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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-01-24
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Il saw it the other day and it looked
to me like forlorn being, reaching up
to Heaven it's bare arms in supplica-
ton for help. AS we were inspecting
the works, the poor Father said with
a sigh: I am waiting now for means to
burn more bricks and cover the whole
structure AS it is | have nothing left
and worse than that, l am in debt. 1t
is very hard in these days to do any
work at all and | am at loss to
whom to appeal
God is great I said, and His
treasure is ineXhaustible. Have good
heart.
4 did not know at the time how l
could possibly help the good Father.
But afterwards it struck me that /
might put in appeal for my brother
priest, who is young and without any
connection whatever here or else
where. l am sure Our Lord will bless
that appeal more than if it were for
myself.
You can have no idea of how hard
it is for poor, young, Jealous and en-
ergetic missionary to find himself
helpless and forsaken in the midst of
some beautiful enterprise for the good
Of the souls. He is ready to stint
himself and to sacrifice everything
and he succeeds only in making his
position more hopeless and in running
his health, apparently for nothing.
How many a young priest l have
known, who thus reached an untimely
death for having starved himself and
over-strained his strength in order to
do the good work he had set his mind
and heart on. Of course, it IS .unwise
and the task could be left undone, on
the principle that no one is bound to
do the impossible.
But in the mission world the impos-
sibility Of any of the works Of God is
set aside, a priori. The world would
call it heroism: we call it common
Christian self-denial and disinterested-
ness, and it is part and parcel of the
daily life of the young apostle"
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REACHING ITS ARMS TO HEAVEN

Father Huysman, who has labored
many years in India, here presents the
cause Of a young native priest very
much in need of friends. 1t is another
story of extreme poverty and much
zeal, and surely we should encourage
such as he to our fullest ability:
Father Xavier, young native
priest, has the care of Paleamcottai,
east of my district His congregation
is almost exclusively composed OF
parias, the majority of whom are at
his headquarters at Paleamcottai. For
that rather large community, he has
only rickety old chapel of mud walls
cradle in looks and fact, and not ca
pable of holding even decent por-
ton of his flock
Twenty years ago, during the fam
ire, the European priest in charge
laid the foundations of a larger chapel,
hoping, probably, to be able to con
tinue and complete it in the course OF
time but the. foundations remained
as they were till two years ago, when
Father Xavier full of zeal and energy
set to work to go on with the struc
ture How he managed it is a mys
terry to me. but with a small fund in
hand, some sundry help-received from
here and there, the cooperation of
his poor Christians and above all, his
untiring selfsacrifice, he has man
aged to build up the entire shell OF
the structure, and it stands now, a
solid block of walls ready to receive
the dome and vau1ting.
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WHAT TEN DOLLARS CAN DO.

Just abOus Christmas time a gift
reached the convent in La Paz, Philip
pine Islands, of which Sister Sebas-
tiana, is Superior, and she says the
children in the central school, number
ing about one hundred and seventy,
and of the barrio school, where there
are sixty more, mostly heather, will be
greatly aided thereby. In fact, good
st. Nicholas himself seemed to have
visited them.
A separate offering of ten dollars
was specified for the nuns themselves,
and this is what Sister Sebastiana
says of it:
But most Of all, | thank you for
the ten dollars you sent for the needy
Sisters. We bought at once some
food, for we were ali sick and weak
and badly needed some better food
Than only rice. We have many priya-
lions and difficulties to endure, as you
see"
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all events we recognize that her great
powers are exercised in the main for
good. We cannot forget that she
alone of all the great institutions of
the world has been the cradle of de-
mocracy from the beginning. She
alone of all the great powers made it
possible for one to be ruler without
owing it to his fathers position.
''She made it possible for not only
the son of the King and the Prince to
obtain a high position-not only the
son of the wealthy, but the poor man,
the huckster, the man on the farm and
the laborer. She made it possible for
the son of a poor English farmer to
occupy the chair of st. Peter at
Rome"
-Judoe RiddeM (Prot)
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DEATHS OF MISSIONARIES.

