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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
GRANDMOTHER.

Grandmothers are very nice folks,
They beat all the aunts in creation;
They let a. chap do what he likes,
And don't worry about education.
/ am sure / can't see it at all,
What a poor fellow ever could do
For apples and pennies and cakes,
Without a grandmother or two.
And if he is bad now and then,
i And makes a great racketing noise,
They only look over their specs b.
4 And say: "Ah, those boys will be
boys!' Il.
Life is only short at the best;
Let the children be happy today"
Then they look for while at the sky
And the hills that are far, far away.
Quite often, as twilight comes on,
Grandmothers sing hymns very low
To themselves, as they rock by the
fire,
About heaven, and where they shall
go.
And then a boy, stopping to think,
Will find a hot tear in his eye,
To know what will come at the last
For grandmothers all have to die.
I wish they could stay here and pray.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
VISITING CARDS.

The origin of visiting cards has long
been attributed to Louis XIV of France.
Later researches prove that in 1872 a
nobleman named Giacomo Contarini
employed a small square of parchment,
with his name and arms, to communi-
cate with his brother, a student of
Padua University. In Bologna, too,
professors used to nail scrap of
paper, with their name, on the door of
their studies when they did not wish
to be disturbed.
From Italy the usage of cards spread
to France; and, as they were the ex.
elusive privilege of the rich, they were
beautifully ornamented with drawings,
miniature paintings, arabesques, and
notices. Only toward the middle of
the eighteenth century did they be-
come objects of common use.
Nowadays, they are probably re-
garded as an almost necessary ele-
n1ent of the little social amenities of
life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
QUEER LITTLE HISTORIANS.

Just raindrop lettering earthward,
All alone,
Leaves a tiny ''tell-tale story"
In the stone.
Gravel tossed by teasing water
Down the hill :
Shows where once in merry laughter
Flowed a rill.
In the coal bed, dark and hidden,
Ferns chow queerD
Left a message plainly saying:
We've been here!"
You may see here tiny ripples
On the sands,
Leave a history written by their
Unseen hands.
Why, the oak trees, by their bending
Clearly show
The direction playful winds blew
Years ago.
So our habits tell us, little
Maids and men,
What the history of our whole past
Life has been.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

The church was empty and silent;
and she drew very near the altar,
knowing her sorrowful heart could be
comforted by only one Presence, and
soothingly, sweetly, as she knelt
there came to her the memory of a
Gospel narrative, and Mary Magda-
len, who had wiped the Christ-feet
with her hair and much had been for
given her because of that loving act.
Her own Mary's way had been more
of love than penance, yet easily it
could have been different had she not
so early turned aside from worldly
joys; laying at the Feet of Christ,
even as that other Mary, the bright
glory of her hair, and now, Christ had
asked a second sacrifice, and though
it had come through Mrs. Langtry,
the mother felt that, in reality, it was
her child who had made it.; and once
more she thought of the other Mary
at the banquet, with box of precious
ointment, lavished on kingly guest,
careless of carping criticism and for
the sake of the King alone.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

Waiting to see, in somewhat anxious
mood,
The Lord and Master as He came
along.
He came, and, pressing through the
eager throng,
! stood beside Him near the open
gate. ~ lt
Master, what shall do? My soul is
strong"
He turned and softly said: Here
stand and watt
The hot blood to my brow and temples
flew;
l struggled fiercely with my hapless
fate.
"Ah, Master! have you naught for me
to do?s
Eyes" He replied at once: here
stand and welt
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
The G0tew0p.

Beautiful faces are those that wear
1t matters but little if dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
Like crystal panes where hearth fires
glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of
birds,
Yet whose. utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful shoulders are those that
bear So
Ceaseless burdens of home1y care,
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and
true,
Moment by moment the long day
through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest why's, if God wills it so
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may
guess.
Beautiful twilight, at set Of sun, I
Beautiful goal, with race well won,
Beautiful lest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves, where grasses creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts
lie deep
Over worn-out h4ands-oh, beautiful
sleep. 49,,
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"cHlcKENs COME HOME TO
RoosT."

