The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province
Description: The organ of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld) Fathers in the Mountain Province of the Philippines
Issue Date: Volume II (Issue No. 9) February 1927
Year: 1927
Language: English
Subject: Baguio (Philippines) -- Periodicals.; Catholic Church -- Missions -- Philippines -- Periodicals.
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Place of publication: Baguio
extracted text: '0 . II. I o. 9 februarv 1926 Catholic School Press, Baguio, Mt. Pr. Bntered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Baguio. Mountain. on Febraary ~. 192.'i THE LITTLE !POSTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE The QTfl-Cial organ of tlw Missionm·ies of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheuti;eld J'atlw1's) in the Moimtain Province of the Philippines. Edited and published monthly Editor . REV. 0. VANDEWALLE, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila, Phil. Is. Business Manager ... REV. V. FANIEL, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila P. I. Publishers . . . . . . THE CATHOLIC ScHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. { r-1.00 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, P. I. Notice regarding change of adrlress should be sent promptly. All communications must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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Against T eron and o the r blood thirsty Emperors, persecutors of the Church, God strengthened 10, 000,000 martyrs to persevere in t h e i r Faith and shed their blood as the seed of new and more Christians. At the beginning of Christianity, Arius, and his sect in the East, were met by a St. Athanasius. In the fifth century, Providence sent an Augustine, himself a convert, to the heretics ~f :\T orthern Africa. The heretical Albigenses in the thi rt effi th century devastated Spain and France for "riches are evil" they proclaimed, but Providence brought forth a poor Dominic to stop their ravages and convert th e m by his word , poverty and prayer, while his contemporary St. Francis of Assisi in I taty taught by his example that riches are only vanities when abused. When Luther and his followers separated from the Church in the sixteenth century, an Ignatius founded an order to promote t h o r o u g h knowledge of doctrine where and when ignorance had contributed greatly to the furtherance of Luther's revolt. Not a single century has failed 258 to shO\Y men among them, whom the world honors as Saints, and whose lives hav~ been examples of what can be accomplished by human nature at its best, and all contributed to the spread of God's church upon earth; but it has always been at times of danger and menace to the Church that Providence to defend· the Church, has stepped in with Heroes, mostly weak human creatures, but great and strong in their godly humility and divine strength. These last years, what heresies could not accomplish, what persecutions could not destroy, the Church of God has been greatly undermined thru various causes, found among her own children. The spirit of misunderstood liberty has created more or less a spirit of a wrong independence among Catholics. Today they 10 not, as before, listen with respect to the voice of their legitimate pastors. Equality, proclaimed by the French revolution, seems to mean that inferiors may command their supenors. Greater wealth has brought into the world greater abuses, pride and arrogance and also a kind of pagan luxury which perverts morals. But, as nobody can serve two masters, this false liberty, this reYolt against the legitimate authority, this infernal pride with it; devilish consequences, such as coldness towards the poor and miserable, indifference for the Church, carelessness about the soul's sa!vation and laxity in dress and consequently in morals too: these all together have lost many and are losing thousands to the Church of God. Again Providence has stepped in to prevent this disaster, not by the force of weapons and armies, not by the a_rgument of the philosopher, not by the writing of famous authors, not even by the voice of a human being, but by the \Yonderful roses of a maiden who during her life was unknown. but said that after her death she "would spend her heaven, doing good upon earth". Who knew the Little Flower during her life? Despising freedom, superiority. wealth, and all what the world offers to his servants, she, gifted, rich, of a.n honored family, fled away from the >rnrld and hid herself behind the damp walls of a Carmelite Convent, and, only after her death, did she come forth, but from heaven, ·'doing good upon earth" and while doing good, millions of Catholics, nay even people who do not belong to the Church, ask themselves who that Saintly maiden was, what she was, how she lived, how she became so powerful in heaven, so revered upon earth. Pulpits all over the world echo her life and examples. Books and magazines repeat the Gospel by telling the story of her life. People hear of the Little Flower, they read of her obedience, humility, kindness, charity, modesty and devotion, the steppingstones of the Little Flower toward heaven and which condemns anarchy. pride and luxury of the \rnrld. The desire to partake of the shower of roses of the Little Flower brings many to Jove and imitate her, for her life, and consequently her holiness, seem so simple, so easy, so attractive. Is the Little Flower the Saint brought forth by Providence to stem the tide of false liberty, pride and luxury? If people only knew 259 more of the happines the Little Flower found in her humble life at Lisieux, how many more would haw a right to expect at their end the beginning of an eternal infinite happiness! Editor's Note: The Little Apostle will continue to publish monthly the life of the Little Flower. ,,-irh some con,iclcrations under form of editorials. So Speak th e Wise . . . And the Young H eed the Lesson ! 1. \Vhat can't be cured must be endured. 2. White lies make a black mark on the soul. ~. He who boasts of his ancestors is like a potato the best part of him is underground. 4. Make good cheese if you make but little. More belongs to riding than a pair of boots. 6. Brielle your tongue and you saddle your temper. 7. Great gaps may be filled with small stones. 8. Money calls, but doesn't stay; Being round, it rolls away. 9. \Ye had better appear to be what \Ve are than affect to be what we are not. 10. Precious things are not found in heaps. 260 F~bruarv I J, St Catherine of Ricci m> OR:\T IN 1520, she was the ~ll daughter of a noble Florentine, in Italy. At the age of thirteen, she entered the Third Order of St. Dominic, taking in religion the name of Catherine. Her special devotion was to the Passion of Christ. During Lent of 1541, she had a vision of the crucifixion, so heart rending that she was confined to bed for three weeks. She received the sacred stigmata, the wound in the left side and the marks and suffering of the crown of thorns and all these torments she endured with a loving sympathy for the yet more bitter tortures of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. In their behalf she offered all her prayers and penances. Notwithstanding all her sufferings, Catherine was calm and joyful, saying often: " I long to suffer all imaginable pains, that souls may quickly see and praise their Redeemer." We understand the love of Jesus for . us when we see Him a God Man in Bethlehem and ::\ azareth. when we follow Him on His footsteps during the three years of His public life. We are attracted by His love. when we see what He did during His life to secure our salvation. But when we meditate upon His sacred paso;ion and death. when we see His body rent to pieces, his hands and feet pierced by heavy nails, when we remember His tormen.ts on the Cross. and when we understand that He suffered freely not to satisfy for Himself but for sins, when we know how sensitive His body was, and how little we love Him and how much we offend Him, then, as a Saint Catherine, we fee! that none loved us as He did, that there is none we should love more than the Savior. How often a day do we wander in thought around the Cross of Calvary? How often in our life do we voluntarily suffer some bodily pain or discomfort in imitation of Christ, for His sake, to cause Him some pleasure? The Blues Trip lightly over trouble; Trip lightly over wrong, We only make it double, By dwelling on it long. Trip lightly over sorrow, And gaily sings the lark, The sun may shine tomorrow, And gaily sings the dark. While stars are mighty shining And heaven is overhead, Encourage not repining, But look for joy ahead. 261 The Mighty Dollar CH .-\. PTER III American Protestanti~m [ji!iii~ L\IE HAD CO~lE FOR ilfB~ to look for information concerning my trip to San Fm11eisco, California, and from there - Hurrah! to the Philippines! I •Pt out on a warm June mornin!!. 