davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
FORTUNE TO CHARITY
LATE COUNTESS ANNIE LEARY
LEAVES REQUEST OF 100000
TO ARCHBISHOP HAYES FOR
ST. PATRICK CATHEDRAL.

Countess Annie Leary has be-
queathed by her will, filed for pro-
bate, 100000 to the Archbishop of
New York for the building of sac
risty for st. Patrick Cathedral. The
will also names the Archbishop or his
successors the contingent legatee of
the entire estate.
Clause Three of the will states that
the Archbishop of the Roman Catho-
lie Church in and for the City of New
York personally having offered me the
privilege of providing for the building
of a sacristy connected with st. Pat
rick Cathedral in the Borough of Man
haitian, and having promised me that
there shall be reserved for the burial
of my own mortal remains and those
of the members of my family, a vault
directly beneath the altar of said sac
risty, to contain the remains of eight
persons, | give and bequeath to said
Archbishop and to his successors in
office, the sum of $4,000 to be used
i'll the erection of said sacristy and
vault"
The Arthur Leary Memorial Chapel
on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital
together with a trust fund of $1,000
for its upkeep, is bequeathed to the
Archbishop. The same disposal is
made of all the books and contents Of
the library room on BlackWell'S Island
This room was fitted up after the
ideas and at the expense of Miss
Leary.
After making very handsome be-
quests to all her nieces, the will states
that, in case any of the benefciaries
shall contest it, the share of such con-
testant shall revert to the Archbishop
The petition accompanying the will
does not disclose the value of the
estate, but it is said to be in excess
of 100000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
REVOLUTION FROM ABOVE
SPANISH KING AND PREMIER IN
STlTUTE IMPORTANT SOCIAL
REFORMS.

In Spain for several years now the
General Union OF Los TrabajadOres
strikes have become epidemic at Bar
celona, Saragossa and Bilbao; and
their character has become more and
more revolutionary The situation
calls for heroic measures; and the
king and Senior Romanones are to be
congratulated on the prompt meas
ures they have taken to secure reVo-
luton from above, not from below.
Convinced of the insufficiency and in
justice of the usual methods of re-
preston, they are taking the initia-
tive in vast movement of social re-
form, which already bears the name
THE Revolution from Above"
A radical reform of legislation for
the workers is announced, which
Senior Romanones will operate by
ministerial DEGREES. The first decree
raises wages and gives an eight-hour
day to the building trade. Spanish
Catholics have not been unfaithful to
the appeal of the immortal encyclical
"Rerum Novarum; and today the
cause, which they have preached in
the desert, has gained it's weight in
public opinion. Vast Catholic social
organizations are at work at this mo-
ment which ten years ago would have
been impossible; and the kings gov
eminent is strengthened by them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
DEARTH OF PRIESTS.

Several weeks ago we spoke OH
the subject Of vocations to the
priesthood. More than one ex-
change has expressed similar
views and has urged genuine
and serious effort to multiply the
number Of workers in the Whiten-
ing harvest.
One priest, who has had long
missionary experience, writes as
follows:
Undoubtedly the one supreme,
paralyzing disability of the
Church in this country is the
dearth of priests. There is
crying need for them at this
moment. Thousands could find
work if they looked for it,
and prepare the way for as many
more. Souls are being lost-in
what appalling numbers we dare
not calculate-simply because
there are no priests to break unto
them the Bread of Life The world
is billowing white with the harry
est Of souls-such a harvest as
comes only once Or twice In cen
trTies-such harvest as perhaps
it will be long before it is seen
again, and Christ calls for labor
ers, and calls in vain. In its
vaster proportions the most glorl-
Gus opportunity of our age is pass
ing by us unimproved. Priests,
priests, priests!' is the cry of the
Bishops, and 'Priests!'' is the cry
of the fainting multitude, and
"More priests! - is the cry of the
missionaries exhausted with the
heat and toll Of the day.
Why is this cry in vain? For
want of vocations? No! SO long
as God Himself is the priests re-
ward the universal hunger Of man
for God will insure ample response
to every serious invitation, Think
of it. In every big parish there
are some whose true vocation is
the priesthood. and whose lives
are failures because that vocation
is never developed, because no one
speaks the encoura ging word, be-
cause the boys are poor and unable
to pay their way through college.
There is an opportunity for every
Jealous person to promote God $
work by helping this cause effect
lively. In the spiritual sense. be a
father or a mother Of priests
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
PR|EST-ED|TOR DEAD
AUTHOR OF MISTAKES OF MOD
ERN INFiDELS ATTAiNS VEN
ERABLE AGE.

