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IRISH OLD AND NEW

the convent, and wondered why God
was so good to them when the boy
was called to the altar. Today, an I'M
comfortable percentage of their des-
cendants are doing none of these
things The Irish of those times were
poor and ignorant and Catholic, and
when the last moment came, they
went to God confident that while their
sins were great and their merits small,
His mercy was infinite. Their modern
representatives are wealthy, ignorant,
too, but not Catholic, to any noticeable
extent; and when their last moment
comes, our best hopes are founded on
the widest extension of the Church's
merciful teaching on invincible ignor-
ance And the reason? These degen-
crate descendants from noble sires
have made "civic virtue their sole re-
ligion, secular training their sole edu-
cation, and worldly success the stand
ard of all their attachments. They
are not many, happily, and for this
the country may be thankful. Few
perils are so pernicious as Irishmen
warped out of their faith, ashamed of
the loyal fighting race that for cen
turtles has done battle for all the
things that are true and good in every
cline of the earth.
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WHAT A BOOK DID
ACCIDENTAL RESCUE OF VOLUME
LEADS TO CONVERSION OF
NOTED PROFESSOR.


AS mentioned in these columns be-
fore, Rev John d. Whitney, S. j., a
widely-known member of the Jesuit
order, died at Boston College, Boston,
on November q. He was native of
Nantucket, r. l., and in early manhood
was a professor of mathematics in
the United States navy aboard the
schoolship Mercury. One day a party
of visitors stood along the rail Of the
ship and a young woman dropped a
book overheard.
Professor Whitney got one of the
sailors to fish the book out, and he
then presented it to the young woman
with the suggestion that he be per-
mitted to keep it until it had been
dried out, after which, he said, he
would send it to her. At the time
Professor Whitney was mono Catholic
and the woman told him to read it
after it had dried. He did read the
book, which was written by Father
Fidelis, G. p, and through the book
was converted to Catholicism. lie was
ordained at Woodstock, Nd, in 1872
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
IN OLD VINCENNES
OF FOUNDING OF
CATHOLICISM IN OLD NORTH
WEST TERRITORY.

The founding of Catholicism in the
Northwest territory by a Jesuit Faith
er on December 8, 1902, was celebrated
at st. Francis Xayier's Church, Vim
cennes, Ind, on December 3. The two
Observation-Disclosures anniversary of
the founding of the church was OBJ
served with a solemn High Mass.
Although the records in the histor-
ic church library show the celebra-
ton of the first Mass there on Deem
Der 8, 1902, it has been impossible to
find the name of the Jesuit priest who
said the Mass. The records do show,
however, that the first Mass was said
by Jesuit in the open air, under a
tree on a spot overlooking the Wa
bash river. After Mass, and before
either the priest, the Indians and the
soldiers accompanying the Jesuit had
refreshed themselves, the site of the
first Catholic church in the Northwest
territory was selected, and the Jesuit
at that time named the church, st.
Francis Xavier.
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THEY WANT THE SISTERS
NOTED PHYSICIANS OF ITALY AL
WAYS ANXIOUS TO HAVE NUNS
IN cHARGE-WoRk is APPREcl-
ATED.

1t appears highly incongruous at
first sight that those of the medical
doctors of note in Italy who are enc
mics of the Church and of it's teach
ings in every way should be so strong
ly in favor of having the services of
nuns in hospitals, in orphanages, in
asylums, in fact everywhere that dis
ciplined, conscientious supervising is
needed. Yet such is the fact.
All the really eminent physicians in
Rome-it is claimed the Romans are
second to none of their brethren in
Europe-whether they be Catholics or
not, insist upon such institutions being
placed under the control of the Sis
tiers. They make no secret, those of
them who are of anti-religious beliefs,
about the reason for their enthusiasm.
Success in their operations, cases, etc.,
depends, they declare, to great ex-
tent upon the care exercised by the
nurses and attendants, and, after a
trial of lay infirmarians, they have
come to the conclusion that their
bread has better chance Of being but
tered on both sides in the event of
their coadjutors being attached to a
Sisterhood.
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THE POPE'S BIRTHDAY
MUSEUM OF ARMoR" IN THE
VATICAN FORMALLY
OPENED.

