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Show WHEE CREDIT IS DUE. Had it not been for the good ofiices of an influential Catholic lady "who did more than will ever be told to further the project," the bill authorizing the erection of a Catholic chapel at West Point might have been rejected, in spite of its friends in congress. So says the Ave Maria, which is not in the habit hab-it of making statements unless it is able to sustain them with proof. The lady evidently does not desire to have her name publicly associated with the accomplishment of this victory. As our esteemed contemporary justly remarks: "It is to the glory of women that they have always taken an active, if inconspicuous incon-spicuous part, in all movements to promote pro-mote religion. They can be trusted to do all in their power and to do it well and with the most disinterestedness. A woman will habitually render praise to God when any good is done. Men are more disposed to contend for the credit of having accomplished it. The Moni tor. A great many people contributed to the success of the measure authorizing the erection of a chapel at West Point. It is a very pretty story printed above from the Ave Maria, but the one person who made possible the building of the chapel is the Rev. C. G. O'Keeffe of j Highland Falls. N. Y., who not only ! collected the funds to pay for the erection erec-tion of the building, but to whose untir- j ing efforts the bill authorizing ' the! building of the chapel .passed congress. J When the bill was in imminent danger dan-ger of not becoming a law. Father O'Keeffe saved it by his own tact and force of character. Honor to whom honor is due. |