The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-05
WORK LEES ELIXIR
 SAYSSAMUEL SLOAN
AT AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT HE TALKS OF YOUTH AND THE
 AIDS OF SUCCESS.
Eat We'll, Don't worry--Piay Comhin- ed Wtth Foil Makes substan- tiaI Man and Keeps Him
 Young.
New York Hrald.

~N- New York Hrald.
 Hearty and alert despite his eighty eight years, Samuel Sloan. for three decades one of the country's most powerful railroad men. associate and intimate friend of Jay Gould and Rus sel Sage and a dozen other industrial giants, declared yesterday that the stress of present day commercial life is no greater than 1t was a quarter of century ago and that men would not succunlb to It if they observed the simple rules of life as he has done.
 "Bfuch is required of the men who direct the affairs of the big corpora tions," he said. land the responsibili- ties are very great, but If they take good care of the oonstitutions God gave them. sleep when they ought to slepe. eat good food and dispense with worry there is no reason why they should not retain vigor and aiertness until they are well past the allotted threeseore and ten. The trouble with the men who are falling out of the line while they are yet young in years is that they neglect themselves--ia their devotion to their business they forget that their own bodies and minds require attention. Work and play combined make the successful bust ness man and keep him young, but the trouble with many is that they know how to work but not how to play"
 MT Sloan was seated on the veranda of his fine home, near Garrison, over looking he Hudson, in broad armed rocker, which has been his favorite since he built his first country home on his Hudson river estate at the close of the civil war. Beside him sat Mrs. Sloan, white haired, yet vigorous and bright eyed. looking score of years younger than the eighty-four of which she modestly boasts.
 A Contented Aged Couple.
 We're a pretty old pair" she said, tented up here. surrounded by our children and grandchildren.
 And our great-grandchildren toe" rejoined MT, Sloan proudly. waving his hand in the direction of one of the three homes that surround his, and all of which he built for his children.
 Nowhere probably is there a more vigorous couple of eighty-eight and eighty-four than MT. and Mrs. Sloan, and both proudly attribute their youthfulness of mind and body to a regular life-a life of moderation and to perfect accord with life and with each other.
 Although his earliest years were spent in quiet employment. Mir. Sloan plunged into the maestrom of com mercial affairs at an early age and up to a very few years ago was one of the country's most active corporatioa managers. He passed through many of the crises which often crush big men in financial affairs, Now, when he is within few months of eighty-nine years of age, he is, according to the Directory of Directors. a director in thirty-one corporations, and he goes to his New York office every Tuesday and takes an active part in the man. agemept of a few of the biz compa- nies. Were 1t not for the pressure of relatives he would go much oftener to his offlce. in fact, would still be act lively in harness. because he feels that he is too young to withdraw entirely from business and believes work to be the real elixir of life.
 T have always been a firm believer in woVk," he said, and always will be. Instead of wearing us out work keeps us from wearing out. It is what was intended for us to do and the man who works hardest, prcvid- ing always that he gets plenty of rest and does not abuse himself when at work, will live longest and be the best off
 worked Hard From BoyhOOd.
 q worked hard from the time was a small boy, and have lived to a pret- ty ripe age already. am not quite so lively as I once was and I don't know how long l will be around here, but tAere are not many men left who began life when I did. Russell Sage was one of my best friends. l sat with him in Western Union and Manhattan Rail way for years and had the greatest ad- miration for him. He was an honest | man, but a shrewd trader. He work l ed hard all his life, but lived quiet | simple life and left behind a record of | honor and best dealing,
 T am in bed every night at g | o'clock, or a little later If something | special is going on, and am up at six. | and sometimes at five. That has al- | ways been my cUstom--go to bed early l and get up early. I have not always | made 1t a practice to go to bed at | nine o'clock. but 1t usually was not | later than ten. I never made 1t an | ironcled rule to get specified number | of hours sleep; if felt that needed | eight got them; if felt that l need aI r{ra ou 4aa rnt tatna rw Ian