The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. I, No.12 May 1925

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. I, No.12 May 1925
Issue Date: Vol. I (No. 12) May 1925
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extracted text: VOL. I, No. 12 MAY, 192S : .... Catholic School Press, Baguio, Mt. Pr. Entered a,; Se~<>nd-Clas< Matter at the P<>st Office at Baguio~ 11-\ouotain. on February 5, 1925 THE LITTLE APOSTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE TM offic(al organ of tM Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Marv (Seheutveld Fathers) in the MO!.L'lltain Province tJf tM Phil\pp1nes. F.dlted and xmbllshed monthly Editor ... . ... . Rev. 0 . VAN DE"- A I.LE, P. 0 . Box 1393, Manila., Phil. Is. Publishers . .. .. .. . Tux CATHOLIC SeHOOL PBl!ISS. Ba1mio, Philippines. Yearly subscription price: j Pt.oo for the Philippines ( $1.00 for the U. S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money orders should be made payable to THE L ITTLE APOSTLE. i\lanlla, P.l. Notice regarding change of address should be sent prompt!;. All c<;>mmunlcatlons must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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H II H H H II ~ I( CIGARILLOS TABACOS II H H H II H H H H = CAGAYANES CORONAS ~ ~ ISABELAS EXCELENTES ~ = H H = H EN TRE LARGOS ESPECIALES H I II H ROYALES BELLEZAS I~ H H IMPERIALES PRESIDE.NT ES H = H H H II II II ~ - ======= ~:::::::::z:z:::::::::::::: :::cx.x:=:. = = = = ::: = :::: = ~--~ The Little Apostle ERE I am, a baby still, but one year old and p re t t y strong for my age and price. I came into this world on 16 pages. My reade~s fed me heartily and after a few months I grew 24 pages thick. More subscribers brought me food and so I became 32 pages stout. I think I attained my heaviest development, unless, dear Friends, you send me more and more food in the form of subscriptions. for then, I simply must conti::ue growing. I visit thousands of homes not only in the Philippines but also in the United States, China. Italy, Belgium, Holland, Australia etc. ] ust think of it: I am printed on 5,500 cop:es eYery month and the other day I overheard my Manager who whispered he would have me printed before long on 6,000. And why not' Do I not bring every month sound intere.:;ting reading matter? Considering the necessity of reading, I should be printed on 100,000 copies and more. Why not? Should not every Catholic Filipino take an interest in his Pagan b:ethren of the Mountain Provnce? And do I not show you not only the needs of those poor Igorotes but also their merits, their good dispositions, their possibilities? You like to have a look over the whole world. Do you not ? Read my Current Events. You are not intere5ted in murders, grafts, thefts and other crimes of the Philippines. Read at least some of the most important topics of the day of the beautiful Philippines as you find them embodied herein. What do you know about that interesting little people, called the Negritos, tending to disappear from the face of the world, but nevertheless so interesting that Our Holy Father the Pope ordered Father Vanoverbergh to study them? Follow this Father in his explorations, not over mountains and v a 1 I e y s where he lived with the Pymies, but in myself, in his letters I publish . And do you not find a great interest in the psychology and history of the Filipino people? The Honorable Norberto Romualdez, Associate ] ustice, with a 11 his 270 known erudition, uses me to bring you that satisfaction. Just read me. You have a doubt on quest"ons of religion? Write to my Editor and he will clear up your clouds, in the pages of my Question Box. Read, dear Readers. If r:eople read more interesting things, they would perhaps not indulge so much in slander and calumny in their conversations. They would not rn often, as is alas! too much the case, tear to pieces their neighborB and friends. What can you talk about if you do not read? What do you know if you do not read? The little you study at school and co 11 e ge is promptly forgotten. The memory is a faculty to forget, some say. And you who instruct othe1 s. don't forget to teach your pupils to read and to read sound matter; if not, your instructions shall soon be forgotten and perhaps neglected. Virtue is such that it must be winded up again and again and for that purpose there are the monthly religious reviews. Put me thus into the hands of your pupils, and I will help you in your work now and later. And must not charity the queen of all virtue be taught? Say, when all other Catholic Nations contribute mildly and generously to the support of Missionaries and the !"preading of Faith among Pagan nations, should not the Catholic Philippines follow that example of CatJ-:olic Charity and begin first by helping her Missionaries within her own borders? An appeal is made to help in the world \Yar or to_relie\'e a neighbor nation in rrate1 ial need. The Philippines can find thousands of pesos as an answer. \\ hy do the Catholic Filipinos not support their Missionaries? \Yhy? Because they d:::> not knmv their Pagan Brethren and rl-e work of Gods Apostles laboring among them. And the reason? Becau:;e they do not rea I about the Pagan Filipinos. Here thus I come ''the Little Apostle·', thanking my Readers for the sui:portgi,en me during m\· first year but asking tLem ror the sake of the Igorotes and th·e glory of God to make me more widely known. H.lp me thus to visit more and more families, to bring them the pleasure of ag-reeable re.:ding. enlightenment, and instruction: i[ will move their hearts too enli Jiten the dark Mountain Province and instruct its Pagan inhabitants. for the reading I bring must needs make them pity and help their unfortunate 300,000 brethren \\ho are not Christians. Pet Bears Somebody has said that every person who would be happy in this woTld must keep two pet bears. They are called "bear" and "forbear": that is, if we expect to have good friends and happy homes, we must learn Lo bear patiently with unpleasant things, and forbear doing or saying things that are unpleasant to others. 271 Ftast of St. Monica, May s Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, was born in 33.:Z. Wh ile yet a girl she was an example of piety and innocence. Later she was given in marriage to a pagan, Patritius. At once she devoted her life to the conversion of her husband. Great is the power of a pious woman over her husband, if she is only kind and charitable towards him and recommends him daily to God in her prayers and good works. Pa tritius was baptized a year before his death. Her son Augustine was her second and heaviest cross. He went astray in faith and morals. Remembering her great responsibility before God, she prayed incessantly and redoubled her works of charity for the conversion of her son: a splendid example for many mothers of today whose children neglect their religious duties. Remember, christian parents, that it will be very hard for you to enter heaven if you _ are unaccompanied by your children. Augustine escaped from his mother and Misund went to Italy, but he could not escape the efficacy of Monica's prayers, nay, not even his mother hers2lf, for she too, went to Italy, where the marvelous conversion of Augustine changed her sorrow into a heavenly joy. On their way back to Africa , at Ostia, Monica and Augustine mt at a window conversing of the life of the Sain ts, and the happy mother told her son the following: "Son, there is nothing now I care for in this life. What I shall now do or why I am here, I know not. The one reason I had for living a little longer was that I might see you a Catholic before I died". A few days afterwards she had an attack of fever and died in the year 387. If love means to wish and provide for the happiness of the beloved, Monica truly loved her so:i: for she heartily wished and provided efficaciously for the TRUE happines3 of her son. The devotedness of Monica merited the holiness of Augustine. ( ( Marv wanted to help grandpa pick up apples, ripe and sweet; He V.·as glad to have her with him, so their joy seemed quite complete. Once he stopped to watch her working; she was busy as a bee. Then he looked into the basket and an awful sight did see. Ev'ry apple in that basket had been bitten once or twice, Grandpa asked his little helper to explain things in a trice. "Why not eat one apple wholly?" he demanded, rather cross; "You have spoiled quite half a bushel. I don't fancy all that loss. " Mary listened in amazement and the tears filled her blue eyes, "Why, you said to put in good ones," she replied, in great surprise. "So I thought I had to taste them to be sure that they were good. " Then the old man kissed her fondly, whispering he understood.