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Q!nnttuts Pa1c Frontispiece 2 The Guudian Angel (Poem) 3 A Neglected Little Classic 4 Miracles (Poem) 5 A Letter from St. Catherine's (Poem) 6 Le Veuve du Loup 7 Autumn Gold (Poem) 10 A Royal Wedding II Homer's Women 12 Vineta (Poem) 14 Our Angel Friends IS A Political Game 16 A Legend of the Rhine '7 Return to School t8 St. Joseph's Academy 1 8 A Song Recital 19 Violin Recital 19 Palestine 20 A Memorable Visit 21 Notable Visitors 21 Our Alumnae 22 Academic Notes 23 College News 24 ·'
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Entered as second-class matter Nov. 15, 1906, at tht: Pos t Office at St. Paul , Minn., under the A ct of Congress of M arch 3, 1879
VOL. VII. Coll ege of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. N o. r
t:be Guardian Rngel
~J)€N€ ' €R I see a mother clasp her child, 1::t;l Rs )VIary must have held her Infant Son, I fed the very air itself grow mild; Che light that folds them 'round outshines the sun. Rnd in the softened radiance I can f ed Che presence of a spirit pure as light; Che Guardian Rngd scarcely can conceal J)imsdf, at such a time, from human sight.
Chen J)eaven itself draws very near to earth; Surrounding angels guard the two from harm, Rnd murmur of the Christ, J)is human birth, Che )VIother-maid who held J)im on her arm. for e'en the heavenly spirits pay, we lmow, Cheir meed of homage to the gl~am divine. Chat brightens earth with never failing glow Che love-light that a mother's eyes enshrine. Cathel'ine €tliott r.• f.: f: i"· .• •. •. . .. [4] ARISTON
A Neglected Little Class ic T IS strange that in the age of cheap re faces, peeping between the arms of the grown prints this little classic should have re people at some royal procession_ in The Four I mained comparatiYely unnoticed. It has Gcoro·cs, here he can mdulge ht preferences indeed, been included in the dainty "Red Let and gossip about them to hi_s ~1eart's content. ter Libran·," but from all the more popular .\nd so. an old gentleman sttttng alone after ~eries-"Eyeryman' Library," "The \Vorld's dinner Cla. sics," etc.-it has, o far, been omitted. "Dipping his nose in the Gascon wine," Yet the charm of the book is undeniable, and he ]oyes to play the good genie in retrospect, is sure to make a general appeal. It is a de ancl in the role of the kind bachelor uncle lightful miscellany, a causerie on the most treats his nephews to sweetmeats and pocket casual subjects which reveals Thackeray most mone\· ad libitum, or takes them to the theatre, intimately. \\'ith a com·er. ational ease and em·yi;1o· the whil e their high spirits and keen informalhy of style he here go. s_ips on ~11 that cle li-;.,.h(' at what for him has become fade ancl interests him moo.t. \\'hether 1t be hts fav pas~;- Ilere, too, he can sympathize with the orite books. foreign traYel. hi per~onal tastes lazy. idle boy who plays truant oyer some en and aver ions, his past boyhood. which he chantincr romance of \\'alter . cott or Alex touch~s with so pensiYe a charm, he i equally ander Dumas. or catalogue the amazing pock engagmg. . . . ets. and immense esuriency of this small-boy There is no mistaktng hts pet subject, how who is so fearfully and wonderfully made. eyer and it is to youth and its concerns he Here is one such inYentory of random con turn~ most freque{1tly. From Omar Khay tents: "Consider the pos.ition of a pencil yam to R. L. Steyenson all \niter have case in a hoy's pocket. You had hard-bake clealt with its fleeting, vivid joys,_ but few in it; marbles. kept in your purse when the with the half-humorous. wholly pOignant re monev was all o·one: );our mother's purse ~ret of Thackeray. IIis thoughts are e\·er knitted so fond!~ and supplied with a little 1m \' with the manner and ~emblance of a by bit of gold, long since-prodigal little son! o·on.e aae whose Aowered way he retraces so scattered among the wine-T mean among ~harmi~o-iy. "BodilY I may l)e in 1860, inert, brandy halls, open tarts. three-cornered puffs. silent, t~·pid. but it~ the spirit I am walking and si.milar abominatiom. You had a top and about in 1828, let us say ;-in a blue dres string; a knife; a piece of cobbler's wax: two coat and brass buttons, a sweet figured silk or three bullets; a little TT'arblcr"-where the waistcoat (which I button round a slim \\~aist li'it ends on a shrill note of pathos. For a with perfect ease), looking at beautiful thmgs knowlecJcre of boY-nature commend me to the with gigot leeves and tea-tray hats under paper 01~ "Tunb1;idgc Toys." IIow wistfully the cr~lclen chestnuts of the Tuileries ':' * Thackeray does look through the years at the ':' it is the old tale of Youth and Beauty \'Otmrrer ~self who had such zest in life, to and their coming together. Of this spring ~1'1101~ he returns in the yain hope of recap- time of life Thackeray is the special Eccles turing its charm! . . iaste ; he best can recall In other lines of mterest he ts hardly less "How 'twas gladsome, but often delightful. His itinerary abroad is inimitable Foolish. forsooth: for conveying the Yery atmosphere of the But gladsome, gladsome 1" places he Yi~its: Calais, with its first strange .\ passionate ]oye of boys, whom he can quality and foreign viands. "the supper at not exclude from his more serious book, but Quillacqs and the flayo:· of_ the cutlets and he must needs stay his narrative to describe wine:" dead Bruges, w1th tts shaded canals the fight of Cuff and Dobbin in Vanity Fair, and haunting chimes; quaint Holland and the or show their rosy cheeks and fresh young pictures of Reubens and Jan Steen. ------~--~----~------c
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.\s a critic of letters he nenr fails to he pillories the lesser Yices quite ,-olubly, charm. The pages are filled with divine pointing now a finger of . corn at those who chit-chat on the characters of fiction. Though chronicle small-beer, now lecturing the guilt~ the noye] of manners are mostly hi-; province. most knowing!~- "On being found out." In his real affinities are with the Romantics. ths connection it is characteristic that he ex h•anlzoc and 0 ucntin D 1/ll'i.l'O rd. T lzc T hrcc amples the scandal and hypocri y of . ociety Jfus!?ctccrs an~! J!ontc Clzristo-tales of stir in his clay from the forgotten proprieties of ring- life and deed-; of daring--he most affect childhood-the familiar Dlueheards, Ogres, eel. The famous tribute to Charlotte Dronte etc .. of long ago. and her work forms the most touching pages Tnciclentalh· we learn much of his own of the Papers. How faithfully in The Last foibles-his shrinking· from criticism, his dis S/;:ctclz she is featured for us: "I remember enchantment with the duties of the editor's the trembling little frame, the little hand, the chair. his emotional sensibility to any claim o-reat honest e\·es ':' ':' ':' * * on hi sympathies. Dut the 'cynicisn1 which ;:: ':' I fancied an au-,tere little Tnan of .\rc. with his character was charged is everywhere marching in upon us. and rebuki"ng our ea"y to seek; at most there is a chagrin which is li\'es, our easy morals. .\g-reat and hoi)- re\' hut the oll\·er~e of a pained g-ood-nature. enue of right and truth seemed to be with Rather. evervwhere are kindliness and tender her always." Though Thackeray did not ful ness which ~eem to \\'ell up from inexhausti fill his promi~e in the role of crll.Wr morlllll ble spring-s. These and a rare per. nnal qual 11 hich that earnest little lad\' had marked out ity almost rank the book with The Essays nf for him, nt from his pulj)it in the-,e pages F./ia of his favorite Saint Charles.
Miracles ICK of myself and all that keeps the light S Of the wide heayens away from me and mine. I climb this ledge. and by -this 11ind-S11·cpt pine Lingering. watch the coming of the night: 'J'i, eYer a Ill'\\' wonder to my sight. ~[en look to God for some mysterious sign. For other stars than such as nightly shine. For ome unwonted S) mbol of II is might. \\'ouldst sec a miracle not less than tlwsc The ~Iaster 11rought of old in Galilee? Come watch with me the azure turn to !"Cl'l' In yonder \Vest, the changing pageantry. The fading alps and archipelagoes. And spectral cities of the sunset-sea.
THO~IAS B.l\ILEY ALDRICli.
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A Letter from St. Catherine's OU haye asked me of St. Catherine's my new home, Y I would write you of our College if I could ; I would picture you the beauty of it all Of the meado~y and the garden and the wood. I would write YOU of our ~un1w autumn claYS, Of our wall~s down ]}y the- rinr-all tliat fills - Our li,·es with fondest memnrie~-~\Yeet and pure, nut my pen would feign portray the glow- ing hills. Oh, the sparkle of the sumhine, Oh, the beauty of the blue, Oh. the wealth of gold and crimson. Oh, the grandeur eyer ne\\", \\'hen October at St. Catherine's crowns the hills.
