The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. I, No.11 April 1925

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. I, No.11 April 1925
Issue Date: Vol. I (No. 11) April 1925
Year: 1925
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I CIGARILLOS TABACOS I = CAGAYANES CORONAS ~ I ISABELAS EXCELENTES I ENTRE LARGOS ESPECIALES I n RoYALEs BELLEzAs j IMPERIALES PRESIDENT ES H H H H H l!: === = * = = # = = * * = = = = = = * * * = = = = * * * * * = * = = * = •• * * * =. = = = * = __ ._...), Resurrection Let Us Rejoice! .... Alleluia! ESL·s is dead ... How He ha ;; suffered the last two dayi;. Beaten , scourged, crowned with thorns, mocki·d, laden with a heavy eras>" which he carried 1o Calvary. and from which as a thief and mmderer He was suspended for three rours by heavy nails in hands :rnd feet, bleeding pale ... How His enemies the Pharisees triumph, for His heart was pierced, surely He is dead ... He is buried. His tomb is . closed with a heavy stone ; it has been sealed: the Sanhedrin has seen to that: Alleluia! It is true Jesus had said He would come back to life. But the victors would prevent tba t: they have posted guards at the tomb with sword arid spear. Alleluia! How they rejoice! His work is destroyed... annihilated... their triumph is complete ... Alleluia! A night passes. A second night sets in. And Jesus still remains lifeless ... the proud Pharisees walk stately and erectly through the streets of Jerusalem ... the disciples of Jesus are discouraged ... terror stri . ken .. . they hide in fear ... I' is Sui day morning. The East begins to glow as gold under the first rays of the rising sun. All of a sudden the earth quakes. The eealed stone of Jesus' tomb falls. Alleluia! there He stands, Jesus, ... alive ... glo-ious .. . Jes us, the victim triumphant ... The armed soldiers fly .. the proud Pharisees are dumbstricken ... the humble di::ciples again follow the Master: yes, Jesus had preached the truth. the divine trut'.i. His resurrection after His convincing death is the divine proof of it ... Alleluia! ... Let Jesus go to heaven .. the Apo<>tles will preach the Gospel of their life-gi' ing Master to all nations as He had commanded ... the Roman Emperors and their rntellites may scourge them ... (had not their Master been scourged too?) behead them, crucify them ... (had not their Master been put to death and come back to a glorious life?) the disciple>' do not fear temporal death: such a death for thP 238 faith in Him who gi,-es life to body and soul, means a glorious resurrection and eternal life with Him who is the way, the resurrection a nd the life. New Christians are born in the blood of the first disciples, for they heard from the eyewitnesses of Jesus' doctrine, miracles and resurrection , that God had proved the truth of the new doctrine by the resurrection of Him who established it on earth to give life everlast;ng to all who would embrace it. Neither exile, nor torments, nor death even can deter the Christians from believing and practising the doctrine divinely proved. And when the Romar, Emperors ·think they stand triumphant aga;nst Jesus on the bodies of 10,000,( 00 martyrs slain in less than 300 years, only then rises in full glory the sun of the Catholic Church, glorious as Her Master on Easter Day ... Alleluia, and crumble the temples of false pagan divinitics .. - Alleluia! Again and again the enemies of Christ and His Church try to destroy the reign of Christ, for it defies their pride and passions. But they pass very soon carried away by pitiless death to their own destruction, while the Church of Christ as on eternal Easter stands firm, triumphant, vigorous, spreading light and life all over the world. Jesus had said "He would be with Her all the days until the end of the world. "Alleluia! Never more so than today was the Church of Christ persecuted by the combined forces of hell: God-!0 ating Governments, godless instruction, indifference. betrayal or e,-en re,·olt of some of Her children, antagonism of PYen <;uch Chmchs which pretend to do the work of Christ. "Crucify Her, to CalYary with the Catholic Church" they shout, as once the godmurderers at the palace of Pilate. They may succeed partly in some place::;, but while they c~aim victon, there and then, the Cat holic Church sprin g." up more 'igorous and brighter thanever,·even there where She is baff.ed , or She conquers vaster fields than those She lost, in countries where Christ \\'as unknown. Tever have there been so many conversions in pagan India, in reluctant China, and in dark Africa than today: Alleluia! \Yhen shall the last Pagans of the ·'Pearl of the Orient" be conquered .by Christ and sing their Alleluia? And, born or reborn into the supernatural life that came from Christ, the children of His Church are brought to the grave in an endless procession. Death spares nob:idy. But death is not death for those who die with Christ during their life, by mortifying their passions and live for Him by imitating His virtues. No, for such, there is no death; their death means the sleep of the just, the sleep of Christ in His grave ... resurrection ... the glorious eternal Alleluia! Alleluia! 239 ft:ast of St. Vincent Ferrer, April 5 St. \"incent was born at Valencia in Spain, in P50. At the age of eighteen , he was professed in the Order of St. Dominic. His love for God \1a:o -,:hown in deeds. He became a great Apostle, the "Angel of th ':' judgment". ..\.t the sight of the many souls lost forever, he went out 10 preach. First he converted tre Jews of Valencia and changed their church into a Catho1 ic Church. But this \Yas not enough: like Christ he wanted to save the whole world and, more than Christ, he preached and wandered around in search of so'.i!s. He passed through Switzerland. France, Italy, England, Ireland, Scotland and his own country, reforming tens of. thousands of sinners. How his zeal must have pleased God. Was it then a wonder that God granted him the gift of doing many miracle5? For there is no work so agreable to Gcd as that of His own Son: to work for the conversion of mankind, for the glory of God. "Whatever you do," said St. Vincent, think not of yourself, but of God". St.Vincent fell ill at Vannes in Brittany and received the crown of eternal happiness a nd glory in 1419. Just think of the immense divine joys St. Vincent will receive from the hands of an all-powerful and infinite! :< generous God in hea\·en, for having spent a iew years in Hi' service. It i.;; true: the labors of St. Vincent were hard and many. But they passed so quickly and so soon and were not without their earthly consolation, for, after all, is it not the greatest consolation to remember that what one suffer::: and does for the Lord will be rewarded infinitely and eternally? Do we think of this when an occasion offers itself to us of avoiding sin and doing good? Speak No Ill Nay, speak no ill! a kindly word Can never ·leave a sting behind; And ho! to breathe each tale we've heard, Is far beneath a noble mind. Full oft a better seed is sown By choosing thus the kinder plan; And if but little good be known, Still let us speak the BEST we can. Give me the heart that fain would hide, Would fain another's fault efface; How can it please our human pride To prove humanity but base? No! let us reach a higher mood, A nobler estimate of man; Be earnest in the search for good, And speak of all the best we can. Then speak no ill, but tender be To others' failings, as your own; If you're the first a fault to see, Be not the first to make it known. For life is but a transient day, No tongue can tell how brief its span: Then, oh! the little time we stay, Let's speak of all the best we can. 2 ~ 0 A Letter from V. R. f. Van Zuvt Provincial Superior The Valley of Trinidad, Benguet, the Land of the Oabb11gex .... Bontoc, Jan. 23, 1925 Dear Father Vandewalle, OU asked me to write some details about my yearly tTip around all our missions in the Mountain P .ovince, to publish them in the "Little Apoqtle." Here are a few notes wri Lt1·n from the Bontoc :\'fission. Let the readers take a map of our missions as print~d on the back co\1 er of the review and follow me in spirit over mountains and hills thru rivers and rav.nes. ] anuary 18. T\YO strong horses are saddled at our ''Home Sweet Home" our · central house of th ..: missions at Baguio. Poor animals! they ha Ye to b-= st ong, for l he trip will last long and be J ·.ard. "Father Degryse, are you ready ?" This is the parish priest of Bagabag. Nueva Vizcaya, who exhausted by overwork and undernourishment has taken a rest of a month in the town of the pines, the summer capital of the beautiful Philippines. "I am ready, Father ProYincia~ ." We said a prayer in the little chapel, asking God's blessing over our long journey and off we went to Trinidad mission, 7 Km. northwest of Baguio. Father Degryse has co:npletely recovered. There is no better place in the Philippines than Baguio for weak persons. The climate is cool. The hills of evergreen pines, the sights wonderful, the town picturesque: in one word Baguio is the most beautiful spot in the beautiful Philippines. The preparations for the trip were short and easy: 110 boys or servants to accompany us. \Ne ourselves can .