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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01
THE ORIGIN OF THE CRIB
WAS PoPuLARlzED BY
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSIST. q

The Catholic Encyclopedia gives the
following in reference to the origin of
the Devotion to the Crib:
Devotion to the Crib is no doubt Of
very ancient origin, but it remained
for st. Francis of Assist to popularize
it and give to it the tangible form in
which it is known at the present time.
When st. Francis visited Rome in 1928
he made known to Pope Honorious III
the plans he had conceived of making
a scenic representation of the place Of
the Nativity. The Pope listened glad
ly to the details of the project and
gave it his sanction. Leaving Rome,
st. Francis arrived at Greccio on
Christmas Eve, when, through the aid
of his friend, Giovanni Velita, he con-
structed Crib and grouped around it
figures of the Blessed Virgin and st.
Joseph, the ass, the OK and the shep-
herds who came to adore the. newborn
Saviour. He acted as deacon at the
midnight Mass. The legend relates
that having sung the words of the
Gospel, and they laid Him in q man
ger, he knelt down to mediate briefly
on the sublime mystery of the Incar-
nation, and there appeared in his arms
child surrounded by brilliant light.
Devotion to the Crib has since
spread throughout the Christian world.
Yearly from the eve Of Christmas to
the day Of the octave Of the Epiphany,
"a Crib representing the birthplace Of
Christ is shown in Catholic churches
in order to remind the faithful of the
mystery of the Incarnation and to re-
call according to tradition and the
Gospe! narrative the historical events
connected with the birth Of the Re
deemer
The Crib serves the foregoing pur-
pose better than the most eloquent ser
mon that could be delivered. May we
always have the Crib and its tender
memories and holy impressions with
us at Christmas time.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01
CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO
HOW OUR SOUTHERN NEIeHBoRs
CELEBRATE. THE NATIVITY.

Christmas celebration in Mexico diff
fers greatly from ours and usually last
for several days. Bright lanterns sus-
pended in the air proclaim the glad
tidings of the holidays and every Mexi-
can jacal, no matter how humble, puts
ont its beacon to light the steps OF the
Saviour should He perchance appear.
The story of the birth Of the Redeem
Fer is annually PORTRAYED in all Mexican
towns and in symbolic language
which the most ignorant can readily
understands
The performance il given by fifteen
players, consisting Of Joseph and Mary
and tho infant Jesus two arehang
Lacifer and three Of his minions and
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01
That Night This Night.
Brother Ambrose, Christian Brothers
College, Memphis, Tenn.

That night, old Rome, the Queen Of
land and sea.
Was aged sewn hundred years and
fifty-three;
Abroad, no sound was heard of clash.
ing wars;
Peace reigned supreme; appeased, the
red-god Mars.
That night, bright orbs hung over
Bethlehem,
And softly shed their golden radiance
down
Upon the sleeping village whose re.
noWn
Was scarcely known beyond its narrow
hem.
That night, wondrous Star shone
DER the town
As some great jewel in a regal
crown;
And 10! within a stable all forlorn
The Saviour of the world, Babe was
born.
That night angelic eloirs poor sllep
herds led
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01

settlements and built churches in Wis
consin, they began to organize Cath
olic societies, SO that every church Of
any size may boast of one organiza-
ton at least, and some of the churches
have several to their credit. These
societies are a splendid adjunct to
Catholic life and materially assist the
pastors in the maintenance of schools,
hospitals and orphanages. They con-
tribute literally to the support of the
parishes; their banners and other re-
gala with emblems of patronal saints
may be often seen hanging in conspic-
nous places in the parish church;
while frequent parades and celebra-
tions often draw the attention of the
public and are source of uplift and
encouragement to the Catholic com.
munity
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01

Sisters of the Poor, who have a home
in st. Paul and another in Mime
apolis. If the inquirer is seeking adj
mission to the convent as candidate
for the religious life, personal applica-
ton to the convent would seem the
most advisable 1t is possible that
other qualities might be discerned
which would compensate for defect
in. hearing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01
Future Prospects.

