The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09
IN DEAR OLD IRELAND
Irishmen Taken Back to the Days
of Youth.
FATHER SHEEHY'S
More Than 200 stereopticon Views
OF Places and Events THAI Are
Famous in the History OF
the Emerald Isle.

The hearts OF hundreds OF Irishmen
and Irishwomen were ~quickened in
their beats las night. when the scenes
of the homes Of their boyhood and girl
hood days were wildly brought to mind
in a series of s~tereopticon views cast
upon the screen by the Rev. Father
Eugene Sheehy. The entertainment
was given at the Margaret and was a
pronounced success. 1t required three
and one-half hours to carry out the
programme and 1t was after IL o'clock
when Father Sheehy bid his auditors
good night.
The scenes thrown upon the canvas
were In every respect true to life: they
were reproduced from photographs that
were taken with care. In many in
stances the views must have been ex-
pensiye to an extraordinary extent.
The scenes were out of the common, In
that they were reproductions from ma
ture of quaint hooks and crannies, of
which poets have sung for centuries.
Father Sheehy cast his views in sue
cession by counties. As the scenes APP
peared where many of those In the
audience had spent their youthful days,
II was a matter of difficulty for them
to restrain themselves and in n or
two tai men and women gave
vent to their emotions and welcomed
the pictures of their homes in wild out-
bursts of applause.
I Father Sheehy gave an interesting
account of each view in the galaxy as
II appeared. His remarks were inter-
esting in the extreme. He
the deeds of Ireland's heroes, and in
softened and measured tones he spoke
with reverence of the men who were
.,arturo In fha ctrtrOola for Iraland'S
freedom. He has the faculty of using
sarcasm and irony in the right place
and at the right time, and some OF
Ireland's oppressors. a they been at
the Margaret last evening, would have
felt the burning blush of shame. as the
eloquent priest spoke words OF truth.
Yet Father Sheehy never once used a
single word of abuse. His remarks
were not in the nature of a TRADE. He
spoke rather in phrases full of regret.
The panorama was in~terspersed at
intervals with interesting and enter
tanning numbers. Mrs. Fitz Butler OF
Butte, and Mr.. Butler SANG a song or
two, appropriate to the occasion, and
John Mcguire recited the "Vagabond."
and "Sheridan's Ride in a manner
which outdid John Mcguire himself.
Judge T. d. Fitzgerald introduced
Father Sheehy in a few well chosen
words, characterizing him as a soldier
in freedoms cause and a fighter in the
battle in which all mankind Is con-
cerned: a man who had Trunk to the
dregs the cup of persecution; ont who
loved his country. its people and one
who was ready and willing to die for
Ireland and her people.
. After a few brief words of introduce
Stion, Father Shelby began the panor-
annie views. The first was a beautiful
picture OF the American flag, upon
xuvhfoH he nronnuncaA m alonpant atI-
logy. This was ollowed by views OF
the battleship Maine before and after
the explosion. First there stood out
clear a beautiful and stately machine OF
war, white as the SHOWS. Next there
was a mass of twisted, broken iron,
steel, timbers and ropes. Scenes rela-
tive to the work of the court of in
quiry. showing the divers at work and
the deliberations of the court were also
shown. Portraits of Captain Sigsbee
and Chaplain Father Chadwick were
loudly a~pplauded. Scenes of Havana,
its harbor, buildings and promenades
were next shown. Then came the ma
val battle at Manila; the battle of FL
. Caney; the charge on the ~blockhouse,
and several pictures of like nature.
Dewey on the Bridge was greeted
with cheers. and Hobson's escape from
the sinking Merrimac was received
with thunderous applause. The attempt
OF Cervera to escape from Santiago har-
Dor and the sinking of his vessels was
also one of his views.
Pictures OF Uncle Sam and Rally
Round the Flag were next shown.
Then, by way of introduction, the
flag Of Ireland was shown. 1t was
wildly cheered. Dublin was the first
place taten up n some 20 views of
this city were shown. O'Connell street,
the statue of O'Connell. he Four
Courts. the custom house. Trinity coll
lege. the old. parliament house, both
exterior and interior: Grafton street,
the museum. Stephens green, st. a
rick's. Christ's church and a dozen 9TH
err pictures were shown. Robert EN-
NETS execution. and the scene of his
famous speech in the dock, the flower
covered grave of Charles Stuar Par
nell and scenes incident to the annual
memorial services were shown. Kill
mainham prison. where so many loyal
Irish patriots ave been made to feel
the burden Of oppression, and where
Father Sheehy himself vas confined.
was hen shown and was Kissed with
a will.
4 Then came pictures Of beautiful resi-