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The Irish standard., 1915-11-13
Initiation at Montgomery

The Man Who Acts
Rev. Father Moran
St. Peter.
Vocal Solo
E. j. LIE Seen.
Citizenship
j. H. Sherlock
Minneapolis.
Vocal Solo
Mrs. NJ. V. Havel
The hospitality of Montgomery
Knights of Columbus is we'll known to
the members of the Order who have
been fortunate enough to be present
when. degrees have been conferred in
that city. The Grand Knight, ]. F.
Keohen, deserves great praise for his
activity and interest in making the
affair a success. The following are
the officers of Montgomery Council
No. 1897:
Rev. e. Polaske. ............ Chaplain
j. F.. Keohen. Grand Knight
DR.. E. F. Franta. Deputy Grand Knight
w. F.. GILES. .............Ch Chancellor
]. T. Franta. ................W Warden
J. w. Kizershot. Financial Secretary
P. j. Spence. Recorder
A. E. kummet. Treasurer
P. H. Schweitzer)
John Spence ........... Trustees
J. wv. Shima
j. F. Janutka .......... Inside Guard
P. X. Kennedy. ........ Outside Guard
j. H. Lebens. ..............Le Lecturer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13

ures of life. The most successful men
and women of all ages have been those
who have made stepping stones OF
their failures; by putting them under
foot and not allowing them to rise and
confront them with taunts of any kind
Failures sometimes serve the good
purpose of showing us wherein we
are weak and helping us to strengthen
the weak places in character and In
ability. know a woman who always
says when she makes grievous blum
der of any kind:
well, l will at least have, sense
enough not to be such a fool again.
Failures are not bad things when
they beget determination to acquire
wisdom from them. 1 do not think
that we should dwell constantly on
even the great sorrows of life. I know
q woman who has never BEEN known
to smile since her husband died sew.
eral years ago. She says that she
feels that she would be showing a
lack of respect for his memory if she
lapsed into merriment. So she keeps
herself swathed in black and says that
her life is all in the past. OF course
she is kind of wet blanket nc
matter where she goes, and no one re
CARDS her as a very welcome visitor
think that a constant memory of the
failures of life is the surest way Of
adding to the failures of the future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13

he told her about It. Mamie Lit d
candle. and when he asB ed her why
she did it, she replied: Elm honor Oh
our Lords birthday"
There was a box Of Christmas can
dies in his desk. He would light two
candles and place them before the
picture.
There was only one candlestick on
the mantel, and that had been placed
there merely as an ornament. A
heavy, ornate affair, in which the
tiny candle wobbled foolishly; but il
burned bravely enough, and he was
content at least for little while.
While he stood gazing up at the un
changing pictured face a sudden dis
content seized him; it was all so cold
and $3.50 tame.
lie wondered if he ought to kmeel
down, but the thought of kneeling tc
mere creature was distasteful. He
sighed disappointedly. IF only had
picture Of the Virgin" he thought
wistfully.
The candle suddenly sputtered, and
stopping to straighten it, the handker
chief in his breastpocket came in con
tact with the flame. 1t burst into q
blaze as he snatched it from his
pocket, and he stood holding it out
with both hands, not knowing what tt
do with it.
'Nannie! Nannie!" he called in g
terrified scream.
But it was his mother who came in
answer to his cry, snatching UP rug
as she ran. -
my darling boy! What happened?'
she cried, holding him fast.
''They light candles before the Vir
gins statue ON her feast day. he
sobbed brokenly. We, haven't any
Virgin or saints so l. lit candle
cause it's Washingtons birthday, vol
know, and"
A muffled ejaculation from the door
way made them both start and turn
You shall have a statue of the Moth
er of God-and as many saints as yor
wish,"r Mr.. Stewart said in a low, de
termined tone, striding forward an6
taking the hand Of his little son in 9
grip that hurt. Then, turning to his
wife, added, with look she had never
seen on his face before: Il am going
back to my Church, Ethel! My SOL
shall have his birthright.'
Archie and Ibis mother made theil
first holy Communion on the same
Gay. Young Catholic Messenger.
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he waited for the coming Of his wife
with all the ardOr Of young lover.
And one evening while they were
sitting at supper, very quiet and lit
tie doleful, the door opened softly and
she came into the room.
Cinderella has returned" she said,
smiling little and looking UP at
them. She wore her old brown dress.
All the1 trappings of wealth that her
cousin had showered upon her so gen.
erously had been put aside. She had
come back to her home. She stood
looking at them. Rest and change had
taken the haggard lines from her
face. Her soft eyes questioned them,
and then filled with happy tears as
she read what she had longed for.
They rose like one and threw them
selves upon her; they laughed and
cried like crazy things. They show
cred kisses on her face, her hands,
her very dress. And presently she
found herself sitting in her chair with
Tommy, big boy and all that he was,
sitting in her lap, and the whole fam
lily grouped round as closely as they
could get.
ooh, mother, we have been going all
to pieces without you! It's been per.
fectly awful! And how jolly pretty
you are, mother! There's none of the
fellows got such a pretty mother"
We've been regular selfish brutes,"
said Mary, land I've been. the worst.
I've been heartless little prig, and
I thought that L knew everything,
and I know nothing. Mother, we new
er knew that we loved you SO much
till you went away. Queer, isn't it?'
Tommy said nothing, but he sighed
contentedly and pressed his cheek
against his mothers neck with ten
derness that made her thrill with hap
pinesS.
"My DEAR said Mr.. Heriot, finding
his voice at last and Tightening his
hold OH the slender fingers that
seemed to him to be-the chain that
linked him to all that was good-"my
dear, I'm afraid that we have been
very remiss. We have not considered
your welfare as we ought to have
done, but, please God, we'll make
amends. You-you are very precious,
my wife"
She looked up at him with eyes that
shone and cheeks that rivalled Mary
in their soft coloring.
"Give me love-" she said brokenly.
Love me. Let me feel that am
necessary to you all, and there is no
woman in the world who, will be SO
happy as mother" -BrookipD Toblef
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13
A SOUND REBukE.