On the whole the visitor is favor
ably impressed by the various evil
dences of Catholic life and growth; it
is clear that the Church planted by the
zeal of early French and German mis-
sionaries has grown to the proportions
of sturdy tree whose leaves of heal
ing invite to Wisconsin the Catholic
emigrant from every quarter of Eu-
rope. And it is safe to predict that as
years roll on, and the various nation
alities become more and more solidly
intrenched in the larger cities and on
the soil, this portion of the Lords
vineyard may claim the blessing which
of old was given to Israel: Il will
be as the dew unto Israel-he shall
blossom as the lily and cast forth his
roots as Lebanon; his branches shall
spread and his beauty shall be as the
olive tree; he shall be luxuriant vine
which putteth forth his fruit, for ac-
cording to the multitude of his fruit
hath he multiplied his affairs. And
the mountains shall draw down sweet
wine, and the hills shall flow with
milk, and all the brooks shall flow
with waters. The ploWman shall over
take the reaper, and the treader Of
grapes him that soweth the seed.
will plant my people upon their land;
they shall till gardens and eat the fruit
thereof; they shall build affairs to the
Lord, and shall make them name
and praise among all the nations
of the earth"
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09

the muscles of his throat, you see
it's this way Them haWgs don't get
none to fat a livin' down IN That
piece of bresh, nohow. They ain
sech a right smart O. butternuts and
acorns there but what they : have
to hunt tolerable stiddy to keep fed
up at all. SO I've been in the habit
every couple of days of totin' a mess
of Gavin down there an chuck1n 1t
over the fence to them An when
ever I did T allus used to call ,'em and
they'd come a-running' to git the
Gavin. 1t got to be a regular part O.
them hawgs' business to listen for me
to shout. - -
''Well here about three weeks ago I
got misery in my throat and it done
sort O. pahlyzed me vocal cords and
I couldn't holler loud enough to make
them hawgs hear. SO when I
chucked 'em their Gavin I raped on
q fence rail with a stick and after a
while the hawgs got to recognize the
sound an it was all right. Every
thing was goin' along smooth with
them hawgs until day before yister-
day, when a hull passel O. them pesky
red headed woodpeckers done come
along from up nawth and settled in
that there fawrest. An they've done
drove them poor hawgs plum crazy
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
into Rumania

Danube into Rumania has been
/ forced. The Rumanians themselves
effected crossing some weeks ago,
/ but it proved merely a futile raid. No
doubt a TeutOnic raiding party would
i have a clearer objective and might do
more damage; whether the attack is
more thar" that cannot be known
| Without further details, including the
point where the crossing was made
, the outset it was plain that control of
the Danube was likely to be an impor
| tstnt factor and that river naval
! battles might be fought on a scale
equalled only in our civil war
! At this point the allies may have
dulled a little; when England was
| making so many light-draft monitors
| sian coast some might have been
! made and sent in sections to Russia,
| to be assem- bled there and sent to the
! Danube. If the Austrian gunboats
| have the upper hand it will make the
! defense of the Danube line much more
| difficult for Rumania.
I In the Dobrudja, on the other hand,
the Rumanan and Russian forces
have now gained a little ground, but
+ Danube is of no great importance;
the strength Of the Bu1garians lies in
the German heavy guns, which pre-
sunab bly, have not been sent on so far
to the north.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
Now, Then.
(BOStOn Post

The great quadrennial affair at the
polls is over. A large number or
people are pleased and large num-
Der are displeased. But all OF them
may as we'll now agree to put po-
litical differences aside for while
and attend to the usual business Of
being just human beings -.'
The big football games are coming
on. Thanksgiving savors are almost
in the air. The Christmas shopping
is to be attended to, and the sooner
the better. The whole range of ordi-
nary tasks and duties and pleasures
is to be entered into with more zest
and better satisfaction because the
heat of the campaign has gone.
Again comes the lesson Of the mar
vellous power and restraint Of the
American body polite. In a single
day a President is chosen, and there
is no Turmoil or trouble over it. The
sovereign people speak, and their
voice is omnipotent. What a M oral
and political lesson to the rest of the
world
Now let us all get busy, proceed
to our respective businesses, and be
glad that we are American citizens.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
"CHNRLIE" BOOTH,

