This pamphlet was conceived in enthusiasm by men and women who are bristling with PEP to build a Beautiful Church in St. James Parish. They are impatiently waiting: they are clamoring for action. They want YOU to know what they propose doing. They hope you will be with them. Don't look for a seat in the Grand Stand-People who do things move-the disinterested sit and watch -- Our Parish Big Drum is beating a marching tune – “LET'S GO."
My dear Parishioner;
The fine weather during the last weeks of February made one wish the New Church was begun, but the snow fall since makes it evident that winter is not over. Our hands are tied and we cannot move until the architect has the plans ready. He stated when we made the contract that we could not hope to be able to let the general contract before Easter.
I regard this delay as an advantage. Contractors and mechanics say there is scarcity of work and that the cost of material is on the down grade. By Easter I hope there will be a substantial reduction in prices.
We are forwarding 4 per cent envelopes to all wage earners who did not get them last month and we ask everyone to give something each pay day. Numbers count no matter how small their donation. This was well exemplified by the vast sums taken in a few weeks by the United Railways on a penny increase on two fares. If every person that goes to our church made an envelope contribution on Sunday the revenue would be increased a hundred dollars a week.
You can do a great deal for Catholicity during Lent if you take an interest in careless Catholics .and invite them to accompany you to church. Often they need only a few words of encouragement. Never take for granted that a case is hopeless; exert yourself and God's Grace may work wonders. I am especially solicitous about the children of careless Catholics. They will be lost to the Church unless someone extends to them the charity of spiritual guardianship, and there are many of them in the parish.
It is easy to win the affection of a child and if you were to teach it only an Our Father you would have started it on the right direction.
As to your own devotion and penance, you must decide for yourself how much you will do during Lent. Don't think lightly of it. If you don't make an effort now, when will you make it ?
Yours in Christ,
REVEREND P. J. O'CONNOR, ADM.
ARCHBISHOP PASTORAL LETTER
The Lenten Season this year commences on March second -- Ash Wednesday.
The time for the fulfilling of the Paschal Duty is extended by special concession from the first Sunday of Lent to Trinity Sunday, both inclusive.
The Lenten regulations for the year 1927 for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, are the same as for last year.
All days of Lent (Sundays excepted) are days of fasting.
The use of flesh meat is prohibited on Wednesdays and Fridays, the Saturday of Ember Week, and the forenoon of Holy Saturday.
On all other days of Lent meat may be partaken of only at the principal meal by those who must observe the fast; but may be used oftener by those who are not obliged to fast.
Those who have completed their twenty-first year and who have not reached their sixtieth year are obliged to observe the fast of Lent, unless for some reason they are legitimately dispensed.
All who have completed their seventh year, are obliged to abstain.
Those obliged to fast may take but one full meal, and in addition thereto a small portion of bread with tea, coffee or such like in the morning; and in the evening a collation which may not exceed the fourth part of the usual meal, or about eight ounces; at which collation the use of butter, cheese and eggs is allowed. The principal meal may be transferred from mid-day until the evening.
Those engaged in hard labor, the sick, the convalescent, and those who cannot fast without grave injury to their health are exempted from the obligation of fasting.
Sickness or physical inability also excuses from the law of abstinence.
When in doubt regarding these obligations the pastor or confessor may be consulted.
By Special Indult, working men and their families may use flesh meat once a day on all days of the year, with the exception of Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday and forenoon of Saturday of Holy Week and the Vigil of Christmas.
We desire to renew our approval of the Saint Louis Mission Society established some two years ago. For the year terminating December 31, 925, the total receipts from fifty-one parishes were $14,000. For the year 1926 the total receipts from sixty-seven parishes were $22,000.00, in addition to some specially designated gifts remitted through the Society.
It is expected that every parish in the diocese, as well as every individual member thereof, shall be affiliated with this diocesan mission society. The rules governing it are briefly
In addition to the ordinary membership fees the Society is hoping to obtain special donations from individuals -- and, if they will it -- for designated purposes. In other words, we wish to make the Society a clearing house for all missionary effort in the diocese.
The scope of the Society is to assist in sustaining the Home and Foreign Missions. For, the Foreign Missions the beneficiaries are the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and (for the children's offerings) the Holy Childhood Association.
