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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
Minnesota Paints

When customer once uses Mime
sofa Paint, the next time he has to
paint you will find he generally
wants MINNESOTA paint again.
Among the houses being painted
with Minnesota Paints this week are
the ones owned by J. j. Trask on
Lake Boulevard and o. J. Laqua on
Tenth street and Dewey avenue.
Let US figure with you when you
get ready to paint your house.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25

preparation for attack Is a secret. and
Tor the present nothing on that phase
OF the use of them can be published
The we'll trained mechanicians and ri
femen are ready when it is time to
start. and upon the signal the tank
gets into action. 1t straddles trenches,
crushes through barbed wire and
rakes the foe with guns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
Refrigerators

We have all been trying to save
and cut down expenses. II you have
been trying to and have no refrig-
orator, 1t will surprise you what q
difference you will flnd in having
one. Your leftovers are kept fresh
and nice for the next meal, and your
butter and meats are kept in a good,
cool, healthy, sanitary condition.
Call in and investigation our line
of refrigerat0rs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
Universal Ranges

That list of Universal Ranges is
certainly live wire. It just keeps
growing from week to week and as
one range goes out it always paves
the way for another Universal in the
neighbor's home.
This week we sent out q nice
BLUE BEAUTY enameled range, and
today are setting up a Patriot Uni
versal for p. G.. Lee of Nymore.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
VISITORS HERE THIS WEEK

Among the out of town shoppers
this week were Thos. Porte of Grand
Forks, who has a farm on Moville
Lake. John P. Erickson of Solway,
Clarence Jackson of Leonard, Jim
Taylor of Tenstrike. Bert Noble, ].
p. Erickson Of Nebish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
COLLEGE GIRLS READY.
Western Women Apply For Work In
Munition Eactories

Ch1cago.-College girls are ready to
take the places Of men who may be
called from their regular duties to go
to the front. Many Of them have ap-
piled for technical positions at the
Chicago collegiate bureau of occupa-
lions to take up the work when the
men leave it. Those who are still in
college are changing in increasing num-
bers to training in manual and tech.
nical work.
The collegiate bureau has started a
survey of the situation in Chicago and,
according to an announcement Of Miss
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
WALL PAPER

Have you received our Wall Paper
sample book yet? II not, you are
entitled to one and we will be glad
indeed to see that you get one If you
will Just call US up. Our stock is
q brand new line of goods and is in
very fine condition for your selec-
tion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-05-25
WET OR DRY

They say that the first woman con-
gresham, jeanette Rankin, wept
when she cast her vote against war
but Senators La Toilette, Bill
Stone ct all, voted dry"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
EMILE FAGUET.

The death some months ago Of
Emile Faguet has again aroused
in certain quarters the question
Of religion as applied to eminent
writer's. 1t is customary in certain
quarters, in the case Of great
writer or scientist. to conceal the
fact of his religion, if he be a
Catholic, and to exalt the fact
if he be an atheist. While it is true,
as Mgr. Herscher says, that the
Christian faith Of the illustrious
deceased was not always active,
so far as external practice OF re-
ligious duties went, still this
eclipse Of his faith was never to-
tai. " The son Of French pro-
fessor he himself became pro-
fessor Of French literature at
the Sorbonne. Faguet's interest
in religious questions grew more
acute with the years. When
in his final illness, he gave proof
Of the deep faith which was his in
early life and which he never lost.
As even Renan was wont to say
of himself that the sound of the
Mass bell Of his native Brittany
followed him through life, SO did
the early piety of Faguet reassert
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ment will eventually control the
standards and requirements in our
state institutions.

