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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
READ WHILE you, ARE YOUNG.

Were l twenty-one again | should
do a great deal of reading. l believe
in reading. | don't recall having ever
read anything that didn't do me some
good l wish I had read more when
| was younger.
II were twenty-one again / should
read many books. I should read the
standard novels to get good way of
expressing my thoughts. should
study the great philosophers, but with
the temper of an iconoclast. The study
of philosophy is wonderful stimu-
lus to the intellect, but must be under
taken with a mind alert to fallacy.
Then there are books which present
actualities in statistical form and cou-
pie such statistics with authoritative
explanatory comment / refer to the
various government reports on various
subjects that engage the interest of
the man who wishes to be we'll in
formed. Our government wastes thou
sands Of dollars printing these re-
ports, which need not be wasted il
only our young men woulderead.
Read! | cannot too strongly recon-
mend good reading. Six hours each
week for serious reading is not too
much, but it may mean the difference
between $4,000 year executive and
a twenty-five dollar clerk. Read!
Learn to think with and against
the deep thinkers of the world!
AL of the time while you have been
studs ing and reading and learning to
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
PLATING

the doctor threatened to throw up
the case if | didn't quit worrying
Then | began to reason with myself
and finally got into such contented
frame of mind that believe it helped
me to get WE'LL
''But see what you missed"
Il couldn't see it," laughed Mar
gerry, and | don't see it yet l
found that the sun had not lost it's
brightness, the flowers were just as
sweet, the grass just as green, and
nobody's face had altered particle"
That's an odd way of looking at
it, said Louise reflectively.
Eyes, it is very pleasant way
answered Margery. Now, if this
party were the only one in the world
I might feel disconsolate over miss
ing it, but there are plenty more
coming, and it is so with every other
enjoyment Why, some people grum-
BILE at a rainy day, as If they thought
the sun had retired permanently
Il wish ! had your disposition -
Louise frankly avowed.
why not have one of your own
said Margery. mo one can possibly
make you discontinued If you don't
wish to be so, and when you are
contented, you can be happy all the
time, instead of only once in a
while"
1T seems like an easy lesson,
said Louise, with unusual earnest
ness. "and Margery, do believe I'll
learn it,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
MILK AND CREAM
round my castle is too poor for

around my castle is too poor for
roses
That's no reason at all, replied
the gardener. You must go to work
and make it better. Any ground can
be made fit for roses if pains are
taken to prepare it. The poorest soil
can be made rich
1t was a wise saying, and it is true
in other places than rose gardens.
Some young people say, Il can't be
cheerful" or Il can't be sWeet-tem-
pered," or II can't be forgiving," as
if they were not responsible for the
growths in their soul garden because
the soil is poor. But amy ground
can be made fit for roses and any
heart can be made fit for the loveliest
blossoms of character.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23

into visibility of his vital energies.
The results are not pictures in the
ordinary sense of that word, for they
fail to meet two decisive tests-they
do not convey any meaning at all to
''the man in the street." and even
the producer, if confronted by a new
work in his own manner, produced
by member of his own school, could
not tell what it's originator intended
to convey. He would, indeed, get an
impression of some sort, but the sort
would be determined by his own psy-
chic condition, not by that of the
painter.
Pictures more or less like these are
produced in great numbers in insane
asylums, especially by sufferers from
the form of alienation known as de-
mentia precoX, and it is to that class
that the writer of the Records article
assigns the painters of these new
schools. There is some comfort for
them, however, in the fact that in
them the process of repression toward
infantilism has been arrested, tenn
porarily at least, and perhaps per-
manently. That occasionally happens
in dementia procox, and those thus
favored by fortune are not only saved
from sequestration, but they may
even remain of some real social
value.
Of course, the elderly psychologists
who reject with such amusing mani
festations of Indignation or horror the
theorists of Freud will scorn this in
depreciation of futurism and the re-
lated eccentricities, and that ought
to start a really interesting row in
medical and art circles.
-NeLU York Times.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
THE SOLE SURVIVOR.

