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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-17

recruiting officer and shouted: ."Tm
from America, west of the Rockies,
and want to join your ID army.
I've got no use for German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said was deaf and
so am. don't banker to ship in with
id underwriting outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so I guess this regi-,
ment's better than none, so trot out
your papers and I'll sign EN-" He told
them he was forty and slipped by. I
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
1t was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be sniper or ''body snatcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele-
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to Tags.
Being a Yank, Old Scotty took lik-
ing to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
for more. Ananias was a rookie COM
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even If he was hard to man.
age. so when he was detailed as a
sniper a sigh of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days. rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more Of him
until suddenly he would reappear
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-17
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swered, turning to MS glasses again,
and 1 knew I was safe. He had not
tumbled to the meaning of that tap
ping.
"All at once, without turning round,
he exclaimed:
"'Well, Of all the nerve I've ever run
across, this takes the cake. Those
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.forkssetfans elaboratee1record-1of John
d. Rockefeller, Jr.' S, commissionl con
tain little in the way of directness
and frankness which is not to be found
in the Observation-Disclosures amusement.
of the movies"
Today the most innocent youngsters.
are constantly being familiarized with
all the o~bsolescent denizens of the UNI
derWorld. The girl or boy Of fourteen
who is not privy to the various forms
of sexual illegitimacy is one who has
not attended the movies" regularly.
immortality is being commercialized
with a vengeance. And this state of
affairs, let 1t be noted, is as disgust
ing, and discouraging to the decent
and civilized men within the industry
as it1is%to the decent and civilized men
outside the industry-more So, in fact,
for the better class 'tmovie" men stand
in the shadow of it and are indirectly
injured, being hampered in the worthy
things they are striving for by the
onus which the indecent producers
bring down upon the whole business.
N"s' Los Angeles Times.
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IN CONSTANT PRAYER.

The Antagonist Casket reminds us:
When st. Cyprian saw that the
Christians in his community were be-
coming more and 0 wicked, he
said to them: I'VE are sleeping at
our prayers, and do not pray watch
fully" And many Of the greatest
saints have, given the same warning
in words that will never die, but will
outlive all the foolish and futile lit
tie, maxims of non-religfous and ir-
religious men in all the ages. We
all know where the source of strength
is, and what brings victory or de-
feat in the moral combat.
The person who is in the midst of
temptation cannot get on without
prayer; and in these days tempta-
lions are about us all, IN all sides.
A man is rash and presumptuous to
expect a happy death if he does not
pray. The charge against a cloud of
German gas without a gas-mask is
wisdom compared with the folly of
trying to go through life; without pray
ing. a -. @ .
Gods help is a thing to be asked
for, and begged for; it is, not a thing
we deserve and can confidently hope
for without praying for it.. Con
slant. prayer. is necessary for a man"
says, st. Thomas Of Aquin,. "if he
wishes to save his soul"
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the Gacrament;-whi soothes and
comforts them. And it prepares them
for holy Communion as nothing else.
can; meanwhile they ease their,
minds by telling their weaknesses
and imperfections, receiving good adj
vice about progressing further and
further in the love of God. Hearing
their confessions is a unique edifica-
ton. My friend from "Over There"
Stella Maris. has this to say, about the
matter:
1t is just in the confessional that
one sees the brightest side of human
nature; the perfect sincerity, the good
will; the sorrow for human weakness,
the humility, the utter absence of self
excuse; the longing to do better. Not
even husbands and wives; or parents
know how good their wives, husbands
and children are at heart as the con
Ifessor knows. Often and often a We
have heard thousands of confessions
as the penitent has gone away alb.
Esolyed have we sat back and said:
What a glorious thing human nature
is, how good, how beautiful" s
Talking about doctors, let me con
fess that ], have often thought that
if God had not called me to be a
priest, He would have done me an
Immense honor by calling me to- be
a, doctor. ..a b
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THE LAY

Hardly any Catholic lay person but
may help on an inquiring mind to
Catholicism, and, indeed, few but may
cause Catholics to become al
nest inquirers. Among casual ac-
quaintances there will always some
be found who will converse on re-
ligion; and a few little words-it is
amazing how God speeds their Cath
Qlic meaning into an honest non-Cath-
olic'sG heart. AS to your close asso-
ciates, those who, work constantly with
you, those whose. neighborhood COM
pels some degree of familiarity-to
such as these religion should be made
an occasional topic. There is a pro-
whence in such things as neighbor-
hood which commands obedience; the
rule of brotherly love is accumulated
by such opportunities. A very small
thing may draw a soul into the Church
if we do but heed it's divine lesson.
Catholicism nowadays: is, or ought to
be, of an alert and watchful quality.
"a y The Missionary
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A FATHER coNFEssoR,s EXPERT
ENcE.

