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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 4. 1903.
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CATHOLICS UESEH OLD LAWS
Strong- reeling ia England OTer Atti
I tude of Government.
AGITATION . BEGUH FOB REPEAL
i
Interference nltk Praceaelaa : at
Earharlstle Con areas Arouses
Ironic Feella la Nation
oddities ot Btatate.
Itself I Illegal In ths latter oountrr. A
'Teter' Pence-' I an open collection taken
up la Catholic chifrchea, anyone wishing
to forbid tha practice could register a
protect. It U Tory doubtful, however, tf
he could atop the. custom, for collections
could be taken up under other namea,
which would answer the same purpose, to
far aa the pope was concerned.
If all the obsolete statutea still legal In
England, not only In religious, but also In
lay matter, are to be revived, the country
would soon be Intolerable a a place of
residence. For Instance, It la against the
law for anyone to Jump oft a 'bus while
It Is still In motion, and the scratching of
a match on one of his majesty's letter
TjONDON. Oct,
baa been fotursed here upon the many
ridiculous lawa against Catholics which
still exist on the statute, books and which
rival In absurdity the famoua blue laws
of New England, by the recent govern
ment ban upon the carrying of the host
through London streets at the cnmluslon
of the Eucharlatlc congress. Although
many of the most obnrot ous "disabilities"
under which Catholics smarted ytars ago
were repealed when the act of Catholic
emancipation went Into effect In 18i9, a
number of petty persecutions still remain
In force.
The great majority of them are obsolete
and no one would dream of attrmptlng to
enforcn them, but it Is pointed out that
cractlcally the aame thing held true of
the law which prohibited a Catholic cere
monial parade In the public streeta until
the Eucharlstlo controversy resurrected It
out of the hoary past Influential Catho
lic are determined to be on the safe side
hereafter and will appeal to Parliament
when It reconvenes to repeal the law
which place them at a disadvantage.
One of the most extraordinary of the
Catholic "disabilities" Is that which make
It unlawful for a Roman Cathollo to pos
sess a horse valued at more than 125. Any
one can seise a Catholic' horse and, by
Imply offering the Catholic S2S, may make
off with tho property. Even the Derby
winner would have- to be parted with by
It owner, were the latter a Catholic, a
was the caae this year.
. Carloaa MarriaR gtatatea.
With reference to the marriage law some
curious statute still exist. For Instance,
according to an act passed In the time of
King William III any Protestant woman
having an Interest In land who marrlea
without a declaration before a magistrate
that her husband waa a "known Protest
ant," must suffer the forfeiture of her es
tate to the next Protestant heir. Thl
curious law Is nevr. compiled with In these
day, simply because no one consider It
till to be in force. Very few marrlagea
in England are solemnised In such a way
as to include this obsolete statutory dec
laration, and the consequence is that the
property of women, who have married
Catholic la subject to forfeiture to. Prot
estants. Another obsolete law ls that all Cath
ollo placea of worship in England to
day must be -certified before a registrar,
and there is also an old statue which for
bids Catholics holding meetings with locked
doors. This was originally Intended to pre
vent ."secret plotting," but few Catholic
plaoe of worship In modern times comply
with these conditions. Though the doors
are not locked, none of these places ever
considers Jt necessary to "register" In ac
cordance with the old law. Another law
stIU in force cgninat Catholics Is that they
are not to hold office In certain schools.
Several, of the schools mentioned In the
statute have had, for some years, Roman
Catholics as teachers 'in certain depart
ments of science.
One law which, bears very heavily on
Oatholfcs -of ;th present' day- In England
irf tl'iat which requires them to pay "tithes."
This form of taxation is for the express
purpose of supporting the Established Btate
Church of England. Catholics are not ex
etnpt from tithes, and every year large
amounts are collected from them In order
to maintain an opposition denomination.
Llccna for Jesuits.
An old statute atlll requires that all mem
bers of the Jesuit denomination In England
must be "licensed." If they fall to com
ply with this regulation they are subject
to banishment. There are a number of
Jesuits in England who never think of
complying with this old legal regulation.
Catholics In England are furthermore for
bidden to take an oath to the pope, nor
roust they contribute towards the upkeep
of the Vatican. Every year Catholics
throughout the world raise a fund known
as "Peter s Pence." and though at the pres
ent time a- large portion of thla fund
comes from Cathollo England, the fund
my weekly pay. Now II. R, Smith who,
as a part proprieter of the I.yreum thea
ter, has taught London managers that
cheap prices In a west end theater can be
msde profitable, has taken over the Wal
dorf for ths purpose of running musical
comedies at popular price. For.yesrs
the leases of practically all the west
end theater have contained clauses pre
venting a reduction In the prices of seats
but Mr. Smith has obtained a slight con
cession from the owners of the Waldorf
and hopes later to be given a free hand
to make the charges for seats as reason
able as he pleases. Associated with Mr,
Smith In his venture Is Ralph Hall Cslne,
a son of Hall Cslne.
