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Title: The Philippines Commonweal
Issue Date: Volume XIII (Issue No. 39) Series 9 June 19, 1948
Year: 1948
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YOUR ~NQUIR.Y !S SOUCITED PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL PRINTING & PHOrO-ENGRAVING DEPART~ :-;u1i,t, 1:::~ Hcgina lluildinit J-:senlt:•. '.\fanila--T1>I. 2-9!\-60 PLANT: 1 fJ6 Gast:unl1id•.' Silm1mloc. l\£:u:_ila1 The :\ational Catholic Weekly of The Philippine Heµuhht· NARCISO PIMENTEL, Jr., Editor; ANTONIO R. DE JOYA, Man· aging Editorj RAMON A. TAGLE, Business Manager; Rev. JOSEPH F. BOYD, O. M. 1.1 Representative of the Hicr.archy and Managing Director. Ed1toC"ial an.:! Elusiness Offices: Suite 422, Regina Bldg., Escolta Manila; Printing Plant: 156 Gastambide, Manila Members: NCWC, Fides, Catholic Institute of the Preas, NEA Ser• tiec, Inc. Published every Saturday in the City of Manila P7.~0 a vear in the Philippines; si'ngle copy, P0.15i foreign coun tries, P15.00 ·a year. \Entered. as aecond class mail matter at the Manila Post Office en October 23, 1946). .:.u11 vM.i/""\L H. B. Rey~s The appointment of :Jfr. H. B. Reyes to t.he \'ice-presidency of une oi the oldest and most powerful Arnencan iirnl:> in the Philippines, commonly known as the Merako, is a recognition ot the exceptional abilities possessed and the extnw1·dinary senices rendered by the appomtee to the firm concen1ed. 1n a way it sheds unusual honor on us, both as Fiiipinos and as Catholics. For l\fr. Reyes is not onlY a loyal and patriotic Filipino; he is also and above all "else a fervent and devoted practical Catholic. on'e fact that makes the appointment especially significant is that for the fil"St time in the history of the Meralco in the Philippines, a Filipino has been raised to the vicepresidency of a firm, the ranking ?ffic_ials_ .?f whic~ have 'always been Americans. The especial s1gmf1cance hes not so much in the recognition of the exceptional abilities of another gifted Filipino, as it lies in the recognition.. of a need on the part of Ameriean and foreign firms to rely more and mo1-e on Filipino ability due no doubt to this counh'y's change in political status. Even if only as a sedative to any misgivings we may have as to the genuineness of our independence, any evidence of such a recognition is indeed soul-satisfying and reassuring. This, of course, is aside and, in fact, in addition to the unusual gifts of Mr. Reyes as a business executive and as a man. We are certain that this consideration more than just the benefits which the Company might derive from l\Ir. Reyes as a Filipino, was the deciding factor in his appointri1ent. For Mr. Reyes is that rare combination of briiliant mind, dogged' industry and sterling character, so necessary in the conduct of big qusiness, such as that of the .Meralco, and yet so seldom seeu. A.s Catholics, then, and as Filipinos, we say to. Mr. Reyes: We salute and· congratulate you! ' OUR C• V . V.'ith this week's cover go patriotic feelings that sweep over us annually on June 19. We have Dofta Trinidad Rizal, the hero's 80-year-old and only surviving sister, looking wistfully at an oil painting of her brother by Juan Luna. The picture hangs at the sala of 2135 O'Donnell where Dofia Trinidad resides. Also seen on the console table is a bust of Dr. Jose Rizal, which is a gift to Dona Trinidad from the sculptur G. !<'. 'l'olentino. A facsimile of the Last Farewell hangs above it. Encased in glass is a wood carving done by Dr. Rizal while in exile at Dapitan. It represents a mother dog furiously fighting for her puppy · which is imprisoned between the jaws of a crocodile. I] -_(fH, VOL. !\di, SERIES 9 NINTH. YEAR, No. 39 MANILA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1948 COVER PHOTO: RIZAL AND SISTER Ph·o.tDgraphcr: Fred Valenzuela, Mayflower Studio EDITORIAL . __ --· .. __ ---· --·--· - __ ., __ -----------------By Narciso Pimentel, Jr. DEATH IN 1 HE MORNING By Jose Castanoda RIZAL'S LAST FAREWELL Excerpts. from the Translation by Jose lcasiano 3 5 6 OF BOOKS AND PIPES ·-·· By Mario Gatbonton BARGAIN IN BRIMSTONE 7 By Fulton Oursler STORY OF AN UNFINISHED STORY A Short Story by 0. Paulo Dizon PORTSIDE _ .. _______ _ HOLY COMMUNION By Bishop Louis L. Morrow, S.C. CEBU'S COLUMBIAN$ 2CO YOUNG MEN. IVOMEN ATTEND TWO-WEEK CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE HELO IN 8 10 10 11 SAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY ___ ··----- 12 CEBU MERRY·GO·ROUND ----·---·--·-- ----------- 13 By Napoleon G. Rama PLACING RELIGION ON THE SHELF -·----- ·-·--·----- 1i By M. Flordelis CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF----·--· 15 INTERNATIONAL MISCELLANEWS ---·----- _., ________ 16 IF YOU MUST FALL IN LOVE - .. ·--------------------- 17 By P. Mercedes Trinidad WEEKLY CALENDAR OF FEAST DAYS --------------- 18 RUSSIA'S FALSE FRONT ----·-·--··-·--·--··------------ 19 By Drew M iddloton FOR THE WOMAN READER ---------------------------- 20 KILLING WITH LAUGHTER (Humor Section) ---------- 21 CURRENT READING ------------------------------------ 22 SONNETS ------ _______ • _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ 22 By Sister Marie Pliilomene de los Reyes WATCHTOWER ___ ------- ----- _ ---------- ____ ----- __ lo Your Or ?r'P Is Wanted! For the last three weeks, the Philippines Commonweal has been coming out in magazine form. \Ve received hundreds of bth~rs <::ommenting on the change. But we are not satisfied. \Ve want your opinion if you ha'l"e not given it yd. Read this issue; t~- ·::t take out pen and paper m1cl write to: The Editor, The Philippines Commonweal Suite 422, Regina Bldg., Escolta J. Manila You don't have to praise us. Be frank. We want · you to be frank. Prizes of P25.00 each will be· awarded to the best two letters received. Mailed entries must be postmarked not later than June 30, 1948. Page 4 THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL ·~:'.:/.:~ ,,., ~- ~::t""-:_, :.J~~~.L , :~. Doii.a Trinidad T(i;:ai;ti1e ii~·.; .~oie 7iirt·fri1111 sisiCI', 1>0sc-< /l':'/h Tu- ,.;('('I'. Jh.~. f,;1iso n·11inlrmo Vda. de Arguelles, a 11randnephew and a grandniece. She ·is an a»r/(:11/ cul!cdor o( J:i~1:.1i1111a. (:'.IAYFLO\VER Photo) D OSE RIZAL stood by the window of his cell in Fort Santiago, recalling all the things that had happened since his return to the Philippines· in 1892. Over. four years had passed since then, for it was December 29, 1896 and he barely had a day to live. Who knows? Perhaps he felt a tinge of regret that he had not taken the opportunity to escape that his friends had made for him in Dapitan. Perhaps, at that moment, he felt deserted and alone in his prison cell, condemned to die because he had committed the unforgivable sin of loving his country too well. . But now, in his death-cell he had only one thought: to prepare himself to die as he had lived, honestly and unafraid. . "I wish," he told a prison guard, "that in some way the Jesuits could come ·and see me. I would like to talk to them ao much." He felt unashumedl~- r:l"rl when he k.>.med that Father Mata, the rector of the Ateneo de Manila, and Father Viza had been i~1 the Fort for some hours, hoping against hope that he might ask for them. If the~· ha<l pmyed, their praye1·s were answered now. .Jose Rizal was ready to see them now. · The first thing that he asked for was a statue of the Sacred Heart that he had carved as a boy. It was given l'im, and he plac~d it on the tnble. DOUJJT .IN!J DOL'/JT ... ~m ithout preliminary, ,V, · H1zal turned to the snbjcc:t of l\Iasonry. · "Surely, Fathe1·s," he said, "to be a Mason is no l'Vil thing." He launched into a heated defense of the assoc:iation, saying that Masonry was no religion, that one cc1uld be a Mason and still be a Catholic. But Father Viza smiled sadly and shook his Death .the • ID Morning hearl. ".Jose, Jose," he asked, "cYcn at this hour can you not S(?e that you are wrong?" Rizal l~nserl into a bitter silence. Thev offere:d him a Sociality merlal. "I can scarcly be called a S.odalist now," he said bitterly. f 'I'hc hours passed. Father Viza. left. Father Rosell came to take his place. Rizal was \·ery much agitated now, r.eeming like a man who cannot rt'!st easy with his thoughts. "I shall be dead tomorl'OW ," he muttered sadly .. "Of what use to me now is my -knowledge of languages?" Then he became calm and took his breakfast with the Jesuit. Afterwards, Father Rosell left him with his thoughts. ·It was ten o'clock in· the morning. A guard tolcl Rizal that Fathers Balaguer and Vill~clara had come to see him. · He welcomed them: June 19, 1948 in every man's life there comas a time when he must face Death. Here . is told how Riz:al met that fateful hour "Jose," Father B:ilaguer said, "we haY<' brought' a document of n'traction. Will 1"ou sign it'?" · "No:" Rizal said, almost in a shont. The morning passed away in heated discussion, prolonrred debate. Rizal was firm. The Jesuits were even more so. That noon, when the ATChbishop aeard that Rizal was ad~mant. he sent a circular to ail reli""ious houses, asking _prayers"' for the doomed Filipino. -In the afternoon Father Balaguer came back to the Fort. Th-:- debate waxed hot again. Rizal took up the Protestant Rule of Faith. Father Balaguer showed him where he was wrong. Rizal retired to Free Thought, saying that the sole critel"ion by which truth could be measured was individual reason. Father- Balaguer sh o t hack at him; he. discussed the mystel"ies of Faith. Rizal raised frequent and loud objections. Fr. Horacio de la Costa, describing his attitude at that hour, says: "The Socratic serenity of the man was remarkable. A bare fif1.een hours Jay between him and death, and still he argued." "Jose," Father Balaguer asked, "do you realize what will happen to your soul if vou i'emain obstinate?" For the first time, Rizal's selfcontrol broke down. With tears in his eyes, he said : By JOSE CASTANEDA 1:1e to stand helplC'ss while someone' I lO\·e sends himself ec) hell.'' "l cannot sC'cm to con\"ince my reason," Rizal ::inswNcd !:P<lly. "Ask the gift of Faith." hour that followed. But when Father Faura came, Rizal was as a child who had found ])('::tcc at last. "Do you remember, Father," Rizal asked the Jesuit sricntist who had been so Rizal's Last Farewell Adif"'ll, our l;ind ;idorcd, clim0 by ~un caressed, Pc,r! rf Oriront o:;e;is, our blissful Eden lost, '1l;i.d. I'll offrr thee this life. forlorn, un!Jlest: If it were fr:-shc>r fo1·, mrirc lustrolJ!i, nt its best. Still for t'•"?C I'd giv~ it, for thee I'm blind to coiot. On open fields of battle, pitched with frenzied might. Others die for thee withotit ;i moment's p.:iusc: Small matter is the pl;icc: laurels or lily white, Gibbet or cpcn plain, red martyrdom or fig~t. 'Ti!"I the same when 'tis for home ;ind country's C/'luse. I die as I behold heavens' golden ma nc At last proclaim the day rising from night's dark bow'r; If crimson thou shoulclst want thy radiant d"wn to atnin, Turn my blood to dye., ~r'ed it now like r:iin, Let it be gilt under thy sun's darting show'rl And now my resting-placo perhaps nobody would know: Nowh~re a cross or stone to mark and show my mound: Lf~t ~h'e farmer plc:ug 11 it and scatter it with his hoc, Before my ashes slip back to nothingness,-Lo! E"en amongst the dust of thy rugs they'd be found. It matters not that I'm forgot: I've no fears; ,Thy atmosp .. cre, thy spaces, thy vales I will traver&e, Vibrant· and clearest note l'tl be to soothe thy cars; Lig1ht, aroma, colors. rumor, chant and tears, The essence of my faith, for aye I shall rc .. earse. My country idolized. source of my bitterest gall, Beloved Philippines, list to my last adieu; There all I leave to thee: my parents, loved ones, all; I fly where unheard the h;ingman's noose, the tyrant's thrall; Where faith requires no life, wf:ere God gives man his due. My parents, brothers, fragments of my soul, adieul Companions of my childhood, lost in homeland quest, Give thanks that now I rest, past the life of rue; My foreigner sweet, my friend, happiness, adieul Ad·iou f my dearest ones, adieu f ••• to die is to rest~ Excerpts (rom the translation by JOSE M. !CASIANO Page 5 And the Jesuit could not speak, for he was close to tears . That night Father Balaguer found Rizal ready to return to the Church which he had deserted. Father Balaguer dictated a formula '\ hich Rizal wrote down, making his own additions as he went along. He signed it. Then he had Father Villaclara hear his confession. This done, he knelt before the altai-, and read his retraction in a clear, steadfast voice. Then he went to sleep. \\'hen he awoke, it was br.relv three o'clock. "Go back 'to sleep," they told him. "\Vhen morning comes, I shall rest i ncleed." The dark skies lightened :;,nd took on the hue of dawn. He heard Mass and receiYed Holy Communion. It was the first in many years; it •,vas the last he would ever take. Then he was married to J oscfina Bracken, the girl .. ,·ho had been his comfort in Dapitan. Saying good-by to her, he hcg-gefl forgiveness that he had brought her so little happiness. so much sorrow. She went for a while, then smiled [it him .. She would· not cry anyone, she told he1·self. She must be braYc. The death escort came. "It is time to leave, Senor," Rizal ''as told. He embraced his wife for tlie last time a11d turned arr,und. He did not lo(Jk back. · They led him out of Fort Santiago, out of the Walled City, out along the drive that led to Bagumbayan. Only once did he turn around: he looked past the moat and up at the spires of the churches glinting in the early sun. Looking at the Ateneo he said, "I spent seven years there; they were among th~ happiest years of my life." He turned around again, "No, no, I cannot be lost." After a while he continued: "Father, if I were to agree to everything you said without meaning it, I would offend God. If J signed a retraction without faith in the articles attested to, I would be a hypocrite." Father Balaguer was sill'nt. There was Pity and hurt in his eyes. "Yes, Jose," he signed, "I suppose you are right. But you realize what a painful thing it is for 13 ND so the arguments close a friend of his, "what ended. FathPl' B. ala- vou told IT1'? the last time we o:uer took his leave. \•1ere together? You said that Monsignor T u n on if J followed the road on c:tme; then he, too, left. Ri- which I was bent. I would zal was a Ione with his rncl up on a scaffold. Your thoughts. No one knows prophecy has become fact; what happen~d in the brief so shall I die indeed." Jlis eyes to the front. They were near now to the place of execution. For a little while his calm broke down. Then he was himself again, pale, composed, ready to meet Death on equal terms. "What a terrible thing it is to die," he told the .'t esuits (Continued on page 23) Page 6 In the Cornell universit~· of 1914, tall gangling specimens of Amc'rican studenthoad criticall~· eyed a lean lad, unmistakably Ol'il'ntal, as he made his way down the campus. He was just a little over four feet tall and. if the truth must be told, he resembled a refugee from Lilliputland more than nnvthi"~ else. "\\'ho's, the Chink?" his. critics asked themselves. The " Chink" was Hermenegildo B. Reyes and three years later. he was teaching heat power engineel'ing and mnchine design to students who towered over him. As time went on, his name (so long for such a little lad) w~~ :ibbreviated to H. B., and as H.B. he was to be knov.'11 all his life. fHE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL· thnn three years. Slmult.'lncously, of Davis' "Moral Tbeolo&Y• on th• h" wni:1 O.J)polntOO o.n Instructor in prie~t's e-bclf'. He borrowed tt: ~ng"lnccrlng. Hr, wnR then bnrelY the next clay he was baclc. wlth th& l ti yC'ars old. "·hen I-I. B. flno.lly returned to th1H country, his conqul"Rls lncfuJed n rr.:L~ter's dc>grec In mechanical l,<>ok. "Are you through with tt ?" th• a.c.:tonishcd priest asl\.00. • • 1 ;-.: 0 , but I have the complete set r:cv:'." v.