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Show THE OTHER FIRE ESCAPE. Archbishop Ryan is known throughout the country coun-try as a wit. A Columbia freshman who hails from Washington was accompanied by his mother when he came on to New York to matriculate at the university. uni-versity. On their way north they stopped at Philadelphia Phila-delphia and called upon the Archbishop, who is an old friend of the family. "So you thought it necessary to come on with your son?" Archbishop Ryan said to the lady, in the course of their conversation. "Yes, indeed. I wish to see him installed in a house that is properly kept and to see that his room is conveniently situated to the fire escapes," replied re-plied the" mother. "Well, now, I take it that the other fire escape is not too far away," said the Archbishop, smiling. . "I don't understand," said the puzzled lady. "I mean the Church," replied His Grace. |