I would paint you all the beauty that I love, Of our spacious halls-of paintings rich and Show you every cosey bower had I words, rare, Show the hazels and the sumachs and the oaks, Of our quiet busy class rooms-pure and bright, Paint the mosses and the asters and the birds. C H our pleasant tasks, of friends both tried \\'ell I ]o,-e the c!O\·er walk beneath the and true, trees. ( )f teach~rs kind-most gladly would I wnte. And the little silYer pond with trickling rills, ]0\·e the shelves piled high with treasured books "\nd the ever-constant . pring still murmuring low, \\'ith precepts wise, to fit us bear life's ills, nut most of all I know I Joye the hills, EYery corner of it all is clear to me, nut my eyes forenr wander to the hills. Oh, the misty golden sunlight, Oh, the nenr-fading brightness, Oh, the ruby's richest hue, Oh, the shimmering sea of glory, Oh, the haze of green and gold, Oh, the brilliance of the scarlet, Oh, the distant terraced blue, Oh, the splendor all untold, \\'hen October at St. Catherine's crowns the hills! \\'hen October at St. Catherine's crowns the hills! - V. R.
--·------~------~~~~--~~~ -~--~ -·---- -' -~---'--~~' ------. .. •. ARISTON . •. •. . La Veuve du Loup .•. y LITTLE Eli~c. what is in the pond when all grew weary of fighting, and peace of .\gubeil?" was made. The Yol unteers. who had eryed M "Reed-blos~om-,, grandfather, that in the annie. of the Republic returned home. no child clare pick. and fish that no man clare the partisans of the king left the woods and catch." fields, and once again we began to hear the . ''Is that all. Elise)'' ,·oices of merry children re-echoing through . J "?\o, grandfather; there are dragon-flies the streets. with big green wings, frogs that croak all Elise' grandfather and the miller had be .. clay and all night. water-hens and big crow-., longed to different parties and had been en that fly without enr resting." emies for years. They had .:;o ught each other "Is there nothing else, dear?'' on the battle field but without success. So "Oh yes, grandfather, there is the ;,hadow it happened that on their return from the of the 'Veuyc: du Loup,' that goes and comes war. one eYening in the month of ::\fay, they hut never disappears." met just at the entrance to the woods, on "Yes. my little Elise. heware of that shadO\Y. the skirt" of a rocky ridg-e. The miller wore Xever pas~ by the pone!. or misfortune will he his uniform of grenadier, high g-aiters, gren fall you." adier's coat, and the tricolored cocacle on hi~ The child promised. EYen the grandfather larg-e felt hat. The royalist had a sprig- of himself, who was by trade a peddler, took care hawthorn in the buttonhole of his ve;,t. .\s to avoid the Yicinity of that wild spot, \\·here soon as they met they cocked their g-uns. death a\l'aitecl him and his famih·. ''Jean Fran,ois.'' cried the miller, "salute "\las! to what a distant and lamentable epoch me, for my party "·as victorious." • this carries us. I knew the \ 'euye du Loup "::.J either side was victorioth." said Fran as a Yen' old and much detested woman. GOis, pulling- his hat down over hi s ears. EYeryone. feared her. Old men turned aside "You take the right and T shall take the left. on the path as she passed, and little children Peace is made.'' ran crying to seek refuge in their mother's "Xot with me. You haYe spoken ill of my arms at the sight of this hard-featured, im \\·ife: you rejoiced when my mill was de perious. old lady, who al\\·ay-; hid herself in stroyed: you fired on my comrades." the folds of a black cloak whenever she left ".\ncl you on mine: we were at war.'' the house. \\'as this cloak worn through pov ''You haYe lost nothing. and you have con erty or as a sign of mourning? \\'ho could quered: I have lost everything- and I return tell? She was quite m.n.terious-this old home a beg-gar. Raise your hat!" woman. X o one ever extended a hand to "::.Jever to you." her; no one ever saluted her; no one ever thought of entering her house to see whether They raised their guns. .\t that moment she were dead or a! i \e. even though she had the miller's wife appeared on the hillock. She been mi'-'secl for \\·eek-. and months at a time. utered a cry of terror. nelow her. about forty steps domi the slope all green with foliag-e, .\ncl }Ct. at one time. the "Yeuve clu Loup'' had been a yery beautiful and good woman. t\\·n men were aiming at each other. She had 10\·c cl and married a miller whose mill. "Jean FranGoi !" she shrieked. . now ruined. raised its broken wooden wheel nut her cry wa<; lost in the noise of the .I aloft in the pone!. Xear the old mill the explosion. .\ wreath of moke mounted up .I \ 'em·e had built a hut which she now inhab from the hollow path. The g-renadier \\'as h· .I ited. The time of which I speak were then ing- on his back, his heart pierced by a ])lil .I troubled by war. ::\[en fought. some in the let . j-.1 last troops of the Royali ts, others in the Jean Franc;ois jumped OYer the adjacent •. I armies of the Republic. nut the da,· came hedge and escaped into the countn·. j:. o. I o. I •. I •. I •. I • .I o. I ...... [8] ARISTON '. . . \ frightful spectacle it was! Forty years home ami fo und her elf quite alone. She was '. . had passed, and the Yem·e clu Loup was still accustomed to this solitude, but on this day '.. there, filling with horror the cursed spot where of clays it seemed hard that her grandfather . the last shot of the great pea ant war was fired. had left her alone. She opened the package '.. The miller's wife, almost frantic after the containing the blessed bread she had brought r: death of her husband, erected a hut on the from church, and began to examine the three t·· ~ ~ ope of the hill, and haYing become unso tiny loa\'Cs which were made in the form of .I ciable and ugly from grief and misery, hacl star . r. ~ One for grandfather, she thought, one for • I lost eyen her former name. For the peasants, :I ~eeing her liYe as she did ancl remembering .\unt Gothon. For whom will the third be? . her husband's violent temper. neyer called her she reAected, having no one to trouble her • I . anything but the "\\'olf's \\'idow.'' She pil dreams. She felt her heart so big. so happy . • I . laged the fields for food and the woods for so pure, that she feared nothing. so she said c;ticks to burn; she poached like a man and to herself-For the \'euve du Loup. .~: threw out her fishing net like a fisherman. Immediately. without further reHection, she Rarely, and on ly when provisions were lacking took a cake. went out through the narrow path or when she had a choice piece to sell. did she ancl across the field of wheat. IIer veil caught eyer go to town. People beliend her capa on some thorny hushes, hut she pulled it ble of anything. becau-;e -;he nenr spoke of around her shou ld er~. and hurried on fear but one thing. . he said: "The miller is dead. le~sh ·. and Jean Fran.:;ois "·ill die. lie will fall where The old grandfather \\'as still drinking at the other fell. I haYe a bullet reserYed for the inn. Little E li ~e approached the pond him. \\'hen he will pa-;s before the pond of carrying her precious burden, climbed up the . Agubeil he will 'itay there. I hall not go hill m·er cracked and mosS\' stone~. reached I . elsewhere to kill him but T will kill him there the summit, descended the ·lope on the other I . -yes, him and his grandchildren.'' side and walked qui ckly until she reached the I . hut of the old witch, and . tood timidly before I For forty years the "\'eu\'C clu Loup'' . the door. She hesitated a moment, 11er heart I waited patiently to ha\'e her re,·enge. For ·1 this reason the peddler a,·oided the hill<;, which beating wildly, then pushed the door ajar and .' enclosed the pond, always returning by an said in her sweet childi sh wa\·: "Good morn ' other road to his little granddaughter, in ing, dear l\Iadame Y em· e." btit :\ [aclame \ T euye .' whom he had centered all his happiness. was absent. E li se looked around. In one . corner of the hut lay a fe"· pans for cooking, I • Little Elise at the age of ten made her first f·· Communion. \\'hat a glorious day it had been and ~eYCral bundles of herbs; in the opposite ~· . for her, when. clad in her little white gm,n. corner a gun, an old hat with a cockade, while . she went for the first time to receiYe her in front of the fire-place. where a cricket ,r:·, r. Lord! Her olcl grandfather had taken his chirped distractedly, tood the only other ar . place in the Yillage church that clay. and there ticle of furniture-a chair. •· •I• ,., r. as he contemplated his pale delicate little "I want ~Iaclame Yem·e to know that I . • Elise, bitter sorrow for the past and fear fnr have been here," said the little cherub, as she I• took her knife and with its point wrote the . r~ the future filled his heart. . The ceremony ended. little E li se returned fiye letters of her name on the star of blessed . .I . . home, accompariied by two women who \\·ere bread. Then a sense of uneasines'i filled her; . I . . going her way, while her old grandfather . the ~trang-eness in the look of the deserted hut . weary and sick at heart, entered an inn which and its umyonted quiet terrified her. and turn I.O was near bv. "Give me some old bottled ing she fled back to the home of her grand .. wine," he said, "and let me see if I am still father. .. young." "Grandfather, dear," she said, "I haYe just '. ~·. The wine driecj up his tears, and cheered been to see l\1adame Y em·e. I brotwht her a .. him, and in a short time made him forget tiny loaf of blessed bread." .. Elise. vVhen the old man, who had just then re . The child bv this time had reached her turned from the inn, heard this he turned .' .•. .' . .' ...... I • ~· •· '--Lo·'-'-"~~~6 • --· - · - ·. · - ---· ·-·--·------~~~·~~~-~~~----1.· ...... ------...
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a~ white as the hawthorn he had in the button falling into the pond of "\gubeil a woman is hole of his vest at the time of the oTeat war. going to slip between the bu hes, ancl that ~ ~ I'our months have passed. Little Elise con- the caprice of your little Elise is going to sumed by a raging fever lie motionle s on her cost you your I i fe. heel of pain. Jean Fran~ois smile no more. The old man is one who Ions. ::\ ot for one Jean Fran~ois drinks no more; he never moment does he slacken his speed. only instead leayes the floor-tiled room. where the minutes of approaching the pond by the road, he crosses are counted by the pantino- breath of the through the woods. clescencls the slope and child, who seems to wish to exhaust her life now stands in the broad moonlight on a nar by inhaling it quickly. .-\. breath hardly per row strip of Janel, which slight!)· touches the ceptible is heard more distinctly by the olcl calm clear waters. I. I man than the noise out doors. Oh. if the fever lie stretches out his hazel-rod; he looks would only cease! If Elise would only open for the silver fish. he perceives nothing Lut her eyes that he helcl so ob'itinatelv closed! a dim shadow gliding over the surface of the She has not spoken a word for a week. Her water. His heart flutters. he makes the sign little playmates approach her bed, and on their of the cro-;s, raises at random the net and young face he reads what he feels but dares plunges it rig-ht between two tufts of reeds. not think. Good-bye, little Elise, good-bye forever. The fever increases; no one dare-, The \ ' em·e du Loup is not sleeping. She enter now, the fever is too great. The old ha heard the noise in the woods and has seen him for whom ~he has waited . o long, the ~11an sits in his arm chair watching the even- 111g shadow stealing quietly over the pale murderer of her husband, the enemv that an face, which shows no sign of life, aye the inconceivable folly bring back to this place -;light breath that come from the parted lips. of unexpiated crime. Her heart leaps with It is midnight. A ray of moonlight Jipped joy. "You are caught at last," she savs to through the wnclow. and at the same moment herself. as she take-; clown her rusty g-llli. The weeds along the pond were so high that Elise opens her two white evelicls. The old I m~n bends ov~r the child, b{lt he recognizes Jean Fran~ois could not distinguish the clark neither the stmle, the brightness nor the joy crouching- form approaching the summit of the that is all hers; he only hears a sleep\· voice hill. She slips the barrel of the gun between I. • ~ay: "Grandfather, where are vou ?" · the sprigs of grass. points it towards the "Here, my darling. quite near )·ou." neighboring , hore. \\'hat a spectacle of hor "Grandfather. will you get me a sih·er fish ror for the angels! The Yem·e clu Loup is • from the pond of Agubeil? There is one aiming at her enemy. and is now touching right at the eclge, it has two reel wings. ami the tumbler of the weapon. f: it is pa-.,sing between the reeds. Go, grand nut at the moment when her finger was r. father. and get it for me. I shall he sand if about the pull the trigg-er the woman per I· I eat_ of the fish from the pond of .\guheil.'' cei,·es the stars twinkling in the water; they i· Elise closed her ens. She did not under cover it with their burning- Aames; thev en stand what Jean Fran~oi answered. She \'elop the sod on which Jean Fran~ois is stand ~: ng, and each one resembles the tiny loaf of j. only gave him one of those child-like smiles r. which plead and thank as if it were one and c~nsecratecl bread that little Elise h~d left on • the ame thing . the hearth in the poor little hut. Three times I• the Veuve clu Loup raised her g-un, then low The old man did not hesitate long. He il ered it. The third time Jean Fran<;ois caught went to the home of one of the neighbors j. the fish, seized it, and Red, leaving his net .j and a keel her to watch near the little ~uf in the reeds. ferer's becl I I I I I II I I I I I . ----·--·------[IO] ARISTON and round, fell, made a hole in the water and within range of my gun, but the reflection of \\·a~ lost to sight foreYer. the stars in the pond recalled too Yividly the Jean Fran<;ois hurried through the wood tiny loaf of consecrated bread "·hich the lit with the sih·er fish \\·hich wa to save his lit tle Elise had brought. :\[y heart failed me. tle granddaughter's life. Now I am good for nothing, take me." The next clay the \' euye du Loup left the The authorities of the home who thou~ht pond of . \gubeil and sought admittance in a that the \r euye · s mind wa" wandering took home for the aged. her in and gaYe her shelter. It was there that "Jam the \-em·e du Loup,'' she said, ''\Yho I learned of her death. has waited forty years to avenge the death of AFTER REXf~ ll.\ZTN. my husbancl. :\ly enemy came to the spot I I3Y l\L\RY 1\lcL\UGIILIN. had marked out for his death place, I saw him Aut1.11T1n Gold I L\T glimm'ring-, glt,tenmg gold W O'er \\·ood and meadow okamtn<> O'er plain and forc-.t old. " '=' In 'un!Jght s\\ iftl) qrcaming . •\l,t 1 this lu,lrous wealth Is e\·crywhcrc outpourcd Ih "\utumn's :.Iiclas hand ·For \\'inter·. mtscr hoard. C. E ------·- ~~~~~-~-~-~-~-~- ~- ~-~~~------~~~------~------~-~~· ~~~~~~------~ ARISTON A Royal Wedding I L\.T morning a new sun peeped over \\'hen the procession had ended, the feast the eastern horizon and li ghted up a was en·ed-the feast which the fairies of T world that had been created anew. field and flower and fruit had prepared. Tiny xe,·er before had the gra~ been so green, rose-petals were used as plates, while the nec the clew so bright. A.nd all this was because tar was drunk from the chali ces of lih·-of-the it was the "·edding morning of the queen vallev blossoms. And all the wh;le from of the Dewdrop fairies and the King of Sun the distance was heard the music of the ap beamlancl. proaching wind-fairies. Just as the banquet .\11 Dewdrop Land had gathered in the wide ended, they burst into the meadow and, with meadow to see the pageant which would fol mern· bluster commenced the dance of the low the marriage; for the ceremony itself wa<> fairies. performed, in accordance with fairy tradition, The K in g and Queen joined the sprightly in a large bubble at the bottom of the brook. throng, followed by their courtiers. Fairy Scarcely had the magic rite ended, when the wings wand and fluttered, fairy feet danced. bubble slowly ascended to the water's edge ancl sweet, clear fairy voices sang the ~ ong and bur~t, leaving the bridal party floating in of the Dewdrop Fairies: a tiny barge. Out into the foam to meet them came one of the King's gnomes. driving two "\\'hen t\\ilight softens o'er the world, \\'e dewdrop fays are singing; golden-winged butterflies hitched to a mother \Vhen daylight's standards all arc furled of-pearl chariot. In this they sailed through Our fairy hells are ringing. the air to the very center of the great meadow, where, on a clark-green clm·er-leaf, glittered The magic hells of Dewdrop Land a royal throne. IIere the King and Queen To mortal cars are dumb. were seated, while their courtiers grouped But when they call our merry band themseh·es about them on the leaf, or hovered \Ve spread our wings and come. in the air above them, forming a canopy with their gauzy. many-colored wings. \\' c fly o'er all the meadows green; \Ve ,·isit weed and flower: And now was heard the tinkle of fairv \\'hcre'cr is seen the moonlight's sheen music, and the first of the gay pageant ap Ts felt the dewdrop's power." peared. The procession was headed b~· the King's men-at-arms. mounted on fiery but Dut hoi\' long this fairy ~ong ,,·oulcl have terfly steeds and armed with burnished spears gone on will neYer be known, for -;udclenly into of sunlight. Then came the standard bearers the midst of the merry throng came the char of the two sovereigns carn·ing the pearl iot in which the King ancl Queen were to be standard of the Land of the Dewdrops beside wafted away to the Janel of the Sunbeams. the golden one of the Sunbeams. Close after They took their places, the Royal Cuard sur them marched the Queen's Royal Guards, rounded the chariot, an elfin horn sounclecl. brave with their opal armor and gleaming sil and the whole company rose into the air. lTp, ver spears. •\.nd at the very last came a com up, they floated until they were lost to ight pany of dancing fays holding aloft a butter in the fleecy ,,·hite cloud~. The royal wedding cup in whose chalice rested a shimmering was oyer. dewdrop. This was symbolical of the union CATIIERJNE ELLJOTT. between Dewdrop and Sunbeam. ········--- · ·--- - . ~- , ~- ~- ~-~-~-~-~- =- ==~==~= ·········································-·· ----·------ ARISTON Homer's Women liE world pictured by Homer in the turn. ( )ne evening as she sits \\'ea,·ing· a \\'eb Iliad and the Odyssey is more than of brilliant hues and li stening for his foot T old fashioned, it is enchanted, peo step, the shrieks of Yoices on the tower reach pled by va -;tly different men and \\·omen than her and make her fear that deadh· harm ha~ tho-,e met with in our clailv intercourse. It come to Priam's son. Shuttle ancf thread fall is a pleasant cliYersion no\\·-ancl then to steal from her hand. and she goes forth tremblin~· away from practical modern life to spend an in every limb. .