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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
TOWN OF SELLERSVILLE
GIVES CHRISTMAS TREE
City Fathers Play Santa Claus to
Riddles Tomorrow

SELLERSVILLE, Pa. Dec. "a. All
Sellersville will turn out Christmas morn
ing at community exercises for Sellers
ville's second community Christmas tree.
The tree Is a magnificent nr and Is deco
rated with incandescent lights.
Last year a crowd from a radius Of 10
miles attended the exercises and even a
greater crowd is looked for tomorrow
Tonight the Fidelio Maennerchor will sing
under the tree when the lights are turned
on and tomorrow morning. when the
Hl6iddies" OF the town are the Christmas
guests of borough fathers and the gem
eral public. the Young Mems Choral So
ciety, under the direction Of W. +. Day.
will sing. The Sellersyille Moose Band
will also make its frst public appear
ance.
Tonight At T;45 o'clock the lights 81
DOylestoWn's community tree viii be
turned on bv Burgess Henry A. james
and there all be carols and other mu-
ale j. n Hoffman, county supsrintend-
ent q the zekaols. Hiii make an address.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
PRESIDENT LAvISHES GIFTS
ON HIS YOUNG FRIENDS
White House Auto Filled With
Goodies" for Children

-. WASHINGTON. Dec. A.-There was
the shrill alarm OF an automobile horn.
Children Mt play early today In front
of their homes along Washington road,
near the Washington Country Club. in
Virginia. paused In their games. Other
children in the houses came running out.
They knew that horn we'll.
And as 80 youngsters. ranging in age
from years to IL, ran, delighted out to
:, the curb n big White House limousine,
= ''loaded TO the guards with toys of all
kinds and candy and fruit of every de-
scription, wheeled up. Packages were
handed to each, and /. H. Hoover.
White House head ushe-. added Merry
Christmas' to all.
It was the Presidents Christmas re-
membrance to some of his little friends.
The little scene is enacted each year.
The children are those who always run
out and greet the President when he is
on his way to the Washington Country
Club. They know the automobile horn
of the White House car. and the Presi-
dent always has 1t blown when he ap-
proaches the row os houses along y ash
ington road where his little friends live.
Back in the White House today two
other youngsters play: unmindful OF the
preparations which are going forward to
make their Christmas n happy one. They
are the Presidents grandchildren. Miss
Ellen McAdoo. aged II months, and Mas
ter Francis Sayre. who has passed the
age of one year.
Tomorrow morning they will awaken
to find great Christmas tree awaiting
them in the library on the second floor
of the White House. 1t will sparkle with
many beautifully colored lights, and the
boughs will droop with mysterious pack
ages which Santa Claus. who will have
come in the night. will have left. II
will be the first Christmas these young
sters have spent together in their grand
fathers big house.
uranddaddy himself will not be there.
He is on his honeymoon in the noun
stains of Virginia with his bride, but
there will be presents and good wishes
from him hidden in the tree
Miss Ellen and Master Francis will
act as hosts to another young lady, Jo-
Tsephlne Cothran. of Philadelphia, grand
niece OF the President, who Is here with
her mother. Mrs Anne Cothran. And
the other guests of the youngsters at
,1he christmas celebration viii be their
respective mothers and fathers. Mr. and
Mrs. =. llllam G.. McAdoo. H4r. and Mrs.
Francis Sayre Miss Margaret Wilson,
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and Pro-
fessor Herbert AXson. brother OF the
former Mrs. Wilson. and the Misses
Mona and Sallie McAdoo.
K Christmas dinner at the White House
will be in the state Ing room in the
evening.
!. Today all OF the employees in the White
House and executive offices are bearing
home large turkey, the regular Christ
mas gift OF the President TO those about
him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
CITY EMPLoYE REWARDED
Turkey for Engineer Whose Work
Was Commended

