Philo-Celts.
The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Society has taken
vacation until the middle of September. President
Gilganon contents himself with attending to his
business during the day and taking a trip to Coney
Island in the evening. Miss Katie Ward with her
sister Mrs. Larkin, is summering in Penn. Mr.
L. M. Baldwin is ravenously digesting O'Curry
and other Gaelic works.
Vice President M. Crean has not put in an ap¬
pearance for some time. Ten years ago there
were only a few persons in either Brooklyn or
New York who could teach the Gaelic classes;
there are hundreds now.
Every Irish student, whether in Brooklyn Bos¬
ton Chicago New York Philadelphia, San Fran¬
cisco or elsewhere should endeavor to circulate the
Gael — this should be easily done considering its
cost is only 60 cents a year.
Brother Mullaney is one of the most dilligent
members of the Society.
The Misses Dunlevy, Miss Nora T. Costello and
Miss Guiren are the best Gaelic readers we know of.
Brother Heaney has gone into business on his
own account.
Mrs. Sheehan, the Misses McGrath and Miss
Dunne &c. are going to reorganize the P. C. Cho¬
rus in the Fall. All the old members are re¬
quested to be on hand. Where are all the old
members of late? The Philo-Celtic movement has
created a sentiment never before known in Irish¬
men, when success is in sight is not the time
to relax:
THE EMMET GUARDS — The above organization
drill every Friday evening in Hibernian Hall,
Gold St. near Myrtle Av., at 8 o'clock. Every
patriotic young Irishman is invited to join this or¬
ganization. A large number of the Emmett Guards
were members of the Philo-Celtic Society, and
we hope they will not neglect to cultivate the
spirit which cannot fail to augment their ranks.
What is the matter with a large number of old
members — are they keeping away for the lucre of
25 cents a month? They ought to be ashamed of
themselves.
A large number claim to be members of the
Philo-Ceitic Society. No one is a [member who
is in arrears.
Ireland will yet be mistress of the seas. The
present fight between the Celt and Saxon will lead
to it.
What must be said of a class of so-called Irish¬
men who spend dollars on excursions, etc., and
would not give a cent to promote the cultivation
the language.
Messrs. John Kyne, O'Neill, Walsh,
Flanaghan, Mullery and Col Dempsey
got three crates of Irish turf from Gal¬
way via Cork and had a splendid Irish
bone-fire at the picnic of the Montgom¬
ery Club on St. John's Eve. Brother
Kyne superintended the building of
the dúbhchán, and when the blaze was at
its full height the lasair could be seen
in Jersey. "Mo Dhia," said Anthony
Walsh, "but that beats CRUACH PHAD¬
RAIC." The publication of the Irish
bone-fire brought hundreds to the pic¬
nic, Brother Kyne wore a continued
smile as he saw the greenbacks heap¬
ing for the Parnell Fund.
Any one who will discover a remedy whereby
the millions of dollars referred to on page 619
of this issue may be turned into the coffers of
Irishmen will get a valuable premium. If one's
friend get a valuable situation (a political one if
you will), there is great rejoicing, and the giver
is lauded to the skies; how insignificant is such
compared to the milions referred to?
If Gaelic literature were more generally diffu¬
sed we think it would tend in a great measure
to remedy the evil of which the trading portion
of our people have reason to complain. Now, let
this business portion of our people set the ex¬
ample of correcting this evil Let each person
say this to himself and act upon it. — "I will
commence and do my part, let others do as they
will." If this be done there will be a very great
change in our people in a short time.
One of the nicest and most elegantly conduc¬
ted papers which we know of is the SCRANTON
TRUTH. No parent need hide it from his child.
In sending for the Gael send either a postal
order or postage stamps. Send no large stamps
Faoi thafann gach mada 's faoi ghruaim
gach bean.
Bh and mh sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a bhard, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a mhart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a bhean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
mhian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Dh and gh sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle, and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ch sounds like ch; ph, like f;
sh and th, like h; and fh is silent.