Thomas b. Protestant, writes the
editor of Truth:
The confessional makes the priest
a pessimist: You priests see only
the bad side of life in the confession
Fal. Your mind is poisoned against
humanity.
Say the same to a doctor, answered
the editor. You must be a pessimist;
you e only diseased humanity. He
answers: | an an optimist, for I fight
and conquer disease as a profession;
and | earn heartfelt gratitude, etc.
AS a father ~confessor l have God the
Son constantly under my eyes saving
souls from hell. That Joy is not yours
during a weeks end gallop to the sea-
side, which you may be enjoying
whilst spend my Saturday and my
early Sunday receiving the sacred
condolences of poor sinners; but you
will agree that my joy is sweet, and
not at. all calculated to make me a
pessimfst. Then you must remember
that the worst sinner has some re-
deeming trait, well worth admiring.
It is a delicious privilege to congratu-
late him on fetching his better self
forward and with Gods help4setting
him in entire control. Yet again,
l feel a closer love for any one who
trusts me so perfectly las to- tell me
even the foulest w~ickedness, hoping
for Gods pardon by my ministration.
Father Hecker, who spent many years
Esas father confessor to the worst of
sinners whilst giving missions. once
told me that during those times he
would often say to himself: well,
how happy you should be thus to be
trusted SO perfectly by these poor
creastures.'
But there is another part of a
father confessor's experience. AS you
are not a Catholic you may be unas
ware that sinners are not the only
ones who come to confession; saints
some also, for love of the grace Of
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PERSONAL PURITY.

There is an enemy far more dan
gerous to American soldiersN and CIV
Nians than the enemy on the Western
frart That enemy is the sin OF i'm
purity.
Individual impurity leads to social
immortality. Social immortality leads to
the breaking down of family life. II
makes men and women less fit and
less inclined to@establish> and mains
tain family life. The breaking down
OF family life brings on the decay and
death of democracy, as democracy
can perpetuate itself s~urelyssand Sc.
curely only through the STABILITY aoi
its family life. r @
Purity is more than modesty, but
modesty is the best natural safe
guard OF purity. Careful moral cen,
sorship of the reading matter, OF
plays and pictures, of the dances and
amusements offered to Il soldiers
and civilians is vastly more important
than any other kind of censorship,
The girl who allows or entices any
man. whether soldier or civilian, to
make improper advances toward he1
in speech or action, is more a menace
to him and to America than a Prus,
sian spy.
The soldier who tries to steal away
the purity of any girl or woman is at
heart fully as bad as the soldiers who
commit nameless atrocities. He dis
graces the American uniform and
mocks the cross of Christ.
The medical officers are doing their
best to make and to keep Il armies
physically clean and healthy. Vastly
more important, however, than clean.
ness of body is %cleanness of mind,
Our Lord says that the man who sc
much as 'looks upon a woman to lust
after her hath already committed
adultery with her in his heart
Moral prophylaxis is therefore i'm
measurably better than physical pro,
phylaxis.
Good Christian soldiers in the
American army will keep themselves
clean in thought, word and deed
Herein they will show how truly
brave they are, for it takes more
bravery to conquer oneself than to
conquer the kaiser.
Caution and training in the use o.
the weapons of prayer and of the sac
raments will lead to s~elf-conquest
After that the conquest of Prussian
ism will be safe and easy.
I-ReU II. C, HeHseH.
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What did you see out there, my lad,
That has set that look in your eyes?'
You went as a. boy, you have come
back a man,
With strange new depths underneath
your tan;
What was it you saw out there, my
lad,
That set such deeps in your eyes?
strange things,-and sad,-and won
derful,- 3
Things that Lscarce can tell
l have been in the sweep of the Reap
er's scythe,+
With God,-and Christ,-and hell.
81 have seen Christ doing Christly
deeds;
l have seen the devil at play;
l have grimped to the sod in. the hand
of God;
1 have seen the Goddess pray.
81 have seen Death blast out sud-
denly ,...
From a clear blue summer. sky;
l have slain the Cain with a, blazing
brain;
l have heard the wounded cry.
81 have lain alone among the dead,
With no hope but to die;
| have seen them killing the wounded
ones; II
| have seen them cruelty.
81 have seen the Devil in petticoatsl
Wiling the souls of men;
l have e great sinners do great
deeds
And turn to their sins again.
81 have sped through hell of fiery
hail,
With fell red-fury shod;
I have heard the whisper of a voice;
Il have looked in the face of, God"
You've a right to your deep, high look,
my lad,
You have met God in the ways;
And no man looks into His face,
But he feelssit. all his days.
You've a right to your deep, high look,
my lad,
And we thank Him for His grace.
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CHURCH In PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL RESUMES RELATIONS
WITH THE HOLY SEE-MA-
SONIC INFLUENCE LOSES.

