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December, 1913 .

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HALLARAT :-

Loreto Con\len t, Marv 's Mount, BallaraL

/OHN FRASER, PRINTER, ALEERT ST.

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Table of Con ten ts. s

A Mother's Letter to Her Children Edi torial A Mosaic of Jubil ee Wishes Chris Kevin (a Tale of 1839) Patriotic Mosaic of Heroes aml Heroines Make Sure of Prayer Cootamundra Along the Goldfields' Line

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School Chronicle, Loretto Abbey , Mary 's :\Iount (Part I.) A Letter from Calcutta Answer to th e Letter from Calcutta A Van Dyck Evening A Welcome Home to His Lordship :\lost Rev. Dr. Shiel Literary Evenings of 1913 A Geographical Expedition School Chronicl e Foreign Notes and Correspondence A Welcome t'J His Grace th e Coadjutor .\rchbishop School Diary School Chronicle, Loretto .\ bbey, Mary 's Mount (Part 11.) Nlemories Convents of the I.B .V.:\L in Australia In Memoriam Results of Public Examinations List of .\dvertisers

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For our Illustrations we are indebted to the .kindness of the following Friends a nd Pupils, whom we thank most gratefully : 1. His Lordship Most Rev. Joseph Shiel, D.D . The Community, Loretto Abbey. 2. The Grotto of Lourdes. Maggie Hogan (Mrs. Murphy) 3. In the Recreation Grounds-Archery. Annie Hogan. 4. In the Recreation Ground-The States. May Riley. 5. On the Broad Walk. Kathleen Dixon . 6. St. Cecilia 's Hall, Loretto Abbey. The Misses Thompson. 7. St . Ceci lia's Hall (looking towards Stage and Orchestra. Mr. Fraser 8. Piano Back Screen (Art Work). Annie Hogan. 9. Groups in Gro nnds. Community Loretto Convent, Dawson St.

10. Two Groups . Central Catholic Training College. The Community 11. Loretto Co nvent, Albert Park . The Comnmnity. 1.2. Loretto Convent, Hamilton, Victoria . The Community. 13. Three Views from Loretto Convent, Nonnanhurst, Sydney. The Community. 14. Four Views from L oretto Conve nt, Kirribilli Point, Sydney. The Community. 15. Our Indian Girls. Loretto H ouse , Calcuaa .

\\"e also thank :\Ir. :\!arks, who gives eac h year a valuable prize , for a handsorne

Gold :\Ietlal, his gi ft for 1913.

II

~A Mo\her's Letter to Her Children,~

My Dearest Children, -

w HE\' , manv ,-ears ago, I promised ,1·ou a n -a1inual let te r fo r the "Eucalyptus Blossoms" so lon g

as I \Y as able to write one, I thought I should, long ere this, be where letters a re nei ther \Hit ten nor recei,·ed. Yet here I am writing to >·ou , of a ll places in the world, from the Red Sea near deso­la te-lookin g Aden- \\·here, because the trees \\·ere cu t down and none planted in rneir place, the \Yant of rain is so felt tha t ,,·ere it not fo r some anci ent reser­voirs, or tanks-still in good presen a t10n -the inhabitants would be badly off for tresh water. These reservoirs ar-e called "Solomon's Pools," although wha t Solo­mon had to do with them is not quite clear! One thing is certain: Aden is a warning to Australians to preserve their forest trees. This is my eighth visit to Aden, and e1·e rv time it has been a new wonder to me ·h ow people could choose to li1 e in su\h a place for the sake of getting a little more money, rather th an 111 some of the beautiful countries of Europe, \\"ith less of this world's goods. What a mount of mere money could repaY yea rs of life spent there! -

T here is one thing in Aden, thouvh, thaL merit s ou r a dmiration; it is the heroism of those who, for God's dear sake, sacr ifi ce home and country, with all their beautiful surroundings, in order to tea ch these poor children of the East to know God and all that He has done for their immorta l souls-and to gi\·e them the blessed hope of the beautiful home He has prepared for them in the fair land of Hea,·en, if they lead pure and holv lives in this world.

The only recompense these heroic men and women look forward to is the g-lad welcome they will receive when ou r Divine

s.s. " :\Iooltan," near Aden,

rst Decem ber, 191 3 .

.~o~d call s them to Himself, and they hear \\ell done, good and faithful serrnnt

en t:"r in to the joy ot the Lord!" ' 1 he \1·ord welcome reminds me dear

c!1 ildren_, of the welcome that I a1;d th e :\uns \nth me, missed bv not beina able to reach Ballarat in t ime -to ce lebra t~ with you the Feast of Our Lady of Loretto \Ve did our best to secure ber th s for ou~ ra the r large par ty; but, although we ap­plied as early as July, ,,-e could not suc­ceed un til we at last got placed in the s ._ s . " \Iool ta n "-a splen did boat. It is a drsappomtment to ha\·e to arri,·e so late almost Christmas Eve when vou will all be a:vay for the holid~ys. It -was a dis­app01ntment, too, not to be able to stay for some time at our dear Convents en route; but truly life is full of disappoint-21ents, as you will find when you a-row 1lder- and the right thing to do f;, to neet them bravely, and to accustom your­sel1·es from your earlv years not to a ive way to brooding o,-ef' "what might have ~een "-or to useless regrets that can 111 no wise mend matters-but in the spirit of Faith, and Hope, and Lo~e strive to ha\·e tha t child-like trust in God '

' " That hea r s a Father's •·oi ce in all,

Directing for the best."

and pray " For the peace of a perfect trust,

T hat look s a\1·av from all That sees I-I.is Han.cl in every'thing,

In great eve nt s a nd small. "

Your prayers, dea r children, and those of so many good and holy people offered fnr us tra\·ellers, ha,-e been graciously heard, and our voyage has so far been wonderfully good. We have met with nothing but kindness on sea and land and if we could have accepted a ll the i~vita­t1ons from Convents in the Old Land to

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go a nd s pend a little time in each the New Year would be far ad\·anced b~fore we a rrived home. Here let me mention tbe kindness of E\·a an d Bessie Gilchris t old .\fary's Mount pupils , now in London'. They met us on our arri\·a! in June and as_ one of our I;:uns remarked- " did ~very~ thmg for us -takmg us uo our kind hos tesses, the :\azare th Nu ns a nd look-111~ after bu sin ess matters for' us. They were to the fo re a lso wh en we \·isited London on our wav back to Australia taking several of ·our party of young people to s_ee the s ights of London, and accompanyrng us from an d to the boat.

Juli a Young, Naomi Bell a nd Em il\' Freem a n \\" e re also \\·i th us \\"hi le Lena Donnell y ( \Irs . Cogh lan), he;self too ill to come, sent her little son to see us and ..\Iiss Susan Garnn-Duffr e\·er faithfu l came from ice to ..\Iars.ei ll es to spend ~ few hours with us .

S t . ..\Iichael, on whose Feas t \Ye beaan our long jou rn ey last .\fay, has taken good care of us. You know he is a friend of our dear La d\"s In stit ute . Ju s t before lea\·in g Irela nd,·I ha d a le tter th a t ga\·e me mu ch pleasure, t elling me th a t a number of poor little children in one of our Iri sh Com·en t s would sa v 200 Hail Mar) s e\·ery day until they l;eard tha t we were safely landed in Au s tra lia . l have g rea t fa ith in the prayers of chi!-

dren , esp~cially if they are poor and very youTJg. God grants their pe titions very quickly, I believe.

And now, dear children, a lthough I have already th a nked you for a ll your prayers, cards , an d spiritual bouquets, I

wish to do so a gain, fo r you r remem­brances of your old absent ..\Iother touched my hear t, and in my thanks I include not only my chi ldren in Victoria, bu t equ ally you, my children, in New Sou th Wales , in West a nd South Aus­tralia, in Queensland, Tasm ania , and New Zea land . I had hopes of being able to thank you in person on a rrivin g in Aus­tra lia ; that cannot be now for some time as, before we meet, Chris tmas will hav~ come a nd gone, and a new year will ha\·e begun. I sha ll in the meantime pray mos t earnestly th a t the Divine Babe of Be thlehem may bless you a ll, your paren ts , Yc;> ur homes , a ll whom you love­with hanpmess of the trues t kind- that He, the Source of our j oy , may enter your hea rts anJ dwell there, bringin g with Hirn ti1at peace and con tent whi ch. a ll passing Joys of tnis world can ne\·er g ive .

I am, as eyer , though a little weary of the watery highway,

Your affectionate old .\1other in }...\1.J.,

MARY J . GONZAGA, I.B.V.M.

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KV ! EDITORIAL. 'ax •::--::---/\S:X

HE "Blossoms" of 19q, m­s tead of makin g its ap­pearance amid the " tintin­abu la tion" of jubilee bells , does so now, with an apobgy for its late a rrirnl. \lanv and \·anous are th e reaslm s \Yhich could be a l­leged fo r til e delay, bu t we sha ll not occupy \·a]uable space with a li s t of ex­cuses . In s tead , we reh · on the kindness of ou.r

reade rs , \Yho know well that for so a uspi­cious a n occasion as Moth er P rovin cial' s Diamon d Jub ilee , we should not ,,·illingly have been fo und wa ntin g.

As to the actual Jubilee Day, a s ubse­quent a rticle chronicles where it was snent b_1· th e Jubilarian, while our school diary notes its quiet celebration here. Was it not what th e French s tvle " a little attenti on "-a courteous ac t ~n the na rt of " our beni.!Sn God," to a rrange that· the memorable day should be passed by dear Mother Prm·in cia l in Loretto Abbey, Gorey , Irelan d- th e \·ery Com·ent where six ty _1 ·ea rs before she presented herself as a pos tul ant ? Yet another ac t of graciousness was that Aug us t 24th wa s one of the days of the ann ual Retreat, and so ou r loYed Mother s pent the a nni,·er sary accordin g to her heart's desire- in undis­turbed communion with the Hea­venly Spouse for Whom she has so zealoush · laboured. The communih· of Gore:y, however, were by no mean·s disposed to allow such an occa s ion to pass unnoticed- a nd a t the close of th e Retreat the eYent was right royally a nd lovingly celebrated. Being rncation time, the boarders and pupils of the Day School were absent, therefore the only pupils who took part in the r·ejoicings were th e poor children of the Na tional School-childre n especially dear to the heart of our Mother Provincial. This was another of our Divine Lord' s courteous

kindnesses. Mother Provincial in sis ted 0 1'. g i\·in g "a party " to her young en ter­tainers. Onlookers-~uns and Yisitors­were deligh ted with the scene in th e Con­\·ent gardens , when the terrace slopes were co\·ered with tiers of bright-faced children. Th e lit tle ones on t he las t row, seated on th e soft green Iri sh g rass ma de a p icture of happy, expecta nt childh ood, a nd t he_1· fully appreciated the da inties , which were ma ny a nd \·arious. This open­air banqu et will remain in t he minds of the _1· outhfu l g ues ts as a Yery pleasant memor_1· of the Jubilee .

On the 24th, our kind Bishop honoured the da_1 · here by coming to say Mass in our Church , a nd, as the diary mentions, paid a grand tribute to her whom we 1·enerate as our \.Iother. Her return to the ..\!Jother House , Lore tto Abbey , Ra th­farnham, was greeted by a second cele­bration of the Jubilee, one item being, as might be expected, a concert of high mu sical excellence. Now you may ask­\Vhat has Aus tralia done? She ma\' be tru sted to do her duty, a nd although ..\fother P roYin cial' s la te arrival preven ted t he ca rry ing out of the festivities planned in he r honour, cleri ca l and lay fr iends, "ogether with pas t a nd pr·esent pupils , ha\·e contributed towards a testimonial which will help towa rds the carrying out of our :VIo ther' s cherished desire- the completion of th e bu ildin gs of :'lfary's .\!fount. This testimonia l will be pre­sented at the close of the La dies' Retreat on January 9th, when many old friends and pupils will be present.

The mu s ic of Jubilee bells will be heard in our conYent home in the course oi 1914, when we shall celebrate the Silver Jubilee of th e Episcopa te, together with the Gol­den Jubilee of the Priesthood, of our kind Father and Bishop, His Lordship of Bal­la rat. Each year adds to our debt of g ra titude to our generous benefact or. The visi t to "The Grange ," noted in the chronicle, and the valuable prizes fot

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Ch ris ti an Doc trine p resented by His Lord­ship, a re a mong the kindly proofs of in­t eres t shown in the p upi ls of Ylary's :.\'lount th is pas t year. We reta in a g ra t eful re­membrance of ea ch fa,·our.

An event which ca used mu ch regret wa s the depa rture of our kind fr iend, Mos t Revereud Dr . Shiel, for hi s Diocese of Roc kharn p ton ; but \Ye k now tha t ab­s ence will not lessen his in terest in .\lary's .\fo unt- a ta ngible p roof of his remem· bra nce is a la rge, beautifu lly t in ted ph oto­g raph of His Lordship , sen t by himself. The g ift and the th ough t fu lness of the donor a re h igh ly \ a lued an d fu ll~ - appre­cia ted .

As to our con t ribu tors . - Se\·era l in­te rest in g articles from fo reign pa rts , fo r which we a re mos t gra teful, ca me too la te fo r the "Blossoms ," a nd fo r ,-arious reasons we haYe pu t t hem a side , to use them on some more fi t ting· occas ion. In t he not es on the Vienn a Eu charis ti c Con­g ress , so k indly sent from the Com·en t of the In stitute , St . P o.lten, Au stria , the writer g ives deta il s of the part ta ken by women in the g rea t celebra tion . These notes will be of especial interes t in an ensuin g number of our maga zin e , when Au s t ralia will be making her plan s fo r the Eucharis ti c Congress to be held in the capita l of the .\lfo th er S ta te.

A second contribution which will be Yaluable la ter, comes from Tsin ~tau, Chin a , from a si s ter of His Lordshin of RocKna mpton- a Nun on the Chinese ..\!f iss ion. From Bueno s Ayres , a form er

pupil of Ra thfa rnham se nds an en terta in­ing accoun t of the Indian tribes of t he t erri tory now ~ all ed Argentina- these also, we \\' ith huld fo r t he p resent.

In the ea rly part of the year our wri ters were shy of appearing in p rint---'then se,·era l took co ura g e, and the result i;, the " .\Iem or ies , ' which , we know, will tou ch a chord 111 mail\' a hear t- fo r wh at subj ect could be more in keeping wi th the spi rit of our Ju bi lee number! They for m one of the soecial fea tu res of thi s number of the " Blossoms," another lbein g the Foreign \ -otes a nd Correspondence open­ing up a n All-Red-or, rather, in con­sideration of our time-honoured uniform \\'e shou ld sa ,._ a n All-Blue ro ute of in­tercourse, by -an in te rchange of ideas be­t ween th e pup ils of t he In sti tu te t he world o\·er. The a ccoun t s of na tional heroes a nd heroines , writ ten by compat riots , are of special a dva ntage to Au s tra li ans in that they g iY e a rea lity to t he s tudies of His tory and Geograph~-.

Ou r Editorial began with J ubilee n ::i ti ces ; it ends with a Ju bilee ' "'· ish . .\fay our d·:ca r .\10th n be spared to spend many a Chris tma" in the Old Home, and may these years be marked by ble:: o:: ings and graces-the selection of which we leave to the Immacula te Oueen of :,.fa r\' 's .\fo unt -tu Jw r, wh om the- poe t a ddres-ses as

" Supplia nt Omnipotence !"

To ea ch k ind reader and contributor ..ve extend the wish of- " A Brigh t and Marr» '.'\e w Yea r!"

~losson1s . ..__ ,

DEC E M BE l<, 1913.

A Mosaic of Jubilee \Vishes.

HAT is my jubilee wi sh for Re\·eren d :\!othe r?" In \·aried tones this query

h a s b e e n echoed throu gh the schoolrooms , each one feelin g how heartily she wishes our

riear Ylother a ll g ood gift s , yet realisin g only too well th a t her th ought s are " hardly to be packed " in to th e strait­ening bounds of a mosaic frag ment_ In conse-

quence , this year's " mosaics " truly de­sen ·e the ir title , so \·aried a re they in fo rm and size . Some, believing tha t " the neares t the lips the closes t the heart," ha \·e tendered one warm wish, none the less s incere for its brevity , while others felt tha t a ll they could say would s ti ll be inadequ a te to com·ey th e b rea dth and depth of their sentiments .

Honour to dignity , our worthy head, !viary Ba ker, fir s t voices her 'Nish, th a t the King of kings may on this memora ble occasion let fall a shower of diamonds , the choicest g ifts of His hea\·enly trea­sury , as tokens of gra titude fr om all the ha ppy Au s tralians wh ose pri\·ilege it has been to ha\·e lived under th e g ua rdian ship of our belm·ed Mother. She wishes fur­ther, th a t fo llowing the lode-s ta r of such

e:n.mple , these youn g Au s tralians may s ta nd fi rm to the princ iples Reverend .110the r has so a rdently inculcated, that th ey may dese n-e t o be g ree ted hereafter by the wa rm vvelcome of th a t :viother, whom th e)· now g reet with jubilee choru ses .

Lall a .'\ap thine wants Re1·er·end Mother to see some of the fruit s of her untirin g zeal with out wa itin g for hea\·en, a nd ac­cording ly hopes tha t she may live to see her p resent hopes and prospects carried to a mos t success ful issue . With a view to furth ering such prospec ts , :\iiarga ret Doherty wi shes the bless in g of good health to Re\·e rend :\Iother and all her community, and prosperity fo r the whole Ins titute of the Blessed Virgin Ylary .

By the time our magazine is published the fir s t part of :\!Jay Riley's wishes- that our :\fo th er ma y return from the " Isle of Saints " w·ith renewed health and la den with bless in gs- will, we tru s t, be ful-­ftll ed, while her e xtended wish fo r th e realisation of he r e1·en · des ire, will , in some part a t leas t, be a ccomolished.

F rom Eileen Beirn e there comes a com-­prehensi\·e wish fo r health , wea lth, hao· pines s a nd prosperity, in which she is joined by Lill a Tie tyen s and Annie Hogan. Remembering , however, that Fa the r Faber says, "For the mos t part , pros ­perity is anythin g but a token of God's

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love," we are glad to see that Sybil Done­ley, together with Maisi·e Steele, }.!fay McMahon and Aubre Robertson, consider Reverend Mother herself the best judge of desirabilities, and accordingly send as their wish-" I wish you a ll you wish yourself!"

Camille Tietyens wishes health and hap­piness, and the wherewithal t o furni sh house s for promoting happiness, adding, "and many postulants, provided I am not among the number." An omin ous paren­thesis, Camille!

What a truly beautiful wish we hear from Marie Collin s , voicing, we feel sure, the loyal Loretto spirit of her Niother and sist·ers. We mu s t give it verbatim: "·when you get to heaven, may not one of your children be missing, but may they be there to welcome their kind, loving and beloved Mother."

Thinking also of the "everlasting years," Nora McCormack wishes a ll the happiness of heaven to our dear Reverend Mother, while with an eye to the present, Kathleen Bell s·ends a grand wish for joy in this life. "May you live," she says, "' to see our Abbey a magnifi cent pile­the finest in Australia- and while en joy­ing perfect health and happiness, see your T 0retto children become women per­fected!"

The wishes of Mollie Farrell and Maisie Hopcroft are for the proximate and re­mote future in the completion of Mary's Mount, and the highest happiness in heaven.

Breathing sincerity in its loyal expres­sion, Dorothy Fitzpatrick's wish is that Reverend Mother may have a very long, very bright, very holy life, attended by success in its many undertakings, and through length of years, may our devoted Mother see "Loretto Abbey" th e foremost among girls' colleges in Australia. With thoughts of" Alm a Mater" pas t, present, and future, Ada Mickle sends her wish that through the intercession of the glorious Queen of Lor·etto, Reverend Mother's throne in heaven may be sur­rounded by a ll her Loretto children.

Delma Tory hopes that this memorable Jubilee may bring Reverend Mother all that is compatible with long life and hap­piness, while Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Violet Ryan trust that all the grand de­sires of that life may be fulfi.Ued.

We feel that Una Ryan must have heard much of our Mother from our old girl s, Eileen and Ethel, vvhen she says that her fond wish is that Reverend }.IJother may live at ~tiary's Mount, continuing her great work, so as to see th e diamond jubilee of the first foundation of the In­stitute of our Immaculate Mother in Aus­tralia .

Dreaming of " the excellent years to be," for the fair land of th e Southern Cross, Rita Russell wishes a ll that could be desired for the ten Loretto houses al­ready established, while another patriotic little Australian, Weenie Napth ine, hopes that some kind person will give Reverend Mother the means for a fou nda tion in the bush. Where , Weenie?

Marie Conolly, Gladys :vlcDonald and Mavis Englebrecht send congratulatory messages for the Dia mond Jubilee, and wishes for good success in every under­taking.

Paula Niornane and Bonnie Atkyns wish that this Jubilee may be a time of especial happiness for Re\'e rend Mother, with all he r friends, old and young, and that in the eternal Jubilee these same friends may add to the joys of heaven.

A really beautiful wish to be realised in the" beautiful country over the range" comes from Mollie Elliot . It is that the Mother of so many devoted childre n of Loretto may be met and welcomed into that land by the many souls whom she has influenced and assisted in their jour­ney thither. The wish granted, what a glorious cortege will accompany that triumphant entry!

Blanche Winter sends a pretty, child­like wish, that for every good work done on earth, dear Reverend }.1other may have a rose in her crown in heaven.

"I wish you all that you wish your­self " is the comprehensive wish o~ Alice Collin s, while Maxie Rober tson wants a high place in heaven to be reserved for Reverend Mother and all her friends.

Kathleen Dixon, Nina Keyes , and Hilda Mickle hope that Reverend Mother may live long, and then go straight to heaven, where Marie O'Brien hopes she will have a bright and g lorious throne; "one," says Queenie Sussman, "which is to be very near that of our great God Himself ."

Many and varied as they are, dearest Mother, you have our wishes from the

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united heart of your de\·oted Australian children . T hough they were unable to join personally with the children to whose happy lot it fe ll to be fi.r_st m tendering their aood wishes to you 111 the \·ery con-

<> . ven t where sixty years ago you ga\·e your life to God, you know, dear }.lfother, we were with them in spirit.

Though th ey sang to you and yours:-

" Oh, scattered far o'e r other lands, Brave kindlv Iri sh Nuns and true, \\'ho s~ fait h -has seen the out stretched hands Of children in th ese southern strands, Old Ireland ' s heart goes out to vou !" You also know, dearest :VIother, that

the young hearts of your little Australians went out to you then, as they do now,. in aladsome, loving wishes, for

0 A happy, happy Jubilee!

(=~*=C=H=R=l S=. =KE=V=lN=(A=T=a=le =o=f=l 8=3 9=.)=~=,) (In this Jubilee Number , this little

sketch fo unded on the history of the earliest days of our Victorian capita l, may not be out of place. Though the tale 1s fan ci ful the facts are h1stonc. The long, a~xious waiting for a pries t , t~e rosaries offered m Mr . Peter Bodecm s

ULLO, Chris! I didn't know you had left Syd­ney." The speaker was a little man, with a

•'/L'..~ round, good - natured """-I m I , face and rosy cheeks.

~ ~c which belied the streaks I of grey 111 his curly

~ · hair. The man ad-R dre ssed. turned quickly

and welcomed him with a hand-grip that would

. ha\-e brought tears t o many eyes.

" Good old Stewns !" he said; " I didn't expect to see you in N~elbourne, either." He smiled down from his six feet of mus­cular manhood, and the smile lit up a f~ce young s till, but with tell-tale Imes which

weatherboard cottag·e, the petit~on, the unexpected arrival of Father Patnck Geo­ghegan, O.S.F . , the buying of the roof­less store for a temporary chapel; all these fi.nd a place in the annals . of our· State, and of ·the Catholic Church m Aus­tralia.)

spoke either of sor row or of dissipation. "Whither bound?" he a_dded, for

Ste\·ens was trotting along trymg t_o keep pace with the long_strides 1 and Chns. had onlv left his tent m a va111 endeavour to walk awa\· from his own thoughts . ,

"Up to.Peter's .. You know him, don t \'OU? Peter Bodecm, the French carpen­ter. You didn't think I was soh o,n Frenchies, did you? Well, _it 1sn t Frenchies exacth-, it' s the k1dd1es. He belongs to you r · religion~not a bad_ re­liaion, either. I'm thmkmg Peter 1s a n~al Catholic, if there ever was one. Any­wa\· the kiddies all go to his cottage ab~~t half-past seven for the Rosary, and I time myself to arrive just before they break up, and they scramble fo_r my \olJi.es. Will you come up? It's a bit late

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for you if you wanted to join them, but if you have nothing better on, it is vvorth seeing the kids. I say, you should jus t hear them sing ."

Chris. did not answer, but let the little man rattle on. He was lonely, and glad of any compan)·; glad, too, not to .be asked to make com·ersation. He tne d once to sa\· that he was not exacth· a Catholic no~v, but th e words stuck in.his throa t . He had a feeling that Ste,·ens would be shocked, and he did not want to hurt anybody. Ha d he been asked yes­terdav what church he belonged to, he would ha ,·e answered, ":\Tone at presen t ." The excuse was rea dy. There was no prie s t this side of Sydney. How could he help bein g a G.N.? (going nowhere) .

Meanwhile the fl ow of language con­tinued, and Chris. vvondered how mu ch he had los t.

"You know how lonely the place gets sometimes . I said to the boys , 'If you know of any youngsters, send them round to the store. I'll gi,·e them all the lollies they want .' Two or three came, but they were such littl e mites I couldn 't get them to talk to me . Then one day a biggish girl was with them. She wouldn't take any lollies. She had a message­, Father says if you'll come around to Peter Bodecin 's at ·half-past seven , you'll see a ll the ch ildren you want. ' So I went. I dozed for part of it, but do you think I could get one of the kiddies to look at me? Not a bit of it. They had some coloured beads in their hands, and they were cou nting them along, and saying some prayer. Then they began to sing. But here we are. Come along . No ! Well stop here; they seem to be jus t finishing.

Christopher Kevin smiled grimly as o nce more, after ten long years, he h eard the old hum of voices join in th e angel's greeting. Then a gentle peace stole m·er him, and, through a mis t of tears, he saw a quie t home in dear old Dublin, and a white head bent o\·er the rosary JU St offered for her boy , while the broken voice murmured," Hail, Holy Queen!"

A burst of mu sic ! The children we re singing. The mi s t tha t had ri sen before his eves grew thicker, and the words were like - surgeons' knives, wounding, to heal:-

llail , Queen of Hea ven. the Ocean Sta r, Guide of th e \Yand ere r here belo\\' ! Thrown on li fe's surge, 11 e claim thy ca re, Save u s from peri l a nd from 11·oe. \!oth er of Christ! Star of th e Sea ! Pray for th e 1\'andere r, prar for me. How long was it sin ce he had appealed

to th a t Mother' s hea rt? He COYered his fac.e with his hands, and a cry for he lp pierced th rough the golden splendours around the Royal Throne, a nd a :dother a nswered, and pleaded for him .

Stevens was s tanding in th e shade of the old gum tree, surrounded b1· ch ildren, wh o sc rambled fo r the good ·things he was scattering around him.

In side the house a group of he (the mos t influential Catholic citi zens ) stood beside the ta ble, and li s tened in brea th­less silence to the pe tition vvhi ch had been drawn up, and was to be signed by them in the name of their southern town. Humbly they beg ged Archbishop F olding, of Sydney, to send them a pries t . The little township was fl ouri shin g , and the lo)·al Catholics were thirsting for .VIass and the Sacraments. The boys a nd girls were growing, their passions a ll a li,·e in the tense ·life of the pioneer- " And how can we keep them good "- said tne poor mothers , "without confession a nd the Blessed Sacrament?" The " roofless store" beside the old gum tree near the gully would be cleaned and decorated for the fir s t .VIass ; and, oh! how g·enerou sly would funds be contributed to bui ld a more fitting dwelling for the King of kin gs.

Chris. li s tened to the petition, and to the notes and comm ents of the little con­gregation. Strange that till this time he had held no part in thi s life of religion; .o;trange that he had neYer th ought of thus sa ti s fying his cra,·ing for sympathy and co mpanionship and helo. The faith of th ese people was not cru shed by the heel of materialism, nor sunk in du s t of sloth; but, moistened by the dew of prayer, it was alive with a springtim e freshness.

He walked out the garden gate, and along the principal s treet, towards his ragged ten t. As he went he felt a letter in his pocket. He had thru st it there mechani cally this morning. He had been in no mood for home news then . He had not written since he left Sydney. What would have been the good of writing?'

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T hey would not approve his change uf Iife. He had thrown up his good position in the Sydney Government. Good ! He smiled bitterly . It was reeking with con­vict business, tickets of leave, and orders for punishment . Now, here he was, a blacksmi th. He rolled back his shirt s leeve and felt the mu scles swelling as he bent h is arm . How well had the crack oarsman of his college been train ed for this work . Well , it was h ones t and clean.

Ah ! this was a letter from mother, sent on from Sydney . He looked tenderly a t the delicate writin g-" My dear Son,-

" It is so long since we heard from you. I read your las t letter over and over again . I am sorry you fmd your work so dull. Won' t you be careful, dear, of that dreadful Australian sun .

" I hope you keep away from the convicts (the bad ones, I mean), unless you can help them. They say some a re quite in­nocent .

" Perhaps you would like some money to get some more furniture for your rooms. This is all there is in the money-box at present, but I shall save some more . Mind you let us kn ow if you want a ny­t hing , and we shall send it at on ce.

"Are there many priests in Aust ralia? You do not te ll us of any you have met. I am so anxiou s to know.

"Have you a good doctor?" etc. and so on, with a mother's yearning love for her darling- a boy to her s till, needing every loving care.

Chris . s trolled along by the harbour. The soft evening breeze brought back his childhood again . Ah ! why did it bring this vision now? It was whispering among the leaves of Dublin e lm s . Be­n eath the leafy bough walked two fi.gures in earnest converse . One, t all an d up­righ t in his brown Franciscan habit, the other a mere lad, school-bag slun g over shoulder, as he asked eager questions, and lis tened with a world of earnestness m his eyes . They sat down together .

The set ting sun made a golden lacework on the brown cloth, and the boy touched it lovingly. Father Patrick was prepar­ing him for his fi.r s t Communion.

.. My son!" Chris. s tar ted back a nd sta red stupidly. He was b ack in Aus­tralia waiting for the boat to come in . No, it was in. He could read the name­the "Paul Pry." The passengers a nd seamen were landing, and this- surely this was Father Patrick. "You are a Catholic, I think, my son, or you r face belies you. " Chri s regained a little of his self-JJossession. "I am a Catholi c, Fa the r. I am Ch ris . Ke\·in . Aren't you Father Patrick- Father Geoghegcn?"

"Chris . Kevin- young Ch ris. Ke\·in, of Dublin? God bless my soul! God has sent you to help me, Ch ris . I am not expected. I heard there were many Catholics in .VIelbourn e without a p ries t, and I volunteered. Can vou direct me to a free lodging for the ~ight ?"

The spirit of Irish hospita lity was awakened. " I a m sorry, Father, I cannot ask you to honour me. I have only a tent at pr_esen t. But there is a hotel her-e which I think will su it you. We shall ma ke all the necessary arrangements. I t is near the roo fl ess s tor·e, which, they say, is to be bought for a church . Have you heard of the petition for a pries t , signed by the chief Catholics here, and now on its way to Sydney?"

No, he had not heard, and the Catholic citizens fast gathering around him spoke wonderingly of t'he coin cidence which had led him to volunteer for their service, just when their sore need had made the m cry for help . But Chris . did not call it a coin cidence. In after year s, in his many talks with Father P a t , he would say, "God sent you for the second time to save me from myself ." And Father Pat would answer, "He sen t me when you a nd Stevens were ready to help me in His work "

ACACIA.

Patriotic Mosiac of Heroes and Heroines.

HE second ques ti on pro­posed- " Who is your Australian hero or hero­ine ?"- was calculated t o call fo rth the patriotic sen tim ents of a ll. Na tur­a lly it involved the neces­si ty of fus t asking our­seh·es : "What is a hero?" The g reat Ameri­can Archbishop , His Grace the l\/Ios t Re\'­erend Doctor Spalding, came to our assistance

in defining the te rm as " one of the few men in_ whose company it is possible to thmk high thoughts in a noble spirit. " The heroes and heroines selec ted, there­for-e, _do_ not necessarily possess the char­actens tics of heroes of ft ction nor are they confined merely to time s pas t .

In reply to the que ry Mary Baker says ".Why, I have fully a d~zen in th e present life both heroes and heroines ," but of the number, she singles ou t "our Au s tralian Adelaide Proctor " ;\fa rion Miller Knowles , as her esp'ecial hero­ine . She jus tifte s her select ion no t only by her heroine's possession of literary talent and of influence which she so wisely is wieldin g over the hearts of young Australians, but a lso by th e actual prac tice of her high ideals , by which she s ta nds fo rth as an e xample of true womanh ood, devoted to her Church, to the land of her bir th, to that of her ances­tors, and to charities.

Lalla Napthine and Margaret Doherty take Henry Lawson as he ro because he has immortalised our hom~land of the South . Lalla a nd '}ifargaret a re enthusias­t ically patriotic.

Our Westralian, May Riley , confesse s that she has ne\·er indulged in the intel­lectual hobby of he ro-worship, yet one

ma n undoubtedly claims her admiration and sympa thy, Diver Hu a hes who t l h

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_ 10ug ignorant of mining operations, de-~1b e ra t e ly a nd successfull y ri sked his life 111 his attempts to save a min er wh o had been stranded in a fl ooded shaft fo r days. Su rely, vve m1gh t " pu t him down " a s " one who IO\·es his fellow-men!"

Withou t hesita ncy , Sybil Doneley de­clares tha t she has but one hero (an d he 1s not an Aus tra lian) in the person of Cardinal _Newman_. P-erhaps, however, we­may be 1ustifi ed 111 claiming him in pa rt , smce by the mfluence of his magnifi cent works , _h e lives m the heart of many an Australian, and _srnce, too , it is with his motto and h_1s 1d_eals that our you thful ~ewman Society 1s fa s t developing. We watch its growth with th e keenes t in­teres t, since some of o ur old g irl s are al­ready members of the newlv-inau aura ted

• - I:> soCiety, and perhaps some of our present number are destmed to s well its ranks. . :Vfaisie Steele a nd May :\ifc:VIahon join 111 ~ak111 g Kendall-au r premier poe t­their hero; Mais ie, because "he has made the bush_ Ji\·e ," while :\fay admir-es him fo r the sentiment expressed in these lines-

" I have s inned a nd suffered. I, ha\·e sough t ...... ....

T o rule my life with g oodn ess And shape it to my thought ."

Nora McCormack' s spirit of inves tiga­tion leads her to choose Sturt as a true hero, for the courage displayed in his ex­plora t10!1s of the dreary -i nterior, knowing '- > he did, that his discoveries would not be of personal beneftt, b ut realising the fact that future genera tions would reap the harves t . She is seconded in her choice by Gladys :VIcDonald vvho admires the enterprising cap tain, 'not merely on ac­count of his successful explora tions but becau se of the kind-hearte d consider~tion he displayed for the na tives, citing as an

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jnstance, that he was known ac tu ally to turn back from a sail up the Da rlin g rather than di s turb thei r ft sh in g nets .

Our Tasmanian, Dorothy Fitzpatrick, considers he rself ju s tified in her choice .0 f Tasman, since he has conferred a las t­.ing benefit on generations, past , present, and to come, by his discoYery of the t ight little island, of which she prou dl y asser t s herself a na tive .

Delma Tory , like :\lary Baker, makes Ma rion ;\Iiller Kn owles her heroine, sin ce she is so s taun ch a supporter of Catholi­cism, as is seen by her poems, and in the whole-hear ted devotion to Catholic 111-

teres ts a nd chariti es. After mu ch considera tion Una Ryan de­

cides that the la te Cardinal :VIoran is her hero, because of his vigorous defence of his Church, his beau tiful works on \·arious subj ec t s , a nd his practical charity to the sick poor. She heartily j oins with the Reye rend M. J. O'Reilly , C. :VI., in his ad­dress to ou r fair lan d in his memorial ode-" Th ou wilt not let him die- th yself ar t

young-And youth can gauge the worth of a

tru·e man . Men like thy pioneers , who la ughed at

death, Giants with hearts of flame and arms

of s teel, Who tower supreme . Su ch was the

Cardinal! Australia ! he was worthy to be th ine ! Thou wilt not le t him die!" The noble apos toli c spirit of the great

Fa ther Da mien has captivated Blanche \t\ .i nter's a dmira tion. Though he was not an Australian either by birth or by the scene of his life-work, perhaps he may cla im a space in our Aus tralian galle ry, sin ce by his he roic li fe he has fired many a generous young heart with noble ideals of self-sacrifice for " Chris t 's little ones ," be they th e poor, the neglected , the suf­fering, the ou t casts , or e\'en the unfor­tun ate leper! Also , his life's \York was carried on so near our shores th at we feel his righ t to be included amon g our heroes is assured .

Th ree of our patriotic companions , Aubre Robertson , Violet Ryan an d Annie H ogan, choose Captain Cook as their hero , since, "but for h im we might not

be living in this land of the sunny South ." :VIarie Connolly and :.Jina Keyes join in

making Pete r Lalor their ideal embodi­ment of a "great man," because of the enthusiasm and courage he showed in s tandin g fo rth as the leader of the men who fough t fo r the righ ts of the miners . They rejoice that our Golde n City gra te­fully commemora tes his memory by the fine statue which stands in a commandrng spot in this fair city of Ballarat.

When qu estioned on the subjec t of her hero , 2viollie Elliot ha rdly knew to whom she wou ld gi\·e pre-eminence in her crowded gallery, but ft nally her lot fell on Captain Scott.

Alice Collin s has as her hero one " to fame unknown ." He is a man who, in a late mining catastrophe, ftnding that his mate was among the missing, re turn ed to the mine, and tru ly heroically los t his own life in his courageous attempts to sa\·e his friend. We conclude tha t he is the " Vereschetti" whom Oueenie Suss­man also regards as her he;o.

Weenie Napthine int roduces us to a \·e ry youthfu l present-day personage of her own a cquaintance. She ackn Jwledges him as her hero, "for he only g-ets six­pen ce pocket money e\·ery Saturday, and spends it on a drawin g-book. " An a rti st of the future you might think- but hear her to the end ! "He ftlls this book with scraps, and sends it to the Children's Hospita l. " H e is a lready an a rtis t, and promises to become a mas ter m the School of Charity .

The loyal-hearted ftdelit y of " J ackey ," Kennedy' s companion, has won the heart of },fayis Englebrecht, and thinking of his wanderings on the Ba rcoo , a n anonymous contributor has made a hero of the " fizzer" who has endea red himself to all readers of "We of the Never-Never." She chooses him on accoun t of hi s manly e nergv and heaHhful gaiety. I t was his breezy" Here we are again, boys !" which announced the gla d a dvent of the mail s to the exile s of the "Neyer-Never Land," while his "So long, chaps !" reconcil-ed them to the dreary month s of wa1tmg till they should again hear his merry voice as ha rbinger of commumon with the friend s "down South." The further jus­tiftcat ion of the choice lies in the dea th of this his toric charac ter, whose las t cry

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was-" Don't mind me, boys; save the mails!" He attempted hi s hazardous trip during the fl oods- once too often.

s tandard of the Institute of the B.V. .VIary, but a lso because she has ever shown a motherly devotion to God's poor."

Kathleen Bell's choice of her heroine forms a fitting completion to this Jubilee Mosaic, since she selects our beloYed Mother herself. "If dying for one's coun­try be heroic," she sa_'·s, "then surely continual self-sacrifice for God is most truly so. Our Reverend 1'Iotner Pro\·in­cial is therefore my heroine, not only be­cause she headed the pioneer band of Loretto nuns who came to Australia, thu s planting in the southern continent the

So here you have our Australian heroes, men and women, and musing over their traits perchance there too will come " hints of the proper craft, tricks of tool's true play," and thus by the light of their ideals, our life's work may ever be enlight­ened and in spirited by their conviction that the " best is ye t to be " in the land where there are none but heroes and heroines!

