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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
FATHER PROUT
FiFTlETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
DEATH FALLS ON MAY 49,
STORY OF HIS LIFE.

On May 10 will occur the fiftieth an
niversary of the death of that rare
Irish genius, the Rev. Francis Mahon-
ely, known in English literature as
Father Prout." Father Mahoney was
born in Cork, about the year 1900, and
died in Paris in 1866. After obtain
ing thorough knowledge Of Greek
and Latin in his native city, he left
Ireland and entered the Jesuit college
in Paris, where he became familiar
with French literature, and Subse-
quently studied in Rome. After some
ing eyinced a decided preference for
literature, he abandoned his priestly
Office and, settling in London devoted
himself to his pen, accepting an APP
pointment on FraSer's Magazine. His
popular essays for this journal, over
the nom de plume Of Father Prout," "
were published in collected form I'M
der the title of ''Reliques of Father
Prout," in 1886, and again republished
in 1860. NIahoney also contributed
some of the earliest and best papers
which appeared in Bentley's Miscel-
lany, in 1887, and subsequently trav-
eled for some years in Hungary, Asia
Minor, Greece and Egypt. In 1S47 he
accepted from Charles Dickens the
post of correspondent of The Daily
News in Rome, and in 1849 published
his letters, which were full of ardent
zeal for the Italian cause, under the
title Facts and Figures from Italy"
He was for many years Paris cores
pendent of The Globe, and his witty,
spicy style was an attractive feature
in that paper. In 1864 he retired into
a monastery, where he remained until
his death, which was most cdifying.
Father Prout was an inveterate read
er, and his quick and retentivc mem
DRY enabled him to hold i'll readiness
for use most of what he had read.
He had q thorough knowledge Of
Latin, Greek, English, French, Ger
man, Italian and Spanish, and his wit
and scholarship, added to the higher
qualities Of his heart, made him popu-
lar in thSsociety in which he moved.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
DRINKERS NOT ENTITLED TO
DEFENSE.

According to the Boston Transcript,
the Automobile Legal Association,
through it's General Counsel, William
A. Thibodeau, has notified its mem
bers that it's attorneys will not defend
in the courts any person charged with
operating an automobile while under
the influence OF Intoxicating liquor.
In announcing this decision to the
members, Mr.. Thibodeau said:
Our directors have voted that our
association should take decided posi-
ton in this matter, and that it's attor-
neys should not under any cfrcum-
stances defend any person charged
with operating an automobile while
under the influence of Intoxicating
liquors, without regard to:the opinion
of its attorneys concerning the guilt
or innocence of the person SO charged.
1T is hoped that this vote will meet
with the approval of our members and
that person who operates an auto
mobile while under the influence Of
intoxicating liquors will be regarded
in much the same manner as an out
law, who is not entitled to the SYM
pathy or assistance of any Organiza-
tion."
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r
that the marriage of Count Boni
dc Castellane and Anna Gould,
now the Duchess Talleyrand, was
valid from the beginning
This official ratification definite
ly bars annulment of the marriage
and finally disposes Of the case.
Those who maintained that Count
Boni ultimately would succeed i'll
obtaining decision favorable to
him from the Holy See, because he
has money, must now revise their
views. Rich and poor are alike
in the eyes OF the Church when
there is a principle at stake. As
the teacher of the eternal truth
and the guardian of a morality
that draws its sanction from the
Most High, the Church must stand
for what is right no matter what
the consequences may be from the
worldly point of view. Count
Boni has learned that valid mar
riage us binding until death do
us part. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
GODDESS EVOLUTION.

