The Irish standard., 1903-03-21
The Religion Which Was Taught Them by
St, Patrick Preserved Through
All the Centuries.
They Are the Recipients of Praise at Home
and Abroad for Their Beauty,
Virtue and Wit.

some day become the most interesting
| little spot on the face Of the earth. for
it's size
Who knows but even then visions of
it's future place in romantic history fit
ted through the mind Of the saint?
Today, after many vicissitudes, Ire
land is acknowledged to be one of the
most important parts of one of the
most important countries in the world;
it's people are noted for their wit; it's
sons are famous in every walk Of life;
its daughters none the less renowned.
And Ireland, far from sinking into dull
obscurity, holds it's own in the very
center Of the worlds interest and es-
teem
And to st. Patrick belongs the credit
Of the whole, so the Irish people will
tell you, when you strike the green sod,
and, looking in the records Of St. Pat
rick, they will point out with pride the
place which is accorded to woman.
st. Patrick loved all women and re-
garded the Irish woman as the hope
of Ireland. She was the object of st.
Patrick's most direct teachings. Like
the women of the bible to whom Christ
directed many Of his words, that they
might teach their children the truth,
even so st. Patrick looked upon the
women of Ireland as those best fitted
to spread the good doctrines into the
home and to those who would come
afterward.
est. Patrick's daughter" as she is
today, shows the direct result Of the
teachings of the saint. AS the popula-
tion outgrew the country and the Irish
were forced to leave the little green
spot the daughter Of st. Patrick was
transplanted to grow up in other lands
And that is why you find her in other
countries today as well as in Ireland.
She is in the United States and she is
everywhere. And whenever you find
her you are sure to find the same race
characteristics that mark her at home.
She is generally pretty, the daughter
of old Erin, for she has large, clear
eyes, a bright, pretty skin, and her
hair is glossy with the hue of health.
She is witty, for where did there
ever live dull Irish girl? She is
bright and she is quick and she is clev-
er. And she is, as st. Patrick said,
virtuous and wise beyond her time.
The Irish girl wherever you see her
today, whether in Ireland or away
from it, is noted for her cleverness. If
she be in France she is quick at the
language, she takes readily to the GUS
} toms, she understands the ways of the
country, from it's social life to it's cook
cry; she will be as French as French
woman in no time at all.
In Germany the Irish girl shines, for
. she is direct foil in beauty to the
blonde German lassie. The flaxen.
haired Gretchen stands by the side of
the black-haired Bridget, and the two
, set off each other well. Bridget with
: shining raven hair, blue eyes put in
with "the smutty finger Of black
: creamery skin and dimples, laughs in
your face, while the blonde Gretchen
, with her long yellow braids, her pink
: skin, her light blue eyes and her clear
: blondeness, looks at you wonderingly
They are of different types and one
/ foils the other.
2 In the United States the Irish girl is
: at home. More likely she is born here
! than in Ireland, and she takes pride
| in her Irish-Americanism. She knows
how her grandfathers have helped ir
: every war the United States have ever
} fought and the knowledge makes hel
, all the more at home upon the soil
2 Here she takes readily to all the fields
, Of endeavor open to women and she
t sings, she dances, she acts upon the
] stage, she writes plays, she writes
l books and she paints and draws, and
F. she does them all we'll.
The name Of st. Patrlck's daughter
= is found high upon many concert
e programme. She figures in the arl
| Catalogues. She stars upon the dram.