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THE CHURCH AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION. "The greatest desire and the most pressing need of our times is peace; peace between classes, peace between nations, and peace between races. "And what are the hopes of peace when the world has deliberately refused to accept the Prince of Peace? The world was bankrupt, and in misery when He came; the world is bankrupt now without Him. Ad earth's schemes apart from Him are doomed to fail, for they hold within themselves the seeds of decay," declared the Rev. Dr. J . English, D.C.L. (Rector of St. Leo's University College), preaching at St. Stephen's Cathedral recently. " Leagues for peace have been estabto survive was the world wide Church lished, and they have the benediction of presided over by Christ's Vicar on earth. the same opinion of the world. But "The rattling tramp of intrepid mispatchwork solutions have no permanent sionaries re-echoes through the cen-

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DEDICATED TO T H E SOULS IN PURGATORY General intention: The Meditation on Eternal Things— Missionary intention: The Preparatory Seminaries in Mission Countries. value, and no achievement can be lasting when expediency is exalted into a principle and when the eternal principles of justice without avarice are not permitted to play a part. The ultimate solution of the world's ills and the only hope of lasting peace is in the Gospel of the Poor Man of Nazareth brought down to daily work. " In the crisis which again threatens the peace of the world, men are saying: 'Why does the Pope keen silent?' Surely such comments are more provoking than convincing when we consider the strange inconsistency of their authors. In 1915, when the fate of nations was being ruthlessly decided in the quivering arena of Europe and when the reigning Pontiff appealed to th-* nations, recalling humanity to canity and peace, a treaty was concluded between three groat belligerent powrs to exclude the Pope from future deliberations in the affairs of this world. Thus, when the Pope speaks, he is condemned for speaking, and all the canards from the Middle Ages to Maria Monk are set against him to neutralise his .influence and his words. When he remains silent, his silence is misconstrued, ^part from self-interest, no nation seems disposed to examine dispassionately the Christian Principle he expounds. But the Pope Proclaims his principles unharnessed to the chariot wheels of any earthly potentate. CHURCH AND EUROPEAN CULTURE. "In evaluating the factors of European civilisation, historians accord to Christianity a formative influence for ^hich there is no alternative but chaos. The dissolution of the Roman Empire Jeft but a medley of warring races, bitherto untutored and living by the ^ord, and the only civilising influence

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POPE L E O XIII AND T H E CAROLINES. How the Pope Made Peace. The Pope himself, in an admirable allocution to the Cardinals a few weeks later, explained the principles of his award, which was accepted without demur both by the K i n g of Spain and by the German E m peror and his all-powerful Chancellor, Bismarck. The Papal decision was that Spain's sovereignty should be recognised in virture of her original discovery and occupation of the inlands; but that Germany should have full liberty to own land, develop agriculture and cultivate industry and commerce on a footing of perfect equality with the Spanish inhabibtants of the archipelago. Church was the maker and the moulder, is a monument bearing constant witness to a future life.

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S A T U R D A Y , 2nd N O V E M B E R , 1935. The Pope is as profound a realist as Mussolini, and, prefers to work for the resumption of peace negotialions rather j than adopt a policy of irritation. (Catholic Times, Oct. 1 ) .

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THE CHURCH A N D STERILISATION. The Italian people, whose Press is ^ $ * L U A B L E INDICATION The publication of certain speculative compelled to extol the Fascist proReifliiig ^between the lines of the views concerning eugenics by Catholic gramme, sincerely believes that it has Osservfctore Romano's comments on Mr. a good case against Abyssinia. To conwriters in Germany has been made the LansburyV speech w e may venture to pretext for statements that the Church demn the Italians openly, therefore, s a y that His Holiness has upheld Italy's has modified its formal teaching; and a would be to create a cruel conflict of claims to some new territory in which loyalties, and to invite apostasy. strong contradiction in the Osservatore to expaifchf^hilst deprecating the means Romano recently deserves notice The Having gone as far as he can on the which she nas taken to achieve her pur•German newspaper in question, it depath of moral persuasion, the Pope^can pose. For good reasons he avoids open do no more. He has no armies, no • clares, "is under illusions if it thinks condemnation. economic power. In that sense only is j that sterilisation has become a disputNot only that, but His Holiness feels he "a helpless old man." able question for the Church because that certain "facts" have given Italy certain people, writing before the Pope cause to complain of Abyssinia as a WHAT IS T H E POPE'S DUTY? had spoken, expressed personal opinions neighbour. which they repudiated immediately after The Pope's duty is to g i t as many At the same time he deprecates souls as possible into Heaven —that first, the encyclical " It challenges the news"threats" (does this include Geneva's and even exclusively. . It is not his duty paper to quote "a single commandment "sanctions"?—we think that it does) or rule, or one word of the divine or to echo the League of Nations, or which are likely only to aggravare the natural laws on which the Church has England or Italy. The wovld has no situation, and he blesses all attempts to tacitly altered its previous notions." right to expect more from him, especig e t peace negotiations started again. Further, it asks in what words can the ally the world that rejoiced when he was If this be His Holiness's mind (and concordat be shown as ordering German robbed of a real kingdom, and army and w e claim no more for it than that it is navy. Catholics to observe the sterilisation our attempt to read the Osservatore's law or any other law which conflicts version of i t ) , then the Pope is in subNothing gave the secularists so much with religion or morals or ibe Church's stantial agreement with Britain's standsatisfaction as the despoiling of the teaching. point, at least prior to the imposition of Papacy of all political influence. Whilst * * * * sanctions. the Pope was not even a nominal CHURCH A N D STATE. Which is what w e were maintaining sovereign, as they thought, they took We have read with much sympathy as far back as August, and why w e are care to exclude him from peace councils the reports of last week's Anglican annoyed by the Pope-baiting which is and from the League. Church Congress at Bournemouth, current in our Press. Then, when it suits their interests and which has been revived after a lapse of * * * * * convenience rather than thei* principles, j years by the personal efforts of the " A HELPLESS OLD M A N " they expect him to use his purely reli- | Bishop of Winchester. In his preface Archbishop Hinsley would have roasolirl gious and moral authority in their to its handbook the Bishop explains his to complain if Catholics, ana our fair- secular disputes! Impudence can scarcely conviction that the Congress affords a valuable opportunity for free discussion minded compatriots in general, w e i e to go further. among churchmen of certain problems read and understand his remarks about They had determined not to make a upon which it is important that a vigorthe Pope being "a helpless old mai« with a small police force," apart from the case of Japan's invasion of Manchukuo, ous Christian opinion should be consoliyet it was as bad a violation of the dated and made effective. The subject context in which they were set. The sensational dailies did his speech Covenant as Italy's invasion of Abyssi- chosen for this year was practically the nia. Suppose the Pope had then sa-d all same as the " Church and State' \vhich this violence. Hence the importance of that they now want him to say against was taken by the Cambridge Summer the complete t e x t , which we present to Italy. School of Catholic Studies 'it its annual our readers. From this they will clearly conference a f e w months ago. The gather that t h e Archbishop's view is They would have denounced him •'or a Cambridge Summer School covereJ th that the Pope has already made full use wicked meddler in politics, ind we know whole subject systematically with a wellof his great moral power and prestige to it. . planned series of lectures which were restrain Italy. each prepared by recognised experts. * * * * * He has not proceeded to extremes, not They are to be published in book form J A P A N WAS A S WICKED AS ITALY. early in the new year, and they should because he is second to any in a sense Now our modern nations cannot have make one of the most valuable anJ imof duty, and in realising the sanctity of the treaties, b u t because any -further it both ways. If the Pope was right in portant volumes in a series which has not making trouble over Manchukuo he provided many indispensable textbooks. action flg,-this nature would do harm to is right not to make trouble over Abyssouls. * * * * sinia. If he is wrong because he does CHRISTIAN FAMILY I J F E not arraign Italy in severe terms, he Such subjects as the Totalitarian was wrong when he did not do the same State, the Problems of Peace and Wafor Japan. and of Christian Family Life were deal with very largely at both conferences And if he was wrong, they were The Church Congress revealed, as usual wrong for the cases were parallel in ! principle. The fact that we can act, or wide differences of opinion on such think we can act, effectively against fundamental questions as divorce or birth restriction, but it produced many Italy, whereas we could not act against Japan, does not alter the principles in- striking speeches which showed how much comon ground exists between the Angvolved, or diminish Japan's guilt, and lican and the Catholic Churches n deours for connivance. fending the rights and duties of family life, and in resisting encroachment? by We have chosen to make a test case the State and the demoralisation which of Italy's broken word, for reasons is caused on all sides by modern materiawhich are probably sound and are lism. Opportunities for co-oper-ition certainly sincere, but all those reasons between all who value the ClnJstian are politics and not morality. The traditions are more frequent than is moral question is the violation o* the Convenant, and there Japan was a s generally realised. The Archbishop of Westminster's appeal on behalf of the guilty as Italy. Red Cross in the Abyssinian war if. one Sound political reasons (and we use obvious instance this week. Another is the word political in an honourable the public meeting against h\r£h control sense) dicated connivance in <he case of which was organised by the League Japan, and action in the case of Italy, of National Life at the Central Hall, PILES CURED. NO OPERATION, but what concern has the Pope with Westminster, for Wednesday, October 24 BLOOD STOPPED WITHIN 23, at which Sir Nicholas Grattan Doyle politics ? HOURS BY T H E FIRST APPLICApresided and Fr. Martindale was th? speaker. TION. M A JOON-E-PILES : — The * * * * * most wonderful medicine to stop all (Universe Oct. 18) THE POPE HAS SAID ENOUGH FOR * * * * troubles of piles — passing of blood, THE MOMENT. severe pain, irritation, and all other PLIGHT OF BELFAST CATHOLTCS. irouuies ox B H I T O I « *.i ~o.»tu, We do hope that when the secret of To the Pope, and to any impartial etc., and new or 50 years chronic pile observer, it must seem that the reasons Lord Craigavon's mission to London is sufferers can be used without restricfor differentiating the treatment accord- revealed it will have some ^earing on tion of diet. e d to Italy from that accorded to Japan, the most crying need of the hour in the Price per bottle $25.00 for ordei are purely political, however honourable corner of Ireland over which he exerwith cash (postage free) ?»rH $ cises practically despotic power. Mr. and well-intentioned they may be. extra for C.O.D. 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The hordes of Consult personally or send enquiothers have been gutted by incendiaries. ries by post stating your age, cause False accusations have been levelled On that basis of judgment one really of th« origin of the disease, the marvels at the severity with which the against them. They were accused cf symptoms and the duration of sufferPope has in fact treated Italy. Without the murder of a Protestant Hands were ings ^ i t h 50 cent-stamps for reply going on to an open breach and quarrel, raised in horror and voice grew raucous to:— he has by implication of a transparent with rage at the iniquity of Catholics. TABIB M. I. JOHARI, But when it was discovered beyond al! kind, accused Italy of acting unjustly The Physician, of the U. M. 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j e c t of a s a t i r e in t h e chief C a t h o lic weekly, T h e Tablet, which h i t s off t h e position v e r y neatly. CaVery few n e w s p a p e r s in G r e a t tholics in Malaya, no less t h a n Britain h a v e left unnoticed t h e t h o s e in G r e a t B r i t a i n , will enjoy outspoken p r o n o u n c e m e n t , b y t h e t h e w r i t e r ' s t h r u s t s a t those w h o Archbishop of W e s t m i n s t e r , on t h e now declaim a g a i n s t t h e Holy F a subject of t h e alleged silence of t h e t h e r for not i n t e r v e n i n g directly Holy F a t h e r w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e w i t h a d e n u n c i a t i o n of t h e I t a l i a n s . dispute b e t w e e n I t a l y a n d A b y s W i t h t h e a s s u m e d leave of t h e sinia. I t w a s k n o w n t h a t D r . H i n T a b l e t ' s editor, t h e s a t i r e is h e r e sley was t o s p e a k on t h i s m a t t e r r e p r i n t e d in p a r t . — in Church a t Golders Green, a n d SINCE 1 8 6 6 Great indignation is growing in Westthe building w a s packed t o t h e the cowardly silence end circles against doors long b e f o r e t h e service of a highly-placed clergyman, the Rev. began. Peter White. The facts are these. About The A r c h b i s h o p , it m a y be h o p fifteen years ago, when the Sixty Club ed, will h a v e g i v e n t h e q u i e t u s t o was formed, the Rev. Peter White was the view, w h i c h m a n y n o n - C a t h o excluded from membership by the blacklics h a v e been p u t t i n g i n t o w o r d s , ball of a Mr. I. Talia, who, at that time t h a t t h e V i c a r of C h r i s t is silent, Ever was the cleric's personal enemy. and p r e s u m a b l y indifferent, in t h e since January of this year, there has been face of t h e p r e s e n t African conexcitement in the Sixty Club over a disflict. Dr. H i n s l e y showed t h a t the c o n t r a r y is t h e c a s e — t h a t \ pute between two members, the Mr. I. Talia already mentioned, and a Mr. E. Pius XI, like h i s predecessors, h a s MAKE Thiopia. After months of recriminabeen proved t o b e a P o p e of P e a c e ; tions between the disputants and many t h a t h e h a s denounced w a r a n d G O O D WATCHES at conciliation by fruitless attempts w a r - m a r k e r s i n plain w o r d s ; a n d mutual friends, the quarrel has had to A S K Y O U R DEALER t h a t in r e g a r d t o I t a l y ' s a i m s in be considered by a committee of the Abvssinia h e r e c e n t l y delivered a n T O S H O W Y O U T H E LATEST whole Club. A few of the original address in w h i c h h e clearly laid had resigned; but the memberSixty down t h a t " d e f e n c e " a n d " e x p a n On the ship is still well over fifty. sion" a r e p u r p o s e s w h i c h h a v e pretexts that he had been their limits w i t h i n moral r i g h t . contemptible refused membership of the Club and F u r t h e r t h a n t h a t , Dr. H i n s l e y Y O U W I L L LIKE IT. that he was therefore precluded from showed h o w t h e Popes in m o d e r n the arguments times, f r o m L e o X I I I o n w a r d s , hearing and examining A G O O D T I M E PIECE have r a i s e d t h e i r voices in p e a c e - and evidence, the cowardly Mr. White, ful counsel t o t h e n a t i o n s , y e t t o despite pressure which began months AT A L O W P R I C E no p u r p o s e . " B e n e d i c t X V ' s ef- ago, has failed to speak out and to brand AGENTS: forts a n d a p p e a l s f o r p e a c e , h e Mr. I. Talia as an abominable person. said, " a r e a m a t t e r of well-known Neither in his sermons nor in his magah i s t o r y — o r s h o u l d be well-known It zine has he proclaimed this verdict. bv well-intentioned a n d well-in- is true that the Club, sitting judicially, SINGAPORE formed m e n . H i s P e a c e N o t e of did not censure Mr. I. Talia until last August, 1917, w a s s e t aside, h i s week; but this does not excuse the encvclicals on p e a c e w e r e d i s r e g a r - Rev. Peter White's pusillanimity and ded." procrastination Dr. H i n s l e y r e f e r r e d , in h i s a d I t n e e d h a r d l y b e pointed o u t t h a t " t h e Rev. P e t e r W h i t e " is dress, t o o n e i m p o r t a n t point i n h e r e n o n e o t h e r t h a n t h e Sovereign connection w i t h t h e e v e n t s in Pontiff, a n d t h a t t h e " S i x t y C l u b , " Abvssinia, w h i c h o t h e r publicists w h i c h would h a v e none of h i m have n o t sufficiently e m p h a s i s e d — w h e n i t w a s founded, signifies t h e the effect of i t all upon t h e r e l a L e a g u e of N a t i o n s , originally s i x t y tionship b e t w e e n t h e w h i t e a n d strong. the black r a c e s . H i s Grace's w o r d s toric c h u r c h , b u i l t on t h e s i t e of a I a little early y e t t o s a y w h a t t h e on t h i s s u b j e c t m a y be q u o t e d * * * * election may"; hold, because a n u m great anti-Catholic meeting at t h e textually. " I n d i g n a t i o n Has no A Tragedy of Leeds. b e r of c o n s t i t u e n c i e s h a v e still t o t i m e of t h e G o r d o n R i o t s , is still bounds." h e declared, " w h e n w e choose t h e i r c a n d i d a t e s , a n d all A few m o n t h s ago, a s r e g u l a r unfinished. I t s t o w e r h a s not y e t see t h a t Africa, t h a t ill-used cons o r t s of s u r p r i s e s m a y be in s t o r e r e a d e r s of t h e s e n o t e s will r e m e m been b u i l t . A n d , since 1848, t w o tinent of p r a c t i c a l l y u n a r m e d p e o between n o ? r a n d Nomination Day. ber there was grave anxiety niches on e i t h e r side of t h e m a i n ple, is m a d e t h e focus a n d p l a y B u t i t is hoped t h a t t h e score or s o a m o n g t h e Catholics of t h e L e e d s e n t r a n c e h a d stood e m p t y until a ground of scientific s l a u g h t e r . T h e of Catholics now in t h e House of diocese on account of t h e i r v e n e few d a y s since. Now, a f t e r m a n y educated A f r i c a n s . . . . m a y well, Commons will h a v e g r o w n to a r a b l e a n d beloved Bishop, Dr. Cowy e a r s , t h e y h a v e b e e n filled. T w o and do, c r y o u t : 'You E u r o p e a n s , l a r g e r n u m b e r a s t h e r e s u l t of t h e gill. H i s L o r d s h i p h a d been t a k e n imposing s t a t u e s s t a n d in t h e m , have you n o t d o n e enough t o e n coming s t r u g g l e . L a t e r on it will t o a n u r s i n g h o m e t o a w a i t an ope- I s t a t u e s of S t . J o h n F i s h e r and S t . slave us, t o u s e u s for y o u r o w n be possible t o g i v e a fairly comr a t i o n , a n d it w a s " t o u c h - a n d - g o " [ T h o m a s More. T h e s e t w o figures, ambitions a n d f o r y o u r own a v a r i - I w h e t h e r h e g o t over it. A t t h a t plete list of t h e Catholic candimagnificent w o r k s of a r t , a r e a r cious p u r p o s e s ? W e a r e w e a k I t i m e t h e C a t h e d r a l a t Leeds w a s d a t e s . Most of t h o s e a l r e a d y i n r e s t i n g b y t h e i r b e a u t y , and i n now, and n o t capable of u n i t i n g ; P a r l i a m e n t a r e practically c e r t a i n b e i n g a d m i n i s t e r e d by an a c t i v e t h e i r dazzling w h i t e n e s s t h e y offer but t h e d a y will come w h e n t h e of re-election. p r i e s t , Canon F r e d e r i c k Mitchell, a bold c o n t r a s t t o t h e t i m e - s t a i n e d black races of o u r c o u n t r y , a n d t h e w h o s h a r e d t h e a n x i e t v of t h e dios t o n e w o r k of t h e C a t h e d r a l . black d e s c e n d a n t s w h o m you m a d e | cesan flock as t o t h e Bishop's conIt is w i t h good r e a s o n t h a t slaves for y o u r commercialism, Illness of D r . V a u g h a n . dition. B y a h a p p y c i r c u m s t a n c e S o u t h w a r k t h u s h o n o u r s o u r newly will become conscious of their Dr. Cowgill recovered, a n d his lord- canonized S a i n t s . A s B i s h o p of T h e Rev. D r . H e r b e r t V a u g h a n , numbers a n d p e r h a p s of t h e i r s h i p is now o u t a n d a b o u t a g a i n Rochester, S t . J o h n F i s h e r ruled n e p h e w to t h e C a r d i n a l a n d b r o Power.' W h a t m a y be t h e effect, a m o n g h i s people a n d able to p e r over a t e r r i t o r y w h i c h is now p a r t t h e r of t h e l a t e B i s h o p of Menevia, on t h e a t t i t u d e of t h e black a n d form functions. But Fate's stroke of t h e Diocese of S o u t h w a r k ; a n d is lying very seriously ill in a Loncoloured r a c e s , of t h i s l a t e s t a t h a s fallen, in L e e d s , in a n o t h e r t h e severed h e a d of S t . T h o m a s don n u r s i n g - h o m e . - H e ' r e t i r e d , temnt a t c o n a u e s t in <Afriefc H a a v e a u a r t e r i ; . S o m e d a y s ago Canon More r e s t s in t h e s a m e diocese, in i m a n y m o n t h s a g o , from a c t i v e Wed t o e x p l a i n ; " a n d Dr. H i n s l e y Mitchell b e c a m e t h e p a t i e n t in t h e t h e R o p e r v a u l t a t S t . D u n s t a n ' s , d u t y a s S u p e r i o r of t h e Catholic then r e f e r r e d t o a r e c e n t a r t i c l e n u r s i n g home, a n d in h i s case, also, C a n t e r b u r y . T h e r e w a s g r e a t loMissionary Society, on account of bv himself on t h i s v e r y point. If a n operation h a d t o t a k e place. cal i n t e r e s t w h e n t h e B i s h o p of persistent ill-health. D r . Vauthere is one m a n in E n g l a n d w h o , A n d n o w t h e r e is n e w s t h a t t h e S o u t h w a r k , D r . A m i g o , w e n t to t h e g h a n is one of t h e l a s t s u r v i v o r s of pr^re t h a n a n o t h e r , is k e e p i n g r e a l Canon is dead. One t h i n k s of t h e C a t h e d r a l e n t r a n c e a n d blessed t h e t h e famous f a m i l y w h i c h h a s given ities before t h e people a t t h e p r e w o r d s : " O n e shall be t a k e n , a n d new s t a t u e s . m a n y prelates and priests to t h e sent time, i t is t h e Catholic A r c h - a n o t h e r left." Canon Mitchell * * * * * C h u r c h in G r e a t B r i t a i n . I n t h r e e bishop of W e s t m i n s t e r . w a s one of t h e b e s t known p r i e s t s g e n e r a t i o n s t h e V a u g h a n s producThe General Election. A Timely Satire. ed n o fewer t h a n five A r c h b i s h o p s E n g l a n d is n o w w i t h i n a f e w in Y o r k s h i r e . a n d Bishops a n d s e v e r a l noted m i s The s i t u a t i o n involving I t a l y , weeks of a G e n e r a l E l e c t i o n w h i c h * * * * * s i o n a r i e s . O n e of t h e best known £t>v sinia, a n d t h e L e a g u e of N a —in view of world-affairs a s well After Many Years. of t h e V a u g h a n ' s , n e x t t o the Car|ons. and t h e o u t s i d e r s ' s u e g e s E i g h t y - s e v e n y e a r s ago, S t . a s i m p o r t a n t q u e s t i o n s of h o m e * on t h a t t h e P o p e i s n o t doing h i s George's prove m o m e n t o u s , j dinal, was t h e f a m o u s J e s u i t p r e a Cathedral. S o u t h w a r k , nolicy—may u t y in r e g a r d t o it, form t h e s u b - w a s opened for w o r s h i p . This h i s F r o m t h e Catholic s t a n d p o i n t it is i c h e r F a t h e r B e r n a r d V a u g h a n . 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I t is r e p o r t e d t h a t t e n p e r c e n t of t h e p a t i e n t s in t h e C e n t r a l L e p e r A s y l u m a t S u n g e i Buloh, t h e l a r g e s t in B r i t i s h E m p i r e w e r e discharged as cured. T h e discharge of so l a r g e a n u m b e r a s one h u n a d r e d a n d s i x t y - t h r e e i s really r e m a r k a b l e r e s u l t of w h i c h a n y asylum m a y be proud. But D r . W. M. C h a m b e r s p o i n t s out t h a t equally s a t i s f a c t o r y s t a t i s t i c s m a y n o t be possible in f u t u r e b e c a u s e m a n y of t h e p a t i e n t s w h o w e r e d i s c h a r g e d w e r e a d m i t t e d sufferi n g f r o m a mild f o r m of t h e disease, a n d b e c a u s e t h e n u m b e r of e a r l y c a s e s n o w a d m i t t e d is much smaller in relation t o t h e total admissions t h a n formerly. Dr. Chambers says t h a t leprosy occuring among Indians, in Malaya, is of a c o m p a r a t i v e l y mild t y p e , a n d t h a t t h e y r e s p o n d more readily and with happier r e sults t o treatment.

P r o f e s s o r W . F . D y e r is conducti n g a short course of lectures on M a l a y a n H i s t o r y every Monday evening at t h e Raffles I n s t i t u t i o n . T h e lectures begin a t 5.30 p . m . , and a r e open t o t h e public free of charge. R e g u l a r courses of lect u r e s o n v a r i o u s topics a r e g i v e n b y e x p e r t s on v a r i o u s s u b j e c t s . T h e s e lectures m a y be t h e f o r e r u n n e r s of c o u r s e s of extension lect u r e s on specific s u b j e c t s .

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More t h a n 100,000 Catholics a r e said t o h a v e a t t e n d e d t h e S e v e n t h National Eucharistic Congress w h i c h convened in Cleveland on S e p t e m b e r 23rd. For the many w h o w e r e u n a b l e t o a t t e n d , special r a d i o b r o a d c a s t s of t h e proceedings of t h e c o n g r e s s w e r e a r r a n g ed. H i s Holiness t h e Pope s e n t a chalice to t h e B i s h o p of Cleveland t o be used a t t h e c o n g r e s s , a n d another chalice t h a t w a s used, w a s one belonging t o S t . F r a n c i s of Sales. Cardinal H a y e s of N e w York w a s t h e papal legate.

