The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 10, 1908, Page THREE, Image 3
i WRITES SPEECH TO ORDER. |
ie Woman Finds it a Profitable Occupa- t
V tion.?Many Requests from Parents to <.
| Prepare Graduation Addrscses. 1
H Now York, December 21?"It 1
JHHmawkcs 110 difference whether the <
pspcei h is for a feast or a funeral, t
I ' ready to write it and I 1
iB guarantee satisfaction." The speak- t
M was a young woman who occujjpffl
",1 apartment in a studio build- 1
JjWrJng only a few doors from Fifth ;
f l$rVC,UlC' "^y charges are from $io 1
F fi$aK? $IO? ^01 a speech, and from $5 .<
' Hn? $2vS for teaching how it should ;
agape delivered.
q "This is my busy season, for ev- 1
.dfflft *fybody who has any ambition to <
!|prv be known as a speaker has some- j
.J^K thing to say at Christmas festivi- \
TOPwIr tics. Tf you will let me glance 1
HPr over niy hooks f()1' a moment I can <
raaj tell you just what I have on hand. ;
T11 the way of Christmas greetings, (
lW at Christmas trees and such occasions
I have already delivered and
yet' to be called for thirty-seven
speeches. Ott* this number only
, four are to be taught. I mean 011- ]
ly four of the thirty-seven persons '
who are to deliver them have come
if to me to learn how to speak their '
1 speeches. Six of them are old pupils
and would have taken lessons
liad 1 thought it necessary. Twenty (
are new customers.
|| "There are just 102 names 011 my
books for toasts and replies to
toasts to be delivered within the !
next two months. Most of them re- j
fer to Christmas, but others are
for Washington's birthday, Lin- :
JJj coin's birthday, Lee's birthday, and !
some few for St. Valentine's. As
to toasts on 'women,' 'our wives' or '
'our sweethearts' I keep a supply 3
on hand. I write them whenever I
have a moment to spare, knowing
only too well they will be taken oil '
|| my hands almost any day.
"Most of the women customers ,
want patriotic speeches or cleverly
worded toasts. Sometimes it is a
reply. 'To the Ladies,' but not of- ,
ten as one might expect. As a rule
I v T think that women who attend ;
men's dinners arc quite willing to
allow the men to do the talking. 1
-J have had some amusing incidents ,
connected with my women customers.
but nothing like the side-splitting
affairs with the men. 1
"There is ;i certain man in this '
? town with something of a reputation
as an after-dinner speaker, a
huirjbrist, who comes to me for
every word he utters in public. 1 Te '
was among my first customers. A
few weeks after f opened my of- 1
fice, when T was doing- all the busi- 1
ness alone, that man appeared one
y|| morning and stated his wants and
said he could only give me two 1
days to write the speech. He was
isuch an awkward ungainly sort 1
Wjfis ?f a man that T hadn't the slightest '
suspicion of his position. Tie didn't
say where the speech was to be delivered,
only gave me the subierlS''
said that he wanted something verv 1
JmJ good and was quite willing* to pay
for it. ' '
"He was on hand promptly to get *
the speech and as promptly turned
fllii 'n ^10 other half (if my fee for writW
ing it. Then he asked if I would
object to reading it over to him.
i^|f||? As this was to be his maiden effort
'!%!$ he wanted to hear just how it
a||ii would sound to his listeners. As
there wasv 11. lack of self-confillllll
deuce, T suggested that he do the
reading and let me make correc ffNlr
ti?ns, if any were necessary. Such
Mflif reading. I never heard before and ;
Mmfik never expect to hear again. He
'11111' emphasized every 'and' 'the' and
lifli 'but' in the paper to such an extent
f'Msil ^1C other words had no cxis-}{0
tence. It was the funniest effort
$lw at rca<hn? T had ever heard. I
have considerable self-control, but
no^ enol,?h to have taken me
through that man's performance.
When I began to smile f simply!
I couldn't slop: the laugh had loj
come on!. When finally 1 cou'd!
control i. y.-(!f sufficiently to ex-!
plain the man wasn't the slightest
bit offended.
"'That is all right,' he replied.
