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The Detroit times., 1915-12-01
sY HERBERT COREY

PARIS, Dec. He was driving
a packhorse"
That's the way hiers talk about
their Job nowadays. Aeroplanes
have been classified as scouts and
battleships and pacEhorses. a nier
goes out with no more emotion upon
a bombing trip than II he were
shooting birds in the wheat stubble.
They say they are not even excited.
Il Is part OF the days work.
He thinks he put a bomb in the
station at Youziers.
The fiier under discussion had
flown in the greatest aerial raid OF
the worlds history. Early one
morning So aeroplanes rose awk-
"ardly in field "sdmewhere in
France. They scuttlet of to the
attack like so many ltmsy hawks.
~ and by they came Gsck. having
discharged their duty in the most
prosaic and hundrum mahSer pos
sible. The announcement Ieaused
no excitement An aerial rai1fnow.
adays isn't half the newspaper story
that one OF the old-time cavalry
raids would be. 4 cavalry raid has
become impossible
What is packhorse p" asked
some one In the party.
So that the airrnan explained the
new grouping Of aeroplanes When
the science OF fighting by air was
siill in its infancy the aeroplanes
were sent away on bombing trips
carrying Insignificant little bombs.
Zen egg size. the fier said. Most
% them weighed about four pounds
Few rose 20 r. As the aeroplane
began 'o rise IN efficiency II began
4 co. carry IA observer BY and by
/ machine guns were mounted on II,
I Then ~, he ~ bombs began to
Increase Nany aeroplane bombs
nowadays we!sh I0r pounds. Some
OF the Zeppelin BOMBS weigh $50
pounds.
Then some one bad An iaea The
observer and the machine gun are
ft no real value on those bombing
trips The driver can do all the oh
serving needed BY crauing his
j head over the side Of tho car no
. can sec be little points % fame
, spring un in The gray 81 the morn
INK far below i' IS far better ~
leave th" observer and the gun a,
home and carry their weight II
bombs An average packhorse car
ries eight bombs nowadays The.
may average Is pounds each.
depends on conditions and the idea
I, Of the new hombmaker, and 20 som
extent on The idiosyncrasies Of tn
man ig command % the flying parl
but the bombing cars-thg paci
horses have 10 - protected. IN
= nier said.
y -Iinuce the hattleship The ne
ayion-cannon used by Franco va
shown 10 a party OF neutral obser,
ers this week. No one knows no,
many OF them are IN use as. yet.
p is a triplane. this giant. with a 81
2 foot spread of wing II IL armore
\ d.. and -double-engined. and carries tw
z Hotchkiss guns and four machin
guns Provision is made for a ere
Of " men and half ton OF dyni
|, mite. II Is quite distinct from th
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01
GREATBATTLEINA AIR NOTFAR
DISTANT, IS BELIEF AMONG
EUROPEAN WAR EXPERTS

NaudFOn, douOie-englneQ Dtptane.
It is beyond question the most for
midable aircraft OF the day.
II is true the English have new
battleplane, but nothing is known
OF It as yet. beyond the fact that It
is twice as large as the planes one
is accustomed 10 see about aero
dromes and in the field Details OF
its armament and load capacity
have not yet been published so
far as known II t. IA the expert
mental stage. The battleship's duty
IL 10 protect the packhorses from
the enemy's planes II any be in the
air The Russians have the huge
Sikorsky n IS upon this plane that
both the big French battleplane and
the new German dreadnought are
modelled. Authentic report has It
that the Russians caught one OF
them few days ago.
This great plane was brought
down on the frontier not long ago,
according to this report 1T has an
immense spread OF wings, is tri
plane, and is quite heavily armored
The twin engines are OF 17O.horse.
power. and the-ptIots seat is raised
Dei ween them n carries a pilot.
mechanic an observer. three artil
lerymen. one light quick firing gun.
two Maxims and nearly a ton OF
ammunition
There can be no doubt that all
the principal nations are engaged IN
an effor' 10 produce heayily-ar-
mJred aeroplane SO far Russia and
Germany seem 70 be In the lead. II
has been persisteutly reported that
n machine in which six men are car.
RED has been tried out near Paris.
but these reports may not be accu-
rate But with the packhorses TO
carry tho bombs and the battle
planes 20 protect them Il Ia apparent
that there IS still another need
There must be aerial scouts 10 keep
guard against the enemys attack.
These are very small monoplanes.
which are almost az swift as a barn
swallow Credible report has II that
they can easily fy 100 miles an
hour The driver is unaccompanied
and has rspid.hre gun mounted.
They 70 well IN advance OF the main
feet dyring an attack, the lum Der
,Ds lafloplanes follow In a line
stretched across the sky. and then
/ the transports come, flying a. fast
as possible. They carry only enough
iuel 10 permit them 10 get 20 their
stinatiOn and back again. Every
unnecessary ounce has been stripped
ITO" Their to Increase their load
capacity.
The consequences OF this nov dc.
veiopment in warfare from me air
IS that since the middle Of February
there have been - great raids nv
French planes, in which more than
500 planes have taken part. No, a
dsg saes-by that there IL not re.
ported a raid upon some commune
cation point or fortified place by
the French fiers The French are
unquestionably in command OF the
air on the western front. The Ger.
} mans may dare retaliation. hut they
, have not been successful. Now and
: then a minor exploit In bombing by
the Germans is reported but they
, are small things as compared with
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

