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...Manhattan, the Pilgrims of the United States gave a dinner to Sir Auckland Geddes, retiring British Ambassador to the U. S. In a setting of Stars and Stripes, Union Jacks, Army khaki, Navy blue, Diplomatic scarlet, Chauncey M. Depew, President of the Pilgrims of the United States, rose to pay tribute to the excellent character, the "rare qualifications," the remarkable career and the great administrative ability of the British Ambassador. In particular, did he stress the part played by the Ambassador during the Washington Conference and in settling the British war debt...
Said Chauncey M. Depew: "I can't understand the psychology that makes Henry Ford a Presidential candidate. Take John D. Rockefeller, for instance. He has spent $500,000,000 for humanity, yet he couldn't be elected to any office. But Mr. Ford, who has also devoted himself to making money,.although he has not given much of it away, appears to be a popular choice for the Presidency. I cannot understand it. I don't believe he will be nominated...
IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS Chauncey M. Depew: " Charles W. Adams of Boston, 90, challenged me to a 15-mile walk. Said I (who am 89): ' The reason I am healthy is because I refuse to do stunts like that...
...Chauncey Depew. "... convinced me that Chauncey Depew was a phrasemaker of but little intellect, to balance considerable avoirdupois...
...richest woman in England; to be Prime Minister: to win the Grand National. He married Hannah, only daughter of Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild. He became Queen Victoria's Prime Minister in 1894. He won the Derby three times. He is alive today (one year younger than Chauncey Depew) with one chief regret: no horse of his ever won the Grand National...