Thinking to test his knowledge of history, some one once remarked in his hearing:
"I wonder who made the first after-dinner speech?"
"Adam did," replied the archbishop, promptly, "for you know we read that after he had eaten that apple down to the core, he arose and said, 'the woman tempted me'."
And you will agree with me he was pretty nearly correct that time.
I always take considerable interest in the yacht races for the America's Cup, and when my friend Donovan informed me recently that the next boat would have a wonderful rudder filled with air, to add to the buoyancy and save weight, I began to consider whether the advantages might not be offset by the new dangers accompanying a pneumatic rudder.
If a yacht should happen to get a puncture in her rudder during the race she would be compelled to drop out, owing to the difficulty of cementing or plugging it while sailing.
And in a race a yacht is liable to be on a tack at any moment.