The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. II, No.7 December 1925

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. II, No.7 December 1925
Issue Date: Vol. II (No. 7) December 1925
Year: 1925
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extracted text: THE LITTLE APOSTLE OF THE MOUNT.UN PROVINCE The ot.'ficial o1'gcin of tlte ~llissionaries of the immaculate Heart of Mary (Sche:utreld J;'(lfhe:ts) in the Jl(ountain Pl'ol'ince of the Philippines. Edited and published monthly Editor .. REv. 0. VANDEWALLE, P.O. Box 1393, Manila, Phil. Is. Publishers . . . . . . THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. ( Pl.00 for the Philippines Yearly subscription price: ) t $1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countrief'. All checks and money orders should be made payable to THE LITTLE Apostle, Manila, P. I. ~ T otice regarding change of address should be sent promptly. All communications must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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I. 11 M H Ii •-w~ • If H H ~ CIGARILLOS I' TABACOS ~ ~ H N H If r )( = CAG A YA1'ES 11 CORONAS !! ~ ISABEL.AS 1 1 EX CELENTES :: W H ff ' H ~ ENTRE LARGOS I ESPECIALES :: H l II : ROY.ALES I~ BELLEZAS ~ H 1 1 , H ~ IMPERIALES PRESIDENTES !l k K )1 If ti H '.!:: ~= :::::::x::-- ::::::::::::::.----:: ~::-...-:.:. ::::::-x:.::::r::: x:::: :::::::%"::::::::1:"::::::::::. ::::::::::::H CHRISTMAS NUMBER Sltrry Ctthristmas Remember the Self Denial Week San Sebastian Church, Manila Magellan monument, Mactan Island The " Zig-Zag" on the scenic road to Bagu!o ~~1 ~ ~.! CH 4.RITY in all its f orms was a natural outlet to the piety of these simple hearts. Husband and wife set aside each year a considerable portion of their earnings for the Propagation of the I~ Faith; they relieved poor persons in distress. and ministered to ~ ~ them with their own hands. On one occasion Monsieur Martin, ~ ~ like a good Samaritan, was seen to rais~ a drunken man from the P. ~ri~ ~! . ground in a busy thoroughfare, take his bag of tools, support him on his arm, and lead him home. Another time wheii he saw, in a railway station, a poor and starving epileptic without the means to ~ return to his distant home, he was so touched with pity zhat he took ~ ~ o.ff his hat and, pi.acing in it an alms, proceeded to beg from the w ~"~~ passengers on behalf of the su_ff erer. Money poured in, and it was ~:11 with gratitude that the sick man blessed his ben;efactor. In reward for his virtues, God .showered even temporal blessi ings on His faithful servant. In 1871 he was able to give up his ~ business as a jeweller, and retire to a house in the Rue St. Blaise." ~ ( Taken /1·0 111 lite Prologue of tlie Autobiograpy of t!te Little Flower.) P. !~ ~! We read in the Gospel that Jesus praised two people for their charity: the good Samaritan and the poor widow who offered her I~ mite in the temple. The good Samaritan was a busy man on a ~ I pressing journey, but he found time to take care of a wounded ~ unknown man and when his time did not permit him to remain P. ~ at the side of this poor Jew, an enemy of the Samaritans, he ~1 ~ paid what was necessary to complete his charitable work. ~~ ~-:::y;~~~ 194 The widO"w was poor. ,-ery poor. Her penny was needed at home. She had so little to eat, she could have bought with her mite something her health was in need of. But no: there were others in need and for the sake of God she dropped her alms into the treasure of the temple. St. Elizabeth put a leper in her own bed to take care of his body and soul. Her husband found out that his saintly wife had received Jesus Himself into their palace. St. Martin had given half of his cloak to a poor old beggar. The next night he saw in a vision the Savior dressed in that same half garment. Monsieur Martin did not become poor on account of his generosity. Nobody has become poorer by giving to God. Diel Jestis ever lie? Did he not say that even a glass of water given in His name to the poor "vvoulcl not remain without a reward? What He praised in the good Samaritan and the poor widow. He still praises in us when we offer for His sake, not of our abundance, as the rich had done in the temple just before the widow dropped her mite, but of what we need ourselves or might rightly enjoy. Jesus Himself could have saved us by a life without pain or sacrifice. The act of His humiliation: at his birth was sufficient to redeem a thousand worlds. But what sufficed for our salvation did not suffice to His love. He wanted to suffer for us, nay to die for all, to /; show His lm·e and to teach b~cx ample \Yhat real love of our neighbors means and what christian charity ought to be: one of sacrifice and self-denial. This month, the Crusaders of the Little FlovYer for the conversion of the Mountain Province should observe their self-denial week: they should make some economies. at the price of a real per.:;onal sacrifice. which they will send to the "Litlle Apostle'' for the christianizatio n of our pagan brethren. Crusaders. make this first self-denial week a success. Be good Samaritans: not your enemies but your compatriots lie near the road. mortally wounded and dying the eternal death. Like the poor \Yido,,· you · may yourselves be in need: but there are greater wan ts than yours and those of the body: there are souls in need, there are souls to save; they need your help to become instructed, to learn of heaven and God; nay: Christ your Sa,·ior needs your help, your alms, your mite to shed His blood o\·er the last Pagans of a province of your own country. What you sacrifice for them you give it to Him: your privations for His sake will not last long and be far from what He sacrificed for you, but what you do to Him, He too will reward. He may recompense already on earth. \\'ere St. Elisabeth and St. Martin not amply rewarded? \\"ere the parents of the Little Flower our Patroness not greatly recompensed for their charity already on earth? \ \\°:thin a few days. \Yhen the .-\ngels sing: .. Peace on earth to men oi good will" you will wish a "merry Christmas'' to your friends and neighbor::. Add something to this wish: give your mite to the last of your neighbors of the Philippines, that christian peace and eternal joy may be brought to them thru their peace \Yith God. Give it before you celebrate the peace which was brought to us on earth by the Savior: you shall 195 have brought from heaven upon yourselves an assurance of your own peace with your eternal Judge, and feel the celestial joy of having given a "Christmas" i.e. a godly gift, which only a godly gift can reward. Dear Crusaders, dear Readers of the "Little Apostle": merry Christmas to you all. But if you wish this godly wish to become realized, force heaven by your godly gifts during the self-denial week. Hints for The Self- Deniill Week Choose one week of :\dvent, as your self-denial week. And during that week, what ' should you do? What can you do to make some economies which you will send to the "Little .-\postle", for the Mountain Province ? 1. Don't eat any candies: don't go to the cine; use your feet at least once instead of spending some money for a conveyance; mend your own clothes instead of giving them for repair to an outsider; repair yourself or have repaired by one of the house all your dresses; it may save you the expense of a new dress; if you smoke, give up your cigars; don't use any powder and perfumes for a week; do some of your own work for which ordinarily you pay; and above all use your common sense and your own initiative to make some economies on unnecessary expenses. 2. Examine the house. There may be in some corners some objects cast aside and which may be sold. Sell them. 3. If you have a heart for God who became poor for us, act like a poor person and beg your friends and neighbors for an alms for the missions in the Mt. Province. 4. Suppose for a moment you were a pagan yourself just think what you would like others to do for your salvation. What you would like them to do for you, do it now for our pagan brethren of the Mountain Province. 5. Promoters: call the attention of your members on their obligation to observe the self-denial week. At the end of the week, collect their savings and send them to the "Little Apostle", per M.O. or in a registered evelope. God will bless you in proportion with your endeavor and efforts to work for Him. I 196 Dect:mber Jrd, St. Francis Xavier A young Spanish Gentleman, in the dangerous days of the Reformation, was making a name for himself as a professor in the University of Paris He could have become wealthy and honored, but he was told by St. Ignatius that life was short and eternity long and that worldly wealth is subject to rust while heavenly treasures are infinite and last for ever. He understood. After a brief apostolate amongst his countrymen in Rome, he was sent by St. Ignatius to the English Indies, where for years he was to wear himseir out as a Missionary, bearing the Gospel to Hindostan, to Malacca, and to Japan. Thwarted by the jealousy, convetousness and carelessness of those who should have helped and encouraged him, neither their opposition nor difficulties of every sort which he encountered could make him slacken his labors for souls: he worked for God and Heaven, for his own and the salvation of others. The vast kingdom of China appealed to his charity, and he was resolved to risk his life to force an entry, when God took him to Himself. and on the 2nd of Decem· ber 1552, he died, like Moses, 'in sight of the land of promise. Not all can go to foreign coun· tries, to preach the Gospel, but all Christians should preach it by their example at home and their coopera· tion with the Missionaries in foreign countries. What is your mission· ary spirit? Until now what have you done to help Christ in His Mission of bringing all souls to His heart and Heaven ? ..... . .. ...... Help Support The Missions Help support the Missions For 'Tis the Master'J work, His lovii: g eyes are saddest When we our duty shirk. Help support the Missions My Christian friend and true, For you will gain His Blessing On all good things you do. Help support the Missions Their si~ff erings are untold, But we have our Father~s promise To repay a hundredfold. 