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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Industrial missionary of Ireland-to-be
preaching a gospel which will make
that most distressful country" once
more a free nation. His is q mission
OF intense patriotism, of the sentiment
that thrills every liberty loving heart.
The road he walks with his little band
of lace makers. through stores and
fairs and expositions, from city to city
and land to land, seems long and
roundabout, but he knows, and those
who sent him know, where he is going.
IT IS worth while to see the colleens
at Hale's making lace and to finger
the fine and hlmy products of their
art but IL is much more worth while
TO hear Father O'Flanagan prove how
the revival Of Irish industry is to set
ireland free. A young priest he is, soft
and low of voice, clear cut of features
as he is clear cut OF thought; a zeal
Gus priest, his deep eyes glowing with
patriotic fervor. He Is entertaining
when he explains the fairy patterns.
the webs Of shimmering gossamer; he
is eloquent when he tells how and
why the devoted patriots for whom he
speaks are reviving this and other Irish
industries. He is frank 10 explain that
the lace makers and the laces of this
exhibit are but his means to an end
and that end is to get him a hearing
wherever he goes on behalf OF ireland
and the industrial revival that is to
make Ireland first commercially and
then governmentally Independent. Ii is
a simple plan. but all across this con-
tinent it has proved wondrously ef-
fective.
GRADUATES OF SCHOOL
The three girl lace makers are Mary
O'Flanagan, Rose Eagan and Mary
Kate Davoren, all graduates of the in
dustrial school established by Right
Rev. Bishop John J. Clancy at Lough-
lynn, County Roscommon. Ireland.
The lace industry in Ireland is SO
years old. but in common with other
Irish Industries it has languished un-
der the political conditions from which
ireland has suffered SO long. 1t is
Father O'Flanagan's belief that more
good will come TO ireland, and that
quicker relief from her unhappy situa-
ton will come from the support and
revival Of her many old time industries
than from an appeal for aid in other
directions To this end he has been
sent by Bishop Clancy TO make lee
ture tour of America that the Indus
trial situation in Ireland may be placed
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
POSTAL employees PROMOTED

The following promotions, transfers
and designations of postal employees at
the San Francisco office were an
day:
Observation-Disclosures H. Easterling
from substitute carrier to carrier
first grade; John T. McManus, Cliff l.
Jones, George I. Hornsby, Francis J.
A. Sullivan. Michael w. Pierce, from
substitute clerks to clerks, first grade
Reinhold Kaulfuss, superintendent sta
tion H, from fifth to sixth grade
Transfers-Thomas w. Pyle, clerk
fourth grade, San Francisco postoffice
transferred to Savannah, Ca; William
j. McNish. clerk. fourth grade, Savan-
nah, Ga, postoffice, transferred to San
Francisco postoffice.
Resignations-Benj F. Wiggin-
ton. carrier. fifth grade: George w
Day, foreman, John F.. Mayer, clerk,
fifth grade; Henry w. Bassett, Walter
Bolton, John e. G. Thompson, clerks,
first grade.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
OPEN AIR COMMENCEMENT

SANTA ROSA. May 3O.-The COM
mencement exercises of the Sonoma
Union high school will take place in
that city on the evening of June 8. and
the feature Of the occasion will be the
address Of Rev. T. A Boyer Of Oakland.
The exercises will be held in the open
air and the five graduates will be pre-
sented with their diplomas by Robert
A. Poppe. The graduates are Miss
Alva Rubke, Lester Small, Alice So
derberg and Julius Dressed from the
literary department and Miss Anna
Larenzi from the commercial depart
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

