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Show J: ..Our Boys anil rl$.J ' f Edited by Auat This department is conducted solely in the interests inter-ests of our. jjirl and boy reade-s. Aunt Busy is glad to hear the r.iecos and nephews who read this C l-j ive tlicm all the advice and help in !.: ; .-'-., z: j Write on one side of the uaer ciily. ; lo not have letters too lore. I I original stories and verses will be glaJlv received ! .mil carefully edited. I T,le manuscrips of contributions nut accepted will VI be returned, j Address ail letters to Aunt Bus, Inlcrmountain ; t..atholic. bait Lake City. J j ANGEL GUARDIANS j Brave hi arts that wage a never-ending strife ; Against temptation manifold and large It' Concerning ye. so saith the Book of Life," I j God gives his angels charge. ( Ye who proclaim the story sw eet of old j f To S1?'"rad chrlst's ,ove' wide as the world is f ; ide, I 1 in dang-er, wearine.-.-r. and want behold ! The angels at your side!" ) j Te dinners who have drained the hiUer -up : j But now. repentant, .mourn and weep o'er 'in i I Deppair not now: look up-to Christ look up' ' j I And get the angels in: ' And ye who servo the Master here below 4 1,1 swe.-t humility and holy fear, r,c sti'"' to bear the bunion of earth's woe I God's angels hover near: ' I I AN ht" T"""'1 y" j"1- rservant of the King? ' H"i' dangers lnfiiai i, imminent and large- l O i! ye 10 bend upon protecting win. j 1 "Be gives His angels charge' j 'j Beatrice Clayton. j j j AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. ! ; j Dear Nicx. a, Xq.W: Aunt Kiev's prizo i !' c.iitPft will .-li.si. next week. Kcmonibcr that all csi.ys must be on licr dole by. Saturday, J.V y. ; I TlnV week many have cmorrd the contest and ! j several essays are jHtblWl. Aunt Lusv.has pot ; ! vr,n llor opinion of any because slie is not fo de-f de-f j '1(lf'- 1)111 Avll,'U !? contest is closed she will com-' com-' J nient on each os.ay sent to her. ! J Hurry, now. dear children! Only one week left : I 111 vldeh to earn the prize. Where, oh where, are i J ihe Oftden lad and lassies; Lovinplv alwave. , ACXT BfcsY. ' ) I- S. Aunt r,ii?y would like to hear from dear j little Hope Kerwin in far-off Europe, 'about how i she spout the beautiful holiday of America. j Write to Aunt uy. Hope. I ' ' CONTESTANTS TOIL AUNT BUSY PRIZES. ! Miss Elizabetli Hums, :) Center street, .Salt! Lake City. Tohn E. Dueey of Denver. .Miss Nellie Clancy of Ttutle. Miss Mary Vezzette of rookside, Colo. Miss Xora Crawford, 204- 13 street, Salt Lake. Joseph Thomas. Salt Lake. Miss Mamie McvXamara, Tusearora, Xev. 1 Mis? Ethel Patton, Dewey, Mont. Ln'jrh Sullivan. Lewistown, Mont, s Thomas Loughlin, Salt Lake. I LETTERS AND ANSWERS; ; Tuscarcra. Xev., Xor. f, lft(M. j Peare Aunt J5uy: I hope you have not f or-1 gotten your truant niece. But 1 hope you will i'or-f i'or-f pivc nii: this lime, dear auntie, for we had such i awiul lcrsons that it took me all my time to pet j tliem. How is I'ncle Busy? I don't agree with ihe j niece that says you will jrive the prize to the nejihews because J think tli.it you will be fair But ! I Wo think that .you like the. boy 1he best, -Aunt j t Busy "Well. 1 must close, with lo;c from vour I wi.-stern nice MAMIE M'XAMABA. , -j Iiili-ed, Aunt Bu-y has never forgotten the dear' little niece in Tusearora. She appreciates your good j opinion of her. but do you reilly believe that she! i like.- the nephew, better? Write soon again, dear, i for Aunt Buy loves her little folks of the west. Salt Lake, Xov. H IVar Aunt Busy: am writing vou a short account ac-count of what I know about Thanksgiving day Your affectionate nephew. THOMAS LAFGHLIX , Aunt Buy atjreeiates your letter. Thomas, as niu' h as your stoiy. and she also appreciates being I lik'd. and doubly appreciafes being told that she : i liked, li' all people were like you and, spoke a.s kindly, life would be much happier than it is at present. : V Lewistown, Mont.. Xot. M, 1W04. Hear Aunt Busy: I wish to onU'r my name r ( upon the list of competitors for the prize which is j : to be given for the boit essay ou Thanksgiving day. This is my first letter to you. We have been taking your paper for a long lime. I see there is . only one boy who entered 'his name on ihe list. I 1 will help the boys out a little bit. - I see you think the Colorado boys and girls will i ; win. I wish to change your mind. We are quite a j smart class out west here. 1 ! 