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I tlnues III. Irish notes.
Whats TIE HARM OF q handful
w OF minutes here or thereT'
heard this expression in water
ford and many times atlerUard dur
I ing my time in Ireland is II rot a
delicious bit Of Irish idlom2 II would
{ be hard TO find another phrase so
perfectly eZpressiFe or solleLnlns %
other that everybody notices who has
ever been in Ireland or written about
I The country.
erai BRIEF stops on the way struck
BY lack Of farming as Americans un-
derstand the word Much pasture
I few modern and substantial improve
ments- In the compartment a genlal
old priest, a councilman ana Two
hoTs returning for Christmas Tlca-
zion from England where they had
been in school. the boys were very
young. but both had chosen their
I careers. one the navy. the olner the
army. the navy boy was already an
apprentice and said he aimed at al
miral Fine clean cut wen pred
] youngsters. with open manners yer
dfEnified reserve and fine courtesy
d
and I liked them all
Cork third city in Ireland 1000
population Business center Wen
built and fairly well kept. few tlrst
class retail shops. but many little
ones. Took Ions walk throughout
the city and suburbs, residence sec
tions on heights bordering the river
I Lee. crowded poorer section on one
bank. better places on the other con-
siderable number or prolee-au-a mere
and several protestant churches
I was struck by the Immense num-
Der Of drink holes not only IN tnt
business aud railroad ana uoch us
rricfs. but especially i'm the poorest
sections of the residence quarters
where the drink shops stand three
four. or even SIX together in row
and for many blocks seem 10 re al
most continuous, dirty uinEy llLtle
Joints without a single element OF
entertainment comparable 70 the
cafes Of an the other countries Foul
had smelling evil looking lounges
T The poorer sections Of the city are
extremely dirty and resemble tne
worse French towns. Nearly ds o44
as Naples which is the dirtiest city
I ever saw
Cork has several live newspapers
with pretty good news service and
strong tone Several active OPPOSE
ton sheets, that is TO say, nationalist
or unfonist in opposition 20 the sepa-
raIist or republican organs; papers
are outspoken- fapers eFery oas
renorted minor disorders but scarce
ly more than any city Of this size
would have. No outWarn evidence OF
military or police repression Llltle
night life. streets rapidly Gearing
by D. u. and almost deserted be-
fore o Little provision for recrea-
ton or amusement. Along the river
Lee a park has been laid out evil
IDENTIFY some years ago, but little I'M
provemeut has been done. and the
. &C.
streets and comfortable homes
Cork has lots of idle men lounging
about rr an hours OF the day DOING
nothIng and looking as If they dldnt
much care. This again reminded me
/ Of France after the war other
7 countries have gone 70 work Frac-
tfcauv no buildiug being done IN
Cork. and little evidence or recent
I construction Of any Kind 20 book
shops TO speak Of and few news
[ stands Shipping Interest OF some
] importance Ford OF Michigan has
established a plant here 20 make
/ tractors. and some 400 men and boys
I are employed when they care 20
work. They are said TO quit when
they feel like 90 for al sorts OF hoi-
DAYS Ford viii have 20 create
irrarket before he can sell tractors or
Z farm machinery Little farm or rural
I Improvement have seen so tar-
Enormous areas needing only drain
age 10 make them Immensely pr0duc-
tive, but nothing being done. MUCH
Of this drainage work could De done
T by ordinary labor and IS not q big
T financial proposition The Germans
E solved the drainage problem In rural
districts a hundred years ago
! At Cork j began 20 feel something
Of the spell of the irish intensity OF
national cult and lie There IS much
I effort on the part OF the literary tel-
I lows 10 arouse interest in the TO-
mantle aspecLs. The river Lee is not
[ much OF a river but the sentiment
/ attaching 90 10 and the poetry tnat
has been written about BE- make it
notable. one does not think OF it as
E q mere stream Of water but as the
river Lee which is quite different; II
] the name began with any other letter
than i it would be something differ
ent still Would Love be Love with
out lie 7 and W
Cork has produced many notables
I in Irish history IT, Is the recognized
Z center OF church politics as wei as
Z separaGst political movements, and
I IL not always so radical as some Of
the cities farther west, IL is more OF
a mixing ground. where all factions
] concentrate their activities. In Cork
I one receives the definite impression
that the island politics proceeds from
] sectional and racial differences rather
J than religious. Protestants IN Cork
& are numerous and they are often as
] intense in their sentiments in poll
! tics as the Catholics, and as bitter
l in opposition TO English rule and
] Ulster bullying AT the same time,
] 10 is in Cork that one sees and notes
I some Of the most unpleasant and dis
/ tressing phases Of Ireland's social
] condition. Cork loves England like
a Kentucky mountain colony loves
] FEDERAL internal revenue agents.
. should think running newspaper
l in Cork might be right exhilarating
business. while il lasted
Coming here from Waterford, the
! first indications Of cultivation, care,
/ and progress were uoled between
Fermoy and MalloW and around Mall
I low II is better country on the
/ entire trip I saw practically no mod
/ arn farm machinery, not a silo or a
farm engine. The only settlements
that showed any disposition 10 i'm
prove were occasional places where
some small Industry had been start
ed: I saw one small box factory, three
little wooden mills Some OF these
places show some evidences OF care
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