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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 19, 1929
Was Nun Author of
* Someone* s Darling*?
Catholic Editor’s Inquiry
About Miss LaCoste Brings
Savannah Data About Her
(From the Milwaukee Catholic
Citizen)
The Savannah (Ga.) Morning News
(September 25) reprints our editorial.
“Was She a Nun?” referring to the
author of the poem. “Somebody’s
“Darling.” As Miss LaCoste was born
in Savannah, this republication nat
urally brought some information.
According to information furnished
by Miss Jennie Cohen, Miss LaCoste
taugh school in Savannah at the cor
ner of Whitaker and Liberty streets.
Miss Cohen was not herself one of
the pupils at this school but she
thinks it probable that other Savan
nah people now living were and
may know mote about Miss LaCosteV
life.
The poem, “Somebody’s Darling,”
Miss Cohen said, was included in a
book edited by Miss Emily Mason and
published in Virginia, the title being
“Southern Poems of the War.”
Mr. D. G. Bickers, and editor or the
Savannah News, adds this memoran
dum:
Prof. Henri LaCoste taught French
in Chatham Academy, 1844-45, and had
private classes of his own 1848-49. In
1851-52 he and his wife conducted
French and English classes in the
city.
In 1861 his wife, Madame H. or A;
LaCoste opened “La Retraiti,” a
French and English day and boarding
school. This school she conducted
1861-64. She als6 taught school in
the city in 1859-61.
The author of the verses may have
been the daughter of the pair of
teachers alluded to in the above
which was dug up by A. S. Otto, who
is compiling a history of education in
Savannah and Chatham County, So.
Meanwhile. Nina Duffy of Stark
weather, N.D., sends us this clipping
from an old newspaper:
“SOMEBODY’S DARLING”
"The present war has brought out
many beautiful bits of verse, but
none equal to the following lines
written by Sister LaCoste. a member
of one of the sisterhoods that did ser
vice during the conflict between the
North and the South. Coming to the
‘dead room’ of the hospital, she saw
the corpse of a young man who had
been fatally wounded at the battle
of Cedar Creek. He proved to be Pat
rick Feeney, who had enlisted at De
troit. He was the only son of a
widowed mother, who, when she
learned of his enlistment, strove to
get his release from the commanding
general. She was refused and faint
ed away. While in this condition she
was brought in. She stared at him
in a vacant way for a few seconds,
and then a look of admiration come
to her eyes. The sight of her brave
boy in a new. suit of blue touched
her pride. She was the mother of
one willing to sacrifice- his life while
fighting for his country.
“As mother and son embraced for
the last time, tears came to the eyes
of those near. A few months later
a letter came from Sister LaCoste
saying that Patrick Feeney had been
wounded unto death, but he had lived
to receive the last sacraments of the
Church and to 'send word to his
mother.”
This story is reprinted here subject
to verification. We are looking to
Baltimore for further information.
Miss LaCoste removed to that town
and was a resident there in 1886.
New Christus Selected for
Oberamergau Passion Play
Anton Lang Retires and
Aloys Lang of Another
Family Is Chosen for Role
Gy N. C.'W. C. News Service)
OBERAMMERGAU — For the first
time in 30 years there will be'a new
actor playing the role of Christus,
when the residents of this little Ba
varian mountain village present their
Passion Play. Aloys Lang, wood car
ver, has received the coveted honor.
Aloys succeeds the world-famous
Anton Lang, who is now 58 years of
age^-too old to play the part of the
Saviour. There is no relationship be
tween the two.
The new Christus, who hitherto
has played the role of Nathaniel, is
38 years old, six feet tall, and has
the olive complexion and classical
features of the Nazarene. In the last
election. Aloys was beaten by Anton
Lang by the close margin of one
Vote.
A new player for the role of the
Virgin afto was selected—Annie Rutz.
She succeeds the old player of Mary,
Martha Veit, who deserted the cast
after the last presentation to marrv
a Dutch visitor to the fete.
Anton Lang did not run for his old
role in this year’s election but con
tented himself with the role of the
prologue reader, the traditional part
of the retiring Christus.
The race for election to the part
of Mary was close, with Miss Rutz
opposed by Hansi Preisinger, 22, an
inn-keeper’s daughter. The latter was
appointed to play the part of Mary
Magdalen. Miss Rutfc is 20. and has
sable hair and dark eyes.
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Immediately upon learning that he
had been elected to the major rol»,
Aloys Lang went to the town’s
church, where he prayed in thanks
giving. His election has caused gen
eral satisfaction, as he is known as
one of the most pious of the vil
lagers. He has trained all his life
for appearance in the Passion Play,
and is well qualified in outward ap
pearance for the part. He has a
chestnut beard, and dark brown hair,
which is uncut.
Lang is known as one of the most
industrious and thrifty "men in the
village. He is conceded to be one
of the best wood carvers in Ober
ammergau and in addition tends for
ty beehives. Like all other Passion
Players, he based his claim to the
role he received upon his SDiritual
as well as physical qualifications.