ITO what religion do you belong?"
a minister of State in Holland asked
a young man who had applied for a
government Office. The minister,
though a Protestant, had great re-
spect for the Catholic belief, and was
greatly surprised when the candidate
answered. Il am Catholic, but do
not much care whether continue to
be one or not" II have no appoint
ment for YOU" said the minister.
You we're born and brought up in the
greatest institution in the WORLD and
yet you betray your causel "A Cath
olic who does not love and esteem his
faith as his great treasure is not fit
for the kings service, siityev ifae5 knows
not how to serve his Cod
Scored Heart Repiew.
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FORGET YOUR FAILURES.

believe that some people make
failures of their lives by constantly
thinking of the long list of failures
behind them. There is no better way
of creating lack of confidence. The
other day was standing on corner
waiting for a car. Near me were two
girls with their hair still i'll bralds
down their backs. One of the girls
was trying to teach the other to ride
on her bike" But the girl who was
being taught seemed hesitating and
afraid, and at last she said:
"Of course 1 feel afraid. You know
how | tumbled off both yesterday and
the day before, when you were trying
to teach me to ride" Then the other
girl said with sharp note of reprOof
and disgust in her voice:
"Oh, yesterday and the day beforei
Why do you want to keep thinking of
what happened yesterday and the day
before? OF course you are going to
tumble off if you think thai you are
just because you took tumble yester-
day and the day before! Let what
happened those days so hang! See
what you can do now!"
1t would surely help every woman
who reads this to make successful the
efforts of today if she, too, would let
the blunders of yesterday and the day
before aud all the other days of the
past $50 hang. You want to forget
your failures if you expect future tri-
umphs. Young women starting out in
life for themselves should have the
most abundant supply of that fine as
set we call self-confidence You will
never get it by remembering the fail
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DROPPING A KIND WORD.

Drop word of cheer aud kindness
just a flash and it is gone;
But there's half a hundred ripples
circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on
each splashing, dashing wave,
Till you scarce believe a volume of
the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness
in minute you forget;
But here's gladness still a-sBelIing,
and there's JOY a-circling yet,
And you've rolled wave of comfort
whose sweet music can be
heard,
Over miles and miles OF water-jus
by dropping kind word.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13
DON'T BE TOO EASILY HURT.

