The Family Circle

New Zealand Tablet, 26 August 1920, Page 45

The Family Circle

GOING HOME. 'Tis worth the score of years to be returning Back o'er a smooth sea with a track of foam. There's a gray frost on the pane, and a turf-fire burning, ' :. And young eyes watching for the coming home. Ah, you'd be glad, too, to hear the engines pounding, And you going back where white fields are spread; Your heart would run before, so you'd soon be rounding The Moorna hills, behind near Kerry Head. Good-bye to the city where my heart was pining For a speck of the sky, for a blade of dewy grass! In Creelabeg there's a gentle sun a-shining . Between the showers that dance for you and pass. Ah, Creelabeg! I can't .live on without you, So I'm going back with Christmas in the air; I went from you, but never did I doubt you— Put fresh turf on, dears—l will soon be there! —P. J. Carroll. CARDINAL GIBBONS ON BOYS. An editor recently met Cardinal Gibbons, and wishing his boys to profit by his interview, he asked him : "What qualities, your Eminence, do you consider most desirable in a boy? What qualities show him to have real promise for the future?"This is thee answer of America's beloved Churchman : ,« j "Faithfulness, plodding, perseverance, persistence 111 doing whatever is set for him to do. These things will gain him success where genius would fail—unless inflm'. £ S °. of , gen Which is nothing more than infinite hard work. That is the best genius—hard steady careful work. It is the real genius. ' 7r 7J^ COUId + k T V * hat su r essdoesnot mean fame about von' T t th 6 r rld BllOUld set to diking that the wi T Sh eVeiT by C ° uld know ' and believe" tnat the way to success is by plodding effort. One Plodding, hard-working, faithful -boy is worth to the world much more than the boy with flashes of genius S efSt^s 0 onY° d ' Pl ° d ' pld ' wh ° ™ U -nce'nTratc nis ettoit, is on the surest road to success."

THEIRS IS A SACRIFICE. i«t ®P ea^' n S at tll e recent reception of his own sister r. 1.1 v ? ' J ' rais ed the generous spirit of those servfce of P th wh ? so generously to the when Theyl a a°ve and mothers «""le centuries, fathers a„r, ~I , throu g h the ?v **££&&&•&« the noble cause of Catholic education st, to serve in tent to see the fair daimitJ ea \ catltm - They are contheir lives, whose vctTw ' W ? Was the su *shine of their horn; folate Z S lea dwell there forever bLu I r ° f God and The call ,J « because it is His holy will " sweredTis a callthaftrS 8 "" anat rare interns * WftSS* '*?* be f . SO ™ only come the summons of the Mwter however, vineyard; Year in and % *? ™ rkers in His greater. And yet there a™ W? the demand grows"

are ready to supply the remand. Theirs is indeed a sacrifice, than which they could -be-called upon to make ho greater. "-~ ; ;?- : /■■ ■ U' : :. ~. ' ■ ' " '' ' „ HE UNDERSTANDS. . ..Ah! friend, it is so sweet to know . "• -»- When we feel tired, and the hand of pain Lies in our hearts, and when we seek in vain For human comfort, that the Heart Divine I Still understands these cares of yours and mine. Not only understands; but day by day . *\ Lives with us, while we tread our weary way; Bears ■ with us all our weariness, and feels n The shadow of the faintest cloud that steals Across our sunshine, even learns again N The depth and bitterness of human pain. There is no sorrow that He will not share; No cross, no burden for our hearts to bear Without His help, no care of ours too small To cast on Jesus; let us tell Him all Lay at His feet the story of our woes, And in His sympathy find sweet repose. He understands. DERIVATION OF CATHOLIC NAMES. The derivation of first names given to children in Catholic countries, and elsewhere, furnishes an interesting study. It affords a chance to trace to Catholic sources some names of which the Catholic meaning might not easily appear at first sight. < tn Take . th ? name of "Carmen," for instance, or Carmencita." How many are there who realise that it is bestowed in honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel? In Italy it is used in its masculine form of "Carmelo " and there are also "Carmela," "Carmine," and "Carmelita." »

