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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
BiLLY'S CONVERSION.

Day by day the Angelus tolled
For the city's toilers a call to
prayer;
Der the din of the streets it's echoes
rolled,
Which Billy, an orphan, stopped to
hear
Billy, a little barefoot lad,
With tattered coat and golden hair,
With eyes so keen, though face so
sad,
Earning his pittance, stopped to
hear.
Only a cent, sir; all the news"
Rang each day, in his clearest note,
Twas his sole support; folk couldn't
refuse
The plea that broke from poverty S
throat.
At nights he slept on pallet of straw,
In loft DER barn, till when day
dawned pale,
Early astir, while the air was raw,
He appeared on the streets with his
morning mail
And he wondered what meant the
Angelus bell;
Why the people flocked to the early
Mass,
What made them happy he could not
tell,
And calm and contented each lad
and lass.
One day solemn procession passed
Down the quaint streets, and Our
Lord was there;
Billy laid down his papers at last,
For the scene to his youthful eyes
was fair.
Back through the church where the
organ pealed
The procession went and Our Lord
was there,
And the people filling the aisles all
kneeled,
With Billy among them-wrapt in
prayer
Frederick b. Fenton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
ANOTHER GOOD REPORT ON
NATIVE CLERGY.

India needs native missionaries as
much as China. Her population is
equally dense and priests understand
ing the language and manners of the
people can be of inestimable value.
Bishop Paul Perrin, S. j., Of Manga
lore, writes on this subject to the
S. P. F.:
You will be glad to know that one
Of my young native priests, Rev. Ros
ario Sequira, has been appointed tC
go and start a new mission station al
a place called Kokkada, in the forests
of Upinangady, where there seems tc
be great hope Of conversions, espe
cially amongst the poorer classes.
Father Sequira came forward OF
his own accord and asked to be en-
trusted with this most difficult work
May God reward his zeal by granting
him the grace of reaping an abundant
harvest of conversions.
Should any of our American friends
feel inspired to cooperate in meeting
the initial expenditure of the new mis-
sion station of Kokkada, | shall be
thankful for whatever offering they
may feel inspired to send
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

sees himself There are certain cardi-
nal mental and physical characteristics
which can be determined by a visual
examination made by an expert. In
like manner can be determined the
handspring of the man as eXemplified
in what we ordinarily consider the
various parts of his will, or those fac
tors which govern his actions The
practical application of the studies
taken together with his experience and
history is then apparent. Knowing his
various physical and mental character
istics and his experience, we know
what sort of work he is able to do.
Knowing his will and what might be
termed spiritual characteristics, we
know what he will do, provided sur
rounding circumstances permit. With
this in mind We would place each one
of our present or new employees at
such work as he is best able to do, and
we see that this is not necessarily that
which he has always done, although in
general it does have a more or less
close relation with that.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
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had to be refused admission. We were
able to rescue, altogether, four hun
dred and nineteen babies, most Of
whom are already little angels in
Heaven, where they doubtlessly will
pay their debt of gratitude.
The Influenza was very severe
here. In the surrounding villages
many young mothers succumbed,
which brought us new recruits. One
Of them, though a pagan herself, en-
trusted to us her three little daugh-
ters She did not want to leave them
in the hands of her relatives, and said
In the House of Mercy my children
will find in the White Sisters tender
hearted mothers; they will learn their
beautiful religion and become happy.
AT the beginning OF the year our
household numbered two hundred and
eighteen. May Divine Providence,
during the present year, and always,
supply us with the means necessary
for the upkeep and development Of our
mission works"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
A REPORT FROM NORTH SHAM
TUNG.

