The Wearing of the Green.

Southland Times, Issue 8046, 29 June 1885, Page 4

The Wear ing of the Green.

of Wales, in her recent visit to Ireland, i^a thj^liish heart. She won it instantaneously and in royal fashion, notl^hefefined Weauty of her face and the > elegance ■ figure alone, rwhich .would ; : gain "her worshippers ; every whsre, but by the homage she paid to the; natural aus-^ cepjibilitiW of the Irish people as a nation/ The Princess, we are t old, woa the warmest admiration and enthusiasm by_ appearing in "aicost ume of Irish poplinof olive green, with bonnet trimmed to match , its ostrich feather being interspereed with small branches of .shamrock. No wonderithe Irish heart went out in warm bursts of cheering to the'cliarm. ing Princess, who| with winsome: g»»ce, did royal homage tb the' 1 national .yearning for 'independehti'rf cognition and .eqiialityrf rust a woman,, even^a princess, to win hearts ;e^eti where diplomacy. and wretched govtramenth'ave before wrought -sad woes- -.Nations have frequently been won over by royal Jady ', occupants of European" thrones. The^beautiful Empress of did much to win the lingering loyalty of the Magyars to the House of Hap&barg by making Ofen the birth-place of the Archduchess Marie Valeria,; , so tba* she might come into the ; world as au Hungarian princess. The Empress of Russia, the eigter of the Princess of Wales, is , doing ; much. to win the esteem of the. Polish people for her imperial husband, and by ; them, and the Czar as tte champion and mediatress in all things that relate to their connection with the Kussian Empire. The ta*k of : the? Princess is, however, an easier : oue than that % undertaken by her^imperialwster, ; She will doubtless be able to do xnuch in. securing the; applause and good-will of the Irish people by. the' simple tribute she paid m^weaTing the •ichotea leaf of bard and chiefj old. JSrin's native shamrock,' and winning men an i women by the wearing of 'the green.