Life, 1893-06-29 · page 10 of 17
Life — June 29, 1893 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine contains a humorous anecdote about an Irish priest named Father Malory who returns from Ireland to Ohio. Billy Sherman asks the priest which Bible verse he'll preach on, suggesting one about wine. The priest catches the trap—recognizing that Sherman is testing whether he'll drink—and instead delivers a lengthy quote counseling moderation and kindness regarding alcohol consumption. The accompanying sketch depicts a man labeled "First Lunch," suggesting the cartoon satirizes working-class dining habits or early-day drinking culture. The lower section includes a brief dialogue mocking foreigners' perceptions of Americans, with a foreigner sarcastically commenting on a French milliner's monument, poking fun at both American and foreign attitudes toward each other.
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416 THROWING LIGHT ON THE TEXT. MONG the passengers on the Paris was a jolly red-faced Irish priest returning from a visit to relatives in the old country, to resume his charge in Ohio. The good father was a strong believer in the power of ‘a drap av mountain dew” to avert the terrors of sea-sickness, as well as most of the other ills of life, and had to en- dure a good deal of guying from the boys in the smoking room on account of this w ness, which he could never be brought to acknowledge was in the slightest degree unclerical. Billy Sherman said to him one ‘ather Malory, I suppose you can preach on most any text in the Bible?” “Sure, yis, me bhoy; Oi can preach on any tixt in the Bible or out av it ather. Just troy me wanst.”" “Well, then, how would you preach on the text ‘Look not upon the wine when it is red within the cup’ ?” asked Billy. The priest’s eyes twinkled as he saw the trap. “Oh, nothing asier;" he replied, with a graceful e of his hand. “Oi'd tell me congregation: ‘Me dear-r brothers and sisters, this tixt is wan av the most beautiful and im- prissive in the whole blissed wor-rd av God. There is more in it than ap- pears on the soorface. ‘Look not upon the wine whin it is rid within the cup !* ‘That is, me dear Is 1T TRUE THAT THE SPIRITS OF THE DE- PARTED COME BACK TO EARTH AND VISIT THE PLACES WHICH WERE MOST DEAR TO THEM ? AS IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS. “WHO WAS THE BEST MAN AT YOUR WEDDING 2?” “THE MAN I MARRIED, NOW, WHO WAS THE BEST MAN AT YOURS?” ED TO MARRY.” friends, look not upon it couldly or doubtingly. Look not upon it with the jaundiced eye av prejudice or distrust. Look not upon it with contimpt or loathing! But whin the marciful kindness av the blissed saints in heaven allows yez to partake of the bounteous juice av the noble grape, seize the cup in yer hands, c/os¢ yer eyes as yez place it to your mouth, throw back your head, and thin—s-smack yer lips and be thankful!'” Harry Romaine, OREIGNER: Well, by Jove! don't tell me again that you Americans are not foreigner-worshippers. TOWNSMAN: Why so? FOREIGNER ( pornting to the Worth monument): Look there! The idea of raising a monument to a French milliner—bah ! comicbooks.com