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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
GOOD MANNERS THE SAFEGUARD
TO GOOD MORALS.

It seems opportune to address a
few words, in direct but friendly
manner to our young people and,
in fact, to all whom it may concern
on the subject of good manners. What
do we mean by good manners? Do
we mean great elaborateness and
great distinction or great suaVity?
These things may be good manners,
and often are, but for our present
purpose, it will be better for us to
take a more everyday view of the
subject and to describe good manners
as those qualities in an individual by
which he or she is hindered from
wronging others either by talk, or
word, or action.
!, Good manners have not always been
observed, either by individuals or by
nations but they have always been
appreciated by all individuals and by
all nations. Even if an individual does
not always exercise good manners,
how sharp that person is to criticize
the lack of good manners in others.
Let our young people, generally, who
| in this ultra-democratic country OF
ours, have not always priced good
manners-let them learn the value OF
such even from the history of the ma
| tions.
Where did the nations of Europe,
for example, learn good manners? Did
they learn them in academic halls or
universities? No they learned them
| in a rougher and sterner school. Only
after centuries of civil wars did they
| acquire this important truth; that they
had either to respect each other or
else pay the penalty with the sword,
| With them it became a question
either of extreme politeness or blood.
shed, and very wisely they chose the
| former
We do not want our young people
to be ridiculously affected, but we
certainly want them to practice, as
nearly perfect as possible, their Chris
tan obligations of giving exhibition
of good manners, Once again it be.
comes our duty to say that much OF
current literature, of the. Journalistic
1
kind, is not doing very much to ele-
vate the manners of the people. Or
the contrary, the ideas that are put
before the people are these: that the
apparently most successful citiZe-
| is oftentimes remarkable for double
dealing and vulgarity which he mis-
takes for witty humor. Anything like
coarseness of language is to be re
garded as the enemy of good manners
and, by consequence, of Christian de
cency. We do not wish to confounc
good manners with good morals, but
we must say that if the manners OF
1.-the individual are truly Christian it is
at least,a probable argument in favor
l offhis being Christian too, in his
! thoughts and In his private life. Christ
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
WHERE GREAT EMPEROR DIED

Longwood Old House, the prison
hoEle of Napoleon is about four miles
from jamestown, the capital OF st.
Helena. Dismally unattractive, the
place is in about the same condition
that it was in the emperor's time. A
low rambling one-storied farmhouse,
once the dwelling of a peasant farmer
of the island, it is hard to connect the
place with the one-time master of the
Tuileries and Versailles. But Long
wood has an air of romance and mys-
terry of it's own, for it was the death
place of Napoleon.
The house is badly lighted and i'll
ventilated The rooms are tiny and
musty. The so-called billiard room
could never have held even the small
est table and the players at the same
time. The reception room into which
the emperor was moved when dying, is
the pleasantest spot in the place, for
it boasts of more than one window. 1t
was in the space between the two win
dows that the death bed was placed.
mere loudy 10 d JUST VI Ih0 0liPOA VI
Visitors to LongWood sign the ancient
visitors book in this reception room,
while the aged guide tells the story of
Napoleon's last days.
Above the first floor are the garnet
rooms, little more than cubby holes,
| where former statesmen and marshals
of France lived during their exile with
their master Outside is the tiny gar
den and the emperor's favorite arbor
Here is the fishpool built by his own
| hands.
In 1858 Queen Victoria presented
Longwood to Napoleon III, who re-
stored the old place to the condition
in which the great emperor knew it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
DO YOU DO THESE THINGS?

Make your mother your best friend
and treat her as politely as if she
were a strange lady who did not spend
her life in your service.
Give your confidence to your mother
and your teachers.
Be generous and good-natured with
your playmates.
Put away your playthings when you
are through with them. Do not leave
them scattered about for others to
pick up or stumble over.
Do not take the easiest chair when
there are older people in the room.
Do not grumble or refuse to render
service when requested.
Never tease.
Never lie
Express your gratitude on leaving
the house where you have been en-
tertained. Seek the hostess and
thank her for her kindness.
Have great regard for holy things.
Never ridicule the religion of any
one.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
DANISH lDLENESS.

