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Show j LETTEE-WEITING DIRECTIONS. 1 v,r;;e on one Fide of paper only. '. not have Hers too long, i A('.irp?s all ltiors 10 "Aunt Uusy," In- tn mountain Catholic. HIS BIG BROTHER. I )y,-- I'l' tli. r f rod's 1 ho nicest man so tc ;. straight :in' tall, YV;. )" ran 1 nil kinds of tilings that ( 1 ..ni t .1.. ;,t :ln: I .V, .M.11 alwnyn h.-ar liim whlstlin' while ; h. s a-w"ikin; round, t S imes In- .limbics up his arm, tin1 V :s to mo. "Now pnml!" T .:.' !mi 1 P'uiiii him (awful hard 1 lie ; ' n 1 -v- laughs at mo. ! V, ii-a I in hitr that's .iust tlio kind of man I'm guiu' to be. .-iiKws when I've loon bammorin' an nails w.in't R.t in straight. j v iTi'iticr fn-d ho dimes alone, a nd S savs. "Why. that's first rate! j -,' I'l-ii lio takos my hummer nn' ho 1 t..ps just miee or twice. - -:.' .1! those 'looked, bont-up nails go 1 in as straight an' nioe. i Ar.' T i i -1 1 ll" Inuiihs an' picks me up, till j I am lllorn' ho. f ,n' when I'm biir that's just the kind of man I'm poin' to be. i 1 S"iif thin s when I'm a playin" round, 1 , -i broak things an' feel had; ; !',!:'. I'rod lio comes whistlim' along, an' 3 savs. "lon't look so sad." i f T!.- 11 "IT h goes, an' v-retty soon I hear I 5 him oomin' back: 2 Aa' "li.it I broke's all mended up se ma j .m t tind the crack'. . . ' I 1 ll":;'t ' then, hut lamrh. an' mamma i l.iuehs, an' so does he. , .M.' v.!i. n I'm big that s just the kind of j man I'm goin' to be. I !),'' I was siok a-visitin'. I guess I was ; 'most b-ad. ; I'.n: my ma she knew what to do she s-'iit for brother Fred. ! An' Fr. ii ho picked me right straight up, 1 an' carried mo off home easy iii hi big strong arms. An' I I wasn't 1 glad to come! J .Mi' 1 was thinkin' all along as lie nan biiiicni me, . "Wii.'ti I am big Fred's just the kind of man I'm goin' to he." AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. l-ar Nieces and Nephews: Aunt llusy wishes 10 "say" a few words to tlii many children who are now iro-i'.n iro-i'.n I'ir.g for their first holy communion. A tint Busy reads in so many 1ttcn: "I ; am preparing to make my first holy ,; '"mmuninn. I hop 1 will pass the examination." ex-amination." Yes. po does Aunt Busy "op, t(' hoar that you all pass the examination. ex-amination. But there is so much more I to think Hbout besides the examination, examina-tion, of course, you must know your ; latechlsm, and know it thoroughly: j not in ;i. "parrot" like fashion, word j word, but you must understand ; what ynu lire reciting. If you do not I tindersiand.it. it is your duty , to tell your instructor that you do not understand under-stand what you are studying. ; Vmir tirst holy communion is the ', most important duty of your whole life, f If made well, it will influence your f u- j communion? nd your after life; j I f made without due preparation, diffi- j j f'i;it. iiuJeed. will it le to ever repair! ? awful error. Our Divine Lord said: ; "Suffer the little children to come to S nv and forbid them not. for ..of such is tho kingdom of heaven." Well, on yo;:r tirst communion day the happy j tint" will com when you will be very d.is-ly united to your Savior. Your "lovotion should not last only for the I few weeks preceding the great occasion op f,,r a feu- Weeks following, but you I should form resolutions for the whole i ". your future life practical, solid and f ft''ont resolutions. Aunt Ensy knoHK how carefully you win all be instructed, and she hopes ";i will profit by everything that is j 'a tight you by your devoted pastors, ! Aunt Busy will never forget her first j ' "imiiunion day, and how happy she i "'M'.- she will remember until life's I ' " tlit dear, saintly priest, who pre- ia:-.-.i lor young heart and soul for I worthy receiving of the Holy Ku- ''"ivist. Aunt Busy hops that you w'i:i all make a worthy communion, "' 'i t hut iift blessed effects may be 'iiai::ig and permanent. Alay you give u- i to Cod. edification to your coni-pai.!onj, coni-pai.!onj, satisfaction to your pastors ' I teachers and joy to your good l'.vi-nt. please do not forget "n your ?!".-1 communion day to say one wee V":ye for your loving old A I 'NT RVST. LETTERS AND ANSWERS. A;; Mallows t'ollego, palt Iake "ity, April jr.. l''-ar Aunt Busy: T thought 1 would 11 r:;.- you a. few lines. 1 think of you Xl' often, and 1 read your letters : y week. I ;im going to AH Hal-' Hal-' oiiegi now . It is a very gooJ V. I . 1 1 1 I 1 am preparing for my first holy j ' " n.inion; I hope to pass the exam-I nd much time now digging in my! -s !' n. I will be 12 years old in June. I ' o'd are you. Aunt Busy? I guess " : . re ouite old by now. I am the' --tid eldest in our family. My bro-;'' bro-;'' r is 4 years old and my youngest, "-'-! is :t. My oldest sister is 13. ' am. in the first junior class". Well, T " ill .lose. Aunt Busy. From your !r'', big nephew. TONUS DKDEHICHts. Aunt Busy is delighted to hear from a-n-w Salt Lake nephew. A bright; r.fph. w-, too. and as he is an All Hl-1'vas Hl-1'vas student, he must be a charming j hoy. Aunt Busy has a very fine opin-of opin-of the All Hallows boys, even if 1'irV hardly ever think to write to her. 