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SI ' 4. it' V-" - vfLutiv "4 ?v , , MJXJS TO IIEI0K8 7cr.: , m eeftsaivATiM stme Ftt fcytMsg Th Mar ti It RTO REIGK HARDWARE ft. 3aa W. Market St. Bttfc Pkms 432 Inlaw, ft. Kentucky American PHONE: HOME ON MAW Hftty DrWer At lrt LoMlJvIlfoTMterttTrnHhf lneorxrM4 VOLUME XLVU-NO 3. LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY JULY 16, 1921.. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ,HBc-'- f flp eM ' r ' up - r. Irish leoo DEMOCTRATJO VOTERS AGAINST JUDGE GREGORY. AVith tho primary drawing near tlio Democratic City anil County Committee could eliminate ono Important contest, wliich contest Is caused by tlio mistaken and Ill-advised course Just pivvlous to tjic convention. L. J). Greene, candidate for County Judge, in tlio principal sufferer because of the committee' mistaken action. At the eleventh hour Mr. Grecno was tlio only candidate and because of liis opuhirity with the younger typo of Democracy and inde pendent voters the Intended selection was widely accredited. And at this eleventh hour tho delegates knew of no other candidate. Then in tho convention, to tho surprise of many, tho name of Judge .lames V. Gregory was sprung, and as it afterwards developed -many delegate had been approached by James Fiihcy, Secretary of the committee, asking their support for Gregory. Now if there is ono thing repulsive to lical Democracy it is "fixed" 'conventions or "flxed" primaries, and tho remarks of Mr. Jiimcir It. DuflUi at a meeting of tho committee and candidates Monday is especially ap plicable to this case, Sir. Duflbi said "between Democrats absoluter fairncKS must prevail whether In convention or primary." If Mr. Fahoy's action In using the weight and Influence, of tho committee working for Gregory was not ofllcial it must bo rcpudiated, mid if It'wns ofllcial tho committee luu done n great wrong to Mr. Greene, jind at tho same time paved the way for future wrongs. Again, Juilgo Gregory, as tho Democratic City and County Com mittee must know, Is unpopular with Louisville and Jefferson county Democracy. Just four years ago Gregory in public speeches denounced tho then Democratic administration, characterizing "the I"ollco Department, the Sheriff's ofllce nnd other branches of tho city and county administration as parts of a cursed political ma chine. These bitter attacks of Juilgo Gregory "were circulated in pamphlet form by tho Republican Campaign Committee. Ills nom ination for County Judge would be an insult to the, jnen who com prised tlio last Democratic administration. The. men responsible for his indorsement at the convention owe- It to the Democratic party to withdraw Gregory and right', the convention wrong. ARE DREAMS TQJGOME TRUE? REPUBLICAN Machine Having Open and AVIdc- spread Mutiny Right In Its , Itanks. Joe KIrwan, Nick Denunzio, Judge Yiiiigluin and Matt Holt Iead Insurgents. Pity Poor Judge Quia Trying to De. - fend Near Mnyor Smith's Ad-ministrtalon. NEGROES Alt 13 ()X AVARPATII. icrife? It's certainly amusing to note the desperate efforts of tho Republican machine organ to keep under cover and minimize the knock down and drag out contests going on la tho local G O. P. ranks. The Herald professes to bo busy keeping track of any dissensions in tho Demo cratic lines, and thus far has only been able to dig up a little tilt be tween Judge Arthur AVallace and Attllla Cox for Chancery Judge. Of course tho poor old Heraldi Is trying to obey the dictates of Ches, Matt trail all day long. This Is none other than Nick Denunzlo, candi date for Jailer against Searcy's man Dover, and thus far Nick has re fused to accept the compromises offered by the machine bosses to let up on his attacks. Tho old gag methods were first used In his case at. the convention. He was ridden over rough shod and his friends were told that tho machine would mo enough negro repeaters' to beat Xlck or any of tho other antl uuii'hine candidates In the primary. Thus 'far the bluff has failed to work. Nfck Vaughan for Police Judge. ex-AMerman AVllllam Zelser and ' Jack Thomas for Representa tives are also causing some worry to the machine. Nathan Howell and A. H. Field for Magistrate are bucking the machine