Show Hardly a Compliment In tho excitement of the moment public speakers often say the opposite of what they mean to convey and when Henry Irving gave a reading In tho Ulster hall In 1878 says Dram Stoker in Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving ono speaker made as pretty an Irish bull as could be found though the bull Is generally supposed sup-posed to belong to other provinces than tho hardheaded Ulster In descanting des-canting on tile many virtues of the guest of the evening ho mentioned tho excellence of his moral nature and rectitude rect-itude of his private lICe In these terms Mr Irving sir is a gentleman gentle-man what leads a life of unbroken blemish |