The Record Newspaper 14 March 1945

Parties i

n ; ensure that the t

Smaller Nations lZuci•ns aret

Substituted for Accepted ,trong,and Awn to the last year or two. They saw Britain help the Rusians to be

Folly of

smaller allies mith us in all our dealings,and havemaintainedasolidfront.

Greece &Jugoslavia

"Arms for All" Policy

Lord CranUurnesaid recently:

"if, after five years of

war, there are -tt

up dictatorships all over Europe , whether of the right or left, then we may have beaten flitter, but should in tacthavelostthewar.

"R'ohave,inshort, todo twothings: to defeat and disarm the Germans so that they cannot again threaten Hurope with aparticular brand of tyr• :may, and to make sure that no other tyruuty uses the occasion of the Getma il defeat to instal itself in the place atwwhich the Germans hadaimed."

This admission, by

the Government's spokesmanintheHouseofLordspoints to the great matter on which the Big Three have decided. Profoundly as everybody must regret that so large and open arift is being allowed to appear between theSoviet and the West, no one should lose sight of the truth that the rift is entirely of the Soviet '

s making.

The Lublin Committee answers toall the catalogue of evil things against whichMeChamberlaindeclaredin 1939, after every effort to think better of the Germans we were fighting. It is brute force and bad faith and oppression. It existsto liquidate the Polish llome Army, in all the country which the Red Army occupies, and through the N.K.•'.D.(the Soviet politicalPolice

).

Mistakes in re

It isone of the horrihle tragedies of awar rich in tragedymenthat who for five years have risked death at the hands of the Germans are only exchanging the perils of an underground life for the miseries of Sovi et concentration camps. The officers are weededout as they were weeded out in 19:19,hec:ntsc asmenofrduc•ntion,they are jurlgcd to he difficult to discipline and utilise, The common soldiers are forced to serve tinder General Bening orGeneral Rola 7.ymierski,in divisions more than three-quarters of whose officers are, in consequence, Russians. The more distinguished aman has been in the underground movement, the mo dangerous is he considered by the liberatingPower.

It isaainst thebackground of these ceaseless'arrests and deportations, and the forceful imposition of Soviet citizenship on genuine Polish patriotswho have borne the heat of the day and

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now report uve" curl over again how the N.1C.\'.11. has succeded to the role of theGestapo.

Therehasbeenthroughnearly all the British press no welcome for the men of Lublin, no congratulations, no acclamation, but either silence or aclear arraignment of them as the impostors they are. "The Times" itself has printed very little from Lublin sin ce the Committer declared itself the Government.

"Isvestia" writes furiously against the London Poles, and seeks tospread the illusion that the manufactured duplicate parties—the"Peasant Party" and the"Socialist Party" under Lublin — arerealities. Aswith thereal Govern meat, sowith the real parties: asham iscreatedby the sideofthe real thing.

"Pravda` takes the same line, blandly accusing the Poles of

trying to undermine the unity of the anti•Ilitlerite coalition by intrigues, provocation and other criminal methods." Who is un• dermining the unity of the coalition but the inventorsof Lublin?

"n Pravda" goes o to sat', quite untruly:The event is regarded abroad as of great democratic importance, and as avaluablecontribution tothe common cause of the Allied nations. There is nodoubtthatthis Governmenthashill rights to expect all democratic rountries to give it their rerngnition" And so on, Pct M.•\rci.ucwski (

the Polish Premier in Londonl is well]cameo as aveteran Polish Socialist a grea t figureintheundergroundstraggle with Germany, one of the Polish equivalents to the men now in honour and Poaweerr in France. The present Polish Government in London is indeed, par• ticularh•representative of the Polish underground,sort has one ofits Jlnnis• tern among them.

The British and American Govern• meats should therefore make it plain to the So

viet Government that the Lublin screen deceives nobody ,

moderate. Th lookedu on Britainasthestrong-

ey p est and most reliable protector of civi• lised standards and personal freedom. They arealready puzzled and doubtful.

Inall theircountriesithasunhappily become apermanent calculation that if the right words are used and the struggle can be represented as aworker's struggle, political support, Trafalgar Square ralliesand speeches in Parliament, can'be relied upon in Britain, and thosewhorecognise that militarily intheirowncountrytheirbidforpower is hopeless,can rally support by pointing to the numbers and influence of their friends in Britain and America, who are, for the most part, men and women acting under amiable but wild illusions, but by those illusions protractingthesufferinginothercountries.

In every country, even in the most contentious Balkan countries, the fanatical politicians are in avery small minority. Themass of thepeople are rdentnationalists,highlypatriotic,but their private lives and not public affairs are their deep and life-long con. ,

ern. They have seen their private livesincreasingly requisitionedand harne•scd to fulfil the ambitious programmes of political masters. That isthe greatthreatwhich overhangsthe common man in Central Europe to. day.

We have made ttwu

great mistakes since 1941. Firstly, we have not ap• proached Soviet Russia as the leaders of aunited alliance of Governments and peoples, inseparably linked, and offering to extend membership of that alliance on the same terms to the Russians when they in their turn were attacked by the'Germans. The more help we determined to extend to the Russian armies, the more resolved we were toequipthemsothattheyshould not only avoid defeat, but should be able in their turn to take the offensive, themareclearly weought to Ica Ce facer) the risk that as their powergrew «n

Notonly didwe notdo that, but we made the second mistake of ourselves underminingtheauthorityoftheAllied Governments in Greece and Yugoslavia, by equipping organisations which really wanted our weapons in order to make themselves the Governments of their countries. Itisafarcryfrom the rueful admissions being made today to the reckless and 'short-sighted way in which we set out four years agoon the policyof armsfor all. It must be understood that the French armistice had agreat deal to do with the one-time popularity of this decision. *We felt betrayed by the propertied classes in France, and we at once swung over to the idea that our only allies, and the only people likely to help us in abattle against great odds,were the mostviolent proletarian parties. So the "Daily Express" ncrote inJuly,1940:

"Since we are fighting Fascists, we .must work for left-wing revolution in Europe. That isonly commonsense."

And it went on to explain that the tuore moderate parties"are the wrong people for carrying on undergroundintrigues, organising strikes, arranging sabotage and fomenting generaldiscontentinEurope;" There could not have been a more wretched diagnosis, made 'at a time when neither Greece nor Yugoslavia wasin thewar. Ofthe countriesthat were in the war, all soon showed that there was no sort of left-wing mono• poly of underground patriotism. In Norway and Denmark Holland, Belgium and France, the •

resistance was national, not to be grouped politically or horizontally. The French resistance beganwhen theCommunistswere still taking an equivocal attitude be. cause the Soviet had not been attacked. It contained far more men who were alive to the dangers of proletariandictatorshipthanwhojoinedithop• ing the issue would he just such adictatorship. The Polish underground rested onabroadpatrioticbasis, worked through the main political parties, and has looked always to the restoration of parliamentary politics in the Polish State.

and thattheconsent of theWestwill never lx forthcoming for the substitution of onedictatorshipby another. We have to consider not only whether we can preserve the Anglo-Soviet alliance into the peace, but how we can keep ou r en

there would grow also an ambition to suttvert the existing Governments of their smaller neighbours and to instal subservient administrations of their own. To forestall that danger. so far as it could be forestalled, and to multiply the difficulties in the way of aRussi:.n policy of the suhst:"` of disciplined Communists, for the accepted anti-C- -ists prilitic:,

t par• ties, we should have associated our

Trt Maly and in Germany the main opposition to the FascistandNaziparties did not come from the Left at all, but from groups and strata of society which had always received singularly little enronragernent from our propaganda. The hfussolinian Rump in northern Italyneverreusestoattribute his downfall to the Fascists' folly in not being totalitarian and proletarian enough,and in permitting in Italy a monarchy, anupperclass and astrong middle class,all centres of political in-

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Why Catholics

ObserveFasting&-

AbstinenceDuringLent

PeriodofTrainingfortheAttainmentofSpiritualStamina

Regarding the ,

Apocrypha . .. The Survival of the True ChurchwasPromisedbyChrist

At the moment the Catholic Church iscelebrating theannualholy season of Lent. It has been going; on for two andahalfweeksandwillcontinueuntil the vigil of EasterSunday. Inanswer to many unspoken questions, Ipropose to say afew words on the Season of Lent tonight What is it? What is the value of it? How did it-originate?

It is aseason of penance, when every adult and able-bodied Catholic is expected to take time off from the pleasures and distractions of his daily life and give some more serious con• sideration to the state of his immortal soul than perhaps is usually his habit. ApractisingCatholicduringLentfasts, attends holy Mass more frequently on weekdays, and goes often to such devotions as the Way of the Cross— the Stations of the Cross, which I touched on in one of my previoussessions—when for about twenty minutes the people are led by the priest to meditate on the sufferings evhich Our Lord endured for our salvation, to meditate on His Passionand Death on theCross.

While such above mentioned devo• tions would be, Iimagine, easily understandable to the average non-Catho• lie, perhaps afew words in explanation and in defence of fasting would notbeoutofplace. Tn thefirstplace, the fasting expected of the average Catholic during Lent is by no means asstrict itsitwas informertimes,even within recenttipies. Fasthas nothing todowith the Fridayabstinence. Ab•

stinence implies the refraining from meat on Fridays and afew other days, andin normaltimes, with fishandeggs readil}• obtainable admittedly, it is no great penance. Fasting, on the other hand, implies the reduction of the quantityof the foodeaten, and even if the lawsof fastingare not particularly strict, it is no mean act of the will to keep for six weeks aresolution made willingly enough at the beginning of Lent. The present discipline of Lent first of all prohibits eating between meals. It permits three meals aday. The principal meal ntav consist of any desired quantity, and if it be not also adayofabstinence. Oftheother two meals, or collations, as they are more correctly called, one, the second meal oftheday,maybeoffromsixtoabout eight ounces, and the other breakfast, of from two to three ounces. To the average Australian, used to his eggs and bacon or his chops, the small breakfast is the greatest hardship, and Ican assure you that by lunch time he is feeling ready for his principal meal.

Fasting obliges only those between the ages of21 and 00 who are in good health and not engaged in exception. ally fatiguing work. Work which induces great fatigue varies, of course, with the physique of different people, and no precise definition of really lab orious workcan be given.

Why is this old and frequently scoff• ed-at practice of fasting still insisted on by the CatholicChurch? Some say and ntanv moreby theiractions,would

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Iwould say without fear of contradiction that, ifnot thegreatest sins, at least the great majority of serru< sins are due to our uncontrolled passicns; are due to men not being able successfully to oppose their inclinations to anger, to lust, to drunkenness, to selfishness, etcetera. The great need for men at all times then is self-control, control of others becomes almost impossible. The legitimate authority of parents, oflaw courts, and of all right• lyconstituted superiors becomesmean• ingless if self-control, from which springs true obedience, is lacking in the subject and worse still in the superior. Aman can learn to withstand his indlination toevil things only if he is practised in restraining himself even in those things which are not evil. An athletecan win agruellingcontestonly if he has, day by day, trained himself in small things until he has attained that stamina and hardness without which he would be incapable of putting himself to the tremendous strain which the winning of the contest re quires. All this, as St. Paul says, he does fora corruptibleCrown, while we, in the control of our passions. are strivingafter an incorruptibleone.

So far ihave considered Lent from thehuman pointofview asanecessary period of trainingeach year for the at taimnent of spiritual stamina. Lent must also be regarded as avital link in aman'srelations toGod. Wehave sinned, perhaps often and seriously, that is, we have deliberately, though foolishly, offended Him who has our fatein

His hands. Ttisentirely up to us when werealise this stateofaffairs, to chow in apractical w•av that we who have offended by giving in, will try to obtain forgiveness by honestly attempting to subdue our passions. Lent in ancient times was called the "Thegua Del." the Truce of God, a time, when God in His mercy would refrain from punishing us as we de• serve, and also atime to give uc the opportunity of offsetting some of our debts to Him with something to our credit.

Next week Ihope to say something about the story, the historical origins of Lent.

Tnterested Listener, Bicton, writes:

Some time agoyou stated that the Bible was not complete. Will you pleasetell mewhyyoumadethisstate-

ment? Who was the Pope or the Bis. hopwho orderedthedestructionofthe Apocrypha and only the Bible as we know it to-day to be put out for public use? Ihave here Apocrypha, and Ifind that nine books or chapters are left outof the Bible to-day. Yet

you often say over the air that it is God's Iloly Book. If this is so why does youdChurch meddlewithit?

A.; Ibelieve that this question is made in the honest sense of enquiry, but it seems ratherstrange to speakof nine books or chaptersconstituting the Apocrypha, and then inpracticallythe same breath to accuse the Catholic Church of meddlingwith the Bibleand to have left them out. The so-called nineAprocryphalbooksorchaptersare leftoutof theProtestant versionofthe Bible; they are all included in all copiesof the Bibleused in theCatholic Church.

To clearup any misunderstanding,it would perhaps be agood idea to go intothismatterinalittle moredetail.

In answer to your first question, I don't remember having said that the Bible was incomplete, although Imay well have inferred that'the Protestant version of the Bible is considered incomplete by Catholics. What probablygave rise toyour misunderstanding was that Isaid that the Biblewas not the only source of Christ's teaching, and thatasameans offindingout what Christ did teach the Bible

is not complete without tradition to help in the presentation of the doctrine of Christ.

As regards the"Apocrypha" Withoutgoinginto theetymologicalandoriginal meaning of"Apocrypha" (which reallymeanshidden),the"Apocryphal" (looks of the Old and the Now Testament may be taken as being those books which were not or are not con. sidered as forming part of the inspired Word of God ascontained in the Holy Bible. The estimate of what books are to be.thus excluded, not perhaps unnaturalry, differs amongst the various Christian denominations. The Ca. tholic Church has her list or Canon of HolyBookswhichare tobeincludedin the Bible; Martin Luther excluded a fete of these, the editors of the Auglican Authorised Version excluded afew more. The parts which the Prot;stants excluded. andare still tohefound in the Catholic Bible, and which they all apocryphal are: the Books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus. Baruch, 1st. and 2nd. Maccabees, and certain chaptersof the booksofDaniel andEsther,such as'he story ofSusannah, the story of Bel and fhe Dragon, and the Song of the Three Holy Children. Apart from these nooks oral chapters, which 1think are the nine books and chapters referred to by you in your letter, and which the Catholic Churchacceptsasreallyinspiredworks, there are dozens ofother trulyapocryphal works which neither Catholics nor Protestants accept as inspired. Some of these hooks are fantastic legends and fables, such as the gospels of Pilate, of Judas Iscariot, and, of all people, Eve: others are fine useful books on Christian morality and practice which, however falling outside the apostolic age, are not considered as in. spired. For exaru-le, the Epistles of Clement of Rome, the Pastor of 1f•r-

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mas, and the T.:u:,r.F of the Twefy= Apostles.

1hope that Ihave made this matter fairlydear. Thereal Apocrypha were excluded from the Bible from filecarli.

• est of times, because the Church justIy concluder) for the varions reasons mentioned amoment ago that they w-cre not the Inspired Word of God. What the Authorised Version calls Apocrypha are those books which that version excludes but which are con trained intheCatholicVulgate.. These books which we Catholics dens' to be Apocryphal are sometimes called Deuterocanonical, because they are not _u*:lined in some lists or Canons of the books of Holy Ssripturextc tht the books of Holy Scripture.

Now your last question, which runs:

Will you tell me where in the Bible Christ said that your Church is the only Church?

A.:Asimilarquestionhasbeendealt withoften before. Inbriefagain: We do not claim to be the only church, the evidence ofour eyeswould contradict such aclaim. We claim to he theonlytrue Church,andwe base this claim on the undoubted fact that Christ founded an organisation to spread His teaching. lie mo

st cer tainly did not found several organisations to spread conflicting doctrines, "Atqui" several organisations exist today teaching conflicting doctrines which they all attribute to Christ. "Ergo," therefore, all the Christian organisations existing to-day are not the Church or organisation which Christ founded. But Christ, whn was God, and does not fail in His promises, promised that ills Church wnn)d last to theend oftime, thereforeone and one only of the existing churches toflay is the trite Church. We claim to he that true Church for various strong reasons. Protestant churches individually,havetheright toclaim theyare the true Church, if they can prove it. hut, they have not the right to claim that the,,

are all the true Church, be. cause they are different one from an. other; nor have they the right to say thatoneof the existent Christian churchesisnot theexclttsfvelytrue Church. The would he equivalent to blasphemy and the denial of the Divinity of Christ, Who promisrd the survival of • iTis Church.

TheFourFreedoms,Fremantle:

The firstpoint ofthisletteris agood one and deservedly scores off to

rather loose statement whichImade acouple of months ago. We rear)

Youranswer on Sundaylast re read Ing the Bible was slightly contradictory. You said "that Protestants were not reading the Bible to-day as much as they were some time ago, and the more the pity.' Yet just prior to that you said,"that Catholics were not encouraged to read the Protestant Bible becausewithout the interpretationoftheChurch it would be harmfulto thelaity." According to your statement, aProtestant is benefitted byreadingthe Biblewithcut the Church's interpretation, yet aCatholicr-tightbeharmed bydoing the same thing.

A.::1s ihave said, this is a good point, and adefence of my admitted s

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ments is certainly due from me. Ithink that our position may be summarised thus:

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siNe to the average intelligent reader.

". Since the Bible is the Inspired )fort) of God, areader of average it) telligence will obtain vast profit from reading it.

3. Some parts of Iloly Scripture, un the other hand, are obscure; they are capable of receiving several interpretations when, undoubted]}, only one meaning was originally intended.

TheCatholicChurch,byvirtueof Iler divine mission, claims to know the one and only true interpretation of these passages, and consequently prohibits thoseoverwhomShehascontrol,namely, Catholics, from reading Bibles in which the true meaning of these passages is not clearly indicated.

4. As regards non-Catholics•reading not-CatholicBibles,they will,ofcoarse, getthe immenseamountofgoodwhich will be.derived from the enormous amount of clear teaching in the Scrip. tures. The mistakes they will make through lack of direction and explanation will be regrettable, but aknowledge of Christ, mistaken in some respects, is far betterthan no-knowledge of Him at all. Of course we would say that non-Catholics would be better off if they read only Bibles with Ca'tholie annotations, but this state of affairs is scarcely practical tinder present circumstances, is it? We also claim that acareful and unprejudiced readingof the Bible,especiallythe New Testament, could and often has led a person to admit the fundamental claims of the Catholic Church. With these claims admitted the disputed points clearthemselves up.

Lest perhaps Ishould be taken up later un astatement which Imade a few moments ago, about there being only one meaning to passages in the Scriptures,let it be said thatapassage may have two meanings in the sense that addedto the literal meaningofan historical fact or statement, there may easily le and often is also a deeper and spiritual meaning; what we claim is that agiven passage may not have two mutually conflicting interpretations.

Q.: Did Christ abolish the Ten Commandments? One of these was "Re. member the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." By whose authority was this command altered to"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep the morning of that day holy?"

able burdens upon the people and not lifting afinger to help then, to hear them? This is altogether apart frbm the fact that you do not seen clearly to understand the meaning of tradi. tion in the Catholic sense, which has been explained more than once in this session The Tradition" whichweCatholics put together with Holy Scripture as amost important fount of Christian teaching is that which was taught everywhere and believed by all the members of the Church at any given time in history,. For example: It canhe prover) that shortly after the time of the Apostles the whole Church believedinand practicer) theSacrament of Extreme Unction for the dying. Liven though there is no explicit mention of this Sacrament in any of the four Gospels, we hold that it must IT counted among the definite teachings of Christ, otherwise the Church which dlr promised would not err, could not haveheld thisbeliefuniversally at any time. This sort of"tradition"isquite adifferent thing from vague folk-lore, or ballads and legends banded down by word of mouth, with various additions and alterations, which is sometimes popularly called"tradition" The nextletter, from"Supporter,"of South Perth, is rather in the nature of acomplement to the last letter, at leasta's regardsone ofits points."Supporter" writes: "Listening*to your broadcast Iwas interested to hear the old question of Sunday sport brought up. IamnotaCatholic,andIcansee nothingwrongiwhatever withindulging inanyformofcleansport on Sundays. ihave seen aprominent non-Catholic clergyman plaving bowls on it Sunday afternoon. Ihavespoken tohim,and he certainly agrees with you. Ihave merely written the above to let you know that in the matter referred to, yo,tr Church has considerable support among ni,n.Catholics on its attitude to Sunday sport.

Mrs. Hill, Guildford:

Q.:Wouldyoupleaseexplainthemonograms which are to be seenon vestments and other articlesused by the Catholic Church. Iamreferringparticularly to I.H.S. and what appears to be aPcrossedover an X.

