Page:  of 290
 
CHAPTER VI. ROGERS ON THE RADIO 91
That Coolidge Incident--$72,000 for Fifteen Minutes--The
Famous Alarm Clock--Memoriam to Knute Rockne--Tribute
to Herbert Hoover--Mr. Hughes and the Red Cross--Radio
Exploitation of Mothers' Day--Greets England in Honor of
Jubilee--From a Final Broadcast.
CHAPTER VII. ROGERS AS A WRITER 109
Popular Commentator on News--Rogers' "Daily Chore"--
Self-made Diplomat--Prince of Wales "Regular Feller"--
Literary Achievements--40,000,000 Readers--Recipe for
Humor--All I Know I Read in the Papers--Rogers Genuinely
Sympathetic--Shafts of Wit.
CHAPTER VIII. AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL 132
"Ambassador" Rogers--The Old Blue Serge--Observations
of China--Letters of a Self-made Diplomat.
CHAPTER IX. ROGERS AND POLITICS 145
Famous Election Broadcast--"Alfalfa Bill" Endorses Rogers
--Politics Rogers' Target--Ridicules American Politics--
Presidents Enjoy Jokes--Overnight Guest at White House--
Pokes Fun at Administration--Mayor of Beverly Hills.
CHAPTER X. ROGERS THE PHILANTHROPIST 164
"Money Doesn't Worry Me"--Friend of Cowboys--Cantor
Buys Stock for Rogers--Salvation Army a Pet Charity--
Donated Services to Benefits--In Front Rank as Humorist--
Always Ready to Lend Helping Hand--Shrewd Business Man
--Loss Mourned by Charitable Organizations--Rogers' Big
Heart.
CHAPTER XI. ON THE SPEAKER'S PLATFORM 182
On Lecture Tour--Speech at Friars Club a Classic--Jibes at
Movie Industry--Takes Fling at Landis--Pokes Fun at
Augustus Thomas--Rogers "Takes up" Al Smith--Al
Smith's Courtship--Popularity of Al Smith.

-10-

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com

Publication Information: Book Title: Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. Contributors: P. J. O'Brien - author, Lowell Thomas - author. Publisher: John C. Winston. Place of Publication: Philadelphia. Publication Year: 1935. Page Number: 10.
    
This feature allows you to create and manage separate folders for your different research projects. To view markups for a different project, make that project your current project.
This feature allows you to save a link to the publication you are reading or view all the publications you have put on your bookshelf.
This feature allows you to save a link to the page you are reading, which you can later return to from Projects.
This feature allows you to highlight words or phrases on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to save a note you write on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to create a citation to the page you are reading that you can paste into your paper. Highlight a passage to include that passage as a quotation.
This feature allows you to save a reference to a publication you are reading for your bibliography or generate a bibliography you can paste into your paper.
This feature allows you to print the page you are reading, including your notes or highlights (IE users must have "print background colors and image" setting selected.)
This feature allows you to look up words in encyclopedia.
  About Questia Tools
Close Window  
Questia's powerful research tools allow you to highlight, take notes, bookmark and even create instant citations and bibliographies. To use these features and save hours of work, you must create a Questia account.
Need a Questia account?
Sign up for a FREE trial now. Save time, stress and hassle, and get better grades with trusted, online research.

» Click here for our free trial

Already have a Questia account? Login now!
Error
Working...
Printing Preferences
Format for black and white printer: On Off
Print highlights: On Off
Print notes: On Off
Choose one of the options for printing:
Print this page (No Charge)
Print pages to