The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-17
WILL HONOR ERIN'S
PATRON SAINT
TODAY
Programme Arranged Is in
Contrast to Fist st. Patrick
Celebration in st. Paul
Fifty'two Years AgO-How
the Day Was Observed
Then.

No parade of the patriotic Irish So
cieties will mark the observance OF
st. Patrick's day in St. Paul today.
but there will be exercises both of a
religious and social character in each
of the Catholic parishes of the city
in memory and honor of Irelands pa
iron saint.
In each of the Catholic churches
mass will be celebrated in the morning
followed by q sermon touching on the
life and work of the noted saint.
In the evening there will be enter
tainments sufficient in number to give
all who desire to attend opportunity TO
enjoy themselves.
The pupils of st. Mary's school will
present The Shannon Boys" in St
Mary's hall. Ninth and Locust streets.
At st. Johns hall the st. Johns Dra-
matte club will put on Shamrock and
Rose" and in addition to the play
select programme of musical selections
both vocal and instrumental will be
given.
Patrick Henry Will be the orator OF
the evening at Columbia hall, in st.
Nincents parish, and an excellent pro-
gramme of songs, dialogues. sketches
and musical numbers has been pre-
pared by Rev. Lawrence CoSgrove the
talent being furnished by pupils Of the
parish school and others.
The young people of St James
church have prepared a programmes
including something new and novel in
the dramatic line, and also an enter
tanning musical programme.
The Cathedral parish entertainment
Will be held at Mozart hall, and the
programme includes recitations and
music. The participants in the pro-
gramme are mainly from Cretin school.
Edward ]. Cannon will be the orator
| of the evening at the entertainment to
be given by st. MichaeTs parish at
the West Side opera house. Al Flour
nOy will have charge of the programme
| for the balance of the entertainment.
| There will be matinee for the chill
dren in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
st. Patricks parish will give a con-
cert at which some of the best voices
in the city will be heard. Rev. NJ. CAL
lagher will deliver an address on st.
Patrick, His Memory and Deeds"
Speeches and Merrymakinq.
Forty-two years ago today st. Pat
rick's day was celebrated for the first
time in st. Paul 1t was a beautiful
March day. nearly the entire male pop
ulatiOn were Irish for that day. After
marching up and down Bench and St.
Anthony street, headed by the Fort
Smelling military band, the procession
was brought to halt in front of the
Central house, which stood in the rear
of the old Mannheimer building, on
Bench street where the Star Spangied
Banner was thrown to the breeze on
flagstaff erected for the occasion.
| Speeches were made by Gov. Alexander
Ramsey, DR.. c. w. Borup, r. r. Nell
| son, w. G.. lie Due, and several dis
| tingutshed Irishmen. In the evening
banquet at the Hotel Rogers, kept
by that old settler. John Rogers where
after the crowd had ate and drank
To hni hoo ~
ing small for the throng, they adjourned
to the sidewalk, where platform was
imprOVised for the speakers by the
use of large dry goods box.
The first speech of the evening was
made by Charles KilgOre Smith, sec
rotary of the territory, who commence
ed by saying:
'Irishmen, I did not have the honor
of being born in the Green Isle, but
! but few equals, few speeches ever
| forty years, L claim upon an occasion
like this the right to be heard" Then
| he spoke entertainingly of Ireland and
| the Irish.
He was followed by Charles T. Hen
nings, editor OF the Chronicle and Reg
lister, talented Irish-American, who
| opened his address by saying:
Tonight, countrymen, 1 forget that
was born in Baltimore, Md, and only
| remember the Green Isle as the home
/ of my nativity"
AS an after-d dinner speaker he had
| but few equals. few speeches even
made on similar occasions received the
| applause his did.
The next speaker was a genuine
1rishman, who started out by saying:
Fellow Countrymen-I am glad to
be in st. Paul. I am glad to be with
you tonight. Everywhere 1 have been
in this country the Irish are looked
upon with suspicion, but in st. Paul
thank God-they are the top of the
pot"
William Henry Forbes, an old In
dian trader, born in Canada, told the
story that he was the only man in
| Mendoza for many years who wore the
! shamrock on the 18th Of March, in
| commemoratiCn Of the anniversary of
the anniversary of the death of Ire
lands patron saint, st. Patrick.
After the meeting adjourned, the
younger element of the crowd started
out with the band to serenade every
body and everything band play
ing and the boys singing songs. To-
wards morning they added, I'VE won't
go home till morning-until broad day
light"
Since Archbishop John Ireland has
been in charge of affairs the character
Of the celebration of st. Patrick's day
has been changed. Noisy street pa
| rades, drunken frolics, and dances on
the sly have become a thing Of the
past.