11111t111ted the countless steps to the elernted Station and r o 11 e d d01rn t01rn to the T. K. K. Office (Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Japanese Steamship Company) "·here I found everything in perfect accordance with my own plans of staying a few days more in :N" ew York and a couple of weeks in San Franciseo. While on my way back to the Elernted Station l met ~Ir. Gi I berg, an old friend of mine. I became acquainted n-ith Mr. Gilberg the very first time I set foot on American soil. He was at that time Custom-officer and had to inspect my baggage and discovered-not that I had somethi•ng to be declared- but that we were bound to beeome good friends. And good friends we are, he a German-American and I a Belgian. Mr. Gilberg is a strong-minded, manly fellow, open, jovial, true and al ways ready to render a service to whomsoever may be in need of it. His manly face is continually brightened with an impressive smile of undisturbed peace and conquered happiness. He is gifted with a keen sense of justice, and his judgment bears al ways the seal of true wisdom. I have never met a man in the world so strict for himself and so indulgent for others. When I looked at him, I knew I was looking at a man, and it has always been a great pleasure for me to have a heart to heart chat with him. I rejoiced to have met him while we climbed the steps to the Elevated Station. -"This <lay is ours, Father,'' he said ".hi le he dropped a do u b 1 e carfare in the mechanical receiver. "This may be the last time we meet, I have to go south to-morrow morning. Let us have our lunch together at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on 6th avenue, the best place I know where we are free from all disturbance in our last chat together." - ''It shall be an honor and pleasure for me, Mr. Gil berg. I have ne<:er lost my time having a talk with you, indeed." - "Thank you, Father. I wish I could go with you to the Philippines, the Eastern uaradise.'' At l he hotel we took place in a semi-prirnte little department, where we were unmolested and from where we had almost a complete view of the spacious dining262 roon . At some tables customer;; were reading "The Sun" (Ir "The ':\ew York Times" whid1 papers r1isplayed in big type th~ topic of the day. From our place IYC could read: Dr. Grant Denying \'irgin Birth, Combats Di1·inity of Christ. lllr. Gilberg looked at me shaking Ji is head, and fetehing a deep sigh lie said: ''Poor America seems to be lost to Christ!'' - ''Let us not be too pe:0si mistic, :\Ir. Gilberg," I remarked. -"Xut pessimistic at all, Father. l am a com·ert myself and I kno1Y, alas! too well that more than 75% of Americans do not practice any religi0n. :\Iaterialisrn has supplanted nll religious feelings and the Ameri· c:an people in their over\\' helming majority are entirely dernted to lllammon, the cult of the dollar. I foresee the day 1rhen 011 the t(lp of the towers of Protestant churches the dollar sign C S) will appear as the sign of redemption. Read the papers, look at the Magazine coYers, listen to people's conYersation and you will find out that modern religion in 1J .~.A. c0nsists exactly of this: Raise a heauti· fnl and h ealthy body; pro,·ide it with a good set of white teeth and a bright f'mile; by all means try to get the mighty dollar 1rhich is the only :oavior of mankind, the only uni versa! benefactor procuring us good ti mes, making of this earth a short but pleasure-full paradise, II' here we enjoy a continual thrilling ]aye romant;e ..... '' Just then the waiter c:arne and pl'esented the ~Ienu-Carcl. It ":i~ not the fir::;t time that ~rr. Gilberg ordered a lun('h for both of ll>", he knen· that short and good is my fa. \'orite prineiplP. i11 that regnrd,and hi~ also. The outli nes '"ere clear: Yegetable soup, lianihurger steak, fried pot:1toes, spitrnch, a cup of coffre 1111d a cignr. The topic < •fou r ('0111·ersation was too intere:::ting to me, so I ('am e back to it and said: -"Tlw "·hole trnuble "·ith the Protestant ('hur«hes liPs in th1::;, ~Jr. Giiberg : a kingdom diYided in itself cannot stand." -" Ancl neYer, Father, IYaS t )1 at kingdom so di dded as nowaday, Dr. Grant, minister of the High Episcopal Church, stands in the pulpit of the Trinity Church and proclaims the greatest bl:isphernies against God, our divine SaYior and His Blessed Mother )J nry. Bii;:hop )Janning, the ought-to-be-hend of the :New York Episcopal Church, if' not eYen inYested with sufficient authority to call Dr. Grant to order and to shut his blaspheming mouth ..... " - "Yes, lllodernism is giYi ng the death-blO\Y to the last remaining of the so called Protestant faith. ''-"Just imagine, Father, a Bishop Brown, also of the Epi sco pa l Church, writing a book to deny the existenee of God. Au.:used of herei'y he had to appear befoi-e the a:::sem lily of his co-Bishops, but the atheist Bishop challenged all the "DiYines" present to come for1Yard and to make a clear profe:osion of '"hat they belie,·ed. "Xo one dared to appear, and in <:onclern n ing Bi~hop Bro\\·n they were c (1 n cl e rn n i n ?' themseh·e" of complete la«k of a definite faith." -"If the Protestant bcdy has i:ot'th a sick head, 1d1at must be the condition of the members?'' -' ':u r. Somers re1·ealeu that eondition a 1Yeek ago. Dr. Grant 1rns abusing the pulpit to utter his unbelief, \YhE'n this Mr. Somer-s, thoroughly clisgusted, st nod up in his pe1Y, 1rnl ketl up in front of the pulpit and declared in a Yo ice thrilling with indignation: "I lea Ye n1y pew and the chn rch ! " Ye:", the disappointed multitude of Protestants turn to unbelief and in<lift'erentism; a fe\\· liolYeYer turn their eyes towards Rome, fin.d the 011e Shepherd and enter into the One Fold." -"Thanks to God! I ;::eP that the Catholic Church in America is doing her utmost hfft to hf'lp those struggling son]:::. The Pauli:-t nnd the Jesuit Father,;: are doing \\·onders in that regard, prf':whi11g }'etreats to 11on-\'at hol i('s. I.et u;;: help theni 1Yith our prayer:::. this is a great obligiltion for e1·ery Catholic in the States. ltel igious ig11or;111ce ho1Ye1·er, is the greatest obsta(·lP. Right ReL .J.J. Swint, D.D., Catholic Bishop of \\' heeling, West \' i rginia, tuld me onee that ;tsking of a non-Catholic boy of sixteen who .Je"tB w.1.;;, he ret:ei vecl th is d reacl fli l answer: '' I do not remember it right now, ~ir, hut I be! ie\·e he wa,- onf' of the great generals nf theCiYil \\«1r .. , 263 -"And ho1Y c·nt.ilcl it he othenYi~e» :\lini;;:trF are no rnnre using the pulpit to explain !lie clnctrillf', but to talk on IYOrldl:v topic·s. and many tinw;: to atta('k the C'atholil' C'lrnrch. Peoplt> do not go to church anymorf' to hear religious instrndions, but to Ree a beautiful gatherini;t-, to !war niee musie. and e1·e11 l:'Ol1lf'ti 1ues to enjoy a t<rngn· te~'1. J 11st notiee the \Yll.Y the non-C'ntliolic ehurches are afherti,,ing in thi" city of "Xe1Y York, and tlw "Al,nrninatio des<ilationis" 11·ill best de:-nil1f' th 0 i r h Jpeles.~ degradation." -"And in the nwantinie l'edarinn pnpers and mngazi11es keep t Ii e minds of the people hlin<led with prPjndice:-, :rnd their lwart;; e11il1ittered with hatrerl :ignin'-'t tlw (';1tholic Cl111n·l1." -'·Yes, and The :\fena('e is leat!i11g the 1r:1y in that dirt.Y ('<t!11paig11. The 111ost n n lieliera hle 1·;tl 1rnrni<"!" an<l sh IHler~ agai ll!'t t ht> rat 11 ()Ii,. Church ilre printed in that papt·r an<l Sf'nt abroad to rnillio11..: of ,Prote:-:lant readers \Yho nre ahrny;; di"p1l::;ed to a\'cept them for grant<,ll. The other day Tlie :\fenace annou1H·rd that the T'ope of Runw h:1d df'1·ided to m:tke \\";i;::hington hi~ residential city, and that on a fixtd date he had to p;1;:,. a <'('ttai 11 H. I:. Station 011 hi;:; 1ray to uur .-\ n1t>ric·,111 :\Ietropolis. :\1111· eould y(J11 lw]ifn· it 9 On that tixed day thou..;;11Hl~ of The :\I~nace reader;; 'rt-'n' at tlw me11tio1wd t'tation in ordt:-r to pn1te;::t and to chim thr arn-t of thi\ H"ly Father!" -" 1 .;;ay, :\[ r. (;illlPl'g. tliPy :\J'I' 264 rather to be pitied than to be blaimed. '' -"You are absolutely right, Father, and furthermore it has to be said to the credit of a minority among Protestants that they are not so indulgent at all to swallow The Menace's poison; they range themselves under the leadership of Mr. A. C. Windle and his "Truth and Llght" to confound the malicious doctrine of the Menace and to defend the Catholic Church against its infernal propaganda of slaqder and lies." -"Bravo! Three cheers for .\Ir. Windle, the American Knight of Truth and Liberty!" -"Yes, he deserves the title, he is a typical American indeed, and the K. K. K. found in him their mo:-t dangerous and powerful alh-ersary." -"The K. K. K. ( Ku Klux Klan ) is nothing else than the history of religious persecution repeating itself. Of course that secret society is eausing great evil, but in fact I see much more danger for Christian souls in the Y.M.C. A. than in the K. K. K." -"Perfectly right, Father, and that organization ought not to be called Y. M. C. A. but rather Y. M. C. D., I mean: Young l\I en Christian Damnation. That organization is the stronghold of Masonry, and constitutes its greatest power to combat the Catholic Church. Catholic boys or girls who enter there are lost to our Faith, the contrary is a rnre exception to the general rule.'' -"It is really in thP. Y. ~I. C. A. that one can obsen·e ho\\' .