-addle and unsaddle our horses. We do not need blankets or beds. If necessary the blankets of our horses can protect us against the chill of the nights: for it may be cold at night on the highest peaks. We <lo not take any food with us for we can find that along the road: it looks a little more according to the counsel of Our Lord to His first Missionaries. \i\'e salute once more the lovely Church of Baguio whose two white steeples dominate the surroundings as if to speak of heaven to those who know and those who ignore heaven. Step by step our horses 241 follow the descending road which, in lofty curves between a babbling river and somber mountains, bring~ us in the round valley of Trinidad, once a mighty crater, which spread fire and destruction around, it is now a rich field of cabbages and nee. Here landed our first three missionaries on the 15th of November 1907. Here they remained for three days in a small hut, receiving the hearty hospitality of a farmer who later would be:ome and is now a priest. On one side the Government has a school of agricultur2 attended by hundreds of Igorote>. In the middle dwell the polite Japs and the hard-working Chine>:e all raising cabbages and other kinds of vegetables which find their way down to Manila and bring up thousands of pesos a year. Far away on the o ~ her side are hiddrn the black smoke-co\·ered shacks of hundreds of Igorotes who raise potatoes on the slopes of the hi Is, while at the no~thwest end against the blue hill peep the white chapel and convent of the mission. Years ago, but higher than now, stood the mission church and convent of the Spanish Missionaries. The revolution came. The Missionaries were forced to leave. Convent and church fell into ruins, the emblem of the spiritual ruin caused by the 10 years' absence of God's priests: when 18 years ago our first Missionaries again took possession of this place, they had to open a new field. FF. Debrabandere and Deldaele 242 helped by Brother Gerard are tte residing Missionaries at Trinidad. To their jurisdiction belongs the western part of the whole Benguet Province. At Tublay they have just finished the building of a nice chapel. At Tumay they have nearly one hundred pupils in tl-:eir school, and the schcol o:· Atok counts more than one J-.undred students. These students are the future Christians, the hope of the Missionaries. It costs money, much money to keep up these schools, but it is well invested. I ask myself how the Fathers h=re as elsewhere in the Mountain Province find the necessary means. They have no other re\'enues than the stipends of their Masses. They have to meet tI-:e expenses of their daily household, their boys to pay and to feed, their horses to feed and they .... yes they can beg, but it is hard to live on charity. The whole mission counts 989 baptized lgorotes. Lately they haptized 8 adults, and they have baptized 14 children of pagans and distnbuted more than 2,800 H. Communions during the last year. Monday, Jan. 19. Before sunrise we are on the road. The East glitters with gold. The mountain peaks shake off their mighty veils of snow-white clouds under the soft caresses of the fiery morning rays. "Praise, oh! sun, the Lord; praise, oh! mountains and hills, the Lord" .... Who may enjoy the sight of a tropical aurora at the height of 1,300 meters m the Mountain Province, can not but join the Psalmist and recognize the infinite beauty of the Creator, whose works alone surpass in "'plendor all that human mind can imagine. The road is wide enough for autos as far as the first Camp at Km. 30. T;ce Government deserves the most hearty thanks from all travelers who cross the Mountain Province for having established along the different trails, at convenient distances, a resthouse. Every thirty Kilometers, on a small level plot. i" built a comfo:·table house, where one can find food for man and horse. You leave one of them; before you start you take the phone and call up the next resthouse to announce your visit within a few hours, you ask what you want and what the housekeepers can provide and when you arri\·e, yo:J can stretch uut your legs en a bed if you are tired, or put your feet under a covered table if you are hungry. The places are clean. The people who take ca e of them are polite and hospitable, for they are Filipinos, and like all Filipinos they receive most cordially any passing stranger. At noon we take a rest at one of these camps to start again at 1 p. m. and to arrive before night at the second camp, at Km. 59. Since we pa"'sed Km. 42, we are on a real mountain trail, winding from left to right and from right to left, sometimes upwards, sometimes downwards, presenting continually new sights, some more beautiful than the others, but always interesting when no chilly clouds slip through the sighing pines, making one shiver and forget that he is in a tropical country. Remember: since this morning we are on an altitude varying between 1,300 and 2,000 meters. But let no one be too distracted by the landscape: nearly always on right or left gapes a tremendou3 precipice and tl'-e trail varies between one and two meters only in width. Dear readers, ha\e you Ever looked into a precipice. one .... two hur.dred meters deep, whose edge is at your feet, when a fall into it means death, while on you r other side a steep giant mountain seems to push towards the vacuum, when a fall of tte horse or a pa,,sing dizziness may mean your final end? I tell you most confidently that on the mountain trail, we are following, I do not feel quite at Pase. Sometimes I wish I could step down from my horse, but the narrowness of the trail makes it 243 impmsible. One looks so small, so powerless. so pitiful, so .... well better ask Mr. Ansaldo from Manila who wrote once in the "Defensa" hie; sensafons while traveling on a visit to one of our missions. Near Km. 49 the trail passes thru two tunn=ls, one of them about one hundred meters long. It is pretty dark inside. One advances with great precaution and I myself as well as my companion, were both glad to come again into the o;:;en. At 5 :30 p.m. enveloped by heavy cloud~ . which change day into app ~oac:•ing night, we arrive at the rest house, glad to have a sparkling fire to warm ourselves and a chair in exchange for a saddle. Tuesday, Jan. 20. It is terribly cold. Never have I felt (and enjoyed) such a low temperature in the tropical Philippines. We are forced to walk more than one hour. Brrr! but this tramping warms the bo<ly and this is why we do so. (To be co11tinued) lieing Ciood to a Child By Edgar A. Gue,st It isn't being good to him To let him have his way; To pamper every childish whim And send him out to play. It isn't being good to buy The candy which you should deny. It isn't being kind to smile When he is in the wrong, To overlook his childish guile Will make the habit strong. It isn't kindness not to see His sometimes wilful tendency. It isn't love to let him grow Untutored and untrained, To see his faults and let them go Unchecked and unexplained; For often that a child may learn. Love must seem very harsh and stern. 'Twere better now a few sad tears Than many later on, Better than sorrow through the years A frown that's quickly gone. And being good and being kind Is ever keeping this in mind. 2±4 from a Letter of fat her Legrand written a few days before he was acc£de1 :tall.J' dro-z:·ned al Bauco. ERE is a story which may interest the readers of the "Little Apostle." Last month I was at Cervantes on a visit to my parish priest, Re\·. Father Portelange. It was time for me to return to Banco. But the rain was falling in torrents ... . I waited one hour more.... The deluge outside continued. Father Portelauge insisted on my remaining until the next day. I could not. I seemed to hear a voice telling me to go to Banco. So I had my horse saddled and started under God's protection. But what rain! The horse ad\·ance<l slowly, the rain blinded me, the water soacked me from head to foot. Hours passed, the Kilometers never seemed to have been so numerous and so long. I arrived just before evening. Befon I had time to change my clothes a man came to call me. ''vVhat can I do for you, my friend?" "Ay, Apo, my child is sick." "Come, I will go with you." And down the hill I went. The house of the sick child \\'as at the other end of the village. Taking a walk in the village of Banco, means a continuous careful exercise of limbs and hands. One has to jump from stone to ste>ne, and when one has taken a rit of 30 Kilometers thru mud and rain, this particular circumstance is not at all favorable for counting the required number of steps: f ; Jie false step means a fall, a rolling do\\'11 perhaps for a few meters in the slippery mud .... The poor baby was quite ill. "Apo, give it some medicine." "Just wait a moment. I will go home and come bacli with it. But the baby is not baptized yet." "We will bring it to the church next Sunday.'' I insisted on baptizing it nO\V, for death seemed near. The pagan father consented., I baptized the baby, made it a Christian and probably an angel within a few hours. But who knows? "Any,rny, you bring the baby to the church next Hunday." "Sure, Father, we will." .... ." The next day I came home from another Yillage. The deluge of yesterday had continued. The same man of yester<lay was waiting for me. ''' Vhat is the matter now, dear man?'' "My baby is dead." I was sorry for the poor weeping father of the child. But when I remembered how yesterday I cros;;ed the swollen river of Cervantes, climbed the mountains between Cervantes and Banco, arrived half dead, baptized the baby dead since a few hours and now in heaven ..... an angel. ... an advocate .... for ever .... I r~joiced because I had sent a soul to H ea,\'en . . . . I rejoiced because the inspirati0n of yesterday gave me that chance.. .. Let in rain in torrents. Let t he lightning crof's the heavens anr'I th e thunder r o 11 t hrough the clouds, let all t he elements rise up against th e Missionary : the t hought alone of saYi ng a soul will send m e to the place where t hat soul can be reached and saved. Yes, tha t is what I feel now at the joy of h a \'i ng sent an angel to H eaven ... .. $ A few <lays later Father Legrand himself passed away . . .. to H eaxen. H e had been preceded by o th e r souls, for 'vhom he had opened the way. 2.J.5 In this same letter he ask s for medicines. H e