By reason Of a difference OF
language and our few relations
with South America it has been
difficult even for Catholics to get
at the real facts with regard to
the Southern Republics. Now,
however, ''The Queens Work,
an energetic magazine, has gather
ed together a remarkable mass OF
recent and authoritative data on
the subject. The editor of the
magazine addressed Il letter and
a QUESTIONABLE to the Bishops,
Catholic editors, distinguished
priests and laymen in all the Re
publics of South America. The
response to this. letter has been
generous and complete, and the
popular magazine promises to give
us the results Of its findings after
the vast mass Of data has been
properly collated and indeXed.
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Investigation Of Converts
REPORT OF GRAND JURY COM
MlTTEE IN GEORGIA is FAVOR
ABLE TO INSTITUTIONS.

The following report from the In
vestigating Committee appointed IN
der the Veazey Bill by the Grand Jury
of Chatham County, Georgia Tin which
Savannah is located), shows the re-
suit of the first investigation made
under the new law Of Georgia, and is
Of general interest:
est. Vincent's Academy, Liberty &
Abercorn Streets. This is the Mother
Convent for the Diocese Of Savannah
and is conducted by the Sisters Of
Mercy. The Sisters have q day school.
There are no boarding pupils. This
institution is beautifully kept. The
school rooms are bright and airy and
the Sisters have done excellent educa-
tional work in Savannah for many
years.
''St. Mary's Home for Female Or
phans. This orphanage for girls from
three to seventeen is under the charge
of the Sisters of Mercy. Like the
Episcopal Orphans Home, it is 81
model OF cleanliness, order and good
care to the children. The Sisters here
teach the children, while at the
Protestant orphanages the children
attend public schools. ST. Mary's re-
ceives 5000 year from the County
and $3.50 from the City.
Little Sisters of the Poor, Aber
corn and Thirty-seventh Streets. This
is a home for the care Of old people
of sixty years and over. 1t is con-
Quoted by the Little Sisters of the
Poor and is a remarkable institution.
The management is highly efficient.
Old people are received without regard
to their religious belief and are cared
for in every way. The whole estab-
lishment is in perfect order; spotless,
comfortable and a most pleasant place
for it's inmates. The County gives
$1,000 and the City from it's charity
fund, $50 per pear.
AT no institution in Savannah have
we found any persons confined against
their will In the Catholic institutions
the Sisters all say they are there of
their own free will, happy and con-
tented This is evidenced by their
great devotion to duty, and the many
acts of charity and mercy performed
in this community"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT
CHRIST.

According to the daily press an
edict went forth before the holi-
days from the Chicago Board of
Education, that in the school
festivals commemorative Christ
mas no mention was to be made Of
Christ. Many letters had been
sent to the Board alleging that
school exercises held to commemo-
rate the birth Of Christ, as such,
were an open violation Of the law
which forbids the use Of public
schools for sectarian purposes. In
pursuance Of this edict, fairy tales
were in order to take the place OF
anything that might remind the
children Of the Infant Saviour.
Taking for granted the legality
Of the stand assumed by the Chi
cago Board, we have no complaint
whatsoever to make Of the public
schools with regard to the substi-
tuition Of fairy tales for the narra-
tive dealing with the birth Of
Christ.
In the whole history Of our
country there is possibly no other
instance which points so rlnerring-
ly to the pagan nature Of our
public school. Many Of our non
Catholic fellow citizens desire
that the Bible be read in the
schools at least for its moral in
fuence on the pupils. The Jews
object to the New Testament, and
rightly, from their standpoint /;
Protestants will have none Of the
Catholic version, nor will Catho-
lies listen to the Protestant YER
sion Of the Scriptures. So the
whole matter is nicely adjusted by
ruthlessly tearing out OF the
schools every vestige of religion,
even that which might appear un-
der the guise Of literary value.
The public school stamps itself alb
solutely and defantly and ire
vocably, as the school where God
has no part.
When will the time come that
Catholics will thoroughly realize
the Importance, the vital necessity
Of educating their children in an
atmosphere where the presence OF
God is felt and enjoyed. If non
Catholics prefer to send their chill
dren to a. school where God is
ignored that is absolutely none OF
our business; but when Catholic
parents will persist in placing
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CONFIDENCE IN PARENTS.

