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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

prises" Mother Graham was 50 fond OF
giving her relatives Indeed, they were
frantically ringing the door bell at the
very moment | was insisting that my
husband must open the door for them.
Dieky, dusty, di,hevelled and, | knew,
regretting the obstinacy that had led
him to sor, hi, collection OF old books
and periodicals in the living room, had
tried to make the 90 to the door wish
ing TO ba,he and dress before meeting
the coldly critical eyes OF his mother
and Cousin Agatha Ii wasn't alone
a desire to punish him for his treat
ment OF inc concerning the living room
furniture that had kept me from going
to the door. actually dreaded the
storm Of amazed criticism which would
follow my mother in laws first view OF
our upset rooms.
Mother Graham Speaks.
With a muttcred anathema which ]
knew consigned me TO q place not gen
orally desirable as summer residence,
Dicky made a futile attempt TO shake
himself free Of dust and to smooth down
his rumpled hair and clothing. Then he
marched to the door with much the air
OF a man on his way 10 the seaffold,
unlocked it and threw il open,
why, mother" !" he exclaimed, and |,
lingering behind him, wondered at the
amazed delight with which he managed
to FIJI his voice Wherever did YOU
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

drop from' And Cousin Agatha, too
What delightful surprise, But why
didn't you wire US"
Don't waste any Of that talk on me,
Richard snapped his mother, while
Cousin Agatha stood with pursed-up
lips, evidently viewing with disapproval
the little domestic scene Into which she
had been ushered. Il haven't quite lost
my eyesight yet, and when'l got out Of
that ,axicab distinctly saw Margaret
and iha, jumping lack Of Katie look
ing out Of the windows They dodged
back, hut they couldn't fool me. And
now what | want 10 know is why we
were left to cool our heel, on your door
step like tramps until you got good and
ready 10 let US in"
She folded her arms and regarded Us
with the menacing look Of one who is
prepared to demand instant satisfaction
at the swords point for real or imagi-
nary wrongs ! saw that Dicky was
da,ed BY her sudden onslaught and
that, in vulgar parlance, II was "up to
me" IL the situation were TO be saved,
Dear mother" said going up to
her and putting my arms around her,
although | might as well have tried TO
embrace the cake Of Ice in the refriger.
a,or, for any response received, Vt
was terribly wrong Of me | know, but
I'm sure YOU will pardon me when you
hear my excuse,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

daytime, and at night we run with all
lights out, so that they can't see us and
It's only luck II they do SC us. and cx
traordinary luck il they should hit us,
Even then they would have to hit us
amidships to sink US, We have plenty
OF life preservcrs and life boats so we
don't worry.
I'VE expect to land Wednesday night
or Thursday morning and I'll be glad
to see land again, believe me.
I'VE have been doing lookout duty
here and | was up in the crows nest
yesterday all day. | didn't discern any.
thing. however. ! took some pictures
on board, but don't expect to be able
to send them, so you will have to wait
until | get back to see them. only
had two rolls Of films and don't know
II | can get any more there or not
TUESDAY: My ink gave out yes
terday so will add some more now
We have sighted our destroyers at last
But they should have met US the day
before yesterday but missed US.
Glad to Sec Destroyers.
I'VE sure were glad to see them.
We have gone through the last two
nights in safety and this will be the
last one, as we expect to be in port
tomorrow night and land Thursday,
That will make fourteen days on the
water. I'll sure be glad to see land
again. Our destroyers are painted all
different oolors imaginable. so as to
be able to be seen at q distance.
Last night was bad night for US
and . good night for the subs You
know we put out all the lights and
ride In the dark so that the subs can't
see us. Last night was so bad that
you couldn't see thing, but the phos-
phofesenee was so good that you could
see 4 ship q mile away by the glow of
the phosphoresence when the ship
kicked up the water Every white cap
could be seen distinctly and il looked
as II we were on sea Of fire. II sure
looked pretty, but gave us an uneasy
feeling.
I'VE saw the wake of sub las,
night but got away from 1t all o. X
They don't dare to come up in day.
light. The sub warfare has sure
been . failure. There are about 4.W
ships or more going In and out ever,
week and the subs get Oh the aver.
age Of twenty or less, which makes ar
average OF less than one. half OF on,
percent. II don't look like they could
stop Us that way.
"You will probably get this from
New York, but hereafter they will
come from France. am as we'll q,
could be and certainly did enjoy the
trip, although | would like to take |,
again after peace !, declared"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
letter THAN cAL0Nh
thousands Have Discovered d.
Edwards Olive Tablets ara
Harmless Substitute.