Professor Wenzel, whom Ham
line University has decided to
drop from it's faculty because of
his materialistic teaching i'll re-
gard to Evolution, els now airing
his views on the lecture platform.
He still maintains that he finds no
place for God in-the world of evo-
luton. He would eliminate the
Supreme Architect Who fashioned
all things according to His own
divine plan and would make the
world, as it exists today, the re-
suit OF blind forces operating by
chance.
Professor Wenzel states his posi-
ton in the following words: 81
think the man who says there is
a master mind is just as foolish
as the man who says there. is
none. y
We would suggest that Profes.
sor Wenzel delve a little further
below the surface of things than
he. has yet gone, before he formu.
lates llnalterable conclusions from
faulty premises. He is by III
means as wise in scientific matters
as his categorical statements
would suggest.
Without entering into a discus
sion of the pros and cons of thu
case, we prefer to take the mature
judgment of men who are recog
nized as leaders ILL the scientific
world, all of whom differ from
their learned confrere Of the Mid
way institution To cite only one
The great French scientist
Fabre, who died a few months
ago, was led by his lifelong stud,
of animal instinct to recognize TIL,
existence and action Of God in tn,
universe. He sums up his belle
III a master mind = in the follow
ing paragraph:
E After eighty.seyon years o
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while the roof, with it's curved timbers
of oak, has now been completed.
Walking thence into the little cell OF
the Prior, through the 14th century
doorway, it was found to be what it
had been when the Prior himself occu-
pied it, It's Gothic window overlOoks
the west. Descending by II few steps,
an entrance was made to the large
hall. Here was noticed an important
change, for now all the old oak roof
screen and windows have been re-
placed and this fine hall now looks a
very handsome apartment. The oak
floor has also been renewed. The
guests dormitory, at the southernmost
end of the building, is nestled tight
i'm Under the old oak roof, the beams
of which descend to the floor level,
making it quaint, interesting little
place. 'H :" e2fa' }
The massive Norman work through
out shows in the walls, which are
three feet in thickness, the Norman
windows having wide Splays, and the
vaultinS supported on massive cir.
carved caps and bases of great inter
est The work undertaken is one of
extreme Importance, and while the
restoration has already lasted a con-
siderable time, many months must yet
elapse ere this interesting research is
adequately completed. The Priory is
being restored at the expense of the
Exeter City Council, who purchased it.
When completely restored it will
secure for future generations an ex-
ample of one of the old Catholic re-
ligious houses of Exeter, for, alas! all
remains Of the Augustinian, Domini-
can, and Franciscan Houses of this
ancient city are gone. Nevertheless,
| Exeter people are daily reminded of
the ancient presence of the Friars in
their city, for certain parts of the
| borough still bear such names as
"Friars Walk THE Friars," "Friars
Terrace" etc.
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Continued from page ID
"EVERYMAN" At ST. GATHERINGS

causes the adult to allegorize and
symbolic. This, too, is why the
"Everyman' morality took qualities
and virtues that were shadowy and
elusive in the soul, and made them
stride across the stage as palpable
persons of flesh and blood. Miss
Ryan's Fellowship crystallized
thousand memories, as he slapped
Eyeryman ON the back, promised
riotous and roaring and enjoyment,
and hastily fled away at the mention
of death. You recalled the endear-
ments of relations when the Winsome
Misses Murphy and Mcclure gushed
their greetings to Everyman; but you
also remembered how kindred can
grow cold when these two young
ladies found it necessary to depart
before the threatening storm. Miss
Monahan as Goods made you feel
how hard q bargain the matcrialist
can drive ut his counter in this world,
and how poor a figure he cuts when
there is question of the next. Indeed,
colour glittered, and life flashed, and
emotion pulsed throughout the piece,
and, ii it was a sermon. it was ser
mon whose texts and thoughts leaped
at you with the sting of living ITSELF
Moreover, the groupings were effec-
tive throughout so that you had the
energy and hustle of Goods on the
one side to emphasize the helpless
ness and chains of Good Deeds on the
other. Again, Miss Hurley's knowl-
edge with all the pomp and poise Of
cap and gown, pointed out to Confess
sion, Beauty, Strength. Discretion,
and Five-Wits the part that each has
to play in the drama Of life, and you
we're beholding ritual, while you
seemed only to have stumbled on an
episode.
Throughout the play, the dexterous
use of the lighting showed you that
| steadily veil after veil was being
lifted from the soul of Eyeryman, and
| you felt to the full the transformation
from the glitter and tinsel in which
he was CARRIED at the outset to the
robe of Franciscan pcnitence in
which he is armoured at the close.
What the unknown dramatist who
wrote this morality Of the folk has
done is to put on the stage that con-
flict into which every human being
is more or less flung on his death-bed;
or, put differently, he makes the whole
pageant of your life pass before you,
as might happen if you were suddenly
face to face with death by drowning.
For this reason. aEveryman after all
the Years is still moist with tears Of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

Commenting Oh the letter which
was sent by Pope Benedict
through Cardinal GaSparri, Sccrc-
tary Of State, to the American
Jews Committee, and which was
published i'll Il recent issue Of The
Catholic Bulletin, Herman Bern
stein writes i'll "The American
Hebrew:
Among all the Papal Bulls
ever issued with regard to the
Jews throughout the history Of the
Vatican, there is no statement that
equals this direct, unmistakablc
plea for equality for the Jews and
against prejudice on religious
grounds. The Bull issued by In
nocent ", declaring the Jews in
noeent of the charge Of using
Christian blood for ritual pur-
poses, while Il remarkable docu-
ment, was, after all, merely a
statement of fact, whereas the
present statement by Pope Bene-
diet Nv is plea against religious
prejudice and persecution
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
voDKALEss RUSSIA.

1t is no abuse of language to say
that the Gar by his ukasG promul-
gated at the commencement of hostili-
ties, prohibiting the sale of vodka
throughout his dominions transformed
the Russian peasant into a sober per-
son. The vodka habit had become all
integral part of the peasants daily
life; by it's Supplying influence he
was able for at least q time to escape
the drcariness, the drudgery and the
graynesS of life, and if it did not en-
able him to withstand the petty tyrant
of his fields, the temporary Nirvana
it induced made that person for the
time being of less than no account.
By stroke of the pen the Car has
released his people from a thraldom
that degraded and demoralized, and
even in the short space Of time that
has elapsed since the decree was put
into force, its effects are obvious. The
hundreds of millions formerly spent in
the vodka shops now remain III the
peoples pockcts-the millions Of
working days wasted i'll paying liba-
tionS to the dear little water" and
recovering from its effects, are utilized
in earning money, and the result is
that in all the villages there is an
air of prosperity and money that can
be felt This is all to the good, but
care must be taken that virtue is not
to be it's own reward; money Is not
everything, and the dullncss and gray
ness Of life still exist. A strong effort
should be made to brighten the daily
routine of the peasant, and we are
glad to learn that something in this
direction is being done by the cstab-
lishment of peoples houses '-reading
rooms and the cinematograph. Nor
ally, Russia is incomparably stronger
than she was year ago, and the pray
er of us all is that she may continue
to rise on stepping-stones of her dead
self to higher things.-LoRdoR cath
Ollie URiUcrSc.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
ANCIENT BENEDICTINE PRIORY
WORK OF RESTORATION AT ST.
NICHOLAS ABBEY IN
EXETER, ENG.

During the past ten months, at st.
Nicholas Priory, Exeter, England, an
ancient Benedictine House which is
being restored by the Exeter City
Council, further improvements have
been carried out, under the skilled
guidance of the Catholic architect, Mr..
Lewis Tonar, and the building is shap-
ing out to it's old lines. The exterior
windows have again got their old iron
and loaded work replaced, with the
colored arms of historical personages
who once resided there. These include
the arms of Battle Abbey, showing
that once this Priory was under the
abbey jurisdiction of Battle; also the
Royal arms of England in Tudor
times; and the arms of two members
of Parliament, who once lived there,
viz, John Granville and William
Hurst, who, no doubt, after the dis
solution of the Priory in about 1880,
resided in this building. There also
are the arms of the See of Exeter and
those of the city of Exeter.
The ancient monastic kitchen has
now grown like to its former shape OF
many centuries past. The windows
have been opened out and re-glazed,
and the doorways formed, while the
large fireplaces at the sides. with their
stone ovens, now show in original
shape.
Ascending the narrow winding stair
case of stone steps from this kitchen
into the Prior's room, one notes that
the old stone doorways have now oak
doors, hung with LONE iron HINGES,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

