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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
THE CHlLDREN'S HOUR.
LIGHT FOR THE OTHER FELLOW.

There is a story of a certain wise
well to call to our mind frequently.
Diogenes, the rough old philosopher
of Athens, was once taken prisoner
by band of Aegean pirates and sold
in the slave market of Corinth. In
time, the slave became the real master
of the house. He gained his freedom,
was made the tutor of the children,
and lived to a ripe old age, an honored
and beloved member of the house
hold.
He held such unique place in the
city that one day Alexander the Great
came to visit him. The old man
greeted him with a friendly nod-no
more. The king was surprised and
offended.
Il am Alexander the Great" said he
with dignity.
And l." was the quiet reply, IAN
Diogenes the Man"
The king, used to the servility of
an Eastern court, was struck by this
patronizing the old scholar, he asked
in very friendly way what he could
do for him. The reply has come down
through twenty-odd centuries, and is
still full of meaning.
You can stand out of my sunshine"
A touching story of our own time
emphasizes the same truth in a differ
ent way. A blind soldier had been
brought back to his own home, and
with the steadfast courage and cheer
teristic of these men, began to fit him
self to earn his own living. One even
ing as he was busy with his work,
his mother who was going out on
some errand, turned off the electric
light as she left the room. He heard
the click of the switch.
Hey, mother" he called after her.
Turn on the light, won't your
why, yes, dear, if you want it," she
said in some surprise. II thought
"Oh, it doesn't make any difference
to me, of course" he said quite cheer
fully. But it looks mighty pleasant
to the fellow on the streets, and hate
to douse the other fellows light. I
always liked to see house lit up,
as though the folks were home and
enjoying themselves. So let her blaze,
mother, like to think other folks are
enjoying it,
"All right, son." was the cheerful an
swer, though the mothers eyes were
wet. Well let. her blaze-for the
other fellow
Was there ever stronger contrast
between pagan and Christian philos.
ophy? Stand out of my sunshine, u
said Diogenes. Let her blaze-for the
other fellow" says our gallant soldier
unwilling that .another's light should
be quenched because he sat in dark
ness
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
GLOOM AT TABLE.

What do you talk about at the table?
Some people Fletcherize in painful,
solemn gloom Others eat raven
ously, as if they were a putting,
steaming engine outside the door and
they had their eyes on "Five-min-
ACCOMPLISHMENTS sign. Women,
too, often make the dinner table, a
dumping ground for all their woes.
Other times it becomes sort of in
QUESTION and stocks for the children.
They are cross-examined, threatened
and scolded. That's a very common
form of meal time conversation, and
it's a shame that it should be so.
1t takes a little effort to refrain
from the woeful or unpleasant in
conversation. And practice is re-
quired to enable you to switch the
subject when it seems inclined to stick
to horrors No good comes of dwell
ing on the war and the horrors it is
bringing to so many. The tragedies
will have to be borne with the best
grace possible. Depressing yourself
and others by gloomy talk isn't play
ing the game fair.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
CATHOLIC coy is FIRST IN
NORTHWEST TO WIN CROSS
FOR BRAVERY IN BATTLE.

Lieut.. Paul d. Coles, of the United
States Aviation Corps, is said to be
the first soldier in the Northwest to
win the Distinguished Service Cross.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Coles, of Seattle, and is a member of
the Blessed Sacrament parish.
On September Is, his third day in
action, Lieut.. Coles assembled to do
battle in the clouds While at an alti-
tude of $4,000 feet and behind the Ger
man lines, an enemy fleet of several
planes succeeded in cutting him off
from his squadron. The situation was
desperate, but the young hero, choos-
ing the nearest German plane, dove
at it with his machine-gun sputterine
death The enemy went hurting
down in flames.
With all the skill and cunning of
his dangerous art, Lieut.. Coles, though
suffering from a painful wound in the
neck, continued the fight until his
machine gun damned. He made his
way through the encircling enemies
and a hail of fire to successful land
ing within the American lines. His
machine was riddled with bullets.
Against his insistent protest that he
was not badly hurt, the wounded avi-
ator was ordered to the hospital by
his squadron commander.
General Pershing cited Lieut.. Coles
for his bravery and daring and recon-.
mended him for the distinguished
service cross. This newly-created dec
Grafton of American heroes was
awarded to Lieut.. Coles.
Lieut. Coles was a freshman in the
University of Washington and enlist
ed during the first week of the war.
He is % years of age. He is a young
er brother of Lieut.. Norman Coles,
who is also in the aviation service.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
PROVE RIBS.