- F .J.H. 272 from V. It f. Van Zuyt Provincial Superior ( Contimiation) E ARE on the mountain trail in full. As a giant . snake that coils around the mighty mountains, it looks to the traveler rather discouraging. I ow it passes through a kind of park which a European capital can not boast of, then again it clings to the steep rocky slop2, hanging over a not-to-be-looked at p: ecipice, to bring you farther on the very top of a ridge or into the narrow gorge of a wild ravine. On our right are the missions of Bokod, Adaoay, Lutap, and Cabayan, but all are hidden behind the many hills of a long ridge. Not a man on the trail. We pass the time talking about the experiences of some of our traveling Missionaries: of one who was pushed from the mountain trail in to the precipice by a frightened cmv, but then the poor father fell rolling against the unique bush of the mountain slope and caught a branch and crawled out again, calling the far away cow several names, but blessing his guardian angel for his help and certain escape f,om death. Vve talked about anotJ:-.er father who fell from his ho:-se towards the precipice, but could clamp with both his arms on the ·trail itself, while his heavy body remained suspended ov.:r the ravine, until his companion saved him from this fearful position. We ta'.k about Monsefior Carroll, the former Bishop of Vigan, who fell down with his ho·se from a trail some twenty meters deep but both came out, only a little bruised. Who shall tell how many lost their Ji, es in these mountains through a single false step? Only at noon do we see in the far distance a few l:ouso:s at Buguias, when we are near the camp of Km. 88. At 1 :30 p. m. we leave Camp 83. At 3:0) p. m. we have on our right the beautiful valley of Loo. We abandon the mountain trail to take to the left and descend towards Suyo. uyo ! \Vha t riches are bidden t.nder its soil! Competent men say thatitsgoldminesareveryrich, but un ti! now the precious mineral is exploited in the most primitiYe way. The Jgorotes crush stones supposed to contain the ore, wash the ciust and SEparate the gold, which they also find amongc;t the sand; of the river. Cnless a good road be made, these mines will remain practically un"-orked . We do not stop at Suyo. We wish to arrive at Mancayan before night, as in fact we do. Here we are met by Rev. Father Wins of the Cervantes mission. The Presidential building of Manca ya n serves here as rest-house. But we are told to pass the night in another place and there is a reason why: the petty employees of the "Presidencia" have beenovermodernized: they find modern p 1 ea sure in mocking the priest. \Vhen the latter says Mass in a house nearby they find nothing better to do than to shout and sing in their governmental building. That looks more like civilization and politene>'>' according to THEIR mentality. And note that these supermodernized and overcivilized gentlemen at the presidential building of Mancayan are Christians. How far superior are they to their lgorote neighbors, who would not insult a priest? One acts according to the education he has received. So I forgive them, for they do not know what they do. But for the sake of the honor of Christian civ273 ilization, these gentlemen, should not behaYe so when they are heard or se2n by the Igorotes: th~y scandalize them, for the Igorotes have not received that higher education .. During the Sp:rnish regime Mancayan \\°aS the center of a Catholic Mission. The coppermine>' of Mancayan were active'y worked. Every year thousands of pesos worth of copper were brought on horseback from Mancayan to Candon, over the mountains. Hundreds of Chinese and as many Igorotes with not a few Christians dug up the copper ore to melt it on the spot and send the more or less pure copper to the sea. Some people became rich, others lost their money. Luck? Bad luck? And a precious copper it must be which is found here, for it is known and was spoken of in the university of London. A few years ago not a few Japanese engineers looked over the spot and examined the mines and the country, but the expenses to build a road from Mancayan to the sea, seemed so enormous, that they gave up their project of buying the mine. We passed the night in the house of the engineer of the coppermines. The housekeeper, faithful to the Filipino customs of kindness and hospitality, treated us with affability and deference. I thanked him most sincerely, The next day we c e 1 e b r a t e d Mas~, for Father Wins regularly visits the place, although at a distance of some 24 Kilometers, he has always vestments in one of the 274 houses. He has some catechumens here, there is some good to be done and Father Wins doe.; not fear distances. If only we had a chapel at Mancayan on the very s po t where in former times there stood a church, with a Christian congregation round it. It was noon when we arrived at Cervantes, once the capital of the Lepanto Province. Father Portelange, one of our veteran Mi:.sionaries, resides at Cervantes and entertained us. He is one of the greatest pastors in the Philippines: he has the whole old province of Lepanto under his jurisdiction. And to help him in this his gigantic and almost impossible work, he has only one Father with him: Father Wins; Father Legrand who was in charge of the mission at Bauco in the same province, was accidentally drowr.ed la~t year. In the Spanish time the district of Cervantes counted S priests: 2 at Cervantes, 1 at Sabangan, 1 at Mancayan and 1 at Angaki. Of their missions nothing is left but the church and convent of Cervantes; and what shall we find at Angaki? Thursday, Jan. 22nd. Let us visit today the mission of Cerrnntes. The stone church was built by the last Spanish priest who resided here. It is a nice little building and very clean. But don't let us talk too long about it with Father Portelange, for he would say it needs immediate and gross repairs, otherwise it may crumble at the first earthquake, the roof mU3t be changed, and only a continous miracle has kept it standing so far and only a miracle of ~ 2,000 can save it so that we may be able to proclaim further what great works the Spanish priests have done in the Mountain Province. The Fathers of Cervantes having given their convent for _a catholic school, live in a small house not far from the church. The Belgian Sisters, Canonesse3 of St. Augustine, occupy a new house bu i l t thanks to the generosity of benefactors from Manila and the United States. They direct the primary and intermediate cat ho Ii c school, recognized by the Government and attended by more than 200 pupils. But their known activity does not stop here. They have a dispensary where any sick r;erson is gratuitously taken care of. MoreO\·er, if the sick person can not come to the dispensary, the good Sisters visit him at home, even though it be far away. And can you believe it? For all these sacrifices they were paid by an inhabitant of Cervantes with insults in a protestant paper. The ungrateful man was sentenced by the judge of first instance at San Fernando, La Union. But this was not enough. Other fellows found it good to attack the Sisters and prepare an accusation of illegal practice of med - icine. The Director of the Bureau of health, once informed of their narrowminded bigotry, gave the fellows a well deserved setback by praying the Sisters to continue their angelic work, and informing the municipal authorities to help rather than to discourage this most humanitarian rncrifice, for the welfare of the people. Friday, 23rd. We visit the mission of Namitpit, 20 Kilometers from Cervantes on the trail to Candon. The inhabitants are waiting, p~oud to show their just finished chapel, given by some generous people from Iloilo. It is a nice Ii ttle chapel which I am glad to bless, and in which the next day I confirm 91 persons. From Namitpit I go to Angaki. The Spanish Missionaries had constructed a chapel and a convent here. The convent is completely ruined. The chapel constructed of stones is used for a public school. Thus we are forced to construct another chapel here. The Fathers from Cervantes have already gathered some materials: let us hope they may rnmplete it this year. Jan. 26, Monday. \Ve leave for Bauco, which is at a distance of 23 Kilometers. I feel a lump in my throat when I start for that often tried m1ss10n. The first of our Missionar:es in the Philippines who died was Father Sepulchre stationed at Bauco. Since 7 years it had been without a priest. Father Legrand took possession of it in June 1924, worked with great success during four months, and then passed away leaving the inhabitants of Bauco orphans once more. 275 \Ne leave on our left the village of Kayan, where we have a house which is used as a chapel when the priest visits that place. The christians of Kayan a re as our ce of great consolation to the Fathers of Cervantes. A little higher lies Tad i an, a small village which until now has resisted all the efforts of our Missionaries. Faith is a gift, but which may be obtained thru prayers. We are still far away from the Bauco mountain, when from the curve of the road, we see in the distance a great white cross: the sign of hope on the tomh of Father Legrdnd, whose remains lie among his spiritual t:hildren and whose soul watche" over them from heaven. From all the villages around, the white cro3s can be seen and I do not think there is a single tomb in the Philippines as wonderfully situated. At the entrance of the village