THINGS THAT COUNT

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 39, 28 October 1925, Page 38

THINGS THAT COUNT

GOVERNMENT AND HOME LIFE Nothing counts for more in the welfare of a nation than the home life of its people. Home life is built on security—on the prosperity of a country, the soundness and equity of its laws, the opportunities afforded its citizens for social development, and freedom from the harassing; uncertainties occasioned by internal strife and class discord. New Zealand to-day has its miner troubles, but there is not a more prosperous country in the world; not a country with less unemployment; not a country with better prospects ahead. You are now being asked to overthrow the conditions of government which have led by steady progressive steps to New Zealand's present enviable position. Will you take that risk ? Will you risk the" security of your home life ; the security of employment ; the security of your future and your family's future ? The present Prime Minister is neither a hardshell Tory nor a "Capitalist," nor any of those political bogeys sometimes invented to scare the simple-minded and unthinking. He is simply a young New Zealander who has shown exceptional administrative ability, constructive capacity and driving" force. Mr Coates is a broad-minded man of tolerant views. Mr J. J. McGrath, a Wellington political candidate, recently told of a long interview he had had with Mr. Coates, and how impressed he was with "the noble words spoken by him to me with regard to his view on toleration of different sections of the community, and how the war had brought home / to him the real brotherhood of British manhood, irrespective of what branch of the Christian Faith they practised." Vote for sound government by voting for the Coates' candidate in your electorate.-r-Advt..

N And as Doll.stared with, open eyes, ■Ay-A : J oll d sound filled her with surprise; A And Pie-man brought his wares, while she • Found herself walking suddenly Through Rhymeland Street, milk-pail on arm While Boy Blue, straight from Rhymeland ;, ■"; •'•;. Farm, Begged, "Let me help you, dear Miss Elf, Don't lift that milk-pail by yourself! ■' A .■ •Well! Well! What happened then, dears? Why, Just as Doll, feeling pleased, but shy, Wondered whatever would come next, And whether Mother would be vexed, yawned and woke beneath the tree Where she'd been reading!—"Why dear me ! All of my wishes DID come true!" Cried little Dolly Dimple Drew! —E. Talbot. Before I can write to you again October will be gone and November will be here, November, the month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. I want you all to start right off from the very beginning of the month and never miss a day without saying a fervent prayer for the dead. The first day of November is "All .Saints' Day," a very big feast indeed, and on that day we must all go to Mass if we can. The next day is "All Souls' Day," the day on which we mustspecially remember to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and among them for our dear Little People who have died and for all their friends. Don't forget the Holy Souls, remember them always and very specially during November. */\.. We will get out the Birthday Book and see whose names we'll find there. On All faints' Day Cecilia Koorey and Patricia Daly have their birthday; Mary Daly is on "All Souls' Day"; Annie Thornton and Clem Scannell on the sth, but we have no one on the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, the 4th; Kathleen Thornton and Josephine Buckley on the 6th, feast of St. Leonard; Irene Marion Straka is next; then Mary Thornton, and on the 9th we have Mary Gorman, Maureen Comerford, and, I. think, Nancy O'Brien; Kitty Smith, Derina Mc- ' Grath, Mary Sullivan and G—. Fahey are all on the 10th; on the 11th, with St. Martin is Kathleen Heaphy; and on the 12th Florence Balcombe and Mary Moran with, another St. Martin. There are two St. Martin's this month. On the 13th is St. Stanislaus' feast but he has no one's name down with his; Winnie Hannifin on 14th; Patricia Brocherie, Teresa Paterson and Mary Driscoll, next day; Lennie Knowler and . Ella Flynn on 16th; on the 17th, St. Gregory's feast, also Molly Enright, Evelyn Grey and Julia Cavanagh; Kathleen Archer and St. Elizabeth of Hungary on 19th; next day St. Felix, Leslie Lyons and Eva Casey; Lexio O'Connell, Agnes Kowalski, Ursula \ Brocherie and Mary Bain on 21st; St. *4 Cecilia's feast on 22nd, also Phyllis Mcpg Auley's birthday; Eva Thornton on 24th; . ■ Margaret Cameron and Eileen Mansfield on ■ 25th; St. Sylvester and Patrick Thornton on 26th; Eileen Beaumont on 28th; next day . Agnes O'Brien and Ailce Fleming; and the

last day of the month, St. Andrew’s Day, is Chrissie Kennedy’s birthday. A happy birthday to all these Little People, and, when you’re getting ready for Confirmation, looking around for another name, be sure you remember your birthday Saint’s name. LADDER WRITING COMPETITION. Who is getting ready for the Writing Competition? I hope everyone is, and that we’re going to have enough ladders to make one long ladder reaching right up to Heaven. Be Sure To Enclose One Penny Stamp with your Competition Letter, and be sure to get your letter away in good time. The other day while reading a magazine, I came across an interesting paragraph which I’ve saved for you. i’ll tell you about it here as it has to do with the words we use when 1 speaking and writing. “SIMPLE ENGLISH.” The scholar who comes forth from his study a master of English is a workman; the construction of sentences must appear formidable to a foreigner. One of them, looking at a picture of a number of vessels, said: “See what a flock of ships!” He was told that a flock of ships was called a fleet, and that a fleet of sheep was called a flock. And it was added for his guidance in mastering the intricacies of our language that a flock of girls is called a pack, a pack of thieves is called a gang, a gang of “winged per-