1t is never too late to spend.
Never kick live wire when it is
down.
Measure the appreciation you be-
stow by that which you desire.
A man who talks to himself always
has an interested listener.
Most of the fun we have in. life isn't
the kind We are looking for.
This is a fast age, but our ancestors
managed to get ahead of us.
1t is little further around the
corners of a square deal, but the road
is better.
No matter how we'll you treat the
world you will never get out of it
alive.
Harbor no ill feelings toward any
one. They embitter your life and
benefit no one
If you want to go through life with
out being criticised, go out in the
woods and hide
You may succeed when others do
not believe in you, but never when
yoo w hoC UCllOfC III yOul SOll.
What other people think about you
is always interesting, but what you
think of yourself is important
Satisfaction puts the brakes on
progress.
Work and worry are not on speak
ing terms.
He who knows his incapacity knows
something.
There is no zeal like that inspired
by self-interest.
Small talk is the generator of many
big troubles.
Man wants but little here below
but he wants it quick.
Lots of men do a thing twice in
order to get it done once
Life is not a grind to the man who
has grist worth grinding.
Aim at perfection, but remember
that even the sun has spots.
After man has made up his mind
he begins to ask questions.
Mournful numbers-the balance on
the wrong side of the sheet. a
WOIuS Hliy SpOh6A are ike apples
of gold in baskets of silver.
In life, cheeriness is the ace of
trumps, and always wins the trick.
Misfortune always keeps her ap-
pointments with those who expect
her.
Fools and children tell the truth,
which proves that most people are
not fools.
Neither happiness nor misery can
be judged by the size of bank ac-
count.
How often we close our eyes and
grope in the darkness of our own
stupidity
Others may make you happy, but
you make the most of your unhappi-
ness yourself. = Il.
Still the straight and narrow path
seems to be wide enough to accomo-
date all the travellers who desire to
10 xo
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
MOTHERS ALMANAC.

I tell you when it comes to dates,
My mothers just the boss! ..,
She tells me all want to know
Thout ever gettin cross.
You'd think she'd get mixed up some
times
At school know I do .. IDS
Bout Washington and Plymouth Rock
And 1892.
But mother says ''The war with Spain
Was fought in '9S,
The year you all had chicken pox,
Exceptin' Sister Kate
THE Boer war in Africa
That was a dreadful thing
Began in $50 know,
For Jack was horn that spring."
"ln '98 the Spanish ships
Were sunk in Cuba channels,
Twas summer, for you children had
Just changed your winter fiannels' -
I'm 1904, my dear,
The Russians fought The Japs,
That year was very cold, and you
Had chilblains and the chaps"
There's six of us, and we're mixed UP
With hist'ry just that way,
Sometimes it's measles, Group OF
mumpS, nh.
But there's no date that ever stumps
Ny mother, night or day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
YOUTHS WHO BECAME ARMY
OFFICERS.

Alexander the Great was a cele-
brated soldier at 20.
Washington was a Major before he
was 20.
Kitchener at 20 was fighting for the
French in the F'ranco-Prussian war.
The Duke of Wellington was an
Ensign at Is.
Grant was Lieutenant at 81
Farragut was an Ensign at IL.
Napoleon was a Lieutenant at II.
Lafayette was Major General in
the American Army at 20.
Commodore Stephen Decatur-"My
country, right or wrong"-entered the
Navy at 10. fss
James Lawrence-"Never give up
the ship"-entered the service at 16.
One of the greatest of Napoleon
Marshals, Berthier, entered military
service at Is.
Murat, who rose from stable boy
to be King of Naples; was a chasseur
at 20.
Massena, the son of tanner, en-
tered French service at II, and Ma.
poleon later considered him as the
greatest of all his generals.
Of Washington's Generals, Mont.
gomery entered the army at Is, Gates
before he was 20, Hamilton at 10 was
Captain of Artillery, Light Horse
Harry Lee was Captain at 10, General
Knox enlisted at IS, Clinton was but
20 when he was captain fighting at
FrOntenac. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
COURTESY IN BUSINESS.