Art thou still 1·oung, and dos t thou glance along Life·s o pening patlrnay 11·ith a timid dread ? :\lake sure of pra,·cr. tlwnce be thy co ur:ig·e feel, And in the mid st of strife thou shalt be strong. Or do th e yea rs of middle lifet ime throng In all :ibsorbing force round thy heart and head? .\fa ke sure of orayer ! Our .\fa ster e rstw hile

said,

"One thing sufficeth, 01·er-care is wrong." Or ha st tlrnu reached old ag-e·s t1Yiligh t drear? .\lak e s ure of prayer. The die is not yet cast, In sight of port san k many a 1·essel fair. If thou dost hope-a nd hope su pposes fear­If thou dost hope for Goel and hea1·en at last . In life in dC'ath , mak e sure. make sure of

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1~ ~ ~'==CO=O=T=A=M=U=N=D=R=A=. =-~l The Gateway of the Ri\·erin2 .

OOT A:VIUNDRA, situated on the upper basin of the :\I urrurnbidgee River

. abou t 60 miles fr om ~~.

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l.l-0 ~i• /Jl~T\1 · the ·grea t southern line ~ r1 ~ ~~ ~ ' of New South Wales, ~ I ~/Jl l'. · midway be tween the two ~ · cap1ta ls- :Vldbourne and

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~ .) ~ me g n·e yo u it s early his-tory.

Years ago, Cootamun­·dra was the bed of a lake, na med "Lake Coora mundie," a round whose waters the fier cest tribes of blacks are supposed to have dwelt. As we see, Cootamundra and Cooramundie are both typ ical a boriginal names. In the course of time, this lake gradually dried up, lea\·­ing th e soil once co\·e red by water, a \·ery fer ti le plain. The discO\·ery of a road over the Blue Mountain s by Blaxla nd, vVentw orth and Lawson, was the fir s t s tep tha t led to the opening up of the -countn· bevond .

Hum e arid Ho\·ell, in s tar ting their ex­pedition, a dopted this route , but ins tead of continuing straight forward, turn ed their course west . Eventua ll y the Lachlan was discoYered, a nd th en the Murrum­bidgee. Cootamundra comme morates the Yery track once foll owed by Ho\·ell, now no longer grass-grown and wooded, but the busy s treet which bears the name of the disco \·erer, H ovell-s tree t .

Bes ides battling with the ordinary ha rd­ships incident to ea rly se ttlement life, CorJ tamundra became the haunt of bush­ranging gangs. Once the little town was left in peace, howe\·er, it began to pros­per steadil:·, until, a t las t it reached its important position as "Gateway of the Ri\·erina ."

Come, ju st for a da:·, and \·isit the Cootamundra of the present.

If not already com·inced th a t other places as 'Nell as the breathless capitals have life and energy , I tru st that even this cursory survey of our town will convince you of the fact, and will re mind you that

but for Cootamundra and it s fe llow-towns. Sydney and 2'delbourne would soon lose thei r li fe and Yigour.

First you see the railway s tation. It is a fi ne s tru ctu re, for Cootamundra 1s a \·ery busy commercial cen tre- the nucleus of many branch lines. Next, I will show you the busies t qu a rters, where yo u will hear the cont in ual din of machinery. These are the four fl our mills , the soap and but ter factories- nine in a ll.

Next, let us look at the buildings:­Banks, Town Hall , Schools, Ch urches, Hospita ls , Presby tery , etc. I a m sure you wi ll admit that the Presbytery is a fine building, of which the Catholics ha\·e reason to be proud .

Cootamundra is acknowledged to be one of the best laid ou t towns on the southern line, with its wide s treets bordered on both sides by a\·en ues of beautiful trees.

If you are weary of viewing the town, come out beyond, and see what gifts of na ture Cootamundra may claim. On e\·ery side ri ch fi.e lds o f corn, wheat, oats and lucerne stretch before you, all ripen­ing in the rays of our Austral sun . What a sight for the specula tor in the resources of the Great South Land!

After our wa nderings, le t us rest by the g reen hill sides , there to listen t o the murmurings of th e seYeral brooklets, frin ged by wattles. Ju st imagine this scene in "September the Splendid," when each tree is boldly flaunting its golden clustering blooms, for you must know that our district is the home of the most beautiful wattle Aus tralian flora pos­sesses -Cootamundra wattle.

Having viewed some of the works of Nature, a nd admired the enterprise of our town, let me express my hope tha t even the most con serva ti\·e :VIelbourn ian or Sydneyrte among my readers will agree that Cootamundra is no mere outpos t, in­te res ting in it s "ou tback " peculia rities, but one of the many country centres which are so ac ti\·ely promotin g the de\·elopment .Jf our :·oun g Commonwealth.

Fa rewell , Cootam undra, fo r a time! MAY MAC :VIAHON.

Along the Goldfields' Line.

HAT a troublesome jour­ney before me, and how dull and uninteresting it will be!" says a tra \·eller who has jus t boarded the 5 o' clock express en route from the beautiful capital of our Western State fo r the golden city of Kalgoorlie. It is easily perceived that the said grumbler has not made ·the trip along the Goldfi-elds' line in com-

pany with our merry band of school-girl s, returnrng home for vacation from Loretto Convent , Osborne , or she would not giv·e expression to such sentiments. Dull! but how so , when listenina to the chatter of W.A_. natives , which, s; characteristic­ally bnght and ·enlivenin g, distinguishes them rn whatsoever State they may roam ( ?) .

"Uninteresting!" If you exercise your power of observation only a little my fri end,_ there will be mu ch to occupy'your attention.

At fir s t the scene is not very Yaried; ju st the usual aspect of subu rbs and familiar gardens, but crossing over the "Swan" we come upon the pret ty little town of Guildford . One of its roads leads to Mun­daring Weir. From this weir the Eastern Goldfields, in the midst of the Great Vic­tor!an _Desert, ob tain their water supply, which 1s earned then ce, hundreds of miles by mea ns. of pipes. These pines may ~ seen runnmg parallel to the line. Notice that they are covered with ear th to form a mound, but at the point wher·e each pipe is joined, the iron is left uncovered. This is, doubtless, t o facilitate repairs.

Towards six o'clock in the evening we -come in sight of the "Serpentine Falls," which never fail to e xcite due praise in wrnter, but m summer, a las! there is nothing to praise, by reason of there being little or no water to fall!

The next place of importance 1s '.' ~ortham," situated about three hou rs' Jou rney from the met ropolis. Northam is. the chief centre of an agric ultural dis­tnc_t, and s teaming out of its station, the tram works it s way through a charming a nd picturesque country, and, as may be expected, peaceful homes teads , amid sm1lrn g orchards, golden crops , and broad green paddocks, greet the eye.

But shortly after this s tage is reached darkness gradually prevails a nd we can but see. the dim outlines of ~parsel y-scat­tered timber; but these trees are not overburdened with leaves. Now we re­tire fo r the night, and the fortunate among us are soon asleep. The maj oritv of_ us, however, wake up at every station with the query, "Where ar·e we now?" '

Towards midnight we hear the cries of the porters, " Sou them Cross! Sou them Cross!" and probably, lying awake in the sleepers, a voice from the next compart­ment reaches our ears. The speaker is relating to a fellow-traveller how some years ago he visited this goldfield. It was then '.3- new rush, and thither many were wendrn g their way in eager sear ch for gold and fortune. Now, though its bes t days are over, there is life in the old place yet, and it has regarned a considerable amount of its former vitality by reason of the_ ~ecent "Bullfin ch" discO\·ery in the v1cm1ty. But at thi s juncture the speaker's voice is drowned by the noise of the express moving ou t of the sta tion and we are left to picture to oursel ve~ the early days when no train traversed these regions.

Sleep generally claim s her share of the ~1ght, and on arising early in the mommg we feel a lert when refreshed bv a welcome cup of tea, an d are ready to survi;y the country through which we are passrng. The whole aspect is different from that of _the previous day. \Ve fl y past seyeral s1drng s at 1rreaular intervals bearing tru ly original nam~s , ye t of littl~

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importance in themselves . But now, what station a re we approaching? It is Coolgardie, and here the train comes to a full stop. It seems very quiet at this hour, and looking at the staid little mining town, there is nothing to tell us of the great commotion it once caused in the hearts of that large influx of people who poured in daily, some on bicycles, others in coache s and waggons, some even tramping; but all in quest of the hidden treasure. None heeded the inconvenience they suffered, as long as they reached their goal, so buoyant were their hopes of amassing wealth.

Ten minutes later, we are speeding on our journey once more. Our excitement becomes intense, for are we not nearing home, with all its joys and surprises ! The whistle warns us that the station is in view . It is Binduli, which is merely of interest as a pleasu re ground for picnics on public holidays, etc. It boasts of one hotel and about four houses.

Kurrawang comes next, and there on the line are rows of trucks, loaded with wood, ready for despatch . A large pro­portion is sent as timber for the mines in Kalgoorlie and Boulder Block.

W·e are now not far from Kalgoorlie, a nd in the distance there is the race­course, an oasis in a desert! The course is a real picture, a true work of a rt, with its lawns and richly-designed flower-beds . But we are not near enough to see and ap­preciate its beauty. Stretching along the back of the course a re the mines . Ju s t think of the thousands of men who are therein employed! We ourselves have no· time for thought at present, fo r here is Kalgoorlie itself! The express is punc­tual, for the clock marks 5 to 9. Kal­gorlie is certainly up to date, with every modern convenience , splendid public buildings, churches, and fine wide s treets. The majority of houses a re wooden, but look neat and bright with their pretty gardens and lawns ; for since we have the water scheme, all the gardens, despite the summer heat and accompanying dust-storms, are able to thrive and bloom luxurian tly.

So now our querulous fellow-trav·eller has reached her destination. Has she fo und the trip dull and uninteresting? We cer tainly have not.

MAY RILEY.

"Providence seems to have given, in our day ,

a great mission to the Catholic Press."

Pope Pius IX.

"No Catholic home should be without a weekh· Catholic paper. It is unfair to the young people.; in the lon g run it must be injurious to anybody, young or old, to read day by day , the anti-Catholic press and never to see or read the other side."

/-!is Cr are, the Coadjutor Arrhbishop oj Metbourtte.

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1 1th , IC) 1 3. - School re-open eel ; nea rly all the old girls came back; " ·e m issed some old hces, and greeted man y nell' ones.

i-- cb. 1 ~t h .- \\'e had a long s leep, then ro se cag er to see " ·hat changes had ta ken place s in ce th e holid a ,·s .

F eb . r.1 t l1 . S-c hool \\'O rk in full s \\·ing.

JC eb. r 5t h. - \\ 'e ,·otcd fo r the l lea d of the schoo l, and the four coun c ill o rs th i ~ morning . l n the C\T ni ng H. e,·c rend :\ I ot he r read out t he results.

:\Ian· Bak e1 is our H ead. T he coun cill ors a t prese nt a re Sybil Don eley, i\larga ret D oh erty , Ei leen Beirne and Camille Tietyens. ReHren d "Moth e r " ·he n in vesting th e councill ors \\·ith badges' spo ke beautifully of t he s p irit in \\·hi ch th ev should cl ischarge th eir duti es .

F eb. 17th.-The a nnu al picn ic fo r th ose \\·h o return ed on th e righ t day took pl ace. \\' e took lunch \Yith u s, and a ft er " ·alking o n th e shores of the la ke an d in the beautiful Botan ic Ga r­den s \\"e " ·ent on th e la ke in a s teamboa t. As there' \\·as a p ia no on board \\·e had mu sic.

F eb. rqth.-H ad our fir st physica l culture l esso n ; \\e <i p preci a te th ese lesson' highl y.

F eb. 1oth.-R e-comme nced our s in g ing lesson s. \\' e sadh· m issed some of last yea r ' s songstresses .

Feb. 21 st .- Th e cl ass m a rk s \\" e re read ou t a nd " ·ere ,·e rv sa ti sfactorv. Sodali tv m eet in g s held. - - -

F eb· 24th .- Dra\\·ing lesso ns a nd o rchestra­to-day 's chief interest. Som e of th e girl s began sho rthand and book-keeping.

F eb . 18th. - \Ve had a soiree to-night , at "hi ch four of Va ndvke 's pi ctures \\·ere shown- all \\·ere delighted . Full er accou nt in bod,· of m agaz in e.

:\[arch 1n d.-Th e s ides fo r picked. Sports committee bu sy match fo r St. P at ri ck 's Day. victo rs- " R eds " or " Blues "?

hocke,- \\·ere ar rang.ing the \\ 'ho \\·ill be

:\[a rch 5th. - Our L iteran- Clu b m et to-n ig h t· :\[arch· 1oth. - \\'e vi s ited Vi ctori a P a rk to -day.

Som e of th e energet ic people cl im bed :\It. Hola n-Smith ' Oth ers prefe rred to loo k on.

'.\larch 1 5th. - Hock ey becom ing verv excit­ing. Each s ide bent on \\·innin g on St. P at ri ck ' s Dav.

i\-larch 16th. - P ass ion Sunday- and so we e nte r on Holy Week.

:\larch 17.-Although St . P a trick 's Day came in Holv Week , R everend :\father all owed us t o keep-one of the t im e-honoured customs. The orchestra assembled in front hall after ::\Iass to

re nd er as best they could Irela nd' s :\'at ion a l Anthem. The hockey match postponed to Eas t er \\'eek.

. Marc h i qth.-Beauti fu l ce remoni es of Ho ly \\ ee k bega n.

\[arch 2oth.-Holy T hursday. \\ "e \\' Ore " ·hite dresses for process ion. Th e Alta r of Repose ":as bea utifully deco ra ted. Fath er Duffy offi­c iated . Many of th e girl s \\·e re a ll owed to ri se to make th e Holv H"our from eleven to t\\·elve.

:\larch 21 st·- Good Frida\-. Th e us ua l touch ­ing cerem o ni es, an d the m eeting for prayers a t .l p.m. at Calvary 1n the da rk en ed clois ter.

.\farch 22 nd .- Hoh· Saturdav . Afte r th e im ­prcss i\'e ce rem on ies of J ·fo]y \\'ee k. \\"e p repa red for t he Joyou s " Reg rn a" a t t\\·eh-e o'cloc k Flo\\ ers adorn ed the a lta rs once again-be ll ~ pealed mo re g lad ly tha n ever a ft er th e s il ence of the las t three days. After th e R egina, Easter holidays began .

Easter .\\ 'ee k.-It is parti cularl y in joyou s se'.1so ns we tee! the a b sence of our fri ends, a nd this year \\'e h ave to r egret the departure of our krn d fo rmer chaplain , F a th er O ' ~e ill , \\·ho has left us to return to hi s hom ela nd "of saints and schol a rs ." H e expected to spend thi s \\· ee k in th e Eternal C ity. \\'e sha ll ever retai n a grate­fu l mcmo~v of the kind interes t sho\\ n in our "·elfa re bv F a th er O 'Ne ill.

::\Iarch 24th. - Although it \\·a s a vacation dav much ti m e \\·as given to s inging, and the part~ Ill th e dramati c scenes were given out, in pre­parat10n for a co nce rt to \\·elcom e our beloved an d revered fath er , hi s Lordship th e Bis hop of Roc kh ampton.

:\larch 25th. - We have bee n un a bl e to go out for th e las t few days o\\·ing to \\' et \\"ea th er. ::\li ss Coulter , our elocu tion m istress had a re-hearsa l of the drama ti c items. '

. :\larch 26th. - School bega n ag a in to-day. \\ e \\·ere all prepared for rehea r sa l of conce;-t \\'h en th e sad ne\\' s of th e illn ess of hi s Lordship Dr. Shi el reach ed u s.

Ma rch 18th.-i\Ir. Goll , th e g-reat Bohemi :i n p ia ni st, \\·as kind enoug h to play for us. We s pent a deli g htful t\\·o hours, nor did we noti ce th e t ime pass in g. Tt \\·as real mu sic, exq ui site . the on ly term to use. H e pl ay-eel on our new Ronisch, a nd \\·ha te \' er \Ye as ked him . We \\' e i:e indeed ,-cry gra te ful to th e ,gTea t m u sica l a rt1 st .

April 6th .- Hi s Lord shi p of Roc kh ampton is much bet te r. Entert ainm ent fix ed for the eleventh.

April 11th-Our welcome a nd farewell to hi s Lord ship, the ::\fos t R e,·e ren d Dr. Shiel. Account g iven in body of m ag az ine.

April 21 st. - H is Lordship •.he ::\Iost R e,·erend Dr. H igg ins said ::\fass in our Chu rch to-da~· . ;in d g ave a lovely in stru ction on Sa int Jo seph.

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THE G ROTTO OF LOURDES , Loretto AbbeY , :'.\Ian",; :'llount.

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ECC . .\LYPTUS BLOSSOMS. 2 1

AttenYard s h e came into the sch ool to see u s. Sa int Josep h is our kind Bi shop ' s P atron.

The Visit to the Grange. Apr il 3oth. - To-da y be ing S.:\l. Catherin e's

feast day, it has been a d:-iy of great rejoicing for all of us . Our e \·er kind be nefactor and fath er, J\lost R everend Dr. Higgins, catered most ge nerously for our happ iness by a rra n g­ing fo r u s a vi sit to th e Grange. Ha ving ch ar ­tered a tram for u s, he journ eyed 11·ith us out to Sebas topol. \\·her e, as u sual, a \\·a rm 1Yelcome .a \\·a itecl us from our g ood friend s. th e clear Naza reth N un s.

The Grange is indeed a fin e pile , parti cularly 11·hcn \\·e con side r the fact tha t it has gone up in such a short time. It is, of course, of verv mode rn structure, " ·ith large , a iry room s , fitted with a ll conveni e nces. The church pleased us very much, and mu st b e a grea t boon to the .congregation of the distri ct.

To the west ot the bui ldi ng s l ies the fa rm 11·ith its fi elds for agriculture an d grazing, th e shed s for co1\'s , and m a ny other buildings \\·hi ch the boys delight in , and kn o11· all about. \\'ork on the fa rm is superinte nd ed by an expert, \Ir. Re id, a nd the boys 11·ear the air o f kno 11·ing fu ll " ·e ll th e importance that the 11·ork in hand bears on their a fter -l ife, so at te nd to it ea rn est ly.

After our tour of in s pection , 11·e 11 ere ,·c ry kindly enterta in ed a t lu ncheon, and then fol­lo11·ed g-ames . After express ing our delight with a ll we had seen, and th a nki ng si ncerely, we returned home fee ling once aga in th a t 11·e were quite unable t o expr ess in any 1Y ay our grat itude to these g ood ~un s \\·ho haYe now a second time been our g en erou s ho stesses . And as to our re,·ered hther an d prelate, :\Iost Rev. Dr. Higgins , thi s is yet o ne more item to be added to the Jong list of kindn esses which 1\'e shall ever look bac k on 11·ith Joying gra ti­tude.

\ [av 1st. - Our Blessed :\Joth e t .. s mon th. The us uaf p rocess io n, a nd the crO\\'lling of Our Blessed Lady as Our Lo,·ely Queen of \fay '.

:\fay 5th.-Our clear R eve rend ;\[oth er, :\I. :\I. Sta ni slaus a nd M . M . de Sales left thi s evening b,· the Ad elaide express to join th e ir boat, S.S. '" :'.fal11·a. ·· R everend :\Lother. delayed by one call or another, came to th e school door at the last mome nt and \\·avecl bre11·ell to u s. \Ve rece ived later a lovel y lit tle letter, written in th e train , telli ng u s how gri eved sh e had b een by th e hurried depa rture. It was lik e our ki nd l\Joth er to think of u s in th e mid st o f importa nt claims on h er a tt ention. \\'e sh all m iss h er bea utiful in stru ctions.

l\Iay St h. - The F east of th e Glorious Arch angel , St. ',Iichael , and th e refore th e Feast D ay of our R everen d \Loth er Gener al, Ra thfarn­ham , Irela nd. Our travell ers embark at Ade­la id e to-da,- i\[ ay St. :\fich ael protect a nd bring them· sa fely tci thei r des ti natio n !

i\Iay 1 Ith. - Mr· Goll again ga,·e us a musical treat; th e time p assed all too rap idly.

l\Iay 16th .- Dress basket s, etc., greatly in eviden ce. Home for the h olid ays !

LALLA NAPTHINE an d EILEEN EEIRNE.

The "Chronicle" has fo llo1Yed our school year up to the First T erm Vacation. Since our return, ire m ay say-

"Calmly ou r ha ppy days have fiO\Yn, uncounted in th eir fl ight,

And , as th ey fle11·, th ey left behind a long-con­t inuin g light. "

The chi ef e1·ents which broke the e\·en tenor of school life bei ng as follo11·s :-

Jun e n st. -Feast of St. Aloys iu s·- Our d ea r R eve re nd \! ot her h;is left as her representative an oth e r cli ent ot her g lorious patron, so we haYe 11·is hcd " A very happy Feast " to o ne who is bclo1·cd bi· all ol d Loretto children. We had a hol icl a ,-, \jut spent it quietly, our th oughts frr qu e nt ly turni ng to our \Io t her in Ireland.

Jul y 22nd. - Our littl e fri end s a t St. Anne ' s School celeb ra te their patroness ' s feas t by a 11·hole hol icl a,-, \Y hi ch 11·e t ry to m a ke en joya ble fo r them. Thi s vear we entertain ed th em with gramaphone recoi·cl s \\·hi le they had th eir party, after whi ch th ey e ntertained us by a littl e con­cert . at 11·hi ch th e ju,·enile s \\·ere greeted by mu ch applause.

The next di1·er s ion \1·as a series of races, a nd the little 1Y inne rs \\·e re de lighted \Yith th eir prizes . \Jary Ba ke r, a s sergea n t-m a jor , gave marchin g exe rc ises , and at th e close of the happy tim e \ !oth er \Iary Aloysiu s ga,·e each l ittle one a pi cture as memento of St. Anne's Day'.

The closing days of Jul y saw us in Retreat. Rev . Father Campbell, C.SS.R . who was our guide through the desert last year , helped us in our jour­ney again this year. Under his kind and ex perien­ced guidance we spent t hree happy clays, and came forth determined, with God's Grace, to do our utmost to become true daughters of the Church and in the words of our revered Bishop-"to stand bv Christ!'' '

Augu st 2-tth ·-The Jubil ee Day of R everend :\Joth er Provin cia l ! Hi s Lord ship Dr. Higgin< celebrated \ .l ass thi s morning, and afte rwa rd s spoke be:rnt ifu ll y of our dear l\[oth er. H e pic­tured in g-lo11·ing t erm s th e grand l\'Ork sh e h as acco mpli shed in our la nd , a nd bidding u s "be follO\Y ers of ·her , as she is of Chri st,,. drew ve r y practi cal co nclu s ions for u s in our prepa ration fo r our li fe's l\'Ork

The g lo\\·in g \\·o rd s of our kind B ishop in ­sp ired u s 1rith re ne\\·ed determina tion to be \\·orrhy Loretto children , and thu s bring joy to OU r cJ c:U \ f Other.

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Loreto House, Calcutta, September, 1()13·

Dear Li ttl e Australian Friends,-

\\'e arc going to try and te ll you about som e of the things \\-e h ;n ·e bee n a mu sed at an d in ­te rested in \\·h en tra velling in Indi a. \ \ "e a re g irl s \\ho are a t sc hool in th e pl a in s, and som e of u s h a ,·e h ad to go more than a thousand m iles in ord er to spe nd a hol id ay at some hi ll s tation . .\Jay Vaugha n sa ys that though th e journ eys a re tirin g, there is a lway s a great deal to interest a nd to am use on e as n·ell. \\-h erever \ 'OU m ay go, \\·h ether it be a journ ey o f four miles or of a th ou sand. th e station s are ah,·ays cro\Yded \\·ith natives of all d escrip­tions. They carry innumerable packages, and e1,ery m a n is armed \\-ith a st ic k and a brass lota h , or drinking vessel. Syb il d 'Eca think s th e vendors on th e pla tform s are 1·e l'\' funm·. In the mid s t of the bustle a nd co nfu s ion n :iu hea r th e sound ot 11·a res being proclaimed in a mixtu re of English a nd Hindustani. The selle rs come to the car riage windo11·s and beg of you to buy som ething, saying , " Berry n ice and b erry cheap , mem sahib. "

F lora Cohe n is of op ini o n th at you 11·ould be much interested \Yatching the poor, shy , frighten ed n a tive \\·omen. ft is s trange to sec a p a rty of them a d1·a nc ing to the t ra in , too much afraid to walk a lone. They cl asp f'" ch other's han d s, and shuffle a long hiding t.1eir faces in their chudd er s (o r head cloths). :\Iar­.iorie Collingwood has seen the Ze na na \1-omen being carried right up to the door of th e rail ­way carriage in closed palanquins . There, s heet s are held up while the wom en s tep from one conve1·ance into another. Nobodv is a llo\\·ed to look a i: them ; they a re so s trict ly purdah . Gladys Saint Yves noticed th at the n:ttives a re terribly afraid of losing trains, a nd somet im es, to catch a n e leven o 'clock morning train, they will come on to the station the previous dav, s leep ing th ere th e n ight through. Ha re niu ever heard that \Yhen a n a tive tra,·els h e a lw·a,·s

-carrie s h is shoes ca refu lly slung on to a s ti ck? He \\- ill walk b a refoot for miles over a stonv road rather than \Year out his s hoes. His feet d o not matter. Thi s is 1Yhat Violet Lucas finds most amus ing.

. .\l a y .\l on trio n has had se1·era l interesting Journeys, but says that from Cutt ack to Puri s tands out b.est in her mem ory. It took p lace dunng th e time of one of th e Hindu festiva ls . Every compartment n·as tull of pilgrims, a nd it seemed as though th e \\·hole Hin du popul a­!1_on of Indi a had set ou t to vi s it t he sac red c ity. I he \\·omen \Yere dressed 111 gaudv costumes

;\ncl \\·ore a ll the ir jc\Yellery. \\ 'he n the tra in got to Puri. th ey pu s hed eac h o ther out of the ca rri ages in hopeless confus io n, b ut th e ir hu s­bands soo n came to th e rescue, and thev \\·ent o ff to th e different places of \\·orship. G ladys .\ /as ters and Trix r :\l ac.\Iahon h<ffe both travel­led in South ern India. Glady s \\·as s truck by the way the :\Jadrasi \\·omen arrange their h ai r in a knot Oil the s ide of their heads. S he savs that their language, T amil, has th e s ounds ·of cats qu arrelling. \\.h en sh e got to "'.Iadras. s h e \\-en t to the beach , and there some li ttl e ;\ Jadras i boys came running· up , ask ing in English for money to be thro11·n into the sea. The surf­is \·ery s t rong, an d the \\" aves beat high ; but the­l it t le fellO\\'S are not ~ fraid, a nd off they go loo king l ike black specks on the \1·hite \\·aves d elighted if they can find a n anna piece. Trixy had to go br boat a long th e 11·est coast from Qu ilon to Tri1·andrum, the boatm e n a re very s tra nge people . Th ey a re te rrifi ed, fearing that ghosts ha unt th e tunn els . a nd to fr ighte n them ;rn·ay tlwv ~ing a s loudl y as th ev possiblv can. Their m ea l t imes are ,-e rl' so°l emn times in life , an d ,-ou dare not e,·en fook at th em then .

\\'e h a1·e had girls in the school, who haYe· bee n out camping with the ir fathers, a nd they tell of terrifying experien ces. Sometimes the coo lies run a wa r. an d it is not pleasant to b e­leh alone a t night on the borders of a jungle in fested by m a n-eating tigers. It is a common practice to cross the rivers of th e Pun jab on­intiated goa t sk in s. a nd this is a thrilling experi­ence. Sometimes you ca n get across on a long s uffering coolie's back.

\\'e hope you ,,-ill be interes ted in all 1\·e h ave· tried to .descri be; we are a lway s g lad to talk about th is g rea t country of ours. - You r a ffec­tiona te fri end s,

THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY.

Loretto House, Calcutt:i.

T.oretto Abbev. " i\Iary's i\Iount,' ' Ball arat , 21st October, H)I3.

D ea r Littl e Friends in D istant Hindu stan,-\\' e read your lette r ,,·ith such interes t , and a ~

a proof of ·our gra titude for the vivid desc rip­tions you g;:ixe u s of Indi a n li fe, ,,-e ,,·ant to give you a n idea of som e of th e sights and sounds of our beautiful " bush. " 'fo ur experi­ences ,,·ere gathe red from lengthy journ eys, but m::in y of our bea uti es m ay be see n afte r a trip of m erely twenty mil es from th e m etropoli s if you ,,·ill com e ,,·ith u s into a typ ical fern gully.

Our patriotic Paula i\Jornane ,,·ould tak e you (in a spec ially cha rtered tra in) to a glade " l\·here the wa ttle bloom perfum es the breeze, " and ,,·ould bring you bac k laden \\'ith golden blossom s, ready for our na tional " \\' a ttle-Day " ,,·hen , dressed in white, you m ay sell your bunches in the busv st reets of ~[ elbourn e, so as to join th e " helpers." They send the proceeds to the cha ritable in stitutions. Bonn ie Atkyns \rnuld tell you that you should g o furth er into th e country, and see the great trees laden \\·ith the little fluffy ~·ello,,- ball s, a nd th eir fea th ery g-reen leaves. She savs th at o ne spot on the Murray is beyond desc.ription, \\'h ere the \\·attl e trees bend their graceful head s ove r the water , \\'hich b ecom es in th e s un shin e lik e dazzling glass mirroring the \\·ealth of th e golden blooms.

Our mu sicia n, \\' eeni e l\apthin e, in vites you into th e forest "as God has m ade it "-in Gi ppsland , so th at far from all th e sound s of c itv life , vou m av li ste n to th e clear not es of the beil -bird ." She \rnuld take m u to " Bell -Bird Bo\Yer " - a spot am ong th e gi a n t gums, ,,·h ere you can o nlv hea r th e rippl e of a neighbouring stream and. the S\Yeet note of th is so ngster. "Oh , I \\'i sh you could hear it ," she says , " I know vou \\'ould love it. "

Leaving th e m ore diffi cult tas k of desc ribing so rare a mu s icia n to \\' een ie, Alice Collin s introduces you to one of our dear iri end s- the kookooburra . If \·ou com e \\·ith u s for a walk in anv countrv paddock. ,·ou may be shocked a t th e m ann ers of our Au stra li a n fri ends, for you will hear , as Ali ce says, a c hu ckle, then a laugh . which gro\\·s louder a nd lou der ti ll, in ·s pite of yourself , ,-ou h a ,·e to ioi n in th e m erri­m ent of th e dear old grey bird , perched h igh on

a bra nch of a g um , \\'ho looks at you am u sedly out of hi s little amber eyes. H e is a great fri e nd of the fa rm ers , as he des trovs mi s­chi evou s in sects , a nd acts as a weath er-cock ; but he is our fri e nd too, sin ce he bel ieves in the truth-" L augh and th e ,,·o riel laugh s \\'ith ,·ou .. , · ~Iax i e Robert son \\·ould tell you of one green spot call ed " Emerald ," and \\' e a re sure you ,,·ill not need press ing to accept a n im·itati on to her holid ay reso rt, sin ce it is th e nex t station to " P a radi se." She tell s you that you may rid e, and admire th e real Australian bush with all it s fto,,·ers, hear our lo\'ely birds, play ,,·ith th e old b lue- tongu ed li zards, a nd see som e of our s na !'{es. \\'hi ch she assures you a re n ot so deadlv as vours .

One of our dreamers, K a thleen Dixon , hopes that if ever you come to Au stra lia, you will go into th e " bush ," and stand und er th e g r eat g um trees , ou t of ,,-hose bark the natives used to carve ca noes . You \\'ill really think th a t you a re in g ia nt la nd ,,·hen you rest in a valley with all these trees around you ; they h ave gro\\'n so tall , s tanding tip -toe to catch th e fir st g li mpse of th e su n, over the mounta ins. But ,,·hile you may dream of th e land the tree-tops seem to pi erce , Hilda ~Ii c kl e would have you look round a nd see the b eauties that li e humbly hidden : the delicate little blue-bell s, the shrink ­ing viol ets, th e pert white da is ies , all mingled among b anks ot graceful maidenhair fern. Even ,,·hen t ravellin g , you ,,·ill catch g limpses of paddoc ks, yell ow ,,·ith buttercups.

Las t , but not least in viting in tone, l\I arie O'Br ien proposes to take you for a g allop th rough one of h er uncle 's paddocks. Aft er a short ride, you are in th e actu al bush . and then e\·ery momen t a rabbit scurri es across th e path. Further back still. skip! hop' jump !-and th ere goes a \Yall aby-a spec ies of kangaroo, but a much sm all er an im al.

Our poo r at tempt s at description . ,,-e hope, ,,·i ll m a ke vou rea lise th at ours is a la nd whi ch must be seen to be reall y apprec iated. so one · and all. ,,-e in vi te vou to our sunnv land of th e Southern Cross, wh ere vou mav see , hea r , and e nj oy, 1\· ha t ,,-e h ave tri ed to pi cture to \" OU. -

Yours s in cere littl e fri e nds, ·

THE J UN IOR LITERARY CLCE.

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Art So iree-Third Di\·ision.

N order to pre\·ent our de­\·o ut seniors from being surprised a t our ventur­ing to gi\·e an enterta in­ment durin g Lent, we wish to remind them re­spec tfully, th a t t o-d a~· is Laetare Sundav . For th e benefit of n.on - Latin sc hola rs we mention that "Laetare " means, "Let us rejoice."

All are invited to St. Cecil ia's Hall at 7-45 p. m.

to spend a short t im e with Van Dyck and the Third School. As we shall not detain you long, perhaps it may be as well for the chauffeurs to wait with the ca rs.

The Third School, :VIarch 2nd, 1913.

In response to the above inYitation, the members of the upper di\·isions wended their wa~ · to the H all a t the appoin ted hour, ha\·ing g i\·en the chauffeurs the direc tions suggested. There was a feel­ing of pleasant antic ipation in the air , fo r we knew from expe ri ence that an ar ti stic tr·ea t was in s tore for us. We have se\'e­ral times been the privileged spectators of s imilar displays , when, throu gh the medium of tableaux \'i\'ants, we gazed on the mas terpieces of art.

In the centre of the stage is a large frame within which are grouped the figure s of the pic ture , th eir grouping and cos tume bein g true to the minutes t detail. The touch of an artist is visible in the posing, cos tume, colour scheme, but especially in the play of light; and the low murmur of admiration which g ree t s the rising of the curta in , when the picture in all it s perfec tion stands out in the da rkened hall, is a tribute to the aristic skill which directed the arrange­ment. It is al so a heart tribute of gra t i­tude, for we realise all the care that is taken to culti \·a te our sense of the aesthetic, and to g i\·e us refin ed and elevated ideals of ar t , by one who never

cons iders the trouble in rnh·ed in any thing tha t conduces to ou r a d\·antage.

At 7-45 p .m ., the Thirds , atti red ~' quaint ly , as Du tch maidens , made their appearance on th e s tage, a nd com·e rsed fluently in German on some work of Van D.1 -ck. The curtain th en rose a nd the pic­ture was presented to our admirin g gaze . Of course the com·ersa tion wa s t rans la ted in part in the int rodu ctory address, for the henefi.t of the non-l inguis ts a mong us .

The fir s t picture shown was that won­derfu lly a ttrac ti1·e group of the rnuthfu l bride and bridegroom wh ose marriage was to ce ment an a lliance between Eng· la nd and Holland. You could scarcely ha1·e belie1·ed th a t the nin e-\·ear-old Prin­cess Royal before you was ~Iaxie Robert­so n; nor tha t the yo ung Prince could ha\·e been oth er than the famou s portrait of William of Orange, so perfec t was :\Tina Keyes' dressing a nd a ttitude . The original canrns of this tableau was fo r rears the cherished possession of English Royalty, until Willia m III. tra nsported it to the la nd of its a rti s t, where it s till adorns the Ryk's Museu m of Ant werp .

In th e second pic ture shown, Paula i'viornane made a mos t successfu l Hen­rietta :\Ilaria. Standing clo thed in white a nd silver, with pink bows a nd ribbons , her hand res ting lightly on the table, her fi. g ure s tood fo rth fr om the ma<>sive frame of the picture, a miracle to the un · initiated how such a representation of her, with whom Van Dyck's twen ty-fo ur portrait s ha \·e rendered us fa miliar, co uld ha1·e been fas hioned out of drapings from our "play trunks." Here, as e lse where, when light a nd colour so blend in their sheen, you must confess "Things are not what th ey seem. "

The orig in al of thi s po rtra it was the fir st of the series this arti s t, by appoint · ment to King Charles , painted of his Queen, who, though not renowned for singular beauty , possessed the graces and dignities befitting a dau ghter of the Bourbons, and wa s a fi.tting consor t fo r

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the kingly Stuart. This picture now rests with Lord Wantage, being the sometime posses sion of the Dukes of :\farlborough.

Durmg \ "an Dyck's earl.'- career he spent some time at Genoa, where one of the nobles t familie s of the tim e was that of the Ba lhi. It \Yas here, th ::: refore, he painted th e most fan~ou s group of chil­dren e\·er pamted fhe Three Balbi.

· .\lfarie O'Bri en, I\:a thleen Dixon, and Hilda Mickle were our little Cenoese. Marie, as the eldest , copied quite happih· the na i\·e consc iousness of personal ini­portance which is t he dominant note in this pict ure , marking, as it does, the Yen· summit o f ch ildlike ha uteur. Behind her s tood the two you nger Balbi , one arrayed in sable \ eh ·et, with gold facings.

It is tile wonderful combin a tion of colours in thi s picture -now to be seen in the Engli sh l'\ationa l Gallery- which fills it with scin till;itin g light, a nd sn fo rm s

its particular excellence. The last of the p ictures shown was- T he

.\J:irchesa Balbi, the mother of the three rhi ldren presen ted. Eileen Connolly was our .\Iarchesa, sitting in a great chair a lmos t m·erwhelmed by her hea\-y dark green robe, and by the g lory of her gold­embroidered sleeves. The pensiYe s mile which plays about he r lips in the or ig inal, shows that here is t o be found a sterlin g human heart. Dorchester House, in Eng­land, boasts of th is famous work, but we might ha\·e belieYed it our own posses­sion, so beautifull;.· did the ligh t s illumine and emphasise the central figure of c;eno­ese fa sh ion.

With a farewell t o the .\farchesa , we bade fa rewell likewise to \"an Dn-k for a time, and unwi llin gly quitted -t he hall , feeling that we had made a new friend in the \Y orld of a rtists . Such friends a re trull· w"rth heing cu lt i\·a t ecl.

---1 A \Velcome Home to His Lordship, MOST R.EVEREND DR.. SHIEL.

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PlUL of thi s ,-ear was made gla d for us- by the return of our former Chaplain,

our kind and reYered Fathe r, now His Lordsh ip, .\Ios t Re\·erend Docto r Shiel. It was an occa­s ion of triple re joicing; w1e celebra ted not onh· the return of a true friend t o Loretto after a length;.·: sojourn in the homeland; but a lso his re­cm·ery from a long and

serious illness, which now seems to us as the tear which mingled with Irelan d' s smile of welcome to her son ; and then, too , most hear tily did we rejoice in that an opportunity was a t last afforded us of congratulating in person the recent re-

cipient of the episcopal purple. We tried to banish the th ought of the

tear th at must ineYitably min g le with our welcome, as we de\·oted our hearts and energies to the preparation of an enter­tainment which would express our g rati ­tude and esteem for one "whose worth was warrant of his welcome." \Ve knew but too well that this would be attempt­ing t!t e imposs ible, s in ce no concert of ours could conYe\· to His Lordship Dr. Shiel the dep th arid sincerity of our affec­tionate g ratitude and appreciation.