A.: Both of the monograms which you mention are used quite frequent• ly in the Church, particularly on the hack of vestments. Both have popular interpretations which are at variance with their original meaning. One hears it said that LIIS. stands for"I havesuffered," and the the hover the Xis an abbreviation of Pax, meaning peace. In truth, however, the I.H.S. is not 111 0

A.: No, Christ(lid not abolish the Ten Comnnandnumts, lie reaffirmed. them. lie did,however, add to then, and make then more precise. Apparently you Clain, that we teach our pcoplc the necessity of keeping only the mornings ofSundays holy. Would you claim that people should go to church morning,afternoonandevening if they donotwish toviolate the third Coinmandmcnt? (Your "fourth," I think.)

You continue in your letter:"1take it that'tradition does not supersede Divine laws, let it has been stated in the Catholic Answer that the Church takes'tradition' is agreater authority than IlolyWrit. Christcondemned in no uncertain terms the Jewish priests of ibis time, for the ohscrvance of the traditions of the Fathers and the forgetting of(he laws of God. it seems tome that history is repeating itself.

A.: Iagree that history has ahabit of repeating itself, but to take your exampleofSundayobservance:Doyou think that those who leave the people agood deal of freedom in their manner of passing their Sundays or those who lay down hard, fast and rather odious prescriptions as to what people are not todo,what they must not do, are more akin to the Pharisees whom Our Lord scarified for laying intoler

.but the Greek letters I.R.S.: and the PX is not PX, but the two Grecl< letters Ch and R LIT.S. then are really the first three lettersof the name of Jesus—JES or IES; the ChR, which look like XP, are the first letters of the name Christos or Christ. in brief then, T.iLS stands for Jesus, and NP,or betterChR, for Christ.

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woman, out of her mind through trouble,who drowned herself, and that the priest had forbidden any religious service at the graveside, The letter con. tinues:

Iwould like you to explain in your "answers"ifthisisthepolicyofyour Churchinsuch cases,andifitwould be in keeping with the teachings of the meek and loving Saviour whom your people follow?

A: Thelaw of theCatholicChurch— and of many of the Protestant chur• chesfor that matter—is that adeliberate suicide may not be granted Christian burial. Inthecaseofaperson of apparently unsound mind, they are usually given the benefit of the doubt. As to the merits or demerits of your own particular case, Ifind it impossible to judge, since all the attendant circumstancesare notknowntome. 1 remember, not long ago, in aprevious session, asimilar question was raised, and the correspondent stated that in his opinion no one in a sound mind would commit suicide. With this I completely disagreed; and'stressed the point that while it would be difficult to imagine aperson of firm faith in Christ committing suicide, since that person would knrxw that he was only making matters worse, aperson with no faith might easily choose suicide as awayoutofdifficulty ortrouble. Coldblooded and calmly enntvinO.,

ted ride has always been apopular escape for non-Christian peoples, the Japanese for instance. The number of essen. tiallypaganpeopleinourowncountries is increasing yearly, and Ishould imagine that as aconsequence the incidence of cold-blooded suicide will be ontheup-gradealso.

Interested, from a country town is not mentioned by name forobvious reasons:

fn view of your Church's teaching, does she countenance an R.C. chemist trading in contraceptives and drugs for asimilar purpose? Would achemist so doing bepermitted the full practice of his religion? Isnot suchachemist anaccomplice?

A.: It isalways asindirectly, knoavingly and avoidably to c

o-operate in the sin of another. Thisgeneralstricture applies, naturally, to everyone, including chemists and doctors. Consequently, trading in things which can be usedonly fora sinful purpose is always wrong. The trading in drugs, which can be and often are used for quitelegitimateends,isnotsinful even though the seller suspect the wrong use to which these drugs may be put Thechemistcannotbeexpected,indeed he has no right, to judge another person's intentions. From this answer it follows that achemist who breaks the law ofGod as explained by the Catholic Church,cannot fully practice his religionunless he repent of hispast sins and has atrue purpose of amendment for the future.

-gal. Mill White,4/-tin.Hassell's, 559 Wellington Street,

J. Freeman,West Perth, in the next letter refers to an incident of apoor

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dependence, which long retarded the declaration of war and displaced the Government when thewarwent badly. The purges following the only serious movement against the Nazis in Germany in July, 1944, were all of conservative elements. The truth is that these are the classes which have most to lose by the coming of tyranny, but that does not mean that the mass of their poorer countrymen have not almost as much to lose if political and economic liberty isdestroyedand they are all organised to live under aplan enforced iwith punishments which run naturally and quickly to exile and death.

We ought to see Europe as aplace where some 300 millions had achieved by the heginning'of this century certaingreatanddifficultpolitical achievements. There was astandard of behaviour which the Government who broke it were ashamed to disavow. There was aright of emigration, be. cause no Government had sunk to thinking of its people as slaves not to be allowed to run away from their plantation. The wealth and the inter national habits ofthe upper clases, the comfortofthe middle classes were the vanguard and tokens of ageneral progressive rise in the standard of living through an economic philosophy first formulated and practised in Britain, to the rapid enrichment of.all the world.

But the process was irregular, and it created depressed classes and, in the great cities, centres and pools of frustration and discontent. The proper policywastoseek toalleviateand then to remove these conditions by all expedients, except by adopting the)Solievof State absolutismwhich sacrifices the whole to thepartand destroys the good things enjoyed by the majority for the sake of improving in one particular way--the economic—the life of the poorest. Yet everywhere the centuryhasseen thegrowth ofanewperil to human happiness, the return of pa. ternal government with anew thoroughness and anow efficiency, and an unresting exploitation of its human resources.

That is the threat which twentiethcentury man faces; and it is athreat nowhere more ruthlessly carried throughthanby theMarxian Socialists They do not believe that the aspirationsand ideasofordinary people need he taken into account Those Eng. list thinkers are astray who imagine that there is any reluctance to under. take the Sovietisation of an individual ist and believing people. Let them read one of Lenin's briefer writings. called"Can the Bolsheviks Retain Power"? written lust befo— they tei7 edinRussiathepowerwhich they-have in fact retained Lenin was arguing

against the faint hearts who pointed outthatthe Bolshevikswereonlyafew thousandandthatpeople withastrong antipathy to their ideas could be numbered by the tens of millions. Ile pointed to the upper class of Tsarist Russia,andaskedhow manythousands they had been who yet controlled the mass of theircountrymen. It was all amatter of aruthless enough will to power, of agood police and the quick eradication of centres of opposition, and,fortherest,ofpropaganda,slogans and assertions and, after atime, of custom.

In the countries of Central Europe the upper and educated classes are to be numbered at the most by the tens of thousand: and their elimination is not regarded as atall an impossibleor even aformidable undertaking. The mass of the Russian peasantry, deeply religious for centuries, could yet be made tosubmittoawhollyatheistedu• cation. The experience since 1917 has not increased the diffidence of revolutionaries about organising subject populations. Nevertheless, the peoples of Centro Europe, whose fate is now the,stake, have avery different tradi. tion, amuch prouder and more inde. pendent tradition, than have the Russian peasantries or proletariat. There isagreattraditionofprotracted, heroic and finally successful vindicationofnational independence, against the Turk and against the German. This tradi. tion will not fail, and it must not fail, ifthe worst comesto theworst, to le supportedfrom theWest lestthe West itself should shrink into being but a defensive fringe on avast land of Eurasia politically and economically con. trolledfromMoscow.

These are the issues which the Rus .inn+ are projecting by their aggresSive support of Lublin. It is bad for the alliance that there should be so much unconcealed and fundamental divergence of aim. It plainly cannot continue indefinitely without affecting themilitaryco-ordination: andtheAmerican Press was always raising demands for military activity and aSec. ond Front in the East, expressing the sort of suspicions which the Russians had until the Second Front opened it , the West. We believe that it is so plainly to the interest of both the So. viet and the West to go through to. gether in the breaking of the German power, however divergent their ideas of what comes next, that they will do so. But more is now to be lost than gained by apolicy of passivity while the Soviet uses the war period to im. pose asettlement in Central Europe which would deprive the peoples of that area of the essential freedoms which we have proclaimed, and t1 which they have responded, recognising them as the test and noblest o their inheritance—From "The Tablet'

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An Immortal Race and the World of To-Day

The Drama is

That the principal drama of history is being enacted right now isthe contention of the Rt. Rev. J. Franceschi, director of"Criteria;" one of themost influential writers and speakers in L:berosAmerica, in an address on "Poland andtheWorld;"delivered here at ameetingheldin benLfltforthePolish RedCross,

Recalling the historic mission of Poland, Mgr, Franceschi declared that it had consistedof"checking,the invasion of Europe by apagan and-schismatie Asiaticism and in being abuffer between German Lutheranism and Russian Orthodoxy." Ile drew aparallel with the mediaeval history of Spain's stand against the Moslem onslaught. Recalling that Poland had fought off schismatism on the east and, simultaneously, Lutheranism from the west, \igr. Franceschi continued:"When the very capital of Catholic Austria was attacked by the Turks. Polish armies rushed to her aid and, chanting the 'AveMaria Stella; liberatedher." Referring to

the three partitions towhich eighteenth century politicshadsubjected Poland, he added that"there is no form of tyranny, material or moral, thatshe has notexperienced,"andthat during the nineteenth century "only the voice of Pius IS was raised, fruitlescly, in her behalf."

"Nevertheless,-in the bosom of the family, when many times the national language could not even be used in theschool, Polish motherscontinued to teach theirchildren the tongueof their forefathers, the history of their country's glories and tragedies, and the religion of theirancestors" Mgr. Franceschi reminded. "Children were attacked for speaking the Polish language in public. This immortalracewasdowntrodden by everybody; but, in prayer and.torture it patiently awaited its hour." Healso recalled the hope expressed by the Holy Father on September30, 1939,thatthesovereignty of the Polish nation would be preserved.

Discussing the 1939 Russian occupation of eastern Poland and German confiscation of twestern Poland, Mgr. Franceschidirectedattentionto"oneof the subtlest political manoeuvres and greatest achievements growing out of this most complex war." "The Russwn Government wasdecentralised,"he said. "Each of the zones composing the U.S.S.R. was authorised to set up its own constitution and laws, but alwayswithin the generalorientationsindicated by the authority of the Kremlin.... Only afew realised what this signified for the future of Europe and humanity."

By taking on the outward appearanceofsomethingsimflartothe British CommonwealthofNations, theU.S.S.R. gainedground insome eyes, Mgr. Franceschi Said, and the Russian Government "is left with afree hand" in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia. Austria, Poland and the Balkans. "Verbally," he adder(,"the Russian Government will respect the independence of all thesecountries, but the authoritieswill he morally and doctrinally subordinated by what it o1rders.... When the work of propagandaproduced by Communistic activity has attained its ends, what will prevent aparliament,elected under the so-called protection ofSoviet military authorities, from proclaiming the incorporation of united Red na. tions and thereby the absorption of Poland?

"The renturies-old barrier between the mental residues of German totali. tarianism—destroyedin itsStateorgan. ism but tint so easily in the doctrine spread among the people and which existed even before now—and Soviet totalitarianism will have disappeared. Furthermore, it shouldnotbeforgotten that before the near the Communist Party in Germany- had more than 7.00o,f1(10subscribingmembers andGod alone knows how many still exist. Polish Catholicism will be fought throughout the land, just as it has beenduringthe tsar; andwhat hasnot happened for tencenturieswill now he

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brought about, since it is easy to guess what will happen.

"There are 35099,000 Polish Catholicswhotogethernvith thtLithuanians, also Catholic in the majority, have already beensacrificed andwillpractically disappear'without leaving atrace,besides, wereadinthe pressabout the territorial demands made on Italy by Marshal Tito, who is also of clearly Comunistic character—demands which embrace totally Catholiczones."

"It must not be forgotten that real totalitarianisms are substantially and doctrinally identical," he continued. "'therefore, those who predict a new war socialaswell asinternational,and supported by Red Fifth Columns now being organised throughout the world, are not mistaken.

'I'mustlove theCommunistsbecause they are my brothers, redeemed as 1 am byJesusChrist, the children of the same Father in Heaven," Mgr. Franceschi said;"but between their materialistic view of life and of the world, inherited from Hegel and Marx, and the spiritual vision which the Redeemed indoctrinated in us and which has been preserved and taught by the Church, there is no point of contact."

Envisioning agroup of"now independent nations" incorporated into a federation and converted into"satellites"ofRussia,Mgr, Franceschi notes the vast power that such acorn6inationwillrepresent andasks,"Who, humanly- speaking, will be able to resist it? What nation will combat it? Whatwillbethecostifsuchanattempt is made?"

"I am not pessimistic, gentlemen," Mgr. Franceschi added, "Iam convincedthattheChurchisimmortaland that anew Christianity which will not be anew religion but anew temporal form of Christianly organised societies, can be established. But until this is realised what is going to happen? In these weeks, these days, the capital drama of history is being played?"

The Argentine Prelate concluded his address with a quotation from the wordy of His Holiness Pope Pius XII addressed to Polish troops, whom the Pontiffreceived lastJuly: "We hope , that all who keep in their hearts a sparkoftrulyhumanandChristiansentiment will feel called upon to vindicate for her(Poland) all of that place in the world thatis herdue,acebrdmg to the principles of justice and of a true peace."

H.A.C.B.S.

St.Lawrence O'Toole'sBranch. Sr.O'Connorpresidedoveragood attendance of members, and all officers werepresent. Two new members were initiated during the night. Members were advised of the quarterly Con.munion whichistoheheldonSunday, March 11.

MetropolitanSocialCouncil, Members please note that Shenton Park branch are holding asocial on Friday,'.March 16 at the Henry-street Hall, and these functions are very enjoyable.

Tickets are selling rapidly for river picnic to Keane's Point, on Sunday, .,larch2+i. Boats will leaveSwan River Ferries jetty at It a.m. It has been decidedtoholda100yardsopenhandicap, alsoabranch relay raceat3p.m. Nominations should be forwarded as soon as possible.

Apleasant evening was tendered to Bro.T.J.Hynesafterlastmeeting,and presentation ofawallet from Council as amark ofappreciation for his sterling work and service during_ the past yearls. 'Text meeting will heheldon Friday, March 23, to make final arrangements for picnic.

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From Clenched Fists to Joined Hands

Lourdes Moves the Hearts of Cynical Workers

PilgrimsattheGrottoDuringand andAftertheOccupation

Lourdes, the town of miracles and strangeevents,has) endedthe two strangest years inits history, the two years since, in November, 1942, the Germans occupied the whole of South France in reply to the Allied landings inNorthAfrica,says the London "Universe."

Thestrangestofallhasbeenthe"invasion" of Lourdes by 2,UOO workers from the"Red Belt" of Paris to work in anearbyemergency factory making aeroplane motors for the German war machine.

Lourdeshadnever seentheirlikebefore. Themenwere hard,cynical,unbelieving, loud-spoken mockers. The girls were the same. An innovation for Lourdes.many of the girls wore trousers.

But nothing is too difficult for Our Lady's Lourdes, Bishop Choquet began his own resistance movement.

The campaign opened with agreat misison specially for the war-workers at which four first-class preachers, a ,Jesuit, it Dominican, it secular priest, and amissionary from Francespther Communist stronghold, the Lille indus-, trial area, preached in the novel form of dialogue, conversing together in the church.

Their conversations were broadcast through the town from loud-speakers installed in thestreets, particularly the ,planade of the Grotto.

Some of the 2000 workers went to the church through curiosity. The others and many visitors numbering about 5,000, stood in the streets to listen, hands in pockets, smoking cig , ette's. Road-Side Converts.

Gradually,astheylounged,the workers stopped smoking to listen more carefully. Astheconferenceswent on theylistenedmoreandmoretothesimple and interesting instructions on the Catholic religion. Scepticism and mockery were replaced by respect.

On the final day of the mission one of the workers visited the Bishop as deputy for alarge group of his comrades.

"We wentto the church in the first place with clenched fists," he said. "We will returnwith joined hands."

These Parisians were not the only unusual visitors to Lourdes during these two years. Many people from

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AlsaceandLorraine,groupedroundthe archpriest of Metz and the VicarGeneral of Strasbourg, also lived in the town, maintaining at the Grotto and the sanctuary of the shrine an atmos, phere of ardent devotion, thanks to their fervent Catholicism, Refugee Cardinal.

During the pilgrimage Bishop Choquetstatedthathehopedthiswasonly the advance guard of agreat army of pilgrims from the Allied armies who would come to Lourdes to ask the Mother of God for complete victory and ajust peace.

When the Germans invaded the south His Eminence considering that the town was too dangerous, went to live in the Benedictine Abbey of Hautecombe, at the foot of the Alps, which guards the graves of the Dukes of Savoy, ancestors of the present Italian royal family.

There the Cardinal thought he wouldheunmolested,asthe abbey was tosome extent under the protectionof the ItalianCrown andwould, therefore, be respected evenby theGestapo. It was not so. One day the Gestapo knocked at the abbey's doors to take the Cardinal to Parisand later toGermany.

The Germans, too, went to Lourdes. Aparty ofthem tookover the townin the November of 1942. A Komman. dantur settled in and troops were billeted in the town. The German sol• diers staved there for 10 months, after which they were replaced by German customs officers.

These surrendered quietly when the FF.I. liberated the town.

The liberation was peaceful. Not a single shot was fired in Our Lady's town.

Throughout the four years of trial prayers never ceased at the Grotto* watch was kept from hour to hour by the people. Ceaseless, too, were the Afasses for the prisoners and deportees.

Mass for Prisoners.

Every Saturday Bishop Choquet himself went down to the Grotto to offer a!\lass for peace and every Wednesday for the prisoners of war.

Even the pilgrimages did not stop all together. The French National Pilgrimage of August came as usual that of 191.1 for instance, drawing 40000 people from many parts of France. There was also the October Rosary Pilgrimage organised by the Dominicans• in which some 15,000 to 20,000 people usually took part.

Itwasonly last yearwhen liberation was being achieved that the national pilgrimages stopped altogether, owing to thechaoticconditions in France, es. pecially transport difficulties. But even so the pilgrims still crowded the Grotto in good numbers, though they were all local people, within walking distance of the town and capable of carrying all the food for the journey with them.

As liberation became afact the pil• grims poured inagain, typically inuniform. On Sunday,December 17, some 10,000 fighters arrived in the town in the uniforms of the F,F.I. and the underground armies. Three trains had somehow been secured to carry in and take home those who lived farthest away. • FirstPlgr[mage.

AttheirheadwasArchbishopSoliege, of Toulouse. Bishop Thess, of Montauban, whom the Germans had arrestedand senttotheinternmentcamp ofCompiegne,celebratedthe Massand preached at theGrotto.

Afew British and AmericanCatholic soldiers were noticed among the pitgrim%.

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Clear and ExactTeaching of Churchon Purgatory PointsofBeliefGenerallyHeldapartfromtheDogma ProofsFromReason&HolyScripture

Now, as clearnessand exactness of definition are absolutely essential for the proper understandingof this, as of every other religious question, let us first see precisely what the Church teachesasmatteroffaithabout Purgatory. Herprincipaldefide decreeson thesubject—decrees,i.e„declaring that thedoctrinesetforthhasbeen revealed by God, and is therefore binding on the conscience under pain of heresy— are thoseof theCouncilofTrent (sess. 25)"thatthereisaPurgatory,andthat thesouls theredetainedare assisted by thesuffrages of the faithful,butespeciallyby the mostacceptable sacrifice of thealtar," and theCouncilof Florence which hadpreviously(A.D. 1439) defined,"if men had died penitent in the loveofGod,andbeforetheyhavemade satisfaction by fruits worthy of penance for sins ofomission and of commission, their souls are purified after death by the pains of Purgatory; and tothereliefofthesepainsavail the suffrages of the faithful, sacrifices of Masses, prayers, alms,and other offices of piety." It will be noticed at once howguardedand exact isthe Church's doctrine on the subject. All we are compelled to believe as part of the faith is(1) that there is aPurgatory, (2) souls suffer there after death for their sins, and,(3) we can help to relieve them. Andthis,be it remember. ed, is the professed belief not only of the Catholic Church )vast and West, but also of the Greek and Oriental schismaticChurches,bodiesnowunhappily separted from Rome, but at the time of the Council of Florence form. ing part of her communion.

