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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
THE HOLY ROSARY.

October ushers in the second
season of Mary. During the
month of May the devout clients
of the Mother of God recall her
grandeurs, her privileges, and her
wonderful power Of Importation.
The month of the Rosary, how
ever, is a period when these same
clients and children make inter-
cession with Mary that she in turn
may exert her prerogatives as
Queen of heaven to succor those
who still labor upon earth.
Devotion to Mary is one Of the
sure marks Of sterling Christian
ity, an indication that faith and
love 60 hand in hand in the life
Of the devout Catholic. The holy
rosary forms a garland of pious
and dutiful acts towards her who
is all powerful with God. 1t not
only pays tribute to the excep-
tional qualities of the Virgin
Mother, it tends to draw down
upon the soul Of the fervent Chris
tan the special blessing and par
ticular protection of Mary her
self.
In life and in death the rosary
is one of the sweetest consola-
tions, one of the most strengthen
ing factors for good throughout
the years Of toll and sorrow here
below. The month Of October
opens special training season fol-
religious exercise, and the rosary
is the means whereby ones spir-
itual life is invigorated, toned up
and rendered strong, healthy and
wholesome.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
CIVILIZING THE IRISH.

Some years ago the natives of
Africa resented the invasion of
the white men and of Western
culture presented at the point OF
a bayonet: the poor, ignorant
natives were quickly convinced of
the superiority Of British civiliza-
ton, and their dead bodies strewn
through Africa proved the effect
lveness of the teaching.
More than a century ago the
Thirteen Colonies arose in revolt
against the same kind of tyranny
Civilization was thrust before
them with the assistance Of wild
Indians and brutal Hessians. But
the colonists were stubborn, and
Lord CORVALLIS gave up the at
tempt as hopeless when he grace
fully surrendered his sword at
Yorktown.
The Sepoys of India some years
ago took it into their heads that
India should belong to the in
habitants thereof. The kindly
British troops tied numbers of
them to the mouths of cannon,
and then blew them to the regions
where all Indians are equal.
Somehow or other, the Irish
have never taken to the gentle
ways of civilization as administ.
cred from London or even from
Dublin Castle. The Irish became
unreasonable entirely: they
wanted their children educated
they wanted to practice their re.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
TRYING TO ABOLISH GRoG.

Those who believe we have a cor
ner in this country on prohibition ac-
tivities are referred to the attempt
now in full swing to make the British
navy dry" says the Detroit Free
Press.
Unless one has some knowledge of
the British senior service it is i'm
possible to conceive of the degree of
revolutionary reform comprised in
such an effort.
The British naval authorities realize
this, of course, and are proceeding in
a delicate, not brusque, high-handed
way to accomplish their end.
Heretofore a British sailor received
a halfpenny Zone cent? a day in lieu
of his grog allowance. 1t was obvi.
Gus that this small sum was not sufi.
cient to tempt many men away from
drink. Now the sum has been in
creased to seven shillings ($1.75) a
month, or almost six cents day, and
1t is predicted by some that the .'bribe"
will be attractive enough to wean
many of the sailors from their be.
loved grog, 7-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
CARDINAL MERCER FOE OF
ALCOHOL,

Cardinal MERCER, primate of Bel
GUM, the militant prelate of the Cath.
Ollie Church, has taken stand in
favor of general prohibition.
In an interview given to a repre-
sentative of the New York Times. at
the archbishopal palace at Malines on
June IL, and quoting in the Times
OF June 10, the Cardinal, according to
his interviewer, expressed his views
on prohibition with animation, warm
ing to his subject"
1 am a great believer in the re-
preston of all intoxicating drinks
such as alcohol and absinthe," he
said. IF general prohibition were
introduced, more human lives would
be saved than by general disarma-
ment."
Alcohol kills more than war and
kills them dishonorably When man
is killed by war, an existence is sup
pressed, whereas the evil survives
after inebriates have had enough of
existence.
complete prohibition cannot be in
troduced instantaneously, but gradu-
ally, step by step, taking circum-
stances into consideration. The use
of alcohol should be made increasingly
difficult and should not be made
provocation."
This statement is regarded by pro-
hibitionists as showing the trend of
thought among leaders on the other
side OF the Atlantic, who believe that
worldwide prohibition is inevitable.
but feel it must come gradually as it
came to America through education,
each progressive step bringing the
world nearer to the ultimate elimina-
tion of alcohol as a beverage
Cardinal MERCER is an old foe of
alcohol and his interview in the New
York Times is not the first denuncia-
ton that he has uttered against this
enemy of mankind.
At great public meeting in Liege
in 1908 he voiced a ringing denunci-
alton of alcoholism as social evil in
causing great economic waste, physi-
cal impairment and crimes against
social order, and urged prompt and
vigorous action, as will appear in the
following paragraphs:
You who hold the Christian faith
look around you at those who suffer
from the effect of alcoholism. Can
we be insensible to the spectacle Of
this misery and pass by on the other
side?
mo, indeed! I am only discharg-
ing my duty as Catholic, as priest,
as bishop, in coming to cooperate
with you in the struggle against alco-
holism.
alcoholism is a social evil. What
remedy shall we apply?
while waiting for our government
to take action, we have no right to be
inactive. Private initiative should act
without delay, first of all by educating
public opinion, preparing the way for
Intervention by law. This is your
task, physicians, judges, priests, pub
licists, fathers, young men and young
women.
Ito convert a drunkard will always
be difficult. Let us preserve child
hood, preserve it as it should be,
reared by the three-fold cooperation
of the parents, who have chief respon-
sibility, the teacher and the priest
Prevention is better than correction"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

