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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
HARMFUL WELCOMES.

The soldiers that come home will
need time for REIMBURSEMENT. False
friends may give them welcome that
will do them great harm. The uniform
upon which so much lustre has been
shed by the thousands of brave lads
that have worn it is likely to be dis
graced by individual surrenderS TO the
Establishments of the devils hospital
ity. 1t is a pity that wartime prohibit
ton was not set for January ], 1919,
instead of July /, 1919. But if we can
not have the cooperation of a more
adequate law, we shall have much
help from the law forbidding the sale
Of intoxicants to men in uniform. We
have behind that law a public senti-
ment which ought to help in keeping
the soldiers true to the noble ideals
of our present American army. Every
one that cares for the souls of men
as well as for the honor of his country
ought to froWn upon any welcome that
debauches the Homecoming soldiers.
The Missionary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
PERSONAL TAXES TO MAKE UP
FOR LIQUOR REVENUE.

Loss of state revenue through aboli-
ton of the liquor industry will be
made up for by personal property
taxes and many other levies, accord
ing to facts gathered by the United
Press in January from a number of
states. The problem of finding a
source of revenue to replace that de-
rived from liquor confronts many leg
islatures. In most states, however,
the task of finding new money reser-
yoirs has not yet been tackled.
Wisconsin now gets about $2,000,000
from her huge beer business. Person
al property levies, it is predicted,
will take the place of this and will
raise a revenue of $7000,000, thus
outdoing booze.
Missouri legislators are talking
about trimming the state operating ex-
penses, with closer attention to land
taxes. Minnesota probably will place
an added charge on mine products,
wheelage, railway gross earnings,
firearms, dogs--or what have you?
Income tax increases and personal
property levies are favored in most
of the other states which will be af-
fected when booze dies.
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i'll the fact that there seems to be
no public opinion or sentiment
properly formed against it. True,
public decorum frowns upon the
more fragrant violations Of the
virtue Of purity; but little senti-
ment exists in the public mind
against the vice as a vice. The
rule for many is simply to avoid
being caught guilty.
Religion and the grace of God
are the only safeguards for the
angelic virtue: religion and grace
put into active operation in the
individual by a perfect CORE
spondence on the part Of man s
will. Without doubt, the purest
people today are the Catholic
poor. The Church enforces with
rigorous enactments the practice
of this virtue in her religious men
and women, those who are dedi-
Gated to the service of God. The
Catholic poor live directly under
the protecting aegis Of religion,
and are free from the many temp
tations that are afforded by the
abuse of position and wealth
Besides, the daily life of mortifi-
cation and self-denial that is the
lot Of the poor, is conducive to
that power of restraint that is
necessary in conquering all sen.
sual proclivities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
TWO GLASSES OF WINE.

One Of the worlds great violnists
was Paganini, an Italian by birth. He
played before the courts of Europe.
A great artist and friend of Pagan
mi, after attending some of the viol-
inist's remarkable performances, said:
you have played those wonderful pas
sages, requiring the greatest fineness
of touch, absolutely without fault, eX-
cept on two nights this week. On
those nights you slightly blurred GER
tain notes. Why is it?'' "Ah," re-
piled the great violinist, before going
onto the platform on those two nights
took d glass of wine. | felt con-
scious of myself that in the most diff
fcult passages | had not Transcribed
them perfectly"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
INTELLIGENT ACTION.

