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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Universities and Education

Would you know the histories Of
famous universities Of America
Harvard and Yale and the rest? Or
of Oxford and Cambridge and Edin-
burgh? Or of the Sorbonne or Heldel-
berg and Jena? Orabout the famous
universities of the past-at Bagdad
and Cordova or at Alexandria when
the Greeks ruled in Egypt? Would
you know Of all the theories OF edu-
cation, and the lives and precepts of
Pestalozzi and Froebel and all their
successors? You can read them all
in the Britannica.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
The Householder's Needs

III you are-or hope to be-the
owner of a home, there is no more
fascinating study than that Of build
ing or enlarging a house. And 1t is
not simple matter to know all about
ventilation, sanitation, heating and
the other essentials. But you can
turn to these subjects-and many
more, such as Rent, Insurance, Fire
prevention-and find all you want to
know in one set Of books, the new
Britannica.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Literature and the Arts

Are your tastes for poetry or pic
lures, for the opera or plays, or
architecture Do you want to know
all about the Cinquecento, or Leo
nardo da Vinci, or the marvellous
s'primitiYes" of the Dutch or Flemish
schools2 Do you want to know about
the Parthenon or Wagner's music
dramas, Ibsen's plays or Thomas Har-
dy's novels? There are fine critical
articles ON every one OF these sub
jects from the pens OF some OF the
greatest writers living.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Lightning Strikes Three

JoHNSTowN, Pa. June Q. During a
storm on Old Achtels one of the highest
points in the Allegheny Mountains, light
ming struck Melchior Shaffer, Edgar Dellard
and William Helman and rendered all
three unconscious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
KEYMEN PREPARE FOR STRIKE
If FEDERAL MEDIATION FAILS
Incoming ofacers Authorized to Call
Men Out

NEW YORK, June 2.--The incoming Of
fciais Of the Commercial 'Telegraphers'
Union of America. who will be elected to-
day, received full power yesterday to order
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Earth MarveIs

Would you know of the grander
forces of nature about volcanoes,
earthquakes and aYalanehes and
whirlwinds and tidal waves and ty-
phoons? Would you know of glaciers
and icebergs and the wonder caves
like those of Kentucky or the great
canyons and deserts and jungles /?
You can readin the Britannica articles
upon scores of subjects such as these.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Amateur Mechanics

Or are your tastes for motor cars,
or motor boats, or photography, or
guns, or wireless? Here are hum
dreds of articles TO tell you about
thousands OF devices and the work.
ings of every conceivable kind Of
machine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Relision and the Bible

Would you imagine offhand that
a single encyclopaedia would con-
tain a total of $50 articles on Biblical
Criticism, 1910 articles dealing with
the History Of Christianity, 583 arti-
eles on Comparative Religion, and
1914 articles on all the different re-
ligious beliefs OF the earth2 And
they are very instructive reading.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Exploration and Adventure

Here are the lives Of all the great
explorers, Marco Polo, da Cana,
Drake; the story of all the Famous
Voyages and First Discoveries, all
about the South Sea Islands, or the
riches of Alaska, or the heart of the
Uganda, or the strange people who
live in Thibet upon the "roof of the
worldn; all about the Pygmies and
Cannibals, and other strange peoples.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
Preparation for Citizenship

There is nothing in American his
tory or American tradition that is
NOT eXhaustively treated in the new
Britannica. There you may read Of
what is the Monroe Doctrine or what
kind Of preparedness Washington
and Jefferson believed in; or about
Wage Laws, and Tariffs, and Trusts,
and Socialism, and Currency, and
thousands of other things.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
FACTS ABOUT vERDuN,

