The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-08

refreshing and long continued. In fact
with Mr. Depcw it is practically long
nap from the time he boards the vessel
until he disembarlis The treatment is
always sufficient When he returns to
America, he finds his mind us vigorous as
it was in his student days.
1t is no wonder that Mr. Depow, when
the midsummer time comes, discovers that
his brain rebels and calls for rest The
amount of intellectual work wholly out
side of that entailcd by his duties as pres
idont of one Of the great railroads of tho
country which Mr.. Dcpcw does would OF
itself be regarded as sufficient by many
professional men.
In the preparation of his various ora
tions and more informal addresses it is safe
to say that Mr. Dcpcw spends as much
thought-conccntrat intense and pa
ticnt-as many Of the clcrgymen of the
United States do upon the sermons which
they deliver in the course of the year. In
fact, Mr. Depew makes in single year al
most as many speeches as do the clergy
men in the larger cities, many of whom
have vacations of from two to four months
Last year Mr.. Depew delivered some 70
or 10 carefully prepared addresses and
probably twice that number of more in
his Worlds fair address, for instance, Mr.
Depew gave all the time that he could
spare from his railroad duties for three or
-four weeks He shut himself up in his
library in the evening after dinner, con-
suited his reference books and worked FIRE
qucntly until midnight.
The wonderful intellectual power which
he reveals in the preparation of an Grafton
was especially displayed upon his return
from Europe last fall. His trip across the
water had been delayed last summer be
cause of the financial troubles. He did
not sail until November. Before he went
away he instructed his private secretary to
cancel number of engagements which he
had made to speak. Among them was an
address to be delivered in Chicago. BY
some mistake the Chicago people were not
notified, and Mr.. Depew, upon his return,
found that they had announced that he
would speak and were making great prep
aratiOns for the occasion. He did not
feel that he could In courtesy refuse them.
He found great amount of railroad bust
ness awaiting his return, some of it Of the
utmost importance He tried to snatch Il
half hour here and there in which to lay
out plan of the proposed address, but
even when he found the time he discovered
that his mind was blank. At last one
evening he shut himself up in his library,
determined either to be master of his re-
sources or else to give up in despair. Aft
or several hours of intense mental applica-
tion the whole form Of the address and
even the detail of the treatment came to
him as by flash of inspiration. He work
ed steadily for hours, and at last the speech
was written. Then he went to bed and
slept like n child for eight solid hours
In June of this year Mr.. Depew appear
ed before the students of the University of
Virginia to deliver an address which he
had prepared with very great care and ex-
tracts from which We're afterward widely
printed. He supposed that it would be
his last speech before his return from Eu-
rope, but within two days after its dely-
cry he was called upon to make an address
at the dedication Of a Revolutionary mon
ument at Dobbs Ferry and within 10 DAYS
to speak TO the students of the Wesleyan
university mt Middletown, Conn. These
experiences show how frequently Mr. De-
pew is called upon and how suddenly to
make formal addresses. After his trip to
Europe he will probably enter the political
campaign, making series of addresses il,
New York state and possibly in one OF two
otter sections Of J'e country.
T.. ]. EDWARDS,