When playing poker not revealing how you feel is useful, as shown above. But when giving a speech you need to show your emotions in order to connect with the audience.
A Puck magazine cartoon from October 19, 1904 of Charles W. Fairbanks, shown above, makes fun of the total lack of expression sometimes displayed by that candidate for vice president, whose nickname was The Indian Icicle. This was when Theodore Roosevelt ran for president.
The March 21, 1908 issue of the Indianapolis Recorder has a character study article by James A. Edgerton about him titled Fairbanks, the man of order. A profile of him also appeared on pages 104 to 109 of Philip Secor’s 2013 book, Vice Presidential Profiles: Our Forgotten Leaders. Mr. Secor described how Fairbanks had a dual personality – an icy businessman and an enthusiastic politician. There is a 1904 book by William Henry Smith titled The Life and Speeches of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks. Fairbanks, Alaska was named to honor him.
The Puck cartoon of a poker game came from the August 28, 1907 issue.
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