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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

family gets into the habit OF attend
ing the theater and the passion grows
by what it feeds on. Too often the
shows have bad influence, especial
ly on the young. Salacious farces,
musical comedies and problem plays
OF various kinds are attended indls-
crlminately. The parents whose
characters are formed do not stop to
analyze the situations and calculate
what effect they will nave on their
young sons who are getting their first
gllmpses of the world outside their
own home. They forget that a large
percentage of the shows that are on
the theatrical circuits today are sea-
soned with as much obscenity as the
law will allow.
But why depend on the stage en-
tlrely for enjoyment? The home is
the place where the children's tastes
should be cultivated. 1t is only in the
family circle where the proper intll-
Slioeo Aoi character formation can be
brought to bear on the children with
out the intermixture of other and dan
gerous elements. There are, it is
true, shows that children ought to see.
shows that teach a good moral les
son forcibly. To such shows parents
should take their children, pointing
out to them the lessons that are
taught. But shows that children can
be trusted to see with good results
to their characters are extremely
few. They must have other means
OF wholesome enjoyment, and these
can best be furnished in the home.
Reading, story telling, playing games
are ways in which children may be
interested and innocently amused.
The art of making home attractive
for the little ones is an art that
should be cultivated
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
NEW AUTO AMBULANCE
City Purchases Rambler Car from
p. J. Downes Co.

The city of Minneapolis has ordered
from the p. J. Downes Company a
new automobile hospital ambulance of
the Rambler make to be put into the
city hospital service under direction
OF the police department. The car is
being constructed at the Rambler fac
tory, Kenosha, Wis, and will cost
the city $500. The police depart
ment is now using two patrol cars,
also OF the Rambler make. These
sales indicate a strong Endorsement
of the Rambler automobiles.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
IRELAND AND ST. PATRICK.

The return of st. Patrlck's Day
will cause to be rehea:sed again by
millions of tongues and pens the
story OF Ireland and Ireland's patron
saint. On that day the minds OF the
thirty million lrishmen scattered
throughout every habitable country OF
the world will be occupied with a
common thought-the thought of the
dear old land that straiten circum-
stances have caused them, however,
reluctantly, to 1eave behind. There
is no nationality in the world that is
welded together by a common inter-
est as the Irish are united by St. Pat
rick. Every true hearted man who
claims the legacy OF Irish blood and
knows the story of Ireland's wrongs,
whether he lives on the old sod it.
self, in England. America, Australia,
New Zealand, Cape Colony or in any
other country on the face Of the globe,
will on the seventeenth OF March re-
member that his heart is linked by
ties that time cannot corrode to the
land OF the shamrock. st. Patrick
was once a slave in Ireland: since
his time Irishmen have been slaves
to the welfare OF their Motherland
The life Of st. Patrick is too we'll
known to Irish people to need re-
hearsing here. All know how, after
- freed himself from slavery, he
went back to the continent and hav-
ing prepared himself for his heaven
ordained mission, he went to Rome
to receive the sanction OF the Pope
and how he then returned to invade
and conquer alone and without a wea-
pom except the crucifix, and the pray
erbook, a barbarous country. The
tremendous moral force he eXerted
OF the people to his teaching, are
unique among historical wonders. Ii
the Irish people were doomed to suf-
fer the most notorious wrongs OF an
unjust government, God foreordained
that in their suffering they should
have the most potent consolation
that of the True Faith.
The history of Ireland is tragedy
written in blood. The violent but fu-
tile attempts of tyranny to conquer a
race that is unconquerable have
wrought havoc and mysery in land
that might otherwise be a typical
home OF prosperity. The crushing
laws of inhuman tryrants made Ire
land a land of slavery and slaughter
for centuries. The attempt to kill
the germ OF Catholicity that flour
ished there gave rise to the opprobi-
us penal code that exhausted the re.
sources of subtle minds attuned to
the work OF demons. But as we'll
might they have attempted to still
the tides that wash Erin's shores, for
the evasive germ would not be killed.
The oppression, however. has left
it's mark in present day poverty. Ire
land with an area large enough and
a soil rich enough to support fifteen
or sixteen millions OF people, is today
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

