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Show I Woman's World I CONDUCTED BY HELENE VALBAU. ' j gjxENE VALEATJ'S ANSWERS; , Miss Valeau will reply to all ques- ! asked by the feminine readers of - : I mtermountalE Catholic. The well r tnown character and authority of her IreMee need no Introduction to those a'ready familiar with her ability. Miss Valeau will take a kindly and personal interest in those who write to her. and I will spare no pains la seeing that their Inquiries are answered fully and care-ful'v care-ful'v "Write only on one 6ide of the pcper. Address letters to Mies Helens Valeau, lntermountain Catholic Is it I, Rabbi? I BY RICHARD I MANOAN, S. J. I Out of the darkness, yearning for the I l!pht. I j Hyn- Thy sign and followed from S f afar, i I rrtil above Thy presence, shining I bright, ' Hovered the mystic star: j --jtl! tie poor shepherds, poor to Thee i I came, :A And the strange pity of Thy new life i paw t Eternity bound in our human frame, I ' God in a little straw! i !j Littt-r Thy hand clasped mine and i p-ntiy led f jjy faltering steps to knowledge fair- ' er still; I j know Thee in the breaking of the Urcad. Knew Thee and loved Thy will. ypa- i have talked with Thee, seen i Thine eyes melt In pity o'er the sorrows of mankind, Pipped my hand with Thee in the dish and felt Love kindle heart and mind, Can he that dlppeth with Thee, then, betray. Pony Thee Ah, what bitter pain were mine, Phud those sad eyes at last be turned away In agony Divine! ; I I F' e Thee hanging on the awful Rood$ II hear Thy mournful, broken-hearted cry: "One is a traitor." Oh, ingratitude! Master, it is not I? To Wash Tweeds and Homespun. Tweeds and homespuns can easily be unshed at home, and this Is the best of recipes for the purpose: Take half a pound of white castile soap (shaved), two large spoonfuls of powdered borax; boil in one gallon of water until dissolved. dis-solved. Pour this soapy water into a tub. nil two-thirds full with cold rainwater, rain-water, put in the tweed suits and coats and soak over night. Next morning lift up and down, press and work them, but do not rub, as rubbing rub-bing or twisting hardens woolens. Shake them through four or five rinsing waters. wa-ters. Without wringing lift from the tub, hang on a line, throw over them a liberal supply of water ana let them drip dry. The skirt3 should be hung I by the waistband to the line. When dry sponge lightly and Iron on the wrng side with a warm, not hot, iron. From the Gelitlewoman. A Compliment. An old lady called a cab and said to the driver: "Help me to get in, my pod man, for I'm a very old lady, you see." "Begorrah, ma'am," was his rej,;y, "no matter what age ye are, ye don't look it." Family Manners. Family manners are apt to suffer from too much candor. We speak with preat plainness in the circle of our own kindred; we express the contrary opinion opin-ion too readily and with too little courtesy. cour-tesy. A slight Infusion of formality never harms social intercourse, either in the family or elsewhere. Hoyond this too common mistake of an overbluntness and brusque freedom in the manners of a household, in some of our homes there is a greater fault, even a lack of demonstration. There is the deepest, sincerest loves In the home the brothers and. sisters would eheerfully die for one another if so sr. at a sacrifice were demanded but The love is locked behind a barrier of n-sfrve. Caresses are infrequent, words of affection are seldom spoken. It may be urged with truth and some show of reason that in every home here this absence of demonstration is most marked there Is complete mutual understanding and no possibility of doubt or misgiving, and, so far as it poes. this is well. But often young l) ;irts long unspeakably for some gentle gen-tle sign of love's presence, the linger-ii-c touch of a tender hand on the head, the pood-night kiss, the word of praise, recognition of affection. Older hearts, too, are sometimes empty, ana , many of us, younger and older, are k'Tt on short rations all our lives, whn our right is to be fed with the finest wheal, and enough of it, too. The Angelus. April Song. RT MART M. REDMOND. !? es and birds and scent of wild things growing, Pwfetness wafted from each greening