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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-12
THE REAL POWER.

The reservation of the Blessed Sac
rament and Catholic belief in the Real
Presence deeply moved the Rev. R..
j. Campbell, Protestant Describing
the scene in a church in France, he
says:
Men were kneeling before the
dimly lighted altar. Some, the vete-
rams especially, stood erect, their lips
silently moving in devoted entreaty
to the holy Presence they believed to
be there.
"Since the war began have realized
in French churches, as never did
before, the devotional value, the prac-
teal helpfulness, of the reservation of
the Sacrament of the Altar. 1t makes
all the difference between a dead
building and a place that is a sane
tuary indeed, wherein worshipers feel
that they are in immediate contact
with the supernatural"
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THE FLY ON THE WHEEL.

McGrath read the Bantam's letter in
credulously. Even after twelve years
of newspaper reporting, years through
which he had watched the incredible
happen and had grown hardened to
the recurrence of the sensational
events of the human drama, he was
ready to doubt the evidence of his eyes
as he scanned the words sprawled over
the little slip of paper that he had
taken from the bulky package in the
envelope. For the Bantam had writ
ten:
Deer Mister MacgrathI am go-
ing to die. Father Lacey says So.
Father Lacey is one white man. He's
been good to me and / promised him
to see that Kenly's papers are re-
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leyelled at the big man, but Kenly stir
red restlessly beneath it's scrutiny.
well, came to know this big town,
and came to know life, came to know
it so well that began to get view
of myself as we'll as of you, and l saw
myself worse man than you are. For
I'd been taught better things, and /
wasn't living up to my teachings. 1
suppose I'd an idea at the time / was
just starting in the game that I'd
outgrown all the lessons I'd learned
from my mother, and my father, and
the Sisters, and the college, and
Church and God. Well, / found out
that I was just beginning to grow up
to those lessons. And I'm playing my
game that way now. I've seen the big
and the little, the mighty and the
humble, all thrown together in the
machinery, and / know how tiny any
one of them is in the big scheme of
things. I've seen the wheel go around
and around, the wheel that you think
you're engineering. Well, you're only
the fly on the wheel, and the wheels
going to crush you some day unless
you find out how little you are. That's
what I came to tell you Kenly. Do you
suppose I'd keep your rotten records9
Do you suppose I'd use them for my
game? Do you think that I'd go back
on dying mans trust in me? Oh, yes,
| wanted to get you, back in the days
when l was as petty and mean and
cocksure of life as you are. But rye
seen too much since then. I worked
and I shaved to find something I could
beat you with. I've found it; and what
/ went through to find it has made me
too big to use it. Do you know what
day this is? The twenty-fourth of De-
cember-and Christmas Evei Doesn't
mean much to you, does it? Well, it
doesn't usually mean much to me, but
I'm going to make it red-letter day
this time. I'm going to give myself
the gift Of giving you something. You
see, I've found out that the only thing
you keep in the world is the thing vol
give way. Here's my Christmas Gift
to you. Here are the records, KenlyI
Take them. Keep them. Destroy
them. Do whatever you please with
them. Only remember that you're lust
the fly on the wheel, and the wheeTs
going to grind you to dust some day.'
He flung the bundle across he.tabIe
when he had stripped from it the en-.
velope and the Bantam's letter. He
picked up his shabby overcoat. "Ii1st
to make the record complete" he said.
that bundle holds my city editorshin,
Now what do you think?''
You're fool" said Kenly. He
grabbed the papers avidly. "A fool"
he repeated with an oath.
Yes said McGrath, but sometimes
it's only the fools who see truth !" He
jammed his old hat down on his head
and went from the room. Iaavin@
Kenly to tear the Hollinger records
into shreds as he began to hear the
noise of.the city below raising ike the
grinding Of gigantic wheel.
-M1yD SpHOH. IN Extension MooovynG
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Henley shook his head. "Blackmail
probably" he said succinctly.
sThey are" McGrath told him, "the
evidence of your connection with Hol-
linger.
Over the big mans face spread a
queer grayish pallor. Instinctively his
hand went toward the bundle. Nc
Grath drew it back from his reach.
