The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. II, No.3 August 1925

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. II, No.3 August 1925
Issue Date: Vol. II (No. 3) August 1925
Year: 1925
Language: English
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extracted text: VOL. II, No. 3 August l92S Catholic School Press, Baguio, Mt. Pr. ·Bntered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Baguio, Mountain, on February 5, 1925 THE LITTLE APOSTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE The official organ of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of JJ[ary (Scheutveld Fathers) in the Mountain Province of the Philippines, Edited and published monthly Editor . . REv. 0. VANDEWALLE, P. 0. Box 1393, :Manila, Phil. Is. Publishers . . . . . . THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. { Pl.00 for the Philippines Yearly subscription price: $1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money orders should be made payable to THE LITTLE Apostle, Manila, I'. I. Notice regarding change of ack1ress should be sent promptly. 'I All communications must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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Ii H II H H H J II H CIGARILLOS II H 11 TABACOS II H II H II H H " CAGAYAXES COROXAS II H II H II H ISABEL.AS EXCELEKTES H " II H II H II H ENTRE LARGOS ESPECIALES II II II H II H ROYALES BELLEZAS II H II = II IMPERIAL ES PRESIDENTES H ~ H H " II II H l!:: - :::::====== = - -di Charity Should Be Taught T IS the eEsence of goodness to give to others. God is infinitely good and therefore He has given us heaven and earth, all that we have in body and soul, even His only tego ~ ten Son \\Thom He sacrificed on Calvary, and who is daily sacrificing Himself at Mass and giving us Himself as food and drink in Holy Communion; finally, He promises to give Himself in Heaven to those who give them:oelves to Hirri during life. God is eBsentially good. God is Charity. Man, created to the image of God, should partake of that Yirtue of charity, but his nature, which wa:; corrupted thru original sin, is as a rule more selfish tha '1 altruistic, more egotistic than charitable. Christian doctrine teaches us to do good to others. Christ shows us by Hi.s example how to sacrifice ourseh-es for others. The selfsatisfaction we enjoy after a good work, is only a slight foretaste of the eternal reward to be given us by Him who will return a hundredfold all that we sacrifice for His sake and He Himself said that '·Eve11 a glass of wa~er gi\'en to the poor in His name would not remain ·without a reward." Charity is a divine virtue which religion imposes, Christ urges, the whole world praises and insures Heaven to those who practice it. Without this virtue, man, the image of God, becomes what he has been styled: Homo-Lupus, a wolflike, rapacious man, who will be disliked by his fellow-men . Therefore in centers of education, where character is formed, where not only vices should be eradicated, but where virtues should be implanted and developed, one cannot lay enough nor too much stress upon the noble virtue of true charity, so important and necessary for all. One might say: in schools and colleges too many contributions are asked. Let us suppose it to be true, but are they always for real charitable works? If so, remember that these contributions given for 66 God's sake and in spirit of charity, make that money infinitely and eternally Yaluable to the givers, and will return to them a hundredfold. God himself said so. However, tho::e who ask for socalled voluntary contributions for charity, should never forget to enlighten the mind of the pupil; they should show the nobility of the purpose of the offering, the greatness of its reward here and hereafter, the tru~ necessity of alms, the real good it is called to procure; in one word: those who ask contributions must show that they really give for what they ask for, and so they should make the contribution come voluntarily from the young benefactors. These should be made to think. to reason and to see that they are about to do some great good to their neighbour or in the service of God, that they will relieve some dire corporal or spiritual misery or both ~ogether, that God wills it and consequently will bless the givers here and hereafter. The mind of the pupil must be so prepared and disposed that the contribution be given voluntarily, kindly and gladly, if not, the pupil may give for fear of displeasing the teacher, or for shame becaui'e others contribute too, which would mean the loss of perhaps all the merits and make the hypocritical giver rather reluctant to do further acts of charity. The principles of charity should be repeated often and the virtue 'hould be practiced by some small offerings so as to form in the mind and will of the pupil an inclination and disposition to be charitable, now and especially later. The exercise of charity in this way must bring God's blessings on the lessons in charity and develop yet further the real virtue of true charity. Let us say a little more: contributions should be as much as possible the fruit of some acts of selfdenial and mortification. Oh! if people gave to God only the tenth part of their unnecessary expenses. what miseries in this world could b ~ relieved; how selfishness which is at the bottom of disputes, injustices etc., would decrease; how the world would· become appierh and a brighter and better spot to live in, how man would be a little more the image of God, how the blood of Christ would bear more heavenly fruits in the giver and receiYer. Charity taught in that light would consequently producr a tv. of old go0d effect in the pupil and certainly these good res u 1 ts cons ti tu te one of the most essential parts of a thorough education. And let not educators think that what thtir pupils contribute for work5 organized outside th~ school or college may decrease the m:: ans they need then~selves for their own organization;; and purposes. A Belgian Bishop in China had the custom of giving the tenth part of all the gifts he received for his poor vicariate to some work which did not at all belong to him. The one who handled the gifts of this J-:oly Prelate told the \\Titer that the Bishop received always in return for the sacrificed part a hundredfold. What is given to God and only for God must bring God's choicest ble~sings upon the giver. When one rleprives himself of what he might rightly use for his own good works, he shows a far purer love for God, less selfishness, and God, who considers not so much the gift as the love of the giver, cannot but bless abunclan tly such disinterested educators by blessing their institute and their work: real education. 67 August 15, The Assumption and Coronation of the B. V. M. "Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come! The winter is now past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers have appeared in our land..... Who is she that goeth up by the desert .... flowing with de'.ights, leaning upon her Beloved ?.... Come from Libanus, my spouse, come from Libanus, come: Thou shalt be crowned .... Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising. fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army in array ? ..... Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come!" (Canticle) "And the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon the throne, and a throne was set for the King's mother, and she sat at the King's right hand ..... And the king gave the Queen all that she desired and asked of Him, besides what He offered her Himself of his royal bounty." (III Kings) ·'And a great sign appeared in Heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under he1 feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (St. John. Apocalypse) Her Assumption was more glorious even than the Ascension of J es us Christ, for Angels only went forth to meet the Redeemer, but when the Blessed Virgin was assumed to glory, she was met and accompanied by the Lord of Glory and the whole blessed company of saints and angels. (St. Peter Damian) St. Basil of ::leleucia says: "As the splendour of the sun exceeds that of all the stars, so does Mary's splendour exceed that of all the Blessed." And St. Bernardine adds: "She is immersed in the inaccessible Light as deeply as it is possible to a creature to be." When the Blessed Virgin died, she was in due course, laid in the tomb. One of the Apostles, St. Thomas, unable to be present at her death, arrived three days after her happy departure. Full of sorrow and regret, he besought the others to open the tomb, that once more he might rest hio: eyes upon her. It was therefore opened, but, 0 Prodigy! the sepulchre was empty. Some lilies, emblems of purity and virginity, had sprung up in the place where the chaste body had lain, that immaculate body which was too holy to remain in the grave and which angels bore away when the voice of God woke it from its short sleep of death." (St. Gregory of Tours.) ~ St. Bernard's prayer to the Virgin Mother: "Here Thou art for us a sun of Charity in its noontide; and below among