Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-05-13
Saint Ataru's Beacon
IRELAND 10 THE FRONT.
Y. y. ssn.

Lard on Wednesday, April 20, wren
600 Irish damseIs landed in Ameri-
ca at that spot. All but hundred
of them had been brought over the
sea in one big ship, the voyage Of
which will be memorable in many
an Irish home. They were about
as lively lot M ever set foot in
this country, and when they caught
sight Of the big city of which they
had 50 often heard. their JOY was
boundlegs. At Ellis Island one
can often see immigrants who look
glum, or have an expression Of dull
care. or walk as though their bodies
were too heavy for their spirits, or
seem to be afraid Of something, or
are in trouble because they do not
understand the language of the
country. But these 600 young
Irish women had smiling faces !;
they looked strong and healthy /;
they we're blithesome aud bouyant !;
they weren't bit afraid OF Ameri-
ca, though it differed from Ireland;
they saw friends as soon as shey
landed they spoke the same lam
guage as the Assistant Commission
err Of Immigration who met them
ut the landing place. 1t was .
great day for them, and we guess
that they will never forget it.
Inspection, is it, Mr.. Commits
sioner insolvency? What for do
you want to inspect them ? Can't
you see them as they stand there in
front of you, looking straight in
your face and never blinking,
though some Of them are bashful !!
There the colleen bawn, and there's
the colleen rhue. and there's anoth-
or whom you ought to know by her
looks. DO you want to find ont
where they came from, or where
they are going? Twas Ireland
they left; it's here they stay.
They say at Ellis Island that
10000 more passengers of the same
kind are expected this summer.
Well, what of that ? and what if
they expected 10000? Isn't there
room for them between New York
and California Would you let
into this country all the candle
ends OF creation and keep out the
Irish ?
They say that nearly all the 600
young women from Ireland who
landed on Wednesday, as we'll as
the 10000 Others who are to follow
them this summer, will seek for
places i'm households as cooks,
chambermaids, nurses, maids-of-all
work, or, in the language of the
Yankees Of other days as ''help."
That may be true, so far as we
know. But any one who supposes
that to be the whole of the story
can never have heard of the end of
it. We would be willing to put up
bit of the blarney stone for a
wager that nearly every woman of
the 10000 of them will be some
body's wife within two, three, four,
five or six years. The young wo-
men of ireland believe in marriage:
they believe that they were born so
that they might be married. When
the right man comes along, after
the s?alpecns have been sent away;
when he comes accounting in the
right way, like a man who means
what he says, you may be pretty
sure that the Irish colleen will lis
ten to him, il he belongs to a re-
spectacle family. That's one thing
that causes so much bother in
those of our households that keep
domestics who we're born in Ire
land. Often and often, just about
the time when they are at their
best, when they can cook like the
French, nurse children like their
own mothers, stand over a tub like
the Chinese, and use q broom like
Mrs. Darlington, they give notice
that they are going to leave and
of they 60 at the end of their
month; you needn't ask why. The
priest could tell; but the forlorn
of the household is left to
find out for herself. That's the
bother with Irish girls who serve
out; they don't want to be any
bodys servant after they get pro-
posal of marriage and can wear an
engagement ring. Ii may be rough
on their employers, but it can't be
helped, and it is good for them and
for the country, too.
Nearly every woman of the TO-
GOO women who are expected to
come here from Ireland very soon
will be thinking of marriage before
long. Ii is right that she should
think of it. A yerv sensible poet
was the one who cried out to all
the misses =