The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-10
(By H. Russell Stannard.)

ent she has kept Armageddon at
sufficient distance not to make life
depressing.
You have only to spend few days
in Dublin to enjoy freedom from
war restrictions such as some neutral
countries in Europe do not know to-
day.
Food? Plenty of it. Meat coupons,
butter coupons? Nothing of the sort.
Beer? Not so much as there used to
be, but still-enough. Spirits?' Any
amount. Ask the waiter for whisky
and soda, and he comes along grin
ming with a bumperful-a double
Irish or Scotch, and if you tell him
you only wanted a small one he will
look hurt.
"AIl glasses empty by 2:5o, please %
Ridiculous. A great joke in Dublin is
that complaints have been made that
you cannot get a drink before seven
in the morning!
All blinds down at night? Certain
ly not-and so on.
And you ask them why they do not
like the Man-Power Bill!
eve are all fighting men in Ire
land" says a Nationalist leader to you
with enthusiasm. you won't find
many conscientious DIRECTORS in Ire
land. We are more of a fighting race
than the Welsh or the Scotch or the
English. Our young men like to
fight. But give us something to fight
for. Give us an Irish Parliament and
you'll have all the volunteers you
want-but no CONSUMPTION"
| Eyes, we know how England is suf-
fering," says a clever young Irish Of
fetal, land we are deeply sorry, but
ever since 1856"
But all democracy is in this wal
against Kaiserism, interrupt.
'"The masses in all the belligerent
countries had nothing to do with
causing this war;" he replied. "It was
engineered by the governing classes
But have you read Prince bich-
nowsky's memorandum I ask.
ooh! have read extracts" he says;
leach side accuses the other. So far
as Ireland is concerned, ever since
1856
A party of gay young men who were
driving to the races at Phoenix Park
were hailed with shouts in Gaelic by
some peasant women who were stand
ing by the side of the road. I asked
my jarvey what they were calling.
Sure it's Y QUILL have to go they're
saying" he answered. They've
heard that CONSUMPTION is coming, and
want the separation allowances You
see, they'll be better off than they've
ever been before" Which, after all
is one good reason why some people
in Ireland would not mind conscrip-
ton.
You can't help getting that pre-wal
feeling after twenty-four hours II
Dublin. You feel it everywhere, save
when you look into the faces of the
Irish wounded in the streets. Look
into a. show window and you viii
see a picture of THE Hero of the
Hour" the lean, ascetic face of Mr.
de Valera Read the Dublin papers
and you enter into the spirit of the
political days of old. Giant headlines
about the no-Popery campaign, stir
ring leading articles about the unity
of Ireland lesser articles about still
more local politics. The war news il
there, of course, more prominent!
displaved in some than in others. The
great Freeman's Journal gives it mod
est single column headings just now
reserving the big type for the defenct
of the Hierarchy.
Never was there such political unity
It is strange to see the familiar Brit
ish war posters about food and wal
III anna 10 for vnl7Yn.
teers conspicuous and not defaced
and to see British soldiers walking
down Sackville street just as if it wer'
the Strand During the few days o.
nv last visit [ saw not one unfriendl!
sign towards our fighting men from
the groups of young men who wer'
discussing CONSUMPTION at the stree
corners.
You see some wonderful crowds a
the race meetings. At Phoenix Parl
last Saturday week there were hun
dreds of horsed vehicles drawn VI
outside the entrances, and all TIL
Young men of Dublin and neighbor
! hood seemed to be there having ;
real good time.
It was a beautiful spring day, ant
the young men were in their hes
, clothes and looking fit for anything
When one of the 'Gbookies' in tn
r peoples enclosure failed to pay III
a Won should have seen the mass forma
r tons that surrounded him and drov
+ him through the turnsti1e.
I Life goes on in the old leisurel
, way, only things are more prosperous
4 If it ~were not for the petrol restric
: tons there would be really very 1ittl
: to grumble about. The jaunting-car
are kept busy, what with the holida
makers and the races, and the jarvey
4 make good money.
= It is true there are two meatles
\ DAVIS. but these have been bravely en-
= dured. You can have bacon for break
4 fast in the hotels-that is if you car
C to wait until half-past ten, and som
g people debut there is a great scar
: city of lam and marmalade, and visit
: ors must bring their own sugar.
= But these troubles have not cause
:. any unrest. Worse things might haI
s en-. The Germans may get to tn
/, Channel ports, but as Dublin door
n keeper assured me, THAT won't mat
d ter-the English fleet will be Their
g Sure, if we've got to die we'll die
8 ould Ireland"
y It is at nightfan that one feels one
= self really back into the spring {
t 1914-those perfect moonlit evening
). when all the world save Ireland was
Y peace and there was not so much as
s whisper of war in the stir of tt
! breezes. ~
q mr. -+-aa+ 1.y,,1s are IA f7,a 81
n windows are bright with unshade