Faithfully yours,
JOHN J. GLENNON, Archbishop of St. Louis.
The pastors are reminded of our request to have the names and addresses of their parishioners filed in the Chancery by March 1st.
CALL AGAIN
During the past month, thieves entered the garage of Mr. Arthur Pahl, 1458 Tamm Avenue, and stripped his machine of some new tires. This was their second visit and Mr. Pahl, we are inclined to believe, is slightly peeved.
He issues an invitation to the thief to "call again" when in need of tires and promises to have a reception committee to see that he gets all that is coming to him; but we advise that this invitation be not taken too literally, as, if we are to judge, Mr. Pahl's invitation is issued with sinister intent and his promise regarding a pleasant reception does not have the ring of truth.
Better send in your card before entering.
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
There is need of an improvement association in this community; the city of St. Louis cannot be expected to be unduly interested in our needs if we are not interested in them ourselves.
There are many streets which citizens desire to have made in their immediate vicinity; the foot bridge over the River Des Peres facing Tamm Avenue has been torn down by the city of St. Louis and there is little hope of its being reconstructed unless the people concerned organize and make a demand; Oakland Avenue is full of ruts; our mail service is worse than rural delivery, a letter deposited in a local box on Tamm Avenue after 9 o'clock Friday night will not be delivered to a person on the same street until about 11:30 Monday morning, and if a holiday falls on Monday, delivery is not made until Tuesday.
Those are only a few of the things calling for attention. There is appropriation and expenditure of public money in which the community ought to have a voice and there arises from time to time peculiar conditions that threaten community welfare and which cannot be prevented unless there is a man in the watch tower to give the alarm.
The South Forest Park Association is now only a name -- make it a reality by organizing and representing your block.
YOUR HOUSE FOR SALE
The parish has a house for sale; try and sell it. It is the pretty frame cottage on Wade Avenue adjoining the site for the new church. There is a mistaken idea that the house must be moved. It is built upon a fifty-foot lot and thirty feet will be sold with the cottage.
The title has not yet been transferred to us and payment has not to be made until March 16. A person who buys it before that time will not have to defray the expense of transfer.
The cottage is new, has a splendid basement and all modern conveniences, including bath and furnace, and can be purchased for about $3,900. Tell your friends it is a bargain.
PURGATORIAN SOCIETY NOTICE
Three of the living members of the Purgatorian Society died since November 1 and in accordance with the requirements, three masses will be offered for their repose. It is desirable that as many of the members as possible should attend these masses and offer their communion for the intention specified.
The masses will be offered on the Tuesdays, of Lent at 6:30 and in the following order: Mrs. Finn, Officer Peter Manion and Mrs. Agnes Stiff.
HELEN C. MILENSLAYER -- DECEASED
Miss Milenslayer, sister to Mrs. George Kletzker, died at her home, 6308 Oakland Avenue, on February 28, after a protracted illness. Her demise was a happy release to her tortured soul. She suffered unceasingly from a complication of diseases during the past year. She was broken in body and spirit, her case was hopeless, her condition pitiable and her resignation beautiful.
Helen was until a year ago the high spirited good natured, pleasure loving American girl who regarded life as an opportunity of indulging in excitement. She was handsome, animated, popular and was respected by all who knew her. She made no pretense of being religious, but maintained a pride of person which was akin to virtue.
Sickness came and with it impatience and discontent. Gradually she was prepared to climb the heights and bear the cross. In her affliction there opened a ray of light, a gleam of understanding -- man's ways are not God's ways and the broken girl saw a hand stretch out from Calvary to lead her on to the vista of eternal life.
To poor Helen, chastened and afflicted, life put on a new meaning. God came nearer, the world and its pleasures lost its hold; she sent for the priest, she went to confession and from that time her greatest consolation was the priest's visits and her reception of the Sacraments.
She often reminded him of the day a few years before when she tried to avoid him, she feared he would lecture her on her religious neglect and she had no mind to heed his admonitions or to be guided by his words.