\Ja~onry and Protestantism are allies in their common \\'ar against the one true Church of Christ, the Roman Cath - olic Church ." -"Thank;:: to Go<l! that she has the promise of Christ: the gates of hell shall not pre\'flil against her. Butalas! they t'ause the ruin of many souls, and niake numerous victims of those who are unaware of the danger." - "I belie,·e Mr. Gilber~, that the Y. :;\1. C. A. is to be found in every city of any i mportiuwe here in the States." - " That is true, but they are especially exhibiting their anxiouf' zeal at the deba.rcation sea-ports l i k e ~ew York, San Frnncisco and Seattle, where the new corners are attracted by their uncommon offering of s~rvice and display of comfort, and where Catholics, unconscious of the danger, are falling into their nets.'' Silence followed this last statement, full of sad meaning. I stirred my coffee carelessly, absorbed as I was in deep thinking, when Mr. Gilberg putting his hand on mine said: -"Father, you are thinking ... " -"Yes, my dear friend, I am thinking of thousands of Catholic Filipino boys lanuing at San Francisco or at Seattle .... A ins! ".hat is happening to them ? .... Poor boys! -"Poor boys indeed," sighed Mr. Gilberg. "Father, when you are back over there in our adopted Philippi nes, gi ,.e an earnest warning tq those who are planning to cross the ocean nnd to ,·enture in this hig lahyrinth of ours without a guide or sufficient information .... '' We left the hotel. I shook hands for the last ti me \\·ith a brave Catholic AmeriC"a11 and a very dear friend of mine. At 6'.:h a\·enue I mounted for the third time the numerous steps to the Elevated Station. ·while l was shaken an d jerked on my se:tt, rolling up to 130th street, my thoughts went far away .. I sa 1Y on the immense Pacific Ocean a steamer houud for San Francisco. On ded{ Filipino boys ' 265 were enjoying th.e maguificence of the wide ocean sight, unconscious, u1iawnre of the danger which was waiti 11g them 011 the American continent. And on the seashore of San Francisco I saw numerous officials of the Y. M. C. A. and representatives of the Methodist, Baptist, Episcopnl and other Protestant sects, anxiously awaiting the arrival .oi their victims. It was the reality of the ''Diabolus, tamquam leo rugiens, quaerens quern devoret,'' the devil, like a roaring liop, in search of whom he may devour. (To be continued) ' Useless and Harmful Regrets It is easy to let ourselves wish we had done differently, but the on 1 y time such regrets should he entertained is when we ham deliberately acted in opposition to our best judgment. If our course was decided by laziness or cowardice or weakness, we have reason to cry, " Oh, if I only had done differently!" But that lament should never pass our lips wpen we have acted as we thought for the best, after trying our hardest to find the best way. Young men who are always indulging in regretful· retrospect ought to remember that in doing so they impair their judgment and their will. Not only do such regret::: do no good, but they do a great deal of harm, for they lead us to doubt our jud![ment as well as our will." Do you know 1 That the latest regulation concerning the speed of automobiles may be of interest to the public, and is as follows: 1. Autos going at the rate of 30 Km an hour must show a RED LIGHT. 2. Those going from 30 to 40 Km a BLUE LIGHT. 3. Those going from 40 to 45 Km a GREEN LIGHT. 4. After 45 Km per hour there is. a mi.r sical box attached which strikes up the hymn "Nearer my God to Thee:;, .JI 1. When is water like fat?- When it is dripping. . 2. Who was the' fas.test runner?-ADAM because he was the first in ·the human race. 266 Mission News and Notes Do these five young gentlemen not look I ike officers of some powerful and h igltly ci vi Ii zed nation·? Who are they·? They·are fiTe boys from the ~foun tain Proviuce, three from B0ntok and two from Kiangan, now students at the high school of the Ateneo de Manila, of the Jesuit Fathers. They received their firRt inc:trnctimi and edueation at tlw mi~sioni' of Bontok and Kiangan. .'.'\ ot orily do they paRR regularly but they are an10:.gthe very first of their elns~es. If the mission" of the :\fountai1! Prnvince only had more means, they "·ould :"en<l many such cle\·er boys to :'lfanila to continue their studies. Just think of the good these future leaders of the )fountain 267 Prm·i1we m:iy d., for the chriRtiani- Lubuagan. zatio11 and l-i,·iliz:1tinn of their coun - t r.\· 1nen. The Little Apostle sendR the most "itll"Pre thanks of the .\Ii~sirm,·rieR of tlw .\f. P. P. [. to the Rev . .Je:<uit F'ntlwrR .,f the Ateneo de Manila, r .. r tht>i r generous attention given to t J!f',_;{' ,;t11de11tR. 6oko<I. F;tl hPr Cl:wrhoudt write~: f Jia\"t' hPell Yery bu;;y these last 111-.1 ll10llti1R. I mm:t profit by the dry season I<> ,-iRit 11.,t only my Christians but :ll~o the paganR, for such visits duri11g the rain.v se:ison have often to be pD:-:tponed on account of the ~rnrm-:. R1n1lle11 riven:; and mountain ~lideR. During theRe last two months I h~tize<l 60 people. Several families are studying the catechism, with the hope of receiving baptism before ,-ery lnng. If the shower of roses of the Little Flower continues much longer, I may soon be buried under the load, if no companion comes to help me. E:ist-Benguet is a most consoling mi;<sion: this year 1925, I distributed 3860 Ho 1 y Communions, which makes -!00 more than in 1924 :rnd I conferred 160 baptisms. Lung li-1-e the mission of EastBenguet. The \'ery ReYerend Father Provincial eelebrated Christmas i11 Lubuagan, 1vhere he arrived on the 23rd of December, while paying the annual provincial visit to all the missio11s of the .\fountain Province. Aritao. N. V. Father De Samber only two months in Aritao, is busy b.uilding a houRe for himself. Until now the priest of Aritao occupied a small shack unworthy of the name ·of a ·house. The work had been already begun by FF. Ampe and Giebens, but because both of them became sick the work was stopped. Let us hope that F. De Samber may keep all his strength and finally endow the town of Aritao with a convent for the priest. Manila. FF. Pablo De Geest and Jose Van Runkelen ar expected to arrive fo. Manila about the end of February. They return fro m Belgium where, after many years in the Phi-. lippines, they spent a year's vacat.ion. Welcome. The Negritos of North-Eastern Luz<Jn By Father Morice Vanoverbergh Missionary in the M ountain Pron.nee. P .I . (Crmtinuation) MAY 20th (Tuesday) : On awaking I found myself entirely alone; but, after the pretense of a breakfast, I lost no time in following the rest of the caravan. Very soon, ·I passed Tappo, where I saw from afar Mr. Andaya, near the school house, then Apatan, where I overtook Rev. C. de Brouwer a11d the hammock. Farther 011. I saw Asa at the other side of the Saltan river, whose windings the road follows from Pinokpok to Balbalan. I arri,·ed at Limos (12 miles from 'raga), where all the boys had already assembled; PedJ"o was carried by two men from Taga. After an hour or so Mr. Juan Andaya came in, _ followe<l closely by Rev. C . de Brouwer. We took lunch together and tried to procure a little rest. In the afternoon, I was the first to leave Limos for Balbalan (a distance of another 12 miles) , but felt dizzy during a considerable part of the. journey. The roa<l was very steep. until we arrived at Balbalan, its highest point between Tnaw and Bontok. The sce11ery was inc'escribably beautiful: I should 11eed the pen of a poet and the brush of a painter combined, to be able to giYe an idea of this garden o.f Eden; one has not to leave the Philippit:es to go sightseei1:g. At Balbalan, I had time to visit some Kalinga houses before <lark. And then, w,e ail came together again, at the home bought he!"e by the missionaries, and so we felt once more at home. MAY 21st (Wednesday) : Again r set out first, as I waited for nobody to carry me. The road now descended until Ableg, and then, by a tremendous zigzag, I climbed tlte mountain at this side of Lu bnagan ( 12 miles from Balbalan) , where I arriYed about II a.m. Here we had a chapel and a small room; Mr. Andaya and Pastora, his sister, Ii,._ ed here. Miss Andaya prepared me one of the best lunches I eYer ace, at least it seemed so at that precious moment. One by one our people arrived: Rev. C. c'.e Brouwer and Pe<lro were brought directly to t h e hospital, where they would be taken care of by Mrs. Penalosa the doctor's wife, a trained nurse. Lubuagan is the capital of.the sn bprovince of Kalinga, and one of the largest settlements I have seen since ·we left Tuaw. Most of the people are still pagans, but the president and a few others have been baptized by our priests, and, if a couple of missionaries could have a permanent residence here, I think a good many people would soon come to the knowledge of the true religion: may this hope be soon realized. MAY 22nd (Thursday): I said Mass, attended by most of the christian Kalingas; then. had a talk over the telephone with Rev.J.Anseenw, of the Bontok mission, who insisted on my presence at .the celebration of the patron feast of the town. in order to pro:10unce the panegyric of St. Rita; and, a little later, I saw Rev. C. de Brouwer at the hospital: he had no fever, but was thoroughly exhausted, and the nurse forbade him to leave before having taken a protracted rest of several days; the doctor would arrive soon, and then they would see. Later on I paid a visit to the governor, and then. went back to the hospital, where I found our sick companion better than ever: he would stay here with Mr. Andaya and Pedro, while I should start for 269 Bontok \Yith the three other boys, the next day. For the first time. I sa\v here a copy of l\lr. Reed's "Negritos of Zamlioanga", and looked it over rather quickly. Then, after having made a tour around the town, and visited several of the most influential inhabitants, I was ready to continue the journey. MAY 23rd (Fr·iday): After Mass, I said good bye to Mr. and Miss Andaya, and started for Tinglayan, where I arrived at 10 a.m. Mr. Jose Sarol offered me a good lunch at his solitary residence. and, in the afternoon , I 1 e ft for Baliwang, where I arrived in the evening. Here I met Drs. Penalosa and Cris6logo at the rest-house, a lucky coincidence, for there was no food to be had here, and the provisions of the two doctors were shared by the three of us with the utmost fraternity. MAY 24th (Saturday): At about 1 a .m. we were a waked by a frightful noise: shouts m:d exclamations coming from a group of some fifty half-naked pagans. They were looking for one of their companions, who was missing, and whom they supposed to have been killed. The spears and headaxes were an unmistakable sign of their belligerent intentions, but, fortunately, we were able to reassure them, as their companion was safe and sound, so the company left to the satisfaction of everybody. especially of my boys, who were natives of a village at en. mity with them. 270 A Negrito woman with well combed hair. In the morning, after breakfast, the two doctors left for Lubuagan, while went to Bontok. After a short visit to Our Lady (N.S. de la Paz y Buen Viaje) at Toknkan, where the fath'C!rs have a school, I arrived. at Bontok at r r a.m. There were 44 miles between Lubuaga11 and Bontok: no forests her,e, nothing but the Rio Chiko winding its way between high and steep mountains; bare rocks and tremendous precipices left the river an exceedingly narrow bed., where the water rushed through and reached an unusual height. Such I found the Bontok s·ubprovince, where live the poorest and hardiest, but also the wildest of the pagan tribes .. a wild country for a wild people. 