The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24
BOSTON PHILo-CELTIC SOCIETY.
Annual Election of omcsrs-Many
New Members Admitted.

Annual Election of omcsrs-Many
New Members Admitted.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held in St. James parochiaI school
rooms, 8 Whitmore street. Boston.
Mass, on Feb. /. Rev. William p Me
QUAD, an honorary member. presided.
The following officers were elected.
John P. Lane. president: John DonOhUe.
vice-president; Miss Agnes McCready.
recording secretary; Miss Mary j.
Donovan, corresponding secretary. Mi
chael X. MahOney, treasurer: Mr. j. j.
kelleher, financial secretary: John A
Hickey, librarian; Mrs. b. r. Lane.
Miss Josephine Mahoney, Patrick
O'COnnors. directors; Mrs. Margaret
Casey, Miss b. King. John Corcoran.
auditing committee
Daniel p. O'Callaghan was reelected
superintendent of Irish language cias-
sizes; assistants. Miss NJ. J. Donovan.
Miss Kate Fitzgerald Mr.. James Dri-
nan and John A. Hickey.
The following new members, were in
ltiated. Misses Mary Meehan Joseph
inc Mcclure, Margaret Ford. Mary
Ford. Bessie Murphy, Teresa Murray.
Elizabeth Kelley, Sarah Flaherty, Kate
Wallace, Amelia ShaughneSsy. Mary
Hughes, Mrs. K. A. Healey, Mrs. LIE
hive, Messrs. Thomas Shea, Patrick
Croke and Thomas Ryan.
The society meets every Sunday af-
ternoon and Thursday evenings for the
study of the Irish language.
There was a large attendance at the
session Of the Gaelic school last Sun
day afternoon at 1151 Washington
street. Seven new names were added
10 the roll.
The classes We're in charge of ?. j.
O'DaIz. Michael A. Hurley. Florence A.
Sullivan and Thomas Collins.
AT ) o'clock the classes were called
to a general meeting by the suBerin-
tendent, p. J. O'Dalz, who read a pa
per on a Proof, by Means of SeDuI-
chral Monuments of the National Rec
OrdS of Ireland Being More Ancient
and More Systematic Than Tho of
Any Country of Europe"
In said paper the assertion is made
that on comparison the government of
Olamh FOdla (Ollav Foal-la), the great
Irish law giver, was superior for d
state or nation, to that of LyCurguS
the great Grecian law giver notwith-
standing the fact that the latter -four
ished five centuries later than the for
mer.
Also, that the tribal system of land
tenure, which Lycurgus introduced in
to Greece after his travels abroad. did
not exist elsewhere only in Ireland
which is a strong indication that either
LycuTgUs was in Ireland or that he
met some Irishman aboard who gave
him the idea. of said system. which was
in vogue in Ireland for ages before
the time Of Lycurgus.
The gross receipts so far from the
sale of tickets for the social dance held
st. Bridget's night, under the auspices
of the school to swell the United Irish
League fund, amounts to over $3.50.
AT DEAD o'TEE NIGHT ALANNA.
AT dead o the night, alauna, L wake and
see you there,
Your little hand on the pillow, with tossed
and tangled hair;
am your mother, acushla. and you are
my hearts own boy,
And wealth o the world Id barter TO
shield you from annoy.
At dead o. the night, alanna, the heart o.
But sobbing O. fairy music comes down
the haunted hill,
The march O. the fairy armies troubles
the peace o. the air;
BleSt angels shelter my darling for power
of a mother pray ?.
At dead O. the night, alanna, the sleep
less banShee means,
Wailing for sin and sorrow by the cairn' s
crumbhng stones;
At dead o the night, alanna, 1 ask of
our God above
To Shield you from sin and sorrow and
cherish you in His love.
At dead O. the night. aIanna, I wonder
Ger and Der
Shall you part from our holy Ireland TO
die on d stranger shore?
You'll break my heart in the leaving. like
many q mother ! know;
Just God look down upon Erin and lift
her at last from WOeI
At dead o the night alanna. L see you
in future years,
the wide world fears,
Though down i'm the messy churchyard
my bones be under the sod
My spirit shall watch you, darling, till
you come 10 your rest in God.
Rev. James 3 Dollard,
In New York City there is a branch
of the order of the Women of Calvary.
an order composed wholly of Catholic
widows. This very worthy organize
ton is a Roman Catholic body. but it
is founded for absolutely non-sectarian
work. 1t ministers to women suffering
from incurable cancer without regard
to race. color or creed.
The members are all widows the
founder being Nine GARNER. a piOus,
benevolent and widowed French lady.
THESE women are IN no sense or the
word religious. They take no vows.
wear no uniform and are not clustered.
Their lives are led. so far as mingling
with the world is concerned, just as
that of any other woman of pious in
clination would be
Although no woman except she be a
widow is eligible to membership in the
Women of Calvary. it's auxiliary the
of the Cross, is recruited
from the ranks of single women or
just as it happens. Both these
orders are pledged to the service Of
who are incurable cancer pa
TENTS.
They receive no salary or compensa-
ton in any way. The Women of Cal
vary dress the wounds of the patients
wait upon and watch with them. The
of the Cross do the house
everything. washing, scrubbing,
cooking. But as ali are serving the