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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
AN APPEAL IN BEHALF OF THE
NEGRO AND INDIAN MISSIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Dearly Beloved Brethren:

Dearly Beloved Brethren:
Year after year we have appealed
to you in behalf of our home missions
among the colored people and the In
dians. This year it seems to us that
nothing can more effectively arouse
your sympathies in behalf of these
missions than a letter written to his
Bishop by a worker in one of these
mission fields, which sets forth SIM
ply and vividly the need of such aid,
dear brethren, as you can supply. Con-
ditions described in this letter every
work being done among the colored
people and the Indians.
In the diocese of Natchez there are
sixteen schools for colored children,
taught by thirty-two Sisters, one
Brother and nine lay teachers, with
total enrolment of sixteen hundred
and seventeen children. These schools
are under the direction of the Fathers
of the Society of the Divine Word and
of the Fathers of the Society of st.
Joseph for the Negro Missions. They
have been started within the last few
years, and the priests and Sisters in
charge are enthusiastic about the re-
suits which they have obtained.
However, there are grave drawbacks
to their work which is shown by the
following letter to the Right Reverend
Bishop of the diocese from the Rev.
Crend A. Heick, one of the Fathers
of the Divine Word:
This morning when saying the
Oremus in the Divine Office for our
Bishop, John, had tremendous dis
traction. The idea got hold in my
mind to write to you, asking whether
you do not know of one or the other
of your friends in the North, who is
willing to direct his charity to the
needs of the colored work in the
South, towards the pressing problem
OF housing our Sisters:
Right Reverend Bishop, you know,
that we tried last year to better their
conditions, and really l do not know
why we did not succeed, Anyhow, the
Sisters had 70 be satisfied With their
homes in which we ought not to allow
them to dwell. And now we see the
consequences:
Just think of this, Bishop. Two of
our Sisters had to be sent to the
Motherhouse, being unable to do their
work in the classes. am speaking of
Jackson now. Another one had to un-
dergo a serious operation. When this
Sister came home from the city hos
pital, there was no private room
where she could receive proper and
much needed attention.
The Sisters in Vicksburg are sleep
ing in the attic. You know, dear
Bishop, what this means in the South.
Not even negroes will take to that.
Only the other day Sister Superior of
that Mission told me, that during the
summer months they have to spend
many a sleepless night there. Yet, in
spite of this, they have to rise early
and be in school all day. Can any one
be surprised at the consequences?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
INDIAN AND NEGRO MISSIONS

In Greenville there is about the
same condition. A few weeks ago,
| got letter from the high school teach
er. She writes from st. Joseph's Hos
pital at Memphis, Tenn, that the doc
tors do not allow her to come back
to the Mission. Too bad, she is one
of our best teachers.
Now, dear Bishop, it is evident, that
after the sad experience we made with
our Sisters during this season, we
cannot leave them in these Missions
without SHINING against the fifth Com
mandment. In other words, if we fail
to get the means needed for putting
up decent dwelling for our Sisters,
our schools will have to be without
teachers at these places. How
strange. We have the schools. Fine
buildings they are. We can get the
children too. They like to go to the
Catholic school, And mind you, we also
have the Sisters. Ready and willing
they are to follow the voice that
seems to call them to work in the col
ored harvest field. Yet we must tell
them to stay home and wait for better
times.
Then, what can you say to that?
Our society has missions in China,
in Africa, in Australia, in Japan and
in the Philippine Islands, and they can
provide properly for their Sisters.
And we living in this Great Country
should not be able to do so.
Right Reverend Bishop, to my un-
derstanding, we are placed before the
alternative, whether to build, and to
build this summer, or to give up the
work. 1t may indeed sound strange
Ito give up the work But our Faith
efs would deem it useless to stay in
this Protestant district, if we connot
keep our schools which have been do
ing such excellent work.
My dear Bishop, please help us to
save our schools. Of course, you may
rest assured that we will try what
ever we can to save the situation.
And we will not be easily discOur-
aged, if we can get help. Yet /
thought to let you know conditions
just as they are. You are entitled
to know that whole truth.
l still do believe, and firmly l do
believe, that we shall succeed We
have been praying to st. joseph dur.
ing this month of March and shall
continue to do so. We believe in
prayers. May they deserve to be an
swered!
Such is the cry that goes up in ev-
cry corner of the mission fields from
the heart of jealous missionaries and
of gentle devoted Sisters. Does it find
no echo in yours? An echo it surely
finds in the heart of st. Joseph, whom
they so confidently invoke, for he is
all solicitous for whatever must be
dear to the heart of Jesus, his foster
child. You appeal to st. Joseph for
many favors.% In a few weeks, in the
month especially dedicated to him,
you will have recourse to him more
earnestly than ever. Can you more
effectively dispose him in your favor
than by needing today an appeal
which he makes to you in behalf of
those who have looked to him for help
in their trying needs?
X JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
REPORT OF THE PAST YEAR
NOTABLE INCREASE OF AcTIV.
-ITY-MANY HEATHEN INFANTS
RANSoMED.

