The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

The freshman. declares Mr.. Lynd T. ons
II TN" world = puzzles. People seem To b.
quite unable 10 agrees ~ to who h.. Is OF
a. 10 what constitutes his lrishns~s lie !.
called 'elt or a Catholic and endowed
with all tn" most contradictory qualities
?" which human nature is hcir W. o,,it.
agree that a great deal 81 nonsans. ha.
been talked about the real Irshnln-
ana 'he typical Iri-hman.- and that hs
- merely a man who has had the good
or had FORUM. to be- born in IraI1nd ar
N Irish parents elsewhere Mr T.ypc,
adds tae qualification rather mnnec.s-
Sary. It would appear and who * in
:er"~ted in ireland moro than IN any other
country in the world However. n.
admits that even poopl. with Gaelic
names are to he found now and then
denying the ChaTg" II heing Irish with a
vi"or worthy If Peters deniil OF th..
accusation 81 beng u Christian: and he
illustrates the point with an appnsit.,
an""dote friend II his who j. an
enthusiast b." Irl-h thing was wandering
about Ty'r'i. .tr.i fell into talk at "A hotel
lar with F,""r,ug man who give his
nam" a. .I.Ifu"- NJ, ~. Well Won have
good Irish name. the gentleman said
7" hir'l. ~ a tOu.. Il communication -Gooh
Irish u1m" hr damned rernr-cd I'll. o,hcr
bursting into 4 temper. US "a good
Protestant name
Now. MIR IvrI himself - a ReIf,s:
Presbyterian. and rightly regards that
sort VI talk IL a relic II th.. religious wnrs
II tn. Iudors and the. Stulrt- Protestant,
ism having been brought INTO ireland
no. az phase 81 Christianity but as the
religion of foreign invaders He himself
had an experience which explains that
o: his friend. He was taken 10 see n
herdsman IN County Sligo sho knew
Irish. and found that 10 him Gael meant
not an Irishrnan at all but a Roman Catho-
lie. Mr.. Lynd had a box Of Dublin made
matches in his pocket, bearing the inscrip-
ton -Solus mad Gaedheal- Light
81 the Gael The herdsman interpreted
u The Light ~ the Catholics which
would probably have appalled, the enter
prisI1y manufacturers Mr. Lynd re-
marks that he suppoSes this man would
hly" used IN" word -Eiraannach- for
"lri-hmgn lie also piihilv observes
that while the iiN"r"n' -acts IN England
a." II 1t always -peak Hltt"rIngly II nn..
another whit" the York .hlreman Il mot
an object " permanent veneration 'o the
I.ondon"r or the Tor To the radic1I ,r
Socialist, the slightest criticism 81 one
man by annth her IN ireland Causes Irish
men 20 he branded a. "A pcop. with "A
genius for dir-.n-ions and fighting
Personally h. denies any g,IIfs bcr,yaen
the different sections II m. iuh, bita r,s
uf Ireland which need prevent their 70.
EArhing Themselves a. one people. MA,
~ they regard IN" English. French ar
Italians -"v"rIlly a. IN. ;pcnpln He
Announces that this belief ~ the Guinness
of IA" Irish p"opi" will color eycrv' thing
b" writes IN this book for the things
which Irlt" fr"m nr" r.'or~ numcrou.
aud rnor" remarkable even Than the thin0s
which dIff"r"niIli" ~" p~ople or on.
province from those II another lie
wishes 20 "nfrrr" To" idea thIt ireland
~ not = country scored and rIvcn inter
nally Nv Iupp-snhl" frontI"r lines tina,
: h." con mon talk II tn" two natiou--
III Ireland ~ hn "Xagg"ration and Ie.,Ci.
:" confused thinking about the country
~" admits that almost all CONGRATULATIONS
w"r" probably born in the. beginning
Of some seed ~ truth. hut he positiyeJv
as-ert- that nearly all tl,e genera Iizntions
Ihprf ireland have grown mp into per