Rev George Richard Northgraves,
pital, London, Ont, April %, will be
always remembered not alone for his
zeal as a disciple in the Lords Vine
yard, but also as the author of the
volume mistakes Of Modern Infdels.'
This work was written at a time when
a wave of bigotry was extant, and it
was the means of converting many
from the foolish yagaries which they
were lured into following through
reading vicious literature and attend
ing as vicious lectures. Father North
graves took an active part in the
framing of the separate school act of
Confederation, championing the Cath
Ollie cause. The late priest, who was
born in Ottawa on February %, 1884,
had a decidedly interesting career.
In 1869 he attended the meeting of the
Lateran Council He and Cardinal
Gibbons of Baltimore, Md, were the
only two remaining on this continent
who had attended that meeting.
There are few now left in the world.
In 1877 Father Northgrayes took
charge of Petrolea and Wyoming par
ishes, and later while living at Park
hill he wrote the book, Mistakes of
Modern Infidels,'' an answer to the
charges of Robert Ingersoll, the free
thinker which the latter was never
able to refute In 1890 he was ap.
pointed editor of the Catholic Record
and held that position until 1910.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

ones imbibe the religious inditfer-
ence Of both parents. Result loss
Of faith in the Catholic, loss Of the
children to the Church.
While a non-Catholic sometimes
proves an ideal partner in the mar
ried state, the fact remains that
the Catholic party invariably feels
and realizes deep down in his heart
that however harmonious the
union may be in other ways, the
difference of religious belief is
ever a yawning chasm that sepa-
rates two hearts that should be
one: the nearer perfection in other
ways the non-Catholic is, the more
keenly is this difference felt.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
PRIESTS GOLDEN JUBILEE
MGR. RIORDAN OF CHICAGO FlF-
TY YEARS IN PRIESTHOOD,

The celebration of the golden jubi-
lee Of the priesthood of the Ri. Rev.
Mgr. d. J. Riordan, D. D., pastor of
st. Elizabeth's Church. Chicago, will
take place on Thursday evening, May
p, and Sunday morning, May %. On
May %, the celebration will be in
the form of a reception. On Sunday
morning, May %, there will be Solemn
High Mass at II o'clock, celebrated
by Mgr. RiOrdan. The Most Rev. Ed
ward Hanna, d. D., Archbishop of San
Francisco, Cal, who succeeded in that
See, the late Archbishop P. w. Rior
dan, brother of Mgr. Riordan, will
preach the sermon. The Most Rev.
George w. Mundelcin, D. D., will pre-
side.
Mgr. Riordan was born in kinsale,
County Cork, Ireland, August 6, 1916,
and came to Chicago with his par
ents in April, 184S. He was ordained
on May %, 1869, at Malines, Belgium
after completing his studies at Lou
vain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
A FATAL ACCIDENT
TWO MICHIGAN PRIESTS ARE
DROWNED.

A triple drowning occurred on Tues
day, May 6, in the Black river eight
miles from Cheboygan. Mich, when
Rev. Charles H. Dequoy, pastor of ST.
Annes Church, Alpena; Alfred De-
quoy and Rev. Albert Dequoy of AL
verno met their death. They were
all brothers. The boat from which
they were fishing capsized
Rev. Jean Magnan of Cheboygan
was saved by Father George Dequoy,
who was on the shore At noon only
the bodies of Fathers Albert and
Charles Dequoy had been recovered.
Father Charles Dequoy had been
parish priest of ST. Anne's for twenty
six years and was one of the most
prominent Catholic priests in North
ern Michigan.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
MIXED MARRIAGES.