Dr.. Edwards Ollvs Tctlets-ths eubed.
tutc for cnlomel - nro . mild BIT eare
laxative, and their effect on tn uveg =
almost instantaneous. They ore the result
Of Dr.. EdwardS dcterminatcn NOT 10 trc.t
liver and bowel complaints win colomeL
HE efforts to bsnlrh Il brought ous these
little olive.eclMcd tablcta
These pleasant llttlo tablets Do tho good
thst calomei docA but have no bad oitsf
stscta They don't lnIurc The teeth NE
strone nquidS o. calomel Thcy THE bold
Of the trouble ana quickly correct L. WY
care tho livcT q thS expense Of ne teeos
Caloma som6times plSye havoe M -
euma 50 10 strong hquidA kieheoe ~
% Vake calomd but % Il d. E1WQdS
Olive Tablets take 10 p(9eA
Most hssdachsa ~osd1nes ~ -
hsy feeling come hon consteeA ~
8 dIsoebsred liver. Take y. UA4o6s
Olive Tablets when yoA feel JouRA
shesvy," Nots bow ther ea 49,
brsln and how thcy 'rssk ~ theeoae
70. and 25c . box Al AuorsA
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
Goshi

Some men are darker than others
But you can find Jet Black in lron,on,
Ohio.-Luke McLukc.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
Submarines Dare Not Show Up in
Daytime, Says Local Lad Who Has
Just Made Trip Over to France

waves came over the bow of the ship
and she sure did rock. The wind blew
a gale and at times we could hardly
see the other boats with Us.
On German Ship.
II was very much surprised when !
found out what ship l was on. OF
course, | knew the name il carries now,
but | found out that Il was one OF the
in,erned German ships, and the most
famous in the Germany navy, the Prince
Eitel friedrich You have probably
heard OF IT,
THE third day out was not so bad
as the second in the way OF = storm
as thc>wind had gone down, but there
was a heavy swell in the ocean and the
ship did more tricks than the day be-
fore. did not get sick, but came so
close to it that | could not tell the diff
ference
See "Subs" Signalling.
I'VE have not had much excitement
yet Last night we could see the subs
signalling back Of US, but under cover
of the darkness. We started a zigrag
course and outRuessed them. We ex.
pcct to meet our desroyers today. We
have two with us and this boat carries
eight five-inch guns aud four three inch,
and has a good crew that knows how to
shoot. A sub has no chance at all in
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
American Aviator
Has Brought Down
% Enemy Airplanes

LONDON, Oct. D.-The foremost
airman in the British army today Is Q
Canadian, but his closest rival Is an
American from Chicago who mas thus
far accounted for twenty-five German
machines.
Up TO the present II has been forbid
den to mention by name any OF the
American airmen serving in the Brit
ish army, but il is expected that this
rule will be relaxed shortly and that &C q.
counts Of the work Of several Ameri-
can members of the royal flying corps
will be issued for publication.
The total bag" of American flyers
in the British service Is now in the
neighborhood OF sixty.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

II did see you getting out Of the taxi
cab, and | ran TO tell Dicky and to
warn him to run upstairs and yet
dressed before he me, your guest, who,
Of course, did not know. You see,
Dicky has been sorting his books and
papers and you can behold for your
selves what a state he has gotten him
self into But when Dicky heard YOU
were here he insisted on coming to the
door himself, instead Of letting me ad-
NIT you first, as | wished And in ar
sulng the matter we inadvertently let
YOU wait at the door longer than we
should"
"A very ingenious story, Margaret
said my mother in-law, frigidly. dis
engaging my arm from around her
waist but you forget the very pointed
surprise which Richard just expressed
at seeing US"
(Copyright)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
"Sub" Warfare a Failure,
Says Harold MCNeeSe, Now
a Lieutenant With Forces
at Front; Tells Of the Trip
Over,

