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Show TWO WAYS OF KEEPING LENT Billy Sunday Tells of One of Them in an Anecdote That Is Worth While. Billy Sunday, the evangelist, to whom all Philadelphia has been "hitting "hit-ting the sawdust trail," was talking about Lent. "Lent?" he said, throwing up his arm as if about to pitch a ball. "Well, boys, there's lots of humbug about Lent. Sincere Lent keeping is a good thing, a mighty good thing; but the other kind " With a light leap he landed in a sitting posture on his reading desk. Seated there, his legs swinging comfortably, com-fortably, he went on: "Well, the other kind reminds me of the fat old party who said: " 'Consarn this war! Turtle's gone up, oysters have gone up, trout's gone up, wine's gone up, canvas-back duck's gone up and beer's gone up. With things in such a condition I hardly see where a man's to get the money to cele er I mean to keep Lent on. ' " |