St. Cecilia's Hall accordingly donned fes ti\·e decorations for April 11th, and did its best to second our choruses of "Welcome," when the long-looked-for evening at leng th arrived, and with it the worthy guest of the evening, accompa­nied by His Lordship of Ballar at, and

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many clerical friend s . After Reverend Mother and the nun s had warmh· bid the fi.r s t welcome, our orchestra, u-nder the able baton of Yrr. W. Gude, opened th e entertainment by a brilliant rendering of Volti' s "Operatic Wreath." It then fell to i'vlary Baker, in her cap acity as ''Head of the School," t o be the privile:;.;ed mouth­pie ce of the foll owin g addr·ess :-

TO THE RIGHT REV. JOSEPH SHIEL, D.D ., BISHOP OF ROCKHAMPTON.

:\Iy Lord,-The commun ity and pupil s of 1\Iary· s :\Iount

unite in offering you , Loretta 's bnd , revered fri end , a loyal. tru e and grateful \\·elcomc and ve rv s in ce re and hea rtfelt congratulation s.

l\;Ianv event s , sad a nd p lea s ing, h ave occurred since, ·in April, 1()1 2 , \V e b ad e you fare \\·ell as you set out on your long journ ey, our good " ·ishe s and prayer s following you a cross the

·Ocea n. :d a il after mai l brought us tok ens of remem­

bran ce ''hi ch not only kept us in touch "·ith your movem ent s , but which proved that even amid new '"- ~ '"' ~ Loretto was not fo rgotten . Th ese ac ts of thoughtful kindnes s 1vere highly valu ed , and added to our deep debt of gratitude or favours previou sly rec eived.

Then came the sad news of vour illne ss and th e anxious tim e "hen your 11fe hung in th e ba lance. The danger pas sed , and ghddened by your res toration to health, 1ve were able to rejoice at th e honour paid you by Our Holv F a ther the Pope, in selecting you to be .Bishop -of H.ockhampton, and "·e " ·ere with you in spirit , mv lord, when in the Church , \\·here fift een vears before you h;i.d been ordained a priest foreve r, you ·were now rai sed to the Epi scopal D ign ity and rece ived th e plenitude -Of th e pries tho od .

\\"ith pl ea sure \\·e have looked forward to the day when it would be ou r privilege to wel ­<:ome you , mv lord , "·ith the affection due to a father and th e reverence due to your high office ; now the ant icipation has become realisa­tion and we rejoice, but yet, my lord, in our joyful celebration of your return there is a note of regret, th e tear and the sm il e a re mingled. for it is hard to sever ti es of grateful friendship . How ever , this evening, no shade of sadn ess mu st cloud our 1v elcome, whi ch mu st needs be all brightness; a nd , my lord . \\·heth er your thought s turn to the past , dwell on the present , or look to the future , th ev find subj ect of gl adn ess. As an Iri shman you mu st rejoice that , before you left Ireland, you sa luted th e d a wn of her freedom , " it s glory was tipping the hill-tops, and the long night of sorrow wa s gone " : then th e con sciousness that your return to Australia is ha iled bv a h eartv welcome in the va rious di s trict s wh.ich have been blessed by your zealou s m ini stra tion s must be a joy to you as a priest ; whilst as a Bishop you see a wide fie ld of labour opening out before you , and your angel, with rays of hope in his radiant eyes , lifts hi s hands , points to the rip ening har-

ves t and to th e d evoted fl oc k ready to \\ elcome the p;1 s tor se nt by H.om e.

\\·e may not th e n rep ine, for our loss is a gain to o th ers- and \r e s ha ll not lose vou , m y lord , for true are th e " ·ords of th e poet " ·ho tells us that when we speak of paths ctiverging, we, in our \rea k ness, forg et t ha t On e is the road \\ e tr ;l\·el , a nd On e th e hom e we see k .

God -speed you , fath e r and fri end, on your co nsec ra ted \\·;1,· . Tak e 11·itl1 rou our earn est heartfelt "i s hes for rour hap]iin ess , a nd the assuran ce tha t your m emory " ·ill be e,·e r grate­fullv cheri shed in Loretto, a nd that the pupils of :\Jary' s :\foun t \\ ill trea sure among th eir m ost pleas ing recollec tion s of school day s th e thought of vour fath erl v kindn ess. \\'e kn o1\· \r ell that cli s.tan ce cannot a lter your int eres t in Lo retto, but th a t it 11·ill remain ever firm and true a!1d un changing. Thu s united \\·e s hall journ ey on till. guided by th e On e untir in g \\"atcher, the On e unfailing }l and, \\" e r each ;ct las t our One d cu fath en a na.

God -s p eed you , my lord. ;\[ay St. Joseph , Protector of th e Church, prot ect you. :\-J ay Erin' s mi ss ion arv s ;i.int s watch ove r vou. :\[av Our Lady, Help. of Chri s tian s, pl ea·d for you 11ith her D ivine Son \\.ho ha s chosen ,·ou to be a shepherd of His flock . ·

Loreto Abbey, Mary's :\Jount, Ballarat, 28th :\Larch, 1q13.

On a table near His LordshiT) of Rock­ha mpton were arranged the gifts from Re\·erend Mother and community , and from the grateful Loretto children :- The a ddress, a handsome cloth of gold Hume­ra l Veil and ca se, and some of the articles used in episcopal ceremonies, suitably in­scribed. Precious indeed would be the metal that would be fi.tly emblematic of the durabilitv of our reverent sent iments of gratefol affection. The address, whi ch was bound in book form in purple leather, will be a lasting souvenir of our Abbey and Church, since in it appear a photo­graph of the Church and a hand-painting of the Abbey. The fl oral design, also the work of a Convent artist, is truly typica l - shamrock and e ucalyptus showing forth bravely .

The rism g of th e curtain imm ediately after re\·ealed a picture of Greek maidens, garbed in flowing robes of roseate hues, joyou sly wavin g garlands of roses . The blending of light and colour formed a t ableau, exquisite in its damtiness , breathing the \'ery atmosphere of joy , in keeping with the "Welcom e Song," in which the vo ices of Grecian and Austra­lian maidens united in bidding welcome to t he guest of the evening .

This song and tableau served a s an in-

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troduction to the dra ma tic items of the enter tainm en t- scenes from "Andros of Ephesus ." The fir s t scene int rodu ced us to Lydda, an Ephesian lady, whose friend­ship with Andros, a you ng noblem an of rank, leads them to discuss confiden tially the doubts b,· which both their minds a re dis turbed . "

They a re dissa ti s fi ed with the worship of the gods , a nd yea rn for some thin g higher. Sybil Doneley took th e part of Lydda- " diYinely fa ir "- while :VIa rie Col­lins appreciating high ly the nobility of the chara cter she was to impersona te , ente red heart a nd so ul into th e part of Andros, the high-spi rit ed, ideali s t ic and enterpri sing Creek .

The orches tra was next heard to ad­vantage m Beetl1 0,·en's ":Vlinuet and Trio," a nd again in a select ion , " Ba r­caroll e, :" from Offenbach's " Tal es of H off­ma nn.

At th e conclu sion of the se item s the hall was darkened, a nd our a t tention a r­rested b,· th e ·we ird s trains of "Danse Macabre:" which roused our sense of the praeternatural in preparation fo r the en­suing scene, where Arachne, a witch, was seen in her darksome ca\·e . This abode was illuminated only by intermittent fl ashes of g ru esome ligh t from the tire burning beneath a bubbling cauld ron, a nd here Arachne prepared her incantations . "By the p ricking of my thumb s," she too judged "something wicked thi s way comes ," in th e person of Arat us, an enemy of the noble Andros, in que s t of a cha rm . Terrified by the aspect of th e cave , he beat a hasty re treat , when his reques t had been g ranted. Eileen Beirne made a mos t successful witch , her fiendish la ugh being particula rly e ff ec ti,·e in main­t? ining the weird, yet fascinating attrac­tions of thi s scene. In striking contra­dis tinction to her na tural character, good­hear ted :VIaisie Steele played the part of the ,-i!lain ·to g reat ad Yan tage .

It was as a happy relief to this scene tha t the Juniors greeted us by an Austra­lian chorus-" The Kookooburra," and for a time you might have imagined yourself early ash' in our beautiful bush, so per· feot was their imitation of the mirthful friend of Australians .

A pianoforte duet then introduced us to the third a nd last scene of the play. It was laid in a garden where Paula Mor-

nane, as Elymas, a Christian-from the example of whose 1·irtues Andros has been been led to em brace the fa ith- is graphically de scribing the never~to-be­fo rgotten day when his human eyes be­held the Chri st , the Son of the Living G0d, a. e- He stood by the bier at Nairn.

Here, again, Andros is j oined by Lvdda , already a Ch ris ti an . The scene ended with a tableau of our Blessed Lady, whose beaut iful title, "Mater Chri s ti," is so closely connected m our mind s wi·th the city of Ephesus . Kathleen Bell had the honour of imperso nating Our Blessed :Vlother, an d while th e tableau continued, a beau tiful "A\'e :VIaria" was sung by our chori s ters .

Lea\ ing the Grecian city behind the curtain, the orchestra then s tru ck up the e\·e r-welcome "Irish Airs," and with all due deference to the discriminating musi­cal taste of the a udience, perhaps this pro1·ed the mos t appreciated musical item of the e\·ening. In the last chorus we a ll joined with full hearts; it was the an them of our "Alma Mater"­"Queen of Loretto."

His Lordship of Rockhampton then rose and replied in feeling terms to our ad­dress. He said that the tear and the smile indeed s trove for mas tery in the feelings called fo rth by our words and en­ter tainmen t, but that he would ever evince the keenes t interest in Lore tto ; ever hold in memory the many kindnesses he had received from the time of his first ac­quaintance with Loretto nuns in his minis­tra tions as curate in the South :VIelbourne pari sh to this ve ry night; and would ever carry with him pleasant recollections of the many happy hours spent within Lorett-o's walls , not the least of which would be this evening's enter ta inment.

His Lordship, the Most Reverend Dr. Higgins, a lso spoke in his us ual happy ,·ein some g racious words, and then asked as a favour that we would keep our programme in practice , to be ready at any time to repeat it wholly , whe~ we should hear that any of the young pnest s there present had been raised to episcopal dig nity !

Thus ended our eYentful evening, a!I our hearts uniting in echoing and re-echo­ing the words of the address - " God speed you, my Lord!"

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(A budget ot memo r ie s by thi s morning's post , ju s t as 11·e \\'ere collect rng th e co ntribu ­tions of our Club members , made us deter­mine to shorten our articles , an d be true to th e maxim " Honour to 11·onh, " for memories of 101 3 m~s t surely give place to mernorir" which go back two drcades or more.

UR literary evenings of the past year have been spent wa lking a ll too rapidly through wide gardens, r ich in blos­soms of song and story . 'v\le merely noted the beauteous blooms, pro­mising ourseh-es a fre ­quent retu rn in after life, when we could drink deep draughts of their fragrance at greater le isure. At the

very entrance of this garden, we culled an unpretentious bloom, in a short, well­wri tten tale , graphica Jly pic turing life in Rome in the time of :\ero. Aft er lookin g "on this picture, then on that , the coun­terfeit resembla nce" of a Christian a nd pagan matron, we came to have th e mental a tmosphere necessary for our his­toric s tudy of the Roman Empire; itself a prelu de to an appreciation of the early ~diddle Ages.

Later, we turned our though ts to the s tately school of St. Cyr, fo unded by Madame de :VIaintenon, the valiant woman to whom at last Hi story is doing jus tice, and who now s tands forth in her true light, as" the mos t influential woman in Fren ch History "- in fl uential for good. Her two . objec ts in li fe were- th e refor­mation of the Court, a nd the relief of th e poor, a s well by the prnmotion of educa­tion , as by the matenal help whi ch won for her the title of" :\fother of the Poor ."

It was upon her work in promotin g edu cation th a t we dwelt, and upon this May Riley has given us a paper. "Hers was a most beautiful and elevated edu cational scheme, calculated to develop women of the tru e mould." \\That pictures passed

before us as we inspected "St. Cyr," and heard its pupils , so qnamtly att ired in their brown se rge uniform, wi th dainty cap a nd apron, declaring that th ey fe lt " as if the\· had en tered Paradise"!

The exquisite stag in g of "Racine" in­terested us g reat ly, while no less impres­si1·e was the scene of its au thor , kneeling at the chapel door, pouring out his thanksgi\·ings for the success of his work.

" Th e Mystic Unfathomable Song," in which Dante "bu rn s into his g lowin g enamel the figures, which he lm·ed and hated," was not beyond our ambition . :VIan · Baker has taken notes from an essa'y on the " }.lfadonna in Dante," but space forb ids a reproduction . We can­not refrain, howe\·er , from quoting some lines of the inimitable prayer:-

' ·H ere, thou, to _u s, of cha rity a nd love, Art as the noonday torch ; and a rt , beneath , To mortal man, of hope, a Jj,·ing spring. . . . Not on ly him \\'ho as ks , Thy bounty succours ; hut cloth freely oft Forerun th e a sking. \\'hatsoe 'er may be Of excell ence in creatures, pity m ild , Relenting m ercy, large mun ific ence, :\II ;i re contain ed in thee."

::viediernl art is said to have been but the express ion of th e joy of those who "found the Ch ild with :VIary, His :VIother ." Afte r our perusal of the "Para diso" we felt that Dante has compassed in \·erse wh a t these a rti s ts ha\·e a chie\·ed with bru sh a nd chisel, in presentin g to all ages the ideal of tru e womanhood.

Eil een Beirn e, again, lookin g on the "Divina Comm edia" as a mine of hi storic a llusions , brings some of them to the sur­fa ce in her paper. We may note the di smissal of Frederick I. in Purgatory with-

" The hand of Ba rbarossa grasped Im­perial sway,

T hat nam e ne'er uttered with out tears in Milan."

While Bertrand de Born s tands fo rth s tamped vvith th e seal of hatred-" I am Bertrand, he of Born, who gave

King J ohn , The co un cil mischievous, father and son,

I se t a t mutual war."

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Some of our e\en ings \\" e re enj oyably .spent in readin g a transbtion of th e earl ies t epic of modern lan guages . CarniJle Ti e tyen s has g i\·en us <111 iuteres t­in g acco unt of the life and ex ploits of the Cid, iJlu s trated with extrac t s fr om the baJl ad, hut \Ye mu s t pass on to th e pl ea­s ant brea k in our regula r readin gs , occa­sioned 1i_1· an e\·ening with th e magazines of our fo reign com·ents . Th ei r peru sal su cceeded in rean imating the " esprit de corps" exi s ting am ong a ll Loretto pupil s ; whil e th e acco unt of the mission a t :\loro­pai, in th e Sunderbunds , fi ll ed us with pr ide in the great work of Cha rity our nun s are there a ccomplishing fo r the lit t le Hindoos . A packet from Bucharest bring­ing us notes on Roumanian heroes and heroines , claimed our attention on an­other occa sion . \\'e read th es·e with mu ch inte res t mingled with admi ra ti on for th e wonderfully neat calig raphy, fo r which

·each wa s remarkable; while the communi­cations from our Hungarian Sis ters had a ch arm all their own .

La st, but far from being the least de­·1ec table object of our s tudy, was the beautifu l, daring, and rich imagery of Frances Th ompson's greates t poem. After the first reading of "The Hound of Heaven," we felt somewhat o\·erpowered. ·we felt that we wanted to take it wi th us into the" bliss of solitude ," that there its

true signifi cance might fl ash upon our "inward eye ." Two days after th is eYen­ing, one of our enthus iasts declared tha t she had already re-read this mas terpiece six times , and promised herself yet s ixty time s s ix such readings.

J\:at li leen Bell 's admira tion fo r our great Catholic poet has ma de her furni sh us with a thoughtful apprecia tion of his works . She dwell s expre ssly on the ex­qu isite word-pa inting in which Th ompson exceJled, a nd on the soul-stirring address of the :\faster to the trembling soul in the" Hound of Heayen ."

.. All 1Yhi ch I took from th ee, I did bu t take, :\ ot for tll\- ha rm, But ju ;; t tliat thou might' s t seek it in :'l fy :-trms. All 11·hi ch th)- cl1ild' s mi s take, Fanc ies ;1 s lost, J h a1·e stored tor the e at

home. Ri se, clasp m y ha nd , an d come! "

And now at the close of the year, as we look back o\·er thi s garden of "exquisite thoughts , exquisitely expressed," we realise how refreshing and inspirin g it is to be li ft ed out of the mundane interests of thi s work-a -dav world into such an atm osph ere, and a s we bid it adieu, it is with a k eener, deeper feeling for the-

" Beaut,- of holin ess , and holine ss of beautv. Burning in on e g-rea t fragrant flam e of love

to11·ard s God."

JUN I 0 R. OR the pa st year we haYe

been li\·ing am ong g iant s in the world of heroes. \Ve ha Ye wat ched Cuchulain as he shortened his road by hurling hi s baJI, dart and spear one after an­other, and th en b\- mak­ing a run, catch]ng a ll in his hand before one of them reached the ground. \\'e ha\·e fol-lowed the Cid in some

of hi s ad\·entures with the :\Ioors ; liYed with Siegfried, the h e. roof the :.Jibelungen­

-lied, and with other mythical heroes , and we haYe e\·en re\·elled in the frolics of eh·es and goblins; so feel j us tified in stat­ing that "much ha\·e we trayeJled in the

realms of gold ." The literary world cer­tainly seems golden to us. When, then, it was sugges ted that each of us should write a few words on any one of our heroes, or th eir exploits, we had great scope for selection.

Paula :'ll ornan e chose to tell us ho11· Cuchu­L1in g ot hi s name. She informs us that in the d;iY s of King Conchobar of Clster , hi s little n r- phe11-, Scta nt a . ran from hom e to the court, .. 11·here a ll th e chiefs had a h a nd in bringing­him up ... O n one n ight the king supped 11·ith Cula in , th e great smith of ul ster ; but h e forgot the nephe11-, 11·hom he h ad directed to tollow him . Co nsequ en tly. Seta nta, h ad to face the hound , .. 11·h ich had in him the st rength of a hu ndred . .. The re 11·as a mighty struggle, but Seta nta gain ed the Yi ctory. Poor Culain \\'as smitte n 11·ith gri ef fo r his loss, and said , " There is no g oo d 11·elcome for you here; you took from m e a go od m ember of mY house­hold .· · Th e bo1· Setant a then declared th a t until h e had re;ired a hound to equ a l th e one

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slain, " l myself 11·ill be your 11·atch-dog." Henceforth, therefore, he bore the name of Cuchulain, 11·hich means ' 'The Hound of Culain. ''

In the course of our tra1·els 11 ith this earlv Irish hero, the 11·a r of 1rnrcls among the 11·omen of Clste r 11·as the cause of much amuse­ment, but no extract could do justice to it s worth. The next contribution from the lore of Ireland comes, then, from Alice Collins. To keep the hum an ity ot ·Cuchu lain before u s, she rela tes an incident during the \\'ar of the Bro11 n Bull of Clster. Since none of the men of Connaught 1\"a s match for the champion of Ulster , hi s "friend and fello11·-pupil ," F erd iacl, 1\"as chosen to measure arms 11·ith him. l\atu­rally, F erdi ad did not 11·ish to fight, but ;. l eave of Con n;i.ught ''sent the satirists to him, that they might make three hurtful sati res and three hi ll -top satires on him," if he refused to come to the Ford. Fercliacl, therefore, came, ' ' s ince it 11·as better to fall by spea rs than satires." Reluct;i.nth·, the combatants met, and each performed - g-rc;1t feats, but in the end Cuchulain ' s spea r pierced Ferdiad. J-1 is dy ing cry 11·as, " 0 I lound of the beautirul feats, it 11"as not right that you should ki ll me,"; 11·hile Cuchulain lamented, "0 Fercliacl. you were betrayed to your death; you to die , 1 to be living. Our parting for ever is a grief for ever'. "

\\"e fo llo11"ed "the Hound " as long as the " hero-light " shone above him, and then bade him fare11·ell as " the three times fifty queen::; th at 101"ed him heard him singing the music of the Siclhe."

Lea\·ing Irish Litera tu re, 2\faxie Robert­son takes us back over our Grec ian Myth ology in her account of the exploits of Theseus. She gi\·es special place to his adventure with the Minotaur of Crete, a ided as he was by the fai r Ariadne ; and to his triumphal return to Athens, when , howe\·er, he forgot to hoist the white sail of victory. His aged father, seeing a black sailed \·essel hm·e in sight, cast him­self from a cliff and perished. What ter­rible and life-long remorse was the result of Theseus' one ac t of forgetfulness !

Siegfried's dragon-broth bath, which made him proof against sword thrusts, has captirnted Hilda Mickie's sense of wonder. But if he only knew about the linden leaf, he would have taken a second!

The Cid claims a large share of notice, and has quite m·ershadowed poor Roland. After placing him in history, Weenie J'\apthine leaves the narration of the "curious e\·ents" concerned with him to her sister club-members. Accordingly, Queenie Sussman and Bonnie Atkyns re­mmd us of Ba,·ieca, the gallant steed which he lped Rodrigo to gain his \-ic­tories. Bonnie particularly emphasises the successful ruse by which on the day after Rodrigo's death the Spaniards, by strapping his dead body to his horse, once more fo llowed him to battle and again struck terror into the Saracen. Ba\·ieca did not long outli\-e his master, for-

" It 1Yere ;i. s hamefu l thing-That peerless Ba1·i eca s hould e1·er be bestricl By any mortal but Bi1·ar. "

:\Iarie O'Brien's admiration for this hero rests mainly on his charity to a poor leper whom he once met when riding. Not only did he dismount to help the unfortunate leper, but he brought him to h is own table, gave him his own bed, and so de­served the vision he beheld that night, when a glorious knight appeared to him and said:-

" I am the holy Lazarus, I come to speak 1Yith thee;

I am the poor leper, thou s::wedst for charit1·: There sha ll be honour 11ith thee in battle and

111 peace, Success in all thy doings and plentiful in­

crease .. ,

What a contrast it was on lea\-­ing the Cid to come to "Goblin i\farket" there to watch the goblins, "racing, whisking, tumbling, hobbling," as they called to us ever, "Come, buy; come, buy"!

Now we ha,-e told you of our literary wander ings of r 9 r 3. Next year, per­cnance, we may have to dig somewhat below the surface to reach the gold; but after the pleasant evenings we have spent with our heroes this year, we "greet the unknown with a cheer," as we look for­ward to our meetings in r9r4.

.rT~~ E ~ ~~ h~==A=G=eo=g=ra=ph=i=ca=l ="=pe=d=iti=on=·=~~~

S the adventures of the "Great Explorers" in search of geological and geograpl11cal know­ledge, might otherwise be lost to posterity , we crave a small space in the " Blossoms " for the following sketch of our visit to the " Black Gorge," where we fo und Nature had become the handmaid of the Junior Pupils; fi.rst causing a river to be formed and

then removing the waters, lest they .should impede the closer investiga­tion of its bed. Prosaic mortals might doubt this statemen t, and see in the "Black Gorge" merely a chann el for drainin g the surrounding

.coun try, but we do not blame them- they have ne\·er been " ]. P's.," and know not by '' lnt d ::lica te touches, imperceptible to the untrained eve, Nature reveals her­_self to her ardent' devotees, fl oodin g the mind with exquisite pleasures, the just reward of earnest endeavour, to scale the rugged heights of the :\!fount of Know­ledge.

Unfortunately, we were pre\·ented from approaching the very source of the nver by a band of armed trappers, but near its head we noticed the canyon-like aspect of the banks. One rock ,-ividly streaked with red and brown, recalled what we had heard of the "Yellowstone Park." We

.a lso saw here some good examples of "faults." One member of the exploring party discovered what she called a nest of sea-fowls' eggs in the cliffs. The r.est (who bad not the glory of di_s covenng them) were inclined t o be sceptical._ But all differences were soon forgotten 111 the interest caused by the discovery of traces of prehistoric inhabitants. A closer examination of one of the remams (a metal object much indented _and

-covered with iron deposit), mclmed us to think these inhabitants must have been a highly civilised race, with a knowledge of the art of

pre sen ing perishable goods by the ex­clusion of air, much after the manner in which we of the present generation deal with s urplu s fi. sh and fruit . Should any of our readers fail to follow the last state­ment, we giYe as a clue this saying of the Canadians, "As for ou r fruit, well, we eat what we c.:tn, and we 'can' what we 'can't.'" Ha\·ing walked on for some dis­tance, the course of the river made sud­denly a marked deviation, which was ex­plained by the presence of a bluff or out­ju tting cliff of a different character from the surround ing country.

We examined with interes t a fertile tract of land formed by the deposi t of silt at the foot of this cliff, and named it "Coral Flats," owing to a peculiar coral­like ,-egetation that abounded there . Here signs of se\·ere bush fi.res were 1isible.

Soon after this the fi.rst habitation was 1 each ed. It was near the junction of the fi.r st tributary, where another fertile tract had been formed. The course of the nver w:1s now studded with several picturesque islands; one especially a ttracted our at­tention on account of the curiou s appear­ance of a cliff of silted strata. In this part of the river the banks, now much lower, were deeply undercut, and the overhanging cavern-like rocks, covered with a wealth of golden \·egetation, pre­sented a beautiful sight. The discoverer of the "sea-fowls' ·eggs was now triumphant with a second wonderful fmd - viz., a shark's tooth, which she ex­tracted from a piece of crumbling rock, by many delicate strokes of the geological hammer. Her suggestion that this pointed to th e possibility of our present river co urse being an old uplifted marine plain was received with scorn, until the "rest" chanced on other specimens of a submarine nature (such as sardine tails ana herring bones), when a ll agreed that the impression might not be altogether unfounded. We now met the second tri­butary, at whose junction there was a land formation resembling the country at the junct ion of the Neckar and Rhine; then for a long stretch the river flowed

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rn a g o rge with high rocky banks , thu s strengthening th e impression of a revi\·ed river. As th e r i\er a pproached it s lower course, th e banks became low, an d showed the \·ar ious degree s of weathering usuallv discernibl e in a mature riYe r. Billa b ongs , separated from the parent s trea m b;: long , low s trips of country, abounded, and on e ither s ide s tret ched wide pla rn s of well -cultirnted land.

On pursuin g our winding course , we arri\·ed at-oh ! la ng uage r: a nn ot ex­press our tli oug hts- :fo r truly we s tood on the fam ed suspen sion bridge of Ne w York in miniature, fr om whi ch a scene of mag nific:en ce burs t on our as toni shed gaze . All nature seem ed cl oth ed in loye­liness- high, O\·erhan g in g cliffs , O\·er which th e wild rose wrea t.l1e d it self in rich luxuri a n ce- for s trf t ching field s cloth ed in th eir dainty s pri w:; attire nf ,-i, id green. bearing the promise of a r ich ha n ·est , peaceful farm s \Y ell s t ocked with grazing

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s heep and cattle, m e t our gaze on all side s , and held us in attention and s ilen ce for quite- a minute ! Relu ctantly we tore ourseh·es from th e en chanting s ight, and our lagging fo o t ~ tep s , s timula t ed by the th ought that dinner hour was long pas t, and we were far fr om th e farm, our home fo r th e da , ..

In th e ca mp, ·as hour after hour s tole on, and brou g ht n o s ign of the wa nde rers , hea rt s th robbed with anxiet\· for our safety, and when at len g th the . echoes of our gentle \·o ices were born e on th e even­ing breeze , great was the re joicing, and a ll crowded round with eager inquirie s , and ]O\·in g fears conce rning our welfa re - fears speedil}' al\ a;:ed, by th e mann er in whi ch we a ddressed ourseh ·es t o th e s umptu ous banquet of country dishes then so temptingly displayed before our hungry eyes . "Sic tran sit g loria rnundi" - e\·en th e grea tes t poet cann ot alwa\· s ' c> rnain 0 11 tli e s ummit of P ci rna ss us .

CH RONlC LE. ----~"'=-=-

LORETTO CONVENT , PORTLAND .

F eb. 6th. - Back at schoo l again. The greate r number arri\·ed bv the e\·cn1ng tra in at 8 o 'c lock. '\f a nv old faces \\·ere mi ss ing , a nd :t fc \1· ne 11· girls \rcre to be see n.

F eb . 2o th. - Th e Gard e n Fere in a id of the Co1w e nt took place at th e sho\\. ground. and \\·e \1·e n t in the atternoo n. Ther e \\·ere seve ral s ta ll s - a fan cy s tall , a lo11y stall, a frui t s t :1ll, and refr es hm e nt s t:dl s.

F eb . 20t h.-Th e R eg :1tta \\a s on e of th e eve nt s of th e vear. Th e re were S\\·imm ing r aces, boat r:1 ces» and climbing a grc:1 s,· pole.

"f:trch 17th.-St. Patric k ' s D :l\·, \1·hi ch \1 e celebrat ed on Saturcla1·. \\' e all \\Ore r>Teen IJO\\·s on our coll a rs , a 1id \Y e had l\l' ass in our little Co nvent c hapel. Aft er l\Iass . the girls in the orchest ra played " St. Patri ck 's D av,' ' and a s it \\·as \Y e t, \\·e arranged the school like a play-room, and had a nice tim e \l'ith our do lls ::ind s torv-book s.

"Iarch. - East er holidays for three days. \\' e had a littl e entertainme nt, which wa s a great surprise to th e nuns ~ we were ::tll in fancy dres s. \\ ·e al so bathed, \Yent for long walks, and plan·d te nni s .

Apri l 1s t. - rather Cain· ~ return from hi s \·is it to th e H om eland. \Ve \1ere all out s ide rcad1· to 1\ e lcom e him back . Father Cain gave us :t 1·c n · int eres ting a ccount of hi s travels . \\.(' all \\Tote a n ess ay on hi s lecture. Before ki nd Fath er o·Kan e (1\·ho had been suppl1·ing fo r F athe r Cain ), lef t u s, \IC g:l\'e him a prese nt.

"fav 2nd. --F ea st of Asce ns ion. \\' e ha d Ex­pos iti.o n of the Blessed Sacrament in our own I ittle chapel. Th e alt<i r \1·a s beautifully deco­ra ted 11 ith lo1·ely \\·hite ch ry s<inth emum s, and ma n\· oth e r pretty fto\\' er s . \\'e had Ben edic­ti o n a t 5 o'cloc k in th e <i ft e rn oon.

Aug . I oth. F ea st ot the Assumption . Mass at S o'c loc k. \\ ·c h a d Expos ition of the Blessed S<i crame nt in our own chapel <iga in.

Oct . 6th. - The "Iistress of School s' F east. \\· e ha d a littl e entertainme nt in the evening , and 1\·c enjoyed ourselves very much, <incl we had an amu s ing song, " "[rs. Bro\1·n and Her Luggage."

Nov. 1 s t. - Feas t of All Sa ints . \\·e ha d a \\'hole holiday, a nd Expos ition of the Blessed Sac rament in our little ch a pel; 1\' e also made our six jubilee vis its .

Nov. 20th. - The Result s of the Plain Needle

The Grounds, Loretto Co1n·ent, E lamang. l'\ eutr?l ll<1v in dista nce .

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,rork. T e n children \\·ent in, an d all pa ssed. High es t marks recei,·ed . <)<).

Oct. 1qth. -The Results of ~Iu s i c Exams. T e n childre n \\Tilt in. and e ight passed.

~O\". 2 1s t. - Theon· l{esults. Fi,·c children \\·e nt in for them. one recei\·ed ho nours, and rn·o pa ssed.

l\01-. 21nd. --\\.ent to Gon·rnment P addock this afte rn oo n ; a beautiful s.prin~· d:w ; gat h · ered \\·ild rnses and m;1ide 11 hair. The grass 1r;1s ca rpeted ll'ith dainty \\·ild 1·iolcts an d but­te rcups. The little boys of St. Al o ~·, iu ,; Co llege spe nt th C' afternoon secu ring spec imens tor '.\ature ;;t ud~-. but ret urn ed in time for ;i g ood lun ch. \\ ·e fo und some g oose-be rry bushes, an d gathered enough to h;we a pie, \\·hich \\·e en­joyed \ "C r\" much. The da~· \\·a s beau ti fu l- so bea utiful t hat it reminded us of K en ctall's \\·ell ­k11011·11 lin es o n l\01·ember in Au :< tra lia:

'· Sh e is the \\·onder \\·ith th e g old en " ·ings , \\"ho laYs one hand in Summc1"s . one rn

Sprlng"s ; About her ha ir a s un set radiance g lo1rs; Her mouth is s ister of the clc1n· rose; And a ll thf' bea ut,· ot the pure blue sk ieo< Has lent ir:; lu stre to lle.r so ft bri.,·h t eyes. ··

D ec 3 rcl.-~l other ~J a r~· Xa1·ie r 's F eas t. - ­Di splay of );cedlc\\·ork. Dra \\·ing a nd P a int­ings .

[Ou r li ttle P ortland friend s \\·ere ;1gain first in th e fi eld \\·i th th eir co ntributi o ns to \\·a rd s the "Blossoms. " thi s Yea r a budget of essays o n 1·ar icd topi cs.-\\·e \\·ere tempted to in sert some of th em , particularly th e Yenturc of c ight -1·ca r -o ld Brian O'Keefe . in hi s " Por­poises in P ort la nd Bay . .. but the demand s of s pace a rc in exora ble this yea r. \\·c th ank Yida. Doroth,·. Brian. Leo. a nd a ll ou r anonymous contributors for their ,·en · nice cssa Ys. and \\·e ha,·e put thrm as id e for som C' future. occas ion. ]

LORETTO CONVENT, HAMIL TON.

Feb. ,+ th fo und near!,· e1·e ry one of las t year's pup il s back at schoo l. Some nc\\Tom e rs joined our rank s. \Ye \\·ere ,·en- so rry to hear that 2\Joth cr _\J a r)· Barbara 11·;is Je;n:ing us. ' Ti s said, that to youth, old F a the r Ti m e mo,·es slowh-. :\ ot so at Loretto, Ham ilton. The year s· gn a ll too fast. \\' e feel thi s as each ,·ea r 11·c :niss the old fam ili a r face . Regret tor old friC'nd s makes us loo k as kance at the new. ln a s hort tim e. ho \\·c1·e r, ire 11·oncler ho11· 1\'c e1·C'r thought thC'm nc\\'.

Vera _\h11·son. 11·hose s ucccs;; 1n December at Ju nior Publi c 11 e a ll ha iled \\·ith delight , has relucta nt!)· sa id good-bye to u s.

St. P atr ick's Da,· cl ;l\\·necl at las t. I 1011· many cager eyes scanned the he;n ·ens on that clay of day s. " \\'hat mea ns that da rk horizon ° Docs Dame Xaturc rcalh- mc:-tn 11·hat that leade n s ky portends ?" 11·e a nxi ou sh· asked. "for thi s is our p icnic cla,· to th e \\'annon." Our \\'Orst fea rs \\'ere r ealised , alas! for though th e ra in kept off ti ll mid day th e aft ern oon 11·as col d an d 11·et, a nd we 1rere not able to Yisit the glorious Fall s 11·hi ch make the \\"a nnon one of th e beauty spot s of the \\'estern District.

One of our Easter joys "as th at of welcom­ing bac k to Au s trcdi a our clea r kind tricncl , Father Cain. He e nterta ined u s 11·ith a n ac­co unt of hi s tra 1·e ls . \\ 'ith 11·hat breathless in­terest 11·C' l is te necl to hi s s tories of the Old \\.o riel'. \\ 'c rea li sed as \\·e lis tened \\·hat a young na tion 11 e 11·e rc. Ou r hearts thr illed \\·he n h e ass ured u s that afte r Erin. the Gem of t he Sea . Aust ra li a \\·as. of a ll he had see n, the la nd of hi s cho ice; \\·ith its laughter- lo1·in g a nd gene rous [JC'op!e; its broad expan ses a nd freedom from olcl-11·orld con 1·cnt io ns .

J)uring ~l a ~· ire h a~\ De1·otions in honour of Our Blessed Lacl 1-. a:icl thc1· 11·erc more fe n ·en t t h;1n us ual. as 11·e asked our Immacu late ()ueen to gua rd and protect our dea r Re,·e rend ~ Lother o n he r long journey hom e. an d brin~· he r back safe ly to us . R e i·. _\J ot her·s ,·is it o< to us are land1i1ark s in o ur school hi sto1T. \\ ·e lo1·e to ;ee her, ;incl gather round her. ·fo r \\·c fee l she takC' s a s pC'c i;d in te res t in each one o f us . \\"e· regTettcd that thC' _\l ount Gambie r raihYa\' \\·a s not compl eted. ot herwi se 11·e 11·ould h a1·e had the p!C'a surc ot see iog her pa ss ing o n her \\ a y to Adelaide.

About thin,· li ttle ch ildre n made their firs t ll o l ~· Comm union on Corpus Chri sti, and at t he close of the Paschal season ire had the Fon1· !l ours· Adoration.

Schoo l te rm s \\·e re changed thi s yea r, so August found us 11·o rking ha rd re,·is ing fo1-the T e rmin al examin at io ns. \\'e united in spirit \\·ith a ll Loretto children in Australia in 11·ish inl!· dear R eve rend :.\lother a ,-ery h appy jubi lee on the 2,+ th. \\'h a t a joy it mu s t ha ,·e bee n to he r to s pend the da,· 11·here she de \'oted herself to God 60 years ago! The 2qth 11·ill be Ion!(' remembered as the c[ ;i, - on 11·hich se,-e­ra l of U o' tried our s kill in coo king. There \\·as a compet iti on in ca ke making . and tabl e­se tting. Some maide n e fforts were rewa rded in the forme r, a nd the Seniors beat the Junio rs h)· one ,·ote in the la tter.

Our ho lid a)·s \\·ere too s hort, and dur in,[(' th em a ,·ery ~uccess ful mission \\a s gi,·en by th e P ass ioni st Fathe rs. \\"hen school re ­opened the o ne topi c 11·as the Concert . which is given annu a lh- b,- th e childre n of St. ~Ian-"s Schoo l. 1 t 1i·as : as u sual. a g reat success . _\[u s ic and need le1Yo rk examinations fo ll o11·ed quick ly in it s tra in , to remind us t hat li fe must be 11·o rk a s \\·e !l as pl easure. Ho11·e,·e r. \\'Ork had it s o \\·n pl easure in thi s in sta nce, as a ll 11·c re success ful at both examin at ions.

The F east of St. Stanislaus th is ,·ea r 11·ao< a red letter daY in the an na ls of lfamilton. I t •• a,; _\ I. _\]. J. ·Sta ni slau s· first feast daY 11·ith us. Secret preparations 1yere in progre-ss for some days beforehand. an d on the e,·e the· school 1r :1s deco rated in heliotrope and green . Th e lo nged-for day came at last. The Juniors 11 ere grea tly excited. as they had a surpri se in the form of a p l a ~-. And. indeed. it 1rns a surpri se to see ho11· 11·ell each ac ted her part. A ,-aried programm e was gone through in the morn ing . and atter a magn ificen t lun ch we spent th e afternoon dancing and p l:wing games. \\'i th thi s 11·e encl our ch ronicle, a be­fitt ing en din ir to a Yery h appy year, a nd we wi sh clear R e1·erend l\fother a r e1T happ1· Chri s tmas an d a loving 1\'elcome h ome.

34 EUCA LYPTUS BLOSSO :\J S.

LORETTO CONVENT, NORMANHURST.

SYDNEY, N .s.w.

Feb. 5th. - Ash Wednesd ay~ An oppress ively hot and sultry d ay, endmi:r as our Sydney .days so often do, 1vith a blessed relief 111 .th e even ing. It cam e in the s hape of a rous mg­s torm followed bv a cooling do" ·npour. So we s t~rted off on -our year· s course refreshed bv the welcome ch ange and strengthen ed by subduing L enten th oug hts . .

