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A
LTHOUGH it was at the beginning
of the campaign, and the great fight
had not warmed up in a correspond
ing degree with the xveatherf a large crowd
had gathered to hear the distinguished
speaker.
As his well-rounded sentences poured out,
and his oratorical shots scored on the bull's
eye of the opposition, the enthusiasm of his
hearers increased accordingly.
"By my grandfather's ghost!" exclaimed
one perspiring but happy listener, "that man
could talk with his hands tied behind him."
"I doubt it," responded a calculating and
observant neighbor. "Few men can."
And the doubter was very nearly correct.
There are orators and orators, and one
orator differs from another in his own peculiar
methods of impressing audiences. But there
is one thing characteristic of nearly all most
of the well-known speakers of the country talk
with their hands as well as with their vocal
chords.
Ever notice them in action?
that is presented here, He has, perhaps, never studied
the graces taught by the masters of elocution. When
he uses his hands, he does so In a simple and direct
way, aa a simple and direct speaker.
Most portraits of Governor Charles E. Hughes, of
New Tork, give the Impression of coolness, quietness
and reserve. Yet Governor Hughes can work himself
Into a fine frenzy when discussing some favorite topic
before the people. The picture on this page show
him making a speech upon his particular hobby, the
famous anti-race track KamhllnK b111- He nas ev'"
dently forgotten himself and his surroundings In the
earnestness of his purpose.
As a lawyer Governor Hughes was not widely
known until his connection with the Insurance Inves
tigation, and his work before the legislative commit
tee consisted more In probing than In speechmaklng.
Perhaps he could not have been called an experi
enced Jiubllc speaker until the completion of his cam
paign r Governor a campaign that took him from
one end of the state to the other and kept him busy
on the stump. It was on that trip, and the many occa
sions sinc on which his oratory has been In .emand.
that he learned the tricks and acquired the gestures
of the veteran campaigner. ...
Oratory of the kind of Daniel Webster and John C.
Calhoun la not very frequently heard In the United
States Senate at present. Yet that body contains a
number of really capable public speakers men whose
Tiirrerrcy
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Senator Rallev is known as one of the ablest
pounders of the federal constitution now In Congrea
He Is a fluent, forceful speaker, and his gesture
graceful and easy.
He uses his right hand a good deal as an aid aaH
supplement to the tongue, seeming to point out th
paths Into which he would direct the minda ot BlS
hearers.
When South Carolina sent Its Governor. Benjamin
Ryan Tillman, to the United States Senate in 18J5, he
was known throughout his state as an orator ot the)
rough-and-ready kind. '
He had never held political office until elected Gov
ernor In 1890 by the votes of his fellow-farmer; It
was his effective and fiery campaign method that car .
ried the day in one of the hottest primary conteaw
the state had ever known. '
Mr. Tillman took his vigorous, unpolished atyla o
nratorv into the Senate with him, and soon made that
grave and dignified body sit up and take notice.
H handled his subjects without gloves,
hKBtmnrv in calling a spade by the name mot
easily recognized. Throughout the country ha became
known as "Pitchfork" Tillman.
It is generally acknowledged that Senator Tillman
has increased in stature of statesmanship with hid
terms of service. His speeches always command cloae
attention, and his opinions are respected by al polite
leal opponents.
When Mr. Tillman warms up to his subject on tn
floor of the Senate or upon the campaign stump. hl
single eye glows as though a veritable furnac Ot
burning thought lay behind.
LONG ARM LEVELED
His long arm is leveled and his forefinger Polntir
with a menace suggestive of a deadly weapon. "When,
?ih?..h hi. arms about like flails he is apt 10 D
and had
talkine straight from the shoulder.
Another energetic orator la Senator Albert JvBT-f.
erldire. of Tnd-iana. who waa widely
ability to talk in debate or upon the stump ha won
them national lame no less than their ability as
statesmen.
Among the best speakers in that dignified body Is
Senator Isldor Rayner. of Maryland. In fact, Mr. Ray
ner's oratorical ability and the reputation It made for
hlra throughout his state played no small part In land
ing him In the Senate.
The people of Maryland. Irrespective of party like
to hear Mr. Rayner on the stump. The mere an
nouncement that he is to speak is sufficient to pack
any building In the state.
Mr. Rayner Is a veteran in legislative service. As
a young man he began his career with a term in the
lower house of the Maryland Legislature, and later
was sent to the state Pennfe. In 18RH he was elected
to Congress and was twice re-elected, serving on im
portant committees and taking
tlve part in debate.
In fact, his speeches upon tariff re
vision and other measures of his party
attracted the attention of the nation,
so that he was well known nationally
before his election to the United States
Senate, although the public remembered
him best, perhaps, a the eloquent
counsel of Rear Admiral Schley In the
celebrated naval inquiry that followed
ttie war with Spain.
Mr. Rayner is a serious man. of
serious mien, and the first and fore
most Impression he makes upon his
audiences is that of Intense earnestness. Although his
witty shafts and biting sarcasms may keep his hearers
in roars of laughter. Mr. Rayner rarely smiles.