-ns tho reply. Indeed the story, which reveals C'r:glncorlni;. n certificate In electrical englnt·ei·ln,;. a. grcnt lvvc tl\i!'I character best, concerns ~·.1a foi· books and the beglnnlng of books and hil-; pipes. \•:h:-tt wa~ to be a. tremendous col- It ha1menc<l in December, 1944. lcclion of pi·pes. Thr Japanese were mo.k.lng feverish 1914 was n.n e\•entful yo..'l.r. In ).lcnteyidco, $('rblan fifth-columnist!=: mUl'llC'1'C'd .·\rchduk1.-' Fci-•ll11.T'.1d of Au~i.riil. Europ11 wa~ an OF BOOKS AND PIPES nrmed camp, lwistlin:; with the paH~re is the story noply o( \'.·:i.1·. Tlw sP:1s \\·cro c:-i~~ crossCtl by the walu• of suhmarlne~ grew up, literally nnd torpC'clo-boats that up till OH'n hnd bc('ln clo~ely-g-un.nlC'1l s"c1·cts. In the enltcd StatcH women nun-l'hed throu;;h th<' streets singing, •·r didn't bring· up my boy to hP :1. <:.olclier." In the Philippines pC'OJJI<' rcJ..d that another Corclgn nobleman hail been mm·clc>recl In nn ohscurf' C'Orner of Europe and turn<'(l to p=i;:;.:· 3 w!th a ~hrug-. Kals('r \Yllhelm n·~is re\•lev.-ing his troop~ nlJg-ne<l nlon:: the Under den Linden Strasse. And on -:-in Amerlr::i.-houncl lilF'r. n. Filtplno boy of 16 found out th.it he had fonnd his B<":"t-lrg-~ and wo~ mA.kfng a thrllllng trip to the lnncl of promise. Deen In '"ur-torn \\'O.tcl's n Ger..., ... ;;~{'?-:s ni:m !!'Ubninrino tral1N1 c.1nngC>rousl~·~··"f1 bf.hind and n<'nr-pnnic grippE>d the::® __ pessengers. ''Prepare to mnn th~ · lifE-boats!" 1'\Vomcn and chllclrer1 mouth, with tir.! !" The young H. B. looked on, H. B. REYES at 16 • cou~cious of the Pollndlng excite- bachiller des ades ment·ln his t·efns nnll unn·llllng to book adrnlt th:i.t It oould b0 fear. ror nrw hodzons and, he hoped of a man with pipe in hand •. who in prcpn.rallon~ for a. lilst stn.nd In )!anlla's south side. The first tl•ing FL B. dirl \Vas to co.rt his '\\"ift.• and chllclren orr to !llaloloa, .. l1is hometwon. Then he went to thC' Phillpplne Trust com·pany to· dt"PO~it his large co11fictlon of books nnd a cabtnetful of pipes ... Then tho hattle of liberation, and everything- was swo.llowed up ln f:no0l<e. H. B. shrugged his ahouJd .. C'l"'-' ancl started collecting an over agr..in. Ono \\'onders if, with all his work, H n. ever finds time to read his book~. But though he looks lik• the frailest of men, H. B. Is a llvlug- dynamo of energy. He has caught up with the s\\·ltt tempo-·of· lire demanded by his multifold activities, and his famlly and cowurkers find Jt hard to keep :pace with him. · - '"· , Yes, H. B. does flnd limo for hi• be-loved books . . . . and in 1920 • • • During the nh;ht, sun-ounded bY. two years a benedict t11<· qulN of a sleeping world, he t.·url<.-'s him~('lf in hJs tomes and· SCHOLAR WITH A PIPE lo•c• traclc or time while he cornSo there he w::ts on that boat, f<rYcntI:r. gn~nter conquests. tr:i.v<"lllng nlone n.t nn ngC" ,,_-hen Within n few weeks of his a.rrJLovcr of books nncl of pipes: nmnes with the world's tntellectuat this !nJrly sums up the funn. An rnnsters. · Education to him .is a m"i:-.t boys would stltJ hnve been vnl nt Cornel1 In September or 1914. old snrlng goes: ''Trtlst n man who process that must never be allowed chap('ri:ino:irl, speeding swiftly to a f1 culty nnd students alike were smokes a. ·pipe." Snld of H. B., to to stop. n<"" 'l':orl•l. Tucked In his trunk talking of tho brilliant Ffllplno. this sto.tement must he added the This .Is what Cits him so em!nental~n!!' ~.>Jth his first paJr of long c.,rnell recognized his su·perior fact that hrre indeed is n scholar ly for t.he presidency of the Catholic trl'l 0 J.:Prs was nn\A. B. diploma. rr"om n·r tUe .• H(' ·became a universal who believeR in Intensive a.ppllcn.- Educntionnl Associatlon of the tl•r At•neo de Manila. Stnmpea f•vorlte and his fellows, In their tion. a man Intensively human and Phlllpplnes. ~n It In letters of glaring nowneee f"'•tlrnsln.sm, elected him to three genuinely virile. Dul to say merely that Ii. B. l:I .,,.,,,rQ the words: magna cum laude. honor'.a.t~y · socletles, 1ncludlng '.the . RecenU~· he. was bro\\·sfng in n n. scholar would not bo accurate. FM on tho '.\farch that had just famous Honornry Scientific Re· Catholic bookstore ""hen he no- Educatloll to be true must not only Nti::~ed, the eon of Dr. Vicente search socJet~·. tlced two scholarly worke on ca- teach a. ma.n how to mnlte a llvRf?:Vcq or ~fulolo.!1.1 hnd graduated Year after yenr saw th-e continua... non Jaw; Bouscn.ren nncl Clcog.. !ng; It mi1st. above all, tench ·him frc•rn the Jesuit school nt the head tlon of his tdumphant 1)rogress, nn.nl. He picked up the two hooks, how to make a lite. If H. B. Wel"e of h!s class. At Inst In IP18 Cornell gave 'li!m rm·hed to Father Wlllmnnn (who merely a scholar, he would ho an CONQUEST the highest honor 'ft could confer had office" In the so.me pince) and extremely rich man. As !t Is. h~ H. B.'s youthful career In his on a student: the first Sible~· Pr!zo o.•kad: "Which Is the better?" homeland had been a. succession for gonero.l scholarship tor more At another· time he snw a volume d · scholastic honors. H& was l!ko Alexander who thought there were nn more lands to conquor, with the c!1!ferenco that now, he was bound ly Mario T. Gatbonton I:; rt. man In the fullest sense of the world. THE RISE OF H. B. When he came ·back to the Philippines In 1920, he was taken Into (Continued• on page 23) June 19, 19.JS Page 7 BAR,AIN4f8 TONE II HE young assista~t pastor had been warned that his new l!!lslgnment in the ahn.ttoir quarter, ''back or the yards,'' was a nightmare p::.r!sh. In that region of bull pens, ~J::::.ughterhouses, and slums thoro was lnore sordidness than fn all the rest or the town. One muggy a.ftemoon In deep July be stood on the •taP• of his I didn't come here on n~lioious business!" "1'/wn 1c/wt arn you here for?" the ]Jricst rrnked. "To kill time," she replied v·ith a bllmptious oioolc. ,.:<tt\·in::; awl t\\·ininr; hC'r fingers togttlwr with a faint jin;;le of l1ru.celot:::. o.n<l t?1w~-e !lashed t'lr<.'ugh hlio mlnd tho linoo of Ellrivr \Yylle: hI :lln lJ~in~ \\'Oman, h;i.rc'l ht.•sot; 1 1:nt h\· ~quet~:lin~ from :t !'tone The littlC> nourlshmcrit I get." Th<:n he lil·anl her hu~:~y 'Yhi::.J'f'I, "H.v\:1x, hig- bo~·. I (li 0 ln't <'Orne hf'H' ori n·li.~ious hu!"i1v•ss!" WIC ~\ ;:;gl<' Hdzinck." ''I am not 3Sking your name,'1 ho ~nicl, ''but I wlll tell you 1t's Eu~sbn-Ag-afla. It came from a Creel~ wonl nnd do ~·ou know what 1t mcnns? It me:.i.ns 'good'." ''That's a joke on you, big boy. r .0t nH' tell you 8omething-I':n th" woi·st girl In this town." "Ol·.1 no, you're not~ I know the \,•r.Jri:;t ~irl." • 1 •. \ncl who is sl!e?" ':--1:.c'8 llio one who think; ah• 11 i .. ~~t gid in to\\·n." Ther& walil ,, t·' lnnt•·r in hi• tone. "You '"'c···'·· T mis;!1t make your oont't•~1nn f01· you." ''Llst(:n, blg lJOy-I jtt!'l a-ot out ,,f t1:l' State f~eformator}· !or i:trle. r:-:-rormatoryl" :-·~1· spr:'\\'{'ll ovt tile ~·ord, <lisgorg\';ith it a tnri·ent of brothel ''Th<'n \\·h:lt are Y(•U licrr• for"?" profanity. Tho youn;; priest l<new tLP pr!Psl nsked. that h0r 1:.1.ngungc was only a. pro ... ''Tu Jdll time," s\Jc rC'pliell witf1 j• , .. ,inn (1( her own Inner sclfa. bum·ptious gig-glc. ror:ternpt, and therefore there ~·a• ' 1But why?" J·r.pC' for h0r. "Oh, I just promised my olJ l.'.1.dY ''I fell for your holy stuff at would come to church, th:i.t's all. t'lr~t." sh'4 "iYent on. "All I carod ~l._e·s waiting down the str01.:t. 0;1J~· want to stay ahout (i\·e 1ni11' utl:'Et, to let her think I'm going- to c0nfesslon." ~·.bout , .... :l.~ getting· out or there. ~:..,'"' I wc·nt to chapel n~cl I '):>rayed t,1 c:o,i. But He must have beGn l(.r'J ln:sy for the llkes ot me." church where the mercury neared 100 degrees. His body, swo.thcd in n. cassock, winced with -x>rlokly heat. A whl!f of cheap perfume pre-. coded the girl who now stood defiantly before him. Framed ln frizzled ho.Ir tied in plnl< bows, ·her [nee was need ln experlonce, yet hop~la•sly youni: 8.nd futile; c8.tlike eyaa lookod up a.t him In The priest mopped hts dripping forehead, cleared his throat cautlously, and lJegn.n; "Listen, child~'' ·•can me Aggie. That's my n:imc. "Pr:rhaps 1Ie said no." "Have it any wa.y you wb.nt. didn't go free, that's a.11. So tlrnn-" (Continued on page 25) Contra la "panalitis" (irrilaciones det paiial humedo) ... MEXSANA, el polvo lino e impalpable, para dar alivio a las Page 8 E sat down at the kitm chen table meaning ~o write a story. His wife had cleared the table--- of all t h i n g s pertaining to the kitchen and he had planted his old typewriter on it and now he sat there staring- blankly at the :keys, wondering what story to write. He had no particular idea for a story but there was in hiin at the moment a very strong urge to write, so he just sat there waiting_ for the idea to be born, as 1t were. He was sure he had it in him, the gist of the story, onlv it wasn't ripe enough. Now, he thought, if onlv I have the patience to await its ripening, it: will come to me before the night gets deep. It was a warm evening. He and his five-year-old son had just finished their supper when the urge to write dawned upon him. It wasn't often 'lV:;JA\NOWil!OJ S:>INTddl1IlI·T ::ITTI.L . A s&oRT fl ._ STORY ] n.PAU16 mzo_u} ~~ His 1cifc had clearer/ /he /al>/e ... and he had planted hi.< old fy)le1critrr on ii and nol!' he :;at there staring blankly al the keys _ - . that this creati,·e urge made pass away without taking itself felt in him, and now adrnntage of it. that he had it strongly in He had been wanting- to writo a hiln, there \\Tas no letting it !--i<•J":'<" f<Jl' \\"(•(>kS-lUOJlthS-nQ\\", bLJl - - - - - - - - - - - - W i t h e v e r 1 a s t i n ·g ornamental marble to enhance its dignity. wh•n hP. h:ul tli<' urge. ns hC' hnd 11 now, lw llilln't IHt\'C thC' tim<·; .-i•11l wll,-.n he l1:i.d tl1f' time, ho tlidn't 11.1\·<' tiH' urge; and whC'n . • 1:-- n1Jw, ho b:1d hoth the> tlrne anrt tl'C' urc;C', rh1•rf• wn.s no ~ton· to t•·ll. 01· f'l;-;0 It wasn't ripC' <'noui;h f ,1· tc·lllng. TIH' old. ~ilmost ugpl,.s~. n1::tchine in f· nnt of him h;Hl ::i.n Inter<:'."ting t.tl• ro it.--f'lf. htJ( it IH'\'Cl' OC'C'Ul'r<:cl tn \1irn tn wnlc It. Tie could not thick ol this mac:hinc as haYing .111\'thim.:; of it'41')f that \\"as fntc1·1 :--tin~ r·noug·h to any ·pC'rson. For t:0 w,1s onC' who dlsllh:C'd mn.chinC'!'.I. Oncf' tipon a timc> this. m:irhlne lwlor •. !:!<:d to :i.nothC'r fL>llO\\. Who had ''::~nt.cd to he n. \Hit01-. Ile hnd ~1·1L•d ilJ · 1.'\'C'1·~d timC's but: l•aoh tln,r \w l'ailf'cl t11 write n. story the~ w:1y it slwuld ha\•c bC'en writtc·1l. and lw n<•\'<'r got around to 11uhJi!-;hin.~ nny of the stories he ll:H1 •.\Titten with this machine. Fi,cling \·c·1·y bitter about his frust• ;.".tion, and at the ~ame time feelin·..: tl1c 1ieNl of some money, he off(·;,·pd to sell the machine to this fr·!low who now sat at the kitchen l[,h}(·, in front of this same mn. .. chine, \\·ondering ;'·Jhllt ~too• 1to v:ritc. HJs name wn.4' Almario :.\fijr~res Apostol, who thoug-ht ot J·, 'mself as one of the be-st unl•ea1·d-of \\Tlters .. Monuments Flooring Stairs June 19, 1948 He hnd bou.~ht the old, almost U!"eles;, typewriter not bcenu~c ho· l''l word. and thr old, almost m:1c .. ·n<'edcd lt, for ht" coulcl writ(' with l· .... :-..s, m:u.·hilw ~tood rC'a<ly, on tho ml•rc cast- nnd with nu.we con<'('11- l<ltd1l'll tabh•. tn sC'1'\·t, him. l~ul tnuion with n pC'ndl; hut lW(':\\13\... llH•n the pro\Jlf'n! of how best rn he wnntcd to ht:-lp the other fcllo\V' tl'll tht' tali• conrronlt•<1 .Alm:uio c,ut of :i clifficult cir<'nmstnnt·e-. 8i.n<"c he hnd bou~ht this mnchln~ f!'.'l' n1onth~ n~o. nll ht'• was ahle to ·wrltc with it Wl'l'~ thrt'(' shtwt pcen1s in !rt"<' ,·cr~t.". u1w of which ,:\I 1jan·~ Apo~tol. who was onC' of l!h' lwsl unhC'anl·of writers in Ills c0untry llow to ;.:-in• it dt'plh '! :.nd tht' C'Xlnt dinwn-sion ·: 1·'01· this \\:ls not r.:-tiing- to bP .1ust an1>the1· Page 9 nwul:itc nC'li;hborhoOll playing a lltlh.