In this country for these famous laces
1t may be stated that small straight
collar and narrow cuffs of the Irish
point bring $65, while a Jacket made
OF heavy Irish crochet is valued at s45.
IL takes long to produce one of these
pieces of intricate and difficult handi-
work and when it is considered that
every stitch is placed by hand and that
the slightest unevenness or discrep-
ancy in the number of stitches will
spoil the effect the price asked for this
work, even If done by young girls
some of whom can pick up the knack
of 1T in a few months, is not to be
wondered at.
IRELAND'S INDUSTRIES CRUSHED
In connection with the lace making
industry and the way in which it, in
common with other industrial enter
prises have been crushed, the views
or Lord Duferin, man who occupied
at one time one of the very highest
positions in the gift of the English
crown, are significant, in the light of
their possible revival. Lord Dufferin
says:
From Queen Elizabeth's time until
within a few years ago all the known
and authorized commercial fraternities
of Great Britain never for a moment
relaxed their relentless grip on the
trades of Ireland. One by one each of
our nascent industries was either
stranglea at it's birth or handed over
gagged and bound to the jealous Gus
tody of the rival industry in England.
until at last every fountain of wealth
was hermetically sealed and even the
traditions Of commercial enterprise
perished through desuetude
las early as the commencement OF
the sixteenth century the beeyes Of
Roscommon, Tipperary and Queens
county undersold the produce of the
English grass counties in their own
market. Our cattle trade was abol-
ished ana we tried sheep farming. The
English sheep breeders took alarm. and
Irish wool was declared contraband by
parliament of Charles II Headed off
in this direction we tried to work up
the raw material at home, but this
created the greatest outcry OF all.
Every maker of fustian flannel and
broadcloth in England rose up in arms
and, by an act of william III, the
wooden industry of Ireland was ex-
tinguished and 10000 manufacturers
left the island.
/ Our woolen Industry crushed, we
next made dash at the silk business,
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Let it not be thought for an instant
that the coming of the Irish lace max
ers to San Francisco, over the sea and
over the continent is a mere CONNER
cial enterprise.
Women throng Hale's Market street
store 10 see the dainty handicraft OF
the Loughlynn school and to watch the
three smiling Irish girls work their
witcheries Of thread and needle, for il
is a show worth anybody's seeing. but
1t needs the story that Father Michael
OFlanagan tells to make plain the &C
tual and high purpose of this far pill
gTimage.
In truth, Father O'Flanagan is the
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Crusaders seeking to free Ire
land by bringing their native land
to industrial independence: Rev.
Michael O'Flanagan and three
lace makers. From left to right,
Misses Mary O'Flanagan, Rose
Eagan and Kate Davoren, to-
gether with samples of their
handicraft. Lower to left is a
sample of Carrickmacross, baby
Irish crochet lace of heavier
texture, and to right heavy Irish
crochet, raised, above which is
a jacket of Irish crochet.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Fresno 1000, Chico 500, Benicia 500,
Niles 500, Crockett 500. Livermore 500.
Los Gatos 700, Santa Clara !, 100, Mo-
desto 500 and other nearby towns in
proportion Attendance from Salt Lake
City exceeded 1,100, Reno 1900 and
Portland 400.
Business was handled without an
accident and practically without de-
lay, not one complaint being received
az aeat tne aS oces o5 5o6 5ne 9,e eompany urng
were handled at the Southern Pacific
baggage room in the ferry building.
One case of damage that of a broken
hat box, was reported.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY

Peter Wagner and James Haggerty,
laborers, were arrested yesterday by
Detectives Regan and O'Connell and
Policemen Bates and Richards and
booked at the city prison on a charge
of burglary. They are accused of
breaking into the residence of Steve
Landrick, 931 Twenty-second street,
on Friday during the absence of the
family and stealing gold watch and
chain, gold wedding ring and seven
canaries. Each had part of the stolen
property in his POSSESSION when ar
rested.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
DEATH STOPS CELEBRATION

SANTA ROSA. May 30.-Mrs. Jane e.
Cole, the aged wife of Dr.. Hiram Cola
of this city. died this morning. She
was s4 years old and had been a resi-
dent of this city nearly 35 years. She
and her husband would have celebrated
their sixty-hfth wedding anniversary
had she lived until Monday. June 1.
AS it Is. the wedding day will be made
the day for her interment
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
FA4Ls INFO sHAFT

