The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
OLD IRELAND.
Bah EULOGizES THE EMERALD
ISLE DWELLERS.

ing characteristics of st. Patrick's
Sons and DauRhters-Meno of Brains
and Women of Besuty-How Irish
| Maidens Love Brogue as Rich as
Cresm-Delightfu Celtic Hospitality.
The Circus is Joy Forever to the
Youngsters.
tCopYri0htA
NEW York, April 15.-H ever any
! body doubted the influence OF the
Irish, they have only to look at the
spring frocks this year, and see how uni
versal is the wearing OF the green. 1t is
! green Of all shades; frequently it is CONS
bined with violet to remind people Of those
days in the far past when beautiful Laura
wore her green gown looped with punches of
violets, and gained the devotion of the
great poet, who made her famous. Surely
if Petrarch could remember just what
| this lovely woman wore the lover
Of to-day need not be above admiring the
| frock Of his sweetheart. Green is every
| where. The flowers have framing of it,
| All the new dishes are white china, with
green and gold bordering, and not merely
to bein the fashion. but because it is sensi-
BILE, we are eating all the green food posi-
| bic. Asparagus, by-the-by, is just the
fashionable color, so that in assuming 1t in
formally, one is doing ones duty not only
to ones constitution, but pleasing Dame
Fashion.
Green is a color that is marvelously salts
flying to the human eye, and it gives one
! curious sense Of joy peculiar to no other
tint. | suppose that is why the grass is
green rather than scarlet or purple. Just
fancy blue grass! Though / do believe they
have that down in Kentucky, yet | can
only certify to the beauty of their women
and the goodness of their fluid extracts.
! There is something curious about the effect
OF the green gowns on ones eyes
they have a hopeful sort of a look
If fellow is in love. they seem to say
to him, Try again, young man; she won't
be SO cruel next time" suppose that is the
reason the Irish elected that green should
belong especially to them. Inever saw an
Irishmau, and neither did you, who was so
old aud 30 downcast that he didn't hope
With foot and a half in the grave be will
trust that by proper treatment the half foot
that is out will have sufficient strength to
remove the rest. This is the sort of thing
that keeps people young forever.
Bah LOVES THE IRISH.
For my own part, 1 love an Irishman.
This is generally, and not individually. l
could make a very good stump speech on
that subject. What would this country be
without the Irisha To begin with the dem
|
cleverest lawyersl The Irishmen born in
| America Who are our wisest doctors9
The men who have got an allopathic dose
| of Irish blood in their veins. Who are our
best editors9 The men who without fear
wear green rosettes on July IL. Who are
the handsomest women in the world2
The women whose black hair, blue
eyes, white teeth aud satiny skin
proclaim that somewhere or other an au-
cestor came from the Emerald Isle. Even
England has to acknowledge this. With
the exception OF Mrs. Langtry, every one
of her great beauties have been Irish.
1t ia a wonderful little place. Not as big
| as the state of Pennsylvania, / think not
| half as big, tt has representatives all over
the world. The man you give a big check
to and Il Thank you" for saving the life of
somebody you loved says he was born in
| Roscommon. The man who helped you
when a big corporation was trying to
down you, says his people were born in
| Sligo, and the man who makes love 20 you,
| If you happen TO be a woman, and calls you
pretty names, came from Dublin; while
you, il you want to join some colonial as
ISOLATION, and happen, in the search for
! ancestors, to look into the family
| Bible, suddenly discover that your
| grandfather and grandmother were married
in Belfast. Ireland produces more people
| to the square inoh than any other country
in the world, and they are happier on less
than any people | ever saw. Yet, they
| come over here to America and teach us
how to cook They rule our hearts and
they rule our kitchens. and somehow they
| get nearer to US, aud we are more interested
| in their affairs than those of any other peo-
| pie. The cook we had before may have
! had a sweetheart; but we never took any
| particular interest in him; but when
Maggie, who is bright-eyed
Irish girl, appears, the women of
the mouse know, in less than twenty-four
| hours, that a certain milkman is In love
with her, and Immediately we change milk
| men. That's to give her an opportunity to
see him every morning. He may not bring
| as good milk as did the other man aud he
may not give as good measure, but as long
as we are helping along a love affair we
| don't care. The night that he is to come we
all trlvvle out into the kitchen and give her
| suggestions as to her appearance and
how she ought to treat him, aid then, when
she Is going to be married. the household
seWs industriously for her.
IRISH LoVEMAKING,
| A visitor comes In and says: "What are
! you makIngp And we all answer at once:
| IA wedding dress for the cook" And then
the visitor says: "What is sheg" We look
reproachfully and scornfuIly at her and
answer: why, Irish, Of course" And
then tho visitor takes off her gloves
and says: 30. then, it is all right;
can't 1 help" Maggie is up In the
feelings of all the young men who come
to the house. And when the entire es-
| tablishment is dressing you to go TO a party
she saws to you as she pulls the laoing: 20,
miss, l wouldn't be after bein' 80 cruel to
the young gentleman. Sure there we're tears
in his voice when told him you weren't at
home the other day. and you just a-sittin'
there a-readin,. Bless his poor heart, he
can't help bein' 10 love with you'll The very
! flowers would fall down aud worship the
| likes of you!" The young men never had a
| better pieader than this.
| If l colnd be born again l would choose
| Ireland for my birthplace. The finest
| American citizen is the man with Irish
blood in him. for he has all the versatility
| Of the Irishman, all his wit, and. with il. he
| has that grain OF uncommon sense which
sometimes, am sorry to say. the Irishmau
| pure and simple lacks. You know they are
| very fond of announcing that their patron
saint, st. Patrick, a gentleman, and it
seems to me right along, from that
day to this, the Irlshman. be he peas
ant or lord, has been gentle. OF course,
| there are exceptions, but they only
serve to prove the rule. Not long ago met
man whose hrogue was az thick as cream,
whose name vas Patrick Joseph, who had
made fortune selling things on the INSTALL
ment plan, and who told me he was not an
Irishman and not Catnolicl Unfortun-
ately for Ireland, bad heard Of his birth