Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21
A HOPELESS RAILR0ADER.
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~sls asserting taaE tAelr mAA haa
been slals4 from rLs he<i4nlaz coia-
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isr-al slory B4- Degss oeink Alnaiy
n.4a ssd ust given ~ crakSins has nos, --
1ef-fs1cs 60 Blaiaes feelings. iatentieA.
ally l.enEl8lsd tas i-atIer sl-re lt eoe.l
5e m..1s public. aaa tbs Is tns nrsl tilns
o. las been stated WITH knowledge. /
klos positively. also. tBat be sas edefsd
ths poe l.oa * Minlstsr o. Eugland. lnis
yas mors 81 temptation than the nfst
ala as lesltared. watch explains tbs de-
lay ia alllug that mission l- ~As a choice
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clsiol seems luexp able ala = great pity.
ll4aslalch a. his character does NOT lndl
e.ls a lltn 4varlclOus Tor wealth. and tAar
lac seems 80 rmi4-utly ntlsd for sue
cessia. p4blls career The secret may be
fouad largely ia tAc influences ~ his y re
She d~pfecat-s public uir because it
breaks u9 las home lie. maAes pu0lic
property of private Affairs. and would ne
o.. a I. al
sAe world. whish ,as feels loaLh 20 DO
Ahd ne acquicsces, and aSr-es upon the
whol- that she Is sc.
Well. Cna1lcey, w-uit you rather
have yoor father Minister 60 England or
President ol thr New YORK Central - A-
inquired oi ais Young son Tie other day.
"ldnat knoS. father. MAS the return.
Thus be addressed the future, which gave
lim no answer Mrs. Dcpcw overheard
and beauicd proudly down on him.
You've been wanted Tor President. ls
uot thar enough There Is no hesitation
- her nild as o. tie wisesr course. %,
that's nothing unless you grt it.' Ae says
The home life of the family b, one OF the
most ideal iu New lOrs. and It - small
woudrr that Mrs Drp-w breads hav
iag DC broken into. They 1--we ia the
large handsome house vscated by DR.
W Mn A. Hammond when the latter moved
a. N Washington The house has been rc-
decorated throughout since The Depews'
acquisition OK it Especially characteris-
&c 0f Mr Depew S taste b. the dining room
which has mingled IN its decorations ap-
pro9-iate inscriptions n French. German,
Euglish. Latin and Greek There Is a
beautiful parlor. whose ceiling Is domed
and which is fuished-walls. hangiags,
fIrniturs-sli iu white. In Mr.. D~pew's
study th- Nsht ison stained window
sitt- through eastern palms. and touches
gently an Egyptian mummy, and
falls upon tie heal of a sphynx.
sort 0f furni shing which gives the place
q twofoid interest. The household ar
Iang-menrs are simple and without osten-
tstion. though there are eaty Of
servants. Two buffers wait .lt -rhir, and
Mrs- Drpew has French maid
The family includes. besides Mr. and
Mrs. Depew aud youas CbaUnceY.
s.ed ten. Mrs Drpews mother.
Mrs. Hegeman. and the two little
daughters 10 a brother who died az her
house few weeks aSo. and their COVER
ness. Mrs Depev's father was a whole
sale druggist on Broadway. and accumu-
lated a large fortune He VAS an accomp-
hshed amateur artist. and Mrs. Hegeman
was. in her day. one OF the finest amateur
pisnists la the city.
The mother OF the LITTLE girls met her
death In = sad manner. she was killed,
with her maid. nine years ago. at the fall
fnx of the walls OF the old Madison square
Garden on the occasion of "a fair there for
tie benefit of the Hahnemanu Hospital,
which she had been one Of the most in
strumenral in promoting
The top f00rOf the Depsw home is given
up 70 the children. Here are the nursery
and schoolroom. and here on rainy days
they accompany the governess on imagin-
AIRY trips through Central Park. young
Chauncey's lively fancy plying as many
questions about Imaginary objects - he is
used 70 DO about real ones. The young
heir has a very active mind and has had to
be Kept back in his studies. His mother
has been his only feacher But the chill
dr-n's happiest time is in the late after
noon. s0r then the great orator comes
home. sad IL Is his habit TO mount
% the playroom and Join them in
their games. Seated upon the floor
with the little ones about him, the
hours 70 by ia telliuz stories and answer
ink questions. till dinner time, when ne
hurriss into 40 evening dress and drives
.xav 20 sonn. on. Of the n,,.nv .o,iat,, ar,d
club bapous+s which dailx demand tba
honor os his oras.nca r.. never vvritss n
sp.~cb but nsusllv speudsa 4 few moment.
ia reflection on his suhiec- io.tfny down =
few headings in th. process
Secretary Tracy. family A.. still in
BROOKLYN and viii not go % Washington
until autumn. The appointment seems 10
have been unexpected by them and 10 have