For His Holiness sixty-third birth
day there were no special celebrations
at the Vatican. For one thing, in
Italy the "nameday"-th of the pa
iron saints the day for feasting
rather than the day of birth, and for
another in these times of trouble
feasts other than religious are regard
ed as matters of luxury, rejoicings on
which would be out of place.
But an interesting event marked the
day: the Inauguration of the Museum
of Armor at the Vatican, which His
Holiness attended, being received by
the commandment of the pontifcal gen
darmerie and the papal march on the
trumpets of the corps, which, it so
happened, was also celebrating the
centenary of its foundation. The Holy
Father examined with great interest
the collection of armor, some of it
modern, but most of it old, consisting
of swords, guns of all sorts, lances
and old body armor, much of which
had been in the Vatican for long
time but had not up. to now been form
ed into collection.
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Soldiers an Object Lesson
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA ARE
ASTOUNDED AT DEVOTION OF
YOUNG CATHOLIC TROOPS-AS
GOOD AS A MISSION TO NON
CATHOLICS.

Billy Sunday, famed as the origina-
tor of the firebrand "hit-the-trail' vari-
ETY. of soul-saving, is having his own
troubles down in this southern state,
says a report from Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta, Ca, With record of seven
weeks behind him Sunday is having
more trouble getting enthusiastic
crowds than ever in his life. And he
admits it.
One evening last week Sunday
threatened to quit when only 1900
turned out in bad weather to hear and
to see him. True, the stormy weather
kept them away, but out at Camp Cor
don, where 10000 sons of Uncle Sam
are being conditioned to meet the foes
of democracy, between 1000 and 5000
men arise in the early morn, face
bleak winds and trap several miles
the knights of Columbus hall.
Billy Sunday never tried a 6 a. m.
service, so the comparison is some
what strained, but, nevertheless, the
fact that four of the six Masses at
Camp Gordon are as fully attended
as his single evening service is rather
a shock to the Sundayites. At the 8,
$3.50, 9 and $50 O'Clock Masses at the
K of C. hall the Catholic soldiers
worship in a manner that has been a
startling revelation to the non-Catho-
lie brethren, many of whom have made
~
see the phenomenon of thousands of
American youths indulging in divine
service.
In truth, the knights of Columbus
building, coupled with the Northern
troops now CHARTERED there, have done
much missionary work for the Church.
Many years of antagonism against
Catholicism have hardened the hearts
of Southern sProtestants, but a few
go ) s-sf 3 ,l%IS ~
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The Ranks Of Dun
written for the Catholic Bulletin by
Alvatisene.)

Men from city and from country,
Men from shop and mine;
Scions all of mighty races,
March in battle line.
Purpose in their eyes is cleaning,
Stepping proudly on as one,
To their hearts heroic beating,
In the modest Ranks of Dun.
Men united, giving promise
On this eve of fight,
To explain with wars grim weapons
What they understand by right.
Each his Watch of Arms" is keeping,
1 Proud to be a chosen son
Of the country he is serving
Serving in the Ranks of Dun.
Men commissioned, trusty, valiant,
Leaving home and ease;
Eager for the front of battle,
Undismayed by troubled seas.
Men who'll shout, Were coming,
Frenchmen,
Coming now to fight the Hun
When beyond our ken they've van
ished
In the fighting Ranks of Dun"
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The Church in England

