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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-07
Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
CULTURE AND cuLcHAw.

A fine woman who worries because
her husband isn't as cultured" as she
desires Is a more uncommon object
than woman who worries because
her husband isn't rich. We know one
of the first kind. however, and her ex.
perience is interesting. But as she
lovse her poor 'uncultured" mate very
much the story is 70 tale OF woe by
any means. For inspite OF his sup
posed or alleged lack OF culture he IS
kind, pleasant, honest, gentle, decent
hard-working. He bings her bouquets
Of flowers, he buys ice cream for her
he is a generous provider-but. hang
It all, he isn't a highbrow! He cannO.
play the guitar OF the mandolin or the
piano. He cannot discuss contracon.
ception. for he knows nothing about it.
Neither did his mother, or he might
not have been here to marry this fine
woman. He can't write very COOL
letter-but he can write her a love let
ter when she is absent. and does man.
age to writee one almost daily.
And after reading this Cbefore it was
printed) his fine wife, who is a college
woman and cultured" to her finger
tips, had this to say: why, believe,
after all, that Peters is the real cuE
ture. an dthat the other stuff is cul.
chaw. / wouldn't trade Peter for all
the fine gentlemen in town" Which
shows that her own culture is not mere
culchaw.-Pittsburgh Press.
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AFTER-DINNER
= MINIS =

We read with great glee of that
Missouri farmer who lured a New
York Rube down into the OZarks, and
unloaded a gold brick on him. Now
il he can avoid specializing in wall
st we will believe the Missourtan wise.
We do not blame Gen. Huerta so
much; but what ought to be done with
New York spectators who pledged
him financial aid in his attempt 10
arrange for the murder of few thou
sand more wretched MeXicans?
We observe that in christening Lady
Decies' baby they omitted both Jay
and Gould from the ten or Il names
they handed in-showing that the
Englishman's respect for his wiIe'5
family extends to the bank account.
Play is better for a child than study
according TO one of our leading doc
tors and if all the children who APP
plaud his sentiments go 10 him toc
treatment he'll beat Rockefeller.
We read that one may hypnotic l
cobra by pressing its neck with the
fingers. one may also hypnotic 4
rattlesnake by biting its head of.
If Mexico keeps at it they will have
an eightclub league Of revolutionary
clubs.
Sign Of peace: American bankers
commence to worry over European
credits.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-07

Sign of peace: American bankers
commence to worry over European
credits.
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time, but this country has duty to
the people of Mexico. humane duty.
that our nation is called upon to recog'
nize and erform. and that is TO prevent
any additional revolutions to be organ
lied and promoted here. We have an
object lesson in the grievous bIunder
our government made in raising the
embargo upon arms and ammunition
so that Villa. Zapata. Caranza and the
other malcontents of Mexico might be
equipped to devastate tehir native
land. There can come nc ueace to
Mexico until that embargo IS restored,
and before President Wilson can bring
peace TO that country he must see TO It
that such supplies of war materials are
cut off from the elements OF disorder.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There was time when it was not
an unusal thing for merchants and 9TH
er employers OF men woh belonged to
the National Guard 10 say to members
who desired to spend a week IN camp
of instruction, III You go you need not
return" Or words to that unpaIrlotic
erect. puI IildL LlLle las pasSSN' "P
parently. Several large business firms
in Boston have notified their employees
who belong TO the militia that leaves
will be granted them for the usual mil.
itary instruction and also that while
so engaged their pay by the firms will
be doubled. Several large banking
houses in New York and Brooklyn have
made the same generous and patriotic
arrangement with their soldier EN-.
ployes. 1t is further evidence that in
spite OF the paid and other service OF
the "peace-atany-price" people. the
public is awakening to the Importance
OF military training and preparedness
in this country that has never been
ready for any OF the wars that has
been forced to engage in.-Milwaukee
Sentinel
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If Mexico keeps at it they Will have
an eightclub league of revolutionary
clubs.
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Mexico has no government at this
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There has ever been widespread
opinion in the land that the Demo.
cratic party is ineffective as party OF
constructive work. For many years
the verdict Of the voters was that
Democratic legislation was not a thing
to be trusted. and that as party the
Democracy was helpless when it came
to handling properly matters OF mo-
ment. BY an unfortunate division Of
the Republicans in 1912 the Democrats
came into power. and their record
since then has again confirmed the
opinion that they are not to be trusted
with legislation and national control.
Philadelphia Press.
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1t was the Fifth Of July. otherwise
celebrated as the Fourth. Starting for
the office, he waited for his customary
train at the local station only to find
that it had been annulled because or.
binary folks weren't working. Once
down town, he tried a number OF bar.
Der shops, but found them all busy
cutting the hair of fellows who hadn't
thought to have that done since last
Fourth. So he went to work unshaved
to find that the elevator wasn't run.
ming because it was a legal holiday
for lot Of other people. Theu he
discovered that his Office hadn't peca
cleaned over night, the janitor having
got tired, and he had to rustic the Gus.
pidor himself. Also there was no mail
because It wasn't supposed anybody
would want letters on a holiday. Nev.
ertheless he was exected to produce
the goods and do a cheerful, affabla
days work. Yet there are those who
wonder at suicide!-Gazette Times.
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Continued from page ID
THE GROWTH OF THE PARocHIAL
SCHOOLS.

