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Show I Blocese of Bender J , ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent A. Tlic Intei'mountain mid Colorado I J Catholic is j.laced on sale at the l jar.K-s Clarke church poods house, 27 .( f Fifteenth street, Denver, Colo. CITY OF DENVER. ( With New Additions, Mercy Hospital i Will Be Largest in City. 2 So large an addition has been made 3 . to the Mercy hospital that when the in- Hitution on Milwaukee street ie opened in Ftbruary, upon tne completion of t contemplated extensions, Denver will h ' liuve what will practically amount to a 1 new hospital, the largest in the city. ' Denver is well supplied with hospitals, and none has done more for the poor y ' than .Mercy Home and nowhere have '. the friendless and destitute received j more tender and loving care than in the t .ii;r,dis of the Sister of Mercy. , The work on the addition to the hos- i j ;tal is almost completed and the sister 1 superior stated this week that it is " l.opfd to have the new quarters in use '. by Feb. 15. The new addition will cost j .' jrio.OOO. Plans were drawn by Architect i David W. Dryden. It will almost f quadruple the capacity of the hospital. Hut thirtv-five patients can be accom- 1 modated now, while with the new room i .' 150 can be taken care of. The whole .:. addition has been planned with every f n odern convenience and arrangement 1 that can "make a" hospital homelike, ' heerful and efficient in w hat it is in- ' lended'for, and the basement and entire 1 fcur stories are. all perfectly equipped, 1 that no more modern hospital can be ' found anywhere than that of the Sis- - ttrs of Mercy. 1 In the basement -will be three euits 1 cf rrivate dining rooms, which can all fce thrown together.- A music room -and j a refectory for, the sisters, laundries, j and a kitchen are'also'in the' basement. On the first floor are two suits of 3 rooms, private bathrooms, a large sun- ; ny room and and beautiful chapel. This i floor has large, airy rooms, sun- j ry and cheerful and homelike, and 1 throughout the entire, addition care is i taken to hare the best quarters for 1 those who live. in the institution. The second floor is largely taken up " by wards and .rooms for the patients, i and on the third floor, .which partly' for the sisters, are a parlor and recep-' recep-' tinn room," an operating room with a large skylight and a corner light. The operating room is one of the most interesting .of the Institution. It was specially, designed .and equipped for the delicate work that must be undertaken under-taken there and has t-ery appliance and convenience that modern eurgery can suggest. Connected with it are sterilizing and clinical rooms, a doctor's doc-tor's room, "wash room and a supply and anesthetic room. . . On the. fourth are dormitories, reading read-ing rooms and more wards, with a large Sunning room on the couth side. Modern Mod-ern fire escapes. ire provided for this ! floor, i he entire bunding is heated by hot water and a special heating plant supplies the operating room. When the hospital opened less than three years ago on Milwaukee street, nany predicted that it was too. far f ast of the city and In the wrong place, but patients came rapidly and the hospital hos-pital soon had more than it could accommodate. ac-commodate. The institution has al-wayff al-wayff been crowded and at times those in charge hardly know how to care for nil who want admission. Church. to Aid Irish Suflerers. j In every church in the diocese of Denver Den-ver last Sunday the following appeal from Bishop X. C. Matz was read. lishop Matz has interested himself in the movement to send aid to the famine stricken people of the Emerald Isle and hai- asked that, all who can will contribute. The contributions are to be sent to the chancellor of the dio-ire, dio-ire, who will receipt for them and turn the money over to the Denver Times. That paper originated the idea of sending send-ing potatoes to Ireland to make up in a degree for what suffering has resulted result-ed from the failure of the potato crop this year. One hundred carloads will bo shipped as soon as the freight from Denver to Galveston can be raised. Already Al-ready almost $2,000 is on hand, but it will require I7.."00. Every effort is being be-ing made to get the money together as rapidly as possible so that famine may bo averted. The gpnerous farmers of Greeley and vicinity have donated the potatoes and the only expense will be freight. The government will carry t'nu cargo Hi f me wHLt?ih lij ireiaiiu. annus si r-ieties connected with the church have made substantial donations, the Kmahts of St. John sending in ?25 last week. Th--' distress experienced by the poor In Ireland has not fallen