KNIGHT DIRECTOR OF T H E KNIGHTS, HANDMAIDS A N D P A G E S O F T H E B . S. F r . Clement T i g a r S. J . Superior of Campion H o u s e , Osterly, h a s succeeded t h e l a t e F r . L e s t e r a s D i r e c t o r of t h e K n i g h t s , H a n d m a i d s and P a g e s of t h e Blessed Sacrament. T h e B a d g e of t h e K n i g h t s is q u i t e in prominence in Malaya. ST.

THOMAS MORE CONVERT SOCIETY. Calcutta—A n e w g r o u p of Church-extension workers has been formed in Calcutta, called t h e S t . T h o m a s More Convert Society. T h e m e m b e r s offer t h e i r services for t h e i n s t r u c t i o n of those w h o e n q u i r e a b o u t t h e Catholic C h u r c h . T h e y also d i s t r i b u t e Catholic m a gazines and pamphlets. T h e Society w a s founded in M a y a t t h e s u g g e s t i o n of a zealous conv e r t of C a l c u t t a . I t s f o r t n i g h t l y m e e t i n g s h a v e been a t t e n d e d b y a n a v e r a g e of n e a r l y 20 p e r s o n s who have studied their w a y through various points of Catholio teaching. There are no fees f o r e n t r a n c e i n t o t h e S o c i e t y ; t h e only obligations a r e a t t e n d a n c e a t m e e t i n g s , t h e r e a d i n g of C a t h o lic books a n d t h e willingness t o instruct converts. (Fides). MISSIONARY SISTERS OBS E R V E 50th ANNIVERSARY. M a r iann hill

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T h e S i s t e r s of t h e Precious Blood, of Aarle-Rixtel, Holland, celebrated t h e 50th a n n i v e r s a r y of t h e i r foundation S e p t e m b e r 8. T h e cong r e g a t i o n h a s 909 m e m b e r s , 500 of w h o m a r e in m i s s i o n a r y l a n d s . When t h e Abbot Francis Pfanner started his missionary organiz a t i o n in M a r i a n n h i l l , South Africa, in 1882, h e founded a special i n s t i t u t e of M i s s i o n a r y Sisters for t h e education of N a t i v e women. T h e m o t h e r h o u s e of t h e congregation w a s t r a n s f e r r e d from S o u t h A f r i c a t o A a r l e - R i x t e l , Holland, in 1903 a n d b r a n c h e s w e r e founded in several o t h e r countries. T h e S i s t e r s a r e n o w a t w o r k in Holland, Africa, G e r m a n y , D e n m a r k , A u s conducting tria and America, schools, colleges, hospitals, dispens a r i e s and v a r i o u s o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n s , including t w o a s y l u m s for lepers. Practically all t h e children t a u g h t by t h e S i s t e r s of t h e P r e cious Blood in Africa a r e N a t i v e s ; t h e y also h a v e f o u r schools for natives and one for European children. ( F i d e s ) .

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Dublin.—The Sacerdotal Golden P a r i s . — T h e H o s p i t a l i t e de N o t r e of H i s Eminence Joseph j Jubilee D a m e de L o u r d e s , w h i c h includes Cardinal M a c R o r y , Archbishop of t h e Association d e s B r a n c a r d i e r s and t h e D a m e s Infirmieres for t h e A r m a g h a n d P r i m a t e of All-Irecare of t h e sick w h o visit t h e fa- land, w a s celebrated with great m o u s s h r i n e , h a s been in existence solemnity. I n t h e Cathedral of St. 50 y e a r s . T h e golden jubilee w a s P a t r i c k , in A r m a g h , t h e Cardinal celebrated a t L o u r d e s w i t h H i s celebrated S o l e m n Mass in t h e Eminence Achille Cardinal L i e - p r e s e n c e of a g r e a t congregation including n i n e Bishops and 150 n a r t , Bishop of Lille, presiding. p r i e s t s . H i s Holiness Pope Pius F r o m F r a n c e , E n g l a n d , Ireland, X I sent a l e t t e r of congratulation Belgium, Spain a n d I t a l y came 250 which w a s r e a d i n English translastretcher-bearers and hospitalers, tion b y M o n s i g n o r O'Callaghan a t a m o n g w h o m w e r e t h r e e of t h e t h e conclusion of t h e Mass. founders, E t i e n n e de B e a u c h a m p , Raoul de Sevrailles a n d Charles d e T h e Holy F a t h e r recalled t h e V e r g e s a n d Gabriel G a r g a m w h o c a r e e r of t h e Cardinal and partiw a s miraculously cured in 1900. cularly h i s w o r k f o r " t h e education Now 63 y e a r s old, M. G a r g a m con- of y o u n g ecclesiastics." "The whole t i n u e s to come t o L o u r d e s to s e r v e course of y o u r life h a s been distino t h e r invalids. guished by s u c h g r e a t achieveT h e Hospitalite h a s become a n m e n t s u n d e r t a k e n for t h e glory o f a r c h c o n f r a t e r n i t y . I n 1934 i t h a d God a n d t h e salvation of souls m o r e t h a n a t h o u s a n d s t r e t c h e r - t h a t you h a v e a b u n d a n t reason, b e a r e r s t o a s s u r e proper a s s i s t a n c e beloved son, t o r e t u r n t h a n k s t o t o t h e 20,000 sick w h o come t o God unceasingly a n d t o ask, with confidence from t h e Heavenly Lourdes. P r i n c e of P a s t o r s , t h e reward for T h e first event of t h e jubilee j so m a n y l a b o u r s , " t h e letter said, celebration w a s a M a s s a t t h e j " I n s h a r i n g w i t h you and yours G r o t t o a t which t h e Most R e v . | in t h e rejoicings of t h i s nanny P i e r r e Gerlier, Bishop of Lourdes, j occasion, W e d e s i r e t o testify Our pontificated. T h e Mass was offered for t h e b r a n c a r d i e r s , b o t h I f a t h e r l y affections, not onlv to you, b u t also t o t h e children of t h e living and dead. whole Irish C h u r c h , of which you A t t h e b a n q u e t which followed a r e a n o r n a m e n t and shining t h e i r general session, t h e Hospi- l i g h t . " talers p r e s e n t e d t o Bishop Gerlier T h e letter concluded with t h e s e a cross of t h e Legion of Honour set with brilliants. T h e occasion words, " T o dignify f u r t h e r t h i s was his n o m i n a t i o n by t h e P r e s i - suspicious e v e n t a n d t u r n it still dent of F r a n c e to t h e r a n k of m o r e t o t h e benefits of souls, We gladly e m p o w e r you t o bless in chevailer. (N.C.W.C). O u r n a m e all p r e s e n t on t h e day TWO AMERICAN F R A N C I S - on which y o u celebrate your C A N S L E A V I N G F O R S H A N - Jubilee, g r a n t i n g t h e m a plenary T U N G MISSION. indulgence on. t h e usual conditions. San F r a n c i s c o . — F a t h e r s E m - Meantime, beloved son, as an manuel M u e s s i g g a n g a n d H u b e r t a u g u r y of Divine favour and a Monnier, O.F.M., have been assign- t e s t i m o n v of O u r f a t h e r l y affeced t o t h e n e w mission field in t h e tion. W e i m p a r t lovingly in t h e Province of S h a n t u n g , China, L o r d O u r Apostolic Blessing to which w a s l a s t y e a r t a k e n over b y yourself, y o u r clergy, and your t h e S a n t a B a r b a r a Province of t h e people." (N.C.W.C.) Franciscan Order. T h e first b a n d GOING MERRILY. of missionaries, t w o p r i e s t s a n d Customer—"How is business?" one lay b r o t h e r , left last y e a r . Shopkeeper—"Going like clock worK. The t w o newly assigned p r i e s t s Customer—"Like clockwork!" ^ will depart, following formal c e r e Shopkeeper—"Yes, everything s on monies, in A u g u s t . [ L u m e n - N . C - tick; we are all run down, and W.C.] thinking of winding up."

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let us n o t t h i n k A n n e w a s a killAt t i m e s s h e w a s transfigured. joy t o t h e i r childish f u n ; quite t h e This w a s t h e case once w h e n t h e c o n t r a r y . S h e w a s t h e life of t!:eir priest gave t h e Absolution before g a m e s , t h e b r i g h t e s t and g a y e s t of Communion; a t a n o t h e r t i m e it t h e m all, b u t w i t h t h e wonderful was after h e r Communion on h e r intuition of children, t h e v recoglast F e a s t of All Saints. All p r e - nised A n n e w a s a holy cHld, above sent noticed t h e r a d i a n t splendour t h e level of o t h e r children. of this e a r t h l y angel. T h o s e w h o In h e r h u m i l i t y A n n e once asked had t h e j o y of knowing A n n e a n d h e r m o t h e r w h y h e r little compathe privilege of w i t n e s s i n g h e r nions a l w a y s w a n t e d t o sit n e a r h e r deep faith a n d fervour a n d t h e a t school, n e v e r suspect log it w a s supernatural m a n i f e s t a t i o n s t h a t h e r s w e e t n e s s and goodness t h a t sometimes accompanied these, a t t r a c t e d t h e m . T h e wise m o t h e r thanked God from t h e i r h e a r t s for a n s w e r e d t h a t t h e y w a n t e d to be this grace a n d felt humbled in t h e nice t o h e r . thought of t h e i r own coldness a n d H e r devotion t o h e r small comfailings. " O h , m y Jojo, h o w h a p py you will b e w h e n little J e s u s panions, a n d especially to h e r browill come t o your h e a r t y o u will t h e r J o j o a n d sister, often m e a n t a see how beautiful it i s . " H o w m a n y little m a r t y r d o m , a n d b r o u g h t o u t h e r wonderful self-control a n d zeal can say t h i s from t h e i r h e a r t s ? for souls. With such love of J e s u s in t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t one would exA t first it is t r u e , h e r zeal w a s pect progress, g r e a t and rapid, all too m u c h f o r h e r small disciples; along t h e line of t h e spiritual life. b u t t h i s little apostle soon l e a r n t As St. Alphonsus Ligouri s a y s : t o t e m p e r it_to h e r , a s y e t , weak" "Who receive a n d t r e a t H i m royaldisciples. ly in t h e S a c r a m e n t of H i s Love, She so often e x h o r t e d Jojo, those J e s u s t r e a t s and r e w a r d s whose sanctification s h e h a d esperoyally." So it w a s w i t h A n n e . cially a t h e a r t , t o m a k e a c t s of "Jesus s a y s H e loves m e v e r y much; m u c h more t h a n I love sacrifice, t h a t a t w e a k m o m e n t s h e Him;" a n d A n n e wanted t o give would s a y : " Y e s t h a t is all well for you, y o u m a k e i t t h i s t i m e ; I'll S h e loved Jesus love for love. do i t t o - m o r r o w . " D e a r l y t h o u g h Him, indeed, w i t h h e r whole h e a r t Jojo loved h i s s a i n t l y s i s t e r , h e and, t h e r e f o r e , wanted t o be in every w a y m o s t w o r t h y of a n d s o m e t i m e s caused h e r t h e k n e e n e s t pleasing t o H i m , h e r soul t o be a pain, t h o u g h h e did n o t i n t e n d i t garden of delight for H i m ; so she or w a s e v e n conscious of i t . practised all t h e virtues. T H E ROSARY. But t h e consuming love of t h i s There is one harp that any hand holy child's p u r e h e a r t w a s f o r a can play, suffering J e s u s ; t h e r e f o r e s h e And from its strings what harmonies^ yearned t o give H i m suffering for arise ! suffering; a n d J e s u s suffered for There is one song that any mouth souls t o s a v e souls and, t h e r e f o r e , can say, Anne b e c a m e a n Apostle of souls, A song that lingers when all singing of t h e souls of h e r little compadies. nions, a n d also of sinners. I t will When on their beads our Mother's not s u r p r i s e u s t h a t conversions children pray, followed. Immortal music charms the grateful^ But A n n e well understood t h a t skies. she must begin w i t h herself if s h e wished t o help o t h e r s . F r o m t h e A n n e h a d a w h e e l b a r r o w , espetime of h e r conversion s h e ever cially d e a r t o h e r , because it w a s a went forward, labouring h a r d a n d gift of h e r f a t h e r . B u t J o j o , too, perseveringly, never s p a r i n g h e r h a d a g r e a t liking for it, j u s t w h e n self, never able t o do e n o u g h . If there w e r e failings, a s t h e r e were, A n n e w a s playing w i t h ?t, and, h e always g o t it a n d a sweet smile they were r a t h e r those of f r a ' l t y than malice. I t seems marvellous, too. but so all, i n t i m a t e w i t h t h i s child One d a y A n n e h a d filled i t w i t h of grace, a g r e e . flowers a n d w a s wheeling i t a b o u t When she^failed s h e w a s r e p e n t - w i t h evident delight. J o j o a n d a ant, and h u m b l y a s k e d p a r d o n a n d little companion c a m e along a n d , soon t h e fault w a s a t h i n g of t h e w i t h o u t so m u c h a s ' b y y o u r l e a v e / past: "Well, I really don't t h i n k seized i t a n d , a f t e r t h r o w i n g o u t Til do t h a t a g a i n , " s h e would say. t h e flowers, m a d e off w i t h it. A n n e When h e r governess, Mile B., first could n o t k e e p back h e r t e a r s , s h e took charge, A n n e h a d a h a b i t of felt i t cruelly, b u t : " I ' m glad frequently pulling u p h e r socks that would alwayjs be falling down. t h e y a r e a m u s i n g t h e m s e l v e s , " s h e After t h e first^ correction, h a b i t said. T h e n , A n n e h a d a beautiful stronger t h a n good will, s h e would china doll, A g n e s , v e r y precious t o soon be bending down t o h a v e ano- her. O n e d a y Jojo took hold of i t and t h r e w i t u p into t h e a i r , h i g h e r ther pull: "Don't, d e a r , " would a n d h i g h e r , t o h i s o w n g r e a t desay h e r governess. " O h , I a m sorry?" A n n e would s a y , penit- light, b u t t o A n n e ' s g r e a t e r d r e a d ently; b u t soon s h e would b e a t i t a n d a n x i e t y , f o r s h e f o r e s a w only £?ain, till t h e back, b e g i n n i n g t o too well h o w i t would end. J o j o J>end would s t o p half w a y , a n 1 a t w a s deaf t o h e r e n t r e a t i e s . Sud*ong last t h e a n n o y i n g little h a b i t denly A g n e s c r a s h e d i n t o m a n y T h e little culprit w a s a s no m o r e . A n d so it w a s in all pieces. s o r r y a n d , of course, h i s sweet other m a t t e r s . She w a s all sweetness a n d kind- s i s t e r f o r g a v e h i m . T h a t n i g h t , ness t o h e r companions, simply t i r e d t h o u g h s h e w a s , A n n e would spending herself t o m a k e t h e m n o t sleep till h e r m o t h e r c a m e a s u s u a l ; " O m a m a , I didn't sleep till P P y , h a p p y herself: "if only t h e y I s a w y o u . Please d o n ' t scold Jojo e good," s h e would s a y They h e d i d n ' t m e a n i t . " S h e h a d no joved and reverenced h e r a n d , w h e n J«ey saw h e r coming, t h e y would sooner said t h i s w h e n s h e fell take care n o t t o shock h e r . 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was especially fond of h e r governess and, if s h e noticed a n y t r a c e "When did it rise?" asked Pat. of sadness in h e r face, would s a y : "This morning," replied the shop"Mademoiselle, you a r e grieved, keeper. you h a v e h a d bad news from h o m e . "Then give us one of yesterday's I will p r a y still m o r e for y o u r loaves." family." Mile B . once t r u s t e d h e r CAUGHT AGAIN. w i t h a secret sorrow which A n n e "Tommy, do you like cake?" called " o u r s e c r e t — y o u r s a n d "No, ma'm," "Well, what happened to the cake you mine." had in your mouth just now?" A f t e r t h i s s h e became still m o r e WORSE. a n d increased h e r affectionate Old Man—"Sonny, there is nothing p r a y e r s t o J e s u s for h e r friend. worse than to be old and bent." the other One evening a f t e r Sonny—"Yes, there is." children h a d gone t o bed, a t^mid Old Man—"What?" Sonny—"To be young and broke." knock c a m e t o t h e g o v e r n e s s ' d o o r ; it w a s A n n e : " O Mademoiselle," I n h e r l a s t s u m m e r J o j o r a n u p s h e said t h r o w i n g h e r a r m s a r o u n d one d a y a n d proclaimed h e w a n t e d h e r neck w i t h t h e sweetest t e n d e r a horse, a g a m e A n n e disliked: ness, " y o u h a v e h e a r d s o m e t h i n g , " C a n ' t h e l p it, I w o n ' t b e i t , " s h e h a v e n ' t y o u ? You h a v e received a n s w e r e d i n t h e first m o m e n t of bad news?" impulse, b u t a l m o s t i m m e d i a t e l y Anne's daily life w a s full of t h e s e s h e sacrified h e r dislikes a n d w a s a c t s of t h o u g h t f u l kindness a n d c a r e e r i n g a b o u t a s long a s it pleas- self-sacrifice. W h e n w e recall h e r ed h e r b r o t h e r ; i t w a s n e v e r t o o n a t u r a l t e n d e n c i e s w e c a n j u d g e long for h i m . " I t h o u g h t i t w a s how m u c h s h e h a d advanced on t h e b e t t e r , a f t e r all, t o m a k e m y sac- w a y of self-sacrifice. rifice," s h e said a f t e r w a r d s t o h e r T h e secret w a s s h e loved J e s u s : governess. "Sweet J e s u s I offer t h e m t o Y o u . " B u t a t t i m e s , all h e r loving To one of h e r child friends A n n e g e n e r o s i t y a n d self-sacrifice failed disclosed t h i s s e c r e t : " W h e n y o u t o m a k e h e r little b r o t h e r good, h a v e no c o u r a g e t o w o r k ; w h e n t h e n s h e would p r a y f o r h i m . If w o r k a p p e a r s h a r d t o you, t h i n k of t h i s failed, s h e would go t o h e r offering i t t o J e s u s . Offer e v e r y room, climb upon h e r bed, a n d t a k e t h i n g t o H i m . N o t h i n g costs m u c h down a p i c t u r e of J e s u s , a n d k i s s - if you love H i m . O u r w o r k i s a ing it w i t h all h e r h e a r t , would p r e s e n t t o offer t o d e a r J e s u s . " say: "Dear Jesus, make Jojo T h u s , A n n e t h o u g h t of all—except good." " G o d m u s t h e a r m e , " s h e [ herself; t h e complete, c o n t i n u a l , would s a y , w i t h a r i n g of confi- heroic sacrifice of self w a s h e r dence in h e r voice. " I a m p r a y i n g pleasure, a n d because s h e loved t h a t J o j o m a y be good." J e s u s : " N o t h i n g costs w h e n y o u A n n e ' s c h a r i t a b l e h e a r t m a d e love H i m . " Yet think not this was easy. h e r quick t o see if o t h e r s w ^ r e in trouble, a n d s h e would n e t re»t till A n n e w a s still t h e A n n e of e a r l i e r s h e h a d helped t o b r i n g peace. y e a r s : " B u t you m u s t b e g G o d ' s Some cousins came t o s t a y w i t h g r a c e : h o w c a n you except t o b e t h e m , a n d A n n e noticed one of good o t h e r w i s e ? " s h e would s a y t o t h e m looked sad. S h e w a s sweet- Jojo. It w a s h e r own s e c r e t of Before victory. n e s s itself t o w a r d s h e r . H o w often h e r b r o t h e r a n d t h e y left A n n e g a v e each a little present, s o m e t h i n g s h e h a d m a d e s i s t e r s vexed h e r b y t h e i r tittle herself. T o t h e sad o n e s h e g a v e q u a r r e l s a n d c o n t r a r i n e s s : " W e l l oh, h o w a paper-knife shaped a s a c r o s s : i t is e x a s p e r a t i n g " T h a t is nicest because it is a t e m p t e d I a m t o g e t a n n o y e d . " (Continued^n page 7) cross, so I will give i t t o you." S h e | 0

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FR. E. LELffiVRE AM) THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BEGINNINGS. ( D R A W N F R O M T H E E D I T I O N W R I T T E N BY T H E BENEDICTINES OF TEIGHMOUTH.) On the death of her mistress, Jeanne made friends with an aged retired servant, named Fanchon Aubert who had ^been a priest's house-keeper and had a ^small income. Together the friends rented two rooms, with a garret above, in an unpretentious house near the church, the ground floor being occupied by other lodgers. They reached their lodging by a winding stair, with a rope for baluster, and at the end of the second room a steep ladder led to the garret, which was entered by raising a trap-door. Fanchon worked at home, spinning wool, while Jeanne went out as a sick-nurse, an occupation suited to her taste as it gave her opportunity for acts of charity. Jointly, these two pious women served God and devoted themselves to all kinds of good works.

A long, hot day in July 1889 was drawing to its close; and in the Motherhouse o f the Little Sisters of the Poor;, La Tour St. Joseph, St. Pern, one of God's holy and indefatigable servants was ending his labours in this life, to enter everlasting rest.

the joy with which her companions opened their arms to receive her in whom they recognised a suffering member of our Divine Saviour. Soon, an old servant who, on her former master and misstress facing mtx^ poverty, had supported them by begging until their death, came feeble and infirm to Jeanne, was gladly welcomed into the house and made happy and comfortable. Behold; the grain of of mustard seed had put forth its first leaves. The good Abbe Le Pailleur, full of compassion for the poor, encouraged these charitable women, and en the 15th October, 1840 (Feast of St. Teresa), he presided at their first little reunion, in the presence of the poor inmates, and on that day the work of providing shelter for the homeless poor, already in action, was invested with the character of an effort. Many friends helped (mostly poor people themselves);, and before a year

Prematurely aged by incessant toil and travail in his Master's service and that of His poor, Father Ernest Lelievre lay in his last agony. It was brief: ten minutes, and all was over of suffering, anxiety and unsparing self-sacrifice, and the beautiful soul took its flight into the immediate presence of Him from Whose hands it would receive the eternal reward promised to the " good and faithful servant." The final illness had been of some I months duration, preceded by long suffering, patiently borne. Since the previous autumn the total loss of sight in one .eye, then threat of complete blindness, heart trouble, sciatica, devouring diabetes and sleeplessness, all had overtaken him, together with that most trying of all privations to an eager worker, gpowerlessness to continue active service. His last Mass had been offered up on April 5th, the eve of Passion Sunday, ;and before the morning dawned, he had received Extreme-Unction for the first time. N o w on this July afternoon, the hour of rest and recompense Sad com&rt* ' Born at Valenciennes, where his relations w e r e successful manufacturers, Ernest w a s the eldest son of a father of Qpjrfi birth and mother whose natal city -wjis Lille (France}.' As a boy, among'others of his own age, Ernest was remarked for his good humour, vivacity and frankness of nature, as well a s for a certain go" which was i n d e e d * marked trait in^after years and wnidh bore hTm up ainid difficulties which would have depressed and discouraged a less buoyant nature. A retreat made in 1842 unde.' the Father&pf the Society of Jesus impressed the young Lelievre so deeply that he felt strongly drawn to enter religion and besought his father to allow him to try his vocation at La Trappe. M. Lelievre. however, stipulated that a course of studies being his wish for his eldest son, such must first be undertaken, whatever might be arranged latter on. Therefore Ernest had proceeded to Paris for lectures; first as a literary student, in which he failed; and then on a course of law, with a view to being called tn the Bar. In this curriculum his success w a s marked and brilliant and the coveted degree w a s gained in 1847. Ernest was then seventeen years of age. SOEUR MARIE D E LA CROIX From his very early youth, on the initiative of a good uncle who was ever nee J E A N N E J U G A N . ready for works of charity, Ernest had had passed a small house .had been Jeanne was, her portrait tells us, taken a great interest in the Society of heavy of face and features; and we read rented, capable of holding as many as St. Vincent de Paul, and had later been that her manners were somewhat twelve of the numerous suppliants for admitted as a member. It was this peculiar probably countrified. But how reception. The parish priest of St. Sersame uncle. M. Kolb, who, finding that little do such exterior drawbacks van, Pere de Bonteville, came to bless his nephew's religious duties on his rehamper a charitable and loving nature. the house and the old people. As time turn from Paris were being set aside, Whenever she went she was respected went on, and it was evident that the brought 1dm back to a better state of and loved for her sweetness and equaniwork would increase, l'Abbe Le Pailleur mind and deserved the eternal gratitude mity of temper. Before long two ether gave the most kind help, even «o ofteh expressed by Father Ernest. companions, Marie-Catharine Jamet and selling his own gold watch and a small The Origins of the Little Sisters of Virginie Tredaniel, joined them and a silver ciborium to contribute to the sort of regular life was established, the Poor. fund necessary for a larger house. which was the first beginning of the To feed so many old women it became On reading the history of the French Society, though as yet they bad not been necessary to have help. All Jeanne's Revolution^ when robbery, imprisonment shown the designs of God upon them, little savings had long since been exand partial starvation were the least of when, in January 1836, a new curate pended; full of confidence in the care of the sufferings inflicted on thousands of came to St. Servan whose name, Auguste Divine Providence, she took up her people o£ every rank, it is reviving to Marie Le Pailleur, was one ever to be basket and trotted forth on the first •one's trust in divine Providence to find revered in the Society, since it was he * quete " or _ begging excursion of the that God, in the very black year 1792, to whom God gave the light to discern Little Sisters, for which they are now was mindful of his own, and implanted and the discretion to carry out His will famed in all the five Continents. First in the soul of a newly-born infant—an by means of these earnest and charishe applied at houses where her old obscure, country girl—the seed of his table women. During two . y e a r s M. women were known and had formerly divine Charity, which would grow up rAbhe Le direct^.. an£f|n^received help, and then went to others, fnto a tree under w h o s e J branches the c/•mirflorpH o u i ^ e d tt.hesp h e ^ Vvoun? o u n g women in* in\iniSr ^ xhis work was One for which she was aged and neglected poor of every Conway of lifei specially gifted and her spirit has det i n e n t would find shelter, care and food, cended to her daughters. This first *both for soul and body. In the winter of 1839, Jeanne Jugan, *' quete" took place in 1841, and from moved to pity at the sight of the sufferThis Wessed infant was J E A N N E that date the quest has been a chief ings of the aged poor at St. Servan, JUGAN^ the originator of the family of means of support for many thousands where no help nor shelter was provided of Hospitalier Sisters, since called the of old men and women. It is real for them, met with a poor o^d woman, •Little Sisters of the Poor. charity and often entails real sacrifice. blind and infirm, who had just lost her B o m of humble farming people in sister on whom she had depended for Before leaving these early beginnings, :Britanny she went, at the ajre of everything, as she had no other friends one beautiful act is recorded (among twenty-jjhr* t o , S t . Servan as a hospital and no means of support. Jeanne took many others). There was a scarcity of •nurse and later became attendant to a the poor friendless one to her own home, linen in the house and the "Good Mother •lady. She, when dying left Jeanne a and cared for her like a mother: to feed in heaven" was invoked. A kind conj small legacy, who, before leaving home, this old woman was no trouble to her, stable put up a little altar to Our Lady, had taken part in a spiritual retreat and she merely worked on later into the brought the window curtains from his [felt a wish t o become a nun; for which nights. Her heart, moved by a sublime own room to cover it, and his wife's veil [cause she'refuse*! an offer of marriage for the statue. Others brought flowers . ! made for her to her parents. 1 impulse of charity, was deliirhted to see u