stood an arch of welcome with the following inscription: ·welcome, Reverend Father, Hear our prayer. I must confess that these few words, I understood only too well, made my heart beat h ea vi I y. Their prayer would be for another missionary in their midst. . We found the house and chapel full of precious souvenirs of our dear Confrere. He had worked hard during his short stay. Providence had willed that many children should die while Father Legrand was at Bauco. He baptized 276 nearly all of them: great must be his reward and happiness amcng these Ii ttle angels. \\'e paid a visit to his tomb and on our knees bofore his remains we asked him to intercede with Providence and to obtain that pretty soon a ne\Y Missionary might take his place. Towards evening a delegation of Christians came to present their request. The president of the town in the name of all spoke and s1id: "Father, we thank you most heartily for having given us a Fat her last year. \Ve were so happy. \\'e love Father Paul so much. Alas! God took our father away, and we are left orphans once more. Who in future will baptize our children? Who will teach us the way to heaven? Who will cure our sick? Who will assist our dying brethren? In our need we have recourse to you, Father, and we suppliantly request you to give us another father, who may stay with us." I confess it was with tears in my eyes and a sad heart that I had to ref use their demand but I promised to lay it before the eyes and the hearts of the readers of the ''Little Apostle'', for after all: to have or not to have a priest at Bauco, is a question of hi~ support, a question of charity. Please, dear readers, don't lend a deaf ear to the imploring voice of Bauco's orphans: they are your brethren in Christ and of most of you your country people. Tuesday. Jan. 27. After having said Mass and paid a visit to the m1ss1on of Guinsadan. where Father Legrand said his last Mass, we continue our jourmy towards Bontoc, the capital of the l\1ountain Province. It is heartbreaking to look at the place wl-.ere one a chapel stood at Otocan, dependent of Bauco, and now also abandoned and a ruin. May God have pity on Otocan's people and grant us the means to resume tl-.e evargelisation of this village. At 10 a. m. we reach the mission of Sabangan. \\'e are surprised to find here a ne\Y chapel, just finished the~e last days. Fath e r Jose Anseeuw is waiting for us to show us the chapel and his school. On the other side is a chapel of the Aglipayans. Of Aglipayans? ... you ask. Yes, here at Sabanga n the sect has a few adepts, as well as in some other small villages of this district. They are called '·Pacumbabas" and are visited now and then by a paripari, or so called prie.;t of the aglipayan sect, from Solano, N ueva Viscaya. Poor souls, in whose hearts the hatred for all that is catholic is instilled before they know what our true Church JS. 7 Kilometers farther, our new companion shows us the village of Gonogon. On top of its mountain, on the summit of an enormous rock stands a hut: it serves actually as a chapel, which I h ci p e will soon be replaced by a real chapel, the beginning of a new m1ss1on. At Alap, we pass near the Episcopalian mission. Here lives an A m er i can lady since 10 years. Without exciting hatred for Catholics, she tries her very best to teach the inhabitants the doctrine of what she considers the true church. What a difference with other protestant sects, which, instead of preaching the charity of Christ, satisfy themselves by preaching hatred against Catholics. May God enlighten this lady missionary. 15 Kilometers before we reach Bontoc, we meet Father De Brou277 wer, superior of the Bontoc mission, and chatting about the missions and their progress we reach Bontoc at 1 p. m., glad to have arrived and to take a little rest for a few days. Please, ask the dear Readers of the "Little Apostle" to pray much for the conversion of our lgorotes. We make progress, but much more is to be made: many souls are still to be saved. Sincerely yours in Ct. Rev. A. Van Zuyt Our Lady of the Wav Mother! Mother! I am coming Home to Jesus and to thee, But my country's hills are distant, And their llght I cannot see: Mother, hearken as I pray, Meet me on my homeward way; .Meet me, Lady of the Way, Meet me, Mother dear, to-day. Oftentimes my skies are clouded, I can see no sun, no star: And the road is rough and narrow, And the end seems very far. Lest perchance my feet should stray, Meet me, Mother, on my way. Meet me, Lady of the Way. Meet me, Mother dear, to-day. I must cross the burning desert. I shall thirst. 0 Mother mine: Fill thy vessel at the fountain Of thy Son's sweet Heart Divine. Lest I faint upon the way. Tender i>Iother, stoop, I pray, Meet me, Lady of the Way, Give my soul to drink to-day. Do not wait until to·morrow, For I need thee her.e and now; Wait not till I come to meet thee, Mother, ilfother, meet me thou. Oh! in all I do and say, Bless me, Lady of the Way; Meet me, Lady of the Way, Take my heart to thee thi day. 278 An Aftermath of the Nueva E cija Revolution ~~iij! HERE was an unusual running in my peacaful Dupax. "Father, the Colorums are coming" shouted my sacri3tan. "Which Colorums? vVhy? What do they want?" And in the meantime more people had arrived out of breath around me, speaking all at a time and making such a muddle that I could not understand their story, but·saw they were scared to death. ''The Colo rums from N ueva Ecija are on their way to Dupax" shouted one. ''They are 300 ! '' ''They are 400 ! -500!" ''Be calm my friends. Not all at a time" I said. And little by little I heard that people from N ueva Ecija had started a revolution against their landlords and would come to N ueva Viscaya. How many? Some said the.y are 3000. The trouble was that everybody knew much alarming, and nobody definite news. Great was the anxiety of my people. There is nothing so trying as to live in uncertainty about coming distress. For three, four days Dupax which means "rest" did not dernrve its name. Before long some constabulary soldiers entered the town. All the inhabitants who had a gun joined them, ready to sell dearly their life and belongings. "Father, may I kill them?" a>'ked Constantino. He meant the Colorumt:. "Sure, I answered, if they come to rob and kill, you may. But keep calm. Look well first and don't run rashiy all at once." The news made the round that the Colorums had attacked the Constabulary in the Caraballo Mountains. How far away is that? About 80 Kilometers. If so they will not arrive today, I thought. But again came another message: "Father, they are here. The Constabulary told me." The telephone wire between Kueva Ecija and Nueva Yiscaya had been cut. Hence our trouble in getting news from our southern province. "But where are they then'?" I asked a little nervously. "Sure they are around our town. They will probably begin their attack as soon as circumstances seem propitious. And they are a great . many." I confess I was more than puzzled at all these tidings, although 1 could not believe that their number was 300. H ow could they have passed the Caraballo Mountains without having been noticed sooner? What di<l they want'? Were they fanatics? To make a long story short, I together with my two small boys barricaded the doors of the ..;onvent and fortified Lhe windows. I brought the Blessed Sacrament into the house an<l, like all the inhabitants of Dupax, I watched and waited for further information. Of course that first night nobody slept except the small children and my smallest boy who, after five minutes on his mat, dreamt and snored very peacefully. It was 9 p.m. and yet I heard no shooting. It got to 10 and not even a war cry echoed through the streets. The clock struck 11. Until now I had walked from window to window on a careful obseHation, trying to look through the darkness of the terrible night. I became tired .... yes ... sleepy. Su I took an easy chair and half asleep, half awake I heard the dock strike 12, then 1, then 2. Exhausted I took the risk of going to bed. And when at 6 in the morning the sun brought light, gladness and hope were restored to the heart of all. And thus did we pass two more nights. Once however ... now it was sure ... the Colorums had been seen in the dusk of the falling evening, on a hill nearby. "And how excentric they were" said those who saw them. "They laid down, jumped up again brandishing their knives, just as bandits in the cine, but they did not shoot.'' This was enough to make everybody enter his house and to double 279 the fortifications erected the other nights. But again the Colorums did not come. The people became nervous. Not a few wished they had come, just to get rid of that continual alarm and uncertainty, because sleepless nights are a long torment. One day later, twenty men were seen in a forest near Dupax. They were taking their meal. The Constabulary went immediately to the spot. But ..... nothing. The news came from Nueva Ecija that the chiefs of the Colorums were on Dupax territory, but had returned to their province. That same morning I had a sick call froni a place