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Show An Object Lesson. s The . Rev. Father Morrissey. for years in charge of a Catholic church in Highland High-land Park, but now stationed in a parish par-ish on the West Side, told this story to a group of Glidden-tour autoists, but he did not say whether it was a personal per-sonal experience: A priest went to a barber shop conducted con-ducted by one of his Irish parishioners to get a shave. He observed the barber was suffering from a recent celebration, but decided to take a chance. In a few moments the barber's ra.zor nicked the father's cheek. "There. Pat; you have cut me," said the priest, as he raised his hand and caressed the wound. "Tis, y'r riv'rance," answered the barber. bar-ber. ' "That shows you," continued the priest in a tone of censure, "what the use of liquor will do." "Vis. y'r riv'rance," replied the barber, humbly; "it makes the skin tinder." Chicago Evening Post. |