Characters of speakers

The Speaker’s Reputation

Careful inquiry seldom fails to bring out some interesting tidbit about a speaker’s character. Among his virtues (or vices) may be traits that would endear him to the audience. On the virtuous side, perhaps he’s a man of great integrity or well known for his trustworthiness. On the “worser” side, he may have an invective flair-”landing field” difficulties, or a gnawing agitation about age. Then there’s also that Holy Joe-full of sweetness and light-in sharp contrast to the man who’s a dean of discord.

1. The tightwad type
Our speaker is said to be miserly, yet he belies that certain look we associate with the tightwad. Usually we think of them as long lean buzzards with the windpipe of a plucked rooster-men who extoll high moral standards for the other fellow to follow. Some of these cadavers are tight as a warped door-cross their hands and they’d look like warnings on a bottle of poison.

Women can be tightwads too-take the matron who noticed a little boy wearing long pants, board a bus. He paid full fare. Another little boy wearing short pants boarded the bus, and he got by for half fare. Next day she boarded a bus and the driver didn’t collect anything. She had a transfer.

2. Integrity
Every inquiry about our speaker elicited a response that he’s a man of great integrity. Integrity is a close cousin to honesty, both are Phi Beta Kappa in the school of virtue. It’s an unfortunate circumstance that they still need a helping hand because the “Lost” advertisements continue to outnumber the “Found”. Perhaps that’s due to the old standby that honesty pays but not enough.

As with most virtues, integrity is a matter of degree. During the slim pickings of depression days, a movie house instructed its cashier “When somebody forgets his change, tap on the window with a dollar bill!” Atop this pile of integrity sits poor but honest Paul. He paid an income tax on money he got for his vote.A man with personal integrity is dependable; he is sound; he keeps his promises; he is our speaker today.

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