The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
PUBLIC MEN MARVEL
 AT BRYAN'S ENDURANCE
Voice of Democratic Candidate Continues Strong and Resonant Good Stories Told of
 Nebraskan's Early Life.

pelled to comment on what I cay and not the way in which say it."
 Extras were issued that night in which the statement was made that Mir. Mir. Bryan's speech of acceptance was a flat failure for tho reason that he could not be heard by more than half the people in the audience
 After the meeting In the garden was over and while boys were selling ex- tras in Broadway, Mir. Bryan was ad- dressing from the balcony of a near. by hotel 25.o00 or 30.O00 people who packed themselves into all the avail- abel space in the nelghborhood. Tn spite of the rumble of the cars. most of his auditors heard his remarks with little or no difficuity. and he was ney- CT in finer voice than when talking to that vast concourse of shouting Demo- cras. VI
 In his travels during the campaign, Ear. Bryan made from ten to thirty five speeches a day. Frequently he spoke In pouring rain, and peariy all of hts addresses were delivered in the open air. v
 BryaG's First Speech.
 In one of the many biographical sketches Of William J. Bryan Is to be found the following regarding his first attempt at speech making:
 During the sumner of 1880. MT. Bry- an attended his. first political meet ing. record the details of this gath ering for the encouragement of young speakers. He was to make a Demo- cratic speech at a farmers picnic near Salem, III. his native village, and the bills announced two other speakers. Mir. Bryan standing third on the list. Upon reaching the grove he found the two speakers and an audience of four, A nG man in control of wheel of fortune, and two men in charge of a lemonade stand. e,-t " -
 After waiting. m hour for an au- dience which failed to come, the meet Ing adjourned sine die. and MT. Bry- an went, home. Later in the fall, how ever. he made four speeches for, Han cock and English. the first being de- livered in the court house at Salem"
 Since Mfr. Bryan has been promi. nently before the public cartoonists have taken special delight in exagger- ating his proverbial smile. s
 Mrs. Bryan wrote the biography of her distinguished husband which ap- peared In his book, The First Battle issued shortly after his defeat for the Presidency in 1s96.. Following are her impressions when she first set eyes up- on him: '
 T saw him first in the parlors of the young ladies' school which at- tended in Jacksonville. He entered the room with several other students. was taller than the rest. and attracted my attention at once. His face was pale and thin; pair of keen, dark eyes looked out from beneath heavy eye- brows; his nose was prominent--too large to look wcll, I thought; broad thin-1ipped mouth and q square chin completed the contour Of his face. He was neat though not fastidious in dress, and stood firmly and with dig nifty. I noted particuIarly his hair and his smile, The former, black In color fine in quality, and parted distressing ly straight; the latter, expansive and expressive. e. F -
 Tn later years this sssiile has been the subject of consideFable comment but the weil-rounded cheeks of Mfr. Bryan now check it's onward march, and no one has seen the real breadth of the smile who did not see it in the