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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-08

PEACE NEGoTIArioNs
an. Russian situation Is mentioned
: lew times. ole memorandum on J,ne
J tSrt!lnE = wa'ninS that .tcr.r;s
"eani pretended negotiations 10. !,
truce on the Russian front may ne:,he,
DC punished nor discussed" Another.
"o"u. the same time. said.
"in ono OF the future issue. /, n,;.nt
he mentioned that the present orensiy.
III Russia has the appearance Of beine
caused by the entente with the y,.w
OF ne: tRussias) continuing for a tine
perhaps until the actual par,;einatien
by the Americans. How long tina, viii,
be remains 20 be seen. II IS OF con-
sequence "a matter OF Importance, to
set forth ;ie opinion that a new omen.
siNc VIII speedily take place as amount
Ing 10 a conviction.
The question about the seere, agree
ments " Russia and her allies
mus; not he allowed 10 rest Il. e. be
los; light; ef. The hostile sorernmen;
ty 20 Illustrate the effect OF al, pub
iiea;icns bearing upon the anreement
with all the means at their disposal in
order that their people may not learn
the war aims and the reasons why they
"e:: esseo on into the war.
Last spring a larse Lumber of Rus
SLAMS were repatriatcd from Switger-
land through Germany to spread Ger
man propaganda in Russia.
In this connection the censor said:
Nothing is 20 be published concern
III: the journey through Germany from
Switzerland OF Russian em~iSrants.''
Later this instruction vss revised 20
permit publication OF articles concern
ing the journey OF the immigrants. but
without comment"
DENIED RIGHT TO PRINT
DOG HEAT FOR SALE
Serious economic conditions are dis
closed By the censorship orders. One
forh!ds the publication OF advertise
ment OF cog meat for sal.
Samples of some OF tho other orders
or memoranda follow:
There is no objection to the reprint
II: OF the manifesto OF the Independent
Socialist party in case il Is adversely
commented upon. even without i%rrltat-
Ing sharpness"
In tho interest OF a victorious carry
ing through OF the war. which Is en-
oanEcred by every stoppase of work,
expressions ot the press which recon-
mend q strike or express themselves
otherwise in favor OF a strike are for
hidden. Ctterances which arc directed
against strikes are indeed not subject
10 censorship. but II is supposed
thereby that they arc kept free from
!mmoderate rpness which could Of
Ter material for irritating the people
Reports concerning disturba noes in
kocnissberE. in Prussia, and concern
ing a warning from the commander OF
the FIRST Army Corps. which followed
in the koenissbers press, are upper
Missile"
Il: Is desired that ii should be
clearly and distinctly put in the fore
ground that the enemy offensive has
utterly failed on All fronts; that tn.
entente has no alternative but 10 at
tempt 4 new offensive. a. the enemy's
statesmen are still against peace"
Recently R.uter dispatches have en-
,trslv English reports from Russia cor
corning commencing dissolutioH or
chaos, etc, are worthy of notice. /.
is requested 10 always make such news
as English reports and TO assume a.,
attitude OF reserve toward them and
70 add thereto a critical
word
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-08
At the Movies To-Day

hiJoC-"rke Barrier"
toLONIAL-Theda Bara. In ..TAe
Rose OF Stood"
Cd &c Jack Plckfsrd aad
l~uise lux. In Jack and Jill"
Cold Deck"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-08
HOW GERMANY DECElVES
OWN PEOPLE AND ENEMIES
iVont'nucd iron, Firs, r.

LNonttnntd from First Taee.)
10 hold out and Win. as IL tho casa
with the overwhelming majority o: me
German people, Suggestions on this
ro'n; 70 II press are rccommtnded"
DENIED RIGHT 10 PRINT
PEtCE NEGoTIA'riONs
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
WOMEN IN NEW FIELDS.

