Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — Make Your Speech Short. [ARTICLE]

Make Your Speech Short.

ft’s < mark of business ability to .say much tn few. words. It saves time. - The man at the other end of the wire doesn’t want a sermon from you. He called you for facts, not entertainment If that were on his mind tie would go to"the theater and get the real thing. Neither does your correspondent <aat to read a page to learn that you want six sectional cases, quartered oak, dark finish, size 124, grade 299, shipped by express. Bo wants yohr order in the fewest words. It saves him time and it win save yours, too. ft’s a good thing to aim at the greatest conciseness and exactness of expression. You are apt to-make fewer mistakes when you can make few words tell your whole story. You will rise in tho business world as yon are able to da It. . , u ; . ;■, ; .. . 1