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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
MR.. LANDS WARNS US OF THE
DIRE CONSEQUENCES

At the annual dinner of the Nation
al Retail Dry Goods Association, form
er Congressman Frederick Lands of
Indiana, gave a solemn warning of
prohibitions dire consequences, as fol-
lows:
The corkscrew is losing it's pull
and it's good-by America. Think of
the strait-jackets made obsolete; pad
ded cells empty, insane asylum and
prison forces thrown out of work!
Shall we strike at the divorce lawyer,
and shall we confiscate tuberculosis?
Then, too, universal prohibition
would put our steel industry out of
business with no demand for hand
cuffs, jimmies, black-jacks, prison bars
and the like. And what of the glass
industry? What of the embottIed
hosts, and of gamblers, reduced not
only to want but to work? Think
of the change on Saturday night when
the head of the family comes home
on his feet instead of drifting in on
the tide, and think of the sitting room
of the future, nobody throwing any
thing or upsetting the lamp. Then
again, think of watching the old year
out and the new year in, sober. This
is situation to engage your most
earnest attention.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
THE RUIN OF BRUIN.

What mans example can do in lead
ing q lower animal into evil habits is
illustrated by the following incident,
related by the Indianapolis News:
The men in the smoking compart-
ment fell to talking about animals as
pets. A man sitting over in the
corner had listened interestedly to the
others, then it came his turn.
Il live in Seward, Alaska" he said.
up there is an old brown bear that
is one of the town characters. He,
for several years, has had the privi-
leges of Seward, wandering wherever
he liked. He gets his meals at the
back door of the hotel. The kitchen
doors of several homes also provide
Brownie with provender.
Lately, though, Brownie has be-
come a municipal problem. He took
to drink. He developed the habit of
dropping in at the bars and drinking
with the men. Everybody was willing
to buy him a glass of beer But, with
every phase of human nature work
ing in him, he got to taking too much
and just before left they had to put
him in Jail.
Some of the boys are talking of
raising money to give him a cure"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
BLESSED JOAN OF ARC
IRISH BISHOP DELIVERS EULoGY
AT CELEBRATION IN FRANCE
FRENCH PEOPLE RENEWING
FAITH AND LOYALTY TO MAID
OF ORLEANS.

The religious celebration in honor
of the Blessed Joan of Arc at Orleans,
France, YVES more than usually solemn
and elaborate and numerously attend
ed this year, owing to the firm trust
which the great majority of the
French people have that the Maid
who was the savior of their country
in the past will help her to emeree
victorious from the present war. The
invitation sent to an Irish bishop
Bishop Dclnelly of Dublin-to pre-
side at the ceremonies, in return for
the warm reception accorded to the
French bishops in the capital of Ire
land last year, is regarded in Rome as
being graceful and laudable act.
Bishop Donnelly, who speaks
French fluently, was enthusiastically
welcomed on his arrival in Orleans.
Preaching in the evening, Bishop
Touchet of Orleans congratulated
Ireland upon it's share in the struggle
for Christian freedom and upon the
centuries of sufferings and persecution
that it had undergone rather than
yield it's attachment to the principles
which make life worth living. TIE also
expressed a hope that England would
soon accord complete autonomy to
Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

