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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

Rejoice, o We Spirits and Angels on
high!
This day the pure Mother of Love
BY death was set free; and ascending
the sky,
Was welcomed by Jesus, with triumph
and joy,
To the Courts of His glory above.
o Virgin divine! what treasures are
thine!
What power and splendour untold!
With flesh thou hadst clothed the
Lord of all might;
He clothes Thee in turn with His in
finite light,
And vesture of radiant gold.
He, who on thy breast found nurture
and rest,
Is now thy ineffable Food;
And He, Who from Thee in the flesh
lay eonceald,
Now gives thee, beholding His glory
reveal'd,
To drink from the fulness of God.
Through thy Virginia. womb what
graces have come!
What glories encompass thy throne!
Where next to thy Son, thou sittest a
Queen,
Exalted on high, above Angels and
men!
Inferior to Godhead alone!
Then hear us, we pray, on this blessed
Day;
Remember we also are thine;
And deign for thy children with Jesus
to plead
That He may forgive us, and grant us
in need
His strength and protection divine
All praise to the Father, Who chose
for His Son
A Mother, the daughter of Eve;
All praise to the glorious Child of her
womb;
All praise to the infinite Spirit by
Whom
Her glory it was to conceive!
From the Roman BreDiorp.
Translated bD FIR. CdSDeH.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
From the Doctors Diary

OF course, it's simply case of auto
suggestion; it must be auto-sugges-
ton. And yet
Well, even Freudean psychology
can't quite explain everything
is, everything about everything. And
ton, where can we hit upon the ade-
quate original stimuli? The girl is
manifestly neither morbid nor neGro-
tic; in all other respects, indeed, she
seems sane and normal. | would be
willing to vouch for the soundness of
every inch of her cortical area; she
is not the sort of person who goes
crazy in spots" / confess it battles
me. think I'll put these notes into
technical German and eend them to
old Rothberg of Berlin. Maybe say
maybe-he,H be able to solve the
problem.
1t is now nearly two o'clock in. the
morning. Perhaps that is one reason
why this seems SO much of a problem
to me, for I reach my maximum of
mental expression at four. Who
knows? The whole thing may be as
clear as daylight tomorrow afternoon!
But the thing haunts me, all the
same; yes, haunts, for there is some
thing uncanny about it all. l know
can't sleep tonight. And I'm glad
my wife and little Nellie are at the
Springs, for they'd get on my nerves
awfully if they tried to talk, Talk,
Why the thing has saddled me so
that couldn't talk to Ralph, my prince
of chauffeurs, all the way home from
the sanitarium. / saw the boy was
surprised chagrined, too-when
| climbed into the tonneau instead of
taking my customary place at his
SIDE Oh, confound all girls, / say
especially girls with transparent skin
and steady blue eyes and hair of fine
spun gold!
Well, l know that the only thing
for me to do right now is to sit down
here by the window in my bathrobe
and feel the cool breeze that blows
over the sleeping city and scratch
down on this pad just what comes
into my mind The whole thing is
an obsession, and I'm determined to
get it out of my system.
Clara would say I've been drinking
again; but, as usual, Clara would be
wrong. Drinking, forsooth, at the
Krodin Sanatarium! A mere sip at
cocktail and one small glass of light
white wine is all I've had tonight.
If I'm drunk. o wife of my heart, not
alcohol has done the job. but mystery!
Here, now. Let me get the facts
in order. The invitation came to
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

ST. LUTGARDE, VIRGIN.

