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• - ; !;?•' '.v. Bishop s Message . . i ^ v., THE McHENRY PLAINDEAU5R Thursday, February, 27, 1936 FebrmiXy 20, 1936. Reverend and dear Fat You will kindly anmjdneeto your, people on Sunday^Eetoruiry 23* the following Lent«Tr'Kegulations for this ^ The General Law *. . the days of Lent from As.h Wedy, February 26, to noon of Holy Saturday, April 11, Sundays excepted, are fast days of oblipatiolh. Those obliged to fast under .this general law of the Church are restricted to one full meal in the day, which may be taften at noon or in tha evening, and to a collation not to exceed ten ounces or the fourth part of an ordinary meal. Custom allows the ; use of some., warm drink in moiling, such as tea, coffee, "or choc-r olate with a piece,of bread. ;^!> -j"\'v The Use of flesh meat is hot per~ mitted on Wednesdays, Wednesday 6f j Holy Week excepted, and F during Leiit. Cm all other days tb0 vise of flesh meat is p^rmittt-d at the .principal • mefel. Qji Sundays there' are no restrictions at all -in this gard. ; . i v , The use of flesh meat and fish at j' • thje same men! Is, no longer forbiddeii' - " ' on days when meat is allowed. Lard,/ V; or the fat rendered from any kind of ; • meat, may be used-in preparing food on all days of fast and abstinent]., throughout the year. Exemptions From the Law Those who have not completed their twenty-first or entered on their siJN ' tieth year, the sick, the very poor, ** women bearing and nursing children, and in general all who because of age, weakly constitutions, or hard labot* cannot fast without detriment to their . health are exempted fronf fastingi^ . : • Persons exempted from the obligation of fasting are allowed the use of meat at alt meals on the days on « J; which its use is permitted.. A further dispensation with regard, to the use of flesh meat was granted by the Holy See on March 15, 1895, : and later removed. Working people are permitted the use of flesh meat on all fast days and days of abstinence throughout the year except Fridays, . Ash Wednesday, Saturday The Rogues9 Gallery LIFE'S LITTLE JESTS -w-- •if* RINGWOOD MUCH IN LITTLE He pondered over the menu for quite a long time. At last he looked up. , **I see you have six of my favorite dishes on tlie menu today, waiter," he 8&kJ.. "Which do you specially recommend?' "I X The waiter. Whose position. in the restaurant expired at the end of the week,' sniffed. : v "Well, sir," he said lnahoarse^ whimper; "ft/I were you I'd tatfe the. stew and have the' whtlle:f lot World NeWs. . - , ' .1; • / Too Many Distraction* , (Over the ;TeiephdW)^-I« that you, dear? I'm afraid I won*t be' able to get home to dinner tonight as l am detained at" the offlc^. ; ' Wife (Sympathetically)'-- You . poor dear, I don't wonder. How you get anything done at all, with that beastly Orchestra "playing In your office, <8 more than I can see.--Stray Stories Magazine. •. • • "The President of That Union Would Probably be the Guy WhoAeektentiy XFrJi MATRIMONIAL UNION, LOCAL 13 By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM LOT?, of people ate under the impression that the big controversy of the day is between Hitler and Europe, or Father Coughlin and General Johnson, or even between the New Deal and the Republicans: but they are wrong. The big controversy which is occupying morning of Holy Week and the Vigil ^ most of the human, race, is the one of Christmas. The working person] between the husbands and the wives, who is exempt from fasting is allow-j to decide who's boss. ed the use of meat at all the meals!. The.minute the letter H precedes the on days not specially excepted. The i w°rd Alter, the trouble begins ami same privilege is extended to the for hundreds of years pagt the difficulother members of the family at the I *ies of tl?is particular type of union meals they take with the working' were settled by the men, who used a ••>•••'i-; taki member. Thosd not exempt from fasting may"use,meat on these days only at the principal meal. Men serving in the Army and Navy of the United States of America are allowed to eat meat on all days of the club for the purpose. Each man had his o'wn private club, and when he joined tip with it and then brought sufficient pressure to bear, the lady hollered a lot about going home to Mom-. me'S, cave but'generally didn't get any year except. Ash Wednesday,. the+ furthrf tJian hol,erinS because ns there Vigil of Christmas, Good "Friday, and! *T® K no polife f0®®, «?"