Toasts

About this eBook

Author

Pittenger, William, 1840-1904

Title

Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way

Credits

Text file produced by Ted Garvin, William Flis and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Anecdotes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7427

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7427

Release Date

February 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TOASTS — And Forms Of Public Address For Those Who Wish To Say The Right Thing In The Right Way
2. 2.By William Pittenger
3. 3.DETAILED CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES—ANCIENT AND MODERN
6. 6.THE VALUE OF A GOOD STORY AND HOW TO INTRODUCE IT.
7. 7.THE PURPOSE OF AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING
8. 8.SOME A B C DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SPEECHES, TOASTS, AND RESPONSES
9. 9.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
10. 10.PRESENTATION ADDRESSES
11. 11.ADDRESSES OF WELCOME — ADDRESS OF WELCOME — ADDRESS IN RESPONSE
12. 12.WEDDING AND OTHER ANNIVERSARIES — SPEECH FOR A WOODEN WEDDING — BRIDEGROOM IN REPLY
13. 13.TOASTS — SENTIMENTS SUGGESTED BY A TOAST — MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS — HUMOROUS TOASTS.
14. 14.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
15. 15.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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