There was little in Lutgarde's edu-
cation to make her a Saint. Her par
ents first bethrothed her to a mer-
chant; and when, through the loss
of her fortune, her marriage became
impossible, they urged her to take the
veil. After some resistance she en-
tered, as pensioner, the Benedictine
convent at Tongres in Brabant, but
lived in a discontinued state, secretly
signing for a worldly life. One day
when she had gone to gossip, as was
her wont, in the parlours, our Lord
Himself stood before her. Pointing
to His still bleeding Heart, He babe
her seek in Him alone the joys of
Divine love. From that hour Lutgarde
renounced the world and it's follies,
and began a new life of prayer and
penance. During the bloody strug-
gle with the Albigenses she offered
herself victim for the Church, and
suffered most fearful tortures of mind
and body. To conceal the miraculous
gifts with which she was favored, she
exchanged to the Cistercian Order,
and prayed earnestly that she might
remain there unknown Her petition
was granted She lived for forty
years in community of French nuns,
from whom, by her ignorance of the
language, she was completely isolated
Towards the end of her life her solicit
tude was further increased by the total
loss of sight. At length, in 1146, her
eyes, which had been closed for eleven
years, opened to behold troop oil
blessed spirits who came to lead her
to heaven.
The gift of healing which st. Lut
garde possessed brought to the con
vent numerous visitors, who interrupt
ed her silence and observance. The
Saint therefore prayed for some other
less dangerous grace, and received
the power of understanding the secret
things of Sacred Scripture Still she
was dissatisfied, and complained that
such high mysteries were not for one
so simple. What wouldst thou, then p
asked Christ of her mot Thy Word
but Thy Heart, o Lord, for mel" she
replied. In that moment and from
that time the Sacred Heart of Jesus
was present in the heart of the holy
maiden, purifying her and encouraging
her to suffer; thenceforth she never
knew another hayward desire or evil
thought, but lived in and for her Lord
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
Our Hope for the Future.

In different times past the Holy
Eucharist has exercised a unifying
influence in different ways. In our
own days frequent Communion is
bringing with it an increase of super
natural loyalty to the whole of the
Kingdom of God on earth. Frequent
Communion means the training of the
young in the creeds. IL inspires the
determination of clergy and people to
have Catholic schools even when they
have to maintain their schools by
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
HISTORIC ROMNEY
PORTRAIT TO Be SOLD
Picture Of Charlotte Smith, the
Novelist, 122. Years in One
Family. 49,

AN FRANCICO. July A.-Drawn in
gallery. but DETECTED to America, res
cued from the San Francisco earth
quake and fire of 1906, a noted portrait
by Romanv is about to leave the hands
of the family which has owned the pic
ture for more than 40 years.
The portrait is Romneys pastel of
Charlotte Smith. one of the earliest
women novelists. and. perhaps the first
woman to earn a substantial income by
her pen. The picture was made at the
same time as the famous portrait of
Cowper. but unlike this picture, the
SO that for more than a century this
very interesting composition has been
practically lost to sight. fra
In 1868 the drawing was shown in the
national portrait exhibition by it's own
er at that time. Miss Lucinda Smith, the
novelist's granddaughter. She then ex-
pressed her intention Of presenting the
portrait along with some Turner's, To
the Turner gallery. Later she changed
her mind and bedueathed IL to her IA
vorite niece. Madame Mitchell Lisak.
the Rreat-granddaughte of the original
Charlotte Smith. who married and set
tied in San Francisco. following a girl
hood in Australia. To San Francisco
the picture travelled more than thirty
years ago. and 1t was one of the few
art valuables which were saved from the
flames in 1906.
The Lissak home was filled with old
furniture. silver. and portraits inherited
from both sides Of the family, and these
treasures were the only things thought
of when the fire bore down on the
house. The father, without providing
even a suit OF clothes for hinsclf, took
the Tomncy picture, while the daugh-
tiers laid hold of some old miniatures
and the antique silver was carried away
by a kindly neighbor fortunate enough
to have a horse and buggy
For three days father, mother, and
daughters wandered homeless, carrying
| their precious family portraits, until
friends from nearby suburb were
found. Several months after this father
and mother died. Accordingly, the Rom
new portrait is soon to change bands, to
join the collection Of some one who car
afford such expensive trifies. for at a
recent English sale Romney's Anne de
Ia Pole" brought more than $4,000.
Although the pastel of Charlotte
Smith has been far from public gaze
since 1872. the facts about 1t are fully
recorded by the artists oiogranher and
friend. William Hayley: In August, l!s2
house party for some of the leading
literary lights of his day. The lion OF
this occasion was Cowper. To meet him
came Hayley's other friends including
Ronney, the painter: Mrs. Charlotte
smith. the novelist. and Miss Anne Sew
ard, a "pcetess'' of some contemporary
note.
Eomnev was greatly taken with Cow
per. so while Cowper and Hayley were
busy translating Millions Latin poems,
Rornney drew Cowper in colored Crayon.
The artist always regarded tEis the
nearest approach he had ever made to
perfect representation of life ard char
acter.'' This finished. Romney turned
his attention to the women of the party
and drew Mrs. Smith, who sat for her
portrait when not adding a chapter to
her "Old Manor House"
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
HOTEL MAN FO|LS
NEW CHECK SW|NDLE
CompeIs One of the Three Who
Assisted in Transaction to
Disgorge.