mortals a living fount of hope ..... " In Thee is mercy, in Thee pity, in Thee magnificence, in Thee all that is good in creatures. (Dante) 68 The Little flower of Jesus Help !lie Conversion of tlze fg(J1Tofes of tlze ll1ountain Province ATRIOTISM imposes upon the inhabitants of the Philippines the national duty of helping their poor Pagan brethren of the Mountain Province. Charity makes it an obligation for all Catholics to cooperate with the Church in spreading the Kingdom of God all over the world: "Go Ye, teach Ye all nations" , but especially for the Catholics of a conntry such as the Philippines which still counts so many Pagans. In ·an Encyclical, our late Holy Father Benedict XV, made a pathetic appeal to the Faithful of the whole "·orld in behalf of the Foreign m i s s ions. ''The Catholic World" said His Holiness, "will not allow its own to suffer from w an t in the propagation of t h e Faith." Since His election lo the Pontifical Throne, our Holy Father Pius XI, has not ceased to reiterate His august predecessor's entreaties for a more generous support of missionaries and their works. His Excellency the Apostolic Delegate, Msgr Piani, about two years ago, responding to the request of Pius XI, at the occasion of the anni\'ersaryof the coronation of the Holy Father, had a splendid feast arranged, at which lectures were given about t!!e Missions and their support by members of the different religious Orders established in the Philippines. The Conference of Catholics at the beginning of this year made the appeal of that memorable feast for generous s11pport of the missions its own. And until now, what has been the answer to that duty of patriotism, and charity, to that appeal of Christ and His representati,·es on earth, to that appeal of the Apostolic Delegate, and the Catholic Conference approved by the Bishops of the Philipp in es? " The Little Apostle," with (he approval of the Ordinaries actually in the Philippines, offers you, dear Readers, an occasion for responding to all the above mentioned duties and calls, by establishing an association. which, if understood, and joine:l by a considerable number of persons, will not fail to work marvels: it is called: ·'The Crusaders of the Little Flower," and, simple in its organization, it is easy too in its accomplishment. · .. ~U~---.. ··-~u~ 69 ''I will spend n~y Heaven in doing good upcn eartli'' OBJECT The Crusaders cf the Little Flower is a Charitable Missonary Organization , which cooperates with the Missionary society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in the Mountain Province otthe P.I. , to perform the glorious work of civilization and Christianization of the Igorrotes of the Mountain Province. P.I. MEMBERS Any Catholic who really desires to cooperate according to the means at his disposal, in fulfilling the object of the Organization, may become a Crusader of the Little Flower. To become a Crusader it is enough to send your name to the Office of the Little Apostle, P.O.B. 1393, Manila, P. I.. together with Po. 50 for which you shall receive in return a diploma and a pin of the Organization. PROMOTERS Any zealous Catholic may become a Promoter, by forming a group of ten or more members. All names however must be sent to the Little Apostle and the Promoter shall receive a diploma. iO RULE OF ACTIO:N Every Crusader will endeavor to fulfil faithfully this twofold practice: r. To say daily one Our F ather and one H ail Mary in honor of the Little Flower for the conversion of the Igorrotes of the Mountain Province. 2. To observe Self-Denial Week. SELF-;JENIAL WEEK H ow Self-Denial Week is to be observed : D URIN G AD Vi:,l\ T During that time every Crusader should try to save a little money, which he will be kind enough to send to the " Little Apostle," P .O.B. 1393, Manila , P. I. for the missions in the Mountain Province. Before SelL Denial Week , every Crusader will receive a letter from the Little Apostle reminding him of the obligation of sending the amount of what he bas put by and otherwise done through Charity for the " Little Apostle." The amount obtained will be published in the " Little. Apostle," unl~ss the sender specifies it otherwise. SPIRITUAL BENEFITS FOR THE CRUSADERS r. From November 2, Holy Souls Day, a set of THIRTY GREGORI AN MASSES will be celebrated for the deceased Crusaders and for the beloved departed of every Crusader. 2. From November 1 to November 30, special daily prayers will Le said for the Spiritual intention of the living Crusaders, by the Missionaries and Christians. especially by the Catholic Children of the Mountain Province. 3. All the Missionaries of the Mountain Province will remember daily at Mass the enlisted Crusaders of the Little Flower. 4. At the notice of the death of a Crusader ("which will be published in the ' 'Little Apostle" ) a Requiem Mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul and all Crusaders will be invited to pray for the beloved departed. ._.._ Did It Ever Strike You? ' That a dying Catholic, be he good, bad or indifferent, will nernr call for a Protestant minister? That many dying Protestants, generally the best and most Yirtuous, ha'e called for a Catholic .priest? That no Catholic, so long as he leads a Yirtuous life, falls a way from his faith or denies his religion ? That ordinarily only the best among Protestants become Catholics? That only the indifferent, not to say the worst Catholics, become Protestants? That there is no case on record of a good, pious, Yirtuous priest becomin o· a minister? n That the Protestant ministers who have become Catholics were amoo-n the most learned and most virtuous of their calling? . "' 71 from V. R. f. Van Zuvt Provincial Superior (Continuation) GAI~, we are in the mist. The mist condenses into rain, the rain into torrents and. having no raincoats, we take our second forced cold bath that rnaks again into our very bo_nes. The trail is slippery. The horses st umble and slip out. There is no oLher remedy than to walk, to glide I should say: that is what we do but not for pleasure, for we are tired as tired can be and consequently our conversation little by little dies away. My companion, Father Degryse tries for a while to keep it on, but he, too, gives it up pretty soon and we make our way carefully towards Banaue, stiff with fatigue and trembling with cold. But courage: one hour more patience. All of a sudden from behind the curve of the trail we are greeted in the tongue of old fatherland. "Welcome in the If u g a o province.'' \Ve stop, look, sweep the rain from our eyes, look again, listen: there comes Father Moerman, superior of the Kiangan mission, the pioneer missionary of the Ifugao province, who for 14 years has been sacrificing his strength, his health, his very being for the salvation of souls in these mountains. God alone knows his merits, his suffering!:', but they have not been without supernatural consolation. Yesterday he left Kiangan to meet us. So great is our happiness to see him that instantaneously we forget all our miseries and brighten up as if we had just left Bontoc. So lively is the conversation now that we pass the first houses of Banaue without being aware of having arrived. "Good evenings Father, shouts a little f e 11 ow. Never did I hear such a welcome on my former visits. We look around and from all sides of the 72 mountains \Ve see children running towards us to meet us, to bid us welcome. "\\hat is this)'' I ask Father Moe1 man. '·?\ever before did I see so many childr.n around me. They used to run away from me. But now ...... .look. more are coming." ''Yes, Father Provincial, that has c'.ianged here completely since we have a chapel in the town. Father Desnick "isits Banaue regularly, remains here a few days to havf' a chance to talk with the people and to instruct the children in the eYening when everybody is at home after the day's work, and that has changed conditions totally." Indeed, I could not believe my eyes, I could not ha' e dreamed such a change for the better possible in such a short time, had I not been a witness of it to· day. It is the work oi christ ianization. \Vherever it is implanted among even the wildest people, it softens the most cruel natures and makes them real men, peaceful citizens, lawabiding people. \\Then one sees such, he asks himself how it can be that so called civilized men can be found who use their influence to keep the Ifugaos away from the Church and the priest. I wi;;h I could say it is impossible, but,. ...... Anyway, it is here my most agreeable duty to thank in the name of all my confreres whoever passed thru Banaue the officials of the Constabulary quartered in these mountains. They have a 1 ways shown us the most evident marks of friendship and kmdne!"s: rl-ey haYe always helped us in the most efficacious way. They must often have pitied the Missionary who arrived at Banaue soaked to the bones and completely exhau,:ted, and always they have treated him as a brother. May the Lord bless them. Only those who l njoyed tl-:e hospitality of the Banaue Officers can say what it is tote received here like at home. We reach the chapel. Part of it serves as a school and another part as a room for the pa~sing missionary. :-·o here '"'e too we shall stay for the night. \i\;e thank the Lord for his protection during the journey, but prostrate at the feet of the crucifix, we feel we are wet and more than tired. So, we take off what is \\"l t to 1 -ang it to dry u111il tomorrow and rolleJ up in a blanket we try to take a rest. The spiritual progress of the Banaue mission is just wonderf u I. It is extremely difficult to Yisit the people at horn~. Their houses are scattered all O\ er the hills and mountains. They are spread in groups of three or four. Howevl r the children come in great numbers to the chapel as soon as they know that the Father has arrived, and then, before and after the class, they receive an instruction. How I . their eyes glare when they hear of the lo\ e of' Christ, of His desi.