The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-03-09
DUBLIN CART00N|ST'S
OBSERVATIONS
Exceedingly Slippery in Boston, His
First Impression.
Has a Good Word to Say For the
American Women.
No Doubt About Home Rule for Ire
land, Declares Mr.. Kelly.

No Doubt About Home Rule for Ire
land, Declares Mr.. Kelly.
The Bay O. Dublin.
o! my heart. you're troublin',
Your beauty haunts me
Like a fever's dream.
Mr.. Brook Kelly NJ Ireland is in
Boston. He's Dublin cartoonist and
the man he is talking to is a car
toonist on the Boston Globe.
"What was the first thing that i'm
pressed you about America, Mr.. KEEL
ly?"
"Well, my first impression was that
it was rather slippery. My next was
that I'd go right of and buy a stick,
no matter what people thought Of
me-
81 met a man in Dublin, dye see,
who said, When you go to America,
don't take that stick With you. They'll
think you're a cripple That mans
advice nearly broke my leg. But then
nothing came out quite as expected"
For instance?"
We'll! Take the American men.
I find the American men big, healthy
looking fellows"
What did you expect?"
II thought they were thin and sal
low"
Where did you get the idea?"
"Well! It's in the blood, guess,
Of"
"You what? Guess?"
II find myself using that confound-
ed word every once IN while! Yes,
it's in the blood of an Irishman, or
an Englishman either, to conceive
the American as thin. wonder
where We get it? / have been won
dering, and l think it's from the pic
lures Of Uncle Sam! Yes, that must
be it,"
Hate to ask you this one It's
stale! But how do you like the
American girl?"
"Stale, is It? Well it's fresh to
me. l like her! She's one of the
few things in this country that are
so! suppose more than SO people
described America to me and all de
scribed it differently. but they agreed
on one thing-the American girl was
beautiful. And she is! Why even
the man that nearly broke my leg
told me that. Oh, yes! The Ameri
can girl is quite all right"
Go ahead! Keep right along, Mr.
Kelly!"
She's SO bright, so frank. She
carries herself with such a real nat
ural grace"
what do you admire about he,
most?"
"Her feet!"
"Eh?"
"Her feet!"
Go on about feet!"
"You see whether a girl is reall,
well turned out depends entirely upol
the exquisiteness Of her feet and he
hair Mind you, am not now speak
ing of wealthy girl. That her fee
and hair should be perfect is a mat
ter of maids and money, but tina
the girls who are quite evidently Il
moderate circumstances, dye see
should be neat and tidy, from he
head to her feet, is really remark
able. For all that, mind you, thinl
the American girl is cold. She i
dreadfully independent in a way. an,
yet despite that, she's perfect thin
she's complete. The ideal of mod
ern womanhood."
"The Dublin girl?"
Mr.. Brook-Kelly hardly expecte
this! He rises. He walks slowl,
very slowly across the floor. On
hand is very deep in his trouser
pocket, the other deep in his rave
locks
well! The Dublin girl is diffe,
ent. dye see!"
Nov. Mr.. Brook-Kelly, Is tn
American girl more beautiful tina
the Dublin girl. or is she not?"
Brook-kelly looks heavenwarf
Then he said: 1.-THE Dublin girl
more beautiful than the Boston cir
Oh, much more beautiful"
Have you been to New York, M
Kelly?"
mo. Boston's the only place Nv
neen IN. I'm going to New York mex
~. I'm curious about New York. Whe
people ask me II I like Boston an
say yes they always reply with
Wait till you see New York;, RI