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Show FORECAST OF SPRING FOR IRELAND ' A fierce flame buret, at boyhood'a dawn, within my tender b resit. Impassioned love my aoul consumed for motherland, opprest; Her glories gilt my waking hours, her woes my dreams o'ereast. And the love that fed my heart's first fire, plesse Cod, shall light my lash There's not a little bell that blows In Ireland's dewy glens. There's not a sbagan shakes a spear above her many fens. There's not a tiny blade of grass on all her thousand hills. But this fond breast with tender love to overflowing fills. A i ,Oh, Ireland! for your holy sake Ill Joyful bear all pain; fTo your high cause I consecrate my heart, my hand, my brain. hedge-schooWhen this had been done, sorra one durst complain-Thoug- h Mullarky was then the land were his own and his fit the side of the ditch the muK.t dreaded of men. father's domain. Sure the flight of the bird, or the It was sacred, and then for the sake of bis sow!. speed of the hare To watch for a moment there's no one He must part wld It, barrin' a sigh or a growl. would dare. An when circles and squares on the Then the snakes represented were dirt he would trace, huly likewise Twas amazin' the larnlu that showed An' bit at their will all the colleens In his face, an' byes. While the thoughts that revolved In his tossy ould head Well, the pigs went to rootin', beds! Were deep and tremendous, himself it w:.s fun often said. To watch the ould Druids when their Religion, of rooree, was a thame he ruin begun. well knew, Wld faces of fury and hearts full of Not your notions, but stuff hate that was true. They would curse the dear piga, I'm Wld that he taught love for the sacred ashamed to relate. ould sod. They Invoked all the planets and far rhus helpin' his kind, an' so plasln' his as they knew. God. The fixed atari ard comets, tbs bus and moon. too. Now the seventeenth of March, reckNext the wraiths that Inhabit the oned then by old style, winds and the floods. The Jewel of days In the darling ould Then they danced holy Jiga In the Isle, scantiest of duda. Was approachln' an so the good mas- - But the piga took no notice, but ate afl the more. And the Druids saw Fate waa now hard by the door. Then they prayed to the giants that ravaged the Isle When ten foot of spine was the height of the style. There waa one who from Mona oil waded to Wales, And one who In coughin produced the wild gales. Another In siort tried to bridge the broad say. The Causeway in Ulster bears witness Twas the dnys of the If life and strife avail me not to save that soul one sigh, Then, crowning joy, in your sweet name let one unworthy die. ATRICK , Is i Ii RELAND , wf Vvr la One thousand, four hundred and gAk ll forty-tw- o years ago, on March 17, according to the most trustworthy accounts, l; new-fangle- of Erin, so sacrsd and green. Though ages of sorrow thy past yean have seen: From childhood's bright morning to man hood's decllns Thy leaflet wa wear oer our hearts ever thine. Dear Shamrock the In Moores poem on the shamrock death and beatihe tells of the triple grass" which fication of Saint up, with dewdrops streaming; Patrick took place. Shoots As softly green as emerald seen, That Is why, on Through purest crystal gleaming. the anniversary of O, the Shamrock, the green Immortal Shamrock! that event, the Chosen leaf of bard and chief. shamrock Is worn Old Erin's natlvs Shamrock! by every loyal By many of the faithful In Wales Irishman. If be and elsewhere Irish soil Is Imported to cannot obtain a away serpents, and it has been keep genuine leaf from declared that a bite of Irish clay will old Erin, he wears the best Imitation kill a snake. he can find, and if he can get no Patrick's labors In Ireland lasted real or counterfeit, he more than 30 years. In Downpatrick, shamrock, wears a green necktie or a strip of near the place where as a slave he green In his coat lapel. once tended sheep, his ashes are now It was not many years ago that the believed to repose. more enthusiastic of the sons of IreIn Down, three saints one grave do land on the day when they bedecked Bridget and Columb Kill. themselves with green would decline The mere student of folk-lor- e little to tolerate the sight of a yellow em- guesses the of the son of feelings blem. Venders of oranges and ba- Erin who bears the shamrock In his nanas did well to keep their carts off or wears It on his breast. To him the street Even a belief in the same cap It embodies all the religious and roreligion was not always sufficient to mantic, mythical and national Ideas save orange sellers; that