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Show H ST. PATRICK'S DAY H A humorist once ro-c when the H matter of the Julv Tonrth approprla- M tlon -war lining (tlxrtucd in a cer- thin city. "n(1 moved that the rami- H oy he Bpnnt Instead on March IT. He H thought that St. Patrick's Day elicit- H fid more real manifestations of en- J thuRlamn. M Other heroes of the Christian rell- H plnn are recalled by processionals, H asthema, sermons, and rituals. St H Tatrlck 1 remembered in that way H too. But in the popular mind lie H standi chiefly for n certain festive H spirit of good humor and of -warn H friendliness. He Is recalled not ho H much for the 365 churches lie found- H cd and 12,000 converts baptized wltn H bis own hands, as for the notion of H his gonial personality hniuled down H from tho dim vistas of old htstorv. j H The traditional figure of Uncle Sam H is by common consent the compo- H site photograph of American .temper- M ament. Similarly St. I'ntrlck Is re- H garded as a kind of Impersonation H and Incarnation of the Irish race. It H Is a kindly .figure. Many person H wear tho green- March IT who claim H no trace of Celtic blood. They mere H ly cherish a friendly feellnit for n H strain of the American melting pot H that is notable for the warmth and H I ardor of its temperament. H f Many of the Irish people have H themselves little notion of the dlgni- H j ty of their own heritage. In early H ' history the race was noted for Its H versatile gifts of poetry, art, music, 1 oratory and chivalry, r.cnnomlc and political misfortunes and oppression fl reducod tho "old sod" to poverty. Tho descendants of kings nnd chief- ' tains and missionaries were exiled B by famine to come over here and - build our railroads. H ' The so called Gaelic revival Is now ; uncovering the trensurcs or antiquity ' and ranking the Irish people familiar B with tholr own stork nnd Its achieve- meats. In tho land of their adoption tho sons of St. Patrick nro showing racial traits or energy nnd a Rift for politics and business. And tlioy still display those fervent (liinlltles of H mind and heart that characterise, H their favorite saint. |