The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30
6prang From Same Stock, But
One Has Known Only Sun
Shine, Other Shadow.
suPERsTlTIoNs or PEOPLE
Irish Men and Women, Full
Grown, Still B7'c Believe i'll Fairies
and Witches.
BY Plurnrner r. Jones'
Especial Correspondence OF Tho Timcs-
DIspnt CHI M III MI "A :ll 8

Z ana u loWiy, nuIhDie people Whllc Sitting
& IN the shadows OF marble palaces. \ liyt-
ening 10 distant muslcland breathing tho
bloom OF the summer that hangs softly,
over the "Elyslhn Fleltis.''e There Is Il
wonderful lesson In contrasts. If Sthero
were no night, there could be no day;
II there we're no sorrow, wc could not
oven Imagine Joy. 8 N iis9
To-day ms strollcd along the RIO dcs
Italiens. and found myself standing In
front OF tho glittering Madecne--ir I'd y
+ vance tho Champs Elysccs, on my right
the PARKWAY Bols dc Boulognc, far on
Z my left the lnbyrlnthlan Louvre and
/. black Notre Dame and the winding
Selne--on every side the dazzle OF fash
ION the prancing OF horses. the gliding
Of automobiles, the idle laughter of wo-l
men and the blinking OF glasses along
the avenues OF understanding there /
e thought OF that poor old man who walked.
with inc for an hour In the western
mountains OF Ireland and told me he
had not mad renlly enough TO eat since he
spent his small savings buryinB his wife
out on n lonely hill III Conncn,ara! ~
n thought Of that old woman In her cabin
4 home In Tlppcrary, whose worn cid shoes
exposed her feet to the sharp stones that
( lay about her humble doorway. ! thought
OF the little pInched and shrlvcllcI faces
Of the children. who held out their skinny
little hands to mo MS ! passed them in
the rude villages OF Galway.
Are Closely Akin.
France and Ireland arc closely akin the
one to the other They both are Celtic
i originally and ineradIcably They botI,
are people who live on the extremes o.
life--nations both OF artists. drcnmers.
& poets Both OF these peoples known how
to love With depths OF passion !unfnthorn-.
able; they both know how to hate with
Il perfect hatrcd, There Is no middle
ground with these two peoples: all things
must be done by them and for them by
methods not akin to the average or the
mediocre. They both are ruled by dreams
and moods They both arc governed ~
the heart rather than the head. Il
Ard yet how different Is Ireland from
France! One has lived largely In sun
shine, the other mainly In shadow. ,fhe
hand OF iron has indeed been laid often
upon France, ard her meadows have
many times been drenched In blood; but
each scourgc paved the way for wdor
culture and more perfect fruition. OF
art-each storm did but purify the no.
rizon d. thesmIsts that obscurcd the daz-
cling vision and hid away the rapturous
4 dream.
Not so with Ireland. The pail WS.ab
settled over her at TIC dawn OF her mel--
nncholy history has never been lifted
the refreshing blue 1t may have been
Ii the fault OF Ireland herself: It may have
been due to the selfish will OF that strong
or sister OF hers. unapprcciative Of moods
and Compartments and dreams. that
stood by her holding her 80 long with n
4 grip OF iron: 1t may have been that both
Of them erred following sclfisliy the
paths Of allen hate; or more likely sun.
Il It may he what some would call cimple
destiny hut however It may be. the
truth remains, as firmly established as
z though It were understood. that his Sc
cllded little race on this western islnnd
has through the lifetime CT u hundred
& melancholy generations, been living as
nature did not Intend that 'fey should
lvc--a race OF artists without the means
4 of art: n race OF poets without q dream
OF culture; people OF dainty faculties
left to feed upon the husks of q pitifnl,
hare and wretched poverty-forced down
TO the very dirt and filth Q! novels, %heh
ali the time their hearts have heen atuhc
10 melodies which their ears have never
been permitted 10 hear.
Sunshine and Shadow.
The French. as a people. though often
n Inc valleys OF suffering, have always
come again to lofier hllltops Of the joys
of living. To-day the monuments OF their
tempernmert and thcirsart. though BLACK
=
and women who paid the penalty Tor llY-
.. ing too much. arise about me on every
sIde. I would be ignorant indeed did n
fall TO see now more clearly than have
ever seen before that the French arc far
In advance OF any other people OF tho
world In all that pertains to tho artistic
and aesthetic side Of life and living. !
do not have TO argue this point with any
Intelligent person.
X GlOOmV
little island country. With its ragged
vulgar, halr-starved, ill-smellng men and
women? How do they with their artistic
md tempcrnmental dreams, compare Win
This brilliant company SEQ about me at
home In tho pleasure gardens OF iarls'
is there anything In common between
them?
Yes, they are about the same. Only
one has had II thousand years OF syn
shine, If sometimes checkercu; the other
thousand years OF unbroken gloom,
It was tho most popular of all tho Celtic
bards who sang
flowers
Is always the first to be touched by tho
thorns,
France has always had flowers; Tres
land always thorns.
And I must confess, nlthough nave
not drop OF lrlsIl plpoa Nv Wy 1891
hut much old IIuguenot French, that SO
far as r nm concerned France, with AL
her dazzler and splcndor Is almost Wlth-
put Interest to me when ! compare It win
that Celtic island to the north across tho
rhoppy sea,
II VIC wish to study success, such as
IN artist would call SUCCESS, France Is
Me place to study it; II We wish TO
study failure, we must go to lrelana'
And must confess that. believe the
study Of failure Is equally ms profllable
IS tho study OF success; and II is FAR
more interesting study "A company OF
ragged beggars, vulgar and simple. fur
uishes more mwterial for a philosopher
,han regiment of sleek mllonaires. So
care little for the oily artistic French
Tor a study--but ireland to mo Is the most
Interesting country in the world,
Live BY Imagination,
Yes tho Irish are strangely artistic In
lheir makeup, They are, even In dirt,
most sentimental people, was stand-
ing one day looking at great snowy
rp<, In