The Vicar Apostolic of North Shan
tung is a Franciscan, Right Rev. Mgr.
Giesen, and in view of the fact that
his missionaries were threatened with
expulsion (now, we hope, happily
averted), it is Of interest to note the
solid foundation Of the Church in his
district. The staff OF the mission con-
sists of % European Franciscan Faith
ers: p Chinese priests, members of
the third Order Of st. Francis; Euro
pean franciscan lay brothers; II
Franciscan Sisters, Missionaries OF
Mary.
The institutions of charity and edu,
cation include 9 seminarieS for the
education of native clergy; l train
ing college for teachers; 1877 primary
schools: Is schools for catchumens
Z orphan asylums; dispensaries; Z
asylums for old men and women with
$50 inmates.
We can easily see that to close any
of these valuable institutions would
cause the Christians great deprivation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

lains as we'll as divisional" and the
wonderful coordination Of effort sug-
gests to NJ. Tintignac some sort of
ecclesiastical generator unity OF
command Here, however, the Nou-
velles makes correction, pointing TO
the absence, in spite of representa-
tons, of any episcOpus castrensis like
Archbishop Hayes, and the lack of
all spiritual succOr' in the case of
some important units" Our lay"
teacher respectfully recognizes the
presence of real Apostles giving
this iIlustra ton: Il owe it to a Jesuit
Father who honOred me with
his friendship, to testify that when
be was killed in an advance which he
shared with the first troop-Wave-the
crucifix for his only arms, attend
ance on the dying his sole obiect-his
disappearance created a huge void in
the regiment, and that everyone.
| friend and foe alike, joined in &C
knowledging that man for a saint
There was also a press organ, The
| Priest in the Army, to strengthen
clerical cohesion. Among forms OF
priestly action" the writer mentions
literature and gifts of comforts" to
the men They deprived themselves
! of superfuities, at times even OF nee
essaries, to serve and make them
| selves agreeable to their comrades y
| Conferences, intimate and sympa
Ethetic talks" formed another branch
of priestly activity, to the marvellous
effects Of which the writer bears en-
vious witness May | be forgiven"
he eXclaims, but on seeing the men
thus affected | began regretting my
own inability to cause that brightness
of interior JOY to light up their coun
tenanceS
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
TO MY FRIEND!

How often have l wished you by my
side,
That l might hear you speak. All! my
heart signs
For those bright hours of comradeship
we knew;
But God, Who knows, has willed it
otherwise;
And these sad thoughts are silent
prayers for you.
How distant, then seemed death. Alas!
came war
To mar our friendship with disturbing
fear;
And hope was destined to Inflated
woe
But l have cleaned the gold of those
short years,
And God no sweeter solace could be-
stow.
The pearls Of life are treasured memo
ries
That kindle kindly thoughts of other
days;
And you have sown these riches II
my soul
To light my footsteps mid life's dark
ened ways
That | might strive yet nearer to the
goal.
-NsW Zealand Tablet
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
EXPELLED FROM CHINA.

In the last number of our correspon
dence we stated that the missionaries
of Shantung were to remain undis
turbed. This is only partly correct, as
we have heard since that twelve Faith
ers of the Society Of the Divine Word
have been repatriated, probably be
cause, in the eyes of the government
they were not considered necessary
for the continuity of the work; this
being the condition of exemption
writes a missionary.
Bishop Aguirre, o. P, of Fokien
China, writes that three German mis-
sionaries have been expelled from his
Vicariate by order of the government
Let us hope and pray that these ex
pulsions, so injurious for the missions
may come to an end.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
TESTIMONIAL FROM A FRENCH
ANTLCLERiCAL

In a recent issue, Les Nouvelles Re-
ligieuses reviews at length remark
able and candid communication to
L'Ecole ct la Vie-an organ OF the
infideI "Ecole Laique'-from one of
its teachers in the French army NJ.
Tintignac, entitled, The Priest and
the Educator in the Army" It con-
trasts the moral status of the two par
ties, thus placed in false antithesis,
and shows that the influence of the
priest far exceeds that of the free
thinking state pedagogue. Opening
with Tribute to the Clergy" the
writer says: BE not afraid. | am
not about to write anything opposed
to the rules of the Sacred Union
(truce Of parties). And yet in so act
ing | shall have no need to restrain
myself. For were | to vilify the &c
clesiastics I should be lying and com
hitting an injustice. Those Of the
clergy whom I have come across have
exhibited under all circumstance
and often they have courted the most
periIous ones-a spirit of self-sacri
fee, contempt of death, and smiling
evenness of temper that have every
where evoked unqualified admiration
| am anxious to offer them
here the respectful homage of laique
who has viewed them at close quar-
tiers and stands above suspicion o.
partiality.'
Seeking out the causes of the bril-
liant and assured moral position" O.
priests among the soldiers, he finds i
in intelligent and methodical organ
| izatiOn." There are voluntary" chap
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
THE YOUNG PIANIST.

