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Show . ARCHBISHOP ELDER'S HUMOR. Tyr' Archbishop Elder's humor goes down in Catholic annals. He was never too weary for his harmless little jokes and irony was not unknown to him. On onei occasion ho sat at a banquet at the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce next to the famous Rabbi Wise, often called the "Jewish Pope." Ham was brought ir. and the eyes of the prelate began to twinkle. Rabbi Wise - brought it upon himself. Turning to the archbishop he said: "Your grace is looking younger every day" each was more than 80 years of age "when elo you intend to take a wife?" "When your eminence eats ham!" came the response, and the laugh that ran about the board i was on the rabbi. |