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All Men Are Brothers

20 volunteer catechists, ranging in
age from 10 to Is Most of them
work in Kyo.o offices or shops until
5 pm.
Though asked to teach only one
night a week, a number of the ca
techists have requested two assign
ment5 a week. On their scheduled
night, the volunteers go to st. Vim
cent Xavier Church After a few
sandwiches at the mission. they
leave by jeep Or truck at 6 pm.
They drop off at their assigned vii
lagos, two by two. Children's classes
run from 7 until little after 8 pm.
Adult classes are held from about
$50 to $50 or 10 pm.
The youthful instructors confine
themselves to explaining doctrine.
refusing to argue in public, but tell
ing insistent questioners that they
will answer all questions in private
after class
They never speak against nom
Christian religions. In fact, regard
ing the founder of Buddhism. they
make the point that, if he had lived
in Palestine in the time of Christ.
he might well have been chosen to
be an Apostle.
Teachers are assigned 10 village
on semi-permanent basis They
come to know all the village people
and handle all correspondence be-
iween th2m and the mission.
The fact that young men should
volunteer for such work week after
week. points out Father Steinbach.
makes a deep impression on the
village people. They We're especially
impressed when university student
specializing in seismology in Kyoto
joined the catechists Young people
have more influence than they
think; both children and adults are
impressed BY the sincerity Of these
ieAphapS y
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work had preceded him into the viii
lagos. His begging activities had
brought him into contact with many
influential people One mayor told
Father Steinbach's helpers, who
were seeking donations Of food and
clothing, that he deeply admired the
priest,
Here is a man VINO thinks only
of helping others" he said HE lives
to the fullest his teaching that all
men are brothers. We would like
to learn about his religion"
When Father Steinbach had
trained catechists to teach village
classes, he visited this mayor. He
thanked the officials and the people
for their charitable gifts to the st.
Vincent de Paul Society Then he
offered to show two motion pic
lures, King of Kings" and Twenty
Six Martyrs of Japan" Practically
all the adults in this village res
ponded to his invitation.
Meanwhile, the catechists were
becoming acquainted with the peo-
pie. They answered questions about
mission work, the st. Vincent de
Paul Society, and the films The
people were so enthusiastic with the
motion pictures that Father Stein
bach offered to return the following
week with another movie
On his next visit, after showing
a film, Father Steinbach gave a
brief talk on particular Christian
teachings, such as filial piety. bro
therly love, prayers for the dead.
and mans duties to his Creator He
told village officials that his young
men were so interested in these
teachings that they would be will
ing to instruct evening classes for
children if suitable hall could be
provided
At brrsfht f'afhel Slalahaeh hss
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through the stories he told. Hon
estly, that man can tell fib and
make it sound as though he really
believed it himself. He's the guy
that had me almost believing that
story about a Snake River sturgeon
that was caught and brought into
town in a wagon. The fish was SO
big that the head was resting on
the drivers seat and the tail was
dragging on the road behind the
wagon.
The fourth spot goes to one of
the richest men I've ever met. To
me, who has been hobnobbing
mostly with common working men,
just knowing rich man is an
oddly in itself. But this rich man
was an odd character in his own
right.
We once rented a house he owned.
One day he came over while was
puttering around. While he talked
to me he stopped down and picked
UP two or three old nails I had
thrown away and Strengthened them
out.
You ought to save these" said
the rich man.
To me, that was an odd thing 10
do for a man who had thousands
of dollars. But then maybe it was
that sort of oddity which made him
as rich as he is.
Leaving the riches, we descend
the stairs and land among rags,
which introduces us to more odd
characters. This time it's not one
person but a whole family. never
knew their name, but the kids
around the neighborhoOd called
them the "gOons". This family of
two grown daughters, a son and a
mother lived in tent pitched
behind an outdoor sign board i'm
an empty lot.
Every morning they'd leave their
tent home, all four of them carry
ing an empty gunny sack. About
Woodworking they can be seen
heading for the tent, each carrying
sack full of I don't know what.
Some say they gather junks; some
say they steal from stores. But no
one knew exactly what they carried
in those sacks. Once in while I'd
see the daughters sitting on a red
kids wagon in front of some store,
wearing red COW girl hats, just grim
ming at passersby. The mother would
be wandering around inside the
store and the son can be seen walk
ing around the block. Odd, pitiful
characters.
