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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
GRACE BEFORE MEALS ALMOST 4
LOST ART.

Saying grace before meals is fast
becoming lost art in England and
America. Early in the past century
the custom of invoking the blessing
of heaven upon the repast was uni
versal 1t was so much in use and
so frequently followed up with a dis
gushing manifestation OF the 'glutton-
Gus proclivities of the good livers of
the day." that Charles Lamb, grew
very tired of the practice and stormed
against it as mockery and an insult
flung at the face of the Almighty.
He wrote: Il hear somebody ex-
claim: Would you have Christians
sit down at table, like hogs to their
troughs, without remembering the
Giver? No. I would have them sit
down as Christians, remember the
Giver, and less like hogs" Mr. Lamb
would not now have to complain of
trif1ing with the Lord. Grace is not
said
The decline Of the beautiful and
most Christian custom is thus traced
out by the Springfield Republican:
'"The general awakening of religious
bonds in the past fifty years must be
accounted a fundamental cause. When
it has grown SO difficult to fill the
churches at the Sunday services no
one can be surprised that this minor
religious rite is passing rapidly into
desuetude. Is it to pass away for.
ever? Possibly we moderns, with our
evolutionary philosophy and higher
criticism, have outgrown it, yet, de-
spite all that may be said by wits
and critics of society to it's detriment
was it not in it's gentle way a civiliz
ing force? The comparative hush, the
reverent bowling of heads, the pos
sible uplift here and there to worldly
souls as the spirit of the divine is
appealed to, the momentary detach
ment from the purely animal phase Of
existence-is not this something beau
tiful in conception and worthy OF
preservation in our social life?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
MY GRAVE.

The grave 1 own? You ask where it
may be.
The truth is best; my grave you may
not see.
'Tis in my heart, and holds my dreams
now dead,
And all my hopes which, one by one,
have fed;
And memories T drove, with grief,
away,
Although they meant so much to me
one day;
And songs unsung when inspiration
died;
And broken chords, whose music was
denied;
And tears that to my eyes shall never
start 80
(Yet, tears of blood may rise within
ones hearth;
And words which must for ever be
unsaid ak
And smiles, alas, which turned to
signs, instead;
And, over all, the dust in thickness
lies.
Such is my grave, concealed from hui.
man eyes.
'Tis in my heart heart fashioned by
Gods Hands
And sweet it is to know He under
stands
And when men sneer, and fain would
me condemn,
How glad / am that God is not like
them!
He reads the depths; He knows; an6
He is kind;
He dug my grave, for was PROUD
and blind;
And, knowing well the treasure i
would keep,
He dug it deep; ali, yes, He dug i
deep!
g "A Sl0dens ByAf1Hf Y1s R6fifDsS
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
CHURCH AND PRESS
WRITER LAUDS FEAR
LESS CATHOLIC PRESS-EVA.
DORSEY CARR INSPIRED AND
ENCOURAGED BY LACK OF SEN
SATloNALfSM IN CATHOLIC
PAPERS.

Will you allow recent convert,
writes Eva Dorsey Carr, who is vitality
interested in literature, to express her
appreciation of Catholic Journalism?
In contrast with general non-Catholic
literature, with which | have been
closely associated, as a reader and
writer, / am forcibly impressed with
the elevating tone, the loftiness of
thought, the bright moral atmosphere
of even secular Catholic publications.
@lsThe Catholic press is sane, healthy,
,rfeSdbfooded, pure souledS high minded,
rafii unafraid ftais utterly fearless
and independent, thank God.a 1T is
fearless OF The popular mind that de-
Trta5ids sensation and fleshliness in its
literary, food! 1t is independent OF
the supposed all powerful and con.
trolling dollar! Independent of money
in, these days and times. 1t seems
incredible, does it not?
When I finally came to a decision
and was received into the Church,
resolved to live up to the literary
ideals OF. the. Catholic Church, to be
guided by the Voice Of Faith, to seek
inspiration from the Holy Ghost. and
write only with Pentecostal Fire, cosl
what it may. have mated poverts
with my Muse! But they are a happy
pair. The beautiful house in which
we live is full of priceless treasures
whose source is inexhaustibie. Life
for lis spells unutteraille sweetness
and houndless freedom Poverty anl
Ethe MuBel What soul, with sucE
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
THE CRADLE OF CHRIST
JERUSALEM AND NAZARETH -
GENTLE AND SERENE FEELINGS
ON ENTERING BETHLEHEM-DE-
SCRlPTION OF SACRED SPOT.