~ to sa,·e them. of His wish to bring all the Ifugaos into paradise after death. And their little hearts thrill and feel warmer when they hear how a n infinite Majesty has thought of them so lost in the mountains: they too wish to know Jes us and to love and to serve Him. Many youngsters have recei ,·ed baptism already and others made their first Holy Communion. May their prayers for their brethren of Banaue open their eye$ and the:r heart. After a while "toe-toe" on the door. \Yho is there? A small boy. . ..\gain: "toe-toe." Another boy slips in. And so it goes on: more and more fi'.ter in. One sees that the father of the mission is a friend of the children. Was not Jesus th~ friend of the youngsters too? But necessity knows no excuse: after some talk we have to send them home for the night. Tue::aay, March 3rd. We rise early to.say Mass, but not early enough to arrive th ~ first at the chapel.. Indeed, many children and not a few elderly people have taken a seat already in the chapel and they remain in ·their place uh ti! we all three have finished our Masses. Some of them profit by our arrival to go to conf.ession-and to receiYe Holy Communion. Seeing this, tell us ·now, do converts make good Christians? Are they worth the help . .their Catholic brethren from the lowlands gener~msly offer the }1 issionary ? At 8 we are in the saddle for Kiangan, only 35 Kilometers distant. The weather has cleared up. Instead of following the new trail, we choose the old Spanish way, 73 much shorter than the first and which has the advantage of passing thru several small villages. ·Fi e-st, we arrive in Cabubuyan: the people are very busy in their rice-fields. Next, we come into Ginion, where before long we shall open a new m1s"1on. We arrive in front of a s ma 11 shack near the road. It looks like a small rest-house. On its wall are posted several papers which seem to be official papers. "Wait a while," says Father Moerman and he alights to approach the posters and to read them. He comes back saying "All right". His doing astoni~hes us and not without reason. ·'Well, says the Father, when I passed here before, I have fo ~md among the official posters another paper with vi 1 e calumnies against religion and the prie$!S. It was written in pencil and happily nobody could read it." -"Why?" "It was written in English."-"But if people here can write English, surely they can also read it." - " obody from here knows English enough to write the words I found on that dirty slip." Kno,Ying that the writing was not miraculous, I abstain from judging further, for I do not wish to suppo~e that it was written by young men sent over here to civilize and paid by the contributions of Christian Filipinos. How narrowminded, howe,·er ! On we go and reach the Mungayan river over which hangs a fine bridge where formerly we had 74 Bridge /lfungayan River to cross the place in a galongalon. Here waits Father Desnick of the Kiangan mission. He wants to show us his chapel at i\1 ungayan . Chapel of Munga_i au It is simple but nice. Here, too, Father Demick comes regularly, remains for a few days, and after only two months work, remarkable progress is visible. It is time for school. All the children surround us respect'ully. It speaks well for their teachers a nd ~hows they a :·e the friends of the priest. May our Lord, the Friend of the children, bless their work. Between Mungayan and Kiangan. a distance of 10 Kilometers, we overtake Miss Guerzon, a Filipina .lady, :oupervi:;or of the dormitories for children in the Mountain Province. A wonderful woman. A true mot her to the Igo r r o t e girls. I congratulate Miss Guerzon. ·r \vould like to ask where she finds that superhuman strength with which to be always on the road among many dangers a n d subject to all kinds of p:irntions. 75 But no. Her modesty and humility might hide the truth. But the fact thrt I saw Miss Guerzon two days later in the church of Kiangan at the altar-rails (on the first Friday of Feb.) explains all. In God, in Holy Communion, she finds the strength and consolation which no earthly salary cou'd grant. Unknown to the \Vurld, Miss Guerzon does a work Heaven looks at, and God will reward it infinitely. To this I add my most sincere thanks and those of the parents whose children she attends. _-\t 5 p. m., we arrived at the convent of Kiangan where we meet the third Father of the mission: Rev. Father Francisco Lambrecht, brother of Father Godefredo Lambrecht, stationed at. Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Of course, we go first to the church to thank the Lord after which we make ourselves at home. (1'o be continued.) Transfiguration The first !lfonday of this month, August 6th, will be the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. This feast recalls the occasion on which Our Lord took the Apostles Peter, James and John with Him to a high mountain and was transfigured before them, that is, His body shone in b r i 11 i ant light, His face shone as the sun and His garments became white as snow. 1\Ioses and Elias appeared and conversed with Him. The apostles were Yery happy at this sight of their l\Iaster's glory and expressed a wish to remain always there. But the vision vanished and they came back to their ordinary occupations. So it is with us. Moments of great consolation sometimes are granted to usbuttheyare of short duration. Their effect, however, remains with us to give us strength for future labors. The ordinary graces and helps always remain and are all that we need. Un· ending joy and union with Our Lord is thP. reward in store for us in Beaven. 76 Letter of f. De Brabandere La Trinidad, June 2, 192.') Dear Father Vandewalle: II A~I as busy as a bee ... :Msgr Hurth, the bishop of Vigan, came here last ~Jay 25 to confirm, and only now do I find time to write about the splendid feast and numerous confirmations we had. Nernr since the opening of the mission have so many been confirmed here as now. ~ever too was a bishop given such a :,;plendid reception at La Tri1,idad as Usgr Hurth. In a long time the people, especially those of Tublay, had insisted on seeing for once their Bishop. I heard he was about to come to Baguio, I invited him, he would come gladly. Of course I had to prepare my folks. First I went to Tu blay, a distance of 15 Km. Where 10 years ago there were only 10 Catholics, we have now 170. These prepareJ, I repeated the same work at Atok, which is at a distance of 35 Km. But would the people be able to come to La Trinidad? The rainy seasoq has started, the rivers are swollen, weather may be bad, land slides may occur in the mountains? But where fervor reigns, difficulties are overcome, and our converts are staunch catholics. All the catholic adults came, the mothers brought their children, some of them leading three by the hand and carrying tn·o on their back. EYen pagan women brought their children who had been baptized. Already on the eve of the feast, the convent was crowded and more would come the next day. Indeed some came that same morning after a five hours' walk thru the dark dangerous mountains by the iight of burning pinewood torches. When at 8:30 the bishop arri,·ed, the church was crowded by people, most of whom were pagans only a year ago. As one 111an they knelt, and bowed. It was the expression of their living faith in a prelate of the Catholic Church. 