New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-13
IN SEARCH OF 4 FAMINE.
AN ENGLISH CORRESPONDENTS EHPEHi-
ENCE IN WESTERN IRELAND

ENtE IN w 10 IfN.N
c. W Stevens in The London DaHy Mail ,.r,.
knew there must be- famine. because nc
Fr,.uan.s Journal" rad but for the lie oi i'c
eovlaH ISSs pictured Western Ireland and
esnerIaily the County Mayo and more especiLa,ny
the coastwlsc districts OF that same ar An avr,'rS
as ,urnand.tm OF rolling screes and sopPins
bog guldebook had picked ny, up ~ n. -" sleeping
accommodation at Kilaa, whittier was s tmuIh,
little or non" | concrNc 49, m sntrsd AT by
n',rao,s MICS and roasted upon by caIlous fow >
thought rcsretfuly. Of the warm. soi' sahu o'
And behold the country through which H. ap.
pronchel starving kIlala was slngu ary nm ~,
lain grazing districts Of England. only more beau
tIful England Is green after any DINER count,,t
lrr" rsra w@s s s,enSs there We're many in Few
fields and the four-foot walls OF a., nno"ch or o
many there had been before the land was .ea LII
BOG there also. urdy purple beside me sn
Ing pastures. with black water IN s'.ep,ou' yo
and stacks Of brown peas beside th',n pu PM
couldn't believe that this country was ',ry huIki
There cattle upon thousand ns- nwe.
and the lambs could hardly suck NON ipr onl
hanging nantes Of wool naked PIX pig ,s srs NJ
tho head OF their families by ever, blue stream ana
black ough; the Whit Tree eru' Wbeye was the
famine? II might be- lurking somewhcte, but d
country 40 alive with beasts could not look starving
out Of The window a, Ballina-,he last station be-
Ing az smar, black cob as YOU ever saw al az
tcrsalvs three young women on nicycieS anu IL
everybody wasn't destitute And right on TO
Kaa whore there suddenly broke mo visw a
was stu close rich turf almost eAaSperaunsy sue
culcnt A. KIN la there "a indeed snow bn, For
ono porter and man with long colorl.ss beatu'
who might have been posing a. The he only nhn ,sc
fact fha; there was indeed a hotel where traveller
III Yer honor should be wanting to 60 to B"lly-
csshe row ne ssE9 IN 9 tSe World
somehow TO md that Irish peasants really do say
..cyar sorr'': but when he went on to dcplore the
dcpopulati ton OF the country. began To come BACK
10 The interest OF my GRAND ! was on N5 track
rsa ow o4F h ,n4 hi ye Sfe" n s"ns
replied. Ana that was all the famine intelligence
NOBODY could call Killala a stately city-city.
mark you; at any rate II has bishop. though only
clean one: but Killsla also hardy wore The look
OF starvation The hotel was the best parlor ana
Keepers. so It evidently wasn't fair TO judge by
that. But the smaller houses. though ony two
commodious and as well furnished with pots and
and eroekery as the 9rdraty hmslish Ias1r
windows and there was usually grass growing on
The thatch; but as it would be Isrec'ly easy t., (,
have any very pressing work to do imagine
went out for a short walk to reconnoitre tho
famine Everywhere I found the same enchant-
ssck 6eIh hc same shcss appareny consned
poverty. but no token of starvation The land rose
knobs ol T now into Wide sweep Of valley climbing
gently to a round homey blue mountain In tho
th"Tgh patches here and there were bleak The
country looked gentle and. above all. fresh and
the vivid lustre Of Ireand's pastures. Close
as turn the mind naturally toward good horse
II Is not al fine grass and clover. and the ex.
more than half the land was such you would
gladly pay g or e or % an acre for near London.
and bare footed girls in shawls. to milk the COW
she stood in the pasture When the face turned
cR"eks an% black eyes that et You blinking or
else skins of peach-blossom and wide. clear gray
The only thing more beautiful than the Irish land
Is the Irish women; even when they are old with
grace and the wonderful eyes and the courteous.
would not pay TO diamonds And OF both men and
women you mark that, while your ,apparltion
there IS no hint OF boorshness, no echo OF our
own rustic guffaw. The Irish peasant is natural
string of shaggy donkeys came up the road.
peats in the panners the vision OF an angel swing
him with tle stick for all the world IKE an
NIX ihe psnners hafn Of proVsons from the
shop In Killala small boy perched behind and
gr rs were bought on credit though they may
have been bartered Tor eggs ut any rate. there
s ssS of starvation And below, in aeld on the
skirts OF kalai my eye fen on large. round
n here %a the bin Of Il before my eose on the
wall. To-day, at s:so and $780, Davies's World-Re-
/ went should ! ever not go to a circus, 1t was
apty pointed out on the posters that Davies 3
circus does not depend one paltry Item, but
every event IL OF the highest obtainabe quail
ity. But for the moment we are less concerned
with the aesthetic than the economic aspect OF
Davies's circus. II my counting was right there
attended, exclusive Of two boys who crawled In
under the tent 800 persons. With all allowance
for those who came In from the country round. 300
Is not bad. during famine for n population OF
three small girls attended at the expense Of The
Daily Mall" The money taken at the door,
hope this is not giving away Mr. Davies $
professional secrets-wouid thus work out e. l7s.
plus &c ~. Cd; total, 60 Is. 3d.
Now. ~ IL. 3D. In not vast sum. And I should
be the last creature In the world TO regret that