The Irish standard., 1913-12-20

last June. Illinois granted partial
suffrage to women last July, and equal
suffrage amendments have passed the
legislatures of North and South Da.
kota, Montana and Nevada.
New Members Of Pauiist Community.
Rev. John Buckley, c. S. p, of New
York; Rev. Jerome P. Donegan, c. 8.
p, of San Francisco, CAL; Rev. Will
lam Benjamin Pipp, G. s. p, Grand
Rapids, Michigan; and Rev. Arthur
Miller, c. S. p, Toronto, Canada,
were received into the Paulist Com
munity, and on December 10 ordained
sub-Deacon, and December 20, Deacon,
in the Paulist Chapel, st. Thomas Col.
lege, by Right Rev. John Monaghan.
d. D., Bishop of Wilmington, Della
ware.
Lauds Holy Name Society.
Representative George F. O'Shau-
messy of Rhode Island addressed the
Holy Name Society of Saint Matthew's
Church last week, and said: RE
ligious prejudices in the New England
states, and in fact all over the world,
are fast disappearing"
He told of the work of the Holy
Name Society in his state, and lauded
their efforts. The future, he stated,
held much in store for this society
and for the church, Of which it Is a
part. He counseled life of charity
toward others, as being the only life
worth while.
WeII-known PauIists in Washington
Last Week.
Very Rev. Peter ]. O'Callaghan, c.
s. p, of Chicago, ILL.,, was in Wash
ington last week, in connection with
the Anti-Alcoholic Committee, to make
arrangements for the next interna-
tional convention.
Very Rev. James Devery, c. S. P,
rector of the House of the Paulist Fa-
theirs, at Winchester, Tennessee, and
superior of the Southern Mission Band,
has been in Washington comforting
with Rev. John Harvey, c.. s. p, Su-
perior of the New York Mission Band,
to make arrangements for the sending
of number of New York Missionaries
into the South, Immediately after
Christmas.
The Apostolic Mission House, recog-
nizing the need of nom Catholic mis-
sions in the isolated southern districts,
has agreed to defray the expenses of
a band of missionaries who shall evan
gelize these regions. 1t is q we'll
known fact that much prejudice, based
on ignorance of Catholic faith and
practice, exists in the out Of the way
portions of the United States, espe
cially in the South.
Red Cross Building to Be Erected.
Preparations are in progress for be-
ginning actual work on the magnif
cent Red Cross building, provided fol
by congress and private subscriptions
and it is hoped to dedicate it in 1916
just fifty years after the close of the
Civil War.
The building, which is to be in
Washington, will be maintained by the
Red Cross, to whose use it will be ded
icated, and the memorial itself will
commemorate phase of the Civil
War that has been comparatively neg
lected-the service of the women who
gave their loved ones to the cause
they thought just and who ministered
to the wounded of friend and foe.
Islands to Be Free.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, In
his address at the eleventh annual
banquet, held in Washington, of the
Military Order of the Cardiac, com
posed of officers of the army, navy and
marine corps, who served in the Phil
ippines during "the days of the EN-
pire," said:
"A few weeks ago there sailed tt
the Philippines, one of the most able
members of the house, charged witt
the most delicate and difficult dut,
under the American government. H,
went to try to make real the object,
for which American soldiers and sail
ors have always fought-liberty, jus
tice and independence. The day will
come soon when there will be estah
lished in those islands that for which
the sacrifice Of American blood an,
Drawn was made, in order that Their
may exist the American ideal of n,
government without the consent o
the governed
i To Exclude Alien Militants.
Exclusion of militant suffragette
from the United States is sought Il
q proposed amendment to the immigrs
ton laws. now under consideration b
} the house committee on immigration
While the proposed law is not Anne
solely at militant suffragettes, it
designed to prevent the importation t
this country of any Of the Englis
women who are In charge Of the NOV,
ment in Great Britain. The provisio
in question proposes to exclude frol
this country "as undesirable aliens q
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