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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-28
GOOD NEWS FROM JAPAN.

While conversions in Japan com
pare in no way with those in China,
some missionaries take a very favor
able view of conditions in the former
country. Father Bonnet, P. f. NJ,
of Oshima-Kado, is one of these san
guine apostles. He says that this year
especially the movement toward our
religion is marked. On all sides he
hears reports of notable conversions.
One of these is no less a parsonage
than the former minister, Katsura,
who is said to have been baptized
during illness. At Fukuoka, diocese
of Nagasaki, several thousands are
waiting for instruction in Catholic
doctrine, and near Kado, the chief of
large village came to the mission,
saying that all it's inhabitants had de-
cided on conversion.
Sister Marie Colombo, Franciscan
Missionary of Mary, working among
the orphans and lepers of Biwasaki,
near Kumamoto, Japan, says that the
pagans of the district are much at.
tracted by the Crib prepared by the
nuns at Christmas, and come in large
numbers to gaze admiringly at the In
FAINT Jesus. Converts are constantly
being made, and if the mission pos
sessed proper chapel these people
could bring their friends to witness
the ceremonies of Sunday and feast
days.
The first chapel erected is alto
gether too small to contain those that
wish to come, and as large and
sumptuous pagoda is directly opposite,
opening it's arms to attract the natives
to devotions in honor of Satan, the
Catholics would like to be able to offer
their own flock a decent house of
worship. The poor orphans and
lepers also find much pleasure in pray.
ing before the Blessed Sacrament,
and the Sisters would like to build a
chapel worthy of containing Our
Blessed Lord on its altar.
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timbers to the rains-and you should
be here to know what rain means.
You cannot imagine it. You would
think the whole ocean had gone up
in an aeroplane and had suddenly
come to grief and made a rapid de-
scent. Wood soon gets rotten when
constantly rained on. For seven
long years these timbers were ex-
posed. Now, if you can, reckon up
the expense of making good all this.
Think of the poverty of the place
that cannot find even food for one
priest. But the gruesome story is not
finished at that. Age has brought
the corrugated zinc of the roof to its
latter end, and that refuses service.
You should be in the Church when
it's raining. The sacristy is swamped
The vestry too. Even the Tabernacle
is rained on. It saddens one.
I'll let this speak for itself. l shall
have to keep ON writing the same
thing for long while yet owing tc
the extent of damage done.
Yours sincerely,
w. CAIN.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-28
MATTHEW ARNOLD ON CATHO-
LICITY.

"This is why the man of magma
ton; nay, the philosopher, too, will
also have weakness for the Catho-
lie Church; because of the. rich trea-
sures of human life which have been
stored within her pale.
''Who has seen the poor in other
churches as they are seen in the
Catholic churches? Catholicism, be-
sides, envelopes human life; and
Catholics in general feel themselves
to have drawn not only their religion.
from the Church; they feel themselves
to have drawn from her, too, their
art, poetry and culture.
eff there is a thing specially alien
to religion it is divisions. If there is
thing specially native to religion, il
is peace and union. Hence original
attraction towards unity is Rome, and
hence the great charm and power fol
mans mind of that unity when once
attained.
81 persist in thinking that Catho
licism has, from this superiority, a
great future before it; that it will
endure, while all the Protestant sects
dissolve and perish" ..
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CATHOLIC EDUCATION LAuDED.

