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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
TITTLE-TATTLE.

There is nothing so delicious to the
great majority as tittle-tattle, and
there is nothing the religious dwarfs
so like to expatiate upon, as, in their
eyes, the so-called judgments and pun
ishments that befall people, notes the
Pittsburgh Catholic If one has a
blackened eye there has been domes-
tic broil, certainly something wrong.
If one limps or is equity then has glut-
tony been committed. If ones nose
shines and is highly colored certainly
has he looked in the glass, and his po-
tations not loud but deep. If one fails
in business then there has been extrav-
agance. Genufect devoutly in church,
keep your eyes on your prayer book
and the altar, and you are hypocrite.
See that the butcher gives you full
weight and you are curmudgeon. Ii
instead of the honored penny, you
drop a dime into the collection basket
or poor-box-you are Stimulating char.
ity. Do as you may the religious
dwarfs are all around and about and
quick to censure. Finally, when you
at last die the judgment pronounced
is: served you right. 1t was a judg
ment and a punishment. According
to these actuaries Of scandal statistics
you should have reached the age OF
Methuselah had you squared your life
by their box and compass. 49,.
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WHEN GOING TO CONFESSION.

A young lady came hurriedly into
the church, seemed to bless herself,
genufected, knelt moment at the
last pew, then glancing around from
side to side, figured out that no one
was confessing. So taking up her
handbag once more, she hurried into
the confessional?
Father" she began, will you hear
my confession?"
"Certainly," said the priest quietly,
but seriously; "but remember, God
will hear it, tool"
The hurried penitent was struck by
the answer and after moments hest
tation she replied:
Then Father, will you please give
me just little time while go out
and prepare better for this confess
sion?"
Probably that confession was some.
what different from her usual ones.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11

They furnished trousseaux for brides,
and their table linen was known
throughout Hungary for it's beauty
Many were in favor of presenting a
handsomely embroidered Red Cross
Banner.
But Sister Agatha determined on a
more precious gift. A few days later
she walked into the Red Cross head.
quarters in Buda, followed by two
girls carrying huge garlands of roses.
1--WE have brought to you a little
gift" she said to the attache in
charge, "and we wish to give you, as
representative of America. the most
valuable thing the House Of the Good
Shepherd contained. 1t was no ordi.
nary kindness you rendered us at an
hour of more than ordinary need
She took from under her white vest
ment an ancient silver crucifix, which
opened and displayed at the juncture
of the arms, a tiny piece of stone.
"This is our crucifix,". she continued,
(which contains a very sacred relic,
a piece of stone from Bethlehem, be-
lieved to be a stone from where the
stable stood in which Christ was born.
| give it to you in the name of the
Sisters and the girls. To you we owe
the fact that we are still in existence"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
THE CATHOLIC PHYSICIAN.

Some time ago the Church celebrat-
ed the feast of Saints Cosmas and
Damian. They had been Christians
from their childhood The study of
Hippocrates developed. their love of
God, whose invisible projections they
had admired reflected in the magnifi-
cense' of creation and especially in
the human body, His palace and His
temple. They devoted their sanctuary
of God to preserve it from injury or to
repair it's ruin. They have been
placed before the Christian world as
the patrons of physicians, writes Rev.
B. X. O'Reilly.
We have need Of physicians who
are thoroughly Christian. Next to the
priest who ministers at the altar of
God there is none who occupies high
er or holier position. To his hands
is committed almost supreme do
minion over human life. To the physi-
clan who knows what life means the
body to which he ministers is not
merely piece of machinery s. It is
the dwelling place of an immortal soul,
the temple of the Holy Ghost and
destined to be with God for all etern-
ity. The Catholic physician knows
that a human body is holy thing.
His knowledge begets a love and rev
erence that cannot be shared by athe'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
SMILING STELLA.