fruit was en- which ever have stirred In the souls of tirely too suggestive of the Orange- his forefathers. The great love for men's association. the plant Inspired the famous ballad In these days of Increasing toleraThe Wearln o the Green," which tion there Is less and less friction of tells that Theyre bangin' men and this sort The custom of giving Saint women for the wearln o' the green." Patrick's day parades Is gradually dy- This did not mean, of course, that ing out In this country. Many years people were being hanged for that, ago the New York city council passed but it was poetical exaggeration Iman ordinance Imposing a penalty on plying their willingness to die, If anyone who abused an effigy of Saint rather than give up wearing It. Patrick, but no such law Is now necesFor the last half dosen years, under sary. Patriotic Irish societies observe the Inspiring Influence of the Shamthe day quietly, and there are services rock league, happily instituted and In the Catholic churches, especially In even more happily carried on by the those edifices named after the saint Countess of Limerick, there has been Even In Ireland there la less and less an unprecedented demand for the Irish of bitterness between the wearers of national emblem. Thousands upon the green and the yellow, and the thousands of little green boxes filled crack of the shlllalah Is not so often with tiny bunches of the trefoil have heard as formerly to the accompani- annually been packed by that greatment of the strains of "St Patrick's hearted woman and her friends and The attitude of sold the world over, the proceeds Day in the Mornln'. Queen Victoria had much to do with going to aid disabled Irish soldiers and bringing about this change of feeling. the destitute relatives of those IrishIt was the duchess of Buckingham men who have fallen In battle. Last and Chandos who, in voicing her ma- winter nearly 300 of the poor In Counjesty's sentiments, wrote these lines, ties Clare and Limerick alone tided which on each recurring Saint Pat- over the hard weather on the profit rick's day find warm response In the derived from the patriotic sale of hearts of the Irish soldiery: shamrock. And where does all the shamrock We're the moat uplifted regiment; come from? It grows wild In every Bedad we're mortal keen! The shamrock's In our forage caps county of Ireland. Along the mounBy order of the queen! and In tains, In the old This song bears date 1900, for It was the venerable meadows. It may be In the last year of her reign that picked In small quantities as early In just before her memorable visit the year as February 25, and a fortto Ireland, gave orders that her Irish night later In luxurious abundance. regiments were to wear the shamrock The tiniest and therefore the most In their headgear on Saint Patrick's prized variety Is usually found along day. That raised the national emblem the bank of a dry ditch where there Is of the Island officially to the heartr no grass, for the poorer and more arid high position it had ever held In senti- the soli the better the shamrock. Not ment It was a small and easy thing a bairn In Ireland but knows all the best places near his home to look for to do, but It made the tiny three-leave- d plant popular as It never was before. the little green leaf. It Is the children In spite of all Ingenious attempts to who are the gatherers. For days discredit the beautiful story which Just before the good saint's festival represents the patron saint of the Em- the hills around Stepaslde and Stlllo-ga- n and the Scalp will be dotted over erald Isle as using the shamrock for an Illustration of the Holy Trinity, In with the industrious diminutive toilspite of the learned debates and aca- ers whose profits may In no case exdemic differences of such scholars os ceed two dollars but who are supremeBentham and Britten, Colgan and ly happy in their patriotic task. There are national emblems that Cook, your true Irishman the world over will ever cling to the chosen leaf may be eaten. Not so the shamrock. which grows In the moss, the moor A man may eat a leek and enjoy It, a and the mlreland" of his old home, Scot might even try a thistle, but an and the public Indorsement of a queen Irishman must drown his shamrock. surely did not weaken that affection. That is as sure as Is March 17 Itself. to-da- rick, neo-essar- Vie-'torl- Then the An Howl" waa too small. Tbs priests cursed the pigs loud and long, but no matter. On the snakes and (heir eggs they grew fatter and fatter. One of the advanced spring models which will be worn as much as the costume for