Stepping down an elevator shaft in
the basement of the Hotel Fairmont,
Albert Searle, butcher living at 1927
Howard street, was injured internally
and about the back yesterday. He fell
about 10 feet, landing on cement.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

close when he babe her good night at
the door of her home, and with all
his questions unanswered. Since that
moment there had been little time for
him either to brood over the situation
or to conjecture over her strange at
titude.
Throughout the early morning he
hurried this way and that, receiving
visitors and answering requests for in
formation from Great Britain. His
superior, heated and exasperated,
broke In upon him almost as he was
starting TO call up Miss Roberts resi-
dence.
Guy" the ambassador said. I'VE are
in a country OF lunatics. There Is
something in this governments atti-
tude that is inexplicable. II can't be
that they are all towards, and yet l
have something to show you"
The ambassador drew a handker-
chief from his sleeve and wiped the
Precipitation from his forehead, after
which he reached q large pudgy finger
over to the secretary's desk. pressing
there on a pearl.topped electric button.
Walters" he said to the usher
who came into the room IN answer to
the summons. neither Mr. Hitler nor
myself is here. and we won't be back
for an hour; that is what you are to
say without exception" Then - the
attendant bowed himself out he beck
- In N
the seclusion OF his private ONCE.
Hitler" he began. throwing .
paper on the desk before the secre-
tary, who had seated himself on the
opposite side. read that"
The secretary saw before him q
code telegram neatly interpreted be-
tween the lines. 1t was evidently an
official order addressed 10 a feet com
mander at Callao. Peru.
What do you make OF that" he
asked In a tone OF great disgust, and
then, as Hitler started 10 question
him, put up his hand for silence. mo.
II doesn't matter where | got II, or
how had II decided; 1t is genuine, all
right"
The secretary stared at him with q
look of blank interrogation on his
face, while the ambassador rose from
the seat into which he had thrown
himself only a moment before. leaned
over his desk. resting himself on the
knuckles of his clenched hands. and
said:
That is an order from the secretary
OF the navy positively commanding all
the vessels owned by the United
States in Pacific waters to return
without delay to Baltimore. It's q
shame, that's what 1t is! The other
nations OF the world should intervene
and prevent this country from com
hitting suicide. Conditions are so ex'
traordinary that | don't dare intrust
anyone but you 10 make a report O!
the situation. and you have got to do
that In persoa-"
ITO be continued in next issue.)
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

went down to the strawberry fields OF
southern Illinois on the Fowler this
morning.
The Charles Turner arrived sun
day afternoon from the Cumberland
river.
BY June l there will not be many
towbOats IN the tie trade and tho
Idle boat list will grow steadily unit
wholesale INCORPORATING gets start
ed again on the railroads. More
river men are out Of work here now
than have been in three years.
The Saltillo will arrive from the
Tennessee river late this afternoon OF
tonight and vii. go on to st. Louis
after making this city.
! No trouble 10 getting under the
Cairo bridge l. expected for the
Georgia Lee. which will pass here
this evening from Cincinnati to Mem
phis.
The clyde will arrive tonight from
the Tennessee river and leave We'd
nesday evening for the same stream.
Both the George Cowling. In the
Metropolis trade. and the Royal. In
the Golconda trade. were busy today
after Sundays rest.
Steamboat clerks and mates look
forward with pleasure to Paducah In
this kind of weather. as the covered
wharfboat is refreshing reIcf from
muddy landings. ...oG. at.
Part of the Joe FowleU's crew
went to Evansville Saturday and the
others will go up Tuesday on the
John Hopkins to bring out the Joe
Fowler next Thursday, arriving here
Friday on regular schedule.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
THE YELLOW PERIL.

