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The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
PoPE,s FIRST MASS.

Our present Holy Father, Benedict
XIV celebrated his first Mass in the
Basilica of Saint Peter at Rome on
Christmas day, 1873. He had hoped
to have offered the Holy Sacrifice on
the altar next to the tomb of the
Apostles, IS. Peter and Paul, but this
was not possible, and the Sacristan
of the Basilica then offered the future
Pontiff the altar of the Chair of st.
Peter, at which he celebrated Mass.
Another fact concerning this happy
occasion was that Don Giacomo della
Chiesa chose as souvenir of his or
dination, picture representing the
Infant Saviour appearing in the heav-
ems, lying in His crib of straw, and
holding a large cross in His hand,
which was resting on the world.
Around the sign Of redemption the
earth extended covered with churches
and among these the Basilica of St.
Peter stood out most prominently and
the luminous rays from the chalice
held by the Infant Saviour fell upon it
conspicuously.
The symbolism Of the picture
which associates SO happily the mys.
terry of Christmas, the sacrifice Of the
Mass, and by the Vatican Basilica,
the Roman Catholic church-was, no
Io,,h% Tho poocop x,,hiol, dooidod kIn
choice of the young priest.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
THE SONS OF IRELAND.

The loyalty, affection and at
tachment of the Irish race to the
Catholic faith forms one OF the
most beautiful passages i'll the
history of the Church. The Irish
people have been the champions
of the faith through all the cen-
turies and they are the same to-
day. Comparing the steadfast
faith of the Irish people to the
types of the early Christians
Archbishop Ceretti, Papal dele
gate to Australia, paid glorious
tribute to the Catholicity of the
sons of Ireland. In a recent adj
dress to the Hibernians at Sydney
the representative of the Holy
Father analysed for his Celtic au-
dience the distinguishing Chris
tian traits of the earliest type,
and likened the Irish representa-
tives of the faith to the early
martyrs of the church. In the
early days of Christianity in
Rome the Christians gathered to-
gether at the risk of their lives at
the tombs of the martyrs to re-
ceive Holy Communion and af-
terward mingle in fraternal solici-
tation for their general welfare.
"And our Irish Catholics" de-
clared the speaker, "in their faith
and love of the Catholic church
are typical of the early Chris
tians."
Christian citizenship comes
naturally to a son of Ireland or
his descendants, said the Papal
representative, and the members
of the Hibernian Societies are al
ways at the forefront in any
movement connected with the
church. What the society has
done in the past is a guarantee
OF the great things it will accom-
plish in the future. Continue
your laudable work and you will
receive the blessings of the
church, to which / know you are
so fondly attached.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
COMPROMISE BILL ON GOVERNING
"MOVlES."

mOVuGos
A compromise bill providing for the
Federal censorship of moving pictures
is now before the House Committee
on Education.
This bill would bar pictures that are
obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman,
or a reproduction of an actual bull
or prize fight, or of such character that
exhibition would tend to impair health
corrupt morals or incite crime"
1T is provided, however. that no
picture shall be barred unless three
of the five members of the proposed
Federal Commission disapprove of it.
It is also stipulated that one of the
censors shall be woman"
The headquarters of the censorship
commission, it is suggested shall be
in Washington, with branch Offices in
New York, Los Angeles, and other
cities. The industry would pay the
cost of inspection, the fee for censor.
ship being 81 per thousand feet of
film. Appeals from the decision of
the commission would go to the Dis.
trict Court of Appeals.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
CATHOLIC CENSUS.

1t has become quite popular to
assert that the Catholic popula-
tion of the United States is over
estimated. The United States
Census Bureau makes practice
of subtracting something like two
millions from its estimates for the
purpose, it is explained, of equal
izing the method of computing
the number of members of the
different religious bodies of the
United States. By the method
in vogue the Catholic population
of the United States was estimat-
ed by the census bureau in 1910
below thirteen millions, but Cath
olic statistics placed it nearly
three millions higher. Catholic
church organizations and more
particularly newspapers and jour
mails have called attention to the
manner in which the Catholic CEN
sus is taken. The situation at
Hartford, Conn.,, is case in point.
According to families, the non
Catholics claimed a majority of
about one thousand families. By
the method used in the Census
Bureau, non-Catholics will be
credited with this majority but,
owing to the larger size of Cath
olic families the actual count
shows that there is difference of
ten thousand, as given by an ac-
tual count of the Catholic popula-
ton instead of allowing an aver
age OF so many persons per FAM
lily. By the same computation
five thousand was added to the
count of the Catholic population
of Dayton, Ohio. Because of the
size of Catholic families, the
means of determining the Cath
olic population Of the country OH
the basis of an average number
of persons per family is not fair
to the adherents of the Catholic
church.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE AT
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