& Whether it should be 50 or not is
q question, but the fact is that the
significance of statement does not
depend so much on what is said as
on who said it. If Roosevelt says
that dishonest people, whether Cath
Eolic or Protestant should be kept out
of politics, or Charles w. Eliot, presi-
dent emeritus of Harvard, says men
and women should live up to the
same standard of purity. they are
widely. quoted and commended for
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
PRAISES CHURCH
Winter in WorId-Herald PAYS
Glowing Tribute to Catholic Church,

To think of the Roman Catholic
Church is to think of the Oldest, the
most venerable and the most powerful
religious institution existing among
men, writes William Winter, the dis
tinguished critic, in the World-Herald
am not a churchman of any kind;
that, possibly, is my misfortune; but
| am conscious of a profound ob]iga-
ton Of gratitude to that wise and aug
ust, austere, yet tenderly human eccIe-
siastical power, which, self-centered
amid vicissitudes of human affairs
and provident of men of learning, inn
agination and sensibility throughout
the world has preserved the literature
and art of all the centuries, has made
architecture the living symbol of &C.
lestial aspiration and in poetry and
music has heard and has transmitted
the authentic voice of God.
I say that l am not a churchman:
but I would also say that the best
hours Of my life have been hours of
meditation passed in the glorious ca
thedrals and among the sublime &C.
clesiastical ruins of England. l have
worshipped in Canterbury and York,
in Winchester and Salisbury, in Lin
coin and Durham, in Ely and in Wells.
have stood in Tintern, when the
green grass and the white daisies
were waving in the summer wind, and
have looked upon the gray and russell
walls and upon those lovely arched
casements-among the most graceful
ever devised by human art-round
which the sheeted ivy drops and
through which the winds of heaven
sing perpetual requiem.
l have seen the shadows of evening
slowly gather and softly fall over the
gaunt tower, the roofless nave. the
giant pillars and the shattered arcades
of Fountains abbey, in it's sequestered
and melancholy solitude, where an
cient Ripon dreams in the spacious and
verdant valleys Of the Skell; l have
unused upon Netley and Kirkstall and
Newstead and Bolton and Melrose and
Dryburgh; and at midnight hour I
have stood in the grim and gloomy
chancel of St. Columbia's cathedral,
remote in the storm-swept Hebrides,
and looked upward to the cold stars
and heard the voices of the birds of
night mingled with the desolate moan
ing of the sea.
With awe, with reverence, with
many strange and wild thoughts |
have fingered and pondered in those
haunted, holy places, but one remem-
brance was always present-the re-
membrance that it was the Roman
Catholic Church that created those
forms of beauty and breathed into
them the breath of a divine life, and
hallowed them forever; and thus think
ing have felt the unspeakable pathos
of her long exile from the temples that
her passionate devotion prompted and
her loving labor reared.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

company and remained Nh their en-
ploy for almost twenty-four years. He
was also a prominent member of the
knights OF Columbus. Mr.. Agnew is
survived by widow He was forty
three years old
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
President of Loyola College Dead.

Baltimore, March 13.-Rev. Francis
X. Brady, S. j., president Of Loyola
college and pastor of st. Ignatius
Catholic church, was found dead in
his bed at the church rectory today.
Angina pectoris was given as the
cause of death. Father Brady was
one of the best-known Jesuit priests
in the east. He would have cele-
brated the twerty-fifth anniversary of
his ordination to the priesthood in
August
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
BASKETBALL.

