Evening journal., 1911-02-15
MACMANUS
TALES DELIGHT
Irish HumOriSt AmuSeS Gen.
tury Club Audience With
Interesting ReCitalS
HIBERNIAN CHIEF IS
AMONG THOSE ENTERTAINED

There arc three things that an
Irishman thinks It bad entirely to
meet in the morning, a mad dog.
man to whom you owe money, and a
red-haired girl; and the three most
troublesome things In all the world
are an empty stomach, a woman, and
a goat going to fair philosophical
the Irish lecturer Seumas MacManus,
who by the way pronounces himself
"Shamus MacMannus," TO an audience
that filled the New Century Club last
night. As the lecturer gave Irish
tale after tale, each funnier than the
other, the audience frankly gave
themselves up TO hearty laughter for
the entire evening. It was stormy
outside, but the evening of cheerful
ness made everyone leave the club
feeling that the world was a pretty
Jolly sort of a place after all, with
lots of people Of a good sort In it.
Mr.. MacManus could have had no
stronger tribute of appreciation than
that. Mixed up with the fun, there
was all the quaint picturesQueness
and beauty OF the vivid Celtic imagina-
ton. and at times, the stories were
underlaid with the pathos Of a people
who have come through generations
of suffering and persecution.
Nearly a hundred members Of the
| Irish-American Association, led by
/ President Mulrooney, attended the
4 lecture in a body, and with them were
numbeg of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, with the national president
James J. Regan. of st. Paul, Mimi
Miss Hebbs school girls filled a Sec
ton, and the New Century Club was
largely represented.
Mr.. MacManus gave illustration.
largely from his own writings, o
fairy-tales, proverbs, and folklore
stories, dividing the latter into heroic
romantic, and humorous stories. Hi.
own career as a story-teller. he said
dated from his schOOi-bOy days in Ire
land, when aided by his imagination
he was the hero that he never wa
who was chased by a serpent VIII
never chased him.
The Irish, said the speaker, thin
the fairies, who are very real i'm Ire
, land, are the angels who sided neithe
. with Michael nor Lucifer, and Wer
sent TO earth as fitted neither for he
lnor heaven The fairies hope that .
+ the general judgment they will b
! pardoned by God. He told the tai
, of the poor man who was presente
I with a fairy COW, and who forgot th
, fairies when he grew rich and owno
herd Of cattle, and the whole her
went up into the air and away. The
t there was Donal' of the hump, VIII
, made a sweeter song than the fairie
Z who sing badly. There was III
{ story of tho king who was the fines
e gentleman in all the world, and woul
{ not say You're a liar," though 36
S knights, mobiles. and gentlemen los
r their heads trying to make him, unit
= poor lad told him there was fine
4 gentleman than him, and then tll
poor lad married the kings daughte
and had his Kingdoms half
But. indeed. Mr.. MacManus tol
twice as many tales six times as we
as a newspaper can tell them, and h
, audience could have listened 10 hi
a year and a day.
He left some fine proverbs for h
audience Some of them are; 1T
silent mouth is melodious." "A XII
y word never broke a tooth ITS bt
manners to talk about ropes in
house where the father was hanged
God never shuts one door but
opens two" "A bald head is bett
than no head at all"