If every man and woman in New
! Britain did not know "Charlie" Booth,
every eye that scans the local news
| paper columns must at some. time or
other have read the type that
"Charlie' Booth set. For foEty-four
! years he directed his hands toward
the enlightenment of the community.
For thirty-eight years he worked on
the Herald. He was the long link
that stretched out of the past and
united the founders of this paper with
those who carry on the work now.
And "Charlie" Booth is dead. The
old ease where he worked has a
forlOrn look today. The old type on
the "bank" will miss the familiar
touch of those patient fingers. will
long for the glance of those silently
smiling sparkling blue eyes. Frienis
are ever leaving the old fashioned
type cases, ana "Charlie' was an old
tine printer. He never ran linotype.
He always "set 'em by hand'
And if the 'ad. alley and the other
places where "Charlie'' Booth gath
cred his type for so many years are
sad today no less are the boys along
the row of linotypes. The merry
chattering machines that have marked
the great steps forward in the pro-
cess of printing and type setting are
dull and lithless in their work today.
They sigh for the passing of "Charlie''
Booth, knowing that all the other
'Charlie" Booths who worked up as
printers devils and remained at the
old task of setting type by hand will
soon give way to their industry With
the feeling OF loss that permeates the
entire composing room there is also
kindred sympathy in the editorial
sanctum where "Charlie' Booth al
ways entered every day. This time
without calling for it, "Charlie" Booth
is given an 80. K.'' proof
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
AERIAL FLEETS IN ACTION
Entente Aviators Drop Bombs on
Eight Towns in Istria and Austrian
Airmen Raid Two Towns in Izonzo

Berlin, Nov. BY wireless to Say
ville.-The towns of Rovigno, Paren-
20, Cittanuova and umago, in Istria
below Triest, were attacked on Tues
day by entente airships, the Austro-
Hungarian admiralty announces
One Of the airships was shot down.
Vermegliano. and Monfalcone,. on the
lower Izonzo front, were raided by
Austri ian aircraft . ~.~
"On the afternoon of November 7
hostile aviators dropped bombs on
the towns Of Rovigno, Parenzo and
Cittanuova'' the statement says. mot
the slightest damage was done and no
enc was hurt. Our airships went up
to pursue the attackers. One of our
aviators, Lieutenant Dreck1ic, shot
down a hostile airship, which y de-
scended in the vicinity of hostile tor
pedo boats on the high seas. The tor
pedo boats, bombed by our airplanes,
retired towards the enemy's coast.
son the evening of the same day
one hostile airplane dropped bombs
near Umago, also without success.
During the evening our seaplanes
dropped bombs very. successfully on
military objects at Vermegliano and
Monfalcone, and returned undam-
aged
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09

