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Show , 1 Rome Circle IF THOU BUT WAIT. Wait! And waiting learn .That waiting ever brings The soul's desire, And- if thou yearn 'Tis not in vain; Behold thy pain Is but refining fire To prove thee true Thou shalt not rue If thou in patience Do but wait." Hope! . No matter what betide Be sure that hope Inherent stays thee, And let it guide Thy star's true destiny; Thou canst not fail. Thou shalt avail And crown thine efforts With sure victory. Dost thou but ever persevere And hope. LAWS INADEQUATE TO PUNISH. Syracuse Priest Excoriates Betrayers of Innocent Girls. Catholic Sun: Rev. John Grimes, pastor pas-tor of St. Mary's church, in recommending recom-mending on last Sunday the union fair now being held at the Alhambra for the benefit of St. Mary's Maternity hospital to the favors of his people, took occasion to deplore the necessity for the existence of such institutions, and he did so in a manner that has always characterized his utterances frcm the pulpit as forcible and practical. prac-tical. In the course of his remarks he said: "You know that there are many cases that come to the attention of the good Sisters who are in charge of the hospital. They attend the women and children with great solicitude and do all they can to make their lives better. "It is a terrible crime when a man berays an innocent girl, and how many times do we hear of this greap sin being committed. Virtue is one of the great traits of the Irish people, and you well know with what abhorence they look upon the crime that I refer to. "When the young girl who is the apple ap-ple of her father's and mother's eyes. is be-1 rayed that home is filled with sorrow. sor-row. She is forever a marked woman. The finger of scorn will be forever pointed at her. The stain that has been cast upon the family name will never be effaced. It will remain there for generations and generations, and in the event of the child being a boy he can never be elevated to the priesthood. priest-hood. "This crime against the honor of the girl is a horrible one. Perhaps the girl has been betrayed by the bosom friend of the family. Perhaps he is the bosom bos-om friend and chum of the brother of the girl. It might be named as one of the crimes that cries to heaven for vengeance. "In some cases the man who betrays a girl or who breaks up the home of a married man is shot dead. Our laws do not adequately punish this crime." CATHOLIC GIRLS, PAUSE. Go Not With the Glib-tongued Stranger Into Pleasure's Haunts. We were talking with a man of the wcrld a few evenings since, a man who is himself one of the class known as fascinating drummers, and he told us i that the evening before he had seen within the space of half an hour several sev-eral Catholic girls resorting with drummers to a resort that no girl would wish to be seen in by those 4whose respect she coveted or cared for. Lured, perhaps, by the seductive talk of their drummer companion; fascinated, fascinat-ed, possibly, by the alluring pleasures of wicked waywardness, they were forgetting for-getting their virtuous womanhood and treading the path of the Little Emily of "David Copperfield." Can no influence turn their feet away from the brink they are nearing? Can no friendly tongue remonstrate with them and recall re-call them from their erring ways? Alas, we fear not. But other girls who are less advanced on the downward path may be reclaimed. Others may be saved by a friendly warning. Catholic girls, shun the fascinating stranger. "Go not with the gllb-tongued, gllb-tongued, oily-voiced drummer into the haunts of pleasurable vice. You can do so only to come out with the finger of scorn pointed at you from the virtuous vir-tuous of your own sex and the worthy ones of the other. Catholic Messenger. CO-OPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPING. An Experiment That is a Success in Longwood, HI. A successful co-operative dining room is in existence at Longwood, 111. So far 40,000 meals have been served for $5,000, and the energetic ladies who set it on foot think they have established estab-lished a record for economy. It was put into operation aljout a year ago. A club house was purchased and families fami-lies who were on the society's roster congregated at meal time, when they pleased and enjoyed themselves. This saved the drudgery of cooking in the several residences, and the plan proved so satisfactory that it was broadened, and a co-operative garden established) with a saving on vegetables for the year of about $300. Members of the families generally go to the place "en masse," sit at a table by themselves, use their own silverware and enjoy the same delights as if in their own house. The plan has been so entirely successful, suc-cessful, saving work, worry and money, that similar institutions are in process of formation in various other Illinois towns. NEED OF WATER DRINKING. It Feeds, It Washes and Carries Away Impurities. A well known nerve specialist has said that "all neurasthenics (this is people with unhealthy nerves) have desiccated de-siccated nerves and suffer from an insufficiency in-sufficiency of fluid in the tissues of the body." It is probable that we all, in more or less degree, even when not conscious con-scious of any definite symptoms, are suffering in some part of our system for the lack of enough fluid, and especially of enough pure, cold water. We knew that so nicely is the human hu-man body adjusted and adapted to its uses that one part cannot suffer without with-out all suffering. If the nerves are desiccated, or dried through lack of fluid, then it is certain that other tissues tis-sues are also suffering from the same lack, and that the wheels of the wonderful won-derful machinery are being clogged by reason of waste matter which is not washed away. We see by this that water does for us a threefold service. It feeds, it washes and it carries away the cinders of the body furnace; and through the want of it we are exposed to many and great dangers. The tissues become too dry, the blood is thick and its flow sluggish, and the retained waste of the body sets up a condition which the doctors call "autointoxication,", or self-poisoning. This condition may give rise to almost i any known symptoms, from a pimple to heart failure, and is really responsible for most of the semi-invalids with whom the world is largely peopled. To obtain the best results from water-drinking' water-drinking' certain rules should be observed. ob-served. People do not all need the same amount, and it may take a little experimenting to find out just how much should be taken in individual cases. It has been stated by some physicians phy-sicians that five or six pints should be taken during the . twenty-four hours. Of this only a moderate quantity should be taken with the meals. It is a mistake mis-take to take no water with a meal, but perhaps it is a greater. mistake to wash food down with water, especially ice water. The best time for water-drinking is at night and early in the morning. It is well to form the habit of slowly sipping, sip-ping, during the bath and while dressing, dress-ing, two or three glasses of cool not ice-cold water. Two or three more may be sipped at bedtime, and again two or three glasses an hour or two before be-fore luncheon and before dinner. In a very short time the value of this habit will become apparent in the resultant re-sultant general improvement in digestion, diges-tion, temper and appearance. Miss Helen Hay. Miss Helen Hay, whose engagement to Payne Whitney, son of W. C. AVhit-ney, AVhit-ney, is announced from Washington, is the eldest daughter of the secretary of state and is 23 years old. Miss Hay has inherited the literary ability of her father. She is the author of three books of verse, "Some Verses." "The Little Boy Book" and "The Rose of Dawn." The latter volume, which was published recently, has been received with much favorable comment and with predictions of a successful career as a lyric verse writer for its author. The Harpers Apologize. Criticism by practically the entire Catholic press of the country has drawn from the publishers of Harper's Magazine an apology for the appearance appear-ance in that periodical of a vile poem, "Margaret of Cortona." They state that Mrs. Wharton's poem was accepted accept-ed for its poetic merits alone, with the impression that Margaret of Cortona was a purely fictitious character, a creature 'of the author's fancy. They further state that they respect the feelings feel-ings of their readers of every faith, and that had the facts been known, the poem would never have been published in Harper's Magazine.' DEVOTIONAL GLEANINGS. Let prayer never leave your hearts, and the grace and mercy of God will never leave your souls. Hope and pray for great things, and great things shall be given you. Believe me, when. you devote yourself to the divine service, Almighty God will take upon Himself the charge -of your secular duties. I do not say that these are to be neglected, but only that if you take moderate care of them, our Lord will do the rest for you. Remember Remem-ber that when the Jews went thrice a year to the temple, God preserved their territories from the encroachment of the Gentiles: and that when in the seventh sev-enth year they obediently abstained from cultivating the land, the earth was so fertile during the sixth that it yielded corn and wine enough for three years. Thus, let him who thinks of God rert well assured that God in return re-turn will think of him. v God often gives in one short moment what He has a long, time denied. If you do not send the light of good deeds before you in'..ife, j-ou will find yourselves in darkness at. death. Throw copper into--molten gold and it appears at once to 'be all gold. Now Jesus prays for us on'the altar and wishes us to kneel around Him that we may unite our prayers with His. Our prayer ascending to, heaven, through His sacred heart. Is 'transformed, and becomes most acceptable to God the Father. , s' |