The alert editor of Our Sunday
Visitor, Father J. +. Noll. had a
remarkable article i'll the Ecclesi-
astical Review recently. After
stating that "our enemies are at
lacking us or slandering us
through their own publications,
through our big magazines,
through the daily press, and that
we are answering them through
Catholic papers which they never
see,' he points ont that the enc
mics banded against us "declare
that they stand for three things +:
for the separation Of Church and
State; for the public school, and
for tolerance" Past experience
with A. P. A., and other forms of
organized enmity, has profited lis
but little. What we need, Father
Noll concludes, is leadership and
organization. "Are we ever 60
ing to devise some means where
by we may get our good things
before the non-C Catholic public 20
What is our American Fedora
ton Of Catholic Societies. doing,
in the face Of the well-organized
Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America?' To these
urgent queries the most practical
answer is given in Father Noll S
suggestion, which we beg here to
give in full:
"Our societies lack life because
we have no trained leaders. 1t
would pay priests to select a few
good boys in their last year OF
school, and make them their as
sistants in a few forms Of parish
| activities. to teach them in night
classes the answers to objections
against the faith, the falsity OF
social fads, ETC., and drill them in
public speaking. Our organiza-
tions Of men, such as the knights
of Columbus, should strive to
have as their officers the most III
tellectual members of the parish
provided these same men are loo
per cent Catholic. Compare with
the Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries).
The knights, impelled by loftiel
motives, should do something
worth while; they should cult
waite in young members taste fol
entertainment that is more intel
lectual than baseball, basketball
or playing cards. There is good
work for our sodalities, our so
cieties of the Holy Name, etc., hac
the officers of these societies the
zeal Of the officers of the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society. Two-thlrds
of the people Of the United States
4 are being educated in an anti
/ Catholic way. and we are doins
scarcely anything to remedy tn
/ situation. 81.
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PURITY AND THE AGE.

The Holy Father has recon-
mended, as the Intention for
April, the virtue and cultivation
of Purity.
Paganism is a tending, drift
ing away from God, and cleav-
ing to the things OF the flesh.
There is no surer sign of pagan
ideals and conduct than the prac-
tice and the leaning towards i'm
purity in every form. The rea-
son is obvious. The grace of God
makes for purity and cleamess
of heart: the absence Of that saw
ing grace leaves the soul open to
the inroads of all that flesh de
lights in. Take away this grace
and there remains but a sense OF
propriety, which frequently at the
present day passes for morality
Propriety, however, is a merely
natural instinct, an external
check, which easily may be raised
or removed.
| Impurity today is Haunting its
lecherous triumphs on every hand
It flows down through the ranks
of all classes of society through
many channels: books, pictures
stories, theaters, bad company
goddess education. One Of thu
greatest obstacles to the over
throw Of this vice. is to be foune
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Dangers Of Modern Spiritism

riety shows. Who would dare to as
sert this of the buildings of the Catho-
lie Church, in which the true Historic
Christ, the divine Saviour of the world
is preached and in which His valid
Sacramento are administered? And
who does not know that the expert
ences of the war have led and are
ous-minded persons, disguised with
these various worthless forms of sham
Christianity, to seek admission to her
fold?
No more palpable and obvious false
hood in support of a newly-coined re-
ligion has probably ever been uttered.
The one seemingly valid objection
which might be urged against the atti-
| tude of the Catholic Church in this
matter is that it is a fanatical and I'M
charitable one, and that it rObs the
| heart of a consolation of which it
stands in such sore need at this time
of distress. But experience teaches,
as | have shown, that no true and per
| manent consolation can possibly come
from this quarter, but that, on the con-
trary, disappointment, mental distress
and disquietude, and ultimate disillus-
ionment await the enquirer. And the
Church, which has been longer on the
scenes than any one of these innOva-
! tors, is anxious to guard her children
against the loss of faith and against
inf hI1t 70 n CT Iuc
ment. She cannot put her seal to a
fragrant error and to a manifest dis
tortion of truth.
Condemn Spiritism.
But it is a mistake to suppose that
she stands alone in her condemnation
of Spiritism. There are many high
scientific and literary authorities who,
though not Catholic, warmly approve
of her attitude-who doubt very much
whether the spirits Of the seance-room
are at any time the spirits of the dead.
Mr.. Dial Owen, himself an ardent
spiritist, was constrained to write
years ago: "Tbere are more reasons
than many imagine for the opinion en-
tants as well as Catholics, that the
communications in question come from
the powers of darkness and that we are
entering on the first steps of career
Of demoniac manifestation the issues
| whereof men cannot conjecture
A more recent experimental, Dr.. Van
Geden, a Dutch physician. intimately
acquainted with the subject, wrote
the following: I'm this region lie
| risks of error not merely scientific
and intellectual, but also of moral
error And it is this which seems,
indeed, to justify the orthodox relig
ious in condemning the evocation of
spirits as immoral as infringing upon
secrets hidden from man by the Eter,
nal
But have already exceeded the linn
it's Of space allotted to me and SO
much remains to be said, can but add
| that for those who have neither time
nor opportunity to study the larger
works on this subject, have summar-
lied the true scientific and Catholic
standpoint in a little pamphlet enti-
tied: 'Spiritistic Phenomena and their
| Interpretation" 1t may be purchased
! from Catholic book dealers at 90 cents
a copy, postage cents.
| (The Enid
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.