4 Experience" modern morality
play. In which all OF the Characters
/ are named after various traits and
ATTRIBUTES of human nature, comes
~ the Garrick thoater next week,
I With the prestige o: an engagement
fof nine months IN New York
oeason, and three months this sea
I eon In Boston. The play was writ
'ien by George Hobart. and has re
teived enthusiastic endorsement.
swExperience" tells In semi-allegorical
4 nanner the adventures and expert
,onces of youth when he goes forth
a search of fame and fortune. The
Arst scene shows his departure from
the little home in the country. where
Love bids him fond farewell and he
:. ,eots forth on HIS journey, The sue
4 0eeding 10 scenes show him at the
mates of a big city where he meets
Experience, his hest friend, who
atrAvels with him on HIS journey; on
y he Primrose Path of Pleasure. De
ceit, SANDER. Passion. all Of whom
n turn try to influence him, and
opajly, after many adventures, his
teturn unscathed to the little cot
ynko where Love and Hope await
him.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

In the Majestic theaJor next week.
William Faversham, the famous
actor will be seen IN a feature pic
ture, "One Million Dollars" 90 b.
said e teens with action and an.
folds an interesting story OF mys.
terry. love and intrigue 10 has been
picurized from the successful novel
zone Million Francs" by Frederic
Arnold Hummer Mr.. Faversham has
the role Of an expert criminologist
who unravels a perplexing mystery
through the agency OF crystal
glove that gives him occult powers.
Supporting Mr. Faversham are Hen
~ Bergman, George lie Guere. Car.
lotta de Felice and Arthur Morrison.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

There are some names which con-
lure IN the mind distinct personal
Mes such as Bach, Handel. Bee
fhovsn, Wagner. bat none OF these
bofhaps has the extraordinary indt
f36uaIity Of paganini. the great
italian violinist. who Is being pre-
Soated on the stage Of the Detroit
opera house. this week, by George
Arllss. Paganinfs career was as re-
mAskable as his personality His
|tug1cal records tell US that as a
child of four, he narrowly escaped
being buried alive; from youth up
10 was constant sufferer from
,physical deformities; he had no real
home until he was 81; after death
His remains were refused burial for
Ave years and when his body had
rested IN the earth for half a cen
fury II was exhumed, apparently in
ogder that his features might once
again be gased upon. Mr.. Arliss' I'm
personation of this complex char
acter Ia wonderful. That he II not
only an accomplished actor. but
clever master Of stage technique and
dramatic exigencies. IN shown In the
net that, within the last few days,
be wrote the part of Antonio Blanca,
the Italian peasant, with whom
RAeanini Is supposed to have lived
fog years and the mother OF his son.
into Mr.. KnobTauch's play and the
hrst performance OF the re-arranged
characters and scenes was given in
the Detroit opera house. Monday
evening. Florence Auer who plays
. the Italian woman was most efec-
i've and artistic, and Mr.. Arliss' In
/. PRODUCTION OF the character into the
play has made II much stronger
dramatic structure.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

One of tn scenic novelties OF the
musical revue, within the Loop"
now In the Garrick IL that OF New
York Automat restaurant. More
novel still Ia the "Automat cabaret"
held In this jitney environment A
bpendthrift on the verge OF ruin
thus celebrates his finish as a dead
broke sport. Harry Carroll, who
wrote THE Trail OF the Lonesome
Pine" "syncopated Susie" ION the
Mississippi" "The Girl in the Heart
81 Maryland" and Down In Bonn
Bambay" has written "a musical
numbers for within the Loop
Dave Lewis. who viii De remember
ed for his Rudolph Schmidt in The
Royal Chef" and who furnished the
LaSalle theater, Chicago. with SC
many hits. has been the inspiring
spirit In constructing within Tho
Loop" which is going to the Amer
lean music hall, Chicago. from Dc
troit. Lewis is the leading come
dian Of the show, also
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

