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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
THE EMPTY PEW"
PROBLEM.

If one wishes to be convinced
that the Catholic Church has no
empty pew problem, he has
only to observe the large congre-
cations that file into our parish
churches at the different Masses
on Sunday morning. One wonders
where all the people come from
and how they find room in the
sacred edifices. New parishes are
being formed and new churches
opened each year and yet the con-
gestion does not seem to diminish.
This outpouring of Catholics to
and from church not only on Sun
day morning but on other occa-
sions is a perpetual source Of
wonderment to the different sects
who are always complaining Of the
dearth of worshippers even at the
principal service on Sunday. They
cannot or rather, will not, under
stand the underlying cause for this
state Of affairs. For them the
empty pew" problem is a real
menace, a source of worry and
modification. They cannot under
stand why the appeals they make
to the public, and especially to
those who ought to respond, go
unheeded. They try different ex-
pedients to allure people to
church. They employ the latest
fads and novelties in the religious
world to exploit their claims to
consideration; but all of no avail.
Their pews remain empty while
the neighboring Catholic Church
is confronted with the difficulty of
providing enough pews to enable
the congregation to worship with
comfort.
The explanation for all this is
simple one. 1t is known to
every intelligent person who gives
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
KEEPING OUT THE CAUSE.

Nederland, the new boom town of
Colorado, made famous and prosper
Gus by the wealth that tungsten min
ing has been turning out, is the first
of the Western boom towns to be
without a saloon. And the Denver
Catholic Register" remarks:
No matter whether one likes pro-
hibition or not, he must agree that it
is an excellent thing for Nederland.
Imported intoXicants are common
enough there, and drunken men are
anything but rare, but the saloon is
absent, and the murders that would
inevitably result from such establish
ments in the high-tensioned boom
city have not been occurring. Neder-
land is one of the most interesting
spots in America at the present time,
and will undoubtedly have $4,000 to
100000 tourist visitors this summer"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

There are four practical ways
of helping Catholic journalism,
four points insisted upon by our
valiant models, the German pub
licists, writes Father Drummond,
S. j., in the Catholic Messenger.
First, pay your subscription to at
least one Catholic paper. Second,
read it. Third, advertise in it.
Fourth, write to it, giving Cath
Ollie news, approving or criticizing
its articles; above all, take an IN
terest in 1T. To these practical
hints we add one more-pray for
it. Pray that tolerably good but
luke-warm Catholics may awake
from their slumber ana realize
that no other work is so necessary
as the propagation OF Catholic
IDEAS through the Catholis press.
The least fault of the secular press
is that il eorgets God. We must
not. We must take His view
IN everything and push that view
along. 1t is always the best.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
HOW THE HABIT GROWS.

The "Delineator" had an article by
former Governor Malcolm Patterson
OF tennessee, who described among
other things the beginnings and the
hold of the alcohol habit:
"A child will instinctively turn from
liquor, and if given it, it's body will
shudder at the unnatural administra-
ton. The first drink | ever took was
at an open bar on the invitation of
some friends, at the age of 20. | did
not want it, but was asked to try it.
and did so from the wish to appear
companionable. This first drink al
most nauseated me and the thought
came, how could any human being
crave it.
Il was never an habitual drinkpr
at any time in my life; but later on.
the craving would come at intervals,
especially after fatigue, when one
drink would follow another in rapid
succession, with"the inevitable result
of disordered nerves, lowered vitality,
lncapacity to act or think clearly, and
a feeling of inferiority and disgust.
When l would compare the misery
that was mine after a day or night
OF moderate drinking l would gladly
have paid any price in exchange for
the fatigue of constant work, for |
had to begin work again with the
fatigue and the effects of drink com
bined."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Judge John Rooney of the Chi
cago Court of Domestic Relations,
truthfully said recently in court i:
"Three out of four cases of domes-
tic trouble which have come be-
fore me since I have been on this
bench result from the neglect of
husband and wife to attend any
church services. | do not care
what church one attends, but do
think any. man or woman could
spare at least an hour a week to
pay reverence to the Omnipotent.
Every day | have parents before
me neither of whom attends
church. How can they expect to
have any influence on their chill
dren's moral training if they
themselves do not set the example
in attending church. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
TOTAL ABSTINENCE OFFICERS.

