The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08

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Large Bequests.-The will of the
late Mrs. Anna Matthews Webb, of
Glendale, o., convert to Catholicity,
and relative by marriage of President
and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, be-
queaths $4,000 to various Catholic
institutions, the largest bequest being
that to the Society for the Propagation
OF the Faith of $4,000.
Girls and Trucks.-Girls clad in
overalls wheeling trucks, formerly
handled by husky Austrian or Italian
laborers in Fort William freight sheds
is one Of the picturesque outcomes of
the strike on the docks last week.
Ex-Empress Eugenie.- The world
has almost forgotten the existence Of
eX-Empress Eugene of France, who
recently celebrated her 92nd birthday
at her secluded home in England. The
eXiled Empress has never forgiven the
Germans and hates them as bitterly
now as when driven from the throne.
Only One in CIass.-The military
tribunals have granted exemption
from military service to William Fuller
who is described in the official report
as specialist in the construction of
padded cells" His firm is the only
firm in England engaged in the manu-
facture of padded cells for lunatic asy-
lums, police institutions and hospitals.
Doing Their Bit.-Members of the
Society of Jesus are to the front in
war work in America, as in France.
At their college in Washington they
have opened, at the request of the
Government, a school of aviation, and
the Rev. Walter G. Summers, S. j.,
Professor of Physics in the Catholic
University, is in charge. Another
Father, of Loyola University, Chicago,
has discovered new chemical formu-
la which is expediting the manufacture
of high explosives.
Their Work Cut Out.-Under plans
announced by Archbishop Mundelein
of Chicago, young men of the Cathe-
dral College who are studying for the
priesthood will till 900 acres of farm
land connected with St. Mary's Train
ing School at Desplaines, ILL.,, and 100
acres near Area, Ill.
Returned to Church-Sir George S.
M. Thomas, 9Th Bart, was received
into the Church on his deathbed at
Putney, by the Rev. Joseph Livesey,
rector of the mission. On his fathers
side he was descended from the same
stock as St. Francis of Sales, whose
signature and relics he possessed. 1t
is not surprising therefore, that seven
members Of the family have returned
to the true Church.
Discovered by Bomb.-Stranger than
fiction is the story told in London of
how missing will was discovered.
In one house there was bureau
which had been handed down as an
heirloom for nearly century. In a
recent air raid this was split down the
centre, and a secret cabinet revealed
There were found a number of pa
pers and among them will which
will have an important effect upon the
present holders of the property.
Elected Chairman. = Sister Mary
Marcelline, O. S. F., of the College of
Saint Teresa, Winona, Mimi, has been
elected chairman of the Examining
Board of the Minnesota Music Teach
ers' Association. She is head of the
piano department Of the conservatory
of the college.
MeatIess Days-The introduction of
a system of three meatless days a
week is announced in an official note
from Paris. It is explained that the
gradually dwindling reserves of frozen
meat, the necessity of feeding part Of
the American Army and occasionally
of supplying the wants of other Allies,
force the government to draw more
and more on French cattle stocks.
The meatless days will be Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of each
week, beginning May Is, today's de-
cree states.
Boy Scout convert.-Courney Clark,
Los Angeles, Cal. a member of the
original Boy Scout Troop under Gen.
eral Baden-Powell and prominent in
the American Boy Scout movement,
has lately become a Catholic.