Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-20
AFTER DINNER ORATOR
Witticisms of Patrick Murphy.
 a Horse Show "Find."
NEVER SMILES WHEN SPEAKING.


 tionaI Horse Show Luncheon In
 New York, Which Stamped Him as
 a New Arrival In the Ranks of Fun
 Makers.
 While it is true that the annual horse show usrally makes find" of some kind that adds new interest to the en- tertainment held in Madison Square Garden, New York, this is the first time that the find has been an after dinner orator of the first order, and there is no doubt in the minds of those who heard Patrick F. Murphy, presi- Gent of the Mark Cross company, speak at the horse show luncheon the other day that the show of 1903 will be re- membered after the memory of subse- quent exhibitions has passed into ob- livion because of MT. Murphy's wit ticisms, says the New York Telegram.
 Mr. Murphy, when he arose from his seat at the table to respond to the toast, ''The National Horse Show asso- ciation," to use his own words, was known to but a few" and when he resumed his place at the close of his speech had won his way into the hearts of not only those who were privileged to hear him, but also into the affection of the fun loving American public.
 MT. Murphy looks the humorist, and even in ordinary conversation keen flashes of wit that make it impossible to keep straight face are continually shown. His eyes seem to laugh, while his face is perfectly serious. He makes remarks that cause those around him to go into convulsions, never so much as smiling himself and only showing his enjoyment of the fun by the twin king of his light blue eyes.
 The speech which made MT. Murphy famous was in part as follows:
 This is my first appearance at any of these gatherings, and in this great city of New York man has about as much choice of what is going to hap pen to him before the sun goes down as he had about the selection of his name at baptism. I had no expecta- ton of being called on to respond for the National Horse Show Association of America. I am somewhat in the po- sition of the parents at the college meet ing where the students were thunder ing against the stinginess of their fa- thers and one of the undergraduates arose and said, Let us not forget boys, that these men are our fellow crea- tures.' And so I would wish to claim the same protection from you, stran- ger to most of you having been born in Edinburgh, county of Cork, Eng, land, with name that is distinctly and deliciousIy Hibernian.
 T really can offer no satisfactory reason for addressing you. can say nothing to recommend me to your par ticular attention except that am a Caucasian and member of your own. sex. I should be pleased, very pleased indeed, to say something in praise of the gentlemen who have created this National Horse Show association. 1 understand it is the nineteenth lunch con and it's twentieth year. Men from all parts of the country are welcomed by you. Some men eminent in other cities, weary with unsatisfactory pros- perity, have come to New York. For instance, there is MT. Rockefeller, that young Lochinvar who has come out of the west and whose chief mission on earth seems to be the pouring of Standard Oil on the troubled vinegar of Sunday school problems, and he i'm cidentally mentions that money is not all. But, gentlemen, many things can be bought with money.
 If money is not all, it takes a man with money to find it out
 Then there is that other gentleman we have from across the water-Mr. Carnegie the star 'spangled Scotch man, handing out libraries. He Is what you might call a humorfst in money, giving away great sums to the confusion of all statistics and the de spair of all readers of the Arabian Nights do not know what we are going to do with the overeducation that will result from his labors. He really should take a leaf out of the book of that Boston lady who used to have separate bookcases for the male and female authors. An Irishman, countryman of mine, could only ex- plain by supposing that she did not wish to increase her library,' This horse show speech was not MT. Murphy's first after dinner speech, by l any means.
 II used to speak quite frequently when I was in Boston, said Mir. Mur- phy. "I had occasion to speak there very frequently, but since I've been in New York my opportunities have been more limited"