particular bent of his nature i'll
clined him to the. study OF archl-
lecture. His natural love OF the
artistic, enhanced by the posses
sion Of exceptional talents, and
confirmed by unfagging appllca-
ton, soon gave Mr.. Masqueray a
prominent position in the living
temple of present day artists.
The great Northwest, favored
by God and nature in so many sig
nal ways, had opened wide it's por-
tails to receive into it's midst. this
great son of France. Mr.. Mas
queray, with the whole world be-
fore him, with great metropolitan
centers anxious to number him
amongst their distinguished citi-
zens, still chose the Northwest,
and the city of St. Paul in par
ticular, as the scene of his arts
tic triumphs. Possessed Of a fine
sense Of discrimination and Of pro
portion, instinct with the artistic
soul, and trained by the world S
greatest masters, Mr.. Masqueray
accepted the invitation to raise in
st. Paul a monument to God that
was destined to prove the Mecca
Of art lovers throughout the coun-
try. All the resources Of his rich
and versatile mind were poured
forth in order that the Cathedral
Of st. Paul on it's lofty eminence.
visible for miles ON every hand
might stand before the country as
the noblest expression of his
powers, the gift Of the French art
list to the God Who endowed him
with such talent.
1t is not too much to say, with.
out fear of exciting envy, that the
sudden going Of Mr.. Masqueray
leaves a void in the artistic life
Of this country which no one is
at present able becomingly to fill
Unrivaled as master of church
architecture, Mr.. Masqueray stooo
alone. A courteous Frenchman
a trained artist, a genial friend, {
cultured gentleman, Mr.. Masque
ray came into our midst for a few
brief years, sealed our city will
the impress of his genius, and as
suddenly departed. He was a MAI
and an artist, and it is not, per
haps, too much to say that, a
least in this part Of the world, we
shall not look upon his like again
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
Reverend Anathese Prun
DEATH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE
FRENCH SALESlANS AT NAZA-
RETH-"FATHER OF THE Or
PHANS" OF PALESTINE.

News has reached France of the
death of Rev. Anathese Prun, founder
of the French Salesian houses at Naza-
reth, and sometimes called the father
of the orphans of Palestine. He
spent twenty-five years of his life in
personal fortune. A priest who served
with him for five years and is now in
the French army gives some interest
ing notes regarding FIR. Prun. They
saw their orphanage at Nazareth occu-
pied by the Turkish forces, and spent
month of Imprisonment in their own
house, surrounded by q thousand
Turkish soldiers Then they were
driven forth and had to seek refuge
in Egypt, where they devoted them
selves to the sick and wounded in
the hospitals of Alexandria. In a per-
sonal sketch of the late Superior, his
companion in labor says: ITO rare
good sense and excellent qualities as
administrator, FIR. Prun joined pater-
nal kindness and umwearied devotion
to his orphans. His heart was larger
then his purse, but he had unshakable
faith in Divine Providence and conf
dence in the benefactors of the work.
His dying wish was that those bene-
gether to restore the orphanage of
Nazareth when Syria is cleared of
Turks"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
Work of Catholic Society
TlONAL ORDER OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA WILL
CARE FOR THE FAMILIES OF
SOLDIERS.

Demonstrating it's loyalty in con-
crete way, the National Order of the
Daughters of Isabella, representing
10000 women of the Catholic faith in
81 states, with 800 subordinate bodies,
has adopted a resolution rendering
the services of the order to the fami-
lies of enlisted men. Also the resolu-
ton strongly supports President Will
son and offers the associations aid to
the government.
The resolution says, in part:
1.-THE hearty and ready response to
the call of the government for en-
listed men, tacitly tells us that large
field exists for work at home to sus-
tain and administer to the need of the
dependents of men who are so faith
fully serving their country on the
danger line.
BE it ordained, that it seems to us
best that the energies of our organi-
cation be devoted to rendering aid
and care to the dependents aforesaid,
and particularly looking after the edu.
cation, care and guidance of the chill
dren of enlisted men,"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
Not Worth While

It's not worth while to tinker with a
deal that isn't straight.
It's not worth while to lie and cheat
your way through victory's gate.
o boy of mine, whate'er you do, what
e'er the prize you'd claim,
Be honest in the way you strive and
keep your hands from shame.
Remember when Temptation comes to
lure you with her smile
That if you have to cheat to win the
goal is not worth while.
It's not worth while to sell yourself
for anything on earth.
Life judges us by what we are and not
~nt how much we're worth. ~~~,.,.
And men have pawned themselves for
gold and conquered by a scheme
To find at last the honor lost they
never could redeem.
If ever you are moved to lie or win by
cunning vile,
that Temptations pay has
never been worth while.
The tempter cannot bring you joy nor
happiness nor friends,
His path that seems SO smooth to
tread in sorrow always ends.
His money and his fame are base, but
thinly gilded DER,
And cheap and tawdry things for
which to barter honor for;
Take failure if you must, my boy, plod
weary mile on mile,
But keep your self-respect unstained-
that only is worth while.
This lesson once the Master taught
when Satan proudly came
And offered Him the world if He would
only stoop to shame.
Its not worth whole" the Master
thought and spurned him there
and then,
Yet in a thousand different ways still
Satan comes to men.
o boy of mine, when you are moved to
actions that defile,
pray you'll have the wisdom, too, to
say they're not worth while.
-EdUdrd A. Guest
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
MIR. MAsOUERAY.

