. Three weeks in the British Isles . before the gunsof that most relentless of field marshals. FatherTime, assisted by his chief of staff in the Con-nemara country, General Apathy. Shawls are universal among the middle andpoorer classes of women in Ireland. They arebonnet, waist and two-thirds of the skirt. Theycover a multitude of deficiencies in costume andlook oppressively hot on a warm day. The pre-vailing color of these shawls in Galway is tanwith a brown border, or brown with a tan border. We have seen just one set of Galway whis-kers in town. Their proud possessor was solicit-ing patron
. Three weeks in the British Isles . before the gunsof that most relentless of field marshals. FatherTime, assisted by his chief of staff in the Con-nemara country, General Apathy. Shawls are universal among the middle andpoorer classes of women in Ireland. They arebonnet, waist and two-thirds of the skirt. Theycover a multitude of deficiencies in costume andlook oppressively hot on a warm day. The pre-vailing color of these shawls in Galway is tanwith a brown border, or brown with a tan border. We have seen just one set of Galway whis-kers in town. Their proud possessor was solicit-ing patronage for a Salthill sail-boat. Rain drove us in at five oclock and we sat atour hotel window and watched the people, goingabout as usual, or standing still, absolutely un-disturbed by the shower. More confusion was added to the land ques-tion by a conversation with a gentleman in thehotel, who seemed intelligent and well informed,but was intensely partisan, i. e., Irish. This mansays that the north of Ireland has the best of it, >. Galway 247 and always has had; that, anyhow, they are moreScotch than Irish; that there are more casesbefore the courts to-day on the subject of landvalues to be adjudicated than can be reached inten or twelve years; and that the people havebeen wilfully deceived by a false hope and areworse off than ever. We will be five or six hours on the train to-dayon our way to Kilkee. The prefix kil or killmeans cell, cloister, or church. The other Irishprefix, bal or bally, means town or the prevalence of the latter you see a modestcontrast to the tendency in some of our westernstates to stake out a bit of prairie and call itsome city or other with prophetic you also see the basic hopelessness andhope in each selection. We were serenaded last night. At least, wewere innocent bystanders. A party of Galwaycitizens were going to America, and their friendscame down to the Dublin train and sang a fare-well dirge expressive of grief at
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