But she had changed, her humility was admirable, her repentance earnest and her faith sublime. With childlike eloquence she spoke to God, she often looked with her tear-brimmed eyes on the Crucifix and kissed it. She tried hard to be patient and was reconciled to her approaching death with fortitude she awaited its coming. Two days before her death she received Holy Viaticum. Her strength gradually diminished until she could not articulate. On the night before she died her relatives and faithful physician sat by her bedside. It was evident she was still conscious; she was apparently asking for something. They offered her water, raised her on the pillow, turned her on her side, but she continued her effort to express a wish. The doctor administered a powerful stimulant and in a few minutes she was sufficiently revived to say, "The priest." He came, she looked happy. All knelt and recited the prayers for the dying. The priest whispered them into her ear, her lips tried to utter them; he urged her to go to rest and like a child under the influence of a pleasing croon she quieted down and went to sleep in Christ..
All you young readers who know and love life, think of Helen sometimes because she was so human and in your generosity say a prayer for her soul.
May she rest in peace.
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
John Philip -- better known as "Jackie" Brady, 6235 Victoria Avenue, fell off his bicycle a month ago and broke a bone in his leg. He is still confined with his leg in a cast. His bicycle was later stolen. It is a small size, two wheel, red and white Jupiter Leacock. "Jackie" would like a clew to its whereabouts.
CAN A PERSON DIVORCED GET MARRIED?
Yes, if an ecclesiastical court declares that the former marriage was invalid. Questions of this kind are well answered by St. Louis University each Sunday over the radio at 2 p. m.
MARRIAGE IN THE CHURCH
Marriage was probably the first contract entered into by human beings.
The agreement of men and women to enter this relationship constituted the marriage.
The contract was the marriage.
Ceremony and form undoubtedly came later and are necessary adjuncts to civilization and Christianity.
The obligations arising from this contract are inherent in nature and have been positively affirmed by God. "A man shall leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh." And Christ's interpretation of this passage is, "What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder." Math. 19-6.
Man has not authority to break eternal decrees, he can legislate if he will against the springtime and the sunshine, but the higher law will ignore his conceit and the sun will rise and set and the myriad of sleeping sentinels will rise from their wintry couch when God sees fit.
This contract attracted the interest of Christ; it concerned the most sacred of human elements, the love between man and woman, the love and duty between parents and their offspring, the permanence and the sanctity of the home and the solidarity and sanctity of Christian Society.
He added to this human contract a new and divine element. He blessed it with a divine hand. He injected into it a heavenly blessing. He elevated it to a sacred something, He took it out of the common category of secular affairs and made it a Sacrament. "This is a great Sacrament," says St. Paul; "but I speak in Christ and in the church." Ephes. 5-32.
The romance that swelters in lust and selfishness cannot lift itself up to see the grandeur and dignity of the Christian ideal, it is so akin to that of the beast of the field, it creeps on the ground and ignores all restrictions that God might command and that make sacrifice a duty and self-denial a virtue.
The morality of the barnyard is glorified in popular magazines, its priests and priestesses offer daily libations of lust on the altars of sterilized concubinage, and the odor of flesh rises day and night from tawdry haunts and libidinous shows till the stench of a modern city stinks in the nostrils of heaven as stunk Sodom and Gomorrah.
The Catholic boy or girl who believes his soul is washed in the blood of Christ and who attaches no dignity or sanctity to matrimony has denied the Faith and besmirched his baptismal robe in the sewerage of the brothel; his Baptism to Eternal Life was in Christ and to death he dips in Earl Carroll's bacchanalian bath tub his unchaste limbs and polluted spirit. The Holy Spirit of God flees in horror from his body which was once its temple and the impure angel comes to dwell in the unsightly ruin.
The Catholic Church teaches that matrimony is a Sacrament. This Sacrament was instituted by Christ and the administration of it was given to the Church that it is holy and beautiful and hinds those who receive it until death does them part.
Consequently a Catholic who disregards the teaching of the Church in this affair and attempts marriage in a secular manner, despises the voice of Christ who said of the Church, "Who despises you despises me." "He who denies me before men, I will deny him before my Father in Heaven.
As to divorce, we will have St. Paul speak "But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband and if she depart that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband, and let not the husband put away his wife." I. Cor. 7-11.
