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Show CONVERSATION A LOST ART. Senator Depew Laments Falling Off of Spontaneous Wit. In his eloquent memorial nddrcss at tho ceremonies In memory of tho lata Senator Hoar, dwelling upon tho wit nnd wisdom which garnished the tallt of tho Massachusetts statesman nnd mndo him so delightful a companion, Senator Dopow found occasion to) speak of the present dny an a tlmd "when conversation Is' becoming a lost art because tho shop has Invaded tliq drawing-room nnd tho dinner tnblq nnd cards havo captured society." Along with tho raro art of conversation conversa-tion and becnuso of n kinship with It havo gone also tho good old habit of writing up gossipy diaries for tho de light of future generations of gossip lovers nnd, whnt Is moro to be regretted re-gretted than nil, tho practice- of writing writ-ing personal letters stretching out over page after page in tho close, flno hand-writing of foriper days, such, as la now rarely qecn. Lcsllo's Weekly. |