The menace., 1914-03-14

Ifnr keAaos. Luroro, Ne
D.f Rd.-I never ses lsitsrs IN yoer
rhsss from Catholics, bot 've decided 70
ls.s ths sirs Of your gall bladder and u
you have the courage 10 print this letter
I'm taks q a. svidsnos that you ~ least
want q ~ far and viii come again
WhIls I an . catholie (you uould say
rlomanisfl l an not one Of The hide
hound sort, and believe hat N our holy
religion can Z stand the Gre Of THE
NrsIcl Il ought TO be smashed into
nnithsrcsns anyway.
have ben about the country whole
darn lot n my day and time, and Be.
cauns I an temporarily vnierbound In
Arkansau yOu needn't get the notion
int ysnf noodle that ! don know both
cafholiaism and Protestantism hks .
hook
I notios dat yOs mAks hsn Of LOT
cf nslss about bad pnests, and one would
THAI that you blame the whole Catholic
Iaity for ths actions Of the prtestA In
a. nrst plaos I want you 70 know that
prissfs are Jun iiks any other men, en-.
esp, that they are better men physically
than The NOS, Of us because they never
have 70 vork. Ths fact that they never
NARY Il no fault Of ours This 10 do
eree of the holy church, and Of the holy
poDs. and they are both lnfAllibls, and
vs are subiectyto them Just - you are
sublecf 70 the American government and
ths president Of tho United StAtes II 4
perfectly natural for bachelors 10 want
he same things that married men want,
ana I can I see any sense IN you hollerin
your head OF because our priests keep
plenty Of good things 70 eat and drink.
besides that, they are lonesome, and u
they didnt 4 put In . good deal Of time
visiting With the nuns and drinking good
wines and liquors, Just the sans ~ you
would II you had the chance, they would
20 ernxy.
The thing that gets your goat is ths
fact that you can Z do the same thing
You know good and well that II you
vent the galts the priests do that you
would 20 70 bell when you die, but the
priest can forgive his own sins the same
a. he can the sins Of anybody else, and
n be happens 10 slop over and get on q
toot be can give himself Absolution a.
soon a. be sobers Up and be win Be just
a. good as be ever WAA You haven Z the
power 10 do this and Il MAKES yoO jeal
sus Of the priests, that's all thAt's th'
matter with yon
Another thing that gives me . pain "a
he back b The way you talk about nuns
II you could get right up elose 10 th'
average nun and sss what hne specimei
Of uOmanhood abe is you, too, would 80
Why ths priests hks 10 associate will
them. You never sav o nun In your III
Who want . hns bu1on looking lady
and when I cay lady, mean what say
for they are ladies, every one Of them
The fact that some Of them have ehildrel
4 none Of your business. That u God
business, and the holy ehurch's business
and when you are continually butting Il
on God . business you are only demon
stratine 70 the world what an ass yO'
are.
TIE only trouble With you ls that yOr
have q vulgar mind You don't under
stand the divinity Of the holy Catholi
church. When ! was In parochial schoo
the Father visited the school every week
and he and the Sister would have ionl
talks and 70 walking In the woods TO
gcther and were a. afectionate a. fathe
and mother, and I suppose you beathen
would say that they had up case. Tn
trOubls with you fool PrOtestsnts is tha
you don't believe that the holy Catholi
church Il divine, and you don't under
stand that when q member Of the boil
church does q thing Il is not . ain, b
cause be belongs 10 the church tha
Christ founded upon Peter.
You seem very much worried becans
W Catholics want 10 maize Americ
Catholic, but In bet my bottom dOlla