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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

Friends of Miss sara kouns anu
Miss nellie Kouns will be interested
20 learn that they have accepte" po-
sition as singers on the Orpheuil M
s;er circuit. The Orpheum houses
which are situated in the large CUES,
r,oduce high class entertainments an"
employ highly paid performers me
Misses Kouns have been in chicago
most of the time for the past le"
mont filling concert engagements:
They work under the mana geInsllt -' "i
A well known impresarlo or Cnlcdso'
an d they have given concerts IN the
tiles near Chicago and in chicago az
q ell Tnev are daughters of the late
Mr.. c. w. Kouns. A good deal OF
tIeir musical education was receiNeu
abroad, where they lived a numoer OF
Years. Their brother, Mr. Charles
i<nIns. has been visiting them in Chi
cueo.
The Young women of the College OF
the Sisters of Bethany will have
Martha Washington party Saturday'
/ ebruary IT, The affair will be cos
tune party
Mrs. T. V. Campbell will be hostess
at meeting of the "Wednesday AFTER
noon Bridge club tomorrow
- q O. y y e.
Mrs. James Nelson will entertain
her bridge club Wednesday at ]
O'Clock luncheon.
They say that n former newspaper
man. who is now employed by the
Santa Re, is to be married in the
spring to a Soung woman whose moth
or is connected with some local gov
eminent correction office
The Lame Duck club with few
oh al the
Chocolate shop. Among those pres
emf were: Gov. and Mrs. Arthur
Gamer Mr. and Mrs. John Forrest
Dillon. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y. Morgan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wear, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs
David W. Mulvane, Mr.. and Mrs. Gull
ford Dudley, Mr.. and Mrs, Charles
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Il. Barr
of Fort Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. George
NJ Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
s. Quinton. MIR. and Mrs. Albert T.
Reid. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Hall, Mir. and Mrs
!. G. Mohler, Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler
Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs, Harrison Nor
gan, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas e. Frost
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Nj. Connell' Mr., and
Mrs Ben F. Akers. Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. {. b. Mer-
RAM, MIR. and Mrs. f. ". Freeman
and Mr.. and Mrs. II. a. Auerbach.
X =
Mrs. Charles Curtis OF Washington
D. c.. gave her annual dinner for the
Kansas girls Mfo are students in
Washington. The company included:
Miss Irene Miller, Miss Florence Da-
Wis Miss Thelma Thompson. Miss
Irma -Lutz, Miss Moscelyn Hambric
Miss Vivian Warner. Miss Nell Miles
Miss Elizabeth Campbell. Miss Ger
aldine Litchfeld, Miss Ruth Baum
gardner. Miss Margaret Long. Miss
Charlotte Byram. Miss Imogene War
rem and Miss Vera Gano. Mrs. Curtis
was assisted by her daughter, Mis-,
Leona Curtis.
- = ;.
The annual Lincoln Day banquet OF
Western Sorosis was held Monday
night at the First Methodist church
For eighteen years the club has beer
observing Lincoln Day
The principal speaker of the eve.
ming was DIR. Edmund J. kulp, pastor
IF the First Methodist church. He
traced the career of Lincoln from the
lays of his supremacy in the wrestling
matches of his village, to the end o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13
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Relief comes Instantly,

A dose taken every two hours r,.t,
three doses are taken will end grippe
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

Notes and personals from Santa Fe,
by Frances Jones. oil Grattan street.
Telephone between and 10 a. m.. $3.50:
other hours, 4751 K-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13
OAKLAND

Notes and personals from Oakland.
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan. street.
Telephone between 8 and 10 a. M. $3.50; ;
other hours. 4151 K-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

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It acd in atnbrE wthbr no ha from Sd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

A party of the Potwin young mar
ried people will dine tonight at the
Chocolate Shop, and afterward they
will spend the evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sallee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Miller will en-
terrain about dozen couples at an
informal dancing party tonight at
their home in Buchanan street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

Mrs. w. H. Stahl of 1888 Boswell
avenue entertained the Elmhurst Nee
dlecraft club this afternoon at a VAL
entine luncheon at her home. The
decorations were cupids and hearts.
and the place cards were appropriate
to the day. Mrs. Michael Sorensen
was a special guest of the club at the
Il rtV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13

They say that n former newspaper
man. who is now employed by the
Santa Re, is to be married in the
spring TO a Soung woman whose moth-
or is connected with some local gov
eminent correction office.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS.

