The sun., 1917-01-30
.HARRIGAN CLUB
JOYFUL IN SONG
Old Melodies Revived at An
nuaI Dinner of Multi
gan Guards.
BARS DOWN FOR WOMEN
Greatest Gathering Of Real
Clan Ever Seen, According
to Joe Humphries.
BARS DOWN FOR WOMEN

We'd gather in the evening, all honest
And sit on Paddy puny's cart-no one
All seated in the moonlight, laughing mid
Its rays
1 love to talk OF old New York and Of my
boyish days.
The gray haired boys who never grow
old. middle aged youngsters to whom
Dan Mulfgan and Old Lavender are but
names out of the past. and "ladies all
too young to have any recollection of
the songs we sing to-night"-quoting
the programme-were marshalled by the
Mulligan Guards of Greenwich Village
in the Amsterdam Opera House last
night. 1t was the annual beefsteak din
ner and song revival wherewith the
Guards and the Harrigan Club keep
green-shamrock green-the memories
of Edward Harrigan, Tony Hart. Dave
Braham and the other immortals of
Harrgan and Hart and the days when
topical songs were really songs and
not a bit sloppical.
For the first time the Harriganites,
who founded the guards and the club.
invited their women folk to eat and sing
with them. The response was so unex-
pectedly liberal that $50 persons ap-
peared where only 400 were expected.
and Beefsteak Jimmy Eagleton had to
send out for more ammunition.
Parade Beneath ShakOs.
~ The guards paraded beneath shakos
with battle axes On shoulders. while the
orchestra set thS old timers and y4ung
timers stamping with "Dinny Grady s
Hack Along the balcony flashed golden
harps on green shields. Above the stage
wings were pictures Of Harrigan and
Hart,
THE greatest gathering of the rea
clan ever seen." rasped Joe Humphries
founder of the Harrigan Club, which
started on the East Side and caused th'
Guards to shoulder arms in Greenwich
Village. THE name of Edward Harri
gan will live forever" yelled Announce
Humphries through another chink in thu
music, and both Mr.. Humphriss ant
the orchestra were instantly lost II
clamor from the Ahearns. the ONeils
the Caseys, the Hogans. the McCarthys
the O'Donovans. and likewise from th
Schwabs. the Lichtenstadters and tn
| Doschers who sat in as members OF tn
happy family.
! All the men were wearing paper plul
hats. some black, some green, and al
| the women green bonnets. Everybod
| had a toy balloon. A Fenian uprisin
! of hats. bonnets and balloons made MI
| Humphries acquainted with the fac
| that his words were appreciated.
For a while there was paid vaudevill
on the stage. That was well enough
But 1t was nothing to what happene'
when Jack Coleman mounted chai
where every one could see him and sang
Behind the grammar school house. in
| double tenement.
l live with my old mother, and always pa
! the rent:
A bedroom and a parlor Is all we call ou
And you're welcome every evening a
Maggie Murphy's home.
Led by Joe Sparks.
More than 500 men and women sine
ing Ned Harrigan's old songs Is melod
worth travelling miles TO hear. The
Jack Coleman jumped from the '70s
the '9Os and led the chorus throug
"Sweet Rosie O'Grady" and 1.-TWO Lift
Girls In Blue" which were not Harr
gan's but were appreciated just II
same. "The Sidewalks Of New Yori
came next, and then Jack Coleman d.
scended from his chair, and from
stage box stepped youth of 60 yea
or so In frock coat beneath beamir
face.
Joe Sparks, II YOU please. who unde
. studied Harrigan in all his parts al
. himself played from time to time evel
one of them except Old Ldrender-ti
, only member of the original Mulligs
|, Guards who is still active in these part
= Behind him trooped Jack Colema
. Johnny Casey, Johnny Nestor and john
a Carroll, all true Harriganites from q
Village. The orchestra slambanged
few bars, stopped and then trotted aloi
i. with an accompaniment while Joe Spar
!, lifted his tenor voice and sang,
: We crave your condescension, We'll t
YOU what we know
= the Seventh ward below.
: Our captains name was Hussey, II
= perary man;
He carried his sword ike a Russian Du
= whenever he took command.
e We shouidered guns and marched a
n marched away;
d with drums and hfe how sweetly they I
u play.
MulIlgan Guards,
: Joe Sparks's quartet caught up
i chorus and the diners caugth It frt
them. Nothing would do then exec
!. .Joe Sparks giving them ''The Wild
Nolan's Goat" Wheel the Baby Ol
and so many more of Ned Harriga
lie songs that at least one guest Of
m Guards bew wailed the habit morning new
n papers have OF going to press abe
midnight.