The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-19
SOCIAL LIFE N IRElknD.
: The Daehess : Tells Of Gaieties
Among the Irish.


The Duchess Letter.
For the ten wears il takes an Eng
'lishusenk to fully ccnsince himself
that he knows and thoroughly under
stands you. il takes an freshman ten
minutes. At the expiration OF that
short time be might be safely trusted
to give q lecture on ron. Nor is the
Irishwoman behinihand I'm this re-
specf; she Is quite ~ smart about il 8
her husband or her brother. and viii
fathonl you and know all about your
net infirmity at = moments notice.
This penetration is great help to the
forming OF society friendships in
Ireland.
After eli, life Is too short TO waste
much time over the discovery OF
whether this person or that is all be
or she ought ia be. To s'take people
rs ron find them is ~ pleasant q
way gut oil the difficulty as know.
We none Of Us want &c live and die
with those we meet on our way
through the world ALWAYS excepting
the matchless one who is sure TO turn
up sooner or larerl. and therefore il
the passing shadows be presentahle in
every respect. wesl-bred, no brawiers,
not given to picking or stealing ar the
numbering OF their neighbors, whv,
let us send them cards for our next
dance, and be happy.
TaIs orESHEARTgpSEss,
However belongs more to the country
than the town: perhaps because in the
green dullness of the former, where
the houses are four and seven and
orten ten miles apart, any stray star
dropping into our midst,s looked upon
as q God-send. We all know each
other so terribly, so fatally we'll; our
faults our follies, our virtues these
last, however, are anfnteresting: We
seldom discuss these. eli are so we'll
known to Us, that TO have a fresh
family tumble into our midst Is so
great relief that, If they be at all
possible. we receive them with open
arms. Think what a glorious chance
they give u.s. So many fresh victims
TO be viyisected, so many more faults
and follies to be talked over.
Beyond all dispte the Irish people
belong 10 the sociable ones of the
earth. They are unhappy il alone.
They positively crave for company
which means sympathy of some sort.
Men. women and children all desire
TO hear their own voices, to talk, 70
sing. To laugh to some one else.
Having come to the children, may
as we'll say q word about them. Above
everything else they are the shyest
creatures in the world, think. In
the home circles or with their very in
Inmates they are the
GAYEsr THINGS POSSIBLE.
And shrcwd, too, hitting Off the in
firmities or the charms of their own
generation with certainty that saw.
ors o: their elders. Yet let stranger
appear, and the vivacious maiden of q
moment since becomes at once as I'M
communicative as an oyster In its
shell, and EYES, and mo- muir
INJURED with down6ast lids is all the
"alien" may expect as answer to his
most lively sallies.
Just such little maiden l can see
now standing on the tennis ground as
| look out of my window. A dainty
little slender being OF l2 or SO, clad all
in white Indian silk most delicately
smoked, and with her bonny face
half hidden by q huge white sun
bonnet. Out of this shelter her shy
eyes turn with q glance half defiant.
half nervous upon her companion, q
big, grizzled colonel Of so, who is rap
idly becoming discounted beneath her
determined GOODNESS. Poor man! He
has stormed many a citadel, but not
one so obstinate as this. He gives her
up after a while, and puts her down
as lovely but hopeless nonentity.
Yet that child is as clever little NOR
tai as know, almost brilliant in her
own way, and destined to be an artist
If life Is granted her.
Summer is the pleasantest time OF
all in Ireland. With the coming of
the June roses comes, too. SEEM
ingly new life to all. Every one, in
the country especially, grows suddenly
wide awake.
WARMTH AND SUNSHINE
Are, believe, necessity to us; We
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