Europe prods the sleeping nations
OF Asia until they stir and then sets
up cry of yellow peril" Some
China thinks of the white peril.
White men introduced the use of
opium into the empire and India
clears some s10,000,000 annually
out of the production. Consequently,
while the Chinese government has
tried to stop the traffic in an effort
to save its people from destruction,
England has steadfastly refused to
aid. China has repeatedly asked
that she be allowed to restrict i'm
portation. Japan has done the same
thing; but under protection of the
English consulate in both countries
Mongolians may get their drug. Nc
place else is it permitted.
The white man teaches the red
man to drink whisky debauches the
black and caters TO the fayorite vice
of the yellow man-all for money
Not all white men do this. to be sure
sionaries is offset fifty per cent. al
least, by the brokerage in vice.
Manned and starved natives of the
Congo Free State testify to the com
mercial activity of Belglum's wicked
monarch. and everywhere over the
globe civilizations advance guard
has been made up largely of pilagers
and murderers.
American influence, dealing with
the Asiatics as nations, has beer
good, and confidence in our honesty
we may boast. is merited. England
an enlightened nation, clings to the
European fallacy, nursed through
centuries. that the outside world /,
to be exploited for the direct beneh
OF the people of the home country
and that the money flowing in al
tribute. directly or indirectly, II
wealth. That is why she is ever seek
ing TO extend her spheres of in
fluence," and preventing the EN-
barge against opium imports. TIT
result inevitably must be that thu
United States will have the ultimate
advantage in the Chinese trade.
The awakeninspf China will com
first. Then there will be an awaken
ing of Europe. England will lear
that honesty is the best policy, evel
in international dealings, and sh
will find that her revenue from tn
sale of opium TO the unfortunates o
China will be made up in other ways
and the moral benefit to both Indi
and China speedily will be followe
b. commercial benefits just as great
II is not profitable to encourag
vice and propagate bad habits in an
part OF the world. Such things sprea'
too fast, and future generations o
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
THE EXHAUSTION OF THEMES
IN APT

Several years ago a French critic
declared that all humanity's conceiv
able tunes, melodies or so-callet
themes would soon be used up b!
the composers of operas and orches
tral works, and that nothing would
remain except the resources Of more
or less ingenious plagiarism, says the
Chicago Record-Herald. And h,
feared that the world would weary o.
FIAT and Improbable repetitions.
Perhaps the pessimistlc critic nov
claims to have been largely justified
by recent developments, especially
by the affected contempt OF ultra
moderns for melody case of soul
grapes with some. undoubtedly
Still. there is plenty of activity and
vitality in music. and the period OF
Debussy, Strauss, Mailer DIndy
Elgar. Gazounov, Korsakoffff and
the young Italian school cannot be
said to be marked by decline and ex-
haustion of thematic resources. In
fact, we hear a good deal about new
voices, new beauties and unworked
"veins" in music.
According to some writer's there
are sad signs of exhaustion in the
dramatic field. Playwrights are find.
ing it harder and harder to imagine
new plots and subjects. All the
situations" have been handled and
handled in every possible light, and
the poor dramatists are beginning to
restudy and modernize famous
stories, such as those OF Faust, '
1.-The Bride of Lammermoor," etc
A clever man like Shaw dispenses
with plots entirely and gives us dis
cussions" and conversations" in sew
eral acts. But the critics deny that
he is a dramatist in the real sense OF
the term. so that his peculiar case
proves little.
What is to be done? One London
critic advises the playwrights to turn
their attention seriously to "the un-
sentimental drama" the drama OF
comedy in which love plays SUI
coordinate or minor part. It is, he
suggests. the romantic and senti-
mental "stories' or plots that are
exhausted; ambition. lust
for power, the struggle for school
eminence, tyranny and revolt against
1t, corruption and hypocrisy in poll
tics-such large themes have scarcely
been scratched We know what
Shakespeare did in Hamlet" Mac.
BETH Julius Caesar" Henry
WILL" and there are other classics
that depend little on love for their
interest and fascination. Hence mod
ern artists are advised to deal with
other passions, emotions and situa
tons than those arising from the re-
lations between the sexes.
Barrie has done this to some ex-
tent and with pleasant results. But
the world still loves lover and still
prefers stories of tender sentiment
Even Spencer declared love to be the
most interesting thing in life. and II
love stories are really exhausted not
only the p.aywrights but the public
will be disconsolate. However, the
latter can read the old stories and see
the old plays. II can conserve what
IL has
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

the one thst Is modern, up-to-date;
the machine that never breaks down
To the public says that any one
needing machine will do well to call
and examine the Ford at their spaoi-
Gus salcsrooms In Paducah as he feels
that more satisfaction can be got out
of Fad than any machine ON the
market
DO not forget McFaddcn'S the
high-class photographer in Psducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

