The New York herald., 1922-03-26


Of the New York Central Railroad.
amt YOU. hey? YOU are rich man.
amt you. hey? We are poor boys.
You don't know us and can't teach
us anything. You had better get out
while you can
Mr.. Depew's reply was short, snarp
and decisive. He said:
MY friend, want little talk
with you. j began life very much az
you did. Nobody helped me. I was
a country boy and my capital was
this head and these legs and these
hands. BY using them I have be-
come just what YOU say l am and
have got where you will never ar
rive"
At this response a man i'm the
audience jumped up ard shouted,
Go ahead. Chauncey; you're
peach."
This outburst saved the day for
the Republican orator. THAT char
acierization of peach" he says,
went into the newspapers and was
attached TO me wherever / appeared
for many years afterward, not only
in this country but abroad. II even
found a place In the slang column
of the great dictionaries of the Eng
lish language"
Mr.. Depew's own distinction as an
orator should qualify him TO form
Just estimates of other public speak
crs. Il have heard most of the great
orators of the world" he writes.
bat none of them produced such an
immediate and lasting effect upon
their audience as WenGcll Phillips.
He rarely made gesture or spoke
above the conversational. but his
musical voice reached the remotest
corners Of the hall" The statesmen
OF national reputation whom our
author encountered in his earlier
political campaigns made heavy, pom
derous and platitudinous speeches,
without trace of huinor in their
discoMses. The only exception was
Abraham Lincoln. AS TO social ora
tory. Sir. Depew pronounces Lord
Rosetery the prince Of after dinner
speakers in England. while he tells
us that the best after dinner speech
he ever heard anywhere was made by
Miss Fanny Davenport, The actress.
Al one OF Augustin Days supners to
his company on the enc hundredth
performance of a play.
MIR. Depew often spert a portion
OF Ills summer vacation at Hom-
hourg when the Prince of Wales,
afterward Edward VII. was a visitor
at that celebrated health resort, and
he and Mr.. Blaine were fsvorite
companions OF the Prince in his
walks and tails-to the wonder of
many members OF the British colony
there who expressed surprise that
the Prince should seem 10 find so
much pleasure in the society OF
these American gentlemen. A natu-
RAJ surmise would be that he found
their onyersation to be informing,
intelligent and entertaining. MIR.
Depow Observes n becoming reticence
concerning his interviews with the
Prince. bat he relates one incident
strikingly illustrative OF their inti-
macy. The Prince was reputed to
require very little sleep. going TO bed
late and getting up early. One night
the American ~nator was awakened
by the Princes equerry bringing
word that Ills Royal Highness was
on tho terrace OF the kursaal and
wanted to see him. The lights were
out, everybody had gone and he was
sitting alone at table Illuminated
by a single candle. What he desired
was 10 discuss American affairs and
become more familiar with our pub
lie men. our ideals, our policies and
especially any causes which could
possibly be removed OF irritation be-
'ween his country and ours. r.
discussion lasted fin daylight"
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