"And thou, Bethlehem, the land of
Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda; for out of thee shall
come forth the captain that shall rule
my people"
1t is a long day since the Prophet
uttered these words, and here we are
on the way to visit the city of which
they were written, observes the Irish
Weekly.
From Jerusalem to the little city of
the birth of Jesus is but five mile
drive by an excellent road, as roads
go in Palestine. But what difference
one feels between them!
In Jerusalem the thought is never
absent from your mind that you are in
a city of solemn gloom, the city of the
Decide, the city over which Gods
curse lowers. With some difficulty
could feel light-hearted while within
tinual damper on ones spirits, as if
the great tragedy of twenty centuries
ago kept one in a state of awe.
This was my own state of mind
while there. I wonder how it is with
those who live there. constantly :?
However, no doubt the absence of
noise and hustle, the great, solemn
stiffness that reigns throughout the
Holy City, the sad emotions that fill
ones soul as he visits the spot on
which Judas hanged himself, the Gar
den of Gethsemane, the site of the
scouraging, or the Via Dolorosa, with
its fourteen hating places, must neces-
sarily react ON our spirits.
But all this is changed on entering
Bethlehem. felt exactly as did Guer-
in when he wrote of it in other days:
"An indescribable serenity and a
gentle cheerfulness hovers over the
graceful little town., which, instead of
having to weep despairingly over the
death and burial of God, like the
Holy City, encloses and still shows us
with holy joy the place of His birth
and the site of His cradle.
Hence the eternal halo of gladness
which to Christian eyes seems to en-
circle the brow of the little town /"
This peace is discernible ON the face
of the people Their streets are clean
their homes are neat; they are neither
rich nor poor. They make living
| for the most part by making rosaries,
etc. The population, which comes to
about 5000 souls, are nearly all Catho-
lies, the rest being made up of Ortho-
dox. Greeks Moslems, and a hundred
or so of Prot estants.
On the side of the road from Jeril.
salem to Bethlehem we see a square
| domed little building marking a spot
where Rachel gave birth to BENJAMIN
and died in childbirth, and where
Joseph, her sorrowing husband, laid
her to rest in B. G. 1898, and erected
a monument to her, and called the boy
the "Son of Sorrow
1t is not interesting, after the pass
ling of those thousands Of years, thai
that humble spot Is still reyered BY
Moslems and Hebrews as well as
Christians Standing by it, one almos
seems to hear the Prophet Jeremia:
recalling the memory of the Inflated
mother: "A voice was heard in lam
Ientation, of mourning, and weeping
Eof Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted for them
because they are not. tier. Xxi. | q.
| But let us enter Bethlehem, and s,
straight to the GEutte OF the NatiTit,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28