April 16th.-The annual Garden I: ete at the ·Conve nt of :\Icrcy, \\ a1tara, proved, as u sual. a n agreeab le divers ion. lt \\ as ope!1 ed by l-f1 s Grace the :\lost R e1·ere11d Dr. K elly , who spoke feelingly of th e \\·ork of the Sis.ters for the Found lings. The children e nte rtain ed u s la te r 11·ith a :\Iaqio!e dance , s kilful!,- a rranged .and carri ed out. \\·e rene" ·ed acquaint a nce with a ll th e 1vee o nes, espec ia lly th e hla ck babv.

~i a v 1st. - \\' e \\·e re honoured bY an archi ­·cpiscopal an d an episcopal. vis i.t in the first week of :\Ja1-, each resu!tmg 111 a 11·elcom e holidav . Hi s' Grace :\l ost Re1·erend Dr. K elly, a nd Hi s Lords hip , :\lost R e1·e rend Dr. Shie l. both seem to und ersta nd the scho la rs · pro.1·er ­bial " pining tor a play-day .. , As 11·a s .fitt111.~. we kept Hi s Grace·s h oliday on St. :\lichael .~ Feas t- :\!av 8th . " P our pa sser le temps. ·each divi s ion in turn enterta in ed th e res t of the school. Some capital impromptus 11·e re forth coming, chara des. ;rnd 11·hat. not.

The latt er pa rt of ou r L ady s month " ·as most becomingly spiritualise<l by a three davs ' Retrea t , condu cted bv Hev. Fathe r Don ­nellv, C. :\1. l t e nd ed on our Dai· of Da ys­Corpus Chri s ti. The beautiful F ete-Dieu seem ed more impress ive tha n ever after the prepa ratory cla ys of prayer.

~Iav 24th. - The feast of our Laclv. P a tron ess of Aus tra l ia 11·as duly honoured , a nd \\·e had ;, v<>rv s triking sermon from our pa ri s h pri es t . Father Rohan , 11ho also co nsec ra ted a s Chil­·dren of :\[a ry two as pira nts -Kathlre n Bnn e and De l. Butler. Jn th e afternoon 11·e all e n­iovecl a 11·a ]king excurs ion to sec som( pretty \,•a terfa ll s in the gtil lies- thc result s of torrent:; of rain.

The month clo sed \\·it h a Firs t Communi on ceremon v. a nd th e reception of Con firm a ti on b v so m e· fourt ee n candid a te s.

- Jun e ope ned 11·ith t 11·0 pleasan t surpri ses. First, a 1·iolin rec ital. kindly g i1·en b1· a n ex­.\l a r)" s .\f ou nt pupil , .\ fiss Fe lice Crozier: and . second, a n intellectu al treat from .\Ir. Harold Bj elk e P eter sen. 11 ho s ho11·ed us the wo nd ers of the J< ontgen rayc; . and se1·e ra l ma n ·ell ous -dectri cal cxn erim ents .

The t erm e nd ed 1v ith Jub ilee celebration s in l10n our of D e l. Butler , 11·hose sc hoo l daY s a re now ending.

School jubilees in :\o rman hurst a re kept in ;1 t ime-hon oured fas hion . After :\lass the 11·hi te­frock ed jubil a ri an is crown ed \\·ith a dainty wreath by th e Supe ri o r. and rhe n led to her seat of honour in th e Hefecto rY. Bell s of a ll s izes ;ire used to ring in th e JuJjiJee D a i-, 11·hi ch end s with a soiree. during \\'hi ch is m ade a prese nta­tion of gifts from th e Superior a nd com munit1·. .and from the school. Another feature of th e

en tcrtai 11mc nt is th e reading of the Jubilee Ode. " poem illu s trating the 1.ife an d deed s of .the neroine of th e daL Oua mt s ketches or pa mt­in g·s intersperse th e ve rse , to. depict th e .scenes de scribed th erem . T h e evenmg end s 1nth the 1 i1;1r ing lin es o f "A Song for th e Blue . ·· com ­P" ~l: d )) ,. an old a ncl .101-.ll c.hil cl of Loretto, and i1w a1 i.1bh· 'Ung 1nth spint by the wh ole ,.;C"f10ol. ·

luh·.-Aftcr .\l icl11·inter occurred th e sm a ll-poll ,; :.:r.:. resu lting in quaranti ne for .Sydney and 11·h o!t's; il c 1·a cc inati on for its inh abitants. Oh, the tiresome vacci na tion clays, 11·hen th e (]u es ­t 'o n. ·· Ha1·c YOU bee n don e? .. ·· Ho\\' ha s yours t;tke.n ? .. 11a s .repeatecl ad n a useam. How re­li eved 11·e 11·ere 11·he n it 11·as a ll 01·er, an d 11·e 11·ere 1.< 1: m al once more.

Sept. 8th. Our La dy ·s .Birthda)-, and th e. cq ,n ing of 5pr ing- : these furni s hed th e t.he.me of a be 1ut'ful ser,non l.!·i ven us a ft er Be nechction by R'.· 1-. Ric:1;1rd .\lurphy , S.J . . Hector of Laroia. Truf~·-

. . C :«'Y \\ .inte r hath g one lik e a 1vea ri som e guest ,

And. behold . fo r repayme nt September com <-,; in 11·ith th e wind

And thr Spring in her ra im e nt. of th e \\'est .

- K end all.

S f' pt. 20th . A con test 1n bas ket b;ill, long ;in d st rPnuou' h practised. \\';JS played 1vith muc h zest an d suppressed exci tement. A tennis racket 11·as the prize gi1-en by lot to a 1<irl of

the 11·inning sid e. A ni ce ly -bound book 11·as ;LkJ ;I\\ a rd eel to each capta in for good play.

Sept. 2Qth. - .\I ichaelmas brought a. long­' xp :·c tcd pi cn ic The sce nes show n 111 • th e ;,,·cnm pann n.({ tllu stra t10ns 1nll gn·e som e idea oi c, ur picni c s ite ; but no pi ctures ca n con vey the b li ss fulh· Bohemi a n se nse of ltberty that romes "ith iJo ili ng o ne's billy in th e bush , an d afte r an ;i i fr esco lun ch . perching a loft o n roc ks to read or chat, no so.un d but th e cl ea r voice of the 11·hip-bird brea king the si lence of th e g"c1m fo res t. Some :tcl1·entu rous spir its preterrecl ;111 cxcurs i0n fa r do11·n Fox Gull y to th e \\.ater of L ife.

Octobcr. - The a ll -perqding id ea thi s month 11·;1s th e com ing of our Au stra li a n fl eet. All of us Snln e1·i tes 11·e re a llowed h om e to see th e ,·nJcn.d idh: ill um inated c itY a nd ha rbour ; but <:,·e n :\01:m a nhurst among th e hill s h ad a vi ew o f the St'a rch lights cas ting ab roa d th eir Yas t ;1nd 11·onde rfu l shafts. The Ve neti an Carnival ;: t F;irm Co1·e 1r.1 s a never-to-be-forgotten dream of be;1u tv. and it will l i1·c long in the m em ory of those· \\·h o 11·ek om ed the in com ing of our Fie-ct.

Octolw r 1qth. D ea r :\I. :'If. Hosa rio ·s Feast w;,, ce k ·br;1tccl 11·ith very .t:! enuin e a ff ec tion and l!r;1ti t ucl e. At the feast dar so iree each of the ·three elocutio n classes ta ug:ht b~· :\J iss F lem ing rrP derrrl a p iece 1·e ry creditably. There ll'a s ;d so a se rio-comic hi s tori c;i l scen e, ta ke n from the re i1<n ot J am es I. , 11·ell given by a Junior cLiss. deep :u th e time in th e study of the Stu a rts. A French. ,i:rame a nd a little Ge rman sce ne fo ll owed. Th ere \\·ere also chora l and orchestral number s.

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No\·. znd. - News reached us about thi s time of the Hermit 's death. For the past ten years he h ad lived alone in a rugged gully known to us as Hermit's Glen , aibout a half-mile from th e Convent. Henry Sutherland Ross \Yas a one­time master in a Victorian college- a man who wrote his diary in Gree k , loved hi s ~e,,·man, hoarded piles of books in his retreat. an d to the end preserved something of th e habits and courtesy of a g entlem an . His house was a won­derful construction of logs and thatch built by his own hands. He gre,,· a fe,,· ferns for thei r beauty's sake, no doubt, but nothing· else . How a man of his parts could doom himself to the solitude of Hermit' s Glen remain s a mystery.

Nov. 21st.-Our Lady"s Presentation \\"as th e day chosen for the consecration of se,·en Ch il­dren of Mary- P eter Clarke, Colleen O 'Connor, Eileen Brewer, Clare Bryant, Eilee n Flan agan, Doris MacNevin, and lna Hollingdale. After the ceremony R ev. Father Roha n spoke Yery beautifully of the Feast and of Ach·ent.

We are looking forn·ard to the la st of ou r series of Lantern Lectures- that on the Panama Canal. The accompanyi ng readings \\ill be from Foster Fraser ' s lat e "·ork on Panama. The slides have been expressly made by one of the nuns from photos. 11·hich she cop ied from Foster Fraser's illustr ations. Durin« th e Yea r we had frequent Sunday eye nin g e nte rtainme nt s in the sh ;i.pe of lan tern lectures, brin1ring before us distant lands and peoples.

First there \\as a tour through North America ending at the glorious Niagara Falls. Then follo1\ed interesting pictures of our own dear State. :\" orway 1\·as next shown, and very won­derful \\as its scenery, very charming its people.

Scotland and Irela nd in turn delighted us, and then th e Land of the Pyramids. We would glad ly h ;i. ,·e lingered longer by the mystic Nile \\·ith the colossal ruins ;i.long its banks . '

Spain and th e Alhambra came next , and the architecture here fascinated us. Lastlv, scenes in the Ri,·i era made us long for Co.ntinental tr;i.\·el.

Dec. 6th is to be devoted to the display of ou r handi1\·ork 1Yith needle, paint brush and pencil. A concert is to follow for the delecta­tion of parent s and friends.

Dec. 1 2th.-Our long \'acation begins, and in the afternoon of th e same day a m eeting of p;1 s t pupil s is to take place. His Grace the Archbi , hop is to be present. Music and song \\ ill he !Jro\·ided by the guests of the day, and the meet ing· promises to be no less successful than pre\·ious ones.

\\"ith a loving greeting and welcome to dear Re\". :\[other Provincial, who is nearing her Au st ral ian Lorettos once more, Normanhurst clo ses its record of 1913.

WHERE WE BOIL THE BILLY.

EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS.

LORETTO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI,

SYDNEY .

. F eb. -1th .- On returning to school , Tuesday, t eb ru a ry 4th , we ch sco \'.,e red several improve­m ents had been made dunng vacation . The el ectri c light had been in stall ed , a nd the basket ha 11 court ha d bee n completed .

.\ l arch_ 17th.-:-St. _Patrick' s D ay s ports took J)la ce. l he Senwr guls p layed their firs t basket ball contest. The Juniors had sports an d ra ces.

. April qth .- A most beautiful R etreat \\·as given by ~e"' Fathe r J. Clune , C.P., to the -c hildren . Jt commenced \\' ednesday morning, Apnl qth. an d ended Saturd ay morning- . April I 2th . ~lay :wth .- A bas ket ball tourn ament was

held for th e parent s and priests. A paYilion was built for the occas ion . Our colours " ere c nmson and gold . The gold won.

Jun e 1 0!~--The Junior Publi c exam . com­m enced. I hrce ca ndid ates C'n tered . · ' .June 11th. A \·e r~· interesting lecturette on

fh e .\l a n1~ ~r:; and Customs of th e P eople -0f Pales trn e, )\as g1\·en J:iy .\Iadame Sh appere .

Jun e 16th. - I !nee _of Su Gerald Strickland' s daughters pa id a n s tt to th e conYent.

July 16th.-All the boarders \\·e re \·acc in ated -o n accou nt of the s mall-pox.

. July 2 1 s t. - The resu lts o t the Juni or \\·ere pub­lished. All were success ful. E\·eln1 secured '.: A '.'. for Algebra and fo r .\Ius ic , a nd Verona

A ,. for Alg ebra. Augu st Sth. - Si s ter .\Iarr Loyola· s Feast was

~ept. ·~\ e ha d th e " B.attle of the Books, " a nd The l luee \\ 1she:;, af ter \\·h1 ch \\·e had a

party dO\\'n 111 the grounds. Augu st 22nd .- \\·e had a bazaar to d efray the

e xpenses of ou r nc1\· T e nnis Court. · Oct -1th. - The Au stra lia n Fl eet arrived in

S~·dney H a rbour a t 10.30 on Saturday morning. \\ e ha d <l ~plenchd \'J C \\' of the boats from the Convent. _l he huildrngs in town \\·ere beauti­fully dl 1rn1111ated , a nd each ship presented a mag:111fi ce nt s ight at 111ght time, being one blaze -0f hght from top to bottom.

October 1 7th .-'~' h e ;i_nnu al co n ce~t for .\! other Joseph D oroth ea :; t east took pl <1ce. The pare nt s of the children \\·ere prese nt. The room \\.<J S deco rated rn sunt101\·ers <1 ncl tr<1 ile rs.

~O\". 211?. - E leven children from th e Corn·ent w ere co nhrm ed at St. .\Iary's Cath edral b\· H 1s Grace, Arch bi shop K ell y. ·

· ' l T o this ~~ronicle \\:as subj oin ed a hi ston · of . E la11!ang, but <JS rn a future issue of· our m agazme \\·e prop:ise to tra ·:c th e e \·olution of the I n:' tJtute o f the _B. \ '. .\fary in Au st r;ili a . 1\·e withhold th1,- co ntnhut1o n unti l :'uch t im e. ]

LORETTO CONVENT , NORWOOD ,

ADELAIDE.

. Dec. St h ,_ 11)12. -:-Fe:ist of th e Imma culate Con -11011, d<Jy o t_ deYot10n. J ess ie Dobso n an d K ath­lee n_ Rc11\n c k co nsec ra ted Children of .\fan-. Holiday:; \'f'f)' near. ·

. D ec. 1oth.-Gre.tt d1 s.1ppo1ntment. A wet I- east of L oretto- r.1111 and thunderstorm. Feast thor~ughly enjoyed, notwithstanding \;eath_c r. Di s play_ ot \rnrk in the afternoon. I arntrn~s . and pomt-lace \\·ork much admired. .\I. .\l. I h1lomena plea sed \\·ith all.

D ec. 1 ~th.-Concert day, " Dimnle Chin " well gone through by Junior members. assis ted by th e orchest r;i , and \·ocal items from the Semo rs.

D ec. _ 1 3 t~.-Di s tribution of pr_izes. Excite­ment high._ All a 1\·:uded according to merit. .\lary .\l or ri s 1rnn the 1st Christian Doctrin e pr ize.

D ec. qth. - Good-bye to rbooks and s tud\' for se \·cn wecb. Some leaving, therefore cann ot re JO ICC.

F eb._ 3 rd. 1913.-Return to sch ool. .\ l iss som e old fri e nd s. .\ lcct new ones .

.\l a rch qth. -Great rejo i c ing~ Heard of Re\·ere nd :\!other Pro\·inc ia l' s proposed Yis it en rou te to lrcla nd .. I lope it 1\·ill come to pass.

:\ larch 2 1,-t. !~ a s te r_ coming_: preparing for home. s 11·cet hom e. l-. xam 1nat10n :; o \·cr.

_:\l ;irch 2~11cl . All ldt sc hool for home or f ri cn cb .

April 2nd.-Back to s tud\· in ea rn est. .\lore talk of d ear Rcn~ rend .\] o the r 's Yi s it.

Ap ril 1qth.-H. c\·c rcn d .\Iother coming for cc rt :un .

.\l a y 1st . Process ion in honour of Our L<1dy. Alice Cummrn s ha d the ho nour of c.nr~ ing the ne1\· bann e r. Our L ach · c rO\\ ned Queen of the :\ l a \". ·

.\by 6th.-_\\.a iting in great jo\· and exci te­ment the arn1·a l of_ R e\·erend .\Iother. Children dra1n1 up 111 l\\·o l rn es from entran ce gate to hall door to greet our dearest .\Iothcr Provin­cial.

;\ l a ~- 7th .- Reve ren d .\!oth er. th ough not too well. and much tired by h er long iournev . 1\·ould not d1 sappornt her chi ldren . \\·ho had prepa red a litt le \\·elcom c co ncert, a nd c<1 m e do1\ n. to us. \nth her u sual gracious ness a nd .dfect1on . Sh e s pok e to us for so me time after the concert , and asked us to pray herself . u1d _her compa ni o ns safe!\· to Ireland <1n d back aga rn. l\'hJCh \\·c m ean to do. Se\Tr<J I of our g-1rl s had _th e pnl'llege ot rece i\·ing th e n a rrow b lu f' {aspirant to Childre n of .\lar\· Sodalitv) .111d g 1C'cn nbhon fr om he r hand s. She s peiit qu it e a long time 1\'lth u s , a nd \\ e \\·e re a ll sorr\· 1\·hen she ha d to go. ·

:\ la \· 8t h. - Sadde ned by Reverend .\Iothc r ·s departure . . \\ e chee r ourselves \Yi th the hope th a t_ sh_e \I di i:1ak e a longer st<1y on her return ,1 ou1 n c ~ . \\ c na\·c plenty to occup\· ou r mind s an d _hand s, beca u se \y e . \\·ant to com e near the top 111 our Jubil ee off e ring.

Jun e 1oth .- l lome fo r mid1\·in tcr holid ays J ~]y _1.;t h . Return to sc hool, lonrr term· to

loo k fo 11\ a rd to, but kn o1\· by experi e nce it \\·ill he tll too s hort for 1\'or k to i) C d one.

J uh· 20th .- School e nterta inm ent - races p ccp-~ ho 11·s, g uess ing g ;im es, afte rn oon ' tea'. P 11ze, .111 :nded at th e end.

. A. u8. 1 oth .:--.\Iother Ph ilome na· s F east Old c_,: rb R c-u.11 1011. They spe nt \\·ha t woulci have L. c n . a ple.1 sant even mg from - to q o' ] k dan c ing. euchre. supper. but a cloud bun~ ~~e; the afte rnoon--.\L .\L Ph i_lomena \\·a s too ill to_ :ittend. G re<Jt di sa pporntme nt to th 0 1 ] G irl :;. c c

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SC' pt. 1:'t. - \\.o rking hard for th e Jubilee Bazaar. \\·hi ch is to take p lace on th e 20th of th is Jll Ollth.

Sept. ~oth .-The lon g-l ooked- fo r d ay h ;is ar-ri1·ed: grand preparations h a.Ye b ee n m ade. School looks \·ery p;ctty \\·tth Y<J nous art1 s­'ically arranged s ta ll s. All pronoun c_e the

present. \'~)U 1\·ould he s urpri sed ho\\' \\·e s tudy , practice, a nd do :i ll thrngs natural_ to Loretto girls , as tf th e \\·cather were 1ust ordin a ry, as in European countnes. Our _d <1 ily deasure m a kes up for the great hcat-;--·v1z. , ,a ; 1\·im in the ha\', in th e cool of th e e \·e111ng. \\ e haYe our O\\'n bat hin g place, quite prn·ate, on

'\\ ee t stall th e best-I pcrh<1ps fo r \\·hat it con­;a in s ). Goo d-natured r\\·alry :-i i:nong s t<Jll­holdcrs. ..\ t 2 o clock 1- :-it h er 0 13 n en, S. J., opened the bazaar. Jn hi s :;pccch he spoke beau tifulh· of Re\· crcnd .\ l othcr, and her \\·ork

our grounds. _ . . .\ l a rch 1 )th. - '\ othmg \·ery eYentful hap-

pened untii to-day, wh en th e E aster exa m s . began. :\ l a rch 2oth.-Thosc 1\'hO Jiycc\ near went

in Au st r;tlia. The af tern oo n passed all too quick]\·: :;omc ye ry di sappointed_ m·cr raffles, ot he r ,; joyfully surpri sed, cspec ialh: th e gul who \\·on the g oose ! G rc<J t attra ction to the " :\lystcriou :; Fair)' . P o nd. ' ' .\lag1c work ed h ere , and th e fa iri es from \\·nhm produced g ood :; ne \·c r thought of by the buyers.

hom e fo r Easter. .\ 1 arc h ) 1 st.-Cla sses re-commen ced \\·ork

just as if tllf' re ncYcr had bee n such a thing :,s hol ic\ aYs .

April ~qth . To - da~· is .\1. .\I. D oioth_ea·s Prof es, ion Feast, \\ hich \\ e kept . ,15 a hohd '.J-Y in s tead of her patron' s feast. _At mtcn als, di f­fe re nt se t s \Yent d0\\' 11 for a s wim, a nd th en h ad our ston-books. \Yhi ch \\·e ahYays enjoy. In the e\· enlng--"a party "-you. kn O\\' \\·hat that me an s-and instead of g1\'Jng a . conce rt ,1t night. it \\': l'; · arranged . to urpnse u s­

tlierc 1\·f'1-C mm·ing pi ctures 111 th e empty bmld­ing. \\·c did enjoy th em b eyo nd m easure. A beautifu l :'clccn on was g 1\·en, a-nd among those of the '\iaga ra l:all s \\·e recogm sed th e L~retto Co;n ·c nt. l t \\·as sh O\\·n t\\·o or_ three ti.mes . 11: ,- p:··>ented .\!. .\I. D orothea \\·1th a stnp of \·rhet pile ca rpet for the Predella rn th e chapel. \\'e fee l that Our Blessed L ord _\nll not forgot :1 11Yo ne of u s \\·hen He looks at 1t.

Sept. 22nd. - VerY busy di smantlmg school ancl re- d-xor at ing for concert, to tak e pl ace this <·\·ening. . .

Sept. 2_:;rd. - E\'<:- ry onc sa t1 sfi_cd \nth la s t night' s s uccss . Theo r\· of .\[u s1c exam_. .

'Sept. 2-hh. - Tircd afte r rece nt. d1ss1pation, but not too tired to cnJOY ou r holida\'. :\!. ':\I. Philomena kindly let u s go fo r ;i \\·alk to th e Botanical Garden :; in th e aft ernoo n. .

Back to h <1 rd \\·ork; no mo re b reak s t1 ll _· h ri s tm<J s.

Oct. 1 ~t h . l -nin' rs i\\' Fxam. of .\lu sic . Yrcmbling little mo rta ls sat oub1dc ex:1111. room ;1waiting their fa te.

Oct . c5th.-Tennis tournan~ent bern·een \ l crc \' girl s and Loretto g- 1rl s . \. JCtor\· for our \'i s: tors: \\.hat \\·ill ou r :1lar~"s .\f ount sist ers "'". ?-beate n in tennis'.

b et . 3 1st. - .\ lothcr .\lary Philomena ga\·c us ;, half-h olid a,· in h ')nou r of /dl S.trnt s. as that ~r<>at feast fall s on S:.it u •rb_\· i h1 s \·car.

°\ o\". 1oth. - .\Iore exams. in 'du s1c , H. oYa l Acad emy. 1 ~O\". qth . - Result s. Bet\\·cen Theon · a nc J'ra ctic<Jl Exam s. t\\·ent\·-;; 1x pa sses out of 1 \1·c nt1·-nine ; t\\'O of pupil s secured 1 lo.nours . .

:\ o\-. 17th. - Senior :rnd .Junior PublJC bcgm 10-cl<J Y. \\' e trust that thcll' result s 1\·ill ;:~ld to 1he Chri stma s joys of our " Alm a .\later.·

5 . .\Jc:KEOl.G H.

LORETTO CONVENT , " OSBORNE ,"

CLAREMONT , W. A.

F '.: b. ()t h . Hc-one ning d:t\' ot cc i1001. . .\ s ucua l. m:ul\' old f:tccs 1\·crc miss ing ._ :in d some

1iew ones, · told the tale of lea\'lng home fo r the first time. 1 IO\\-C\'C'r. the lonelin ess soon \1orc off . see ing so man\' qu ite at home as_ soon as th e" came tO\\·a rcls th e ;;chool-room. .\Ja ny of u s h a d no t met :; ince \\·e parted last Decem­be r . so , of course. th ere \\ere any amount inquiries as to hO\\' the hol ida,·s \\·e re cnt,

:\I a \· 1 2th. - l nte nse excit ement , as this morn­ing \\·c h ad a \·is it from dear R e\'. ':\[oth<". r ProYi ncia l. who recogni sed m a ny of us_. _\\ e 1\·c re ind eed deligh ted to see h er. She is 1u st a:' charming as c \·er. There 1s a special a tmo­='Jlherc an:rn nd her \\·h ere1·e r sh e is. l_s she not \\·nndcdul at her age to \· e nturc a tnn to ~re ­l:i nd 0 .\I. ':\J. de Sales, our former Supenor, \\:I' also h ere. and. needless to s ay, \Ye rea lly die\ gi\·c her a warm \\·elcomc. She d eYoted a li ttle tim e to all he r old children. \Yh o m ;ide quite a la rge pa rty. .\f. _.\I. Stamslaus ~· a s. the third of th e pa rtY. Sh e 1s .\l1stress of '\ ov1 ces . \\·c hope th at \\·e shall he here to sec the nun s nncc :1g:iin wh en th e,· a rc o n the return \·oyage w \ ' ictori .1 .

:\l:tY ; 1st . Theo1:Y of .\lus ic exams .. in con-1~ecti6n · \\·it h the . .\ ssoc iated Board. were h eld m-d a\· in the Srnch · Hall. :1s th ere \\·as a suffi ­,· ic· :1t · num her of c;1 nc\ i da t e~ to fo rm a centre .

.I unc. .\ I ich inte r ex:1111 :' . took pl;i cc thi s 1110 11th . J u m· 17th. - Owing to b ui lding ope rat ion s

1·ommc nc ing next month. the <1 nnu ;1 l conce rt '"'' gi\·cn this eYening. .

Ju ne 1Sth. ll omc, S\\TCt home for th e h oh-da\·,-. l

july qth. Once .more back ag ai n to sch oo. -:~tra p iano pract1~ J11g 111 p1 cpat at1on fo r the

ex:1ms . E \·e ryonc anx10us to d o h er best t~ keep up the good nam e of Loretto .. Osborne.

-et c. F eb. 7th .- Th e pupils from tic g old fi eld s_ rc-urn e:l thi'< mo rni ng . :ifter their lon g n1g- h t ourn e\· ]J,· train. an d rccc iYccl a \\·arm welcome rom :i ll. \\'arm in c\·c r\' sen:'e o_f the 1\·ord, ;is he day 1s intcn:'cly hot. lt I'< ,ummcr a t

Sept. 1Sth .- Pract ical ':\f usi c cx;ims . took pl:tc c to-da,-. The o rd eal is one that ma ny_ do not lik e to g o through. ..\11 :'nrts _ot ,u rf!1i ses ,1

,- to rc:'ult " , but, \\' C m_ust p ract1"C nanence for a fe1\ 1\·ee ks, as nothing 1nll be publi shed unt il tl1e Ex ;1m in er lca\·es th e State.

EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. Sept. 2.gh. - O ur Lady o.f :\Iercy. Th is

a fternoon t\\·o of ou r comp a nions were rece ived "Childre n of :\larv. " Their names a re Lilly K avanag h an d Thelma Lloyd. .

Sept. 2qth.-:\lus ic Exam s. in con nec ti on \nth the Uni,·ersi t ies o f Aclclaicle, Kew South \\" a les, Vi ctor ia and Oueens lancl \\·ere held here to­cla,·. All ca ncli~lates ga,·e great sati sfacti on to th e Examiner.

Oct. 16th .- Our Annu a l R et reat commen ces thi s c \·e ning; it is to he gi\'Cn by Fath er :'-le­Derm ott C.S S.R., an old fr iend or Lo retto.

Oct. 2~t h .-Camc ou t of H.etrcat thi s morn­ing. The tradition · of our ancestors- fo rmer pup ils of " Osborn e·· - \\·e re ha nd ed do\n1 by the Director, as he it \Yas \\·ho gave the first Retreat to th e " good chil d ren " of thi s Loretto in Il)02 . I t is to be hoped t hat he foun d us up to th e s tan dard tha t th ey had a tta in ed.

Oct. 25th. -Re-un ion of fo rmer pupils , or of the " Loret to Assoc ia ti o n.· ' as the bod~· is called . AU the membe rs :seemed de! ightccl to be here once more. Thi s is the seco nd meet­. ·g. .\ [any old school fri ends met afte r vear~ . A number of the gir l, arc married, and looked rtuite mat ro nly as they \\·a lk e.cl round the grounds and reh earsed many in cidents, etc., of th eir school life. Some clay many of us \Y1ll be among the members too . So ,,.c sa id , at a ll even ts. :\Iany Loretto Com·e nts arc represented in th is Western Jan el of ou rs. The follo,,·ing a re some:-Rathfarnham Abbey, D alke,· Abbe,·. St. Steph en ' s Green, George ' s Street, ~1an­chester, Gibraltar, Da rjeeling , Navan, 1\ym­phenburg, Ki lla rn ey, :Mary's Mount and Daw­son Street, in Ball a ra t, Albert P ark, P ortland, Adela id e T e rrace, and thoug h last, not leas t, our own dear " Osborne."

Novcmber. - Basket ball con test took place to-cla,·. The s id es were ,,·ell up in th eir \l·ork , The i1: respect ive colours \\·ere blue an d gold. The Blues \Yon . A great number or our fri ends came to witn ess the gam e. Afternoon tea \Y as cli spensc:l on th e ground.

NoY. 1oth .-As thi s must be r eady for th e next ma il on h · one ,,·ord more to say, that our going home in D ec em bcr \Yi ll be a quiet leav­ing Loretto, as on accou nt of th e grea t a nd many expenses a ttached to t he new wmg . we as ked :'IL :'IL Dorothea not to gl\·e us any pnzes thi s , ear but to let the mone,· that ,,.otdcl be spent ~n them be clevorccl to_ tl1 9, building . .,

Aga in , one ,,·o rd more. I t is g oocJ-b,·c . ,,·ith the ,,·ish fo r all Loretto gi rl s . that \\·her­e\·er our li n:•s m;1 ,· be spen t , IH' ma,- Ji,·e up to and put into pr;tct icc the teachings of tho se ''hose aim is to form a ll on that grand m odel -" Our L:id,· of Loret to .. ,

. ..A l\"ESTHALIAX. , .

CENTRAL CATHOLIC TRAINING COL­LEGE, LORETO CONVENT, ALBERT

PARK.

Kew an d :\l a lvern; \\·est to Brun s \Yick and Korth :\l elbourn e- a nd , indeed, to a ll points of th e compa ss as th e year goes on.

:\larch i 1th. --The first Cri ticism L esson of th e year. After much preli m inary trep ida tion, a ll passed off well. 11·e beg in to think, how ­ever th at teaching is !lOt so simple as it J ook~d 1\·hcn \Y e '' ere obsc1Ting Demons tration L essons.

:\I arch 1 5th .- 11·e \\"ere pr ivi leged to sec th e St. Patric k"s Day process ion, and greatly· en­joyed it . Th is procession is sa id to ha \·c been the fine st e\·er see n in :\Ielbou rn e ; so Jt \Yas a spec ia lly grea t treat for those of us \\·ho came from the co untn-.

:\ I arch 1 qth._:Thc ce rcmun ies of Hol y· 11·ce k bega n in th e Cathedral, a nd \\"e , fort un ately, \\·e re abl e to be prese nt a t them ;i ll the \\·eek.

:\larch 23th.-Lcctures \\·ere resumed this morning. I n th t a ftern oon His Grace , The i\l ost Rncrencl Dr. l\ l;rnn i~ , an d Hi s Lord ship, l\lost Re,·e rend Dr. Higgin ", vi s ited the Co nvent.

:\larch ) 1 st. - \\·e bega n our proicssiona l \Y or k in earn es·t . each of us being a ll otted to a cer­tain cb ss fo r :t \Yh ole \Yeck· s t eachi ng practi ce.

April 7th . - 1\·c rejo iced to \relcome Reverend \l at her Pro,·incia l ;incl :\f. :\L de Sa les, an d ,,· is h the,· \\Cre maki ng a long s tay.

April ·12 th. - Thc day sc ho l;1rs inv ited us all to afternoon tea, \\·hen ,,.e spent a mo s t enj oy­<cb\c afternoon.

Apri l 3oth.-Th c First T abl e en terta in ed th e others at an evemn g pa rty ; music an d hg·ht re­fre shments

:\lav i st.-;\l ay Da,· a nd Ascens ion Thursdav. 11 ·~ 11acl Exposition ·of the Blessed Sacrameiit

a ll clav. In th e morn ing· th e stud en ts \\·en t to the rooms of th e Government E ntomologi st. :\Ir. French m ade our vis it in structive as \\ Cl! a s in teresting, dern ting the \\hol e mo rnin g to us. In the C\·cn ing \1· c had a part,· in h onour of the seve nth " bi rthcl av " of the T .C.

:\Ja,· 7t h. - Our Process ion in honour of St. :\ l ichael ,,·as ,·en- devoti onal.

:\Ia,· 1oth. - T l1c T enn is Tournament began. :\Ja\· 12th. - The first T erm inal Examinations,

1\·hicl-i mean so mu ch fo r Regi st ration Candi­dates, bega n to-clay.

:\Iav r5t h. - The prizes \Yere award ed to suc­cessfl1l pl a,·e rs in the T ennis T ou rnament, Miss H. Bell cai-ry in g off the champi onshi p.

'.\f ay i6th .-H omc, S\YCet hom e. Our first term \·acat ion.

Ju ne 2n d. - All too soo n Yacation is en ded, and here \Ye are all ready for \\·ork . Such exc item ent prc ,·a ils around th e not ice-board . " \\"hat class ha,·c I ?., "Oh !- -Ah! " " For th ree weeks ~ . ,

Ju ne ::; rd. - A bu sy d a ~· in th e stud~-. Sylla­buses of \York; lis t s of lessons , log-books, cla ss-books in everyone's han ds. And the visits to the office fo r " info rmation!"

] un e 1 Sth. -Herr Goll ga,·e us a .t reat in the recept ion room, p laying for u s for O\·er an hour. F eb . 11th.- The Coll ege r eopen ed \\·ith about

thirty students , the majorit,· of \\·horn \\·e re n ew.

F eb. 26th .- The first to the outside schools . a nd see th a t ,,.e are to

of our visits was m ade \\"e loo k ciO\\·n the li st

t ra ,·cl e:is t to Fairfield.

Ju ne 23rd.-After our h a rd \\"O rk of the last three \\·eeks \Ye rejoi ced in a free clay . We celebrated the occas ion rby a concert in th e even­ing. ,,·hen ou r old friend , Mrs. Wi ggs, an d her fa mily entertain ed u , .

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June 27th .-A scholastic day . His Grace, The \lost Reverend Dr. Carr, Dean '.\IcCarthy, Prior Kindelan, Fr. Collins, :\fr. Bowditch, Mr. Slattery and some other gentlemen s pent the morning in the College. They vis ited the School, saw a Criticism Lesson, watched the s tud ents at manual \\Ork , and th e Kindergart­ners a t th eir occupations.

] uly 7th .- -Professor Tucker lectured on " The Future of Poetrv · · before th e Pa st P upil s ' Association, and -we highly appreciated the privilege of being present.

July ioth.-A la rge party of u s \Yent to the Auditor_ium to hear H err Goll again . It \\·a s a delightful evening.

July 1qth .- '.\lr. Benjamin Hoare ,·ery kindly gave us an afternoon of recitation- \\·hi ch m ade u s ask for more. \\"e hope that he \\·ill come again, and give u s a Shakespeare afternoon. To-da~· 1Ye elec ted the College Councillors­'lli ss 1. Jon es, Head of th e Colleg·e , with l\[i sses 'llcPhce, Clearv and Dohe rtv as Councillors.

July 2-tth. - 'i fr. Bo\\·ditch -l ectured on Cardi­nal Ne\\·m a n before th e :'\e\\·man Soc iety , and th e majority of u s 1Yere th ere.

Augu,;t 15th .--\\"e celebrated :\I. :'II. Barbara·s jubilee in a quiet \\"av on thi s glorious Feast. t' he Armin Literarv Club had a mos t success­

ful evening-" Olcf Tales o.f the East. " The colouring , dressing, an d a rrangem ent contri­buted mu ch to th e success .

Augu st 1Gth .. - Being the F east of St. Roch we had !\lass a t eight o ' cloc k, and so secured both :\lass a nd a long sleep.

Augu st 2-tth .- Th e Second Table entertained the College , 1Yith a good guess ing game, a littl e mu sic an d light refreshments . in the S enior school.

August 25th.-Second T erm \\"rittcn Exam inations began.

Augu st 2qth.- Hom e for 2nd Vacation'. Sept. 16th.-The Vacation ended. Rumours

of Crit icism Lesson s and R etreat mingle. Lat­t er seem s onh· rumour.

Sept. 26th. _:_Third Table entertain th e Col Jeg e at a ()u otati o n E1·ening , \\·hi ch passed off Yerv successfullv.

Sept. 28th .-\\"e go into R etreat to-night , a ftn St. :\ [ ichael ' s Process ion , and th e Hoh· Angels 11-ill guard our coming out. Father j. RYan. S.J .. is to co ndu ct the exerci ses.

Oct. 2nd .- " It \\·as a real R etreat'. " cried a youthful en thu s iast. 1·o icing the se ntim ents of all.

Oct. 18th .---The second Councill or (:'lliss '.\I. .\lcPhee) had a birthcla,- to-cl ay, and a concert 11·a s organi sed in \\·hi ch her exploits \\·ere cele­brated in so ng a nd ,-erse . A pa rty of us \\·ent to th e matin ee for school s of King Henr\' V. It 11·as a re1·elati on of Sha kespeare to most of ·us.

Oct. 25th .- Armed with hammers we set off to Studley Park on a nature study excursion. :'llr. James \\·as in charge, and we learned a ;; reat deal about the rocks and g eological st ruc­ture oi the di strict.

Kov. 1st. - Excursion to Heyington-geologi­cal , g eographical and botanical.

:'\ ov. 6th.-Those of us 11·ho hea rd John 'll cCormack to-night could find no adequate 1rnrds to describe his singing to the rest . It 11·a s something ne\·er to be forgotten.

:\ 01·. 8th.-Excursion to Fairfield. This time 11·e go a rm ed with pond-nets and billy ; but there is so much to be seen that only a small proportio:1 of time goes in fishing.

~m-. 12th- qth.-Great flutter in Retristra­tion Circles . Practical examinations going on tor three d ;iys .

'.\ov. qth.-The r esults ;ere knO\Yn-eighteen pa~scd freely a nd one provis ion ally. \\"e are glad and thankful for such fine results. So far on h· o ne seco nd vear s tudent h as been f" xamin ed. but 11·e co ngra tulat e her , too- ?diss Be~s i e o·su!livan, of Bruns1\·ick.

:'\m·. 15th.- The Feas t of St. Gert rude be ing th e birthday of th e head of the Coll eg e for this Yea r. :'lliss T. Jon es, \\·e celebrated it b,- deco­rating h er place thi s morning- , but \Y e. a re to

c a party to-morrow evening in honou1 of th e event. The Nature s tudents set out for :\laribyrnong a t S.30 a. m., and only returned a t 2 p.m.

:'\ov. l{)th.-The F ea5• of St. Elizabeth is to be a free da y, but Diploma students \1·ill hardly avail th em 3eh·es of it , as th eir examinations

· begin on "'.\iov ember :qth.

>.'ov 22nd 1Yill be th e las t excursion dav for thi s year. \\'e 01ye '.\Ir. J ames many thank.s for hi s kindn ess a nd hi s enthusiasm.

