The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-18
PATRON Of ERIN
PAID HOMAGE BY
MANY THOUSANDS
Sons and Daughters Of
Green Isle Revere Mem
ory of First Bishop
of Ireland
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
BY BISHOP HANNA
Parade to Cathedral Where
Mass Is Celebrated
Other Features

has contributed largely in holding to-
gether Irish people for centuries had
It's expression yesterday on the birth
day of Ireland's patron saint Sons
and daughters of Erin in San Fran
cisco defied rain and storm to recall
and pay tribute to his memory and
proclaim their faith in HIS teaching
Of fidelity to their church and devotion
to its ideals.
Wherever English speaking people
co. declared Bishop Edward J. Hanna
in his ST. Patrick's day oration, "there
will be the sons of Patrick to give to
the people of the land that higher In
heritance without which no nation can
succeed for long"
Irish loyalty breeds sympathy with
the celebration of st. Patrick's day, and
so on March II every one wears bit
Of green ribbon or sprig OF sham
rock. Yesterday was no exception to
the rule. The Valencia theater, where
the afternoon celebration by the An
cient Order of Hibernians and Affilf-
dotted with signs of the famous color
of the Emerald isle.
THEATER WAS PACKED
City officials, superior judges. priests
Of the Catholic church and officials of
the Irish societies sat on the platform
and Joined their enthusiasm with that
of an audience which packed the thea
ter to its doors
But the crowning glory of the day
came in the evening when the upper
third of the ferry tower blazed forth
with green lights. and. ssrmounting it,
shone a SO inch bali of green luminos-
ity. with 60 green lights along the
fagpole From the sides of the tower
1915" was outlined in the same color.
c. P. Stanton, chief engineer for the
harbor commission, arranged the
scheme
Through streets, the store windows
of which displayed green flags, the ST.
Patricks' day procession passed on its
way yesterday morning to St Mary's
cathedral for high mass. The parade
formed at Hibernia hail. asa Valencia
street, and from there a long line of
Irish societies, Irish rifle companies
and automobile floats moved to Van
Ness avenue and toward the cathedral.
FEATURES OF PARADE
William Boyle, president OF the day,
headed the line of march with his off,
GERS, p. B. Mahoney being grand mar
shall, with Major Charles J. Collins at
the head Of the TIibernia rifles The
and acted as escort to the central fea-
ture. a huge float decorated in the pre-
vailing colors, in which rode 80 young
women costumed to represent Ireland's
80 counties
The cathedral was reached at $50
o'clock. and the entire assemblage en-
tered to attend the celebration of high
mass. Following the services Rev.
Father J. ]. CantweIl delivered eulogy
on st. Patrick. the founder Of Ireland's
Christianity.
Bishop Edward J. Hanna was the
orator of the day at the afternoon pro-
gram at the Valencia Musical selec-
tions presenting the most famous OF
Ireland's songs were given, and en-
thusiasm rose to high pitch when
Chauncey Olcott. who is appearing at
local theater, came on the stage as
surprise feature. Prolonged applause
greeted him, and his rendition of my
Wild Irish Rose brought on repeated
demands for encores.
BISHOP HANNA's ADDRESS
ireland: the Land OF Destiny" was
Bishop Hanna's topic, his grafton TAX
ing up the fate which forced Ireland
into the lead In the early days of
Christianity and had kept her a power
full and undying force in spite of
centuries of oppression.
That far away green isle in the
bosom of the deep holds no place in
the great congress- of nations" he
said, but in its struggles for liberty
against oppression, and in its work
in spreading the gospel of Christ it
has earned fame Ireland. the land
of saints and scholars, was the teacher
of Europe, and It's name has been
written on one of the proudest pages
of the worlds history.
ireland has been in Christian annals
very island OF destiny, in It's con-
version to the faith and the three
glorious centuries of teaching, and it's
later fight for liberty. Its destiny is
even greater yet for the future.
WORK OF ST. PATRICK
"The shepherd boy, who spent nights
of cold. hunger and misery, turned his
thoughts to God, and the light of God
came around him, and in the school
of suffering he became like the Master.
But after he had gone away from Ire
land voices called him to come back,
until he was finally consecrated a
bishop and sent to the Irish people,
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