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... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING. [Br J. H. Borroimst, F.N.S.] During the last few weeks a great deal has been said in town about the Laneas- ter Standard's lament of the lack of good after-dinner speaking. May I add my little contribution ...
... at the time of the election, he staying in the neighbourhood, and made a bet that tie would speak at one of Si, Joshua's meetings without being found out. With the as.iNtance of three friends, one of whom made up splendidly as a gltd, he carried out ...
... are ae follows and may well be to speak for very great deal of doubt exists. Without going them.elres:— so far as to 'where that under the present 1902. 1901. I M:iee there be Horses used solely for agrieul- , persons who would deliberately by themielves ...
... the American regard after-dinner speaking as one of the fine arts; we regard it as a bore and a nuisance. You have there the whole difference. It is a matter of temperament and disposition. The American likes to speak after dinner; he prepares for it; ...
... -..:, 4 •J. V Speaking of Max O'Rell reminds me that ix his book Between Ourselves he has a chapter on after dinner speaking. I only came across it after I had written my notes last week. But. a, the genial author take., the same view that I do, namely ...
... worthy people who look ahead and see all the peoples of the earth speaking one common tongue. How is it Fossiblel How could you get, say, the people of England to learn another language and speak it in place of English? And how much less can you expect the ...
... their fitness to speak to a particular toast. They prepare their speeches and as a result they are worth hearing. Here in Lancaster w e often see a man get up and say he did not know until he came in the room that he would be expected to speak. The result ...
... have that knowledge or not it is always interesting to stand face to face with a man who has travelled extensively and can speak to us of places and people we know only through the labours of others. We who write these lines remember yet the thrill of ...
... and to Warwick Castle. At Warwick Castle about three hundred members and friends were entertained by Lord and Lady Warwick. Speaking of the influence of the Press Lord Warwick emphasised the responsibility involved in its power, and the Countess also briefly ...
... 00-OPERATION. Sir George Liveiti4, speaking at ,a meeting of the Labour Association yesterday in connietion with the Co-operative Festival at the Crystal Palace, said that by far the greater part of the business of the country conducted on the joint stock ...
... ON m WORK. NOT TO BE POLITICAL, BUT PRACTICAL. QUMSTION OF MILK SUPPLY. Mr. Ilanbury, president the Board of Agriculture, speaking at a great meeting on Saturday. it was encouraging to a Minister in his position to sec so large aa he was told, co repr ...
... numbers, n. 4 in the British Isl., but in India, South Africa, Australasia, and the Dominion--in short, throughout THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD to an extent which the Publiabers had not dared tt hope for. What is more to the purpose ie the undeniable fact that ...