A big turkey for Christmas dinner was
presented TO H. NJ. Packer. an engineer
IA the Bureau OF Highways. by Director
Morris l.. Cooke. OF the Department OF
Public Works. today for work that
brought the best letter OF commendation
for a city employe received in the year.
The letter, which Is from the Pennsyl-
vania Company for Insursnces on Lives
and Granting Annuities. SAYS:
For several months during the current
year we suffered much annoyance and In
convenience by reason OF drain water
flowing into our building. 1t was diffi-
cult to ascertain the cause, and the Vari-
Gus bureaus In your department acted
with great efficiency and cheerfulness In
the matter. but II was not until late In
the summer that the trouble was located.
Il want 10 particularly cali TO your at
lention the valuable services rendered b.
Assistant Engineer H. NJ Packer. who
nas energetic. competent ana continuous
) Oh the job. and I feel that the satisfac-
fort outcome % the matter Is due Ia a
zfeas measrFr 20 hts psfsoaa ilts@
tlifeefor Cooke aanoupeed some time
80 saei rs leak paa ezea. caused ~ an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
00,0OO,OOO FOR CHRISTMAS
SPENT IN NEW YORK CITY
Poor of Metropolis Will Have Mer-
riest of Holidays

poor will have the merriest Christmas
they have had in many year. Kriss
Kringle will have plenty OF aid in seeing
that all the little stockings OF the tene-
ment districts are well filled. Almost
every family without means will be the
recipient of a Christmas dinner, while
toys galore will be distributed among the
little ones of the poor.
Vincent Astor, Mrs. Helen Gould Shep-
ard, Congressman Loft and others will
distribute thousands of Christmas fam
lily dinners, while the many charitable
organizations in the greater city have
planned to feed thousands more.
The holiday spirit Is everywhere in the
air. It Is estimated that $4,000, 900 was
spent in shopping Thousands of dollars
have been distributed among employees
In the financial district.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
Cats Grave Decorated for Christmas

A Christmas tree placed IN Rittenhouse
Square over the grave OF Tom Ritten-
house. a cat that made its home In the
square until It's death IN March, 1914. is
decorated for the Christmas season. Il
aas planted BY Harry Truitt superin-
tsndent Of the sQoars. and tended ~ hin
zlnes then.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
Gives Scholarship 70 Worthy Boy

MERCERSBuRG, Pa, Dec. 24.-H. B.
KEEPER. of Lancaster Pa, has given to
the Mercersburg Academy the sum Of
5000. the interest Of which Is TO be used
OF limited means. Ar. KEEPER gave this
scholarship as q thank Offering IN
homo. OF Mrs.. Kelper. who Is recovering
from fef5 severe nlaess.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24

Children from the Taber Home and from
the public schools will also sing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24
BIG-HEARTED JTlM'S
WIDOW GETS PRESENTS
Many Send Money and Gro
ceries to Family of
Slain Waiter

Gifts of money and groceries kept COM
ing all day to Mrs. Fitzslmmons, widow
of Big-Hearted Jim, the waiter who was
shot dead n year ago when he protected
n bootblaCk who WAS being attacked by
n man with revolver. Since Jim's
death his widow has been In great dis
trcss, was evicted from one house and
was threatened with eviction from her
present home at 1923 South Napa street.
But several women who had read re-
port of this case in the EVENING LEDGER
paid the back rent and others have been
prompt to render not only the material
assistance the Woodworking woman and
her four children require, but also the
"makings" of some real Christmas cheer
y dollar bill came by mail with note
signed sympathy: 81 came from &c.
r.; 81 from M. j.. P."; groceries from
from c. NJ Powell s. from friend OF
fruit from an anonymous donor who
parted.
WOMAN GIVES SIS.
A woman who wanted to give n little
Christmas happiness where 1t was really
needed" has contributed SIS for Mrs.
Fitzsimmons and for Mrs. McGonigle, of
1906 South Napa street. The donor stip-
ulated only that her name be not used,
and this Is published to acknowledge re-
ceipt of the money. Mrs, McGonigle,
n neighbor of Mrs. Fitzsimmons. aroused
the compassion of the women who visited
the latter and saw that she was having
as hard struggle to support her four
children as Big-hearted Jlm's widow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
HELP NEEDED FOR A HOSPITAL