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and Little Sisters placed at he feet of the Blessed Lady their last linen and addressed to her this supplication: Good Mother, behold our distress; we have not a change of linen for your children." Needless to say, Our Lady sent good friends who gave a ^rreat quantity of linen and clothes; even one whole piece of cloth, besides many other gifts. Gradually the good work grew: a rule of life for the Sisters was drawn up and a Superior elected. In 1846, a new foundation was 'made, and was quickly followed by others. A prize given for the greatest virtue (the first MONTHYON prize) of 3,000 francs was awarded to Jeanne and the Freemasons sent her a gold medal which she promptly had melted down, and the gold became part of a chalice f>r the little chapel, while the 3,000 francs sen-ed to furnish the "house for the poor." Now, old men also began to be received and very wonderful conversions were occurring; friends flocked to heir doors when the Little Sisters came to beg and though they were not always willingly assisted, this was the exception and not the rule. The extreme poverty and absolute trust in Divine Providence were the great recommendations, and when, in 1830, P>nest Lelievre, who had been sent by his uncle, M. Kolb, to see and report on one of these houses, made this following description. "The buildings are in a very bad, ruinous state, inconvenient and very old; no proper furniture, and the little there is looks as old and broken as the old men whose appearance and clothes are just suitable to the place; everywhere I found signs not only of poverty, but of extreme want." The impression made upon his uncle was unexpected; he cried out "But that is fine, beautiful!" That is true charity—a house must be founded at Lille." Father Lelievre himself repeated, many years later, that he had been told Louis Veuillot* had said " M- Le Pailleur wants to make a Little Sister of M. Ernest Lelievre." This was in 1851. The thought struck deep, "I* made me tremble with joy," said he. The idea of entering religion had already appealed to him, and now came irresistible force. He was convinced that Rome and the priesthood 'were calling him, and he hastened to secure the permission of his father. As soon as this consent was given, he started, and on 28th January, 1852, he took up his residence at the Academia for his seminary course. Here he found two celebrated Englishmen, Talbot and Manning (afterwards Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster), with whom he specially made friends, serving the latter's Mass daily. Soon after his arrival at Rome he was presented to Pope Pius IX. in a private audience. be-*Louis Veuillot, then a young came eventually the foremost C a t n ^ Publicist in France and E d i t o r ? * , great Catholic newspaper 4

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Calcutta (India)—Two men have been condemned t o d e a t h b y the N a g p u r C o u r t a n d t h r e e o t h e r s sentenced t o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n for life on t h e c h a r g e of p e r f o r m i n g human sacrifice. T h e incident took place in a r e m o t e village of the Central P r o v i n c e s a n d is r e ported in t h e S t a t e s m a n of Calcutta. To p r o p i t i a t e t h e g o d s a n d t o bring to a n end t h e successive failure of c r o p s in t h e i r region, two men, Adkoo M a r a r a n d Timia Madya, l e a d e r s in t h e i r village a n d believed t o be witch-doctors, m a d e plans for a h u m a n sacrifice on t h e Holi F e s t i v a l . T h e y coerced t h r e e other men t o j o i n t h e m , t h r e a t e n ing them t h a t if t h e y should r e f u s e they would d e s t r o y t h e i r children. They kindled a fire of u n h u s k e d rice and g r a s s a r o u n d w h i c h one of t h e s o r c e r e r s danced while t h e other m e n b e a t d r u m s a n d women from t h e village worshipped a n d sang. T h i s w e n t on u n t i l midnight. T h e t w o leaders then brought f o r t h a n old m a n and, after a n invocation t o t h e fire, t h r e w him i n t o t h e flames. T h e m a n leaped u p a n d r a n a w a y severely burned b u t h e w a s soon c a u g h t . His neck w a s b r o k e n b y one of t h e wizards, a n d h e died a l m o s t immediately. T h e J e s u i t missionaries who work in a d i s t r i c t n e a r t h e scene of t h e t r a g e d y , c o m m e n t i n g on t h e article in t h e S t a t e s m a n , s a y t h a t such occurrences a r e e x t r e m e l y rare. T h e incident, t h e y say. shows only t h e d a r k e s t side of Indian life a n d is by n o m e a n s characteristic of the country. (Fides). NEWLY FOUNDED COMMISARIATE. Mangalore, ( I n d i a ) — T h e r e c e n t ly founded I n d i a n C o m m i s a r i a t e , or Province, of t h e Capuchin Friars is g r o w i n g r a p i d l y , a n d there a r e n o w 10 I n d i a n p r i e s t s ready for m i s s i o n a r y w o r k a n d 24 students in Philosophy a n d Theology. T h e I n d i a n P r o v i n c e h a s a noviciate in t h e Diocese of M a n galore a n d a Scholasticate in t h e Diocese of Quilon. (Fides), DOM CLOUGHERTY ACTIVE I N H O N A N EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES. K a i f e n g . — T h e good w o r k of Dom F r a n c i s C l o u g h e r t y , O.S.B., as professor of E n g l i s h a t H o n a n University, h e r e , is a p p r e c i a t e d b y the a u t h o r i t i e s . A t t h e i r r e q u e s t he is n o w b e g i n n i n g h i s second year of t e a c h i n g in t h i s i m p o r t a n t institution of s e c o n d a r y education. Last y e a r h e \ f a s also appointed by t h e H o n a n B o a r d o f E d u c a t i o n to serve on t h e B o a r d of E x a m i n ers for s t u d e n t s w i s h i n g t o g o abroad t o complete t h e i r education. Some y e a r s a g o , w h e n h e was Director of a Middle School in Kaifeng p r i o r t o h i s t e n u r e of office a t t h e Catholic U n i v e r s i t y in Peiping, D o m C l o u g h e r t y h a d held a position on t h i s s a m e B o a r d of Examiners. Dom C l o u g h e r t y w a s acting Chancellor of t h e Catholic University from t h e t i m e of i t s foundation by t h e Benedictine F a t h e r s until its t r a n s f e r t o t h e Society of the Divine W o r d in 1933. [ L u m e n ]

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SEMINARIES CHINA.

R E C T O R S FROM F I V E PROVINCES MEET. Tatung (Shanghai, China)—A m e e t i n g w a s recently held h e r e of t h e Rectors of t h e P r e p a r a t o r y S e m i n a r i e s from t h e five provinces of N o r t h China for t h e p u r p o s e of s t u d y i n g a n d coordinating t h e p r o g r a m m e s of t h e various s e m i n a r i e s . Several i m p o r t a n t decisions w e r e made. I t w a s decided t h a t t h e s t a n d a r d s of t h e p r e p a r a t o r y s e m i n a r i e s shall be b r o u g h t to t h e level of G o v e r n m e n t r e q u i r e m e n t s for m i d dle schools. I n t h e p a s t it halt been noted t h a t often t i m e s w h e n s t u d e n t s h a v e finished t h e i r p r e paratory studies and are ready t o b e g i n t h e i r m a j o r s e m i n a r y course, t h e i r general education is not u p t o t h e s t a n d a r d s e t for a n equivalent education u n d e r g o v e r n m e n t r e g u lations. T h e courses of s t u d y a r e j t o b e revised so t h a t besides t h e | ecclesiastical s t u d i e s r e q u i r e d i n b o t h t h e p r e p a r a t o r y a n d philosop h y courses, t h e curricula will also ! include all s t u d i e s r e q u i r e d in j g o v e r n m e n t schools. A N N E DE GUIGNE. Another important subject dis(Continued from page 5) cussed w a s t h e question of a western language. T h e school she would s a y t o h e r g o v e r n e s s ; p r o g r a m m e s r e q u i r e t h e s t u d y of but t h e t h o u g h t of J e s u s ever w i t h a t l e a s t one foreign l a n g u a g e . U p her, m a d e h e r w a t c h f u l a n d g a v e to t h e p r e s e n t , t h e l a n g u a g e s t u d i - h e r v i c t o r y ; a t once she would ed in t h e s e m i n n a r i e s h a s b e e n control herself a n d becoms t h e F r e n c h b e c a u s e of t h e f a c t t h a t g e n t l e A n n e w h o loved J e s u s above a r i c h e r s u p p l y of Catholic b o o k s all. T h e t i m e s , when h e r annoyance is available in t h i s l a n g u a g e f o r t h e w a s noticeable, w e r e m o s t r a r e ; n a t i v e p r i e s t s . I n t h e c o u r s e of t h e conference i t w a s decided t h a t she obtained such self-control t h a t E n g l i s h should h e n c e f o r t h b e t h e you would h a v e t h o u g h t s h e h a d no principal foreign l a n g u a g e t a u g h t . d i s l i k e s : " I have n e v e r known T h i s decision w a s m a d e in v i e w of A n n e refuse a sacrifice" is t h e cont h e i m p o r t a n c e g i v e n t o E n g l i s h i n sidered s t a t e m e n t of h e r governess t h e official g o v e r n m e n t school p r o - w h o lived w i t h h e r f r o m h e r f o u r t h g r a m m e s . E n g l i s h is m o r e w i d e l y y e a r till h e r d e a t h a t eleven. A n n e known in China today t h a n is was also humble. T h e open a d t h e m i r a t i o n of h e r companions did not, F r e n c h , a n d * enrollment in U n i v e r s i t i e s of N o r t h C h i n a is as we h a v e seen, m a k e h e r proud. m a d e e a s i e r w i t h a knowledge of T h e n u n w h o had c h a r g e of t h e little ones b e a r s w i t n e s s to t h i s . English. N e v e r once did s h e notice t h e A t h i r d i m p o r t a n t decision w a s s l i g h t e s t impulse to v a n i t y . Once, t h a t e v e r y effort h e m a d e t o h a v e not y e t five, a n d t h e r e f o r e , s h r t l y a s m a n y s t u d e n t s as possible t a k e a f t e r h e r conversion, h e r governess G o v e r n m e n t e x a m i n a t i o n s a n d r e - found h e r s t a n d i n g on a :hair lookceive G o v e r n m e n t school diplomas. ing i n t o t h e m i r r o r : " I ' m r a t h e r T h i s would aid g r e a t l y in t h e in- p r e t t y don't you t h i n k s o ? " S h e fluence a n d p r e s t i g e t h e C h i n e s e innocently said. S h e w a s told clergy can exercise in t h e i r a p o s t o - little m a i d s should n o t waste t i m e late. (Fides) in self-admiration and then, r

MOTHER OF N A T I V E P R I E S T CONVERTED ON HIS ORDINATION D A Y . B u k o b a ( T a n g a n y i k a , E a s t Africa).—Two native priests were ordained a t B u k o b a on A u g . 2 5 t h . T h e m o t h e r of one of t h e p r i e s t s was a pagan and although she had a l w a y s left h e r children free t o e m b r a c e t h e Catholic religion s h e h a d r e m a i n e d hostile t o a n y efforts t o convert her. S h o r t l y before t h e d a y of ordination ,,she because g r a v e l y ill a n d w a s unable t o a t t e n d t h e ceremony a t Kashozzi. S h e died t h e d a y h e r son w a s ordained a n d a s k e d for b a p t i s m on h e r death-bed. A g r e a t crowd of n a t i v e s from e v e r y p a r t of t h e Vicariate a s s i s t ed a t t h e ordination. A m o n g t h e dignitaries present were several Catholic chieftains and t w o s u l t a n s of t h e Province, R w a i j u m b a , Sult a n of K y a m t w a l a , a n d Gabriel, S u l t a n of B u g a b o . ( F i d e s ) .

b e a u t y w a s God's g i f t , a n d t h e y should not- be v a i n about it. S o m e w h a t disconcerted, A n n e got off t h e c h a i r ; never a g a i n w a s s h e h e a r d t o p r a i s e herself. T h o u g h she w a s always tidy, A n n e n e v e r troubled a b o u t dress. W h e n , some y e a r s l a t e r , a friend r e m a r k e d h e r second t e e t h were not so p r e t t y as t h e first, s h e quietly a n s w e r e d : J e s u s likes t h e m well enough. If h e r b r o t h e r and s i s t e r s were troublesome, s h e would t a k e all t h e b l a m e on h e r ^ f ^ ' ^ ^ a m a , j&tl&jjte; i t is m y fault, if t h e y a r e hot &obti; p e r h a p s I did n o t a m u s e t h e m p r o p e r l y . " Y e t s h e s p e n t herself in t r y i n g t o m a k e t h e m good a n d h a p p y . N o w o n d e r t h e y loved t h e i r little m o t h e r so devoted a n d humble. W h e n once, j u s t a f t e r h e r conversion a person, who h a r d l y k n e w A n n e accused h e r of a slight lie, she flushed, b u t s a i d noting. A n n e n e v e r lied, she h a d a h o r r o r of t h i s f a u l t : " B u t J e s u s held H i s peace."

W i t h h e r deep a n d t e n d e r !ove of J e s u s t h e r e n a t u r a l l y w e n t a love of suffering, offered in t h e s p i r i t of penance. W h e n p n l y a b o u t four a n d she was ill, painful m u s t a r d p l a s t e r s h a d to be a p p l i e d : J e s u s I offer i t to you." A n d w h e n tears gushing forth: "But, My J e s u s I offer it to you," A n d w h e n t h e p a i n did not s t o p : "'Little J e s u s I offer i t t o You all t h e same."Surely, a n echo o* G e t h s e m a n i ' s " Y e t not My Will", and one, t h e knowledge of which m u s t h a v e b r o u g h t balm and c o u r a g e t o t h e h e a r t of God-Man overwhelmed w i t h sorrow a n d suffering!

FAR EASTERN MUSIC SCHOOL l-A, Kirk Terrace (Off Dhoby G h a u t ) SINGAPORE. T h e only a n d oldest i n s t i t u t i o n of i t s kind in S i n g a p o r e w i t h up-to-date equipment.. w Had gained a series of successes in t h e T r i n i t y College E x a m i n a tions in t h e p a s t . No a g e r e s triction. W r i t e for p a r t i c u l a r s . M. A N C I A N b , Principal. W h e n , a little later 4r£ A n n e suffered from r h e u m a t i s m , a small friend a s k e d : " P o o r N e n e t t e , a r e you s u f f e r i n g ? " "Oh r d ; I a m learning to suffer," knswered Anne. In h e r e i g h t h y e a r s h e suffered from severe h e a d a c h e s , caused by spinal w e a k n e s s . If the^e c a m e on d u r i n g class A n n e would n o t complain, but w e n t on w i t h h e r w o r k , until M o t h e r St. R a y m o n d noticed she looked ill. S h e would t h e n be told t o g o a n d lie dowrf. T h e doctor had ordered h e r t o lie flat on a board d u r i n g t h e s e a t t a c k s , a remedy as trying as the headaches. A n n e would obediently s t r e t c h herself on t h i s bed of p a i n , a n d fie still a n d uncomplaining however long it m e a n t : N o t m n g costs m u c h w h e n you love J e s u s . " A

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W O R L D W I T H O U T GIRLS W O U L D BE A WORLD WITHOUT T H E S U N " can do in a common-place h o m e . M a n y a g i r l d r e a m s of s u c h a n ideal a s F l o r e n c e N i g h t i n g a l e , a n d y e t s h r i e k s a n d r u n s o u t of t h e room if h e r little b r o t h e r c u t s h i s h a n d w i t h a penknife, i n s t e a d of b e i n g t h e first t o a t t e n d t o t h e child. A n o t h e r i m a g i n e s h e r s e l f of a h e r o i c n a t u r e , r e a d y t o give u p all f o r t h o s e s h e loves, b u t s h e is t o o indolent to s a v e h e r m o t h e r a w a l k u p s t a i r s for s o m e t h i n g t h a t h a s been f o r g o t t e n , o r s h e will n o t overcome h e r s e l f s o f a r a s t o lay down a n i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r y , a n d offer t o r e a d t o h e r f a t h e r , so a s to s p a r e h i s t i r e d eyes a f t e r a d a y ' s b e n d i n g over h i s d e s k .

"One by one t h y duties wait thee, L e t t h y whole s t r e n g t h g o t o each; L e t no future dreams elate thee, L e a r n t h o u first w h a t t h e s e c a n teach." O u r G i r l s m u s t b e " t h e l i g h t of t h e home," its joy, its comfort, its s u p p o r t . . . . constantly learning s o m e t h i n g new, a n d using t h e i r knowledge, as they acquire it, for t h e good of all. K u s k i n s a y s , " G i r l s should b e l i k e d a i s i e s , daisies n i c e a n d w h i t e , w i t h a n e d g e of r e d , if y o u look close; making the ground bright wherever they a r e ; knowing simp l y a n d g e n t l y t h a t t h e y do i t , a n d a r e m e a n t t o do i t , a n d t h a t i t would b e v e r y w r o n g if they didn't d o i t . "

W e m i g h t c a r r y o u t t h e parallel w i t h w h i c h w e b e g a n so f a r , a s t o call a t t e n t i o n t o t h e s u n n y openi n g of t h e daisies t o m e e t t h e m o r n i n g sun, f o r . in t h e case of t h e g i r l s of a household t h i s m a t t e r of early rising is important, especially w h e n t h e f a t h e r a n d b r o t h e r s m u s t leave h o m e e a r l y . W h e n t h e m o t h e r o r some s u b s t i t u t e a m o n g h e r g i r l s is n o t u p a n d a b o u t , t h e boy is seldom conscientious enough t o have t h e breakfast carefully cooked. E v e n though t h e boy m a y b e a n e x p e r t , y e t i t is a n e s s e n t i a l difference t o h a v e a t h o u g h t f u l h a n d and a h a p p y face p r e s i d i n g over t h e first half h o u r , w h i c h is all t h a t m o s t m e n can enjoy of t h e i r h o m e s u n t i l the evening rest. W h a t would t h e world be w i t h out t h e s u n w h i c h g i v e s l i g h t a n d h e a t a n d r e n d e r s all n a t u r e f r u i t f u l ? W h a t would t h e w o r l d b e w i t h o u t j o y ? W e k n o w t h e r e is one j o y l e s s r e a l m — G o d g r a n t t h a t we m a y n e v e r e n t e r i t . A n d w h a t would t h e world b e w i t h o u t g i r l s ? H a v e w e e v e r t h o u g h t of t h i s s e r i o u s l y ? B u t , our g i r l s m u s t n o t be kill-joys. W e m u s t b e j o y f u l b e c a u s e w e c a n , if w e will, live in t h e s u n s h i n e of God's p r e s e n c e b y k e e p i n g o u r souls p u r e . T h e j o y s of t h o s e w e love a r e a p u r e s o u r c e of h a p p i n e s s for u s , w h i c h often t o u c h u s m o r e deeply t h a n o u r own. T h u s a m o t h e r , in h e r unselfishness, r e j o i c e s over a n y good fort u n e w h i c h befalls h e r child, m o r e t h a n w h e n s h e receives a like favour. T h i s is because t h e m o t h e r loves h e r child b e t t e r t h a n h e r s e l f ; h e r love is unselfish. If o u r g i r l s m e a n t o be " T h e L i g h t of t h e H o m e , " t h e y m u s t be on t h e a l e r t t o c a t c h t h e s u n s h i n e of life a s t h e r a y s flash upon t h e i r paths, share their joys with others, a n d s t r i v e h a r d t o b e s u n n y tempered. " A good l a u g h is w o r t h a h u n d r e d g r o a n s in a n y m a r k e t . " T h e girl w h o can send a r a y of s u n s h i n e t h r o u g h a d r e a r y d a y , ins t e a d of m o a n i n g o v e r t h i n g s t h a t a r e d i s a g r e e a b l e , is a t r e a s u r e a n d a n i n v a l u a b l e aid t o h a p p y h o m e life. S h e is t h e L i g h t of t h e H o m e , a n d will s u r e l y b e c o m e i t s joy, i t s c o m f o r t a n d i t s s u p p o r t .

We a r e not imagining t h a t girls s h o u l d all b e s h o w y , o r d i s t i n guished, for t h e daisies a r e u n p r e tending little flowers. B u t look into a daisy attentively, and you will n o t e t h e p e r f e c t , s w e e t , i n n o c e n t b e a u t y , t h a t w i n s a s o r t of t e n d e r love f o r t h e f a i r l i t t l e bloss o m . I t is t h e s a m e e v e r y w h e r e , ready t o spring a n d be b r i g h t faced a t all t i m e s . O t h e r flowers a r e confined t o special s p h e r e s , b u t t h e d a i s y i s a t h o m e alike in t h e r o y a l p a r k o r on t h e bleak c o m mon. THE WANTED

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The girls that are wanted are home girlsGirls that are mother's right hand, That fathers and brothers can trust in, And little ones understand. Girls that are fair on the hearthstone, And pleasant when nobody sees; Kind and sweet to their own folk, Ready and anxious to please. The girls girls, That know That drive The wrath

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The girls that are wanted are good girls— Good girls from the heart to the lips; "Pure as the lily, white and pure From its heart to its sweet leaf tips. So a r e t h e m a n y g e n t l e - n a t u r e d , w i n n i n g g i r l s s p r i n g i n g u p all o v e r t h e wide earth, t h e same t r u e h e a r t s and thoughtful minds goi n g on t h e i r lovely m i s s i o n t h r o u g h s o m a n y different h o m e s . They n e e d g u i d a n c e , one a n d all. Of c o u r s e t h e y do, b e c a u s e , i n a d d i tion to being bright and attractive, g i r l s m u s t , in one w a y or o t h e r , b e useful, o r t h e y will n e v e r b e h a p p y . A n d seldom, indeed, is t h e r e so m u c h of a t e n d e n c y t o u s e f u l n e s s o r u n b o u g h t w i s d o m in a g i r l ' s n a t u r e t h a t s h e can afford t o d i s p e n s e w i t h t h e careful c u l t i v a t i o n of h e r d i s p o s i t i o n s b y a p r u d e n t m o t h e r o r a n equally p r u d e n t friend. I n t h e first place, a girl, w i t h t h e b e s t i n t e n t i o n s , is s o m e t i m e s disposed to undervalue w h a t she

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A TALE. Lady Visitor—"Give me the hand, sonny?" Little Son (with hands tightly clasped behind his back) shakes his head. Father—"Why won't you give the nice lady your hand?" Little Son—" 'Cause I heard you tell mammy that she is always 'pulling the devil by the t a i l . ' n

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LAUGHTER. Here's to laughter, the sunshine of t h e soul, t h e h a p p i n e s s of t h e h e a r t , t h e leaven of y o u t h , t h e privilege of p u r i t y , t h e echo of innocence, t h e t r e a s u r e of t h e h u m b l e , t h e w e a l t h of t h e poor, t h e m e a d of t h e c u p of p l e a s u r e ; it dispels depreciation, b a n i s h e s blues a n d m a n g l e s m e l a n c h o l y ; for it is t h e foe of woe a n d d e s t r o y e r of depression, t h e e n e m y of g r i e f ; it is w h a t k i n g s e n v y in p e a s a n t s , p l u t o c r a t s envy in t h e poor, t h e g u i l t y envy in t h e i n n o c e n t ; i t ' s t h e sheen of t h e silver of smiles, t h e ripple on t h e w a t e r ' s delight, t h e glint of t h e gold of g l a d n e s s ; w i t h o u t it h u m o u r would be d u m b , w i t would w i t h e r , dimples would disappear, a n d smiles would s h r i vel, for it is t h e glow of a clean conscience, t h e voice of a p u r e soul, t h e b i r t h cry of m i r t h , t h e s w a n - s o n g of s a d n e s s — L a u g h t e r . . * * * -5 CHEAPER. A Scotch farmer went into a dentist's. "How much do you charge for filling \ teeth?" asked the farmer. "Five shillings," replied the dentist, i "And how much for pulling them out?" " Half-a-crown." "Jean," said the farmer to his wife, "you would better have it pulled out!" * * * * * * A FAILURE. "My wife thinks of nothing but motoring and golf. I'm getting tired of it." "Well, at least she's in the fashion." "Yes, but she's such a failure at it. In golf she hits nothing and when motoring she hits everything."

