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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
A SALUTARY DEVOTION.

The devotion Of the Holy Ros-
airy which is prescribed for the
month Of October in all the
churches of Christendom is en-
riched with many and abundant
indulgences. This public service
in honor of the Blessed Virgin
Mary may take place during Mass
or in the afternoon or evening
according to circumstances. The
faithful are exhorted to be pres
ent, whenever possible, at the pub
lie recitation of the beads. If one
is prevented from taking part in
this service, he should not fail to
recite the rosary privately each
day. The pious custom of recit-
ing the rosary in common before
retiring cannot be too strongly
urged upon every family.
Apart from the Holy Sacrifice
Of the Mass, and the reception of
Holy Communion, there is no de-
votion more productive Of grace
for the individual than the recita-
ton Of the most holy Rosary. 1t
carries the mind back through the
centuries and enables it to dwell
upon the great mysteries con-
nected with the birth, death, and
resurrection of Our Lord. 1t is
truely a compendium of Christian
doctrine wherein the mind passes
in review the chief incidents in
the life of Christ, and of His
Blessed Mother, and the heart is
made to throb with greater love
for the inestimable graces of the
redemption so copiously showered
upon human souls.
The mysteries Of the Holy Ros
airy are as a book wherein we read
the history Of Our Savior's love
for sinners. Devout meditation
upon them enables us to enter the
lists with greater confidence,
knowing that if we fight under
the banner of Our Blessed Lady,
we shall have her all-powerful in
tercession in our struggle against
temptation and sin. These are the
only things that we have to fear,
and no more eficacious means of
combating their insidious ad-
vances is placed at our disposal
than the devout invocation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary through the
medium of the Holy Rosary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
CHILD WORKERS IN AMER
ICA.

It is a sad commentary on the
boosted perfection of our school
system to learn that a million
children, boys and girls under six
teen years of age, were absent
when the roll was called at the
beginning Of the present school
term. The reason for their fail
ure to return to school was that,
either from choice or necessity,
they had joined the great army
of toilers, and, in the majority of
cases, at least, had hidden adieu
to school work for all time.
Their entrance into the indus
trial world is the more to be de-
plored because Of the fact that,
according to Owen r. Lovejoy,
Secretary of the National Child
Labor Committee, all the girls and
at least nine-tenths of the boys
who leave school under sixteen
years of age, enter low-wage In
dustries and remain unskllled
workers throughout their lives.
Their lack Of education units
them for anything but manual
labor, usually of the toughest and
most unremunerative kind, and
their physical health is SO under
mined by hardship that they grow
to manhood and womanhoOd with
weakened constitutions which
either bring them to premature
graves, or prevent successful COM
petition with their more favored
brethren In the battle of life. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Lovejoy, these
young workers are doomed to
lives of poverty, wretchedness
and crime. One can readily I'M
derstand that the conditions I'M
der which many Of them are
forced to labor do not tend to de-
velop the best class Of citizens.
Surely some steps could be
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

stimulate others to remember God
more generously in their wills!
There are a great many Cath
olics who possess no inconsider-
able amount of this world s goods
who never think of returning to
Almighty God a portion at least
of their wealth in recognition Of
His goodness to them. They seem
to think that they are the supreme
masters Of what they possess.
They fail to realize that it was
God Who blessed their endeavors; ;
that all they have is His free gift /;
that they are the stewards not
the owners of the wealth entrust-
ed to them. If they could leave
large sums to religion they would
possibly do so, because of the
fame that would come to them !;
but they fail to realize the value
of "the widows mite" given to
the poor and needy or to religious
institutions for Gods sake. It is
not the amount Of the gift but the
intention with which it is given
that counts before God. Catholics,
especially, should remember this,
and no matter how limited their
means may be, they should de-
vote a portion Of their savings to
works and objects that are pleas
ing to Him. The Church is in con-
tinual need Of funds in order to
carry on her benefcient activities
and if those who possess a com
potency would only follow the ex-
ample set by Thomas Mccarthy,
the freight handler, there would
be fewer institutions hampered in
their endeavors by financial diff
culties.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
CHIEF HOME WREcKER.