"Girls! Girls everywhere!' ex-
claims a daily paper. "Women
are literally swarming into places
previously closed to them We
read this bit of news with deep
regret, says the Sacred Heart
Review. 1t would be so much
better for the physical and moral
welfare of girls if they were not
admitted to certain places hither-
to closed to them. Sentimentalists
raise the cry that any place is safe
for women in our country during
these war times. "There is a re-
vival Of chivaIry" "our men are
Sir Galahads" "Perfect Gentle
men," etc.
Our country, with pride be it
said, has it's full quota of honor
able, moral men whose lives are a
bulwark of strength to the Repub-
lie; it also has it's share Of I'M
moral men and weaklings ready
to succumb to temptations that
war conditions create. There are
perfect gentlemen aplenty in the
truest sense Of the word, from
men of high estate down to the
humblest; and there are scoun
drels masquerading as men OF
honor.
The father who would accept
the statement that no harm car
befall his young daughter enter
ing on her business life is Grim
inally credulous. War conditions
increase the risk, and should in
crease the vigilance of parents
big money" may be readily
earned, but there is no compensa
ton big enough to pay for 8
wrecked career.
The tendency Of the times has
been towards ridiculing the ole
standards Of womanhood, laugh
ing at prudence and modesty
challenging girls and youne
women to invade places and per
form feats that their mothers die
not ever dream Of
The advance (Save the mark !,
has been downward, cheapening
womanhbod and substituting
!! familiarity for respect, The fem
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
THE BAPTISM OF ALL
CHILDREN.

Faith teaches us that baptism
is essential for salvation. On sew
eral occasions Our Lord spoke on
the necessity of this sacrament for
those who are to be saved. True
it is, there are three forms of bap-
tism: water, blood, desire. At
the same time it is essential for
eternal happiness that children
who die without reaching the use
of reason should be regenerated
in the salutary waters of baptism.
The Holy Father, in assigning
the General Intention for the
League of the Sacred Heart for
September, asks that the members
pray for the Baptism of all Chill
dren. In this wish he is but ex-
pressing the desire Of Christ and
of the Church that all human be-
ings, without distinction of age,
sex or class, be marked with the
badge which entities them to hap
piness beyond the grave.
One of the greatest works of
missionaries in pagan lands is
that which extends it's beneficence
to the baptism of infants who,
only too often, are abandoned by
heartless and inhuman parents.
Annals Of the Propagation of the
Faith in all lands show us in
Vulnerable examples of spiritual
rescues made by our priests and
Sisters in thus saving for heaven
souls that seemed doomed to the
eternal loss of the vision of God.
In this connection it is well to
remind all Catholics of the great
obligation Of charity which they
have to see that those infants in
danger Of death be baptized, at
least where it is possible. The
value of even one of these souls is
incomparably greater than any
material thing of earth. The bap-
tism of one Of these fragile beings
before it enters the portals of
eternity is a work worthy not on
ly of charity, but also Of great
danger and risk. For without
baptism it is impossible to enter
heaven.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

Juvenile delinquency has so in
creased in Massachusetts, in the
last year that all the boys cOrrec-
tional institutions are badly over
crowded. The increase is At per
cent, according to F. T. Sayford,
executive secretary Of the trustees
of the State training schools. War
conditions are blamed as a factor
in the increase. ''TIigh wages are
inducing mothers, boys and girls
to 60 into the shops and mills, -
he explained. Many of the chill
dren get into bad company and
land with us. They get away from
the mothers care to which they
have been accustomed and mis-
conduct is a natural result" Two
years ago the attendance at the
Lyman School for Boys was 207 !;
now It's 507.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN ENG.
LAND.

A memorandum has just been is
sued by the Health of MunitiOn Work
ers' Committee in Great Britain on
IAN investigation of the factors, con-
cerned in the causation of industrial
accidents The report has been drawn
up by DR.. H. M. Vernon, who, in the
course of his inquiries, analysed about
$4,000 accidents Sir George Newman,
the chairman of the Committee, in a
predatory note, states that the infor
nation given in the report is, in the
opinion of the Committee, highly inn
portant and suggestive, and it merits
close consideration. One of the causes
of accidents is thus stated:
"The careless habit of mind can
also be diminished by stricter sobr'-
ETY.. There can be no doubt that the
less alcohol the worker consumes the
better it is for the quality and guam
THY of his work and for his accident
immunity. This applies especially to
alcohol consumed by the day-shift in
the dinner hour, and by the night
shift shortly before coming on to
work"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