everyday wear Is the Jumper dress with the princess panel at the front and back. The one illustrated Is developed In green and gray plaid mea saline, trimmed with green velvet ribbon. The side portions lace over a lining of gray silk. The yoke gulmpe Is of gray silk, are lace matching that on the with the sleeves 'and yoke portion of the waist If desired the dress may be made all of one material, with the gulmpe of silk In contrasting shade. It Is a particularly good pattern for any of the figured foulards or challls, striped or plain mohairs, or rajsh silks, and will also make up well in any of the silk ginghams or cotton voiles tor early summer wear. tot - 4 a" "q t shirt-wai- all-ov- all-ov- r DESIGNED FOR SLIM FIGURES. ; IDEA FOR TABLE DECORATION. New Modes Something of a Despair Floral Harmony Adds Greatly to tho General Effect for the Stout Woman. There will certainly be ample employment for folk who doctor figures If the present tendencies of fashion persist Hips are hopelessly out of fashion The fat woman Is In a very bad case Indeed, from the point of view of the fashion autocrat She simply cannot look well In the latest frocks. Reduce, mesdames; reduce. If your skirts must ding they give an Impression of supple slenderness. The new skirt or the new close princess looks distressingly objectionable upon the woman of tightly laced waist and big hips is but a caricature of Itself. The cutaway coat of medium or extreme length is an absurdity upon wearer who has not a bust and slender hips. The closely draped sleeves and long sleeves which are more and more In evidence so reduce the width of the shoulder and torso that wide hips throw the silhouette out of all graceful proportion. Yes, unquestionably we must wrestle with our figures unless we are content not to be chic or unless some freak of fashion turns the course of the current well-rounde- d BLUE CHIFFON VOILE. When one Is using a special flower for the decoration of the table at a formal luncheon or dinner It Is artistic to have the same flowers used as a garnish for as many of the dishes as possible. Thus, If one has daisies and ferns In the center of the table, have the lamp shades of green paper, cut In narrow frond-llk- e pieces to represent ferns. Serve the oysters In their shells with a wreath of ferns around the outside and a lemon nestling In a bed of daisies In the center. Twine the stems of sherbet glasses In maidenhair, If it can be done just before sending to the table, otherwise It will be too wilted. If you have grape fruit served In glasses have them standing In a wreath of daisies, with ferns on the sterna Or, If the half fruit Is served, let the edge of the plate be wreathed with a mixed wreath of ferns and dalslea The Ices should be molded in the form of dalslea If you care to go to the expense, and should have a touch of plstacbe in them to represent the green. If you do not use molded lees, then they will look well served in boxes In the form of paper daisies or covered with real ferns. The place cards can be a painted bunch of the flowers, cut out so they can be slipped on the top of the gob- let The candy and small cakes should be green and white, and If the dinner is elaborate enough to give souvenirs you might have the floral centerpieces arranged In separate bunches daisies and ferns that can be gfc-eeach guest In the drawing room fore she leaves. A IRELANDS PLACE IN HISTORY - story. Her very early history contains an air of romance, and has, running through 1L a depth of color which invests It with a peculiar charm. In Its primal days Druid worship held the hearts of Its people and the cult of sylvan deities formed Its religion. The beauty and richness of legend, in whose lap Ireland then slept, are rivaled by none perhaps, save those of classic Greece herself. Tradition supplies an endless number of crags, hillsides and valleys, which were the subjects of legendary lore, and which the feelings of the Celt with an irresistible spell. The history of those times Is obscured by the many myths and fables Interwoven with the facts handed down to us. Amid all this vagueness, however, It Is plain that, In the early stages of Irelands career, she left upon the world the Impress cf a most excellent civilisation and Vint her people possessed much merit jnd many virtues. cap-tlvat- Oh, st This attractive afternoon gown Is made of Copenhagen blue chiffon virile and the skirt tucked over the hips and across front has an overskirt effect near bottom. The kimono bodice crosses in surplice fashion, rach side, as well as sleeves, finished with a wide band of