:\ov. 25th 1•; ill be the la st day for Rev. Fr. T. O"D11· ~· e r ·s lectures. \\'e th a nk him cordially fo r a ll the help he h as given us , and for sacri­fic ing to u s so much ot his busy time.

From now until the vacation begins, we shall ha1·e examinations on all sides. - · ay s uccess attend us all !

· h this year many of us lay aside "the t · s of a child," and the next will sec us takin,., ur place as women in the world, keeping souls for Christ in the Cafh olic schools.

\Iav it be ours" to shine as s tars for all e ternfty "!

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Though lreland. the home-Lind of so manv of our .'.\un s. ;ts 11·ell as of the maiorit1· of ou r zealous ba11d of Bis hop., and Priests. c:rn scarcely come unde r lh e heading of a fo reign land . . 1H' must here make grateful mention ot clear :,lather Provincial' s ki!1clly thoug-ht for our school magazine in sending us a pamphle t conr;1 ining an article en titled, "Corpus Chri,;ti Process ion :it Loretto Ahbe1· . . Rarhfarnham. · \\"e feel that" Rathfarnham,·'-as \l"e fami liarh· style it - is our Abbey. be ing the Hea d Hou se of th e Iri s h Branch of the Institute. from 11·hich :,ran-· s :'d aunt 11·as founded, and so 1\"ere truh· rnterested in thi s article-a reprodu ction o.t 11-hich 11·01ild h a 1·e appe:irecl in our pages had It not alr!:':icly bee t' published in a Catholic 1\"eekly. Our :,Jother's mindfu ln ess 11·as highh· appreciated. as 11·as a lso the Americtn Schoo l :,[agazin e ;; he sent us, "Chim es ... tn 1rhich. particularh-. those of us 11·ho le:-t1·e "for good" this year, ha1·e noted the means b1· 11·hi ch past pupil s in 11~diana keep in tou ch 11ith their Alma l\Iater. "Chime>" is apparenth· a stron l!· bond; our .. Blossoms .. must do rheir part in uniting us in spirit by the s1,·eet fragrance of their past mei;nories. present interttS ts a nd future expectations.

We congratulate our Iri sh Sisters on their excellent record in the Intermediate Results , Loretto College, St. Stephen 's Green, Dublin, heads the li st of successes in Ireland, with a grand total of thirty-one distinctions. No less than six medals have been 1rnn by senior grade candid ates, 11·h il e the~· secured t\\·o exhibition s in the same grade, three in the :\Jiddle and fi1·e in th e Junior Grade. Loretto Co111·ent, \\"ex­ford, takes fourth place, \\·ith a total of sixteen distinctions. It has a fine record, \\·ith six exhibitions distr ibuted 01·er all th e grades.

It 1Yas \\"ith gl01Ying fee li ngs of s is te rly pride 1ye perused t he pages of " Palm Leaves . .. and " The ::\iagara Rainbow, " and tender s incere congratul:ttions to all members and pupil s of th e In st itute of the Blessed \·irgin :,f;in· in In ­clia, in h ;l\'ing their ne1dy -inagurated Training College so soon affiliated to the Calcutta l'lll· 1-ers it1·; 11·hile 11·e se nd equally heartfelt con· gratulation s to our Americ:in s iste rs on th e magnifi cent day school they ha1·e erected in Toronto.

In an August iss ue of the " Tablet ... 11·e note that in addre ss ing the children ot St. :,ran·· s Com·ent, Hamp stead , lli s Eminence. Ca rdii1al Bourne. spo ke of the pl easure it afforded him to come among those 11ho bad th e pri1·ilege of be ing und er the .traini11g of the Sisters of the In st itu te of the Blessed \'irgin :\far1· . " ·hose fo undress, :,Iary \\.a rc!, had been the pioneer in the 11·ork of con ,·ent educa­tion. l ' nd e r the c ircumstances of the Church and the times, this great \\"O rk 11·otdd not hal'e been begun but for her. His Eminence said that it had been hi s experience 11·hen s peaking of the hi sto n- of educat ional 11·or k, to find that 1·er1· little \\·a s kn01n1 e1·e n m com·ents of the great pan plaYecl therein ·o" !\Jary \\ 'a rd. ·

A former pupil, 11011 res ident in Hon .\.:· K ong, a<.;ks for ne1rs of th e Abbey , and se nd s us a magazine in 1Yhich a ppears her interesting· paper on '·The lntluence of Catholic \\.omen irt Hi sto ry.·· Ethel \\·ill rejo ice to kno,1· th at ;; h e i,- not fo rgotten. \\ ._e pra1· e1·e ry d a,· for all pa st pupil> an d a lonng heart memory of each ' " kept b1· the :\uns who kn e\\· th em. :\ear th e C hurch door is a Binhda1· Calendar Board. Let no one be alarmed, hoi1·e 1·er. lh office IS fulfilled 11·he n as a mentor it reminds us ot each one·s birthday as it occu1s, but it hears 11 0 indi cat ion a' to the number of predecesso rs '.

Hilda Carney-(\Lr,.;, Tom Hogan )- 11Tites from her \'irgini an home . and desc ribe s Nor­folk as a t1·picallY Southern to11·n .. that pl:l\·s lwp ;;cotch 11ith itself O\'er a 11·inding ri1·er. It is quite a sma ll \'en ice, for there is 11·ater e1·en·-11·here the J ames Ri1·er on one side, the Elizit­bet h on the other, 11·ith the creek bi sect ing tt. a nd Ches:tpea ke Ba-; 11·ithin a little di s tan ce. Th e re are beautiful pin e 11·oocls, farm lands and cornfields e1·en·11·here clo se to the to11·11. and rn the trees near ·our 11·indo11·s moc,1.:ing birds and reel birds sing... Ho11· littl e Hilda th ought at the la;t Jubilee that s he 1\'ould be se ndtng Diamond Jubilee 11 is hes from the " Old Dominion.'''.

Flo. and Irene Thompson tell us in one of their letters of a motor trip through l':ngl;rnct and Wa les, when " 1\'e used to do one hundred miles a day, starting at 10._)<J a .m., for a \\·hol e m onth , during 11·hich we -e njoyed superb "·eather, and only u sed the hood t\\·ice during the tour! We lunched each da\' b1· the road­s ide. near a trout stream occasio11ally ; othe1· times under the s preading oaks. " They spea k of their d elight in rambling through the s pac ious grounds enclosing th e far-tamed ruin s of Fountain s Abbe,-.

:\aomi Bell' s lette rs h a1-e bee n as entertain­ing :is e1·e r. She is spending a truly pleasant and ectucati1·e sojou rn abroad, s uffici ent!~· long to a ll o11· her to profit ot its advantages. \\"e plead on ly 11·a nt of ~pace as excuse for not quoting large !~ - from her notes, as 11·e did last 1·ear . to the great sa ti sfact ion of our reader s . as tes t1ti ecl in the Ladies· L ette r of "Th.:· Ad1·oc;1te. · ln one of thi s \'ea r's letters she co nhrms ou r belief that he.r hea rt' s in ' th' highlands,., as s he says: " Gi1·e me the H ighlancl s , thick 1rith purple hea ther. 11·ith the ne1·er-encling ranges, breathing the 1·er,· atmo­sp here ot romance... In· a s imilar outburst of ent hu s ia sm s he determined to pick up the fir s t object s he could from Iri s h so il. lmagin e it: The first tangible article chanced to be ;\ ha ndful of s tra"1· 11hich had ju st fallen from a ca n :

\\ 'e ha1·e ca refull~- put aside these interest ing notes tor some future occasio n , as \\·e 1\"ert> like 11·ise torcecl to do " ·ith the poetica l contri­bution of Elsa :\farshall -Hall, 1Yho deri1·es he r inspiration from the pages of Irish hi5tory.

An exch;mge of postcards bet11·een Au str.a -1 ians and pupil s of ,·a riou s houses of th e Ins ti­tutie the world m·er has 11011· been establi shed

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on a hrm tooting. Se1·e ra l girls ha\'e regular correspondents- a pupil of Loretto, Simla; a Sicilian maiden , l\larietta , 11·ho wrote first. from the I<oman House; and an Italian maid u school in our Con1·e nt, \·i ce nza, di stingui s h ed themseh·es b\' th e ir fid elity.

No one ca i1 sav that pupils of the In stitute have not an "es1iri"t de co rps, .. 11·hen she reads thl' a ns\\·ers se nt so g e ne rous ly to our request for national h eroes and heroin es. Communit\' of th ought is a strong bond , and in se1·eral in­stances these ans;yers en tailed mu ch incon ­ve nience;:, as in Spain, 11·here , s_ince the pup11s were absent on ,·acat1on. th e :\un s \\"rote and secured ans11·ers from them , so as not t.:.i di sappoint us. l\fanchester is another case in point ; and as for Buchares t. the Supenor so simply states her difficulty: .. l am. 1·e ry sorry it is on h · no\\· I am sendmg thes e ltttle essays from ou.r pupils . Lately, mobili sat ion and an outbreak of cholera h a1·e scarcely left us breathing space; yet \\·e do not 11·is h to be ungrateful, s ince the Good God ha s an'rted the threatened scourge ot 11·ar. 1 hope· wc ;,re not too late. ' ·

\Ve 11-cre 11·onclerfully impressed b1· thC' care taken in the composit ions of our H\lngarian co rrespo nde nts. .

Now ir e shall a ll ow the repre sen tatn·e s to spea k for themselves, s in ce in th e interests of space 11·e had to limit the number of our cor­res pond e nt s . Place of honour 11·e must g11·e to Loretto Abbe1·. Gorey , Irela nd. 11·here our ·Mother Pro,·in ci.al began her religious li fe. T\\·o voung enthusiasts \\TOte to us, and as befits· <111 Iri sh colleen. Ethel Prendergast's choice of her hero falls on th e high-minded. pure-hearted young patriot. Ro_bert E_mmet. Ethel notl's many rntere s t111g detatl s of his lifr. diYelling particula rly on th e bl end111g· of romance and tragedy "·h1ch marked the clos­ing da\'S of his career. She refers to her hero ' s last request that no monument should be erected nor an1· epitaph 11·ritten until hi s well -lo1·cd l reland \\"as free among the nations. Can it he that the time for des igning that monumen t and conceiYing that epitaph is at hand. Ethel'

Anni e :\lurphy clra11·s especial attention to the attractive pe rsonality of her hero, Lord F.chrard Fitzge rald. the genero_us , 11·arm-heartecl patriot , 11·hose memory is embalmed 111 a nation 's tears.

Busv :,[anchester is next to come before us. Thi s vea r' s celebration of the David Living­stone ·cente nary has determined th e choice of rn·o l itt le Engli sh maids. ll"ho smg the ex­plorer 's praises. and declare ".he may well be anyone 's hero," because of hi s braYe , un sel­fish s pirit.

Katie Leidig fixes on Nelson , " because he 11·as a grea t soldier, and one of England 's bravest sailors." An anonymous contributor tells us that Alfred the Great towers far above all the Saxon kings, and being the possessor of all noble qualities has accorded him first place in her catalogue of heroes. A little Spanish pupil of our Manchester House, P aca Rivas, shows us that her patriotic spirit has suffered no .diminution by her transportation to English -soil, when she says that the man wh om most

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of all she admires is :,1iguel Ce l"\' a ntes, the darling ot all Spanish hearts.

L ea ving our home-lands to come to - our foreign s isters, we feel justified in allotting more space to their cantributions, s in ce their heroes, for the most part , are less 1Yiclely kno11·n.

The daughters of H eroi c Spain-land of heroes- ha1·e indeed a 11·id e ra nge. True to the national ideal of heroi sm, 11·hich must include lo\·alt1-, patriotism and Christian charit1-, :\l. Louisa Hidalgo names as he r hero Don 1\Iton so Perez de Guzman, a second Abraham, 11·ho in his d efe nce of Tarifa against th e :\Ioors, sacri­ficed hi s 01\"n so n rather than betray hi s trust. The chil d 11·a s in charge of th e trai'torous bro­ther of King Sancho th e Brave. Thi s 11Tetched man sold himself to the :,Ioorish Sultan, and used t he bo1· as a mean s to tn· his father ' s fidelity, for it proclamation 1\" ent forth that if the c it1· 11·ere not imm ed iateh· deJi,·e recl into the hai1cl s of th e :,roors this· child 11·ottld be s lain. Guzman nobh· ans1\·erccl that had he fi1·e sons they would ·all peri sh rather than he betra\· hi s countn-. " He 11·as made Duke of :\led ina Sidonia, the home of m1· ancestors and my prcsent res id ence, and boi·e th e title of 'e l Bueno· (the Good) on account of hi s great charin· to the poor. Ge nerositv is the distin c ­ti1·e characteristic of thi s family. :\ly graml· mother often tell s u s sto ries of him; how once 11·he n a s te11·ard remar ked to him that he had too man)· se n·ants, he :ins11·ered , ' Let them stal'. I ha \·e no need of them, but they ha1·e need of m e.· Hi s palace no longer stands , but the glorious deeds of thi s truly noble Spaniard 11ill live fore1·er in the m emo ry of his people. He is ce rtainh· m1· na tional hero." Our readers 11·ill agree 11·ii h the 1niter, in pronouncing the hero ic Guzman tru h · 11·orthv of the name .

The heroes and· hero ine selected b1· our ot her t\\'o corre spondents are more \yidelv kno11 n , so 1Ye shall not quote so fully. Elena Barreda 1nites: " I do not kno1\' 11·Jl\· I feel a spec ial affection for Hernan Cortez, for I und e rstand there ha1·e li\·ed many other great men 11·ho ha Ye g lor ifi ed Spain by their \\·on der­fu l poliC1· and admirable 11·orks." She then tell s u s of the courage of Cortez, of the s incere religious feeling 11·hich an imated him, of hi s success in es tablishing· monuments of the Christian religion on the ,·ery spots wh ere the mo st awful human sacrifices had been offered. The magn animity, fortitude, an d charity . of Cortez a re d1Yelt upon, and then comes the personal note, giving special interes t to her selection: " On his return to Spain, Cortez lived and di ed in the palace which is now the Convent of our Nuns- Castilleja d e la Cuesta . ..

In this connection it mav be well to observe that the recent disco1·eries of historic docu­ments haYe done much to clear the memorv of many a Spanish conqueror. ·

!\1. Julia Barreda ,,·rites on "the Catholic King and Queen,'' Ferdinand and Isabella. "Of all the great people in Spanish hi story, T find none so noble as Ferdinando and Isobel. th e Catholic King and Queen. I have a special sympathy for them, though I am very patriotic, and like all the kings who ever reigned in

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Spain. " In enthusiastic \\·ords she recou.nts the 11·o rk s of Isobel, d1splay lllg for our admHa­tion her many noble qualities, h er natural dig­nity, her firmnes s,_ and her ferve nt p iety. F er­dinando also receives his due m eed of pr:use. lt 11·ill rejoice our correspondent to learn tbat Isobel is d ear to many a young Australian, who behold s in he r an ideal type of noble \\'omanhood.

The note of n ati onalitv is imm ediately and mark edly struck ·by ou·r Hungari a n s is ters, pupil s of the In st itute of the Blessed \"irgin '\Ian· Buda-Pesth. in their selec tion of three ~ai nt~ and three ll'arriors tram the ro ll ot Hun ­gar)" s heroes: The choice of Borhel): Edith, fa llin g on Attila. s ho11·s u s ho11· many- sided :ue v ie11·s of historic cha rac ter, and explain s th e fact that he is th e h ero of many an old -time talc po rtraying on ly good qu a li t ies . 11 hi le \\'C

th ink of him as the "Scour.ire of God. ' She te ll s us of his ambition to emu late the Romans", .and in form s us th:tt .. he surpasses them.,: .as king for the hand of Honori;i, s ister of Valentian , a nd modestly requ esting half the Empire as h er dower ! The march of im·a sion 11·hich 11·as Attila' s reta li ation for the Emperor's refu sa l te rminated at the gates of Rom e. which c itv 1\'as spared onl1· at th e pra)·er of the then re ig-ning Pope, Saint Leo. After rccountmg the great e1·ents in the life of her hero, our correspondent tells u s of hi s 11·a rm-hearted g enerosit)· to all who took refug e rn his domi 11 ions. a nd that afte r hi s death Ill .15 3 A.D ., " hi s rem ain s 11ere e nclosed in thre e coffin s and buri ed in th e ri1·e r Ti sza, so that no huma n being should 1\'alk 01·er th e remains of the b eloved and honoured king of the H.un s ." Our little H ungar ia n 's admiration for her h ero is iust ifi ed b1· the fa ct that Attila. the E tzel of leg.endary lore, is a f; n ·ourite hero in ea rl\' German litera tu re .

The re is a ring of triumph in the account :f her hero ... a great. bra1·e and strong man. Ni cholau s Zri1wi . giYe n bv Gu ;zti Bangh;1. He ll'as the son ·of that 1-fu ngary 11·hose tas k laY in protecti ng th e Ch rist ian nat ions from the Turk s . and \\·hen in 1566 A.D. Sulejman for the seventh t ime i111·aded th at la nd . )iicholaus 1\·as cha rged 1Yith a small fort ress b,- 11·h ich th e Turks mu st needs pass. Fiftee n assa ults 1\·ere made on thi s one fortrf'ss, but at b s t th e inner portion ot the building too k fire, an d Nichol au ~ and hi s men fo und it imposs ible to rem a in within their fort. "Attiring th em selves in s ilk a nd nh·et. a nd filling th e ir pockets 11·ith gold. thev sallied forth to s ho11· the Turks ho11· no bl·: Hungarian s co uld die... In the de sperate struggl e for life a nd death 11·hi ch en su ed. 7.rim·i was wound ed in one leg, but co ntinued to fight on hi s knees t ill hi s death: but Su leim an 11·as kill ed, and the br;n·ery of this deeph: r e l igiou~ ire neral sa,·ecl Hunga ry from thi ,; terrible en emv.

'\Iarg it K ampi s extol '< King '\Iath ias Hu nyad i ---surn amed "th e J u st, · ·-1Yh o reign ed in the fifteenth centurv. and orga ni sed th e famou s " Black Army," \\·ho, solemnl y cla.d in their ~abl e uniforms, g a ined man y a 1' ictory over the Turk s . His court at Buda-P esth \\·as mag­nificent : h e encou raged learning, fa1·oured th~ classical stud ies of th e R enai ssa nce . but his

greates t g lory 11·as his noble sense of just ice 11·hich so endeared him to his people.

The ro le of icl e;i l heroin e is acco rded by Danica Rado savlj evic to Saint '\larga ret, daughter of King Bela lV., who despis ing both rank ;ind riches, re tired into the solitude of the clo ister to devote herself 11·holh· to God. After a life ot heroic sanctit)", '\Iargaret died a r th e age of t1\·e nt)·- nine , on the is lancl ll'hich bears h er name. :rn d where the ruin s of her co nve nt m a1· s till be seen.

'\Lary Bergman 's hero is th e fir s t King of llungary, th e great Saint Stephe n, 11·ith whose deeds Church h iston· mak es u s famil iar. \\'e ,;hare .\lar~"s admiration for this truly grand king. and ca n quite understand that " he 11·iil ne1·er be fo rgotte n 11·hile a Hun g a ria n hea rt beats.· ·

St. Elizabeth of Hu11garl' is the 101·ed hero in e of '\Ian· Trautmann, and .\lary 11·ill rejo ice to kn o1\' th:1t' th e dPar 'a in t is 11·e ll kno11·n to u s , and in gra titude for a f; 11·our rece ived, her ,; tatu c s tand s in a ni <:-h e 01-c r our Sacri s tv door . whil e another bea utiful st:\tue occupies ;111 important pos ition ;n our Cloister , in mem un · of a lin ea l desce ndant of thi s dear saint ....:t he young Countess Elizabeth \\'olff ~t e tterni ch !H .. l.P .J. ll'ho li1·cd and studi ed in our Abbe,- in 18()8 . The Counte;s di ed a t se;i in 189q, but is e1·er gratefully and lo1·ing·lv remembe recr by her m a m· fri end s at .\fary ' s .\Iount. '\Ian· 11·ill no11· und erstan d that di stant Balla rat feels· particularly bound to honour her clear sa int of Hungary.

The very interesting papers from Roumania. no11· so promin ent in hi story, g i1·e us cl ea r in­dication s of nat ional temperament: and we sy mpathi se ll'ith Co nst an ce Bo rcescu in her cho ice o f OltC'a, a s ideal heroine. O ne in cide nt c ited might indeed haYe been ta ken from th <' life of a Spart:1n m ;uron of old. though it s hin es fo rth in th e a nn als of Roum:inian hi s­tnrv as one of th e mam· noble deeds of this true Chri stian 11·oma u.: J One night during th e Turki sh \\' ars. Oltea he;ird a loud knocking at he r :lll cC' st ral cas tl e. I !er 1·o ice rang out : ' \\'hat is tl11· 11·is h . s trangC' r ' For thou a rt not ri11· "on StC'ph cn. 11·ho is bra1·el)· fighting­:1tpin st th e Turki sh fo e. But if thou be reall v n~y so n. my Stqihcn, return to the fie ld , die fo r ,-our co untr,-. and 1·our g ra1·e s ha ll be tfo11·e r-s t rc1\'n ~.. Thi s nobl e 11·om:rn ta kes ber 't;ln d in the roll of Roumani an h eroines as the tru e s tamp of :1 p;1tnoti<:- m:uru11 .

Const;rncC' Popescu mak es Co nsta ntin Bran ,· 01·:111, 11·ho figured so prominenth· in th e long­dr:1w11 -ou t 'duss ulman 11·ars, her hero, and de­'.· lare,; t hat he r pen is utterly poll' e rl ess to do ju st ice to th e gra nd eur of thi s nob le cha racter. 11·ho ahC'r being caiJtured by th e Turks . s tood l;:>ld h· fo rth lik e the '\Ioth er of the '\Iachabccs to ,;('(. C';irh o f hi s three so ns fa ll dead a t hi s fC'ct rat her than deny their Chri s ti a n faith. . .\ t each Lita! b lo11 he ·uttered hi s " Fiat ," and 1,h en hi s 01~· n turn came, died sa,·ing, " .\Lav 1·ou be conv 111 ced Constantin Bran co1·an dies <l t rue Ch ri s tian~ .,

A 11·a rri or he ro, too . is th e cho ice of \"al en­tin e Ch i1·u lescu. '\Iichel-le-Bra1·e , tl1 e "god of 11·ar,'' 1Yhose military exploit s con solidated ~1 united Roum a ni a in defian ce of th e Turks .

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tut she reminds u s, to.O, th at he proved him­se lf the · ' god of d eat h ," in sac rifi c ing a 11·hole generat io n to rea li se his glorious dream, 11·hicn ,; he declares " is s till our na t ional idea l.··

And now we turn to th e n;iti o nal songs ters v.·ho are cho se n b y th ree of our contributors . ).fari e Sac l1 elaric tel ls u s th at " so long as Roumania exi s ts , th e name ot Bas il Al exan der Y<ill be t rad itionalh· hand ed cl01rn as th e in ­carna tion of the sp.irited genius of Rouman ian poet ry.·· \\ 'e ll may 'l lari c·s na ti ve land cl ing to its t radition s si nce s uc h a bard 11·ho, in h is you t h , sun g of th e g lories of hi s a ncest or s , cou ld in hi s mature old age, s ing no less spir it ed ! ~ · of t he nob le deeds of hi s so ns .

Alcxa ndr ine N egulic i 1nitcs: " Do you 1rnn­d e r why l , a young girl , choose the philosophic pess imi s tic po et, 'I I icha cl Emin escu, as my hero? He b elongs to that cla ss of poets who , involuntari ly arouse our sympathy. s in ce in his mela ncholy there is no affect:lti on ; hut he <S dominated ];~· i burning id ealism of the past and a glow ing _ihantasy fo r th e future. " Hi, a ll -pe rvading thoug ;H 1Yas, " \\ 'hat do I not "·i s h th ee. s 11·eet Roum'1.n ia '. ..

1-1 e le ne Serar escu decla res : " lt is not in th e r;u1k s of Roum a n ian poets, ;; c'r :tmo ng the ru le rs of the g lori ou s nast, th '1 t 1 sre k m1· id eal; but th e hero in e of my quiet childhood' s dream s s ti li figu res as the shi n ing model for every class an d cond it ion of our peo ple. in the p e rso r~ of Carmen Sylva , the cha rming poetess and s tates 11·oma n , the loved a ng-cl of the b:1ttl e­fiC' ld. a nd the all ev iator of a!C t it (· suffering ... Helene enthus ias tica lh· exclai ms. " Oh, JT1av rhf' rays of your noble virtu es so inspire ,·ou-r

SL:bj ects that the d a ughters ot R ouma ni a m a y f1rm· c worthy of their roval mist ress."

\Vho 11·i!l not believe that the na tion al spirit of thi s kingdom is s ti ll live 1rhen Roum a nia ' s daughter s are such enthusi ast ic and ardent young patriots ?

j ust as we 11·e re going to print, 11·c received a tru lv beautiful essay from our famous con­vent <i t Nymphenbu rg·, near !llunich. \\' e can m e re ly note this charmi..ng paper in thi ' iss ue, mu ch a s 11·c regret that space forbids a repro­du ct ion of its e legant German-just as tha t of the Roumani an, French an d German papers­but <n so m e less cro1Yded numbe r of o ur rragazine 1~c hope to do them justi ce. Lina I-Lacker ' s choice of Theodor Korn er '· the precious •b ranch of the laurel -1neath ~f Ger man~·, " is a n express ion of he r a rdent admira ­tion for t hi s patriot-poet of the cause of Free­dom. The 11·o nd ed ul esteem in 11·hi ch he lives and \\·ill li ve in :i.ll German he:l.rts is due not on !)· to h i<; lyr ics, aflam e ll'ith patrioti c fe r rnur. but a lso to the bright attract ion o f the chee rful. self -denying personal ity of him, 11·ho, though he fell on the battlefi eld at the age ot t11·en n--t11·0 , 11-ill be ever revered b1· those 1rho ea rn: · 11·ithin them love of God :ind countn-. 11·ho. admire self- sacrifice and loyalty , a11d th erefore account Theodor K orner 1rnrthv of the title of " he ro, " " :is one 11·ho gi1·es · th e best that is in him in a grand cause .. ,

And no11· 11·e co nclud e our catalogue of heroes . until. 11·h C' n Am erica , Afri e<1 ancl 'IIau ­rit ius ha 1·e been laid under contribution. 11·e s hall compl ete our " all -red route ., of the grand. ali -1rnrld h eroes .

[Returning homewards passing th rough Melbourne we nole th e progress of the Loretto Past Pupi ls' Free Kindergarten ancl congratulate our Old Girls on their devoled ness to this great work. On reaching Ba llarat we continue the chron icles of the Loretto Convents in the Golden Ci ty .]

- -- .... ....-..-... -A Welcome to His Grace, The Coadjutor Archbishop.

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As half in s hade an d half in sun , Thi s 11·orld along its path advan ces,

May th a t s ide the sun ' s upon Be a ll that e ' e r shall m eet th y g la nces '.

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~o did we preface our programme and

such was the tone of the lit tle en­tertainment bv which, on the even-

ing of September r Sth, we endeavo_ure d to extend to His Grace, the Coadjutor Archbishop , a warm a nd sincer·e welcome to Yfary's Mount !

In compliance with a pre,·iously <:x­pressed wish on the part of our kmd Bishop we repeated the enter tamment lately 'prepared for His Lordship, Most Reverend Dr. Shiel, though it was under grave disadvantages, since a number of the then-performers had not yet returned from the vacation, and their parts had to be hurriedly supplied for in the few days immediately preceding this evening.

Nevertheless, we repeated the forme.r programme in its entirety, with an add1-

tional orches tral number- Gillett's "Coeur Brise ," and an extra choru s from our Juniors- " The Bell Bird," s ince their ren­dering of "The Kookooburra" was so suc­cessful.

We were th en truly g ratified when at the close of the evening His Grace spoke so appreciatively of our endeavours- and while praising so highly the musical repu­tation of Rathfarnham, Ireland- paid us the highest compliment by likening our musical s tandard to that of the Convent whos·e traditions we are doing our utmost to uphold in the artistic annals of Aus­tralia. Our dramatic efforts a lso received commendation.

His Lordship, Most Reverend Dr. Hig­gins and His Lordship of Bendigo also thanked us mos t kindly for our evening's entertainment, and as we bade adieu to our archiepiscopal g uest, it was with the hope that this would be but the prelude to many such privileged hours for us .

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SCH OO L DIA.RY. ~4>

LORETO CONVENT, DAWSON·STREET , BALLARAT.

F ebruary 5th. - School re-op ened . Greeting of friends and sto ries ot Christmas doings.

.\farch 17th.-The fir s t break in school li fe. \Ve heard .\lass in th e Cathedral, an d then waited for the procession, ll'hich formed imm e­diately after .\[ ass. Our ~·ounger members h ad the privilege of scattering snowy rose p etals be­fore the Blessed Sacram ent.

April 1 7th .- \\ 'e lcome to our kind and re,·e­rencl fr iend , .\lost R everend Dr. Shiel, just re­turn ed from his vi sit to the home lan d, to t ake up hi s ne\\· duties as Bishop of Roc kh ampton . The concert cons isted of se,·eral c horuses of wel­come, orchest ra l items, scenes fro m "L;iuren­tia;.. and " ·elcome bv the li ttle ones. Both Hi s L ord s h ip of Hoc khampt'on a ncl 11 is Lord­s hip , .\los t l{e ,·erend Dr. Higgin s, m ade ,· er~· kind speeches , t ha nkin g us for our entertai n · meJJt .

.\fay 1oth.-Some of our g ir ls had the joy of at tending Herr Ecl1, a rc! Goll ' s concert, a nd , needless to s ay, th ey \\· ere in an ecstasy ot de­lig 1,1 a ll next day.

'.\l ay 1 /th. - The much-ta! keel of R etre;it be­gan. .\Jass \\'a s celebra ted at seven o'clock by the Rev. Fr. O'D"·~·er , S.J. \\·e spent three <lays in s ilence, read ing, attend ing th e lectu res , e tc., and the m ajor ity 1rere r eally so rry ll'hen the H.etre;it en ded, on the morning of the 20th .\Ia1 ..

.\fa\· 2211cl. - Our little ones made their fi rst Conuirnn ion on this happy clay . They looked s1,·eet in the ir pure 1\hite dresses and ,·eils, sym­bolical of the purit~· of the ir sou ls. They \\·ere enterta ined :n breakfa st by the nuns, and 11·c 1rere a!lo1,· ecl to " ·ait on t hem .

Jun e qth. - The fir s t movement in a id of our bazaa r. Th e 3rd and .+th classes i111· it<'d th e re­maining classes to a gift :tfternoon tea. A , ·cry enjoyable afternoon " ·as spen t. A number of usefu l an d pretty art ic les fo r the fancy stall \\·as th e ou tcome.

Jun e wth .-The Second an d Sub-Junior C lasses ga ,·e a return tea, \1·hich \\·as ;is great :1 s uccess as the pre,·iou s one.

June 27th.-l n the even ing a co11\'crsaz io11<' \\·a s held in the sc hool-room. Th<' mu s ic an d s inging " ere much app rec iated, and supper \\'as provid ed and se n-eel b1· the present a ncl pa"t s tudents.

July 5th. - O!cl Loretto girls 11·cr<' irn·itccl to a g ift afte rnoon tea. A good num her respo nded to the invitation , and some \'Cry ni cC' gift s " ·ere presen ted.

Jul y 25th. -Ou r longed-fo r b;.izaar ope ned. \\'e 11·ere a ll busy during th e morning arranging Du r stall s, \\·hi ch \\' e re fou r in number :-Fancy, Produce, Refreshment " an d S"·eets: 11·ith a Fairv Post Office and Fain· Flo"·er Garden !or the ·li ttle ones. Then the ass istants donned their uniforms, an d at 3 o ' clock th e Yis itors be­gan to arrive. Our stall s r ea lly d id us credit, and everyone was delighted with them. The Bazaar lasted t \\'O clays . On th e c\·ening ot July 26th th e s ta lls "·ere qu ite ba re , an d the raffling took place amidst much excitement . \\'('

are a ll very proud of th e good result of our labour.

Shortly after the Bazaar .\fath er .\Iarga re t .\Iary inv ited the stallhold<'rs to a party. Tea 1\·:1s served in the refectory, " ·hi ch 1\·as lighted by pi nk fairy lam p s, an d ca nd les 1,·i th pink shades. The ta bl es " ·e re decorated \\'ith flo wers . of the same tint, a nd a beautifu l pink rose was laid in each place. Aftcrn·a rd s all repa ired to the school room, \\·here each recei1·ed a ,·ery pretty gift. T he party \\'ill be long remembered b,· all. ·September 17th. - The day after ou r r eturn

from September h olid a~· s. th e sc hool 11·as visited by Hi s Gra ce, the .\ lost Reveren d Dr. !\Tannix , Coadjutor Archbishop of .\l elbourne , an d their Lordships, .\ los t Rel'. Dr . .R. e,·i ll e, Bishop of Bendigo, and .\lo st R ei-. Dr. Dunne. Bishop of \\ilcan nia, gues ts of ou r kind B ishop . " ·ho ac­compan ied them. A hol iday 11·a s ;1 ccord ecl in honour of the d istingui shed 1·isitors.

Octob er :>ncl.-The Fe;ist of tl1e Ho! )· Angels. The m embers ot the Sodalin· celeb rated the feast by ::t party in the Arboui·.

October :> .+th .- On this el m· 1\·e celebrated .\!other .\la rgaret .\ lary's Fe:i.st.

Xo,·embe r 18th.-Examination of the .\Iel­bournc in stitute of P la in ?\'eed Je ,1·ork. There 1n·re .+ .i ent ri es for th rec grades , but one ex hib it cou ld not be finis h ed in time, so th at .j2 ex h ib its 1\·ere sen t , "·ith the usual good results- .+2 passed, 5 1\·ith ho nours. Leon;1 Kell y secure d :t prize, a b ea utiful s ih ·er th imble.

D ecember 1oth.-Fea st of our Lady of Loretto. Examinations of th e Ro1·al Academ1· of .\lu s ic begin-a happ)· augury ·for success:

December 1_1th. - Ou r "Break-u p Concert. " 11·hich 11·e prepared so lo1·ingh· as ;1 \\'elcome for our clC'ar .\ !other Pro1·incia l,' so the clr:1ma of St. Brigid. nhich \\'e had chosen as typify ing so c looc ly h er great aposto late in ou r Aus tra li a n land , scemC'd to lose much of its c harm fo r us­though, in itse lf, so beautifu l in image r\' and l:rnguage. It 1\·as composed for the occasion by RC"1-c ren d F. Connel l, S.j .. to 11·hose kindn ess a lso 1\·e 1\·erC' incl eh tC' cl tor last )'C'ai"s exqu is ite d ram;1 St . .\largarC't of Scotland. " The D olls ' TPa Party .. "·:is thC' little ones' high ly-appre ­ciated contr ib ution. Orchestr: t! and 1·oca l it ems completed the programme.

So 1\·ith music and son g- 11·e 011 cl ou r school 1·car, cledicatc<l as C\'C r to our l'lving Queen of LorC'tto. l -ncln her prot<'ction " ·e begin our hoJ icla)·s. co nfid ent th;1t " ·ith her blessin g :ill he r devo ted chi ldren "·ill s pend ' ·A gl:icl ;incl joyous Christmas. and ;1 I-Jap p)· Xew Yc:1r. . ,

December Sth.-Feast of the l mmarnlate Con­ception and end ing of the Ju bi lee Year.

~even of our m embers 11·crc rece ived :is Chi !. dren of .\fan·-E,·eln1 Guilfovle, K elh· fh ssett .\l ary O'Coni1or, Cissie o·xe11. Ei leeri Cro" ·ley: .\l a r)· .\fcCarthy , Kitty Cox. \\ 'h at a joy to the heart of our Immaculate .\Iother ! \\'h::it a joy it "·i ll be, too, to our clea r Reverend .\[othe r Provincial on her re tu rn to see the gro\\·th of th is Soclal ity, so cl ear to her motherly heart.

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Septembe r 13th.-Exchanging holid ay expe ri­-cnces a ft er second term ,·acat ion .. \l elbournia ns made a dress basket parade to th e dressing room s after the e,·ening train.

September 15th.-Began to rehea rse our en­te rtainm ent in honour of Hi s Gra ce . the Coad­jutor Archb is hop of .~l e l bourne.

September 18th .-\\.elcome to 11 is Grace, th e :\los t Re \·ere nd Dr. ~I an nix' A short account of ou r entertainment occurs in previous pages of our magazine.

September ~ 1 s t. - \\" e \\·ere pri\·il eged to ha,·e 1-1 is Lord ship, ;\lost R everend Dr. Higgin s, cele­brate ~l ass in our church thi s m o rning . He aften\·ard s s pok e very beaut ifully to us , a nd .agai n th a nk ed us, as he him self e xpressed it, tor helpin g him to ente rtain h is hono red guest

·Of the [Jre\· iou s \\· eek- at th e cos t of our re­turning to school a fe\\. days ea rli er. \\"e 11·erc reminded tha t cle\·otion to cluty--11 herh er to God, to 1-fi s Church , or in loyalty to ou r school , will ·e nta il th e generous exerc ise of that self-sac ri­fice 1Yh ich carri es 11·ith it it s O\rn r e11·arcl.

October 1 jth. - Th e Feas t of St. T eresa, and t he reception day of four "old girl s ' "-:\Iisses A. ~ol a n , l{. Flood , N. Bree n , and D. Lalor­no1\· Si s ters ~J. Vero ni ca, ~I. Patri cia. ~I. Ethna an d :\!. ~lacl el ine . \\"e offer them s incere con­gratu lat ions !

October 17th. - The much di scu ssed , long 1rnrked-fo r bazaar, a reali sed fact! St. Cecili a ' s Hall gar, n-ith its four s tall s, and \·aried minor attract ion s. Such a budget of papers descrip­ti1·e of th ese artis ti c s tall s h ave b een sent in

·that it seem s 1\·ises t m ereh· to m a ke brief m e n­tion of each . The Fane\" l~oocl s s ta11 s tood ou t from its lat tices, co,·cred 1Yith tra iling \\·i steri a, to di splay a ve ry large a nd ,-a ri e<l array of art icles, O\·e r 11·hich th e attendants, a ttired in the t11·0 shad es of mam·e and purple \\"i ste ri a . 11· ith gree n sa s hes , dainty m aul'e mop caps, ti ed 11·ith th e sam e green , kept an eye for prospec­t i\·e purchasers. A set of G ipsy m a ide ns from the Juni or school had charge of the P roduce '1all , 1d1i le th e Seniors, dressed in \\hite , m;rnagecl the brillia ntly deco rated Refreshm en t <;ta ll , 11 ith th e st age- a bower of beauty . 11· ith ferns a nd f1 01\·ers- co nstituted as their refres hment room. Perh aps popu la r op inion voted th e A rt stall supreme from the d eco ra tive standpoint , with its exquisitely dainty and notable a rti cle<; of neecllc-\\·ork a nd p;iinting; but, to1n·r in g aho\·e all th ese attract ions, on the st all it self s tood a m agn ificent piano-back, mainly pyro-tint , inl e t \\ith port ra its of rh,· m aster m us ician s, a nd 11·ater-colour scene!> from th e ir lives. \\"e a rc happy to state this coYcted a rti cle, of which a photograph a ppears in thi s m;igaz in e, ,,·a s 11·0 11 by ~Ir. \V. Gu de , 1Yhose orchestra adde d to th e de li g ht of the ba zaa r o n Satu rday , as the Grange band had on Frida y. As ye t , 11·e do not kno11 the exte nt of our ba zaa r 's fin a ncial success, but hope a nd

·expect th at \\· e shall be able to give d ear ~!other Provi ncial over a nd abol'c the sixtv sovereign s

. .of the jubi lee years! ·

October 27th. - A red-le tt er clay for the Holy Angels ! Their Soda litv holidav. All \\ho h a d secured four " Prix cl ' Honn eur ·,, card s 1\·ent to see the Art an d FanC\· \\.ork Exhibition in the :\lech a ni cs'. ·

October 3oth. - L a y Sis ters· F east . We gave them a co ncert in the even ing an d had some a mu sing clram;itic s cenes. '

::\ o\·ember 1 st.-Feast of All Sa ints! The d ay g loriou s, so 11e had th e long-anticipated " dav at the F a rm ,' ' ~fount Rowa n , \\· ell kn on-n to a ll former girls of ~iarv ' s :\ lount. \\"e thor­oughly enjoyed the five· mile 1\·alk , a nd wer e ready fo r th e temptin g lunch pro,·ided for u s on our arriva l. Our more intellectual sen iors we nt fo r a g eographical excursion to the Black Gorge 1\·ith Sis te r ~[. Catherine, 1d1ile \\·e explored q uart ers nearer at h a nd , a nd read and ch atted a t 1\·ill '' hil e 11·e toured the farm dom a in s. After a mo st en joyabl e <la,· , the m ajori ty preferred to 1\·alk hom e, 1d1i le ot hers took adva ntage of the \·chicl es [HO\·id ed . Cna nimou s query-" When sh;ill 1\·e go again? "'

?\ ovember 2nd. - Feast of the Hoh- Sou ls. R e­ne1\·ed resolutions to do our bes t ·to help the Poor Souls during th is, th e ir month. ~ovember qth.-To-day , our ~!other PrO\·in­

c ial, :\Jother .~I. Sta ni slau s, a nd ~I. ~ I. de Sales, a re to emba rk on th e return \'oyage. How we loo k forn·ard to th eir a rri1·a l in D ecember (D. V.), an d ho11· heartily \\·e join in saying the " Axe :\Iari s Stella" for their safe and speedy journ ey'

::\ovember 16th. - Thi s morning, lcli s Grace, the :\fost R en ·rcncl Dr. Carr, celebrat ed ~Jass in our c hurch .