This sixth character worked in
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a laundry. BY the way she looked
and dressed you wouldn't know her
name was Lucy. In fact, you
wouldn't know it was she, instead
of him.
She had haircut just like that
of man. She always wore black
leather jacket, a levi and cowboy
boots. Her chin stuck out like Pop
eyes chin. She even talked like a
man.
And the way she fightsl Once
Lucy and another woman had a
little misunderstanding, and Lucy
put up her dukes and set herself
la Joe Louis Nothing so effemi-
nate as hair pulling for Lucy. No,
5rrel Battling Lucy stalked her prey
for a few seconds and then all hell
broke loose. Lucy tore in and ram
med hard left to the midsection,
a stinging right to the jaw, a left
to the head and another right to
the jaw And the poor woman
mean the other one-was bleeding
and sobbing, crumbled up on the
floor Wow, heaven deliver me from
weaker sex such as Lucy.
Weaker sex? Don't let this next
odd character hear you calling
passed on years ago, Mrs. Abt has
years young, will not stand aside
for any man. Since her husband
passed on years ago, Mrs. Abt have
been taking good care of herself
without a mans help.
Her kitchen sink needs fixing?
She'll do it herself. Painting to be
done? She'll do it.
I said to her:
why don't you hire carpenter
to fix that porch?"
What" she retorted. lifting up
her white haired head, PAY man
to do a job can do MYSELF" And
she did it.
She claimed that her belief in
Christian Science had kept her
health up, but when I looked into
her medicine chest the shelves were
filled with all sorts of remedies
looked at her with a grin and
kidded:
Hey, I thought you Christian
Scientists don't believe in medicine"
She smiled and winked as she
alibied:
One of you unbelisvers who visit
me might get sick SO I have those
medicine ready just in case"
To meet the next odd character
l had to go far into the hills of
Idaho. AS l fished up one of the
streams l came upon an old her
init, living in a shack by the
stream. We sat and talked for a
while and l found out he doesn't
read newspapers nor does he even
have a small radio.
The hermit had his ideas about
radio
THE radio, he said, lis the big
gest cause of worry. On radio you
hear that business is bad, that
somebody's trying to start a war,
and that makes you worry. don't
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for several days. When he finally
did the boss asked:
What happened to you?"
Il was in jail" replied the great
chief OF the Blackfoot Tribe, the
mightiest of all hunters of the Da-
kota country.
Why didn't you talk your way
out of it like you always do?"
They didn't gimme chance"
walled the big bow and arrow man.
There was in a tavern Winding
my own business when some rough
neck started to gimme a fight. /
didn't want any trouble so l backed
away and bumped into cop stand
ing at the doorway Before / could
turn around the cop clonked me on
the head-and the next thing
knew 1 was in jail
That convinced the mighty chief
that Idaho was too rough for red
man so he packed up and went
home to his reservation somewhere
in Dakota. Now he's probably SCAT
ted in front of his hut-talking and
talking and talking.
The second character was re-
tired preacher who greeted his
friends with life saver. You
could always tell it was Preacher
Brown coming down the street by
the springy bounce in his walk.
He'd bounce up to you and offer
you a life saver and then he'd tell
you the doctor ordered him to take
lots of walks.
My health, you know" he'd say.
Preacher Brown certainly follow
ed the doctors orders. No matter
what part of the town you may be
in. you're almost sure to bump into
the bouncing reverend. guess that's
why he knew everything that went
on in the town.
Preacher Brown had a knack for
other things, too. For instance, get
ting his picture in the paper If
there is any group picture in the
paper, look close enough and you'll
see his skinny face peeking through
gap between the mayor and the
president of the Chamber of Com
merce
Bill Dye would probably fill me
full of buckshots from his 16-
gauge shot gun if he ever found
out I've given him a niche in this
hall of odd characters. Though
he may deny it, though he may
cuss till his false teeth rattle out
of his mouth, though he may
shake his gray haired head fever
ishly, he's railroaded into the
show.
This codger is mighty proud of
his job. If you see an old man wear
ing blue striped overall, with a
silver badge pinned prominently on
his chest-that's Bill Dye, the dog
catcher. Every dog in the county
knows him by sight, and Bill claims
to know every dog. He ought to
he's roped enough dogs to make sure
they had a license.