There are 2,500 inhabitants in Ober-
ammergau, one-fifth of whom take
part in the' great drama. A com
mittee elects all the speaking players,
of whom there are 103. In addition
to the selections of Christus, Mary
and Mary Magdalen, three others
have been chosen. They are Randi
Peter for the part of St. Peter, Guido
Mayr for Judes, and Hans Lang for
St. John.
The play will open in May next
year, when 300,000 visitors, 50.000 of
them Americans, are expected to visit
Oberammergau.
The fact that both players of
Christus are named Lang is not con
sidered unusual, as there are 500 per
sons in the village bearing the name.
Bonaparte House Is
Mercy Motherhouse
Headquarters of Amal
gamated Sisters of Mercy
Estate Near Baltimore
BISHOP OF BERLIN
TAKES UP DUTIES
Noted Philosopher Heads
See of 600,000 Catholics
BALTIMORE, Md.—The General
or Motherhouse of the Congregation
of the Sisters of Mercy in the United
States, an amalagmation of more
than five thousand members of the
Order from all parts of the country,
recently formed at Cincinnati, will
be established at Mt. Vista, the old
Bonaparte estate, near Baltimore.
The property, which consists of
thirty-six acres, improved by a large
frame dwelling containing twenty
rooms, was given to the Sisters of
Mercy in Maryland in March, 1928.
Sincp that time it has remained un
occupied.
The home was erected in the ’90s
by the late Charles Bonaparte. The
Superior General of the Order, Moth
er Mary Carmelita, a Baltimorean
and former head of the Sisters of
Mercy in Maryland with headquarters
at Mt. St. Agnes, Mt. Washington,
will make her home' at Mt. Vista.
Sister Mary Thomasina, wbo, for
the past four years, has been the
directress of St. Vincent’s Male Or
phan Asylum, the Procuratrix-Gen-
eral of the Order, will also be sta
tioned there, as will the secretary-
general of the Order, Sister Mary
Gregory of Chicago, and the four
Councilors, Mother Bernadine. Cin-
rmr.ati; Mother D’Neri, New York;
Mother Aquin. Omaha, and Mother-
M. Dominica, Mobile.
LOYOLA NAMES PROFESSOR
(fey N. C. W. C. News Service.)
CHICAGO—"Hie appointment of
Prof. Paul KinieFy. to the department
of history was announced by the
Rev. Frederic Siedenburg, S. J., dean
of the downtown college of Loyola
Universtiy. Professor Kiniery ccmeS
to Loyola University from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin where he took
his degrees.
BY REV. DR. WILHELM BARON
VON CAPITANE
(Cologne Correspondent, N. C. W. C.
News Service.) <
COLOGNE—On October 1st, the
newly elected Bishop of Berlin, the
Rt. Rev. Christian Schreiber assumed
administration of the new bishopric.
His appointment will actually take
place after the formation of the
metropolitan chapter and the com
pletion of other diocesan organiza
tion. On September 22nd„ in all the
Berlin churches, a pastoral letter
from Cardinal Berham, Archbishop
of Breslau, was read ip which he
bade farewell to the people of the
now independent Diocese of Berlin.
Bishop Schreiber was born in the
little town of Somborn on the Hesse-
Bavarian border in 1872. While a
professor in the seminary at Fulda
he published a number of theological
and philosophical works. So great
an authority ir he on such matters
that when he became Bishop of Meis
sen after the war, he delivered lec
tures at the University of Leipzig
on the philsosophy of Immanual
Kant. Many non-Catholic students
attended his course.
According to the latest statistics
available, the new See of Berlin has
608,080 Catholics of whom 470,000 are
resident- in Berlin. There are 13
archipresbyteries or deaneries, Ber
lin having seven, Brandenburg three,
and Pomerania three.
Brother Francis of
Belmont Abbey Dies
Venerable Benedictine Re
bey, Professed 50 Years
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C. — The venerable
Brother Francis Swiesler, O. S. B.,
aged 74 years, died from advancing
age on September 24, at Belmont
Abbey. He is survived by several
relatives in Dayton, Ohio, and Wash
ington, D. C.
BrotherTrancis celebrated his 50th
year of service in the Benedictine
Order last year. Born in Dayton, O.,
in 1885, he joined the Order in 1878,
serving at many different monasteries
thrughout the United States. He had
been stationed at Belmont Abbey for
the past 26 years.
Funeral services were held in the
Abbey Cathedfal on Thursday, Sep
tember 26, and burial was made in
the Abbey cemetery.
FIRE SURGEONS HONOR j Dr. W. F. O’Connell
FR. CHARLES MOULIN IER Miami Grand Knight
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
DETROIT — The Rev. Charles B.
Moulinier, former regent of the med
ical school, Marquette University, has
been elected honorary member of
the National Association of Police
and Fire Surgeon, which closed its
convention here September 28. Pax
ton Mendelssohn, chief of Box 12
Associates, “buff” , fire fighters orga
nization, proposed Father Moulinier
for the honor, with the statement
that he has been “more of a doctor
than some of us.’
Father Moulinier was appointed re
cently to take charge of the medi
cal department of the University of
Detroit. He organized and was pres
ident for 15 years of the Catholic
Hospital Association, and has been
honored by many universities for his
pioneer hospital work.
