New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

par was lnClned 10 De little bit Snlppy,
which fact was not lost on the court.
When all the evidence was in, the Judge
squeaked out to the prisoner, well, I'll fine
you Just two hundred dollars and costs"
All right, Judge" smiled the prisoner,
patting the right side of his trousers bosom.
81 got it right here in my hip pocket"
And sixty days in jail" fled the big
Judge. Got that IN your hip pocket" "
A PLATFORM lecturer who was green
on the lob was demonstrated with by
the manager of his bureau, as follows: Why,
they tell me that down at Johnsonburg
you lectured two hours. That's too long
The committee says that more than half
your audience left before you were nearly
through.
We'll, let me tell you, protested the new
lecturer You told me, when you started
me out, that | should make it a rule to quit
while the audience wanted more. And I'll
be hanged if saw any signs of their wanting
more at any time; so | Just kept on.
TT is a pernicious habit among lyCeum lee
turers Of the popular brand to tell as
their personal experience any adaptable an
eCdote they believe will create general
laugh in their audiences. One of that type
was relating story at La Crosse, Wisconsin
last summer at chautauqua. He told the
personal experience" with great 6 Isto, in
spite of the fact that the anecdote had been
apocryphal before the lecturer was born.
After the lecture, an old lady whose de-
feCtive hearing had let her catch only the sal
lent and recognizable point Of the aneCdote
but had not caught the statement that
the lecturer himself claimed to have partici-
pated in II, came rushing up to the speaker,
in the midst of handshaking group, and
shouted out:
"Oh. sir. was so glad TO hear that story
again about the college sophomore. DO YOU
know, the man that that really happened to
leCtured in my town when was little glrl'
IN the smaller communities IN the West, as
we'll as in the East, one Of the pests Of
the popular assembly, especially OF the lee
ture course or Chautauqua. is the doctor
who has himself called out, or so Secretes
himself in the audience that IN case there
is a call for him he will have to be publicly
mentioned. together with the urgent need
OF his valuable services at some bedside.
MANY public speakers wage a steady cru
Sade against that sort of thing, and usually
it is the doctor who undergOes the humlla-
ton. as the audience is always in sympathy
with a popular speaker and resentful OF an
interruption.
At Fairfield, Iowa, during their chautau-
qua gathering last summer, the platform
manager stopped a speaker who was Just
getting warmed up. to say:
is DR.. Blank in the audience He's
wanted at the telephone
The audience was displeased; the speaker
was sore. Turning 10 the platform manager,
the speaker looked at him a moment, then
said to the audience:
Il have a doctor brother who used 70 en-
Dlov that manner Of advertising when he
was lust beginning.
The doctor, being an old practitioner was
followed with wild shouts OF laughter as he
bushinglv beat a retreat from the tent.
Another instance OF the doctor call at
Sheldon. Iowa, last summer was handled
bv the same speaker in this fashion
rs Dr. Brock IN the audience Hes
wanted at the gate" said the manager.
Il wonder what's the matter with the
gate2" flashed the speaker.
And the yshrjeking audience thought 1t was
the best part Of the show.
WIHERE small boys attend entertain
w ments. dogs will 60 If the boys can