The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-01
BY T. ]. o'CoNNoH.

Public Ledger CORRESPONDENCE.
Copyright. 1920. by Public L"lgCr Coz
LONDON. Feb. 18th" other day |
met at lunch my old friend. Father
Bernard Vaughan. We had both agreed
o speak ut meeting summoned 10y the
lord mayor Of London to ask some char
ity for the ChaldCanS-a body OF (hriS-
tians who have suffered from The ahom-
inablc Turk in just tho sam" way ana DS
tho same method as the Armcu!ans.
Father NauChan's popularity. which
- universal in England. IS one Ct IN
curious paradoxcs OF our time. cath
olics have not altogether lived down IN"
century-old prejudice against them ~
England and he is jesuit priest, ani
the Jesuit is still a bit OF a ougbcar.
Hcsidcs, no Catholic is so prououn"Cd!N
and sometimes so tactlcSsly, candid m
his statement OF his views. once no
brought confusion and cmta-raSSmcht
TO me and all my friends in iAN"rn"oi
when speaking at a memorial S"TNI',
10 the many Irish soldiers Of Liverpool
who had died at the front-therc -
mourning IN almost every houS"h"i"
among my Irish constituents IN LAYER
pool--he got Off one Of those BAD orcaNS
Eng1ishnnen Took It wen.
Tho lord mayor, who is stSnch !Tot~
nstant; several members OF the munich
nal council who were ProtcstantS. ana
some Jews had come in full cercW"nlaIS
IN tako part in tho service. though d;
vas in a Catholic church: and Father
bernard. whom We had asked as the
star preacher 10 honor the occasion:
brsnchcd off into an cmouona! appeal
10 the mixed congregation 70 come "'t'
tho bark OF Peter" But tho EnSIiNhn"h
behaved splcnd!dly; they didn't az ne
American saying L. bat an eye; anu q
lunch with good claret, at which We All
appeared arterward. restored INC !iua-
ion for EnEliShmcn. with All 'h'',
faults. arc extraordinary good naturcl
IN s,rh things and can lister to thing
hoy do not agree with with E""u'
Father Bernard is equally vehement
and outsjoken when b" Is E'rdinS ~
some OF the fashionable craz"s OF ia"
hour. Ho has floGged tn" Jazz Dance
~ scantv dress and all tn" other popu-
lar rollics OF the day During lh' "%r
no shocked some Of his more soti-Spnk-
On confcrces by declaring ms Fchc-
ment desire that tho British soldiers
should keep on killing Geri'l'"N a. last
as they could.
Almost every Monday morning az on"
period the papers contained some stTik,
ing and unSparins phrase or ms 'ah,h
from his sermon on the previous sun
dav These sermons were UNUSUALLY Dc
Iiyercd at tho Farm street Chapel. ~"
chief jesuit church IN LONDON MS
rhurhc is in the Uidst OF Mayfair ana
usually has a very Fashionable" gamer
inr. Pcopl" began to think that IN"
chief delight fthc popular Jesuit was
therefore TO find himself confronted ny
an audirnc cot Cashionahl" ladies', c"un-
tc.sn sbv preference, and there were
somn who turned from HIM with som"
impaticnce as from one OF those fash
ionablc and sleek clsrEymcn whose lips
Ar. wet with tho SaCCharlnc delight Of
flashing the folies OF tho fur Win 4
sort Of suggestion that he loved them
better for their little frailti"s.
Dramatic In Tho Pulpit
The impression was perhaps increased
by tho undruiablc fact that Father
Vaughan is undoubtedly very dramatic
in the pulpit He has beautiful voice
and an clucution that IS perfect 50
much il this tho case that actors and
actresses are tempted often to como 10
hear him just road tho gospel Of tho
day. with such perfect effect docs h"
bring out tho beauty OF tho languas"
Of the gospel.
Similarly in preaching. thcre = a
cadence in his voice which runs from
Tho COO to the cyclonic shout; tho drlIv-
~ might 10 called artificial IL it wcr'
not 50 artistic.
From all these Impressions I myself
had formed a somewhat erroneous pc.
ture OF the man, II Was only when |