Drinking, by an overwhelming ma
jority, is the cause of the wrecking
of most homes whose affairs came
under the Chicago Court of Domestic
Relations in the last year. The novel
court is about to close it's second
twelvemonth, and Judge GemmiII has
nearly finished his report for that
period. Three thousand six hundred
and ninety-nine cases were heard this
year. Nearly 1000 have been handled
in the two years Of the courts exist
ence.
Following are the causes of domes-
tic trouble, as tabulated by Judge Gem
mill:
Liquor, AZ per cent; immortality, IA
per cent; disease, 13 per cent; iii
temper, IL per cent; wife's parents, 6
per cent; husbands parents, / per
cent; married too young, per cent;
laziness, 3 per cent; miscellaneous, 6
per cent.
More than $15O,OOO has been col
lected and turned over to dependent
wives and children during the years."
said Judge Gemmill. Perhaps the
best feature of the courts record is
that reconciliations have been brought
in so per cent Of the cases of separa-
ton that have come before IT."
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taken to remedy this deplorable
condition Of affairs. Even if we
regard as too high Mr.. Lovejoy s
estimate of the number of children
under sixteen who go to work in
stead of going to school, we can
not close our eyes to the fact that
far too large a proportion Of chill
dren who ought to be in school
are deprived of the advantages of
an education either because they
are permitted by their parents to
seek employment as a means Of
escaping what they call the druid
gerry of school life, or because
they are obliged by stress Of cir
cumstances to forego school in
order to provide for their. own
Immediate needs or for the needs
OF those who are depending on
them. Every child is entitled to
the best educational facilities
which it can obtain and some
method ought to be devised to
provide schooling for children
who, if left to their own resources,
would be obliged to go to work
when they should be in school.
We are sometimes inclined to
think that the majority of the
children who leave school before
they are sixteen years Of age, is
drawn from the ranks of the for
eign population. Mr.. Loveioy
estimates that about one-half the
number are white American chill
dren, one or both of whose par
ents are native-born. This con
tention is borne out by the facts
stated in the latest volume Of the
Federal Report on the Condition
of Woman and Child Wage Earn
ers in the United States. Of
twenty eight RACIAL groups into
which the $4,000 workers are
divided, only four races, involv-
ing less than one-tenth of the
total, had a larger percentage OF
workers under sixteen than the
native white Americans. Of all
the workers of all races studied in
twenty three industries in seven.
teen states, one in twelve was un-
der sixteen years of age, while OF
the American workers in the same
industries and the same states, one
IN eleven was under sixteen. The
Connecticut State Commission, in
a study of more than II, 1000 WON
en- and girls, representing four
teen racial groups, found larger
percentage Of Americans with
American fathers among the work.
ers under sixteen than among the
older workers.
The National Child Labor Com
mittee suggests that, in the light
of the widely recognized evils OF
factory work for young people
it would be well for all industrial
states to follow the example Of
Ohio which has placed on its
statute books law forbidding the
employment of boys under fifteen
and of girls under sixteen years
of age in factories and several
other lines Of industry.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

The Right Reverend Bishop
Donahue, of Wheeling, W. Va, a
member of the committee which
investigated the causes of the re-
cent strike among the miners of
that state, proposed the following
remedy for existing conditions 81
would require both operators and
miners to go to church twice on
each Sunday. / would give every
one a Bible as a steering chart,
and then give them the eight
Beatitudes and make them hang
two or three Of them in their bed
rooms, such as Blessed are the
poor in spirit and Blessed are
the peace-makers.' Those would
cause them to forget to use the
machine guns"
IF more religion and less Social
ism were injected into the miners,
there would be fewer strikes, less
loss of life and money, and more
contented class, not only among
the miners, but in every other line
of industry. Religion must be at
the basis of every rightly-directed
effort along the lines of justice to
remedy the unsatisfactory condi-
tions that exist in the labor world
of today.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
INSURING CHURCH PROP
ERTY.

In view Of the number of
churches struck by lightning, de-
stroyed by fire or damaged by
cyclone or tornado, too much ins
sistence cannot be placed upon
the necessity of providing against
such accidents, as far as possible,
by an adequate insurance of
church property. Too frequently
we read, in connection with such
occurrences, that there was little,
if any, insurance upon the prop
erty destroyed, and, as a conse-
quence, the parish is handicapped
in the work of rebuilding, and the
parishioners are sorely tried by
the calamity that has fallen upon
them. It is the duty Of the priest
to see that the church property of
the parish which he serves, is fully
insured, in order that, if de-
stroyed, he may have the nucleus
of a fund to be used in rebuilding.
The building up Of a parish, the
erection of a church, parish
house and school involve no in
considerable outlay on the part of
the people. Their efforts to equip
the parish with all that is neces-
sary for the safeguarding of their
religious interests, is often the
work of years, and it is disheart-
ening, to say the least, to find that,
when fire wipes out the result of
their life work, they are in a worse
condition than they were in the
beginning before anything was
done to improve the property. 1t
is incumbent upon the priest and
the trustees associated with him
to provide against such con-
tingency. They owe it to the peo-
pie of the parish whom they rep
resent to protect the investment
made for the benefit Of religion,
and the only adequate protection
in such a case is secured by insur-
ing the church property for such
a sum as will reimburse the par
ish, in some measure at least, for
the outlay made in equipping it
with all that was necessary for
ministering to the needs of the
people. It is a false economy
which prompts a parish to insure
its property at a very low figure
in order that it may save part Of
the premium, and the risk taken is
too great to justify the insuring Of
church property for anything less
than an equitable amount It is
too late to think Of attending to
these matters when fire has al
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