The President of the Republic of
Portugal has formally signified his
desire that relations shall be resumed,
and there is never the slightest doubt
as to the Holy See meeting such good
dispositions. half way.
And, of course, it is not an accident
that there is published just at this mo-
ment the letter from the Holy Father
to Cardinal Bello and the Bishops of
Portugal.
In it His Holiness refers to the in
iquities of the last seven years land
con%gratulates the Bishops on the pros
poets of better times to. come Of which
they too in their letter had given him
notice. The Pope says that he had
never given up hope, and, this was
strengthened by the exemplary con-
duct of the Bishops and the vast ma
Jority of the people. For the4 pros
perity of the country respect for the
Church is the first thing necessary.
The rupture with the Holy Seerwas
carried out by, a Masonic conspiracy.
This is notorious; Magazines Lima
boosted of it. 1t was carried out VIC
lently and in the shortest space of
time.
There al no consultation with the
other party to the contract the Holy
See; the rupture was unilateral and
the Holy See was thus left with it's
hands free to do as it liked. AS the
Holy Father says, he did not give up
hope; Mgr. Masella has been in Port
ngal ever since, nominally as keeper
Of the archives, though it. was inn
possible for the Nuncio, Mgr. Totti, to
remain, and he returned to Rome, and
has since been created Cardinal, :
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DANGER OF MIXED MARRIAGES.

Mixed marriages are as fatal to the
Protestant churches as to the Catho-
lie. Your attention has probably been
called before to statistics gathered by
a Protestant organization in New
| York City, about fifteen years ago,
| says Our Sunday Visitor. They were
to the effect that where a husband
and wife belong to the same church,
90 per cent of the children belong
to that church; and where husband
and wife belong to different churches,
or where one does not attend church
at all, only 81 per cent of the chill
| dren attend church anywhere.
This means that t%wo-thirds of the
| children are lost to the church, pri-
marily1 because they are trained in
doubt, circumference.
1t makes one shudder- to think Of
| the responsibility resting on a Catho-
lie parent in a mixed marriage. Let
us suppose that three children are
born in a given mixed marriage. Two
| of them are lost to the Church, and
at their majority will probably marry
non-Catholics.s Surprising, that they,
in turn have three children, the Cath
Ollie grandparent considered lives to
see six persons out of the Church
principally through his or her fault.
Before this Catholic party dies, these
| six are married in the same way, and
the responsibility for eighteen per-
oa-. .~,A 20 E&L,n %Thr11.0h /, rsaC%c5 M hic
or her shoulders 1--WE are supposing
that the same ratio of children to a
marriage exists. Shortly after such
a party will have gone to answer for
these consequences, the number out
| of the Church passes beyond fifty;
before 100 years roll by 500 souls have
beenAdepriyed of the blessings of the
Catholic Faith-a sufficient number
to form a good-sized parish.
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WHAT THE MOVIES TEACH OUR
CHILDREN.

One stands a very good chance.
when entering a moving picture house
today of being drawn into. some gaudy
bagnio, peopled with bedizened Ma
mas. ss
And even if we are spared the now
obsolete sporting, house" ~(pictured
with true Zolaesque naturalism) we
are not infrequently led into less mer-
scenary boudoirs1 where passions
amour and crimes sexnelles"t are
painted for US with the meticulous-
ness of the early Dutch realists. Re-
garding these purple pulsing' films
week after week, the impression is
forced upon us that the conventional
marriage institution of u moral
forebears had been abrogated in favor
of intricate ~neurotic ~liaisons, and that
the entire world, once more or less
normal lad become one vast PSYCHIC
pathic ward. @The Chicago Vice Re-
port. (barredpfrom the mails) and
Commentaries RyostitutIon In New
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WET WASH