One often hears it said that a bust
ness office is not parlor and that
parlor manners cannot be expected,
yet the fact remains that where they
are practiced, they are almost invar-
iably appreciated. One of the steno9-
raphers in a certain large office was
distinguished by her charming man
ners, which were always those of the
drawing room, and by her sweet wom-
anIiness and refinement. She some
times spoke wonderingly of the I'M
failing and chivalrous courtesy with
which she was treated by her asso-
ciates in the office, seeming scarcely
to realize that she received what she
gave, and that her attitude called out
the best in them. A comment made by
the cashier to his assistant indicated
the feeling with which she was regard
ed. The cashier, while usually good
natured and pleasant, had times of IL
ritability when he lost his temper cas-
lily and was apt to be sarcastic and
disagreeable to those , about him.
Speaking of the stenographer he said:
she is the only one in the office that
| can't quarrel with" She was SO
thoroughly the lady that he would no
more have thought of quarreling with
her than with the ladies whom he met
in his own home or the homes of his
friends.
With many young women the bust
ness experience lasts only few years,
and then they go back into home life,
or into social life where the sweet,
lovable, womanly qualities, are worth
far more to them than the pert smart.
ness which is SO easily picked up
where one comes into, daily contact
with all sorts and kinds of people.
While free and easy manners may
make one seemingly popular with a
certain class of people, the admiration
that is best and most lasting because
it is founded on respect, is given to
the girl who keeps herself quiet, dig
nifed and ladylike.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
AND SALARIES
AMERICAN PRIEST CAN NEVER
BECOME DESTITUTE IN
CAPACITATED FOR DUTIES 1T
is INCUMBENT UPON BISHOP
TO SUPPORT HIM.

The recent agitation, stirred by the
Literary Digest, over destitute clergy
men and the shameful salaries paid
to preachers is a reminder that in
general way no Catholic clergyman
can become destitute, says a writer.
In the first place he is ordained under
what is known as a canonical title,
some manner guaranteed. In this
country he becomes affiliated with a
diocese for which he is ordained, and
the ecclesiastical rulers of the diocese
having officially accepted him are
obliged to care for him in all but a
few negligible instances. If, therefore,
a priest of diocese becomes depend
ent and is not a member of some
clerical fund society, there is the duty
incumbent upon the Bishop to see that
he is not in want. If he is incapaci-
tated for duties of chaplaincy in
some institution he is given a home
where he may reside at the expense of
the Bishop. In many cases the money
thus spent is the private charity of
the same Bishop.
In other countries clergymen have
been ordained often under the title of
"patrimony." This means that they
can show from inheritance or other
way enough wealth in their posses
sion to guarantee that they are self
supporting and that there is no dan
Ger, of their drawing opprobium upon
their calling by becoming charity
charges. This may explain what we
puzzle over much when accounts are
read of the persecution of clergymen
in, some European countries. Catho-
lies in the United States ask why their
parishioners do not fly to the defense
of these priests as would be the case
on this side of the ocean. Many times
they are not connected with parish
work at all, but are priests living in
the houses of relatives or parents.
Parish labor is not so essentially iden-
titled with orders that vocation is
synonymous with the care of souls.
We have such an idea inbred by COM
mon experience. But a clergyman
may be writer, a lecturer, a profess
sor in an educational institution or a
hundred other things not necessarily
requiring him to be either monk or
a pastor. To. provide for such there
are as many canonical titles as need
demands and priest can be ordained
under some other than diocesan in
cardinatiOn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
HOW ToLUoL WAS OBTAINED

How the nations gas companies
washed OUT of their product prac-
tically all of the toluOl needed by the
government in the manufacture of the
powerful explosive trinitotoluol with
out even permitting their customers
to know that a part of their fuel sup
ply was being taken for the national
defense was made known in New
York last week by the Consolidated
Gas company, with the consent of the
government. This company alone, the
statement said, produced 70 per cent
of all the toluol used by the govern
ment, a total of about 100000 gallons,
or sufficient to make 20,00O,000 three
inch shells. In addition, it prepared
80 per cent of all the charcoal used in
the manufacture of the 100000 gas
masks made for the American army.
In the washing process" the gas
was forced into steel towers 20 feet
high, filled with gratings called
"grids," over those grids a partly re-
fined petroleum was allowed to trickle
and the petroleum absorbed the light
OIL of the yapOr.
Distillation of the light oil produced
toluol, benzol and solvent naphtha
Removal of toluol alone did not effect
the burning qualities of the gas.
The plant in which the Consolidated
Gas company prepared charcoal for
gas masks was constructed in II days.
in this plant were reduced the thou
sands of barrels Of pits and nut shells,
collected from citizens in various cities
of the nation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
AS TO HANDSPRING.