eff the Catholics Of America
realized, as does the editor of any
Catholic paper whose duty it is to
go carefully through his ex-
changes, what priceless store
houses of sane, solid information
and judgment are to be found on
the editorial pages of our Catholic
weeklies, the question as to the
fullest development Of the Catho-
lie press would be solved forth
with" Thus writes the editor of
the Rosary Magazine, and he says
that the fullest development is
lacking, not because of any lack
of the Catholic press itself, but
because of lack of cooperation on
the part Of the Catholic public.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
HELP TO L|THUAN|A
CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL EX-
TENDS AID TO NEEDY PEOPLE,.

Dr. Thomas Walsh, special commits.
sioner Of the National Catholic War
Council of America to Lithuania, has
arrived at Copenhagen on his way to
Kovno on an Investigating mission
Unless his report to the Washington
headquarters is unfavorable, unit OF
fifteen trained American nurses will
leave America before November l to
take up hospital, educational and kin.
dergarten work in Lithuania.
Several hundred thousand dollars
raised in the United States is avail.
able for that purpose. DR.. Walsh was
received by the American minister to
Sweden, Ira Nelson Morris, and Jonas
Aukchtuolis, Lithuanian envoy to
Sweden.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

The Italia of Milan, in a long,
leading article deplores that Cath
olics do not support their press
sufficiently, which, it states, is in
great danger Of becoming sub
merged. AS an example of this
apathy it quotes the fact that in
four months the Socialists man.
aged to raise a sum of nearly
100000 for the support of the
socialistic daily Avanti, whereas
in seven months Catholics found
it quite an effort to raise less than
$4,000 for the support of their
own daily, the Italia. The paper
goes on to say that at the pres
ent time, when the influence of the
Catholic press is needed more
than ever, Catholics ought to
make every effort and strain
every nerve to rally to the sup
port of their press.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

England, having officially sup
pressed the Dali Eireann, or Irish
Parliament, and the Sim Fein as
sociations, is thinking seriously of
treating all the officials of the
Irish republic as traitors, we are
told by news cables. When has
she done otherwise, asks an in
dignant champion. Lloyd George
has now decided to admit to the
world what has been proved and
what can no longer be concealed
that Erin is having her national
spirit squelched by every means
that the most fiendish tyranny can
devise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

ligion as they saw fit; they wished
to have something to say about
their own country, its industries,
taxes, and institutions; they
thought that the British empire
was so vast that they could not
be refused the independence of
their little island, which, by the
way, they had possessed for cen
turtles.
Well, the poor Irish were given
a few crumbs; after a terrific
struggle they were permitted to
worship God according to their
benighted Catholic instincts. The
Irish were so sunken in hopeless
superstition that they chung to
Catholicity even when this faith
meant suffering and death for
them: the English and Scotch, on
the other hand, realized quickly
that by abandoning the Catholic
Church they would be spared
further suffering and misery; so
they cut adrift and preferred
Henry VIII and John Knox to
Jesus Christ. But the Irish, alas,
were too simple for their own
good, and they went on their
stupid way, bounded, prosecuted,
ridiculed, a horrible example of
what befalls a nation when it
abandons man and clings to its
God.
Now the Irish are to be thor
oughly civilized, perhaps after
the Sepoy method. At least it
looks like that, otherwise why the
large armed force, armored cars,
airplanes and other paraphernalia
of war of which the Bishops of
Ireland complain so bitterly as
constituting a standing menace
and provocation in their midst.
But Mr.. Wilson tells us that
the case of Ireland may be sub
mitted to the League Of Nations.
Surely, it may. If it is so sub
mitted it will in all probability
rest for it's solution on paragraph
IS, Article Is, Of the Covenant.
This paragraph says: eff the dis
| pute between the parties is
claimed by one Of them, and is
found by the Council, to arise out
Of a matter which by international
law is solely within the domestic
jurisdiction of that party, the
Council shall so report and shall
make no recommendation as to
it's settlement.
The above supposes that the
disputes arise between two mem
bers Of the League. AS Ireland
is not a member, if her case is
presented by a friendly power, it
can easily be seen what chance
she would have for freedom, since
England maintains that this is
purely a domestic problem. Be
sides, if another power attempted
to interfere in a military sense to
help Ireland, the notorious Article
10 would instantly squelch the at
tempt.
In any case, ireland may yet
hope to reach the heights of civ
ilization already attained by India
as the result of the same methods
which brought culture and refine
ment to the Sepoys. If Ireland
refuses, then she. cannot blame the
British army, airplanes and ar
mored cars.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