''Not so fast" he said. You're going
to learn a few things, Kenly, before
you touch these papers; things you
may have learned in your boyhood
days, but that you've forgotten since.
"You stole them" Kenly's eyes
blazed with anger. ''You stole them
nearly a year ago. You'll go down the
road for this. The shoes on the other
foot, isn't it?"
81 didn't steal them. The man who
took them has served his time for an
other crime. His sentence is nearly
up, guess. A higher power than
yours is stepping in on him, Kenly. I
suppose you do admit there's higher
power?" The sneering laughter Of his
voice enraged Kenly to believing
road. "Give me those accounts" He
yelled, ''or Fill"
"What'll you do? Call the police?
And have me fling these down in the
street while they'e coming? And
take a chance that way one in the
world may find them? You know what
you're dealing with while I have
them. Why not talk this out calmly"
go on" Kenly settled down in his
chair with resignation that did not
suggest any cessation of his mental
speed. What's your game"
Its game you won't understand,
Kenly, and so I'll have to set out the
cards my own way" He leaned over
the table, protecting the Bantams
trust with his outstretched arms.
When Pat McGrath died twelve years
ago. he went on, II swore that I'd be
revenged on you. l was going to the
Jesuit College then. / wanted to be a
lawyer. My father was going to put
me through the course Well, when he
died, when you killed him, Kenly, I
had to turn in and take care Of the
family. There was only one thing +
could do. / could write little. I got
a job on newspaper. I've stayed on
the newspaper ever since. I've seen
the men who we're at school with me
go beyond me in my own profession,
as well as in the one I wanted to have
my own. I've passed up all kinds of
chances because had to stay here to
look after my mother and the young
sters. Twelve years can be long
time when you're dissatisfied with your
life I've registered every one Of those
years against you Kenly."
What are you going to do with
those?" Kenly's arm swept away In
terest in McGrath's story, while his
eyes narrowed their gaze toward the
envelope into which the other man had
put back the fruit of the. Bantau's
theft
not 50 fast. We're only coming to
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the third act. Well set the stage. To-
day the Banner decided upon your re-
tirement to very private life. Prawl
offered me reward of the city desk
if I'd bring in the goods on you. Here's
the evidence he wants. What do you
think I'll do with it?''
What does the city editorship
pay?"
"A hundred a week, and I'm getting
forty"
Huh! Ever thought of trying for a
special government inspectorship?
Some of them pay hundred
"And get under your thumb? No,
thanks"
''Ten thousand dollars might start
man in an independent business.
Il have no taste for business"
Ever thought of running for Con-
gress? You know that I can deliver
my own district to any man choose"
eyes, I know it. But I'm not going
to be candidate"
what do you want, McGrath?"
"a large satisfaction, Kenly."
II see. You want to hold those ac-
counts over me-
I'm way, yes"
Whats your price?"
ga higher one than you'll pay,
Kenly."
"High."
"And you're going to pay it to some
one you've never before met"
well"
"a lady they call Nemesis. She's
been on your trail ever since you
started this game you've seemed to
win. She's slow-footed, but very sure.
She's just overtaking you.'
"Quit the preaching, McGrath. What
do | pay for those papers?"
That's up to her."
What are you going to do?"
McGrath smiled at Cornelius Ken1y.
The smile-slow, aggravated
the other man to rage. He reached
over the table, striving to grasp the
bulky envelope. McGrath drew it
toward him with tantalizing slowness..
Then he suddenly changed attitude.
"Ken1y," he said, every word drop
ping austerely, 4you wouldn't listen to-
my story. Well, you'll have to listen
to this much of it. went on the news
papers with one idea, the idea of break
ing You some day. For years and
years I worked with that always in
the back of my mind. While shaved
for the City Press, going night after
night to police stations, was thinking
that some day I'd find something like
this. I worked on the City Hall run
for five years in the hope of getting to
this sometime l built up my lines in
this town. made friends with big
men and little men, with honest men
and with thieves. Through 1t all in
those times had the idea that some
day, through some of them, I'd get
you.
He stared at KenIy consideringly. |
There was no venom In the glance he /
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LySM1SSsS8AMLs5IoM FIELp5:A
MISSION FIELD5;A