HERITAGE. Robinson detected a leakage in his whiskey, which he connected with his new housekeeper. "My former housekeper," he said to her one day, "was a most trustworthy woman, you see that bottle—" "I hope, sir," interrupted the woman "you don't think I would stoop to touch it. I come from good, honest, English parents and—" "I'm not grumbling about your English parentage," commented Robinson "it's your Scotch extraction of which I complain. WHISTLING. Mistress—"The master went out, whistling this morning." Maid—"Yes, ma'am, it was my fault, I made his porridge with bird seed." * * * * * * INEFFECTIVE. Lady (to tramp)—"Now go away or I'll call my husband." Tramp—"Oh, him! I know him. He's the little fellow who told me yesterday to go away or he'd call his wife. * * * * * * A SOLID REASON. Mistress—"Well, Mary, I'm sorry that you want to leave me. What's the reason?" Mary remained silent, twiddling her apron and blushing. Mistress—"Speak u p ! Is it something private?" Mary (in burst of confidence)—"No, ma'm, please; it's a lance-corporal." I

RECIPES. To Steam Ham. If t h e h a m h a s been hung for s o m e t i m e , p u t it i n t o cold water a n d let i t s o a k all n i g h t , or let it lie on a d a m p s t o n e sprinkled with w a t e r f o r t w o d a y s t o mellow. W a s h i t well, p u t it i n t o a steamer o v e r a p o t of boiling w a t e r . The t i m e r e q u i r e d is t h e s a m e as for bacon. T h i s is by f a r t h e best way of c o o k i n g a h a m . I t p r e v e n t s waste and retains the flavour. When it is done, s k i n it a n d s t r e w raspi n g s o v e r it a s u s u a l . * * * * * * To Roll a Lion of Mutton. T a k e o u t t h e bones, a n d lay over t h e m e a t a stuffing; roll it up tightly, f a s t e n it w i t h small skewers to k e e p it in s h a p e , a n d t i e it round w i t h a s t r i n g . R o a s t it before a b r i s k fire; m a k e a g r a v y by stewing t h e b o n e s , a d d i n g a tablespoonful of k e t c h u p a n d a l i t t l e salt. When t h e m e a t is done, p o u r over it the g r a v y m a d e from t h e bones mixed w i t h t h e g r a v y from t h e meat. *

* * * * * B r e a s t of M u t t o n . Score a n d bone t h e mutton, m a k e o r d i n a r y stuffing with three o r f o u r onions, s a g e , salt, pepper, a n d f o u r ounces of b r e a d crumbs; s p r e a d o v e r t h e . i n s i d e of the b r e a s t , roll u p , f a s t e n w i t h skewers a n d t w i n e , a n d b a k e one hour. M a k e g r a v y a s for loin of mutton. T h e m u t t o n m a y b e s t e w e d instead of b a k e d if t h a t m e t h o d be preferred. Haricot Mutton. C u t one pound of neck, or pieces, of m u t t o n in s q u a r e s . Melt one ounce of d r i p p i n g in a n iron saucep a n ; b r o w n t h e m e a t , a n d t a k e it up. Peel t w o onions, c u t in rings, fry. P e e l a small t u r n i p , scrape a c a r r o t , w a s h a n d c u t in small s q u a r e s . P o u r d r i p p i n g into a b a s i n ( k e e p it t o u s e a g a i n ) . Add a n ounce of flour, p e p p e r , s a l t ; mix well, a d d t h r e e - q u a r t e r s of a pint of w a t e r b y d e g r e e s , s t i r until it b o i l s ; a d d t h e m e a t a n d vegetables. S i m m e r a n h o u r a n d a half. Stir often, o r i t will b u r n . *

* * * Stewed Kidney. W a s h t h e kidney, c u t into pieces, f r y it in d r i p p i n g ; t a k e it up and p u t in a LITTLEflour,s t i r over the fire, a d d half-a-pint of water, and s i m m e r till it t h i c k e n s ; add salt a n d p e p p e r and a small onion chopped fine, t h e n p u t in t h e kidn e y a g a i n , a n d s t e w v e r y gently for half-an-hour. Serve with m a s h e d p o t a t o e s r o u n d it.

BISHOPS OF MEXICO PLEDGE WORK FOR SOCIAL ADVANCE

DEMAND FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH WILLING

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PAST

(BY CHARLES BETICO) Mexico City,—The entire Hierarchy of progressive social action, the pastoral of Mexico, through a collective Pastcites the efforts in 1903 of Catholic oral Letter, has just made a declaration Deputies in the Congress to establish that, "forgetting everything that has farm banks and cooperatives; that in eone before," it desires most sincerely 1906, the Ministry of Finance prevented that, "in so far as this depends on us, the establishment by Catholics of an there be found promptly a good solution Agricultural Reparations Bank; that in of social problems" and that it is "disthe State of Jalisco in 1912, when Cathoposed to assist effectively and energetilics formed the majority of the Legislacally, both personally and through our ture, various laws were adopted for the protection and aid of the family, the clergy." , _ protection of minors, and rendering It is stated at the same time, however, assistance to labour unions; that labour that "to this end it is indispensable that congresses, agricultural congresses, the Church as a Church, and that Cathoweeks of social study, study clubs for lics in general, enjoy true and just liberworkers were held throughout Mexico. ty, the lack of which for many years has resulted, in injury not only to the Church The pastoral also cites the various but also to the Nation." Catholic publications defending social The pastoral, an exhaustive document, rights, and the establishment of the Somarshals the earnest efforts put forth cial Secretariat and the Catholic Conby the Church in the past to solve social federation of Labour with which were problems, some of which were successful affiliated the various Catholic Labour but others frustrated by various governUnions; also, that various social works ments in Mexico. were supported by the Marian CongreThe pastoral directs specific attention gations, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, to the fact that in 1913 a social prothe Union of Catholic Women, the Cagramme, sponsored by the Church, tholic Association of Mexican Youth, the was put forward, and, if it had Knights of Columbus, and other organibeen accepted by the Government, zations. There were Catholic academies, "would have avoided many of the parish schools, schools of arts and evils which have arisen since sciences, orphanages, hospitals, and other then." This programme, the pastoral social services. All social works, hgwsays, apparently served as the basis of ever, in which the Catholic element Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution intervened, have been either legally or of 1917. arbitrarily rendered impossible, and INJUSTICE POINTED OUT. "what is even more unjust," the pastoral But, the document adds, other laws adds, "is to accuse the Church of systeprohibit the Church from taking her matically opposing the betterment of the rightful place in the solution of grave proletarian classes." social problems, and the injustice of PROGRAMME REJECTED. holding the Church responsible for evils which she is not allowed to remedy and In 1913, the pastoral sets forth, a social which, moreover, would not have been programme sponsored by the Church remedied without her beneficent interproposed at the memorable Zamora Convention, is apparent. gress which, if the Public Power had accepted and protected it "would have The joint pastoral of the Hierarchy avoided many of the evils which have proclaims that the Church has a real arisen since then." "Our reforms,'* the social programme, as opportunely and pastoral states, "would have proceeded clearly set forth in the Encyclicals of Leo in a normal and gradual manner by sucXIII. Pius X and Pius XI; the Church cessive steps, without brusque transiis the only institution that can effications or premature advances; but with ciously create and aid the moral sphere: firm, sustained and constant step, would and the Church in Mexico, prior to and since the Laws of Reform, has worked have marched towards the progress aimfor the social betterment of the Mexied at. can people. "Before 1910," the pastoral Commenting on this particular phase states, "the Church already had a proof the Mexican social problems, the gramme of progressive social action, Bishops declare: "It had not been our free of caste pre-dispositions, foreign t o intention to present all the social reunjust turbulence, full of loyalty to and coveries which we desire for our people, generosity for the people, and certainly but only the most u r g e n t . . . .We sought not inspired b y low passions." these revindications with all the firmness In applying the social teaching of the of the solid principles on which they Church to the Mexican situation, the rested, but in demanding them we never pastoral gives concrete orientations for laid hand to illegitimate means, conspecific social problems and, in concluvinced that in social transformations, sion, appeals for the wider diffusion and moral force is the only force thr.t, sooner explanation of the Encyclicals Rerum or later, conquers all difficulties." Novarum and Qnadragesimo Anno. In defence of the social mission of the The first portion of the pastoral is Church the pastoral quotes the words of devoted to what the Church did "to solve His Holiness Pope Pius X: "By the inin so far as possible, the social problems timate force of things, the Church comes of other times." to be the guardian and main pro"Let us proclaim," it reads, "not only tector of civilization." And those of his the innumerable churches, many of them predecessor Leo XIII: "By virtue of impressive works of art, erected for her doctrine and the efficacy of her acdivine service, and the seminaries and tion, the Church alone has withdrawn religious houses, true centres of culture humanity from under the yoke of serviand social good, but also the numerous tude, preaching to the world the great Hospitals and welfare institutions scatlaw of equality and human brotherhood. tered in all sections, the houses of reShe has taken always under her charge fuge, schools, orphanaees and asylums, the defence of the weak and the oppresand so many other buildings, used today sed against the tyrannical domination of for very different purposes from those forces; she has revindicated the liberty for which they were built; and no less of Christian conscience, has restored to those honoured and beneficial guilds of the child and the woman the dignity and artisans which contributed so much to the prerogatives of their natural nobility the progress of industry, the splendor making them participate, in the name of <J- art and the social and economic wellaw itself, in respect and justice, and fare has enforced these always by the introRECORD IS DEFENDED. duction and maintenance of civil and » therefore, that there be set . political liberty in the breast of the lorth m this document that the Church, peoples." *™ie she could—that is, while she reDesirous of collaborating effectively in named free—did much for the true welthe betterment and aggrandizement of fare of the Mexican p e o p l e ; . . . .no one their country, although deprived of their ignorant of the fact that while the just rights they are impotent to carry J-Aurch could intervene freely in society, out these desires to their fullest extent, were were less evils, they were represthe Mexican Bishops declare they are T*\ ™ efficaciously and more peace attempting to carry out a social proP eli-being ^ e r e attained." gramme to the extent of making known i^ven when the Church was deprived the teaching of the Church in this field. LABOUR PROBLEM GREATEST. io 1857 the ws 1859 "Without doubt the labour problem is the most important aspect of the social Door > Church "althoutrh ei lt ! question," the pastoral states, "and for a m;»S T ? j e s s e d sought that reason in our times all the Sovet £ °* ' » * the social problems reign Pontiffs have been concerned with ° ^ ^ o^>in.its solution, especially Leo XIII and Pius XI therefore we do not believe we fore « ^ t e m e n t that be1910, the Church had a programme could attempt a better programme than w i s h

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that taught by these learned and enlightened men, who have sought only to enable us to know the truth and to point out to us its proper application." After establishing as a principle the right and the duty of the Roman Pontiff to judge social and economic questions with supreme authority, the pastoral states: "It is requisite to establish clearly these two fundamental principles: There exists and will always exist social inequality; the relation between the classes must be based upon justice and charity." "The Church," the pastoral continues, "has the right and the duty to judge with authority social and economic questions since she is the repository of truth and the only one charged with proclaiming th* whole moral law, of interpreting it and of urging its fulfillment Granting the inequality of social classes, an inequality which the Church recognizes and does not even attempt to destroy, since it is the work of nature itself, she synthesizes her programme of social renovation in the practice of justice and charity." "To solve practically the so-called social question which comes precisely from social inequality and the abuses vvhich the various classes commit," the pastoral reminds that "His Holiness Leo XIII wrote that marvellous Encyclical Rerum Novarum, most aptly termed the 'Magna Charta of the Workers,' the teachings of which, forty years later, His Holiness Pius XI presented and admirably adapted to our times in his no less opportune Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno. "The teaching of both Pontiffs may be condensed into three eminently practical postulates: To create in society a powerful moral ambient awakening and invigorating the Christian spirit. Second: To reorganize corporatively on a professional basis all social classes, commencing with those most urgently in need of it and harmonizing the tendencies of all to obtain the common good which is sought. Third: To promote a moderate and suppletory intervention by the State in particular questions by means of just and wise laws." Quoting the words of Leo XIII to the effect that "the question is of such a nature that without recourse to religion and the Church, it is impossible to find an efficacious solution," and citing the guarantees which all governments have given the Church so that her powerful influence might be of aid in the solution of the problem, the pastoral deplores the present situation in Mexico. "In view of the fact that it is important that no time be lost and that the problem be made no more difficult," the pastoral states, "therefore, forgetting everything that has gone before and with the most sincere desire that, in so far a s this depends on us, there be found promptly a good solution of social problems, we are disposed to assist effectively and energetically, both personally and through our clergy, Catholic organizations and all the faithful of the Republic, pointing out, however, that to this end it is indispensable that the Church as a Church, and that Catholics in general, enjoy true and just liberty, the lack of which for many years has resulted in injury not only to the Church but also the Nation." In creating and developing the moral sphere, the pastoral declares, it is impossible to reach perfection without the direct intervention of the Church. "The life of the Church," it adds, "is not reduced to praying nor merely to practicing certain devotions and pious acts, the Church produces all sorts of works and institutions which lead to true happiness for individuals as well as nations, but all this is based on truth, morality, justice, order and liberty." The Church, the pastoral emphasizes, does not seek to benefit exclusively one social class, nor does she try to promote only the interests of the proletariat; she strives, rather, to organize all society and to harmonize the interests o^ all. Her constructive programme includes: union of employees and the parallel union of employers; over these a supreme tie which embraces all corporations, the common good of all society; charity in its true sense and social justice. Within these, matters of detail can be solved in such a manner as to result in £hat social harmony which is the solution of the present problem that afflicts society. The suppletory and moderate action of the State is exercised fortuitously, the Bishops remind, only when its purpose I is the common good, which is indispen- j sable; the State loses nothing in protect- | ing the rights of citizens and defending and promoting their interests.

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PRESIDENT EUCHARISTIC

CONGRESS. (By N.C.W.C. N e w s Service) Cleveland.—The t e x t of P r e s i dent Roosevelt's l e t t e r , c o n t a i n i n g t h e Chief E x e c u t i v e ' s g r e e t i n g s t o the Seventh National E u c h a r i s t i c Congress here, is a s follows: "To H i s Excellency, " T h e Most R e v e r e n d J o s e p h S c h r e m b s , D.D. "My d e a r Bishop S c h r e m b s : "While I cannot personally a t t e n d t h e religious conference t o b e held in Cleveland on S e p t e m b e r twenty-third, I nevertheless most willingly w r i t e t h i s word of g r e e t ing a n d of good w i s h e s f o r y o u r solemn a n d i m p o r t a n t deliberations. "Conferences a n d r e l i g i o u s a s semblies such as your letter speaks of a r e vitally n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e welfare of o u r people a n d o u r nation. To know t h e principles of which a r e born, t h a t social j u s t i c e and economic liberty w h i c h w e aH speak, a wisdom is needed t h a t i s m o r e t h a n a n y m a n o r g r o u p of men in t h e m s e l v e s p o s s e s s . To follow t h o s e principles if and w h e n w e do see t h e m r e q u i r e s a power g r e a t e r t h a n "the self, a n d which will c o n q u e r t h e i n s t i n c t s of personal and c o r p o r a t e selfishness, j "My own experience in public life c o n s t a n t l y b r i n g s h o m e t o m e t h e a b i d i n g t r u t h of t h o s e w o r d s of o u r F i r s t P r e s i d e n t : 'Of all t h e d i s p o s i t i o n s and h a b i t s w h i c h lead t o political p r o s p e r i t y , religion a n d m o r a l i t y , a r e indispensable s u p p o r t s . " "Religion aids all b e c a u s e it t e a c h e s t h a t we a r e all children of one H e a v e n l y F a t h e r a n d t h a t t h e same Heavenly F a t h e r aids us. W i t h o u t i t no n a t i o n c a n long end u r e . I t is m o s t significant t h a t from o u r b e g i n n i n g s t o t h i s d a y w e h a v e unfailingly c h a m p i o n e d i t s free exercise, and e n c o u r a g e d it b y t h e p r o t e c t i o n of o u r l a w s a n d o u r institutions. " Y o u r conference p l a y s i t s p a r t , t h e r e f o r e , in a g r e a t a n d v i t a l m i s sion for t h e well-being of t h e nation. " I a d d — w h a t I would s a y w e r e I p r e s e n t — m y g r e e t i n g s t o all t h e officials w h o will p r e s i d e a n d t o all o u r citizens w h o will a t t e n d . M a y every success a t t e n d y o u r d e l i b e r a tions. V e r y sincerely y o u r s , Franklin D. Roosevelt. ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. As to private ownership, the pastoral quotes from Rerum Novarum: "Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own"; and from Qnadragesimo Anno: "The right to own private property has been given to man by nature or rather by the Creator Himself, not only in order that individuals may be able to provide for their own needs and those of their families, but also that by means of it, the goods which the Creator has destined for the human race may truly serve this p u r p o s e . . . . Provided that the natural and divine law be observed, the public authority may specify more accurately what i s illicit for property owners in the use of thei? possession. History proves that the right of ownership, like other elements of social life, is not absolutely rigid." And His Holiness Pope Pius XI reiterates the words of Leo XIII: "It is plain, however, that the state may not discharge this duty in an arbitrary manner. Man's natural right of possessing (Continued on page 12)

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IS MEXICO TOWARDS

VEERING SENSE?

The recent joint Pastoral Letter issued b y the Hierarchy o f Mexico, bespeaks unmistakably the* earnestness of the Hierarchy and clergy to restore peace and harmony in a land that has been for years reft and torn by strife and discord engendered by the ; machinations of a band of godless * diehards. The pastoral in ques" tion which we publish in full elsewhere in this issue, declares " forgetting everything that that has gone before," it desires most sincerely that, "in • so far as this depends on us, there be found promptly a good solution of social problems" and that it is * disposed to assist effectively and energetically, both personally and through our clergy." The spirit in which this magnanimous offer is made re-echoes the compassionate words of our Lord, "Father, forgive them, for * they know not what they do." Misinformed Of uncharitable critics may perchance construe this move as timidity and truckling on the part of the Church in the face of the perils confronting Her; but the candid attitude of this gesture is to bring back the Peace of Christ which this unfortunate country stands sorely in need of. We do not propose to review anew the parade of unseemly events in Mexico, as an ample quota of them has been reported in these • columns from time to time. The war in Mexico against the Church ' is one of attrition. The sympathies of the whole people are with the Church, and there is no tangible organised force at which the Government can strike. It was the same type of resistance that defeated Napoleon in Spain and

Authentic reports to hand state that even government officials are seeking the solace of the Sacraments, have Mass celebrated in their homes, and send their children to Catholic Schools. In the MALAYA—S LAVERY IN ABYSSINIA— iight cf these leanings, there can AVIATION IN THE LAW OF REST. hardly be much genuine enthusiLeague. T h a t slavery exists in asm for the Government's poli- Aviation In Malaya. An cies. The key to the paradox Malaya h a s n o t been slow t o i A b y s s i n i a is a proved fact. e s t i m a t e of t w o E n g l i s h Authors simply lies in the fact that if they c u l t i v a t e air-mindedness, and t o w h o i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e m a t t e r puts do not hang together they will all w a k e u p t o t h e possibilities of t h e n u m b e r of slaves a t five mila v i a t i o n a s a m e a n s of communihang separately. Although the cation. T h e p r o g r e s s of aviation lions, a n d some p a r t s of the Red party does not represent five t h r o u g h o u t M a l a y a is a s u r e indi- c o u n t r y a r e said t o be practically per cent of the population, it is cation of t h e w a y s h e leans. deserted, because of t h e almost e n t i r e population being sold into safe to assume that at least nine- P e n a n g h a s lately opened h e r new slavery in foreign countries. a e r o d r o m e , w h i l s t Ipoh intends tenths of them would welcome a completing i t s own w i t h i n 180 T h e r e is a continual traffic of stable government under a Catho- d a y s . T h e K u a l a L u m p u r flying slaves across t h e R e d Sea, who are lic party if only they could be club h a s m a d e a n a m e for itself t a k e n over, in t h e guise of pilassured of immunity for their n o t only in Malaya, b u t also in g r i m s , t o be sold a t Mecca. When a d m i t t i n g Abyssinia a s a member, crimes and the retention of the o t h e r p a r t s of t h e E a s t , where r e - t h e L e a g u e w a s content to issue p o r t s a s t o i t s activities and booty. There are s u f f i c i e n t developments a p p e a r i n g in t h e r e p o r t s in such t e r m s as:—The grounds for belief that an orderly local n e w s c o l u m n s a r e not un- C h u r c h " o u g h t " first t o create an government based on a free and common. S e r e m b a n a n d Malacca a t m o s p h e r e favourable to t h e abosecret ballot would mean the re- a r e b o t h c h e r i s h i n g h o p e s of h a v - lition of slavery. T h e government " and with flying clubs in t h e "would do well t o tirement from the political stage ni nega r t hf eu it ru r eown other interpolations of . S i n g a p o r e is unique m a n y of Cardenas and all those who are in t h e E a s t n o t only w i t h r e g a r d " o u g h t t o " it w e n t on to express tarred with the same brush. To t o h e r possession of a m i l i t a r y a i r - i t s " k e e n d e s i r e " t o h a v e t h e matmake their position tenable, it is ! base, b u t also because of h e r t e r investigated, a n d t h a t "meannecessary for them to recourse to c e n t r a l p o s i t i o n ; a n d w h e n h e r n e w while it would be desirable if the etc"—But now a e r o d r o m e of a 1,000 y a r d G r e a t P o w e r s fraudulent and farcical elections, civil d i a m e t e r circle is completed, s h e e i t h e r one w a y o r t h e other we to suppress opposition by ter- will b e able t o bid f o r t h e title of " o u g h t t o " see t h e end of t h e rorism and to flush their pockets " C r o y d o n of t h e E a s t . " T h e m a t t e r . with ill-gotten wealth. These duplication of b o t h t h e Royal demagogues themselves live in D u t c h a n d I m p e r i a l A i r w a y s Services, t h e i n a u g u r a t i o n of t h e constant fear of assassination just P e n a n g — H o n g K o n g Service a n d T h e L a w of Rest. as the American gangster walks t h c p r o p o s e d l i n k i n g of t h e K J . N . T h e r e a r e s o m e w h o appear t o in the shadow of death, ever fear- L.M. line w i t h t h e P a n American advocate t h e introduction of a sixing that his sin will find him out. A i r w a y s a t M a n i l a a r e f r e s h steps d a y week into t h e R u b b e r Industry

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The trend of events in Mexico with the fall of Calles and the advent of Cardenas only goes to prove that the change, if any, has been six of one and half a dozen of the other. One rogue's misfortune has spelt another rogue's fortune. Cardenas on seizing the reins of power started by cleaning up all adherents of Calles from Government positions and the circular he issued to Mexican officials does not suggest any conhastened the end of his career. ciliatory attitude to the Church. T h e Red leaders in Mexico have It is reliably reported that all unwisely elected to run their heads houses where priests are staying • against t h e Rock on which the are to be watched for a period of ' Church is founded, and the nature six months, and at the end of that . o f t h e results they will achieve is time the houses themselves, even p a t e n t l y evident. From the pre- though private property, are to "sent complexion of events, it be confiscated, on the presumption that Mass must have been m a y reasonably b e surmised that said there. In view of this c h a s t e n i n g e x p e r i e n c e is about to ruthless decree no priest would s t u l t i f y t h e i l l - l d v i s e d policy of to have friends who have like these h o t - h e a d e d enthusiasts. v

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Speculating on the attitude of will increase t h e importance of g r o u n d s t h a t a six-day week would Washington towards the Mexican Malaya, a n d w e can soon expect a appreciably d e c r e a s e t h e out-put, local service o p e r a t i n g t h r o u g h o u t a well- Malaya. N o w comes t h e prospect a n d t h u s c o u n t e r a c t overproducanti-clerical move, tion a n d d u m p i n g . To Christians informed writer in America ' of M a l a y a h a v i n g a volunteer a i r - t h e observance of a Seventh day of avers thus: " In the past, Wash- force. T h e local flying clubs h a v e r e s t s u g g e s t s m o r e t h a n a correcington always has been depended in r e c e n t y e a r s been t u r n i n g out a t i v e f o r economic evils. God in His n u m b e r of t r a i n e d pilots, a n d Divine foresight of t h i n g s , h a s upon by the Mexican radicals to tgood h e s e should f o r m t h e nucleus of commanded t h a t m a n who h a s six save them in an emergency, even t h e projected v o l u n t e e r air-force. d a y s wherein t o labour for his to the extent of active aid by the daily bread, should devote t h e United States Army and Navy, s e v e n t h t o t h e n e e d s of h i s soul. T h e Church proscribes Servile and at least the gift of arms and Slavery in Abyssinia. T h e i m p r o v e m e n t of t h e Anglo- w o r k s on S u n d a y s s o t h a t t h e y may ammunition. Juarez was placed I t a l i a n tension a n d t h e recent n o t i n t e r f e r e w i t h t h e intention we in power in 1860 by the United peace-gesture of M. L a v a l seem t o should give t o t h e w o r s h i p we owe States Navy; both Navy and p r o m i s e hopes of a peaceful a g r e e - t o God, a n d b e c a u s e w i t h o u t cessation from labour, o u r bodily health Army w ere employed to place m e n t . would b e impaired. T h e s e a r e t h e Carranza in power and keep him If t h e L e a g u e h a p p e n s t o be in o t i v e s of t h e law, a n d t h e other there. Will they be employed to a position t o s e t t l e t h e p r e s e n t m benefits which a c c r u e from t h e obkeep Cardenas in power when issue between I t a l y a n d Abyssinia s e r v a n c e of t h i s l a w of r e s t are i t is hoped t h a t i t will definitely t h e consequent r e w a r d for our obethe time comes?" t a k e in hand t h e long s t a n d i n g evil of Abyssinian Slavery, which t h e E t h i o p i a n g o v e r n m e n t h a s so often promised to abolish, b u t which i t has oersistently continued to n o u r i s h with t h e connivance of t h e

charitably sheltered him deprived of their possessions because of his presence. The offer of the Hierarchy to forget the past and to co-operate honestly along equitable lines for the peace and welfare of the Mexicans, again proclaims the noble-mindedness of the Church. Herein lies a splendid opportunity for Cardenas and his partisans to rise to nobler occasions, if they are capable of such ascents, and show that their vision was only momentarily befogged and that they are not self-seeking opportunists, set upon affronting the supreme majesty of God and wrecking the country as a whole.

dience t o t h e L a w of God. A s Christians economic stability should n o t b e t h e cause which should induce u s t o observe a S e v e n t h day of r e s t , b u t r a t h e r it should b e t h e s p o n t a n e o u s effect of such observance for higher motives.

