Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
"Mark TWain's" Introduction.

"MARK TWAIN" appeared before Chi
cago audience few evenings ago. The
Tribune of that city describes the lecturer
as follows:
Mr. Clemens is youngish looking man
of perhaps thirty five, not handsome, but
having bright intelligent look. and an
eye with humorous twinkle that put
him at once en- aarappoT with an audience
There is nothing finical about his style of
dress. He is clean-shaven, and his man.
ner of wearing his hair, which is abun-
dant, shows that he is his own tonsorial
artist. His clothing, upon the platform,
was, on Monday evening, black suit,
the upper garment being black frock
coat, closely buttoned. His style of
oratorical delivery is like that of Artemus
Ward. He has the same dry, hesitating,
stammering manner, and his face, aside
grave and solemn as the visage of an
undertaken when screwing down a coffin
| lid. He always introduces himself, for
reasons which he gives his audience. On
Monday night he prefaced his lecture with
the following remarks:
Ldd5es and Gentlemen: By request oi
the Chairman of the committee, who has
been very busy, and is very tired, sup
pose, ask leave to introduce to you the
lecturer of the evening, Mr. Clemens
otherwise Mark Twain, gentleman
whose great learning, whose historical
accuracy, whose devotion to science, anC
whose veneration for the truth laughter
are only equalled by his moral chaTacte
and his majestic presence Renewed
laughter | refer in these vague genera
terms to myself. Laughter 1 am
little opposed to the custom of ceremoni
ously introducing the lecturer to tn
audience, because it seems to me unnec
essary where the man has been properl
advertised laughterl, and besides it
very uncomfortable for the lecturer. Blu
where it is the custom, an introductio
ought to be MADE, and had rathermake
. myself in my own case, and then | ca
rely on getting in all the facts. TContiI
) ued laughter. 1t is not a simple intro
: duction that [ mind. / don't really cal
J for that at all, but it is the compliment
, that sometimes go with it-that is whs
| hurts. 1t would make anyone uncomfort;
: BILE. You can fancy a young la y Intro
, duced to IA parlor-full of company as th
f best conversationalist, the best model
2 every way in her section of the countr,
: You might just as well knock her in I'll
head. She could not say a word the re
: of the evening.
never had but one public lntroductlC
, that seemed exactly the thing that seer
. ed to be very inspiration in the way
/ an introduction. The gentleman had
t good head, and he said he supposed
It didn't want any compliments. | said
f was exactly right, | didn't want any COZ
S pliments And when he introduced Il
), he said, Ladies and gentlemen, 1 shi
S not waste any unnecessary time in the
n PRODUCTION. l don't know anything abo
g this man ii laughter at least only knc
e two things about him one is that he h
s. never been in the Penitentiary, and t
If other is L can't imagine why" Prolon
n ed laughter Now such an introducti
n puts man right at ease. Laughter
E. The speaker alluded to the vario
ID lectures which he had delivered the pr
u ent season. He had prepared sewers
ae got tired Of them, and cast them asil