Idleness. rather than the love OF.
money, is the root of all evil, and I'M
cheerfulness is one Of the shoots from
the root, asserts the Los Angeles
Times. There is no such thing as IDLE
ress in nature. The worlds that gilt
ter in the arch of the heavens are ever
moving The moon never stays in one
place. The. restless sea means in and
out over the harbOr bar The rivers
.urgle and splash as they journey to
ne sea. The trees change theis cos
rame twice a year and grow a little
very hour of every day in the year.
The birds never roost at monday, and
nan is the only animal who over
sleeps himself. "A contented mind is
continual feast" and the worker,
.vhether he labors with brain or
Drawn, who finds delight in his work,
Who sings as he cheerfully lifts the
hammer or laughs as he pens the
thought that comes to him, is happy
and content
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
INVALlDs HAVE DONE MUCH.

Those who are afflicted with i'll
health may derive some comfort from
the statement, quoted in recent book
on Suffering and the War;" that
"Coleridge claimed that the greatest
works of the nineteen centuries were
all written by men of feeble health
Spinoza's Ethics Bacon's NOvum
, Organum,' and Rants 'Critique of
Pure Reason y AS another instance
of the triumph Of the spirit, Sir Isaac
Newton, it is stated, according to Lon
don Tit-Bita. was a most unprom-
ing child, with a frail body and poor
eyesight. He showed no aptitude
for study, and was first melted by the
; desire to get ahead of a boy who
, kicked him"
Another great writer who accom-
plished much despite the handicap of
poor health was Herbert Spencer
Like Newton, as a boy he was back
ward in his studies. A new life of
Spencer by Hugh Elliot says: He
was very backward as boy in the
ordinary subjects of children's les.
! sons . Morally he was extreme
ly disobedient and contemptuous OF
authority" At thirteen che found the
discipline (of his schooD more severe
+ than he cared about, and ran away
home to Derby again, walking 4S miles
, the first day" Yet as man, without
money, without special education
: without health, he produced Is large
volumes of philosophy and science fot
many diverse kinds published {
variety of mechanical inventions, anc
on endless other subjects, great ant
! small, he set forth profusion of new
/ and original ideas"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE CHILDREN'Si HOUR.
"THE BEST EVER"

Edna closed her algebra text book
somewhat vigorously and showed it
to one side on the desk. fl
There, that is DONE" she an
nounced.
Her father, on the other side of the
desk, looked up in surprise.
Done? l thought saw you trying
to scratch out a big blot minute or
SO ago, and tear big hole in the paper
in your effort. Surely you have not
had time to copy all those problems,
and surely, you would, not think of
handing in such scratched, marred
paper
Edna's face flushed, for she had not
thought of copying those four sheets
of problems, and she did not care to
have her father know that she was
SO careless in her work, for she was
very sensitive to his criticism.
why, father, it is perfectly all
right, just as it is" she replied. ITS
plenty good enough and just as good
as the rest of the girls will have. If
it were a monthly summary it would
be different matter, but it is only a
daily lesson, and it would be a waste
of time and paper to copy it, for all
these papers will be in the waste
basket by tomorrow night"
Let me see your work, Edna" her
father answered.
Edna reluctantly took the papers
from her book and handed them to
her father. Then she lowered a
flushed face.
Later she looked up and saw him
looking intently at her. yes, this
work is good enough and just as good
as the rest of the girls will have per-
haps, but it is by no means the best
you can do, and therefore it stamps
you not as the best girl ever, but
merely a good-enough girl. Rather
hard on a father to discover that his
daughter, the pride of his heart, is
only good-enough girl when he had
the idea that she was the best ever.
If ] made such a discovery about one
of my office force | should give him
just time to get his belongings and
get out
Edna was winking back the tears
and made no comment. After a little
pause her father continued. "The de-
velopment of your character is not a
monthly occasion like the monthly
summary in algebra, on which you
say you are more careful, but a daily
coincident with the daily algebra
papers. Your character develops as
you do your daily work good enough
and Just as good as the rest of the
girls or as you do it the very best
you know how. There is no halfway
standard for the girl who wants to
be the best eyer. You and your girl
friends would most certainly resent
having anyone describe you as good
enough girls but that is the descrip,
ton that will exactly fit you if you
don't call halt on this kind of work
Remember, the world needs the best
ever girls"
He laid her papers over on her book
and left the room. Edna put her head
| down on. the desk and began to cry
Suddenly she sat up, gathered togeth
err the algebra papers of contention
opened her tablet. and began copying
the lesson as carefully and neatly as
she could. When she had finished
she placed the first and second copies
side by side,
| Good enough and best ever,' she
said aloud. It's going to be best
ever for me, and I'll tell the girls So
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
WET WASH LAUNDRY