fifteenth centuries there are few
works in Europe that do not owe
either their inception or their pro-
tecting favor to the monks. From
the monk Gregory, who sent the
first apostles to England, to the
franciscan monk who helped Co.
lumbus in his voyage Of discovery,
the monastic life has given proof
of it's rightful place in the world.
A few recreants, like Luther,
could not neutralize the stupen-
dous work accomplished by the
monks in the world Of science, lit
erature, invention and agricul-
ture.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
A well known Washingtonian,

A well known Washingtonian,
who recently visited the Victory
Service Club of the National Cath
Ollie War Council at Norfolk, Va,
to meet his son returning from
overseas, thus expresses himself !:
81 thank God | have lived to see
the day when our American young
men can assemble under one roof
with cheerful and healthful sur
roundings and enjoy themselves
as brothers without being ques-
toned as to what church they be-
long to. The Victory Service
Club cares for 10000 men a
month.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
CATHOLIC PUPILS
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WIN PRIZES
AT STATE FAIR.

At the request of the State Super.
intendent, the Sisters of Mercy of
Omaha sent specimens of work done
in their schools, to be exhibited at
the State Fair. That the work showed
efficiency is evident from the an
nouncement received by Reverend
Mother that nine prizes have been
awarded this first exhibit.
This is encouraging to the Sisters
who endeavor so earnestly to keep
their work up to the standard, and
to the pupils whose efforts have been
recognized and awarded at the State
Fair.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

The Federal Council of the
Churches Of Christ in America,
comprising the Baptist, Lutheran,
Methodist Episcopal, and Presby-
terrain denominations, last week
sent 685,000 francs ($137,O0O) to
the French Protestant Federation
in Paris for relief work. The
Protestant Federation is complet-
ing a sanitarium for children in
Southern France which it has Of
fered to turn over to the French
authorities when completed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
TO THE HEROIC DEAD
FIRST STONE WAS LAID AT ST.
MIHlEL SEPTEMBER 81.

President Poincare on September
Fl laid the first stone of a monument
to the memory of the French and
American heroes who liberated the
historical town of st. Mihiel from the
grip of the Germans. The ceremony
was originally scheduled to take place
on September IA, but the date was
changed at the wish of the president,
who made a personal request to be
permitted to take part in the celebra-
ton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
Father Zurcher. the militant

Father Zurcher, the militant
priest-prohibitionist, says in the
last issue Of his little magazine /:
Since Catholic loyalty to con-
stituted authority precludes any
Catholic opposition to prohibition
which is now the law Of the land,
Catholics and Prohibition may
gracefully and appropriately bow
itself out with lasting gratitude to
its faithful friends, and plenary
forgiveness to its former foes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
NONAGENAR|AN PRIEST

Rev. E. w. J. Lindesmith, Cleve-
lands oldest priest, celebrated his
92nd birthday on Sunday, September
7, at st. AIMS Infant Asylum and
Maternity Hospital, where he has
served as chaplain for the past ten
years. Father Lindesmith was or
dained by Bishop Rape, first Bishop
of Cleveland, on July 8, 1856.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

Joyce Kilmer, who lies beside
the Ourcq, in France, wrote of the
beauty of the tree and a beautiful
poem he made Of his theme.
France, always quick to see ap-
propriate testimonials, has re-
named Belleau wood "The Wood
of the United States Marines. "
There many of our brave dead are
resting, the trees their monu,
mentS,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

Article Ten would seek to legiti-
mize the present possessions of
each Of the allies. No person or
nation has the right to guarantee
possession of ill-gotten goods.
Neither will Article Ten make law
full Italy s unjust seizure and rob-
berry Of the Papal states.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1919.

