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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20
THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA.

There is an active Catholic Japan
csc Mission in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, under charge of French
priest formerly missionary in
Japan. The interesting story of how
it came about is told by Walter F.
McEntire in The Tidings, in which
the article is decorated with charm
ing picture of the new Bishop of Los
Angeles, the missionary and the Jap
anese Sisters, surrounded by a whole
host of bright Japanese tots. After
giving a short summary of the efforts
to introduce Catholicism into Japan,
the writer says:
"A little more than ten years ago a
young Japanese, Leo Hatakeyama,
after having fought for his country
in the Observation-Disclosures war, arrived
in San Francisco. He was devout
Catholic and anxious to fulfil his re-
ligious duties; but not being familiar
with our language, and unable to find
priest who could understand him,
he was unable to go to confession.
He wrote to his Bishop in Japan, ask
ing him what could be done under
the circumstances, and to his great
delight learned that one of the priests
who had labored for five years I'M
der the Bishop was at that time in
France, whittier he had gone on ac-
count of sickness, that he was just
preparing to return to Japan, and
that he, the Bishop, had written to
him instructing him to visit Cali
fornia, on his way back to Japan. So
it was that Father Albert Breton ar
rived in Los Angeles, in the fall of
1912.
Bishop Conaty requested Father
Breton to remain here and seek out
| the Catholic Japanese in the diocese,
and organize Japanese Mission. He
consented, and proceeded with the
work. Day after day he went about
| seeking Japanese who belonged to
the Church, and finally his efforts met
with success.
After this, in July, 1918, he Wis
/ tied San Francisco and Sacramento,
and inaugurated the work there. This
has since been taken over by other
priests, assisted by several Japanese
Brothers, the Helpers of the Holy
Souls, and the Franciscan Sisters.
| Before proceeding to describe the
work inaugurated and accomplished
in Los Angeles, we think it not out
of place to say few words with re-
ference to the apostolic man who is
laboring in this portion of the vine
yard.
REV Albert Breton was born near
Calais, France, and there received his
early education. HefWas member of
a large family, and now has three
brothers in the French army who
have been there since the commence
ment of the war. He belongs to the
Paris Foreign Missionary Society,
whose headquarters are in Paris, in
the Rue du BAG; this society has sent
many thousands of missionaries to
the Far East, several hundred of
whom suffered nlartyrdotn in sTonkin
and China during the last century.
Eighty we're beatifed BY Pope Leo
XIII, in 1000.
Following his ordination, Father
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20