Travelling through the war ,onc in
the dark. with German submarines all
around, is not the most pleasant expert
ence, according to letter from Harold
McNeesc, son OF Mr.. and Mrs John A.
McNeese. All West Eleventh street.
The son, a first lieutenant. lived in
Oklahoma City until he wen, 10 the
officers training camps. He is a grad
uate OF the University of Oklahoma.
McNeese is now in France He left
the United States on September 7. The
letter from him, which is printed below
was written near France:
well, ! will write few lines now
IS when get ashore, | will not
have time to do that We left New
York, September 7 and have not seen
land since.
The second day out was the rough
est weather we nave had yet. The
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

Jobs 10 Jobs. a.
r. A. Chsvers runs barber shop al
2l$ Indiana avenue. indianapolis.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
REVELATIONS
QRMPe
What Hsppesed when Dicty Welcomed
His Mother At the Door.
6Y MsIs corri$en
JHERE is Katie and Jim"
w stormed Dieky. "Pll send

SSVV IHERE Is Katie and jim"
w stormed Dieky. "Ill send
w them TO open the door"
You'll do no such thing" | replied
steadily 81 have given Katie orders
not to present herself at the door, and
YOU will realize the reason for my order
II you think moment And Jim is at
the barn.
MAY remind you that your mother
is probably getting INPATIENT inn
agine that she will not consider the
welcome she is receiving as par,icu-
larly cordial one especially considering
the months she has been absent from
you"
| knew, and was a bit malicious in
my pleasure in the knowledge, that
Dioky would have given a good deal for
the privilege OF soundly boxing my
ears. His mother with a woman COM
panion, a stranger to me. whom Dicky
had guessed TO he Cousin Agatha, had
unexpectedly driven mp to the door but
few moments beiorc--onc OF the sur
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
A THOUGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR

In order that the greatest needs of
the mission field may be supplied in
preference to those not so badly
needed, the Catholic Church EXten-
sion Society wishes to announce that
they have on file over hundred req
uiSitionS for ciboria. Every requisi-
ton on file for chalices has ALREADY
been taken care of and the Extension
Society would like to suggest that
kindly disposed persons desiring to
give a gift to some poor mission
would bear in mind the fact that we
have many requests for ciboria on
hand, while we have none just now
for chalices. A gift of SIS is the
amount required to send a ciborium
to some mission.
Another article equally as sorely
needed in mission churches, and one
that the society has not been receiv-
ing donations for Of late, is candle
sticks. The society has on hand at
the present time two hundred and
eighty-five (2S5) acquisitions for can
dlesticks from priests who are now
using on the altar anything from old
cans to bottles to hold candles.
A set of six brass candlesticks to-
gether with a beautiful brass altar
crucifix will be sent to a mission i'm
mediately upon receipt of a donation
of $15.
Why not start the new year by help
ing some one less fortunate than your
self?
If you feel disposed to send dona-
ton for the purchase Of either q
ciborium or set Of candlesticks, the
Catholic Church Extension Society
$50 Mccormick Bldg, Chicago, Hi
nois, would be pleased to receive
your donation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
THE NEED OF CATHOLIC LlTERA.
TURE.

