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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

settle the great anthracite coal strike,
Bishop Spalding was appointed-"one
of the very best men to be found in
the entire country" said President
Roosevelt.
A priest receives this high tribute:
"Wilkesbarre was the center of the
strike and the men in Wilksbarre
who helped me most was Father Cur
ran. l grew to know and trust and
believe in him and throughout my
term of office, and afterward, he was
not only my staunch friend, but one
of the men by whose advice and coun-
sci l profited most in matters affect
ing the welfare of the miners and
their families"
Father Doyle was another trusted
friend: Il had become very intimate
with the Paulist Fathers when | was
police commissioner" In connection
with that office high tribute was paid
to the purity of Irish girls, and to the
honesty, bravery and devotion to du-
ty of the Irish policemen" -&5f
Few men were nearer to Roosevelt
both in political counsels and in per-
sonal friendship than the lamented
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul.
The service for which Colonel
Roosevelt will be remembered longest
IN ferVent prayers, was his fearless
and effective defense of the Catholics
or Mexico. For that all Catholics
owe him grateful honor
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
MARY THE IDEAL OF WOMAN.
HOOD.

Is there not danger that the Cath
Ollie woman with her traditional love
for Mary may have nothing more vital
in that love than the pretty words
of an unbelieving poet? Prayers to
Mary, hymns in her honor are all very
well, but there is something more i'm
portant. 1t is the modelling of the
woman's life after the ideal. Today
there is a special need of aiming at
that ideal. 1t needs no acute observe
today to note that women are becom-
ing less Womanly There are fash
ions that shock even the man that
makes no pretense to virtue. There
is lot of talk about a single stand
ard Of morality, and the conclusion
reached by many is, that woman has
as much right to be bad as man has,
not that man has as much obligation
to live pure as al woman has. There
is in the self-loWering of woman a
danger for the Catholic woman even
with all the helps of her religion.
Therefore, the need to cling all the
more closely to that old reverence for
the sinless woman. The girl with a
tender love for the Blessed Virgin
does not slavishly submit to fashion
when that fashion outrages decency.
She talks only as real Child of
Mary should talk She does not fear
being called old-fashioned, for in her
heart she knows that she has the re-
spect of even the abandoned. The
salt of the earth is the modest gentle
woman What a world it would be if
all sought the womanly dignity of the
handmade of the Lord! Therein, if
women only knew it, is their truest
emancipation.
-1r00klpn Tobief.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
A LOVER OF THE HOLY NAME.

When Philip II was King of Spain
there lived in his court prince Of the
holy empire, Ferdinand Gonzaga, Mar
quis of Castiglione and kinsman OF
the Duke Of Mantua. Prince Ferdi-
nand stood high in the esteem of
Philip and his queen, Isabel.
One day he asked for a great favor
the hand in marriage of the Lady
Martha Santena, the daughter of an
Italian noble and lady of honor to
Queen Isabel.
The royal approval was readily
given the Santena family favored the
suit, but the Lady Martha's consent
was not won until through fasting and
prayer she reached the decision that
such a union would be pleasing to
God The marriage was solemnized
in the most devout manner, and Ferdi-
nand and his bride left the court for
the tranquil routine Of life in Casti-
glione
The gentle ways and deep piety of
the young wife won the hearts Of the
people, and there was general rejoic-
ing when on the 9Th of March, 1868, a
son was born to Ferdinand and Mar
tina. The Duke of Mantua was spon.
sor for the infant prince and he gave
him the name Aloysius.
Like many another Christian moth.
er, the mistress Of Castiglione had
prayed that God would bless her with
a son to rear for His service. There
fore, she looked upon Aloysius as a
hostage to the Most High and care
fully trained her boy from his earliest
years.
Jesus" and MARY" were the first
words he spoke; his first conscious
act was to make the Sign of the Cross
He loved to be with his mother in
the chapel or on errands of mercy. A
brother and sister came to keep him
company but best of all he delighted
in retirement and prayer.
Prince Ferdinand watched the boys
development with pride, but he was
not in accord with the mothers plans
for his heir The boy must be sol
\ der, the father decreed, and to in
cline his tastes towards war he gave
Aloysius toy guns and other weapons
On one occasion he took the chile
to Casal to see muster of Italian
troops. Aloysius marched at the heaG
of the ranks and carried little pike
The prince was so pleased that he de
cided to leave his son in this military
environment for some months
The result was not what he hae
hoped it would be. Aloysius, then il
his seventh year, infocently repeated
some expressions that he had heare
! the officers use. He knew nothing O
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