Dolores” is a name which is prominent with some people It is given in honor of the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin. “Mercedes” is a name which to some English-speaking people probably would dot carry its derivation very obviously. It is given to girls in honor of Our Lady of Mercy. In Catholic countries, especially Spam, many such names are given in honor of the Blessed Virgin. Then there are foreign names less familiar to American ears (says the Boston Pilot). There is “Annonciade,’ m honor of the Annunciation; “Purificacion, which is 'clearly enough in honor of the Purification and “Assunta” in honor of the Assumption. . , 18 eas enough to realise that “Rosario” is given m honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, though it is not quite so easy to know that “Pa honors the memory of Uur Lady of Peace. J fl Children are also named after certain shrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is “Loretto,” in Our°T a °rf °? I p? ady . of 0 Lor6tt °i “Pilar,” in honor of 1,?? Lady i? f Pilar, in Spain and Mexico; and “Guadalupe, m honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. -

MISTAKES AND COME-BACKS. . When the plumber makes a mistake, he charges twice for it. ° to f^t n a laW Tf r makes a mistak he has a chance to try the case all over again he Carpenter makes a mistake > **■ just what ( ' When a doctor makes a mistake, he buries it of the land. 3 § * makCS * mistake > ft Barnes a law the dTffe'eiSe 3 :" 11 "' ""*" mirtake ' nobody knows But when an editor makes a mistake— night. HIS TRADE MARK. He shir] p^°s:t teken '"' said th man - - •'Wou^Yiet'l^o* 11 : £?! —' Ine prospective customer glanced at a full-lenp+h

“It doesn't matter much whether there’s a cart or a cab in it,” he answered; “but if you could manage to put a railway truck in it I should ' like it. I’m porter at the station.”

: MOST REMARKABLE. . The dear old lady, with her usual stock of questions, was visiting the Zoo. "Keeper," she said, "what do you consider to be the most remarkable animal in these wonderful gardens?" "Well, ma'am," replied the keeper, thoughtfully, "I-should say that there laughing hyena gets the prize." "Indeed! And what makes you think that?" "Well, he only has a sleep once a week, a meal once a month, and a drink once a year," said the keeper, moving on. "So what he has to laugh about beats me." SMILE RAISERS. Customer: "What have you in the shape of oranges?" Shopkeeper: "Well, ma'am, we have tennis balls." "I've made a great discovery. "Well?" "I've found out that the heavy end of a match is the light end." Green: "What is a sense of humor?" Brown: "A sense of humor is that which makes you laugh at something that happens to somebody else that would make you sorry if it happened to you."

I can’t imagine why you call your place a bungalow!” “Well, if it isn’t a bungalow, what is it? The job was a bungle, and I owe for it!”

. The keeper was indignant with the angler, and pointing to a big notice-board, said: ( Can t you read that—‘No fishing here’?” “The man who put that up,” was the reply “Is a confounded liar. I read it right enough, but thought Id take my chance, and I’ve caught a dozen in 20 minutes !”

A parson was addressing a school class recently, and was trymg to enforce the doctrine that the hearts ot the little ones were sinful, and needed regulating. Taking out his watch and holding it up, he said: Now, here is my watch; suppose it doesn’t keep Wh f TIrTT g ° eS to ° fast ’ and now too slow What shall I do with it?” Sell it!” shouted a flaxen-haired youngster.

A clergyman, trying to illustrate the meaning of conscience, asked a class of boys ; „ , VV .” Posi ng 0116 of you stole a piece of sugar and would* happenf' ' “ d SMDe<me came inwha ‘ ‘‘l’d get a thrashing,” piped a small voice. it ww bUfc ?-,° Ur ace . would become red, wouldn’t it? What would make it do that?” Trying to swallow the sugar quick, sir.”