Times Independent | 1932-04-28 | Page 7 | Orators Must Bow to Sentiment for Brevity

orators must bow to sentiment for brevity A shorthand expert says that americans talk much taster than they did twenty years ago Is the old poise and dignified deliberation weakening or Is it the case that it you dont talk fast you dont get listened to do people regard it as an imposition that you should think you are entitled to all the time you like to make your utterance other people want to tell their stories too it Is irking to a long winded though pithy person to have to whisk into tho conversation and whisk out again he wants time for his weighty observations to sink in whereas it he takes up too much time some of his auditors on the outer fringes are sure to slink out the learned and verbose are at a disadvantage the world has only so much time to spare and few are allowed to claim more than their bhare make it brief Is the universal sentiment this being true those who hae something to say would better bide their time and keep their powder dry don t fire till you see the whites of their eyes and use your best bombshells bomb shells F H collier in the st louis globe democrat