Verdun is the Verodunum of the
ancient Romans. After the French
defeat at the hands of the Prussians
in 1870 they set about making their
frontier impregnable with a line of
fortresses, intrenched camps and pro-
tected towns stretching from Switzer-
land to Belgium. Naturally, they made
the greatest of these strongholds at
Verdun, facing Lorraine and the Ger
man bulwark of Metz, as Verdun had
been taken after brief bombardment.
The French strengthened it with
smaller forts and guns and works, so
that European military critics have
pronounced it impregnable.
Verdun is on the river Mouse, 43
miles west of Metz. The Mouse d.
vides into five branches at Verdun.
Eleven forts are placed in semi
circle east of the town and across the
Meuse. One of these is Douaumont.
reported taken by the Germans.
Should Verdun fall, Toul, the great
intrenched camp, would be imperiled
and from Verdun the Germans would
be in position to force a withdraw.
al from Rheims, and by pouring
troops through the gap in the French
lines-as did Won Mackensen against
the Russians in Galicia-cause a gen.
eral falling back.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
THE SLAVE MIND.
(By Arthur Grihith.)

England is fighting England that Irish
charged with all the that nation
charge another We have charged her with destruc
ton Of national and political institutions have charged her
with the assassination OF people, have charged her with the
suppression of trade and have charged her with
the wasting OF fields and the enforced ignorance that has left
today most backward people of Western Europe We have
charged against charged against
Russians than the ungarians fifty charged
the Austrans than the Netherandes when they under
the yoke Spain charged against the Spanad we have poessed
hate her. and the charges made against her
would be if we did not hate her.
In country outside the English flag in which have ben
found gland charges work We found the
of the rman vaguely associated in the minds of foreign
peoples with babaris with murder with azncss with loud boast
ing and little doing We found Engands charges
thus The Irish people low of mental and moral
development turbulent idle mprovden and ntracabe naturally
vicious and incapable kind of ordered under
strong hand" That Engands the world whose
appealed The sman abroad finds himself position the
of other nation occupies He is ernay the defensive
for himself and his nation unless he takes towards
do-and conemnng nationality smrknely
calls himself "a Brisher."
Now either charges against England false
If they false nation of liars and deserve all that
England has done If they true then sympathy
with England today hypocrisy Either England is
Irish have sandered and beled England Which
the truth?
There Ireland of beings which can reconcile
and hell In days of peace they sometimes days of
they babble of England is the enemy of thm until
England gets into serious trouble and then they something
the character of ngand opponent doing augh
but support England These when they ksters
born slaves They have truth they have principle No
in Ireland needs be told who they work their
personality They u.s. gors
resons of England that have forced many of people
the slave mind
The charges the Irish have made against England hold
that England has destroyed national
merce she has assassinated people, is she has
consistently pundered and the she wasted
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
MOTHER MAcHREE,

There's spot in me heart which no
colleen may own,
There's depth in me soul never
sounded or known;
There's place in my mem'ry. nv life
that you fill,
NO other can take it, no one ever will
sure, l love the dear silver that shines
in your hair,
And the brow that's all furrowed and
wrinkled with care.
l kiss the dear fingers so toilworn for
me.
Oh, God bless you and keep you.
Mother Machree!
Ev'ry sorrow or care in the dear davs
gone by
Was made bright by the light of the
smile in your eye.
Like a candle that's set in a window
at night,
Your fond love has cheered and guided
me right.
Rita johnson Young.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

would lecture in the City Hall
against the Catholic Church. The
trouble which followed the at
tempt to hold the meeting result
ed in severe riot and an ex-
change of blows, during which it
was necessary for the police to
call for additional help to quell
the disturbance. Such occur
rences are unfortunate. The bet
ter way to treat such scoundrels
is to ignore them entirely, but
there is limit to human endur-
ance and human patience. Min
neapolis is we'll acquainted with
the antics of those who seek to
defame and malign all that is near
and dear to the Catholic mind and
heart, but thanks to the good
judgment of the Catholic popula-
ton no trouble such as that which
occurred in the Massachusetts,
town has taken place.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
WHY EASTER is LATE.
It 10 Fixed by the Date Of the First
Full Moon on or After March Fl.