The st. Lawrence Cubs travelled to
Green Isle Saturday where they met
defeat at the hands of the local high
school by score of "a to 10. The
game was fast and exciting from
start to finish, the visitors leading by
a score of 9 to at the end of the
first half. In the second, the locals,
by clever team work secured the lead,
and held it until the finish. Myers
played the star game for the locals,
while the playing of the Cubs were on
a par.
The Lineup.
Green Isle Cubs
Myers. r.. F. ......... Long
Egan. F. Lane
Davitt. ..........C. ........ German
Morrin. ........R. G. 90. .Long-Keefe
Corcoran. .....L. G. ...... Jennings
Goals, Corcoran 3. Myers S, Davitt
1, Morrin 1, German l. Keefe l, Jen-
nings 1, Long l, Lane 1. Fouls, Long
1, Lane /, Keefe 1, Myers 2.
Green Isle has played 10 games
this season and has won every one.
They expect to play Madison for the
championship of that part OF the coun-
try in the near future
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
Back from ireland.

P. G. eastman of the MINNEAPOLIS
Tribune staff is back from a six
months trip to his old home in Ire
land. Mr.. eastman travelled extern
sively over the Emerald Isle while
away and The Irish Standard hopes
to have an article from his prolific pen
in the near future covering his OBJ
servatiOns.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

THE ST. PATRIcK's CROSS.

4 me up, Alannah up a little more,
A upon the floor
A further every ray
make cheerful child, S
Once more bid it wecome-'ts the last for me- fear
long, journey, S drawing
4 Thank God I've share of but somehow,
A child
A grows youthful my thoughts are
You asthore lid
A a n furthes
little coored pasteboard tits faded quaint
A yet it than if 'twere gold.
L Long the rolling
And Time with all changes has not stolen it from
A Just the other believe it true,
4 That Gods will follow
And they child,
4 memories of other days. of youth and native 1and
AS dry and whered roeleaves speak of Summers
gone
bright CHEEKY springme little cross lives
1t tells e happy I it, long ago.
Pinned All! child, you'll never
A How felt with ribbon
country together prouder than queen
How light and spirits children
spark
A ling still;
While sang primrose show.
4 ed his
A voes nodding cozy hiding place.
you howm many mem'ries cling!
Old times old scenes old faces to mind this
A Come pin it shoulder chld I'll age
L
4 Ireland again!
The weight of will
May God be with honored
And the shamrock be
Thus triumph yet!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
THE ARMY CANTEEN.

Since the abolition of the army can
teen in 1901 not only the privates but
many Of the leading officers of the
army have clamored for the repeal OF
the law on the ground that it's pas
sage in the first place was a serious
mistake. 1t can be safely said that
many of the good people who used
their influence to have the law pass
ed had little or no conception OF the
results that would follow. Most OF
the people who urged the abolition OF
the canteen concluded that the SOL
diers, not being permitted to have
beer in their own quarters, would not
use it at all and they would, there
fore, be better off. That would be a
desirable solution of the drink evil
in the army; but as a trial OF ten
years has shown, it did not work out
that way. The abolition of the can
teen has not only not prevented the
use Of liquor by the soldiers but it
has caused innumerable dens OF IL
quor and vice to infest the territory
Immediately surrounding army posts
The soldiers not only get beer but
they get a poor quality of liquor Of
all kinds and those who have not the
strength of character to overcome the
temptations amidst which they are
I, troo t t1,,t III to
ly lead to depravity and ruin.
After the canteen had been abol-
ished two years General Grant said,
at is hardly necessary for me to state
that the prohibition OF the sale OF
beer in the post exchange has re.
suited in a great increase in the num-
Der of saloons, generally of the low
est class in the vicinity of all posts
and a consequent injury to discip
line" Three years later he said, II
now believe that no less than ninety
per cent of all the troubles that occur
in the army are due to the use OF
liquor"
General Corbin, after stating that if
it We're in his power to prevent the
use Of liquor by any person or to pre-
vent the manufacture of it, says: at
would seem unnecessary to argue to
a fair-minded person the superiority
of the system which provides mild
alcoholic beverage at reasonable cost
in moderate quantities, under strict
military control to one which results
in Turing the soldier away from his
barrack to neighboring dives where
his body and soul are poisoned by vile
liquors, with the accompanying vice
of harlotry, and where his money is
taken from him by gamblers and
thieves" Furthermore, army statls-
tics show that the number of hospital
cases due to alcoholism and to dis
eases contracted by improper asso-
Citations have vastly increased since
the abolition of the canteen.
Obviously the purpose for which the
canteen was abolished has not been
realized. Rather the abolition Of it
has precipitated worse conditions
When there are only two alternatives,
both of which contain evils, the best
that can be done is to choose the
lesser. In this case the lesser seems
to be the restoration of the army can
teen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