IS - t.
In Kiu-Kiang, Northern Kiang-Si,
China, there is hospital that is used
by both Europeans and Chinese, many
European sailors being cared for by
the Sisters of Charity, who are in
charge of the establishment. Though
accomplishing vast amount of good,
the hospital is very poorly equipped.
Chinese benches are the only beds
furnished in the native. section, and
other supplies are sadly lacking.
Some time ago the Protestants
built a new hospital, which, needless
to say, has all the modern convent
ences, and is so comfortable that it
naturally attracts those who are
sick.
Rev. C. Zigenhorn, C. NJ, would like
to see the Catholics little better &C
commodated. The mission hospital
performed wonders in its day, before
a rival appeared in the city, and it
does not seem fair that its usefulness
should become a thing of the past
During the war in China more than
three hundred soldiers were treated
by the Sisters, and for this service
the Government allowed small sum.
| If few donations were added to this
the work would proceed with new
Vigor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

Rocky Mountain regioni This unfor-
tunate feature has been added to the
hysteria of confscation and class
hatred that has injured our city and
state.
Eve do not believe that anyone
should be nominated simply from the
fact that he or she may be a Catholic,
Protestant, Liberal, Jew or GENTLE,
native or foreign born but we do say
that any one of these has the right
to aspire to any political Office within
the gift of the people.
"Under such conditions what will
the Catholics do? Will they continue
to vote Republican, Democratic or
any other party ticket, when practi-
cally refused the right or privilege
or aspiring to political Office?
Should the Catholics combine in re-
taliation they would hold as much of
balance of power, if not greater,
than the anti Catholic element, and
our next state campaign would present
issues and problems to puzzle the
most sagacfous political leaders. Not
only because it is right in principle
and Justice, but also because it is
good, sound, practical politics the Re-
publican party should frown down any
political ostracism of Catholics who
are Republicans So far as we are
concerned, we support Republican
nominees, whether they may be Cath.
olics or not, or. whether endorsed on
the little pink ticket of A. P. Aism
or not. We pay no attention to either
All Republicans look good to us.
although some candidates, not
Catholics, withdrew from the political
contest in Denver, yet the fact that
all Catholics did do so may be con
sidered as ominous. The question
naturally arises as to what they may
do in the next campaign.
"Should Catholics who are Republi
cans feel that they can only be hew
ers of wood and drawers of water in
that party, will they continue to vote
the Republican ticket? Should sim
liar conditions prevail in the Demo
cratic party, will Catholics who are
Democrats continue to vote that party
ticket?
Thus the Catholics in this state
might all combine, endorse candidate:
on little pink ticket of some othei
color, and with this balance of powei
render doubtful the supremacy o
either of the old political parties il
| Colorado at the next election.
I'VE think the Republican part!
should meet the question fairly, hon
estly, and see to it that all Catholics
who are Republicans are still wei
come, and that any who may aspir,
to Office will be given a square deal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
BLACK SISTERS HELP MISSION
ARIES.

The first native Sisters of West
Africa, who are called the Little Serv-
ants of the poor, were installed at
Abomey, last July. Father Vacheret
writes that they have been a great
help to the Missionary Fathers of
Lyons. Every morning these good
religious spend two hours, from to
10 o'clock, visiting the old men and
women in their huts and the sick who
cannot come for treatment to st.
Theresa's Institute, as the Sisters
new establishment is called. Already
some fifteen negresses have joined
the class in catechism. All of them
are still pagans; some are@old slaves,
who although they have to come
limping along on crutches, are never.
theless only too glad to have a chance
to learn about that better life after
death which upright and simple souls
will enter into. At times some OF
the real old women in trying to make
too profound genufection fall over
headlong. Instead of getting out OF
sorts over their mishap they merely
smile as their younger neighbors rush
to the rescue. Before the arrival OF
the Sisters there were, according te
Father Vacheret, only fifteen tc
twenty women and girls on the
women's side Of the chapel. Now
| there are around a hundred, thanks
to the influence of the native Sisters
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
PAlLLIPlNE scHo oLs in DANGER

From Rev. "a !, M Muskens, Surigao,
P. T.. comes this depressing report Of
school conditions there:
Many thanks for your goodness in
sending me little aims for the Cath
Ollie School of Surigao. dare hope
that the American Catholics will con
tinue to take interest in this beautiful
work of the schools, the only one
which can preserve Catholic faith and
morals in the Philippine Islands. We
have now $50 children in our school
and five native teachers. But since
two months. / can no more pay them
because the war has intercepted every
help and aims coming from ouI
friends in Europe.
eff for the next school year W.
have no help, I shall be obliged t.
dismiss all these boys and girls, ant
that would be the greatest calamit!
to religion and civilization"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
NATIVE CHINESE SISTERS.

