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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
LONG WINTER EVENINGS.

One of the problems that con-
front many persons, especially in
this northern cline, is how to
spend their winter evenings. Var
ious forms of amusement are i'm
provised and body and mind are
given gentle relaxation. One
method, however,. which is usu-
ally neglected would tend to work
"a vast Improvement in many
ways in the minds of both young
and old. 1t seems to be an estab-
|lished fact that many of our Cath
Ollie people do not read enough.
III hey have IN the history OF tneIr
tCssrsci., rur tivc1fi.,vs, ssa.ss ti,v
wonderful careers of so many OF
her members, an unsurpassed rec
ord of heroic achievement. This
record constitutes a veritable
mine, never-ending source OF
mental improvement A consist
ent course of reading carried on
through the winter months will
instruct and elevate the mind. II
viii tend to bring forth a fuller
appreciation of the beauty and
the grandeur of modern civiliza-
ltion when seen through the eyes
lof Christianity which has pro
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
WHAT ENGLISH CATHOLICS DO
FOR THEIR soLDIERs-AsslsT-
ANCE THAT CATHOLICS CAN
GIVE FOR, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL
AND BODILY WELFARE OF EN-
LISTED MEN.

In a little booklet, How to Help
Catholic Soldiers" issued but recently
by the Catholic Social Guild of Eng
land, Rev. Charles Platter, S. j., well
known for his excellent contributions
to Catholic social work, gives us
most interesting and stimulating sur
vey of what English Catholics are do
ing for the, r OWn in the army. The
long list of activities and agencies at
work to make war less unsafe for the
faith and morals of the English boys
makes very edifying and good reading,
observes an exchange.
We find that there are societies
having for their object the securing Of
suitable opportunities for the boys of
hearing Mass, going to confession and
communion and of practicing their re-
ligion without hindrance. Other forces
are engaged in safeguarding them
from the social evil, from drink and
bad companions. Others again are de-
voting time wand energy to supplying
the needs of spiritual aids and objects
of devotion, good reading and recrea-
ton. The work being done here by
the Knights of Columbus is done in
England and in France by the Catho-
die Huts Council, formed by repre-
sentatives of a great number of Cath
Ollie societies.
In this connection, as is pointed
out, it is well to note, that Catholic
societies in the towns where soldiers
are quartered can be of great
assistance in caring for the spiritual
and bodily welfare of the soldiers, a
useful hint for our societies in our
own country.
Other small chapters deal with hos
pltal visitation, securing employment
and recreation for the convalescent.
So too retreats have been held for
those coming and those going from
and to war. During 1916 sixteen such
retreats We're held with notable re-
suits. Catholic nurses form a special
guild and, according to the account
given, render notable spiritual aid.
Then there is the Catholic soldiers
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
PURCHASERS MAY PAY FOR THEM
IN FULL OR IN INSTALL.
MENTS.

A purchaser may pay in full for his
Liberty Loan Bonds at the time of
making his application or, if he SO
prefers, he can take advantage of the
installment plan and pay two per cent
on application, eighteen per cent on
November Is, 1917, forty per cent on
December Is, 1917, and the remaining
forty per cent on January Is, 1918.
although so far as the government
is concerned the purchase price for
the bonds must be paid as above,
nearly every bank in the coun-
try will make arrangements by which
Liberty Loan Bonds can be paid on an
installment plan providing for weekly
or monthly payments, and a great
many employers will make the same
arrangement for their employees.
Payment can be made to the treas
ury department or to any one of the
Federal Reserve banks, but purchas-
ers are urged to make their payments
to the banks or other agencies with
whom they placed their subscriptions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

the marriage bonds, are, known to
all students Of history as the un-
DERIVING cause of ancient Roman
decadence. Looking around us at
home, writer's and thinkers con-
|tlnually point to the fact that the
old so-called American stock in
the East is fast dying out, while
the humber and more vigorous
blood imported from foreign
shores is fast taking it's place. The
result OF such state of things,
even from the natural and the
economic standpoint, is every
where showing itself. In many
sections OF the country the So
Icalled native stock has been so
cut up and dwarfed by the en-
tanglements of divorce and other
allied evils, that foreign elements
Ia their midst now possess the
re1ns OF power. This is but, the
inevitable result of tampering
with the marriage bond. From
the Christian or the Catholic
viewpoint, the evils Of divorce
and OF trial marriage are among
those sins which are constantly
crying to heaven for vengeance.
Is it too much to hazard the con
lecture that this evil may be one
OF the causes which have deter
mined an all-wise Providence to
purify the world by the present
confagration which is striking
down millions of human beings,
by branding countless numbers
with suffering, and Christening the
spirit Of others?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
ALCOHOL PREPAREDNESS.