II Is pleasant 10 see fiction friends
like Potash and Perimutter" be.
come walking and talking facts In
magazine ssrb, Abe and Morris
have helped while away many FIRE
side and hammock hour and they
VIII be talking for you over the foot
lights ana walking about In q store
where real c.oaks and suits hang,
next week, on the stage OF the De-
troit opera house. When you laugh
with them through the vicissituues
~ three acts. during which their pet
business rises 10 Fifthave. heights.
and then falls almost 10 the feet OF
. creditors meeting. your admira-
ton. In Potash and Perlmutter"
terms. is divided $3.50. with impair.
tiaI percentage between the author
whose stories introduced these anus
tnG characters and the playwright
Who has made them unforsottsble
realities on the stage.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

William n. Mack. best remember
- FOR his portrayal Of Joe Carson
= "wlihin tho Law" will top the
oroeram In the Temple theater next
Deek, making his debut in local
ooo1eyille circles. Mr.. Mack. assist
p " = capable company, viii offer
<tov tense drama IN one act,
- - Lew" " Alice Neal
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01

Frances Starr. in the name part Of
Marie odile," VIII come 10 the De
troit opera house. the week OF Dec
Is. The play was written by Ed
ward Knoblsuoh. author OF "Paga-
MIMI" now, TO lie seen in the same
theater Its central figure Is a young
novice In convent The action
takes place IN the convent. during
the Franco-Prussian war Of 1870.
Yr1nflnx--fhN nlnln nrni klnh--fhnI
The Detroit times., 1915-12-01
(dfGTEfs5AIIEPS6&S9

lahore Uirich. star OF THE Better
1oman," shown In the Majestic
bester, this week, while one OF the
k1st known stars OF the stage Is
K &Joo ono OF the youngest, not yet
aying pa ssed her twenty first birth
AZ. Miss Ulrich gained popularity
11p2 shs appeared In the role or
nSha In "The Bird OF Paradise,
&bich she went to frem horoseo's
ntock company IN Los Angeles. IN
1fwo years OF stock work she played
~ roles, from Twelfth Night and
|<sefhe virginians" 10 "Get-Rich-Quick-
1gsIlingford" and The Chorus
LADY" After touring two seasons IN
{eThe Bird OF Paradise she entered
8the picture field under Mr.. Morosco's
i6frection. and scored IN "kilmeuy.
fTh<n she was stolen by the Equit-
fable company for the Better Wo-
man" Recently she returned 10 Mt
Morosco's picture colony In south
( ern California.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
PRE-LENTEN PERIOD.

/ Next Sunday; january 81, is
known as SeptuagesiIna Sunday.
The name, as we'll as those Of the
following Sunday -Sexa gesima
and Observation-Disclosures remind
.er Of the, time, prior to the middle
of the. sixth century, when the
lenten season did not comprise
the same number of days of. fast
and abstinence as at present. It
was customary in certain coun-.
fries to begin Lent seventy, sixty
Or fifty days before Easter Sun
day and the Sundays which mark
DID the beginning Of these periods
game to be known as Septuagesi-
MA, Sexagesima and Quinquagesi-
ma. The names are now retained
for the three Sundays preceding
Ash Wednesday, the first day Of
Lent.
While the Church does not re-
quire us to observe this pre-lenten
season as a time Of fast and alb
Estinence, it is her wish; Snever fhe1
less, that the faithful BE mindful
of the former significance Of this
period and observe it as d time Of
serious preparation for the aus
terities Of Lent This can be
done by Withdrawing somewhat
from worldly amusements and by
making preliminary tests as ut
were, Of ones ability TO- observe
the. rigid. requirements Off the
forty days of fast and abstinence
(which now constitute, the period
Eof preparation for the s0lemnity
|of Easter. y 4 < W. s.5.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
WORTH TRYING.


i In one Of the mid-state towns
OF Minnesota a series of six anti
Catholic lectures was given early
in the month at. which the aver
age attendance, with one excep-
ton, was. from thirty to thirty
five. The exception was q Lecture
Sssfor. men only which drew a
packed house, due in part, at
least, to the cooperation Of four
mont Catholic churches at whose
doors the Menace is handed out.
AT this men s meeting copies of
the bogus knights of Columbus
oath taken from the COMPRESSION
al Record were sold together with
more delectable food for prurient
palates. To coslnteract this, copies
of Catholic pamphlets were dis
tributed near the meeting place.
Knowing that some of the re,
spectacle people of the town had
been persuaded into attending
one or more of these meetings,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
4PUR1FIcAT1oN AND CANDLE
49,, MAS. ,s. u s.