'Thaps thev do not mean to neglect - Dear boy. Aunt Busy is really no j vr'y old that she does, not want to tell von her extut age. But she really is a '-'l. weary old person, and her only ,f,;i!fort h "to hear from her bright rii. , es and nephews. he wants to tell you a great secret, Tnui- She really believes that it is on amount of her extreme old age that "h other All Hallows nephews neglect hr so. Of course, she is writing this you confidentially. Try to induce your sisters to write to Aunt Busy. She earnestly hones that1 V"u will have the great haiminess of "king your first holy communion. Brookside, Colo.. April in. T'.ir Aunt Busy: As you said you vej animals and wanted us to write J a story about them. I thought I would I write ono. Your loving niece. MARY YEZZETTI. THE LION AND THE MOUSE. Once upon a time a lion was asleep in his den, when a little mouse came along and made so much noise that the lion woke up. 1 The lion put his huge paws on the ( mouse and was about to kill her. "Please let me go," said the little mouse. "I will never trouble you again, and perhaps some day I may help you." The lion felt good natured that day and let the wee mouse go. Some time afterward the Hon was caught in a trap and his captors were I to take him away to a big city to be caged. ) The little mouse happened along, and seeing the sad position of the lion, came to his rescue. Phe set her small teeth into the ropes and gnawed them through. Soon the lion was free and running into the woods. "Good-bye, dear little friend," he eaid, "1 will tiever forget you." MAKY YEZZETTI. Aunt Busy was very pleased to hear I from you. Mary. It Is a long time ' since Aunt Busy heard from you. The j story of the lion and the mouse has an excellent moral. It shows that kindness kind-ness always brings good fortune and happiness to every one. The lion treated the little mouse kindly and the mouse finally repaid him. Learn to be kind and gentle to everyones Mary. Eureka, Utah. April 16. 1902. Dear Aunt Busy I thought I would write you this little letter. If 1 had J1.000 I would become a priest, which I intend to become, anyway, If there is any way at all that I can. I would give some of the money to the poor. The weather has been verv chantre- ' ahle. but today it is very pleasant. I 1 go to St. Joseph's school. We have about twenty pupils in our room. The pupils of the public school will have their concert Thursday and Friday nights. They will not close school till some time in May. My seatmate, Cyril McPhee, is writing you a letter also. As I have no more to say at present, I will close with love from all your nephews, I remain your loving nephew, PATRICK DOWNEY. How very pleased Aunt Busy was to discover another dear, nephew in Eureka. Eu-reka. She has often wished that the Eureka children would remember to write to her. So you want to be a priest! Well, you must keep this beautiful beau-tiful wish in your heart every day, Patrick. You have Aunt Busy's good ! wishes, too. Only think what a grand and beautiful vocation is that of the priesthood! You should say a little prayer in. honor of your patron saint, the holy St. Patrick, for your intention. inten-tion. St. Patrick is Aunt Busy's favorite, favor-ite, saint. God will always open the way for any fervent Catholic boy who wishes to serve him, so do not worry-about worry-about the $1,000. Patrick. 'but study hard and pray fervently every day to be a good boy. Eureka, Utah. April 16. Dear Aunt Busy As 'this is letter-writing letter-writing day in school, I thought I would take the opportunity to writ? you a short letter. I wrote you one a few days ago and addressed it to Denver, Den-ver, Colo., so, of course, it did not reach vou. Well, if I thought I had j Jl.CHiO I would go to college and itudy to become a priest. Eureka is very dull now. My seatmate is writing to j you now, Pat Downey. He is a very good boy. I I will close. Hoping to see our let-l let-l ters in. print, I remain, your loving nephew, CYRIL M'PHEE. I Aunt Busy received your other in-I in-I teresting letter, Cyril, and it was pub-I pub-I lished last week. She is answering j this one on account of the nice words j you wrote about your seatmate, Patrick Pat-rick Downey.. To be a priest, you must be an exceptionally good boy, and I Aunt Busy thinks you are starting out 1 right when you talk so well about your neighbors. Best wishes, dear nephew, iind Aunt Busy hopes that some day i the holy church will have among her devoted apostles two bright young lads named Cyril and Patrick. How Aunt Busy would enjoy writing to her young nephews: "Rev. Father Curil McPhee and Rev. Father Patrick Downey used to write often to Aunt Busy many 1 years ago." j Priest and Reporter. j The shocking olla pordida generally I dished up by the daily papers as Catholic Cath-olic news is easily understood when we read the following experience of a Chicago Chi-cago priest, told by 1,1. C. Gleaner in the Catholic Columbian. The prkst's storv is as follows: "There was an imposing church service ser-vice to take place in which I was to 1 take part with many