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POWER OF WOMANHOOD

The destiny OF a nation rests,
under God. in the hands of its
women. Upon them religious, So
cial and educational forces make
their deepest impressions, and
through them extend their inf1u-
ence to the home and to the in
dividuals who dwell therein.
Women are the nations civilizers
and retiners; they are the up
holders OF all its highest ideals.
This is true of Christian wonl-
ell, OF those whose lives are guild
cd by Christian principles. All the
charms with which nature has ell
doWed them set them apart as the
softening. and spiritualizing
agents in the community. All the
virtues which are theirs as the
gifts of their Creator, the meek
ness and patience, the humility,
modesty and faith which they
share with Christianitv's ideal
woman make them the models of
all that is noblest and best in life.
One OF the worlds great men
referring to the power of mother
hood declared that the hand that
rocks the cradle is the hand that
rules the world. Such is the i'll
f1uence of the mother in her home
and through her home upon the
world. But hardly less signiti-
cant is the power cxcrted by ev-
cry woman in the neighborhood
where she lives, and upon the
companions with whom she asso-
ciates. So true is this that we
might say "Tell us the character
of a nations womanhod and we
will tell you whether success or
failure awaits that nation in the
future" The virtues of a nations
women are an index of the ma
tons vitalitv.-pilot.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE
UNBORN.

The perfection of anti-climax
has been touched in the laudation
OF the horror known as birth-con-
troll by an eminent scientific man,
DR.. Robert Sprague, and the "hor-
rible example" to which he points.
The cause OF the great war { he
says) is over-population of Ger
many, and the cause of this sur
plusage is the absence of any sys-
tenn of birth-control in Germany |!
Is not this a remarkable attempt
to turn a real practical virtue-a
high morality among whole pop
ulation-into a vice that assumes
the dimensions of devastating
plague? From the dawn of his
tory the morality of the German
people has stood as a high dis
tinguishing national mark. Even
in the Pagan era, as we learn from
the pages of Tacitus and other
writers, the chastity of the Ger
man women was known and
lauded by witnesses who had by
travel made themselves acquaint-
ed with the characteristic traits
of many peoples. The ancient
Irish were also remarkable for a
similar view of the virtue that
most adorns the fair sex. When
the ancient Irish sagas in the pos
session of Trinity College, Dub
lin, were announced to be under
examination with view to their
publication in the English lam
guage, one high critic felt EN-
boldened to say that the thing
could not be done because of the
gross immortality that they re-
corded, and which pervaded, it
was declared, most OF the works.
But when the experts in Gaelic
began the task, and the mass of
the bardic literature had been
carefully gone through, it was
found that in only one of the
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urging that on no consideration must
work be stopped, and that any strike
would be prejudicial to the mems best
interests.
Mems Loyalty.
Delegates of the railway men ex-
pressed appreciation of the way in
which Aid. Byrne, M. P, supported
their claims and attended to their in.
terests. The men had agreed, in the
event Of the strike taking place, that
every man whose term of duty began
before midnight on Saturday was to
finish his duty, and that if he was en-
gagged on outgoing trains that he was
to stay on, if required, to bring the
trains back to Inchicore or Kings
bridge.
Scenes at kinssbridae.
In view of the threatened strike.
there was on Saturday morning huge
exodus of South of ireland people at
business in Dublin who could afford
to travel thus early for the Christmas
holidays. The scenes at Kingsbridee
were the busiest for many years past.
The morning trains to Cork, Water
ford, Limerick and Athlone had to be
run in two sections, and there was
scarcely standing room in any Of the
carriages. Single tickets only were
issued, and this applied even to school
children going home for the holidays.
A number of Munster football enthusi-
asts who had come to the city for the
All-lreland football final at Jones'
road on Sunday also returned to their
homes.
p About 1000 passengers left by the
p. m. train, which contained 28k
coaches and had to be dispatched in
two sections with three engines. The
number of passengers ON this train
was almost record. The mail train
left at the usual hour, p. M, the
mails including an abnormal quantity
of parcels. There was, in fact, no in
terruption of any of the services.
Goods trains to and from Kingsbridge
ran as usual, but notice was issued
by the company that no goods would
be accepted for traffic after 4:3O-a
notice that was duly countermanded
on the announcement of the Govern
ments action.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
IRISH BIBLE.

Canon Peter O'Leary has fin
ished his translation OF the Old
Testament, thus completing the
first Catholic translation into
Irish of the whole Bible. The
task of seeing the work through
the press owing to Canon o.
Leary's advanced age Che is in
his 18th ycar) is to be undertaken
by Rev. Gerald O'Nolan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
GOVERNMENT takes
over RAILWAYS
England Notifies All Officials of Rail-
roads That Government Will Take
Over Their Roads-Excuse Their
Action on Ground of Threatened
Strike Of Employees.

Dublin, Jan. 3.-The Government
has decided to take over the Irish rail
ways.
This decision was arrived at on Sat.
strike of the G. S. & w. railway loco.
motive men on the bonus question.
The following communique was is
sued on Saturday night.
"The Government having decided to
take possession of the Irish railways,
under the Regulation of the Forces
Act, 1871, the Great Southern & West.
ern locomotive men who had given in
their notices have withdrawn them
and will continue at work as usual.
"Deputations of the companies and
the men will be received by the Board
of Trade early next week."
The following note was sent to the
men by the directors:
Il beg to inform you that the Gov
eminent knows all that is taking place
and what has been offered, and we are
prepared to hear and consider the
mems claims on condition that they
withdraw their notices and commence
work Immediately"
The Decision.
Up to Saturday afternoon the situa.
ton was critical. Mr.. Marwood. Sec
ond Secretary to the Board of Trade,
London, visited Kingsbridge in the
morning and conferred with the chair.
man of the G. S. & w. Company, Sir
William Goulding; the general man.
ager, Mr. Neale, and the secretary, Mr..
Crawford. Meanwhile, Mr.. Watson,
locomotive superintendent conferred
with the men at Inchicore.
The decision having been conveyed
to London, conference Of the general
managers Of all the railways having
their terimini in Dublin was held in
Dublin Castle. at which the Under Sec
rotary, Sir William Byrne. was pres
ent. At this conference the Govern
ment's decision was made known to
take over the railways.
During the afternoon Mr.. ]. H.
Thomas. NJ. P, secretary National
Union of Railway Men, .telegraphed
to Mr.. Rimmer, Irish secretary, init
mating the Governments decision, and
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THE IRISH NATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION
By a Dublin Red Cross Worker
Its Objects and Methods

Take it to them," Yet her chief sup
port had been the boy in prison and
she was now left with only an invalid
daughter She cried bitterly OH her
sons account and told me of his early
days. Il don't mind him going away
l always told him it was his
duty to fight for Ireland. God will
take care of me till he comes home.
would like to have seen him before
they took him away, but sure ought
to thank God they didn't kill him on
me, then I'd never see him again"
And so that poor old soul will watch
and pray through the long years for
her boys return. AS ! looked round
the room l could recognize the influ-
ences that had moulded the character
of the absent one. 1t was poorly furn-
ished, but scrupulously clean. On the
walls hung few cheap prints, some
religious, some patriotic. Over the fire
place was framed supplement from
weekly paper representing a Mass
scene on a mountain side in the Penal
days.
On small table near the window
were a history of ireland and an
Irish Volunteer Handbook, both very
much frayed and thumbworn. The
whole atmosphere was redolent of de-
votion to God and to Ireland. 1t was
at once saddening and inspiring. In
such surroundings it was easy to under
stand how these quiet, unassuming
boys went out to die with smile and
faced the minions of Britain with a
song on their lips. The tragedy and
the glory of Ireland were exempli-
fed in these humble surroundings.
While Ireland has such homes and
such mothers England's artillery is
powerless to crush the spirit of her
boys.
| A few doors further on lived Mrs.
D., whose husband had been
deported without charge or trial. She
had six children ranging in age from
ten years to two months. The land
lord was already dunning her for the
rent and had threatened to bring the
bailiff on the following Saturday.
I've sold most O. the furniture, miss"
she said, "but l can't get enough to
pay off the rent and l want to try
an keep the home together till Tom
comes home. My sister feeds few
of the childer, and the rest of us man.
age to get along somehow" There
are hundreds of decent families in
Ireland these days who manage to
get along somehow" but the awful
meaning of the term is written plainly
in their sunken cheeks and wasted
frames. Somehow" is synonymous
with starvation, and this in land
whose produce is sufficient to feed a
population four times it's own but
whose substance is devoured by a
foreign enemy abroad and it's garrison
within her shores.
My next call was distressing one.
Entering the home of man who had
been sentenced to prison for ten
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terance, The work called The
Pursuit of Diarmid and Grania''
IA work that might very easily
be made the vehicle for impure
rendition by bards OF the Anacre-
ontic style in composition. The
early literature OF no other coun-
try is so free from the erotic Ra-
belaisian faint as that of Ireland
Standard and Times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
IS 1T CANADA'S WAR?

