The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 19

TH IDAH 0 A TESM AN SUNDAT HORNI NG A 2 9 '19 21 3 If ST ALPHONSUS BUILDS HOME TO ACCOMMODATE HER NURSES HOW CATHOLIC RELIGION WAS INTRODUCED IN BOISE Daughter of Early Pioneer of Idaho Capital City Tells in Interest- ing Way of Arrival of First Missionary Priests and Growth of Denomination from That Time to Present SEVEN NEW NUKSES READY FOR SERVICE Beautiful Four-Story Structure Springs Up on Corner of Fourth and Washington Streets Ideally Equipped to Care for Needs of Self-Sacrificing Young Women church with the result that on the block where now stknds St Alphonsus hospital a pretty little church wan built My parents presented the ground for that purpose and many willing hands among them the soldiers at Fort Boise (a great many of tho officers and-men were Catho- money contributed by generous' folks of the intermountain country Work of Catholic Nurses St Alphonsus hospital and the home are but one Instance of the wonderful work done by the nursing sisterhoods of the Catholic church Though 1 members- of the sisterhoods who do educational work and 'works of Christian charity 'are net usually classified -as suffragettes still the attitude -of the Catholic toward women and its recognition of ability for many centuries is shown by By ANNA DAL Jl of St Alplionsns Hospital Training: School for Nurses A great step forward in the history -f hospitals in Idaho! Such will be the unanimous verdict of the people of Idaho the dedication on Memorial day of St Alphonsus hospital home for nurses the beautiful new one hundred fifty thousand dollar institution which has sprung up as by magic at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets in Boise Perhaps no city in the world the size of Boise can claim so fine a home for nurses equipped throughout gwlth ti: The following young women will be graduated from St: Alphonsus Training School for -Nurses Monday May SO: the fact that large institutions like St I Reading from left to right: Carmen Tolley Mary Brown-Lewers Clair 31 Howlett 3Iae Fairchild 3Iargaret £lphonsiie hospital are practically I Schuler and 3Iargaret Ackerman Miss Alaybelle Schuyler is also a member of the class i i built up under the 'direction and! 1 SSS'MEN WHODIKECTEDWOliK OFBUILDmG CATHEDRAL fill The early history of the establishment of the first Catholic church in the capital city has been told by Teresa native daughter of Idaho in graphic language She says: 1863 when the site of this beautiful little city was but a sagebrush plain dotted here and there with the crudest kind of buildings principally made of willows and peopled with the adventurous spirits lured on through all kinds of dangers and hardships in the search for gold it can we well Imagined that very little thought was given to religious worship so it seemed nothing less than providential that Boise in Its infancy should have been blessed by the establishment of our holy church Intuition attendant consolidation to the pioneers of our faith knowing that they had within their grasp all the rites of our holy religion in those hazardous times can never be fully estimated and the advent of the first priest in Boise reads like a page from a fairy tale beautiful summer afternoon my mother was standing outside of our log cabin which had just been completed when two travel-stained horsemen rode past She watched them as they approached out of Cottonwood gulch above the fort and as they came nearer she yet watched to attend others who are sick and in physical distress Who is there among us who does not believe that professional nurse or a student nurse is entitled-to whatever of material and recreational comfort that be given her for the long hours of watchfulness and care that she gives to the sendee of suffering humankind? How Homo Is Built back for hundreds of years St Alphonsus hospital is under the! direction of -the Sisters'1 of the Holy Crons' an American sisterhood whose mother house is at Notre Dame Ind I That sisterhood now numbers about 1000 members who do educational I and charitable work The- order was founded in 1844 and is modeled along the lines of similar Catholic sister- hoods in European countries The-! of the sisterhood make vows I voluntary -poverty chastity and to duly constituted authority her work no member receives it material compensation but the uniform garb rarely changes) lodging and board WKSwi i A A -s' Valnc of Sisters Work I supply the services rendered' at Alphonsus hospital by 20 Sisters Holy Cross now obtained without cost using the going wages professional nurses as a criterion require an endowment'pf about million dollars invested at 8 ier annum Without the voluntary individually unpaid labor of of Catholic nurslng- sisters halfpf the hospitals in America close their doors because of I that -hospitals