At camps and inspections they fire.
quently show
To better advantage; and some there
may be
Who understand Scouting from A
through to T.
Who know how to rig up a telegraph
set,
To make fire by friction and such
things-and yet
When critical times are ahead of me,
just
Give me the fellow I know I can
trust!
He doesn't suspect, but it's true all
the same,
That he's getting his training for
playing life's game.
He'll find when he's older, as others
have found,
That there aren't enough boys of that
kind to go round,
Who tackle their work with a resolute
heart
Determined to finish whatever they
start.
And If you would succeed in this old
world, you must
Be sure you're the kind of a boy
folks can trust!
Boys Life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07

A machine gun battalion has 296
men,
An engineers regiment has 1898
men.
An ambulance company has &C men,
A field hospital has So men.
A medicine attachment has 10 men
A major general heads the field
army and also each army corps.
A brigadier general heads each in.
fantry brigade.
A colonel heads each regiment.
A lieutenant colonel is next in rank
below a colonel.
A major heads battalion.
A captain heads company. s..
A lieutenant heads a platoon.
A sergeant is next below lieuten
ant.
A corporal is a squad officer.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
NO OUTWARD SIGN OF GRIEF.

b t was in the square of Yurievets (on
re Volga) that one of those tragic
pigments which life casts up like
ariftwood was flung at our feet. A
rsssack's leave-taking of his mate;
nat was all, a million times repeated
IA a million different izbas, in that one
7lmmer. But it was more-symbol OF
evoman's ancient and inarticulate
grief
These shawled and booted women of
he North are too burdened with
aarth's sorrow to weep; they are like
.umb cattle in their woe. The soldier
himself was openly wiping his eyes on
MS coarse, dusty, brown sleeve, while
nder both arms he clutched aosurdly
uyo enormous loaves of black bread.
dingy little child in its mothers
rms luttered uncomprehending hands
n the direction of the steamer; but
from the Mongol-cheeked, gray-eyed
woman there was no sign.
She neither touched her man in
farewell. nor offered any of those
small caresses by which we seek to
mitigate our grief. The sullen silence
of the North had laid its finger upon
her, but her eyes followed her mate
with the wild, unreasonable grief OF
the forest sprung. She stood still
staring, unaware of the baby in her
arms. while the steamer moved slowly
0ut into the gray mists. Long after
dusk had closed down, l could see her
face straining in the cleaning like a
mask of despair. .s-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
MACH Rec.
People 3 Home journal.

(This was written in answer to
a correspondent. whenever | ask
what machree means, l am told, I
will ask mother and that is the last
1 hear of it. What does it mean?'
Professors of Gaelic will find the
translation, fear somewhat free.)
pray, come and interpret this Gaelic
for me, ..s.
And tell what an Irishman means by
machree?"
IT'S the white of the day and the
warmth Of the sun;
The ripple of waters that laughingly
run;
The sweet bloom of youth, the harvest
of years;
The gold of all smiles and the salt
of all tears; -
'Tis the shrill of the hand and the
light of the eye,
The glow of the cheek and the lips
parting cry;
'Tis father, it's mother, It's brother OF
wife; :sss
The music of woman, the wine Of
mans life;
'Tis all that he lives for and hopes
for above;
'Tis an Irishman's heart making voca
his love;
The whole of creation and one isle il
the sea;
And that's what an Irishman means
by machree."
Rep F. p DoRHeIIp, S. y.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE STACKER.