When the great World-War hath
ended,
And the lands beyond the sea
Deserted lie; and shattered
In their hopeless misery.
The flower of Europe's manhood
Shall have persisted utterly.
Yea. persisted by the millions, ~
In air, on sea, or shore,
Their gold and treasure squandered
AS freely as their gore,
And the homes and hearts they cher
ished
DESTROYED for evermore.
Only dotards, then, shall wander
Leading cripples in their pain),
Where slaughtered youth and yeomen
Bestrew the blood-drench'd plain:
And the widows and the weaklings
Alone lament the slain.
IT'S then an awful silence
Broods Ger the marts of trade!
The barren fields are missing
The busy plough or spade
For lusty hands that guided them
Afar, are lifeless laid.
While hearts athirst for conquest
In death are likewise stilPd;
And the fierce amor patriae
It's icy touch hath child
IT'S said, an ancient prophecy
Shall be, at last, fulfll'd.
The quaint and weird prediction
! Of Erin's sainted seer,
Anent the desolation
Of a death-devoted sphere;
| When, amid the wreck of nations
A phantom shall appear
| A solitary pilgrim,
The last of all his clan,
Shall haunt the silent highways,
Where blood, like water, ran
Till tn maids shall cry, beholdin
him,
o mother, see!-a Mani"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
HUSTLE AND GRIN.

Smile and the world smiles with yor
Knock" and you go it alone;
For the cheerful grin
Will let you in
Where the kicker is never known. !
Growl, and the way looks dreary;
Laugh and the path is bright;
For welcome smile
Brings sunshine, while
A frown shuts out the light.
Sigh, and you take in nothing;
Work and the prize is won;
For the merry man
With the backbone can
BY nothing be outdone.
Hustle! and fortune awaits you;
Shirk. and defeat is sure;
For there is no chance
OF deliverance
For the chap who can't endure.
Sing, and the worlds harmonious;
Grumble, and things go wrong.
And all the time
You are out of rhyme
With the busy, bustling throng.
Kick, and there's trouble brewing;
Whistle, and life is gay.
And the worlds in tune
Like day in June,
And the clouds all melt away.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
LET 1T PASS.

Be not swift to take offense,
Let it pass!
Anger is foe to sense,
Let it pass!
Brood not daily DER wrong
Which will disappear ere long,
Rather sing this cherry song,
Let it pass!
Strife corrodes the purest mind,
Let it pass!
AS the unregarded wind
Let it pass!
Any vulgar souls that live
May condemn without reprieve,
'Tis the noble who forgive;
Let it pass!
Echo not an angry word,
Let it pass
Think how often you have erred,
Let it pass!
Since our joys must pass away
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay?
Let it pass.
If for good you're taken i'll,
Let it pass!
Oh, be kind and gentle still!
Let it pass!
Time at last makes all things straight !;
Let us not resent, but wait,
And our triumph shall be great;
Let it pass!
Bid your anger to depart.
Let it pass!
Lay these homely words to heart,
Let it pass!
Follow not the giddy throng;
Better to be wronged than wrong,
Therefore, sing the CHEEKY song,
Let it pass!
- T7jdpnfJfpd
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
INGREDIENTS OF SOAP.

White soaps are usually made OF
olive oil, cottonseed oil or other fine
vegetable oils and carbonate of soda.
Common household soaps are usually
made of soda and tallow, and yellow
soap is generally composed of talloW,
resin and soda to which palm oil is
added in some cases. Marine soap,
or "sea SOAP" which will lather and
dissolve in sea water, as we'll as in
fresh water, is usually made OF cocoa
nut oil, soda and water. Soft soaps
are made with potash instead of soda
and with whale oil, seal oil, or the
oils of linseed, rape seed, hemp seed
or cotton seed with the addition OF a
little tallow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
TWO CLASSES OF DEBTS.

"Avoid useless and unnecessary
debt as you would a pestilence,' adj
vises a successful financier. There
are two classes of debts. One is con-
structive credit, and the other is a
destructive credit. On one hand a
farmer or business man may borrow
to buy more land, more stock, build
improvements. On the other hand
borrowing may be done simply to buy
an automobile or to spend in some
way that the investment itself may
not pay back the loan"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
AVOID MAKING DEBTS.

The woman who is trying to build
up for herself a trustworthy and low
able character should reflect often
and deeply on the danger of debt,
even though the firm or the indi-
vidual who may be her creditor be
immensely rich. Especially, however,
she should avoid debts to persons of
her own or an humber financial con-
dition. Your dressmaker, your mill
liner, the widow who keeps the
smallware shop within few blocks
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
INVESTMENT SECURITIES

disagree with the philosophers, when
their logic falls foul of your own rea-
soning, you should be doing something
that is productive OF well earned
money.
William MdrlDeH. in Golfers Weekly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
A TRIFLE.