-\t the wall gTief untold awaits hour with the heroines of that olden time. her. She swoons at the · sight of Heete r·, heroines who d\\·elt contented!\· ll\· their own body dragged at the chariot wheels of blood hearths. tending distaff anc\ hiom. anc\ caring thirsty .\chilies. Our last glimpse of .\n for little else than was fo und in their own dromache is in the home of Priam whither simple homes. Yet there is no lack of \'ariety they have brought the body of her husband. among these home-10\·ing women. They are In her lamentations she prophesies the fall of all Yigorously drawn and finely discriminated. Troy now that "the guardian of its wall s is .\gee\ Hecuba, youthful Xausicaa. gentle .\n dead." Hecuba and .\ndromache helong to dromache, faithful Penelope and fickle Helen that yast armY of noble women. fe\\· of whose are sketched with a convincing hand. names are recorded in song or story, but Hecuba is the deYotecl \\·i fe of Priam and \\·hose alutary inAuence io.; felt the world the Joying mother of Hector. She play-; only O\ er. a minor part in the Iliad yet \\"e cannot help \\'ith wife and mother weeping oyer the feeling that she is possessed of the -.ame dead hero is another type of womanhood. heroic temper which characterizes Ilector, the Helen-young, charming. graceful, incompar noble Trojan hero. Equall, prai-,e\\·orthy is ahl y beautiful Helen. If we judge her by II ector's wife. . \ndromache. "the model of the standards of wife and mother appli ed to perfect wifehood and of pure \\·omanhood.'' IIecuha and .\ndromache we shall find her \\'e see thi.;; JoyeJv woman for the first time sadly wanting. nut to regard her from only near the Seaean Gate whither she hao; gone this point of Yiew is to be unfair to llomer \Yith her infant son in quest of her noble hus and the early Greeks. They regarded beauty band. I I ector finclo.; her there. and one of the as sacred. and Helen's beauty was so aclmir most touching scenes in Homer follow". In abh· conceind hy the Attic poet that cen yain she plead<> with him to remain within turie<. haYe not been able to dim ih luster. the walls lest hi;, too great ya]or cause his She. for \\hom Greek-, and Trojans strove on death. Her anxiety for him. for her hahe and the windy plain of Ilium, was a yio.;ion of for herself is pathetic in the extreme. and at lovelineo.;s m·er \\·hom hoyered the divine the same time goes to show the tender rela o.;pirit of beauty. protecting her from the taunts tions existing between her and Hector. "No of men and serving as a passport to camp and where in the story doe-; the Trojan prince re council chamber. Yet sacred as her beauty cein higher praise than that bestowed upon is. it cannot stiAe conscience, and in her bet him by his beautiful wife in her pJssionate ter moments she regrets that -,he is not good outbur-,t before she bicls him a final farewell: as \Yell ao.; beautiful. ''I am lost to -,hame and "Hector. thou art father and clear mother the cauo.;e of many ills. \\'ould that some vio now to me. and brother, and my youthful lent blast when f was born had whirled me to spouse be ide." · the mountain wilds. or \\·a,·ec; of the hoarse Hector departed for the \\ ar. and his wife sea that they might swall ow me ere deeds like goes back to her o\\·n home where she watches these were clone.'' tenderly over her baby ho\· while anxiously In her repentant moods she bewails the fate " ·aiting and longing for her husband's re- that has taken her from :\Ienelaus and giyen ---· ... ·-- ... --·-·-·... --·-·--·---·---·-·... ·-·-·-- ...... ------...... --- ... ------...... ------.- ... -...... ' ...... ARISTON her for 11Usband the irresolute and effeminate Penelope whose queenly dignity and bright . Paris. \Ye sorrow with Hecuba in the los intellect fit her for companionship with the .. of her son. with Andromache in the death great-hearted and high-minded Odysseus. In ..' of a husband who was "father, mother, and tense lo\'e of home and husband is the domi ... brother to her,'' nor can we help feeling a mo nating trait in her character. She is deaf to .. mentary grief for beautiful Helen. whoc,e re the flattery of the wooer ancl deep! y pained . pentant mood is short-liYed as our grief. "I at the mere thought of being compell ed to bewail thee and myself at once, unhappy me! leaye her beautiful home and her lond Ithaca. .. For now I haYe no friend in all wide Tro\'. nut this pa.,sionate ]oye of home i'i subordinate .. none to be kind to me: thn hate me all~., to her loYe for Oclys eus. During twenty •. \\'ith this dual lament Helen's life in the "Il years of waiting her constancy neyer waver!". .. iad'' is ended. Da ,. after da \' she sits b,· her loom and into .• Her beauty of face and form has -,uffered the. warp ancl woof wea\·es dreams of her no diminution during the ten years which lord\ return, and at the same time im·eni'i elapse ere we meet her again in the Odyssey. -.chemes for the undoing of the wooer"> ancl This time he is in the home of }.[enelaus the putting off of the eYi l day when she shall where she presided with all the queen-like dig he forced to choose another husband. In his nity of an innocent woman. a dc\'uted and creation of Penelope Ilomer does not for a corlstant wife. In her reception of Tele moment forget that he is a worshipper of machus she is hospitable and entertaining. heauty. In personal charm she cloes not com The young man li stens with deepest interest pare with IIelen, but the beauty of her char to her stories of the exploits of ()(1\·sseus and acter is exceedingly fascinating. In endur the fall of Tro\·. ~or does she heo.;itate to re a nce and perse,·erance she is the superior of fer to her O\\~n questionable career e\'en in Odysseus, "the astute. enduring and perse the hearing of :\Ienelaus. who sits proudly by vering" hero of the Odyssey. hanging on her word..; and '>eemingly forgetful The enchantress Circe and the goddess Ca of the years of anguish endured on her ac lypso are responsible for much of !'en elope·,., count. T he possession of so much beauty is sorrow and for the lengthening of her year, recompense enough for a lifetime of sorrow. of widowhood. Calypso's lo\'e for ( )dysscus \\'hen Telemachus is about to depart from the makes him a prisoner in her island home. a marvellou. palace of the "fosterling of Zeus," \'eritahle paradise. before which nen ITcrmcs pauses in wonder. admiration and delight. ~ Helen presents him '' ith a costly robe made •. by her own delicate fingers and fashioned for Tiere is heard the ]i,·e long clay the music of . Calypso's melodious Yoice to which she times .. his bride when he desires to marn·. IT ere. as .• always. she is tactful. generou-s, gracious. her golden shuttle. and with which she fain .• That she is fickle i-; no fault of her'. "\phro would lure Odysseus and make him forget .. dite must bear that burden of guilt. In Glad Ithaca and Penelope. Like Helen. Calypso .• -;tone's stud\· of Helen he says, ''\Yith the in has extraordinary beauty. Odysseus. weeping .• firmity of j)urpose which cl1equered her ca for wife and home cannot refrain from pay .. reer, she unites not onl y grace and kindliness . ing tribute to her charms: ''The sage Pene .. but a deep humility and a peculiar self con lope in feature and in stature come-; not nigh .