The sun., 1906-12-27
THE SULLIVAN COAT.OF,ARMS.
ABUNDANCE DE BIEN NE NUT
PAS, rs THE MOTTO.

There's q Thrush Rampant and q Bcnd or
Two I'm Memory oF O'sullivan Beare.
. Grand Character whs was Hanged
z by Mistake - Mistake About shccp.
An the favored sons OF De Ats blossomed
out on the Bowery last night wearing the
nossy new stickpins presented TO them on
Christmas by Florrie Sullivan, their revered
leader. The stickpins are one Of the minor
results OF City Hall conferences that ap-
pened a few days ago when, with Ma rty
Keese presiding, the clan Sullivan. the Hon.
Joe Scully, Mr.. Cupid Billy Long-Littls
Tins marriage puller-in-Cousin Larry
seulligan, the Hon. Jim Frawley. the Hon.
Trailing Arbutus Biggie Donovan and some
Celtic secretaries and things began to plant
verbal family trees and watch them sprout.
After the clan anoe stry had been gone
through with orally Florrie hurried back
70 the Bowery by way Of the Astor Library.
-O'Sullivan Be are,' began the Hon.
Florrie, as he wandered into the back room
OF Mike Donohus's one night last week.
was born in the County Kerry in the six
teenth century The leader Of De Ate
looked straight before him and talked as Il
he were reading from q book. He was
the first man that ever ran 100 yards in 10
seconds fat, and at the fortieth year Of his
age he wrote history Of Ireland in the
Latin tongue"
Tell he did, exclaimed Mike Donohue
in amazement
He sure did, said Florrie. Now to-day.
during some desultory reading in my
library, found that O'Sullivan Beare was
my grandfather several times removed.
So this year, instead Of a paper OF fine cut.
I'm going TO give the boys tie pins with the
Sullivan ooat-of-arms on EN-. Here's the
design
Around the tall leader gathered Charley
Stewart Of the City Clerks Office, .Com-
missioner Johnny Dougherty. WIN has
q job in the Park Department; Georg
Lyons and his father. Mike Lyons-the
Sherrys Of the Bowery-Denny Sullivan
and a number Of others. Florrie showed
them q small shield on which was thrush
rampant, a crest OF shamrocks and the
French mo ito, Abonddnce de bien ne Nan
pos-"You can't have too much Of q good
thing"
Sol Schwartz, the Houston street king at
arms and pawnbroker. was started making
the pins that very night, and he had to get
in two extra men to hurry up the order.
The pins that were seen on the Bowery last
night were smaller than a soup plate. The
only time they have been out OF active
service since the proud possessors received
them was last night during the regular ses-
sion in Mike Donohue's. Although II was
difficult to see the cards over the pins, no
one dared remove his decoration till Florrie
had irnpatiently led the way, Then the
pins were removed in unison and placed
on the floor temporarily with clatter.
All the clan representatives who attended
that first session in the City Hall have be-
come more or less interested in the coats-of-
arms movement, but the Sulllvans have
taken it up with feverishness. When Flor
rie sent Harry Oxford over to king-at-Arms
the pins Harry read on the note.
and thrush rampant and a bend or.
Realizing that Florrie had forgotten to
finish the sentence Harry completed the line
so that IL read and a bend or two. Whlch
has been done.
NO, 1 haven't got any new book plates
with the coat-of-arms." said Florrie last
night while he played game Of stud poker
at 24l Bowery, but I'm getting some dead
swell note paper on Fifth avenue with the
coat-of-arms sticking out from the blue pa
per like a sore thumb. Loft the candy man
has just asked me TO tour Ireland with nun
next summer in his s2s, 900 automobile, and
II can get away intend to follow the course
of O'Sullivan Beare from our family castle
In Kerry to Westport, Mayo, where he was
hanged for sheep stealing. Think OF nang-
ing grand character like that for stealing
only few sheepl
-As soon as get the paper with my crest
on it I'm going to write Loft TO paint our
coat-of-arms all over the automobile, so that
well 20 through the farms Of my people
over there in style. The automobile has q
barber shop in 1t, a billiard room, hot and
cold water and a wireless telegraph outnt
90 keep in touch-I raise you five blue
matches, Denny, and a couple OF tooth
picks-to keep in touch, I say, with the base
Of supplies. I don't want to throw any
lugs over there, but-milk for mine, Mike,
as usual-but the peasantry really look
up to the landed gentry and expect them
to put on little side. That's on the level
One reason I'm anxious to go over O'Sulli-
van Beare's route is to see his battlefields-
where be licked the whole Mcclellan clan
single handed in 1897 on the west bank OF
the shannon, and a number Of other inter-
esting spots.
some of these fellows tell about their royal
ancestors really makes me laugh. But when
a man has the goods he owes u TO himself
L. L. Il mi