Evening star., 1946-03-16
Green Ties in Demand
For St. Patrick S Day
Fefes Tomorrow
By Jerry o'Leory, Jr.

Tomorrow is st. Patrick's Day,
when all the true Irish and the
temporary Irish can be counted on
to wear green neckties, smoke clay
pipes and f1aunt the shamrock in
honor Of the good saint.
While Washingtonians hustled
about buying green-hued carnations,
President Truman prepared for his
induction into the Friendly Sons Of
st. Patrick annual dinner at the
Mayflower Hotel tonight. He will
be the first President since George
Washington to hold membership in
the Friendly Sons.
Other Irish organizations pre-
pared to honor the saint, who, we
are told, "gat grace of our Lord that
no venomous beast might live in
Ireland" and drove out every last
Irish snake.
Post to Place Wreaths.
The District Of Columbia Post
Number 16 Of the Irish War Vet
Grams were to place a wreath on
the statue Of Commodore John
Barry at Fourteenth and I streets
NV. at II am. and another on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier later
today. Representative Mcmillan,
Democrat, Of South Carolina, chair
man OF the House District Commit.
tee, will speak at the latter cere-
mony. The 10th annual dance of
the WV will be held at $3.50 pm,
in the Hotel 2400.
The Most Rev. Lawrence j. She.
han, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore
and Washington, will address the
annual st. Patrick's Day celebra-
ton Of the Ancient Order of Hibern.
ians tonight. The celebration begins
at Z pm. with banquet, followed
by dance at the Mayfower Hotel.
Mass at st. Patrick's
Members of the order will attend
solemn pontifical mass at st. Pat
rick's Church, Tenth and G streets
NV, at 10 am. tomorrow. They
will meet in Carroll Hall at 9:45 am.
and march to the church in. body,
The Rev. Sean Sweeney, s. M. A.,
will speak on "Were There Two
st. Patricks?" at the celebration of
the Douglas Hyde branch of the
Gaelic League at 8 pm. Tuesday
in Roosevelt High School. A Gaelic
musical program will follow the
lecture.
The children of st. Vincent's
Home and School, Fourth and
Charming streets NE, will present
a musical program in celebration
Of st. Patrick's Day at the school
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow. The orches-
ira Of IL girls from 10 to IA years
OF age will play a program of Irish
melodies.
The boys of st. Joseph's Home
and School will honor st. Patrick
and st. Joseph in a celebration
starting at 8 am. Tuesday with a
nigh mass. A fried chicken dinner
with all the fxings will be served
at noon.
Legendary Deeds.
st. Patrick is credited by tradi.
ton with q goodly number of deeds
and feats. While historians gener-
ally credit him with converting
Ireland to Christianity, it Is not 30
certain that he ever detected a
sheep thief in a large crowd by
causing the sheep to bleat In the
stomach of the man who ate it.
Legend also has it that st. Pat
rick was such compelling speaker
that he accidentally drove his IRON
shods staff through the foot of a
rapta Irish chief while emphasizing
a point with vehemence, and the
chief was either too spellbound Tor
too polite) to utter a sound until
the saint stopped speaking.
Every Irish-American school child
knows the story of how st. Patrick
illustrated the Holy Trinity to the
Irish by showing them a shamrock
three leaves on one stem.