AS a matter of fact, the custom of
shaking hands dates back to the days
of barbarism In those days every
man carried a dagger in his belt be-
cause he did not know when he had
to defend himself. But when one
friend met another it was considered
necessary to show that his errand
was a peaceful one by holding his
hands in front of him, palms extend
ed outward The one who was thus
met repeated this token of assurance
of friendliness, and the most natural
thing happened-tha is, they clasped
each others hands. A little later,
when the dagger became more use
less, it was worn simply as an orna-
ment. But the custom of stretching
out the hands continued. This grad
ually changed until the extending Of
one hand and the clasping that of the
friend only remained.
From this the handshake grew to
be a conventional form of greeting;
the refusal of a hand thus proffered
was TAKEN DIS dill cllu d uuCl
usually followed, which often result
ed in the death of one of the prin-
cipals.
The different fads which we have
found creeping in, such as holding
the hands high or merely touching the
tips of the fingers, are interesting to
study. For example, the handshake
with the elbow held high resulted
from a simple little boil that one OF
the princes of England had under his
arm. This high handshaking was
purely accidental and never intended
to be set as fashion, but inasmuct
as this particular prince often set the
fashion, the people at court one day
saw him greet some friends in this
manner and Immediately judged tina
from then on that must be the proper
way to shake hands. The prince:
method became a fad, which has sur
vived to this day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
FACTS CONCERNING YOURSELF.
Each ear has four bones.

Each ear has four bones.
The body has about 500 muscles.
The human skull contains thirty
bones.
The lower limbs contain thirty
bones each.
Every hair has two oil glands at it's
base
The globe of the eye is moved by
six muscles.
The wrist contains eight bones, the
palms five; the fingers fourteen.
The roots of the hair penetrate the
skin about one-twelfth of an inch.
Hair is very strong. A single hair
will bear a weight of about 1850
grains.
The enamel Of the teeth contains
over ninety-five per cent calcareous
matter.
Straight hairs are nearly cylindri-
cal; curly hairs are elliptical or fiat
The weight of the average man is
$40 pounds; of a woman, lis pounds,
The brain is supposed to contain
over 20O,OOO,O0O cells.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
Citation for Examination of Final Ac-
count.

Citation for Examination of Final Ac-
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, IS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of kath-
arina Bastian, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to All Whom
it May Concern:
On reading and filing the petition of
the representative of said estate, pray
for examining, adjusting and allowing
her final account, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to
the persons thereto entitled:
1t Is@Ordered. That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested in
said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court, on Monday,
the 18th day of February. 1919, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, or as soon thereafter as
bate Court Rooms in the Court House
in the City of St Paul. in said County.
and show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted anc
that this citation be served by publica-
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin
according to law, and by mailing a copy
of this citation at least IA days before
said day of hearing, to each of the
heirs, devisees and legatees of said de-
pear from the files of this Court.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
21st day of January. A. d. 1919
(Seal of Probate Court)
E. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate
r. w. Gosewisch.
Clerk of Probate.
r. ,. DOYLE,
Affnrnny
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
FIRST TENNIS IN AMERICA.

Forty-four years ago the game of
lawn tennis was introduced by a Bos-
tonian, according to records in the pos
session of George Wright, father of
the former national title-holder, Beals
Wright. After a visit to England the
Massachusetts man brought home nets,
racquets and balls, as we'll as book
of rules then governing the game, and
set up a court at Nahant A little later
courts were laid out at Newport, R. L.,
and also on the grounds of the Staten
Island Cricket club, Livingston, Staten
Island, n. Y.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
THE BABY's ROSARY.