• Uo~· to slr.cp in the next PH1ch-alJU!':iC'<l tuno NtllNl '':'\lnrcll room, nn<l now ~he sat on lhc,floor In a corner of the kltchc-n from trn.~·." Xow. how ("lHlld ~ fellow writo when• shl' could wntch him In the t.IHlut a man in 8parch of light tu H<:l of rrcntlng- a. mastC'rJ)1C'cC'. A6 :• hushan<l he h:Hl (:died hC'r in r.ni.ny \\"<"LY~. for Ile wa8 not ·what l..:>I tll!H' anti to th:1l ],ind or pia110-p\:1ying'' Ill· 1·011lcl mali:r 11SC' of tht..· Ilt'ig-hlJor who \\"as trylnh tn pl.1y tlw 111ano. hl' {'(11d1l use hl•r t l~f' 1nona•nt ht> would writP 1:1!.chl Jw callf'rl :· ntl then~ \\"C'r<' a ,.-:-oocl 1irovicler, llme!i ">.1cn Hhe ti.ought ~hr \\'as IJclng ne:.;,lcctlid; I lit J1(l\\" lt wns g-0111g- lo be n1a!;tl.Zlne for S('"\"Pll peso~. and thC' an t'YC'·OPl'llC'I". calculatt d to hl"in:; ..... tnr_\ r1f :1 man "Jin was in search \\"Ith his own tlw11g-ht8. trying- to ~1f J1glit. tile· man who (cit al\ tin• pr0llll('<' .o..:nnwthlng to hc>lp him t'1nP a ~e>n:-.r..' of dro\\ning in a ~l'a i·!~C' in this wo!"ld. sh<' hatl nothing (\l darl,;rw~s. and wilo Jatt>r lost ills 1'1'1 r 1·s1wct for him. ~he lil~pt VC'ry ofht"'r two wen• rC"jcctt·fl nH nmbi- 1';1!lll' to its autho1· SUMI~... lit!- thought editors W('!"('! stupid for rcjecti.lt::: ~Heh beautiful Ile·. tlw wrilP1-. h;Hl put tln• tit!P Vil thC' lop or the flrsl p.q .. ;c: THB poems that had clc-pth and an :1 .. \-s \\~HO \\"A!-; I:'.\" ~Vi .. \nCll OF "extr::i. cllmen~ion .. "" Lif'lllT. and unckr it, th1· l>Y-lin(': u ·took him quite a long time 1h Almado .\Jijar(':<> .,\p11strJ1. Th•· we:ltlng for tho Iden of thC' story ~'l.:ncl or tlw t~·pc!-. striking- t!w Jl.Lto be ripe enoush for the telling. 1w1 wa!ll ml1.sic to hi.s e:i.r.s, ;Llld had JI.:- could feel tht:' story tnktng ·""l"l or :1"akt·nccl him from th·· shape o.nd form and growth within di'J•th of lib thi11k1n1-~ II•· p.1w.~ .. i Mm.self, not unlike th~ fcrllng of l' conslll") huw the t1tl1· and til•· 0 n-oman big- '\Vilh child just lw- Ii\ -li1w \\OUld look. And rn1 (\1n f..,re the mo111ent of hirth. r;, !'-\ t in1" !'-llHT lw h:-1i\ :-.;1 t 1,, f•ll ,. It ls going to ha,-c de-pth ::ind lw t:--·pi'\\Tit•·r. IH· t:i·1·\, ... 1\\,11·· "L an extra dimension. he told him~ selt: It is going to he an eycopEner. I will make .it as sweet11'Jvting as a rin~r. and a!' clear to roenect the bC'auty of thC' sky. But even· time his fingers were about ready to work on the keys of t~e typeWTitC'r. a fcc•Jing- of ~trnm;c fear would O\'C'rcomc him. ancl his fh1gers remained ·poisecl o\·C'.- tlH"' J.-:~:s, inert. as if h<'" were n fra id t1l disco...-<'r that the thou~ht he ,..·:u:; going- to translate Into Ulacl"'aud white l\·ould come out llke <.\ !:eak child. ThP r:>tory ho .. wantC'd to \•:rite ' ~<1ncerned a young mtt.n whc• w1111ted to lw a \\Till'.- of tal,·s hut could not1 because he felt all the time that he wns ~row11in.r; in n sea or darknl":R9. He (tJ1e h<'1·0 of the story that the actual writer, .Almar.10 l\Ilja.res :.\J>o:-:itol, wanted to ?:rite~ took to wandering- Jn the thoroughtari:?tt of the city as an ekcape from thn.t feeling of dro\\·nln~ 'in a sea of! darkness, since his attempts at writing tale>s fai1e<l to d18tract him Crom th:1t drowning r~elJng. Ile was for<'vcr jn search o! lfght, ev~n In the blinding noonda..y sunshine of the cit~·- The hero <•f the story Clnally lost his wits. wJt-.. :-.till l0st hf' hr <listnrlwcl. .Already '\·IH· w1iti1 ':-. \\ Jfl' had put tlH' (Continued on page 24) . . . ·c1q~1t<C1ajd .Company 2 ... ~::.: .. ·.it.·• .. ,·· ·.· .. ':'_'.~: D~~'·THOUON - -, - ;:~ Qptonl~trlits·Optici~.its·; Room 232. Regina Bwildinc{ ------- · - - - - - - It was now getting late Jn th(' ~lght and o..s ·he sat at the kitchen table In th~ <lining 1·oom of his· thlr.tY-""'JX"HOS•awmonth apartmt.?nt. 'ti'c etoq slowly completed Itself In his mind. and now it w~s rlpP enough tor the telling. for tr:tnsla•.lon from thought Into the fl!·lntSan Miguel Brewery, Inc~ AUTHORIZED BOTTLERS FOR THE PHILIPPolNES Paa-e 10 "On Bringing Up Children" The-se!ir~t two i1rntallnwnts lll ,1 ~(·1·ii'~; "On Hi inging t ·p ClliltJ.·en" from the' Sulu Cross, urc> q1wtahli> T!'!l us if ~·ou want t!w rPst or th• serie11>. .. The basic.point is for the father and mot~cr to love their child.-en. ·~Of co~rse we love them" ... you s.iy! Yes, but let's check up on w.hat kind of love. There is a true love nnd a misgLiidcd love. I have heard p~rcn"ts here b~asting: "I lovo my boy. 1 giv& hirn (Continlrcd on f)zigc 24) MAGNOLIA CHOCOLAIT Start t~e day right - a who I es om e, stimulating breakfast topped off with _that refreshing, appetizing and nourishing food·drinkMagnolia's CHOCOLAJT. FQR HEALTH AND ENERGY ·.·~~·.· i'• . . ·. •. Ct1 •. IN81811 O.N MAGNOLIA CilUALITY PRODUCTS MAGNOLIA DAlRY PRODUCTS PLANT 660 Echague Tel. 2·66·96 ownbd and operated by SAN MIGUEL BREWEjlY For your listening pleasure "YOUR MAGNOLIA FAMILY PROGRAM" KZPl-7:30·8:00 P.M.-Wednesdaya THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL In all parts of the world Jesus Christ is truly arid substantially present in the Most Blessed Sacramont of tr.e altar. Wherever we go, we can pay Our Lord a visit in tho Blessed Sacrament. Where· vcr we go, we can receive Our Lord corporally in Holy Communion, to refresh and sust~in Ol1r souls. When we visit a town or city, we should fir.5t of all pay a visit to our Eucharistic Lord, tl-;at He may bless us. Holy C:ommunion &"lven wtth his other slns, and he c:'\n go to Holy Communion. 3. One who commits a mortal sin after confession nnd, not realizin~ It, goes to Holy Communion, c!ocs not ma.ke n bad communion. Or.e makes n. had communion only By Bishop L. L. MORROW, S.C. nllcn one Is certain and conscious Author, ''My Catl-:olic Faith" of being in mortal sin, :ind still What is Holy Communion?- dr1foerately receives Holy Com.Holy Communion ts the receiving nn:nion. ot Jesus Christ In tho sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Does he who knowingly receives Holy Communion., in mortal sin re .. ceiv< the body and blood of Christ l. ''Communion" means a uniting or sharing together. In Holy Cc.mmunlon Christ and our soul ~nd His graces?-He who knowiu·e tntlmatcly united, and we share in~ly receives Holy Communion the banquet of the Lord's tnble. In rr.ortnl sin receive& the body and 2. Christ commanded us to re- h!ootl of Ch11tst, but does not re('Cfve Holy Communion when He ceiyc HIS graces, and _commits -?~aid: "Except you ent the Flesh ....-gT('nt sin of sncrJlege. of the Son of Ma.n, nnd drink His What does it mean to fast from Blood. you shall not hnve life In midnight?-To fast from midnight :·ou" (Jonh S: 54). It ls the food means ·to take nothing by wal' of of our souls. foe.a or drlnlc. or medicine :l.ft.er ·What is necessary to receive midn!ght. Holy Communion worthily?-To 1. We n1uet be fasting fron.1 re-ce~ve Holy Communion worthily, r.ildntght. This fast is not violated it fs necessary to be free from unless ·what ts ta.ken comes mortal sin. and to fa.st from mid· from wlth,out, Is swallowed as night. food, drink. or medicine. a.nd Is 1. 'Ve must be In the state of digestible. crace. One le not required to go 2. One who is ea.Ung or drtntt to conresslon before each ecmma• ~ug must atop at the·tlrst'stroke ot nicn, but only wh~n he Is conscloua midnight, but he may swn.llow· of grlevon• sin. what Is alrcn<ly In the mouth. IC 2. · If without n person•s fLult sovGral clocks strll<e, tho last tnnY. he forgets In confession to aocua• b~ followe<l If It Is usually reliable. himself oC a. mortal sin. It ls Cor- (All rights reserved) J\ine 19, 1948 ON Cebu where parades are as common as pre-election rallies, the entourage the\' filed through the streets on a day last February attracted little attention.· The ance to sick and disabled n!embcrs; 3) promoting soc1:1l and intellectual intercourse which may be desirable. and prnper; and .J) pron10tmg and conducting educational, charitable, religious and social welfare. Today the organization has 311~ different councils and cot!nts with 79,1,177 active members. The Cebu K of C itself has IJPen far from idle. It has l:EBU'S C:OLUMBIANS 3\'erage street loafer looked O<} dismterestedly . . . ·until he saw the Archbishop marching way down near the .end of tne file, with GovernWith· i'he establishment of Cebu Council ·~'-'· :..i ... 6, 'the Knights c.f Columbus move one step_ farther in the ._South or Cuenco tucked in inconspicuously among the other • partici'pants. , , What made him still more curious was the fact that the ~. hoi-polloi of the Cebu business world seemed to be content to march side by side with their employees, seeking no privileges and wanting none. The ;men rnarching down the street, had the bystander taken the trouble to inquire, were the Knights of Columbus. The parade itself was one of the highlights of the establishment of Cebu Council No. 3106. Addressing the Knights afterwards, the Rev. George J. Willmann, S.J., acting district delegate for the K of C, said: "You have indeed reached a milestone in your Mchbishop GABRIEL M. REYES progress. You will continue When Columbian• paraded, he to advance with great strides "'" way behind. towards grander and greater Columbian achievement, "pro Deo at Patria." Father Willmann's words have proved prophetic. Membership in the Cebu K of C has increased. Activities have been expanded. KC influence. in social life- has become a potent factor indeed in Cebu. The Cebu group is an offshoot '-of an organization founded in New Haven, Con-· necticut 66 Y\)ars ago; when Fr. Michael J. McGiveney gathered his male parishion- · ~II. together "to protect the ideals of Church and State." · In . spite of its stupendous growth the KC. has stuck to the same aims: 1) rendering. pt!Cuniary aid to members and 1:1eneficiaries; 2) rendergiven substantial economic ;.id to cha1·itable organizations, such as the Asilo de la l\l i lagrnsa h:prosa1·i um and 11~ "negative barrio". Last ( 'llristmas also saw !..:nights h-acled iJy Grand I-;1Iight JslllilL'I Al\'arez play 1..:ri,; Kringle to il'prosanum inmates to 11·hom they distributed o\·pr :;oo pairs of 1w1\· shOl'S, as well as textiles and foocl. Before the war, they also sponsored a holy rctn~at for laborers which, under the clin~ction of Archbishop Gab1·iel M. Reyes, enabled thouS>iIHls of laborers to secure religious instruction. So vast, indeed, has been .the C'C:bu Knights' participation i1, life here that no religious activity would be complete without them. At present, plans are being drafted to construct a club(Continuod on page 25) Page .a ISMAEL ALVAREZ Grand Knight EXEMPLIFICATION The Exemplification to first degree and Exaltation to second and third degrees of members of the Cebu Knights has been set for tomonow (June 20) at the hall of the University of San Carlos. Forty applicants, including prominent members of the community, will be principals ir. the ceremonies. Leading laymen and clergymen will participate in the exaltation rites. ing aid. and mutual assist. The Knig~ta of C:olumbu1, Cebu Council· No. 3·106 Regular, Fast Stcaniship Ser\'icc from the Pacific, Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of the United States, offering DIREC'i' DlSClIAI~GE TO CEBU. Regular_ weekly schedules from Cebu to West Lcyte, West Mindanao, Surigao and Agusan with comfo1·table inter-island motor ships. For i'rlore Partirnlars: AIOITIZ & COMPANY, INC. SHIPPING DEPAR'i'MENT Tel. 59 Cebu City 27 Juan Luna St. LEE & PENASCOZA Electrical Machine Shop 232-240 Sanciangko St. Cebu City Tel. 504 SPECIALIZING IN REMODELLING FS, OL, F; YMS, AND OTHER TYPES OF BOATS. Repair and Rewinding of GeneratQrs, Electric Motoi·s, . Magnetos, Radios Battery Charging, Magnet Charging, And all Electrical Applia,nces. ReQ<>ring of· Cylinders, Lathe Works, Blacksmithing, Repairs· and R~conditions All Types _of Marine, Stationary and Automobile Engines, Oxy-AcetY.lene Welding and Cutti,ng, Electric Arc Welding. THE PHILIPPINES ·COMMONWEAL 200 Young Men, Women Attend Two-Week Catechetical Institute Held In San Carlos University SOWERS OF 1 HE WORD OF GOD. Within the four walls of a cl.-!:sroom in San Carlos university, Cebu city, t1;:1js gr-oup of 200 young men and women li:iten~cl to their instructors in the catechetical institute for mar~ U· an two WC;eks. Then off to work they wE-nt, sowing the Word of God in the hc<.rts of little children. To· day the fn1it of their work m?.y be expressed by the number of chldren brought to the Sacrament, but God alone can fully know the good accomplished. TEACHERS OF THE· TEACHERS. In tho front row above ar~ shown the instructors of t:1~ cat,.echetical institute iri Cebu • . Left to l'ight, tl:ey arJJ:: the Re\t. Frs. Dionisio Flo~es, Toma'-' M'agl_asang, Esteban MonieC?illo, the. Rt. Rev. Msgr~ Manuel Yap, ·u·.e , Most· R~v. Gabriel . M. ;:teYes, archbishop of Cebu, the Rev. Frs .. G: Tricnekens, M.S.C., Pl~cido Lum~pla, Cesar A.tcoseb~ and Gerardo Jumao·as. · June 19, 1948 Page 13 THE MOTIVATIONS OF LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o( thn S'lllllble Surli;ao copra~ Oscar Espueles - let that name 11ink in - aged 2.:, learning that hi& dream·girl ~ carnival beau· ty Estrella Roska was g:>ing to get married to Capt. B. Op'Pus of the Philippine Air Force, aont a note to Estrella's father last week wh:ch said in part: .. Nobody will ma:-ry Estrella but me, whe· ti er you like or-!'lot:• ,ee/;.u Me"'l'-Qo-Ro.unJ.I I By N. G. RAMA I CHARITY FOR THE UN-CHARITABLE A Barili resident recently wrote to Ropresentativc Paredca who endorsed tl e letter to Barili·born Congressman Manuel A. Zosa that the Ho5picio de San Jose, an old institution established by the late I \ SOURPLUS it-lend of the Sulu grOup. Rumors The MS Bartolome docked at the ~ny now thnt h~ is on hh-1 way to The disT.aught father hc:.vi:ig 1tetified the police, Espuelas was promptly put under arrest - fer .. l'lgal possession of a sub·m•· chinegun and 21 rounds of ammu· r'ilicn with wh~cl: he had decided to carry- through the attempt to "rescue'~ E.;tl"'ella Cebu wat{'rfrnnt fast "'·e~lt .vith 113:: sh~ls of galvanlzeQ. iron. H3 p!eces of ph~"·ood, 3~ rolls or screen ,·dr<." and no tn,·otce·. Dl.