The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-07
HOW CHAUNCEY WORKS.
The Railroad Magnate Shows that He
is Possessed OF Much Ener gy.
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The Railroad Magnate Shows that He
is Possessed of Much Ener gy.
BlGkelv Hall IN the Brooklyn Eagle.
I have often heard people express theil
wonder that Chauncey Depew can gel
through such an extraordinary amount Of
work every day, and still have plenty Of
time for dining out at night. He boasts the
complexion of 1O-year-old girl, and his
eyes are bright, snappy and full of life,
Doubtless a great share of the details of his
work are taken off his hands by Mr.. Duval,
who is the most sagacious and energetic of
private secretaries known opublic life since
Col. Lamont's retirement, The rest Mr..
Depew does himself
saw an illustration of his methods this
week. On one Of the hottest nights of the
week-and there were some scorchers-I
happened to miss train on the Central
road by fraction of a minute, and as l had
forfeited my dinner in the wild hope OF
catching the train | felt a depression of
spirits which was in inverse ratio to the
hight OF the thermometer. | dived across
the street to the nearest place, and entered
long, narrow and low-ceilinged cafe.
Twenty or 80 dejected-looking men, with
their waistoeats unbuttoned, their collars
loosened, and their legs stretched out, sat
hopping their faces and endeavoring to eat.
A crew of frowsy walters Jagged to and
fro, and the cashier leaned back in his chair
tanning himself languidly. ordered some
thing to eat, and sat in the stuffy seclusion
of corner trying to summon up enough
energy to go down town and attend to some
important work had in hand.
1t was imperative, and yet made up my
mind to let it go by the board, and was
sitting there fully resolved to do no more
that night, when the door was opened
briskly. and a strongly built, square
shouldered man strobe in, glanced rapidly
about, selected a table that stood apart,
and, taking off his hat, revealed the
dome-like forehead and thinly matched
Uranium of Chauncey Depew. A small,
active and alert young man, who
accompanied Mr.. Depew, dropped the
valises he was carrying on the floor,
handed the famous railroad president big
bundle of papers, and, whipping out a big
notebook, revealed the fact that he was a
stenographer. He was a good one, too.
For an hour he never raised his head from
the book nor asked single question. His
pencil moved with mechine-like regularity
from one side of the page to the other
until the book was half filed with
notes. AS for Mr.. Depew, he offered
and health which was wildly accumulated
by the groups of tagged, listless and somno-
lent men In the same room. He sat per-
fectly erect, with his papers in one hand
while he occasionally passed his handker-
chief over his forhead with the other,
debating with interchangeable evenness and
emphasis. The play of his features and the
constantly alternating series of expressions
almost gave an index to the character OF
the letters he dictated. One paper after
another was disposed of, and in exactly an
hour the correspondence was finished and
MIR. Depew arose, handed liberal fee tc
the waiter, bowed courteously to the cashier
and strobe out His exhibition of energy
and vitality was not without effect. The
waiter braced up, the cashier began balanc-
ing his books, number of the diners but
toned their waistcoats and straigthtened up
in their chairs, and lighted large cigar,
climbed ON the bow Of a Fourth avenue car
and went down town to tackle the work
had decided to shirk before Chauncey Depew
had set US all a good example.