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Show . ( ..Our Em and dirts.. . " Edited by fiurvt Busy. I i -J'-'lJ-'r.,-.-unj-i.-j-jn -.r, n,vL '- ---,,-.,-, nv UU-J- wwnruvuvuuuuu ! This dervtn J8 conducted solely in the inter J eMg of ou.- jirl r 1 boy readers. j Aunt Buvv l.; glad to hear any time from the ! nieces and n-; ?b who read this page, and to give ; ihem all the Jvi?e and help in her power. Write on one side oi the paper only. I Do not ho.ve letters too Ions. ' Original storiee and verses will be gladly received and carefully edited. t The manuscrips of contributions not, accepted will Vi be returned. I Afldress all letters to Aunt Busy, Ir.termountain ' Catholic. Salt Lk City. i 1 - MY BABY. I 1 take up a little cambric dress, i Trimmed with ruffles, and edg'd with lace, And n dainty cap with cobweb frill, I Hut where is the baby ace? And here if a pretty petticoat, j Einbroidrr'd flannel scarcely worn, And a blue worsted sacque that aunty knit, j Hut where is my baby pone? ! ; There's a big rough boy in corduroy pants, I With blue eye ready to wink, j And a patch of dirt on his dimpled cheek, A study in india. ink. His strong young arms are around my neck, lie kisses mamma with a will. Ami 1 lay down my dainty things with a smile, ( For he is my baby still. . I AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. j li. nr Xiecos and Nephews: j Aunt Buy is gathering1 all her funny old wits i lop'tlicr to announce the subject of her new ccm- I k st. This time hhe hope to hear from the ilcar I Option boys, the little "Clam Diggers" of Wnshing- i i.n, fhe "Rosebuds" of Wyoming, the bright "Sun- beams" of beautiful Colorado, the "Gold Birds'" of i Xcvjidfl, the "Prize Winners' of Montana, the I "Saints and Angels" of Utah in short, she wants I in hoar from all the nieces and nephews in the rc-? rc-? public to write to their devoted old 3 AUNT BUSY. I ; "WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER. I By Edwin L. Sabin. The drum in the corner lies forlorn, t j A hole in its head unmended: AVhile battered and bent is the Christmas horn : Its mission on earth is ended. "- The skates are nicked and covered with rust. And now to the past are ceded; f The books with eagerness once oiscussed 1 liopose on the shelf unheeded. The doll hae ruined her wardrobe all, Her bed no more is slept in. J But out in the maze of the dim-lit -hall , S She is often rudely, stepped on. - The candy is only a morsel wee, " - j Too stale for further dwindling; The dried remains of the Chrlstn..s tree Are at last reduced to kindling. ' The cat and the dog have resumed their cares, i After a rapt vacation: j The cook in her sanctum daily bears S Full many a visitation, I For Santa Claus in the neighborhood j Of the distant pole new snoozes, And WRlie makes up for the time he was good, And Jane is as bad as she chooses, j Leslie Weekly, j : : : LETTERS AND ANSWERS. . I Salt Lake City, Jan. 2,. 1005. I Pear Aunt Fuy: j When will you start your next contest? 1 am going to enter,, the next one, sure. , Are tov glad that a girl won a prize , or did you want both prizes for the boysf- 1 don't like boys tery well, , Aunt Busy, and I am glad you are not a man. I Your loving niece, J FLORENCE CUNN ING1 FAf . . I Aunt I'usy will start the next contest in another week. Florence. She hopes that you will enter this time Aunt Busy was pleasel over the two dear I children winning the prizes. Yes. Aunt Busy does j like boys, and she is sorry that you dislike them. i Boys an- the best kind of chaps if the little girls J will only treat them. kindly aiid pleasantly. Boys J m ver like girls who act silly, and Aunt Busy f knows of no good reasons that can prevent girls I find boys from being good friends. j; Aunt Busy would not mind beihg.a man if she could bo as lovaide as some dear little boys she kii". .1 . Denver, Colo., Jan. 3, 190."". y Vrc; Auntie: f ' have not written to you for ever so long, but I really did not forget you. I think you are a j very lovely old lady, and I treat my brothers very ni si nee you aid what you did about brothers end sisters two years ago. We are having a lovely winter in Denver. 