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Presi-
dent of Columbia University, deplores
the absence of religious instruction in
the public schools, and in recent adj
dress he said:
Two solutions of the difficulty are
proposed. One is that the State shall
tolerate all existing forms of religious
teaching in it's own schools, time be-
ing set apart for the purpose. The
other is that the State shall aid, by
money grants, schools maintained by
religious or other corporations.
Neither suggestion is likely to be re-
ceived favorably by the American peo-
pie at present, because of the bitter
ness of the war between the denomi-
national theologies. Yet the religious
element may not be permitted to pass
wholly out of education unless we are
to cripple it and render it hopelessly
incomplete. 1t must devolve upon the
family and the Church, then, to give
this instruction to the child and to
preserve the religious insight from
loss.t Both family and Church must
become much more efficient, educa.
tionally speaking, than they are now,
if they are to bear this burden sue.
cessfully.
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THE "oNLY" MAN.

Stella is inclined to be something
of an iconoclast on the subject of love
and marriage, or rather she refuses
to accept old-fashioned ideas about
the "one man in all the world and
the .sonly girl on earth" She said
to Uncle Toby the other evening at
dinner that in her opinion that kind
of truck is mere nonsense. Stella told
Uncle T. that she thinks it is foolish
ness for girl to wait around, sigh
ing and imagining that some day
some time, the zone man" will show
up, discover the "only girl and set
tie the vexed matrimonial question
for two people, at least.
Well, Uncle Tobias reflected a mo
ment and then told his niece that, OF
course, among all the men in the
world there really must be one who
would be more suitable than any OF
the rest to be her husband. He might
not be the best possible man, but
compared with all the others living
he is the best-for her. Stella had
u Il1C IL OOCIllCo VI
Still, she said that girl might
wait for old age to come on, before
man would appear whom she would
think acceptable. or tolerable, so thai
she believed it would be more sensible
to let some fairly good fellow wet
her, trusting to future developments
to straighten out undesirable traits o.
characteristics, etc.; you know, girls
Uncle Tobias made a remark ik'
this MY dear child, some girls sa.
prayers to God that He may SEM
them the man who will be, for them
the best husband possible. Hi
niece said she supposed that was al
right too: but did not say much NOR
that evening on the matrimonial
PROBLEM.
/ - Western World.
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ON ESCAPED MONKS

Henri Labouchere, the famous and
fearless editor of London Truth, =
wrote in 1911 as follows of a certain
worthless fellow who had been a short
time lay brother and was expelled
for the good of the order, then posing
as an escaped monk"
A new star has appeared in the
Protestant armament in the shape of
an escaped monk He is to be found
among the constellation known as the
Protestant Alliance, and at the mo-
ment he is shining very brightly in
deed. He is Dane named Eli Erick-
sen, and unlike many of the ex-monks
he really has been a monk, for as
Brother Ansgar he was admitted by
the Provincial of the Marist Brothers
to their monastery at Dumfries after
a number of unsuccessful applications
elsewhere. He did not seem to hit it
off very we'll with his brethren, and
he was transferred to, Dundee, where,
being no more successful, he received
notice of dismissal from the Chief of
the Order. .Thereupon, he bethought
himself of escaping, and did so by the
simple process of walking out of the
front door. oacg
'Since that time he has evidently
found a better job with the Protestant
Alliance by going round the country
and telling in broken English lot of
cock-and-bull stories about the prac-
tees in vogue in the monasteries in
which he had served, according to his
own account, as sort of Simon the
Cellarer One of his yarns about the
consumption Of champagne at the
Dumfries monastery is enough to make
a seasoned toper's mouth water.
Another equally incredible is of a quite
purposeless attempt to drug him with
a cup of tea in London. His revela-
tons as matter of fact smack so
much of the stuff usually heard from
the discharged servant that nobody
would believe them but those who are
greedy for any rubbish that reflects
on a sect or Church which they don't
belong to-"
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AUTOMATIC CATHOLICS.

They rush from their homes on
Sunday morning, hurrying along as
they catch the peal of the Mass bell
from the distance, only to arrive at
the church door as the congregation is
rising for the reading of the Gospel.
They consume few minutes in busy
ing themselves about their personal
comfort, and by about the time they
have fixed themselves comfortably the
Sanctus bell has rung. They have
hardly caught sight of the altar yet;
they turn distractedly from side to
side, taking mental note of the mil
linery if they are women, and what's
under it if they are men.
Then comes the solemn hush for
the Conservation With head bowed
they calculate short prayer, mechan-
ically stroke their breast and, the
Conservation over, the Canon of the
Mass, with it's intenseness and secrecy
and solemnity, is lost upon them.
They can hardly hold the steeds of
distraction plunging through their
brain. Only one whose soul is an
chored at the chalice appreciates the
ebb and flow of that sacrifcial sea.
There is so little to feed the senses
to satisfy the eye and to lull the ear
in the mystic progress of the great
Sacrifice. 1t is so easy to yield to
distractions, so difficult to fix the soul
on the wonderful mystery enacting.
The little bell tinkles again-Domine,
non sum dignus. A moment of sug-
gested reverence, a reverence almost
forced from indifference by the piety
and attention of the congregation.
The people in the rear of the church
take their cue from those before
them, bow their heads and bless them
selves. The Last Gospel is spent in
brushing the dust from the clothing
and the first rush toward the door
bears with it generally those who have
been the last to enter.
canadian Messenger.
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AsxloI! oNS, -
lDOCTRINALs. d TURGlCAL.\


BY her bedside he is kneeling
With heart of chastened feeling,
But her thoughts, going up to Jesus
And to Mary, thrill with pain.
AS her yearning heart is praying,
These are the words she's saying
"Oh. Jesus, save my papa,
That we may meet again. g
His spirit proud is breaking az
AS she, his hand, is taking.
will you promise me, my papa, Il
This last request l make,
There's a land of joy forever,
Where loving hearts don't sever,
In the Faith my mother taught me,
Will you join it for my sake?"
Then he raised his eyes to Mother,
AS her hands are clasped together.
Saying, Yes, my little darling,
She'll teach that Faith to me-"
And the bells of Heaven are ringing
While angel songs are singing,
For another soul hath Weakened
The Eternal Truth to see.
Then with contentment signing,
That pure young girl, there dying,
Sends forth her thanks to Jesus,
The sweetest joy of all;
And with a smile of blessing,
Like a sunbeam bright caressing,
Her soul went forth to Heaven
When she heard the trumpet call.
r. H. Milne. In Boston Pilot.
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ON STEALING LITTLE THINGS.

A certain reader asked the follow
ing question of the Bombay Exam
liner" and received the subjoined
answer:
"A certain person has got a rose tree
that gives beautiful yellow flowers.
Often I asked him for a cutting, but
he refused One day / got: into his
garden and without his knowledge i
took cutting myself. Now is this
robbery? My line of argument is this:
Robbery is privation, moral or ma
terial. In this case it is neither. For
the tree will not die; and will con-
tinue to give flowers as much as be-
fore. The purpose for which he has
the tree is in no wise altered And
the tree has been given to man-for
all.
Strictly speaking it is theft to take
from another anything of his prop
erty against his will, even though the
thing is of no real value to him; even
if he would not miss it; even if no
material damage is done. Still there
is what theologians call parvitas ma
teriae, and the maxim "Parum pro
nihilo reputatur." Thus, to pluck a
few ears of corn in field, or to take
a pin or pen-nib from a desk, or to
pluck a flower from a garden, or as in
this case, to fitch small slip from a
rose tree without doing it any harm,
might be looked upon in this light as
trifies. However, if everybody took
some ears of corn, or a pin, or nib,
or a flower, or cutting, the guilt in
deed would be divided in infinitesi-
mally small parts over whole crowd
of individuals. But the accumulative
damage would be great. Hence even
such small helpings of oneself cannot
be justified in strict principle. They
can only be overlooked because they
occur rarely, and on that account make
no appreciable difference.
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GENTEENESS.
The Columbi0d.

Gentleness is like the fragrance of
flower by which it reveals it's iden-
tity and it's character. Gentleness is
part of the sweetness of Christianity
when it blossoms il. a human life un-
der the sunshine Of the Lords pres
ence. It reveals to others the SYM
pathy in the heart, the tenderness in
the minds thought and even the sub
servience of the body itself to the
unselfshness of the spirit. Gentle
ness in the tone of voice indicates a
kindly affection; in the form of
speech it reveals considerateness of
the effect upon the feeling of others;
in the gesture of hand or its friendly
grasp, it implies a sweet humility and
sense of fellowship. Gentleness is
always in keeping with strength,
whether in repose or in action; and
harshness and overbearing are char
acteristic of the weakness of selfish
ness.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH KEEPS HEART
OF RELIGION STILL BEATING.

ANY power that aims at the revival
of Christian faith under modern con-
ditions must be independent, world
wide, supernatural, and in it's general
effect miraculous. From merely
human level it can not raise mankind
out of the slough into which atheism
has betrayed it. No department of
State will be equal to such a task;
for the State is this fallen society, and.
itself needs redemption. Private effort
is laudable at all times; any associa-
ton which has retained even a frag-
ment of true Christianity will, thus
far, be telling in the good cause. But
there is only one church in contact
with European and American society
which fulfills the conditions required
Independent, supernatural, miracu-
,lous, these high epithets have be-
longed from Of old to the Catholic
Church and are hers today. She does
not preach an abstract or merely his
torical Saviour; she has never simply
relied on written record; and while
she treats with kingdoms and re-
publics as power of this world, she
ideals directly with the individual as
an ambassador from the next. In one
point of view she is accessible to touch
and sight; in another she is ideal,
spiritual, transcendental. And she
| fills every perid of Christian history
with her achievements, her sufferings,
and her victorious resistance to hostile
powers.
| -Four centuries long chapter in
the worlds history prove that Rome,
however charged with corruption,
keeps the heart of religion still beat.
ling. The Gospel that she received she
breaches yet. Her faithful are ortho.
dox Christians; while the rebels, as
she foretold them. who separated from
i her in that name, have shorn it OF
i divinity, and strange paradox are
indignant with her because she insists
Ethat the Bible is truly Gods word and
Jesus of Nazareth His Son. Her, faith
has not changed, and it's permanence
lis the measure of their detection. II
Luther or Calvin could have foreseen
that state Of things when he broke
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
ETERNITY.
A careworn lad leaned on an old mans

A careWorn lad leaned on an old mans
knee, a6
~ And gazing up into his wfinkled
face,
He asked how long eternity would be
And just how fast or slow it's pace.
The very thoughts the old man
dreamed were read,
And from his breast there rose a
heavy sigh
AS unto space, with gaze fixed straight
ahead,
In solemn voice he gave back this
reply: S.
If only once in every million years
A little bird with weary fright from
out this earthly vale of human
tears
And by massive silent sea alight to
drink fast few drops, the rest
to shun,
Until another million years dragged
by,
Eternity would hardly have begun
When that small bird had drunk the
whole seas dry.
EXCHANGE
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REvIvINe THE ANeELus BELL

Horatio Bottomley, editor of a radi-
cal London journal, and well-known
as an admirer of Bradlaugh, the
atheist, recently made a sincere appeal
that his countrymen, in their time OF
trial, resort for spiritual consolation
to an established Catholic practice.
These are his words: LET us take
an item from the great Roman Catho-
lie Church. No, my Protestant friends,
don't protest because it is from that
Church. What does it matter? Let us
revive the Angelus Bell
In America, too, the need of the
Angelus is testified by new nom
Catholic organization, which, accord
ing to a Brooklyn paper, requires
every member to pray silently at
noon, an adaptation of the practice
that has been considered vital in all
Christian brotherhoods since the
earliest days of the spread of the
faith"
11l,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK
ST. EDMUND, KING, MARTYR.

s In 855, Offa, King of East Anglia,
anxious to finish his days in holy
seclusion, gave UP his throne in, favor
of Edmund, then youth of fifteen.
The young king showed precocious
wisdom in governing, making himself
personally acquainted with all the
state affairs of his kingdom. Though
SO watchful ruler, he was jealous in
deyout practices, and retired for a
whole year into solitude, that he
might learn the Psalter by heart.
After he had reigned peacefully and
prosperously for fifteen years, the
Danes invaded England, plundering
destroying wherever they went, and
especially vowing destruction to-
everything Christian. When they ap-
preached the convent of Coldingham,
st. Ebba, the abbess, and her nuns,
fearless of all but their purity, hor-
ribly mutilated themselves by cutting
off their noses and upper lips. When
the barbarians broke in, horror struck
/ at the spectacle, they contented them
selves with putting the holy women
! to the sword. Edmund resolved to
do all he could to save his own coun-
try, raised whatever forces he could,
and routed part Of the invading host
near Thetford; but fresh hordes pour
| ing in, he saw that resistance was
vain, he disbanded his troops and tried
to conceal himself. He was, however,
captured and brutally put to death,
displaying the most heroic Christian
endurance to the, end.
! After st. Edmund was taken pris-
oner he was offered his life and liberty
on conditions equally hurtful to his
Icountry and to religion. He, in reply,
declared that religion was dearer to-
him than life, which was worthless
when bought at such a price. Then
Hingua the Dane, not content with
lputting the noble king to death, sub
jected him to the most terrible tor
i lures, <Nainly hoping to shake his
fortitude. He was beaten with
cudgels, then torn with scourges, and
at last bound to tree and shot at
with arrows, until, while still living,
he was transported in every part.
All this the saint bore with joy and
patience; calling on the holy name Of
Jesus. It was only after he had en-
! dured every possible torture that the
Danes, weary OF their cruelty, struck
off his head.
n
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way, would 1t not nave left him dumb

away, would it not nave left him dumb
with amazement? And, observe, the
more it is urged that Roman officials
are or have been a scandal to their
high calling, that genius is not to be
found in Catholic apologists, or in
sight and ability among bishops and
clergy, so much the more conclusive
is our argument in favor of a secret
divine influence which would not suffer
it's purpose to be undone by such weak
and needy instruments"
Rep. Vim Barn.
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AND WHO IS MY NEieHRoRa

He that stumbled meath the load
And seeks the helping hand,
He that has felt the singing goad
& OF jaded fortunes wand.
He that is struggling in the strife
To gain the moments breath,
He that is loosing hold on life
And glares at waiting death.
He: that has seen the bitter dross
And known the scarlet shame.
He that in conscience feels the loss
And SORROWS in the blame.
He that II strong to stand and brav
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Order for Creditors to Present Claims,
Etc.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
In the Matter of the Estate of Freder-
lex Bosch, Deceased.
Letters of Administration on the ES-
tate of Frederick Bosch, Deceased, late
of the County of Ramsey and State of
Minnesota, being granted to Moritz
Helm
1t Is Ordered, That six months be
and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this Order, in
which all persons having claims or de-
mands against the said deceased, are
required to file the same in the Pro-
bate Court of said County, for examina--
ton and allowance, or be forever
1t Is Further Ordered, That the first
Monday in June, 1918, at 10 o'clock A.
M, at a General Term of said Probate
Court to be held at the Court House,
in the City of st. Paul, in said County.
be and the same hereby is appointed
as the time. and place when and where
the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, That no.
tice Of such hearing be given to all
creditors and persons interested in said
Estate, by forthwith publishing this
Order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks in The Catholic Bulle-
lished in said County.
Dated at St. Paul this 10Th day of
November, 1917. u
BY the Court:
E. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(SeaI of Probate Court.) p
M. Helm, Atty.
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+, ON A ROMAN TOMB.

In ST. Peters, Rome, there are
many tombs in which death is SYM
bolized in it's traditional form-as a
skeleton with the faithful hour-glass
and the fearful scythe. Death is the
rude reaper, who cruelty cuts off life
and all the joys of life. But there is
one tomb on which death is sculp-
tured as sweet, gentle, motherly
woman, who takes her wearied child
home to safer and surer keeping. 1t
is a truer thought than the other.
Death is a minister of Almighty God,
doing His pleasure and doing us good
at the same time.