The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22

ing saw in the private Office OF Knox, the
halter who, by the way, is as much an in
stitution in New York MS Trinity Church OF
the Postotice, Autograph printed in 1s4s
picturing Broadway as il would be when q
then contemplated system of elevated rail
road was put into practical operation, Many
years after that, aid several years before
Field and his associates got into the COM
psny q man by the anne of Gilbert devised
q scheme for elevated travel, but nobody
made il a success until Field and his friends
put not only their heads to work, bat shoul-
deIs TO the wheel and their money with
which to grease the axles. As at present
managed, the elevated roads Of New York
are delusion and u snare, an abominable
traverse of the decencies of life, an apt illus
tration OF what cheek, sudacity and wealth
harI essed together can accomplish as against
the right of mankind, That q hundred
murders are not com nitted upon the rail
every hour in every day is q matter OF won
der, and l look for some terrible catas.
trophe there, Just as certainly as ! expect
the sun to rise on each succeeding morning.
That the time will come when Field and
some of the more conspicuous directors will
be roughly handled by an outraged public
and an inturisted gang OF defrauded patrons
believe to be one of the certainties OF the
future. All this, hewever, has nothing TO
do with the fact that .Cyrus w. Field is a
great man. Another brother. Stephen j.
Field, sits with dignity, and, many think,
with lofty mental attributes and rare moral
courage, upon the bench of the highest
court known to the LAID, and prior to the
dss covery of Grover Cleveland the name of
Stephen Field was upon many serious Dem.
ocratic lips as that of q n.an fitted to &C.
cupy the chair once hooored by q Washing G.
ton, an Adams and Jackson. David Dud-
ley Field is reputed to be hard in business af-
fairs, but the clarity of his mental vision,
the tremendous energy of his nature. the far
illusions of his judgment have never been
doubted or denied. II 3 is indeed the Nestor
of the New York bar, which is simply
another way of saying he is the ablest lawyer
In the country. His fellow-ciiizens did
right in houoring him. and in the assem-
blsge which gathered in the h0spitsble par
lors of his brother, saw men eminent in
in every calling Our leading journalists
and writers, our foremost doctors of medi.
cine and divinity, the best citizens known
in every walk and realm of life, gladly &C
copied the invitation OF the younger Field,
to extend to his brother a courteous recog
milton of the occasion. The chief point OF
interest in this matter, however, 30 far
as my communication TO You is con
cerned, is that, in his S0th year,
David Dudly + ED stands as straight as ever,
with necO as Cle8r, q nina as bright, an Ia
tellect az alert, physique as sturdy, and an
entire nature ss absolutely rounded in
health and general fitness for accustoms d
duty
AS AT ANY TIME IN ALL HIS LIFE.
similar record is presented In the person
of the historian Bancroft. who, in his very
ripe old age. sits serenely in bis library,
where, in the sconsummation of CONTRACT
made with Robert Bonner OF this city, he is
preparing q series of articles on Washington
and kindred subjects for publication In the
Ledger. The article on Washington is en-
titled 1.-The Twenty first of February, 1885 II
and will be published in the Ledger Feb. %
| Where are his contem p0raries2 Long since
gone. Where the friends of his youth, the
companions of his middle age, the men oil
Wit and wisdom. the women of character
and beauty, who gayly disported along the
vale of time with this venerable American
citizen2 Long since gone, never to return
There must be some reason, some secret
something out of the common, which en-
ables these two men, who stand like soil
tary trees in the mid of q forest long since
overthrOwn, they alone pregnant, potent
d time-defying. / don't know how 1t may b,
with Mr.. Bancroft. but l don't doubt hi
experience parallels that of Mr.. Field, whi
tells re that while be has never denied him
self the pleasures of life, while he has beer
no suchorite. while he has never been
professional purist or absurd in temperance
as it is ordinarily misunderstood, he has ev
er been mindful to the laws OF health. ha
consulted the peculiar phys que and tenn
permanent given him at the start, and ha
done what in his power lay to conserve hi
energies, and to save. rather than waste, hi
vital forces In single word, the secret o
, his long enduring vitality and vigor Is ez
ercise. Not the idiotic surpiussge of phys
ical waste, which ultimately killed Charlie
Dickens Not the silly dumb bell practic
and terrible ssrainiDg walks that wore Will
lam Cullen Bryant to shadow. but sens
} bic use of all his aculties, and q judiciou
: Exercising OF his physique on suitable OF
cssions The old couplet says:
Early to bed early to rise,
Makes man healthy, wealthy and wise"
and this rule seems to have been the govern
! ing principle of Mr.. Fields existence. 3
says. for instance. that he goes to bed on a
/, average at 10 O'Clock at night, and rises O
an average at In the morning. His favorI
! modes of exercise ara, and have been f.
: macy years, horseback riding and walkin
He lives up town, not far from the park. an
keeps a good saddle horse, not a hard trotte
> but q spirited animal who is as fond Of h
master as he of it. Together they tempt th
. breezes of the early morning, and pass q
; hour pleasantly and profitably on the brid
paths that twine aud intertwine throug
q Central Park. like thrt ads OF gold in tt
! warp and wool of velvet cloth. After breal
/, fast he walks from his house to his 1 flee,
7, distance of about three miles, and it is
q pleasure to see his ere ct, sturdy figure pusl
, ing its way through the crowds on Broa,
= way, and to know that there is real 10,
, ment and healthful inspiration In th
q Intentional exercise to which he subjec
o himself, day in and day out. until he reach,
:, his workshop where, az the world We
, knows, he delves and tolls as no ordinar
. man can, with q subsoil plough that reacht
\ to the very bottom of any principle il is We
. or him to thoroughly master and absolutel
= comprehend His days work done he wall
: home again, aud after hearty dinner, wit
glass of enjoyable wine, he reads or tall
! or entertains until his
J. REGULAR HOUR FOR RETIRING ARRIvm.
n There is little too much cast ironness sboI
these rigid lines to suit q man of my tempe
n ament but should think that 90 men
every 100 might find il to their advantage
n utilIZs the two elements of regularity Sd
4 exercise. Professional men, outside of Ii
q lawyers Office. can not perhaps control
n absolutely their hours Is Mr.. Field seems
have done, certainly no writer and no doctt
can, but even they can insist upon o spec
fed amount of daily exercise, without whic
n the full measure OF health can, by no boss
ss bility, be attained We were told in OF
/ youth it was q great thing to get our 'beaui
u sleep'-tbat is, TO get TO bed before
d o'clock-sud there used to be superstitio