does not need them any more. I now speak in his name as if [ heard h is voice like he once heard th e m ice of the baby he saved, I do not fear to say t hat he is asking in Heaven for a suc('eSSt)r at the Bau('O rn ission.. . . t he support of that mission ... . the increase of the fun d "·ith which to send a nother Father Legrand to h,is place, where so many souls are to saved. And if you would listen to his voice, yon too would feel t he joy, which was his when he heard of the death of the baby: the joy of ha \' ing sent to H eaven souls .... angels .. .. advocates. Send my Dolls to the poor lgorote Children Josefina was sick .... very sick. Poor l ittle girl! She was only six years old and the terrible meningitis had left her lame .... a cripple when other children of her age could run and play and be happy. She had gone to school only for a few weeks but long enough to be loved by the teachers &nd pupils alike. Her eyes were so bright, her kindness was so attractiYe that probably even the angels of heaven want~d her among them to make heaven as it were a little more happy. And now she was nailed on her bed of pain like another Little Nellie of Holy God. Near her lay her dolls and trinkets. one of her childish consolations. How lovely that big doll with turning eyes and smiling cheeks was! Josetina loved her dolls and cars and wagons and plates. etc. Josefina's sister amused her sick little sister as best she could . But among all the nice stories she would read to the little invalid, those found in the "Little Apostle" pleased little Josefina. most. She loved the poor Igorotes. Were they not also lame and crippled? Nay, evenunabletomove towards heaven? Christmas brought new toys. Papa wanted to make his loved darling happy in her unceasing sorrow and pains. How she thanlrnd ...... But the birth of Christ did not bring new life to Josefina. She felt she had to die. She called Papa near her and said in a whispering voice: "Pap a, please send my toys to the poor lgorote children" ..... The days passed. Josefina became weaker and weaker but her soul loved more and more God's lame and crippled lgorotes. Again Josefinac;alled her Papa near ... verY near ... forshebad becomesoweak. "Papa" , she said, "when I shall be in heaven, don't forget to send my toys to the poor Igo rote children". T hree days later the crippled little Josefina took her flight to he a Yen. And her Papa, with tears in his eyes for the death of his darling. came to the office of the "Little Apostle" carrying a big box: it contained the tovs of Josefina: he had now fulfilled the last wishes of his angelic 1 it t le daughter. 2-!6 Pateng Saw.... a Light 1 ATEXG \ms :i.n old lgorote from Cayan, \Yho had :1ften heard of baptif'm, l he Church, Heaven, Goel, etc ...... but Pateng was already yery •)Id: his head \YaS too empty, too hard: it could not. ..... it would not think of God, H eayen, the Church, baptism, ete .... His dau~hter is a Catholie. She often inYited her pagan father to pray, to beliern, to become a Christian, but each time P aten g heard the oft-repeated demands, he knocked off the ashes from his little copper pipe, Rhut his eyes once more, pushed up his underlip Raying: he was sleepy. There 1Yas nothing to be c'lone. Pateng was a pagan and a pagan he would remain .... what did he know of God, Heayen, the Church and Baptism ... he was too old to pray, to belieYe, to become a Catholic ... PoorPateng. Alas! Pateng caught a cold ..... . many an old man was brought to his grave by a simple cold. And Pateng could no longer slip dmnJ the bamboo stairs of his shaky hut in the early morning to warm after a chilly night hi'3 old limbs in the first rays of the sun ... nay, not e1'en his cotton blanket, thightly wrapped around his worn-out body, could prevent him from shiver i n g the whole day long .... Pateng sat on his heels, in front of a little smoking fire, in the corner of his windowless kitchen, with no other light than that of the half-opened door and of the fliekeri ng sparks from the hearth .. . Patengcoughed .. he cough - ed terribly . .. as if his soul 1rnnted to escape from his achingframe ... and, when I enterell the kitchen, a,; dark and black as the smoke \Yhich fills it day and night since the time it was first built, and, "·hen I drew near the glimmering light and in the half darkness of the room, I Faw Pateng's big glittering eyes in their deep orbits, nearly as big as hi s small puckered-up face, half con , red by his once red handkerchief, and when I heard the heaYy breathing of Pateng which seemed ·like a death-rattle, I inrnlu11tarily recalled to my mind parts of some old time-worn stories my mother used to tell us in the e\eni ng to keep us off the street ... '' Pateng, my friend, you look pretty bad ... "Hm" says Pateng. . Are you "suffering much?" "I-Im." I sat on my heels near Pateng and, as often before, I talked with my old friend about God and Heaven and Baptism etc ... Pateng hummed often, .coughed more than usual and his big eyes seemed to find the fire very interesting . .. does it not warm his chilled limbs, restore life to his brokendown frame, and do him good in every way? I called the daughter and told her to repeat often the principal truths of faith to her old father and to ask him no\Y and again to become <l Christian .. "Ay, Apo, I fear he will neYer aecept bapti;:m. '' "Take thi::; and put it under his pillow'· and I gaYe her a miraculorn; medal, and said "pray eYer.v day to the Blessefl Yirgin for his con\·ersion." Two weeks later I went again to Cayan and of course visited my friend Pateng. He coughed more than e-ver and seemed even to turn a deafer ear tha.n formerly. I shouted with a.11 my might: "Pateng, how are you?" He showed me his throat and coughed. And then he made a sign to me tiJ come nearer. ''A.po,''he murmured and on hi,: blaek face appeared a he a Yen 1 y smile, "Apo, baptize me" and he put his skinny finger over his shriveled long white hair. What a change! Pateng coughed less. He made a·supreme effort and lifting up his bony arm and hand towards heaven to which he pointed with his forefinger: ''I wish to go to heaven .with my children whom you. ee here."-"Do you believe in God the Father Almighty, in God the Son who became man to save us ~rom t.ih and hell and in the Holy Ghost? Do you believe in one God Who rewards all good and punishes all evil?" ''I believe.'' And so, I repeated the instructions given so often before, but al247 wayR without any apparent result. The old pagans often refuse to accept the teaching of the Catholic Faith on account of the superstitious practices to be performed for them when they die .... '' Pateng, do yon ren0u nee forever the· caniao (superstitious prayers)"? ''I do not beliHe in them any more.'' And Fa.teng wiped a tear from the corner of his eyes. He felt some trouble. "Apo, will Goel reall.v forgive me? I can not pray. I am too old to learn any prayer?" I quieted his conscience, helped him to make an act of contrition and ... why not? I baptized him there and then ... for at my next visit Pateng might ham passed away ... A month later I c 1 i m bed the mountains again towards Cayan, I thought Pateng would be looking at r:1e from Hea\·en already. 0 wonder! 'While I was approaching the old hut, there came Pateng half bent, but 1Yith quickened steps, pulling long puffs from his copper beardbrander. Pateng himself, ali-rn, alert, smiling: "Apo, I am glad to see you. Since my baptism, I am much better and nearly en red.'' I took a seat on the first step of the barn boo stairs of the shack. Pateng sat on his ever ready heels, in front of me. ''What made you change your mind all at once, so as to ask for baptism, you who refused it so often?" "Listen, Apo. I do not know . One night I could not sleep, nay I 2-!8 could not even lie down: my head was all on fire, my back ached terribly, my body 'vas cold.,... I sat near the fire, wrappell in my j}lanket. I smoked my pipe to be able to breathe more easily. I poked the fire to get. more light , when, all at once, gazing at my pi!J01y in the corner, I saw something glittering near it . ... which looked as big as the light of a candle .. .. I tried to blow it out; it would not go out. .. . I tried to beat it away with the bamboo pokeL .... the light remaine0. .... .. I thought it was a burning coal, which had fallen from the hearth near my pillow .... I crept towards it. .. moved my pillow .. the light would not die .. I said: Pateng, this is a bad omen ... death will take you soon .. .. . and I kept on thinking and thinking, until I decided to ask for baptism, and so it happened, Apo, that I asked you for baptism ... .. the next morning, I told the story to my t:hildren .. they o:howed me the medal they had placed under my pillow, 1vithout my knowledge ......... Anyway I wanted to be baptized.· I want to go to heaven ... with my·.children .. " .. Did the Blessed Virgin on that night inspi~e Pate11g "·ith his good desire? Did Pateng 8ee only the light of the hearth reflected in the medal"? Anyway : Pateng sa"· a light that night ..... a little light ..... a big light ... but the light that brought him the rPgeneration of his soul through baptism ..... and 1 thanked the-Lord for having been the un - worthy instrument of lhe redemption of one soul more, for which too, as for us all, He shed His bloorl on Calvary. -)H(Mission News and Notes A School Contest Washington day, Feb. 22, 1925. Contest amongst the schools of the District of Kapangan, Benguet: 5 Public Schools and 1 pri vnte, the catholic mission school of Atok. The Catholic school got the following prizes: Arithmetic : 14 prizes of the 36 awarded: 6 first, 5 second, and 3 third prizes. Spelling: 5 prizes of 12: 1 first., 2 set:ond, 2 third. Recitation, in the 4th grade: First prize. Agrioultural Exhibition: J:l'irst genral prize for the best and nicest exhibition and 8 particular prizes for special productions not found in other gardens. The public schools presenteQ. 