Nevertheless,inadditiontothesesim. ple dogmatic statements and more or less naturally and necessarily flowing from them, there are other points of beliefheld in general by Catholics con. cerning the purgatorial state, though not categorically defined as articles of faith. (1) For example, it is perfect. ly certain that the holy souls are say. ed; they are in astate of grace, of friendship with God, otherw?se they could never haveentered Purgatory at all. And not only so, but they are aware of it; they know it at the moment of the particular judgment,

which eachone received at death; and this, we may believe, is one of the greatest consolations amid their sufferings. (2) Notonlyare theyinastate of grace, but they are confirmed in grace; there is no possibility of their everlosing it. They cannotsin in the leastdegree; thereisnosourceorcause ofsin present tothem. (3) Asto the nature of the punishments of Purgatory, itiscertain at all events that the holysoulssuffer thepain of loss. This consists in their being debarred for a time through their own fault from em joying the vision of God in Heaven— Godwhois the supreme objectof their love, and whom the),

ardently desire to see. This suffering is undoubtedly keenerthananyother..

(4) Further, it is the common teaching that the holy souls undergo some pain of sense, some positive suffering through the application of fire, and it is most generally believed that it is a real material fire, though such has never been defined as a dogma of faith. The Greeks have never shared this belief, holding for the mast part that the sufferings are purely spiritual and subjective; and it is but right to add that the Church has not con. demned this view.

f5) As tothe intensity of these pun. ishments nothing is known or taught for certain. There is the severe opinion held by St. Thomas, that the least pain of Purgatory is greater than the greatest pain of this life; and there is the milder view favoured bySt. Bonaventure, that the greatest pain,of Purgatoryisgreaterthan thegreatestpain of this life. But whichever way the truth lies—and probably we can never know for certain, as we are dealing with an order of things altogether different from our own, and pure spirits are not under ordinary conditions of suffering—this much at least is undis. puted, that the sufferings of the imprisoned souls are very bitterand severe, and that thev will differ in different personsaccordingtothedebtofpunishment tobe paid. Yet wemaybe sure that the sufferers never complain, or think theirlot toohard, or wishfor an end to it, but are wholly reconciled to the will of God and recognise His jus-

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tice in their punishment, and even rejoice in their tribulation, like the martyrsinthemidstof the flames,assured that these will untimately conduct themtothe BeatificVision,

(6) WherePurgatoryisweknownot; neither can anyman tell thelength of time during which asoul may be de. tainedthere. Only this weknow,that it will be proportioned to the measure of sin or the punishment due. That it is possible, however, for asoul to suffer

for along period of time, as we knowtime,isprovedfrom thefactthat the Church sanctions the practice of offering masses for asoul for many years, and even generations; but, of course, for all souls Purgatory will cease at the Day of judgment, as Our Lord teaches us in the twenty-fifth chapterofSt..Matthew'sGospel.

(7) Itwillbeseen, then(tosumup), that only those souls go to Purgatory that have either"departed this life in venial sin or that have not fully paid the debt of temporal punishment due to those sinsof whichtheguilthas beenforgiven,"'temporalpunishment is defined as "punishment that will have an end either in this world or in the world to come," and so is distin. guishedfrometernalpunishment,which is Yell. The only way the holy Souls can discharge theirdet,t is by suffering on theirown part, or by beingassisted by their friends in the w•ays aforemen. tioned. Strictly speaking, these souls can do naught but suffer; and even their sufferings are not meritorious or satisfactory, in the theological sense of the words. They can merit or satisfy no more; the time for that ended at death. They can do nothing to help themselves; and so they look to us to assist them in discharging their debt even to the lastfarthing.

TheProof.

This, then, being the Catholic teach. ing on the subject of Purgatory, the question naturally arises, How do you proveittobetrue? hasitbeenrevealed by God? is it adoctrine taught by Jesus Christ and His Apostles? We shallproceed toshow that the doctrine of Purgatory is not only true, and a Christiantruth,butisanecessarytruth atwell. There is, and cannotbut be, aPurgatory; and we shall draw our proofs from the twofold authority of Reason and Scripture. Tobegin with.

(a) Reason.

Our own reasoning about God's justice, about sin, and about punishment for Tins convinces its that these trust be somesuch place. Takeaman, for example,whoatdeath is itfornether [leavennor hell,aman let ussuppose, who dies,notcertainly.is theenemyof God, not in mortal sin Kith no grievous, deliberate, unrepentci crimp upon his soul; yet not perfectly free from those smaller sins into which the lest ofpeople will sometimes fall. Herannot as yet enter heaven; that is cer. tain, for nothing defiled shall enter there(Rev. xxi. 27). Yet he is assuredly not bad enough for the torments of Ilell, for Iam supposing he is free from deadly sin. What is the only properplace for that man's soul? Purgatory, wherein he will be purified and cleansed. Ile is not vet fitted, and feels he is not fitted, to endure the Beatific Vision; he would not wish for it.

(b) Scripture.

Butnow let usadvanceanotherstep inour proofsof Purgatory. This doctrine is Scriptural, and it is Christ's teachingand thatof HisInspired Apostles. But before adducing the passages in proof there are one or two pomN to bear in mind regarding the strength and value of the Scriptural proofof Purgatory.

1. In the first place, the Catholic Church does not rest the proofsofher doctrinesexclusivelyon HolyScripture She does not claim to find texts ex. plicitly conveying her every dogma. We mightrite as examples of this, InfantBaptism,the numberoftheSacraments, Indulgences, and the Immaculate Conception. It is true she never

could admitor teach adoctrine whfck was opposed by Holy Scripture, because that would amount to contra• dieting the Holy Ghost. She is con. tent so long as adoctrine is not contrary to anything revealed in Scripture. The way is then clear for her toproveitonanotherground, namely, Tradition. Not all that Jesus Christ taughtis fullyandplainlyexpressedin the New Testament. Certainly, it is thereimplicitly; itisoftenhintedator implied; or it follows logically from someother doctrine clearly enunciated.

ButwhateverofOur Lord'steachingis veiledorhiddeninthe writtenword,is certainly contained in Tradition, that unwritten Word of God which was taught by Jesus Christ, depositedwith HisApostles,andhandeddownandunfolded by them and their successors, with the assistance of the HolyGhost, Wbo came that Ile might "teach them all things and bring all things to their remembrance" (St.Johnxiv.26,xvi.3).

The result is that when you come to the reading of Holy Scriptures with the Catholic doctrine alreedy in your mind, you can find it there plainly enough; you discover and recognise it in passages which before were simply unintelligible. Supposing, then, that neitherthename Purgatory northeex. istence of such aplace were taught in so manywordsintheBible thatwould benoargumentagainstitstruth. Yet, of course, the case for Purgatory isfar strongerthanthat.

2.In thenextplace, we mustremark that it need be no surprise if we find less in Holy Scripture about Purgatory than about either Heaven or Hell. We must notdemandmore testimony from such awitness about the interrnediate state than can reasonably be expected. TheScripturesforthemost part are intended to teach us, by preceptandexample,how toliveonearth, how to know and love dnd serve God here below; for upon thisassuredlydepends our hereafter. And again the Scriptures are designed to reveal, though in alesser degree, the rewards and punishments that are reserved for us at the Judgment Dav; toshow the ultimate destiny both of the man who has lived agood life and of him who haslivedabadone; to depictinshort. Heaven and Hell. Hence, from the very nature of the case, we shouldexpect to hear less about that middle state which intervenes between death anrd the general judgment. Aman's final destiny, as has been said, is alreadv fixed at death; consequently upon due preparation for that event attention is most naturallv concentrat. ed by holyScripture. We should not he astonished, therefore, if information less frill is vouchsafed us about that statewhich,in itspurifyingandcleans. ingoperation,merely puts thefinishing touch upon awork of sanctificationalready substantially accomplished.

3. NeitherJesusChrist nor HisApos. tlesnecessarilyimply thatthe entrance into heaven after death, though assur. ed, will he immediate. Our Divine LordHimselfdidnot immediatelyafter death pass into Heaven. With equal plausibilityCatholics might argue from Our Lord'sdeclaration(St. Matt, xxv-. 3P, that only at the Last Day, when allnationsaregathered togetherforthe general judgment, and not till then, can anv one possess the kingdom prepared for him—aconclusion which is certainly false. Scripture broken up and taken piecemeal can be quoted to prove almostanything. Itrequiresto be examined as a,whole and interpreted byan infallible authority. Let us, then, produce our Scriptureproofs.

(a)TobeginwiththeOldTestament. thereis theclassical testin2Mach,xii 43-46. "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead• that they may be loosed from sins." The passage quotedshowsthat both authorand Jewishpeopleatthat time (the centuries immediately preceding the birth of Christ) believed (Continued foot of opposite page.)

Youth Training Must Be Based on Positive Religion

ACommission, presided over by the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lotu Caldecote, has expressed the convict tion that the training of youth must be based on positive religion.

The commission was appointed by the National Association of Bo

ys' 'Clubs to explore the question of reli gion in the clubs.

In its report the Commission says. "The fallacy of the theory that man could abandon faith and belief and keep moral standards has in fact been exposed by its results, Religious faith has gone, unfortunately the

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thatprayersandsacrifices were advan. tageous to the faithful departed. Such abelief, of course, involves a Purga. tory. Itismoreover,afactnotdenied that the Jews now, as then, believe in theexistenceofsomemiddle state, and offerprayers toGodfor thesouls there detained both in public and in private .worship. An examination of the Lit. urgy or of an authorised prayer-book of the Jewish Church to-day will convince the reader that the children of Israelhave neverforgottenorneglected thesacreddutyofprayingfor theirdeceased brethren. Now note what follows from this. OurLord by His sil. ence approved of thedoctrine and the practice; never oncedid Ile reproveor condemn it, Hewas presenthabitual , h,

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mn liturgical services of Svnagogue and Temple, and joined in them; doubtess in private Ile made use of the ordinary Jewishprayersand devotions; v

et never once did Ile object to this feature in them. It was His rule, as weknow, to denounce cor ruptions of faithandmorals introduced by Scribes. Pharisees, and priests, and to lav bare the human traditions with which they had overlaid the Word of the Lord. But among them tie does not reckon the piouscustom ofpraying for the dead: and from this we areen• titled toconcludethat the custom is a lawful one, and the doctrine which it pre-supposes true.

(b) in St. Platt. xii. 32, Our Saviour says of acertain sin that it should he forgiven"neither in thisavorld nor in the world to come" From this, sureiv,.it is fair enough to infer(with St. Augustine andothereminent commentators) that there are some sins which maybe forgiveninthe world to cone. But that could not happen either in heaven or in Hell.

(c) St. Paul in afamous passage f

moral standards show a disturbing tendency to follow it."

The report declares that the Christian way of life cannot survive with. out Christian belief and worship, slid it points out that the purpose of life is the service of God.

After making its detailed profession of faith, the report devotes itself to considering ways and means by which the "open" clubs—those with no religious affiliationsr--cun;infuse Christianbelief and principles intoitsmembers and ultimately lead them into the Christian communions.

"Thirty years ago," says the report, "many people found it quite natural to believe in the control of the world by awiseGod: they tookit forgrant. ed; but it is not found so easy to-day.

"Further, the world generally is now much less certain about the perman. ence of moral standards. The rather self-sufficient optimism of the nineteenth century has given way to a deep disillusionment'—a pessimism— which may never get into words, but is probably affecting the atitutle of boys in clubs. Thev look rather sadly at the ideals held before them , based upon 'the simple ethic of the Gospel,' but are doubtful how those ideals are to be achieved.

Illusion Exposed.

"They are, in fact,suffering from the effects of that view so commonly held in the latter part of the last century that the Christian ethic could and would safely survive the abandonment of creeds.

"That viewis now seentohave been an illusion. The closer study of the ethical teaching of Jesus from the Beatitudes onwardsmakesitclearthat it is rooted in aprofound and passionate religious faith."

The report goes on to speak of the wane of religious training in homes and Sunday schools since the end of the last century, and sa}rs that that gapmustbe filled ifagenerationis to grow up that will reintroduce the re. ligious training of children in homes.

It places on youth clubs the responsibility of seeing to the spiritual wellbeing of their boys based on religious training.

After referring to the class of boys who are unlikely to come in contact with any religious training except through their clubs, it says:

"It follows that the club has not done its duty to itsboy-sunless it has ,

1 Cor. iii. 11.15) declares that"fire shall try every- man's work of what sort it is,' and that the man "himself shallbe saved,yet soasbyfire." Whereisthis fire?'Not certainly on earth and not in Heaven; and as certainly not in Hell, for that fire torments, but does not save. Hence the Apostles must refer only to the temporary purifying flames of Purgatory, And this inter. pretationis notamo

dern invention; it is the unanimous voice of the Fathers ofChristendom, as any one may prove for himself by consulting the relative passages in the writings of Origen, St. Ambrose, St, Jerome, St. Augustine , and others of like authority.

(d) Further,thatSt.Paul himselfactuallypractisedthecustom of praying for the dead seems morally certain from his own words in2Tim. i. 16-i8 t

akentogetherwith2Tim.iv.19."The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in thatday'" is the prayer he offers for Onesiphorus, his former fellow-tahourer at Ephesus. That this man .was no longer among the living when theApostle uttered this supplication onhisbehalfappears clearenough from the fact that the Apostle sends no Falutation tohim inhislettertoSt. Timothy, but only to his household; forhimheonlypraysthathe"mayfind mercy"withChristatthe DayofJudgment. And such is the opinion ,

not onlyofCatholiccommentators,butalso of Protestants like Huther and De Wette.

(e) Other passages might be cited fromholyScriptureconvevingmoreor less directly thedoctrine of Purgatory, such as

,St. Matt,xvi. 27, St. Matt. v. 25, 26. and Apoc, xxi, 27.

giventhem,while members,the chance to understand and make a decision about religion, which forpractical purposes in England to-days meansChristianity,...

That is why club leaders find themselves saddled, whether they like itor not, with the taskoflaying in a boy's life the foundation of Christian belief and practice."

Ideal Leader.

"We do not disguise our own strong convictiort," add the Commissioners, "that the ideal leader is the man who is himselfpossessedofadefinite Christian faith, which he is. therefore, able to impart intelligently and effectively to his boys."

The report deals at length with the need for astrong link between the Christian denominationsand the clubs, and expresses the belief that it is the business of the Churches to build a bridge into the club and take advantage of the work that the club does.

"In so doing it repudiates any suggestion that there should be an attempt to water down ,ne basic Christian truth into something that might maizeawideror more popularappeal."

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Unprecedented lachrymal outburst of the bankers upon contemplating the present miseries of the poor and the evil designs of the Commonwealth Bank upon the savings oftheproletariat.

PRIEST REFUSED TO BREAK CONFESSIONAL SEAL IN GOAL

Because he refused to ( break the seal of the confessional,Father Foucher,parish priestofMontargis, in the Orleans diocese, was imprisoned for seven weeks. The Gestapo tried unsuccessfully to break down his resistance and make him reveal the secrets ofasoldier's confession.

This information,says the "Universe"Paris correspondent,is given in the diocesan journal, following Father Foucher's murder byaGerman soldier' on the eve of the liberation of his town.

On June 12, 1942, when Father Foucher returned to his,house from the church, he found three Gestapo men waiting for him.

They questioned him about the visit of aCzech soldier—who they insisted was aGerman—and when the priest said that the man had come to confession,they demanded to know what he said.

Father Faucher explained that he could not answer them,,whereupon he was arrested,taken to Orleans and held in solitary confinement. During this time he was cajoled, threatened and mentally tortured, but refused to give way. Finally two officers told him there was no charge against him and that they did not wish to offend against the seal of the confessional.

Released, Father Foucher returned to Montargis, where he remained until the French were approaching the town to liberate it.

Before the town attack he asked a German officer if he could provide shelter for his parishioners. While he was talking, aGerman soldier in a tank shot him in the back.

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BEACONSFIELD

No one knows whether the entbusix:rn of all our school children to get back on the jobafter the holidayswas due to achange in the teaching staff or an anticipated move into the new class room) The latter extension to the building certainly is being put to good usebytheseniorpupils, whoaim this year to eclipse even the excellent report accredited to them after last years' workin all subjects,particularly the commercial classes.

Euchres,of course, were recommenc. ed in theold style,but, unfortunately, Mr. Anderson will be missed from the Monday evening rendezvous owing to ill-health. Cbeerio for now—let's hopenve will be seeing you again soon, following in thefootsteps of Mr. Kelly, whoisupandaboutagainand justhis usual bright self.

Lenten Devotions as usual take the form of Stations of the Cross every Wednesday,Friday and Sunday eveningat7,30, and,of course,morning Mass at 6.45.

A very pretty wedding took place on Saturday,March 3,when Angela Travia,well known toft'sall,wasmarried. We take this opportunity of wishing both you and your American husband everyhappinessin the future.

Jack'Murray surprised most of us by arriving home unexpectedly for some well-earnedleave. Ernie Knight also has startedsomefurlough,andlike Jack intends to make the most of it. Cheerio to Frank Cromwell who for thelastfewmonthshasbeenlearninga few things about the R.A.A.F.

Glad to see Mrs. Curry and Lorna back in the parish again after afew months' sojourn in the Eastern States.

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Girls' c.c.M. MOVEMENT

Headquarters and Club Rooms: Bank of N.S.W. Chambers, 65 St. George's Terrace (near Sherwood Court), Rooms 7.10, First Floor. TELEPHONE: B4836.

CALENDAR OF AVTivaTIEB.

MONDAY: Shorthand: 5.15 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Liturgy:8p.m.

TUESDAY: Physical Culture: 7-8 p.m. , Orchestra: 8p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Shorthand:5.15 p.m, to 6.30 p.m. Dressmaking: 7p.m.

Arts and Crafts: 8p.m. Red Cross, E.S.C.: 8p.m.

THURSDAY: MASS: 8a.m.

EXPOSITION all day, BENEDICTION:5.15pm. Choir: 8pm.

RRIDAY: Softball pracise: 5.15 p.m., on the Esplanade.

SATURDAY: Kalamunda Busy Bee: 1.15bus.

Tennis at Robertson Park: 2p.m.

SUNDAY: Tenisat Robertson Park: 2p.m.

ARTS AND CRAFTS.

Perhaps you are thinking "I'm not, the artistic type." You'll surprise yourself then if you look in on this group one Wednesday evening at 8 p.m., because when you see what can be so easily accomplished you'll want tostart off straight awav,andyoucan as all materials are provided, E.S.C. GROUP.

During the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester there will be a parade of all E.S.C. Companies. Now, ,,uL., there will be aState representation ofcompanies,and wedo want the C.G.M. to be well represented.

As yet the deta..:; a incomplete, but assoonasfinalised we willlet you know. A special marching practice will be arranged, and uniform regulation must be strictly adhered to, so dolook youruniform overnow.

DRESSMAKING.

The present dressmaking class is coming on at arate of knots, and the odd shaped pieces of materials are looking something like the finished article, much to the delight of the up and comingdressmakers. . Anyof our members wishing to enrol in afuture course are reminded that it would be as well to put their names down early as there isawaiting list. The course lasts for ten weeks, and is held on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m.

HOLY THURSDAY,

Owing to Holy Week Ceremonies, MASS AND EXPOSITION will not take place in our Chapel on Holy Thursday, March 29,

SOFTBALL.

There will he one round of matches this year before the Basketball season commences, and the first game will be played on Saturday, March 17. However,don'tletthefactthatwearenow at the match stage give you the idea that we are champions, as that is definitely not the case, as the teams are made up of anumber of girls who have only recently been introduced to thegame. Soif youareinterested,remember that it is never too late to make abeginning,and join us behind Christian Brothers: College on the Esplanade on Friday at 5.30pin., orSaturdays at 2.30 p.m.

TENNIS.

On Saturdays and Sundays you will find acrowd of us at Robertson Park, courts 7and 8, from 2p.m. till 6.30 pm. If you don'tknow how to get to the courts,come up to the rooms and we'll ararnge forosmeone to meet you in town and take youout, PHYSICALCULTURE.

The classes are now in full swing at the National Fitnes'.vCentre,130 Wil_(Continued footof nextcolumn.)

Final Day of Athletic Championships

Excellent Performances by LAY. ' Boys.

Eight Championships go to L.C.Y.

The lads who have participated in this season'srunning should be well. pleased with their splendid results. They are to be congratulated on their very creditable performances and grand spirit of sportsmanshipand willingness to give all for their club. This is the true team spirit which has so . often bid for and won fame, Old L:C.Y. boys were there to lend their support,and the lads were pleased to see the visitors. Hereone might offer on behalf of the officials and boys of the L.C.Y. our sincere thanks to those good people whohave so consistently atended the meetings andbarracked for the boys.

Though the under 19 boys did not winthe220yards,R.Greenran avery close second to Fox. They made up forthisintheRelay. Therelayteam, consisting of B. Hodge,R.Green, and R. Jeffrey, is areal cracking team. J. Berkery won comfortably inthe under 16220 yards,which he covered in 24.4, excellent time, Joe has always won his events and has helped the club considerably by his consistency. J. Parker won the 220vardsand thehur. dles unded15. Averycreditable performance, because Jackjust turned 14. His work on the field has proved him agreat athlete.