A recent writer well remarks:
" Ii some parents would take Il
deeper interest in the welfare OF
their children, if they would
strive to gain their entire conf
dence, there would be fewer chill
dren led astray by evil compani-
ons.' There is much deeper wis
dom in this remark than may APP
pear at first flash.
Few parents fully realize the
meaning Of confidence as applied
to their sons and daughters. The
average child is constantly devel-
oping mentally and morally as
we'll as physically; new ideas are
forming in his mind; strange
images from the world about him
are implanted upon his memory !;
unusual scenes are passing before
his eyes; in a word, life with all
it's good and it's bad is passing be-
fore his mental vision in a be-
wildering, panoramic review.
True, he has been taught within
the circle of the home certain
fundamental principles that are
supposed and expected to guide
him in his conduct. His contact
with life, however, tends to dis
tort these simple principles and
to infuse into his soul a suspicion
that soon turns into a doubt as to
the truthfulness or the adaptable
ity of these principles.
It is when the boy or the girl
reaches this stage, this parting Of
ways, where the brook and river
meet that confidence towards
parents should be cultivated by
the parents themselves. If the
child has been reared in an at
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
COLLEGES IN ROME
NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF LEARN.
ING ARE AFFECTED BY WAR.

The latest issue Of Rome comments
on the falling off in attendance at the
various colleges in Rome. It says:
THE Prize Days at the Gregorian and
Propaganda Universities this year
(1916) showed only too clearly the eff
fects of the war on the membership
Of the various ecclesiastical colleges
in Rene. The number Of students is
considerably less than half that Of the
year 1914, and it is anticipated that
there will be a still further diminu-
ton during the coming year. The
North American College is reduced to
half it's former strength, the Canadian
College has temporarily closed its
doors, the English College has receded
from it's high water mark Of ante
bellum days, the number Of English,
speaking students at the Urban Col
lege is greatly lessened, but the Beda,
Irish and Scots Colleges are almost
normal
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itself strongly at death. When
Mgr. Herscher visited Faguet a
few weeks before the latter s death
he found the patient in great pain.
Throughout his sufferings Faguet
held the crucifix firmly in his
hand and kissed it repeatedly.
In conversation with Mgr. Her
scher, Faguet showed no terror Of
death. Death, +" he said, is a
tunnel. In front Of this tunnel
is the half-light in which we who
live are standing, half-light
mixed with so ma.ly shadows that,
whilst feeling DIR way. we often
knock against the walls. But, the
tunnel once passed, we are in the
full sunshine-the light have
always loved the light! He
added that he had lived so simply
here below, that he felt he would
be quite happy in a little obscure
corner Of heaven. When Mgr.
Herscher reminded him that he
would soon be among the aca-
demicians of Heaven, Faguet an
swered with q smile, Natnr-
ally, i'll eternity we are all
1mmortels - His last words
were: II have sought the light
[ am going towards the light! ]
should have liked to live q few
years longer, but God has decided
otherwise: Thy will be donen
His dying eyes fingered on the
crucifix at the foot Of his bee
until death yelled it from his
sight. Thus did the great French
writer, the peer among dramatic
critics, the renowned member O
the French Academy, go into tht
presence Of his Maker.
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EXILES BUILD HOME
MARIST BROTHERS, DRIVEN OUT
OF MEXICO, ERECT HOME
IN TEXAS.