197 The Mighty Dollar CHAPTER I The Good Tidings LIKE to read the books of Father Francis J. Finn, S. J., and I wish that such books were in the hands of every Filipino boy n·l10 wants to be good and to make the best use of this short life upon e'l.rth. The other day I began to read one of Father Finn's books, called Harry Dee, and the very beginning of it was for me an extraordinary piece of surprise. Why '? - Well, because the author began his first chapter in this rather funny way : "I hope the reader may not be bored; but I find it 1te<:e~s;try to begi 11 my story with a great deal about my insignificant -:elf ..... " Xo1Y it came to paf':< that [ wa- asked myself to write a story, an<l trying to begin I discO\'ered that I also found it necessary to be· gin my story with a great <lea! about lllY insignificant self. So I dare hope the kind reader will excuse me an<l allow me to introduce my.;;elf to him. I am [L Belgian Mis"ionary who came to the Philippines long, long ago; who spent in these beautiful Islands many, many years; who went to the United States of America and remained there for about three :-.•ears; them came back to this magnificent place where grow the cocoa and banana trees, and who is presently enjoying the bright sunshine only known in this tropical country, the Pearl of th fl Orient, our beloved Philippinei:i, the beautiful. But my story began in the United States of America. I was at that time acting Parish Priest in one of those busy towns of West Virginia. Weirton is the name of the town. I have never seen a bright sunshine over there, never. The blue sky was almost always entirely hidden behind dark smoke pouring out from the may high chimneys of steal ::\Iills and other Factories. The black smoke was charged with black dust 11·hich fell upon trees, plants and grass, killing them at their fir:::t trial of appearance; it entered into the house covering the floor and furniture, and what is worst of all, it penetrated into people's lungs through mouth and nostrils, so that they 1Yere spitting black saliva and at night had their nose filled up with black soot. What a life! you are thinking, dear reader; believe me, I thought the same. But see, one day I received a letter from the Superior of all the Belgian .Missionaries who are in the 0 hilippines, and that letter ended in this way: "Come back to the Philippines, \\·here you will meet with a hearty welcome. The sooner you come, )98 the hetLer iL shall Le.'' I ll'u1llle1·ed why just on that same morning less srnoke was coming out of the chim1wys, the dz,rk black clouds were "Plit and a golden ray of sun· shine broke through them right upon my desk, upon that blessed letter of good tidings. I felt happy indeed , so happy that words cannot expre13:-1 it; happy to go back to the country of my heart , happy like the ehildren of Israel must have frlt when they returned to the Land of Promif'e after their Jon~ exile in Eabylon. Father Mc S., the Pari:;h Priest, could not at first believe in the sincerity of my happiness, and thought I wa~ trying to make the best out of it. Some friends came to tell me it was too bad, too bad to leave the country of comfqrt and the mighty dollar. But I had witnessed with my own eyes that comfort and mighty dollars do not procure much hap· piness, and, if I wa:!l going back to the land of the poor, I felt the truth of Jesus' saying: "Blessed are the poor, for theirs i11 the kingdom of heaven." And the Philippines is a kingdom, a kingdom of nature's splendors, a kingdom of peace and ::>implicity, a kingdom of freedom and pure air, a kingdom of Christi· an hospitality; and this earthly kingdom is for the true Filipino an open door to the eternal kingdom in heaven. If Filipino boys of the so called ''Rising Generation'' could only realize what a treasure lies in the simplicity of their sweet home, not so many would leave the house of tlieil' !atliel':o Ullll g" into a st1·a11ge land where too late alns ! they will discover what a great mistake they have made, mistake 1rhich become,.. to many the bitter regret of a whole life. I met a good number of :rneli unhappy creatnres, and I will 'nite the story of a typical one ''"hose sad experienees mr1.v stand as a 1rarning to those thoughtless young men who are about to :<u rrender then1f'eh-e;0 as new Yictim:0 to the false illusion:< of a treacherous inrngination. The following day I left Weirton for ~ew York IYhere I had to prepare the many requi11ites which are im· peratiYe for a 1011g over-sea trip. \Vh1m the early }fas9 was over ancl a hurried breakfast taken, I stood on the Redory's thre:0hold to bid a last fare1rnll to my Auierican friends. Many of them had a tear in the corner of their left eye, and one said it in the name of the whole band : "How can you be glad, Father, to go back to the Philippines!'· - "Well, my dear friend, because I have been in the Philippines and I know what they are." - "We admit, Father, that the Philippines is a beautiful country, but the people ..... Brr! ! . " - "Kindly, my dear friend, do not judge those you do rn;>t know.'' - "We know them Fa t h er, through our Magazines and Papers.'· - ''I am very eorry indeed that you believe the fancy stories of ::\fagazines and Papers rather than .. , the truth." - ''What is the truth about the Filipino people, Father?" 199 _:_''Listen, my clear friends, and plea;oe tell it to all your co-Americans: The Fili pi no people are Catholics, they are the most civilized pe:->ple in the Far East: if only they had :-ufficient Catholic Priests to teach them, to keep them in the holy Faith and in their wonderful Christian customs. they "·ould staml among the finest people of this entire world of ours." tr H ti H H H If H It :I It H H If H H H H ~ If tf I( H It I( It H H ~ ~ H H H H I( It H H It It I saw on their faces that they believed me, and I jumped in the automobile that brought me to Steubenville where I took the train for Kew York, the greatest city of the IYOrld. (To be continued) Don't forget to buy "The Psvchologv of the Filipino" by Hon. Norberto Romualdez of the Supreme Court It is the best book in the world written on this ,,ubject. It shows what the Filipino is This book spread in the Philippines and the United States would do much for Independence Richly Illustrated Send One P eso to ''THE LITTLE APOSTLE" P.O. BOX J393, MANILA ~--========:,:c:c=~=~=:==x:x:::cxcxcxc:cx~xx=xxxx=xxx:::~=:::::cc~:=:==x=x:x:==a= SELF-DENIAL WEEK BEGINS ON THE 13th, AND ON THE 20th DECEJIBER! Subscription to the Lit~le Apostle: only l"l.00 a year! Send yuur subscription now! From V. R. f. Van Zuvt, former Provincial Superior r Continuation ) Baguio, Feb. 20, 19'25 Dear Father Vandewalle: EO GRATL.\S. "North,East, South, \Vest: Home best:" 1 have that best and am at my best: in perfect health and almost beside myself "·ith joy after all the consoling things I met \Yith dnri ng my journey. " In cau<la ,·enenum" Ray_;. the proYerb ... well. .. the end of the trip h:td a tail and a rather long one of the kind mentioned. in the proverb. FEB. 17. At 4 a.m. we say nm.st:. At 6, we are on horseback. We h:lve to reach P:impang, and although not very far, one never kno·~·s what might happen on the road. The mountains we are going to cross, are covered with a heavy raincoat, and I have not even a thin one to wear. Y.le cross the Bambang river, of course at a bad place .... chance keeps apace, the queRtion is to be favored hy it and we were not ... . or rather were to some extent, when some good hearted people made loud Yoral and strong muscular signs which bring us into the right di recti01, after nearly a full bath. Two hours later \H' reach Salina::;, famous for its salt-sources. In the same primiti,·e manner as 14 years ago, the people here extract the salt for the whole prm·inre. lt seems to me that 1-J. year;; ago there was greater acti,·it.'···. hut. .. well I must say nothing: jn,:t :i n•1n:Hk (If a pas;;;er by. The road is ·IYicle and good but. .. and here begins the tail: our guid<' from Bani bang haR di~appeared. Father Pelsers returns to locate his whereabouts. lt takes him half an hour to bring the guide to the right SP•)t and the good direction. Half an hour before 1 rn reach Santa Cruz: bang! the saddle of F'at her Pelsers needs a saddler and as we ha,·e not one we can only substitute that need very imperfectly, we lose one hour more, but we can continue and so we arrive at 11 a.m. at the presicfential building of SauIt is tuo early to stop for lunch, so on we go, for we are behind schedule. Besides ,ye are carrying 1Yith us some boiled rice in a banana leaf, salnion in a tin and ;;, good supply of water to get i11 the mountains. At 12 we fin<l ~rn ideal olace for a picnic near a :::mall clear rindet, a faint pieture, one 1rnuld say of that used by our great-grand father Adam art0 r his da,ily walk, some food for the horses: in fine, a plaee "·here we take our lutll·h whose menu I ha,·e rnentioned already to pre,·ent imlisereet que~tions. Lunch and "ie,;;ta, List one hour and at 1 p. m. 1Ye begin the a,seenL of a steep mountain which you know and where you too, ha,ve done a great deal of your purgatory, for it certainly brings one a little nearer to heaven. But we are more fortunate no1Y by having a lovely trail that wind:" it:" way in numberless CLHVtS towards the top. The road is no"· so mew hat longer but far easier for horse and man. Higher and higher we climb, finally 1Ye des<oend and at -! p. m. we are in front of the Pampa,ng municipal house. Before we left Barnbang we asked i;ome officials of the Presidency to be kind enough to phone to the Pampang officials and say that we would arrive there in the afternoon. So we ask if the Bambang authorities had sent a notice. Of course they had not. Really l was not '-'Urprised at this negative service, we are accustomed to such Bambang charity. These officials are al ways 201 ,;o bu:::y that they never haYe a moment free to be kind to a Catholic priest. So \Ye leave the municipal building, and find a .,my of arranging ourseh·es e1·en without the Bambang official charity. Parnpang is a beautiful place, but with fe1Y inhabitants. It looks much like Ba1Htue. The i:;lopes of the ew:.m'ains ha..