The records Of deaths among priests
and bishops in the foreign Missions for
the year 1917 is at hand. 1t shows
that nine bishops and 127 priests
passed to their reward The Paris
Foreign Mission Society lost the great
est number-27, and the Holy Ghost
Fathers come next with II apostles
left on the hard field of battle in
Africa. All the congregations suffered
rather more severely than usual
which is not surprising, considering
the calamities of the times.
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TONkIN HAS NEED OF OUR
PRAYERS.

q, "A letter from Father Cathanoy, OPP,
of Lang Son, written in December, says
that while he lacks many things, his
greatest need is for more mission
aries; he prays for them himself and
asks others to pray
He adds further:
The peace in Europe has not yet
brought us peace in Tonkin. Hostil-
tiles still continue near the frontier
of China, and while they are small
compared with world conflict just end
ed, they are sufficient to cause us
great uneasiness. Some of the native
troops have massacred their officers
and taken to pillage and brigandage.
y considerable force will be needed
to quell the disorder"
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day, I was able to rescue from one Of
these. polygamists, your first God
daughter Tin this particular mission;
the sum required for the ransom was
$1,000" u. rsa
-.SodaHfp of St. Peter CiaDer for the African
Missions, Fullerton BIdY.. St. Louis. Mo-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-01-24
TO HELP MISSIONS.

1t is reported that a number of Irish
ladies have formed a medical sister
hood for mission countries. These
women doctors and students have all
pursued courses in the large Irish uni
Versities. They are to offer their
services to the Chinese Mission So
ciety, and will consequently work first
for the missions in China. If their or
ganization grows they will no doubt
extend their ministTations to India
and other pagan lands where female
medical practitioners are much
needed
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A TRIBUTE SURSTANTIATED BY
HISTORY.

I'VE don't affect to call Toronto a
Roman Catholic city. 1t has probably
no greater population of Catholics
than many of the great cities Of this
continent, but recognize the greatness
of the Church of which our guest of
today is a prince. We recognize that
in the past she kept alive the torch
of learning through the ages that were
dark. We recognize that she prevent
1eaven of Christianity and piety which
nearly submerged by the incursion of
the barbarians. We recognize her
power and strength, her influence for
good, for while we are Protestants, at
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him that his skin was constantly get
ting dryer, so he kept it oiled, or
something of that sort. He there
fore put on gloves, because he could
not shake hands with people or
write with hands in that condition.
That was the key to the gloves
mystery.
M. Clemenceau was a man who
had no great opinion Of human ma
ture, and expressed the view that
many things which people objected
to were inevitable, because, after all,
man was a poor animal. He said he
was disguised with the political sit
uation in France before the war, and
that he did not know how the coun-
try would get on after it. He ad-
mired what the country did during
the war, but, he remarked, the real
test Of vitality was what they could
do after the war. That problem
was more difficult than the fighting
problem, and he was glad he would
not have to carry that burden on his
shoulders.
1t WAS comparatively easy to make
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reached London, the French states
man was asked if he would not Ike
to consult a doctor, and replied
"That is no good; I have been Il
doctor myself" It was only or his
return to Paris that he had to follow
that advice, and then it was discov-
cred that rib had been broken.
AS a consequence, NJ. Clemen-
ceau had to remain indoors for
some days, and it was during that
period that he (M Mantoux) wit
messed one of the most striking
scenes that had taken place during
the last few months. There came TO
the house of this French citizen the
Austrian plenipotentiary, a pathetic
figure, begging for bread in the
name of the country that was SO
great and important before the war.
1t was an occasion that would ever
be remembered.
What had struck him in his posi-
ton as interpreter at the peace
council was the good will and UNDER
standing that prevailed--the desire
to understand and appreciate zach
others point Of view.
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house, whore the sitting began q
few moments later. Sometimes
tho Council Of Four had their mo-
ments Of leisure, when documents
were required, and the interval was
passed in storytelling. President
Wilson was good at short stories.
He told one about a Chinaman and
the moon. He said there was a
Chinaman who, when taking water
out of we'll and seeing the reflec
ton of the moon, said to himself,
"Oh, this Is very serious, indeed
The moon has fallen into the we'll
and it Is my duty to try to take it
out" Then he dropped his bucket
and pulled as hard as he could-so
hard that he fell or his back-and
on looking up saw the moon in the
sky. TO himself he then said, "Well.
that is good work." That was
typical of the small stories which
President Wilson would give be-
tween two great discussions.
On another occasion, during an In
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Keynes in his book on the economic
side Of the war, but there were some
entertaining pages about the Council
OF -Four. There was only one objec-
ton that he might make and that
was that Mr.. Keynes had not really
ever seen the Council OF Four. Mr..
Keynes was sometimes called to q
room upstairs at tho house occupied
by President Wilson, where experts
were listened to. They might think
what they liked, but experts were
generally considered as bores; they
we're listened to, but it was a really
hard task. Experts were brought in
on all sorts Of questions, especially
in regard to details, and they had to
be listened to; but the Council Of
Four reserved the main points to
and decided them in an
other room. Mr.. Lloyd George occu-
pied a large, comfortable armchair,
M. Clemcnccau occupied another
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folks showed signs Of giving up my
brother would cheer him up and say;
Don't finch; don't foul; come on,
hit the line hard!'
"1'he base from which we always
started the game of Through or
Over was a high hill called Coopers
Bluff, about a quarter Of mile from
Sycamore Hill. My brother and I
knew this hill in our own childhood.
1t was most uncomfortable hill; it
didn't have a nice slope; in fact, 1t
curved In from the top.
"There was always a big crowd
for the game, for my brother would
gather In all the little cousins, six
teen or eighteen in number, as we'll
as his own children. When every
body had gathered at the top Of the
bluff my brother would say:
We'll, there is little path down
the side that we might take, but
always go right down the front
"Then with reckless disregard for
the consequences he would jump
straight out from the top and come
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terval in tho proceedings, Mr.. Lloyd
George asked M. Clemenceau his
opinion Of the great orators of the
French Tribune, and M. Clemenceau
gave a very vivid picture Of his
friends who had spoken in French
assemblies during the last forty or
fifty years. He placed M. Viviani
in the forefront as the greatest liv-
ing Frenchman, and considered that
among the orators he had heard NJ.
Gambetta and M. Jaures were first
by long distance. Though he had
quarreled very much with both, he
did not mind expressing his warm
admiration Of their great powers in
that line.
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N PAUL MANTOUX, direo-
V tor OF the political Soc
~ fnn ~ 4ha .A.-AA

SA"H Va tI!o EtCICLdI1Ht
Of tho league OF nations,
mo nsld the important position Of
'""erpreter Of the inter-AIlied con-
'''ehcea and Of tho supreme war
''aac7i, tells many amusing and IN
"''"'ng stories In connection with
80 oosies AZ Interpreter at the Paris
'Aes Conference, eays 1.-THE London
'''esraph." It was, he said. rather
'-fo 1or a man TO interpret himself
~er Interpreting other people.
Meeting the Experts
!. .p'aklng Of the Council Of Four,
"on'orously remarked that he also
-" 'nero, making five. He listened
- 'n"ss big people and noticed all
"''" '1 Nttls things, apart from the
"''''cts they djcusscd. He did not
'.''snh to give an opinion from tho
'e'us'ons arrived at by Mr..
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.>"ROUGH and Over-never
That was the favorite
game at Sycamore Hill

That was the favorite
game at Sycamore Hill
an Sunday afternoon in those won
derful years when the children OF
Theodore Roosevelt were growing
m. Every American boy has played
the same game under the name of
FOLLOW the Leader" But it was
tvpical of Theodore Roosevelt to
cnsnge the name of the game to one
that would unconsciously carry a
moral to the youthful minds he was
guiding.
Biographies of Colonel Roosevelt
saw little Of this prase Of his life.
Only one favored enough to have
shared in this ideal home atmosphere
eould have pictured it to a world
eager for every scrap of informa-
ion about this great American. For
tunately there is such a one in Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, sister Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
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Everybody Jumped