550 students, with 13 teachers, and the Mission school presented only 105 students, with 2 te"chers. The Psvchologv of the Filipino By Hon. Norberto Romualdez Ass()ciule Justice of the Supreme Cotl?'t of the Philippine Islands ( Uontinuutio11 ) This much can be said with regard tu the Philippines. The ceremonies which preceded, accompanied and followed marriage celebratiorn~ were <'f a social and public character, and, according to the authors, t litese ceremonies were very often solemn and pompous. At the nuptial ceremonies which lasted for sernral days, speeche~ were extemporaneously deli\ered, and singing and dancing at the soun<l of native musical instruments "\\ere indulged in. Popular celebrations were usually at the public plazas, at 11·hich festivals, the Suluan war dance was generally represented especially in some Bisayan regions. This dance was called Sinulog, that is, after the fashion of the Sulu people, the native name for Sulu being Sulog, which means current, because strong ocean currents are frequent in that small an:hipelago. During the Spanish times, there were in the towns of the Philippines, theaters which were built on the occasion of the town fiestas, and . the performances were entirely free and public. In those theaters, the performances were generally comedias. Among the representations, there was now and then, an original produrtion of some native authors. There were also translations of Spanish works called corridos already mentioned before. Later, the Spanish zarzuela, a general name given in Spain to a kind of dramatic performance, was introduced in Manila and in the provinces. Among the modern Tagalog dramatists, Mr. Severino de los Reyes has distinguished himself by his literary productions, which are widely accepted and applauded by the Tagalog public. There are many 25) Filipino in our day 1Yho haYe taken up literary pursuits, and cultivate the art of drama-writing both in Spanish and in English. I I. Bibliogrilph'f If, by Filipino Bibliography, 1Ye mean a description of b1)()k,; and manuscripts ha Ying reference to the Philippines, written by both foreign and native authors, ,,-e shall find a long list of different kinds of words. \Ve may mention in this connection, following chronologically the eYents referred to by the ll'riters, some works as follows : ·Notes on the Mala y Archipelago,'" by Groenvelclt, a Dutch St:holar. "Chou Ju-Kua "', by Hirth and Rockhill. "Versuch einer Ethnographic der Philipinen"' , by Blument ritt. "Relations of Chinese to the Phi!i.ppines", by Laufer. "Pagan Tribes of Borneo", by Hose and McDougall. "El A rchipiela:!_o Filipino", hy some J esuit B -,athers, published by the Government Printing at Washington in the year 1900. I shall only call your attention to works which constitute the Fiiipino literature, and I shall mention only one book of each century, in their chronological order: · '' Doctrina Tagaloespa1iola'' year 1503, believed to be written by Fr. Juan de Plasencia. "Las Excelencias del Rosario", year 1602, the first book printed here, written by Fr. Francisco Blancas de San Jose. 'Barlaan", year 171:2, by the .Jesuit Fr. Antonio de Borja. In the 19th century, many l!Hirc wurk;; constituting Filipino literature have been written, both hy Spanish and nati,·e authors. \\"e have the 1·ery popular hook read and sung np to the present tinH' duri11g Lent, called "Pasion" 1 The l'as<:in11 of our Lord), 0 \\Ti ttel'T" hy Dr. Pilnpil, a Filipino Priest. \\'t> lia\'e also the ''Maicling Casaysayan" (A short ex planation) of Fr. Florentino Ramirez; the ":-!wit ni San :-1/ejo" C.l hymn to San Alejo), hy Alejo del Pilar, au u11cle of ~l areelo H . del Pilar, the well known Filipi110, who died in Barceloua in 1890, and whose remains I had tlw honor of bringing from Barcelona ta Manila in 1920, by instructions of the Philippine Goyernment. ~Iany other works may be mentioned, but 1111necessary for the purpose" of this lecture. But I must not pass ornr the popula r work in native poetry written by Francisco Balagtas, pu bfo:hed in the year 1838, called ''Florante' ', of which Rizal said : "obra de' la lengua tagala en todo su apogeo y magnificencia" (a product of the Tagalog language in all its splendor and magnificence). Francisco Balagtas was born in the barrio of Panigay, l\Iunicipality of Bigaa, Bulakan, on April 2, 1788. His parents were Juan Balagtas, and Juana de la Cruz (almost Juan de la Cruz), poor but honest people. After some years, the young Balagtas studied "Canones" (Canon Lairs) in the San .Jo;::e C.1llege. During his y11uth he 1 Yas "·ell kn01rn as an able 1·ersitier. There \\as at that time a native poet very widely known in ~Ia ni la , called Juseg Sisiw (Jose the chicken ) who 1>as very frequently called upon by many people and requeRtecl to write some poerrn; to be recitecl at marriage, baptismal, or bu rial ceremonies, and which he used to make in promplu a<:: king in payment a chicken for every composition. Balagtas was his pupil in poetry , but for some rea:oon, or other, teaeher a nd pupil had a ro1', and separated from ea.eh other. Balagtas published his "Florante" in 1838. He married, and had e!Hen children, and died on February :28, 186:2. He also wrote many plays, kuminlaf!.S, kundimans , and a great number of short poems. But his "Florante" is considered his masterpiece. "Florante" is a simple poem 1yith some tragic elements. Its literary structure and fo~m are excellent. It ~ontains 398 stanzas of 4 verses each. The verses are of 12 syllables, each verse being divided into two parts of 6 ~yllables each. It is note-worthy for its genuinely native touches. Some poetical turns of its thoughts are nativnalized. The scholar Mr. Epifania de los Santos, in his "Vida de Florante y Laura" (Life of Florante and Laura) published in ''The Philippine Review" ( ~o. 7, Vol. 1, year 1916) aptly remarks that "The muses of Florante are from the lake of Bay, 251 its nymp'z, from Beata and H ilom, Pandakan''. and terms this 1>ork as "the most national poem of the Philippines " The "Florante" contains wise thoughts of the science of life, as can be gathered from these lines, picked at random: Stanza :20:2: "Ag laki sa la yaw, karaniwa, y, hubad sa bait at muni,t, sa hatol ay salat, masaklap na buga ng malfg pagligap habaf. ; g magulag sa irog na anak" (Persons reared in comfort are dernid of good judgment, discretion and counsel,-the bitter fruit of parent's mistaken affection for and complaisance with their belo,ed children). Stanza :246: "Kung ag isalubog sa iyog pag datig ay masayag mukha,t, may pakitag giliw, lalog kaigata,t kaawa')' na lihim siyag isaisip na kakabakahin" (If upon your arrival, he should welcome you with smiles and appart'nt lo,e, the more you must beware of, and consider him as a secret enemy with whom you will possibly have to contend) This work has been repeatedly edited, and there was scarcely a Tagalog family of the past generation that did not own a copy of the Florante. ~fr. Hermenigildo Cruz published in 1906 an interesting work on this poem, entitled "Kug sino ag kumatha ng Florante", and Mr. Epifanio de los Santos, as above indicated wrote on the same poem 25 biJ , .. Vida de Florante y Laura" . As to Ilokano works, there are many, among wbid1 11·e may mention their famous Lan1-ag, of an epic lengendary character. There are known writers as Dakanay, ::\'lelanyo Lazo, Claudio, Abaya, Crisologo, de los Heyes, Tongson, B 'onacier, and many others. Among the Ilokano poets, 1Ye mention the anonymous author of "La Pasion Ilocana", and D.a Leona. Floren tino, the mother of the preRent Senator, Hon. Isabelo de los Reyes. Among the dramatists, Gieron, Caluya, Espiritu, and Lagazca, must also be mentioned, as wPll a::< Yillarnor and Paredes, among the 1niters. Mo2t of this information is furnished by ~Ir. Justice Villamar "·ho naturally did not include himself, but I do include him, because I know he is one of the most distinguish2d Ilokano Scholars. Among the Bisayans, WP ha\'e Fr. Cuenco, and Fr. Albarran in Cebu; Fr. Lorenzo and Fr. Tiangson of Iloilo, known as the author of the excellent work "lvl agtotoon sa Balay", (Home Teacher) a moral-didactic work; D. Cornelio Hilado, of Occidental Negros. There is also an anonymous writer, whom we firmly believe to be a nafo-e of Leyte or Samar,-the author of a book widely known in said Bisayan regiom as "Lagda" which means rules, entitled "Caton Cristiano", published in 1850. This work "Lagda" is notable particularly for its genuinely Bisayan turns and proverbs, As an example of this, permit me to quote the following: " Kun kasinahan ka niya. di ka umato, kay masiwat sogsog6n an la yap ga bah a; maupay kun san guob pa, kun taob an kasina ni')'a, hulat6n an Ii Ra pagbaribad." (Should your husband smld you, clo not quarrel with him, becau~e. it is hard to go against the current of an impetuous flood; it iR be~i to wait, while the tide of your huRband's ire rises, and when the waters shall have subsided, then gi\-e your reasons a nd excuses) .There is abundant material for an essay on genuinely Filipino literature. l\IiEs Encarnaci0n Gonzaga of Iloilo, gi\·es an exhaustiYe aecount of Bisayan literature in n t hesis presented for her .:\laster's degree from the 1Jni1-ersity of th e~ Philippines in 1917. There are also authors from Pangasinan, Pampanga, and Bikilan regions. We may mention the fol - lowing: as Pampangan authors, Gil :Magat, Eusebio Guanlao, ;\fagno Gosioco Gozum; as Pangasinan author, Rafael Q. Estrada; as Bikolan authors, the late Bishop ~Igr. Barlin, Fr. Juan Villareal and many others. Filipino bibliography is a -varied and exttnsive field which cannot be properly