the best principle of mental and
spiritual unification and organization.
And for these reasons Catholics
claim that their schools are first in
national usefulness and effectiveness.
They teach love of country success
fully; they teach morality, as the lives
of Catholics show; they teach religion,
thus constituting in a skeptical age a
great force on the side of belief in
God, in religious obligation, and a
definite moral responsibility. The
parochial schools keep up with the
public schools in teaching the secular
branches, and in quality of instruc-
ton they are frequently superior to
these schools, for they have the adj
vantage of discipline, uniformity of
ideals, harmony of methods, and dis
interested devotedness on the part of
their teachers.
The Catholic parents Of the United
States may well be proud of their
achievements. Surely future genera
tons will call them blessed. But the
glory of building up the magnificent
Catholic school system must be
shared with those who originally made
the Catholic parish school possible
with the teaching orders of Sisters and
Brothers, (and alsoalay teachers), for
without their cooperationrit is doubt
full whether we could have accom-
plished what might, POLITICALLY speak
ing, be called miracle.
To build school is one thing; to
maintain it quite another. If Catho-
licsyfrom the beginning had been com.
PEELED to pay their teachers the
salaries paid to the teachers in the
public schools, the burden would have
been too great for our shoulders. In
deed, if today we were required to
pay the $4,000 teachers in the parish
schools throughout the United States
the same salaries paid the public
school teachers, the cost of maintain
ing our schools would be doubled and
probably tripled. So then, while Cath
olic parents may well be proud of
what their sacrifices have accom-
plished, they should be ever mindful
of those who so splendidly cooperated
with them, the teaching orders of
men and women, and also the laity,
the fruition of whose zeal and labor is
the conservation of the Faith to past,
present and coming generations.
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MONKS OF ST. BERNARD