3" policy OF sky-high protection, a
policy that has yet to prove itself the
real method OF protection. With the
tariff commission in the hands of
competent men ard with the advice
and aid of the manufacturers o2 the
nation the tariff should be kept ad-
justed so that it will be neither too
high nor too low, and this can be
done There must be such thing
as just tariff, a fair tariff. And it
will be found when it is taken out of
politics, as Wilson intends to do.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Home care of sick children. by E. l..
Coolidge.
Low cost cooking, by r. Nesbitt-
IAN excellent cook book. The foods
are low in cost but permit good var
iety."-A. L. A. Booklist.
Milk and it's hygienic relations, by-J,.
E. LaneClaypon.
Nursing problems and obligations, by
s. e. Parsons.
Talks given at the Massachusetts,
General hospital by the superinten-
dent of the training school,
Emperor of Portugallia, by Selma La
gerlof.
THE Emperor of Portugalia is the
story OF a fathers love-a Swedish
'Pere Goriot.' BY some Swedish cris~
tics this is considered Miss Iagerlofs
best novel; notice.
''Jaunty. a remarkable butler-S
sort of confidential butler-played
governess to two motherless girls, and
the story of his quaint stewardship liz
here told with tender humor."
"She has made a book which can
best be characterized as lovable-so
full is 1t of tender WITNESSES, of quaint
simplicity, of human nature at Its
| TN. Y. Times,
! Leopard woman, by e. E. White.
"a story of mystery and adventure
| in Africa"
! Mary 'Gusta, by Joseph c. Lincoln.
Mr.. Drifting sees 1t through, by H. @,
Wells.
| "Mr. Wells takes for his central
! figure an essayist and philosopher of
| advanced tendencies. He describes
| his reactions to the war. He tells
! his story with such art and with
such enthusiasm that the reader feels
himself to be actually a part Of the
little group described. IN. z. Times.
| Ob1omov, by I. A. Goncharov
| "a study in futility The last mem
Der of a Russian country family lacks
| will power to ever carry out the
aspirations which rise unbidden from
time to time because of the traditions
| to which he has been born. Tn Oblo-
NOV, Goncharov created type which
! has become immortal and Oblomov
! has passed into the Russian Tongue
Maurice Baring."-A. L. A Booklist.
| Romance of a Christmas card, by K.
D. Wiggin.
| 80
SINNERS dress suit, by H. I. Dodge.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
Along the Danube.
(Springfield Republican,

Premier Radoslavoff Of Bulgaria.
must have had bad enough time
when Rumania declared war to ex-
cuse him for exulting a little now in
it's present reverses, but he is rather
premature in saying that it has
fallen into German hands, The sig
nificant part of his interview how
ever, lies in his declaration that Rus
STA will be allowed no time to recuper-
ate during the winter. Just here, in
Geed, lies the chief modification of the
strategic situation which the entry of
Rumania has caused, and it is not
wholly to the advantage Of the allies );
unless they make unremitting efforts
it may be seriously to their disadvan-
tage.
Some British military experts write
as though the campaign in the west
were about over, but the allies cannot
afford to let up there, even though
winter makes campaigning more diff
cult and less productive. If the war
in general settles down to such dreary
Inactivity as prevailed last winter,
the German general staff will be left
free to prosecute the attack on
southern Russia by the route thrown
open by Rumania's action. The eli
mate along the Danube is mild, no
mountains bar the way and winter
will offer no serious obstacles to a
I massive blow in this direction. Ger
man hopes now rest mainly on the
possibility of eliminating Russia, and
the opportunity offered by the coming
winter will not be neglected. The
! Bulgarian premier's words should be
! q prod to the allies if they need one.
1t may or may not prove important
that with the help of monitors, as
| berlin claims crossing Of the
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
w ELL WISHES.

Rere are those who deplore the
that two such men as George w.
8t and George NJ. Landers were
@d against each other in the race
he senatorial toga. 1t was a good,
r. fight, a worthy campaign, and
n tor Klett is returned to complete
work by majority that while it
not be as great as his admirers
6d like, denotes the closeness of
Rontest. His opponent loses moth
8of prestige in defeat. In fact he
IS by the very nature of the fight.
voting was the heaviest ever
stored in local election, and ex-
4tor Landers received more votes
time than he did when he was
led in 1912. He has worked i'm
SFurable good for his party in the
i and state.
he two successful Republicans who
represent this district in the
Nature, E. F. Hall and Richard
Srt, may be expected to do every
II in their power to foster and fur
the interests of New Britain.
Re has seldom been two more pop
candidates than these gentlemen
had as opponents, E. o. Kill
Ine and Oscar Kraus, also well
Ivn in the community. In fact, it
Inst each other men who are good
Ional friends and who have friends
10th parties. For this reason the
heal fights are waged on a friend
hsis rather than on strict ques-
of policies which should be the
trimming factor in any election.
Enator k1ett will probably be made
lrman of the judiciary committee
his return to the legislature. In
position he will be enabled to
good care of the interests Of
Britain. His record as an indie
liable worker will stand him in
stead for the two years ahead
Ia many new laws will be written
he statute books. That he and his
compatriots in the lower house
achieve remarkable records for
good of the state and the town is
hope of all parties.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
At mothers knee, a compilation of
prayers appropriate for children,
by Ozora S. Davis

