Show after dinner oratory the fake humorous speaker has an easier career than even the take do quent speaker yet at any given din accy the orator who passes out mere elocution to his hearers has a success almost as instant and splendid ag hla downing brother it is amazing what things people will applaud when they have the courado of each others ineptitude they will listen after dinner to anything but reason they prefer also the old speaker to new ones they like the familiar taps of humor of eloquence it aliey have tasted the brew before they know what they are going to get the note of their mood Is toler ance but tolerance of accustomed the expected not tolerance ot the novel the surprising they wish to be at rest and what taxes their minds molests their intellectual repose they do not wish to climb any great heights to reach the level of the orator W D cowells in harpers |