There are certain professions III
life which by their nature and
their numerous following produce
not few leaders. In Church and
in State many men stand forth as
leaders: they tower above the
great majority Of those who pro-
fess the same principles and aims.
Architecture in this country has
had many followers: few, very
few, have attained to eminence at
all rivaling the heights reached
by the masters in Europe. Ameri-
can architecture .has to a great eX-
tent been inspired by the ideal of
practical service. Usually the ar
tistic and the aesthetic have been
relocated to the background in
order to give way, to give promi-
nence to the practical purpose OF
each growing structure.
But few years ago a young
man came to our shores from the
land OF beauty and OF artistry.
Nature had favored him with the
birthright Of the Frenchman an
Unborn, native love for the Beau
tiful i'll all its variegated mani
festations. The soul Of the
Frenchman is ever and always in
tensely responsive to the silent
appeal Of beauty. Beauty seems
to have taken up her abode where
the ancient Gaul once held sway.
The result has been that the
Frenchman at his best typifes to
the world the overwhelming rev.
erence of the race at the shrine of
the Ideal. The young man, En-
manuel Louis Masqueray, came to
us with a soul and mind gifted
by nature. His spirit had been
enriched, had been saturated with
the ideals of beauty in the midst
Of which he was nurtured. The
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
Red Cross and Sisters of
Charity
1T APPEARS THAT PRESENT
RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL
BAR RELIGIOUS FROM ACTIVE
HOSPITAL SERVICE SUCH
RULES, IF THIS BE TRUE,
SHOULD BE CHANGED.

When our Civil War began, we read
in the newspapers of that time how
the Catholics of the North rose up to
defend the Union, just as the Catho-
lies of today have risen up in United
America to defend our country as
loyal citizens. Archbishop Purcell at
that time made the following an
nouncement to the Catholics of Ohio:
"The President has spoken, and it is
our duty to obey him as head of the
Nation. Moreover, Ohio, the State,
in which we are, has also spoken on
the subject. 1t is then our solemn
duty, as good and loyal citizens, to
walk shoulder to shoulder with all our
fellow-citizens, in support of the Ma
tional honor"
The Catholic Sisters of every Order
were at once organized for active
work. =
Those, who stayed at home, opened
their hospitals, and a multitude went
to the front, nursing the wounded,
both North and South.
The Alexandria Gazette of May G.,
1861, says:
Sisters of Charity have arrived in
Richmond. s. - Let us thank God
for the Sisters of Charity, whose
homes and hospitals in the midst of
war and tumults are the ark upon the
waters"
A New York paper announces:
Cicto Of rho fxr and ho GIG.
tiers of Mercy, with members of other
religious congregations of Catholic
women, are hurrying by scores to the
hospitals, that stretch all along Gen.
eral McClellan's base of operations"
Sister Anthony became known
throughout the country as the "Angel
of the battlefield
The Red Cross has, today, the con-
troll of all the service rendered to our
army and navy. Our Catholic women's
association numbers in Cincinnati IT,
125 members. We have every one of
us offered our service to the Country
in it's hour of need The motto of the
National League, to which we are
affiliated, is For God, for Country,
for Home We cooperate, of course,
with the Red Cross. One thousand of
our members are Sisters of Charity
and Sisters of Mercy. For them there
is no work possible, because the rules
of the Medical Board exclude all re
ligious Orders, as nurses.
The Red Cross nurse joins as an
individual, and must wear certain
costume. described in detail in the
Regulations for Nurses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

1t is proposed that the citizens
of st. Paul vote some time in the
month Of June on the question OF
issuing bonds for the schools OF
the city. The School Survey Com
mission has proposed changes and
improvements that will entail an
expenditure of three million dol
lars. 1t would seem that with the
practice of economy and the wise
distribution of available funds,
the citizens of st. Paul would east
ly be spared this extra taxation.
At the present time, when the
future is dark and increased ex-
penses are in store for all our
people, it seems, to say the least,
most injudicious to place such a
heavy burden upon the city.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

