The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-18

and humorous. He Impressed all with
the fact that men may do without
many things. luxuries and seeming
necessities, but that without cooks
he can no longer hope for continued
existence.
Beginning with the creation Of Eve
Mr.. Sullivan brought his auditors
down to the time of the modern wo
man, showing that her nature has
remained unchanged while all else
has been wonderfully altered
The only unpleasant feature OF this
address was the fact that 1t did not
last longer
Mrs. Caroline Breen, whose voice
never was more beautiful than oil
this occasion. sang THE Harp Of
Tara" and in response to generous
applause, rendered the dearest of all
Irish ballads, THE Wearing of tho
Green" Miss Mona Kelly played pi-
ano accompaniments for both Mrs
Breen and Mr.. Martin.
Rev. Mr.. Denning Speaks.
Masterful in every way, both IL
construction and in eloquence of de-
livery, was the address of Father j.
NJ. Denning, pastor of st. Mary's
church, on the subject. "St Patrick.
The audience was held enrapt during
the thirty minutes or more that Rev
Mr.. Denning talked and as evidence
of it's appreciation, refused to let him
cease at a period when he announced
that he believed his time limit had
| been reached.
unaalfar "A n
nounced that he would indulge in
| few, If any, pleasantries, because IL
was his intention to impress upon all
the necessity of holding in reverence
the memory of the Patron Saint. He
| deplored the fact that many people
had come to commemorate the day
only in a lighter vein.
In part, Rev. Mr.. Dennings adj
dress follows:
"The honor conferred on me by the
| occasion. as well as the subject of this
| evenings discourse require respect
| full acknowledgment Of my sincere
thanks for the invitation to speak to
YOU this evening of him who is the
| father of our earthly religious great
ness. We have assembled this even
ing here TO celebrate anew the glorie'
of our Patron Saint and indulge afresf
in the recollections of the invaluapl'
blessing accruing to us through MN
"There has ever been a spendthrlf'
waste Of eulogy on occasions OF TINS
kind. and orators will mount th'
rostrum 10 depict in flowing terms thu
deeds of valor Of the sanity Patrick
SO true is this that there Is httl'
| chance for me to beguile you with
i new tune from this one-stringed IN
strument which all have been thrum
ming so long. In such necessity on
feels that If all the words of the dic
tionary were tumbled down i'm a pro
miscuous heap their fortuitious o
chance positions II taken out and ar
ranged together would afford som
pungent suggestions towards novelt
of thought and expression.
THE practice OF preserving IN
record of the lives Of great men, whicl
even pagan nations, no matter hoy
depraved, did not neglect, comes dow
TO us Christians recommended by
deeper interest and fraught with NOR
utility than that which animated tn
pagan prographer in preserving TO
his pos'erity the recital of his an
cestors' chiyalrous deeds.
"The pagan historian in depictln
the deeds of his contemporaries coul
only recommend the children and ad
miring friends OF a departed one Z
turn from weak regret to contempla
tion and suggest in the moment o
sorrow the timid hope that the objec
of their affections might continue 4
exist In some other sphere,
Hence from the very inception o
history II was looked upon as
sacred duty TO preserve in the world
annals the memory of its heroes. Thi
is the instinct OF the Celtic heart h