bower; Pirk nnd white within the closed buds showing, Omwing brighter with each passing shower. P in and wind and witching April weather; Crooning rills and glad young things a -sprout; r."e and bird, and lad and lass together, to-gether, f-'traying 'neath blue skies that smile or pout. V endows flushing with the Springtime gladness. Woodlands rife wifh choristers a -wing the world is full of joy, and sadness sad-ness Vanishes before the lustrous Spring. An Angel Unawares. Verily, the mother is the angel spirit of home. Her tender yearnings over the eradle of her infant babe, her ci;?rdian care of the child and youth, find her companionship with the man ' her love and choice, make her the Personal center of the interest, the hopes and the happiness in the 'family. Her love never cools, never tires, never I sleeps, but ever glows and burns with In (reasing ardor and with sweet and i holy incense upon the altar of home d vntion. Even when she is gone to h'r last rest a sainted mother in heaven is always a mightier in fluence ver her wayward husband or child, than when she was present. Her de-Parted de-Parted spirit still hovers over the home and draws the family by unseen chords o herself in heaven. Catholicism and Happiness. The Rev. R. L. Gales, from whose pa-Pfr pa-Pfr on "Catholicism and Happiness," contributed to the Hibbert Journal, we cave some extracts last week, goes so far as to express the opinion that "the abuses of ecclesiasticism have been creatly exaggerated, and its abiding benefits very little dwelt upon," One of these benefits, in Mr. Oales' opinion. Is the fostering of "all lovely human arts, all happy human things." As an illustration of the working of Puritanism, Puritan-ism, he says: In some Scottish reminiscences lately late-ly published, the author speaks of a man recently dead, who was master of a violin, and 'describes how attaohed he was to its dulcet notes. The minister min-ister pointed to him from the pulpit and said: "Thou are there behind the aoor, thou miserable man, with the gray haiJ. Playing thine old 'fiddle with the wt. d witbout, and the devil's flre within." His family implored him to burn this violin, made by a pupil of Stradivarius. The instrument with the sweet tone was sold for five shillings. A minister In a neighboring isle told now, on religious grounds, he had broken bro-ken the only fiddle in the parish. "As a contrast to this poor old man. robbed of his fiddle by a dark and cruel fanaticism," lemarks Mr. Gales, "think of Stradivarius, marking every violin he made with the name of Jesus, so that one of these glorious Instruments is known to this day as a 'Stradivarius del Gesu. Think of Mozart writing on the score of his n.asses, 'In Nomine Domini. Domi-ni. Amen.' " We trust that it is not too much to hope that the vicar of Gedney will continue con-tinue to illustrate the "abiding benefits ben-efits of ecclesiasticism." His article has forced upon us the conviction that some Protestant ministers must be well aware that what they assert against the church is absolutely false, and what they suppress regarding It is undeniably un-deniably true. Ave Maria. Priest to Investigate. Rev. J. Adolph Cascianelli, D. D., has resigned the pastorate of St, Authony's Italian church. Canton, O., to investigate investi-gate the Italian situation in the United States in an effort to get at the root of Italian crime, particularly Black Hand outrages. It will require about four years. When his report is made to the pope, it will contain suggestions for the remedy of the conditions from a religious relig-ious standpoint. The movement is Fr. Cascianelli's own conception. He wenl before Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, at Washington, and presented his plan. The apostolic delegate took the matter mat-ter under advisement with his counsellors. counsel-lors. Their conference ended with a complete approval of the proposal and the appointment of Father Cascianelli to carry it out. He will continue his work until he has toured the entire United States. "It is the aim of this movement," said Father Cascienelli, "to increase religious relig-ious restraint upon the Italians of this country in order to help them to control con-trol their fiery tempers."1 |