Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-24
OBSERVATIONS IND SUGGESTIONS

OBSERVATIONS and SUGGESTIONS
We women must be the dispensers of
kind words. If kindness be not among
daughters and mothers, where in the
world will it find home?
The London Life claims to have in
formation that Emile lola has become a
convert to Catholicism through the aid of
Father Gougon, pastor of a small parish
church and an intimate friend of lola.
1t is also authority for the statement that
he will become a priest six months
hence.
There is a little society that meets
weekly in the library of ST. Francis Hall,
known as the Truth Society. The men,
bers are anxious to have their number in
creased and will gladly add to their list
the names of all who are seeking for the
truth. A better hour could not be spent
by our young men and women either
during the week or on Sunday evenings
than in St. Francis Hall. 1t is open all
afternoons till 10 p. M, and better Sc
lection of books, magazines and journals
can not be found. If the young ladies
will have their gentlemen friends to take
them there they will see for themselves
how enjoyable an evening can be spent in
this hall. All are welcome.
A touching story is told of the late
Gen. Alpheus Baker, who was at one time
leading light of the Louisville bar.
During the war Gen. Baker was a pris-
oner on Johnsons Island, on Lake Erie.
A Confederate soldier was dying and as
his last request was to see the Confederate
flag the Federal commander, humane
man, granted the poor fellows request;
whereupon Gen. Baker, who also was a
prisoner, composed a poem in Latin,
noted for its elegance and diction, of
which the following is an extract:
Ave, bis ave, gloria crux!
Nostri nationis lucida lux
Quotes miles FORTS,
In articulo morris,
Salutat te numen.
The late Empress of Austria, so cruelty
cut down by the hand of an assassin, was
buried with the most imposing obseques
in the Imperial mausoleum of the Church
of the Capuchins, Vienna. During the
days and nights of mourning the lighted
street-lamps we're covered with Grape. A
grand cortege of Kings, titled men and
women, and priests attired in their gor-
geous canonicals, formed an imposing
spectacle. Several companies of the
foot guards, squadron of horse guards,
followed by detachment of yeomen, all
splendidly uniformed, preceded the col
ossal funeral car After the last bene-
diction had been pronounced in the
vaults, the High Chamberlain handed
the key of the vault to the Capuchin
who is the guardian of the Imperial
mausoleum.
The people of this country have fallen
into the English habit of condemning the |
"French deceit" have become hack
neyed, where the English are held up
as exemplars of fairness and progress. |
Any student of history knows that per-
fdy is characteristic of English diplom-
acy, especially in its treatment of weaker
nations. Witness the perfdious means
adopted by English statesmen to abolish
home rule i'll Ireland at the beginning of
this century. India, too, under her de-
structive rule, has periodic famines and
is compelled to ask the world for aid.
Disease and starvation run riot in that
country and want and misery
lurk near every threshold. The press by
systematic lying and Misrepresentation
has maliciously and knowingly poisoned
the American mind, especially against
the Spanish race. One of the big dailies
starts lie and all the rest will rush to
aid its circulation. But after the lie has
been exposed they are not in such haste
to print retraction. The stage does not
stand alone in its want of a censor.
Why is so much attention paid to
pugilism by our second crop Irish people,
1t is singular and lamentable to see the
number of Irish names among prize
fighters. fail to realize where the
glory comes in of being able to pummel
somebody just for the fun of it, AS
among the canine species, there have to be
bulldogs, so among the human kind there
are men who love to tear and destroy
others. 1t is not complimentary TO our
national pride to have monopoly of this
1t is essentially an English
pastime.
Ireland has always been considered
nation of scholars. Why her childrens'
children do not strive to excel in learned
professions one can not understand. City
politics, contracting and saloon-keeping
seems to be the ultima thule of their am
Dition. While Reuben Hayseed, from
Bitter Creek, comes to town TO take up
he study of medicine or law, Pat Muir
)hv or Tim Hoolihan is training to FIGHT