The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-05
HER HUSBANDS RIVAL.
Mrs. Chauncey Depew at Home-A
Friend to Working Girls.

That good story teIlers are rarities
is Automatic, says The Ladies Home
Journal, and that two good story
teliers living in this world as man and
wife can be found, seems almost i'm
possible. Yet the prince of that trade
Chauncey Depew-has. in his charm
ing wife a most dangerous rival in his
own field, and the apparently impos-
sibie is here a fact. In appearance
Mrs. Depew is of medium height and
slight, girlish figure, to which her
stateliness of carriage iinparts great
dignity. She is probably between
t~hirty-five and forty years old. look
ing much nearer the former than the
latter age. Her face is charming and
beautiful, though like many such
faces, a photograph misses much of
its chief beauty--its gayety OF ex-
preston and brilliancy of coloring.
Her hair, which is of dark brown, is
worn in soft curls on her forehead and
head; the eyebrows and lashes shade
her most beautiful and expressive
features, the eyes which are a deep
brown in color and of great variety in
expression.
Immediately after her marriage in
1871 Mrs Depew commenced TO act as
her husbands secretary, and has ever
since been of the greatest as sistance to
him. 1t seems a very easy matter, to
the u%nthinking, that of preventing a
mans engagements from conflicting;
but practical experience teaches diff
ferently, and when Mr.. Depew found
himself engaged at three different
places during the anne hours of the
.r.,. 1x~1rs,ur Io ~ q R,A~o h N ~ III
ing to have his wife take possessionand
straighten things for him once more.
She is a constant aid to him in many
other ways, and the frequency with
which the private telephone-between
his office and her suite of rooms
sounds, is evidence of the important
part that she plays in his business, az
well as domestic affairs.
In addition to her duties as secre-
tary, which include the receiving and
acknowledging of all Mr.. Depew's in
vitations land it must be remembers d
that these amount often To several
hundred a week.. as well as the care
of all his personal mail, Mrs. Depew
personally supervises the education,
reading and recreations of her son,
and of her two little orphan nieces; is
her own housekeeper; and yet, with
all this, finds opportunity to continue
her studies in German and French,
and to practice daily. Besides being
a most proficient pianist, Mrs. Depew
sings very well. Her voice is con-
tralto and sweet in quality.
Mrs. Depew is rarely met in society,
as she has been ia almost constant
mourning for a number OF years past,
and her many occupations now com
pletely occupy her time. She is a
woman who believes that women's
first duty lie in the home-life and
home cares.
Publicly her charitable work is not
much; privately it is excessive. AS
president of the Ladies' Hahnemann
Hospital Association, of New York,
she has a considerable amount of
board and committee work to accom-
plish, and bears the reputation of
being the most successful subscription
raiser in the city. She feels great
interest in the welfare of young girls
and women who are earning their
liyelihoods, and that this interest is
well known among such classes is
evident from the number of girls who
seek her for assistance and advice,
and to them she is very accessible.
Suspicious People.
People who suspect everybody are
very unhappy, and we know of no
ra,naHu for Thai. H;coouFO.f avoanF