Let them take the Diocese of Sal
ford. In 1850 there were fifty-three
priests in that area of Lancashire,
which they would call the Diocese of
Stafford. Today, in the same area,
there are 344 priests. In 1850 there
were thirty-four churches; today there
are 146. There was just one convent
in the diocese-that of the Presenta-
ton Convent in St. Patrick's parish,
Manchester-today there are forty
one. Or let them take the city of
Manchester, not counting the adjoin-
ing borough of Stafford. In 1850 there
were fourteen priests in Manchester
and six churches. Today there are
seventy-seven priests and thirty two
churches. Against the one convent
then there are eighteen now"
These figures, he claimed, speak for
themselves, and the growth is very
consoling. In Lancashire at the pres
ent time every eighth man, woman, or
child they meet in the streets is a
Catholic. He knows, however perfect
1y WELL, ctuu uG Wdo BULLY W
edge the fact, that there are many
weakened Catholics, and that the
leakage is great, but in spite of all
this the growth of Catholicity is most
satisfactory. And why was this? Be
cause, than God, the Catholic Church
had something to offer and something
to give.
Father Nicholson went on to speak
of the heroic work of the Catholic
chaplains in this present terrible war,
and paid a touching tribute to the
memory of Rev. William Doyle, the
young Irish Jesuit. These priests
worked and died, not for glory, but
for the Catholic faith. The Catholic
Church was the dominating Christian
Church in the United States, and SO
she was there in England. She was
the only Church that rang true. 1t was
that Catholic faith made heroes Of sc
many of their Catholic lads.
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English soldiers can easily slip across
the Channel home, England is not
quite the same home for Canadians
and Australians, and these are COM
ing to appreciate and love their rest
in Lourdes. And now they will find
their club, simple but comfortable and
restful, and their chaplain. So, too,
will the American Catholics in the
days to come. Father Duggan will be
there, or, if he is not strong enough to
go back to hard work at the front, an
other chaplain in need of rest till,
maybe, American Catholics have their
own Foyer as the first established
club was called, and their own chap
lain, too.
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Rockefeller Aids Funds
X. OF C. WELFARE WORK BENE-
FITS CONSIDERABLY.

The Rockefeller foundation has Just
given 100000 to the Knights of Co
lumbus war fund. The executive COM
mittee, in making the appropriation
let it be understood that more be CIV
en- later. The fact that this founda-
ton has made the gigantic gift is one
of the most potent tributes yet paid
from non-Catholic source to the type
of work the Knights are doing in the
name of all American Catholics. The
Standard Oil Company, it is stated,
has given $4,000 to the fund. Pitts
burg, in its campaign recently closed,
raised 500 per member.
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Citation Ex. of Final Account.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, IS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Marcella
Deavitt, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May Concern:
On reading and fling the petition of
the representative of said estate, pray
ing that the Court fix time and place
for examining, adjusting and allowing
ment of the residue of said estate to
the persons thereto entitled:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all perso interested in
said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court on Monday
the 14th day of January, 1918, at 10
o'clock, A. M, or as soon thereafter as
said matter can be heard, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House
in the City of st. Paul, in said County,
and show cause, if any they have, why
that this citation be served by publica
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin,
according to law, and by mailing a
copy of this citation at least / 4 days
before said day of hearing to each of
the heirs, deyisees and legatees of said
decedent whose names and addresses
appear from the files of this Court.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
18th day of December, A. ID. 1917.
E.. w. BAZTLLE.
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate CourtJ
Attest: f. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk of PROBATE.
i. T. ]. Doyle Atty.
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War Gardens Succeed

3
According to the report of Mayor
MitchePs committee on war gardens,
the backwards and vacant lots in New
York City, cultivated principally by
housewives and children, grew $685.
600 worth of produce during the last
summer. The report covers only the
activities under the direction of the
committee and it was explained that
thousands of other gardens were Gull
tivated for which no figures are avail
able. With the experience of the Fast
summer. as a guide for future opc-a-
tons the nation may confidently cx-
pect the war garden of next year to
produce total of food stuffs tat
shall constitute significant and inn
portant addition to the food supply Of
the nation.
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CLUBS AT LOURDES
GREAT FRENCH CATHOLIC
SHRINE is CENTER OF PILGRIM
AGE AND VISITS-NATlONAL
CLUBS ARE BEING ESTABLISH
ED THERE FOR SOLDIERS.