1t is impossible not to be hurt, at
times, by the words and deeds of
others. Our nerves are too near the
surface to escape wounds in the bat
tie of life. But we should be careful
not to allow our sensitiveness to inter-
fere with our peace of mind or our
usefulness. WeaTe never happy when,
with real or fancied grievance, we
are Sinking duty. Achilles was ad-
Inirable neither in his own opinion
nor in that of his comrades when,
nursing his quarrel with Agamemnon,
he sulked in his tent. Disobedient
Jonah, repining in his booth outside
Nineveh, was not happy man. Don't
get near the milf tree il you can help
it. = There is no peace nor usefulness
up in its bare and crooked branches.
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cATEcHIsM OF THE CLOCK.

Her catechism on her knee,
Her lovely face in study bowed
A little maiden sat by me,
And conned her task aloud.
Upon the wall above her head,
The clock was ticking in the sun;
How many Gods are there2" She said,
And straight the cluck struck One.
How many natures in our Lord?"
Again she asked, Pray tell me
true, -,
How many natures in the Word?"
The clock responded, ''Two!'i'
"But in one Cod" she softly cried,
'How many persons may there be-"
The clock stared quite open-eyed,
And slowly uttered "Three!"
well answered." laughed the little
maid, s.
''But now the cardinal virtues DER
pray you count me-" Half afraid,
The timid clock struck -Four.
Dear me! how very clear it sounds!
But tell me now with love aliye)
How many are our Lords chief
wounds?"
The grieving clock struck Five.
The maiden sighed upon her perch,
And meekly kissed her crucifix,
Pray name the precepts of the
Church" ,.s..
She said. The clock struck Six.
How many sacramento, now tell?''
The clock appraised one hand to
heaven;
With gladness i'll its silvery bell,
1t sweetly answered, Seven"
"Upon my word, your funny moods
She said, "astonish me. VIII you
state
The number of beatitudes,"
The ready clock struck Eight.
AND now the ChOlrS or Angels bright
l fain would number alta sign;
The clock amid blaze of light,
Triumphant, answered, Nine
We'll! l declare, it's very odd
You queer old clock, I'll try again
The great commandments of our God
Pray tell;' the clock chimed
"Ten!"
"The number of Apostles, name
When Christ assembled into Heaven
With thoughts of Judas, full of shame
The clock gasped out, Eleven
"And now, at last, the Holy Ghost
How many are it's fruits, pray?"
The great clock gave twelve rapid
strokes,
And struck no more that day.
-EleGnor {. DonneilD.
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KINDNESS.

/ cannot build an Obelisk,
With beauty sculptured DER.
ALI me, tits haven't much
OF this worlds gilded store!
Yet can help a needy one
Who may come to my door.
would give half my food and drink.
I've done that oft before.
What are these forms, these monu-
ments,
These pillars great of stone?
Do they give cheer when life is drear
RIO those weary alone?
All, no! They cannot shed kindness,
Stay burning, rushing tears.
Their forms are most Indifferent
To cruel, crushing fears.
can give smiles to warm the heart
Fen though dark clouds hang low,
No greater gift hath any one
Than kindness to bestow.
can speak with softened voice
Or sing song of glee.
These are my gifts to freely spend
Mercy and sympathy.
-Morp C. Burke
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13
WHEN TRAVELLING.

1t is the Correct Thing:
To be properly attired when travel
ing.
To avoid wearing garments that are
conspicuous in any way.
To remember that fellow-passengers
have rights as we'll as ones self.
To open or close window if the
doing so would. add to the comfort of
others.
For lady to travel alone in Ameri-
ca If necessity demands it.
For u young lady to refuse decidedly
and at once to enter into any sort of
conversation with Obtrusiye strangers.
For lady to answer courteously any
questions which may be put to her by
an elderly person.
To assist in any way in her power
a countrywoman, or one unused to
travelling.
To provide ones self with time
tables, maps, ETC., SO as to be indie
pendent in the matter of information
in regard to the route.
TO make the best of the situation if
compelled to share ones seat.
TO remember that the porter in a
sleeping-car can only make up one
berth at time, regardless OF his
good ifIfe4t+ieas or tips.
To explain lucidly and decidedly,
but without any show Of temper or
ill-breeding, a. mistake or imposition
of which one has been the victim.
For girl to remember that giggling,
loud laughter, shrill tones, PERSONAL
ties, family history made public, tete-
a-t6tes with strange young men, ex-
cite the disgust of everybody on the
train with her as we'll as of the very
ones who help to make fool of her
self.
To remember that one is not ex-
Clsed from night and morning prayers
simply because one happens to be on
a journey.
TO remember that other travellers
have as much right to the dressing
room as ones self, and therefore it
should not be occupied for an indef-
mite length of time.
To take ones good manners and
Christian principles along with one, in
stead of packing them away with ones
. wardrobe. Correct Things for Catholics.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
A WORKOUT Thimble.

