The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-19

the age in which we are accustomed
to SO much being done by electricity
or by steam that we can hardly be
patient enough to allow anything to
grow naturally.
Some Addresses.
The Hon. Judge Cayanaugh of Chi
cago talked on Woman in Her Re-
lation to the State" and told us what
remarkable percentage of women
are in public life. He said that one
third of the women in the world are
wage-earners, and one-third of the
wage-earners in the world are wom-
en-. The effect of this invasion of
course, means great deal to the
comm ercial world. Judge Cayanaugh
thinks it is not now a question of
Shall we allow the women to have
a voice in the worlds affairs 2" For
the time has come that they have
voice, and the question is How will
this voice be used?" For mothers
voice has more music, more influence,
than any other voice in the world.
G1he thinking women of tOday-mOSt
of whom are found among the alum
nae association have it in their
power to influence the trend Of hui
man affairs not only by word of
mouth, but by the example of their
daily lives, in performing their pri-
mary duty, that of guardianship of
the home He dwelt at length on
that particular theme, ending with
the time-honored adage, THE hand
that rocks the cradle, is the hand
that rules the world"
Rev. Jno. L. Bedford of Brooklyn,
N. Y, spoke on The Catholic Alum
nae in the World, and exhorted the
members to exercise our rights in
the political world if we would, but
not to fail to exercise our privilege
of being Catholic home builders and
protectors"
Next came Rev. F. x. McCabe. G..
NJ, with a masterful appeal to Cath
Ollie parents. entitled the Grimes or
Catholics" He stated that in his
opinion the most heinous crime of
Catholics today is committed by
those parents who take Catholic
, child brought into the world by a
Catholic mother, educated through
youth by the pure, self-sacrificlng
sisters or brothers-and just when
| the mind is at its most important
stage, place that youth in non-sec-
tartan college or university, for the
completion Of it's education, instead
| of placing him Cor her) In Cath
Ollie university. He maintains that
the glory Of the finished product
surely belongs to the church, whose
| members as sisters and brothers,
| have given their lives, yes, even
their last breath to the foundation
of the child's education.
! Thus ended the first day Of the
conventions; Saturday, Nov. ~, was
a day well begun. by high mass at
| st. Patrick's church. Over twenty
five Of the clergy including some of
! the highest dignitaries of the church
were in the sanctuary. The church
was filled with alumnae, and the ser
mon was given by Ri. Rev. Bishop
/ A. J. McGavic, his subject being
"Materialism VS. Christianity" He
spoke for exactly fifty-one minutes
and in that time, said as much as a
book could hold He divided his ser
mon into five parts, each one of which
he told us, described an evidence OF
the presence of materialism in the
I world today
Fine Parts Of Sermon.
! First, the present general standard
of morality. The world at large now
considers that if our habits are health
full and hygienic they are moral; thai
the law of nature is the moral law
Not so-the law of nature is the law
of the field, the forest, and the
jungle.
Second, the present attitude TOWARD
crime. Scientists have claimed tina
the reason for crime is mental def
cheney. Statistics show that this is
not true-criminals may be menta
detectives, but the average crimina
found to be such, has made himself