The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-09

little church was crowded with men
in khaki and horizon blue, with few
old men in the more somber shades of
civilian cloth, and women and chill
dren gaily clad. The service was as
impressive as it was simple, as the
kindly priest asked blessings upon the
Americans.
Catholic Youth Decorated. - The
king of England has personally deco
rated with the military cross an old
pupil of the Jesuit Fathers at Liver
pool, Lieut.. Arthur Bernard Lythgoe,
for distinguished service during the
retreat of the fourth British army in
March last The official account of
this young Catholic officers bravery
reads: cat Ronssoy, on March 81,
1918, this young officer was in COM
mand of Battery A, One Hundred and
Eightieth brigade of the Royal field
artillery. 1t was his first command,
and the battery was subjected to in
| tense bombardment and gas Smelling.
| One officer was killed and two others
wounded. He was left with one
| newly Joined officer to help him. He
! showed the greatest courage and dis
| regard for danger. He kept up fire
until the last possible moment, and by
| his skillful organization the battery
was able to withdraw without loss of
guns or equipment. During the re-
| treat he made many "Reminiscences,
and secured valuable information at
| times when the situation was criti-
| CAL"
Priest Dares Death.-A dispatch
from France says: In the villages
about LIE Cateau we found a number
| of civilians, who were wild with de-
light. The civilians in the villages of
| Selvigny and Caullery tell dreadful
| tale of the malignancy and frightful-
ness of the enemy, who before depart
ing broke all the embroidery machines
by which the people of this district
live, This priest seems to have saved
the village church by brave deed.
He saw the Germans preparing to
blow up the church by placing eXplo-
sives under the building and in the
loft. At night the priest went out,
and severed the wires connecting the
bombs. When next morning the Brit
ish troops appeared, the Germans had
to retreat without carrying out the
destruction planned.
Enthroned in ScotIand.-Bishop
Bennett, of Aberdeen, attended by the
monks of st. Benedict's abbey, recent
ly gave the solemn abbatial blessing
to and enthroned Dame Scholastica
Edith Weld, for the past twenty-four
years prioress of the community OF
Benedictine nuns at Kilcumein, near
Fort Augustus, Scotland Quite re
Gently this house was raised to the
dignity of an abbey, on which occa
sion Dame Scholastica was nominated
first abbess by authority of the Holy
See.
A Novel SerVice.-A novel service
was conducted by the Knights of Co
lumbus during the battle in which
General Pershings men wiped out the
st. Mihiel salient. While the Ameri
can troops we're fighting, American
aviators in American-made aeroplanes
lowered over them and from the
clouds showered them with twenty
thousand packages of cigarettes, eacl
monogrammed compliments of the
Knights of Columbus" This was the
first time in modern warfare that {
fighting army has been supplied with
smokes during the heat of battle b!
aerial service.
Distinguished Lady Convertible
ranks of Catholic women-doctors have
, been added to by Miss Elizabeth
Smith Clark, M. B., Oh. B., Ed, o
London, England, who but few years
ago was received into the Church. Dr.
Smith Clark belongs to one of thu
: most distinguished Scottish families
: and studied at Edinburgh University
Birmingham and Newcastle befor'
she went to London to do admirable
work in connection with the war. Sh
is now opthalmic specialist to Chel
: seas Pension Board.
Rome's Mayor MISUNDERSTANDING
: Bourne was present by special invita-
; ton at the luncheon given by tn
Lord Mayor of London in honor o
Prince Colonna, Mayor of Rome
. About this head of the princely hous
of Colonna several silly stories ar
told by the journals, who again dis
play their ignorance of things Catho
: lic We are solemnly informed tina
his title of leader of the ''black so
ciety" in Rome means that he il
, descended from one of the families
! who supported the "Black Pope'-th'
: General of the Jesuits, of course-anC
:. that the name has chung; instead o
: the actual fact that the Prince is al
ardent Catholic and, by his position
:, leader of the society, which does no
:, mix with the 'nouveau richie" o
Rome, or the Quirinal set, but is re
ceived by the Vatican and, being de
: voutly Catholic, is called clerical o
black