Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way
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Chapters (146)(click to expand)
- TOASTS
- And Forms Of Public Address For Those Who Wish To Say The Right Thing In The Right Way
- DETAILED CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES—ANCIENT AND MODERN
- THE VALUE OF A GOOD STORY AND HOW TO INTRODUCE IT.
- THE PURPOSE OF AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING
- SOME A B C DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SPEECHES, TOASTS, AND RESPONSES
- HOLIDAY SPEECHES
- FOURTH OF JULY
- SOME ITEMS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN RESPONDING TO THESE TOASTS.
- OUTLINE OF A SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO THE TOAST "THE DAY WE CELEBRATE"
- OUTLINE OF A SPREAD-EAGLE SPEECH IN A FOREIGN LAND
- OUTLINE OF A RESPONSE TO THE TOAST, "OUR COUNTRY"
- MEMORIAL DAY
- SKETCH OF A SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO THE TOAST, "OUR HONORED DEAD"
- OUTLINE OF A SPEECH BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, ON A DECORATION [MEMORIAL] DAY.
- WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY APPROPRIATE TOASTS
- HUMOROUS RESPONSE BY BENJAMIN F. BUTLER TO THE TOAST, "OUR FOREFATHERS"
- CHRISTMAS APPROPRIATE TOASTS
- SPEECH-THOUGHTS
- SELECTED OUTLINE OP AN EFFECTIVE LITTLE CHRISTMAS SPEECH
- THANKSGIVING
- TOASTS
- THOUGHTS FOR A THANKSGIVING SPEECH
- SELECTED OUTLINE FOE A THANKSGIVING SPEECH
- PRESENTATION ADDRESSES
- ADDRESSES OF WELCOME
- ADDRESS OF WELCOME
- ADDRESS IN RESPONSE
- WEDDING AND OTHER ANNIVERSARIES
- SPEECH FOR A WOODEN WEDDING
- BRIDEGROOM IN REPLY
- TOASTS
- SENTIMENTS SUGGESTED BY A TOAST
- MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS
- HUMOROUS TOASTS.
- MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES
- SPEECHES AT A DINNER GIVEN TO THE RELIGIOUS PRESS
- RESPONSE TO THE TOAST, "THE NAVY: OUR COUNTRY'S BEST WALL OF DEFENSE"
- A NOMINATING SPEECH
- SPEECH ACCEPTING A NOMINATION
- SPEECH IN A POLITICAL CANVASS
- SPEECH AFTER A POLITICAL VICTORY. SELECTED
- SPEECH AFTER A POLITICAL DEFEAT. SELECTED
- A CHAIRMAN'S OR PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
- A GENERAL OUTLINE FOE ALL OCCASIONS
- ILLUSTRATIVE AND HUMOROUS ANECDOTES
- 1. INDEPENDENCE OF A MONOPOLY
- 2. EXPLANATION
- 3. RIDING A HOBBY
- 4. HOBSON'S CHOICE
- 5. WHEN TO BE SILENT
- 6. PAYING FOR YOUR WHISTLE
- 7. GOOSE-CHASE
- 8. THE PERPLEXED SAGE
- 9. QUICK THOUGHT
- 12. INSIGNIFICANT THINGS
- 14. MAKING AN EXCUSE; OR, JOHNNY PEEP
- 15. STERN LOGIC
- 16. MISTAKEN BREVITY
- 17. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
- 18. CHARITY; OR, A GOOD WORD FOR EVERY ONE—EVEN THE DEVIL.
- 19. INGENIOUS REASON
- 20. AMBIGUITY OF WORDS
- 21. USELESS REGRET
- 22. NO HAPPINESS IN WEALTH
- 23. SHORT BUT POINTED
- 24. REASONING IN A CIRCLE
- 25. EXTREME ECONOMY
- 26. SENSIBLE TO THE LAST
- 27. FISHING FOR A COMPLIMENT
- 28. BEYOND EXPRESSION
- 29. THE TOAST OF THE EVENING
- 30. BEE LINE
- 31. VENTRILOQUISM
- 32. A SLIGHT MISTAKE
- 33. PRESENCE OF MIND
- 34. JOKE ON A DUDE
- 35. NEWSPAPER REPORTER
- 36. HOW A WOMAN PROPOSED
- 37. LUCKY ANSWER
- 38. DOUBLE EDUCATION
- 39. REMNANTS
- 40. INDIRECT AND DIRECT
- 41. AN UNMARRIED MAN'S WIFE
- 42. A DILEMMA
- 43. COURAGEOUS GIRL
- 44. MORAL SUASION
- 45. CUTE BOY
- 46. PERPLEXED
- 47. BEN FRANKLIN'S OYSTERS
- 48. FAMILY AFFAIRS
- 49. A BURGLAR'S EXPERIENCE
- 50. HITTING A LAWYER
- 51. CUTTING SHORT A PRAYER
- 52. UNREMITTING KINDNESS
- 53. AMUSING BLUNDER
- 54. COMPLIMENT TO A LADY
- 55. TOO SLIM
- 56. A FAST-DAY TOAST
- 57. THE SUN STANDING STILL
- 58. NEUTRALIZING POISON
- 59. GENERAL BUTLER AND THE SPOONS
- 60. MAKING MOST OF ONE'S CAPITAL
- 61. MEETING HALF-WAY
- 62. UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE
- 63. TAKEN AT HIS WORD
- 64. BRAGGING VETERANS
- 65. EXCHANGING MINDS
- 66. BUYING A LAWYER
- 67. WOULD NOT SAVE IT
- 68. WIDOW OUTWITTED
- 69. TOO KIND
- 70. NOT FOOLED TWICE
- 71. BITING SARCASM
- 72. INCORRIGIBLE NEIGHBOR
- 73. DISGUSTED OFFICER
- 74. IRATE PRISONER
- 75. TRUTHFUL PRISONER
- 76. RULING PASSION
- 77. BAD SPECULATION
- 78. SATISFIED WITH HIS SITUATION
- 79. A GOOD WORD FOR THE DEVIL
- 80. MARRYING A WIDOW
- 81. A GOOD SALE
- 82. TRIUMPHS OF MEDICINE
- 83. TIT FOR TAT
- 84. SLEEPING ON TOP
- 85. SAMBO AND THE LAWYER
- 86. SIXTY-CENT NAP
- 87. PREFERRED TO WALK
- 88. HORACE GREELEY'S JOKE
- 89. DOCTORS AND DEADHEADS
- 90. BOOMING A TOWN
- 91. ATHLETIC NURSE
- 92. TOO PREMATURE
- 93. A BEWILDERED IRISHMAN
- 94. OBEYING ORDERS
- 95. A SPEECH FROM THE REAR PLATFORM
- 96. A WAY OUT OF IT
- 97. THE EXTENT OF SCIENCE
- 98. WHAT'S IN A NAME?
- 99. STILL ROOM FOR RESEARCH
- 100. HE WAS "'PISCOPAL"
- 101. JOHNNY'S EXCUSE
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