-e been shaped into :;:ucC'eecling and superposed flats 1Yhich formerly mu::;t haYe been ricefields. It seems to me there must formerly ha..-e been many people at Pampang. Who were they? Where did they come from and how did they disappear? ~ot even the oldest inhabitants can furnish any information on this subject. The place is fe1·tile; more and more people, eYen so:-Ge of our Christians of the Benguet province, are i:;ettling here. A few months ago we bought a house at Pam pang to serve as a resthouse for the :\fissionary from Itogon who visits these people regularly. It lies about a mile from the main road; so: to that house with its chapel we go to pass the night. It takes twenty minutes to walk a mile when the road is ... a road. But when it is a mudpool like now it takes ... in fact it took us three quarters of an hour to reach our house. We lost the right trail, and our guide too. But, after having asked twenty times and more for the way, we arrived at dark, looking like living statues of black mud. The house is large like some Igorrote houses of the Benguet province . 202 are. Here follows the complete list of it::> furniture: an altar and a box, no bed, no chairs, no utensils ... nothing. The softest bed is fatigue: that's what we found out that night on the floor with a saddle for a pillow and the horse blanket for a cover. If we had now only a little rice, for we have some presened tinned salmon left . Father Pelsers sets out for the coveted cerl'al. He knocks at the door of the nearest hut. It is the shack of a christian family. Chance keeps ever apace... anrl these poor yet generous christians 'exercised in the most perfect way towards us s1weral of the corporal works of mercy. ,'\fay God bless them. I have always observed that poor people are the most generous. A wise man thinks seven times before he speaks and a good traveler in these mountains must find out on the eve ·of his departure what · Toad he will follow the next day. Tomorrow we have to reach Dalupe' rip near the Agno river. There are . two' so-called trails and together they do not make a, decent one. There is another one over Tchipi tchip (imitate the young chicken to lprnnounce this word) : this is the shortest, but it is so dangerous .that it·might. become, should we cross it, bur :real road to heaven. The other trail is longer, and 10 years ago it ;:.1vaw'a pretty good one. But since ·. thi-s part does not belong any longer ,'to•ttie Mountain: Province, the trail J has been completely al;>andoned .and , neglected and as the Igorrotes do ·not pass by. this path, nobqdy can girn us any information if it ean be crossed or not in safety. This i;;; quite a problem which 'iYe so]ye by ourselves in favor of the seeoncl trail, for we cannot trust our guide who ignores that 'my, but our guardian angel and Pr'.)\·iclen('e. Before all serious undertakings 0 1w has to sleep first to rest one's tire<l head; that's what \Ye do too. Good night. FEB. 18. All the Chri;;;ti:irn: of the p]a('e attend mass in the early morning. Some of them gn to eonfession and receive H oly Con1rnunion. \\'e start at 7 a. m. and on our way meet several Christians '"ho hoped to arriYe in tinie for mas,; and who 11·ould probably ha,·e re<'eiYed the Sacrament;:;. These neoconverts can make sanifi('es and give good exarnple to other Christians. Pretty soon we reach the trail. .. we follow it for a while anrl then ... alas! we are blocked up for a time. and make our way through the tall grass as best we can. Formerly there was a road here, l·ut the grass and bushes have covered it entirely, and it is with great difficulty we fit)d here and there at least a mark ·of ' ' the old trail. The new gui~l e seems to locate easily the few trac;es left, we follow on horseback. Poor horses: the mountain we climb is \·ery steep; after one hour we reach the top: the horses are exhausted. Here we ,find a tra,il downwards, but the wild .boars: have, bored .'::;o mercilessly thru the narrow path th~t it becon1~s dar:igerous to t{·e'ad it, so that we often walk on foot. At 10 a . m . the guide in front of us halts. Impossible to pass: a t ree lies across the path . What are we to do "? The horses can not pass ornr the log. To our left is the steep mountain covered with im penetrable bushes. To our right is a slope under a fo rest of shrubs and grass and hen· we stand on a trai r half a meter wi<le. It look;; as if \Ye ;.:hall :1 a\·e to return to our starting point nn<l take · the path to Tchiptchip, 1Yhich we 20.) just 1vanted to a\·oi<l. Let us try to make a passage. First upwarrls : impossible. Kow down wards: after one hou rs's hard work we try th e horses. All right they reacbi ; the bottom of the precipice. Another problem: how shall we cl imb this steep sandy hill in front ? Let uJ dig a zigzag trail to make a" '] es~ steep pa:"sage. After digging for an hour t he horses can proceed . ' It takes us exactly t wo hours to pai::s t hat tree: Deo gratias and forward ire go with new courage . (T o be rontinued) · A· Letter of Father Debrabandere Trinidad Nov. 2, 1925 Dear Father Vandewalle. 0 YOU wish to hear of the visible help from the Little Flower? It seems to me that she has dropped one of her roses upon my mission. Some time ago, I chose Her as the Patroness of the Tublay mission. We had worked there fora long time and almost in vain·: She came just at the right time and , if not ... Since two years Tubl9-Y has become, if not the most populous, at least the most fervent center of our Trinidad mission, and I am sure that the benefactors of Tublay will par· take of a similar beneficent shower of roses from h'eaven: the Little Flower di-ops ' choice roses gladly on the missions." I made a novena in Her honor just before Her first feast : Sept.,30. I ·had asked Her blessing owthe mission of Trinidad. The 30th 'arrived and ..... nothing special had happened. At 3 p. m.: tock, tock on the door! Two Christians from Tublay entered. "Father. there is an old· hlan dying at Tublay". 1' : .. The old man in question hadltwo children baptized since two yfars, but neither their example, nor the1r prayers, nor my entreaties could bring the old man to reason: , .J, told his children to watch their. father and to call me at any tim~ of the day or night, in case he became dangerously sick. And heTe ·now catne the call. . . I, ''Yes, Apo; Jose and Martha 204 sent us to ask you to come tomorrow morning to see their father, for he is very sick.'' "All right, let us go straight off!" "Oh no, Apo, there is no hurry. Tomorrow will do. You know the river is very high: impossible to ford it this afternoon. Tomorrow Apo". Why, I do not know, but I wanted to go to see the old man just then. "No, no, I am going now. Better one day too soon than one hour too late. Francisco, saddle my horse, I am going to Tublay". Ping, pang, ping, pang, up the hills, down to the valleys, deep in the mud now and then, over the boulders and cobbles, ping, pang .... so went my faithful pony while I said as well as I could my rosary in honor of the Little Flower. Ping, pang, ping, pang .... yonder in the distance stands the shack of the old man. As usual all of a sudden darkness fell first in the canyons, then around me, and finally over the mountain peaks, but in the meantime I had arrived at the hamlet of the old man. Only one small hill more to climb and I would reach him. "Apo, better go first to the church" said one of the two christians who had come to call me. ''It is dark and the road is slippery. Better come tomorrow morning". . "Tomorrow? Tomorrow? No'', I said, "NOW", and I could not have said otherwise although I was tired and exhausted, for there was a voice speaking within me saying: :\OW! In the darkness of the night I climbed the steep hill. The burning hearth of an open hut showed me the direction .... there near that fire was the old man perhaps dying. I must arrive in time and I redoubled my efforts. I reached the hut. Old Dapa lay on the floor near the burning fire. He was sick, very sick, near his end, I thought, for his breathing was rapid and deep, the rattle of death sounded already in his throat. I was welcome. Nobody expected me .... they thought I would come only tomorrow. These last years Dapa had not said very m.uch : he was 80 years old. Now,. ... he could scarcely speak any more only now and then did he sigh deeply and mumble unintelligible words. I understood why I had come not tomorrow but XO\\'. Dapa had said these last day,, that he 'vould like to be baptized. To me too he had said once before that he desired to be baptized before death. And then I had spoken to him about God and Jesus and heavei: and Dapa had smiled. Yes, he wanted to go to God and heaven and he had tried to learn a prayer but the old head of Dapa was too hard to learn by heart. "Yes, Apo, he said, I believe it all, but my head is too old" . And that same evening I baptized Dapa in the poor hut, filled with smoke but open to God's infinite mercy. And I left Dapa with the hope of seeing him again the next morn mg. But before the sun gilded the majestic mountain peaks, I was told by Jose that Dapa his father had died yesterday evening a few moments after I left. That same day we brought the remains of old Dapa to the church before we buried him in the cemetery. All the people of Tublay attended the mass and offered a prayer for the first adult who was borne to the Church of Tublay for burial. I said a few words to my Christians during the mass, I spoke to them of the wonderful ways and 205 mercy of God and how anybody who did his best would not be abandoned by God. And an old woman among the faithful unable to keep silent from her place in the church confirmed my words by saymg : ''Indeed, Apo, Dapa had always been a good man". After mass I was told that during these last twenty years he had ne'v~r taken part in any superstitious ceremony. Now has not the reward for Dapa's pa g an righteousness been mysterious and instantaneous! Morice De Brabandere. The Child's first <irief I Verse " Oh call my brother back to me! I cannot play alone; T he summer comes with flower and bee\Vhe re is my urother gone? T he flowers run wild, the flowers we sowed .