Lois Day, straight as an arrow, rosy
checked, pulsing with health and
vitality, stepped out of her home to
the sidewalk with reluctant feet, and
walked in moody, respondent silence
toward the school. tits no USE she
said, I'm no scholar and never shall
be. I'm tired of trying over and over
again. I'm just going to quit
"Too-hoo, LOIS" called cheerful
voice across the street; give you a
whole minutes start, and then beat
you to r. II. S."
in spite of the twinge of pity at her
heart. 1t was Stella Lyman, painfully
clinkering down the steps of her
piazza. She was young and rosy
checked, too, but one foot was so hope
lessly crippled that it was a painful
sight to see her struggle along with
one crutch and cane. But somehow
she always did get along, with her
bag of books, too, and there wasn't a
more cheerful or popular girl at R. H.
S. than Stella.
But this morning her cheerfulness
and patience were put to the severest
test Just as she sent her merry
greeting across the street to Lois, her
clutch and cane both slipped, and she
went down in crumpled heap, with
her crippled foot beneath her.
ooh, .Stella!" cried Lois, and darted
across the street to- help her school
mate. But before she could reach the
spot Stella had somehow managed to
get up again, and stood leaning on her
crutch, smiling at Lois
"As I was saying, just before the
earthquake struck us" she went on,
"I'm the champion sprinter of Pleasant
street.. But If you will just give my
Tam O. Shanter tweak, to pull it out
of my eyes, we'll trot along to school
like twin sisters
"Oh, Stella LYMAN" gasped Lois
chow can you--how can you do it? II
l had" she glanced at Stella's Grip
pied foot-"I would be perfectly crazy
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If | had fallen as you did just now,
l should be SO hot and angry that
I'm afraid would have said some,
thing wrong. How can you keep on so
sweet and patient day after day?'' "
Stella smiled, not quite so merrily
this time, and trace of tears shone
in her eyes.
'It isn't always the easiest thing to
do" she said, "but had a big tussle
with it more than a year ago, and I
resolved-not all by myself, you know
NOT to see the gloomy side of my
infirmity, nor to let others feel it, any
more than l could possibly help.
That's the reason why Stella comes
up smiling every time she tumbles
down, and she's lot happier for it l
can tell you. And another thing I've
found out that lots of other girls have
things that sometimes trip them up
things not quite so plain to be seen as
a crippled foot. 1 wouldn't wonder"
she smiled up slyly, eff even Lois Day
had something that bothers her once
in while" q,
Il have" laughed Lois. ut tripped
me up, neck and heels, before you fell
On the snowpath. But" she finished
triumphantly as they entered the
schoolroom, 1--WE come up smiling and
l mean to do it every time"
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house, but the main features of the
history of the room in the time fol.
lowing the Supper form an important
partsof' Christian annals.
The owner of the house in which
was located the famous Upper
Room" of the Last Supper story is not
mentioned in Scripture. 1t is believed,
however, that it must have been one
of the disciples.
Various opinions have been adj
vanced as, to who it was. Some have
said that it was Nicodemus, while the
belief has also been held that it was
Joseph of Arimathea or the mother
Of John Mark.
The information which has come
down to us as to the place of the
great event is enough to fill in an in.
teresting outline picture of the room
The hall, it appears, was large, and
was furnished as a dining room. In
this place itself Christ showed Him.
self after His Resurrection. t.
The place was also the Scene of
other great events. 1t was there that
the election of Matthias to the Apes
tolate took place, and also the send.
ing of the Holy Ghost. 1t was there,
too, that the first Christians gathered
for the breaking of bread" Peter
and John went there when they had
given testimony after the cure of the
man born lame Peter came there
also after his liberation from prison,
while it is thought likely that the
Council of the Apostles was likewise
held there. =, =, '~r. -. j..
AS church the room stands out in
history. 1t was for some time the
only church in Jerusalem, the mother
of all churches, known as the Church
of the Apostles of Sion.
Misfortune came to the famous
place later on. In the eleventh cen.
fury it was destroyed by the Sara
Gems. Later it was rebuilt and placed
in the care of the Augustinians, and,
after another destruction, it was re-
stored and put in charge of the Fran
ciscans. They were driven out in
1861. For some time of late it has
been Mohammedan mosque. T.,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
GOOD SHEPHERD & NUNS GIVE
MOST PRECIOUS RELIC TO
.-. RED CROSS.