Preparedness impossible without
alcohol is the faring lad" going
the rounds in the papers. How true
this is! Alcohol prepares, as recent
statistics show, for the penitentiary,
the poorhouse and the insane asylum
1t prepares for many a war between
countless husbands and wives. 1t
prepares loving hearts for hate, and
happy homes for hunger No war,
either for the defence of the country,
the home, or the individual, was ever
prepared for by the manufacture of
drink. 1t is bullets and not bottles,
not beer but Drawn and brains, not
drink but drill that prepare nation
for the conflict. Less staggering
and more kneeling is required today.
IToy-Makers and the Cause.
The Swiss, who are famous toy
makers, have used their natural
cleverness along this line in behalf
of the temperance cause. For in
stance, to show how large percent
age of crime is due to alcohol, rep
resentation of one of the prisons is
given with little doll inmates, first
the actual number, and then the
number which would be left if all the
alcohol-inspired criminals we're re-
moved. An experiment tried on GER
tain regiments to show whether or
not they could march better after
taking beer, is represented graphical
ly, so that the answer is plain at a
glance. These illustrations of facts
favorable to temperance are always
certain of interest at exhibitions.
Whisky In Patent Medicines.
Representative Meeker of Missouri
has called the attention of Congress
to the fact that there are TAG patent
medicines listed in the Internal
Revenue Bureau as containing alco-
hol. Many of these preparations
contain from 16 to 500 of alcohol.
There are IA which contain from so
to. $40 of alcohol One Jamaica
ginger, made in Pennsylvania, con-
tains 93.509o.
II don't see how any informed man
could continue to abolish beers and
light wines, and legislate in favor of
patent medicines, when one of the
latter has 1870 alcohol, 20 times as
much as beer" said Mr.. Meeker.
"One Bone Liniment' manufac-
tured in Michigan contains $40 alco-
hol. On the bottle are instructions
as to how much a mother should put
into milk for the baby. You will not
wonder where alcoholism is coming
from in this country"
Sacred Heart Reufeu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
MISSIONS AND COLLEGES.

Within the past few years the
cause Of our Catholic missions
has been presented from many
angles. The great Catholic organi-
cation, The Society for the Propa-
cation of the Faith, has extended
its beneficent work into hitherto
untravelled channels. Through
the zeal and energy of its promot-
ers the sympathetic encourage
ment of the Hierarchy has been
enlisted. Local branches Of the
Society have been organized far
and wide. The parochial unit
seeks to specialize the work by
reaching every individual. The
systematic plan on which this
work is conducted is already en-
surfing it a large and merited
measure of success. Already
America is awakening to the debt
of gratitude which she owes to so
many pious Catholics of other
countries who aided so nobly in
laying the foundation in this
country Of that glorious structure,
the American Church, which is
our pride and our possession to-
day
Missionary enthusiasm has
opened up new avenue of ex-
ploration. That busy hive of
Jealous activity located at Tech
ny, ILL.,, has inaugurated a new
movement to reach hitherto un-
tapped sources Of useful action.
The first number of the Student
Mission Crusade is at hand. 1t
presents plan of organization
among students in our Catholic
colleges to promote the welfare
of our Catholic missions. That
the movement is a laudable and
business-like proposition, destined
to throw immense support to the
missions, is beyond a doubt. AS
an example of what can be
achieved along this line it is in
teresting to read an article by the
Rev. Joseph Husslein, S. j., which
appeared in America.
Father Husslein traces the char
acter of the Protestant Student
Volunteer movement which began
in 1882, in the University Of Cam
bridge, England. Thirty years
after the first conference of Amer
lean and Canadian students, in
1885, the Student Volunteer
movement had extended to 1,500
educational institutions of every
class in the two countries. In less
than this time it had actually
placed in the mission field $40
Istudents and had girdled the
globe with it's army of volunteers.
If such results have been achieved
by the Protestant Volunteer
movement, there is no reason to
doubt of the ultimate success of
such a work in our Catholic col
leges by whomsoever it may be
Iinaugurated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

