The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

ton in English of the echo From
Africa" This magazine has been pub
lished for seventeen years in other
languages. The subscription price is
fifty cents year.
Old Manuscript of BibIe.-A manu-
script copy of the Gospels, dating
prior to the year 1000, and belonging
to the destroyed library of Ivan the
Terrible, has been found in ST. Peters
burg.
| MiIan's White Plague Hospital
The foundation stone Of a great san
itarium for tuberculosis patients was
recently blessed by Cardinal Ferrari,
Archbishop of Milan. This sanitarium
is being erected by the Milanese for
the benefit of the poor people of Milan
and vicinity who are afflicted with
the white plague"
Bishop Condemns Birrell's Med
dIing.-Bishop O'Dwyer of Limerick,
has delivered striking condemnation
of Chief Secretary BirrelTs interfer-
ence with Irish Catholic schools His
attempt to dictate to Catholic schools,
which were built and sustained with
out a penny of Government money,
that they should have so many lay
teachers if they would possess ordi-
nary educational rights, is character
lied by the Bishop as impertinent and
offensive, and would have been met
by a storm of indignation but for the
restraint imposed by the imminence
of Home Rule.
Irish.French Scholar Dead.-Profes-
sor Edouard Cadic, D. Lift, Professor
of French and the Romance Languages
at University College, Dublin, died
three weeks ago. Professor Cadic was
born at Guidel, France, in 1858 and
was educated in Paris, and in Ger
many. He was an officer of the
Academy and a Chevalier of the
Legion of Honour, D. Lift. and Eel
low of the Royal University, past ex-
aminer to the War Office, Civil Serv-
ice Commission, Board of Intermedi-
ate Education, and the Apothecaries
Hall of Ireland.
To Plan New DubIin.-At a confer.
ence of the Housing and Town Plan
ming Association of Ireland in Dublin
last month. it was announced that this
summer a Civic Exhibition would be
held on a plan already adopted in
America to picture city life from all
points of view. In this connection
Lady Aberdeen said that the Lord
Lieutenant intended to offer prize
of $500 for the best plan for the
reconstruction of Dublin, keeping in
view the special object of furnishing
adequate and convenient housing &C
commodation for the working classes
in and around the city.
Roman Aristocracy Quits Tango
A majority of the women OF the
Roman aristocracy have decided to
conform to the instructions issued by
Cardinal Basilio Pompili, Vicar Cen
eral of Rome and representative Of
the Pope, and Danish the tango from
their salons and otherwise discourage
the dance. The Archbishop Of Flor
ence, Most Rev. A. Mistrangelo, has
Joined Cardinal Pompili in condemna-
ton of the tango.
AGED Irish Dominican Dead.-The
death of Very Rev. Joseph Dominic
Fitzgibbon, o. P, occurred at st. Sa-
, viour's Priory, Dublin last month. The
; deceased was one of the oldest mem,
, bers of the Irish Province of the Or,
der. Born in London in 1886, Father
Fitzgibbon spent his boyhood in Lin
erick, the home of his parents. He
left Ireland for Italy in 1853, and re
ceived the habit of St. Dominic. His
: profession in 1854 was followed by a
distinguished course of studies at Min
: erva University, Rome. During his
a soiourn in Rome Father Fitzgibbor
p was present on the occasion when
: Plus TX proclaimed the definition Of
: the Dogma of the Immaculate Concep
: ton. He returned to Ireland in 1856
n after his ordination. His first appoint
n ment was Assistant Novice Master tt
the renowned Father Tom Burke, who
was then in charge of st. Mary's
}, Tallaght.
r Old Religious Play Reproduced
q The first performance Of the old Gov
j entry Nativity Play" adopted from
the text of Robert Croo, who wrote il
in 1884, was given at Westminster
: Cathedral Hall, Jan. 6. 1t is described
+ as a beautifully artistic production OF
> the most absolutely genuine religious
t play that has been acted in England
r for close upon four hundred years.
A Priest PIaywright.-With the
staging of his new fairy play Father
Sellon, of North Finchley, England
/ extends his claim to versatility IL
theatrical production. Father Sellor
not only "does the book" but paint:
his own scenery, designs the dresses
9 of the performers, and undertakes thu
!. whole of the stage management. II
!, this way, and with the aid of loca
= amateur and professional friends, Fa
Their Sellon has submitted to the pub
lie eight or nine pieces embracing
most departments of playwriting, from
comedy to drama, and from farce t.
: the fairy-play which is his latest ct
e. YNaTfinT M