Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06

Some of Their CharactcrtsSics-Th
Frequent Alliances with Noble

Frequent Alliances With Noble
Families.
Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. lS.-Some years |
ago, it will DO remembered America mar
ried above herself, SO to speak. This |
plebian Of the west determined to stamp |
the virgin ore OF one of her silver mines,
the newest OF tine new, with the seven
teen.century old crest OF 8 princely
italian house. Now, we havs another
international episode of the heart. This
affair brings the Irish barmaid somewhat
cunspicuously before the new world, at
lea t. Theirs she stands sort OF modern
Hebe, solitary and interesting figure,
pouring the glass that inebriates but does
not cheer, for all who are athirst, in
''thst hsrce light that beats uGou a.
bar!
Now there are public houses OF differ
emit grades in Ireland aud, consequently,
there are bar maids OF different grades
alEo. The Irish barnaid, as q rule, how
ever, comes from some small farm and
thinks 1t more genteel to pour beer than
TO take upon herself the name of ser-
want. Sometimes II happens that she il
the daughter or wife of mine host, at 9
comfortable, or even rather fashionable
hotei. She is likely to be aE modest and
well behaved as il she were born lady,
ct least. She IL also expected to be
pretty. This is possible at least.
IRISH BEAUTY OF SPANISH ORIGIN.
There is faint and fondly chsriahed
tradition prevailing hers, to the ef1nt
that some of the survivors of Philips
feet fingered and married. in the south OF
Ireland. To this Spanish blood, with all
its romantic possibilities, one is apt to
ascribo some Of the beauty OF the Irish
women, beauty, which, II truth must be
told, is ofteneE hear of than seen. What
thsEe is Of it, perhaps goes farther back
than the Armada for its origin, even,
doubtless, to the mythic time when "the
blue-blsck Irish hair and Irish eyes" were
30 fatal to Sir Tristram Of the Arthenian
idyls.
1t is also expected that the bar maid
shall be reasonably well dressed, and if
I you see some strikingly stylish young
pergon, and make inquiry concerning
her, yon are likely to bs told, with some-
thing of sneer, if your informant is a
woman, "She is only bar-maid."
Now and then, however, gentleman
lifts one of these bar.maids to his own
level. or drags himself to hers, as the case
may be.
Just hers it may be worth while to tell
you, you of the great republic, what con-
stitutes 4 gentieman-in Ireland, at least.
Well, have heard OF little American
traveller, who had fingered awhile in the
green island and who said to his mother,
mamma, this is Mr.. CLARK. He's gen.
tleman- He OWES yacht !"
year or two ago, it happened that q
gentleman, who owned yacht, and who
was the delight OF every fashionable
''seleot" dance for miles atound, deiiber-
s.eiy married bar-mald. She was very
pretty, with the bloom Of her county
not too heavily laid on, and treasure OF
golden hair, which she did not take of a;
night. But when she appeared as &
bride, with "a wediing-garment" OF the
best quality, aud sll that, the remotest Of
her relatives by marriage looked thl
other way. As for her happy husband
the gentle maidons who had languishe.
on his shoulder in by-gone ballroom
''o1t" him to the hesrt, after the mos
approved method of this werld. ghis
however, did net prevent another gentle
man Of the same spirit from doing like
wise soon after.
THE AMERICAN CASE.
Is for the young heroine OF our recen
Emerican-lrish romance Of real life, sh
is quiet, modest, reasonably well-edu
Gated girl, tall and graceful, with viole
eyes, auburn hair, and complexion ths
inc!inss to patrioian pailor. She
thought TO be equal TO any fniahin
touches which her new station may e
qairs, and is, indeed, il one may belieY
half one heAEs, alAdy in all except brit
and position.
As her name was Fitzgerald, hear thu
nm N hou ID en- har u
claims Of long descent There axe, hoN
ever, many families OF this name i
Queenstown, even, who say they are i
no way related to each other. Still, u
youthful bride of the American million
ARE may belong, very remotely of oours,
to the powerful GerAldines of old day
Trey were of Ap9io-E2rmnn origin, an
everybody ought to know that the No
msn-ape, the great ancestor OF tho OoI
queror and his set, ia much more sneiei
and honorable than his Darwin.di
covered brother who merely ''cama ii
with the creation OF the world. Yet, it
said that many direct descendants Of Il
feudai great OF this island are now T.
lowest Of the low.
NOBILITY IN tn MUD.
-Ons ia led 90 believe this by glanei'
at the high heroic names on the signs
INC shoos in every little town in Irelan
There wsB a countess Of Desmond
whom Nj. Aubrey de We're refers in o
of his poema, who WAS street beERar
Cork some few centuries ago She il N,
however, to be COMPOUNDED with the nRC
neyed old parsonage Of tbs guido. boz
who lived through 30 many EnRli
reigrB and danced at her wedding W
RicharG the Third, whom, by the W,
&, the shame OF Shakespeare, she
scribes as q ''msryelously proper-shap
msu." This ono finally dropped from
cherry tree into another worlds
rather, climbed from cherry tree int
higher world. One sees her tomb, wit
monkey soulptured thereon, 10 st. Liar
Church, at Youghai, close TO the i
mRntled E.izabethan house Of Sir Wal
Raleigh, in the garden In which il is ?
sibls the picturesque knight never plan
tho first potato. All the same, il
plesSant TO believs that his pilqs
haunted yew tree is thrilled, whom
wind touches it, with the remeplbrsae,
the hand that spread the purple cl
under ths substantial English tess
good old Henry the Eighth in pc
coats
Bat, to return 70 the Fitzgeralif
chanoe TO know q family Of this IN
who, according to Their own belief,
directly dssoendsj from tae great Ee:
De mond They live near Oioyne
place associated with Bishop Berkeley
tie esshedTal thsre, ono ssea q tomb
the usual esoutoheons, into which on
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