Philo-Celts.
The Gael wishes all its philo-Celtic friends a
happy New Year.
We hope the members of the Brooklyn Philo-
Celtic Society will exert themselves in making
the prize drawing a success. Mr. McGovern, of
N Y has taken 4 tickets through the Gael, nos.
1001 to 1004, and Mr. McCosker one, 1005.
President Finn is making strong efforts to have
the drawing a success.
Dwyer. We had a visit from Miss Dwyer a
few evenings ago.
Costello, Miss Nora T Costello is back from
the country, so that our Gaelic friends will have
the pleasure of some patriotic songs in their nat¬
ive purity.
Moran, Miss Moran is a very regular attend¬
ant.
Dunlevy. The Misses Dunlevy attend pretty
well.
Donnelly. Mrs. and the Misses Donnelly pay
excellent attention to the Society's affairs. Miss
Ellie Donnelly has a beautiful voice.
Mullaney, Mr. and Miss Mullanney are very
good attendants.
Hyland, Brother Hyland has gone on a visit to
his native home. We wish him a safe return.
Cassidy, Brother Cassidy wants to swallow I¬
rish all at once. He is a studious student and
cannot fail, in time, to obtain his wish. Howev¬
er, as brother Cassidy has read the Elements of
Euclid we would call his attention to that eminent
geometrician's reply to Ptolemy Philadelphus in
relation to the study of mathematics.
Woods, The foregoing remarks apply, also, to
brother Woods [The Society is attracting to itself
the culture, intelligence, and patriotism of our I¬
rish-American citizen.]
Guiren, Miss Guiren intends to win the prize
offered to the member who sells the largest number
of tickets for the bazaar; she has taken 100 tickets
Crowley, Miss Nellie Crowley spoke an excel¬
lent piece the other night with her usual brillian¬
cy.
Ward, Since the Hon. Denis Burns ceased to
pay is usual visits to the Society Mr. Martin P.
Ward has taken his place.
Gilgannon, exPresident Gilgannon strolls into
the hall occasionaly, and succeeds in enlisting the
active cooperation of other patriotic Irishmen. A
few evenings ago he introduced Messrs. Crane and
Rouse to the Society.
Graham Brother Graham is always on time.
Lacey, Vice Prest. Locey is always at his post
Curden, Brother Curden takes great interest
in the Irish Language Movement.
Kinsella, Brother Kinsella is also pretty regu¬
lar:
Murray, We cannot praise the Treasurer, Miss
Murray, for regular attendance lately. Why?
Dunning, Also brother Dunning.
Heeney, Brother Heeney does not appear as
regular as usual. Neither does brother Walsh.
Brown, Capt. Brown pays an occasional visit.
Kyne, Brother Kyne comes as often as he can.
Casey, We shall have to reprimand brother
Casey for his want of punctuality.
Morrisey, Brother Morrisey has not lost his
enthusiasm, he has moved his grocer establish¬
ment to Canover street, where, we hope, his philo
Celtic friends will patronize him.
The New York P. C. Society had a very success¬
ful entertainment a few evenings since, but that is
no wonder under the direction of their energetic
President. Mr, Meeres. The Hon. Denis Burns
recited with great effect the dialogue between An¬
dromache and Hector, in Irish.
The Germans of New York have proposed to
reproduce the opera (the Gaelic Idyl ] produced
by The Society for the Preservation of the Irish
Language. What a rebuke to the taste, not to
say the patriotism, of our cultivated countrymen
of New York City.
A large number of Gaelic matter from Messrs.
Russell, O'Keeffe, Durnin, Coleman, Sheridan, &c
is laid over until the next issue.
A good many desire the back numbers of the
Gael, but, we regret to say that we have not a sin¬
gle copy to spare of the first seven numbers of Vol
1 or number 11 of Vol. 2. This we regret, as we
sent thousand of these numbers through the coun¬
try as advertisements at the time of publication-
We did not then anticipate such a rush on the Gael
as there has been of late. Well, this is not surpris¬
ing, when the people see the handwriting on the
wall announcing the immediately preparing stand
of the New Zealand artist when Irishmen may
expect their own again. It is in the natural order
of things that the power of England should cease,
and the instrument employed by Providence to
compass it, is not in the power of humanity to
tell.
Messrs. Ward of Phila., McEniry, Capt. Egan
and many others writing to us say we ought not
have reduced the price of the Gael to 60 cents.
Well, we did so that "lukewarmers" might not
allege that the price was too high. That is why.
Now, let all our subscribers make a firm resolu¬
tion to get one subscriber each and the circulation
will be doubled. Surely, the cause is patriotic
and merits the cooperation of every Irishman; it
is a national, not an individual one.
We would recommend Philo Celts to carry on as
much correspondence in Gaelic as possible. Use
postal cards, and you will help to advertise the
movement. Critics are few. As we are closing
we have received a lot of beautifully executed cop¬
y headlines from Mr. Marcus J. Ward, Belfast,
which we shall notice more fully in our next.
Through an accident the Harp on the title page
was inverted, and Mr. Ward did not fail notice it.