covered by this lecture. So, I ha,-e limitPd myself to some authors, 11"ithout making an analysis of all their works, which 1\'oulcl put the patience of this audience to a severe test. And yet, I ha,·e i-:poken only about the Filipino literature written by Filipinos in the dialects of thi" country produced by Filipinos also, but written in SpaniRh, English and other foreign tongue::<, my taRk woulc'. be much greater. For this reason, I abstain from "peaking to you abon t the writings of Rizal, ~Iabini, clel Pilar, Guerrero, Recto, Bernabe, Teotico, the Kalan• brothers, Bo<:obo, Bantug, Romulo, and many others of younger gener253 ration:'. From the data given heretofore, you may be convinced, that the Filipi no people, successors to an ancient culture of Asia, ha Ying histor.Y and traditions of their on-11, and a spoken and written literature based on that of their ancestnrR and cultivated by themselYes, are bound to have their peculiarities, not to be easily known and comprehended by a Ruperficial observer. (To be continued) Some Bontoc Legends The Legend of the Pottery Lumawig said to the Bontoc people: "Get some clay to make jars". They got busy, but the jars they made were very badly shaped, When Luma wig saw them, he said: ''Yon do not know how to make jars". \Vhereupon he reruoved the pottery to Samoki (a town near Bontoc) . "You Samoki people", said Lumawig, "get clay to make jars". The Samoki people made some jars. They were of a very good shape. So Lumawig said to them: "You are very good potters. Go now and sell thejars to other towns". To the Bontoc people he said: "If you need jars, you will have to buy them''. From that time the Samoki people have the monopoly of pottery. On the mountain slopes across the Bontoc river you can see from Bontoc the smoke columns of of their ovens rise high in the air. The Samoki product is much in demand at Bontoc and all towns nearby. When you meet some woman jar vendors, you may be sure they are from Samoki. From afar you hear them sing out: , ,Jars! Buy jars! Very nice! Very strong!" 2 4 The Negritos of North-Eastern Luzon By Father Morice Vanoverbergh M issianary in ihe ,vL1 unla1· n Prorince. P.J. ( C"intinw!l io11) April 5th (Saturday) : T lefr the high al ti rude of the Baguio plateau at about 7 a. m., on a motorbus, a means of transportation w h i ch wouid very soon be denied ir e ior a long time. and arri\'ed without anydiff cultyatBawang La Union, near the sea-coast by the splendid Naguilian road; the picturesque scene,ry did not allow me to mind any small una· oiuable annoyances. I did not take m uch baggage with me, as I foresaw many di .r:cul tie:> in transportation, and in tended to stay mostly either at Tuaw, Kagayan, with the parish priest, or at Kabugaw, Apayaw, with the lieutenant-governor; but Providence decided o · hem ise, and many hardships awaited rr:e on that account. At Ba\vang, I jumped into an automobile which brought me within a short time, by the never to be forgotten road that followed the seashore. to Tagudin , Ilokos Sur, where I was able to rest until the following day. When I reached Baknotan, La Union, Mr. Maximo Padua, a professional photographer, asked the driver to 3top for a while and told me a whole litany of things, how he had heard that I was leaving for Kagayan, how he wantu1 to accomp iny n e. ho~ he \Vas ready to start unconditic.nally and immediately, and so o:i. To make a long: story ;;hort, he came with nw and will stay with me for a long time. as we shall :-;ee later As I was saying before. we hop::?d to reach Tagudin at about neon, but in this \\·e were sadly dirnppointed: two tires punctured on the road. \Ye stopped at Banga r, La Union, fo r our di'nner. as the clriYer was hungry (and \\ho can blame him ?); :;o, we reached Tagudin at about half pa:;t three p . m . This was home. anyhow, my residence for over three years. Mr. Padua himself resided here for several years. Revs. G: Declercq and C. van Aspen offered us a mo::t cordial hospitality. Mr. Padua ordered photographic plates, paper, etc., from Manila, and we made all necessary preparations to continue our journey the following clay. April 6th (Sunday): After High Mass, Mr. Padua and some boys looked for a car that could motor to Vigan. Ilokos Sur, and Kurrimaw, Ilokos orte. After a tiresome delay (we had to look for a passing auto), at about half past .. If) If) C"l -+0LESlA y GRUTA DEL S~NTUARIO Jde Nrra. Senora de LOURDES.( ": ~ TAGU£?1N .. ~__, hiirch and Grotto of Our Lady of Loiirdes at Taguclin 256 ten a. m., we boarded a motorbus for Vigan, with all our belongings. My companion took. about ten times as many trunks, suitcases and bundles as I did, of course, but this would prove a blessing later on in the wilderness. \i\'e arrived at Vigan, the capital of the province of Ilokos Sur, without accident, by a road equal to that of yesterday, and we made a circuit by San· Vin~ente, Iloko'> Sur. Time is not money in the Philippinf' Islands. After having witnessed an altercation between our driver and a couple of rernlcitrant passengers, we transferred to another motorbus, that brought us to Kurrimaw, which although a very small municipality in Ilokos Norte, had the advantage of possessing a comparatively good harbor, visited at regular intervals· by several s ma 11 steamers of the Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas. We arrived there at about 9 p. n1., and lodged at the hotel (that is what they call it here), where we were rather comfortable. We were more or less anxious to reach Kurrimaw the same day, as we had seen a steamer off Vigan, and thought it might be the "'Mauban", which we had to board and which w o u Id leave the harbor of Kurrimaw on the 7th. No steamer was there. April 7th (Monday) : Early in the morning we had a chat with an old Spaniard, the "encargado" of the Company in that place. He told us he expected the " Mauban" at noon, and that he thought she would not leave to-day for Aparri, Kagayan, as there wa,- much cement and other cargo to be unloaded here. Fortunately our " vieux grognard" was not '·a la hauteur de la situation" (what can one expect frnm a fellow living practica:ly in exile, and doing nothing the whole day but cursing his had lot, the hot w;oather, the natives, etc.,etc?). At about 8 a. m. she appeared. our nutshe!, I beg your pardon, the "Mau ban" herself: later on I heard that the captain had been ' bold enough to lead his little craft to Spain during the World War; rnme people like dancing anyway! After complying with so:ne formalities, we left the hotel, in search of a small boat to bring us to our temporary home, and after pay~g two centavos here and ten the1e, we finally mounted the gangplank. Our Spaniard on shore told us we could board the ship directly as soon as she cast anchor; the truth is, they nearly threw us overboard, I mean, the first greeting they tendered us was to the effect that we were much too early and chat we should have to pay extra for our meals as long as the vessel remained ·in port. Well, here we were, and here we stayed. Mr. Padua found a place in the third clas5 amongst the trunks and boxe<: that Ii ttered the deck, and I procured a berth in the first class: it was one of four in the cabin not I a r g e enough for two. On deck I made the acquaintance of Mr. Ricardo Pagulayan, a native of Enrile, Ka257 oftbcATQNEtJENT ' The monthly Novena of Our Lady of the Atonement, in the Church of Baguio, will begin: Send your intentions to: for April: on Saturday, 4th. for May: on Saturday, 2nd. REV. FATHER FL. CARLU CHlJRCH OF THE ATONEMENT BAGUIO, MT. PROVINCE. gayan, who was of great service to us during our journey through hi~ province. In tte afternoon we made f. uitless inquiries about the rour o: leaving, nobody seeming to knmY anything about it; but, at about 5 p. m. we saw hundreds of thirdclass passengers boarding the ship: this was a very good omen, because. if the Company had to feed all those people for one day longer, it would lose much too hea,·ily in the bargain, and besides they would certainly not have come on board if no permission had been granted them. The steamer actually left the harl or at about 8 p. m., and we went to sleep, on deck of <:ourse, as \\·e ·were in tropical waters. I had some difficulty in obtaining a bed, as the Steward ~old me I hact a berth (which he seemed to consider a "avor, for not 10% of the passengers had the same luck); so I made preparations to sleep on a bench. A Manila merchant came to the rescue, reproved the Steward, and finally found a bed for me, which, although a poor cracking affair, was much more comfortaule than the berth in our luxurious cabin, a real hot-house. ( To /Jc continued) 258 Argentina. The first pilgrims who arrived in Rome came from Argentina: they were 200 and were received by the Holy Father on Jan. 1. Belgium. On the first of January the Holy Father congratulated Baron Beyens Belgian ambassador at the Vatican, for the exposition of the Congo missions in Rome. He said it was of the most beautiful and most interesting. France. Canon Rousselot died at Paris. During the war, he found a way for locating regularly the site and caliber of guns. He presented the French staff of war with instruments which made it possible to determine the exact spot of the German batteries. When the submarine war began, he devised a model of a microphone which helped to locate the presence of submarines. In 1920 Premier Herriot gave Canon Rousselot high praise, but nevertheless he continues to persecute the useless(?) priests of France. Ciermany. In Trier, a priest of the noble family or von Volzum, has just celebrated his twenty fifth anniversary in the priesthooct. At the Mass, his brother, who is a Jesuit, assisted and two other brothers officiated, one as a deacon and the other as a sub-deacon. In the P. I. RICH people' should endeavour to encourage more vocations to the priesthood in their families. Holland. A preacher wrote: the Dutch "Reformed" Church is on the way of losing her standing, not only as the people's church, but even as the largest denomination in Holland. Her place shall infallibly be taken by the Roman Church. It is very painful for every member of the "Reformed Church". However, it has- but itself to blame. What is Protestantism) What an assemblage of birds of divers plumage! It is a unity that is no unity, a kingdom that is divided against itself, which neither knows nor serves God. Italy. More than 1,000,000, some say more than 2,000,000, and others even say more than 3,000,000 pilgrims are expected to visit Rome during the Holy year. The railroads of Ital y and eyen Switzerland a re already now congested. 