The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-03-10

business successes. He boasts of it.
fiaunts it in the face Of men younger
in years but weaker of body.
yes, young man." he said, on re-
| cent birthday. Il was born in 1916.
Lived quite a while, Ell? Entitled to
a holiday, eh. Well, honestly, really
considered for moment taking a holt
day off, but then I am a director in
tWenty-seven railroads and I can't
very well neglect the public's inter
| ests. They all of them have directors
meetings to-day, and feel that
ought to attend. Then, I get $40 for
each meeting, and lunch thrown in"
Russell Sage expects to reach the
par OF life by the same methods he
has pursued in bringing to this mark
railroads, steamship lines or mining
ventures-by hard work, by frugality,
by system, by rigid obedience to the
laws of health.
L take every day as it comes,'' he
says. my theory for long life is
that temperance lengthens the days
Of all. Plenty of sleep, and escape
from worry as much as possible
Worry and lack of rest break down
the strongest men. l get up every
morning at o'clock, and get to my
office at 9. | leave at 5 p. NJ l go
up to my house and take things easy
for the rest of the day.
He accounts for all his successes by
this regime.
Good habits in living" he says,
result in good health; good health
increases mans ability and gives
him zest for industry; and industry,
intelligent industry, leads on to pros
perity. 1t is a very simple recipe,
but the great majority Of men con-
tinually ignore what is so plain. It
is perfectly obvious that dissolute
habits can end in but one thing
failure. Reverses are bound to come
at some period of the life of man of
evil ways. A crying sin of today is
profiigacy. The wasting of money en-
tails a vast amount Of suffering for
! some one and often leads to actual
| crime.'
The man is never idle. He consid-
81 AulS1SOS ID uOt OILY expensive,
| but detriment to good health.
Because man is rich, there is no
| reason or excuse for his being idle
he says. "A slothful man, be he rich
! Or poor, is not a desirable member of
society. He presents bad example.
The rich man is not expected to- toll
| with pick and shovel, but human soci-
ETY. places upon him the obligations
to give his best thoughts to the use
of his wealth, so that his accumula-
ton may bestow good upon others as
we'll as himself"
The veteran keeps pretty closely to
his Office, at No. 81 Nassau street,
and regularly at noon trudges to the
| Western Union building, at 1876 Broad
way, for luncheon. Of recent years.
since the Norcross adventure. in
which the dynamiter lost his own life
and severely injured L;lidlaw in at
| tempting to kill Mr. Sage, he is very
| careful as to whom he admits into his
Office. But his eye is rs bright as ever
| and the passing years do not seem
to alter his appearance
A man who met him recently thus
describes him: He is almost 80
years old, and does not look to be GO
He is tall, thin, but not wasted. Ills
body is that OF a man who is aging
! without excess. His shoulders are a
bit stopped. His forehead is not the
| bullying dome of SO many successful
Americans. 1t slopes backward and
gets narrower toward the top His
face is not a strong one. In years
gone by it may have been stern, or
it may not. 1t was covered with
beard, but is now smooth-shaven. 1t
is farmers face, with healthy brown
| complexion. His eyes are sharp and
bright, lying in nest of little wrin-
| kles. Sometimes he winks one eye
to emphasize what he says. Winking
is his only dissipation. When he dis
sipates, he gives his mind to it. He
drops his eyelid with great deibera.
ton, sending it down with all his
strength. His wink says, plainly as
words, /, Russell Sage, am winking.
| Am not real devilish?"
His nose is a good, strong nose. hut
it does not overshadow its fellow feat
| lures. His cheek bones are as high
as an Indians. He has a queer way
of working the muscles Of his cheeks.
He draws down his chin and the mus