In speech delivered at the dedica-
tion of the new $65,OOO parochial
school of st. Mary Star of the Sea,
in Baltimore, Mayor Preston of that
city expressed the hope that the day
is coming when the adherents of all
classes of religious belief will unite
upon some common method Of teach
ing morality in the public schools.
The Mayor declared that this sub
ject was one which he had considered
well for many years, even prior to his
entering politics, and he felt that
there must be some avenue open for
the reaching of such an agreement.
''An agreement along these lines, it
seems to me-" said the Mayor can
not do any harm, but rather can &C
complish great amount of good. BY
the Inauguration of such a system in
our public schools we will help to
mould the hearts of the young; we
will help to make them better citi-
Zens by showing them that religious
principles constitute the chief asset
of mans success in life; that without
these principles there is something
lacking; that without these principles
we cannot attain the highest form of
education which will make the pupil
receive full value for his or her time
spent in study"
"The subject of religious education .
continued the Mayor, reminds me of
a passage think it was in the pre-
face of Our Christian Heritage writ
ten by His Eminence Cardinal Glib
bons, and which I read many years
ago. That passage made plea for
the union in common brotherhood
of the followers of all creeds. In
that brotherhood charity was to pre-.
vail and bigotry to be forgotten.
Every one was to worship according
to the dictates of his conscience, but
was to respect the rights of others.
That passage has fingered in my
memory, and it has often caused me
to hope that the day is coming when
we all can unite on some common
method of teaching morality in the
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Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey. SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary
Heinz, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May Concern:
The petition of Joseph Heinz having
been filed in this Court, representing
that Mary Heinz, then d resident of the
County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota,
died intestate on the 9th day of Octo-
Der, 1914; and praying that letters of
administration of her estate be granted
to Joseph Heinz.
Tt Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday the 14th day of De-
cember 1914, at 10 o'clock in the fore
matter. can be heard, at the Probate
Court Room, in the Court House in the
City of st. Paul, in said County, and
show cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted and that
this citation be served by the publ
cation thereof in The Catholic Bulletin,
according to law, and by mailing a copy
said day of hearing, to each of the
heirs of said decedent whose names
and addresses are known and appear
from the files of this court.
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
| 18th day of November, A. D. 1914.
E. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
| (Seal Of Probate Court.)
Attest: +. w. Gosewisch, ,
Clerk of Probate.
T. J. Doyle, Atty.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey IS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Guardianship of
Lyal O'Brien, Ward.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom It
May Concern:
On reading and fling the petition of
the representative of said ward, pray
ing that the Court fix a time and place
for examining, adjusting and allowing
her final account, and discharging her
as such guardian.
It Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday, the 14th day Of De-
cember, 1914, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon or as soon thereafter as said
matter can be heard, at the Probate
Court Room, in the Court House in the
City of st. Paul, in said County, and
show cause if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted and that
this citation be served by the publica-
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin,
according to law.
Witness the Judge, of said Court, this
18th day of November, A. D. 1914.
e. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
Attest: II. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk Of Probate.
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lis beginning his missionary labors.
The horizon is none too bright, as will
be seen.
The new vicariate was detached
from Tonkin. It is a mountainous
country and has been little evangel-
lied. About twenty years ago a
Spanish priest opened post at Lang
Son, and two or three French mis-
sionaries during the past seven or
eight years have tried to reach the
people, but in the immense territory
under Father Cothonay's care he
found only two chapels. New sta
tions are now being opened, and
there is hope of founding a seminary
for the training of catechists later
on.
Full of zeal for his good works,
Father Cothonay was proceeding
bravely, when a severe trial came to
check his activity. 1t was one that only
too often affects poor China, namely,
food. The month of July began
very rainy; no damage was done,
however, until the 18th, when a
typhoon burst over the district. The
Christian village surrounding the
church at Lang Son was soon inun.
dated and the people flocked for re-
fuge to the church. 1t was not long
until the waters began to fill the
church and all were forced to fee to
the citadel for safety.
Father Cothonay, the last to leave
as he tried to place a few valuables
out of reach of the food, was rescued
by two soldiers, who waded in water
up to their chins to reach him. The
damage done the mission will reach
large sum for that poor country.
AS little Offset to this misfortune
he had the happiness of administering
the sacrament OF confirmation for the
first time. The new children in the
Faith were poor Annamites, some o.
them blind and all the very refuse
of society. But it is ever thus, among
the lowly and the outcasts, that the
Church is born in pagan country.
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public schools, when we can all agree
on some common prayer to be said or
upon some common method of read
ing the Bible.
Il believe that the Catholic Church
has set us good example in pointing
out the necessity of such teaching.
The results of such an education can
not be rightly denied to any one, and
all broad-minded citizens will give
that Church her need of praise. That
is why l believe that system can be
adopted in our public schools of in
culcating the highest principles of
morality without hurting the religious
sensibilities of the members of any
creed. This would seem to me good
way to start that unity of which l
have spoken"
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SAVING GLASS MEN, FROM
BEING ''DERELICTS."
An Appeal to Business Men.

