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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-09-16

down the steps and down the street.
He loved his daughter wholly and
sincerely, but he saw so little, so
pitifully little of her. Perhaps if
they hadn't left the old home in
Eland, if they hadn't come out to
Wildwood-but then Clara wouldn't
have had all those nice friends And
she must have the best, his little
Clara He was glad for one thing,
that she was studying music with
Won Wassen. He was a true must
clan, not stylish like some of the
young fellows, but thorough, capable,
talented. In the Fatherland he had
been we'll known and much beloved,
drawing his pupils from the children
OF the Junkers and many times win
ner there in the Kuenstlerwet or
musical Journeys. But he was too
tree a spirit, too brave, heart to
suit the autocratic Prussians, so he
was driven forth an, exile from the
land he still loved even in it's cruelty
to him. And now Won Wassen was
teaching his little Clara
From the first there had been a
strong bond, of friendship between
them. Something in the vivid, com
polling beauty of the child had drawn
the embittered old man against his
will. And in turn, the very grudg-
ing fashion of his giving the love
which had always been lavished upon
her had compelled the attention of
the imperious little girl. Once the
wires had been set up, invisible mes
sages were shot across between the
creator of music and the music lover.
So Won Wassen took the child to his
heart
Under his care and teaching the
early promise of genius was more
than fulfilled. The fire and passion
of her nature found outlet through
her tapering fingers in the creation
Introduce this pupil of his training to
the world. For, at last, his long cher
ished project of a Kuenstlerwettstreit
in his own town of E1and had ma
terialized. Pianists were coming from
all the nearby towns to play in open
competition. Competent judges were
to decide which was the best musician
and that most to be envied of mortals
would be crowned der Sieger, the Vic
tor
Won Wassen smiled and strOked his
beard and then glanced up. his gray
eyes kindling with pleasure as they
always did when the 1.-THE, assured
figure of his favorite pupil entered
his dingy rooms.
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"Ah, Clairechen,' he said, pleasure
and pride thrilling in his voice, "as
usual, though it be gray otherwhere
you bring the sunlight with you"
Clara smiled, accepting the tribute
as her due. Truly, she disregarded
the hearts offered her, this arrogant
blond daughter of the Valkyrie
Passion to her was matter OF
chords and melody and rhythm, not
| of words and looks and embraces.
Il play well, today, Mein Herr,
she said, drawing off her gloves and
going to the piano. a"The passages
you explained to me last time have
become clear and understandable.
see their meaning, now"
Pleasure radiated from Won Was.
| sens sensitive face. The unparalleled
music of Igor Stravinsky's "Scherzo
Fantastique" had long been a passion
pupil who could play it. Now he
| had this child, ignorant of life but
able to express it with her strong,
white hands. Sometimes, to be sure
! she needed help in the Interpretation
| of the more obscure phrases But
| that was his privilege He was her
| teacher
They will be surprised, little
| Clara, when they hear you play al
the music festival You look so like
child and play so like a master
Are you afraid Fraulein, of the
judges and of the public, who are the
harshest critics."
| mot at all, Herr Meister," she an
| sWered with the assurance of one
whose regency has never been ques
tiond. Then she glanced toward the
window From outside could be heard
the purring of the motor.
| 81, too, felt that way before my first
artists competition, but when / went
to the stage and looked down on al
| the white faces, each sending the mes
sage, He cannot play, this youth,
they almost convinced me, liebchen
they almost convinced me. But wher
IL felt the loved keys beneath my
fingers the thrill of power and OF
certainty came back. | played the
'Chanson Indoue' from 'Sadko.'''
His voice trailed away into silence
and he gazed straight ahead of him
seeing, not the hideous brown paper
on the wall, but the scene of former
triumph.
"They crowned me with laure
wreath, Clara, and carried me up anG
down the streets on their shoulders. !
/ A look Of unWonted tenderness
crept into Clara's face. This old man
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melody of "Scherzo Fantastique."
She wooed the audience away from
the thoughts Of somber realities
which had been stirred up within
them and amused and amazed them
with elfin fancies. She sang to them
of love and called them to follow
after, only to run away. She CO.
quetted with them.
An unexpressed, inaudible thrill
ran through the audience. AS far
as Won Wassen had outdistanced
previous performers she was outplay-
ing him. She sensed this. She, not
he, would be the victor. Youth must
triumph. Youth is strong, old age
is failing. Youth has hope, old age
has only knowledge. She, with her
life before her, would be crowned.
Over the tinkling, twinkling notes
OF the music came the words, "Once
