The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

AFIllimantlc, Baltic and Taftpllle, In
Connecticut, that the king of the Bel
gians has conferred on her the MED
allie de la Refine Elisabeth" in recog-
milton of the kind help given the Bel
gian refugees and the Belgian soldiers
during the war.
Aged italian Woman.-The Very
Rev. Fulgence Meyer, O. F. NJ, in one
of his regular letters from Rome to
the Cincinnati Sendbote, reports the
death of an Italian woman in the
neighborhood of the Eternal City who
was born in 1909 and confirmed by
Plus TX, when Bishop of Perugia, in
t1S41. The most remarkable feature
of the case is that this woman, who
lived to the ripe old age of 109, had
but one lung, and the physicians who
treated her when she was a child pre-
dicted that she could not live to- be
twenty.
Expression of
to the address sent to him by the Bel
gian League, Cardinal MERCER, Pri
mate of Belgium and Archbishop of
Malines, answered the president of
the league, the Marquis de la Tour,
in these words: Most sensitive to
the sentiments of regard and sympa-
! thy expressed to me by the league.
| accept my keenest thanks. Your hon.
| age goes first of all to the Belgian
people, whose courage does not yield,
| and which, Notwithstanding the in
| creasing trials, preserves the faith
| that with the help of God and with
| the success of valorous allies, right
will emerge triumphantly from the gi-
gantic struggle. In the name Of my
compatriots and in my own, I send
the league, and through it to all the
| Italian people, expressions of lively
gratitude and faithful affection"
| Duchess of NorfoIk.-The Duchess
of Norfolk has lent Norfolk House for
club for ladies from overseas in
England in connection with the war
| The duchess insisted on the appoint
ments of the house remaining as they
were, SO that in no other club can tho
members read or sit in silence, talk
or listen to lectures, concerts, smoke
and amuse themselves according tc
their desire amid furniture with ar
artistic and historic interest beyond
price, under ceilings which are al
| most legend for decorative skill, anC
surrounded by pictures of Velasquez
| Murillo, Holbein, Vandyck, Brueghel
Salvador Rosa and other great paint
ers of the past. The glories of Nor
folk House provide matter for a vol
ume, but the ladies of the Royal Clut
can study them at first hand and with
out books.
French Priests Honored.-Romar
Catholic priests, who, like all French
of military age had to join the army
have distinguished themselves in the
aviation service. Father Mirabail be
came an observer with the celebrated
Hawk" escadrille and was always the
first to volunteer for any perilous mis-
sion. The day of the great raid OIL
Karlsruhe, after which the enem.
|
damages, the machine which carriet
Father Mirabail and his pilot, Ser
geant Seitz, did not return. The LIE
gion of Honor was awarded to tn
plucky observation officer, who ha'
already earned two citations, and tn
statement accompanying the awar
read: Forced to land by motor tror
1
chine and the papers on board Fatf
er Bourjade, second lieutenant of avis
ton, is a specialist in destroying OF
servation balloons. He has won tn
, Legion of Honor. In attacking an enc
my balloon July 10 he received bu
let in the shoulder, but is ready TO
duty again.