and bo Is AV. It. Leight for Constable. And this is not all. In the Board of Aldermen KIrwan and Gnau were dropped because they wouldn't bow to tho Searcy-Chilton orders, and Harlan, Schardeln. and AVIllson were dropped for some unknown reason. To replace KIrwan tho" machine . selected v Joseph. AV. TOr- peytvYardmastcr'rof the LV-& N.4 railroad, as a candidate for Alder man. Then came the laughable part. Tho class of "patriots" who belong to Old Glory, Sweet Liberty and the other fanatic organiza tions, and who are great defenders of the ling in times of ieaoe, be gan to address Torpey as "Brothor." Torpey's candidacy became a joke with his many friends and he was "kidded" so much about being coupled up with tho "bunk patriots" that he Tan out at the eleventh hour, and thus far the Herald has failed to mention that a machine r I (iff, v"-2TxirfliL i T Jlvijllia t II -- Q$S fll! X ' -- VI H'FflH-WAS&rin1 L11U' i CA- i v-n II '.Sb;. "JW, rii m nm r.nWjUi! in.. -'.n .. u-r vt wrem0re&x h 31Xle- ?,. XW,,. 4'4.., ' . ff, , AV aCT panying the prelate on a motor dr've through a park when fhey heard cries from the river. Seeing mo gin struggling in the water the priests throw of their coats, leaped in and pulled her to safety. PROSPECTS 1JRIGHTEX. CENTENARY Will dove of peace finally come to Ireland after her Jong and momentous struggles for freedom? Three of tho principal Allied na tions, Great Britain, France and Italy, have ofllclally .signified their acceptance of President Harding's invuanon 10 IlOllI a confercneo nn limitation of ' armaments, while China has Indicated her readiness to participate In a conference rel atlvo to Far Eastern affairs. Japan fs the only ono of tho Alllea which has not placed herself on record as being ready to take part In tho Washington conference, but it Is ex pected In ofllcial circles here that her acceptance will be communicat ed to the United States Government. In Government clrc'es It anneurs to be the consensus of opinion that the meottng at Washington will bo at tended by some of tho most prom inent statesmen Of tho world. The Osservatore Romano, the or gan of the Vatican, prints a semi official note warmly congratulating President Harding on tho initiative he has taken for an International conference on the limitation of arm aments. The American President's action, say the note. Is Identical with that which Pope Benedict took In August, 1971, when His Holiness wrote to the Powers with the object of ending the war, and' it adds that tho Pope will experience the liveliest pleasure In seeing his prayers real ized under tho powerful initiative of tho United States. The Thl.nl Order r St, Frmu.ts Founded Seven Hundred A'eai-H. Has Heen an Important, and Potent Factor in AVorld's Social ' ' Regeneration. Through Imitation or Tills Saint Lies Every Hope of Future, Salvation. ' THE HOLY FATHER'S LETTER. nnd tho "Governor," "who control favorite withdrew. In the women's and oversee Rb political activities, but thus far the machine organ's efforts to cause trouble In the Dem ocratic lines have only furnished amusement to the public, which realizes that Ches, Matt and tho "Governor" are using tho old stere otyped methods to cause dissension. If tho Herald was really sincere in trying to dig us political fights what a field there is right in the Republican ranks? From present indications the Democratic contests will narrow down a few, but tho. Republican troubles with withdraw als and attacks on the machine aro multiplying dally. For tho first time In eight years or since Marshall Bullitt buckeu the machine Ches Searcy and his aides are facing open and down right mutiny in tho ranks, and to top it all off tho mutiny is wiue- organizat!oi Miss Hattlo Hoffman, a popular young lady, who has starred in 'ccal dramatic produc tions, was director general of the women's activities In the Repub lican organization. It is said some of the bon ton element wanted control, and presto! the Scarcy Chllton machine removes Miss Hoff man without even an apology and Mrs. Aubroy Cossar was appointed In hor stead. Now heres the Joke. Mrs. Cossar hns sailed for Europe nnd Miss Hoffman's friends feel the slight worse than ever. Judging from all Of tho