There was no reconciliation be-
tween the married couple and the out
ragged parents of the bride. They
were memorable and refused to be
softened, till a serious illness on the
part of the young woman opened to
her the portals of the parental man
sion at Newport She was free after
that to visit her parents provided the
husband remained an absentee.
Meanwhile Geraghty found that the
profession of chauffeur was made
quate to meet the modest demands of
a family of three, baby boy having
been born in November, 1912. A little
later the Geraghty creditors became
troublesome and one of them sued
him for $3.50 interest on a note. Yet
another period and Boston depart
ment store brought an action for $500,
an item which served to show that
millionaire brides have to dress well
| command only the most modest Of
salaries. In 1916 the house of the
Geraghtys was sold at public auction.
| And SO matters progressed till a few
weeks ago, when the press announced
| that another romance of the French
| family was shattered today when Mrs.
Julia Steele French Geraghty filed
suit for divorce from Jack Geraghty
of Brookline, Mass. Mrs. Geraghty
charges neglect to provide and eX-
| IRENE cruelty. She asks for the Gus
| tody of the six-year-old son, Jack, Jr.''
Commenting on this shattered ro-
NANCE the editor of the Catholic
Transcript makes the. following OBJ
servations:
"One of the dicta of experience
reads: Marry within your own
sphere. Look neither upward nor
downward, but look around the plane
upon which you stand. Choose your
| life partner after careful observation,
and then look up and move up togeth-
er, by easy and legitimate stages and
Pall will be WELL
Marry a man or woman of your
own religion, of your own social po-
! sition; marry one of your own age
or thereabbuts, marry one of your
own intellectual calibre, of your own
tastes, and, if possible, of your own
temperament. A phlegmatic iceberg
cannot understand the mercurial mu-
tations of live wire He cannot
see why she is so excitable, and she
cannot see why he is so stolid, such a
| stick, such a heavy lifeless stone, SO
utterly unsou1ful and so dead to the
things that thrill and exhilarate and
are worth while.
"She would be up and around, he
would cling to the chimney corner,
spending his evenings and his Sab
bath in the silence and sullen perusal
of the newspaper from the tWo-inch
headline to the last want ad. There
is bound to be friction, more or less
serious according to the gift of good
sense ON the part of the principals,
but usually such differences can be
composed and modus yivendi, often
sive and defensive, can be patched
up and the divorce court avoided.
Both are to blame. Both know
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
AVE MARIA.

Blessed Mary, full of. grace
Gazing into Jesus face,
Oh, that I His face may see
Mother Mary, pray for me.
Blessed Mary, full of love,
All our greatest far above,
Oh, that | may love like thee,
Mother Mary, pray for me.
Blessed Mary, pure and white,
May my sleep be sweet tonight.
Clean and holy may | be!
Mother Mary, pray for me.
Blessed Mary, when | wake
Thy work was for Jesus sake
For His dear ones may mine be
Mother Mary, pray for me.
Blessed Mary, patient still,
Quiet under blame or ill, ii
Oh, that | may silent be-
Mother Mary, pray for me.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
A MATRIMONIAL FAILURE.

In the summer OF 1911, a sensa-
tional marriage case engaged the at
tention of the press and furnished
Tive copy" for a week. Jack Ger
agility, chauffeur, had eloped from
Newport, R. l., with Miss Julia Steele
French, "a social debutante and rela-
tive of the Vanderbilts The couple
was married before Connecticut JUS
tice of the peace. Geraghty, who is a
Catholic, seemed to have had some
qualms of conscience, for the couple
was afterwards remarked" in the
presence of priest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
THE GRADUATE.

