Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

The Dublin Ireland) Saturday
Herald OF April % contains a fine
cut Of our distinguished fellow. citi.
zen, President John $. Cooke, OF the
Cooke Brewing Company. The fol.
lowing sketch appears with the por.
trait:
On Shrove Tuesday, in the year
1854, lad 10 yeats Of age, who had
severed himself from his parents
home In Mitchelstown, left Ireland
with black memories Of the famine
sufYerings and little beyond q
sturdy heart to cheer him on a
lonely voyage out into the wide
world. Anyone can realize what the
open world meant ut the time Of the
Crimean war to q lad who had never
been beyond his native Tipperary
town and its vicinity. He went forth
alone, with not many shilllngs in his
pocket, to sink or swim; and his
parents and relatives remained be.
hind. after weathering the awful
stress Of the famine period, when
starved peasants died every hour
and stout.heartcd men In Mitchels.
town hid themselves under their
beds. SO that the police might not
dnd them to join In COroners' In.
quests on the bodies Of their friends.
They were leasehold farmers, with
q confectioner's shop in the town,
and the end Of their ninety.nine
years lease was within sight. So
the son went forth, at ~ to seek his
own livelihood. Those were times
when ships from Queenstown to
New York spent weeks instead Of
days on the voyage, and the vessel
which carried the Mitchclstown lad
and left the Munster port on Shrove
Tuesday did not enter the hnrbor Of
New York until Good Friday. Forty
years have passed. The poor Mitch.
elstown lad Of 1854 has, after that
lapse Of time, come back tO see bis
native land. being now one of the
wealthiest lager beer brewers In
Chicago, whore he gives extensive
employment, and requires forty or
atty horses for the delivery of Or
ders. Mr.. John Cooke IL now-after
that long and successful battle for
life and fortunes leading and highly
respected citizen Of the great
est Of American cities He has
found abundant riches. Nor
has the tough struggle for
life touched him with any sourness.
Geniality and the high spirit Of hos.
pitality abound In his nature. As his
photograph, which we reproduce.
suggests, he 10 40 Ane q specimen of
an Irishman Is could be found with.
In Ireland. Massive bead, bright,
expansive face, splendid curly locks
Of silver hair; looking upon life with
sweet delight, and retaining o warm
heart for Ireland and all things Irish.
This IL the Mitchelstown lad Of Is
grown large and mellow. He 10 bring.
Ing to close long tour through Eu.
rope with bis wife and daughter, .
tall, graceful, pleasant aud intelligent
lady with fair share Of that easy.
going fascination which 10 the special
charm OF 80 many American girls.
The party have looked In on Dublin
Mr.. Cookies first visit, by the way, to
the metropolis OF his native country
and have been staying at the Shell.
bourne Hotel. Though they came
over from New York, after q farewell
banquet In Chicago. In one of the
gorgeous Continental steamers, Mr..
Cooke would not return without see.
ing Mitchelstown once more, and
making his earliest acquaintance
with Dublin at SO and showing those
places and Killarney and other splen.
doris with which nature has favored
Ireland to his wife and daughter. Miss
Cooke will have long description Of
her fathers native land for her
brothers In Chicago when the Cam.
pania has brought them back to
America.
Mr.. Cooke was only a day in Dub
lin when he found friends. One
night he walked into the salon Of the
Gaiety Theater, and before the play
was finished had discovered several.
By one OF those pleasant condolences
which are always happening, he
met In the theater during the
entr' acte, to begin with, Mr.. James
Shanks, whom he had entertained
Hospitality in Chicago ut his own
home during Mr.. Shanks' visit as
Lord Mayor, with the Lady Mayoress,
Mrs. Shanks, to the chief city OF the
West. When friend from thousands
of miles away suddenly confronts an.
other friend In a theater, we'll, there
is congratulatiOn. So'Mr. and Mrs.