213 were confirmed that day, of whom only 20 were children of Ilocano Catholics. It was a day of triumph for the Catholic Mission. Today \Ye had the closing Pxercises in our school at Atok, \Yhich counts J 0.5 pupils. It was not only a feast for the school but also for the whole town. Young and olJ, rich and poor, Christians and Pagans: all were in and around the building. The two zealous teachers had prepared a nice little program, mostly in Nabaloy so that the peo· ple might understand. Buth the old and new president of the town made a speech, and, although Pagans still, they recognized publicly the many sacrifices the Fathers make for their people. Note that one of the two is an old christian sc.ientist, but he sees that after all Catholic religion surpasses scientism '"ith its dreams of earthly paradise without the consolation of a hea,·en to come. "Father," said the new president, "yon ha Ye now 10.5 pupils in school, next year you shall haYe 1.50" He thought I would be O\'ercome \Yith joy. But he made a conditional mistake: · 50 pupils more mean two extra teachers to be paid and I can not afford to undertake this new expense. I know it breaks my heart to be unable to do more, it means many souls lost for h:oa,·en and God, but it is not my fault. [ spent 'r'l ,000 last year, it \YaS at the price of great sacrifices; I can not do more. I lea,·e that responsibility of not bringing more souls to the sacred Heart to rest on those who say eyery day: '' ~Iy Lord and my Uod I love You a born all things", and who could easily spare something to open he~wen to some longing poor chilllren. Prayer is the golden key 77 which opens Heawn, and if we unite almsdeeds to it our prayer goes more directly to the throne of God and is sure to be ans\rnred sooner. After the feast came a great many of the women offering me their children to be baptized. I refused, saying, they 'rnuld bring them up as pagans. "Ko, Father", they said, ''we will send them to your school and you may make them Catholics. Your religion is the best. Ours is not so good". Oh! if \Ye had the means! I feel a lump in my throat whPnever I think how easily I might baptize nearly all the people of my district, if well-to-do Catholics \rnuld only help me. ~fay God grant both our Pagans and such Catholics the necessary light to understand their duties tvwards God, His Church and th.eir follow-men. ~Laurice De Brabandere. Ten Wi.IVS of Helping the Ci.ltholic Press 1. Subscribe for a Catholic paperif at present you read it over the shoulder of your neighbor. , 2. Ad ,·ertise in a Catholic publication. 3. When purchasing, try to patronize ffrms advertising in Catholic publications. 4. When shopping or selling, say you saw the adYertisement ib a Catholic paper. 5. Try to get new subsctlibers. 6. Send important news items to your paper. Be an unpaid reporter and agent for Jove 9f the cause. This is a task of honor, just as the Catholic editorship is a position of honor. 1. When traveling ask for your , Catholic paper. 8. \Yhen you have read it, pass it on to someone to ~om it "·ill do good. 9. "!lfark important a.rticles or notic~s to attract attention. 10. Be an agent for your Catholic paper. Open it in railway carriages. tram-cars, motorbuses, etc. Show people that you enjoy it. 78 Mission News and Notes 6agabag The feast of the Sacred He art has been <'elebrated this year "·ith exception~l solemnity. The Church was crowded. The leaguers of the Sacred Heart received Holy Communion. The Father read the act of consecration to the Sacred H eart, the people repeating the so 1 em n pledge. A very beautiful new banner, a piece of art from Paris, "·as blessed and carried in triumph through the streets, accompanied by two choirs, one of ladies and another of men, singing the praises of the Lord. ' It was a memorable day. l\Iay the Lord bless the mission of Bagabag. l'liangan The feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated in the little mission of ~Iungayan by the first Communion of some twenty children. Miss Guyab from Bagabag gave dressf's to eight littlt> girls. I was 3upposed to give a snit to each boy, but I could not. Poor children. It 1rns the first time we had a so 1 em n Overworked. His Mouth-The famous Father Roh, S.J., who died in Bonn in 1872, was accosted by an irreligionist as follows: "May I ask if you are a Jesuit?" "Yes, sir." '·I have alwaYB heard that the Jesuits are such great intellectuals. Could you tNl me why I ha1·e black hair but a gray beard?" "Easy enough," remarked, the Jesuit with a light bow and loud enough so that the friends of the interrogator could hear it, "you have worked harder with your mouth than with your head." first Comnrnnion at l\Iungayan , mostly pagan still. l\Ir. and l\Irs. Bartolome from Bay<>mbong had adorned the chapel. The bells did not ring however. \Yhy? Because we ham no bells at l\1ungayan. But the :;\1ungayanes ham gongs, and be sure that all the gongs 0f the village echoed thru the mountains until late at night. Kot a single inhabitant missed the ceremony. The chapel was packed. Only the Christrians and ca tech um ens could enter. Is not such a fea"t, a great consolation ? The chapel was blessed last October only, and dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. But as dresses failed and bells lacked, so too lacks a statue of the B·l es s e (l Virgin. We can go on without bells. The boys consoled thei11seh·es with an old soldier's vest. Bu t heaven 111 ust be as sorry a.S I a 111 to see that our Patron has no statue in her chapel in a country where 10, 000,000 Catholics have a great devotion to the Immaculate Conception. ' - The teacher had been trying. to inculcate the ·principles of the Golden Rule and turn-the-other-cheek. "Now, Tommy," she asked, "what would you do supposing a boy, struck you?" ' '·How big a boy are you supposing?" , demanded Tommy. -Mary had a little cat, It swallowed a ball 'of yarn, • And whep the little kittens came Tliey all had s"·eaters on. 79 The Psvchologv of the Filipino By Hon. Norberto Romualdez A.ssqcial13 Jtistice oj the Stiprerne Cotirt of the Philippine Islands ( Continllation) .-\.bout the beginning of the last the front part plain. But now, the century, the sleeYes which \Yere \Yide at the lower ends, were left loose and allowed to fall, as in the fj rst figure in this slide. . Later, small parallel plaits ''ere rnade extending from the shoulders downwards to a considerable distance, as !'hmrn in the second figure. The bulging of the sleeYes has increased more and more until the long parallel plaits were suppressed, and now, 1Ye have the present form and shape as seen in the third figure of this slide. As to the skirt, at the time of the adoption of the girdle or waistband, subsequent to the use of the.patadyog, which had no belt, the skirt was made very wide, but was tucked all around the waist. Later, the tucks were limited to the back part of the skirt, leaving tucks ha1-e entirely been suppressed, the (.;ut of the skirt being tightly adjusted to the body, and it has become too extremely and ridiculously narrow to be modest. There is another piece of the Filipinos woman's dress, which is yery characteristic of the Tagalog women, but is not usual in the Bisayan Islands: the ta pis. It is in reality an apron of a black color, generally, -and the purpof'e of which is, in fact, the protection of the skirt from being soiled. The word tapis is deri\'ed fromtapi (cover). In getting ready for ordinary household work, and for work in the farms and fields, the Bisayan woman in Panay ai1cl :;'\egros wears the patadyog, and the Tagalog woman uses the tapis, but places the opening of the tapis in front, as 80 shown in this slide: • . . " . ~ ... or else the opening is placed on one side, as in this one: But on social occasions, the tapis is worn "·ith the opening at the back, lea Ying thereby greater freedom of rnoYement to the long train or the skirt , as it appears in thi;;; :::lide : Originally, the nrnteri:il used for the tapis was coarse stuff of blal'k cloth. Gradually, it lost its original purpose as a coYering of the skirt, and in the course of time, the textile used became finer and finer, until it has become totally replaced by the fine black tule. The original tapis is no1Y used only for \\·ork, while the fine transparent . tule is appropriate only for going out on social occasions. Generally, the term Filipino dress or traje de mestiza excludes the ta pis. It is called rnestiza dress, because the daughters of Spaniards in tho~e days of old, did not, usually, wear the tapis which distinguished them, ih this, from the Tagalas. Here is a mestiza dress: As to the colors preferred for the tapi", it rnu~t be noted that the Fi. lipino 1r01ne11's taste goes for colors darker than the skirt itself. On the other hand, it was generally considered Yf'ry poor taste to wear a skirt of lighter color than the camisa a ~ d the scarf. Originally, any eolor of the bodice matched 1Yith a dark ski rt, and it was not essential that the scarf should match with the color of the camisa ur bodice. Later, dame fashion dictated that the bodice and tlie scarf should match together in color. This "-as so about the latter third of the past century. Still later, fashion had it so, that the skirt, bodice and scarf should niatch with each other, not only in color, but also in design, although the skirt was of thicker material than the bodice and scarf, ll"hich last two pieces were of the same textile. If I am correct in my obser>ations, it seems to me 81 that the latest evolution of the Filipino dress is to ha1-e the skirt plain 1rith no design or embroidery on it, but the embroideries of the bodice, scarf and tapis are of the s'lme material, color and design to match with one another. ~ow as to men's clothes. - Like women's cl ress, as it has been seen, they have also undergone changes and h:we also followed fashion to ~ certain degree. In old times, the Filipino men used put6z or p11d6g, which was a piece of cloth about ona foot wide and three or fonr feet long, wrapped around the head. This i:< an [ndonesian and :\Ialay head-dress which originated from India. Si nee the eorni ng of the Spaniards, European and .