We all love the young graduate
who comes home and takes her right
place in her family and seeks in a
pleasant and unaffected manner to
improve the home life and teach and
guide the younger ones in that home;
better is she now able to fill her place
in the church and among her young
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

The sons of Adam are members one
OF another, for in their creation they
have a common origin. If the vicissi-
tudes of fortune involve one member
in pain, all the other members will
feel sympathy. Thou who are in
different to other mems affiiction, if
they call thee man, art unworthy of
the name.-The GRHstan OF Sadi.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND EDUCATIONAL ITEMS INTEREST

friends who have not had her advan-
tages; where can she find a broader
field for good work? Commonplace
though it may appear, this doing Of
ones duty embodies the highest ideal
of life and character. The doing of
the commonplace work achieves the
welfare of the world. We love the
young that does not claim to know
more than other people; it is not
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

Blessed Mary, borne on high,
After this life, oh, that I
In thy home with mine may be!
Mother Mary, pray for me.
Son of Mary, who didst bless
Common life with holiness,
Dwell within this house, and be
Lord of life eternally.
DR.. John W. Taplor. (Anolfcon)
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

The master of the ship is judged by
the directing his course Alright, and
not by the fortune of the voyage
Bacon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05

The great distinction between men
lies in the force of will, the energy of
soul which will compel the natural
powers to accomplish their task.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
CHARGES
 ARE WITHDRAWN

The grievance committee of the Fairfield County Bar. according to Charles s. CanfeId, it's chairman, dis missed the complaint recently filed against Attorney Samuel B. PIotkin by Lyman Frank, the same having been withdrawn The charges grew out of a dispute between MT. Frank and Attorney PIotkin over counsel fees. The testimony at the hearing disclosed that there had been a dis pute between Attorney Plotkin and Frank growing out of the construc- ton of certain property where Frank acted as superintendent. The testi- mony also showed that a portion of the money claimed by Frank to be due him had not been collected from the city by the attorney. It is to be regretted that the matter of the com plaint growing out of these charges appeared in the press before the committee made it's finding.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
MOBS IN EGYPT
 KILL SOLDIERS
2.OOO Houses Sacked, Rail. road Stationed Burned,
 Trains Pillaged.

Cairo, Egypt, March 26, via Mon 4real.---The official reports of the riots fin F,gwpt show that 2,Coo houses, in villages, were sacked. On March II several British soldiers were mur- dered and a mob sacked anG burned 7he stations at El-Rekkah and El- yVasta- On March 15 the express from Cairo was pinaged and several trains were sacked. An emplOye of the state railway was murdered. On March l6 the mob raided the police station at AIiniet camp and released prisoners. It then attacked the station and the military picket was obliged to fire. Thirty natives were killeA and nine teen wounded Several thousand na- tives attacked the station tank and the troops and police were obliged to fire. Twenty-two natives were killed and 50 wounded.
 The disorders in Cairo were checked with the least possible employment of force. Altogether 69 natives were killed and eight wounded here. The behavior of the Cairo police was ex- oellent-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
BOUND TO HAVE WILSON PROGRAM Won Bernstorf Also Favors Plebiscite For Alsace-
 Lorraine.

