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Show rAlra vAUuHN Ei LY BSE j Noted Figure m English' Church Famous for His: Eloquence, Sharp Utterances Utter-ances and Ready Wit. LONDON', Nov. I (By the Associated Associ-ated Press) The death ot Father Bernard Ber-nard Vaughn, brother of the late Car-dtnal Car-dtnal Vaughn, has removed one of the most picturesque figures of the Kng-iKh Kng-iKh clergy. Catholic or Protestant Father Vaughn was a member of one of the oldest Catholic families in England. Eng-land. L'nder the Influence of his mother, six of her eight sons bocamo priests, they include a cardinal and two bishops. Five daughters became nuns For many years, Father Vaughan was a commanding figure in tho Eng- llsji Catholic church His eloquence kept audiences spellbound, while his utterances gave the newspapers unlimited un-limited copy. He enter, d the Jesuit order In 1S66, his ability coming unde r notice of Pope Leo XIII, anel he was j transferred to London in 1901. He I first worked among the lower classes, and soon became known throughout ,tho kingdom as an "aristocrat servant of tho poor." Later he asnumcd charge Df a fashionable church In Perkeley-Shlre Perkeley-Shlre In 190C where ho delivered his famous semuns on "The Sins of Society," So-ciety," which created the widest comment. com-ment. I These sermons denounci A modem dress tendencies. Father Vaughan declaring de-claring th;t 'women used to dress for dinner, now tney undress." He attacked at-tacked birth control, asserting: j "The nation is traveling towards the cemetery," and "there are more pedagogues peda-gogues In London than children' and a woman tells mo she expects to meet her pet dog In tho next world; sho didn't :iiy w here." Amoni; in. ide-nte Illustrating his wlt-tlness wlt-tlness la one when he was lr.lting a shims school. Tho teacher asked a pu- pll to explain the sacrament of marriage. mar-riage. The pupil answered: "Matrimony "Matri-mony Is a period of suffering and torment tor-ment man has to go through In order to prepare for tho higher life " The teacher remarked. "That is purgatory, not matrimony." l ather Vaughab Interrupted, saying: say-ing: "You never can loll; tho boy may be right, after all." nn |