Consternation filled the L.C.Y. camp when,prior to the hurdles,under 16, Terry Woodthorpe gave his knee abad crack when indulging in alittle practise. Fortunately the injury responded to treatment, and Terry, with anothergreathurdlerforamate Brian Williams, covered the hurdles, 90 yards. in 12.6 which,ifnot arecord,is exceptionally god time. The afternoon's sports ended on ahappy note when the L.C.Y. easily won th e

under It- and 15 relays,

liam-street, Perth, between Murray and Wellington-streets. On any Tues. day evening just go up there at seven o'clock and Jocy Maher will do the rest.

MONSTER RIVER TRIP,

For the last river trip of the season we've let our heads go completely and chartered the s.s. Perth for the even. ing of Thursday, nfarch 22. There will be musicon board and aspace cleared for dancing,and it's all for two shillings. Tickets are now obtainable at the rooms, and as they have beenlimited we advise you to buy yoursnow.

Fremantle Branch

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• CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES.

MONDAY:

Ilmnecrafts: S Dressmaking:

TUESDAY: Choir: 7p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Softball: 6p.m.

Canteen Social:Sp.m.

THURSDAY:

Cooking: 7.30

Dramatics: S

SATURDAY: Softball: 2.30

SUNDAY:

p.m. 7.30 pm. P.M. p.m. p.m.

Swimming: 10.30 a.m.

• HOMECRAFTS.

At the moment we have fifteen members in this activity, but there is still room for many more girls. We have the ideas and the materials, and now all we wantare the busy fingers. So keep your Monday nights free and we asure you of apleasant and interestingevening,

LUNCH CLUB.

We aresure that allourmembersdo not know everything about the Movement,so how about bringing your lunch with you to the Rooms any day or every day when several leaders are in attendance to explain the aims, ideals and activities of the C.G.M, to you over acup of tea.

b iseriminations

"GOQNO14Y WAY."

"Going My Way" is the 1941 Bing Crosby success for which thousands of Perth people are waiting in all degrees of impatience. "The Record" recently participated inaspecial preview arranged for members of the press, and it thus possible to give below an advance notice of this next at. traction at the Theatre Royal.

The film is in all respects atriumph for author-director-producer Leo MeCarey. There are times throughout this two-hours' screen story when one is seized with ahorrible fear that McCareyisgoing to fallinto thecardinal error of allowing genuine emotion to drift into sickening emotionalism- but always the hand of genius stays the threatened catastrophe, and as we comeoutintothesunshineofabright new "shot" we realise with asigh of relief that our fear, theresultof aprolonged overdose of sentimentality from llollywood is completely baseless as far as this film is concerned. McCatey makes some very daring thrusts towards the borderline between pathos andbathos, but to his great credit let it be said, that his artistic restraint always causes him to halt the tearwelling process at the psychological moment. :Nowhere is this consummate artistry better displayed than in the fine and surprising climax which brings the film to aclose.

The box-office attraction of "Going My Way" is, of course,(ling Crosby. Fans of the famous crooner will not be disappointed in him in his latest effort; they will hear his melodious voice to good advantage, and they twill see him repeat the semi-humorous ,tvle of acting which has made him an admirable companion for Bob Hope. But nobody will be left long in doubt of the claims of Barry Fitzgerald to the acting honours of this show. He is certain to win an Academy award for his brilliant portrayal of Father Fitzgibbons, the old parish priest, who has been for fortyfive years pastor of St. Dominic's, and is still in debt. Fitzgerald, it will be remembered, amused considerably as the lying old rascal who watched the interests of Deanna Durbin in "The Amazing Mrs. Halliday." In "Going My Way" this old trooper of the :Abbey Theatre in Dublin eclipses all • his former successes, whether in Dub lin or on Broadway, and makes a memorable characterisation of the typical parish priest of the older generation, the type that is tobe found uniformly throughout the Catholic world, Every Catholic seing this picture will recognise the type immediately.

ing offence he has shown us the old man jealously guarding every penny he has—except when he comes across somebody whose need is greater than his—andfeelingthathecan'safelylend fiftycentsto FatherO'Malley(Crosby) out of the funds of Our Lady's Sodal. ity,"because they don't keep books." When Father Fitzgibbons enters the pulpit, he doesn't forgettoexpress the hope that the congregation will be generouswith the collection, andwhen he is introduced to afamous sirger from the Metropolitan Opera, his hand strays automatically to the pocket of his cassock and emerges with abook of raffle tickets, None—and

especially no Catholic—can fail to catch the humour in touches such as these. The rectory has other problems to cope with,apart from clearing the par• ish debt. There is the gossiping woman with the dangerous tongue, and the"cop" who hasn't been to Mass for tenyears; there are theboyswhohave to be kept off the streets, and there is the younggirl who islikely to lapse into acareer of vice. The two priests, agreeing in fundamentals, but differing in non-essentials have very dissimilar ways of dealing with cases such as these, but it is notable that far more success results from the oblique approach of Father O'Malley than from the direct tactics of Father Fitzgibbons.

Crosby appears as the young assist. ant priest, who has been brought up in adifferent school. Ile arrives at the rectory complete with golfing kit, fishing rod and tennis wear. Ile has been sent by the bishop to straighten out the financial affairs of St. Dorninic's, his mission unbeknown t. Father Fitzgibbons, of course. The clash that is bound to occur between these two at almost every tick of the clock gives rise to the funniest scenes in the picture, incidents that vary in subtlety but never in entertainment value. An interesting feature of"Going My Way" is its forthright vindication of the Cathole way of life. Never before has the public been so forcibly made aware of the broad Christianity which informF and uplifts the lives of the clergy. No attempt has been made to penetrate to the inmost recesses of the spiritual life, although suggestions of the deeper functions of the priesthood occur fittingly in afew places. The effort to preserve verisimilitude has rather been confined to what may be termed the accidentals of the presbytery. The continual struggle to raise money (acondition with which the occupants of almost every presbytery arefamiliar) forms a large part of the story of the film. Around this motif producer Le.. McCarey has woven apattern of ever!day experience. He has not hesitated to reveal the mind of Father Fitzgibbons on this subject. Without giv

er partof thework of St.John Ervine, who has drawn much of the inspiration for his views on the function of the theatre from Bernard Shaw. There is evenastriking resemblance between the careersof the two men. Born in Ireland, Ervine came to England as a youngmanat the turn of the century, worked as aclerk in an insurance office, became adramatic critic, joined the ranks of the socialists and the Fabian Society, and eventually just before the last war blossomed out as a playlwrightinhisown right. Hisfirst four plays were produced in Ireland, and one of them,

,"Mixed Marriage," caused rather afurore. Although it is claimed by some that hisbestplays areabouthisnative land,hewasnever really happy in the tradition of the Irish stage, although be did return to manage the Abbey Theatre for a short time in1915. Ican onlyrecommend anyone who might think from this that he has lost the flare of his Irish patriotism to read hisbiography of Parnell, particularly the closing chapter. His plays are chiefly remarkable for their realistic characterisation ofmodern people. In fact one of his latest plays,"Peopleof OurDay (1936);" was found by even Noel Coward as being too modern, and so far as Iknow has not yet found a producer, desspite the fact that it was revised in collaboration with Bernard Shaw. Ervine, however, claims that his characterisation of Edward and his conversion in this play is not fanciful but quite true to life.

"The First Mrs. Fraser" first appeared in 1931. In these clays of many divorces there is nothing impossible in the speculation that two divorced people might desire to remarry after a successive romance has gone on thg rocks. Anyhow such is the theme the story, and although there is obviouslyonlyoneconclusion, thebizarre idea and the characters sketched suffice tokeeptheplay interesting. After twenty years of lawful wedlock, the rich James Fraser is divorced by his wifewhenhebecomesentangledwith a mercenary young Miss of nineteen. The disparity of ages proves toogreat, especiallywhen the second Mrs. Fraser finds out that her husband cannot figure inthe divorce listand the honours list in thesame year, altholgh he was willing to pay abit more for his title. On topof this she falls inlove with an Italian dancer, and looking around for amore amenable prospective husband she fastens on ayoung nit-wit of the peerage. James returns for consolation and advice to the first Mrs. Fraser, who by this time has another suitor, and in the third act we find fiim proposing re-marriage. He meets with an unexpected first refusal, but the play moves on to a'satisfactory and quick conclusion.

Fraser. Roma Joy Williams deserves full marks.

Iwas not so'satisfied with the inter. pretation that Ron Evans gave to his partas Ninian Fraser, the younger son of the,family. Here we have ayoung manin hislast year at Oxford, with a facility for making cutting remarks, and who, though quite devoted to his mother and desiring her happiness, disapproves ofdivorceand seesnoreason why his father should just come marchinghomeagainasif nothinghad happened, especially when he selfishly finds afatherless home quite apleasant place to live in. Mr. Evans did not give us

a sufficiently clear-cut delineation ofthis character: he might have succeededbetterifhe had played his part in aslightly more detached and youthful manner. Arthur Rus. sell, anewcomer to the Repertory, worked his way through as Philip Logan, the unsuccessful suitor, in a slow heavy manner, which wasnot altogetherunsuitable,even though it re• flected no credit on the taste of the first Mrs. Fraser. Stephen Kellow wasalittle toorigidas thesmugelder son. Shirley Geddes was seen as his wife, while Betty Aylett handled neatly her role as themaid.

The comedy was good and kept the audience amused, and the play has been extended for another night. It will now concllde on Production was in the hands of Jeans Thveedie, —CASTOR.

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PRIORITIES IN AMU5ZMZNT.

Someone theotherdayinhisanxiety to demonstrate to me that everybody went to the pictures and nobodywent to concerts, handed me alot ofofficial figures which Ihave no reason to doubt. They showed that for every one person in Western Australia who goes to any kind of aconcert whatsoever, four people attend the theatre, six people go to the races, fifteen people go to dancing or skating, and one hundred and ten people relax in the cinema.-Sincethe war there has been some rise in entertainment admis. sions,but it has almost entirely been confined to the pictures, and whereas the average West Australian,if there be such aperson, used to go to the pictures about ten times ayearbefore the war, we now find him going sixteen times ayear. On the other hand, despiteall assertions to the contrary, there is no evidence to show that Perth's concert-loving publicisincreasing significantly. As aproportion of thepopulation itisactuallydeclining over the years.

—THE MOOCHER.

"Going My Way" is afilm that can be recommended as atonicfor anyone who has not lost his sense of humour. It is particularly delightful entertain. ment for those who know and appre. ciate the Catholic Church from the inside, and who are therefore shock. proof. Anyone who is likely to be shocked by seeing apriest take anip of whisky or appear in baseball rig, had (fetter stay at home. For the rest it may be said that"Going My Way" is afilm that will move you to laughter and almost to tears, calling for atleastone returnvisit inorderto appreciate fully all the subtle charactershadings and spirited dialogue.

An excerpt from "Carmen" is the vehicle for the lovely voice and pleasing personality of Rise Stevens. Good support is provided by Frank McIlugh, Jean Heather, Gene Lockhart, James Brown, Eily Malyon, the Robert Mitchell Boys' Choir,StanleyClements,CarlSwitzer,and AdelinedeWalt Reynolds. Acknowledgements are also due to'scenarists Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, and to Paramount. Pictures Inc. —DE GUSTITIUS.

THE FIRST MRS. FRRASER."

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With the orchestra achievingunanimityon the last chord of the National Anthem, the curtain goes up at the Repertory on "The First Mr's. Fraser." awry satire on divorce in the modern world, though whether the audience saw it in that light is another matter. Assuch itisinkeepingwith thegreat-

There can be little quarrelling with the characterisation Ervine has put• into the play. The first Mrs. Fraser still loves the husband whom she has divorced, and welcomeshisreturn. For amoment we fear that'she will make him too welcome,,but the vagaries of awoman stand her ingoodstead. On the more material side, the details of the intrigue between Mrs Fraser and her Italian friend provided arealism on the stage which Icannot entirely endorse, and which could have been handled by the playwright just as effectively in another manner if he had so desired. That Imight'suffer from an over-delicacy- in such matters, however, Iwas prepared to admit when later in the evening Iheard the waltz strains of"Holy Night, Silent Night," floating out from araucous city ballroom.

Asfortheacting, UtahMombergave areasonablygood portrayalofthefirst Mrs. Fraser, except in her more dramatic moments when :she attempted to convey the impression of high flights of indignation or resentment. Here she wasaltogether too stiffandstereotyped, and there were one or two Almostdreary passage when she and the second Mr' s. Fraser were alone on the stage. An inelasticity of temperamentwasevident in someof the other playersaswell,andmay,togetherwith the failure to create an adequate fam ilyatmosphere,be put downasafault in the production. James Ottaway gavefurther proof of his versatility, if any were needed,in his wellattstained role as James Fraser while, for her acting ability and for her interpretationofthecharacterofthesecondMrs.

Tpgion

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On Sunday, March 25, the Perth Legionaries will gather in St. Mary's Cathedral at 3p.m., to renew thew pledge: "Iam all thine,my Queen,my Mother, and all that Ihave is thine"

It is hoped that every legionary, both auxiliary and active,will forego any and every other engagement on that afternoonandwilletnothingprevent them from attending at the Oathedral.

This function forms an integral part of the Legion system,and if we wish to be good legionaries we will look on attendance at the Acies as one of our most importantduties.

QUARANT' ORE

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Sunday: 4th—NORSIMAN: One Day d Bspoeition.

The famous Bing as the moderncurate, Father O'Malley,in "Going My Way," whichis reviewedon this page.

Notes on the Music of Holy Week in Small Churches

The following suggestions are given for theassistance ofthose who wish to observe the various fun:t;ors of Holy Week with all the solemnity that is possible,havingdueregardtothelimited resources of smaller churches. The suggestions are particularly iur school choirs. ThevariousPropers aresetout asthey would be sungtothe Seventh Psalm Tone. The syllables in heavy type coincide with the i,cents of the music. (In the case of the seventh tone, also(with the change from the reciting note.) For thefirst tone, the

first half of each sentence will remain the same, but in the second part the change would come two syllables before the last accent(in heavy type), without regard to the first one. The third tone would be exactly the same dame as the first, except that in the second half the change of note would come only one syllable be:ote the last accent. For the fifth Psalm tone one has only to disregard the first accent in the first half of the sentence. For the eighth tone use only the final accent of the first half, and change two

syllables before the last accent of the second half without any regard to the penultimate accent.

The three-part formula given below is asimple faux-bourdon that would gotwith any part of the Proper of the Mass, but is suggested for the Tracts of Good Fridayand possibly Palm Sunday. Itsuse isvery simple. The recitative is sung on the breve, while the two accents of the Mediation and the Termination coincide with the syllables in heavy type in the text.

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Ad to damaverunt et SAL-vi FA-cti soot* in to speraverunt et non SUNT Cott-FU•si.

Ego autem cunt vermin ET non IlUanu * opprobrium hominum et ab-Jli-cti-o PLE-bin.

Omnes qui t•idebant me a-SPERroa Brl\•fur me * locuti Bunt labiis et mo-VE-runt CA-put.

Libera me de O-re le-O-nil* et acur• nibus unicornuorum hwnili•TA-tern ME-am (Fine).

Ps.: Delis, Deu: mews RE-spi-ce IN me* quare me deriliquisti? lunge a salute mea verbs deli-CTO-rum me •O-rum (NO GLORIA.)

Gradual

' Tenuisti manum dexteram meam; in voluntate tun DE-du•XI-sti me * et cum gloria AS-sumpSI•sti me. Quam bonus Israel Deus REctis COR-de * mei autem gene MO-ti cunt PH-des.

Peneeffusi BuntGRES•susME•i* quia zelavi in peccatoribus, pacem pecca• TO•rum, VI-dens. ?tact.

Deus, Deus meus RE-spice IN me quare me de•RE-IiQUI•sti.

Lunge a•-a-LU-te DtE•a* cerha deliCTO•tvm me•O-rum

Deusmeus clamabo per diem NEC exAUdi- * in node, et non ad in. sipi•EN-foam MI-hi.

Tu autert in sancto habi-TAS laws IS-rael* in to speraverunt patres nostri: speraverunt et )Sher-A-sti Eos.

Sperat•it in Domino e-RIpi-at E-um * salvum faciet corn, quoni-AM volt E•um.

Ipsi vero consideraverunt et CON-spe• XE•runt me * divisenmt sibi vestimenta men, et super cestem mean: mi•SE•runt SOR-tern.

].ibera me do O-re le-O-nil* et acur• nibus unicornuorum humili-TA-tern Die-am. Qui timetis Dominant, lau•DA-te E•um * universum semen Jacob, magnifii-CA•te H

Annuntiabitur Domino generati•0 yen-TU-ra * et annuntiabunt caeli ju•STI•ti•am E•jus.

Populo QUI na-SCE-fur * quern FEcit DO•mi-nos.

Offertory.

Improperium expectat•it cur meam, ET miSE-ri-am * et sustinui qui Simu] contristaretur, ET non FU-it.

Consolantem me quaesivi, et NEON in•VE-ni* et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti me apotaverunt ME a-CE-to.

Communion.

There are no responses connected with the Pasion or Gospel, but Amen ' mast be Song (on one note) to the prayers that follow. AL the Adoration of the Crossitis necessaryfor the choir to know the answer "Venue adoremus." This short fragment can be had from the Liber Usualis (the parish priest will have acopy of this). The "Yopule Meus" and other music that follows need not be sung, or at least it is not absolutely essential' (where the Dfemorialeis being followed. During the procession, on the way back from the Altar of Repose, the Vexilla Regis(found in all manuals) must be sung. Here again if it is necessary to repeat any verses, one goes back to the second, nor is the last verse sung twti the procession is nearly back at the High Altar. The response,"Sed libeca nos amalo;" is :ttng in the usual way at the end of the Pater Nosier. Aplain Amen is sting to the following prayer:

FirstTract.

Domine, audivi auditum TU-um et TI•mu•i* consideravi opera tun ET ex-PA-vi.

In medio duontm animalium in•NO•te• 5CE•ris * dum advenerit tempos Osten-De•ris. In eo, dum conturbata fuerit A-ni-ma , DIE-a * in Ira, misericordiae ME•mor Eris.

Deus aLI-ba-no VE•ni-et* et Sanctus de monte umbroso ET con-DEN-so. Operuit caelos ma-JE•stas E-jus * et laudis ejus PLE-na est TER-ra.

Second Tract.

Eripe me Domine ab IIO•mi-ne 'MA-lo* avino iniquo LI-be-RA me. Qui cogitaverunt maliti•AS in CORde * tota dieconstittt-E-bant PRAEli-a.

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Gradual.

Christus facial est pro nobis US•que ad MOR•tem * mortem AU•tem CRU•cis.

Propter quod et Deus exal-TA-vii IL-lam * et dedit illi Women quod est super 0-mne NO-men.

Offertory.'; Dextern llomini FEcit t•ir•TU-tern rlextera Domini EX•aI-TA-vii me. Non Mori-AR,led V1ram * etnarr:'.;u O-pens DO-mini.

Cosmnunion. Dominus •

)elan, postquam coenavi[ coin di•SCI•pulis SU-is* lavit pedes eorum, et A-it IL-Lis. Scitis quid fecerim vobis ego Dominus ET Nfn-GI-lien* Exemplum dedi vobis ut cos its FA-ci•A•tis.

At the end of the Mass, during the procession to the Altar of Repose, the Mange Lingua(found in all manuals) is sung. (Note: 1f the fiat four ver• sec are not sufficient to last until the Altar of Repose is reaches? one repeats hack to the Second, never the First. The verse commencing with "Tantum ergo," etc., is not sung until all are kneeling before the Altarof Repose.) The \lass is to'be sung with. out any accompaniment, except that while the Priest intones and says the Gloria, the organ may play loudly and the church hells ring. In this case the choir does not continue until the priest has finished saying the Gloria and the bells have ceased ringing, when they commence at "et in terra pax;" etc. At the Mncusion of the Gloria the organ will remain silent until the Gloria of Holy Saturday, when the same ceremony is observed.

GOODFRIDAY.

The two Tracts given below are sung, the one after the initial lesson, and theother between the lesson that follows this Tract and the reading of the Passion. These might well be sung to the three-part formula given above, with no accompaniment.

Acuerunt linguas suas SIC-ut serYEN-te's* venenum aspidum sub labi-IS e•0-rum.

Custodi me Domine de manu PECca-TO-ris* et ab hominibus iniquis LI-be-RA me.

Qui cogitaverunt supplantare GRESsus ME-os * absconderunt superbi LA-que•um DII-hi.