One rotten apple will spoil a
barrel of apples, and one bad
example may demOralize a COM
munity, observes the Catholic
Mirror. You notice we say twill"
In the one case and may" in the
other. One rotten apple will spoil
q barrel because IN anpleS there
:t ;>et ;,s
evils In man there is. God has
planted His grace I'M the souls of
men so that they can resist evil if
they try. That is why a bad
example may corrupt commune
ty. If you are one of a COM
munity, aud realize that you are
subject to a bad influence, fight
it with all the strength that is in
you. You can fight it, and that's
where you have natural advantage
over the apple, which succumbs
because it can't resist. You can
resist. Don't be an apple!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
IN AID OF THE SOLDIERS

correspondence guild which can show
a very creditable record of 1000 cases
of putting Catholic soldiers, sick or
disabled prisoners in touch with their
relatives and friends. In the care for
prisoners of war the English Catho-
lies are cooperating with the British
Red Cross.
Father Platter adds great many
timely suggestions on such topics as
Insurance and Pensions" pointing
out how Catholics can secure these
aids; Employment and Aftercare,"
suggesting ways and means for work
! in this direction; Hospitality and
Home Visiting" "Blind Soldiers"
Social Life and Recreation In this
| regard we cannot but quote the sug-
gestive words of the reverend author.
for they contain very useful hint for
our own work in the days to come.
| Another vast problem he writes,
calling for careful consideration of
the Catholic body, will arise after the
war, and we should begin to think
about it at once. The men DISCHARGED
from the army and returned to their
parishes will feel the abrupt change
from army life to home life. They
Will want to meet other men who have
been in the army, with whom they can
talk over the past. They will be crav-
! ing for the spacious cheerfulness of
the canteen and recreation hut, with
its movement and noise. Are we to
leave these habits to find their outlet
! in the public house or the non-Catho-
lie institute? 1t is a great chance of
developing our Catholic mems clubs:
but they will have to be made more
attractive than they have sometimes
been in the past. No parish, after the
war, should be without a club of this
Sort
Finally the Soldiers and Sailors Re.
QUEEN fund, which provides for a. last.
ing endowment in the form of a
church built to commemorate the
Catholic dead and to provide a per-
petual memorial for them in daily
Masses to be said for their eternal re-
pose, suggests to us one form of spir
itual charity we must not overlook.
/ We, though not yet in so acute a
form, are face to face with a multi
tude of problems arising from the care
OF the soldiers of our own faith. II
Will be well for us if we are broad.
minded and generous enough, to learn
from those who have attempted and
done much in this field.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
TEMPERANCE AND The ARMY.

y
General John F. O'Ryan, comman-
der of the National Guard of New
York, who fearlessly blazed the s'bone-
dry trail for soldiers, by last year
putting his 10000 New York troops on
the Rio Grande ION the water wagon
wiping out drunkenness and lawlesS-
ness from his division has been COM
missioned by President Wilson and
the Senate as Major General of the
United States Army.
Major General Organ will take
''bone-dry" division of $4,000 men to
France In an address just issued to
every man, from brigadier-general
down to private, General Organ says
you are about to engage actively
in war, the greatest war in the worlds
history. The majority of the soldiers
of the division are young men. Their
| future careers are to be affected
nightly by what they do and how
| they act during the period of the war
| Right among your comrades in the
ranks of the division today are future
leaders in public life-governors,
mayors, ministers, financiers, manu-
facturers, educators, and great SOL
diers.
In all probability there are some
whose lives will be complete failures.
In which group do you propose to be?
Have you thought of this?
Efficiency cannot exist if we are to
permit booze in any form in our mil
itary machine. Alcohol, whether you
call it beer, wine, whisky, or by any
other name, is breeder of inefficiency.
While it affects men differently, the
results are the same, in that all af-
fected by it cease for the time to be
normal. Some become forgetful,
other quarrelsome; some become
noisy, some get sick, some sleepy;
others have their passions greatly
stimulated.
when youlstop to consider the thou
sands in a division, do you not see how
vital to efficiency is the elimination
of liquor? If one officer or man is
permitted to use liquor, then others
will claim the right to do so. How can
a division of troops be ever ready
ever up on the bit to drive ahead or
thrust back the enemy drive-if
through the presence of this insidious
evil some soldiers forget their orders
or become noisy when silence is es-
sential, fall asleep when every faculty
should be alert, or are absent from
their posts?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
DRAFTED