271 Two Itneg girls of Apayao province. \,Vhat a joy it was for us to see again the residence of a missionary; although nearly unrecognizable as I was- in need of a barber and a bath-I was received with open arms by the Revs. Anseeuw and Ghysebrechts:. it does one good to feel at home, and home it was without the shadow of a doubt. Big preparations were going on, as the next day would be solemnized: the feast of St. Rita, patroness of the mission. MAY 25th (Sunday) : Tow 11 feast of Bontok. As guest of honor, I had to take charge of procession, High Mass and sermon. May St. Rita bless the Bontok missiou and its three missionaries, one of them lying sick at the present nmment at Lubuagan. 272 MAY 26th ( Monday): A visit to the Provincial Governor, D. Joaquin Luna, some preparations for diary. maps and report on the Negritos: and the day was 0ver. MAY 27th (Tuesday) : A day of quiet and rest. MAY 28th (Wednesday) : I left alone for Bauko, where I was a missionary for six years, from 1909 to 1915. A drizzly rain kept the roads muddy and the people at home. Bauko is a nice little spot: about 4000 feet high, it has a delightful climate, and the town is practically Christian. Very soon a young missionary will make it bis residence, and our kind Kankanay will enjoy it, a happiness which they richly deserve. MAY 29th (Thursday) : After Mass, I borrowed the horse of Mr. James Sepulchre, the sanitary inspector, formerly one of my school boys, and reached Cervantes by mnddy roads and along precipitous mountain cliffs. Revs. J. Portelange and L. Wins gave me hospitality for the night; and, hearing about my expedition, the former made me a gift of Mr. Reed's "Negritos of Zambales", which was very welcome indeed. MAY 30th (Friday): I hired a horse to ride to Bessang (13 miles) ; the road was a continuous ascent. The hiking down the mountain slope for another thirteen miles, un1 til I reached Butak, did me much good; and an antomobile, that brought me to Tagudin (19 miles), was an exceedingly welcome conv_..eyance. · The scenery on this CervantesTagudin road is again unparallelled. At Bessang, one sees on one side the A bra river and the fertile CerYantes valley; at tbe other side , we fiud the hills whose feet are wa~Jied by the waves of the sea. F rom there till Butak, the most luxurious vegetation gladdens the eye of the traveller; and from Bntak on , the banks of the Rio Chiko de . ·1 1n Lurayan offer a panorama that cha: ges at every turn of the road, ai;c'. always for the better, a picturesqueness unequalled anywhere. From the hills, in which nestles the litt:e Yillage of K:lbugaw, 0 1.e gels :i magnificent view of old Neptune ·s kingdom, which makes a Yi Yid contrast with the places one had Leen traversing up till now; ai:d sho\\·s in all its ro:iring splendor the kindness of the Creator, Who combines beauty and utility all O\·er the earth. At Tagudin, Rev. H. Dadd, my successor, and .Re\·s. G. Declercq and C. van Aspert, my old companions found again a place for me in their cozy little co~: vent. MAY 3 r st (Saturday) : A peaceful, ordinary day. JUNE r th (Sunday) : I noted a great difference, on Sundays, between a place where Ii Ye 10,000 fen·ent christians, and the woody mom1tains of Northern Luzon. JUNE 2nd (Monday): A day of much work for the Tagudin fathers. as school opened to-day, and of do lee. far niente for the missionary to the· :N egritos: who knows but some day _ this title may be more permat1e11tly deserved: Amen. JUNE 3rd (Tuesday): An une-· ventful trip on a mail motorbu~ from · Tagudin to Ba wan, and on a motorbus loaded with dangerous explo-: sives from Bawan to Baguio. ' (To be continued) _ . - The Songs of Cl People lgorrote tustoms in East Benguet by Rev. Father C'aerhoudt, Missionary, Bokoi, Benguet r n his introduction to his "Son~ of Hiawatha" Longfellow sa')'S to tlze reader: ''Ye who love a nation's legends Lorie the ballads of a people 1"hrzt like voices from afar off Call to us to pause a1:d listen, Listen to this Legend ... and I have so of ten listened to the wonderful stories of the land of the "Ojibways", to their tales and legends "With the odours of the forests. TV ith the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With the rushing of great rivers." But there is not a nation on earth without 1"ts own st Mies and legends, dressed. in the colors of its land and nature, and wrapped in the mystery of its customs and morals and filled with the eternal idea of the life hereafter. . Is it not as if God Himself, from the endless heights of His throne, were bending toward the precipice of Ilis creation to listen to the songs of II is children- now as sorry as the agony of the dying- again, as full of hope as the heart of youth? And I, who like to tell stories and am fond of listening to the sorrows and rejoicings of a people, who like to penetrate the morals and usages of a nation, come to relate to you what I hear and see in the lonely mountains and the lonely hamlets of my dear I ~or rotes of East Benguet .... what the elders tell me about f ormer ages .... what I hear and see at their feasts when the drum of the " sulibaw" directs their dances, or when pitiless death enters their sh,,,cks, and the grieving. sobbing lamentations of woman rise around the corpses. I hear much about ghosts wandering over mountains and paddies. around huts and trees, on the trails. in the water of the mountain stre,uns and among the branches of the sighing trees. You will hear of the exorcisms of their "mambunung" (sort of pagan priests who try to avert all evil from man and beast and from their houses and fields. Nevertheless, dear readers, who have received from God the immense grace of knowing and loving !Jim with all your hearis, when you dei'!,n· to read my tales, may you now and then feel a lump .1·n your throats at the thought of so many l gorrotes of East Benguet, hardened in. their ancient superstitions awl pagan rns. toms, for whom 110 true light did eur shine in this world. GoJ bless you for the charitable compassion f your Christian lz•arts. There is no heaz•ier, no deeper nor more charitable 274 and fruitbearing sorrow f or a Christtian, than the grief he feels at the eternal loss of a neighbor. Thanks to God, many inhabitrmts of East Benguet have listened to the voice of Grace and the· y serve the only true God with all the generosity of grateful hearts. but there are thousands of others for whom the blood of a God-Man Savior seems to have TARTil\G FROl\'I 'ORTHER!\ PA~G:\SI Ni\N and following the Agno river as far as ;-\orthern Benguet, you see, all along the rocky right bank of the stream. numerous hamlets and villages of Igorrote>'. hidden behind waving bamboo bushes and heavily laden mango trees. Again, along the many rivulets, which pour their waters into the giant Agno, you may find, near their silvery curves, black. sharproofed huts,rising from lovely green rice-paddies. · In the deep Agno valley and on the steep grass covered slopes, between the somber pine forests, wherever a few drops o f water spring from a murmuring source and where a few feet of soil is moistened, solitary huts seem to watch the nearby growing camotes, which sustain the lonely 1iYes of our poor mountameers.. been shed in vain. Therefore, dear readers of the " Little Apostle", be A postles in your hearts and remember in your prayers the poor Pagans of East Benguet. so that soon over the mountains may resound the triumphal sonf!,: " Chris/us vincit, Christus regnat. Christus imperat! - "Christ wins. Christ reigns. Christ commands!" How tranquil. how peacefu I. tho~e hills of Bengw t ! In the early morning. \vhen the rising sun speaks of life and hope. there is so1n• movement around the ;;hacks: one hears the short cutting knock of the "g\Yassai'' (heavy axe · on tlic fire log, the sniffing and grunting of hun,. :ry hogs, the rhythmic pounding of the rice flail in the "badjo an" \half hollcm· log in which the Tgorrotes pound their rice). From the dripping roofs. after a dewy night, lazy puffs of blueish smoke rise in long wavering curls. The older inhabitants, wrapped in their "kolibaw" (blanket warm their stiff loins at the sputtering pine fire while, by long draughts at their little copper pipe, they seem to revive their lungs, exhausted from the coughing during the night spent in their smoky abode. As soon as the sun rises, in the • East, from behind the golden crests of the blueish ptaks. upward climb the women, over the steep curving paths, with .. kaibangs" baskets of woven rattan on their b('11ding backs and, in the dry season, a .. pa· kong" la split bamboo whose beating upon their arm produces a p.1 r1 icular sound) in their hands to enliven the heavy march with its weird singing tunes. The men rightly wrapped in their