A poor woman was doing the
family sewing at the home of wealthy
people. In the course of conversation
with the lady who employed her, she
said:
Mrs. C, l have a daughter so
full of music that I do not know
what to do with her She sings all the
day long, and drums on the window
stills and tables. and calls them her
piano, and is almost crazy with de
light when she hears band playing
or other music. | shall never be able
to give her music lessons, but must
put her to some business, to steady
her down"
The ladys daughter fine must
clan, sat thoughtful. Here was an
opportunity. IC would involve some
sacrifice, but she said:
music lessons?"
Her mother, quite as ready to re-
spond to noble deed as her dau9h-
ter, replied:
why, yes, if she can practice near
home"
The girls father was janitor of a
club which had a piano, and he OBJ
tanned permission for her to practice
every day So she came for her
music lessons How the eyes of this
hungry artist dilated and her fingers
the beautiful piano in that elegant
clubroom Quickly the native talent
seized upon letters, upon the keys and
trembled, as she was seated before
staff, as the small hand formed itself
to the instrument.
She learned so rapidly that her
teacher was both astonished and de-
lighted, and not sorry that she had
made sacrifices for her. In year or
more she was able to play at some
of the parish entertainments and
earn a little money. She proved
that she had a grateful heart as well
as musical talent, for the first five
dollars she earned she brought to her
| teacher, saying:
Miss C, this belongs to you for
| teaching me so long for nothing"
mo, dear, tell your father to put il
in the bank, toward new piano fol
you. You can add to it what you car
spare from your earnings, and by and
| by have one of your own
| And so the way was opened tc
brighter and better things for one
who, perhaps, would never otherwise
have realized the best hopes of hel
youthful dreams.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
Is 1T WORTH THE PRICE?

Some months ago, in New York,
bank president died, wrote Bruce Bar
ton, in Every Week. l had never seen
him, but his name was familiar
enough, and | supposed OF course he
must have left a considerable fortune.
Imagine, then, their surprise, when
it was discovered that instead OF an
estate, he left debts of thousands of
dollars.
Incredible as it seemed, this man,
whose income was more than hun
dred thousand dollars a year, got rid
of it all, not in gambling or dissipa-
ton. but in the everyday expenses of
living
He had come up through the vari-
Gus stages of bank employment to the
presidency of a great institution, and
at every point in his career his ex-
penses were in excess OF his income.
Even when the income crossed the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mark, it was
still a few steps behind. Not for one
moment had he been the master of his
life At hundred thousand year
he was as much the slave of circum-
stance as any twelve-dollar-aweek
clerk whose expenses are fourteen dol
lars
An extraordinary case, you eXclalm.
Yes, but only in the size OF the fig
ures involved In all other respects
the gentleman was typical OF a large
percentage of his fellow countrymen.
What a curious phenomenon it is,
that you can get men to die for the
liberty of the world, who will not
make the little sacrifice that is needed
TO free themselves from their own in
diyidual bondage.
All of us are born into the world
free; and Immediately we begin to
get ourselves into slavery to things.
Once a year at least l like to get
down Thoreau's Walden" and read
it over again; and l pass on that good
tonic to any OF you who may not have
discovered it.
Thoreau was a Harvard graduate
who built a hut for himself on the
shores of a little lake near Concord
Mass, and lived in it for year and
two months. For eight months of the
period he kept careful financial rec
ords; and in that time his total eX
penses, including the cost Of his house
were S6199, of which he earned more
than half by raising vegetables and
by occasional day labor.
He threw worry out of the window
reduced his living expenses to a point
where he could provide them with
the labor of a very small part of his
days. and so freed the remainder o.
his life for reading and writing anC
tramps through the wOOds-and use
full thought
We cannot all do what Thoreau
did; but, at least, this war is helping
us to learn the lesson Of his example
1t has set us to questioning of each
element in our lives, is this worth
what have been paying for it? anC
to bordering on the important truth
that no man is so independent as he
who has learned TO do without.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
UNCLE BOB AND THE BOYS.