ST. Bernard of Mention (923-100S)
rich and highly educated young
man of Mention, near Annecy, in aSa-
voy, after adopting the religious life
devoted himself to the conversion of
the people of the Alps, and this he did
for forty-two years, during which he
converted countless souls and worked
many miracles. 1t was he who found
ed the famous Hospice Of st. Bernard.
From most ancient times path ran
across the Pennine Alps leading from
the valley of Aosta over what is now
| the pass of the Great st. Bernard.
This pass is covered with perpetual
snow from seven to eight feet deep,
and sometimes drifts pile up as high
as forty feet. Because of avaIanches
and for other reasons this pass was
dangerous at all times, still it was
much used by French and German pill
grims on their way to Rome.
For their convenience and protec-
ton st. Bernard established monas.
terry and hospice at the highest point
of the pass, 5000 feet above sea-level,
in 962. Later he established another
hospice on another dangerous part of
the pass. \ He went to Rome and re-
ceived pontifical approval, both estab-
lishments being placed in charge of
Augustinian monks.
The work Bernard and his compan-
ions have accomplished is known the
world over, and is Unparalleled in
song and story. Accompanied by their
well-trained dogs, the heroic monks
have rescued countless victims of the
severe weather that prevails in these
regions. The rescued receive food,
shelter, and clothing, and the dead are
consigned to Christian burial This
is all done gratuitousIy, from pure
Christian charity. The work is sup
ported entirely by gifts from the
faithful
All present there are some forty
monks in the hospices, some Of whom
have charge of neighboring parishes.
st Bernard was eanonized In 1851
His feast-day is June Is. a
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
BASEBALL AND BOOZE" DON'T
MIX.

4 Fl. S. Fullerton, the famous baseball
writer, recently reported an investi-
cation as to the baseball players life
in fast company. The investigation
covered the decade of 1904-14 From
the major league roster of 1904 he
selected the names of thirty players
who drank and thirty who did not
drink. By 1909 only four of the drink
ers were still in the big leagues, but
sixteen of the abstainers held their
places. In 1914 only two of the orig
inal drinkers Zone of them had be-
come an abstainer) were still in the
big ring. Eight non-drinkers were
still playing good baseball mot more
than four so-called drinkers we're ever
drunkards," says Fullerton. "They
were moderate The investigation
further covered their present physical
and financial welfare Of the drink
ers eight were down and out, but only
one abstainer was in that state. Five
drinkers and nine abstainers were
medium" Three drinkers and six
teen non-drinkers were prosperous"
Nine drinkers and two non-drinkers
were dead. Five drinkers and two
non-drinkers were unaccounted for,
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SHALL A COMMON BRIGAND
RULE?

We are informed that the
United States government and the
diplomatic representatives of the
South American Republics at their
meeting i'll New York on Septem-
Der Is resolved that the time has
come for the formal recognition
of government in Mexico.
Most of the conferees," so runs
the dispatch, "were of the opinion
that the Carranza government
will logically be entitled to recog-
nition.'' However, the formal de
cision will not be reached until
another meeting is held in Wash
ington two weeks hence.
This is interesting news, con
firming, as it does, the belief prev
alent in many quarters that Car
rama has always been the favorite
of Uncle Sam and that the gov
eminent was only waiting a favor
able opportunity to place him in
the ruler S chair III Mexico.
The recognition Of Carranza OH
the part OF the United States gov
eminent viii not meet with the APP
prevail of the right thinking citi-
zens of this country and, assured
ly, will not please the Catholics of
the United States, who are aware
of his hostility towards the
Church. IF he comes into power
he will no doubt carry out the
threat made In recent manifesto
in which he says: "The majority
of the priests as well as the Cath
Ollie Church have. been fighting
the Constituencies and they
will not be welcome in Mexico.
The government will grant relig-
ious freedom, but not to those
ehurchmen who have been5enemies
to the cause. The property of the
Catholic Church belongs to the
state and may be used for educa-
tional purposes.
This is the common brigand
whom the United States governs
ment would recognize as the law
full ruler of Mexico. 1t is true,
he is the friend Of John Lind, erst-
while personal representative of
President Wilson in Mexico, but
John seems to have lost the con-
fidence of his former employer and
he is no longer consulted about
Mexican affairs. Since it was
found that his encyclopedia
knowledge of things that are not
soswas unequal to the task of pro
Iducing an alleged papal bull. his
diplomatic star has waned With
him has passed intolo oblivion one
William Bayard Hale, whose ex-
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WHO MADE LIQUOR


