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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
THE SERIOUS GHETTO.

Americans are accustomed to say
that nothing can really be good that
does not show sense of humor.' A
person who, no matter what his de-
fects may be, has that irradiating
light, is saved, and it is that quality
in a book which we pick up with per-
haps the greatest approval. But the
serious Ghetto is entirely lacking in
the genial sense of humor. The Rus
sian Jews do not know how to play,
either physically or intellectually.
There is no play in their art, their
literature, or their life. They do not
understand what is light and grace
full. Charm of the mere evanescent
kind, the charm of the nuance, is
lacking. The spirit and the art Of the
Japanese are the opposites of the
spirit and the art of the Ghetto Jew.
The young men of the Ghetto-those
of the intellectual type-pass their
nights, after working hard all day, in
serious conversations in which there
is no lightness of humor although
there may be, and often is, a sense
of the homogeneous or Of the ridicu
lous."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

| wonder eff all wimmin air
Like Lizzie is when we go out
To theatres an concerts where
Is things the papers talk about.
Do other wimmin fret an stew
Like they WuZ bein' cruciiied,-
Frettin' a show or concert through
With wonderin' eff the baby cried?
Now Lizzie knows that gran ma s
there
s@e.To sees that every thing. issright;
Net Lizzie thinks that gran'ma's care
Amt good enuff fr baby, quite.
Yet what am | to answer when
She kind NV fidgets at my side,
An asks me every now an then,
Il wonder eff the baby cried?
Seems like she seen two little eyes
A'pinin' f r their mothers smile;
Seems like she heern the pleadin' cries
Wv one she thinks NV all the while;
An so she's sorry that she come.
An though she allus tries to hide
The truth, she'd rather stay to hum
Than wonder eff the baby cried
Yes, wimmin folks is all alike
By Lizzie you kin jedge the rest;
There never wuz a little tyke,
But that his mother loved him best.
And mex to bein' what | be
The husband Nv my gentle bride
I'd wisht | wuZ that croodlin' wee,
With Lizzie Wonderin' eff l cried.
Eugene Id
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
WHEN LINCOLN WORE BEARD.

The storm which is raging around
the Barnard statue of Lincoln, says
the Toledo Blade, has brought out
some interesting facts about the great
emancipator, known probably only to
his biographers. We recite, for eX-
ample, that:
In 1853 Lincoln wore beard.
In 1857 and 1858 he was beardless.
During the debate with Douglas he
was growing beard.
The day after his first nomination
the beard was gone.
Portraits of 1861, 1868 and 1864
show the full beard, but before 1864
was ended the Lincoln face was
smooth again. The last portrait,
made on April 9, 1865, shows the fair
beginning of a beard.
This history indicates a change in
the views about whiskers as between
Lincoln's day and ours. The man
with beard now holds his possession
TO be inviolate. He would not merely
sue anyone who would lay the scis-
4 sors to his decorations, but he would
consider it mortal sin to do any
such thing himself. In the matter of
boards, as in everything else, Lincoln
retained an open mind. He was not
above liking change for its own sake,
monotony wearying him. That, if
you will study them, will be found to
be one of the traits of all great men,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
THE LITTLE CONVERT.

Kian-Kin-Sein With what pleasure
recall this interesting 12-year-old
lad. He was good and devout, studious
and gentle and frank, and witha1
somewhat timid.
He did not return at the opening of
school this year. | sent messenger
to ''Ya Men," where his father works,
to inquire about the boy, and learned
that he was sick | could not believe
it; it seemed like an excuse made up
for the occasion.
Shortly afterwards ] learned for
certain that Kian-Kin was very sick
with consumption. | went to see him
Immediately
What change! | could scarcely
recognize him. He was SO pale and
thin that he seemed like a ghost
gave him at once the necessary in
structions in preparation for the sac
rament of baptism. He was brought
to the church next day, and | poured
the baptismal water on his innocent
head and placed him under the pro-
lection of the Blessed Virgin by put
ting upon him the scapular Of Car
mel His pale face was bright with
joy: he was like an angel.
"Tell me now, little Francis (the
name | had given to KianKin in bap-
tism) are you happy now?"
Yes, Father"
"Why?" 81.
''Because4I have been baptized, and
because am wearing the scapular of
the Blessed Virgin sr
But you are not afraid to die?".
"Oh no, Father" ~
Even though, when you die, you
are under the ground, and can play
| and eat no more
yes, you mean our body, Father,
our soul goes to Paradise," @
THAT is very good. am satisfied,
and belive that in few days you
| will be able to make your first Com
| munion if you continue to study your
catechism Does that suit your
'Oh, Father! that's finei"
He was on his knees to thank me;
tears were in his eyes. He wished to
receive Our Lord into his little limo
cent heart as soon as possible.
! This happiness was never to be
his. l had asked his parents to send
me word in case he grew worse, and
a few days later was told that the
sick boy had passed from this world
His death was sudden, ,..l,
! Later on | learned that, In his last
moments, his parents seeing his
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
NEGROES WITH IRISH ACCENT.

Southwark and westward from our
newly acquired Virgin Islands lies the
British possession of -Montserrat-a
bit of tropic land set in a blue sea.
Montserrat is remarkable for pos
sessing a negro population that speaks
with marked Irish accent, the result
of deportations of Irishmen to this
remote islet, more than century ago.
Although you can see nothing remote
ly resembling a son of the Emerald
isle in Montserrat today, your ear can
still catch a touch of the brogue in
the peculiar dialect of the place, and
many of the names are Irish pure and
simple-such as. O'Hara and Hogan
and Ryan; there is even village of
Kinsale.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
MOSLEM WOMEN WANT
MONoGAMY.

In Tomsk, Siberia, Moslem women
at a mass meeting demanded that
polygamy>e as tenet Of religion as
well as a, Sactice, cease. Moslems
make up II per cent of the entire Rus,
sian population. If the Siberian
Mohammedans free women it is I'M,
likely that the seraglio will continue
to exist among other followers of the
prophet. The provinces Of Siberia
Turkestan, Bokhara and the Caucasus,
touching other parts of the Moham-
medan world, may easily be points of
contagion from which a new freedom
will spread. Woman suffrage in Rus
STA will do away with the harem and
women's domestic enslaVement.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
THE GIRL OF TRALEE.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
DR.. James Henderson,

I've gone down the road on the way
to Tralee
When the mavis was singing his
sweetest to me;
o the winds of the morning were
balmy and fair
Twas like walking in heaven to
journey DER there;
Twas like walking in heaven and
never a sigh,
For soft was the glimmer of light in
her eye;
Her words were like music as spoke
she to me,
My wild rose, my colleen, the girl of
Tralee.
There's never a mist of the morn but
| love, :
There's never a sunbeam comes down
from above
But fills warm spot in the heart of
this boy
AS it rests on old Ireland and fills
her with joy.
All, summer days ever are CHEEKY and
green
And bright are the twilights that fol-
low at cen,
But, sweeter that colleen that smiles
upon me,
My own pretty Mollie, the girl of
Tralee.
The thrush and the starting may sing
their best song
But, the echoes thrill softly when she
trips along
Of mornings when dews cling, and
soft rosy light
Lies fond on the hillside the heart
to invite;
All, tbs there l would wander, tbs
there would | stray,
My tongue lisps the sweetest the
words | would say
AS | walk the green boreen that S
heaven to me
When meeting my loved one, the girl
of Tralee.
My heart has been weary thro' all the
long years
For the green, winding pathways that
lead thro' the years;
For the fair, blessed mornings that
fall on the hills;
For the heaven-like music I'd catch
in the rills.
For one far away morning my soul
often grieves
Like the swallows on dark days that
nest meath the caves,
For, I'll never more walk with and
nevermore see
On the old, winding pathway, the girl
of Tralee.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

struggles and his painful agony
wished to take off his scapular, be-
cause they thought that it might be
the cause Of his sufferings-they were
still pagans-but Francis remained
firm; with his weak hands he clasped
the scapular close to his breast, ana
with his dying breath he repeated
Please let me have it. | would
rather die than give up my scapular."
His parents yielded. Then he be-
came calm, smiled graciousIy as if to
thank them, and died with the scapu-
lar of the Blessed Virgin close to his
heart.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

first used in Egypt to any great ex-
tent. The coming of locks did away
with the wifely seals and her peculiar
mark of sovereignty in the home. BY
degrees the signet ring went out of
fashion as the special prerogative of
the bride and was succeeded by a
plain band ring such as every young
lady of today expects to wear. Num-
bers of these plain and signet rings
have been found in the old tombs Of
northern Africa, mute evidence of
loves long since dead and gone
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
SQUIRREL AIDED BRIDGE BUILD
Frs.