There is one subject which boy is
liable to consider all his own
And that is reading. The nature of
stories that appeal to the mind of a
boy must be of adventure. 1t does not
matter whether there is a spark of
truth or the remotest possibility of the
events taking place-if they are of
bravery and daring-then the boy is
willing to read them. Uncle Bob al
ways enjoyed reading and he often
said that he received the greatest part
of his knowledge from reading. No
wonder, then, that he encouraged the
boys to spend their time with stories
that might prove a benefit to them.
But if list was made out for them
he we'll knew that then it would take
on the aspect of work, and he wanted
it to be for the odd moments when
they had finished their school work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
HOW THEY REPAY.

Many appeals come from the vari
Gus communities of nuns, whose chic
work in China consists of rescuing anC
caring for girl babies.
Recently some help was sent to Sis
ter M. Symphoriana, F. NJ. NJ, who has
charge of an orphanage in Fangtze
Shantung, and here is her acknowl
edgment
I'VE are greatly indebted to on
American friends Thanks to thei
support, we could pub through durins
the past year, and no child that knock
ed at the door of the House CT Mere.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
WHERE WOMAN ExCELS.

A man cannot do two things at a
time. A woman will broil steak and
see that the coffee does not boil over,
and watch the cat that she does not
steal the remnant of meat on the
kitchen table, and dress the youngest
boy, and set the table, and see to the
toast, and stir the oatmeal, and give
the orders to the butcher, and she can
do it all at once and not half try.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
MAN NOT HARD TO ANALYZE.

The qualities that go to make up a
man are tremendously complex and
yet it is possible by close scrutiny and
keen observation to analyze a man
understand him more clearly than he
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
ROSES.

Roses again!
Nay, I am done with roses
| gave the dead my roses
The dead who cherished me.
Ct see them Haunting, splendid)
The life he knew is ended
He lies there, unbefriended,
And can not hear or see.
Roses again!
Nay, I am done with roses
| gave my love my roses
My love, and where is he?
G see them crimson, burning)
The heart outlives it's yearning.
He who is not returning.
Has left me bond nor free.
Roses again
Nay, | am done with roses
| gave a child my roses
A child that might not be,
Ct see them lovely, gleaming,)
| held him but in seeming,
And when 1 woke from dreaming,
l lost him utterly.
-EtheiM KeilD. in Harpsr'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
THE THOROUGHBRED.

Nothing is so unmiStakable a sign
of good breeding as a quiet, self-pos-
sessed manner.
This calm air is not for use only
when life runs smoothly. The test of
it is in the trying moments when
events conspire to try the soul and
test the courage 1t was the distin-
gushing trait of the old French arts
tocracy in the days of the reign OF
terror in the French Revolution. His
tory has no more thrilling, inspiring
chapter than that which depicts the
gallant bearing of the mobiles of
France, men and women, in the pris-
OnS and on the scatfOldS.
Perhaps, however, it is more a test
of character and training to maintain
this air of quiet poise in the smaller,
daily contretemps of life, as when the
maid drops the china, or the dress
maker fails to deliver the new gown
in time for party, or the street car
goes without stopping for your signal.
A smiling acceptance of the large
life is sign of the thoroughbred.
The beauty of good breeding, says
Oliver Wendell Holmes, is that it ad-
justs itself to all relations without eff.
fort, true to itself always, however
the manner of those around it may
change. Self-respect and respect for
others = the sensitive consciousness
poises itself in these as the compass
in the ships binacle balances itself
and maintains it's true level within
the two concentric rings which sus
pend it on their pivots.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-05
CONGREGATIONAL SALE
At Chapel Ends Thursday Evening
with Chicken Supper

