The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. III, No. 2 July 1926

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. III, No. 2 July 1926
Issue Date: Vol. III (No. 2) July 1926
Year: 1926
Language: English
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extracted text: VOL Ill, No. 2 July 1926 Catholic School Pr~, Baguio, Mt. Pr. entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Bairuio, Mountain, on February 5, 1025 THE LITTLE !POSTLE OF THE 101JIT!Ill PROVllCE 1'he ofjiciaZ org,an of the Missionaries t>f thi Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld Fath6rs) in the Mountain 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. { 191.00 for the Philippines Yearly subscription price: $1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money ordt1rs should be made payable to THE LITTLE Apostle, Manila, I'. 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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Box l80!, Phone !262 ;r:== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -========== :::::::-------11 H H H H H II ~: ~ II H I I( H ~ ~ tt ~ H H H I( H H l!o It II Cuando se discute la com- ~ pra de un piano el nombre ''OLIVER" es el que acude enseguida a la memoria y obtiene la preferencia.. ;,PORQUE? Sencillamente porque des9-e hace mas de 30 aiios ofrecemos las mejores marcas de pianos a los mejores precios y plazos mas llevaderos. JOSE OLIVER. SUCCESSORS, CO. Carriedo 317, Manila " II II II H II H H H H H II H H H H H H H H ~ II H ~ H II H H H H II II If ======·========·-=~ VOL. III, No. 2 JULY 1926. Art: Saints Born Such 1 Ob, if Parents Only l\new to Teach Their Children Love for Heaven ! "Baby r I he l i t t l e Flower) is the dearest l i It le rogue; she comes to kiss m e, and at the same time wishes me to die. 'Oh, how I wish you to die, dear Mamma,' she said, and when she ·zms scolded she was quite astonished. and answered: 'But I want - you to go to Heaven, and you say we must die to go there;' and in her outburst of aff ect~on for her father, she wishes him to die too. The dear little thin!?, will hardly leave 1ne, she follows me everywhere, but likes r.oing into the garden best. When I am not there, she refuses to stay, and cries so much that they are obliged to brinr. her back. She will not even go ups lairs alone without calling me at each step. 'Mammal Mamma!' and if I forget to · an~wer 'Yes, darling!' she waits where she is, and will not move." (From a letter written by the mother of the Little Flower to Pauline the Little Flower's sister, t?en at college.) HAT A DEAR LOVING child Little Therese was! Parents, would you not like to have such children? And you, children, would you not like to have such dear loving 34 sisters? Whence that loving sweetness of the very Little Flower? Read first again the· editorial of last month! Little Theresa had been made to understand that Mamma and Papa wanted her to go to heaven, to be infinitely happy and glorious. to be infinitely loved by "le bon Dieu" the good God. And she had understood the happiness of heaven as children can understand it, but at the same time she understood all the love of her parents who always tried their utmost to make her infinitely happy and hence her childish love for her parents who really and truly loved her. But, what shall I say about heaven to a little child, one may ask? How can a father or a mother inspire the children at home with a desire for heaven and a love for the one who proves that he loves the children most dearly by the fact that he tries to procure for them endless good and happiness? There is nothing easier. Children have their likings. For instance they like nice dresses. What is easier than to say that the child will have a very much nicer dress in heaven after death, if only it does not disobey but is good and kind at home and loves Our good Lord with all its heart. For instance again: the child likes very much to eat a certain fruit. The moment you present it with the coveted fruit and the child feels happy,you say that in heaven it will eat fruits very much more delicious, that it shall have these fruits forever, in abundance, but that, to get them, it ought to pray well every morning and evening, before and after meals and that it must always obey Papa and Mamma, and that it should not quarrel with brothers and sisters but always be kind and gentle to them , etc., etc .... What little children will do after they have heard the explanation of a religious picture, Or you show a picture of Our Lord dying on the Cross and you tell the child that Jesus, true God and man, bought with His own blood that splendid heaven with the nicest of dresses and the most delicious of fruits, and t h a t afterwards Be, Almighty God, went to heaven to prepare a place for all those who love Him, do not offend Him, but try to do what pleases Him. Naturally, the child with its desire to enjoy nice dresses and sweet fruits, feels an irresistible desire, not only for the known good in heaven, but also for the actions to be done to win that happiness in heaven. Is the child a little naughty? Speak again of the fruits and dresses in heaven and tell the child that if it is naughty, the dresses in heaven may be lost and the fruits spoiled. Tell the child that Jesus Who loves only ki11d and obedient children will feel sorry on His cross and may not allow it to enter Heaven, if the child behaves in such a manner, for He sees how the child behaves and He can not forget things unless we be sorry for our wrong deeds and stop them at once. And the chi-Id with its natural desires for things it can understand of heaven, will be touched and stop its naughty mood, and, in the meantime, when its parents speak that way of God and of the child's infinite happiness to be won at the price of virtue, it will not only see that its parents wish really its great good forever, but that 35 same manner of speaking will increase in the little heart more respect for such a dignified father and mother; hence its respect and love for its parents will increase together. Further, that way the child is taught to act by a little reasoning, it learns to reason for itself so as to avoid what might spoil the happiness it understands and covets in its little ways, and it necessarily wants to act so as to secure and increase in heaven what it knows and understands of heaven and desires naturally. That little reasoning held before its eyes, whenever necessary and oossible, creates in its little mind a custom of reasoning that way. This kind of reasoning develops . more and more with age and repetitions of the same lesson, and so, it acquires the principle of right reasoning and acting: not for fear or love for persons, but for the love of God who is Heaven. With this principle, the unique universal that may and should guide men in all their actions, the growing child, not only becomes more and more virtuous, but it acquires the necessary self-control under the eye of a just but loving God. It is fit. to resist temptations and do good, and, knowing that such an education comes from its loving parents, it can not but love them with all its heart as long as they live and when they hav~ already received in heaven the reward of their sound education. " 36 July 16, St. Simon Stock Simon was born in the county of Kent, England. He left his home when he was but twelve years of age, to live as a hermit in the hollow trunk of a tree, whence he was known as Simon of the Stock. Here he passed twenty years in penance and prayer, and learned from Our Lady that he was to join an Order not then known in England. He waited in patience till the White Friars came, and then entered the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In 1245 he became the prior-general of the Order. In all his necessities, he went with filial confidence to the Blessed Mother of Jesus. On July 16, 12.'il, while Simon knelt in prayer in the White Friar's convent at Cambridge, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and presented him with the scapular, in assurance of her pro I ection. The devotion to the blessed scapular spread quickly throughout the Christian world. Pope after Pope enriched it with indulgences, and· miracles innumerable put their seal uponitsefficacy. The first of them was worked at Winchester on a man dying in despair, who at once asked for the Sacraments, when the scapular was laid upon him by St. Simon. In the year 1636, M. ·de Guge, a cornet in a cavalry regiment, was mortally wounded at the engagement of Tehin, a bullet having lodged near his heart. He was then in a state of grievous sin, but had time left to make his confession, and with his own hands wrote his last testament. When this was done, the surgeon probed his wound, and the bullet was found to have driven his scapular into his heart. On its being withdrawn, he presently expired, making profound acts of gratitude to the Blessed Virgin, who had prolonged his life miraculously, and thus preserved him from eternal death. St. Simon Stock died at Bordeaux, A.D. 1265. To enjoy the privileges of the scapular of the Mount Carmel, it is sufficient that it be received lawfully and worn devoutly. After the lawful imposition of the scapular, this may be replaced by the "scapular medal". It is said that the magazines are at their best when they start! \Vherefore subscribe right away to "El Misionero" to get the best of it! 37 So Speak the Wise . . . And the Young Heed the Lesson ! 