Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-18
Pots of Real Shamrock Con.
stitute Chief Feature of
Table Decoration.
BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD
OF THE EMERALD ISLE
Time Declared to Be Coming When
Irish People Will Control
-. Own Destiny.

tunes of Erin and America for entertain
nent after the feast. the Shamrock Clut
and its guests celebrated the day of thu
national saint Of Ireland last evening
with n banquet at the Metropolitan Ho
Tel. Grcen-paper stovepipe hats of time
honored pattern. with white .'dudheens'
stuck in the band. were every head. So
that +. ]. Hogan, POSTMASTER. presided
over an assemblaSe whose appearance
would have warmed the good saints
heart could he have been present.
with no weapon but his crosicr. anc
shield but the gospel he invaded the
country that even the Roman legion:
feared to approach and planted on til.
fortress of pagauism the banner of TIL,
Cross" said Rev. Thaddeus oSullivan
in praise of the great churchman.
Made Education Free.
He left to us a priceless heritage OF
sanctity, OF learning and of civilization
lie established true free education more
than a thousand years ago and made Ire
land the school for the princes of Eu-
rope.
ireland is stin Irish and she is COINS
To oe still more So said Representative
dress on Home Rule in Ireland" 1T
has been the policy of England to make
the freshman poor and TO make him lg-
norant Ireland has suffered longer and
more severely than any other prosecuted
country you can name, yet never has she
lost her ideal of national existence and
autonomy, and the time will come when
she will control her own destiny. Inc
strength of her national character Is IN
dfcated by the fact that her conquerors,
No., wis .taa of hn q
ages became more Irish than the Irish
themselves, SO that her national LIE has
persisted TO this very day.
Ulstermen an Exception.
There is one sad exception. however.
and that is the case of the FISHERMEN.
who though backed by more than three
centuries of Irish ancestry, are the coun-
try's worst enemy 7 hope and believe,
however, that-it will not be long until
the dawn for which she has waited SO
long breaks over the island that IS SO
dear to ali of u.s.
In speaking of the growing sympathy
with the wrongs and troubles OF the
Emerald Isle, and the appreciation of the
spirit of the country and of its patron
saint, Toastmaster Hogan said: "A very
few years ago loyal 1rishmen held their
parades and celebrations on this day
amid jeers; now the green is Haunted by
every class. every race and every age
here and all over the world.
Addresses were also delivered by Dan
lei W. O'Donoghue and Representative
Edward Heating of Colorado. John A
Joyce gave some poetic rankings in
terspersed with sentiments In prose.
James ]. Nolan and Richard Smith con-
tributed songs and an orchestra piayed
throughout the dinner TelegraIns and
letters from absent members and in
vited guests who were unable to attend
were read, including Edward J. Hart and
Secretary Tumulty.
Present at the Feast.
among the guests were:
Representative Edward Heating, Repre-
sentative James NJ. Graham, Rev. I
O'Sullivan, F. ]. Hogan. p. ]. Nee, ]. A
Joyce. Daniel w ODouoghue. NJ. p
Sullivan, John Fitzmorris, Michael Don
oboe. Patrick Shusrue. james J; Nolan
William McGuire, Joseph ]. Kelly, Gar
field A Street. Hugh F. Harvey, Rossa
F Downing, d. J. O'Connell. Capt. y
w Sullivan. =. +. Carr, p j. Haltigan
Adam a. Weschler, Charles Newman
J. J. sullivan f. 4. sullivan. A. d. Casey
ming, W. E Young, Roy Rented. John J
Allen, Dennis j. Mccarthy, Mark II
Toban. John ]. Strack, James S. Dusan
NJ T. O'Brien. T. j. Casey, J. 7. Murphy
A. J. Hess. c: A. f,oss, NJ. f. oDono
ghue, Prof Michael Dowd, P j. Drury
Michael = Lynch. Thomas Judge, Her
bert G. Henry, D. F. Driscon, H schlipp
] E. Margner, W. c. Scott. w +. scott
w F. McMurray, c. Zurhorst. T. \
Howard. c. F. King. W. F. Coakley. c
II. Folirner. W. T. Richter. NJ. NJ. Doyle
John A. Kapp, j. R. Johnson, Joseph
Leary. ]. F. Mccarthy, X. \. Collins
John Patrick Collins, John c. keane
Louis Hodges. Vincent Castein. Charles
= Il
Shea George V. Malone, Joseph {. Shee
ny, Henry 5. Baker Gen. Robert G
Smith. Bernie Fitzgerald, d. ]. OConnor
Edward E. Walsh, William F. Columbus
J: II. Rowland. James Mccarthy Charle'
Klaus, L. Seibel, J. W. Lee, w. J. Staub
Peter Latterner. Samuel Hoover Georg
p Killian, a. G. Hermann, Charles F
Hermann. Ferdinand A. Hermann, Franl
=; Graf. Charles P. Stohlman, J. F. Ru
I.rtus F. \. simmons. Thomas Y. Brown
Peter NJ Dorsch, John Corners, K. F
Harvey. John Neligen, Lester o. d
Moore. Frank ?. Kearney, F: V. Crowley
l.ukc ]. Kearuey, G. Percy McGluc. vii
-:iru T. Normoyle, James A. Cahil, JOIN
=. Crowley. Ward Savage, Dr. ". J. Ian
,than. D. J. sullivan, Il. F. Bodlne, +
T. E'rarey, William u. Barry, Franl
.. Ciarkson, John NJ. Becker. Maurice J
FIynn. J. J. Graft. l. NJ Wright, +. j
Whitehead, p. J. Bresnahan, c. +. Bright
The reception committee for the cele
ration was: 7. ]. Nee, Florence Sulli
van, Charles f. Hermann, Richard Col
ms. John A. Knapp, l. NJ. Wright, D. J
sullivan. S. l.. Hoover, D. F. Driscoll
Prof Michael Dowd. j. NJ. Becker ant
=. A. Simmons.
The officers of the Shamrock Club are
T. j. Nee president; John FitZmorris
wee president; Charles F. Hermann
rceasurer; John a. Knapp, secretary, anc
francis A. Simmons. assistant secretary
rrustees-J. NJ. Becker, NJ. P. Sullivan
slId ID. +. Finucane.
Give ''St. Patrick's Dansant."
\ est. Patrick's dansant" is the lates
thing in the dance craze. It happene,
last night at the clubhouse of tn
Washington Lodge of Elks, on I
street, where nearly thousand mem
hers and guests tangoed. The musi
was furnished by section of tn
Marine Band. directed by Arthur Bran
An "oyster cabaret" under charge o