Easter Sunday will appear on al
most the latest possible date this
year-April %. Ash Wednesday and
Easter Sunday were established by
the Council of Nice, A. D. 1876, the
former always to occur 46 days in
advance of Easter Sunday and the lat
ter to be fixed by solar and lunar cal
culations. Easter Day shall occur, &C.
cording 10 the Nicene laws, annually
on the first Sunday on or after the
first full moon on or after the vernal
equinox, which always is March 81.
This indicates that the earliest date
on which Easter may fall is March
81. The latest date is April Is. Ash
Wednesday this year fell on March 8,
and Easter Sunday on April %. The
next period in which Ash Wednesday
will fall as late as March is the year
2106 A. D.
Another event noteworthy because
of its uniqueness this year is the be-
ginning of the year on Saturday and
its ending on Sunday. This gives the
year So Saturdays. This would occur
regularly every % years except that
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
NOT A PROFESSIONAL !"
FRESHMAN.

Our esteemed contemporary, the.
Catholic Citizen" remarks apropos.
of the recent Irish Race Convention:
"Victor Herbert, elected president
OF the new organization, is of Irish
birth, but not Catholic. His life has,
been spent mostly in this country. Al
though he is nearly sixty years of age.
this is his first appearance in any
Irish movement"
Which is pretty good proof that VIC
tor Herbert does not belong to that
interesting class known as "profes-
sional Irishmen"!
But perhaps our Western contem-
porary does not know that Victor Her
bert is President of the Friendly Sons
of st. Patrick!
We agree that it will be a. mighty
advantage if Herbert will produce. "a
good Irish opera, rhythmic and clean
and free from caricature of the Irish
race"
And we all think he can do it!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

of years. The leader of band of
Italian gangsters in New York
City adopted the name of Kelly.
In a recent instance in New York,
a criminal whose features belied
the name he had assumed, when
told that he did an injustice to the
Irish people because he assumed
an Irish name, said that the next
time he was arrested he would
adopt a Yankee nom de plume.
Thus it is often that persons who
want to secure sympathy and out
side interest, adopt Irish names
and claim and profess the Catholic
Faith for the purpose of trading
upon the sentiment, charity and
big-heartedness which are recog-
nized traits of the Irish people.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

Britain is actively engaged in
sitting the voice of Ireland as is
evidenced in the suppression last
week of four Nationalist papers in
Dublin. The papers suppressed
were. "The Gaelic Athlete" "The
Gael "The Spark and ''Hon-
esty.' A further attempt was
made to suppress the "Worker's
Republic" the organ of the Dub
lin Workingmen's Union, but the
attempt was fruitless as a number
of armed men protected the prem
Uses and prohibited the police
from entering. The papers al
lowed to be circulated in Ireland
are those that sing the praises Of
Ireland's oppressors. On the date
on which the papers were sup
pressed the military authorities
served an Order of Expulsion on
Mr.. A. Monaghan, an organizer
of the Irish Volunteers. He, with
two other gentlemen, were arrest
ed and detained in Dublin Bar
racks.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
FOR TWO THOUSAND A
WEAR.

The crstwhile leader of the
Irish Party depended largely upon
the Irish in America for mainte-
nance OF himself and the party in
Parliament. With the demand
for Home Rule increasing, and
ireland for the Irish" agitation
growing the English Government
was far-sighted and fore-handed
in announcing a salary of two
thousand dollars year as a Par
liamentary stipend. In the words
of the Irish Race Convention, this
changed the M. P.'s from repre-
sentatives of Ireland in England
into spokesman for England in
Ireland. Victor Herbert, of New
York, President of the Friendly
Sons of Saint Patrick and the
Friends of Irish Freedom draws
the following pen picture of Red
mond's transformation:
"How can this extraordinary
transformation-if transformation
it be-be accounted for? There
are many who point out that, as
water never rises above its source,
so no man of Mr.. Redmond's ante
cedents could be true to Ireland as
against England. He began life
as a clerk in the English House of
Commons; his father was a minor
official there; for generations his
family has been holding places
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