A. These have not yet been worked
out in full. instruction will be2diVided
into two classes. Military instruction,
including. military theory and physical
training, will occupy in the normal
course, thirteen hours a week. Allied
subjects will occupy about forty-two
hours a week. In the cases of some
units studying technical subjects, the
proportion of military instruction will
be reduced. .-- $3.50
Allied subjects taught will ordinari-
ly be selected from the following list:
English, German, Mathematics, Ply
sizes, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Min
eralogy, Geography, Topography and
Map Making, M~eteorology, Astronomy,
Hygiene, Sanitation, Descriptive Geo.
metry, Mechanical and Freehand
Drawing, Surveying, Economics, Ac-
counting, History, International Law,
Military Law and Government.
A course in War Aims, occupying
at least three class room hours per
week, and consisting of a study of the
underlying issues of the war, will be
taught at all of the institutions.
TX. @. May a man in a deferred
class apply to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Special Training, War De-
partment, for admission to the Student
Army Training Corps?
A. His acceptance will depend
upon his qualifications and his status
with regard to dependents.
X. @. May a man in training at
a cantonment in this country apply
for induction into the Student Army
Training Corps?
A. A man in training in a canton
ment may apply for induction into the
Student Army Training Corps through
his Commanding Officer.
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The Catholic University will open
on September %, as a unit Of the
Students Army Training Corps. AL
ready about five hundred students
have applied for admission.
The following brief catechism, pre-
pared by the government authority,
will satisfy fully all inquiries as to
the status of accepted students at the
university or other similar college
during the coming year.
1t should be noted that young men
who contemplate : entering the Stu
dents Army Training Corps should
make immediate application to the
registrar of the university, or the col
lege chosen, as they will not be eligi-
bic after being called to service by
the local draft board.
. Questions and Answers.
L. @. What is the Student Army
Training Corpse?
A. The Student Army Training
Corps is a body of draft registrants,
raised by voluntary induction, for the
purpose of utilizing effectively the
plant, equipment and organization of
the colleges for military instruction
and for selecting and training officers
and technical experts for service in
the existing emergency.
II. @. What persons are eligible
for induction into the Student Army
Training Corps?
A. Men of eighteen and over who
have registered under the selective
service regulations, who are physically
fit to perform full military duty.
There r two sections ofathe Student
Army Training Corps. The Collegi-
ate Section (Section Az is for those
who have graduated from a standard
foursyear high school or preparatory
school or have equivalent educational
qualifications. The Vocational Sec
ton (Section b of the Student Army
Training Corps will include those
who have had a. grammar school edu-
cation or2its equivalent.
III. @. How does the individual
seek induction into the College Sec
ton of the Student Army Training
Corps?
A. BY enrolling in the institution
nearest his home which has a unit of
the s., A. T. c., and which teaches the.
subjects in which he wishes to cpe-
cialize. There he will matriculate as
a regular student. About October first
he wi be indicted upon application to
the commanding officer into the Stu
dent Army Training Corps.
Nv. @. How does an individual
seek induction into the Vocation Sec
ton Of the s. A. T. c.?
AZ BY application for voluntary in
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duction at the local draft board. AS
fast a~s>yacancies occur in these ranks
they will be filled from these appli-
cants.
v. @. What is the status of a
member of the Student Army Train
ing Corps!
A. That of a private soldier in the
army of the United States on active
duty. He will be given a private's pay
$3.50 per monthly, and his housing, sub
sistence and instruction will be pro-
vided by the college at the expense
of the government.
VI. @. How long will a member
of the Student Army Training Corps
remain at school Or college?
A. This, will depend upon his age,
qualifications and aptitude. In gen.
eral men eighteen years of age will
remain about 9 months, and older men
for shorter periods, but there is no
~invariable rule.
VII. @. What policy will the gov
eminent pursue in assigning members
of the Student Army Training Corps
for duty?
A. In accordance with the needs of
the service and the qualifications of
the individual, members Of the Stu
dent Army Training Corps, may be
assigned to (a) an officers training
camp, (b) a non-commissioned officers
I froipjnn C0hnOI 10y n -1nnnfs hpioo6ny
Cd to continue in certain cases in
either collegiate or vocational Sec
tions, such special or technical train
ing as the need of the services may
require.
(a) Men assigned to officers train
ing camps will be trained as officers
of the u. S.. A.
(b)': Men assigned to non-commis-
stoned officers schools will be trained
as non-commissioned officers in the
U. S. A. .i
(c) Men assigned to depot brigades
will be sent to environments for train
ing as combat troops.
I (d) Men who show special aptitude,
who have training or experience Of
special war value may remain in col
lege or training school after the other
men of their classes have been as
signed to service. These men may be
engineers, chemists, doctors, pharma-
cists, ETC., Of the collegiate section, or
mechanics or other skilled workers of
the. vocational section.
The preference Of the registrants
who are voluntarily indicted into the
Student Army Training Corps as to
the branch of service they ultimately
enter &c. g., engineers, artillery, in
fantry, chemical warfare service, etc.
will be given consideration except
where military. needs require a differ
ent course.
VIII. @. What subjects win be
taught the members Of the Student
Army Training Corps?
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