JOHN AVA CARPENTER.
Imprisonment. fhuld the Catholics re
taliate by reviving all the old obsolete
statutes, the word "liberty" In England
will have very little significance.
Before the year 182-though the letter of
the law was even then not observed if any
priest married a Catholic to a Protestant
he was punishable with death, and all
bishops or ecclesiastic having the power
to ordain were subject to summary ban
ishment without legal proceeding. In case
of their return they were punishable with
death. Any-common' Informer could set
the law in motion and he waa rewarded by
receiving half of the property of the ac
cused. Strange to say and quite against
the fundamental of English, legal pro
cedurethe burden of proof of Innocence
rested with the accused. By a law of 1T0S,
which waa modified In 1778, Catholic were
declared Incapable of acquiring landed
property.
Law f Qaeea Aaae's Time.
According to a law ot. Queen Anne, which
wa only recently repealed, all Cathollo
teacher were subject to banishment. Many
Catholic families, owing to this enactment,
resorted to the plan of having their chil
dren educated at Catholic convents In
France, but. In order to prevent this, a
law was passed forbidding this practice,
under forfeiture of all property to the
crown. No Cathollo wa allowed to send
his children "across seas" without special
permission.
During the first year of the reign of
Goorge I. an act was passed depriving
every Roman Cathollo of the vote, both at
Parliamentary and municipal elections. The
right to the vote waa not restored until
1829: Another statute, passed In the time
of William III., forbid any Catholic to
carry arms, and also restrained any fire
arms manufacturer from employing a Ro
man Catholic as an apprentice.
Even today, in England, though Catholics
have full clvlo liberty, two posts of high
honor are closed to them. This Is the lord
chancellorship of England and the lord
lieutenancy' of Ireland. This question of
the lord chancellorship was very prominent
during the lifetime ot the late Lord Rus
sell of Klllowen, who waa universally rec
ognized as the man most fitted for t,h
post, but he was said to be "disqualified,'
owing, to the fact that he held the Catho
llo faith.
LOIE FILLER TO PRESENT BALLET
Fas
Gay World Condemns Fat
The empire and tho dlrectolre gown hay
ing cumu 10 stay, iatneas ts de trop
that ia to aay, "not In It." Fat ladles are
threatened with toeing wiped off the map.
There is one loophole ot escaue. how
ever, for the overfat lady. Let her get one
of tho large cases of Murmola Prescription
Tablets, and take one after each meal and
at bedtime, and pretty soon she will notice
sue will bo wearing tho new mode with
satisfaction to herself and the consterna
Uwn of her dear enemies. .
These cases of Marmola Prescription
"tablets, which, by the way, being made
strict ly In accordance with the famous
Murmola Prescription, are perfectly harm
leas, contain such a generous quantity of
tablets thai they last a long time and are
found to bo most economical, costing, as
they do, only 76 cents. They aro also a
very pleasant nmthod to adopt, for they
render dieting and exercising entirely un
necessaitt'. All druggists keep them, or
they may he obtained from the Marmola
Company, Detroit, Mich.
The Best Clothes
are none too good for the man who
neglects nothing In his search for suc
cess. Snappy styles and patterns tall-order-to-order
$25, and a little higher.
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Instructor of
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Studio, B3I0 Harney St.
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lotfl fARMAM afcTU-38aTJ
oas Serpentine Daseer Has Estab
lished School Ib London.
LONDON, Oct. t, (Special) Loie Puller
has Just had a long and intimate con
ference with the managers or toe new
opera house In Boston, . The famous ter
pentine dancer has entered Into a con
tract to supply a ballet embodying soma
pet theories of her own three night a
week at the Boston house beginning next
October! ah aiftafaTlngrvrltrr. tire- grand
opera.
Lole considers herself the mother of the
whole tribe of Salome and scant drapery
dancers who are now filling the- vaude
ville houses and theaters to overflowing
on both sides of the Atlantlo Ocean. I
have heard it from Mlsa Fuller first hand
that both Isadora Duncan and Maud Allan
repaired to her In the early atages of their
development for advice and Instruction,
and the American dancer Is still carrying
on the good work. Her school for dancing-
In Pari 1 an old story but that she
ha established a school In London will
be news. Mrs Clement Scott, the editress
of "The Free Lance" and the widow of the
late well-wnown English dramatlo crltlo
wlU be asaociated with Mis Fuller when
matter develop more fully and at one
time the two women had quite determined
to utilise Mrs, Scott's London home, sit
uated In the heart of the American quar
ter, for the school. Subsequent reflection,
however, developed the fact that thero
was not a room large enough in the house
to accommodate the fifty girl who had
already Joined.