\Jexican fashions and styles haYe co11siclernbly infl.uenced the Filipi no 1 reari ng apparel. The hlou"e \Yithout lapels, pro1·idecl 11·ith a stiff eollar, but without an opening in front of the neck, in such a way as to exelude the use of the necktie, is a blouse after the .:\Iexican style whence such garment is called amerirana. The 1·oat ancl trousers were sometimes short, then long, then short again; ~ometiu1es tight, then loose, then tight again. As I have said, originally, the Filipino used his head-dress called putog. Later, tJ1is putog 1rns substituted by a big handkerchief, which was wrapped around the head while on the strsets, but placed around the neck when inside the house on s0cial occasions. The loose form with some embroidery on the edges of the sleeves and alRo of the 82 trousers, was usual in :\fanila a11ll in big towns or cities, among the well-to-do, up to the beginning of the 19th century. Here is a picture . of the forefathers of Prof. Jose Asuncion, the Secret:iry of the School of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines : B_ut since about the second half of the past century, the Filipino men in the cities began to use entirely European clothes on socials occasions. At hoipe they use lighter garments, usually the camisa china (Chinese shirt) and European trousers . - When the second Duke of Buckingham was dying he cried out, "What a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions, time." And most people can truthfully say the same thing. Time is shamefully squandered. How few are the days which are spent to the best possible advantage by the average person! 5. Music. It remains for me to tell you of Filipino music. Music 'Yas alreally knmn1 in these Islands before the comi ng of the Spaniards. The i\egritos, Indonesians, and :\falays, had their o'Yn music. But few historians of old de,·oted their attention to natiTe music. Pigafetta, the companion of ~Iagell an, ''"as the first to gi rn ti) the occidental world a notion of Filipino music, thru his account entitled ''Primo Viaggio intorno al globo terraq ueo", wherein he states having seen in Cebu four girls '"ho played on instrument!:'. He mentioned drums a0 nd an instrument called subig. The subig is a small instrument made of barn boo and which is still used in some remote regions of the Archipelago. It is called barimba<l', in Tagalog. Here are some samples of subig, \rhil:h is Yery much like the Jews' harp. Such similarity betn·een the subig and the harp of the Jews shmYs once more that the Filipinos have many things common with other Oriental peoples. The young At.enist, )fr. Katin cloy, will now show to you the position and the manner i1; which . the subig is ordinarily played .. (To ue contim1ed. ) - We all wish to be like Jesus. But Jesus emptied Himself, ~king the form of a sen·ant, and before we can be truly like Him, we must empty ourselves of ourselves. One thing we can most easily do in imitation of Him i1; to become intercessors for sinners. 83 The Negritos of North-Eastern Luzon By Father Morice Vanoverberg Missionary in the Mountain Province, P .I. (Continuation) APRIL 22nd (Tuesday): \\'e seen until this day, splitting took left early in the morning without place and decided the divorce. A breakfast, and our soldiers eniiv- little farther we passed a high cliff ened the journey by stories con- on whose perpendicular surface apnected with the places we were pass- peared a large hole; this is supposed ing. At a certain point where a to be the entrance to a cave that yery·high rock drops perpendicular- leads several miles through the ly into the river, it was told us mountain to another part of the that a long time ago a knight of province; unfortunately, a crocoold jumped on horseback from the dile is taking his abode there now, top of the cliff unto the opposite and nobody ventures to test the shore where his lady love was wait- truth of that statement, although ing for him: he missed the mark, formerly lots of people seem to have however, and horse aad rider fell tried to cross the dangerous passage. into the deep water whe e they At Nagan, where we stopped a were drowned notwith;;tanding the couple of minutes, we learned from heroic efforts of the girl, who went ·. a Kagayan merchant, that we to their rescue, and suffered the . should find the · ~ presidente" of the same fate, so that there is nobody Negritos a little farther down the to testify to the truth of the story. river, at Siwan; this bearer of good At a short distance from here a tidings we took \Yith us on board, big boulder, split into two parts, and finally, after a few more strokes was supposed to have been the of the oars, we got a glimpse of the occasion of another equally interest- place that would be our residence ing event. A couple, living near by, for some time to come. We said passed the days of their married good bye to our Japanese; Mr. Palife quarrelling from morning till dua and the soldiers crosi::ed the night. Finally, they decided to small track of water that separated stop their differences on.ce for all : our boat from the dry land, and I they would separate on condition myself climbed on the back of Mathat the rock would split, if each sigun, the Negri to president, whom of them took hold of one of its parts the soldiers had called in the meanon opposite sides and pulled with time, to get on shore without wetall his might: and, as may be ting my feet. 8-± Very soon we found an uninhabited hut, built by a Kagayan, where the owner had left some utensils, which he used when he came from Abulug, his permanent r,sidence: this he did occasionally, it seemed, when he remained here some days and sometimes some weeks to gather rat tan from the nearby forests. \tVe instantly decided to use it as cur home: it was not a palace, but the roof was good, and so the rain would not harm us at all, provided there was no wind to drive it through the chinks of the nipa walls; the wind would be a very unpleasant visitor anyl~ ow, as the walls, these essentials parts of all decent houses, were absent in many places. As far as we could see for the moment, only two fsneg houses composed the village of Siwan, and ours would be the third. As it was high time for us to break our fast, Mr. Padua and the soldiers cooked one of our chickens, and that day we partook of our first meal at about 10 a. m.; I do not know if meat could be tougher than frat particular chicken was, but I prefer to think so, as it may prove to be a consolation, at least to our dental system. At this juncture Masigun told us that his child was sick and that he had to go home to the other side of the river, where more Negritos were living; this was gocd news indeed, I mean to hear of several of our pygmies living at so short distance, as we might hope to get in touch with them Yery soon. A little later, Masigun 's daughter and a companion of I-.ers \Yashed our clothes in the river; and about noon we received the visit of three !\egritos, who brought us som e meat of a wild boar kil"ed that day; this certainly promised well , there could be no doubt about that. \Ye gave the fellows rice in payment, learned some peculiarities of their language, or rather of the dialect they actually used . and told them to call again, which they readily promised to do; then, when we had lunched (the meat was certainly much more tender than the hen we ate for breakfast) , at half past two p.m., we hailed the Ii utenant governor, who returned from Apa1 ri. He had not met the governor, general, because, be'ore hi~ arri\·al, the latter had boarded a manof-war to visit a wireless stat'on on an island nearby, where some Jaranese had been seen lately, < :nd as there was much talk about the exclusion of further Japanese immigrants from the United States, which had just been decreed, be feared trouble might be brewing: this at least was the explanation that wa.gi\·en us later on, if it was true or not I did not knO\y. We now said good by-: to the soldirrs, who left us to return with the captain. and this was a real relief to me, although my companion would· probabl.y have preferred to keep them there. Some Isneg came soon to visit us, we had a little chat with them, a~ then talked a little while with the Kagayan merchant, who came here to gather rattan , and was Ii , ing in a temporary hut. situated on the bank of the riYei-. at some fi fty yards distance from our own palace. Late in the evening we went to bed, a very simple affair. as I had neither pillow nor blanket. and the floor was always ready. Our mea's alrn \Ye re a rather dismal affair d uring cur whole ~tay here: nothing but a few borr_ wed old utensils, or.e cup with a hole at the bot tom, no spoons and poor ,-iands : chi le pepper, wild tomatoes, rnu5hrooms of the !eat her or "break y:::ur teeth" Yariety, sometimes a fruit of t'.