The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
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parade, always makes me long lot uodI
old college scenes and raises all the old
Adam in me. 1 ooh my regular course at
Holy Cross College. There st. Patriok's
day brings the Joyous shindy Of the year.
For on that day, by immenorial custom
the Irish students keen all the German
students out Of tho smoking room by forge,
The day begins at early dawn, when the
band which is Of course mostly Dntch,
tunes. Then the lrish and Dutch break
for the smoking room and fight until the
Irish hold the fort. Only once have the
Dutch won out. That vas three or Tour
years ago, when We had pretty nearly az
"1The college authorities? Oh, they lock
the stable door after the hoBe h, gone.
They Just call the boys together and lecture
them. You see, the faculty il mostly irish
Abraham Cohen, Hebrew novelist, poet
and editor. told a Socialist meeting the
other night that the American working
man ia stultifying himself by his eNaRger-
ated interest in sport.
II have been watching them In the street
cnrs. " 10 said. THE foreigners are reading
the news pages and the editorial pages Of
the newspapers; but whenever see a
really American face it ia buried IN the
sporting page. With nine American work
ingmen out Of ten baseball, pugilism or
some Of the lesser sports Ia the main IN
terest."
One Of the portraits o IN view in a
picture exhibition shows a striking looking
man with rather long hair and clear cut
features. 1t is the work OF a we'll known
young American painter. The distin-
gtiished looking original might be a poet.
an actor or an eminent lawyer, to Judge
from his thoughtful appearance. But he
happens to he a butler. The artist wanted
a servant and the butler cherished an un-
comfortable desire to have his portrait
not difficult for the two TO reach an under,
standing satisfactory to the butler n
suited to the artists limited means. Thus
ia a buffers picture one of the most striking
OF the winters new works.
A Socialist publication is giving away
phono graphs with records as premiums
The records are made by prominent Social
ist speakers and writer's, who record their
best speeches or ASA ges from their writ
ings. The believers in the country districts
use these records to spread the propa ganda'
At the dinner of the Gaelic Society in
Brooklyn recently Arthur j. 0'Keeffe, Dep
uty Police Commissioner, said; when a
DW6u6 COIleS 10 ALneTlCd u y 10 o0iSu "
ish- American. when a German comes to
America he ia called a German-American,
when an Irishman comes to America he is
called to the police force
1t was at the same dinner that Senator
p. H. McCarren said: Il always have liked
the Irish. II / were to be born over again
/ would like to have my parents Irish
The Rev. Ingram N. W. Irvine, who was
an Episcopal clergyman until he was I'M
frocked after a long quarrel with Bishop
Talbot OF the diocese Of central Pennsyl-
vania and is now a priest in the st. Nicholas
Cathedral Of the orthodox Russian Church
in this city, enjoys a reputation asa wit.
Il tell my friends that / am probably the
although / did so on account Of the Church,
he says. You hear Of a few Michaels who
are real Russians and who don't claim any
Irish blood, but l am Irish by birth, Ameri-
can by adoption and Russian by religion
The Easter display Of a millinery shop
not far from the Waldorf-Astoria will be
mostly the work this year Of a man poet
whose writings appear of and on in the ma
gaines.
This youth graduated from college two
or three years ago, and tried to make his
living out OF poetry. He couldn't by a
great deal. One day he was trading
troubles with a woman friend who is a
milliner and she told him how hard it is to
get new ideas for hats.
Il believe that could design a hat, he
well. for goodness sake. tryl' she an
swered.
He did, and he proved a great success.
Now he makes $50 a week designing hats
side. And in spite OF his double pro-
fession he's not at all an efeminate man,
either.
IF the news I get from down about
Sayville, L. l., is true, there may be a scar
city Of home grown oysters next fall, said
a wholesale dealer in Fulton Market.
AN FISHERMAN from down along Great
South Bay, when oe come some mighty
fine shellRsh to this market, told me yester-
day that the starfish are swarming in the
bay and are destroying all the seed oysters.
Eyes. starfish 60 in schools OF millions,
and they eat every young oyster as they
go. Not a single seed oyster is left after
they pass over a bed. Usually they follow
a coast line for miles and miles before turn
ing out to deep water. There's no way to
stop their ravages hat I ever heard Of,
but fortunately they don't come often"
In a little shop in East Fourth street sits
a man who whites and shaves away all
day long on wooden shoes.
Lots Of folks" he said, still cling to
wooden shoes. 1t is almost impossible
for a person who has been used to clatter-
ing around in sabots in his younger days
ever to feel comfortable in leather foot
gear. Most people who wear wooden
shoes lay in a supply before leaving the
fatherland, but even those extra pairs
are bound to wear out some time and the
demand for e ones gives the wooden
shoe maker plenty to do"
Game inspectors and wardens in the
Eastern States are now helping the owners
Of preserves to bring in quail for restocking
froy, othar Stataa hut three wear AGO they