Loreto Abbey. Mary~ s Mount

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19~3 Ballarat

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~orefo

Augusl, 1923

~ucal!2pfus

~lossoms '-._...,/

Loreto Abbey, Mary 's Mount, Ballarat

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Eaitorial (ontents

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A1nure111 Tui Solum

In ;\le111urian1

Ourseives

Easter Olympic Games

The Old Mill hy the Swan

Cliildren at 11f,11J''S Jl/01111t, 1y2.z

l'ai1y Tale,;

Extract Club

Belgian l\Iissiun in India

Jin· .-l 111111J1t·ial1011

Visit of lite ,fogies tu tl1e Sl1eperds

Loreto Free l~i11dergarlell

Onr World Wide lnslltute

Outback Scenes

Visit o/ tlte Sl1eperds tu the Crib

Vis/I of tile 1J1ree kl11gs

.-\ rale of the Convict Days

Purlland Land .\Ltrks

U11 t/1e u,·,,) ' to f'io1i<, Furt/,111d

i\losaics from the l'uets

Pictures of Our Lady

Our Pets aud l'laythiugs

Should G irls Write

\Vhat the Church :)teeple Sees

Golcl .\ledal Australian Competition

The Histury of Loreto in the Trans\·aal

Golden Jubilee Day

Reviews

St>lected Essays

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r===:~::::~7-=·==~ Q TO CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. Q Q Q Q TWO SONNETS. Q

Q How do I love? love T : i.ee as my Lord, Q i\ l\!Iy Guide, my Frie nd, m y Sav io nr a nd my God: (\ ~ I lo\'e, hut not for sake of Thy reward, ~ i\ Nor yet beca1Js1:, ;is Judge, Thoii li ear'st th e ro d : ""Q ~ I love Thee fo r T hrelf because Thou art

Q All B eaut y , :Wercy, Goodness, L o ve S iipreme . 0

I wish to love T hee ;:is e'e r lo ved man 's heart 7\

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I n rapture's h eight or martyrdom ' s ex treme; ~ I long to love with lo ve o f C hernhim (\

And all ce les tial Thrones with glo ry crowned: ~ o The ve ry lo ve l crave of Serap him ,

Q And that of John a nd l\1agdalen renowned, A Yea, ev'n the peerless love of Thine ow n Mother: ~

Q With all these lo \'es I love Thee, 0 my Brother ! Q

Q II. Q

Q To give Thee love for love, oh! wo uld th a t I

Possessed a h ea rt for every leaf or fl ower, A

Q Tha t laug heth when the sunbeams rule the skv, ~ Or droopeth 'n ea th th e rain and s to rm-winds ' power; (\

A h ea rt for every drop in lak es and seas, ~

Q For e\'ery blade in fi e ld s of b ush g reen grasses Q

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That, dew-gemmed , spar k le when the m orni ng b reeze, Q \ i\Ti th so ft caress ing, o'er th e meadow passes;

A heart for every g rain of wave-was hed sand , For every livin g thing in hill and va le,

Q For every star hid by the S un 's bright hand, Q

Or sown as jewel c.n the midnight's vei l : · \~l ith hearts past num ber , would that I cou ld love ~ Like Saints on earth or Angel ch oirs above. Q -Q REV . M . w ATSO:-<, S .J. Q

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In 1n~moriam.

T hi ,; _1 ear, 1923. lias Leen sadd ened b 1 tlH: death uf th e ..\J ,ithcr Prm ·inc ial. ~I.~[ Stan i,; b u,; ..\lu lh al l. From thl' l'a rl iest <Lil .:' of the ]1i;;.titull' in .-\u:;t ral ia Lord'' c_:ii:l.:' \\-ill n·rnernliv r Si,;ter J\ l a n Stani s­iath , rirc:t a,; gentle class mis t"rl':iS , th•: mo1i ng :-;pirit in e1c ry musical <>say l ,;\ln, as 1J i1-l·ct rl':-; ,; of the chi ld rl' n of ~\I ;1n ho11· rnan_1 yo ung souls has shl' ,,·ui J l' d in safct1· acros,; that bridge vvher'~ ~1- ,im;1nho<)(l an-d childhood meet. To h o11· ma ny hac: sh e pnii tt l' d uut thl' path of tru · Cathn \i,· lifl' in th,· 11orld o r beckoned hi;__:hcr tu th<: c:11rnmib o f religious li fe . 11~ -r rn crnun ma 1 11-cll pcn·ad e t hi ,; issu P uf the l~ l (>,;~oms - a,; it 11·as h er last w ish that not hing slwu ld be allllll-ed tn inter ­fere with ib pnb1icatiu n .

Hcr lifc ' ,; mott o " .\rn orl'm Tui Solem " (Th y L o1-c .-\lone ) engr;.t1·e n o n her rim~ and \'d more deep h on her hea r t led hc,­tu sfri1-e to imprin t- the ,;arn c seal of kl\T

o n e1·ery h ea r t ·\\'ithin her influenc·~ - T b io; mot to m ight h a,-e been th e titl e of th e sonnets "To C hrist , the Son of God " fn11 nd in th e ope nin g pag-c of th is numb er. The w ri ter. Rel". l\I. \\-atson. S. T., h ;i:-; kindly g-in·n spec ial permissio n fc;r th eir appeara nce here .

The fo ll o11· ino· acc ount of the <k ath of I\ lother P rm in~ia l is rcpr in tl' d from "Thl' A d1·ocate " :-

:\ t Lore to Abhn-, Bal la rat on M;i \-9th , R ei·. :\Joth er ]\( S tanislaus M ulh a ll. P rm·i ncia l of th e In s ti t ute RY. '.\Iary in f\ustralia. died peaceful ly . fortifi ed b y th e rites of Ho1y Church . Forty y<:ars age the re1erl'nd '.\Toth er came to Ball a i-at from L o reto _--\bh CI·, D ublin , and for 01cr thirt y year s she fill ed th e office of J\I i:-;­tress. of No1·ic es, a vosition for which she: 11as adm ira b1v adap t ed hy h <:>r in tc nsel ._ sp ir it ua l to ne- of min d. li er firmn ess of g-n1·ern111cnt. her wise discernment , a nr~ hlT ardour in fo stering· a cl c<:>p ly reli g io11 :' spirit.

On the death of Rei '. l\J <1 thcr ..\L Con zaga Barry in i91_;, }fothcr ~tan i slaus \Y<ts elected as PrOl·inci a l, a nd fi lkd t hi,; a rduou s officl' un ti l her death. .-\:-; :L power fo r good her in flue nce wa,; 1111 -mui:;e , a nd the uni\cr s;1! l"l'HTl'llc e felt for her holiness was 11-cll f1iu11 ded . Her health, ne1·cr rnbust. dee: lined 1 i,; ib h · for th c last frw yea r s. tlwui-:·h slw 1-1e1·er sl acken ed in he r work flJr th e J 11 s ti tu tc ­Th c encl caml' rathe r o; udd l' nl v th rou gh a hl·rnorrhagc on th e b ra in . ll'h i.c li rcrni'ered her un cu n;-;c ious , de ,ith supnn·ning a fter fou r hou r,; .

On Frida_:·, }lay 11th , a l\ eq uil'nl fTig·h l\Iass 1Yas ce!c liratnl in the beauti ful Cn n-1-cnt Ch urch at Lnrcto Abb e 1·. His L onl­ship , D r. Foley , officu. tecl , - assis te(l by Yery l\ c1. Frs.]. i-.::erin (Adm ini st ra tor ) , }1. :\Iu lca h y . P.P. (B un garee). and Rei . F rs . :\:fcC loin an d O 'Connell. The Office of th e Dead had pre1·ious ly bee n chanted b y I\n-. f<'r s- l{oper . Ti ern a n, D 'Arc y, Ge lli e a nd H ussey , who a lso sa ng during the l-Ti'-1,h l\Iass, adding much to its cl e1 o­t ion al so lemn it v . :\la111· fr ien d s o f t h e O rder and pa~·t pupils- asis:-;tcd at the l\Ias;-;, b esidl's a group of day scho lars fro m L or eto Cn ll\·en t, D awson S treet . Ball a raf .

The fun e ral cortcge wended it s way to the K ew Cemetery , w here l\c1·. F r. Kerin offic ia ted at the in term ent. A m o ng the re1erend fri end s gathe r ed at the g ra1 e­side- besidcs th e pri es t s mentioned-­Yery nn·. J. Burke . S.J . l\ cctor of St Patri ck' s Coll ege, East l\Iclbourne. T h e pupils "f L oreto Abbey , l\far y ' s Moun t, and the day sc holars. h a1·i 11 g fo ll owed th L· h ea rse in processiona l o rd er , th ere was forrned, (llJ reac hin g the cemetery , a sm ali choi r , consist ing o f the se 11i 01- g irl s. They sa ng a t the g ra1·e som e of the favorite h v mn s o f the late r eYered Mother Pro­Yin cial. '-'·hose tender p il't y lin gcrs as ;>

fr agra OJ ::C in the mem o ry of all who we1-e pri1·il eged to know h er.

Ourselves.

l 1: the 30th yc:tr u ~ the l'xisll'nl·e ot "i urctu !1lnsso111,.;' ' 11·c llllbt ucgi n to

111ake re111u te preparations to ce lebrate the c;()lden Jubil ee of the J.B.\ .. :\I. in

Austral ia. Certain ly the most joyous

clement that will contr ibut e· to the Jub ilee

is the g loriou s news which Jul y brought from our Horn e Conn·nts- tha t the Crnse

of the Cano11 isa tion of the Foundress of

the In sti tute of the Blessed Y irgi n :\Iary,

Mary \Yard, is goin g on in Rome. Dr.

Shine, Bishop of ?vliclrlleboro', has care of

the Cause in England and :\Igr. Recl-

111011Cl is appointed Postulator. As the Toronto "Rain bow" ,.;o t ru i_\· expresses it: "As fou ncl ress of a n ore! er for t h c eel u ca­

tion of Catholic girls :\lary \Van! mav

be co n;;iderecl a,.: not only the sp i,· itu a l

mo ther of her daughters in religion, but

as the spiritual mother of e\·ery g irl who

is edu cated by them. " And in anothe r

issue: "Let our prayers help to bring

about the grand est celeb ration th<Jt was

ever h eld th roughout the wid ely scat­

tered lwanches of her Tn:otitutl' and let

u s look fo r1>:ard t o the clay when Enc;·

land, 1 re land, Italy, Germa ny, ~pa in ,

America, lnclia, A fri ca, A ust ra lia a nei the l\fauritiu,; \Yill be authori sed to call 1Iary

\Nard, fir s t "B lessed" then "Sa int. "

Next year , 1924, w e hope to \:velcom e

our clear Mother General, l\I. :;\[. Raphael

De;i.,;v r•) our "lai r young Lan d." _\ [ay

he r first Yi:-;it to .-\ustr;tlia cha rm her by

the g·oldcn sunlig·ht uf ib hcan·ns awl

the golden Ion· of its cli ildr<'n's hcarh. lt is not too soo n to begi n t o th in k of

the Colden Jubilee :\lagazine, for \Yhich

preparations \\·ill be made during Christ··

mas holiday s of 192-t. T he subject fo r Cornpl'tition \Y iil be ".\usualia11 :\f rni ·

ories of L oreto," and \\T hope that a,;

\Y ell as the junior members w ho so ga l­

la nt ly compe ted in q23, ma ny of the "Old Girls" \Yill send the ir me mories .Jf the Sisters or the Com ·e11 t s or pupils tha t

ha\·e so nobly played their part during the fir,;t 50 years of Loreto in '\ustralia.

Contribu tions must he written on one

sid e o i paper only , marked ":\ lemoric,.:"

on co\-cr, accompan ied b_v na1nc and <t<l ·

dre~s of se nder, a nd reach the Superior,

L oreto _-\bbey, :'vlary's :\[ount. not late r

than T 5th Jul y . 1925.

:\I. S .S. r cceiYcd. - 0 \1·ing· t o la tene,.:s of

contributions much exce ll ent matter m ust be he ir! m-er till our nex t issue. .\nwnr:

the poems cn"'·ded out by lack of space is "Jul ius C:esar" lw 1~rsula H endcrso1

(age r3 ) a pupil of Loreto Conn'. nt, Daw­son St., Ba ll arat , and "Th e Councillors

1923" by "Dante II. ," l .oreto .-\bbey,

:\Iary' s l\fou n t.

JEncall]ptus :JSlossoms. 9·

Easter Olympic Games.

Some time before th e E.a,;te r Holidays a Proclamation in bc lcl t) pc appeared on the School Board:-

The usual SPORTS PAGEANT

wi·li he held at :\Ian's :\(ount on A pril .1st a nZI 2lll1.

CLASSIC SPORT \\·ill be h elcl 011 .\pri; 1st and rnnsist of

A CHARIOT RACE open to all competitors i1~ Jc.t an d 211'.l schoob; and a strw>y;le tor supremacy

. twee ·t the

GREEKS & TROJANS (3rd School.)

MEDIAEVAL SPORT.

Racing, Skipping, Qu;ot-throwi11g, J ump­ing, etc., and Gra11d Yillage Fair.

MODERN SPORT

"·ill con sist of a Basket Ball Match. In connection \v i 1:11 the Chariot Eac.:

the iollowing c hal1e11 ~~:es were issuc: cl and en thusi astica ll y tak ·~ 11 up :-

1. I. Messila of Rome

whose noble steeds ha\' e carried the vic ­torious Cerise full <>'t triumphant in the Circus l\laximus, prukst against the prize awarclecl to th e Colrkn Bronze, borne by th e A rab steeds of dw Sheik Ilderim last year at th e Circus Lorrcttoanus , and l cha!leno-e their driYcr to sing·le contest

~ . ~ . w ith on e picked steed, ag-c11nst wl11ch T. Messila. wi ll rlriYe m v rnatchlcs,.; charger Incitatus. After ha\.ing· beat en the C ol ­den Bronze I shall def\· all oth er steeds and c hari oteer~· of th ~ ]:;10w n world.

2. Golden Bronze. I, Ben Hur driYing· A ntares, svvi1'test of th e A. rah steed s of the great Shick Ild erirn. accept th e challenge of th e haughty :\Icssila. onh · that I ma\' earn · the Gold en Bronze. tint of th e glorious -Desert , far ahead of R oman scarlet or of an.1· other hu e.

3. I, Hiero, (descendant and upholder of t he fan:e of Fliero THant of S\Tacust', owner of th e famm;s ; t eed Phri;1icos that won the O lympi c prize in tl 1c cxi\ . O lympi_ad) shall clriYe the chamn: on rac er Phrm1 cos ~nd defy all o t11 cr c:h ~ni otl'cr,; to pass th·~ iZoya l B lue . 4. I, Alexander c,f Greece, (,yorthy of the nam e ;)f my illu,;tri ous an­cestor, A lexancl er the Creat)

pit my nolJle steed B ucephalns again s t any other steed th a t m ay come.

:i· Rusksh (Purple) "Hcno\\·n of w h om was noi ~c;e cl throu gh all the earth : The horse \\·horn lZu :<urn on a foray once D id in Eokhara fiml." The horse wh o bore •he mighty Rustum Yictor through many a stern carnpaign : The horse who , \\·hen :)nhrab fe ll wounded tmto death , "\\ . ith h is head bowing to the a-rou nd and rna11e sweeping· the dust , " , came near and in mnte 1v oc first to th t> on e. th en to the othr:r 1110\ eel hi s head, as if inquiring wh a t th c· ir grief n_1ight mean. and from his dark. :~nmpass10na te eyes the hig \1·arm tears rolJc:d down and caked th e sand.

Th e :\'a rn e 0f Rusksh is in itself stiffici ent d ·allcnge, a nd in his nam e

I , Rn..:tu rn

Chall enge all ! 1 1

At t\YO o'c lock the procession marched out to the course . First came the Queens o f Bea u t1· each dre•.;se rl in the Aowing Crccian 1:obc of a cdour corresponding with th at of th e chario te er she fayourerl and accompa ni ed by an attendant arrayed in harn~onising co lou r,;. The Q u eens tool: their places o;1 th e .J ias, the judge, in his purple cloak at th e Jnclge·s Thron e at t_h e end of the course. Then came the ch ario­teers. and each as h e passed the dias salukrl his Queen, p ··ornisec\ to carry her colours triumphant11' and defied all pre­sent to defeat him and his famous h orse.

IO JEucal}?ptus :JSlossoms.

T he judge lhen a1111o;rn ccd in what order the races w ere tu he r uP , and th e com~ pe titors amidst c h e ~ ··s uf p raise and en­couragcm en t from t J, l'i r supporters too;.: th eir places. Y~ach ~ hariotecr wa s in ·L

Roman tunic and Tog'.l of his ow n colour . whi le each ho1·se vvas in b lue with band ~ of hi s charioteer 's c,1 Jou r round th e neck and a band \Y it h ,.;t ;r~ ;1rn crs round the head. The rei ns \\·er .~ a l"o of th e sa me colour.

Th e judge gan: fl- e sig nal and awaf went the chariots, \\·ith st reamers !ly ing . Rou nd the fir st bend 1·hc v raced. whi le everyone urged her f;l\:oritc to s till greater effort, and as •hey came clown th e straight the winning charioteer was cheered and cong ratulat<: <l on al l sid es.

In the finals Bronze (Ben Hur dri' in~: Antares) and Royal !1 lu c (Hiero driYing Phrinicos) ran a dead hea t, t hu s !eaYing Bronze (the winner of t i·,e 1922 O lym­piad still undefeated. (1\otc: Shou ld th'C' Golden Bronze again carry off the priz~ in th e r924 O lymp iad the Imperial Shi eld shall be awarded t) ·he Victor.) E ach winning charioteer wa s crowned by his queen with a Laurel \ Yreath and th~

liorse 's pri ze was a linx (if S \HT b. There \\'as ab o a second p:11'.L" of ,.;ixt v la lcnh. lt th e second ra ce a 1,._·;1t \\a,.; ,;ga in nn h y Ceri,;e (Me,.;si ln driYing lncitatu ,.;) and Y ell ow (i\kx::t ncl c-r driYing Buccpha­lu s) ,.;o each 1-ccci \ l"d a re\\·arcl. .-\midst resoundin g- cheers tlh' ,;uccu,.;sfu l chariot~ left th e co urse.

The fo ll owing pa!·t,.: , ,·ere taken bv mcmb 12 r,.; of t he : ,.;t a 1~ cl 211cl SchcH1b :-

I. Be n Hur (Bronze:/ , f:Jla J-\: ayanagh , Antares . Rosie 2-.1cGurga 11 , Q ueen, 1lary Triaclo.

2. Hi ero CRoyal Bl u '-'.) Therese D:1\·ics , P hrini cos, Cassie Duane, Q ueen , Gerti e K eogh.

3. :\f c,.;,;i la (Cerise) Eileen Conn oll y, Incitatus. Shi ela Newton, Queen, Koro S;mdi lands.

-J. . f\ lcx anclc r (Yell o' v) K ath leen DaYies, Bucephalus, ?\aT'ce Barwick, Q ueen, Mary t\.ndre.

5. Ru stum (Purple), Lucy Kerley , Rusksh , K. 0'0oherty, Queen, Margery Scott.

- -Shiela Newton.

THE OLD MILL RY THE SW AN.

·w HILE sail!n ,-:; in 1 yacht along th(:'. banks ot tile Swan, amo ng the

many interesting things that will be noti ced is an old Mi ll. \\' hen one knows its h istory it becom <'s an object of greater interest, as it recall s th e clays of early Australia. It w as bui1.t by th e fir s t se tt­lers of \Vestern A ust:-.:Ji a. but it is no 01

a ruin- one of the fe ,,, things left to t e l1 us of the clays when · A..u s tralia belonged to the blacks. Its 11istory had been told to us some time before, so one day we se1

out to explore it, full of g reat expecta­tion.

\ Vhen the mi ll \Yas fast b11i lt the coun try surrou nding it was 11ought but wilder­ness. Th e blacks, an£>TV \Yith the inti·u­sion of th e white ml".:~ ', besieged it . The whites, howev er , r etained it. much to the disappointment of th e Aboriginecs. An­other interesting fact ::ibont this old mi ll is that th e very fir:;t murder that ever occurred in \ Vestern Austral ia is sup­posed to liaYe take:: place there. One

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Children at Mary's Mt. 1923

CHILDREN AT MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT ......----.~

BACK ROW-Lil _\' Scullion, Phonsie St. Lege r , Carmel White, Nance Barw ick , Shelia Newlon, Marjorie Sanrlilands, Queenie Doy le, Ph yl lis Day , Mary So111111ervilie, Ella Kave11agh, Lorelei Melford, Nance Connell a n, A11nie O'Beirne, Renie Scullion, Mary O'Beirne.

2nd Sh e ila Healy, Maggi e Ro w, lllonica Barwick , Nora O'Donohne, Francie Davies, Cori1111e Ney, R osie McGurgan, BACK ROW-Eileen Murray, Ag nes Qui nlivan, N e lla Forbes, Ethel Row le r, May Barry, Nell F:igarty, Cassie Duane, Gertie Keogh,

Nellie Ken11edy, lllary Ellis, T e resa Davies, Marjorie Scott, Mo llie \Vebh, .'\g11es Connellan.

3rd Ellen Mulcahy, Karo Sa11dilands, Stasia Wa lsh, Irene Richardson, Kathl ee n Da vies, Dorothy Forbes, Margaret Mulcahy BACK ROW--Ruth Bullen , Mary Hanl on, Eileen Co11nolly, Mary Triado, Ella McConnack, Mary A1u\re, Kathleen Lyons,

Moya Burchel, Clare Con11e l la11, 1\lary Martin, Lucy Kerley

FRONT RO\V-Mary Fogarty, Bobbie Donnelly, Mary Fitzgeralrl, Peggy Newton, Jean Di cke nson, Nora Payne, Dorothy Thomas, Ge nivi eve i\IcGrath, Eil ee11 !\IcGratiJ, Kath Hulto n , Consla!lce Barwick, Marla Coffey, Aileen O'Doherty, Mary Daly, Na11cy Dua11e.

READ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

JEucal11ptu.s JBlo.s.som.s. I r

may \HHH!cr \vhy such an historical place \\·as left to decay, but ":ii' was O\vi11g tu the superstitions of th· early settlers wh0 looked upon it as b•:imr haunted 1J1 tlw spirit of the murd en :(l l :~rson. Xow·, it ;~ one of the sights of 1'e: th, and a g uide is stationed to cl ire ct V i ~.i tor8 around it. as some parts of it are 'JJ: .,~, fe.

] t was evening when we en tcr('cl the mill, lccl by the gu'.ck, and as \Y e \\' and­crecl on thl' darkness Lecame intense. Th e guide tlashccl hi-; torcl1 so as to enstirc safe footing for us c:s we \vend<"d otv way up the crumbl;:•g- staircase. I was the fir st to reach tiir.· top , after many difficulties. Bei11.~· eJgcr ':o sec th e room whi ch had ~uc h a bloocl-curcling histor y attached to it, 1 wanckred on alone . witl1 neith er light nor caut;u1:. ] n one cornp­of the room was a dim 1;d:t which scem ect to ff row briO'hter as I La1J[) roached . A n

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unca nny feeli ng took pos" ssion o[ me. J long;cd to ru sh awav hut I was held tu the' spot. I felt h);;1notis ecl. but being determi ned to know what it \Nas I gath­ered up my courag· :~ c.ncl s lowly ap­proached. As I \Yent forward the bright

fairy

ncss seemed to r cc1;rk. \'..-!mt vvas it, th;.., curious objl'.ct. I stre:ch ed uut my hand towards it. and as I J:d so a wierd en echoed throu gh the rnusty walls. Reeling back in terror l ru·;h ecl to the door screaming with fri :~ht , but just as i reached it some of tt, e party ran to meet me. Missing me and hearing my sc ream they hacl come to L,P r esc ue. feeling: ;1

little afraid that son1.' harm ,might han: b efallen me.

I was dumb for the moment and s tood staring at that mystPrious corner. Th·: guide, followi11 g my glance, approached it, flashing hi s torch . \\'hat did he be ­hold 0 bu t on<" who hac1 inhabited the pl ace for years, and who looked on it as hi s own. lt was oni" an owl. Dazzled by the ligh t of the torch, he flutt ered madl y round th e roorn, join ed by a num­b er of othl'.r birds w~JO had been awak­ened from th eir slee•) . After this cliscO\" ery I regained my .;;plf-i;ossession and. could enjoy th e amusing side of it, know ing that I desen·ed ev<:>ry b:.t of the fright for seekin g; adventur~.