Pending the finding of some old English
mansion possessed of a room of the pro
per dimensions. Miss Fuller has hired the
ball-room of the Savoy hotel, where she
Is stsylng, and Is putting her students
through their steps thsre. She has a
company of young dancers on at the Hip
podrome under her direction and will thl
week open with another company In Ber
lin. With her tribe of Imitator and
worshipers ever on the Increase I would
not be surprised to See before long the
"serpentine" dancer a la Loie Ful'er al
moin as ubiquitous as the Salome brand.
Clssle Loftus who has been announced
td appear at the Coliseum during the
second week in October may not appear
at the big London house after all. The
management of the Alhambr theater
have applied for an Injunction against
her fulfilling her announced engagement
until she has compiled with a five-year
old contract which the fair Cecellia has
signed with that house before her depart
ure for the Uulted States. It appeara
that Miss Loftus entered Into an agree
ment to appear for a term at the Alhambra
for about $425 a week,- but that upon her
informing the management that she had
secured an exceptionally good offer from
the Uulted Statea they agreed to let her
contract stand over until her return. When
she did return to England It waa to appear
with Sir Henry Irving, and although the
Alhambra people complained, It was ulti
mately agreed that she was to be permit
ted to appear with Irving but at the first
subsequent opportunity she was to fulfil
her contract with Aljiambra.
Tou can Imagine the fury of the Al
hambra management when a few daya
ago It was announced that Miss Loftus
waa to appear at the Coliseum In her
famous imitations and that it was noised
about that she was to receive no leas than
11.250 a week.
The question of old agreements made
at ridiculously low flguares Is one that
troubles the sleep of almost every one of
the big music hall artists In thla coun
try. People like Harry Lauder and Marie
Loyd are bound' hand and foot by long
agreements that were made years ago
when they could not command one-tenth
of the weekly salary that they could d-
man a today were tne old agreements to
come up for reconsideration. I remember
the superhuman efforts made by Vesta
Victoria to break her English agreements
after her first appearance and instan
taneous success in the United States, when
the American managers were offering her
almost any amount of money if she would
prolong her stsy. Endless telegiam made
no effect upon the hard-hearted English
manager and Victoria was compelled to
return to these shores to fulful her en
gageinenta.
I auppoae Lee 8hubert ts congratulating
himself that at last some one has had
the courage to take the Waldorf theater,
London, off his hand. I wouldn't like to
have his losses on the theater sines he
took It three yeata ago subtracted from
TO. DEFEND YANKEE SPARROW
Vices of Forelca Sparrow Make la-
tlra Sona-ater SaflTer la Pablle
Estimation.
NEW YORK, Oct. .-Because not one
American In a hundred has been found
who knows the difference between the
pestiferous Europran house srarrow, com
monly known as the English sparrow, and
the Intensely valuable sparrows native to
this country, an educational campaign la
being launched In this city today with the
object of making every citizen of the
United States acquainted with his feathered
compatriots. Taking as a text the sine of
the foreign bird, which are vltnted upon the
head of his Innocent American cousins, the
National Association of Audubon societies
Is planning to establish what may prove
university of ornithology for the nation.
When an adequate endowment for such an
Institution Is provided it Is intended to
carry the simple facts of bird habits and
economic value to every mind In the land.
That Ignorance of the distinction be
tween the native sparrows and the Injuri
ous species from across the ocean Is caus
ing the wholesale slaughter of , America's
most vaiuaoie Dira race nas Men provea
by recent Investigations of the projectors
of this scheme. Great numbers of the
little Tatikee birds, who It has been shown
clear, 90 per cent of the weeds from every
garden and field, are found to be falling
before the uninformed revenger of the
ravages of their cockney cousins. That "a
sparrow Is a sparrow," has been discovered
to be the unhappy belief of the great
majority of the people of this country,
where tho pest of the English house spar
row is being more and more resented.