y T -
Next Tuesday, February q is
the feast Of the Qualifications of
the, Blessed Virgin Mary usually
known as Candlemas day. This
feast brings to mind the Blessed
Virgin S visit to the temple where
she presented her divine Son TO
the Most High and made the of.
fering required on such an oeca-
sion by the Mosaic Law: Owing
to. her poverty, this offering con-
sisted of a pair of pigeons or tur-
tie doves one for a holocaust,
the other for a sin-offering. The
Blessed Virgin, being sinless, was
not subject to this law, but, new
ertheaess, through humility, she
submitted to it, aud thus gives us
an example of humble obedience
to the laws Of God and Of the
Church. The ceremony known as
"chu,rching'' is a reminder of the
significance of the feast Of the
Publication.
The blessing sof candles which
takes place on this day before the
principal Mass calls to mind that
Jesus is, ''the true light which
enlightenment every man that com.
eth into the world" and that we,
His followers, should allow our
light to shine before men that
those who behold it may glorify
the Father. Our good example
will illumine the pathway for
others and teach them how to
walk in holiness and truth and in
the observance of. Gods law.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
DOMAIN or TEMPERaltcR.
PROHIBITIONS RESOLUTION pei
EEATEp. &

Although the Hobson resolution TO
submit a constitutional amendment
for national prohibition to the state
Legislators was defeated in the Ma,
stional IIonse of b Representative
Washington, recently, I failing to aes
cure the requisite two.thirds vote, the
number of votes cast for it must have
surprised good many who believed
that it had not the ghost of a show"
to pass. As q matter of fact 1917
members voted for it and only $50
against it. 1t would have gone
through under a rule of bare majority;
but the requirement of q two-thfrds
vote was too much for it.
Prohibition leaders declared that
the majority for the resolution had
fulfilled their expectations, as they
had not hoped for two-thirds' vote
at this time Notwithstanding re-
peated public assertions that many
members of the House would try to
dodge a record vote on this issue,
the rolleall disclosed a heavy attend
ance larger than the average through
out the session. On the final ballot
1856 votes were recorded. To have
carried the resolution would have re-
quired 258 affirmative yftes. 1t thus
failed by sixty-one votes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
HOW ALCOHOL pELuDEs THE
WORKER.

4 -Rf 14. y q i. s-t Z 4 II = .a4 8
Industrial Icoholism's III tll y name
given by experts to that form of al
coholism whose ravages are felt chief
ly among working men and working
women. Those affected by it begin
taking the alcohol in so-called moder-
ate doses to enable them to do their
work, muscular or mental. better.
This soon leads to increasing doses
and tends to chronic alcoholism with
tits accompanying mental deteriora-
| ton.
There is no doubt" says DR.. Lam.
bert of Cornell University, that in
the physiologic action of alcohol mod
crate doses do permit the motor activ.
ity to take place with greater ease
and rapidity. With it, however, there
goes false mental sense of great i'm
provement in work done of greater
accuracy in. the acts performed. This
last factor this mental experience
that one is working better and easier,
and that ones work is Of higher
grade, Is the treacherous stumbling
block over which this type ofsalcoholic
falls. The moderate dose soon has,
to be repeated, with the result OF q
diminishing power to excite The Gag
ging activities, with less work done
and that of poorer quality. But you
can not persuade the ordinary mind,
when relieved Of the sense of weari-
ness and deluded with the sense Of
doing better, that it is deceived, for
the greater the dose OF alcohol taken,
the firrner is the conviction Of the ex-
cellence of the result, and the accom-.
panying paralysis of the mental judg-
ment prevents an accurate realization
Of the true state Of Affairs
Those who earn their living by
muscular exertlon are particularly
prone to. this form OF alcoholism,
which going on from day to day soon
turns into chronic alcoholism. But the
mental worker falls a victim also to
the delusion. "The overworked brain
worker" says DIR. Lambert, begins to
take alcohol to relieve himself OF the
sense OF intense WEAKNESS which his
tired brain feels The rapidly with
which moderate doses will give this
sense of relief and permit him to go
on and to do more work when he
should rest presently forces him to in
crease the dose and creates a habit
Of overwork and excessive indulgence
which soon brings him into the same
chronic alcoholism. Herein lies the
danger to this class and you can not
persuade a man that his own expert
ence is not reliable, especially when
the Judgment has begun to deteriorate
from steady indulgence. These indi-
viduals also become drunk from con-
viyial drinking, but it is the daily in.
diligence to spur themselves on which
is most responsible for the chronic al
coholism into which they fall and be-
come useless in their occupation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
BIBLE LOST FIFTY YEARS
RETURNED TO. CIVIL WAR VETER
AN ON, FIFIETH ANNIVER- :
SARY OF ITS LOSS.