\ round our garden tree: nu r Yine is dropping with its load - Oh'. call him back to me!"II Verse ''He would not hear thy" voice, fair child! He may not come to thee: The face that once like spring-titne smiled, On Earth no more thou'lt see. A rose's brief bright lift of joy, Such unto him was given: Go- thou must play alone, rny boy! Thy brother is in Hearen".- · •I III Verse ' 'And has he left his bird and tlowers? And must I call in vain~ And through the long,long summer hours. Wm he not come again ? · And by the brook and in the glade Are all our wandering o'er? Oh! while my brother with me played. Would I had loved him more!" 206 Mission News and Notes Baguio. Our mountaineer,.. of Atl•k are lending a helping hand to the l~m· ernment. They are widening the mountain trail north of La Trinidad, so tlrnt when the work i:: finished, it will be po:>si hie for au to:; to nlll between lhguio :rnd ,Uok. :'\ote well that nur brave people <lo tl1i,.: gigantic 1york witlwut wage::;. In the meantime the people of Itogon are working also on tl1eir trail and in like ma1111er 1Yitl10ut wages. The better the niads are, the easier it 1 Yill be for the mi:-;:-:io1rnries to 1·each their people; n o t _ tl1:1t henceforth they will \'isit them i 11 auto, but the trail will become aafer for horses, the ordinary C()ll\·eyn1H·e_ of :\iissionaries. '[' h an k~ His I~xccllen('_y, Go1·ernor General \Vood, work is bPing pushed on ,ictively too on other trai ls in the :.\fountain Provin('e. Trinidad. Father Del<laeie, for more than six months under medical treatment in l\Ianila, is back again at his mission of La T rinidad. .}C from a Mission of the Mountain Province. (for special reasons we do not give na 111es) The other day I gave a medal of the Little Flower to Mr ... .,a visitor of the mission. He had already devotion to this wonderful saint. He went home in hisflivver, little doubting how 011 his 1rny he 1rntil<l be witness of a twofold rniraculouH intervention, the first in fa\·ur of somebody else and the sel'oud i11 fayor of himself. On the road his auto Rtruck ti. little boy. .\Ir..,:.thinking the boy was dead and losinghi,; 1>re~e11('e of mind more or less did not stop his machine at once but ran sorne diRtance farther thinkiug that hiscf•Tllpanions who just follcmed behin<f in another ear \Youd pick up the poor corp.~e. How astoni~hed lie was when his frie11ds met hirn ;,;rnilrng. They told him the ehild h<id not been hurt although the very wheels of the machine had left lheit marks on the little boy'R body. Doubting their words, for he waR convinced the little fellow had been crushed, he returned immediately to the spot. He found the boy, took him along in his ·car to the nearest hospital and the doc1 .or declared that the boy was not hurt. at all. Then Mr. .... gave sincere thanks to the Little Flower and told me that while striking the boy on the road, in despair but with confidence, he - had c r i e cl out "Little Flower, help!" And help did come, a rose from heaven dropped immediately, * 207 The LitLle Apostle recommends unto your prayers the soul of the Rev. Fat.her Yan de Pietermnn, of the Congregation of the Sacred Henrt, missionary in Oteisa, Surigao. "Trans ii t benefaciendo": when he arrived at Oteirn in 1912 he found a.bout 000 people who had already made their Eai::ter <luty. Last year some 500 men and 750 women fulfilled this sacred duty, an(l the Father tlistributed 32,655 H. Communions during the year. Such 1rnrke as these speak for themselves, and enable us to imagine what he must have won for himself 111 eternit.1·. Love's Captive I wish I were the little key That locks Love's Capt·ive i11, ,-! nd lets Him out to go and free A sinful heart from sin. I wish I were the little bell That tinkles for the Host, When God comes down each day to dwell With hearts He loves the 1llost. I wish I were the chalice fair That holds the Blood of Love, When every flash lights holy prayer Upon its way above. I wish I were the little flower So near the Host's sweet face, Or like the light that half an hour Burns on the shrine of grace. I wish I were the altar where, As on His J.1!other's breast, Christ nestles like a child, for e'er In Eucharistic rest. Bue oh, my God I wish the most · That my poor heart may be A home all holy for each Host That comes in love to me. -FATHER RYAN 208 The Negritos of North-Eastern Luzon By Father Morice Vanoverbergh Missionary in the Mountain Pro;·ince. P.I. (Continuation) MAY 6th (Tuesday): Next day I felt much better and was able to accompany our Bontok missionary, thanks to God. At this time our little people heard about my departure and they all came: first, two of the women, Sirakka and Lagunay; then all the rest: Masigun and family: Bugayong and family; Asi and some of the visitors at the prayer me<7ting: about twenty five persons in all. They gave me six arrows and sold me one bow, while I distributed the re~t of the rice and salt, and gave one of them an old white cassock: by 'tomorrow three or four of them will have a new dress. Rev. C. de Brouwer, whom I introduced to them, gave them some medals, and I told them they should not be afraid of him, as he was a man of the same kind as myself. He then promised to come back to see them, and to bring rice and clothes with him, which seemed. to please them very much. They all accompanied us to the river, and, when finally we emoarked few eyes were drJ. Adieu, kind little people, may God bless you and soon send a missionary to lead you on the right road, which, with God's grace, will be an easy thing to do, much easf ier, humanly speaking, than to convert most of the other pagan tribes, that a re living in these mountains. And now we had to go up instead of down the river, and it was not an easy job for our men to keep the boat from running the other way; it took us much longer to tra· vel the same distance than when we came down from Kabugaw, as may be readily understood. At noon, we stopped at a place a little higher than Tawit, where we had lunch on shore. After a good rest. we boarcled the vessel again, but I had fever the whole after~oon, and laid down in the boat without caring for anytl;iing: ·Needless to say it did not please me very much to have to walk in such a conditioi1, wheneve.r the boat was pulled over a place wh.ere the current was extraordinarily swift; but there was no remedy and I had to comply: a little purgatory to lessen the real one. We stopped for the night just above the rapids at Ginned, where a copious draught of hot tea entirely restored me. We slept "a la belle etoile" on the sloping bank of the river1 in the sand, having taken the precaution to dam with sand the place between our temporary bed and the river, as \Ve had no intention to roll down and take a plunge. We hoped no crocodiles would venture here, as we were much higher and farther away from their favorite resorts than we were at Kapinatan. Another reason \\·hy I preferred this place was that sand was much softer than stones. MAY 7th (Wednesday~ : We all passed the night sleeping soundly. and next morning I was able to take a little breakfast. Besides the three of us in the boat, there was, not Montmorency, but a Christian from Abulug, who returned to his post somewhere in Apayaw, where he had taught" school before, but had returned home on account of sickness. On our way up to Kabugaw he sickened again and decided to go back to Abulug the same day. Then Mr. Juan Andaya had ihe headache, and I was in a pitiful condition: a real floating hospital. \Ve arrived at Kabugaw about 2 p.m., and I was just well enough to walk up to the house of Cn. Lizardo and to go to bed and stay there. Mr. Lizardo and Mr. Andaya took care of the rest, under the direction of Rev. C. de Brouwer. l\IAY 8th \Thursday): Abad day: Sick, without being able to eat anything, and too weak to leave my bed. MAY 9th (Friday): ~o more fever but I was tired and exhausted. I do not believe there are better 209 nurses in the world than those three: Rev. C. de Brouwer, Mr. Lizardo and Mr. Juan Andaya. In the evening, there was a gathering of Christians at the house of Cn. Lizardo, and I attended it, in an easy chair, between pillows, so as to interpret for Rev. C. de Brouwer. MAY 10th (Saturday) : A hammock wa!' prepared for me, as we had to leave to-day, in order not to keep my companions from the town feast of Bontok (May 25th). But to find carriers was not an eaf'y thing, and it was half past nine before we were able to leave. after having thanked our kind hosts for their inexhaustible generosity and hospitality. \i\'e all started together: I in the hammock, with four carriers; Rev. C. de Brouwer and Mr. Juan Andaya on hon::eback, and four Bontok boys (Gerardo, Pedro, Francisco and Simeon) with three horses and the baggage. \;l,'e took a little lunch at about 4 miles from Kabugaw, at Badduat, where a kind teacher gave us a place to eat and to take a little nap, whi[·h did us much good. Then my companions preceded me on our way to Lennefig, where \\'C expected to pass the night, hoping to arrive at Ripafig the next day-. from where \Ye in tended to take a side trip to Mala\\·eg and Mawanan. I had hearo many Kegritos were living 'there; from there we should reach the mountain trail again hy Piat and Tua\\'. 