Et funes extenderttnt in laquem PE. di-bus DIE-is* juxta iter scandalum posu•E•runt MI-hi.

Dixi Domino: Deus DIE-us ES to exaudi Domine, vocem orati-O•nis Me•ae.

Domine, Domine, virtus sa•LU•tis ME•ae *obumbra caput meum in DI-eBEL•li. Ne tradas me adesiderio meo PECca-TO-ri* cogitaverunt adversurn me: ne derelinquas me, ne unquarn EX-al-TEN•tur.

Caput circui-TUS e-O•rum * labor labiorum ipsorum o-PE-riet E-os. Verumtamen justi eonfitebuntur NOminiTU•o * ethabitabant recticum VUL•tu TU-o.

EASTER SUNDAY.

The Proper of the Mass is given below. The Sequence, which follows the Alleluia(without any further repetition of the word Alleluia, which is nt• hoever found at the end of the Se• quence) must be sung, and would be best sunk to it's own melody which is given in all manuals

PROPER OF EASTER SUNDAY.

Introit, Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum, AL•le• LU•ia * posuisti super me manum foam, AL-le•LU-ia.

Dlirabilis facia est sci-EN•ti-a TU•a * Alleluia AL•leLU-ia(Fine).

Domine probasti me et 00-gno•VI•sti the* to cognovisti sessionem meam, et resurrecti•0-nem ME-am. Gloria, etc, Gradual and Alleluia.

Haec dies quam FE•cit DO-minus * cxultemus et lae•TE•mur in Ea.

Confitemini Domino QUO-ni-am BOnos * quoniam in saeculum miseri• COR-dram E-jus.

Alleluia, AZ-le•LU•ia* Fascha nostrum immo-LA-tun est CHRI•stus. (Sequence follows.)

OHertodttm.

Terra tremuit ET<lui•E•vit * dam resurgeret in judicio Deus AL•le• LU•ia.

Communion.

Pascha nostrum immolatus est Chris tun, AL•le•LU•ia* itaque epulemur in az)•mis sinceritatis et veritatis, :\Itcluia, Alleluia, AL-le•LU•ia.

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Nationalisation of Insurance7

Sir,—As an K.C. and an

industrial assurance agent, Itake the strongest abjection possible to the unfounded and vicious attack published in the issue of"The Record" dated Wednesday, March 7, 1945, under the heading of Nationalisation of Insurance." Of industrial insurance in England Icannot speak. Naturally Iamfully conversant only with the Australian Society from which Ihold an agency.

The article in question states dogmatically that "Industrial insurance, whether in England or Australia, definitely stinks." Continues with the assertion that"38 per cent. of the premiumscollectedareabsorbedinprofits and expenses." Here Professor Clark is confusing mutual societies with non-mutual. In the former there are no shareholders and no dividends are paid. All profits are equally divided among the members, in Propo

rtiontoeach£100of insuranceeffected or part thereof. Expenses: Collectingcommissionallowedis121percent. and some tables,and 5per cent. on others, this for weekly and monthly cases alike.

A vast difference be

twe

en Mr. Clarke's figures and actual expense figures isnoted when we find that the annual report, 1944, makes it under 30 per cent.

The article asserts that "strong trade union interests in the insurance collectors ensure that the Labour Party and trade union movement will never indulge in criticism of the insurance companies;' Even

Homer nodded. The Industrial Life Assurance Agents' Association of Australia is not affiliated with any other trade union nor any political body, yet, though the obvious advantages to be gained from this s

tep have been stronglyrepresented to theAsociation. Withregardtothe"Blood-sucking lawvet.," Ihave ne

Illus represent about 7per cent., not 50 per cent. JIy fellow agents can show roughly the same results, some a little better, some worse. The management maintain that the national average of lapses is less than 5 per cent. . Of the it 2s 3d total lapses, "10/6 worth" paid only for a few weeks.. 5/6, lapses on one family, was writtenbefore Ihad acquiredsufficient judgment to discern the thrifty family from the one that has no stability, the type that have nointention of persevering and finally disappear leaving atrailof debts to the trades people.. Thus it will readily be seen that actually the lapse total over a period of four years is nearer 4 per cent. Let me state that any policy three years or more in force, can be closed as apaid-up policy.

In conclusion, there has beennorise in the commission rates since thewar began,despite the fact that taxation Worethandoubled.

Iam quite clear in my own conscience ,and so far from contemplating drowning, Iam much more interested in the possibility of Prof. Clark watering downsome of his assertions. With all due respect to his undoubted ability toreason, it isbetter, Ithink,that even aprofessor get his facts right.

Any advocate of Nationalisationof In. surance should study the position in Queensland and New Zealand. where in open competition with the Government Insurance, the mutual societies have proved afar better investment, with amuch smaller rate of expense and arecord of expediti ou

ver had even one singe case come under my experience which would justify such asweeping condemnation. On the contrary, nvhereIhave come upon cases—not of the Society Irepresent, letmesay—in which the policy-holders have com• plainer] of sharp practice, Ihave invariably advised them to approach a solicitor, with quick and satisfying results for the member.

Imight mention 1tlo not recommend any and every solicitor; there are perhaps exceptions. Finally, very powerful financial institutions all par

ently operate other ventures as well as insurance companies; and the •uturial profession and their activit ies Ileave to Prof, Clark. They may neecj our prayers, but not my defence.

With regard to industrial agents in Australia generally. It is common knowledge that in the past they were only the"football" in the g, to be kickedaround at will bybothmanagetnent and members. It is only within the last three years that the agents have been able to organise an association, approach the Arbitration Cou rt

. and obtain a

n award. The agent now receives aguaranteed wage of£5 9s per week of 41 hours, with two weeks' annual holidaysonfull pay aril two weeks' sick leave. In arhlition he is now covered u

nder the Workers' Coin' Act- The catch, of course,is that if an agent does not cue• tually earn his f5 9s or more, through coltertingcommission andnewbusiness written, the office twill soon

demand his resignation. It might surprise Mr. Clark to know how many men e

ha••` collapsed u

ssettling of claims which is their best advertise• ment•—EDW. J. O'BRIEN , Hon.Sec•. Sub-Branch, Hon. State Treas., R.A Council, Professor, Death weall take Iwonder what pay— It may he vou'll quote?

ithink 1shall clay.

is one thingof which note. d you u owith all cor permit me then to not drown myself

EIGHTH

ANNUAL 1YIEETMG MONDAY NEXT.

ARCHRL3HOP WILL ATTEND.

The eighth annual general meeting and election of officers of the Perth Diocesan Unionof the Holy Name Society will takeplaceat8p.m. onMonday next, March 19, As usual the meetingwillbeheldintheCollegeTheatre, Christian Brothers' College, St. George'sTerrace,Perth. His Grace the Archbishop will be present, and it is hopedandanticipated that arecord number of spiritual directors,branch officers,delegatesandmembers willfill the meeting.

Apart from the customary business of the meeting and the election of officers, His Grace will deliver his annual address to the Society. There will also be presented to the meeting the annual reports of the General Rec• retary and General Treasurer, and both reports will indicate satisfactory progress by the Society during the past year.

All branches are urged to be represented by their spiritual directors, officers and delegates. Moreover, the Council extends acordial invitation to all members wishing to attend. Itis by attending these general meetings, taking part in the discussions and meeting members from otherbranches, that officers and members learn more of this great Society and thereby are able to use their increased knowledge to effect improvements in their own branches.

and General Treasurer••tessrs. E. J. Farmer and F. W. Morgan—will be in attendance from 7.30 p.m. on the night of the meeting.

',\Ir. Farmer advises that he still has asupply of those splendid books, written by Rev. Father W. V. McEvoy, O.P., namely, "The Death Image of Christ" and "Things in me that make me aBeliever," Both books are priced at 1/6 each, and Mr. Farmer will be pleased to supply any orders placed with him. The books have a deep religious significance, are beautifully written,and make splendid gifts to Catholic men serving in the Forces. Revenue from the sale ofthe books assists National H-eadquarters of the Iloly Name Society. Any enquiries concernin5 holy Name Society matters should be

addressed to the GeneralSecretary,\[r, ErnestJ. Farmer, 45 Leonard•street, Victoria Park.

Our Lady Help of Christians Branch, East Victoria Park.

In the absence of the president, Bra. Stockden, the vice-president, Sr. Curtis, presided over afair attendance of membersat the meeting on the6th. inst. Sr. Lit Ryan was reported to be i m

proving after her recent illness and is now convalescing in the SouthRest.

It was learned that Bro.•and Sr. Iliggins will be leaving the district in the near future for their new home at Bassendearn. Sister Vice-President rnade eulogistic reference to the de• parting members, for the splendid set• vices rendered by them to the branch. andwishedthem every luckandhappiness in their new home.

Bro. Charlie Turner (R.A.A.F.) is homeonleave from an Easternstation

Retreat.

All Active and Auxiliary Legionaries, members of theCatholic Teachers' Guild, and Catholic Girls' Club'and other sodalities and societies, are reminded of the Retreat to be conductedbyVery Rev.FatherHaugh,O.M.I., from March 23 to 25(the great feasts ofOur LadyoftheSeven Doloursand the Annunciation). Sunday, March 25, will a

lso

be

Palm Sunday.

Holy Masses will be celebrated at 6 and 7o'clock on each rooming, and an evening lecture will be given at 7 pm.

Thebeautiful ceremony of the Acies will be held on Sunday evening, after which the parish will be consecrated to the Blessed Virgin.

It is hoped that St. Mary's will be crowded on these three days to do honour to our Queen and our Mother.

The usual Acies party will be held in St. Mary's Hall following evening devotions on Sunday,March 25.

AnnualMen'sCommunion.

The Spiritual Director of the Holy Name Society congratulated the junior and senior members and other Goldfields men present on the magnificent a

ttendance at 7o'clock Mass and the annual general Communion on Sunday last.Father said theirexamplewas to be commended. It was agreat demonstration-of Faith and acknowledgment of Jesus Christ. Their Holy

Name Society pledge was honoured by the living Faith manifested that morning, and that Faith was of real value, worth living, suffering and dying for, After Mass the majority of the men and boys adjourned to St. Mary's Hall for the annual breakfast. The chief speaker was All'. E.1-Keenan, M.L.C., who delivered amost interesting address on "Our OwnCountry." Mr. F. Walsh moved avote of thanks, an

, this was seconded by Mr. J. Mayor of Boulder.

St. Patrick's Day, Masses willbe celebrated at 7and9 o'clock in St.Mary'sChurch. A com• bined children's choir will sing the Mass. Pope'sPrisoner of War o the Attention is again drawn to the collection for the Holy Father's Prisoner of War Fund.

General Invitation to , Par'islai- s

An invitation to parishioners to join in the Retreat as a preparation for the Consecration of the parish to Our eby Rev. Father Caro Lady, was mad PAINTII\GFOR PERROTT -- PERRO TT

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nder the strain imp the stern necessity of writingnewbusi• ness every week and of keeping it in benefit. And it would he as well to point out here that each case written carries aperiod of three years responsibility for the agent. Hence an busin y the threeessyearswhich,the commission apses g

firstpadis he agent's nett ence deducted from accu

mulated pay—monthl be ofy.some in would pe Pm if Irecord MVNew business written•

res for four years• s; total lapses, 11 2s 3d, Lapses

Very interesting letters were received from two of our members in the "Blue" Mellowship Services, Bro. (A. Ca

I.FJ, in aNorthern area, and Br o.

oll(R.A.N.).

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sea Both members were very appreciative of letters and parcels received by them from the branch.

Bro.Max Hitchcock wasaadmitted dm

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A special branch Holv Communion will be held on Sunday, March 18, for the repose of the soul of Bro. Bert Greenwood, late Pilot-Officer in the R:A.A.F., the second anniversary of whose death occurs about this time.

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PERTH. NVEDNESDAY, MARCH 1.1, 1935.

Everyman's

Saint

"A faithful and wise steward, whom the Lord setteth over Ili, family; to give them their measure of wheat in due season." This is the encontiuut which the Church makes over Joseph the Carpenterof Nazareth, applying to hint the words of his incomparable Foster-Child. So eminent has tit. Joseph become in the Calendar ofthe Saints and in the mind of the Church that two solemn feastdaysareannually celebrated in hishonour,and the month of March is dedicated to his special veneration. The public recognition of the sanctity of St.Joseph can betraced back to the early Ghristiau ages both in the East and West, and the cultus grew xvitlithe centuries%viih awonderful and tillprecedented popularity. One of the first acts of Pope Pius IX was to elevate St. Joseph to be Patron and Protector.of theUniversal Church, ittresponse to the petitions of the bishops and the faithful. Not to Ile outdone in honouring him whom Jesus and Mary so honoured, Pope Leo XIII approved the votive office of the Saint on certain days, while Pius

X sanctioned aLitany in his honour.

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Among all the titles given to

St Joseph in his litany, those ehich call upon him as "Head of the Holy Family" and "Glory of family life," are most pregnant in their significance for our age. That little household at lietlrlehenu, in Egypt, in the long, lovely years at Nazareth, is to be th e

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lif e. Father, mother, and children, linked together by natural affection and the supernatural bond of charity, will look to that homely littlecircle for their spirit. And the head of that house isJoseph. Lu our time, organised forces areat work to destroy the family and to undermine home life. Besides divorce, birth prevention and sterilisation, which stand condemned by their very grossness, there is the modern spirit of heedless hedonism which tends more and more to attract youth away from home life and home influence. The philosophy of rebellion, too, is rife in certain popular authors, who endeavour toweaken or destroy the claims of parental authority. Opposed to it all is the figure of Joseph, "head of the Holy Family," and Mary, Mother of Christ, and Jesus Himself

Who was subject to them."

On one point of the life of St. Joseph tradition is very strong. It is upon the end of that saintly life-the death of Joseph. Tradition maintains that he died in the arms of Jesus and Mary. This has given to St. Joseph aunique claim to the title and office of patron of ahappy death, since he himselfdied the most blessed of deaths. fn point of fact, Catholics have ever looked to him with confidence when praying for the grace of(lying in God's favour, and of securing that peace of conscience which will withstand the fears and terror incidental to the soulabont to pass from "out this bourneoftime andspace." In truth, St. Joseph is oneofthe most loveable of the Saints, and one whose example is perhaps most adaptable to the lives of the majority. St. Joseph had the responsibilitiesofahusband;he-,vas thehreadI winner. His life wasone of labour and of poverty. It was fitting that he who had lived solely in relation to the needs and welfare of Jesus and Mary, should have them present at his death-hed. Of old, Pharoah said to the people in their need, "Go to Joseph." To Catholics in the daily routine of life, and in the end of life, the Church re-echoes: "Goto Joseph."

St. Patrick's ConcertHis Majesty's Theatre

Sunday Night,March 18, at 8.45

DOORS OPEN 8p.m.

PROCEEDS FOR THE C.W.O. ADMISSION 2s. TO ALL PARTSOF THEHOUSE. StallsandCircleSeatsmaybeBookedfor2/7atNicholson's. PLANSOPENONMONDAY,MARCH 12th.

THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ARRANGED ON SIMILARLINESTOTHATOFLASTYEAR.

Living With the Church

March 18-Passfon Sunday (Violet): Massproper. No Gloria. 2nd.pray. er of St. Cyril, 3rd, prayerfor peace. Creed. Preface of the Cross.

March 19-St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin (white): Mass proper. 2nd. prayer of the Feria. Creed. Preface of St. Joseph. Last Gospel of the Feria.

March 20-Feria (violet): Mass proper. No Gloria, 2nd. prayer for the Church or Pope. 3rd. prayer for peace. Preface of the Cross.

Match21-St.Benedict,Abbot (white) Mas"Osjusti" from the Commonof Abbots. 2nd, prayer of the Feria. 3rd, prayer for peace. Preface of the Cross. Last Gospel of the Feria.

-OR-

Mass of the Feria(violet). No Gloria. 2nd. prayerof St. Benedict. 3rd. prayer for peace. Preface of the Cross. March 22-Feria (violet)

Mass proper. No Gloria. 2nd, prayer for the Church or Pope. 3rd. prayer for peace. Preface of the Cross.

March 23-The Seven Dolours of Our Lady (white):

Mass proper. 2nd. prayer of the Feria. 3rd. prayer for peace. Stabat Mater. Creed, Preface of the Bless. ed Virgin. Last Gospel of the Feria.

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Massofthe Feria(violetI. NoGloria. 2nd. prayerof the Blessed Virgin. 3rd. prayer for peace. No Creed. Preface of the Cross.

March 24-St. Gabriel, Archangel (white):

Mass proper, 2nd, prayer of the Feria.

3rd. prayer for peace. Tract. Preface of the Cross. Last Gospel of the Saturday. -OR-

Mass of the Saturday-(violet). No

Gloria. 2nd. prayer of St, Gabriel. 3rd, prayer for peace. No Creed. Preface of the Cross. Last Gospel of the Feast.

Catholic Broadcasts

Sunday,March25 (7.90 p.m.,6WN): Broadcast of Evening Devotions from the Cathedral. Preacher, aRe. demptorist Father.

The Catholic Answer:

Every Sunday night at 9p.m., Sta tions 6-

PR and6TZ.

HOLIDAY RESORTS

MASS TIME TABLE.

cottesloe:

Sundays: 7a.m.; 10 a.m.

North Beach: S.15 a.m.: every Sunday until further notice.

Rockingham: 9a.m., March 25, and April 1 (Easter Sunday).

Safety Bay: 9a.m.,March 18.

Scarborough: Sundays: 8a.m.

ST. PATRICK'S CONCERT

St. Patrick's Annual Concert will be held on Sunday night, March 18, at 8.45 p.m„ in His Majesty's Theatre. Doors will open at 8p.m., and admission to all parts of the theatre will be 2s. Booking for stalls and dress circle(2/7) at Nicholson's until 12 noon Saturday, and Saturday afternoon at the theatre.

The programme will be providedby Aquinas College, Loreto Convent, Nedlands, Sacred Heart High School, and Sacred Heart Primary School, Highgate;Miss Alice Mfalon,soprano; Miss Noreen Edwards, violin: Miss Mary Bernet, piano: Traditional Irish Step• dance§(arranged by the IrishNational Foresters), and the Junior Orchestra ofthe pupilsof the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square.

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•rc•aioc•ge

His Grace the Archbishop adminis. tered theSacramentofConfirmationat Mount Barker on Sunday morning, and at Albany on Sunday evening, March 11.

The Archbishop had expected, dur. ing hiti visit, tobeable to.blessthe ex. tensions to St. Joseph's Convent School that increased enrolments have made necessary. Two classrooms are being added to the main school building by Mr. E. Tompkins, to the design of Mr. W. H.Jef7eris, Unfortunately, the non-arrivalof some of the material has retarded construction, and as the building is not sufficiently advanced, the ceremony ofblessing-the additions has had to be postponed until some future date.

His Grace the Archbishop returned to Perth on Wednesday evening.

Rt. Rev, Monsignor J. H. Hannan, D.D., D.Ph. National Director of the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, has been on abrief visit to Perth, during Hhich he had the opportunity of in. specting St. Francis Xavier's Native Mission, Wandering Brook. He appealed for the Missions at all Masses at St. Patrick's, Havelock-street. on Sunday, March I1. Monsignor Han. nan returns to the Eastern States on Thursday, March 15.

Rev, F. Ryan, Diocesan Director of the Catholic Rural Movement, is at present attending aConference at the N.C.R.M, at Melbourne.

SPECIAL COURSE OF LENTEN SERMONS. -

The course of Lenten Sernions at St. Mary's Cathedral,willbecontinuedbyRev. Father J. Sexton, C.SS.R, on Sunday, evening, )larch 18

ARCHBISHOP'SENGAGEMENTS.

March 17(St, Patrick'sDay)-

9.30 a.m.: Preside at Solemn High Mass atSt.Mary'sCathedral.

March 18:

12.30 p.m.: Attend Celebrations in honour of St.Joseph at the Little Sistersof the Poor.

8.45 p.m.! Attend Annual St. Patrick's Day Concert,at His Majesty's Theatre.

March 19-

9.30 a.m.: Preside at Solemn High 'Mass atSt. Kieran'sChurch,Osborne Park, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Ordination of Rev. A. Langmead.

8p.m.: AtendAnnual Meetingof the Holy NameSocietyat Christian Brothers' College,St. George'sTerrace.

March 25 (Palm Sunday): 11 a.m.: St.Mary's Cathedral. SolemnlyblesspalmsandpresideatSol. emn HighMass.

7.30 p.m.: Confirmation and Visits• tion at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, East Victoria Park.

March28 (SpyWednesday)7.30 P.M.: St. Marys Cathedral, Preside at Office of Tenebrae. 87aroh29(HolyThurs"y)9.30 a.m.: St. Mary's Cathedral, Pontificate.

