Irving Grinell, of the Church Temperance Society, tells a story
of a woman who entered a barroom and advanced quietly to her
husband, who sat drinking with three other men. She placed a
covered dish on the table and said, “Thinkin’ ye’d be too busy
to come home to supper, Jack, I’ve fetched it to ye here.” She
departed, and the man laughed awkwardly. He invited his friends
to share the meal with him. Then he removed the cover from the
dish. The dish was empty except for the slip of paper that read:
“Here’s hopin’ ye’ll enjoy yer supper. It’s the same as yer wife
and bairns have at home.”
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