above ono would think that the Herald was really overlooking some nasty faction lights in tho ranks, hut the real, real trouble that is worrying Ches, Matt and .the "Governor" is the negro question, and the poor old machine organ wasn't oven al- Mireild.' Matt J. Holt, a Clean and . u tn montlnn thnt nishnn fiari' active Republican, whom the Her-a distinguished colored divine from aid dare not attack, Is fighting the Chicago, was hero lecturing In tlio Searcy-Chilton machine tooth and jntrr0St8 0r -vilson Lovett, the. n- nail, and questions the right of the Kro candidate for Legislature machine to select a hand-picked RnI1Mt Sco(t( ,i. 1Uachlne white ticket in a rump convention. Mr. nominee. The Chicago colored Holt is a candidate for Judge Of the niuhon nlsn throw ft lmnmpmnir Criminal Court against Judge Bur-,jnto the ranks ot the ncpubllcans covin, the machine selection. An-'i,y advislnc the -necroes to desert pther of the u. u. iv uiu uui whom the Herald will not even refer to Is Joseph R. Kirwan, President of tho Board of Alder men and candldato for Sheriff against Gray, tho machine selection. Those that know Joe KIrwan. and he is widely known, know him to be a. clean and aggressive tighter ,n.i Ma nwnrri In the Board of Al dermen mado bis friends with tho puldlc, but not with the maciime. In tho phone ordinance flght Mr. KIrwan "bucked" tho near Mayor and Searcy-Chilton machine when they advocated the gougo raise of the telephone companies. Further more ho questioned the right of Joe Lawton, tho Ctty Attorney, to address tho Board bt Aldermen advocating the raise of the Tele phone' Company, hen ho should havo been representing the people and opposing the raise. Lawton Is the machlno candidate for Common wealth's Attorney, Also denying lite ngni or ne. Mass nnd the "Governor" to say Just who and who shall not run for office on the Republican tlckot are Attorney WllllfmV Earl for judge of the Crhiflnapourt nnrl Les c. Roberts ?of Sheriff . Next cotH Attorney Lkwrlmco Speck ntann. -who refuses '-tohow- to the rilw of the mch!ne and the Hernia boycott, announcing- for Couaty Jtd against THchr, tH nwchina nelson, Ntt come the antintwhine candidal who 13 rtlrriaK P wot troflblo; than a w rincw Jn kkto tar Jolll; flht it could v en on hto1 the Republican party If Lovcttl doesn't get a fair deal In the pri mary. The audience adopted reso lutions, defying the machine to beat Lovett by unfair method and an nounced that the negro men and women of the Tenth ward com prised 90 per cent, ot the voters In .that district. Furthermore one of the colored gentlemen addressing tho audlerice said that Scott, tho machine nomine', sewed buttons on pants for a living, while Lovett was nn educated man and could better represent. Louisville, nnd his district. Tho negroes are wild In their enthusiasm for Lovett's can didacy, and It's a safe bet that the Republican League is now working ovortlme in trying to dig up enough Frankfort pentitentlary residents and dead nogro8 to beat Lovett In the primary. Watch that fight, but dont' watch the Herald for any of the particulars. Tho candidacy of Judge Huston Quln. who proposes to desert the Court ot Appeals bench, is not prov ing tho strong card tho machlno hoped, and! the -fact that Quln has to defend near Mayor Smith- and the present "reform" crowd Is not exactly calculated to put much "pep" or confidence in him. (As long as the Judi;e could run on 'his spotless reputation and his; esnoussl of the Blue Sunday Laws all would bf wellt IBu't here comes a snoe, and the snag was furnished by Sarcy ft Co, l Indorsing the Smithy adnvtotatraUon at. the Rh pubVica Marrmio4a. Jttdpw Qafa In hi oTvaiirn rteeebei will hare tb dftfeiwrl the. Kej-rfone. police, the I "hick" 'ilremcn and tho greatest lire loss in Louisville's history, tho dirty streets and alleys, and the protection and encouragement of tho vicious and gambling negro by the present "reform" ndntinlstrn tion." AVhat a Job that will bo for Quln and' what a picnic It will bo for Overton Harris, the Democratic nominee, to pin Quln down to an swering Just what ho thinks on the ibovoooaplodukii.'tlw'lIlKheirttJrx rate m ttie country. When ono considers tho coming campaign it can readily