The current issue of the "Acta
Apostolicae Sedis," gives the Off
cial decree concerning the eccle-
siastical changes recently made i'll
Western Canada. According to
it, the information already given
out is authentic. a new ecclesias-
teal province is established i'll
Saskatchewan with Regina as the
Metropolitan See and the Diocese
of Prince Albert as sutfragan.
Bishop Matthew of Regina becomes
first Archbishop of that See, The
eastern half of the former Diocese
Of st. Boniface is reserved to that
ancient See with Archbishop
Bcliveau as Metropolitan; and the
western portion constitutes the
new Archdiocese of Winnipeg,
Immediately subject to the Holy
See. The Archbishop-elect is the
Right Reverend Mgr. Sinnott OF
Ottawa, the date Of whose conse-
Grafton has not yet been set. The
publication Of this apostolic letter
sets at rest the rumors of impend-
ing changes current for some
months and confirms officially the
original announcement already
given out.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

The "mock wedding" ceremony
as a form Of entertainment for
prospective brides who have been
public school teachers is not
likely to prove very popular i'll
Minneapolis in view of the caustic
criticism, directed against those
responsible for the affair Of last
week by several of the local pas
tors. 1t seems plans were made
for mock marriage ceremony at
the Pierce school as one feature
of a reception i'll honor Of two
members Of the teaching staff.
As soon as the news became pub
lie, Father O'Brien Of st. Thomas
Church, characterized the bur
lesque as "a violation of good
taste, an insult to those who be-
lieve i'll the solemnity of mar
riage." Father Cullen Of the Pro
Cathedral declared a mock we'd
ding to be a smear sacrilege.
"The, only thing that saves it from
absolute blasphemy, " lie con
tinued, is the invincible ignor-
ance Of those who undertake it. y
a number of Protestant ministers
and Jewish Rabbis added their
protest. It is time that this and
other forms of religious burlesque
should be frowncd upon by all
who have the public welfare at
heart. and especially by school
teachers who arc supposed to
know better. The world is getting
away from the religious idea of
marriage and its consequences
rapidly enough without the as
sistance of those who are expected
to attune the minds of the youth
Of our land to higher things.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

In church and school, from
priest and Sister, the children
preparing for first communion and
confirmation are receiving special
instructions i'll Christian Doctrine.
This is an important work, hav-
ing far-reaching consequences not
only for the child but for the
Church. 1t lays the foundation
for a life OF faith and piety and a
career of intelligent usefulness in
the service Of religion, all OF which
rebounds to the well-being of the
Church in this country. Parents
should see to it that their chill
dren take fullest advantage OF
the opportunity thus afforded
them for the acquisition of right
eouSness and knowledge. Fidelity
IN attending catechetical instruc.
tions will enable the rising gen.
GRAFTON Of Catholics to sanctify
the Lord Christ i'll their hearts
being ready always to satisfy
every one that asketh them rea.
son for that hope which is il
them"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
AN UNUSUAL DECORATION
ROOM ADORNED WITH 86 WARE
/ ETIEs OF POSTAGE STAMPS
| WORK REQUIRED TIRE {
! MONTHS.

Rev. Alexander Bucci, rector of st.
Peters, Los Angeles, Cal, is proudly
displaying large room whose walls
and ceiling are adorned with cancelled
postage stamps, says the Los Angeles
s'Tidings." The result of his labors is
a real work Of art. Practically every
inch of the space has been covered,
and the figures not only give evidence
of hard work, but exhibit as well Senu,
inc decorative genius.
Father Bucci used in all 10i,902
stamps. There are eighty-six varieties,
of which twenty-six are American, the
remaining sixty belonging to thirty
two foreign countries. These were col
lected during nine years, and the
actual work of decorating the room
took three months.
On the. ceiling are large American
and Italian flags. Each red stripe of
the former is made of different kind
of two-cent United States stamp.
The stars are accurately cut out 3Qf
the field of blue stamps. The Italian
flag is just as remarkable, the arms
on the white center displaying no lit
tie ingenuity. Between the two flags,
on a background of yellow two-cent
United States stamps, the name of the
rector appears in blue letters, each of
which is made of the stamps of diff
ferent country
Around the room, just below the
ceiling, runs conventional Greek
border pattern, whilst the walls them
selves are adorned with a diamond
shaped design in green stamps on a
background OF red two-cent United
States stamps. The lower parts of
the walls have been treated to give a
mosaic effect.
Father Bucci decorated room in
similar fashion in his native Italy,
but he says that this new work is
much more ambitious than was his
former effort,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
PROHIBITS LIQUOR ADVERTISING.