• ,none t°/ th® the morning of Holy Saturday.* ; ^ ^ I trust, Reverend and-dear Father, the •lady stayed 1,cked 8,1,1 ,lked lt .apply to husbands. If Mr, Smith went «n a strike about the hired girl's night tout and his local was to parade in signs which announced that "Mrs. Smith Cooks With a Can Opener" something might come of It--maybe a trip to Reno, I dunno. Of course not everybody would be eligible lor .admission Into these Unions. Only skilled workers would be taken In. The women would have to be skilled at working their husbands, and the men would have to he skilled at working alibis. In order to join the Married Women's Union ladies would have to prove they were able, to rule the roost and the rooster, and the test would be made by a committee of ladies who would watch while the wife-candidate stuck her head in her husband's poker game and called his first pamp violently. If lie drops a straight flush- and* comes home immediately, the candidate is elected. i The qualifications for joining the Husband's Protective Association should be the husband-applicant hit, insult, or abuse his wife, and get away with it. The president of that Union would probably be the guy who accidentally that you will exhort your people to' undoubtedly the origin of th^' drops a hammer on his wife's head and " * r mo I o s»liilk at An iret If tif lAn A rwi In .« . Lenter seriously into the spirit of Lent,* male clul! as *n ins ltutlon' An<Vn w h i c h i s o n e o f p r a y e r a n d p e n a n c e . ! 7 ' ® T*h ** ' * ^ T It is important that they should 8et. | »f ^ fact that a man.was go.ng to lv.s tie their consciences on the questionj f ub,was start « Panic whether they are bound or not to the! h,S h°me- HlS W,fC W°Ul<1 Pr°mISe observance of the fast. Those who, have any. reasonable doubt as ,fo their obligation should seek the advice of their pastor or confessor. Please inform them that it is the earnest desire of the Holy See, and Ours as well, that everyone exempted from the law of fasting should conform t9 spirit of the Church by practicing some ether acts of mortification, such as abstaining from amusements and wordly pleasures and devoting themselves to the performance of pious works. Wishing you every blessing', I am, Sincerely yours in Christ, • EDWARD F. HOBAN, Bishop of Rockford. practically anything if he'd go only once a week, hence the expression "holding a club over her head." Then in quite recent years women got resigned to the club Idea because it gave thom something to reproach their husbands about. And next they got up some clubs.of their own. Tben Some pants of their own and some votes of their own and the battle over who was boss got less cute and more acute. The trouble with the women Is, they want the man to be the boss, but they want him to prove it. And when a' competent wife asks that she's really asking too much. . . And the trouble with the. men ts, they want the woman to be bo<s but to pretend she isn't. The Matrimonial Union ought to adopt some modern methods of operating if it wants to get anywhere. Look where organization got the A., F. of L. ! No, you look, I can't quite bring myself to. But what I mean that clubs are out of date but And if this eternal FLY TO MIAMI William Mertes, proprietor of the Riverside hotel, with George Nielsen of Fox Lake, left- Thursday for Miami, Fla. They madg the trip by airplane from Chicago to Miami, where they met Mrs. Mertes and Mrs. Niel-1 is, sen, who, with Mrs. Ethel Maley of j strikes are not, Fox Lake, motored to Miami six! man-woman question is ever to be weeks, ago. The party is expected t o I settled satisfactorily, It should be done return home this weekend by automo- through protective associations which bile, • - will see to it that the interests of -- -- - -- -- - b o t h p a r t i e s a r e s t i m u l a t e d ,1 b e g p a r - . INFANT DAUGHTER DIES • . " '-don.-I mean looked out for. ^ ; >' , Joan Bee, infant daughter of Mr. Of course strike methods would be and Mrs. Ernest. Gaebe of Elgin pass"! no novelty in most homes where *$he ed away Tuesday morning. Funeral! has been striking with a rolling, pin _services v,ere, held ^t Elgin Wednes-1 f°r years, nnd he has been taught' that day afternoon. ' ! v no gentleman aVer raises his hand to 3Tie ,'baby was-fofti February 6 at'I a wonian with the one exception of the .Elgin. Mrs. Gaebe, whp was for-1 school teacher when he is very young merly Mist, Evelyn Mead,, has many an(1 wants to leave the room. ) I Hitch in the Proceedings Clara--So you are not getting married, after all? I thought you said you were engaged to a very promising young doctor. Ada--So I was, but he didn't keep i.