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Show TOO MUCH FOR THE CORPSE Exhibition of Meanness That Galvanized Galvan-ized the "Dead" Irishman Into Indignant Life. "Don't be mean In your offerings," said T. P- O'Connor, in a plea in New York for the Irish cause. "The Irish can't stand meanness. "No, no; the Irish can't stand meanness. mean-ness. Take O'Grady's case. You know, In Ireland, 'some 60 or 70 years ago, when a poor family lacked a coffin they made the corpse beg for It. "This custom, alas! sometimes led imnnsture. Thus. Thirsty O'Grady and his friends wanted money badly once, and O'Grady was assigned to act the corpse. So they laid him on a bier outside the door and they put a pewter plate beside him for the pennies. "As O'Grady lay there, so still, with closed eyes, an old woman stopped and dropped sixpence into the plate. Then she began to take out change. A penny, tuppence, threepence she took out, and O'Grady couldn't stand such meanness. Corpse as he was, he said: " 'Arrah, now, don't mind the change.' " Washington Star. |