And St. Mark informs us that the disciples hearing this doctrine from Christ questioned Him in the house concerning the same thing, and he said to them: "Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her and if the wife shall put away tier husband and be married to another she committeth adultery." Mark 10:11.
Note "marries another," who gives authority to this second marriage? Not God! Who performs the second ceremony? Not the minister of Christ! What does Christ think of it? He says it is adulterous. What does he say of them? St. Paul replies: "Know you this and understand that no fornicator or unclean person hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
WILL POWER
By Edgar A. Guest
Will power baffles the wisest men.
They can measure the force of steam,
They can reckon and count to the last amount
The strength of an iron beam
They can tell you the load that a horse can pull
And the work that a pump will do,
But no one on earth can compute the worth
Or the strength of the will of you.
They can reckon in pounds what your arms can list,
But master you still remain,
For they cannot say, though you fall today,
That you never can rise again.
For a suitable, mysterious power you hold.
Which never the eye can see,
And no one can tell, though he knows you well,
The man you have willed to be.
Will power isn't a piston blow
Nor the throb of an engine's wheel,
It's a subtle force from a living source
Which the trials of life reveal.
It's what do you do 'neath the tug and strain
And it's whether you're false or true,
It's how do you fight when you know you're right,
And it's all that there is to you.
It isn't your face that shall make you fair
And it isn't your strong right hand,
It isn't your grin when you're sure to win,
But whether the strain you stand.
And the man which you face in your looking glass,
And the man which your fellows see,
Through the lines of care and the smile you wear,
Is the man you have willed to be.
SERMON FOR LENT
God has entrusted to me a work of the greatest importance. There is no greater work for me to do than that which He has assigned to me. He has placed in my keeping a spirit from out His Throne -- a soul that is immortal.
It is mine to lose or save.
Mine and mine alone.
If I were captain of a ship, president of a bank or mayor of a city, I should endeavor to do everything in my power to discharge the duties of my office. I should guard against losses and errors, and if through negligence on my part there was a catastrophe I should deem myself unworthy of my trust.
But here is a more important charge, a more responsible position -- I am commissioned, not by man, but by God, to a position of honor; if I neglect my duty I offend my Creator and I shall destroy that which is more precious than ships or gold, I shall be guilty of the ruin of my immortal soul.
My soul was purchased at a very great price; to enable me to save it, it was necessary for my Saviour to suffer; if I lose it He shall also suffer a loss of that which he purchased with a very great price and I shall be to blame.
If God gave me a little plot of ground and said, "Your happiness or misery for all eternity shall depend upon the manner in which you cultivate this," I would consider my work of the greatest importance. I would arise each day and say within myself, "I must go to work to beautify this plot so that when God may come, I shall be ready to turn over to him something more beautiful than that which He gave me." I was not given a garden to till, but I was given by Him an immortal spirit made to His own image and likeness and it is mine to guard and guide until He calls for me to return it to Him.
This is my chief duty in life. Why am I so unmindful of it? Why am I so careless? There is a reason, my soul has a partner that is constantly diverting it from its duty, it is the body in which it is encased. My body is animal in nature and it constantly craves for the things which are pleasing to its desires and appetites. It is the instrument through which my soul exercises its activities; through its hands I feel, through its eyes I see, through its ears I hear; when it is in pain the spirit within me suffers, and when it is satisfied my soul shares in its comfort; hence it constantly influences my conduct and often turns me from God, although I love the higher law I see as did St. Paul, "a law in my members fighting against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin."
I must speak to that body of mine and tell it out of the dust it came and unto the dust it shall return, but my soul is a spirit that shall never die and when my body goes back to the dust, it shall soar into the infinite realms of time and space, and return to God to render an account of its actions here below.
"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and bearing how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world the paragon of animals!"
What gives man this superiority and this dignity? Is it not the reason which ennobles him, the mind which guides him, the spirit which enlightens him? Yes, it is that spirit within him that has these faculties, it is this and not the gratification of his animal nature which makes him admirable. There was never yet a great man who did not manifest his superiority by unusual self-control. The one who is guided by animal appetites and gratifies his lower nature lowers himself even in his own estimation and becomes a slave to passion, whereas the superior individual denies himself those gratifications and is governed by higher principles and is distinguished because of his self-control and self-denial.