The Foreign Red Cross organiza-
tions not only admit the religious Or
ders, but could not get along without
them. In France they have been at
the front since the beginning of the
war, and in many of the military hos
pitfalls they are the nurses of the
wounded. Is it fair to our great Cath
Ollie population in America that they
should be excluded from nursing our
soldiers and sailors? Is it not possible
to alter these most ''autocratic" regu-
lations, devised by boards, which in
clude not one single Catholic mem
Der?
MRS. BELLAMY STORER,
President of the Catholic Women
Association of Cincinnati.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
MILK INSTEAD OF BEER.

Another illustration of the wither-
ing influence of prohibition on Oregon
industry is afforded in the sale of a
large Portland brewery plant to an
important dairying concern which will
at once convert the closed establish.
ment into huge condensary About
% per cent. of the former brewing
plant was found to be available for
condensing milk. The extensive re-
frigerating section will require little
or no Improvement or alteration
Viewed merely as an agency for
promoting the development of Ore
gon industries how does a condensed
milk concern compare with brewery?
Is milk as valuable a product as hops
or barley? Does a brewery employ
more labor all the year round? Is
an industry which turns stream Of
outside" money into the state a
more valuable asset to the state than
an industry which cuts continually
into the wages of laboring men for a
very expensive but worthless luxury?
Taking another view is it not
matter for public congratulation that
brewery which manufactured very
inferior and costly food Ga few scien.
lists assert that beer contains nour-
ishment while other scientists dis
pute the claim, should be supplanted
by an industry that puts out the best
food in the world? The Telegram
would like to see every idle brewery
in Oregon and Washington convert
ed into condensed milk plant.-Port-
land (Ore.) Telegram.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
EARLY FIRST COMMUNION.

The general intention recon-
mended by His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV, for members Of the
League of the Sacred Heart is,
Early First Communion.
When the late Pope Plus \
urged and insisted upon the prac-
tice Of early First Communion it
was thought by many pious per-
sons that this step might prove to
be one in the wrong direction. On
second thought it was clear, both
from a consideration of the sub
ject and from the results soon APP
parent, that the decision of the
Holy Father was based upon the
deepest wisdom. The argument
was alleged that children of a ten
der age could not sufficiently I'M
derstand the tremendous import of
such a sacrament. 1t was an
swered that the Mystery of the
Holy Eucharist was SO profound
that very few adults even could
hope to penetrate much further.
Moreover, the practice of the
early Church was most favorable
to giving Holy Communion to
young children.
In fact, our Divine Saviour de-
mands as an essential requisite
for the worthy reception of this
sacrament, a heart and soul pure
and undefiled by sin. We are bid
den to cleanse the soul before APP
preaching this august banquet.
Holy Communion not only presup-
poses state of purity but at the
same time it strengthens, invigor-
ates, and WHITES that state. Moth
ing, surely, can be more pleasing
to the Divine Master than the Of
fering of an innocent heart, even
if that heart still move within the
lowly circle Of tender childhood,
for verify, of such is the kingdom
of heaven. The mind Of such a
child, it is true, may not be ell
lightened as to the manifold bear
ings Of this wondrous act; the
heart is pure and spotless, crown
ed with innocence, and the child
has but to know that he is receiv-
ing his God in order to evoke the
most fervent love and devotion.
Parents and guardians should en-
deavor to impress upon the minds
of their little ones the Importance
of this sacrament, as well as the
nature Of the act. For the recep-
ton of Holy Communion, even at
so tender an age, will surely bring
down upon the soul Of a child
much needed blessing and grace
and strength against future temp
tationS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
ALCOHOL A DEADLY POISON.