"After that the real game began.
We went through hedges, over walls
and fences and up hills. Cliffs that
seemed to be insurmountable we're
scaled and any shed or chicken
house that was in the way had to
be climbed. Marshy fields were
plowed t ugh, and rushing
streams crossed on slippery stepping
stones if one was lucky, straight
through with wet feet if one made
a misstep. If any one faltered the
cry would go up Through or over
never around That slogan, tried
and tested - who knows in what
later perils it served as an inspira-
ton to the dauntless Roosevelts?
often think that those walks with
their constant repetition of through
or over had something to do with
the way my brothers boys faced
She duties and perils Of the war in
which they all played their part.
GAS for my own part in the game,
! shall always remember one day in
particular and certain sharp
rooted little bathing house, new and
slippery. l can see it yet and the
expression of mischief with which
my brother went straight for it.
thought my Waterloo had come that
time when l saw Theodore scramble
up one side of it and slide down the
other, the children, like a merry
drove of monkeys, after him pell
nell.
~ thought sure my time had come
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Mrs. Robinson Tells of Wonder
full Days When Her Brothers
Children Were Small

tn'ngs tnaC characterized him
through his entire life.
But it was slow, hard work.
Sometimes it seemed that his frail
body would not bear up under the
demands he put upon it. There we're
many days when he could not leave
his bed at all. On such days the rest
of the children would gather around
his bed, and he would tell us marvel
Gus stories about jungles and plains
and deserts and would describe des-
perate fights with frightful wild AMI
mails till the rest of us would be ter
rified.
Strange Species of Ants
And in every one Of those stories ,
there would always be a small boy
who understood the language of the
animals and the birds, and he would
tell what they thought of such things
as cakes and candy / suspect that
that boy was Theodore himself. al
though he never told us 1t was.
"Such things as forest and jun
giles and wild beasts interested the
sick boy most, and books describing
them were always where he could get
them. Ono Of his favorites was the
story of Henry M. Stanley's explo-
rations in Africa. Another was a
book on natural history, and one day
Theodore found a short piece in 1t
with title over it which read, The
Foregoing Ants He was a very
little boy, remember, and he thought
that foregoing was the name Of
the ants, and he was intensely inter
ested in what the book said about
them, so interested that he wrote an
essay about them. The excitement
Of discovering a kind of ant he
had never heard of before was 80
great that he called the entire house
hold, including the cook, to his room,
and read them what he had written.
And everybody who knew what
mistake he had made complimented
him on what he had written and was
thoughtful enough not to laugh at
him.
Believed in Hard Play
"But # his own childhood was
wonderful, that Of his own children
was more so, for they had him for a
father. And. no matter how much /
tell you about it, no one who did
not know him as we'll as I and the
members Of his family did can know
what that meant.
ut was on Sunday afternoons
when he was at Sycamore Hill, his
home at Oyster Bay, that he played
the game Of Through or Over
Never Around. And even if I was q
grown woman with children of my
own, if was there l had to play it
with the rest. From the time his
children were able to walk my broth
er believed that they must be taught
to conquer hard things, to face an
issue squarely. And it was because
this game taught these things that
my brother was so fond Of it.
"The rule of the game was that
every player must follow the leader
and must go through or over every
obstacle he did, but never around It.
II any player failed to get over or
through any obstacle the others were
not permitted to laugh or jeer at
him, but 1t was the unfailing rule
that the one who failed was out OF
the game for the day and must 90
back home. When any Of the little
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crashing down at the bottom. With
out moments hesitation the yell
ing crowd of children would be leap
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CIeanenceau's Gloves

