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signed and made in Ireland, featuring the beautiful Irish tweeds and other hand-woven fabrics, and the "bainjn" sweaters With their intricate, traditional patterns. The Royal Dublin Society staged a full- fledged horse show, When even the weather coâ€" operated. It was a tremendous treat to see the famous Irish horses taken over the pimps by their internationally known riders, to watch the children play games on their ponies and to follow the antics of a pack of lively twhounds brought to Dublin for the occasion. The winners of the Irish Dram. F'estival award, a group from Tuam, ionimsed 10 Dublin and gave a stirring presw “on of “The Crucible," the play by Arihi Miller which won them the award. This ‘ The Charm of Ireland Day he convenor of the committee which 2 planned Ireland Day was Miss Muriel Gahan who said “For our guests we wanted the day to be as gay and carefree as possible, and to include the kind of events they associated with Ireland.” They certainly succeeded. What could be more typical of Ireland than a Horse Show and a Céili? The day began with the guests. A repre- sentative from each country wearing her native costume, i’l’IEi’t there was one. brought greet- ings to Ireland and in many cases included a message from her country’s head of state. This was a moving and impressive feature and a brilliantly colorful one enhanced by the many beautiful floral arrangements on and around the platform. The introduction to Ireland Day in the form of an "Instant History of Ireland” could not have been presented by a more accomplished "historian" than Mrs. Josephine McNeill. Ex- cerpts from her talk are reported elsewhere in this issue but her delightful presentation with flashes of true Irish humor had to be heard to be truly appreciated. The official opening of two conference ex- hibitions completed the morning program. The Agricultural (Io-operation Exhibition opened by the Minister of Education, Mr. George Colley, was wholly Irish. and the Handicraft Exhibition opened by the Prime Minister's wife, Mrs. Sean Lemass was, in contrast, an international collection. The glorious Irish sun shone from a blue sky, trimmed with fleecy white clouds for the afternoon event. Who can describe an Irish Horse Show? Hundreds of cameras tried to capture the sceneâ€"the green, green grass. the colorful gates and bars, flawer-decked and spaced according to International rules, and the magnificent horses soaring over the jumps at the gentle urging of their skilled riders. To most of us it was a “once-in-a-lifetime" experi- ence â€" and wonderful! 6 arts . ment was sponsored by one of thc ! C0: panics. Everybody co-operated! The polio. :i even There was barely time to eat a" 'iange between the Horse Show and the C slilfh the program modestly called "an er. Kr en- tertainment.” The highlight of this “at”. ment was the choirâ€"800 womet tuned alike in floor-length sleeveless shifts “right orange with which they wore long sit. white blouses. These women were the ch. it 54 local guilds front Eire and Northen tam}, As individual choirs they had pro ,2’ the songs, but had only one rehearsal who before concert night when they sat ‘l‘t’l‘fll numbers, some in English, some it. hit". some familiar airs, sortie that were r a the guests. Besides the choir singing with the r ma! accompaniment there was Irish danci Tll'fl excellent groups. each gave two pert Hillel with some solo dancing included. The music of the harp is always : fatal with Ireland and the guests were .’ ii In several selections by an ensemble of Harps played by six women harpists. In a 1-H a soprana soloist with a lovely voice l; mu over from Bunratty Castle near Slit} i, 10 sing several traditional Irish songs to WWI harp accompaniment. Two well-known Irish entertainer lrit‘d additional variety with their special i '.'I_â€" a man who did dramatic readings arr 'Wl who sangâ€"some numbers special/J “m” for the occasionâ€"and whose animal It hail the whole audience singing. This rm ' Pm“ gram was very ably tied together i l'l‘t’ll' M.C. or “compére” as he is called in lr‘ "1 _ To close the evening. Mrs. Burton if it'll" dent of the Irish Countrywomen’s Al's "1W" led the President, the President-elect i i ll" Honorary Officers of the A.C.W.W. all» ' Willi ‘1 representative from each country to 1-" le‘ form and choir and audience song “A “sol Peace” to the air from "Finlandia" 1))? “PIM- Irish Day was over but its memory it'li' Tint” for all those from the 46 nations 11h were Privileged to live it. â€"M. Frances Hacks HOME AND coumm‘