Hastily Pat arose to his feet.
"Sure, and so do I, sor," he shouted. "I wish every bit of it was at
the bottom of the sea."
As they were leaving the hall the lecturer encountered Pat.
"I certainly am proud of you," he said. "It was a brave thing for you
to rise and say what you did. Are you a teetotaler?"
"No, indade, sor," answered Pat. "I'm a diver."
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston, at a recent temperance banquet was
discussing a drink cure of little efficacy.
"When I think of this cure." he said "I recall a poor old man with a
red nose, who entered a magistrate's office and said:
"I'd like to take the pledge if you please."
"Very good," said the polite clerk, "and how long did you wish to take
it for?"
"In the past," said the old man, "I've always took it for life."
TEMPTATION
Most of us keep at least one eye on the temptation we pray not to be
led into.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
The Ten Commandments seem to be off on a vacation. Or have they gone
in search of the Fourteen Points?
THEATER
Reynold Wolf tells this one of Nora Bayes:
Once Miss Bayes was appearing in a breakfast scene where eggs were
being served, and a child sitting in a box made manifest his interest
in the food.
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