There is a little bit of Belgium at
Lourdes, France. 1t is due to the spir-
itual energy of Mgr. Deploige of Lou
vain University, who has been doing
good things in various parts of Eu-
rope during the time of waiting to re-
turn home, and who is now in Rome
and has told, in a few words, what
Lourdes means to many soldiers. In
the old days he used to conduct pill
grimages there from Belgium; several
special trains of them at time, and
one hospital train of sick. This lat
ter train is now running regularly
with conveys Of wounded from the
French front to the sunny south.
Lourdes itself is becoming the rendez-
vous for Belgian soldiers on leave.
The British troops can get to England,
French to Paris or their homes else
where in France; Belgians have no
home to return to as yet. Moreover,
to many of them the Grotto is well
known, to many more it is a place not
only of pilgrimage but of a vow to
Our Lady 1t is a sort of home. Some
go to Paris on their leave; more go
to Lourdes.
"cercIe Beige" Organized.
Places of pilgrimage are dear to the
heart of the rector of the Institute of
Philosophy of Louvain. 1t was he who
organized that to Paray-le- Monial when
the allied flags were laid on the altar,
and Cardinal Bourne, who carried the
British ensign, delivered notable adj
dress on the Christian ideals for which
the allies are fighting. So Mgr. De-
ploige has worked that his fellow
countrymen shall not only be able to
spend their few days of rest in the
holy happy atmosphere by the grotto,
but shall have real rest and comfort
there. He has organized "cercle
belge;;" reading and writing rooms,
a big conference room and all the sim
pie requisites of a club, with OF
course a chaplain always there. 1t
has been a great success; so much
SO that others besides Belgians are
going to Lourdes and the Belgian pre-
late is now arranging for them the
same comforts that his own people
have. For naturally all want their
own "cercle. 2 And, he has been able
to secure from the British military
authorities the presence Of q chaplain
for English speaking Catholics. 7
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months of true-hearted religion, prac-
ticed quietly but reverently thirteen
miles from the big city, have brought
about marvellous changes. Non-Catho-
lies are awakening to the lesson that
is presented at their doors and are
daily becoming more tolerant and con-
sequently less biased.
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GREAT cATHEDRALS OF EUROPE
AN INSPIRATION TO CATHOLIC
IDEALS AND RELIGION.

Mr.. Ralph Adams Cram has given
us new volume, "The Substance of
Gothic" Mr.. Cram is considered by
the majority of competent art critics
to have reached the highest peak of
architectural achievement, which vests
him with authority to speak with final
ity upon all matters of architecture.
Some of the most glorious buildings
on the continent have leaped, full
blown, from his amazing brain, writes
Rev. Dr. Coakley, in the Pittsburg
Observer. Hence any work from his
pen must be looked upon with interest
and respect. Lovers of the fine arts
and particularly of that mistress of
them all, architecture, are familiar
with Mr.. Grams previous works:
"The Gothic Quest" "The Ministry of
Art, . ''The Heart of Europe" Church
Building" and his several volumes of
university lectures on architecture.
In his latest work, just from the
press, there is copious reservoir of
artistic and historic wisdom, couched
limpidity and torrential flow, from his
eloquent pen. 1t is rare in these war
like days, amid the tumultuous rush
of American life, to find a writer using
language so chaste, diction so males
tic, and sentences so delicately CHS
elled, and at times he makes our ears
fairly ring with. the cadence of his
finely-balanced periods. The entire
volume is replete with passages crisp,
sparkling and sonorous. He is fond OF
depicting the glories of medieval
cathedral windows and notably those
of Rheims, the browning monument in
material form of Christian civiliza-
ton, now daily suffering it's martyr
dom, whose 'glass, rivaled only by
Charities, is splintered in starry dust
on the blood-stained pavement, and
it's fragments made the settings in
soldiers rings"
Mr. Grams thesis is to distinguish
the substance" of Gothic from it's
accidents" The very title of his
book and his manner of treating his
problem savors of the scholastic mind,
so prone to summon precise termi
nology into service in clarifying and il
Illustrating point. BY the substance"
of Gothic Mr.. Cram means the spirit
that actuated the work of the medi-
eval builders. By it's accidents" he
means the form, the characterization,
the details of structural design.
Hence, with this distinction in mind,
q building may be constructed in what
is popularity known as the Gothic
style; it may have pointed arches,
flying buttresses, and a cruciform
plan; it may have compound piers
and arches, deep choir, polygonal
apse with radiating chapels and ribbed
vaults; it may have all this, and much
more, yet lack of that subtle and
potent aroma that only the Sub
stance" of Gothic can give any build
ing.
The Substantial Element.
1t is Mr.. Grams task, ably executed
in some 200 beautifully printed pages,
to depict, in language charged with
thought, what this substantial ele-
xrho+ fIo dY,ixyino 71onfiuo
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The Substantial Element.