210 Bur, at Lenne11g, 1 found Rev. C. de Brouwer with a very high fever, and Pedro not mu, h better. This upset all our plans and annoyed me more than one can imagine. The man in charge of the cabin announced the news to Cn. Lizardo by telephone, and the latter promised to come and see us either here or at Ripafig. That same evening. as \\·e heard later. an explosion occured at the dispensary of the Kabugaw hospital, and killed three boys, which prevented the captain from overtaking us on our JOUrney. M.-\ Y 11th (Sunday : \Ye decided to go on anyway, as it \\·as impos::;ib:e for us to stay in such an out of the way place. I was too weak to go on horseback, and my companion needed the hammock for himself; I had to be carried in a blanket attached to a bamboo pole on the shoulders of two Isneg. As only two carriers were ready early in the morning, we went ahead, followed by Simeon on foot. f ~hat could possibly make a man worse quicker than this improvised stretcher? Unable either to sit or to lie down, one had to take hold of the pole not to roll ~ut, and, together with the movement of the carriers, it meant something worse than forests and leeches and rivers and crocodiles combined. Finally, I arrived at Talifugu, ,where I dismissed the carriers at once, to · their own great satisfaction; then I took some rice with A _y egrito girl milk, kindly giYen ~e °by one of _the teachers. who ,,-as himself just liecovering irom sickne ;s, and, after having \Yaited a lo:1g time for my companions, as no communication could be had ·on 2.ccount of the telephone having been removed since the last visit of the provincial Ti1e same _Yegrito girl (a side ;:i€w) governor. I set out for Ripai'ig on hor,eback. Only about 4 p.m. did I have a horse to ride on. because. while I was waiting at Taliiugu, Gerardo and Francisco had arrived with several horses from Lennefig, and I had picked out 1r. Andaya's steed. as it was the best for me at 211 tl:e time; the good ani:na! carried me all the time till we reached Lu!Juagan, the capital of the subprovinc2 of Kalinga. Ripafig is only ;oev2n miles from Talifugu. and it took me about three hours: so you can imagine at what pace we troveled. At Ripafig. we were received by the secretary with much kindness, and I was able to eat rather well , but we had to go to sleep without having heard anything from our companions, the telephone line being interrupted on this side of Lennefig. This did not surprise me at all, because I had observed several ya r cl s of wire stretched over the trail at some distance on this side of the cabin at Lennefig. MAY 12th ( Monday •: A good rest did more for me than a variety of medicines, and we could not do anything but wait after all. Finally, in the evening, to our glad surprise. we saw Rev. C. de Brouwer arriving in the hammock, with Mr. Juan Andaya and Pedro, both on horseback; the news they brought. however, was far from reassuring, as both, the father and Pedro, were not yet well. MAY 13th (Tuesday) : There was no question of going to Malaweg, so we planned to go straight to the Lubuagan hospital. I was worse now, having perhaps been imprudent in my diet, but, when the carriers arrived at half past nine a.m., I did the utmost to continue my journey on horseback. Instead of waiting for these fellows, I should 212 have started early in the morning, before it was too hot, but one is never too old to learn. I took the lead and the others followed. At about half past one p.m., I arrived at Boloan completely exhausted, and threw myself into a kind of hammock at the house of the inspector of the road. I firmly resolved nqt to leave it till night. I heard nothing about my companions until about 4 p. m. when they arrived, the two sick men v,·orse than ever. The reason of their delay was thi,;: at about a mile from here, they had stopped at a private residence to take a rest, the sun's rays being too hot to suit their tastes, and, to say the truth, I could not blame them. Here we decided to go to Tuaw to rest and consult a doctor. It was absolutely impossible for me to continue this way on horseback, and for the good father, it 'rnuld have been utter rashness to lose this opportunity. Our plans were: after a few days of rest at Tuaw, I should return home by the \Yay I came here, and the father would go to Bontok, either by Tuguegaraw, Kagayan, and Isabela, or by Lubuagan, as first planned. MAY 14th (Wednesday ): A Kali i «l died here this morning. and I w -::it tn the house to see the mourners a.:d the corpse: several halfnaked women were lamenting and crying in unison, all the while rubbing the body o'f the dead man, w.hom they held sitting in their ~i~.st; the spectacle not being very interesting to me, I came back, and still early in the morning, we left Boloan to reach Tuaw at about 9 a.m. Rev. C. de Brouwer had preced· eel me, as he was ready in a very ::.hort time; the same carriers who brought him from Ripang, were \\·illing to cdntinue to Tuaw, and here, at Boloan, the consejal and the teniente had furnished fresh men to help them along. He waited for me, however, in the shadow of a fe\v trees, about half way between Boloan and Tuaw, to allow me to go ahead and announce our arrival, as it would have been a very strange thing to do to come to another man's house with all the inmates of a hospital, without any previous notice. A native from Isabela, also on horseback, showed me the way this time, as Mr. Andaya and the boys were behind arranging saddles, baggage and the rest. At Tuaw, we were received ,\·ith their usual kindness by one of Rev. Z. de Luna's relatives. Rev. C. qe Brouwer was put to bed as sosm as he arrived. This looked like home, and when the owner of the house came back from a sickcall, he found his house transformed into a hospital. All clouds disappeared from the horizon in this home-like atmosphere. ~ow I was able to rest, and the morning passed quickly, as the sick father had no -more fever. Pedro was the only one who did not improve in the changed atmosphere. In the afternoon we sent for Dr. Quero!, whom I met here when I first came to Tuaw, but. as he was not at home, we should have to wait for his return , perhaps the next day. I had considerable leisure here, and passed the time calculating the distance in miles between Kabugaw and Bontok: the number I arrived at was 148; and that was not yet home for me, as from Bontok to Tagudin I should have to make 78 21_3 more. From Tagudin to Baguio, an automobile or motorbus would give me a lift, so that did not count. We had a consolation though in the fact that we were not at Kabugaw, so that only 91 or 92 miles separated us from Bontok, the capital of the Mountain Province, and the center of the world for all Isneg and Negritos living in Apayaw, and for the Kalinga people as well. (To be continued) mnd of Words You talk along so very fast By night, as well ns day: Hut h~t\'e you thought how many kinds Of words you have to say? .\nd tirst of al I the names of things Are always Nouns, you know, T hnt is, of things you see and feel , Like "dog," or "rain ,' ' or ·'hoe." Then Pronouns stand instead of Noun:;:, 'l'heir usefulness you'll see, Instead of often saying '·John, .. We use the Pronoun , "he." r he Articles are little words, And theee are only three, Before the Nouns they often stand, They are '"A," •·An," and "The." Then you will !ind the good old Verbs, About the ~ ouns they tell. What they may do, or feel, or be, They show us very well. The Adjectives describe the Nouns, As "good boy," "pleasant night," The Adverbs show how things are done, As " She sings well tonight.,. The Prepositions, useful are To show how Nouns may be Related to some other "Youn, As, " John will stay to tea." Conjunctions, always must connect The sentences, or Nouns, As "Jane and John drove out and saw The cities and the towns." With all there little parts of speech Well settled in your mind. To study grammar then, I think, You'll surely feel inclined. - By CLARA J. DENTON. England. The Catholic Herald and its associated papers have inaugurated/ project to build one church in e\·ery diocese, or 24 churches, and in addition these papers will offer for two years an annual stipend of $250 each to new missions thus established. France. M. Bucaille, a Municipal Councillor of Paris. states in a pamphlet: of the six Saints raised to the altars of the Church in this year of jubilee, five belong to France. Of the 1li;-;e venerabli beatified in St. Peter's this year, five were French. Eighteen priests belonging to the nineteenth century hav'.! been proclaimed either Saints or Blessed or Ve1ierable: of these1ialf are French. More than half of the students ih ·the State Training college, where the future professors are educated, are p10fessing Catholics. Out of 550 students at the Polytechnic College 400 approached the alta~ to. make their Easter Communion: In a quarter of a century more chu:rches have been · built than in · the preceding two centuries. In Paris, "·here during the hundred years of the co:1cordat no more than 23 new parishes were erected, since the Separation in I 904, 33 ha \·e been erected. To these figures must be added some 58 