7.30 p.m.: Preside at Office of Tena brae,

March30(GoodRtiday)-

10 a.m.: St. Mary'sCathed ra

l. Pre SideatMassofthePresanctified. 3p.m.: Attend Stationsof theCrws. 7.30 p.m.: Preside at Office of Tenebme.

March 31(HolyQaturdsy)8.15 a.m.: St.Mary'sCathedral. Pia side at Solemn High Mass.

April1(Easterfimday)-

11 a.m.: St. Mary'sCathedral. tificate.

Sacred

Ministers for Holy Week Ceremonies

PALM SUNDAY:

Function commences at 10.45a.m.

His Grace the Archbishop will solemnly bless the palms and preside at Solemn High Bass.

Celebrant of the Mass: Rev. J. MCGil. licuddy.

Deacon: Rev, J. Murphy.

Sufi-Deacon: Rev, P, Donnelly.

Assistants at the Throne: Rev.J. Wal. lace and Rev. H. Lalor.

:Assistant Priest: Very Rev. E. Ken. nedy.

Deacons of the Passion:

Narrator: Very Rev. L. JGoody.

Synagogue: Rev. 1. Mc

Gillicuddy.

Christus: Rev. F. O'Connor.

SPY WEDNESDAY:

Office of Tenebrae—commencing at 7.30 P.M.

Assistants at the Throne: Ven Rev. E. Kennedy and Rev. E.Collins.

Chanters: Very Rev, L. J. Goody and Rev. J. JRafferty.

Lamentations:

First: Very Rev. L. J.Goody.

Second: Rev. If. Lalor.

Third: Rev. -1. McGillicuddy.

Lessons:

IV.: Rev. C. K. Slowey.

V.: Rev. T. Ahern.

VI,: Rev. F. O'Connor.

VII-: Rev. P. Kelliher.

VIII.: Rev. J. Murphy.

IX.: Rev. J. Wallace.

Choir forTenebrae:

Revs. T. Ahern, J. Wallace, W. Browne, IV, Costelloe, J. Depiazzi, J. Doyle, J. O'Dwyer, R. Kelly, L. J. Goody, P. Kelliher, T. Perrott, S.J., H. Lalor, J. McGillicuddy, J. T. McMahon, J. Murphy. C. Nolan, G. O'Callaghan, F. O'Connor, V. O'Stdlivan, T. Prendiville, C. K. SI01wey, S. Halve, P. Woods, M. Delahunty.

HOLY THURSDAY:

Function commences at9.30 a.m.

Celebrant: HisGrace the Archbishop.

• Archdeacon: Rt. Rev. Monsignor I3. Fagan, V.G.

Assistant Priest: Very Rev. E. Kew nedy.

Deacons at Throne: Very Rev. A. Kelly. S.J., and Very Rev. T. Haugh, O.M.I.

Deacon of Mass: Rev. F. O'Connor.

Sub-Deacon: Rev. R. Kelly.

Twelve fteats of the Holy Oils: Revs. J. T. McMahon, J. Wallace, J. Dunne, P. C.

Smith, J. McCormack G. O'Callaghan, J. P. Brennan, J. Lynch, E, Collins an Oblate Father, aRedemptorist Father, and aJesuit Father.

Seven Deacons of the Holy Oils: E Revs. I1. Brennan, J. Depiazzi , Sullivan, C. Nolan,

J.J.O'Dwyer, G. O'Leary, and aRedemptoristFather.

Seven Sub-D-eacons of the Holy Oils: Revs. T. O'Kane, W. Costelloe, M. Delahunty, V. O'Sullivan, M. Div iney, an Oblate Father, and aJesuit Father.

Chanters: Very Rev. L. J. Goody and Rev. J. McGillicuddy.

Sub-Deacon Cross Bearer: Rev. P, Donnellv.

Choir for HolyThursdayMorning:

Chanters: Very Rev. L. J. Goody and Rev. J, J. Rafferty.

Lamentations:

First: Very Rev. L. J. Goody, Second: Rev. II. Lalor.

Third: Rev.J. McGillicuddy.

Lessons:

IV,: Rev. T. Prendiville.

V,: Rev. W. Browne.

VI.: Rev. JDepiazzi.

VII.: Rev. R. Kelly.

VIII.: Rev.J. 0Dwyer.

IX.:Very Rev,J.T. McMahon. Choir for Tenebrae will be the same as on Spy Wednesday.

GOODFRIDAY:

Function commences at 10a.m.

Lector: Very Rev. J. Wallace.

Celebrant: Rev. IL Lalor.

Deacon; Rev. C. K. Slowey,

Sub-Deacon: Rev. T. Ahern.

Assistants at Throne: Very Rev. F. Duffy, C.SS.R., and Very Rev. A. Kelly, S.J.

Deacons of the Passion: As on Palm Sunday.

Office of Tenebrae—commencing at 7.30p.m.

Assistant; at Throne: Very Rev. E. Kennedy and Rev. E. Collins.

Chanters: Very Rev. L. J. Goody and Rev. J. J. Rafferty.

Lamentations:

First: Very Rev. L. J. Goody.

Second: Rev. II. Lalor.

Third: Rev. J. McGillicuddy.

Lessons:

IV.: Rev. it. Delahunty.

V.: Rev. S. Hawe.

VI.: Rev.. P. Woods.

VII.: Rev. J. Doyle.

VIII.: Rev. W. Costelloe.

IX.: Rev. T. Perrott, SJ.

Choir: As on Spy Wednesday.

HOLY SATURDAY:

Function commences at 6.45 a.m.

Celebrant: Rev. F. O'Connor.

Deacon: Very Rev. L. J. Goody.

Sub-Deacon: Rev. P.Donnelly.

Chanters: Revs. J. McGillicuddy and C. K. Slowey.

Lessons:

Revs. H. Lalor, J. Rafferty, W. Cos• telloe, A. Lynch,J. O'Farrell, J. Murphy, E. Collins, H. Brennan, C. K. Slowey,J. McGillicuddy, J. Depiazzi, andE.Kennedy.

EASTER SUNDAY:

Function commences at 11 a.m.

Celebrant: His Grace the Archbishop.

Deacon: Rev. JMcGillicuddy.

Sub-Deacon: Rev, W. Browne,

Assistant Priest: Very Rev. E. Ken. nedy.

Deacons at Throne: Revs. H. Lalor and P. Donnelly.

Master of Ceremonies throughout Holy Week: Rev. J. J. Rafferty and Rev. J. P, O'Farrell,

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Revs. T. Ahern, T. Prendiville, C. K. Slowey, L. J. Goody, W. Browne, P. Kelliher, 1. McGillicuddy, J.Murphy , J. Doyle, 11, Later. P. Woods.

N.B.: The Priests, Deaconsand SubDeacons of the Holy Oils will please bringtheir own vestments. They,

will vest before the Masscommences. The colour is white. The vestments required:(1) By the Priest are: amice, surplice, stole and chasuble. (2) By the Deacons:Amice,surplice,stole and dalmatic. (3) By the Sub-Deacons: Amice, surplice, and tunicle.

Despatch of Holy Oils:

The following will be responsible for the preparation of the Holy Oils for despatch:

Very Rev. E. Kennedy, Very Rev. J. Wallace, Revs, J. McGillicuddy, P Donnelly, J. O'Farrell, T. Ahern, J. Depiazzi, J. Murphy, J. Doyle, J. Brennan, T. Prendiville,and C. K. Slowey. Office of Tenebrae—commencing at 7.30 p-m•

Assistants at theThrone:Very Rev,E. Kennedy and Rev.E. Collins.

1. Those priests taking part in the ceremonies of Holy Week are advised that theytwill receive no notice or reminder other than the publication of their names in the above list. They are particularly requested to be present in good time before the commencement of the function in which they are taking part and, in the case ofthe Priests, Deacons and Sub-Dea. cortsof the Holy Oils, to come provided with the vestments required by the office to whichthey have been appointed.. Priests,except those on ceremon• ies, will vest in the Chapter Hall.

3. The morning ceremonies in the various parishes should be over sufficiently early to enable the priestly to attend theCathedral.

4. Priests appointed forany function in the Cathedral must provide asultstitute if unable to attend.

5.Anmembersofchoirarerequested to attend (withLiberUsualis)apratties, whichwill beheld in theChapter 8x+11at 4pm onTuesday,March97.

6. All priests in Sanctuary are expected toanswer all Responses.

7. Deacons and Sub-Deacons during Holy Week are requested to use the ad libitum tones for the Gospel and Epistle.

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INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC

An International Catholic informa. tion and enquiry service, with headquarters in the capitals of English. speakingcountries isplannedbyoverseas Bishops, according to the London "Catholic Times." It twill co-operate withthe N.C.W.C.in th; UnitedStates and arecently established information bureau in Quebec, Canada. AUnion of Bishops in the English-speaking countries is also proposed.

ArchbishopGriffin, with the support of the Hierarchy of England and Wales will, it is understood, sponsor the schemeinEngland; aninformation and enquiry bureau will be opened in Londonandclosecontactswillbemade and maintained with the Government Ministries andDepartments.

Edinburgh will see the start of the scheme in Scotland, the Catholic En. quiryOfficeformingthebasis. Thecooperationoftheremainderofthe coun• trywillensureitsfulldevelopment.

The new bureau or service,will. it is confidently expected, find favour with

NEWS SERVICE PLANNED

the Irish Hierarchy. It isalso hoped that Australia andNew, Zealand,ifapproached, will come into the scheme. If necessary, Cardinal Villeneuve, of Canada, will visit Europe and Austra. lasia to launch thescheme.

AUnionof English-speaking Bishops is alikely resultof thedevelopmentof the information service scheme. An. nual meetings of the Bishops in adif. ferentcapitaleachyearwillbepossible withthe projected developmentsin air travel.

Apress or publicity section will be prominentin the new organisation; nation-wide publicity and, when occasion demands it, tworld-wide prominence, will be secured for Catholic news. It will broadcast Catholic views, making availableforthedailyandweeklynews. papers concise, and, when necessary, authoritative,Catholicstatements.

The section will concern itself with themediumofthewirelessandalready the Church authorities in Ireland are planning aweekly Catholic radio feature tobe relayed from Athlone.

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Russians Ill-Fed and Poorly Clad

American Pressman Gives EyeWitness Account ofVisit

Agraphic, eye-witnessaccountof social and economic conditions in Soviet RussiaisbroughttotheAmericanpub. lic in the December issue of"Reader's Digest" in"Report on the Rtssians" by William L. White, son of the late William Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kan.,"Gazette." The article summarises part of Mr. White's forth. coming book.

The author accompanied Eric John. ston, president of the United States ChamberofCommerce,on hisfive-week tour of Russia last summer. In his unique style, familiar to those who have read his best-sellers,"They Were Expendable" and "Queens Die Proudly," Mr. White recounts what he actually saw during his trip to the Soviet Union.

Underthe Eye,

The party was constantly under the eye of representatives of Intourist,"a government-owned travel agencywhich has completecharge of the movements and creature-comforts of practically all foreigners. You cannot stir without it. For here it is impossible to drop into arestaurant for acasual meal, go to ahotel for anight, or climb on a trainforatrip,"Mr. Whiteexplains.

He told of the request of foreign correspondents that Mr. Johnston grant thembi-weekly interviews during his stay, adding that the American in. dustrialists"can see everything he de. sires, Until he has been in Moscow for awhile, he can't conceive how closely these reporters are held down; how seldom they are allowed to leave Moscow; how little they see or hear" In another instance, he tells of the Soviet censors refusing to allow news to leave Russia that has not appeared first in the Russian press, since the latter alone can make the news item "officially true,"

PeoplePoorlyClad.

Describing the ill-fitting, poorly cut clothes of the Russian people, Mr. White says that if home relief clients in theUnitedStates,intheworstofthe depression, had appeared as shabbily dressed"as this socialist Soviet aria tocracy" they would have "gone down to the courthouse and torn the case workers from limb to limb." Healso notes the Russians were "almost as poorly fed." —

Foreigners, however, are not forced "down to the sub-W.P.A. standard of living which is the lot of most Soviet citizens," he reveals but are accorded privileges"which in the Western world, are on1v common decencies,but which are fantastic luxtries in the So. viet Union. In Moscow, even with plenty of money, there is little that can he botight—"There are no cafes, bars, or hours ofleisure time" Ile did sec an old lady with acart on wheels selling a"soft drink' or carbonated water and "afew drops of cherry syrup*'"Children and adults, chitching fistfuls of rubles, trait impatiently in thelinetohit}-thisunrationedluxury," he writes.

Mr. White lived in Moscow at the Aletropole, Where the Japanese also lived.

Russian Factories.

Viciting Russian factories with Mr Johnston,Mr.White saysthelatter observed particularly the uncleanlinessof the shops, the inefficiencv and the fact that the production men are ignorant of everythingconnected with the planning, designing, rlistrihution etc., of the products. At one automobile factorv, where the"entire output goes to the privileged class;" the Americans found but one model made, which looks like a1935 Oakland sedan," but which is"asloppy engineering job."

Factory workers, he reports, receive from 20 to 40 dollars for a fife-hour week, with executives receiving up to 800dollarsamonth. Thedirectordid not know the meaning of "absentee.

ism," explaining that"lazy or tardy workers arerebukedbythe wall news papers or denounced over the shop public-address system; if it bappens twoor three times, thematteris taken up with the worker by the union."Mr. White observed that"absenteeism seems to be as rare here as it would beintheAtlantaPenitentiary—andfor many ofthe same rea'sons."

Secret Police Intervene.

In one of the factories,Mr. Johnston was comparing American with Soviet methods with a director until a N.K.V.D. plain-clothes man (secret police) intervened. :Maybe, Mr. White writes,"the N.K.V.D., which controls what Russians are allowed to know, didn't like these spur-of-the-moment uncensored explanationsof how American business ticks even from so bonoured aguestof the Soviet Union as Mr. Johnston."

MovieProblem.

The problem created for the Soviet Government in the showing of Ameri• can movies is also discussed by Mr. White. Nothing can be shown, he states, of the outside world which mightarousediscontentwiththeSoviet rule or the Russian standard of living. Newsreels of-foreigncountries, he says specialiseinstrikesandotherdisorders,, One back-fired when, in ascene of the Detroit race riots, aclose-up showed a policeman hittinganegro, Some Russians stood up and cried "Look at thatwonderfulpai r

of'shoes that negro is wearing." "Grapes of Wrath" was considered acceptable since it showed class struggle, but the Russian audi. ence could not understand how the Joad family could travel from place to place without atravel permit or with. out being stopped by the N.K.V.D. Pictures of foreign battle fronts, Mr. White reveals, are "almost never" shown to the Russian people.

Mr. White writes briefly of the establishment of the Russian Orthodox Church, butdoesnotmention the con. dition of Protestant sects or the ab. sence of the Catholic Church. Stat. ing that the OrthodoxChurch "is now recognised and tolerated, it is not officially encouraged," he notes that the Communist Party"has not overlooked the fact that apatriotic, nationalistic Church can be useful to their regime asit was tobeRomanoffdynasty,"

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Contact With Soldiers Good For Natives

"ni hasseenhundredsofthousands ofsoldiers,andtheirinfluenoehasmade thenativesmoresociableofdisposition.

"Wewrensafraidthatsomeoftheconsequencesofwarin thePacific Islands endght be deplorable in their effect on the character of the natives; but we can be assured that the contact with whitesoldiershasbeenforgood."

That statement was made by the Very Rev. Father E. Bergeron, S.M., Provincialof theMaristMission'sin the Pacific,inanaddresstomembersofthe MaristMedical Mission Society attheir annual meeting recently.

Father Bergeron has just returned from afive months' tour of the Pacific Islands.

"Educationof thenativeswillbeone of thepostiwarchangesin the islands," he said.

"All the Governments concerned in these islands wanttobring about arevival, or an implanting if there was none before, of asystem of education. The idea is praiseworthy, but it isnot set about in the properway.

"I have seen an educational system planned for Fiji. Fortunately, it has not been passed down by the Legislature. It is aplan gone mad. The man who prepared it never lived in Fiji. Ile was not even an educator.

But he was commissioned to get up!+ systemof.secondary education for Fiji.

"Many of his proposals will be passed,andthenativeswillnothaveaword to say for oragainst them,

"Medical care is on the programme for all Governments for post-war schemes in the islands, and this is a verygoodthing,"saidFatherBergeron.

"The(white man's medicine isknown to the natives through the care given them for years by the missionaries.

"Our nur..,

es have endeared themselvesto the nativesby their ability and their ever-ready selfless devotion to theirneeds.

Work of Nurses.

"Buttheyhavelaboured under great disabilities,and we must try tofurnish dispensarie's and requisites by deter. minedapplicationto thelawfulauthorities.

"This is being done now in some of the missions. By proper approach I have no doubt it can be achieved in theSolomonswithoutrelinquishingany of the independenceof the nurses.Our nurser are qualified, certificated, ex. perienced, and should be agreat asset to any general medical officer."

Father Bergeron conjured apicture of post-war missionary work.

"Travelling to and from the islands willbe normallyby air," he said.

".Airtravelwillbetheacceptedthing, even among the various islands of the same group. There is talk already of instituting air lines for the delivery ofmails, transportationofthesick,and for the convenience of officials who anay have business from one island to another.

Missionaries and nursing staff will benefit from such changes. In one daytheywillbe able tocoverhundreds ofmiles without inconvenience, and be back in their own bens at night.

"Roads have been planned and cut on the main islands, making communication athing of ease, almost of pleasure. Motor cars in our islands will take the place of motor boats, which were so slow, inconvenient and unde. pendable. Even the natives now take joyrides bycaror jeep.

"Asaconsequence of air travel and air mail, parcels and packets of medi. cines andcomforts will be delivered to theislandsshortly after they- are drop. pedinthemail box here.

"The nativeswill notbe thesame for their contact with the white man. Thev have seen white soldiers fighting valiantly on the battlefield, and when the fighting was over these same soldiers brought them food, clothing and medicine. They have appreciated the owhite man beyond measure."

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Bruening Was Europe'sLast Hope

REVEALINGFILOTt1.

With theresignation of the Catholic statesman, Dr. Heinrich Bruening, ae ChancelloroftheReichonbUy30,1M. "Europe's last hope for peace was buried," writes Dr, bhx Jordan, inhis volume, "Beyond All !fonts;' just published in the USA. by Bruce.

Revealingfactshithertogenerallyunknown about the German resistance movement,Dr.Jordan'sbookwaschosenas theDecemberselectionof theCatholic Literary Foundation.

Dr. Bruening, who was once described by aforeign diplomat as amixture "of aCardinal and aPrussian officer," tried to"steer asafe middle course in aragingseaof populardiscontent," Dr. Jordan writes,buthe failed becauseof insufficient backing from the victor governments.

Pointing out that many Catholics were deceived by the false attitude of the HitlerGovernmentpriortotheconclusion of the Concordat of 1933, Dr. Jordan observes:"Pope Pius XI was not of this category. Ile was abattling Pope, agreat fighter. Ile knew too much of the affairs of men to be deceived by the suaveness of Baron von Papen, who hadcome to negotiate the Concordat. But in the end less far-seeing advisers prevailed."

Theauthor'sfirstmeetingwithHitler left him unimpressed.."Ile looked ill at ease," Dr. Jordan -writes. "His movementswereawkwardandInoticed agleaminhiseyeswhichIdidnotlike. There was nothing fascinating or startling about his appearance. The man whowas tosettheworldaflamestruck me as it

dull, below-average person."

Dr. Jordan relates how upon the fall of Paris, certain of his private papers came into the hands of the Nazis.

"They 6vere carbons of my reports on the religious persecution under the Nazis," he writes,"which Ihad sent fromtimeto time to theCatholicpress inAmerica,through the N.C.W.C.News ServiceinWashington. Ihadleftthis material with afriend. Imeant to pickitupagainlateron: butwhen the Nazisenteredthe city,mypaperswere left behind, without proper safeguard. Nowtheywereinteresting readingmatterforthe Himmlerboys,"

Suh-titled"13ystander's Notes on This 30 Years' War;' the volume at. tempts to trace the inter-relation between the two World Wars. "Soon Europe will have another armistice," theauthorwrites. "Whetherthistime it willlead to areal peace is thequestion this bookattempts to raise."

"The whole world now pays aheavy price for the errors of the past," the authorcontinues. "Onlyafter tremendous sacrifices can we hope once more toshut thegateofwar.... Therewill always be war-mongers. It is for us to keep them incheck"

"When victory is 1won, the struggle will go on. We must pray that strength be given to the championsof light who time and again, throughout all ages, and beyond all fronts, are called upon to he torch-bearers for re. newingtheearth, thatpeacemayabide in the hearts of men."