The fiscal year of the Holy Child
son aid society, came to close on
the fifteenth of February Contribu-
tions to the Missions from the chill
Gren of the Diocese of st. Paul
amounted to $1,552.92, an increase of
%Si4.99 over the previous year.
$1t17.92 of the amount received dur
ing the past twelve months represents
offerings in payment for membership
in the Association. The remaining
sum was given for the ransom of
heathen children.
The largest offering to the work
among the parochial schools of the
Twin Cities was $4,000, the distinc-
ton going to Sacred Heart School,
st. Paul. Second place is given to
the Assumption School, with returns
to the amount of $108.50. The largest
remittance from children outside of
:. the cities was that of st. Leo's school,
st. Leo, Mimi. amounting to $108.18.
Not satisfied to limit their charity
toward the Missions to the payment
of membership dues Ca penny a
month";, our little ones have offered
much of their candy money for the
ransom of heather infants. A heath
en- infant may be purchased for five
dollars; to the person or persons of
fering that amount is given the privi-
lege of selecting name. in baptism
and also that of serving as sponsor
The children of the Diocese have EN-.
braced with great enthusiasm this
means of assisting the orphanages
and schools of the mission field. In
deed, much good-natured rivalry has
been manifested by them in the mat
ter. One school has sought to out-dc
others of. its class in the number oi
purchases. And even within the
same school, the different grades have
entered into competition. st. Marks
School, ST. Paul. has again this veal
carried off first honors, with, ten .pur
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Holy Name Privilege

An important concession has been
made by the Holy Father to members
of the Holy Name society in the
United States, In view of conditions
in this country, the dispensation OF
concession permits the members oi
the Holy Name to gain a>plenary in
dulgence on the second Sunday Of
every month, even though no process
sion is held. 1t is sufficient to fulfill
the usual conditions in regard to con
fession and communion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
GENERAL MEETING OF ST. PAUL
CONFERENCES WAS HELD LAST
MISUNDERSTANDING RE-
PORTS WERE READ.

The general meeting of the Confer
ence of the Society of ST, Vincent de
Paul, scheduled under the rules for
the first Sunday of Lent was held last
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock under
the direction of the Particular Coun-
Gil. There was goodly attendance,
and the reports showed gratifying ac-
tivity on the part of the different
conferences Conferences making re-
ports were: The Cathedral, St.
Mary's, st. Louis, st. Agnes, ST. Vim
cents, st. Luke's, st. Matthew's, St.
Bernard. Also in attendance was
Rev. VIM. w. Finley with members of
the Conference he has started in
Blessed Sacrament parish, Hazel
Park.
The report of the treasurer of the
Particular Council shows Christmas
offerings of more than $2,500.00
Minutes of the two meetings held by
the Particular Council recorded the
appointment of Mr.. D. E. O'Conner as
vice president, succeeding Mr.. Chas.
j. P. Young, resigned, and the en-
gagement of Miss Sarah Walsh in
conjunction with the Guild of Catho.
lie Women to represent the society at
the Guild room in the Wilder build
ing, with hours from 10 o'clock to one
o'clock Short talks were made by
the newly appointed Vice President,
Mr.. O'Connell, by Judge Willis,
Father Finley and Father Ryan.
Catholic Bulletin readers are remind.
ed that used clothing will be vel.
coined at No. 260 W. 3rd ST., VIM.
Goodner in charge
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Chaplain Candidates Paid