·. L. Yill:l. cl.aimed that the surp!us items 'l\·e:-re con~lgned to him by hit> wi{c-. D~lfin Lopez. local dctecth·C', re~ fa~es to relea~t- the- goods from Bcrneo n·here h~ will make the l.1.Rt lap of his Journey towards h1s h0me in Amoy, China.. W""h:i.t's more. the- authentlclo')king checks W('r~ nuthentlc, onl:r the busine.ssman had smartly withcl1-.'lwn ·all his dPpostts before n.ny philantrophist Don Pedro Cui, is .. r~ndering a very, very poor ser· v;ce if there is service et all." Congrcss.m:ln Zosa will institute BP· propriate action in CongreG.s to in·.ostigatc the cl1arges. riaQe. Espuelas !old the police he had l'tO other motive bebind the plan -none other than love. He said thnt lie• first met Estrella in Bohol a1 a classmate in the sixth grade ;ind ••from that in$tant. I was ne\';, police custody until the ncces~~ry p:-~pers are prtJ·lucc-d. )fC'all\'·~1·1·'. , I s·'.lm( 1;::-op~+· a .. " !-'t11ldi1~. • To Serve The Good People Of Cebu THE WILLIAM LINES ver the samC.'' • ·ARTS OF SUICIDE SEDITION • AND - N•~SEGAY For H:e Cebu women's ccmmi!tec hended by Mrs. Milagros CuencC\ and assisted by Mrs. Ma!"'y Renner Osmcna and Mrs. Maria Aboitiz who .recently secured funds for the It may b(" re-called that months IPper negative barrio. Twenty will go to the ago the same :Espuelas hit the .i.nousand pesos administration a sd·ool dwelling6. frunt pages of the )Jo.nil~ papers construction of an v.·hen he PQ!';ed as a. dead man b...iilding. a disp'ensary, hnnglng from the end of a. -0 pe builcling and six duplex ~ * tlod to a tTet:>. a suicide In utter ~gust wlth the Rc.xns ndminis- CAPRICE CHINOIS t.rn.Uon. He ls currentl~· !ac-ing_ · The big a.dvn.ntagc of the unt.·l~:-.. rgN• Of Sedition for that !-<.Unt. ic}entlfied hero of this tale (S t?Jat P ... PER SWEETHEART he looked like an honest man. He came from Cebu a·nll opened an Rf.aders of the Free Pres!" will exr,enslve-looking o~fice in Suri_Pito remember the simpering arti- .r;ao. Beside it he al~o 'built nn cle c1 lled ,..,._he Fr~ Prc~s is My alarmingly huge W~Lrehouse. He Sweetheart"'-well, that, too, wci:s made known to the copra deniers Espuelas' doing. He faked Estre· of Surlgao that he bought copra at lla'c name--and was her face red! prifes they would not dream or Tt o police proposed to place him gi:tting in Cebu or ~fanila. The counder psychiatr-i.c observation but r.rn dealers sl\·allowcd it and the:r atandoned the idea upon request were paid In n.uthentic-Iooldng -of Estrella's father who w~uld ra- cht"?cks. They fJlled 'h!s ship \vith the.r have him detaine.-Until after copra.. on the promise or further th• marriage of J:is daughter. \Vith Espuelas safely" tueked away, Estrella became the wife of Capt. payment upon his return trip ~nd barlc him fond adieu. Disposing of ,the copra tor Oppua last Sunday, without untoward h3ppenings . any h11ge sum in C<:"hu. the man chartf:l"Ni a moro ,·Jntn for ~Jtankav . Visayan Electr~c Co., S. A. Cebu City STANDS FOR: BETTER LIGHT!!! BETTER SIGHT!!! Has A Ship In Port Every Single Day For J\IISAMIS and ILIGAN Every other day for Manila For Schedules of Arrival and Departures Call Tel. 330 or visit our offi('.e at: GOTIAOCO BLDG., WATER FRONT Compliment.~ of llniqhts of C:olumbusCEBU COUNCIL, No. 3106 Cebu City, Philippines'. Page 14 THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL URING the war, it II was the rule rather than· the exception for people to finger r•\sa1"V beads, frequent the s"acraments and pray as deover, we fall back into the rold finger of Death clutch- 11ponsored government. Fieasy, sloppy habits of irreli- ing at his throat. nalJy he quit and took to the giun. A chaplain in the last war hills where he led the nightThe last \Var saw many a ::<aid this of many pilots with marish life of one sought by ha1·dbitten soldier, who had ·\\"110111· he came in contact: guerrillas and Japane§-e neYer before seen the inside ''You find that there aren't alike. It was then that, vouttv as priests. When the ":---------------------------war ended. however, ~h~se same people shelved rehgion faster than nations scrap peace treaties. .Reli~on to them is evidently a raincoat, worn in the rain and kept in Placing Religion on the Shelf hemmed on all sides by fear, he went bac:k to the arms of God, the Church and By M. FLORDELIS prayer. mothballs when the skies G d · many atheists amoncr our '" l red of a church, turn to o m .., i.ave c ea · s d fliers. Facinn- death in c0111We all hoped at that time at that time that the univerf«tl religious zeal and piety. born of war, would be carrierl over to better days. The kn·d-earned lessons, howewr, were sheh-cd once the c•11.s~· days of peace had come back. Today, religion is back on the shelf. D. st fte as tlie face of Death. . . teepe " 1sa ers o n serve bat, the\.' find that God is d. h' I b 1'ng us close" 1 ·n the belief that rel_1g1_on was me 1a w IC l r - t ve1·.v near and J)ersonal. \\'hen t God ' •r d n ur 1 ·r, d1"1·ect contra.d1ct1on o o . "e go own o o •· t t thcv first aLTin' from the k h . d G d n.1anl1'ness, he cried OU 0 ·nees w en we nee o · .. f It ti trnining schools, the\. ·'n, often A'te th · · has bl God onl" when he e le -~-~r~~e~~cr~1~s1~s~~~~o~wn~~~~~,~~~~~~~~ 11 little clrnr~· of going to r, church. They seem to f('<:I that gorlliness isn't quite in !J11e with being a hero. But most of them -change prett1· quickly." · For Style & Smartness drop in at A public official before Men's Mode Tailoring Suits tailored by MASTER CRAFTSMEN CAYETANO BACALA.."l\f Proprietor P. Del Rosario Cebu City the war harl sunk so deep into lt will start gathering the quicks11.mls of masonrv dn~t there anrl turn yellow that he had not stepped into with neglect . . . until such a church for decades. Shortlv time 11.s disaster shall strike nfter the occupation of Ceb~t ag11.in. In the meantime peoby the Japanese, he helrl of- pie don't seem to think it nefice for some time in the Jap- (Continued on paye 25) ~iiiiiiiiiOiiii---;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ____ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ___ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;----.....:.• ---~-------~ ---NO MATTER HOW YOU SAY IT ... There's no place like· HOME for FORD service Always bring your Ford back "home" to us for service FAIR PRICES We-give you more service FOR it so you'll get more service FROM it. Ford East Visayan Motors, Inc. AUTHORIZED FORD-MERCURY-LINCOLN Dealer for the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, -Samar and Masbate P. O. Box 145 40-48 R. Palma. Street Cebu City GOTIANUY and COMPANY INSURANCE & SHIPPING AGENTS IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS P. 0. Box No. 11 Cebu City, Cebu, P. I. COMPLIMENTS of ... June 19, 1948 *CATHOLIC W 0 R L D CZECH ELECTIONS NCENSORED reports r•· Page 16 NEWS I N BRIEF Internntlonnl Fcderntlon or Chris- nrchhishops nnd bishops fol' a numtbn tl'a(lc union~ __ nnd tho Inter .. bi~r of vacant sees, It has IJe~n· national linlon of Catholic 'Vo- ar·notmced here. At the same nwn·~ ll'::tg-ucs. Both on:;-anizntlons time. :i.utho1·itit•s close- to the Yah~lVC'- _collsultatlve status with tho tic<t!"l Jwint out th:i.t ii Is un11kc:>Jy UX economie nnd i=:ocial council tl•:tt tho consistory '""ill 1.Je occall ce1'·ed In Ylenna. from . Prague describe the electrons In Caechoslo\·akla. ns another "'post .. 'l\·ar traged~p. 'l\'rltt<>n, produced and directed by \\"orld communism.'' 1 riJHl it~ commls~lon~. s1on for appointments to the Col''There has been nothing but rear and confusion here over the electlo;i.~• an ~C report t'rom th.at CO\?nt":"y stated. ''The ·only ones who enjoyed the whole thing were the communlsts--only 30 ·per cent or the total eleCtorate. perhaps less. But SO per cent gives the con}munists tl:e benefit of an~· doubts. The ma.1orlty have been going throug-h hell. Fear knocked them Into suh· mission-and the confusion hastenfl-d the submission.'' Anothe~ report told graphically bow the T"Otfng procedure made the POPE PIUS XII . calls for consistory "!oecret.. ballot a mockery. divorce be Inserted in the Decl:."l.Ench Czech ,-oter received two rut101~ of Human H.ig-hls brou-;ht t-;,.-J)ots: one v.·ith the list of gov- quieh protest from the -t.lclc·go.tcs emmE:nt-sponeored candidates, the ~( two Cl~rlstlan org;.i.nizatlorn~ duother a .,,,thlte ballot marked with rinri the rx discussions h0:·e of a large cross. to register opPosl.. Article 13 of bhe human rights tJon to the government list. At db~ument. the polling booth, o.fter having been ThP nrntP~t wns mn<ir> hv th0 checl<ed against the list of q~ali· fi .. a \"Oters, be ~·as gh·en an en\"t'lope in which .to place the >ial · 1,,1 or his choice. _ The Czech voter could then go btJhind the curtain and place one ot the two ballots In an envelope. After he ha.d done this, he dropped the envelope Into the ballot box. lie discarded the unused b1:iJot without an en\·elope an o~n basket. Which ever ballot the \"Ot~ discarded was known. Into Czech The to.Hot of the government's joint l;st or" candidates was printed on both Sides, while "the opposition bnllot was printed on only one aide. "H th0 Commission aC'Cf'J)ts the lC'g'=! of Cnrcllnals. frtSC'l'tiOn of the fllSSO}Ution of In1.t"ri~g-r_· in thls tPxt," the prot0st •;a.Id, "it m.ust •0cognlzc in all fah·nf'F=!"-l an <'<p1nJ right to the> Christians f1..•r thP f)l'OC'lam:-ition o( tlw lndis suluhilily of rnaniag(" \\'hich Is c~1lw.ll~· .'"·dl<l fur "nH•n anrl women INCREASE CARDINALS V,\T!CAX CITY (ltouters).-The r...;nt·ccation o( a consistory of the Sacred Colleg-C' of Cardinals early in June may lw po~tpon<.:-d by dcY1·!0pn0nts in J>alt...·sti1w, it ha.s n.1111 prc-s011ts anolh('r :<spr·ct of ;,"('n n·p•Jrtf'rl Jwr{'. '211uuJity to mnrrlng{'." Anr1 even if the consistory docs '!°h<' C<t!holic '\r1mcn's ;.:r::.1t1n mN·t. It I~ nut nuw f'Xpccte-cl thnt statcfl that its or;;:rnizatinn r-um- :u~y r.cn· canlinals \\'ill lw created. rirlsc~ 3!J million \\'Ol1lf:.'ll in more \\"011-lnformctl Hllll·ccs here say th:m (iU c.:uuntJ·jes, antl tli;lt :he th:it it is alm1ist ci>rt:lin that the JilO!)OSC(l amc1Hlment "t•Uld ''bC' Pop0. will :1<;'.';\lt the> lfl50 Holy uft'en:,,:ive to Olff ('()J1sl'i•·1H'•·.-:. contrary to the n.·al fr••l·d1)111 :1'.ty nn•l bOtHl Of lnrli\'f!l\l;il'-1. f,"lmily :-tn<l society." JUNE CONSISTORY :ind 1lig-the l"c'lr 1·,cforc t:ll.;in:.:- such ~step. It if': nl~o lik1·J:-· th:1t hf' will a.wail th<' Eoly Y1.~:11· tn proclaim the ~o (llfication of thv I'ap:1l Bull ls'Sued i)y Pope ~(:xt •1:-: V Pn December \".\TIC..\X ("IT\' r:--:1·1-.\ ,,_.1..-et :;. 1536, ancl '" "pon tho way for t'un~i:--:tory ha:--: 1,l·en :--:c·Ji,·dnh'•l for lrt<'rc•nslng th•· m.'.lximum 1111'.'mher.\ronday, Jun(' 21, at which ll1s Ho- .c;hip of the Sa('rl'<l C()Jlf:'ge f•om 70 li•'<'-~ flrqH• Pin:-: Xlf. \1ill 11: 1mc t'J 100. HOLY LAND MILITIA Y}~1'ICXX CITY (Reuter).-Vati.c:in sour<'C'S !iaYc dC'nied all kl·OY<kdgc> or n :-=:C'lwme to recruit liltlitia to dc:fenrl the holy places in Palestine. T!Jis ha.cl been ~n .. r:ounced E."'fll'lier by the Home re}lre~entali\'t~ of the Custodian of Holy Places. Reliable Vatican drdC'f' did not think that the deni.il necessarily meant the Vatican di:::approvecl of the scheme, but ra .. tfu"r that it wnntecl to dissociate itself from the formation or this frJrce, }Ktrticula.rly in case any po1.tll'al significance might eventually be attributed to it. '!'he Vatican denia.l came quickly after the Rome delegation of the ·Custodian or Holy Places annoi.1nced: "....\ recruiting center of militia of holy places 'has been opened here at the delegation's of .. flee where Cathollcs·of nil nationalities may enlist for the protection und defense of holy places and of rohslous, ;c.hnritable nnd cultural lnsbtutlons Of the Catholic Chm·ch In Palestine." Nevertheless, even according to the communist ,-ote count as ro .. s;orted In the American IJ)l"ess, more th~ ten per cent of the voters catlt ·white ballots and another ten per <'ent did not go to the polls a.t all or CllSt Invalid ballots. The Prague communist ministry gave the total valid votes as 7,199,000 - 6,429,000 tor the government list and 770,000 r.egatlve ballots. Communism had won another victory. DIVORCE BElrORE UN LAKE SUCCESS (NC). - An .;.mendmeht offl'red by the ByeloRuasle. .delega.te that the r!ght. to FRANCO PR.AYS BEFORE THE VIRGIN OF FATIMA. Above photo ahoWa Generalissimo Francisco Franco( of Spain as he kneels in. B· church in Madrid, praying to the Virgin of Fatima.which wa& especially brougH from Portugal on the occasion of the Marian Con. gresli recently held in Spain. (Reuterphoto) MICHAEL-ANNE ROMANCE By Reute~s Press Agency PRINCESS ANNE of BourhonParma, who married 26-year .. old ex-King Michno! of Rumnnla hi. the Royal Palace of Athens la.ot Page 16 THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL fcom over-y dlplomntlc office In the Chlneso capital. . Jn Tlf4YQ. wnaro th"o /Oa.r1lnn.J .-.n<I his ,po.rt>· headed from Chinn, they -n·crc guests or ~n. Douz,lns l\'la.cArthnr. Among those who met tnem at tho nlrport were Archbl.:"' shop Paul :\-farella, npostoJlc delctzn tc to Japan, and Colonel Hurt, representing General MncArthur. TRUMAN AND BOYS BOYS TOW'N, Neb. (NC).