K. ofC..sIn London&Mr Mulligan will
order thousands of pounds Of English
plum pudding, WHICH will be- shipped
to France and on Christmas morning
heated in the X. of G. roller kitchens,
SO that the. boys will have real plum
pudding, piping hot.
On the same day Mrs, Marie Geb-
hard of Washington, who is serving
overseas for the K of c., will present
X. of C. dolls to poor children of
Paris. -
Lawrence o. Murray and Edward
T.. Hearn, X. of c. overseas commits
sioners, have cabled from Paris for
an increased supply of athletic ma
terial. William p Larkin is shipping
the material as fast as it can be Sc
cured and M. .MuHigan will supervise
a. pfogram of increased athletic &C.
tiEity for the boys overathere. ). tzaf
But in addition to carrying Christ
massjOy tos the American soldiers and
sailors abroad, Chairman Mulligan will
look into the solving of the problem
of placing K. of G.. war activities on
a reconstruction footing. Already
thousands of pairs. of oyeralls and
crates of tools have been sent abroad
so that the hundreds of K. of C..
workers in France, most of them
highly skilled in the various handi-
crafts, can take an actual part in ply
steal reconstruction work. These K.
Of C. men will also, aid materially in
instructing doughboys eager to learn
trades in which to earn their liveli-
hoods on their return home.
Mr.. Larkin is also introducing in
the K. of C. service on transports
feature lantern slides, and this serv-
ice will be extended by Mr.. Mulligan
on his arrival in France. Chairman
Mulligan will also select whatever K.
of C. SECRETARIES the Department OF
State may deem useful to the Ameri-
can peace delegates, and a site will
be selected for a K. of C. building at
Versailles which will be used for the
convenience of soldiers and sailors
and visitors at Versailles and for the
members of the A. E., F. stationed
there. -; 81,
In all, the K. of c. will sexpend many
thousands of dollars to secure. for our
boys a thoroughgoing Christmas cele-
bration. Millions of K. of c. Christ
mas cards have already been sent to
France, as we'll as many hundreds OF
thousands of the famous K. of c. I'm
Safe and Sound cards. Every mem
Der of the American armies of occupa-
ton who can be reached by the
knights of Columbus will receive a
special Christmas remembrance. It
is also planned to initiate the e. OF @.
employment-fnding service abroad. !.
John B. Kennedy, director of the *.
of G. war news service, who accom-
panies Mr.. Mulligan, will visit the
grave of Joyce Kilmer in France and
lay wreath on it in the name of the
knights of Columbus, of which organi-
cation the late hero-poet was a promi-
nent member, being attached to New
Rochelle Council.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
Christmas With Doughboys
X. OF C. ARE PREPARING A REAL
HOMEMADE CELEBRATION FOR
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
ARRoAD-To HONOR JOYCE Kill
MER-sEcRETARiEs ON TRANS
PORTS.

Mulligan may be Gaelic for Santa
Claus. There is no earthly reason
why it shouldn't be- Anyhow, William
J. Mulligan, chairman of the knights
of Columbus committee on war activi-.
ties, has sailed for France to be IA
good Irish American Santa for the
a. E. F. .'3ia@3 " IS 8 II
The K. Of g. committee decided at
a meeting held ON Sunday in New
York that about the most important
thing to do for the boys in France
just now Is to provide them with "a
real, homemade Christmas celebra-
ton This will be done. William p,
Larkin, K. of G.. overseas director, has
paved the way BY ordering and ship
ping to France tons of candy and to-
bacco and chewing gum. He is send
ing an additional fleet off, roller
kitchens over there, and shipment
OF motorcycles originally ordered for
the Russian government was taken
over by. the Knights to expedite the
distribution of their goods abroad
Mr.. Mulligaa will stay long enough
in London to formally open the X. of
/ e. headquarters there These are
Situated IN John Mccormack's home
at Hampstead Heath, Mrs. McCor-
mack having loaned the home 10 the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
SERIOUS ACCIDENT NARROWLY
hvERTED LAST NIGHT At THE
DEATH TRAP WHERE HIBISCUS
STREET JOINS ThRPON AVENUE
Dr.. A. P. Albaugh and Rev A. E. Gam
mage Had to Run Far Back on Side
walk When Auto Headed for the
Bank Of Commerce Building

can tell--most likely it will be some
child first, and perhaps after one or
two are killed the people will rise up
in their might and take the control of
the city out of the hands of those who
have so poorly managed it in the past,
and will have the great volume of
traffic diverted from this dangerous
corner by giving it a direct outlet
through the city by connecting Eagle
street with Pinellas avenue.
DR.. Albaugh and Rev. Gammage
ran back on the sidewalk to avoid the
danger of being run over, though they
had not stepped off the sidewalk be-
fore it was necessary for them to run.
In talkin gto DR.. Albaugh this morn
ing he said in substance that this cor
ner was very dangerous and would
likely be attended to after some one
had been killed.
The voters of the city voted bonds
for the purpose of opening Pinellas
avenue through to Eagle street many
months ago, but the city council has
persistently refused to be governed
by the wishes of the people in this
matter, and though Mr.. A. M. Lowe
presented petition to the council,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31

What came very near being seri-
GUS accident was narrowly averted
last night when two autos met at the
intersection of Hibiscus street and Tar
pom avenue, between the two banks.
One auto was coming up from the
sponge exchange, while the other
came east on Tarpon avenue and turn
ed into Hibiscus street. The car COM
ing from the exchange applied the
brakes and came to a dead stop, while
the other car circled it and came near
going into the Bank Of Commerce
building.
DR.. Albaugh and Rev. Gammage
had been standing on the sidewalk at
the corner Of the Bank of Commerce
building, waiting for an opportunity
to cross the street as they were head
ed for the Presbyterian church for ev-
ening services. When the auto round
ed into Hibiscus street it seemed inn
possible for it to dodge the other car
without running into the bank. How
ever, it got by this time. But there
are other times coming, and that there
will be fatal accident at this con-
gested corner seems practically GER
tain. Who the victims will be no one
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
Writer
Says America 7
Has Saved U.s.

