Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-03-21
St. Patrick's Day..
in tho Afternoon.
20. Patsy. dear. an did ye hear
The news thRt's going round!
T'l,., sl,a IN rnsk il forbid hy law

20. Patsy. dear. an did ye hear
The news thRt's going roundY
The shamrock is forbid by law
To yrow on Irish ground"
The sentiment that once made "ths
dear little shamrock" one Of the objects
OF u mercil-ss persecution seems to have
passel into well deserved oblivion, and
| in It's stead there IL promise Of an extreme
of scnlineninlity in the other direction.
Human nature is like clock pendulum.
given to swinging to extremes, but since
the extreme in thus case is perfectly
harmless there II M rrhs ~ in complain
of il. IL Is still nm opei question whether
ST. Patrick WIS Rnnrn ar u Pl,Ds-
| usciAii, nnd whether II In possible. for u
man 10 drive NIL the snakes out of u
country whers there IL 80 murh whisky
consumed. But th.s. ar. matters We
no longer undertake. to seals with u
rhillaiaii. In the broad aud cosmopoli-
tan west We would inst ~ soon give ono
dn, y worship to SAINT Patrick ns to any
of III. canunizel fellows an our own
calendar.
| Aud ~ tho invitations tn the st. Pat.
rick Day social function gwen 10y Mrs.
T.. j. smith aud Mrs. Harry +. Rushmer
Ht their homes last Monday afternoon
were almost universally accepted. aud
from three O'clork on till six thcr~ wits
wlu,,st n continual hntt~r Of bright
gowns and = simmer of gl'ssy petticosts
along tho streets leading up to These resi-.
dsnecs. The day was NJ fins that tLers
wss no need Of the family carriage or the
coupe by thoss Who could have had
them. aud walking u % much lees CT amp.
ling tn the skirtA.
At tue homes the decorations oe the
reception mnd diuiMs sn,ms w~sc as ~lsb.
ovnss NJ tbc toileStss of tho l'sali~s, aud
were made To cOmpost with th~ day.
6s~en. cs,ntrnstSsl with white. gave the
hur TO everything IN sight. Green aud
white crepe aud krssa an.i white ribbons
hung pendant froa tito cs.,iiass II ~asii
tnpm aud vsr@ e,~Aio snc up 81 walls All
furnishings. Green aud wh,ie sap~rs ''sbcl
q dim aud holy light" or at ail ~vsnts n
ci,ns,uinxly snbl,is,l ono. over III" we'll
tlry~..-i ti,sonv. aud white carnations.
bi-u,icl with gr~sn sn'iat aud sham.
rocks. shed their Rrutas through tie
ro,ns. The guy-f. ~cs- r-s.'iv'.j nt tie
Smith homr aud the s-{r,-i'm siiir w-r"
.~ry-,i NJ tho ltn-lin-s frsi,i-,,ss'. bi,-,k
north. The guests ~sf- all ls,ii'~. hut
they .-l..t-sl PARTNERS Ter the ,ss- walk.
that j.. for III. walk ovrr !. III. .ss". by
matching ip couundrains and their ans
w-rs. written uI-.n triangular hits o'
.,ri,. ari ii.-i With sr-'u \ sample
s-,nnnirnm was -WhN i- Ireland tn-
rirli-si ,,.n,ry ia the es'iig' "II rii e.
her .,sr,,al 10 pHliin every minnI''
Another. Iiint ~a- original with .''c m
the Iu.~i.. 49,: -why is 'i'is s-'isi
gathering ike h..srrug' An.l ih" ai,-s-r
~n- ''iis'a,-c ~- I,.v-'iisTg. mH.,r I-r...
THIS naturally i-.,i. in tho r-.n rs ihu
Tie mi,-ir Ter th- s.r...sis'n a,. fln,,si,'si
by - professional hsrpi.t -D:,..-i fn.n =
.ii.ian,... M,-. f.m- C,-ucy sni M'-.
The. pnv.,n- pr,-a,,i-i at iii.. ppnrl,
i.osi AnI ,i.aR ..,t c,pi,n- iii,s't',. .f
Lem .n.,i. mtis fr,n tho ufi.iu u r.s',p'
~ 81 Isir,k ui,-n s- fpnnissi tito iir-i
~iuc s,.iiar n1i-r an iri-i mpn,.isr..
rss~laiiy handel ,.sn IN 1Fi-i, iipns.'.
I..il- L., this day. The c,mI'spy nn,n.
i,-sy.i ever fossy .ac-ss. tis.-., fr'm i,..
tan,,. i-.,n, the M..slsn.-s Jsms-- ii...ii..
Hos.c- D,- sai J. ". bowman .t Man.
z-nola. III. M-.-ians-- Il ,s-isI-. tpi,k k-.
| Nii,ri,cii. I't-scc snd 1.-- II La Jauia.
aud Ms Tt~.,. Das.in. of Pa-,,la.
The young sssrr,esl lal,-s Who assisted
the ln,s,r---- sruain-,i during the "yca
ins. the husbands l,-,ns inv,sc,l To- shsrc
that portion II tho days s-s,iai cajay.
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