chapels-ofease. Since Herriol begai: his persecu• tion of the Church in Fran_ce. the French Catholics ha' e been more active than e\·er. So too in the United States si11ce the K. K. K. started its movements against the Church there haYe been more conversi<;ms than in the past. and that mostly in the States where the Kluxers were most actiYe, as f. i. in Oklahoma. From Nm·ember 26 to 28 a cougress was held nnde the presidency of Cardinal Dubois to consicer the recruiting of priests. (iermany. President Hindenburg has se1'1:f a telegram to the Clergy and Catl- olics vYho celebrated the 7ooth anniversary of the death of St. Engelbert, archbishop of Cologne, once administrator of the German Empire during the absence of Frederick II in Italy, and later murdered by his nephew. Hindenburg eulogized the Sai:1t as the great champion of German unity. ltalv. The Holy Father has fixed the feast of St. Teresa. the Little Flo\Yer, for O:::tober r. St. Teresa's death took place 011 Sept. 30, and normally that date \\·ould ha\·e been declared her feast clay . HmYever, Sept. 30 is the feast clay of St. J erome, o::e of the 5reat c'.octors of the Church and in orc~er to a\·oid a co:-iflict , the next day Oct. r 'Yas chosen. The Holy Father Pius XI has de::ided to prolo:1g the Holy Year celebration from December 24 to December 3 r , according to a Central News despatch from Rome. He sent 25 ,000 francs to Msgr. Breynat, Canada, for the establishment of a missio:1 near the Great Sla,·e Lake. Poland. The . .\rchimandrite of the Orthodox church of Vilna (Poland ) was conYerted and admitted into the Catholic Church. Of course the schismatic autorities deposed and degraded him. N e,·ertheless 25 orthodox laymen followed his exampie. In the meantime the Uniate. Catholics of Sub-Carpatian Russia are persecuted by Russ~an orthodox agents, said to be directed princi215 pally by an Orthodox archbishop irregularly ordained. These agents sometimes enter the churches of the Uniate Catholics and drive the people out with sticks. They also damage or e,·en burn their crops fire shots through the windows of the priests' houses, set fire to houses and poison wells. So far they have succeeded by these methods in seizing 4+ Uniate Chnrches. United States. \Vithout catholic schools, Catholic religion must decline. If the Catholic schools had an enrollment of r.98 1,051 in 1920, this year the number is 2,500,000, which means $ 140,620,872 expe1:ses to be paid by the Catholics of the U.S. or about $ 7 per Catholic capita. If the Filipi nu Catholics paid as much, per capita, there \vould be money enough to support all the schools of the Philippines (for the budget of the public schools in the P. I. is less than '$ 8,000,000) and there would be enough left to build hundreds of new schools every year. In the U.S. there are rr,500,000 Negroes. Of these only 250,000 are Catholics. 5 ,000,000 are Methodists and Baptists. The rest are still pagans. The Catholic Board of Mission Work among the Colored People is taking steps to start an increased mission work among these Negroes who are indeed ,religiously inclined. •·Sa Ye a soul J.uring your life and you have ·se..:ured tht: sal"·i'ation 'Of your own"! . ') 216 r~~~ ~-.,,.,_...~ t. ~, ~i>J CURRENT EVENTS - L.v-~s~'="" .) ~ 7'=&2~~.A.·~J Philippines Politics. It was published liy a local paper that Senator Osmefia act u a 11 y in Washington, working for the Filipino cause, sent a telegram to the Legislature asking for co-operation with the Governor General. Nevertheless, the non-co-operation spirit did not· lessen, and not only were several bills passed which will certainly lie rntoed by the Governor General, but also many appointments made by the Executive have been pigeon-holed. After the · closing of the sessions of the Legisiature came the news from the United States that Congressman Underhill would propose a bill before·the American Legislature amending the Jones bill and asking to suppress the right of the Filipino Senate to approve or reject the nominations made by the Governor General. It seems that this Underhill bill has little chance of passing: this is also the opinion of Governor Wood who said he did not want such legislation in Washington. It is not all harmony and peace in the great N acionalista party. It is rumored that great differences exist between President Quezon and some of the minor leaders. But Mr. Quezon is a fine politician and he may, as in other difficult occasions, hoist again the olive branch over the great party. It was only after long and sometimes vehement discussions that the resident Commissioners Isauro Gabaldon and Pedro Guevara were re-elected to their posts in VVasl1ington. The greatest opposition came f'rom 1 he Senate against .\fr. Gue\·3ra. A bill was passed calling for a general plebiscite a II overt he Islands whereby all men and women of 21 years of age and who under the existing la'AS would lle regular voters, will be call<d to the polls to express their political llelief in the Independence of the country. They "·ill be asked to rnte a simple "yes" or '·no" to the q urstion: "Do you want immediate and absolute independence of the P. I.?" The bill maybe vetoed by the Governor Ganeral and then the Filipino side will claim that fear of an overwhelming majority for independence is the reason of the rnto. and the other side will say that the plebiscite would be exercised under pressure and ignorance. After much discussion on the value of the 1\Tonroe Commission's report 011 the Filipino schools, the Senators hare decided to look for themselves into the severe critics of the above mentioned commission and th.?y will make a trip all OYer the Islands.w investigate the schools. In the meantime the Provincial Governors will visit Java from which they may bring back much valuable information, for there may be learned much from old Governor Foch, especially in the question of economy and efficiency in the administration of a country. If the former :Municipal Council of Manila has been much criticised for continual di\·ision etc. the actual has begun its work pretty well. and one of the best measures it took was to forbid the display of obscene pictures in some commercial streets of }[anila. A local paper attributes this action to the '"religiosity"' of }Ir. Tan. a Knight of Columbus, and the President of the }funicipal Council, as if the moment a man has no religion he might allow what is immoral or as if it \Yere not the duty of a man at the head of the l.fonicipal Council te take the defense of those who have religion. Well clone Mr. Tan! Economics. All money in circulation in the P. I. amounts to P109,79i ,818.00 in papn, and 1'20,837 ,831.32 in silver, which makes PJ29.635,649.00 or about Pl0,00 per capita. The Cebu cement plant which the Legislature first refused to sell and might new sell perhaps if reasonable offers were made, was adjudged by the LeghlaturP P'.?50.000 in~tead of P?.r00, Ol!ll a,.; a::-kecl by ih administration. The Filipino export is mostly to the l"nited Slates, where the Filipino pt•iiduc1"- enter without dut~-. But the .\ merican products are admitt<>d free too into the P. I. This explains how 1 IIe Philippines are the tifth most imponant export mad<\'t tor the United 8lale~ . Tliis last month the export of cigar·s 217 and tobacco to the r. ~. has been heavy 123,212,204 cigars). The hemp and lumber exporters wer<> severely criticised by foreign markets because the quality of their goods did not correspond to the demand. :Vleasures should be taken to prevent this, for it might do harm to Filipino export. The grinding of sugar is in full swing, but the crop of this year will be less than that of last year. due to heavy rains at the time of planting the cane. Schools. Of the total sum of the budget for public works (P8.868,500) i"l,038,000 are destined for improvements on public school buildings. A bill was passed by which all insu1.u teachers shall have to pass the ci \'il service examination, eYen those teachers who were graduated from the Filipino :~formal School. This last part of the measure was rebuked by many as it seems to manifest a lack of confidence in the highest pecfai:-01tica I institution of lhe country. According to the Board of medical examiners. the practice of lioth Chri,,tian Science and Spiritualism constitutes a violation.of the medic·al law. Governor General Wood signed the bill authorizing provincial and municipal gurnrnrnents to create penf'ionadoships IiOt mliy ill in;;ular and special schools. but also in provincial, normal and h ig·h schools. foreign Balkan States. The old 1n1rlike hostility of the Ballrnn States of Europe has again been aroused to be hig·hest pitcll. Bulgarian soldiers attad:ed Greek cl vii ians in their territory. Grec.k soldier's invaded Bulgaria and murdered a few Bulgarians. Greece sent an ultimawm to Bulgaria and in1aded Iler enemy'i,, tereitory oceupyi11g· a rew toll'ns. Then came the Leairue of )I ations and told both warring countries to ,.;top their light, under menace of se,·ere measlll'e;:-. Both yielded to 1 he League, whose a.uthority has thus greatly increa1::ed by this s1tcces,., and there reigns again peace in the Balkans ..... until the next clash. 