DEATH. Like

a ripened thing, the sun falls over the way, And lies there nestling, shedding its little ray ; But a brief while longer will it grant us light— And sadly, then, bid the world "Good-night." For soon comes the night, so bleak and coid, That chills each heart and makes it old Like the sinking sun, our lives shall end, In strife and pain, with scarce a friend. —P. P. / . ESPECKERMAX-

MALAYA HELP

CATHOLIC L E A D E R , S A T U R D A Y ,

2nd NOVEMBER, 1935.

GOSPEL

WANTED—APOSTLES.

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A m a n stopped in f r o n t of t h e Calendar for t h e week. -church. H e r e a d t h e sign on t h e for o r . - H E L P W A N T E D , " it said. Nov. 3 . SUNDAY—21st Sunday TWENTY-FIRST S U N D A Y A F T E R PENTECOST "HELP W A N T E D — Apostles." after Pentecost. Votive Mass (Matt, XVIII, 23-35) The m a n took t h e s i g n down. H e and Collection for the PropagaAt that time, Jesus spoke to h i s disciples this parable, The tucked it inside h i s coat way, tion of the Faith. Vespers of kingdom of heaven i s likened t o a king, who would take an account way i n s i d e . . . . deep down into h i s the Sunday. cf his servants. And when he had begun to take t h e account, one very h e a r t . A n d h e continued on Nov. 4. Monday—St. Charles, B . was brought to him that owed him ten thousand talents: and a s his w a y . . . . t o do h i s j o b a s a n and C. he had not wherewith t o pay it, h i s lord commanded that h e should apostle. Nov. 5. Tuesday—Of the Octave. be sold, and his wife and children, and all that h e had, and payment At t h e c o m e r h e boarded a Nov. 6. Wednesday — Of the Octo be made. But that servant falling down besought him, saying, street-car s a t d o w n . . . . took tave. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And t h e lord of that the "Catholic T i m e s " from h i s Nov. 7. Thursday—Dedication of servant, being moved w i t h pity, let him g o ; and forgave him t h e p o c k e t . . . . m a d e n o effort t o conthe Chapels of the Home Semidebt. But when that servant w a s gone out, he found one of h i s n o t a t all selfceal t h e title naries of the Paris Foreign Misfellow-servants that owed him a hundred pence; and laying hold of conscious, t h a t , b y t h e p a p e r h e sions. him, he throttled him, saying, P a y what thou owest. And h i s fellowwas reading, t h o s e a r o u n d h i m Nov. 8. Friday—Octave Day of servant falling down besought h i > saying, Have patience with me, might suspect h e w a s a Catholic. All Saints. and I will pay thee all. And he would not; but went and cast him Sitting n e x t to h i m w a s a n older Nov. 9. Saturday—Dedication of into prison till he paid t h e debt. N o w his fellow-servant^, seeing man, whose cane dropped t o t h e Our Saviour's Archbasilica floor. Our apostle h a s t e n e d t o bend what w a s done, were very much grieved; and t h e y came and told (Rome Cathedral). and pick it u p . T h e g r a t e f u l glance their lord all that w a s done. T h h i s lord called him, and said of t h e older m a n took in t h e f a c t to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all t h e debt, because DIOCESE OF MALACCA. that t h e c o n s i d e r a t e m a n n e x t t o thou besoughtest m e ; shouldst n<>t thou then have had compassion him, w a s doubtless a Catholic. H e on t h y feHow-servant, even a s I had compassion on thee? And his CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. judged so b y t h e p a p e r in h i s h a n d . lord being angry, delivered him to t h e torturers until h e paid all When h e left t h e car, it w a s w i t h a the debt. So also shall m y heavenly Father do to you, if you warmer feeling f o r Catholics g e n e Calendar for t h e week. forgive not every one h i s brother from your hearts. rally. Nov. 3—SUNDAY, T w e n t y first " H E L L O , J I M . " A friend hailCOMMENTARY. S u n d a y a f t e r P e n t e c o s t . Green ed our apostle on t h e s t r e e t . J i m This Gospel h a s t w o distinct fact, almost all his miracles were v e s t m e n t s . Semi-double. P r o p e r stopped a n d c h a t t e d . " H o w does p a r t s . In t h e first, t h e lord for- performed after H e had freely of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Missal" the g o v e r n m e n t ' s l a t e s t move afgives h i s s e r v a n t a debt of t e n bestowed upon t h e persons t h e ! p. 229. Second collect of t h e fect y o u r business ?" T h e i r w o r d s i t h o u s a n d t a l e n t s In t h e second, forgiveness of their sins. Not conoctave of All S a i n t s , t h i r d of t h e led u p t o t h e inevitable. " W h a t ' s " t h e s e r v a n t does not forgive his tent with such life of mercy, H e J Holy Ghost. V e s p e r s of t h e it all coming t o ? " . . . . t h e n relifellow-servant a debt of a hundred instituted a sacrament of mercy S u n d a y a t 5 p.m. gion nosed in. " J i m , I a l w a y s did pence. T h e moral of t h e parable for t h e forgiveness of sins, a n d Nov. 4. Monday — S t . Charles, like t h e "good s h o w " y o u r C h u r c h is conveyed t o u s in t h e concluding g a v e H i s own P o w e r t o His aposBishop. Double. puts o n — t h e colour, t h e d r a m a , t h e w o r d s : "so also shall m y heavenly t l e s a n d , t h r o u g h t h e m , t o all t h e i r Nov. 5. Tuesday—Of t h e octave. music" 1 F a t h e r do to you, if you forgive successors. H e k n e w o u r h u m a n J Semi-double. Did Tie? Then m a y be h e ' d like s n o t every one h i s b r o t h e r from n a t u r e a n d H e left a r e m e d y for j Nov. 6. Wednesday — Bl. N u n o to go t o H i g h M a s s a t t h e C a t h e - I y o u r h e a r t s . " its w e a k n e s s . Alvares Pereira, Confessor. dral on S u n d a y . He certain! v g In o t h e r w o r d s , it m e a n s t h a t Double. would, said t h e non-Catholic. H e ' d a w e shall be forgiven if w e forgive And y e t , H e is L o r d of our lives and destinies. Still, H e is infinitely j Nov. 7. Thursday—Of t h e octave always wanted t o . . . . b u t h e s i t a t e d g i n r e t u r n . Semi-double. h a p p y in Himself a n d h a s no need I about going in b y himself. . . . N o v . 8. Friday—Octave D a y of Tnis is, a f t e r all, w h a t we p r o f a n v t h i n g . Still, a m o r t a l might do s o m e t h i n g w r o n g . . . . mise every d a y in t h e " L o r d ' s challenge t o H i s goodness, All Saints. G r e a t e r Double, make himself conspicuous. J i m p r a y e r " w h e n w e say, 'forgive u s H i s power, t o H i s m e r c y . Still, E v e n i n g service a t 5.30. would h a v e been t h e first t o l a u g h o u r t r e s p a s s e s , a s we forgive t h e m t h o u s a n d m e a n s t o punish Nov. 9. Saturdav—The Dedicaif you called h i m a n . . . . a p o s t l e . " that trespass against us.' tion of t h e Basilica of O u r Yet h e t r u l y w a s . . . . and t h e b e s t The Lord Forgives. , , ,. , „ Saviour a t Rome. Double of t h e order. T h e Pope himself said t h a t T h e first p a r t of t h e p a r a b l e is . A second cl. of such a s J i m . . . . " e a c h according fulfilled every d a y . A l m i g h t y God a n d goes on w a i t to his faculties t o m a k e himself a n f. * s t8r o n18 g e r s t r o k e of g r a c e APOSTLE in t h e small circle in n a s s u r e s of H i s r e a d i n e s s t o forgive A NTT-GOD FILMS D E N O U N C E D which h e m o v e s . . . . t o s a v e h i s l a n d receive sinners. T h e P r o p h e t Isaias h a s t h e following own soul b v H E L P I N G T O S A V E JESUIT LECTURE IN BRISTOL. j which should bring hom.e t o us t h e OTHERS." In t h e p a r a b l e w e see t h a t t h p i j infinite mercy of our Creator: "let None of h i s friends looked on " Our country has lost Christianity in Jim a s being "over-religious." H e j t h e wicked forsake his w a y , and s e r v a n t , a f t e r being forgiven b y ! any exact sense," said the Pev. Father never d r a g g e d religion in by t h e | the unjust man his thoughts and his lord, did not forgive his fellowC. C. Martindale, the noted Jesuit ears t o p r e a c h a b o u t it. B u t h e i let him return t o the Lord, and He s e r v a n t . H e did exactly w h a t t h e ] preacher and writer, lecturing in Bristol did n o t r u n a w a y f r o m t h e s u b j e c t ! will have mercy on him, and to our world does. A n d h e w a s punished ; recently. His subject was, "Society, pagan and either. H e w a s " u p " on h i s know- j God, for He is bountiful t o forgive." for it. ledge of h i s f a i t h . H e r e a d h i s jThe servant owed the lord ten Therefore, a n obligation is i m - j Christian," and the lecture, which was arranged by Bristol area of the Catholic Catholic p a p e r s r e g u l a r l y t o ! thousand talents. A good sum in posed upon u s b y o u r L o r d t o forWomen's League, was given in St. "BALANCE H I S D I E T . " J i m said. a n y p a r t of t h e world. W e m a y give from o u r h e a r t o u r neighbour I Catherine's Hall, Park-place. (For like every one else, h e g o t h i s Monsignor Canon P. Long presided in owe our God a n y debt t h a t H e will j w h e n h e h a s offended u s . It is a ' the absence of the Bishop of Clifton, regular s h a r e of radio, movies, be only too willing t o forgive it, ;law a n d it c o m m a n d s u s t o forgive who is away from the diocese. newspapers, m a g a z i n e s ) " W e m u s t I condition w e give H i m o u r : I t is n o t a n advice, it is a command j "There not only can be, but is, a learn o u r F a i t h if w e a r e t o defend j h e a r t s . A s t h e s a m e P r o p h e t h a s | This command implies t w o p a r t s pagan mind is existence, as well as that it." j s a i d : " C o m e a n d accuse Me, saith lone negative a n d t h e o t h e r positive! I Christian mind which we hope is ours," There w a s a l w a y s some clipping i t h e L o r d : if y o u r sins be a s scar- We a r e commanded n o t t o t r e a s u r e ! said Father Martindale. " All sorts of plays, f o r instance, Jim h a d cut from h i s n e w s p a p e r . . . {let, t h e y shall be m a d e w h i t e a s up malice; t h i s is s o m e t h i n g nega- j "SOVIET S T A M P S O U T A L L R E - [ s n o w : a n d if t h e y be red a s crim- tive. W e a r e commanded to love [ which cannot be exhibited in our public theatres because the Lord Chamberlain LIGION." Such a news i t e m h e |son, t h e y shall be w h i t e a s wool." our enemies, n o t only by forgiving will not pass them, can be privately expassed on t o a friend who h a d said hibited and are, especially >o children. The life of God made Man w a s t h e m from o u r h e a r t s , b u t also b y ANTI-GOD that " C o m m u n i s m does n o t a i m t o la continual work of mercy. H e w i s h i n g t h e m well a n d p r a y i n g for Father Martindale briefly de^ribed abolish religion." One T h u r s d a y {lived a m o n g sinners a n d H e w a s t h e m . This is really s o m e t h i n g j one film and added: mornine J i m a p p r o a c h e d t h e steDS "There are many more of such things, | rebuked for it b y t h e proud P h a r i - positive. This is t o follow indeed of his C h u r c h . . . " G o i n e t o M a s s ? " often beautifully produced, and also !sees. H e had no rude words t o - t h e example of J e s u s Christ, whose a passing friend a s k e d h i m . " W h y , films of Bolshevik kind, but also of antiw a r d s sinners. H e kept H i s more first p r a y e r in t h e Cross w e n t t o i Christian, anti-God kind. We do not it is not a Holy D a y of Obligation, His E t e r n a l F a t h e r for His eneall see them, because we live in a resis i t ? T h a t w a s j u s t t h e point ! severe sentences t o t h e scribes, t h e mies. pectable atmosphere, as a rule and about J i m . H e w e n t a s n a t u r a l l y ! P h a r i s e e s and t h e rich in general. many of these things are done by invitaA s for sinners, H e w a s always The law of forgiveness is based into h i s C h u r c h a s a book-lover tion. r e a d y t o receive t h e m , t o forgive upon t h e law of love. Love is t h e j goes into a library, a s an a r t - l o v e r " If you look carefully you cannot t h e m . Many of His miracles, in fulfilment of t h e L a w . possibly doubt that our rulers would goes into a p i c t u r e gallery. He like to have a monopoly of power in just felt like it. H e loved t o . A n d most departments and certainly ir. the when a m a n feels t h a t w a y a b o u t im •• " Whether or no it constitutes a pagan educational department. a thing a b o u t books, o r pic- small w a y s h e carried on t h e work mind, I hardly like to say, because, " There is a mind which rerents of his a p o s t l e s h i p . . . . n o t wrapped after all, the pagans believed vehemently tures, or God it reflects in h i m Catholicism, but also any kind of Christianity which is sufficiently deh i s life c a n n o t help s h o w i n g in a b a n n e r a n d s t a n d i n g on a soap- in gods, and the Apostles had an easier box. CATHOLIC ACTION does job than we have in that they had to finite to matter. it. preach to a world soaked in religion." VAGUE BELIEF. Such a m a n loves t o s h a r e w h a t not necessarily mean a " b a n d blarA vote of thanks to Father Martiidale " I think there is a vague belief in i n g " militant campaign t o j a m Cawas proposed by the Rev. Father F. he enjoys. So w i t h J i m . H e enGod, but not a strong enough one to joyed h i s religion m o r e by s h a r i n g tholic ideals into t h e public skull, Donohoe, S.J., Superior at St. Mary's- form what can be called a Christian Bristol, and seconded by mind. it with o t h e r s . T h e petitions h e C A T H O L I C ACTION s p e a k s loud- on-the-Qiiay, the Rev. Father B. J. Ellis, parish priest sent t o Novenas w e r e m o r e often est in t h e auiet example of a n of Chipping Sodbury. (Continued at foot of previous Col.) Petitions for a f r i e n d . . . . I n such apostle J i m . ( T h e "Chalice.") d

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CATHOLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS BIRTH CONTROL CONTINENCE

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Chicago. — T h e distinction b e t w e e n c o n t r a c e p t i o n a n d periodic continence — often confused t h r o u g h u s e of t h e t e r m l n r t h control—is emphasized by E d w a r d J . Heffron, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y of t h e N a t i o n a l Council of C a t h o l i c Men, i n a l e t t e r t o T h e C h r i s t i a n Century, an undenominational j o u r n a l of religion edited b y P r o testant clergymen. M r . Heffron's l e t t e r , p r i n t e d i n t h e c u r r e n t e d i t i o n of t h e j o u r n a l , takes issue with a n editorial entitled "Catholicism and Birth Control" printed in a recent numb e r of t h e publication. T h e editorial, c o m m e n t i n g on a l e t t e r w h i c h t h e M o s t R e v . J o h n G. M u r r a y , A r c h b i s h o p of S t . P a u l , recently h a d read in t h e churches of h i s S e e , s a i d : " T h i s a p p e a r s n o t only t o r e quire t h a t doctors and nurses who a r c Catholics m u s t h a v e n o t h i n g t o do i n a n y w a y w i t h b i r t h control or sterilization compaigns or activities, b u t t h e sweeping t e r m s of t h e A r c h b i s h o p ' s l e t t e r s e e m s t o m a k e i t i n c u m b e n t on all C a t h o lic d r u g s t o r e c l e r k s a n d s i m i l a r w o r k e r s t o g i v e u p t h e i r employm e n t if t h e y a r e t o r e m a i n i n a s t a t e of g r a c e . A m e r i c a n w o m e n , h o w e v e r , will b e especially i n t e r e s t ed i n t h a t p o r t i o n of t h e l e t t e r w h i c h c o m m a n d s Catholic w o m e n t o w i t h d r a w f r o m all o r g a n i z a t i o n s w h i c h h a v e a p p r o v e d s t u d y of t h e problems of p o p u l a t i o n . Since t h i s includes t h e m o s t c o n s p i c u o u s women's organizations in t h e country, t h e Archbishop is p u t t i n g his authority up against t h e natur a l d e s i r e of Catholic w o m e n t o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e o r d i n a r y a c t i v i t i e s of A m e r i c a n c o m m u n i t y life." T h e editorial a l s o said t h a t " i n t h e meantime, t h e Archbishop's blast introduces another element of confusion i n t o a n a l r e a d y t o o confused s i t u a t i o n . F o r i t c o m e s

a t a t i m e w h e n powerful R o m a n Catholic influences a r e s u p p o r t i n g dissemination of i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g t h e ' r h y t h m ' m e t h o d of p r a c t i s i n g b i r t h control. P h y s i cians a r g u e a s t o t h e m e r i t s of t h i s m e t h o d , b u t t h a t i t is a m e t h o d t h e r e c a n be n o d e n y i n g . " Replying t o t h i s editorial, M r . Heffron s a y s in p a r t : "The ' " r h y t h m m e t h o d " of p r a c t i s i n g b i r t h control' i s , t o b e s u r e , a f o r m of b i r t h c o n t r o l ; b u t n o t of B i r t h Control, a t l e a s t a s t h a t t e r m i s commonly u n d e r s t o o d , and a s representing t h e practice reprehended b y Archbishop Murr a y . I t m u s t b e obvious t o a n y one t h a t t h e Catholic C h u r c h does n o t condemn t h e control o r even p r e v e n t i o n of b i r t h s , a s such. Celibacy i s a f o r m of b i r t h p r e v e n tion, t e m p o r a r y continence is a f o r m of b i r t h c o n t r o l ; y e t e v e r y o n e k n o w s t h a t o u r p r i e s t s a r e celibate, a n d t h a t Catholic m a r r i e d couples a r e counseled t o p r a c t i c e continence w h e n e v e r r e a s o n s of a p h y siological, psychological o r economic n a t u r e d e m a n d it. "But with respect t o t h e main t h e m e of y o u r editorial, h a s it n o t occurred t o y o u t h a t you a r e u r g i n g is a species of ' t h e e n d justifies t h e means' philosophy? Since t h e C h u r c h r e g a r d s contraception a s "a m o r t a l sin, h o w can it consist e n t l y c o u n t e n a n c e t h e cooperation of t h e f a i t h f u l in t h e accomplishm e n t of t h a t a c t , b y selling, contraceptives or by urging their use. T h e ' n a t u r a l d e s i r e of Catholic women t o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e ordin a r y a c t i v i t i e s of A m e r i c a n comm u n i t y life' i s wholesome e n o u g h ; b u t even if t h e b i r t h control movem e n t w e r e one of ' t h e o r d i n a r y a c t i v i t i e s of A m e r i c a n c o m m u n i t y life' ( m a y God forbid!) i t could h a r d l y j u s t i f y t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of Catholics in w h a t t h e y a r e b o u n d to regard as grave sin."

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BISHOPS OF MEXICO PLEDGE! (Continued from page 9) without the other Each class, then, and transmitting property by inheritance must receive its due share, and the dismust be kept intact and cannot.be taken tribution of created goods must be away by the State from man." brought into conformity with the deTaxation: Leo XIII declares that mands of the common good and social private property, burdened with excess justice." costs and taxes, can do no more than temper the use it makes of the right of Duties of Employers: The first duty property in an effort to reconcile that of employers is given by Pius X as the right with common good. assignment of a just wage to his employees. Leo XIII says "Workman and Agrarianism: That the Church in employer should make free agreements, Mexico has not disregarded the need to and in particular should freely agree as better and elevate the condition of the to wages; nevertheless, there is a dicpeasant, the pastoral states, has been tate of nature more imperious and more demonstrated by the agricultural conancient than any bargain between man gresses sponsored by the Church. After and man, that the remuneration must citing Leo XIIFs declaration that it is be enough to support the wage-earner right that there be many owners of land in reasonable and frugal comfort." among the people, the pastoral quotes from Quadragesimo Anno: "Every efIn his Encyclicals Casti Connubii and fort must be made that, at least in the Quadragesimo Anno, the pastoral adds, future, a just share only of the fruits His Holiness Pope Pius XI proclaims of production be permitted to accumulate that the worker should receive a wage in the hands of the wealthy, and that adequate to the needs of his family. an ample sufficiency be supplied to the Duties of Employees: These Pius X workingmen." has condensed, as follows: "The worker must execute completely and faithfully Catholic Doctrine, the pastoral adds, the work for which he has freely obliis that the State, for reasons of the gated himself; should not cause damage common good, can and, in many into the property or offence to the persons stances, should divide property, but unof his employers; should abstain from der given conditions: a real need, proper violent acts and never promote revolts indemnification to the legitimate owners, when he seeks to defend his own rights." and equitable and proportionate distriof Association: "Particular Right bution of the costs among the citizens societies," Rerum Novarum states, "alaffected. "It would be neither just nor though they exist within the State, and reasonable," the Bishops state, "to disare each a part of the State, nevertheregard the fact that the authorities in less cannot be prohibited by the State Mexico who have acted in this most imabsolutely and as such. For to enter portant point started from a just prininto 'society' of this kind is the natural ciple and were animated by the praiseright of man; and the State must proworthy intention of the betterment of tect natural rights, not destroy them." the peasants; but we insist that this betterment should not be merely economic Labour Corporations and Unions: In but also moral, intellectual and social defence of labour organizations, Leo XIII and in order to carry this out, the benesaid: "Certainly the workers have the ficial intervention of the Church is not right to unite in associations for the only most useful but in every respect espromotion of their interests; the Church sential." favours these since they are in accord with the law of nature." And, the pastoral adds, the methods Many other and interesting facts are employed have given rise to injustices, found in these two magnificent monudeplorable dissension and unrest, and ments. Rerum Novarum and Quadrageconcern for the future. simo Anno, which preserve to posterity DEMANDS OF COMMON GOOD. the unmistakable proofs of the Church's Capital and Labor: Pius XI says that interest in the working classes, the past"The original acquisition of property <^al states: therefore, the Mexican takes place by first occupation and by Hierarchv desires the widespread diffuindustry Hence it follows that un- sion of these Encyclicals and discussion less a man apply his labour to his of them. Mexican Catholics are urged own property, an alliance must be to devote much time and study to them formed between his toil and his anri to their application is this joint neighbour's property, for each is helpless pastoral of their Bishops.

