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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.

During the month of July the
Church bids the faithful recall the
memories Of the Precious Blood.
The plan Of Redemption included
the shedding Of that sacred part
of the Saviour's being. The actual
pouring forth Of the life giving
stream sealed the infinite love Of
God for man. A pact signed in
blood surely is evidence of sin
cerity on the part Of the signer.
Rejection Of that pact by the OBJ
ject of such affection is clear and
conclusive proof of deepest ingrat-
itude.
The Christian who could live
entirely oblivious Of the salutary
beneticence, manifested by God to
man in the Precious Blood, is one
who easily would forfeit the mer-
its of that same pledge. Even as
the warm heart-Stream trickled
down on the holy mount, so does
that same blood empurple the lips
Of him who receives 1t in intimate
communion with the Saviour Him.
self.
The Fathers and Doctors OF the
Church have extoHed the glory of
everything connected with the
sacred Passion. Nothing has been
omitted or overlooked. The Feast
Of the Precious Blood signalizes
one Of the victories Of the Church
In 1913 the sanity Pontiff, Plus
TX, was driven from Rome into
exile by the fury Of the revolution
then sweeping Italy. He was ac-
companied by the superior of the
Fathers Of the Precious Blood. At
the suggestion Of the religious the
Holy Father decided to extend the
Feast of the Precious Blood to the
whole world, trusting that in this
way God would be moved to pro-
tect His Church and it's earthly
head. On the last day of June,
1849, the French came to the res
cue and drove the revolutionaries
from the city. The Pope then de-
creed that henceforth the Chris
tan world should celebrate the
sacred festival on the first Sunday
Of July each year. AT present
recent legislation has placed the
day of commemoration on the first
day Of July. Devout Christians
the world over love to show their
devotion to this memory of the
Passion throughout the whole
month.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
BROWNSON SOCIETY
SETTLEMENT WORK FOR WARS
UCCESS-MANY FORMS
OF ACTIVITY.

An average of 500 month has
been turned over to the Red Cross by
the Brownson Settlement Association
of Los Angeles, Cal. This is a Catholic
organization interested in all phases
of war work. The Rev. John c.
Smyth of the National Catholic War
Council reports:
work has been progressing among
the families of men serving with the
colors whose parents are of foreign
BIRTH said Father Smyth. Americas
ideals of democracy and liberty under
the law of justice have been explained
to these people, also the selective
draft law, the QUESTIONABLE and the
aims of the United States in entering
the war. Much has been done to &C.
complish a national unity and to pro-
tect the loyalty of these foreign-born
people against propaganda. Illustrated
lectures have been undertaken to aid
the government by their effect upon
Mexican aliens in fostering loyalty to
our country. These aims indicate the
ideals of the United States in the war.
instruction has been given in home
garden work. Assistance has been rem
dered in house-to-house visits for food
conservation and sales of thrift
stamps, war savings stamps and Lib
erty Bonds
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

The possessor of the poison
tongue, initiating the serpent,
shoots his envenomed fang at the
intended victim without previous
warming Usually his method is
one of suave insinuation, of en-
gaging innuendo, of apparent reti-
cence and deprecating manner. AS
a writer expresses it: With his
right hand he grasps your hand
in friendly clasp, while his left
fingers a dagger. He is invaria-
bly, a person of narrow ideas,
small capacity, large pretensions,
profound envy, enormous jealousy
Lacking ability that would place
him in the class of men who do
things, he goes about venting his
spleen on any and every one who
may be pursuing the path of ac-
compllshment or success.
The gentler sex frequently is
accused of vanity and egotism
many, no doubt, are guilty Of pet
ty acts in that direction. But for
a large, full-grown, fruit-bearing
specimen Of the genus, Vain, you
must look for the man with the
poison tongue. Usually he is de-
void of qualities that would make
for success in the larger sense
hence his vanity is stirred at the
prosperity Of others. Let his
neighbor achieve wealth, position
or honOrs, and the poison tongue
is poised to strike at character
and reputation. Rarely is such
an individual gross or vulgar: he
conceals his venom under the
guise of suavity. Even when he
succeeds in avoiding the law of
libel, he is a constant and consist
ent icOnoclast in the field of the
divine laws. If he profess no par
ticular religion, such an infrac-
ton Of the moral code leaves him
without the slightest remorse: if
Christian, he soothes his con-
science-if he has one-with the
thought that others are usurping
success which rightfully belongs
to him. He may even, like those
who threw the first Christians
into prison, pretend that he does
a service to God. The only cheer
full prospect for such a creature is
that his poison tongue eventually
recoils, and he dies. of internal
poisoning.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
A VIRGINIAN TOAST.

