Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-07

situations and throughout the professions
generally.
In the army the age Of retirement is
fixed at 65; II II were 90 / think It would
be an improvement. When a man gets
past 60 his judgment may be more mature,
but he has lost his fight.
And by fight do not mean his ability
TO quarrel. but to fight the battle OF life
with the same energy and effectiveness
that he fights when he is only 80 years
old.
Life is nothing but battle, anyway.
It is a fight from start to finish. Men
grow strong fighting.
What is It that makes a kite fy7 1t
is the resistance OF the air currents and
| it is the obstacles a man meets and
| fights his way. over that develop his
| character.
Il know that there are, and always will
be- men who are financially unable to
retire at s.; will not do so; and perhaps
it Is better that they should not But
within the narrow range Of my activities,
those who for themselves and for their
employers ought to be entitled to retire
at Go many times outnumber the class to
whom retirement would mean positive
| hardship
Il have held for a long time that when
an officer of railroad has reached 65
years he ought to be able to retire with
honor and without questioning his eff
cheney"
Arc you willing to admit that a man
has outlived his usefulness at 50 years?
You wouldn't have him cbloroformed ac-
cording to the theories alleged to have
been enunciated by DR.. Osler?" asked the
interviewer.
Not chloroformed by any means" re-
piled Mr.. Stubs with a hearty laugh "I
for one desire to have little time IN
which / can live for myself and my fam
| ily;. chance to look a little more into
literature, for example-yes, and perhaps
a little opportunity for travel.
Il have travelled more miles than most
travellers, perhaps. but have never visited
Europe. have never had but two vaca-
tons in my life, and may add that on
both these vacations 1 was sick Looking
back over my life both as a single man
and as a married man. 1 think 1 can say
that it has largely consisted of working,
with the necessary incidentals merely of
eating and sleeping
Time to Loaf.
Il am tired. ana 1 am going to loaf, -
said Mr.. Stub with a suspicion of weari-
ness. Il have seen only one and 1 know
only one side of life-the industrial de-
velopment of this country through rail-
roads. The world Is beautiful and 1 am
going to try and realize and enjoy some
Of that beauty before 1 die There isn't
anything in the world that Is not alto
gether lovely. Even the so-called dark
and bad spots are only nature gone to
seed.
Il am sorry to leave the boys, but am
going to sit on a fence and watch the
trains go by. l am going to read all about
the Interstate Commerce commission. -
chuckled Mr.. Stubs
why, the life Of a horse is about twenty
years." suddenly remarked the railroad
man, "and humane man will turn the
animal out after 1t has done fifteen years
work, so that it may end its life in peace
and quietness. 1 am going to retire because
1 want to live and enjoy life. II were to
keep up the pace have travelled for fifty
years l should be dead in three years
Now I am going to live at least ten years
more, and perhaps longer than that
1T is the day of the young man. When
l was 90 years old they gave a banquet
in my honor In New York. 1 felt then