Some of the greatest inventions ir
the world have been the result of ac'
cldent, other inventions might have
proved worthless had not some simple
device, perhaps only the accidental
shifting of an unimportant bit of ma
chinery, made the whole failure sue
cess after all.
Not many people know that a wo-
mans worn-out thimble played an
important part in our modern illumi
mating gas jet.
When Murdoch. the inventor. first
used his gas on trial he just let il
escape from the end of a small pipe,
sticking on a clap plug when he want
ed to shut IL off.
One day when he wanted to shut
off his flow in a hurry ne could not
find his plug, and being fearful of an
explosion hastily searched for some
substitute. finally grabbing his wife's
thimble. This he closed over the pipe,
but the thimble being perforated b.
constant use the gas escaped from the
small needle holes and to his amaze
ment the inventor saw that the spread
flame due to the numerous openings
gave a better light than the solid
flame from the pipe.
So the thimble was the ancestor OF
the modern burner.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Ribbons Returning.

It is expected that there will be a
revival of ribbon popularity for spring
millinery. The artificial flower and fruit
notes will, of course, be the strongest
particularly during the early summer
season, but ribbon manufacturers are
preparing for the later summer millinery
with great optimism. Ribbons will also
be used upon summer frocks.
One finds among the newest ribbons
narrow failles. which are designed es-
pecially for the decoration of the sailors
and quaint bonnet shapes, which pre-
dominate in the spring. Even the milli-
tary cap or turban will be relieved bv
means of a colored ribbon band. These
faille ribbons are from one to two and a
half inches in width, says the Philadel-
phia North American.
There is to be a decided vogue for
narrow ribbons with fancy edges. and
the picot edges will be more extrav-
agantly developed.
Wide, plain ribbons will be used for
dress garniture. These may be had in
failles, satins, moires and Ottoman
effects. These ribbons will be used chief
ly in girdle forms and to emphasize the
smart high waist line.
Striped ribbons will find much favor,
and the Roman stripe so popular last
season will succumb to the French
striped ribbons.
Black and white is still strong in the
ribbon field. and one will find many of
these smart combinations. Other leading
colors prophesied for spring are old gold,
battleship gray. pigeon-blood or Seranium
red and Belgium and army blues. Laven-
der, emerald green and sand are also eX-
pected to be well favored.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
NEW YORK
FASHION
LETTER.
~
M4RE LA ROCQCE