Hon. James Z. Bruce, eX-state SEN
ator and banker of Iowa, writing to
the Chicago Tribune about the Cat
lin" treatment for the drink habit,
said:
'In a recent issue of your paper
the great cartoonist McCutcheon
preached a temperance lecture in his
portrayal of the human 'derelict'
that was one of the most impressive
that has ever been produced in public
print or elsewhere. 1t was a most
forceful suggestion and reminder to
the father, husband or son in the
strenuous business, professional and
laboripg life who. finds it necessary TO
take from one to a dozen or more
drinks of intoxicating liquor each day.
He knows better than anyone else can
tell him that the habit is daily get
ting stronger, while he and his will
power is daily getting weaker; that
it is only question of time until he,
like the poor 'derelict' without money
and without friends, may be kicked
out by the saloonkeeper and be look.
ing wistfully and longingly at the
| spread on a Accent lunch counter
instead of enjoying the happiness and
| joy of a dinner in his own home sur.
rounded by his happy family.
"There are thousands and tens oil
thousands of human 'derelicts-
some in every community - wrecks
of former prominent and able business
and professional men, who ultimately
fill our almhouses, jails, asylums and
penitentiaries.
"The great mission and,work of the
Gatlin Institute is to reach and save
the able, bright and successful mar
/ who is daily and hourly burning the
1 candle at both ends taking a little
more poison into his system each day
in his efforts to keep from getting
more nervous or to satisfy craving.
III know that nine-tenths of all such
men would quickly take advantage Of
the opportunity offered by the Gatlir
/ If they only knew how easily, quickly
and surely the treatment rids mar
4 VI LudI C1dNluS1 oAu 0ppCI1LS
which spells RUIN to him in larger
letters every day."
Remember that the cause of your
trouble is the poison in your system
and the effect of this is the craving
and nervousness which causes you tc
drink The "Gatlin" treatment re
moves both the cause and effect ant
at the same time wonderfully improves
both your mental and physical condi
ton.
The Gatlin Treatment is perfectly
harmless, safe, sure, speedy and cffec
tive in its results. 1t is taken inter
nally without hypodermic injections
and instead Of taking four or seven
weeks time of the busy man requires
only a few days.
| Before it is TOO LATE, find out
Pabout the "Gatlin" treatment Nc
pain. No discomfort. No hypoder
mic Injections. No long loss of time
from business. No failures.
A handsome new booklet sent un
der plain sealed cover, tells the whole
interesting story. A postal will bring
you copy, free, by return mail.
The Gatlin Institute, 400 So. 7tE
Street, Minneapolis, Mimi.
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CONTINUED from Page 50
MRS. NoRERRY'S SUBSCRIPTION