A citizen Of Alabama who purchases
copy OF Puck or some other maya
zine of Il similar type from a news
dealer or newsboy nowadays will
have his curiosity aroused by the
blotches of black ink painted over GER
tain advertisements. If he seeks an
explanation for this censorship of
papers in times of peace, he will be
reminded that there is Oh the statute
books of Alabama a law forbidding
liquor or beer advertisements in news
papers or other publications and for
bidding the sale of publications print
ed in other sections of the country il
they contain liquor advertisements.
These laws are as drastic as they
can be made without preSuming to
interfere with the United States mails.
They forbid the sale of any newspaper
or other publications from any other
part of the country found to contain
liquor or beer advertisements, which
of course makes it illegal to sell them
at news stands or by newsbOyS. They
may be received in homes or at places
of business through the mails or by
regular subscribers. In order TO be
sold on the streets or i'll news stands
it is necessary for such publications
to publish special Alabama editions
containing no liquor advertisements.
AS the most practical way to get
around the difficulty, the newsdealers
of Alabama employ people to paste
or paint over the liquor advertise
ments in all their publications before
they offer them for sale.
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human things, and as you looked at
last Saturdays performance. it did not
need much imagination to conjure up
the comments that peasants and
simple folk passed OH it as they
watched it's unfolding in the long ago.
Of these things, too, you were remind
ed as the immemorial strains of the
Requiem" and the Dies Irae" stole
through the acting, and the little
acolytes, who made believe so well,
wendell their way in dignified process
sion across the stage. A special word
of praise Isl due to the director, who
devised the beauty of the final tableau,
and who must have been largely
responsible for the spirit Of high
artistry, which breathed in every
detail of the production. The per
Torrance was given again on Sunday
afternoon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
HAVE NOT PRODUCED GOOD
FRUIT.

Archbishop Bruchesi, of Montreal,
does not share that panic of prohibit
ton which seems to have attacked
some Catholics in this country In a
letter addressed to the parishioners
of st. Rose, and reproduced in FAC
ton Sociale," the Archbishop says:
Men of good will, aided and sus,
tanned by your devoted priests, have
undertaken to put an end to the traffic
in Intoxicating liquors in your com
nlunity by enforcing the so-calIed pro-
hibition law. We deem it our duty
to tell you that they have our cordial
approval. The saloons have
nowhere produced good fruit. In
places where the sale OF liquor is pro-.
hibited, on the contrary, economy is
practiced, the laws of morality are
more thoroughly respected, piety is
better understood, peace. reigns i'm the
families. In this hattie
against alcohol politics plays no part.
The only question at issue is that of
good morals and patriotism, rightly
understood"
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Catholic hotel keepers who al
low "The Gideons" to place
Protestant Bibles in their guest
rooms should see to it that Catho-
lie versions OF the Holy Scrip
lures are also provided. There is
no reason why any hotel keeper
should discriminate against his
Catholic patrons by failing to
keep a copy of the Catholic Bible
in their rooms. 1t might be a
good move for Catholic societies
to learn lesson from the activity
of the Gideons i'll supplying hotels
with Bibles. 1t would be a good
missionary work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

The Associated Press says that
His ExcclIcncy the Papal Delegate
called at the White House last
week with a note from the Holy
Father to President Wilson which
is said to contain some sort Of
peace proposals. The contents of
the note have not been made pub
lie. 1t would not surprise any one
who knows how interested the
Holy Father is i'll bringing about
Il cessation Of hostilitics among
the warning nations, to learn that
he is trying TO interest the United
States i'll work which is so dear
to his paternal heart.
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thought and observation, / do not
say that | merely believe i'll God /;
| can even say that / see Him.
Without Him l understand moth
ing,-all is darkness. Not only
have | kept this conviction in spite
OF my studies, but it has become
stronger and deeper because Of
the same studies. Every epoch
has its fads: atheism is, in my
opinion, one of the fads of the
present day And he added,
smiling: Il should rather be
haycd alive than Irelinquish my
belief i'll God"