/ note with interest that the officers
mess of the American Legion in the
Canadian army, otherwise known as
the 9th battalion, is made up solely
of total abstainers. The colonel, Rev.
c. Seymour Bullock, sometime Uni
tartan minister in Ottawa, holds the
contingent resignation of every officer,
to become operative automatically if
that officer takes to drink or immoral
ity. Every man in the whole bat
talon Of 1900 is an American citizen,
and four other battalions are now
forming. The badge is a maple leaf
bearing the arms of George Washing
ton. 1t is to be remembered that dur
ing the Civil War $4,000 Canadians
crossed the line to fight in the Union
army, of whom $4,000 died in service.
f-PresbDteT IgnOtus. in the LfDin0 Church.
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out fifty books. So you see that in
| the matter of printing New England
was nearly century behind Mexico.
"The same press, that founded by
Bishop Zumarraga in Mexico City,
printed in 1884 the first piece of music
published on the American Continent.
1t was Psaltery, and was printed in
two colors, black and red. 1t is in
every way equal to the fine work of
the sort that was being published in
Europe at that time.
THE first wood engraving made in
the Western Hemisphere was pro-
duced in Mexico. 1t appeared on the
title page of an edition of Gerson's
'Tripartite,' which was printed in
1914. 1t represents Bishop confer
ring the priesthood.
Mexican writer's have always been
considered by the writer's of Spain to
be their equals. In fact, just at this
time the Royal Spanish Academy Of
History is awarding a prize to a
Mexican, Mariana Cuevas, S. J., for
his researches on subjects relating
to CorteZ
Mexico has always been rich in
historians. There was the famous
Clavigero, whom Prescott esteemed
SO highly, and there were Flores,
Acuna, Blaza, Lucas de Alaman, and
hundreds Of others. Lucas de Alaman
was Secretary of State of the Next
can Republic from 1924 to 1886 His
History of the Mexican Republic
and his history of Mexico from the
beginning of the movement for indie
pendence down to 1849 are standard
works. Andres Cavo wrote a history
of Mexico from the conquest down to
1867. Francisco Saverio Clavigero
whom I mentioned before, is perhaps
the most authoritative of all the his
torians of Mexico. But one of the
most interesting Of them is Domingo
Chimalpain. He was q Mexican In
dian who was born in the latter part
of the sixteenth century, and was
educated in Mexico City at the Uni
Versity of Mexico. He wrote a num-
Der of books relating to the early his
tory Of his country, some of them in
Spanish and some in the Nahuatl
language.
'Jose Antonio Alzade was scien-
fist rather than a man of letters, his
writings having to do chiefly with as
tronomy, physics, chemistry, and
geography. But he deserves mention
in this connection because in 1868
he began the publication of Diario
llterario de Mexico, newspaper"
Was this the first Mexican news
paper?' I asked.
NO." said Father CarrascO; "the
first Mexican newspaper was pub
lished in January, 1922, with the title
Gazette of Mexico and Notices of
New Spain. And it may interest you
to know that in the second issue of
this publication were reviews of
books published in Mexico and in
Spain.
But the Gazette of Mexico was not
the first attempt at journalism in
Mexico. The first effort to publish a
newspaper in the New World was the
Mercurio Volante, (The Flying Mer-
curyO which was brought out in 1893,
twelve years before a similar attempt
in the American colonies"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
INDUSTRIAL WRONGS.

The earliest authentic records
of history show that Industrial
ism has ever been a hotbed and a
possible source Of wrongs COM
mitted against the individual. In
dustrial Rome, and before its time,
Greece and Assyria, were con-
fronted by the greatest political
problems arising from evils born
of industrialism.
The industrial instinct of man
to get the better Of a bargain is
vastly intensified when immense
power is placed in the hands of
INSCRIPTIONS men. If one man
guided by noble instincts can do
much good for his fellows, the
same is true Of a powerful indus
trial body. But the temptation to
abuse that power is ever present
to the mind of him who lacks con-
science and a spirit Of justice.
Hence it is that down the ages
from the very beginning we find
labor and capital mutually an
tagonistic. The guilds Of the
Middle Ages did more, in our
opinion, to strike an even balance
between these two powerful fac
tors of progress than anything
seen before Or since their time.
True, the unions of the present
day have taken the place of the
guilds. The great difference be-
tween the two is that the guilds
were dominated by spirit Of re-
hgion, and they were not only
unions but also religious societies
each with it's patron Saint. At
the present day very frequently
the unions are guided by men
without faith or the most ele-
mental principles Of justice. The
result is that too often the unions
are. simply an instrument in the
hands of unprincipled demagogues
to be used as a means of extortion
against capital. When capital and
labor are guided by sincere
spirit of justice arbitration of
wrongs, real or fancied, becomes
simple problem.
The late Archbishop Spalding
once said wrong done by pow
erful man is doubly and trebly
wrong. A wrong done by a great
corporation, by trust, is infinite
ly wrong. A. wrong done by a
body that owes it's existence to
the people, takes the property that
the peoples labor has made valu-
able and then uses the. franchises
to swindle the people-the work
ers-is worse than highway rob-
berry. The time is bound to come
when men, looking back fifty or a
hundred years from now, will con-
slider us as ignorant, as bar
barous. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

