The Irish standard., 1919-04-19
National
Presidents
Appeal
SPIRITED LETTER FROM MRS.
MARY McWHORTER, NATIoNAL
PRESIDENT OF LADIES AUX
lllARY, A. o. n.
Chicago, H., April IL, 1919.
Editor, The Irish Standard. 3

Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dear Sir: Please accept my sincere
thanks for the many nice compliments
you paid me in an editorial appearing
in your great paper couple of weeks
ago. trust / have deserved them.
l am sure of one thing at least and
that is, have tried to do my duty by
my kin in Ireland, l have defended
them from the charges made against
them by British propagandists in the
columns of an American subsidized
press during a time when to do so
| meant that one was open to the charge
of treason toward America.
Your own great paper was q valu-
able aid during that trying time and
no doubt at great pecuniary loss for
the stand you took on the Irish Cues
tion must have lost you considerable
advertising and all that, still you new.
er faltered. l trust that Irish America
will prove grateful to you for the great
service you have rendered Ireland,
and, that this grasr1de will take tho
form of large increase in the circula-
tion department. s.s
A'bernian Progress In Minnesota.
! have followed with pride the pro-
gress which the Ancient Order Of Hi-s
bernians and it's Ladies' Auxiliary
have made, and are now making in the
great state Of Minnesota. Ia the La
dies Auxiliary department., with
which ara .familiar, a magnificent
gain in MsiiiI NH 5'.,, 4l nearly
was the respat of taeasra watRs Of Shs- /
ladies under the inspiring leadership
of that great and patriotic organizer,
Mrs. Mary B. Daley, the state presf-
dent, for the two years ending July
1913, and they have now started an
other campaign for membership.
am sure when they could make such
wonderful gain III membership dur
ing the war, and at time when the
Irish question was anything but popu.
lar, what will they not do now when
there is such a revival of the Irish spir-
it all over the land Through the
columns of your great paper I wish to
thank Mrs. Daley. the state president,
the energetic county presidents like
Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Murphy, and Mrs.
Conroy, the members of the state and
county boards, the division presidents,
and every member of the Hibernian
Auxiliary in your great state for tho
splendid manner in which they have
cooperated with me for the honor and
glory Of the Hibernian cause, which
is also the cause of Ireland. hope
God will continue to bless their efforts
in the future as He has in the past.
l am sure, yourself and the mem
bers Of the A. O. H. and L. A. in Min
nesota will be glad to know that pros
poets were never brighter for the two
orders than they are at present. I
have just returned from an extended
trip through the East and it was my
pleasure to speak in crowded halls and
theatres on an average of four nights
a week. 1t has been recognized that
the old Ancient Order was the society {
that stood in the breach in the past
for Ireland's cause and hence it is the
society that will live in the future.
The irish History Crusade. E
The Irish History Crusade carried
on by the two societies for the past
ten years is now recognized as the B
one thing above all others that saved
the Irish race in America from almost
total oblivion, and certainly the small
amount Of money which the A. o. II. "
and the L. A. have spent on this move
ment, is the very best investment they
have made. .S
During my three years as National
President Of the L. A. in visiting Hi-s
bernian centers all over the country,
1t has been my first care to visit the D
schools and academies for the purpose
OF speaking on the subject Of Irish
history to the advanced pupils, and
during the hearing Of the Galla&her
bill in the House Of Representatives
last December, had the pleasure 81
addressing the students Of Trinity
college on the invitation Of Sister Fior
ence Louise the secretary Of the col
lege, who asked me to tell the students d
the reason why conscription was rs
sisted last year in Ireland. / wish M;
Editor you could have been with NJ
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