However. it's not his dog catch
ing career that brought him down
to the ranks of odd characters. Bill
degenerated into this freak show
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Ten Most oldest Characters I'VE Known

hear all that junk so 1 got nothing
to worry about"
Crazy notion? But you know. list
ening to him I discovered that he
had, in his own way, found con-
tentment and peace of mind that
the rest of us are struggling to find
the hard way.
The ninth character in this
parade of odd people is an Issei
bachelor nearing fifty. Issei, in
general, are known to be more of
a setting hen than a wandering
goose. That's why Mr.. Nakamura
is an oddly. He was wandering
goose.
When 1 first saw him, he was
just chugging into town in 80
Chev. coupe, with all his worldly
possessions stuffed in a duffle bag
tied onto the roof of the car. saw
him around for while and he was
off again. A few months later he
was back again For all 1 know.
he's still wandering.
Finally we come to an odd
character that was character.
Mrs. Snipe ran an auto court out
on highway. This sweet dispo-
sitioned widow who was almost as
wide as she was tall had one vice
Lonely Hearts Club.
She kept up correspondence with
several members of Lonely Hearts
Clubs all over the country. Always,
ever always, searching for a mate
to replace the one she had lost sew
eral years before.
She thought she had found one
in a handsome swain way out in
New York. They correspondent back
and forth and became pretty chum-
my. Finally, the man wrote and
said he was coming to her. He got
as far as Chicago and wrote to her
asking her to send him money so
he could continue his journey to
his love.
Mrs. Snipe wasn't to be taken in
so easily. She saw him as a male
gold-digger and dropped him right
now.
Her next romance, via mail, pro
crossed famously. And again, the
sutton was on his way to claim his
love. Mrs. Snipe was all aflutter.
She hustled around and prepared
the way for her mail-order lover.
She spent $198 for one of those big
picture hats from Montgomery
Ward.
On the day her lover was to ar
rive Mrs. Snipe wrapped herself in
a sheer pink gown that was SO tight
that her excess bulged out hither
and yon like the rolling hills of
Idaho With her plump face, double
chin and all, framed by a big, round
brim of her picture hat, Mrs. Snipe
was a picture-although 1 wouldn't
dare say what kind OF picture she
was.
Then he came Mrs. SI1ipe's
knight in shining armor. She gave
him the best cabin She took him
out to dinner and told him all about
herself.
Alas, that was her undoing. I
Next morning, after preparing a
scrumptious breakfast. she knocked
at her lovers cabin, but to her sor-
row and dismay, the lover boy had
fled during the night.
She had told him all about her.
slf-even the awful truth that she
was a poor widow with nary a cent
in the bank
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Pilgrims Dream

Like the sturdy mountain reaching sky
Stands pilgrim with his head he'll high
His a he sought
OF citizens hands helped wrought
With his cherished hopes he came
From the land of cherry
Where beyond the Pacific stood
The adventurous shores, of boyhood.
In this strange
This stalwart pilgrim placed hands,
toied will and sweat and tears
With yawning daybreak setting of years.
There stands a foreign field
The blood he his only yield.
church. press community
Four decades and have
another
child, mi goes or pride
t gallant guide
body years sight
witt deep snowy white
Blu hear conquer a favored
Old Glory, watch him.
face, only sin.
RUTH KODAMA
December 1850
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N1SEI CALENDAR
JANUARY
12-13-14-5th annual Nisei Classic
in Main Bowl.
14-Northwest Nisei Classic dance.
FEBRUARY
2-"Winter Serenade", instrument
tai and vocal program to be spon-
sored by the Japanese Methodist
church for the organ fund
10-Annual Bellami tolo dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-11

teachers. The groups average
20 to Is persons.
The classroom is lined
with bassinettes, blackboards,
charts, diapers and baby
gadgets of various kinds, but
the handspring of the entire
operation is life-size dolls
made Of a startlingly flesh
like composition. The dolls,
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and about 10 per cent of the
2,400 were husbands. The
figure for this fiscal year will
be larger and so will the hus-
band percentage, according
to the Red Cross.
The classes are two-hour
sessions, three times a week
for two weeks. Red Cross
nursing instructors are the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-11

TIME OLD SAW that a
L. father, with the arrival
of his first son or daughter,
is doing as well as can be
expected" now can be re-
vised. He's doing better than
can be expected.
