Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24

IL IL Not the spr~sd-Eagie STYLE WA
Makes the Beet Impr~~.ioo


Makes the Best Impression.
New York Correspondence Cincinnati Enqutr,r
There IL a vast difference in the pubic
view and appreciation Of oratory," continusd
Mr. Depew afterh moments pause. 'from vhas
Il was when first made my maiden effort a
speaking. I had studied with much dean
thought and considerable comprehension ths
essential elements Of the spread-essie orssory
that was common 10 that period. I had secured
some exclusive rights 10 the great Americas
eagle, had grssped him by the tai feathers.
held firm grip on his analogy and had
discovered his weakest points, % that
every time 1 squeezed him properly
he would emit Q mighty screech. When
L went on the platform TO speak /
carried the American eagle with me-
and proceeded to make him raise his piercing
voice until the heavens echoed the sound The
audiences of that day expected you 20 bring
the stars down from the skies, the Wild vinds
from the four points Of the compass, the vcry
bowels from the depths Of the earth and strsv
everything in q whirlwind about your feet ON
tne rostrum- The orator Of the day vas Con-
sidered crude and awkward who could po4
punctuate every sentence with q skv-scrapinr
distant, pointing or earth-searching GESTURE
Indeed the more gestures one could make 70
each sentence the higher his popular standing
rs an orator. Well. as I saw captured the
American eagle in those DAYS and was success
full In keeping q tail hold on him, which made
me reputation as an orator.
1T was when this style of oratory Vas At the
heighth OF It's popularity" said Mr.. Depew,
that 1 first heard Wendell Phillips. who alone
at that period disdained the arts by which the
orators Of the day were wont 20 seek 70 infiu-
ence the minds Of their hearers. IL Was Q reve-
iation to me and a wonder. Phillips made no
gestures OF any kind. He would stand before
his audiences absolutely impassive. He never
raised his arms or his hands. He spoke only in
saxon words and his voice never scared TO
mountain-high pitches or descended 70 low
planes. He simply talked TO the brains Of the
people IN front Of him. II was marvellous what
he could do with an audience. IL was the
triumph OF intellect The effect Of Mr.. Phil
ips oratory on me was to make me doubt IL
spread-eagle oratory was, after all. the great
thing II was cracked up TO be. Later ! heard
henry Winter Davis, who, next TO Wendell
PHILIPPE, was a representative type Of the in
tellectual domination Of an orator over his
audience. These two men stood alone in their
day at a period later than when first heard
OF today, who gifted with oratorical poverx
would like TO accomplish. You see, the people
get tired OF the corruscating, gyrating scin-
tillating oratory after a time. but never Of
the plain, direct, homely, sensible talk be-
tween , man and man. Too much Of il
Delmonicos. They begin by wanting
more pepper on their food to make ID
palatable. Then they want pepper sauce and
then Tobasco sauce. The stomach finally re-
fuses to be stung into activity by the hottest Of
pepper and sauces, and big glass of brandy 10
swallowed to induce appetite. When the brandy
fails they take to DEMONSTRATIONS Kimmel
absinthe-and presently these diabolical things
have burnt ont their bodies and likewise thar
brains, and they are no longer capable Of I'M
Joying anything. When face n metropolitan
audience nowadays 1 imagine 10 myself
that they are saying TO me: We have brought
our brains 10 you, not our muscles. IL We
wanted our muscles trained we would Join the
Manhattan Athletic Club; 30 you viii plsase
omit gyrations and come right down 70 hard
PAN Then 1 make my best endesvors, I nn
assure YOU