Thorko Sulady.

Tales. -=\\.~

I. A GLIMPSE OF FAIRYLAND.

T HE sun sti ll lin ge red in the hea\·l'. n ;; as if loath to part with

th e old clay, then lig h tly ki ssing the tree· tops. and \vith a soft ly brea th ed "good­ni g ht," he sank to rest behind a CO\'erlct of rosv clouds.

Fm- a moment al l the land was wrapt in a wondrous g low, then s lowly and s il ently the grey shades of twilight fell. Th e young moon sai led gai ly from b ehind a dark cloud, and one bv one t he stars crept from their hiding· pfoces and twink-1 eel m erril L

Ben ea th- a clump of tall trees lay a

group of "the children of earth." Thev were ,,-orn out after their long clay's lab­our, and they had sunk to rest on th·.:' dewy grass. Soon they were rudely awa­kened by the ch'es who pressed into their unwilling hand s, tiny torches with which they were to light the fairi es' play ground. \\'ild ftowers swayed to and fro , and vied with each other in shedding a filmy sih·ery light. Across th e plain came sighing a loHly little breeze, breath­in g low, sweet music , and clown th e sil­yery moonb eam s came tripping a thou­sand fa iry feet.

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O u t o n the ni g ht a ir Hoatl'd t h eir li ght la ug-h te1-. M erri rncnt \\·a,; ind eed g reat fo r th1 ,; wa ,; the fine,;t bal l t he fairies h;u! e\'e r he ld. Still t hey we not qui te happy. for to-n1 g-h t a queen \1·a,; to h e chose n. an d eac h tiny mit e longed in her \\"C <-' h ea r t to he th e fa, ·nred o ne. X ow thi,; cn~nt was not to lake pl<tr(· until mi d­night a nd th e iairiL·s in t h e micbt of tlw ir r·evc lc; did . not hc ·: .J th e c;w if tly pa ss i 1:~­hours. un til ,;udde n ly the ch im es ra nt:· out and a hus h settled 0 1·er t he tin ·,. p eople. Cran·ly each fa in · took h er sea"t upo n a mu shroom. lo which sh e w as led b y her a n x io u s part ner . H n w each one sec r C' tl y pray ed that s he ,,·ou ld he made queen !

Th e lea rn ed pix ies .rat hercd to <> d h er an d th ey \HTC just ab"out to mak~ thci 1: ch o ice, ·when in .to th eir mids t tlu t te rcd :, lit tle mortal a nd as she sank to rest u pon t h e g- r asc; she ch uckled a nd cooed with d e li g ht . The teasi ng m oonbeams fir st ~ttracted th e baby. and she m a d e quick littl e grabs t o catch th em in h C' r chu b bv dimpl ed hand c;, a nd at each fai lure, c; h-c l a u gh e~l g leefully . Th en st ru ggling up , s h e 1·a 111l y tried to toddle to t h e pixi · people , but a t eac h step t h e li tt le form co ll ap sed . _.\]m os t in s t a nta n eous lv each ~,airy now c;t.a 1~te d up a n d c ri ed jubila ntly

Oh dear P1x1es, let u s t1a,· e h e r fo r o ur Q u een and litt le plavfe ll ow." S tran rre to say, th e pixie c; too, f~lt dra wn to th i; wee "chi ld of ea r t h. " and o n e ma sterful o ne turn in g ahrnptl y . sa id in a bu s in ess lik e to n e, "There is h e r nurse b ehind that tree," th e n calling h er t o him he aske d , " ?lfadam e, v..- h at mu s t I pay for thi s mCJ r­ta l '" Kow th e child 's n{irs e loYed her b a by b ec; t of all o n earth , but knowing­th at she could no t kC' ep h er c; h e sorro,,­fully r eplied. "Take he r, sh e is v o urs. S h e is a little m o r ta l wh o is not ~'anted in th e crue l world." A nd wi t h a lmv soh sh e di sappeared a s s ilently ac; sh e had come.

How quickly the hours passed b v ! Th '.: s tars, t ire<i. out. one b y o ne cea~ecl to twinkle , and c; lowly fe ll asleep . T h e fl ower s too, were n ow s leeping-all sa :e o n e, th e baby viol e t , w h o h ad fou nd h c~­torch "Oh so h ean1 ." S h e hid h er ti n v 11ead a nd w ept for. v ery w ea rin ess, a nd

enT :' inc e that night 1i1e l'iulet:-; ha\": ;-; ]n ·ly ,.;ought proll'ction and kq-'t w a tc h be n eath their green ka1Ts. The : 11()un

lookcd pale and .languid. ,.;o t !w pi x ie µnn cc gatlic n ng hi s queen in a close em­brace, ,.;tep ped o ntu the last sih·L'r1· :11oon ­heam an d 11·as ])() ril l' a\1·a1· lo F~in · l and. :-\ ga in came the li tt le lirn:ze. th is t;me it \\'as 1wr 101 cly. (;cntly i t L'xtinguished t h.e t<lrches. and catch ing up th e fairv miles that had bee n left o n ea rth . it rac L·; I after th e retreating m uo nbeam s. The m orta l:-; rubbed thur t ired e1·cs and \\'un ­d e rcd a t ll1 cir "dream." Fa;- a \1'a 1· in t h r, East a Il l'\\' day \1·as hrca !,i ng, a;1d \\'i t11

th e first blush of cla\1·11 the fair v 1-c1·c·1-; had cnd ed . -Co n stance l\L·acl. ;.; .\'! 111··:·. c·1~ . 1' ~ """- epa-

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II.

THE ORIGIN OF THE MILKY WA y

Long, lo n g ago there lin·d a m ost b eau­tiful fa iry p rince~,.; ca ll ed 1\os lin . H er mothe r a nd father were the J.:in o- and Q u ee n of J.'a in-l a n cl. "

Xow F os li1; \Ya,; th e most beautifu l fa ir_1· o ne coui d im agin e. so it \Ya;-; no won_d er t h at th e excitement was great wh e n she w a;-; to be marri ed to a n equ allv h andso me prin ce o f th e Cnhlin s c:ill e;1 Epig ram . \\ ' h e n th e \n·cldi ng dav \\·::i:­

fi::ed , p_repa rations \HTC begun. a l-H] the kmg ot the Fairie:- nffered a rc\\'a rd to a nyo ne in hi s kin gdom , ,·h o \n lu ld m ake the_best .\\'edding \-ci l for his d a ughter .

1 h e ,.;ilk-w o rms b ecam e e\'e n mo r e in­du s tri ou,; t h a n usu a l. tlw sp id e rs work L' rl Yigo rnu,;ly. a nd th ere \1·as a grea t dea l of t a lkin g a m o ngst the fairie!' co ncc rnin:;:· th e probab le fo r tu nate \\'Orke1-. ?\o o n.e too k rnu c. h notic e o f a n o ld sp id e r ca ll ed " D ad d y Long- legs." He was the inh ab­iter of a n o ld oak t r ee \Yhi cb had h eeP sp ell b~u n d by th e Cobli n l(ing a 1011g­t1111 e lwtore. He \\'O\'e and ,,·01·e unti l al: leng th h e h ad fini shed hi s task. a nd the Ye il fo r t h e prin ces,; \Ya s r ea fh ·. B ut t he s ilk-worm s a lso \Y O\'e a nd wo~ked in clu"­tri o usl y until th ey had a vei l o f th e pure."t wl1i-te-a filmy s ilken creatio n.

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\\ .hen the ]( ing l1 eh e ld t h eSL' \\' onders h e did nn t k n m 1- \l'h ic h to chnose. so he ca ll ccl h is chief cou n sel lo r " \ \.attk th,, \\ .ise ," \\'ho ,;ugge,;ted that t h e J(i n ~ should t ake b oth . a nd la1· the web 0 1·e r t h e si lk. T hi s met th e a pproyaJ o f a ll The \ ei l spri n k le d with t he hr ig h tc,; t (,f stars , ,,·ith moonbeams sh imm erin'..!' through it wa ;-; a w o nde r to h eholrl. Th.; l'rin ce,.;s ;\os lin bedeck ed in al l her w e, :­ding finery was abo u t to go with her fai ; y band to Epigram , when . a];1s - !

l\o,;J in . \1·hen o n h a h ;dJ\· t:·i r l. h ;~, ! g i1T n ;rn·a \· her fa ir ;· Codmo.t hc:r·s h irt1i­cL1\· g if t. i :;-o r thi s ;hL· \\·as i ll - treated b'; th ~' fairy. and her fat h er lwca me ang~-~ ­and ex pe lled this c1·il one from his cn11rt . L ong had s he planned a fitti n g r C'1 en gc and o n thi!' da1· of d a 1·s shL· dC'krrni n :o rl. to take it. The- Fain· (;odrn other, with ;~ h and o f 1-eh elli ou,; (;ob lins. \\' <:ll' la ic! tl''' w edd ing party. captured the pr i1;rcs,; a!1, ! mad e off wi t h her to their d \\Tll in g. R1ic: ­

l in. see in g th at resista nce \1·as of no ;1,-ail, became resi g ne d to her fate .

::\ Tea nwh ile t he }~ in g a nd Epig ram or gan ised a sea rch party cnns i,.;t ing of hce­t les. butte:-1-lies, loc u s ts and fi.rc-11i ec . but not a w o rd could t h ey h ear of poor Rosl in O ne ni g ht a pa1-ticu la rl y bright-ey e ~] b eetle saw in th e hea,-en s a strip of film\ · whiten ess with s hinin g sta r s a n d fro sted with m oo nbeam s . .A troop of s \Yift­winged butterfli es fo llo \\-C d rhe w!1it1-sta r-c;p ri nklcd st ri p nn ti l th ey cam e to a \.Yood cd la nd- - not like thei r own- hu t quite a nother \Yo rld . A shril l vo iced 10-c u st wh o had accompa ni ed th e butte r flies uttered a crv \Yhi ch Ro,; lin kn ew \\'<:>1 1

H e w as not- a n s\v cr ed imm edi ate lv . hut aft er some tim e an ugly old ,;pid e1: cam ~· up a nd h a nd ed Mr Locust a ring. 'Thi-; h e recogni sed , a nd imm ed iatel y a nd joy­o u s l v th ev all il cw b ac k to Fain·laml Herc Epig ram. on h earin g th e gnnd-11 <:> ,,-s, fle\Y \Yith a troop of o th er Cohlin c; to r esc ue h is b eloYC'd o n e. Thev fou nd her at last , but oh , h mY g reat \Y as h er mi serv as sh e lay th er e in h e r p ri c;on hou se ! R eleased, c;h e joyou sly embraced her pri nce . who had so faithfull y come to saYe h er.

Dack they a ll fl ew to Fai r y land, and on the w ay f-os lin told th em h n w th e \Vick er\

Fain· Codmothe r had takL· n he r 1-eil ;rn : i

h ad ·g·i\Tn i·t to the \\-C,< t \\·ind. \\'ho ha:i hung it from th e canopy of hca n•n tu b ~' admired h1· a ll t he othe 1- \\'ind ;-;.

The i01·- in Fain·la nd \vas unbound ed. Bell s pe;led o u t . -t h e fairies sang and d a nced. E1·cry o n e ,,·a s happy . l\osE !1 and Epigram \\TIT m a rri ed. a nd. sur· round ed by h er lm ·ing- attendants , l.:o,<­l in 's j uy was n ot marred by thc loss ,1f he1- \Y ed ding- vei l \Yh ich \Ye rnn1· kn o w a " ' 'The ::'Ji lky \\ ay ."

H essic ::\ [c( ;uirk, S1«lne 1·. Cl a,;,;- ] ntc-r­m ediatl'.-

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] 11.

"THE BLUE-BIRD."

O nce upo n a time there lin '.d in fai;-• -1and a dwa rf. wh o \vas \·en · \\·icke0. EYe ry t im e h e injured a ncrso ;1 t he fai1-y 011l'Cll se n t a fain· to make amends tn the p-erson . ::'~ow th;s made the d 1varf \'l'1-.v a ngry and h e YO \\'Cd to pay the Qm'l' 11 back: h e th erefore changed him,.;e]f in to a wasp a nd tiny tO\Yard,; the pa lace O u icksi lYer , \1·ho \\'as 0 11 hi,; \\"<11· to Y i ~!t tl1e Queen , s<rn- him comi ng. so he t n ld the J\cwal .-\rnw. Thn· set out to meet him hut he fl e w-oYer th ~ir h ead s an d in a t on e of the palace \\·ind m vs. It h appen ed to be the room o f th e vrinccss . H e stun!:!' h er a nd t h e ,;ti n g- turn ed her intn a b lue­bird . "~he had to sta,-," h e ,;aid , " in t 11is forn1 until h e sh o uld .di e ."

Now th e p1-incess \\'as to h an· marri ed th e prin ce o f t h e Brmn1 ies next day. \\"hen the q ueen h eard th at th e wasp had gon e into h er daughter's rnom ,;h e onl­ered a so ldi e r to go a nd kil l it. But \\' he n h e r eached t h e 1-oom it \\"<1S empty, and on the \\·ind o w sill \va ,.; a hlu e-hird. He \YCnt do \\'n a nd to ld the queen. a nd she c;a id that the g irl should be ther•'. for ,.:h v had asked h er m oth er to a ll m Y h er to go there for h er r ing. T h e qu een \Va s greatly a larm ed hy h e1- dau g h ter 's dic;appearanc e so sh e c;e n t a m essen ger t o th e pri nce t e lling him th e bad ne\Y<;. \\ .h en t h e prince h eard \Yh at h a d happened h e \\' C' .. t

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to his room to get r eady to go in :-;earch of h er. B e :-;earch ed for 11'.T a ll the ne" t cl a y a nd at nig·ht a hird tk 11· to him a nd b egan to blk to him . but he chased hu a\\"a1· .

Y~ar;; lat er a little ho1· sa1y a d1yarf tea sing a bird. s o h e 1H:nt u p to him and fought hin1. He \Ya s going to s lay h im and the dwarf said he w o uld o-ive him g<l!d if he spared hi s li fe . But ~l"ll· l>lu e­hi rd h e had hern teasi ng cried out, "L i ttl"~ b oy. lit tl e b oy. s pa n · him n ot , h e c ha nged m e in t(l a bird." ~o th e bo1· kil led hi m and the Linl returned to her proper sha pe . She then thanked the bo v a nd to ld him her sto n ·, then s h e 11 cn t back to la irv lanrL ta king 11·ith her the young pn·--en·l'r \\ "hen ::;he arri1-cd li ()ll\\.' ,; l1L' found that th e princ e wa -; dead . su she sa id -;he would m a1-r 1· the yo ung· man . Her moth er was 01·e rfo_1ed ~1 t seZ· ing her again a nd shf> gladly cn n s c·n ted to th e marr iage o f he': daughter 1Yith th e m a n wh o had san·d her. Soo n afte r th <:" q ueen died and he r daughter ascended t he th rone and lin·d h ap pi ly en: r afte r.

/l. lma Andrews . Per th. f\ge, TT year5.

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:v.

A MAORI LEGEND

How the Clematis Got Its Flowf'r. O nc e upon a t: rn e w l:en there werr:

fairie s th e1·e li1·ed a troop of th ese m erry people in a beautiful dell. A str e;:im bm-­clcred b_1· wild 1·iolet ;:; sang and gtl'·g l .:d joyfull_1 ' o 'er rocks all([ sto nes throu £>,h thei r dwelling place. Th e moss 111 :>.(!e a 10\·e ly green ca r pet and the trees a 1mo'0 t m et n1·crheacl. B 1 ight cc lored binb sang all d ay and th e h caqs of th e fore sts we ·e ta1rn.: ."thc rabbits nicl not run ;1way whe ·t o ne w e nt n ea r , b ut liked to h an· t h e:r cars pulled a.nd to be cu ddl ed . T here cam e a day 1Yhe n th e fairi es displeased. 1\Tother Nature c.ml caused h er to take hack all t h e b eau tifu l gi ft s sh e had s how · erecl on ~h em. S he lcfr o nl y o ne bt15h , a dull gTeen creeper which n-eve r chan g»: l it s coat . season in or ;:;e:ison out. N"ow R -1 (th e God o f th e 11\.:: tnns ) wished t•) h el 1:

the fa iri es, as o ne ~1a1· hi s su nlw am s h :d be e n lo,.;t and 11·ere {,ic111 d b1· the f:ti ri <',.; a nd carecl for a nd di rected 110-m e b1· then .. Ffc ch ose a hundred of hi s bri g h tc-st sta•s and sc n r t hem t" earth as Ho11·e rs in r th<? du ll gre1·11 bush t hat w as left. 1.n stantl ~· tha t bush 11·as clull no nwre. for th e stars ga1·e li g'l-d: to th e lea1es and mad e 1·h e••i bri g ht . During the night Ra let Fall a ligh t sho ll"cr o f r :1 in :rnd up sprang ~;ras: an d nlO rl· hushc:-; . maki ng a rretty :-;hacl:,' ll •H>k for the li t tle fairi es. \\ 'he n t he ·r a11·okc :n <I s;111· 11·h ~ 1t l\a h;td d nnc t lh• ~ 11-cre filhi 1Yi th jo1, thc1· L·a llcd t he 1rns ' 1 Piki - .\ rc;-n (thnt1gh it i~ ca l led C J.-m a t;s to -d ay) th e n j oi ning hand s th ey d :111 ccr! round it s inging:--

"You arc so shv, d ear fair an d 1·e,·y ,;h y. 'v\"ith )"J ur sla r;·y hlo:so111, cli nging up on

high. Soon you go to lea,·e :1s; i f ,,.c on ly could Keep yo u ah,·ays ,,·ith us, baby of the \\'OO c!

Baby of the pine t ree, Piki-Arero. Though you tell us of :o u111111 e1· you -.1·ill n cv~r

sec, Lil ies in th e ga rd en, c ~1 c rri es on th e tre e. You ar c h11t a fairy of the l\Iaor i wood And ,,-e cc.nnot keep you . Ah! but if \\"C could ! Dearly as \\" C' love you Piki-Arero."

(Taken fr o m Pi k '-/-\rero h y J es5 ie :'.\facka1-.

T h (' fa iri es " ·e r e h al)py o nce rnon· am: wh e n th ey got a chan ce t h ey tri e, l t0 th a nk R1 by h elping· hi s s nnl~eam s i11 t h eir go,1d works on earth.

Jea n J-f erny, Ade laid e T errace, P erth Age rz.

"A LEGEND OF THE ROSE."

D a wn was breaking. T he fl owers stirred a n d slowl y npene cl th e ir dewy p etal;:;. The rose opened h ers too for th0 first t ime. She looked at th e w o r ld ahnll[ h er , wond e ring h ow h e r C reator could haYe m ad e su ch b eautiful flow er;:; .

Th e one d rawback of th e R ose was th a t sh e h ad no perfume like a ll th e oth er b lossom s, but V1ras scentl ess . The su n p eeped m·e r the h orizon beaming on all

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the ea rth . ~ceing tlw you ng l-'.1 >:-:l'. h e se nt a s unbeam d o1Yn to h er. T he su nb eam t1u tte red about and then de -;Cl'tl< led on the R ose. it ki ;;;.;ed her and ca re ssed her.

.-\ good ti m e later a sky-fair_1· t1oated cl own a nd a sked the Rose :-;wedlv if it 1-vo ul d le t h er s leep 0 11 its p et;:i ls.- The Ro:;e n-lad h· a <>Teecl and t:he fa in · ]a,, d o11·n ~11 th-c p1~tty pi n k pet a ls. -

T h at c1·e ning b efo r e th e s un ha d sc~, th e fain· sa id, "] mu st go hdo re the :-; u1~ se ts. but ] 1Yi 11 not fo rg~t y(lur ki nd nesO' . ., The fairy soon fl oated all"ay a nd \\'as l"st to sig·h t .

} n fairy land ,.;hL· dcrnan rkd an aud ien ce

Extract

CHRISTMAS EVE.

(From "Little Hinges t o Creat Doo rs," b y F. S. D . Ames.)

It ·was Chri s t m as-En· t h at da y 11·h e n eve n a mid t h e s hadow of its so le1im fast , the h ea rt seem s to ting le a lready with th e joy of th e com ing fcstiYal. O n the secon d Hoor of a litt le Londo n h ou~e. a young workman and hi s wi fe might haYe b ee n seen s it Ln g cl o wn to t h eir m eagre dinner. £yer y th ing in th e roo m was as b r ightly furbi sh ed as an y h ou sekeeper cou ld de­s ire to see h er g·oods a nd cha ttels at th at festiYe season; ' and a s th e lit t le w ife h er­se lf was as neat a s a ne \\' pi n , th e h er­rings we\! cooked, and th e baby in the crad le as h ealthy as a baby co t!ld w ell he , we ar e ;:;ure our read er s wi ll agree with us that George ::\I ill e r might con sid er

"himself a very fortunat e hu sband .

-Bobby ~Iitch e ll , ~Iclbourne .

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The fair il·,.; gladly g ran ted her r equ es t and she c:aid "l fl e w oyer a cer tain ga r den n carll a ll th e Hmnrs shut the ir p etals, but o"ne she g ladly agreed to let m e r est I I thought of giYing- her a gift and as ::_;he is scent-less ] a m g o ing to g i1·c h er the s11·cetcst ::;ce nt J can!" The fa iri es al l a g reed.

\\' h e n t h e n ext daY da1n1 ed t he h'. ns,• a 1Yake ned with a <i°e li cate sce nt. The fain · 1yatched her joy a-; she prou cl l? lift er! her head h iglin am o ng t he ut h cr H(J\\·e r s in the ga rdui.

l:k th' \ \'alsh . Perth , \\" . .<\ .

Club .

A HOT WINDY DAY.

(Fr om ::\l y F ri end Phil. b y Isabel

Peacocke. )

There w as a h ot 11·i n cl bl01Yi ng. h ow­eYcr, and th o ugh it seem ed to affect th e chil d re n litt le e nough. I w as disincli n ed fo r str enu o u s exertion , a nd sat awh ile in the po rch sm oking. and 1Y atching t h e young;:;te r s run a b o u t , up and d own t h_e bricked pathway, which seem ed to p os1-tiY ely ooze ants from e1·ery crack a nd cranny . Th e trees s1yirl ecl and groaned un eas il y in the s ultry puffs of wind ~hat w ere g rowin g- s teadier, and m o re con t1nu­o u ,; , like the 110t breaths from a n o p ened furnace-, a nd aboYe, a hazily -yellow su n stared with a brassv <T]a r e from a cl eep­blu e sk y , m·er 1Yhi ch r aced great wh ite masses of ragged cloud.

-Eileen J o\ly, Hamilton.

16 l6ucalpprus JBlossoms.

(From T he ~01-ro\\·s of Lyca d uun)

/\ little boy, dre;:;sed in the trad itiunai Irish fashion. lay \\·ith hi s l'lho\\·:-; on t h e grass, with an open b ook befo ri.: him . ·1·he sun d a nced through the lll'\Y green IL·a\T,; un the t ree abon: hi m . a nd the birds that m ade th eir ho m e in it ,;a1w t hL·ir lie s_t u11 t h i :-; ] r is li ~pring m ornin£. On ly a k \ \. yanb a wa \· w as the r i \Tr . \1·i th certa in qu inring ~ircles , sugg·es t in· of leaping· trout. · c

- Molly O':\eil.

("Oberon's l:east '' ( by C . Scutt.)

O bcrun laug h ed tu lea rn that the kil l' \\" him. and stcppill' " in to t he momi­light. bi n\· 011 his mag7c h()rn; and th ''. de lighted nymphs found th at the1· n 0 ,,·

cou ld si ng the songs of th e fairi~·s , but n une sang them S() \\Tll as the sm allest ny mph . \\·ho rn th e llthcrs na m ed Titan ia. Then O b e ru n wish ed fo r them a splcndi ·~l feast on _tah le s of diamond , \1·hich ap­p eared without hands o n th e soft greeE grass. so th l'y m ade mc1-r1· a nd d a nce( 1 a nd sang in the \Yh ite 111 001ibeams til l th : m oo n went do\1·n a nd lef t thL· world i!' darkness . \\"h e n feas t and dancers 1·an­ished: hut not b efon· the1· had im·ite ,:1 O h eron to come a gai n and join the;r d a nce a nd p lay.

- l\Ji lla ~fath ec;o 11.

( From " Th e 1'·:i11 g',; .-\ch iL·\·c m cnt''­.lkn s()n.)

