Show IBrtriefi FOR BEST CLOTHING ' SL Patrick’s By DENIS (From his Volume of Day Memories ron A MCCARTHY Poetry “Voices of Erin') Here In the strangers city The winds blow bitter and keen But over the sea in Ireland now I know that the fields are green I know that the fields are green and the snow From the hills has melted away And the blackbird sings an the shamrock springs On dear St Patrick's Day! I know that the bells are ringing From many a belfry quaint In many a chapel the ssgart tells The glory of Ireland's saint From many a cabin lowly and poor From many a mansion gay The strains arise to the list'ning skies Of sweet “St Patrick's Day” I know that the boys are gathered Outside on the village green Where many a feat of stalwart strength Enlivens the sunlit scene And who would be blaming an Irish youth For letting his glances stray To the caillns dressed in their Sunday best On dear St Patrick’s Day? Here in the strangers' city Are fortune and fame galore The poor man's son may win if he will A measure of golden store But ever when springtime comes again I wish 1 were far away Where the Suir flows and the shamrock grows On dear St Patrick’s Day ! Saint HE personage whoso natal day is celebrated with such enthusiasm by our Irish citizens Was unquestionably the brightest luminary adorned the Emerald Isle for by his almost hercu lean labors he rescued that land from paganism Some uncertainty exists as to the date and place of Patrick’s birth The most reliable historians however concur in the belief that he was born about the year 396 in the province of Valentia at a place near the Clyde not far from the modern Dumbarton called from him Kilpatrick About the year 432 he began his missionary work of converting the It pagans of Ireland to Christianity is said that during his stay in the island he founded 365 churches baptized with his own hands inore than 1200 persons and ordained a great number of priests He died about the year 469 at a place called Saul near Downpatrick relics his and were preserved at that place till the time of the Reformation It is but natural that that the land which produced a Fingal and an should had Englishman who the ' United said to an States American friend: "I cannot understand On the 22d of it I supposed February there would be a grand national demonstration in honor of George WashBut nothing occurred On the ington 17th of March the city I was in was decorated in green flags and Irish emblems fluttered everywhere the hotel menu card was in green ink and the evening paper came out in green "Bands played in the streets men paraded the city police force and military turned out there were balls banWhat I quets and public speaking want to know is whether St Patrick or George Washington is the nation’s patron saint” Some idea of how powerful a figure St Patrick' was may be gained by comparing the memory of St Patrick born 1535 years ago with that of George Washington who has been dead a little more than a century St Patrick went into Ireland when it was plunged in the darkness of He confronted a hostile paganism people with a dozen assistants His first work in reaching a com' munity was to preach the gospel in the native tongue of the people This he did with Pauline fervor and a fire of conviction which fired the heart and of You can the people imagination look at the work of any Irish priest and see the duplication of St Patrick’s method First a talk to the people then the building of a church and then the erection of a school then the exhortation to practice the Christian virtues the succor of the widow and the orphans the weak the — fallen and the aged universities Patrick established which by the labor of the Inmates were and to which the youth of England flocked by thousands Europe during his lifetime was in Hordes of the north conflagration Goths and Vandals ravaged the south and the lamp of learning extinguished on the continent burned brightly in the cloisters of the monasteries and Patrick transuniversities of Ireland lated nothing into Irish ' He taught the Irish Latin and Implanted full born the civilization of Christian Rome He Introduced the arts and crafts developed agriculture taught Industry Instituapplication and love of work tions of learning churches and homes of religious workers training schools and seminaries were supported not by contributions but by labor of the Inmates From idleness to Industry from fighting to the arts of peace from Druidical worship to Christian practice and ideals St Patrick turned the whole island by personal effort and example by incessant exhausting toll He died as he lived without the possession of a groat The arts and letters science and biblical knowledge which fled from th N toured abound in legends of the great missionary who taught the Christian recontinent took refuge in the famoui ligion to the Irish schools which made Durrow and Ar pagans — stories some of which are ragh the universities of the west T the eternal honor of Irish hospitalitj surrounded with be it said that these thousands oi an atmosphere of strangers from every country in Eu beauty others that are wild and ridic ulous His explanation of the Trinity rope were not only welcomed but sup plied gratuitously with books clothes to his hearers tyipse simpi minds " and food could not conceive of the existence oi f The scholarship thus engendered re three in one was timely and satisfac furnished Europe when a century’s tory Plucking a stem of the shamrock from the earth at his feet he anarchy over the Irish missionaries emerged from schools and flashed over pointed out to his congregation the the charred remains of European civilithree leaves growing from the one zation the sacred light of learning stalk by that simple illustration bringSo when ihe bearer of the name ing the members of bis flock to a Since Patrick laborer and toller though he realization of a Triune God be remembers that his title is de then that trefoil plant has been sascended from one of the proudest in cred and together with the harp has Rome and thinks in his been the emblem of the Emerald Isle patrician As long as the shamrock continues poverty and humility of the ancient glory of his people where is there an to spring from the soil of Erin the American who will not honor in him true Celt will observe the yearly re the survival through the centuries of curring holiday that is supposed to the pride and learning and achievemark the anniversary of the birth of ment of his ancestors and join him Ireland’s patron saint It is true that on St Patrick’s day in singing “AP Irishmen will tell many us that the 17th of March is not celeHall to St Patrick?” brated as the birthday of Patrick beBROUGHT OLD FOES TOGETHER cause' it is by no means certain that-iis the correct date but that the day Two Results of Deep Potations on St is merely set apart as a time upon which to honor the old saint’s memPatrick’s Day ory But be that as it may the maHere is an echo of St Patrick’s day jority of people and perhaps a majorin a story that is going the rounds of ity of the Irish consider it the birththe police officers in a certain district day anniversary of Ireland’s great In fact the story began two years What the Fourth of July evangelist back from the 17th of last March At is to the American St Patthat time a certain son of Erin in rick’s day Is to both the native IrishIt is honor of the patron saint of his coun- man and the true that the latter is loyal to his try imbibed just freely enough to make him a bit peevish 'A gentleman country adopted whose aucestors hail from the land of and has many times proved his the Kaiser Wilhelm did the same but patriotism thing possibly because it was not the when the 17th of day dedicated to the patron saint of — can find March man his country the average appears the an excuse in anything when he wants citizen' of Hibernto take a little more than is good for ian blood is ready him to celebrate a day this is exclusively With such inspiration on St Patrick’s day 1907 it did not take much his own — a day commemoratin g to get up a quarrel bean event that octween the Irishman and the German cen15 curred and each said mean and horrid things turies about the land which the other deago yet and by It which remains By lighted to honor the reached the “You’re another" stage by And for a whole mists of time year the two It must be con guardians of the peace' were enemies But on St Patrick’s day next year that the fessed celebration of St the twain again indulged in frequent libations and this time with different Patrick’s day is not upon the whole results for each one was inspired invested with any with a great and deep love for all mankind narked degree of sanctity by its parWith this love in their hearts the ticipants — that is apparent at least to old enemies met American eyes Of course upon that “Herman” said the Irishman occasion appropriate ceremonies are but I’m a mane man Will ye conducted in the churches with becomferglve and fergit for the sake of ing reverence but to Irishmen as a’ auld times?” whole the aniversary of the old saint's “Sure Mike 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