cotton blankets. slink slo\vly away to the forests in search of the firewood for the day. The little tots, who do not go to ;;chool, watch the hut, and, with the smallest baby tied on their hip:.: or hacks, loaf around, while younger brother or sist-er sleeps soundly, unaware of the antics their living cradles now and then perform. East Benguet is a paradise of evergreens. T he mountain peaks bear their stately crowns of dark pine forests full of the odors of incenst and gums. On the slopes, hidden under long cogon grass, rises the "a'ti-bang-dal" \ferntree) above the silvery rattan flowers, the "talete", and near the feathery fronds of the •· Alaam-aam" and "pa-co' ' \ cryptogami~ s) . Deeper in the canyons, where the '.'olsa" (mountain deer) frolics and where the thundering torrents rush madly seaward, grow the "sebbit" \the prickly hawthorn) and the shiny "muj-mujot" laden with red and juicy fruit. AsAdamin paradise, the Igorrote knows the names of all shrubs and trees; he knows their virtues and harms. On a journey with him, 275 ask the names of plants you indicate, and he will answer: ·'this with its red stem and red leaves, is the .. te-bel"; that yonder, hidden under ·•"."akkal" (climbing plant; with its sharp leaf, is the "de-dai" tree. On he goes .... he will show you tht· "alo-oo" with tender green leaflets. the "kaman-tilis" with its juicy fruit; the 'pi-pi-dei·' laden with clusters of reddish berries, the erect "kawi-ding·• with his mighty crown of leaves, the " kati-dek", the "baja-uas", the "bale-tee", the "balo-kok", the ''tatang-aan" etc. etc. The East Benguet Igorrote is a child of nature, he grows up with it and lives in it. He counts the time by the sun and the moon and . the stars; the seasons of the year he reckons by the rain and draught, and the years by the number of times he worked his rice-paddies. Did there happen an event 'in his life, does he foresee another in the future, he will mark the date by saying: it was at the time of plowin,;. or of transplanting the rice, or of weeding the fields, or "nun tan si abul": when it was the time of chasing away the ricebirds, or "no si-ani" when the time of harvest arrived ...... and when he announces some date within the month: it will be by saying; "when the moon Wa9 still small"-"when the tnqon wa~ rising" - "when the m o on was round"-"when the moon decreases ..... dies ..... then will.. ... " and then he tells what will happen. And if his memory does not fail 276 as yet. he may tell you it \Yas a t the time such or such one \\·as ·'Capitan" 1 president) of the " iii" (town . The oldest still remember the "nunta tiempo ni Espanol" (time of the Spaniards) ....... but further, nothing. Then they begin their tale with the usual: "nuntaabajaagda" meaning a Jong, long time ago. I said the East Benguet Tgorrote is a true child of nature, living in it from birth to old age and enjoying it without knowing its greatness and beauty. The little tot climbs the rocky slope of the hills, plays under the singing trees, dives into the babbling waters and is not afraid of bathing in the rushing torrents. With his "sek-ka" and "aak-dep" (woven basket) or with his "baltaho" (net) the little boy wades thru the river to catch fish, and is his draught but meager, he returns home with a happy heart, nevertheless. But there is sometimes a scarcity of food in the village. Then men, women and children, kneedeep in the water, scratch with their fingers in the mud of the paddies for molusks and shells, whose contents they will boil and eat with their rice and camotes (sweet potatoes). If a bird sings in the bushes, the Igorrote will tell you whether it is a battling "salak-sak" or a bluewinged "poliew-poliew". In the yellow blooming reed of the marshes, he knows the nest of the blue waterbird, the fishshooter " pi-doeng-si" , and in the grass near the trails, he finds, easily, the nest of the "sak-sak" and the fleabitten "ke-too~pee '. So dors he find the nrst of the sharpb~aked "swi t-swit" in the walls of the r<k'k~. of the redbreasted "kou-kou" and of t he whiteeyed "djouw-djouwin" the tall grass on the mount<iins. He speaks of the blackfeathered "doe-rain" with white plumage under the wings; of the yellow "kodidie", of the blackspotted "tchoegwiel-tchoegwiel", of the white thickheaded "atchan"with its black wings, of the little swarthy "adaroog" and of the leaping "mantibis". Even the smallest tots know the birds or prey: the "bokaw' and the "sek-gied" for they are in charge of the chickens around the hut, and when these preybirds hover high up :n the sky over the village, they shout with all their might: "bokaw ! bokaw !" for the bokaw might fall as a stone upon a chicken and carry it away. Our small IgorrotP. boys have no greater winged enemy than the "boetching" (ricebird) which, in swarms of hundreds, feeds on the nee m ears. Each ricefield has a watching boy on the lookout: and when the little winged thieves fall upon the field, the little guardian shouts and yells with all the power of his lungs and throat to frighten the birds, he pulls at the scarecrows and flaps, unceasingly, the split bamboo until the little bandits fly up and disappear. .;!. What a majestic sight is the green rice, bowing and undulating like the waves of the sea under the breath of the breeze over the paddies, which rise in immense terraces from the foot to the top of the mountain. Here in the hills grow the rich "toPdoei" rice, the heavyeared "sabool-aboo-kan ", t h e rosecolored ''tchamos" and "kamiling', the white "barraka" and "tanang-ow", the black "t haja-of ', the heavy "talang-kai ·,the short "tcha-jaw", and here and there over this golden richness rises a giant mangotree. How pPacefuH live- the Tgorrote in the wil I mountains and the hills. His song may well repeat what the Flemish farmer sings of his foggy meadows and fertile fields: "My land is a land of peace. "Of nature. yes, lonesome, but free!" .JC East Benguet burns under the glowing heat of the day and shivers from the biting cold of the night. It has months of unclouded blue sky above the numberless peaks bathing in shadow a,nd light. But it has also months of torrential rains and howling stormwinds, and it is then that the trails slide away and whole slopes disappear into the bottomless precipices or the rushing mountain streams, crushing and dragging along trees and rocks in their wild dash and their muddy flood. · 277 Aud when those days of thunder and storm are gone, there hangs a pale greenish sky over the dripping grass and trees as if it shed tears over a shaken world. But nevertheless. say the elders, the showers are no more as in the past. '·Nun tanda ..... a long time ago, when the world was yet young, heavy and abundant were the tears of the world. but now that the world grows old, she weeps less than before .... " .JC High in the sky of East Benguet nses the top of the "Polag" mountain. Polag is the first to bathe in the rays of l he morning sun, and when late in the evening the pinetires burn around the huts, this holy mountain still glimmers, as with a golden halo, in the dying crepuscule. After the rainy season, the chill nights bring snow on the Polag . but as SOOll as the dry days are gone, and the rain moistens his flanks, white smoky blankets of clouds and fog drive in and over his kadassaan-and pine forests on his slopes and in his ravines. It is on the top of the Polag that the souls of the dead Igorrotes take their abode after death: "Tchiman tcha na pan ba-liee, Tchiman tcha na pan i-ni. It is there that they rest, It is there that they nest:" Do not the elders say that they have heard the "psadiew" song 011 . 27P.. 1he Polag) There liw and feast the souls, and all those \\·ho give on earth a ''pechiet" feast, shall again after death give a ··pechiet" feast on the Polag and there they will speak with "Kabunian'', the divinity. "Kabunian, the sun di,·inity i" good. He created man and all that he needs. "Kabunian created '.wo people and these two had children: we Igorrotes descend from the first. "Again these two first people had ano1 her child: the first ancestor of the Kadassaan people. '·Kabunian is good and he gave his children all that they needed. "To the lgorrotes he gan: the "kalsa" . hollow log in which the Igorrotes pound rice.) "To the Kadassaan people he ga,·e the hog's trough. "To the Ilocanos he gave the writing. ''That was all he gave to his children." .;: :\nd therefore the elders tell their children: "if we receive bapCaptain Jones was a ,-ery roundshouldered and eccentric officer. On a particularly dark night in Egypt, whilst practising his company in ontpost dnty, he approached one of the sentries, who failed to I1alt him. tism. Kabuni:-ln will punish u:::. Kabunian made us Igorrotes. He hates to see us become Ilocanos." And this is why the poor Mission ·ry. who spends the best years of his life for the conversion of these Igorrote tribes of East Benguet, alas, often stands powerless. with hl'art full of sorrow, near th" dying pagan who enters ett-'rnity. -the terrible eternity-with a calm and ser- nity that only an Igorrote can feel when he dies. What a terrible a\Yakening in eternity for these poor souls! But here in the mountains, the Lord is known to man\'. Many already have listened to His mysteriou::: voice and many little souls have already taken their flight to heaven. May the virtue of God's more and more numerous children and the continuous prayer of their generous hearts and the merits oi their sufferings break the chains by which these poor lgorrotes are tied to their ancient superstitions and pagan customs and lead; by the devil. to the hellish night of the outcast. (To be continued) In a great rage the officer demanded of the now trembling sentry the reason why be had omitted to challenge him. "If you please, sir," uttered the confused soldier. ''I thought you was a camel. " - Exchange. 