Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17

Mr.. Depew's desk is Uttered with papers. and
you note by the postage stamps on his letters
that his mail comes from all parts of the world.
He receives, said Mr. Duval. ian average
Of fifty personal letters a dny. and his business
mail runs up into the hun reds Some of his
mail he never sees, a paFt|6f ii he answers by
stenographers. but the most of his personal
letters receive replies in his own handwriting.
He Is very rapid writer, Is rarely at loss for
word to EXPRESS his meaning, and he dictates
quite readily he writes. He gets to his
Office between and 10 o'clock every morning
and first takes up his mail and his newspaper
clippings. He is probably as much quoted as
any man in the country and he receives COM
ments upon his work from newspapers both in
this country and in Europe"
As soon as Mr. Depew gets to the Office his
callers begin to come. They besiege him at his
residence before he starts down town and they
are here in force by the time he arrives. The
number waiting for Kim ranges from ten to
nifty. according to the times. and he receives
all wao have any business with him. He is. In
TACT, one OF the most accessible men in New
York. and he is so even tempered tina. he re-
mains cool when all of the rest of his officers
about him are angry. He never gets worried
and never loses his grip and he works steadily
along from the time he gets to the Office until
about i, when he goes out for his lunch.
HOW cHAUScEY DEPEw SPEAKS
Let me give you picture of Chauncey De-
pew as he makes an after-dinner speech. He
looks more like preacher than club man,
aud ne stands swinging his glasses in his hand,
look ng oat OF his sober blue ewes I'D and down
the table, MS cultured, clerical face makes you
wonder when he stepped out of the pulpit and
whether after ali II Is not a mistake and he is
not about to ask grace. He begins TO talk.
his words come freely and naturally He
smiles little as he tells a good story. and his
blue eyes twinkle as he wittily replies 10 .he
sally of one Of the men from the other side of
the table As he goes on his face beams with
good fellowship and you note that his fifty
eight years have not made him old and that
though his hair and beard are frosted silver
his soul Is as young as that Of any boy about
the board As he continues you find that his
speeches are more than stories. You note that
ne has ideas well wit and you realize that
the speaker is not only an orator, but q man
and that a great one
THE AfTER-DISSER STAGE
Returning to Mr.. Depew's business life.
waited for several hours to have an interview
at his Office, but imperative work kept piliug
up, and il was O'Clock before / got access to
Aim- At 3:l5 he had to make the train for his
summer home at Pawling, two hours from New
York, his engagements were all full for the
morrow, and he finally suggested that l jump
on the cars and run up TO Pavling with him
and We could have our talk on the traia. He
ordered = pass for me, and ten minutes later
we were seated ia a chair on the New York
Central railroad, the train going at forty miles
an hour. and Mr.. Depew talking in response TO
my questions at the rate OF q hundred and
Gfty words per minute. The following Is the
substance Of our talk: