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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
HAIC ROZfAL LINu HINDEN.
BURCOVU.

(POLEDNI BULLETINY:)
Londyn, 49, zsfi - Anslofrancouzsky nspor Pkardii
rozsf dnes Cd ST. Quentin ku Cambria We
znacene btevn cary brick& voa rozfaa Hndenbursovu
chvatnym pokousf isoovat ODE vyjmenovanS
ssta Anglicane Cd veereska do dneSnho mai
v mistech tech 10000 Hunt.
Rovnsz vybo spoencG Makedonii nabyva velksho
sahu Srbove Francouzi Rekovs Jhoslovans dne;ka
svobodil jiz As osad mezi Vardarem Monastyrem.
Lotrinsku revotoval pluk osmnactletych nsmeckych
rekuta kterouzto byl loy<nm prusk vojkem
decmovan.
Prosycha ze Rakousko pos6 IL svych ma po-
moe Nsmcim do Francie
Veky pomocny odd vojska Siamu prists We Francii
bude pfidslen Fochovs armad9 Siam vypovsdsl vsku
Nsmecku Rakousku I. 1917.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
AMERICKE
ZTRATY.

Dnesni seznam amer. ztrat
We Francti obsahuje 268 jmen,
padlych, ranenych neb zaja-
tych. z Cleve.and'and padl pri
vatnik w. Elderon, 9515 Full
Ter ave. a tezce poranen byl pc
SAX P. Scahill, 1914 Central av.
Cesko-americke ztraty ma "a
padni fronte jsou:
v. Lusk z New Mexika, padl.
Ant. Jerabek z New Yorku,
pad..
st. Kubka Detroit, zajat.
Vacl. Sasek z Cl1caga, padl.
H. Hubicka z Chicago, pod
lehl ranam.
L. Strelec z Chicago, ranen.
j. Simerka z Chicago, ranen.
Ant. Tomek Nebrasky, po-
hresovan.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19

datnych kruzich neni o neja-
KEN mirovem navrhu Belgii nj
echo znamo.
y Berline sc vyskytuji pOve
sti. re pri zahajeni risske rady
podan bude novy mfrovy navrh,
ktery ma byti podobnou demon
straci jak byl navrk predlozeny
v Gervenci 1917. Osnova nove-
no miroveho navrhu byla po
predporade risskym kancle-
rem nacrtnuta jednotlivymi vld
ci politickych stran snemovnf
vetsiny. Nemecka risska rada
sejit Sc ma 5. listopadu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
NEMECKO ZNEPOKOJENO STTUACf
v RAKOUSKU.
PRAVYMI VLADCI AUSTRIE JSOU PNf CESI A.
e OSTATNf SLOVANE. 2

Amsterdam, II. zari. (Opozdena zprav$D = Frank
furer Zeung vceresiho data dava nejstotu
ez jest hlavne vyvoavana rznfcm nahle6t mez Meme
ckem Austr Rhenische Westfalische Zeu obsaznem
canku pfkada vekou diezitos rozusteni oazky
rozviklane cernozute risi d
Nkdy pred tim nejednal Slovane RakI sko- -Uhersku
tax nestoudne drze jake stao posledn nekolik
DEL Agitace rs zda dostupovati nebezpedho bodu.
Ces Jhosovane jsou dnes skutecnymi iIladci Rakou
SKA kdezo zvel n6mecky jest Ipln6 vadou Agita
zizen neodvseho ceskeho stau pokrae zcela ote
vfen6 vada 81 ami nedovolue prot teto vekrad9 vysou
pitt ~
Dnes vecer dosle nemecke isty pfnas 1vahy clan
XII ondynskych ist kerych pfse ze nastava konec
narche dvohlaveho orla kerem rozepujf nektere IL
sy risi Havnf atku ovse dne stm skya zamitava od
poved Wisonova rakouske mrove vyzvani Sova Wlso
jsou pry pronesena ednym dcelem, ably boovny
duch Ameriky byl povznesen NejzurejM pangermanske
listy vrha rakouskou vadu vycitkam slabos ze
pris zevne ukazue spoencdm nejsabs mista centrach
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
S BERLlNEM o MfRU NEBUDE WI.
BEG JEDNANO.
SPOJENE STATY ZASTAVf NEPRATELSTVf JEN
KDYz Sc NEMECKO VIDA.
BELCIE PODOBNE JAK AMERIKA ZAMiTA GERMAN
SKE NAVRHY

Washington, 18. zari. = vi
tezstvI jest dnes jedinym cilem
Ameriky. President Wilson a
spoieni MIN cinovnici jsou pre-
svedceni, re prave ostre odmit-
nuta mirova nota Rakouska ne
zustane ojedinelou, ale ze jest
pocatkem move germanske MI
rove ofensivy. Co nevidet obje-
vi Sc ma politickem obzoru ma
'beh podobny. Zoufalstvi pfinu
tt teutonske panoynfky, ably "a
pfeli vlastnf arogantnf pychu a
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19

znovu Sc pokusili primeti Anne
riku ostatnf spojence k miro
wynn dvaham.
V zdejsfch vladnfch kruzich
panuje presvedceni, ze central
nj moci drive nebo pozdeji pri-
imou podminky presidenta Viii
soma. aby o mfru vibec jen mo
hlo byti jednano. Sotva Sc ale
tax stane, jestlize Nemecko
neodvola sve zoldacke hordy z
kazde pide urvaneho uzemi, ne
ien z Francie, ale i z Ruska,
Belgie, Ruwunska, Srbska il
nych zemf. Teprve az nebude,
ami iedineho vojaka ma cizf pu
de teprve tehdymdze byti s Ne
meckem a ostatnfmi centralnf-
mi mocemi vyjednavano. Jiny-
mi slovy Teutoni musf Sc VIDA
ii ma milost a nemilost spojen-
cum.
Pafiz, 1S. zari. - Belgicka
Uada 20 porad9 sc spojenecky-
mi vladami sc rozhodla zamit-
nouti nemecke podmfnky ma Sc
paratnf mir, jak oznamuje list
Petit Parisien. Do Amsteroda-
mu doslt telegram z Berlfna
pravi, - v tAMn8jS1ch sfn9fo-
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
NEJNOVEJSi MfROVA NABfDKA
RAKOUSKA s's'ss-


Washington 49, zan. - Pr neblizsm navrhu O vyjed-
navani mru hoda pry RakouskoUhersko povoti autono
mir CechIm JihoslovanGm Nabidka dpnem osvobozen
miond sovanskeho obyvatesva krom zahrancnch
zaezitos bya dnes predpovedena jstym spoeneckym d
plomatem veice obeznalym evropskou politikou
Rakousko hodla timto povolenim podati Angii dukaz
smvos ale nehoda vyhovet vsem pozadavkum presdenta
Wilsona doufa, by oznameny krok by spojenci prat
Povolovanf Rakouska predehrou zoufaych snah
mecka mir - "autonomie" Sovanh ma byti vnadidem
pro spojenecke diplomaty.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
CESTINA MA COLUMBIJSKE
UNIVERSITE.

Ceskoslovenska Tis. Kancelar.
Washington, D. C.. - Colum
bijska universita v New Yorku
v nejblizsi dobe zalozf stolice
pro jazyk cesky, chorvatsky,
srbsky a polsky. Krok ten lie
uprimne vftat, nebot' nenf po-
chyby, ze bude nasledovan o
statn{mi velkymi uceGstmi anne
ricktnfi.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
NEMEcKA ARMADA JE VYSfLENA.

Paffz 49, zaff. = Vsecky pfiznaky poukazuji
cke vojsko zapadn fronte vyseno Ludendor obeto
val neep pluky predchazecich ofensv takze je
no narazovych oddld nezbylo 6er mic. Prvotdnho VOL
ska ma ao eho reservy spoeneckym naporIm neodola
Prosycha ez ze nemeck6m vrchnim veltel opakui
rozmsky kerazo neednocenos nemeckou moraku rovnez
neposuje Napro tomu Fochova vojska jsou svez boje
chtva nen pochyby ze spoenc zasad HunGm zapadnf
ronte brzy ranu kera jim zpet do Neec dopom1ze Bude
as neve snad posednf veky dder letos nez toz zm
nj obdob Sc dostav E
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
PERSHINCOVO VOJSKO
ROZRADOSTNENO WILSO
NOVOU ODPOVEDf MA MI
ROVY NABEH RAKOUSKA

Pariz, 18. zari = Americ
Ike vojskc We Francii bylo roz
radostneno odpovedf presiden
ia Wilsona ma mirovy nab6h
rakousky. ,Nasf vojaci zvlast'
v St. Mihiel doufaji, ze jim
diplomacie We vyboji nebude
,fekazeti. Chteji pokracovat
zapasu az do zdolani pru-
ske sOldatesky.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19

~ y AIA AAA AAAAAAAA
'BoNDY svoBODY.

DIE zpravy Federalni re-
servni banky, ctvrte Bondy
Svobody budou datovany "a.
fijna 1918 a prinesou Az
procenta urokd, kterezto L.
roxy budou splatne v kazdem
roce Is. dubna a Is. fijna.
Bondy budou ,vydane v ma
sledujicich castkach: $50
500 - $500 $1,000
$4,000 a $4,000. Registrova
ny budou jen "a $4,000 q
"a 100000.
Prvni uroky bud6u splatne
Is. dubEa 1919 z $50 $1.O1,
ze 500 $2.O2; z $1,000
5000 atd.
Poplatky jsou stanoveny
nasledovne:
10 procent pri upsani; 20
procent 21. listopadu 1918;
20 procent 19. prosince 1918,
20 p-ocent Is. ledna 1919 .
80 prpcent 50 ledns 1914.
70 AsslE : 6s1Grs5k,
kladnf skfin6 obchOdnfkt bu
dou agitacne okraSlene.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
IA POSTUPU ma l6-MfLOVE FRONTE
DOBYI IDESfn 0SAD DAZAJALI
6,OOONEPRATEL.
sF~
FRANCOUZI WALL UTOKEM PRED
MESTi CONTESCOURT..
BULHARI A NEMCI ZA SVE PORAzKY MA VARDA-
RU ZTRATILI so DEL SPOUSTY MUNICE.
CESKOSLOVENSKE LECIE OKUPOVALY MESTO PERM
"a URALEM. FRANKO-AMERICKA OBLEHAC1
della BOMBARDUJf METY.

Spojenecke zbrans vtszily vcera vsech bojistich
BrSh a francouzst veterani obofii Hndenburgo-
lnii St Quentin fronts 22movs Haiscva vojska,
Skotovs, Austrac Angisans Iove soustfedsna hem
Gtt&m bEitck<m armkdnm sboru vrhla Huny zapad
X 81 St Quentin 5e<eti nsvS lni dobyia desit vesnc
nsff<tvI 1euupils -osif mile -
Francouzi prots sranx St Quentnu postoupi asi
dvs mile sestimovs fons doby pfedms Contescourt
zajai rovnsz nskolik set Hund.
Brticky postup zahajen Holnon zspadns cd ST. Quen
tin rozsifl Sc Couzeaueo cd Epehy Anglica.
ohlas vserejsi bvu strasvou anonadou
brtca pschota vrha nsmecke zaopy chranici
Pezere Epehy Tempeux lie Verquier Hargcourt kterez
osady byy dobyty vzdor zufvemu odporu nepfael
ktermzo naporu Britove oupova este dasch Pct osad
spoesns Francouzi evre Quentin temsf upns takze
pad eho zda Sc bt brzk neodvratny Dobym Contescour
spojenc dosta stecnost fetszu opevnsn tvofc
pivodni ini Hndenburgovu ahnouci mezi DouaiCam-
brai-St Quentn-La Fere a Laon. -
Dnes celia linie spoenc ohrozena, ponsvadz pred
Fere sou Francouza, Cambria Bri
ty St. Quentin vojslxy anglo glo-francouzskym.
mssts ST. Quentin Nsmci mali snou posadku a slibuji
odpor zoufaly ekoz pad onoho znamena by srok
usup Hunt Francie. "a ST. Quennem francouzske pa
de neprte nema vic snych bast SVEN vyhnan
nsho onoho mssa nebzs nsmeckou ba by belgca
zmocn snou protiofensvou pokus dplns vsak roz
padL
U Remese a ma Vesle bylo vcera ticho. "a Mt Mhiel
Lotrnsu Americana poracuji vyzvsdnych vypravsch
Metam smsrcich kterazto rozlehla nsmecki e
nes francouzskymi americym obshacim dsly pins bonn
bardovsna Prosycha ze mar3aek Hndenburg byv Ma
t6ch pred tydnem, aby pevnostnm komandanim poky
sledni instrukce vzhledem ku pfisti obrans.
Panuje nshled ze Pershinsova vojska chystaji veky
vpad do Nsmecka az ku fece Rynu a mezi Verdunem
Nancy kerazto americka lne ma Rynu jen patn6ct mill
.ina ahne Verdunu
ku svycarsym hranicim ze mistech tech milton nasich
bojovniki je pohotovosti
Spojenecke vszstvi Makedonii dosazene Srby, Jiho
slovany Francouzi mezi Vardarem a Monastyrem 20
move fonts ziskalo spojencGm desitmiovy postp pres
padesat buharskych ds 5000 zajatci Bulhard Nsmcd
rise obrovsks zasoby teutonseho streva Mezi vitsz
nym spojenc stao $4,000 hosovand byvalych to rakou
skych vojinI
.Potssteny bulletin dochazf tez Vladvosoku,
jici Sesko-slovenske lege, operuc Rs Uralem
dobyly ddezteho mssta Permu cd Jekanoburgu as $50
zdaleneho Perm lezi fece Kams ma $4,000 obyvate
Ii a velke municni zavody.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19
CESKOSLOVENSKA FR0NrA We
FRANCD.
DVE BITKY S NEMCI PRONASE
VOJSKO VfTEZNE.
Ceskoslovenska Tiskova Kanceaaf.

Ceskoslovenska Tiskova Kanceaaf.
Washington, D. c. Prvni dvs bitly eskdovensksho
vo;.ka NSmei ma e.ass fronts sLonSiy cecho
slovskH boj prvem pad prvni dobrovolnicz Ameriky
diva stateGni bratri Sovaci.
Prvni bta strha Sc, kdyz Nsmc pcdniki noci dne
H. ma 49, srpna uok prot ceskoslovenskym poscm chtce
pomstft skody ucinene nasm rozvedky Tuto
til nemecke battalony pine se provedy l posce
jedineho naseho battailonu.
Nas hosi drill znamenite to jak hos .uska tax
hosi Ameriky nasich pad til dobrovolnci dV Sovaci
Ameriky. Ranenych< <n1 nas srane byo Nend padlych
mezi dratenymi prekazkami bylo Tento dtok til
nemeckych battaiona by pfedmeten akbk
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-19

Druh& bitka strhla dine 20 srpra Vat pro mas
Nepffte nervosn stalymi drobnymi dtoky sch, ostre
lova nase posice celou dne 20 ranu fran
couzske delostreecvo spusto peksnou pabu oeyfefo
dratene zaseky mas vpad Diva oddly m6J prpniknoh
do bzkEo esaskeho mestecka jeden cd seve druhy cd
jihu. Nemc znemozni jiznmu oddilu vsup d mesa pal
bou otravnych pynG Severn odd pod vedenm porucika
Pana vrazi do mestecka pob mnoho NemcI, Zajal diva
Nemce skovatee pesaka. Navrat del zaprudke pal
by nemeckych kuomet DEL zdafl bez veskeVch zrat
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
WHY WOMEN LIKE TO TALK.

Womans talkative tendencies have
from time immemorial been made the
subject of spirited discussions, both
grave and gay. And indeed, the matter
also has dubious aspect, particularly
if we consider woman's tendency to
gossip. But then what worldly thing
does not have it's dark side?
OF course there are women-it is
even said that there are many-who
are loquacious by nature. They speak
in endless blue streaks, at home, in
company, and even in church; they
monopolize conversation and like to
hear themselves talk. If they have
thus let loose the fioodgates of their
speech they are satisfied that they
have entertained not only themselves
but others as we'll In some women
the need Of discourse outside the home
springs from the circumstance that
their narrow sphere of domestic duties
gives them no diversion
There are good many men who
believe that women should be confin-
ed to their household tasks, inasmuch
as anything that tends to estrange
them from the home affects family
life adversely. However, granting this
proposition, there are reciprocal du-
ties. Most men do not sufficiently
appreciate the fact that many women
seek entertainment elsewhere because
the home surroundings are so dull and
dreary.
Take note of the conversation in
some families into whose domestic af-
fairs YOU have had a casual peep.
How many women are there who are
SECLUDED from the spheres of interest
of their own family members, Having
no other intercourse with husband and
adult children than that which con.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
HOW TO FOSTER vocATloNs.