Paris, Tuesday, March 25 - Ger
 many is determined to stick close to
 the Wilson program in making peace
 with the Allies, Count von BernstOrff,
 former German ambassador to the
 United States, declared in an inter
 view with the Berlin correspondent
 of the Temps, which that newspaper
 prints today.
 The armistice of Nov. H." said
 Count won Bernstorff, "was signed
 when all the powers interested had accepted the program of peace pro-
 posed by President Wilson. Germany
 is determined to keep to this agree
 ment, which history will regard, in a
 mary peace. She herself Is ready to
 submit to the conditions arising from
 it and she expects all the interested powers to do the same. If these es- sential conditions of the Wilson pro
 gram shuld be violated or neglected
 and especially if conditions were i'm
 posed which went beyond the pro
 gram, the German delegates would
 unfortunately find themselves in a
 position of, say, non possumus. Count Won Bernstorff advocated a
 plibescite for Alsace-Lorraine and German Austria.
 ''Germanyss attitude on indenni- ties" he continued, lis fixed by her acceptance of the note of Novemb Der 3, 1918, whereby reparadon is ac- corded for all damage done to the civil populations of France and Bel gfum by German aggression. This note admits of the payments of no other indemnities."
 Asked what the consequences would be of the failure to sign a peace, Count von Vernstorf replied: T am no prophet, but BOlsheyism would gain immensely. The liberal world, which has seen salvation for humanity in Presidents Wilson s principles, would be terribly disap- pointed if peace were not made. Even the higher classes would be driven to despair Remember that since the middle ages no idea has aroused the worlds enthusiasm like a, League of Nations based on peace and justice, and who will dare to cause the idea to 1niscarry at the first test hope that a league of all the nations of the world will make common cause against the spectre of Bolshevism and i triumph over it."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26

, The Fairfield mans contention came after canned tomatoes and other canned articles started a war all of their own in his store shortly after 12:30 this morning. True, the battles were bloodless, but one look at the many lbIotches of tomato juice spat- tered all over what remains of the store would not convince you of this. As a result of the explosions, MT. Pa ley's store is damaged by fire to the extent of $4,OOO, but practically all the postal supply with the exception of some stationary were rescued. It all happened in the following manner:
 At about 1:15 o'clock this morning Harry Bouvier was passing Paley's sotre when he was greeted by what seemed to be shots. He immediately slipped out of his coat, expecting des- perate combat with some holdup men,
 but as no one attacke5 him, he
 glanced toward the store, and as the sound of shots continued he saw
 flashes in the window, and heard a
 rattling of cans, with flames and
 smoke pouring from the cracks in
 the door. He ran for the Fairfield
 fire house and wite might and main
 pulled the rope that aroused the town.
 then returning to the burning store C4l HIS way lIe AIttb 4ciSooO eaIt- together they went to PaIeys house and aroused him. The three men en- tered the store, and were amazed to
 find canned tomatoes. corn, etc, ex- ploding with much rapidity.
 Soon the fire department arrivad and while the flames were checked | the cans continued to explode at in
 tervaLs, which according to MT. Paleg l they were still doing with the fire de | partment on guard when he left the store at 10 o'clock thi. morning.
 After they had checked the flames l the firemen and others who had come l to the scene of fire. busted themse'ves (Continued on Pags s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
in the factory.

The coroner also calls attention to, the contra dictory testimony given be- fore him. Sweeney declared that Pendagast fired the first shot and that he Sweeney shot at Pendagast only in self defense. Contradicting this was the testimony of John Holz- bar and Mrs. Susie Deirgan, who were passing the Harvey IIubbeu plant when the shooting took place. They said Sweeney fired first.
 - The cOroner's. report states'' ''In view of the contradictory situation of the parties above shown, preceding and at the time of the shooting by personally unbiased disinterested wit nesses, I feel obliged to find, in the circumstances, that the deceased came to his death as a, result of the prob able criminal act of Michael Swee- ney''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26

:. Captain Wheeler says that no doubt 3, nuisance exists at this point but Un- der present rules there Is no violation .Of the law. When asked regardinE g the ordinance prohibiting the c7struc- ton of fire plugs he said. q do no. consider that the fire plug at Main street and Fairfield avenue is being obstruCted when the jttney or motor buss stopping near 1t is prepared at any moment to move on.
 When you consider that 60 per cent. of the people of Bridgeport use the jitneys and that 190 of these mo tor ibJlsses ply the Fairfield avenue route, the slight inconvenience caused a certain few citizens at Fairfield avenue and Main street is negligible.
 ''The question of leaving a large enough passage for pedestrians be tween buses standing at this point is being taken up.
 "Of late there is a very fine class of men going into the motor bus business and find that they are very considerate and ready to CO., operate with the TrafTic Division in every possible way. It Is my opinion that the real obstrlrctionists of trafic are not the jjtneys.
 The trolley cars are the offenders. I believe that the day of the trolley is passing. Before long our city streets will not be su bjected to the con Jinuous performance of being torn up
 Continued on Page Three.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
Changes in Specifications Kept Contractor From Finishing Work on Time. CITY ATTORNEY
 TO READ OPINION City Had Paid About S4O,- GOO - Big Decision
 Against City.