crowned with the laurel wreath. Then
| will go in peace"
In the audience which had been
held spellbound there was a slight
stir, that almost inaudible rustic
which tells performer that he is
losing hold For in Clara's music
there was a letting down, deliberate,
decided. Something was missing
which had been there; something was
there which shouldn't be. There was
a sense of repression as oddly at con-
trast with her former buoyancy as
woman's eyes in a child's face.
They like our Clara, Mama"
breathed Mr.. Lehman, proudly, break
ing the breathless silence which had
held them
Yes, they do"
"And don't her dress hang lovely
She'll get the victor's cap, sure" hiss
ed Miss Hugo
Clara finished playing and received
great applause, but not the ovation
which had awaited her but short
while before.
Wistfully, lovingly, her father
watched her and she smiled back, a
peculiar, apologize little smile with
shadeseof meaning in it new for Clara.
The spokesman of the judges ad-
Yanced to the center of the stage.
We needed no consultation, my
friends" he said, Ito decide that the
prize goes to Herr Won Wassen,
though for moment I must confess.
/ for one wavered in favor of his
pupil. In few years we shall un-
doubtedly hear of Miss Lehman when
love and sacrifice have added warmth
to her playing"
Clara smiled.
-Eua. J. Kelly, in Tie Sigud.
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versal American principle; the best
possible education for every American
boy and girl, with all that this i'm.
plies in the way of curriculum, meth.
DDS, time, aids, sacrifices and encour.
agements of every kind But we con
slider that education is more than
knowledge of facts and things. 1t i'm
plies cultivated sense of right and
wrong, of virtue and vice. 1t means
for everyone well understood prin.
ciples of conduct, the secure habit OF
a good life based on correct teaching
and consistent example. 1t means a
just compliance with the divine will
as made known to man in Gods usual
ways. In a good education these
moral facts are not kept apart, as it
were, in watertight compartments, but
are commingled and combined with
all human knowledge, it's atmosphere
so to speak, one great unity of facts
and faith, of the goods and the rights
and the uses of this world with those
of the world to come. "
John Burroughs was at some pains
recently to prove that nature is sheer
Indifferent to right and wrong, good
and evil. One may say of education
that it is not in itself moral nor con-
ducive to morality The moral or
ethical note must be impaired from
without, must be taught, and mostly
by example. eve Christians do not
talk great things" said st. Cypran
to the rhetoricians of Carthage, eve
live them" 1t is now notorious that
education alone, meaning acquired
knowledge, offers no guarantee of
personal character; nor proper sense
of social justice, charity, peace, good
will, neighborly service, fair play.
We Are Teachers of the Gospel,
Dear friends, we claim to be the
spiritual kin of these original teachers
of the Christian law, life, thought
hopes and ideals. Through many
changes, and out of many races, we
claim to represent in the new world
the essential tenets of the Gospel, the
spirit of the Church's long and event
full history, the educational philosophy
which she has lived into being and
form, and yet daily ensouls with he1
ancient wisdom.
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perhaps by the power, of his music,
held the key to her cold, young
heart.
Never did I play at music fes-
tival when / did not win the siegers-
becher," went on the old man
proudly, unconsciously Strengthening
himself as he stood by the worn
leather chair. and regaining for the
moment the military bearing which
had been his in those golden days
He saw himself again the proud
young conqueror, walking high-heart-
edly amid the adulation of throngs
Clara looked and saw worn old
warrior nearing the end of the race.
"Once again, Clara, | will play and
be crowned with the Lauberrenkranz
Then | will go in peace and leave
you, my pupil, to reign in my stead
For there is no one who could com.
pete with you, Clara. You have
genius and my teaching"
The horn sounded impatiently and
Clara gathered her things together.
With the courtliness he had kept
through all his struggles, the old
musician bowed her from the room
For the next few weeks the red
Stutz was forced to blush unseen and
waste it's odors on the Claireless air
For Clara worked
On the night of the music festival
all the contestants had played except
Won Wassen and Clara. All had
been excellent. The judges would
have difficulty in awarding the prize.
Won Wassen mounted the steps amid
the whisperings and consultings and
criticisms of the audience But after
the first few notes, hush fell He
had elected to play tSadko' again,
and he wrung from it it's full beauty
as only a man who has suffered can.
His fingers sang of deep tropic
nights with myriads of stars. They
cried in pain and protested OF hurt,
but ever and again came the wistful
half sad, half resigned pleading for
love. Into the song he played his
former glory and triumph Into it
he played the poignancy Of regret at
being forced to, leave his Fatherland.
Into it he played little of the de-