You may take the world as it comes
and goes,
And you will be sure to find
That Fate will square the account she
owes,
Whoever comes out behind;
And all things bad that a man has
done,
By whatsoever induced,
Return at last to him, one by one,
As the chickens come home to roost
You may scrape and toll and pinch
and save,
While your boarded wealth expands,
Till the bold, dark shadow Of the
grave
Is nearing your 1ife's last sands: II
You will have your balance struck
some night,
And you will find your hoard re-
duced,
You'll view your life in another light
When the chickens come home to
roost.
Sow as you will, there's time to
reap,
For the good and bad as we'll;
And conscience, whether we wake or
sleep,
Is either a heaven or hell
And every wrong will find its place,
And every passion loosed
Drifts back and meets you face to.
face
When the chickens come home to
roost.
Whether you're over or under the sod,
The result will be the same;
you cannot escape the Hand OF God
You must bear your Sin and shame.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
THE cHLDREN,S HOUR.
A CERTAIN BOY.

He doesn't like to go to bed,
And getting up is worse,
TO washing, too, I've heard it said,
He's just as much averse.
And as for school and studying
When he would rather roam,
He hates it more than anything
But doing jobs at home.
I must admit that it is true,
Though tits sorry boast
Whatever he is told to- do
Is what he hates the most.
do suppose that if he chose
What he should do all day,
He'd play and eat awhile, and ther
He'd eat awhile and play.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

would give her fifteen dollars for the
hair. Mrs. Langtry drew the box
back. 1t was only that she wanted
a last look at her treasure, but the
man thought she meant to refuse.
eve will make it eighteen he
amended hastily, and Mrs. Langtry
accepted without hesitation.
A few moments later, the sacrifice
contaminated and the money in her
purse, Mrs. Langtry was on her way
to st. Johns Church, as she felt that
before giving the money to Father
Grey she must ask our Lord to bless
and accept her offering.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
STAND AND WAIT.

They also serve who only stand
and waltz
The fields are whining meath the
ripening grain;
! long to- toll among the reapeFs
there.
What full ripe sheaves I'll gather ere
the RAIN. Il
To prove my gratitude for Gods
dear care.
80
Thus saying, resolute and proud /
stood
Amid the eyer-nti FRYING, busy
throngs -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

No matter what's carved on marble
or stone,
When the items are all produced,
You'll find that the record omitted
none,
And that chickens come home to
roost.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

For a. boy needs their prayers every
night ...s.....
Some boys more than others,
s'pose-
Such as I, need wonderful sight.
Selected.
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Continued from page %
A BOX OF PRECIOUS OINTMENT

value as a, jewel, and she had given it
to be set in a chalice.
At the same time Martha Langtry
had thought how sweet it must be
to be the owner of that ruby to have
it so enshrined as a proof of her love
and perpetually a prayer for its giver.
If only she had something like this
how gladly she would give it. But,
again she was comforted, for had
she not given her best jewel to Christ
her Mary? She just had nothing
left to give now-nothing.
Suddenly she caught her breath in
startled remembrance of one posses
sion dear and precious to her beyond
all jewels or treasures on earth.
81 have nothing!" she echoed aloud
in vain justification, nothing at least
that could be of any value to any one
but myself
She went to her dresser, and with
trembling fingers took from its drawer
the box containing her treasure. Hot
tears dimmed her eyes and fell soft
" upon the golden curls.
No, it was out of the question. To
dispose of these bright locks for
money would be dissertation, but as
she gently touched them, the thought
came to her that in few years, in
spite of this bright splendor now,
these dear curls would have turned to
dust. She herself was growing old,
she could not possibly live many
years longer, and it might be that this
beloved keepsake would fall into.
hands that would not value them
that in truth would be a Dissertation.
Why not make up her mind to part
with them now, and SO lay up a treas
ure in heaven? Yes, it would be a.
dissertation to sell them, if for any
other purpose or for any other per-
son than the Lord Christ Himself.
Did it matter if no one else under
stood or valued the sacrifice? He
would do so and see the love that i'm
PEELED the act. Tenderly the mother
lifted those shining folds of Marys
hair and kissed them for goodbye.
It was the next morning that Mrs.
Langtry took the box to a shop down
town. The owner of the place sup
pressed an admiring exclamation as
he looked at the shining folds laid
on the sheets of tissue paper. Then
he coldly remarked that they were
not fashionable color. but as she
was evidently anxious to sell he
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
GOOD ADVICE

