New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

ASA TARGET FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENTS
From The Washington Star
Notable among the many persons who will v0uch
Tor The following story may DO quoted Or. John
Pcntland Mahany. the celebrated Greek scholar
and fellow of Dublin University In point o, iIf H.
occasion Of hi, recent visit to ChautauGua
Most Old graduates Of Trinity Colle6e,, pnpni'
d,m's BABY" This was the sobriquet awarded by
humorous students 10 4 certain GlSahlc Poilc'
whose duty /, was TO stand in front Of the once
flmous Out row vanishcd) Maddcns cigar divai.
almost directly opposite the nam ehtril,ce , ~
in his boots and was built broadly In considerably
more than his due proportion Indeed, ne was !.
good hnmortd as could well be desired
Now since the days OF charles - Malify "a
long before the appearance OF mat amusing vo.,
urnc the undergraduates Of Dublin University nave
been renowned for their fun.oving ana royStsIims
propcnsitcs Under cover oi DARKNESS inc! "
naturally able To play more pranks than couId Dc
comprised in the daytime. and since the period as.
signed for "MaGden's BABY to patIol ms Deat lnS
during the very late and early hours. II may casy
be ina gncd what hard time the BABY hllrd 4, IN
tn "7aby' had genuine affection for all Irinit y
boys and it rkcd him eSfTedng w aC tn ne caqy
forced. for some cxceptionaily IioIous 'V Ii
any Of the prisoners to Colicge-st IoIite 81,
ton Indeed i, was quite common na V to rn
lcase him with caution before they reached the
Ent in process of time "Maddens Baby" took
himself wife the daughter OF , one o, ,ne
college bcdmakers She was Il sharp niue npu ny
and the great possibilities for making none ~i,ich
were nightly wasted by her big good -natured nus
han daWnri
the Baby" good talking To. with the result mat
he caused to be noiscd abroad in undergraduate
students unless a quid pro quo In the shape of coin
OF the realm should find its way into his caparious
The Trinity boys rather liked the new idea than
otherwise. and were quite WILING 10 pay LOT aii
bacts outside the college gates and similar as
tuIbncc; Of the paG 'f G OF H q
released them promptly. and thereby made much
Rut mere noise became too SLOW" for the boys
One night a genius Of his kind invented new 1i 40
aoGe, nr no ' pead MaTC2ng Jolly up to the
spo, where ''Madden's Baby reared his colossal
"Iuo. BABY What will you take to let me kick
The eyes of "Madden's Baby flashed anSrily
hut he thought of Mrs "Maddens BABY and the
little "Maddcn,s babies at hom" until the eN;raor
moment more he considered. and then smilnsy
dior soft aisy kick I'll take 10 shillings for
good hard one il win be "a To ,bG Inventive genius
az want Is worth. hard. if you please.
Unrcsisngy Without sham 5 or temon kinG
Kicked hard-fve times In succession Ih'n, grin,
ming with pain. he held out his hand ana received
therein the nT'e an OF x niS hn eroWn for
Thereafter the rev idea spread rapidly, ana no
beng considered wild" until he had A. least once.
paid his sovereign like man and iniliGtcd i one VI
Thus far. common Trinity College history. known
10 every one connected with Queen BeSS's gray plle
md
DR. Mahary may be permitted to take up me
thread of the narrative and describe The retire.
ment from active service and present conditions o'
"Maddens Baby. oOo.. , =,
DR. Mahaffy 1.-THE worthy man known officially as
Policeman b 3sl. but more UNUSUAL y styled Mad
den's Baby. still in harness nightly patrohns
College Green. front Of Trinity gates Indeed ne
was looked upon 4 fixture and !. for pn" never
expected to hear of his removal from his beat with
in my time Nevertheless. when ! returned To Ire.
land after my prolonged tour Of America. one or
the frst items OF college news brought to my notice
was the disappearance Of 'Maddens Baby,
II will confess to some curiosity ~ TINS case
md after weeks had gone by without news OF INC
gigantic guardian Of the peace. | caused inquiries
Ia be made. The results were int"reitinS MY
man servant found that Policeman u 1921 had re-
him to BootcrstOwn pleasant seaside suburb or
Dublin Here In a charming Vrroend -coV'i'd cot
tagc with about five acres Of garden land ana A
private bathing pincr Mi h baoy was us
"Ny servant had known him for years ana OK
pcrirnccd no difficulty in asking questions as To the
source Of the many evidences OF prosperity notice
Has some one left you legacy. Baby no
";Thc Baby smiled ike a Cyclops IN go bail:
ne rnplied that DR. Mahany put you up to ask
thal We'll YOU can tell the doctor that s"rra n
legacy has been left to "Maddcn's Baoy Every
bit Of furniture in this house every mower IN lni M,
garden and a nice. tidy little fortune in the iianlt
Tf Ireland was made out of the sovcrcisns | got
Dor letting tho Trinity College boys kick me
Further irquiry demonstrated the abSoIite
handsome suburban cottage Kick VIVA: ana
chosen it's Whereabouts Witty enough. in the
nwclls with his wife and seven children. quite hap
iily and respected by his friends. while comfort
tbe annual income attests to the fact that II Ecks
were plentiful among Trinity boys. hafpence were
lYcn more 50.
he NEEDED FNCOi 'R1GEUENT.