• demnation which came nearer to Christian to thee. for she is mortal-deathle'>s thou and . repentance than anything that has come clown ner young. lloth Circe and Cal~-pso arc with the ancient learning." Homer and the creatures of another world, hut the,· do not Greeks were untroubled with ethical questions seem out of place in the Odyssey ,~ · here the about Helen who was to them the incarnation supernatural and the man·ellous play so prom of divine beaut,·. IIer face it was, "That inent a part. Calypso is the more mysterious launched a thousand ships and burnt the top and attractiye of the two, but like the dwellers less tower of Ilium." And that same face has on Olympus she i'> sen ual. em·ious and re .. inspired the singers of eyery age and Janel \'engeful. to lay tributes at her shrine. Only two more women of note remain to be "\ perfect contrast to Ilelen is found in mentioned. These are "\rete, queen of the .. . · ------·----·-~--,--~·~&&~~~~~~~~-~-~- ~- ~- ~-~-~-~-~- ~- ~---~-~-~------.------~- ~- ~- ~- -~-~-~-~- ~- ~-~-~ ;------_;-~;-o------. · ~~~~~~-~------M ------.,. •"' •• • a a a a a AAIIIL.e.._J e_ • ••••• ..• .• '. . '. . [q] ARISTON '. . . J>haeacians and her charming daughter 1\au re~en·e, girlish simplicity and naturalnes~ are ''. :-icaa. They liYe in the palace of Alcinou truly fa' cinating. Helen's beauty, .\nclrom '' which i~ luxurious heyoncl anything that we ache's sweetness, Penelope's prudence are .' .. can imagine. yet they are untainted by the all hers. and with these qualities are united a •.I :-oftness and Yoluptuousness of the court. Sy purity, freshness and lig-ht heartedness which r .~ monds liken" :\au<;icaa to a blo"som, a lily tend to make her the most charming and real g-ro,,·ing- on the mountain "ide. IIer maidenly of Homer's heroine'-'. .f.:l :\L\RIE IIOD.\PP . .. .. Vineta . \ legend tell" that off the coast of the island Ri.igen the tops of ;.unken church-to11- ns ... till show where once stood the beautiful city \"ineta, and many a one has on a Sunday lllorning heard the chimes of the bells. From out the ocean's deep, ])rl\\n, do\\n the ctly sank. 1t seems From out my heart'~ deep depths there ~tc;tls Beneath the ocean\ smlling wa\"\!> Soft strams a~ of a muffled bell. Into the mermaid-haunted ca,·es \\'hose notes the wondrous tidings tell \\' here now each golden spire still gleams. Of a lo\·e my heart must eyer feel. I. .\ glancing light and a shimmenng shct:n Oft in the tmrror of Ill\" dreams Flash nut in e\·ening·~ golden glm\· .\Jlllears that city passing fair: Close to the cliff the '->aiJor, n>\\ ller towers beneath a sea's dark lair \\'hen e'er appears the fairy '->Ccne. .\glow like heayen's golden gleams. • I . . \h. fain mJUid I sink to the ocean's bed, :\nd rest 'mong homes all free from care For angels' Yoices call me there To that old, old city long. long dead. \FTER WILHEDI ..\lULLER. BY GLADYS TIIORST.\D. i:. •I •. •. .' ARISTON Our Angel Friends "There is no lack of angel carriers self to he Raphael. the Healing of God, the \\'hen mortals post to God their fen·cnt Jlraycr, .rreat ,\no·el of the \Yadarer. .\nd these arc happy in their work for sttll I hey find their heaven in doing the Father's \\'ill." "' It is s~id this huma;1-hearted seraph oft returns to the good and friendly still and fc;>r CCORDIXG to a Hebrew legend God all wanderers anxiou mothers wlll say thts wishing to presen·e the ministering .\n prayer: . A gels from taint of jealou y gave to "The holy angel of t_he Lord he w1th you them names composed of His own Holy Xame in vour journey and bnng you through safe, '. ancl the special commission entrusted to the ' that you ma ,- find all things well." ~ · angel; so that the name of eYery ang~l d~ O{ all the auxiliaries of Heaven none has . pcnded on his mission and vaned _w1th _1t. ' had so frequent or such important _n~issions to . Each angel bore on his heart a tablet 111 wh1ch men as c;abriel, the angel ot good t1dmgs. He r. the name of God and the name of the angel came to Daniel to relate to him the re~toration were combined. How beautifullv is the legend of Jerusalem; to Zachary to an1_10unce the horne out in Raphael,-the Heiding of God; birth of the Precursor. How patiently must 1: ::\Iichael,-Who is like God' Gahriel,-Hero this o·entle spirit have \Yaited for the inter of God. venin~ months to pass. Then at the first sign I The storv of Raphael forever a-,sociated from the ( )mnipotent the graciou~ messenger with the younger Tobias is full of charm for sped earthward clown to that small house of us who believe in the sen·ices rendered by -::-\ azareth ; stood before her whom he had angels to mankind. Hanel in hand with the loved and watched over, veiled his radiant face anrrel the voung man traversed the long route with his puhing pinions at~d hailed her, "full to the co{mtn· of the ::\ Iedes where in obe • of grace." All heaven wa1tecl on the ar~swer dience to his- father\ order he collected the r. to that rrreetino·.-"Dehold the handmatd of ten talents of si lnr that had been loaned to ,.., ,.., h 1 r the Lord." Gabriel's message has ec oec . Gabelu.. During the journey whi!e the. tw_o down the centurie~ bearing strength a_nd r. travelers lodged one night hy the m·er Tig~Is peace to human he a r~s. The J e~\'S hac! a s~nk r. a monstrous fish came toward them. From Jt, . ino- savino·: "Gabnel Ate. w1th two wmgs . through the . \ngel' s suggestion, Tol?ias took lnrt with one; so God is swift in send the healino· medicines that at a later tJme were ::\ficha~l ing angels of peace and joy, of whi~h hless~cl to bring to the eyes of his blind old l~ealing company (;ahriel i-; the representatn·_e, whde father,-the Elder Tobias. Xor i-., the story the messeno·er of Hi-., wrath and pumshment, without a tinge of romance, for hearkening among :\[ichael holds a chief place, to the •\ngel '..; bidding Tobias secured _a nC?ble wh~m comes slow h-.'' and devoted wife. the daughter of h1s kms J\1ichael iike unto God was the captain man, Raguel. n·eneral and leader of the heavenly host; the Presen'th· the mother of the Pilgrim, from her station- on the hill, saw her boy returning. ~rotcctor of the Hebrew nation and conquer?r of the hosts of evil. It is difficult to clothe 111 Swiftly she ran to acquaint. his father ~nd adec1uate lano-uao·e the divine attributes with both hastened to welcome their son. The JOY which paintingh and"' poetry have mnste~• 1 ~ I1at of the home-coming was made perfect hy the wonderful cure of the father\ sightless eyes. illustrious "\rchangel. Jews and Chnstians agree in giving him the pre-eminence over The household wa filled with deepe5t grati all created spirits: "l\Iichael was a watch tude toward the angelic comrade who all the while had appeared in the guise of a young word or challenge to all idolatry: "\Vho is like God?'' man. "'Who like the Lord.' thunders l\1ichael the chief! Then came the que tion of how to reward Raphael, 'The Care of God' comforteth gncf: in a fitting way the beneficent guide.. \Vel! And as at Nazareth, Prophet of Peace, might the good peopl~ be oyerawed \\'lth r_ev Gabriel, 'The light of God,' bringeth release." erence when the seemmg fnend declared him- LORENE HARDESTY. ARISTON A Political Game (lT long ago. \\'hile riding on a. "treet stick your pin in the \\'all where,·er _it hap car, l cwerheard a man companng the pens to touch. The man whose name 1s near N cmwer-.ation of \\'omen \l·ith that of e-.;t the pin is your candidate. men. I faying -;ettlecl thi-. important matter, you "\\"omen." he said. "talk about nothing but may proceed to the polls. It would be \\·ell. dre-,-., or their neighbor'>, while men ha\'e hcl\\·e\ cr. before setting out, to carefully stuff games. and politic-. ... and I heard no more. nmr ear-; with cotton and put on dark glasses. hut that scrap of coll\·ersation has stuck like ~l'hese precautiom will protect you from all a burr in my mind. \\' hy did he say, "games dang-er of g-etting your judgment h1ased _on and politics?" To me it seems that politics the \\"a\'. ] laYing ca'>t your hcmest and In i-., itself a gigantic game in "·hich only the telligent vote, you may put your mind t_o sleep most skillful players can he successful. until next election. This plan. if consistently lt seems, on the whole, to be a Yery inter pursued, would enntually rid the world of e-.ting game. ( )f course