There is an old Hindu story about
Rama's bridge. Rama, the chief of
the gods, was building a bridge, and
the monkeys came to help in the
work. They carried earth and stones
and trees, and piled them up. They
moved cliffs and mountains. While
the work was at its height the squir-
rel came to help. The squirrel could
not carry much, but he rolled himself
up in the sand and scampered to the
bridge and shook the sand from his
coat and scampered back again. The
monkeys stopped and laughed at the
squirrel. They said, Hot what does
he think he is doing? But Rama
had watched the squirrel, and he re-
proved the monkeys, saying that ac-
cording to his powers the squirrel
was doing as much as any of them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
PAY AS YOU GO.

owe no man anything" was the
injunction of a Christian Apostle,
whose lessons were seldom if ever
unworthy of attention. If we were
to express the sentiment, we should
prefer the motto Of John Randolph,
pay as you go
Owe men we must, in all cour-
tesies and kindnesses which belong to.
and grace humanity; it is a debt col
lateral with our beings-an obligation
of our nature; but Randolph
hit the mark when he confirmed
his maxim to debts pecuniary, which
men, under the present order of
things, are liable to incur. He touch
ed with a true and noble philosophy
one of the commonest and greatest of
society evils.
We take it for granted that as
general rule, debts pecuniary are con-
tracted to be paid, sooner or later.
AS a general rule, their burden is
least the sooner they are paid. In
terest, usury, dependence, lawsuits,
and costs of all kinds that hang over
standing and litigated debts add, if
we could but get at their total for
single year in this country, millions
of dollars to the original obligations.
Friendships are broken over debts;
forgeries and murders are committed
on their account; and however con-
sidered, they are a source of cost,
annoyance and evil-and that contin-
ually. They break in everywhere
upon the harmonious relations of in
dividuals and society; they blunt SEN
sitiveness to personal independence;
and, in no respect that we can fathom,
do they advance the general we'll
being.
Well, as debts are incurred to be
paid, and as the saving all lies on the
side of the earliest payment, why not
manage to pay as we so, and thus
avoid all debts, duns, broken friend
ships, writs, constables, sheriffs and
court costs. We buy this or that, of
A, B or c, and we propose to pay
him in, "a week, a month, three
months, and so on, the common rule
of credit not running beyond six
months-for which credit we have to
pay advance prices and interest-why
not, even at some brave sacrifice,
contrive to get so far the start of
custom as to pass by this perpetual
credit season, and from that point
beginning with the world anew and
even, keep even by paying as we go.
1t would be infinitely cheaper, better
and more independent for us all. If
we can ever pay, why not at once
now? Will it be easier when interest
is added to principal?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY.
For living a pure life.
For doing your level best.
For being courteous to all.
For looking before leaping.
For hearing before Judging.
For thinking Before speaking.
For harboring clean thoughts.
For standing by your principles.
For being generous to an enemy.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For asking pardon when in error.
For promptness in keeping prom.
iSes.
For giving an unfortunate person q
lift.
For being honest in business deal
ings.
For putting the best meaning or
the acts CT others.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26
THE KING OF WoRKMEN.