methods are too often INSCRIPTIONS.
5. In many of the Asiatic countries
materialistic and rationalistic ideals
have been imported from Europe and
America, and at present prevent the
entrance of truth. .-- -. --
IF you desire further information on
the subject of Catholic Missions, or
if you wish to share in this work of
evangelizing heather people, address,:
The Catholic Foreign Mission Semi
nary, Ossining, N. Y.
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WORTHY OF VENERATIoN.

Rev. w. Fl. Clagett, Protestant
minister of st. Louis, pays the follow
ing high tribute to the greatest of all
women:
Mother, for whom words never have
been, never can be coined, with which
to weave the wreath of glory that we
would place upon thy brow-mother
by whom God became man, by whom
the human race has thus been linked
forever to the throne of God-mother,
the light of whose eyes was the first
light that shone upon the Babe of
Bethlehem-mother, whose face was
the first face into which the Infant
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
GRANDMA USED SAGE
TEA TO DARKEN HAIR
She mixed Sulphur with it to
Restore Color, Gloss,
Youthfulness.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea with sulphur added, will turn
gray. streaked and faded hair beautiful
ly dark and luXuriant. Just few APP
plications Will prove a revelation II your
hair Is folding, streaked or gray. Mixing
the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at
home, though, is troublesome. An easier
way Is to get q 6O-cent bottle of Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound at any
drug store all ready for use This Is
the old time recipe improved by the ad-
dition of other ingredients,
While wispy, gray, faded hair In not
sinful, we all desire to retain our youth
ful appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound, no one can tell,
because 1t does II so naturally. so even
ly. You Just dampen sponge or soft
brush With 1t and draw this through
your halr, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning all gray hairs have
disappeared. and, after another applica-
ton or two, your hair becomes beauti-
fully dark, glossy, soft and luXuriant.
This preparation Is a delightful toilet
requisite and Is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or preVeption OF dis
Gase.-AdvI.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
woman's Dress and Propriety.

As reports reach us that evening
gowns are TO end fifteen inches
above the floor. and perhaps begin
an equal number OF inches below the
chin. protests are arising in various
portions OF the country. and there 10
even talk OF organising a body Of
women In an effort TO combat the
new styles. which are inspired by
Spanish costumes.
Any novelty in dress has to fight
for its life. but there In no freak
OF fashion-at least there has been no
example up to now-which, when
once established. can be cast ASIDE
by the frowns Of those who do not
approve. in our country We have
seen waves of disapproval launched
at the hoopskirt (Which seems to he
coming back AGAIN.. the hustle. and.
!atterly. at the directoire slit skirt.
and the harem skirt. Yet all these
fashions have attained a great vogue
and have finally been accepted TO
such an extent that they have be-
come tiresome and have been dis
carded.
Time and space change all. In
different years there are different
propr!eties. Just as there are in diff
ferent countries. We blushed for
our grandmothers' pantalettes until
The Turkish woman conceives her
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Pure Food Definitions
Require Honesty Upon
Label and in Character
By DIR. L. X. HIRS1BERG.