there are times when that !Jane of politic : campaign oratory. it gets monotonou-.;. Sometimes a man will 1\ut. if campaign oratory i-.; ridiculous, cam -,poi! the fun hy tr: ing to be "it" all the paign literature is worse than. ridicul~us. It time. nut such people -.;oon learn better, and i-.;, as far as 1 can see, a th111g wh1ch has the game continue-;. Like all men's sports, really no excuse for exi tence. To me it it is acco1~1panied by a great deal of unneces -,een;s that it would be much easier and more san· noi-,e. Campaign oratory thunders from economical to '-imply giYe the political record e\ e.ry side. of each candidate and state the principles of \ \·. e all respect campaign orator: : it is a the party nominating him. The a\·erage voter time-honored institution. _\nd then it is so would know just as well what to expect a" , en instructive! It is so interesting and en he does now, when e,·ery candidate 1s linlitenino· to learn which part\' is entirely com hranclecl as a liar hy all the others. p~sed liar-;, robbers, anc.l grafters. and of But these noises, like the routing· at a "hich embraces all the hraYc, hone-.;t and noble ha-.ehall game. are nut really necessary t~> _the men in the c<>Untn·! Hut then. haYing learned -.port. They only make it more exe1t111g. hcl\\ one party always protected the \vidow ha~ To an ordinan· individual thi-. would -;eem ancl orphan and gi,·en all it hac! to the poor, like adding spfce to ginger-tea. But politi it is a little di-.,concerting to hear on the next cian-, are not. generally speaking, ordinary corner, a man. who declares that hi-; opinions inc]i,·icluals. "\ politician /oo/,'s harmles are perfectly honest and unhi~sed and defic-.; enough : he eats. and talks, and walks like the world to deny it. proclaim111g that all the other people. Hut if you are so unfortunate troubles the country has suffered for the last as to mention politics in his hearing, he ex fi fh· years, are clue to that ycry party. One plodes. If you have happened to approve of is apt to get muclclled b:· these conAicting re- the party to which he i-. opposed. the safest ports. . thing for you to do is to gi,·e him his head If \OU would steer a -.tra1ght cour-,e through and watch your chance to slip out. Once safe the J)olitical ..,torm. do not let yourse~f be in out-;icle YOU can sit dom1 and try to regain lluenced by campaign oratory. Ilere 1s a plan \OUr breath. "\ncl when rou ha,·e rested a "hich 1 belieYe tn he a-, -.en-.;ible as the one iittle you will begin to thitlk, and to wonder in use, and clecideclly more original. On elec \\·hat ·there is so intensely intere-;ting in the tion morning pin up the name-; o~ all the candi great g-ame of politic". dates on your wall. Go back 'iiX paces, take a pin, -;Jiut your eyes, hold!:· advance. and .\ YOl.1TTTFUL S.\TfRIST. ARISTON [17] A Legend of the Rhine \'E:\' from a great distance, one sees the ~tra n ge youth came. I le was girt ,,·ith a E tower on the bank~ of the Ehine, tlw golden sword and carried a hunting horn in gilded summit with the swan thereon hi~ hand. He had a man·ell ous "hield em which recalls the legend of Lohengrin. Loh blazoned with eight golden sceptres. The engrin! At the word, the lonr of ~ong re yo uth sat in a small boat drawn IJ\ a swan members the beautiful poem, the musician ~,·hich wore a si!Yer chain about ib tieck. l Tis hears the melodious "train~ of the \Yagnerian name \\·as Heh·as. and he had come from the Opera, while the Romantici~t "ees in yision a mountain whe;·e d\\·e lt \"entl'i, the wonderful multitude of lovely ,,·omen and braye knight-,. ( ;c)(ldess of LoY e. Lohengrin wa'-', hm,·eyer, just like the :\ib . \" "oon as Beatrice caught sight of the elungenlied, originall y a Rheni-;J1 legend, a fic "tranger, she hastened clown to the Rhine, for tion of. popular fane\". . \nd are the master she recognized the knight of her dreams. li e poems of all time" atiything eJ..,e hut legends? stepped on shore, sank on one knee before the Jiomer learned the secret of hi" song by listen lm el) g irl and addressed her tints: "I han ing to the people, and the story of Faust was come to help you." Immediately he heg·an to told for a thousand nar" before Coethe conquer her enemies, and when they \\"ere touched it with hi " magic pen and into the o\·ercome lleh·as married neatrice. J~efore legend wove the highe"t human ideaJi..,m. the marriage he said to her: "Promise me Those JoyeJy sagas, \\·hich today we call ).Iyth ne\'er to question me concerning my birth, nnr ology, fir t originated in the heart~ of the peo about the country whence I ha\'e come." She ple and were handed on from generation to promised nenr to speak of it and they liHd generation through the ages. Such a story as happily for many years. . \nd three stalwart this was Lohengrin. sons, Diederich. Gottfried and Konrad blessed Indeed the heroic deeds of this chi,·alrotts their home. vouth, the dream\· ion of devout Elsa, the Tt \\·as now the reig-n of the g-reat emperor ;,,ystery of the Holy Grail, please our modern Theodosius. lie loncl the hra\'e Ileh·as and taste more in the sublime \\·ords of music than made him a Count. Twenty-one years had in the simple tale of an old dame. and that passed since the marriage of the warrior. ( )ne rightly; but if the people had not first im·ented clay Beatrice said to him, "Dear, nw Lord. wh\ the legend, these modern art creations would lll [I 8) ARISTON thoughts and feelings kept crowding on my A RISTON mind and weighing down my spirit a vaca tion drew to a close, and return to school f'ubl1sh,d Ezwy Quarter by the College of Sai11t seemed inevitable. CaliiCI'IIC, Ha11dolph Street and Clcvclalld rlvenue, In such a frame of mind I returned to SaUlt Paul, ,1fi11ucsota. school, ill at ease, dissatisfied with nw elf, ancl SubJCription prepared and expecting- to be eli ssatisfied with One Dollar per year. Twenty-five cents per copy, other'. Ilo\\'eYCr, whether it wa the delight ful and im·ig-orating- afternoon of September l ~d itors: ninth; the beautiful and charming view which dear St. Catherine ·s presented as I neared my :\f.\RGL:E!UTE :\lc(CSKER destination; the true and warm \\'elcome \\'ith ( ;EI{THCOE :\L\LLOY ,,·hich I was received bv the kind Sister ; or, :\L\R(; \RET C\R:'\EL it may have been the mag-ic of the \\'hole com :\l.\RY :\{CL\l·(;IILI :-; bined, for suddenly and unexpectedly I found C .\THI,IU:'\E ELLIOT myself feeling- at home and truly g-lad to be EFFIE .-\sn hack among- my teachers and companions ETHEL AT\\ ()()J) again. St. Catherine's looked more charming .:\0!{.\ C.\SEY than ever. The woods, clothed in all the f.LOREXlE FL.\:\.\(;.\,'\ varying tints of September hue, \\'ere at their ( ;EHTRCDE I IEXRllll best, and the .:\ ovitiate close at hand added a :\ L\RY PEERlH )():\[ charm of its 0\\'11. LoHETT.\ rowERS It \\'as with deep pleasure and satisfaction Cr..\IRE Rc.\XE that I found only one mis-,ing from our staff . lssista11t Editors: of teachers, and that one away on a well THE FRESII:\L\X CL.\SS deserved vear's leave of absence. \\'ith keen intere<;t aticl delig-ht I noted the return of al Financial Editors: most all of our former pupils and a goodly TIIE AC.\DE:\!IC CL.\SS OF FJ13 num her of new ones. Once settled do,,·n to study and serious re St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15, 1912 flection, even the most thoughtless cannot but rejoice that she is being educated in a school the very atmosphere of \\'hich is purity and truth; that she is being- loving-ly \\'atched over Return to School by souls consecrated to the work. Surely the eeds nf knowledg-e sown in such a school. E.:\ whole weeks of vacation have ,,·atered by the de\\'s of virtue, \\'ill g-row strong already passed. \Yeeb. when ,,.e were and vigorous in the sunshine of God's grace. T free to have a g-ood time with no fear Let this he the motto for enn· St. Catherine's of after-reg-rets. illany and joyful were the g-irl during- the coming year:- trips made by motor, and delig-htful and in tere-ting- was the month . pent at the lake. "Look well. and take good heed to the ending; Little ,,·onder that it was with no light heart Be you ne\"(:r so gay." and bright smile that I greeted the announce LL'CY B.