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Show THS IV BH BOY. , The overwhelming majority of Irish families are poor, ambitious and Intellec- . tuaJ; and ail have the national habit, once Indigenous In "Merry England." of i-much i-much conversation. In modern England they like a dull man and so they like a dull boy. We like bright men and bright bora. When there la a dull boy we Bend him to England and put him Into business busi-ness where he may sink or swim, and he generally swims; but a bright boy Is B different storv. Quickly he becomes the femllv confidant, learning all about the family necessities: with so much frank conversation It cannot ba otherwise. other-wise. He knows every detail In the MluJ fttllla inJ aihe. It arlll en .it ; him throuah the university, and how that coet can be reduced by wlnnlne; ! erholmrshlpe and prises. As he a rows eMer he watches, litre an expert, the younirer brothers lomlnjr on. and la easjer to advise In hia youna wisdom as to their prospects- Ha studies constantly, parhaoo overworks himself while his mother and sisters keep watch: snd yet be la too eertoue. and thev on their side sre too anxious for compliments. It is Indeed; characteristic of the Irish mother that, unlike the Aatterlna mothers of En aland, she loves too anxiously to admire ad-mire her children; with her Intimate knowtedae thre anes a cautious juds;-nvnt. juds;-nvnt. The family habit of conversation Into wnieh, he enters with the arrogance |