Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-17

even the hardest of dinner eampa1gnegs
nervous, and it is fact that men who nm
der ordinary circumstances make brlgts
speeches, with self confideuSe and aplomb.
humble and halt and hesitHe when facing
these newspaper inquisitors-
The man who hesitates is lost. The
speaker who nambles word. who halts
longer than il required to catch his breath.
will find his ears assailed with cries of sit
down. II be attempts to tell astory which
most of the crowd have heard before. the
first pause will be taken advantage of by
the roasters to strike up:
Oh, what chestnut, what chestnut. what .
chestnut. just now!
Slightly Discourasing.
Tho man who starts off with the remark,
"Air. President, yon will scarcely expect
me to make long speech at this time OF
the night, . Is snre to be hailed with: No,
we do not Sit down." The unfortunate
speaker who spars for breath by filling in
with, What shall say" is sure to hear
the response, sharp and quick, 'Nothing!'
The orator who falls to talking about him.
self and what he has done is only laying up
q store of wrath for himself. There was =
fase in point at a recent dinner. A young
sfficial who has made a peculiar success IN
bis post, and who is we'll liked. thought to
Improve the opportunity for sounding his
own Dazoo q ittie. lie proceeueu W zen VI
various things that he had done. giving
quite o list of his accomplishments, and was
about to extend this indefinitely when cor
respondent with strong lungs lhterJecteu
the following:
That's all right, but did you ever quits
This sally WINS greeted with such u roar
OF laughter that under ITS cover the young
official thought he would 90 well 10 rake
Ike hint and sat down.
The after dinner speaker who makes the
best headway ~ one VINO accepts the silua-
ton as 1t appears and becomes a foaster
OH his own account. The man who praises
the newspapers, or who passes around com.
piiments Tor the CLUB, IS sure 10 he groaneu
into misery. But the orator who Launches
out into all the abuse he can think o. with
newspaper men anu the press sehefaiiy rs
his victims, IS sure to be wen received:
The llveiler this ttrade, the more pit.er anu
effective, the better the clubmen ike II.
Ihey VIII SIT as calm as oysters anu ,aNc
their medicine, or, II commenting at all,
eXclalmlng: Ihats the stun. i1lS US
again.. cure all right. Inns point
AANNs - = - - -
attended one OF these Dls dinners, ana VINO
may some dag be called upon 10 stand their
roasting.
henhcmehs OF SrueiS'
AT recent Dig dinner OF one OF these
clubs the menu cards bore long lso OF
toasts Among those assigned TO speak on
conventional topics, ike Inc LADIES,
The Capital City, Ine PRESIDENT etc,
were members OF the cabinet, senators ana
representatives. these men had had no prior
notlce OF what was expected OF them. AS
soon i,s the oysters were served they looked
at their menus anu found that they were IN
for 1t. Az once, as is haman nature. they
began thinking over what they would say.
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