National Affairs: The Marriage at Cana

At an exhibit of the Society of Independent Artists in Manhattan, appeared a canvas entitled, "The Marriage at Cana of Galilee". It represented the biblical incident of the changing of water into wine, but with the introduction of unmistakable likenesses of Mr. Volstead, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Anderson. Mr. Bryan poured the miraculously made wine onto the floor, and under the painting was the inscription: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."

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