1 wih you could visit our pretty city. (loot'-'o.ve foi this time. Your devoted niece. AGNES BUCKLEY. The lime is certainly very long. Agnes, since Aunt Busy heard from you, but she is happy to be remenilorod after three years. She appreciates the kind words, too, dear, and is earne-tly glad if -he has influenced you in the slightest way in your treatment of your brother. Be kind to ihe boys Agnes, because they are very dear good fellows. Aunt Busy iTure, and remember re-member that life is much happier for a girl who has good brothers than for one who is alone. You will appreciate ihe boys much more in tiie future time. Agnes, so lo kind, gentle and loveabie now and also pationl. Boys are not angels, and we do not want them to be angels. We would lose them then, dear. Butte City, Mont., Jan. 3, 100.". Dear Aunt Busy: yiy friend. Thomas Laughlin. is very proud over winning the prize, and we are all glad because he sroes tu our school. He is an awful niee fellow, .iust the kind you think he is. He says he must write to you real cjuick. (;(oddye. Aunt Busy. AVe are all going into the next contest. Your fond nephew. WILLIE MURPHY. Aunt Busy i& sincerely glad to own such a dear bov as vourself for a nephew. The hoy who can b 'honestly glad jnd who can' freely express his delight at the good fortune of another is the sort of boy the world needs. Aunt Busy thinks the world will he better for many such boys as you will like. The only fault Aunt Busy can find with you is .ipningrour name "Willie." Always write your name, " iiiiam, dear boy. or "Bill"' even, but never Willie. Salt Lake City, Jan. -5, 1903. Dear Aunt Busy: You remember I wrote you the second letter alter Easter, and I have been wanting to ask you some-I some-I thing acain but didn't think you'd like it if I sent i two letters in one year. Will you lell me, Aunt BusV; Your affectionate, loving nephew, ' JAMES KERGAN. : Yes. dear. Aunt Busy remembers the very clever letter vou wrote last spring. But you on y wrote one for 1904, so Aunt Busy expects another now for 190.',. Aunt Busy is-only too happy to hear V from dear young nephews at all times, and not 1 ' semi-annually, eo send in your question at, once,., dear. Annt Bu-y is always pleased to assist her, youn " , STANDS UP FOR UNCLE SAM. c -Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Fall, S. l)..poke on "Our Country and the Church." at the banquet given in Dubuque at the consecration of Dr. Carroll Car-roll as bishop of Helena. Mont. In the course of his remarks he indirectly criticised the Catholic federation. He said the subject was the old formula of "The Church and State." The ubject he said, was about a" dangerous to handle as a live wire. , It does not mean todiy what in did years ago. Today all governments have become be-come constitutional, the will of the people. Today ! it should not be the relations between church and state, but between church and people. Governments are what the people mako them. Therefore, make the people Christians, and the government will be C-hiistian. We are living under a dra'i government govern-ment state and federal. What are the relations-bet relations-bet ween the church and the state government, and the church and the federal government The points of contact are iibertv of worship, property rights of the church, marriage a"d education. None of these have to do with the federal government, they are all state affairs. Each state has its laws for marriage and dnorec and for education. What right have we to shake onr fists in Uncle Sam's face in relation to any of these questions!1 We are apt to trail our coat tails all over the land for some one to step on and wield a shillaly. When Archbishop Glennon went out to make, ihe fight against free text books in Missouri, ho didn't trail Iws coat tails all over the country, but got his forces together in Missouri and won the victory. When Archbishop Keane wanted various wrongs corrected in Dubuque he didn't appeal to the state authorities, but went after ihe municipal govern-, govern-, ineut. When the late Archbishop Katzcr wanted to defeat the Bonnet school law in Wisconsin he j lined up his forces and walked into the hails of the state legislature in Wisconsin. When the Indians became the wards of the federal fed-eral government there wad question between the Catholic church and the government, but.no one has any reproach to cast on the federal government govern-ment regarding the Indian question. It has been settled with justice to all. The federal government govern-ment acquired the Philippines and Porto Rico. You all know how it arranged that troublesome question. ques-tion. Is there any government in the world could Mve handled that question as the American government gov-ernment under President, Roosevelt He went to headquarters atRome, and on the commission put a Catholic layman and a bishop to show the wrld he meant to deal fairly. The holy father appointed a delegate to the Philippines and removed that question from American attention. No country in the world in its relations with the Catholic ehur.ch is ,as fair or just as America. As to Iowa. Minnesota, Illinois and other states, let the bishops of these states take care of them. I stand up for Uncle Sam and say there is no fairer or more just ruler in the world than Uncle Sam. |