When Mr.. Balfour and the British
Commissioners visited Richmond, Gov
ernor Stuart proposed a toast to the
King of England in water and this is
what he said:
I'm this glass | hold that which,
by the sovereign will o. the people of
Virginia, is today the wine of the
country; clear as the principles of lib
erty and justice in which we make
common cause; pure as the union of
heart and purpose typified by the three
flags entwined before us; strong in
that it supplies in this hour the most
vital needs of both statesman and
soldier; distilled on the hills overlook
ing the noble James, on whose banks
the first permanent English settlement
in the Western world was established;
spontaneous as the good will toward
our distinguished guests which springs
from our hearts and our lips-in this
and by these tokens / propose the
health of His Majesty the King of
England
To which Mr.. Balfour, with the
same limitations as to liquid, replied:
81 cannot rival the eloquence with
which cur host today has eulogiZed
the legal wine of the country, but
can, with enthusiasm not less sincere
than his own, propose a toast which
has always been dear to the hearts
of all Englishmen, but never so dear
as now-the President of the United
States
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
THE QUEBEC CAMPAIGN.

Much of the success of prohibition
in Quebec is due to the Catholic hier-
archy and clergy in that province.
Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal has
favored prohibition for many years.
In a letter dated February 20, 1916,
Archbishop P. e. Roy, assistant to
Cardinal Begin of Quebec, wrote to
Hon. Charles MarSil, M. P:
THE Parliament at Ottawa will
meet the wishes of the very large ma
iority of the Canadian people if it
places the whole country under the
beneficent regime of prohibition. AS
to the many who honor their man.
hood by their self-control and habits
of moderation, the sacrifice asked OF
them is one of Christian renounce-
ment and brotherly love, we'll worth
generous acceptance for the sake OF
the vast throng of weaker fellow men
who, as it seems, can be saved from
themselves only by the use of the
strong arm of the law
The Toronto Star says:
The Roman Catholic Church boldly
challenged the powerful liquor inter-
ests and the inclinations of good
many of it's members, and threw all
Its influence on the side of prohibi-
ton. The attitude of the Catholic
laty is responsive to leadership, SYM
| pathetic with reform, independent in
it's thinking and in forming its own
| judgment This attitude of French
Canadians is not new or surprising to
close Observers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
CARE FOR OUR BOYS
AMERICANS ARE WELL CARED
FOR BY FRENcH NUNs-RE-
cEIVE ATTENTION GIVEN
FRENCH OFFlCENS.

Letters from two Freuch nuns tell
ing of the care being Siven to the
American soldiers in France have
been received by the American fund
for French wounded, at it's New York
headquarters. The nuns letters con-
tanned messages of gratitude TO this
country for its participation IN the
can wounded are nursed as carefully
as the French soldiers.
Some American wounded have al,
rived in our town." writes Sister Ur-
sula of the French military hospital
at c.. You can imagine with
what tender care they are surround,
ed. One of our nuns is nursing them.
They are as much loved and petted as
the children of our own France and
receive the treatment which we &C
affection with which the women of
America are working for the relief
of our poor wounded men makes us
more than appreciatiVe of our happi-
ness in having as an ally a noble ma
ton whose arrival in France is going
to do so much to hasten the hour of
victory"
Sister Etienne of the military hos.
pital at D. writes:
This week four hundred American
soldiers arrived in the town. We are
Fastening to prepare large room to
put at the disposition of the sick and
wounded during their sojourn here.
We are happy in being able to give
thought and care to the representa-
tives of nation which is making her
self our ally and our friend, and at
the same time showing herself SO
generous toward us
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
Marriage Cases Decided
ROMAN CONGREGATION PASSES
ON TWO IMPORTANT
MATTERS.

