Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1916 — The Presentation. [ARTICLE]

The Presentation.

’‘There are many motorists,” says a Washington driver, "who cannot speak as fast as they can drive. Indeed, I have noticed that we are, as a rule wretched speakers. In this relation I recall a dinner at an automobile club in Detroit. A well-known automobillst was assigned at this dinner the task of presenting a silver cup to another no less well known. Both had plenty of time to prepare addresses, but the best the presenter could do was to extend the cup and stammer: "‘Here’s the mug.* •The other rose In turn. His speech consisted of: ~ • ‘ls that the mug!’ *