NEW YORK. July 24.-Several New
York hotels have been suffering from
the operations of three men with new
scheme for getting money on checks
without being amenable to the law. The
Vanderbilt. it was learned yesterday,
has spoiled their game and succeeded
in getting its money back.
This was the plan followed with re-
gard to getting the money: A, who once
mad an account in the Aurora Natlonai
Bank OF Aurora, Ill. signed a blank
check. L filed in the name of the bank
the name of the drawee, and the
amount. took advantage of an ac-
quaintance he had among hotel men
and others and had them cash the drafts
on his Endorsement.
The check was cashed at the Wander
bilt about the middle of June, because
one of the managers had known the
man who presented it. This man c i'm
medlately passed the cash over to Is.
Two weeks later the check came BACK
from the Aurora. Ill. bank marked
NO funds. Also came the information
that the man whose name was signed
had had an account with the bank. a
year ago, but relations had been un-
satisfactory and the account had been
closed. The man who had passed the
check was notified, but he manifested
no disposition to come forward ana
make good the amount
Ebert Martin. who used to be Colonel
RooseNelt's secretary, and TO whom the
colonel gave the revolver with which he
was shot in Milwaukee, is now one OF
Managing Director MarshalTs lieuten-
ants. Mr.. Marshall suggested TO Martin
that he see what he could do with the
check.
Martin took il and went downtown 10
IN" OFFICE occupied by { and announced
that he was there to get the value OF
the check and S. protest fees ex-
pressed his sympathy. h happened to
drop in. He, too, expressed his sym
pathy, and both informed the Wander
bilt's cmissaTy that MT only could the
face value Of the check not be collected
from them. but there was no way that
they could be reached by law. Martin
managed 10 obtain from them the ad-
dress of the man who had signed the
check, and left promising 70 call again.
Armed with more information he pre-
scented himself at C's office asst Friday.
You carnot do anything to U.S. they
coolly assured him. We are not re-
sponsible.''
You forget" smiIinglv admonished
Martin. You. B. made The mistake of
filing IN the name of the bank. and that
makes il possible TO get all three OF you
if the check is not paid
Principally at noon on Monday c ap-
poared at the hotel and counted out sl95
at the desk.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

the desire to beneft the hiring garages
of the country, but whether IL wtss
have that effect is rather questionable;
even should the Austrian garages make
some gain. the Austrian hote.keepers
and others will suffer a distinct loss.
II is a common practice of English and
American travellers to hire a car oy
the week or month at some continental
place for a tour through several coun-
tries, and these good customers VIII
hardly submit to the Inconvenience and
cost OF having to discharge a car neal
the Austrian frontier, travel into the
country by train and then hire anoth-
er car for the Austrian part OF the trip.
| is not only hirers OF cars that are
hit by the law. Foreign owners with
their cwn cars are permitted to remain
orly fortnight in Austria. On, the
other hand, the Deutscher Automobile
Club has given bond for its members,
under which the restrictions : are re-
Taxed with regard to them. TIE Ba-
varian official traffic office has also
made some ABRAMS ements with the Aus
TRAN government for the purpose of
getting TIE cars they hire out passed
by the Austrian customs.
The amount of the deposit for hired
car Is reckoned at the rate OF 60 kronen
per hundredweisht of the weight of the
car 1t Is advisable that all unattached
motorists proceeding to Austria should
be aware of the restraints imposed and
that members OF clubs should take the
advice OF their secretaries before VEN
turing to cross the Austrian border
again.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Beauchamp Installed
Cirque Ports Warden

