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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24
A. P. TO SPEND 100000
FOR LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

NEW YORK. May 24.-At meet
ing of the executive committee of
the Associated Press, Wednesday, it
was unanim ously resolved to trans
fer from the present investment the
sum of 100000 of the emergency
reserve fund Can accumulation
which has been set aside for ex-
traordinary news events) 70 the pur-
chase of Liberty loan bonds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24
INDIANA MUST FURNISH
1000 GUARD RECRUITS

international News Service:
INDIANAPOLIS. May "a. - In
diana needs approximately 1000 re-
cruits for the national guard Adjt.
Gen. Harry 3. Smith said Wednes-
day The present enlistment is ap-
proximately $500. Recruiting efforts
will be redoubled. Gen. Smith said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24
WAR CHIEFS FROM
ITALY GREETED
Cousin of King Delivers Mes
sage of ComradeShip to
American People.

WASHINGTON May %. - The
prince of Udine. member of the royal
house Of Savoy. and cousin Of the
king Of Italy. delivered a message
# greeting and comradeship 10 the
American people on his arrival here
Wednesday as the head Of Italys
war mission. Accompanied by some
Of the Kingdoms leading citizens. in
Guiding William Marconi, inventor
Of the wireless, the prince express
ed his delight at being in America
at this time and at the opportunity
10 express ltaly's appreciation Of
Americas active championship Of
the common world struggle against
autocracy.
Met by Officials.
The italian mission. met on ar
rival in this country by Italian Am
bassador hi Callere and Third Asst.
Sec'y Of state breckenridge Long,
was received with every honor
when its special train reached the
capital Wednesday at noon. The
prince Of Udine and his fellow mem
bers were presented in order by the
italian ambassador 20 Sec'y Lansing.
Counsellor Polk. Asst Sec'y Phillips
ana Lieut. Col. John c. Gilmore Of
the army. and Lieut.. Commander
William y. letters OF the navy.
Visitors Wildly Chccrcd.
The visitors passed out through a
cheering crowd in the station to
waiting automobiles, which passed
under escort Of two cavalry troops
past the capital. up Pennsylvania
av.. between the treasury department
and the White house. and out 10 the
Joseph Letter house where they will
make their headquarters. Another
crowd greeted them as they drove
up beneath the trees in front of the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24
NON-C0MS MAY SOON
GET ARMY APPOINTMENTS

CHICAGO, May 24.-Orders were
sent to all posts in the central de-
partment of the army. Wednesday.
directing that boards convene at
once to recommend non-commis-
sion officers for temporary appoint
ment in the grade of second lieuten-
ant. The appointments will be for
the period of the war only.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24

The total number of troops in the
different United States wars follow:
Revolutionary. 3O9.791; war of 1912,
6O5.O46; Mexican war. 101, 2S2; civil
war 2,S59,132: Spanish war, 274.717;
Philippine instruction, 126.46S.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-24
u. S. SENATOR LANE DIES

SAN FRANCISCO. May 24.-Unit-
gon died at a hospital here Wednes-
day night Of a nervous disorganiza-
ton, produced by a blood clot on
the brain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
NO AUTHORITY HERE
AND THE DEAD
PlTlFUL EFFORTS AT
TRUTH.

For the members of the Protestant
Churches the question of what to be-
lieve as true religious doctrine must
be constant puzzle. Some of the
Anglican ministers in England have
been celebrating so-called Requiem
Masses" in their churches for soldiers
who have fallen at the front, and the
Church Times" reproves the Univer-
stiles of Cambridge and London for
having chosen All Saints Day instead
of All Souls Day to commemorate
their alumni who have lost their lives
in the war. "All Souls Day." SAYS
this Anglican journal, has it's proper
place and function in the scheme of
our religious observances." On the
other hand, the Irish Protestant Epis-
copal Church, which is a daughter of
the Church of England, seems to re-
gard with horror the idea of praying
for the dead. When a Catholic lady
in Limerick wished to place in St..
Munchin's Cemetery, which is used
for interments by Protestants and
Catholics, stone over the grave of
her parents bearing the Inscription,
Sweet Jesus, have mercy on Them
the Rev. Mr.. Robertson, Canon of
the Irish Protestant Episcopal
Church, endeavoured to prevent it's
erection and declared that the in
scription would be offensive to Irish
Protestants as the Irish Protestant
Episcopal Church does not believe in
prayers for the dead. The hopeless
confusion which prevails amongst
Protestants on this and other doc
trines will not cease as long as their
Churches survive, for in none of them
is authority to define recognized by
the congregations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
PLANK BOARD SERVED AS ALTAR
FOR OPEN-AIR MASSES CELE-
DRAFTED IN MIDST OF DEATH
AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE SERVICES.