1 will close. Your nephew. J y LEKJl I SULLIVAX. .:: 7 f I Dewey, Mont.. Xov. IT, Dear Aunt Busy: I see where you offered a I prize for ihe best story on Thanksgiving. I send ; you mine, which. I hope, may be one of the win ners. I will -be lo years old on the Fourth of July. We had examination today; I got. 100 per cent in! grammar and 10, 91 in arithmetic. Our teacher's j name is Mrs. MacConnell. With love from your! litttle niece. ETHEL T. PATTOX. Aunt Busy is delighted to hear again from ihej , dear little Dewey girl. Tell the sister with the j prettv name. Kosamond. 'that Aunt Busy will pub-' lih her letter right after the Thanksgiving stories! are finished. Aunt Bu-y often thinks of her other little niece, who went to heaven so happy and so I sweet a few years ago. Write soon again, dear. SHORT COMPETITIVE ESSAYS. Aunt Busy's Boys and Girls Present Observations on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving day was first observed in 1C21 and is described by an early settler as follows: The harvests were gathered and Governor Bradford Brad-ford sent some me.n out fowling so that all eould join in the feast. The four men killed enough game to la.-t a week. Many- of the Indians assisted, aiiiong them being King Mussasoii. whom the Pilgrims Pil-grims helped to entertain for three days. In July. i2'5. ihey had a very dry season a:id a day of ( ,-A( prayer- and fasting was appointed, and the rain came in torrenls while they were praying. Immediately Imme-diately after a day of Thanksgiving was appoinled and -.observed with, prayer and feast. In 1SW it became an annual festival. In 1781 a national Thanksgiving day for peace was issued by General Washington as a thanksgiving thanks-giving to God. President Lincoln recommended a special lhankfgiving for success in the civil Avar, lie also issued national proclamations appointing an annus! an-nus! Thanksgiving day in 3SG3 and 1864. and from- then until now it has been faithfully observed. J The Reason Thursday was appointed was so that Catholics could join in the feast, it being known they never eat flesh meat on Friday. ETHEL FBAXCES PATTOX. Dewey, Mont. Thanksgiving day always comes on the last Thursday in Xovember. which we have, celebrated since the landing of the Pilgrims, which was in ihe year 1020. . The Pilgrime- had a rough and stormy voyage ('from England to America', and many times they j thought that their frail vessel would be wrecked. , But when at last they reached the shore, they knelt down and thanked the good God for their safe deliverance. de-liverance. A.s famine had almost overtaken them they shot a great many wild turkeys in which the place abounded, and prepared a feast in which all gladly paitook. And since then the turkey holds a prominent prom-inent place on the Thanksgiving table. MAMTE M'XAMABA. - Tusearora. Xev. Thanksgiving day is observed iv the United Stales on the last Thursday in Xovember. It resembles re-sembles the Hebrew feast of ingathering. . The lirst Thanksgiving held in America was by our Pilgrim fathers. After the winter of long suffering, that summer sum-mer they raised a very good harvest. When in the fall after they had harvested it, they set apart a day to rejoice. They sent out men to hunt and fish. When game hsd been shot and all was ready, they invited Massasoit and twenty warriors to come. They came and brought three deer, their contributions contribu-tions to the fent. It was a merry iVat. Children, men and all enjoyed it. In many of the early colonies the governors set apart days for religious thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing services were recommended by congvcs during the revolutionary war. Different davs were appointed ap-pointed for Thank-giving day. Washington appointed ap-pointed a day for thanksgiviug for the welfare of ihe nation in 1 7i!-". Xew Y irk has observed the day since 3817. Madison gave a day of thanksgiving for the return of peace in The general observance is i'roin 18G.'