Show 1 I I I I I I I C JOEL C J J. J PARKER North Main Street Houston Texas h JJ became a member of the Breakfast Association a group of business busi busi- ness less men men that gets together for breakfast every Wednesday morning and has Craft talks There being five fifty members each of them has charge of one meeting a year During C Js first year he was nervous but he managed to talk about two minutes then turned on a projector to show a film Elm This of course got him off his feet About a year later he conducted the meeting inexactly in inexactly I exactly the same manner as the year before talked about two minutes then fell back on that movie projector again When C. C Js J.'s turn came up for the third time time time-at at atthe atthe the Breakfast Club he looked forward to the opportunity opportunity opportunity of taking charge There was no month of agony agony y before that morning as had been his first two experiences and his s wife could not believe that his attitude had changed so completely The meeting CARNEGIE day came he got to his bis feet spoke and had a grand time Knowing It must have been a success since several of the fellows spoke about it later What brought about the change He says it was nothing but the practice and drilling he got from Joining a class in public speaking where he did night after fter night what he was afraid to do I |