People had wondered why M. Gle
menceau attended the gathering of
great men always wearing gray
gloves and never took thcm off. This
gave rise to much speculation, but
simple explanation was eventually
forthcoming. M. Clcmenceau told
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Mrs. Robinson closed her talk by
asking the children to Join her in
pledge
Il am going to ask you children"
she said, "if you really want to do it,
% make little pledge with me. 1t
is really a very big pledge, but Wen
say it in very few words. ] want
you to stand up, and, with your right
hands raised. repeat these words
with NE:
"I promise TO try to be the kind
of citizen that Theodore Roosevelt
would have wished me to be-
II hope every child in this room,
in this Roosevelt gymnasium, viii
take this pledge with me, but / don't
want any one to take 1t who does rot
mean it and does not intend to keep
it,"
Every little hand was raised and
every little face was solemn as the
pledge was taken.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
a and his family at the
time he used to lead IN the
game of "Through or Over-
Neuer Around" at Sycamore
Hill. From left to right they
are Quentin. q0ho qUos killed
IN France; Colonel Roosevelt,
Theodore jr., Archie, Alice
(moa0 Mrs. Nicholas Long,
Worth), Kermit. Mrs. Roose-
velt and Ethel, noq0 Mrs.
Richard Derby. In the upper
corner is Mrs. Douglas Rob-
'nson, sister of Colonel
R0OseVelt
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M shng bounding down after deep with
him. before the pane cou1d ,o IN ovor,
he potom OF the oluf body including
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laying Through or Over" With Theodore R00s

to confess defeat and turn nv face
homeward, but heavy nail that
afforded foot rest and a herculean
exertion of muscle enabled me to
reach the top and brought me proud
and painting to the other side. The
applause which greeted my success
full achievement filed ME with ioy
out Of all proportion to the accom-
plishment.
Over Amid Cheers
"Those were happy days at Saga
more HILL" continued Mrs. Robin
son. "No children ever had such a
playfellow. Ny two little boys went
on weeks sailing and duck shoot
ing trip with him once; and how we'll
| remember my ten-year-old's enthus-
lastic comment on his uncle when
they returned MY! but Uncle Ted's
bully' he exclaimed. He never
asked me to wash once!' How my
brother laughed when I told him
what he regarded as a genuine COM
pliment.
Glow did he have time for them
all in his busy life of unstinted eff
fort? He seemed to have time for
each one, as we'll as all together.
And each child felt the impress of
the vigorous, unyielding, yet deeply
loving nature, and each child also
became a true American by close
contact with that ardent, patriotic
soul whose home was his country
and his country his deepest dedica-
ton"
His First Speech
Mrs. Robinson also told tho STORY
of the flrst public speech Theodore
Roosevelt ever made.
working tirelessly," she said, Eat
his task Of building himself q body,
he had by the time he was eighteen
become fairly robust. At twenty-five
he was elected member Of the State
Legislature, and shortly after that
he was invited to New York to make
his first address IN his native city.
1t Is something to remember that his
first public utterance, as we'll as his
last, was on Americanization. His
speech was before a club made up
Of men who considered themselves
very cultured, and l have never
really forgiven them to this day for
the way they treated my brother
that night.
"The speaker Of the evening was
allowed a certain time for his ad-
dress, and then member Of the club
was chosen to answer what the
speaker said, after which the speak
er was allowed ten minutes to close
the debate.
"Well, my brother spoke on Amer
icanism,' and when he got through
there was scarcely any applause.
guess he was nervous. Then bril-
liant and witty speaker was called
upon to answer him. He twitted M
brother about being young man
and made fun Of young men like my
brother who were always advocating
some ism or other. When he fin
ished there was much applause.
"Then my brother was told hs had
ten minutes in which to answer.
az don't want ten minutes, Mr..
Chairman said my brother. 4 don't
want five minutes. / Just want to
ask question. Mr.. Chairman, if all
"isms" are fads and must be wiped
out, how about patriotism?'"
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Good Will Prevailed

At the last appearance Of NJ. Gle
menceau made he delivered long
speech to few delegates represent
ing the Jugo-Slavs, in which he per-
suaded them, however difficult it
might be, to accept the settlement.
All present were deeply moved on
that occasion. Before everything
else, the French statesman was
man of great courage, and so acted
all his life. He saw it in a small
way when M. Clemenceau, in cross
ing to England in a destroyer last
December, broke q rib. When he
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war so long as there we're men will
ing to die, but when they were faced
afterward with all sorts Of terrible
problems-financial, social and 9TH
ers-they required the brains and
courage Of a whole nation to sur
mount them. M. Clemenceau was
sometimes very angry with some one
or other, but when he understood
the point of view upon which the
difference arose, he admitted there
was something good in IT,