91. A word to a wise man is enough. 92. If you cannot have the be&t, make the best of what you have. 93. Many a one threatens while he quakes with fear. 94. Facility of actions comes by habit. 95. We long- in -vain to undo what we have done. 96. A noble example makes difficult exercise easy. 97. As a man makes his bed so must be lie. 98. Mind the corner where life's road turns. 99. Short reckonings make long friends. 100. Difficulties are meant to muse not to discourage. ~w101. Joys shared with others are more enjoyed. 102. Be wise today, 'tis madness to defer. 103. Don't budge if you are at ease where you are. 104. No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversary. 105. Silence or neg·lect dissolves many friendships. 106. Best time is present time. 107. If it were not for the fools in this world, the poor would never get rich. 108. Nothing is unclean to a carrion crow. 109. It is better to wear out than to rust out. 110. Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 38 Ari Efficacious Remedy B ......... June 1, 1926 Dear Father Vandewalle, Everything O.K. in the mission, and besides, I have a good bit of very interesting news. I have discovered an efficacious remedy against a certain kind of stomach trouble. Maybe others can use the recipe, wherefore I give it to the public that they may profit by it. La>-t month I was not very well, I was very weak at certain hours of the day, especially at mealtimes, for the trouble was in the stomach. I thought: maybe I eat too much, for a good friend sent me a ham and a big cheese, and ...... of course not having tasted for meat a few days, I had rather enjoyed the welcome gift. So I ate less than usual, but to no avail. The disposition became worse with this treatment. Then I thought: my stomach is perhaps overloaded, suffers of a chronic indigestion, and I took the corresponding universally known medicine. But I felt worse than before. Then I used lavishly Harlem oil and all the powders and drogues I could find in my house, but the trouble became very rapidly and visibly worse half an hour and more before meals. And, at the end of all treatments, you know how easily one despairs. Feeling worse everyday after I had taken many precautions and more remedies, I told my stomach one noon that I felt more than ever an attack "All right, you refose to do your duty? I will crush you under the work'' so, I ate more than ever, and, can you believe it, I felt really better, but not much. Having exhausted all my knowledge and experience in drogues and therapeutics, I decided to go and see a doctor in Bontoc, so, to Bontoc I went on horseback. I felt I had done well, for during the last half of my journey, I really thought my last had come. Entering the town I was a little surprised to see the employees of the government leaving their office, for my watch showed only 11 :20 a. m. ... .1 thought of hot season hours .... But when I entered the mission house, the dock rang the " Ange· )us. •· lt was indeed 12 Noon. A light passed thru my mind .... r had fourtd the remedy of my sickness . ... my q)vation .... my hC'alth .. . . my •Watch was 40 minutes slow . . . . an.! had been slow that much for a few weeks since the beginning of my trouble . .. . and 40 minutes slow to eat for a good stomach, feeding often on rice and dried fish only is terrible .... I advanced my watch 40minutes . and siHce that time I have enjoyed the best of health. Cortclusion and advice! If you have stomach trouble in the missions, before you consult a doctor, 39 fi rst look at your watch and fix it. Yours respectfully, A .... N.O.R. But there is another m e an s of remedying stomach trouble of the kind described.... it is some substantial food. Lately a generous benefactor paid for some extraordinary food for some fathers in the missions wher~ meat can rarely be bought. The Father who wrote this letter had received a ham and a big cheese. Wou Id that you read his letter of thanks for the delicacy . Maybe you too would pay 'PS.00 for a ham for him or for another missionary of the poorest stations. One can not expect much of a horse without oats or palay! ''Another's Burdens'' "lf any little word of mine Can make a life some btightet lf any little song of mine Can make one heart grow lighter God help me speak that little word And take my bit of singing And drop it in some lonely vale To set the echoes ringing." "lf any little love of mine Can make a life the tweeter; lf any little care of mine Can make another's fleeter; 1j any little help may ease The burden of anotherGod give me love and care and strength To help along the other." 40 I \ Little Ifugao tots, offering flowers to their Mother You too off er a flower to Mary when you send your help to the missions. Stand Up for Your Faith Here is an incident in the life of Cardinal Howard of England. ''In early life Carftinal Howard was in the army, and one day some of the officers picked up a scapular somewhere in the barracks, and brought it to the mess table, where it was ridiculed and treated with disrespect. At last one of them hung it to the gas pipe m·er the table. Lieutenant Howard came in rather late. He was immediately assailed with shouts of 'Oh, Howard, here is something in your line! Isn't this thing 41 How little tots in the Ifugao country play little Jl!Iammas. Do they deserve your prayers and help to make good christians of them? Popish?' As soon as Howard !'aw what it was he walked straight to the middle of the room and before them all said in a loud, clear voice: 'Yes, it is something 1 reverence and esteem and for n-hich I 1rnuld be ready to draw rny sword, if neeessary to defend it.' So saying, he drew his sword, and ";ith the point of it took <lmYn the scapular from the ·gns pipe, kissed it and reverently pinned it to his breast. Xo one said a word after that, but all present honored him the more for his disreganl. for human opinion." ·what a wealth of instru<'tion for us all. On similar occasion.,< let not our <'Ourage fail us.-THE UNIVERSE. 42 Mission News and Noles 8okod. From Father Claerhoudt. I am overjoyed at the news that I may hope to receive the harmonium I asked for in the L. A. some months ago. Deo Gratias. I pray every day for the person or persons willing to present me with the instrument. On May 22, Antonio Fianza, son of the unforgotten and unfor~et able Jose Fianza, was married to Emiliana Namai. Antonio is a teacher at the central school of Bokod. May Antonio, who will probably live in Bisale, imitate his glorious father, who contributed so much to the conversion of a great many lgorrotes, and thus bring the Bisale peo.ple into the bosom of the true Church. Rauco. From Father Van Zuyt. Many thanks for the gift of 'P 6.00. God bless generous Miss ... Such gifts do much good here. I do not need great sums of monfy: they are perhaps needed more in big missions, but what I need is many small gifts ..... "iangan. From Father Desnick. I am still under the bad impression of a sorry event. I had a few carpenters from Banaue building a chapel at Hingyan. Last year the people of Hingyan killed a man from Banaue. So my brave carpenters had been told to be very careful for the sake of their lives. Of course they were ..... nevertheless one of them was nearly killed by a man, my friend, of Hingyan. Naturally all my carpenters fled to Banaue and here I stand alone to build a chapel. Besides I have an attack of malaria and am still a little dizzy. I need Esanofele and Hemoglobine, but I have none. System Every night my prayers I say, And get my dinner every day; And every day that I've been good I get an orange after food. The child that is not clean and neat With lots of toys and things to eat, He is a naughty child, I'm sure Or else his dear papa is poo.r Robert Louis Stevenson 43 The Negritos of North-Eastern Luzon By Father Morice Vanoverbergh Missionary in the Mountain Pror• ince,.P.1 . (Continuation) CHAPTER Ill Material Life I. Physical Characteristics. Everybody knows that the Negritos are of short stature. The Spanish explorers recognized the fact in bestowing upon them their name, which, literally translated, means "little Negroes". However, their bodies are so perfectly formed and so well proportioned and are such perfect miniatures of normally sized human beings, that, when living among them, one easily loses sight oftheirdwarfed stature, which is so remarkable to strangers. The fact , however, is soon brought to mind again, when one has to follow a Negrito guide along a path in the forest, or to pass through the door of one of their houses, the latter happening very rarely, however, as most of their houses have no walls. What tires one most in walki:Jg along their trails. is not the length of the journey, nor the unevenness of the ground on which one treads, nor the stones and roots one encounters at every step, nor even the brooks and marshes one has to crm;s, but the necessity of walking head downward and of stooping almost continually during the march, while the Negrito walks erect and enjoys the trip like a college boy on vacation. That is at least what I experienced myself, an<l what I found exceedingly tiring. They cut off the branches of the trees, and the different vines or spiny plants that grow in their way, but have no idea, of course, of going higher than their head: and so it happened that I had to walk for hours, nearly always . stooping; it was a real pleasure and comfort to be able to lift my head 44 now and then, for instance. when wading throt1gh a brook, or coming into a clearing in the forest. The paths they make through bamboo grass or other tall reeds, remind one of the low passage in a ~ave , the reeds meeti!1g oyerhead and forming an arch , high enough for the Negrito, but far from lofty for a man of ordinary stature. \Vhen you add to this the exceedingly sharp edges of the lea n~~s of some of these plants, that cut you everywhere like a jagg razor, you will understand tl:at, after all, one is continually reminded of the fact that the Negrito is a diminutiYe man. ( Pl. XVLI). I nnfortunately had no instruments with me for taking exact measurements, an ordinary meter rule being the only implement in my possession; howevei·, I tried to find out something definite, by choosing out of the gToup of Negritos who came to the prayer ceremony, the tallest and the shortest man and woman, and making them stand erect against one of the posts of the honse, and then, again later on, by doing the same with Kuliana. The first fonr were adults and had reached their full lenght, while Kuliana was a girl of about 13 years of age, and probably not yet fully developed. Here are the results I obtained: r. Toma, the husband of Iya: Standing height: (in bare feet, of course)-r.550 m.; Span of arms from fingertip to fingertipr.585 m. 2. Plasido, the wi:::.ower: Standing heigl:t: I -470 m.; Span of arms: l .525 m. 3. Purereda, the \vife of Adclapug: Standing height: r.495 m .; Span of arms: r .450 m. 4. Filomena, the wife of another Toma: Standing height: l .370 m. 5. Kuliana, the daughter of Masigun: Standing height: r.410 m.; Span of arm~: r.420 m. lt will be seen from the above measurements that the arm span is greater: than the standing height of the two men, while the contrary happens to be the case with the two vvomen. \,Ve cannot conclude from these few examples that this is a general fact. and so I shall leave the matter as it is, with the hope that some day more definite conclusions will be reached. Mr. Reed has clone this work for the Negritos of Zambales, perhaps somebody will do the same later on for our Isneg-Negritos and Kalinga-Negritos. There are two other points which are generally conceded to be cha: racteristics of the Negrito: kinky hair arid black skin; but these should should not be exaggerated. Their head .hair is generally ki11ky, there can be no doubt about that; but still there are exceptions. Again, when the girls daily comb their hair, and the men h_ ave theirs cut at regular intervals, much of the wooliness disappears, although their hair remains most distinctly kinky. Still, in general, th-= hair of the Negrito is kinky and rnugh to the touch) a real virgin forest in miniature, where it is difficult for anything, except a very small animal, to find its way, and still more difficult, when inside, to find its way out. Ordinarily they have black hair, except now and again when, perhaps through exposure to the sun and the elements. it becomes of a dirty reddish-brown color. This is usually found to be the case only with the exposed part of the hair, except with Tebag, Yadan's son, whose hair though definitely kinky, was uniformly reddish-brown from root to tip. I saw very few gray-haired people, Asi, Idaro, Dandangan and Asikam being really the only ones I met with. but I could n o t draw any conclusions from this fact, as I did not encounter any very old people Lesides the four already mentioned. Of baldness I did not see a single example. Coming now to the color of their skin, we must concede that it is a good deal darker than that of the average Malay, but neither is it coal-black; it is rather of a chocolate brown. In comparison, however. with the other natives of these islands, we might plainly call the Negrito a black man, as did the Spaniards in bestowing upon them their distinctive name. In general their faces are very 45 far from having an ape-like appearance, and in most cases if anything, they resemble the Caucasian more than the Negro's type. Their cheekbones are rather.promi:Jent, about the same as of the average Malay. Their eyes are not almond-shaped , but round and black, mostly wide open, perhaps on account of living regularly in places more or less dark; they glisten with intelligence, but very often have an expression of timidity. Their noses are flat, of course, with the nostrils more or less turned upwards, the bridge of the nose setting very deep. Their lips are not protruding. Their teeth, in general, a r e straight; I have not seen a single individual whose teeth were not straight, and I have purposely taken a great many observations on this point. Their ears are normal, the lobes, in general, being exceedingly small. A great many of the men have more or less beard, but it is usually short and scanty. I cannot say much about natural deformities, as the pnly insta:nce I met with was Guyung, whose legs were slightly deformed, although the malformation did not seem to interfere with his movements at all. Allow me to add a few words about their physiological characteristics. I have spoken extensively about their endurance and t h e means they take to secure and inuease it by their mode of obtaining food. Standing, lying down and walking, they take the same positions as other men. One thing only I remarked, was the tendency they had when walking, of keeping their toes turned inward and their heels outward. I could not say this is a general characteristic, but at least I remarked it several times, and often very markedly. They have all senses rather well developed, their hearing being especially remarkable; for it is so acute that the animal's motions have also disclosed to their keen senses its exact location, as well as its breed and size. When we went to Agingay, the N egritos over there knew that men were approaching, long before we emerged from the forest , and they knew also that they were not N egritos like themselves. I do not believe anything escapes their keen sight. The woods have no secrets for them; they never lose their way in the forest, though they have been roaming through it for a whole day, following the tracks or sounds of a running deer or a wild boar. A broken twig, the position of a stone or a dry log, the itJclination of a tree or a bush, in short, anything that has to do with the science of woodcraft, is a landmark to them. They know the cries of all the different quadrupeds, birds and reptiles, all the sounds made by their movements, even the ' fish 111 the water not escaping their observation. With reference to the question of nutrition, I have said already that the Negrito eats when he has something to eat, and fasts when he has nothing; he bas neither fixed tit'1e for bis meals, nor regular diet. Adult mortality does not seem to be very great, except in the case of an epidemic, when they have no means of protecting themse!Yes. It must be conceded that they age more rapidly than the Caucasian, but it is impossible for me to make exact computation about the relative ages. I met very few instance;;; of any, diseases and, of mental diseases, none; of other sicknesses, the only example was Idaro, who was probably suffering from tuberculosis, as she was coughing and expectorating almost continually, and although she ran around the house and the yard, she did not venture far from home. At Malunog, a woman, Iggo, the wife of Yanged, could not be p!!otographed, because she was sick; I could not ascertain, however, what was the nature of her ailment. There were very few cases of skin dis~ases, which may seem rather extraordinary; of itch I have seen very little, a few marks on a very few individuals. In general, the Negrito seems to have a sound mind in a healthy body, which, in turn, is covered by a healthy skin. (To be continued.) 