Show archbishop ryans wit archbishop ryan was once called upon by a priest who said his health required that he take a vacation the priests frequent absences from his parish were is so the arch bishop said to him my dear father if you need a change of air I 1 would suggest that you try the air of your own parish for a month or two at another time the archbishop rebuked a priest for wearing a dis reputable looking silk hat but I 1 would not give up that hat for twenty new ones said the priest it be longed to my father who fell in the rising of 48 ah was the arch bishop s retort and evidently he fell on the hat |