God no more made liquor" than
He made faro table or a resort of
debauchery. He no more made it
than He made the tools of the burglar
or the vile inventions which the GUS
toms seize. He made it only in the
same sense as He made the dynamite
bombs of the Anarchist thugs. Wheat
and corn and rye are wholly useful and
wholesome food as nature yields
them, but by the devices of man
strong drink is produced from them,
and ruins men if they take too much
of it, as many of them do if they
drink it at all. Instead, therefore, of
putting the responsibility for liquor
on God, we advise the clergy to lay
the whole blame for it ON men, as
a dangerous luxury which God COM
pels them neither to produce nor to
consume any more than He compels
them to do anything else. Moreover,
it is questionable whether the influ-
ence of the clergy in preventing the
abuse of liquor would not be strength
ened greatly if they refrained wholly
from it's use themselves. Besides, be-
ing usually emotional men, of seden-
tary habits, they are better off without
such a stimulant. The habit of
drinking, dangerous for everybody,
is especially dangerous for them in
their own persons and in the example
they set for other people.
-NeD York Sun.
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TORONTO LIQUOR LEGISLATION.

Toronto, Canada, has made rapid
strides in effective liquor legislation
There are no saloons, as such, the
license for selling liquor being given
to hotels, and wholesale places
shops" The hotels were formerly
allowed to sell liquor, on week days
from 8 a. IN. to 10 p. M, in the rural
municipalities, and in the cities from
Is a. m. to IL p. m. The bars, for
years, have been closed on Sunday.
BY the present law, all hotels are
required to close at p. M, Saturday,
both in the cities and the rural dis
tricts, and they are not allowed to
open until o'clock, Monday morn
ing. Week days, they open at a. m.
and close at 7 p. M, and they do
not open, at all, on Sunday.
There are severe fines for breaking
the regulations. The County Temper
ance Act provides that any violation
of its provisions, by selling liquor in
prohibited districts or in any other
manner, carries as punishment, for
the first offense, fine of not less
than $4,000, and the second offense
is punished by imprisonment for four
months There are not many second
offenses. Ie
The Indian Act is a measure which
provides that if complaint is made to
the commissioners that some certain
person is drunkard, and ought not
to be sold liquor, and this claim is
substantiated, notification to this
effect is sent to to all the hotels, also
forbidding the supplying of liquor to
such person, either by sale or gift
Then, any hotel, or any person sup
plying liquor to such drunkard and
the drunkard, himself, may be fined,
or, perhaps, imprisoned.
The wholesale places called shops
have equally stringent regulations.
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PRosELYTIzING AMONG THE
SLAVS.


In the course Of an article in
the current issue Of the "Ameri-
can Messenger" published by the
American Tract Society of New
York, Mr.. Louis 10th, colporter,
writes of his work among the
Slavs OF Pennsylvania in man
ner which would be amusing were
it not for the woeful ignorance Of
elementary Catholic doctrine
which he displays. While admit
ting that all the people among
whom he 'labored are Roman
Catholics, he naively adds
''They are all learning to pray to
Jesus and not to the Virgin
Mary = A truly wonderful con
version! These poor benighted
Catholic Slays never prayed to
Jesus until an itinerant hawker
of tracts brought them Bibles and
held prayer-meetings among them
At one of his public meetings
several men, he tells us, tried to
create disturbance but were
stopped by others. 'ENone of the
audience" he adds, "were Chris
tians, so far as [ knew, but I felt
very much encouraged that they
were willing to stand up for the
gospel. +"
It would be interesting to
know by what process of rea-
soning he arrived at the conclu-
sion that Roman Catholic was
not a Christian! No doubt it was
because Roman Catholics do not
take their religion exclusively
from the Bible, but from the living
Church Of God, without whose
watchful solicitude the sect
to which this proselytizing pur-
veyor of tracts belongs would
have no Bible to distribute. If
he were at all familiar with the
history Of the Catholic Church
ne would know that she has always
stood up for the complete and I'M
adulterated Bible and that her
children had access to it long be-
fore the American Tract Society
ever saw the light Of day.
Most of the Messenger S reports
from colporters are on a par with
this. No doubt, the subscribers
+ to this publication and to the
American Tract Society need to be
hoodwinked by such false reports
i'll order that they may continue
to furnish the money without
which this campaign Of prosely-
tizing would be impossible.
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FATHER PHELAN.