47 The Songs . of ii People lgorrote Customs in East Benguet by Rev. Father Claerhoudt, Missionary, Bokod, Benguet ( Copyriglited Lie, 343) (Continuation) IV "Pek-kel and Ale-gwas" ~ ETWEEN the Kadassaan ~~ Ylountains and Bokod lies the country of Karaw. The greatest village of the Karaw country is "Tee-kob." North east, a little higher, lies "Bu-sok" and on the other side of the river rise the huts of "Pa-dai," "Tchanum" and" Ping-ing-aan." Higher than Ping-ing-aan is another place called "Pa-dok," but it is hidrlen by evergreen forests and in the depth of ravines. The people of Karaw can P-ot be said to be "lbaloi-lgorrotes" for they have come from "Panupui," a country behind the Kadassaan Mountain-ridge. Their ancestors were persecuted by the "bu-sol," i.e. wild tribes, and they escaped over the mountains and descended into the Agno valley thinking to settle near Ambuklaw; but the people of Ambuk-· law, Bokod and Daklan held a meeting and they gave the intruders the country near the "Bawalingai" river, the actual Karaw. And so it happened that these refugees built their shacks in that part of Benguet and in that lonely corner lived in peace and safety from their enemies but preserved their own "lgwaan" language and their own customs. Later, if it pleases God, I will write about Karaw ways and customs but ao; they have some in common with the Ibaloi people, the "Pek-kel" and the" Ale-gwas," I give these now, because they are two caniaws offered for the fertility of the earth and the abundance of all which is planted and sown, just as the village caniaw, the great "Kosdei" of East Benguet, I described before. .;J. On both sides of the river, on the mighty mountain slopes, the rice waves its heavy golden, cracklmg, ears. The time of Harvesting has come. But nobody dares to begin, because the "Pek-kel" caniaw ha;; AQ ~J not been offered as yet for the harvest of the rice. And the people whisper mysteriously among themselves. "Karika sepai mamkel mman a tawen?" "Aw-ti sepa katchi ...... " "I wonder who will offer this year the "Pek-kel.' · "Hm, hm ...... who may it be?"' But the old "Sa-ka-tee," the old mambunung from Tee-kob knows quite well who owns the fattest hogs in the country and the family which some day receives the tiding from old Sa-ka-tee, may do well to prepare the "Pek-kel · for it would be u3eJess to refuse or protest. And it is in the early morning that the "Pek-kel" begins. From early morning, all men and women and children stroll toward the hut of the "mamkel"who has to offer the "Pek-kel." "U mudiung" the old priest, the priest of the "Pek-kel," has taken his position since the day before in the hut of the caniaw-offerer and for supper they have given him cooked rice, but rice of the last harvest. Near the door in front lays the "Mol-mol," an enormously big hog, waddling with fat and grunting at those who pass near, or squealing from the cutting pain in its tightly tied legs. The old men sat on their heels near the ''A to!'' the stone wall; the women sat apart near the hut; all were busy smoking from the short little copper pipe the "poliang-tobacco" from the Kadassaan, but nobody drank. There was no ricewine, no "tapui" at the "Pek-kel" the yearly caniaw of the Karaw country for the success of the harvest. And while the younger people gathered firewood and fetched in water from the spring, Umudiung came outside of the hut, the old priest of the pek-kel caniaw; he exorcised the "mol-mol" the hog wadding with fat, and finished , saymg: "Sikam, man-ka-akto, uneg ni apa:-aapatep iafigo na-amag!' And he struck once the "kalsa" -the gong-with his staff. At this signal seven small pigs were brought forward and, at a new signal of the old priest, all · seven were cruelly pierced thru their hearts with a pine punch. The pointed punches scratched, cut and bored harshly into the skin and lungs of the seven little pigs before they found their way into the very hearts of the jerki.ng yelling animals, but they found it and, when together with the heartblood they had taken the very'life, they were pulled out with a short snatch and dripping with blood, and were thrown on the roof of the mamkel's house to protect it against all wrong and evil-himself and all the members of his family. Then they roasted the little pigs,, cut them open, cleaned the different parts to be boiled, but all under the supervision of the old men. In the mean time the old priest had entered the hut of the "mamkel " He sat · down near the fire on the hearth and he had nothing but words of blessings and good wishes for the mamkel and his family , if they kept faithfully the precepts of the caniaw. until the end. i. e. until the harvest would be over and closed by the "ale gwas .. , In a corner of the hut was the man of the hut, sitting on his heels. slightly bowed over, with his two hands, their palms turned upwards, leaning on his feet. In another corner sat his wife in the same position as her husband ..... and for three days they were forbidden to take any food, except a few bananas and only when their hunger would be too severe. Bananas would not break the fast which was required for the success of the "Pek-kel" that was offered for the abundance of the harvest. And the old priest advised them, and told them, over and over again, that they must keep their position of body and hands even when they took their rest and that each one of them had to remain in his own corner and should for no reason at all leave the hut. The next day a hog was slaughtered. On the third day, when all the people had gathered around the hut of the caniaw-offerer. this last was allowed to appear for a moment outside of his hut, but only at the command of the old priest. 49 So he came just once outside the door, but when the sun was shining over the tops of the mountains, Umudiu11g gave him a handful of cooked riceand, sitting on his heels, he accepted the little rice and he plastered it on his breast and then he took a cup of soup with"tchigo" in it of the boiled hog and he poured it out between his legs upon the rice which had fallen to the ground from his breast. Then came the "Sa-ka-tee" an old man and gave a piece of bamboo and an "atak'' a chopper, and the "mamkel" cut the bamboo into splinters. This was the great and long expected signal of the beginning of the rice harvest; it was the signal that every one was allowed to work and cut his rice. All women with the "kai-bang", the rattan basket, slung over their backs and the rice sickles in their hand:;, left for the nearby rice field, and when the sun had re .ched the zenith, the first rice harvest was stopped, the women came back. A hog was slaughtered, the "mamkel'', the feasting man, reentered his hut, took his former position in his corner with his hands on his feet, palms upwards as the pek-kelcaniaw prescribed most clearly. In the morning of the fi£th day, the women went out again to harvest and on the eight day, the last day of the Pek-kel, what was left and pre<>erved of the soup, the "tchigo" of the "mol-mol", slaughtered on the first feast-day, was 50 poured out on the ground under the hut of the "mamkel" ..... and so ended the " Pek-kel" ..... Hence, every day, in the early morning, you can see black lines of women in the golden fields of the Karaw country cutting rice ..... and each afternoon you can see these women loaded with the heavy "kai-ban" full of rice climb, Nearily, the hills homeward. But in their respective corners of their hut still sits the couple who held the '·pek-kel", always on their heels, slightly bowed owr, with their hands on their feet, palms turned upwards, as the ritual of the "pek-kel" presrribes most clearly and so they will sit until the end of the harvest, for two or three months, until the "ale-gwas". The man is allowed to eat hogmeat and fish, but never more as long as he lives is he permitted to eat meat of the waterbuffalo; cow and dog, and never again shall he mix "sili" (a kind of condiment) with his daily food. This same regulation is to be foll owed by the man who on the first day of the feast di~tributed meat among all the partakers of the banquet. Also by the man who on the eighth day poured out the soup, the tchigo of the "mol-mol" under the hut of the "mam-kel". And to the women it is forbidden to work on their "uma"; camote fields, to plant, to weed, to dig for camotes. When all rice has been harvested, when all horses and cattle have been Lurned into the fields, a day is set apart on which the "rnambunung" indicate,; a man who has to give the ' ale-gwa -". the caniaw which closes the former "pek-kel". And again it is in the early morning that the "ale-gwas ' begins. In front of the entrance of the hut lies a hog, the legs fast tied, and nearby on his heels sits the priest "ho. exorcizes the beast: "ibu-nungto" and ag.;in he says the \vords he spoke over the "molrnol ". ';Sikarn maka-akto, uneg ni apaaapa, tep iafigo na- amag." And the fat hog was killed and seven small pigs were brought and the deadly pine-punch bored its way thru