'Tt shall go that way. I want the
fellows to laugh. Don't matter if
the speech is intended to be serious.
T hate a serious dinner. I'll
give the fellows something to
"lie gave them something to
laugh at, for the next morning the
papers told of his speech. They all 1
agreed that it wasn't what lie said, (
but the way lie said it. Oh, he's a
famous after dinner speaker now.
My other customers don't know it
of course, but he gets the refusal
of all my work, speeches and toasts.
He is able and willing to pay. It is
a matter of business with me. The
last time 1 saw him was on the
street. He was much disturbed.
He said his toast the night before
uuln't been as successful as usua
[Ie was sure it wasn't the fault o
he toast, but of the delivery, be
rausc he was learning to read an
eeite like other men. lie want
;d to know if I couldn't give hit
essons, teaching how he used t
lo. That was impossible and
old him so. No civilized hunia
>eing except himself had ever don
is he had done.
"Women as a rule don't car
nuc'' about their delivery. The
say. and 1 expect they are quit
right, that the members of tliei
;lubs never listen to the spcechc
md papers read at their .meetings
They either sit and whisper or the
think about outside affairs. l"he
lo the thing for tue sake of the rc
wtation it gives them and to se
their name in the papers of the rc
jorts of the meetings. If one of m
speeches is printed in a magazine
i paper or an annual I require a
ixtra payment.
"Women never object lo thi.
rhev seem quite satisfied with tli
eputation of having produce
something worth printing. Me
ire not so easily satisfied. I he
hink one payment ought to suffic
mless they get some money rc
turns for the printed article. Eve
then Ihcv will haggle about it. O
:ourse, I,always have one argti
mcnt to bring them to their sense:
I always ask: 'What would you
friends and the public say if
should insert as an advertiscmer
my affidavit claiming that article a
he product of my brain and rc
search? T don't have to ask th<i
question often, however, I at
thankful to say. People as a rul
ire willing to stand by their bar
^ains.
"Next to the Christmas seaso
the graduation season is the bus
?st for me. I couldn't begin lo tc
vou how many graduation spcechc
T have written in my time. .A
least half my orders for sue
speeches come from the parents c
the boy or girl to tyi graduate*
When T remind them that boys an
^irls arc not supposed to get assist
;incc in such work it does no goo<
only distresses them.
"My methods arc very simpl
To begin with T came to New Yor
with (he intention of writing fc
the papers. T didn't make much c
i success, and seeing this openin
I determined to step in the breac
and try my hand at working up
business. Realizing the nccessi!
of a convenient locality T rente
this studio. From some half doze
customers, most of them club wc
men, my business lias grown unt
now I am : ""d to employ two n
gular assistan. . and am alrcad
dreading the day whc. another \yi
have to be broken in. ")ne assis
Eint does my office work, while tl
other spends all her time in tl
libraries. I have to have materi;
to build up articles and speeches o
nnd it is her business to get r
much as the libraries can give.
"Couldn't T make as much moi
ev as a magazine or newspapc
writer? 1 certainly don't believe
could make half as much. There
;i great difference between speal
ing and reading. A speech or art
cle that would pass muster and e>
en be considered clever when we
spoken might prove both flat ar
unprofitable reading. There
nothing original un mv work?
few jokes, not always new: a fe
Facts, historical or to suit the sul
jeet under discussion, clothed i
good English. Any well educate
woman willing to give her tin
and mind to it might do as well,
is lack of time among the peop
who arc rushing about, in their c
forts to keep up with every thin
more than anything else that pu
money in my pockets. The m
jority of the men and wonn
whose speeches and toasts I su
plv could do just as well tlicmsc
ves if thev only had the time I
think ihem out."
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OAPT. GRIFFITH MARRIES.
Sperinteiulent of Penitentiary Wet
Lexington Woman.
Columbia, January 7.?This a
tornoon, at the home of the bri<
in Lexington county, Mrs. Si
Kinsler and Capt. D. J. Griffil
were married, the Rev. C. A. Free
:>f Columbia, officiating. Cap
Griffith is the superintendent of tl
state penitentiary, a position whic
he has held for nearly ten year
and lie was formerly senator fro
Lexington county. Immediate
after the wedding Capt. and Mr
Griffith left for Knoxvillc, whei
they will visit Capt. Griffith
daughter, Mrs. Bricc, former
Miss Bertha Griffith.
