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ing rapidly and looks fine, but will be
confined to the hospital for several
weeks yet.
New Domestic PreIate.-Father
Henry J. thinner, who is living in re-
tirement at jamaica, l.. l., has been
made a domestic prelate to His Holi-
ness, Pope Benedict XIV. He was
born at Brooklyn y years ago and or
dained a priest in 1872. For a num-
Der OF years he was pastor of the Far
Rockaway Church called Star of the
Sea. He bought the ground, built the
Church and also a rectory. After IS
years of labor at this place, he was
transferred to Jamaica, where he built
the st. Mary's Hospital. The ground
for the hospital was a personal dona-
ton of Father thinner. For ten years
he has been chaplain of this hospital.
which is conducted by the Sisters of
st. Dominic.
sodaIity Girl Loses Life.-In an eff
fort to save the life of girl chum,
who had waded into deep water, Mar
garet Costigan, aged fifteen, Spo-
kane sOdality girl. lost her life in
Spirit Lake. Idaho, on a recent Sun
day. The other girl was rescued by
the Rev. T. J. Purcell, who. fully
dressed, rushed into the water and
swan ashore with the drowning girl.
The two girls were members of a
party of the Young Ladies Sodality
of St Francis Xavier Church. Spo-
kane. who were enjoying an outing at
the lake. Miss Costisan was on a
raft when she saw her chum sink be-
low the surface the second time. AL.
though unable to swim. the young he
rOine sprang from the raft in an I'M
successful effort to save her COmpan-
ion. Her body was recovered twenty
minutes later, but efforts to resusci-
tate her were unavailing.
\ Noted Nun.-Sister Eberharda,
frequently alluded to as the Won
derful Little WOman,' has been trans
ferred from St Edward Hospital. New
Albany, Ind, to the mother house of
the Sisters of st. Francis, at Lafay-
cite, Ind. For ten years Sister Eber-
harda was stationed at the institu-
ten, where she served faithfully She
was the utility" sister of the hos
pital. It is stated that there was
scarcely a thing she could not do.
When interior painting or vanishing
had to be done. she did it. When
plumbing service was required, she
could make repairs. 1t is said that
she even laid concrete, and did much
other work ordinarily only done by
men. There was no task, however
difficult, she would not undertake, nor
work too hard for her to attempt.
In addition to this service. it was Sis
Ter Eberharda who did the soliciting
and bargaining for the hospital
Gibbons Service Club in Baltimore.
permanent army camps near Balti-
more, and sailors and marines whose
steadily-increasing quota on the
streets of Baltimore gives evil
dence of this city's growing impor-
lance as a seaport are rejoicing at
the opening of the Gibbons Service
Club at 500 Cathedral street, which
last week threw open it's doors to en-
listed men. The club operates under
the auspices of the National Catholic
War Council, the interest of which or
ganization was enlisted through some
of the camp commanders, who pointed
out that the city is without adequate
postwar accommodations to take care
of men on overnight leave of absence.
The old Lawrence Miller home, famed
for it's collection of paintings, has
been converted into a model club
house, with halls and parlOrs, a bill
lizard room, cafeteria and reading and
writing rooms. There are sleeping
for $50 men at the
prices of so and IS cents. A
and a victrola add great
ly to the enjoyment of the guests.
Miss Ida Curlett, of Boston, is in
charge of the Gibbons Club, assisted
by Miss Marie McPoland and Miss
Eleanor Cook. The entire staff served
overseas with the National Catholic
War Council.