thetic. Thousands of sewing women,
hundreds of mannequins. scores of de-
signers, depend on the making of women's
clothes for the civilized world for their
livelihood So in the midst of war. in the
midst of all personal grief and despair.
they work in tissues of silver and gold,
in filmy chiffon OF gay hues, in rich vel
vet, in embroidery that has been in the
making for weeks and in woolen fabrics
that might keep death from some OF the
freezing troops in the field. They weep,
these artisans and artists of Paris, as
they make the clothes that the rest Of
the world will wear: but they put on a
brave front as they sell them, for on
their sale depends the very life OF thou
sands of anxious workers. and the future
of Paris itself as fashion arbiter of
womankind. Their struggle will be worth
while. For America, at any rate, still
depends on France for fashion inspira-
tion. And with the purse strings Of
American women ready to loosen at the
openings. the cause of clothesmakins
Paris cannot be lost
In the meantime before the results Of
the openings are known, clothes for the
South demand all attention.
They are far more satisfactory than
they usually are. Often there is a some
what dowdy look about these midwin-
ter summer clothes that women demand
each year. They lack the crispness, the
vigor. the style that the later spring
clothes have. This year the situation is
changed. and the Ct luge may be due to
the striving of American designers to
produce their best. For many of them
are the work of American designers.
Some are imported.
White, of course. is the first color,
always. for Southern wear. Black and
white. too. are featured. In some of the
wardrObes under preparation for the
South arc frocks of black and white silk
of a rather novel kind. Some of it is
striped, in stripes half an inch wide or
wider, and at irregular intervals over the
stripes there are small, conventional
roses. much like the old English block
prints. or the figures of the Rodier
fabrics The same figures are placed
stiffly over black and white silk-checks
about an inch square.
Some of the white serge jackets are
lined with black silk. which forms turn
over cuff, or which shows visibly in the
flaring. wide sleeve end. and on the in
side Of the f1aring collar.
As for the Southern hats-there is
new one every day that commands all
attention. First it is a little wgite hemp
hat. trimmed with a band of blue velvet
ribbon and a wreath of apple blossoms
and fruit Then it i a sand-colOred
mOire-faille covered with chiffon, trimmed
with black velvet ribbon and a black Jet
ornament Again il is a big, picturesque
hat OF black ChantiIly lace, made on a
wire frame, and trimmed with stiff blue
ribbon and tiny pink rosebuds of chiffon
and satin.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Mrs. E. B. AlSop Seeks Separation
From Seventv-F FIpe- YeQr-Old Husband
Wife Of Wealthy Railroad
Man of This City and
Pittsburgh Wants Her
Freedom.

1t was learned yesterday that the
beautiful Mrs. Alsop. wife of E. B. AL
sop, well-knOwn in this city and Pitts
burgh, has filed a suit for separation
from her husband in New York Mr..
Alsop is seventy-ftve years old and Mrs
Alsop is only twenty-five.
In the suit is written the old
tragedy of the unhappy wedlock of
youth and age.
1t is written in remarkable and un-
precedented terms. For the young
wife, who was married to AIsop in Feb
ruary. 1912. says that it was the adora-
ton of her husband that made her life
unhappy. in spite of the aura of wealth
which encircled it. In spite of his devo-
ton, the impregnabIe barrier of the fifty
three years which separated their
thoughts and beings withstood all the ad-
vances of romance
She estimates he gave her 81, 400 in cash
and 10000 of Transylvania Railway
Company bonds of unknown value during
their married life. AS late as last Octo-
Der he sent her 500. She asserts he
has on income Of at least $4,000 a year.
and that her aIimony should be fixed
accordingly
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
The HAIR THAT
ARTISTS ADMIRE

Ask an artist what he considers the
chief charm Of beautiful hair and he
will answer that he looks for even
color brilliIucc and IOoseness that
eliminates any hard. definite lines.
Naturally beautiful and healthy hair
Is obtained by retaining a perfectly
clean head. In washing the hair il is
not advisable to use makeshirt. hut
always use a preparation made for
shampooing only. You can enjoy the
best that is known for about three
cents shampoo by getting a package
Of canthrox from your druggist: dis
solve a teaspoonful in a cup of hot
water and your shampoo is ready.
After its use the hair dries rapidly
with uniform color. DandrufT. excess
oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely
disappear. Your hair will be so fluffy
that il will look much heavier than
II is. Its lustre and softness will also
delight you, while the stimulated scalp
gains the health which insures hair
growth.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
For the Southern Trip.

Dear Madam: VIII you please advise
me as to what sort of wardrobe should
have for a Southern trip, to be gone till
the first OF March?
CONSTANT READER.
You would need a travelling suit, of
course One Of the tailored coverts in
sand color would be appropriate and
smart. and could be used equally we'll for
morning wear and cross-country walking.
White serge, corduroy or pongee makes
an attractive. dressier suit. and either of
the three materials is very popular. The
shops are showing some delightful models
in the latter with very short coats and
very wide, ripping skirts.
For late afternoon wear there is moth
ing so popular as the net gown. which
has taken the place of the lingerie frock
and is worn to garden parties and recep-
tions, and even informal dinners. Ecru
net and apricot satin is the newest COM
bination. Wraps of failIe or taffeta re-
place velvet for chilly Southern even
ings.
Satin hats. or satin combined with hemp
braid, are designed especially for South
ern wear and have very little trimming
or none at all. A sand-colOred model for
your tailored suit and one or two white
satin ones would make your outfit COM
plete.