Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

making OF the memorial in question.
Right Hon. Arthur Mac Murrogh Kava-
nagh was born a mere section of humanity
In pace of arms and legs fate had as
signed to him four stumps, the most ex-
tended of which did not exceed one foot
> IN length. His keen intellect and strong
will were, however. superior to this cruel
lack of hands and feet, and before his
untimely demise Mr.. kavanagh had been
a member of the British parliament, a
priyy councillor and lord lieutenant of his
native county in ireland, beside 10
less than two occasions refusing the honor
of a peerage. He was long renowned as
fearless "cross-country rider, and a good
shot; several brilliant speeches and clever
volumes attest his genius, and the family
of stalwart sons and healthy daughters
which he left behind promises 10 perpetuate
his name while it shows no sign of in
heriting his physical failings. Surely such
remarkable man deserves some token OF
posthumCus recognition at the hands of his
conference.-the more especially as he was
the Hneal representative of the ancient
kings of Leinster, and directly descended
from Art Mac Murrogh Kavanagh, who
in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
successfully battled against England at
the head of the United Irish clans.
a Monument to His Memory.
The movement TO erect a suitable monu-
ment to Mac Murrogh Kavanagh belongs
to no POLITICAL party or religious sect. 1t
numbers among its supporters men of every
shade of opinion, many of whom were
Kavanegh's opponents in parliament or
elsewhere. for though a stanch conserva-
tive and anti-home ruler. kayanagh was a
good landlord and generous foe. Above
all. he was one of the pioneers, if not the
very first. 10 decry Englands unjust taxa
of Ir..ll a boz
taxation movement in which tenant and
landlord. home ruler and unionist, rich and
poor. are now practically united. After a
great deal of discussion it has been decided
to choose the bust as the form in which
the late king OF Leinster's' rugged feat
ures are to be perpetuated. The decision
was widely combated by admirers, who
claimed that Kavanagh himself never
shrank from letting the world observe his
unhappy condition, and that he would have
been the first to condemn the evasion OF a
bust The feeling of natural delicacy pre-
vailed. however. and accordingly the de-
ceased privy councillors armless and leg
less state will not be obtruded upon the
public The commission for the monu-
ment will be placed at once with some we'll
known British sculptor, and the bust. when
completed. will doubtless be placed on a
pedestal in one of the Dublin streets.
Descendant of Kings.
The extraordinary cripple who is thus re-
his death born March -. 1891 at
Boris house. County Carlow, Ireland, being
the youngest son of Thomas Kavanagh of
Boris. titular King OF Leinster" His
mother was Lady Harriet French, great
aunt CT the present Earl of Clancarty
DIETER known as the husband of Belle Bill
tom. and daughter of that Lord Clancarty
VINO was minister to Brussels during the
campaign of Waterloo. Younger sons have
much the same standing COR want of stand
ing) in Ireland as they have Throughout
the rest OF the British isles. and the arm
ess,legless third child seemed a particularly
hopeless case Indeed. there is very strong
lra1iuon that. on Kavanaghs birth the
superSIitious family nurse, believing him d
chanSeling, was DESTROYS of smothering the
helpless baby between two feather beds
Indeed, the writer has heard Nr Kayanakh
tell this story himself, with a good deal OF
JUNCTION
But kavanagh. although portiorIess
younger son and n cripple. was possessed
OF mother whose sound common sense
and great affection for her child gave him
ms trst impetus toward success Lady
Harriet havanaSh secured for her son a
private tutor, and when he was able to