
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Nv FRANCES sHAFFER.

All who have a grain of interest In
the question of equal suffrage and the
methods of trying to bring 1t about.
whether they ardently favor or violently
oppose would do well to read the con-
fession of faith Of Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Batch concerning the militant campaign
in England and its possible reproduction
here.
Because, while she speaks for her
single self" she certainly voices the
opinion to quiet workers this side the
sea when she says that militant meth
DDS do not at all At in with conditions
on American shores.
The leaders Of the movement here. she
declares have been asked to stand up
and be counted, for or against mill
fancy. and, specially challenged by rea-
son of her part in the introduction of
Mrs Pankhurst to America, she is quite
willing to take up the gauntlet
Inheritng the spirit of '76. when her
own grandmother loaded guns to help
gain liberty for the men of her time.
she frankly avows that she would have
admired the courage. devotion and
patriotism of her maternal ancestor
none the less had her energies been
given in behalf of the same liberty for
women.
But her admiration for the militant
women of 1776 does not blind her to
the fact that we are living in the
twentieth century and must reckon with
the conditions of our own period.
Is Very Practical.
She is very practical. She does not
base her opposition to even a sugges-
ton of militancy In America upon what
she calls the f1attering assertion that
American men-are different" nor upon
the comforting prediction that 1t will
never be necessary here" And she does
not use the matter-of-fact argument that
there are too highly developed forces ar
rayed against violence to make the sue
cess of that method at all probable.
though she sagely admits that that Is
common sense, il not an ideal, reason
for abstaining from militancy. Nor is
objection founded upon the unideal
ground that public opinion is firmly set
against riotous tactics, no matter VINO
adopts them.
Her opposition, she says. rests upon
the substantial fact that 'in our time
the vote has not been won by Vio-
Ience" and that wherever the suffrage
has been widely extended, even to men,
it has come about with little showing
of physical force. Woman suffrage, as
il has spread throughout the world, has
grown entirely through 'the peaceful
conversion of the ruling class to the
idea of Justice" And here in America,
where the last appeal is to the great
body of voters. the suggestion is sin
gularly inept and absurd.
And there she lets it rest, so far as
America is concerned.
But regarding militancy across the
water, which she neither openly taVors
nor condemns, she says that the Eng