This is the tale that is told of Solo
mon and the Blacksmith whom he
placed at his right hand at the feast.
The building of the Temple OF
Jerusalem was finished, and to show
his gratitude to all the workers who
had labored SO long and faithfully to
complete it, King Solomon made a
great feast to which they were all
invited.
The feast was gotten ready and the
workers came-those who wrought in
ivory and those who wrought in silver
and gold, the builders of stone and
the carvers of wood. None were for
gotten or failed to attend
In the midst of the feast King Sol
ONION was aware of a commotion at
the door of the banquet hall. Pres
emily in came man who had broken
away from the guards at the en-
trance
A man he was, all grimy and
blackened with smoke and toll.
How is this?" cried the King.
that thou contest so rudely, all I'M
hidden to the feast?''
Twas thy servants at the door
forced me to enter so, for they would
have kept me outside" replied the
man.
But unbidden how darest thou to
e2ter?' asked Solomon.
Not unbidden, o King" said the
stranger. Were not all the chief
| workers of the Temple hidden to the
feast?"
And what mayest thou be that
| thou shouldst deem thyself one of the
| chief workers." asked King Solomon.
Men call me the blacksmith, be
cause the heat and the smoke of the
| fire where I do the work at the forge
| the answer.
Then spoke up the carver of wood:
This man is no sculptor.
Nor" said the worker in stone
docs he hew blocks of stone''
And he who wrought the orna
ments of gold and silver cried out:
He knows naught of working in fine
metals"
| And SO every workman at the feast
repudiated the claim of the black
smith to seat at the table as his
equal. .-..
Said then Solomon: "Blacksmith
what dost thou say to this?"
And the blacksmith replied:
| 20 King, may. thy life be pro
longed! True, am not the equal OF
those at the board, for | am thei1
superior" e. ...... ..., .,..
Then the workers murmured II
anger or laughed1in derision, but the
blacksmith turned to the worker ir
stone.
Tell me, o worker in stone, who
made the tools with which thou cut
test and shapest, the stone?"
And the stone4worker replied:
The blacksmith"
And turning to the chief mason, the
blacksmith asked:
/ And to whom didst thou have t.
go for the chisel?"
ITO the blacksmith" was the an
swer.
To another he turned
"And who made the tools will
which thou sfellest the cedars of Leb
anon for the Temple?"
Again came the answer:
1.-THE blacksmith"
So in turn each was asked concern
ing the maker Of the tools withou
which he could have done no work
and each in turn gave the same an
swer:
THE blacksmith"
Then said King Solomon:
Thou hast proved the right to sit
at my feast. Go and wash the CRIME
of the forge from thy face and re
turn. At my right hand shalt thor
sit Thou art higher than the work
ers, for only thy skill and labor en-
able them to work.
And ever since from the days O
King Solomon has the blacksmith
been called the King of Workmen.
/ -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

And this legend adds that Rama
reached down and stroked the squir-
rel kindly, and from that day to this
the squirrel has always borne upon
his coat the stripes that are the marks
of Rama's fingers"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-26

Gods law is at the same time
burden and a comfort yoke and a
stay-B0urddloue.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-05
EDEN VALLEY
BY q Staff Correspondent
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Mrs. Edith Kratzer moved to town
Friday.
Miss Mary Rhodes is boarding with
Mrs. Ben Frank.
Mr.. William Lowery was a caller
at Claude McCoy's Sunday.
School No. l opens Tuesday with
Miss Mary Rhodes as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Delorme were
callers at Earl Smiths Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Marsh moved to
Williston Friday for the winter.
Mr.. Jack Pankowski and Miss Lucy
Sheppard autoed to town Saturday
evening.
Miss Goldia Joyce is staying with
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Keltner attend
ing school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keltner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Synder and family and Miss
Goldia Joyce were Sunday guests OF
O. A. Myers.
Misses Ruth Myer, Gladys Joyce,
Faye Myer and Mildia Kaufman and
Ralph Myer are attending school in
.Williston, driving back and forth.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-05

On Saturday, September 7th, Theda
Bara will appear in the 1918 version
of "A Fool There Was" This is con-
sidered to be the very best thing that
Theda Bara has ever done, and un-
doubtedly those who have seen it be-
fore, will want to see it again.
We are not going to use a great
deal of space in telling you about the
picture to be shown on Monday and
Tuesday of next week. Douglas Fair
banks will appear in one Of his new
pictures "The Modern Musketeer'"
Everyone will want to see this pic
ture, as they do not have an oppor-
tunity to see his latest pictures very
often. We will say that there is some
mighty remarkable night photoplay
in scenes showing the Hopi Indians
doing their "rain" and "iron' Dances
These scenes were made possible by
the use of glares, which cast a felrd
light over the dancers, and were taken
in Hopi Village in Arizona, on the
rim of the Grand Canyon.
"The Spirit of Romance" with
charming Vivian Martin in the lead
ing role, is a story that deals with
secret rooms, sliding panels, peep
holed through the eyes of paintings
and should prove great delight to
everyone who loves the old romantic
stories of haunted houses, mysterious
sounds, and the like. This interesting
picture will be shown on Wednesday
of next week, together with the usual
news reel which we understand is OF
exceptional interest for this date.
On Thursday and Friday of next
week, Haxel DAILY and Tom Moore
will appear in Brown of Harvard
This is the story Of student life at
Harvard, threatened with the blight
of progligacy but triumphant in the
end. A fascinating picture adapted
from the famous stage play of the
same title.
Mutt and Jeff will also make their
appearance as usual, in addition to
the above feature. .#
Williston graphic., 1918-09-05
RENOVATING A BARN