are not5 profit- Institutions s- Humble Start of Hospital The main entrance to the nurses home is on Washington street through a large portico of concrete stone and brick The foundation of the building is of concrete'- The walls are faced with stone on the sreet sides the superstructure walls being of brick with girders and Joists of Oregon fir the gymnasium floor and roof being carried on heavy steel girders The basement story of the building contains two dining rooms a large kitchen and pantry a cellar storage room boiler room toilet and bathroom and linen closet Fcatnrcs of First Floor On the first story of the building are located a sun porch' 18x40 feet in size a parlor 17x4t) feet a large reception room a library and lecture room and 'a suite of rooms for the superintendent consisting of a living room bedroom and private bath There are also four bedrooms for nurses a large general toilet and for serv: bathroom linen closet slop sink and closets On the south side of the building on the first floor a swimming pool has 4een provided 20x40 feet in dimensions Adjoining the swimming pool locker room and' shower bath room The swimming pool room floor And the floor and walls of the swimming pool are faced with white ceramic mosaic tile members of obedience' For aught clothing if fever To St- of the labor of would' a half per cent thousands perhaps would' the fact making" St servicp 1895 with the work patients were building erected addition in 1903 in 1912- sister MRS JOHN who helped lay the foundation for the Catholic church In Boise lies and aided in many material ways in assisting the church) erected a neat little edifice which was doomed soon to be destroyed by fire It was' not rebuilt on that site Wonderful Strides 3fadc ends the early-day history of first Catholic church for our next church was built on the corner of Ninth and Bannock streets and our wonderful strides of progress and improvements 'are familiar to us all from then on and the humble little cabin which stands in full view of our magnificent new cathedral emphasizes how much we have improved in the cause of God and religion in Boise the Beautiful This little cabin is preserved by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a relic tho first house built in Boise but to the Catholic mind it 16 a consecrated spot wherein the holy sacrifice of the mass was so often CHARLES HUMMEL Architect erlo Fleming Beale and the choir con-1 sists of 35 voices Splendid service was rendered dur-l ing the period from 1918 to 1921 by a building committee composed 'of George Wagner chairman Coughlin and Reilly Atkinson men of St congregation JOSEPH CONRADI Sculptor1 Nurses Graduate Into Active Work) Seven Young: Women Pass Out From St Alphonsus Train-' ing School JOHN in whose home first Catholic mass was celebrated In Boise OF GREAT DUTY i Former President Urges Complete Fulfillment of Obligations Growing Out of World War Alphonsus hospital was opened about New six Catholic sisters to do I and accommodations for 25 No nurses other than sisters employed at that time A small About- 120 feet long was facing oh State street An was built in 1902 and opened Another addition was finished Now the hospital will accommodate A25 patients Besides the now employed in the hospital the nursing staff includes 35 girls and women who are being trained In St Alphonsus Training School for Nurses' I which was established in 1906 Since its establishment the training school has graduated 55 nurses many ofl whom served in the World war over- seas and in the United States Proud of Record 3Iadc The Sisters of the Holy Cflrosa are justly proud of the work done by thelr i order in Civil war days During the war 3fother Angela Gillespie cousin of James Gillespie Blaine the great American' statesman and political I leader with 70 Sisters of the Holy Cross took charge of hospitals in Mound City and Cairo the military hospitals at Paducah and Louisville the naval hospital and at Memphis and St Aloysius at Washington Sister 3L Fin tan who guided the destinies of St Alphonsus hospital for nearly a quarter of a century is now sister superior of St hospital South Bend-Ind -Her name will re- main a' benediction in Boise and the intermountain west so long as there shall be gratitude in human hearts for splendid humanitarian service rendered At the present time the sister I superior of the hospital is Sister 31 fiROWTH AWn PRflPFRITY Sylvina who for many years was UnUVY I HIHU rnuorm I I superintendent of the training Qp CHURCH AT STATE school at Holy Cross hospital Salt Lake the largest hospital in the inter-mountain country" THREE INSTITUTIONS SHOW CAPITAL Seven nurses will be graduated from the St Alphonsus hospital training school for nurses Monday evening at 7:30 The exercises will be held at the hospital chapel Bishop Glass of Salt Lake