Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-19
CELTS ALL FOR
IRELAND, BUTIN
DIFFERENT WAY
Assassins Stalk Streets as PO-
lice Walk in Fear, but
Gayety Rules Dublin.
WOMEN IN COSTLY GARB

DUBLIN. Feb. 19.-Never has ireland
been so prosperous and, at the same time
never has she been so dissatisfied. Cow
ardly assassins stalk the streets, the po-
lice dare not traverse their routes save
in squads of not fewer than four, gangs
of highway robbers commit any ohense
they like, strikers of various trades
abound-in a word, Dublin is city given
over to terror, and, by the strangest OF
contrasts, to enjoyment.
Never has Dublin been so spontane-
ously gay. Her people are joy-mad- Al
the leading hotels the most vi7acious Of
<dances are held nightly with women of a
beauty that only the Irish capital can
produce, and attired in costumes so dar-
ing and expensive that London seems
like a shabby sister to this bright jewel
of the Green Isle. The hotels are full OF
ne wealthy farmers, cattle raisers, and
tradesmen from the country. Seats al
the theaters are impossible to obtain fol-
DAYS ahead-and as for picture shows
the queues are reminiscent of sue
cessfuI London pantomime.
DUBLIN OUTDOES
SELF IN HOSPITALITY.
As for traditional hospitality, Dublin
is more. than outdoing herself. The
stranger within her gates needs both
fortitude and rectitude not to be over
whelmed by it. 1t does not limit itself
to matters of food and drink, but en-
braces the whole gamut of the word hos
pitanty Here is a typical example OF
what happens daily at a leading coffee
room:
A correspondent sitting there with an
intense unionist and bitter Ulster orange
man asked him what the Sim Feiners
really wanted or hoped to obtain.
aust a moment" said the Orange
man. 'There is my friend Blank-one
Of the leading Sim Feiners. I will BRING
him over, introduce you. and you car
learn for yourself
The Sim Feiner was brought over, in
troduced, and he and the Orangemau
presented their respective views in the
most friendly manner, without tinge OF
acrimony, calling each other by theil
Christian names, and, above all, trying
cut of their abundant hospitality to fur
uish the correspondent with information
Yet those two would tear at each
others threats on a political platform
and cheerfully plant ten-foot pixies IL
each others breasts at the call of theiI
respective armies. Such incidents are
part of the regular surprises By which
stranger is intrigued in Ireland.
HARMONY AT BANQUET
ONLY ON SURFACE.
Recently a luncheon of forty included
every diverse element in Ireland. There
were Englishmen. ScOtsmen, Dublin
Castle officials, Sim Feiners, Roman
Catholics, fervent Presbyterians-ever
one protesting his intense love for Ire
land They were all the dearest of friends
at that table and at every other table
at which they would meet, but irreconcil-
able foes, Incorporating partisans. as
separate as the poles in their diverse
and. mark you, sincere-poiitical convic-
tons
Meanwhile, the menace of assassina-
ton hangs over the heads Of the leading
officials of the Irish executive. They
all know they are marked men, liable
at any minute TO meet death at the hands
of the terrorists at the first convenient
opportunity Yet no one seems to care
about himself. but about his colleagues.
Il wish So-and-So would take more
care of himself" said one leading Of
fetal "He is to reckless? They will
surely get him
Yet the official himself, whom every
body in Dublin knows to be in the most
imminent danger. rides and walks
through the streets of the town abso'
lutely unarmed and unprotected.
1t is a wonderful country, where they
take life easy-and often.