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• . am! \• i K an i ‘ ond. but nm ami last Americans, but : because our fathers suffered uu«l bled 1 fur Ireland's sake, and to show our loyal affection %vlt;* math, r together and . celebrate and recall the memories or . caslont .1 by the day for on thii day th»: seventeenth or March, are recalled .1 thousand memories and associations, both bitter and sweet.■The Emerald isle, physically so beautiful And no rival. We, who are descendants from it. look hack with pride to our ancestry and It is Auing and appropriate that we should, for f though scattered, no nation is mor widely known that the Iri h. yet there1( We feel a slow of pride at thlt; m. n1! gather In-neath the giv.-n fold* of he harp and shamrock t.* celebrate our patron saint. Yet how little we know n of Ireland's history. Aimsed. down t trodden, tyrannized over, a- she has i- been, the story is one of continual. struggle, tbenwh. ton, of high eonled. s ate-men. orators- and high sotted v monarch' Her history rival?, ro-l ntance or drama. From th. middle of the sixth «•» the middle of the eighth • century Ireland mood intellectually a. y the head of Europe Iter vsi't nu.nas-r- tic civilization steci**.i in nrlorx and n 1.v through the wilds. Intrepid Indian . missionaries found.-d monavt. rie .r Ailed with literature, an and science. o all hand it* hand.For 2lt;» years Ireland led the intellectual world and l-lbO years has- she been a Catholic nation. It is as this n that we venerate her for through P y seeuiion anti famine she cluntr to th« faith of St Pal-Irk.■■Centuries licfore England saw the ’ • Normans. Mr. Sin el an 1 *' wu! r civilized nation. Her own laws stood high in the councils of nation r Rut the days of h« - «soon a thing of the past. In the face ^ of persecution she Mil! in-ists upm „ that to which she is entilled-to a p ae. among the nations and sooner or laterplay is a pastoral drama on the order of Uncle Josh Sprnceby wlihout the mechanical se n. . 11 use \* Morgan orin the leading role was good. Mr. Mor- tt'-gan has been plaving rural parts for b« some time and in this connection then is qtitle :t s'ory. The people in the house not led that h« carried and used n* his right hand in a rather awkward manner and reason enough he had to 01 do so us the hand was an ariiAeiai, «-ne Morgan used to play the part of * I ncle Josh Sproceby in the play of ”[ the .-ante name in which there Is a sawmill scene. The heroine of the Id.- e is laid 011 a piece of timber and w is gradually drawn up toward the w saw which is running rapidly and »n actually .titling Into the wood. One1 Bight 1 here was an accident or wrong ™ calcukitb.it and tin* saw got t«M» close ju to the girl Morgan endeavored to save her and got his hand against th. saw Re fore th. machinery could bestopped i: was cm off. Mis supporting m eompanv last evening was very medio- ere. , ) . :*lt;My Friend Knim Arkansaw' will r' be s.vii at Steinberg's Brand opera ?0 bouse on Tuesday, March i£H It is a comedy drama with the author him- y fell in the b ailing role and is said to n * • a grand character play. Ms -.ini- tr Illicity. it-, nnniralnc-s and its human »*t int* re*! |s wha' makes it fa.-icJnntSug **' and charming. One moment yemr are ni sailing on the ocean of sentiment. *' when along corne* a wave of humor which makes yon forget the pathos of the moment before. Itut the author K« lias so well constructed his play that t« you are brought back to the thoughtful T mood as soon as the story calls for it. Bf in short. Mj Friend From ArkansawIs one of the greatest plays of its kind before the public.inHearing lh.it a .•omniUaion was 011 5N way t» flifpM the military* inagit- t,•zincs ;i! V .. I: II i.11. I’.c l(land, the officer It. . Iiarge A. d. after bribing two Mddi.rs to set tin- to The 1 magazine'. They got drunk on the a'money, and the *oimuisslon nrrtve.l lt;!and round the magazim nearly empty.
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Traverse City Evening Record
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Sat, Mar 18, 1905
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