1t is Mr. Grams task, ably executed
in some 200 beautifully printed pages,
to depict, in language charged with
thought, what this substantial ele-
ment was; what the driving motive
behind the medieval craftsmen. He
peers into the very essence of the
art of the Middle Ages; he examines
with keen and practised vision the
material out of which Gothic grew,
and he subjects to scrupulous analy-
sis the operation of the manifold
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Yet, some reject God and His good
ness, Christ and His passion, the
Church and its ministrations. For
these, hell exists.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-29
STAY BY RED CROSS

President Wilson. in a letter t.
p. DAWSON, chairman of the wal
council of the American Red Cross
expressed the hope that all the Red
Cross workers within the new draft
ages-eighteen to forty-five-"would
continue to render service unless and
until specifically called to other and
more important duty" according to
a telegram received at northern di
vision headquarters.
The presidents letter was written
in response to one from Mr.. Dawson
in which the effect of the proposed
new draft ages upon the American
Red Cross personnel was set forth.
The president wrote as follows:
white House, Aug. 14.-H. p. Dav-
ison, Chairman. American Red Cross,
Washington-My dear Mr.. Dawson:
| hope that the action we have taken
in the matter of voluntary enlistment
will help a little in the solution of
the difficulties created for the Amer
lean Red Cross by the probable ex-
tension of the draft ages. If the gov
eminent does the selecting it can Sc
lect with a due regard to the inter,
ests of all services, whether within
the government or without. Whereas
if we permit it. men liable to be draft
ed may rush in and apply for and OBJ
tain commissions. Then there would
be chaos indeed.
CAS- the American Red Cross is
IN important auxiliary to our
armed forces and is also extending
relief, not only to our people at home,
but to the peoples of the nations as
ISOLATED with us who are suffering as
the result of the war, l hope that
every man connected with the work
at home or abroad will have
a full appreciation of its Importance
and will, if possible, continue to rem
der service unless and until specific
ally called to other and clearly more
important duty. Cordially and sin
yours, Woodrow Wilson"
Mr.. Davison's communication in
part reads as follows:
IF the proposed draft bill includ-
ing the ages of eighteen to forty-five
should be passed, | shall be more
than delighted, believing that it will
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-29

Seven Brick Business Blocks Erected In
1914.
New %s125,oo0 Girls Dormitory at State
College
One Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies Fur
nishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Deparement With
Electric Apparatus
South Dakota State College Of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
Brookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
Two Billiard Halls and Bowling Alley as
Places Of Amusement.
Brictson Manufacturing Company. makers
o fthe Brictson Tire Tread.
New $500, 900 administrator Building at
of the Brictson Tire Tread
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land In
the state, Where Crops are Sure and BOun-
tiful
municipality Owned Telephone. Electric
Light. Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with zoo Mem
bers in Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings Is Located on the Main Line of
the c. & y. w. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre,
the Capital of the State. Also Headuuarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.