skin and lungs to their hearts. and, dripping from life-giving blood, they were then thrown upon the roof of the hut of the rnan-ale-gwas, the man who gave the ale-gwas. This man and his wife were cornered in the penitential position of the "mam-kel", but they were not obliged to fast. While the feast is prepared the women move around the "marnbunung", the priest, and they sit down in a circle, for now comes '·kabunian" the divinity and he will speak thru the mouth of the "mambunung' ' "Sikayo pinarsua, kayo ka mafigan sili tchi baleidio isu figa anchi pageidio" "You my creatures, you eat "sili" in your houses, and therefore that is why you have no rice" And the priest begins nmY to sing the '·kaadio" the song of the "alegwas He sings as a lamentation the evil doing of the creatuJes. ·'Nga-aw dio ka pasing dia pinarsua ..... ; Wrong are you doing my creatures, "You disobey all my precepts, "You disobey what I order. "What I forbid. you all do it, "But what I order, you do not: "Bad are your actions, your customs. JI. And three days and three nights he sings the "kaadio" the lamentation, and kabunian the divinity, yes, he himself laments to his people. now gathered; he laments thru the mouth of the mambunung, he talks, he orders, he forbids thru the mouth of the mambunung." And each ti me he has ended a sentence, all the sitting women repeat. singing, what kabunian told them. On the third and fifth days they slaughter a hog but the priest does not exorcise them, he does not pray over these last two hogs. And when the eighth day had dawned and when all the people had gathered , they killed another hog and all ate and drank in front of the hut. After this meal the women left for the 'uma" for the first time since the "pek-kel" began. And on the ninth day of the "alegwas" no people were seen in the 51 villages of the Karaw country. All people, young and old, able to work, had gone to the camotefields, and they dug out all the weeds and grass which for weeks had grown wild. Late in the evening, after al1 umas had been cleaned of grass and weeds, the people came back and they lighted the pinefires around their huts. While the women prepared supper on the "tchapolan," the men sat wrapped in their blankets, smoking the "poliang' ' and happy at the thought that tomorrow they had another feast to celebrate at the expense of the ·•man-ale-gwas", for tomorrow is the tenth day the last "sepnak" of the "ale-gwas caniaw". JI. The same evening after the ale· gwas I was ridding slowly home· ward on the narrow, curving, mountain trail. I was sorry at heart when I thought of all the miseries of soul of the poor Karaw people ..... riding thru the fields and following the mountain stream which became darker and darker, I thought, in the stillness of the falling tropical night, of how death some day would strike these poor creatures and bring them back to their Creator Who gave them their life and saGri, fi.ced His only begotten Son for the salvation of their souls ..... And, as -in the dark dawn, the heavy clouds remain hanging above the pme forests of the mountains, so does a cloud of heavy sorrow remain hang52 ing around my heart and soul weeping over these poor souls of the Karaw country. God's little children, who in heaven work for the conversion of their country people and pray for the poor Missionary who lives and will die for their people. High above Agpai and King-is I saw the stars rise and twinkle and then, I thought that higher than the stars, in the blue paradise of Angels, housed the souls of J acoba Matodan, of Emmanuel Pinono, of Tecla Pedro, of Estella Kime and of so many other little children of the Karaw country who, bathed in the waters of Holy Baptism, had taken their flight to heaven on the wings of death. They are God's little Angels, Therefore the hope of the Mis~ionary is much greater than his sorrow, because he knows forcertain that a day will come on which these poor people shall have their iron bands broken. the bands of slavery and paganism, and all will kneel down in reverence before the Cross of their Redeemer Who awaits them in Heaven. Children Come to me, 0 ye Children, For I hear you at your play, And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away. Ye open the eastern windows That look toward the sun, Where thoughts are singinf, swallows, And the brooks of morning run. In 'your hearts are the birds and the sunshine, In your thoughts the brooklets flow; But in mine are the winds of autumn And the first fall of the snow. Then come to me, 0 ye children, And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are saying In your sunny atmosphere. Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said, For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. Henry W. Longfellow, Belgium. That the Belgian people believe Cnrdi11al Mercier is a Saint, was shown hy those tens of thousands of people paying homage to his mortal remains, as if they had been those of a Saint, and is still shown today by the numerous requests for relic:- of the lamented Cardinal, 1Yh ich are tOlltinually being reeeived by members of his household and his near relative~. It explains the spreading of a prayer for his beatification to which the Bishop of Bruges has given his approbation. This prayer mads: "(I God, Eternal Father of the Word, who never cease.;t to glorify Thy name by glorifying the priesthood and th.e Passion of Thy Son of Jesus offering Himself to Thee and offering to Thoo His Spouse and. His Mystical Body - glorify again our Divine Redeemer by giving to the Church the grace to know all the workings of His sacerdotal love in the person of Desire Joseph Mercier, Cardinal Archbishop of Mechlin, "Apostle of Jesus. Christ" whom, we entreat Thee, through the merits of the 53 Cross, to raise to the ranks of the Blessed and the Saints. And Thou, ~Iary, Queen and i\Iother of all Christians, .Mediatrixof all graces, deign, as at Cana, to hasten the day of thy Son, and to fill with joy the whole assembly of the Seneshals of the Lamb." France. . More than one hundred fifty naval officers attended Mass and received Holy Communion in a body at the Churrh of Our Lady of Victories in Paris during Holy Week. On the same day 700 army officers received Holy Communion together in another church. At about the same time 1500 employes of the streetcars in Rome fulfilled their Easter duty in a body. Guatemala. The presitlent of Guatemala, a friend of Calles, the president· of ~1exico, introduced into the legistative assembly a projert of law by which priests are forbidden to bap· tize children, if the babies have not been first vaccinated. The priests are quite decided to consider that law as a dead letter. 54 Japan. Father Raguet, of the Paris Foreign mission society, has been made Knight of the Rising Sun, by the Emperor of .Japan, in recognition of his services to the Japanese Government. All priest~ help the Government by preaching against crimes and inviting their floclrn to obey the just laws of the country! Why then do some Governrnents persecute them? Mexico. The persecution continues, but before the united stand of the Catholic schools and the resistance of the Catholics throughouL the country, the Secretary ofI nstrnction call - ed for a public hearing on the question, suspending in the meantime the execution of his decree~ agai rist the teaching of religion in the private schools. "You may close and confiscate our school"'" wrote a Mexican . Bishop, '\rn wi 11 reopen them in barns, and if you close and confiscate these, we "·ill have our . Catholic schools anyway, albeit in the shade of trees". The devil knows how to conquer a country, but where the leaders stand united and decided to have thPir Catholic schools anyway, th2 Church must win, for God is with Her. Russia. Our enemies often attack the Church for so called injustices committed' by Catholic States. What. do they say of the Russian, a nonCatholic state, executing: unjustly thousands and thousands a Year? According to official data of the Soviet government, the Bolsheviki have executed t<• elate: Bishops: 28--Priests: 1,219Teachers: 6,000-- Doctors: 54,000 -Soldiers: 260,000 - Policemen: 7 ,000-Capitalists: 12,950-Bourgeois: 355,00J-Peasants: 815,000. Spain. 1492. Columbus and his crew assisted at Holy Mass in Palos before starting on his voyage to.the Kew \Vorld. - J 926: Commander Franco and his crew a~si~ted at Holy Mass on the same spot, before starting his flight acrol's the Atlantic. Four hundred thirty-four year!', and the SAME Holy ~ass,the SA'.