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A WOMAN'S SCORN
POURED ON UNHAPPY
INTERJECTORS
Miss Stanley'sEloquence and
Sarcasm
When Miss Preston Stanley
won a seat in.the State Parlia
ment a few months ago the
Whole of N.S.W. waited to see
. 'if she wotild w;n out on the flooi.
of the House. She did-in , her
'::first speech.
At the Broadway Theatre on
Thursday night she scored aneth.
er triumph; and in a speedh
lasting nearly two hours roused
her audience to a high pitch of
Senthusiasm.
liThe theatro, was almost full 'lien
liss:Stiailoy aippeiied oilh tle plattforim
She Witvrintroduced by Mr. W. I. lait:
lett, ini ft?e aibsence of 'ie' lalei i',i dl
iii less tlih til seqaids lhid plutigod
sits ot lspeechi
I: :ltis as: olbvious? fosi itlhe :.?:besinninig
tlhatT?the addeass w·ars aj .caiofiflly" preo
pared-one. :i?ib Stailiey opklc rapidly,
scarceily pausii to taie bridcaith aid aL
tinies;overiiuiing"jierself :
:Atict.tiiiii t hag, ii. rtiin s. of her
auidiSee 'ioiuld:, be hlostie?. ';h: stt lain
ed:: tblii:slit e?isanted n o cosidiation
oil atcorint:' of lidi.hsx. id :fifei, have
eaiu interjections," she; said, :"but
commber, -ou must takle a liat is coim
-Ig to :y oiit 'retiirn ' , The cirowd ap.
piudct; il u ithe? sioeech l setot on.-:
:T little lateri. the:, intc?jectrs :got
busy:: Ther ?ii?e net riotis ii o f thitnm,
ior. nere tieii- shafts carlo.ully point
ed, ctinsquoiitly they.farid 'badly. ' :
SFIG? ITING SPIRIT ROUSE D :
As :is the case with mainy spoaers;?
aiid almost 'allaswomnti a. little.opposi
tion -ioises the fighting spirit.:,lt had
=necisely,:th?t' effect on Miss .St~Ianley:
and-ilhi-en :one :questoididr per'isisted ,a
little too. long:i hie piured?all all'it sai-
catim ' of· Which :isho is capable, oh h1is
uilarppy head .i;,l ti ? r I ocdp : it
self,-?dlie' bowedl ?beiieath :'thed syeigh?:; : :
A little ee:i anatlie toemei oek
till tue "i'uniiittt oily tovmeaLasitli a?
toafdy" reto0rt: ? Still lie6 peiaritodii"in'
l intierjdctidnis, hand.id~wiebat last
heo in?ade liimself lieurd the sipeakoi r ex
pressdd, her r, illitigniess to tdel"' aiisithi
his poitin?? inife, miiutes. :Net camne
ia? o iusoiii?pat?ise- iss: Stailey : ias
tlhinking.: :
lilThehit hi. eyes flashed fire 'he tossi
ed lthor pipes :oe theo:table aind faced
Ihei tormelntri.t d 'lI't1 ltakeo u -n y i01 . iiw .'
site "criod- aid the :lihos' lapplanded.
Thes: bnste osf :odii: tion:i as te Puiddi
foot case a-dn?l Miss Starilets:: devoted
five nfitiute'tbedealing vwjtii i:t hen
she "had finikiedjiaitdthe'applaiiSehad
died- downei;therti t so's ihn e-s'tantit
liuh--audieoice: a nd spealk r; atdh for
the: interjectedrit I-repSy.;- :
'I'lThe wait las siin ain!t,'oinan s ello
ptmace a:ndl- sscorn hind cotpelled adn a:.
ot tio - artle 1 s
li sBt ,Miss :Stanley nas tint satisftedd.
victpory Fntust be madc meore piplete
imoroe crtisliing,: ' :":: :
- ' i?it ? .,its i cm y stick er got to "say
itof T'h slho e llleingd. · Only; ithe? cridl
thiwstated- iii towund chaner ranci ati
deanfetiing :aplpaln- .; 7:'7,.,.'i.' ?
"IiTier woeie n:io;ite ranto.i ctrtionsa
- ,.ELOQU ENCEi:! AND ·LOGIC'
that, it Weas el·Oiit, ls~teai ati'd tiic
sive; aid ailtml n coti tsr aiid
dosortictive.- .erestore ti e. api'?? id-o6 s
intI no blg paidoito c anyones Miss
Stiti;v fdiught · isali' ithe: gloves off.
Shte sailed r iht iipfo the Labour Iamp,
-iiit-d:! outited ;ho' opponi.s otit. of
tfheiiioton0 smintottts, OnU, momenit si. e
Itas eloquent audilogical the next rist
t-itly.-:saricastic;e a little later seiti
mintcal aid appealiig.::':: :
i. ;Sliot.eclosed, witli on: ioqsu'emit p?i,?sta
tion;i probtibl :ion of the: fiftst liitirdi
in Gotilburlt, at id as aiplaude for
'sevoltla.Dillmls,.
Ih : levotb of.tlhianksls P spobad 'byh l.i
MInfl'ed, -secondel d y h.:'Snfll ditil
supiorited.hy :'lf W J Barrtlett vas
citrried entthusiastically.
'he Mayor pro ided over tho latter
portion of tl?? meeting.
- -i-- DLxsiu -l, 11 Asituitn-. 0 oulbuin.
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