The Detroit times., 1909-07-08
ROCKEFELLER, At 70
EXPECTS To REACH
CENTURY MARK
Worlds Richest Man, Having Sub
dued All in Business, Is Conquer
ing Age With Same Caution,
Energy and Silence.
An Intimate Description of the Great
Oil King at Three Score
and Ten.

CLEN ELAND, u, july -Whdt
sort OF man is John ID. Rockefeller
At 20 years vi age? Has nature
wrought the same changes in the
mind OF the richest man N the world
that have been wrought ia his body?
Can We speaa OF his age as ply sicai
age. mental age. or both?
Today, has seventeen birthday,
Rockefeller is the living answer. He
hHs sublime faith today that his physi-
clan. DR.. ii. r. Biggar, ,o.d the truth
when he said Rockefeller would live
10 lie 100 years old.
For the past i've years Rockefeller
L has been said, was getting old.
At the time he faced court In the
hicago Standard oil trial three years
ago he seemed feeble, even scared.
But today, ar three score and teh
Rockefeller is younger than he was
hree years ago.
The face OF Rockefeller at 70, once
seen. never could be forgotten. HIS
3kin is surburned to he point 81
allowness. but it is the nut-brown
an Of health.
Eyes Betrsy Nothing.
Usually eXpressionless. Rockefeller
ace crinkles like parchment when he
speaks. though his eyes betray nota-
ing When he is serious In talking
his mouth. always drawn down into
klnd OF halfsad smile. shows the
same wrinkles that are displayed
when Rockefeller Is In good humor.
His nose bridges the void between
his twinkling light-blue eyes and the
aalf-wan mouth. Above his eyes tow
ers forehead that shows great per-
,eptiye power rather than great meE'
tality.
Kockefeller's forehead is crinkled
with the same innumerable tiny wrink-
les as his face and were he 10 elevate
Ills sparse eyebrows ii would show
wrinkles too.
But Rockefeller at 20. quick 10
Gauge the mood OF others, never be-
trays by facial expression what his
own mind is telling him. But his eyes
often reveal that which els mind is
intent upon-especially when he feels
enjoyment.
Has the Gaze Of Youth.
For Rockefeller has the gaze Of
youth. He may be talking TO you
about the weather or the new-blown
water lilies on his lake at Forest Hill.
or golf or the robin he saw yesterday.
al In a CHEEKY voice and .hen you see
that bis eyes are not the eyes OF an
I'D man.
They constantly rove over his COM
Lannon's. up and down. back and forth.
nut never losing the power OF human
inquiry.
And he doesn't use his eyes watch
ing things when there are persons
about.
At times when he grows earnest his
voice will break and quaver. rise 20 I
higher pitch. but always De sutdued.
At other times when he gives All or
Ter to a domestic or speaks of tribe
EASILY TO be dismissed, his voice be-
comes stronger, more peremptory
Ills words fall from the lips OF an old
man who shows he has been us"d TO
living orders from which there could
e no appeal
When he stands erect mis- head is
hent forward, but II is not from a
3ody stopped with the weight OF 10
Years The neck. rather than the
shoulders, is inclined II Is only the
effect on a mans body OF a mind con.
SANITY attentive to what is before
him--forgetful of what he has passed
through
That is the one reason why ne is
SO young al 70--he has learned To for
get
Handclasp Not Unyl.ldine.
Rockefeller's handclasp Is firm, but
not unyielding. AS you grasp his
hand you do not experiece any recep-
tive mental change from the second
before you shook hands with him. Tt
is not a clammy hand. but a hand that
feels its way. Extended in greeting.
1t is not pushed forward by his arm.
The hands seems 10 lead the arm 10
a position where II is within reach.
Hesitation is expressed in this way,
but 1t is the hesitation OF habitual eau
ton, not the falter that comes to NEST
men 20 years old.
Neither Is the gait OF Rockefeller
that OF man of 40 From his shoul.
ders down his body is as straight as
an Indians and there Is something OF
the Indian suggested by his low voice.
his seductive manner OF speech, tho
intense earnestness OF attitude com.
bined with face devoid OF emotion.
Having conquered all In business.
Rockefeller at 20 years is conquering
age today with the same caution. the
same economy Of resources, the same
energy, the same silence.
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The English inventor Of a new
method of water publication makes