279 Belgium. diffil'lllties for the Cath"lil'S, but as ahrays, when the Churc-h i;.; perseCardinal '.\ferc:ier died 011 .Jan- cute.I she he(·orne:- stronger, this trnr.'· :2:~. after ha,·i11g been operated upo11 ft1r :<t111nad1 ull't>r::<. Ht> was one of the greatest philu;:ophers and patri.its of the ll'orld, hut ;lbove al I a priest anrl bi;:h .. p, \\·ho,:e s.vn1pathy n:nd drtues 1111l!'e than his learni116 and brn\·ery h:1d l'Onquered the admiration not onl,r of his friends but abo of hi,: enernie,: and of the \\'hole world. One of his ti rst ,-i,:i tor;: after the operntion \\'US the .Japanese An1bassador and King Albert paid hi rn severnl ,·isi t,: . May Goel grant his :::ou l the l'tern:d rest our dear Cardinal }[en·ier li<ts so well desen·ed ! Czecho Slovakia. President ~Iasaryck, although a Protestant, made a gift of 1,000,000 kronen for the enlargement of the Metropolitan Catholic Cathedral of Prngue. At the last elections the t 1r o Catholic parties made enormous gains. These la:;t years the eiteinies of t11e Church ha1·e created several time again ><he came out more victori1.u0< from the battle. The Catholi1·R obtained 54 ;;:eats in the house 1 ,f depu tie;: a;: against :i:2 formnly and :28 seat::: in the Se·nate against JS in the p:1st. France. '.\lonsig1111r Cf:'retti, Papal Xuncio t.i Frntll'e, who is soon to be made a c:irdiual, hns been de(·orated by President Doumeqrne 1rith the cros~ of the Legion of Ho11or, in order to help the ~uncio forget all the insults he had to suffer \\'bile the radicals of 1 lte Legislature tried iu Yain to suppres5 t l;e l<'rench Ambassade at the Vatican. • Mr . . John Rockfeller .Jr. whose tlonat ion of $4,000,000 is being used to reHtore the famous Cathedral of Rheims, inspected the progress of the work on thi1' historical monu· ment. Holland. There was a great banquet at the Hague, Holland. }linister::: from the Xetherlands, 280 Mayors from s0veral big cities and has endured the crushing task of delegates from nearly all the Euro- receiving thousand of pilgrims nearpean nations were present. . , ly every day of the Holy Year. Each It was dinner time. pilgrim has bPen able to kiss his All of a sudden, Minister Koolen ring and each morning many rerang the bell. All present, much ceived Holy Communion from his astonished, looked at )Ir. Koolen, hands, while during the day the President of the feast, who had audiences la<>ted until well in the thus called for attentic•n. In a few afternoon. Tht:sourceofhisstrength words minister Koolen invited has been revealed: the Holy Father everybody to keep silence for a mo- has ordered a mass said at Lisieux, ment to give Lhe hosts time to say a to thank the Little Flower to whom prayer, he said, and he himself in he had entrusted his health during a loud sharp voice pronounced the the Holy Year. words: ·"In the name of the Father Mussolini had a bill passed in the and of the Son and of the Ho 1 y senate suppressing all secret lodges Ghost, Amen" while making the of Masons. sign of the Cross. \Yell done, Mr. Koolen ! Of course he k new that some would mock his action. But he was not a." ha med and hr invoked God's blessing over the meal. A way with hnman respect! Are the enemies of the Church afraid of showing what they are! Italy. Rome: The personnel of the Vatican has been filled with awe at the eon rage with which the Holy Father • " You say, professor, that tobacco is an aid to thought and a stimulant to the reasoning faculties, but Professor Dulham declares that tobacco is in every way injurious. H ow do you account for this difference of United States. The Missionary Association of Catholic Women of Milwaukee, who has often helped the Missions of the Mountain Province in the P.I. and who did the' Little Apostle' the honor of publishing s0me of its articles in the magazine of the Association, has received a bequest of $1,000, 000 from Mr. E rnest G. Miller. The L. A. congratulates the 1\1 issionary Association of Catholic Women of Milwaukee . opinion?" "Easily enough, madam. Prefessor Dulham does not smoke, and consequently he can neither think straight nor reason correctly."Boston Transcript. 281 r..,, ~-.-;;:'"""'""'~~-~?"=::ci_,,..~ --A ~ ~ --~ -=-~ ~..ii...~, i @J Cumu:NT EVENTS 4>J ; Llll IY-~ - --aJ='C ~ll!'.'l'!'..,=s'S""5'~-....."iliii&;:,"""":§~ .41..lll~J Philippines Politics. The contrO\'ersv between Filipin0 a!ld American interests has perhaps never been so a~ute as it is todav On the one side the president .o·f the Unitej 'itates, in his message to Congress asked more powers for the American Gm·ernor General \Vo< d, and the Underhill bill doing awa~";\ it h the Se.nate's power of approving or disapproving the nominations made b1· the GoYernor General seems a11 ar::s"~er to the Presidential suggesticn. Besides, the United States has to pay annually to Engl a lld more than the interests due by Great Britain to the United States on the war debt. Thanks to the inflated prices for rubber created by England, which has a kind of monnpol~· throughout the world of this precious article. Rubber is neededin time of war: the United States needs it absolutelv freely, without the interference of a·ny nation. Rubber can be grown in the Philippines and the Philippines is the onlv American colony where rubbe~· can b~ cultivated on a big scale. The laws of the Philippines do not permit the acquisition of big tracts of land on which to grow rubber which, in order to leave a reasonable benefit to the planter has to be cultivated in large µlantations. Americans concerned in getting rubber at reasonable prices and partly. induced by Mr. Hoover have decided to 8pend $10,000, 000 to acquire rubber plantations in the Philippiees and the Dutch Indies. The Filipinos fear the encroachmellts upon their rights in the Senate and the exploitation of their own soil by foreigners. Wherefore, in order to resist both. the two political parties ham united and formed a SupremP Council composed of member:- of N ationalista~ Co11solidados and Democratas "hich hence shall direct the politics of the country a'1d work to insure the complete independence of the Phili]:pine:::. Sub-committees have been made to announce to the whole country the newly propooed politics of union of parties against the common enemv. Moreover, as a prepar~tion for the coveted independence, other sub-committees have been instituted \1· hose duties are to study the means of establishing- the future independent government. It has been announced that the Filipino legislature shall not change the land laws and not give up a single right granted by the Jones law. What will be the outcome of this clash of American and Filipino interests? Manila. Laborers have a right to strike when their just complaints are not attended, but they ham no right to take the law into their hands and attack the other 282 aborers willing to work or to cause damage to the properties of their former employers. During the last few days it has happened several times that strikers took the law· into their hands, intimidating laborers and patro11s alike. Schools. Each year, though this year it is a little earlier than usual, a school crisis is announced. It was discussed at the meeting of teachers and superintendents of schools in Baguio.· It is claimed that more pupils will flock to the schools, that actual ·buildings are already inadequate and that some menace complete ruin. Bank. A 11 unauthorized overdraft w a s made of J.'>2,000,000 by the National Bank in favor of the Bacolod-:'lfurcia sugar c·entral. An inYestigation wa:-: made to find the really responsible and com=eque11tly guilty persons. B u t those accused of having been respon~i ble dEnied the fact and so far no meai:ures haYe been taken against those who should have prevented the scandal. foreign China. There seems to be endless trouble inside and out. Chang-tso-lin defeated the ge11 eral who revolted affainst him in :'lfanchuria and after peace was established in this province. the Japanese soldiers who had taken complete possession of :viukden, the capital. returned to their former positions. The Christian General defeated his enemies around and in Peking, was master of the gornrnment, and \\·as said to ha ,.e pre pa red a decisive battle agalnst his old foe Chang-tso-lin, when sudden ly he announced that he would retire to private life and go abroad to study, makini;t his first abode in the country which has been his ally: Russia. W hy? Is he perhaps not strong enouirh lo dominate the situation in Peking and less still to defeat Chang. and does he go to Russia to find the means needed to rule China? But Chang is not the man to yield to a second: Be has mill ions in revenues from salt alone and after proclaiming the absolute independence of 1Tanchuria, he prnpares bis armies for any eYentuality. In the meantime other generals, .allies of or foes of the above chiefs, gather more strength and ci vil war threatens on all sides. The commission which has to revise the extraterrioritality rights of foreigners makes little progress and, even in case these rights be suppressed on paper, it will take a long time before foreigners will gi rn them up seeing the continual disturbances in the whole republic and the man:r fanatics who rule the interior. The custom conference has es ta bl ished new taxes. permitting China to raise· the import taxes, proYided the interior taxe,, or .. liken .. be suppressPcl. liandits are acth-e eYery\\·bere: they are mostly ex-soldiers. The boycott of English goods and a11 that has only an English mark continues in the South. to the great detriment of Hong-Kong. League of Nations. The treaty of Locarno has causPd several other nations to take similar treaties under con~idcration. But ,,·hat is of g-reat irnpo!'tance is the disarmament question taken up by the Leag·ue of Xations. \"\' hat empo\'erishe::. Europe. especially France. is thernpport orenorm< us a1n.iH. R€duce thP-se. and seYeral llations that are no1Y unal.Jle to make their IJud~·ets balance. may arter some time eYell reduce their actual taxes. The fear of 11·ar forces them to keep their armies mi!thty and ready. The Treaty of Locarno has appea~ed partially 1hat fear. But in 11·hat proporLion shall tile nations reduce their -;tanding armies? Ellgland would suppress all suumal'ines. ~o. says Frnnce. who sees in submarines a weapon to defend herself against England. Shall armies be allowed in proportion to the nurnuer of inhal.Jita nts of each country? And in what proportion? If the League of ~ations is to preYent future wars, it ought to l.Je alile to oppose an army strong enough to enforce peace upon an unrul~- nation. Hence no nation should have an army capable of opposing the army of the League of Xations. Years may pass before the Leag-ue and thE 11·illing nations find out and det!'rmine how many rnldiers each of the nation!