The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01
BISMARCK
His Manner oG Speaking aud Node
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Tie no elegant orator. rather The con
trary. hni hc can lead debate ike no ono
else OHlva lew days i..o hs, spoke sever,
Times iu one afternoon. each time with
1ncrc cItcr-y and spirit. f1soyiug TINT his
hc1iih IL indeed rcStorcfL SEVERAL mem
bcrs had already spoken. ana the House
was Stlll empty. when ssdteuIvthe mem
hcFs filed ia from all the doors. and the
benches began IA Gil. r1lmor had been
circulated that bismarck would appear.
and shortly afterSyaui q narrow door near
the i'rcsident's 5 chair oreued and the tail
figure entered Suddenly soft bells are
heard in all parts al the house The cleo
tI1c bells ia the reading room. the commit
tee rooms. AMI iu the journalists rooms
ore sounded to announce the arrival Of
the Chancellor. who has shown that he
VIII speak presently, FOR with one Of his
pencils, molc Than foot long. he had
noted down something on the loose uuarto
sh'ciS hei"te hiin. with letters not less
than un inCh deep and this Is n snfe sirn
thnt nc intends speaking.
The President bows TO him. and Prince
bismarck rises tn II take the word" he IS
certainly more than six feet hirh over hfs
powerful chest and broad shoulders rises
: strangely UnUIded. Nyull shaped head OF
en"lHouS 'nHensionS, and with no hair
upon IT, so that it looks like "a dome Of pol
lShcd ivory Thick white br0ws hang
over his 0ArS like l,yu iCiCles These brovs
give mis- face n dark and frOwuing ex-
preston. and the look which ulfsfers in,
ms eyes Is cold and somewhat cruel-at
least IN Parliament. His nloustache Is
aiso thick aud gray and conceals the
mouth entirely The whole face Is GOV.
cred with folds and wrinkles broad rings
snlround ms eyes, and even hts temples
are covered with small wrinkles.
/. /" hen ne Begins 70 speak the color of
MS inre changes from pale TO red, and
gradually assumes light bronze shade
which gives his powerful skull the appear
ancc ot polished metal Il Is a surprise to
hear Bismarck speak for the frst time.
j he soft, almost weak voice ia OFT of all
proportion with his gigantic frame IL
sometimes bccunes SD soft that we fear il
VIII die out altogether, and when he has
spoken for awhile it grows hoarse The
Chancellor sometimes speaks very fast
sometimes very slowly, but never in a
loud tone lie has uo pathes whatever.
some of his most remarkable words,
which in PRINT look ~ III they had been
spoken with fun force. as if they must
have had the elect Of a sudden thunder
holt on the audience, are in reality emit
ted IN an ordinary tome Of wcll-bred con-
yersatiOn
Personal attacks upon his enemies aus
spoken by bismarck with ir0niual polite
ness, and in such AN uhlicinE tone as II
they concealed the kindeSt sentimental
nut II MS anger cannot bc heard ID can be
seen, his lace gradually grows red, and
the veins on his neck swell iu an alarming
manner W hen angry lie usually grasps
the collar Of his uniform. and seems 70
catch fOr breath. His hrogys are lowered
Still more, SO thst his eyes are almost in
visible. His voice grows a shade louder,
and has a slight metallic ring I'm Il. He
throws back his head, and gives his face
a hard. stony expression
But II Is diflcult 10 discern when his
anger is real and when ID IS artificial The
Chancellor has been seen trembling with
al nH#n
than anything else. Once. when he thought
the word % Fie ,' had been said hy one OF
the Opposition party, he had one Of his
attacks which would have sileuced the
House had every one been speaking at
once. With trembling nustris. with his
teeth firmly set. with ewes that emitted
Ere, and cleuched hands, he Jumped from
MS place 10 the side where the word had
sounded II apologies and explanations
had not been offered, who know how this
scene might have ended
But eNcept upou such rare occasions
Bismarck. the orator is always "a wel-bred
maU- Ho does not bawl nor shout any
part OF his speeches, but whilc giving
them their full share of pointed sarcasm
he always maintains the form of q uOllt-
lcsil conversation between gentlemen. lie
has method of his own for NagiuE war
with his opponents He regards his Op-
pOuents' speech as a ball OF wool the last
sentence spoken being the end which he
takes Ia hand first. and with which he be-
gins TO unwind the Whole speech IS he
would unwind the ball Of wool But 4 is
easy TO see that while his tongue is sEeRk-
ing his spirit is far i'm advance OF it. He
heSltates Boo his speech, then suddenly re-
calls himself and puts forth number Of
eiear thoughts. which il is easy To see CO
CURED TO him at the moment.
One OF the charms uf Prince BisiuCzk's
speeches Is that De. never f8l lows any lriver
form OF method. buI that all be says IS
inspired at the moment He commands
bumOr and sarcasm 10 q high degree. and
often st q time when they are least ex-
pecteG. 80 that even his bitterest eneuaiea
are not rarely moved 10 laughter bE his
words.-COT- London DhjlU Nclos