The San Francisco call., 1909-03-17
IRISH SEE BRIGHT
DAWN OF new HOPE
1909 Celebration Marks Era of
Progress for the EN-
erald isle

With the realization that the sacri
| fees. struggles and storms of the pas
are at last bringing their result an,
that the night of sorrow which for s.
long has enveloped Erin's isle finall,
is being lifted. the Ir1sn of San Fran
cisco in their celebrations of st. Pat
rick's day today will inject into then
note of success and hope, marking tn,
day as unique among it's kind.
While the most prominent feature o
the day will be the meeting at the Au
ditorium at which Rev. Peter C. York,
will deliver an address, it will not b,
the only celebration. Many meeting
and entertainments were held last nigh
in order not to conflict with the gather
ings today. The meeting in the Audi
torium will be the central affair.
Apart from Father Yorkes addres.
there will be one from Thomas p
o'Dowd. Gaelic solo by Miss Loretta
Barr; recitation by DR.. J. NJ. Toner
dancing by Miss Harmon and BABY
Lenhardt and solos by Mrs McGlade
j. Rosborough and Miss G. Naughton
In the evening there will be the an.
nual bali. the dancing coming after q
brief musical program.
Another entertainment will take
place in st. Teresa's hall. The arrange.
ments have been made by the Rev. p
OConnell and will be under the per
sonal direction of Miss Frances Dough
erty The Knights of the Red Branch
will hold their fortieth annual ball this
evening in the auditorium of the Build
ing Trades temple and the knights OF
st. Patrick will dine at the Fairmont
The speakers at the last named meet
ing will include James T. Coleman
United States District Attorney Robert
]. Devlin, Prof. Charles Mills Gayley
of the University of California, Colonel
Simpson, commanding the troops at the
H..
Neal.
Songs of Old Ireland
Songs of old ireland cheered the
hearts of hundreds at the st. Patrick's
day celebration held by st. James parish
in ST. James hall, Twenty third and
Fair Oaks streets. last night The
hall was crowded to the doors and
as many as gained admittance were
turned away at the door. The program
which consisted of II numbers, was
altered to suit the convenience of sew
eral of the participants who were COM
PEELED to leave early.
NJ. Bernard rendered a number of
Irish airs "a la ragtime," that were
a feature of the program. William
Nelson, William j. O'Brien and Mrs
Burns sang several old Irish songs
that brought tears to many eyes. M
J. C"Billy'O Hynes could not resist the
temptation to sing his laughing song,
and that with several selections ap-
propriate to the occasion made him one
of the favorftes of the entertainment.
James v. Coleman, orator of the oc-
casion, in his address expressed a true
Irish tribute to the memory of ST.
Patrick and to Irish who were Cali
fornia pioneers. He also complimented
Fathers ]. J. OConnor and Lynch on
the excellent program. p. H. Loner-
gan danced the Irish hornpipe three
times to the delight of the entire
audience A violin selection rendered
by Miss Edna Horan, 10 years of
age, was the feature of the evening
and hearty applause was showered
upon her.
Elton Lambert gave his inimitable
monologue and sang several, topical
songs. Miss Wagner recited Hero
ines of Limerick and the Metropoli-
tan quartet rendered several old
Irish melodies Music was inter-
spersed throughout the entertainments
by an enlarged lyric orchestra.
LOO at st. Paul's
More than 1 100 people crowded into
the hall at the basement of st. Paul's
church last night and Justify cheered
the splendid program given in celebra-
ton of ST. Patrick's day. The program
included orchestral and vocal numbers.
recitations, Gaelic dances and tableaux
vivants, and ended with a playlet
Hon. Daniel C. Deasy rendered the
grafton. stirring and eloquent tribute
to the Irish people and their patron
saint, whose life he outlined.
The splendid program was under the
direction of the clergy of ST. Paurs
church. of which Rev. M. D. Connolly
is rector. Beginning with an overture
by the ST. Paul's orchestra and a num-
Der by the st. PauPs choral. the first
half included four hand reel by
Misses Sweeney, Horgan, Rogerson and
Sweeney: a most delightful Irish love
song, splendidly rendered by Mrs.
Daisy Keane-Gillogley; an able rendi-
tion of the Battle of Fontenoy." by
Miss Josephine Collum, and two pic