--?Stray Stories Magazine. The Ladies' Aid Society held an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. C. j. Jepson Friday. A pot-Juck" dinner Was served at noon, % The five hundred club held a potluck 5 o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George, Shepard Sunday evening. A social time was enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs." Matt Nimsgern of Spring Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young were visitors at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. - - ° Mr. and Mrs. Getirge Shepard and Mrs. Louis Hall were visitors at Mc- Henry Friday/ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simpson of Chicago spent, the weekend here. • Mrs. Louis Hawley and Mrs. JF. AHitchens spent Thursday in the D. C. Bacon home at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs, Nick Young spent Thursday afternoon with their daughter and family at McHenry. Mrs. E. E. Whiting and daughters,. . Norma and Marjorie, attended the wedding of a cousin at Harvard Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jepson, Rockford, spent the! weekend with the former's parents, JMr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. !,.' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buchert and family of Richmond spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Merritt Cruikshank of Dundee spent the, weekend in the William n home. Mrs. Cruikshank Washington his promise.--Stray DREAM ON, BOY "Engaged? Why. he Is considerably younger than she is." "Yes, but he dofxm't know it." -- lie (topsn t IiriReverie "How did y*oouu VVfnijjooyy yyco ur trip across the Atlantic?" the returned traveler was asked. i . . "Not much," he sighed, "though I... learned one thing. I've always heard what goes up conies down, but found when it comes to meals on the water, what goes down comes up,"--Americhh Enquire?. : McCannor l^1 ssppeennddiirn g a couple of weeks here. Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch spent Sunday with Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Beck of Chicago spent the weekend in the Charles Carr home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon, Mrs. C. J. Jepson and Mrs. Viola Low were visitors at Richmond, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs Roland McCannon and family of Algonquin spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr, and Mrs. B. B. Marble, at Greenwood. Elgin spent Sunday with her parents, Miss Clarice Larson and friefid of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Larson; There will be community at the M. E. church next Sunday evening. Mr. and .Mrs. Ray Peters spent Saturday afternoon at Belvidere. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brown spent Thursday afternoon In the Frank Rehorst home at Hebron. Mrs. Louis Schroeder and daughter, Jessie, Were callers at McHenry Saturday evening. Lyle and Russell Franzen an<J Le- Roy Neal spent Sunday afternoon at McHenry. Mrs. Philip Saunders of Harvard Washington, February 2o - Making forced collections from consumers of foodstuffs to J)ay^> for the political music rendered in the-farm relief bill isy a chore which the national^ legislative body cannot shirk. There is much lamenting over taxation at this season when 33 Senators and 435 Representatives.are seeking re-nomination and re-election. The House is willing to keep ,the tax problem down to bare essentials as contemplated in financing the latest agriculture bounty plan, but a militant group of Senators want to open the doors wide to an upward -revision' of income tax levies. Conscious of the fact th»t sometime Within the next year Or so fiscal policies must be, revised to dig utf about, twelve; billion dollars to maintain governrment credit, the Treasury Depart leaders through a misuse of funds and f other questionable methods. A speech ^ • •by Representative Blanton, of Texas, ; • based in the alleged confessions of former Townsendite campaigners has been re-printed and distributed by office-holders not possessing sufficient courage to personally condemn the lobbying. The plan has no chance of enactment at this seaSfcn, but it is bound to figure as ran important, local pditical issue thjfs fall. - It is noteworthy that the hubbub; * over restricting the.' powers „ of the - Supreme Court has subsided since the recent TVA decision. A caustic ob- - :! server of