With a score of such specie as the tree,
chipping, field, swamp, lark, grasshopper.
vesper and song sparrow, the Junco and
grosbeak, enlisted to kill weeds and harm
ful insects for the farmer and orchardlst
In every section of this country, the gov
ernment authorities have declared the
American sparrows to be "of greater value
to agriculture than any other species and
well worthy of protection and "encourage
ment" Exhaustive sclentlflo Investigations
by these experts have proven that the na
tive sparrows are practically Innocent of
consuming any cultivated fruits, while the
English sparrow ia ft notorious destroyer of
buds and blossoms, grain, fruit and garden
seeds. This Imported house sparrow,
utterly unlike ours, Is also guilty of driv
ing away native birds from their fields of
usefulness and In addition la noisy and
filthy, befouling vines and buildings.
Ever since 1850, when mistaken sealots
brought the English sparrow to this coun
try to exterminate caterpillars, the American-people
have failed to differentiate the
virtues of their own little birds from the
vices of the European species, the Audubon
workers declare. The failure of the
foreign sparrow to do anything but drive
away birds who could consume caterpillars,
as well as the subsequent revulsion against
the spreading pest from Europe, has been
visited unjustly upon the 'native species by
their own people, they assart. In this one
Instance it is believed the' project for a
national educational movement Is - warranted.
'The case of the maligned American spar
row Is a straw showing the sad economic
loss and injury due primarily to -general
lack of Information of our national bird re
sources;" said William Dutcher, president
of. the National Aaioclation of Audubon
societies at ita headquarters, 141 Broadway,
today. "We have labored to offset thla by
aendlng 1,000,000 educational leaflets, re
ports and colored plates throughout the
country this year. Our greatest field is In
the schools where the teachers and chil
dren of the nation are already ploklng up
this seed we are sowing. We want to
reach every farmer, orchardlst, ranchman
and forester In the land, aa well, with the
facts about hla bird helpers; these great
industries would be practically impossible
without the help of birds. But this should
only be a beginning. I nope soon to see a
national university of ornithology made
possible by some great philanthropist
through which this educational work of
ours may be brought to every Inhabitant
in North America."
Our Piano
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Time alone demostretes the musical
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business house. The aim of The Ben
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ot pianos and so conduct their busi
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confidence no one can surpass them.
No piano house can have a better busi
ness asset than a community of satis
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this to our alherence to the piano that
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See This Representative Line of Pianos. Pianos that are Recognized in Any City in the United States:
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Including our own specially built BENNETT COMPANY PIANO the best piano made and sold for $300.00. New
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MENDELSSOHN CHOIR MEETING
First Gathering of New Oraanf satloo
Will Be on Monday
GTtnls.
Tha first nehesrsal of tlie new Mendels
sohn choir will, us previously announced,
be held next Monday evening In the as
rembly hall of the Eiward Crelghton In
stitute on South F.tihte.'nth street.
The ends and alms of the society hsve
been dlussed rather 1 thorojg-my or late
and still it may not be amiss to emphasize
the fact that the organisation will exist
purely for the sake ot s?rlous and consist
ent stud;-. Its standards will be high and
ths whole trunt and object of Its workings
are to be directed toward the goal of the
Ideally beautiful. In the vaat tnasure
house of choral literature are stored Jewels
Of melody, golden chains of folk and fairy
lore, rich, costly robes of harmony; gems
of rellgloua truth et In the pure gold of
mjs'.c. It will be the object of the Men
delssohn choir to discover these beauties,
to bvcome familiar with the thoughts of
the great masters in music and to brin
their works before the public through the
medium of suitable and adequate .perform
ances. In order to attain these ends It
will of couTse be necessary to restrict the
membership of the society to those who J
have good voices and who are able to read
music at sight. The added requirement
11. at the singers learn their parts outside .
the rehearsals Is a most reasonable one, I
for by this means the entire time of the
lei carsaia can be spent in the study of
shading, lighting, polishing, dynamic ef
fects, and. In a word, Interpretation.
In this way the meeting of the society
will be of much murj Interest and value
ot Its Individual members than If a large I
part of thi time weie spent In the mere
mechanical learning of parts.
The entrance fees and dues are meant to
cover only the necessary expenaes of tha
aoclcty and the monthly dues will be re
mitted as soon as the affairs of the organ
isation can be conducted without them. A
spet'tul fund will also b provided out of
which will be paid the dues of talented
singers to whom the outlay might other-
w.se prove burdensome.
Mr. Thomas J. Kelly, the director of the
ch lr, has had a long and eminently suc
cessful experience as a- lsader of choral
organisations, and ha only within tha Ust
few days returned from a trip abroad full
cf enthusiasm for the seaaon's work. Men
deUsohn 8 niasterplscs, the oratorio "Kll
Jah," will b Immediately tdken up for
study, and the first public concert will be
given on tha lOOio anniversary of tiie com
icrs birth, February I next,
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