The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-05-15

-, an instructive decreScendO, or II
you are not familiar with Italian must.
cal terms, let us call it come down."
for whether you run him down the
hill to Doyle, or up the crescendo to
Doctor Conan Doyle, you always find
the word Doyle at the top or at the
bottom. In other words, the last anal
ysis of these names and their pedantic
title is just Doyle, Irish Doyle. It is
an Irish name, and Conan, despite his
poses, is just common Irish. He Is
not even O'Doyle or McDoyle, much
less that most glorious Ito him) of
Gods most perfect handiwork, an En-
glishman. Conan would like to be an
Englishman, and were life "Pina-
fore" he would be an Englishman
''for he himself has said it." But alack
the day! Conan has daubed himself
all over out of the wrong bottle, with
the result that he has not been trans
formed into bird, soaring eagle, an
imperial chanticleer Of England's do.
main, busying himself ever with crow
ing the live-long day whenever the
sun bobs up with grin all over her
broad and ill-gotten acres, but 10 and
behold you, he has transformed him
self into jingoist, who believes that
by denouncing the Irish in America
he can win royal favor even if it is at
the cost of Irish respect and common
decency. His articles which appeared
in the Strand Magazine give evidence
of the spleen with which he expresses
himself. The "Hibernian," a monthly
magazine published in Ireland and de-
voted to the common interests of the
Hibernians in Ireland and America,
has taken this English author with
an Irish name to task.
Conan Doyle is a superb writer of
fiction. His romances are so rich
with the leaven of remote possibilities
as to suggest the solidity of realism,
and his readers are carried on the
wings of his fancy to understand that
they are coming into contact with ac-
Qualities arrayed for spectacular pur-
poses with the adornments of a novel
lists imagination. And Conan is not
reluctant to display his capacity for
making such fiction appear mightier
than fact. His pen is mightier than
the sword, for it has slain it's thou
sands-of regulations. His latest ex-
plot reveals him in new aspect,
one which will probably increase his
admirers amongst those who would
feed fat the ancient grudge" they har.
bour against the Irish race for pre-
suming to exist, for it provides them
with a regular feast of Juicy, tooth
some reading which will give stimu.
lus to their jaded appetites. The
"Strand Magazine" is the cauldron
upon which he cooks this dish of
malignant calumny, under the head.
ing of "The Valley of Fear" Oh,
great is the pen of Conan! Shades OF
Munchauser and Ananias, tremble
for your laurels! Conan would
snatch them from your brows and
seems determined to achieve celebri
ty as the most stupendous prevari
Gator begotten since mankind made
the Garden of Eden vale of tears
Under thin veil of disguise, but
which is transparent enough to reveal
his purpose, he assails the American
A. o. H. in manner which, to put
it mildly, is atrocious. No one car
doubt what is referred to in his can
cient Order of Freemen," which he rep
resents as an organization which de
votes its time to debauchery, black
mail, and murder. When Over
O'Moore was Chief of the Defenders
the precursors of the A. o. H., tn,
Government. offered large rewards TO
his capture, dead or alive, and tina
capture they effected through tn
treachery of traitor, on Corne,
Doyle. Is it possible that Corney i
one of Conan's ancestors? The clos
similarity of the names makes on
think of O'Connell's allusion to Dis
raeli as the lineal descendant of tn
thief who died impenitent on tn
cross, and to wonder If there is
similar relationship between Coz
ney and Conan.
Here is a pretty sample of his wa
of viewing the doings of our people i
America, through his medium, 9Th
Ancient Order of Freemen":-
"On a Saturday night McMurd
was introduced to the Lodge. He ha
thought to pass in without ceremon
as being an initiate of Chicago; bu
there were particular rites in Vermi
sa of which they were proud, an
these had to be undergone by ever
postulant. In the bare a
sembly room the men were gathere
round a long table. At the side WI
a second one laden with bottles an
glasses, on which some members
the company were already turni1
their eyes. McGinty sat at the hes