upon deaf ears ;r,-.d prominent citizens of all nationalities national-ities met in the city hall last week and drafted resolutions looking to the relief of the t-tarving. Bishop Matz' letters to the clergy follows: Denver, Colo.," Dec. 27, 1!04.' Uev. Dear Father You are doubtless n ware of the fact that the farmers of :iorth?rn Colorado, have organized for ti.e benevolent purpose of furnishing ;t,-sislance to the ...famine suffereis :.long the v ostern const of Ireland. They propose to supply one hundred c.rloads of Cwlorado 'potatoes absolutely Ji'-e of charge. But they desire thai the generous people of this state sub- ril..o .sufficient money to defray the -fst of transportation to the sea coat. Tin- Denver Times has started a fund to raise the money required. I feel certain cer-tain that there are many Catholics in' f 'olorado who would most willingly as- I Mt this laudable project, if the matter w. re called to their attention. You will j J'lease announce the subject to your I- ngrcgation on New Year's day'and encourage your people to lend their aid to this charitable undertaking. I am confident many generous hearts' will I cheerfully respond to this appeal on be- I Iialf of our suffering brethren in Ire- I land. j Please send subscriptions with the a names of the subscribers at your earl- ! i-st convenience to our reverend chan- I i-llor. Yours sincerelv in Christ N. C. MATZ, Bishop of Denver The executive committee selected by the ojiizeiw at their meeting is composed of Bev. William O'Ryan. Rev. J. J. Donnelly. Rev. Cornelius O'Farrell, i 3:v. Robert Morris. Stephen J. Don- h-avy. Patrick R. Biordan, Daniel D. Carey. John Gaffy. Dennis W. Mullen. J. H. Dean. J. O. Sawkins, J. J. Cook and Frank J. Cavanaugh. , St. Vincent's Ball. For the sake of sweet charitv at hast 300 people young and old gath-f gath-f rP'l r', cotillion hall Monday night and camel for several hours. It was the occasion of the annual charitv ball given b.. the St. Vincent's Aid society for the benefit of the Orphans' home, and a mere thorough social success it would be hard to imagine. The hall I ,va prettily decorated in Christmas I ' Preens and with the hundreds of tiny 4 Incandescent lights studding the ball room it made a pretty sight.. The'bad j , v'as under the personal care of Mrs. '"haile.- Wilkin, president of the aid so- j oiety. in the receiving party were Mr. j and Mrs. C. H. Wilkin. Mr. and Mrs. j Jhn K. Mulleir. Mr. and Mrs. William I i Walbh. Mr. and Mis. Patrick R. Rior- l j dan, Mr. and Mrs.. Joseph P. Donlev, ; Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy. Mr. and I ?'rs-E- domineer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph . Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sav- age, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunn, -Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riordan. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene-McCarthy Eugene-McCarthy and Dr. and Mrs. P. V. Car-lm. Car-lm. Mrs. Edward McChrystle was in charge of the refreshments and the-supper the-supper was a veritable triumph. The-dance The-dance and supper netted fully $1,000 for the orphans.', ; .- .. Catholic Knights Hold Election. At the fortnightly meetings of the Denver branch of the Catholic Knighls of America held last week the follow-, ing officers were elected: Spiritual director. di-rector. Rt. Rev. Nicholas Matz: president, presi-dent, A. H. Manty: vice president, John J. Hagus; recording secretary, John Griebling; financial secretary, J. Sei-!er; Sei-!er; treasurer, P. J. Sullivan: trustee for a term of three years. H. J. Gooke: sentinel. Michael K. Quirk. The society has entered upon a year which promises to be a successful one and the growth of membership which marked 1904 will steadily continue. It was decided to change the date of meeting to the third Monday and to hold but one meeting in the month.. In future the gatherings will be at room 23- Coronado building. Fifteenth and Stout streets. The state convention conven-tion will be held at Colorado Springs on Jan. IS. John J. Hagus was named delegats from the Denver branch, with P. J. Sullivan as alternate. Queen's Daughter's Christinas Work. For the poor of Denver, few charitable charit-able organizations r.ccomphshed as much good as the Queen's Daughters,, organized in Denver but a few months ago. The work done at Christmas gives evidence of the healthful condition of the society and also demonstrates the enthusiasm with which the young women wo-men work. Every member of the council coun-cil was asked to donate something in the nature of a Christmas gift, either food, money or clothing, and some gave all three. A committee of five young women was then appointed to take tne distribution