See on the street the man or woman who yields to passion, he is a drunkard, she has fallen by the wayside, he has yielded to the impulse to gratify his appetite and indulges overmuch, his clothes are torn, his face is blotched, his eyes are bleared, his appearance is uncouth, he has lost his dignity because he has yielded to the animal in his nature. Yes, he has lowered himself lower than the beast because instinct teaches it to refrain from further potations when it has drunk and satisfied its appetite, but he has no defined stopping place, he goes from one depraving gratification to another until at last he has almost defaced the dignity of that character which has made him man.
So it is with the thief, the murderer and the woman of inflame, each have overstepped the bounds of reason, and by doing so have made themselves unworthy of the respect of their fellows, and even we ourselves who have not gone into such extremes, have often crossed the boundaries of reason and have departed from the standards set by God, and in doing so we have likened ourselves to those who are more depraved. We differ from them only in degree and they have been punished by loss of character, loss of freedom, whereas we retain our good reputation. They have been punished by man because they have crossed the limitations of the law made by man. Can we hope to escape all punishment though we have transgressed against the higher law, the Law of God?
During Lent we must emancipate our spirit, curb our appetites and give back to our soul its mastery over the flesh. I must determine to be master of myself. Possibly I am fearful of the struggle and am doubtful if I am capable of such effort, but I will assert myself and tell my spirit that I must play the man.
The old Roman whose patriotism was suspected and whose courage was impugned in an assembly of his countrymen held his hand over a flame until his flesh was seared; and the Spartan boy who had taken a fox in his neighbor's preserve kept it hidden under his cloak whilst he conferred with its owner. It rent his clothes, gnawed into his flesh, cut the artery that supplied his heart, and whilst he suffered excruciating torture he continued to smile. The heroism of Christianity has not been less pronounced. There have been men and women whose bodies were broken and whose flesh was torn but whose will was not destroyed. They were taken into the market place, their bodies were saturated with tar and set aflame, their burning flesh lighted the way of the rabble of the street and their burning spirit has since then lighted noble men and noble women to noble deeds.
Christianity calls for men and women who are not afraid to suffer. Anyone can be indulgent and dissipated, it takes a superior individual to exercise self-denial and self-control. To this we are called and in this lay perfection. The symbol of our faith is the cross. During Lent we are called upon to study it. Nailed thereon is a human body, bruised and broken. It is human flesh completely conquered and making a fitting background for the triumphant spirit that has animated it. Christ is our Model. He is the Perfect Man. And if we are to advance in perfection we must imitate Him.
"If you wish to be my disciple," he said, "deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me."
The penance you will perform this Lent shall depend upon your generosity to God and your determination to inflict upon your body a chastening rebuke. If you have sinned you deserve punishment and God leaves it to yourself to impose the sentence. What shall it be? You are the judge. The old time man put away his pipe until Easter and was a hero in his own way. Exert your will. Determine to sanctify yourself. Arise early, go to Mass and if possible to daily Communion, be more attentive to your prayers, more conscious of God's presence and make of Lent a time of prayer and penance and self-denial.
BUILDING UP ST. JAMES PARISH
There is probably no section of the city that will show a better percentage of increased public improvements in the next few years than this most favored location, and private buildings will show a similar increase, in fact cannot wait for spring, several will be finished, occupied or sold before the slow ones come out of their winter sleep..
Some works going on now and to be started soon are as follows
Sewers
River Des Peres Drainage Works, $10,000,000.00 job, now working night and day through southern part of parish. The slopes north and south will provide excellent home sites with splendid drainage.
Cheltenham Joint District Sewer, bids to be opened March 1, will drain almost entire district between Tamm and Hampton, West Park to Manchester.
Streets
Alleys
Sidewalks
Bridge
CARE OF ALTAR LINENS
For several years the Altar Linens for St. James Parish Church have been laundered by Mrs. Signaigo for a nominal consideration that has been only a trifle of the value of her work. She has done splendid work and deserves the appreciation of the priests and the parishioners.
She recently found it impossible to find suitable accommodation in the neighborhood and herself and family have moved from the parish. Her interest in the Sanctuary, however, has not ceased. Last month she donated several beautifully embroidered pieces of Altar Linens.
