The Irish standard., 1900-07-28

less than in his life, that he is one OF
those men the need OF whom j. G.
Holland voices SO forcciully:
"a time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands;
Men whom the love of Office cannot
kill;
Men whom the spoils OF office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will
Men who have honor; men who will not
lie;
Men who can stand before dema-
gogue
And damn his treacherous batteries
without winking!
Tall men, suncrowned, who live above
the fog
In public duty and in private thinking"
The last time saw Mr.. Onahan we
were talking OF his trip to Ireland last
summer. He was accompanied by Mr..
William Dillon, editor OF the New
World, and together they visited the
scenes which hold so large place in
Mr.. Onallan's warm Irish heart. Have
you relatives there?' I asked
eyes, he answered, but it was not
to visit them l went. They are all in
tl,a old C,r1D,t. rrr,,,o,,,~jY
Among other places" he continued
after pause, eve visited lone Gou-
game Barra,' spot where tourists sell
dom go. You remember how Gala
nan sung OF it,"
There is green island in lone Gou-
game Barra,
Where Allua of songs ruslcs forth like
an arrow;
In deep vallcyed Desmond thousand
wild fountains
Come down to that lake from their
home in the mountains.
ut is not SO lone and neglected, how
ever" he added with a smile, that Mr..
Dooley had not found his way there.
The parish priest had no sooner learned
that l was from Chicago than he said
eagerly: We'll, perhaps, you know Mr..
Dooley.' Indeed do l answered, L
have known him for years, ever since he
was boy Well, them said the
priest, shake hands with me again!
Why, | think Dooley is the greatest
man on earth. don't your Yes l
replied, present company excepted, l
do, Grasping my hand again in
transport OF enthusiasm, he exclaimed,
We'll, it's little thought I'd ever meet
anybody who really knew Dooley. And
maybe you saw him often? | told him
we ate at the same pie counter nearly
every day, and his respect for me Wis
IDLY increased. Do you think you
could get me his photograph he asked
rather timidly and when l told him
could get dozen OF them, he regarded
me with something very like awe"
Mr.. Onalan recountcd the CONVEX
sation to MIR. Dunno, who laughed
heartily as he wrote his name in his
latest book for his ardent admircr over
the sea. The day l happened in Mr.
Onalan was just getting the book ready
to mail. II know" he laughed, "there
will not be 4 prouder man in Ireland
when he receives it"
Don't you think" I said to him one
day last spring, after listening to his
mastery address delivered at the COM
mcncc,nent exercises at Saint Mary's
of the Woods in Indiana, don't you
think you are a little narrow on the
woman question ?'-for l was bit re-
bellious at his tone with regard to wo-
mans work
He answered so earnestly that l saw
| had touched upon one of the subjects
that had its root in his deepest feelings.
No" he said; "a thousand times, no!
Woman's place is the home" And the
more l see Of the world, the more am
attempted to agree with him. The
problem OF bread-winning forces many
into the rough-and-tumble struggle
where men and women are jostled alike,
but there are quite as many shouting
sutfragists and rantng rcformcrs who
thus try to drown the voice OF con-
science, crying out against the desc
late homes, the empty cradles, the I'm
sung lullabics.
There is one charming woman in
France, no other than the daughter of
the great Montalcmbcrt, whose friend
ship MIR. Onahan prizes very highly.
| one day saw letter he had received
IRON her in Paris, where she is mem,
Der OF the community OF the Ladies OF
the Sacred Heart. "How proud am |
that you from Rome such honors did
receiver it began, and went on like
poem in its quaint and broken English.
| thanked him as I handed the letter
back to him, thinking as l did SO how
like him it was to share with others all
the helpful and inspiring things that
came SO beautifully into his own life.
AS a man OF letters, Mr.. Onalan
holds high place in the best literature
OF his day. From the years of his boy
hood, Notwithstanding his active and
INt,c1 II L.