That Catholic literature is really
small towns is evidenced by the many
letters that come to the Catholic
Church Extension Society from mis-
sionaries in charge of outlying dis
tricts Of the country requesting the
Extension Society to secure litera-
ture for distribution among their par
ishioners
Rarely if ever in some rural dis
tricts can you find a Catholic paper
or book of any description. This is
due, no doubt, to the fact that in most
cases these people are just about
making a living and do not feel as
though they can even spare the
small amount that it costs to sub
scribe to some good Catholic paper.
| Without Catholic reading matter and
| with Mass perhaps but once month,
| is there any wonder that these people
| are often not as devout Catholics
as they should be?
An Oblate Father in Texas who
has charge of q number Of Mexicans
| is one of the priests who has re-
peatedly asked the Society for litera
ture for free distribution among the
people of his many missions. Last
| year the Society sent him a number
of copies of the Catholic Church from
Without and the Polemic Chat Gen
erous persons who realized the value
of placing Catholic reading matter ir
the hands of these people came for
ward with donations for the purchase
of these books Father Vachor
writes now that he would like some
copies Of the Faith of Our Fathers
This little book, paper bound, costs
10 cents, carrying charges extra.
Another priest, also from Texas
asks for a Catholic Encyclopedia. Il
is possible that someone may have
an old one he would like to sen(
on to this missionary; if not, the Elk
tension Society is in a position tt
secure very neatly and substantial
ly bound book for the small sum O
$100.
Which mission are you going tt
help?
Donations for the purchase o
Catholic literature will be grateful!
received by the Catholic Church Elk
tension Society, $50 Mccormick build
ing, Chicago, Ill.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

days the good priest rode horseback
through hostile territory to bring the
consolation of the Church to the
tepee dwellers. Now the train, or
sometimes the automobile is pressed
into service, but whatever means may
be employed for priestly journeys, the
quarterly services are never omitted
and Bunko John and Turtle Joe, men
old in years, can tell you how
curiously the first priest was regarded
by the blanketed Indians when he
came among them holding aloft the
cross and calling upon them to build
for him a church where he might
teach them the glories of Christianity.
One need not always go to the big
cities for wonders; they are often to
be found hidden by the works OF
nature And when such are found,
slowed away as this tiny little
church, they possess a charm not
known to the architecture prepared
for city eyes, and there is restful-
ness about them one can never eX-
perience where the trolley car wheels
grind and screech and the automobiles
chase one another as if in desperate
contest The little Catholic church,
hidden by pine and beech, high upon
a forest clad hill, unapproached by
road, and unseen from almost every
angle, will remain pleasant memory,
a thing to be marveled at and won
dered over as long as life lasts and
the brain remains capable of perform
ing it's functions. None but a gross
materialist could have remained I'M,
moved, viewing at close range this
little Catholic church on the bluffs OF
the classic st. CrOiX.'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

prisoner, myself by the same traders
for having interfered in behalf of the
wretched creatures; deprived for two
years, during a certain stress, of any
communication with the outside
world; obliged to make wooden shoes,
net to go barefooted; to take tin from
the mission roof and make plates of
it; to pass the night in the top Of a
tree, to escape being devoured by wild
beasts; twice shipwrecked in Lake
Tanganika, from which l was saved
once with a broken arm,-having
passed through all these hardships, l
can truthfully say that never have
found my situation so painful as now.
Formerly it was my person alone that
was in danger; now l see an impor-
tant Christian center, which I have
| fostered with endless care, in danger
of complete humiliation.
However, l still have faith that
my Master will not permit works un-
dertaken entirely for His glory to
perish. This faith alone can sustain
me in the crisis that threatens the
whole mission world as we'll as my
corner of it."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
CHOLERA CLAIMS MANY IN PHIL
IPPiNES.

about fifty of my parishioners
have died during the past few weeks
from cholera, among them six of my
best school children
1t is pltlrul, indeed, as one reads
Father Rijk's letter through, to note
the many hardships that our mission
aries endure in order that souls, SO
priceless in the eyes Of our Lord, may
not be lost. Although Father Rijk
has in his large parish many people,
they are without exception all very
poor, and many times he has been
forced to take but one meal day.
Notwithstanding the many obstacles
placed in his way-chief among them,
poverty-he finally succeeded in
erecting a rude little building that
was to serve as school, in which
he could better instruct the little ones
in the divine truths of Holy Mother
Church.
1t looks now as though this good
work must be abandoned 1t is easy
to imagine why. Father Rijk says:
you see, dear Father, missionary
has hard times of it here; but / am
young yet and don't mind it, as long
as we can go on working-it is all
for the love of Christ and the souls.
What | am afraid of is that we will
have to close our little school on &C
count of lack of funds and it looks
as though we'll have to do this, unless
some help comes to us soon.''
1t takes such little to keep up one
of these schools. Father Rijk would
feel as though he were millionaire
if he should receive a monthly gift
of $50 for the support of his school
Picture for yourself the loss to the
Church that would be the result OF
the closing of this mission school;
and then ask yourself if you CAM
send mite in order that this calam
lity might be ayerted. Do you not
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
AN IMPRESSION.