else. Neither would he ever speak of
his own country of the Ardennes; nor
would any praise of it strike a spark
from him. wondered if it was that
he loved the memory of it too deeply
for speech, and fed his soul on it in
secret.
1t was by an odd chance that he
came in the end to make his confess
sion to me. A sudden, unexpected
memory that was half fear, stirred
him as we walked one evening by a
road up wooded valley. The dusk
had come very quickly under the trees,
and with the coming of the dusk the
noise OF the stream that ran close, but
unseen, beside the road seemed to
change.
1T might be the Lessee" he said
suddenly, and felt his hand on my
arm. 1T had just that sound. The
last time l saw it there was man
lying with his feet in the water,
large fat man. The whole of the front
of his head was gone, from the eye
broWS to the crown. There was just a
large hole. The horrible thing is that
it looked rather comic. He was so
fat
He had never spoken of these things
before. | looked at him, but I could
only see the whiteness of his face.
1T is horrible when you cannot get
your memory clear" he said 81 have
no clear memory left of that country
of mine. 1t is all soiled So / have
been punished. 1t is a hard punish
ment, but it is just.
L love it too much, that country by
the Mouse. You do not know how a
man may think he has driven all car
nal things out of his mind and yet be
deceived. 1 thought that l had only
God in my heart, and all the time |
was loving those rivers under the
trees, and the roads over the hills.
Il would tramp along them, and, in
stead of thinking of God, was think
ing only how good summer evening
was, and how pleasant to see the men
and women working in the fields.
"This is my punishment, that my
memory of it all is soiled Now | can
only think with fear of those things
that loved too much. God has chas-
tened me.
For two years now | have been
close behind the lines of the User,
and there, as worked, | have thought
only of God and sought only for what
is beautiful in the souls of men who
suffer. If l live when the war is over
| shall go to some place where, like
the trenches, life is very ugly and very
hard, and the only beautiful things
are in the souls of men,"
He stopped speaking, and then he
said again: THAT river sounds to me
just like the Lessee. Shall we not
leave this road soon?"
Such was the secret of that strange
soul, as war had changed him from a
cOntented country priest-chastening
himself against the most innocent
beauty of the world, struggling to
know only the souls of men, Indeed,
in some more literal sense than we
ever use the phrase that soul had be-
come only a tenant of his body He
did but lodge there, using it's senses
so sparingly that to us he seemed half
ghost. ~ -' =
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Breton was sent to Japan by his SUI
periors in 1905. After the Russian
Japanese war he worked in the
northern part Of Japan in the Diocese
of Hako6ate, for five years, and until
he was .oYertaken by severe fever
which caused paralysis of the right
arm. He was sent back to France for
treatment, and remained there for
two years. On his way back to Japan,
he stopped at Los Angeles, as stated
above
Eight Japanese Sisters (who are
at times and in various ways assisted
by the Franciscan Sisters of st. 10
seph's parish) and number of Cath
Ollie ladies aid Father Breton in his
work. On May 1, 1915, the Japanese
Sisters established an orphanage in a
small house at 1889 West 23rd
Street, for which they pay S25 a
month. They have accommodations
for twenty-three children, and the
quota is always full. Hardly a day
passes in which they are not COM
PEELED to refuse children for lack of
accommodation. Connected with the
orphanage is kindergarten for the
children of the orphanage, and for
those living in the neighborhood. 1t
has tWenty-seven pupils.
ION the day the orphanage was
opened, the Japanese Sisters opened
school at 133 South Hewitt Street,
with an attendance of three The
school has grown until there is now
an average attendance of one hun
dred and twenty, and many more are
seeking to enter. The house is poor
old frame structure. Here, under ad-
verse conditions, great success has
been attained through the kindergar-
ten course, and grammar school in
English for first grade pupils. English
is taught by the Franciscan Sisters
Japanese lessons for children attend
ing the public and parochial schools
are given by the Japanese Sisters.
Mass is celebrated every Sunday on
a portable altar, in the classroom,
and all the children attend. Another
kindergarten and school was estab-
lished at Tropico, May 1, 1917, and
now has twenty-five pupils.
"The aim of these schools is to
make of these Japanese children good
and faithful Catholics and patriotic
American citizens by teaching them
religion and the English language
and American ways from their earli-
est childhood. Through them it is
not only expected that the parents of
thpse who have Catholic parents will
be made faithful, but that non-Catho-
lie parents will be brought into the
fold .t-. :
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THE LIFTED HAT.

We deplore the age of Reason" that
demands human sign
To affirm the faith that sees not, yet
believes the Word Divine
We denounce the world as goddess,
and bewail Christ's sighted
love,
But l think the angels chide us as
they gaze from skies above;
For church has been my neighbour,
and my outlook day by day
Has been teaching me the lessons that
faith has not died away!
And my proof that modern Christians
keep the fervent souls of yore
Are the men whose hats are lifted as
they pass the church's door.
From the schoolboy with his satchel
to the old man with his cane,
From the rich man in the carriage to
the tramp that all disdain.
From the coal carts smutty driver to
the youth IN fashion neat,
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GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE.

The following is one of those little
gems for so many of which we must
be grateful to Catholic writer's like the
well known Rene Bazin. Of course,
there is always the difficulty of trans
lating a play upon words which does
well in French and looks rather poor
in English, but even then the idea is
there, and it is the idea we wish to
put on record.
Il was present" writes Balm in a
French newspaper, "at catechism
lesson given to a hundred little boys
in parish of Paris. This quarter was
poor, and SO was the Church. When
entered the Citrate was relating the
treason of Judas who sold his Master.
He ended his narrative by the words
Judas was seized with despair, and
hanged himself Immediately one of
the youngest among the boys stood up
and made sign that he had some
thing to say.
Il do not ask any questions" said
the priest, 'but what is the thought
that takes YOU"
ITO say what | would have done if
/ had been Judas"
well, what?' And the urchins all
turned to their companion But he,
quite unabashed, and perfectly deter
mined, because he heard the voice of
his heart, replied:
Il would have hanged myself to the
neck of good Jesus"
Some of the little ones laughed at
the idea, but most of them understood
better and felt as ii their hearts were
ready to weep.
If these lines fall under the eyes of
a soul who despairs on account of his
sins, let him go and hang himself to
the neck of good Jesus, and Jesus will
press him to His Heart"
2BombdD Examiner
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PLATING