theater, the movies and the sum-
mer- gardens-no wonder that the
family-life is broken up and that
a serious blow is dealt the home.
But, as a matter of fact, many
of our people are Strengthening
those factors which make for a
dissolution Of home-life. Parents,
for instance, do not make an hon
est attempt to make home-life
worth while. The children, there
fore, hasten to outside amuse-
ments-sometimes of a pernicious
kind. They flock to the movies,
the party, the excursion; they
wander up and down the streets
at night or take part in long
"hikes. The home is practically
reduced to a place for sleeping
and eating. The members of the
family hardly ever meet or stay
together for the cultivation of
home-life-each one has his or her
own way Of killing time" away
from home.
Now here is where woman can
do supremely noble and important
work. Let her cultivate the art of
"home- making ''-of making it a
place where all the other members
of the family gladly stay and find
needed rest and enjoyment. A
woman can do this in a thousand
ways, by keeping the home neat
and clean, by preparing the meals
in proper way, by her cheerful
disposition, by overlooking those
defects which spring not from
malice, but from a momentary for
getfu illness, etc.
Some Of the leading women of
the country admit that the art of
home-making" requires the best
judgment and broadcast intel
ligence Of woman. There is no
sphere of activity, they say, in
which her best qualities of mind
and heart can be put SO we'll to the
test as in this art of home-making
of making the home the place
to which the feet of all gladly turn
and where they can rest from the
day s work and toll.
Our Catholic schools realize the
need Of good ''home-makers" in
this sense, and hence they Jay
stress on those teachings which
| can be helpful to the girls in after
life, in making the home center
of genuine Catholic life and of Sc.
| rene contentment. A school which
does this does much for society
For good home generally means
good family-and the family is
still the cornerstone Of every
prosperous society.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
WHAT SCHOOL THIS YEAR?

Again, at this time of the year,
the question arises: To what
school shall Catholic parents send
their children.
SO much has been said upon this
subject that it may not be out of
place to cOnfne our remarks here
to the expressed and emphatic
wish Of the Catholic Church. The
Church is most explicit on this
subject. The new. Code of Canon
Law speaks in various places Of
this obligation. Thus, Canon 113,
reads as follows: ....-
"Parents are bound by most
serious obligation to procure as
far as possible the religious, moral,
physical and civil education of
their children. H."
Father Slater, the noted Eng
lish writer, says: "By civil edu-
cation without doubt the Code
means the imparting of that
knowledge and training to the
children which will enable them
to fill worthily the place which
they. are destined to occupy in
civil life" Does this show that
the Church is an enemy Of true
education?
Canon 1872 of the Code says
Parents, and all who are in the
place of parents, have the right
and most serious duty Of procur-
ing the Christian education of
their children. Here emphasis is
laid on the necessity Of a Chris
tian education.
Canon 1872 also says: "All
Catholics are to be brought up
from childhood in such way that
not only nothing be taught them
that is opposed to the Catholic
religion and good morals, but so
that religious and moral training
hold the first place.
In view of this positive stand
Of the Church it is clear that, as
the Code declares, "'The Church
has the right to found schools of
all kinds and of all grades. !" 1t
is a well known axiom Of law that
where there is a right there is al
ways corresponding obligation.
In this case the obligation rests
upon Catholics to patronize these
schools.
So urgent does the Church con
slider this obligation that, as
Canon 1879 prescribes: eff Cath
Ollie elementary and secondary
schools do not exist, Bishops must
take care that they are built"
In view Of this most positive
legislation of the Church on the
subject Of Christian education il
| is impossible for Catholic parents
to escape blame if they fail tc
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
THE GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE ON
BOOZE.

The Government has issued a new
army order which says soldiers in
truck companies must not camp with
in wet towns. This shows clearly
Uncle Sans attitude on the prohibit
ton question and yet there are some
people who profess to believe that
prohibition is not a part of the war
program.
The Federal Government continues
to draw the lines tighter with the
passing weeks. The dry zone order
has been strengthened by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and Secretary Of
War Baker, who have issued orders
to various cities calling for stricter
enforcement of liquor regulation laws.
Any man with ordinary intelligence
can see that the military and naval
authorities look upon booze as a
friend of the kaiser.
American Issue.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
MEXICAN CHURCH SEIZED
PROPERTY is CONFISCATED BY
GOVERNMENT AND SOLD FOR
100000.

