The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
The Art OF Introducine On orator

the Art OF introducing an orator.
The noble art Of the lecture plat
form reserves its most searching test
for him who undertakes to introduce
to an expectant audience the star
speaker. The geometrical line, con-
fined to a single dimension. is not
quite 30 tenuous al the boundary
which separates for this indispensa-
BILE functionary Of the forum def
cheney from excess. Anybody car lee
ture; hardly anybody al introduce
a lecturer properly.
The other night Mr.. JOHN TEMPLE
GRAVES addressed, In Charlotte, n. c.,
m audience Of Southern beauty and
chivalry. Pleading for a national
awakening and a navy that goes Colo
mel RoosEvElr's one better by being
SECOND to none." he filed the Acad-
envy of Music with the poetry of his
presence. the music OF his voice and
the harmony Of sound and sense. The
Colonel warbled:
I'm the hands of an assassin q knife
is a dangerous weapon. In tho hands Of
a skilled surgeon II IL one of the great
est blessings in the world"
But in the ears Of chivalry and
beauty were still ringing the echoes
OF the remarks with which Mayor
KIRKPATRICK OF Charlotte had Just
introduced the speaker:
AS HoRAr1us stood alone on the
banks Of Father Tiber holding back the
oncomins horde OF barbarans: as
CHARLES MARrEL. single handed, with
stood the Saracens on the plains Of
Tours and saved Western civilization
PARrn stormed the fort Of Toulon and
wrested france from the bloody reign
of tho R~obespierres; as our own Hick-
DRY JACKSON, contrary to the Judgment
and orders Of his peers. fought the bat
tie OF New Orleans and saved his coun-
try from the iron heel Of British tyr
amy so our beloved President woop-
aow WILSON land 80 on1."
The Mayor was a whole orchestra.
He sang. like ISRAELI. wildly well. the
greed and lusts of men. the insatIate
thirst for power. 'the tide Of passion
and blood in sister republic 10
the south" Scotland lay torn and
bleeding, ScorT ("Lady OF the Lake,
: gave up raw. bleeding collops Of his
! poetic flesh. "Cross Of Fire dipped In
crimson blood" ''and burst be the enr
: that fails to heed. and palsied the feet
that shun to speed, at the clarion
/, call Of his country's need" On IN
4 irresistible tide OF tumbling notes
. Charlotte was rapt away to the noun
/. tains of legend to hear the storm run
: bells while peals of patriotic ecstasy
: echoed in their. ringing hearts before
n passing "down the aisles OF time
Y One final wrenching Of those pas
. stoned heartstrings:
Fellow citizens. I have tho pleasure
n honor Of presenting to you a mar
e whose ~forebears poured out their l!fe''
o blood as a holy oblation in defence o.
Americas liberty. a man with a brair
u the equal OF WEBSTER. with a logic a.
e clear and convincing as that OF ARTS
h rorLE. who's eloquence is comparable
with tina of HENRY W. GRADY. who poe
scsses tho courage OF the Spartan herr
at the pass of Thermopyle. and who's
d nature is as gentle as that OF a woman
and In whose breast the bells
OF patriotism ring out as clear
as those which announced the midnigh
" ride Of PAUL REVERB
I present to YOU The Hon. JOHN TEMrIl
y GRAVES.
# ours by blruh,
Is the nations by merit
n and by worth"
l. Oh, where was JOHN TEMPLE then
= A cloud no bigger than n man
hand may swallow the heavens; tn
forerunner crying too loudly In tn
'c wilderness may make difficult tn
way Of him that comes after; desser
IL taken first spells the dinner. KIRK
u PATRICK killed GRAVES and his CRANE
= sweet song, passed on through TIL
'' Suns megnphone, may be n blessin
of admonition to other practitioner
10 OF the dainty art Of introduction.