other priests. A short time before the services were to begin a reporter for one of the papers 1 came to the parish house for informa- lion, and. seeing me there, asked me to I tell him in advance Jut what was going go-ing to be done. I sat down and he pulled out his pad of paper and began to take notes. In my description of the ceremonies I mentioned the acolytes. He stopped his writing and looked up at me with a puzzled expression. " 'How do vou spell that?' he asked. "I told him'and he put it down. Then he looked up again and asked: " 'Say. what are acolytes, anyhow? "Briefly, I told him what acolytes are, and "then went on with my Gescrip-tion Gescrip-tion of the ceremonies. In doing so I mentioned that the brothers were to take a certain part. Again the reporter report-er looked up and asked: " 'Sav, what brothers?' "I gave him a brief explanation of the brothers, and he took it all in. When I had concluded he fired another question at me: " 'Say. what's the difference between the brothers and the priests?' "It was now my turn to ask ques- . tions and I did so. 'What is this, anyhow? any-how? A theological class?' I inquired. What kind of work do you do for your paper, young man? "Horse races?' " 'Mostly sporting.' he answered, not In the least abashed. 'I never tackled a proposition like this before, and it is just so much Greek to me. Sporting news is pretty dull just now, so they ; sent me out on this.' "He was so frank about the matter ' and realized his own limitations so well that I couldn't feel angry with him, and actually had to laugh at the bewildered be-wildered air with which he approached the whole matter. I fixed him up as well as I could, but never had the courage to look at the report that his paper printed." Washington's Rules of Behavior. 1 When you speak of God or his attributes attri-butes let it be seriously, in leverence. Honor and obey your natural parents, although they are poor. In your apparel be modest, and endeavor en-deavor to accommodate nature rather than to procure admiration: keep to the fashion of your equals, such as are civil and orderly with respect' to time and place. . Think before you speak; pronounce I not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly. Lnuertake not what you cannot per-form, per-form, but be careful to keep your promises. prom-ises. Be not tedious in discourse: make not many digressions nor repeat often the same manner of discourse. Let your countenance be -pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat grave. Associate yourself with men of good quality If you esteem your reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. Be not hasty to believe Hying reports to the disparagement of any. Be not apt to relate news if you know-not know-not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author always. A secret discover not. Every action in company ought to be with some of .resiiect to those present. pres-ent. In the presence of others fdng not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. Sleep not when others speak: sit not when others stand; speak not when you should hold your peace; jog not the table or desk on which another reads or writes; lean not on anyone.- Read no letters, books or papers in company, but when there is a necessity for doing it you must ask leave. Be not curious to know the affairs of others, neither approach to those that speak in private. Make no show of taking great delight in your victuals; feed not with greediness: greedi-ness: lean not on the table; neither find fault with what you eat. Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse. Show- not yourself glad at the misfortune mis-fortune of another, though he be your enemy. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire conscience. The Lark and Her Little Ones. A lark and 'her little ones had their ntst in a field of corn which was almost al-most ripe. She was in great fear that the reapers would come and cut down the corn before her young ones could, fly. When she left the nest to go for food she gave them this order that they were to tell her when she came back what they heard whiie she was away. When she was gone they heard the owner of the field say to his son: "I think this corn is ripe enough; go and ask our freinds and neighbors to come early tomorrow morning and reap it." When the lark came home the young ones repated what they had heard. The mother told them to be easy. "For, said she, "if the farmer depends de-pends on friends he will not have his corn cut tomorrow. The next day she went out again, and on her return they told her that the farmer had been there, and waited a long time, but nobody came to help him. He then said to his son: "Co and ask our uncles and cousins to help us to reap It." "If that be all." the old bird replied, "you will be safe tcmorrow." The next day again the farmer and his son had no one to help them. "Go son." he said, "and get a couple of sickles; as none will help us, we must rap it ourselves." "Now," said the lark, ".we must be gone indeed; for when a man resolves 1 to do his work himself it will surely be I done.'" j |