The Christmas sale at the chapel
of the Congregational church was
continued Thursday with very graf
flying results. In the evening a
chicken pie supper was served by
the ladies' of the parish. Tables were
laid for $50. The menu was composed
of chicken pie escalloped potatoes.
cabbage salad. hot rolls, cake, dough-
nuts, cheese and coffee.
The chairmen Of the committees
were: Mrs. Everett S. Hall and Mrs.
j. v. Lane. Assisting were: Mrs.
Tuell. Mrs. Ellinwood. Mrs. Moody,
Mrs. Wilder, Mrs. Turner, Mrs.
Tobie. Mrs. Andrews, Mrs Stur-
gis and Mrs Gordon. The young ia
dies who served were: Sarah Tuell.
Gertrude Heath. Miss Lucas. Helen
Thompson. Marion Ellinwood. Made-
line Tobie. Beatrice Straw. Barbara
Brooks. Frances Ellinwood and Mrs.
Lou Brown.
A feature of. the evening was the
auctioning of two oil paintings paint
ed and presented by Doctor ]. H.
Ecob. The successful bidders were
Mrs Titcomb and l.. A. Burleigh; /;
auctioneer. Capt. ]. F. Bagley.
TIE supper tickets netted $112 and
q very satisfactory amount was real
ized at the sales Wednesday and
Thursday Wednesday afternoon tea
and coffee were served at table in
charge Of Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Stur-
SiS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-05
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
For State Training Conference in
the lnterehureh World Movement

the Interehurch world Movement
The members Of the faculty for
the State training conference for
Maine, which the Interchurch World
Movement will hold from Dec. 8 to
10. were announced yesterday by A.
]. Brooks. Interchurch Training Con-
ference secretary for Maine, with Of
flee in Waterville.
They are: Ralph S. Cushman of
New York, Stewardship Department
Of Interchurch World Movement;
Robert L. Kelly; Thomas c. Pollock;
Walter S. Attarn; Rolvix Harlan.
secretary of Social Service and Ru-
raj Community Work, American Bap-
tist Home Missionary Society; ). II.
Franklin, secretary American Board
of Foreign Missions, Boston.
This team of six conference leaders
last month attended four-day NOR
NAL school, course at Atlantic City.
There are II other teams Of six men
each, who will conduct similar con-
ferences in the other states Of the
Union this month.
The relation of the churches to re-
ligious, social and economic ques,luns
CT the day will be thoroughly dis
cussed at the coming conferences.
The Students" who wlii ue 400 OF
more leading clergymen and laymen
from the counties of Maine, will in
turn hold similar conferences for
church leaders in their counties. It is
expected that at least 10000 Christian
leaders and workers will have been
recruited when the campaign is
, over.
Among the Augusta people who ex.
pect to be present are: Rev. Dwight
A. Ball and Rev. w. J. Layton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-05
SEAT SALE
OPENS TONIGHT

The reserved seat sale and season
ticket coupon exchange for the next
two entertainments Of this seasons
big city hall course opens at o'clock
this evening, at city hall, Augusta: !:
Quinn's Pharmacy. Hallowell; Sho-
rey's Pharmacy. Gardiner. At eight
o'clock Saturday morning the Au-
gusta sale will be transferred to
Fletcher's Pharmacy. There will be
six ticket sellers at the city hall sale.
Waiting in line for the ticket sale
to open is done away with by the
excellent plan Of drawing by lot the
patrons places at the ticket windows.
There is no advantage in arriving at
the sales earlier than Z o'clock when
the drawing for places takes place.
Rollicking music and pleasing en-
tertainment-just the kind of popu-
lar ear tickling melodies and laugh
creating humor which gives to lyce-
UNI it's chief delight-will be evil
denced in plenty next Tuesday eve
ming when the Davies Light Opera
Company present "Olivette" in city
hall. There's life and laughter in
large measure in store for all who
hear this exceptionally flne company.
The other attraction for which
seats will 60 on sale tonight is Gay
Zenola MacLaren. known everywhere
in America as the famous "One Girl
Show" She comes Dec. 29th and 1t
will be the only appearance in Maine
this season of this most unique en-
tertainer before the public.
Miss MacLaren. who is often called
the Elsie Janis OF Lyceum is not
only an artistic genius. but is the
seasons outstanding entertainment
novelty. 1t is difficult to describe this
unusual art. The late Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. after hearing her said: IT
consider Miss MacLaren one of the
marvels Of the age."-Adv.