1T is such trife, I can surely af-
ford such little sum as that The
girls tone was protesting, and her
face wore an expression almost re-
sentful, as if she felt belittled by a
remonstrance over so small an out
lay.
But, : said the older. gently, you
know how hard it is to stop with one
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23

of your home may have the black
shadow of business failure hanging
over them because number of
thoughtless and reckless women have
months, yes, even for a year or more,
while the relatively unimportant lit
tie business woman has only short
credit for her supplies. Don't be
among those who ruin that honest
and modest life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
TRY IT..

A famous English gardener once
heard nobleman say, complainingly,
81 cannot have arose garden, though
i have often tried, because the soil
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23

Most of the things we struggle for,
after we have got them, we find are
not the things which bring us happi-
ness.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
Most vEaOMous or SNAKES
india Believed to Contain the Creature
That Is Dreaded BY Every Other
Living Thing.

The mBst venomous Of snakes Is held
70 be the eehls carindta OF India. "
Is about is, inches long and Of a gray
color The creature is death itself, and
carries in its head the secret OF de-
xtroying life with the concentrated ag-
ony Of oil the poisons.
The snake Is tolerably common in In
dia, being found IN nearly every part
q the peninsula.
Fortunately, however, for man, II is
not. like the cobra, house-frequenti
snake; for It's aggressive hnbits would
make It infinitely more fatal TO life
Than Its dreaded relative.
The king Of the asps does not turn
70 escape from man as the cobra viii,
or fash into coHcealment like the kori-
at, but keeps Its path against It's hui
man assailant, and pIttlng It's IS inches
Of length against its enemy's bulk,
challenges aud proyokes conflict.
A stroke with a whip win cnrit In
two, or clod Of earth dienble II, but
such is i.s malignity that Il win invite
attnck by every device at It's command,
stalking is own life on the mere chance
0f Its adversary coming within the lit
tie circle o. ITS power. AZ most, the
radius Of this circle Il II inches. With
IN Il, at any event. lies certain death,
and, on The bare hope OF hand or foot
trespasslng within It's reach. the echls
throws us body Info n figure-0f-clght
coil. Then Il atirncts attention by
rubbing ifs loops together, which, FROM
The roughness Of the scales, makes a
rustling, kissing sound. crects Its head
Ia the center. and awaits attack.
Il Is said that no one. having once
encountered this terrible reptile, can
ever forget It's horrifylng aspect when
thus aroused rs eagerly aggressive
alr. lts RESTLESS coils, which, IN constant
motion one over the other aud rusilng
oHinonsly an The while. stcalthlly but
surely bfinrs u nearer aa1 nearer 10
the object II ifs fury.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
II COMMUNICATIONS.

TO the Editor Of The 81 Mary's
BEAtuN .--
The government of the State 81 Mary
land. as that OF the United States, Is
founded upon the right Of the people
10 rule themselves We continually
declare our allegiance 10 this prnci-
pie without stopping 20 consider how
to make the peoples rulo q realty. II
the people are 10 rule they must exer-
else the powers necessary 10 make this
rule effective. They cannot exercise
needless powers without weakening the
force and effect Of the needful To
perfect their rule the people must be
able 10 determine the broad policies
they desire pursued and select respon-
siblo agencies by which these policies
are To be made effective.
Our State policies are defined and
determined, first, by the Constitution
which Is adopted By the vote ofthe whole
people; second, by our Legislature lin.
Guiding the Governor who in certain
particulars IS legislotorl, selected
pursuant to the Constitution, and,
third, In certain states OF the Union,
in an important degree through initia-
tive Legislation, proposed by some of
the people and adopted directly by all
OF them, and 10 lesser degree, as ex-
lists in Maryland, by Referendum to
the people after the Legislature has
acted.
To carry out these policies and meet
the daily exigencios of administration,
we need only elect for the State the
governor and legislature and for the
counties, Boards Of Commissioners.
In fact, In our elections we do not con-
tent ourselves with these simple neces-
sary things but we name through
what is assumed TO BIO the voice OF the
people at the polls great number of
subordinate officers whose functions
are purely incidental or ministerial
and who have little or nothing TO do
with the carrying out of the policies
in which the people are concerned, and
whose selection should be properly
left TO the central agencies, the duty
OF which II is particularly TO enforce
the will Of the people. In this We put
upon the people a burden not essen
tial 10 popular government and our
attempt to make the people bear Il
leads to failure. II we are to have
good popular and effective govern
ment in Maryland, we need TO face the
situation Understandings, and correct
our Constitution and laws to cores
pond with what democratic govern
ment really means. A further expla.
nation Is needed
i In our national government we have
a greater degree Of efficiency, direct
ness, continuity of policy and enforce
ment of the peoples win than we hays
in our State government. We cleo
one single executive officer, the Presi
dent. with d possible substitute, hi
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
Guy MannsrrnG