\ \.hen th e g rea t e1Tn b in t h e Spring· ot '34 bega n tn take pl ace, Ch ri s was in a p eri oc! of ahc:tracted peace, and th " rum ou rs of the m canw tu him as cries fr o m annthcr p lanet. Dom ."\11th o11\· l\L~ rk,; came into the cloi,;tcr one da~ from the guc:-;t h o use with a great exc ite:. mcnt in hi :.; face. " I !ere is n ews, .. he said j o inin g him s<: l f t() Chris and a n oth -.::· y ou ng m o n k \\·it h 11·hom t h e 1011eil· n n1·ict> 11·as somet im es allowed to \Ya lk . :, ~faster T-lu111phreys . from Lond on, tells m e theY arc all in a fe r m e n t thnc." C hri s look,'. ·1 at him with a d ifferentia l co ldn <:ss , and waited fo r m o re. ''TIH:,· say that ~fa s ter :\I o r<: has r e fused th e oath. an d that h e is l()clgecl in th e T o 11·er. a nd ~I y L ord of ]~ochL·ster t oo." The young nionk btJrS[

into cxc la matiun:-; a nd q uc,; tio 11:-; , bu t C hri s \\·as. silent. l t \Ya:; sad c 11 u ugl1, bu t 11·h at did 1t m atter to him:- \\ha t dicl it rea lly matter to anyone:- Cocl 11·a ,; King.

- Maggie \ \ alshc .

(From "Shipm ates," by ~lary \\ agg·a-man. )

. l t h ad bL'L' ll a long. long day fur the little shipmates s111cc the1· ldt Ca rter' s Ca1·e. \\ ' he n T ot di ,Clll - ~Ted l'ip's de­sert io n nuthing hut a pa n full uf su gar­to ppcd L'ook ies an d a stun· cou ld di 1Trt her frorn tears and dc,; pa i.r. · · ~it up tu t he table. llllll" ... said that 11·i,.;L· comfo rte r. J udy. as s h e rolle d out the duu g h ," and y <lU can cul out t he little cakes 1·ourself. That',; th e 11·ork fo r a prl'tty gi r iL:cn. I t's on ly bo ld boy s likv ! ~oh a nd Pi p that should go r oa ming the sea \1·ith the \\·incls a n1 ] 11·al' l'S b lustering a s the1· a rc to-d a \"."

- Eilel:ll ~l alcol m-.

(Fro m " _. \ \\ .oman na m ed S mi th , b1· ~J. Oem ler. ) -

Th e wea ther had changed into d a 1·s of d eep b lu e "kic,;, splendid clay~ , full of th e 11·annth of po11·e r. and !lights fill ed 11·ith fragrance. nig·h ts of fier ce b eauty and tlw g lam o ur (Jf golden m o()ns. and -the th ril ­ling melody uf th e mock ing bird . Th roug·h o u r open \\·indows immense moths, ,;pirit:-; of the s urnme1· nights, dri fted 1n on enamel led an d j ewelled \Yin gs and circled 111 a fi re-11-<>rs hi p in g d a nce a ro und o ur light.

H eather S lee man.

(From "Pa ll :\ [a ll Cazett e." " How D o\]\r was Kamed. ")

\\ l1y do we cal l a do ll a du ll . a nd n ot . as_ th e Frenc h do, a puppet or pnupct . or 1nth th e J ta li a ns , a barn hi no o r h ab1· 0

\\ .ha t is t ill' meani ng- of the word d o ll° 0

To exp la in , I must go back to far awa1· tim es, wh en it \ya,; the fa:-;hion a ll on:r the Christ ian w01·l d for the m oth ers to g- i1·c to their ch ild rc·n t l1 c na m e o f a pa t­ro n sai nt. ~nme sa ints 11·cre more pop u ­lar t h a n o th ers and :-;ai n t Doroth ea \Y as at o ne pe ri o d p erhaps th e m ost popu lar of a ll. D oroth ea and it s quai n t En.~· li ~ h 1·ariation Dorothy, h a 1T, a s little Creek

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scliular,.; kno \\·, a 1Tn- ]o,Tly meaning- -"gii"t u f (:od." But a~'-' fc\\· 1,wo p le like t(' call a !()(ldli 11 g· \I-C L' thing h_1· a long and stateh · name, the Eng·ii sh Uurntlll'a \\"<t'-' sh orten ed tu Doll ' Canel Dull, and th\'. babies ga, ·c· th e san;c names tu t11eir play­thing,;.

l\:. T o!cman .

LA GIACONDA. (The iol lo \l·i ug extract fro m \ \ .a lt e r

Pater·~ ,;tudy of L eonardu da \ "inci aptly s 11 mma·: iscs the d i,.:cu,.:..;ion uf the ~J ona l .i :;a w ::ich \Yas S '.J di:-.t in ct i1·e a iealtl n· oi t h L' b,.; t 1..i tcra ry En·n i ng-.)

" I Lcrs i :-; th e head u pnn which 'all tl·c

L'J ](\,; of 1 hr· ('arth are come' and the cyc­li (b a rc a 1it tle ' Yeary. ] t is a beauty \\Tuug·!1t out fro m \\·it h in upon the Hesh, the (kp os i t, Ii tt le CL·l l by cc 11 , of s1-rangt th oughh and fa n tastic r eHTies and exa u :­:-;itc 1~ a ,;s i on,;. Set it for a m omen t b es°i :lt" one of th o :-;<: 1d1ite Greek goddesses nt beautiful \\·om en oi antiquity , a nd how \\·ou ld they be t rn ub k d b y this b e:1 u ty, into \\·h ic li the soul 1Yith a ll its m aladies has passed .. \II t lw thoughts a nd e>:pe ri­e nces o f t h <: ' yor!d ha1T etched and m o ulded th ere. in that wh ic h the1· have of power t o m a ke expressiYe the 0~1 twar·l form."

--Artiste

Belgian Mission in lndia ,

I T \Ya:; at th e cnLl uf 1une 'ye had the p riYil ege o f a le cture from

l-!.L·1-. Father \ ·a n cler Schueren, S. J .. nf t he Bclgian ~lission in India. H <1,:i 11g la b ­o ured 39 years in the m ission fi elds . h .: \\·as ab le t o tell u s ma111· details oi in ter­es t . O ne of the imm ed;at•· results of hi s yic;it 11·as the formation of th e I.~I.R.S. (] nclian ~l ission Rel id Soc iety} con s i,;t­in ~~.- of fou r m e mbe rs . \\ .he n in ten-iewed h_1'. o ur r e porter, the fol lo 11"ing account \ l"<tS g iYen of t h e b irth uf the Soc iety.

"lt b egan "·ith F ath er \"an dcr Sc hu e­ren';-; Lecture. \\ .h e n he told us of t h c p1>n-rty o f th e poor In dians and h ow littk i t 11·ould t ak e t o support a cttechi ,. t , a n d \\·hat \n111 dcrful " ·ork the,· did. :'\ora gc1t an in spi ration a nd impar ted it to ~I ~ l h· and T eresa. One m ore 11·as 1Yantecl to m ake up th e quarte tte. so :\elly 1\'as in ­Yited to j oi n the I.~I.H. .S. \\ ·c ttl ld l\ I. M. Catherin e a ncl she h elpL·d u s to get up two plays, "~ !rs D ooley 's D ng" ( d isguised as " The Bark of Bi ll y") and " A S how nt Hands." A pian o so lo and two recita­ti o n s cnmp1ctecl th e pro,~-ramm e. The proceeds n f th e concert . augmented bY

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the selling of sweets , m ade up tbe s um o f £3, so that w ith l\Io ther S uperio r 's do n a­tion , we g a1·e Father \"an der Schu en•u enough to pay t h e expen ses of a ca techi s t for a yea r . Th o~;e inter estc(l in t h is clc­sen· ing object m ay communicate during the Septemb er ho lidays \Yi th th <' m e m ­b er s o f the L:.I.R.S. Presiden t, :l\ora Pa v ne, 10...J. S t u rt Stree t , Ball a rat; Yice ­pr~s i dent , ~lo ll y \\ .ebb , C h eritnn Park , Ven·alc, Yia Carficld. G ippsland; Secn· ­tary, Teresa DaYies, 93 ?\o rth H.oad. Car­d en Yale; Committee-;\cll y Fogarty, Tull amore. Cull y l~cl .. Oakleig-h.

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A Hero of the Beigian Indian M ission.

\\-e a rc carri e d awav tn th e Indian ~Ii ;;­s ion of C h ota K ag-µc;re, wh ere a youn g Belg ia n p ri est. fired w ith th e Ion of Gorl . p enctrah'd far in la nd to \Yin soul s for his D iYin e :'.\[ aste r. Sett in g out from Ranch; , the capital of C h0 ta :.'\ag-pore, Fath ~r Lei\'ens. S.J., reached the 1·il lage of Torpa in Ju ly 188_;. He fc und in the Yast wi1

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district stretched a hundred leagues in e cry direction) but 50 Christians. Ee felt the t~rcatnc~s oi the \1·ork, the over­po\\eringnc ss of it. but " to saYe soub and lead them to I-Tc;L1·cn 1Yould not be thrown into the fire~" Usually he travel­led bare-foot, his feet ctit by the rocky ground , and "lcpt 11· 1i·~re he could. out in the open, in a stable. Cncler a contin u­ou s torrent of tropical rain he trayersed this new di strict. By January 18SC1 l1is _=j(J

Christians had i ncrcased to 300, hy .-\pril to 500, by J tme to 900.

\\'hen he first 1nnt to Chota Xag·porc he knew not a v;orcl of the languages· spoken, nor of the cu st oms of the tribes. The ":'.fan:~i" at Torpa initiated him intil the laws, and in a short time he acquired an unusual w ealth of judicial kno"' ledge so that judges appealed to him in cases of difficulty. This knowledge bt·eame to him a " lenr by v>hich he would raise souls," for through it he stopp ed unjust taxation of the nati1·es, and by thu s ame­liorating their condition dre·n· their hearts to himself that h e might centre them i!: God. The same ".!.VIanki" gaye him the use of a barn, a Ji tt le rice (almost hi s onl v food) and a mattrPs;; to lay on the earth­ern floor of hi s hut of bamboo and sack ing. c\ 1·i siting pri est once asked h;m when· the mattre ss was. He quietly rl~· pli ed that he had given it to an ol(l native woman who was dying.

In another y ear, counted in Torpa, were ro,ooo Christian s, and now and then a pri est \Yas sent to help him (among

others the friend of hi s el1ilclhood , Father de :-;ml'dt, S.J .) But hunger and over­"·hclming work ,;uffice<l to bring each l.'n111µa11io11 to thL· Ycrg·e of th e gra1·<', and Fath er Ll'iYen::; again alonl' , except for his deYoted catechi s t::' , had to administer to the 11·;tnh of -+OO 1 ill;1gc,; c<intaini11g· r 5000 Chri~ti:t110'. !10 ,;clrnob, and nearl y as many cliapcb.

Cradti;tlly hi ~ appc.:ab for hcip were ;rn s1Ycred and his reque~t:-; grantee!. T bf' heroic Belgian Prm· ince, already heavily taxed by other growing :.\li ssion,; , sent, in J 888, 9 pri eO't s to lnd i a. a n<l next yea;· r8 . Genernu,; ,;oub in Europe sent alms. The Loreto ;\°uns came to his aid and opened a school for girb in l{anchi , fomi­dations in oth <> r part,; of India quickly fo ll owed . Some Indian girls wished to become Kun s, so an Order called "The Daughters of St. .-\ 11 nc" \\·as fou ndcd tor them by the Loreto ;\°uns. These Native nuns 11·ore the Indian dress v.-ith a rosary as a distincti,·e badge, ancl they help greatly in the 1\·ork of com·ersion. Soon Cho to X agpore numbered roo,ooo Chris­tians.

But Father Leivens could work no longer. T1yo nights out of three spent in the open began to tell on him; his lung-s were a ttac keel. It was hoped that his natiYe air might restore his health and so he left India-never to return-2nd Sep­tember , T892. He died at Louyain on the 7th ;\°onmbcr, 1893, aged 37 years.

( .-\bricl ,c; cd from !1is life) X ellie D ermody. The Annunciation

THE ANGEL <.;ABRTEf.-Stanley OUR LADY-Kathlern

20 JEucal~i.Hus JSlossoms.

Our \Vorld Wide lnshtute . LETTEl~:-: iro m O"·erseas Corn-ents. of our ""·orl. l -11·id e 1 nstitute n.Y. '.\Lin-.

Lur<.'.to . \ bbev, H athfar~1h am.

Co. D nbli11. :-larch 2.1 th, 1923.

Dear Compa11 ions,-_-\s you ha \·e bee n kind enoug h t•J :1sk

u s for a contributi on to your l\Iap·azi11 e . w e hope a short account of th e Mother­Housc, and ho\\' '"·e pupil,.; spend our tim e m ay interest you.

Loreto ,\bb e\' is situ ated nl·arl" three mile ,.; ou tsid e D~1blin , yet \\'ithi1; easy acce,.;,.; of th e ci t\-. The ori g· in al build im!: is Ceorgian. of .reel ]wick. 'ancl \\'as co11-stnic ted earl y in th e ci<-'.· hteenth century . _,', t1ight of clouhl e steps de,;ce ncl to t he la\Yn , in t h e mid dle of \\-hich is a statue of the B le ssed \'irgi n.

On the oth er side of th e house, a hand· som e tligh1 of !Otcps leads fro m th e Ter­race to th e grou nd s. T raditi on has it that T hom as '31oore was often a Yisitor and "-rote one of hi s Iri sh m elodics, "Oft in the Stilly Night," and a large portion of hi s "Life of Byron." h ere.

To th e o ld l)uilding seYeral wings ha,·e been added from time to tim e. These inclu de the Church, Xm·itiate . Schools, Gvm nasi um, Sc ience, a nd A rt-rooms.

·Th e Church i'.' cruciform in sh ape, and is yc ry la rge. T h e nun 's choir occupi es the na\'e , and t h e Siste r s and pupi ls oc­cupy the ri ght and left transepts. The hi g h a ltar is in t h e cen t re. a nd on eith er side of it , on pcclcstals, arc llgurcs of t\\·1, adoring a ng-els. U nd er the tab le of the alter is th e mastnpicce "Th e Dead Chris t." These " ·ere executed by Hogan. Ireland's g reatest scul ptor . ·Runnin~ around th e Church arc th e cloister s . a n<1 at inte rYals along arc altar :- to The Sacred H eart , The Blessed \'irgi n. S t . J oseph , St. Patrick. and th e Guardi a n .-'\ ngcl.

In th e sch ool wing th ere are largl' stud v-ha ll s for the different diYi sions \Yi th smafl er class-rooms adj oi ning. The Con­cert Hall is \'en- fin e. Here, all mu sical entertainments are h eld. ,\tone end is a two-manu al organ , on \Yhi ch pupi ls prac-

tisc. 1 n the l;y1:1na siu111 da ncin g- an d drill classes arc he ld.

Th e ,_:Tou n1b ;1t the hack of th e hou,; •: a r c l:trg·c a nd \·n y ii ea utiiul. l 11 surnrnc'.· these arc , uf course. a t their lwst. O ne can obta in a splendid \' ie \\. of the Duhli11 :\fountai ns from J\ osar y \Y alk, which run s along the lJounrlary. Beech \\ .a lk looks lon·h · in summ er , and. on hut da,·:,. th e shade of the trees is \\'l'kom cd lw a l ~. :\ t th e end of this \\'a lk the l .ake is -sit u­ated. 1 n th e middle ui tlll' !attn is ·.t

;.; m a ll is land , on \Yhi ch \\·ate1·-hcns mah· the ir nests . T\\'O S\\·a11s sa il on th e lake and. durin g the m onths of :\Iay a nd Junl' , they can h e seen S\\·imming about. iol ­f0\1-cd h\' som e tl uffv . lit t le C\'!"nl'ts. T here ar-e man1· oth er -,yaJks, the ch id of '"hi ch are "H.a-mblc." which is bordered on one ~-; ide b v pine-trees, and :\Ii dd le \\ -alk. This last li es bet,ncn the two p rincipal h ockey-fi eld~ , and lead;.; frnm the Terrace steps to Rosary \\ .a lk. Th-: grotto of "Lourd es" is situated to th ,· ri gh t of th e Sccond-DiYi sion playing fi eld . In this. th ere is a mini a tu re representa­ti on o f the fam o us Grotto of France.

\ \ . e play h ock ey h ere from the b egin­ning of October until th e end of ."\pril . and we are all yerv enthu siast ic about th e g·amL'. The F irst <tnd Second Elc\·cns ofte n h;1\·e matche!' \\·ith out side t C'a m ". a nd the,.;c arc enj oyed great ly . both ~,,. players a nd specta tors. .-\fter a m atch tea is scrn·cl to t he ri\'al te;-i rns in the Concert Hall. a nd in e\'cn · case it is \Y ell ea rn ed and much app1·ec;ated . For the last t\YO vcars, on St. Patrick's Day. we han .: hacl "' Inte1·-Prm·incial" h ockcv- mat­ch es. Four teams arc selected . eac l~ m ade u p of g irl s fro m th e fou r P ro\' in ces of Irela nd :- U lster. :\Iunster. Leinstcr. and Conn aught. Th ese team s pla y against one anoth er , ancl the mcmhers of th :.' " ·innin g t eam r cceiYC a prize. This year "Conn aught" w on. In summer w e play t enn is and rou nd ers. \Ye like both \' ery much , but th e former is preferred. There are about ele\' en tennis court . and c cy

Visit of the Shepherds to the Crib OUR L .-\I>Y- K a th le.-11 ST. JUSEl' H - l>a11

Visit of the Three Kings Kin g Bearin g Golrl-Joh n Ki ng w it h Jar of Frauki11cense-Jack

K 111 g wi th Box of l\l yrrh-Bi l ly

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arc rarely unoccupied at " r l'C... Those g·ir b in t11c senior cb :.; sc,.; \\·ho \\·ish h ri(k the po ny. may do so. a n d th e latter g·ct:; pknty of g·;ci ll opi n g-- 011 ncc rcatio1 1_ D ays especia ll y ,.;o. " ! ~cc . Days" arc al­w a\·s \'e n · cni ovab lc, a nd w e ha\'C alio u r t\Yo or t l{rec ·ea-ch term. 1 n \\·inter . h oc key m atch es are a rranged in r these days. and. in ,;urnmer. \\'C' haY c te nni,; tourna·­lll cnt:i. There i,; a lway,.; an cntcr ta in­lll cnt o f snr11c kin d in the C\ 'L• n ing-.

Th e Feast of :-;t. 1\lm·siu-:. in june. is the gTcatcst " 1\ cc. Day·' in the \'~a r. a n i t he ~lne to wh ich \\'C ;i10,;t look. fo r \\'ard. / \ ,.; it fail,.; in ,.;u lllllll'l'. \\ 'C a rL' g·L·ncral·'· fa\ ·01-ed \\·it h 10\-c lv 11-cath er. Tl;is mal" ;s the d ay doub ly -plca,.;a1 1t. C 11 Co rpu s Christ i there is a processio n of t he Rl c:;­se<l ~ac rament a round th e ground,.; . Bene­diction is ~?,°iH· n t hree tim e,.;. o nce in thr: Church a1;d t\yi cc o u t-of doors a t the: gTottoes . :\lany Yi,ito rs come for th e oc­casio n , fro 111 D ub lin and the neighbor­hood.

E\'cry year \\'e ha,·e com petitions in s ing:ing-. piano. Yio lin . and 'cell o playing, r e-cita tion s ( in lri sh and English) and Iri sh danci ng·. These a1·c ~ollectiHl y call ed the "R~thfarnham Fcis. " \\'h e n th-e entries h an· b een j u dged a "Prize-\\·in ­n er s' Conce rt" is h eld. 1-\ t the end of th e t erm , m eda ls are a \Y <trded to th e su ccess· fu 1 com p etitors.

Thi s year th e ~ rn io r and '.\ Iidd lc Gr:trles ha \'C . r~spectiY c l y . ~hakc ~' p ca re's pl <ivs. "~\lachcth." and "The l\Ierch ant d Ven­ice." as part of thci1- li tcr<itt:rc co t!rsc. J\s th ese p lavs \\·e re acted i n Dublin botl t classes \\'Cr<; a 11 O\\'Cd to go to the per­form ar1ccs.

Tuni or Grade \\·ork . th is vea r. includes "The Life a n d AdYcnturcs of Ch ri s topher Columh u s." \ Ye \\' e re g· iyc n a ci nern a to ­graph sh ow o n e eYen ing . depicting· t h e l ife o f t h e famous di scove1·er. \ Ve all. found th ese perform a nces to h elp us enor-­mou slv \Yi th ou r \Nork .

\\_e -hope you will be intE're s t ccl in th is ;iccou n t of our do in gs a t t h e '.\fother­Hou se. and w e arc looki n g forward tn haying th e g-reat p leasu re of r eading VOLJr

r cplv. g i, ·ing u s an id ea of s tu dent l ife i i·, Loreto Abbey, Ballarat .

'.\Iaureen P a rringto n.

L o r eto .\bhey, Toronto,

'.\lay yd. 1923. D ea1- '.\ la rjori c,-

In sp.itc o f th e fac t that your ll't tc: \\·as c,·cr ,;o in teresti ng a nd \\'C \\'LTC \'ery glad to lea rn a ll abO\~t your L ore to Co n­\'ent. i t seems a,.; if \\·c \\-Cren 't dc lighterl with the id ea o f \\Ti ti ng to you and cks ­cribing our sc h ool. \\·e a rc ,.;ure . thoug1t you will pa rdon u s. iur you knO\\' al l the stud y ing \\'C shou ld b e doing e\·cn if WC'

aren 't. E,·c ry L o re to g irl thinks h er Co1hcnt

is the be st, but I t hink if ' ou could -: e~ t h e Abbey _, ·0 11 \\·ntild ;1gn :c \\·ith me in thinkin g ,.;o . \\ ' h e n it \\·as first buil t . it was in the m ost res identi a l par t o f tI1e citv, bu t sin .:- c. u n fortunate ly , factori· '~ ha~·c ,;pn! n g· u p a ll a r ound lis. ·t h e g ro 1111 rls are \-en· much sm a ller than t h e o ri g· ina: ex tent of them. .

O ubid e <0 n the gro und s) \\T h a\'L' a bask t' t l1all court . a te nni s court. a rink (in winter) a nd S\\' ings . Th e 10\·cli (·st parts of th e g-rouncl s is a lwau ti fnl Groth of The Hol v Fa rnil v, \\·hic h is k n0\\'11 t o enry _L\ bbe~· g irl. -

Tl~e intcr~ot~ o f th e .-\bhey m akes up fc-;­cyc1·y thin g th e outsi de lacks. Besides 1·efectories, th at a rc most a ttrac t iH · to an y healthy gir l around meal ti me . there are lar.s;e . hrig·ht class-room s an d studv ha ll s . ·Such ~ heerfu l class-rom s arc ~ grea t h elp ;.:omctimc;.: . cspecialh· n n '.l

' 'B lu e :\Iondav." a ft er a fir "t \\'eek-end : and ihe1· help o ne to t hink th at hoarding. sch ool isn't the w orst p l<t ce in t he w orld , af te r all. Th ere is a \\T ll - fi 11 ed lihran· fo r t h e l itc r a1-~· g i1·1s. a charming- studi o fo r the artists and corridors f01- th e mu sical o n es, and cYe r_v pns.-- ihle a<h·an ta QT for th e s tud io u s. f\ boYe th e class room s :-i c th e dormatorie s . th e _c\ ]CO\'CS. Firs t <t1H~ Second Blue. and t h e Red and \\ ' hite. T:1 one of th e n ew " -i ng· s of the huil<lin!..'.· is t h e Ac1di to rium . \Yith a b eautifu l s t~ ge th ;i.t ha s ,,-itncssed man v con c ert ~. gTadt~· ;;it io n s a nd comm e ncements. /\ bm·e is th<' Chapel. and b ecau se it is so p c<i ccfu l anr1 so in spi r ing, is th e most bea utifu l part uf th e Abbe,- : a n d ind eed has th e reputation of b eing th e mos t bcantifu l chilncl in Can ada. L eadin g- from the Chapel is Ro5ary

22 JEucal)?ptus JSlossoms.

Hall. so •: ailed fro nt a 10\-ch· C r ut•.(l at tl~r? e nd ~f the hall that i:-; ded;catcd to " O ur Lady of Lourd es," I n ea rl y forgot th e dra \\'ing· room,;. aiwthcr bcauti[ul part of thC" . \bhe:-i· : they h m·c stately ol< l funti.­tun·. hardwon cl Huo r s an<l handsome! ·· ca n ed p il lar:-. done in th e l~enai:-;:-;anc·,~ dc:-;ign that match tho:-;e o n the \Tranda!i that ru:1s round nca rJ, · a \\'h ole side of the bu ilding. -

This i:- a poor descript io n of the .\J:.hc). but l cl1rn't kno \\' \\ ·ho could r ealh d es­cr ibe it as it is, fo r th e h om e- like ~trn o,.; ­phere of our sclrnol couldn' t b e described . t h: t t i:-;. and cl o it fu ll ju s ti ce .