The Canadian Government has
decided to take census of the
man power of the Dominion as a
preliminary to putting some form
of CONSUMPTION in force. Volun-
tary enlistment has not furnished
the number Of men promised by
the Premier to sustain Canada's
part i'll the European war.
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woman, in state Of nervous prostra-
tion. The soldiers had left her but q
few moments before, and she mis-
took the noise of my entrance for the
signal of their return. The poor crea-
ture was simply numb with terror and
sat beside a table surrounded by her
five small children, too supplied to
move or speak for some time. The
house was in state of chaos, for the
soldiers had been searching for evil
dence against her husband. Boxes,
drawers and trunks were emptied out
on the floor, their contents tossed
around in heaps, till the entire house
was Uttered with them. A box con-
tanning some private papers of her
husband had been discovered and a
soldier informed her, amid a volley
of profanity, that her husband would
now be stood against the wall" Be-
tween worry, fright, excitement and
want of sleep, she told me, she was
unable to think clearly or plan how
she could exist for the next ten years.
A little girl of two years was clinging
to her skirt, gazing at me with pair
Of big, blue eyes, out of which the
terror had not yet subsidized, and a
little fellow of four, with chubby red
cheeks and mop of fair curling hair
stood looking at me for while as il
undecided whether l were friend or
foe. Finally, throwing discretion to
the winds he climbed upon my knee
and confided that when he grew up
he would shoot ''the dirty English
soldier that looked me daddy away
to prison." The eldest boy, lad Of
twelve, sat in corner, saying MOTH
ing, but listening to our conversation
noticed the color come and go in his,
cheek and his shoulders heave with
emotion as he listened to his mother
speak, and certainly, if indications
are any criterion, that boy will one
day avenge the wrongs he had heard
of and witnessed.
And so the awful chronicle might:
go on indefinitely. 1t seemed that
each case we met was more distress
ing than the last. When some of the.
interned prisoners were released, the
Cumann ma m Ban endeavored to.
secure employment for those who had
none and succeeded in placing many
hundreds of men whose employment
had been forfeited owing to their ar
rest.
Let me in conclusion say a word to.
our compatriots in the United States.
There is need in Ireland, dire need,
such as has never before been known
in that land of famine and spoila-
ton. The last remnant of the old
race is threatened with extinction by
famine and CONSUMPTION and you in
America can save them. Never was
cause so truly deserving of your help;
never was your manhood and your
pride so deeply at stake, as in this
hour of trial for your flesh and blood.
Make no mistake about England's in
tentions. This is no alarmist cry, but
solemn and terrible truth. Eng
land is bent on the absolute annihila-
ton of our race, and will accomplish
her design if Irish-America fails to
respond to the call of the blood. Shall
that awful record be written?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
PRIEST GETS FORTUNE.

The Rev. ]. ]. Weber, pastor of
the Catholic church at Salem, s. D.,
has fallen heir to an estate of $34,500
by the will of ]. ]. Heidegger, How
ard. S. D., business man, who died in
st. Paul, Oct. 20. The will provides
that Heidegger's whole estate be
turned over to the Salem priest.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-13
A MEATLESS THURSDAY IN
IRELAND,

The suggestion that Thursday
be designated as a meatless day
in the British Isles arouses in Ire
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provided for, securing from each reel
pient a receipt for same, and for
warding these receipts to the Commit
tee not later than the following Mon
day.
There are ten relief districts in Dub
lin with subcommittee in charge OF
each. Two secretaries from each
subcommittee form the Executive
Committee of 20, which supervises the
relief work in the city and county.
During the first two weeks our girls
had a very trying experience, as peo
pie were very suspicious of strangers
and were undoubtedly terrorized as a
result of the search-parties, night
raids and police interrogations, so
that doors were frequently slammed
in our faces and window shades
drawn on our approach. One par.
ticular instance i'll which a lady acted
quite rudely l remember very we'll.
When she discovered later what my
mission was she became most friendly
and explained that she first regarded
me as a police tout. We became ex-
cellent friends.
The poverty we encountered on our
rounds and the silent suffering we
witnessed are almost beyond belief.
One widow, Mrs. -- whose son
had been sentenced to death and later
to a long term in prison, refused to
accept any aid. There are many
others worse than\ am" she said,
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-03-23
6usrenoiorin0cn.

