The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
J|CCS Dinner GIVES
BACKGROUND TO WIT
!: AND H|bERNIAN Lore
Judge Burke, Speaker Of Eve
ming, Traces Career Of the
Great Missionary and Isle
MORSE NOT OVERLOOKED
Their Admixture as Result OF
Early lncursions Credited
With Improving Race

st. Patrick's day was celebrated
with that dignity that BELTS the
memory OF saint and with that roll
licking jollity to which the organiza-
ton is given, when the Lions OBJ
served Sundays anniversary at an
evening session Monday.
Judge John Burke was the speaker
whose words paid tribute to the saint
and did honor to Ireland. There was
q lot Of good singing and some droll
stunts by the funmakers OF the club.
The recent talk by Peter Garberg,
assistant federal attorney gener-l for
the state. went ringing through the
session with humorous echo. He
joshed the Irish several weeks ago
on being partly a mixture Of Nor
wegian, and Judge Burke took up the
humor of 1t and deity turned 1t into
4 matter OF pride that there are red
heads and pink cheeks among the
Hibernian race Of today.
Green Predominates
The supper itself was Irish. 1t was
served on green decorated tables and.
where possible. it was made up OF
green things The Jester, printed on
green paper, bore the menu. 1t was
Jiggs affair, the principal dish being
rorned beef and cabbage. There also
was lettuce with Shantytown dressing
and green ices.
One of the features was limerick
contest. Three lines OF this were
printed on the front Of the Jester
The member who added what was
considered the ablest completing line
was r. H. Crane. He received large
prize package, which when opened
was found to contain two 24-hour
lollypops. Harry Woodmansee, Jack
O'Neill ind AL Simons were the
Judges Ct the literary superiority OF
the lines submitted.
The program was opened by violin
and piano selections by Englehardt
and Findenberg.
Jack O'Neill did some Irish clog
1ing and stepping. Henry Halverson
and DR.. g. r. O'Hara sang duets, and
AL simons sang solo. The club quar-
tet. Fred Peterson. Harry Halverson,
AL Simons and DR.. O'Hara, sang
wild Irish Rose with a parody
wild Irish Nose"
Burke Goes Into History
Fred Peterson contributed a valu-
able historical explanation OF the
name, st. Patrick, to the proceedings
He said the name originally was st.
Peterick, but the Irish didn't like the
Norwegian form and changed it to
Patrick. For his Jest Fred was penal
lied to walk around the room IN q
pair Of Irish goloshes, with corns on
them.
Judge Burke took the admixture Of
Scandinavian and Celt out Of the do
main Of Jest when he spoke on. the
saint, the day and the land. and he
treated it as the historical fact that
It II, He told Of the incursions OF the
Norwegians and Danes into the EN-
erald Isle In the early centuries o.
tho Christian era, resulting IN ths
establishment Of the cities Of Dublin
Limerick and Cork by them. More
over, this resulted in greater racs
than the aborigines inhabittng thu
Island, he pointed out.
No harm came Of the incursions. N
said. he said. Is the Morse came II
ships which they burned on their ar
rival In the night. to create the legens
Of miraculous arrival and also to de
stroy the temptation to 60 back to tn
cold shores and fiords of the north
In time these strangers adopted 1risl
customs and were absorbed tn
beauty Of the Irish women helped +
bring this about, he said. It was onl
when the Normans came from Gau
that Ireland's woes began. and con
ttnued until recent years. he sale
These sufferings are what have mad
the Irish 90 readily sympathetic.
Many Visitors Present
Taking up st. Patrick, the judg
traced his career from the first tim
he WIS IN Ireland as q captive slav'
hcrding the stock Of his master. o
down through his escape and retur
wears after Is q Christian missionar,
tai, after 60 years Of labor which cor
yerted the island, he passed away
ht6 last reward. He compared h
poWer 70 convert with that Of St. Pal
ana - explicable only on the theol
OF divine inspiration. Citing some
the uaaxims Of the saint. the JUDI