The Da,- School in To ronto is a b ea uti­ful ne" · h\.1ilding·. \1-herc t h e Co llege girl" a re in 1T:-ide nc c. and ,,·he re al l th e cit\· pu pib .f.?.">. T here :i re many beaut iful con-_ yents thrnughout O nta ri o. but the latest L oreto Hoi1se i::; in Sedl cy, " -h ere the Ku ns ha,·e su ffe red a nd arc suffering m:rny pri,·ations, but \\T hear g- lo \Ying ac­cnunts of their \\'Ondcrful w ork.

T here a:-c b ea u tifu l com·cnts in Stalls also, but the A bbey . the Mother House in A m erica, seem s to- b e th e m ost attracti,·e and the same tim e home-like.

\\'e ha,·e a ,-ery large G raduation C lass this y ea r, and we wi sh you could come and joi n in a ll th e ce lebratio ns, but I suppose you arc haying "doings" of the : sa111 c ki11d ancl you couldn 't o r pcrhap.; \\-ouldn't be spare<!. lh1t ·when you a rc \\Ti ting examin atio ns aro un d th e end of the yc~r , r em ember that you a rc n ot a lo ne . . 111 \'OU!- m1sen' .

=iian y of u:-;-hope to fini sh H igh School thi s year, but there is som e "good" w ork ah ead of us y et. \\-c tr)' Departmental examina ti (:ns in June, and if we fail we \\-rite again in Sej) tc rnb er. and th en if w e fai l- \\-c w a it till Jun e again. H ow e,-e ,­none nf us arc goi ng to fail: w e take bnguagcs. Fren ch. Latin. Itali a n, and Engli sh a nd :'.\Tath cm at ic s. and of course, Science. I o; upposc you take abou t the sam e thing- and knO\Y "all th e tricks of th e trade."

\\ 'ell , v.rc \Yi sh YOU all kind s of CooG Luck in your exaniinations.

\\ ' ith lm·c from u s a ll. to all of , -ou. Y our Lore to churn-_ CLARA CARROLL

St. :-Iary 's ComTnt, : \ scot, England. Dear :!\lary ,-

Thank you Yery much for you r kttet. a lthough I know I am , -ery late in ans \\· c r­thc it. l am se nding you o ur Sc h Lh.,1 nlagazinc a nd think yo u will find all you \Ya nt to k no\\- a b out our sc lioo l in i t. .l'kase gin~ my lm·e to e\·eryone I kn ow.

C nod -hy e. " -ith mu ch Jo,·e_

MOLLY RATH.

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Th e ahoYl' no te was acco111pani l'd b y th e first three numb ers of Th e St. :!\ l ary's Con1·c nt '.-'chool Nlagazine. begun in 1920. F ro m :\umber 3 ( 1922) we quote the fol­lowing items. ,,·hich "-ill help to .sho\1- th e family like ness of t he I.B.\'. ll l. al l o,-c .. the \\-o rlcl :-

" J an. 30th. Th e L'ppcr a nd :-r icl d!c Sch ool:; <~tte;1ded t h e R eq ui em l\fass cf'lc:­brated at th e Friary for His Holiness Pope Benedict \'., R.I.P .

F eb. 9 th and T6th. Father Doulcvy g a,·e us two mo1·e of hi s in te rcs tin r;· Arch itectu re Lectures, with lanter;1 s lid es.

Feb. 21 s t. Mr Mclnto:;h Cross gave th e fir st of a seri es of lectu res o n _-\ r t.

Feb. 26th. A ye ry interesting Lankrn Lecture o n "Th e Painted Life of M a r y \Ya rd " was giYen b y th e Rev . :rr. Georg-.:\ O.F.l\L

Feb. 28th , S h ro\e Tuesday. A thrillin l! B lu e a nd \\ ' hi te hockey match " -as played with a ll th e u sual Yigour. Th e rest of th e day was spent in oreparation for the Fancv Dress Dance.

Ap-r il 7th. Easte r Holiday s bega n. " A section entitled "Rambles Round

Asco t " is suggesti ,·e. Surely A u stra li ans _ too, h aYc m a ny beau ties to descrihc near th e ir yarious Convent h om es .

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Co legiode <l e La B .V. l\Iari a, Lope?. de H oyos,

Madrid, 28th Nov ., 1922. D earest fri ends of A ustralia,-

\Ve recc iYed your kind letter d a terl 30th Jul y, some tim e ago , but much as we

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desired to ,;c·nd you a n·ply c ircumsta nces oYer ,,-hich \\·c had no control ha\'c pri:­Yentccl us from \\Titing before no 11·. ,;owe fear this \\·ill be lat<: for ynu r next "Hlos­son1s."

As you haYc g i\T ll me a descrip tion of your Coll ege w e wi ll try an d g in' you an idea o f what u urs is li ke. l t is situated on the outski r ts of :'.\Iad rid. The AYcnn: o f \ ' el rtzqucz (na111ed after (ll ll' of on;· g reat painters) runs along one si de of the garden, th e street is not qui te huil t in yet, hut from t im e to tim e many n c\\· ln11l d­i11 gs a rc con structed , so in a ic \\' years \\··~ sha ll be quite insid e :'.\laclrid.

The College is not ,·e ry large, but it is a ni ce building and has quite a large g ar­d en . T h e back of the h ouse looks to th ·~ Cuadarrama :\Iountains, and a little cana) which goes a ll round the outski rts of th ~ c ity. Ho \Y S close to o ur garden \1·all at the h ac k.

O ur chief games a rc Basket Bal l awl Ruined Cou ntrv and " -c ha, ·c some mat· ches too, but only bet\\'l'('ll the different di Yision s of the Coll ege. \\' e h aYe also three Bask et Ball courb. and in summ er we play croquet and tennis. .

O ne of th e rules of the Coll ege 1s to speak Engli sh all da y , \\'hich is r~th er difficu lt for us. This , ·car we ge t a ticket each day w e don'~ ~peak a ny Sp:rnish and a certain number of the,;e ticket<; entitles u s to bu\· n ice t h ings \\·hich the i\ un s have mad e. for u s during th e sum -­m er vacation, and a lso exq ui site "chup­ctes" which \Ye al l loY e.

Som l' of u s arc doing the l'\ation il.l Dublin exam in ations and \\' C find them rath er difficult, but h ope w e sh all b e abk to get through b y study ing hard.

O n th e 26th October we h ad a plea sant ex perien ce. In :\larch the re lic of the h and of S t . Francis Xa,·icr " ·as b rought from Rome to Spain on t h e occasion of the Ccntcnarv celeb r ation s that took place in hi s natiYe Nayarre . Before sci~cl· ing b ack the re li c to Rome. t h e Je~u1ts decid ed to giYe th e fri end s a nd adr:i1rer3 of S t. Francis XaYicr an opportu111ty 0f Ycnerati n g it , so the h oly r elic, '"-h.ich con sis t s of the hand and a rm of the Samt , mad e a triumphal progress through Spain. On th e arriYal in J\fadrid it w as taken tu

the lc:-;uit',; houses and to man y of th·~ Con;·cnts in the ci ty, anci am on g~t o th ers. to t h e " I r!andcsas ."

E a rly in the morning of th e 26t h Octo .. bcr. notice \Yas gi,·e n that the relic w ou ld arri,·c at 2 p. 111. So ~om e ti m e bcfo r l' the appo in ted hour th e children and ::\uns w ent into thl' garden and m et the preci­o u s relic. .-\ t abou t 2.30 p.m. a mutor came a lo ng , in " ·hich '"as a J e:-;uit a nd a "grnncl e" of Spain , \1'110 h ad charge of the relic ;!1 Hl kept the key of the ho:-;: in \Yhi ch it was e ncl osl'd. The rC'lic was brou g ht to the chapel. \\'C a ll going in pn>­cc:-;:-; ion . O n r l'ac hing· the chape l th c ":\farch a l~ ea l " \\'a,; st ruck up o n t he o rgan . .I t was first pl aced o n th e a ltar . th ~ n t h e chapla in prc:-;cnted it t o eac h tc> ki .-:,; , of cour:-;e o nl:· th e glass t hat coYcred the re!i qu ia ry. The hand is co\-cred " ·ith flesh of a rcddi:-;h co lour, but t he hon e,; o f the a rm a re quite ban._ l tis the fo re arm and seem ed short fu r a man. \\ ' h e n -,ye th ou o-l~t of how m an,- thou sa nd ,; receiY cd Baptism from that han d \\T felt bou nd to r e,·e rencc it.

\\ ' e ha\·c a yen· la r g·e number of new child re n thi s yea-1·; o~ cr ..j.O and 8 n e w r~ un s. E ig ht of our o ld e1- X uns \\·ere chan ged , and yet \\·e arc quite at h om e wi th all ou r n e\\' fri en ds.

,-\big motor b u s that hclds -to chil dren and a sm alle r o ne tha t h o lds about 20

brin g· th e day h oa rd ers c\·ery 1:1on1i11g­and ta ke t h em home cye1·y eYe n111 g, th~ smalkr bu s m akes hYO journeys.

\\ 'e ha\-c :\[a,;s fo r th e pu pils at O o'clock and w e nearly all h aYc th e ha ppi ­n c,;:-; of rccei,·ing Hoiy Communion every morning-. .

\\'e sha ll now conclu de with m a ny k ind wi sh es ior our dear A u o;t ralian friend~.

P .-\ CIT.-\ FELQ'UEROSO.

This Year \\T oTatcfulh· \\-clcom e y <> u:· link s in -th e o-old:i1 chai n -\,-h ich hind s th~

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h ea r ts of t h e d \Y cll ers in a ll th e lo1w('nts of the I.B.Y.:\I. throughout the w orl :-! . A m eri ca. England , Ireland an d Spai n sh ow in the ab oYe lett er s h ow closel _v akin arc th e liHs of th e sch ool children of our Institute, and h ow we may r ejoice, a s o ne sa id, "to have th e whol e world to play about in."

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Outback Scenes.

WHAT KOOI..::ABU1"< RA Si\\\'.

··_1 la -ha-l:. a ! Hc-h ·~ he !"' lau g hed Kou­kab urra, ]JLTched on :1 br<, nch of an ul .. 1 gun: tree on:r looki11;.:· :L trrica l , \ ustra li:t'1 creek. ""f\\"as clay bre:ik on a n early surn -mer·s morning. f{ abbits played un d i:o. ­turbe cl , and en:n a tc 1,.· s ly foxes \"cnturcr! forth to drink, in the c<i ln1 of the m ornin g. but, s urpri sed at seei ng some picnic­crs approach, the1· Urnl'cl and Heel .

.1-1 a-ha-ha! H~·- hc-iw !'" lau g hed J\:o(>­kabu rra. '1\yas CYC'.1ticli: and he \ya-: seeking so m e dainty moc~e l for his sup· J>l'L ln aiarm, fo r thi> Kerth \\ 'incl was hurrying OYCr th e p lai ns ga thering st rength as he came. Kookaburra sa1·1· that some sticks on t:H' g round were still ag low. S udd enly small 10ngues of fire appeared and crept ~bout the foot of th ::: o ld g um , so KookaL11rra flew up to tlh: branch to watch . 1:.l e saw one tongue ·\\'inc! s lovdy up its tn.:nk . ]\:nowing what would fol low, he Hew to the nea res t se tt­ler' s h ouse and, as 11 0 :1ot1ce \1·a s taken of hi s laughte1·. he climb ed de vvn the chim -ne)' · The settler, thus warned, went out­side, Sa \\" the tlam<:s, ::ind lost no tim e in p loug hing around hi~ he use an cl stack~ as th e ploughed land wou ld break th e Barnes.

Kookaburra, whn was now on the house top, \\·atched the flames l eapin :~­high in th e air. Once h ~ thought th:1· th e hou se would catch fir e . so he· 1110\·C'd to a tree further on .

Spyi113· the Bush Fire Brigade hurrying t owards the scene, he la11 ~·h ed with de­light and flC'\\. back to his perch on the hou se-top to ge t a k~iter 'iew. Thc fenc.: was already burning- <1nd a hay stack ill the rear blazed fierc eh ·. The Barnes had leaped the ploughed 1awl and so got ·1

good hold. The settler thought enry­thin g would be lost , bd a sudd en change of wind swept the flam es to a paddock i:1 which was a wide creek. Herc th ev wer-:: brought under control and in a· short tim e e>:t inguishecl .

f\ <.; the la st llame di<:d dn\\·n. l<ooka hurra laughed <.;cornfo1]\· at it; thvn he tkw back to the o ld ,:;- 11111 lw:-:ide th e creek and sett led clO\Yn to -:lce1:;.

- -M ona Da1·c l'.

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A KANGAROO HUNT.

In the heart of the Australian hu:-:h arc' many c-:ecret dells known cnlv to the ani ­mals and their 1'.::ing l\: a ngaroo . O ne such spot is g uarded by gaunt gums, silent sc·ntin cls that seem to reach the ski· . and arc refl ected in the creek that t:ij)plcs C;>reless]\· beneath.

\\ ' ith a bound, inr,1 th(' middle of this rdrea t, comes a cheerful kangaroo. Down to the creek Le hups and lazilv drinks of its water; tr.en la vs him clo\\·;1 on 1·he soft g rass, b'1nkin g· his Lrown eves with satisfactiol'. - Soon ,;\ eep c laims h in1. For a few mom­

cnts he dozes ; then .;prings up, pricking· his shape ly cars: · Y cs he has hcarcl that sound bdorc; 't•.s th<: barking of th e hound s. Quickly he gu lps a draught o f water, then bound s to warn his kan garoo friends of corn ing d ,mgct·

Off th ey all hop, unti l ·when within a few mil es of their rock; refuge, the hunts­men come upon thc 1'1. Th e m en dis­mount. and urging· •m th e clogs, fo ll ow hard upon their trac!~.

The retrea ting mob stil' bound on. but the i1- King, cleterminrd to defend th em , tak es un hi s position '.it the rear. f\s the hound s press the pur;:uit, he turns. puts hi s back against an :<cl stump that the; may not worry him frcm behind an·l angr ily faces h;s as5<ilanr:s. One dog is indi screet and King· Kan~"aroo catchimr him in hi s strong 'a ::- rns, throw's him fa·~ from him, seei ng with ev ident pleasure that h e lands in a thorny bu sh. After a moment of ind ecis io n, th e other hounds turn awav in fear .

Juhila1{t with victory, the King hop s

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t o\Yarcls the creek. The h o unds take courage and iolk11· · J.· 1lo the water splashes the kangaruo, and sta nding t,l catclt the foremost nvunrl . he hold s him belo 11· tlte surfac e ti!; cl eMl, t hen thro\y~ the lifeless bocl 1• from him . . \nother, and _IL't anot her ho{111d is trcakd in likL· man · ner. ti ll the hu11t srnc11. frari11g the Jo;;::; of th(' \\·ho le pack , ca'.1 ol"f the r(·111ainder H1 ·t11H ls and huntsme;• 11101-c s lo 11·h awaY. \'.Tary :u1d defeated. 1Yhik ]\:ing .J(ang~1~ r o(I proudly rL'turns to his lonely home. to resum1_· his disturbed s lumbers in peace

--Shiela Murphy.

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HIS FIRST RIDE.

Jt \\·as a scorchin(.!· cla1· and the stat ion at P iralla \\·as ,- en~ · bu~'" for th <: train from l\J elbourne -had -just com e in . Amo ng·st the others that· alighted was a tal l young man; he had 011 a na1·y blu<" suit of clothes, he ca rri ed a suit case, and an o\·e rcoat ·was slung 01·e r his shoulders. He lookvcl about as if he expected some­one tn meet him , and at last he saw a bu ggy with a man and a g irl in it, so he \yent oYer an<l said to the man. "..-\ re YOU mv cousin Tohn He11der,;011 :" "Yes.' '- re­pl; cd the 111.an , "I came to meet you. put your case in at the h ack and jump up." The hor ses, which were getting impati­en t . started off and the townsh ip was soon left 1Jehi ncl .

f\fte r th ey got a littl e way o ut the road led into th e bush an(\ the new-comer ex­c la im ed at its beaut\'. \\'h en thev arrivecl at J oh n's home it ~va s getting rlusk an(! soo n aft er supper the ne\\·-come r, whose nam e was Tim Hcndero;on. went to bed.

::\ext rno~ning when he had had break­fast Tnhn asked him would he care to han: . a rid e rouncl th e place as he was going to muster som e cattle. Jim said h e w ould , so they " ·ent out to the stables and got the hoises. Jim 's horse was a beautiful bay, but whrn he went to get on it started to move, so one of the men had to hold it while he got on. \\Then they started off Jim 's horse began to trot;

h e \Yas bumping up and down in the:; saddl e and sa\l'ing at th<: horsl'·s mouth tu stop.

They entered a paddock where the cattle \v e1-c g raz ing a nd John cant ered round them and cracke d his whip. They did not want to go, because the g rass was sw eet, but the m en came along and m ade them gu. Jim did nut know anything about stock-riding 0>(> he tried to stand his horse near the gate. hu t it \Yas a stock horse anc\ it started off after the other s; he could not stop it, and he thought that h e ·wou ld be thrown off b eca use the horse ·was dodging the cattle.

1llhn ~aw that hl' had lost cont ro l of the lwr sc a nd called out. "Hold on to her mane. '" Jim caught hold of her mane and helcl on. ,\fter some ti m e th ey stopped the ho r se a11d Jim got off, and {t was ~.ome time before they cou ld per­suade him to go for another ride. How­ever. he afterwards hecame quite a good rid er.

--Kellil' :\Ia thcson, age 10 years.

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THE TOWN VISITORS.

"Come now, dears, you must have some· le ssons," announced l\Iother o ne Friday morning-. "Ah, no mum. not to-day," c ri ecl J oe as he w2.s preparing to go crab­hing-. "Come on now and none of your non sense," scolded l\fother, picking up <t book. "I s'pose I better if 1 want to know who found A u stralia," grumbled Joe as he g·azed at th e crabhole. "Now," con­tint;cd J\Iother. pciinting with h er finger to Ball arat on the globe, "this was one of the first go ld fi r lds in Victoria." "I wo11-de1· was there an y crabs or rabbits there.'' in tcrrupte<l Joe. ''I'i l send you to bed if you don't mind vourself. my lad ,' threat­;.ned Mother. "fTcre comes. th e postman. J wonder who the letter is for." "Good mr~rning Ben." "Good morning, a nice day isn't it":. He handed ~fother a letter. How all eyes were fixed on her face as she read it. "Oh! clear, ·what do you think? A unt Mary and her girls are corning up to stay for a week next Tues­day." "Oh g lory. w e' ll haYe to g et some

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11e\\' cl nthes nn\\'. won't \\'C m um:·" -;ai1l Joe. gazi ng at h is to rn coat. "::\my J oey you can go cra bb ing if _1 ·ou li1 ;e." "I don't w a n t to go 11 0 \\'. " "\\"el l. \\' e must clc:in up a bit to-day , Ann." said ::\[o th er , look­ing a t the old camp m·cn . The threc­leggecl tab le w a s Yarni ~hed. Father 's Sunclay hoots \\· ere polish ed like a n c \\· p in . E:.-c r ything· in that little hush home \ Yeh tu rn c(~ ou t a ncl du s ted.

A.t last the great clay cam e. Fathn a nd li tt le J oe cJro,·e the \\·ag·gon to meet them at th e bridge. A ll hearts \\'e r e beating with exc item ent. The chops \\' CH' hi ssi n g o n th e fir e. a nd th e "taties" \\·e r e buhhling­a \\'a\' wh en th e yj:-;itors \\'Cre a nn ounced. EYe;.,. o n e r ccei 1-cd a kiss a nd a heart1· hancl:::;J1ake. / oc w ent a \\·av a nd \\"a sh c; l hi s face \1·h e-r c th~ cit1· -re lations had ki s sed h im . ::\Int h cr blu ~hed a hit \\-hen h e said h e d id not lil.: c peo1 lc \\'Ctting his face. The cit,· , ·is itors lo o ked rather o u t of place in the l itt le bark-roofed kitch en. T ea came, a nd J oe was under t h e table giggling, un ti l Father sc:nt him out . . "\nn was suckin !:" he r fin ger b e hind th e doo J". " \\"h at s m a ll caters your ch ildren are Sa ll vc" r em a rked A tintie , b u t :'.\Iother onh: smil ed and said "yes": she knc\\- h er faniilv too ,,· e ll. A ft e r tea \\"C all ,;a t arourid th e fir e a nd talked. " \ \"e ll I ,; u p­pose yon people a r e tired." "Y cs \\' C arc a bit w earv." ::\I o th cr sh o\\'ed them to bed and toid them to be in no hurry up in the mornin g . _T oe \\'as sleepin g in the chaff-sh ed and .c\nn was in the tent: no nne knows how h e r h ear t beat with fear.

T h e m o n1ing da·wned; it was a Ycry wet dav. A ft e r breakfa t \'Vas oYer, Fath er -took our c i tv r elat io n s into the si t­ting roo m n ear t h e -fire. l\Iother was husy cooking in th e kitch en . "I wou ld Ycry much like t o h ear yo u s ing J oe," said A unty. "Ahum. ask m e sorn ethin ' casv, if yo{i asked m e h ow many legs a rabb-i t hacl I wou ld b e able to t e ll vou ," answer ­ed J oe indig nantly. J oe was thinking o f the dou g h in th e kit ch en ; h e liked it Ye1·y mu ch . A t last h e could r e main insid e no lo n ge r ; he paid a v isit t o the kitch en. E ver y time Mother's back was turned h e cliYCd hi s d irty fin ger into the d ish. He had a lo ng s tring of doug h from the door to the basi n. How angry ::\Iother was !

. \nnie did not ca re much for her lO\Yn C(l u,; 1ns. They \1·erl' a h 1·ay ." as );ing her <llld ] ()(' to si 11 g· and dance. One 11i 0 ·h t Da (l -sang "'\"cl lil' Bil·" for th em: tl~n· laughed at him a nd n1adl' punr little lo-e feel ."ad . " 1 do n't ."cc an _l'thing to lai;gh at. do you .\1111 c" " );o Joe ] d o n 't. ah hu t thc' y think 11·c 'rc h eh-i nd t h L· t im e·,;." \\·hi spned !\11 n .

-"oon t he 1\Tek pa,; .~e <l and Dad and l(,c d r m ·c the t0\n1 Yisito rs in t h e old \yao- ,:,.c n h:-ick t o the h r icl g·e \\'h er e they m etthc coac h. Dael h ad · a b!g red ha;1 dkerch id and Joe h ad a gTccn o ne. Th e1· \\·aycd a nd \1·a1'C'<~ u n t il they could SC'C their Yisitors n o m o rl'. ] OL' w a s a1\\'a1·;; in trou lJ le \\'h en th"·'· \~· e r e he:·c. " ( h o pe I'm married \1·hc 11 the1· co :11 c ao-a in d o n't yo u . _-\nn~" - " .

-D()rnthy S h a \\- , Coleraine.

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AN AUSTRALIAN MORNING.

It \\'as a h ot morni ng 111 :-;ummer. En·ryone \\·as complaining o f the heat , a nd wi s hing fe n-cntl ;: th a t the drought \\'Ou lcl break . T h e t\Yin s- :1Iarj o r ic a nd J ea n- sa t o n the Ye ranclah pityi ng them­selYes. a nd em -ying th e E~k i mos. "O, \1·hy can ' t \\"C go a nd bath e in the c reek " said Jean cross ] ~' · " J ean , d ca1·, you k n ow th at Fath er forbade t~ s t o go ,;o far a \yay fro m h ome b ecause of the \Yild b lack s that arr'. around th e di s trict at present. Besides a ll the h o r ses arc o u t except that sleep y old bu ggy horse, a nd Jock, a nd y ou ca n ' t ride eit h e1· of th em ," a n s \\' erecl ~1arj ori c. "Oh yo u a 1·e a :v;ay s di sagree­able ." excla im ed l ean "an \'\\·ay I a m Q'O­

ing for cl ri de b y -myself. ,;nd I am goi n g t o rid e Jock too." "lean. ho,,- can vou be sc.. nauih ty ; Y o u k-n o w that Fath er said \\'C mu st n ot rid e h im b ecau se h e kill ed a man last y ear, and no one h as been ab le t o manage him si nce." B u t J ean , tak ing n o n otice, walked off t h e Yc ranclah a n d \Ycnt into the hou se. Fi,-e minutes later she ca m e out dress ed in a ridin g· h ab it , and went ro und t o th e s tables w h ere t h e outlaw Jock was k ept . B efor e going o n, I

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mu-;t tc ll y o u that ::\ L~rjori1.· and J l'an \\'e re t h e da ug hter;.; ol' _\Jr. -"l'<Ilon. a ,;q uattl'r l i1·i11g i11 Xe,,- '.:'outh \\ ale,;. They had b een to ,;c lwol in :-;\·dnL·1· and a 1· the tim e o i th i,; a< h ·c·ntu re tl~n \~Tn· home for th e Jwli cla.1 ,;, Th c_1· l1ad ;10 ::\!other. and th L·ir father \\'as a bu sy m a P. seldom hom e d u r­im~· th L· da\-, s1> t he ~iris were lcit lo their 01~ · n de1·ic-es. :\] arforiL" a qui e t g·irl. \\· as a co ntra"t to her siste r. \1 ·ho \1·a,; rather sp(li lt a nd di d e \eryth ing o;hl' \\·ished. J ean 11·a,; in a h ad nwod t hi s particu lar d a1-. an d \1·;:is rcad1· for ;1n1· mischid that mi~~· ht fJl'C :,cnt its~ l f. -"he: :-:ad (lkd J ock. and aiter sClme trou b le mounted. and rod e (or rathn pranced) d o\\ ·n the track to the c rel'k :-,hl' k11c11· it \1 ·a,; dangcr1>u,; , hut t hat Clnh· m a<k her more dete rmin ed to g·(>. / oc-k \1-cnt lwautifu lh· ior a ,,-hi lc. ;111d ]°can \\'a,; beginning tc; fel'I con tem p t for the man '"110 h ad p ronouncl'd him a n o ut la\1-, \\'l, ~· n s1;ddl'ni1· he ,;hi ed and rca1·­ed u p o n h is hind leg<. _l l'a n got a frigh t , and ]!luking· do\\ n sa 11· a smal l hrO\\'n snake \\Tig-'g· ling out ()f the \\'ay of J oc k 's hoo k ~hL' had the p re,;en ce of mind to inl; the rl' ins . but Tock's b lood \\'as up. and he set off a t a ~::a 1 1op in t h e direction of the crcc1;:. Poor /can \\'as a lm ost d is­t racted . hut she di d -th e b est thing in th e c ir c um stan ces . an d \Yatched th \' track sn that sh e could g·ui rl e hC'r ru n awa1-. S h e prayed for hc!p ,' l)l\t ho\1· cou ld sh e expect !H'lp o u t hne. wh ere you cou ld r ide a ll d a1· and ll L'\·er meet a soul 0 S h e h oped th at Tock would soon tire, but remem­b ered- that h e \\'as o f a raci ng b reed, a n d h ad ext raord ina r y s tay ing power s. \ \' h at \Ya!' t hat o n the road c \\'h'" a little g·ir l , J ca n look ed again t o make ~ur c , and 'saw a tiny chi ld sitting o n th e road) Cr ash I d own ca m e J ock m·er a fallen tr ee. Jean w as tlll'0 \\'11 clear , bu t was dazed. J ock got up s lo \Yly, a nd sl1 ook him ,;e lf \'igor­o u sl_1' . a s th o ugh h e \\'e r e d isgusted with cYcryth in g'. \ Yhe n hi ,; rid er go t up sh e

sa1\' the ch ild coming· tem·ards h er \1-ith toddling step.". \\ .hy 1 it \1·as little ::\Tcrlc F'or,;tcr. the' on ly da ughte r of their neigh­b ou rs ; \\'hat\'1·cr \\·as ,:h e doing· here~ B ut iust \\·ond::ring \\'Ould nnt do. c:hc mu ,.;t ca tc h J ock and tal;:e th e little girl h o m e. ~he gut u;J. and picked u p the chi ld . \1·h o ,,·as prcparl'd to lw iriendly. ~hl' caugh t l ock (wh ich 11·as L«1,;1 as he \\·ao; sti ll t n: m bling a11d fr ightc~1 ccl. from hi s falL .\n d putting· ::\l crlc in front of her rodr h ack a long thl' track. \\ .hen she ca m e t i> the c re\'k ,;he sa\\· t1»·0 blacks there si t­t in g· c111 hor,.;e,; (\\· hich 11·a:-: unusua l, as thl'I · Sl'ld nm r id e .) ThL' 1· \1·cn· c1·iclc n th­'"a i-tin g for o;omeonL' too~ \\ .hy. \Y h ;:it \1·a·s happcn1ng 0 Th ey \\'l'tT com ing tm1·a rds her . :-; udd en h · the nwstcn· o f ::\[e rlc 's h eing a]Cl n c in- th e lrnsi1 so l;·ed i tself . anc\ ·wi th out a m o m e nt's h e s i tation sh e was nff, t hroug·h the creek a n d gall op in g up the t rack home . The blacks gaYe chase, a nd soo n it \\-as a serious race. She k n e\Y Tock \1-otild in an ord in an ca<;e h old o u t, h u t af t e r a fall. a nd t h en -hi s double bur­den . \\· ao.; it poss ible 0 A h 1 th ere was t h e ho m e paddock gate . \\'hat rel id I Sh e took Tock m ·er it ancl \Yhcn th e1· were safc l \' ;~n th e oth er s id e sh e turned and sa\\' h er pursuers turn back towa rd s th e creek. In a few minutes more she was at th e stables again: she put Jock b ack and took ::\Tcrl e into the h ouse. l\fa1·jorie came runni no· to meet her and demanded an ex­planati~n. J ean told h er th e whole a cl­y <;nturc. and the n s u d d enl y real is ing that she \1·as Yc r y sleepy, sh e sat o n t he couch a nd soo n was soun d asleep. whi le l\farjorie d rove o ff t o th e Forster's place w ith Merl e, b ehind the old buggy h or se.

\Vhcn Tean awoke sh e saw h er fath er s itting beside h er. Sh e h ad a ngt1 c sen se of alarm. bu t when l\Tr Seaton asked what she m eant h,- trvi n g to k ill Tock sh e re­peated h er ach ·e{1 t u ;-c again. -

Ener Noillues.

l6ucal)?ptus l3lossoms.

A Tale of the Con\lict Da)Js .

A T s:x o'cl ock on a cukl w inter .... m urning in Jun L', 186-1 , th ere w as a boat s lowl y coming in to por t. It \\·as a co m·ict boat, a nd as t he co 11 \· icts \HTC

being hi ,rn ed to the jail t he ch ains where­wi th th ey '.\ ere boun d clanked along th e sandy road. T here \\·as a you ng lad abou t twenty amongst t he com ·ic ts; the expression of hi s face m a rked him as a ,::e u llcrn an . T1- w as therefore \·cry stra nge th at he shnulcl h e \Yith com ·icts. B ut \Va lte1- Carter , as w as hi s nam e, had been accused of haYing had som ethi1w to do w ith th e murd er of hi s bro th er , ~Hi \\·a s sen tenced to tra nspor tati on. H is orig inal h om e was nea 1· th e L ake Dist r ict in Cum­b er land.

T h e fo ll owing facts \\T re brought out a t the tria l :-One dav v\ia lte1· went ou t walking w ith hi s br0t l~er a nd they stayed out a ve ry long t im e. N ig ht ca m e on and t h ey still r em ained out. T heir parents g rcv.; uneasy as th e night w ent on and they sent out a search par ty after them . T h e search party could not do much in th e ni ght so they w aited till th e m orn­ing. They then tracked t he boy's foo t s teps to a certain little house in the m iddle of th e wood ~ . \\ .h en t hey w ent in t h ey fo und th e sma ll er b roth er ly ing dead on t he fl oor ; h e had b een murd ered. T h ev could not find \ \!a lter anywh ere. For days a nd days th ey could fi nd no trace of him . A ft er ab out a tortnig ht hi s p ar­ents w ere sitting in the dining room wh en th ey thou g-ht th ey heard the back door open . Th e;.r w ent ou t a nd saw a man hurryin g aw ay. Th e fa th er a nd a few oth er m en w en t afte r hi m and soon caught him, but t o th eir surpri se and di s­m ay, it w as \ Valt er . Th ey asked him w h ere h e had b een, but he would not answer. Th en th ev asked him w ho ki1led hi s littl e broth er a nd wh v did h e leave him, but h e w ould not a·n swer a word. \ Vhen the police investi ga ted the case th ey pronounced th e brother guilty . N ot 11eeding th e father, who would have p aid

any sum of rn ouey to g et h is boy free, or th e cri es a nd laments of hi s moth er , thcv ,;J: ipped yo un g \\ .;:lter to :\ ust ralia . Th~1t is \\·hy \IT fi nd h im am o ngst th e conYicts ou that co ld J une rnorn i1;g.

H c \\·as H'ry sick afte r hi s Yoyage, beca use h e had been almo '.>t stan-crl. O n arri\·ing a t P or t Jackso n he was sent to ja il a nd sen·ecl hi s-se ntence in ha rd la bour. Duri nF hi s im pri sonm ent he had a n -ry h a rd tim e. H 1-; companion s we re not the sa me as h l' had hL· 1.·n used t () . D urin g th l· last t wo YL'a rs of h s sentence he wa s a l­low ed a t icket of ka \'C and a small QTa n t of la nd . By workin g- ha rd he tra nsfo

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rm L·rl thi s la nd into a comfortab le farm.

:.\Ieanwhile hi s parents were very un­ha ppy at hom e. In t he midst of the ir d is t ress a certain man came to the tO\Yl1. 1~1 is na me was :.\Ir H ar t igan. He became a frien d of )Jr. a nd Mrs. Carter . a nd cheered them up . L ittl e Doroth v Carter did not li ke ~ fr. H artigan, bu t ~ h e sai d sh e did no t kn ow wh y, b ecause M r. H a r­t igan u sed to pct her and brin o- h er loYclv ;;:w eets, doll s and toys. Af ter,...,som e , ·ea r-s ::\fr. Fiar tiga n sa id he w as going away, a nd th e Carte r fa mil y w er e Yery sorry \\-hen he w ent .

l\Ir. H a r t igan \\T nt t o Aust rali a an d la nded in Syd ney. Du1·in g h is sta\· he h ad a fi ne tim e. O ne day he t h ou n· l~t he w onld go w ith som e of hi s fri en d; 0 11 a camping expedi tion up countrv. T he,· arriYed in t h e countrv not far fro m a ye r:v n ice fa rm . T h ev borrowed horses an~l w ent ou t rid ing. -\\'h en th ey wen · cominrr b ack in th e cYenin g ".\fr . H a rti ga n' s h o r ;;~ sh ied at som et hin g· a nd threw hi s master into a hole. T he. fa ll w as ve r v se rious. Hi s fri encl s pick ed him u p and· took him to th e farmhouse. T h e doctor w as sen t for and w h en h e ar:·ived h e pronounced th e case fatal. V\7he;1 Mr. H a rti g an kn ew h e was going to di e h e s tarted t o sc ream "\Valter Carte1· ! Come to m e ' 0, wh ere is \ Valt er Carter ?"

T h e farm wh ere Mr. Hartigan h ad been

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ca rried to \\·as \\ .alte r Car te r' s o\l·n farm . I ie the refo re \\·c nt up to t11e man a nd s:1_id, "l am t he m a n uf \\·li om yo u spea k." \ 1 he n :\Ir. Harti gan recognised \\ .alter, h e ,;ai d , ' 'B ring wi t nesses. l want to m ake a confess ion. \Vh en I \\' as a little bo;.· m y mother di ed an d J \\·as sen t to co ll ege. \\ hi lc 1 \\·as a t rn llcgc l got on \Try had term s with nne of mv schoo l fc llu \YS. 1--l e d id so mething \\TOt;g and I \\·as blam ed fm- i t. Afte r that l al\ya ys dis li ked h im. \\ .he n our sc hool days \\·ere OYlT \1·e bo th s ta r ted nur caree r in .l ife . \\ ·e cam e constant ly in contact with one ano th er as \H' were both doctors. :'.\I v r e~ll nam e is D r. :.\ loss. H e \\-;ts he tt~r liked in th e di s tri ct than m v:-;elf and my j ea lousy go t so g reat t ha t 1 poison e~l him . Thi s is how 1 di d it. I ca ll ed on h im on e day and asl,ed. him if he \Yo uld com e on a ca rnpi nn- expec!i t ion with m e H e seemed Ycr _1· p l:ased that I shoul d b~ so fri end ly a nd sri id h e \YO ul d com e as .soon <is h e could sett le abou t h is practice. \\ 'e chose the coun tn · where YO U \\ .alt er u sed to li\·C, aEd WC had a Jitti'e hu t i1; th e middle of the w oods. One aft ern oon w hen Vile cam e horn (; fr om a \Yalk he sa id h e did not feel ·;cry w ell , so I sai d I would m ake him a cu p uf coff ee. I w as pleased, fo r I kne\Y my hour h ad com e to di spose of hi m. I \\T nt to an ad joining room a nd m ade th e coffee; then I put in some poi­son tha t I had in my possess ion. Ju ~; t as I had fini shed I w as cunscious that I \\·as no t t l~e onh· nne in the room . I heard foo ts teps behind n1 e a nd tu rning rou n d I saw a li ttle boy about ten. I asked him w hat he \Y as rl <~in g- th ere and \Yhat (what) was hi s nam e. H e said th at h e had lost hi s way and that hi s nam e was R oy Car tl'r. I asked him rl irl h e sec m e p1it a nyth ing in the cu p. Ffe sa id h e did , a nd r., fee.ri ng th a t h e w oul d be dangerous, k ill ed him. T h en. as if no thi ng h ad hap­pened I \Yent into m y enem y and gaYe him the cup of coff ee. H e said 'H mY con­sid erate vou a re.' took the coffee and d rop ped back dead . :'.\fy first t h ought was to ge t him away . so wh en it w as ni ght I took him awav and buri ed him . Then I cam e back a nd took m y b elong ings an<l w ent awav. I cut off m v mou stach e a11d chan ged ri1 y nam e from .D r . lVIoss t o Mr.

:JSlossoms.

~Ta r ti~·a 1 l. \ \hen the case had been iu ll y 111n·st1g a ted and you had b ee n t ra ns­ported to Aust1·a li a, I cam e back to t he to1yn a nd li nahlc to res train m:· curios ity as t o .'" lir fa te I made fri end s with your m other a nd fa th er. l ''"i sh this t o be mv lega l. confess ion .. -\ nd 11 0,y-gct-m e--a - pn c s t before 1 di l'." Th e pril's t came q ui ck!:: and D r. :.\ [oss . bette r kn own as :\f1-. ~-la r t i gan , rcccin·d the las t ::;acra­me nts, an d h is soul passed fro m this \\·orld t< 1 t he nex t .

Xm\· that :.\Ir . JTart iga n 'c; ston · is told, \Y ilJ tl' l] YO U \Yh V \\° a lte r did not a nS\Yer

;in y of t h1: ques t ions h e \\·a;;: a skl'd at th e tri al. \\ h<: n 11e f ou ~1 d tl1at he ha!l lust his li ttle bro th er he set ou t in sea rch o f hi m . Th e sun heat in g down on hi s h are h ead st r uck hi m dO \Yn i111 consc iou s. Half unconsc i 1us h e fo und hi s wav to hi s old hom e, h :.1t only li ke a yagra;1 t in search of food. H a\·ing lost hi s m cmor v. h e could not say a nything in defence o{ 11i111-"clf e':e n wh en h e \Yas fo unrl g uil ty of h is broth er's mu rder.

T h e po li ce sent a m essage to \Valter's paren ts, tell in g t h em of th e _joyful tidin gs. The\' imrn ediat eh - s tarted fo r .'\ u ::; tralia. 'Th en t he v arri Y.e d th ere was g reat re­joicin g·. \ \ ' a lte r w ent hack to E ng·la nd \Yith hie; mother a nd fa t he r . Tmm crl ia t cl v h e set foot in Eng1a nd h e ex pressed hi.s desire t o he a pri est. H e \YC nt to stwlv in Ro me. \\'h en h e ha d fi nishe1i hi.s course h e retctrn crl t o Ell'~· l and . :'.\ fr. Carte1· h arl a beaut iful chm:ch buil t in \ \ -alter 's natiYc town.

T h e sun is shinin g a nd eYer ;.rthin g an d e':eryhodv looks gav. \V c fo ll ow the peopl e along a nd .fi nd ourseh-es in a lm·elv church . \ Ve o-o in a nd are not in th e church long \Yh c 1~ th e 'pri es t com es in. .'\ s h is soft clear Yo ice rings ou t \Y C a rc not surpr iser! to recogni se him as the \Valte ;- o f old. H is fathe r , \Yho is a n old ma n now . occupies t he fron t sea t with \ Valter 's moth er and sistei-. T hev a re Ye r_1· h a ppy a nd m a ny prayers arc said fo r th e littl e b roth er \Yh o left thi s li fe so youn g .

- Bobbi e Mitch ell , "Cartown House," 21

2\fo yiah St .. P arkYill e, M elb., age 13.

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P OKT I ,!\YD i:' a beautiful old by a li ttle mound ,,f ea rth. The tomb­hi stori c tO\nl. For many yea rs it stu i1e s are wor n ; m a n\· han.: fal len to th e

1rns bee n the dciig·ht oi \"i,;itor,; \\"hO \\· i,;h gruulld or re,.;t upon s upport s. One little for peace and sere ni t\; but no 11· it i,; Ju,;- g ra\·e attract,; atten1.io11. lt li e ::; under a ing its fascinat ion arn-1 ~ harm. The hustle -..\·id e-spt·eading pine, :ind has a crude and hu st le of tlw oubide world is ente r- s tone railin g, not m ore than a foot in ing into t he hearc and dri\·i1w out all that heig·h t. . T he tomb-stone hears th e simple · l t tl · 1 if I rnscn1Jt1011 ·.-1s c car o 1e poets sou . ort and sti ll , hO\YeYe r, retain ::; one hallowed spot- th e ol cl cerneter \". Jt is situated hi o-h on th e c:li ffs in a desolate ::;pot. T o th: rear i,; a S\\·amp o\·e rgrown with rushes , whil e be­for e: it stret ches the bou 11cllcss sea and the h az\· hills of ::\a rr;:l\\·ong-. ] ti s a relic of th C -01 cl \\· o rJ cl. .

The s11c-oak,; \1·a-. c O\Tr th e g rayes awl chant a solemn rn elod v. Now thi s m el­ody r ises to a \Yai l, arni 110\Y dies away as a human sigh. Perhaps th ey sigh for the fate of soul s, or perhaps they long to warn u s of the Great Day to come a nd the life tha t \\"ill follnff it.- A ll day long th is sigh - r ise ,; an<l fall s-ri ses and falls --now a wail and then it di es away to a m oan.

Th e la pping of th e \\"a\·es on rh e roc!.;: c; below takes up the cry of th e oak s. Each sing,; ih own m elody a nd the two hlencl into a harm ony, in expressibl e, 'twesom'~. Th e g 1eat wa\-c,.; rid e triumphantl y shorc­\\· ar< b , r a i"e thei1· h ead s, and fall. T lw n they recede, scattered and bea ten. On come,; the next g reat \vave-riscs aucl fall s a s its predecesso r ; so each te ll s the s ton· of so me hum an life.

T he tomb-ston es face the ri si ng su1 ~ Each day they witn ess its g loriou s birth . They see th e sunburst on~r the horizon , the waters g ild ed with its wondrous li g ht. The sun sinks to r es t a nd th e m oo n comes forth in h er tranquility, making si!ver pathways across the ·water as if im·iting· soul s to tread these pathways to the ir H eavenlv Home. -

l\J any -of th e g-1·av es are ind.i sti ng-ui sh­ablc. while others are di stinguished only

"In lo\·ing n1 cn1o ry .~ f o u1 litt ic Tarn::s an i v\ ' illi e"--:0'0 yea r- no ;l9"f' . .

"Yet e'en th ese bones ;1 om 111sult to protect Som e fra il 1nemori al "ti ll erected ni g h,

\ Vit h uncout h shyn ess an LI shap eless sc ulptu re d eck 'd,

I mpl o res th e pass ing- tr ibut e of a s ig h."

T h e rem ain s of Captain Dutton, the ;.:rcat sea mariner. are i111·erred in thi s en­closure. T h e lat ~st erec t ed of th e mo nu­m ents is that of Father Guilfoy le . His untim elv death t ells the storv of his de­, ·o tion : how hi s young life ~~r as th ro \\"n to th e wi nd s in hi s zeal for th e hono :u­and love of Goel , how pl easure w as sacri­fi ced and how labour took its stead. How many less worthy th :~n h e, ha\"C been es­teem ed and laud eci bY th e na ti on ! Bu1 ·what ca res he, for h e l1as w o n hi s e.t ernai crown.

The whole sce ne remind s u s of Grav's Elegy. Perhaps it was in such a place that h e wrote these immortal lines: -

"Let not ambition mo •ck their useful toil , Their horn ely joy s an(\ des tin y ob scure ; Nor Gra nd eur h ea r with a disdain fu l smile Th e s hort and s imp le ;rn nal s of th e Poo r.

T he boast o f hera ldry, th e po rn p of po\\·cr , And al l th a t b eauty , all that wealth e'er gave Await alike t he inevuablc hour :-The paths of glory Ind but to th e g rave ."

-Len Hourigan.

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mosaics from tbc Poets.

FRO~! D.'\.NTE'S PARAllISO.

0 La<ly, Virgin l\Iother, Daughter of thy Son, Humble an<l august above all oth e r creatures, Thou art she who has so ennobled hnman natnre That its author did not disdain to become His own

creation . Kathleen Newton, Natimuk

SHAKESPE..\.RE. "FLOWERS."

Roses, their sharp spine being gone, Not royal in their scent alone But in th eir hue. ::\JaiJen pinks of o<lonr faint, Daisies smell-less yet more quaint Ami sweet thyme true .

Wilma Davey.

KENDALL. "A FERNY GULLY."

By channels of coolness the echoes are calling, And down the Jim gorges I hear the creek falling. It lives in the 1110untains where moss and the

seJges Touch with their beauty the banks and the

ledges . Eileen Kentlall, :IIelbourne.

GURDON.

Oh gaily sings the bird and the wattle boughs are sti rrerl

Auel rustled by the scented breath of Spring, Oh the dreary wistful 1011ging, oh the faces that

are thronging, Oh the voices that are vaguely whispering.

Shiela Rosel, Natimuk .

A. B. PATERSON. "SANT.\ CLAUS."

A quaint old figure clothed in white, He bore a staff of pine, And ivy leaf was on his head. " Advance, 0 friend!" the sentry said, "Advance, for this is Christmas night, Anrl give the coL1nter-sign.''

" No sign nor counter-sign have I; Through many lands I roam The whole world over, far a1;d wide To exiles all at Chrismas tide, ' Froi:i1 those who love them tenderly, I bnng a thought of home." ·

Nilla Matterson .

ST. FR . .\.NCJS OF ASSISSI.

By .\my Clarke, in th e "New \\fitness ,"

He lingere<1 hy a sparrow <lea<l Outside the city gate, " Commend me to o ur Sister Death, And say she tarries late; Ah, geJ<tle broth er , wh e J< her band Was kindly ou thee laid-- " He strewed the red leaves o nce anrl twice­.. Perchqnce tlto1t wast afrai<l."

Wyn Ryan .

l\IARION l\IILLER KNOWLES.

"AUNTIE . "

(An Australian township i<lentity ) The children ran to meet her \Vho had never haLI a child ; The mother soul within her Gleamed o 'er th em when she smiled. She was " . ."\untie" to ail who lover\ lier, Yet bound not by ties of blood, But by the bon<I that breaks 110t For fire or storm or flood .

Gerty Reynolds.

From "THE CHORISTERS."

By J. B. O'Hara .

