The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-16
PAY TRIBUTE J
TO ST. PATR|
Salt Lake Will Fittingly A
lreland's Patron Sai.'
Tomorrow.
CONCERT By CHILDREN
CHIEF FEATURE op
Brief Summary of What
torians Have TO Say Ab,|
Good Bishop.

'PiinR, mayba
there s another reason, too-Yda,
st. Patrick 8 day. On that d,y,.
that almost every person ono m..,'
discovered that there is a l;,tI.
corpuscle playing tag with IS.
little corpuscles in his blood
honor of that fact he is year,n. ,
tie bit of green, Just because Il Z
day on which homage is paid (.
land s patron saint. During ths (
shop window decorations bsya !.
incomplete unless real "arIa
green has been displayed in o,s
or another, Imitation shamrock
iature clay pipes and "stova 4
hats, little green rubber spail
ties, hose, scarfs and ribbons of
are all on hand so that old and y
Will have ample opportunity ~
Just where they stand on ths ~
ality question on March II,
AS rs the case with 80 many 4
saints whose anniversaries ara ~
served, there was for q long tina 4
as TO when the ST. Patarick's dss'
ebration or observance should MI
Many coDtended that March 4 -
proper day, as many others thst N
9 was the day, so to satisfy e
body, each side was given an
chance, the days were added as5
result, II. was officially announce
st. Patrick's day. All Of thiD
pened some time ago, OF eouf,1
that to. all general intents ana
pose March II has been st. pgt6|
day as long as the oldest inh,bi
can remember.
Doubt as to Time Of Bril-
There Is a question, too, il y
as TO the exact year In which fhe
was born, Some say it was II
some say in 372, and still Others 4
tain that it might have been ia'|
year between these two.
There seems to be less confirm
as to the place of birth, which is 2
by the old authorities as BanuIri
hernia, Roman provincial villa
Britain. ST. Patrick S father i
TO have been a decnrio," o. 4
corresponds in this day and aes
member of the Clown" board.
related, too, that ST. Patrick ssr
given the name OF Succat," but
this was soon replaced by the b
Patricius or Patrick.
AS a lad it seems that little Pat
all the troubles and trials and d
more. of the average lad. Until h|
Is years old, he worked on q
Just as any other farmers bog,
then, Just about as he was to ri.
and see a little bit Of the won
bunch of pirates swooped in On
and took him prisoner, Patrick
taken away and sold into slavEy
for some time, history SAYS, he n
shepherd. This work was not =
liking. however, and after one Z.
cessful attempt, he broke away
his captors and was free agnin.
Ii was about this time that ID
given an apostolic benediction By
Celestine, and was later consar
bishop.
Encountered Many Diaculh1
When he first landed in Irel0!
found the country very hostila
people there seemed against Din
instead Of helping him In M
work for their own good and
ton, they worked against HIM;
was especially true of the Druia
organization of priests, who penn.
paganish rites and were especlan
tile TO him. He persevered, 49,
and eventually conquered, 90 ~
day. in his memory: a special @
set apart for suitable celebrauo1
Though st. Patrick's master
at least what is so accepted
world at large, was hls success
ting rid of the snakes, nanr
miracles are credited to him d9i'E
life work in the religious nSS
instance, it was said of him y,
could start a fire with an ieig5
he had but to breathe on STACK
blocks and they would burst lnlo
II is said also that he rslsed ras
sons from the dead, and thst ~
sight TO the blind, and beai'a
=, -, $50
st. Patrick is said to have Ns
over all Ireland for forty y
forming missionary work, In
after the first obstacles wefe W.
he was eminently successfui'
Died at Down Ulster
There is a difference of oPins +,
TO the date Of ST. PatrieKs
some saw 1854. some 1913, but u ~
orally believed that he dled aar
buried at Down Ulster HIS ussr oS
found in his own church NJ DV'
ster in llS5 ,,.d N
Patrick, it is believed, upon MS =
nj Wexford. where, to oveiS.ss oiS.s
statements Of his opponents sS .uS
,ould be no trinity, he s9om'
The shamrock as an emp,e%h n, ahsnp
Unity of the Trinity, lne !hs d
lowever. is claimed also oy 'a'
IS one of their symbols, ana = an
IN fact in some parts as
,lovcr. 9. PAIN
The day following ST., s., = fs' -
Law is Shee,ah S day. ofttimeii 49,
~ the wearing of fresn ~ ~ r.
md the day being devoleu
fellowship. aoy his E
eadv been the occasion Of ,ol
pecially planned social ,tDIsn'itTT;efh
,ig event will be the ST. assaster
oncert al the Salt Lake ,iasn ins, n
Law night. when the children az and
ST. AIMS orphanase. ear FL Il
Iary's cathedral Will appea'
elaborate programme r,ek q
Little punches of real shan''s sos.
Id Tipperary. imported az, O. III
bic expense for the oecas'eSS, tSs ior
brown from the stage by '"'
he audience. :.,,udins
Several other events, inc,m av,,s b