@uihiultou Ncu 11hc Wtarta:
Eoa @rlmo Al aongrc2lcna llno
laoclic al at bcpilgc bc oertil Tor
Eeonc Wiiolcr har &anrrcn9ierIn'
gen % Sumcblcrin9cl AZ 0et Npi
&c Nua moattc uoiUttc@ 9na nbc
itcnlt Gio. % Oct or fife CT Smaa
bcleb. Der her or Sulc ont 'or Mrs.
9@iIiou har. ioumcu mco Sbcrit
". " START. ser har Spiunct mc0
Erpiioentboligcn. rc9nct 10. al
Rcnoieriugeu cQ Sppub&ninaen OIL
&nifalielicn AZ me Wrblcr, nnt
Gardner, mt GTffciei. uul
EorccaGn % @laaiei, INT Sslp'
tei og uuorc nsopcnoigc Nn.
enifaiiclicr oil anora9c I'll ca
100000. Ieact al Supcntaret 81
begpuot al Ic rieiig ~"'babbp" nj
poaitaur scr Spioc Sus' me Scr
lterinoe % "iirit laop OF the lano"
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-03-23

~fldntation til Oct rusiiife SoIf meo
NiasfaniIer bon getbmann.Soa.
megs @rflGring / ben prsiiiIfe
2anobag, % Sammcnligningcn
iaIber albeIes life no til ocn ito.
ties SorocI. "Spor mcget Longer
ltal ri pente?" lperger Vlaoet.
"&ongen burbe itrar % uoen pioere
Gipc tilbase til oct preiiiife Solf Dc
Eettigbcocr, fem blep Oct frataget
/ 1913. Sfal Spiflarb bli liggen-
&c tilbage lom en- i~ioleret @ meo
line bagitrGperife Sanfer og forPl'
tcoe poIitiife @egrebcr2 Stllloe
life Hi~gsfauilercn ie oct Iom lin
&ligt / benne nlporlige Sinle at
proflomere, of ogIaa BET tpife 6olf
itul bli irit? vi tr9nger Demo.
fratict M, itrar. 90 faar hi Der
life, iaa bar benne ioriGroelige
arig pGret fiGmpct %iorsiGpes,"
Gen Smit9noigbeo at De tpife
GenIorer tiaaOer, at iauoannc uo.
tnlelier trpffeS og iprcoeS no
iblonot Solf tpoes ogiua iom ct
lncrfcligt Sibens Scgil.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-03-23
Sepolutton / Gviflane =?

Ger cr DC Iloite Gage for1nlet Here
Hpgtcr til Sc Soreneoc Stotcr ON, at
Der oaiou / Spiflano bapoe begpnot
at brpggc np til Hcpollttipn, men no
gen o~fficiel @efrritelic iorcligaer
enbml life.
Ncp 9orf "gpening Sim" aien.
CAB / SorgoarS ct Telegram ira Gan.
mart, iont gif ub paa, at e., rcuoll,,
tionTr Gciaring bar begpnot / Som-
burg.
90 Sen 2toe Marts t~eIceraieres
fplgenoe fra Imiterbam:
Ser aaar ioag Npetcr ON, at al
porllge Sprpr er llbbrllot / Berlin
iom Ssl9c al anapbeoen pao Tseoe-
mibIcr.
st telegram bertil fra Sl6ensaaI,
Sollano, erflGrcr ogiao, at ser aoar
hoaroraffeoc Hpgter ON nleaet aGpor-
lige Spteier / Berlin, og BET paaitaa-
eS, at flere tpifc 8rGnieregimcnter er
a~irciIt til Berlin for at flle Spteier,
ne"
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-03-23
Uof en- tvlf Rot.