By a decision handed down today by Judge Haines of the Superior court the City of Bridgeport must pay S19f,72S damages to E. DeVoe Tornp-. kfns, Inc, of New York, in the two suits brought against the city by the New York contract ing firm, which claimed con- tracts for the building of the East Washington avenue and Grand street bridges had been broken.
 This is one Of the biggest legal decisions against the city in recent years and the result will be that the actual cost of the Grand street bridge will be over S70G,O00 when the amounts already paid out and the pro- posed bond issues are included.
 For the Grand street contract the court awards the TompIzins corpora ton Sl59,759.97. For the East Washington avenue bridge he gives the plaintiff $81, 1,968.11.
 Judge Haines finds that the New York company agreed to build the Grand street bridge, May 16. 1916, for S230,717. The contract was modified later so that the price was reduced to $21O,120. It was pro- vided that the work should be com pIeted September l. 1917.
 On August q. 1917, the city noti- fed the Tompkins corporation that the contract was terminated. On. September 3, 1917, the city took pos session and excluded the contractors
 Continued on Page B.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26

They will continue in the future as they have in the past unless na- tions unite in a plan to avoid them. For the first time in history nations are making an effort to do this.
 ''Wiu the efforts of the men at Paris succeed or fail? The answer is of tremendous importance to fami- lies. who must furnish soldiers if they do fail It is of great importance to tax payers. If the league is not form ed the peace signed at Paris will be only a truce and every nation will re- surne war preparations on a. bigger scale than ever. Taxes in the United States to cover these preparations would run into hundreds of millions of dollars a, year. Most of this bur den would be in the form of taxes on incomes and business profits.
 CContinued on Page Two)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
NEWARK '"POLICETTES"
 TO HUNT HVAMPS'

Newark, N. J., March 26.-New- ark's '.policettes" today were hand ed A. detailed description of the genus vampire" and instructed to go out and get every ''vannp' in the city.
 When "got'' the vamps will be photographed and their pictures hung for future reference in Amer ica's first vampire gallery
 Police Judge Boettner's definition of a vampire, as communicated to the police women, was as follows:
 "A vampire is a woman who f1irts on the, street with men, bleaches her hair. camoufages her face, dis gutses herself with clothes and gives wrong names"
 ..The women firts must go," said Judge Boettner. The lid is on. and it will stay on. It will go hard for second offenders recognized by vanpire gallery pictures"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
Apparent Certainty That Powers Will Adopt Mon
 roe Doctrine Safeguard.
WILL EXEMPT ALL
 DOMESTIC QUESTIONS
Premiers and President Vii son Considering Late Ad-
 vices From Russia.

Paris, March 26- (By The Associated PresS) - President Wilson and Premiers Clemen- ceau and Orlando will resume at the Paris "White House. to- day their series of conferences which is expected 10 continue until the most important ques- lions which have been delaying the work of the Peace Confer ence are cleaned up. The diff ferences of opinion which have developed since the return Of Mir. Wilson to Paris are beif5 considered fully and frankly and a determined effort is being made in the interest of an early peace to reach an agreement on broad lines.
 The President and tho preuliers held their first gathering Tuesday, begin ming at Il o'clock in the morning and continuing into the evening. This t7lrDer-council, 1t is expected, will smooth over many of the difficulties 6ncfntz the Supreme Council
 The session yesterday. afternoon was he1d at the French war office. Late in the afternoon Marshal F'ocn ana Major General T'hwaites, representing the British staff in the place of Gen eraI yvansOn, were called in. The pre- rniers and the President considered advices just received about the mil ita1y situation in Russia-
 Tn the absence of official com rnrnlcues. the public has learned lit +1a about the meetings of the premiers and the President, but there is req son to believe that reparation fo1 war damages was the first problem they sought to solve. All the data or
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