'' 'Tis Summer, Summer,'' pipes the sweet grey thrush ,

The swift rosella kuows the paiuted year , The rolling slopes put on embrowned gear, And the green wilderness laughs out. But hush! Through the thin air, impassioned, a wild rush Of morning melody assails the ear Jn liquid carollings, exultant, clear : 'Tis the pier] minstrel of the Austral bnsh.

J. Coghlan, :\liners' Rest.

WHO'S EYES?

From the " Ave l\IJ.ria.

"\\' hose eyes has you got, clear mamma," Said Bessie, with face demure.

'' Whose eyes have I got? Why, dearest, My own eyes, to be sure ;

But wh y do you ask the question?" Said ma mma, in much surprise ;

" Because grandma said to papa ' Bess has her mother's eyes.'"

Nancy Rosel, Natimuk.

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Pidures of Our Lady. --- )":O:ZUjoE'-.-----·

DJ-'..\ \\.\ J:\Y HElZ L O \ ElZS.

ColkdC'd by a Loreto Ch il d of .\.Iary .

T~I E :\ .\TJ \HY l'JZ F SE.'\ T\TlO'.\ OP Tl I F. \] RC;I:\ .\L\ RY.

" Yo ur uirt ii. 0 \irgin Muthl'r ui Cud. h a;; filled th l' \\·hole world with jO\-." Antiph on for thL· :\'ati·.- ity. . .

" \ \ ho is ;;hl' that co meth forth a;; th« morning- ri;; i11g, fair as the moon, brigh~ as the s un , te rrible as an arm y ;;et in array:" (Solomun, cant. Yi. ) .

"Eight day;; af ter the birth of his child. J oachim com·ok l'd a fa111i ly 111l'L'ting· an rl b es to \n·d on he r t hl' nam l' of .\li ria m ur J\larY, which \\·as r l'\'ca lecl to h im." (St. Jero;ne and St. Epiph an ius .)

" The na me of :'.\lar)· ;; ign in e::;, in th l' He­brc\\' tongu<:, "Star of the Sl'a." ~'[ ary is t hat brigh t star of J acob \\·hose ray e n · li g hten s the who le world." (St . Bernard )

"ThL· Jig·h t of this na111e is such t hat it ::;often;; the most obstinate hcart." (S t. L igouri .)

" ,\ t the third yea r of hn age, sh l' wa;; prc;;entecl in the 'tem ple a s;1crific c to God a nd therl' r l'rnain ecl till the age of four · teen." (St. Bonan·nturc.)

"\\.hen thl' cen ·rn onY of thc l'rese n ta­ti o n 'vas over, the tend er Yirgin embraced for the l a ~; t ti m e her agccl paren~s a nd bad e th em farewell. Then sh e fell 0 11 h e1· kn ees a nd ki ssed th e payem ent of th e tcrnpk . adoring th e infin ite rnajc,;ty of ( :rnl." (St . A lph on su;; .)

The fo ll owing i::; fro m her r cYcla tion'' t o St. E li zabeth: " \\ 'hen m y parent;; had co nsec rated me in th e temple, T resoh·c,l

to chuosc C od fo r Ill \ F a thn. O ften and cl eYou tl1· J cons icl e r~d \\·hat l mi gh t <l<1 tu plea ~e c;ud and render rnysclf ~agr~l'­able in Hi,.; ;;ight, that 1-Jc might 1·o uch­safe to en ri ch mc with His g racl' . .... J rosl' cu nstan tly al midni g h t. a nd before the holy a ltar of thc tetnpk. l i111p lo re1 l the g race of _-\ !m ighty Cod to obsc n ·c· His co 111111a11clm cn ts."

St. l ero mc adds: "S he \\'Ould co nt inue in p ra»·e1- ti ll the th ird huur, ·wh en she em­p loyed herse lf in manua l vvo rk. At the ninth hour she again returned to p rayer till ca ll ed upon by thc a ngel who attender[ her to t ake her l'Yening meal , d u rin g· which s he listened to his ce lestial con­, ·e r se ancl g re"· in the lo\·e of her be loYC·rl i\Ias tn. She was e1·e r the first at the sacred Yig ils of t he tempk, the most n :r sed in t h l' kn owledge of the cl i1·ine laws. the most profoundly practised in tru e humilit\·, th e 111ost a,.;si rl 1Hn1s in si n!.'.· ing th e ca n t icl es of the roya l psalmi~t. th e most accomp li shed in charity, th<~ most innoce nt ly pure. the most perfect in c\·cn · \·irtu c. H er fo rm of salu ta ti on \Yas 'Th inks b e to God .' "

St. BonaYenture co n tinues: " .'\t th e a!!,·~ of fourteen the B le ssed Yi rgin was ~s ­pou sed to St. J os l'ph. God 's will b ei n <:;· mad e k no\1·n hy a diYin e rc\·elation."

- 1\cprin ted fro m th L· .\ lad onna.

Virgin Mother.

.JCucal}?ptlts JSlossoms.

OUR PETS AND PLAYTHINGS. -~--

33

I HA\ E a lot of little Lab y rabbi ts at l ha \·e a toy cart and I cut wood and home. Th·~1 · were all born in put it in the cart and pull it to .i\h1rn.- J .

i\ust ralia. Th ey wi-11 co nH.: and cat cab- Bushell . Lage Jca,·cs or carrots or milk thistles. Two little kittens, Kati e and Molly, - 1\:athlce n Hutton. ~:Ht ab1g cat called Pussy arc our pets.

l ha,·e three dolls. 'fhe eldest is ca lled l he kittens arc both black and white, a nd Bctt_1·. Then there is the rnidclle uue, so is the cat. The kittens play with then the baby. J ha\cn"t clnistL-ned the cotton ree ls that 1 tic on a striuQ-.- Cissie t\1«• youngest yet. Betty has a nic e pink Bushel (aged fi,·e .) ' cl ress with a white sash, and the little l_) Tcakle. - 1 han.: a ho rse called ouc. has a check dress. 1 t looks a darling. l'rince. l ride it all rouud the place. J. - l.onstance Hanvick. brin g in the cows to be milked-about . , .1 haye an A ustralian sheep dug cal led thirteeu of them. Lilly . He can round up the sheep and \\ ·c had a cat once. \Ve had to catch pick oulours \1·hen they ge t rni .,cd with the mice iu the chaff ourselves and g iv e others. He can drin· them al<>ng the road them to the cat to cat, but one ni g ht it a nd make them keep up .- .:\ilcen O "Doh- went away and we never saw it again.-crtv. A. J\ose l.

J\Ia ry Fitzgerald's S tor v.- 1 ha\·c o-ot a . J. l\.ose l (aged,;).- \\ e had fiv e Jaugh­s lecping doll. Her nam e- is P eggy ."' She 111g iackasses and the other wild ones 1,; pre_tty old a nd 1 han· let her drop a came and killed them in the night. The ' goud kw times, but she is not broken yet. tame ones used to laug h before breakfast (l\Iary 1s aged eight. ) but they don't n1>w they are dead .

.i\lary Daly (aged 8.)-Auntie Aggie At hom e we haYC som e puppies. Thcy-ha s a canary ca lled Dicky and a cat called were puppi es at Christmas and weren't \\ illie. At least Auntie and l haYC tlt e a llowed out of the yard becau se they cat between us. \\ .ill y ate one canary used to chase the fowls. But now they but he hasn 't eaten Dicky yet. are al lowed out because they are sheep

\\ e haYe a puppy called Tiny . He is a dogs.-\\/. Breen. w ate r spaniel and lik es ~ wimming in the . Lex Grant.- 1 like riding my uncle 's Jake. }fr will chase a stick if you t h row bike round th e paddock s. Mv uncle's it in and will bring it out to you .- Maida horse , Bob. gets frighten ed of the bike Coffey (8). and I chase him a ll round the paddock.

Eileen McGrath.-My fayoritc pct is a Lorna Grant .- I got up on Bob's back cat called Ginger. She can catch mice. one clay and rode round the paddock. H e ~he throws them up in the air and the'.l <lrlesn't buck now. catches th em when they run a-vva_v. One Our pup is the best pet w e have. I da .1 · she stole al l our chops. think. He goes into the kitch en and

T'cggy Newton, aged 6.- \\"c han· a lo: steals meat and hats and runs away and of lit tk fnah but t h cv stai· near their s tays away so that Dadd v can't catch Jll(\th ers. \Vhcn the -li ttle - ducks were him.- B. Reyno ld s. -b abies they would come and cat out of Japp_v Coghlan.- \Ve haYc a pet billy-o tn- hands. goat. Granny gave it to Dadd y. Its

Da<ldv had a horse ca ll ed Breaker. name is Belgian Bi ll v because it w o n the D arkly ~1sed to gin' u s rides on it. Thar Balla1·at Goat Cup \~ith the Belgium col­w as at \\Tillaura. Poor Breaker go t sick ours on its horns . and died.--Eileen and Kathleen Moll oy Louise \Vhite.- \\-e have a pct clog at

Kathleen and Toan Scanlon.-\ \le h ~d hom e ca ll ed Jack and a pet cat called a cockatoo, white and ve ll ow but our Nigger. Jack is white and Nigger is cockatoo was chained - and ' the nail black. Jack has a kennel but Nigger came out and a dog- ate the cockatoo and won ' t go into it because Tack bites him. it is dead now. ' (Louise is fin years old.)°

3+ JEucal}?ptns J.Slossoms.

SHOULD GIRLS WRITE? ~~

"\Vornen are capable of taking a hig-1·. pos1t1011 in art. H a woman is able to ex press the Beautifu l, she is ab le to ex­press it in a ll its diverse languages Pain tin~, mu sic, poetry, elori u ence; the Beautiful expressed in language, the Beautiful expressed in style, o r by an in ­spired voice, is a lways the same Beautiful which has taken a perceptible form to r e­\'eal itself to our soul s throu g h the m e­dium of the senses.

It is not out of p lace in the present day to say that women ought not to write, wh e n women's writings a rc a m ong the most popular book~ 0f the day. r haYe a lso spok e n elsewh ere of th e great use a woman w ould find in noting do\\·n from time to time, as in a sort of pri\·ak clia1·y, h er impressio ns and her ret1ectio ns , at leas t o n the importan t events of life. a phrase of a di scourse o r of a co11\"er sa ­t ion that happe n ed to s trike her, an (lb ­seryation made on som e journey or ex cu rsion, on som e b uil ding·, o r in so me ga ll ery; and th ese are va luabl e recollec­tions to fix, because th ey soo n e\·aporatc . and when they are thu s fixed they r emain as a sort of triumphant acq ui si tion fort!;," mind."

Mon seign eur Dupauloup, Bishop ot Orleans.

In the fol lowing ex tract fr om the essav on Rooks ( in "From ,1 College \Vindow" \ by A. C. Benson, we may surely read th e feminine for th e masculin e and "vVriting make th an exact man ," ~a ith Bacon.

c\s to the intellectual motiH~ ior read­ing- it hard ly needs discussin g; the object is to get clear conceptions, to arri\·e at a critic a l sense of what is good in literature . to haYc a knowledge of CYcnt s and tend­encies of tho ug ht, to tak L: a ju;.;t Yicw of hi;.;tory and of g-rL"at personaliti es; not to b e at the m ercy ui th eorists , hu t to he able to corrL:ct a fa ul ty bia s by haYing a la rge and \Yide \·icw of the progres ;.; o f eYents and th e deve lopment of thought.

One who rea ds from this point of Yiew will gennal ly find some particular lin e whic h he tend;.; to follo\\". Such a man makes th e best kind of ta lkn, stimulatin.z and suggTstiYe: his ta lk seems to opei1 doors into gardens and corridors of th ·~ li <;use of thought, and e thers. \\·hose kno\1-lcclgL: is fragmentary, ·wo uld like to be at home, too, in that pkasa n t pal ace. ''

\\'hi ch of our g irl s cannot take up the "Art of Letters" as d e fin ed lw Ca rdinal Newman?

··By letters nr literature is meant the ex pr ession of thought in lan g ua ge. By ' thought' I mean th e ideas, feelings. vie\YS, reaso nings a nd other operations of the human mind . And the f\rt of L etters i<J the method by which a spea!,e1· or writer brings out in word s, worth y of his sub­j ect . an d sufficient for hi '~ audience or reader s, the 1hm1~11t s whi ch imnress him. A great <iuthor is' nne wh o h as ~om cth ing­to say a nd knO\Y S how to say it ."

WHAT THE CHURCH STEEPLE SEES. ~q

"If I could only sec as much as th .~ Church Steeple," -some one might be heard rxclaiming wh en they wanted to know !>Omething that happened.

It stands in the same spot from on~ end of the year to the other overlooking

extensive land s and sea. The spire sees everyt:1i ng- from the time th e great sun rises in the ea s t oYcr the sea until it set s far away in the west at night. EYen then it may still be ab le to see a few things though perhaps not so plainly in the

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muunlight when th e moon mak L-s :t dazz ling pa1h on ihl' sea.

\'"e must not furget t 11e 111ost irn p1lrta11'.: Yic w '.:Ii<: ch urch steeple gets. \ \ ' hL· n :t looks m·rth, it can Sl' l' a Con\TJ1t s ur · r ounded by gardens. 111 thi s Co 11\' e11t t hcr ' · i ~; an important r<111111 where s it SL'\" l'll­tecn ;; ; ·1dious gir ls learning t heir k s.so ns \\·ith thv utmost atlL:nti u n and lis te nin g· ear :1cslly tn wh aten:r their teacher i;: expl<ii 11i1:g to th em.

llut ;10 w and again there mig·ht be ;, chang«.· in the scL"ne. Perhaps one oi tlwse stu (ktils takes it on hnsclf no t to do the \\"nrk requirl'd of h er. Tli('Jl the Churc h st ~·l'p l c regards th e c la ss- ro(lrn more cl(Jsc i\· and wonders in \1·hat manner th e g·irl i .~ .L·:c ing to tal:e the C<ii"rl'dion for not <hing .hn work. Perhaps she throw~; h e r ho,·.k 011 the de sk and dec lares she i'i g·ning to a sk n eed si1 r. learn this dreadf1~] s ubj ect \Y h ich giYcs her so much trouble. . -\;; the Church s teepl e sees all thi s it n ea rly fa ll s m·cr from la 11 g hing a nd wat-

chcs tb· · gir l with special interes t all that day. On on(' p articular m o rning the Ch urch o-tceple looks brighter than before fo r it is Saturday and thi s is the dav w h en tl1 e s tudl'nt..; g;i to "Co\ ic Busl;. " A t three 1/ c lock sharp the g ir l:.; arc lined up for a p:cni c; some arc carrying baskC't'> of b read and cakr, som e bot t les of milk , all \\"ith laug· hin g, joyous faces arc ready for thf' s ignal to pass on.

ThL· l h1rch s teeple 1\·atches th em as they b'J a long the strL:et chattering a w! laughi1i?". and e njoying tbemsch-cs to their u; :nost until they ar ri\·c where th cv arl' d oin~- to bo il th•: billy. T h L: stl.'ep l ~ e njoys t·hcm m ost wlH·n it secs them sit · tin g· OH the log eat ing their bread a nd jam . Hut thne is one it looks at lo nger t h an tl! '.' re st, and this is our friend whom w e sa vv in the class- room a few days ago not in the best of mood s, the scene is chang•:<l now and she is on e of the m erri­est of the party .

GOLD MEDAL AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION. --·~"==

(Cold l\fedal kindly do na ted by C. Mar ks & Co., Ball arat.)

Time Extended to last day of 1924.

\\ .ith r cganl to th e Competition for 1923, although man y junior essays were sent in for competition , non e fu ll y satis­fi ed the condition s spec ifi ed , failing either o n th e point of origina li ty or not being accompa ni L: d by n ame, age or a dd ress. A sheaf of Yery promi s ing lVLS.S . arriYed afte r t he t i111e appoin ted for th e judging and must. perforce , h e h eld o\·e r till otlt" next issue . Th e refore, h v mutu al con­sent, the time of the co mpet ition has been ex tended and the Cold ::\1edal (<>.s sug­gested by th e generous dono r. l\Ir C. Marks. Ballarat) w:\1 fo rm one of the att ractions of the preparation fo r Jub il ee Year.

As it was founc a lmost impossible to judge stori es or sketch es of unlirnted ex­tent. the title of the Jubilee Competi tion

"Memories of L oreto in Australia ' ' w ill appeal to al l true Loreto gir ls. Many of u s rem ember th e enthu siasm evoked b y th e Memo ri es printed in th e "B lossom s" of 1915, RC\'. Mother Gonzaga's Diamond Tubi lee. The co11ditions of the Tubilce Competition are:- ·

I. M('mories (person a l or coll ec ted) mu s t dea l exc lu si\·ely with the Loreto Con n·nts of th e I.B.V.M. in Australia.

2. Contribu tions mu st be written o n o ne side of paper o nl y.

3. 'fh ey must be accompanied b y nam e and a ddress of ·writer.

4. They should be marked "Memories" on cover and be sent t o Moth er Superior, Loreto Abbey, Mary's Mt ... Ball a rat, not la ter than 31st D ecember, 1924.

JEuacl}?ptus JSlossoms.

The History of Loreto in the T ra ns\Jaa l. ~~

F E \ \: per haps of the J,,n-do h~y:-.. · a_nd g ir ls. pa::;t and pre~e n t, scat tc1 cd

to-dav u p and c1Lnn1 the Vninn of Sou th J\fric.a. rea lise that the ,\ Ima :dater at wh ich the\· receiH· d tlH·i r ed ucation h as a histon .- and an exci~ing nnc. 1t is se ld om that the a 11 11a ls of t he c loister ri iio- "· i th the report of cannon a nd rattk of ~rn sk e try, se ldom tha t th e sacred pre· ci ncts of a re li gious hou se arc t ransfo rmer~ into a 111 ilitar \' fort ress. t he stro nghold ot -oo \O l u n tccr~s ! Yet th is is \Yhat \\-C fi nd i1f vvc t urn to t he sti r ring· pas t of th e old­est Co nn :nt school in the T ra n::;,·aal­Lorcto }louse. Pretoria. T his and more. the p ioneci·, it had to meet a nd o:· c1-com~' t h e di ffic ul ties of a ll pioneer s : ti m e an (J again the in mates b :: down w! thc1u t 11 n­rl r ec:sing;. nc,·er k 11 ow111 g- the 11: 1 n_u t~ t hey m ig ht have to fly fr~rn~ asse~·a1 ot Y1ctorv -<l runk Zulu, or rclig10us bigotry of pre judi ced E uropean.

T h e fou ndrcsses of the m ission . fi ve i_n number , three of whom su 1~,·iye to t_h 1s day, arri,·e<l by ox-\:·agf?·on t ram )\I antz· b ura one l\'fay mo rn111 g Ill 1878. r h ~ ~ n ­nex~ti on of the tc r r ito1·y by the Br~t1sh seem ed to th e Yicar-apo:=; tolic . Dr .. ~o lin: t. O.M.I., t o affo rd a good opportuni ty for aettin o- in t he th in en cl of th e wedge of ~1 e C~th ol i c Church in a te1·;-itory \.Vhe r_e, h itherto, i t cou l<l get no foot 111 g. He :=;a1c1 t h e fir st Ma:=;s in Pretoria on th e Feast of th e Sacred Heart, 8th J un e, i877 . a nd exac t ly a yea r la ter to th e ,-er:· dav . th ough not date, Loreto House opened ih rloors to pupi ls , Jun e 7th , 1878.

T h e Com ·ent then con sist ed onl y of a few rooms. on Koch St., no st reet th C'n b u t open yeld . T he present ch urc h was n ot vet in ex istence. Its Sanctu ary, ho\.\:­eve1:. h ad been bui lt, a nd to th e left of i t t h e tiny N un's choir (h alf the present size), w h ilst the cl ass-room to th e sou :~1 of it was u sed a:=; a ch apel on S~111 da: ~, a nd afforded am ple accommodati on for t h e meagre Cath oli c popul ation of th e dav.

T hough sm all a t fir st t h e school ro_ll rapidly crr ew , swelled by non-Cath oli r.

b " t pupil s ("the parents, says a con empor-

an· ne\\·spapcr. "knew \\·here they \\'uuld o·e·t the best ' al w_· for the ir mo ney'') a 11d ~umbers soon nece::;sitated ad dit iona l bui ldin g, particularly as the nu ns \HTC

hc:;eig·nl hy rcquc,.;t,.; to tah· hoarder,;, JT­

que,.;b " ·h ich they \\Trc ,mly ah lc to corn· p ly \\·i th in .J a n uary _1879. T h e CoHTll­rne n t "( ;azettc." published that month. 1n the repo r t un ~·ducat i on for t he year i878 sneak s of the ne\\· h ·-ope ncd :-cl1oo l in th e i~>llo \\'i1w te rm s :_:" _-\ not hcr schoo l ha::; 11ecn c;.;t: h li;.;hed (co nsisting· ()J a h ig:lwr a nd lower depa r t 1;1cn t) attac hed t() the Catho li c Church at Pretoria . . .. :-\s th e range oi in st rn ction in the h ighn de ­partim.'nt i,.; oi a n adva nced cha ractc1: it is likely to pro,·e very u seful , ,;upplyi n~ a wa n t lon (}' fe lt in the town."

.\ 11 wcnt~ve l l t ill\\ in ter 1880 when th e Tra nsva::tl \\.' a r of I ndependence h rnk,: ou t. Pretoria was besciged, an d the P""i tion an d 1oftv corri do r of th e Co m Tnt com m and in g -th e su rroundin g cou ntry to a m arked deg ree, it was comm an deered by the Covernment. l~ l1 c ?\u ns, ho \Yc\·cr. were a ll owed to r ema 111 , b ut confi ned to t he nar row qua rters of t hei r own li ttlJ choi r a nd t he Sanctu ary "·here they fo rm ed the national bod y-g· uard of t h eir Sacramenta l Lord. £yery oth er a\·a il ablc spot was req uis itioned fo1· th e: officers a nd men of a yolunteer corps :;oo strong.

D uring the pe ri od of pri,-_ation . an •i a rrx ictY th e: Superior of the li ttle C._u m­munity, Mother l\Iargaret l\Iary J_o ln·ct. ,;istcr of Dr . Toli , ·et. con t racted an 1llne"s to wh ich she succumbed J a nua ry i ,:; th, 188 T. She w as born e to th e g rnye by t he ,; t rong arms of t\YO of th e R_oyal Seo~<> F u sil iers , the onl y regul ars ot Her :\I ~J­cstv's troops the n stationc<l at Prcto i~ i ~1. T he p rese nce at the fun eral of t he mi li ­tarv a u thor ities. Co l. Sir 0 . Lauyo n, ~o l. Bella ir and other s, a1~d a lso of the h igh ciYi l dign itari es such as Lord Chid J u_s­tice K olye \vas a tribute to _t h e es tee m in w hi ch she and her com mumty were he ld, and a r ecocrn ition of t heir se1f-dcYotion durin o- th e

0<l aYs of the city's t ri a l and . ..., .

danger .

The \\·ar m·er, it was ieared the D utch ( ;o, crnmcnt wou ld g i'-c the Xu ns not iu t() Jca,·e. Dr. Jol iYet. at " ·hose n·quest t he,· ha d come to the T ran,.;,·aal fr()rn dis !ant J ··l·land. c\·en \\' rote acco rding t h ,·n~ perm ission to close t h e Com·cnt and com e to :\atal. But the Xuns elected to stay t ill turned out. and. as ;t happened, they \\'e re ne\·er tu rn ed l >U t. On the cont ra n · t he ,.;choob were soo n as tlouri,.;hing un rlc.r the Dutch ( ;01·cTn111e 11 t as 1·hc_1· had e\·er hcc n u nder t he B r itish.

:\ fo :·c :iclclit io n ,; \\'ere made to the build· ing. Th e large: ha ll . t he pn'sen t l( indcr­g-a rtcn :;chool, \\'as bu il t: late r a second storey co nsi::;ting of au ai r y dormitory a nd conrn1ocl i()u s d ressi 11g--roo111 w as addcrl . and quite recen t ly . a nother dn rrni­to n · a nd ,;c,·c1·a l clas,.;-roo111s. Tn 18sn the.re \\·as fo unded at 1,y<k nhurg a branch Corn·cn t , wh ose success eq uall ed its l\ fothcrhou;;r: at Pretoria, ',':h ich. now ~ spac iou s t wo-storey Co1wen t, equi pped "· i th a ll the latest conyeniences, is hard ly recognisab le as the g rowth uf the pri m f­t i,·e concer:1 du mped down. it \Hn1ld see rn by accident, on the open Ye ld -t .) vears a~·o.