London, May 30.-sIs it realized by
the people Of this country that Amer
lea has already saved us from capt.
ulating to the enemy?" asks speciel
writer for one of London's big dailies.
Either" the writer continues, Eve
should have been forced into this sur
render with our armies unbroken and
our munitions of war unexhausted, or
we should at this moment be strug-
Cling to live and work and fight on
one-third of our present rations.'
The food supplies being sent by the
United States to it's allies represent,
it is pointed out, "the kindly, difficult
and entirely willing self-sacrifce of
a whole nation, the vast majority
working people"
America, the article concludes, has
answered England's appeal Sin man
ner which marks her out as one of the
greatest moral forces in the world. 1t
should be known out there, in the
farmhouses and cottages of the Amer
lean continent, that the people Of this
country, tightening their belts and
confronting the future with an indie
structible confidence, are mindful of
Americas self-sacriice- -self-sacrifce
which will save the world"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
FIRST IN THE LOCAL FIELD

All the local. county, and state
news--that is news-while it is
news. Boosting Tarpon Springs.
Wide-awake. Truthful, Unafraid
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
6OCasuaIties Today

Washington, May 31.-The casualty
list today contained go names, divided
as follows: Killed in action, Is; died
of wounds, 6; died of accident, IL;
died of disease, A; wounded severely,
Is; wounded slightly, 8; missing in
action, 1.
Lieut.. Robert J. Griffiths, of Athens,
Ga, died of accident; Private Humber
Hook, of North, S. c., died of disease;
Private William E. Trussell, of Hon
eapath, S. G., was severely wounded.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31

The Evening Leader is the only
paper in its field having Associ-
ated Press reports of the wexzd
news-the best and most reliable
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
Tampa Tribune
Discovers That
the West Coast
Route Was Used
FOR CARRYING WOUNDED SOL
DIERS OVER SHORTEST
ROUTE
The Tribune says:

Twenty years ago there was war
going on in which the United States
was very much engaged, just as now;
/ and at that time "war. measures de
manded the utmost speed in transpor
tation, and the utmost saving of TIM
and materials in the transportation a
troops and supplies and mail, and
wounded soldiers. 1t was a matter Oh
urgency AS IT is NOW.
! Tampa was great military camp
them, thousands and thousands of sol
dlers here on their way to or training
Tor Cuba. Port Tampa was one of the
chief ports of debarkation for both
troops and supplies, and it was neces
sary for the railroads to have the
quickest possible schedules to reach
that port
Yesterday we happened on an cid
retired locomotive engineer who pull
ed the Cuban Fast Mail" Of the Plant
system, now the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, and who made the trips with
his train FROM PORT TAMPA TO
WAYCRoSs IN NINE HOURS; ana
the entire trip was made with wound
ed soldiers from Port Tampa I'd Allan
ia, via Jessup, in fifteen hours.
Now the wonderful part Of this story
is; the route over which those "Cubs1
Fast Mali trains ran from Port Tasss-
pa to Waycross was: Port Tampa 10
Live Oak to Jasper, to Dupont june
ton, to Waycross. THE EXACT
| ROUTING THAT WEST FLORIDA
is ASKING FOR TODAY TO THE
NORTHWEST.
And-still, there are railroad author;-
ties in the past who have denied the
practicability of this route. There are
men in railroad high positions whc
have said that "the proposition to use
these old lines is absurdw There are
men in railroad employ who know that
the mileage covered by this is the
shortest that could be found.
The joke of all this is further shown
The short haul began to come into dis
repute with these railroads of the
southeast shortly after the war, b.
cause of the low return from the traf-
fic, so they began to push out for a
longer route to get into Tampa from
the North The route was heightened
some by pushing out to pass through
Lake City; and then still later in the
course of a few years, it had been
pushed over to Jacksonville. That
place being the longest possible dis
lance to the east because of the ocean
having been presumptuous enough TO
come there when it should have been
a hundred or two miles further out
toward the Bernudas!
1t is funny, isn't it.? to find a man
who actually ran fast trains for war
time service over the very route they
now say is an impossibility; and it is
still funnier when we realize how
many more miles were added to the
freight haul Of those poor starving
railroads by shifting the line east as
far as to the Atlantic ocean before
coming back to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Does any man believe that what was
wartime need twenty years ago is
useless and not to be thought of to-
day, when it saves whole night, at
least, in transportation Of passengers
and mail
many months ago, signed by numer-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31