Vacations to the Missions will
abound in this country if our Catholic
educators and our parish priests make
due account of the spirit of romance
and adventure and hero-worship,
which in some degree. is found in all
the boys, and which in most boys ex-
lists in notable degree. This spirit
is naturally developed. and fostered by
the literature especially designed for
the young tales. of exciting adventure,
of discovery and exploration, of mar
tia1 g1ories and naval perils, of treas
ure Islands and pirates booty, of
western cowboys and metropolitan de
tectives; there is nothing surer than
that the career of many an American
youth is practically determined by
just such literature, or, rather, by
the spirit of romance to which it
caters.
Is there any impossibility, or even
any inherent difficulty, involved in SUI
pernaturalizing this adventurous spirit
In our Catholic young people? Sup
pose that at home and in school they
are copi6usly supplied with the true
stories of the heroes of our Faith,
with the intensely interesting nara
tives of real adventures experienced
by our missionaries, with the thrill
ing accounts of dangers confronted
and death defied by the martyrs, not
Of the historical primitive Church, but
of our own daywill not the baleful
influence of hedonism, or belief in the
supreme Importance Of securing a
good time, be effectively counteract-
ed, and Gods grace find a congenial
soil in which to SOW the seeds of an
apostolic vocation?
-tReD) A. b. 0'NetH O S. C.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19

What are we doing with the home?
There is no lack of houses. They
spring up everywhere, like weeds after
a spring shower; and among them
God be praised!-are many which are
homes in the true sense of the word.
But what shall we say of those which
remain but heaps of building material,
arranged in the form convention hap
pens to smile upon, mere temporary
shelters for few c'ay people.
Love of home, is, or should be, one
of the strongest impulses of we'll
rounded life. Thus it follows that in
time of war the military bands of one
European country are forbidden to
play certain air, because the sound
of it would produce inconsistencies,
and cause general panic in the ranks.
Why, then, are there presages that
our homes are in peril? Because the
power that fashion Yields is great;
because there exist numberless people
in every community who follow. GER
tain leaders, and those leaders are
looking with compassionate eyes
upon the heroes of the divorce court,
and rearranging social life so that
the home continually counts for less;
because multitudes find it cheaper
and easier to dwell in flats, and eat
at restaurants or in boarding houses
and the one who invariably finds
mischief for the idle to do is not slow
in taking advantage of this.
A woman who has led this lazy,
vapid life for any length of time will
never settle down in a home; never
be of any use for God or man. ''Oh,
but what about servants?" she will
cry. Everyone must have servants
nowadays. Your up-to-date wife can
not even dream of doing anything
for her husband. 1t would be so vul-
gar. She may slave for eight hours at
Red Cross work; but don't ask her to
do homework, please! She doesn't
marry to be a mere housekeeper; not
she! She is entitled to as much pleas
ure as Mrs. Robinson-J Jones' good
frocks, motor car, or a taxi, at least,
afternoon teas, bridge parties, the
aters, and mountain and seaside holi
days. She must go to the races, too,
and have money to put on horses
Domestic life was all very well for our
mothers; but we live in different
times, and chose who talk of the joys
of home make me tired. God help her
husband. To provide these luxuries
he is often driven to dishonest prac
tees, and is usually ruined. What
has he to look forward to? Imagine
his old age. Usually those unions are
childish, or blessed, or cursed, with
one child, and only one. Brought
up under such conditions, the child
stands a good chance of being more
useless than the mother, and re
proach to the father.
To young married men, we would
say-for the sake of your own and
your Wife's happiness, and for Gods
sake, get a home of your own, how
ever humble, rather than a room in
a boarding house, or a fiat. If your
wife cannot cook, she will soon learn
to do so, and if she has housework
to interest her, she will be much
healthier and happier than the idle
women who spend what spare cash
the husband may have on operations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
FLIRTING WITH EVIL.