' .-\t pre;;en1 b et\ycc n 300 and 400 ch ild­re n at t end the ,;chonl. o\·cr Cio per cent. of w ho m are Cath o lics. They ar<' pre· pared fo r th e Cape _i u nior Cntificate. th' :\latri cu lation l'Xami 11 atio11,;: al so. in 1\1 usic, fo r the Cape lTni versit:· an d T ri11-ity Coll ege . in ho th of w hic h exhibit ion :: and bu rsaries ha\ e been gai ned .

T he openi ng year ,,·il l, it is hoped. sec the ar r iYa l of t he :\father Gen er:.11 of th e: I nstitu te , 0 11 Yi,; i tat ion to th e Af rican sub ­prm·in ce. I t may be remarked hen.: that th e ful l tit le of the so-ca ll ed "Loreto'' 1'\uns is " In stit u te of the Hle,;sed Yi rgin J\fan·.'' an Inst itute which , beside,; num­erou~s h ouse,.; in Eurnpe, ha::; foundations in eYcr v Con t in en t . I70 11 ncl cd in the i 7th centur ~ b,· th at remarkable E nglis1 wo111a1~, '.\Iist ress l\Tary \ Yard. T he Insti tute is the fi rst and oldest of those n um­erous cong regati ons of wome n de,·otc~l to acti,·e " ·o rk wh ich are now so con spicu­ous a featu re of the Un iYe rsa l Chu rch . In h er own day :\Iary \ Yard had to m eet the fate comm on to those "born out of t im e," and sec th e I nsti tu te su ppressed b ecau se sh e asked for it cen t ral goYern -

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men t and free dom frn rn l'nclosur('. ti\",) priY ilcg-es then unheard of fo1· rcli g·im b o rders of \\·oi 11 en .

lfo\\·c,-cr. :;he li,· cd tu ,;ce the see d she had sow n in tear:; begi n to spniut an ll spread , and no" ·· sure ly r ejo ices at th~ r ich han·est on \Yhich ,;he looks d<)\\"11 from her throne in hc;l\' e ll: for. accorrlinz to Canl in al Flou rn l', th e mu ltit ude o i edu­cat ional ;111rl charitahll' co11gTl'g·atio11s \\·hich 111i n i:'.kr to-da,· io e\·cry \·aridy of spiritua l and tcmpo;·a l need o\\'e their Yen existence to the pro,·ident ial mis· sio 1~ , th e supc rn atur;1 l forcs i.l.!·ht and h ero ic pcrse,·era ncc of :\Jary \\"ant.

Foundl'cl hy a pionl'c r . the pion,·t.T spiri t ,.;l·e rn ;:; to han' rc rn ain ecl a u hc_ir· loom in th e ] 11 stitute. its hou,;es at '.\lic­k lcgak Har. \'cwk. and T.oreto !\ hber. Rath farn ham, bei ng the fi r st of thei r k in(\ in Eng land a nd l reland rcspcctiYely.

T he Jri;.;h branch . particu larly, has been m ost pn) lific ;incl it is th is bra nch whic:; hea r :=; the sub-title of L oreto, owi ng to the toundre,;s. an l r i ,.; h \\·oma n. :\fothcr l\Ia ry Teresa Ball , call ing he r fir,;t hou se in Ire· land. Loreto Abbe,·. out " f denition tn t h e San ta Casa of ·Loreto. T his Lo reto se n t ou t mem ber:; in 18-i 1 to India, i8-t6 to Yfau rit ius, T8-t7 to A.merica, i877 t-:i Au stra li a and. through its fil iation at ~a,· a n i t. ind irecth ·, \\'as conn ected wi th the foundat io n in -the T ransyaal, which, howeYer . h as si nce put itse lf under its d irect jurisd iction. and is. as we ha,·c ,.;ad just no"· looki n o- forward to Yisi tati nn h,; t he S uperio r "' Ge neral. f'o unclations haYe also been made at Gibraltar and Spain.

T hus to b e? a Loreto g·irl or hoy i" to he a mem ber of a \\·or lrl -\Yide a rm y, and a,; such , to be da ih remem b ered in p r :1yer bv the mernl)l'rs-of an Institute on \1·hi ch t1;e sun 11e\Tr sets. There mu;;t he \'l'l'f

few h ours out of the t \Ye nty fotll' hou r s \\·h en the incense o f prayer for pupil.s past and presen t. is nnt ri,;ing bdor~ God's th rone from :;ome one or othn ::it th e: m a ny Lorctos. the '1\0r ld o,·er, whe · ther unricr the South ern Cross or tbc Polar Star.

Mav Our Lad'" of Loreto bless h er ch il di:en nor th , ;;0~1th . cast. anrl west. anrl parti cul arl y those of Loreto in the Trans­vaal.

J6ucal}?ptus JSlossoms.

Golden Jubilee Day .

24th September, 1925.

0 ;\ th e: 24th Sq)tcmbcr. 187.=:;. th,_ fi r st l\lass \\·a:; :;aid by Dr. O'Cun-

11ur. Jirsl Bishop of Hallarat, in 1.orcto Conn~n t, :\1ary 's .i\l"u 11 t, Bal la rat. lor t be C(>lllmunity ot' ,;e\·en lrish nuns broug·b1 oul from Loreto ~\blicy, l~athfarnham, Dublin, by .i\ l. :\I. (;onzag:i. l'.arry. Ll:l . \ .l\I.

So, un 24th Seple:·nber , 1925, will 1)~' celebrated. in each of the 1,·n Loreto Con­\-Cnts in :\ustralia. the J'.irth of tl1c .\us· tralian Branch of lhe Institute of the \'ir­o·in l\lary or the Foundation of the F irst l.oreto Co1went in .:-\u stralia .

Kow o-irl s. children uf Loreto yo un g· or old. wh~t shall we do to celebrate thi.; occasion:, Tt is not too early to begin ti .• concentrate our forces, for, as it has been decided liOt to print a L oreto Blossoms ':\Iag-azinc for i924, but to rc·serYe and col­lect ior a distinctiYe and fully rcprcsenta · ti\-e number in r925, this is our last cha nce of g i\·ing editoria l no tice of th t-~ lll0\'Cl1lCllt .

F irst. as to suggestion s . \\.il l not the presen t and the former pupils of each Conven~ form a committee, and. w hen ;1.

plan has been fo rmed. send the sugges­tion lahellecl "Jubil ~e" to the Central Committee at l\fary's Mount" U nion is streng·th. and in this corn~ection we can: not rd rain from quoting the "·urd~ ol l~c\'. :\L :\L Conzag-a Barry. the foundrl'SS

uf the Loreto Fucalq)tu :-; l.\lus,;ums l\laga­z1lll'. the loundre~s of tlll· :\ustrali an Branch of the \\'Orld -\\·ide I. H.\'.1L

''So, dear children of L11 retu, Fede7ate :\klhuurnc \\·ith Ballarat ancl Perth, Syd­ne\· \\·ith J 'urt land. Federate 1 Federate: F(;r "·hat " Federat~ to lend a h elpin!.!. hand to 1yhaten·r is g-oorl and hc;1uti fuL noble and useful in the \yorld around. 1t may s•:em to you that ::ou _cannot '.'< ; much. hut \'OU "·ill d o much 11 you do ,1\, you can. a1~d do it with a g re_at ,and gen­erous heart and a hu111 i.>l c n111H1. ;,nd clo it for God's dear sake. H e will h e lp you. and He is al l-powerful. Federate. littk arnl\' of Lor eto girls, to be loyal ai1 d tr ue to your 1-\lrna l\1atcr ; yet not ag·gres,;iH·lv so.- Federate, so as to share in all the o-ood that is clone lw each. L et no me;i.n ,., - I jealousy ~11ar your chara<:t~.r.- s an_y om: e l10-ao-ecl 111 a ffood work~ lan I a id hc1

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c\·~n·a tiny bit:" r\ true child o f LorctG will ask her self. "l\o Oil<' 1Yill kn ow that I helped; a ll the credit wi ll _ be giH1_1 t !) h er. \\ 'hat of that" If 1 gi\C m _\· littl::­aicl with a g-rc;i.t h eart ;i.nd a pure inten ­tion. mv praise and reward 1-vil l he ct~r­nal." Federate , for something good. w1t11. one other if you cannot get t\vo: with two if vou cannot get three; ·with three if you ca;111ot get n1orc. Be earnest. be pcrs~­YCring, be humble, and then with Gods aid you \\'ill succeed.

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REVIEWS. - -· : =-

J.n the ''l{ai nbow" Dia111u11d .J uhilee number, Oct., 1922, from Loreto Abbey, Toronto, we wer e dcl ig i1 ted to read :\ I ar­joric Bannon's exchange Jetter uf \\ h i,:11 we p rin t the ans1Yer in this " Blossor.h." ln the address by l-1 is C race ;\rchhishop l\ lc\ei l on the 75tlt ;urniHrsary of t lw founding of the 1\ mnica n Hranch of the 1.13.\'.11. in 18...j.7. h e rciers g r atefully tu L o reto : \bhey. Hath farnham, which ,.:cnt out th e fo un dation. Loreto. l\at!riarnli;\111, celebrating its Ce ntenn ial J ubilee in \:o­\T m ber, 1922. 1-1 is c; race \\'C accou 11 t a patron of Catholic School :\l agazincs, re­m embering a leading article of h is in rhc " i\ainbuw." where congratulating th e peri od ical on its S il n'r Ju bike he says: ' ' l n the mattn of literary ex pression, it is hy e\'C:ry de\·elopmcnt of mind, and cn:'r\' refinement of imagination, and every effort to express their own thoughts in writing, that students at length acquire what is call ed a good style. T h e ch ief use of a School Magazi ne is to supply students with a fie ld fo r li t erary exercise. l-l cre is som eth ing which no one can gain­say. namely . that cramming for an exam­ination in Eng·lish docs not lead unc a single step in the direction of g ood \Hit-. " 111g-.

The first thrCL' numbers of St. :\[ary's :\lag·azine .. ·\scot. Eng land, so kin dly ::;·: n t­h v Moll v Hath. \\·ere perused with d c­lig·ht. fjriYil cged as thl' magazi ne is to receiYc occasional articles from thC' pen of M. M. L oyola. York, it has in this fact a lone an ideal which rnav well stimulate its budding 1\Titcrs. Of its othC'r arti cles The ~chool Chronicle. \\·ith its proof of the ahiding sotn-cc of sch ool joys and interests is a meeting point \\·here all school girls of the l.B.Y.J\f . recog111sc each o ther a s "one of the same o ld 'fami lv." "Eambles abo ut Ascot" is also

a suggesti\·e section to tho,;c 1Yh osc ey es a rc so long-sighted tha t th ey fail to sec the b ea uties around them. \\'ill there be a sect ion for "Exchange L etter s"? "The l(ing of the C olden City,'' by :\Lill. Lo\· ola.-~\ Llthing· coul d be more deligh t­ful t han this allcg·ory ;>f the dcalin;.:-..; of ( ;od \\·ith the soul. The co lo ured illust ra­tions in th e full Yolume expl a in in t he m ost attracti\-e iorrn and \Ye hope to sec this houk in c\'en' ~choo l Library. f.or t h e benefit of tho~C' 1Yl1ll cann ot haY e re­course to thl' larger n ilu m c the hook 11as hcl'n iss u~·d in a chL·aper form . in which it ma-v· 11Tll find dailv use among· school clas,;e-c: or littl e Firc;t Communic.ants. al ­thou~· !i t here is n nt one hnm e tru th in it "·ho~e applicat ion is confined to our y o unger member,.; o nly; l'\·c ry dai ly Co m­munion would he h elped hy its perusal. Th e sm aller copies may now be obtai ned from L inehan 01· Pell egrini . Price, 2/ 6.

" \\'hose 1\ame is Legio n" (Isabel Clarkc.)--So signal was the fail ure of the latest t raYe11ing, pirituali sts to fine\ sym­pathy in either Australia o r America that it migh t seem that !lO\Y their pseuclo­scicntific lectur es or seances held no d an­o-er. T hat thi s th corv should not be held ~o o ne who h as r~ad Isabel Clarke's " \\ 'hose :\amc is Legi on' ' will doubt. It is one of the most 1;opular hooks in our School Librarv . h olding one in ent r anced inkrcst throughout. T he case 1Yi th w hich c\·i l spirits may gain possession of soul and eYCn of body if the gates of the senses are deliherately thr0\\'11 open at their a pproach. may scn-e as a warning in less extreme cases t han that of the lll1Controll ecl step-mother wh o is led to lunac\· and suici de. :!\fiss Clarke excels here ;ts always in depicting the strength an d beauty of unscl Ji !'h 10\·c.

J5ncal}?ptus :JSlossoms.

SELECTED ESSAYS.

The fu ll O\\·ing l\I.S .S. unfortuna tely crowded o u t of thi s issue n ·cci\c cl 11011-o u ra ble m en ti on:-

'"T he Li g hth ouse,·· B rid get :'.\Ialcolm. "'_--\ Hu sh Epi sode." " .i\el lic D erm ody. '"The :-\ ustrali a n S\\·agman," U ~· s ula

He nd er son. "l.ost in tht: Hush .' ' :\Ian Prunt\· a nd

Eileen .\lo rrissn·. · -" Desc ript io ns-o f the A .. u s tra lian Bush ,"

l\:ath lee n l\ larks (aged n ); Sadie L y nch and ~·I o ni ca Fish l"r. . "(,'om·ict Stories." Heather a nd Hupe

Sleema n ( I 1 years). and \\ ilm a D ;n- ey . ·· Bca uriful Hallarat," l\lan· O'l\la ll ey

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"Farm an d S tation I.iic. " Le na Bo1in-i­orno, E il ee n jolh· and l\Io lh· O 'Kei l. "

"r\u stra lia1~ .l\;1 irn als," Xora H ankn. Xa ncy lfosel ( 10), l\:athlccn T o leman (K oora t. )

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Ist Ch oice.

THE ADVENTURES OF A CANARY.

It w as born in a cosy nco;r hidd en a mo ng th e branches of a \\~attle-tree. T hi s \\ratt le-tree grew in a country g arden and was adm ired by en-r\·one. Before I learnt to fly l ha;! a duli tim e, ha\·ing to stay in m y nest a ll day. As th e clay s grew brig hter a nd "~armer, mv mot11cr taugh t m e to J-l y. 1 soo n learnt- and c'.·en vcn tured o ut of the garden.

O ne day a dreadfu l storm arose, so fi erce that it tore ou r tree from t h e grou nd. \Y e w ere badl y hurt a nd no t being , ·ery s trong . my m o ther died . The gale grew calm after a few hours , b ut I lav th er e unabl e to move. Ab out a n hour after the storm had grown ca lm I looked up to find a pretty little g irl gazi ng at me. S he lifted m e tend er ly and took m e to the hou se, where she gan~ m e water and cru mbs. I gre\'; be tter as day s went by, and was put in a cage o n a sunny yeran­dah. A lthoug h e \· eryone was kind t o m e , I \Ya s not satisfied, for I longed to go t o '"he beaut iful bu sh.

O ne day t he door of m y cage happened to be left ope n. Seeing th i,; I r esoh ·ed to ~ly a~ va_1-. \\ .h en I got out d t he cag-e I tclt tree, and began to ii\· towards a di s­tant fa rm . ;\ s l nea r t' d tf1e farm l not iccd m en storing \\·heat in a barn . As there \ \ T IT ~rai1< s uf \\·heal lyi ng· on the wag­gu11 l I:c-1~·; 111_ to cat them. S udd enl y e\cryth1 ng· disappea red a1:d l fau n([ mY­sclf in total d arkness. O nl' of th e 111 ~·11 seei ng 11l l ' h ad thrn\\"11 hi,; hat o\·cr me. f\s he quiet ly put hi s hand u11<k r th e h at to _se izL· me l sa\\- a smal l opening. \ ·cry qu 1ck l_1 · l acted an d once ag·ain 1 was free.

l \·e r y soo n ldt the farm and reached a large .c it y. Herc I \\"as tin a lly captu red and no \Y !in.· in a larg·e cage. I ha\·e a numhcr of m;itcs and ha \·c 110 \\·ish t o r e turn to the cou n t ry.

--Kitty Maher, lI year:-.

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2nd Choice.

"THE VOICES OF THE SEA."

"The Sea moans round with many Yoices"- Tenn vson.

Th e1-c is in th e ru sh •)f waters a mys­terious inHuence . ak in to a hidd en sv m­·p athy within th e heart of m an:

How often do we li sten to t he vo ices of the waY cs ·when our h earts a re fi ll ed with sorrow . Som etimes w e h ear th e yoice of hop e which wh isper s h igh. and we hearken to th e hu shed murmurs of th e surge . as it comes sw eeping a long the sands, musical in its ri sin g· accents like an eYeni ng breeze, a nd Io , ' it ha s broken and t he " re tiring sound s tell of di sap­pointm ent a~1d broken dream s."

\ \'hen ou1· soul s are rest less, we seek th e shore and find a strange solace in li s­tenin g to th e wild fun · of the wa,·es_ Often they figh t fiercei y in battle like gia nts a nd th eir o nset is trem endou s. They toss, t hey fi g ht, th ey roll O\·er on e another in fren zy, th ey crash aga in st th e immorta l rocks then ro ll back, b ea t en and sull en , sob a little, and a ll is silent.

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S ometimes \\'C hear turh ulc nt \'()ice,.: c;cct hing in rebel li"n . Ti1 vy clamuur, diL· clown fur a SJ) <I CL' an d ao-a in S\\'c ll in luud indi g na tion , ~\· hile i11 tn~1i" ed cume to us frio.:·hten l'd , an';i<>us \·oin·,; a,; uf \\"<lll1L'll huddled in corners. l:-l o\\. the littk \V~hcs in tc rrnr rl cc in sho re seekin g refu ge from l\1()t he r Eai-th. Th ere thc v b reak. on!v to fa il hack shudd erin g-. for. th l'\ ice ! tha'r earth is not for them. -

ln gayer mood we l(H°L' the \\-a\TS as they dance g icefull y . T lwir ,·nice;; a r c hushl'd ll<l \Y as if icariu l to hrl'a k t he spell \Yhich I\aturc ha:.; ll\ her m <w ic \\·and cast un·r the smilin g_- cli:qL "

"Tltt · sL·a too f;t! ls i;-, '"·i1h th \' 1Pood of t h e lll01l1CT1 t,

And qilling- its t11 11Ju lt ,rnd t :1r1 11 0 il npo sc·:;.

l t:-: 1ittll' \\·;1vc~ croonin g: ;111d coo in g ~\\· eet

nu111hcrs l t la zily dos es. "

\\ 'ho has not h c<: rd th e ringing· of bclb:. fa int " ·he n th e Yoicl's arc fi erce a nd angry. bu t clear a nd musica l o n a bright cl ear cl;:y as if bidding the oc ean h e happy and g lad. But again thcv so und out so lemn and m o urnful and di-e a \\·ay in a w istful w ail a nd moan. They ar~ surch· bell s, and a ll sea loYcrs hea r them. - ·

0 how I Joye th ee 0 \Yond erful ocean'. ·1 10\·e thee in a ll thy passing hum ors, cYcn " -hen thou g roancst upon th e earth: hut ho \\. mu ch more when thou sm ilcst upon m e. Then I hea r th\· laug hin g \\-a\·c-s at play , c\·er e n tici ng m e to come a nd join their sport.

Wh ere ende th thy p;iwcr 0 mi ghty sea? (;cnerations m ay com e a nd go, hut thou stay cs t on until th is world is no l]lfll'C.

- Vera B rady. Ararat .

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"HAROLD RAYMOND ." It was a h ot summer' s aft ernoon when

a passenger step ped out of th e tra in at the wa~· s ide station of Tocu m ala. H e gath­ered up hi s luggage and went to find

;;u mcthin g to com·e\· him to the house h e had bought ; it \\·a:o -t,Yclvc mi les frorn th e tu 1\·n . H aro ld l\<t\ m ond was th e o nh· snn of a \\·ca lth y 1~1 erchant. hut now h-e \\' as a n orphan. - l le h;id a n onh sistc1· w ho liYed in Syclne1-. but after lo~::w h is father he th o ug h t. he \rnul<l tak ~.., up farmin g . H e was t\\·enty-c ight a11cl a new ch u m to th e ln;sh.

11 arold found a man \\·h" pos,;e,: scd a big fa m ily bugg·y and t\n> loHly bay horses. The man drmc him t() th e house and put hi s lug-f_;-af_;·c 011 the Ycrandah . 1-[;u·old stood ou t s id e to surn~y t he hou se, one part of th e yerandah was h roken , a piece of glas:-; \\·a,; out oi the '.1·i11d< l\Y , a nd a l togdher th e house n ~·c<lcd 1-epairs. It \\·as c>-e tting o n to dusk , so Haro ld th ought he mu st Q·ct tea for i1imscl f. f I,. \n·nt to bed that \ ~1i ght feeling very \\·om o ut. ·He made up 11is m ind he wou ld go to the town next da1-.

Nex t m orning h e ~yoke up and when h e heard th e magpies si ngin?; and heard the s trange sounds of th e hush he wondered w h ere ·h e was, for he did no t h ear al l the differen t carts go h_v. He th en arose and had breakfa st. A fte r that was fini shed he went a nd had a look .'I t hi s b clong in g·s . _l\.fter abo ut a week, w h en he had sett led every thin g. he th oug ht it was right that h e should make th e acquaintance of some of hi s n eig hbours. So one sunny m orn­ing he ha rn essed Gipsy to the gig and s tarted o ff. The fir st ncighbom· he Yis itcd was old ?\ed Payne , w h o liYccl in a littl e hut on th e side ~ f th e ri ve 1· : th e hut was surround ed by gum trees an d green reeds growing as hi g-h as the door. T hi s hut hci.d a littl e path lead in g down ~o the rin:r. \\' Orn fro m old ?'\ ed constantlv carrying· wa ter. H e had a small ga rd e1i . a n ·l in thi s h e spe nt mos t of hi s time . for he so ld yegctah les at th e market and ju st manaQ·ed to g·e t cnou g·h rn oncv to keep himself . Up 'th e little 'path walhd Harr)r Ravmond. He m et th e old man at th e door a nd was welcom ed to th e bush . A ft er an hour's chat thev parted. old Neel goi ng to hi s Qard en a ncl Harold to , -isit th e other n eighbou r s. H e w ent to m any different p laces, amongst them being Mr Carev's. H e liYed in a neat littl e h ouse with -a son and dau ghter , Marie. a g irl of

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a2o ut_ twe n ty, tall , dark, ~rnd very pretty; Cnarlte, the boy, about eighteen, t~dl a nd ~~i r. These two land their father dearly. l he~r were Insh and they were not lung out tram the old country . They received Harold g raciou sly, and J\fary pr~pared tea fo r him . After tea Harold went home. i\s t im e wen t on Charli e \vent over to h elp Harold , as h e was on ly lca rn ino and soon thcv became fast friend s. '"'

Father- X--- ca m e every m on th t o say mass iu a little wooden church , it was called th e old bush church. A bo ut tweh-e Catholics cam e, and someti mes sixteen on a ver y specia l occasion. After Harold h ad li ved two years in the coun try, h e built a lovely house for himself . and ga\·e some mon ey fo r a church to be built. The first maniage ce lebratecl in this ch urch was of Harold l\aymond and j\Larie Ca rev. T hey never regr~ttecl lea\·ing the tm~n fo r th e coun try.

---Maggie \Vabh. Horsham.

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.+th Choice.

THE FOLK OF KANGAROO CREEK.

T he clay dawned clearl y at Kangaroo Creek in the A u strali a n bu sh . T h e koo­kaburras in the trees annou nced the ri s­ing of the sun . Ju st on the outskirts of the bush stood a farm hou se, su rrounded by about one hundred acres of cultivated land. From within the house came the soun d of children's voices and the clatter of dishes as Mrs. Brown prepared the breakfast. After a while her husband a nd six chi ldren came into t he k itchen t o partake of the meal. \Vhen th e m eal was end ed M r and his eldest son Dan came o ut of th e house into the vard. "Get the h or ses in the plough Dan ,',- said Mr. Brown, to which Dan replied "Righto Dad," and went off whistling in search of the h or ses. \ iVhil e Dan -vvas doing thi s hi s father stood outside the house looking clown towards the littl e creek which s trangely enough had been calle<l Kanga­roo Creek. H e v\·as wondering why it had been called by that name as he had

ne\·er seen an\ of those animal s there as far a s he coul<l relllL' l1lber, and lie was 'not \Try ynu ng· .