\RRY. ment. "Get readv for school,'' and often I asked myself if -all school g-irls experienced the same stifling- sen--ation that seized me at St. Joseph's Academy that command. E\'ER before have the prospect<; at St. Dack ag-ain to Colleg-e, back ag-ain to the Joseph' been so brig-ht and the en s:1me daily g-rind of long-, tedious, monotonous N rollment so large. The first day of school-life; destined to sleep, eat and perform school three hundred and thirty pupils regis each action of the clay at, and only at, the sound tered; now the number is fast approaching of the bell! These and still more tiresome the four hundred mark. ------ ARISTON The former students of the . \cademv found \Yhat wonder, then, "·ith skilled teacher; many changes when they returned to school and uch plea~ant surroundings that the num this eptember. Olcl cla<.s-room had been her of pupil~ i. increasing rapidly as the years made larger: new laboratories \\'ere ready for go on! The . \RISTO X extends si ncerest enthusiastic workers, and capacious new steel wishes of success fnr the school year of 101~- lockers were waiting to be used. '13. . A Song Recital ~ S CXDAY, October twenty-<;eventh, which desen·e -.pec ial mention were, JI car the College girls, at the inv-itation of ]'c, Israel and .l<•c .l!aria, sung by ~[i-.;s \Yin 0 ~[other Provincial, attended a song re ston and :\ rr. Eckhert . cital at St. Joseph's A.caclemy, and spent a most • \fter the recital the guests partook of enjoyable afternoon. The numbers were ren hountiful refreshment-,, senecl in the latelv re dered by a quintette comprising :\lr. Ed;:hert, modeled refectory. and then went to the· par bass: ~ li s<; \\'in<;ton, oprano: ~[iss Ste\·ens, lor. where a mo..,t cordial greeting was given contralto: ~Ir. Elmquist, tenor: and ~[iss .\n them hv ~[other Pro\'incial. Thev returned dcrson, second soprano. The singers had an home feeling that the afternoon· had been able accompanist in ~Iiss Godkin. :\lost of pleasantly and profitably spent. the selections \\·ere taken from ~fencleJ...sohn's DOROTHY WRTGlTT. Oratorio, Elijah. .\mong the numbers Violin Recital X OCT( mER twenty-eighth ~I iss bert Club, accompanied ~Jis~ Taylor \\'ith feel Louise Taylor, violinist. accompanied ing and thought. The enning- \\'as truly an 0 on the piano by ~Ii-,s Certrucle Hall, enjoyable one for all. entertained the facultv and students of St. Sonata, Op. 8 (three nlOI'l'lllcnh) Catherine's. :\Iis Ta}·lor is a prominent vio Gricg .\clagio Rics linist in St. Paul, and we enjoyed her playing 1 I umoreskr !Jz•orak I verv much. The manner in ,,-hich she ren The La<;t Token (Reading) II'T//ial/1 . I. nato// r. clerecl the sweet, weird music of the Grieg Cladys Thnr-,tad. r. Sollafa, and the fantastic strains of Hauser's ' Rhapsody. proved her skill and ability as a Air on G String Bach j. Hungarian Rhapsody !lauscr j, player. The quaint, tripping, ela~tic music of the Hunzoreskc, and the Gm•ottc made every ~Ieditation JJ llSSCIIC/ eye sparkle and the pulse. thrill to the rhythm. Ga,·ottc Gosser :\fiss Hall, the former pre-;ident of the Schu- G\\Tt\l)OLYX KR \'US. ------·------· ------~~~~~~~------~-~~- -~ ····· .• . . ARISTON Palestine :\ \\'EDXESD.\ Y cyening, October the to prnclaim to sinful man the awful wrath of .I ninth, our Lecture Course had a most an offended Cod, held a pecial interest for .' 0 fa,·orabie opening when R.e\·. Thomas ~ome. The bleak and rugged heights where I J. Cihhons gave one of his charming and in our Hles~ed Lord spent his forty days of fast . structive lectures on Palestine. \\'ith the aiel posse-,sed a sad charm for others. The yalley f:: of ..,tereopticon vie"'" the Reverend Father \Y11ere . \braham and his kinsman, Lot, come took us on a delightful tour to that land of to th~ parting of the ways was not among the [: hoi _, memorie..,, and in a graphic manner re least channing. "If thou wilt go to the left . lated mam· of those \\·onderful and nl\·-,te rious hand, 1 ,,·ill take the right: if thou choose the .. events wl~ich haYe rendered and will fnre,·er right. l ,,·ill pass to the left." A view of .. render those places sacred. Jericho a-, it is today-a Yi llage of miserable I leginning with the country around Jericho, huts-contrasted ,,·ith what it once was, so f: where the descendant-; of I "mael-the rO\·ing yj,·idly pictured by our amiable guide, was not 1\edouins-still dwell. we pas-,ecl on through without its lesson as to the nothingne~s of the picturesque Yalley and m·cr arid plain, catch thing~ of time. f: ing- glimpses here ancl there of the Jordan as Bet ham·, at the foot of :-Iount ( )livet it rushes on in its headlong course only to Bethany. ·where Jesus, footsore and weary, plunge at last into the lifele~s \\·ater. of the could ever rely upon a gracious welcome Deacl , ea. and not until the holy places of the Bethany, where the eager :-Iartha was assured hoh· city of Terusalem hac! been Yisited dicl that :-rary had chosen the better part, awak \\'e 'end our jo-urney. It \\'as truly a delightful ened our most tender affections when the trip and enclecl only too soon. touching story was recalled. Our kincl guicle first called our attention to Before entering the IIoly City we had a . I the strange topography of the Jordan nlley. view of its several gates. The golden gate we . I found closed and barred. sealed and sentineled The striking features of this yalley are its 1: rapid descent and great depres-,ion at its '-Outh becau-,e of a :-Iohammedan prophecy that the I, ern point. In the comparatively -,hort distance U11·isti;m~ will one dav take the city hY wav of I, of some seyenty miles it fall-, from ten thou thi-, ~ate .\J,d then-in the lloly.City, laden sand feet aho~·e sea \eye] tu t\\·enty-three with sacred memories, we realized what a priv ' thousand feet below. Xo other countn; in the ilege it must be to visit it in reality. r: \\'Oriel has a formation so remarkable: just as . \ fn\· years ago Re,·. Father Gibbons made '•. no other countn· in the world \\'aS clestinecl to a prolonged pilgrimage to that far-away he the scene of ·so many wonderful events. Land of Tuda. and the fen·or and enthusiasm \mong the many landscapes -,een, about witi• which he speaks of all its holy places are r: every one of which cluster a thousand mem quite contagious. :1'\ot one of us pre.ent at the orie~. it would be impos-,ihle to choose the most lecture hut was filled with a great de ire to intere"ting. The lonely -,bores of the Dead transform our imaginary journey into a real ~c:t, \\·hose heavy. moaning waters seem e\·er one. -IRE~E CASEY. . I• ______.,_ - ~ - ~------~~ ------~·------...... • ..' ....' ARISTON ..' ..' Sisters and pupils, extended thanks to the ... A Memorable Visit v1sttor for their words of prai e. Before .' ..• HE monotonv of our school life was leaving us the Bishops bestowed upon us their . blessing and granted us a free clay. ' pleasantly it~t e rrupt ed on Friday, Oc .. T tober eighteen, by four illustriou visi ELOISE B.\RRETT. .' tors, the Right Re,·erend "i\1athew Harkins, of ... Providence, R. I.; Right Reverend L. S. . ·walsh, of Portland, l\Iaine; Right Reverend Notable Visitors ... James :\IcGolrick, of Duluth, and Right Rev . HE :\Iost Re,·erencl . \rchbishop Ireland, .. erend J. J. Lawler, of St. Paul. . Bi hop :\IcGolrick, in his genial manner, in T the Right Re,·erend Bishop O'Reill~ - . .. troduced the visitor . The first to peak was of Fargo; the Right Reverend Bishop .. Bishop Harkins, a man long connected \vith Heffron, of \\'inona, and the Right Reverend .. sc hooL and co ll eges in the East. The Bishop Bishop Lawler were the honored guests of t. spoke of his pleasant visit in St. Paul, as the Catherin e's during September. guesr of our clear Archbishop, whom he had O n Sundav, the nineteenth of October, the met while a student in Rome. Bishop Har students of the Coll ege were clelightecl with a kiu~ closed hi little talk by wishing every good Yisit from the :\lost Reverend Archbishop thing and hie._ ings for u al l. Redwood, of X ew Zealand, and l\ Ion signor Bi hop \\'alsh, at one time Supen·isor of Reardon, the Chaplain of the ~ovitiate. Be Schools of Boston, now Bishop of Portland, side. gi,·ing us an interesting lecture on the wa the next to speak. The Bi<.hop began by people and the customs of the Friendly telling u that twenty-three years ago he sat Islands, Archbishop Redwood played several on the veranda of the Cathedral residence and selections on his rare old violin. li stened to Archbishop Ireland tell of his hopes and dreams for this cit v. Then he reviewed The :\[ost Reverend Archbi~hop Druchesi. brieRy the growth of Catholi cism in "0J ew Eng passing through the city on his return trip to lancl. He aid that the first .