1 \ German Company guarantees to bring to Italy ~00 Germans a day for the entire Holy year. It is plan - ned to lodge them in portable houses set up on vacant lots of Rome. During 1924, buildings, whose total of rooms amounts to :':0000 were constructe d. Of course the enemies of the Church try to stem the tide of pilgrims by spreading false rumor" about impending revolutions in Italy. But Mussolini is still strong enough and above all the Italian people are wise enough not to disturb the peace of their counrry, for it would mean an enormous financial loss to the whole country. Porto Rico. The church of San German, Porro Rico, the second oldest church of the two Americas. b ui lt in 1.537 by two Dominicans, and now falling into ruins, is to be repaired under the direction of Right Reverend Bishop Caruana, once a missionary in. the Philippines. Spain. These last years there has been a great activity of Protestants in Spain. In Madrid alone there are twelve Protestant schools. The German immigration into Spain was accompanied by Lutheranism. The Catholics got alarmed. Lately a religious· order of women was founded to open Catholic schools 259 there where protestant schools had been established. 70 of this kind until now have been opened, attended by 10,000 children, wh6 otherwise would have been in Protestant schools and bst their Catholic Faith. United States. The following motion was adopted unanim::>Usly in the last annual meeting of the Ame ~ ican Hierarchy: the Archbishops and Bishops of the country are urged to organize societies for the support of the Missions. In addition to the above a Sunday of the year is to be set aside as Mission Sunday, on wich a collection will be taken up to enable those who are not members of the o ganized societies, to contribute nevertheless to the support of the missions. Progress of the Catholic faith in various countries, during the last hundred years. In Sweden and orway the number of Catholics has increased from 10 to 5,547. In Denmark: from 1000 to 8, 700. In Holland from 350, 000 to 1, 900, 000. In Canada from 500, 000 to 3,000,000. In United States from 400, 000 to 17, 855, 000. In Australia from a few Irish exiles to 1, 200, 000. In Indo China in spite of the persecution and mas:;sacre:>, there are 1,200,000 Catholics. In Japan and Corea, where Catholicism has had liberty (often curtailed) for about thirty years, there are now 170,000 Catholics, while in 1822 there were only 10, 000. 260 • - l\(f»J - CURRENT E VENTS • - l\(f»J - L.; <!!iii$....._~-"='* ~ • .,...,...,,:::::..~~~r;;;:,,~~fii .... ~J Philippines A Baby Revolution in Nueva Ecija. Many secret societies exist in Nuel'a Ecija. One of them composed of laborers, with branches in other prol'inces too. had for aim to take possession of the riches and fields of the rich. According to them: men are all equal or ought to be not only in their earthly possessions but also in thought and wisdom. i::lince a long time they had opposed the landowners. Many o f these had asked for policemen to protect their rice against the aforesaid members of the K. K. K. and had refused to lend rice to the members of this secret society. At the beginning of :.\larch the secret society began to concentrate its forces, to attack the rich and the GoYernment. Happily the Constabulary got vents of the movements. The rel'olutionists were easily beaten and left a few of their members on the battlefield of San Jose. Peace seems to reestablished in Nueva Ecija. A few questions: how is it possible that the police did not prevent the clash? How is it possible that they did not know earlier of the bolchevic plan? Where thousands belong to a society, not to be trusted as it is secret, the police ought to know anyway what is going on behind the curtains. If they knew of the coming clash, why did they not capture the leaders before the bloodshed? Take well care: the people of the Philippines are robbed of their religion through neutralinstruction of the Government. Consequently the poor are not giYen what might console them in their poYerty and ref1·ain them from re\·enge when they suffer a wrong. The rich ?r" robbed of what teaches thC' i to be just towards the laborer and charitable towards the poor. Who saw wind. :\fUST harvest storms. · Take care: there are more secret societies in the Philippine Islands, whose doings should be investigated and known and whose members, if guilty of cl'irnes. should be punished. What mean the ")'.fano negra." the "Sagrada Familia.'' and the "Santa Iglesia.'' ail secret societies in :N'ueva Ecija and other pro\·inces? Police! Find out the aims of these societies and what happens in thPir meetings. ~ Not withstanding a new strike among some Filipino laborers in Hawaii, the president of the Hawaiian sugar plantations declared that, but for a few malcontents, all Filipino (some 40.000) laborers of Hawaii are happy · and make money. ~ 'Now that an American commission of experts examines the intellectual capacity of l<"'ilipino children, the old discussion came up again, and more than ever, about the following question: should the Filipino children be taught in their own language or in English? ~ Both political parties. the Consolidados and Democrata , are working 24 hours a day to win tlw coming elecions of June. It is funny to read how they arcuse each other of frauds and scandals. The Democral:i,s propm::e to fight .\fr. Quezon in his own province of Tayabas. This is the tirst time the consolidado President of the Senate will meet opposition in his district. Some observers say he will loEe the tight in his province. Others say his presidentship of the Senate will pass over to .\[r. Osmena. The Democratas howeYer are at a loss of findin .~ out. mt-ans of whitewashing what is callt'd the "school scandals" of Manila under Democrata administration. Both parties ad vacate immediate independence. The Democratas say they favor the Fairfield bill, for nothing better can be hoped at the time from the "Gnited States. The consolidados answer they do not favor the !Jill and will make this question of fa\·oring or not fann·ing the Fairfield bill a nationa! isFue in the coming- elections. $ Justice Avancena was nominated chief of the Supreme Court and Attorney general Villarea 1 was appointed to the supreme bench. $ 261 If prices of copra and hemp have decreased, there has come to us a greater demand for Filipino hardwood. $ A committee was appointed to study the question of bow to restrict furthe.r immigration of ChineEe into tlie Philippines. $ Decidedly the GoYernment has little chance in its sernral exploitations. The Cement factory lost f> 300,000 last year. The National Coal Company proi:;erty should be leased, if an offer is found, said the Gornrnor General in union with ~Tr. Quezon. The Manila Hotet can not pay for the aforesaid loEEes, for last year it only gained about p 1,0.36. $ The ma11y secret societies of Negros Occidental are causing trouble to- the Go,·ernment and the peaceful citizens. LeL it be noted that if in China there are numerous civil wars, these are greatly due to the numerous secret societies whoEe followers are called up when needed by the different chieftains. Look out well, police! Keep sour eye;; wide open. Foreign Belgium. During the world war 1150 public buildings were destroyed. 355 schools, 237 churches, 100,000 houses and 1967 Km. first class roads. Sim·P. then 1040 public buildings. 350 schools·, 234 churches, 93.000 houses and all the roads have been repaired or rebuilt at her own cost. But the taxes amount to 408 francs per capita, or a.bont P 40. although En)!land at the outbreak of the war declared most solemnly that Belgium's expenses for the war would be reimbursed up to the last cent. Chile. A Chilean regiment, of soldiers mutinied on the first of .