The Irish standard., 1908-11-28
IN PASSING

IN PASSING (;
"One In name and one in fame are
the sea-divided Gaels." exclaimed the
late Thomas Darcy MCGEE. There are
100000 Of the Gaels in Argentina and
them hold high positions in church and
state. At 4 recent concert in Buenos
Aires. there were songs and addresses
given in three languagec-Irieh, Span
ish and English.
Few people are aware that Ar.0.
mus Ward, the noted humorist, than
whom there was no more genial wit
in American letters, became a Catholic
shortly before his death. The Catholic
Encyclopedia notes this fact, and ac-
cords him brief but comprehensive
biography.
DR.. T. J. Maloney, son Of Alderman
Maloney, Of the third ward, st. Paul.
left recently for Washington. D. c..
to receive his commission as an at,
tache Of the American embassy at
Vienna. He will spend two years with
the diplomatic corps and attend tho
the clinics at the government hospital
ir: the Austrian capital. His wife &C.,
| Commanded hin,
The following paragraph is going
the rounds. and we will push 1t along:
A leading American politician recently
took his little son to Washington, where
! they paid visit to the senate gallery.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale specially IN
terested the boy, and his father ex-
! planned that DR.. Hale was the chaplain
for the senate. ooh, he prays for the
senate, doesn't he?" asked the lad.
mo-" said the politician, "he gets up
and takes look at the senate and
then prays for the country"
Lord Ashtown who, If we mistake
not, is one of the Trenches in Ireland,
can hereafter sit in the British house
of peers. He is worthy to occupy a
scat beside Lord Clanrickarde, one Of
the greatest exterminators of the Irish
people. Ashtown spends his spare time
in manufacturing outrages and then
writing them up for the Tory press of
London. About a year ago he got his
own house partially destroyed by a
dynamite bomb; but owing to q friend
ly Judge the scoundrel escaped convic-
ton. He certainly is entitled to take
a seat in the higher house Of the Brit
ish parliament
The citizens Of Dublin have rendered
an invitation to President Roosevelt
tn pay them q visit on his way back
from Africa next year. He says he
cannot accept their kind invitation.
as he will take a different route If
Mr.. Roosevelt ever visits Ireland he
will receive a "caed mile failte" from
the hospitable Celts.
| P. D. McKenna, patriotic son II
the County Monaghan, who is trust
ed employe of an express company So
Chicago. has been spending his vaca-
ton in Minnesota. He headed the dele
cation from his county to attend the
funeral obsequies of Sir Charles Gavan
Duffy in Dublin five years ago. and he
corresponds with the children of the
'48 patriot. George Gavan Duffy, son
of Sir Charles, and Miss Mamie sulli-
van, daughter of the late A. M. Sui
Ivan, M. p, will soon be linked in the
bonds Of matrimony
The Catholic Citizen, in its issue C.
last week. gives interesting informa-
ton to correspondent, T. J. Ryan.
anent the Bradys, none Of whom belong
to the Catholic church. In closing, tho
editor Of our esteemed contemporary
o0SSs 4NdtuS6, AOWctSI, IRE QSCCO.
tive. We have an acquaintance with
Mr.. Brady of Chicago. He holds
steadfastly to the faith Of his fathers,
for he is still Jew. He was born i,
Hamburg. Germany" In this conne:-
ttcn, we may remark that at the recen.
election in Minneapolis there were two
yh~ ~OA
Democratic ticket, one Of whom was
German and the other a Norwegian,
and neither was Catholic. What do
you think Of that? 1t must be a matter
Ct surprise to the Ryans Of Tipperary
and their numerous descendants in
this country.
Rev. Peter C. Yorke, D. D., the able