be seen that there are only one or two es sentials necessary for Democratic success. Tho first is to let Mr. Harris go-right out and carry the fight to Quln, Searcy & Co., calling a spade where it Is a spade, etc. The first duty however, will be for tho Democratic City and County Committee to eliminate some of tho present primary contests, eliminat ing Judge Gregory whoso mistaken candidacy can Bo charged first to the City and County Committee di rect. One or two, other races can be adjusted, and If there are any real contests left (not considering iiww ror Mayor as a contestant) then let's have a primary that will stand out as a model for fairness und nn expose of the Searcy-Chilton fiasco. There is no gainsaying the fact that the peoplo aro with the Democratic party this time, and tho present committee can retain that confidence and support in Novem ber. Hardly a week passes without some citizen is shot or assaulted by a Keystoner, last week L. Karem being assaulted by a policeman. &everal witnesses testifying that the policeman was soused. That there may bo some grounds for this fact Is shown by Mr. Karera's statement that he had to insist on his own irrest to get the matter lwifore the authorities. This week a wild youth' is shot by a policeman, who was in citizen's clothes and In a soft drink stand two or more miles away from his own neighborhood. Between highwaymen's and Key stoners' Wild AVest ahooting esca pades the lives of our citizens are constantly in danger. Right here wo want to mention, though, how "Governor" Burlingame and his Board of Safety discouraged -target practice of one of the comedv cona. Patrolman McDonnell, of the "Point, In full uniform and full other wise, had his badge tacked to a fence post and was taking pot shots at It to prove his aim, when he was stopped, by citizens who claimed he was missing his mark and making It real dangerous for thorn. The board in passing on the case never complimented the offi cer for his "diligence, but Judging from past performances will re Instate him as a detective in the near future. IRELAND ' T De A'alera and Peace .Delegates J"- i Lciivo DubllrQe Meet Lloyd ,ticrxe. iCi- commander-in-chief of the Irish Republican army, and Richard Mul- cahj-i, chief of staff, will not attend the London conferenco In the Sinn Fein delegation. The delegates, I am advised, will be De Valera and Arthur Griffith, in company with two of the Southern Unionists who participated in the Mansion House conference here Sir Maurice Dock- rell and Sir Robort AVoods. All.Ireland-Js-propar-lng-4o.-colj orate tho big victory of th truce. irm,, ,,v,rf, ,.,', ,, , ,T Nevertheless there Is general recog Hopes England AMU Abandon UsoUltlon that everything for peace de- AA1TXESSED DIG VARADE. Force to Overcome National Right. pernls on the London conferenco The fear of the members of the Irish , Republican army Is that Pre mier Lloyd George will hedge at tho last moment and will trim his nromlRp.s. T.hrfo tVio iWoi, t Sntlsfnctlon Felt by tlio People of publican army chiefs have hail a Dr. AVm. B. Dohorty has returned from a visit to his son. Dr. AV. Brown Doherty, In New York City, and on the Fourth of July wit nessed the great procession of the many divisions of tho American As sociation for Recognition of the Irish Republic. To tho Kentucky Irish American Dr. Doherty said: "From 9 o'clock ot 2 o'clock tho friends ot tho Irish Republic marched men, women and chil dren by the thousands on Fifth avenue from Elshth streot to Cen tral Park, carrying banners em- blamatic of American and Irish free dom. The sidewalks wore lined with cheering thousands. At Cen tral Park, rousing and invigorating speeches by brilliant orators and tho reading of tho Declaration of Independence marked the end of a memorial day with tho largest pro fession In the cause of Irish free dom ever witnessed in New York. I-Manv of those who witnessed the enthusiasm displayed, like myself, could not fall to believe that the spirit of the Irish people for free dom Is undying and unconquer able." CHICKEN GALORE. England Over Uultimato RESULTS. THOMAS 1). CLAIRE. Funeral services of Thomas D. Claire, retired insurance man and a Colonel on Gov. J. a AV. Bock ham's