1t has been officially announced that
property of the church and clergy in
the state of Jalisco has been sold by
the government for the consideration
of $4,C00,000. The robbery includes
the sacred vessels, utensils and chat
tells of the church, together with it's
real estate.
The Revista Catolica gives the Off
cial text of the decree of confscation
of churches in Mexico City:
"Venustiano Carranza, constitutional
president of the United States of Mex
leo, in conformity with the DISPOSE
tons of section of article 81 of the
constitution, and in accord with the
decree of the first chief of the consti.
tional army (Carranza, dictator)
dated August 20, 1916, l have decided
to decree the following:
Article 1.-The ownership of the ma,
ton is extended to the following tenn.
pies or churches: Here follows the
enumeration of twenty-one churches
of the district federal-that is, Mexico
City and suburbs-Which now may be
used for Masonic lodges, goddess
schools, museums, theatres, prisons
etc.
Article 2-The secretary of the in
terror will proceed at once to taking
possession of the above mentioned edi
fees, with all their annexes, and
shall decide what means to be EN-
ployed for their preservation, until il
will be decided to what purpose OF
public utility they are destined
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

mime good fellow, " good
SPORT" ETC., throws her retiring
sister entirely into the back
ground. She is ready to do any
thing to establish her claim to the
title 1t is not surprising that the
tempter too often finds ready
prey in this class of girls. Usually
there is little stability of char
acter to halt their steps at the
danger mark.
And now new openings, caused
by the war, afford new oppor-
tunities, particularly for the
young and pretty. Youth and
beauty are passing gifts, gracious
and lovely. What pity that they
should ever aid in the moral down
fall of their possessor! One of the
most saddening figures in city life
is ''the slip of a girl in the
courts bearing witness to knowl-
edge of things from which her
very youth should have saved her.
That war conditions demand
the aid Of women no one may
deny, but that the need is great
enough to project young girls in
to morally dangerous occupations
is open to question. Parents have
risen to a splendid height of pa
triotism in giving their sons to
the service of their country. They
will perform an even greater act
of patriotism in safeguarding the
moral welfare of their daughters
and so provide for the stability
and integrity of homes from which
the nation will draw strength and
inspiration in the years to come,
when this terrible war will be a
memory.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
A MARIAN CONVENTION.

Lord Byron frankly confessed
that he had "a passion for the
name of Mary" recalls an ex-
change. Other non-Catholics share
his fondness for the name that
has been hallowed by having been
borne by Our Blessed Lady. By
Catholics, of course, it is loved
and revered. John Boyle O'Reilly
wrote a poem on it, beginning
with these lines:
Dear, honored name, beloved for
human ties,
But loved and honored first that
One was given
In living proof, to erring mortal
eyes.
That our poor flesh is near akin
to Heaven.
But it will doubtless be news to
many people that American
women bearing that cognomen
have been holding an annual con-
vention for several years. Their
fourth gathering was held in
Noblesville, Indiana, on August
Is. At their first convention
twenty Marys were present. AT
the third there were more than
twelve hundred, from twenty
States. And a strange thing
about them is that they all appear
to be members of Sectarian
churches.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

A bill to prohibit child labor
during the war has been intro
duced in the House Of Representa-
tives by Hon. Edward Heating, of
Colorado, who, with Senator
Owen, was the author of the law
recently declared unconstitutionaI
by the Supreme Court. 1t forbids
the employment Of children under
the age of IA in mills, canneries,
workshops, factories or manufac-
turing establishments within the
United States, and of children I'M
der 16 years of age in mines and
quarries. 1t also prohibits the en-
ployment of children between the
ages of ii and 16 for more than
eight hours in any one day or six
days in a week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
ore than $500. 100000 has

More than $3,50O,00O,000 has
been collected in internal revenue
taxes, including income and eX-
cess-proft taxes, for the fiscal
year. This exceeds by over $780,
100000 the estimates made a few
months ago, and by over $780,
100000 the estimates made year
ago when the revenue measures
were passed by Congress. The
success in collecting this large
revenue is attributed by the Treas
ury Department to the patriotism
and cooperation of the American
people in promptly and cheerfully
meeting the war burdens imposed
upon them. :!'!!.;.:!''i.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
SEEK FAIR PLAY
CATHOLIC UNION TAKES ACTION
TO HAVE DISABILITIES AGAINST
CATHOLICS REMOVED.

