The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-26
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

| a and so is going to make an address at such and such a dinner and unless he comes heralded as a star, one never knows just what to expect.
 But have found out after much ex- perience that frequently the man who is headlined fails to make good, and the man who comes without a blowing of trumpets walks away with the honors and delights those who took a chance. | I am 8 good listener, for I know how hard it is in these days when everybody various related organizations are sending their cracks throughout the land, for just the plain, everyday man who is put up to hold his crowd, and therefore I try and help him out.
 
 went to the father and son banquet l given under the auspices of the Y. M. C.. l A. at the Southern club, and was placed at the speakers table next to pr. D. w.. address. He may have reputation as an orator in South Carolina, but A1abam- ians had not had the pleasure of hear ing him.
 In conversation with him I set him down for Methodist preacher, but aft CT a bit when I asked him if he was minister he replied that he was not, and that in his case the title of doctor was l I,; had been given to teaching. He had very lit- tie, however, of the professional peda- gogue about him. l It's drilled into every reporter sent out to get a personal item to be sure and get the correct name, the right address, and the business of the man. It looks mighty simple, but it's mighty hard to keep names straight, and lots of times it's difficult to get the initials correct. There is a constant miXup in nearly every paper.
 l The average man not only wants you l to get his proper name but he wants 1t spelled according to his way of doing i it, and resents it unless his initials are properly credited to him. Any newspaper man can tell you about constant kicking along this line. Now, don't mind owning up that I am always pleased when I see my name in print set out in full, Frank Willis Barnett, for it is my trade mark, 1 but it grates on me to run across an l item in which am called '.the Rev. Bar | no Ctr Gat as I'll admit I will respond to a toast, it makes no diffence what the toastmaster calls me.
 Knowing these things. when I meet man I try and get his proper name, his home town address, and his business, and if there is any doubt in my mind about any one of the three items I put | him, through cross-examination until 1 [ get it right Get this data about even stranger and you have at least foun. dation to build upon.
 i For example, the cards printed and dis tributed about the lecture which Dr. Daniel was to give on Sunday afternoon stated that he was the president of Clem- son college, when he told me he was the director of the academic department No special harm was done in confer ring upon him the presidency, but only cite it to show how easy it is to get the wrong dope on visitor.
 ! Being from South Carolina, I was in terested, as my mother was born in the | Palmetto state and, strange to say, his home town was in six miles of the place of her birth and he gave me some charm ing pictures of the old town of her na tivity, and my heart went out to him for linking me up in such a pleasant way with the scenes of her girlhood 1 had the good fortune to mention the educator whose life had fallen into my hands, and found out that he was a pupil and great admirer of the late President Carlisle of Wofford college. whom pr. P. B. Wells, the pastor of the l Highlands Methodist church. puts down the Palmetto state, and whose name is a sweet memory and tower of strength in southern Methodism.
 There were present at the banquet about 100 fathers, and in the neighbor- hood of 150 boys. There were proud fath. CTS with young lads at their sides, and there were proud old fathers seated ip the center of their strong young men upon whom they were leaning in the evening of life. It was an inspiring sight and enough to bring out the best in any speaker
 Now, it's no easy matter to reach both old and young at the same time, but before Dr. Daniel had been speaking five minutes he had his audience, from the youngest to the oldest, eating out of his hand and begging for more. It was a triumph of tact and oratory, and am sure that if he is ever billed to speak again in Birmingham he will have a ca pacity audience.
 He spoke about 25 minutes and in that time told at least two dozen good jokes. and yet on trying to sum up his address it's hard for me to decide whether it was dominated by humor or pathos, or whether the burden of his message was lseriOuS or dominated by the spirit of