OCR Text |
Show Cburcb tfrtiwrsal i ' c First after Epiphany. St. I Jnnet-E. Koin. xii. 1-6; G. Luke li. ! --15.932 for parents. jV M. St. Kentigern. 105,967 for fam- iUH T. St- Hilary. St. Felix. 421,431 f,r reconciliations. 1 W. St. Paul, Hermit. St. Maur. wo M5 fir w'rk- means. 16 "Til. St. Marcellus. 596,594 for the lli:.P F. St. Anthony. 319,807 for re- lifjsU S. St. Peter's Chair at Rome. mmi i;9 "for seminarists, novices. CHURCH CALENDAR. GENERAL INTENTION. Tlie Golden Jubilee of Our Holy Father's Priesthood. Tiio intention reeommcrided this month, the opening of the New Year, the 7rayers of The Apostloshlp, will antral with especial force to all our Associates. As-sociates. Our prayers are requested for il,c blessing's of the Sacred Heart, upon our Holy Father, on the occasion of the ! . ,;ndon Jubilee of his Priesthood, j 'wedles? to say, this request, com-I com-I j ' f,-,im our Holy Father Himself, will ! mx with a ready response in the heart 0f every true child of the Church. How I Ul, more so then from every member f the League of the Sacred Heart. S To Pittp X have been committed In a I particular manner the interests on earth j, the Heart of our Blessed Savior. He 15 in this world the Vicar of "Christ, His ' visible Representative among men. To ; Him havc Deen addressed the words ppoken w long: ago on the lakeshore of ; (jalflee to Peter: '"Feed my sheep, feed I ,,'v lambs." This feeding of the sheep and the lambs, which devolves upon the Supreme Shepherd of souls upon earth, is a work unspeakably dear to the Heart of our Blessed Lord. It was for the feeding of .the flock that He was born in Bethlehem, toiled at Nazareth, preached on the hills and In the valleys (.f Galilee and died on Golgotha. It was for this that He hung three hours on the .ro?? and bled and died In shame. To carry on and direct this work for whiih He gave His life. He has given io Pius the same commission that He bestowed upon Peter. How ready then that Heart will be to grant our prayers that the heart of our Hly Father may be strong and brave in the work committed com-mitted to his keeping and his doing. At this time, too, when the Holy Father Fath-er has so many enemies, not only outside out-side the Church, but even among His own children, our prayers are the more i needed. We surely should watch and jiray more when there are traitors within with-in the camp and deserters In the lines of the enemy. 1 Prayers then, both fervent and con- j Mant. will be the grateful tribute which the loving children of Pius X will offer of-fer their affectionate Father, on the occasion of His feast of Joy, His Golden Gold-en Jubilee of the Priesthood. A Prayer for Strength. Lord of the earth and heaven, Ruler of Life, Thou who canst order bring Out of our strife, hi war with earthly sir. Give us strength to win. Through -faith in Thee. Weak is the arm of flesh Wielding the sword; Mighty its strength becomes Helped by the Lord. Thou who hast lived on earth, Make my life richly worth. Through faith in Thee. Thou who hart met the foe Dauntless and celm. Thou whom the anpels cheered With i-ong and psalm. Strengthen my heart to fight For truth and love and right, Through faith In Thee. From dawn t darkness keep My soul in peace: I jo not. ask for leave This war to cease. "rant mo the welcome home Of those who overcome Through faith in Thee. The Child. Toiiay a child in its mother's arms vaine into my garden. I looked at it, .".!:d saw at the same time the necessity necessi-ty of the Incarnation. God could not J-siFt taking that loveliest form the liiKhpst to which material things have t ached. The yellow curls, thick and 'lose and fine as siik floss, falling !wn upon his neck; the clear, limpid "yes. beaming with pure delight; the 1vhit teeth, and its ineffable Joy, as It lveu" at hide-and-sek behind its mothers neck; and then becoming sud-"iily sud-"iily serious, stroked the mother's rli"k. and stared at her with eyes of v.oncer no! If God has chosen to unite himself to his creation, he could "t have chosen a lowlier, nor a love-!lfr love-!lfr form. How beautifully the medieval medie-val painters interpreted this mystery of the human and divine? And with v-hat theological exactitude, yet wiihal artistic and withal sympathetic in-winets in-winets they drew fom the deep wells imagination and devotion their Ma-Jionna Ma-Jionna and child. Was It Tennyson ; 'at four,, fault with the serious look n t!,f. ehiid's eyes in that eighth won-'"r won-'"r of the world the Sistine Madonna? J-' 'k more closely, O poet, and you will i that Raphael was right. Rev. P. A. Sh-.-han. Why Christmas Is Celebrated Dec. 25 ' ustoin of celebrating a special ('jiy :i; 'neinory of Christ's nativity is wlii'-h dates from the earliest ages "f hrisiianity. from primitive times the eastern ''ureh soi,-,nnj7.