The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-12-09

Ihere are two things which work
against the successful beginning of an
interview with DR.. Douglas Hyde, the
Irish patriot. propaganda and prophet,
says the New York Sun.
The first is the sex of the inter-
viewer. DR.. Hyde has not met enough
American women to become blunted
by the process and his compliments
are ready and reiterativc. He does not
believe in nattcry-no Jrishman does
but if he can truthfully say some COM
plimentary thing about you, your moth
cr, grandmother, friends living or dead,
he will do so, and will gloss over any
weak points you present to his notice.
| In the first half hour he interrupts
himself continually to draw compari-
sons between The Suns visitors and
the real type" You don't know what
the real type is? The Irish, of course
and IL there is anything attractive
about you, be sure you have n strain
of Hibcrnian in your makeup. DR..
Hyde says so, and all Ireland agrees
that what DR.. Hyde says goes.
The second fact has to do with the
winter millinery, Of which DR.. Hyde
processes complete ignorance. The
foolish" hat has not, according to his
solemn assevcrations, got as far as
Dublin. He views tho specimens worn
by the visitors with delight, goes to
the door Of an inner room and calls
Mrs Hyde, who exclaims with him.
At the doctors suggestion the visit
ors rise so as to give him an oppor-
tunity to walk around and view the
rear. which he pronounces even more
audacious than the front elevation, the
whole chiefly remarkable for n rose
which has nlighted between crown and
rim, set at the end Of a sweeping
titude of prayer and mutters some
thing in Gaelic which might be a curse
but isn't. 1t is the supcrlativc degree
of an adjective found only in tho
tongue which is peculiarly adapted to
ecstasy.
Having relieved an overcharged mind
into the more commonplace Anglo
Saxon.
81 give you my word ] never saw
anything like them. They're great;
simply great. AS soon as ] landed
was taken right to Delmonicos tc
luncheon. l was hungry but 1 could
not eat. Just as / would raise some
morsel on my fork would see one OF
these new hats and it was all off.
was so interested I forgot everything
else. You American women are Won
derful. How do you keep them on
You don't say!"
He walks around one hat and Mrs
claim anew.
an a way they are significant. You
see how they sprint upward: nothing
can keep them down, not even the fact
that they are in the rear. They are
symbolically American!"
Then Mrs. Hyde returns and the doc.
tor resigns himself to the inevitable
There is something about this nervous
energy that suggests Park Row. He is
asked If he has ever had had any ex.
perience In that newspaper field.
He admits that he has had; one fal
reaching, exhausting and exhaustive
The interviewer is silently congratulate
ing herself on her remarkable insight
when the smile is checked by the next
remark.
1T has been limited only by time
1t commenced on my landing on Amer
ican shores and has not ceased except
when l have excused myself to eat
You must have millions Of daily pa
\ pers! fall over them in the elevators
in the passageways, on the streets
Nothing proves more conclusively the
superiority Of the American mind than
its ability to distinguish between ita
morning and evening editions"
While DR.. Hyde is explaining the
paucity Of the Irish press output, in
comparison with the American, the Wis