| have often had, says the Liver
soldier-priest whose influence over
our fighting men is so great because
their acts are in keeping with their
words. They preach the Catholic doc
trine and the virtues that it implies,
and they bear out their teaching by
the practice of these virtues carried
to the point of heroism.
A striking testimony to their excel
lent attitude comes to us from the
deputy and academician, M. Maurice
Barres, a testimony all the more i'm
portant because it does not come from
the ''Croix' or from any purely re-
ligious paper. M. Barres is not a
practical Catholic. There are at
present, says M. Maurice Barres,
$4,000 priests in the army. Of these
there are three hundred who are Off
cially recognized as military chaplains
and who rank as captains.
:, Besides the official chaplains, there
are number of priests, who, being
infirmarians or stretcher-bearers, have
many opportunities of exercising their
sacred Office, and who never fail to do
so with absolute self-sacrifice. Lastly,
there are the soldier-priests, younger
men, who are performing their mill
tary service in the ranks.
They are, like their comrades, much
taken up by their duties as soldiers,
but they can hear confessions, say
Mass occasionally, and, without hold
ing an official post, are able to exer-
else useful influence among their
surroundings.
A letter, quoted by M. Barres, gives
pretty picture of the visit of the
military chaplain of a division to a
distant post. 1t tells how he went
through the trench, speaking to
everyone, finding exactly the right
word to say; bending over the very
young soldiers to whisper words that
uplifted and encouraged.
The priest alone, adds M. Barres,
has the right and the power to de-
mand from these young men the sac
rifice of their lives, because he alone
can expound the doctrine that teaches
them that there is another and better
life awaiting them.
Among the French soldiers, the
open air Masses that are celebrated
close to the firing line are extremely
popular. Yet, writes M. Barres, the
thought of death dominates these
celebrations; it is in the minds of
all present and creates a strong link
between men who live in presence of
the same danger.
The soldiers join in the singing with
delight; even the most ignorant among
them are accessible to the reminis-
cences OF home and childhood that are
awakened by these open air Masses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
A CHANGE OF HEART
THE SCOTTISH PRESS AND THE
MISSION TO THE POPE.

Notwithstanding occasional out
bursts of bigotry among certain sec
tons of the Scottish population, there
are not wanting signs that the atti-
tude of Scottish non Catholics towards
their Catholic fellow-citizens has i'm
proved considerably since the COM
mencement of the war. A leading ar
ticle in the Aberdeen (Scotland) Free
Press" offers gratifying confirmation
of this view. Referring to the British
mission to the Vatican, it says: eve
have, and, for many long day have
had, Protestant organizations north
and south of the Tweed to which any
official recognition Of the Holy See by
this country has been anathema. But
the war, which has altered so many
things, has here also brought a not
able new departure. In the presence
of Armageddon, all religious separa'
ton has been obliterated." The writer
further says: The establishment of
diplomatic relations with the Vatican
is, therefore, fitting as an acknowledg.
ment that we are all of one household
and as paying respect to the Pontiff
who is the spiritual father of so great
host of our comrades. The com.
rades, it can never be forgotten, in.
clude the flower of the French priest
hood, who not only minister to their
Acknowledgements, but also as com
batants, share their daily dangers and
privations, setting up no claim to
exemption in respect of their sacred
calling" Such articles as this cannot
fail to be beneficial in Strengthening
the bonds between Catholics and non.
Catholics both in Great Britain and
Ireland, and it would be well if the
sentiments which it expresses found
more general favor amongst Scottish
editors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
CARELESS CATHOLICS
IMPEDE RELIGION
CATHOLICS HAVE PREPONDER-
ANCE OF NUMBERS IN FRANCE,
PORTUGAL AND MEXICO.