not far from the spot where the twenty had been seen. I went. Everywhere I met men in arms. Coming back I was ordered by a constable to stop. He had thought I was a Colorum. Happily he did not shoot. And why this mistake? ''Because, he said, the Colorums were also d r es s e d i n black." Little by little peace was restored at Dupax and now as before our village looks as an earthly Eden, and people laugh again and again at the fear and fright of everybody, some adding what a terrible massacre they would have made of the Colorums, if..... they had on 1 y dared to come. Father E. De Wit. 2E.O Mission News and Notes Cervantes. Father Wins writes: The chapel of Namitpit, built in honor of St. Joseph, was blessed by the Yery Rev. Father ProYincial, on the 23rd of January. My most sincere thanks to Josette Yerstockt, from Iloilo who gave t>' %0. for this chapel. The day after t h e blessing, 90 children and adults were confirmed. Oupax. From Father De Wit: The chapel of Iniangan (Dupax) is nearly finished. I had lots of trouble to get laboreri', to fetch in the iron sheets for the roof, etc. etc. But, Deo Graiias, before I start for Holland, the chapel will be inaugurated. Let me tell you also that my people of Dupax ham shown me once more how they are attachell to their church. Two heavy beams of its roof had to be changed . I confess this work had been since long a real problem to me. Hut thanks to the generous help of the inhabitants of Dupax, the church is now completely repaired. I have liYed for 18 years with my people. I have always admired their faith and selfdenial. Yes, the people of Dupax haYe still one heart and one soul. They remain steadfast in the old Catholic Faith of their Fathers. They scorn those numerous sects which have sprung up since 25 years in the Philippines but did not better the moral condition of its people. And, children of the one true Catholic and Apostolic Church, they shmY their faith by helping their priest. I leave them for one year, but be sure that my heart remains with them and that I "ITill only be too glad to take up my work again among them as soon as I get back. Lubuagan. From a letter of Father Fr. Billiet: There were many Igo rotes around me in the house. They listened patiently to my sermon about God, the King of heaven and earth, "ITho made and preserves and rules everything. All of a sudden the o'rner of the house stood up and said: ''God, too, must reign here" and he snatched from two places in the roof two bundles of superstiti•)US objects "hich for a year had been enthroned in the hut to protect them against the ghosts (anitos) and he placed them in front of me . Had it not been our rule to baptize only after thorough instruction, I would have made that man a Christian there and then. There are three Bacnangs (rich men) of Lubuagan. Each one of them wants a chapel near his house ..... . but three chapels in a tmvn of 100 houses .... no, it is too much! Quiangan. From F ather Desnick: Last Sunday we celebrated at Bunay 281 the feast of St. Benedict. It was Tagudin. tlie first time that the people of Bunay had their fiesta. ?\e,-er in their life ha~ they even seen a proC!'Ssion, for they are all new Christians only since a few years. The day before the fiesta, we had a general examination in prayers an cl Christian Doctrine. About eighty p:tssed. This entitled them to i,he gratuitous gift of a nE:w dress. On Sunday morning, sixty received Holy Commun.on. The ~Iass was snng by Father Lam brechts. After ~Tass ire tarried the statue of St. Benedict through the ricepacldies. During th3 procession we made a st op to bless the fields. Singing the Litany of the Blessed Yirgin we walked back to the Church. pnly then took place the distribution of prizes or of dresses. rto~v happy the prizewinners looked. Somebody had made a gift of a cow for a banquet . This 1Yas a great item of the fiedta. In the afternoon the young folh had all kinds of games. All Christians said a prayer for their ben~factors. G Father Da1·id 1n-ites: I \"iRit Alilem regularly, and I like to Yisit the place although distant and difficult to be reached. The people of Alilem are well disposed. ~When I was there last, a delegation came to see me and ask nothing lesB than a chapel and a catholic school. Of cour::ie I could not grand their petitions: I am as poor as Job. However I w o u l cl like to give them a catechist. The nu.mber of the baptized who know little of Christian Doctrine is so great and of course I can not go myself Her.r "·eek to teach them . It will cost money, but it will be well spent. Is there nobody around ,\Ianila to prm·irle it? Tbe chapel at Alilem is more than necessary. For years it "\\as promised. But, first a catechist. What is the use of chapels when there is nobody to instruct the people? The other day in Alilem I baptized 25 and at my last visit ag<i.in 7. But again, they need a catechist, and they need one before a chapel. Wisdom from Babes Children like pictures. Children observe. Children are, unfortunately, only too apt to tell what they observe. A little non-Catholic child was paying a visit to some Catholic neighbors one day, in the course of which she wandered around at will for a while. They noticed that she was admiring the pictures on the walls, and rather enjoyed her silent peregrination. In due time she returned to the starting point. Finger in mouth, she turned to her hostess and said : "You must like God an awful lot in this house." "Why, dearie ?" asked the lady of the house, laughing. "'Cause you've got him all over on your walls." How about your home? The Psvchologv of the Filipino By Hon. Norberto Romualdez Associate Justice of the S11preme Court of the Philippine Islands (Contimwtion) Ill. fine Arts If, from literature, we turn to the fine arts, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and music, all of which are included in the broad subject of art, we shall also find that the Filipino mentality has given, and is still giving, under its surrounding circumstances, good and strong signs of its existence and potentiality. Of course, a people who, as I have said talking about thought and sentiment, goes by beauty, rather than by utility, must, of necessity, be fond of art. When I speak of art, I refer to that expression of beauty, not only according to the OC"cidentaJ taste, but also a(·cording to the oriental conception. No attempt will be made at a critical study of the technique of the different arts to be taken up, for I will not go beyond a superficial discussion of the subject. Of course, ''e cannot affirm with absolute certainty that Filipi no art is completely developed, because the vicissitudes under which the Filipino has been laboring, haYe hindered the full growth and development of our own artistic ideas, many of which are natural and inborn, f-:Ome inherited from the ancient C'i,·ilization of InC:ia, and a great part concei,·ed in the special e1wirnnment in this Archipelago. As to the optical art"-, I shall venture to say that reminiscenses of the arts of those Oriental countries that excelled in these arts in antiquity, may be traced in the li"'ilipino min cl. Here i what Francisco de P. Vallaclar, a Spanish author says about the Filipino arts, in his work ''Ilistoria del Arte", published in Barcelona, in 1909, (Yol. 1. p. 310): "The }i"'ilipi no Archipelago belongs to the Oceanic West (Ancient )falaysia, or lands inlrnbited by ::\falays), called Af<iatic Islands. This circumstance, and the arcbeological discoYeries IYhich ha\e disclosed rernai ns of temples hearing Indian, Egyptian aml Chaldean character in the more ancient ones, and of China and Japan in the rn0re recent; together with the Filipino Exposition at Madrid, and the pavilions which have been preserved in perfect order and condition, give a dear iclea of the arts in those beautiful i~lands, which are not as yet well known, in spite of the notable works which may be consulted in this respect in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of :;\lad rid.'' In fact Filipino drawings, such as the ones which I shall presently show to you, taken from the cover of Suluan prayer books, reveal a special taste, more Indian than Chinese or Japanese. 283 Here they are: 284 The same may be said of this design, a prow of a nati\-e boat: Here are some ol<l Filipino objects, from Bulakan, which I am able to exhibit here through the courtesy of l\Ir. Jeronimo Samson, acting deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court. Said objects are one hat, a,nd some wearing apparels, where interesting designs are shown, and which present a similarity with the design on the clothes worn by Indian girls in Colombo. Today, our arts are being modelled after Occidental forms, without altogether effacing certain traces of our own individuality, which will be hard to do away with, and, which must be cultivated, fostered and perfected. I. Painting The Filipino, as I have already indicated, did not have the opportunity to develop bis own art in painting. Painting art, however, in its Occidental forms, exists here, and many Filipinos haYe been and are cultiYating it. Juan Luna, F. Resurreccion Hidalgo, L~re11zo Guerrero, Zaragoza, De la Ro!Oa, Amorsolo, Asuncion, Pineda, a11d others, make the long list '.lf Filipinos who haYe been and are cultiYating this art in its occidental forms. l\Ir. Augusto Fuster, of the Ate1wo Faculty, must alao be mentioned, Mr. Fuster has been a pupil of the well known Spanish p;-iinter, Sorolla. Although a Spaniard, l\1r. Fuster has taken a keen interest in the Filipino art. He is the same one who prepared the slides which _I am now presenting to you. Among the Filipinos who ham excelled in this art, as cultivated in the Occident, Luna and Hidalgo, whose paintings have received marked distinction abroad, desen .. e special mention. Luna has paintcid the "Spoliarium", the "En el 'Tricliniurn· ", "Pueblo y Reyes", and many others. Among the paintings of Hidalgo, we may mention his "Las Vfrgenes Cristianas expuesfas al Populacho', his 'Antigona", and many others. The "Spoliarium" of Luna, a copy of which we ha\·e in the ::\Iarble Hall in this city of :\fanila is now in Barcelona. I had the pleasure of admiring this work of art in the session hall of the Assern bly of the "M ancomunidad" in said city of Barcelona, "·hen I went there in 19:20 with instructions of the Philippine Go\·ernment to make negotiations for the acquisition of this canYass for our Go\'ernment. These t1 yo artists, Luna and Hiclalgo, hase their specialties of their own . H idalgo's characteristic is the correctness of his techique and his neatness in details. Luna's especialty is his genius, his artistic boldness, resembling the Yery well known American painter John Singer Sargent. Original paintings of many, if not all of the f!'ilipino artists, may be found in the private 1\luseum that 1\lr. Or.gpin, the proprietor of the store "82", has at present. II. Sculpture. In pre-Spanish times, the Filipinos carved their idols. Of course their carvings were of primitiv~ forms, because in many instances, they were not more than impromptu 285 can•ers, and as a mattE-r of fact, we know that Anatomy, ab a science, did not exist in Europe, before the 13th century, when Frederick the Sec.rnd, of Germany, ordered the study of dead human bodies as a pre-requisite to the practice of Medicine, and that only in the 15th and 16th centuries, Mundini de Luzi, and Leonard de Vinci, made real anatomical studies, and wrote books on the subject. The Filipinos can·ed the figures of their native idols fron1 memory, or else imitated figmes of the idols imported 11ere b.r themselYes, or by some Chinese or.Japanese. Hence it was that the prehi toric Filipino idols bear resemblance to those of ancient Oriental Countrie~, as you can see from these pictures: Here is one of the Filipino idols: ( ,,\Nl1'0 pB OQQ f }!t~<f\!e. de !•~ Mil144 d~ S~y.N , a.; llV ii'Ot'~t•> (To be Contimted) 286 The Negritos of North-Eastern Luzon By Father Morice Vanoverbergh Missionary in the M ountain Prorince. P.I. (Continuation) APRIL 8th ( Tuesday ) : On awaking in the morning, we saw far off in the distance the tmYn of Claveria, on the north coast of Luzon , and very soon we arrived at Aparri, tte "Mauban" 's destination. A,,. soon as we arriYed there, we jumped from the steamer into the "El Rapido", a steam-launch of the '· Red Line" Company, which plies between Aparri, Cagayan, and Cawayan. lsabela. At Aparri they gave us 20 minutes to buy provi~·ions, as no meals were served on board. It took us much more time, of course. as we had to to go quite far inland, but the launch waited tl-:ere, anyhow, otherwise they would have had very litt1e business to transact. At the same place, on the recommendation of Mr. Pagulayan, we made arrangements to have an au to for six persons meet us at Alcala, as this seemed a cheaper and quicker means of transportation than the launch which had to follow the windings of the river, which were very numerous between that place and Tuguegarao, where we had stopped. Spanish is spoken much more extensively in Cagayan than it is in Ilocos; this may be accounted for perhaps by the re,,.idence of a great many Spaniards, most of them employees of 1 he Spanish Tobacco Company, which does much busineo:s here. Tobacco is raised all o,·er the provinces of Cagayan and lsabela. Even the ladies spoke the language of Cervantes fluently. and I was often greeted by a most cordial "BL;enos dias" where I had only expected the native good morning, which, I suspect, would not have been leso: cordial. Unfortunately, or whatever you may wish to rail it, during the whole trip, we met neither crocodiles nor alligators, which kind of reptile is rnpposed to abound in these parts. At Alcala, at about 4 p.m., we took an au to for Tuguegarao; Mr. Padua was obliged to follow in another car, as he had too much baggage, and we could not accommodate him with all his belongings. There were five of us, Mr. Pagulayan, Mr. Alfredo Calimag, whom we shall meet again later, a couple who seem to have be~n recently married, and myself. The road passed through the Cagayan valley, and was as good and as picturesque as the one between Bauang and Currimao, but in general it was a Ii ttle. narrower and one of the bridges we pa<>sed near lguig was obviously not wide enough to be crossed without more or less danger. At Tuguegarao we thanked 287 Messrs. Pagulayan and Camilag most sincerely, and the latter invited me to his house at Solana, Cagayan, and gave me valuable instructions for the trip to Tuao: he even promised to look for horses and for whatever we might need for the purpose. Monsoior Saucho, B:'s!top of Tuguegarao aud /zis seminarists most (If whom are subscribrrs to ''The Little Apostle''. went directly to the Bishop's house. where Mr. Padua overtook me. His Lordship received us most cordially, and that same evening invited me to ~ee the Cathedral, a real gem of architecture, and the tower, the highest I evrr saw in these parts. APRIL 9th (Wednesday): After mass, the Bishop took me again to the center of the town overloaded me with whatever he thought would be useful during my stay with the Negritos, and, finally, at about 10 a. 111.. cond ucte<l us by automobile to the ferry of the Rio Grande on our way to Solana. The ferry was a very unpretentious affair, and a broad stretch of sand separated our car from the boat. We experienced some difficulty in haYing our luggage brought over; but, after searching, our driver found a cart drawn by a carabao or water buffalo, whose owner was willing to help us. At the other side of the river, I left Mr. Padua in charge of our 288 Tlze carabao, or water buffalo, tlte most patient animal in tlte P!iilippines. things, and walked to the convent where Rev. Si:11on Villalobos, the parish priest, resides. Father Simon ::ent boys to Mr. Padua who was roasting in a midday sun on the bank of the river, and, when finally they brought him to our shelter after dinner, we immediatly made arrangements for the baggage to be brought directly to Tuao by cart the same evening, and Mr. Padua preferred to go also at the same time and under the same conditions, without availing himself at all of tbe good father's hospitality. I decided to stay until the following morning, when I should follow on horseback. In the afternoon, Father Simon accompanied me on a vio;;it to Mr. Alfredo Calimag. We drank chocolate with his parents (a ceremony which is observed here in all houses for all respectable visitors from 2 till 6 p. m., so that you can have your fill by making a tour of the houses.) APRIL lOlh (Thursday) : Early in the morning, I left Solana on horseback, accompanied by a guide who brought me over an uninteresting trail to Tuao, about 20 miles from Solana. I call the fellow "guide'', because that is what Father Simon, and later Father Zacarias called that kind of individual, but in reality, about the only use one has for him is to return borrowed or hired to their owners. To tell the whole truth, in this particular instance, the man was valuable to me, as he could help me in taking nff the saddle from my horse, when we had to cross the Rio Chico, and in replacing it when we were at the other side. On such occasions, men are brought over by boat, and also the saddles and tho? baggage, but horses have to swim m the wake of the vesse_l. At the convent of Tuao we found Very Rev. Zacarias de Luna. V..1e told him our plan to stay 5ome time at his hou5e so as to find out all about the I egritos; he seemed to take the coming ordeal rather good-humoredly, but at the same time told us that representatives of several other Philippine tribes are more numerous here than Negritos, and that he could not positively a5:rnre us that we should find the conditions that we seemed to expect. And really, all subsequent investigations proved hi<: predictions to have been correct in all respects. vVe heard that there were )Jegritos at the house of a certain Capitan Jacinto. \\'e decided to go and see them the following morning. APRIL 11th (Friday): In the morning, accompanied by a nephew of Father Zacarias, I went to see the president or mayor of the town, a relative of the parish-priest and Ilocano like himself. With him was living Francisca, a Negrita, 289 who had been taken in when she was a little child. She was married to a native of the place, not a Negri to, and had four children. Nothing, however, could prevail upon her to appear, as she was ashamed, they said : so for the present I had to content myself with the information I obtained about her. I had an interesting talk with the president about the negri tos; and before returning to the convent, we visited Capitan Jacinto, an old Cagayan, who did not understand Ilocano and talked only Ibanag, which was Greek to me. My companion, who understood both dialects, interpreted the old man's wise sayings, and so I learned that no Negritos lived permanent, ly at Tuao, but that some of them resided at Bulagao, a hamlet a short distance from here, and many more at Malaueg, a village about ten miles distant. We thanked the venerable patriarch for his courtesy, but did not prolong the discussion, as it was too one-sided. We took our leave with the intention of going to Bulagao either then or the following morning; the heat of the day, however, decided the quescion, and the day after tomorrow will have the glorious privilege of witnessing our first meeting with real Negritos. We then passed the afternoon praying, talking and resting, dreaming often of minute investigations crowned with remarkable success. (To be continued) no Quiangan Mother and Child (lf1igao S1ibproi:ince) "Our father, Who art in Heaven .•. " Albania. A reign of terror has been instituted by Achmed, the Moham· medan usurper. Several priests have been thrown into prison. Many have fled to the mountains. The Catholic school at Scutari has been burned by Achmed 's mercenaries. Austria. At the anniversary of the Coronation of the Holy Father, the Deputy Schmits minister of the Cabinet of forrr:er Premier, Msgr. Seipel, said: The Catl-;olics of Austia will stand on the defensive. Wf' shall work and fight to our last breath and to the last bit of strength in our bodies for the liberty of the Church and religion and for the unrestricted political rights of the Catholic people. We shall not suffer ourselves to be driven to the Catacombs. We remain in our churches and we keep our places in public life. - Well said. Belgium. Many towns in Belgium have their leagues against immorality. T hanks to Cardinal Mercier, these leagues are tending to constitute 291 themselves into regular societies w:th a civil personality and the need for centralization in their efforts is greatly felt. A tentati\e constitution for a federation has already heen drawn up. It has for its oh;ect to prevent, combat, and destroy immorality in instituf ons and in normal ct.:stoms, notably: 1) to supervise the decency of streets and public places and the normal preservation of childhood. 2) to fight birth control propaganda. 3) to report offenses against morals to tl-;e C omt. 4) to take all useful measures to assure the suppression of these offenses notably to take legal measures to this end. 5) lastly to give its aid to organizations having a similar or supplementary aim. The League is cons ti tu ted for thirty years, with headquarters at Ghent, and its official name is to be "League Against Public Immorality''. England. There remain still in the statute 292 books several laws imposing disabilities on Catholics, adopted when Catholic England became Protestant. A bill was presented in the last Parliament and again last month to abolish them. France. All over the country, every Sunday, great manifestations are being held by the Catholics vindicating their rights and protesting against antireligious measures of the Herriot Government. There were meetings ·which counted SO, 000 and even 60, 000 manifestants. Well done. Italy. At the occasion of the pilgrimage of the catholic University of Milan and at a meeting of the pilgrims in the Basilica of St. Paul. attended by Cardinal Bisleti, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, the project of a confederation of all Catholic Universities was broached and the plan has the approval of the Holy See. Mexico. The religious disturbances caused by a schismatic band whose leaders are a few apostate priests continue. They have taken possession of the Soledad Church in Mexico city. The followers of the apostate priests, called Separatists, supposed to have seceded from the Catholic Church , are men never known before for religious interest of any sort. The Government is behind the Separatists in as much as President Calles has permitted them to retain the Soledad church. Is it the beginning of a general confiscation of churches 111 Mexico under pressure of radical influences? Switzerland. The less than 2,000,000 Catholics of Switzerland have twenty four Catholic daily newspapers. The 10,000,000 Catholics of the Philippines have two, published in Spanish. United States. Father Mon!eon, Filipino priest from the diocese of Lipa, ~tudying at the Apostolic Mission House at \Vashington D.C. expressed his view on the urgent need for more priests in the Philippines. He added that the sad condition of only 1,000 priests in his country with 12, 000, 000 inhabitants, should command tte attention and resources of Catholics of the U. S. more than do the needs in foreign fields, because of the position of the Islands as possession of the C. S. - How can I help my country I love so dearly? - By making a sacrifice for the conversion of the lgorrotes of the Mountain Province. Any gift for the Missions of the Mountain Prov• ince may be sent registered to the "Little Apostls," P.O.B. 1393, Manila. 293 r v ~ ..,,.."""* ~- ~ -==-;a; ~.Cl~, • - ~·»J CURRENT EVENTS • - ~·»J ~ - L111v-~ ~'¥4 ~ • .,...,..,=::ii _ _ _,:'Jiillli;o=-ll:l~ lii 111..ll~J Philippines At the coming elections of Jun e 1.800.000 duly in, cribed electors may cast their ballot. In the elections of 1922 only l,3.):l,500 were registered. The province of Pangasinan counts with lW.500 elector!", and Manila with i0.500. ~ The fuLure of sugar must be bright, for La Carlota Central sugar plant will spend 'f"l,500.000 for extension this year. ~ Some Moros are openly or otherwise challenging the Government. One of the reasons is that they neglected or are unwilling or hate to pay their taxes. Director of Non-Christian Tribes and ).1ajor Johnson, governor of the Moro Province. are working to ham all the last dt>bts of taxes condoned to the said Moros. That's how a little resistance may win for the Moros what they ask. just as some time ago they got in t heir schools what they wanted, while pacific Catholics did not get what they too wanted for their children in their schools. ~ According to official statistics, illiteracy has been greatly reduced in the Philippines among people over 10 years of age. It has been lowered from 75% in 1903 to 50% in 1919 and may be red uced to about 30% in 1924. This is d ue to the great number of schools established in towns and barrios. A question. Could the!:'e be nothing done to decrease likewise criminality which has been on the increase the last yea rs? ~ Instructions have been given by insular authorities to division superintendents of schools to eliminate as far as possible all teachers of public schools affiliated to the secret society called "Legionaries of Labor", unless they re.;;ign their membership of their own free accord. 50% of all teachers in ~orthern Luzon, including eYea those o[ the most remote parts of the :'.\fountain Province, are members of this antireligious society. ~ Rinderpest continues to rage in the provinces of northern and central Luzon. Great propaganda is made in N ue \•a Ecija to make people plant more cocotrees. ~lore wealth among the people of that province will help greatly to preserve peace. $ Several Filipinos are professors at the university of Amoy, China, while one of them is now acting President of the same during the absence of its Chinese president. ~ The Colorums are again active in the province of Leyte and the island of Bucas, Surigao. The authorities have taken all possible precaution . 29-± foreign Russia. Seven years ago. Communism was established in Russia. The Tzar and his family were murdered. The Bolchevics ruled this empire of more than 100,000,000 inhabitants. The land formerly owned in great part by nobles was confiscated by the State and then distributed among the peasants. In fact what the soil would henceforth produce would have to be given to the State, which in turn would giYe each R ussian according to his needs and work. In Russia no one can buy except from the State. No one can sell except thru the State: this is the case in the interior as well as in the exterior. Of course anybody who wants to cheat 1.1ay do so. Whoever resists confiscation, does so with all his power and thus for seven ~ears the reYolution, especially among the peasants of the provinces, has been continual. Another result was that people worked much less, and consequentl.Y the fruits of their more or less work had to go to the State. Two years ago private property seemed to be restored in this way that the State gave permission to trade a little in private and granted so called long leases to peasants and merchants. But during last year the former old regime was reestablished with all its cruelties and consequently bloody revolutions. The workmen are subjected to an iron discipline: labor is militarized and one who works, receives in return just enough food and clothes to keep him from starvation. Stiikes are punished by death . 33,000,000 starving persons are at the mercy of every kind of epidemic which has killed millions in Russia these last few years. Famine, the result of confiscation and Jes~ work, has killed millions more. 2,000,000 victims were tortured or killed. according to official statistics, (probably rnry incomplete.) during the year 1920. Petrograd. the old capital, counts actually only 100,000 inhabitants. while before the bolchevic regime it counted 2,000.000. All Religious property has been confiscated. Children of both sexes are brought up together in schools where religion is only mocked at and bad morals publicly taught. While the Bolchevics once proclaimed that every street would ha 1·e a school, fewer schools than ever now remain. Not only does Russia not export, but she needs the charity of other countries to ward off famine which always threatens in some part of thecountry. These and many others are the blessings of the Bolchevic Paradise on earth as promised by its leaders, but which, in fact. is a hell. in which only the cleYils, who rule without a heart. do not rnffer but enjoy the lolood and the tears of their millions of victims. And there are people who would like to introduce the blessings of this regime into the Philippines: the baby rernlution of Nuern Ecija sho"·s what Bolchevics would make of the ·"Pearl of the Orient." Some European Nations recover stability. Survey of the year 1924 shows improving conditions in Europe, and also less threats of war. The 1924-1925 budget of E:N"GLAND will probably have a small surplus. Unemployment has been decreased by about 10.% during the past year. The production of the nation is now four fifths of the nation's capacity. The pound sterling is nearly at par. FRANCE had during 1924 the best year she has had since the war. The French budget is hardly ~-et in a satisfactory condition. The Herriot ministry fell down on the financia l q uestion of increasing taxes and asking a capital levy, although thelall had been prepared by its antireligious politics. 56% of the national income is needed to pay the debt,s, charges, and France is looking for further loans. NeYertheless unemployment is unknown in France and her commerce is thri\•ing. In GERMA.NY the internal bud§et has been balanced: i.e. the income coYers the expenditures, but the war debt budget shows a deficit. Her trade improves more and more. Prices have been high in the country and wages probably ha Ye not kept pace with li\·ing costs. Hencn there is great po,·erty among the laborers. RUSSIA is still in a complete mess. The Government continue<; to fight the people confiscating the fruits of all labor, and the Church and religion in general, for which end a so-called seminary to spread hatred against relig-ion and God has been established at :'lfoscow. The other nations distrust Russia who has little to export and needs herself foreign importation and help to keep her people in some isolated provinces from staning. ITALY has a fa\'orable trade balance. Her industries are thriving. There is no unemployment. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists visit her shores every day enriching her considerably. The Fascist Government is trying to decrease budget deficits, reducing salaries and suppressing useless jobs. It gives its rights to the Church more and more, while it is at the same time defending itself (alas! too often thru the force of the mob) against its political opponents. suppressing their papers and societies, where it is deemed necessary for the purpose. The last budget deficit was 67 ,00,000 lire less than estimated. BELGIUM has succeeded in reducing 295 her budget deficit. While there has been an enormous increase in the national debt. it must be remembered that, due to the depreciation of the franc, the debt is actually about twke as large as the pre-war debt. The state railways are expected to show a surplus. The Theunis ministry fell on a bill granting women the right of voting for t he provincial councils. General elections were held during April. HUNG ARY followed the plan of finance imposed ~y the League of nations and recently has shown a small surplus in her budget. Trade has increased by nearly 60% and the number of unemployed has been reduced to 30, 000 only. GREECE not only has int e rn a 1 troubles but has her exterior friction with Turkey. The deficit of her budget is on the increasfl. RUMANIA suffered from unemployment and was ablP, to balance her budget on paper only. Hence a stress in money. SPAIN suffers a deficit in her budget of. nearly $10.000,000. This is greatly due to her war with Morocco. Neverthelern her trade has improved. PORTUGAL taxes her people more and more and her accumulated deficits since the war amount to one million. AUSTRIA once on the brink of complete bankruptcy has made some recovery, but still has an ad\·erse trade balance: she imports much more than she exports. High costs of living and unemployment prevail and her budget has still a deficit. HOLLAND this year will balance her budget for the first time in many. TURKEY is fighting >ictoriously the Kurds who, as the Berbers in Morocco against Spain, make a guerilla warfare against the forces of Angora. Nevertheless the Government has ordered a general mobilization which means to say that after all, its >ictories are not quite complete. 296 ft ~ ~ ~ l:=Q=U=~~~~<B~:r:;::I==O:;:::&,~~~.<B~B=O=X=J Questions unsigned wi11 not be at1swered. Anonymou> Ir tter must find their wa~- into the waste paper baskt't. "·e will not pnl.llish tlw names of those who send <Juestions. 5.-0n Good Friclay I made the Stations of the Cross at 3 P. Jl. The Church teas so crou:c1ed that I cr•uld not moi:e. 1.-Coulcl I gain the Indulgences? 2.Please tell me the exact conditions for gaining inclulgences of the Stations of the Cross. 1.-If you have Rlade the Stations of the Cross with the· Priest and his assistants, you certainly could gain the indulgences. 2.-The conditions for gaining all the indulgences of the Stations of the Cross may be given as follows: If you want to gain them for yourself, you must be in a state of grace; and thereforeitis recommended always to begin this exercise by a good act of contrition. Making the Stations of the Cross, you must move from one station to the other. It is only when you make them together with the priest, preceded by the cross and the candles, that you can gain the indulgences from your place in the church. ln front of each station you must meditate on the Passion of Our Lord. This means that you are not obliged to say any particular pra_1•er. as the Our Father or the Rail Mary, etc. Neither is it required to meditate on this part of the Passion, as represented by each particular station. It is sufficient w meditate on the suffering of Our Lord in general. Although the meditation of each station, concluding this meclitation by i::ome vocal prayers, is very good. Very probably ~-ou can gain all the indulgences of the Stations of the Cro~s only once a day. It is not a good practice to make the Stations of the Cross while another ser\·ice is going on in the church: as for example during ~!ass or Benediction. It is better to join in the service going on, and make the Stations of the Cross before or after the service. 6.-Jiay a person who has been anoint· ed t1nd icho receiL"es the Holy Vi at i c ti m daily, may this person recefre the Holy Viaticum more than once a day if there seenis to be an increasing imminence of cleath? A person dangerously sie;k must receive the Holy Viaticum, unless that same person had receiYed Holy Com· munion the same morning che danger· ous sickness began. If however that. person, who became very sick during the day, had received Holy Communion in t he morning, neYertheless H o 1 y Viaticum may be given that same day, but there is no obligation for that person to receiYe it, although it is much recommended. If that person remains dangerously sick for several days, he or she may receive the Holy Viati.cum, according to the advice of the confessor, several times, but on distinct days and only once a day. 297 ftAILBAG OFTHE LITTLE APO.rTlE For all correspondence with "THE LITTLE APOSTLE" $end yciur letters to T/1e Little Apostle. J](Jx 1393. Jlanila Dear Readers of the "'Little Apostle". Just think of this: two letters were dropped into the mailbag of the "'Little Apostle" on the same day. The first came from Ceferina Witte. She is known by the readers. She writes the following: Dear Father Yandewalle: While on my way home from St. Teresa Academy. :\Ianila . I distri uuted some numuers of the ··Little Apostle'' among- my friends. The~· promised to subscribe. but I cannot fully rely on their words until I know they really did it. Howe\'er I ::un sending two subscriptions. I obtained them while at Jloilo on my way home. As I am now at home in Bacolod I will try my best to find more subscriptions. Please help me, Re\'erend Father, to pray for the success of the little misionary work I long to accomplish. Is that not a nice letter. full of missionary spirit? I was told by sernral students before vacation they would send me subscriptions. Shall I say as Miss Ceferina: "I cannot ful ly rely on their words until I know they really did it?" Letter :No. 2 was from the president of the ·'Non-Ilocano-Speakino- Societ\''' of Vigan, Miss Salrndora Bello. • Santa, Ilocos Sur. :\Jarch 22-19?5. Dear Rev. Father. We hope you ha ,.e not forgotten the ":'>.ine Little Apostles of Rosary Academy." (How could I?) Well Father we are glad to tell you that instead of baYing nine members, our SociP,t,y has now fifteen, because the day-scholars of our class ha\'e joined us. (all the tudents should join your society). We are inclosing twenty pe;;os collected partly by our ·' Xon-Iloeano-Speaki11g Sueiety" and partly by little contributions from us and the other girl~. It is not much, Father.hut.we know it will be useful for our dear friends the Igorotes. (Certain]~·.) We hope \·ou will bear from 1o1s a•Yain next schoolyear (the more the better) for you know. Father, we shall continue our work as long as the "Fifteen Little Apostles'' are together. At present n·e are enjoyin)! our rncation during which time we shall not cease being " Little Apostles" but we shall show our Apostleship both in name and in deeds. (Bravo! In deeds and not in words. eh?) With sincere wishes for the success of '·The Little Apostle" we remain: Yours very respectfully Salvadora Bello. (President) This letter could make the subject of a long meditation. Alas! how many wealthy persons are there not in the world who could easily sacrifice a few 298 pesos a month, say for instance to support a catechist, even a priest in the Mountain Province. And here are a few girls, students, (ordinarily students do not have too much pocket mone~·) who sacrifice every month a part of· their little income. Some rich people spend thousands of pesos and dollars to satisfy their rnnit~", but little or nothing to help their poor Pagan brethren. Dives of the Gospel was carried into hell. because he did not gi Ye the crumbs \1hich fell from his table to poor Lazarus. Who is poorer than those who do not possess the means of saving their soul':' If the body starves and the soul is saYed: all is saved. But if the soul 1<,tarves although the body be well fed, all is lost and for ever. Well done, little girls of the "Non11 ocano-Speaking Society.'' \\el 1 done "Little Apostle.,, Miss Ceferina Witte. Well done, all ye subscribers of "the Little Apostle". All of you have listened to the words of Christ: "go ye, kach ye all nations"'. Listen to these other words of the Savior: "whatsoever you shall have given to these little ones, you have gil·en it to Me". Great shall be your reward for having cooperated with Jesus fo r the salvation of souls. Accept the most sincere thanks of all the Missionaries of the Mountain Province and especially from Yours in Ct. Rev. 0 . Vandewalle. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIYED Blessed Little Flower's fund for the Bokod .'\:lission. Mis-; C. "" 'Ir. Au. Ya.rious Acknowledged before Total Total P 3.CO l.CO 25.00 211.00 4~2.00 461.CO Father Legrand's fund for the Bauco Mission. From the .. non-ilocano-speaking society:' Acknowledged before •.rota I For the Missions. Dolores A bola, ~anila Anonl-mous p 20.00 104.50 12~.50 p l.00 50.00 We gratefully acknowledl?e the receipt of canceled stamps for the benefit of the ~lissions from: )'!iss 1\lilagros Alcazar .. Julia Lamadrid, 'l'agudin. l.S. Bibiana Acosta. Ta1?udin. T.S. Ca1·lcs Loanzon, Lubao, Pampanirn. EI e u t e r i o Tiamzon. :llanito. A Iba~-. Cristina Fajardo, Tarlac. Tarlac. Emilio Castro. Ba.rombonl?. N.V. Dolores Oledan, Ba.1-ombong. C\.Y. Dolores A bola. Manila. The Little APOstle thanks most heartily tbp benefactors. A 11 the Missionaries remember them every day at mass. If Your Subscription Ex pires This Month, Don't Forget to Renew It Now What a Wonderful Bird The :Board of Education of Chicago has caused a classic essay to be immortalized in type. It's about frogs and was written by a young Norwegain. The essay is as follows: "What a wonderful bird the frog are! When he stand he sit, almost. When he hop he fly, almost. He ain't got no sense, hardly. He ain't got no tail hardly, either. When he sit he sit on what he ain't got, almost." I l, 1 llN TH1' gmt gacden of heaven, under a large mango tree, on two big green benches sat se\·eral saints: all had been friends on earth while alive; there were St. Peter, St. Joseph, St. John, St. Paul and St. James. They had been of the first to enter God's beautiful palace. It was lm~ely and fresh in the shade, the more that the sun from the golden west sent her last dying rays. There had been much ado during the day. Many people had arri\·ed and entered hea\·en , and Peter had been exceptionally bu~y reading passports and examining papers. It is true , he had his helpers, yes, they could tell him what was written on the book of life, but one has to be careful, if not, some might slip in unvvorthy and .... well Peter had the keys .... . one is never sure of these helpers .. . they are not severe enough ... especially St. Joseph . No, Peter <lid not trust him very much . ..... St. Joseph was too good .... 29) But now they took a rest after this b;;sy day. Only St. John the Baptist was still re\·isi1:g passports, for St. John could never take a rest, he was too actiYe and y01:c:er far away on a golden path under the w av i u g paimtrees he waited for more and more arri\·ing souls. " A heavy day it has been " said St. Peter to his companions. "But anyway I am happy: for a good many entered heaven today. The world is very bad. ~fa:1y , especially the old people, complain abo:1t it." '·It is lllY op11110n , s.1icl St. Joseph that we must help people a little more on earth. Most of them receive little religious instruction and they do not know what they do." ,)& From behind the cocoatrees descended a silver angel. "St. Joseph, " he said, "there is somebody in the parlor who wants to see you." "Who is it?' ' asked St. Joseph caressing his beard. '' A mother of five ch i 1 d re n , 300 whose eldest is a soldier and the youngest still in the cradle, and very sick." Immediately Joseph went out and once on the path ran to the parlor. ''There you have it, laughed St. Paul. It is only the first of March and his protegees begin already to arrive. Joseph '"ill be overworked the whole month. But never mind, he likes it. '' This too was the opinion of St. Peter: "a fine man , that Joseph , a true father ... " After a w hi 1 e Joseph returned and was about to give the story of the molher when another angel, out of breath, came on running thru the garden. ''St. Joseph, come back again , please. Other visitors are in the parlor for you." Joseph hummed a bit and ran to hea,·en. "What did I tell you?" said St. Paul, " they wil not leave him a moment of rest during the whole month.' ' When Joseph returned he had tears in his eyes: " Ay! frienC.s, he sighed, how bad the world is!" ''Yes, what is the matter now?' ' "Four little orphans ... .. their father <lied two months ago from the influenza. And now the mother too .... it is heartbreaking to bear them .... but I watch over them. I told my son Jesus already ... .. He will take good care of tl~m. '' A golden tear rolled down the beard of Peter and even Paul's eyes watered. All of a sudden the lofty palmleaves bend and move. Four, five angels descend and pose in front of the benches. " Worthy Saints, lots of people arriYed in front of the gates knocking and shouting for a place.'' "Tell them to go back to purgatory," said St. Peter "the office is closed, they can come tomorrow morning.'' And he looked at the big keys which hung at his belt. "Excuse me," said one of the angels, ''they call not upon you, St. Peter, but t1pon St. Joseph!. ... They want to speak to him alone and they want nobody else. '' And Joseph followed the angels .. ... \Vhen he returned he did not say a word, sat down and caressed his beard. Peter looked at Paul and twinkled or:ce with his left eye. Paul peeped at Joseph, t win k 1 e d once at Peter and laughed. Peter could not keep further s i 1 enc e: " W-=11, Joseph, what is it now?" Joseph did not answer, but acted as if he counted the hairs of his beard. Peter became suspicious. "I think this affair is not quite well settled, Joseph?" Joseph could not but answer. "Settled,. .. yes .. .it is settled, said St. Joseph ..... .. Those people asked me pitifully .. .... one could see they trusted me fully ... . they asked me to enter heaven. I simply could not deny them the favor and send them to purgatory. Then I talked with Jesus and ..... " " And what then?" asked Peter. '' ... and Jesus Himself went to open the door for them! " Peter took bis key and pointing it to Joseph, said: "that isn't justice." 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