\1E Catholic Faith, the SAl\1Es1Yeet submission of courageous heart:- to the guidance and protection of Cl1rist the KING! United States. Congres:;: counts approximately forty Catholics. Four of the:;:e are in the Senate and the others in the lo1Yer house. In the United State;;i there are roughl·y 150,000,000 people. Of these, 20,000,000 are Catholics If Congress were eleeted according to religious representation, there wonlrl be more than a hundred Catholics in CongreFs. The Eucharistic . CongreFs wa::; a complete suceess. May it bring God's choi<-est blessings upon the American nntion ! The Rev. Father Selfert, pastor ,)f the St. Frederick Ca•,holie church, has qualified for the office of mayor of the village 0f Daggett, Mich., follmYing hiR almost unnnimous elec.tion at the polls. SS 11111111•111••1••-•n11111na11•11•11n•••111••-••11•-•11i. • • • • I • c E • I = a(t;)J URRENT VENTS ~• • I ~ ~ I I I Qlllllll•1111111•111mm1•-----·--······----···· Philippines Political. Representative Bacon has presented a bill asking for a special government in Mindanao, under the protection of the United States, in other words, for th•~ annexation of Mindanao. Is this a sign that Independence is coming for the Philiprines? It was always whispered in little political circle!', tha t. if the United States some day granted political independence tn the Philippine Islands, she would retain the second largest island of the Archipelago and the richest in natural resources. Remember rubber! Mindanao is an ideal place for rubuer and the United States is looking for a place under its own fiag, where it can grow its own rubber. Having been refused a corner in the Philippine Islands where it could grow its rubber on a big scale, Ba.con's bill may be the answer. Of course, and justly, the Filipinos will resist this annexation: Mindanao is a part of the country. Most probably, this new bill as some other bills on Filipino affairs pending, will not be considered at this session of the Congress. Another bill before the United States Congress is the Kiess bill granting more powers to the Insular auditor of the Philippine Islands and providing that the sum of money collected in the United States on Filipino cigars and which yearly amounts to about $1,000,000 shall be remitted to the Governor General of the Islands, allowing him to use the amount as he sees fit for the good of the country. Of course the Filipinos see in this bill a new attack against their autonomy. Greater power of the Insular Auditor and the allowance of the above said gift of money to the Governor General instead of to the Government, means for the Legislature of the Philippine Islands less power to administer. filipino A ff airs. Other bills granting the G. G. more power brought the two political parties together in their stand against the socalled encroachments upon the Government's rights. Nevertheless it was said that the coalition_ would be greatly endangered in the coming sessions, when the Democratas would ask a Democrata speaker, because the contract between the two parties was to divide, fifty-fifty, the appointments in the Government. But this new Bacon bill may have the effect of keeping alive the union of the N ationalistas and Democratas, to present a united front against the political power from outside. Manila. As soon as the first heavy rains came, the papers again began to talk about remedies against the annual fioods. This was done last year and other yea.rs, but, the rainy season over. all projects are dropped. Shall the 56 same program continue? The money needed for· repairs to streets etc. after a flood. would more than pay the interests to be disbursed on capital loaned for the necessary works against floods. The most sincere thanks of the "Little Apostle" to the municipal officials Who have suppressed the ordinance allowing cabarets in the City of Manila. No doubt that the fighG started at a cabaret just opened in the town of San Fernando, Pampanga, between policemen and constabulary soldiers in which two policemen and three cidlians lost their liYes and many were wounded, was one of the dPtermining· factors which closed the doors to s1cb centers of corrupt.ion, alas still abundant around 2\T anila. Now that the constabulan soldiers have repeated. the terrible flght they once before wa~ed in Intramuros against the policemen, what efficacious means will be taken by the respectiYe . authorities to preYent a third clash? It is a pity that justice was not rendered sooner in the last case, just as after th~ ~fanila trouble. For leniency in prosecuting criminals. means leniency in their punishment, and slow and inadequate chastisement of crimes lacks in its medicinal efficiency for other would-be-criminals. A Historical Contest. Rev. Father Mercado, Cain ta, Rizal, opens an historical contest with a first Prize of P500 and two others consisting of an object of art. For full particulars, write to Re\'. Father Mercado, Cainta. Rizal. Catholics of the Philippines. The sodety of the Apostleship of nrayer of Paco inYites the Dig-nitaries of the Church and all Cntbolics to combine their efforts to ha\·e 1he Philippines most >'Olemnly and publicly consecrated to the Sacred Heart. Catholics! Speal< of ~his 11ece~sity in your homes. ~I embers of the rncieties of the Apostleship of prayer. · in your meetings iriYe the project your full ;ipprornl and work for its prompt realizat.ion! God's enemies try to de,troy His l<ingdorn in the Pearl of the Orient: let us proclaim in their face that the Pearl of the Orient belongs to God! Schools. The Catholic Universit.v of Sr. Thomas wasestablished in 1611. Firstonly Theology was taught. Later the following branches were added: Canonical Law and Civil Law in 1134: Medicine and Pharmacy in 1811: Philosophy and Literature in 1896: Ci vi 1 Engineering in 1901; Education and Liberal Arts in 1926. Ladies a.re admitted in Pharmacy and Education. Next year part of the Catholic "C'niversity will pass from Intramuros into its splendid new lmilding, the greatest in the Philippines, and to which will later be added a church, a hospital and dormitories. Actually the University counts more than 2,000 students. What will the number be when courses are given in the new halls? foreign Around the League of Nations. In the League of Nations is a special tribunal in which are a few permanent seats for the mightiest powers (England, France etc.) and six non-permanent seats for smaller nations who are accorded that seat for a year at a time (if they say too much, then they may easily lose their jobs after a year and leave to England and France the direc· tion of the League.) Lately Germany, Poland, the Scandinavian States, Spain and Brazil asked for a permanent seat, all the latter because it was rumored that Germany would enter the League and have a permanent seat. To let the storm calm down, it was decided by the League to keep Germany out until next September. But Spain and Br:.tzil let it be known that they want what they want, if not, they quit. If t hey belong to the League of Nations, they request a deciding vote on the be nch as well as other tirst-class powers. It has leaked uut that in the Treaty of Locarno. between France etc .... and Germany, this latter has been promised a mandate over some colonies ..... in other words: that some of her old colon ies which she lost thru war, would be returned to her domain. " What?" says Mussolini, the famous Italian dictator, .;you of the League, you would gi\·e colonies to Germany who Jost the war and to us Italians, who won the war together with you against Germany. you did not give an acre of colonies (Italy received her Italia irredenta) : that's unjust. We need colonies for the overflow of our population. I will find some myself." ~'fus sulini went to the north of Africa. Egypt has just formed a Nationalist Government., that claimed independence from England, still the master of the Nile country, although it declares Egypt free on the paper, and, as that new Egyptian Government might help Mussolini who in turn would stretch out a protecting hand over the Egyptians, England sent a man-of-war to Cairo, as if to say: "Hands oft!" Mussolini mentioned in his desires the name of Abyssinia, (of a sorry memory to Italy.) But France has some interests in that part of the world. Hence : trouble in the League of Nations: there is too much greediness to be satisfied. France is expected to be brought be57 fore the League to explain her action in Syria when the Druses started their revolution and the French destroyed part of Damascus. But this action comes six months too late : justice de· ferred is justice refused. Brazil angry at the refusal of the League, invites the South American States to form a kind of League of their own. Shall the time come when we shall have the European League, an A merican League and an Asiatic League? Or shall the first League melt thru the heat of petty individual quarrels around a pork-barrel? China. The Cantonese Bolchevist Government, menaced by Wu's and Chang's allied armies, is ready to make peace with foreign countries. with the hope of obtaining some loans with which to fight the oncoming northern armies, for it sees clearly that it must find some means of preventing itself from being crushed between the foreign anvil and the Chinese hammer. Feng, the beaten