(1 the birthday of our , ,.''SM:'1. L"rd n Jan. 6. Rome, how-with how-with never failing constancy, has ",n ','!'brato'l this event on the P 1 diJ-v "f December. Dom Swithber junior, o. s R js of the op)n)on that "nstmas must have been instituted '.onie pome time afttr the year 243. f , I'rpolytes may be cited as one of the anist authorities in favor of the 25th . r December. He lived in Rome Vjr, lh fim ,la,f of t,1e third Ccn" w,' have had the best op- t-:rm,PS of loarnln& the primitive ,(": '"" nf the "mother and mistress an hurches." i H recently discov-fit discov-fit ' ''ommentary of his, on the Book i'.r rit, ' by Mgr. Duchesne, 'low, WliPn Chrit;t was born, is set niinVJ 0 2Zih ,,f December. A Ro-I'tm, Ro-I'tm, ,dar "f thc earl' Part ot the iZ ('ontary alsc inscribes the SDth Pop a. the birthday of Christ. th ,? Rome aJ kept the festival on talfBi , Derpmber. It was the Na-nin Na-nin ."V.l! (Solls")- ?he birthday of the tnat tv . Buesestlon has been made Iiir Chll !nflu9rieed the church in flx- tht s nn the eame dfly- Be 6 riki rr'ay' one can nt fail to see '"'io win, PHralIel between the day of It C?ol8tlce' "'h(n the Fun Is. as com anew, and the old Sol Justitia, the Sun of Justice, who was believed by the Roman Christmasxto have arisen or the first time upon the world upon that day. The feast of Christmas, then, must be regarded as essentially a feast of the Latin church. Itftvlnstitution dates from Rome about the end of the third century. From Rome it found its way into the east. When St. John Chrysos-tom Chrysos-tom was preaching to his people at An-tioch An-tioch in the year 3S6, he told them that Christmas had been introduced into that city only ten years before. Pray and Wait. It is easy to pray for things, but hard to wait for them; and we often rush to the conclusion that because prayers are not answered in a moment they are not answered at all. A little thought would end this kind of skepticism skep-ticism and give us patience to wait on the Lord without repining or sinking of heart. Great blessings sometimes come suddenly, v but none before they have been prepared for by some kind of spiritual training; great orators sometimes some-times suddenly come to light in apparently appar-ently common-place ctrters, but not unless there have been rich possibilities hidden beneath the routine of daily work. No man. in any great crisis shows a gift for a speech or action or heroism unless the germs of those things were already in him. Great moments mo-ments do not nut great dualities into the souls of men; they simply reveal what is always there. Praying Mothers. Do you think Go3 does not hear you, ' Ye mothers all burdened with care? Do you think he refuses to listen. As" you breathe your wants in a prayer? Do you think his strong arm is shortened? short-ened? Or he cares not at all for your crie?? That his heart is not touched by your pleading. And your words are but lost in your sighs? Does his answer seem long in its coming, Ana ne seem so tar, tar away? Perhaps it is you who nave wandered, Then why not come closer today? Come close with your trials and sorrow. sor-row. Your Joys and your happiness bring. And talk to our dear loving Father, While you hide 'neath his sheltering wing. Anna H. Kent. To Make Straight Hair Fluffy. Hair that is straight may sometimes be made to curl, but before starting this difficult task a woman should understand under-stand the condition of her scalp, as to over limpness or oiliness, for either extreme ex-treme is fatal to the acquisition of a "wave." In this treatment applications arc required re-quired that will daw the hair away from straight liijes. Hair that is overdry must have a lit tle oil if waves are to be "formed. Therefore it is best to use a tonic containing con-taining the desired element and wet the hair with this as one would do with water. When heaviness or an oily condition is responsible for straightness. something some-thing drying should be used.' The best that I know to produce this result is either strong tea or rosemary water, in which twelve grains of carbonate of potash are dissolved. This solution may be put into a bottle and used as desired. Plain cologne may be applied i as a substitute, because it is an active drying agent. When waves are to be cultivated in this fashion any thin face vein will be a help. In dressing the hair for the desired "curl" the method is the same for both dry or oily locks. Having selected the moistening best suited, the long hair should be brushed and combed until it Ss ready to be pinned in place. It is then gathered in the left hnnd and the liquid application put on with a small brush. A soft one. ordinarily used for nails, may be used. Dip the brush into the liqu-id and go over the hair about the head. - It will be a waste of time and material to wet the Ions: portion. When the hair near the scalp has been moistened dress it loosely in the usual fashion. After the last pin is in. should there be any place that seems dry about the head, brush it with the application. Then with the comb and fingers lay the haid in waves. This process will take time -and practice. When the coiffure is satisfactorily arranged ar-ranged tie a veil over the hair until It dries. In the center of the top of this face veil there should be a tink knot that goes at the back of the neck, and from this the veil Is drawn to the top of the head, fastening it there in a big knot or with a pin. When it is taken off the locks must be softened a little by the U6e of a comb. There is some hair that nothing will bring into curl. One should not give up trying to train It until six weeks of constant effort has passed . Babies Should Not Celebrate. No matter what the provocation maybe, may-be, baby's regular hours must not be changed during the Christmas holidays. Doting grandmothers, visiting in the house, perhaps, will beg that he may see the tree in the evening or be allowed allow-ed to stay with the family. This must not be permitted, for the exciting conditions condi-tions act upon his nerves. If he is not kept particularly quiet