Answers to Correspondents

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 15, 10 April 1924, Page 19

Answers to Correspondents

Haka.—As far as ,we know the Board of Erin is an Irish American organisation with a leaning for the methods of argument which have been found to produce most respect for us in the minds of Orangemen. Inpetto.—All right for the people' and all wrong for the <■-" priest. Cr\»'3s ■'" ":~ -.. '•'*;-:.■ '; v ■ • .' -V-/. ■ ■■ -', v >.,.',.' Gael.—The Tailteann Games will bo held m Dublin from '" the- first to the eighteenth August; There seems to be r no enthusiasm about the matter here, but Canada v the i"??-***^"States; are well advanced in organising for '■.;■' ■ the Sports. : •-v 'C ''-■-"•■.•. Vj '.-,•, ■ ~.'.■.'.•-' "■■y^:: . -: \ ■'.'(-: M. G.—Roisin Dubh means Dark Rosaleen. >s Aonach Tail- - teann means the Fair of Tailteann. Like the-Fair of ;.; -Loc Garmain, in ancient times," it was famous for the ;•";£-" athletic and musical contests held there. "We"will re* "~g".member your hint as to giving the meaning of Gaelic I terms as they occur. " '■" To Old;and New Offendebs.—Undaunted by nine hundred and ninety-nine previous failures to induce readers to

remember not to forget our warning, we once more remind all and sundry that the Tablet is printed from day to day in sheets of eight pages, and that by Monday morning there is barely room left for the editorials and the news sent in by our various local correspondents. Hence, accounts of occasional happenings have little or no chance of insertion in the current issue if not sent in early : if they are brief, and if the correspondence is also brief for the week, they get in by the skin of their teeth; if they are long-winded they are allowed a week’s rest to recover their breath.

C. F. G. —In reply to your query we quote the words of a learned Italian author on the same subject: “You must endeavor to frequent restaurants which cater for Catholics on days of abstinence. If you cannot possibly do so, you may eat what is provided. . . Travellers, laborers, and others, who undergo severe strains-and suffer much fatigue, are not bound to fast.” This

extract answers both' your questions clearly. B«uutful. — is bad reasoning to argue that abuse of a

thing is sufficient excuse for abolishing it. That is the sophistry of the Prohibitionists in a nutshell. It is also

the Protestant argument against Indulgences. If pushed to its logical conclusions human nature itself ought to be abolished. Would you suppress trains because there is often a railway accident; forbid steamers because some of them are lost; legislate against motor •arg because they frequently kill people?