Decem ber 3rd .- F east of St. Fra nci s Xavier, Patron of Au st rali a ' ~Ian\· a prayer 1\ent up to him fo r our young la nd to-cl ay 1

December 8th .- Our L a dy 's glorious feast of the Imm aculate Conception . Three of our Girl s, Lall a Napthine, E il ee n Beirn e, and Ca mill e Tietye ns, \Vere consec rated Children of :\Jarv immecl i;1telv before benediction. Con ­g r atul ation s, all three !

D ecember 9th .- R oyal Academy mu s ic exam­ination s.

D ecember 1oth. - Our 01n1 loved F eas t of L oret to , for 11hi ch seve ral of th e old girls re­tu rn ed. \\·e 11·ere privileged in having two :\[asses , at the seco nd of 1d1ich our beloYed Bi sh op o ffic ia ted. \\ e s pen t the day qui etly, but m ost en joyably.

D ecember 12th.-A delightful art soiree! P as s ing on from th e Flemi sh school of Va n DH"k to th e Spa ni sh and French schools of the se.ven tee nth ;rnd eigh teenth ce nturi es , 1y e spent thi s most f'ntertaining a nd edu cat i,·e hour with Zurhuran, Velasquez a nd ~Jurillo, as character­istic of this Spani sh , as Ch a rdin. Greuze a nd Da1·id of tlw French period selected .

Kathl ee n Bell rea d u s a paper on Zu rburan , th e a rti st of reali sm, and prepared u s fo r " The :\Ionk at Pra yer," o ne of hi s s upreme achieve­ments, 1\·hich \\·as presented to our admiring gaze. \\"e 11·ere immediately s truck hy th e \\"On-

EUCALYPT"CS BLOSSCL\I S.

d erful facia l ex p ression o t on C' "breathless 1rith adora ti o n.·· \\'e 11·crC' appr ised of man~· intn­est in g facts of t he artist of the Jmm :iculate Con . ception. b1· Eile en BcirnC', and ·· ThC' 1:1m1cr G irl ,' " 11·ith it s exqu is ite blendi ng of li g h t a nd colour. 11·as the t:ih lcau "C' lected from th<' 1uirks of ).lurillu. Th e geniu;; of ··the pa inters painter· · 11·as d escribed to us in gl011·ing te rm s bY ).[an- Ba ker. 11·ho d11clt espcc i:i lh· on \"c la s­qi.1cz· espec ia l gi ft of see ing· co lou r i"n t h e dc ptl1 of atmosp he re. 1-J is ' · Lad~- 1Yith the Fan" \\·as th e n s ho11·n. Jn in trndu c in g u s to some of t h<' m an y 1rorks of gen ius of 1rh ich F ranct· c:-in boast. Eilee n BeirnC' t r:i ce d the intlu cnce of F lan ders :ind Bu rgundy o n h e r ;i rt u ntil t lw reign of Louis \:I\ · .. 11·hcn th e throbbing n :ltio n:d li fr produ ced ;i n;iti ona l sc hoo l ot :irt: 11·hile I..: at hl r•en Bell to ld u s of Ch:irdin . 11·ho 11·ent to h ornC'- li fe fo r hi s in spirat ion, ;iml ar co rdi ng h· ILh lef t :is hi s rn astnpi C'ccs suc h 11·or ks :ts ··Crace hdor(' ).1 ,•a ls ... and ··Li Go m·c rn :rn tl' ... .It- 11·;is th is Lit te r 11 ork 11·hi ch 11·e 11·crc p r i1·ileg«·d to see. :in d ;il l 11·c rC' .- h:irnicd b1· the da intin ess of :itt it ucl C' aiicl dr:1pe ry. no le ss tl1a n Ii~ - the· ck l ic:1te· pl:11· of li g ht ;rnd ;d1acl 1· \\·hi ch char;ictcrisC'd t hi s pictu re.

" The Broken Pitc her·· 11·as t he next t ;i hlcau presented- the· 11·o rk or l. reuzc, \\hose Lime rest· chiefh· on the c ha rm ing gift he possessed of paintin g gir ls · head s . Th e o nlY q1ithct 11·e could a pply to the c los ing tableau of ou r de­lightfu l evening 11·as -exq uis ite; for t ruly , the original of David 's " ).fa d am e R ecam icr. . , m ust b e most " ·ond erfully a ttractive . 11·h en our re­prese nta ti on of it . cou ld b e so pleasing to u s.

As we b ad e ad ieu to \ Iadam e Recam1er. \1·c said an un11·ill ing fa rewell to ou r a rt eveni ngs of 191 3, " ·ith m a ny a g ra teful 11i sh to our a rt mi stress . ;incl verv sincere than ks to one of our old girl s, Cec ilia· ).[dl iniman, who h a d a dded to th e c harm of our c 1·cn ing b\· some truly beautiful mus ical items.

D cccml)('r 1 Hh. - I Ii ~ GracC', the ). lost T{ c,._ e re nd Dr. ).l a.nni x. sa id .\l ass in our church thi s morn ing. I le is e n route fo r Horsh :1rn .

D eccmb<'r q t h.-Prcparntion s for D ist ribu ­ti on Dai· to-m orro 11·, 11·h cn our orchestra 11·ill lw h ea rd to ach·antage in the o\"f'rturc , " Lutspicl. .. a nd d e B cr iot·s '·Scene de Jh ll et. ·· as 11·e ll ;1s the e,·cr 11·clcornc " Intermezzo.·· from ).fas­cag ni 's "(;11·ali c ri Ru stic:111 i." Ou r ch oriste rs are to gi1·C' u s " T ru st in the Lo rd ."" from "Elij ah,'" :incl as the co ncludi ng item. after severa l r f'c itnti o ns. " AYe ). f;iri:1 Loretto'."

\\"e a re indeed grateful to ). li ss Coulte r . 11·ho has ta ke n so m u ch trou ble 11·irh our elocuti o n. a nd the occas ional treats afforded u s 11·hcn sh e recited for our in s tru ct ion, and mu c h to our d elig h t, pron~d t ruly rc1·elat ion s of th e e locu ­tion a n- a r t. Abbie Henness1· re1·i1·ed the memoiT of a n old poem, " Pati ence,"' to b e found !n " Th e Spirit of th e Nation, " pecu l ia r ly interes tin g 11011·, 11·he n , as th e fore11·ord says-

.. The prophcc1· of com in g freedom in the last li nes is on t he. c1·e o f fu lfi lment, an d ' E rin ot the 11·a iting heart :rnd 11·istful C) "<' ' sta nd s fort l1 in quee nl y bc :1u ty, r e:lch· for the moment when En g lan d. nob l~- rC'pai r ing p;1st \\Tongs, 11 ill take her b)· t he hand. :i nd lead her to her o ld p lac\' amid the n;ltions . Th en. ancl not ti ll th en, \\·ill t he bittC'r feud be ended .··

.-\nd 11mr. a s 11·c en d our schoo l yea r , it is 1Yit:1 m;im· a th ought of the f;1;-t approachin g cl :1)· of g l;idncss. 11·hcn the gates of ).l ;1n"s .\l ount 11· ill o pen to 11·ekonw o ur dea r ). !other l'ro1·in c i;il ;ind hr-r companions. One 11·orcl at kast. to those ge·11C'ro1ts Irish S isters , 11·ho ha1·c· madr ,o noble ;1 O'acr iti cc in quitting h ome a nd countn· to come to us . :ind 11·ho. 11·ill th at rla,­mak e i1cqua intan ce with our .-\bbey. \\"ha t ca i1 we say but .-\ lm·ing, hr-art klt 11·elcom e '.

One· 11ord mor(' to t hos(' l: icl ie·s 11·ho a rc ac­compan1· 111g l< e· 1·nC'1id ).l or her. ). l a~- Sunny Austra lia. t rue tP its n:1me·. pro1·r- itse lf a land of gl:1cl1H·ss a nd s unshi11<' fo r the•m .

\\"e congrnlu lale two of their number, graduates of the ~\at10n a l Cniversity , Dublin , on th eir rece nt success in gai ning the Hig her Dipl oma of E duca­ti on, Hncl incleecl , our co ngratu lati ons must extend to the ma ny Irish Loretto g"irls who are the reci­pients o f degrees. .-\t the last meet ing for the con­ferri ng of cl egre.-s, one of them was adm itted as )l aste r of .-\rts: thirteen as Bachelors, ga ining eleven h onours between them; two as Bachelors of Science-both h onour calH\iclates, whi le the H igher Diploma of Educa tion was conferred on five.

Our affectiona te congra tula tions go out to former pupil s of :\fary's :\fo unt- Brides of 1913 :- To Lu c_1 · O'Donnell (i\Irs. Two­mey), :\Jollie Xewton (:\Irs . Oswald Cogh­la n), Hilda Ca rn e_1· (:\frs . Tom H ogan), :\ :rnc_1 · Roxburgh (:\Jrs . :\Ieredith), and Dai s_1· Cogh lan (Mrs. O'Sullernn).

Om congratula tions exten d to fo rmer pupils of Loretto Day School, Dawson­street- To She il a :\Jan n (:\Irs. Kelly), wh om Loretto Com·ent, Norma nhurst, also claim s as a pas t pupil; Leah Fraser ( :\Irs \Icinerne_v) and Eileen Warner ( :\Irs O'Leary).

Our wishes mu st fl y far and wide- to Tasmania, Adelaide , :\Ielbourne, Balla rat, a nd o\·er th e seas to Hilda in her Vir­ginian home. To each an d a ll we say-

" We wish you abundance of God's good grace ,

DaYs- lit with the Light of His Holy · Face."

A friend is a person who helps you to the best that is in yourself.

Christianity h as been too often in what seemed deaclly peril that we should fear for it any n ew trial n ow, -NHWll!A~.

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~ ---="°• ' KZ/ : MEMORIES.

[The special feature of our magazine in this memorable Jubilee Year, is to be the subjoined series. of Memories, gleaned from former pupils now scattered in varied climes . Some have boldly affixed their names to their contributions, while others have preferred to conceal their identity, yet, by their allusions, have enabled us to place them historically! ]

ill INE are quite "ancient history," extending to the t ime when " we were seven" seven Nuns and

seven of us children. Mary's ~fount then was only an ordina ry dwelling-house, se t in the midst of a beautifu l garden. Where the Senior School now s tands was a soft g reen croquet lawn, bordered by beds of bright fl owers. From the st one \·eran­dah on the north and east side of the house (part of it is now the oratory), a pre tty view of the grounds could be seen, and also of Lake Wendouree . At that time there was only a low picket fence in­stead of the brick wall , and the trees were not yet planted on the borders of the lake. A favourite resort on hot days was the beautifully sha ded wi llow walk, where is now the Novitiate building. A conservatory stood between it an d the house, which the German gardener kept always well s tocked with beautiful pot plants, which served well for decora tive purposes on feast days. How we loYed the old place, and the happy days we spent there! For the Nuns made them all such happy days, even though more a nd more busy with serious school work as our numbers increased . Our chief pleasure at the recreation hour was t o get the presiding Sisters to tell us of their beautiful Convent homes in the old world. Then the time passed all too quickly , more especially when dear Reverend ?viother came to us, as she did sometimes . The Senior g irls-the First Class-were privileged to have her several times a week. How we loved those lesson hours, which dear Reverend .Mother's winning personalty made so attractive ! She also gave lectures in the Senior School on various subj ects, besides coming several ·.times a week for the religious instruc-

tion s, so that we looked upon her as quite our own mother. And she was a mother wh o had such a kind and sympathetic inte res t in all our joys and sorrows, great and small. She would take time and trouble to mend a little child's broken toy as if it were the most important thing m the world . It gave her great joy when she could add to our pleasure.

On the fir s t Jubilee Day-August, 1878 - there we re great rej oicings . Mary's .\fount had grown meanwhile, dormitories and school buildings having been erected on the ground now occupied by the beauti­ful Church. (Later on these buildings were carried-ves, carried round to the north side and the schood raised up, a wonderful fea t , above the dormitories . This second story has since been familiar to generations of I oretto girls as the Boarders' Refectory.) For dear Rever­end · ~fother' s Silver Jubilee Nuns and children had worked co:' amore, and many fr iends un;~ "' cl in their gu:::: d wishes, and sent valuable presents lr, t i1e evening a most successful en1ertainmt>nt was gi,·en in the school, and \': as long remem­bered with pleasure . My !:.r ightest memory of that happy day was the sight of the <jueen of the Feast, dearest Rever­end .Mother, kneeling in the little chapel (now St . J oseph's and St . Brigid's). She was alone, her eyes resting on the Taber­nacle, her hands clasped in prayer , a sweet smile irradia ting her features. The ligh t from the window near, falling on her silver wreath, almost transformed it into a bright halo . I withdre w unseen , fea ring to disturb that vision of more than earthly happiness and peace. It has remained a sweet mem ory through ah ':hese years, not forgotten 'mid the snlen­dours of the Golden Jubilee ot 1 90~ . (M.}

EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS.

II.

No , I cann ot write my men10ries down, de ar \ifother , not a s vou would have ;ne do it -feelingly, vividly, truthlully ......... . You would like a frni shed mental picture , showing enduring recollections of th ose old day,; at :\Iary's :\1ount.

Ye:o ! I confess to having a faithful, photographic memory , but I am not going to s how my mental picture . It is a ll my own; and the parts I valu e mos t would be the smalles t possible interes t to your r·eaders .

This mu ch only I say: We of the fir s t decade lo\·ed our Alm a Ma ter \·ery truly. We were intensely proud of it- proud of our Nuns- and our wh ole es tablishment. We prized our little chapel more dearl v, I trow, tha n your girls of to-day will ever prize their g rand big Church.

We dreamed our dav dreams- built our sky cas tles- as g irls \~1 ill e\·er do, a nd out of their ruin s we are fa shioning to-dav the gre at thing men call life . -

As to our school- well, we didn' t go crazy ove r Public Examina tions . We somewha t despised them, preferring our own. Ma thema tics and Scien ce were not the fashion for g irl s. We we re satisfi.·ed with a reasona ble and intelligent kn ow­ledge of th ese s tudie s, but fa,·oured Eng­lish subject s , Foreig n La ng uages a nd Accomplis hments . :\:Iercy ! How kee n we were on French ! How cons tantlv we read it, spoke it, thought in it . SoIT;e of us !

We had lite ra ry e\·enings , which we loved : soirees, musicales, which some of us dreaded, and, li.nally, we went fo rth , cer­tainly not less interes ted in thin gs intel­lectua l, things ma kin g fo r culture, than are your scientili. c s tudents of to-day . No . We were not pa rti cularly s trong on sports , or on Yiolent e xercise. Walking, e arnes t walking, racin g , skippin g , and mild gymnas tics , tennis , croquet, and rounders ; these s uffi ced in those days. rfo cricket b a t s, or hockev s ti cks in our play ground . ·

Dancing we enj oyed, even though we didn't know the two-step, and had never heard of ragtime .

Piety? Yes, it exis ted . I know some i;:rirls who appeared to aim fairl y high in

. that direction. I' ve not met their like ' suoce .

Hig h idea ls were g i,·en us , and s tudy of the .New Tes ta ment, and lo,·e of Our Ladv did the res t.

Yearly Retreats, we ha d, of course , and qu ite na tura lly th ey turned the curre nt of some liYes . I can You ch for that. Th en, as now, th e centre a nd pi\·o t of Mary's :\1Iount was our dear ReYerend :\l a the r- we didn't call her \lather P ro­\·in cial in th ose da \'S . She talked to us in her o wn famili a r· and co nvin cin g way, morning afte r morning , a t the ins tru ction hour, and as she s poke we noted down her say ings-some of us- and treasured them a s pre cious keepsakes a ft erwards , even th en we ha lf .reali sed the truth, that no one was so wi se , no one so true a s our Mother.

And TI O \\' whe re m y epis tle began there too it ends . Dear Mother and friend, no personal recollections a \·ailable from me . fo r the s imple rea son that the \· a re buried so deep in m,1' heart of hearts. that 'twere pain to drag them out into the lig ht of d:...y, and blazon th em fo rth in printer's ink. :vI. A.

111. F rom New Zeala nd \\·e rece in ·d a m os t beauti ­

ful set of m em ori es fro m one "ho in h er humility, left u s to ch oose an y item s th

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at migh t b e of mteres t. \Ve would dearlv love to re­print h er pag es in th eir e ntiret\·.· so e nt ertain ­ing have th ey. proved from firs t to las t ; but , les t our m a gazin e s hould assume gia n t propo r­tIO ns, a nd sta nd forth as a volume \\·e umYill­i ngh· con d e nse some of the earli~s t recoll ec tio ns.

\\ '_ith th e e)·e of o ne to wh om e ve ry s pot is fa mili a rly a nd lov 111 g ly linked \\·ith "S\\·eet mem ori es ,'' sh e ta kes u s bac k throu g h more th a n a qu a rte r of a ce ntury, to th e entran ce gates as s he fir s t saw them. We folio \\' h e r u p the . a ve nue to th e h all d oor of th e o rig in a l '· .\l a ry 's . '\fount .· : th en bu.t a d ecad e old,. "ap ­pearing 111 compa ri so n with the fir s t \\'!Ilg of th e ' Abbey ' t h a t h a d, as it \\·ere, sprea d it ­self .out in p rqJa ra tio n for a big flight th rough com111g ;i,ges- -l1k e a clear littl e m oth er , \\·h o h ad g ro1\'n d01n1 b eneath the \\·eight of care, a nd \\·h o no\\ lea nt fo r protect ion upon th e child 1\·ho ha d gro\\ n bes id e he r. I n tru th , the wa rm \1· e lcom e th :1 t th ere greeted u s 1\·:1 s a moth er 's O\\n ." Th e 1nite r d\\·ells upon th e kindn ess and tenderness extended to the lone ne \\·-comers during those fi r s t days, a nd the h ours \Yhich nO\\' recur as th e secret of L oretta 's success in building u p th e intell ectual edifi ce on a s ~lid fou.nclation, " for no matter wha t our previous. tra111111g had been, the N un s took no ri s ks for our imperishable soul s, and as soon a s cla s s des k an d dormitory \~ e re ass igned u s, we \\e r; ta ken each day for s pecial in s truction . So , at

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o nce 1\·as im pressed o n our mind s th e prin cipl e that our so ul s m u st b e our firs t ca re. a nd th a t religi on mu st permeate e1·e ry fi bre of ou r b ei ng. So impre~secl, \Ye li1·ed our lives, culti vat ing our in te ll ect. a nd build[n g up phys ica l health . And th at " so und mind s ·· cl\\T lt '' in sound bodies" I a m reminded as l think of m ost of those " S\\· ee t d reamland faces .. ot m Y b lue-robed ,

-e rsrnhilc compa ni ons . \\ 'h a t a joy it is to s till r eta in th e standing o f a child \\ith a ll a t \l:ny 's \l oun t , a nd es pC'c i;dh· to the o ne \\ho s tl'! C's her sc. 1 ,-

" Th e old 1\·om a n 1\·ho li n ·d in a s hoe. An d had so ma m· childre n she did not kn o \\·

\\·hat to do.· '

though tha t is qui te \\ rong, s in ce RC\Trend ;\[ other a h,·a \·s knC'1\· jus t 1\·ha t to do \\·ith eac h a nd e\·e l'\'o nc of us. ·

•·So ,;O\\', to re1T rsc the o rd er o f ' playing ladi es,' I b eg to di scard nw g01n1 . and don o nce m o re m 1· robe of blu e . ..

Thus attir c· d . ou r co rrC'c;po nd C' n t mingle s in recreation c irck s onc e m ore. and 11atches the old -t ime compa n io n5 . Afte r th e fir st games arc e nd ed. some of the se ri ou s. inte llcct ualh·· in ­cl 111 ccl 11·01dd ,;teal a1\·ay to som e secluded sp ot . to co mp a re no tes 1\·ith S[s tcr and each other. e ith er on so me a uth or o r somC' rn tc rec;t rng c lass to pi c. All ot hl'rs bo und for round e rs and ot h er games in Ju ch"s pa dd ock. Th en aga in. s h e p;iccs the 1\';dk s in th e. ea rl1· mo rnlllg h ours, 1\·he n exa m s. \\·e re loom ing nea r. \\ h;1t a co n ­trast th l' r e \\·as bet1\·ee n the ea rn est qui et of th ese g irli es :u1d th e .. ha rm oni ou s ma dn ess .. t hat fl o\\Td fro m h edge a nd t rcl'S from th ose songste rs-' Type of th l' \\·ise \Yho soar. bu t n c1·e r roam. '

From th e a \· C' nu e sh e loo ks into th e old o r· ch a rd .. \\hi c h , thoug h it bore no s ign. 't rcs­p as,;e r c; 1\·ill bt' p rosecuted.· somet ime<.; ga1·C' occas ion to de li nqu ents to b e l1 e1T th at thc1· \\' Otilcl. Th est' g a rd e n p :1th s. too. bring up a memo n · \\·hi ch ab so rb s th e pass ing s mil e-a m em or\· of a cl ea r litt le Si ste r \\·ho rn \\·c u sed to m eet as sh e \\·as \\·heeled around bY Si ste r Am ­b rose. an d \\·hen \\·c heard th at her Profess ion had in t ruth ope ned Hea \·en ·s g atC's to her. the re \\·as no gl oom , but a hu sh . ;1s . thoug.h a ngels h a d h o1·ered clmn1, a nd fo ld ed Ill th e ir s no1n· " ·in gs our littl e Sis ter. "

The n. 1\·it h a p raye r in St. Josep h 's grot to. our gu ide turn s do \\·n th e no1·ices· \\· a lk. th rough 11·hi ch th e girl s u sed to scurry for fea r of voca­t ion germs '. Herc . too. th er e com es th e m em orY of m isch ie1·oush- fo res tallm g a ce rtam som e­boch· in be in g fi i·s t 1\·ith a fl O\\ e re t a t th e shrin e of " Our Laclv of Children ." No w, rnto th e sch ool-room a~1cl s tudy h all. and \1·e sh all as k h er to speak fo r h erself. " Here. d e.a r 1\fo ther Berchm a ns. th en our b elo1·ed '\[ 1st ress of Sch ool s . \\·ho . afte r h e r exil e, is rea ping h er re \1·a rcl . co mes firs t to ID\' rem embra n ce, a s .d o a lso th e com pan io ns 1\·h o 1\·c re assoc ia ted 1nth h er. Through the glass-pa nell ed fo ldin g d oors -0 f th e fir s t sch ool , I can clearl y see th e Guar· <lian Angel' s s tatu e. a nd a lso a friend 1·er): d ear to m e. I \\·u nder , if som eon e \\'e re h e re \\·1th u s

s till , \\'Ould she think of our old -ti me girli sh cha ts about ou r tuture li1·e:; . So someb ody 1\·as n 't a b ad p roph etess, cleari e. abo.u t .som e­boch-' s ch o ice of li fe ! A nd a noth e r. '\lllln1c a nd Alice, a nd ~lagg ie, a nd Flo, an d \l aud, an d Ann ie, a ll of 1\·hom, l think , mu st h a ve fre· quented th e novices' walk long ago.

· ' The n , clear o ld '\laclemo isell e. 1\' ith her pu p ils te lli ng them ' encore, again you pu t th e h or se hefore the ca rt ,' a nd h er m erriment jo in ed \\·ith ours \\·h en \\·e p o'in ted ou t it was the pla ce fo r him. The school· room ag ain \1·as th e sce ne of com mo tion, th at too k place one win­te r· :; a ft e rn oon during 1886, wh en \Y e thought ourselves possessed of a real live earth qu a k" ;di fo r ourseh ·es, a nd 1\·he n , to the accom pani­m e nt of rattling window fram es, th ere cam e a te rrifi c roaring, we all follow ed the lead of one repe nta nt s inn e r ; d01n1 on our knees we fe ll, to m a ke a n act of co ntriti on \1·hile yet th ere \\·as time. Imagin e th e di sgu st 1\·h en we disco ve red th ere was o nlv o ne h eroin e ::tmong· u s. \\·ho re·ap peared as qt1ic kly as she h ad di s­;i ppeared , \Yith h er ap ron full of salt, to .th row on th e fi re . a nd so extingui sh the fl am es 111 the chimn cY. for t his \\·a s th e cau se or a ll th e fr ight. Ad:t loci kecl - if s h e did n't say-' l thi n k you ' re a ll mad "

Ho1Y l loo k bac k on ou r regu la r Confessions a nd Hoh· Comm uni ons- the fi ttle vis its to th e Blessed S acrame nt , stolen fo r a fe"· m inutes of the e \·e ni ng rec reati o n , " ·hen 1Ye sometimes fel t \\·c 'cl lik e to sta y a ll ni ght in the clea r li tt le c hape l. und e r th e sa nctua ry lam p- a symbol of th e b urn ing lo1·e of our you ng hearts. Then the re 1\'as ou r hou r of g uard on 'Holy Thurs d ay night s, 1\·hen th e beautifu lly d eco rated a lta r 11 ith the a pp ropriate wh eat ears and g rapes helped so to im press on ou r min ds the great heritage g i1·en u s o n the first Holy Thu rsd ay. :'\ ext d aY Cah·a r\' \\ as e rected , a nd su ch solem ­n it1· 11 as ob sc n 'Cd in a ll th e devotions of Good Fi·;daY.

Th ere \\ e re gl o rious E aste r Sun claYs . \\he n t he sun of h;1ppin ess re ig ned in our heart s , a nd 1\·armed them in to lo ,·e and d e,·otion , as rea l as th e r;1\·s of th e ph y ~ i cal sun th a t cheered a nd br ighte ned our day. The fi rst g irl d01n1 to th e cha pel \1·as our '\Iagdalen for the cla y.

Our ge ntl e ch aplain . Fath er . Cle::t f)', no\\' Bi s hop of Auck la nd , stands out 111 th e hght of mem on ·, \Yi th F ath er J . R1·an . S.J ., \\·h o con­ducted· our retreat s. Our prepa ra ti on fo r , a nd ea rn es tness in those retreats . a ll a re remem­bra nces th a t bring back the h appin ess of the d ear , dead cl ays at ~Ja ry's '\fount. Th rou g h the su nshin e an d cl ouds, th e d oub t s and tears an d co n fl icts of those Yea rs of retrosp ect , these memo ries co me bac k ·lik e a refreshin g b reeze to fa n th e sm ouldering ember s of encleaYour, or as a n a ngel m entor to tell u s our aim mu st be s till th e same-\\·h a tsoe'er th e tool s given u s \1·here1\·ith to ca r\'e out our e tern al destiny.

An d n o\1· I m u st recall the central figure of \fan· 's '\fo unt . to whose l ectures we so eag erly looke d fo n1·ard each 1\·eek , \\·hen, in s tead of our us u al Christ ian Doctrin e. o n on e cl ay Re\·e rend 1\Ioth er \\·oulcl com e to th e school , and , t a king u s a ll a s on e big class, would a ddress us with the solic itude of a p a re nt. giving u s kindly

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coun sels, a nd helpfu l s uggest ions to a id us in building up our characters. I-l o\\· 11·c u sed to lis ten , a nd ho11· reg retful 11·e frlt . 11·h en the hour 11·as 01·e r '. Our :\! oth er 11·as so 111 earn est, a nd did not s top 11·ith li p :tclv icc, bu t made even- c ndea1·ou r that 11·e should not .on ly li sten but ·dr in k into our hea rts that ~1 · h1 ch she so much 11·is hed to impress on u . 1- 1rst and fo re­most, I remember , sh e recommended. prayer ~1 bove e1·erythin g , loya lty to th e teachmgs of Hoh · Ch urch, a hy ays to be. oursch·es . . tru e d 1ildre n of Loretto, 11·ith noth in g of dece it o r a rti fic ia li ty in our mann er. . .

" · P rav for :1 ri ght und e rs tancl111g rn ;ill t hin g s .. · .. I ca n hea r he r say again , and I . kn1111· to each succeeding g enc raton sh e. h as said the same, :end J kn o11·. to_o. o lcl -t1me girl s there are, ah1·ays ready to connrm th e every 11·orcl of h er who ·k nc\\· the secret of a ll happness. And \\·e must e1·c r look back to h<' r 11·1th tenderness and affect ion. and gratitude in our hearts. tor Ill the m::uw t ri a ls a nd con fli cts 11·e h ave a ll had to race it \\:a :; not he r fa u lt if \\·e kne11· not 11·h ere .to turn for :t icl , a nd 11·hat to do to come ou t n c­tors. :\011· th at she is th e espec ial ·hero in e ,if thi s hou r . ' may she, as som e small r eturn for a ll hn goodness to u s, be assured that. inten1·ovc n 1r ith th e cl1 :1m oncl c1 1-c lct of he r jubilee, is a c irclet of g:r:Hefu l hea rt s. And. °\[other cl ea r , may th ey st ill be m your kee p ing. for one, a t least , s ti ll cra1·cs your holy prayt: r~, a nd humbh· joins " ·ith the many rn off en.ng h eartfelt co.ngratul ations on thi s g reat occas10n of your diamond jubilee. "

- ROSEMAl<Y .

IV.

T he remi nc' T to se nd nw recoll ec tion s of the good old cbys at school r eached m e in Banbun-, 11·hose nam e ~-ou mu st a ll kn o11· .11·ell in conn ec t ion 11·ith its ca kes and its cross, 11·h er(' " the fine lac\1· ri des a \\·bite h orse .. , T he Puritan s pulled clo1rn the ~ f ark c t Cross. hut. a 11e1\" one is e rected; Ban burr ca kes :ire s nll a s pecia l ity, baked IJ y t:Yo ri v.:: l firms .. both cla imin g to he "the ong1nal , a nd . mh ab1-ting dear li t tle old , pi cturesqu e, h ;1lf-t1mbe rccl houses, 11· ith 11·h n e pla ste r .. hro1,·n beam s a ncl g abled roo fs , 11·hilc th<' tr \\·rndo\\·-s1\l s a rc hnl -li a ntlv array.cc! Ill flo11·crs. .

The thought of cake's at o nce r<'m 1nds m e of Kit·tv Hou rr ig an , 1\·ho ackno1d edged su ch an a ttachm ent to crea m ca k e's. that o n " pa rty da1·s " it 11- a a n understood th ing o ne mu st he.fou nd fo r he r. l hope t lwy ha 1·c b<' cn plent i-fu l in her 1Ya~· eYe r s iiKe '. . . .

Ba nbun·'s surroundmgs arc h1stoncally Ill·

te1:estin g." and pictu resqu ely prosperous, a1!d a 11·alk of a mile o r t11·0 in any d1rC'ct1on hnng~ Dile to th e clearest litt le olcl churches, some quite t iny. and 11·ith the quain test ca n- ing-s Some a re in s uch ou t-of-th e-11·ay co rn ers. that th ev h a1·e suffered littk bodily 1·iokn ce. su ch as ·11-rec ked th e beaut iful can-ings and statue, in the greater churches :rncl cath ed ra ls : hut. like them . it 1Yas the soul in them _that 11·as killed , whi ch trag edy at the same t ime too.k from them all the m ea nin g of the ir e mblem a ti c carvings, th e holy \\·ater stoups at th e doors . the pi scinae . ,,·hich sho1\·<'d 1\·here a ltar. once

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stood, a nd the lepe rs· squints 11·hi ch , of old , allo1Yecl t he a ffli cted outca sts to 11·atc h th e High . .\! tar, 11·ith out end a ngering t he co ngregation 11·ithi n. From these c ircum sta nces. o ne can form som e idea of the age of such churches.

T hi s is a digress io n : bu t J 11a11 t you a ll to sec th ese cl ea r old p laces-long neglected , but no1\· re1·ere ntly ca red fo r by a gene rat ion which is g i1·i ng b ack so many 11·a nclere rs to the Faith.

To keep to m~· recoll ect ions. Th ese sce nes rem ind me parti cu l a r!~- of the cla ss in to 11·hi ch :\! oth e r :\I. h.i li an t ric·d to instil :rn und erstand ­in g of t he mo st ob1·ious form s of arch itecture. .\ h c hildh ood' s ideas IY Cr<' limit ed . practica lly , to . the Ionic, Dor ic, and Cori nthian modes . a s exempl ifi ed in th e pub li c bui ldings of lla \l arat­nevcr dreaming of th e 1Yo nd erful rang<' l should find in England, <'1·c n, from , say , th e pre­h is to ri c hut c irc le"' of (;rims- pound , to the churches :ind c; ist lcs of so lid , si mple, Roma n o r S:txon co1btruction, the mighti er )/orm a n , gorgeou s Goth ic, and <'laboratcl)· plan ned Tudor c 1st les , ,,·ith little of th<' grim fo rtification s of earli er years : cl o11 n to our magnifi ce nt By­zant ine \\ ·es tmin s te r C ith C'dra l, ,;till in the course o f deco ra ti on.

Agai n I seem to han· 11·;rndcrcd . but I am s ti ll thinking of eac h m emb er of that class in 1800-l can't bcli c1·e i,t so long ago, a nd 11·a nt to 1nitc it l fJOO. :\l aucl ie .. \lay , L ena, Agnes G riffin ( R. 1.1' .), :\ lary Sto kes . :\fa y :\Ic?\'evin, :\lillie Olsen , Ki ttie ll ourrigan, an d all the res t of ~ ·ou '. Do )·nu rem cml)('r ou r argument as to 1\·heth e r the a rc hes in the old refccton· were Gothi c o r l<om a n ·

J) oat~· Fynn (H..1.P .) 11·as head of th e school at th at time, a nd o nce reported to :\!other i\L de Sales th a t s he had found a b it of a fi sh in her bath. l t d idn't come through th e tap , ho\\·ever, an d 11·a s onh· a " fin. ··

But befo re l confi ne m\·s<'lf s trin h· to m1· m em ories. let m<' tell yoi.1 tha t ou r· trip to Oxforclsh 1re ,,.,i, in rca li t)· a pilgrim age in qu est of :t fa rm-house (with a Gothi c 11indo\\" !) at 1Yhich our grandmoth e r used to 1·is it fully nin ety 1·ea rs ago . \\ .ould you be li eve it, 11-e fo und the old house. 11·ith its great fa rm kitchen, Goth ic windo1Y, and great open fire-pl:tce-quite in­tact , and. in fact, r e1·crently u sed as th e ?IIag­da lcn Co ll ege c;ramm ar Schoo l Li b ra r)-. Ar" any of )·o u in s p ired 11·ith zc; il to sea rch for th e interesti ng reso rts of Your a ncestors?

F rances Y·oung , 11·ho is 11 011· ga inrng exten­s i1·e nurs ing cxpe ri c nre in Xc1\· Yo rk . m ade her fami ly pilgrim :igC's to C:i1·:i n a nd County Cork last year, 11·hilc lk :'s ic \.ilchri st, 11·ho ac­co mpa ni ed he r to lrela nd , c njo)·cd :\ l:1ry Bolan·s hos pi t:i lity in th e far Xo rtl1 \\.es t , in Sligo '. But 11·oulcl you bcl icYe it, you who kn e1Y :\I an- in her short -s kirted cLiY s. she sC' lciom no1\· rid es a ho rse . a nd not o n<'· ot her childre n is ca ll ed after he r l1 ero - :\ apoleo n ? :\ o '. but her s1\·cet l it·t lc daugh ter is ca lled af te r a greater French soldi er than he-B lessed J eann e d ' Arc '

I am 1niting thi s on th e 8th September, a nd my mind goes back . as e1·e r, to th e b eauti ful process ion a ll round th e grounds at _\l ary's :\fount , 11·hen fo r th e firs t tim e I s ha red the ho nour of carryin g the Childre n of :\l ;uy 's banner, with Jan et Cameron . In some way

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too E thel is associated in my mind 1vith this event. I bcl1e1·e s he a lso 11·as a oanner bearer. an d th at it 11·as the last d ;l\' she 11·as about. T ha t clay month sh<' cliC'd, such an innocent, hoh · death , but 11·hat a sl10ck it \\'a s to us 11·h o so ioved her endlcs!', good-hearted fun!

T h e p;1th of th at procession took u s round the paddock. under the clear old eucalypts­ancl ho11· tr1·ing the stony seed-pods 11·ere to 11·al k on '. \\·e s hould ha1· <' made rosaries of them, as thev do at ]{omc an d Lou rdes.

Thc r<' is one scent abo1·e all others that takes me back to the hap111· o ld tinKs - th e 11·arm , aromatic scen t of th e d ried pine needles of the Broad \\.alk, carrying back the memory of th e pe rfect enjoymt•nt of C'a rly s ummer m orni ng study: it brings back, too, the pine-branch bo11·e r 11·e once h ad fo r an entertainment, 1vhen i\laclge \\'alsh sang, " I Je re , here 11mild T chvell . 11·ithin th s mosS\' dell. etc.·· \\'hat a com ic; il little mim ic of ·thi,; Quecn iC' :\[cLelbn 11·a s ~ Some of our c lasses u s<'d to fi nd rd uge in th ;1t bower, so the scent c;1 rri es 11·th it , too. a p k a­san t suggl's tion of Grec ia n 1 l istory .

One of my s t rongest recollect ion s is of the beautiful tige r l il ies and white d;1h li as that gTe11· in the front round bed of the garckn. and that made the candles on the a ltar look quite yello11· by co mparison . I nc1·cr sec them . or large )·ell o11· pansies, 11·ithout thinking of tlw \\'on­ckr fu l fto11·ers at :\fa n "s :\ [ount.