he will have his digestion upset, will become feverish and perhaps ill. As to gifts for an infant, noisy toys, such as trumpets and drums, must not be given to him nor used when he is in the room. His organs of hearing are too delicate to stand such sudden shocks. Presents must be selected with care for a small baby, so . that when they arc put into his mouth lie will not be injured bythe paints or dyes. The temptation to "dress him up'' is a strong one, and may 'be allowed as far as externals go. providing nothing warm is sacrificed. New socks must not be substituted for old ones unless they have the same qualities as those he has beeiv wearing. Above all, baby's diet must not be changed. If the entire family is going out tp spend the day, baby would better be left off behind, provided a competent person takes care of him. If he must be taken, the regular daily routine should be changed but little and he must be taken home before dark. These details seem trivial, but they may all help to keep the young child from illness during the Christmas vacation. va-cation. The mother who is nursing her baby must be careful not to become overtired over-tired in the holiday rush and she should guard against taking cold. The latter may have very serious results for both herself and the baby. If she is willing to be temperate in eating the 'rich foods and sweets that are a part of Christ mas no harm will come, but her digestion diges-tion should not be interfered with and she had better be overcareful and careless. care-less. ' Priest a Famous Climber. (From the London Express) The Abbe Gorret, who climbed every important peak in the Swiss and Italian Ital-ian Alps and who was the first to ascend as-cend the Matterhorn from the Italian side, has died at Aosta, aged seventy-three. seventy-three. He taught Alpism to the present king of Italy and was well acquainted with the late King Humbert, who called him "the mountain bear." ... Abbe Gorret, who was born of humble parents, began life as a guide. He was a man of superb physique, and was noted not-ed in his younger days for his feats of strength. By studying at night he passed his examination as a clerical student and became a priest. He soon relinquished relinquish-ed parochial duties, however, and retired retir-ed to a cottage in the mountains, where he spent his time writing books on the Alps and climbing. He was an intimate friend of Tyn-dall Tyn-dall and many other well-known English Eng-lish Alpinists of the old school. Best Care for Wet Furs. Few furs fire spoiled by slight dampness, damp-ness, but none will be pretty or even serviceable after being thoroughly saturated sat-urated with water until properly dried for much moisture stiffens the skin and causes it to crack. Chinchilla is usually quickly ruined if soaked with rain, while some other skins will be uninjured if hung in a dry but not hot room, and shaken every two or three hours. If a wet fur garment is fastened to J the wall or door, etc., so the grain of the skin is down, permitting the moisture mois-ture to run off, the result when dry will be most satisfactorily. When the firpt heavy wet Is gone it it well to use a light riding whip to beat the fur sligh-ly, sligh-ly, thus .hastening the drying as well as preventing the hair from matting. If the fur is a soft one. such as chinchilla chin-chilla or sealskin, it should be rubbed with a velvet hat brush when quite dry. Hard furs, such as minx and lynx, require stiff brushes, lynx always being stroked the way of the grain. Ermine and white fox that have become be-come grimy from use may be . cleaned with either warm flour or bran. The later is easier to brush out than the former. Before applying either cleansing agent warm in a clean pan placed in the oven, but do not let it stay long enough to discolor. Spread the garment on a table, and with two Manned cloths that have been warmed rub the powder over the skin and then work it in thoroughly thor-oughly and evenly. This done, , hang the fur in the air and with a light whip beat until all the cleansing stuff is removed. re-moved. After this brush the garment with a whisk broom. It should be then fresh and ready for use. Brides Who Must Not Speak. (Nev York Telegram.) Cupid no doubt finds work to do even in far Korea, but the marriage customs of that country hwIm one think his labors must be light. To begin with, wives are purchased. The price of a wife is a bullock, and. needless to say. a jrood bullock is regarded re-garded as of more value than a mere woman. Sometimes the bridegroom is barely 12 years old. and to his child bride the wedding day must be a harder hard-er ordeal than it would be to a woman wom-an srown. No bride probably has a harder ti.ne than the Korean. On her wedding day she must not sneak or even nod her head, and s-hould she do so she at once becomes an object of ridicule and loses caste. She has plenty of 'oinpta-tion 'oinpta-tion to break her silence, but she must remain obdurate to prayers, threats and entreaties from her husband as well as from others, for every one around lier is on the- alert to catch a sound from hor lips, says Home Notes. Sometimes for a week she does not speak, and even then, when complete com-plete silence is broken, she only speaks when it is absolutely necessary. There's so much bad in the best of us And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behoovejj any of us To talk about the rest '6 f us. Selected. |