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'f STATEMENT
?OF?
_ THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEW'^KRY, S. C
n under call of State Bank Examinei u,t close of busines
0 December 16, 1907.
1 3ESC JT^ES.
11 Loans and discounts $313,666 4
? Overdrafts 7,199 ?
_ Furntiure and fixtures - 3,116 ?
J Cash in vault 35,041 03
e Cash in other Banks 72,674 93 ; - 107,715 ?
? $431,699.5
LIABILITIES.
yy Capital Stock $ 50,000 (
Undivided profits (less expenses paid) - 49,222 5
c Dividend, (u^p*;d) 940 (
Cashier's checks - 800 (
y Deposits, Banks 7,910 74
^ Deposits, Individual 322,826 31 330, *S7 (
$431,699 i
c JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pre
,1 J Y. McFALL. Cashier
" 4 Per Cent.
*c Interest Paid in our Savings Department.
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iWe Lend Mone)
is
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Buy Homes!
iWe
provide oasy terms of payment.
? We enable borrow^ s to accumulate a fun
]f in Monthly Installments, cn which interest
((l allowed to meet ob '>g ations at maturity.
' It is cheaper than paying rent. If you war
c. io save money to buy a home take a Securii
k Contract.
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a Call on A. J. Gibson, Asstant Secretary an
Treasurer, at office, corner Boyce and Adanr
n streets, next door to Copeland Brothers.
SECURITY LOAN AMD INVESTMENT S(
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//fr^\sr\ THAT DURING THE LAST
'rAU In li YEAR WE HAVE BUILT VJP
i 7/vJ/ AN HotCSTTPADE" VlTH
is JTh HONEST, PEOPLE BtSEiUiMC
(f\\ HONEST GOODS AT HOW EST
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fcv MET'^P5 BU5TERBROWIV
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'1- buiioinc womrsttrade* 3 | 5 | ?(ou-tit+su //?? ?
|Q Ohhmt Hoi.nv THI ?UJT?R HtWH OO^ui,"Aio. " J ^ ?*'
WE FEEL THAT WE CAN LooK OUR. PATROf
SQVARE IN THE FACE AND W1.SH THEM A HAPF
NEW YEAR., BECAU.SE WITHIN OUR..SELVE.S V,
,s ARE C0N.SC.I0U.S OF' HAVING TREATED OUR PA"
RoN.5 RIGHT IN THE PA.ST. OUR PATRoNAi
PROVED TH1.S. IN THE YEAR TO COME WE C/
f- PROMISE TO DO NO MORE THAN IN THE YEAF
THAT HAVE PA.S.5ED. WE NEED NOT, WE KNO\
t1> EXTEND ANYTHING BUT THANKS To OUR Ol
<> PATRONS. WE KNOW THEY NEED No INVIT/
1C TION TO COME To OUR. .STORE. To THO.SE W1
:h HAVE NOT YET COME OUR WAY, To THE ?STRAl
s' GER IN OUR TOWN, WE EXTEND, HOWEVER., /
INVITATION TO COME AND .SEE U.S.
s. * RESPECTFULLY,
's EWART-PERRY Co.,
Iy COR. MAIN AND COLLEGE STt
REPORT
To the State Bank Examiner of the condition of The Exchange
'' Bank of Newberry, S. C., at the close of business December
16th, 1907.
(condensed)
resources:
^ Loans and discounts $161,790 26
Overdrafts 3,479 93
Furniture and fixtures 3,636 92
Cash and Exchange 10,601 07
J5 $179,508 18
jq liabilities:
>q Capital stock $ 50,000 ()0
)0 Undivided profits, net 9,094 42
)0 Unpaid dividends 12 50
Cashier's Checks 2,049 10
ur Deposits, Banks $ 2,779 72
_ Deposits, individual 111,072 44?-113,852 16
Bills payable 4,500 00
$179,508 18
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