~ e egg-plant, some corn. a few bananas, a h:ilf-rot1en squash, and once in a wl1ile tl·e egg of an okofig, a large \Yater fowl, or a piece of meat ( this we had twice) , when the Negritos took it in·o t:-eir head to go a- ~. unting. However we did not st.: rve, as we had rice in abundance, but our menu was far fro n 1 ich or varied, and eating'' ith ;1 y fingers has never been ·'mon ·ort". APRIL 23 (Wednesday ) : This morning an I:::neg girl. Ma I e 1 a, brought us some cakes, which I believe were a delicacy to them. -but to me they seemed to con,-ist of _a kind of unclassified paste, \Yi th an undefined flaYor, tasteless and sticky. Then came bad news: Masigun went a-hunting last evening and had not come back yet, although he promised me to be here to-day and to show me the way to the place of his companions at the other side of the river. Only two l\egrito girls arrived, they fetched 85 water for us, and we had breakfasr : the remnants of the dinner of yesterday ond some corn on the cob. Afte ~ the completion of that al'.important work, I took a walk up the bill and found anotl;er Isneg house, the third permanent one, and some banana trees, or rather banana herbs. as botanists should call them. when they talk science. I was really annoyed at not seeing any :\egrito :, especially Masigun, and told the Kagayan merchant, who wa" always busy spli tting rattan on the bank of the river. I \Yas barely back home, when he came with some Ilokano from Malunog, vvho were on their way thither. As they assured us that there were many r\egritos living s t their place. and as r supposed it wa., ,-ery near (we had no \Yay to ascertain it definitely, for we had no map), we abandoned everything that was not strictly neces~ary and imrne :iattly embarked in their canoe. If it was a strange experience to go down the rapids in our boat from Kabugaw, I < a11not find an appropriate adjective to qualify the emotions we felt when sitting in that small wooden thing, which they had the boldness and arrogance to call a cance: to describe it all in one sentence, it will suff.ce to say that we could not turn our head nor move a finger without danger of taking a bath w:th the whole company. Now, as Malunog proved to be rather far away, I could not stand it any longer, and simply lay down with my hat over my 85 face (for it wa;:; about midday ) , this being the only way for me to have a little earthly co;11fo;·t . v\'e passed Futtul very soon: they said some 1\egritos were liYing there, and at once I clung to the id a of leaving our gorgeous floating castle to he able to tread on something of more consistency than our present abode, but I had to change my mind again when I heard that the settlement was far from the shore and that we should have to pass sever a I brooks be r ore getting there. By the way Futtul is about half-way between Nagan and Malunog: well, paciencia! The owner of our proud river craft was the "teniente·' or headman of the settlement of Malunog, and he insisted on bringing us to his house as soon as we arrived. After what seemed to me an enormously long time, we left the Abulug to enter the Malunog river, and after having passed some haunting places of crocodiles, we ianded on the northern shore at a distance of a quarter of an hour from the house of the teniente, Mr. Francisco Llameg, our host-to-be. On our way thither we passed several Negrito huts, which we visited later in the afternoon, after we had been entertained, with the customary Filipino hospitality, by the whole Llameg family. This visit led us to decide then and there to start the following morning on a trip through the surrounding forest to look for Negritos living far away from other people; and .-\llapa, a l\1alunog Negri to, promiser! to show us the way. The JJ~ka no with whom we stopped , belonged probably' to the Aglipayano churcr ,a schismatical sect that originated here during the revolution of 18Q8, but we he>ard nothing definite about it. In the meanwhile, the pr,'sident or mayor of Tawit, an Isneg, arrived at Malunog: and Mr. Padua and my,elf rambled around the settlement, had a talk with sonw nati,es. and decided not to stay there for a long time, although we had been thinking at first that this 'rnuld be the best place to make our observations. It was well after all that we changed our mind, as at Siwan we were served much better than we ever could have been the;-e. So, instead of send in g somebody to fetch our belongings from Siwan, as we had decided before, wt:; told the tenie.nte that we should go with Allapa to look for his fellow Negritos somewhere in the forests around Tum6k; we told him also that after that we intended to turn toward Futtul, where we hoped to find the other abandoned church he to'd us about, and from there to march directly on Siwan, without coming back to Malunog. The fellow seemed to be very much dirnppointed, but what could we do? We cannot please everybody and do our work at the same time. (To be continued.) Columbia. The Columbian Liberals ha Ye sent a circular to all their adherents in Columbia requesting them to seYer: all relations with the Catholic Church and her institutions. Their h atred goes so far as to demand that their children shall not be baptized , and shall abandon the Catholic schools. Members of the Libe;al party shall quit all relations with the priests, en~n on their deathbeds, and shall not consent to be buried in a consecrated cemetery. Sic itur ad astra! Now they will be happy!!! England. M. Georges Whale, president of t h e association of the rationalist press, on t he 5th of May, in presence of 200 rationalists pronounced a speech in honor of Huxley, mocking the Catholic religion and especially the vision of St. Paul on his way to Damascus. At the end of his im·ectives he dropped dead on the floor. France. · Msgr Roland Gosselin, au xiliary bishop of Paris, said: ''the recruiting of the clergy in France is better Bi at the present time than it has ever been. Msgr Bandrillart , rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris admitted there were not priests enough in the diocese of Paris because the Jesuits and Dominicat:s attracted some of the best subjects and the peasant classes are less inclined to allow their sons tu enter the priesthood on a~count of the precarious material conditions which it often inYokes. But, he said, on the other hand it:finitely more numerous are those who come from the ranks of the middle-class. Many of those are of the first order, with an extensive get:eral culture. They enter the seminary with university degrees, licentiates in law and letters, sometimes with the doctor's degree. Let l l S thank the Lord for this grace, for a Catholic country without sufficient good priests must lose its faith . Italy. The ceremony of the canonization of the Little Flovver was attended by 60 ,000 persons. Among them were many princes, 200 Bishops from all parts of the world, 30, 000 French men and women, 12 ,000 Americans, and rn,ooo Eng88 lish. Honor won by a holy life lasts longest. A bill providing that all secret societies and clubs must file with the authorities copies of their constitution, by-laws, rules and regulalations as well as complete lists of all their members was approved by the ch amber of deputies. Well done: there must not be a state within the State. Manchouria. Rev. John Koronin, a priest of the Orthodox Russian Church at Harbin, which has a population of lOO,ooo Russians, together with thousands of his flock (some say 50, ooo) joined the Catholic Church. Significance of the highest or<ler is attached to the event by commentators because the break from the Russian Church is non-political, whereas virtually all previous movements in European Russia for return to Rome were political. Let us pray for the conversion of Russia. Palestine. The Italian Catholic Organization f o r the Protection of the Holy Places, which submitted an antizionist petition to the Council of the League of nations during its meeting in Rome, has, says a message from Jerusalem , now opened a new campaign in opposition to the zionist movement in Palestine. Several newspapers in the country publish articles deinanding that Italy should be made guardian over the Holy Places, with the Franciscans i:i charge of them . Switzerland. M. Musy, elected President of the Swiss Republic for one year, is an active practisir.g Catholic. A lesson. for other countries where Protestants form the majority of the inhabitants. United States. The Federal Census Bu re au quotes the following statistics about divorces in the United States. In 1870 the ratio of divorces per roo, ooo of the population was 28. In 1880 it was 39. By 1890 it had increased to 53; by 1906 to 84; by 1916 to l 12 and by 1922 to 136 or almost five times what it was in· 1870. Thus in 1916 there was one divorce to every 9,3 marriage. In 1923 the proportion was one eve::-y 7,5 marriages. Who can tell what miseries these divorces must cause. And the remedy? Beginning Low Down On the Scale. - Said the farmer to th'3 new hired man, "Come along now, and I'll teach you to milk the cow". And the newcomer answered, Seeing that I'm new to it, )lister, hadn't I better learn on the calf?" 89 r '?° ~1!!!10-~-e!!l!!ll!!~Jr:'W-.:=--::il~O.,._.. ...,;!"jii5&; ~ ... ~, ~·J CURRENT EVENTS l\(i»J - - L.1..,-~~--~~~~~i"'S::...:;;~-~·~~I!!!:::::. ...... .....!