One Of the serious problems
which confronts the Church
throughout the world as a result
of the great war is how to supply
the demand for priests and re-
ligious. Not only the foreign mis-
sions show great signs of destitu-
ton in this regard,' but the growth
Of the Church in our own country
calls for an increasing number of
religious men and women to care
for the expanding needs here at
home.
Hitherto, as is known, Europe
has supplied vast majority of
priests and nuns for missions in
foreign lands. Not only have
thousands of these men and
women been either killed or in
capacitated by the war, but the
seminaries abroad have been de-
pleted of candidates, while eco
nOnic and social conditions will
probably act as a deterrent for
some time as regards new aspi-
rants.
The Church in America is ex-
banding with alacrity and vigor.
New parishes are being opened
every day and this necessitates
more priests. Usually a new parish
means another school, hence the
need for more teachers, for a larg-
er number of Brothers and Sisters.
Whence are these many yoca-
tons to come? A vocation is a
call from God for the higher life,
it is true, but this call usually re-
quires nourishing and fostering.
1t is a delicate, sensitive voice
that is easily smothered and
drowned out by the dim and
clamor of life. Unless it be cult
waited assiduously by the teachers
in our schools, there is imminent
danger that it may be suffocated
entirely. Upon our Catholic
schools, therefore, to a great ex-
tent, rests the burden and the
duty of fostering vocations
towards the ranks of our clergy,
the teaching Brotherhoods and
the Sisterhoods. 1t is noticeable
that some parish schools are for
tunate in the number of religious
candidates they produce. This
result is not mere chance: it is
the fruit Of Jealous instruction
and constant care on the part OF
both priest and teacher There
is something radically wrong with
a school which fails to furnish its
quota, according to numbers
towards upbuilding the house OF
God. Even in this regard it holds
true that many are called, but
alas, few are chosen, chiefly
through lack Of fostering care on
the part of our Catholic schools.
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According to a Chinese mis-
sionary there are 9,O26 Catholic
Churches and Chapels in China,
while the number of Catholics is
close to the two million mark.
The Bishops number fifty-one, the
priests 1927, of these latter S65
are Chinese. Thirty years ago
the number of Catholics in the
fowery kingdom was only half
a million. The name of the
Church among the Catholics is
that of 1.-THE Lord of Heaven. .
The fervor Of the newly converted
is described as very satisfactory
and their generosity, in spite OF
great poverty, most edifying.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