Calllc products. Not only is this an
impure" procedure, but II has seriously
damaged the reputation Of pure Calf
fornia wines. which the nouveau ricL.
worthless
Needless to say. food that is pre-
served" or "colored' is not pure In
technical sense. II. however, tea or
vegetable color like chlorophyl, they are
BY no means as impure as when made
green by poisonous arsenic or copper.
Food Versus label.
When the economical and most sensi-
BILE housekeeper buys corn syrup or
oleomargarine everything good can be
said of both the 'oleo" and the syrup.
Should some commercial concern sell
butter ne" ms fine creamery butter,
and corn syrup as cane sugar, then the
words pure food" on either would be
a hollow mockery. Irrespective of law
and physiology.
When a board OF inquiry recently
looked into the virtues or vices OF BEN
zolc acid as a preservative OF human
food II stirred up the chemists OF japan,
Assn. Europe, and America, and the
controversy still RACES. All that the
aforementioned group of chemical inves-
tigators sought to show was the harm
lessnesS OF benzoic acid when eaten in
small quantities over long period of
time. No one has ever disputed the fact
that the food with which II is mixed
IL not pure. The instant anything not
natural to a food. or which Is not also
n food. Is mixed with any individual
ration. II takes away the fullness OF the
name pure food"
This may be splitting hairs. so to
speak. but a chemist must go much
beyond this lie aims at things moro
precise even than atoms and electrons.
In the matter OF health there Is always
lurking danger that he may err on
the wrong side. This is impossible so
long as he adheres to the strict defini-
ton that pure food" is that ration
which ages OF experience and repeated
analyses have shown to be one in char
acter and nearly perfect. as well as
certain in its effects.
tCopy't, 1916. by Newspaper Feature seryiceI
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
AnSzverS To Health Questions

minute smoke. You can readily see that
II has already affected your eyes. and
In due time Il will affect your heart.
Have your eyes examined and fitted to
the proper glasses as soon as con-
venient. Do not let the matter drop
here.
Mrs. n. A. w Will you please ad-
wise me what H. the best remedy for
bronchitis" .. What can / do for a
constant pain in thebotton of my heel?
Take three drops of cresote In Q
capsule after meals. Inhale steam va
pors or nitro and saitpeter smoke. 2.
Try massaE.ng regularly with alcohol
and use the electric battery on retiring
and arising. Exercise the feet by turn
ing around with the shoe off-barefoot
dancing also is advisable.
Mrs. J. NJ. Own you please give
me remedy for Ea!l stones?
1t is advisable that you drink three
quarts OF distilled water daily. and also
pure carbonate water. lots OF olive oil.
whey. huttermllk, fluids. and eat green
vegetables without much starch. unsea-
soned foods, grcases. cereals, and fresh
fruits. Take a bulgaria tablet with
your meals. Avoid tea. coffee solid
foods, constipation. and inactivity.
Take from five to ten grains of ox-bile.
oX-gall. or bile salts after meals. and
exercise several hours each day.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

dren in the family, a separate small
plot should be set aside for their
play gardens.
The accompanying plan was made
from an unusually well-arranged and
successful garden that was grown in
a city back yard rs by 70 feet in d.
mansions.
This lot Is bounded on two sides by
board fence feet high. along
which fourteen grapevines were
planted and trained. Another grape
vine was so planted as to grow on
the shed at the rear. On either side
OF the flagstone walk strawberry
plants were set. Between the walk
ana the fence currant bushes were
planted, Between the currant bushes
and the row OF strawberries were
grown low-growing vegetables, such
as beans, peppers, eggplants and the
like. The area between the walks,
which was about 70 feet wide, was
given over to vegetables.
In this area the rows of low-grow-
ing, quick-maturing. early vegeta-
bles were planted so that at proper
intervals between them later-matur-
ing sorts could be dispersed
The early paintings consisted of
rows OF radishes, early beets, let
tuce. carrots and a few parsnips.
parsnips being placed NO that they
could have the benefit OF the entire
growing season. while between were
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Social Rights of Working Girls.


A long step forward will be taken
by those philanthropies which seek
to bridge over the gap between the
prevailing rates of wages for women
and the cost of wholesome living. II
the plans proposed bv the National
Board OF the Young Women's Christ
Ian Association can he carried out.
Miss Packard. one of the assocIa-
tons secretaries. has leen investi-
eating nIty-five non-commercial
homes for working women in the
city: she has interviewed nearly
200 working womcn-many of them
those who prefer hall bedrooms to
such homes. and she declares that
IT Is difficult to say which mode
or living Is worse for the girls
both are bad. The point is that
life for their inmates. Of which
working girla are as much In need
as girls living at home, and for lack
or which sociai mischief Is likely to
follow. Out of 800 rooming houses,
only twenty-slx have pualic parlors
In which girls can receive calls from
men. friends. while tho regulations
OF the non-commercial homes make
such calls difficult also.
Miss Packard's solution OF the
problem is for specialized apartments
TO be let to working girls. with suites
OF from one to three rooms. with n
kitchenettc and with a cafeteria con-
nected with the house. Their success
would depend upon the fulness with
which the apartments recognized the
right or the boarders TO regulate
their own lives.
Social help for such girls as are I'M
derpaid Will not get very far unless
II frankly recognizes the social rights
OF the girl, the most inalienable OF
which Is the right to be courted in
decent privacy. - Brooklyn Daily
Eagle
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
.
Ian your back yard gar

