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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
SPLITTING FEES.

The Clinical Congress of Sur
geons of North America recently
adopted resolution forbiddmg
its members from splitting their
fees for operations with the doe
tors who send patients to them.
DR.. John G. Bowman, of Chicago,
speaking i'll favor of the resolu-
ton, is quoted as follows: "The
practice of division of fees means
the buying and selling of sick peo-
pie. 1t is the real basis Of surgi-
cal operations on the part of in
competent men and of unneces-
sary operations.
This practice has long been con
sidered by the medical profession
in good standing to be unethical.
While it probably never can be
eliminated entirely, prominent
leaders in the profession have
time and again raised their voices
in protest against a custom which
trades and fattenS on the Ills OF
others. Such practice whereby
a physician receives commission
or percentage from surgeon to
whom the former sends patients
tends to promote serious conse-
quences, inasmuch as incompetent
surgeons are patronized generally
to the exclusion of the better
class of surgeons who usually re-
fuse to be parties to such a trans
action. We trust that the leaders
in the surgical world will succeed
in obliterating this stain on the
profession, and at the same time
in better safeguarding the health
Of the people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
INTOLERANCE.

The Rev. David James Burrell,
formerly of Minneapolis, was
quoted quite recently to the eff
feet that If the views of the pres
ent administration are correct it
is not worth while for us to main
tain our government.
This is broad and strong state
ment and smacks in an unsavory
way of intolerance. Throughout
history some Of the worst wars,
some of the most ferocious perse-
BUTTONS have been instigated by a
spirit of intolerance. The senti-
ments and feelings, not to say the
belief, of the present time are
based upon the broad foundation
of liberation. True, every organi-
cation has its iron-clad principles
which must be adhered to in or
der to ensure membership in the
society. Even there liberation is
to be found.
differences OF opinion will nat
urally arise in the political as well
as in every other sphere Of human
action. We hold no brief for the
present or any other administra-
ton, and refuse to enter into a dis
cussion Of any political system,
excepting in the one case where
the interests Of religion are at
stake. But to state that the views
of the administration render it
useless for us to maintain our gov
eminent is to strike at the founda-
ton because certain features of
the superstructure are out of har-
mony with our individual tastes.
AS a general rule, iconoclasm in
any shape or form is objection
able, for it saYors Of deep intoler-
ance. The foundations of Ameri-
can liberty have been laid with la
Dor and cemented with human
blood and built up into the glor-
ious Temple of Liberty by the gen.
Jus and peculiarly noble traits of
the American people. Possibly
here and there a decoration, pill
lar, fresco, may jar the aesthetic
taste of an individual: but the
temple itself-the American gov
ernment-will stand iii undimin-
ished luster even after Macaulay s
visitor from New Zealand has tax
Ell his stand Oh a broken arch OF
London bridge and sketched the
ruins of st. Paul ,s.gs si.. .5r
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
MOVIE CENSORSHIP.

The photo-play industry has
proceeded to such lengths that
this giant production of modern
genius is beginning to loom up as
a positive menace to morality. If
lit be true, as psychology proves,
that nothing is i'll the mind but
what has i'll some way passed
through the medium of the
senses, it is equally true that OBJ
jects which appeal to the sense
OF sight are very often fixed In
|delibly on the faculties of the soul.
1t is only natural that if, in the
past, mercenary theatrical manag-
ers have catered to the depraved
taste of the morbid by presenting
shows that excite pruriency
among them, men are found who
will fatten on the receipts from
pictures which make their appeal
only to the low and sensuous. In
the history of the theatre we find
possibly the lowest depths of de-
pravity reached in Constantinople
in the fourth century, a depravity
which is pictured to us in the ter
rife denunciations hurled by st.
John Chrysostom. The modern
stage is fast going the same way,
and the depths of depravity today
are to be seen only in the private
exhibitions staged for certain
clubs and societies.
So long as certain managers are
|mercenary and certain performers
are shameless the lowest passions
of the multitude will continue to
be excited by the presentation of
such photo-plays as, Charity 4
S Purity, Z and others Of that infa-
nous ilk. Surely under such con-
|ditions no sane person will deny
that censorship, stringent and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE
SOLEMN CoNFERRlNG or DEGREE
ON YOUNG MAN WHO HAD
FALLEN IN ACTION.