leader of the northern bolchevists, supported by Russians, went to Berlin. Why ? Mexico. The census returns show that 95% of the inhabitants register as Catl1olics. Nevertheless, ever since the passage of Juarez' laws of reform. in 1857, the anti-Church faction is the stronger. Then convents were closed and all Church property was seized by the States. During the long dictator· ship of Porfirio Diaz - the only peace· ful and prosperous period enjoyed since the revolution in 1810~ the most ob· noxious of the anti-religious laws were practically ignored ....... but after his downfall ....... ! The two next presidents,'Francisco Madera and Venustiano Carranza. although of good Catholic families, st~rt.58 ed and headed tbr subver5h•e radical moYement, aiming· at the confiscation of property for the benefit of the mas· ses. !rt 1917 laws against rel lgion were again Yoted or old anti-relidous laws were re-introduced. i.e. that no for· eign minister of relig-ion cotildofficiate in the country. AF 1 o this, it is but the revinl of the la\\· of colonial days. Nor is this confined to" re lip-ion: there is an endeavor to onst foreign physi· cii;,ns and engineers as wel I as foreif[ll property·holders : "Mexic-o for 1 he )fexicans." To put thi~ war cry into practice, laws have been rn:1c1 e (it does not cost much to m~ke law~ ) by \\·lJich within a few year~ no fo1·eigner can possess property in ~1exico. Already the subsoil of ~1ex lco , rich in pe· troleum, the bone of discord bet ween Engl:rnd and the United States, has been declared property of the .... GoYernment. No foreign GoYernment protested against the shameful deportation of helpless priests and women, but when the pockets of some large corporations are threatened ..... then .... oh then may protests be sent. How can a Catholic country be lead so unjustly by a few? Calles and his bolchevist clique use a federal army Advice to Betrothed People Judge Thomas F. Graham. of California has published some ad vice for people about to marry. Here follow some. They are not without common sense and ... fancy. Don't marry bf\fore you know what you are doing. Married girls of sixteen years are often abandoned woman at seventeen. Don't !11arry a man who hates dogs. You will see later that he is unable to love anything. Don't marry a man because he dances mostly co111po$ed of soldiers. mote 01· l e ~s pagans, from the nor1 h. just a~ th e Russian tyrants used Chinese regi" mPnts to execute their Russian bro• thers by the thou1!ands. Morocco. Abd·el-krim is beaten ahd a pri"otiet· of his enemies: France and Spain, who will surely keep him away from his count.ry, whose independence he fought for . Exhausted after months of strug• gle, surrounded, short of amuni tions and abandoned by some of the :.foroc• can tribes while the French and Spa• niards, profiting by the dry season. mure than e\·er directed all their for~ ces against their common foe. he ga,·e himself over to the French. The question of submitting the tribes of the interior still in rernlt is only a ques• tion of a few weeks. Spain has lost a formidable enemy. who preYented het' from deYeloping her A r1·ican colo11y. France has cl1 ine al\ay with a famous nationalist \\·!J, , in ti1ne < f ""ar could ha Ye prevented her fr<'m d ra 1d11g sol· diers from northern Af1·if":·. Rpai11 and France ha Ye obtained '' I.at the Y wanted. finely. Those who ha,·e intellige_ nt feet, ha Ye nothing in their heads. Samson 1 Lateiy, somewhere in England, some girls held a contest, a tug-of-war. On one end of the rope were girls with bobbed hair and on the other end an eqt1al number with long hair. The latter won. We do not draw any conclusion, but this contest reminds us of Samson, who Jost his stren5 th when be had his hair bobbed. 59 ~ ~ ~ ~ l== Q= U==!k~~~-~~10=~ ·@.~~~-~~B~=O=X==J Qnest io11s unsiimed will not l)e a nswered. Anonymous letters must fi nd their was in! o t he waste paper basket. \Ye ITill not pu blish the n ames of those who send questions. Questiun S u 20. /Jy G. A . S . We i·ead in the 8ible that some peop le hare l i1 :e(l ;>eve1·1J/ hundred years. How coul!l the!f l iL'~ .w lony, although they kne1c n "thi nr.1 of oiir modern hygiene, germ;>. medici11e etc.? Ans"·er: The ten Patriarcµs with t hei r resµective ages, who lived before t he deluge are: Adam; 930 years; Seth; 912: Enos, 905: Cainan; 910; Malaleel; 895: Jared: 962; Henoch: 365; Mathusalem: 969; Lamech: 777; and Noe: 950. After the delugt!, other Patriachs in the Bible appear to have lived an exceptionally long time, Lut nevertheless there is an evident decline in longevity. Note well that there is a question here of years of 365 clays. .Many have tried to prove that the years of the Patriachs meant months, or seasons, etc. but the words of Genesis, and other reasons, as seen in the Holy Scripture, do not permit such an explanation. Note also that many nations h:ive their traditions of old people in the genealogy of their races. The Iranians with their ten old ancestors, the Hindus with .their ten Pitirs or fathers, the Germans and Scandinavians with the ten ancestors of Odin, the Chinese with their ten first di vine emperors, the Arabians with their ten first kings seem to have remitted by tradition the existence of the ten antidiluvian Patriarchs of great age of the Bible. How could these people, at the beginning of the human race live so long? God had created Adam immortal, with a body able to enjoy immortality. After his sin, Adam was cursed by God and lost the privilege of immortality. But t hat curse of God against the immortality of the body did not work out all at once. Ordinarily God does not work by leaps and bounds, i.e. all of a sudden. And so, that human body, created to be immortal, lost little by little·the strength with which it had been created at first to live without end. Further, God bad created man to fill the earth (and later heaven, as it is understood that man would have been taken into heaven body and soul, if Adam had not committed sin in Paradise). But to fill the earth with human beings, taking their origin from the first couple created, Adam and E,·e, God at the beginning permitted people to live a long life. In this way He had also found the means of keeping alive, among the first inhabitants of the world, the teachings transmitted by Him to Ad am and the other Patriarchs. It is clear that these Patriarchs who had received from God the first lessons in religion, repeated them again and again to their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and God's Providence kept them, therefore, a long time on earth so as to preserYe among the people the diYine law. 60' It is not always sufficient to' have a knowledge of hygiene, irerms and etc. to live a long time. There is a Providence without whose will not a leaf moves on the tree. G•Jd's blessing on earth is worth more than all the medicines and hyg-ienic precautiom of the whole world . Of course, one has to obsene the laws of hygiene and sanitation for: "help yourself so will help you Goo!" Do you know that among the professional men, the doctors of medicine are those who live the shortest lives according to statistics. And yet, doctors are suppoi;ed to know dangers of sickness, and germs and the advantages of sanitation. Advice: do you wish to live long? Be regular in all your actions, kind in your dealings, pure in your morals, and above all, love and serve God, for then , although some day you shall die, you will live everlastingly. ~ ......... .. ~ ~ OBITUARY We recommend into the prayers of t he Association of the Little Flower the following members deceased : Clara Estrella , from Igbaras, l loilo; Maria Bie, from Macabebe, Pamp.; Macaria Nulud. A ccording to the rules of the Association, a mai:s was celel;rated for each one of these mPiilbers. R. I. P . ....... ~ .. Prayer for the dead prolong~ the tenderest affections beyond the gloom of the grave. It infuses the inspiring hope that the assistance wlli<·h we on earth can afford to our suff ring brethren will be amply repaid when they have reached the place of rest, and make of them friends when we in turn shall fail, receiving us into the ever· lasting mansions.-Cardinal Wise7Jlan. To subscribe to '"El Misionero" send one peso to "El Misionero" P. O. Box 1393, Manila, but send it in a Money Order, adding your correct address. Do it now! 61 "AILBAG OFTHE LITTLE APOITLE For all correspondence wit~ "THE LITTLE APOSTLE" send your letters to 1'he Little A1jostle, Box 1393. 