If the average Catholic man were
only as careful concerning the inter
ests of his religion as he is about secu-
lar affairs the progress of the Church
in this country would be remarkable,
says "The True Voice. 1t is the care
less, selfish Catholic that impedes the
advancement of religion everywhere
The efforts of his more Jealous broth
er can barely counterbalance the in
ertia of the sluggard. Annual reports
show a satisfactory increase in the
number of Catholics in this country;
but numbers count for little if indif-
ference has served upon the mass.
Catholics in France were sufficient
in numbers dozen years ago to put
an end to the persecution of religion
there. Yet they were powerless be
cause of the Indifference that pre-
vailed. The same was true. of Portu-
gal q few years later. Some blame
the Catholics of Mexico, for submit
ting to persecution there. The Next
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
THE PRIEST ON THE FIRING LINE

where a plank serves as an altar and
two stable lanterns as candles, and
where green branches are used to
conceal the altar from any hostile air
ship lowering in the neighborhood.
Many military chaplains are popu-
lar as preachers. The impression
able Latins are keenly alive to good
speaking, and, as rule, our men pre-
fer Mass where there is sermon.
A priest who excels in winning their
attention explained his methods to M.
Maurice Barres. | preach to the men
of my battalion every evening for
just quarter of an hour. l endeavor
to suggest few fundamental ideas,
always the same, and, above all, to
avoid empty formulas and to touch a
human chord.
What moves them most you ask?
Undoubtedly, the hope of finding
an answer to the puzzling ques-
tions that they are perpetually ask
ing themselves in the solitude of the
front. They detest all that sounds
like empty rhetoric. l speak to them
of Our Lord, because He is a person;
it is always persons that they want.
My peasants from LIE Vendee like to
be told of God, Jesus Christ, the
Church, and the Immortality of the
soul.
When l feel that they are more
anxious than usual, the thought of i'm
mortality strengthens them more
than anything else and makes them
able to face the required sacrifice.
The peasants of La Vendee receive,
as a rule solid religious instruction.
have often spoken to my readers of
this favored region, where the Faith,
that has grown cold in so many coun-
try districts, keeps it's sway.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
THE sHUBERT STOCK THEATER.

''The Revolt" three-act modern
play by Edward Locke, author of 'The
Case of Becky" and "The Climax"
will be put on at the Shubert, by the
Shubert Stock Company, the week of
Jan. IA, commencing with Sundays
matinee. THE Revolt" with Helen
Ware in the leading role, was one of
the most important successes of recent
New York seasons. Now ''The Revolt
belongs to that class of plays so in
teresting, so surprising, and so dra-
matte in it's development, that the
author has made particular request
that the story be not disclosed in ad-
vance notices, for fear of spelling the
effect of the climaxes. 1t may be
said, however, that the story is about
the situation arising between hus-
band and wife, when the former has
selfishly neglected the woman until he
sees startling consequences of his
course, and suddenly makes a right
about-face. The situations are inter-
esting and the whole play is full of
heart interest and thrills.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
IT COULDN'T BE DONE

