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Show A Protestant Edified. (Catholic Fireside.) - . - While speaking of the effect that example ex-ample has on non-Catholics we may venture to touch on an incident of. another an-other class. In pplite society it is an accepted rule of eitquette for a gentleman gentle-man to raise his hat whenever another gentleman who may be walking or driving with him bows to a idy. It is a mark of respect shown to his friend and to his friend's friend. Two gentlemen gentle-men wre passing the Brompton Oratory Ora-tory one a Catholic and the other a Protestant. AVhen they came in front of the church the Catholic raised his hat and the Protestant did likewise. A moment later the latter asked the former whom it was he. had saluted, as he had not noticed any person in particular par-ticular returning the bow. The Catholic Cath-olic explained that it was his custom to salute in that manner Our Lord present in the church. The 'Protestant was so 'edified and pleased that he could not refrain from telling the event to every friend he met, and his admiration admira-tion for the Catholic gentleman increase in-crease a hundred fold. We merely relate re-late this simple incident as another illustration il-lustration of how much a Catholic has to gain by the observance of the church's rules and by showing an unostentatious unos-tentatious respect for all that beloncs to his faith. |