The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-13
Mrs. O'shea and Her Husband.

George w. Smaley sends the New
York Post the following pen. picture Of
The notorious Mrs. o Shea:
1t has become the custom among some
Irishmen to call Mrs. O'Shea ''Dervor-
gill the Sec md Dervorgill is some
what of a legendary character who is
made responsible for 700 years Of Irish
misfortunes. Thomas Moore has i'm
mortalizsd her as the stfals st of women"
and IRISH men and women shall love to
sing his charming melody proclaming
that "on our side is virtue and Erin; on
theirs ls the Saxon and guilt she was
thu wife of O'Ruarc. Prince of BreEny,
and lis supposed to have eloped vita
Dermott Marlborough, King OF Lojn-
sterand ancestor of the leRlses and arm
less Irish Tory leader, Arthur Kavanagh
who died recently. Tue elopemeut is
probably myth. as she was woman of
middle age at the time, but Mrs. O'Shea
is "fair and forty,'' if not fat also. Der
mott brought the English over to help
him in his war with O'Ruarc, who had
beaten him with the aid of Roderick
| o Conner, KING Of Connaught, and last
monarch Of Ireland. Mrs. @ Shea has
set the Irish csieftsins and clansmen
of to-day f.hting among themselves,
and the hated Saxon will be the only
gamer by the fratricldal strife. Mre.
O'Shea is no ordinary woman, and least
Of all is che an adventures. She is of
the b]uest Engl sh blood, and is woman
of intellect and r. inement. Her brother,
Sir q telyn Wood, is one OF the best
generals in the British army and, after
L ,rd Wolseley and Sir Frederick
Roberts, who are both Irishmen, is
in the line of promotion for commander
in Chi T. H. has tier quarrel with his
sister over q fortune OF 100000 left by
an aunt, recently ce used, and is known
to have been for a long ME urging
O'Shea, with Joseph chamberlain, whose
motive was polite Il, to the action
viii h has brought disgrace on the Irish
leader Mrs. O'Shea is handsome, with
pearly white skin, wealth Of g 'lden
hair, and graceful, voluptuous figure.
She has a fascinating mann r, and is
charmingin conversation, with cultivated
literary tastes and mans knowledge of
politics. The breath Of snsp oion had
never touch d her until she met Parnell
She started in to help him politically
and ended by bee ming infatuated with
him. The fa-cina,ion was mutual.
o Shea is The son Of L merck attorney
who left lin large frtune, which he
sqnandered in horse racing and gamb
ling He was an officer in a crack
cavalry reRiment, q dashing, lady killing
fellow with good figure and attractive
manners. He married Kitty Wood when
she was in her teens. but the pleasures
OF the mess-room and the rare-course
had more attractiveness for him than
home. When he lost his money he left
the army and lived on his wife's, spend
ing it freely on wire, women and horses.
81 often remained months away from
home and utterly neglected his wife.
Getting into parliament for Comfy
Glare through the influence OF the Cath.
olie b shops. he foisted himself on Par
nell through his wlfe's entrea'ies and
proceeded to earn good government
berth hy making himself useful. He
closed his ey, to what every body knew,
and finally only acted from mercenarY
motives. He is tho most thoroughly
Idespised cad IN u ndon to day. Under
other circumstances and with 9 man for
| . husband Mrs. O'shea would have
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