1 86 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



work is unprofitable ? I know one man at least, 

 who would soon cry in a loud voice " What is the 

 use of it ? " 



By frugality amounting almost to meanness, by 

 scraping here and there, the rent is set aside and 

 the year goes by. The few acres of boggy land 

 are not kind in the best of seasons, but when a wet 

 one comes the only increment is another year and 

 possibly another child. 



Our poet asks 



"What ails you, Sister Erin, that your face 

 Is, like your mountains, still bedewed with tears?" 



Had we all an Irish relative as I have we 

 should be easily able to answer the poet's ques- 

 tion. 



What Irish men and women need is just a fair 

 chance, and, fortunately, there are good men, and 

 women too, working with all their might to give it 

 them. 



The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society has 

 80,000 members, principally small farmers, who, 

 by their combination, can get their needs supplied 

 for improved farming at the lowest price, while 

 their produce is aided, in many ways, to reach the 

 best market. 



The Irish Cottage Industries Association is 

 doing splendid work in providing profitable employ- 

 ment for the women. It is quite a pleasing sight 

 to see the nimble fingers of women and girls 