>, mernhers of the Leagne, should have. In the meantime it can but do good that the quesLion be considered by the different nations. It brings them nearer together, erases old enemities and !'hows at least some good 1dll to cGme to a mutual understanding.after which they sh al I be more ah le to attend to thei1· interior troubles. fascism. By fa>:ciHu is underHuod today not only the mo1·ement beg-un in I taly by which .\fussolini and his black shirts took the reins of the Government of l ta ly into their hands to defend the <'ountry ag-ainst bolscheYism. but a kind of a new political party to be found in se1 ·eral European eountl'ies 283 This party, in Yiew of the fact that. Socialists and Communists ha Ye become dangerous, and that the actual Governments do not take the necessary sters to stop that growing bolscheYisn1. tries to impose its will upon the Gorermnent in order to force it to counteract the eoming anarchy and to take measures with which to settle the more or less unsatisfactory finanrial conditions of the nation. The Fascif· ts ir1 England told tile .\linister of the Interior that, if he did not take measures av~ ir~ t the Communists, they would take the law into their own hands and stop all Communist propaganda. In France )Jr. Thittinger claims to have a force behind him of 200,0<10 young men willing to march against the interior ene1.1ies. They ask ec'.l· nomy in the administration. a settling· of the debt 11 ith the Lnited States in order to stabilize finances and they are not afraid to i::ay that. if the actual Government does not yield to their claims, they will set up a dicta tu re similar to .Jl ussoTiui's in Italy· Varieties. Spain has gi\'en up the mili.tar~·die tature of Premier de Ril'eira. The Turks are willing to settle peacefully their dispute with England oYer the :.\fosul district of the new kingdom of Iraeq. 01·er wllich Engl an cl was gi\·en a mandate by the League of Xations. Russia. thanH:s to the League of Nations and the consequent union of t hp ·western powers. becomes rnure ar:d more isolated. Jugoslavia is about to raise a monument to the assassin of A1·chduke Fer- - dinand whom he sl1ot and killed on June 28. 19H. Their reason is that the world wa1· has giren the Serbs a greater count1·y and domination Ol'er the Croats and SloYenes. 284 rr ~-~ ::::.\\ ll ff ,!J l=Q=U ii~I o;.~ 0 X - Qui>stions unsiirned will not l>e answi>ri>d. Anon.rmous lPtti>rs must find thPi1· way into the waste paper basket. \Ye will not p11hlish thi> names of those who sen<l rinestions. Qnestion Nr1. 14.-How m .my iivlulgences can one win uy 111uking the :Stati,,ns of the 01·r1ss? Ans.-One who satisfies all the conditions to win the indulirences of the Stations of the Cross can win many both plenary and partial. In fact. all the indulgences conceded to the pilgrims who make the Stations of the Cross at Jerusalem. How many plenury'!I I t can not be said. Several Popes have grained plenary indulgences to those who visited the Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem. and later, when these same indulgen~ ces had been applied to the Stations erected in our churches, Pope Clement XlI forbid the publication of the number of plenary indulgences att<tched to this pious exercise. t,!tie:;tion So. 15.-0an the indulyences u.f the Way "i the Omss be gained more thun once a clay? Ans.-ln 1833 the Sacred Congregation of indulgences answered this question by saying that no documents prove that the indulgencfs of the Wu.y of the Cross could be gained more than once a day. But this answer re~ards only the plenary indulgences. The partial indulgenc·.es can be gained as often as one m'tkes the Stations of the Cross while observing the conditions required. Q1.iestion No. 16.- Wh11t a1·e the con1l£ti,,ns 1 ·equfrerl to ynin lite i·~dulgences uf the Way of the Ct'oss '! Ans.-Of course one ou~ht to be in state of Grace and have the intention of gainin!; the indulgences. Besides the following have to be observed: 1. Each station must be visited, if possible. Thus one has to go from station to station, and if the crowd in the church does not permit such, even then one has to visit each station by at leaH some bodily moYement tm\-ards each station. 2. The fourl een stations muH be visited withot t nota!Jle or moral interruption. An interruption to hear masF. to receive Hoh· Communion. to confffs etc. would not deprive one of the ind ulg-enreF. if after 111ese pious exereises the visit of the other stnt ions iscontim1ed. 3. In front of each station. one has to meditate upon the Saered Pal"sion of Our Lord. Thus there is no nerd of meditatinl! uron the n1ffering- of Our Lord as represented on the station, or of reciting an act of contrition, or of iidding- the Our Father. Hail Man- and Gloria and it is not eYen required to add six times the Our Father and Hail >fan' with the Gloria after the fourteen YiFits. NOTE: Thof:e who h:we a crueifix enriched with the induhrenees of the Wav of the Cross can win these provided thev have this crucifix in their hands and recite with a contrite heart 14 times the Our F:ither. the Hail Mar.v and the Glori::i. adding five times the Our Father, H ail M:ir.v and Gloria in honor of the five wounds of Our Lord and once more for the intention of the Holv Father. However. to use this privilPge, it is required that one be reall.v prevented from makin~ the Way of the Crof:s. This impediment is not only a physical one such as the absence of the Stations in the Church, a physical impossibility of ~oing to the church, etc ... but it is enou~h that it be morally impossible to go to the church to make the stations of the Cross f. i. when one Ii Yes at a certain distance from the church, or is traYeling, etc. 285 l\AILBAG OFTHE LITTLE AtOITlE For all C'orre::rcindenee with "THE LITTLE A POSTLE'. send your letters t.o 'J'/ie Little .-11,ostle. Box 1393 . .Jfonila Manila, Feb. J , 19?6. Dear Readers. I suppo~e tha;t all the Crusaders who made thei1· self-denial-week ham com(etely recornred from their fasting- :ind other l>odily mortifica~inn::, by which the~· spa1e.I a fewpenn;esfor t.heir bretl r n of 1 he >fo1 :nt ain Province, otherwirn I would l e 1 ·ery sorry and t f 11 ~-ou not Io deprive you rse\l·es so much the next time for, after the self-denial-week, there remains other work to be clone. Rest is Rn$1 ! Some liLlle girls in the Tondo Orphanage, ~Ianila.condu cted a campaign for sul1;,criptions to the "Little Apos· tie'" and they gathered thirty-six during the short Christmas vacation. One must not be rich to do a good work for God's cause in the )fountain Province, but one needs faith and good will. Do you wish to learn of a good will? . Here is a letter from a young girl. Of course she wishes her name to be kept secret, but let me tell you she does not Ii Ye in the Philippines. Dear Father,Enclosed find money order for a subscription to the "'Little A p:Jstle". I hal'e 1.ried hard to get this money. I am sixteen years old, the eldest of eight childrep living. I am still goin!! lo school. It was hard to get the !' '1,:· JI ::i·m: I did errands formyneifrh - bors ancl so. little liy little, got my lllone~- that way. I enjoy the rnag:1zine. I wish you a )Jerry Christmas. Your!' truly. (Name.) And after this I received and anonymous lett~r. There are sometimes anonymous letters which are not bad. ~ow. this letter, although directed to the "Little _.\postle"'. is indeed a letter written to some g-irls who will be kept guessing for some t ime, but will , I hope, receiYe the present mentioned. Listen to the request,. R ev. Father.Please subscribe for one year with these fini pesos the following girls to your " Little Apostle": Miss ·Maria Carroscoso, Buhi- Miss Esperanza Villanueva, Saganay- )1iss Arceli Mendoza, Goa-Miss Aquilina Delg-ado, Goa and ~fiss Mary Dickie, San Jose: all from Ca marines Sur. Tell them please that the only thing I ask them is that they shall SUBSCRIBE FIVE MORE to your magazine. Please don't tell my name (which of course I can not, for I do not know it. Howeve1, I thank, most heartily, . 