The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

! absence of brains. 1 often wonder If
the nineompoops who make the draw
1ngs, or the ninnies who write the Irish
jokes ever saw an IriShman or ever
heard one; or if they knew that
amongst gathering of real Irish peo-
PIE, where character and great diver
slty Is strongly marked upon firm and
marty features, and where true wit
CUISINES spontaneously, they would dis
cover themselves to be what they really
are-doits and asses. I must say, for I
nave found 1t out to my cost, that even
many Americans of standing think an
Ir1Shman looks more like a monkey
than man; invariably carries muir
demonstrating bludgeon; and that they
VIII be untrue to nature if they do not
stick short clay pipe either into his
| teeth, Or into the rim of his hat. Such
artists have at times had for ilIustra-
tors. L have been thinking of taking
mallet and chisel and going to Amer
lea and trying to introduce into the
brains of these gentlemen some real
| types of Irishmen.
The last words of famous men are often
affecting, indeed, in Ireland, as else
! where. An actor of local fame in Dublin
produced and played Laid at Last; or
| the Career and Death of Charles Peace
| lthe famous English burglar and MUIR
derer). To his intense disgust, and to
the intense and very marked disgust
| OF the house, particularly of the gall
lery, the play turned out hideous
| failure. When the moment came for
| the tableau in the last scene-"Armley
Jail, Leeds, the Gallowsr-the notori-
| Gus culprlt paused on the ladder as he
| assembled to his death. He looked
| around upon his audience. "The end
| has come" he said, .let my fate be a
| warming to others. I am sorry l see
| such poor house tonight, and sorrier
| still that the show has not met with
| your complete approval, but hope you
| Will turn up in bigger numbers next
Monday, when I am going to put on
East Lynne in a style never before
| attempted in the provinces; new seem
/ cry, new dresses, new everything; and
| after the death of Lady Isabel, the ceIe-
I brated BOwery Brothers, from New
! York, will shake things up with a soft
shoe buck-and-wing dance. Thanks
one and all. Good-by, good-by." Loud
music and falling eurtain)
1t is announced that the Duke of
| Norfolk is deigning to come to Ireland
/ for the dedication of Armagh cathedral
that Cardinal Logue has had built
The Irish people have not shown any
symptoms of succumbing to excess OF
JOY at the prospect. Norfolk has al
| ways been the great Catholic peer in
| England, and he has always been the
| great, steady, and the relentless enemy
If Ireland. Between his family and the
Irish people no love is lost Cardinal
Logue, by the way, has been very Sc
| verely criticised for the immense sums
| of money IN connection with this eathe-
dral, which he has sent out of the
country In payment of foreign mate
rial, for foreign workmen, and for for
eign workmanship. Just now that the
| industrial revival is on, and that we
are trying to stem the tide of emigra-
ton. our people jealousy watch every
undertaking. great and small, to see If
all the money possible be expended in
Ireland or not. They had expected
Cardinal Logue to set the rest of the
country a better example.
There is poet amongst us who is