(By N. C. w. C. News Service)
An ancient silver crucifix from the
House of the Good Shepherd at Buda
has been given as a gift to the Ameri-
can Red Cross in recognition of the
services of that institution at time
when the convent was in direst dis
tress and it seemed that it could exist
no longer.
One afternoon, without warming, an
American Red Cross man stepped into
the convent grounds. He was the first
man, except the convent chaplain, who
had walked through its gardens and
halls for many months. He saw doz.
ems of girls in the vegetable gardens,
wedding. planting. and hoeing. Others
were pruning and training rosebushes.
Sister Marie was busy attending to
the pigs and poultry. Sister Oleana
was in the cobb1er's shop at the end
of the garden, where with three girlish
apprentices she was making and
mending shoes for family of one hun
dred. He found there was no money
for coal or Hour and that while the
|seventy-five girls were willing to go
without such Injuries as meat, sugar
and milk, they were already being
compelled to face the fact that the
barest necessities, like bread and
shoes and wood for the fire, rapidly
were being depleted.
The next morning well-laden truck
from the arsenal across the Danube
rolled up to the convent and unloaded
sacks of flour and sugar, boxes of con
densed milk, canned meat, canned
corn, and other necessities. 1t was
now practically certain that Sister
Agatha could keep her family of girls
together for another six months.
There was great consultation in the
convent as to how appreciation Of the
gift could be shown. The main occu
patton of the girls is needlework. In
peace times they made many of the
altar cloths for the churches and vest
ments tor the priests Of Hungary
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
THE HISTORIC ROOM OF THE
II LAST SUPPER. n

OF all the many places made sacred
by the life of Our Lord and by the
various events in which He was the
central figure, none, perhaps, unless
it be that of the Crucifixion itself, has
much greater claim on the interest
of the faithful than the Cenacle, the
room in which the Last Supper took
place.
The Last Supper, the historic re-
past held by Christ and His disciples
on the Eve Of His passion. at which
He instituted the Holy Eucharist,
made this room one of the most
sacred of places, says The Pilot. A
scarcity of information concerning
some of the important details of inter
est in connection with the room for
bids full and complete history that
would thoroughly satisfy the curiosity
pfathel faithful with regard to the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11
THE PARISH BUsYBoDY.

Everyone has met him. He is ex-
tremely interested in things of which
he knows nothing. He abounds in
some parishes-few are altogether
without one or two specimens, says
the Catholic Columbian. He knows
how to govern the Church in general
and his own parish in particular He
is very self-important and has a high
opinion of his sharp-sightedness
Sometimes he is prominent in Cath
Ollie societies, not that he is really very
much interested in either Ireland or
his fellow-man, but that he is anxious
to have his name appear in the papers.
He knows all about the clergy, and
can tell you why Father A was re-
moved, and why Father B is not re-
moved. He INDUCES in sly mods and
winks and significant indications that
if everyone knew what he knows they
would be astonished. He is very wise
in his own conceit, but in reality a
nut. Such are the people who carry
gossip and tittle-tattle-who make
mountains out of mole-hills, and Gre
ate scandal. They have an itch for
notoriety and are never so happy as
when organizing and promoting some
thing which will bring them into the
limelight, or laying down the law to
obedient listeners. Such persons are
altogether too numerous, Do not en-
courage them. Let every man sweep
clean his own doorway and attend to
his own business. Do not gossip about
Church affairs. Do not spread idle
tales. Say your prayers: do your duty
and leave the government Of the
Church to God and His prelates and
clergy.
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THE HOLY SOULS.

There is a prison house of fire s
Where captive souls must stay
Until the guilt of all their sins
Is washed and burnt away.
But we on earth may help them much,
And surely we should try,
For those poor souls will succor us
When we too come to die. sg.
Perhaps within that prison fire
And our loved ones passed away,
A father or mother dear
For whom we never pray.
A sister or brother,
A kind and loving friend,
Who wait so patiently each day
For us, our aid to lend. nG
There are many ways of helping them
Of which, these are few,
"A little act Of kindness
For some one we may do.
An aims, bestowed in secret,
Forgiveness for foe.
And greater, far, than all things else
The Mass will help them so.''
Each morning when we waken
We should offer for the day
To Jesus, for the suffering souls,
Each footstep on our way.
Each thought, and word and action,
Each pleasure and each pain,
And Jesus will return it all
A hundredfold again.
Then let us strive to help them
While on this earth we stay,
For sooner than we realize,
We too shall pass away.
But if we now show mercy,
And for them do our best,
When we too suffer, we may hope
To find eternal rest. ....
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HER TWO NlEcES.

Aunt Lucy smiled expectantly as
girlish steps sounded on the stairs. |
She had little surprise for Frances!
well, dearie," she announced, as |
the bright face peeped in. eve got
some worsted just the shade you
like-and I'm going to begin some
bedroom slippers for you right
away"
Gas if I'd let you!" protested
Frances lovingly. 'Why, Aunt Lucy,
they're so much work, and l couldn't
think of letting you tire yourself out
for me. Yes, the zephyr's the prettiest
shade, but you can use it for other
need any more slippers-those that-l
Lou Elder sent me at Christmas are
as good as new yet. But thank you
just the same" she added, with kiss.
Really, Auntie darling, if l had them,
I'd hardly know how to use an extra
pair" she said earnestly. I'D ever
and ever so much rather you made
yourself something pretty-that wool
will make lovely shawl for you, and
| you need new one"
Five minutes later she had gone
| downstairs, leaving Aunt Lucy the
fruits-but somehow oddly the poorer
| by reason of queer, sinking little
| disappointment. Yet how gratefully
she had thanked her pretty niece for
| the candied fruits.
They're just the kind like she
said,' "only you shouldn't have spent
SO much on mel"
ut surely is more blessed to give
than to receive" Frances heart was
singing happily as she went down
stairs. Then wasn't it bit odd that
she should so lightly have deprived
Aunt Lucy of her shore of this
greater blessedness?
| ''Fve been making you little
fancy apron, Prue," Aunt Lucy said,
almost timidly, when her other niece
hurried into her room, an hour or two
later II had some bits of linen and
lace, and" .--
ooh, you darling!" Prue interrupted
joyously. What little bird told you
was needing one?"
+ Aunt Lucy's eyes were very bright.
''I have material enough for a couple
of aprons if you can use Them" she
said. -.
IF ! can use them." laughed Prue.
) "But it's too much bother for you!"
"No, I love to do it, said Aunt
Lucy happily. II always did like
fancy work. Suppose 1 put blue
bow on the other? And make the
pocket out of this medallion?'
"That will be nice,' said Prue
. "You are always thinking of some
thing for other people"
Before she left the room her
fingers slipped into her shopping-bag
On the way home from the Office she
had brought some choice nuts fol
Aunt Lucy, but something withheld
, her hand. She wouldn't run the risk
of lessening the JOY Of Aunt Lucy's
giving by any counter-giving of hel
own The nuts could wait
''The apron is such a SURPRISE she
added, as she went out. II always
have liked dainty aprons!"
) 'Bless the child,'' said Aunt Lucy tt
! herself
almost the time of thy giving is
over, Ere from the grass dies the bee
y haunted clover she was hummins
half under her breath, but the rather
y mournful words were far from ex
pressing her real emotions. No in
: deed, Aunt Lucy was enjoying to thu
; full the blessedness of her giving,
i the blessedness that her niece, Prue
had been too wise and loving and I'm
v Outstanding to deprive her of having
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-01
A PUPPY LEARNS HIS LESSON

Across the stream was a little
puppy. He barked at us eagerly and
wagged his stubby tail anxiously.
Evidently he wished to cross, but
as it was rather cold he would not
swim. Suddenly my sister darted
down our side of the stream call
ing, Puppy! Here puppy" We
wondered what she was trying to
do. Suddenly she stopped at the
end Of the bridge Then we rush
ed after her, all calling, Here pup
py! Here puppy"
Then the puppy seemed to un-
derstand. Like a flash he rushed
up his side of the stream and
across the bridge nearly upsetting
us in his hurry. We all laughed
because he looked so funny as he
stood there, wagging his tail. He
followed us nearly all the rest of
our hike and we had great fun
playing with him.-Martha Fighter,
Garfield school.
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er, who has moved to the starting
line. The team wins which has its
last runner the first to return to
the starting line.
This may be varied in many
ways. In a jumping relay race
each contestant is allowed twelve
jumps with both feet together AS
the feet touch ground at the end
Of the twelfth jump, the second
member of the relay begins to
jump, the second member of the re-
lay begins to jump and so on. The
same can be done with hops, and
the number CT jumps or hops ar,
ranged to suit the space of the
playground.
A good variation is that of the
Ball Relay. In this, the leader of
the line, at a signal. passes a ball
overhead and back to the player
behind her. When the last girl
gets it, she runs to the head of the
line, when every girl steps back
one pace. The team wins which
first has the original leader back in
place. This exercises the arms and
demands agility in handling as the
dropping of the ball is penalized by
the necessity Of passing it forward
to the end OF the line TO begin it's
backward course again.
On rainy days, relays can be
done indoors, the Ball Relay being
very good for this. Bean bag can
be used in place of ball. School
room seat relays and blackboard
relays give lot of fun. Rules can
be made to suit each game.
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81 1Ill Ly2.'W,l!! ~! ,!!,llE:!} =

Mr.. Wagner lived about two
miles from a small town, and he
thought it would be nice for his
boys to have little goat cart, so
they could drive into town for mail
and do errands.
Without saying anything to his
family, he appeared one evening
leading a nice, docile-looking, long
bearded Billy goat, hitched TO a
beautiful new red wagon.
OF course, the boys were wild
with delight. and their mother dis
gusted, for she predicted that he
would be more bother than he was
worth, and would eat up all the
things in the garden. They answer
ed her that they would take good
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The All Round Girl
| @ Red Cheeks s2
XXX and Pep TEs
SPRING RELAYS
Mollie Price Cook

Group work in athletics is al
ways better than individual work,
not only because of the healthy
spirit of competition, but also be
cause it is more fun, and. where
there is fun, there is mental energy
as well as physical. That's the
value of relay races. These are
simple to organize. Have a start
ing line, and finishing line or goal
so yards away. Toe on the line to
start One girl acts as starter, Civ
ing signals and keeping score.
For a single relay race, divide
into two lines of an equal number
and stand in file behind the start
ing line. At signal, the first Of
each file runs to the goal, touches
it and returns. On crossing the
line and turning, she touches the
outstretched hand of the next play
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Our "Thank You" List

We were unable to publish all
the stories this week which were
sent into the Junior office, either
because they were duplicates of
some grownup persons story or
were just like stories already pub
lished in the Junior, The names of
the boys and girls whose stories
we were unable to publish are:
Margery Stanley, Alb grade, Fin
ley school; Mary Guerin, Harold
Suits, 5B Finley; Betty Jane Holt,
age II; Pansy Wilson, 5B Finley;
Heleen Kenney, Alb Baxter: Mary
Showers, Alb Baxter; Frances Ma
han, "A Baxter; Annetta Louise
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care that he never got loose, and
that no wrong would happen, if she
would only let them keep the goat.
So with many misgivings she gave
her consent, and Billy was led to
the stable behaving like lamb.
The boys christened him Bnly
Whiskers Immediately, on account
of his long white beard. 1t being a
warm night, they tied him near a
shed, and giving him some grass
and bucket of water. they went to
bed to dream of the fun they were
going to have the next day with
Billy Whiskers.
1t was five hours later when
Billy awakened from his first long
sleep, and feeling refreshed,
thought he would take a look
around. 1t was bright moonlight,
and as all the lights were out In
the house, he knew he would not
be disturbed, for when he went to
a new place he did not like to be
interefered with when he made his
first explorations, and he always
preferred making them at night,
and alone. You will no doubt
think that he could not explore
much. tied to short rope, but if
you think the rope made any diff
ference you do not know the ways
of an educated goat, and Billy had
no kindergarten education either,
but a regular high school training
in that respect.
: He turned, and taking the rope
in his mouth as he had done many
times before, he quietly and peace
fully chewed it until it fell apart,
and then with kick of his heels,
and wink at the house, he went
toward the garden. From this di'
rection the evening breeze was
waiting to his nostrils sweet odors
of dew-sprinkled lettuce and tender
beet tops.
He ate up all the lettuce, or at
least all the choice heads, and what
beets he did not eat. he stepped on
Then he walked across the flower
beds and trampled down all the