I'D like to set a lion at her, and
see if she'd be frightened" was what
Winifred said when she came back;
but Edith is the most wonderful little
saint already, and, if you can believe
it, she prays every night and morning
to st. Vincent de Paul to soften that
woman's heart"
Maggie listened with open eyes; but
whatever remark she was about to
make was checked by the appearance
of Lady Mary's youngest child. In a
plain white flannel frock, with no sash,
no hair ribbon, her hair hanging loose
about her thin pale face, she stood in
the doorway taking a survey Of the
strangers before entering the draw
ing-room. When her large, dark eyes
rested on Mrs. Noberry she gave a
scream and rushed to bury her head
against her mothers shoulder.
Its the woman who set her dog al
me-" she gasped.
'Impossible!" cried Mrs. Noberry.
Surely there must be some mis-
take" said Lady Noberry.
"Of course, it was entirely mis-
take" said Mrs. Noberry; 'the beggars
about here are so very tiresome, anG
| how could | guess for a moment thai
those were your children?"
Then you do mean to say that i
was your" asked Lady Mary, sur
prised and shocked.
"You knew, in any case, that they
were somebody's children" interposet
the other visitor. 81 cannot conceive
how any mother could have been 81
cruel!"
Lady Mary rose. II must ask YOU
to excuse me-" she said. Edith was
still trembling and sobbing. She tool
her hand, and moved towards the door
Maggie sprang forward to open it
and threw her arms round the little
girls neck.
Lady Mary stopped and kissed her
Il have heard about you, too, dear,
she said. May God reward you fol
your kindness
This might have been the end; al
any rate it was an unfortunate be
ginning.
There is no chance of any intimacy
with the Castle now" said Mrs. No
berry. when Maggie begged to be
taken there again.
| Great was her surprise, therefore
at finding Lady Mary's card upon heI
table ia few days later, when she re
turned from a shopping expedition
An invitation for Maggie to go to tee
with the little Stuarts soon followed
and the children became fast friends
No one minded what Mr.. Stuart
called "Maggie's semi-de tached-vills
/ refinement of manner" It was the
result. they felt, of her mothers anx
iety to do the best for her child
Lady Mary described her as "a sweet
little soul dying to be natural Oul
/ Lady's Sodality was about to be
started in the parish; and she be
lieyed that the supernatural influence
of a perfect Mother would help Mrs
Noherry to realise that complete sim
plicity was the lesson of the home al
Nazareth.
'sShe has a good heart said Lady
Mary; that is the great thing"
Winifred and Edith showed her al
their treasures. and told her stories oil
"our friends. the Saints"
Their large French picture-book de
lighted her. She had never seen sc
beautiful a drawing of st. Francis Of
Assist and the birds before.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary and st
Vincent de Paul are our favorites, :
Winifred explained. Edith prays tc
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FATHER GAINS LETTER.
Maasin, p. l.
Sent II. 1914

Sept. IL, 1914.
Dear Mrs. O.:
Allow me to address you a few
words to set out out in somewhat of
detail the condition of the Church
building of this mission.
1t was built by the Spanish priests
about seventy years ago, and served
excellently up to the crisis of the
Spanish American war, which came
on the top of an internal revolution
against the Spanish dominion.
AS is always the case, and as hap
pened in the Vera Cruz attack, the
Church and the Convent became very
enviable places in the eyes Of the
combatants. Hence on the approach
of the revolutionary force the Span
ish priest in charge fed, and the
property was at the mercy of the
rebels. When the peace was signed
by the Spaniards and Americans, the
rebels held out until the American
forces drove them back into the noun
tains. This town of Masin is the
last towards the interior bordering on
the mountains. My parish limit in
cludes them. They still harbour peo-
pie as heather as they were the day
Magellan discovered the Islands.
When the American troops got as
far as Maasin, they made the Convent
and Church their headquarters. The
Church tower gave a fine view of the
surrounding country. The Convent
,,,odo n a0Duoniopf hoYroo Izc Won
may guess that this was not in as
good a condition when they left as
when they entered. But I shall tell
you about this in another letter. OF
course, all the time, from the out
break of the revolution to the declar-
alton of war with Spain, during the
same war and after the same until
the revolution which turned itself
against the American domination had
been quelled, there was no priest
here.
Towards the end of this latter revo-
luton terrible earthquake took place
during the night which seemed to
centre itself under the Church. The
gallant old building withstood shock
after shock, and shocks again, but
the duration of the quake was long
and at last the whole facade was
pitched down, the walls were rent,
the tower was split in two as though
one-half from top to bottom would
come away. However, the tower did
not come down, but remained split
so and leaning over away from the
Church. The wall behind the sane
tuary had been thrown out of the
perpendicular nearly one foot though
it remained standing.
Now think of the thickness of these
walls. They are five feet thick.
Reckon up how much cement, etc.,
will be required to repair such IA
cade measuring some thirty by TWEEN
ty yards. After this earthquake the
people had no Church. They took the
altar furniture and put it in the
cellar of the convent and fixed up a
a place of worship there. The ruins
of the Church were left to stand. No
one would approach for fear of being
crushed to DEATH When the facade
fell down it crushed the organ, and
organ loft, and the impact on the
floor smashed the tiles. It carried
with it, of course, the ceiling.
The roof being thus thrown open
1t became an easy prey to the winds,
which soon tore away the zinc of
the roof. This in turn lay open the
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PROTESTANT MISSION FUNDS.