utaff, who died Saturday after noon of heart disease at his home, 110 AVest St. Catherine street, were conducted Monday morning at Sacred Heart church, ot which he was a pioneer and faithful member. Mr. Claire" had been 111 ot heart dis ease for several months, and tho heat was given as a contributing cause. Born in Ireland, seventy-ono years ago, he came to Louisville in his young manhood and lived, an active and useful life. Ho served with various insurance agencies and took an active parf in politics. He was also active in work of the Knights ot Columbia, hawing held jnemlrhlp In Council No, 390 tor Bkaay year. He M survived by hU special order transmitted through tho countryside to hold the organi zation Intact. Dublin .Sunday night experienced ft' rnlaxntlnn nt flm .fnrmm- rlct.l lfj ' clpline, but after midnicht there PREPARES FOR-CELEBRATION, wo prolonged outbursts of ma- ichlno gun fire. It could not be . ascertained whether tliero were any ' casualties, I was privileged to nt- "I will be in London for a con- tend",t,,,le "'"" of the Irish Sion'nTvT T"UniiW '-.Sn'rmeK oTSTr.sTgS Eanonn Do Valera." I erals were held and finishing This, telegram to David Lloyd touches given to tho truce prenara George, Prime Minister, was read to Hon. A number of staff officers the House of Commons Monday i waited outside to take dispatches to evening amldflt wild cheeifei from the their commands In the country dis members, trlcts. Tho Irish delegation to leave Dub-! According to the war regulations tin Tuesday, accompanying Presi- nobody can travel more than twenty dent de Valera, will include Arthur miles In an automobile from the Grifnth, Robert Barton and Austin point of registration, but yestordny otack. teveninir cars wprp trnitlnc nt tlio Mr. Barton, who has Just been re- doors fo convoy tho courle's to the leased from a British prison, is a four corners ot Ireland. The driv- wickiow landowner. Formerly hie ers of the cars were supplied with was In the British army and now he two, specia1 permits, both signed by Is Minister of Agriculture of tho Gem Sir Neville MacReady. corn Irish Republic. mander-ln-chief of tho British Mr. Stack Is thev Republican Min- forces, giving clearance through all Uter of Home AfTalrs. Ho has been the lines of the Crown forces. Gen. Imprisoned several times, and on MacReady was .made rtwaro of the one occasion' mado a sensational ternut tho couriers took to the corn escape from Manchester Jail. mandants or the county battalions It Is the wish of the British Gov- of tho Republican army and their ernmeni ma, tne oeiegation be Its nupose Is to "cease flro" from Mon guests, but It Is believed In official day at noon, when the treaty be clrclea that the Irishmen probably comes effective No flghfing must will prefer to live independently, t continue, but trenching must pro Optimism reigns in officialdom ceed as usual and also the making that the conference will he oro- ot dugouts. The messaees oIho In ductive of peace. It was stated eluded the following: that negotiations probably will last I "Tho moment you should receive over n period of several months-and a communication of tho breakdown that the Irish delegation likely will of the London conferenco proceed bo Increased by financial and legal with the usual hostilities." experts, as y"lntrJcato financial and I The cars left In the darkness at delicate constitutional points havo, midnight so their movements In the The parishioners ot St. Paul's church, Jackson and Kentucky, never looked forward with more Interest to their annual reunion and picnic which will be held next Tues day, atternpon and evening on tho spacious grounds adjoining the church, There will be the usual amusements far young and old, hut the feature that should draw .peo ple from, all parts of the city will be tho tried chicken dinner and supper, of which there will be a plenty and then some. This reunion is held for the benefit of St. Paul's church and to help advance the excellent work now progressing un der the direction of the zealous pas tor, Rev. Fathe Eugene Donohue. who was for many veai3 stationed at tho Cathedral. To many the ehangds and improvements made by Father Donohoe will be an agree able surprise. The ladles