things political compared' the situation to wherein silence fol- . lows throwing the howling dogs a ; ' bone. Of course, no fair-minded citizen would consider that the highest, tribunal lowered itself to such undignified tactics to stave off congres- $ional war-parties on a hunt for judi-;f ^ ' cial scalps. The TVA decision was % actually narrowed down to the sale and distribution of electrical energy V "' from one War-time project. What - really worries the New Dealers and the industrial groups interested in the 1^4 hydro-electric projects of the government is the things that the court left unsaid; However, both sides have-0 taken Occasion to blow up the issue d SeCa^t^lt0 as'a p^t^kiW 0 ^ order to play down the effect on the Lhfd to I mnMonr'wie'e'xpende?'lastTe'.^ tn rSy'^We"' "" "" ***»SSS?"?' A general message on this subject fore the public and° inJreas^ the is expected shortly. The President standing of the candidate This Doli will presumably leave the entire mat- tical device accounts in no small ter m the hands of Congress. The measure for the u House Committee on Ways and Means attended the Robinson bill to prevent will call upon the Treasury Depart- price discrimination in favor oTSn ment for recommendations. This stores. Senator Robinson is the mi agency will submit a series of esti- jority, leader and not so sure of « mates as to revenue yields from which election. His colleagues in the Senthe committee may make a choi^ate are doing a neat job of "back Affected groups must be given a pdB^atching," as Uncle Joe in his calic hearipg as to the consequences of pacity as leader helps them out with special, taxes. About five or six similar gestures. It is in the cards weeks will be consumed by the dis- that the Robinson bill, regardless of cussion m the Senate and House. At its merits, will pass the Senate Conal! times the music of the political gressional leaders are applying prespipers will so "round and round" as sure brakes against « JLjj!!! the executive and legislative branches ation of other controversial subjects"' of the Federal government dodge the There is a "gentleman's a^reemlnf' senWn?lhty ^ adVerSC pubHc re" ^tween the Capitol and the White Bewluerpd hv nrnha H°USe to >ep such dangerous items Beleaguered by insistent propagan- out of the^hpre book for the session da of a threatening nature, harassed " • legislators are hopeful that the current investigation by a bi-partisan House committee will make the Townsend, plan agitators run for cover. A series of surveys show that few if Mr- and Mrs. Harry L. Miller spent any of the handful of legislators fav- Saturday evening at the home of Mr. oring the McGroarty bill believe it and Mrs Joseph Daly. ^ - will automatically assure prosperity . Mr. and Mrs. Werbluski and son or security by paying pensions to all- have returned to their home at Lily LILY LAKE £«sVl ( - has rgfeu friends hero who extend sympathy. . e Lowest Cost for each day's wear •!-•:• But modern strikes are not conducted that way; Nowadays when strikers walk out they also wall; up and down. They crawl In between tvro slices of a: sign board, make a human sandwich out of themselves, and if they also wofre an onion and a little inustard yeu could bite into them for a"hamburger and never know the difference. This is called picketing but does not mean you are on the picket fence. It just meahs you are picking On somebody. The way I figure the Matrimonial Union could work it would be something like this: say. Mr. Jones has refused to buy his wife a new hat. Mrs. Jones immediately reports the outrage to her.local and the women start walking up and down in front of the Jones' feouse' wearing sandwiches which pro- £lairti "Mr. Jones 1$ unjust to the mil-, iinery trade." Then underneath "Married Women's Protective Union, Local No. 1." , ' '!• ' The same metbods would course^ YOU can wear these boots it) comfort all day long because , • they fit. Good fit plus good ma* tcrials mean More Days Wear. BALLftBAND Boots and Rubbers jw U-- because you war tK«m John Staff el .Coanjlt then shouts at iier for putting the tool box on a high shelf like that where nobody could get it down without spilling it--and has her apologize for putting It there. If she doesn't apologize he'll probably only be a walking delegate, walking as fast as possible if not actually rupnlng. By no means should husbands of wives so famous that they have been forced to become known to the world by those wives' names be eligible to the^ Matrimonial Union, Local 13, or