In the recent report of Dairy Com
missioner Peter Miller, to the Com
missioner of Agriculture and Labor
of North Dakota, special attention is
called to the Importance of renovating
barn. The following is particu-
lar case in point:
1t was q basement barn, size 80 by
SO. There were two windows and one
sliding door. The manure was piled
higher than the door on the outside.
There was no floor in the barn and
absolutely no foundation. This barn
now has "A stalls with the latest
stanchions, cement floor and cutters,
cement managers and feed alleys. Be-
tween the cutters and managers each
stall is paved with cork brick, win
dows put in and fine system Of ven
tilation. The cost of all this work
amounted to $4,000.
We will all agree that the above
was a fine piece of work. This barn
was made sanitary for the stock, and
it was made convenient and comfort
able for the workers.. Cows kept in
such a renovated barn would do so
much better work from feed con-
sumed, and the cows would last much
longer and keep in better condition.
The men who care for the cows would
also feel more contented, they would
do the work in one-half the time re-
quired before.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-05
CARE OF THE FOAL

The well-bred foal, be it mule, light
or draft foal, must have good care if
it is to develop as its parentage war
rants, It is possible that it will not
pay to feed grain to the foal from
inferior parents, which promises to
become nothing more than cheap
mondescript horse according to E. A.
Trowbridge of the Missouri College
of Agriculture.
The flies, and the dry and usually
sparse pasture of August, and the
hard work done by the mares, all
work hardships on nursing .foals if
they are not protected against these
conditions. Spring foals will learn
to eat grain readily if given chance,
and it is profitable with good foals
to arrange so that they can have ac-
cess to clean fresh grain. A satis-
factory mixture consists of 2 parts
of crushed corn, parts of crushed
oats and 1 part bran.
If foals' mothers are being used
for farm work the foals should not
he allowed to follow them, but should
run together in roomy, clean, we'll
ventilated box stall or paddock. A
Williston graphic., 1918-09-05
LIBRARY NOTES

Here is one of the best war novels
that has yet appeared:
Train. The Earthquake. 1t is the
narrative of the experience of New
York family who have spent year
in the South Sea Islands and come
back to find New York in the midst
of war conditions. All the members
of the family meet the problems of
adjustment in the right spirit, al
though the change is abrupt and be-
wildering. The book is full of good
sense and sound advice and sugges-
tions for meeting war problems and
doing ones part. 1t breathes sple1-
did patriotism. >.
O'Brien. Outwitting the Hun. The
almost incredible adventure of a
young American who was lieuten-
ant in the Royal Flying Corps. He
was wounded and taken prisoner by
the Germans, escaped from the train
which was carrying him from Bel
gium to Germany, and after seventy
two days. journey reached Holland
and safety.
Jordan. The Sturdy Oak. A COM
posite story, with a chapter con-
tributed by each Of fourteen popular
American authors. 1t is good story
and boost for woman suffrage. 1t
is amusing and light, and seeks to
disprove that man is the sturdy oak
and woman the clinging vine.
Forman. The Woman Voters Man.
ual. The book is an explanation of
! the organization and methods of our
government and Of the political par
ties. 1t condenses and explains what
is found in any good book Of civics
and will be useful to all students as
we'll as women who want an intelli-
gent understanding of their coun-
try's affairs.
A new supply of pamphlets on
Home Canning and Drying is on
hand for free distribution. They have
been in demand.
Books added this week to the shelves
of the library:
Allen & Fosdick. Keeping our
fighters fit. An inspiring book which
shows what is being done under the
direction of the Commissions on
Training Camp Activities to keep the
boys healthy and happy. Athletics,
music, Libraries, entertainments, So
cial life, moral welfare are all dis
cussed, not in theory but as they are
! actually working out. H..
! The chapter on "What they read,
and why" is particularly interesting
to library folks who have been doing
their share to help the American Ii
brary Association in this phase of
the work. Mr.. Fosdick says: can
other important work among those
coordinated by the Commissions is
that of the American Library Asso-
citation, to which has been delegated
the task of solving the problem of the
soldiers and sailors reading matter.
This efficient organization (made up
of the librarians of the country is
seeing to it that there is always a
good book within the reach of the