Somebody said that it couldn't be
done,
But he with chuckle replied
That maybe it couldn't" but he would
be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in, with a trace of
a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done-and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: ooh, you'll never
do that
At least, no one ever has done it,
But he took off his coat and he took
off his hat,
begun it,
With lift of his chin and bit of a
grin,
Without any doubling or quiddit;
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done and he did it.
There are thousands who tell you it
cannot be done,
There are thousands who prophesy
failure;
There are thousands to point out to
you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you
But just buckle in with a bit of grin
Then take off your coat and go to it.
Just start in to sing as you tackle the
thing
That cannot be done"-and you'll
do it.
Edgar a. Guest
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cans are not to be blamed when we
take account of the powerful influ-
ences employed to terrorize and rob
them while their religion is perse-
cuted by shrewd bandits who get rec
ignition from our own government.
Mo Excuse for Us.
But we shall not have the excuse
that the Mexican Catholics have to
offer when the time of trial comes
for us. And come it will, inevitably.
We fiatter ourselves that irreligion
can never gain the ascendency and
prosecute in this land of liberty. Let
us not be too sure of that. There are
signs of its coming already in the
activity of the secret anti Catholic or
CARNATIONS This wave of intolerance
will pass only to be succeeded by an
other later on. And how are we pre-
pared to cope with that situation
Are our Catholic people better in
Structed, more jealous and more ready
to make sacrifices for their faith
than those of former generation ?
We are convinced that they are not
Deplore it as we will, we must con-
fess that secularism and Indifference
is growing even among our own peo
pie. They are yielding to environ.
ment and selfishness more and more
They seek their own pleasure rather
than the glory of God. This is con.
dition that is becoming more prevalent
each year Indifference is fastening
itself upon too many for the welfare
of religion. We do not fear persecu
ton; but we have every reason to fear
the spiritual sloth that seems to grow
in spite of endeavors of thinking lay.
danger
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
ABANDON THE WORLD
'WALSH'S DAUGHTERS RECEIVE
VEIL.

The Rev. w. j. Hewlett, the Colo
RADIO pioneer priest, was chief officiat-
ing clergyman recently at the Loretto
motherhouse, NerinX, KY, where he
is chaplain, when the Misses Marie
and Louise Walsh, daughters of Frank
p. Walsh, of industrial commission
fame, received their black wells and
took vows as Sisters of Loretto. Miss
Marie Walsh is now known as Sister
Frances Marie and Miss Louise as
Sister Catherine Louise. On her re-
turn to Kansas City, after seeing her
daughters reception. Mrs. Walsh de-
clared that they had been blessed be-
yond measure, and that she would not
ask to have them back from the happy
life they had chosen.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
THE GREAT WORK ACCOM-.
PLIsHED BY PALEsTRINA.

Giovanni Pierluigi Sante (surname6
da Palestrina from his birthplace
was born probably in the third decade
of the sixteenth century. The exact
date is unknown, but we may safely
conjecture his birth to have been in
1926 or 1926.
Very little is now known of the
childhood of Giovanni, or Gianettc
as he was often called, prior to 1914
when we find him organist and choir
master in his native town. Biogra
pliers generally agree that he had
previously spent several years OF
study in Rome, where many induce
ments were continually held out tc
youths of musical aptitudes.
In his birthplace among the lower
slopes of the Sabine hills Palestrina
served as organist in the Cathedral
as an itinerant singer, and as q
teacher of music; and although he was
ill-paid, Lucrezia de Goris rejoiced tC
share with him his poverty. And sc
he and the pretty peasant girl were
married.
In 1851 Palestrina assembled the
first step of his ladder of fame when
his local reputation having gone
abroad, he was recalled to Rome, nc
longer student, but now entrusted
with the instruction and mastery OF
choristers of the Capella Giulia in St
Peters and invested with the Latin
title of "Magister Capellae."
Three years later he dedicated his
first composition, volume of four
Masses for four voices and one for
five, to the then reigning POntiff
julius III who before his coronation
had been Bishop of the diocese EN-
bracing the little town of Palestrina
and had made that place his see city
Receives Appointment.
Thus, remembering his organist OF
former days by the dedication of the
collection of Masses-the first time
by the by, that any composer had
dared to dedicate piece of music to
sovereign pontiff-Julius III be-
SIOWSu oil uCllOI Oh tAC youhS
composer. In order that he might
have leisure to develop his talents and
less cause for temporal anxiety (the
stipend being larger than that of the
choirmaster) Palestrina was ad
mitted to the Papal choir as singer
although his voice was not remark
able, and, being a layman and a mar
ried man, the appointment was in
contravention to the rules governing
the twenty-four singers of this cele
brated choir. Paul w in 1856 rein
forced the rules of the Pontifical
Choir, and Palestrina, dismissed from
his post with a trifiing pension, fell
dangerously ill through worry and
poverty. Upon his recovery he was
appointed master of the choir at St
John Lateran, where he remained SIX
years, being then transferred to a
similar position at Santa Maria Mag
giore. The composers pen was busy
the while. His "Improperia" (1560)
were so beautiful when sung by the
Papal Choir on Good Friday that the!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
THE FATHER OF CHURCH MUSIC