Two marriage cases were diversely
decided by the Roman Rota: in the
first case, from Northern Manchuria,
it was found that the bride had been
forcibly led to the altar, was under a
sort of military guard and therefore
there was no free consent, and the
marriage was null and void.
In the second case, the validity of
the marriage of two Lutherans, from
Paderborn, was upheld, although after
long discussions between the two, the
wife, in order to marry Catholic,
contended first that she had acted
upon compulsion and next that she had
not freely consented, but could not
bring any serious proof for her con-
tention. This latter case, once more,
shows that the Church recognizes valid
Protestant marriages, and that to pre-
tend the contrary is pure calumny,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
CATHOLIC CLIMBERS.

The social climber who sacrifices
his faith in the process is a pitia-
bic object. He may start out with
a laudable intention, but often
spiritual shipwreck is the result.
Social climbers who are refined
sentimentalists within the ranks
of the Church S membership were
severely scored by Archbishop
Glennon in a recent sermon deliv-
cred in the st. Louis Cathedral.
Said the Archbishop:
There are great many who,
as they attain material wealth, be-
come spiritually poor. This world
is enough for them; they are sat
isfied to eat, drink and be merry.
They receive a great deal Of no.
tice; newspapers feature them as
distinguished, wealthy citizens
they are progressive and generous
to all worldly causes; but as for
religion or Almighty God-Oh,
this is not necessary any more.
God is not necessary now. How
pitiable this is!
"Their social aspirations and
functions are so many and so try
ing on their nerves that they can t
find time to 90 to church. They
are out at the theater and the club
on Saturday night, and after the
VOW or the dance there is dinner
Or supper, and Sunday morning
finds them very, very tired. So
tired in the early part of Sunday.
Afternoon comes, and Sunday is
so tiresome again, because there is
nothing to do.
"Then they are so refined by
their social development that
really the church. doesn't stand
for that delicacy Of thought that
they are accustomed to-, and the
music, you know, is not operate,
and the sermon is dull
Why, the sermon doesn t men
ton anything about the recent
nOvelists; it doesn t cover the lat
est and the most vulgar shows; it
doesn't refer to the psychology
of crime, or the inherited atavism
of human life; it doesn't deal with
the passions which are such a
great subject of social study.
And then there are so many
nice people who are not Catholic.
you know, and it is necessary to
do some friendly propaganda
among them, SO as to bring them
closer to the Church; and in order
to show they are not very bigoted
Catholics, they themselves don I
go to church. These poor people
are filled with ennui; they are
spiritually underfed. Perhaps
then they go to some of the sensa-
tional speakers at revivals to re.
lieve that tired feeling, like tax
ing a drug as method OF
changing their mood. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

"Were it not for the monas-
teries of England, France and
Italy the learning Of the Ancient
World would not have come down
to us; for these institutions fos-
tered all the learning there was in
their day and preserved in pre-
ciouS manuscripts the works of
Plato and Aristotle and the other
writer's of antiquity" Thus speaks
a writer in the Christian Register
(Unitarian). He might have dis
covered that the world owes even
a greater debt to the monasteries.
Nevertheless it is encouraging to
find those who used to despise the
monks now discovering something
good in the Catholic system.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
FRENCH WAR CROSS
CONFERRED UPON AMERICAN
MARIST BROTHER FOR EX-
CEPTlONAL BRAVERY.

Brother Gonzalvus, former in
structor at st. Joseph College for
Boys, in Lowell, Mass, has been given
the war cross by General Laguiche of
the French army for exceptional brav-
cry in carrying dispatches over ground
that was being continually showered
by German shells.
The brother in private life was Jean
Baptiste Besacier. His mother is still
living in France, and he has another
brother in the service. AS member
of the Order of Marist Brothers he
had been teaching in St. Joseph Col
lege in Lowell for some years when
war broke out in 1914.
He was among the first French re-
servists to leave and report for duty
with the French army, but he was as
signed to a British regiment, the
Eighth Royal Berkshire, as an inter
prefer, and he has been with that or
ganiZation for nearly four years.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
SHOG.D A GIRL MARRY A SOL
DIEhHUsBAND BEFORE LATTER
GOES TO FRONT, AND FACE
PROSPECT OF WIDoWHooD-
CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ALTER
CASES.