help to the missionaries, they do
everything possible to obstruct and
hinder their work. To take a case
which is typical Of many of its kind.
Last year, one of the Belgian priests
had to return to his native land after
living life of untold hardships in the
Congo for the welfare Of the heather
inhabitants. According to all reliable
reports he served for twelve years the
sufferers from Sleeping Sickness,
finally becoming a victim to it. With
the germ of death in his system and
waiting patiently for his dissolution,
the poor priest has been made the
object of the vilest calumnies by one
of the Congo officials, to whom it
seemed to be a delight, not only to
take away the good name of this angel
of charity, but also to destroy the
faith of those among the black natives
who had been served and cured by
this good priest.
The Project Apostolic of the district
complained to the Superior of this
mans conduct, but he did not receive
even an acknowledgment of his letter.
After months of patient waiting, the
demand for justice was renewed and
then the laconic reply came: Apply
to the law-courts. This was done.
The local State Procurator refused to
proceed, and sent the "dossier" to the
Prosecutor General in Bona. After a
long delay, the decision arrived, that
there was no cause for prosecution.
Socialist Leaders inconsistency.
In 1908, on the occasion of a visit
to the Congo, M. e. Vandervelde, the
leader of the Belgian Socialists, wrote
in reference to what he observed in
connection with one of the Jesuit mis-
sions there: when / see the gentle
ness and goodness these priests show
to the poor natives, cannot help say
ing to myself that their enemies make
a psychological mistake by charging
them with wrong Intentions" This
same M. Vandervelde is now@the pa
iron and protector-in-chief of all this
anti-clerical animosity in the Congo
and the principal antagonist of the
Catholic missionaries.
The Colonial Minister'S Attitude.
M. Renkin, member of the Catholic
| Government, and the Colonial Minis
ter, is, to say the least, something OF
a puzzle The Superiors of all the
Catholic missions in the Congo re
Gently addressed to him a joint-letter
in which they summed up their prin
cipal complaints against this class Of
Colonial officials. nj. Renkin does moi
deny that there are abuses. He him
self has made enquiry in some of the
more fragrant cases, and has seen thai
justice was done to the aggrieved par
ties, priests and nuns. But, somehow
he regards the demand of the Belgian
Catholics for protection for their hard
working missionaries, which is at pres
ent vigorously urged, as a persona
attack made upon himself Should ht
go on with his opposition to a thor
ough revision of the present system
of Colonial administration in the Con
go, the missionaries may well pray tt
be saved from their friends.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
kNIGHT OF ST. GREGORY
PAPAL HONOR CONFERRED ON
JOHN p. SUTTON, OF LIN
COLIN, NEBRASKA.

The current issue of the "Acta
ApostoIicae Sedis" contains the an
nouncement of the high honor con-
ferred by His Holiness, Pope Plus K,
upon Mr.. John P. Sutton, of Lincoln,
Neb. Mr.. Sutton has been appointed
a Knight of the Order Of st. Gregory
the Great, in recognition of his serv-
ices to the Church.
Mr.. Sutton, who is sixty-eight, has
been a resident of Lincoln for many
years. In the late sixties he took
part in the campaign against the In
dians and, on retiring from the regular
army, he entered business. He is
the only knight Of st. Gregory In
Nebraska. The late Count Creighton,
Of Omaha, was also a member Of this
distinguished order.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

The Jubilee proclaimed by our
Holy Father In connection with
the sixteen hundredth anniversary
of the peace granted to the
Church by the Emperor Constan-
tine commentaries the triumph
of the Cross. That sacred symbol
of divinest love and mercy is as
potent today in restoring peace to
troubled souls as it ever was. Let
us have recourse to it in all our
trials and temptations as a most
powerful weapon against the as
saults of the evil one. 1t is the
Christians gage of battle and
standard of victory.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

Herr Bebel, the noted leader
of the Socialists in Germany, who
died some weeks ago, left an estate
of $150,000. Is it not strange that
so many Socialists who preach the
abolition Of private property are
unwilling to loosen up on the coin
when it comes into their possess
sion? If they would only practice
what they preach, their words
would carry more weight among
thinking people. However, this
is only one of the many incon-
sistencies Of Socialism.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

Have you made the Jubilee yet?
The conditions prescribed by the
Holy Father for gaining its spirit
ual benefits are not onerous. All
that is necessary is to make six
visits, on the same or on different
days, to the church designated by
the Bishop of the Diocese, and
offer prayers for the intention of
the Pope, receive the Sacraments
of Penance and Holy Communion
and make a contribution, accord
ing to your means, for some charit-
able purpose, if no special one is
designated by your Bishop.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