spair that comes to every man when
he feels that the Sisters are measur-
ing the last lengths of his thread.
There was silence when he fin
ished, and before the audience had
time to gather itself together. up onto
the stage came Clara, tall, blond and
beautiful, and radiant in white life
after death.
Without prelude she broke into the
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the dependable Miss Hugo for the
erratic but stylish Nine. Louise.
when you were a baby, Clara, lots
of times she come and took care of
you Sundays SO me an papa could
go buggy ridin And one time when
you were sick"
But Clara, with an impatient jerk
of her beautiful blond head, cut in
upon the oft-told tale.
"Oh, you can have her if you want.
Ma" ct was Mother only when she
was speaking of herr IF you want
to look dowdy, go ahead. I'm going
to Nine: Louise She says 1 have
the best figure of any of the younger
Set" she added in well-satisfied tones,
selfconsciously turning her shapely
| body before the long mirror
She was, indeed, a beautifully form
ed young thing, every movement
graceful because of perfectly trained
and co-ordinated muscles. Her beau
tiful head set arrogantly upon square
| shoulders showed the hours of care
full grooming spent upon it.
Down the broad staircase she ran,
her fingers resting lightly upon the
polished banister. She hurried across
| the broad hall and into the dim living
| room, pulling on her gloves as she
went. She moved over to the mirror
! and, having drawn out from her waist
a tiny box, began to powder her nose.
| AS she did so figure detached itself
| from the heavy hangings near the
window and moved slowly toward
| her.
| Going out, Clara?'
yes, Pa" Clara, having finished
her powdering, had taken wisp OF
stray hair in her hand and was
roughing ii. Selecting one hair as
the main line she pulled the others
along it, causing them to curl and
twist up near her face in a delightful
fashion and thus securing herself
| against unsightly strands.
Its my day home" continued hel
father, wistfully, "and I'm going away
tomorrow for week thought that
today maybe you and maybe we
could walk"
Il take a music lesson today, Pc,
Won Wassen is most likely stamping
around now looking for me. He
hates it when I'm late. After / get
through there, Dick Vanderclock is
going to take me out in his new red
Stuff So I guess can't go today
Goodby, Pa
Mr.. Lehman sighed as he crossed
slowly to the window and watched
the upright, energetic figure ruI
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The Right Rev. Bishop Shahan, in
a recent address, briefly reviewed the
rapid strides which Catholic educa-
ton had made during the past year.
The Bishop said in part. as follows:
In our country education is fast
taking on all the evidences of a ma
tion-Wide religion, natural religion
if you will, nevertheless a mental at
titude endowed with ardor, faith, de-
votion vision and unsuitable conf
dence in itself. Education is held to
be the palladium of American free
dom, the pledge of American great
ness
When he considers the vast extent
of the United States, it's incredible re-
sources, its endless possibilities,
and when again he dWells upon the
and hopes in the old world, the sense
of responsibility weighs heavily upon
the average thoughtful American, and
he concludes as a rule that only by
the way of knowledge, full and COM
plete, can the new world be made
to give up all that it possesses for the
progress of mankind. The new world
seems to him the last refuge of OBJ
pressed humanity, its last port on the
sea of life. 1t has always been to him
more than fish and lumber and furs,
more than gold and silver, whether as
Puritan he worked out on an inhos-
pitable shore his narrow concepts Of
divine love and justice, or as Catholic
missionary he crossed the immense
continent on foot and alone, crucifiX
in hand, and preaching to savage
tribes the hottest lessons of charity,
example and self-sacrifce.
The Nature and Uses of Education.
Now American Catholics share quite
generally this view of the nature and
uses of education, and they resent
thoroughly any suggestion or sus-
picion that they are less devoted to
the cause, Of education, however
broadly stated, than their non-Cath-
Ollie fellow citizens. While we are
very much concerned about the re-
| ligious content Of education, and many
non-Catholics have similar anXieties,
we are no less devoted to the uni
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flames, then the storeroom with all it's
contents and then, alas, our church
caught on fire as well.
Saving our dear Lord in the bless
ed Tabernacle and the sacred vessels
i'll preference to all else, we neglect
ed the greater part of the contents OF
all the other buildings.
"Schoolless and worst of all church
less, our desolation and sorrow is very
great Our best efforts and those of
the good and generous benefactors of
four long years were totally destroy
ed in an hour. The Master, only, in
Whose footsteps we are following, can
console us and give us the strong sus-
tanning hand we want SO badly now
in this, our great affliction."
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FIRE IN THE MUMlAs MISSION.

