Intermountain Catholic | 1908-02-22 | Page 1 | " What's the Harm? "

"WHAT'S THE HARM?" Chauncey Olcott, whose long experience in Irish plays has ade him a keen student" of Hibernian character, tells of two Irishmen. who had not met for many years and then came together one day. After7 much slapping of backs and rejoicing, one said : "Long time since we met. Clancy, isn't it? Lots 1 of things happened since then." " 'Tis, indeed. Look at myself. Shure, it's married mar-ried I am," replied the other. "You don't tell me. Have you any family?" asked the first speaker. "Faith, and I have that. I've a fine, healthy boy, and the neighbors say he's the picture of me." The first speaker looked at Clancy, who was not built on the lines of a prize beauty, and said: "Ah, well, what's the har-um. so long as the child's healthy?" Young's Magazine.