His favorite rMure Is to raise one hand above his
head, palm outw.irJ, and to hold the other down by
his side, also palm outward, occasionally bringing
the two hanus together; yet he may stand with those
hands stretched upward and downward through half
a dozen lmpae sloned sentences. He uses both hands
freely while tiilklng, and his gestures generally punc
tuate his utteranccj In a timely and impressive man
ner. H was mot long after Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of
Texas, took h s place among the nation's lawmakers
In the Flfty-s. cord Congress that he gave evidence of
anility as a Abater. When he was translated to the
Senate in 1901. his reputation had been established.
known. . , t h
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u.T k;n," throiia-hout most 01 ni Iirst Klu'i " -
began in 1899. whan'
Beverldge becomes very much animated wn
.peaking, and his hands and arms play n Important .
part in his oratorical methods. Senator Nelon W...
Aldrlch of Rhode Island, speaks mostly upon ques
tions of finance, and. despite his usually calm appear
ance. can become very energetic in debate.
One of the hurricane speakers of the senate j
Davis, ot Arkansas. His exertions cause wonder that
he does not drop from exhaustion at the end ol a long:;
'Senator Foraker, of Ohio, while also in the heateOI
class, haa learned, through long experie nee . t b:";!
moderate in the physical effort of delivering- himelf.
of a torrent of burning thoughts. . s
Over on the House side, Representative H. u. Clay
ton, of Alabama, is a type of the southern orator wha
knows how to use his hands to advantage in forcing:
home the points he makes while speaking.
John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, become a ec
tive as though touched by a live wire, and Represen--
tatlve Cushman, of Washington State, bend and un
bends his elongated form like a Jackknife a he whip
his arms about in the excitement of hi utterance.
No speaker makes a more peculiar, yet mor 1m
presslve, use of his hands than Representative Champ
Clark, of Missouri. ... . ... w. ''
Mr. Clark reaches some of his loftiest night or,
oratory, he launches forth some of his keenest hafta;
of wit and sarcasm, with his hands stuffed carelessly
In his trousers' pockets.
With others this would scarcely mean anything,
would practically pass almost unnoticed. But with
Mr. Clark the whole attitude is so characteristic. In :
some way is so forceful, that it seem to lend addi
tional vigor to his words.
And Mr. Clark Is one of the most effective talker
in Congress; he is one of the comparatively few men
who are always certain of a large and attentive audi
ence. -.
IT WOULD be a sad day for the average orator,
from an oratorical standpoint, were he deprived
of the use of bis hands while speaking.
Nearly every one has his own pet gestures,
used Intentionally or unconsciously, and these soon
become recognized as a part of the great man' per
sonality. One of the strenuous public speakers of the day Is
President Roosevelt. Indued, Mr. Roosevelt works a
hard In delivering oral messages to his countrymen a
in chopping down trees In the woods at Oyster Bay.
Many thousands of Americans are familiar with hi
style In action, and yet, perhaps nearly every on of
those thousands carries a different impression of his
characteristic gesture.
Some recall him as standing erect with his head
thrown back his arms dropped by his side, momen
tarily motionless. Hut these impressions are compara
tively few. The great majority who have seen and
heard him on the platform recall htm as a remarkably
vigorous public speaker.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROOSEVELT
They remember him. perhaps, as holding on band
open in front of him. with the other extended high
above his head, in it a paper, which Is used a a sort
of tuning fork, being hammered continually and with
vigor into the outstretched hand.
On of his favorite postures is to lean forward over
a desk or ratling, poiatlng with outstretched right
hand, as though singling out some especial auditor.
Into whose mind be wishes to drive home the fact a
be see them.
This Is on of Mf. Roosevelt's favorite method of
Impressing Important point while speaking from th
rear platform of a car. Perhaps he got Into It because
at the limited apace at hi command and from an In
stinctive desire to get as near to his bearer as po
elbl. With th possible exception of William J. Bryaa.
Mr. Roosevelt, no doubt, baa done more rear-platform
speaking than any other man la th country, and. Ilk
Mr. Bryan, he never m to feel fatigued- Neither
dee be mind the weather Whethe, It Is hot or cold,
whether th shine or th rain fall, be I "alway
on ti Jis," and always em fra and vigorous
William H. Tsft I tint a polished orator. H dee
net pretend to ha. Tet Mr. Jaft it direct and forceful -la
hi eampaln oratory.
U U a caerecterutie picture of Mr. Taft la acUoa
A GREAT many things Americans do aston
ish the French. But nothing seems to puz
zle them more than the advtitisinpr methods
emplojeu on this side the Atlantic.
One of the puzzled Frenchc-u recently poured
out his soul in an article written fora Paris
magazine. It is given below just as it appeared
in that publication.
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NEVER sine M. Huret ha redlcovered America
American audacity. American initiative.
American commercial genius, American grog.