many months ago, signed BY numer-
Gus citizens, asking for this street to
be opened, the council still doggedfy
refused to listen to the people.
At the last meeting of the council.
the new member, DIR. J. E. Douglass,
brought this matter up again and it
seems certain he will force the council
to listen to, and comply with, the cit
liens wishes in this important matter
The question arises; Why have three
members of the council SO persistentfy
and doggedly refused to allow the
people to purchase this street opening
after they voted bonds for that pur-
pose? No one can be found who viii
say it is not now needed and the need
constantly increasing as the city
grows.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
British Lost
l66,SO2 Men
During May

London, May 31.-The casualties in
the British ranks reported during the
month of may total 166,802. This
compares with 52,475 in April.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
Rheims May Be Abandoned.

London, May 31.AbanJonment of
Rheims seems inevitable. The Ger
mans are nearing the Marine and the
Paris Chalons railway, which is the
main line of communication between
Paris and Verdun. The probability
of German penetration right to the
banks of the Marine is indicated in
News dispatches.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
Allied Left Flank Forced Back.

Paris, May 31.--The allied left
flank on the Aisne front has been
forced back by violent German attacks
in the region of the Aslette river, it
is announced officially Near scissors
and further south the German attacks
broke down, the French maintaining
their positions. In the center the Ger
mans made slight advances north of
the Marine, and further east. also.
Northwest and north of Rheims all
German efforts were vain. The French
won back the town of Thilios, west
of Rheims in a counter attack.
Withdrawing before the German on
slaught in the region of Ailette, the
French fell back on positions nor \ of
Blerancourt, nine miles southeast Of
Neyon, and Epagny, seven miles
northwest of SCISSORS.
Yanks Give Huns Another Drubbing.
With the American Army in France,
Thursday. The German artillery in
the course of the night bombarded
the new positions of the Americans at
Cantigny. Several attempts made by
the Germans to come over were re-
pulsed by the Americans with heavy
losses to the enemy.
With the American Army IN France,
American forces northwest Of Toul
carried out a successful raid against
the German lines late last night.
On the front northwest of Toul AM
erican aviators today shot down. an
other German airplane, which fell
within the American lines.
With the American Army in. France,
Thursday German airmen made a
pretentious raid in the area behind the
American lines in Picardy last night,
and dropped bombs all about one of
the largest hospitals far to the rear Of
the lines. The American and French
wounded were carried to cellars and
caves, and only few persons in the
hospital were injured by flying glass,
However, in private houses wrecked
by the bombs, a number Of civilians,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
Big Gun Still Active.

Paris, May 31.-The German long
range bombardment of Paris was re-
sumed early this morning.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
More Hun Kultur.

London, May 31.--The Germans, in
reprisal against the peasant disorders
in Ukraine, have drenched several vii
lagos near Kiev with gas, according
to Petrograd dispatch to. the Daily
Express. Whole communities were
asphyxiated, the message adds.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31

Paris, May 81, 5:45 a. m.-The Ger
mans continued to push forward south
of Fere en- Tardenois, according to
latest advices but neither Chateau
Thierry nor Dormans has fallen into
their hands.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31

Paris, May 3f-The extreme point
of German advance is LIE Charmed,
two miles north of the river Marine,
according to the outline of the battle
front as marked by newspaper cor
the Havas agency says.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-31
German Artillery Active in Flander

London, May 31.-Activity of the
German artillery in Villers- Bheton-
neaux sector, east of Amiens, and in
the Albert region is reported officially.
Gunfire is also lively from the enemy
lines in Flanders on the front between
the Festubert and Clarence rivers.
With the British Army in France,
May 31.Another big British hospital
was bombed by German airmen early
yesterday morning, and once more
medical workers and some patients
were killed and wounded.