The following was written by
grandmother who highly appreciates
our Home Circle Department. Her
advice is certainly good and we gladly
give it space.-(Ed)
AS | am verging on the land OF
dotage and much of a child myself, if
the children will follow me into my
cool, roomy kitchen, we will have
social chat this lovely morning, and as
boys have talent for combining
pleasure with business, they will eX-
cuse me if | air few Of my opinions
while | string my beans for dinner and
mould my butter for market. You
know, boys, when sent to the spring
for a pitcher of water, the reason you
stay so long If you stop to poke the
frog on the stone, yoke the lizards and
chink the saucy squirrels, etc,
All children, from the tiny prattler
to the blooming maiden and happy
frolicsome young man, have tender
place in my heart. / have great
many friends among them. They are
to me what the sun is to the hover,
and what the flower is to the bee; and
without them life would be as blank
as a snow capped mountain. would
love to take each one of you by the
hand, and tell you how much love
you; but my pen will record the feel
ing of my heart.
Dear children, hope you all realize
what a treasure you have in the
mother love that cares for you so ten
derby. SO many miss the deep, speech
less love on which their lives have
been nourished and hunger and thirst
for 1t.
Father is tender in his solicitude,
but there is not love like mother If
angels walk the earth and keep spec
ial eyes on little children, they must
be sad when so many little ones call
in vain for mamma.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
Fix the Furnace Now.

The prudent man will have his fur
mace put In thorough order at the pres
emf time. Letting 1t go till fall would
be rash at time when labor is so
scarce as now and when there are sure
to be so many other people anxious to
have their furnaces put in order.
There was considerable complaint last
winter Of the quality Of some of the
coal, which was explained by the sto-
ries received from the mining regions
of the working over Of heaps at the
pit heads, some of which represented
the accumulation of many years. This
winter the coal may contain fewer
impurities, but necessity for getting
the greatest possible return in service
for every pound burned Will be obvi-
Gus in view of the rule that consumers
are allowed to purchase only a per-
centage of the total amount they used
for heating their houses a year ago.
A furnace that is out Of order will
waste "A great deal Of coal. No one
can afford to have that sort OF thing
going on at the present time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
CITY NO LONGER PEST HOLE
British Authorities Have Worked
Wonders in Cleaning Up Ancient
Capital of the Caliphs.

Paved streets, electric street lights,
municipal Sprinkling carts, a modern
fire department-these are all in old
Bagdad now, says Cleveland Plain
dealer. Or, rather, they are in new
Bagdad, for the slumberous city on the
Tigris has assumed n new aspect since
the British drove out the Turks six
teen months ago.
Nothing now remains of the filth and
squalor of the Turkish regime. The
place is still oriental, but the oriental
atmosphere is less odoriferous. Dead
cats are not left to decompose in the
middle of narrow streets. Great Brit
ain has a wonderful way of leaving
orientalism unspoiled while making
it reasonably clean. The British sol
der cannot abide filth. His sanitary
squads penetrate the rem0test news
and the most deeply hidden cesspools,
and the news and the cesspools cease
to offend. The natives soon discover
that cleanliness is not horror.
The Arab is not naturally vile, but
he has fallen into the ways of his
Turkish masters. Bagdad is as inter-
esting as ever, and ever so much safer.
After the war many British tourists
will visit the ancient Abbaside capital,
where ruled the mighty caliphs, and
will note with interest the British
benefits bestowed on the city that VIII
helm und Colt once picked as the far
goalpost of Mtteleuropa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
MOTHERS INFLUENCE

