New-York tribune., 1922-12-08
Young Boswell
HnterOieWS
viii Rogers

BECAUSE he = q very DIV humorisi,
Ne is far,ous for Me rope vork az rsu
az his pif.
ke is one Of ths fec cto wiH aekrosgI-
edge that they read al Of The He'os-
papers,
Ne is popular afisr-diHHer speaker.
WILL ROGERS iras changing into his
bdssbaN nHif0rm as Young BosueH,
fascinated bV the stream Of "Folliss'
beauties passing Hp ond dozen ihe stairs,
reluctantly opeHed kis dressiHg room
door.
WILL ROGERS-I see you've been
talking 10 Sir Gilbert Parker about Ire
land. Guess they'll have lot OF trouble
over there yet with the republicans.
here, too. ireland hasn't anything on
Us. We've got the Democrats. We need
a third party over here. The law OF
averages gives Il chance Of being bet
ter than the other two.
WILL ROGERS dossn't 20 IN heavily
for roks-Hp. ne leaves he rugged cow-
boy face N its pristine state, pulls doi0n
lock Of hair and puts on AZ bassbaH
cop. Ho chose a piece Of gum" from
ne roc "pdyksd' on me mirror frame,
picked Hp iasso. rhick he fioirled az
Ne toiksd IN he etistomdrv druri, and
taetfaliV closed ne door that Young
Bos'rslfs attention might not BE- dis
frnctsd.
WILL ROGERS guess England viii
be glad 20 get the Irish rebels settled 20
they can use them in their next war
Young Boswell hear you are the
popular after-dinner speaker now.
WILL ROGERS That's lot Of bunk.
or course after-dinncr speaking is
harder than II was. ! wish I'D got
started earlier. before prohibition
came In.
Young Boswell -Whyf
WILL ROGERS-Wen, you can un-
derstAnd why a man Ike Chauncey De-
pew made his reputation. don't be-
lieve he could do the same thing nova
days. Now you can't tell them tho same
story but once At the same dinner. The
guests, their minds not befogged By
drinks, have Just as good memories as
the speaker
(He tioirled the rope IN and out Of the
sh0ger bath az ke tdlked.l
WILL ROGERs-The only thing that
has helped me In my degeneration into
an after-dinner speaker Is that, 50 far,
l ] haven't been reminded Of a story. I've
been reminded Of everything else. but
not OF q story. OF course, this day and
time, a man I'd like 10 git Into some
thin better than after-dinner speaking,
but q man can't choose his profession.
| The profession Is overestimated, any
how. All you need is a couple Of speak
ers ahead Of you that have a message
for the guests. 90 love to follow a
man with a message.
(Ha Jumped through ne rope and
locked very pleased NTH ne stunt
WILL ROGERS-Just n little prac.
tieel You know, the more serious mos;
men are generally, the more humorous
they are. But. even for a serious man
it's gittin' hard 10 find guests or mem.
bers who will some 20 club dinner
cause they started in by eliminating
the drinks and now IL looks liks th,
foods followin' suit.
Young Boswell What DO you mean?
WILL ROGERS-Well, when you &c
10 a dinner now you not only know
what jokes you're goin' 10 hear, but yoI
know what jokes you're gon' TO eat.
Young Boswell What do you think oi
Clomenceau's speeches.
WILL ROGERS-Well, he's a grea
deal like an after-dinner speaker. II
fact, consider him an ideal After-din
ner speaker, as he spoke for three week
In this country and nobody knows ye
what he wants. He might as we'll hav
been speaking in his native tongue. So
] would consider him the peer OF after
dinner speakers. Qf course, my littl
eseapadc into speaking is only tempo