Sir Walter SCOTS well-hnown novel,
"Cuy Maunering,n was dramnlizcd
by Daniel Terry in the time Of Scott
himself in fact with his advice and
assistance. Many beautiful musical
features were added by the composer
of English classic music, Sir Henry
Bishop. This play will be presented
In the Town Hall Friday evening,
Feb. 8, 1880 p. m, by the Choral Club,
and some of Us best talent will be seen
and heard that evening.
The scene Of the drama is laid Ia
Scotland; the characters are Scotch
and English, with pathos. love and
heroism play prominent roles.
There Is Gypsy scene with dances,
songs and CANDY costumes. There arc
plots and counter plots; two real
fights which result in the capture oi
the awful william, Dirk Hatteraick,
'half devil and half Dutchman.
And II you re feeling down and ont
come and have good laugh at old
Dominic Sampson, who is always get
ting into some mix-up with his book.
and blunderings. There will be an In.
formal dance after the play. Should
weather conditions prevent, the play
will be given the following Monday
evening at tho same hour.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
Nl9Illsa. nEllEsae & TIa6lHlA RI. CO
WINTER SCHEDULE
Potomac River Line
I'M EFFECT DECFMHEB Is, l0I6.


s,eamer leaves Baltimore. Pier 3
i'ghi street, weather and tide permit.
ting, Q, =. M. for Warrington. D. & +,
ard intermediate iaedtugs. ~ follows
Miilrrs, KrDume's r. Porto Belle, Ora.
on >. Coan. ; ~ Buudick =, Lake's,
Walnut Psh.t, Cowart'a i,cwisetta. Kin
sale. 'Cialra. Lodge Landing. hundy q
Point, Piuey reint, l0a IN. Leonard
town. " nopH, Abnila Cohrum's, Bay
aide Hushwnod, Rock Point, D, M,
Mofgantowu Riycfside. GiymUnt. Alex
andfla. arriving in Washington Ao9day
n0fulng
con SgHAl
Leaves Nashipgton %. G.. foot Of
seventh Street. weather nrd eide per
hitting. 1t p. m.. Lcpnardtowu,
TueadaY. a. m. Ledge Landing, w n.
N kirhalr. " uoon. MilieT'a. y m. f..
Porte Reila. . m arriving IN Balti-
more "Wednesday morning, stopping ~
80 the above sudiugs
Steamer leaves Baltimore. Pier 3
Light Stgeet. Tuesday. 2 y, VI Toe The
following points. weather and tldc per
hitting
Nilisrs. Bronco, Parts Belle. Ga-
aon = cnan. Hundiek e ihkes Walnut
rniDt. CawartB Icwtsetts. lodge.
MUDDY Point kiBsale
Returning steamer lrbfcs kirsale.
Wednesday u moor weather and tide
permitting. for Baltimore. stoppirg at
81 thr atuee lAndings Mitsr's, { .
81 GfAnsh'e. p m Porto Bello. 6 p.
M. arriving 1t baltimore Thursday
morning
Steamer lenycs Baltimore. Pier 3
Light Street. weather aua tide permit
ttrg. Wednesday a. D. m, for Leon
artiuWn And mn legs ap follows
Mplera. Rromc'e, Porto Bpllo, Gm-
son D. Cmn ia III Bgndlrk s lakes.
Walnut ppint, Cp@art'g Lewiselta,
Einaale, tCintra. f,nlEp Landing. MUIR
dy'a Point Fines POINT. 20 a. m
Hashwcod Rock Point Cohfum s.
Bsy side Abers. Lepuaydtown
son Signal
Reforming Steamer leaves. weather
and tide permitting Leuu9Tdtown,
Friday. D. m Ledge Landing, IN D..
M. kipsale " none, Mliier'e. : . m,
Porto Bciln = D. ~ arriving ~ Ba}ii.
mote Saturday morning. stopping vt aN
/ the above land.nga
This tins table shows the times NJ
which steamers may be expected 20 ar
rive aod depart frum the several
wharycs hnt their arrivals Or departure
at the timeH stated Is not guaranteed,
n0f does the Company bold itself re.
pnnsibiu foF sry delay or any cunec.
aurnces arising thercfrom
/ WILLARD THOMSON,
General Manager
d. w. DuWNEI
Agent. Baltimore.
T. MURDOCH,
/ General Passenger Agent.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
Tobacco Growers. Meeting.