286 this welcome benefactor and I hope tlle benefited will answer, _g·ladly. the request of thrir unkno1n1 friend.) CO~TRIBUTIONS RECEIYED collected by .U.J.R. ·who knows? Perhaps some more may present their friends with the gift of a subscription to the "Little Apostle" and under the same conditions as stated in the foregoing letter. It means doing g-ood and forcin1r others to do the same. To all P1·omoters of the Association of the Little Flower my heartiest and most sincere thanks and congr:i.tulations. The self-denial-11eek has been a success beyond expectation. The I isr. of all donations which in most of the cases ha 1 ·e been the mite of t he poor widow, would be too long- to publish in Ollr limited little magazine. But God. Who knows the names of the Crusaders who ha1·e contributed according to their means, will re"-ard you in proportion to the sacrifices made for His vVorlc. 'l'he ~fissionaries of the )fountain ProYince, in their daily mass. the children of their schools and the Christians of their missions will pray for you and ma~· their fer1·ent prayers be hea rel: such is the wish and prayer too of Yours respectfully in Xt. From )lolo. Dn I. Arroyo .r ~ra. llna Halbina Lacson :3rta~ de A t'ancPfia elf" \ ra11Pta .. llolorPs ;· Balbinitn Lacson Pilar;- RafaC'la Ynlo .lo:;Ptina y Ho1nana Locsin,!! :--:ra. 1'. elf> ZnluPt-a Tr. \'da elf' Lacson P. Yfla ch,.' Ynn:-;a,f )1. \'da de Yu lo F. dP Loc:-,ing.. Em·. de Lacson ·· A. de )lont<'lii>a110 " H. de- ConsinF! "rta. 11. Yulo ·· L. Yusa.1· ·· Eu. Loe-sing Sr. M. elf' la lfarna " ::'\. )lorcil la ·· B. Aristoza From :Jaro. ColPl?iO de San .losP Dn A . . J a 1 -ellana y ,.:rn I>n H. .J alancloni .Y i''"' Sr. F. A raneta J' Sra ·· }I. Hechanova .I' :'rn i'ra. B. Yda. elf' LNlbrna ·· 'l. Vda. de Gamlioa F. de 'Ion\ inola ·· P. de LNle,ma ·· D. de .Jalandoni Srta L. Lec]p,rna "'"~ ~~~ OBITUARY Pe~o:-:. 10.00 3.llO 5,t>O 5.\10 3.50 3.(10 2.00 ;,.oo 2.tlO 1.0\) 1.00 1.tlO l.t\l) 1.00 1.00 2.0tl 1.00 1.00 1.t'O 1.00 1.00 10.0() 10.00 10.fO 5.00 5.llll 5.00 5.L10 5.\10 5.t~l 2.\0 2.l1 U \Ve rec·ommend to the prayers of the Crusaders of the Little FJ01,·e1· the following deceased members: ::\1iss AYelina i"Vingco~ from Angeles. Parnpanga. }fiss Bibiana Pamintuan, from Canclaba. Pam1J'.lnga. :'l[iss Isabel Ocampo. from Candaba. Pampanga. A :'lfass has been offered for the soul of each one of the clear depanecl. R. I. P. OHN SAT BURIED IN HIS ARMCHAIR, reading Victor Hugo's "Hernani'' when a stranger stole noiselessly in to his study. Jumping to his feet, he seized the lamp with his left hand. This happened in the dead of night, when e\·ery thoughtful writer is trying to produce his literary masterpieces, and when no distractio1:s from the outer world come to disturb him. He was the only member of the family up at this late hour. His wife wa" absent, ha\·ing been summoned to attend the bdside of a sick relative. His children were fast asleep in the room adjoining their father's study. vVho in the world could haYe ope1:ed the door to this unexpected visitor? . John tried to fathom this untimely intruder. But all of a sudden he became intensely anxious and apprehensive and could not explain ,,·hy. He fixed hif' look on the stranger's eyes, \vhich lit up in a 287 fiallle of passion. John could see nothing more than those two wice open eyes flaring in his heact The unkown stra1:ger. without utteri1:g a syllable, laid an open letter on the writing-table. His thin lips puckered up \Yith a mischievous cutti1 g smile. It seemed to John as if the fasciliating spell beaming all over the maliciouslooking face of his visitor re-echoed in the letter. The re111arkably "·bite paper with its blue lines and neatly written inducements attract e cl John's atteution. And from a distance, \vithont e,·e11 t0Llchi1:g it, he could read its contents. This ma('e his beart leap. Now he was able to explain why this iuysterious paper sent a feYerish thrill though him as if he were already in possession of a treasure . It was a fortune which this alar111ing visitor brought him. An offer was being made to him to co-operate in bringing out a newspaper. and for bis services he \\·oulcl 288 be paid a fabulous sum of mo11ey . This honest, conscientious writer was for some moments a prey to his fiery imagination and to his future good luck. gainst all that Catholics hold most s:icred: religion , morals, honor, heroism, and will perhaps shatter the hopes of a vast multitude. \Vith ardent and eager eyes the stranger kept looking at John ... .. . and the letter with its allurfrg promises sent electric sparks through John's brains. He anticipated his , com'ortable and easy way of living, and the expenses of the household would 110 longer be curtailed a,; in former days ....... Tt was wealth in abundance. John wa\·ered ..... He ·was leani1~ g with a feverish gesture towards temptation ..... He was on the point He 1: ad already read adYertisements and seen the name of the newspaper written in huge letters on the walls of the capital, also in luminous editorial anno:.mcements here and there. He foresaw that it would soon come forth from the editor, diffusing its infernal poison everywhere it went. The editor will not begin all at once by. attacking everything that is noble and holy, and what Catholic generations have always upheld as their safeguard, but he will speak lightly a- . of yielding ..... . S~hool Teacher- Now, children, I hope you will ha\·e a pleasant holiday, and what is more important, come back with a little sense 111 your heads. Children (in chorus )-Same to you, miss.-The London Weekly Telegraph. .,,. "Co:1found you, sir," said the general. "Why don't you be careful? Here instead of addressing this letter to the intelligence officer, you ha \·e addre.ssed it to the intelligent officer. You should kr.ow there is no such person in the army. "-The London Weekly Telegraph. (To be continued.) ·willie Hardcase - ''Maw. that dentist you sent me to that was advertised as painless wasn't.'' Mother-"He wasn't?" "No-I bit his finger, and he yelled just like any other dentist.'' -American Legf,,n vVcckl:J·. .,,. -Wife: ''I think you might talk to me while I sew" -Husband: "Why don't yon sew to me while I read?" As a rule a man's a fool. When it's hot he wants it cool, When it's cool he wants it hot: Always wanting what is not. --------------------~ Cu n1 iicentia eccltsiastua .................................................... ~. • • • • • • . p . i -in iedmonts i • • • • i only! i • • • • • • : The full mellow richness : • • : of golden VIRGINIA tobacco : • • • • • • • • • • i LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO Co.,lnc. i • • : PHILIPPINE BRANCH : • • ~ . . ~ • • • • •••> •••••++•••••· ...... ··~···························· tb~ Standard paint~r :al.· JKra11t EL PINTOR ALEMAN O u 1i 8.PECIALTY CHURCH WINDOWS ART GLASS MANUFACTURER EXPERT PAINTER 16 GRANATE MANILA. P .I. ~============~"===='==========================~ I VINO de MISA MANUEL GUERRERO Y CIA con la Aprobadon Edesiastica En barrilitos especiales para Provincias a Y36.00 el barril Arzobi,pado de Sevilla. Recomendamos el uso de este \'ino para el Santo Sacrificio de la i\I isa (f) Dr. Se,·ero Daza! GEORGE, O'F ARRELL & Cie., Inc. 539 Calle Sales 540 P.O. 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Tambien una buena existencia de relojes de pulsera "0· MEGA" para Senoritas, Senoras y Caballeros. .. .. .. .. .. LA ESTRELLA DEL NORTE LEVY HERMA~OS . INC. ~ 46-50 EscoLTA 'rELs. 250 Y 201 j ILOILO '.\-IANILA CEBU 'f ~'1)lil!r, _ _,,:::::w...-z....::,...,,,~~.., ii ~Al *&a ~IZAl:lr,,,/J 1 7'==><===::0::::0::=::::==::::=---'==::::==::::--==::::=::--x=-----:::::::;c H H ~ Felidsimo R. Feria CAVANNA :: H Gabriel La 0 It H H r,: ABOITIZ y AGAN ~H ;, "FERIA & LA O" H H ABOGADOS H ~ A BOGA DOS ~ ~ Roxas Building ~ ~ China Bank Bldg. (So piso), J. Luna, Cuarto No 212 Tel. 572 ~ H Binondo, Manila- Tel. i792 Escolta -- MANILA ~ ~ ~ H H H H H H ~ A. Luna de San Pedro NIGHT SCHOOL SPANISH ~ ~ Architect JOURNALISM ~ H and M H H It Speciality: Churches, Schools & Religious Buildings DECLAMATION H H H H 5 P. de la Paz - Escolta H H H H Lucena, Tayabas, H H H H P.O. Box 703 Phone 22%7 I Magallanes corner Dumacaa, H :: MANILA P. I. Opposite the Market. ~ ~ ~ ~ -- ~ ~ ~ H T elefono 1473 P. O. Box 433 H H H H H ~ E. DIAZ Y C!8 ~ H H :: MANILA = H M H - H H M H H :: COMISIONESt CONSIGNACIONES = ~H ~ ~ IMPORT ACION Y EXPORT ACION = ~ " " Compra-venta de productos del pais. n H H H M It M H " H " ~ l6t Escolta (altos) = H H ~ D!recci6n Telegrafiea Claves .ASC (5a. Ed.) ~ H DIAZCO Alt Lieberts y Bentley It ~ H H lk2::z::-x:rx:xz::::Z:::it: . ... ::::::::t:: :::::::::&:::L& ¥ #: .!t .. # i: ::::::::i::Ji::iiii ii ... ~Z-:~::::::.::::%%:::;~ When buying Candies insist on "MANOC" Brand always Our Candies are made of first-class material in a Sanitary Factory. CLARKE'S, Incorporated Oldest & Largest Candy Factory in the Philippines :: 425 Mi~ricordia MANILA P. 0. Box 599 ~g - - H ~ =~g:~ggg§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§lgggg~g~~=§~~~~~5':~~·g~r ~:~~~z: DR. MIGUEL DE LA CONCEPCION DENTIST A T. FINPIN. NO. 25 TELEFONO NO. 2 55-32 IMPRENTA SANTOS Y BERNAL TIPOGRAFIA, FUNDICION DE TIPOS, ENCUADERNACION, RAY ADO, PAPELERIA, LIBRERIA Y ESTAMPERIA. MANILA J. LA 0. AlmacPn de An-oz. 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J! give a lasting luster without great llii1 ~f' ~ I 1 effort"-HAIR SHAMPOO. · "·· tlli I I DOSOL writin~ fluid has stood the test of ti~~-for permanency. No I I other ink on the market can compare with it for easy flow and perrna- , I nent color. In school, in business DOSOL Ink is best. Use it. Those who are ~ l.l very particular about Ink, select DOSOL l>! . ~ I , ~!1~ao ~:!~~: & F~:Lr~:" , I I MANILA, P.I. I : FACTORY & CENTRAL OFFICE: SAMPLES ROOM I Calle Pureia, Sta. Mesa 123 Rosario. Blnondo ~ i ; Tel. 1575•3 Tel. 269•9 I ~ L-..,-------~--lllZ----~---..,,----•111•••,..,.--•iOW!.i;;;;;;;;!rl•••,...,.--•ill!lftll--••,....--•ill!ll'!i--~-·--·rz---~-r:.;""~--liiiii:!l__,C;;;;;;;:~~