will deliver the address and the diplomas will be awarded by Bishop Gorman A reception and dance in honor of the class will be held later in the new home The graduates are Mri Mary Brown-Lewers and the Missi Carmen Tolly Clair Howlett Mae Fairchild Margaret Schuler Margaret Ackerman and Maybelle Schuyler them but they -rode on without looking her way or speaking and my mother called to my father whqwas nearby' to go after them and bring them babk for she was confident they were priests Priests Called Fcaturcs of Upper Floors On the second story of the building over the swimming pool and locker room is a gymnasium 40x61 feet in size The remainder of the second story is devoted to a large sleeping porch directly over the sun porch 20 bedrooms three of which are provided with private bath! a general toilet and bathroom linen room and slop sink closets The third and fourth stories have 23 bedrooms each in addition to sleeping porch private and general bathrooms toilets linen closets etc When the home is put into service 'the rooms now used by student nurses in St Alphonsus will be released for patients or put to other uses The new home for nurses is estimated to have accommodations for 100 student nurses Total Cost About $l5000d The total cost of the new home will run about one hundred fifty thousand dollars -The good sisters of the hospital will welcome gifts large or small from those who appreciate the value of so fine an institution as St Alphon-sus hospital and the home to the people of the intermountain country One need for which many a well-to-do person could provide funds is the furnishing of tho gymnasium and -the sister superior of the hospital will gladly furnish information as to other needs which could be supplied by father thought she was mistaken as there was nothing in their SINCERE REGRET garb to bespeak their clerical calling as they were dust-covered and dressed in the rough style of the pioneer However my mother was so confident that they were priests that my father with' reluctance followed them He asked her what he would say when he did overtake them as they wop Id certainlybe amused to be taken for priests in this God-forsaken country She said just call them and they will then know that they are with thir own By that time the two horsemen were far on their way and my father went after them on horseback and as he approached he called and they both stopped and' he found to his great delight andsurprise that they were two French missionaries Rev Fathers Mesplie and Poulin and needless to say their happiness equaled that of my parents for they were on heir (Continued from Page Two) Filipino Statesman Makes Open Apology to Judge for Attack Made Upon Him body keep them home from a outing A If for I hundreds of friends in Idaho and the of that kind but-even JOHN TOURTELLOTTE Architect them I' have got a kind of -a hunch that I care much if the rest of the parade 1 consists of 20 automobiles or 1 wheel barrow as long as I see it Joiners also say that when-you die in good standing you have no trouble getting to set' up with you the next two nights but intermountain west The high altar is executed of Istrian or Hoateville marble The four'- circular -panels' below' the mensa of the altar are Inlaid with light and' dark red Verona marble The circular panels in the side pedestals underneath the columns are of Breche Vio WASHINGTON (A?) Woodrow Wilson broke Friday the silence ho has maintained since he retired from the White House on March 4 In a Memorial day letter to the editor of the Stars and Stripes which was published Friday in that soldier periodical he declared that tho American people not be able to enjoy the full pride of the recollections until we have made sure that the duties that grew out of the war have been fulfilled to the we he asked we are not shall we not soon take steps to do whatever has been The full text of the former prcsl- dent's letter follows: 'Memorial day has always been one of our most solemn and thoughtful -anniversaries when we recalled great memories and dedicated ourselves again to the maintenance and purification of the nation but this year it has an added and tremendous significance because the memories and sacrifices of the great World war are now among the most stimulating of the recollections of the day celebrate the immortal achievements of the men who died in France on the field and in the trenches far away from home in order that both our own people and the peoples across the seas might be delivered from the ugliest peril of all history It lsour privilege not- only to indulge a high md solemn pride and grief for the leroes of that great struggle but also to rededicate ourselves to the achievement of the great objects for which that war was fought We shall not be happy we shall not-be able to enjoy the full pride of