| Several Weeks ago circumstances
made it possible for Professor A. l..
Keith of Mortified, Mimi, to return
to Edgar ]. Snow, Civil war veteran,
a Bible given him by his mother but
lost fifty years ago on a battlefield in
Tennessee. The story of the incident
lis given in a'recent issue Of the Port
land OregonIan and is here summar-
lied.
While caring for comrade wound.
ed in an engagement at Spring Hill,
Tenn, November 30, 1864, Edgar J.
Snow was, relieved of his knapsaclt
by a band of 'Confederates. The little
Bible that his mother had slipped into
his hand at Camp Douglas, Chicago,
was carefully tucked into the KNAPP
sack, where Mr.. Snow had kept it
during three. years and seven months
of service. Last November, exactly
fifty years after it was taken from
him, the Bible was returned to Mr..
Snow.
The circumstances were these:
Finding the Bible in the knapsack
the Confederates threw it out on the
battlefield. Next day when the
Union men came to care for their dead
and wounded, one Of them, evidently
John L. Keith, of the Fifty-first In.
diana Volunteer Infantry, picked up
the Bible and carried it home. "A
few. weeks ago DR.. A. L. Keith of
the Carleton College faculty wrote
to his uncle, T. J. Keith of Vincennes,
Ind, asking him If he had any me.
mentos of his father who died in
1884. He sent the pocket Bible.
Either unable to decipher the name,
or else not knowing how to reach the
mans mother, John l.. Keith had
given it to his sister who kept 1t for
more than forty years before sending
it to John Keith's son. While ex-
amining the Bible Professor Keith
noticed the inscription on the flyleaf:
Edgar A. Snow, Decembr 25, 1861,
a Christmas gift from his mother"
With this clew Professor Keith got
Mr.. Shows. address from the Commits
sioner of Pensions at Washington
with the ultimate result that he
mailed the. Bible to him, SO that it
reached him on exactly the fiftieth an,
niversary of its loss.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
THE DUTY OF CATHOLICS.

In these perilous times when
bigots are industriously circulat-
ing false charges against the
Church, it behooves Catholics to
be ON their guard and not give
scandal or afford the enemies OF
THE Church an opportunity to
blame, her for their disedifying
conduct. But this negative atti-
tude is not enough; good Catholics
should give positive evidence of
loyalty to the Church and her
teaching in their daily lives. They
should not be ashamed to be seen
ATTENDING Mass, approaching the
|Sacraments frequently, visiting
the Blessed Sacrament, lifting
their hats on passing a church,
making the sign Of the cross be-
fore meals, even in public places,
answering those who would SLAM
der then. religion, saying their
prayers before retiring, even in
1.-THE presence OF non-G Catholics, up
holding, at all times, the honor OF
the Church as they would that of
their mother, ETC., etc. There are
la thousand and one ways in which
Catholics, without obtruding their
religious principles unnecessarily,
can show that they are proud to
be numbered among the dutiful
sons of Holy Mother Church. It
they are unafraid to practise their
religion before the world, they will
be honored by all right-thinking
people and will do much towards
making the Church respected
evenly her enemies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30

u 1879. 5-t,fty
the local priest issued an invita-.
|tion to the public to attend Ice
tnre in his church and hear the
Catholic side of the questions
dealt with by the itinerant lectur-
|er. The lecture was given on a
weekday evening and it was not
s for men only. The church was
packed and the priest was follow
Led with great attention while he
|explained how the bogus oath got
into the Congressional Record,
told the truth about confession,
and pointed out to his listeners
The. falsitY of the charges made
in the lectures which they had at
tended. He told them that they
were at liberty to search the
church for the arms and ammuni-
ton supposed to be stored there
and gave them permission to in
speet the confessionalS and find
out the terrible = secrets they
had heard about.
AS a result, the excitement
cause by the anti Catholic lee
lures entirely subsidized and many
who attended them were ashamed
that they went. Perhaps the eff
| fective method used by this priest
could be, put into operation in
other towns suffering from a sim
|ilar visitation?