Show it seems the preacher got off 09 on wrong note 49 never mind your subject keep your eye on your audience was the somewhat cynical advice on once ce given to a young orator by an old hand but we owe some of the best stories of public speaking to those who forget to heed this prudent counsel the latest addition to their number occurred just the other day A prominent clergyman was addressing some hundreds of mid d dle le aged spinsters spin at a meeting of the national spinsters Spin pensions association exhorting them to fight for economic independence he declaimed you must fight and win win and pass it on to your children |