The Irish standard., 1908-04-25
BEAUTIFUL IRELAND"
Professor M. G. Rohan, Of Mil
waukee, Delivers
His Interesting and Instructive
81 Lecture at St. Paul.

q Professor NJ G. Rohan of Mllwau-
kee, Wisconsin, entertained the men,
bers, families and friends of Divisions
and 9, Ancient Order of Hibernians
in Hibernian halls, ST. Paul, last We'd
nesday evening. with lecture on
HBeautiful Ireland.''
q Few audiences were ever as well en-
tertained and none better in the way
Of stereopticon views than the audi
ence that greeted the professor on the
occasion. The views of places of his
toric interest, beauty of scenery and
natural features of ireland could not
have been better chosen. Ruins of an
cient castles. historic cathedrals, lakes,
harbors street scenes in cities, mag
.niicent parks and places and buildings
deriving one of their chief interests
from their association with the names
of 1reland's illustrious. like Emmett
Grattan. Wolfe Tone. O'Connell and
many others. The view of Lake Kill
larney was especially fine and the eX-
Fplanation of its various features by
J. Tic pIOlSSSoi, was ShlICulrIS pACoSlu6
to the spectators
The professor prefaced the stereop-
ticon exhibition by lecture on Ire
land, it's present condition. etc, but
want of time and limited space will
not permit us to give more than an
epitome of it,
t. he nj,
in his element when among Catholic
societies like the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians. He never could forget Ire
land nor the A. o. II. OF all men.
tine greatest contempt was the man
who was ashamed of his religion or
nationality and he never knew a. man
who was ashamed of either. whose ma
tionality and religion did not have
good reason to be ashamed of him.
He spoke briefly of Irelnnd's
schools, academies and universities,
her scholars. historians and poets and
pcid an eloquent tribute to the late
Michael Davitt as one of Irelands
greatest patriots.
He spoke at length of the resources
of Ireland and her great water power
capable of driving immense machin-
cry, and yet with all these advantages
ireland was practically without man
ufactures. Past conditions in the ISL
and were compared with present con-
or1I rlro1 {,Aoy ,{c,
We're observed by him. The priests
have been making strenuous efforts to
stem the tide of emigration, so fatal
to the welfare of Ireland, but their
efforts are not crowned with success
last year they advocated that every
traveller should persuade and discour-
age by every means the focking away
Of her people from her shores
The Royal Irish Constabulary came
In for bitter denunciation whom the
professor declared We're "vultures who
Eeek whom they may devour." Twenty
thousand regular soldiers, twenty
thousand militia subject to call are
kept to perform imaginary duties and
ireland has to support this armed band
Of mercenaries.
The professor spoke highly of the
hospitality of the people in the coun-
try districts. A traveller is always
welcome to the best the people have
and profuse apologies are always
showered upon him the nature of
which is that if they had known he
was coming the bill of fare would
# have been more sumptuous.
Methods of doing business were
compared with American methods In
u Cork, Belfast and such cities. places of
4 business open at nine o'clock and their
Y Is that no one comes. except occasion
\ ally an American will call. until that
II time. In the city of Cork. in one of
# the leading stores the professor was
Informed by the proprietor that there
a were no elevators. or lifts" as they
9 call them, in the city and that the first
n class hotels in Dublin, which cost
Is three dollars a day in our money, new
er have them.
= In country parishes the young ladies
S go to church bareheaded. but wear
81 shawls in triangular form over their
Il heads during services. The profess
s sor gave humorous account of the
methods of courtship in Ireland and
y compared domestic felicity in the ISL
and with divorces in America and Gre
ated considerable amusement by relat-
sEF5 ing an occurrence. in Green Bay, Wis
ceisin where a man arose at four
O'Clock. married at five, arrested at
six and made his exit from town at
seven.
In conclusion the professor assured