"Habitually alcoholized blood
starves and taints the brain cells and
allied nervous system. Psychic
brain cells bathed in toxined blood
do not give safety and logical surety
to the movements of the mind.
Alcoholics should be classed with
other poisons and their use as bever-i
ages discarded. Medical men have
had testimony from laboratory, hos
pital, and fatal family pathologic
lineage and sequence testimony
against alcohol as an unsafe drink,
forceful for harm beyond former
estimate. Even in their mildest
forms of dilution, as in wines, beers,
and ales, alcoholics are not fit for the
family table, the social club, or the
public bar"
Dr. Charles F. Hu0hS
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
KNIGHTS EVER ACTIVE
ONE HALF MILLION DOLLAR
FUND TO BE RAISED FOR
MILITARY CENTERS-K KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS WILL UNDER
TAKE GREAT WORK FOR BENE.
FIT OF ENLISTED MEN.

A half million dollars is to be raised
Immediately by the Knights OF Column
bus to establish Catholic social CEN
tiers in all the great military camps OF
the gigantic new army. These insti-
tutions will be maintained during the
course of the war. This information
was given to The Denver Catholic
Register by John H. Reddln, OF Den
yer, supreme master OF the Fourth
Degree and a member of the supreme
board of directors. The members OF
the directorate are unanimously In
favor of the recreation centers, which
will be similar to those maintained
last summer on the Mexican border
under K. of c. auspices, at great ex-
pense to the society.
The work is to be similar to that
already planned by the Young Mems
Christian Association. Like the Y. nj.
G. A. military centers, the posts will
be open to men of all creeds. OF all
the fraternal orders in existence, the
Knights of Columbus were the only
ones to undertake such widespread
social service on the Mexican border,
and they will probably be the only ones
represented in the present war with
such activities. The half million dol
lar fund will be raised by voluntary
assessment on the members OF the
order. The national directorate ex
poets the money to be at it's command
in a little more than a month. The
directors, at their meeting in Detroit
on June "a. will ratify the action they
took by wire this week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR
DEALERS.

The report of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue for the year ended
June 8, 1916, shows that there were
during that year 1904 rectifiers of
spirits, 1S4,71S retail liquor dealers,
6,273 wholesale liquor dealers, 1913
brewers, 1916 retail dealers in malt
liquors only, and 1O,7O4 wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors only.
The decrease in the number of rec
filters during the year was 20; in the
number of retail liquor dealers, $751;;
in the number of wholesale liquor
dealers, ITS; in the number of brew
ers, 50; in the number of retail deal
ers in malt liquors, only 1,024; in
the number of Wholesale dealers in
malt liquors, only 543.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

emergency. 1t appears that those
engaging i'll relief work under mil
itary authority must wear a dis
tinctive garb, and must enroll
themselves as individual members,
and not as a body. This rule, if
enforced, will deprive the country
of a source of assistance which the
country can i'll afford to spare. A
vigorous protest by those in au-
thority should be made against
such unfair discrimination.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

Among the clouds of war hover
ing over the British Empire there
is easily detected one dark nebu-
lar form which has overshadowed
the British Isles for centuries. 1t
is the age-old problem-the Irish
question. The present is the most
suspicious time for a graceful set
Element of this question on the
basis of justice, and not on the
grounds of inherited bigotry or of
insular narrOwness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

At meeting held lately in St.
Louis, the Executive Board of the
German Roman Catholic Verein
adopted resolutions expressive of
the highest form of loyalty. The
organization placed itself on rec
ord as standing shoulder to
shoulder with other societies i'll
promoting the general welfare.
At the same time the resolutions
adopted indicated the attitude of
American Catholics of German eX-
traction. To man they will prove
loyal, as they have in the past, to
the Constitution and all the prin-
ciples for which it stands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

In 177S, the Massachusetts Leg
islature ordered the erection of a
monument i'll memory of a French
naval officer, the chevalier De
int-Sauveur. He accompanied
the fleet Of Count d 'Estaing to
Boston and was there killed in a
riot. The monument was unveiled
on the grounds of Kings chapel
in Boston, May %, 1917. Grateful,
but very tardy, recognition.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

The Citizens Auxiliary did a
gracious act in extending grateful
acknowledgment to the College OF
st. Thomas for the facilities al
fordcd by the local institution to-
wards military preparedness.
Both the College and the Auxili-
airy have been the gamers through
their mutual cooperation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

The month Of June, through its
dedication. recalls to mind all that
the Sacred Heart of Jesus means
to a Catholic. 1t indicates the
source and center, the font and
origin of all good that we can
hope for in time and in eternity.