In an Epilogue the author tells of a radio broadcastto the people of America from the Catacombs in Rome. The musicwas the liturgical chant ofBene. dictine monks, familiar to the early Christians."While Istood listening," Dr.Jordan writes,"Ireflected howout ofthesacreddarknessoftheCatacombs shines the light of salvation.The martvrs won the good -tattle. By hearing theCross,theChristianunderground of old gained the Resurrection. Because so many lights pierced the darkness, the darkness did not prevail"

Born in Italy of Austrian and Ger. man parentage, Dr. Jordan, who for many-yearsnowhasbeenanAmerican, has tra

velled extensively in Europe, Asia and America. From 1931 to 1941 he represented the National Broadcasting Company as its continental repre. sentative inEurope, and was alsoCen. tral European correspondent for N.C.W.C. News Service for this period. Returning to this country in 1941, he became director of religious broadcasts for N.B.C. Ile is aconvert to the Faith.

By "LAURI."

"Everything we read makes us better or worse, and, by anecessary conse. quence, increases orlessens our happiness; often askyourself what influence your reading exercises upon yourconduct."—Ibid.

Some very worth-while books have been included in our Library recently, books which have many times been asked for. We are pleased at last to announce theirarrival Here area f ,

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"CARDINAL HINSLEY." A memoirbyJohnC.Heenan,D.D. ..a real living portrait of the Priest and the man who attracted so many people to himself and became recognised as agreat national and religious leader in the nation's darkest hours."

"DEATH iOF AGENTLEMAN." By Christopher Hollis. "Idedicated a whole night to learning wisdom from theprivate lettersof anobscure squire and back-bencher."—H. J. Massingham "Brilliantly written in an easy English which it is asheer joy to read," says the"Sheffield Telegraph."

THE POPES' NEW ORDER." Being the social encyclicals and addresses of Leo XIII, Benedict XV, Pius XT, and Pius XII (1878-1941). the true notionof what man is, whylifeisgivenhim,whatheismeant to makeoflife; thetrue notionofmar. riage and the family, of ownership, of government end the State of wealth and of labour:'

"JESUITS UNDER FIRE," in the siege of Hong Kong, 1941. By Thos F. Ryan, S.J. "RODIE AND THE COUNTER RE. FORMATION IN ENGLAND." By Philip Hughes. "Aformidable array of facts. Accurate . lively much newand valuablematerial."

Inaddition tothebookletsforschool instruction mentioned in last week's notes, we have received:

"CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE NOTES." By the Very Rev. P. Carey, B.A., H.Dip,Ed. Price Is.

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'HOWTO EXPLAIN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST" (for use in schools and colleges), By Rev.M. Foley, 5d. "THE SECRET OF MARY." By Blessed Grignion de Montfort. Trans. lated from the French by Rev. Denis Kelly. 1/2. GUIDE AND MANUAL FOR CHILDREN OF MARY, 2/6. AGRACE BOOK for Religious fin Latin). 9d.

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One cannot look too far ahead these daps of book shortage, as we mention afew choice books suitable for prizes andbirthdaygiftswhicharereallylate Christmas books—only just arrived in W.A.

Our quota includes:"THE CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA;" Enid Blyton's "CHRISTMAS BOOK," "THE LIFE iOF LOUISA M. ALCOTT." Several books by this author:"LITTLE WOMEN," "LITTLE MEN," "ROSE IN BLOOM," etc. "GENERAL. SMUTS." a book for bovs. Some lovely fairly tales,"THE BOOK FORAGODCHILD,"byDenis lfackail. And avariety of book's suitable for the school age which make excellent presentation books for the many occasions which arise throughout the year—at school or at home.

THE I.ON04AWAITED 1MIf3i.9 1S HAVE NOW ARRIVED.

Supplies of Missals in all prices are available now. Country readers who ordered these many weeks ago are assured their books will be despatched immediately.

It is time somebody said something about the week-end Press, seeing nobody will do anything about it. To commence with, the Saturday editions of"The Daily News," I, for one, welcome their syndicated reprints from "Time." Eventhough the well-known American news magazine (sic) frequentlyviewsEuropeanaffairsthrough Leftistspectacles,itisatleast doneintelligently, which is more than Ican say for the leading articles of "The Daily News." It is difficult, for instance, to tolerate folly of this order; when discussing the Crimean decision's on Poland's Eastern frontier, which our genial leader writer described as "agenerous arrangement." he continued:"Frontiers so controversial are not worth re-creating." Now who would have thought the problem was so amply solved!" Fancy the Poles fretting about asilly old line on the map Who cares where it goes so long as it'swellon Russia'sside?

Now as to the comic pages, I am quite unashamedly a-Just Jake fan, stap me! Ginger Meggs is an excellent feature,Popeye seldom palls and Dagwood represents the life of Everyman. But Mandrake and Buck Ryan have me completely puzzled. Whom are they meant to entertain? The Magician'spreternatural powers are presumably intended to compensate for his complete lack of commonsense, and his refreshing habit of constantly wearing evening clothes in the broad daylight of streets, deserts, etc. Buck Ryan must be regarded as a morale booster in which the Nazisupremacy of brain-power is consistently vindicated. The main purpose of Jane is to illustrate the stupidity of the British Intelligence Service. It has also agenerous flavour of salaciousness intended to appeal to the prurient. Brick Bradford canonly,be explained as part of some obscure treatment for the sub-normal.

The efforts of"The Sunday Times" comic section are on a much lower plane. Bluey and Curley are, of course, immortal in having captured the Australian spirit more than any. thing in this war or the last. The Katzen-jammer Kids, Nancy and Boof. head kept afairly even standard of

entertainment. The rest,with two exceptions,may be regarded as an unexcusable waste of paper in days whenpaperishardtogetandshipping space isprecious. The exceptionsare Superman, which is downrightly grotesque and amalign influence on children,and Wanda the War Girl the wholeblatant intentofwhichissexual excitation.

Finally, we come to "The Mirror," which undoubtedly touches the depths of journalism in Australia and probably anywhere else in the world. It is no excuse for feeding the publicon the gross details of divorce cases and ugly scandalstosaythat the publicis only getting what it wants. If the public is morally perverted, it needs protection against its weakness and not encouragement in its vices. Of what purpose is it for the proprietors of this journal to strain their efforts fo the uplifting of youth in Murravstreet when their source of income is derived from every effort to degrade it in Stirling Street?

Mr. Bernard Shane is astrange men to comprehend. Regarding the Yalta Conference he wasboth humorous and shrewd. Regarding the recent death sentences for amurder in London, he gave evidence of advanced senility.

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Ihave no quarrel withhisdesire toreplace hanging by some more humane method of capital punishment. But among the horrors of the death scene Mr. Shaw saw fit to include "the prison chaplain assuring the condemned that she has only got to believe in souething she obviously does not believe,and that she will go to heaven and eternal bliss." It is strangely characteristic of men like Shaw who

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have been engaged in trying to build socialist paradises on earth, that they turn in akind of fury of frustration from anything thatlooks like the solid hope of areal Paradise.

In the present case the newspaper reportswouldseemtoindicate thatthe condemned girl did not have enough intelligence to believeinahereafter, as she thought commutation of sentence would set her scot-free. But in any case, from apurely rational outlook, there is agreatdeal more evidence for the existence of the supernatural than for the success of'socialism. Even a very weak-minded girl, incapable of intelligent belief, iwould probably be more consoledandstrengthened on hc: execution morning by the story ofthe Pasion of Christ than by readings from "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism.." Itisjustpossible that in those last few desperate hours, Faith might seem more plausible than Fabianism, and that,'she might find a Saviour more probable than Shaw. The death-bed repentance is not unknown; but the ideaofthe priest poking faith down the neck which is about to be broken is more worthy of Hocking than of Shaw.

Among reasonable people the conviction issteadily growingthat ourlicensing laws are outstandingly unreasonable. Senator Keane recently made a statementthatthehoursoftradingare "silly" and should be amended. In this opinion he was supported by the Anglican Primate, Archbishop Le Fanu, who declared that he regarded the 6o'clock closing as abad arrangement from every point of view, except that of acomplete prohibitionist ;

Ile hoped the 9o'clock closing would be reinstated. These remarks precipitated amost dolorous scene, for the President of the Temperance (i.e., Prohibition) Society publicly declared in the Press that hehadbeen"saddened" by the churchman's championship of hard liquor. Ido hope his grief doesn'tleadtodespair and so todrink. For Ithink the one time one should not drink is when despondent. It has been said that the mark of our age is "the flight from reason." And certainly many people seem to think that factual problems can be solved merely by futile talk. Take the prohibitionist,for example. If he were aman who had renounced drink because of anotion of spiritual ad. vancementorself-sacrifice; for the pur. pose of saving money or because he had been adrunkard, Icould respect him. Instead,he rwas weaned from his mother's milk to become an addict of the probably bacterial milk of the milk bar. He attacks an unknown (Continued foot of next column.)

+ DEATHS ►T.

O'DONOGHUE.—Of your charity, will all friends pray for the soulofJack, beloved brother of Rose(Mrs. O'Cai- v laghan), Maggie (Sister bf, Berchmans), Hugh (S.:+:. Army), Kath. (Mrs. IIolmes).

'►Ti IN MEMORIAM + iOn Service.

WATLING, Edward, Sergt.., R.A.A.F. —Please remember in your prayers my dearly loved husband and seven companions,who all lost their lives in the fatal aircrash March 15, 1943. May eternal rest be granted unto them.

—Inserted.by his ever loving wife, Therese.

SCOTT, Walter—Treasured memories to-dayand alwaysofourlovinghusband and father,who departed this life March 15, 1939.

Ever remembered by his dear wife, sons and daughters.

SweetJesus, have mercyonhissoul. May the perpetual light shine upon him. Requiescat in pace.

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enemy. Hedeclaresthat whisky isan evil without even considering whether it might not do him somegood. And often in extremity such as sickness he will sip diluted brandy under doctor's orders. Which, as Chesterton said, is the one time aman should not drink, for it is then his resistance is lowest and the danger of forming habits greatest.

These problems require not so much argument as ventilation. In the literal sense they need air. If the beer werebrought out ofthe barson to the pavements, where men could eat and drink together, or drink sociably sitting down, there would be less crowdinglike pigsabout atrough,lessspeed and no mystery. This would sound the knell of drunkenness. Similarly with othersocial disorders. The open racecourse is an immense advance on the charnel houses we used to know as S.P, shops and the dreadful dens where two-up is played. The solution is notby way of suppression, but by way of advertisement and of common, open experience. If these things are evil, they will perish in the light.

Annual Report of Catholic 'Teachers' Guild of W.A.

Spiritual:

To the Guild prayer has been added the invocation,"Our Lady of Good Counsel, pray for its," thus seeking the protection and guidance of God's Holy Mother in all our difficulties.

In addition to the daily recital of theprayer, HolyCommunion isoffered once amonth on the second Sunday by each[member for the intentions of the Guild. We have this year held our second annual enclosed Retreat for women teachersatLoretoConvent,fromTuesday evening, December 26, until Thursday morning, December 28. Twenty-eight members have been able to avai themselves of this privilege, ►and all feel deeply indebted to Rev. Mother and the Sisters for the win• derful hospitality that has been extended tous. Wearealso indebted to Rev. Father Lawlor, S.J., for his in. spiring and instructive talks, also his kindly interest in our problems.

Membership:

Although we have welcomed anumber of new members, several married membershave left us to take uphome duties, our numbers now being: Coun. try members, 35; metropolitan, 32, while the Goldfields branch numbers 18, making atotal of 85.

Our felicitations are extended to those members who have married dur• ing the currentyear: MissN. Wall, our immediate past president, to whom we `are very much indebted, and whose characteristic brightness will be missed by all; also to two of the Goldfields branch, Misses Jones and Daly.

Obituary:

We regret to record the deaths that have entered the homes of two of our members—Misses M. Donoghue and C. 'Moran, both of whom lost their mothers reeently. To these members weextend oursincere sympathy. Holy Mass was offered for each soul.

Meetings:

During the year two meetings have been held each month,one in the morning of the second Saturday, the other in the evening of the fourth Thursday. Since August, however , we have held the evening meetings on Monday, to enable members to attend the Teachers'Union meetings, which are held on Thursday afternoons.

cottgratulatte this group and extend our very best wishesfor successduring the coming year.

Activities:

C.T.S. pamphlets from the Guild Library were distributed to country teachers, who are doing a splendid work in instructing children who are unable to attend religious schools.

Correspondence:

Circular letters detailing Guild activities are sent each quarter to country members. Resumes of lectures and articles dealing with education have been distributed to all members.

Throughout the year members have systematically written letters of protest to newspapers and periodicals against advertisements and illustra. tionsof aharmful nature,also against those who have advocated the indis• criminate teaching of sex education, either in the schoolsorover the air.

As regards the latter subject, the Guild has taken steps to have apamphlet compiled and printed to assist parents and those responsible for the care of children.

The Guild has co-operated with the C,R.M, in obtaining information regarding the training of country girls in domestic science in country schools.

A roster containing the names of those able to visit the Children's Hospital hasbeen drawnup, and visitsare paid once afortnight.

At our monthly evening meetings we were indeed fortunate in having most interesting and instructive talks on avariety of subjects. We are grateful to the following speakers: Rev. Father Lawlor, S.J. ,

Rev. Father Murphy, Rev. Father Brennan, Rev. Mr, Doyle, S;

T., Senator Tangney, and Air. Hugh Goerke.

Social:

During the May and August vaca• tions, metropolitan members have ar• ranged social gatherings to give all teacherswho are able tobe in the city the opportunity of meeting. These functions have always been very sue cessful, both socially and as ameans of strengthening Guild ties.

Acknowledgements are due to His Grace the Archbishop, for his kindly interest and sympathy in all Guild matters,andalsoforhisgenerousdona• tions.

DEATH OF ASISTER OF ST. JOSEPH OF THE SACRED HEART

SISTERMARYOONCEPTION. R.LP•

"He thatshall find me shall find lifeandshall havesalvationfromthe Lord." (Prov. viii., 235.)

In the Epistle of the Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, theChurchplacesthisassuranceonthe lips of Our Blessed Lady. It seemed to signify that both the condition and the promise contained in those words had been fulfilled when Sister Mary Conception crossed the threshold of etetntty on the anniversary of the day that Our Lady had chosen on which to disclose to the wondering Bernadette:"Iam the Immaculate Conception," To those whose privilege it had been to live with Sister M. Con• ceptioh it was plainly evident that devotion to Our Blessed Lady,especially under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes, was an outstanding trait of her spiritual life. Itmay not be rash to hope that she already shares in the blessedness that the Mother of God promises to the one that watcheth daily at her gates and waiteth at the posts ofherdoors.

The late Sister M. Conception was asister of the Rev. Father T. Kirby (Los Angeles), Sister M. Gertrude (Sydney), and Sister M. Gerard (California), and acousinof Rev. J. Hayes (Co. Tipperary, Ireland), Very Rev. J. Madden (St, Patrick's College, Manly), and Sister M. Cecilia(Presentation Convent, Beverley). Born in Limerick, Ireland, she came to Australia in October, 1898, to enter the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Thenceforth the Master's injunction: "Come ye after me; led her to widely scatered places in the vineyard, rang• ingfrom Moorato Boulderand Busselton. Everywhere herkindle zeal, her untiring devotedness and her genial cordiality won her the affectionate esteem of those amongst whom she worked.

So well had she learned to make light of personal indisposition, that to manyit cameasashocktohearofthe serious nature of the ill•health which during the past few years had grade-

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On the following morning, Solemn Requiem Mass,at which HisGrace the Archbishop presided, was celebrated in St. Joseph's Convent Chapel. The celebrantof the Mass was Rev.Father McGillicuddy, the deacon and sub•deacon Rev.Fathers Murphy and O'Connor,respectively,and Rev. FatherRafferty was master of ceremonies. Rev. Father A. Lynch conducted the school children's choir. Also present in the chapel were the Right Rev, Monsignor Moloney, Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Very Rev. Dr. Goody, Very Rev. Father Duffy, C.SS.R, Rev. Fathers Breslin, O.M.I., Conway, O.M.L. Ber. nard, O.S.B., Wallace, Doyle, Fanning, Ahern, Carmody, O'Leary, Cleary, Far• relly, Delahunty, Ryan, Naughton and Brown as well as Sisters representing severalreligious Orders. After the Absolution for the Dead hadbeenpronouncedby HisGracethe Archbishop, the funeral left for the Karrakatta Cemetery, where the remains werelaid to rest. Rev. Father Shanahan officiated at the graveside. Among those present were: Very Rev. Father Duffy, C.SS.R., Rev. Fathers Moss, Langmead, O'Connor, Murphy, Carmody, Ahern, MCArdle and Kelleher, as well as anumber of other sympathisers and friends.

The Sisters wish to thank Ills Grace the Archbishop, the members of the clergy andof religious orders, and the various secular-friends who attended the Massor the funeral, as well as all those who sent messages of sympathy. Theyalsowish to thankMessrs. Bowra and O'Dea, who were responsible for the funeral arrangements.

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Acknowledgments are also due to our Chaplain, Rev. Father Murphy, who,inspiteofstressofwork,hasever endeavoured to give his friendly cooperation. To Rev. Mr. Doyle, S.J., to whom we owe adebt of gratitude we can never hope torepay. He has been the mainstay of the Guild ever since its inception. To his role of Ecclestical Adviser, his generosity has added such extra services as lecturing, writing articles, supplying Catholic literature, the laborious work of due• licating, and in the unavoidable absence of the Chaplain, that of helping us in matters of difficulty. We deep• ly regret his immediate departure. He carries with him our very sincere wishes for the future, and we look forward to the time of his return as a priest to give us aretreat.

We offer our thanks to the Catholic Tennis Association, for the use of the room and the equipment which has been agreatbenefittous, and to"The Record," for publishing our notices.

In conclusion, Iwish particularly to thank the executive officers for their untiring work throughout the year— the secretary, Nfics M. Carr: treasurer, Miss C. Moran: librarian, Miss A. Chid. low: Miss A. Kerr, who has done all our stencilling: the ever faithful Mon• day group,consistingof these and Miss E. Brady and Mr. J. McPherson, and in general all membersfortheirloyalty and unfailing co-operation and support in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the Guild.

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Felt isanotherexcitingmedium that offers unlimited scope for your ingenuity. It is on sale in Foy's HomecraftSection in many lovely colours. Here is agrand opportunity for you to save money by making your own Christmas gifts this year.

LThey say an old trick never ages, and if there is one that is peculiar to pubs, it is that of the conjurer and the bank-note. Isaw it played once in an Ards pub just after the Ballyhart races.

When the tun is at the highest, an amateur magiciancommencestoamuse the crowd with some simple tricks. Ile then asksthebarman for theloan ofa pound note, telling him tobe sure and note the number.

On receivingithe utters afewmagic words and then ithas disappeared. Ile stems innohurry tobring itback,and then when the barman is getting worried he tells him that he will find his note in his own till. The till i!opened, and there sureenough isthe'pound note bearing thesame number.

The conjurer and his pals have already gone when the barmanfind that the pound note was slipped to all accomplice, who, from another barman, bought around of drinksand received the change from the landlord's own money.

IIubby was gazing at the burnt pas. try. "What happerP,I?" he asked.

"Oh" said his wife,"I came over faint."

"I see;" he replied,"and everything went black:."

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Mrs. Fausett: "Iam abachelor from choice." ' {

MissPrune: "Butisn'tthatratherun. gallant?"

Mr. Fausett: "You must ask the ladies. It is their choice, not mine." s • •

"Is your wife agood cook?" asked somebodv of the young man who had recently married acollege graduate.

"Well," replied the proud young husband thoughtfully; "she can boil water without burning it."

Tfaud: "I'm worried about my complexion."

Ethel: "You should diet."

Maud: "Inever thought of that. What colour do you suggest?"

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Conjurer: "Now. sir, you hear your watch ticking inside this handkerchief. Are you satisfied?"

Memberofaudience: "I'mmorethan satisfied, I'mamazed: thatwatchhasn't gone for sixmonths," * * r

Sean (watchingTomshave): "That's apoor blade you have on your safety razor, Tom."

Tom: "Wet what was good enough for mi.

father is good enough for me." * * #

Doctor: "Did your wife say anything before she died?"

The Widower: " %'es. she talked un. interruptedly for fifty years."

The teacher had been lecturing on gravity to his boys, explaining its power, its uses, etc.

"Now," said he, if you've been lis telling,tellmewhatforcekeep¢usfrom floating away into strange places, holds its firml%-

in position?"

"The police force," came the answer.

\lary:"Please, madam, I've knocked the marble clock off the sideboard."