The Catholic Union of England is
drafting bill to remove the remain
ing disabilities which attach to Cath
olics and religious orders and which
are survival of the penal times. 1t
is also said that the bill will deal
with the provision which presents the
sovereign from being, becoming or
marrying Catholic. The bill will be
introduced shortly and will undoubted-
ly be opposed by all the powers which
the Protestant minority can muster.
A suggestion has been made that
the Catholic Union and the Catholic
Federation, as representatives of the
aristocratic and democratic forces Of
Catholicity, should sink their differ
ences and amalgamate, but this con-
summation does not seem very likely.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

One of the many associations of
France that help in the war, that
of "Notre Dame de Salut," has
furnished to the modified priests
no less than 5000 portable affairs,
which use every day some 10000
altar breads, large and small, and
most of these altar breads are pre-
pared by the "Noelists. " This is
a society, spread all over France,
of young ladies, under the protec-
ton of Jeanne d Arc, endeavoring
to replace the expelled Sisters.
Their share in the altar breads is
now little over thirteen millions.
This figure tells us the intense
Christian and eucharistic life
which prevails i'll the French
armies-and it weighs in the
scales of victory, says an eX-
change.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
THE ART OF HOME-MAKING.

The sphere of woman s activity
has increased to a marvellous ex-
tent during the last twenty years,
notes the Catholic Advance.
Whereas formerly we saw them
engaged only in the so-called
"home" duties, we now are aware
that they have entered practically
into all the avocations and fields
of work once reserved only for
men. We have police-women,
women judges, prison wardens,
secret service officials, etc. 1t
may safely be said that about nine
million women are at present en-
ployed in gainful occupations.
In such a vital question as
woman's work and her relation
to the ever-changing complex So
cial conditions of our time, the
Church has not been slow in vote
ing her opinion. The woman
question" has been nowhere so
lucidly treated as in the works OF
some of our modern Catholic
writer's on ethics and social
science.
These writer's gladly admit that
woman is in all respects the equal
of man-entitled to the same
privileges Of higher intellectual
training, broader culture, and
every opportunity making for her
wider social usefulness. Some OF
the greatest and most literally
trained women of former centuries
were loyal children Of the Church.
The Catholic Church has not only
sung the praises of "the good,
Christian mother" but she has
blessed the literary work OF
woman, like the sainted nun, Hros-
witha, the organizing talent of a
st. Terese and a Jane Francis de
Chantal, the heroic patriotism of
a Joan of Are, and the pioneer
labors Of many women who laid
the foundations of various rellg-
ious communities in the United
States.
Hence her position in this press.
ing and not yet definitely solved
question of woman's sphere" in
modern life. is free from all stub.
born one-sidedness or cleaving tc
narrow traditionalism.
Yet. when all is said, the great
teachers of Catholic truth, among
them, learned statesmen like Lee
XIII, realize that woman has an
exceptionally large and fruitful
field of useful endeavor in the
home, and within the circle of the
family. Keep up the Catholic
home, = preserve the good, ole
Catholic family spirit, 7" this is the
burden of their writings on
woman's influence in modern life
Those Of us who take the trou
BILE to consider carefully the ills
and miseries that weigh upon sc
many individuals and families
must recognize that they otter
find their source in the home-life
If the home-life is not what i
ought to be, ifthe home is Stunned
as prison or an abode of torture
lif those who ought to contribute
Ito make home-life pleasant lool
for their amusement to tht
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31

The American creed, .enunci-
ated by General Pershing, is this
"Your first duty is to be soldiers
your second and scarcely less i'm.
portant, to help those who are
poor and weak. You will be
courteous to all women. Abstain
from wine and liquor. Be kind tC
little children. You will fear Coo
and honor your country and wiz
the war for liberty. God bless
you and keep you"