Secretary Baker on February Is
signed the order establishing a train
ing school at Fortress Monroe, Va.
for army chaplains. Military law, in
ternational law, military science and
tactics and hygiene will be taught
Any candidate failing to pass will bt
returned to civil life and compensates
for his time and expenses at the same
rate that candidates for commits
sion in the line arepaid in tleresery,
:
corps.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Ten Millions Return

Three large districts in Russia COM
prising about 100000 souls are re-
ported to have acknowledged the su-
premacy of the Pope as a preliminary
step to their abandonment of the
Greek Orthodox church and their re-
turn to the Catholic faith. This in.
teresting information, which bears
out recent optimistic descriptions of
religious conditions in Russia, is to
be found in the December number of
the Annals of the Propagation of the
Faith
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Archbishop Appointed

An unconfirmed report recently had
it that Bishop Shaw, of San Antonio,
Texas, had been appointed to the See
of New Orleans. The Morning Star,
of New Orleans, now announces that
official confirmation has just been re
ceived. Bishop Shaw is southerner
by birth. He succeeds the late Arch
bishop Blenk.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
HOLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION

chases" to it's credit ST. Luke's and
ST. Michael's, both of ST. Paul, are
tied for second place, each school hav.
ing ransomed nine children. The to
tai number of children to receive holy
baptism through the charity of the
youthful Catholics of this Diocese is
eighty-seVen.
A detailed report of the activities
of the association within the diocese
will be published next week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
New Southern Diocese

Pope Benedict has divided the arch
diocese of New Orleans, La, of which
Bishop Shaw of San Antonio. Texas,
has just been appointed head, and has
created out of a portion of it new dio.
cese-that of Lafayette, La. Arch,
bishop Shaw has been made admini-
strator of the new diocese until a
bishop has been appointed to preside
over it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Mgr. German Appointed

Confirmation has been received of
the appointment of Right Reverend
Mgr. Daniel M. German as Bishop of
Boise City, Idaho. Mgr. German, who
is known as a distinguished educator,
succeeded Bishop Carroll in 1904, as
President of Dubuque College, Du-
buque, la. Bishop-elect German sue
ceeds the late Bishop Glorieux of the
sIdah Saslaocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
La Sainte ChapeIle

In Paris the stained glass windows
of the Sainte Chapelle-the splendid
chapel built by st. Louis TX, King of
France, to contain the relics of the
Holy Crown of Thorns-have been
removed to vaults to protect them
from air-raids. Other works of art
have been screened with sand-bags.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Winona Priests Honored

1t was announced last week that
three priests of the diocese of Winona
have been elevated to the rank of
domestic prelate with the title of Mon
signor. They will be invested shortly
after Easter. The priests elevated
are: Rev =. Pacholski, Winona; Rev.
G. P. Murphy. Rochester, and Rev. o.
Zachman, Adrian.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Catholic Order of Foresters

During the past thirty-four years
the Catholic Order of Foresters has
paid to widows and orphans in Amer
lea insurance amounting to nearly
twenty-five million dollars. Four mil
lion dollars has been paid out for sick,
funeral and benevolent purposes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Bishop Kelly Administrator

Right Rev. Edward d. Kelly, who
was Vicar-General and Auxiliary
Bishop to the late Bishop Foley. has
been appointed administrator of the
diocese of Detroit until the appoint
ment of a new Bishop for the see.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Knights in the Army

There are four Councils of the
knights of Columbus in Washington.
ID. G. The strongest is called Wash
lington Council. 1t has 1O9 Of its mem
bers in the army and navy-nearly IA
per cent Of its membership
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Pure Altar Breads