were ordered by Paul w to be in
cluded perpetually in the music OF
Holy Week, and the order has been
fulfilled ever since.
His years at Santa Maria Maggiore
constitute the epoch-making period OF
Pedestrians career, when, inspired by
his beloved friend and confessor Fill
| ippo Neri (whom all the world loves
as st. Philip NerD, it was his privi-
lege to lift religious music out OF
chaos, into which all other than
Gregorian chant had succumbed.
"The Savior of Music"
In 1865, Palestrina proved to an
exacting committee of cardinals that
| it was possible to preserve and enun-
ciate every syllable of the text though
many unaccompanied voices were in
terwoven and bound together into an
harmonious whole, each voice singing
its own melody, and all equally neces-
sary to the general effect. Thus was
polyphonic music indicated in theory.
And in example, the contrapuntal
skill contained in his three wonderful
Masses composed for the commission
and especially the "Missa Papae
MARCEL" proved to the cardinals ut
most satisfaction that the reforms
decreed by the Council of Trent were
realized in the work of 1.-The savior
of music" as Palestrina was hence
forth hailed.
Needless to say, he never again sui
fered material want. Plus ~ gave
him the title and office of Composer
to the Papal Chapel, thus restoring
him to the Vatican Choir with more
exalted post In 1871 he was ap-
pointed, and remained so until his
death, choirmaster at st. Peters, with
out FORGETTING his similar Office in the
Sistine Chapel
And so the horn of plenty was
poured out before him, and the re-
naming years of his life were long
series of fruitful labor, the materials
for his biography resolving themselves
into a list of his publications. A
chronological index of the masters
sacred madrigals, SO Masses, 63
motets, and numerous psalms, hymns
and litanies, can be found in Groves
Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Pedestrians complete works have been
published, filling thirty-three volumes.
His last days we're marked by the
same intense piety which had charac-
terized his whole life. And in the
evening of the journey, like a little
child honoring his mother, he COM
posed hymns to the Blessed Virgin
full of exquisite solemnity and I'M
earthly sweetness.
In January, 1894, while his last
compositions, a collection of thirty
"Madrigali Spiritual" in honor OF
Our Lady, were still in the press, Pal
estrina became dangerously i'll with
pleurisy. And thus, consoled in his
last hours by the ministrations of St
Philip Neri, his spiritual director and
confessor of many years, Giovanni
Sante da Palestrina breathed out his
soul in peace. As his last musical
offering had been in Mary's honor, SO
on her Feast of Publication he was
! permitted to die. 1t was Candlemas
Day, 1894.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
AMERICA AT PRESENT
RICHEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS
COUNTRY UNDER THE SUN is
THE UNITED STATES.

The Comptroller of the Currency,
Hon. John Shelton Williams, makes
this statement of Americas present
wealth:
Since the beginning of the war in
Europe we of the United States have
sold to the warning nations and other
foreign countries our products to the
amount of $9,000,000,000 at liberal
profits.
eve have loaned them $2,OOO,O00,-
600 at full interest.
1--WE have bought back from them
our own securities to the amount of
So, 900 100000.
1--WE have given the warning coun-
tries to relieve their endless forms
of distress and to answer their claims
on our pity and charity through the
Red Cross and all other agencies
about $4O,OOO,OOO.
I'VE have gathered billions, flow
ing in lavish streams. We have doled
out few millions.
"The United States of America
only a few generations ago was one
of the least among the peoples of
earth. In the providence of God to-
day it stands forth as the mightiest
of nations, the richest and most pros
porous country under the sun. The
census figures of 1912 justify the
estimate that the total wealth of our
country at this time is not less than
1920 ,000, 200, 0OO.'
The Comptroller urges prepared
ness to defend our country, our
homes, our factories and our wealth
from. nations jealous .of our power
and covetous Of our possessions.
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against that Guide, and commit our
selves to unauthorized teachers, would
be to bring to naught the object of
revelation, to nullify the office of the
Church. to contradict the declaration
of Christ, and, if done wilfully, to
offer an insult to the God of holiness,
charity, and truth.