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A STORY FOUNDED ON FACT Everyone h a d a g r e e d t h a t Ge- | gence took h i m by suprise. S h e orge Renfrew's bride w a s c h a r m - poured o u t question a f t e r question ing. She w a s young, p r e t t y , r e - as t o r a w m a t e r i a l (it w a s a boot fined, w h a t m o r e could be desired. f a c t o r y ) , w a g e s , h o u r s , t h e F a c So she w a s feted a n d m a d e m u c h t o r y A c t , t o t h e m a n a g e r a s well of. as t o h e r h u s b a n d . I t w a s evident Mrs. George enjoyed it all t o a t h a t t h e h u m a n side m a d e t h e certain e x t e n t , and still h e r life l a r g e r appeal t o her. T h e holiday and h e a l t h of t h e girls, a n d everyseemed e m p t y . She w a s t h e d a u g h t e r of a n t h i n g s h e could g a t h e r about t h e i r Obtainable from lives i n t e r e s t e d her. English c l e r g y m a n , a n d since h e r mother's d e a t h h a d been h i s In o n e v a s t room, w i t h machines right-hand in h o m e a n d p a r i s h . on e i t h e r side, t h e girls s a t stitchMyra Wilson w a s one born t o ing t h e shoes a n d boots. A s Myra, love and t o be loved. S h e h a d t h e c e n t r e of a little group, conloved and been loved by t h e whole s i s t i n g of h e r husband, his m a n a village and countryside, even t o t h e ger, a n d t h e forewoman of t h i s stray dogs. H e r life w a s full of room, w a s going out a t t h e door, deeds of kindness, a c o n s t a n t giv- one girl c a u g h t her a t t e n t i o n a n d ing of herself t o all w h o chanced s y m p a t h y in a special w a y . G r e a t her way. N o w she seemed c u t off grey e y e s w i t h long lashes w e r e lamps in t h e poor w a s t e d face. from all t h a t . I t did not seem t o set r a t h e r widely a p a r t in a t r a n s - She w a s f a r gone in consumption. pale face. be t h e t h i n g t o know t h e poor. p a r e n t T h e girl's She welcomed little M r s . Renfrew , Not t h a t M y r a Renfrew would a b u n d a n t d a r k hair w a s b r u s h e d for M a r y h a d told h e r a t dinner back from h e r forehead a n d coiled time of t h e y o u n g m i s t r e s s a n d h e r have been hindered by t h a t , b u t at t h e back of h e r neck (it w a s kind w a y s . there seemed t o b e no point of " I s it M a y w h o keeps y o u r little long before t h e days of bobbing contact. house so s p o t l e s s ? " a s k e d M y r a . I Piid s h i n g l i n g ) . T h e r e w a s someHer h u s b a n d loved h e r a n d "God bless h e r , a n d w h o else would h a v e died for her, a n d s h e I t h i n g really good to look upon in would do it. I t h a n k God every | t h e face, b u t it w a s because a returned his affection, b u t h e looks t r e a m of quiet t e a r s w e r e flowing hour of t h e d a y for t h e d a u g h t e r ed upon h e r a s a being too lovely and e t h e r e a l t o t a k e into h i s con- \ down h e r cheeks t h a t M y r a ' s lov- He gave m e . T h e like of h e r ' s not in t h e world." fidence in h i s business affairs, ; ing h e a r t w e n t out t o h e r . " F o r g i v e m e , M r s . L a r k i n , if I " W h a t ' s t h a t girl's n a m e ? " she which t o a considerable e x t e n t a b - i ! seem curious, b u t I t a k e a n i n t e r e s t asked t h e forewoman quickly. sorbed h i m . S h e h a d been well " M a y L a r k i n , m a d a m , a good in May and should like t o help h e r . used t o consider t h e r e c t o r y finances, a n d t o give advice on e v e r y - girl, b u t lame, you c a n s e e t h e A girl told m e to-day t h a t M a y w a s thing, from t h e m a k i n g of poul- c r u t c h e s beside h e r , " a n s w e r e d t h e a t work w i t h o u t h e r b r e a k f a s t . Now tell m e honestly, a r e h e r forewoman. tices t o t h e selling of cattle. " M y d e a r . " said M y r a , crossing wages insufficient? T h e poor girl So, one m o r n i n g , a b o u t six months a f t e r t h e i r wedding, M y r a to t h e girl, " I fear y o u ' r e ill or in was crying. I t m u s t h a v e been was pouting, a n d hoping George trouble. Can I do a n y t h i n g for from w e a k n e s s a n d h u n g e r , I fear." would notice it. George, good m a n , y o u ? " " H u n g e r it w a s , m a ' a m , b u t not " Oh n o t h a n k you m a ' a m , I'm was buried in t h e Times, a n d w h e n his a t t e n t i o n w a s distracted from foolish. I ' m m a y be a w e e b i t because w e ' r e so poor t h a t s h e it for a m o m e n t , it w a s given t o tired. M y m o t h e r ' s b a d a n d w a s couldn't h a v e food, b u t , b e g g i n g worse l a s t n i g h t , and w e g e t little your pardon, m a ' a m , I don't know bacon a n d e g g s and coffee. and there's something, if you u n d e r s t a n d o u r religion, b u t At last s h e could a n d would rest, m a ' a m , you'd n o t u n d e r s t a n d , b u t I d a r e s a y you know w e go f a s t i n g stand it no longer. " George, do talk t o m e , I ' m it overcomes m e for a b i t . " T h e to t h e a l t a r . Well, m y M a y , God candid g r e y eyes, still brimful, bless h e r , s h e goes every d a y . a n d really awfully lonely." " Lonely, d a r l i n g , ' cried t h e were lifted t o t h e s y m p a t h e t i c blue she t a k e s a b i t of food w i t h h e r to eat after, for i t ' s too long t o come startled m a n . " W h y , I t h o u g h t y o u ones. " I ' m s o r r y for y o u r m o t h e r , back here, b u t t h i s m o r n i n g , m a ' were out every day a t golf or t e n nis, or a t t h e C h e s t e r s or W a r d s , May. D o you mind if I come t o am, s h e slept l a t e I being b a d last night and t h e clock wrong. So s h e see h e r . W h e r e do you l i v e ? " or some of t h a t l o t . " h u r r i e d off w i t h o u t t a k i n g h e r food a n d she'd I " 2 7 William Street, " Y e s , George, dear, of course I have a frightfully good time, b u t be pleased t o see y o u , " said t h e with h e r . God help h e r , w h e n she j g?ot t o t h e chapel t h e p r i e s t w a s I can't j u s t live for t h a t . I w a n t girl. A s M y r a t u r n e d t o go, a r o u g h | coming off t h e a l t a r . B u t it w a s n ' t something t o do. C a n ' t you t a k e me down t o t h e factory, a n d let but g o o d n a t u r e d looking lass, n e a r for w a n t of h e r b r e a k f a s t m y girl let t h e t e a r s fall, b u t ' t w a s h u n g r y me see w h e r e you a r e a n d w h a t May, plucked h e r by t h e sleeve. " T h a t girl's h u n g r y , m a ' a m , for God A l m i g h t y s h e w a s , God you do all d a y , a n d I'd like t o k n o w your workers, a n d see if I could do she's n o t broken h e r fast t h i s bless h e r . " H u n g r y for God! A poor facanything f o r t h e m . " S h e w a s a t m o r n i n g , I k n o w . " tory girl, a n d surely, t h o u g h t I n h e r vilM y r a felt horrified. the back of h i s chair, coaxing h i m Myra, for a lame girl, w h o worked with various b l a n d i s h m e n t s , b y lage s h e h a d never come across this time. " You know, George, anyone so poor a s to b e h u n g r y , so h a r d late a n d early, t o g e t up to go t o t h e church before h e r dear, it w a s so different a t h o m e . but f e a r i n g t o d r a w too m u c h a t long d a y in t h e factory, t h e desire I'd heaps a n d heaps of t h i n g s t o tention on t h e weeping girl, h a s for God m u s t b e s t r o n g . Could it do. Sick people t o look a f t e r , tened a w a y . Surely s h e n a d something t o do be only a c h i m e r a — a f a n c y — t h a t choir practice, and all s o r t s of caused those quiet t e a r s ? now, s h e busied herself t h e r e s t things besides t h e home. You The i n s p i r a t i o n of M y r a ' s h a p p y , know your s e r v a n t s a r e so good of t h e m o r n i n g ppeking a large useful life h a d been love for J e s u s there's n o t h i n g left for m e t o do. oasket w i t h t h i n g s .she t h o u g h t an So George, d e a r old t h i n g , do t a k e invalid m i g h t fancy, a s well a s Christ, a s s h e h a d read of H i m in e to t h e f a c t o r y , a n d w h o k n o w s , some good s u b s t a n t i a l food, and t h e Gospels, a n d a d e s i r e t o do Perhaps, I could be of use t o y o u after lunch m a d e h e r w a y t o 27, good to all for H i s sake. T h e r e h e r religious beliefs practically began William S t r e e t . there?" and ended, b u t t h e coming of t h e T h e door w a s on t h e latch, so " O f course, Girlie, if you c a r e humble L a r k i n house-hold into h e r for it, b u t i t ' s a dull old place. G e t she lifted it, a f t e r knocking, and life w a s t h e beginning of n e w went in. T h e room w a s spotless, ready after b r e a k f a s t a n d I'll r u n t h i n g s for h e r . and seemed t h e only one in t h e tiny you along in t h e c a r . " She visited t h e m regularly, a n d dwelling. M r s . Larkin lay in bed He was repaid b y h i s little wife's interest a n d enjoyment. H e r in t h e c o r n e r . I t was easy t o see on h e r half-days, often a s k e d May cheeks glowed a n d h e r eyes s p a r k l - w h e r e M a r y g o t t h e beautiful eyes. t o come and sit in t h e p r e t t y g a r ed with a n i m a t i o n . H e r intelh- Her m o t h e r ' s eyes shone like den, t h a t s h e m i g h t h a v e r e s t a n d

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Would s h e forfeit h i s love, would he c a s t h e r from h i s h o m e , or a t least would t h e r e be a b a r r i e r for ever between t h e m ? Could God a s k t h i s of h e r ? W h o w a s s h e t o j u d g e differently to so m a n y good a n d wise w h o m she had known? A t times she a l m o s t p r a y e d t h a t it w a s all a m i s t a k e on h e r p a r t . Still t h e r e lentless voice of t r u t h spoke in h e r soul. Poor y o u n g t h i n g , she w a s indeed t e m p e s t - t c s s e d . How full (Continued on page 15)

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Melbourne. — S t a t e m e n t s m a d e b y Carlos Z a l a p a y Z a n Leon, Mexican Consul for Australia a n d N e w Zealand, t h a t there e x i s t s no p e r s e c u t i o n of religion in h i s c o u n t r y , w e r e refuted b y t h e R e v . D r . Beovich of S t . P a t r i c k ' s C a t h e d r a l a n d Kevin Kelly, chairm a n of t h e Catholic S t u d e n t G r o u p of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Melbourne, in a l e t t e r p u b l i s h e d in t h e secular newspapers, where t h e diplomat's denial w a s g i v e n publicity. T h e Mexican Consul c h a r g e d t h a t m u c h of t h e t r o u b l e t h a t existed in his country was due to political a c t i v i t y of t h e clergy. H e f u r t h e r s t a t e d t h a t m a n y of t h e p r i e s t s in Mexico w e r e illiterate. A m o v i n g defence of t h e Mexic a n clergy a s m a d e in t h e " C a t h o lic H o u r " r a d i o b r o a d c a s t b y D r . Beovich, w h o spoke of t h e c u l t u r ed, l e a r n e d a n d pious M e x i c a n s w h o h a d been h i s fellow-students a t t h e P r o p a g a n d a College i n R o m e . (N.C.W.C.)

F R U I T S O F CATHOLIC ACTION PROTESTANT MINISTER AMONG CONVERTS. M a c a o — F i f t y C h i n e s e converts w e r e b a p t i z e d on a recent S u n d a y b y H . E . t h e Most Rdv. J o s e da Costa N u n e s , Bishop of Macao. One of t h e m w a s f o r m e r l y a P r o testant minister. T h e function took place w i t h all due s o l e m n i t y in S t . L a z a r u s ' C h u r c h , w h i c h w a s filled w i t h a n i n t e r e s t e d t h r o n g of non-Catholics a s well a s Catholics. T h e c o n v e r t s w e r e t h e f r u i t of earnest work undertaken by the Chinese Catholic Action Association of S t . L a z a r u s ' p a r i s h . The n u m b e r of c a t e c h u m e n s enlisting for i n s t r u c t i o n is c o n s t a n t l y on the increase. (Lumen). CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN HONGKONG IMPRESSES R E C E N T VISITOR.

Hongkong.—A c o m p e t e n t observ e r w h o r e c e n t l y passed t h r o u g h Hongkong, notes with admiration t h e splendid development of Catholic schools a n d o t h e r w o r k s undert a k e n in t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h e younger generation. M o r e t h a n 2,500 s t u d e n t s a r e g r o u p e d in t h r e e l a r g e secondary ANCIENT CASTLE-FORT I N schools, L a Salle College, S t . JoSYRIA DISCOVERED. s e p h ' s College, a n d W a h Y a n College. T h e t w o f o r m e r i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e d i r e c t e d b y t h e B r o t h e r s of t h e CHAPEL OF CRUSADERS. C h r i s t i a n Schools, t h e last-menP a r i s . — A b a p t i s m a l chapel h a s tioned b y t h e I r i s h J e s u i t s . L a Salle College, a r e c e n t conb e e n discovered a t t h e foot of t h e walls of t h e g r e a t f o r t r e s s n e a r s t r u c t i o n , is given a special meed Tripolis in S y r i a w h i c h is k n o w n of p r a i s e for t h e magnificence of its a s t h e C r a k d e s Chevaliers, accord- a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d t h e completeness i n g t o a c o m m u n i c a t i o n j u s t receiv- of i t s e q u i p m e n t . T h e J e s u i t F a t h e r s also direct b y t h e A c a d e m i e des I n s c r i p t i o n s a t B e l l e s - L e t t r e s . T h i s f a m o u s | Ricci Hall, a hostel for y o u n g men c a s t l e f o r t w a s built b y t h e C r u - s t u d y i n g a t H o n g k o n g U n i v e r s i t y . The Superior o f t h e Jesuits, Fasaders. T h e walls of t h e newly discover- t h e r G e o r g e B y r n e , fills t h e chair e d chapel a r e covered w i t h p a i n t - of P s y c h o l o g y a t t h i s G o v e r n m e n t i n g s w h i c h archaeologists a t t r i b u t e U n i v e r s i t y . T h e Salesian f a t h e r s a r e p u t t o t h e twelfth century and which t i n g t h e finishing t o u c h e s t o t h e i r a r e t h o u g h t t o be t h e w o r k of a second I n d u s t r i a l School, a model French artist. T h e d i s c o v e r y w a s m a d e b y a n of i t s kind, which counts 300 pu(Lumen). a r c h i t e c t a n d a chief of t h e service pils a t p r e s e n t . f o r t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n of a n t i q u i t ies in S y r i a . N e c e s s a r y s t e p s h a v e HONGKONG SHORT-WAVE been taken to assure the preserS T A T I O N TO T R A N S M I T v a t i o n of t h e frescoes. (N.C.W.C.) CATHOLIC SERMONS. CURE Card.

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Hongkong. — Catholic sermons in E n g l i s h , p r e a c h e d a t S t . J o seph's Church h e r e , will be b r o a d c a s t once e v e r y t h r e e weeks by t h e n e w s h o r t - w a v e t r a n s m i t t e r installed by t h e G o v e r n m e n t . T h i s s t a t i o n o p e r a t e s in the n e i g h b o u r h o o d of 3 1 m e t e r s and can be h e a r d t h r o u g h o u t t h e F a r East. (Lumen-Fides).

ZEALOUS CONVERT " S E L L S ' RELIGION WITH HIS WARES. Ichang, Hupeh.—Earning his rice a s a n i t i n e r a n t peddlar, J o seph Kao one day found a n i g h t ' s lodging w i t h a c o u n t r y catechist. I t w a s h i s d a y of salvation, for t h a t day t h e r e was implanted in his h e a r t t h e g e r m of F a i t h which eventually b r o u g h t h i m into t h e Church. Now, h e is still b u s y a t his old avocation, b u t as h e goes from h o u s e t o h o u s e selling his w a r e s , h e evinces a n even g r e a t e r interest in discussing religion w i t h h i s c u s t o m e r s . Due t o his eloquent convictions, t h e region t o t h e east of I c h a n g , which h i t h e r t o h a s been a n a r i d field a s r e g a r d s conversions, is opening t o t h e F a i t h . A g r o u p of new C h r i s t i a n s , comfortably circumstanced, promises t o develop into a n influential c e n t r e for all t h a t t e r r i t o r y . (Lumen). AURORA UNIVERSITY STARTS WELL FOR N E W TERM. S h a n g h a i . — W i t h t h e opening of t h e fall t e r m a n d t h e r e s u m p tion of classes, A u r o r a U n i v e r s i t y w e a r s i t s n o r m a l b u s y aspect. 161 new s t u d e n t s have r e g i s t e r e d for t h e r e g u l a r c o u r s e s : 30 for L a w , 41 for Sciences, 37 f o r L i t e r a t u r e a n d 53 for Medicine. T h e increased enrolment in t h e last mentioned D e p a r t m e n t is considred n o t e w o r t h y . A n A u r o r a medical s t u d e n t , Mr. I n g Pou-tche, b r o u g h t honour to his A l m a M a t e r b y c a r r y i n g off t h e first prize in t h e N a t i o n a l Competition in C h r i s t i a n Apologetics. T h e a w a r d w a s m a d e by H.E. the Apostolic Delegate, A r c h b i s h o p Zanin, a t t h e open-air m a s s m e e t i n g of S h a n g h a i Catholic s t u d e n t s held on t h e Univers i t y C a m p u s d u r i n g t h e Catholic Action Congress. Dr. Wilhelm S c h m i d t , S.V.D., i n t e r n a t i o n a l a u t h o r i t y in e t h n o logy, w h o is s p e n d i n g some m o n t h s in t h e Orient, h a s accepted a n invitation t o deliver a series of lectures on his m o s t recent work for t h e benefit of t h e faculty and s t u d e n t body of t h e A u r o r a . H e h a s announced h i s a r r i v a l h e r e in t h e n e a r f u t u r e . Mr. C h a n Yu-hoa, of t h e S h a n g hai B a r , h a s been delegated t o represent t h e Aurora Law Faculty a t t h e J u d i c i a r y C o n g r e s s being held in N a n k i n g . M r . C h a n w a s I commissioned to p r e s e n t in t h e ! n a m e of t h e A u r o r a a petition u r g i n g equal t r e a t m e n t for p r i v a t e a n d public law schools and a free r i g h t for all t o sit for t h e e x a m i n a t i o n s .required in qualification for public office, a r i g h t recently denied. (Lumen).

After an Illness Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Speed Recovery. Recovery from an illness is often slow because the blood has become impoverished, scanty and thin; | therefore to regain health and strength the main essential is to ; build up the blood. Dr. Williams' I Pink Pills rapidly improve the I blood,and their efficacy during ; convalescence is strikingly proved ! in the case of Mrs. Margaret Bre! thour of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, ! who gives all the credit of her quick recovery to this world famous tonic. | "I was in hospital four months after the bitrh of my baby," states | Mrs. Brethour, "and rame home i Weighing only sixty five poonds. j I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink I Pills and it was'nt long until I ! weighed ninety five :jounds, and j my general health was cf the best, i Every spring since then I take the I pills as a tonic, and would not be j without them, I s trongly recom• mend them to all mothers," | Chemists everywhere sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. :

POOR CLARES TO FOUND A MONASTERY IN INDO-CHINA. Lille ( F r a n c e ) — A D e p a r t u r e Ceremony, a t which H i s EminenceCardinal L i e n a r t , Bishop of Lille, presided, took place in t h e m o n a s t e r y of t h e Poor Clares a t Roubaix October 5. E i g h t religious areleaving for Vinh, Indo-China, t o found a m o n a s t e r y of contemplatives. I n 1927 t h e P o o r Clares of Roub a i x adopted t h e missions of Vinh a s t h e special object of t h e i r praye r s . T h i s was in accordance with a m o v e m e n t s t a r t e d by t h e Benedictines of Lophem-lez-Bruges,, called "Contemplation and the A p o s t o l a t e , " w h e r e b y contemplat i v e religious in t h e homeland pledged t n e i r p r a y e r s in a p a r t i c u l a r w a y for a certain foreign mission. T h e n u n s will now start a b r a n c h of t h e i r order in t h e m i s s i o n itself. A Chinese F r a n c i s c a n and an A n n a m i t e C h r i s t i a n B r o t h e r , both s t u d e n t s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Lille, were present a t the Departure Ceremony. (Fides).

Paris.—The traditional comm e m o r a t i o n of t h e a n n i v e r s a r y of t h e d e a t h i n 1859 of S t . J e a n Marie Vianney, Cure d'Ars, had a special significance t h i s y e a r b e c a u s e of t h e p r e s e n c e of H i s E m i D E A T H O F R E V . MOTHER nence Jean Cardinal Verdier, ANNUNCIATA. A F R I C A N G I R L S E N T E R NOVIA r c h b i s h o p of P a r i s , w h o presided CIATE FOR NATIVE SISTERS. a t t h e c e r e m o n i e s since, for t h e Mangalore, ( I n d i a ) — R e v . Mom o m e n t , t h e r e w a s n o B i s h o p of A CATHOLIC ART EXHIBITION t h e r M. A n n u n c i a t a , Mother-GeneMoshi ( T a n g a n y i k a , E a s t AfriBelley. T h e n e w Bishop, t h e Most IN LONDON. r a l of t h e S i s t e r s of t h e Apostolic Our Rev. A m e d e e Maisonobe, h a s since r i c a ) . — O n t h e F e a s t of L a d y of t h e Snows, e i g h t y o u n g been c o n s e c r a t e d a t S t . F l o u r . T h e exhibition rooms of t h e Carmel, h a s died suddenly while girls of t h e K i l i m a n j a r o VicaCatholic T r u t h Society in Eccles- on a visitation of t h e houses of A b o u t 10,000 took p a r t in t h e She r i a t e received t h e novice's veil ton S q u a r e , S. W., h a v e been show- h e r congregation in Ceylon. p i l g r i m a g e t h i s y e a r . Canon Odin of Lyons, w h o preached t h e p a n e - from, H i s . , jE^ceJlency ;%ea^fe>^ ing an i n t e r e s t i n g display of devo- w a s only slightly over 40 years of gyric of t h e Saint, took a s h i s Rev. J o s e p h B y r n e , C.S. '3$p$, tional a r t , thebwork of M r / C h a r l e s a g e and belonged t o a leading of Mangalore t e x t : " A n d t h o u s h a l t love t h y V i c a r Apostolic, a n d b e g a n t h e i r A. Carlin, well-known for his ef- Catholic family noted for ability and culture for noviciate a t H u r u m a , noviciate of forts to popularise, in a r t , devotion God w i t h t h y whole h e a r t . " Cart h e n a t i v e Congregation of Our to O u r L a d y of W a l s i n g h a m . A m a n y g e n e r a t i o n s . dinal V e r d i e r spoke a t V e s p e r s . T h e Apostolic Carmel is an enT h e y a r e p a i n t i n g of t h e W a l s i n g h a m Ma" H o w h a p p y we should be ir> L a d y of K i l i m a n j a r o . Congregation. It different t r i b e s of t h e donna a n d Child, based on t h e seal tirely Indian F r a n c e ! " t h e Cardinal said. " W h e n from of t h e f a m o u s p r i o r y , w a s a m o n g conducts a University College for O u r L o r d wished t o reveal t o m e n V i c a r i a t e . „ W o m e n , t h e first Catholic instituH i s Aove^ h e a p p e a r e d t a a Religi- — T h i s _year—a g r o u p of seven . o u s a t P r a y - l e - m o n i a l ; it w a s a t K i k u y u girls from K e n y a arrived W a l s i n g h a m itself t h e r e h a s lately tion of t h e kind in India. It has L o u r d e s t h a t H i s M o t h e r appeared as p o s t u l a n t s a t H u r u m a . T h e y will been a v e r y h a p p y religious cere- schools and convents in t h e Archt o a c h i l d ; a n d t h e r e c e n t S a i n t s be t h e nucleus of a n a t i v e Sister- m o n y — t h e reception, into t h e Ca- dioceses of Goa, Bombay and w h o h a v e b e s t t a u g h t t h e world hood for t h e Vicariate of Zanzibar. tholic C h u r c h , of t w o ladies who M a d r a s a n d in t h e Dioceses of In Ceyh o w t o love God a r e t w o S a i n t s of Religious lif€X*Mfred by t h e Afri- for several y e a r s p a s t h a d been ac- Mangalore and Calicut. F r a n c e : t h e C u r e d ' A r s and S t . can girl, and t h e candidates a r e tive m e m b e r s of t h e C h u r c h of lon t h e Sisters h a v e schools in five E n g l a n d parish. different places. ( F i d e s ) . T h e r e s a of t h e I n f a n t J e s u s . " n u m e r o u s each y e a r . ( F i d e s ) .

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FOURTH CENTENARY OF CONVERSION O F F I S H E R Y COAST. Tuticorin ( I n d i a ) — D u r i n g t h e first week of November Catholics of Tuticorin will celebrate t h e F o u r t h C e n t e n a r y of t h e conversion of t h e F i s h e r y Coast. T h e founder of t h e Church t h e r e w a s t h e Rev. Michael Vaz, V i c a r General of Goa, w h o had t h e whole tribe baptised early in t h e 16th c e n t u r y , a b o u t eight y e a r s before t h e arrival of St. F r a n c i s X a v i e r . Hence, as t h e people say, X a v i e r was only t h e i r foster f a t h e r . The people of Tuticorin feted their Bishop, t h e Most Rev. F r a n cis T. Roche, S.J., October 2, t h e Silver Jubilee of his Ordination. Bishop Roche w a s ordained a t Kurseong, Bengal, in 1910 b y t h e late A r c h b i s h o p Meuleman, A r c h bishop of C a l c u t t a . He w a s m a d e Bishop of Tuticorin in 1923 and is the first Indian Bishop of t h e Latin rite. (Fides).