"A striking illustration of the way in
Which the French people are bearing
their losses and honoring their dead
comes in the report of recent action
by the professors of the Sorbonne.
A young scholar had written a
thesis, which he was to present for
the doctors degree, but the war broke
out and he went to the front. Some
months later it was arranged that he
should have leave of absence in order
to appear before the examining board
and obtain his degree; but before the
time came he was killed in action.
Nevertheless, on the appointed day
the professors of the Sorbonne, attired
in their academic gowns, took their
seats at the table in the examination
room. each with a copy of the candi-
dates thesis before him; at the head
of the table was placed an empty
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11

Mi t@tFE SE} 49, #fN f1 49, Il
wards are distant, and which is
animated only by faith and hope,
will glide by degrees out of the
mind unless it be invigorated and
reimpressed by external ordinan-
ces, by stated calls to worship and
by the salutary influence Of exam
pie. !"
There have been philosophers
and thinkers in various ages of the
world who claimed that worship
of the heart was sufficient without
the adjunct of external observ-
ance. The average human being,
however, stands greatly in need OF
a greater incentive in order that
his aspirations towards the future
take on definite shape. Besides,
man is a social being, and as such
it is fitting that he take part in the
worship which society owes and
offers to God. Hence it is unreas-
enable for a man to expect to full.
fill his obligation towards God un.
less he takes his part in that pub
lie form of worship which is sane
toned by religion. All the more
true is this if we consider that re-
vealed religion lays down the
rules and ordinances which gov.
ar,, nm, aotC IF Tnlirion in 1111hliC
before God. The Church is not a
society in which man may APP.
pear only by proxy provided he
pays his dues: it is a military or
ganization in which every mem
Der, unless disabled, is obliged to
appear at stated intervals for mill,
tary formation. Absence, unless
for serious cause, can never be
corntenanced and is always pun.
ishable.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
THE VOID 1T FILLS.

A liquor journal recently published
the following statement: THE saloon
fills a great social void in the com.
munity."
1t is true, the saloon fills void:
1t fills mems stomachs with poison.
1t fills jails with drunkards.
1t fills penitentiaries with criminals.
1t fills poor-houses with paupers.
1t fills hospitals with sick and i'll
jured.
1t fills asylums with insane.
1t fills orphanages with orphans.
1t fills our streets with loafers.
1t fills labor's ranks with incompe-
tents
1t fills homes with sorrow.
1t fills wives and children with
want.
1t fills court calendars with cases.
1t fills property records with mort
cages.
It fills communities with disorder.
1t fills politics with corruption.
IT fills politicians with fear
It fills graves with the dead.
! 1t fills he'll with the, damned.
1t is true, sadly true, that the sa-
loon fills void
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11

chair. The doctors degree was award,
ed and few weeks later the French
Academy bestowed the grand prize of
literature on the young man who had
been so honored- Maurice Mason
His thesis was published, with fore
word and postscript, yet nothing to
indicate that he had died; indeed, in
the list of his works facing the. title
page, the last one mentioned was said
to be "In preparation"
The incident illustrates the stoicism
of the French. which the world has
come to admire all the more for it's
being so unexpected. Never again
will the people of France be thought
of as frivolous people; their spirit
in these years of supreme trial and
sacrifice has been no better EXPRESSED
than in the line that private soldier
wrote before going into what proved
to be his last battle: my body to the
earth, my soul to God, my heart to
France. 30
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
a COOP TEST.

Not long ago an investigation was
made at a great British ship-building
establishment to discover the loss 90
laborers from the habit OF drink.
Two groups of eight men otherwise
as equal as possible) were selected:
one abstainers, the other moderate
drinkers. They were kept ignorant of
the test. At the end of the year it
was found that the sober men. on an
average, earned $3.50 more than the
average drinker.. The lowest steady
man earned annually fifty dollars
more than the highest drinking mani
These losses were those due to illness
and drunkenness. Subtracting what
the drinkers paid for liquor, it was
found that the abstainer, on an aver.
age, took home to his family nearly
$500 more than his drinking mate /
mighty argument for abstinence from
the point of view of Industrial en-.
cheney!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
FRENCH SOLDIER PRIESTS
MANY PORTABLE AFFAIRS SENT
TO WAR FRONT.

The soldier priests in the trenches
say Mass daily. Handy altar equip
ments have been gotten up by La
Bonnie Press, of Paris, at the rate Of
twenty-seven dollars for each movable
altar and Mass set. Father Bruneau,
s. S., of ST. Mayr's Seminary, Balti-
more, writes as follows to the Brook.
Ign Tablet:
Dear Valerian: The soldier priests
in the trenches are grateful for the
Mass outfits sent to them by devout
Catholics of America. You might be
pleased to know that so far 4,755 al
tars have been sent to soldier-priests,
enabling $685. of them to say Mass, at
the cost of 100000 francs. But there
are still 835 applications from soldier
priests on the front for affairs. One
of them, just ordained, promised to
say twenty Masses for his prospective
benefactor.
Pray for me and believe me as ever,
Devoted yours in Christ,
f. BRUNEAU.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
THE PoET-PR1EsT.

Recently great interest has been
manifested in the memory of the
poet-priest of the Confederacy,
Rev. Abram Ryan. A statue has
been unveiled in his honor i'll the
city Of Mobile, Alabama, and a
committee has been formed to
erect monument in his honor.
The fact that seems to stand out
conspicuously in the life of Father
Ryan is that which is found i'll the
lives Of many Of the world s
greatest geniuses. Genius, like
truth, when crushed to earth will
rise again. Father Ryan was or
dained at the time the Civil War
broke forth in its fury. As chap
lain in the Confederate army he
was idolized by the soldiers for
his gentleness, his charity, and his
patriotism. These virtues shone
forth as his distinctive possession.
When the clouds OF war were lift
ed i'll 1865, Father Ryan became
pastor of the church in Knoxville,
Tenn. His beloved Confederacy
had failed in it's heroic efforts, and
one of his personal losses was the
death of his brother David who
was killed i'll battle. The weight
of sorrow, personal and civil, bore
heavily upon the soul of the priest,
crushing it to earth; but Phoenix
like it rose transformed into
poetic genius. His war songs had
inspired the soldiers to battle; and
now his Conquered Banner"
struck the most vibrant chord in
the Southern heart and evoked the
heartfelt sobs of the whole South
ern people for the Lost Cause.
Even in the North the poem was
read to many an audience that
shed tears of sympathy for their
brothers in the South. The poem
gained for Father Ryan a world
wide reputation as a poet OF the
highest order. Nothing similar
perhaps, is found in the whole
realm of American poetry to com
pare with it excepting, perhaps,
The Star Spangled Banner: one
the apotheosis of triumph, the 9th
er the De ProfundiS Of grief. Like
the greatest poem of all time, The
Divine Comedy. the Conquered
Banner" will stand forth as the
production Of genius under. the
spell Of intense sorrow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
CALL TO WORSHIP.

The necessity of public worship
seems to follow from the very ma
ture of man as he is at present.
True it is that the wonders of ma
ture, the phenomena of creation,
tend to awaken in every heart and
mind a respect for the Creator.
Human nature, however. is attract
ed IN so many different directions
that it requires a definite call to a
specific form of worship in order
that this respect may become real
religion. The famous DR.. johnson
was not Catholic, but he possess
ed a most discerning mind. In his
life of Milton he says:
ITO be of no Church is danger
Gus Religion, of which the re-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
HOME MANNERS.

a recent writer says: "The
home should be place where man
is always on his good behavior;
our kindest words, our pleasant
est smiles, and our most particu-
lar favors, should be kept to ex-
change with our own household. =
Home is. the place where a few
human beings are gathered to-
gether i'll order to promote mu-
tual welfare and to partale of one
another's gifts and prosperity.
The English language possesses in
the word home" a single term
which expresses all that is noble
and pure and self-sacrificing in
human nature. Men united by the
ties OF national unity will fight for
one another; persons of the same
political belief, though differing
in other matters, will stand shout
der to shoulder on a political is
sue; members of the same society
will remain steadfast to the prin-
ciples Of the organization. Very
frequently, however, the members
Of the family in the same home
will be found to disagree on al
most every subject. In the home
the various members have a
stronger reason for unity than is
found outside that sacred domain.
For the interest that should unite
them is a heart and soul and blood
interest. Here the secret motives
of action are known to all; the
ambitions and aspirations of each
member are understood and
gagged at their real value. The
nobility, the purity, the upright
ness of heart and Of mind, arc APP
preciated to the fullest extent.
There is no place here for deceit
OF masks or subterfuge. Many
homes are unhappy abodes Of dis
g1untled individuals who are
drawn together by some necessary
bond of dependence. Slovenli-
ness, disagreements, narrowmind-
edness, denominations, and mutual
accusations charge the atmosphere
to such an extent that such an
abode often presents good
earthly counterpart of what we
expect Hades to be. How such
things can exist where Christian
principles are protested is para.
dox which few are able to solve.
The home at Nazareth was a re-
Election of the happiness, the
sweetness, the unity, the love
that exists in heaven land this in
spite of the fact that the most alb
Ject poverty surrounded the Holy
Family in Nazareth. Where mu-
tual forbearance and understand
ing prevail, there will the home be
the center Of all that is good and
holy: where narrowmindedness
exists, there will be found future
material for jails, work houses,
and insane asylums.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
CHURCH IN MEXICO
HENRY LANE WILSON DECL ARES
MEXICAN CLERGY DO NOT IN
( TERFERE IN POLITICS.

.One of the best posted Americans
Lane Wilson, our former Ambassador
to Mexico. Mr.. Wilson, who is not a
Catholic, disposes effectively of the oft
repeated charge that the interference
of the Catholic Church in politics is
largely responsible for the enmity OF
Mexican revolutionists to the Church.
On this point Mr.. Wilson is explicit:
What the Roman Catholic Church
accomplished in Mexico prior to the
time of JuareZ and Diaz is matter
of history. During the long period
of control by Porfrio Diaz the Church
slowly but surely grew and prospered
and its influence for good, among the
poorer classes especially, i'll central
and southern Mexico, was most
marked.
During the time of my service in
Mexico l cannot recall a single in,
stance of interference in the politics
of the country by the Roman Cath.
ole Church. AS a rule, the Roman
Catholic clergy of Mexico wanted to
be let alone and permitted to peace.
ably pursue their religious duties.
"The Madero administration was
hostile to the Roman Catholic Church
The present Carranza government, in
heriting all of the evil and none oil
the good of the Madero administra
tion, has opened a pitiless war on the
Roman Catholic Church, which
amounts to a practical denial OF the
practice of religious liberty. So far
as my observation goes, the Roman
Catholic Church in Mexico desires
nothing more than religious liberty
and equality before the law"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
DOMAIN or TEMPERANCE
LIQUOR AND CIVILIZATION.

Man is an animal that subsists by
eating, drinking and breathing. No
matter OF what substance his spirit
may be composed, he has found no
way of expressing that spirit save
through the body. Stop his breath
for thirty minutes, his food for a
month, or his water supply for two
months, and his body dies.
il food and drink exercise such
potential influence over life itself, it is
reasonable to assume that the charac-
ter of particular foods and drinks ex-
ercises some influence over the partic-
ular characteristics of life.
So true is this that we admit with
out argument the death-dealing quail
ties of certain drugs. No one would
think of taking strychnine or prussic
acid.
There are drugs which do not act
SO quickly, but whose effects, though
more gradual, are none the less vio-
lent. Such, for instance, is morphine,
and such are the intoxicating liquors
When or where drunkenness origi-
| mated nobody seems to know, but
drunkenness has come to be a sur
prising factor in civilized life.
Much Of the immortality, degener-
acy and beastliness of modern times
is directly traceable to it's infience.
Not only does it unbalance the in
dividual, giving him a warped view of
his duty, and obligations toward So
ciety, but it's general effect is to make
people careless and improvident, and
this effect is sometimes transmitted
from father to son without the habit
itself.
1t is impossible to say just how
much of the insanity, criminality and
debauchery of today is attributable to
the grog shop Of yesterday, but prob
ably a great deal, and the worst of it
is that this same process is bound to
stultify the character and mentality
of future generations.
/ Waco (Tsx.) NeWS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11
PRIZES FOR ESSAYS ON
TEMPERANCE.

For many years., says the Catho-
custom of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union of America to offer
prizes every year for the best essays
on temperance. These prizes inspired
the students in many schools and
colleges to prepare some admirable
treatises on various phases of the
temperance question. For the past
few years, poverty has prevented our
offering these prizes, and there has
been no one to volunteer the neces-
sary funds.
AS one of our special joys, this
year, comes the good news that we
shall have prize essay contest.
There will be three prizes. The first
will be fifty dollars; the second, thirty
dollars; and the third, twenty dollars.
The judges are going to be laymen
who will consider the essays on the
basis of their worth as popular APP
peals rather than as scientific argu-
ments against alcoholism. Efforts
will be made to give the announce
ment Of these prizes the widest pub
Lefty. Not only will they inspire
essays which will be of value to the
propagation of temperance principles,
but they will do much good in stimu-
Iating an interest in the anti-alcohol
cause among the students of many
schools and colleges.
AS usual, it is through Father
Landing that this is going to be made
possible. We do not know how to ex.
press our thanks to Father Lambing.
We know what every one in the
National Union thinks about him; we
know what his Bishop and his fellow
priests think about him; we know
what we have always thought about
him; but we find it hard to put into
words these sentiments of apprecia-
ton and admiration which everybody
has for him. We can only thank him,
and that's ALL"
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FROM The BAHAMAS
MISSIONARY WORK OF THE BENE.
DIcTlNE FATHERS AMONG
THE ISLANDS.
(communicated.)

The following letter was received by
the Right Reverend Abbot of st. Johns
Abbey, Collegeyille, Mimi, from mis-
sionary in the Bahama Islands. Rev.
Father Gabriel has been down there
for the past twenty-five years, and is
getting good results. In the January
number of Harper's Magazine, Richard
LIE Caffeine, the poet, described his
visit with Father Gabriel.
Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 6, 1916.
Ri. Rev. dear Father Abbot:
/ returned last Monday from two
weeks trip to Andres island. On
Sept. "A and Oct. /, | confirmed sixty
five at the principal mission and on
Sept. 20, thirty-three were confirmed
at Man O. War Sound Station. Many
of the men and boys were absent
sponge fishing and some whole fam
lilies were in the inland field camps
planting corn, sweet potatoes, etc, so
!. | shall have to go back again in Christ
1mas week when most of them will be
at their homes. The stray ones con-
l firm here at Nassau when they hap
lpen here There are still some sixty
to be confirmed. Then there are also
a few others scattered among the
other islands.
| / was very much impressed and edi-
fed by the work that has been accom-
plished in the two Andres Missions by
Father Gabriel. The faithful there are
real Catholics with truly Catholic
spirit and spirituality The splendor
and pomp under magnificent cathe-
dral roof has nothing on the impress
siveness, dignity and spirituality that
appeared under the thatch roof of the
howell in which the Holy Sacrifice was
| offered and confirmation received at
Man O. War Sound, or in the plain
stone church at Behring Point. Know
ing, as | do, the trials and hardships,
the discomforts and the loneliness that
he has lived through, Father Gabriel
has the right to chant from his inner
most heart the words of the Magnifi.
Icat.
Father Gabriel and | looked up sew
eral settlements along the shore to the
southwark, and we have concluded to
extend humbly and unostentatiously
in that direction. AS at Man o. War
LSound, where a chapel-school will be
lerected as soon as the present school
at Behring Point s1GQQmlpleted, g, tenn
porary chapel-school will be utilized
and visited once or twice a month.
The Nassau Missions require the pres
ence of two priests, one of whom can
help the out-island extension in its or
carnations, but very soon an addition
al priest will be required for Andres
| island. ~
During July and August ! suffered
from heart failure. Often 1 thought
the day would be my last. l am now
recovered and my heart action is quite
normal again.
/ All is well here Fathers Gabriel
and Leander are in excellent health,
and are doing we'll and ask to be re-
membered.
| l hope you are well and the COM
munity prospecting.
With great esteem and kind regards,
remain,
Faithfully your obedient,
| Chrysostom, o. S. B.