In Tien-tsin. there is an order of
native Chinese Sisters, known as the
Sisters of st. Joseph. This order
was founded by Bishop Delaplace, and
at present numbers seven houses in
the FIVE vicariates of North China.
The Sisters devote their time to the
education of little girls in the paro-
chial schools and female catechumens.
In the country they have a special
work on Sundays--the teaching OF
catechism and the holding of reunions
or religious meetings after Benedic.
ton.
Formerly, the only requisite for a
young woman wishing to join this
order of Sisters was solid virtue
Education was not compulsory. Since
the revolution, however, in order to
keep Catholic schools UP to the stand.
ard set by government schools, the
Sisters must have good education
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS.

s
Father Dabin, P. F. NJ. tells an in
teresting story about himself and his
work. He is now sixty-six years old
and directs in Laos (Indo-China) the
Christian settlement of st. Joseph,
near Nong Seng. For assistant he has
young native priest, Father Anthony
Noun.
Thirty years ago, during his first la
bors in Laos, Father Dabin had
brought to his notice little family of
orphans entirely destitute. He took
them under his care. and one of the
boys attracting his attention ina spe-
cial manner, through his piety and in
telligence. Father Dabin decided to
give him an education, he finally
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
NUNS SACRIFICE TEACHERS FOR
POOR MISSION.

There is a mission in southwest
ern state that has been built upon
the sacrifices of many people. In the
first place the mission building, which
is combination of a church and
school, costing a little over $4,000, was
erected as the result of a joint sacri-
fee on the part of generous bene-
factor of the Catholic Church Exten-
sion Society and friend of the Order
of Missionary Priests who are in
charge of the mission. This Order,
although having much other work for
it's priests, made another sacrifice and
sent two workers into that mission
field, the poverty of which may be
better understood when one learns
that in all that time the annual rev
enue did not amount to more than
$1O0. But the benefactor of the Or
der, as we'll as the benefactor of the
Catholic Church Extension Society
and the priests themselves, were not
the only ones to make a sacrifice. A
poor teaching Sisterhood, who had ali
they can do to get along, sent two
nuns to teach at that mission. The
community made this offering for they
were imbued with the missionary
spirit, which is essentially spirit OF
growing because it is spirit of Civ.
ing. The two Sisters we're their offer
ing to the cause.
During all these years the mainte
nance of the institution has been a
heavy drain on the priests as well as
on the Sisters, and as this particular
mission is a Mexican mission, it goes
without saying that they received
little or nothing. The Protestant sects
are quite willing to buy or peryert the
faith of our Mexican Catholics. They
have the money TO put up fine schools
for them, and the money to purchase
the books for them; and they spend it
Catholics have it too, but our yea
for preserving the Faith of these PEG
pie is not as intense as is the prose
lytizing idea of the sects.
These priests are not complaining
Of their hardships; nor are the Sisters
They are used to hardships and would
be uncomfortable without them. Blu
there is debt of $500 on this insti
tuition; and the priests have been un
able to pay even the interest on thi!
debt. Last year the Bishop paid thu
insurance amounting to sos. Thii
debt for them is staggering; it is i'm
mense; and, worst Of all, there is M
hope for them liquidating it. And tn,
school must be kept up, for hundret
Mexican children attend it; withou
its influence they will lose the Faith
but the debt of $4,000 takes the hear
out of the priests
This mission SO far has been borl
and reared in sacrifice. It must b
continued BY sacrffces. There ar
some who will read these lines VIII
have made few sacrifices for Christ
There are same, too, who could amor
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
CATHOLICS AND POLITICAL
JUSTICE.


