Show NT DAY Gr Greener ener than the Emerald Isle itself and nd beautiful than all itS J L and the memory of St Patrick has pc through more titan than a l rs of of turmoil and strite a light to the feet of them who toU w good 1000 deeds an inspiration to ft tb wrong a blessing to the theau au auoe M o tem ranc throughout the world m Influence for fer good whose pow tr r be and never dt When one reads the story or of Irelands patron ho he to wonder that the of his birth is i remembered wherever Ver sons eons may be His life was spent tor Lor anti and although the place of is uncertain the place of his gr o t o has adopt adopted ed d his memo memory fie its own It is sup supposed supposed posed he be was wa born In Scotland It S n known he wa was ordained In Gaul and was to Ir 41 mon knoW t this his lQ all know the tho legend lagond of hIs t triumph f t evil as typified in the th storY story of t the e ex cx exodus odus of snakes from his island But none will over ver know how much his story bas has to unify Ireland and preserve its traditiOns for the genera generations generations past and to to come celebration of the saints day dayis is more than a holiday in memory of a great man it is the one time of the year when the sons of Ireland fore foregather foregather gather wherever they may be and re recall can call the land of their nativity renewing allegiance to her praying for national freedom hoping for the time when all their dreams o of national greatness may maybe maybe be realized Here in America where so many of them have found homes it i ia is isa a time for the good fellowship of all menthe the wanderer from other lands the adopted sons of aU all countries and by that same token it is a good day for everybody who re rejoices at the progress Ireland has made and Is making as the years go by |