candid about their choice; it is the en-
joyable good, life on its pleasantest
side. And this disposition is in the
mind as well as in the will; they can
not see it in any other way. Restraint
gals them, and their inclination is
not to resist but to evade it. These
are kitten-like children in the begin
ming, and they appear charming, But
when the kitten in them is overSrown,
it's playful evasiveness takes an ugly
contour and shows itself as want of
principle. The tendency to snatch at
enjoyment hardens into a grasping
sense of market values, and con-
science, instead of growing inexor
able, learns to be plant to circum-
stances. Debts weigh lightly, and
duties scarcely weigh at all. Conceal
ment and untruthfulness come in
very easy to save the situation in
difficulty, and once the conduct of
life is on the down-grade it slides
quickly and far, for the sense of re-
sponsibility is lacking and these ma
lures own no bond of obligation.
They have their touch of piety in
childhood; but it soon wears off, and
in it's best days cannot stand the de-
mands made upon it by duty; it fails
of it's hold upon the soul, like re-
ligion without sacrifice.
Mother Janet
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20
THE GLoRlEs OF MARY.

The glories of Mary Immaculate
have been extolled from the earliest
of days, says Rev. J. Francis Leary.
In prophecy and in it's fulfillment and
in the history of the Church around
no human name has so much splen-
dor shone. Mary is the Daughter OF
the Eternal Father, the Mother of the
Eternal Son, the Spouse of the Eter.
nal Spirit. Because of her intimate
relation with the Divinity, she is the
highest of all Gods creatures, reflect
ing as no other creature can the daz'
zling glory, the surprising beauty and
the immaculate purity of the Triune
God. Infinitely lower than God and
incomparably higher than man, be.
tween God and man she stands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20
BIBLE NOT SOLE GUIDE.

Jesus did not leave single dOcu-
ment behind Him when He left this
earth-not one single sentence of the
New Testament had been written,
says Rev. Thomas F. Burke, C. S. P.
Christianity existed for nearly ten
years before a word was written. 1t
existed for nearly sixty years before
the last book was written. 1t existed
for nearly 400 years before the canon
of the Scriptures was fixed. 1t ex-
listed for nearly 1900 years before the
Bible could be read by great part
of the people.
1t is, therefore, undeniably evident
that the Sacred Scriptures divinely
inspired though they be, are not the
sole rule of our faith.
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THE ANGELus.

Not far from Paris in fair Fontaine.
bleau,
A lovely memory-haunted hamlet lies
Whose tender spell makes captive,
and defies
FOrgetfulness. The peasants come
and go--
Their backs too used to stoop, and
patient SOW
The harvest which narrow want
supplies
Even as well, Earth's pathos in his
eyes,
Millet dwelt here, companion of their
VOC.
All. Barbizon!a With thorns, not
laurels, crowned,
He looked thy sorrow in the face,
.. and found
Vital as seed warm-nestled in the
II sV4-- i III is.a. - slsIz
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20

was RENTED, some sacrifice was al
ways required, as IAN offering for
sim" st. Paul therefore says that
without the shedding of blood there
is no remission" Heb. XII, 22.) We
have many instances in the Old Law
that Almighty God was pleased to re-
ceiVe the prayers and offerings of His
faithful servants as satisfaction for
sinners. When the children of Israel
had grieyously offended God, He sent
fire to destroy them, and aaron, put
ting incense in his censor, ran out in
the midst of the multitude. which the
burning fire was destroying, and Of
fered the incense, and standing be-
tween the dead and living, he prayed
for the people, and the flames ceased"
(Num. XVI, 41-4S.)
Catholic UniDerSe.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20

THE klTTENIsH GIRL.

There are those [girlsl who frisk
-playfully along, taking the good
things of life as they come the
more the better whom, as children,
it is hard to call to account. They
arc lightly impressed and only for a
moment by the things they feel. and
scarcely moved at all by the things
they understand. The only side which
seems troublesome in their early life
is that there Is SO little hold upon it.
They are unembargassed and quite
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20
HABIT TO BE AVOIDED.