-Pree. Harry S. Truman p1onorcd B'oys Towri with a. one-hour visit this WC'(']~. JEWISH SOLDIERS EMBARK. In spite of continued warfare between Arabs a.nd Jews in tha It wns the flrst time a President of the United States has ever \!sited Boys Town, although Mr. Truman had come hero on se•:eral ocr:,u,lon~ prior to h('COmlng Presl•Ient of the United States, and tho latC' Pre!'i. F. D. Roose\·elt had nsllf'cl h('rc prJor to .. his election. He':" L~nc!, th~ Jcw:sh state of Israel has been formed as British troops lcavo the country. Photo shows a group of young Jewisli soldiers who had been detained in Cyprus, sailing to fight the infant state. ( Reutecphoto ). .President Truman placed n wa·e:--.th on the sarcophagus of Dr. Flnr.ngan, la.te founder, In the Down :\[('mortal chapel, after hear~ Ing a ~peclnl :sacr('<l concert by the Poy3 Town concert choir. '\\-Ith the pre~ldent was -:\Uss N'clly l•"lun:ifinn. a sl.!-'lt"r or the Boys Town fo..imicr, and Bors Town (l(flclals. Thursday by Orthodox riles; ''vir- tht.i wedding- wa!'; c:q>Pch•tl in \"atua!J;r excommunicated hen;elf" ticr~n cil'cle~. and it is unc)('ar Wh•·!rom the Roman Catholic Chu:~:ch~ tht?-r nny formal excommunication tht~rings s1·1'll in ~anklng- in :''l'"rs." Ylcc-Pn:-~idc>nt Li Tsung--J1·n, to,;athc-r with all minist('rs of tlH' Ch!nt:sc cabinet, attended tht· rer •. ptlon, as welt as representatl\'c~ according to Vatican authorHiC's. The ro:ral brirl~. who is 24, emerged radlant1:r from the. ~cre mon:'--· - <"tt1m1na Uon of a sc\·en-11::1J:rith romanc(.• which hegan in J_,".,c;.on at the we<ldlns or Princess Ell<abeth. \\·ill ('\'C'ntualiy IJe pronounce.I. CARDINAL SPELLMAN F'fu\NCIS CAllDINAJ, RPELL· ~IAN. erstwhtlc <lii;ting-uishcd ,-1~1~ tQr 'at :l\fa.nila, was cx1wc.tcd ·to ru·riv£ ln1 I,o~ Angeles last l\'CC"k, International Miscellanews ON U. S. MOVIES according to delayed XC'\V'C Te- tl~e ·world's greatest ideas-Ch.is_~ _Archbishop Damasklno:;, prlmn..te ports"" recefrccl thl::; week. BUDAPEST.-Thr('e .American ttanlty and democracy-have been ot 'Greece, celebrated ·the wedrlln~ ' "G In• ~! Wn» ·· "«on~ 0 ?\(C"a]HVhllt> Pejping reports st:i.ted n;ov.e:s- •0 t.. • Y • J • "-' "2 turned loose in Japan ... and ·their ""Ith the colocful ritual ot the r B I ttc" d '"Ke,· f the On~e>k Orthodox C.hurcll to ,vlilch tl?nt !g~rdlnnl ~pellman and his 0 ernn< t_• an · s 0 (;!feet ls the greatest bloodless r<"'r·.:.arLy ·were gaests of Q('ncrallsslmo 'Kingdom"-werC" cited to the Dli- volution in centuries. I believe the Rumanian ex-Kin,:;- belongs. . . Chiang Kalshek durlns- their· .-.ta.y nlster of Jnternnlional affairs for that in 10 yenrs Japan will ·he An eminent a.uihorlty on church in China. They •were accorded the c~nsorshtp. They hnYe been at- Christian, 1C not by actual conlaw at th<> Vatican Holv Office t ti ··~1 J Cuitest •welcome a.t Nnnking hy a. rac ng enormous aln-1 ~nces version, at least Jn the wa~ the· has declared. howevc1·, that Prln- ti I t I' dcl~i;ntlon hca<le<I by His Emi- icoug 1011 'ungary. rno.joclt)· or its peoplo thlok nnd CP.SS Anne had broken three canons <.nee, Thonua.s Cnrdlnnl TleJi, Hungary's communist govern- act." or the Catholic Church. - S.V.D., who wns elevate<! to tho rnent has also abolished three MATERIALISTS "TbP. ·penalty of being cut· orr Sacred College at tho> same time Marian hot:; days: the Purification, fron, the Sacm.ments enters fnto '\s tho American prince ·of the r1·f'brunr~~ 2; Annunciation, :\larch JAPAN.-'"'We are inaterlalists; krce at the moment or marr.lage Church. 25, and Immnci1late Conception. our goal Is ""to ma.ko religion disWithout the necessity of her ex- H.!ghlfght or the ·Cardinal's visit De>cemher 8. appear." These ·=were the words communfcalfon ·being offfclalJy an... Jn China "l\~o.s hJs grand i·eceptlon A Catholic spokesman n.nn·ounced oi Sanzo Nozaka, Japanese comnounced," he said. In.the nation's capital, "'the lnco;est that· no matter what tlie govern- ruur1lst loader, t<' the Rev. Patrick No o!tfcfa.1 Pron-ounccm(l-nf on and moHt di_"Unglll!-l:hed of such ga- mcnt does: the Church will con .. V'C'onnor: s.C.c., on the oCcnslon - - -... - Unue to observe t~rn three f~sts. of an lnterviel'." two yea.rs ago. •1t · for YOUR . ... STRIKE-BACK still ·believe In mnterlallem,". No. • anniversaries, oar.ties. st.HJ pictures.. etc.. eo-1 · ROME. - The Vatican Rncllo zak'!. snld with a bland smile, largernent and photo- •truck buck sharply at communist when Fnther O'Connor lnten·lewed O'Jmplaints n.bout the Cht~rch en... l1hn again recently. · l!T8Phlc Prln~ln11 can de:1,end on 1(1U our QUALITY reproducttons. CALLON '-· ~,. i;nsl,ng In politics. A broadcnet The.two-year lnte:-vnl· since tho· "' ~ · . ftatd: ·early post-war months ·has seen . ''When politics ·becomes the enc- tbe communists In .Tnpan mako . rny of rellglon, reUJt!on while re- greo 1· strides. Mr. Nozn.kn waa e.t . . a\ill1il!9 rnninfng relJgion n~cessarlly be- 90 pains to conceo..l the -fa.ct that :r~:• 'l:SfA't'"1 comes the enemy of politics." In two years. the party ·had lnOt!ictal Photographer of the THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL CHRISTIAN ITY crcnsed from 5,001>'. to 100,000. 1,n -----·------------ -----TOKYO.-General MacArthur be- Jnpnn, o.nd thnt p1e comruunlete llcvc~ thnt .Ta.pan wm bo Chrlstlnn hnd ·polled ono million votes In the In ten years. He enys: "Two of lnteet eloctloo. June 19, 1948. Pago 17 If ~t . you mus ••• BEFOR' THE war, my hu.sband t1._1t·~n·1 1natt1·r. ''True- lu\'(" 1·.u1 :-:;l.n;c· fainlly 'life, community Iir". And th-:!n. when ~:ie sound of wcdurng bells ~as died away. when they are fac-:?d at last with the h~rsh realities of everyday exist· .and I had the Sunday habit of:. alw":rs think of n wn:lt out,'' ~hC'Y · n:~ti1.nal Jifo it:-:<:lf. J>nn·t Y~•u f;:equenting the Luneta and taking !:la:.·. •·To consid('l' lovo coldly W1lu1J. agreL-, thrrdon·. that young !1w11 a walk along the lane parallel to b'2' 11ke thruwing the security o! a :.ml woml'n-:-is potC'nti:"ll hu:->l•:t11ds the stone dike. bank account around a kiss. Sa· On one occasion we paused to cr!lege o( sacrlloges! ·• am .. ~ wivt·s .. t:-. prinl·1p.lls 111 <l 1 ·1111- Cflce, the r::ise·colorcd CJl<'.l!;S~s fall tr:i.1't \\ \iich ha~ been rais0cl IJ~ C"d 0 r: and the spar~$ l~egin to fly. to thC' (li;;nity oi a Sa("1:1rn ·nt "Coad heav~ns.'' l·i! mlttters. '"did r~st un"der the ~oconut trees. It Or, ""·hen two peopltt :ire mad· was a fine afternoon. The sun ly in tove, ah ... " CUUrt>..;lllj1 io\ I marry that?" was just sinking, splashing the western sky . with all the conceiv • able shades of red and blue and gray. A soft breeze was blowing in frcm the sea. My husband, who is an entir"'ely rcmantic person, waa fanning t-i"1· self vigorously with hia hat and &wearing that it was the hottest afternoon he .. ad ever been through. He always speaka in terms of superlatives .•• even when he was making love to me twenty years a'.'go .. I plucked at his shoulder, ~.ow ever, and shu.ahed. "Look,'' I whiapered and pointed in the direction of,... the rocks. . A young couP,le was seated on· the dike. T~ey were holding handa dnd whiaperr'hg absorbedly, obli"io1:s of everfthing elae. · "'Don't they -loqk wonderful?" I aakei;I my huilband with a sigh. ·am still an incu~able romantic, e,.;en at my age. He, however, tl-ie unromantic ·h'!,•band with the receding forehead anc! expanding waiatline, a.norted. 161. auppose those two children are madly in love with · eac.h .other," .. he snorted at. me. HIS STAT~E!ii'T, I think, descrlb~ very ·aptly the mlst&ke so D1:8DY ot our young .People commit when they tail tn lo'Ve. They ta.II madJy tor each other. He adore• b&r (the perfect · creature!);· be worsl-ipa .. the lll"Ound on W'blch aha t~cad~... Whne she: on the other hand, languiahea when he f8.lls to O:ppea.r at least twice every fortycll'!ht hours. For to the majority ot our youag people love ls ·not to be C10nnected with common sense. By all mea.na. ~o! ~ve· ls too tuv9nly, too ecLtatic to_ b,e tampered with. They llpY ·be .. Young n11d. 1m·mature, too economically· losu.tilc1ent to eon-. alder love seriously, but o,11 this But .don't y-0u think the world wo~ld. be a. much better place If .tbat word madly could be .•trlcken otit or the lo.nguo.ge at love. vermanently? Jf,env'en !JcnCJl\\'s ?1ow mt:"ch unhappiness· could be nvold· ed ir people vtho have mnrrln.go In mind were' simply oanely In love w Ith ca.ch other. m:?.rdag-.c" with thci utmost cln.i;-lt:1: of mind? '•J was blind," she shrieks. £'Jir.g home to Mcthcr.'' sniffing), UJ'm (Exit, And the old, old cycle of incom· patiblc madia~1' begins all over again. YOCX(; l'F;Ol'LE must not 1n:1kl tbc- mist~tke of f;dJin;; In lo\·e \'.Ith loYC', or with a pair of •?im· J.;1·s. L·Yl'S, •·a way of smiling i;e:ntly." The usual typ(' of he:i1;Ly - dt•C'~ not bst \"Cry long-, PVt•n v:ith th<' latC'st <l1seo\ t'riL~ m.t.le hy :'.Ja.x Factor and company·. To bo l~·.~ting-, marriagP mu~t he based on mor,- than physical at· tr:.cllon. There must be union of rain<ls, agrc-emcnt in tastes. interc!'-'ts, ideals, so th:lt l'\·en when physicn.l beauty has been thr-O•Yn into the a_::;hcan of T•'ather Time, tlicre rwill he still understanding, ,aeep affection, common ties that will provide the b::isis for a lasting ccmpanionshhl. _ If you must fa.11 in love, clo so s~neJy. Be as merclless in .the analysis o( your Prospective n~n:te as a scientist dissecting a. sPeclmen. 'l'nlk to. each other freely nnd .franl~ly: Learn to know each other, not only at your hest. but ~lso at :rour worst. You. w111 never regret hin~Ing done so. or course, you may not always l!J"e what you 1learn. You may be hm·t disillusioned, dlsnppolnted. But BUT THAT is not tt-e us_ual case. lo.ter on, when you .ha.ve gn.hfod How accurate Shakespeare was th6 ·wisdom or perspec~h·e, you will when he wrote that "love ia bli'nd he glnd_ that Y!>U hnd sem~e enough· and .lovers cannot see.'' For- to the tO fnll In lovo not only with ~,.our immature mind, love is actually a·~· h~n.rt ·but wit~ your· hend. state· .wherein two ·p·eople blind On the other hand, such an ann..: thems&lves to the· extent ~f refus· lysls may only n1ake your lovO irg tc. consider eac~ .. oth8r'a faults, stlonger and more ·beauttrul than Again,· whether We ndmlt It or ~nd getting ma,Hed· with &yea shut ht fore. The study of i:i person; not, marriage ls the bnsle .or \Vholc- to each other's ahortcoming·a.· In whom you tnke sincere Interest; ------------'--------'------------ onn b~ a. very delightful· exper> ·By P. Mercedes Trinidad lcnce. You ti-io.y dl_scovor In .Your t>To4p"octlve spouse a cel'taln !'age 1$ THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL 11tl'."en~th. a dl'llg·htful mill\\, a Sen::.c t..if humor, a. thousand other sparkling facets in Pl'l's~nalltv which you ne\'er c-vcn susi:ec1~c.d Famili::u.·ity lloe-s not nh ·r..ys hrt't'.'d contC'mpt. It ma:r e\'('l\ str ... 'nt;lht"ll af~cction, be in il~elf :l. guR.r::tntcc- for future hap· p!nc-ssi.. I KNOW of a young man and a woman who are very much ·in love wiU. each ol.hef.. Both are 21 a.nd j stall in college, althoug ... the younr.i man has already started off in bu· siness. ~ They h:.ive been seeing c3Ch othe-;,. for several years now, ""~ ich in the usual case is a very dangerous thing. They have 1"!1anaged to be very level-headed about it, however, and have put- aside t .. e idea of marriage until they can both complete their studies. In the mean· time they 1-"avc come to know each other's mind so fully that their affectit>n has become a deep and l~sti ng one. Above photo of Cabagan Cathclic Action shows members of the Sodality of the Children of Mary who are active in parish acti · vitics. Also in pl-oto are Fathers Catral and lngart1n .ind Miss Sal· vo.cion Baui, sodality president, Weekly Calendar Of Feast Days '"For a very young woman who SUNDAY, June 20.-St. Silverius, po;.ic-martyr. He became Pope in fs very much in love, you have been 535 and ruled two years. During his reign, Emperor Justinian re• ve~.~ level·headed," I told her when covered Rome and the greater part of Italy. T~e Pope firmly with· sne paid me~ visit, which she does .. stood interference of Empress Theodora in religious matters and died CWL IN CEBU 'l'lw most :prominent mntrons ot Cebu met last week to organize the Cebu CWL unit. Mrs. Isabel Lorenzn.nn of th~ Manila CWL presided. Father O'Carrou · wo.s g11Psl speaker. Hcsults ot the election follow: l\iarln. Aboli'lz, president; Pllii.r SalP., vice-president, :Mercedes 0. Ros, s~ cretary; L. i\I. de Pueo, ». Martinez, ·Cl1a£. Cn.rberry, Pllnr Mendezona. Aurella B Anded, Pat S. Fructuoso, 1\ionEI Squllla.ntlnt, Remedios Cul, Llnn G. Pela.ez, Elena Mlnana, ll!o.rgarlta de Baluyo, Natl_vldad de B!nnco, Flcieln de Pelaez, Josefina de Gulla, Amparo Mancol, Carmen Torres, Amparo Palacios. A. A!var~z. Saning Cermeno, Loreto Lnrraquel, Antonia de Mora.za.. Martina Yda. de Morn.zn, Concepcion Bondoc. SeverinCL Suson. Mercedes de ~Luomura.. )lnty Ubaco. Beatriz J~7ezu, :Marla Borromeo, ConcepC'Jon HJ<lebotlOm, Rosario Gallvtln, Ce&1 ma Y de.. do Revllles, Pilar B. do Alva, J..ourcl(>e Alba cle Gan·ig<a.. Olgn Garriga de Alba, Mtlagros S~mlirano, Andrea Ompok, Pllo.r Ad.ad. Romana Agustlnes, Con~11cion U. Veln.sco. Gundalupo in exile on an island off Italy. O.smcnn, L. T. de .Agustino. :Mrs. "I ·have tried to be.'' she an- MONDAY, "June 21.-St. Aloysius Gonzaga, confessor. The patron R:tmon Osmenn. and Anlto. R. de once in a while. swered, "bu't it hasn't been easy." of youth wo:is born to a noble Spanish family in 1568 and after serving Plcornell, members. She sighed deeply. as a page in the court of Spain, entered the Society of Jesus when 18 . ..---------------, ,.Has he~been making things dif· -Hs r.J:eived min::>r orders but died at H c age of 23 of a plague con· ficult for you?" I asked with fe· tra~ted while ministering to the sick. minine curic,;;ity. TUESDAY, Juno 22.-St. John Fisher, bishop-maM:yr.~ He was the uHe l-;as done his best not to, first and one of the outstanding 16th century Englisr. martyrs. He was God knows," she said, "but he fs born in Yorkshire, educated at Cambridge and consecrated bishop of very impulsive, and sometim~~ he Roc/1ester in 15:J.t. He defended the cause. of Catherine of Aragon -c!oes-wa_nt to get 'married r:ightt::.:'against her husband, King Henry VIII and later refused to subscribe away, even if he can't really af- to the oath of royal supremacy to the King. He was beheaded i~ the ford .to supporl a wife-:" We laughed over H:e impractical. net=-s o.f' a member of"" the "stron,:Jer S~x," but I could not help notici.ng the wist.ft:lncss that touched l-er -~ TEXTBOOKS for all Tower C?f London in 1535 with the. words '1Te Deum" on his lips. WEDNESDAY, June 23.-St. Agrippina, virg·in-martyr. According to Greek tradition, she was a young Roman who -:ndured cr&:Jel tortures and death for her Faith in 250 during the reign of Emperori Valerian. THURSDAY, June 24.-Nativify of St. Jo~n the Baptist. The son of St. Zachary and St. Elizabeth, a kinswoman of the Blessed Virgin, he was commissiened to prepare the way for the Redeemer, Whom he baptized. Ha suffered martyrdom under King Herod for rebuking tie monarch a'..lout hi~ adulterous marriag_~· FRIDAY, Jun'"e 2G.-St. William of Mcntevergine, abbot. Born in LA I D FASTER COURSES AND GRADES • LAW * MEDICINE * ENGi· NEERING * BUSINESS Piedmont, :lt:aly, he was left an orphan at an early age. After a pil- i-;.----""."--f!~~~::3_jsit grimago to Compostella, ~ rct.ired to Monte Vergine, where he built I himseif a l·ermit's cell a1d began a life of austere penance. • EDUCATION TECHNICAL * MAGAZINES * DICTIONARIES College &. High School Out· lines · • Law Notes & National Language Books * OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPJ.,IES • Buckles &. Pina for College• .__._ E. ,.Q. CORNEJO 8 SONS . 67-69 P. del Rosario St. SATURDAY, Juno 26.-SS. John and Paul, martyrs. ·According to tradition, they were brothers and officials in the houaeheld of Cons· ta"ntia, daughter of Emperor Constantine. They were later put to death under Julian tl-o Apostate when they refused to worslhip pagan idolsa (lyes and tho cornors of her. !ips aftor her laugh had died away. I put an arm around her /'I'm very sorry I laugh.ed, child," I t0:ld her. · "It wasn't exactly "the rig .. t thing ·to do, was it?" "It'~ perfectly all right/' she an· f:Wered, smiling at me. "It really Funny? Yes, and a little touoh· ing. don't you ~hink? · But someday I hope to write a happy ending for, this partic.ular story. A~d I' shaU. use the same words used. by Winston Churchill in his memoirs: Cebu City Tel. No. 59 ~N~~°""'Y,Nlll'O~°""'"""Nlll'O~~ !s· funny, isn't .it?" 1• • • • Then she waa marrjed and •~• lived happily ever after." SAVES LABOR, r~ BLOCKS PHILIPPINE. · CONCRETE PRODUCTS , SOS SAMANILLO 8lD6. • ESCO! T). •!:!~~I LA °J.: June 19, 1948 D F they knew the facts R • J ·.and c 0 u 1 d speak uss1a s .freely the Russian people would repudiate the enmitv toward the A t • A • . Fnitl'd States Hie Soviet gov-. n I· mer /Can t-rnment and the Communist party are building up in the Soviet Union. No people is so firmly desirous of peace, ~~ apprehensive of rumors of war. Unfortunately for the world, the Russian people have nothing to do with the policy of the government. That policy also seeks nertce, the kind of peace that Campaign By DREW MIDDLETON Copyrisht, 1948. by New York Times m;uds of the Russian people br the propaganda services of the stf!te. Hitler sought from the '"~st \Ye should at Munich. Since the l~nit<::>d not be surStates cannot ?.!!.Tee. its p:ov- prised when a ernmt>nt and the peonle who Russian sol·iinnnrl!t it will continue to dier in Gcrmareeefre the enmity Of tlie 'nv fires his ·f!'O\"Prnment and narty in the rifle at a passSuviet Union. and these ~·o ing . Unite cl !'~encies 'dll strh·e to spread States tailroad that enmiD· among the peo- · train. He has f;]P of that country. been told reThat enmitv is not de- peatedly t h a t cish-e at present since two o. Middleton the Americans factors outbalance it. The arc his enemies, plotting a .first is the present economic new and terrible war, robweakness of the S°'·iet bing him and his country of llJ1ion. The second is the their just rewards. sfricere antagonism of the va~l m~.iority of the peonle Today the attitude of the The Rnssiiin peonle would average Russian toward the fi1rht with their traditional United States is a blend of t'>Wllrd war. fear and admiration. The h,.,,,,0 .....,. a rlefensive w11.r. But propaganda objective apin th<>ir nrPsent Tll<l'Chologi- pears to be .the increase of r.~1 sht;> it is onnbtful if n>i.v thf' first and the elimination ""'"'mnt l)f caiolerv by the of the other in the Russian Kre"11in coulrl fo~uce thP.m mind. to welcome foreign adven- This will not be easy. · For turr>s. 30 years the United States Theo:;e economic and · TJSY- industrial and agricultui·al ~hnlo¢cal factors should be techniques have been held nhvinus to the Kremlin. The up to the Russians as models. Russiani;. unlike the G!'r- During World War II United mans, always have been_ able States' help to Russia was to recognize what is and known and appreciated, alwhat is not possible .• llfore- though this was balanced by over, convinced of the sunre- the: anti-United States promacy of th,,ir political doir- paganda based on the failure ma. thev feel they can waif. to open a second front in In ~he interim the United ·western Europe before 1944. States h~s been selected as 'fhe praise of United the enemy. States technique has ended. ENMITY TO FLOW Every effo1t is made to preDuting the next decade en-· sent Soviet industry and mity will be instilled in the agriculture as the peer of all HUSSIA'S'FA-LSE F-HONT ., ~ • : • ' ,.- - I Par• 19 Ar.chbisl-.op Michaol J, O'Dooherty 'is shown above as he b_lessed the Philippine Women's unive1:sity last February 19. -" He was assisted by the late Rev. Fr. Juan Trinidad, S.J., then minis· tering chaplain for- the university. Father Trinidad was acting r-ector of the Ateneo de Manila during the occupat.ion .. Last June 13 a r-cquiem Mass was said at U·.e P\-VU chapel at 7 a.m. Friends and relatives of the deooasod were present. others. A national me1merism is exercised by the press and radio to convince the Russians thei1· system is economically, as .well as politically and . socially, supreme. The result has been an understandable chauvinism. When the first turbo-generator unit of the rebuilt power plant at the great dam across the Dnepr went into operation last spring,-· a Russian acquaintance asked me if such units were built in the United States. PRAVDA. SILENT When I replied that this unit had been built in the Uniteed States and shipped to Dnepr-stroi, my friend asked why Pravda had not reporte<il this. · The reason is simple: Pravda and the other newspapers had six months before proudly announced that a turbo-generator unit w as being built in Leningrad for the dam. This unit, one of six projected for Russian manufacture, was not installed. A number of engineers at the dam doubted if it ever would be. Similarly one is told that the United States army used Russian tanks during the .war, that penicillin was a Soviet d i s c o v e r y made abroad because the Russian industrial ma~hine was turning out material for Allied :is well as Soviet armies, that the fighter aircraft used by the ~Hies in the war were (Continued- on page 25) Pap20 Points For Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE :\lother (anxioush·): ''Don't think :\lother (ca1n1ly): "Thal took ahc.ut that any more. d(>arie. rm pJ~,ce a long time ai,;(•, Jean. lt afraid you're going to lH it worn· i:. r.ut likely that it wHI c\·er h~1µyl·u.~ p .. n af!"ain Children are mor-e impressed by the manner of the teller than they are by what is said. Son: ·•rn be glad u·hen I'm a F~ther: ''People could not U\·e n1an and c.1.n do as I ·please.'' h groups unlesi:i: they had some Fa.ther: ''\\"elJ. you're not grOl\"n laws which must be obeyed. Let yet and you .still have to do what :nc tell you some that I had THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWSAL IAD£R RECIPES With a lot of canned goods in the market and a lot of people buying them, we wonrler how housewives manage to make them look and taste different at the table-to suit especially the whims of all judicious Juniors. In one of our excursions to the Bureau of Plant Industry, we were given some recipes for the dressing of all army surplus canned goods and also the layman's canned goods. They were pr~i:iar?d by Miss Fe Macldcla for the benefit of our own Ph1hppme Scouts . . . We cannot help thinking a p.:reat n11mber of housewh·es \~Ill bless us for these recipe "finds"-but they arc very \\elcome. Herc you are -and help yourselves! SALMON MACARONI OFFICERS' DISH cup~ ('Up!-; ('\lj)S Cll)>>< s;tlt & Ir~ cup COMBINATION s..1.lmun hoiled lll!'IH~o ho1l('ll mac~u·oni wnte1· 1wpper to t;1sle C'\"rl))Ol":llt'd milk (' llJ>~ }i(l) ); l 11\<'ll'.:tl 4 CU}lS 1Jol!1 .l I .1 l!l l!l~H'.l\'!l]L] 4 te:1~pon11!-> ~.i:1 .; cups \\·:1 t1·r J 'vJJfH'i' tu ta.o.;tt· 1nong-11, ~nl!non. Jll'J1Pf'r and ~alt. ;11\(1 ~c·a:-:on Kt' 'P nn rnix1n:.: ••11Ct" l'eok mirrntt·~ long-er: n•mnvc inn whi\1·. ('1,ol~ f,,1- 11_1 n11•1 ;tt·~ from fir<'; pour ovaporatC'd milk and S(':"\'('. SALMON BALLS l C"UP salmon 11 h cup~ n10ngo bolled l cup powdered eggs i:;nlt. & pepper to tasto tomato 'PUl"C'C ~UUCP I tell you to."' lfJ_,- ohc·y toda:r." so· guiding a ct:ild that he develops a cooperative attitude toward law-obsel"'Vance helps him becOme .. a law-abiding citizen; creating a resentful attitude he!ps him become a future law-breaker. )alb: salmon, niongo. 1,:,.: of the pc•\·:dered egg, salt and pepper to ta~te:. Form Into olJlong-shnpcill Oa.Hs and fry in deep hot fat. Sen·~ with tomato puree sen!';oned with ~aJr o.ncl sugar tu taste. SAUSAGE IN BED 2 cups carrots HOUSEHOLD HINTS eggs and set aside to dry. A little baking powd°' ad.ded (Dear Housewives: Send us to flour in which oysters or your ~.ousehold hints. For ev~ry clam~ are rolled before frying, original ·hint published we pay will make them light and fluffy. one peso.) * When cutti9g material which ravels easily,· mark :with a wax crayon and.cut on the line; then t~e clo.th will not ravel. To preserve_ a cut· lemon, 1moar cut surface with white of Th9 ideal amount of fruit juice to be used at a· time 'in the making of jelly is not more than two quarts. To keep cheeee fresh while in etorage, wrap them in cloth th•t ha1 been dipped in vinegar. cups bolJ~cl monso l tabJcspoons powcl'crecl mltl< pieceR vlenna sauRngc (w~1ole) tt•aspoons salt tahlespoons lard a clash ot pepper Mrs. Catl-:erine Wood, who rei\la.Hh carrot, add mongo, salt and contly came to the Philippines •o ,:a:-ih of pcppei-. :\-!Ix well and acld vi~it her only daughter, Sister p~wclercd milk little by little. Fry Stephen Marie of the Maryknoll l'rlu~;fige untJl nicely brown. Heat Sisters in St. James' academy, r.hc- carrot nnd mongo mixture for Malabon, Rizal. St-.e has three so-ns ttt lc..-ist1 6 minutes. Pince tho mix.. r;ow in the States, two of them ttn"C! on a •platter nnd nrrn.ngc tho Jesuit fathen and one a Jeaui1 i fried sausnge on top. brother. .June> 19, l!J.18 Pr-iests from the nort~.western vicariate of Rizal held their first !':"'i::i-:hly re~rr;.at and conference at Teres3 par"ish early this month. 1-i c'1:?rc~ c! t!;e affair was tr.e Rev. Fr. M. Montero, O.F.M. Fr. E~i:: .<t~- hizon. r•o:;!"'ish priest of Teresa, Rizal, played host to brother pr<e-3ts a'."ld vis:t~rs. Photo shows one of the conferences that was h;ld. ".,·ith the Rav. Fr. L. Arcaira, V.F., presiding. NO CHISELING Tl:e :roung boy callr<l plainti-.·<'A customer went into a habc-r- Jy, "Five rr-ntavos for the 1wso daEhery shop and asked the price o( bill." n suit dispJaye'd in the ''indo:\·. "SoJd," the huckslC'r thundPrcd, ''That's 'the fJnest ~ult in the •·:-.old to the young man for five storP," the manager said with a·p- cr-ntavos." Then, ''All right, utoy, prCJvaL "And just to sho·w J.·ou thnt i;ivP us your ffve cents antl tako I l~kc- to do business with a man of the peso." such good taste. I'm going to make The boy hesitated: thPn he reyou a very special offer. I won't plied. ''Just take the money from a9:t you P95 for the i:;uit. T won't the peso, chip, and glvo me nlnctya!lk you P85. To you my prJce is five centavos change;· P75.'' The cuntomcr looked at him. '':\.ly friend," he said, ''I wouldn't offer MISTAKEN IDENTITY 'Two ~en bearing idrntlcal you P65. And J t\"ouldn'f give you nnmes, one ~ lawyer and the other P55. I'll give you P45 for the suit.'' a bmdncssman, Jlvet1 Jn Manlln. ''Sold," said the haberdasher. "That's the W').Y 'I Ilk~ to do buslf'.e~s. Xo chl~eUng." The Jaw·yer clted at about the m.tJll(· time that the businessman Ic·ft for thr 'nocos provinces. Upon rc.al'lling his de~tinatlon, the latter GENIUS s<·r.t his wife a telegram Jnformlng The tittle boy wa..a waiching one ht:r of hJs sate journey. Unfortuor those salesmen you find a.round nnte1y the message wo.s delivered Qtifnpo selJJng "gold" necklaces tor t'> the wife of the lawyer. Imo.glne five pesos. To pull his nudltmce htr surprhw when she read: ·''Arout of tht"ir lc-thnrgy, he wai; nuc- rJvcd sntcJy-hcnt terrific." tion1ng oft n brand-new r>eKo 1~m. The pooplc, suspicious, ·refused CONVERSATIONAL STOPPER to bid. At a party following the first Page 21 pr1·fo1·m:uwt~ 11f a pla~·. thP pln.ywr!ght Wfi8 t:llkln~ to a C'rltlr. Hc:n:lturaHy n~1'1•(l rhc· c1·itk's opinion (1f hli:: play, n ~tuffy hotC'l Jn his ll(c. In ''nin tllll hl' tr_,. to slcC'p. Jleo had atll mptcd lo 01JC'll the windows. hut 111<"~' w~l'lf sC'aled. He tol:lsed and ''It wns f(.'frC'shing-,'' rcturnC"l.1 t11rnC'd. At last ho g-ot out of thf' critic. bf'(~. ;;rahhc:>tl hold of n ~hoc anld "Thnt's \\'01HlC'rft1l." heamcll thf" ~1na~httl a wiil0<1ow. Then he got :lutill•l'. ".So you l'f'nlJ~· fo111HI it !..n'li. Into lwd arnl foll into a <lcep i r-trC'~hini;?" f: 1 c t'P as he f1>1l th<' n•fn..,,~hlng- eooJ. "Alisolut('}y," was th<" rC'ply '4[ •1f's~ aml h• :1rll tllC' curtain!'