by Ozora S. Davis.
Chicago poems, by Carl Sandburg
There is a wide divergence Of
opinion about these poems, which do
give vivid picture of the crudity
and power Of Chicago, while they
offend many lovers of poetry as it
was. A. l.. A. Booklist.
plays, by Percival Wilde.
''They are good reading plays. of
one act, each one of which deals with
subject of present-day interest"
"A. l.. A. Booklist.
Hobson's choice, by Harold Brig
"A humorous folk play, in which
''the curtain is raised not merely on
the interior of a little Stafford shoe
shop but on an epitome of Lancashire
life. L. A. Booklist.
Irish orators. by G. G.. Bowers.
interesting personality studies and
glowing appropriations Of the work of
each in the Irish cause, the whole
forming "a continuous though very
incomplete history Of Ireland's fight
for freedom Dial.
M1d-week service, by Halford e. Luc-
cock and Warren F.. Cook.
My lady's dress. a play In three acts,
by Edward Knoblauch.
unique highly imaginative play
built around the history Of the max
| ing of a woman's beautiful gown"
He has been successful on the stage
| A. L. A. Booklist.
Remarkable history of the Hudson's
Bay company including that of
the French traders of northwest
ern Canada and Of the North
west ky and Aston Fur compan-
les, by q. Bryce.
Sheaf, by John Galsworthy.
A collection of essays
| Youth, by Max Halbe
"A translation of we'll known and
widely produced German play"
"A. L. A. Bocklst.
| Home and Health.
Abe of housekeeping, by c. T. Her
Elementary embroidery, by Mrs. M. S.
| Antrobus.
CLEAR, full directions, supplement-
ed by many diagrams. "A. L. A
| Booklist.
Headaches, how to prevent them, by
| w. H. Riley.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-09
OUT WEST.

Il an attempt to revive SectiOnalism
HE campaign which has had such
&ectacular close it was freely limited
4 intimated that the Solid South
#d stoically and alone for Wood
Wilson and his Democratic
&Ey. AS a complete vindication of
! theory Charles Evans Hughes
formally and very promptly
Tied the twenty-ninth President Of
United States after the New Eng
81 electorate had cast it's votes and
he with the pluralities from ILL
n and Indiana were seen to be in
majority. The Solid South and
znocracy had been swept off the
3tical map.
Rn that memorable morning of
<dnesday, November 8, the old time
Sctionaries who held there were
" two sections of the country, the
18th and the South, and who tried
@open again the wounds Of fifty
! RS ago, were administered the
&atment of 1915. There eyes were
: med, they saw some of the light
] progressivism that belongs to a
II age. They heard the message
&n the West. 1t was the Willing
! st, the Wiry West, the Wilson West,
2t reversed the form sheets and
! rked the rising sun. The Solid
18th did not count, the North had
it's grip. The West was in COM
Ind of the situation, and is today.
neither Woodrow Wilson is re-
Eted or defeated, the margin will
so close either way as to offer COM
: tie vindication that he and his party
not national. The West is just
much part and parcel of the ma
! a as the East, the North, or the
18th.
t has been contended all along by
! thinkers of the day that we are
7nding on the threshold of q new era.
4 bigotries, old prejudices, are dy-
hard, but they are dying. The
fues of 1912 are not the issues Of
6. We are a new people, with new
|pes, new aspirations. We are liv-
in a New America. The conven-
has Of the East, which are associated
lh the Old South and the Old North,
b not the things that appeal to the
ople of the West, the broad West,
great West, the glorious West.
10 new blood of the nation went
est when Horace Greedy advised the
nng men of the country to so there
ID grow up with the country. The