The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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Ordinarily i'a quite oppos~i 10 divotc..
snd I hao~ thu, Catholic. ahhor u bm n
creme 30 n Hih~rnsa ought tn gs' o i~cre.
esHie., lt.hn Bull On tho pl~s n in~umpa,i-
.slisy ~ temper And I wouhin't al gi--
Hibernis To rush into marriage again after
sh~ got. her fr-~tom
But through vha, courts she !. 70 20,
her decree is beyond my know -ds. she's
q mos, attractive lady aud she has fertile
farms and sorne .sy undeveIor.5 mip--.
and there 10 certainly Ian enough. sitting
aside the fsct 81 Ownership. to support all
the sons who have stayed by her
Every Irishman in America Who loves Ire
land. and l can't imagine that there are any
who do not. ought 20 advise against further
immigration. ireland needs every able
b TO do-s work that the Gaelic League IL
doing so much to foster.
The Gaelic League with its fostering Of the
artistic shirt that is dormant In the Irish
nature and tina, already finds EXP ression In
the weaving Of rugs and In embroidery and
in bookbinding and the making 81 stained
kl068s w Y" ltt-h hkf ttt oTKAIltLa-
ton Society with its introduction Of modern
scientific methods Of farming. It's model hos
pitfalls and schoolhouses and dwellings
these movements are waking great interest
among the younger people. And ireland
cannot Afford to part with q single man or
woman from now on.
The study Of Gaelic increases year by
year and whereas in former times Irishmen,
~.Al..-l - ~ ~ .It.k .r,~is ,nsh-l.A-s
children il they were caught talking Gaelic.
nov Irishmen encourage them and they
are fr ,ely learning Gaelic in all parts Of Ire
ing a national spirit.
In q railway carriage I talked with some
young women who, with their brothers. were
returning from a three days fast and an all
night vigil at a little village near Bundoran.
They were Of course Roman Catholics. They
asked me IL I was going to the national festi-
tas, and when I found out what il meant I
told them that l was and asked them il they
were members OF the Gaelic League.
Indeed we are" said one, and her eyes
glowed with enthusiasm as she said IL.
And do you speak Gaelici"
.Oh, yes. We've learned it, you under
tVoi V ~ INV ~ |
They were heart and soul in the new
that it is hoped will regenerate
and cultivate and spiritualize Ireland. and
while I was talking 10 them and felt their
and ardor I was sure that the
Gaelio League was doing more than all the
ever could.
II 10 not the Catholics only that have joined
this movement: it is non-sectaran. I
talked with a young drug clerk in q northern
and he had the Irish could talk
and wrote his name in Gaelic oharac-
tiers. but he was q Protestant. He offered
70 give me . line TO a we'll known Dublin
. which shows how democratic
the movement is.
To-day you'll meet with a and owning
~aristocrat who 10 interested in What the
10 doing and tomorrow you'll meet
! jarvey who is learning Gaelic. and the
day q young lady Of gentle birth
who 10 teaching the poor children Of the
nei ghborhood % to weave rugs. and
then you'll meet an artist who was formerly
} land owner and u Protestant. and who
Vas one of the first to sell his property to
bic tenants under the Wyndham act
md being an artist and not a business man
he rot ruinous prices for it-and has been
ever since to rely on his brush for
nis support. He. too. 10 heart and soul In
The movement.
Now when the yeast permeates the lump
such an extent there Ii bound to DO Q
Of the peaceful kind.
Pat in his Economics for Irishmen.'
iays: Were I q priest l should. I think.
regard IL az a sin OF my soul every time .
voupg person emigrated from roy parish
while I might have shown him how he could
ave made an excellent living at home"
II must strike every American. no matter
he 10 q Protestant. an atheist.
IN agnostic or a Roman Catholic. 90 long
he 10 open minded. that h size and
costliness Of the churches In the
'ountry districts IL out Of al pro-
,ortion to the costliness Of the houses Of
PEASANTS.
In n poo community money that 10 put
INTO costly bricks and stone that might
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