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Show STRANGER IN ERIN MUSI BE CAREFUL eaaBaBBBBBBBB , State of Unrest Makes Pre. caution Neceitary k. avaaaa.ssi r(BIJ.V, Jan. 1 Ireland today Is S land when It hi d viae bis for the newly arrived, unacquainted traveler to tell the hall porter at hie hotel who he la, his nationality, hi twain !a town and how Ions; he expect a to stay, then be most circumspect In whatever he does of says. People with uncertain haokgrotntds or on Indefinite missions get courteous receptions, re-ceptions, but It la futile for them to expert ex-pert their welcome a to be tln;tiird With anything approaching fsmll.ariiy. normally nor-mally on of the dominant Irish eharae-teriettra. eharae-teriettra. Therefore the wisdom of "singing ont your bwalneaa," - aa one AmerU-An traveler expreaaed It, to your hall porter. I'nlnltteled Americans perhaps would not understand the Important position occupied by this functionary, fie la a veritable rnc yrlopedia of Information and "who's who" of everything Important Import-ant ronreanlng the hotel, Me management manage-ment and Staff and Ma guesls. It Is this individual that raiders almost al-most invariably consult when they mnke their um-onventitonal vleila to hoatelrlea in search of wanted persons. His statement state-ment thai a person aked for was an American or Frem hman and that he I'imi to town for some legitimate pur-pone pur-pone has ben known to km ve the guest fan wwrwpt wwkrnsj and ejoist pssaibly a I the point of a revolver. Instances recently published In newspapers news-papers of persons shot "by mistake" or, aa has been claimed In at Vast one cans, because the victim haa been seen con-veralna- with a "mmmt.m.A he.- i... fuse! the whole atmosphere of smiH) at-m at-m on phere In Irelanfl wtfh suspicion and rttrfMleru-e. Tra velera learn snorter or later that no one wanta to know anyone elite In Ireland tortity unleea some form of crenVnriala Is forthcoming or a mutual mu-tual friend Is willing to voneh for the newcomer's acceptability and trustworthiness. trustworth-iness. This stste of affairs has transformee1 olft time happy g0 pj, by Ireland into a country whera -onveraatlons In -public ptaree a re carried on tn undrrtonea. where not shifty, hut shifting furtive gin noes sre shoi at strangera. and where no-one ta his brother's keeper. |