The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
=. e. Byrne Speaks on Irish
People; Program of Songs
So and Readings Given

The birthday of the Irish patron
saint, st. Patriot, was celebrated with
=. special program Of songs, readings,
and talks held in the spacious living
rooms of the nurses home at the st.
AextuS hospital Saturday afternoon.
The rooms were very graciously
opened for the occasion by Sister
Boniface and reception followed.
6hamrockS. roses, ferns and decor
ations In the st. Patrick,s day colors
were noted in the rooms and In the
dining room these colors were also
emphasized. A large Rose OF Kildare
surrounded by Irish moss adorned the
ten table, where Miss Ann Slattery
presided. Irish dances, songs, reading
Of an Irish poem and addresses by p.
y. Byrne and Miss Mary Cashel fea-
tured the afternoons program.
Sing Irish songs
Mrs. v. ]. LaFlOSe, Mrs. r. E. Flah-
erty and Mrs. G. F. kellogg sang "Ill
Take You Home Again, Kathleen
(WeStendOrf), and Emmett Griffin
sang Mother Machree" tBalD.
Come Back to Erin" was given by
Mrs. LaRose. End DR.. T. g. O'EIara
sang when ! Dream Of Old Erin I'm
Dreaming of You"
" Miss Elizabeth Ann LaRoSe gave
several special dance numbers. and
Mrs. E. E. Morris read an original
Irish poem which was sent from Ire
land for the occasion, The Exile Of
the Shamrock A number Of the ma
tive Irish women joined In an Irish
folk dance.
The story Of st. Patrick and what
he means to the Irish people and to
the world, was related by Miss Mary
Cashcl.
MIR. Byrnc Speaks
The instructive feature of the pro-
gram was furnished by P. E. Byrne
who, combining the lightnesS of rea
Irish wit with historical facts. gave 9
talk on ireland. the Mother"
Only one-half the size Of North Da.
kota, he said, she has for ages playec
q prominent part in world affairs
She has been, like little Belgium. ont
IF the great battlefieldS of Europe
Ircland's own tragic struggle for in
dependence made 700 years OF inter
mittent war with England and at thu
same time she was producing brave
sons to head the armies Of the world
Wellington was native of Ireland
where his people had lived for hun
dreds of years. Wolseley was born II
Dublin, where Mr.. Byrne spent fou
years of his boyhood. Lord Kitchener
that great organizing genius, wa
born in county L0ngford, close to MI
Byrne's birthplace.
Peace hath her victories no les
than war;" SO Mr.. Byrne presente,
men of other abilities among Erin
sons: Lord Chatham. Richard Brins
ley Sheridan, Edmund Burke, tn
three great orators who in the Brit
ish parliament, In season and out Q
season, Waged a great fight in behal
Of the American colOnist5.
, Children Of Varied Talents
Like all big families, Mother Ire
land had children Of varied talents
he brought out, shining ones in liter
allure and the arts: Thomas Moore
Oliver Goldsmith, Victor Herber
Balfe, Lord Kelvin, and In recel1
years men like Lord Brice who wrot
THE American Commonwealth" tn
best work ever written on our Unite
States government.
Leaving the older country, M
Byrne gave careful review Of tn
part played by the Irish in the wiz
ming and preserving Of liberty IN on
own country, which was a recountin
OF the tragic events Of revolutionaf
war days.
Molly Pitcher, 20 years Old. ths
patriotic Irishwoman, was the on
woman Mr.. Byrne particularize
about, although he paid tribute
women in general as the natural Dor
orators of the human race.
For the Glory Of Ireland ana
n America
In closing, Mr.. Byrne said: "Ald
Lam proud of the old land; proud
It's contribution to the sum OF huma
progress; proud especially Of the di'
tinguished part her children ha'
taken in the establishment and az
vancement of American institutions.
And have faith that in the da.
to come, her children and her chi
dren's children will do their pa
quite as worthily in uphClding Anne
lean ideals-this for the glory
America no less than for the glo
OF old Ireland"
A.