The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18


OF all to the anointed ministers of
Gods sacraments, and secondly, to
the unparalleled zeal of women.
In view of this, it has seemed to
some of us that the time has come
when women's work shall be a col
lective effort based on collective
counsel. -.
7 GRACE VERSUS GLUTToNY.
BY e. christitch.
Nowadays the scourge of Indigestion
has become so common that it is men,
toned without blush, and the adj
vertisement columns of the daily
papers reveal condition of things
whose existence is a disgrace to
Christian civilization. What a man
reads, thinks, or does, seems inmate
rial so long as he is careful Of what
he eats and drinks. On one side, we
have vendors offering combinations of
delicacies to tickle the appetite, and
on the other, healers offering remedies
to counterfeit excess. Gluttony is
rampant in all classes. It originates
In the home, it is nurtured in the
schools, and it accompanies it's victim
through life. Woman's application to
the cooking stove has resulted not
only in prevalent gastronomic ills,
but it has had the more deplorable
results Of stunning the capacity for
grasping higher things, and Of dead
ening the desire of the only knowl-
edge that can satisfy immortal crea-
lures. Elaborate dishes and complex
bills of fare spell decadence as sure
ly as bad plays and sex-problem
novels. Usage condones juvenile
greatness. Hampers and tuck boxes
are the popular form In which affec-
tion is demonstrated. Even religious
feasts have become identified with
gargantuan meals. When overfed
constitutions give trouble, temporary
cures are effected, but there is no re-
striction of renewed indulgence. The
cult Of the flesh and fleshly enjoyment
in youth is so ingrained that it cannot
be eradicated in the adult. Shall we
blame the man who ignores the life
Of the soul If those around him have
in infancy pandered to his carnal pro-
clivities? The first step towards in
culcation of morality is self-restraint
in the matter of food. AS soon as
reason awakes, a child can be taught
to sit before his plate some time with
out touching it; later, to repress his
animal appetite for the sake of a fell
low creature; to blush for transgres-
sion in eating or drinking as he would
blush for theft or an untruth. Only
the boy who considers gluttony as
loathsome and inexcusable has a
chance to overcome other temptations
Of the flesh. Early discipline is the
foundation of virtue, and the best
available field for discipline is the
family board. Polite usage DEGREES
that the choice viands around which
men love to congregate should not be
the topic of conversation. The en-
forcement of this rule in the nursery
would be powerful deterrent to glut-
tony in after life.
Passions may be modified, If not al
ways held in check. They are diff
cult to quell where the chief features
of daily routine are the satiating of
hunger and the assuaging of thirst.
But when cravings of an intellectual
and charitable nature are given scope,
the instincts Of the brute tend to dis
appear. We know that repression of
the animal is the alpha and omega
of Christian education. but we should
not expect it from factors specifically
set apart to foster animal appetites
and develop their growth.
We women are too apt to rail at
the unbridled passions Of men when
we are often ourselves to blame. Any
Indictment to, or conformation of gas
tronomic indulgence is harmful to a
growing boy. With the emancipation
of women from the task of providing
any but the simplest, plainest form
Of alimentation, corporal wants will
sink into their proper, inferior place,
and health will go hand.in-hand with
virtue. Every day, let u.s. hope, ad-
vances the release Of woman from
thraldom Of serving the flesh, and
brings man nearer to appreciation of
the feast Of reason, and the flow Of
soul towards his Creator. that shall
supersede the carnal pleasures that
drag him downwards to the pit.
Skyscrapers, which 30 effectually
obstruct, New York vistas, are now
blamed for the increasing frequency
Of nearsightedness among New York
era. The use Of spectacles is increas-
ing astonishingly.
In 1914 Denmark shipped 1,437. 800
pounds Of butter to the United States.
France leads In the number Of reg
istered aviation pilots.
In 1914 Algeria imported agricul-
tural nnachinerv valned NJ Al 3S9 AID