Before our Lady's shrine she knelt,
Our little blue-eyed girl.
Enwreath'd about her rosebud face
Was many a golden curl,
And in her dimpled hand she held
A rosary of pearl.
A baby quite-of summers three
She bowed her shining head;
And as she told the beads she lisped,
With lips of cherry-red,s
Her only prayer 1.-TWO words!D she
smiled,
And "Haily Nary said. a
Again, again, and yet again,
The baby breathed her prayer,
Her face outshining, like a star,
From clouds of golden hair,
The while she press'd the polish'd
beads .sa ea
With meek and rev'rent air.
Her azure eyes on Mary's face,
A look of rapture wore,
Such as the eyes of Gabriel,
The great Archangel, bore
When first he hailed the Virgin Queen
In Nazareth of yore.
Twas "Haily Mary!" on the cross
(God bless the little fairyD,
And on the Pater-Noster grains
A chant that could not vary;
On AYES and on Glorias
Twas always .Hailys Mary. stl 81 d
Come h;ther, May.y her mamma
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
HOW FEsTUs WADE "ARRlvED.'

Festus J. Wade, the st. Louis
Catholic millionaire financier, drove
street car back in 1876.
In his breast in those days., there
beat secret, but high ambition. He
wanted to become a banker And he
Gid-greatest in the Middle West.
Now in his fifty-ninth year, he is
President of the Mercantile Trust
Company and the Mercantile National
Bank. He is one of st. Louis first
citizens. He leads in. every public
movement. When President Wilson
wishes to put his finger on the pulse
Of the Middle West he tells his secre.
tary:
Send Mr.. Wade in ST. Louis a wire
to come on at once"
And a week or so later, Mr. Wade
is back in st. Louis launching Il cam
raign to sell another 24,000,O00 worth
{ { Liberty Bonds or another 100000
worth of Thrift Stamps IL, liz
To prove that the paths he trod to
reach his present eminence were none
90 easy, here is list of them: AT
eleven years of age newsboy in St
.ouis; and after that successfully a
cash boy, clerk in an oil store, assist
fnt in a Photographic gallery, water boy
for construction gang, apprentice to
q carpenter, teamster,, workman in a
safe factory, driver of an ice wagon, a
street car motorman, and later real
estate agent. He organized the Mer
camille Trust Company as an out
growth of the real estate business.
Where was he born? In Limerick
Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
NAMING SUBMARINES.

Every one knows what submarines
are and what an important factor they
have become in modern naval warfare.
Their nomenclature is rather interest
ing, according to the Populas Science
Monthly In the United States navy
the first of these crafts were named
for various kinds of fish and reptiles,
and we had such odd cognomens as
Adder, Moccasin, Pike, Sturgeon,
Shark, Carp, Haddock, etc, on the
naval lists. Before the list of pisca-
4nrial ,,arnes ran ont the system was
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
LIES TO CHILDREN.

Never lie to childen They will
soon learn you are lying; you will
lose their confidence; and their re-
spect for you will be gone. When
you tell them fairy stories, let them
understand they are stories. Enjoy
ment of the tales will not be less.
Some try to control children by tell
ing them they will be whipped. thrown
out of the window, that the sboogie
man" will catch them, that they will
be "sold to the ragman,' or the po-
liceman will get them, and BY max
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
JUST AMERICAN.

Just today we CHANGED to meet
Down upon the crowded street;
And wondered whence he came,
What was once his nations name.
So | asked him, Tell me true,
Are you Pole or Russian Jew,
English, Scotch, Italian, Russian,
Belgian, Spanish, Swiss, Moravian,
Dutch or Greek or Scandinavian
Then he raised his head on high,
AS he gave me this reply,
What l was is naught to me.
In this land of Liberty.
In my soul as man to man,
/ am just American.
ufhoy Unkn0Du
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01

changed, and designations of AL, Az,
B-1, BIZ, ETC., down to the more recent
submarines known as the o class. In
general the numbers applied CORE
spond to the particular lot in which
closely follow the number of years
since they were first built In Ger
many they are all known as U-boats,
the U being the first letter of inter
seeboot, meaning submarine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
NINE SAFE RULES.

Drink less, breathe more; eat less,
chew more; ride less, walk more;
clothe less, battle more; worry less,
sleep more; talk less, think more;
waste less, give more; scold less, read
more; preach less, practice more.