American advertiaement In short, everything
I. America. Thl infatuation i unjut. Nothing I
gulled Ilk a Yankee, and however the American ad
vertisement might produce In us. people of an old
race, a sentiment of urprls and even derUlon. thl
(gulling) could It not do. for our eye ar too clear
slghted and our minds too skeptical.
flome examples are best demonstrated by th kilo
metre of literature.
A dyer of Pnton. who. without doubt, doe not at
tend to hi affslr thl happen all the day over
there had a ridiculous idea some months ago to
paint a horse scarlet, which be attacht to his delivery
wagon and bad driven thru th street.
Immediately all the swetettes for the protection of
animals there seem to be a great many entered a
chorus of frantic protest against th brbarou dyer,
and the pre. greatly agitated Itself
It registered the plaint and road a touching tab
leau of th suffering that would be endured by tbe
scarlet horae, and prophesied the death of the poor
beast under th Influence ef the dye oa it aaOa and
en It health afterward.
The dyer, whs expected, ealy this, kept aew hie beet
ranee.
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pen wet In his best Ink, and oMiaed all the Journal
of I'Ajton to insert a letter of re'-tiflcat'.on. in which
he a..rmej that the products which he employed were
a hv, utely i r. offenul ve. that his worknen constantly
rjnpt-l the',7 hari'is In without Jamae. ar.d t .it no
persons had ever found themselves ill from carrying
the dye In their clothing, grace a des procedes qui.
etc.
The hiKit of risking all to the favor of n'j
husi:v''..' foolishness of the r-iblic gf.es to t';e Amer
Icars the most audacious folly An ur.fort;inri farm
er s'i htalned a (rrant of imciltjred land Nir.le--lng
on the ,ea. at some miies frm a cltv J ete fre
quentee ty the plateaux of the New World
He had Just succeeded Ir. brtnsrtr.a: thru the sand
snr-e lean Spanish potatoes, hut some promoters
watcht' In consideration of the rare specie, they
p-j,rrht from the astonlsht frmer his uncultivated
nni l.-S'Ute Is-.J. which he Instantly quitted, most
harrr to be off, Fifteen iav after, our man was
mil h as;o- sht t - se h- th papers that there wher
his ut,j -oductive fields were situated a city had
arisen '
ThfT rsve the photograph of tho Hotel de Vine,
of the C ro. with view, of th principal street, bor
dered by h tnd.om monument. They announced tbe
sai cf 'he last lot disposable and they urged lo
ams-ers d vlllegtature to hasten to find a good
rorner hv.r.g a Utv on th ea. In this new para
dise Th farmer wlsht to e. He returned to hi rotate
nelda Nothing thr bad changed, exeept that the
potatoes had been eaten by the workmen whom be
found busily occupied In marking a th eaad a la
westrumlte parallel line which were to be the
street, and placing post indicator oa which one
read "Pit of the Hotel." "Sit ef the Theater." "git
of th Eastern nd Coanty Bank, La A r "Land o!d
t M. X, er to M. T fr many people bad parchaat
tot ef eaad th simple and decettfaiexpeeiuoa
of the prospect as. .
"Where are the potatoes?" demanded the farmiv .
"They are gone, they told him.
"Where ar the houses?" . ;
"They have not yet arrived."
American call this starting a town, in Franc It
would be called by a name less agreeable, and tho
promoters of the town would, at the nd ot fifteen
days, have been pursued for swindling with a hun
dred complaints. This la how. In the country of tn
cocagna (1. e. "the country In which things are to bo .
had for nothing "). which is America, it sullies to put
a little piece of red rag at the end of a Un to an
nounce for the frogs to flock!
In New York a large novelty tore was establish
and on the day of its opening it offered, with muchj
publicity, to rebate fifty per cent, on th prices mar lit,
Tou think, perhapa, that before seeking to profit by
this beneficence tho patrons would wish to know th
price-rate of th house. JJof Th store waa to epeu
ou Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
At midnight of the night before long line com
menced to form at all th door and aa ocean of
women foamed th length of th walla and acros
the street, waiting th hour when, for five cent a th-
expected to be able to purchase that "which they be
lieved to be worth ten. To dam ap this tiunultiiom
flood wu a single policeman at each of th five -
trances and th crowd Increased coastaatlyi
At th hour flat by them -for th opening ef th
tor, the proprietors, overcome with fear, attempt t,
by a notice la the windows, to postpone their libor.i
lty until tbe following day. Th pro-verb found lt.f
justified once more ''Never put off till to-morrow '
and la lea time thaa It take, te be orabocu.e by
aato-bas, th front of th building flow to fraam.'.:..
s waterspout of fominlooe precipitated tbtuiv-
and when relnforeemnt ef police arrived tb atui .
VM emptied of waea and ef merchandise!
Thy found not mora than three polloeRtee, h f
dead, without eoate er helmet, nursing a furis a
bld at th (e and ! a pel' of black r- -te
tba fifth aruardlaa ef th psxb.io fore, hy '- .
red him, spoe gotag ertalra wsere he t s i tr l .
block the entrance t tho second Eoor. Ifce f-
sex hd r-d '
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