of the parish have been working hard for Mils- event and promises all a cor dlnl reception and. a chicken feast they will long remember. THIRD ORDEH EVENT. to be settled.' - It appeared Monday that conver sations between President De Valera and the , Prime Minister would re volve around the granting of do minion status to Ireland upon con dition that tho Sinn Fein demand for the establishment of" an Irish republic would 'be abandoned, There was u disposition to believe how ever, that onco tho conference was under way, some means of smooth ing out present difficulties would be found. Dennis O'Connell. Dublin corre spondent, sent the following cable to ihe American' press on Monday: "Ireland hopes' that tho time is not far distant when she, ono ot the oldest ot the European nations', may take her place among tho free peoples ot tho world." This" state ment was given to newspapermen Sunday evening by Eanwinn Da Valera, President of the Irish Re- -pu-bllc. He added." "Should! our hope come to fruition, Europe and all humanity "will hear' with, pro found' reliet thaf the ue of force to overcome the national right of Irlaad has -been abandoned: oner laeven WiarW,.jHI. WOtT JOHMketa Clatm !. rntnrU -iriMrfOo mti m4 a fcrother and aWar. the tatter military -power of toe world." two itr Ireland. j learned that Michael OoJHns. country regions could not be traced Cheoring crowds', numbering many thousands of London's Irish men and women, greeted Eatnonn de Valera and the other members of the Irish peace delegation on their arrival at Euston Station, London. Tho Irish Republican flags waved and Irish songs weer Bung while London policemen cleared tho way tor tho men who havo been fighting Great Britain for three years. They were escorted to automobiles and whisked' to the Governor Hotel which will he- fhelr headquarters during their stay In the British cap ital. Daniel O'Callahan, Lord Mayor of Cork, is reported by the Central News to have arrived In Cork from tho United States,. Next October 2, 3 and 4 aJI Fran ciscan Tertlarles of the United States will convene nt Chicago. 111., In a grand national convention. Under the special guidance of tho Holy See, with the approval and blessing of His Excellency the Most Rev. John Brnzano, Apostolic Dele gate to the United States; of tlio three Most Reverend Ministers Gen eral of the three ibranches of tho Franciscan order, and ot the Most Rev. Georgo A'. Mundeleln, Arch bishop of Chicago, tho Franciscan Friars of the United States are planning to makiethe first national Tertiary convention, which Is to commemorate the seven hundredth anniversary of the founding of tho Third Order, a memorable event. There are two Convention Boards wtlh .headquarters at St. Angus tine's Monastery 5045 Laflln street, Chicago, which will attend to all matters of tho doming convention. MOURX HIS DEATH. RESCUED KV PRIESTS. Two priests. Jumped Into the Schuylkill river Saturday at Phila delphia and saved a young girl from drowning' while Cardinal Dougherty c',ood on the bank ready to give aeeietAnee. The Rev. Joeepli A, WMtaker, Chancellor of the arehweeem ot Philadelphia, and the Rot; Geonge Caruana, sec retary to the Oarddnal, were acsom- Charlefl H. Bennett, stricken at Gethsemane, where ho was making the retreat with tho Knights of Co- tumhus. died Monday morning at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, For many years Mr. Bennett was active In the Knights of Columbus. He was associated with tho Cohan Specialty Company, C59 South Fourth street, and was Interested in other concerns. Funerel services wero hold AVed nesday morning at St Paul's church, Rev. Father Donohoe cele brating tho requiem high mass, MEMORIAL EXERCISES. Now Albany Council, Knight ot Columbus met Thursday night at Castle Halfi-, Oak and Vincennes streets, when memorial exercises were held for the 4ate Michael J. Parrell, who for years had been a leading member of tVe order In Southern, Indiana, V In an appeal to Franciscan ter tlarles, Father Cuthbert, O. S. F. C, says: "Tho Franciscan order 'has from Its Infancy considered HRrf.f especially commissioned by God to oppose tho selfishness and luxury of the world." Never was tho work of the devoted men and wom en