The following figures show the in
crease in contributions made by
American Protestants for their for
eign missions in the last seven years:
1907, $8,499,693; 1908, $S,916,589; 1909,
$1O,OS6,216; 1910, $1O,497,798; 1911,
$11, O3O,715; 1912, $14,942,523; 1918,
$16,23O,OO0. These figures should con-
tain much food for thought for Cath
olics. We print them with the inten-
ton to encourage Catholic Americans
to similar efforts. Thank God they
are beginning to realize more and
more the great obligation which
their faith places upon them, namely,
to convert those still sitting in the
shadow of death.
Religion is the architect of manhood
and the beginning of wisdom.
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FATHER coTHoNAY IN CHINA.

Father Cothonay, o. p, who was for
many years superior of the Dominican
House at Hawthorne. N. Y, and who,
after a short absence from this eoun-
try, was appointed Project Apostolic
of Lang Son.. Indo China, is now es-
tablished in his new post, and tells
US OF the conditions under which he
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

The influence of the cape, which was
borrowed last spring by the Parisians
from that of the Neapolitan soldier, has
been especially marked in sports clothes.
The cape is much worn, to be sure, for
evening and formal afternoon wear. But
it is in the guise of a motoring wrap, a
cape for mountain wear, and a general
sports garment that it is especially in
Its element
And the dominance of the cape has
rfsde 1t possible for an American bather
TO initiate the charming Spanish girl that
every one'who has seen Sorolla's pictures
remembers-the girl standing in simmer
ing sunlight on a bright beach, reaching
up to help fasten q bathing cape on her
shoulders. The cape in the picture ID
light of color. But It is hardly lighter
in texture and quality than the beach
capes that are made, sometimes Of taf-
feta satin, sometimes Of a soft rubber
fabric.
The rubber capes are made IN a lovely
shade of geranium red. and often they
are edged all round about with tiny rub
Der flowers. There is no comparison be-
tween the number Of dainty accessories
that the summer bather can have this
year, and those that were at her disposal
few years ago. Now she has the cape
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

already described, a corsage bouquet Of
rubber flowers really as lifelike In ap-
pearance as artificial flowers can be,
dainty rubber silk garters, cap that vies
with the hat she wears on land for pret-
tiness, a belt or sash as elaborate as she
may desire and the daintiest Of dainty
swiss or organdy or pique neckwear.
The only trouble Ii that these new &C
cessories, worn with one of the new
bathing dresses of silk or satin. take
much attention on the part Of the wear
er. In the old days she slipped on
roughly dried serge bathing suit. tied
q big cotton bandanna over q little oil
skin cap, slipped on q pair Of canvas
shoes over q pair of cotton stockings
and jumped into the ocean, Now-her
bathing neckwear must be as immacu-
late as that she wears on land, and
sometimes there are dainty waistcoats,
too, to be attended to. Her sash must
be wrinkleless. Her bathing frock, too.
must be pressed. And neckwesr and belt.
,corsage flowers and charming cap must
all be adjusted carefully. Then her bath
ing sandals must be laced about her
ankles with ribbons, and, unless she
Is too tired from the exertion Of her
elaborate toilet, she 10 ready for the
water.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

took up the wearing Of colored silk
scarf about their necks and that was
an outcome Of the first Of the silk scarfs,
worn with a jersey, that was seen last
summer.
At Deauville and other smart French
watering places this summer these silk
jerseys are much worn with white skirts
and sometimes a folded belt Of black
velvet accompanies them. They are
shorter than the jersey sweaters OF last
year, for they Just reach the hips. And
they are usually belted in a little at the
waist.
What CoIors and Fabrics VIII We
WearB
Serge from all Indications, will continue
in high favor next autumn and winter.
This is welcome news. For in all the list
OF fabrics for street wear there Is moth
ing equal to serge in point Of durability
and smartness. II looks almost as well
on the last day of its life as 1t does on
the first day.
Then there is broadcloth. It will DOUBT
less come in for much attention on the
part OF the dressmakers, and II the
models of next winter have the dignity
that long coats. long sleeves and fuller