During the past few months a large
and permanent Catholic institution has
been built in the northeastern suburbs
of San Antonio, Texas, but it's cree
ton has been going on SO quietly that
even comparatively few Catholics have
known anything about it. 1t is the
novitiate and scholasticate of the
Marist Brothers, exiled from Mexico,
who decided to establish themselves
permanently in San Antonio, owing to
the present religious persecution in
their own beautiful but unhappy land.
The Brothers are now occupying the
building which was solemnly dedicated
by Rt. Rev. Bishop Shaw on January
2, the centenary of the founder of the
Order.
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The wealthy and to large de-
gree "childless" families attend
ing the Euclid Avenue Methodist
Church in Cleveland, were given
an unlocked for and merciless
castigation by their pastor, Rev.
DR.. Byrncy. IF [ were to indi
cate the one most ominous sign OF
the times, | would indicate the I'M
sexcd woman. . said Dir. Byrney.
" In the craze for freedom from all
restraints, both religious and So
cial, the new woman is under the
temptation Of disrcgarding both
her nature and her soul. We are
told Of a third sex created by
the European war due to the
changing status Of both women
and mcn-particularly the women
ont growing their maternal in
stincts. Such 'neuter' sex has
been affecting America for two
generations. 1t is represented by
the woman who cares more for
puppies than babies and who
thinks it more genteel to cuddlc a
cold-nOsed poodle dog than to
sing cradle lullabies. -
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DOMAIN Or TEMPERANCE
BE ACTIVE IN TEMPERANCE
WORK.

We see all around us the result of
public institutions, hospitals, jails,
reformatories, penitentiaries, insane
asylums and poor houses, not to men,
ton the thousands Of poor families,
and you will be surprised at the large
number whose present state is due
to drink.
But you cannot stop the drink evil
by merely joining q temperance So
ciety, or by taking the pledge your
self; you must become active in q
work which takes you into the home
Of the drunkard You must gain his
friendship by helping him; gain his
confidence by showing an interest in
him; not merely by advising him or
commanding him to stop, but with
others to visit him, and spend even
| ings at his home, invite him to yours,
provide substitute for the saloon
and pray for and with him. Get your
| friend to come TO this font OF grace
to drink instead of the saloon and
you are truly giving drink to the
| thirsty.
But you will need assistance in
| this work: even one drunkard is too
big job for one man. So join if
there is one in your parish, if not
help organize q conference Of the
Society of st. Vincent de Paul.
-CatIioHc Citi1en.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

A glance at our Child Labor
laws quickly discloses our def
cheney in this regard. The Nation
al Child Labor Committee states in
its annual report that twenty
eight States allow children to
work more than eight hours a day
in stores and other local establish
ments; nineteen States allow chill
dren to work at night in such in
dustries; twenty-eight States have
no regulation of street work by
children, and twenty States have
poor regulation of it; twenty
three States need night messenger
laws; twenty-six do not require
medical examination of children
for work permits, and thirty-two
States have standards lower than
the fifth grade. "
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their children in surroundings
that breathe nothing but pagan
ism, we tremble at the thought Of
what their Judgment is to be be-
fore the tribunal of God. From
the standpoint Of efficiency, schol-
arship, and morality, the Catholic
school in this country has proven
its superiority over the public
school. This being the ease and
the proven fact, many parents
show far less judgment and power
Of discernment in choosing q
school for their child than they
do in selecting his garments or his
food.
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A Friends Greeting

I'd like to be the sort of friend that
you have been to me,
I'd like to be the help that you've been
always glad to be,
I'd like to mean as much to you each
minute of the day
AS you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things and the
splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things that
SO oft have heard,
And feel that | could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've
stirred.
I'd like to give you back the JOY that
you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you need ]
hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as |,
4 who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with
you to lean upon.
I'm wishing at this New Year time
that | could but repay
A portion of the gladness that you've
streWn along my way.
And could | have one wish this year
this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend that
you have been TO me.
-Detron Free Press.
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mospherc Of love and sincerity he
will turn naturally in his perple1-
ity to those who have hitherto
guided him Alright. II, on the con-
trary, he unfortunately possesses
parents who are less than mere
guardians in the interest they
manifest towards him, his natural
tendency is to seek advice from
some one else whom his immature
Judgment may select. Frequent
~, Divine Providence will turn
his thoughts towards some one
person who will sympathlze and
guide him Alright, and who will
prove to be a whole bulWark OF
strength during the period Of the
transition to manhood or to
Womanhood.
Many a young life has been
bighted and blasted, not because
Of innate evilmindedness or weak
ness Of character, but solely on
account of criminal stupidity and
brutal carelessness on the part OF
idiotic and indifferent parents
Rest assured that if you fail tc
win the confidence, the complete
and mreserved confidence, OF
your boy or girl some one eIs(
will win that confidence. II yor
have failed, pray heaven thai
some one else may be inspired BY
high motives to do for your chile
what you have criminally neg
lectcd to accomplish.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