The Reverend D. S. Phelan, pro-
prietor and editor of "The West.
ern Watchman,' died Tuesday
evening at st. Johns Hospital, st.
Louis, Mo-, after an illness Of a
few weeks duration. With his
death notable career comes to a
close and a picturesque figure in
Catholic journalism disappears
from the field. Friend and foe will
feel that void has been made in
the ranks, which all will regret,
which none will fill.
Since 1866 Father Phelan has
held the pen-always in a manner
to make clear that back of it there
was power. His editorial utter
ances were read with avidity. He
was listened to with interest, and
whether readers agreed with him
or not, they were ready, even inn
patient, to hear him again, so
clearly did he put on paper his
thoughts and so brilliant and incl
sive Were. these thoughts. Years
of experience and of study had
given him vast store of knoWl-
edge. There was no subject that
he was stranger to. none that he
could not treat with master
hand. For clever paragraphing, it
is doubtful if he had superior in
journalism, religious or profane.
Father Phelan was, above all,
the Catholic Journalist, and, what
ever his minor faults, he served
well the cause he had espoused.
The doctrines and practices of
Holy Church had in him an ex-
FOUNDER who fearedno adversary,
who shrank from no logical con
clusion. The enemies Of the
Church dreaded his blow and sell
dom returned to the fray.
He had, as all fearless combat,
ants, his moments of thoughtless-
ness and of quick, even rash, i'm
pulsiveness of thrust. Now and
then, he may have been too sure of
his statements, too severe in his
personal remarks. Perhaps, too,
he was not always sufficiently re-
spectful to those who were his SUI
periors in dignity and in office.
This was due, no doubt, to the heat
Of the battle which gave little time
to weigh words and to select arms.
Meanwhile, no rancor sank deep
into his heart. He nurtured no an
imosities, and when the article
was written and the paper on the
press, he was again himself gen
tie, sweet-tempered, incapable of
hatred or INSTRUMENTATION.
His faults were few and light in
comparison with the great service
he rendered to religion during a
full half century. Apparent acer-
bities of words are easily forgot
ten when cpntrasted with the
thrust of the rapier pen. What
ever else Father Phelan was, he
was the faithful priest of God, the
good servant of the Lord. Peace
to his soul!
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vAUNTED TEMPERANCE DRINK

Beer makes one stupid and lazy"
Bismarck.
'tThe first man to brew beer was the
pest of Germany" Martin Luther.
Beer drinkers are especially liable
to structural alteration and enlarge
ment of the liver DIR. Norman Kerr.
Thousands and tens of thousands
of men who take their daily pint are
rendered stupid, silly and dissolute by
beer. DIR. Hugo Hoppe, Germany.
"The beer drinkers are absolutely
the most dangerous class of subjects
that a surgeon can operate on. They
do not recover from the simplest
hurts without a great deal of trouble
and danger. DIR. S. S. Thorn, Toledo,
Ohio.
Il have come to dread being called
to an habitual beer drinker. The form
of Bright's disease known as the
swollen or large kidney, is more fire.
quent among beer drinkers than any
other class of people. DIR. M. H. Par
malice, Toledo, Ohio.
1.-THE heart action is increased 10
per cent. in it's effort to throw off alco-
hol introduced into the circulation of
the blood. TO expel 5 ounces of alco-
hol means an effort equal to lifting
tons one foot high. The life chords
of beer drinkers snap off like glass
rods when disease or accident gives
them little blow"
DR.. S. s. Lun0ren Toledo, ohio.