They've chosen you, son, for the work
to do,
You are picled for the foremost
line,
To follow your country's flag afar,
To battle for every stripe and
star,
To conquer for yours and mine;
Sons of land of blood true blue,
Out of the many, the one is you
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you, son, that your
name may stand
In the epoch that you will write;
That never again the world may
know,
The heartless hand and the cruel
blow
Of q ruthless monarch's might;
That never again, a helpless land
a tyrant pitiless need withstand,
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you, son, from the
flower of youth
To herald lasting peace;
To prove to the world that the aid
we give
Is proffered that justice and right
may live,
And despotic power must cease;
That up from the bloodstained sod
the truth
Must spring, eternally born, foresooth,
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you, son, you're the
one they ask
To battle a foreign foe;
To a distant strand mid the hell
Of war,
You are the one who must bear
afar
Our banner, that all may know
That we gre CIR 5es. to the righteous
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
NO BOOZE; FEW ARRESTS.

During recent strike troubles in
Kansas City, Mo-, police commission
ers closed the saloons I'm the West
Bottoms, on the state line between
Missouri and Kansas. The mayor OF
the Kansas side, Mr.. MendenhalI, re-
quested that as long as there was any
danger of trouble the places be kept
closed. He said he doubted II there
would have been any trouble at all
except for the saloons. tf
During the three days OF the prohi-
bition the Kansas side police docket
was lighter than ait any similar period
for three years. With no booze or
tafnable on the border, there were few
arrests ON the Kansas side. Six bone
dry law violators taken from Kansas
trains were found TO be nonTesidenfs
OF the state,
Although the vicious and criminal
character Of the border saloons has
been pointed out from time to time
the police commissioners continue 10
license these places,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

All over the world people are
dying at every minute of the day,
says The Almanac of the Sacred
Heart. 1t is estimated that 100000
souls pass to their judgment dur
ing each twenty-four hours. That
is an average of 100 souls every
minute. Some undoubtedly are in
dire need of grace at that awful
moment. Lovers of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus should often reflect
on the truth that grace is surely
given in answer to prayer, and be
induced to pray for those in their
agony.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

The discovery of America cost
little more than $1,000, at least
so say some documents that were
found in the archives of Genoa
recently. These documents give
the value of Columbus first fleet
as $4,000. The great admiral was
paid salary of 5000 a year, the
two captains who accompanied
him received salary of 5000 each,
and the members of the crew were
paid at the rate of $3.50 a month
each. From this it can be seen
that it did not take much money
to find this glorious land, but like
other things, the upkeep these
days is tremendous.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

y
The October % number OF the
Catholic Mind is made up of two
papers which those interested in
apologetics viii find very valu-
able. In Joan of Are s Catholic
Prosecutors = Terrence j. Con-
molly, S. j., examines the mislead-
ing notions of the Church s atti-
tude to the Maid'of Orleans which
a widely exhibited photo-play
gave the public during the past
year. The other article in the
number is a discerning apprecia-
ton, by John c. Reville, S. j., OF
James Balmes,' the great
Spanish Catholic apologist of the
early half of the nineteenth cen
fury.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

A certain educator is quoted
to the effect that he would shoot
his wife and children were the
Kaiser to capture America. Is
this cheap advertising for sensa.
tional notoriety, or lis it but a
token of a diseased mind. In
either case it's moral elevation
would entitle it to a place in the
life history of some Hottentot
moron.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

Out of the depths do they cry,
the poor souls who are now real
ling the awfulness of even a so.
called slight fault. Perhaps the
friend whose hand you held in
death, whose last feeble words
you received as a priceless treas.
ure of love, perhaps even he is al
this moment expiating some long.
forgotten venial otfense. Will
you refuse him the solace of a
prayer, Of an aspiration?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
Seven Pounds Limit
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
IN FRANCE MUST BE LIGHT.