Echoes of the Americans struggle
for liberty in 1916 have been found
by War Department officials in their
search of the records of Hartford
County, Maryland, in connection with
perfecting title to the new Army
proving ground.
A detached document in the clerks
files; dated 1776, sets forth the names
of fifteen citizens of the region who
refused to sign a declaration of indie
pendence, said to have been among
the first moves in that direction by
the American colonists. The reasons
given in refusing to sign present a
vivid picture of the perturbed state
of mind of the colonists. The docu
ment reads
TGBenj. Herbert, Jr., refuses ito sign
through religious principles.
X E II &
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
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ssSGLEANTNG ssSsss.. iSs,a:S<S I lAYsIDE.5
ISssEszSzSSsSS
Richard Thargrove refuses

Richard Thargrove refuses to
sign through religious principles.
William Wilson, son of John, re-
fuses to sign through religious prin-
ciples.
Benz. Hargrove refuses to sign
through religious principles.
Michael Boser don't sign by rea,
son he signed before. :,
Thomas Gilbert don't sign by rea.
son he don't chose.
Thomas West don't sign by rea.
son. it is a. mystery. to him, 5
'Phillip Cummins don't sign by rea
son he don't understand the matter
,~H"'John Ward don't sign by reason
the Congress don't sign and by rea
son he thinks that if the English gain
the day then the Congress and the
great people will turn the scale and
say the commonalty of people forced
them to stand in opposition to the
English.
John Clark don't sign by no rea
son he can give. #
"Ephraim Arnold don't sign fol
fear it would fetch him into a scrape
Isaac Penrose don't sign for rea
son he don't chose to fight ,for.,liberty
and never will.
Benz. Fleetwood refuses to sign
He says he will go in a vessel, but
he will not fight by land.
Samuel Gallon says if he should
sign he may fetch on himself that he
cannot go through.
Richard Spencer says he cannot
write nor read and shall not sign any
paper"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE BOY you CAN TRUST.

He's prompt on the job when the
meetings begin,
With his hand at salute and his face
in a grin;
He pays strict attention to all that is
said,
And the words that are spoken stick
tight in his head.
His dues and assessments are never
behind,
He's ready for service of any old
kind
When orders are given he'll do them
or bust,
He's a boy you can bank on--the boy
you can trust
Some fellows are very much brighter
j know, f'ss ;ta.8 n.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
LITTLE SOUNDS THAT DISTURB.
Atlantic Monthly

When you are alone at home and the
night comes on, and the noises begin
say, it is a lonesome feeling, isn't
it? Uncanny like; ghostly; uncom-
Portable
You had not thought much about
the family, one way or another, when
the family was present. Accepted the
family as a matter of course, and
went about your way. Sat down after
the evening meal and read the news
paper, paid no attention to the swish
ing of a curtain, nor to the whisper
ing of the wind, nor to the creaking
that forever takes place about house.
Nothing disturbed you, when the
family was at home, but now, with
the family away, everything disturbs
you-and startles you.
There is nothing to fear, of course.
You are not afraid; it is not that.
But as you sit there alone, reading,
and shutter rattles little, how it
startles you, says a writer in the Co.
lumbus Dispatch. The furnace clicks,
as furnaces will, and you wonder
what it is in the basement. A vine
scrapes the lattice at the back door,
and it sounds for all the world like a
burglar trying to unlock the door.
You know it is not a burglar; you are
not afraid, understand. But, some
way, every little noise about the house
startles and astounds you.
And then you get up to- go to bed.
You had never before noticed that it
made any sound whatever as you
walked across the floor when the
family was at home; but now, it's
different, to say the least, when the
family is away, 7sqsdo I'll
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
SHOES WORN IN EARLY DAYS.
Yale ReDiPH

High-heeled boots were worn by
aides for three parts of the eighteenth
entury. They raised their fair wear
RS some inches, rendering walking
ificult and running impossible.
But these fashions were confined to
he rich. The poor wore shoes OF
.Rood, reeds and untanned leather.
he Highlanders made brogans out Of
sntanned deer hide, and the southern
ations were cloth sandals and slip
ers. 1t was not until the year 1900
hat an Englishman invented rights
nd lefts;" previously both shoes
rere shaped exactly alike. So far as
re can discover, the aboriginal tribes
If America never went barefooted.
Thew always made and wore moe
sasins, the easist shoe ever invented.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
LEARNING TO PLAY.