Father Husslein, the Jesuit, has
written an interesting pamphlet
on "A Catholic Social Platform. "
1t is published by P. J. Kennedy
and Sons, and sells at $3.50 per
hundred.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

The Italians are determined to
have control of Fiume. D'Annunzio
is avaiIing himself Of the patriotic
fervor Of his countrymen and is
making capital of the occasion.
Who knows but that the throne may
yet be toppIed and the rebel poet
made president of an Italian re-
nnhlic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

Major Erskine Childers, an
English writer of high repute,
who served Great Britain through
out the war in the Royal Naval
Flying Corps, declares, in an ar
ticle on "The Irish Situation" in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
he London Daily Herald !:

the London Daily Herald: 81
could bomb crowd from an aero.
plane with better conscience (and
more skill) than engage in this
cold-blooded systematic condem-
nation of respectable people to the
rigors and ignominies of Jail life
to loss of health, loss of bust
ness and career, too often to loss
of life; not for breaking the moral
law, but in very truth for obeying
that universal law which impels
men worthy of the name of men
to become free"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
EDITOR OF DIRECTORY

Mr.. Frederick B. Eddy of New York
succeeds Mr.. ]. H. Meier as editor of
the Official Catholic Directory. Mr..
Meier has entered the advertising
field.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

Rev. James vi. Reardon, EditOr-in-Chief
Rev. C. f. McGinnis, PHI. D.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LOcheed, Advertising Manager.
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27
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Published every Saturday at 315 New
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1903, Act of October 8, 1917, authorized
September IS, 1918.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-18
ADVERTISING MEN SAY
 WHACk STOCK TAKERS
onscrupulous saIesmen Who Seek to onload Worthless Stocks for u. 6.
 Securities Are Condemned.

The oily-tongued, smooth individual wno In seeking to dispose of stock III some new enterprise that it is pro. posed to launch on the business world ana who selects the holders of Lib. erty Bonds, War Savings Stamps or treasury Savings Certificates as the ones on whom .,e proposes to unload. mas come in for verbal chastisement Tn bulletin issued by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.
 Ilme was when the newspapers ana magazines were filled with allur- ing advertisements, the rhetoric of which was more alluring than the text was truthful. But those days are past, and the best advertising men now insist that truth in advertising is the greatest essential.
 The warning, in part, is as follows:
 So far as we have been able to ascertain not a single case has been reported where the promoters of a legitimate, worthy enterprise have of- fered to take Liberty Bonds in pay ment for the capital stock of a new company. We believe that the very offer to take Liberty Bonds should prompt the bond owner to consult a banker or legitimate broker relative to the value of the stock that is of- fered in exchange for the bonds. The offer to exchange is an earmark which should serve as warning.
 Another earmark of the faker is his attitude when it is proposed to postpone action pending an investiga- tion. He will usually sheer at the thought of consulting banker or broker of standing, suggesting that, of course, they would not recommend the stock because they have stocks of their own to sell. The prospective in- vestor might be sensible enough in such case to remember that he never heard of this fy-by-night sales man who thus casts reflections upon business men of standing and that the banker or legitimate broker has been in the community for many years and will no doubt continue in business for many years. He might reason that an established firm would figure that it could not afford to deceive him. Yet there are thousands of people who allow themselves to be hoodwinked becauso they believe such fairy sto- ries."
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-18
1.-THE NEVADA NEWS, HAS RE-
 FISED TO PRINT IT FOR PAY.'

The above is the last sentence of a o;rcular distributed here Saturday and which was brought to this office re- cently by J. o. A. Bush. Bush stated that he wanted it in our daily and weekly publication. Bush did not of- fer us any real money for the publi- cation, as his witness, J. J. Hirst, who came into the office with him, will testify. Bush was at one time editor of The Peoples Tribune and he cer- tainly should know that a country newspaper never turned down any leash money"
 We are always open to any legiti- mate business and had no objection whatever to print the advertisement above mentioned if there had been the proper amount of the "wherewithaP' in sight.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-18
Admirers of Burns Pleased.

So intimate and personal is the feel ing that the verses of Robert Burns inspire in host of admirers scattered the world over that the reported dis. covery of a lOng-overloOled portrait of the poet will probably arouse more genuine interest than the recovery ot n long-1Ost likeness of almost any othe writer. MT. w. M Gray of Warwick shire, England, believes he has founG such portrait in Dundee and the dis covery is verified by inscriptions ol the original eighteenth century canva. uncovered with the removal of the lin inr which had been added to Strengtl en it. according to this evidence tn, o,d-new portrait was painted by Vii liam Anderson and the great numbei of readers to whom Burns is still Il very living poet will be interested alsu m Mir Grays opinion that, more than any of the known portraits, this latest likeness shows him as he was de- scribed by Sir Walter Scott.