the recollections until we have made sure that the duties that grew out of the war have been fulfilled to the utmost we sure? If we are not shall kwe not soon take steps to do whatever has been omitted? yours and having the panels In the pilasters inlaid with bands of Venetian gold mosaic The double gates in the center of the rail are of Wonze he design to Supreme Court Justice Elias Finley Johnson was voiced recently by President Manuel -Quezon of -the Philippine senate for criticisms of the jurist last December on the floor of the territorial senate President being pure Byzantine Memorial to Mrs A Heine To the left" of the sanctuary- Is the shrine of Saint Anthony of Padua It WEEKLY LETTER (Continued from Page Four) fell the Mrs you half to stay- down and go to lodge Well all the wifes I ever had was so to have you stay down on some acct that they didn't care if it was a lodge or the annual meeting of the League of American Rhubarb Fanciers Argument No 5 When a man gets a certain age they generally always worry about what kind of a funeral will they have The Joiners don't worry as much as the non-Joiners because if the former keeps their dues paid up they can feel no use these days of having people I lette marble The shafts of the col-set up -with you even when umns in the balustrade on the side of the altar are of Skyros marble from alive consists of a white marble pedestal speeches criticized Judge Johnson for what- Quezon considered In the old days when the South -all that was dry and -we-use to go on training trips With the baseball boys why they was lots of times when- a certain lodge come in handy because for inst we would get in some town in Alabama and feel like Greece as Are the two urns surmounting the large columns The shafts of the 'two large columns either side of the Altar are of light yellow Verona marble and -the shafts- of the -four small columns supporting the exposi- surmounted by a statue Of the saint executed of Carrara marble' In his we need sustenance of some kind tion niche are Breche Violette marble before setting through onq of them land the cross above this exposition an arraignment by Johnson of the administration of former Governor General Francis Burton Harrison It was a statement the jurist inade just prior to his departure for the United States last November' -Quezon had also attacked Judge Johnson for decisions rendered several years ago one of which Involved an act of former Governor General Forbes in deporting Chinese In his apology President Quezon a beautiful shrine in honor of thel Bajd: Sacred Heart of Jesus It-Is' executed 1 of first quality Bianco Carrara regret having criticised you for giving out that statement that in spring ball games so we would get a hold of one of the 'ball players that belonged to this here lodge and he would take- us up to the temple and introduce us and then we -was fixed as long as we- had to stay In the town and in some towns the tern pie was so pretty that' we would 'stay there and -write it tip instead of the ball game -When it was the -Cubs we was with Frank Schulte' had to see that we niche is Inlaid with high art Venetian mosaics Altars of Virgin Mary and St Joseph The two side altars one erected in honor of the mother of Christ and the other in honor of St Joseph the foster father of Christ are executed of Istrian or Hoateville marble' and the columns supporting the table slab who so criticising you I did in belief that! you meant to attack the administration of Governor Harrison by charging it with partiality in favbring the Nacionallsta party in disregard to ma- In the taptiW wwclvis iiiu I 1 Igladly withdraw what I said about marble This- shrine was erected through the generosity of -a friend does not wish the name of the donor announced Donated by the Hawley 'Family gladly was took care of and sometimes hejare of Breche Violette marble with would get kind of tired of it and ask I side panels and candlestick risers of why we join the order our- Skyros marble The statues are also seifs And save Iiinx all that trouble 1 1 of Istrian insirblCi W6lli the to that wrb that I flitnr or st TaaobTi ia tiia ctr we had all the privileges without paying no dues and aS non-members I Irs' Armstrong of Oakland we didn't half to pay for nothing Cal- who was a pioneer of Idaho The and besides that' we never stood ini altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the no danger of getting elected a-dele-gift of St Altar society gate to the annual convention at At KISS EXPERT URGES BAN ON GOOD NIGHT KISS REV TOUSSAINT 3IESFLIE (1863) first Catholic priest in Boise Pulpit Gift of Clergy of Idaho The pulpit located to the right of the sanctuary Is the gift of the priests of the diocese of Boise which em- lantic City And that reminds me that in them good old days they was one big league city