The evening world., 1913-05-07
ER|N'SpACEANT
TONIGHT FULL Of
BEAUTY AND SONG
Rehearsal Reveals Grandeur of
the Work-Music an Irish
4 Opera.
FOR GAELIC TONGUE.
Prominent Men and Women Of
the Race Well Drilled in
i Leading Parts.

Twill b Q great night for oM ireland
te-nisht. Not for the battered old sod.
gSosaa BY the heel Of oppression and
tefA ~ dissension over homo rule, but
fss that great and sranA old country
Which In dsrk times held and preserved
ths sesptrs Of oiviisation. The days
when ireland WAS tree. and he'd her own
klaOs 70 rule her. whom music and
pestry-aii the fine arts. we're centred In
the hills Of Tara.
And Incidentally. one Of he finest q
che fine arts was fine AShting. and
thats en- art the Irish never did lose.
Te-nisht there 10 going to be . great
pageant pressatsd at the Gixty.ninth
ASmory. on Lexington avenue between
Twsnty.afth ana TwSnty-sixth strsets
1t's . passant. res: it's IN aiiseory. Ire
. Gaelic grand opsca. thats whas II 10.
IT'S the story Of Finn MacCumhalL
whtcA sverybody Knows means Finn No
Coea. one che granasst Of ell grand
1riehmen.
now FINN Wins At THE FEAST
OF p9I0s
Oh! but Il % Q beautiful thing. 4 fun
sshsarsai Of the dramatic opera was
given last night in the Armory. The
Aiils Of Tara ere sst on Q great big
history. Thsre's the rath, or outsr wall
the mounds rising aoovA and on high
the dun. or the homo q 1seland's high
hing. In the uDs oe Finn. King Coma
was the high king. and the sosns opens
with the Fsis q Tara. TIE fstAsr a
vsan had been the asse chief Of he
rtanna. Or TsnAaAA - thsy we're astss.
ward called.
In this great event. which y q Hal.
iewe'en time. there were contests a I'll
descriptions. The centsstants wers men
Of pedisrss ana msa Of msetis. : IN che
ranks Of the Fsnians were 10000 men.
and they were TIE picked men 0f ireland.
The men Of the high king. They we're
the fighting men OF ireland, they we're
mes OF cast and dtstinction. Not only
ha1 they TO BE- athletes but they must
- scholars ~ we'll. They must Be- poets,
erstors and minstrsls. and possess the
Wit Of extsmpors
Finn wins easily in every contest, and
King Conn II interested. When the king
learns who the victor 10 he makes him
member Of the Fenians, the prize
above ali others which Finn eagerly
sought In the midst Of tho festival
int high king remembers that at this
period Of the year. which IL Samhain.
Allen MacM!dhna, q chleftaln oe In.
tuatha de Daraan, with the wlxardrv a,
the people OF Dana, casts n .p.ii nm
Tars's guards ana sets IN. aur. .nam.
The ngt,v epaNee
'""~
V"Om 'Ve PeST.
me sins ouers the chieftainship of
VIC reh'ahs 10 whoever Will deliver Tara
t'0"' TINS yearly pest. Finn undertakes
'ns Joo ana makes u success Of II. and
ths,s ths end OF the first splsoIe OF the
M pazeant.
"H' Tue story nut the "o'ect OF the
civIIya,ion o: o;a Erin | h.f ,. an, ana
thee wn OF Christianity. The show a
a for the benefit of the Gaelic League
Whilti 10 endeavoriny TO rescue and pef
pstuate the Gaelic language. and
iii 20 dong, bring to the Attention N,
4 the world the beautiful leyenis Of tbs
green little Isle OF the sea. It's an argu
ment for home rule. too, for n shows
hoe. onoe u.s,n u time, Ireland did rul,
herself and shed the light OF her edu.s.
tion. music and song al over the globe.
Tho time OF the Ia geant In set between
the second and sixth centuries. an.
everything that was In ireland at IN,
tine hnds representation In the spec
tscle. The dances OF the time and IN,
costumes OF the time and the musl. o
the time. Kings and queens and thei
sstines come from the various counties
Thsy have real athletes. sons o: Irish
men ana men OF lrish descent. Big Mat
1cssth, the ponce champion. puts tn
MOI ana Nike donovan the old-am
nesvSwei@nt' ID ths King OF huhstel
f - ~ aueen. pesshx hsr MAJ
w ps'uo"' ths A'nx oueeh' VI Mis