Gen tpife Higsoagsmano % 60.
cialiitferer Tbilip Sheibemann bar
i "SorGrtS" oi%Icntliggiort Ell me.
get iritalenoc Nrtifcl, bporai bio.
IGttcs:
Set trenses life mango ORR
til at fortlare, boorfor ltp'tcn belle
@erben itaar lanllet imoo os. Suu.
ret fan gipes fort oa fpift: Sblanot
cne pore Sieroer Ter GerOen MI
mere e1cr minore llopifleoc Sor.
Tlcr al Ientofrati; / os Ter oe life
Gloct emo oct melt lopitleoc Ersi.
ICri.
&i bar altio iparet meb at bent.
uilc iii Mblollttismen / Huslano,
men M er G6urisnlen feict ppf og
C5urcna Giterfdger lllaa mootoge
arpnen al Solfets SGnDer - buis
Fan ibctbcletaget mootager Den. 90
Solfct5 Teprpicntantcr ifal prlgcS
ruu Naiia al olmllbcliM llge %
oircttc Stemmcrct nlco bcrnnlcllg
Aiitentniug.
) Munoarinerncs Gige / 9liien
bar bisle mooiat Jig elbuer Te-
form. &c pnifeoe en- &cilcr mch
abiolut Wtagt, ian lGrge ban gift
bercS sGriltocr. ScrpcO undergrad.
pebe DC Wonarfiet % lagbc 8rln-
sen til en- Nepublif. s DC euro
pGiife Gentralitatcr bar Ell llg.
nenbe Mano legt at bD9gc ell llg'
nelloc %fineiiif Willr % binorc He'
iorn1. &loffen pilcr fem Wiluter
til tolp, % iaa tror be, at DC fan
itanlc Sioen peo at ilptte @ileren
tilbagc til elepe.
Sporfor bigger aanileren tilbage
for, bpao Der er uomgipngellgt
nsopenoigt? Iltib snifcr ocn ubea
ilutlomme Eigsfanller at filrere
&rsiicn efter &rigen. H,lslano
lopeoe ogioa Heformer etet
arigen, men arigen pareoe forlGn.
ae for &lls ierne. ,Sporfor ubi9ttc
til impr9cn, bpab Der or ublolltt
neopcnbigt at giere ioag? Nn er
Chen inoc til afgierenoc Sano'
lina."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-03-23
Bone Rule for finlane.

Sonbon, 19oe Wtarts. : Den
me r~usiiife HegieringS EpIitif er
ogiaa illobefottet Some Hllle for Sim.
lano, cftcr bpob ser telegraieres Der
til ira 1ammeriora, 5inlonoS itsritt
6obrifbp.
Set iorlpoer, at Den finlfe 2unb-
Dag bill bli iammenfalot meo oct Ier'
'tc / oct Gicmeo at etablere ct Stpre,
'om bill beiiobc oct iiuife Soils iitl.
DC Sillio.
General 3ein, 6inlanoS iioitc 0e.
iieral8ituerner nmocr oct gamle re-
ottionTre Heginle, cr fert til Eetro'
groo iom Sange.
Ter or goact en- @slAe al @eiricl-
le og 8luoe oper belle Sinlanb / an
looming al Den 5oronoring, Iom bar
ilrnoet Steo, % opcralt berifer Der
no % Sroen.
Fctrograo, 2tbc Wtnrta. Cen
me Staggering bar netop loiteot ct
Moniiclt, Der belt % llllot betrGitcr
Den fiulfe @runhlop o. giper SrorC
I'll oenS lulbe % uoiforteoe anpen-
belle. Woniiellr tiIltanr ollie politi-
lie Sanger / SiulanO iulo Emmett o.
beltcmnncr, at ocn iinife 2anooag
neo Oct Ierlte ital trpoe 'anmer.
Stocfbolm, 20be MartS. - Sel-
iin9iors, Sinlnno& Nope0ltao, cr III
/ rltSiiitc troopers SGnoer eiter Ell
MGffc Sprsr / Slutningcn al iorrige
llgc. Nonliral Nioeton blep beifltot,
og fl Sificerer pno ari9sifibene paa
Sapnen blep brGbt, iIel9e Splpsnin-
ger, iom ioag er fonlmet BERTH.
(Sctte iioIte Telegram er obiolllt
iliorItnoclia, iaolTngc Oct life err op-
Init, hucm Oct er, ION bar foranItal-
tct Sproret / Den finife Soucoituo.
Ut set ifuloe bore ben iinife 9eiolf-
ming or lioet ia%noipnlig eiter alt, ionl
cr brnbt. Sfllloc oct prre ben rlt5-
life @arniion / Spcnborg eller !@el,
iin9iorS, iom bar negtet at erflUre
i'm 2opalitet opcrior Def npc Stpre ;
FctrograoH