JOE WISS IN "THE FOUR-FLUSHER"
The St. James Dramatic Club's representation of "The Four-Flusher" at Yale Hall, February 22 and 24, was excellent. There was not a dull moment in the performance from beginning to end and the play was interspersed with rippling humor and healthy comedy which the cast brought out with admirable skill and which the audience commended by repeated laughter and applause.
The weather on both nights was ideal, the hall had a capacity crowd on the evening of the second performance; the first showing was not so well attended.
Joe Wiss as Andy Whittaker starred in the play. There is in Joe's personality the qualities that make an actor attractive -- serious, self-possessed, affable and sanguine -- he went through his role with a charming naturalness of expression and action. As a salesman in a shoe store he omitted none of those little niceties that mark the experienced hand, he spoke politely and sympathetically to everyone and manifested no impatience with the vacillating indecision of his lady customers.
Camilla Jones, as June Allen, made a purchase or two. She and her aristocratic mother Mrs. Dwight Allen (Viola Barr), played up to the requirements of the social set with dignity and finesse. '
The doctor, Arthur Pahl, was just an unpretentious doctor.
Helen Ryan, the cashier in the shoe store whom everyone called Jerry, made the impression of being a companionable little boy-girl who knew the ways of the world and was decisive in her actions.
Dan Murphy as Ira Whittaker, the hollow mountain ranger and millionaire, gave bruskness and intensity to his own characteristics. His voice was the voice of Dan, his appearance was mellowed by a gray moustache and wig, his impulsiveness in action, irritability in conduct, his absoluteness in address were complete; his great western hat, his selectivity in curse words gave character and expressiveness to his part. Danny made a big hit, he played his part well and gave zest to the comedy.
Sterling Rose wearing a monocle was pretentious and impressive and played the part of P. J. Hannerton, the banker, with executive forcefulness and business acumen. John Mahon, the varsity boy who was sent home and didn't know much of anything, looked unusually handsome and unceremonious. He might' have "kissed Jerry if she were amorously inclined. He was the Four Flusher. His conceit and bluff showed up in grand relief, the tragic part played by his father, Horace Riggs, which Jerry O'Connell played with more dramatic effect than was manifested by the other excellent performers.
Romaine Trammell, Walter Strathman, John Moore and Alvina Barr had not as much opportunity as the others of exhibiting talent. They were given minor parts that passed quickly off the stage, but they, too, played their roles with skill.
"The Four-Flusher" was one of the best balanced plays we have seen performed by amateur players. The acting was so perfect, the delusion was complete, the shoe store was a real store and left one unconscious of a stage and a curtain and so were the other acts and scenes, and the players did not appear to be players, they were persons, real persons, who had lost their identity and were the men and women who were cast by the imagination of tile author .and had life in the play.
Mr. Sam Halley, the director, showed keen judgment in selecting the players, they suited their parts and gave emphasis to the characters. The production undoubtedly was inspired by him. He saw to it that the play was played and not slaughtered. Let's Go congratulates him and the cast-and will look forward to their next production.
PLANT A TREE AND A FLOWER
St. Louis has many streets where maple, sycamore and oak grow in stately rows along the sidewalks and give the pedestrian a delightful shade from the burning summer sun and lend to the eye a sense of rustic softness and to the city a palatial splendor.
Every home should have trees to decorate its front and shade its windows in summer from the torrid reflection of the heat from the street and sidewalks. The cost of so desirable an improvement is not great and this section of the city, setting scrawny and half-baked between clay pits and smoke stacks, would be much more attractive had every street its row of trees and every home a well-kept lawn.
The city forester informs us that there is an ordinance regulating the planting of trees along city streets and states the trees permitted in this locality are soft maple on Tamm Avenue from Manchester to Oakland Avenue; West Park Avenue, Hampton to Louisville; Lloyd 6400-6500.
The city will plant any of these varieties at $6 a tree, the trunk ten inches from the ground will have a diameter of 1 1/2 to 2 inches; a box of 7/8-inch lath will also be put around the tree at a cost of 50c.
The Houlihan Nursery, 6319 Clayton Avenue probably can give better prices.