T h inking of mucl1 mo re than I can 1ni te ma kes me long to be b ack in th<' old scenes. th ough th e d ear teach ers of those da)·s may be scatteJTd am ong the n c11· h ou ses in Austra lia . and thE' sch ool child ren probabl1· th e d aughters and n ieces of former compan ions, 11·h o 1vould think m e 1·cry old , though 1 am rea lly not quite gro1Yn up yet '

T kn o11· 1·ou h ave a beautitul church 1vhich I ha1·e not ·seen, but I should n·an t to be back in mv corner of th e clea r old chapel, o r thE' beautiful li ttle o raton· that d<'ar :\ !other :\f. Bcrchma ns (R .I. P.) secur<'cl for the Ch ildren of Ma n'. I cannot imaginE' that th E' present Mar~"s :\fount g-c ncration can l'n joy thei r nig litlY suppe r of examination 1ycek as m u ch as did our quartettc-"th e :\fat rikers .. as dear old Sister Ambrose u sed to call us-of 'cp­Josephin e :\faloney, Madge \\'als h . Lena D on ­nellv and myself. Madge occasiona lly 1·isits this' s ide of th e g lobe: Lena' s pos ition h ere i n Lond on ta kes her in to the hig hest s ociety in the land. 1vhile I , by 11·ay of contrast, find my inte res t in the 1·en· lowest , 11·h0m [ meet at the Workhou se an d Ii1firmar\', in th e capacit1· of Catholic Poor L a11· G u a rdian . I find life stories so m a111·, so 1·arious, a nd a lso. so many pureh' t ragic . ·that ord in ary fiction =-eems 11·orthlc =-~ no11·acla1·s.

<\nd i1011·, as I transport m)·self in spmt to t he old scenes. I rem embn hon· we a lll'a )·s smiled at "old girls'" assumption, th a t " their set " was so much fine r than ours ' T h e1· 11·er<' a g rand set 11·ho preceded u s . I a dmit. but so were 1yc of the nineties ' And to ,·ou present and future g irls of :\fary' s :\fount , the best 11·ish I can frame is, th a t you ma)· in )·our turn b e jus t as fi ne, a nd , for the g lory of our clear "Alma :\Iate r, " may you b e yet fin er than we of the d ecad es of yore !

EVA GI LCHRIST.

v. B. Gilchrist t ells us tha t t h e t11·0 ou tstanding

memories of her schoold a1·s are- fi rst the des­pai r experi enced in a rri vi.ng as a " 1~c11· g irl " at :\hny's :\fount, and then, th e utte r des1n i1 fe l t in reali sing that she could no m ore return as .1 school girl. when s he longed to prolong her school dal'S incle fi n ite h·. A minor memo!'\' is th e ro lls for feast da1· ·breakfasts, to 11·hich she s;tys s he is nOI\' more partia l than e1·er, not becau se she loves rolls. but because the,· a rc till! staple breakfast fa re in a ll Catholic coun­tries.

Their 1·ery menti on conjures up moments of <'Cs ta . )' in St. P e ter's, R ome, Cologn e Cathe· dral, R ouen, Bruges , Lourd es , and all those places 1Yhich m a ke one m ore and m ore thank­ful for th<' inestimable gift o f Faith .

VI.

. :\fe mori('S of :\ h ry' s :\fount! \\'ha t a golden p icture of the s p rin gt im e of soul and m ind a nd body. for no real child, unless aged and har­d ened by the impe netrable arm our of 1rnfldli­ness. could those mem o ri es b e aught but a d ream of bea utitul thoughts.

On my nc1·e r-to-be-forgotten first clay, I stoocl shyi)· gazing at the girl s i n their clear Q]d royal b lue uniform s , as they gathered round in the recreation fi eld . each one rem embering s)·mpath1 s111 g ly th e strangen ess of her first d av at school . and full of tender anxict1· to make the nc11·-comer qui te at home. so; this \\'<1 5 :\fa r)"s :\ fou nt. 1vith a child of :\farv devoting herself 11·ith more tha n s is terlv care to fi nd­ing ou t frie~1d s and interests as if by m agic­and magic 1t 11·;-is- the gold en magic of k in d­ness .

\\'h at a contrast it a ll 11·as, to the prccon ­cei1·ccl picture of a boardi ng school-conjure d up b)· th <' no11· practically obsole te species of school-girl l itnature-1Yhi ch pain ted school li fe a dull dr;1b, as far ;is t each ers a nd lessons 11·ere concerned, 11·ith gleams of ill-natured, practi­cal jokes. or pleasures bough t b1· d eception, as the only l' nli1·ening featu res !

\\'hat a rc1'ela t ion i t 11·as to fi nd (more bv 11·omanl) intu ition than by experience) tha t a nv. thing in the 11·a1· of d ecep t ion 11·as consid ered dishonorable, not o nlv b1· t h e N un s . but b1· th e girls as a boch ", a n d ·that b,· th em it 11·ou!Cl not be tolerated . ·1t \\'as a revelat ion of the sp irit of loplty- th e spirit anim a t ing· t he \\'h ole sch oof - loyal ty to God and to H is cau se, and so 11·hole­hea rtecl lo1·a ltv to our beloved Alma Mater.

Ho11· co·uld ·the lessons b e dull ll'hen each opened up a 11·ondrou s 11·orlcl o f thought , not on!)· un explored, but undreamed of. yet now bec kon in g us o n11·arcl. 1vith the 11·itchery as of a mother -land . Are th ere nell' m ethods of edu ­cation. o r are the1· (11·hat is best in them) but old X atu rc's 1vays follo11ed from the beginn ing b)· a 11 11·ho earnestly t ried to lead the young along th e truest paths of 11·isclom ? I have heard model lessons given by those who a re h ighest in the educational world of Australia, a nd s traight11·ay th ey carried m e back to my chi.l d­hood, and I lived again in 1rnn dering delig ht. This sm a ll 11·orld, amon g the million 11·orlas of th e unive rse, 1rns recognised as the stage o f man's existence here belo11·, an d th e awaken ing-

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t hri ll _thence gi ,·en to the study of g eography and h istory a s nobl e, God- leading sciences, in­terdepen d e nt , insepa ra ble , be\\·itched them ,,·ith the beautv of a drama.

1 h;ffe ·heard model lesso ns and lectures on literature , and slipp ed bac k in thought to our lite rary evenings, wh en \\·e read, di scussed and lived \1·ith our au th ors and their works. Alice in \\.o nde rl ancl first, perh aps, Litt le ~ell, a nd -Others of Dicken s· child s tudies , or Bovie 0-R ei ll~.-s po em s, with s id eligh ts from Carfrl e and K enda ll. H 011· oh en these litera n · feasts gave u s material for our monthlv so i.rees , to which one division in vi ted a noth er, of whi ch t he juniors' un a id ed produ ct ion s (though often more origin al than artis ti c ), we re not th e least apprec iated . l{O\\. m a ny , I wonder, remember the ir " Je\1·ish evening," the outcome ev icl enth­of th e en joyment of Old T estam e nt s t~ri es \1·hei1 they u ndertoo k to dramat ise the Plagues of Egypt'.'.'.

Our br ightes t days? School hol id ays, of course , loo ked fon1-;1.rd to , and p lann ed for ,,·eeks ·b eforehand , and a ll too s hort to conta in th e realism of a ll the \1·ondrous schemes . Of these, pre-eminent \1·ere the Feast of Loretto a nd the Feast of St. Aloysius , a nd unique in many 11-;1ys the h oliday for "Welcome ou t of Retrea t. " K ever \1·as laughter more gav, never did tongues 1yag more briskh· than after the three davs' s ilence . 11·hich fo rrnecl such a h aYen ot rest, ·cutting off th e l ittle sch ool 1\0rries or <'ares inc ident t-o the rest of the vear. Such a ne11· begin ni ng, and such generous resolut ions, <:rowned. perhaps, by en trance into a SodalitY , with ribbon an d med a l, and a hi gher s ta ndi1ig in th e lit tle soc ial 1rnrld of school, 11·ith a n ad­<litional feeling of respon s ibi lity , \\·hich was, to many, the mos t attract ive c;ill to duty!

There " ·ere sorro1Ys as 1Yell as fo ,·s in our lives; the sorrm1·s of child ren, not ·less intense becau se narro11·ed in to childi sh hearts . and un ­<lers toocl by fe11". Agnes Griffin came " home.' ' as she herself sai d , "to di e in her old sch ool. . , To one the sad event brought back the m emory of a vacant p lace in her 0 11·n home c ircle , a nd sh e fl ed to her refuge-beneath Our Laclv's m a ntl e in the C hi ldren of '. lan .. s Ora­tory:._a nd sobbed ou t her sorro11· there.

Ho1y long that dark hour lasted she cou ld ne,·er tell: but, at length , the sorrow lost its bitte rn ess in th e comfort of true s\·mpathy, for one of the ;\uns h ad found the refugee, :rncl shared her sorro \1-.

Th e Kuns- why h a,·e I not spoke n of th em tiefore' l s it that th ey 1\·ere nothing to us­t hat we looked n ot he,·ond ou r books. our spo rt s, our companions _.:._ to r th e nohilitY and h appiness of life? :\o '. '.Iost emphat.icalh·. no'. I do not b el ieve that there \1·as one child p;issing through th e gentle tra ini ng of e\·en t 1Yo or th ree school vears who did not fullv realise that th e ~un s · 11·ere her true st friends. ~ay , more, did \1· e not kn o\\' in st in ct ivelv that the ,·ery esp rit d e corps 11·hi ch m ade the life of our games and the d epth of our school fri end ships (proot. as the)· 1\·ere again s t th e sto rms of la ter life), th at a ll that was grandest and most beautiful an d most lovable in ou r b eloved Alma Mater \1·as clue to the verv spirit -0f religion-th e atmosphere of r eli gio us lives.

Of clear R e,·erend '. !other h erself, from memory 's exhaustless picture gall e ry, j u st three typ ical devotions s hall I cite- to the lonelv to lit tl e ones, and to th e respons ible sectio·n' of eld er g irl s. ~o one hut those who had bee n " litt le ones"

could know h ow feeling ly one cou ld enter in to their ch ild ish griefs and " ·o rries, and ho1\· m am· a sorro\1· \\'as sobbed out to · the one \\h o \1·as in ,·en · truth a mot her. Again, \1·ho am ong us can not look hack to th e "going-home talks " as gu iding lights eith e r to keep our feet aright in the s h or t fr eedom of holid ay tim e, o t to direct ou r path aften\·arcls 11·h en, as R evere nd ?IIoth er emphas ised , ,,.e \1·ere " home fo r good . " All I can say is that they exercised a moth er· s o\1· n influe nce.

\\·e, \1·ho in ou r you nger d a ,·s l is ten ed \1·ist­full y to tal es of the '.lothe r-Iiouse, R ath farn­ham , 11·hencc our Kuns had brought the tradi ­ti ons ,,.e fruard ecl so proudly, rea li sed th at we 1\' e rc ch il dren of a 1rnrld -11·ide in s titute. The enth u s ia st ic sp iri t of loyalty in our teachers \\·as not lost on u s, and so \1·e clung to th e time­honored customs , as we did to the "blue,·· in the 1rnrds of our old so ng--

' We' re proud of our colour, a nd think it grand To belong to Lo ret to 's Royal Band , \\.hose uni form s th rived in a distant land,

Th n"e h undre d \' Pa rs ;1 go . (L .)

VI I. '.J argcry Flem ming begins by acquainting

us 1nth the nu merous attempts she has made at consign ing " '.Jemories , . to paper. " I h an:: fall en in a chaos of tu m bl ed recoll ect ions (sh e sa ys), merry, a nd s1\·eet and sad. no one of th em m uch more prom inent than a nother­and l don·t kno1\· quite \\'here to begin , or 1\·he re to stop!

One of the mo-;t beautifu l memories of mv sc hoo l li fe is of the da)· l arr i\'ecl at '.[ary 's .ll ount- a p:dc, littk: unclers ize c reatu re, eag er for th e e ' pcrience of boarclrng sc hool lite, ancl yet d reading it- exc ited and t rain-1\·earv and shrinking at the thought of th e new ·life to b e I l\·ed apart from mv mother. The cab turn ed in at th e great gates , and T heard th e 11·h ecls cru nching on the gravell y clri\·e- then 1\e s topped. and l c li mbed out , c linging to '.! ot hers hand. I ascended th e ste ps to th e front doo r. 1\·hi lc my heart pl<iyed the ke ttle drum , and a lmost sou nded the retre:it . One m ome_nt 1\·e stood in the du s k, waiting, a nd then th e big door opened-a flood of light poured out-1\·c \H• re dra\u1 inside. and then, 'So 1·ou are our ne\\. child ' \\.hy, \\·elcome to L oretto '. · I \Yas folded in shelt ering arms and ki sse d. T \\°aS a Loretto gi rl !

On e day \1·e \1·e re in the paddock at R ecrea­tion: it \Yas an exquis ite daY of sunshin e and 1\· a rm scen ts. th e h a11·thorn ·hedge 11·as veil ed 1nth blossom, an d the young grass mad ,,· ith ne,,· gro1Yt_h ! And over by th e infirmary h edge sat a sen10r , queen111g it happi lv among the ba:bcs of the school. H.egarclless· of a ll rules the ir hats were cast aside; they sat, their s unm'. hair agleam in the shine, making dan delioi1 ch a ins. The bell ra ng ; som eon e called, 'Come,

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·children'.· The little group rose, and came fly­ing, en b loc, to\Yarcl s us, wreathed, c ro1n1cd an d chained \1·ith golden ft01Yers such a pic­ture !

Another memory. A s tormy e \·ening, ,,·ith lo\1·er ing 1\'ind-blo\\'n cloud s s1\aying ove rhead . In the grey light, seve n o r eigh t g irls paced the othern·ise deserted paths-thi s \\·as th e last even ing of R etreat-our hearts full of th ough ts u nexpressed, s in ce no sound but th e 1\·incl bro ke th e solemn s il ence. Th en a sud de n smoth e red exclamation from my companion brought me to :tttention. I fo ll o11ed her gaze ; the p- r ey cloucl curtain had ro ll ed bacl' trom just one spot in the 11·ide expanse of a ngry s ky , an d right acro ss t he b lu e thus exposed, there h u ng a cross ot black'. F or one moment \1·e held

.our breaths - frozen into inaction , and then . .\Iary repeated the s ign 011 her heart- an omen' \ \·hn k 110\\'S ?

I cou ld go on ind efin ite ly. I 1rnnrler 11·hy just the lit tle h a ppenings seem to fl oat to the top

.of m v mcmo n- songs '. The bigger things are -deep. dO\\·n - th c beginnings of fr iendships that .ue st ill S I\ eet to m e, the thoughts of the great Feast cl aYs , triumph s and failures , losses . and. above a li. the e\·ergrO\\·ing Im·e fo r the ;\uns , such faithful friends. mothers and sisters in 1·e n · truth '. God on h k no1\·s 1\·hat l 011·c th e gra.ncl-sou lecl 1rnmen · 1\'ho helped ;ind guided me. ever reacly 11·ith s )·mpathy :incl appreciat ion for m\· fa ll s a nd upri si ngs. I \\·as a ' con­tra ry ·11 cc beas rie, · but l am so grateful to remember the lm·eh· commo n-sen se 11-;1\· in ,,·hich m,· ,·agari es \Yere h and led . l haYe inuch indeed to thank these clear friends for. l t is no1\· ma ny ,·ears s in ce I became a Lo retto i:ri rl , ,·et , 1Yitli ·ch ildh ood and girlhood memo ri es onh-, e \·cn nO\\'. I sti ll belong to L oret to -- Deo Gr~tias ~ ,,

:'1·1 f\ RGE l~Y FL H J ING.

V I If. . .\ncl nll ll. 11·e 11 el come recoll ections of :\orman­

hurst from onC' of its clc1·otecl "old girb ... fl ora .\ Inrri son, \1ho as a little l:1 dy of l1inc. c lnsely hugg ing a go lden -h ai red doll :is bi" as herself, and c li nging to her mother 11·i th on<' hai~d. first 111acle li er ;icquamtance \1·1th Loretto, ::-\ orman ­h u r"t.

"Even as I write," she sta tes, " I recall lh e feel-ing of h :1 lf -loneliness and str:angcness whi ch oYern·helmecl me: but h ow krnd 1\·as '.I other .\ Ian· D orothea. and h o1\· ge 11 crou sh · sh<' pli ed 'lF 1\·ith c:1kcs, ti ll, not kno\1·ing 11·h at to do \1ith 1hem a ll. I final h · shared m Y dainties ,,·ith C1esar. th<' big St. Bern;ird clog . .

Soon l became one of a set of happy l 1_ttle mortab enjoying plenty ot plaY and su nslrnw, 11·1th iust an occasional h ealthful sho1,·er, \Yh en books g ot lost or lessons 1H~re h a rd . so tha t th e blots on m,· Engl ish exe rcise 1\·ere sometimes the result s of tears I I can't help -;m iling- at tlie mcmon· of \\.inifred Leonard fa lli ng· asleep i 1 the ,·er\· middle of F rench cl<tss. and being ser, t off forthwit h . to take a noon-day s iesta. flo,y she '.J ollie .Barn· and T used to ra ce through

·our' ~opybook s to see ,,·ho \rnuld he fin ish ed fi r s t'. Siste r '.Ian· Berna rd did n ot k now the -mctiYe of our keei1 compet it ion. Our youthful

pranks n o1\· occasion me many a sm ik , e \·en 1Yith the ir ret ri bu tion, \\ hich at the time \\·as a nything but pleasant, a nd all former danng los t it s gla mour ,,·hen 1\·e became crestfall en pen itents . .

l-1 01\· delectable were the Sunday cven m g,; \\'he n th e elect of th e school, \1ho h ad secured good con duct cards, \Y ere a ll O\Yed to stay up ti ll half-past e ight, a nd there in a cos,· co rner of th e schoolroom, lis ten -breathlessly to '.!other Jos eph Dorothea' s \\·ondrous stories of lords and ladies, of knigh ts and dames- and, too, thnll mg lnclian ta lcs' To '.Jother J . Dorothea, also, 1H~ I ittle o nes 11 ere ind ebted for many an extra half -holiclaY, or s urprise picnic in the bush, ,,·hen much to our cl el ig h t, she \\·ould come \Yi th u s o~ explorat ion expedition s. from \\· hi ch " ·e inva riabh· returned laden \1·ith b lossoms an d te rn s . ·

Road G ulh·-so call ed from the T horn le ig h road 1\'hich · 1\· ind s p icturesq u ely in and out hern·ee n hig h \\'al ls of t ree-covered rocks on one s ide and deep gu ll ies on th e oth e r, is one of the pret tiest of bu shy spot s, an d th e sce ne of many a :1 enjoy:1ble picnic. I fere, near :t great cave, ,,·e bui lt our fi res, boiled our billy, :-ind dran k true gull ies, 11·here the on ly glimpses of s ky \Yere tn 'b ilh· tea· '. HO\\ 1\'e lo\·e cl the deep, green

be seen through the \\·aving branch es 0\·erhead. R everend '.Iother' s F east a nd other special

occas ion s \1·crP genera lh· celebrated \1·it h som e dramat ic items, th e inva ri able success of \1·h1 ch 1\·as due to the indefatigable zeal of Sister '.I. Augustine, in its preparation and rehearsal , \\·hich latter it em \\':.ts often a sou rce of great amusemf'nt to the acto rs .

O li1·e Carter, '.luri el Crommclin and Dorothy Kitching- once plaYed ' Box a nd Cox.' to thf' cle l il.!·h t of an amused aud ience. T h e look of .\[ui: iel , spectacles high on nose , ~ eacl cr0\n1ecl 1\·ith a high-top hat (of cardbo:ird .). 111 the ac t of thro1,· ing Co,· s sh op ou t of the \\ mclo\1-, 11·:v; too co mi ca l to bl' forgotten !

Ou r dramatic ente rta inm en ts, hO\YC\·e r , were somet imes accomp:rniccl bY tr ying circ um­stances, as , 1\hcn once, at th e mo;;t t ragi c point ot a scene, \\·hen t_he co ndemned had 'tl­reach · m ounted the scaffold , S ister thought a touc h of red l ight 1rnulcl be e ff ective, and ac­co rding ly lighted some po,,·dcrs. Th e effect 11-;1 s striking- everyone coughed , and. as. a rush \\'as made to open \1·incl o\1· s, the poor J)flS­

nne r d id. her utmo st to keep back the tears, and , 11 a l1 0 11· t he cough, lest it sh ould be thought sh e 11·e re afraid to die'.

1\·e had e\·cnings \lith D icken s. Roman an d French p\aYs , a nd memorable scenes from ' T he Talisman,· in 1\·h ich Cacs:tr. after much

coax ing , fir s t c:1me before. the footl ights. Caesa r, \·ou understand, \\·as g ifted \\'Ith a good \'Oice-o i-, :ts someone rema rk ed, ' it \rnul cl h an· been good if it \1·e rc tra in ed'. '

~011-, T recall the co n\'ent it self, and the bea u tiiu l ,·ie11· 1\e had thro ugh it s ,,·indo1\·s- thf' g-recn. hill,· padclocb, bo rd e red \\· it h tree_s, \\·ith SvclneY lik e a c itv in m ini at u re . st rctch rng fat t ·i the. sou th. The building s tood on a s teep hill and 11·as enclose d in a beaut ifu l garden, 1Yith la\\·ns . and fto,,·cr s, and b ea utifu l trees. 8 ft en l think of ou r brigh t, sun ny sch ool-

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room, furn is hed b)· :\lath er :\f. D oroth ea. 11·ith th e choi ces t pi ctures , 11·h c rc \Y e sa ng a nd pl;n ·cd , had ou r lesson s . a.n occasional m us ical c1·e n ­ing, and 11·e re a s happ1· as the clay 11·a s lon g . L e t m e ass ure you we 11·o rkcd hard. too. les t it b e tho ught a ll our time was spe nt in am u sr­m ents, an d , in tac t , t he :\Tu ns 11·erc som et im es a fra id tha t som e ot u s 1roulcl cl c1·clop b rai n fever. T often 11·onde r if \fa th e r :\ faff P at ri c ia s till remembers th e brilli ;rnt set of ·geomrt r i­c ia ns s h e h ad abou t the )·car 1905-

" \\.ho, no matte r ho11 thC'y puzzled , The)· d id mix th e figure s up. ' '

Dur ing s umm er m o n ths 11·e frequenth· hacl class in th C' ope n a ir- n eve r d is trac ted l)y flit . ting butte rfl)·, no r flutt ering leal"es--for th e a ir and sun s hine s impl)· m a de u s 11·ork di l ige nt])··

l\Iy last school memon· is indeed a happy one. In the cl ear littlC' chapel. so full of rC'col ­lec tion s not to bC' 11·r itten, EikC'n Foley and T 11·ere co nsecr;1tecl Ch il drC'n ot :\ lary. a nd s hortly a fte r, l 11·a,; rm·alh- treat C'CI to a iubilce, c rmn1 ed 11·it h orange l:i lossom s a t brea l~fas t b1· :\I other :\I. Do rothea, 11·ho 11·as th e fir st to 11 eicom e me to Loretto. and the la s t to scr m e depart; a l­lo11·ccl to 1qndcr :lll day :1t m)· O\\"n s1rcct ll"ill , serenaded at nigh t by a grand co ncert, a nd pre ­sented 11·ith a lovelv volume of Ad ela ide P roc tor · s poem s, by :\ father ·:,r. Dorothea, an d two b eauti ­ful prayer books by th e girls- su ch \\" as the order of m 1· j ubilee d ay 1 Sister l\Ia rtha m a de a great cak e expressly for m e , a nd d ecorated its summit, with Cupid as harpist . I gave that ornament to S ister Luigi in memorv of the event. ·

Sch ool-d:i1·s a ll a re flo11·n ; yet , ever an d anon, I look back 11ith Joye ;incl gratitu d e in mv h e;i rt to th e d e;i r N un s, 11·h osC' pati e nce 11·ith , an d lovin g care for u s m ad e our sch oo l-days so brigh t and .i o)·ou s a series of memorie s.

- D or;i :\Jorriso n. Another of our sis ters , 1Y hom 11·c ha ,·c met

her e in :\f;i r v ' s :\fount, has s<'nt us nwm on es of Loretto. :\Iil so n ' s Po in t . \\' <' sh ;1ll let h er speak for herself :-

" MEMORIES OF LORETTO- MILSON'S POINT. "

IX .

In 1900 th e Loretto Xun s opened thei r school in North S1·dn ev. F irsth ·. in a small cot ta c·e in Fitzro)·-st rec t: :\ fil son ' s· Point , then transfr r ­ring- a fe 11. m onth s late r to " F<'rn h ill , .. an o ld and 11·ell -k nown residen ce in CampbC'll -st reC't , an d in rqo~. I 11·ent to sch ool ;it " F e rnhill. '"

" F ernhill " might h ave been te rmed th e h ouse of " h ill s an d da les, " for it stood on a roc k1· s lope, overl oo k ing' th e Harbour. th e p;1th to the fron t g ate in Campbell -s treet b eing so p rec ipi ­tou s, and boast ing of so m a nv s teps, that 1·is i­to1rs to th e conven t p referred the longe r 11·a,· roun d. to the Pitt-s tree t entrance. But the pre­cipitou s n a ture of th e surrou ndings lent a pi c­tiJresq u e e ffect hard to riva l , 11·i th th e O\·er­ha•1g- in Q; roc ks . a nd glimpses of the Ha rbou r thr')ugh th e fo liag e of the trees a nd then 11·e bad a natura l cave of ro ck in tl1C' 11·ild<"rness of the lo11·er garden . This 11·as a fa ,·ou r itc re-

sort, and 1rhen 11 e h a d placed ;1 s ta tue of Our Lad y o n a rocke r)· in th e co rner , we 1\·e re proud of our L ourdes. :\Iam· a cl ass wa s held in th e en t rance to that grotto, a nd on h ot summ er da1·s , t he s had e and coo lness afforded b1· t hat 01·c rhangi ng ro c k 1\·c re co1·etccl. The 11·id e ba l­cony up sta irs . 1\ith its m ag nifi cent 1·ie 11 o f thf' Harbour, 11·as a noth e r Lt1·ou ri te s pot, and a great pr iv il ege 11·as to be a ll o11·ed to re turn to school on Satu r d ay mornings, to 1Y;1tch th e larg~ mai l s teamers lca1·c th e qu ;i y, d irect ly oppos ite.

Ou r phygrouncl 11·a s th e o nly leve l port ion of th e g round s, a l;irgc oblo ng s tretch , f ro nt­ing Pitt -st reet, a nd a ll o ld "l:ernh ill .. schola rs 11·il l rem embe r " The \\"ood " ;i s ll"e termed it, and ma111· and exc iting 11·ere the con tes ts i n rounders an d pri son e rs ' base h eld th ere. Our '' pa rties" 11·cre a h1·:1ys held in th e op e n, and m :t11>· h :\ppy fea s t day s a nd " b reak -ups " 11·er e celebrated 011 th e roc h · s lope s at " Fcrn hil l.' ' \ \ "c \\·ere a hap11y ban d· o f girl s , big :me! little. th e se ni or :rnd j u n ior- for \1·ant o f spa ce , a nd la c k of nu mbc r . .;- b e ing unitC'cl in the b ig· d e­tac hed sc hoo l-room 11·hich the X uns had h;Hl e rec ted. J.11 th at )"C'<l r . 1 90~, the sc h oo l had settled do11·n . and 11·o rk 11·a s in full s 11·ing, ancl ir e had ou r fi r st yca rl>· exam in :1t ions, co nd u cted lF \ Ir. Su t herlan d, of t he :\l clbourn e U niver­s ity. \\ "e 11·c re proud to compete 1rith th e o ld l'r " Lore t tos, " ;ind great 1\·as our excitement 11·h e n m a m · of u s sccur<' cl fir s t cer t ifi c;i tes. In t he subser[uent )·ca rs. a membe r of the Sydn e,· Cnivers it1· set ou r papers. and it c:-in b e s aid ll"ith pride that th e sta ncbrcl att;iincd a t ou 1· fir s t a ttempt h as b ee n nrnin ta in ed , a nd in 1905 the fir st candidate for th e Juni or Publ ic exa m ­in a t ion of the SYdn eY U nivers ity was s u ccess­fu l. The n , eac!i )·ear s ince, '"Fernhill ,'' a nd btcr. " E lamang " s tud ents . h a ,·e held hono r ­a b le pl aces on the exa min ation l is t s of our U ni -1·ers ity. J n 100-1 t he fir s t batch of ca ndid ates. t11· cJve in number. sat fo r the mus ical examin a ­t io ns . in connection 1ri th the Hoq l Acad em 1· a nd l{oyal Coll ege of :\Ius ic, a nd ·all 11·crc suc ­cess fu l- t he' ma jo ri ty obta ini ng " hono urs" ; an d in thi s di r ec ti on, a lso, Loretto , :-Iilson's Point, has es ta b lis hed a reputat ion , the exam ­iners freque nt ly remark ing· 011 t he high sta n ­dard :itta incd b)· th e p upi ls. \\"e 11 acl our Soc!a lities. form ed in 190-1 , a nd in the t im· ch a pel at "Fernhil l " five g ir ls \1·ere co nse­c ra ted " C hildre n of :\fan·."

But " F crnh ill " ll"a s o nl>· a tem pora ry res i­d ence , a s the growing sch ool soo n out ra n it s l imih . The hou se 1Ya s not la rge. and so, in 1907, " Elamang," th e p rese nt res iden ce, a su b­s tantia l stone hou se, 11·ith a fine S\\ eep of g a r­den. an d ground, \1·as secu red , and durin g th e C h n stm;1s holid a)·s of th at )·ca r, the removal took place.

H o11· proud 1ye 11·e re of "Elamang " ! " Ela­mang " \1· irh its broa d gravel avenue. its 11·idc s tone verandahs, great tiled hall , an d th e num er­ous passag es . and large bo11-11·ind o1Yed ch apel - " Elamang," 11·h ich 11e decla red must h a 1·c been des ign ed for a Convent in fa r-off da1·s. The g a rd e n, too, ll"a s a source of delight; J)ut g a rde ns \\"ere the ord er of the d a '" whe n \Ye set tled at "Elam an g ,'' an d t inr beds sprang up

~ The Grounds , Loretto Cc nve nt , Elamang. i'\entral Bay 111 the di stance .

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h ere and there. By the s ide ,·erandah , round by th e chapel, the l.:niversity class had t11eir g;nden s, and to-day, there lies a bed, no11· e<m­verted into on e s t ri p , \d1 ere t11·0 members of that c lass, o nce m ember s of the '· Fourth, " at '· Fernhill ," and 11011· in the ?\oyitiate at " _\l:uy· s _\ l ou nt," ' gre11· ro se sli p s an d carna· t ion s in fr iendly ri,·ah-~·. Jn the qu:i int bo,1·­" ·ind o11"ed chapel, these t11·0 11·ere a lso conse­nated "Children of _\Jary, " th e first t11·0 Social ists at " E lamang " .

But the Cro ss 11«1s n ot 1\"anting in those first happy years, for in I C)IO the angel of Deatl. 1·i s ited .. E lamang, " and m emories of Loretto, :l l ilso n' s Poi n t, 1rnuld not be complete , \\" ith ­nut reference to the sad lo ss of on e or its .. founda t ion stones '' - _\lolh- Bell , R.I.P. As a littl e girl sh e join ed u s i11 th e Ju nior School ~tt " F ernhill ," and during the Years 11·h en sh e passed from there to the l:niversity cbss at " Elamang, " h er reco rd 1\"as one of the br ight­est of Loreto's children . and it is safe to sa \" that in th e hearts an d minds of the :\"un s and

children of those early day s at " Fernhill " a nd '· E la mang, " h er memory 11"i!l b e tender an d long-cherish ed.

They have a sports pavilion at " Elamang " 11011·, and a tennis court in cou rse of constru c­iion. The old school-room, removed from " Fernhi ll , .. is reserved for the jun iors alone, and loft1· class-rooms fo r th e senior and . Uni­versity classes, have bee11 e rected. l\Iany of the "jun iors " of "Fernhill, " a re now th e :· se niors .. of ".El am a ng, " steadily maintain­rng the reputatwn the · ' Old Girls" esta,b­l is hed, a nd these " O ld G irl s, " scattered far and 11 ide, st ill t a ke a keen interest in the do­ings of their "Alma ~later, " proving that th e mcmor>· of th e happy days at " Fernhill, " is ~ti ll green. and in manv cases sho1Ying th at the lessons learnt in _ the' old sch ool- room, and on th e p laygroun d in the "Wood ," h ave al· ready born e fruit in the years th a t are gone, an d promise to be equally productive in those yet to come.

LYLE STEVENSON, E. ~ M.

CONVENTS OF THE I.B.V.M. IN AUSTRALIA.

VICTORIA: Loretto Abbey, Mary's Mount, Ballarat. Loretto Convent, Dawson St., Ballarat.

Loretto Convent, Albert Park, Melbourne. Loretto Convent, Portland. Loretto Convent, St. Michael's, Hamilton.

NE \V SOUTH WALES

Loretto Convent, Normanhurst, Sydney. Loretto Convent, Kirribilli.

'NEST AUSTRALIA: Loretto Convent, Osborne, Claremont. Loretto Convent, Adelaide Terrace, Perth.

Loretto Convent, West Perth.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Loretto Convent. Norwood, Adelaide.

Central Catholic Training College, Albert Park, South Melbourne.

IN MEMORIAM.

Grief was general throughout Australia when on the 22nd May it became known that the Very Reveren d Patrick Keating, S .J . , had passed away after a very short illness . Loretto share d fully in th e sor­row, for Father Keating had ever proved himself a kind fr iend , and had won the gratitude an d \·eneration of the member s of the In s titute of the B.V. Mary, many of whom have had the privilege of mak­ing Retreats under his direction . They s till recall many of his pithy sentences, some touched with humour, and con tain­ing a vvealth of prac tical sp1fitu ality.

During the earl ~· days of Regis tra tion - which were a lso the ,early days of th e Training College, Albert P ark- Father Keating was frequently consulted on scholastic ma tters , in which he was an authority, and the help was always given in his characteris tically genial and cour­teous manner which enhanced the value of the favour.

The peculiar note of F ather Keatin g's oanc tit\·, it seems to us , was a sunn mess, a brightness, which appeared to be the ou tcome of an unselfi sh di sposition, and of a bra \·e . cheerv. soldier-like derntion to Chris t' s cause. . Somehow he and Blessed Thomas :.fore seemed to have had mu ch in common, in that ·each, look­ing on earth merely as the road to heaven, did not a llow pass ing e\'en ts to cloud the sun shine of the hear t .

Very true are the words spoken by His Grace, the Archbishop of Sydney, a t the obsequies of the revered and deeply­lamented Father:- " 'Well for his friends to know the life Father Keating has led, and happy fo r them that the record he had written on their memories was ripe in personal sanctification and spi ritual victory."

.\!lay the bra\·e, bright spiri t res t in peace, is the p rayer of the gra teful heart s of Loretto.

Earlv in the vear we condoled with Bl"s~ie' Loughlin: 2. fo rmer puoi l, or. the death of hl"r good :nother. As we mis s our dea r departed ones at Ch ri stmas more than at a nv ,) ther time we renew now our expression.s of sympa.thy. Bess ie's sor ­now :-11 ust be ming led wit!1 grat itude fo r the memon· of such a mother is a JOY, and a help- on the upward wav. R .I.P.

To the relations and friends of one oi th e early pupil s of Dawson-s treet , :.Vlrs . Mungovan (Magg ie Brophy), we also re· new the assuran ce of deep sympathy. All Ballarat, we may say with truth , mourned her dea th. To the poor it was a calarnit;. for Mrs. Mungovan was the wor th/ daughter of a mother remarkable for her tender charit \· fo God's sufferi:ig mem­bers. R.I.P . ,

This year, too, has seen the death of a forme r puoil of :.1ary's Mount, Anme O'Connor (Nlrs. Kennedy)-a young wb:: and mother, who, on her las t visit tr:. :via ry' s Mount towards the close of r 9r~ . was a picture of health and happines 3.

God called her, and she bowed SL<bmis­sively to His holy will . To her sorrowing relatives and friend s we offer anew con­clolenres, and assurt> t '.tem tha t her memo:y will be affecti0nately cheri she d in her Alma Mater. R.I.P.

Results of Public Examinations IN THE

Convents of the 1 nstitu te of. the Blessed Virgin Mar)?. - ---1. 9 1. 2 ---·----

LORETTO ABBEY, MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT

University of Melbourne THEORY OF MUSIC

Sybil Doneley Mollie Farrell

Maysie Hopcroft Delma Tory

Nora McCormack G lad,·s l\IcDonald

l\'Juriel Atky ns

Grade III.

Grad~ V.

PRACTICAL Grade III.

Grad~ IV.

Associated Board of the R.C.M. 1913

Higher l!i".i~ion Lower D1v1s10n

Eleme~tary Division

"

Kathleen Dixon

Sybil Doneley ::\Iaisie Steele

Maysie Hopcroft Delma Tory

Mollie Farrell Nora l\1cCormack

Alice Collins

and R.A.M., London

May McMahon Eileen Connolly

Gladys MacDonald Maxie Robertson Kathleen Dixon

Muriel Atk y ns Queenie Sussman

LORETTO CONVENT, DAWSON ST. 1913

MUS IC RESULTS Associated Board of R.A .M. and R.C.M., London

LOCAL CENTRE Piano-Misses J. Moore and B. Mulrooney Theory-Misses E. Cox, J. Moore, May Brown and

B. Mulrooney SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

HIGHER DIVISION Piano-Misses V. Willis and A. Conlon Singing-Miss E . Guilfoy le

LOWER DIVISION Piano - Misses F. Delaney, V. McManamny, N.

Mulligan, Q . Neyi1;1 . . _ Violin- Misses T . W1lhs (d1stmctton), V. Delaney

and K. Griffin

ELEMENTARY DIV ISION Piano: Misses B. Sinnot (distinction), E . Sin not ,

E. Moll oy, Connie Resso , l\'I. Walsh, A. Taylor , C. Lyons, 1\1. H odgens, I-I. Blanch­field, K . Cox, A. Brown , M. Miller, E . Crowley

Violin : Misses E. Morris and C. Adair Singiug: Miss M. Nevins

PRIMARY DIVISION

Piano: Misses V. Hussey, V. _Mu rray, M. Hoga1~, s. Lauricella, E. McGoldnck , D. l\lcCormack, M. McCormack, K . O'Donnell, A. Monk

Violin: E . Crowley, Q. Nevin

Melbourne Un iversity

Grade II. Piano Miss E. G uilfoyle Harmony Teresa Kehoe

JUNIOR PUBLIC KATHLEEN MOLLOY - Algebra, Geometry,

Arithmetic (D ) , Geograph y (D) . EILEEN COX Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra

(D), Geograph y, French (D_). MARY Mc CARTHY-Anthmet '.c• Algebra, Geom­

etry (D), Geograph y, Draw'.n g. NELLIE HASSETT-Arithmetic , Algebra , Geom­

etry , Geograph y, French .. MARY O'CONNOR. E ngltsh, History, Geo-

graphy, Drawing

Melbourne Institute for the Advancement of Plain

Needlework

Grade I. Viva l\lurphy, Leon Byrne, l\'Iarj_or!e Hehir Mollie Landrigan , Leona Kelly , L1zz1e Davev', Rita Miller, Kathleen . O'Keane, Marg'eryHayden , Lilla Lynch, Phyllis Walke~, Kathleen Darcy, Mary O'Keane, Maggie Walshe, Mary Ramus. _ _

Grade IL Marjorie McCorrmck, Conme Russo, Mirlie Mackay, Moll ie Murphy, ~1ary H ogan, Hilda Magill, F.ileen l\I~Gold~1ck, Frances Ke lly ,Mavis McCormick,K1tty .o ?onnell Vera Fitzgerald Agnes Fraser, Bessie Smnott, Mary Cox, Kathleen Adair , Ei leen Molloy, Madge Toomey, Sylvia Mc?hail , Vera _De la;1ey .

Grade III. Connie Russo, Mavis !'1 Corm1~k , Mollie Scarfe, Dorothy 1';tcCor.m1ck , Mom~a Miller, May Mill~r, ~m1ly Smnott, Nellie Moloney

The Institute prize was won by Leona K~lly. Phyllis Walker, Mary O'_Keane , Maggie Walshe

and Mary Ramus obtamed honors,

EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS.