Archbishop Mundelein of Chi
cago has interested the Knights
of Columbus of that city in the
juvenile problem. De La Sale
Council of the Knights of Colum-
bus has undertaken the work,
which will include looking after
the interests of boys under seven
teen years of age, regardless OF
creed or nationality. His Grace
Archbishop Mundelein has his
heart in the boy problem and has
declared that it will receive his
first consideration and that Chi
cago will not build any grand ca
thedral until something has been
done for the good of the boy "whc
didn't know or never had q
chance"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

Irish the world over are inter-
ested in the announcement that
the cause of the Irish martyrs has
been advanced in Rome through
the efforts of the Most Rev. Will
liam ]. Walsh, Archbishop of
Dublin. The Apostolic Process
i'll the name of the Holy See will
be initiated at an early date. Not
only in Irish but in Catholic cir
cles the cause of the Irish martyrs
has attracted great interest and
attention. The Irish martyrs suf-
fered Martyrdom because of their
religious zeal for their Catholic
Faith which was so near and dear
to them and which they refused
to give up, although prosecuted
by the British government. These
bloody scenes we're not enacted in
Rome during the early days of
Christianity but on Irish soil more
than thousand years later. The
patriotic and religious names of
1reland's martyrs have been i'm
mortalized in Irish history, and
the ancient church is about to in
troduce into the Calendar of
Saints the names of Irish martyrs
whose religious zeal withstood the
terrors of prosecution.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
IRELAND'S OVERHAUL
TON,

Taxes are crushing the life out
of Ireland. A recent meeting was
held in the Lord Mayors Official
Residence in Dublin for the pur-
pose of protesting against the bur-
den placed upon Ireland in the
way of taxes. Cardinal Logue ex-
pressed his sympathy with the OBJ
ject of the meeting, as did Mon
signor Hallian. The over-taxa-
ton of Ireland has called for de-
cided, aggressive movement
against the usurping power of the
government exercised in taxing
Ireland and Ireland's industries
out of existence. The assembly
declared itself in favor of follow
ing the economic principles laid
down by Swift, Wolftone, Graf
tan and Davis. The situation
made it more imperative than ever
that the restoration OF national
independence is the only thing
that can save Ireland and Irish in
dustries. A free Parliament is the
only legal authority for lcvying
taxes. Irish taxes should be the
gift Of free people toward the
maintenance Of their own govern
ment. A resolution was adopted
at the meeting declaring that the
taxation of the past centuries has
impoverished Ireland and the
heavy taxation now imposed
meant the ruin of Ireland's indus
tries and her commerce and in
order to save these from ruin, it
was Immediately necessary to de-
mand exemption from the taxa
ton. Freedom is Ireland's COM
prehensive want. This important
meeting declared that all Ireland
should unite not to be taxed ex-
cept for lreland's purposes. A
committee was appointed to Sc
cure the objects of the resolution.
That the situation in Ireland is
grievous in the extreme is appar-
ent from even the slightest infor-
nation we receive from censored
press dispatches. The telegram
to the Catholic Press Associa-
ton containing the account of the
meeting limited at the grave dis
turbances that now exist in Ire
land because of the increasingly
heavy burdens due to taxation.
Because of the manner in which
Ireland's voice is stif1ed through
censorship and oppression and
the wholesale arrests under the
Defense of the Realm Act, Ireland
is forced to cheer for English vic
tories while planning revolt.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
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IRISH BRIGADE IN
GERMANY.

