The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-02


aoal of amusement lie Is not a bit sem
pltive TO criticism Of this kind. and SHOWS
these letters TO few Of his friends from
,,ma IN time. with laughing comments.
Sometimes he Is received with an irleSiSu-
lie inclination TO answer one OF these
,ranks and writes a reioinder III ms
most brilliant style The Speaker ie''rt
g never mailed. lie pins II 10 the oieihN
letter. reads both of them over a seCoilu
1ime has a good chuckle AT the cIa"N
,xnense and sometimes shares his en-
3oNment with chance caller. ihoh 81"
DESTROYS both the letter ana the ais"o''
II ia a pity they cannot be preserves 'V
q comnilafion OF "unpublished' ana un-
mailed letters from Mr.. Reed 10 various
unknown correspondents "o"'" "'''''
amusing book some day.
Ne Reed has the happy faculty shared
- 80 r,snv men. Of working best I'm the
,Seb, hours. and when he has on mana
on literary work, he often remains III
~ ofiea az tho Shoreham, as late as one
-, ,xyo o'clock in the morning. lie writes
>,,,b q. pen. and his fingers fly very railu-
~ over the paper. He sometimes VIZ
4 ooo or 300 words in an evening ne re-
>,,ses his manuscript. but the changes 70
,nalx.s are few. lie believes IN me jun
,n,nt OF others. and almost every 'lii"h "'
writes Is submitted 10 Mrs. heeu io' az
nroval Sometimes when ne Is uiss"'
bed with his work. Mrs Reed iaNO' "Nlo
,rt,icism will reassure him. In the case
-, enc 81 his apeeches in the last Con-
,.ress he was thoroughly dissatisfied uhui
81 Reed had read what he had written
After she had passed Judgment on lne
snsech favorably. he decided 10 denver II
as A was written. and the result suiP
"a him lie eaid aftcrward that ne was
cutie content with what no had done
r,,s sneech was the only me he ever
..,a,atad n a stenographer. Letters ne
,,ctates but his magazine work ana ms
n,,hjic speeches he prefers TO 90 IL WIN
q zen But the weather was warm Nnei'
re xas preparing his speech on ne re-
nal Of the purchasing CLAUSE ~.
I,.....,,.. st,vor law. and be decided TO use
..onn9raoher. SO, as ne expressed II
~,,nrUard. he talked out OF the WIN
49, Tor about an hour, while the steno-
,l,.r took the typ written manuscript
nd vent over Il. but he was not al all
satished lie determined 20 rewrte the
,ehnle ,hine. and sat at his desk for a
long time. perspirng copiousiy WINE nc
wrote. But when he asked Mrs. heeo :
sndrmen, and that OF his secretary, Mr.
Allan on what he had written, they tod
him The typewriter manuscript was net
,er. 50 no gave up the task aud used the
first copy. IA.
Mr.. Reed would be called "a good stndy
In theatrical circles. I hat Is, he has a
good memory. and finds II easy 10 study
"a ,peech for delivery. He always writes
the speech out. reads over the manu-
script two or three times. and then Is
pretty well prepared TO reed on MS
thoughts just as he wrote hem. Usual
~ n fellow member sits behind him with
the manuscript, ready TO prompt him II
A should be necessary. lie needs very
little prompting, though. He is satisfied
N he adhcrcs 20 the thoughts in the
manuscript without using its exact Ian.
gusge HIS speeches as published In the
Congressional Record are not reported
exactly as he delivered them on the floor
OF the House. He gives his prepared
manuscript to the reporters for publics-
non. Usually he has the speeches put