Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-13

W AWNING that may happen: even
II earthquakes should raze the tallest
piles, ne said, 1t would all come ont
right in the end.
Inc santa Barbara earthquake !"
ne pointed out twas followed nv q
iear estate boom. That's American :"
WINE speeded automobile traffic
! might improve New York. MIR. Denew
SAID, he did not agree with Sir iIan
cTo,a l''n, Engilsh aviator, that every
LON, DICK and Harry would soon
n"ve speedy flying machine.
Ee[sonally, l have no desire to 90
any place by airpIane," he said ..I
| oost believe it is possible to do away
J Win the perils of air accidents, There
- some hope in a train. motor or
S sun l can't see hope when
'ou start 70 drop out of the air."
no nc SAD ne did not believe that
peupie would be born with fearless
| be ooosy LOT 1ying and neither did
nc expect planes to compete mater
Tally with present land and water
| carriers. ''" WAFER
| = haolo, another contribution to the
iater years, Mr.. Depew said. he fond
udliy solace and he tunes in fifteen
tiiinutes a day at home. If if wasn't
tor an overdose of musical selections
ne sad he'd think much higher of If
III ied UP with air music. he
! safd; I'd rather hear a few more
! soou "Reminiscences. There was
d speaker a few nights ago l liked.
IIe tolo some new stories about John
nay secretary of state under Lin
good stories" "eie
A connolsseur of stories. this wear
/
! MI Depew without any new storv to
ten. There is, however, a rider. in
! the statement, for Mr.. Depew's
| friends explain his present view has
! nothlnS to do with the telling of a.
funny story.
Mr. DepeW confirmed this, and said
when the time comes he tells his
story. He has never kept a stock of
/ taies, he pointed out, but, like a con-
temporary (Win Rogers) who has
| iolloWed the same method, he has
BASED all his funny stories on cur.
ient events First the event, little
| eAagSeratlon, and then the story.
It's quite the same now, he thinks.
as 1t was in the day of Artemus
ward, Bill Nye, and jobs Billings.
ana they and Mark Twain, ne said,
nave made America an appreciative
audience for the "moderns"-Rogers
. Lardner. Sullivan, Milt Cross and
others that Mr.. Depew says he
| doesn't read.
j The moderns, however, he said. are
meeting the demand for the humor
! OF their age in the terms of their age
as Mark and ArtemLs met the de-
| mand of their day.
Mr.. Depew has only one word of
warning: Il don't think any humorist
i will last" he said, whose strength
lies in fooling with the English lang
uage, trying to twist it out of shape"
Mr.. Depew said he was not fanil-
. lar with Dresser, Sherwood Anderson
and other leaders of present day
novel writing, but that he liked
novels, particularly older ones, and
he thinks Les Miserables the greatest
novel in the English language.
Il read all the magazines" he said.
That takes lot of time"
Another occupation of mine now
seems to be receiving countless
charming young ladies who say they
are just dying to shake my elderly
hand. 1 always imagine they mean
it when they say d single shake
would be the event of their young
lives. But I always find that before
the visit is over, they want me please
to find a job for some nice young
man."
However, Mr.. Depew added. he is
and always has been an optimist