We were somewhat startled the 9TH
er day to hear learned lawyer OF
matured years and wide influence say:
Every child is five-sixths mother and
one-sixth father"
"How is that?"
How can it be otherwise when you
consider the closeness of the tie be-
tween the mother and the child? 1t is
actually bone of her bone and flesh of
her flesh. During the early formative
period the child is most entirely under
the influence and guidance of the
mother. A wise observer of human de-
velopment has said: Give me a child
during the first five years of his eXis-
tence and / will make him what |
please 1t is in babyhood when the
mind is soft and impressible, that it
receives the indelible marks for good
or evil. The father is away from home,
busy with affairs, the bread winner
earning by the sweat of his brow, pro
lection for his little ones and means
of educating them, while the mother is
with them constantly, forming their
minds, their dispositions and estab-
fishing their principles permanently.
The power of the mother over the
child is almost absolute. She may
praise or punish as she will. In her
home she is the dictator and may rule
as a despot exacting obedience from a
rebellious horde or as an angel diff
fusing sweetness and light into every
corner and Granny of her kingdom.
Thus the power and influence OF
women, though quiet, secret hidden,
are the heart and homes of the land, is
infinitely powerful and far reaching.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
Why Tenors Grow Fat.

Continual deep breathing, wholesome
feeding, regular hours and proper exer-
else are given by one of Sir Thomas
Beecham's artists as the reason why
tenors SC often tend to become what
used to lie called "a fine figure of
man." One might almost add that
plentiful meals may have something
to do with 1t. Singing is one of the
hungrlest occupations there Is: quite
equal In inducing appetite to navylng
or farm work. Probably every great
singer Is also great trencherman-no
through love OF gourmandizlng, but be
cause the occupation is such that the
vocalist needs plentiful keeping up"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. R. ]. Franz have re-
turned to Milwaukee, after few days
visit in this city.
Adolph Rechcygl has returned to
Milwaukee, after spending few days
at his old home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hamilton of
New York City are here for visit
with Mrs. H. Whitman.
Mrs. Alice Larson left Friday for
Oshkosh, where she will visit with her
sister, Mrs. c. B. Sears.
Mrs. d. e. Long has returned to Chi
cago, after visit at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Kazda.
Mrs. George Koebke and children de-
parted Friday for Chicago, where they
will visit with relatives.
Judge Oscar Torrison has returned
to Chicago, after visit here with his
mother, Mrs. O. Torrison.
Mrs. Albert Zahn has returned to
Kenosha, after a visit here with her
mother. Mrs. Eva Hoffman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson of New
York City are guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Plumb.
Mrs. Fred Kreuger has returned to
Milwaukee, after visit here with Mr.,
and Mrs. julius Raether, Sr.
Mrs F. p. Dunbar returned to Mil
waukee Monday, after visit here with
her sister, Mrs. Emma Munger.
Edward Kadow of Amigo was visit
ing with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Leon Kadow, one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred SchulZe of South
Hampton, l.. l., are visiting with the
latter's father, Edward Geotzler.
A. p. Rankin left Friday on bust
ness trip East, in the interests of the
Manitowoc Shipbuilding company.
Mrs. Frank Coma, Jr., left Saturday
for South Milwaukee, where she will
visit with her parents for a week.
Mrs. G. j. Thompson has returned to
Arlington, Ia, after a visit here with
her daughter, Mrs. w. H. Ainsworth.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Babcock have
returned to Milwaukee, after few
days visit at the John Schuette home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ladwig have re-
turned from a visit with their son,
who is stationed at camp in Peoria,
Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Murphy have
returned to Wausau, after visit here
with Mrs. Murphy's daughter, Mrs
Frank Reindl.
Cornelius Hagerty has returned to
his home at Seattle, Wash, after
spending several weeks here with his
brother, Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Auermiller and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Mackey have re-
turned from an automobile trip to Chi
cago and Milwaukee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17

w. M. Willinger was at Milwaukee
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Stephen Knechtel is visiting
with friends at Chicago.
Mr.. Jos. Zemsn OF Brockville was a
caller at the Pilot Office Wednesday.
DR.. Kelner, OF Kellnersville, who
has been sick with pneumonia is i'm
p rowing.
Emil Teitgen has returned from q
business trip in the northern part Of
the state.
DR.. E. C. Cary Of Reedsville is pa
tient at the hospital here, suffering
from influenza.
Capt. Arthur Dow left Tuesday for
Northern Michigan to yet trees for the
Christmas trade.
Mr.. John McKeough of Franklin WAS
in the city Wednesday and made call
at the Pilot office.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
CANT AFFORD IT"

You can't afford to give thousand
dollars, but you could il your child fell
i'll.
You can't afford a new house, but
you could II it were burned.
You can't afford a new coat, but you
could II II were worn out.
You can't afford Liberty Bond, but
you would lose your child and your
wife and your home and your business
and your coat IL the Kaiser won this
war, which is exactly what would hap
pen if everyone refused to make lit
tie sacrifice. And the kaiser wouldn t
give it back with four and a quarter
per cent interest, either.
Whom are you for?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.
DANCING AWAY GOLDEN HOUR

Our young people must be taught
that "all is not gold that glitters' and
that fine dress does not make the man
or woman" We must begin right if
we expect to rear our children up to
contentment and happiness. Teach
them to be industrious and not idle
away their life. There are so many
young people today that are living
only in the present, dancing away gol-
den hours, when they should be think
ing, studying and working Girls
should be taught how to manage and
keep house while with mother. AS she
grows older, let the mantle gradually
fall from mothers shoulders on to
hers, and when she is called to home
of her own she will not feel at loss.
She will know how and where to be-
gin. We know there are mothers now
toiling to keep grown girls from work
and when they are able and would
willingly do IL, had they not been
brought up with the idea instilled into
their heads that young ladies must not
harm their beauty by work. A girl can
never have a better chance to show off
her charms than by presiding over the
home. A mother should teach her
daughter that her place, when not at
school, is at her mothers side, helping
her provide comforts for the family,
not in reading novels and riding bicy-
cles. When our girls are brought up
to be industrious, sensible women We
will hear less complaint of having to
work hard, and less complaint of their
husbands. If man is poor he is
obliged to work hard to supply his
family with substantial food and cloth
ing. and if his wife is a true woman
she will be his helpmate and the world
will hear no complaint.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
DON'T BE A STACKER

Don't be "Slacker"-buy bond
And help to win this fight,
Now fiercely raging over there
Throughout the day and night.
Help Uncle Sam to back the boys,
They are fighting hard for you;
Don't be a "slacker"-buy bond
We've got to see them through.
Beneath the Stars and Stripes our boys
Will never cease to fight,
Until freedoms cause has triumpheG
And peace terms" are settled right
Samuel o. Buckner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
Effort 10 Elucldafe.

Father" said the small boy, "a
critical situation Is something terribly
serious Isn't it?" mot invariably.
my son. Sometimes critical situa-
ton Is one in which each person re-
CARDS himself as so secure that he
feels perfectly at liberty to criticize
everybody else
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
When CLEANING a Garnet.

When cleaning n carpet, peel a
pound of potatoes, scrape them, stir
the pulp In Il pail Of water, and strain.
Wiring out n cloth in the water. and
rub the carpet, rinsin the cloth as
soon rs 1t is solled DO not tread on
the carpet until it is quite dry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
Men Like 70 Play the Fool.

You have to argue with a man to
induce him to act with wisdom; he
will play the fool at the dgoR Of
hat and If you have him hltched he
will cut the traces to go to it.-Hous-
ton Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17
CLOCKS SET BACK

On October 81, the last Sunday in
the month, all clocks will be set back
an hour at a. m, in order to restore
normal time which was altered under
the Daylight Saving plan when clocks
were set ahead.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17

Bentonite Is d clay which III used to
give body and weight 70 paper, In the
preparation of dressing for infiamed
hoofs OF horses, as constituent OF an
tiphlogistine and us an adulterant OF
candies and drugs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17

We sometimes envy the wealthy the
beautiful pictures that adorn their
walls, and yet what is a sunset on a
wall compared with sunset hung in
loops of fire in the heavens2 Without
money and without price we can all
view the royal gallery OF the noon
day heavens, the Kings gallery OF the
midnight sky.