Public health in Minnesota sad
ly needs money, expansion, power,
if it is to accomplish what the
great war and the even greater
influenza have schooled the man
in the street into expecting; III
fuenza is again imminent; vene-
real diseases are rampant: never
was public health more in demand
by the public. But for years the
slogan of the legislature, on pub
lie health, seems to have been, "lf
Bracken wants it-don't give it to
him." Right or wrong, this has
been the legislative attitude. DIR.
Bracken is secretary Of the State
Board Of Health.
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to expect next. And then we We're
pretty well tied down with many,
many restrictions. The boys called
themselves the prisoners of occupa-
tion,' and the rest of the A. E. F.
called this part of the army "the army
of dissipation. But let me assure you
that name was given only in fun, be-
cause they were given no time for dis
Sipation.
I spent a day in Lourdes some time
ago. 1t is no wonder people never
tire of going there. 1t is beautiful.
I was there on February II, the ami
versary of the Apparition, and the
ceremonies and singing and pilgrim.
ages and professions are for me never.
tO-be-forgOtten Incidents The change
from horrid, raging war and the march
of troops and noise from gas-alarms
| and bursting shells and bombs was
wonderful, wonderful. One would like
| to remain there for some time to get
over the horrible effects of this cruel
affair
Your other letter of March 8 ha!
just come to hand and you may be
sure | am delighted to receive it
From your report the hospital seems
to be a rather popular place just now
shall never cease to thank God fol
my good fortune. | have not beer
| laid up one day during the whole wa
time with anything but minor ills.
Thank you for remembering me
Give my very kindest regards to all
and please tender my humblest obedi
ence to Archbishop Bowling.
! Trusting to see you all very soon
| beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
| w. j. HARRINGTON,
| Chaplain Isl F. A.
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Gen. Pershing states that every
effort is being made to account
for the $500 officers and men of
the American expeditionary force
still listed as missing. AS mat
ter Of comparison, he reports that
there are 100000 officers and men
Of the French armies and 161 800
of the British armies as yet unac-
counted for definitely. Gen
Fershing asserts further that all
grave registrations and chaplain
reports not previously identified
as casualties are being rechecked
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
THE TWO PICTURES.

Come paint me picture, painter,
It's one that is good and true
Of a youth as bright and handsome
AS any e'er known to you.
With eyes that are clear and sparkling
And cheeks that with health are
aglow,
And a smile that's bright and CHEEKY.
From heart as pure as the snow;
With face and form that are godly
Unmarked by the scars of sin,
Rejecting the peace and beauty
OF the soul that dwells within.
And then paint another, painter,
And paint it just as l am,
Of one whose feet have trod the way
That body and soul would damn;
With eyes that are wild and bleary,
And face that's harden'd from sin,
And form bent down and lettering,
From the storm eer raging within;
| The image of God made hideous,
An outcast, uncared for, alone,
| Homeless, ragged and friendless,
Forsaken, orgotten-unknown
Ay, both are my pictures, painter;
The story is old as the hills
| Of one. alas, who went the pace,
| All, the pace that wrecks and kills.
So paint the two pictures, painter,
And make them in thousands-ten,
To hang them up on the highways
| And in all of the haunts of men.
| They will be to them a warning,
| Far better than tongue can tell,
| A warning to shun the highway,
| Which leads to despair and hell.
| And perhaps forgiving Master
| viii not say | lived i'll vain,
If the pictures speak to brother
And soul for him regain.
/ r E. w
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in social activity; but amid the in
yitations to new forms of thought
and labor and to new substitutes
for old charities which the chang
ing conditions Of modern life hold
out to us on every side, it is we'll
that we should not forget the old
wisdom that has kept the Cath
Ollie Church the only great teach
err and preacher to the multitudes
for nineteen hundred years.
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CHICAGO CHAPLAIN HONORED
REV. A. SIMONI, c. r., GIVEN DIS
TINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS.

A Chicago chaplain, the Rev. Aristeo
Simoni, c. r., Lieutenant, has been
awarded the distinguished service
cross for extraordinary heroism. This
is the word that came from overseas,
where Lieut. Simoni is still retained
with his regiment The information
is contained in the following communi.
cation:
Headquarters, 28th Division, Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces
For your information, the Division
Commander is in receipt of Distin.
guished Service Cross awarded First
Lieut.. Aristeo Simoni, Chaplain, 111th
Infantry, for extraordinary heroism
near La Chene TaLdu. October 8
1918, which will be presented in the
near future.
Al. EDWARD HOPES,
Captain, A. d. G.
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Capital punishment was re-
stored i'll Nevada last week when
Governor Boyle allowed an
amendment to the present murder
act to become a law without his
signature. The law makes "any
kind Of wiIlful. deliberate and pre-
mcditated killing murder of the
first degree, punishable by death
or life Imprisonment, i'll the dis
erection Of the jury"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

