The Irish standard., 1908-12-26
THE n I !. O||'MALLEYS OF
J. THE new WORLD
Brilliant Sketch of Editors
of Esteemed Contempor-
~ ary at Chicago.
Pen Pictures of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles J. O'Malley by the
Monitor Man.

Monitor Man.
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The following abbreviated sketch
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. O'Mal!ey.
s of the Chicago New World, appears in
the San Francisco Monitor from the
pen of its editor, Mr.. Charles Phillips
whose home is at New Richmond,
wisconsin:
There are no two names better
known to Catholic literature in Amer
lea than those of Charles ]. O'N1alley
and 8. NJ. O'Malley, his wife. It is
true that both had Won their laurels
in the wider field Of secular literature
long before Catholic literature claimed
them. But they have come to stand
in high places in our midst and ere
Known more widely as Catholic writ
ers than in any other capacity.
The name of O'Malley is an old one
interwoven in the history Of Ireland
for centuries. 1t spelled glory on the
green banners Of Erin long before the
days of the famous Grace O'Malley Of
tConnaught. 1t has not been lost in
the meshes Of the centuries that have
followed, but it has remained for the
present day to bring forth a scion Of
the pennons Of poetry. Charles J. o.
Malley is the son and heir of the
boarded heritages Of centuries Of life
In the open, on the free hills, the
sweeping sea. 1t is enough, in ac-
counting for his gifts, to know thlt he
traces his lineage directly to Melagh-
lin o'Malley, older brother Of the fa-
nous sea-queen Of Ireland. But there
are other sources of his poetic g,nlus
to be taken into account, and glance
az his biography will sum them up
Mr.. %O'Malley was born in southern
Kentucky (near Waverly, Union Coun'-
typ. on the ninth Of February, 1868. Of
excellent parentage. His father was
one Of the O'Malleys of Mayo. Ireland
OF the barony of Burishoole branch Of
that famous house. His mother was of
Maryland English stock on her faith
er's side and Spanish descent through
her mother. Thus in the poet we have
composite Of the genius of the Irish,
the balance Of the English, the fire
OF the Spanish blood, all Towering in
the genial atmosphere Of the most
romantic part of our own land
Southern Kentucky.
Mr.. OMalley's father was a highly
educated man Of no small means; his
mother a woman of refinement and
intellectually. In his boyhood the fu-
ture poet was without other children
for playmates, SO books became his
companions, and he read q great dea!
long before he entered a school; and
nc spent hours practicing on the VIC.
lin. In his early years music was his
dream. and between the ages of twelve
and fourteen he had become to be re-
garded as one Of those hoy wonders"
who play so strangely well as children,
but never amount to anything after
ward" as Mr.. O'Maliey laughing!y
says OF himself Nevertheless, he still
Yields the bow, though he decla:es
that now he takes it up only on rare
occasions ITO startle special friends
with my saving"
The next chapter of his lite is read
III the school-room. His father mad
prepared him for college and later he
went to Cecilian, where he acquired
more poetry and two languages. Then
9 couple of years were spent at Spring
Hill, under the Jesuits, to whom he
owes much Of his training in logic and
philosophy. One can readily see the
towering Of such a nature as Ills
through these years OF study.
Schooldays over, he came home and
worked on the farm, but his heart was
echoing all the time with the cry OF
poetry calling him from the tops Of
the great hills and from out the white
@ttAAoSo VI SAIO Valleys. WOFkcu-SOnic.
but I wrote more" have heard him
say; and in those brief words flashes
g picture of the young poet dreaming
as his work among the hills of Ken
tucky. He was writing all the time, a.
severy spare moment; and when he was
not writing he was thinking, dream.
ing.
During these days he got into many
osathe popular magazines Of the time.
such as Peterson;s, Godey's, Arthu-'s
and scores of newspapers. He knew
society. too. His father was well.to-
30 and the son had entree to the best
5sSstal circles Of southern Kentucky
IA 1882 Mr.. o'Malley married Miss
isallie NJ. Hill-well known. then, as
IN musician. writer and artist.
Though he had sstinlxaradn ,,;.,