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AGENTS L I S T E R TO B E C O N T I N U E D I N 1936. Warin Studios S t . Louis.—The success of t h e | Vincentian F a t h e r s ' "Motor M i s s i o n s " in t h e Archdiocese of St. | Louis this s u m m e r h a s been s u c h i a s t o lead t h e Order t o plan for t h e i r continuance in 1936. OUR SHORT STORY. I H e promised t o r u n down a t t h e I t is announced t h a t a l r e a d y ! week-ends, s o M y r a w e n t , (Continuedsjgam. page 13) j e n o u g h applications h a v e been r e j I t would be b e t t e r t o w r i t e a n d of s y m p a t h y dhd* pity should w e I ceived for n e x t s u m m e r t o keep j tell George all, a n d t h i s opportum a n y units of Vincentian mission- be, t o w h o m t h e F a i t h has come < n i t y h a d been sent. I t w a s a long from our f a t h e r s w i t h no s t r u g a r i e s in t h e field and t h e Vincenl e t t e r she w r o t e to t h e m a n s h e I t i a n s have decided to promote t h e gles o r efforts on our p a r t ! loved and t r u s t e d . She opened h e r j work next s u m m e r in proportion Peace carnle," &nd a s God h a d h e a r t t o h i m a s simply a s a child as t h e y receive t h e necessary s u p - ! used a h u m b l e factory h a n d t o lead m i g h t . p o r t for t h e placing of m o r e j t o w a r d s t h a t light, a g a i n t h r o u g h George w i r e d back " Coming," p r i e s t s in t h e field. words of h e r s H e sent peace. a n d Myra, on t h e look-out for h i m , In t h e course of t h e past s u m One day s h e came to t h e L a r k i n mer, the "Motor Missionaries" home and s a w candles a n d flowers, I m e t him a t t h e g a t e . H e looked t e n y e a r s older, a n d g a v e s t r e e t lectures in seven t o w n s with a crucifix and some little vest h r o u g h o u t t h e archdiocese a n d sels, a r r a n g e d carefully on a table it w a s a shock t o know t h a t it w a s spoke before more t h a n 10,000 I near t h e bed. May looked v e r y s h e w h o h a d a g e d him. To h i m p e r s o n s . Over half of t h e places ; weak, a n d whispered, a s M y r a t h e blow w a s severe, and he t a l k e d t h e y visited requested t h e m t o r e - I came in, " Oh m a ' a m dear, t h e a n d reasoned a little w i t h M y r a , b u t always c a m e back t o t h e p o i n t m a i n a n o t h e r week or two a n d \ doctor h a s poor hopes of me, a n d t h a t if she honestly t h o u g h t i t when t h i s w a s found impossible I'm e x p e c t i n g his Reverence t o t h e y were asked to r e t u r n n e x t r i g h t she m u s t go h e r own w a y , give m e t h e L a s t S a c r a m e n t s . " t h a t all w h o m i g h t wish t o do so s u m m e r . a n d he would n o t stop h e r . could p r e s e n t questions w i t h o u t " O h May, dear girl, a r e you T h a t is w h y Mrs. George R e n T h e missionaries gave t h e i r final suffering t h e e m b a r r a s s m e n t of afraid?" frew is not recognised now by t h e mission for t h i s s u m m e r a t I r o n - I being known. I n t h e evening one " A f r a i d is i t ? Afraid of m y I elite of her h u s b a n d ' s t o w n . S o m e ton, Mo. T h e m e m b e r s of t h e b a n d speaker would lecture on t h e subwhich conducted t h e mission t h i s own God? Living or dying I'm in I t h i n k her a little crazy, some ject chosen f o r t h e night, a n d a s u m m e r a r e : t h e Rev. L. J. Fallon, His h a n d s , a n d He'll n e v e r let m e . simply scorn h e r . She does n o t second s p e a k e r would a n s w e r all C M . , of Kenrick Seminary, St. g o . " mind, for " t h e h e a r t of h e r h u s t h e questions which h a d b e e n p u t L o u i s ; the Rev. J. E . M c l n t y r e , C. T h a t w a s t h e last day M y r a ! b a n d t r u s t e t h h e r . " H e h a s let into t h e box a s well a s a n y t h e M., of St. Louis P r e p a r a t o r y Semi- Renfrew s a w May L a r k i n , b u t t h e h e r h a v e h e r children w i t h w h o m audience m i g h t ask. n a r y ; and t h e Rev. Joseph P h o e - girl's words re-echoed in h e r h e a r t , God h a s blessed t h e m , t o follow in The subjects of t h e lectures w e r e nix, C M . , of St. Vincent's College, " I'm in H i s h a n d s , and H e will not h e r footsteps. " S h e h a s p u t o u t generally: let m e g o . " She would t r u s t h e r - h e r h a n d t o s t r o n g t h i n g s , " t o t h e Cape Girardeau, Mo. First n i g h t ; W h y t h e mission T h e missionaries chose sections self t o Him. uplifting of t h e poor and sad, a n d band h a s c o m e ; t h e necessity of w h e r e Catholicity is much in t h e j George R e n f r e w noticed how one p r a y e r is e v e r in h e r h e a r t . I t religion; a n d t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s m i n o r i t y , a n d t h e p r i e s t s r e p o r t vforn a n d t i r e d his little wife is t h a t h e r beloved and g e n e r o u s that t h e T r u e C h u r c h m u s t h a v e ; t h a t t h e reception accorded t h e m looked, and begged h e r t o accept j h u s b a n d m a y some day fpel t h a t second n i g h t t h e C h u r c h a n d t h e and t h e i r m o v e m e n t was m a r k e d an invitation from some friends g r e a t h u n g e r for God t h a t led h e r Bible; t h i r d n i g h t : M a r y t h e Mo- by courtesy and even eagerness. ^ nea*£ Dublin, for a' fb#tnight o r so. into t h e fulness of t r u t h . ther of G o d ; f o u r t h n i g h t : T h e S T h e Mission Band* remained fn Pope; fifth n i g h t : Confession, and t h e town for about a week, a t a Yonr Birth-right Is Health—Prove It By sixth n i g h t : T h e Religious life of central spot, usually in t h e c o u r t 1 SIDDHA SATWA MAKARADHWAJA.—The Panacea For All Diseases. the Catholic; t h e S a c r a m e n t s a n d house park. T h e y set up a pulpit | The King of Tonics to build up Nerve, Brain, Body and a sure remedy for the Mass. and a loud-speaker outfit. H a n d 1 Nervous Debility, Asthma, Loss of Vitality, Impurity and Poverty of Blood. In every place t h e missionaries bills were scattered around t h e All Fevers, Rheumatism. Consumption, Diabetes, etc. 5 Price—1 Phial of 60 pills for 30 days $5.00. found t h a t a s soon a s t h e p u r p o s e town announcing t h a t Catholic 1 Retain the Charm of Youth By Taking °f the m o v e m e n t w a s recognized, p r i e s t s would speak on Catholic ABALA—RAKSHA. The Best Uterine and Haematinic Tonic as soon as it became known t h a t s u b j e c t s p e r t a i n i n g to t h e Catholic c This wonderful specific is highly efficacious in all cases of Menstrual | Disorders, Profuse and Painful Menstruation, Spasmodic pain in Uterus, they were n o t come to a t t a c k o t h e r C h u r c h , and t h a t all questions = Ovarine Organs, Abdomen and Loins, Uterine Haemorrhage, Constant religions b u t r a t h e r to explain would be cheerfully answered. g Abortion and Miscarriage. what Catholics believe and t o dis- Wooden question-boxes were left | Price 1 Phial of 40 pills for 20 days $3.50. pel misconceptions concerning t h e a t t h e post-office and n e a r t h e 1 AYURVEDA SIDDHA OUSHADHA SALA, Church, the r e s p o n s e from all w a s s p e a k e r ' s s t a n d d u r i n g t h e day, so 171-A, Selegie Road, SINGAPORE. (Continued in previous Col.) courteous. (N.C.W.C.) ;

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SELF

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LEADER,

SATURDAY,

RESPECT MOVEMENT

BY M. AROKIASWAMI

2nd NOVEMBER, 1935.

Telephone No. 7843.

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SINGAPORE. The Self-Respect Movement—so called enemies to one another, and does them from its claim to promote the selfno good . . . . Therefore, the whole edirespect of its members—has its headfice of Hinduism must be pulled down, quarters a t Erode in the Coimbatore and then only can its foundations of Wedding Cakes a Speciality district of the Madras Presidency. It caste and the enslavement of women be is spread over a wide area: the Tamil destroyed. Assorted Cakes Maker, Tea P a r t y Supplier, Nad, Malabar, Burma the Federated This fight against Hinduism soon Malay States, the Straits Settlements, developed into a general war on reliHot and Cold Drinks, etc. and Ceylon; extension to the Telugu gion as such, and even on God Himself, country is the next objective, and to on the plea that they w e c 3 a bar to the rest of India, the ultimate, if human progress. Buddhism and Jainism Proprietor distant, goal. Its influence is greatest were included in this universal onin the Tamil Nad which is studded slaught; Islam was cautiously attacked; J O S E P H CHONG SIN T O N G with its branches, about a hundred in and Christianity, particularly Catholiall, and one or more in nearly every cism, was singled out for vulgar dericentre of importance; and if smaller sion. The beliefs of Catholics were elsewhere, it tends to grow particularly mocked at and their priests and religious K. Brahmachary unearths the theory of what good has come of it all, and we among the Tamil-speaking people of orders scurrilously slandered. Nor did know what good will come in future Burma, the Federated Malay States the Self-Respectors stop there. They evolution as a substitute for creation in We have also seen what the Gnana and the Straits Settlements. began to refer to the ' so-called God/ the The Origin of the World. present Government is worth and what Suriyan is an outspoken criticism off so-called heaven' and the so-called The movement is well organized for it has done during the last 160 years; the Vedas, Puranas and Smritis and of propaganda. Every available means hell.' With an idolatry truly worthy of and we know what it will do hereafter Brahman 'priestcraft/ is pressed into service for the purpose: bragging atheists, they enthroned IngerIII. If after this we still put our faith soll as their high-priest and dosed out weekly and monthly district and proTamil translations of his writings to an in the Reforms proposals of the Governvincial meetings, conferences, readingTill Mr. Ramaswamy Naicher visited ignorant public, week by week, in the rooms, social gatherings, the theatre ment and the political schemes of the Russia, the Self-Respect Movement Kudi Arasu, with headlines like 'Gods and the Press. The programme which Congress, we shall have the same fate had confined itself to social .«.nd religiare the Toys of the People!' An article ous ' reform.' But immediately after all these varied means of propaganda as the sheep • which trusted in the butentitled 'Is God Dead?' in the Puduvai are meant to promote is threefold: cher In '.'mo -Aay or other we his return from Leningrad—we do not social reform, religious reform and Murasu of May 5, 1932, closed with, the are bound to destroy the rule of the say propter hoc—he announced its words: political reform. | political programme at the North Arcot capitalists, the Zamindars and the Maharajahs. We do not care who carThe Self-Respect Movement was "Yet a short while, and the Self Res- i Conference in these words: founded about twelve years a g o as a ries on that rule—the British, or the pect Movement will have destroyed all "How can we achieve social progress social movement: it was to serve the Indians, or others. It is our duty to notion of God. Alas for Him!" without working also in the economic destroy it completely." Non-Brahman cause in the social sphere To carry out this anti-religious pro- and political fields? Are :.ot e.-^moas the Justice Party was doing in the Accordingly, in January, 1933, the political sphere. Adopting the same gramme more systematically through mics and politics necessary for a people ? Samadharma Party of South India was for good and evil, the Press, that power Our Self-Respect Movement is not at ideal of 'equal opportunities for air, formed with the following aims: it set out to demolish the social ascen- the Rational Books Publishing Society all needed for attaining a progress 1. The attainment of complete indedancy of the Brahmans. They were was founded in 1933, with its head- which is not of the economic and politiridiculed for their 'sanctimoniousness quarters at Erode and a nominal capital cal order. If its work is to be solely to pendence of the British and other forms Rs. 30,000 to popularize rationalistic of and sordid self-seeking', and their attack Puranic superstitutions and of capitalist government; 2. The cancelmonopoly of the public services. They literature in the more important vernalation of all national debts; 3. The Brahman machinations, then it had of South India. Besides its culars were denied the title of dvija (twicebetter cease to be." publie ownership of railways, banks, monthly organ, the Pahutharivu, it has born), and proved to be inferior to To make his meaning clear he added: shipping and other transport services, so far published twenty-five very cheap Non-Brahmans. waters, lands, & c ; 4. The public owner"Away with the capitalistic Governbooks in Tamil, which have had a large ship (without compensation) of all agriIf Brahman superiority was to be ment! Let us have a rule which will be sale and which vie with one another in cultural lands, forests and estates; 5. destroyed, neither w a s the oppression of the bitterness of their hatred of God to the advantage of the labourers the lower classes and of women to be and religion and morality, and in the We consider the present Government as The cancellation of ail private debts and tolerated: the abolition of untouehabi- vulgarity of their language. a shield to protect the idle and the rich. other obligations incurred by the workers and peasants; 6. The changing of all lity and caste and the liberation of Another should therefore be set up which These books do not deserve a detailed Native States into one common Indian women were, therefore, included in the will safeguard the interests of the poor But since they have poisoned review. Federation under the rule of the workers form. To add example to precept, the and the workers a short account of countless minds, reformers mixed freely with the deand peasants of India; 7. The improve"King and government e x i ? t , not for pressed classes, ate and drank with them must be given. ment of the life of the workers and the good of society and the removal of They fall into three classes: translathem at social gatherings and dinners, peasants by securing for them not more inequalities, but for protecting the tions of the publications of the Rationaland strenuously fought for 'their rights thar. seven hours' labour a day, increased wealth of the idle rich Only in a wages, State aid for the unemployed, ist Press Association of London; transto eduation, public wells, medical aid, country where God, religion and patrioof other atheistic books; and lations &c. They dropped their caste designahealth resorts, free libraries and other tism have been thoroughly destroyed original works by Indian Self-Respections (e.g. Naicker, Pillai, Odeyar). cultural facilities.' are capitalist tyranny, idle iife, starvators. They interdined and intermarried with This new party has been approved at tion and inequalities absent. In it there With unerring insight the Erode persons of other castes. They deplored the local Self-Respect Conferences and the disabilities of Hindu women—child rationalists have chosen four of Inger- is love of mankind, not of religion and awaits ratification at the forthmarriage, foreed widowhood,—and as- soll's lectures, two of Bertrand Russell's, country; no distinction between the rich coming formal Provincial Self-Respect Conserted their right to possess property one of Joseph McCabe's, one of the Rev. and the poor, the capitalist and the ference. like men. They supported the Sarda Townshend Fox's, and the long exploded labourer, the ruler and the subject Act and widow remarriage, and, for the myth of Pastor Chiniquy, as the London Not only our country but the whole world should be brought to such ri posisake of what they believed to be the lamps that are to enlighten the Tamil We may conclude this short study of tion; and for this all young men must fullness of woman's liberation, pleaded j world! the Self-Respect Movement by estimatare Reison, by a Other translations strive. That is the work before us. for easy divorce, free love and birth ing its results and its prospects. No French apostate priest, with chaptercontrol. Similar pronouncements have been movement, however evil, succeeds unless Two Self-Respect institutions which headings like: ' The very Idea of God made by Mr. Singaravelu in a series of it has a 'soul of goodness.' The glaring aim at promoting women's interests is Meaningless'—' All Religions are articles on 'The Work Before Us': inequalities of Hindu society, the exdeserve mention here—the Martiage Untrue'—' Religion is built on Super"Of the thirty crores of people in India ploitation of the ignorant poor by the stition'—'The World was not Created Bureau and the Self-Respect Institute four crores are hardly able to g e t even crafty rich, the canker of untouchability, by AnyoneP—' God is not Man's Friend for Women. The Marriage Bureau arBecause we of child-marriage, of child-widowhood,— one meal a day. Why? but his Cruel Enemy;' Katherine Mayo's ranges for and celebrates marriages have a capitalist regime here. On the j any one who sets out to remedy these Mother India and Slaves of the Gods; without calling in the Brahman other hand, in Russia, and there alone, purohits, most of the marriages thus and Why I am an Atheist, a collection sixteen crores of people live without feel- i is certain to have a large following. The of Bhagat Singh's letters to his father. secret of the success of the Self-Respect conducted being inter-caste marriages ing the pinch of hunger. Only on the Movement is that it began with justice Among the original Tamil works proand remarriages of widows and divorced duced by Self-Respecters are E. V. day when the proletarian rule is esta- on its side. Unfortunately, however, its persons. The Institute for Women, leaders misused the influence they had Ramaswamy's Why Eve Became En- blished will the world be happy, free which has not yet been established, is As the acquired to divert it along other paths. from hunger and war intended to teach poor and helpless girls slaved, Materialism, and Kudi Arasu Communists in the legislatures of GerThey forgot their original purpose and Kalambagam. The theme of the first is the three R's, drawing, music, culture, and good and rational living, as well as that the Indian woman has been enslav- many, France, Belgium, Holland, Spain drove their ignorant followers into the ed by the laws of religion and morality, and Scandinavia work for their com- rocks and thorns of rationalism and the * ideals * of widow remarriage, inmunist programme, so we too will enter communism, of birth control and immoand that she can be freed only by breaktermarriage, divorce and the rest. and work in the Indian legislatures, rality. The Government throttled their ing these laws Materialism argues n. municipalities and district boards." political aspirations by putting some of that:— But since the Hindu social system is The secret of all this faith in Com- I them in prison, confiscating their books, God, Religion, Soul, Self, Sin, Virtue, based on religion, the Self-Respecters Heaven, Hell Morality—all are man's munism is an unbounded admiration for ! and demanding heavy securities of their soon realized that they could not get rid papers. All religious-minded people, concoction's They are the creation Russia: of social evils unless they destroyed the Hindus and Mohammedans no less than of a small class of selfish parasitical "Russia is a new world, different from religion which sanctioned and sanctified Catholics protested against their antipriests wh«l, in order to have the goods It has no every other country those evils. And so they started a of this earth to themselves, induce the place for jealousy, discontent, greed, rehgiou_s_tendencies. And common sense violent campaign against Hmduisn.: people to renounce this world in order to rivalry and restlessness; and it has en- itself was outraged by the excesses they Hinduism teaches that caste distincadvocated in the name of social reform. possess the next. They should be sured for men true liberty and freedom tions were created by God: the Vedas destroyed by the Rationalists who ought The Self-Respect Movement has, therefrom the ordinary cares of life. and Smritis say that the Brahmans, fore, disappointed most of its admirers. Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras were to endeavour to reclaim the priestThere is no shortage of food supply born respectively from God's face, ridden masses from a faith in the in Soviet Russia.. After satisfying If instead of dabbling in religion and supernatural to one in Materialism. shoulders, thighs and feet. Hinduism is the needs of the home population, a large politics it had confined itself to the reScience is on the side of Materialists, moval of untouchability and the ameliorespoisible for the ignorance, helplesssurplus is exported to other countries... and all the inventions of priestcraft ness and cruel and slavish treatment of Russia is to-day the only country ration of the poor and the weak, it mteht are being pulverized under the sledgewomen who form one-half of society. where there is no unemployment. Rus- have had a great future before it. But It causes the money of the poor to be hammer strokes of Scientific Progress violent and extreme things cannot last sia stands foremost among the nations . . . .Long live Materialism! wasted on its innumerable festival* or —thev are unnatural. Hence, whether the world in industry and in every of to be given away to Brahmans at the The Kudi Arasu Kalambagam disMr. E. V. Ramaswamy finds able sucmeaningless ceremonies on occasions cussess a variety of topics, from the other thing making for progress. The cessors or not, the cause for which they reason is that it is a Commuiist State." like marriage and death. It causes Indian Native States down *o the imstand up has no longer its original atthousands, lacs and crores of rupees to portance of machine production, with a The Russia example is thus held up in traction for the popular mind. Still, the be squandered daily, weekly and yearly thinly veiled communist bias. In a series of editorials in the Kudi Arasu: history of this movement during the last O B idols and temples for all kinds of Scientific Method and Ignorant Beliefs "For the last forty-six years we have twelve.years shows how many smoulderdeities, and thus impoverishes the Mr. Singaravelu informs his readers seen the Congress, and the Lokamanyas, in* cinders there are in the Indian hearth country. In every respect, it makes of that if man had not invented language the Deshfeandhug and the Mahatmas, who which can be easily fanned into a conit* follower* slaves, beggars, fools and he would never have invented God. were its leaders. We have also seen flagration. 1

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SPORTS C A T H O L I C S

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NOTES I

N T H E

(By O u r Own

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BADMINTON. Singapore Win I n t e r - S t a t e M a t c h . Singapore B a d m i n t o n p l a y e r s defeated S e l a n g o r ' s b e s t in t h e 5 t h Inter-State b a d m i n t o n m a t c h held on 26th and 2 7 t h by 8 g a m e s t o 7. E. J. Vass w a s u n a b l e to t u r n out. Michael Tan a n d p a r t n e r won t h e i r game of Doubles a f t e r a keen struggle. U n f o r t u n a t e l y T a n and his lady p a r t n e r w e r e defeated in the mixed doubles. HOCKEY. In t h e Colts' H o c k e y Side which defeated t h e Services on Monday at Tanglin by only one goal t o nil were, J. R e u t e n s , N . H a y , M. Vaiberg, C. Schelkis a n d L. R e u t e n s . * * * * "T* The following w e r e selected t o play in t h e S i n g a p o r e S t a t e Hockey Trial on T h u r s d a y l a s t a t t h e S.C.C.:—N. Sullivan, N . H a y a n d M. Vaiberg. RUGBY. Mr. H. P r i c e played a v e r y sound game for S i n g a p o r e a g a i n s t t h e Negri S e m b i l a n a t S e r e m b a n l a s t Saturday. P i n t o a p p e a r i n g f o r t h e latter t e a m w a s dependable b u t not as brilliant a s in t h e p a s t . P r i c e is a splendid p l a y e r while P i n t o has age in h i s f a v o u r a n d should go far in r e p r e s e n t a t i v e r u g b y . * * * * * Liston of P e n a n g is a n o t h e r veteran r u g b y player- w h o n e v e r lets his side down. A p p e a r i n g for the N o r t h e r n S e t t l e m e n t a g a i n s t Perak a t P e n a n g l a s t week h e did much t o e n a b l e h i s t e a m t o r e s i s t the formidable opposition — t h e game r e s u l t i n g in a d r a w w i t h Penang s l i g h t l y t h e b e t t e r . * * * * Jean B o r o t r a , won t h e London Covered C o u r t s l a w n t e n n i s c h a m pionship for t h e e i g h t h t i m e .

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V e n t u r a Marquez, t h e stylish Mexican tighter, w a s due t o m e e t J o e Diamond last F r i d a y . B o x i n g f a n s look upon M a r q u e z a s one of the most attractive performers t h o u g h h e will b e giving a w a y q u i t e a lot of p o u n d a g e t h i s t i m e , a s h e is obliged t o fight o u t s i d e h i s class. R a p h a e l h a s a l r e a d y left F r a n c e a n d will be h e r e s h o r t l y .

2nd N O V E M B E R , 1935.

TICKS in SPOUT

* * * * Jack Peterson, British heavy w e i g h t b o x i n g champion, will h a v e t o defend h i s t i t l e a g a i n s t L e n H a r v e y v e r y soon. P e t e r s o n w h o defeated H a r v e y a f t e r t h e l a t t e r h a d previously b e a t e n h i m is still t h e b e s t b o x e r of h i s weigTit in Britain. SOCCER. " E c h o " of t h e S u n d a y Times, a v e r y good j u d g e of soccer form, has some p r e t t y bouquets to s h o w e r on Bonny de Souza, t h e Selangor v e t e r a n footballer, w h o a p p e a r e d for t h e R a n g e r s in all t h e i r soccer e n g a g e m e n t s . De Souza is w i t h o u t d o u b t t h e ablest of t h e v e t e r a n s p l a y i n g soccer t o d a y a n d a s " E c h o " s a y s "will not disgrace t h e S t a t e XI to-day." * * * McCAMBRIDGE FOR E X E T E R CITY. E x e t e r City h a v e signed on J . McCambridge, t h e Irish international inside forward from Bristol Rovers. H e h a s appeared against England, Scotland and Wales. He was formerly with E v e r t o n a n d Cardiff c i t y . TENNIS. M e s s r s . C. F . G o m e s a n d P . F . de Souza won t h e Doubles Champions h i p of Malacca on S a t u r d a y l a s t b u t h a d t o fight m i g h t y h a r d for success.

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S.R.A. B I S L E Y M E E T . T h e S.R.A. Bisley shoot w a s held a t t h e B u k i t T i m a h r a n g e on Sund a y l a s t u n d e r f a v o u r a b l e conditions. L. Cpl. A. C. Monteiro w i t h 370 w a s t h i r d in t h e G r a n d A g g r e g a t e . P t e . A. G. V a i b e r g w a s t h i r d in t h e c l a s s T. event. L t . C. B. W e b b c a m e t h i r d in t h e Revolver contest. Sgt. P . O'Dwyer won t h e Miniat u r e R a n g e competition. In t h e I n t e r P o r t Rifle M a t c h on Saturday Singapore did very poorly. L. Cpl. A. C. M o n t e i r o a n d L. S g t . L. C. P e n n e f a t h e r finished 1 s t a n d 6th respectively. L. Cpl. A. C. M o n t e i r o also a n n e x e d t h e 1st s t a g e a g g r e g a t e .

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2nd N O V E M B E R , 1935.

AROUND THE PARISHES

SINGAPORE, MALACCA, KUALA LUMPUR, TELUK ANSON SINGAPORE C A T H E D R A L O F T H E GOOD SHEPHERD. Baptisms. Oct. 2 6 t h — M a r t h a P e a r l , d a u g h t e r of Lionel J o s e p h de Souza a n d S o p h i e L u c y de Souza, b o r n on O c t o b e r 12, 1935. Godparents: Halford Boudewyn and Theresa Mary Chapman.