From time to time we hear of
leakage in the Church in this coun-
try. Extremists are to be found
on both sides Of the question, some
denying the fact entirely, while
others magnify it beyond reason.
AS usual, the truth seems to lie
between, and a certain percentage
of losses must be admitted.
While various causes, doubtless,
contribute to the loss, hoWsoever
large or small it may be, there is
little doubt but that mixed mar
riages form one of the principal
sources Of decay and spiritual
death in Catholic ranks. Young
people too often look upon the
sacrament of marriage from a
purely earthly viewpoint: they
consider its material advantages,
its social possibilities, the fulfill
ment of cherished desires. Too
often do they consider the relig-
ious side of the matter as some
thing absolutely secondary; they
look upon their prospective part
ner's religious belief much i'll the
same light as his politics, his club
affiliations, or his taste for tobacco.
The truth is. of course, that re-
ligion lies. deeply embedded in
human nature; where there is a
difference Of belief, it is sure
sooner or later to blossom forth,
and it's fruits are misunderstand-
ing, estrangement, and frequently
surrender of the Catholic party in
order to preserve a semblance of
harmony. II there are children, as
"a result Of the union, these little
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

dained and sanctifed with His Divine
blood should be most jealousy guard
ed and maintained, whole, pure and
fully Astounding in love, and that it
should then let its light shine and
open wide it's door for all who rejoice
gain holiness upon earth and eternal
happiness in heaven.
The august Pontiff, therefore, was
pleased with your project of examining
in a sincere spirit and without prcju-
dice, the essential form of the Church
or the inner essence of the Church.
and he earnestly hopes that, under tho
spell Of its native beauty. you may
settle all disputes and work with pros
porous issue to the end that the mys-
teal body of Christ be no longer suf-
fered to be torn and rent, but that by
harmony and cooperation Of mems
minds, and likewise by the concord Of
their designs, unity of faith and COM
munion may at last prevail through
out the world of men,
Thanking you, then, that you have
thought well to request the aid and
support of the Roman Pontiff in OK
pediting your worthy project, His Holt
ness expresses his earnest desire that
the end may answer your expectation.
He asks the same of Christ Jesus with
fervent prayers, all the more because,
with the voice of Christ Himself
sounding before and bidding him, he
knows that he himself, as the one to
whom all men have been given over
to be led, is the source and cause of
the unity of the Church"
Publication Authorized.
Cardinal Gasparri also wrote in re-
gard to a request to publish his let
ter:
THE august Pontiff, therefore,
kindly permits that copies of my let
ters, which, though a faithful, are
yet but faint portrait of the Pontifi-
cal love, shall be sent to all those to
whose welfare and peace you believe
they will contribute. 1t is a pleasure
to repeat the encouragement that the
aid and earnest prayers of the Roman
Pontiff will never be lacking to any
one, who, having freed himself from
prejudiced opinions, with a true and
sincere will, strives with all his
strength that the unity of faith and
fellowship, instituted by Christ and
built upon Peter, may be restored, and
/ that ALL who are enrolled under the
name of Christian may betake them
selves to the bosom of the one most
loving Church, and may be joined and
associated as members with Christ,
the Head
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
TEMPERANCE THOUGHTS.

An American Count: Fins. zwei dry.
Presence of mind is promoted by alb
sence of booze.
Why doesn't the wealthy man want
a saloon near his home?
BY loving liquor less you will learn
to love home more.
An Incorporate young man sOWs
seeds of moral or physical ill-health
from which he as a man reaps bitter
harvest.
When booze lovers kiss liquor good
bye on the list of July, it is to be hoped
they won't linger too long over the
OSCILLATION.
An appetite for liquor is something
no man ought to have, and a poor man
cannot afford to have
The man who uses strong drink to
screw up his courage generally finds
that ne mas screwed 1t up too tight
i
Inc dry amendment VIII throw
wet blanket on some peoples pleas
ures'
When there is nothing but water to
drink, man Will naturally drink like
d hSh.
VINO would not ralher see klng Alco-
MOI conquered imam DC conquered by
MN?
VIII rum e Ell the best OF men.
Liquor seiihg VIII soon no longer be
d puSlneSS out crime.
beef' Inc Oler Oh Whlcn hlhS Al
collol VIII SOON DC carried 10 MS grave.
Liquor HAS never Deen KNOWN 10 de-
'' 011N
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

The best indoor sport we know
is to sit at Il table where all agree
to roast, criticise and condemn
someone who is absent and take
the opposite view, says the Tablet.
Defending the absent one is Chris
tan and charitable and it strong
~ recommends itself to the fair
minded. To be the object of gen
eral attack and criticism is a
mark of distinction. 1t means
that the individual has raised his
head above the line. No one
criticiSeS the dead ones.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
MANY POSITIONS OFFERED TO
RETURNING FIGHTERS BY
CATHOLIC BUREAU.