The habit of unkind criticism or pro-
miscuous criticism, if you prefer the
word, grows by leaps and bounds if
permitted to flourish at all. We have
ideas in which we take a certain
amount of pride, and those who do
not live by them fall under the ban
of our displeasure. We have no rea-
son for believing that our ways are
better, we merely assume it, and ex-
pect others to take the same line of
thought. You see we demand freedom
of action that we are not willing to ac-
cord to others.
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A VISIT TO THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT.

While the twilight shadows lnger,
Dearest Lord. come to Thee,
Bringing all my hearts deep secrets
For Thy loving eyes to see,
All the joys and all the sorrows,
All the blessings sent to me.
Here, before Thy sacred Presence,
In adoring love bend;
Asking Thee, my dearest Jesus,
To be Love and Guide and Friend;
And for all my wants and trials
Strength and loving comfort send
And consecrate, dear Jesus,
All my love, my life, to Thee;
Keep each thought, each word, each
action
From the worlds contagion free.
And bless all my loved ones, Jesus,
And unite US all in Thee.
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GROCERIES

The hidden sweetness at the heart
Of pain;
Trusting thy sun and dew, thy wind
and rain ".s5:.a
At home with Nature, and at one
with God!
Florence Earle Coates.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS

Inhalins fumes Of turpentlne ana
white lead often weakens the kidneys.
That's one reason why so many paint
ers have bad backs and sick kidneys.
Exposure, frequent colds and chills and
the strain OF climbing up and down lad
ders help start the troubls.
II your back aches. n sharp pains
strike you In the back when STOPPING.
llftlng or working; IL you have head
aches, dizziness, rheumatic pains; II the
urine IS dlscolored or passages painful
and scanty, try Doan's Kidney Pills, the
remedy SO widely used and SO we'll rec
commended by men in the painting trade.
Here's Wilmington testimony:
Theodore Murch, 707 w. Eighth ST.,
saysi "Turpentine fumes affected my
kidneys and caused lame back some two
years ago. could hardly climb a scat
fold and it bothered me to get up after
sitting. The pains through my back
were terrible. My kidneys acted too
frequently and had to get up during
the night on this account, losing much
sleep. Hearing Of Doan's Kidney Pills,
began taking them and they soon put
my kidneys in good condition"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doans
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Murch
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Nffgrs., Buff
falo, n. Y.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
FATHER SAVES SONS;
LOSES own life
Hagerstown, Nd, Man Sue
eumbs to Heart Attack at
Rehoboth Beach
VICTIM WAS A
MARYLAND BANKER
spscIal to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

gpecIal to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
REHpBOTH BEACH, Del, Sept. D.
John NJ. Lane, 81. banker, Of Hagers-
town, Nd. suffered an attack of heart
disease while trying to save his two
sons, Charles. L. and John, i9, from
drowning, and died in the breakers off
here yesterday afternoon The two
sons were rescued
The boys were carried beyond their
depth by the recedlng tide. and the
father; who was in bathing with them,
started after them. He was an excellent
swimmer and soon reached John, carry
ing him near the shore, and then start
ed after Charles.
In the meantime Abe eutowltz, Of
Lewes, a musician at The Hotel Hen
;open, he'd saved John and start
ed behind ths father to rescue
Charles. The father was seen TO be in
distress, and II was first thought he
vss suffering from cramps Gutowitz
rescued Charles and called te other
hethers 10 go to the assistance OF the
father.
Vernon Derrickson, Of Dover, grab
bed the floating body Of Mr.. Lane and
carried II ashore The father and sen
were taken te the Hotel Henlopen.
nrs Beebe and Robinson, Of neho-
both. Dr.. Peter W Tomlinson of VII
mington. ard Or. Joseph NAPLES. Of
Georgetown, and Captain Cross Of the
army. soon found that Mr.. Lane WIS
dead. There was no water In his lungs
and the physicians concluded the fright
end exeptlon incident to trying to res
cue HIS children had caused him TO be
stricken with heart trouble, which
caused death.
Charles Lane, the younger boy, was
unconscious when taken from the surf
The physicians, with some dli1loulty,
revived him and found he had water
IN enc lung, but they expect that
trouble TO clear up.
Afr, Lane was president Of the Mary
land Security and Trust Company OF
Hsgerstown. He had come to Reho-
both to stay over the weekend with
h.s wife and four children, who have
been stopping at the Henlopen fer the
simmer.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
D0BBEN AGAIN SEEN
ON SUSSEX ROADS