their sound advice. Yet any man
with right reason who is honest with
himself cannot possibly arrive at a
different conclusion. But if John
Smith were to give utterance to the
above Anticipated platitudes no one
would pay any attention to it. WIS
dom is valuable but advertising helps
too,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

A Kansas woman just before her
marriage required her future hus band
to sign thousand dollar note, pay
able in the event that he should leave
her. Some women would get rich on
a scheme of that kind.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
HOME PLEASURES.

In a large city where there are num-
erous places purporting to furnish
amusement the art of providing home
enjoyment is neglected or entirely
lost in too many families. The whole
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

In Kansas law was passed recent
ly which, il interpreted literally,
would make the passing around Of
election cigars penitentiary offense.
The voters ought to feel relieved.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
GhzeIs ss2te eyEs!D
st. Patrick's Day greetings to our
readers, one and all!

To insure it's appearance CORES
pondence for publication in the Irish
Standard must reach this office on or
before Wednesday OF each week Con-
tributors will kindly bear this in mind.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

Governor Noel of Mississippi in in
PRODUCING Theodore Roosevelt to an
audience at Jackson, Mississippi, re-
ferred to him as the foremost priv
ate citizen of the world" But then
there isn't any such thing as world
citizenship.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

You need exercise, violent exer-
else, that's what you need a doctor
once said to this woodsawyer What
is your business, my man?'
{" I'm a woodsawyer, sir 5
"'Well," said the doctor, suppose
you don't grease your saw for month
or 500
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18

A cheerful word will often dis
pei the darkest clouds of gloom. Would
you prevent the sun from shining il
it were in your power to make it
shine?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
Since the Mexican war scare caut

Since the Mexican war scare caus-
ed the sending of United States
troops to the border, hundreds OF men
are daily sending applications for en-
listment to the recruiting stations.
Their patriotism consists mostly in
prospects of a vacation and a trip
with pay.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-03-18
Don't Despair.

At a st. Patrick's day dinner in
Boston Senator Lodge once said:
Low as was Ireland's estate then,
there was no cause for despair No
is ever so low but that it nigh
be lower. Like the woodsawyer's case,
you know.
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Death of William Nash,

On March Sth, one Of the first early
settlers OF the Graceville colony
passed away, in the person of Will
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25
CARD FOR
PERMO A. A. OPENING
Private Athletic Entertainments Audi
forum TUESDAY Might Clever Boys
Will Appears Some Local Talent.

Arrangements are complete for
the opening athletic entertainment of
the Permo A. A. in the Auditorium
next Tuesday night. An excellent
card has been secured and contains
some Of the best boys in the boxing
world. The star event will be be-
tween Johnny Dohan, of Brooklyn,
who has appeared here before, and
Charles Sieger, the Hoboken Iron
Man." who needs no recommended
ton. While the Permo A. A. was
only recently organized it has a
large membership and a big turnout
Is expected at the entertainment
Tuesday night, which will be private.
Another interesting match will be
between Young Roberts, of Port
Richmond, S. l., and Andy Williams,
of Brooklyn. Roberts has shown his
ability on former occasions and Will
liams is well known. One of the pre-
liminaries which with probably prove
interesting will be between the fast
Tottenville lad, Nifty Hudson, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25
SAY THEY GAN
TRIM DExTERS
Sheridans of South Amboy
After County Title.
speetal 70 ths EvRNIwo Ngws.