DOVER. England. Julv 24-An ancient
and picturesque ceremony vas revived
here when Earl Beauchamp was for
maIly installed lord warden of the
cinque ports. The "Cinque" ports
Dover. Hastings. Hythe. Romney. and
SandWich-were increased centuries ago
TO seven by the addition of Rye and
Yinchelsea, but the same old name was
retained.
The office of lord warden was former
~ one of the highest under the crown.
as the holder was responsible for the
defense and safety of the south coast OF
England, but from the Stuart period
its Importance has declined, until now it
is merely a sinecure for favored noble
men Of high rank.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
DELAY IN CANCER
CAUSE OF DEATHS
Surgeons Declare 81 Per Cent
of Cases Put Off Treatment
Until Too Late.

NEW YORK, July AIN the present
state Of knowledge the chief hope of
reducing the cancer death rate is found
in carly recognition OF the disease fcl-
lowed by prompt and competent surgical
treatment. Thousands CT lives now
needlessly sacrificed, could be saved If
the average cancer patient would 90 to
the surgeon as promptly as docs the
average person attacked by appendicitis
Nor is there any reason why the cancer
patient should not seek this. the only
safe treatment. with the same degree
of confidence in the outcome that is
now common among those suffering
from the latter disease.
Unfortunately. the evidence is only
too clear that a different attitude to-
ward cancer prevails auh occasions
many preventable deaths The almost
superstitious dread of the disease and
unwillingness to admit its existence or
to seek medical advice in time are we'll
known and difficult obstacles TO prog
rcss in its control.
Pro:T of this fatal neglect is found in
the experience of a New York surgeon
who recently studied his case records
in order to obtain definite information
as to the delay in the average case.
Among his last 1000 patients there
were eighty-six cases of cancer. sixty
five of these had never been operated
on. and came to him as new cases. or
the sixty-five patients, thirty-ive were
men and thirty were women. Further
study of these siXty-dve cases showed
that after the first discover of tumor
or after the first suspicious symptoms
the men had waited an average of IL
months before consulting the surgeon.
and the women had waited 11-9 months,
practically a years delay in all cases.
Another well-known surgeon in re-
cent public address confirmed this es-
innate from his own experience winter
of Koenigsberg. Prussia. the pioneer IN
the education of the public In regard
to cancer. analyzed the records OF l,eoz
operable cases and showed that 81 per
cent of these patients could and snouio
have applied for treatment much ear
lier when thew would have had a far
higher chance of recovery than was
actually the case.
To the DELAY after the symptoms are
manifest must be added the INDEFINITE
time after the beginning of the disease
before the patient recognizes the trou-
BILE. according to these surgeons. This
period can be shortened by education
Fortunately the symptoms OF cancer
are present quite early and can usually
be recognized If the patient understands
their IMPORTANCE. In too many instan-
ces. however. the disease is not sus-
pected until the symptoms are pro-
-ounced or until there is tumor or
considerable size. II we assume that
this period averages six months, and
then add the years delay for which the
patient is RESPONSIBLE. the surgeons find
that the average patient does not seek
advice until at least wear and half
after the onset of cancer.
This precious time thrown away
means. if not a fatal outcome. at least
a serious instead of a minor operation.
Science has not vet found the cause
of cancer. 1t is not known how II Is
contracted or how ii is transmitted
from one ratient to another.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
BEGIN CAMPAIGN TO
ELEVATE BEET SUGAR