LORETTO CON VENT, PORT LA ND University of Melbourne

Ml'SICAL EXA:\IIKATIOKS, 1913

PRACTICAL Grade VI. Passed: Elsa Sleeman, :\lary Wright,

:\Iona l\Iills Grade V. Passed: Daisv Sleeman Grade IV. Passed : Gertie O'Donnell Grade III . Passed: :\lay Fahey, Olive Bourbaucl

TH EORY Grade V. Passed: Daisy Sleeman Grade JV. Obtained H o11ms: Isabel Murray.

Passed: Gertie O'Do1111el l, Amelia O'Brien

VJOLIK Gracl e V . Passed: Olive Bourbaud

Melbourne Institute of Needlework, 1913 Grade I. E ileen Brown, 99; l\Iay Devlin, 98;

Lorna Gaffn ey, 9.S; Imelda Cu;ke llv 97; Elsie \\'right , 9-L · '

Grade II . Dorothy Gleeson , 98; Elsa Sleeman 94 Grade III. Vida Thomson , 87. ' ·Grade JV. Agnes Gleeson , 98.

LORETTO CONVENT, HAMILTON Junior Public

VERA :\I:-\ \\'SOX. Passed in Arithm eti c, Algebra, Engltsh, H istory, G eography a nd French

WINNIE \~HITE . Arithmetic (D), German (D), Pa_ssed 111 Algebra, Geography, E nglish (D), History

:\ICSIC Lily :\Iiddlet on, Senior Trinity Coll ege Universities of Addaide and Melbourne

Grade VI. A. Milla ne, K. Strachan, I. Scullion, M. ~1oran, :\1. Ferguson, :\I. Symons, K. Harnng ton

Institute of Plain Needlework, Melbourne M. Murphy, I. Sculli on, J . Hoga n , K. Millane,

M. :\1oran .

LORETTO CONVENT, NORMAN HURST Associated Board R.A.M. and R.C.M., London

THEORETICAL EXAl\1INATIOXS H .A RNIONY

ADVAK1 ED GRA DE Kathl ee n Byrne

THEORY ELEMENTS

<Clare Bryant, Ei leen Brewer, Eileen Flanagan

PRACTICAL PRlMARY GRADE

Evelyn Le P laistrier (D), Kathleen McKenzie

ELE::\IENT.-\RY GRADE Dorothy Bou~ke, ::\I e ~cia Bou eke, R enie :\Iurphy,

Ethel Tnmmell-R1tchanl

LOWER Dl\' JSJON Phi lomena Bryant, Enid Goldrick

HIGH E R l_lIVISION :\I. Brewer, Kathlee n Donne lly (D ).

n.;TER::\I EDETE GRADE Clare Bryant, Ei leen Brewer

( Ho11ours).

University of Sydney SEl\JOR PliBLIC EXA'.\IS, DEC.,

1912 \\'i11ifred L eonard

DEC., 1913 Marcia Ganlrner, Kathleen Byrne, \Verbie Ril ey

LORETTO CONVENT, KIRRIBILU, SYDNEY

University Examinations

JL\' IOR EVELY?'° COKE~ILL-Pass: French. H onours:

:\1.us1c, Algebra, _-\ri thmetic, English, English History

VEROl\A COKERILL-Pass: French Arith­m eti c. H on ours : ::\Iusic, E11glish 'H istory English, Alge bra '

AMY O'< 'OK XOR-Pass : Arithmetic, English, French. H onours: Algebra.

LORETTO CONVENT, NORWOOD, S.A. University Examinations, 1912

SEXJOR PUBLIC

B. REYXOLDS (completed). Passed in English, History, !'la ne Geometry and Perspective Drawing.

V. RENWI CK. Passed in Engli sh Literature, French, Plain Geometry and Perspective Drawing.

JUi'\IOR PCBLIC A. CU:\IMIXS. Passed in English Literature

French , German, H isto ry, Geography, and Sohd Geomotry,

M. MORRIS. E ng li sh Literature French Ger­man, History, Drawing, (l\lo~lel and' Solid Geometry) .

K. l<.E::\'WIC~. E nglish Literature, French, German, History, Drawing (l\1odel and Solid Geometry).

G. STREICH. German, Geography, Drawing ( :Vlodel and So!Jd Geometry.)

V. REN\\'ICK (completed) . Passed in Algebra.

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,\'or wood (co11ti1111ed.)

University, Music 1913 PRA CTI CAL

Grade IIJ. S. :\IcKeough Grade I V. E. Stott, E. Daly Grade V. E. :\laegraith, K. Andrews

THEORETICAL Grade I\'. \V. Leah y, E. Devitt Grade V. A. ::\IcKeouglt , F. :\lcKeoug h , Clara North, E. :\'e il, E. :\Iaegraitlt

Associated Board of Royal Academy and Royal College, London . 1913

Licentiate Associated Board R .. -\ .}l. and R.C.L. }liss Elsa :\Iarshall-Hall, L .. \ .B.

PR .-\ CTIC AL Inte rmediate Grade. Pianoforte, \V. L eahy High er Division. Pian oforte , E. Lane Lower Division. \'iolin, D. Lamerto n (Honors). Lower Division. Pianofo rte, V. Lamerton, A.

:\le K eough Elementary Division. Pia noforte, Ca rmel O'Leary Primary Division. Pianoforte, .'I .. Callery (D.);

Passed, :\I. Slattery , :\I. Pick, Clem Plunkett, :\I. Wright Violin, E. Daly

THEORETIC .\L Local Ce ntre Rudiments. \\'. Leahy

LORETTO CONVEN T, OSBORNE, CLAREMONT, PER l'H Junior Public Examination

I. GEXER .\L !-IONOR LIST

:\l elba :\Iitchell (Prize Winn er) Second Place Ed ith Castieau, 21st Place

Gladys :\Jeagher, 82 ncl Place

II. SPECIAL HO:\OR LIST

English Literature. :\Ielba :\1itchell , Edi th Caslieau

English History. Gladys :\lt:agher, Seventh Place Greek. :\I elba :\litch ell , F1rst Place

Edi th < ·astieau, F ourth Place Latin. :\1elba :\Iitchell, 3rd Place, r dith

L astieau, 17th Place French. Edith Castieau, Sixth P lace

Algebra. :\l elba }litchell, Eighth Place ;1: ELB.-\ :\IITCHELL. Honours in Gree k , Latin,

Algebra a nd English Literature. Pass, His­tory, French, Arithmetic

EDITH CASTIE.-\ U. Honours in Greek, Latin, English Literature , French. Pass in History and Algebra

GLADYS '.\IEAGHER. H o nors in History. Pass in English, Latin, French, Arithmetic, Algebra and Physics

KATHLEEN CORX\\'ALL. Pass in English, Hi story, Latin, French, German

KATHLEEN LOVELL. Pass in English, His­tory, Latin, French, Algebra, Physics

Osbon1e ( co11ti1med.)

Musical Examinations Universities of J\lelbourne,

Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Queensland

Grade VI. Pass : Kathleen Coffey, Dolly Gold­stein

Gra.cle IV . Theory. Honours : Eileen O'Reilly :Hollie :\lose ley

Associated Board R.C.M. and l{.A.M . London

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION Advanced Grade. Piano: Lily Kavanagh, G ladys

Lukin , E. O'Reilly Inte rmedia te. Piano: Mollie Moseley (Honours),

Dorothy Smith (Honollrs), Kathleen Lovell, Janie Lukin , Gladys :\1eagher

Highe r Division. Piano: Thelma L loyd Singing: Eiieen Da ly, Melba Mitche:J

Lowe r Divisi on. Piano : Kath leen Castieau, Verona Cathie, Florrie Golian, Ebie Scott, :vrollie Shaw \'io lin : Erli th Castieau, Rose M' Aleer

Eleme nt~ry Division . Piano: L eila Colenutt, M. Ll oyd, Alice Cornwall, Ivy H a nnah, Mary Leeson, :\lamie Holt, Ei leen Johnson, Rita Shenton, Olga Stenburg Hai p: i\Iollie :Vloseley Violin : Sylvia Goossens

Primary. Piano: Distinction s - Clara Holt, M. :\iorgan. Passes Nlar jorie Bannan, Barbara Cooling, Lorna Davidson, Dolly Darbyshire, N. Lovell, Eileen Rodriguez, K . Threadgold Violin: Gladys Jackson

Results of Examinations of l\'lusic in Theory and Practice, 1913

THE ASSOCIATED BOARD

Theory. Interm ediate L ocal Centre . Pass: M. :\litche il

Hig h er Division . Honours: Kathl een Lovell , 141 m arks Pass: Gladys Lukin, Janie Lukin, Dorothy Cavanagh , Gladys Meagher, Eileen O'Reill y, :\1ollie :\loseley

Lower Division. H o nours: O lga Stenberg, 138 marks. Jessie Martin, Do1othy Smith Pass: Eva Wen loc k

L ocal Centre Rudiments. Gladys Jackson, Kath­lee n Castieu

Sch0o l Rud1111e nts. Florrie Gollen, E. O'Brien, Ivy Hannah

Primary. :11ollie Shaw, :Mary Leeson, E. Johnson, Ve rona Cathi e, :\lay R yan, :\Iary Martin, M. Holt, Do ris \\'ollff, Sylvia Goosse ns, K. Shiel, ,\, LOrn\\'all, :\luriel Rodriguez, L. Colenutt, r\. H aywood, :\Iarie Lloyd, Mollie Hampshire, E. Suliivan, F. Scott

Practical Examinations UNIVERSITIES OF MELBOUR.'<E, SYDNEY , ADELAIDE,

TAS!'<\ANIA, QUEENSLAND

Grade II. Honours: :\I. :\loseley Grade III. H ono urs: G. Jackson

Pass: D. Smith, E. Daly Grade IV. H onours: K . Castieau Grade V. H o noLtrs: M. Sheil, K. Sheil, E. O'Brien

60 EUCA LYPTUS BL OSSOMS.

LORETTO CONVENT, ADELAIDE TERRACE, PERTH Univers ity of Adelaide

SENIOR PUBLIC

IDA LILLIS. H onours in Latin , French, Eng lish Literature and An cient History. Pass in three oth er su b jects.

NELLIE A:\KETELL. H onours in Latin . Pass in five oth er subject s.

J UNIOR PUBLIC l\1AR J0 Rl E '.\IcKNIGHT. Honours in French .

P ass in Latin , English , History, Arithmetic, Algebra

K ITTY DES:\'lOND. Pass i n E nglish, History, French , Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry

EVA CO RBETT. Pass in E ng lish , History , Geo­graphy, Lat in, French, ,1rithmet ic

KATHL EE;s" MOR .-1:'\ . !'ass in E ng lish, History, Latin, Fren ch , Arithm etic, Geom etry

Associated Board of R.A.M . and R.C .M., London, 1913

Advanced Grade. Bemarlette Guy (\'i olin ) Interm ed ia te. Gladys Meagher ( Pian o) Higher Division. P iano: Eugen ~ Egan (distinc­

tion) , N. Anketill, Dorothy Birch Violin : Euge nie Egan

Lower Division. Piano: A. G regory (distinction ), Doreen Brennan, Dorothy Brooke, Lilian Cosgrove, L . Moody, D. Scott

Elementary Division. Piano : Albe r ta Mayrhofer, Jessie :Sinclair (d istinction ), Eilee n W alsh, Eileen Bolger, Norm a Brennan , Lila Brooke, Glad ,.s Green, Kathleen l\ lcDonald, Kathleen Mora:n, Doris O'Toole Violin , Cel lo: Eilee n O'Nei ll

Pri man·. Pi a no: Aileen Prenclergast (d ist inc-tio;1). l\'lercia Sco t t (d is tincti on ) , E i leen H ayes, \ Vinifrecl Sto rm a n , Dons Scragge , Patric ia :::-ulliYan , Pa tri c ia \VBlsh

LORETTO CONVENT, ALBERT PARK, DAY SCHOOL

Junior Public Results, 1912

FRANCES MAH O N. E nglish , G eogrnphy, Ari th­m etic, Algebra ( lJ), Geometry, Frencli and Drawi ng

NANCY SKEHA~. English, Hi story, Geo-graphy, Fre nc h , Algebra. At ithm e tic

EM:\1A DRAPER. Z nglish (D) , History, Geo­graphy, Fre nc h , Arii hmetic (D), Algebra(D), Geometry

RIL\ O'NE I LL. E nglish, Histo ry , Geography ( D), Fre nch. Algebra, Arithmetic, Geo metry

RO~i'HE DOHERTY. E ng lis h , Hi sto r y ( D), Geography, French (D ), Algebra

STELLA l\10RRIS. E n1;lish (D), History, French, Geography

EILEEN DOH ER TY. E ng lish, History, Geo­graphy, French, Algebra (0), Geometry

Senior Public, 1913

S. 1\1. BERNADETTE ( Prese11 t a ti o n ). To prev­iou s Juni o r Pass added Seuior E n o lish a nd Histo ry (l\Iat ri cul a ti on ) "'

FRANCES l\IAHO N. English, French. A lgebra, Geo metry a nd Trigonometry

El\Il\IIE DRAPER . E ngli s h, Hi s tory, Geometry, Trigo no metry a ud French

NANCY SKEHA N. To previous Junior Pass added Senio r E nglish a nd Fre nch

Junior Public 19 13

ENA :-.:\llTH. Se n ior Geogra ph y Honours, Se ni o r Drawing, E ng lis h , Frencl1 (D), Geo­graphy ( D), Algebra , Arit hm e ti c, Drawi ng, Theo ry (D)

EIL EEN TRAVERS. E nglis!J , T rigonome try (compieted Junio r Public) Senior E ugl ish

l\IARY O LSEN. Arithmetic (D \, E ng li sh, Draw. ing.

HONOR BELL. Arithm e tic (co n1pleted Junior Public )

Resu lt s of se,·eral o ther subjects not ye t published

Music, University of Melbourne

TH EORETICAL Grade Ill. Frances l\Iah011, Chrissie S te phens Grade IV. Honours: Hilda Garto11

Pass: Kitty G uthrie, Chnssie Stephens

PRACT I CAL Grade III. Pi a 110-H o11ours: Kitty Webb

Violin : Myra Draper Grade V. Piano: Bonni e E\·ans, L orna Pitt,

Doroth y Woods

Royal Academy of Music, London

R udim e nts o f Music. Intermed iate Grade.

Chri ssie Stepheus

Chrissie Stephens Pi a no: Emmie Draper,

Higher Division . Piano: l\fay Broderick Lower Division. Piano: Doris l\leras

Violin: Carrie Jones

Elementary. \ '10lin: Tom Broderick Piano: Vera Crowley

Primary. P ia no : Marjorie Newton, Ed ith Fahey, Moya Whelan

MELBOURNE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT

OF PLAIN NEEDLEWORK

Grade I V. Myra Draper, Addie K eogh, H ild a G a rton, Marguerite Skehan

Grade Ill. Ethel Harris, Ei leen Byrne Grade II. G laddie Draper, Moya Meeh an , Inez

Barbe ta, Vera Crowley, Ena Millen , Lilla Newton, Alice Thomas, Dorothea \ Valsh

Grade I. Ca rrie Davies, G ladys Roche, Rita Draper, May Broderick, Kathleen Strangman

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CENTRAL CATHOLIC TRAIN ING COLLEGE, ALBERT PARK

191 2

DIPLOMA OF ED UCAT ION, F IRST YEAR

Miss M . Phillips-English I, Pure Ma ths I , Ed u­cation A., Deductive Logic a tHl Elementary Psycology.

REGISTRATION STU DEN T S

The following were success ful in passing in Theory a nd Practice in Educa tio n

S . l\I. Ambrose Magu ire S. M. Ignatius Malo ney ( Presenta tion ) (Prese nta tio n)

Miss F. Gav in (Sen. P .) Miss M . McCa rthy l\l. Adai r J . i\l oo r e N. Bookha m E . Mulrooney M. Bre nna n A. i\lurphy R . Dow<le 11 B. O ' S ul\i,·an M . Fer g uson I. Thom pson

PRACTICE OF E DUCATION

Miss M. O'Connell

In the other subj ects presentec~ by these ca n­didates - E ng lish Literature, Sci~n ce, N at.are Study, Drawing, Voice Product1011'. Phys1~al Culture-the re were but two fail.ures 111 .Engltsh Literature , one Science, and one 111 Draw in g.

1913 DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION. FIRST Y E AR

S. M PAU LA LEAHY (I. B. V. M .) E ngEsh . I. Greek I, Pure Mathematics I, Deductive Logic a nd Elementary Psycology

Miss M . ;\'lcPHEE. E nglish I , Pure l\Iathe matics I, Education A, D educti ve L ogic and E le men­tary Psycology

R EGISTRATION ::,TUDENTS

Of the second year students the followi~g passed the p ractical t es t re.q uired , generaUy wm­ning great praise and s pecial commendat10n from the various examiners :-S . M. Ambrose :\faguire S . M. Ignatius .Molony

(Presentation ) . (Prese ntat10n ) Miss lll. Adair Miss J . Moore

N. Book h a m , , .!!;. Mulro~:rney M. Brennan ,. B. O'Sulhva n R . Dowden ,, M. O 'Co nnell M. F e r guson ,, I. Thomson F. Gavin (Senior Primary )

Of the first year students the results are not compl ete .

The following passed the Practical Tests M M U rsula Hoa re S. M . E ulalia H y la nd .

. . (F.C.J .) ( I.B .V. 11. ) ~. M . Bernadette Keeuey (Presentation)

Miss Honor Bell Miss N. Brady K. Ca rroll M. Cleary L. Cooper C. Derepas E. Doherty E. Luby E. M a r son D. Norwood K. O'Connell ,, A. O'Doherty

SENIOR PRIMARY GRADE Miss E . Magee Miss F. McCarthy

SS. PETER AND PAUL'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH MELBOURNE

\Ve congratulate one of its. pupils, Laura O' Flynn, who in addition to be111g amon~ the students of this school who passed the Pnmary a nd Merit Examinations also won the '' CARR PRIZE" presented for Christian Doctrine by His Grace, the Mos t R ev. Dr. Carr . Archbishop of Melbourne.

LI ST OF ADVEf<Tl SE H.S.

<: owde11 . Touuer & l~ lli s, Dra1>t r:-> Clegg & ~lillc r. Architect ' Carter & Foonl, Opt1c ut11s Glenn & Co .. i\lusit; . \Valter Gude, Mns1c11-tn Hn.rn· Da.d es & l'o. , Drape r !-) Ch as. Hrii"tnt, Baker . " .ltlte r Co rnell. l'he11ns t 1row l & c o., (;h e1nis t s H.J. Syu10n s . Butche r J\Irs. Hi nch c liffe , Draper " ' · .T. Parr:i..·. PllnnbPr . Pe rmewa.n, \\'right & Co . . ~ 'nrner:-> Geo. Strong & Son , Boot \\ are hou::;e Jago'ti Boot \Varahouse J. A. Rernolrl,, Painter. Etc .

Stephe n \\"e lliugto 11, r~1de 1 take r Mr,. Pobjoy, Gold e n C it)· Hotel Dc1rl i 1H! & Co ., Ca.rrie rs A. \\ . . Hage r , Grocer w. E. 'rhomas, Denti st . :\. :\l . PaJ111e r & Co ., Ch e1111sts :h~s. S111ith, Ch atfcutte rs , Elie. Swallow & .-\riel, Biscuits J. T. Morris , Boot \Ya.reh ouse \\". ('011lthard· s Bus iness College Ge u untl .-\ ccident Insurance Cur. Sitnpson· f Book Arcade Evres B ro ::; ., lron1nongers T: .T. L1'wle,s. Poultry Ma rke t Alex . F e rguson , Pastr:rcook Joh11 Sn ow 1..f..: Co,. Drapers

F. \\'. Co111mo 11 s. i\lo nmneutal \\"o rks c;- \\"arne r & Co .. Iro n :\ler~hauts H. T11n\Jridge & Sons, Fnrn1tnre .1. Ewius, Sta ti o ne r \\" P. Lineh a n . Stntio ner :\.lorau & en.to. Groc_e r s . Butler & Co ., Ye 11e t1an Bhnd~ .fas . Tyle r S: Co .. Draper s C. ;\[arks, .Te\Te ller Geo . Stn ith. Nurse rym a n \\" . E. Longhurs t. Hake r . \\". H. ~Ialyon & Son, Chenu~t:-; McPhee & Wilson, Coach Build e rs .T. H. Drape r , City 8weet Store F. He id, Proyincial Hotel

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Vienna Bread by Steam. Limewater, Milk, Wheat­meal, Alta, Rye, Patent Extract of Malt Breads.

King of Breads : MALTO-PEPSIN-Areal Digestive ·white Loaf

delivered daily by DUST-PROOF Hygenic Waggons, in Ballarat and District. . . Also Steam Baked Vienna Bread, the only special pla nt for this brea<l is in our factory. Other Specialities are RYE, MALT & DIGESTIVE WHEA TM EAL, and other superior kinds.

A TRIAL SOLICITED

Orders for Cake and Pastry of every description a ttended to punctually.

Terms-Strictly Ca.sh.

ADVERTISEMENTS

'tl'Ci1bolesale IDrugotst an~ IDf spensing C:bemist ... 'lv1

• Cornell 402 Sturt Street, Ballarat .. PRESCRIPTIONS dispensed at moderate prices by W. CORNELL, Regd. Chemist.

For the Largest Stock of Brushware (Hair, Tooth and Clothes Brushes) go to W. Corne I I. For Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges, \Vashing Gloves, &c., go to W. Corrie II. Tableau Lights for Prh·ate Theatricals , Tableaux, &c.

Special P:rices for Schools, Public Institutions, Halls, &.c.

Special Attention paid to all Orders received through the Post.

C. Marks & Co., WATCHMAKERS and JEWELLERS

NATIONAL MUTUAL CHAMBERS

Corner .

Lydiard & Sturt Sts. BALLARAT.

GET RID of that mistaken notion that

anything will do for the Garden. The Out­

door Department deserves the thought and

lrno wledge of the skilleJ Landscape Architect

jll s t as much as the Indoor Apartment that

of th e Builders' Architect .

WE have the Knowledge and Experience,

and are able to make the best use of the

Natural Features of your Grounds.

Plans and Estimates given, and a staff of

Competent Gardeners kept for all Garden

works .

GEO. SMITH, Nurseryman, BALL AR AT.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Newest and most Attractive Styles ---------IN------ ----

Costumes, Dresses, and ---------.A..'I'--------~

s

Voilene Frocks some nice designs and colors to choose from . The blouse is Maygar style with set in slee­ves trimmed with Val. or Guipure & finished buttons. The Skirt as designed .

25/- to 35/-

N 0 w These distinctive garments are made by SNOW'S-a guarantee that they are perfectly cut, faultlessly finished and MOST MODERATELY PRICED

A pretty Frock made from White ground, Striped pig ue in one piece style-as design­ed at 1 5 /6 & 1 6 /6

EMBROIDERED WHITE SPONGE CLOTH , on e piece fr ock beautifully trimmed Guipure Ins. and buttons, 55/ -

Blouses

s

Smart Coat and Skirt Costumes made by our Miss Ramsay from

Navy Coating £5 5 0

Tussore or Wht.Jap. Silk £3 19 6

Navy or Brown Silk £6 10 0

Do you live in tl:'e .co~ntry 7 Snow's will .send ,th ese gar1~1ents Carriage Paid anywhere in V1ctona. Your money back if you re not satisfied

JOHN SNOW & Co. Pty. Ltd. BALLA RAT

F. w. COMMONS SCULPT 0 R.

Complete Cem etery l\Ionu men ts, M ural and Public Mem orial \Vork in Gran ite, Marble, S tone, Bron ze, and Art Meta l. Scul pture, CarYi 11 g, E ngraving , Maso nry, &c., executed by skilled craftsmen on the \Vorks. R ecou1men <l your fri ends requiring infonna tion to wri te. Ch aiges reasonable. Of chaste designs, un excelled in fi nish , a re the Memorials to over 20,000 erected by th e proprietor in various pa rts.

The ex perience thus gained enables him to recommend clients to advantage. C:n.:io. Webster St.. a:n.d Creswick Road. B .A.LL .A. R AT.

"TYLERS" THE POPULAR

BALLARAT DRAPERS

; : :::

LADIES' MILUNERY

This important section of our business is now under new management, and patrons can purchase with the full confi­dence that they are getting the very lateat fashions combined with moderate prices.

In the show room will be found all that is new in Ladies' Ready - to - wear Costumes, Blouses, Skirts, Oust - Coats, etc. Also a very choice collec­tion of Ladies' Lingerie, Corsets and Fancy Neckwear, etc.

11, 13, 15, 17 Bridge St.

Tel. 260.

When it comes to Household Drapery, Our stock is second to none. Write for patterns for your new dress materials.

W ritt: for our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List

We pay carriage on everything to any part of the S~ate of Victoria, return money tf goods prove unsuitable.

SPECIAL NOTICE-\Ve beg to intimate t hat we. have

been fo rtm1a te in securing t h e sen ·1ces of MISS BARRATT who is so well an d favorabl y k nown throughou~ Ballarat and district as a capable Costmm ere .

Any or<le rs entrusted to . l~er will rece ive h er own person al superv1s10 11 .

BALLARAT

ADVERTISEMENTS.

cp WALTER GUDE, C.T.A.B. (Cert. Tea cher R oyal College and Royal Academy of Music, London.)

Professor of VIOLIN & 'CELLO.

<Iontluctor-

St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir.

Ballarat Lyric Orchestra.

Orchestral Instruction Class.

IDiolin anti ©rclJestral IDirector­

Loreto Abbey, Mary's Mount.

Church of England Oirls' Grammar School.

St. Patrick's College.

"Chelmsford,'' 10 Dawson St. S., BALLARAT ~:=================~

Pianos Organs Sheet Music And all Musical Goods

You Buy

3 STURT ST.

Better at They stock on ly genuine world renowned makers' Instruments that ha ve reigned popular for the last 50 years and over. See testimonials from the world's leading authorities in catalogues free for asking .

Reputation is the best guide fo r buyers.

List of Agencies-Bluthner, Ronisch, Schwechten, Brinsmead, Broadwood, Hopkinson , Gors ·& Kallman, Albert Fahr; Carpenter Organs, Bell 01-gans.

Our Tuning and Repairing Department is manned by experts under the supervision of a prac­tical Piano and Organ maker. The latest labor-saving devices an d best material enable us to turn out best work at lowest prices. No instrument is too bad for GLEN'S to renovate. Estimates Free

BALL AR AT.

ADVERT I SEMENTS.

J. T. MORRIS, 306 Sturt St., Ballarat.

(Right next Tun bridges' New Arcade)

TELEPHONE ' 579. QUALITY SHOES itnd BOOTS.

Variety is Great; Prices art: Small.

Personal Supervision of all Business.

You will find an ever changing newness in

Stylish Shoes and Boots at

T. MORRIS', 306 Sturt Street

ADVERTISEl\IENTS.

Coulthard's Balla rat Business College The School for Big Results -----·-·~···---

I s au. I 11stitution quite Jistiuc t from o ther B . prac tica l Seb o;)], based on th e Principa l 's J6 ~1 s.1n ess Colleges. It is a se lec t a n d . - ~ ea rs ac tua l bt1s111 ess exper ience

1 h e Office attach ed to the Colleg·e su )}ies th . . . . . ll~th od s, a nd each student on iradu~li on i; e t r~lq~1 sne t ra rnrng in actual business o ce expen e. nc:e"-an importa'nt consid t. en 1 ·]e r to c la1111 to ha \·e had " pre ,·ious

e ra ion " ien see krng a position The .Subjects include Shorthand, T . . · Business Correspondence and all ~~~wri~m~, Book- keeping, Penmanship lesson starts the term at any time (d!r usme~s Essentials. The first travel over the Railways at half rates . y or evening), and country students

Full Information will be supplied immed' t I . •a e y on request to the Principal.

Vv'. COlJLTHARD F.l.P.s . and F c I E Ls ' . . . ng., . . W . Supreme Court Vic t

411 STUIU ST BALLARAT ' ·• e c, ., (opp. Band Rotunda, above Harry Davies). Phone 99

Employer's Liability

Accident & Sickness Public Risk

Fidelity Guarantee Burglary

Plate Glass Fi re

Ballarat Office:

Mercantile Bid gs., Dana and Armstrong Sts.

D. D. FITZGERALD, Local Manager.

II

ADVERTISEMENTS.

~The Cheapest Drapery Store*

Cowdell C. T. E. Corner

IN BALLARAT IS

Tonne_! BRIDGE ST. BALLARAT

& Ellis' Tram

Terminus

No matter what price you see goods ad\·erti sed you can a lways <lo better a t the C.T.E. Corner.

We specialize Juvenile Clothing

In all its branches and there is scarcely a limit to the \\!ealth and Beauty which distinguish our Sty les .

0. ID. Palmer & Go. DISPENSING CHEMISTS, l\la ke a Specia lity of a ll Prescription work . . .\11 the latest Drngs k ept in stock . Depot for learlin g drug houses . Agents fo r leading makes of Surgica l Dressings and . .\ ppliances

Telephone 170.

Palmer's CARRAGEEN FOR

Coughs, Colds and Influenza

The best of all Coug h Remedies. A few doses q ui ckly gives relief. Bottles , ls. 6d . and Zs. 6d. H orse , Cattle, and Dog Medicines in Stock . Parcels forwarded to a ll parts of the States.

31 Lyd iard St. Ballarat

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE CITY SWEET STORE Is stocked with the very best English, Continental , American and other confections -the ~est and purest of their kind . It is the largest Sweet Store in the City, and is patromsed as a repos1toff of all that is delightful and pure in confectionery.

The sweets are contained in air tight canisters and beautiful boxes , untouched by hand and free from contami nation.

We specialize in deliciou s ice cream and satisfying drinks of the most healthful and refreshing kinds, which are served in rooms installed .with evervthing essential to cleanliness and purity. ·

A trial visit or postal orde; will convince you .

Phone 470. J. R. DRAPER, 719 Stu rt St., Ballarat

IRWIN'S ~ro\Jincial lbotel Lydiard St. N., Ballarat

IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION

The Newest and most up-to-date Hotel in the City . 50 Bedrooms.

Electric Light throughout. Moderate Tariff. Telephone 289. F. REID, Proprietor ..

ADVERTISEMENTS.

SIMPSON'S Book Arcade

411 Sturt St. BALLARAT. Picture Factory- 44 Lydiard St.

For BOOKS,

STATIONERY,

FANCY GOODS,

CROCKERY,

ORNAMENTS,

GLASSWARE,

DINNERWARE,

TEA SETS,

POST CARDS,

Phone 436 -------'W'E ARE PICTURE FR.AMERS------­

ORDERS BY POST RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.

ESTABLISHED 5'7 YEARS

The Leading Ironmongers and Importers.

BALLARAT AGENTS-

Orient Line of Steamers. McCormick Farming Machinery Australian Tessilated Tile Coy. Mount Lyell Manures. Peerless and Page Cooking Stoves. Perfection Oil Stoves.

Sturt St., BALLARAT.

ADVE RTISEMENTS.

1 07 and 1 09 L YDIARD ST., N. BALL AR AT. POULTRY SALES EVERY THURSDAY.

AUSTRALIAN BAKERY

80 BRIDGE STQEET 923 Sturt Sti"eet (Opp. Hospital .)

(Late Mclntyres.) 317 Lydiard Street

ALEX. Caterer, Baker, & Pastrycook.

Picnics, Banquets, and Socials Ca tered for on Shortest Notice. Catering a Specialty. Terms Moderate. A Trial Respectfully Solicited.

AD\'ERTISEMENTS.

Art \Vall~paper Warehouse

J .A. Reynolds PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, AND --- PICTURE FRAMER ---

H ave your painting, paperhan ging or decorating done by us. We do only the best of work and submit estimates and designs free. Compe­tent workmen se nt to all parts . Write, 'Phone or Call. We g uar­antee complete sa ti sfaction . A large assortment of super ior oil paintings etc . to beautify the h ome or fo r presents, at lowest possible prices. Inspection cordially in vi ted. Pict­ure ?.Iouldings of every description

J. A. R E Y N 0 L D S 28 STURT ST. BALLA RAT

- - -- Telephone 488. -----

Stephen Wellington FUR.N!SHINO UNDERTAKER

No. 432 STURT STREET - -Opposite Golden City Hotel--

--38&--

Hearses, Mou rn ing Coaches, and every Funeral Requisite on Hire. Funerals Fur­ni shed in Town or Country.

The Favor of yo11r Recom­mendation is requested.

No connection with any oth er house of --the same name in the trade.---

JAGO'S BOOT PALACE

Comfortable Footwear at

Popular Prices

Jago's Shoes are the best in Victoria . Jago's Buots are just as good. Lively attention to your wants. All goods of Sterling Value and Comfo1t assured . Special and prompt attention to all College requi re­ments . You will be pleased with Jago 's Footwear. Tel. 417

Ballarat Boot Palace QUEEN VICTORIA

SQUARE Sturt St.

GOLDEN CITY HOTEL

Corner Sturt and Dawson Streets BALLARAT

? i rs t-class Accommodation for

Boarders ai1d Town and Country

Visitors .

Best Brands of Wines and Spirits

Mrs. H. L. Pobjoy, Proprietress.

ADVERTISEMEN T S.

DARLING & CO. Th RAILWAY STATION

e Delivery Co. ARMs:~~!~\T. r··~·-; .. c~--~---..... .,,..,

OARl/NC ·& C!! Railway and Genettal Gattttietts

Best DELIVERY Service.

Trains m et and the prompt delive ry of lugg a g e

g oods, and

parcels is

made a

All

t -!._··-----···-·-~---~ SPECIALTY

B. W. HRGEB'S AUSTRALIAN STORE . '

BRIDGE STREET ~

Is th e p remier House for fi rst ua lit \Vh. l . . I mported a nd Colon ial \ Vines,qalso y ts <I es , B randies, Tea, Coffee, Ales, Stout,

Butter, Ch eese, Bacon, Eg g s, and all kinds of Dairy Produce

Sole Ag ents in Austra lia for the celebrated "'VAMA TEAS'' FAM I LIES \VAITED ON DAILY

Telephone 123. FOR ORDERS.

========'=====Y=O=U=R=P=A=TRONAGE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.

21 3 STURT ST B AL L ARAT ..

A CARD.

~;) ~ <ffZniao, .J

'TEL. 498.

Amerz'can D entz'st,

J . L. RI D INGS,

RE PRES ENTATI VE .

AD \'ERTISEMENTS.

G. WARNER and CO. General Ironmongers and Iron Merchants.

Farmers and Graziers' Requis ites a Speciality.

TELEPHONE 566.

Corner Armsti"ong and Dana Sts., BALLAR AT

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T E

This Easy Chair ror gour New Home

The old Victorian idea of stiff,

straight -backed c hairs has gone

out. People reco:.; n1se that an

easy chai r is an actual necessit y

in the home.

We show here a very good

example of what a n easy chair should be -graceful. comfo rtable,

roomy , well made a nd fairly cheap.

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IX

SADDLE-BAG'S

70/-

R. TUNBRIDGE & SONS LYDIA.RD STREET BA.LLA.RA.T.

~~,? cf, ~l/ei ARC H ITECTS .

Head Office- Colonia l Mut ua l Cha mber s ,

BRANCHES: HAi\fIL'ION- GEO. H. CA'!~.

HO R SHAM- E. \Y. lULEY. SALE - \\' . C. 'MO H.HOW.

Ly d lard Street, Ballarat.

H 0 u s E

F u R N I s H E R s

- --- --1

ADVERT ISEM EN TS.

Books and Presents

\\'hen YOU want a book of an\· description o r when vou are ii1 doubt as to what will make a suitable present , ask E \\' 1 ;-..: S'. Their stock of this class of goods is such th at we can g ive you just what Y OU want at a very re3so1iable pr ice . You a re invited to wa lk th rough ou1 store and inspect our love ly goods. Shop by post, every attention,

prompt despatch.

J. EWIN S, Ballarat's 81G BOOK STORE

111 Sturt St., BALLARAT

WINDOW" BLINDS

Butler&. Co. Man ufa.ctu.:re:rs of

VENETIAN & WIRE BLINDS & SHUTTERS

Verandah Blinds in best English and American Duck a Specialty . Also Fancy Holland and Linen Blinds wit h Lace and I n ser ti on or Fringe. \ i\l rit e for our Estim a te, enclosing sizes and par­ti culars . Sa tis f action guaran teed. Est. 30 yrs .

Factory-714 STURT STREET

--- Near City Fire Brigade ----

City Address - 24 LYDlARD STl~EET

Op!J . George H otel. BALLARAT

WILLIAM P. LINEHAN'S LIST OF

Australasian Catholic Series and other School Manuals

INCLUDING

APPROVED READERS FOR THE

Catholic Schools of Australasia.

(Authorised by the Australasian Plenary Synod) 1905.

WHOLESALE AGENT:

WILLIAM P. LINEQAN School and College Supply Stores,

309·311 LITTLE COLLINS ST., MELB.

Have you tried

roman & Cato's Delicious 1/3 TEA ?

Some day you possibly wi ll ; and then yo u wi ll find it equa l to any Bra nd fo r which you may be paying 1/6 or 1/9. \\'e are la rgest importers of FINE TEAS in the Commonwealth a1H! the reason win· our Tea is so good and so cheap, is that 1t is sold d irect to you for CASH ONLY

We have no Middleman's Profits and no Bad Debts to provide for.

M<)RAN & CATO

ADVERTISEMENTS.

E T l & C 32 STURT STREET

. OW 0. BALLARAT

-~~ PHARMACISTS. • \\'e make a speciality of Dispensin g Physician' s Prescriptions according to the principles of advanced Pharmacy, and select the best obtainable drugs for a ll our work. TELEPHONE 246.

SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR D EA LIN G \ VITH POSTAL BUS INESS.

T. M. HANLON, Proprietor. (Two doors fr om COCR !ER Office.)

Gommonwealth Bakerry

Chas. Briant, Manufacturer of

MALT BREAD, MEAL BREAD.

The BEST SMALL GOODS Delivered ----- to ANY PART. ---

Cnr. Dana & Ascot Sts. BALLARAT

H. J. Symons FAMILY BUTCHER

~1~ Meat and Small Goods of every

description of the very best quality.

~

Moderate Prices Prompt Attention

A Trial Solicited

---- Telephone 282. ----

Macarthur St. Ballarat

THE BIG STORE

HARRY DAVIES and CO., Grand Show Now On. Nove lties of the hour imported direct from lead in g Manufacturers. The Millinery Most Equisite-The Mantles and Costumes Superb-The Dresses and Fancy Lines are the very height of Fashion at HARRY DA V IES & Co's ., the Popular House of the City

ALEXANDRA SQUARE STURT STREET BALLA RAT

I

ADVERTISEMENTS .

Mrs. HINCHCLIFFE LADIES' DRAPER,

The Cheapest House in Ballarat for Millinery, Costumes, Blouses, Underclothing,

and Baby-linen.

Sturt St., BALLARA T.

GEO. STRONG & SON THE POPULAR FOOTWEAR EXPERTS.

218 Stu rt Street Que~~Ps0~:!tue

All the Leading Manufacturers of the State are stocked by us.

Bostock's and Clark's English Footwear Stocked in a variety of Shapes.

Wear the S.S. Brand of Footwear.

Address,

GEO. STRONG & SON,

Sturt St. BALLARAT

W.J. Parry ~ <ii@>

Plumber, Gasfitter,

Slater, Bellhanger,

Hot and Cold Water

Fitter.

All Work under Personal Supervision

PHONE 403.

\\ 819 Stu rt St. BALLA RAT

Permewan, Wright & Company, Ltd. River and General Carriers, Forwarding,

Customs, and Commission Agents.

BRANCHES I N ALL THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF VICTORIA AND N.S.W.

---HEAD OFFICE---

1 78 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE