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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

The efforts of President Wilson tt
secure peaceful settlement of the
troubles between this country and
Mexico through his personal repre-;
sentative, John Lind, have so far beer
unavailing. Huerta, the provisional
president of Mexico. continues to re-
fuse to discuss the situation with Mr.
Lind because the United States re.
fuses to recognize the Huerta govern.
,nert.
The situation, however, has no.
been complicated by the plan thu
President has made use Of to place thu
proposals of the United States befor,
the Mexican officials. The course wa,
unquestionably wise one and indi
Gates the peaceful attitude of thi,
country toward its troubled neighbor
BY calmly discussing the situation
with Mexican officials Mr.. Lind will b,
able to inform the United States gov.
eminent of the situation without com
hitting the administration in any way
With the information in hand, thu
President will be better able to deter.
mine what policy to pursue hereafter
That any serious trouble will arts,
with Mexico seems improbable. TIL,
only condition on which serious troubl,
could arise would be through unrea
sonableness on the part of the Mex
lean officials. The thinking people o
Mexico know that the United States
is as anxious as they are to have tn,
differences between the two countries
settled amicably. In the event Of al
insulting position on the part o
Huerta it is scarcely probable that tn,
people of Mexico would sustain him
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
THE PRESS AND THE CATHOLIC
FEDERATION,

The press throughout the country
last week gave the public a very gen.
erous account and opened their COL
umns very freely in reporting and rec
ognizing the convention of the FEEDER
alton of Catholic Societies which met
in Milwaukee.
The Catholics of the country appre-
ciate this very courteous treatment
and recognition from the public press
and are ever ready to believe in the
generosity and "Reminiscences of the
distinguished body of American citi-
zenship represented by the press of
the country. 1t is only here and there
that we are reminded by a lonesome
cry that bigotry and narrowness still
exist and these cries come from quar-
tiers which would not be disgraced by
being called scurrilous sheets and
would only be honored by being made
the subject of attack-or attention.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
ADJOURNMENT OF PARLIAMENT

The adjournment of Parliament has
found the Asquith ministry in 8
stronger position than it has been be.
fore for months. The Irish party
therefore. has good reason to be in high
spirits. The Marconi scandal gave the
Tories a strong leverage which they
used to the best of their ability to-
ward ousting the ministry. AS il
proved, Lloyd George and the others
implicated demonstrated clearly thai
they were not taking advantage o1
their official positions to increase tteil
fortunes. That proof broke down the
force of the Tory arguments. The re.
suit has been that the trouble passed
without serious harm to the Liberals
For the Irish party the most seri-
GUS crisis of decade and more Ii
approaching. The time for the fina,
reading of the Home Rule bill is not
many months distant The party car
i'll afford to approach that crisis with
power impaired. Any falling of of the
majority with which the party started
on the measures it is trying to have
passed would be eagerly used as an
argument against the passage of the
Home Rule bill, the plural voting bill
and the WEIGH bill.
That these bills will pass is not
questioned. Only some unfortunate
circumstance can now forestall the
plans of the government. 1t behooves
those who believe that Home Rule
will be an improvement over the pres
ent form of government for Ireland to
stand firmly by the party at this time
The moral support of the country was
never more needed than now. With
the party intact and the moral sup.
port of the people behind it, half Of
the danger in the approaching crisis
will be eliminated.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
SUFFRAGE FANATICS,

Whatever ones opinion may be in
the question Of the right Of women
to vote, he must find it hard to sup.
press a feeling Of disgust at the
thought Of the tactics exercised by
the suffragets Of England. The eff.
forts of those so-called ladies under
the leadership Of Sylvia Pankhurst
to take by storm the home of Premier
Asquith in Downing street, London,
would be humorous If it did not re-
tlect on the dignity Of woman.
The excited speeches of the ':mili.
tants." the encounters with the po.
lice. the arrests and the self-imposed
starvation as a means of getting out
Of Jail are incidents that reflect on
the character Of the women con.
!cerned.
Love, patience and prudence won
more battles than force. or war as II
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
A CHANGE OF FORTUNE.

The Registrar General of Ireland has
just published his annual report, the
most significant report made since
official records of deaths, births and
emigration have been made in Ireland.
In 1S41 the population was 5000, 200;
a decade later after the ravages Of
famine and the drain of emigration
Ireland lost two millions of her sons
and daughters. During this decade
famine stalked abroad - landlord
made famine and those who did not
die Of actual starvation fell prey to
the ravages Of diseases to which a con-
dition Of general debility made them
susceptible. There was but one al
teration-to flee-by the thousands
they crowded on immigrant ships.
The floodtide Of Irish immigration had
set in with no signs of it ebbing until
this date. *
For three scores Of years Ireland
saw> her children leave for foreign
shores: each decade witnessed fur
Their shrinkage until the total popula-
ton was reduced to 4,ss4,71o. The
last report shows a gain in the birth
rate over deaths and emigration. The
fiscal year ending June 80, 1912, shows
an increase Of 1902. During the same
period deaths from all causes were the
lowest for Ireland since 1871. The in
FAINT mortality rate for 1912 was Sc per
1000. the lowest ever recorded for
Ireland. The prospects of an Irish
Parliament in Dublin coming at a
! time when Ireland's population il q,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
EARLY IRISH LITERATURE.

That Ireland possessed a literature
distinctly her own at an early period
in her civilization, is a fact admitted
by historians. Hundreds of years be-
fore the English language had devel-
oped out Of the many languages OF
which it is formed, Ireland swarmed
with writer's who, gave expression to
original thoughts and ideas that are
readable even when translated into the
strange tongue that has since come
into existence. Whiting on the sub
ject of early Irish Literature, DIR.
Douglas Hyde says:
There are two points about the ma
tive literature Of ireland which en-
tirely differentiate it from the rest of
the vernacular literatures of Europe.
Greek excepted. The first of these is
the Extraordinarily early period at
which it took its rise. and the enor-
nous length Of time during which it
fourished. The other is the absolute
originality of this literature, which
was self-evolved. which was utterly
unaffected by classic models, and in
the syntax Of which scarcely trace
is to be found of those Latinisms upon
which are really founded and built up
so many othersfsi modern languages.
Ireland's wonderfully copious and ex-
traordinarily early literature is, with
out doubt. her greatest glory; but its
very witness of flavor and strange
extravaganza of manners are likely
sometime to render. it Of only mode
rate !. 'nt ,' s. s. rsaaeE q
than to readers of other languages
although it can never fail to be pi-
quaint and delightful,to the literary
connoisseur, who is sure to be capti-
waited by its unique originality"
Today the aim Of every writer is
originality. The success of the writer
of fiction depends largely on the pres
entation of the story. There Is an
abundance of themes in which the
world will never cease to be interested
Originality in the presentation of them
is all that is needed to win for the
writer success. Not new ideas, but
new ways Of presenting the old ones is
what counts. 3ss> ...w
In this respect Irish writer's of many
centuries ago were successful. They
did not initiate the classics. They
struck out on path of their own
The writer who can do today what
those early writer's did in their time
has an unlimited field open to him fol
the winning of his laurels. A study OF
the ancient literature Of Ireland should
be valuable help to the aspiring au-
thor of our own time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
CIVILIZATION or IRELAND.

In an able series of papers in the
Columbiad on the Political Character
of the Celt," Charles H. Mccarthy,
Phi. D., professor of American History
at the Catholic University. has de-
scribed some of the Interesting char
acteristics of the Irish people and the
conditions of their development. Re-
terring to the civilization of ancient
Ireland Professor MCCARTHY says:
1T is idle to speculate on the civil
ization of ancient Ireland. Even II her
shores had never been stained by
crimson conquest. Irish art and Irish
learning might have persisted amidst
the strife of factions. On the other
hand. the aesthetic spirit that filled
her early years with promise might
have fostered the national genius and
have produced civilization as dis
tinct in kind as were those Of Greece
and Rome. No man knows to what
degree Of excellence It would have at
tanned. Animal structures have been
accurately sketched from remains that
appeared insignificant. but the edifice
of civilization cannot be reconstruct
ed from broken and scattered frag-
ments. These. indeed. testify to the
art, but they tell little Of the plan OF
the builders. Only one fact is GER
tain. Irish civilization. which we be-
lieve was destined to become a thing
Of grandeur, was permanently injured
by the invading Danes. Under the
Anglo-Normans it lansuished and,
long before its efflorescence. died out.
To the modern world the epoch OF
Irish art and learning seems as old az
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
THE WOMEN WHO WORK.

A sight which will make the aver
age person think may be witnessed at
any free employment bureau through
the medium Of which the women who
toll with their hands are given work.
These organizations are to be found in
any city of considerable size, and it
may be added that they serve a
worthy purpose.
Go to any of them and there you
will See women sitting in rows, some
of them talking, some of them silent,
but few engaged in sewing or knit
ting some article they have brought
with them for that purpose. While
they wait for something to do that
will offer them remuneration they
utilize their time by doing something
for their needy families at home, per-
haps, or making some article that they
may sell. These are the women who
do not know ease or luxury. They
only know what the meaning of labor
is. They perform it without complain
ing. Their only wish is to get some
thing to do that will bring them
enough to live on meagerly. Their Joy
is the joy of toll. Their rest is the
rest of mind that comes with the as
surance that they will have an oppor-
tunity to earn their living honestly.
We may praise our soldiers for their
valor and our great men for the keen
ness Of their intellect, but where is
our praise for the working woman
who goes about silently day after day
fighting her battles with the world
alone? These women have few to COM
fort them in their weary hours, few
to tell them that they are doing we'll,
few to encourage them to keep I'D the
good. honest fight for a livelihood.
Those who are we'll off, who do not
need the praise are the ones who get
it; those who need money and need
cheering too often get neither.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
WHAT Is A FORTUNE?