A letter from Rev. P. Coenen, E. F.
NJ, of the Mumias station i'll Uganda,
Africa, dated July third, tells a
sorry story and one that should ex-
cite generosity. The Father says:
"A great catastrophe befell us last
night, when fire made an end within
half an hour of six Of our buildings
The fire started in the huts of our cat
echumens and soon a second house
became a prey to the flames. Burn
ing grass was taken up by the dry
season wind and carried to the school
building. Immediately after this one
of our own dwelling houses, although
about $50 yards from it, burst into
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the extent that public opinion is en-
Eghtened, and that enlightenment can
come only in proportion to the
capacity of the people for self-enlight-
eminent
And so it is true, that the State has
q right to insist that all of its peo-
pie shall be given that capacity for
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THE STATE AND RELIGIOUS IN
STRUCTlON.

Governor Miller of New York, in a
recent address, spoke in part as fol
lows:
Free government depends upon pub
lie opinion. 1t will succeed or fail to
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Overnight Bags for the
Weekend Trip $4.95

Good-loo<ng patent leather bags in two practical
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BANK CREDITORS TO
RECEIVE PARTIAL sum
Rsceivsr Settling Up Affairs OF
Second National OF
* Elkton.

Eukton. Nd, Oct. 6.-Thomas w.
Perkins OF Chestertown, receiver OF
the Second National Bank OF Elkton.
stated yesterday that no had juet oh
tanned permission from the Treasury
Department at Washington, d. c., to
pay the first dividend OF 10 per cent
TO the creditors of the institution
Checks will be mailed out in about two
weeks.
The bank closed it's doors last jan
uary, and for the past six months
Receiver Perkins has been hard al
work trying TO etraighten out tho
tangled condition Of the banks affairs
Only recently he brought action IN the
Circuit Court here for an order to sci
the Gilpin's Falls Electric Company
but did not succeed. The bank hello
1921, 900 worth Ct bonds Of the Electric
Company, which was about one-thirt
OF the assets of the institution. 4
great deal depends on just what dis
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the creditors of the bank will ulti
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For Saturday we feature one table full Of thes
fine imported French Kid Gloves at this remark
ably low price. Choice of black. white brown o
grey, made in two-clasp style with embroideret
backs in self or contrasting color.
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HIGH KHAN uPHoLDs CLARKE
Supreme Body states Former Imper'
ial Wizard Is Not Guilty Despite
Indictment

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 6.-The Imperial
Kloncilium, ruling body OF the ku
Klux Khan, in a statement made public
today, denied truth Of charges against
Edward Young Clarke. imperial wizard
protein, indicted yesterday on the al
legation OF using the mails to enect
scheme to defraud.
1.-The charges against Mr.. Clarke
and on which the indictment was
found" said the statement, signed by
w. ]. Simmons, imperial wizard. and
other members Of the kloncilium
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WEDDINGS.
Spnth.Zeinmlnerspe.

Miss Amelia Zeinminerspe and John
Spath. the latter n fireman of Engine
Co. No. /. Bureau of Fire, were mar
ried Wednesday afternoon in st.
Mary's Church. by Rev. L. ]. ,Mealey.
Miss LueCa Miller and Joseph Kauss
were the attendants. After the cere-
mony a dinner was given in their
honor by Mrs. Paul Mcdaniel. at the
Iambros Restaurant. The couple will
reside at 1o2 East Twenty fourth
street.
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WEDDINGS.
Lehman.DOugherty.

Miss Marie Dougherty. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Dougherty,
1901 du Pont street, and Lawrence ID.
Lehman, 1903 Union street. were mar
ried at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
in st. AIMS II. G. Church by Rev.
John ]. Dougherty, assistant pastor
Of st. Paul's II. c. Church.
Cook. Ginslnger.
Miss Caroline Ginsinger and John
Franklin Cook, both of this city. were
married in Hanover parsonage, Sep
TENDER 90. by Rev. Charles II. Bonner.
The bride and groom We're attended by
Miss Sarah T. Cook and John Il. Pain.
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Bishop Cook at Trinity Church.

Bishop Philip Cook. head OF the
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. has
just returned from the Episcopal con-
vention that was held in Portland,
Oregon, and will lecture at Trinity
Church on Sunday evening, at 7.a5
p. m. Bishop Cooks talk will be con-
fined to certain points brought out
in the convention.
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Complete Plans for Bee Zaar.

The arrangements for the Bee Zaar
which will be held in the social room
of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
Twenty-third and Madison streets and
Concord avenue, October % 70 81, in
elusive. under the auspices Of the
Bee Hive Sunday School Association
of the church, are nearly completed.
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Tailored Blouses of Dirnitv
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Two attractive groups of fine dimity and batiste
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with turn-back cuffs. Some are severely plain.
While Others have neat edges Of real lace; and still
others show dainty touches of colorful embroidery
on the collars
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were charges presented by the same
crowd Of former employees who were
discharged from the organization and
who have filed one law suit after an
other ever since they were removed
from the payroll"
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Regular SIPS
Novelty Curtains
$l.49

Made in Il attractive back,
Dutch curtain and plain styles of
Scrim, Marquisette and Wolfe, ef-
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ruffleS. White only.
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Smart Tuxedo Sweater of
Zephyr Wool $4.95

skirt or over onepece rocks for the chilly days of
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wool in self or contrasting color; plain or novelty
WeaVeS; all cOorS.
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Fine Nainsook
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$l.OO

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style. An exceptional value at
$1.00.