In the June issue of Hospital Man
agement, Dr. Franklin M. Martin,
president, American College of , Sur
geons, eulogized his work, which he
characterized as “that of a genius,
standing for tangible and enduring
progress.”
Succeeds Henry C. Kleier,
Who Retires After Fine
JOHN J. BRADLEY IS
ATLANTA GRAND KNIGHT
Other Officers Installed.
Fifteen Former Grand
Knights of Council Honored
For tlie first time In thirty years, a
new actor will play the Christus in
the 1930 Passion Play at Oberam
mergau. Aloys Lang (above) will
play the role next year, supplanting
the famous Anton Lang, who is now
too old. The Langs are not related.
Annie Rutz (below), twenty-three
years old, will play the part of the
Blessed Virgin in the 1930 presenta
tion of the play.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—John J. Bradley,
elected grand knight of Atlanta
Council at the annual election in Sep
tember, and the other officers chosen
at the same time were installed at
the first October meeting, District
Deputy James A. LaHatte presiding.
Other officers elected and installed
included William J. Welsh, deputy
grand knight; Dr. Leo P. Daly, chan
cellor; Chas. B. Cannon, recorder;
John ,T, McGrather, warden; Daniel
McAuliffe. inside guard; Philip
Druiff and, Thomas Flynn, outside
guards; Frank Gillespie, James A.
LaHatte and J. J. Collins, trustees.
Grand Knight Bradley, who has
rendered the Council long and effec
tive service in various capacities, suc
ceeds Lewis F. Gordon, who retires
after two terms of office in which
the council made splendid progress.
The most conspicous achievement
during his service was the acquiring
of the magnificent Columbus home
on Peachtree Street as a home for
the Council and other Catholic or
ganizations in Atlanta.
Fifteen past grand knights of At
lanta- Council were guests of honor at
a recent meeting. Past Grand Knight
Peter W. Clark as senior past grand
knight presided. Other past grand
knights among those honored were
James A. Holliday, Richard A. Magill,
John B. McCallum, Matthew C. Car-
roll, John M. Harison, Dr. Joseph
Hines, Edward Flynt. Lewis D.
Sharp, Joseph Callahan. Winfield P.
Jones, Andrew A. Baumstark, James
A. LaHatte, Clement McGown and
Lewis F. Gordon.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
MIAMI. Fla.—Dr. William F.
O’Connell, deputy grand .knight of
Miami Council, has been installed
as grand knight of the council, fol
lowing the annual lection; he suc
ceeds Henry C. Kleier whore achieve
ments as grand knight during his
several terms have made him wide
ly known throughout K. of C. circles
in this section.
Other officers' installed included
John Waldhouser, deputy grand
knight; James A. Dunn, chancellor;
William Michael. warden; Jame
Hourihan, trustee; Dr. E. V. Denau!
recording secretary; J. E. Marcou.
advocate; Frank Clair, inside guard
J. P. Chapman, outside guard.
The Knights of Columbus Council
here has splendid quarters on the
nineteenth floor of the Congress
Building from which Miami may be
seen on all four sides, and the coun
cil extends a cordial invitation to
members to visit Miami and the
Knights of Columbus quarters there.
Father Lissner Tells
Seminarians of Work
The Voice of St. Mary’s
Records Address on Labors
Among Colored in Georgia
Very Rev. Ignatius Lissner, S. M.
A., provincial of the Society of Afri
can Missions, was a recent speaker
at St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore
and described the work of his so
ciety among the colored people of the
South. Father Lissner was quoted
extensively in The Voice, the semi-'
nary publication, which said in part:
Father Lissner said his method—
MONSIGNOR LEFT S9.000
-r BY PROTESTANT’S WILL
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
AUBURN, N. Y. — A bequest of
$9,000 to Msgr. Patrick J. Byrne of
Maryknoll is contained in the will of
the late Dr. Horace S. Cutler, a den
tist who died recently. Dr. Cutler
was not a Catholic, but his wife, al
so deceased, was.
and he has had much success with
it—is to do everything through the
children. The first thing he does in
a/parish is build a school. Colored
people are as anxious for education
as white people are and they realize
the moral benefits of a Catholic
education. Father Lissner's Order
now has three schools-in the city of
Savannah alone. One of them with an
enrollment of 700, and all of them
overcrowded. Now thev are looking
for a high school which they need
badly. So far they have been hamp
ered by a lack of money. Despite
this lack Father Lissner said that he
and his priests have accomplished
much, both in the building of schools
and churches and the making of con
verts. The two big obstacles to
colored conversions, he finds, are
freemasonry and divorce.
In concluding Father Lissner Said
be and his Order are working on “the
firing line” in the South and need a ‘
little sympathy from their fellow
Catholics. He asked that we give our
prayers for the success of his.work.
AGED BROTHER DIES
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SAN DIEGO—Brothmer Otto, O. F.
M„ member of the Franciscan Order
for more than 60 years, was buried
here recently. He died at Mission
San Luis Rey. He had been a Cali
fornia resident nearly all his life.
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