BAPTISMS IN FEBRUARY
MRS. PLENGEMEIER'S NIECE DIES
Mrs. Herman Forthman, niece of Mrs. Plengemeier, and former St. James parishioner, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fissell, Chesterfield, Mo., on Friday, February 18.
She became ill when the family resided in this parish at 6116 Victoria Avenue and it was to benefit her health that her parents moved to Chesterfield, Mo., where she apparently regained her health. In June of last year she became the bride of Herman Forthman in the little church at Chesterfield and had the distinction of being the first to be married in this church. The couple returned to St. Louis and after a period of eight months she became ill again and returned to her parent's home, where she died at the age of 23 years.
Her remains were brought to the home of her aunt, Mrs. Plengemeier, and buried from St. James Church at Requiem High Mass on Monday, February 21, to SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery.
May she rest in peace.
MORNING MASS
At 6:30 each morning a long line of hurrying people might be seen on Tamm Avenue on their way to mass; boys and girls, men and women, earnest and alert, caught by the spirit of Christianity are endeavoring to sanctify themselves during Lent and find time to be present at the Holy Sacrifice. It is inspiring to see the church almost full at that early hour and watch the priest give Communion to rail after rail of the faithful.
If you came one morning you could not absent yourself again because you would be impressed with the sacredness of the sacrifice that each one makes and unites with Christ's in the mass.
HOLY NAME PARTY
On Shrove Tuesday, March 2, the Holy Name Society gave their annual get together in the form of an Old-time Party and it was a complete success, both as to the size and nature of the crowd. The entertainment was good, and plentiful, and there was dancing to suit all and everyone seemed to be having a good time.
Ed Loyet Does His Stuff
Mr. Edw. Loyet proved by the manner in which he took charge of the party and assured its success that Mrs. Bovard's energy and power of leadership are inherited. He arranged the program, did the announcing, called numbers for the square dance and, when the entertainment lagged, stepped into the breach with a varied and lengthy repertoire of his own.
Mr. Loyet is proprietor of the Canary Flower Shop, 2201 Forest Avenue, and if the energy shown at the party is an example of what he is putting into his business, we prophesy a great success.
The Ganly Sisters; Ganly & Lavin; Barry Brothers; Will & Bobby Reid; Mrs. Wm. Hefele: Mr. Gibson; Mr. Bersch; Mr. Lederle; Mr. Hummert, and Miss Bernadine Quinn entertained with songs, dances and recitations.
Music was furnished by R. J. Bayers, Mrs. R. J. Bayers, G. I. Bayers and R. N. Barr.
DEVOTIONS DURING LENT
Mass each morning, Saturday excepted, at 6:30 and 8:30. On Saturdays there will be only one Mass in church and that at 6:30.
Evening Devotions Sunday Nights -- Rosary and Benediction at 7:30.
Wednesday Nights -- Rosary, Benediction and sermon by Rev. R. W. Bohn, S. J., at 8 o'clock. Fridays at 3 P. M. Stations of the Cross for children and all others who care to attend; and at 8 p. m.; followed by Benediction.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONVERTS AND OTHERS
During Lent the priests of the parish will be happy to give instructions to converts and others after supper each evening in the Rectory, Saturday excepted.
There is a class on Fridays at 4 o'clock and Sundays at 1:30 for children who attend public schools. Where children are unable to attend these classes they will on request be taken into the night class.
ALUMNI MEETING
Alumni Dramatic Club meeting Thursday, March 10. Returns for tickets to be made.
MARRIAGES
Miss Frances L. Dunn, 1035 Aberdeen Place, was married in the parish church Saturday, February 26, from Nuptial. Mass to Frank Brock, Milwaukee, Wis.
The wedding breakfast was served at the home of K. G. Bellairs, where the bride resided during the past few years. The couple set out immediately to Wisconsin.
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What the ladies lose in weight during the Lenten Season will be compensated for by an increase in beauty and form, so girls, don't be afraid to fast.
If you work, however, you may eat and derive the two-fold benefit and you'll have a fair claim to ask your husband to give you an Easter bonnet.