The Board Of Directors of the Mary
land Tobacco Growers Association,
having formulated plan for the es-
adjustment of sales agency in Balti-
more, and the raising of funds TO f.
nance the same, will hold meetings for
the purpose of laying said plans before
the growers. receiving their pledges Of
tobacco and subscriptions TO stock; faid
meetings to be held IS follows
Jan. 20. Owensville. A. A. Co, Up.
NJ.
Jan. 80. Prince Frederick, Calvert
Co., P. M.
Jan. 81. Marlboro, Prince Georges
Co., 1 p. NJ.
Feb. /. La Plata. Charles Co II A.
M.
Feb. 2. Leonardtown, st. Mary'i
Co., II A. M.
All growers OF tobacco are earnestly
requested to be present.
The meeting will be addressed by
prominent speakers.
BY order of the Board,
JNo. B. KEY. Sec.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
The Duck supper

An unusually large crowd attended
the Annual Duck Supper, held at Ho-
tel st, Marys on Tuesday evening
last and the tempting yiands there
served were we'll up to the high stand
ard maintained at this popular and
justly famed hosiery. The wide range
OF the elaborate menu afforded some.
thing appealing to the most cxacting
appetite and the memory Of the manner
in which the delicacics we're prepared
will long lingor as pleasant rocollec.
lions by those who enjoyed the feast
The large crowd There we're over
three hundred persons scrvod) was
most credibly handled, no one being
kept unnecessarily waiting.
During the supper an orchestra fur
nished music In the lobby, and when
the last guest had sacia,cd bis appc-
lite and the tables were removed, dane
ing was enjoyed until late hour.
Besides the county fox, number
from Washington gHd the adjoining
counties were eyssent All in all. Il
was most cF9ightiul evening and the
unsiiuted praise bestowed by those
prgsSfs was well merited. Tho hone
<rasnniversal that Mine Host" will re-
Ipeat the delightful affair before Lent,
An account Of such an affair would
be sadly romlss without mention Of
the fact that The ladies Of ST. Mary's,
always charming and beautiful. np.
peared to an especial advantage on
this occasion and made one feel a
sense OF justi6able pride IN the knowl.
edge that he can claim the privilege Of
Boosting Of the honor Of being q native
son Of such county
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
.ny poval Anpoln,men, y

Once year "a the New Years On.
zeite. appears long Ilst ~ tradesmen
who ure hoislers Of royal warrants
THIS list o. the present lime exceeds
i 80 nnmeA Since the death Of Queen
Victoria considerably over three hun.
dred nams7 have bseu added
II isa privilege Rrontly coveted nnl
much entlel-thls % The royal war.
rant, Tor Il u 30, one Highly bestowed
pp7p every tgadcsmaa who hns SOP,
piled gDois 20 hIa n5aiesty's household.
L - distinctly mnrk ~ royal hvor,
and 70 some extent a Testimonial ~ the
excellence ~ The purveyprs goods.
To- principal outward sign r. the use
n the roYal arms over Tire sllag, froui
aaa upon she writing paper Of the war.
rantsholder nnd IL G 90 oncnae against
the law fer any p,yson not being a
wayhhi-hoi,lor 10 use the artns Ap.
psren,ly however. ITS misuse r. cDIn,
iHugi occurrence fur during RECENT
yeHFa hnndr,ais ~ eases II Improper
ass have beea dealt aiih by the ROYAL
Warrant Holders hssoenlion. London
TigIllsa
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-02-01
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