\ caclemy for girls l\Iontreal after an extended tour of the \Vest. in New England, opened in 182(), was a total spent a few moment at t. Catherine' on Sat fai lure on account of the poverty of the Cath urday, NoYember the second. oli c people and the antagonism of others. A The Reverend J. T. Roache, LL.D., of To few years later another school was started, ronto, accompanied by Reyerend Father John only ·to be burned to the ground. Then for .\. Rvan, D.D., and the ReYerend James Rear manv years there \\'ere no school . After the don, was entertained at the College during his Civil \Yar a new era opened, and ince that brief stay in St. Paul. . time schools, academies and collegec; have .. grown up rapidly. Now in the Catholi c The Reyerencl :\I. J. Ca ey, of Beardsley; .• schools of Boston alone there are fortv-five the Reverend T. :\Ioore, of \Vaverh·. and the .. thousand children and twent\·-two Reli~6ous Reverend James E. Doyle, of Greer! Isle, vis .. Communities. T he Bishop also spoke of his ited St. Catherine's during October. .• consecration, which wa. just six years ago, Reverend Father Yany, of ?'\ew Brighton, is . and expressed pleasure at being able to cele a frequent caller at the College now that he has r: brate hi anniversary in thi , the most beauti a sister among our students. r: fu l city of the West. In closing, Bishop Walsh '. . During the summer months St. Catherine's ' . extended his good wishes for our future suc . ce s, praying that God would bless us and welcomed the following vi itors : four Sisters r·: make u worthy jewels and gems of our great of the Holy ~ ame from Portland, Oregon; . two Ursuline Sisters from Aix-la-Chapelle, ' . \rch bishop. .. Germany, and four Sisters of l\Iercy from St. \Ve needed no introduction to our own r: Xavier's, Chicago. '. . Bishop Lawler, who always has the happy . fac ulty of doing and saving the rie-ht thin<;; at On their return trip from the Rocky Moun '. . the right time. The Bishop, in behalf of the tains and Yellowstone Park, Si ter Helen Rita '. . ' . . ' . '. . . ' . . '. . ARISTON and Sister Esther :\Iarie, of Convent Station, :\lis :\label Ouinn visited friends for a short ~pent a day ~eeing- the beauties around St. Paul time while en -route for the Stout Training and Yisiting- the Si~ters at ~ t. Catherine's. School. HELEN KELLY. . \mong our 1\ ormal students this year are J.Iiss Dori \\'ilson, at Duluth; 1\Iiss Edna Our A l umn~ O'Connor, at St. Cloud, and l\Iiss l\Ivrle Dev- lin. at :\Iankato. · HE following members of the . -.,socta tion have visited at the Colleg·e during :\I iss Catherine Cunniff. '11, spent Satu r T the past months: :\Ii..,s :\Ian· Toome\·, da\·, October the fifth. with us. Catherine i ·o_;; :\Irs ..\. Steiner, :\Iiss E\·eh:n Guthrie teaching at Dundas. this year. so we hope to and :\Irs. R. Jones, of the class of '06; the see her often. :\fi-;se-; :\fan· c;Jeason. Helen <;Jea-.,on, Ger During the summer months the announce aldine Guthrie. :\!an· liO\·, (;enevieve Lenihan ment of the marriage of :\[iss Dernice Noyes :\label Ouinn, :\faJ)el trac\· and Irene \ 'o t~ to ::\Ir. :\ f artin E. Carbon, and of l\Iiss Edna Ilafften:-of '08; the :\Iisses ·(;ertrude Connell. Burch. '08, to :\Ir. E ----~------====~=-==~~~~~~==~~~~---···- ARISTON the Science Department. \ \' e are yery much A cademic Notes pleased to haYe her with us again. liE Cla-=;s of 1913 has been formall\· or g-anized and the foi!O\Ying officerS eJect :-Ionc\ay, October the sennth, the Fourth T ed : illargard Johnson, President : Year celebrated the birthday of J :~mes \ V. Sara Donnelly, \ ' ice-President; Josephine Hiley by gi\'ing fa\·orite selections from this Hurley, Secretary, and Lucy Barry, Treasurer. well-loncl author. Especially well gi\·en was Little Orplzant .-ln nie, by ~Iiss Gwendolen The Class in Religion i" congratulating itself 1-(raus. Later in the month our Secretary re on again haYing the ReYerend Dr. :-lcGinnis cei\·ecl an answer to a letter of appreciation for a director. Owing to the increa.,ecl number \\·hich the Class hac\ written to :\[r. Rilev for of students, Father :-Ic( ;innis has made a diYi his birthday. ] lis secretary. writing for- him. sion of the classes thi., year. The Junior-., arc ~aid: recei \'ing in-;truction-, on the ~ acraments, and "Dear Friends of ~Ir. Riley: the Senior c\a-.,ses are -.,tuclying- the early his tory of the Church. "\\'hat a delight your affectionate messag-e was to the poet I am at a loss to express. You The sympathy of the teachers and the stu know he cannot take up his pen and tell you denb is extended to :-tiss :-Ian· :-tc~[ahon. clirectlv. Thi~ is unfortunate, yet vou who whose father died recently. - love h-is poetry and kno\\' his si)irit- and the quality of his affection can Yery well under The first week in ( ktoher ~Ii-.,s Craig- com stand how your greeting impres~ec\ him ... menced work in the Domestic Science Depart ment. Iler old pupil-., joyfully welcomed her return. Some thirty beautiful yo]umes of Everyman ha\·e found their \l'a\· into the librarY. It has \\'e are glad to see our Chaplain. Reyerend been \\·hi-.,pered that -they \\·ere the gift of the T. P. Ryan, again resuming hi-., duties at the Third Year to ~[other on her Feast Dav. \\·e College. Father Ryan spent the summer tour ha\·e also noticed an exqui..,ite set of Stocl ing Europe. darcl's Lectures. The fourth of October is a nry important ( ktober 1(), l'rofeso.,or Crosse made his first daY in the school \·ear for it i" :-Iother's feast examination of the mu -.,ic cia o.,s. The manY cia\·. But it is not ah\·avo., so ideal as it \\'aS fan1rable criticism-, made hi-., Yisit a pleasa1it th(s year. The yen· air \~ ·as electric with holi one. day feeling-. In the morning- we all went for a long walk down hy the riYer. The beauties :\Ial1\· good things are coming to the Class we saw there need not he told of and cannot of '13.' Thurscla1·, ( )ctoher the <.e\·enteenth, he described. The afternoon wa-; pas..,ed in saw them gaily wending· their \\'ay to \\'alker's general merrymaking. Then in the evenin..; .\rt (;allery in :-tinneapolis. The weather was came a delightful program to fini.h a happy ideal, and several delightful hours were spent day. studying some of the ma-.terpieces of thi On -:\Ionclay eyening. October the fourteenth, splendid collection. the studenb and faculty were delightfully en The physiography cl A RISTON made the walk home one long to be remem before the work season closes. The building bered. will be about two hundred feet long, and will contain music, art and science rooms. An au The routine of school life was pleasantly in ditorium adjoining the new building is also in terrupted on Ilallowe"en when the Senior process of erection. Uasse · entertained the Junior informally. The halls and rooms on the first floor were Dr. Phelan. of the 'l'niversity of Minnesota. tastefully decorated with orange and black, is giving to the Senior Clas es of the College Jack-o-lanterns and witches. Dancin~ and the a cour~e of lectures on the Informal Es a\·. playing of games were the chief amusements Her ..,tuclenh find the work most intere ting .. of the eYCning; while the chamber of horrors added its share to the weirclnes-., of the onlv ::\Iiss Ethel Poupore, of Grand Forks, 1\. evening in the year set apart for the witches to Dak., a former pupil of St. Catherine' Col go abroad on their baneful midnight errands. lege, who has entered the Chicago School of :\IARG.\RET JOH:\'SO~. Civics and Philanthropy, visited here a short time ago as the guest of her sister Eva. The "ollege Classes had the pleasure of College News -,bowing their interest in athletics lately by at tending a foot-ball game on the St. Thomas l"LY thirty-fir-.,t \\'rought a most favorable field. \\'e came home happy because the score, change in the CJllege surroundings. The 1-t-o, wa') in favor of t. Thoma. . Manv J quiet \\·oods, \\·hich enjoyed almost undis thanks to the kind friends who are so thought turbed peace since our departure in early June, ful of our plea,ure. were again enlivened by the a ...... ---