The Catholic Church. as such. is
the greatest organization in the
world today. 1t is necessary.
however, to show forth the power
Of that organized force in local
communities, parish, city and
state. This will tend to meet 10,
cal conditions and local problems,
to the bettermcnt both of Church
and Society.
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It is related that the late Mar

1t is related that the late Mark
Hanna once said to President Me-
kiulcy: "Believe me, Mr.. Pres
idcnt. the day will come, not in
our time, perhaps, but it will
come, when the red flag of an
archy and socialism will raise its
head in America, and then it will
be found that the great bulwark
against these evils will be the old
Catholic Church. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

The loyal name Of st. Paul was
badly furnished last Sunday when
a notorious female socialist, now
under conviction for disloyalty
was allowed to address an audi
cnce in the Auditorium. A prom
Use had been given that she would
not speak there, but the child-like
attitude of the authorities seemed
unable to cope with disloyal Gun.
ming. There seems to be yellow
vein running through the solid
rock Of st. Paul loyalty-but the
vein is not gold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

Rev. w. j. Harrington, chaplain of
the famous 151st Field Artillery,
writes the following letter from his
post in Germany with the Army of
Occupation. Father Harrington was
formerly assistant pastor in st.
Luke's parish, this city. He writes:
The Letter.
Neuenahr, Germany.
March %, 1919.
Very Rev. James c. Byrne,
Dear Father Byrne:
We are all very busy here preparing
to leave for home, turning in all prop
erty and equipment, and being shot
in the arm again. According to the
latest reports our division starts to
move homewards on April to 6, the
first boat sailing from Brest on April
II. OF course, the army officers have
the privilege of changing orders over
night, which they generally do. / am
MORALLY afraid that we shall be hung
up at Brest for some time. | was very
glad when they said that we were tC
go by way of Antwerp. But they
found that all the floating mines were
not yet removed, SO that plan had tC
be abandoned, and now it is Brest
60 hours from here under the most
favorable circumstances. But that is
nothing as long as we are on our way
This occupationwar has been the
worst of all-jnspections and drills
and schools till one did not know what
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

We are assured that the peace
delegates at Paris are hurrying
their work in order to conclude
peace at the earliest possible mo-
ment. We don't doubt it. But
the hurrying should have been
done some four months ago,
notes an exchange The trouble
with the conference is that it has
waited too long to take action.
When things get beyond control
then it attempts to rectify its
mistakes. 1t dallied with the Rus
sian Bolsheviki until the ''Reds .
had gotten control of everything
1t talked Of checking the spread
of Bolshevism by gifts Of food
while the plague spread like wild
fire. 1t may yet check Bolshe-
vism, but it will need to employ
other methods than trying to talk
it to death.
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\ special corps Of Belgian sol
dierS, at the invitation of the
United States government, will
visit this country and take part i'll
raradcs in The principal cities.
The corps will be composed of a
platoon Of grenadiers, one Of chas-
scurs and one Of infantrymen. and
will be under command Of Major
Dirk.
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The April issue of the Indian
Sentinel is devoted to the history
Of the Sioux, their development,
and the successful missions to this
once fierce tribe of Indians. The
account is intensely interesting.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12

The Ohio senate passed bills on
April /, barring the teaching of
German in the elementary
branches of the public. private
and parochial schools. and requir-
inc teachers to take an oath of
allegiance to the United States be
fore they can hold certificates to
teach.
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SATURDAY, APRIL IL, 1919.

The Holy Father requests the
daily prayers of all Catholics
throughout the world for the dele
gates to the Peace Commission, at
Paris, that they may be guided i'll
their solemn deliberations.
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The Catholic Universe saws that
no thoughtful Catholic will deny
The need Of Catholic participation
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