! l_1Jowf1•lt like a 1ww man wtwn I \Yok• lr.g·. ltj'" Th(' nf'xt morning IH• hacl to p::ty IMAGINATION l wf'nty-fi\'f' 11• 11:1,J 111'\.('i" Ji,•,.n st1H'k in such '.h( 1nirror on the· bathroom door. In eVIJ/'f dish where Ml/It is important use QQ~ ITIIDCDtg jut! dUa#t POWDERED MILK u N I I) 0 .. i:!'I pure. rkh. rounlry milk with onh· lht.• \tUll'r cxlra<.·lt.'d. II can Lt" prepared° (or U.!>C in a (cw second:-. simpl,'· by rc1lladng lhc "'alcr in :iccortlancc ~ith 1hc din·t·lion:-. on 1he tin. •• N I D t) n is the perfect full <.·ream milk for cooking:, for drink:-., (or every household purpo:-.c. Sold by grut:crs and JJlores l'V<•ryrDhert". NESTLE'S PRODUCT P~22 THE GOOD PAGAN'S FAILURE, by Rosalind Murray; published by Lc.ngmana, Green &. Co.i PS.SO; distributed by Bookmark .Rosalind ).(~1rray·s th('me is that the brt:!ak-up of ou1" w"wlll is due to the foilu~·t'· l,l tla• t;vod pngnn nftd not t11t> .. t'aiiut·l of Chri~tlani- ty. Jll" ·did not ta!.:'-"' into account ty .. •· ~\:hie:h ha:i lh.:t r~1ilcd bcl.'.'nus~ it has not lwt·n fully trit"<l. The that the Chri~tian. morality which consequf'nCe of tht• l;OOtl pagan·~ he ad\·iSed depended on the Chrisdenial of God has bt'"en his misun- t1:1H dt•gma. which 9l1c- rc>jecte><l. dt-t·st.nndln~ of man to whom he In a. :::;m·\·ey or the hbtory of htts attrib1ned cndlt>ss µerfectibili- \Yl~stt>rn .socie>tY, :\Ii:::s :\IuIT::iy di:::>FOR A ROYl!l TIUUlrL~ IY:lf? 1:.:r~ t Bottled by ROYAL SOFT DRINKS PLANT Owilcd and operated by $Mi ~lfl!JFI.. BREWERY, rr.c •. THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL Pie nC'xt. \VhC'n thC stress shirts lower, from the rerincmcnts or !iurnan lll'C' to mere bodi1y well!. L>cJrig, we ha vc the social ord(.l' of bnrlmrlsm, In which the good pagan finds himself helpless in tho p1·escncc of the savag-e and the future. Aftt>r sho\ving the trrccvncil~ble in·ilt>n;: ,l;yi~ion lWl\\"l'Cll the viewpoints O( ti 1( "lotalltarian Christian" and the th;it t•i consdenliL1u:-i pag·anism, "gC>oll prigan,·· :!\Iiss :!\Im'l'ay re,1J!.I that uf ha1·\lari:-;m. The fil'st :-::t:~t(·s tile Chri:-::itinn position Jn 1 w 0 diff<>r in their Hres:-; un the J>L gm:tlic tPrms in the hope that ••t'•· 1·---·· r'.rll:.· and thb;-worldly li•.·r api)l'o:lC'h may lead to a better l'l'im. ul \"i1•\\. Typk::i.1 p:ig.:"tns :u·c T!l'l ;he• \"id11~1s n1· l'rlit'I, hut only th0:-:c> who hu ild up tht• rdinvm{'nts of th:s \\ o. Jd t(1 the L·xclusion or ---------- -untlrrst:intling- of the is~uc and to ti'.<' }10!jSihilily o( fn1ilft1l discussion. Sonnets J!y Si~tc 1 M.1WE PIJILOMENE DE LOS REYES I There is music in my l1ci11g;llusic {/I/shin(} j71 fllJ'1'CntS f/'0111 Illy heart. /I f;·cmblcs in my l!n'a.,t A 11w111cnt, thn1 ,,0111·s 1111 lo the skies. Th1·ff'.' music i11 1/rcaminglt shakes me ·11';/lt 11 stal'I: Tiu: rhythm is cc11sc/1·ss 1111csl That lll'i:1r1s tears lo 111y ryes. For I ca 11 hear the crying of a bud As it st 11111!/lcs into bloom, I kno1t· the insistent .,,:ruing in the sod Of somi:tl1i11g lnw1ki11!f from the g_loom. And my heartstrings cii>mte to thc11· tune Till their lovely radcnre l>cconics· my own. II Sunlight n·occ a sill.-en dream. On a shi11111wrinr1 11wss of blue Wavelets sparkled, bil/01cs flashed Alonu thr path of a golclc;; sli'emn That flo·ired to a sky of varied hue; While I stood with 1cishes hushed, Drinkin[/ a joy so fresh and new/ could have /hied on in the gleam, But the sunshine fled nnd with it the gold, Shadotcs roamed, their mcmtles dipped And I beldcl my Joy grown old. The dregs were 'm.ine ere I had sipped Enouoh of wine. The sun too~soon Must pa.~s. Ah. 1chither waning moon? lll I must shake off the dust from this my cloak Before I enter here, for it is· writ: . The willing and the vzire may ·1:entm;e near. My besmea1:ed hands must not remain unwashed, The dust should be rinsed: far deeper than the look My lo'loly, dusk-dimmed eyes nmst .be relit With lovelight olowing warm and ear, If I may humbly stand here, iinabashed. For I this hour must hcindle bloom so fafr That only stainless fingers e'er can dare . . Hush! . The bud now blossoms· in my hem·t. All grim and alien thoughts must hence depm·t. For human touch must keep imwarped the flower From lips of clay must issue deathless prayer. Jun.e 19, 1948 Of Books And Pipes (Continued from page 6) The Reyeses today, This photo was taken shortly before H.B. - left for tf-"e United States. Standing left to right, they are Mrs. Julieta Reyes, Edgardo, Filomena, Rolando, Benjamin Borja with Benjamin, Jr. and Mrs. Aur-o,..a Reyes with Nestor", Jr. Sitting: Rodo!fo with Maria Luisa, Mrs. Hermenegildo Reyes, with An. tonio, H. B. Reyes, Mrs. Rosar-io Borja with Miguelita and Herme-· negildo Borja, Nestor witf-. Nestor Jr. Kneeling: Francisco, Corme· · lita, Zita and Renato. ~he faculty or the Unt~·erslty of H. B.'s conqueror was Pnz Adria· v.ie Philippines. Hi• colleagues no. dc-cfcled to Introduce him to the :\lennwhlle H. 13.'s star conthrnf'd r.l'.\"f'teriPs of poker. One ot them to eoar. offf·red to teach him the game. In 1935 he took his law degrPC ''Berore you teach me poker," JJ n. countered, ''I'IJ teach you how to sinoke a pipe." Today his wollldbe tea.cher smokes J!ke a. chimney. o.t the UnlversJt:r of Santo Tomas w!th o. summa cum laude. At a.bout the snme time he was engaged in bulldlng an automnllc electric lot~H. B. !s still a novice e.t poker. ter:• and sweepstakes mach!no ln· rr. thP. unfvers1ty, H. B. taught dlcator. The latter buslnesR deJrien old enough to be his father; manded time, concentration, reyet they all had the highest respect s•nrch. H. B. considers !t untortOt hlin. He had conquered Cor- ·tunntc ·that Jn the next bar examlncll: and In the .,.ame !nlm!te.ble nations. he copped only fourth nwnrier, he conquered £he state uni- pince among 531 candidates' for tho \P°er:;fty. bnr, coming trom nil ·over the IsTHE CONQUEROR CONQUERED But H. B. we.a to meet his . match. It hap)lened e.t a. aantalmnian !n .Jlfalolo• rhortJy after h!s return. One of th<! queens was deeply disturbed by tho Intense race ot a youhg mo.n ·;that n.ppeS.red at e ·v e r-y . corner by lands. THE VERSATILE H. B. Today nt 60 he ls the father or I! chlldren: eight boY• o.nd three girls. He !• stlll forthright and straight t•1 th<" core: he keef:>a that wn.y, even fit th~,<'o!-lt or hJ.!1 popularity. And i\ fr;(nk rnnn ls not always n popu· 1111 ""on~. wiii:ch the processlOn passed. ThP A ltttlc over a. year o.go, In beh.o.lt fO.C< wns H. B.'s. Unbelievably, hP · ot·. the employees or the M•rnlco ha<! l>een· smitten by Cupid. In lh•: 'l\'8.8 llleralco'a lei:ml a,;d pertl;c next rew ·months, the youne sonnel department head until h!s Jo.cty became so fnml!ln.r with lile e!~ct!on to a v!ce-pres!dency In the fa°ce that she decided .she· mlgh( as MllmP company le.st Week), he re• w~ll see It the· rest 'of her· life. ..,..eel .-a..·bonus which he :tell th• Page 28 Death In The Morning (Continued from page ~) who had accompanied him. shattered the silence. Then~ "How much one suffers." was the snap of rifles being After a while he added: cHried to the siloulder. "! forgive all from my heart. "Aim!" And all was quiet I hold no resentment against now, except for the muffled anyone. Now I have for a drums. · truth that my great pride has "Fire!" the guns spoke, led me here." sharp and swift. The man in He never spoke again, black with his back towards e;;cept to ask that he should his executioners tu r n e d not be shot in the back be- around to meet the bullets. cause he was not a traitor. Ile swaved a little and fell, His request was refused. his eves. lifeless but gazing The drums were beating, out ~t the blue-rosy heaven muffled and low. The crowd tu which his soud had fled. was silent, silent with ex- And so it was that he met rectanc.v. d<>ath, and would never die "Ready!" the command again. -------·- -----------PH·n rwi•ded. Th,. rnnna-:-1·n1t•nt t.:J.d only known ... But 11. B. l"Ulllil_\· g-rnntnl th•~ r"qth st. diU not mind In tho Jen.st. _"\\'hen h~ A ft>\': month'"' Jat•·i- th1_• bbtr~'i·s heurd the new~. he merely picKcd ~~rue]; flii· hl~h1~r w:1g-0s. In thPI!" up Goodler's "Lite O( Christ." JWti!inn. th•·y df·nnndt:'d tliat Jl. H. fP:ckcd dC:'cply at his pipe nnd: read lw l"f·lllo\·aj fnim tilt• firm. It they fa. Into the- night. _...,~"'""~.,.~.,....~ * Legal s17.e * Letter size FILING CABINETS • Now Available-• Taylor,. Pacific (Phil.) Ltd~ ATKINS, KROLL & CO., INC. General Managers 124 Myers Bldg., Port Area Tel. 2-94•67 Pap 24 THE PHILIPPINES .COMMONWEAL Story Of ••• (Continued from··page 9) The Portside Bargain In ••• (Continued from page 10) (Continued from page 7) he aeemM fnwa..."'111:; disturbed. n all r,, wants." If you love him with an intelligent love you must at . .,00 on!" dM not occur to her that what times refuse him things for hiSi own sake, or: else you spoil him. For ''All right. You nskcrl ror It• l dlaturbed him was no Iqni;cr his ei~a,,?le: if the baby cried for a sharp bolo' you would not give it to pl"nyed to the dovlll" O't\'11. .d€'ep thoughts in his struggle him no matter how muct· he cried and that just .because you lovo' him. Tho priest's !a.co bl11nched. Hcr6 lo produce a masterpic-C€', but the The same for older childreo. He might be asking for twenty cents was nn unfn.mlltar transgression 1'1, .. vulgar piano-playing In the next dally to spend on ice drops, rebusno, or fr.11its, or a new shirt, new di•ocl: faith turnocI wickedly ups!do house. For as he sat In troht o( -shp-es (expensive oners), something that t ... e other boy or: girl is we.;..r• down! the mac:blne, sllenUy and lne!"t. ing, money for the movies, etc. At times you might gr-ant it, but ''But the dcvll," he prodded he. dld not sho\\" anyTshleregn o~:ut: don't lo by t!he principle that you must give every time he just feels anletly, "doesn't ho a.Iways ask a. ward disturbance. "- .... like insisting for it. In a short time he will be leading you al"'Ound dark frown on his face, deep fur· ro"'·s on bis brow. Tlif' wrltt'r-he bad started con. alderl~g himself nothing short of being & w:-lter since the publlca· or you will become a slave to his whims and fancies. If he knew he can get anything any time h.e wishes and all he has to. do is cry for it, you'll be in for a mess the rest of your- life. A better system would be to keep fruits in the house, give your cl-ildren at fixed. hours so they will not spoil their appetite, insist they pr!cc?" "\\11y shouldn't he? Don't you? t r,romlscd him, If he would only C'·~t mo out of thnt place, I woul~ mako nine sacrilegious commun· ionb. I did, too. I took communion .a.net I cursed God! Plenty! And, you know what? After the eighth t~mc I got pa.roted. So now, big Loy-w·hat do you say to that?" lfl three universities. the priest tJon of his one poem in the week· ask your permission before helping themselves, just to train them on obe· Jy maga?.tne--wns n. little fellow dien-ce a:nd submission. Such a eystem would have the added ad'1lo"ho h:td a nalr for big l\·ords In vantage that you would know what H.ey are eating, that: it is whole· bJ£ speE"Ch R.Jld loud colors in his some and helpful. They'll learn to go without things once in a whilP., clothes. "t\"'lu·n he- nnd bis wife learn to be 1 contented witf: their lot, to live on their own level, in biicl a rol\· o\•er the state or theft their own sphere and not try to keep up with others they envy. Later hf'Ut1ehc1ld finances, she never on they will not be tempted to do as so many who always Jive al- ead hnd worked for scholarly degrees. failed to point out to him the fact of their salary and are never happy with what they get. Uc wns n well-educated, even a. tbal h~ should ha\·e been a sales- Also, if you train t~em to do without certain things, they won't sopblsttcate<l man. \:Yet at thle man or a. t3!1lor instead or one be tempted to steal money to pr-ocure such as tempt them. Finally ulreoc!OU9 disclosure he felt n.s If trying to Win fame for himselt by don't forget that true love can say uno'' as well as "yes" when the good he w:i~ in tho bodlles.Q prcsf'ncc of of the beloved demands it. Evil ibwlf. Tr<'mulous, qua\'(•l'ing, writing poems and stones that did nct get published anyl\-aY. This (To be continued) he henrd hlm:;elf an!Swerlng: 0 1 say he got a g"ood bnr-gatn. : : ; :.:~e .hJ~ :ery ~ ~"'! w!'1E"re she could quietly "·ntch her n!'l<·P.P In her cornei~. started. that's what I say! ThJ~ dC'vll you out of _the 'ho:e. b:n;o~e ;:;,~ hufb:».nd Jn the -act or cren.llon. A.."" "\\~C'n she move-cl hPr elhow hit prn.yed to, be gh·cs you what you 90 loud Jt shook the whole house, ~he sat in her corner 'Wntching the '\Vnll. For th(' flr~t time that C.'111 freedom and in cxcha.ni;o he· . 'her husband, 'her fingers played gN:i an lmmort:il soul. But-" and he would not come home tor a through her hair, once In n. while n!:?"ht he took notkt.~ or his '~lfe. ..Don't get yom·s~l! so worked nP, WeP.k.. S•1<.1denly he turned to hc·r. There l>J~ boy." By .1hls tl~lt was near mf4• cat('blng by chance a Jouso betweCn ,,·a!CI' nn nn.r:rry look in hi$ eyes. his .;JJfght-he bad fh·e or eJx: para- llcr n:ills. She wa.c; \'ery ambitious teeth still tli::-htJy clenched. The ''You're cht"-<'l.tlng thC' devit-e.n1,4 fl r her husband, nnd from thP. I U-:.ank God for It. There's still graphs of the story concernJng the wa~ he looke'} now, what with his \"';ay he sL'l.red at her frightened time." ·!VtJDg. man who was In search ot mental. struggles, it did not for the her. She cowered fn her corner. "Look herC', I never broko a bar··.tlgbt~ .. h~ . .'~sumed more .tha.n ho "So you seP how ·difficult the g:im lvlth anybody! Never!" .Jit.lf a·. PACk ·of cigarettes,- two and moment look imoosr}ble that tn.Ak is," he said. His volco trema· .half CUPR or black co?fee that might become !arilouR yet. bJecl.. "And you wnnt me to be a "Your soul is not lost. not :rot." "How dare you sa.y such a thing ble wife had thoughtfully bre\\·ea :!