that turned dark blue on Sunday and it seemed like wet was you' and I wish to add that I have nothing personal against you you always have been very kind to me in fact I have every reason to be friendly with you as indeedT! am I criticised you I did so' because I felt it my duty as a public officer to express publicly my disappointment over what I considered a wrong attitude on the part of a high official of the government but after room located to the right of the vestibule will be found the baptismal font he gift of the Hawley family of Boise- The font is executed-of Istrian marble It is octagonal '-in 'shape 'and on the main panel is an alto-relievo of Christ -belgg baptized by St' John the Baptist in" the River Jordan lino Cathedral Organ The organ is one of the fine Instruments of the northwest It was built there pretty near every other Sunday braces within its jurisdiction the entire and even Frank's lodge do state of Idaho and the situation wasj The pulpit is made of Istrian mar-desperate til Tone of the boys ble with the four panels in the body branch odf lnlald with Breche Violette marble you had to do waspay them si cntei! pan a mosaic of St tion fee and they give you a key and Jahn the Evangelist executed in Ven-made you a life member- I ice Venetian mosaics with So when I die the papers won't a background of gold mosaic The come out and say he belonged to hand rail of the pulpit and the panel Mooe the Ma- underneath it have bands of Venetian sons the Odd Fellows the Elks and Mid mosaic etc But how much more of a thrill my friends and family will get if they ofC Give Communion Rail way to Oregon' and this small ind dent changed their plans and they returned with my father the new log cabin was quickly converted into a chapel and for many years served as such Ono Priest Remains Father Mesplie the pioneer priest of Boise remained and zealously and effectually labored in the vineyard of his Master Due to his zeal and untiring work the church grew and even many of the Indians were blessed with the gift of faith under his instruction Cabin Capacity Taxed capacity of the little cabin was taxed to its utmost as time rolled by and the question of a more suitable church was of great moment and the Catholic men met to devise ways and means for the erection of the first If you want 4 to die an old maid kiss your sweetheart good night This was the cheerful information con- veyed to girls of America by Dr Charles Baker eminent psy- chologlst in an address hero girls have been robbed 4 of future husbands as a result of the good night kiss than for any other sTlUST GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL CHICAGO Frank Ward and Elmer Bartnoot were sentenced by Judge John Hass to attend church every Sunday morning for the next six! months The boys were arrested as pickpockets They were fined' $50 and told the judge- they reformed He then suspended the fine andlmr nowx'l th cJanrrh ntixca Uut It get you nowhere If you are In some line of business ensign at a grade crossing pretty sure that a few brothers will 'ompany them to the bone yard and it look like they died friendless But a non-Joiner is libel to be the only reveller at his own funeral a specially if the genial undertaker picks out a day when the Mrs bridge club meets Well I speak for other non-Joiners but personally my reply to this one is that I am sure of a crowd if anybody goes- but my children and 1 would like to see any- mi hearing what you had to say I gladly by the Tellers-Kent Organ company of ff y0u my apo Erie Pa at a contract cost of 17000 1 0 Ie ou apoior An echo organ the music om which will proceed from the sanctuary YEARS TO -I ARE DICTIONARY part of the plans and will be installed I PARIS The official revision of the at a later date All mechanical de- French languages which is in the tails of the organ are of the latest and hands of the French Academy has re-most improved type There are three cently made great progress and the manuals and pedal 51 stops including first volume ending- at the letter II iiarp and chimes 29 couplers "and 10 and forming half of the eighth edition edal movements and for 'ease-in con-of the -dictionary has now beencom rol there are 16 piston combinations pleted Some 24000 to 25000 words The organ when complete will have a have been revised since 1878 that Is total of 2900 pipes The organist and in 43 years It is hoped to conclude choir director bf the is Fred-the present edition' about '1964 The communion rail which extends across the entire sanctuary is composed of three handsome marbles -the base being red Verona marble the shafts of the columns of Skyros marble and the cap bf yellow Verona marble print the truth and say: He was a life member of the Uooks and Pastry Cooks -RING LARDNER Great Neck May 2 7 (Copyright 1921 by The Bell Syndi-n cate Inc).