-=~-~..:§~ , IJ~J Philippines Agriculture. It is a sorry fact that much unrest r·eigns among the landholders and the tenants in sever:i.l provinces of the Philippines. Some time ago a baby re,·olution broke out in :Kuern Ecija against the landholders. Actually there is a great strike of tenants in the province of Cavite. In Laguna the tenants organized themselves to defend their rights against th e landlords. 'Let· both tenants and la11dlorcls remember the words of Christ: "Give to God whnt uelongs to God and to Cesar ,,-hat belorgs to Cesar." The acreage planted in rice last ·' ear was the lar;rest ever recorded in the P hilippines: l.7:3i,910hectares. NeYertheless the produdivn < f rice wns ,) pe r cent lower than in 1!-J;!;;, In ill:?-1it amounted to 4l.57C'.'ili0 ca rans \Yhile in 1923 nearly 2,000,000 more cayans were harvested. This decrease in 192-1 was most!~- due to damage caused by typhoons and floods, also by lack of rain. The sugar production increased by 11 per cent during the last year and amounted to 7,132,6-!0 piculs, worth p 105,661.18. The copra yield in 192-1 amounted to 6,119,150 piculs. The abaca in 1924 yielded 3,125.450 piculs. worth about P-!1,000,00\1. Prices of abaca and sugar remain ,-ery low, and although during the month of ~I ay exports :i.mounted to P 31, 789,587 against an import of only P 16,155,080, giving a balance in favor of the Islands of Pl5,03-1,507, people complain more and more of the financial crisis in the Archipelago. ~ finances. The total expenditures of the insular Government last ,-ear amounted to P 86.627.36-!.4-1 ghin.g P19.on.:381.U more than in 192:.!. It is said that of this sum f' 20.:?19.89S.6-! \\'ere spent in rehauilitating tile National Bank. 111 1924 the GoYernment"s income was P 'i-!.;379,1:30.59 and was increased ]Jy P9.60i.062.25 compared with that ~f 1~·:?3. This increase came mostlY from imrort duties, excise tax and iicense and business tax. 'The internal revenue taxes amounteo to J>38,135,3i:).98, the greatut after that of the boom year of 1920, which r:ise to I" 41,949. 806.3i. The balance of the insular bond fund for December 31, 192-! was P 31,9:39,810 of which P-15,700,392.85 is on deposit in the Philippine National Bank and the rest in other banks of the U.S. The expenses on irrigation works in the Philippines and on the port works of Manila amounted to P 15,876,687.08. The public debt of the Philippines at the end of 192-1 was P 158,438,500. thus allowing P 15 per capita, which is Yery little compared to the national debts of most of other countries. 90 flood in Manila. It is a current e\"Pnt to haYe the streets of .Ma11ila flooded during the rainy t:eason as soon as heavy ra ins fall for a day or two. \Yhen the streets ha rn been flooded and the thousands of pesos worth of damage done to the streets are published. it is another current e\·ent to see all the papers -~ puulioch arliclEs 011 the nece,sity of remedying this calamity. Lut the rainy season 1.an. the immediate fear of another flood gone, all talk about the flood a11d its remedy stops. and so. e\·ery year (for Manila has nearly ewry year at least one flood) thou~ands of pesos worth of damage is caused to the streets. It is bad economy. It is true that the canals to ue dug to deli Yer "JI anila of floods "·ou1d cost mud1. but remember that the annual reparation cost for streets after a flood would easily pay the interests on the capital to be spent. and the inhabitants would be saved the trouble of ".a I king through water and mud, etc., which are the consequences of the imllldation. Schools. Last year the Go,·ernment spent on t he 1,126,7:36 ~tudents of the pub1ie schools (6,534 primary. l.llS intermediate and 9-! secondary schools) the sum of l"l-!,672,549.-!8 which was an increase of P231,832. i9 oYer the preYious year. The number of teachers employed was 26,339 of whom 326 were Americans. 'If' Chinese competition in the Philippines. According to Director A. Reyes of the bureau of commerce the Filipinos engaged in retail trades, should meet the eno1·mous Chinese competition, by fostering among them a strong cooperatiYe spirit and adopting more economical ways of liYing. 'The Chinese control the retail b11siness in the 91 Islands. They figure very p1·ominently in mo,;t of the industriei=:. ·what makes the Chir:ei"e strong to compete against all other merchants? First: the spidt of co-operation which exists amt ng· them. For instance: the Chinese retailers will buy only from Chinese wholesalers. When asked in his shop for a certain artiele, a Chinese al\\ a~·s has the article ··at hand". even if he has to leaYe the client for awhile to escare L ;ehind a door and find the article in another nearby Chinese :::hop. Second: 'The Chinese Ih·e much cheaper than the Filipinos, and spend little. Third: the Chinern seem neYer to IJ,. tired of working. They haYe no regular hour to stop the work, proYided there be some left to do and more money to be made. Filipino merchants :::honlcl c:nnpete with the Chinese by using the same methods of success, if not, it may happen some day what a corn rnercial agn1t of the bureau of commert'e wrote: "actually only fhe Filipir:o mill owners are able to maintain sales agencies in Manila, and they are not on a Yery sound ba!'-is. £0% of the rice is handled by the Chinese. Thus the Chinese could sta n·e the Islands at anytime. should they wish to do so." foreign (Jreece. A peaceful re,·olution of the army and nayy of Greece deposed the civilian Government and the military party set up a new directory, just as was done in Spain. Mussolini in Italy is not a soldier, but, at the head of the Government he established himself bv force of arms of his fascisti party," h~ rules in a military wa~-. More countries in Europe w o u 1 d welcome more so 1 i d Governments. Why did Germany elect the strong Hindenburg? Because she was tired of the interior troubles. Politicians in democratic Gornrnments too often play too much politics: they have friends to favor or their political enemies to fight, and this is why the real interests of the country are often neglected at the expense of the people. Everywhere in Europe, due to loss of Faith and Religion, to great economical disturbances caused by the war, to the omnipresent Russian Bolshidst a92 gitators and in part to politics, there is great unrest. ·wherefore the stronger and more rational elements and those who have more interests in their country may stick together to re-establish by for·~e the former peace, and let us hope welfare. as was done in Italy, Spain, and n~w in Greece and Ecuador. Morocco The struggles between France and the )foroccons or rather the Riffenians (inhabitants of the Riff mountains in the northern part of Morocco) is to take a new turn. France and Spain, which some months ago had to retreat before the Riffenians to the northern coast, have agreed to help each other against Abd-el-krim and his Riffenian tribes. Until lately the French had manv small military outposts on the south of the Riff mountains. These small detachments war.ched A bd-el-krim and inspired confidence in some s ma 1 le r tribes living near these outposts. A fter his victorious fight with Sp a in, Abd-el-krim turned his forces ag::tinst these small French detachments. Fearing the Riffenians would consider them as enemies in case thev continued to remain friendly towards France, some of the protected tribes joined the Riffenians. Other tribes who remained faithful to FranC'e were loot e cl. This brought France into a critical position. For not far away from the aforesaid French outposts are the Atlas Mountains inhabited by free Berber tribes. These until now did not join the Riffenian mo,·ement to crush the French between the Riff and Atlas Mountains. But France is well determined to fight to a victory Abd-elkrim. At the beginning she had only 40,000 soldiers to send against 100.000 well equipped men of Abd-el-krim, on a front of 300 Km. Lately she voted an additional budget of 183,000,000 francs for the Moroccan expedition. She entered into an agreement with Spain by which both countries blockade the whole Riffenian country. and she sent an additional arm~·. _\ l>d-elkrim was offered autonomy for his country under the protectorate of Spain, as had been determined in a former treaty between England, France and Spain about )forocco. But Abd-el-krim refused the proposition. Why is France, already so much in debt and after having lost 1,000.000 men in the world war, so anxious to keep that stroke of land between the Riff and Atlas .\fountains? Suppose for a moment France loses the tight, what would be the result? At the sight of the Riffenian victory. other African )fohammedan tribes. no w under the protectorate or colonies of France, might think it easy to get rid of the French dominion and start a revolt. The deft>at of France by A bd-Pl-krim and the independence of the Riffenians would create and increase the national spirit of the :Mohammedan tribes of the French colonies in Africa. \Yhich would have a terrible effect on the military power of France in Europe. Ever~·body knows that France in case of a new war in Europe. let us say with Germany, seeing the reduced number of children and her already inferior number of inhabitants compared with that of Germa11y, would be unable to resist the enenw. Wherefere she counts on the help of her African colonies, from which ~he hopes to recruit at least 1.000.000 soldiers to fight the attacking iIJovader. Thus if she fights A bd-el-krim. it is not so much to talrn possession of the Riff )fountains which ought to be under Spain, but to be able to secure a mighty army from Africa, in case of war. One of the reasons why France opposed the limitation of submarines a~ proposed in a recent European conference, was that same question of drawing soldiers from Africa for her possible future wars. She needs submarines to permit the safe transportation of black soldiers across the Medi terr<. - nean. 93 ftAILBAG OFTHE LITTLE A~OITLE St. Catherine"s School Carcar, Cebu Dear ReY. Father Vandewalle. What other girls can do. why shouldn't we? (Of course. So spoke St. Augustine and imitating the g-ood d others. he became a Saint). Herewith I am sending you a five peso bill (I am so little accustomed to such extraordinary apparitions in the letters I recei rn, that the sight of the bill made my heart beat quicker. I wii:;h I could gPt such letters oftener ... pardon : such bills). This little sum is a part of my monthly allowance and deotined for s"·eets. But I think it will be sweeter for my poor unci 1·i!ized brethren in the }Tt. Pro1-. I 11·iJlingly gi rn it up for their benefit hoping Our Lord (yon ought to have written: ":rnre'") will giYe me one of His precious candies in return (it will be a big one to suck it for eYer). I recommend myself and my family to your prayers. A friend of the Igorrote children. Lourdes Lozada. All of you, young rPaclers who recei Ye a monthly or daily allowance, read this letter twice. After that, read again the article about the Crusaders of the Little Flower and write a letter to the Little Apostle saying you want to be a Crusader. Yes by joining the Crusaders of the Little Flower, you will be true Crusaders. You know how centuries ago thousands of Catholics took up arms and left their country to go to the Holy Land to tight the }fohammedans who occupied and desecrated the Holy places. In the }fountain ProYince live 300.000 Pagans. Our Lord died for them. but their souls until no'll" ha Ye remained in the power of a worse enemy than a >Iohammedan: the del'il. They ought to be 1 he temples of the Holy Ghost, but they are the slaves of Satan, onr own and the sworn enemy of God. Can you stand that any longer? Or rather 1rill you refuse to join the army of Crusaders of the Little Flower to drh·e a way Satan and to establish the kingdom of God in the ~fountain ProYince and in the heart of eaeb one of its inhabitants? Where there is a will there is a way! And here in the following lett,er is a proof. Read it and say with Miss Lozada: "what other girls can do. why shouldn't we?" Vigan !locos Sur. June 20-192!5 Dear Reverend Father. Having read in '·the Little Apostle" of the pitiful c:::mditions of my country people of the Mountain Province (the Pagans) I was so much touched that I decided to ask alms from my townmates. During this vacation, a friend of mine, my cousin, Miss Honorata Duque and I myself went to Jurisdiction, a bario of T11ao in the Cagayan Province and asked alms. Father the money collected is here enclosed together with .my Pl.00 for 94 renewal of my subscription. Very respectfully yours. Rosi.ta Duque This act of :.\liss Duque is simply admirable. You future Crusaders, follow that example. GiYe a few minutes of your precious time to God by looking for other Crusaders and become Promoters. in helping the }fissionaries to spread the Kingdom of God among the Pagans. Answer this question XO-\V by becoming a Crusader at once, or better a "Promoter." Yours repectfull_v i.n :X. Rev. O. Vandewalle. You ask: how can we send the offering of fifty centaYos? Send them in stamps to the Little Apostle, if your little offering does not amount high enough to find it worth while to send it by l\Ioney Order. CO~TRIBUTIO:XS RECEI VED \Ye gratefully acknowledge the receipt of cancelled stamps from: Dear Readers. Shall deYotion to the Little Flower take root and cleYelop? "God wills it" not only for the sake of your devotion to this 101·ely Saint but also for the sake of her great clerntion Fernando i\Jangaoang. Caba. L. U.: Yillafuente Oastillo. !'olano. X. Y.: RnfinoEvangelista, Parai'iaque. Rizal: D. A .. ~lauila: Anacleto E. Encarnacion. Lemers, Batangas: .lose 8alzar, Solano. K. V. Gifts: D. A .. ~lanila P2.00 The Little Apostle thanks most heartily the benefactors. All the i\lissionaries remember them eYe1,.- day at mass. 4• ... ...... ... Assumption Morning Hark! she is called: the parting hour is come: Take thy farewell, poor World, Hea1·en must go home. A piece of heaYenly earth. purer and brighter Than the chaste stars whose choice lamps come to light her, While through the crystal orbs, clearer than they, She climbs and makes a far more Milky 1ATay. She's called. Hark! how the dear, immortal Dove Sighs to his silrnr mate: Rise up, My LoYe! Rise up, My Fair, >Iy Spotless One! The Winter 's past, the rain is gone: The Spring is come, the flowers appear; No sweets but thou are wanting here. Come away, My Love'. Come away, My Love'. Cast off delay. Maria, men and angels sing: ~faria, )fother of our King! Live, rosy princess, live! and may the bright Crown of a most incomparable light Embrace thy radiant brow. 0 may the best Of everlasting joys bathe thy white breast! Live, our chaste love, the holy mirth Of Heaven, the humble pride of Earth. L ive, Crown of women, Queen of men; Live, Mistress of our song. And when Our weak desires have clone their best, Sweet angels come and sing the rest. -Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) L (Continuation) NDEED said Paul, and he passed his hand over his large front. " Cling, cling, cling!" rang the bell in three forceful strokes. A tall man came in front of Peter. He was pale and thin. "Jose Martin, to serve you, my lords." '' Exactly'' said Peter, ''Martin Josephus. Yon have been president of your town. Went to mass every sunday and holiday. Received the Sa cram en ts sever a 1 times a year. Have been sick a long time and in bed. Well prepared. E:-:ter, please, brother Joseph." Joseph did not move. He looked first at the roses on the top of the wall and then again at the two Saints. ' 'But, My lords, my young years were not exemplary. I confessed however everything. But ... nevertheless .... How I wept over my sins for years! I offered my last sickness for them. But ..... :Jevertheless ... ... '' " All was erased. Since years you ought to have been satisfied with your penance. Ala, come in." ' 'And .... don 't I need first a little roasting?'' ' 'Roasting? ..... nothing doing ..... Come in, come in!" And Joseph entered accompanied by angels who had come to meet him . ' 'Bring, briug, bring!' ' echoed the bell as if somebody bad tried to overturn the bell. There stood a strong man of middle age, with round cheeks and a smiling face, bis white cap in bis fat band. "John the cook" he said " just killed by an auto of a garage, while I passed the street. The wheel passed over my breast and my heart was smashed: dead on the spot." In the meantime he had seen the thick bony fingers of Paul, fingers 96 of a weaver. "Also a laborer, Sir?" and he went to Paul to shake hands. Peter laughed at such open kindness and frankness. ''What do you think of it, my friend?" ·'Of what?" " Of heaven?" ''Well, goodness, that I may enter it and that it must be a mighty good place!'' . " But, my friend ..... but. .... your sins.'' "My sins? I confessed them already a long time ago. They are forgiven and forgotten: you, Peter, you know that well. Didn't you also commit some? You know that well.. . . and that rooster? .... " "Yes, yes. Kc e p quiet. But when the sins are forgiven, there is sometimes temporal punishment left to be suffered either on earth or in purgatcry.'' "Truly .... " and the cook lowered a little the pitch of his voice." But you see? Whenever I stood in the kitchen in front of the glaring fire that baked my bread and my face , I said to myself and to the Lord: this is an escompte on my purgatory. Then .... when I went to mass, I said to Our Lord: You have suffered for us and You offer Your suffering now up again for us, and that is so unlimited in worth and value that You can erase all my sins by a single stroke. Why wouldn't You do it, My Lord and my Father? And I had faith and confidence He woul<l do it, and I \vent home the happiest of men and quite tranquilized. '' Paul knocked his head at each word of the cook. "Petrus, he said, that's a man to my liking. Let him pass eh?" And the fatty cook greeted both the saints with a hand at his front and a smile on his face, turned on his heels: " no, no, Sirs," he said with a bow ''.don't bother yourselves about me. Stay there. I will find my way. Bye bye." ''As this one they ought all to be on earth," said Paul. 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