who belong to this pious confra ternity of greater Importance than oday. Never has It promised arger results. For selfishness and luxury have once more, as In Francis' time, become abomlnablo vices of the social body. To oppose a barrier to this insidious plague, iu uiicck uie spread or rrlvolous li cense, has become an Imperative so cial' necessity. But tho brave work must be dono by men and women of the wtotfd. Here Is the splendid op portunity for tho members of the Third Order. "tf'or. says Fathoc Cuthbert, "St. Francis founded his order for all whoso souls revolted against the corruption and sin of the time, and when ho extended his order eo as to embrace men and! women living In tho world he cre ated a hostile camp in the midst of the world Itself to do battle with the social immorality of a degen erate age." The century of SU Fraicis was like our own, a time of great social dlsturance and discontent. There were feUds and fierce civic rivalries which drove men like Dante Into exile. There was vulgar luxury nnd display of finery and ostentatious wealth bedde squalid poverty. There vras hard-heartednessi toward jUhOi poor and contempt for thole 6T jowly station. And as 1n our day, the latter reacted by following re formers who promised relief through means tho ohurch was obliged to condemn. To a society thus rent asunder St. Francis ap pealed, not as an ordinary social reformer would, by criticising tho evil tendencies, but rather by point ing out a higher Ideal, namely pov erty. He hlmselt espoused poverty and filled the hearts of others wltht the same lofty love for her. Thus did ho become the great social re former of his time. And the Third Order came Into being becauso numerous men and women who could not leave the world earnestly desired to realize tho Ideal of the Poor Man of Asslssl. It has been well said that this movement "was a great social reformation; It led men forward to heaven by making the wav on earth strnlghter and more like unto heaven. It dealt not with general abstract principles, but with the actual iacls of tho world the civic feuds, the Intenso selfishness, the luxuriousness and effeminacy ot the thirteenth cen tury." AVe speak of our aco a the age of democracy. Hut the age which prides itself on being such Is also tho age of fierce industrialism; the ago which saw the rise of the sweatshop, the beginning of child labor, the work of mothers in fac tories, and tho grinding of the wage-earner under the heel of cap italism. The labor union and much needed social (legislation are only beginning; to do away with tho worst evils of a distinctly Industrial civilization. But all attempts at so cial reform will he without avail until men realize the needs of so cializing, not the means ot produc tion, not even industrial society, but the Individual. Becauso St. Francis and his Third Orderr-accomplished this they 'became a so cial psset of priceless value. Ex isting poverty, teaching charity," St, Francis and his followers brought about social Justice. The Abbe Monler In his "History ot St. Francis" quite correctly claims: "The Third Order may be said to be one of the greatest efforts ever at-' tempted for introducting more Jus tice among men. Thoy (the Ter tlarles) changed the then existing social order In favor of the weak and humble." No wonder Pope Benedict hopes for an awakening, of the Third Or der from, the coming centenary ob servance. Referring to the, evils of our day which he desires to see overcome, he says in his pronounce ment: "If we consider carefully, there are at present two passions prevailing In this incredible per versity of customs the unbounded love of riches and an unquenchable thirst for pleasure. Thenco the shame ot our ago, that while pro gressing unceasingly In tho con veniences and comforts of life, nevertheless In what concerns tho duty of living uprightly, which is far moro important, It Booms' eager to ihurry hack to the -corruption of paganism. And In truth tho more men lose sight of the eternal goods prepared for" them In heaven the moro aro they attracted toward the perishable, ones, and once ther are sinfully bent toward earfhv every virtue In them easily become d (Oeattasaa on Filth Paa,) .'&! rt ,'.3