Miss Mary M'Faddcn, news
paper woman, writer and jour-
nalist, well-known throughout
Minnesota, has just returned
from Germany and the other
X warning countries of Europe.
Miss M'Fadden had an interview
with Sir Roger Easement who is
spending his time in the cause of
* Irish independence, man who is
X exilcd from Britain with a price
y on his head. He is described by
Miss M'Fadden as man of re-
X markable personality, man of
* the type of Wolftone. Miss
M'Fadden described an Irish bri-
y gade in Germany, just organized,
armed and waiting for a chance
to fight for Irish Freedom. The
number of men in this brigade is
greater than is generally adj
mitted, according to Miss M'Fad-
y den. Every German is sure that
they are going to win the war.
= The English are the only enemies
" of Germany toward whom any
enemity exists. The Irish brigade
y which Miss M'Fadden describes !
y is in command of Robert Mon
= ticth, noted Irish fighter and
= soldier of fortune, an account of
\ whose military experience was
y given in a previous issue of the
Irish Standard. Miss MADDEN
will return to Germany as soon
y as she can arrange for new pass
y ports. She has high praise for
y German efficiency and for the fine
4 treatment that was accorded the
Irish prisoners of war and the in
terest that has been taken by the
\ German Government in the Irish
X cause.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE HOLY NAME SOCIETIES TO
AID IN THE ERECTION OF THE
NATIONAL SHRINE At THE
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
OF AMERICA.

A movement is on foot to enable the
members of the Holy Name Societies
throughout the United States to join
the women of the country in the erec-
ton of the National Shrine of the I'm.
maculata Conception at the National
Capitol.
Rev. Z H. McKenna, the distinguish.
ed and we'll known Dominican Mission
airy, who is at present residing at the
College of the Immaculate Conception,
Washington, says:
II have always been persuaded that
the marvellous growth of the Holy
Name Societies during the past twen-
ty-five years is mainly owing to the I'M
failing protection of the Queen of
Heaven.
"The honor and glory Of Jesus
Christ are dearer to her than to all
others, and her Sacred Heart must DO
sutfused with Joy at the sight of SO
many thousands Of practical Catholic
men who honor daily her beloved Son
by word and example and openly con-
fess His glorious divinity in the face
of all mankind.
MANY thousands of our members
are likely at various times, to visit
the National Capitol, and it will be
for them special attraction to visit
and pray at the Shrine of Mary I'm
maculate on the grounds of our own
great Catholic University, facing the
Dominican Convent of the immaculate
Conception.
"The ties of mutual charity which
bind us together so intimately and
happily in every part of our beloved
land, solemnly dedicated to the I'm
maculate Conception, will be greatly
strengthened by nationwide coop
Grafton in the erection of this noble
edifice to the honor of Almighty God
under the patronage of His Blessed
Mother. And it will be forever an
honor to the Holy Name Societies that
they were privileged to aid in uplift-
ing Marys glorious Shrine at the Ma
itional Capitol"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
ASSUMING IRISH NAMES

tits notorious fact that crimi-
mails of New York and many other
large cities have a habit of assum-
ing respectable Irish names when
they are arrested. In many cases,
criminals assume that they are
members of the Catholic Faith
who either have never been bap-
tized, or who have not attended
to their Church duties for a score
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
THE CATHOLIC SNoB,

To test a young lady's humility ask
her to join the sodality to which her
mothers servant girl belongs. If she
consents to walk in the same process.
sion with the domestic, her humility
and virtues are of the right sort. If
she refuses on the grounds of the diff.
ference in their social position she has
already Joined the snob class, and
there is no room in the Catholic life
for the snob.-Brooklyn Tablet.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08
THE CHURCH IN WALES.

The see of Newport has been created
an archiepiscopal see, and Wales be-
comes separate ecclesiastical prov.
ince consisting of two dioceses. Mgr,
Bilsborrow, O.S.B., Bishop of Port
Louis, Mauritius, has been appointed
the first Archbishop. Cardiff is the
center Of the new archdiocese.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-08

the compilers of the Gregorian calen.
dar provided that centuries not divis-
ible evenly by four shall not be leap
years. Hence, when such century
occurs, as did 1900, there is lapse of
forty years between leap years that
begin on Saturday and end on Sun
day,