Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-02

kind of a cross b.
tween the two) Lincoln's Gettysbur
Address. You see it was Lincolns brit
day and the Republicans In New Yorl
were celebrating.
II 1t hadent been for Lincoln th,
Republicans in N. Y. would sure b
snort OF a cause for celebrating. Vel
preceding Mr. Hoover's speech som,
woman read LincoIns speech. It's onl,
about three hundred words long. am
the plalnest words. There's not a child
or even a comedian that cant under
stand 1t. Well Mr. Hoover got f1owerv
all long words. Honest Lincoln lust as
well not made his speech as far as II
mas had any effect on other speakers
lie lett 1t as an example, but no one
ever followed it. You know this radio
gives you a pretty good line on lust
now things go over. Now the President
got q tremendous reception at all ref
erenees to him by the preceding speak
ers' and a great hand when he arose to
speak, but when he got into his speech.
which was on affairs as they pertain
TO US, why not a ripple did he get.
Just don't believe one tenth of those
people knew what he was talking about.
You lake an audience like he would
draw all OF rich New York Republi-
ans, and ! bet you outside of a few Of
the men present they dideht get him at
all. When he got into gold standard
u finances, why those women dident
care a thing about it as long as thew
already had on the sable coat. and did
ent nave to worry about where it was to
come from. The President said things
IN his speech that | know they would
have %applauded II they had known
what they were.
nave played to audiences all over
this country, cities, towns and right on
he bald prairie, and lots of swell char
ity affairs in New York, and il you talk
about international or political affairs.
q fashionable New York audience is
the dumhest n you can assemble any-
where In this Country. Small town peo-
pie will make a sucker out OF EN- for
reading and keeping up with the news.
Will never forget one time / went over
TO Sherrys, a fashionable restaurant.
after the Follies show one night to play
q charity affair for one of the Wander
dit ladies, and I thought | had some
good material at the time. The League
Nations was In the heighth OF its ar
gument, ireland and England was fuss
Ing. disarmament was a headline
topic. William Randolph Hearst was
sitting with a party Of friends at one
Of the tables. Well he had heard these
little jokes OF mine over at the
show, and I breezed out there
rather cocky thinking I had some sure
ire material. Well you never saw Jokes
ut a ball room floor and slide off like
nose did. Those old %dowagers. and
hose young debutantes had no more
'ead a paper than | had Shakespeare.
Hearst was dying laughing, but not
It the jokes. He was laughing at me
nut there dying.
50 can appreciate what Mr. Hoover
gas up against. They dident know who
1as on or off the gold. They knew they
Tere on velvet was all. Then two nights
alter after that fiasco | went to Sing
ing and did a show for them and
ever had as well read audience in my
re. They dident muff a gag Ever since
hen ! have always felt we had the
-rong bunch In there. They have pa
ers and magazines in there and read
the time.
Talking about Mr. Lincoln and his
that day at Gettysburg, he was
ot what Is always humorously referred
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