The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-03
ITS SUPERB ELECTRIC CAR SYSTEM
Principal Buildings Of the City
Correctly Described.
CLASS DISTINCTIONS IN EVIDENCE
Uppertendom Seldom Seen on
the Public Streets.

The following interesting letter on
Dublin, it's people, public buildings and
churches, appears in the Providence
Visitor from its travelling correspond
ent, Mr.. John Woods:
Dublin is certainly pleasing city,
and although there are not great or
world-renowned attractions in it.,
there is certain gracefulness which
lends to it an indescribable charm in
the eye of the visitor. Thackeray's
impressions of it strike one as singular
ly appropriate: ga handsomer town
with fewer people in it, it is impossible
to meet on summers day" The peo-
pie usually encountered on the streets
in the summer season are-more or less
indifferently dressed, of medium stat
ure, little calculated to give good i'm,
preston of the physical build of the
Irish race. The visitor to the Horse
Show naturally asks himself: What
has become of the stalwart, fine look
ing people who were here last week?
Were they not Irish? Most assuredly
the greater part Of them were. Where
are they now? At the seashore, most
ly in England, France or Belgium.
This is the law of Ireland; her money
ed. people spend most of their time in
foreign countries. In consequence
there is little money in circulation; it
is all carried off and spent in other
countries. OF those who do conde-
scend to spend periods of the year in
Ireland, many of them are so inflated
by a false pride peculiar to Ireland
that they disdain to mix with the peo-
pie. When in Ireland they mingle only
with their own exclusive set and con-
fine themselves to the limits of their
own domains. When travelling over
the railroads, they are stiff in their
mannerisms, almost unapproachable,
unwilling to converse with anyone, ex-
cept some person Of their own acquaint-
ance. All this springs from this race
and caste distinction which is the re-
suit of the English colonization Of Ire.
land. The descendants Of that class
consider themselves superior to the
remainder of the population. Because
they have q little money and the pick
of the lands, they fancy they are su.
perior race.
This idea of invidious distinction
has contaminated the entire popula
ton, more or less. If man owns q
few acres of land more than another
he judges himself better than his less
fortunate neighbor. This feeling Of
false superiority, is very noticeable IN
Dublin. The Dublinites Of money and
means are seldom seen on the public
streets; they do not mingle with the
people, but confine themselves to the
neighborhood where they live, 60 out
Ldriving or walking in the suburbs, and
consider thepselves too good to mix
with the common people.
Dublin is unquestionably the finest
city in ireland. The Liffy, sluggish
. river, runs through it from west tt
east; no fewer than twelve bridges
span it in distance Of over two
miles, connecting long lines of streets
The shops which line the streets are
good. The electric car system is more
fully developed than in any other city
Of the British Isles. Not only does
the system traverse the principal
streets, but it connects the suburbs
and many outlying districts with the
center of the city. The fares are very
reasonable for the distance Travelled
One feature about them is their ad
justment according to distance, which
might well be adopted by our Amerl
can street railways. A passenger who
travels only one mile has not to pay
as much as the one who travels three
miles.
The principal buildings of Dublin are
the Bank of 1reland-the old Parlia
ment House, Trinity College, st. Pat
rick's Cathedral, Christ's Church, the
National Museum and Library. Tie
style Of architecture of the old Par
Lament House is Grecian. The gen
eral effect, in spite Of its mingled char
acter, is pleasing, and is greatly ad
mired. 1t is. however, a lonesome
looking pile to-day. The inhabitantl
must needs feel lonesome every time