The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
coAxNG THEIR IDEAS.



s~fne habit when they are deeply inter
.sted in conversation or business. They
lay chew a pencil, drum with their fin
sers on their table, or comfort their fea-
.ures in some way-but It is aimos certain
that they will do something of the kind.
inF0luntarily.
Step into the city hall and watch Mayor
strong as he is giving audience 10 some
citizen who has a scheme. The mayor sits
huddled up in his big chair, with both
hands grasping the elbows. while his head
is thrust forward and he looks from UNI
der his brOws at the visitor. Soon he re-
leases he elbows Of his chair. and rests
his rleht an1 upon his table, where the
fingers fnpve slightly in a drumming
action. while his left hand falls lightly
I'm mis- Ian. You can see he makes this
change Of position without knowing 1t,
and that he is paying that close atten-
ton to the words Of the visitor that they
NAV or may not be worth. When he gives
a sigh, you may know hat he has had
enough of the interview. AMI that It IS
time TO get up and leave him.
Recorder Con in his ofhce is a pleasant
man. He likes to receive visitors stan d.
ing. and he is generally passing a pen or
beaeil from one hand to the other as ne
talks. He rolls the pencil between the
thumb and finger of the left hand in the
same way, and then SEXES the pencil in
both hands. and keeps both thumbs and
fore6ngers rolling and twisting at the
pen thfoughout the interview. He looks
STRAIGHT into the eyes of the person to
HON ne IL talking, aid Is smiling all the
time. His feet are firmly planted on the
floor, and the only movehePnt 70 pc no.
ticed in him is In the ever-b.sy myers
Supt. Byrnes is a man Of immense self
control al most people know. BE turses
half way from his desk to meet stran-
ger and, with his left elbow on the desk,
asks his business. There are no move
ments to be noticed in his hands anu
his feet are firmly places on the caIpst
on the little raised platform set apart
for his use at police headquarters. tut
there is a peculiar flashing OF ms eyes
as he listens that seems to be voluntary
They almost change their hues at times,
and with a. Tightening OF the tull' hrin
lips, are the only indications that he IS
hearing. II is said by physiologtsts that
control cor noe every part Of his body
except his mouth, but that TINS
viii betray emotion whep eveTything else
is under strong guard. Mr.. ByrHes' mouth
does not move much even when ne talks,
but he cannot help its giving soAae sign
cen, Miles is a soldier, every inch Of
him, and there is something over seventy
inches of him in hight and fair pro
portion of him in width. He sits squarely
at his desk and leans a little forward,
as if he were on horseback His 1eet
are firmly placed on the moor ana ms
attitude is one OF uncompromislng mil
tarism. He has habit or looking over
letters or papers as he talks to strangers,
and looks up at intervals Tor Lnoflent
as he utters a remark, and goes PACK 20
his letters II the conversation is par
ticuIarly interesting to him at any part
of it he may lean back in his chair side
ways and look at the visitor for an IN
slant His head is well thrown pack'
and he seems TO be measuring the men
tai capacity of his caller. He covers a
good deal of his desk with MS elDoMs
and hands when he writes and he handles
the pen in a sweeping way that suggests
a cavalry charge.
Chauncey Depew meets most people
smilingly and he has as many little TlckS
of manner as might be expected OF so
popular a man. The remSrkable point
about them is that they are al dlnerent
and that he has an entirely new set every
time he meets a new visitor. lie drums
with his fingers or hits his teeth with
pencil, or crosses one foot over the oyer
all with an easy grace that Is his own, ara
that may mean anything or nothing. He
is too mercurial to SIT still while he is
talking, but his manner can hardly be
a nervous one, for he has himself so thor
oughly in hand that he seems to know
what he is doing, no matter how airily he
may be talking. His manner Is charm
ing, beyond all else.
w. d. Howells has a nervous way that
is suggestive of difiidence. When intro
duced he looks quickly and sharply ut
the stranger and then drops his eyes, to
lift them occasionally S the conversation
interests him or not. He has q way of
looking about him as If he rather expected
the walls to cave in or the ceiling to tall
upon him, and he generally uses his hand
kerchief q great deal to wipe his forehead
and disturb that little straight foFelock
or bang that may be seen in all his por-
traits. He talks quickly and nervously,
but always entertainingly and he has
way of lifting himself out of his chair at
times as If the seat were not exactly COM
Portable. He looks and behaves like man
with highly-strung, nervous nature, and
he Is typical literary man in every move
ment
David Christie Murray another author.
squares his shoulders when he is intro
| duced, as if he invited attention to his
| nne physical proportions and there is a
sugSesuvenoss of his being ready to spar
or wrestle with you that is almost a chal-
lenge. But his bright, Scotch blue ewes
gl1sten with kindness, and he drops his
hands easily into his pockets and rattles
ms loose silver or keys all the time he
is talking.
He balances himself on his toes at in
terNals ana seems to be looking over the
heads OF all the people within his range
DR. Parkhurst has a quick, bird-like
way OF fitting his head to one side as he
tsaIk5 or hstens. He plays with his vest
puttonS or watch chain, and appears to
pc sitting huddled up in one corner of
MS ChdiE- When ne stands ne turns his
toes out almost at right angles with his
body, and blinks behind his spectacles.
whlch ne takes off frequently to clean
them. He has winning way, Particularly
with ladies. ABE" Humn.el the well
known lawyer, reminds one of little bow
who has lost his hair. He has a shrewd.
smiling maner, and it is easily under
stood how he makes friend of everyone
ne, meets, except the people on the other
side in lawsuit He sits back on his chair
ana shirts his feet continually He is
quick ana nervous in manner. but never
loses his self-possessfon. He sometimes
examines his well-manicured finger nails
crlucally as ne talks, but is never guilty
OF the vulgarity of trimming them in the
presence of a visitor.
49, Judge Dtttenhoefer has a short but 20
hte manner, and looks carefully throueh
his papers when he talks to clients in
ms once. bis manner is one of direct
ness there, although when he sits in a
theater, as ne often does. he likes to
compare notes with a companion without
caring much what he says if it CONVEYS
his meaning
Henry Clews the Wall street capitalist
has a way Of walking up and down bis
private office and peering through ira
window as he talks and lie ta,e