The National Catholic War Council
and the Knights of Columbus main
tain an employment bureau at $40
Endicott Building, st. Paul. 1t is in
charge of Mr.. Frank NJ Kieron. 1t
has been opened about one month. Up
to May 3 applications have been re-
ceived from 229 men, 317 positions
were offered, and 179 positions accept
ed.
There are many calls for farm help,
at wages from forty to seventy dol
lars per month, including board, room
and laundry In some cases house,
garden and other accessories are in
Guided in the offer.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
NEW RULER AN ABSTAlNER.

Dr. Masaryk, head of the new
CZecho SlOVak nation, recently said:
I'm the present stage of our scien-
tific knowledge about alcohol a ply
stefan, teacher, or educator who toll
crates drinking commits crime.
From my own experience | know it is
best not to drink. | have been an abb
stainer for twenty years. | noticed
the difference as soon as | stopped
drinking. My nerves were better and
| could do more work. If | were not
an abstainer | could not do the hard
work | am doing now"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
MOVING PICTURE
CENSORSHIP.

\ mild controversy is now being
waged in some Eastern papers in
regard to the censorship of NOV
ing pictures. 1t is alleged, on the
one hand. that such a control is
un-American, that it is directly
opposed to the spirit Of the Con-
stitution which guarantees that
mo law shall be passed to re-
strain or abridge the liberty OF
speech or of the press It is
added, furthermore, that the laws
provide for penalties against those
who print or picture immoral and
indecent themes, etc.
The National Board Of Review
is voluntary organization, COM
posed Of people of all walks of
life and from all religious denomi-
nations. 1t aims at the puritica-
ton Of the motion pictures with
out having recourse to the drastic
method of repression represented
by a censorship, strictly so-called.
On the other hand, many social
leaders and religious men and
women contend that censorship
is needed to stem the torrent Of
Photographic literature translated
into the motion pictures. They
hold, and apparently with good
reason, that our youth are being
gradually poisoned by unlimited
presentation of indecent films.
To a mere Westerner it would
seem that a strict censorship is the
proper means to restrain unscrup-
ulous and commercializing pro-
motors and exhibitors of such pic
lures from unloading the refuse
from the Augean stables of impure
minds before the boys and girls Of
our population. The appeal to the
Constitution in this case seems en-
tirely beside the mark. Freedom
of speech and Of the press is a pre-
cious heritage of American liberty.
This freedom, however, may at
times be suspended for the public
good in the same manner as any
other dangerous application of an
existing law. The great war just
ended has furnished not a few eX-
amples. Certain papers and books
that were permitted before the
war, under the freedom of speech
and Of the press guarantee, were
quickly placed under the ban
when a state Of hostilities made
their reading a source Of peril to
the people
The Catholic Church has wisely
applied such a law when she
marks with the brand of the Index
those writings that tend to under
mine the morals of her children.
The government of the United
States applied this same principle
when it forbade certain books in
it's military libraries.
An impartial censorship, prop
erly controlled and directed,
would be no detriment to the bust
ness Of the motion pictures, but
would educate the public, and the
promoters as well, to a higher
standard in such presentations
while at the same time it would
prevent in an effective manner the
portrayal Of subjects and Of scenes
that now pass for "moral uplift, -
by presenting vice and crime in
their most alluring aspects with
the object, ostensibly, Of instilling
horror into the spectators.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

The Rev. B. NJ. Triple, the
Methodist minister from Rome,
Italy, who spoke in Denver last
week, has been kept in the Eter-
nal City for years by his church,
with the hopes Of winning away
the Catholics in the fountain-head
city of their religion. But many
Years of work have resulted in
only handful Of proselytes, as
the official reports of the Meth
odists show. Mr. Triple shares
hOnOrs with the Methodist Bishop
Burt in having been excoriated
and pilloried several years ago
by the late Archbishop Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

by free people, observes
Cardinal MERCER, Il mean one
which is capable Of understand
ing the nobleness of moral
values. " How the words of the
heroic Cardinal scorch and SINCE
the materlalism which men call
civilization There may be chains
on Ireland, but her soul is free,
says a fervent Celt. There is
more liberty among the Irish peas
ants living with God than among
the sodden mobs that fill the lanes
and cutters of many large cities.
1t is the truth that makes free.
The supernaturalism Of the Irish
people lifts them above the trials
and troubles of life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