Christmas 'resents and other gifts
from home for American soldiers i'm
France must be restricted to parcels
of not more than seven pounds each.
The postofice department announced
that it had been informed by the
American postal authorities In France
that under the arrangements with the
French railways the French postal
service IL unable to carry in the par
eel post packages I'm excess of seven
pounds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
WEAKENING MARRIAGE
BONDS.

One of the commandments Of
God which has been continuously
assailed by the perversity of man
is the injunction: What God has
joined together let no man put
asunder." Established for the
highest and hottest purpose in the
order Of nature and Of the divine
plan, marriage has ever been at
tackled by those who would per-
vert the laws of the Most High.
The sacred bond which unites
man and woman. be they Chris
tians or pagans, bears upon it
the impress of Natures approval
as well as. the sanction of God
Himself. Springing from a COM
mon stock, our first parents, the
human race was destined by God
to extend it's ramifications in
countless directions.
Marriage has both a subjective
as well as an objective purpose.
It is intended to promote the
moral and spiritual Well-being of
those who enter its sacred pre-
cincts. For the few, this welfare
is attainable in the single state
for the majority, it follows nat
urally from the conditions of
welded life. This welfare is pro-
NOTED only when certain rules
and requirements are observed.
Disregard the underlying prin-
ciples of this state, tamper with
the sacred bonds which unite two
persons, refuse compliance with
the obligations which this state
entails, and the subjective nature
of marriage both as a contract
and as a sacrament will quickly
be impaired.
The well-being of the human
race as whole depends upon the
successful attainment of the OBJ
jective nature of marriage. This
objective nature includes the per-
petuation, both numerical and
moral, of the race. One of the
conditions necessary for it's sue
cessful achievement is the PERI
manency of the marriage tie. No
where else, perhaps, in the realm
of Nature is the violation of her
laws so effectively and so thor
oughly punished as is the case
where the sacred nature of mar
riage is disregarded.
Recently, a movement was in
augurated in England which pro-
posed to make marriage three
year contract. /" Sir Arthur Co
nan Doyle, the novelist, is cred
tied with being one of the lead
ers of this neo-paganism. IL it
be true that Sir Arthur has al
lowed himself to be allied with
such a cause, it is but one more
proof that highly specialized tai
ents in one line frequently expose
their owner to ridicule and COM
passion when he applies these
gifts In a foreign field.
Aside from the Christian aspect
OF marriage as a sacrament, the
very nature of this institution
makes it imperative that perma-
nency be one of its salient fea-
lures. Human beings, the units
of the race, have a right not only
to be born but also to be reared
and nurtured, to be guided, edu.
ivutru anu prurecIed. rms three.
year absurdity, liz allowed to be-
come effective, would be one steI
worse than the present preva
lence of divorce. The automatic
release, after a three years trial
would not only wreck the pros
Ipect of population increase, bu,
would also tend to hold the mar
rage state but trifie above those
depths which we are warned
SHOULD never even be mentioned
| The lack of stability in thu
home, the ease with which divorc.
! or such a trial-farce can shatte.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03

Washington, Lafayette, Pu-
laski, Barry, Paul Jones, Franz
Sigel: behold them, Americans
all, in spirit and in thought,
though tracing their lineage to as
many different lands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-03
International Federation

The three-day session of the Execu-
tive Board Of the international Fed
GRAFTON, Catholic Associations, closed
ON October III, i'm Cincinnati, Ohio,
The entire day was spent making
plans for the next convention that IL
to be held October 1G, TO 20, 1918,
inclusive, at st. Louis.