The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-20
histories. novels, plays, poems and
Great Temperance Factor.

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Great Temperance Factor.
One very important feature Of the
league is it's constant teaching of tenn
perance. The clergy, the employers,
the police and even the publicans are
praising it for the fine results it has
achieved
Then in summer there is the fes or,
as we would say, educational festival,
| and, thanks to the league influence,
the sight of even one drunken man at
; these gatherings is extremely rare.
The league is also reviving the old
Irish games and customs, including
the ceilidh, or roadside dance, and the
hurting match. 1t recognizes that
healthy amusement has become a ne
cessity in modern life. 1t works to
elevate the tastes of the people. While
promoting real fun and humor, it
steadily discourages not only objec-
tionable entertainments. but also those
which are merely vulgar.
Gaelic Older Than Latin.
Gaelic is the principal living branch
of the old Celtic language, which was
spoken over western Europe before
Rome was built. The names of many
rivers and mountains in western and
central Europe prove this, just as the
Indian names of places in America
prove that that language was once
spoken in the greater part Of the Unit
ed States. For instance, there is the
river Garonne i'm France. That would
be written in modern Irish "Garb
ham," which means rough river. The
Rhone would be "Ruadhabhann,'
meaning red river. The termination
"abhann." meaning river, is found all
through Great Britain under the form
avon There are plenty of good old
Gaelic words in English, like galore
spelled 'goleor" which means plenty
or enough. "Shanty" is simply sean
tish.'' which means literally odd
house"
There are nine varieties of lace
made in Ireland, and there are about
10000 girls constantly engaged in it's
manufacture, while there are two or
three times that number who inter-
mittently or not altogether as Il means
n at l.r,n iii
From so to rs cents per day Of eight
hours work will perhaps be the av-
erage pay of the lacemakcrs, although
it should be stated in this connection
that a dollar there has about twice the
pure hasng power which il has here.
All Irish lace is made by hand The
implements are simple-sewing or
crochet needles. depending upon the
design of the lace to be made, and for
certain varieties small frame, upon
which the threads are woven. Irish
point lace is the most expensive va
riety and sells for about S35 per yard.
it requires two or three weeks for an
operator to produce IA yard of this
lace. OF course there are MASTER
pieces in lacenaking, just as in any
other branch of art. AS the value of
a wonderful painting may assume fab
uous proportions. SO very large sums
are paid for lace crea tions which may
be classed as masterpieces.
Revival of the Baepipe.
And through the persistence of the
league the old Irish bagpipe has come
into it's own again. 1t disappeared
from Irish firesides except in Il few
remote districts in the west until it's
temperance at the Feseanna brought
1t again into popular favor. The wo-
men are taking up the study of the
baEppe as well as of the harp, and
Il colleen with the drones over her
shoulder makes a delightful picture.