The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-03
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| head, as a guide through the ''Vati-
pointed with stubby, besmudged fan,
and Father Walter translated for us
| his account of the faded and I'M
| painted wonders of the palace. The
room of the Emperor, whenever he
| prayS, was shown us, empty and I'M
painted, with ordinary mating on the
| floor and square yard of extra mat
| ting for throne in the center. A
| hole in the screen that formed one Of
the walls was explained as the result
of tOO-realistic painting OF bird
that suddenly took wing and few
away when the painter finished. He
protested, when Father Walter ridi-
culed, that nowadays the BONES do
not tell the story any more to devOut
, pilgrims.
Father Walter brought out a rather
good point in the style of pagan tenn
pie architecture. 1t is mostly roof.
| heavy. thick layers, piled one on top
of the other, as though to press down
Y
architecture scars to Heaven. No
matter what the explanation, there is
a feeling of depression there and We
were always glad to get into the fresh
! air, even though it smelt of fish and
! the Odor peculiar to the East, some
thing like the smoke of a Chinese
! junk.
Father Aurientis. the senior of the
| diocese, tried to make us stay over
night, but we compromised by taking
supper with him. He speaks English
! we'll Outside of three or four priests.
all we met knew no English and We
talked in French exclusively for days
at a time. 1t gets easier as We go
along, but they warn us that at Can
| ton none speak English. However
the French are nothing if not polite
and they patiently bear with our mis-
| takes and seem to expect them.
We had supper the next day with
| Father Faye at Kobe and met there
young priest recuperating from ty-
phoid. He had served Father Prices
Mass at the Rue du Bac seven years
ago, as subdeacon. Father Price
gave the Rosary Gin English) and
Benediction at the church Git is for
European residents), and we took the
night train for Yamaguchi.
The trip to Nagoya was an expert
ence l shall never forget. The train
was crowded when we entered, but
Father Spencer was experienced in
demanding a seat and after waking
, several men who had planted them
selves lengthwise on the seats
squeezed Father Price between them
They offered no objection and showed
no Impotence at being obliged to si
up all night.
| got a place between two worer
with babies AS the air became closer
and uncomfortable, one by one the
men shed their garments. Both mer
and women smoked, and ate, anC
drank tea, bought at the stations or
the way, one sen for a small pot. Sleel
was impossible. Fortunately there
was a Catholic boy in the car. We
could have picked him out instinc
!, lively by his, modesty and open face
but he introduced himself as a pupi
of the Brothers Of Mary's School a
Tokyo. Though he spoke English cor
rectly, he naively said he preferred
French as he knew it better. He, too
, was going to Nagoya and volunteered
any help We should need. He was evi
IDENTIFY panied at the disgusting sights
| we priests were forced to endure, ant
did his best to distract us by interpret
| ing the cries of the food vendors tina
burst out in the dead of the night
l with little concern for the sleep o
! the passengers.
The first surprise at Nagoya was tt
find it the third largest city in Japan
/ at least, after Tokyo and Osaka, TO
there are three cities whose popula
, ton runs abreast, Nagoya, Kobe ant
! Yokohama each claiming four or five
: hundred thousand souls. Nagoya il
centrally located between the TIVE
, larger cities, Osaka and Tokyo. w.
, arrived about six o'clock, and thank!
to the Brothers students, were soo1
at the church. 1t is on the mali
| street, trolley passing the door, tire,
, minutes from the station. 1t com
prises about one acre of ground, will
a catechist's house, an assembly hall
priests residence, a Lourdes Grottt
and church holding possibly ont
hundred or more.
We entered, fortified with a lette
in Japanese to the sacristan from
F. Lemoine of Yokohama but it wa
. needless. Father Delahaye from
Shizuoka was there, Investing from
: Mass. Nagoya was not in his terri
tory, but since the war took away it,
) pastor he has supplied every few
months. I said Mass and Fathe
, Price followed, giving Communion tt
his server, bashful young man wht
: knew his Latin well. In fact, man,