<Jr him. and most or his 'PhYslcal :en...-gy. He had reached lha.t part ~f.1.ha story where the ilero; wltll ·dram&tlc . suddennesa. exclaimed: ·"'Why·1s tht;re no more light Jn this w.orld? Fools! B~· light I do not :Dll!lln ·the stupid Jlgbt of the s~n. .buLthe light of wisdom." -There n.·ere- long ponderous salesman or a. tnllor. Maybe l-'OU to me?" she cried in a sudden. p3uspq between sentences, a.nd a.re right.. :\fa:rbe I should be :i tta.rful rage. the '\'o·riter Almario lofJJares Apos- mender or roads inste:id." "Why dfd you come to this church? To plc:i.se your mother!. That means your mother "Is stlll U,J seemed to ma.ke no more pro- ''Rut J am not snylng anything (l'r"8S In the story lfo was \\Tiling. nt all. Nothing nt nll, believe me." "J1",e pauses in between sentences, ''Nothing nt all, yes. But In your sometimes between woi-ds, grew me!"cennry heart you keep on wls11- you '~atch me struggle with my fonger and longer, the tro\\"11 on Jn~ I "'"·ere n tailor or n. salesman own thoughts, trying to bring light th~ V.Tlter's !ace grew d&rker and or a mender of roads Instead or Into the dark." -'l'h1rcneighbor who was frying to darker, nnd then ·ho felt that thero nn artist." "Please, Al. don't talk like that. py·":"Mard1 0ra..~·· on the pfanO '\\"as nothing more to say for the ''Please believe me. I ha.ven't do not understand l'·ou. tw.a.s ··by now~ ta.st asleep. The night. He had exham~ted his emo- spoken a word. since aupperilme." haven't done anything to make you· n:dghborhood JtRelr. had sunk into ti~n, and· his sense !or words had ''\Vbat ::Jo you know about art? ·mad, have I?" thee.depth of· .slumber, sleeping the grown dull, and the hero, the man Well, ·I'll . tell you. It Is some· "There Is no more light In thl• sleep· of .tlae· stupid. · They .who by l':ho was In search or light, would thing not easily accomplished. Y.ou wond," he mumbled. He put on c!ay basked In the splendor of sun- not behave the way he, the. writer, have to st"usl;le to achieve & mo· his shoes, got his water-repelleJj. ah!ne, &nd yet were blind to the. Wt.nted him to behave In the story. dlrum of success, 10 you see? ·or jacket trom W!'ere It was hangln~ light. That's a. nice one, .• he The fool was behaving like & ham course you· do not oee. Like the on the nail on the wall, &nd thought, and the· machine.· ratUed' a~tor on the stage. The writer's others you are surrounde<l by stepped out of the house, bangln1l tb.e thought Into black &nd white.· ·hr!tatlon had rlnally reached such dcrlmess." the door behind him . . nte .wJre otood up rrom .the floor a pitch that he gr"" very unea~y "P.ut pleaae be re&son&ble. Why She joined her son In the room; ln·,the'• corner or the kitchen &nd on his chair. He leaned back, de. you get· angry with me? I h"Jllng •her husband wouid com11 cl<OJ'ed the table of the cott~ oot scratched his head, gritted his dl<l not any anything to you; I teil .bnck with & better· dlsposltlon.-She an'1 eui; and sauc~r. Then she teeth, heaved & painful High, and you." otlll believed he should have been'. tciok her place again· on tlie floor pounded his b&lled fist on tho ta- ".Youc do not so.y·&nythlng to me, o..solesman or n. tnllor, or at lealll, In .. the corner o! the kitchen from bl.,. The wife, wlio had f&lleJI ye._ ·But 1 .. know wh&t you f"I a• a. mender or ro&ds. June 19, 1948 Russia's Anti ••• (Continued from page 19) rnadf' in Russia. that l:nited States production methods :tre far behind those emplo~·ed in the So\'iet Union. This is not as distressing as the gradual spreading of a miasma of fear and suspicion of the United States. MORE HA.TE DUE Placing Religion ••• (Continued from page 14) C'l'Ssary to read those. prayers again, or finger those worP beads or even get up a little earlier for Sunday Mass. A soldier who managed to keep alive the spark of religion kindled in his breast during the war, relates his return to religion: "rye never been a religious gu~:. ne\·er had any desire to i.!O to church. The family worried about it fo1· a while, but I guess they finally ga\"e me up as a bad job. "When I got out here, I hHd a tough time at first. 1 scared easih·. worried a lot about my ":ife. Page 25 Cebu's Columbians (Continued from page 11) h·n1se tn front of Fuente Os- open to Catholic young me!!-· mcna. Designed by Architect A KC corporation for . f~ Eulogio Tablante and Engi- nancial and business act1v1neers GaYino Unchuan and ties has also been organized. Jesus Sian, the clubhouse will Registered with the SEC ofcontain a spacious hall, a Ii- f1ce, the Cebu Columbian bnl!'y, bowling alleys and fa- Enterprise has been authortilities for other indoor ized to put up PI00,000 games. The club will be worth of stock at P50 par vathat I used to haYc. l'm careful. but I'm not scared a11\·ri )re. He'll see me through ,di right." Asked if he'd forget God afte1 the war, he answcrt:d: "How can I forget"> He's n1:• best .friend, isn't ~le'? Well-He's going to stay my best friend." lue per share. Realizing the potential ]JO\\'c·1· of the Catholic Jlress. the CCE has already p!;:cecl orders for modern Jll'inting equipment, which is ;.,lrc•adv on the 11·a,· from the Fnitc-ri States. . Much more can be said in praist• of thP Knights of Colt1mbus. but nothing more accurat1· than what the prelates 0 1 · Uw Unitl'<l States have This pilot is one in a thou- ~aid of tlll'm: "They are our All items that to the Russians indicate United States bias against labor, a race or a political creed, indicate a low standard of li\'ing and public or pri\'ate immorality are published. United States "outrages" against other nations and their peoples are prominently displayed. Every criticism of the Soviet Union by a prominent American is printed, ;often with other parts of the speech disca1·ded. ·•And then, one day, wh~n I saw that there was a really tough fight ahead of me, I l'l'membered something my fathe1 had told me once. 'Son,' he'd s a i d, 'when you're in a real spot, call on th€: Lord. He'll help.' Well, I did that. It worked. I handled my plane better, I shot better, I did everything better, all of a sudden. sand. l:t\' apostl1's." Some Americans will be Actured as friendly to the SoYiet Union. These include Henry Wallace who, if not a i..~ight in shining armor to the Kremlin, is at least a disiurbinF; element worth en~ouragmg. Next week: Anti-Semitism in the Soi-iet. "I've been calling on Him ever since. He takes care of my wife at home. I know that and I don't worrv about h-cr anymore. He's. taking that sinking feeling a-way , d~x to you - nnd don't you see? cc..ntained all there was uf h1·aYen. -110 one who loves can be hope- earth, the bottomkl'ls i-tt. evcry-,lessJy losL Give me ff\.·e minutes \!i·here. and the struggle of good and ~nd all this can be blotted out: .vii dumped on his lap . . Uke a. bad dream.." The; thing had happened. lt ·waH 9be shuddered pitifully, as i! she tn.1.ly heli~ved shf~ h::td sii:rn"rl up ..-ere contorted by so1ne Ylolent In sulphur and hrlmstune- -· a.nd 4motlon; her cheap bracelets not a fant..Lsy. Aggie Retzi1wl;. iangled.. \\.~ho was he to underestimate the '"'That's enough!" she panted. forct· of such a. lJellet'? He p1·::.1,y~ "I'm leaving. You can't do nothing e<~ for guidance. to me!" The an!;wer had been clea.r from ••stay here and 'Pr&.:r," pleaded the: the first. The only ~·a3• to fli;ht ~riest. wn; with the v.·eapons of ~he soul, She turned away. "You'll com.a ~k!" •hje Ct11ed. {.Tonight!" The only answer wa.s the click· clack ot high heels down the marbl0 steps Into the street. As the priest entered the church lO'\"t! and prayer. He turned to listen to the confeHelom.,, to anx!Pty, lonelln~s. a.nd distress. All 1.!:~ penitents were given their p·ennnces, and then, to ono after another, ·he sald: tQ ~erform hJs d.uttes as confessor, ''I ask you now to heJp me to ~~ to.Id himself that this trollop r-ra)· for a ,.peclal need. Will you .<·hHci must not b& lost! The sticky 1:1!a)' for one hour Jn t.be church ~(:fel.i other scent seemed to 'plague "t:t' pray?" lh" air, and he could still hear her :-:'c.ne refused. One man postsirumrpet laught~r. m1on he en• J"•Cned 8. journey to joJn Jn; 0U1ers tared the con!esslonal, It seemed to broke ott appolntmel\ts; some vo~lm as Jf_ the tfl>y, sweltering boz (Continued on page 26) ------ ------ - - - - - - - - rurt• OFFICE STORE 740-42 R HIDALGO DOWNrOWN STORE. II PLAZA SrA cauz &06 Philp~om . Page 26 By SENTINEL They're rolling up the barr-el at both houses of Congr-ess.. Yes, ~d they're rolling it down, and away from, Malaeanan. Why should ~· members of the Cabinet get the pork barrel, ask H:e members of Congresa. · Yes, indeed, why should they? Why should the said august Cabinet members get tho wherewithal to pave the streets wherein they live •• well as those wl-:.erein their tenanta dwell 7 After all, hath it not been de~retM:t from ·time immemorial that "to the victoNI belong the THE PHILIPPINES COMMONWEAL Bargain In Brimstone (Continued from page 25) ll'nteC'rl'J. to :itay all aftenwon. \\"ht•n a(tl'rnoon a1lll ("VL"ning- li:;ht:-, a1Hl cli)sc tho don1·s. c·onft·~sh1n:i were O\'('l', the last ''Xc\'er mind!" called. the prlrst, ~Lan~ of twllig-ht sl:ultt•d through ''I'll loci( up," and how0ll hls hcacl •1w 01h~11 ctoor and tht' tall ('Ol•Hf'd r.gnJn In hhi hl\·ouac or prayer. windows of rnlnbow ~ttints 3.nd I~ was long after mldnic-ht wh"tl llnt('l\ miracles. Kncellng bcfor13 tt,c he h1_•ard the click-clnck or bc:r!s ultar. he lal<l his hot palms on the <''Jm:ng clown the marble :Lisle. f'rm \'Or'ln('i-;8 nf the marhlP httl1:~- 1To)J€' surged In his suul- 8.Hll th:•n t:.l~:l·. F .... rn the street camo the a v;hlfr or perfume m8.d•! hlm g,t::>JJ dis;:8.nt cnlls or lat1~ ll'tck:-;ters cry- \\ ith Jo:rou~ certalnt~·. }k (lid not ln;; strawberries an<l watermelon::i, mo~e or look a.ruui~ll as .5'he l:11elt as he be,<ran the flr~t ''Our Fa.- 1:-Pside him. b11t he liea:d IH·r licgin th(-r." to weep. FJ cur after hour dragged by. "If I had not waited for her." epoila." And who are the victors, but the elective representativea of Xii;ht came late, with the gltmmer tf1e priest told mo, "tihe would of the people? Th• Cabinet members? Why, ·they are the spoilcl"'S o!' fllckerlng candle flamoe and t.~we turned away, perhaps nf'\·cr of victory •. And ao, the chant of_ condemnation goes, aa the august ringing or the tower Uolls.. Tho to come b;lC'k. Agatha Is a st>:!3 dme.mbers of Congreas roll up their sleeves to roll up the pork barrel. ~trect noises dfmmed and soon :t'a!-l, happy woman to<lay." And in ·a w-ay I don't blame the membel"'S of Cong".:"&.. 1-\fter sail, tile chur<'h was nbnndoned or nll I havo told this story to m<'n 194Q is gen,ng nea17r and nearer. And they"ve got to do s.ometht!19 ('Xt't·pt the C'nrapt friend of .:\gn.- (If me.ny faiths aTtd their fN·ling-.'-1 aoout it-I mean, 1~. And they e.an't do it, unless they gcit the porl{ tl!a R<>tzlnek. Once there clanged were aJl summed 11p !n \\"ll:lt H::u·· barre.I. Not tnat ha ... ing tt:e pork barrel means anytu1n9 at all. 1t out the sirC'n and tho riimhlc of r,; Emerson Fosdick sald: hock-and-hcltlN·s rolling tc1 a fire, w~•I inarct proo;ibiy be oi no consequence at a11, 1f by cunsequence wo but the knl:"t~llng figure dill not '"I eo.lute th!~ "Tidc~t-ho fs 3. moan a rad~a1 cnanga in tne mann~r the 1-1on< barro,J has boen h~i·t:i· st=em to hC'ar. H(• was stlll lceC'plng rr:al servant of ChrJc;t, thlg :\Ion .. toforo used by tne august members of tr.e (.;ao1net. sulttary vigil whr·n :i.t 11 o'clock signor Fulton J. Sheron!" But YOLI! see, iii tne members o.f our c ... ,.!:llress have the pork barrel ftOW that 1949 kooms lal"'ge and ominous befoi-e their vel"'y eyes, they c.an .make use thereof to insure tt:e fact that in 1949 and for at least aix years thereafter they will Qe in a position to have the pork barrel. alJ over again. Ant if this ia a vicious circle, tell me., what ia not in thia quarrelsome merry· go-round of a government of ours 1 • • • M8rry-go-round did I say? Circus would be just as, if not more, apt. Take for instance tJ--at side-show put up the other day by four Mnatora headed by none other than that senatorial leaning tower of Piu, the Hon. Vicente SOllto. What tower! What streng~hl W~at d;..,ngth for a leaning tower! And wl:at tower of strength I He sallied forth from. tt-e hall• of Congress with three of his peer"S on an. important nP•ion to the Preaident. Thei'r ott:~r peers waited in the halls of Congnu, .while t~e four musketeers burst into tke sanctum of the· dormant Pl"Mident and caught him with his pajamas on. Tick-tock went the clock! .Fifteen minutes paned. Half-.aM ,'hour elapsed. Tl-ree·quartere of an ho~r leas 3 ,;,inutea fleeted by. And still no musketeere. The Preaident banged hie gavel. Every senator awoke with·• &tart from their waking dream& And the call to adjourn was greeted with a 11b.mpede towarda the door. AJaa and alackl When the mu•keteers return'ed from their mis· eion, what met ·their wandering. eyea. Empty cnairal Empty desks! In: brief, emptineul O, heartl i-eartl heart! That ever' this should be! The· ·leaninll' tower of Piaa beotrode the Preaident'a dais and ·leaned laeavUy o·n . the ,pre.aidential desk. And from .tl:e very wound• of the ••natoN'·.injured pride came. forth the U:underous voice of -condemna~ tlon· in unpremeditated hurt. Incidentally, (o·r should; I uy, coincidentally). the gentlemen of the if,.... .. we.re· present !it thi• one .. act d.i1pla;t of legislative hiatrioni~a. And tf"e lno_ident, ladiea and g_entlemen, ho gone down in the a~iuilo of aolonic history. Notre Dame [allege San Fernando, Cebu OFFERS: ELEMENTARY INTERMEDIATE GENERAL ACADEMIC SECONDARY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY June 21, 1948-Registration Begins July 1, 1948-Classcs Begin COLLEGE DEPARTMENT -June 21, 194B---Registration Bcg·ins July 6, 1948-Classes Begin Rev. Father D. "CAMOMOT Directo1·