A NEAT SPEECH-MAKER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 3

A NEAT SPEECH-MAKER.

"AyV'M'ss:Cdmpton&the'cwell-known"actress; : is I '~•;;: one ; 6fHhe, best, makers; of a'shorj,: speech in.: • •::"i;~' ont l'" 1 : ~r- '■^nsequently i ;.-.'." she- is/ always'•'re-; h-. reported in/full, ', as .the newspapers are glad- to reniarksVvas 'good ':'■'/ copy-'.':, ,She ; . niado '- a ■ nice '(little* appeal' re- •;' .'.cently attheTheatricaliLadies' Guild,which' '-'' *j- w . as .;founded,'some;years"-ago:;'to;assist pro-! v.,;,; _f essfohals.. who. required-; it,; in : the ' niatter 'of ; W;.;™™s/foY-stage ./.■loWJDert.-Miss : :Fai)iiy'.:Bro"ughj :Jlrs.V Beer-- ■ v;:. b'ohm Tree,>Mis¥ Braithwaite; are all -;-% .-.;■; members; of Jthii guild, which, is quite'a ; ■Kcsontatiye;.'- one, Y, ■•■ Miss Compton "said -,she' ■.;;,'; -.-.belonged ..>Vtb;the ; old-clothes 'department'of ; ; ; ,v:the guiM;\wliefo;they:gave:the women a 1 new :.:V:.^™A';«;:-'"n>pur4tb»:figlit;;the -battle of .life.,' -.;,. ••;; Ihe condition!;o'f their;wardrobe .was; a f re-- .■'■' 4' and actresses j'soeking:wprli,",and the'..worst';way to get work; •:.:iWasvtp4obk:,as:if;you needed- it. - ;; ■: She" ap- ■■;;;■ -~:--:pealed.,ior old-clothesy; and -asked the ladies '■ extravagant; and riot to have V V;.; their .last-year's; gowns ~alWr'edi;but to send Cv ; ;.them tb;theguild.;:;As:to ; tho nieri.sho con-:v;-.tmual!y>heard;;that :ceftaiil? politicians had , v.i changed'their ;.cqats.-- 'She-asked :tbem, in circumstances, to;remember, the guild,; Y: ,vand_she;Would sayHho- same to the .members. , v 'of:Paruament who sat down on:their, hats.";