DEATHS IN YOUR FAMILY
Canon Law requires a record of deaths to be kept in the priest's register in which the name and age of the deceased, the names of the parents and spouse, the place of burial, the priest who assisted, the Sacraments received before death be recorded. We have taken our information from press reports and our records are riot complete. We now ask relatives of those who were buried from St. James Church during the past three years to forward us the necessary facts.
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Officer John Rooney is a patient in Barnes Hospital. He fears he must undergo another operation.
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
March 1, 1927.
dear Charlie
wel charlie it is stil prettie cold yet an today it is snowin and cold an a feller said to me this morning well henry i see winter is back again and i said i didn't no as it has went anywares
you shud ought of ben hear.tousea the show wot the dramatic club put on a cupple of weaks ago, it sure was a hum-dinger an it was call the four-flusher on account of young joe Wiss who was the four-flusher in the play. mabie you don no wat is a four-flusher but if you have 4 nice dimonds showin an a duce of spades in the hole that is a four-flush, an if you run out sum guy with a pear of aces you are a smart player but if he call you then you are jus a four-flusher an that is how it was with joe. I had his No. from the start and I had him size as a four-flusher on account of i am prettie quick to size up them kind but it tuk some of the players qite a wile to get nex to him speshily camilla Jones wot was his swetie in the play an fal for him prettie hard, but he is luckie like them kind usaly is and win out in the end account of gettin the brakes.
dan Murphy was good in his part on account of he was a tuff of bird wot storm around an cuss at everybodie and i gess it com natchel to him account of he thot he was talkin to sum of them niggers out at Scullins. Helen Ryan was a casher in a stoar an the way she kid everybodie sound very much like that dizzie lin her dad hand out to you wen you run in there for gas.
You wood of die lafhn if you wood of attend a old time danse wot we had at the school hal the other nite. I never seen so many of coggers with 1 foot in a bucket tryin to step lik they usta in the old days. Hense was the lif of the partie an wus the las to leav the flor an dance with everie widy in the place. hear i am all stove up like a spavind horse an that ol guy is still goin strong. Eddie Ryan was ackin prettie frisky and i don no if he was gin up or if he wus juss playful an he acjuse Mrs. Cullen of bitten him in the ear and if she did i don admire her tast an mrs. Ryan got peeve and was gona smack him and then she remember how easie it is to kripple him up an so she start to danse the black bottom an you cud feal the buildin shake
The mother club is gona give there minstrel show St. Patricks day an I gess why they give it on St. Patricks Day is caus they is suppos to be all irish but if you wud luk at the name of sum of them you wud get all mix up. maybe you wood think mrs. quinn is irish but she was on the reshuption comity wen Cardinal Mercier visit hear an you wood think mrs. Larson is a big Swede but she is shantie irish an a dutch name like Hefele talkes with a broge like jimmie Farrell. an Adele conroy is 2 times as irish as her name an so you can not tell nuthin by that. but anyhow they put up a gud show no mater if there name is hogan or krausmeyer. but i gess wile they are rehersin for there show there husbands is singen the blus acount of haftin to stay home an min the kids wil there wif is rehersing an it just gos to show that as soon as a women gets a man tied down with a cuple of kids she tak advantage an start to run aroun.
wel charlie i gess you aint never played no game like bridge, account of it is a prettie deep game an i dont no nuthin about it neether but anyhow, me an the mrs. is ben playin it latly an so it luks like we has discover another sorse of argument: At lease you wood of thought so if you wood of hear the mrs. ball me out the other night account of i didn't play to sute her an a few minutes later Ray Dolan was gettin a lexure from Sallie an nex it was arthur pahl, an every man for hiss self an before long we was all 3 givin geo. Boerckel a example of what he can expec from Mary after they are married a few moor yrs. wen i 1st startet to playin i coudent understan wy they call 1 of the partners the "dummie" but i hav decide it means husban in Bridge talk. Your wif wants you to be dummie wen you are her pardner and play like 1 wen you are openent. that is the only way to keep peace. but then who wants peace in there family. well we had severl of these bridge partes an it look like sallie dolan was gona cop all the prizes but they head her off by lettin her be the host an so she didn try i gess on account of the host aint suppose to win. me an helen Walsh wood of both win a prize 1 nite only they hav quit givin somethin for the low scor an so we got ruckied out of it.
yours truly,
uncle Henry
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