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Show PHILOSOPHY TO THE RESCUE Pat Went Without His Steak, but at That Everything Was Not Lost. Charles Nagel, secretary of commerce com-merce and labor, says the Irish race has, in addition to Its sentiment and romance, lot of philosophy as one of its characteristics. "The best illustration I ever heard of this," he explained to a dinner party one evening, "was the case of a poor Irishman who had been given a fine, juicy piece of steak. Being a religious man, he placed the steak in front of him, and there, in the shade of the trees surrounding his benefactor's benefac-tor's house, he folded his hands, closed his eyes, and gave thanks to heaven for the meal. When he was in the attitude of prayer a dog rushed" up and captured the steak. Pat looked around in time to see the food disappearing over the hill. "'Thank heaven,',' he exclaimed, again closing his eyes, 'he left me my appetite!'" The Sunday Magazine. |