218 China. Anarchy is spreading more and more thru China. In the South the >-oYiet element has \1·011 a fe1Y Yictories ag-aiost the party of the old order. Jn the ·:-forth the three leading )[enerals: Shang-tso-lin of ,\fanchuria, the Christian General and thP defeated Wu-pei-fu entering· again into the scene of action. are lighting each other. Shang retired to "\fan ch u ria once l"ictorious, !Jut deprived of the benetit of his battles and driven out of Peking l.J.v the former 'iVai-lord. has taken the reins of the Go1·emme11t. to win more adherents. \Yu seems Scores of Rr.ssians help and direct the warring factions. but the antiforeign feelings of the armies have been gil·en Yent lately by a mutin~- of Chinese soldi(·r,; ~igainst a detachment of Russians "·ho left many ]{illed on the field. rn the meantimf' tile eonference al.Jout the extraterritorial rights and for the re1·ision or tariffs g-oes on but rather siowl.r. for nobody kno1Ys who re.ill~· rules in the Cele;;tial Republic or who may rule tomon·o"·· France. !"ranee is in a eri tiC'aJ11osition. The (;.i\·ernment is at a loss to tind means for paying its debts to the "Cnited :-;tates.and it,; ever increasing expenses. TilP franc· has reaehed the low leYel or the Italian lira. For the 11orocean war. the revolution i n Syria. the maintenance of an a rm.\· on the Rhine. the interests to be p:lid on internal loan". the fear of a npital lei·~· (15% on all properties a•1d capital during J.) years): all these J111·e contributed to decrease the value oft he franc. lt is true: the "\foroccan 11ar is at a,,tand,..till. duetoinclement 11·,,ather. but nel'ertheless it requires an army in northern Africa of about lll0.000 men. These last days the Druse reYol ut.io11aries (an A r ab i an tribe) against FranC'e in Syria have ornrrun nearly the whole country and brought the French domination to within an oceupation of only a few towns, in which the French detachments look as if they were besieged. The Druses are receiving sufficient help from Rus!'ia and are also actively supported by Turks and Arabians. General Sarrail. famous for his inactivity in Salonica during the world war, has been recal !eel from Syria, under suspicion that he had sacrificed uselessly thousands of liYes in Damascus when he l.Jombarded and destroyed part of this town. The English in dew of the fact that thE>ir turn for being att.acked by the Arabiau element might come,haYe promised some help to the French in the near Orient. Nevertheless it is alw:iys a great disadvantage for the party at war when it has to fight, far from home against an enemy in his own country. Holland. At the time of voting the annual budget. the parties oppo~ed to the Catholics of Holland haYe attacked fiercely and refused to Yote the sum necessary for the support of the DutclJ ambassador at the Yatican. At thi:, refusal the four Catholic ~Iinisters of the GO\·ernment resigned. Premier Collyn was asked by the Queen to rearrange the ministry. lt will be difficult for any part~· to goYern without the co-operation of the Catholic party, the strong-est in the Dutch le1dslature. The enemies of the Catholic Church ma.\' soon have to bow before the swunch action of the Catholic ;\Iinisters. < rusaders! Ii you can not saye 111uch. you can at least 1nake serious dforts t o gd subscriptions for the "Littk .A p ostle". Did you try this'? 219 tt:=====;~~====~~~====~\\ l QU~~1_0_;.~ox J Questions un~i,2'ned will not be an")w~red. Anon.rmous lPtlPt·~ nin~t find their wa,\· in10 the waste paper basket. \\ P will not pnhlbh tlw name,, of tho~P who send question;,. Question 1'.'u. 12. -1) U'lial are irnlul· !fences. ;J) ll'hat is an inclulyence rl SUU dctys. 3) Wtwt is a plenary inrlulgence? (Questi()n Bent by rl Catliolic fyfJ;-r()te). Ans. -An indulgence is in no way the remission of siu past, pre,,t nt, or future. nor does it forgi\·e the eternal punishment due to mortal sin. It forgiH•S only temporal punish· ment. Temporal punishment is a certain punishment due to sin after its gui!L has been forgiven, because tile peni· lent "·as not sorry enough for lt is sins when they were being forgiven in the Sacrament of Penance. The Church has received from Christ all power on earth <tnd in heaven, and ' ·whatsoe,·er she shall bind or loose on earth shall be bound or loosed also in Heaven ... said Christ to His Church. µ-i ving Her thus all power to forgiYc sin under whatever conditions She proposes. In the early .days of the Church. some penitents who had committee! certain great crimes, were ordered to do penances such as fasting on bread and water for a certain time etc. Only in certain cases. when delay would have been dangerous to the penitent, did the Church do away with those public penances. f. i. when a persecution was imminent. when death was near etc. By doing such penances (wbith b~ the wa.1· kept Christians from connnitLing· the great, sins for ,,·hic-h they we1·e impoioed) no doubt the temporal punishment due to their sins was part!~· or entirely remitted. Late1· on these public penances wen• suppressed and the Church attached tllis ]JO\\-er of remitting temporal punishments to certain praye ~·s <H" works ot devotion, called incl ulg•'nced prayers to which are attached so man.1clays' or years· of indulgence:;. 2) I<'. i. She said. that \rhosoev~r. in the state of Grace. would reci re deYoutly a certain prescribed prayer would gain an indulgence. let 11s say of 300 days. This means that in sucli a case the person who says that l rayer with the required conditions ma.1 haYP as much of her 01· his temporal p11nishment remitted as if lie or she ha'l performed foemerly a public penance during ;ino days. 3) In other cases tlle <.'hurd1 attaches a plenar,1· incl ulg-ence to c ~rtain prayers and works of devotion cl<Jne in a state of Grace. lf these com:ition~ are (ultilled by a person, then all t11e temporal punishment due to his or her sins is forgh·en. Thus a plenar,1· in· dulgence is the forgh·enes,, of all the temporal punishment due to for~h·en si\lS. :..4..re you a Crusader of the Association of the Little l:;-lo,,·cr "' :Oon't forget the Self-De11ial Week. 220 ftAILBA' OFTHE L ITTLE A~OITlE For all correspondence with ·'THE LITTLE APOSTLE" send your letters to 1'lie Little Apostle. Box· 1393, ~ lianila Manila December 1. 1925 Dear Readers of the "Little Apostle'', I add my most sincPre wishes for a Mern' Christmas to those already express~d in our little Magazine. But not.only do I make mine those wishes, but also the petitions. and I hope not a single Crusader will lie a slacker from the very fil»= l .\·par of the existence of our _\iorncia1ion of tile Li1tle !<'lower. The mailbag- being resened for correspondence. here f'oll0\1·s the mo~t precious message which e1·er reaC'l1ed the mailbag. 1 found it on my desk on a certain morninp-. hidden under other papers. J t was in an open llig !->trong enYelope. of a golden color. as people on earth neYer use for correspondence. It had no stamps, which added to its mysterious appearance and excited the more my curiosity. Do you wish to read it'? For it is really addressed to little children. I copy it exactly and lrnep the original for myself. Here it is. Letter from the Infant .Jesus. Dear Children. Thls is ){Y OWN SPECIAL SBASO~, and I am asking- you to spare a J ittle money from the sum your generous pa rents wi I J gi Ye you. In the ~fountain Province there are thousands of MY DEAR LITTLE O~ES, and your own brothers and sisters, Jess fortunate than you. who will ignore MY CHRIST:'vlAS GIFT. How can you help them ? Not alone by money, as the Little Flower. ) Jy great friend said. uut by PRAYER. EARXEST PRAYER. ARDENT PR,\\'ER. and TRCtiTFUL PRAYER. .\ncl your recompen,,e during !his life will be in proportion to your generosity to )JY APPE.\ L. .\nd::: prornis<> you a happy eternity surrounded by the circle of little Igonot.e rnuls ,,a,·ed through your Charity. The letter has no s ignature, may be it is not the cus:om or signing- letters in heaven. But isn't that a gentle loYeiy letter from the gentle loYely Babe of the Crib? Can you resi~t that pleading- ,·oice from heaYen? Some have gh·en it already a generous hearing and if I may beliern letters sent from earth . more will pretty soon send an earthly letter with heavenly help. ~1iss Sal vadora Bel Jo. (there is a meaning in that famil y name, for her acts of generous help for the missions are so praiseworthy) writes the follo"ing: Yig:1n etc. Dear Rever'end Father. Last Oct. we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosar~-. the Patroness of our dear Academy. In the afternoon we gave a nice little program, but private, to which we in· vited only the few remaining old pupils of the Rosary Academy still in Yigan. After the velada we made a collection for our Igorrote friends and herewith I send you the sum of P-30.00, for the Legrand fund of the Bauco "Mis· sion. I am inclosing also P7.00 for 14 new crusaders. In our classroom we have a box (is It a big one?) into which we drop no"· and then a few centavos. (Well done. dear pupils of The Rosary Academy). During the month of December we promise to 1 .1ake sacritices and put more into the box than we usually do because we will practise the "Self-denial week". Will you approve of it, Father, if we send these savings all 221 togethe1·. instead of each rril'l sendin<t he1· own saving separate!~·?'"' (Of cours; It is the best way: let the Promoters gather what their members ha\'e economized, and send the sum together with the list of the offerings to the ·'Little Apostle" in registered letter). Your respectful child in Xt. Sal rndora Bello. You see. the self-denial week wil I be a success at the Rosary college. Hut this does 110L mean that other colleges and schools, or other Promo~ers will let themselves be outdone in generosi· ty towards so noble a cause. Now comes the time of the "God wills it" when the Pagans of the Mountain Provinc.e. should receive generous help from their Christian brothers. Christ gave Himself for us at Christmas. Let us give something of oursel\·es to Him to bring- souls to Heaven: let us l{iYe to God a "Christmas" to deserrn and receive uur own in due time. Yours respectfully in Xt. 0. Yande\\'alle. Better Than Talking The virtue of silence under trial is one of the rarest virtues and the most difficult to acquire; therefore, it is most pleasing to God, conducive to the strength and beauty of Christian character. It is wisdom to say little concerning the injuries you have received. \Ve are generally losers in the end if we stop to refute all the back-biting and gossiping we may hear by the way. They are annoying, it is true, but not da.ngerous, o long as \\'e do not stop to expostulate and scold. It is not hard to be good when you have lo Y e and sympathy and encouragement, but to be good when not one soul cares whether you live or die. 