in charge and their energy did much toward making the Christmas Christ-mas work all that could be desired. Twenty-two families were cared for. including eighty-five children, and into' each . home Christmas cheer was brought in abundance. First the committee visited homes mentioned and made an investigation looking to the worthiness of their cause. The Joseph P. Dunn Shoe it-Leather it-Leather company donated twenty-four pairs of shoes and the J. K. Mullen Milling company gave twenty-two sacks of flour. The Schaeffer Mercantile Mercan-tile company donated potatoes in sufficient suffi-cient quantities for all. With the money contributed, warm clothes were purchased pur-chased and extra groceries. .Canned fruit, apples, oranges, vegetables and toys for the children were also secured. The Queen's Daughters is to be congratulated con-gratulated on lite excellent work accomplished ac-complished during, the few months of its existence. Judging from the interest in-terest manifested in its undertakings they will not be short lived. At the meeting on next Saturday afternoon a review of the Christmas work will be given for the benefit of all members. The Aandern's Meeting. While the members of the Aa'ndern club were enjoying a meeting at the home of Mrs. John J. Ryan, 1122 W ash-ington ash-ington avenue last Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, a number of souvenir postals arrived ar-rived from Spain, sent by Father Thomas H. Malone. The club is studying study-ing Spain now and the pictures proved of unusual. interest. The meeting was very pleasant. Mrs. Joseph Seubert read an interesting description de-scription of the mosque of Cordova, the 1.096 columns of which have been likened lik-ened to a petrified forest of the true Arabian Nights. She related how the Arabs of Cordova kept alight the lamp of learning during the dark ages, when it was all but extinguished elsewhere. Mrs. Seubert's talks on Europe are at all times interesting, as she is well versed on subjects of interest which she has studied during her foreign travels. Mrs. J. J. Ryan read the Rio Verde song by Mrs. Hemans and Miss Louise Young contributed a piano solo, "Castles in Spain." Miss O Neil's paper pa-per was on "The Practical .Teachings of the Bibe Concerning "Man's Duties to Himself and to His Fellow, Man." It was full of gems of thought. " Collection Large. The Christmas collection for the cathedral parish surpassed the most sanguine expectations of the clergy and is an evidence of the prosperity which Denver is experiencing.' Notr even in the palmiest days of the existence of the parish has the Christmas offering been larger. On thousand dollars was the total received at the five masses in Logan avenue chapel on Sunday, Dec. 2o. A few years ago in an especially prosperous season the collection reached $940. The parish is to be congratulated con-gratulated on its splendid snowing. Honor For Father Malone. News reached Denver Tuesday that Rev. Thomas H. Malone. a Denver priest, ha been the recipient of unusual un-usual favors from the Vatican.- Father Malone is now in Rome and the cablegram cable-gram stated that he had been received in private audience with Pope Pius X on Christmas day, and that on New Year's he took part in. the ceremonies connected with the inauguration, being one of the few visiting" churchmen accorded ac-corded this honor. . ' Centenarian Dead. During the week two well kr.own persons died in Denver hospitals. They were Dr. Jacob Eisenhut, wlio, at the age of 104 years, passed away at St. Anthony's hospital, where h? has been for some years; and Colonel W. Neil Dcnison, w ho died at St. Joseph's. An Actor Entertained. The local Knights of Columbus tcok great pride in entertaining Neil O'Brien last week, while Mr. O'Brien was playing play-ing with a minstrel troupe at the Tabor. Mr. O'Brien -stands high, in the order and was presented with ' a..handsome cane by Council 533. The council attended at-tended the performance en masse. Mr. O'Brien was entertained at other functions func-tions during the week. Mew Year's Reception. One of the prettiest New Year's receptions re-ceptions was held Sunday afternoon and. evening at the home of the Misses Harrington, 1251 Clarkson street. Receiving Re-ceiving were Misses Helen Harrington, Harring-ton, Nellie O'Farrell. Mima. Lees, Mary Harrington and Ann Harrington. The house was prettily decorated in Christmas Christ-mas greenery and a pleasant time was spent. f The Misses Anna Connors. Leona Zimmerman, Maude Haak, Gertrude Walsh, Minnie Pfritzschner and Emily Meininger were at home New Year's day at the home of Miss Connors, 765 Corona street. . ' From 3 to 6 o'clock on New Year's day Miss Katherine Davoren was hostess at a delightful