Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
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"'H'S hEhIN'NlALl WAlalGl(s)
DUBLIN While mon
ere busily engaged In their own prl-
Nate concerns here and women are
enjoying themselves for Irish wo.
men know better, | think. than any
women | have ever met, how to en-
JOY themselves best and to look
most charming while doing 10, no
body but freshly arrived stranger
would be deceived by appearances
There is an undercurrent OF appre-
hension ana mystery that every nov
and then sweeps to the top.
But Dublin shows a gay and pros
porous face. The smart shops are
full OF the latest Paris clothes, there
are no women working at mems
Jobs, no street car .ConduotreAses or
girl ticket collectors. no sturdy w
a. A. C's industriously engaged on
the nations business. In the res
taurants there is plenty TO eat Mt
moderate prices. we had chicken and
ham for lunch with butter and bread
set on the table free. | bought the
half OF an Ardagh cheese in n little
shop for 30 cents a pound and was
offered as much butter as | wanted
Mt the same price. There is no rn
tloninR In Ireland. voluntary or com
pulsory. except OF sugar, but even
sugar Is not scarce, for the con
feetlonery shops are full Of cakes
and candles made OF sugar. not
honey or molasscs as In London. In
many ways Dublin reminded me OF
poace-time Paris, particularly the
pretty girls lettering In the fashion
able toa rooms dressed In fragile
modlsh clothes. Irish ombroileries
md taTGg nd - ~. .I,,
for prices which seem ridiculouEly
low after London. But the Irish
people constantly complain Of the
high and rising prices OF both food
and clothing.
A little checked by this ingenious
show OF prosperity and irrltatcd by
the polite attentions OF strong. able
bodied men OF military age fusslng
among heaps of handkerchiefs on
sale in/ one OF the big linen shops. !
was taken aback by the quiet rc.
marks OF n girl who WAS showing
me some exquisite Irish hand EN-
broidered lingerie, had asked her
3f she could give me any bargains
said | was anxious to get something
really cheap, my dormant shopping
instincts suddenly famed to life
~Oh, well. since you ask I might az
well let you have this" and she
drew out n lovely garment cncrust-
ed with handworkN and baby Irish
lace. "Ye can have II at half price,
and why not7 like as not In a weeks
time none Of MS will he here to buy
or sell at all"
What do you mean" asked
"a German invasion2"
"oh, maybe that, too" she admit
ted absently.
The determination TO resist con-
Bcription pervades even counter
4 chatter
was having afternoon tea In
little upstairs room and noticed
somo pretty girls working In mll-
liner shop acroEs the courtyard
They were sewing strips OF green
yellow and white silk, A party ot
customers entered and the girls
quickly tucked their work beneath
the cushions OF their chairs and
caught UP hat frames and bonnet
trimmings. over which they bent In
dustrlously. But IN a moment the
customers had passed some sign, for
out came the flags--emblems OF
Sim Feln--to be admired by all Or
ders have gone out all over the coun-
try 20 make bandages,
While all these preparations are
going on there Is at least one sec.
ton OF women In Ireland which CON
tinues It's work serenely. This IL the
Society Of United Irish Women Here
regardless of politics, religion or
birth (and In Ireland the three are
taken In this order). women arc
steadily working toward the better