How Jugo-Slavia must rejoice
over the display Of moral cour-
age just given by the Big Three
at Paris, i'll yielding to Italy's
shameless greed. The day of self
interest is not yet over. America,
who saved the Allies, asks moth
ing for herself: they seek pay
mcnt for having been saved.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

Father Cantwell says it well
when he writes in the Monitor:
God, the Pope and Ireland are
outside the door of the Peace
Conference. - That trio can make
an entente at any rate without
secretly robbing any other ma
ton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
EDINBURGH AND CARDINAL

The honorary LID. degree has
been conferred by the University of
Edinburgh on Cardinal MERCER, the
heroic Archbishop OF Malines, Bel
GUM.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
4 MISSION PLAY
FRIENDS OF ST. CHARLES MIS-
SION, IN MINNEAPOLIS, WILL
GIVE PERFORMANCE IN METRO
POLlTAN THEATER ON MAY %
AND 29-REST TALENT IN CITY
WILL TAKE PART-A LAUD-
ABLE CHARITY.
Communicated
Communicated

A few months ago the friends of
st. Charles Mission, Minneapolis
were industriously gathering means
to attract the children of the district
tributary to Seven Corners" by a
great Christmas tree. They did we'll;
one hundred and twenty-five children
regularly attending the exercises
under the direction of Father Driscoll
at the Mission, indicate the success of
their enterprise.
Now they are not satisfied to attract
the children to the Mission and then
abandon them. The friends of ST.
Charles Mission are now calling upon
their friends and appealing to the
friends of their friends and of their
enemies to join in with them to help
make a financial success out of the
coming entertainment in the Metro
politan theater.
Catholic talent from all parts Of the
city has been drawn upon to present
the we'll known drama, BUTTERFLY in
the Metropolitan theater, Minneapolis
Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
May % and 20.
This three-act drama, by II. G.. Carl
ton, leaped into general favor a few
years ago when John Drew and Maude
Adams made it famous. In the cast
of ten characters there are rich posi-
bilities for splendid action, and the
men and women selected for the vari
Gus parts are working hard to perfect
their mastery of both lines and action.
A glance at the Mission of St
Charles would quickly convince even
the casual observer of two things:
First, the need of having there a
center Of Catholic religious life; sec
ond, the splendid success attending
the efforts of the city missionary in
carrying on this work at the present
mission.
A third conclusion would soon pene
trate into the mind of the careful
enquirer. He would discover that ST
Charles Mission, and the City Mis-
sionary. who is responsible for it, are
in sore need of money. So the
friends of the Mission are going from
place to place and asking their friends,
both Catholic and non-Catholic, to pay
fifty cents or one dollar for admission
| to the Metropolitan for the Mission
Play.
The gymnasium, sewing classes,
catechism classes, and other classes,
are all on the one floor of an old
building formerly used as grocery
store. The gymnasium has not every
thing it needs, but still there is suff-
cient apparatus to attract strong boys
attention to St Charles Mission for
several months past, but he would be
far less able to cope with the prob
lens of the Mission were it not for
the volunteer help of fourteen young
women, several of them teachers in
the city schools, who assist the city
missionary in his catechism classes
and in other ways.
They are giving their time and
their work The rest of us are asked
| if we are willing to give a little of
our money. 1t is splendid show that
is to be offered and all who contribute
help in the noblest of charities The
Metropolitan must have a packed
house" both nights. The goal set by
the promoters of the play is a net
gain for st. Charles Mission of $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

Compromises are good i'll law,
IN social life and in business, but
they are bad in religion. Christ,
the Founder Of the Catholic
Church, has said so. He that is
not with Me, is against Me; and
he that gathereth not with Me,
Scattcrcth. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1919.

The Archbishop of San Fran
cisco has sent in subscription
for $4,000 to the Victory Loan,
the largest so far received from
religious sources on the Pacific
Coast.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

1t will remain a mark of the
ingratitude of the peace confer
ence at Versailles if the sessions
end without some recognition of
the Holy Father, says the New
World. II is now apparent that
he did not choose To sit at a con-