_"ComL· on. Dad, the horses arc ready," sa id Uan. Dael went down to the lower paddock to plough, whilst Dan went round the other sick of the hou se to take some other horses to g raze in the paclduck 011 the far sid e of the· crl·ek.

\\ 'h ilc IH: wa,; un h i,.; way to the stables where till· lw r ,.;cs \\e re, he f1card w ild crie,; of ' 'Help, quick . help." ' Tbe cries sl'.c:1m·d to be coming from the c reek , so Dan set off full speed in that direction. \\'ith­out lessening· his pace he ran across the small footbridge . and on the other side saw hi s little brother ,\lf ., and his rn·o li t tle sistcrc;, Kate and Mary, playing at a game of I ndi ans. in w hich Marv 11·as the captiYe ca llin g tr> Kate for help: Poor Dan! li e t hought h(' \vas going to he a g rcat hero, but o nl y succeeded in "corning a thucl," as A lf. ca ll ed it .

About a week afte r the li ttle in cid ent of the Indi an s. Dad wa:;; ~ i tti n g snwkin g o n the \·e rand ah . waiting for the letkrs wh ich Dan wa,; bringing from the bo:-; at the gate. ...l..s soon :is tlie letters arri1·1•d, Dad began to look through them and came 11pon a long, legal looking let te r acldre:"secl to Dan. Upon opening· it he fo und that it ca m e from a Syd ney lawyer, in fo rmi ng him that a relative of his \Yho had cliec( recentl v had left the o-reater . b

portion nf hi s proper tv to D an. Of course Dan was \Yildly cxci.ted at hearing this and \-cry soon th e good news was ,.p rcad far and wide.

Som e davs later Dael and D a n were in 0 ;1 e of the ou ter paddocks. Sudclc nl v Dan stood up and exclaimed "Dael, I ca11 smel l somethin g burning." "I think you're dreaming:," sa id Dael slowly. Bu t in a frw mi nu tes he a lso coul d sm ell some­thing burning. and looking round h e saw the r eflection of what was apparently a bush fir e. Soon both Dad and Dan were running fu ll speed , :\fr. Brown tog-et the stick s to beat bacl~ the fire , a nd Dan to t ell his mother to be r ea cl\r w ith the chil­dren to go at any minute if the fir e got too near the house. Then he went to o ne of the sh eds and got som e tools and be­gan clearing the ground around the home-

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steacl. It had alrnosL reached the shed furthe st away from the house when Dan remembered -ha\·ing left his coat, which had in one of the pockets the lawyer 's lette r \1·i th the_~ addres!'. Dan ru shed down tO\Yarcls the shed but on!y in time to sec it co ll apse. The fire· was 11uw univ ah•)1_1 t a quarter of a mile from the- house , and trees were falling with a sou nd lik e thunde r. \\ hen the fire had r eached the ck ;1red a rl' a . \1·ith the aid of the farm h ands and all the famil h ·, it was beaten back. \ ,Vhcn it \\·as safe. thl' whole farn il \r wen t ind oor s, very ti reel a ft er t heir exe~·tinn. -:\1 rs. Brow~1 spe n t ll<l li tt le t im e atten ding tu al l the burns t hat J\fr. Brown and the ch ildren h ad n·c ei\-cd in try in g to heat back th e fire. It was after thi s that Dan p lu cked t1p courage to tell hi s father abo u t the ill-fated letter. But what was hi s joy when h e fou nd that it was o nl y the e1wel­ope he h ad h a d in hi s pocket , a nd that Dad h ad the letter safely a ll th e time.

\\-e w ill now leave th e Brown's at breakfast, w h e1·e we first found them. on l:- · this o ne is a much happier o ne. They arc a ll discussing what th ey w ill do when t hey get their we ll -dcsen·ed money. --Lucy Kerley. age L>: Nance 13:-irwick, ag:c T 3.

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:;th Clwice. THE POWER OF BABY WORDS.

ln the nursen· of a 1 ~11"!.?:e ma nsion a baby g ir l lay 01; the fio01: sobbin g as though her heart \n1u ld break. \\.hy she was sobbing· so bi ttcr lv . and \Yhv she was a lo ne w e sl; al l knoff fatc r. .

"i\Iany yea r s ago. "The Evergreens," the principal horncskad in the di st ri ct of O uanclo n was a hc;rntifu1 bunga low. Its ~~°'quisitc gard en s were the cm-y of a ll w ho saw them. They were all pl a un ed and designed hy an artist. Th e owner a lways took a great interest in t hem. It (the property) was owned by Mr. and Mrs. B iffi e. The occupan t s of "The P in es," so me short distance away, often wondered w h eth er Mrs. an d J\fr. B iffi e e\·er went to bed at all. T h ey cert ai nl y dicJ keep Yery unreasonable h ours . l\f r s. B iffie was a la rl :-r of rem arkab le b eauty, and sh e h ad what often accom panies

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hl'auty , a lo\c of drc::;s a nd fashion. } 1 r . l=';i H·ic was abu a plcal"Surc-10\·ing man . This cn·ning there \\" as a dinn er pa r ty to be held ; Mrs. Biffic w ac; a rrayed in a mage nificent dress. '.1·hich :-;hone like go ld in the li ghted room. She \Yas t11e star of the evening.

\\ .hilc the occupant:-; of the drawin g­r oo111 were in the height of merrim ent, upstairs a lit t le figure la_1· crying, cry ing as though her hea1·t \\·nu ld break. For young a~ she wa s she missed what mo st children pri ze most on c·;1rth. a rnothe1· 's !on'. -:\Irs Biffie was 111it w hat we wmild ca ll cruel to Coina- fu r that was the ch ild's name, but there \\·as<~ lack of that affection whic h a mother g·ene ra ll y rc­scnes for the child a lone. a nd Coina, be­in g an affectionate chi ld. missed this great ly. lt was her one chil di"h sorrow.

Afte r the exc iten1cnt of the great C\·en­ing Mrs. Bi ffi e lay awake , :;; lcep was im­possibl e. Her h ead wa .~ throbbing, an d , as she lay awak e she thought of a ll the admiri ng g la nces she had recei\·ecl tbat eYening-. Mornin g cam e with its golden hue, the sun throwing· different shad es on t he b eautiful peach blossom outside th e \vi ncl ow. :Mrs. B iffi e d id not heed th is .

Present]\- a littl e ng·ure cam e into the room. Sh.e m ade a pretty picture, this innocent chi ld . Her g·o ld en hair hun g in long , clustered curls about her, a n d as she looked up the re '.vas a loYe ly childish look in hn n ·ec;. S l1c ki ssed her mnthl·r a nd c:a id, "Cood 111or11i11g-'' to her as \Vas her custom . The anS\\Tr was a carcks :o; one. Th e thoughtful li ttk chil d saw that her rn uth cr was not \\Tll so she obtaine(l lc-a\T from her nurse to ~taY \vith her .

As time we nt nn the- mother g·n t draws\' and closed lier c\·cs. Cnin a, thin k­ing sl;e w;1s asleep. g·ot ·up from th e floor and pu t a fresh cl amp cloth on her mother"s head. /\,.;,;he did so the moth er's ea r ca ug:ht the words. "M ummy, if nnly vou lcl\:ed me as much as I loYe you." This baby pleading wa~ too much. for the mother a nd ;:he fo lded t h e li ttle figure in her :urn s. From th ~t d a~· the moth er co11 1rl h a rdl v bear Com a out of h er sight. Sh e wo~1 ld sit for hours try­ing- in e\·ery way she could to m ake her ch ild happy.

--Mona Kendall , 1\Ielhourn e.

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A COUNTRY SHOW. H a n : yo u cYer 1 is i ted a Co ti ntry S how ?

l'eopk seek ing pri111 it in· ,\ustr ;tlians a re disappo inted at the mudcrncss lit such a colllparatin.:ly young Cl> un t ry. Ho \\Tvcr . ii yuu m ake th is \·isit you \\·ill fi nd ma n: w ho \1·ill ans\HT to the dcscription­p rilllitin· .

To the count r v folk th e Count r v Show is their red lctkr l'\'l'llt. ] t is ~Y i thout doubt t he fu nn iest t l;ing J h an: e\·cr seen. or indee d eYer hope to sec; so an· th e fam il i<:s that a tte nd it.

1\ t last th e lo ng - loo ked-fur da y d a wns br ight a nd cl o ud ks :~: a ll :\' a t urc see m s to he in h;irrno11_1 \1·ith the sp irit of the Lrn1i li cs . T h e cuc k ic,; a rc in a \d1irl of e:-; l' i l\:111 e·11t. T he· (>I d- iash inned <lou bk­sea tcd buggy , wh icl1 has been specia ll y ho,;ed for th e ucca'-' ion. is a\\·aiting t h e fam il y. EH·n the old brown mar e, 1vh ich i~ a lniost a 11 h eirl oom . seems to have c;wght the spirit of enthusiasm, a nd st ra nge to say, is impatie n t t o he o ff.

The fa m ily at las t se t u u t a nd pe rhap s i t wou l(\ h e h ardn to fi nd a no the r s uch picture of h app in c,;s. Da d , m oth er , a nd son a rc in th e fro n t sea t, a nd packed inw th<_' h ack r ow a re the rest of the fa m ily. Thei r s rn: lin g faces sho\\' they a rc ah sn­!11tel 1· o h! i1·iou..; to a rn· discomfort rcs u1 t­i ni..:· from limi ted seatrng· accom m oda ti nn . l\ l othcr . he r k in dh· \ \·cathe r -heatcn fac,' \\Teated in s m iles ·i,; arra1·ed in her fi nest for the occasion- a tight-fi t tin g gown of purple lu :~t:-e br ighte ned up w ith hand s or r eel.

T h e !' ig:h t o f fa tli cr pr,;1·cs loo mu ch fo r t he fa rnil v . }l e is d ressed in a n o ld farl n l suit of S \~' a ll o \\·-taib. \Yhich he te lls them " ·it1 1 th e grcatcq prick has hce n in t h e fa m il \· fo r vcars (a fact so l'\· ide n t th a t the c;_planatio n is s u perfl uous.) T h e n his hat 1 an ol d batt ered p a nama. a r elic of better davs , w hich nO\\. o nl Y tend s to

• h' " " T" h 0 t" • exaggerate 1s _, 1g t u appea r a nce . . !\ ro un d th is h a t is hu ng a fly-net of \·iv id green. T h o u g h t o o r di n ary peopl e. thi s m ay p rove a n asset , i t is nothing hu t a nn oyance to our o ld fri end. cspcciall :r in th e inten ' als \\-h en i t becom es en ta n g led in hi s h ea rd .

J31· t he· time our fa m il,· arr in·s at t he gro~111d:, t heir joy is uu i)Ou 11ded. They scra mb le out, a n cl ga th eri ng t h eir respec­ti n be longin gs, rush off t o the ex hib it sh ed. Fathe r hur ri es off to look a t h is show of pure-brl'.d pigs, wh ich h e had brough t in t he p rc1·iou s day. l\lothcr, in her h ur ry 10 get to the shed. fi n ds h er S u nd a\' att ire qu ite a nui sance . as it im ­peclcs ·her. and pe rhaps ~frs. S o a nd So ma v a rri \·~· the re F: r st aEd secure the b e:-;t posit ion tu display h er jams a nd cakc·s .

Ne~;t in t he proces,;ion com es th e e ldest daug hter. fee lin g qu ite im por ta n t. for on th is aus pi ciou s day s h l'. h a s co iled u p her h air for the fir st t im e . E H'll a nwn ~ th ese ,; in 1p lc cou nt ry peop le th ere e·x ist's a ce r tain a m ou n t o f conce i t . . \ s S ister Sul? t reads ac ross the ground~; in her Su 11 -dav frock ,; h e fee ls eYci-\· n ·e upon hl'r . Pc.rh aps she is m o re co r rect t h an one w ou ld suspect, because her clashi ng cos­t ume attracts cYen· C\'e.

\ \ .h e n they haYc- a n =angc<l thei r ya r ious exhi b its to th e ir satisfac ti on, they repair to the sha(k of a la rge tree. to partake of th e s u mpt uo u s lu nch whi ch m o t he r h as b ro u g h t in t11 c d r e ~-, s-haskct fo r the occa­s ion. T h e food tastes muc h bette r in t hi s h oliday atm osph ere . a nd judgin g from th e b ea m ing faces fro m fathe r rlO\\'n tn 1ittlc fr eckled J oh nn ie they arc \Cry ap­p r ec ia tive guests .

Afte r lunch th e exci tement of ;i ll, es pe­cially the sm al l stC'ps an d sta ir s. begin s in ea rn est. for th en the ma n v s ide-sh nw s arc o pe n .. T h ey go fir st to ~cc t h e resu lt nf t h e ju dgi ng. a nd m oth er joyfu lly b e­h old s her se\·cra l " fir sts ." S ister Sue is q ui te exc i ted ;it h eati ng a ll fo r h er pa tch ­work q ui lt . T h e li t t le o nes are draggi ng at moth er's sk ir t. im pa tien t to h e off to that won der of ·wo n ders . t h e ".\fc rr v-t."0 -rou nd . Th ei r deligh t as th ey rid e 1_.ot;;1cl to the h urd y-gu rcly rn us;c , is woncle rfn l. Eve n S ister Sue can n ot resist t h e a luring m usic, a nd t h rowin g a ll h er la t ely ac­quired dir-nity to t h e " ·iml. mou n ts o n e of t he nohle s teeds a n d joi n s th e h ap py t h ron g-. B.v thi s tim e t h ey h ave acq uired mu ch gaud y jewell ery a n d lit tl e L izzie riui te prou dl y di sp lay s h er h eringed · f ng-er s as sh e throws th e b all at A unt Sally.

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::\lothcr looks with a pang of d is tress a t t h e facl'. of he r heart 's delight- red-haired freck led Johnn ie. Ee has enjoyed him­self so muc h, h as cn·n ha d t h e fight , with­o u t w h ich no boy ' ,; enjoym e n t is com­plete. She is troub led at his di shevelled appearance, for t h e col lar, w h ich was so spotless a fe w hours ago. is now only a h eclragglccl kerc h ief about h is neck. How­cYCr , this docs nut trouble John nie in t h e least; h is \\· ho le m ind is t:i.i,en u p by t h is

.wonder-the ns10n of a wom a n with out a bod y . l\o though t of any external strategy enters h is innocen t mind, as h e rcYc ls in t h e mys t ery.

All good things m u st come to an encl, and at Dael's shrill whistle we shall leave th em in p er fec t bliss a n d happi n ess . To­m o r row they wi ll be back in their peace­fu l home. b u t th e tho:.igh ts of t o-day w ill ch eer th em .

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201, 203 STURT STREET BALLARAT

GUARANTEED TEA Direct from Importer to Consumer

MORAN & CATO'S TEA Is the Best Tea and the Best \! alue

Tea obtainable.

\\"e import it ourselves. Ble 11cl a nd pac k it i11 our rn orle l Tea \Va re ho use, ~ 1Hl se ll it to you l' IRST HAND witho ut au y huge adverti si ng costs or th e i11le rve 11tio 11 of :llirl clle rn e 11, T ra ­ve ll e rs, Canvasse rs, o r a n y oth er u n necessary expe nses.

We go further, and guarantee every package we sell to give absolute satis~ faction.

Moran & Cato TEA MERCHANTS

1 1 Armstrong Street, N. BALLARAT

.~ Tylerr' s New Season's Modes

Gabardine & Twill Frocks In Nigger, Wastic, Navy, Black, etc. These are

One Piece garments, with new long bodice, with cornelli

stitching or eyelet work design.

Tailored Costumes These have short Nobby Coats, fastened to one

side and silk lined in all the Smartest Tones.

Silk Jumpers & Blousettes We have a lovely assortment m all A dvanced Season's Styles and

Colors to choose from.

New Range of Skirts In Gabardine, Twill or Sponge Cloth.

REASONABLE PRICES

TYLER'S 11, 13, 15, 17, Bridge Street, Ballarat.

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A. M. Palmer & Co. DISPENSING CHEMISTS

Mak e a Specialty o f a l l Prescr iptio 11 work.

A II the Latest Drugs kept in Stock. Depot

for leadi11g Drug Houses. Age 11 ts for leadi115

m akes of Surgical Dressi ngs an•l :\pplia nces

------Telephone 1 70 - - - -

Palmer's CARRAGEEN ---FOR---

Coughs, Colds & Influenza T h e best o f a ll Co ngh Remed ies. .-\. few doses qu ickly gives re li,ef. Bot tl es 1/6 a11d 2/6 Ho rse , Cattle , and ! log- :\ l erhcines in St0c k Parce ls fo rward ed to al l par ts of th e States.

31 Lydiard Street BALLARAT

William P. Linehan BOOKSELLER & ST A TI ONER

8 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE

"A t F ee t uf Did 11e :\ laster "-Sh o rt Med­ita tio ns fo r Busy Parish l' riesb. By Antho n y Huo nder , S. J. !' r ice S/3

"Filllli11 g a Soul" Hy E . Everest . Price 6/3

" Con fes>ions of Fath er Ba ker" Price 4/ 9

" Fairest Flower of Paradise" By V. R ev. Alexis L epic ie r P r ice 7/9

" Life Eve rl asting" lly Rev. Jo h 11 Vaug h a n . !'rice 10/4

"To the Dark T ower" by GroS', S .J . P rice lil/ 6

"Strength of \Vi i i a n d H ow to Deve lop It" ' By Boyd Bar ret t. Price ! tl /4

" A Dull Day in L<-ndon " By Dora S ige rso11

"Ca th o li cism & Cri ti ci~m " By Pere Hugue 11 y, 0 .P.

"Pages from the Past " By John Ayscoug h

" A D ream Mother " A Novel. By T eresa Bolton

" Birth Co11trol " By S utherl a nd

POST AGE F RE E

!'rice 6/3

Pr ice 13/10

P r ice !11/4

P r ice 7/ l il

Price 7 /9

If you Want to Buy a Home in Melbourne

Get in Touch with

T. M. Burke 340 Collins St.

A most Efficient Register is kept of Good Value Homes

in all Districts

We have a Fleet of Motors for the Comfort and Convenience of our Clients when Inspecting

The Central Pharmacy

T. G. SKEWES PROPRIETOR

Physicians' Presciptions - and Family Recipes­Dispen sed wi th only the Best Art icles Obta inabl e

Country Orders

Forwarc1 ec1 b\' Post Rail o r C(>ach. '

3 1 9 Sturt Street, Ballarat

TELEPHONE 130 '=============================-'.!

Stephen Wellington

FURNISHING UNDERTAKER

Hearses, Mourning Coaches and every Funeral Requisite on Hire.

Funera ls Furnished in T ow n or Country

The favor of your recommendation is rE.q nested.

7, 9 DAWSON STREET SOUTH (Opposite St, Patrick's H a ll )

Phone 226.

A Hard Fact about Hardware.

S. COHEN SONS & CO. Pty. Ltd.

315 STURT STREET, BALLARAT

Import direct from the world 's markets and have the best assorted

Stock in Ballarat

Hardware for the Household, Kitchen and Farm.

Oil;,;, P;i int s, Fencin g \\'ire, Build ers· [~ eq 11 isi tes.

Thi s firlll has been establ ished 70 ye;u s. It cleli\'n' free i11 Hall a1at. It appreciates th e small es t orcler. lt ca ll ha lid le the largest o nler. It sta11ds be!ti11r\ the goods it se lls. It wa11ts your e11411 iries a 11 rl custom.

THE CATHOLIC DEPOT

PELLEGRIKI & Co. 244 ELIZABETH ST. , MELBOURNE

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543 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY

~ MODELLERS & A~1~NUFACTURERS W Importers of all Catholic Requisites for

Church, School and Home use

\\'rite for quotes for a n\' Goods i11 above Lin e

~ \Ve make our ow n Statues, Brass and

Silverware \Ve are the Bigges t Importers in our line

of busin ess, consequently we sell Cheaper th an any firm in Austra lia.

NOTE ABOVE ADDRESS

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CARRIAGE AND MOTOR CAR

PAINTS

CARBON REMOVER

WALLPAPERS, PLATE, MIRROR,. SHEET GLASS & LEADLIGHT ·

~==---GLAZIERS · . __ )

RADIATOR CEMENT

BLACK LAC FOR HOODS,

ETC.

Oil & Color Warehousemen, Plate, Muranese and all kinds of Glass. WATER PAINTS for Inside and Outside use. MOTOR PAINTS

and VARNISHES and other Requisites . . .

ART DECORATORS SIGN WRITERS -327 STURT STREET, BALLARAT­

csHoPPEE SQUARE)

Estimates given for all Classes of work appertaining to the Trade

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--BALLARAT--

H.J. SYMONS (Near \\' e:;tern Railway Stat ion)

T. J. Lawless & Co. Family Butcher DAIRY PRODUCE

MERCHANTS AND POULTRY SALESMEN --------

Poultry Sales every Thursday

Dairy Produce of Every Description

Sold Daily on . . Commission . .

Breeders of Poultry wil l do well by g iving the Ballarat market a

trial before seuding e l swhere

Meat and Small G oods of every

description of the very

best quality

Moderate Prices

P rompt Atteni;on

A Trial Solicited

----Telephone 282----

MACARTHUR ST. Ballarat

FOR YOU

HAPPY HOME MAKERS A simple but artistically-furnished Home is one's dearest pos· session. For those about to marry or the newly-married couple, the selection of furniture affords immense pleasure.

Keen, discriminating buyers are just the people we welcome, because of our

EXTENSIVE VARIETIES of every description of furniture which will offer a choice that cannot fail to reV'eal just the styles that will at once appeal to your taste. We have many EXCLUJIVE and .ltRT/ST/C DESIGNS, and careful inspect ion of our ~oods shows the skilled, solid construction, and the fine quality materials utili sed . Om Store is the "Mecca·· of Economical Buyers You are assur~d extreme values.

EASY PAYMENTS CAN ALWAYS BE ARRANGED.

FLY-WIRE DOORS & SCREENS VERANDAH BLINDS In White or Striped Duck

No. 1. SPECIAL OFFER VERANDAH BLINDS in Stro11g White Duck, Complete with I ron

pul\t:,·s, leath er straps, roller, stout cor<ls, clea ts , fit te <l on lath, ready to be screwed into posit ion.

7 feet 1Yide x 6 feet 11rop.

Price £1 4s.

TUN BRIDGE'S Complete House Furnishers

STURT & ARMSTRONG STREETS BALLARAT

lVIUSIC.-\L I~S~fRU l\/IENTS TH E vVORLD 'S BEST

PLAYER PIANOS AUTOTONE

ESTEY

LAGOND A MOREL FABER OD EON RON ISCH

BEHN ING PLAYOTONE FABEi\ MOHEL

From £220 to £560

PIA:\OS ROGERS STEINWAY ESTEY THC RM ER HENSEL LIPP FE UR ICH BECHSTE I N BEHN lt\G ECKE

ZENKER & SCHULTES

ORGANS From £115 to £395

The Famous ESTEY From £20 to £260

Instruments New and Second-hand Agents for ALLAN'S, MELBOURNE

CASH OR THE EASIEST TEf<MS.

Largest Variety of Music Teaching l\faterial in the State.

H b ' Piano aml music wartbous~ er ert s 420 STURT ST., BALLARAT Phone 360

PATERSON'S --·-++--·-

The Unique and Correct House for Purchasing young Ladies' College Outfits.

Paterson's Maid's Department make a specialty in good fitting College Tunics and smart up-to-date Costumes for the School Girl

l\laids well Cllt, full 11idth, box pleated Tunics in Fox's Serge, ~·~ .-f pure Indigo dye and extra good quality.

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Sizes 2 + !!1.

Price 22,'6 2 7rn. 25;6

39in. 35 6

+2in. 37 6

l\Iaid's Tobralco Blouses, with liigii stock collar, or 1vith roll collar and deep pointed front, pocket on side. Both styles of Ulouses made with turn back cuffs to ~lip /Jand through, or wit!J buttoned c11fL.

Sizes 2+m., 27in., 3oin. Price - 8/r r

Sizes - 33in., 36in., 39in., +zin. Price ro/6

:\laid's Fox's Serge Costumes from 70/· upwards

ADVICE AND ESTil\IATES GIVEN

Special Made to Order Outfits given every care and Special attention.

Call and see us before purchasing Elsewhere , ____________________ ------

WM. PATERSON PrrlJQ ltJ I I [jll BALLA RAT

OUTEITTERS, & HOUSE DRAPERS, lltJI I~ FURNISHERS

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