Very slowly and deliberately they enunciate each word and syllable with long-drawn emphasis, punctuating their sentences with pauses, some short and some long.

It is almost an effort to follow a story of any length--the beginning often becomes cold before the end is reached.

It seems to me that if Americans would speed up their speech after the fashion of their English cousins, who speak two or three times as quickly, they would save many minutes every day, and would find the habit not only more efficacious, but much more economical than many of their time-saving machines and tunnels.

I offer this suggestion to the great American nation for what it is worth, and I know they will receive it in the spirit in which it is made, for they have the saving sense of humor.
Some people are ridiculously sensitive.

Some years ago, at a certain place, a big dinner was given in honor of a notable who was passing through the district.