~ Ian your back yard gar.
den on paper In ad-
vance" is the advice of the
vegetable garden special
lists Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
A little indoor gardening of this
sort will enable you to have fresh
vegetables throughout the season and
viii. make the same ground. with
little extra labor and expense, yield
two or three crops instead OF the
single crop commonly raised in small
gardens. Where two or three crops
are grown instead of one, a compar-
atively small garden will supply the
average family with fresh vegetables
all season.
All the tools that are necessary for
indoor gardening, which can be made
an interesting recreation for the
whole household, are large sheet
of wrapping paper. a ruler and a
pencil, After looking over the gar
den and selecting the plot of soil best
suited for your purpose, measure
this and outline II on paper on a
scale of 4 or u inch to the foot.
Next. study your garden bulletins
OF DOOho OIl lHt
seed catalogues to determine what
can be grown in your climate under
the conditions of exposure, soil and
drainage in your back yard.
This study may lead you to plan
bitches to improve drainage, show
you that your soil needs finely stiff
ed ashes to break up its sticky char
acter, or that you must add rotted
manure, dried blood, bone meal,
woodashes, lime, or other fertilizers
10 make It suitable for vegetables.
Only For Quality.
In general, the aim of the back
yard gardener should be to raise
those vegetables which are either eX-
pensive or in which the flavor or
quality depends Importantly on alb
solute freshness. Peas and string or
lima beans, To be at their best, should
be cooked almost Immediately after
they are gathered.
Effort also should be made in a gard
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
BY FLORENCE E. YoDER.

come and play to them. They
could not AFFORD. alone. to accept
the responsibility OF tho financial
end OF any big undertaking. And
1t would take, us I said. years for
them TO build up the same order
OF perfection in their own midst.
But those who are more fortu-
nate In the way of money. spurred
by tho desire to get all that Is
best for that money. make It pos.
tible Tor the concerts TO come to
different cities. They may not
understand. they may not even
like that which they sit and hear.
but they do great good.
In other countries this false
attitude IL not needed. The poseur
exists. but rot In as great NUM-
bers. lie Is not a necessity to the
financial success Of the under.
taking since the ats are endowed.
Once having been given a start by
"a government they arc capable Of
supporting themselves.
But In this country there IL no
such governmental endowment and
very little private endowment.
The same sense of public benefit
which prompted the endowment
OF libraries has not yet touched
the hear- OF great millionaire In
regard TO music.
IF all of the wealthy people In
this country stayed away from that
which really did not interest them
there would be very little art at all
But sincere or not, their patronage
Keeps 1t alive TO great extent"
There was no attempt to make Mr..
Mann speak of the motion pictures
largely for lack OF time and the
fact that II was one OF the subjects
upon which he Is to speak. How
ever, II Is safe to say that he Is not
exactly for them. His interest for
the time being. incidentally. was CEN
tered on the consideration OF poseurs.
His vindication was mastery, thor
ough and sincere.
So. the next time you see Mrs. Ad-
Sum. large. ofhcicus, mentally and
physically bovine. sitting at the SYM
phony concert with her two unmar-
ried daughters. who simply MUST be
seen at the proper places at the
proper times In order that they
achieve mstrimony. think not un-
kindly OF her. Remember on the
other hand, that she has payed the
sum Of six dollars. or perhaps nine.
to the box office.
And In phraces unpoetic the money
In the box office is merely money.
And the nine dollars OF the poseur
is no more and no less a contribution
to art than the one dollar OF the gal
lery god.