. when Lincoln Lin-coln issued a proclamation calling attention to the request that the last Thursday in Xovember be set apart for general observance of the day. Alter i that every president, has. issued a proclamation to the same effect, allowing governors the right alone to declare it a legal holiday. LEIGH SI LLIYAX. Lewistown. Mont. Many years ago a lot of people eanie over tror.i England in a ship called the Mayflower. They j had a hard lime coming, and a mighty hard, time after they got here. They at last had nothing to eat and were afraid of the Indians, so ihey all said prayers, lots of prayers out real loud.. for God to help ihem. One day after they had prayed a very long time a big white ship came over the sea with everything good to eat. Then everybody was glad and lots of Indians In-dians were invited to have something to eat. Joo. and everybody was thankful, so this is how Thanksgiving Thanks-giving day first started. I don't expect to get the prize. Aunt Bu-y. I only wrote because you wanted all the children to write, and I like vou. so this is why 1 did what you asked.' ' THOMAS LAl'dllLIX. A CLEAN- MOUTH. A distinguished author says: "I resolved, when a child, never to use a word which I could not pronounce pro-nounce before mv mother." He kept his resolution, and became a pure-minded, noble, honored gentleman. gentle-man. His rule 'and example are worth of imitation by every boy. 1 Boys readily learn a class of low, vulgar words and expressions which are never heard in respectable respect-able circles. Of course, we cannot imagine a decent de-cent girl using words she would not utter before her father or teacher or most welcomed friends. Such vulgarity is thought by some boys to be "smart." the uext thing to "swearing," and yet "not so wicked;" but it is a habit which leads to profsn-ity. profsn-ity. and tills the mind with evil ihoughts. It vulgarizes vul-garizes and degrades the soul, and prepares the way for many of the gross and fearful sins which now corrupt society. Young readers, keep your mouths free front all impurity, and your "tongue from evil;"-but in order or-der t do this, ask Jesus to cleanse, your heart and keep it clean. AN INTELLIGENT HORSE. We have before us an interesting account of an intelligent horse, kind, good-natured, and very fond of fun. , One day four boys undertook to ride on his back. He walked oft, apparently almost asleep, until un-til he reached a stream of water, into which he walked and laid down, emptying all the four boys into the water. , It reminds us of a little account that Father Haskin. founder of the House of the Guardian Angel, Boston, once told us; how. stopping at a little inn near Borne, a woman came by. driving n donkey loaded with panniers of eggs. The woman had been accustomed to allow the donkey to feed there, but. lcing late this day, attempted to drive liim on without stopping,-the result beinglhat he laid down, rolled over first on one side, then on the other, and smashed all the eggs, which made it unnecessary for the woman to go to Koine. ' J ; ' COMBATING SOCIALISM. It is not surprising that with the growth of popular pop-ular intelligence labor should wish to readjust some things with capital. From the moral standpoint the re is really nothing dismaying in the circumstance circum-stance that labor wants to better its condition or in j the fact that it has outlined a programme for this ' end. So far as the church comes into this controversy contro-versy as an aid to the' solution thereof, it must, in order to be influential, stand for justice to the masses as well as to the classes. We might outline :he following modes of religion activity herein: First Lectures against the encroachments of capital and the rapacity of the trusts. i Second An insistence upon decent homes for j the masses, such homes to be owned by the. occu- 1 pants ihereof; a realization that religion must j prove itself by creating fin environment. Third Warfare not, in ihe abstract but in the concrete against those influences which are pulling down the laboring man. to-wit: Saloonism, gambling, gam-bling, grafter politics and injurious amusements. Fourth Sunday school classes for well-disposed ; rich employers. Fifth The direct encouragement of savings and loan associations among the people.- Sixth Such influence over the young people of the parish that they are brought to prefer amusements amuse-ments which are elevating and instructive. Seventh The encouragement of fraternal insurance insur-ance among the poor and the licensing as Catholic fraternal insurance societies of such organizations only as are constituted on a safe business plan. Eisrhth A Catholic colonization .society which seeks to draw ihe population from the city slums to the farming districts. XiHth Movement for greater Christian fellowship fellow-ship among the people of the congregation, inelud-j inelud-j ing the suppression of any manifestation of aris- tocracy in or about the church. ; T.u.th Great care that the church shall be set right in all instances as a friend of the people and a protector of the toiler rather than in any sense a moral1 jlioeman fof capital Catlmlie Citizen. Milwaukee. Wis. . . J |