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Show Phil May's Humorous Suggestion to Artist The death of old Lord Iveagh, head of the Guinness family of Guinness stout fame on the Iveagh estate of $55,000,000 no less than $22,000,000 goes to the government led a prohibition prohi-bition officer to say : "I'll tell you a story. You've heard of Phil May, the great black-and-white artist? Well, May had a red and bulbous bul-bous nose ; and Shannon once did portraits of him and of Lord Iveagh for the Royal academy. "As May's red-nosed portrait was being finished he happened to see the great stout brewer's on an easel. " I say, Shannon,' he said, 'you ought to hang Lord Iveagh and me side by side. Call him 'Cause' and me 'Effect.'" |