Show jp VIRTUE DUE TO HIS PIPE bishop said smoking kept him from F rom be ng sarcastic one of Melbour niN historic build ings Bishops court the official 0 fit cial rest ence lence of the anglican prelate la Is about to be demolished and to give pace p ace to a more up to date structure ir its garden Is the oldest gum tree I 1 in australia declared by the late emi enit nent botanist sir ferdinand von mueller to date from the sixteenth century under this old tree was the favorite seat and open air study of dr mo moore ore house now bishop of manchester dur ing the ten years that he occupied the see of melbourne A lady visitor having once suggest ed that tobacco was of satanic origin bishop replied pardon me madam I 1 smoke and I 1 am a better christian for doing so do aou ou read my letters in the papers the lady replied that she did with pleasure do you ever see anything dis courteous cour leous or uil wil ind in them certainly not I 1 often remark how well you keep your temper well madam the first drafts of these letters contained the most cut ting things I 1 could think of then I 1 would go and sit on the butt of that old gum tree light my pipe and have a quiet smoke after that I 1 would return to the house hous and strike out every line that might give pain to others so you see smoking makes me a better christian |