Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15

NO nftcf uuHulHh ever coiupAttt WIN
that mrs, time woman reads "a paper
or makes n speech In public. Though
ahe may have the cloquenco Of ny
pstia and the self confidence Of a Mary
Ellen Lease. she Ia doomed on that de-
but 10 torture which. n known 70
Dante. would have inspired him TO cn-
tabliah an extra purgatorial circle.
Unfortunately neither Beatrice nor Mrs.
Dante had any experience with womcn's
clubs or societies. and 90 Dante never
heard OF club stage fright. and II has
Loot deserved immortal odium.
Thousands Of women, with the autumn
opening Of the season. would like 10 be-
long 10 the great club slntcrhood. but
hesitate 10 enroll Themselves In It's
ranks because OF the dreaded paper or
speech. Women who on ordinary oc-
oaHions might be strongly suspected OF
an Intimate acquaintance with the
biafney stone are silent a. the sphinx
In the awcaoms presence OF tho club
president.
club stare fright IL different from
any other sort. Ladies' who have given
serious lectures without trcmor trom-
mosphoro OF the club. because they
know that II IN always ones friends
who are most critical 4 dozen ombar-
raaHmsnta distress club speaker, Hh'i
wonders II her hat IL on straight, " hcf
hAirplnu are In place n her new gown
n quite handsome enough. n II IL too
rich Tor the occasion. II II hangs wen
or n II n In the fashion. She IL post
tive every other woman IN the club 10
comparing the paper with an individual
and superior effort. The victim II be-
wildered over the pronunciation Of the
unusual words and HtumhlcH and slut
tiers over them and finally even mis-
takes the ones with which rhc n per-
fcctiy familiar. In her confusion she
speaks much lower than she has any
idea o. and nll over tho clubroom are
heard harassinE calls Of Louder.
louder'"
People common, on what she says or
reads In aubduod tones Unable 20
make out whether tho remarks are IN
yornhie or uufnvofnhic. the unaccua-
toned one loses her place and while
the club sits silently waiting FOR her 20
resume she bushes and ahlvcra with
modification. There Il always some
misguided member Of tho club who
wants 10 ask questions during the prog
ress Of the paper. This lady has at
talncd a reputation for being weli In
formed and Of good judgment owing %
her quiEEical propcnsties, The rcputa-
ilon II probably unmoriiod. AZ II Is com
slderably easier to AK questions than
TO answer them. The feminine Socrates.
however with her miserable mania for
Information, entnnglen the unaccun-
toned speaker In 20 many blundcr and
admissions Of ignorance that she a.
sometimes panic stricken and rctlrea
from the platform. The paper read. tho
club In general takes up the discussion.
or. more properly perhaps, the diaHec-
ton, ~ the cffort.
After this operation no inexperienced
woman with the spirit Of kitten ever
thinks she can read paper or make a
speech In public again. She goes home
with n headache and tearfully seeks
tho sympathy ~ an unapprcclative
family. as rule inclined 10 make sport
OF her sufieringa aH an orator. Now and
then she compares notes with some 9th
er ciubwoman not as yet lost 10 NIL
sense OF stage fright. and the tyro II
eomforted 10 learn that her experience
has been duplicated by that Of Hom'
one else. n rhe has grit and In not too
sensitive. after this she goes on writ
ting club papers or making club speech
81 and gradually bccowca 20 hardened
that she can talk straight ahead with
out notes.
Many women graduate from churci
societies and missionary bands into tbs
literary or philanthroplo organizations
Now and then one makes her debu
against her better Judgment. but no
often does she do 10 against her will
A well known authorizes recently hn,
her first experience OF stage fright al
the result Of a too great willingness q
ohlige ono " her friends The literar,
lady lives In n large western city an'
IL young and pretty enough TO be pop
uirr In society. Her literary Efforts hayl
been the amusement 90 leisure hours ~
were turned out 90 satisfy the demand
OF long lImbed maiden NJ 10 who hn
an Unsuitable appetite for stories an'
"poemn" owing 60 her Willingness q
ohlige. friends less gifted IN the use %
the pen were not slow 20 call upon he
when their clubs demanded their Hery
tees A. speakers. Naturally she a.
scented when certain Mrs Smith ask
cd FOR o paper 10 be read before IN
county convention Of missionary Horie
ties. Wondering that Mrs. smith. VIII
was a woman of intelligence. ala no
write her own paper. Che ohhglnE au
thoreHs agreed 20 supply 20 pages a
literature ON the subject Of Chinese mis-
nions, The literary lady, who Tor con
venience may be- styled Mrs. brown
had busy week before her and though
no more OF the missionary paper unit
one morning she opened an enyrlop.
from which tell programme OF On
missionary convention. hearInE In lars
letters, umougother announcements. IA
statement that Mrs. william Hcnr
Brown would read a paper on missile
work In China. Mrs, Brown almoi
tainted.
III Ia some terrible mistake on IN
part N some one I will write 10 Mr.
Smith and call her attention 90 H." sni
Mrs. Brown. In due time she receive
an answer from Mira. Smith saying tht
no mistake had been made and that Nh
hoped dear Mrs brown would be o
hand at the church promptly az IN
OF INTERES