1 lfanila Manila July 1, 1926. )'[y Dear Readers. I wish you could ham heard the praises I received two weeks ago from a famous teacher in the Philippine Islands, the director of a school with about 1600 pupils, from no less a man than the Rev. Father Van Hagen. He said that the Little Apostle contained the best condensed current events that may be found in the Philippine Islands and that he congratulated the Little Apostle most heartily and most sincerely for the same. A few clays later, the Lit,tle Apostle received a Yisit from another Dutch Father, a scholar: the ReY. Father Van B.erkel who repeated the same words of encouragement and congratulations especially for the Current EYents. Teachers and Students : Here is matter for serious consideration. You know that the Governinen ~ requires the teaching of Current Events in the intermediate and high schools, appro1·ed by the Government. In the Little Apostle you find th.e important events of the world and the Philippine Islands in the most condensed form, but long and clear enough to follow the actual history of the world and especially of the P hilippine Islands. Tb study current events does not mean to know facts that happen in a nation or in the world, it means to know their philosophy: Why did they happen? What was their cause? Why did these causes produce such effects? Many thanks, Fathers Van Hagen and Van Berkel for your kind words and may God bless your noble work in Surigao. As it is a difficult task to teach current events, by reading the papers to the students: here in the Little Apostle, teachers may find an authentic help in their task of presenting tu the pupils what t he Government wi ll require strictly during this and the coming years in the schools under its supervision. A lawyer from Cebu goes even further than the above named Fathers. He calls the Little Apostle a "holy little paper" for wh ich he renews, . gladly, h is subscription sending one peso and his best wishes ·'and may it ever prosper and do good" he says. By these words one sees that this lawyer must be a man ·of thought. He reads, he is interested in the welfare of his country and he can sacrifice one peso "which he pays gladly." Alas, how many people whq have passed years on the school benches, neglect to keep their minds alert by reading, every day, some serious matter. And what happens? After a62 While, they have forgotten what they learned and their thinking power decreases under the weigbr, of rest; for rest of the mind is rust of t he mind. Is then the queen of man's faculties not worth a few expenses, so enlighten it and keep it alive? Many thanks to Major Caron of Fort McKinley. He .sends bis subscription to "El Misionero" and be enjoys immensely "the Little A pcistle" and "I wish to receive both editions" be adds. Many thanks to the active students who, dur ing their vacations, found some new subscribers to "the Little Apostle" and " E l Misionero." Well, such activity ought to be expected from all grown-up students of Catholic Colleges. Catholic educat ion do<'s not stoµ at the daily recitation of prayers and the exact fulfil 1 ment of religious duties; it must create in the Catholic pupils some Catholic actiYity ... it must make them Catholic workers ... and one of the greaten, if not the greatest of all Catholic works is certainly the work of a Catholic press, alas so small in the Philippine I slands. Thus, dear students who worked for the Little Apostle and E l Misione1 o, you have shown that you profited by your Catholic education. God bless yo"u. And all of you who helped me, the Little Apostle r..nd my brother El Misionero, accept my most sincere thanks. The Little Apostle. -·ROLL OF HONOR Names of Promoters with number of Members YO I' E : Since June 1st Jfrs. Dizon sent in a new list of ab1nii 200 Crusaders 1 MA CABEBE Miss Lourdes Maga 11 Miss Maria Mendoza 25 Miss Ana Roman 10 Srta. Pura de Mesa 14 Miss Felicidad Guese 10 Srta. Segunda Lagman 10 Miss Maria Garcia 14 Miss Maria P. Lobo 15 Mirs Edwigis Flores 16 Miss Margarita de Jes us 10 MASANTOL Srta. Cecilia Agustin 9 Miss Esperanza Sunga 12 Srta. Isabela A. Cunanan 12 Miss Rufina Baluyut 9 Srta. Gorgonia Cunanan 11 ~EXICO Miss Alejandra Guevara 12 Da. Ursula Pascual 4 Miss Agapita Galang 9 Da. Petronila Henson 9 Miss Nicolasa Trinidad 10 Da. Asuncion Angeles 6 Miss Felicidad Sonza 10 Miss Josefa Vergara 9 Miss Feliza Yambao 10 Miss Aurelia Vergara 8 SAN LUIS Miss Socorro Mananquil 9 Miss Trinidad L. Taruc 9 Da. Isabel Dizon 7 MA CABEBE MA GALANG Miss Teodora Urbano 1Q Miss Magdalena Ayuyao 25 Miss Rosa Santos 10 Miss Loretc1 Pinto 11 Miss Eugenia Manalastas 10 ( To be continued. ) 63 For the Little Tots INTRODUCTION lly DE.-\R LITTLE CHILDREN, I, the Little· Apostle, have thought of giving you a short life of the dear Little FlovYer of Jesus. You have heard of her, of how she was a lovely little Saint, unknown during her life on earth, but today honored all over the world, doing wonders everywhere, eYen in the Philippines. I will tell you a true wonder she did a few weeks ago in the southern part of Lu,zon, for you may think that her miracles are only for people far away: No, she is ready to help you, too, if you only love her truly, that is: imitate her virtues and pray to her often. She was once a little tot as you are. She did what you are doing at home and at school, but.. .... she did it a little better. She was a gay little girl, she liked to p~ay and laugh . but, in her joys, she did not forget little Jesus, for, as little Jesus loves little children who love Him , so did little Theresa loYe little Jesus, doing what she thought would please Him most. Like you. she cried now and then and was sad. Who are the little children that neYer weep? But the thought of Jesus' sufferings for our sins, was sufficient to make her stop her tears and to offer to Him the pains she suffered. She said: "if Jesus has suffered so much for me · and for my sins, I must also suffer my little pains for my own sins and, like Jesus·, for the sins of many sinners". Was that not a great idea in her little head? And did she not show 64 a big heart in her tender little body? And is that so difficult to imitate? Not a bit ..... but one ought to know all this, and, therefore, you should always eagerly read the pages consecrated in the Little Apostletuthe little tots and the Little Flower. In this way you will see how to behave like the Little Flower and she will love you and do wonders for ever. you. However you must know that the Little Flower had from her early childhood exceptional gifts: she had a bright intellect, a delicate heart, she liked music, especially the nice hymns of the Church: She was always happy. It is not only in a convent that one can serve God and become a Saint1 but also in the \vorld . Of course it is easier to sa Ye one's soul by becoming a priest or a nun, because a priest and a mm live in less danger of sin than the people i11 the world. they hear and read more of God and the way to serve Him, and they have more time to pray and receive the Holy Sacraments. But. in the world, too, one may know G.od and love Him and serve Him. b fact, in the world and in the convent, we must all ai1d always love God and serve Him, but each one according to the will of God, i.e. each one in his own state must do what God wills of him in his state and condition. Parents of many children. are saints, if they avoid sin, pray daily, work for their children and above all educate them in the fear and love of God. This was what Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin had in view alwa~'s. That Louis was a good true christian can be seen by the following story: One day he saw a drunken man who had fallen in the street and could not rise, to the great delight of little educated children. Louis helped the poor fellow to rise and brought him home. Another time he saw a poor sick man who had no means to buy a ticket to go to his distant home, in the station. What did Louis do? He took off his hat and went around with it to ask alms from the bystanders. He got mo:!ey enough to buy the ticket and he gave it to the p9or man . Is it any wonder that the children of Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin should be very good and that one should become a great Saint? For if the parents are very g-ood, their children naturally imitate them and willingly listen to their advice and commands. Dear children, pray every day for your parents. that they may always be good true christians for the virtue and the graces of your parents will descend upon yon, and then after all, when you pray for them, you fulfill only a duty of gratitude towards your father and mother who work and slave daily for you. (To be continued.) Cum iicentia tccits£astica Coleman QUICK LITE Lamp Turns night into day BRILLIAKT white light from the COLEMA'.'i QUICK-LITE LAMP solves the problem of proper light in provincial homes. The efficient Coleman Lamp burns petroleum (common coal oil). It never smokes or smells; there are no troublesome wicks to clean; there is no danger of fire. The Coleman is the latest and most improved type for home lighting. Price Complete P24.95 This includes handsome nickled base and oil reservoir and beautifuf opalescent shade, all packed for mailing; no extra charge for posta5e. Send your order today. 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