This is the time Of the year
when in many families the choice
Of a school for the young folks
must be made. There is much val
liable information about this i'm
portant subject in the address Of
the Rev. George Thompson on
"The Catholic School System"
which is the leading paper OF the
issue of the "Catholic Mind" for
August s. This address was de-
livered before an interdenomina-
tional association called the Relig-
ious Education Society. Father
Thompson told his non-Catholic
hearers just why we maintain at
such great sacrifices our educa-
tional institutions, and explains
the scope and purpose Of the spir-
itual training our children and
young people are given. Protes-
tants should find the lecture a
light-bringer. shakespeare and
the Modern Social Drama" the
other address in this number, was
given by Father James j. DAILY, S.
j., to the graduating class Of Villa
Angela, Cleveland. With his usual
literary discernment, he compares
Shakespeare's dramatic method
with that Of the popular play
wright of today, who teaches that
cit is right to do what mankind
has always thought it wrong to
do" 1t is keen analysis Of the
dramatic methods of the day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
PROBABLY HAD RIGHT IDEA.

A traveller entered an inn where a
Quaker sat by the fire. Lifting pair
of green spectacles and rubbing his
eyes, which looked very infiamed, the
newcomer, in one breath, called for
some brandy and made a grievous
complaint about his eyes.
They are getting weaker and weak
err he said. and now even the spec
tacles appear to do no good"
The Quaker looked first at him and
then at the brandy.
Il tell thee, friend, what I think"
said he. IF thou wouldst wear thy
spectacles over thy mouth for a few
months, thine eyes would get well
again."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

The Monitor makes a point
when it says: "Some readers are
mortally offended if their Catho-
lie paper differs even slightly from
them on any social or political
question and will attempt to do
their little best to injure it's circu-
lation. These same people are not
at all offended when the big
dailies which they read ridicule
their pet theories and even print
violent articles attacking the
most cherished principles Of re-
ligiOn."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

According to the report of the
health officers detailed to the
schools. there has been found no
sign Of infantile paralysis. as far
as we have been able to learn,
among our parochial school chill
dren in st. Paul. The schools are
opened. the children have re-
turned, and none has been sent
home on account of any symptoms
of disease.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

It is right to seek the good will of
all men, and to desire that they speak
well of us, but when we lie down to
die it will be an empty pillow if this
is all we can rest on. When we are
through with life and all its applause,
and are awaiting the final call, we
want something more substantial than
friendly salute. When the faces we
love grow dim to our vision, and we
are lying in the twilight of two
worlds, there are voices we should
much rather hear than the plaudits
and acclaim of the world, and one of
them is: well done, good and faith
full servant, enter thou into the JOY
of thy Lord
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

In one Of our Catholic exchanges
recently appeared the heading /:
Holy Family Wins Double
Header. 1t would seem that the
use of sacred names, even when
representing Catholic institutions
in games Of sport, has a tendency
to minimize the reverence which
we should hold for all things sa-
cred. We may be old fashioned in
this matter, but we cannot escape
the conviction that our Catholic
schools would make at least one
step forward on the road that
leads to generation for things
sacred if they eliminate the names
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

We read last week of a mock
wedding held at the summer home
of one of our st. Paul Catholic
families. The bride-a male of
the species-carried an arm bou-
quet of vegetables. 1t is easy to
understand that when real mar
riage is considered a trif1ing mat
ter, such mock ceremonies may be
in order. Even then it argues a
depraved taste. But for such
things to be recorded in the so.
ciety notes of the daily papers
about Catholics evidences moral
weakness, mental levity, and so.
cial idiocy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