GEORGETOWN, Del, Sept. s.-There
yves o search Of barn lofts and old
buildings on Sunday IN Sussex county
for the old "one-hess shsy" or any
other vehicle, substantial and gasless,
Farmers have been buying automobiles
during the last two or three years Of
prosperity and many now have moth
Ing drawn by horse except the heavy
wagons and a discarded carriage or
two. Yesterday the old carriage was
hunted and put in some sort or repair,
at least to last for q trip to church and
back.
The gss-saylns request was fairly OBJ
served throughout the country. All
garages Joined In closing. Some auto
mobiles iyare out All passing through
Georgetown were noted and the num-
bers handed IN to the County Fuel Ad-
minisirstor.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
WAR SUMMARY

The Germans hove abandoned the fa-
nous Drocour,- -nuesnt switch line TO
the British nueant, Bt the southern
extremity Of the line, has been cap
turod and Lens, further north, Is also
IN british possession.
These ere the outstanding develop.
riehls Of the great west front battle
today, simultaneously the British and
eauierlcans at the extreme northern
sS,-sspti Of "a ''nnt have registered n
fussher advance OF ono milo and have
occupied Nuiscrnhegn.
The evacuation without further re-
elelance OF the DrocOurt.0ueant ilus
puts Flsid Marshal Halu IN possession
Of uosltions RETARDED by Won Hlnden-
burg 90 the most important Oh this
section OF the front. This line Is con-
siderea by many as tho holding point on
the whole German west front. II was
prepared by Hindenburp IN 1917 to
terve o. protection against any Allied
advance from The region OF Arros along
the two nrest highways toward Csm-
brai and Douai.
Towards the Notsn line the enemy
Is now hurryind bis troops with oil
possible speed. Much Of the Wotan limo
has already been destroyed, but Hin
denburg hopes TO hold IL until he can
reform and prepare positions further
Rack. II is believed.
South OF the Afros- -Csmbrai line the
british smashed hard ct the enemy this
n1orniup, registering IN advance Of
Pbout four miles Oh twenty-mlle front.
Qusant, Huissey, Doipnes, N0Ieu, Bertin-
court end Roeuuluny were all taken.
0ueaiit Is nine miles north and east Of
tlspnune, Bulssy Is two and one-half
miles northeast pueant. The other
towns arc further south, about six
miles In an cast and soushsrly direction
from Bapsunie.
The new line thus formed bulues
eastward from the Arras -Cambrai road
TO Buiscey, thence south 10 Dolgnes,
curving south nnd west from there untll
Il Joins the old line southeast OF Ia
paume.
The capture OF Lens by the British
will prove hard blow 70 the Germans,
not only for sentimental reasons, but
because II Is juncture of number of
railways. Lens Is nine miles north and
slightly east Of Arras.
Lens is also the dominating city In
largo coal region which has proved Of
Immense value TO the enemy.
Tho occupation OF Wulverghem reg
listers further advance of one mile in
Flanders. The town IS six miles north
and slightly west OF Armentieres.
The developments In the Qucant Ber-
tincourt sector overshsdowed those
further south. where the Frepch and
Americans sre operating. The French
war Office announced only srtilIerying
aud minor raids.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
JOtfings About DeldlUare
Boys in Army and Navy

The Rev. Francis z. Tucker, of the
0blats Fathers, Eighth and Yves!
streets, is waiting for his commission
as a lieutenant In the army. Father
Tucker Is we'll known in this city, hav-
ing a host OF friends.
A royal send-off was rendered Ken
meth e. Park at dinner given by his
many friends Saturday night, in honor
Of his going TO camp today. The party
included a number Of business men In
the city who had Joined 10 show their
appreciation Of his good fellowship.
Mr.. Park has been associated with the
management Of the D. P. Buckley Cafe,
on East Eighth street, for some time.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
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