\farch, but after a sergeant and a corporal were killed, t.he other soldiers submitted to the legitimate authority. China. Sun Yat Sen, the founder of the Chinese rt-public, has passed away. He was its first provisional president. and in 1921 its president. In the meantime China had become an olij!archy. Sun ruled for several years at Canton with Southern China as a 262 separate republic. His politics savored much of the BolcheYic tendencies. He was supported by the young Chinese who had studied abroad, especially in the United States. and expected from Sun's Government a position which otherwhise they could not obtain from the old leaders. Sun as an administrator of his republic did very little outside of Canton. Lately he went to Peking to attend a meeting of the principal leaders of China after the victory of the Christian General. Actually the armies of the Northern party are gradually going southwards in an endeavor to subjugate the southern republic and make China one. Unhappily the antiforeign feeling in China is running higher and higher every day. This very year may see as in 1899 a more or less general uprising in China against all foreigners, and of course the Church and the Missionaries may suffer much. Germany. -The president of the German republic. Friedrich Ebert, died. The former saddlemaker passed away, when the Allies accused Germany of educat· ing and keeping under all sorts of camouflage military officers and subalterns enough to mobilize a strong army wheneYer it wishes to do so. The Cotmcil of Ambassadors requested :Marshal Foch and his colleagues of the committee of military control of the Allies, to make suggestions as how the Germans may be forced to comply with the disarmament clauses of the Versailles treaty. In the meantime Dr . Walter Simon has been chosen by the German Reichstag as president adinterim of the republic. The new German President will be elected on )larch 29, says a dispatch of March 3. Greece and Turkey. Greece has sent a note to Turkey. protesting against the expulsion from Constantinople of the Patriarch Constantinus, the head of lhe Greek Church. Greece sees in the ~reek Patriarch a defender of Greek prestige and material interests in Turkey. Hence her interest in keeping the Patriarch in Constantinople. The European Powers try their utmost to preYent war between Greece and Turkey. the latter ha dng rejected the Gree.k proposal of submitting the contro1-ersy to the Hague. ·international. In an attempt to suppress the smoking of opium. the European powers with colonies in the Extreme Orient and the United States lately held a conference at GeneYa. The United States proposed to suppress the opium traffic immediately. But the other Powers which have g-reat revenues from opium, refused the proposition. Hence the failure of the Opium Conference. Mexico. Mexico has her own Aglipay, a Catholic priest, Joaquin Perez·, who has started a Church of bis own, a n<~tion al Church with services in Spanish. With ~is few followers he intended lately !o take possession of the famous shrine of Guadalupe. One was killed in the fight that followed, after which the police could keep order, among.the manifestants. Turkey. The Kurds revolted against the Turks. At first victorious, the insurgents were later beaten by the Turkish regular troops. 263 ( QUE~TIO~BOX ~ t-s?.~ - t-s?.~ Questions unsiirnecl will not l'e answered. Anonymous 1€tt<>rs must find their way into the waste paper basket. \YP will not publish the names of those who send questions. 3. - Jly father's desire 1chen he 1i:as yet living icas that 1 shoidd :finish 111y Intermediate studies. But after his death, 1 dicl not eren finish Gr. VII, because I clid not Zike being a boarder for 1 felt lonely in the College. Hare I committed a sin? According to the IV Commandment of Goel, children have a triple obligation towards their parents: of love, re,·erence and obedience, for the parents take the place of God on earth to do for their children what God does not do directly, such as procuring food etc, for the body and education for the soul. Consequently the. children must give proofs of lorn towards their parents. not only by praying for them and assisting them in theirspiritualneeds, by getting a priest for them when they are very sick, but they must also help them in their bodily needs, in their daily worl{ and render them eYer.r service in their power. They must respect their parents as well-behaved and good children do. Against these two filial obligations a child may sin mortally when he does not show his love and respect for his parents, and it is no wonder how deeply pained his parents must feel. Such will undoubtedly happen when children do not support their parents in t.heir need, or when they treat their parents roughly, calling them names, insulting them, beating them, or even lifting up theiT hands against their father or mother, or being ashamed of them on account of their poverty etc. And now as to the duty of obedience in which you failed. To willfully disobey our parents in grave and lawful things is a mortal sin. To disobey them when we foresee that they will be really and truly sorry or angry at our doings is a grievous fault. In your case your father had a right to ask you to finish your intermediate to giYe you that catholic education he thought himself obliged in conscience to give to his child. Did your father however express that desire as an order, or simply mention it as a wish he would not ha>e maintained, if he had seen your sorrow at the college? If he had expressed his desire as a formal order, then you haYe seriously disobeyed without a valid reason. If his desire was such that your unwillingness to continue your studies, would have made him very sorry, then your refusal to finish your intermediate was also a great fault. · If his desire, however, was expressed only as a desire, which he would not haYe maintained as an order in case you disliked to finish your intermediate, or if your refusal to finish the intermediate would not haYe vexed him very much, then there has not been a great sin. In any case, to commit a mortal sin t here must be full knowledge of the wrong committed, and as most proba uly you did not think you committed a great sin by not continuing your studies as your father desired, you have not committed a mortal sin. 264 If you were convinced you committed a venial sin by resisting the rea,onable desire of your fat her. or if you thought he would have been only a little displeased, or if he did not express a formal order, but only a wish that he would ha\·e been very pleased to see you finish your intermediate, then you only committed a venial sin. Where absence of the full knowledge of sin prevails there is no sin. :l'lote. If you stopped your studies with the permission of your tutor or mother, then the responsibility falls upon these persons. If you had reached the age of 18 years, then you could decide for yourself. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED Blessed Little Flower's fund for the Bokod Mission. Received : Acknowledged before. Total. p 45.00 387.00 432.00 Father Legrand's fund for the Bauco Mission. A I>UI>il of s. Sch. p 2.00 A vuvil of S. T. 0.50 !J'rom the "Chatterboxes' mite box" (two months) 23.00 Acknowledged before. 79.00 Total. 104.50 For the Missions. P. Se. p 20.00 For the mission of Dalupirip: St. Paul's Institute 25.00 C. T. 5.00: R. S. 5.00; S. I\!. 4.00: A.G . 2.00: Anonymous 14.00: 30.00 Total 75.00 We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of canceled stamps from : Rev. Encarnacion. Batangas, Batangas: Rev. Andres Marquez, Batangas, Batangas: Primitivo Latino, Daraga. Albay; Dolores Abola. Manila: Cathedral Free School: Zollo Arlalejo: Isabelo Ronquillo: Vicente Pusag: Concepcion Ricafort, Mal!'allanes, Sorsogon: lllsgr. Hilarion Jamias, Ilagan. Isabela. 4. - 1 am now tu;enty three ywrs cif' aye. Tu;u ywr·~ nyo. 1 did not fast on Fl'idays of Lent. Is it a gr·eat sin? . Does fastirig foryire sins? All CatholicF. 21 years of age. are strictly obliged to fan on the cl a~-s appointed b~- the Church, unless they have a just excuse such as being too weak. having heavy work to perform. etc. Fasting does not forgive sin, but it is a work of penance which satisfies for the temporal punishment due to sins. Besides fasting, aftel' the guilt has been effaced by the Sacrame111 of Penance, lessens the evil di"pu>-itions and consequently temptations. ITE.'1S OF INTEREST 19 materials are needed to make the 201 pal'tS of a telephone which is so delicate that it carries a whisper, yet so l'ugged that it gives many years of constant and Yaluable sen-ice. They are: sih·el', iron. copper, tin, zinc, gold, lead, nickel, platinum, aluminum, mica, shellac, wool, silk, flax, rubber, cotton, asphalt and coal. What kind attention on the part of God for having produced all these! What love! ,,, The conclusion that Latin students surpass non-Latin students in mastery of other subjects, has been reached by the American Classical League and the American Bureau of Education after a survey of the present-day trend and value of classical studiel5. "This superiority," says the Bureau, in reporting the eonclusions, "seems to be due to something gained from the study of Latin rather than to greater iniLial hability." Records of 10,000 candidates for college entrances in the past ten years were cited to show that Latin st.udents fared better by about 13 per cent than non-Latin students in subjects other than Greek and Latin. 265 ftAILBAG Of THE LITTLE APOITLE For al I corre5pol denC'e wi.th ··THE LITTLE A PO::ll'LE" Eend Y'.lUr l%t,ers to 'l'.1e Little Az,ostle, Box 1393, Jlanila Dear Readers of the ·'Little.\ postle." An fri3h soldier i11 a Gerrna11 pri~o n dut'i.ng the war \\·as r< lther ,-erY sho rt of money as \\'ell a,; o f food. 'Kearl r in despa.ir. he wrote a letoer to St. l'atriek. a;;kiug- his Patl'on to send him 10 clollarf'. and lie dl'Opped it int o the mail box of the prirnn. The German officials sent the 11ati'.·e mes;;:tg·e of Pat to a char-itable organization in Eng-land. Of course there was a Q't'nel'al laugh at its l>u1·eau wh en the letter was read aloud. Kut wishing-to play a joke ,.n Pat, all the member,; offered a contribution and !"ent $5the1· had gathered by lei ter to Pat. ~i!rniu~ it with the name of "St. P;itrick.'' as if He himself had ~en·" 1 Ile mone)· " C / " the Ensrlish c;ha rita i1le or~·a niz:itiu11 for capti ,-e soldiers.·· Pat rec·eived the letter' and was o\·erjo,red at the sight of $:5. He wrote a letterofrhanks to St. Patl'ick. but remembering he had asked for $10, P at added a note to his new message saying: ·'Please. the next time vou send me moneY. do not send it c10 any English organization, fop the scoundrels might again retain half of what \'OU send." Like Pat. I tell. vou. dear readers. the next time vou send al rn>: or subscriptions to the "Little Apostle," do not send it b)' simple and ordinar.1· mail. but by registered letter or by MoneY Order. This is what the Senior class of the Hol.