Should yoag people marry just be-
fore the soldsr-husband goes to the
front? The qestion concerns girls,
chiefly. Some would say: mot
much" while theirs would reply:
why, certainly. No doubt each in
dividual case deknds upon circum-
stance. Here is tn way Valerian of
the Brooqlyn Tabt discusses the
subject:
THE question fromthe girls point
of view is the brutaR frank one:
Should l take a chancN with hus-
band who is going to beNme possible
cannon fodder"?' Solesn engage
ment promises should be kot and the
expectant mother should Keep the
home fires burning We cOnede that
the long cherished dreams ofNAe long
engaged should be terminated q mar
riage. But life as is aroundus is
made up of very human andyerv
selfish human nature.
MANY soldiers wife of to4y
didn't even know her soldier be-
when the war broke out year ago
1t is of such and with such we are
dealing. The attraction of the KHAKI
and the filtration near the canton
ment are the prelude to the wal
brides trip up to the altar. They sci
dom plead long engagements. O
course, they are brave. They are TAX
ing a chance against German bullets
They are going to go back to work
and with the prospects of mother
hood upon them. 1t is not going tt
be we'll for either mother or child il
busy unsentimental world deprived
of husband or fathers care.
"A wife's place is in her home, bu
the war bride has no husband to keeI
the home together. The allowance
from the Government is help, bu
not sufficient alone for the support o.
home in these days of the higl
cost of living. 1t is a moving picture
age as well as theatre-going age
and the artificial glamor given to the
war brides and the horrors of spins
terhood are strong motives for the
hurry-up marriage. The casualty
lists are now growing. Each day!
news tells us of the increased numbe1
of cripples who will be brought tt
our shores, not to speak of the mum
bers who will lie in French graves. A
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
BETTER USE FOR BRAIN.

The pleasures which come from
stimulants are always feverish and as
injurious as unnatural sleep, which is
produced by drugs. There is no we'll
being producer, no happiness pro-
Queer, no such sense of buoyancy and
feeling of well-being, no such ecstacy
as that which is produced by robust
health
The intoxicant that makes you feel
good is your mortalest enemy. 1t is
subtle, insidiously stealing from you
that which is priceless. 1t is sapping
your will power, undermining your
ambition, killing your efficiency,
blighting your self-respect. 1t will
mar your whole career.
1t is not so much for moral reasons
that l plead this cause for the youth
as because the wrong course saps the
mind, saps the virility, saps the intel
lect, wastes energy and vitality which
could be put into things worth while.
These things lead to disappointment
and regret.
| wish | could show young people
the magnificent opportunities they are
throwing away, the superb ability
that they are not using. The am
bilious youth needs every help he can
get and he must avoid everything
that can handicap his progress.
When Thomas A. Edison was ask
ed why he was total abstainer, he
said, Il thought l had better use for
my BRAIN"
All, there is a great sermon in that
sentence, and | wish it could be en-
blazoned on sign where every Amer
lean youth could see it every day.
l wish it could be pasted in every
youths pocketbook, framed in every
youths sleeping room. l wish it could
be put on the walls of every factory,
every store, every business house.
wish it could be put up over every
| door of every school in the land.
81 thought had better use for my
BRAIN" said Edison. Il wanted all the
brain power l could get. l wanted to
increase the efficiency of my life and
not diminish it, not demoraliZe and
benumb it. | did not want to take
| into my mouth an enemy to steal
away my brain. l wanted to do the
things which would increase, not di-
minish, my brain power, which would
increase, not lessen, my possibilities,
which would increase and not destroy
my resources, something which would
increase my powers of investigation,
of discovery, something which would
increase inventive ability, not destroy
| it, and | said to myself, L will let that
greatest enemy of the race, that enc
my which has taken hold of more
men and women, ruined more careers,
destroyed more happines than any
thing else in the world, alone.
| Physical Culture.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

