Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — BEFORE THE CURTAIN. [ARTICLE]

BEFORE THE CURTAIN.

Speech John L Sullivan Used Frequently to Deliver. i The great and only John L. is a i fine curtain call speaker. I know this - to be true because he admits it himi self. When he made his celebrated j tour of the country meeting all cpm--1 ers, at the early part of his pugilistic' I career, it was his habit to deliver a j brief address at each performance. | “Gents,” the champion would begin, after scanning the audience in vain for any female, “Gents, I t’ank you all for yer kind ’plause. Does any i mug—l mean gent —in de house want to put on de mits?. If he stays for four rounds he gets dis hundred dolar bill—see? Tanking youse again for yer kind ’plause, I remain, yours truly, John L. Sullivan.” I don’t know where John picked up that epistolary style, but it was cer- - tainly very effective. The inagnifi- , cent way he rolled out those last few I words invariably took the audience ; by storm. There was a certain subtle . flattery about it. too. It made even’ : man in the building feel as if he had i received the champion’s autograph, i —N. 0. Times-Democrat.

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