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Show DEATH MASK OF EMMET. Among the Objects Coming From Ireland Ire-land for the Exposition. The famous missing death mask of the patriot -martyr Robert Emmet has arrived from Ireland in the care of one of the commissioners who were sent to uiai-vi mi lui Liie inmi muusxriai exposition in Madison Square Garden which opens on September IS, and continues con-tinues for three weeks. This mask is one of the most priceless relics of the tragic struggle for Ireland's freedom by the men of "jS. , For many years it had been sought by men' who knew of its existence, but its location could not j be found. Finally it was discovered in the possession of a poor but ardent lover of Ireland who disposed of it to Mr. James F. Egan, a well known naturalist, a member of the city government gov-ernment of Dublin i who has lent it to the Irish industrial, exposition committee. commit-tee. The authenticity of the mask is vouched for by Thomas Mathew Ryan, the secretary of Daniel O'.Connell the "Liberator." Mr. Ryan was an -authority on the lore of the rebellion of 1793 and the dark years that followed. Ho has graved on the back of the mask the declaration as to its genuiness. The exhibition ofthis authentic impression im-pression of Emmet's features comes at a time when much interest is being taken by Irishmen throughout the world in the search that is being conducted con-ducted for the body of the young patriot. Immediately after Emmet was hanged, drawn and quartered in Thomas street, Dublin, the head was secured ' by .Patrie, who made the mask that is now in New York. The mutilated body uccording to the somewhat some-what has? reports of the time was hurriedly borne away l;' the grieved friends of the patriot. Where it was disposed of is a mystery that has not yet been solved. Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet of New York is now conducting at gTe-at expense a systematic search in j the old churches and buriai places of Dublin with th hops of dls.-ovfrins- th j remains of his kinsman. Thus far the ! searchers have been unsuccessful. The harp owned and played by Ireland's Ire-land's lyric poet, Thomas Moore, will also be a feature of the exposition-. It was ou this harp that Moore thrummed the exquisite ajelodies which are sung in every clime today. The fine art collection col-lection of John D. L'rimmins, John Quinn and other spirited Ivishmti will be on exhibition. The collections will contain many valuable products of the artistic Irish brain. The Carpathua of the Cunard line sailed froin-Irelarid laden with a great collection "of industrial exhibits. These include a variety of the famous pottery from Belieek a rare and delicate sort oi china made only in the little town in Fermanagh. There will also be a large stock of Dublin poplin which is bound to arouse the longing of the women. This beautiful fabric is a mixture' of silk and wool and the secret of its processes pro-cesses is guarded so well that one small colony of weavers in Dublin has monopolized mon-opolized its manufacture for more than 200 years. There are a dozen jaunting cars .fresh from Ilutto.n's factory in Dublin. These are rubber tired, smooth running vehicles so fascinating as a means of transport that driving on them becomes a. habit when once, indulged in-dulged in. ' ' On the same sn'p will be three weavers weav-ers with their old time looms and several sev-eral women with their spinning Wheels. They will give exhibitions of the manufacture manu-facture of homespun friezes and tweeds. fl-iv all onme from th,-. Vipnrt of ("!on- j nemera and they speak only the Irish language. Pretty young women will be brought over to show the operation of manufacturing manu-facturing the beautiful laces that arc now the ra;je in London and the continent. con-tinent. This section of the exposition will be one of the most attractive in the big display. The process of making Clonmacnoise, Limerick, Irish point and Ten erift'e laces will be illustrated by the young women who are experts in the respective lines. Sods from. the. -graves of the Irish patriots who are buried in Glasnevln will be displayed, in a beautiful carved case contributed by Mr. James Geary of Dublin. There will he a va-st array of Irish bog oak, Connemora marble, Irish linen and Irish edibles and drinkables that have been famed since history first became reliable. I. . |