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Oct. 2 7 t h — U l r i c F r e d e r i c k , son of J o h n A l e x a n d e r P a u l o a n d Elizab e t h L o u i s a P a u l o , b o r n on Oct o b e r 17, 1935. Godparents: F e d e r i c k M. S. R e u t e n s and C o n s t a n c e D. R e u t e n s .

Marriages. Oct. 2 6 t h — A t t h e C a t h e d r a l of t h e Good S h e p h e r d , S t a n l e y Toft S t e w a r t , son of C h a r l e s C a m p bell a n d J e a n e t t e M a t h i l d a S t e w a r t of P e n a n g a n d T h e r e s a Zelie d e Sousa, d a u g h t e r of t h e l a t e J o c e l y n de S o u s a a n d Isabella d e S o u s a of S i n g a p o r e . Rev. F a t h e r N . M a u r y officiated. * * * • * Oct. 2 9 t h — A t t h e C a t h e d r a l of t h e Good S h e p h e r d , S i n g a p o r e , H e n r y George O s c a r V a l b e r g , s o n of N o r m a n O s c a r a n d E v e l y n Valberg and M a r y Elizabeth Dulcie Minjoot daughter of F r e d e r i c k a n d Lily M a r y Minjoot. Rev. F a t h e r N . M a u r y officiated. Catholic Publications published by Examiner Press. Obtainable from their Malayan Agents,

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R e t r e a t j?iven b y R e v . F a t h e r B r e n n a n C.S.S.R. t o t h e L a d i e s of t h e Good S h e p h e r d P a r i s h . T h e L a d i e s R e t r e a t , announced in o u r issue of 12th October, was successfully given in t h e Convent chapel l a s t week. T h e sound and practical l e c t u r e s of Rev. F a t h e r B r e n n a n w e r e fullv a p p r e c i a t e d b y t h e 1^0 ladies w h o a t t e n d e d and w e r e h a p p y t d avail t h e m s e l v e s of th^s splendid o p p o r t u n i t y of a c auirincr a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e i r C h r i s t i a n d u t i e s a n d of learning t h e lessons t M t helo so effectnaliv in b r i n g i n g t h e i r lives closer t o God. His Excellency, Monseigneur Devals, celebrated t h e Retreat Mass on S a t u r d a y , t h e 2 6 t h . at 7 p.m. a n d t h e r e w a s a g e n e r a l Communion. I n t h e e v e n i n g , a t 5 p.m. t h e retreat ended bv, t h e closing lecture of Rev. F a t h e r B r e n n a n , which w a s followed b v t h e P a p a l b l e s s i n g a n d Benediction of t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t . T h e n , H i s E x cellency kindly addressed the Ladies, a n d t h a n k e d t h e m for h a v iner a n s w e r e d h i s call t o t h e r e t r e a t . H e urged t h e m t o ioin t h e i r p*ood will and efforts t o t h e endeavours of t h e clergy in t h e e r e a t w o r k of t h e extension of God's K w d o m . by t h e f o r m a t i o n of a L*d**s b r a n c h of t h e Catholic Action in t h e P a r i s h of t h e Good S^pnhprd. His Excellencv explained briefly w h a t is expected from t h e association, and invited t h o s e w h o r

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C A T H E D R A L O F T H E GOOD SHEPHERD. F E A S T O F T H E KTNGSHIP OF CHRIST. T h e F e a s t of T h e K i n g s h i p of C h r i s t w a s celebrated a t T h e Cat h e d r a l of T h e Good S h e p h e r d on S u n d a y l a s t b y at Pontifical H i g h Mass s u n g b y t h e R i g h t Rev. Bishop Devals a s s i s t e d by Rev. F a t h e r N . M a u r y a n d F a t h e r R. Verbois.* A t t h e e^d p i t h e service a P a p a l Blessing w a s given by t h e H. E . B i s h o p Devals, followed by t h e exposition of T h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t t h r o u g h o u t t h e day. T h e r e w a s a continual a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e a d o r a t i o n till t h e evening service of V e s p e r s a n d Benediction which w e r e also presided over by His L o r d s h i p a s s i s t e d b y t h e Rev. F a t h e r s M a u r y a n d R. Verbois. A t t h e end of t h e service Bishop Devals consecrated the whole Catholic Community of the Diocese of Malacca to the Sacred H e a r t of J e s u s . There was a large attendance at the m o r n i n g a n d e v e n i n g services. I t is g r a t i f y i n g t o n o t e t h e r e s ponse of t h e p a r i s h i o n e r s t o t h e r e q u e s t m a d e for fresh flowers a t t h e service by t h e Rev. F a h e r M a u r v b y t h e a m o u n t placed a t t h e a l t a r d u r i n g t h e exposition of T h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t . I t is hoped t h i s gift of n a t u r a l flowers w:H be continued. F l o w e r s should be forw a r d e d t o t h e C a t h e d r a l on S a t u r d a v s a n d on t h e eve of F e a s t d a v s . T h i s will abide a c c o r d i n g t o t h e m i p s w h i c h p r e s c r i b e t h e u s e of n a t u r a l flowers a s p r e f e r a b l e t o artificial flowers.

would be able t o u n d e r t a k e t h e work t o give t h e i r n a m e s t o t h e M o t h e r S u p e r i o r w h o would help in t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n . After t h a n k i n g Rev. F a t h e r B r e n n a n and receiving a p i c t u r e souvenir, about 50 ladies g a t h e r e d a r o u n d H i s Excellency and t h e Reverend M o t h e r in t h e Convent p a r lour, and gladly enrolled t h e m selves a s willing co-operators in t h e work of Catholic Action. A preliminary m e e t i n g for t h e purpose of o r g a n i s a t i o n h a s been proposed for t h e 9 t h of November. I t will be held a t t h e Convent of j t h e Holy I n f a n t J e s u s a t 4-30 p.m. and will b e presided over b y His Excellency Monseigneur Devals.

CHURCH O F OUR LADY OF LOURDES. A solemn R e q u i e m H i g h Mass will be s u n g a t t h e Church of Our L a d y of L o u r d e s on S a t u r d a y t h e j 9 t h i n s t a n t , a t 6.30 a.m. for t h e repose of t h e soul of t h e l a t e Rev. F r . Burghoffer, Spiritual Director. Catholic a c t i o n i s t s a r e kindly requested to a t t e n d the mass and t c receive Holy Communion. THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR A T W O R K I N SINGAPORE. T h e Home f o r t h e old P o o r a t Singapore h a s "officially" been ina u g u r a t e d b y t h e coming of t h e first i n m a t e on T u e s d a y , Oct. 24. T h e goc\d old m a n soon got a companion. And l a s t Monday, t w o old ladies, one of t h e m deaf a n d blind, w e r e a d m i t t e d . T h e Little S i s t e r s , t h e n h a v e s t a r t e d t h e i r merciful w o r k already. T h e r e is not p l e n t y of room, alas, in t h e H o m e , only enough for s o m e t w e n t y m o r e newcomers. Like e v e r y Catholic good work, t h e i r s h a s a small beginning, b u t w i t h t h e blessing of God and t h e aid of all, t h e g r a i n of m u s t a r d seed will g r o w i n t o so l a r g e a t r e e t h a t not m a n y y e a r s h e n c e o u r Little Sisters will find t h e m s e l v e s w i t h a l a r g e c o m m u n i t y t o look after. According t o t h e Rule of t h e i r I n s t i t u t e , t h e y h a v e begun t h e daily collection for t h e i r old people and, of c o u r s e , h a v e been m o s t kindly provided by t h e market people w i t h provisions of every description. H o w could one b e deaf t o t h e i r " M i n t a p a d a o r a n g m i s k i n " ? a n d n o t be pleased w i t h t h e i r cordial " T r i m a K a s i h . " W e consider it a d u t y of t h e Malaya Catholic Leader t o m a k e the readers acquainted with t h e Little S i s t e r s of t h e Poor a n d t h e i r admirable w o r k . T h e r e is no o t h e r b e t t e r w a y of doing it t h a n telling t h e m how a h u m b l e p e a s a n t girl, J e a n n e J u g a n b o r n in B r i t a n n y ( F r a n c e ) , w a s chosen by God t o found t h e H o s p i t a l i e r ^Order which now is known all t h e world over a s t h e Congregation of t h e Little S i s t e r s of t h e Poor. T h i s h i s t o r y , d r a w n from the F r e n c h life of F a t h e r Lelievre, P r i e s t - A u x i l i a r y of t h e Congregation of t h e L i t t l e Sisters, compiled by t h e Benedictines of T e i g h m o u t h from t h e B i o g r a p h y by t h e l a t e Mgr. B e a u n a r d , will give o u r r e a d ers an i n t e r e s t i n g account of t h e modest b e g i n n i n g s and t h e rapid increase of t h i s charitable I n s t i t u te, especially in t h e English-speaking countries. (Editor.)

MALACCA OBITUARY. I t is w i t h t h e deepest symp a t h y t h a t w e record t h e death of P e d r o W o n g A h Sam at his residence N o . 48 Banda Hilir Malacca, a t 8.30 a.m. a t t h e age of 75 y e a r s on t h e 26th October, 1935. H e leaves behind his wife a n d several grandchildren t o m o u r n h i s loss. The burial took place on t h e 27th October, 1935. a t 4 p . m . Revd. F a t h e r Dubois officiated. T h e deceased is t h e father of Mr. B o n g P o h Siew late Thief clerk of t h e Government Monopolies Malacca. R.I P. * * * * T h e d e a t h is announced of the d a u g h t e r of M r . & Mrs. Urban Minjoot of K u b u L a n e Malacca, on t h e 6 t h October, 1935. Mr. & M r s . U r b a n Minjoot thank their relatives and friends who attended the f u n e r a l and p a i d n i g h t visits. Revd. F a t h e r F e r n a n d e z officiated. R.I.P. Baptism. T h e b a p t i s m took place on S u n d a y t h e 2 7 t h October at St. Peter's Church Bunga Raya Malacca, t h e son of Mr. & Mrs. Francis Beins Meter Reader Municipal Office Malacca. God . F a t h e r : F r a n c i s De Silva of M e s s r s . Sime D a r b y & Co. God-Mother: M a r i a Theseira wife of Louis T h e s e i r a . Revd. F a t h e r - C o r o a d o officiated. G I R L S S P O R T S CLUB. T h e second m a t c h in t h e interhouse competition w a s played off on S a t u r d a y 1 9 t h Oct. and resulted in a d r a w of 2 goals all. The g a m e w a s v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g and all t h e girls p l a y e d up well. I. R o d r i g u e s scored b o t h goals for Clarke House, while her sister C. R o d r i g u e s did t h e same for her house. T h e following played:— Clarke H o u s e : V. Mowe, D. de. Souza, A. R o d r i g u e s , 'Capt) M. Gomes, E . de. Souza, I. Westerhout B. Minjoot, M. Carvalho, P. R o d r i g u e s , I. R o d r i g u e s , . M. Westerhout. Daley H o u s e : I. Minjoot, Mrs. M. Koch, H. Gomes, C. Pereira, F. Gomes, J. Gomes, S. Rodrigues, G. T h e s e i r a , C. Rodrigues, (Capt) M. Paulo, E. B a t e m a n . R e s u l t s to d a t e Clarke Hon?e— 13 p o i n t s (lost 1 D r a w n ) Daley H o u s e — 1 8 p o i n t s (won 1 Drawn), On S a t u r d a y 2 6 t h October the second i n t e r - h o u s e games competition will b e held on he Banda Hilir E n g l i s h School Field at 5 p.m. A t t h e l a s t games meeting Clarke H o u s e c a r r i e d of 42 points while Daley H o u s e h a d 55 points. 4

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Feast of t h e K i n g s h i p of C h r i s t . The m e m b e r s of t h e Catholic Action Society of S t . A u t h o n y ' s Church, celebrated t h e i r P a t r o n a l Feast in a solemn m a n n e r on S u n day, 27th October. T h e r e w a s H i g h Mass in t h e m o r n i n g a t w h i c h t h e members received Holy Communion. A f t e r M a s s a g r o u p p h o t o was taken. In the e v e n i n g a t 4 p.m. t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t w a s exposed, and t h e R e v . F a t h e r V. H e r m a n n , Parish P r i e s t , g a v e a vivid s e r m o n touching on t h e F e a s t . T h e m e m bers m a d e a n h o u r ' s devotion t o the Blessed S a c r a m e n t , a f t e r w h i c h there was R o s a r v a n d Benediction of the Blessed S a c r a m e n t .

HOLY R O S A R Y C H U R C H . Feast of t h e K i n g s h i p of C h r i s t . The F e a s t of t h e K i n g s h i p of Christ w h i c h is also t h e P a t r o n a l Feast of t h e Catholic A c t i o n i s t s was celebrated in a n a p p r o p r i a t e manner a t t h e C h u r c h of t h e Holy Rosary on S u n d a y , 2 7 t h October, by a Solemn H i g h M a s s , Exposition of the Blessed S a c r a m e n t t h r o u g h out t h e day, V e s p e r s , Solemn Benediction a n d A c t of Consecration t o t h e Sacred H e a r t in t h e evening. The a l t a r w a s tastefully and profusely a d o r n e d w i t h f r e s h flowers kindly p r e s e n t e d b y b o t h t h e Kuala L u m p u r a n d K l a n g Convents and also by m e m b e r s of t h e Catholic A c t i o n Society, whilst t h e church compound w a s gaily decorated with buntings and streamers. At t h e e x p r e s s w i s h of t h e i r Spiritual Director, R e v . F r . R. Girard, t h e m e m b e r s of t h e C a t h o lic Action Society received Holy Communion, t h u s e x p r e s s i n g t a n gibly t h e i r loyality, service a n d devotion t o C h r i s t t h e i r K i n g a n d setting a v e r y fine e x a m p l e t o t h e congregation. At a t i m e w h e n n a t i o n s a r e so engrossed in t h e p u r s u i t of worldly power a n d conquest, t h e r a c e in the building of a r m a m e n t s for t h e destruction of mankind, and what is w o r s e , t h e b i t t e r a n t i religious p e r s e c u t i o n a g a i n s t Gt'd's own C h u r c h a n d H i s m i n i s t e r s , the F e a s t of t h e K i n g s h i p of Christ, i n s t i t u t e d by our Holy Father Pope P i u s XI, is most welcome and o p p o r t u n e , r e m i n d i n g u s more t h a n ever of C h r i s t ' s p o w e r and r i g h t s over all m e n pnd of o u r bounden a n d increasing l o y a l t y and service t o H i m , W h o is t h e King of P e a c e . After t h e Solemn H*gb M a s s there followed t h e E x p o s i t i o n of the Blessed S a c r a m e n t over which members of Catholic Action k e p t watch in t h e S a n c t u a x y i n Aafcrty turns, and p r a y e r s , t o b e recited aloud, w e r e enjoined by t h e i r Spiritual D i r e c t o r d u r i n g t h e h o u r of adoration, in a d d i t i o n to w h a t mental p r a y e r s A c t i o n i s t s t h e m selves wished t o s u p p l e m e n t . At the conclusion of t h e Solemn Benediction 3 n e w m e m b e r s , in t h e Presence of t h e S p i r i t u a l D i r e c t o r and President m a d e t h e i r solemn Promise a t t h e c o m m u n i o n rail a n d were a d m i t t e d into t h e Catholic Action Society.

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TELUK ANSON. "The golden age of the Church's inMeeting of Catholic A c t i o n i s t s . fluence saw those homes of culture A m e e t i n g w a s held a t t h e St. scatter across a Europe once p- nting A n t h o n y ' s School a t 5 p . m . on and breathless before the rising tide of Sunday, t h e 2 7 t h of October. T h e barbarism, but now reborn in the Faith, Science and letters, philosophy, the Rev. F a t h e r Aloysius presided a n d arts, even the useful arts of husbandry, a f t e r a brief t a l k about t h e object every department of human speculation of t h e meeting, t h e following gen- and every avocation suited to human tlemen were elected office-bearers. hand, found in these cloistered settlements able exposition and fostering Mr. P . C. B a p t i s t ( P r e s i d e n t ) . Mr. D o r a y R a j (Vice-President). care. And all the while classic modes of artistic thought found constant exMr. C. H . Almeida (Hon. Sec.) pression in monuments of stone. City Mr. Au K e e Soon (Correspon- after city saw raised those glorious monuments to the worship of the dent for t h e M. C. L e a d e r a n d j Living God, domes as if suspended Press S e c r e t a r y ) . the heavens by chains, grand A f t e r t h e nomination of Office- ! from basilicas addrned with fresco, solemn b e a r e r s Mr. C. H. Almeida, t h e j temples with Gothic grace aspiring: to Secretary, in spite of t h e s h o r t the skies. These are the neritap-e of Europe with the Faith. space of t i m e a t his disposal spoke w i t h g r e a t zeal a n d e n t h u s i a s m on "Catholics are sometimes criticised 'Lay Aostolate.' Members c o n g r a - for the extravagance of their church t u l a t e d t h e s p e a k e r a n d expressed building, but the answer is easy. We consider no cathedral too splendid to t h e hope of h e a r i n g h i m a g a i n a t shelter the Real Presence, and no art the next meeting. too expensive to embellish God's House, League of t h e Apostleship of for to us the altar is the pi/otal centre of Christian life antf on it Calvary is Prayer. F o r t h e benefit of N o n - E n g l i s h - daily renewed. sneaking P a r i s h i o n e r s a s e p a r a t e Church and Social Evils. group of Catholic Action h a s been formed under t h e n a m e of t h e "To-day the social question presses League of T h e A p o s t l e s h i p of acutely throughout the world. Avarice P r a y e r . M e e t i n g s a r e held once a and the idolatry of money are at its m o n t h w h e n t h e Intention of t h e root. It divides mankind in a world of plenty into the hostile camps of rich Apostleship of P r a y e r is explained t o g e t h e r w i t h a s h o r t S p i r i t u a l and poor. The Catholic Church is indifferent to thd form of goverr.?n€>nt Reading. where justice is sacred and the comTv

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Faith and maintain it in a world perishing in unbelief, to establish tne Peace of Christ on foundations that shall endure, to advance the cause of truth: these are its ultimate aims. Ireland. "Of Ireland's political trouble* I naturally do not speak, but on her splendid Catholicism and her tolerance for those within her confines who differ from the majority in creed I connot withhold, comment. Would that the anti-Catholic madness of the majority across the fictitious border cf that dismembered land would give way to a little tolerance and sanity in the interests of amity and peace. "Whatever the troubles that darken her political life, Catholic I re .and is definite in her allegiance to tne Vi'*ar of Christ, and no power on earth 'can change that fealty and that love. And if as well she is uncompromising in her national programme, if she refuses to accept dictation even there, it is only because her patriotism is more than a mere sentiment, for which one is to answer to public opinion; it is only because to her patriotism is a moral obligation for which men are accountable to God." {Catholic Leader, Brisbane)

PROFANATION OF SABBATH. Holy F a t h e r D e p r e c a t e s P r a c t i c e . V a t i c a n City, 28.10.35—Castigation for y e s t e r d a y ' s official celeb r a t i o n s is implicit in t h e P o p e ' s a d d r e s s denouncing t h e P r o f a n a tion of S u n d a y . F o r t h e first t i m e in I t a l i a n h i s t o r y y e s t e r d a y w a s t r e a t e d a s a w e e k d a y a n d shops and b a n k s r e m a i n e d open and w e r e closed to-day instead. T h e Pope says P r o f a n a t i o n of S a b b a t h is r e g a r d e d by Holy S c r i p t u r e as a great crime.—Reuter.

OBITUARY. included to the social question. It has actions on every order of thought SISTER MARY LOUISE and conduct, and the most profound CORNELIUS. and efficacious laws regulating social Member of Well-Known life are the laws of conscience and the moral code. Ker interest in the social Malayan Family. question arises therefore from her T h e d e a t h t o i k place in M e r c y right to uphold the moral law, and her Hospital, Elwood, Indiana, U.S.A. duty to defend the dignity of man and CANOSSIAN CONVENT. l a s t m o n t h of S i s t e r M a r y L o u i s e the immortal empire of the human H o n g k o n g . — T h e Chinese y o u n g Cornelius, a g e d 88 y e a r s . T h e soul. The moral order of rbe universe women of t h e Canosian Convent S i s t e r belonged t o t h e Cornelius is not merely a structure of elevating at Hongkong, where more than a thoughts and speculative reasoning. It family of Malacca and S i n g a p o r e , is as well the practical norm of human t h o u s a n d girls of e v e r y class of h e r f a t h e r b e i n g one of t h o s e w h o action, and it exists that it might be society a n d of various religions h a d taken p a r t in t h e N a n n i n g realised on earth. And hence the a r e educated a n d w h e r e some find Catholic Church has never ceased in W a r , 1830—31. H i s sword i s still a h o m e , h a v e formed t h e i r own her active interest in the social sphere. preserved b y t h e family. Catholic Action Circle. T h e memHer genius adjusted the social proB o r n in Malacca in 1847, S i s t e r blems of the centuries. b e r s devote t h e m s e l v e s principally Louise joined t h e Religious O r d e r t o aid a n d i n s t r u c t t h e poor visit"From the IV Century onwards, her of St. M a u r a t a b o u t t h e a g e of 17. ing t h e convent and t h e p a t i e n t s constant leavening of social life gave T h e g r e a t e r p a r t of t h e s e v e n t y - to the worker a dignity and a security of t h e hospital. (Fides). one y e a r s of h e r religious life w a s surviving barbarian invasion and evolv- j s p e n t in J a p a n a n d A m e r i c a . E n - ing in time into the classic s ructi«re of dowed w i t h intelligence, e n e r g y , the great medieval guilds. With the smashing of these guilds and the rea n d t a c t , s h e did a g r e a t deal for moval of the safeguards for the worker v e r y m a n y y e a r s for t h e O r d e r t o which their abolition entailed, a new which she belonged, and h a d m u c h tyranny overtook the world. But all the while we have great Pontiffs Hving travelling t o d o a n d m a n y i m p o r t in the highest tradition of their prea n t e n g a g e m e n t s t o fulfil. decessors, pleading for justice in social S h e was a well-known figure in life and pressing for the changes that J a p a n , especially in Y o k o h a m a , will diminish rather than glorify the power of wealth. We see h e mighty a n d w a s n o s t r a n g e r in W h i t e figure of Leo rearing great arches to House, W a s h i n g t o n , in t h e r e g i m e buttress the world by his application of sound philosophy to the family and the of P r e s i d e n t T a f t . MERCANTILE INSTITUTE. S i s t e r Louise is survived b y h e r wider social life. We have seen Benedict in the midst of the savagery of war pro61, Waterloo Street, sister, S i s t e r Josephine, of t h e claiming with calm intrepidity the prinPhone 5755. P e n a n g Convent, and h e r b r o t h e r ciples of lasting peace. We have seen Has accommodation for boys rom the reigning Pontiff. Pius XI, intrepid Mr. B . M. A . Cornelius of St. Primary to Senior Cambridge and and serene before the reddened storm, Commercial. Astounding results in Michael's Singapore. H e r eldest rhallengine the false liberalism of the public examinations. sister, m o t h e r of Mr. L. P . de day, exposing its content and pleading AFTERNOON CLASSES: Shortfor the reign of the Peace of Christ in Souza, Dr. E . L . de Souza, Miss hand, Typewriting, Book-Keeping and the home, in the school, in the nation Wary de Souza, and Mr. H. M. de other Commercial Subiects taught. and in the world. Souza, Sr., a n d h e r brothers, EVENING CLASSES: For all Messrs. J. M. L. Cornelius. A. Commercial Subjects and Practical Catholic Universities in Europe. English Classes for Adults based on Cornelius, E . Cornelius a n d L. Basic English. Cornelius predeceased h e r s o m e "No Catholic movement >n Europe toLANGUAGES: Latin and French y e a r s ago. day is more vigorously aggressive than taught by a former teacher of the Pax Romana. It is a Catholic leaAmong iber other nephews and Raffles and St. Joseph's Jnstitn'ions gue of youth, an international of Catnieces ar£ M r . T. S. Cornelius, l a t e EVENING CAMBRIDGE CLASHES: holic university students set up in a These classes will commence proof t h e H o n g k o n g and S h a n g h a i world desolated by war, at Fribourpr, in vided sufficient number of students Bank, M r s . C. A. da Silva, Switzerland. On its general committee enrol. are university lecturers anJ professors Mrs. Boeaars. Mrs. Pentney, Commercial and Evening Camfrom France and Germany, Poland and and Mrs. Neuffer. T h e !*ev. bridge Classes are open to girls. Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, F a t h e r s A s h n e s s , S i s t e r St. WiniReligious instructions given to Belgium, Holland, Italy and Bavaria. fred, Dr. Granville de Souza, Catholic Children guided by a It exists to rally the Catholic student Catholic Minister. Messrs. P. F . de Souza. H. M. de to his Faith, to consolidate Catholic "The best known and the largest minorities of men and women enoaeed Souza Jr.. a n d J . S. de Souza, a n d school"—Straits Times/Free Press. in university work, to meet <"he a^ta-ks Captain A*ovsious Cornelius a r e a For particulars apply to Director of Free-Thinking inte^^tuals with the few of h^r numerous grand educated and disciplined rank* of of Studies. r t p r v l i p w s a n d nieces. Catholic scholarship. To defend the +

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