Will G. Ferril, speaking editorially
in The Rocky Mountain Herald (Den-
ver), discussed the bringing of re-
ligion into politics, and gave some.
excellent advice. Following is his
article:e
ts'sAlthough not to blame for the
present agitation against Catholics
holding office in this city and state,
the Republican party should see to
it that all Catholics who are Repub-
lieans-and there are many thousands
of them in Denver and Colorado
should be given a fair, square deal.
We think that the Democratic party
and other political organizations
should do the same, but as Repub-
lican newspaper, we shall confine our
advice to members of our own party.
eve consider this revival of A. P.
A. sentiment as unfortunate and ill
advised. Features of this anti-Catn-
Ole agitation were felt in our state
campaign last fall, and in our recent
school and municipal elections in Den
yer. Some who are most excellent
and worthy citizens seem imbued
with the fear of political supremacy
by the Catholic Church, and that it
may possibly undermine our public
school system We do not believe
that these dangers threaten, but most
of ALL that even if they do, doubt that
the methods adopted to oppose them
are the best.
1.-THE editor of this paper and the
writer of this article is Protestant
His father and grandfather were both
ministers in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and also both were chaplains
in the military service of their colln
try. We adhere to the faith they
taught and preached, and love the
flag they loved. We are unalterably
opposed to any political control, city
state or national, by Catholics
Protestants, or any other Church, but
we are just as much opposed to the
ostracism of political honors from
any citizen because of his or hel
creed or belief, whether Catholic
Protestant, Liberal, Jew or Gentle
This intolerance has been carried tc
so great an extreme that objection
is even made to Protestant whose
wife, or members of his family, may
be Catholics.
eff we have been correctly in
formed, every aspirant for politica
preferment, in our last municipal cleo
ton, who is Catholic, because of thi:
agitation, withdrew as candidate fol
any office Think of such a condition
in Denver, the metropolis of thu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
ONE WAY TO CONVERT CHINA

There are several priests in this
country who find it worth while to go
after the souls of Chinese working
here. Some one of these priests, if
he happens to read the incident mar
rated below, will be surprised to dis
cover how far-reaching his efforts have
been.
I was busy at my work, writes an
English Sister of Charity in China,
to the Foreign Mission Seminary at
Maryknoll, Ossining. N. Y, when sud-
denly at the door. appeared someone
unknown to us. He was dressed in
clothes that were certainly not made
in China, yet his face told me that he
belonged to no other country than this.
began to feel puzzled as to what
language / ought to use in addressing
him, when he said, I come from
America
Naturally an animated conversa-
ton followed. Our visitor had been
in Missouri and there had been con-
verified to the Faith. After ten years
he had returned home. He found his
family still pagan, and the work of
winning them to the Church now lay
before him. He had travelled for
nearly two days in order to be able
to hear Mass in Wenchow He was
staying for Benediction and would
then start on his journey back.
"A vocation to China makes souls
very precious, and one cannot but
feel happy in seeing how zeal in
America has laid here the foundations
stone for the conversion. of perhaps q
whole village. Those who have begun
the good work must now continue il
| by their prayers =
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
CHINESE CHRISTIANS JEALOUS.

/ Rev. Leo Ting, G. NJ, of Chu Chow,
finds some of his Christian COM
smunities in a surprisingly satisfactory
condition considering the stress under
which the missions are now labering.
Because of the lack of European
priests he spends most of his time
travelling from one post to another
trying to administer the sacraments
and keep new converts from falling
away
The work demanding the. most
money is the support Of. catechists.
Father Ting has sixteen preaching
catechists who live in the chapels, and
there receive the Christians, instruct
ing the catechumens and teach the
school children. The value of these
good men cannot be exaggerated, and
the hope of many communities lies
in such helpers. With the future
lack of missionaries, their number
should be augmented in all parts OF
the mission world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
j E. = aozIf EzAz(llW-A4Aee&
KSm&SSlaM MISSION .EIELD5!A

to wipe out the whole debt. The bene-
dictions of missionaries are powerful
indeed, and if those who can will help
these Fathers to liquidate this debt,
the prayers of these grateful priests
will follow them. Donations may be
sent to the Catholic Church Extension
Society, whose offices are located in
the Mccormick Building, Chicago.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

directed the young students steps to
the seminary, and had the happiness
of seeing him become priest.
Now that the missionary in be-
ginning tofeel the infirmities of age.
the little protege of former years
comes to his aid as a reward for his
fatherly care and generosity,