Another month while the ships are
docking at Puget Sound and San
Francisco, and the Atlantic fleet will
sail away for the orient; but the two
step and the waltz they learned on
the Pacific coast won't avail the
sailors much at Honolulu, If our in
formation about the correct dancing
figures out there is accurate,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

white men. coming in contact with
depraved orientals may spend In ac-
quirng the habits, the wealth their
fathers accumulated OFF Il.
The yellow peril will be OF the
white mans making and the peril
takes its hue from the color of gold.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
RAPFLES


hair, showing customer pair of
shoes. | found this store to be very
attractive. carrying full and com
Liete shoe line | later paid Culley's
clothing house visit and found ey-
Iybody busy taking care of custom
ers, who were taking advantage of
the big clothing sale. As kwas leav-
ing this place of business | noticed a
young gentleman who was waiting on
couple of gentlemen and showing
every attention. He was dressed in
light trousers. white shirt, had light
hair After leaving Culley's clothing
house walked up Broadway and
listened TO the many arguments which
would be too numerous for me to
mention. returned to my residence
after a strenuous days work.
Rallies Sunday Experience.
paid Wallace park a visit and took
In many of the concessions there. and
found them very interesting. |. like
many others, was sorry TO see the
weather so bad for the opening day
OF the park. found the park to be
well kept with very pleasant sur
roundings. ] later returned to the
city and as the. clock tolled six times
/ felt relieved that | was free man
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
The Lucky Quarter.

IL the one you pay out for a box Of
Dr. Kings New Life Pills They
bring you the health that's more pres
ious than jewels. Try them for head
ache. biliousness, constipation and
malaria. If they dlsappoint you the
price will be cheerfully refunded at
all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

The resentment expressed by the
Hopkins county grand jury at Major
Albrecht's action in forestalllng a
night rider raid, arouses the suspi-
cion that loss of sleep has made
some of the grand jurors irritable.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
RIVER NEWS
River Stages.

Despite local rains. the river came
to a stand here yesterday, and Is now
wavering between going down or ris-
ing. The stage of 37.5 is a half foot
higher than was predicted for this
point, but If the rains of yesterday
and today are general the river will
continue coming up the banks. I'm
fortunately for the Ohio. the Missis-
sippi and Wabash rivers are high,
tffus holding the water in the Ohio
river. When the Mississippi river is
high it acts as a dam to the Ohio
river. The rainfall Sunday was half
an inch.
Captain Aleck La Mont. a widely
known river man OF st. Louis, is In
the city today on his way home from
Decatur, Ala. He arrived last night
on the Buttorff and will leave on the
saltillo this evening. Captain La
Mont is a famous story-teller.
The Buttorn cleared for Clarks-
vile at noon today with a fair trip in
spite of the depression caused by
rains.
Drouth for next summer Is being
Freely predicted along the river front.
All this rain in the spring can mean
only that next summer. River men
as well as farmers are heartily tired
of the unusual precipitation.
An excursion OF colored people was
brought in from Cairo Sunday by the
Three States.
The Dick Fowler's Sunday bust
ness was nearly up to the average
Yesterday. when the q weather Is
pretty. the passenger traffic on Sun
day Is heavy. More berrypickers
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

Umbrellas seem to be quite useful
In maintaining the equilibrium of
japanese slack wire performers; but
as a protection against the rain they
belong in the category of human
vanlties.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

without a reward hanging over my
head and trust IL will BE- some de
serving person who receives the SlOO
at the Kentucky thoater tonight.
What Rallies says IT the Ford Auto
mobile.
Ralilcs has used and bccn acquaint-
ed with the Ford automobile during
hls stay IN Paduoah and says; THE
Ford Is the best and the easiest run
ming machine IN the market today
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Every dose makes you feeibetter. Lsx-Fo
Keeps your whole ipsides right sold on thu
Money. back plan everywhere Price 10 cents.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

"He called me coward because
| wouldn't fight him"
, Eyes. Ard what did you say?"
81 called him a coward for trying
to fight with man he knew was
afraid OF him. Cleveland Leader.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
Daily Thought.

"The soul is simply that which
sees the supreme and the sublime.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18
SLIGHTLY HUMOROUS.

There always is some character be.
ng determined by your conduct.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-18

The field of this world is not to be
worked by digging at our neighbors