any other Local. In Russia the Husbands' Protective Society idea Is going strong, and I see by the paper that they have recently passed a law over there whereby a woman can be thrown in the jug for failure to pay her divorced husband his alimony. This makes the women see Red. While in California not very long ago, a bunch of women got together and secured what is known as the Community Property Law. That meant both parties to a marriage were joint owners of the home and the bank account. It was intended as a protection against Non-Union Younger Blondes. But since it became law a lot of the boys have found it more profitable to get a divorce than to get a job. - , •;./. ; United We Stand for A Lot; Divided, Yop (let the House If.You're Lucky! But with the husbands and the wives both well organized we might get to a point where we could do a little arbitration. The wives demand the abolition of the twenty-four hour day, and a minimum dress allowance. While the husbands could demand the. removal of the time limit on home coming, and the right to walk upstairs in their shoes after 11 p. m. The old principle of give and take is the best after all--he gives and she takes. Bufr nu amount bt arbitration can ever settle who's boss. That can be done only in one Way, and the Husbands' Protective Association which takes up this set of- rules will work wonders. - 1. Never forget to kiss.your wife good-by--and kiss her unexpectedly even it' you're staying home 2. Notice her clothes and, tell her! she looks pretty. Four times a year is sufficient for this. 3. Bring her a flower of two occa.- slonally when your conscience is .perfectly, obviously clear* 4. Never trust her around the cor ner and never stand for any .nonsense from her when you and she both know it's nonsense. And if your association will adhere Ktric41y to these simple rules, there is •no-question about who will be boss-- we women nre that kind of fuels! ® Nina Wlltox" Putnam.--WNU Service. "'5'.'- ' •'•' - ' v' • • ' : • -v Naming Keokuk, la. Keokuk, Iowa^was named after a chief of the f^atilk and Foxes who remalned peaceful during the Rack Hawk war and died In 1848. Not Saying Much Flora--That Footle lad has no money. I thought you told me he was quite rich. .Cora--Oh, no, dear. What I said was that he had more money than brains. Accommodating ' Fat Man (in a movie to little boy sitting behind him)--Can't you see, little fellow? * ., . Little Fellow--Not. a thing. Fat Man--Then keep yourv^!i4.^i^!i;. tne and iaugh when I do. Isn't It Tru*' She--What do you call It when two persons are thinking the same thingmental telepathy? ' He--Sometimes it's that, and sorne^ times It's just plain embarrassment.-- Atlanta Constitution. Conceited. Miss--Did anyone ever tell you how wonderful you are? t Youth--No; I don't think anyone ever did. Miss--Then I'd like to know where you got the idea.--Windsor Star. WANT ADS Cruel Test for Mosart Mozart, when a child genius, once was locked up by Adelaide, sister of the unlncky Louis XVI of France, until he proved his ability by writing a concerto for violip. She thought Leopold Mozart, the boy's father, was playing a trick. citizens over 60 years of age at the Lake after spending a few weeks in rate of $200 per month The idea is Chicago. to disburse 200 billions annually and Eleanore Wegener raise part of the funds by a sweep- visitor Sunday evening. spent Wednesday in the S. W. Brown (ing tw? per cent tax on all gross Mrs. A. Seyfferth has returned to home. - j business transactions and levies on her home at Lily Lake after spending George Young attended a milk .incomes. a few weeks in Chicago. meeting at McHenry Monday after-1 The solons fully expect to develop Mr. and Mrs. Pete Koob visited the noon. I racketeering of funds collected from home of Mr. and Mrs.' Frank Steins- Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson and prospective beneficaries by the pro- doerfer Sunday. Mrs. J. C Pearson were visitors at fessional Townsendite organizers. Due to the bad roads and weather They also anticipate that the expose conditions, there was no meeting of will weaken the carefully built-up the Lily Lake Ladies' League last confidence of the contributors in their Tuesday. 1 McHenry Saturday. Subscribe for The Plaindealer. Your Public Service Store THE NEW, IMPROVED 1936 C0NL0N IR0NERS Hi's Idfea of Bliss Mrs Khiit'"---After oil ts done*-- Mr. Knapp (interrupting)--I wonder if that gloriojus moment will ever come? 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