DIR. Austin O'Mallcy has his
own ideas on the dress and CON
duet Of our Catholic girls. In
America he says: L shall be as
sured that at least our Catholic
ladies do not dress like the Queen
of Sheba. Don't they? Well,
they call themselves ladies. The
other day | was passing a school
just as q number OF Catholic girls
were coming out. There was a
basement window near the gate,
which made an effectual mirror,
and every blessed damsel that APP
peared took a powder puff from
her reticule, or whatever you call
their ammunition boxes, stuck her
budding nose into it, and battered
off down the street looking like
the white rabbit in a Christmas
pantomine. Powder puffs are not
criminal, but were these Catholic
girls dressed modestly? Some one
calls all this late paganism the
cookie Of Professionalism. Both
this paganism and Professionalism
are the weeds of rheumatic Cath
olicism." Is the good Doctor real
~ mistaken?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

With regard to patience, many
virtuous person seeks a dlspen-
sation from patience and courtesy
when using a telephone. An
Eastern writer we'll reminds us:
"The silliest place to lose one 5
temper is into a transmitter. 1t
is the most cowardly place also.
To abuse a telephone operator
(who is a long way off; woman,
and an emplOyee) is about as
heroic sport as shooting robins.
The operator cannot get her tor
mentor discharged. She cannot
even answer back. Discipline for
bids.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917.

Writing Of birth control, Rev.
Thomas NJ. Coaklcy says in The
Pittsburgh Catholic: "lf Protcs-
tants wish to become extinct so
soon, it is not for us Catholics to
object. We have enough to do to
attend to our own conscicnceS.
But certainly no Catholic can at
tend the meetings or take part in
the discussion regarding birth
control. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

The Fleming II. Revell Publish
inc Co. has issued a series Of small
books entitled, Immigrants in the
Making. The work on Italy, 81
pages, by Sarah G. PomcrOy, con
tains chapter Of about five pages
on the Catholic Church. We have
never seen more childish state
ments and bigoted charges in a
like compass in any other work.
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DANGERS OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

"Consider that a large percentage
Of the people, especially in the ranks
Of youth, are too weak Of themselves
to resist successfully the allurements
of the saloon, and really need the
protection afforded by prohibitory
enactment Consider, moreover, the
financial waste resulting from the
traffic strong drink, which is simply
enormous. And what is much worse
the appalling catalogue of crimes
which may be traced, directly or in
directly, to the drink evil; the
wrecked homes, the ruined families,
the Withered and blasted careers, the
havoc of all that is best and sweetest
in human life wrought by the
monster Of intemperance. ITO drunk
enness, say the Archbishops and
Bishops OF Ireland in q joint pastoral
address to their people some years
ago, ITO drunkenness we may refer,
as to it's baneful cause, almost all Of
the crime by which the country is dis
graced, and much Of the poverty from
which it suffers. Drunkenness has
wrecked more homes, once happy,
than ever fell beneath the croWbar in
the worst days of eviction; it has
filled more graves and made more
widows and orphans than did the
famine; it has broken more hearts,
bighted more hopes, and rent asunder
family ties more ruthlessly than the
enforced exile to which their misery
has condemned emigrants. Against
evil so widespread and so pernicious
we implore all who have at heart the
honor Of God and the salvation of
souls to be filed with holy zeal -