In circular letter Bishop Brossart
of Covington, KY, warns against adul-
terated wheat in our day for sacra,
mental purposes and urges procure.
nent of pure quality for altar breads.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Secretary Baker Satisfied
SECRETARY OF WAR VISITS
TRAINING CAMPS - FRIENDLY
SPIRIT NOTED BETWEEN X. OF
c. AND Y. M. C. A.
Secretary of War Baker has sent
the following appreciation to Col.
Callahan OF the Knights of Columbus
War Fund Board:
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington
Lnhrl1or,, 1919

Washington
February 2, 1918.
My dear Colonel Callahan:
| have visited some of the great
training camps of the Army and, of
course, have heard constantly from
them. These experiences and reports
give me some basis for estimating the
value to the Army and the country
of the work which the Young Mems
Christian Association and the knights
of Columbus are doing. Their CO.
operation with the Department has
been sympathetic and constant, and
as a consequence we have not had
religious rivalry, but merely competi-
tion in service. These great armies
are made up of men separated from
their homes and the social opportuni-
ties and surroundings to which they
are accustomed. 1t is no small part
Of our success in making them as
fine as they are, that they have been
followed to their new environment by
these old loved and helpful influences.
Cordially yours,
(Signed) NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.
Col. P. H. Callahan,
Woodward Bldg,
Washington.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23

INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF DU-
TIES AND ACTIVITIES OF A X.
OF C. CHAPLAIN - FATHER
BURNS DESCRIBES BEHAVIOR
OF MEN UNDER INFLUENCE OF
RELlGlON-NATIONAL ARMY Is
MAKING TRADITION TO BE
PROUD OF.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30

sible to the assembly for his actions.
If he offended he was inc%ontinently de-
prived of his office.
The assembly, called rada, was pc
riodical and comprised representatives
of all classes of the community, who
often criticized freely the policy of the
hetman. In the interval between radas
the hetman ruled the country by q Sc
ries of DEGREES. When any section Of
the Ukrainian community was dissatis-
fed with the person or the policy Of
the hetman 1t was entitled to call to-
gether a rada, which in such cases was
called a black rada. If the black rada
happened to be representative enough,
and the complaint met with the APP
prevail of the majority, the hetman
might be compelled to resign.
While the Muscovites lived under an
absolute monarchy, while the Poles
were ruled by a naughty and exclusive
~aristocracy, in Ukraine all were free I'M
der the Lithuanian kings, and repub-
lican institutions were gradually TAX
ing root. Many people would leave
the surrounding country and go to set
tie in Ukraine. Such names preserved
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30

in the Ukraine as O'Brien and
O'Rourke tend to prove that people
came from much farther to settle in
the happy land.
Great Cereal Country.
The famous black soil of Ukraine
covers three-Quarters Of the country.
To the north as well as in the Carpa-
THAN mountains are some 10000
square kilometers of forest. The agri-
cultural soil covers SO per cent of the
aggregate territory Of Ukraine and 50
per cent, If we take in the whole of
European Russia, which is, however,
six times greater than Ukraine itself.
The annual production of cereals in
Ukraine is two-thirds of the whole pro-
duCtion in the recent Russian empire.
1t is greater than that of Germany or
France. The expectation of grains
from Ukraine amounts to q per cent
| of the production, and of all the wheat
exported from Russia nine-tenths
comes from Ukrainian lands. AS q
matter of fact, the trade of Ukraine is
more developed than that of any part
of all Russia.
Ukraine ranks highest among all the
countries that compose the, vast Rus
sian empire as to the annual agricul-
tural production. Wheat, barley and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30

la, in Galicia and in Bukowina, for
they inhablt the compact territory
which is only artifcially-or shall we
say politically between Rus
STA, Austria and Hungary. Leaving out
the Rusniaks, or Ukrainians of Hun
gary, who express no desire to work
politically with the other members of
their nation, and who insist, even in
America, upon societies of their own,
we have a population of over 100000
stretched between the Caucasus, the
Black sea, the Carpathian mountains
and the San river.
The Ukrainian Governments.
The purely Ukrainian governments
of Russia are:
l. Ukraine of the right bank (of the
Dnieper), Podolia, Volhynia, Kief and
Kholm.
.. Ukraine of the left bank (of the
Dnieper), Tchernihov, Poltava, Khar-
kov, southwest Khursk, Voronezh and
the region of the Don Cossacks to the
Sea of Azov.
8. On both sides Of the Dnieper lies
the Steppe Ukraine, comprising Ekate'
rinoslav, Kherson and the eastern
parts of Bessarabia and Tauris.
4. North Caucasus, adjacent to the
region of the Don Cossacks, compris'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30
Funston Has a Coward Test.

