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in a wrong direction. Many of them have attempted the formation of clubs and societies of their own, which have almost always failed, if for no other reason than because they have so little surplus time and strength for anything which is not daily bread. When entertainments have been provided for them the very fact that they were for them included a stigma. Friendly and social evenings have also been established for them here and there; but only when even any suspicion of kindness has been omitted have they been successful. This unwillingness of the more intelligent and lady-like to associate with the less intelligent renders it still more difficult for others to form any classes for their instruction or make social attempts for their enjoyment. The spirit of caste dominates them far more than people in society. Some will not come, fearing patronage of the rich; others, from dread of being ignored by those of a higher grade, who yet work for self-support. The Irish feel this in-

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