The Irish standard., 1906-07-28
The Growth Of Membership and Finance Dur
ing Past Two Years Has Surpassed
All Previous Records.
Minnesota is Honored With the Selection Of
Two National Officers, j. j. Regan
and Mrs. MaryB. Daley.

I ton Of New York City. on ireland.
| historic and pituresque." The program
Will also include Irish songs by John
II. McCl"skey. of New York City;
/. songs by James Brady. a member of
lrcands own band; selections by John
y. keane, baritone soloist, and So
l'ran" solos by Mrs. James II. Carroll
of Columbus, Ohio. ana Mrs. John
Durkin OF Troy. Miss Mollie Desmond
Murphy of Norwich. Conn. will give
rccitations
The Ilibcrnians will banquet in the
ball room of the Grand Union hotel
Tomorrow evening. Chaunccy Olcott
is to sing ana the toast list numbers
many men of prominence.
The grand ball ut the Armory.
"Wednesday evening was brilliant af-
fair. ON the four sides of the walls
the flags of the two nations, the red.
white and blue of the adopted country,
drapcd together.
The Troy City Band of twenty
pieces was seated on n raised plat
| form at the north side or the drill
shed. The platform was also drapel
in the yellow and white ana added to
the general scheme or decoration.
The music of the band was fnultless
and the latest most. popular airs, In
tcrspcrscd with the old Irish songs,
were one of the features of the even
ing.
Both square ana round dances were
ON the program lnd for every number
the floor was crowded Some of tho
older members of the order who at
first had come merely as onlookcrs.
when they saw the floor filling ,ip for
the lnnricrs or the quadriIlc. We're
| taken back to the time when they too
were on the floor from the first dance
I" the last ana forgot their years nnd
entered int" the spirit of the evening.
TIL. AUXILIARY CONVENTION.
Although the Ladies' Auxiliary to
| the Ancient order of Hibcrnians had
been Welcomed to the village with the
order, it remained for the Ladies' Aux
iliary to Division No. d. 20 give them
/ II special greeting. This was done ut
| the first separate meeting OF the Aux
| iiinry yesterday afternoon which was
held in Congress Hall ballroom at the
| close OF the public meeting In Convcn-
tion Hail.
Mrs. ELLA w. Harrington, presiden,
of the local Auxiliary and vice chair
| man Of the committee Of arrangements
for the convention. called the meeting
to order. In Il few and appropriate
words. she expressed the pleasure she
felt in being privileged to speak to
| them. Saying she was not gifted with
language sufficient to express in
words their real welcome. she pre-
scntcd the national president, vice.
president and secretary large bou-
qucts of pink roses. She then intro
duced National President james
O'Sullivan .."
In his speech, Mr.. O'Sullivan paid
glowing tribute to the work of the
Auxiliary. The Ancient Order of Hi
bcrnians, he said, has been elevated
| through their efforts to a higher
| standing than would otherewise' have
been possible The Auxiliary is the
home missionary band of the order
and is to be congratulated on It's sue
| cessful efforts.
Mrs. Mary Quinn, of Joliet, ILL.,, the
national president of the Ladies' Aux
iiary, responded to the welcome in
graceful manner She thanked the So
cicty for the flowers and said that
she and her assistants appreciated the
| cordiality of the welcome in Saratoga
| Springs.
| The business session OF the Ladies'
Auxiliary opened this morning when
the first meeting was carried to order
by National President Mrs. Quinn.
The meeting, however, was brief and
after the appointment OF committee
on credentials, it was adjourned to
| meet at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The committee OH credentials met
Immediately after adjournment and
received the credentials of the dele