ON an almost trackless timber in
northern Wisconsin the writer came
upon a tiny Catholic church, so tiny
that he could almost touch the cell
inc by standing on tip-toe, and SO
tiny that it would have difficulty in
holding twenty-five grown people.
The tiny seats we're made for exactly
twenty people. Yet there in the deep
forest. with altar equipment complete
a tiny wicket where penitents Neel
to confess sins, tiny altar, tiny
altar railing and up over the front
door a tiny steeple with a wooden
cross at the top. What far, far cry
from the gilded dome OF matchless
st. Peters at Rome to the little
wooden church in the north woods
of Wisconsin, where every three
months a priest from Ashland makes
pilgrimage to minister to the spiritual
wants of few Indians. Small
wonder that Catholicism towers
great. grand and mighty throughout
the occident! No place is too in
significant TO escape her search for
temples to adorn. Feelings mixed
with awe and veneration took posses
sion OF us as we lifted the latch
which opened the tiny door OF this
church On a two-by-four, used to
support the tiny belfry and steeple,
hung a bronze receptacle for holy
water. 1t was empty. There had
been no services for more than two
months. Dust had accumulated in
this little vessel, and there was dust
on the tiny benches, but the altar
railing and the altar seemed as II
recently busted and all was in order.
Outside the evening winds began to
make the pines sing weird forest
SONGS. the boot Of an owl mingled
with the noises made by fussy little
stream. while far to the west could
be seen a lingering CLINT on the
waters of the majestic st. CroiX. 70
the rear and one side Of the church
rose hundreds of crosses, mostly
pine. marking the last resting places
of the braves and the sQuaWs that
had gone, not to the happy hunting
grounds, but to a heavenly abode
that welcomed them as children OF
God and followers Of the Christ.
For nearly sixty years this church
has stood, holding on high its little
wooden cross; weathering strife OF
tribes, in tribal days, and the furious
storms that sometimes rush like mad
through the land of pines. In early
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
SISTERS OF THE POOR.

The cornerstone of the new Home
of the Good Shepherd Portland, Ore,
was laid recently, by Most Reverend
Archbishop Christie. In an address
which followed the ceremony, DR.. Cal
vim S. White, who as head of the State
Health Department for six years, had
supervision over the institution con-
Quoted by the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd, declared their work a serv'
ice to God and to man.
Where can you get together such
band of noble, devoted, self-sacrific,
ing women said DR.. White, than
the Sisters Of Good Shepherd? There
are certainly no better teachers
These girls, entering this house, be
come respectable wives and mothers
and are, like burning brands, snatch
ed from the fire of ruin and DEATH
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
TWO MORE NUNS INFECTED EY
LEPROSY.

''To live in daily contact with
lepers, tending their dreadful sores
and breathing the foul atmosphere
that must surround such sufferers de-
mands heroism more than ordinary.
Human nature must at times revolt,
and then only powerful grace enables
the worker to resume the awful
task"
In this way FIR. J. B. Michotte, who
often writes to us about the asylum
at Kumbakonam, begins his letter, but
he has still sadder news to tell:
Two of our Sisters have become
infected with the dreadful malady
Accustomed to follow the stages OF
Ieprosy step by step in the asylum
they can remain in no doubt about
their fate. They have contracted lep
rosy and must henceforth live among
their charges.
Under these circumstances the
only comfort the nuns find is in the
presence of the Blessed Sacrament
At Kumbakonam there is no EXPOSE
ton. but as the franciscan Sisters a
the Burnah leper asylum have this
constant comfort, our two nuns are
going there for time. May the
Divine Presence console these noble
women and give them strength t.
bear their affliction!"