reception. She was assisted by Miss Irene Hoeard, Gertrude Glendinning. Eva Walsh, Katherine Callahan, Helen Wilkin and Stella Howard - Sympathy for Mrs. Hartley. The many friends of Mrs. Nellie J. Hartley, well known in the cathedral parish, sympathize with her in the los"3 of her mother, Mrs. Anna RingToee, who died in Aberdeen. S. D.. last week. Mrs. Hartley was at the bedside when death came to the relief of the aged woman, and is expected to retum4 home next week. A few weeks ago when she was notified of the serious illness of her mother she left for the old home and arrived none too soon, Mrs. Ring-rose Ring-rose losing consciousness some time before her death. Judge Mullina Receives Gold Watch. As a testimonial of the esteem in which he is held, Judge John I. Mullins of the district court, and a member of the cathedral parish, was last Saturday presented with a gold watch by the attaches at-taches of the West Side court. It is a handsome affair and attests the admiration ad-miration which is entertained for the jurist and also is a token of his excellent excel-lent work during the last term of court. New Year Greetings. At the dawn of the new year many of the charitable institutions of Denver took occasion to extend greetings to their benefactors for a happy and prosperous season. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd had neatly embossed cards sent to their friends, which read as follows: "The Sisters of the Good Shepherd embrace em-brace with much pleasure the opportunity oppor-tunity which the return of this joyous season affords of expressing their deep appreciation of your kindness during the past year, and beg to assure j-ou of their sincere gratitude while they offer congratulations and good wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year." From the Franciscan Sisters comes this: "The sisters of St. Clara's orphanage orphan-age wish to express their sincere thanks to numerous friends for the liberality lib-erality which was shown in aiding them to give the orphans stub a joyous joy-ous Christmas. "The sisters are greatly indebted to their kind benefactors and wish them in return every blessing, especially a happy and prosperous New Year." St. Vincent's sisters have the following follow-ing greeting for their friends: "The Sisters of Charity of Mount St. Vincent's home desire to return then-heartfelt then-heartfelt and sincere thanks to the many friends of the institution who. by their generosity in money, groceries ard toys, made Christmas a most hap-pv hap-pv one for the 180 children tinder then-care. then-care. It is impossible for us to reach all who gave, and therefore we thank them sincerely through the press. In the name of the orphans we wish each a bright, happy New Year, full of every spiritual and temporal blessing. Re spectfully, MMionft or i.u.. Notes. On Thursday afternoon the Sacred Heart Aid society met at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Wilkin, 1215 Corona street. Mrs. Wilkin and Mrs. c J-O'Donnell J-O'Donnell were the hostesses. A review re-view of the work done in preparation for Christmas took up the afternoon. On account of the first Sunday of the month falling on New Year s day, the meeting of the Altar and Rpsary society so-ciety of the cathedral parish was postponed. post-poned. There was no vesper service in Logan avenue chapel on New. Year's, and solemn benediction was given after high mass instead. The Aandern club will meet next Wednesdav afternoon at. the home of Mrs. J. C. Knight. 1259 Evan street. The meeting of the Queen's Daughters Daugh-ters which was to have been held last Saturday afternoon was postponed on .account of the holidays. Rev. Father McCabe of Idaho Springs, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is now completely recovered re-covered and has again taken up his pastoral duties. Miss Annie Longan returns to Du-rango Du-rango Saturday and resumes her school work Monday. She spent her Christmas Christ-mas vacation at her home in Denver. - The Young Ladies' Sodality of the cathedral parish meets Sunday afternoon. after-noon. They will receive holy communion com-munion at the 7:30 o'clock mass as usual. - Mrs. James J. Brown entertained the voung people home from school at an entertainment and dance at her pretty home. 1340 Pennsylvania avenue, Saturday Sat-urday evening. A little play called "An Intimate Acquaintance was given giv-en Miss Helen Brown taking a leading lead-ing part. - Miss Brown showed much dramatic ability and the evening was a decided social success. Mrs. Mary Longan. who is ill at the Mercy sanitarium, is slowly improv- ing' f Rev. Louis F. Hagers of St. Mary's church. Colorado Springs, spent a few days last week with his parents m Denver. |