The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04
HICKEY DELIVERS
STIRRING TALK At
Y. N. {. A, LUNCHEON
Local Attorney Uses Sir Faunfal's
Vision as Text of His Address
New Mexico Wins Attendance
Honors; Excellent Music.

The fellowship luncheon az tho Y.
" O. A. last night was one OF the
most successful affairs Of It's Kind
ever held VI, H. Hickey was the
speaker Of the evening ana he had q
message powerfult gripping one
tor every man present An in an. the
luncheon last night was the most i'm
pvrssiNc % ever held.
Men. ! wonder u YOU are willing
to help me tonight Tor "a little while, %
said Judge Hickey in beginning hts
address. "Onc who has never had the
experience Of speaking to Il bunch ~
men like this does 40, realize what
q help II Is when everybody H. willing
To assist u speaker. / won't ask
YOU Ia do anything embarrassing to
YOU. Now those that VIII help me
stand up "a shake hands with every
other man YOU can reach
The response To Judge Hickcy's re-
quest WIS unanimous. The entire au-
'encc stood and FOR about q minute
general hand shaking and self made
introductions were INDUCED in.
The speaker then proceeded to en-
hNhlhhf IlNlf Ihlif~Nfll hliE ana NN-
changes of plcasantrics. This is said
to bc a fellowship lunch he contin-
ued. ! have noticed men come in and
sit down here n they happen To
know the men next 20 them they talk
II not they don't
There are several ways Of shaking
hands. ! have % friend In this town.
whenever ] get hold of his hand u Is
cold. He can't help that. hut there
* no responsiveness IN his hand At
all, There O. no felloship IN II. Then
] heard of o. man once who was 50
conservative that when he would
shake hands he would count his fling
cts Co see II he had got them all back.
Then there is another fellow. the ~
who grnsps your hand ana almost
brushes IT,
Not long ago ! was talking "a "a
man IN the street. lie had been "a
drinking mat FOR years but was muk-
ing an effort 90 quit. Whore we were
talking q third party came along.
stopped and Joined In tho converse
tion. finally asking uH 20 step into "a
saloon and have a drink. excused
myself au' stated that never in
dulgcd. The man who had been iaak-
ing an effort to quit also declined
at first. saying he was on the water
wagon But after tho %would-bc host
slapped hin On the back q few times
and laughed about him being on the
water wagon Dee yielded and entered
thu saloon. tell YOU. men. II "a slap
~ the hand across the shoulder will
drag % man down Co pcrditlou. q slap
of the hand across the Shoulder viii
cheer a man up Go bee a man
The speaker then took up THE
Vision Of Sir Launfa1.' immortalizcd
hy Lowell The theme oT this. YOU
viii recall. Is the Holy Grail. the cup
out az which Jesus Christ partook ~
the last supper with his disciples. II
was brought INTO England 10y Joseph
81 Arimathea, and remained there. an
object Of pilgrimage and alteration.
for many years. In IN, keeping 81 his
lineal descendants, n was incumbent
upon those who had IL In charge To-
be chaste in thought, word and deed,
hut one Of the keepers. having broken
this condition, the HOLY Grail dis
appeared.
FlN iHiuNfAAlf according tN l"Nfllf
sttrtca out TO search for the Holy
Gran ana AZ he passed through the
castle gate hr noticed "a lcpcr
"couchcd by tho same so he tossed
him a piece OF gold In scorn." After
searching FOR years for the much
coveted prize and being unsuccessful
Sir Launfal. his ''raimcpt thin and
spare. returned homo, and cucouu.
tered the leper "a the castle gate, but
during his wanderings SIR lauufaIs
vision OF lie and his attitude toward
the Unfortunate had changed.
Amt Sir launfal said behold in
thee
The image of him who died on the
tree
Thou also hast had thy crown Of
thorus.-
Thou also hast had the worlds buf.
tets and sourns
ANA to thy life were not denied
The wounds Ia the hands and feet
and side
Mid Mary's on, Acknowledge me.
BEHOLD. through him. I give to thee
Then the soul OF the lcpcr stood up
m his eyes
Ana looked az Sir luupful, and
-strtightwuy he
Remembered iu what q laughter
Eulsc
he had flung in llms TO leprosie.
when hc girt his Young life up in
rlldcd mail
ANA srt forth in search of the HOLY
Grail
The heart within him war ashes aud
dust.
llr parted iu twain his single crust.
lie broke the ice on tho strcaulcts
brink,
Aud gave the leper 90 eat and DRINKS.