LOS ANGELES. July 24.-California is
planning to advertise beet sugar as
california sugar" and a fund has been
obtained by the beet growers TO finance
this educational campaign. Their inten-
ton is to combat the idea that beet
main gun of their campaign is going to
be a quotation from DR.. Wiley. late
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, and
the leading pure food" advocate.
During his term as chief of the bu-
reau DR.. Wiley said: Refined sugar.
whether il is made from cane, beets,
corn. maple sap, or any other product,
is the same, chemically and physically.
1t is impossible 10 distinguish between
refined beet sugar and refined cane su-
gar. Chemists cannot do II.
Housewives in this country often at
is used still they have all kinds OF pre-
serves to the use of beet sugar. The
same failures occur when cane sugar is
used. In Europe nothing but beet sugar
is used still they have all kinds of pree-
serves; in fact, England, where beet
and cane sugars are used without pref
erence. is noted for these products.
The beet sugar industry OF California
is one Of its principal industries. 1t is
much greater than the public knows.
During 1913 and this year the farms
planted to beets will exceed 9o.ooo acres.
and the tonnage will be greater than
last year, when $4,000 tons of heets
were sliced. In 1913 29o,to0,ooo pounds
Of refined sugar was made from the
crop
The industry is founded on an invest
ment of about s15,Oo0,OOo. which includes
both the refneries and lands. This is
exclusive Of the amount invested in
stock. farm implements, and other
equipment In the best district. which
Includes San Diego. Venture, Riverside,
San Rernardino. Orange, and Los An
geles counties. there are number OF
small towns founded entirely by beet
growers. who have grown rich from the
beet sugar industry.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
NATAGALPA hOURNS
PUNCH AMERICANA
u. S. Consul BreWed a Drink
That Made Him Most Popu-
lar Man There.

NEW YORK, July 24.-'Ho- wealth
err" repeated an American. just back
from one of the Central American
republics yesterday at the McAl?ln
when a man coming in from the
street had said 4 few words on the
all-pervading subject. You have
never been in La Guayra. Ncnzuela.
And ! may add. there ar" spots in
Central America where the sun does
= bit of shining In the speculative
sense. That makes it necessary 70:
us who have &c spenG q considerable
portion OF the year in 4 region where
Ice is usually sold weight for weight
with gold to devise something occa-
sionally which will make us forget
the climate.
About the most famous mixer. both
physically and Spirituality l ever
encountered in the heat belt was n
chap who filled the position of Amer
lean Consul At Matagalpa. Nicarau-
qua. He was the author # = purct!
of such merit that l venture TO say
that had he but LEFT the recipe for it
when he was transferred 10 another
post, his statue would today adorn
might have been at least a table, to
him in the capital.
But he didn't, and the fame of that
punch has had to come down by rep
utation alone. And there are strong
and gallant caballeros in Nicaragua
today who tell their sons that while
the various vintages of the products
no man has really drunk in all the
word implies unless he has tasted
of that 'ponch Americana that used
to be the chief feature of celebrations
ard patriotic celebrations and patri-
otto dinners at American Consulate
at Matagalpa.
One particular brew of that punch
stands cut in memory. Matagalpa had
splurged itself upon a new market, and
the committee in charge of the celebra-
ton in its honor had begged the consul
to brew q few forums of his celebrated
punch for the occasion. Delighted at
this signal mark of attention. the con-
sui purchs sed seven bottles of &, cd ia
maica rum. Only three were to have
been used in the brew; the other bot
ties were 10 have been kept in bottle on
o convenient shelf for those celebrants
who liked the stuff neat
The consul was actually mixing the
beverage when a caller came in. The
latter warted to know way the consul
had not vised an invoice fo- some gods
that were being shipped out. The con-
sui suspected some irreguldritv, and an
argument began The consul was in
terested. He forgot what he was doing
with his hands. and took up bottle after
bottle and poured out its contents in
an distracted fashion, until he came to
himself by discovering that ne had emp
Tied the contents OF the seven bottles
into the bowl
He did not mention his trifiing mis-
take, but at the celebration it was no
tiCed that everybody who took glass
OF the decoction came back for sec
ond and a third, and things got so live
~ that before tine end of the evening
the chief OF police was leading the ex-
ercises by shooting holes through the
ceiling. He had to be disarmed. Never
again did the consul make punch With
out carefully measuring his rum.