\- Rosar)· Colleg·e of Yigan did: !'15.00 arrived in due time. ·where did they get them, you might ask? Read their letter: Dear Rev. Father Vandewalle. We are sending you the small sum of f' 15.00 for the mist.ions. Can ,-ou guess how \Ye got it? Ttwason'the 2:Jrd of Januar.1•. the third d;i1· of our town _tie~ta .. '1 llere wa,; a pri7e tor a t~pwal clr11l eonte-;t. Desirous to "·in the offered prize, tweh·e of u,; from the R osary A criden.n • 1 r~"11 1 izfd a l\·pical Negrito danee "-it h musi•'al instrument~ chararter·i:>cic of this savaD'e tribe. \\-e W>-'Tlt to the Auditoriu~n \l·ithout tbE slightest hope of winning (dear Readers: do you believe they bad no hope of winninv?) fPr we had formidable riYals (\\·ell if ,;o the honor < •f winning· is rn much th'e greater). hut we \YO-:'i' tlw prize or !"30.00'. After all our expcn::es were paid . we were left the ha Pl'Y )lO' FeffOrs of Pl5. At tirsi- we did n ot know what to do 1•ith 1 he r. 10ney (wl1enever one finds himself in such a .rerplexity. jnst drop a letter to the "Lillie AplJstle" ai:d a g-ratuitot'>: ad,·iee will I e sent by mail ). A thousand suggestions we1;e made, but after all what better could we do than to help the Igorotes? We \Yon the prize by con ,·erting our"el Yes into Negrito;; for a few hours: it is bnt rig·ht tha.t we should nffer the prize for the conYel'sion of all the Pagans eYerywhere. Now Father. we bid you goodbye only for a time. for we hope to communicate with you very soon (the sooner and the oftener the better!) to send again something from THE SlWIOR CLASS. And in the meantime a little g-irl from the Sacred Heart Academy, Tuguegarao. wrote a letter saying: when I was reading the "Little Apostle." I was very much interested i.n these poor Ig·orotes. That is why I am sending266 this small sum of money: i"5.00 to help them in their needs. Father. I promise ~·ou that I "·ill say at least one '·Our Father'' for them even daY. and may Our Lord hear our ~imple prayers and grant that all of them may soon be com·erted. Yours reo;pectfully. Ana Angco. And in Ana's enYelope was found another small letter, a precious enclo;;ure. which must neat'ly haYe expressed what Ana's Guardian Angel would ha Ye said to God the same daY she made the :::.acrifice of her fortun~. It read thus ·'Ana Angco is a charming child, al wa,ys ready to forget and sacrifice herself to render service to others and to g ive pleasure to God." And so are nearly all the giris in our Catholic Colleges \Yhere they are so well taken care of. N aY the Little Tots of the Gr. IV of Salnt Teresa';; Academy who had promised to pay one centavo whenever tbev would sa,· a word during silence time .in the cl a s's and who kept a mite box - ··the chatter-boxes' mite box for the missions of the :\fountain ProYince ... are they not a living example o[ what good teaching may do for children to make them practice charity? The otherday, just before Yacation began, they offered l"ll.00. the contents of the famous mite box. I do not sa~' that this sum was collected from fines ... oh no .. . only part of it came from the ir tongue ... but the other and grear.er part came from voluntary mortitications offered during Lent when instead of buying candies with their pennies, they remembered these already published verses : One centavo and then another Till the mission box is full. One peso and then another For the Missioners to pull. One bee-like worker then another By their steady and constant motion Help build our schools and chapels For our Converts's true devotion. \"\·e also recei Yed the following letter from our friend~ of the Catholic Sehool of A. P. February l'i, Hl:2.). Dear ReYerend Father: _ i'\'e ~re again sending .mu another ·) Pesos for our dear Igorot friends. Father we can send this mane\· because we do not eat so much candies and fruit: we put all oureentavos in our lgorot box. When "·e see the other girls eating l'a11dies and fruit. \\-e should like to eat also. but our teacher says that if we keep our l'Pntavos for the. I gorots, "·e \>ill have much candy in heaven. \Ye like to send much buL we are not ril'h and our parent;; do not gi\·e us centavos ever\' day. ·we love the 11/'0l'Ots ver.\· much 'and like to see them knowing God. EYery day we pray for th_em in the l'lass. Fa th er, tell our friends to pra,\· for us. . V\Te all want to goto the third grade but our teacher says we will not g·o because we are not \'ery good. \Ye are 40 little girls. Second grade Girls. Dear children. your Igorot friends certainly will pray for you and you may be coufident that you will pass a good examination. '·We are not Yer_r good" you say. but \:e wish that all the zirls of the Philippine Islands were as good as you are. .;!. Many children promised to work for the '·Little Apostle" during Yacation. I wonder how many new subscriptions will drop in? It is up to ~·ou, dear students. to keep your promises. Help God's work and He will help you. Try, try again. See your little friends. Show them your '·Little Apostle." Tell them it costs only a peso a year and then .... try, try again. For which, together with the SeniorClass, Miss Angco, the lcind "chatterboxes", tge second grade of A. P., etc" receive the most sincere thanks of the "Little Apostle." ReY. 0 . Vandewalle. P. 0. B. B93. )fanila, P. I. DIHESE two in;;cparnble 1 '- friends lived together in a -_, great big house in the Philippines. There were never two greate:- thieves in these grand Catholic Islands, th,~ most Catholic in the Orient. I am very fond of animals and never like to see them suffer. But now I have to be uncharitable and speak openly against the two bosom friends: Mr. Monkey and Mrs. Cat. One day this jolly pair found their way into the kitchen, where some fine camotes were roasting in the ashes. The monkey longed to get some, but clever fellow as he is, he did not wish to burn his fingers. He was also a cunning fellow, however, and soon hit on a plan for getting what he wanted. Tur:iing to the cat, he said, (in Tagalog most probably ) : "Now, dear friend, this is the very time for you to show the skill which nature has given yon. Look at these fine camotes; how cleverly 267 you could snatch them on the floor! We must sacrifice ourselves for our fellow creatures! It would be fine revenge too on that crosspatch of a cook, who always drives us away with a broomstick if she finds us near the larder. I would gladly do it myself; but then ... you know .. . my paws are so rough and awkward ... it would be a chance, and ten to one, if I did not tumble all the camotes into the fire.' ' The cat, pleased with the monkey's words . set to work hie et nunc. She managed to get out ~ome of the camotes, which the cunning monkey caught and devoured. Poor puss got more than one sting, and began to think the kn was not worth the trouble; but she would not give up, least the monkey would think her awkward and unfriendly to him. Meanwhile the cook came in; and as soon as Mr. Monkey heard her step, off he scraw.bled to a sa.fe corner. Puss was found with a ca268 mote in her paw (only one alas!) a;:;d though she had not eaten one of them, she was punished as a thief, and came in for a sound and well-administered thrashing. ''Well, she said to herself, this shall be a lesson to me for the future. I have singed my paws, lost my Saint Joseph was a carpenter And humbly plied his trade At Nazareth, where Mary dw·elt, The pure and humble maid. ,;,: One day be left his shop at noon To take his frugal meal - When lo! the mischiefmaker came, The devil in did steal. $ ,;,: one camote a:1d got a spanking; and all because I was foolish enough to choose a bad co111pau:o11 " . And from that day she was 11eYer seen with the mischievous monkey. Alas! there are lots of monkeys in the world, but how many cats are there? He spied the saw with pointetl teeth All standing in a row. ''Ha, ha. he cried, re\·enge is sweet'' Then bent them to and fro. ,;,: Alas his work brought but disgrace. In rage he sought the door, For now the saw cut better far Than it had done before. To hinder us from doing good, He tries, but e'er must frown: For all his efforts merely place New jewels in our crown. A Hard Thing to l>o When Robert J. Burdette was a boy he called his mother upstairs one day and asked her to ''whip John (his brother ) and to whip him good.'' "But what has little Johnny been doing?" inquired the mother. "Why, he wants half of the bed to himself," said Bob. "Well, he is entitled to half," said Mother Burdette. '' Mebbe he is,'' whimpered Bob, ''but he wants his half in the middle of the bed and wants me to sleep on both sides of him.'' Riddles Answer to the Riddles of last month: A. 3. Because he has been to see (sea). A. 4. 0. I. C. U. Riddles for this month: Q. 5. When are the streets of a town most greasy ? Q. 6. What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot ? Cum licentia eccfesiastica ................................................... ~ .. • • • • • • . p . i -in iedmonts i • • • • i only! i • • • • • • : The full mellow richness : • • : of golden VIRGINIA tobacco : • • • • • • • • . ~ i LIGGETT & lViYERS TOBACCO Co., Inc. i • • t PHILIPPINE BRANCH : ~ . ~ . A • • • • • ...................................................... tb~ Standard Paint~r m.1Kraut EL PINTOR ALEMAN and specially CHURCH WINDOWS ART GLASS MANUFACTURER EXPERT PAINTER 16 G_RANATE MANILA. P .I. ~~xxrxrrYJI IIIIIII:i::x:x::xX:XXXIIIIIIX:XIXIIIIII~ ~ YUTIVO SONS HARDWARE CO. ~ ~ ~ !>"1 M s YUTIVO BUILDING CORNER CALLE NUEV A & DASMARINAS ~ ~ E MANILA, P. I. 8 8 ~ ~! 1 'X ::::::::: :.::181~1:7171XX1XXXXI1IJ1X~X1~ .:::~:IX I I~ ~ •• e<&r Bralnl.d.. ~ ~ NATURAL STERILIZED MILK ~ ~ ~ Always Ready. Always Dependable. F. £. 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