One big reason for the
improvement Is the course
for expectant parents that
Is conducted by the District
Chapter, American Red Cross.
The course-12 hours of lee
lures and actual instruction
in baby care-is conducted
month in and month out at
the chapter house, 2020
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
AS soon as one class COM
pletes the course, a new one
starts.
It hasn't been so many
years since a husband, when
the Stork arrived, had three
principal jobs: (a) Get his
wife to the hospital in time,
90 pass out cigars at the
Office and (c) boast.
Oh, sure, he'd lend a hand
now and then after the baby
came home, but, generally
speaking, the little he knew
about baby care was strictly
from observation.
Whoever dreamed the day
would come when a father
to-be would attend a pre-
natal clinic? When he would
know prior to B day (B as
in BIRTH how to battle his
first born? How to sterilize
a bottle? When he would
know a panel" diaper from
a "kite" diaper?
It's a wager that your
father and mine didn't at
tend any such classes, but
the 1850 style husband may
If he wiShes-and the num-
Der that does Is increasing
constantly.
In the last fiscal year,
2,4OO parents-to-be attended
the Red Cross classes. That's
almost one parent for every
10 babies born in the District
WASHINGTON, ID. c., FEBRUAR
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in response to the proper
poke, emit a sound.
"See? It even coos" the
Red Cross lady explained.
Glass instruction covers a
number of topics, but en-
phasis is placed on feeding,
bathing, handling and dress
ing. Special stress is laid on
how to allay a baby's fear of
falling (Which the child psy-
biologists seem to know is an
infants primary fear).
Both men and women get
their chance for actual prac-
tice with the dolls, but the
wives seem more content to
take notes for future refer
ence. The men, on the other
hand, roll up their sleeves,
put on aprons and 60 to
work.
They are awkward and a
little shy at first, but the Ice
is broken for them when one
way of holding a baby Is de-
scribed as the football hold"
They're talking mems Ian
guage now and the first thing
a father-to-be knows, he is
bathing, oiling, powdering,
pinning diapers and burping
the baby like a veteran.
It is only in diaper tech
nique that a prospective pop
seems to lose his enthusiasm.
"They don't like to get too
expert" the Red Cross lady
said. "They seem to think
it might become their regular
job"
Who attends the classes?
A peek at the registration for
a recent class showed an en-
gineer, several Government
workers, a plumber, teacher,
lawyer, student and-of all
people-an editor.
The only logical deduction
seems to be that husbands
and babies apparently are not
only here to stay, but that
men are taking a more
conscientious interest in the
family chores both before and
after B day. w. ]. M.
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WASHINGTON, d. c.. FEBRUARY H. l95l-Page IL
, 1951-06-25

IN MEMORIAM
of the late
LUDWIG E. HARRIGAN
An honest labor leader, friend of the tOorking man
Oho fell asleep, May 10, 1851
Always on the job always on the go
Doing this and that, going to and fro
Stripped Of fanfare no pomp, no outward show
This tOas HARRIGAN
Prepared to give battle for right itself,
His duties he never placed on a shelf
What he promised to do he did it himself
This was HARRIGAN
There were times he fought his battles alone
Sometimes his wisdom was clearly shown
But regardless of what, he held his own
This tOas HARRIGAN
Born in St. Croix, from her bosom he came
He travelled afar, but returned again
His great love for her was always the same
This .Oas HARRIGAN
We who knew this man, know where he stood
Alas! perhaps he was misunderstood
His struggles were all for the common good
This uas HARRICAN
For the employer and the employee,
Yes, it must be said in all honesty
That he worked for them both, courageousIy
This tOas HARRIGAN
He made mistakes like the rest Of us make
But he played a fair game of give and take,
Honest in purpose he loved for Gods sake
This tuds HARRTGAN
He was a great leader, indeed he was
We say this in truth, we say this because
He lifted the fallen he championed their cause
This toaS HARRIGAN
We've sustained a great loss, Gods will be done
We pray that he'll send us another son,
Who'll follow the path of this honored one,
God bless HARRIGAN
t. ~ by MARIE A. RICHARDS
Frederiksted, May 26, 1851
, 1951-06-25
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The SIS aAlcoa Ranger" is
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