Humorous Speech Wanted

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 23, 18 December 1931, Page 6

Humorous Speech Wanted

A Striking Offer ‘YT happened only the other day. One of New Zealand’s most prominent teachers and performers (often heard on the air) received a striking offer from a lady from up country. The lady belongs to a literary -or social institute, and for the breaking-up function she needed a short speech (everyone had to make one), and so she wrote to the elocutionist (a perfect stranger to her) a very nice letter asking him to furnish her by return with a bright, snappy speech--must be very humor-ous-and she enclosed 2/6 by way of a fee! The gentleman says he knew that the cost of living, ete., was down, but he had not realised before how far it bad really come down till now. When he recovered from the first shock of the thing he reached for a pen. and wrote the lady a nice letter explaining that "pressure of work" prevented his acceptance of her flattering offer, and

enclosed the 2/6. The twopence postage was dead loss, but the joke was worl it. he says. .