The purpose of a newspaper is
to print news, giving the account
just as it occurred, writes an edi-
tor That policy may not be pop
ular with readers who desire news
colored to suit their personal
views. Nevertheless, it is the
proper policy, and the editorial
page is the page in every neWspa-
per that gives expression to the
personal opinion Of the editor. 1t
is not expected that editorial opin-
ions agree with the private opin-
ions of any or all readers. Such a
task would be impossible, for no
two persons mental processes are
alike. a news item and an edi-
torial comment are two different
things.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
TASTY WAR MARRIAGES

single man, crippled or crazed by
shell shock, returning to our shores
will receive all that loving hands and
a grateful Government can do to allie
viate his sufferings, but the newly
wed husband coming home in a sim
liar manner adds the double burden
of helpless existence to the life of a
wife and possible children.
with our constantly increasing
population of over 1O0,O00,OOO people
there is not much reason for the ma
ton to encourage such marriages for
the sake of increasing the population.
This is not white bled Europe.
The prospects of few years on for
eign soil for lively young Americans
may make great changes in their
plans. Many a romance will spring
up on foreign soil. Many a Franco
American marriage will be celebrated
over there which would never be
contaminated if the gay soldier had
not been prevented by an ill-consid-
! cred and hurried marriage at home
just before sailing.
Liberty is a priceless boon for the
young woman at home also. Condi-
lions of health or domestic problems
may arise during the absence of a
soldier-husband that would give rise
! to regrets at the sudden marriage en-.
tered upon. Widowhood is the pros.
pect for many. In the marriage mar
L Il hn
Nriage become less for the bereaved
widow, and these are the considera.
IONS that confront the average young
"man of the day.
Vast week we received a cheerful
lettS from young soldier in France
happA and frolicksome in it's humor
he reoiced in the great duty that is
before him and the consolation that
ne 1reqently receives by mail from
his frlenS and particularly from the
only, only girl who is waiting for
him. TheAyery next day was the
hrst Friday t the month and we saw
at the altar rail the little girl he
dreamed about Quietly and piously
she received F1ly Communion, and
one needed not tG>be a mind reader to
say that her first mayer was for him
that God might sed him back safe
: and sound. Meanwhile her domestic
conditions at home 20 on as usual
; She is still her moter's daughter
She does not tax the Government fol
: a wifes allowance, and ~ the grace
of God she will be Strengthened tt
) wait patiently until the var is over
: and her Johnnie comes marchins
} home again. The sweetheart role
: appeals to us as we'll as the VIE role
and it is much safer for all hams"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
NIAGARA ALUMNI
TO RAISE BIG SUM OF MONEY FOR
ALMA MATER.

The alumni meeting and banquet
that followed the sixty-second annual
commencement exercises at Niagara
University last week was most en-
joyable affair. President DR.. ]. v.
Gallagher, LII. D., Cleveland, O., pre-
sided. The service flag displayed
showed 100 stars, of which four are
worked in gold. One of these is said
to represent Private Enright, one of
three of the first Americans to die in
France following Americas entry into
the present war.
The association planned to raise
100000 endowment fund to carry on
scientific educational courses and to
complete the construction of Alumni
Hall. The sum of $4,000 was sub
scribed during the banquet.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
THE MOTHERS HOUR

AS another heart offering, but
also, we may be sure, as a solace
for mothers heartache, beauti-
full custom has developed in Eng
land as one Of the concomitant eff
fects Of the war, observes the
Brooklyn Tablet. It is very
simple and very beautiful one,
and one which Catholics under
standingly can appreciate. 1t is
called "The Mothers Hour
The hour is II o'clock, and the
custom now is when, at that hour,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

Independence Day has come
and gone this week At the pres
ent moment it is fraught with the
deepest significance not only for
the cause Of America, but for the
whole world. For it is for the
very principles of ,.76 that the
great part of the civilized world
is now struggling. Small wonder
that the Allied nations have en-
tered into the spirit of the life Of
Liberty.