\ladarn: "Ilan it slopped?"

\tarp:"No madam, it'sgonestraight thr.ntgh to thebasement."

"Daddy, do teachers get any pay?"

"Certainly." "Then Idon't call that fair—when we children do all the work."

"Say, yelled the Garda, "what do you mean by speedinglike amadman? You'll kill somebod}'. Why in blazes don't you use your noodle?" "Noodlel" gasped the driver,"where is the noodle? I -ushed and nulled every darn thing on the dashboard, and Icouldn't stop herl" • r ♦

The bossrangfor the officeboy. "What's become of the cigarettes in my desk?" he asked.

"Haven't touched them, sir;" replied the boy, briskly, "Ilaven't you? Why, there are only half-adozen there!"

"Yes,sir. They're the ones Ihaven't touchedl"

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"Ilcre, take the rifle!" cried the ex. cited showman. "The leopard has escaped. If you find him shoot him on the spot."

"Which s-spot, sir gasped the new employee.

titer:"Iwas afool when i married you."

lie:"1suppose you were, but iwas so infatuated Ididn't notice it.

\Irs. Brown ((hiring aheated argument): "Ialways believe in tveighin; my words beforespeaking," :11r. Brown (meekly,:"Yes,dear, and you don't give short weight either." # # •

Paying his first visit to the house of abusinessfriend,thebachelorwas her. ed to death with the baby-worship he was supposed to indulge in."

"Jost fancv." said the young mother. "he's only 17 months old and he's been walking for nine months!"

"ReMly?" said the visitor wearily. "Don't you think it's time he sat down

Thevisitingfootball teamweregiving thehomesideaseverebeating.and the w home side spectators were shouting derision at their fifteen.

Presently the home side' centre-forward caught theball andsteadied himself for amoment ere kicking the leather.

"Shoot, Joe!" shouted one of the home side's spectators.

"Why pick on Joe?" asked avery fed-tip spectator. "Why not shoot the lot?"

This story is very popular in the R.A.P.justnow.

It is alleged that when the R.A.F. was formed their authorities realises! that King's Regulations must apply, and consequentlyStationery Officewas instructed to take Army KR and alter the nvord soldier to airman wherever the former occurred.

So that to this day one paragraph . reads for all with the industry to search: No airman may sleep more than 100yardsfromhishot'se.

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"Will the gasmake me sick?" asked the nervous patient.

"No, Ithink not," said the doctor.

"How long will it be before iknow anvthing?" persisted thepatient.

"Aren't you expectng ton much of a whiffof gas?" asked the doctor.

Waiter (puttingclownplateofsoup); "It looks like rain, sir."

Diner: "Yes, take itaway. Iorder. ed soap."

The two men had not nict for many years.

"And vour wife's maiden name was Fortune."' said Brown. "By Jove, that should have meant good luck!"

"Eh?" grunted Brown. "Don't forget, old chap, her fill! title was Iliss Fortune!"

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Bill's wife could not tmderstand why her husband suddenly started calling' her "my cherub„" and at last questioned him oil thesubject.

"\Cell it's like this" he explained. "vou never seem to have any money, nor any clothes; you're always up in the air,and you keepon harping." • rt ♦

The visitor going round the penal settlement came upon aconvict making sacks. '

"Good afternoon," said the visitor „

Sewing?"

'No,' was the reply, "Reaping." rt

"The most henpecked man will sometimes over-indulge in alcohol," says a' psychologist. Thatis when theworm turns and becomes aglow-worm—all lit up.

Alittle boy surprised his parents hr refusing to be. scared into being good. "It's.no use telling me the angels will write down in their books if I'm naughty," he said. "Imight as well tell you they think up in Heaven that_ I'm dead."

"But why should they think that?"

"Because Ihaven't said my prayers for afortnight."

Dear Cornerites,—How are the celebratiuns for St, Patrick's Day going' Iexpect you are all hunting up little pieces of green ribbon to wear mt the great (lay. Cornerites, do you ever stop to think how the children right out in the Bush celebrate this day? They haven't anv concerts or sports to go to like most of you have. But the day is just as important to them when youconsiderall this.those Bushies don't have half the good times volt do, do they'. Therefore, Ithink they deserve all the helplive can give them. ['m recruiting "prick-card fillers-in" this week, so how about it,children? AUNT BESSY.

•t. Joseph's College, Fremantle.

Dear Aunt Bessy,—We have started school again and I'm glad to be back. There were it fete showers of rain today, but Ithink it wIl be fine tomorrow. Thisafternoon we will havetennis at three o'clock until four o'clock. Ilike tennisverymuch. One Sunday Iwent to Bicton Beach and enjoyed it in mcuscly, Ihope you had a nice Christmas and new year. Iam sendingyoualittlepoem iwrotelastweek. Ihope you willlike it. Good-bye,clear \un; Bessy —Your loving niece, MARY RUGGER:\

Sonny Italy.

Iwish Iwere in Italy. Where vines and olives grow: Where people sing so prettily, And on thestreamdorow.

While all the gondoliers glide, Up and down the Streams; Wherechildrenplayamongthe pines, Until it's time for tea.

In Italy the grapes do grow an hillside rich and green, .\lid downbighuncheshangso low, So sweetand ripe and clean. —Mary Ruggera.

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Dear Mary,=Thank you for your poem. Ido like reading letters from the girls of St, Joseph's, because generally Ican expect to find some original verse with the letters, too. You didn't tell me what class you are in, Mary. Whatlessonsdoyoulikebest? You must write me a longer letter next time and tell me all`about your. self. AUNT BESSY. # # #

Dear Aunt Bessy,—Now the weather is cooler, Ihad better let you know how Iam, or you will think Ihave faded rightaway. But, no, Iam still going strong. Ihope you have got over the surprise of that Bottle. (I have, Grandmother, and I'm looking [onward to another this year. There's no harm in being hopeful, is there?) Ihave nearly got over mine. Idid get asurprise when Iopened "The Record" afew weeks back and saw Dad and myself standing over among the tomato plants. Ilooked and looked and looked again, and then tried to think whatever did Isay to aunt Bessy to make her do this. Then I took the paper over to himself in the corner to get his opinion, but he is like Dumb Doraonce he getsthat pipe in his mouth. It isonly wasting good breath to try and talk, so 1laid the paper down and wentout into thegarden to get sonic butterflies to cool off, \Nell. Ihardly know what to tell you this time, everything is so dry, and there doesn't seem to be news in any thing.

Anyway, you said my letter was interesting. Ithank you for that. I ,

read your interesting letter. For you are interesting, Grandmother, with your tales of the early days and your ,

ophilosophic outlook on liie. PerhapsoneclayImaybeluckyenough to read your histories. Are they finished yet? Ishould think you should have many experiences stored away which would make ideal copy for an artizle on the days of the new colony of Perth. Your memorymustbe evergreen, Grandmother, and Iwish you every success with your writing. Of course, you mustn't forget me, if you starton athird history. Iam always looking forward to hearing how you and Grandfather are getting on. AUNT BESSY.

Dear Aunt Bessy,—Enclosed in COs. for the Bushies, in honour of the Sao red Heart, Our Blessed Lady, and St. Joseph. Iam still requesting your prayers for my intenion, please, Aunt Bessy.

A PARISHIONER OF QUEEN'S PARK.

15ear Parishioner,—Well, Imust confess that Ihad expected your request to have L•een granted by this, and I'm indeed sorry to hear that it hasn't. However, when yourprayers aregranted you will feel all the more pleased May that day be soon. AUNT BESSY.

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Dear Aunt Bessy,—Please find on. closed 5s. for the Bushies, for favours received through St. Anthony. W. R.

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about agirl who lives out on the Moors and she has always wanted to see in aspecial garden. Well, Imust Conclude now, as Ihave not any more news. Ihope to write again soon.— Your loving niece,

MARY HARTSHORN,

Dear Mary,—Yours is an interesting little letter, and Ido hope it won't be the last I'll receive from you. I Mould indeed like to see your concert, Mary, but at present I'm not certain whether I'll be able to come. I also thought "My Friend Flicka" was alovelyfilm. Letmeknow what you think of "Lassie, Come Home," when you see it. AUNT BIiSSti'.

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St. Joseph's College, Fremantle.

Dear Aunt Bessy,—Our school openedon February6,and we have alarge number in our class. Ilearn Eurythmics and love the folk dancing, which we have every Tuesday. I also learn tennis, but Idon't know much about it yet. My little sister Pattycame to school with me the day it opened. She isonly four and went to the kindergarten, hot she grit tired of it and has notbeen since. Doyou like the summer? idon't, and will he glad when winter comes. if volt

will send me aprick card iwill fill it for Von. Well Ihad better close now — Your loving niece,

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No. 11452—COLOURED PICTURES: in full colours, various subjects, in. cluding: Sacred Heart, Itnbaculate Iieart, Pleading ileart, Our Lady Refuge of Sinners, Little Flower, Si. Philomena.

Size 51 xVin. i/- em•h; it/- dozen.

No. 114.)3—COLOURED PICTURES:

was afraid they were dull and silly. (Never, Grandmother, they couldn't be that.) :\noway,itisrather an interesting spot where Ilive. The house is onabit of arise,with the main Iligh . way from Bunbury to Perth passing a few chains from the door on the east side, and the railway about the same distance on the west. So Iam some. thing like the little cock-robin Isee so often sitting on the garden fence. He looks all around him to see what there is to be seen. The same here, only Idon't sit on the fence like he does; but if Idid it wouldn't be the first time Idid. Ican stand bw the table washing up, orgetting the meals ready, and seethe heavily laden trains passing up and down every few hours, all day and every day, and most of the night. They are loaded with all in of goods, whole trains'of coal every clay, then mixed loads of building timber, potatoes, open trucks of wheat flax in bales, bntter in trucks or white cans, cattle, sheep, and pigs for the Midland market, and then two passenger trainsdaily. if any friend , areon themtheyhoist awhiteflagand we return the salute. '1'o-dav three Spitfires flew past the hack door, f think if we had bccn not in the path of them they would have cat our heads off, as they were so low.

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ow you sec how the farmers and others are keeping their end up. Better than thoseon the wharfs, striking and letting the hard-earned food gn rotten

Dear W. R.,—Ithafik you for your kindness. Howpleased Iam toknow that Ican always relyon the good St. Anthony to send an inspiration to someonewhowillhelp the Bltshic•. AUNT BESSY. # # #

St. Joseph's College, Fremantle.

Dear Margaret,—Thank you also for offering to fill acard for the Busbies. You should have received it last week. Why didn't Patty like kindergarten, Mary? Iexpect when she is alittle oldershewillbemuch more anxious to go, Why don't you like the summer time,dear? Asamatterof fact Ilike the hot weather much better than the coldmyself. Butthen,what suitsone person won'tsuit a,

.other, will it?

AUNT BESSY,

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St. Joseph's College, Fremantle.

Dear Aunt Bessy,—Iam t€n years of age, and Iam in Fifth Standard. My pet subjects are sport, arithmetic, spelling and English. Iam learning how to paint this year, and like it very much. Please will you send me aprick card,as Iwould like to fill it for you? We are going to have a concert in the Town Hall on St. Pat. rick's night. Ilearn music and dancing,and entered for acompetition two weeks ago and secured fourth place. Ihave one brother whose name is John; he is only seven. Iexpect he will be writing to you soon. Well, Aunt Bessy, Ihave no snore news to tell you, so Iwill close now.—Your loving niece, GLENYS BRINDLE)'.

Dear Glenys,—It's nice of you to want to help the Mashies by filling a cardfor them. Iwas very pleased to hearfrom you, andI'vealready posted you acard. Congratulations on get. ting aplace in the competition.. I'tn glad to know Ihave some more talent among my Cornerites. Iexpect you are very busy practising for the concert on St: Patrick's night.

In full colot,rs. Varioussubjects.in cloning: Sacred Ileart, Immaculate Heart, Pleading Heart, nor Lady Refuge of Sinners, Little Flower, St. Philomena. St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Anne. Sizc 91in. x7lin 2/-each; 22/-dozen. No. 11131—BLACK ANDWHITE PIC• TURE OF THE LITTLE, FLOWER. Size 1'111 xMin. 9d. ea -

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Made of Best Quality Bard Metal. Communion. Confirmation. Sacred HeartSodality. Holy Angels. Miraculous,St, Christopher,Scapular.

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Well, Ihad better stop. \ty poor old pen is like me, getting worn out. ilut is hasbeen agood worker for me for nearly 20 years. it has written two histories for me, or at least Icall them histories. Others might call them rubbish. One is of faun life in the eighties; the other on achild's life and remembrances of early Perth long before the firstsod of the railway was turned in that swamp where now stands the mainstation. Then, it was irogs, gilgies, and bulrushes.

Wk, now, Aunty, if this yarn is too long, justcut apiece off foreach time. it would save Inc writing again for a long time. Please find enclosed 2/6 for that bottle. We must not let it ,

_­t toodry Sogood luckand cheerio till we meet again, GRANDMOTHER, IC 1think ishntld sign myself "Chatterbox "

Dear Grandmother,—Ijust couldn't cut dawn any of your letter, even to save _woo writing again for a good while, it really wouldn't he fair to the rornerites to make them wait to

Dear Aunt Bessy,—This is my first letter to you; Isuppose you have had many letters from girls at our school. Iam aboarder at St. Josephs, and I like it very much. Iam in Standard VI.andgettingon quite well with my lessons. We have tennis every Tuesday afternoonfrom 3to4p.m. There is to be atournament at Kitchener Park on March 11, but Idon't thinki will be going in it. It is to be-for the P.O.W. fund, We are holding a concert on March 16, that is a day after my birthday. The songs are "Killarney, My Home Sweet Home" and "Fairy Tales of Ireland." We are having dancing also. Iam to be in the Three-Hand Reel. Our teacher is Hiss Joy Ashton; she is the champion of West Australia, Idon't supposeyouwouldhe able to come would von? Next week-end is our week-end home. Ilive atNorth Fremantle. In the Christmasholidays iwent and saw "\iv Friend Flicka." Itwasallabotit ahorse. Icried in some parts of it becauseit wassosad. Iam hopingto see"Lassie Come Home" when it comes down to Fremantle. Iam going tolive withmy Auntyforashorttime. 'he lives in Mosman Park. In school wehavealibrary,andIamreadingthe book called "Secret Garden." It is

IAUNT BESSY.

Swimming -

HIGHGATE WINS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS'C"NIVAL,

The Interschool Swimming Carni. val between the pupils of the Chris. tian Brothers' Colleges, held at Crawley Baths last Friday night, attracted arecord attendance. The conditions were ideal and the competition keen and remarkable for the closeness of the finishes and the manner inyvhich the honours were divided. Out of twenty championships seven went to Iighgate, 7to Perth and six to Leederville. The aggregate cup for the champion school of the night went to Highgate, who also won the cup for thejunior events. Perth, with some splendid senior swimmers won the cupforthe seniorevents. During the night asplendid display of plain and fancy diving was given by two experts, an American and an Australian.

Results:

Open Events

55Yards Freestyle: K.Kelly(P.), 1; B.

O'Mallev(P.), 2: K. McCaughey (H.), 3: B. Williams (L.), 4. Time, 33 3-5sec.(record).

Dive: RBradbury (L,) t; F, Spencer(P.1. 2; C. O'Brien (H.), 3: G. Burton (H.), 4.

LifeSaving: Leederville, 1; Highgate, 2; Perth, 3.

55 Yards Backstroke: K. Kelly(P.), 1; K. McCaughey (H.), 2; 13. O'Malley(P.), 3; S. Murphy, (L.), 4.

-Under16Events:

55YardsFreestyle: B. O'Malley(1'.), 1: K. Kellv(P.). 2; K. McCaughey (H.), 3; R. Williams (L.), 4.

Relay: Perth, 1; Highgate, 2: Leederville,3.

Under15 Events:

55 Yards Freestyle: B. Williams(L.), 1; F. Holton (L.), 2: J. Pitts(H.), 3; J. Davidson (H.),4.

55 Yards Breaststroke: J. Randall (H.), 1; F. Haltom (L.), 2; B. Tobin (H.),3; J. Toohey (P.).4.

55 Yards Backstroke: Fowler (L), 1; J. Davidson (H.), 2; F. Holton (L.),3; N. Bruce (P.1, 4.

Under 14 Events:

550 Yards Freestyle: V. Kemp (P.), 1; J. Pitts(11.),2: F. Holtom (L.), 3; N. Bruce(P.), 4. 220 Yards Freestyle: F. Holton (L), 1; N. Bruce (P-

), 2; V. Kemp (1'.), 4: R. lleales(P.).4.

Relay: Perth. 1; Leederville, 2; Highgate, 3.

55 Yards Backstroke: R. Ifeales ill.), 1; F. Iloltom (L.), 2; T. Pearce 1

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3; V. Kemp (P.), 4.

Under 13 Events:

55 Yards Freestyle: R. Ileales 01,1, 1,; G. Burton (11.), 2; A. Limana (L 1

, 3: J. Ralston(P.),4,

55 Yards Breaststroke: R. lleales (11.), 1: K. Markey (P.), 2; J. Walker tP.), 3; G. Kieran (H.), 4

Dive: GBurton (11.), 1:

M. Pollack (P.) 2; R. lleales(P.1. 3: J. Walker (1',),4.

Under 12 Events:

55 Yard., Freestyle: G. Burton (H.), 1: L. Fitzgerald 111.). 2; B. Hanney 'L.).3; G. Bruce (P.),4.

Relay: Iighgate. 1; Perth, 2.

Under11 Events:

35YardsFreestyle: B.Whitney (P.) 1; F. Pownall (L.),2: M. Carrig(H.), 3: G. Halvorson (H.). 4.

Under 10 Event:

20 Yards Freestyle: F. Pownall(L.1, 1: J. Abbott (L.), 2; W. Cunningham (H.), 3: J. Albrecht (H.). 4. Old Boys' Race: R. Kelly(P.). 1; R. Velly (P.), 2: F. Douglat(1I.), 3.

Randolph Knapp (W.A.O.A.).

SIGHT-TESTINGOPTICIAN.

12 ATWELL ARCADE, THEUNTLE L1592.

Official Organ of the Archdiocese of Perth

Catholic Soria Guild

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81 St. George's Terrace, Perth. Telephone: 22518,

The Catholic Social Guild, formed by aband of Catholic men in 1942, is designed to encourage and propagate the principles of Catholic Action and to promulgate and uphold Catholic social principles. Also it has sponsored"The Catholic Answer" since its inception in March, 1942, and the subscriptions of its members are devoted to this important session. The Guild members constantly watch for attacks on the Church and her teaching, and have done much good in enlightening those with whom they meet on the teaching of the Church on social and doctrinal subjects.

All literature dealing with the social teachings of the Church is received regularlyand is alwayson handforboth members and nonmembers.

Members of the Guild are always to the fore at functions held to aid our charitable institutions,

ManyCatholic men areonlytoo willing to assist such awork, but have their time fully engagedwithother activities to give active support, but are only too pleased to give what support they possibly can. Those in such a position may become members by doing no more than suhscrihing 26s. per annum, payable annually, half. yearly, quarterly, or monthly. The rooms are open from 9a.m. to 5p.m. Mondays to Fridays. Anyone interested in the Guild is invited to contact the Secretary at the rooms, situated on the 2nd. floor of the National Mutual Buildings, 81 St. George's Terrace.

Th,)se members who have not yet visited the rooms are cordially invited to call in during their lunch hour, or at any time convenient. Remember, the roms arealways atyourdisposal.

KALGOORLIE

Three-Day Retreat,

An Oblate Father has kindly accepted the invitation of the Administrator to conduct athree-day Retreat for Active and Auxiliary members of the LegionofMary.

Memliers of other parish organisations are cordially invited to takepart in the Retreat, which will commence nn Friday morning, March 23.

The annual Legion Avics will be held in St. Mary's on Sunday evening, .larch 25. It is felt that thisfunction is iow widely enough known, so no notices will be delivered this year.

All Active and Auxiliary members, however, are reminded of the importance of attendance at this individual and collection Consecration to. Our Lady, and are asked to make apoint of being present whether they are able to take part in the Retreator not, General Annual Communion of Goldfields Men.

All Catholic Goldfields men are reminded that this great event takes place on this(the second) Sunday.

H.A.C.B.3.

There was agood attendance at the quarterly meetingon February 26, Sr. Hill presiding. Bro. J. Hannan was congratulated on being elected presidentof the Friendly Societies' Association. Bros. Shinnick and Henniker are to be delegates to theAssociation.

Girls' and Boys' Clubs.

Those wishing to become members are assured of awelcome when they decide to join either of the clubs. The boys meet every Sunday and the girls everyWednesdayevening,and are well catered for.

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