The Washington times., 1923-03-17
Saint Patrick's Day

We trust that every Irish reader win enjoy this day and
devote part Of to feeling proud Of the Old Country And
pray odays Mdeous civil win give place to real
and permanent Irish government
Good women noble statesmen great poets good fighters
true wit pety, undying patiotismsuch the
fruits Of Ireland What could be asked Of any land?
What more has any givenP
When your children ask for facts concerning St. Patrick
nay to them:
he was . good man. and great and lucky Lucky because
his associated with country and people that will
make it live forever
French until fifteen years old; wrote in Latin; preached
the Irish in their own tongue.
His father Of the upper class. His Patrick
probably from the word patricius meaning simply
nohlemar.
The ish-then strangers Christiantystole him and
made him slave His duty tend sheep and pigs on
the wild boys 4
Can you see in your minds eye the boy in that faro
misty century fifteen hundred years ago, looking the
beautiful wild Irish landscape-not steeple in all Ireland
planning the salvation Of the who had made him slave?
He escaped Sailors rescued him They nearly
starved the ladalways arny reigous-prayed for
eaten That mentioned his first miracle- must be
proved you know that has performed actual miracles
before he can be made saint
Of course the scofers the swine appeared because the
lad during six years Of slavery had prated the ART Of calling
swine him But so the sudden appearance Of the
swine in the hour Of need seemed miraculous
tOn Of the Irish In his own writings he tells that he was
not learned His latin Is not Of the smoothes his
sConfesso' his better to Corotcus the two works
Of his which remain.
ST. Patrick eloquent enthusiastic and modest He con
yerted oil Ireland Would you like to know how he began
and how the shamrock became his favorite and the Irish
national emblem?
When landed at wicklow the Irish people, always well
satisfied with Irish things felt that would be good idea
him death proposing change their religion
They refused especially TO understand his explanation Of the
HTrinity." They said there could be Trinity
st. Patrick thereupon picked bit Of shamrock from the
ground counted the three tiny leaves and asked:
Is It not as possible for the Father Son and Holy Ghost
rs for these three leaves to grow single stak?
That convinced the Irish, who resist sound
argument that poeca and they converted rapidly
St. Patrick founded 366 churches ordained 365 bishops and
5000 priests He baptized Irish kings once and kept
them all peaceful which far remarkable than hap
fixing them
We realize that that was genuine miracle when we con-
slider affairs in Ireland
Many good Irish people people Of Irish descent are
distressed and perhaps discouraged by present conditions in
Ireland They should remember however that the transition
from the control Of foreign power self government
difficult and always more or less violent.
Conflicting ambitions bound to exist and certain to
strife Seven hundred years Of fighting against the
English has developed fighting in the Irish degree
probably unknown elsewhere There is much fight in
Lismen as In hundred average Of other nationality
But there also sense and there is very great
patriotism in the Irish mind There doubt present
dreadful anarchc situation in Ireland will give place before
long to peaceful government Then st. Patrick will his day
celebrated in real self governing republic he it thus
celebrated here in America