South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-29
The Melting Pot
COMET TAKE POrDUCK
WITH CB

over at st. JOSeph'S Catholic
church there is question box in
which the members OF the parish
piece their perplexing queries they
desire their pastor 10 answer.
The majority of these questions
refer TO church matters, but often
the queries are wholly outside OF
ecclesiastical matters. However,
the one We have in mind is in con-
nectiOn with church affairs.
The other Sunday the question
box contained query from one Of
the parishiOners who wanted TO
know why there are no funeral
sermons delivered in Catholic
churches nowadays.
Rev. p. ]. Carroll, the pastor ex-
planned in answering the question
that it had been decided by pontifi-
cal order that it was best TO discon-
tinue the delivery of the funeral
sermons He said that often it was
impossible 10 pay adequate tribute
10 the departed one on account Of
lack of information regarding the
life and character of the deceased.
He said that sometimes too much
was said. and at others not enough
Often criticism had resulted from
such sermons. he said, and that
was one Of the reasons the custom
had been discontinued.
FIR Carroll said that the question
reminded him of a story he once
heard. He said that an Irishman
had died, and a sermon was deliv-
cred in his memory. 1t appears
that the life OF the deceased had
not been entirely along the lines
laid down by the Scriptures, and
that sometimes the home life of the
departed one had not been alto
gether as it should have been.
However, the reverend gentleman
who delivered the funeral sermon
was unsparing in his praise of the
deceased. He painted him as a low
ing father and devoted husband,
ard told Of his many kind acts dur
, ins life OF exemplified goodness.
The widow of the deceased was
there, as were several other mem
| bers of the family, and they lis
tened intently to the sermon. When
the reverend gentleman had con-
cluded his eulogy, the widow of tho
deceased leaned over to another
member of the deceased's family
and whispered:
"Shure, and [ didn't know that
they brought in two corpses!"
That which appears in the next
paragraph is taken from the Spirit
Lake Beacon, published at Spirit
Lake, Ia, and the subject of tho
story is an uncle Of James Cutting,
Of the South Bend police depart
ment.
Ellis Cutting, of Iowa Falls, who
! is visiting his daughters, Mrs. T. T..
Burk and Mrs. P. o. Bjorson, is per-
1 haps the Oldest man in the United
states to take a flight in an air
/ plane. Last Sunday the Donaldson
/ boys were down at their aviation
k field south of town. and were pre-
pairing 10 take up their airplane for
! tryout. after overhauling the en-
CINE. They asked Mr.. Cutting if he
would like to take a ride. He
/ jumped into the car and was soon
| up among the clouds. going up be-
/ tween 500 and 1000 feet They
we're up for more than half an hour
/ and Lieut. Grant Donaldson, who
was plotting the machine. did some
I daring stunts, much to Mr. Cuttings
/ enjoyment. Mr.. Cutting is 50 years
! old and is we'll known among rail
| road men throughout the middle
west. He ran the first engine into
! spirit Lake when the Old b. c. r. &
/ y railroad was first built, and he
holds a perpetual pass over most OF
/ the railway lines of the middle west,
/ but he did not need a pass for his
| trip Sunday. When he alighted
/ from the airplane he was asked
what he thought of it and respond
ed: 'Foine, foine, no mud up there
/ and no flies" G. j. Cooper