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Show PECULIAR TYPE OF ORATOR ' Small Wonder That in This Bombastic Age He Created Something of ! a Sensation. i The speaker of the occasion was of i such unusual apperrance that the au- ' (Hence gasped or giggled, according to I the preferences of its members, when ; be came upon the rostrum. i "Ladies and gentlemen," he harshly ! began, "poverty would be abolished in i this country if we could only save and j devote to some useful purpose the time i we waste in listening to Hons., Chau- ! tauqua lecturers, pointers with pride and viewers with alarm, singers j who cannot sing, babbling bards, parents .of bright children, bearers ! ot messages to the waiting world, nnd sundry other bores whom it Is not ! necessary to mention at this time." I And peculiar as was his personal appearance, his procedure was more unique, for. having said his say, he j bowed grimly and retired from the rostrum. Kansas City Star. ' |