South Amboy, Nov. 25:-That
there are other football teams in
Middlesex county besides the Dex-
ters, of Perth Amboy, became ap-
parent today when J. F. Casey, of
this city, called up the NEWS man
by telephone and assured him that
the Sheridans are very willing-ex-
tremely anxious, so to speak-to
play the Dexters of the county me-
tropolis, Incidentally, the Sheri-
dams have a rill bigger than a grey
hound can jump over, which they
are willing to wager the Dexters are
just a few points lower than their
class.
Manager Casey is particularly
anxious that Manager Toolin, Of the
Dexters, communicate with him at
once relative to a game between
the two eleyens for the county
championship. He doesn't wish to
give the impression the Sheridans
are coming in at the tail end of the
game and trying to cop the coveted
homer, but calls attention to the
good RECORD made this season by his
eleven. The Sheridans are light,
but fast. The Sheridans will not
play on the copper works field,
declaring it is not a suitable place
for football.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25

Young Evans, of Newark. Nifty haa
many friends in this city and hir
victory over Battling Brown has not
been forgotten.
Kid Dixon, of this city, will 20 on
with Young P~ierson, Of Railway; and
Jeff Davis, of New York. and Bar
Marshall, Of Brooklyn, two colored
lads, Will furnish some good fun. Al
wrestling contest between Young
Mahoney, of Stapleton, S. T., ana
Young Swanson, of New York. will
open the entertainment. Every pro-
vision has been made for the amuse-
ment and comfort of the members
Tuesday night and the success ofsho
new organization seems certain. Only
first class bills will be presented and
the top-notchers OF the boxing world
will appear here at future shows.
]. G. McNulty and H. p. Fog are
managing directors of the permc
Athletic Association. The club will
promote all branches of sport aud
have a gymnasium.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25
MARlONS ARE
IN GOOD TRIM
Will Try to vanquish T. A. C.
In Tottengi!Ie.
spactal 70 lhe EVENING NHwa.

Special to fhe EVENING NEWa.
Tottenville, S, l., Nov. 25;-Every
indication points to a good game to-
night at the X. of p. hall, this place,
when the Marions, of Perth Amboy
stack up against the Tottenville A,
C. The home team has been out for
practice two NIGHTS this week and Is
showing good form, SO a victory
seems assured. The usually large
Saturday night turnout is expected
with dancing before and after the
game as a decided feature, The
Marions are in second place in the
city league in their home town and
considered very capable. 1t will be
their first game here this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25
GOOD FOOTBALL
FOR

There are two good football
games down on the card for tomor-
row afternoon The big attraction
is the match4on the copper works
field between the Ramblers, of
Woodbridge, ana the Dexters of this
city. The Perth Amboy eleven de-
clares it has defeated every other
team of any strength in the county
except the Woodbridge crowd. The
Dexters figure on finishing up the
Job tomorrow afternoon. That's
where the trouble comes in. The
Ramblers have been practicing hard
every night this week and promise
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-25
LIVE !, .9ssal TIPS

trough House, Allen did some
star shooting last night for the
Riversides. He is rapidly improving
and is now one of the stars of the
team. Don't spoil 1t all, kid, and
getta the bigga the bun.
Hurrahi The Permos will open
up Tuesday night with a first class
bill In the Auditorium.
Looks like another battle OF
words. The Sheridans are after the
scalp of the Dexters. Go It, toppy,
don't let the grass grow under your
feet.
That reminds me The Nonpareils
were4foiled in their attempts TO get a
game with the Riyersides. Manager
Wilentz, OF the latter team, has
made livery plain that his team has
scratched the Nonpareils off their
list for the season. Too bad!
From the pathos to the ridiculous.
IA Brooklyn aggregation viii travel
to Cypress Hill, S. l., tomorrow in a
return game of cat. Big doings over
on the island.
The Perslls made their debate last
night on the Auditorium court Bid
Won ever hear Of that name before
Persfl? 1t Is a washing compound
put up By the r & IL Chemical
Company.