satin, bordering which are cream lace motifs, run wiih net An embroidered gold thread. fills ln color in motifs the matching the V neck and blue dotted chiffon frills serve as a finish to the short self-ton- e sleeves. of to be- Is those were great times when tha factions- forgot What side they were of, and what aide they were not The thousand would follow all jeerin' the while The Druida who could them no longer beguile. Wtw. rivers. Uy'4 veaafc m -i milKiSEjarynH. I or the Boyne, In Bit at Their Will All the Collaena Baptised, they the ranks of believers an Byes. would join. It was Patrick alanna, me turn at ye ther once more plaise Save a taste to the byes av his lagends Wll guyin' an' Gospel tha land was an tors. ablase. Patrick banlahed the snakes and tha Such dlppin an plungin', baptizin', confessing sinners, you know. To a place where I hope there will Such prayin an' preachin', such primpin' an' dressln! none of us go. That's tbs lagend accepted, but I have It waa good for their souls and their bodies' by token It right The record for bathing bla aaintshlp A tale that bates that out o' mind, out had broken. o' sight And thousands wbo'd never been lathered or rubbed, At Tara bs preached to tho king and Had tbelr aklns an tbelr sowls now the chiefs most thoroughly scrubbed. His Decalougues, Catalogues, Psalms For the saint told them plainly tor e'er and beliefs. they were shriven, Once the king says to Patrick, "The That nothing ondanely was welklm in heaven. Druids all say Tkat you're settln' the mlnda of me So the pigs ate the snakes and rooted up eggs Flfbolgs astray. How can one be In three, and be one From the round hill of Howth dews to nil the time? answer In prose or Come, laddy-buck- , in rhyme." "That's slsy," says Patrick, tbla dear little plant, (Praise God! 'twill be famous the oceans beyant) Has a stalk all In one, but divides Into - . Bally-kll-beg- three; Yet the shamrock Is one, three In one, don't you see?" Bedad!" says the king, that bangs Iianagher sure. Now, byes (to the Druids), ye now have the flure. ' But the sorra a word could those clargymln find; So from then his respect for the Druids declined. Patrick, me byes, you need scarcely be tould, Was funny an' tricky, though holy so' Now, bould. So now of the Druids he'd got the whip band Bethought him of blessings he'd er on the land. show- Tight Collar. To the king then says he, For the favors you've shown. I'll put e'er a back and new legs to your throne. (Not minin' tbe lasts disrespect, but you see Tbe preachers don't speak such plain Irish as we). In youth a spalpeen taught me herdin' of swine Your majesty's pardon, the fault was not mine. Let me here Introduce the boneen an Veil Hints. I'll go ball. Throw your veils away ln time. If Over the evils of Erin the pig will prethey are cheap ones. vail" Dont wear them after they have got so streaked with dust that they spoil Now tbe Druids he'd sarplnts as sa(!) complexion. cred, you see; If they are of the costly kind, dip In England they Isrued that, betune them In an odorless cleaning fluid. you an me. 8hake out vigorously and put to would cast up In line sometimes They dry on the bed or Ironing board, s mile nearly the and down stretching pinning one as s sarplnt's as all sods Tbs to countepaue or covering. There On 8t Patrick's day, with tender heart and moist eye,- we set before ourselves the far form of Ireland, garlanded with the deeds of the past, and bedecked with the colors of bygone days. The pages of Irish history are, without doubt, familiar to all. The brillant lights and deep shadows, the intense Joys and keen sorrows, tho failures and triumphs which mark the annals of Erin are an old and familiar one who at Powersconrt drank up tbs fall, the one who complained Devil's which gives nothing greater discomfort than a tight collar and one frequently finds a new linen one a trifle small after it Is laundered. Small white rings can be sewed on the back and ribbon run through them and tied, making a neat finish, or ribbons can be sewed on the ends of the collar and tied. Four eyelets worked In the ends of the collar and threaded with ribbon will make a neat finish. cor-ine- rs "Thats Aisy, Says Patrick, This Dear Little Plant." From tbe Gap of Dunloe to tbe Glee af tbe And Slieb-na-mo- Downa, n grandly Klllarney'a lake rrowna. was rootin' an' p re achin' as laughter an prayer. wonder for Satan to leave most There No prepare. For barrin' the Sazon and wblaky TI Bay Saint Patrick baa rid ua o evil today. So now you nil knew how the snakes And met their dnnm. the class will Ita atudlea In Garik resume. |