The Department of Architecture of
the School of Sciences at the Catholic
University of America, has, since it's
inauguration five years ago, been max
ing very rapid advances, both in the
number of students enrolled and in
the quality of the work produced in
the Department. In one Of the recent
competitions, held under the auspices
of the Society of Beaux Arts Archi-
tects of New York in which students
from many of the large architectural
schools of the country were entered,
the Catholic University received three
honorable mentions, the successful
students being Messrs, John Bond,
Walter Roche and Louis Rouleau.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
ORIGIN OF THE KILT.

The exact origin of that interesting
garment, the kilt, is lost in the mist
of antiquity, although its history goes
back to the time when it was q part
of the national dress of Ireland and
Wales, as we'll as of Scotland, says
writer in "Pearson's Magazine" In
the Middle Ages, the kilt was kind
of a shirt called a "lenn." It was worn
with jacket and single piece Of
cloth thrown over the shoulders. In
those days, although the "lenn" was
colored, it had nothing like the variety
of colors of the present-day rlaids.
The Scot found that this garment
reaching below the knees, interfered
with his freedom of movement in a
fight or an athletic game, and SO he
tucked or killed it just above his
knees.
Back in the Middle Ages the Scot
tish clans were always fighting among
themselves, and each clan found it
advisable to wear a distinctive color.
Why tartans were chosen no one
knows. AS matter of fact, tartans
were not very common even as late
as the early 18th century.
In 1S47 a special act-the Highland
Garb Act-was passed in the effort to
abolish the costume of the Scottish
Highlanders, but fortunately it's only
effect was to make the kilt more pop
ular than ever.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05

The emphatic and compliment
airy praise of Archbishop Ceretti
will be greeted with pleasant
comment by the sons of Ireland
everywhere and particularly by
the members of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, who know bet
ter than anyone else the priva-
tions which the Irish people have
experienced. Their sacrifices,
sufferings and prosecutions not
only in defense of their faith but
in the defense of the liberty of
the land where the faith was
taught them, often at the peril of
their own lives and the lives of
their teachers.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
PROHIBITION FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA NEAR.

Prohibition for the District of Col
umbia took long step in advance
last week, when the Senate District
Committee ordered the Sheppard pro-
hibition bill reported to the Senate
without recommendation" The bill
was reported by Senator Jones Of
Washington, and provides the law
shall become effective November 1,
1916.
The effect of the committees action
is to place the bill on the Senate
calendar, where it may come up for
discussion and action in the Senate
at any time. Senator Sheppard of
Texas, author Of the bill, gave notice
that he intended to get the bill be.
fore the Senate for consideration as
soon as possible, and he expected It
to pass.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05

be surprised to be informed that
most of them speak of England
as if she were the mother-land.
Mr.. Leslie repeats under various
forms the unequivocal statement
that the diners that night almost
invariably referred to themselves
in the all-inclusive 1--WE" which
identified the members of the So
ciety with the nationality claimed
by the correspondent of The
Tablet. Of course, there were a
few German members present,
the writer admits, which made
his friends somewhat guarded in
their outspoken illusions, but
there could be no mistake in fix
ing the predominant sentiment OF
the meeting when applause en-
phasized points raised by the
speakers. 1t might just as we'll
have been a pro-Allies rati6ca-
ton meeting if all Mr.. Leslie
writes is true.
The gentleman in question is
no fool. If he were he would
hardly have been dispatched by
the organization which supports
him to enlist American sympathy
in the cause for which he labors,
is the estimate of Mr.. Leslie by
The Louther Guardian. He is a
scholar whose reputation preced-
ed him to these shores. So his
breach of good manners, or his
deliberate perverslon of what he
was generously permitted toI
view, is the more unintelligible. !
Were he the common type of agi-
tator, or did he lack polite up,
bringing, one might be justified
in accrediting his conduct to self
ishness or pure ignorance. But
when he abuses the occasion
kindly offered him to pass an en-
joyable evening amid congenial
surroundings in order to please
the biased English readers on
the other side of the ocean he
still might be forgiven if the fair
name of a great Catholic society
were not involved. On this side
of the water we know that the
sentiment OF the members of the
organization is as varied on world
issues as the nationalities that |
the membership. On
the war question the Knights di
vide, and their opinion is as di-
verse as are the patriotic lean
ings of any other large group in
this nation. To tickle English
fancy, or German ear, if one of
that disposition had done so, by
that banquet was
staged to insult any national pro-
pensities is serious charge when
one of the most influential Cath
olic societies in the world is i'll
volved. Mr.. Leslie owes the
Knights of the United States an
apology.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
THE ROMAN QUESTION.

The financial aspect of the
Roman question has come to a
point where it is really a matter
of international law. The Papal
States, as they are commonly re-
ferred to, are a number of small
states in the territory surround
ing Rome. These states were
taken away from the church,
though the title to them dates
back to grant given by Pepin,
ancestor of the great Charlie
magne, who was crowned Pope,
A. d. 800. The law of guaran-
tees given by Italy to the Holy
Father in 1871 secured to the
Papacy it's sovereignty, the invio-
liability of the Pope and the free
dom of the Conclave. A yearly
rent was voted, amounting to
$645,OO0. The amount now due
is $S1, 1,8l4,OOO.
Count Won Hertling, the Ba-
varian prime minister, has de-
clared that the financial side of
the Roman question will be reg
istered in international law at the
close of the war. Although robbed
OF the Papal States the Italian
government has done nothing to
indemnify the Papacy for this
loss, neither has it done anything
to insure the amount on an es-
tablished basis. 1t is not to be
supposed that this injustice can
continue indefinitely without
something being done to see that
proper justice be rendered to the
Papacy in Italy.
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
A bill providing for Bible reading in
the public schools Of the State was
again introduced in the New York Leg.
islature by Senator Greiner Of Buff
falo. A similar measure introduced
last year met with considerable oppo-
sition, and was defeated. The bill is
changed in form this year. It pro-
vides that the commissioner of educa-
ton appoint, upon unanimous approval
of the regents, a committee of seven,
representing various religious faiths
who shall make q list Of Bible refer
ences for use in the public schools.
The Bible here referred to is, Of course
the Protestant Bible. the introduction
Of which Catholic and Jewish taxpay.
ers will with reason resent, 40 they did
last year.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
SAINT CLARA COLLEGE, siNs,N-
AVA, WISCONSIN,.

On Monday, January twenty-fourth.
Mr.. Harry Turner Bailey, of Boston,
editor of the School Arts Magazine.
gave lecture, with blackboard Illus
trations, on Beauty in Common
Things" All who had the privilege
of hearing Mr.. Bailey are enriched
with an added appreciation of the
beauties with which nature has sur
rounded them.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
<e1<e G;gpH
G4A2Esl lescT|StI f2yafIl
~5@ Ni;szl(1
AN APOLOGY DUE THE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Nothing can better illustrate
the danger of an organization as
sociating itself with the name of
a professional candidate for Of
flee than the illustration fur
nished by the London Tablet.
The representations made to its
readers associate the Knights of
Columbus with the name of The
odore Roosevelt and place the or
ganization before the world as
supporting and agreeing with the
views of Theodore Roosevelt in
his vehement condemnation of the
German people. Whether it was
a tacit blunder, or whether Mr..
Roosevelt and other speakers
overstepped themselves in an
event cllronicled far and wide,
the news presented through the
English publication so misrepre-
sented the Knights of Columbus
that an apology is due from the
paper through its representative
at the event in question.
The Tablet, an English Catho-
lie weekly, which to many seems
more jingoistic than any of its
secular contemporaries, contain
ed contribution which shows
how guarded our societies should
be i'll extending courtesies to
strangers. The article in ques-
ton was written from this coun-
try by Shane Leslie, who may be
remembered by some of the Celtic
readers as propagandist OH one
side of the Irish National move
ment. 1t is with no desire to
render decision on the merits
or demerits of any phase of the
agitation that we are calling at
tention to the exceedingly bad
taste, to put it mildly, with which
this wandering lecturer repaid
the kindness that was shown him.
At the famous banquet to which
the Knights of Columbus invited
Mr.. Roosevelt the Irish visitor
was an honored guest. What
ever opinion one may entertain
of the wisdom which spread the
feast it is now ancient history,
and criticism of any kind is be-
lated. Some have suggested that
one who gave offense to the head
of Christendom, no matter how
admired he may be in other set
ting, should not have been Sc
lected for special glori6cation and
official recognition by an organ
ization which boasts with justice
Of its thorough-going Catholicity.
Others were censorious because
they, regarded the event as the
coming out party under Catholic
auspices of a professional candi-
date for position. There, it was
alleged, the members were false
to the spirit of their constitution
which forbids the mingling of po-
litical and social interests. The.
New York faithful, however, have
wondrous methods of escaping
from the injunctions which bind
others. Mr.. Leslie sat through
the speeches and the impressions
he carried away are RECALLED to
the readers of the British weekly.
S The z Knights Of Columbus may
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05

woman who had given birth to a son
should not approach the tabernacle for
forty days. On the fortieth day she
offered sacrifice for her publication,
lamb as holocaust and a young
pigeon or turtle dove as sin Offering.
II she was poor, a second pigeon or
turtle dove was offered in place of the
lamb. AS the first born was to be con.
sidered as belonging to God, it must
be redeemed or ransomed.s The price
of ransom was five sicles, about So in
our money.
Mary was daughter of Israel. She
had given birth to her first born. BY
the spirit of the law she was not
bound. The law of publication was
made for women espoused to men.
Mary was espoused to the Holy Ghost.
Her Child was the Creator of all things
and could not be ransomed as slave
The Holy Spirit revealed to Mary that
she should fulfill the law like other
Hebrew mothers, that her Son should
be ransomed as common Jewish boy
The same divine plan that protected
Mary's fruitful virginity obliged her
to visit the Temple and make the Of
fering. She was truly the handmaid
of the Lord. Her Son was obedient
unto death.
Joseph and Mary start for Jerusa-
lem. She carries the Child and Joseph
carries the two doves, their simple Of
fering. for they were poor. They can
not afford the price of lamb, but they
bear with them the Lamb Of God. The
people gaze at them. They wonder at
the sweetness of the Mother, the
beauty of the Child and the serene
majesty of Joseph. They smile at
them and say pleasant word to the
simple little family from the hill coun-
try. They do not know how close they
are to God. The party enters the Tenn
pie. 1t is the second Temple, built
after the return from Babylon. The
great Temples of Solomon had been de.
stroyed. 1t is the Temple in which
the Child now sleeping peacefully i'm
His Mothers arms shall soon sane
tify by His Presence, the one that He
shall tell His people shall be destroyed
until not stone is left upon stone.
In the midst of the assembled priests
and people there are faithful ones.
They are praying for the day Of their
deltverance, not knowing that at that
very moment they are under the same
roof with the promised Messiah. The
whole ceremony is simple and the pre-
liminary forms are soon completed.
But God will not let so signal an event
in the earthly life of His Son pass
without a welcome. His angels sum-
moned the shepherds on the great
night. His star guided the Magi to
the Crib of Bethlehem. The Holy
Spirit sends witness to the Infant in
the Temple. The Prophet Simeon is
advanced in years, but he goes over
to the Temple. The Holy Ghost has
promised him that he shall not see
death until he beholds the salvation
OF Israel. There were many mothers
who had come to present their chill
dren. The old man Immediately recog-
nizes the Virgin. He had often read
Of her In the Book Of Isaias. He
presses through the crowd. Many, in.
spired by the Spirit of God. recognizes
him and places the Child in his trem.
bling arms. His saintly old face 10
illumined with divine love. He raises
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05