'A h£n your kindest thought!', Jour least seltish acts, your dE"arest sacrifkes a i e treated alike with insult. cruelty ard contempt, to be good then is the great accomplishment. Crus aders and Promoters! Now is the time, once a year, ·of showing your missionary spirit ! Let your motto be during the self-den ia l w eek: "for God and heaven I" 222 Pattie at the palace of Emperor Charles (Continuation ) HEN Pattie arri,·ed at the gates of the imperial palace, he met the Emperor in person \Yho together \vith a stiff gentieman dressed in gold \Yaited on him. '' Are you Patricius :\lakrol ?'' " Yes, sir," said Pattie .... " Patricius Y!akrol. .... Pattie .... '' "Pattie?"..... giggled the Emperor ::i.nd he looked from the corner of his left eye towards the stiff gentleman in gold: " Ha, ha, those people f r om the pro,·inces find names for their offspring with more poetry in them than one can find in all the books and \·olumes of. .. of .. . '' And he tried to find the name of a great poet, but he did not remember the great man 's name ..... "Pattie", continued the Emperor, ''you are welcome ..... I am the Emperor''. This was the first meeting of Pattie and the Emperor. The same day Pattie \Yas dressed for his office at the palace. The Emperor had made him the courtnar, that is a kind of a harlequin whose duty is to make the Emperor laugli , for, a few days ago, the courtnar had died of mere sorrow. Pattie was adorned ·in a pair of pants who::e legs were of the S\YOl. ien balloon style, one yellow and the other pink. His vest was of the tigrestyle; except th a t the stripes were. of all possible colors. His stockings were white and his low-heeled shoes with points turned upwards were red. On Pattie's head stood a lovely golden cap like a pyramid, at whose pinnacle swung a tinkling little bell, near a long white goosefeather. In his hands he held a marotte, which is a small stick 011 top of which thrones a white-bearded little dwinde. And when Pattie was completely ;;1etamorphised into a smart jester, he was told by the tailor to ha\·e a look at himself in the big mirror to see how nice he was. Pattie looked and: "indeed, he said a nice dress ..... but I am glad my dear mother does not see me in such .... a Yani c~' ·'. Being now the Emperor's buffoo·1, of course Pattie had to take his di:mer \Yith His ~Iajesty and dini::g at the imperial table he had to drink wine a:1d to eat cake and, yes, he uttered something about '·sand and water and pastor and ad \·ice and stomach and humanity.' ' bnt he ate heartily. After dinner Pattie had to meet all the princes ::end princesses of the court wbo \\·ere ;rnxious to know their new jester. After t\Yo hours observation. a count fo:.md Pattie too clever;. da;;•e Salam-salam fon11d him too - stupid; the Prince of Saragosa said he was a saYage; the ~farques . of Breclerode said he was too well educated; one thought he \ms too tall, another that he was too small and all present had their most diverge:1t opinio:1s, which however they only whispered in each other's ear;; for fear of the Emperor, because each one saw well that the little buffoon was the pet of the great Emperor. Only William the Silent, prince of Orauge, when asked by the Emperor what he thought of the little Pattie, said what he meant and declared it frankly: "Majesty", he answered, "listen to Pattie 's words .. . he will tell you openly what he thinks .... and what he thinks is- wise! .... 223 Had it 1:ot been for the Emperor and his fatherly heart, Pattie after two \\-eeks would haYe taken off his b:illoon trousers to ret'lrn in his former S:.rnday dress to L isse\\-eghe ... . for. ... no ..... that "·asn 't a life at the co:ut. Pattie thought of his former joys at his village ..... to stroll thru the field together with Dorie in search of birds' nests .... . to climb upon the highest trees, higher than Johnie ... .. to fish in company of Le\Yis ... ... . ai1cl to play truant all four instead of drawing mannequins on their slate at school.. ... that was a life .. .... that was grancl! ..... no, at the imperial court that wasn 't a life ... ... he had ahvays to be polite, always to be nicely washed and combed, always s:iy ''please'' here and "please" there. Nay, he had once run barefooted tliru the co:.-ridor of thc palace and an old dame from Tolec~ o put up her pimpled 1:ose and said it was indeed " \-ulgar" . Pattie would have thrown his marrotte at her grey wig, but ...... no, that wasn't life at the court. He had told the Emperor of his experience w i t b that scarecrow from Toledo, but the Emperor had answered in a sorrowful voice that this was all " etiquette" which Pattie did not understand at all and thought it was ..... vanity, and the Emperor said further that people do not always have everything according to their wishes, which Pattie understood very well. So Pattie remained at the court for the sake of the Emperor. That evening they sat together 224 in a smaller room: the Emperor and Pattie. The Emperor pushed his state documents and warpapers aside and Pattie laid his marrotte on a chair and leaning with his elbows on the table. he told the Emperor how Dorie had entered once the garden of farmer Pete to steal apples and instead of apples got pears from big Pete's long horsewhip ..... and how Lewis had once oainted his 1itt1 e sisters with charcoal, which his mother had to scratch off with soap and for which she soaped rudely her offspring John with a heavy slipper. And the Emperorlistened all ears and laughed and dreamed and he remembered how at Ghent he had once looked thru the window of his palace and had seen lots cf little boys on the street who amused themselves by ringing the doorbells which aroused the maids of the houses and made them enter into a fit of anger to the greater joy of the giggling distant boys. And now the great Emperor looked at little Pattie's eyes: ''Pattie", he said, ''what a happy lad you are!" "And you?" ..... asked Pattie astonished. The Emperor hummed ....... he thought how foolish it must look to confess to a little buffoon ... but. .. "i\o, Pattie, I am not happy." Pattie looked astonished and ..... ''Let us go to Lissewegbe' ', he said, "you can buy the castle ...... . and ..... " "To liYe in Lissew.:ghe?" laughed the Emperor, ''and who will administer my countries?'' " Your ministers, I think" said Pattie , "and your son ..... " "And could I say farewell to Brussels?~and to these lovely Yillages of Braba:it? ''There is a policeman in each village and a pastor too .... Come on, come with me to Lisseweghe." "Easily said, Pattie,. .... easily said ..... " And after this conversation the great Emperor remained for two or three days morose and silent: his courtiers tried to guess the cause: was it against the king of France? Did he plan another war against the great Turk? Not at all! Even an Emperor is a mortal man with a human heart and an emperor's son would be happier could he leave now and then the palace and lurk for apples in another man's garden in company of Dorie and Johnie and Lewis, while playing truant, eYen at the danger of getting pears from Pete the farmer's long horsewhip .... ( To be continued). Are vou a Promote1· of the Crusaders of th.: Little Flower? Don't forget to giYt: to th.: members of your circle the personal letters you will receive at the beginning of this month. Cum iicentia ccciesiastica > (') 0 c: a ., '< .. 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LA ESTRELLA DEL NORTE L~vy H E R'.'IA:"\O S. ]::"'\ ~ . ml 46- 50 E t';COL'l'A rr E~S. 250 Y 201 'j ILOILO ~~~~-==::s:s:~ ~lANILA CEBlJ '!/ 81iE:lJtC•!!:!i!!l5i:::iiiliikS¥iU!!::llllG ~~~~ ~~=========:========================-====::::::.:.:==:===========~ H H :: felidsirno R. Feria CAVANNA ~ H Gabrit'l La 0 II M H ! 1 ! ABOITIZ y AGAN ~ ,; "FERIA & LA O" ;; ll _-\BOGr\DOS ABOGADOS ~ tt H 1 1 Roxas Building 11 tt H Jl China Bank Bldg. (So piso), J. Luna, Cuarto No 212 Tel. 572 tt II Binondo, M anila-T el. J792 Escolta -- MANILA ~ :: ~ M H N H !l A. Luna de San Pedro NIGHT SCHOOL SPANISH~ :: Architect JOURNALISM ;: It and H H H :1 Speciality: Churcbts, Schools & Feligious ruildir.~s DECLAMATION :: II JS ?. de la Paz - Escolta H H H It Lucena, Tayabas, rt II H II P.O. Box 2709 Phone 22907 Magallanes corner Dumacaa, II :1 MANILA P. I. Opposite the Market. U H H 11 - H 11 - - - II tt H H H :l T ele'.fono l473 P. O. Box 433 :: M H H H !l E .. 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LIBRERIA Y ESTAMPERIA. MANILA J. LA 0. Almacen de Anoz. Pa lay .1· Sah·aclo Gasolina . .Acf'itPs y Urasa Para .\utomo,iles Gon1as de las mPjores marca:;. Completo surtido de Piezas narn Autos Ford. :Serricio ('. U.JJ. lJOr t ren y por co1·1v1 SERVICIO A DOMICILIO A venida Rizal 528 Telefono 3270 Tetuan Nos 2 12-214 Tel. 919 ~** * ** ** x ******xx**'** xx xx*** xxxxxxwmr:rzzx••- xx= I if'4· t". t;~ZJ; I I ~;JJ:;1:,;1~ I {·: •7 f-' HEAVY SHOES l~> / i for OUTDOOR /.>':-, I 1 MEN No. 21-733 Pl2.00 I No. 21-736 Pl0.08 The Hike Tan Oil Grain Shoe i:;; practically . water proof, and with proper care, will last i u indefinitely. Made of heavy, full-grain calfI skin, with double sewn sole, and broad leather heel. Has bellows tongue, and heavy toe-cap. 1 · PRICE P12.00 I I ~:i:; ~h~i:~~ii~"in';;~~~~ and sewn I I W '™ f o• °"' Ulustmt<d Catalog •l Shoes I I HIK~ ;.1!?c:tr ~CE 1 140-46 ESCOLTA MANILA i~~··********* **"**** .......... ************ -·~