The recent reading of some scare
heads in a daily paper drove writer
in the Catholic Sun of Syracuse to the
following conclusions: That the need
of old-fashioned parental care and dis
cipline is needed badly in this United
States of America and other coun-
tries as well. That young girls boldly
invited insults and disaster to them
selves by their reckless conduct. That
men of no character are f1irted with
and permitted to assume the characters
of close acquaintances. If the parents
of these young girls can be kept in
the dark the girls do not stop at any
indiscretion, but enter cafes and attend
notorious cabarets with as brazen a
cheek as the oldest offender.
Parents should know where their
children are. If they knew where
their girls were half of the evenings
when out of view, these houses where
men and women meet without know
ing one another would soon be put out
of business, but our parents are too
weary, or too taken up with card par
ties or other relaXations. Today, just
as years ago when our girls knew
how to blush for any offense to their
innocence, eternal vigilance" is nee
.essary for the. Welfare. of our sprog5
eny. If it is tiresome or smacks of
making our children less self-reliant,
it also bears the virtue of making our
children assume sobriety of con-
duct that may become habitual
Anything that removes the loud
voiced, flirting, face-painting, sly
thinking young woman of today, and
send us the demure girl of fifty years
ago who had her hearty amusements
and her wholesome accomplishments,
her religious duties and genuine emo
tons, we can welcome with sincerity.
The great disturbance of the world
seems to be a factor for the better
ment of all people. But it is a tragic
way to clear the unlikable out of the
way.
THE Echo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
WEALTH OF THE MONKS.

We can gather the general atmos-
phere and the spirit of the monks
towards letters and the classics when
we read the simple but significant
words of the Abbot Riquier, in the
eleventh century, who wrote at the
end Of the catalogue of the books be-
longing to his monastery:
This is the wealth of the cloister;
these are the riches of the heavenly
life" cog
So valuable did the books appear
to the monks that when fire or war
or the elements threatened the mon.
astery. the books, after the sacred
vessels, were the first objects to be
saved. When in the tenth century
the Magyars attacked st. Ga1l, the
monks saved their precious volumes
and fled to the mountains. In $50
the Abbey of Fleury was destroyed
but the books were saved. In 1865
the Lombards attacked Monte Cas-.
sine, but the Benedictines, the real
book-lovers of their day, managed to
save their valuable library.
~ i t
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
NEGLECTING TlME-HoNORED
CUSTOMS.

We sometimes wonder if the time
honored Catholic customs and prac-
tees are holding their own among our
people in this nervous, thoughtless,
hurry and hustle, modern world. Per
haps they are: but we have our mis-
givings. In the home, for example,
are crucifxes, holy water fonts, pious
pictures, and such like things, quite
as commonly to besfound as they were
\ generation back. And the family
Bible. 1t may not have been consult
I'd over frequently, but by it's very
presence it had a. kind of sacramento
influence. Then, again, the carrying
IF the beads and the wearing of the
scapulars; are our grown-ups quite as
scrupulous about these matters as
were the dear ones of yesterday? Far
better was the former almost super
stitious fidelity than our sophisticated
carelessness. And, still again, the
prayer book custom; who could not
wish to see vastly more books at the
Sunday Mass, especially in the hands
Of the men? Compilers and publish
ers have done their part WELL books
splendidly adapted in matter and in
form are conveniently to be had. The
occasional use of the beads at Mass,
let us remember, is all very we'll; but
the prayer book. rather than the beads
should be the habitual companion of
our Sunday devotions. And, finally,
the saying of the Angelus; at the ring
ing of the bell do the people as a
whole respond, even with a whispered
Hail Mary?" So it is, we fear, with
many another ancient and beautiful
custom. Perhaps we are mistaken,
and gladly would We be convinced
that we are; but our own observations
have only served to strengthen us in
our misgivings.
.-SDdneD. ~ S. W. Press.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-19
"PLoUGH MONDAY"

1t is interesting to note that some
of the, old customs that yet survive
in rural England had their beginning
from or through some religious OBJ
servance or rite practiced in the time
when the country was Catholic. Thus
Plough Monday" the first Monday
after the Epiphany is-of was until
recently day of sport and rejoicing
among the farmers and agricultural
laborers in certain districts
Formerly a plough, with long ropes
attached to it, was drawn from door
to door BY a number Of stalWart
youths in gay attire At each house
a small sum of money was collected,
and this was in later times spent in
feasting and conyfviality.
This custom had its origin in
the fact. that in early times, during
the months in which the land was
prepared for cropping, a light called
the plough light was maintained in
front of the chief altar of their church
es. by the farmers, to obtain bless
ing on their soil and the crops they
were to grow.
On Plough Monday the day on
which the merchandising connected
with the Christmas holidays ended, the
peasantry were accustomed to- con-
tribute money for the maintenance
of the lights through the ensuing
months; and on the following day men
and matrons, boys and maidens were
ready to begin their agricultural pur-
suits.