Announcement has just been made of the appointment R
Lawler auxiliary Bishop of St Paul. the Bhoprc
South succeed the R Rev. Joseph Busch who
transferred to ST. Cloud
Bishop Lawer born in 1862 Rochester Mnn completed
his classical sudes at the seminary of St Francis Milwaukee, and
there Belgium where he studied philosophy
dained the University Louva in 1885, 1896 Very
Rev. Dr. Heon Bishop of Wnona pastor Cathedral
where he remained until 1910 Was Bishop May 9
1910 by Archbishop Ireland and Immediately assumed his
Auxiliary Bishop of ST. Paul. Bishop Lawr the
of Minnesota be consecrated Bishop
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
DEATH OF NUN FROM TYPHOID
FEVER.

An epidemic of typhoid fever has
been raging at Lake Charles, La.
While nursing fever patients at st.
Patrick's Sanitorium, Sister Angeline
of the Order of the Incarnate Word
contracted fever and died as a re-.
suit. Sister Angeline Catherine Dig
nan), was born in Ireland, and was a
member of the order for eleven years.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
The Meaning Of Candenlas Day

U Lord, dismiss Thy servant accord
ing to Thy Word in peace, because my
eyes have seen Thy salvation" He
gives the Child back to His Mother.
The doves are presented to the priest,
the sacrifice is offered, the price of
ransom is paid. Mary and Joseph pay
homage to their Creator. The Temple
is dear to Mary, for in it she spent
the years of her young girlhood. The
little family quietly, but joyfully leave
for their humble home.
The beautiful feast cOmmemorating
this event in the life of Our Lord is
one of the earliest in the Christian
Church. Many of the Fathers believe
that the solemnity was instituted by
the Apostles themselves. 1t is certain
that it was long-established feast in
the fifth century. The Greek Church
and the Church of Milan count it
among the feasts of Our Lord. The
Church of Rome considers it a feast
of the Blessed Virgin. While it is true
1t is the day Our Saviour is offered in
the Temple, the offering is the conse-
quence of the Blessed Virgins purifi-
cation. The most ancient Apostolic
calendars call it the feast of the puri-
fication.
1t is impossible to say certainly why
the blessing of candles as a solemn
ceremony is associated with the feast
of the Publication. Some Fathers are
of the opinion that it was instituted
towards the close of the fifth century
by Pope st. Gelasius in order to give
Christian tone to certain remnants of
the old Lupercalia still retained by the
Romans. In support of this opinion
we have the recorded fact t>that St.
Gelasius did abolish the feast of the
Lupercalia, which was held in the
month of February. Pope Innocent
Ill in sermon on the feast of the
Publication attributes the institution
of the ceremony of Candlemas to the
wisdom of the Roman Pontiffs, who
turned into Christian rite the rem.
nants of an ancient pagan custom
which had not fully died out among
Christians. "The old pagans," he says,
used to carry lighted torches in men,
ory of those which the fable gives to
Ceres when she went to the top of
Mount Aetna in search of her daugh-
ter, Proserpine." An objection to this
explanation is the fact that in the
pagan calendars of the Romans there
is no record of any feast in honor of
Ceres for the month of February.
Pope enedict XIV, probably the most
learned of all the Popes, connects it
with the ancient pagan custom of 60
ing through the streets with lighted
torches in their hands. The Sovereign
Pontiffs turned this custom into a
Christian festival and attached it to
that feast in which Jesus, the Light of
the World, is presented in the Temple
by His Virgin Mother.
The feast of the Publication is a
beautiful one; the solemnity Of bless
ing the candles is most impressive.
The Church begs Almighty God to
watch over and protect those who use
the blessed tapers, whether on land
or on sea-" The blessed candle spends
its life on the altar of God as an i'm.
notation to the Living Lord in the
Tabernacle. It burns in Christian
homes to brighten them with the light
of Gods faith. It is clasped In the
hands Of the dying as . pledge of i'm
mortality.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-05
Ex,LED NUNS GIVEN HOME.

Twenty-Five nuns who were exiled
from Mexico within the past year will
be given q home in New Orleans
through the generosity of John g.
Agar, now q resident of New York
City.