There are some Catholics who
have a nervous chill when they
think that there are some other
Catholics who are willing to vote,
if occasion comes, in defense of
Catholic interests, says an eX-
change. They themselves are
eager to show that they are SO
loyal to the party that they will
sacrifice the interests of religion
for it's sake.
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E,
the matter any consideration. The
Catholic Church breaches the
unabridged and unadulterated
gospel of the Savior, "Christ and
Him crucifed." She knows no
fads in religion. She cannot be
exploited by the fadists. She has
one body of doctrine and one code
Of morals for all without distinc-
ton of persons. Old and young,
rich and poor, prince and peasant
must submit to her leadership in
spiritual things if they would save
their souls. Her message is all
embracing in content and in appli-
cation to time and place. It's bur
den is "all things" whatsoever
Christ commanded. 1t is spoken
with authority" Behold | am
with you all days even to the con
summation of the world" The
abiding presence Of God in the
bosom of the Catholic Church en-
dows her teaching with perennial
youth and the divine gift Of faith
makes it acceptable to the human
mind in search Of certainty in
matters of religion. This is the
fundamental reason why the Cath
Ollie Church makes such an appeal
to all. Her teaching satisfies the
craving Of the human mind for
the truth and the yearning Of the
human heart for the good.
In other churches, the pew die
tates to the pulpit; the cOngrega-
ton is the master, the minister is
the servant. The content of re-
ligion is as varied as the indi-
viduals who interpret the Bible
the only recognized source OF
supernatural truth. Each mem
Der of the congregation has as
much right to say what the Bible
means to him as the minister has
and, therefore, he cannot be
blamed for refusing to accept the
latter's Interpretation. AS con-
sequence, whenever a member of
the congregation feels that he has
nothing to gain from attending
church he stays away, unless
church-g going be demanded by the
conventions Of the society in which
he moves. Many Of the non-Cath-
Ollie churches of the present time
have cut away from their ancient
mornings. Their ministers no
longer make the Bible the founda-
ton Of their preaching. 1t is
fashionable to seek to attract WOr-
shippers by expounding novel
views ON the questions of the day
which have little or no bearing on
religion. The fads and foibles of
society, the latest novel, the new
est phase of the social problem,
the insipid and inane topics of the
hour-these and a thousand other
novelties are exploited in Prot
estant pulpits for the benefit Of
people who wish i to be amused
rather than instructed in their re-
ligious duties. 'tsf
No wonder there are empty
pews in non-C Catholic churches. It
would be strange indeed if they
were filled with reverent wor-
shippers. The old ideas of religion
are changing and the modern ones
are no improy ement on the old.
The empty pew problem is a sur
face indication of a radical defect
in Professionalism.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
INDUSTRY BARS ALCOHOL.

I'VE take every just measure in our
power to prevent our men from, using
alcoholic beverages. Our superin-
tendent is bitterly opposed to the
practice of drinking in any shape,
form or manner. Sober men are given
the preferences. There is much less
drinking today among rolling mill
men than there was ten to twenty
years ago. Conditions are daily grow,
ing better"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Have you made a contribution
towards the completion of any OF
the chapels in the new Cathedral
Funds are being collected for sew
eral of them. and all who can af-
ford a donation, no matter how
small it may be, should be among
the benefactorS. The project is
worthy of the cooperation of every
Catholic in the diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

of Saints and the Mysteries of re
ligion from the frantic roofing
that shakes the stands on diamond
or gridiron. The above heading,
and others like it, seems irrever-
ent, to say the least, even though
no irreverence be intended.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 90, 1916

One Of the most beautiful trib-
utes Of friend to friend was the
following 4 know that in my
last moments you will be with
me.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Entered as second-class matter, jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post office, st.
Paul, Mimi, under Act OF March 8. 1879.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Health will always be injured even
by small doses of alcohol. I'll. Allen
Clark.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23
SOME BRITISH TESTIMONIES.

alcohol produces progressive par
alysis of judgment, and this begins
with the first glass. III. Lander
Brunton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Il have no hesitation in attributing
a very large proportion of some Of
the most painful and dangerous NAL.
aides which have come under my no
tice During more than twenty years
of professional life), as well as those
which every medical man has to treat,
to the ordinary and daily use of fer
mented drinks taken in the quantity
which is conventionally deemed mod
erate."-Sir Henry Thompson.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

alcohol even in small quantities
perverts the judgment and weakens
self-control. DR. James Richie OF
Edinburgh.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

Alcohol is poison. In chemistry
and physiology, this is its proper
place. Many readers may receive this
dogmatic assertion, therefore, with a
Pooh, pooh! Fanaticism and folly,
We know better!" Let me support the
assertion therefore with authority.
The sedative action of alcohol on the
brain, says Christianson-and we
know no higher authority either as
regards pcisons than the article
of the materia medica-'constitnte Il
a powerful narcotic poison. THE
late Professor Miller Edinburgh Uni
.Versity. r. ,
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