Nowadays they pick out the cow
ards before instead of after the battle,
says a member of the medical staff at
Funston. A trained staff at the med
ical camp spends It's time in diagnos-
ing the drafted man for symptoms Of
c%owardice. When the symptoms are
present the man is disqualified for
service in the battle line. In some
instances he is retained in the army
and erves his country at mental tasks
The officer OF the medical staff who,
gives this information, says he has
became an expert in this particular
line of research, and has learned to
spot the physical coward with ac-
curacy, but that Of the $4,000 men who,
have been trained at Funston only
thirty have borne the bacilli of the
hesitant font.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30

rye are the staple crops of Russian ag-
riculture, and the annual production in
Ukraine of these grains amounts to
one-third of Russla's output. AS to
other farm products, Ukraine's position
is also conspicuous.
Beet root, for instance, is especially
cultivated in the Ukrainian provinces
of Podolia, Volhynia, Kieff and Kher-
son; those provinces together yield
five-sixths of the sugar beet produc-
ton Of all Russia. Ukraine produces
almost all the tobacco of the old EN-
pire, and she has the largest and finest
orchards and vineyards of Russia.
The immense natural resources of
Ukraine furnish splendid opportunity
for the development of manufacturing
industries. AS a matter of fact, 81 per
cent of Russia's annual production of
pig iron and So per cent of Russia's
production Of steel come from Ukraine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30
Wife AS MANAGER
Something for Which Too Few
Hubbies Give Her Credit.
But Really, When You Look at the
Matter Closely, the Proper Con-
Quoting Of a Home Requires
Some Thought.

Many a business man goes home In
the evening, removes his coat, sinks
into an easy chair and breathes a deep
sigh of relief. When asked why his
brow is furrowed he responds that he
has had a terrible day. Perhaps he
had letters to dictate. He had to con
fer with his associates and he had to
talk to some customers. He spent an
hour or more at lunch and he quit
about five o'clock. He had q busy day
and when home is reached he feels
that he is entitled to some rest and
quiet.
Such q man rarely thinks of his wife
as a manager, remarks the Indianapolis
News. He does not recall that she
may have been up before him. He for
gets that she planned the breakfast
and, in many instances, cooked 1t as
well. After breakfast is finished there
are dishes to he washed and the kitch-
en- must be put to rights. Perhaps hat
is a general cleaning day for the whole
house; and there always is dust to
chase as well as dirt to sweep out or
take up in the new-fangled cleaner
The beds have to be made and q score
of other household duties need atten-
ton. II there are children they de-
mand this, that and the other. If there
Is a little baby in the house it must be
bathed and put to sleep for its morn
ing nap. Then there is a noon meal
to get, as well as various other little
things constantly coming up. The aft
ernoon will be spent in many ways. A
great many women spend it in work.
They order groceries and they order
meat. They buy the household sup
plies, and the good housekeeper keeps
an accurate account of her expendi-
lures. Toward evening she has to plan
the dinner and when the children come
home she must look after them. Later
she has the job of putting them to bed.
Meanwhile she has had time, very like
ly, to read a magazine, to knit a little
for some soldier or to play the piano.
She may have found time to go shop
ping or to make a few calls. She makes
no particular complaint about the
routine she has gone through because
she does it every day.
Thousands of ONE show more ex-
ecutive ability in running their own
homes than their husbands show in
running their business. Yet there are
many husbands who do not give theiI
wives credit for having any business
sense. Some of them who say tina.
women belong in the home never real
lie what a home is. One of these ex
ecutive experts would be at a loss in
great many cases If he undertook tn,
job of running his W house for
period of "a hours.