What is a fortune? The term is
used frequently, but like the word
"heat" and the word Large" and many
other similar indefinite words, it
means something different for each
person that uses it. The word for
tune is relative. II a millionaire in
herited thousand dollars no one
would think of saying he inherited a
fortune. If a washerwoman who
earned her daily bread by the labor
of her hands inherited that amount no
one would think of applying any other
Term A9aAt. =, ,.,s. !.
In thescase OF the WELL to-do person
fortune means something very dis
tinct from what it would mean to a
person in dire poverty. In the mind
of every one fortune may be said
to mean great wealth in comparison
with what the person possesses. But
this definition is no clearer, because
here we have the indefinite word great
WV SuAAOt soy lAdL IL Il0duS l0Il
times more wealth than the person
possesses or twenty times more. We
must leave it indefinite because it is
all matter of opinion and the opinion
of the Individual will depend entirely
on what he has been accustomed to.
Here we are confronted by the ques-
ton Of how far wealth contributes to
the happiness of the individual. A
thousand dollars will contribute but
little to the happiness of the million
aire, but it will contribute very largely
to the happiness of the person in pow
erty. 1t is evident. then, that wealth
itself cannot make happiness. Happi-
ness does not consist in acquiring any
certain thing or any fixed amount OF
money. 1t simply consists in advance
ing each day toward worthy end to
which we aspire
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

Patrick WEIGH Of Boston was elect
ed vice president Of the Society OF
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists in convention here this
week. Mr.. WEIGH is an old member
Of the association and recognized for
his ability in his line Of work. James
B. Shay. superintendent Of parks. Bos-
ton. was one Of the men in the Bos-
ton delegation. who was instrumental
in having the convention go to that
city next year. It might be added that
from the names of the men in the Bos-
ton delegation it would be hard to
tell whether they came from Boston
or direct from Ireland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

priests, over fourteen thousand
churches, nearly one and half mil
lion parish school children and a Cath
Ollie population Of over fifteen millions.
Including Porto Rico. Alaska, the
Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines,
the total Catholic population under
the American flag is over twenty -four
millions. That is a remarkable record
of growth since the adoption of the
Constitution.
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Two Of Thorn.

A Judge and counsel being upon in
different terms, a client of the coun-
sells making his appearance at the
bar with his jaw terribly swelled, the
Judge remarked:
"Mr. -. this client Of yours would
make an excellent counsel, for he's all
Jaw" which set the court in roar
Of laughter against the counsel. On
silence being restored the counsel re.
marked:
my lord. think he would make a
better Judge, for his jaw 10 all on one
side"
This retort turned the laugh against
the Judge. and from that day they
were on the best terms of friendship.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

There IL noticeable laxity in the
attendance Of Catholics at mass on
holydays Of obligations. While they are
taught and know that it is as import
ant for them to go to mass on holy
days as on Sundays. many Catholics
seem to overlook the obligation. The
excuse often made is II forgot" That
should not be an excuse. What is i'm
portant should not be SO easily for
gotten. Holy days are few In num-
Der. Attention is always called tc
them the Sunday preceding. In most
churches an early mass. is celebrated
to enable working people to attend
before going to work. It may require
Il little sacrifice to attend mass, but
only . little. The effort will soon be
forgotten and the good accomplished
VIII long remain to bless the doer.
-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

The three hundredth anniversary OF
the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice
of the mass In the state of Maine was
observed at Bar Harbor, August 6. II
Catholics are damper to the prog
ress OF this country. as some of the
opponents Of the Church assert, they
at least were on the job early. And
strangely enough, In spite Of all that
has been said against the Church, it
has flourished in this country as no
other denomination has.
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lains for the French army.

80
II you desire to be we'll armed with
arguments to meet the attacks on
your religion by bigots and imposters,
just clip out and keep the great ad-
dress made by Archbishop ireland at
Milwaukee. We printed it in full in
our last issue. -
Governor Sulzer. Of New York, is
impeached by the legislature, and
Lieutenant Gov. Martin H. Glynn be-
comes governor until the case is
cleared up. Mr.. Glynn is a Catholic.
The great Irish tenor, John McCor-
mack, sang before King Edward in
Convent Garden, London, last week.
The Sacred Congregation of Rites
has been. discussing the advisable
ness of introducing the case of the
beatification of the venerable SER
want of God, Bernadette soubirous,
the seer of the visions Of the Ma
donna that originated the famous
shrine of Our Lady Of Lourdes. 1t
is expected that the Pope will soon
ratify the action Of the congregation.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

The tremendous advances made by
the Catholic Church in the United
states is the most potent argument
e can be advanced y. show the
Wosth Of tics Church to the nation
The diocese. Of Baltimore. the oldest
II the United States. was created in
17ss: The diocese extended from
Maine 70 the Mississippi and to the
Ohio river. The total Catholic popu-
letion q that territory at the time
49, shout $4,000. Today there are in
ne United States three resident car
s9dinal fourteen archbishops. one hum
re Bishops; about eighteen thousand
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

Sunday evening the new Immacu-
late S~Conception school will be opened
to the public for inspection. The
school is modern in every respect and
will offer the advantages of a Cath
Ollie education to hundreds of children
Of the parish. Catholic parent.
should show their interest III It b,
turning out to see the finished struc.
ture, At the formal opening.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
Hibernian Athletic Sports Attract
Monster Crowd to St. Thomas
College Athletic Grounds.
Second Annual Field Day of A. o. H.
of Ramsey and Hennepin
a Grand Success.
Former Mayor Daniel w. Lawler
Urges Necessity of Hibernian
Club House and
Gymnasium.

The second annual Hibernian field
day, under the auspices Of the Divi-
sions of Hennepin and Ramsey coun-
ties. attracted an immense crowd to
st. Thomas College athletic grounds,
where the contests were held last
Sunday afternoon-fully 5000 visitors
witnessed the various contests. The
competition was sharp and the riv-
airy keen owing to the large number
Of entries for each event. The silver
cup presented by Otto Bremen to the
winners in the tug of war was won
by the representatives of Ramsey
county.
The team from each county consist
ed of ten men. The st. Paul team
appeared much heavier, than those of
Minneapolis and were easy victors.
In the field events George Clark and
M. L. Powers of st. Paul tied for first
place in winning the greatest number
Of individual points. A silver cup for
the contestant having the greatest
number of points was offered by DR..
D. G. Jones, coroner of Ramsey coun-
ty. The dancing contests were lin
tied to the men contestants as the la
dies did not enter this contest as ex-
pected.
The awards were made to J. J. Fem
Ian Of st. Paul, first place; Patrick
Kenncy, Of st. Paul, second. and Bar
~ Mccormick. Of Kellogg, third. At
the conclusion of the dancing contest
the Judges T. D. Murphy Of Minneap-
oils, Jerry Haggerty and Phil Byrne,
Of st. Paul, danced three hand reel.
Former Mayor Daniel w. Lawler of
st. Paul addressed the visitors. His
address contained short history of
Irish athletics, the interest taken by
the Irish people in athletic sports, and
the success they have attained in
athletic contests. He urged the ne
4, cessity of a Hibernian club house and
gymnasium, not alone for the MEM
bers themselves, but for the young
1rishmen who come to the cities and
are without place to find congenial
companionship.
During the entire afternoon appro-
PIRATE Irish music was furnished by
the band, which was seated in a band
stand in front of the stadium. The
excellence Of st. Thomas College ath-
letic grounds, the ease and comfort
with which a crowd may be enter
tanned, the friendly spirit of rivalry
and the interest of the visitors In the
athletic events all combined to make
the second annual Hibernian field day
both successful and entertaining.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

The season of conventions is near
ing it's close. The delegates should
not forget to devote the remainder of
the year to putting into effect the
resolutions they helped to adopt.
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MoNrANA's GENEROUS DONATION


The state Of Montana through its
generous and loyal sons Of the Gael
has contributed 'Lkse to the Gaelic
League. The league has done much
in the past few years toward the re-
vival of the Irish language The ian
guage is now taught in hundreds OF
schools throughout the country. The
press is busy turning out Irish publ
cations. Irish writer's are exploring
and researching f6f everything con-
nected with Irish poetry, fiction, art
and the drama. an Irish Literature is
in process of formation distinctly
Irish in character. shistory and tone.
Making a knowledge of Irish one OF
the necessary requirements for en-
trance into the Irish National Univer-
sity will do more than all else to put
the teaching OF the Irish language on
a scientific basis.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23

in the writings of the foremost Social
lists. Suffice it to quote Bebel, the
great German Socialist, who said:
Religion will be abolished without at
tack or force. Religion will naturally
perish. 1t is a transcendent reflection
of the existing social order"