The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-18
Entertainment Last Night In the
Theatre.
ARTHUR BROWNS SPEECH
RELATES THE LIFE OF IRE
LANDS PATRON SAINT.
Rev. Father Kelly Makes a Brief
But Stirring Addressing By
Miss Lennie Savage Acushla-
Reading By Miss Babcock-Col-
leen Mulvey's Recitation-Ball at
Cliffs Hall.

greener shamrock waxed warm with
JOY last night at the Salt Lake theatre,
where several hundred descendants of
Erin foregathered to jubiiate and sing
songs to the magic name of St Pat
rick. Incidentally. they assisted in a
financial way ST. AIMS Orphanage,
for the pecuniary aid of which the en-
tertainment was given.
Had it not been for the seductive
temptation of the Irish ball. the sup
position is that a tent on the outside
would have been necessary to accom-
modate the influx of patriotic Ireland.
AS it was, the auditorium and part or
the gallery were filed with celsbra-
tive crowd, who applauded the oratory
and music with Hibernian warmth. The
stage was ornamented in ferns ana
ported plants, and on the breasts OF The
audience many ribbons cleaned,
gIeenr than the snakes ST. PATRICK
banished from the immortal isle.
Mostly the entertainment was must
cal. Songs by Miss Savage and otner
sweet singers were enjoyed, and heats
were insurgent when Mr.. GorlinSkl $
musical voice was raised in praise OF
the Dear Little Shamrock"
Hon.-Arthur Brown delivered the ora
ton. He said, in beginning, that on
Burns day all men are Scotch, just as
they are all Irish on st. Patrick's day.
He considered that when the heroes OF
a nation were celebrated, the people
celebrated also the country and the
race, and the lives of the great zen
of the past should teach eloquently the
lesson of liberty in speech and action.
Mr.. Brown traced briefly the life of
St Patrick and the great work he
achieved. From the partially mytho-
logical records ON the subject it was
apparent that St. Patrick was born
either at Bologna or in Scotland. When
Is years Old he was captured in Scot
land by pirates and taken to Ireland.
where he subsequently escaped, but
was recaptured. When he regained his
liberty, after a bondage of seven years.
he BEGAN the double work Of seeking
the liberation of other slaves and
spreading Christianity. He was so far
successful, that ne was the first eman-
cipatOr OF the slaves. The king be-
slowed favo-s on the saint, and the
money he obtained in this way was
expended in making secloisters for the
education OF men and the protection of
women. "St. AIMS Orphanage,' said
Mr.. Brown, lis but type of the Sc
cloister begun by St. Patrick; it is the
offspring of one of those seclOisters he
l.4uU years ago.
The thoughts he gave to the wCrld
have gained a fruition in this age. he
stands with the sainted Lincoln as the
liberator of slaves. st. Patrick was the
first to proclaim freedom. 1t is true
that the splendid days of liberty in
Greece under Pericles are not to be for
gotten. nor the glory of the Aug1Istin
age. But in both of those periods the
liberty was to the Roman and the
l. I@l-
the owner of slaves. 1t remained for
st. Patrick to say that the slaves should
also be free.
People today are enjoying the liberty
which was obtained for them by such
men as St. Patrick. The kind of bat
tie he fought can be imagined in the
condition or the struggling Cubans.
the freedom now en-
joyed, there are lurking dangers which
erty is to be preserved. The desire for
powers is trying to drown the voice of
liberty. The present evils which threat
en- have been insidious. for usually
they have come in the form of bless
ings. as is shown in the accumulation
of wealth, which all men desire. Yet
wealth is now used to corrupt civil
liberty. Voluntary submission to the
dictates of associations is another evil,
also the tendency to override cOnsti
tutional restrictions.
Mr.. Brown commented on other evils
that threaten liberty, and mentioned
prominently the abused license of the
press. and the present rush after for
eisn titles.
''St. Patrick" concluded Mr.. Brown.
fought for the establishment of lib
erty and not for rule. More than that.
t1.a 1Ir Tod 20 10
need and say the things we think"
The closing address was made by
Very Rev. D Kelly. He said he had
sought to prove an alibi beforehand,
in order to relieve himself of the re-
sponsibility of making a speech. He
considered that the brave spirit by
which St. Patrick conquered pagan
Ireland and made it Christian had
come down to his descendants. Irish
bravery could not be questioned. and
they were as ready to fight for the
stars and stripes as erstwhile they
and bled for the green. If
the Irish were called upon now, there
would be no dissenting voice raised.
Rev. Kelly concluded facetiously by
expressing the hope that every one
present would drown the shamrock in
"a glass of cold water"
Songs by Miss Savage, Miss Kinsella,
Miss Davi and Mrs. Kate Bridewell
Anderson called forth hearty applause.
A reading by Miss BabcOck was great
ly appreciated, and Miss Mulvey won
aHplausive laurels by a clever recita-
ton from a scene in King John"
Other numbers were a pleasing violin
solo by Mr.. Roy Williams and a piano
solo by Miss Meister. Miss Gleason
performed the duties of accompanist
with her usual talent.