A Catholic Stage Guild has been
formed in England. One of it's
objects . is to have printed cards
giving the hours of Mass and the
names of local priests hung in the
theatres, halls and concert rooms
throughout Great Britain. An
other plan is to have the names
Of members Of the Guild on tour
sent ahead to the priest in any
town, so that he may call on them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

The Most Reverend Archbishop
Redwood, of Wellington, New
Zealand, has announced the ap-
pointment of a second Vicar Gen
eral to relieve Coadjutor-Arch-
bishop O'Shea of some of his
duties. The new Vicar General is
the Very Reverend Dean John
McKenna, of Masterton, who is at
present on a visit to Ireland, after
a quarter of century of service on
the Australian mission. Father
McKenna, accompanied by his
brother, the Reverend T. McKen-
ma, of Pahiatua, passed through
st. Paul last May on his way to
Europe.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

Mayor Gaynor, of New York.
whose funeral took place this
week, was baptized and brought
up Catholic. It is said that in
his youth he took steps to become
a Christian Brother. In his early
manhood, he fell away from the
Church of his forefathers and died
outside the fold. His Catholic
education left its impress on his
whole life. The following extract
from the current issue of the
Brooklyn tTablet" would indi-
cate that he never forgot the
church of his youth. 'sNo one
was more perplexed with his re-
markable character than those
who saw him even recently make
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27

The month of October is dedi-
Gated to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
under the title of "Queen of the
Most Holy Rosary During this
month the devout Catholic will
not fail to offer up each day the
Holy Rosary-the most eficacious
of all the prayers that can be said
in her honor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1918.

Owing to the high cost of liv-
ing, seven ministers have resigned
their pastorates in Waukegan, Ill,
since last May, and have engaged
in more lucrative work. Evident
ly they believe that "not in bread
alone doth man live"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
THE CHURCH IN THE CONGO
Prosecuted CATHOLIC MISSION
ARIES APPEAL IN VAIN TO THE
BELGIAN OFFICIALS.

From recent events in the Congo
Colony, it would appear as if this vast
Belgian territory in Africa were to be
an everlasting source of trouble to it's
owners, says the Liverpool Times.
For years the administration of that
State was accused Of allowing atroci-
ties and cruelties to be perpetrated on
the native races, and the campaign set
on foot in England against the former
system of administration came to an
end only few months ago. There is
no use now in re-opening the question
of the existence and extent of those
irregularities, which was so long to
the fore. Catholics believed then, and
still believe, that the complaints in
this respect, raised especially by Prot
estant travellers and missionaries
were, to say the least greatly exag-
writer's can justly claim to have de-
Tended the former administration
against unjust attacks, or, at any rate,
to have reduced those complaints to
their proper proportion. But for this
Catholic activity there is no telling
what results the relentless and inces-
SAINT attacks upon those responsible
for the state of things in the Congo
might have yielded; international COM
plications, war, and even the loss of
this territory to Belgium would by no
means have been out of the question.
ALI this is past. The Congo is now
a Belgian colony in the ordinary sense
Of the word and the ministers of the
Crown have to submit to Parliament
regular accounts of the condition and
development of the African depend
ency.
The Missionaries Grievance.
With the great change new trou-
BILE seems to have arisen, this time not
of an international, but of domestic
kind. The grievance is of long stand
ing; only, at present, it is voiced in
clear and unmistakable terms by the
Catholic missionaries, whom Belgium
has sent to the Congo to Christianize
the black races and bring them within
the pale of Christian civilization. Who
are responsible for their grievance?
The responsibility lies with the Bel
gian officials in the Congo, men who
are paid by the Belgian Government,
who represent the Belgian State, and
should do their utmost for the promo
ton of the spiritual and economical
education OF the poor black races.
What is the charge? That these Bel
gian officials, animated by an anti
clerical spirit, do their utmost to sap
and undermine the authority and infiu-
ence of their felIow-countrymen the
Catholic missionaries from Belgium
systematically and persistently they
disseminate among those benighted
poor heathens distrust and suspicion
against the preachers Of the Gospel
make charges against them on the
flimsiest pretexts, hamper them with
all sorts or vexatious administrative
measures: in brief, instead Of being a
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visits to the Blessed Sacrament in
certain Catholic Church of this
diocese. What a pity that such
a useful life was not made more
exemplary by fullest allegiance to
Catholic doctrines and practice!
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ready played havoc with the
church or school or parochial
house. It is useless to lock the
stable door after the horse has
been stolen.
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Rev. JAMES NJ. REASON, Editor.
B. P. KoLEsKY, Advertising MANAGER.
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