Upon tall piano stool
u have to sit and play
stupid finger exercise ax'~
For half an hour a day.
They call it playing" but to me
It's not a bit of fun. @ -
play when | am out of doors, ~
Where ! can jump and run.
.. EY
But mother says the little birds
Who sing SO nicely now.
Had first to learn, and practice. too.
All sitting on bough.
And maybe if practice hard,
Like them, |, too, some day.
Shall make the pretty music sound:
Then | shall call it play"
-Ab6fe FoylpeH Bro1Dn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
BLUE BLOOD IN AMERICA.

Thank God for land where pride, is
clipped, where arrogance stalks
apart;
Where law and song and loathing of
wrong are the words of the
.. common heart;
Where the masses honor straighfor-
ward strength, and know when
veins are bled,
That the bluest blood is putrid blood
that, the peoples blood is red.
John BoDIe o 'ReiHp.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07

Himself was the Divine model of all
good manners, just as Satan is the
first personifcation of evil manners.
The more closely you initiate Christ
the more noble and dignifed will
you be in your everyday lives.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THINGS WE ASK ABOUT.

An army corps is $4,000 men.
An infantry division is 10000 mel
An infantry brigade is 1000 men.
A regiment of infantry is 5000 men
A battalion is 1000 men.
A company is $50 men.
A platoon is 60 men,,
A corporal's squad is IL men.
IA firing squad is 20 men.
"A field battery has 195 men,. "
"A supply train has $50 men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE LAND OF LOST BEAUTY.

Is there any land for lost and
lovely things-sunsets and jeweled
nights and emotions that have been
perfectly beautiful and that just
aren't alive any more? If there isn't,
there ought to be-some heaven where
they could go on living and forever
fulfilling their loneliness. This is not
a personal sorrow, and yet l ache with
it. AS l sit here in my old maids
corner 1 am as tranquil as if l had
realized matrimony. l am busy and
happy, just as much alive as most of
my married friends. Of course, they
pity me; they feel as if life had passed
me by; but am infinitely sorrier for
them; for they have lost something
that | never had, and most of them
don't even know that they have lost
it. That's the real tragedy of it.
Doesn't anything ever last? Or We're
Francesca and Juliet. eternally happy
because they could die-and keep
their dreams? / wonder!
-AfL11fic MonfhID
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
REMEDIES FOR THE EARAcHE.

For an earache, dry heat is the
safest remedy. Never should the
mother drop oil or anything else into
the ear without being especially or
dered to do so by doctor. A small
hot-water bag with a flannel cover, a
kid glove-finger filled with salt and
then heated in the oven, or, simply, a
flannel made very hot and covered by
another one to hold in the heat, may
be placed over the baby's ear to re-
lieve the pain. If this does not. seem
enough. then small rubber ear
syringe may be filled with hot water;
and while the lobe of the ear is
gently held downward and backward
the mother should use the syringe
carefully, then apply, the hot flannel
after drying out the ear. When pus
has formed, or if this simple treat
ment does not relieve the acute pain,
a doctor should be asked to examine
the ear. Possibly the drum membrane
may need to be opened. Hot boric
acid solution or some other disinfect
ant will be needed to syringe the cal
! if pus is present.
Peoples Home Journal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07

nifying glass, can be. attached to its,
breast. $3.50 7ass q a43..
- But something better still has been
found. By an ingenious process the
wings of the tiny insect are sensitized,
and by means of microscopic photog-
raphy the message is imprinted
thereon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE FIGHTING RACE.

I've been readin' the papers
And watchin' the capers
Of Russian and Jap on the land and
the sea.
And it's got me to guess:n'
WHY such names is missin'
That should be conspikyus where
fightin's so free.
Shure! where are the Reillys,
The Caseys and Kileys,
And all of the rest of the Macs and
the O's?
There was never real fightln'
Or wrongs to be rightin'
But some O. them byes'd be strikin
their blows. j..
Now the longer | ponder
The struggle out yonder,
Where the Jap and the Russian arr:
fiirtin' with Fame,
The more I'm decidin'
The Irishman's hidin'
Behind the square front of a haythen
ish name. .a--" t-.'
If we read of "Patriski' - rs,
Or "Michelkomiski'' ..,.,-,--.. . ~.
Ye will know they're not Russian a
all, if they're wise.
And the Jap "TomOhara"
Or "Teddimagara"
Are simply good Connaught men there
in disguise.
The nreSent war needs no maxim!
over names, for the Irish are Their
| without disguise. .--