The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-09-13
There Are Many In All Fields of
Endeavor Who Have Passed
the Biblical Age of Threescore
and Ten - Journalists, Finan-
ciers, Churchmen, Lawyers
and Statesmen Are Represent
ed In the Group.
BY N %scHRElBER.

As Father Time slowly wields his
scythe over the vast domain
~ Over which he reigns he cuts
OF, one by one, lives which
TALL In the way Of his swinging blade,
sparing for a time q chosen few.
These few continue their existence in
Z new life which In the natural course
OF events grows about them. A young
er and fresher generation is taking hold
of the worlds affairs.
Few men or women today attain
yery great age. The Bible tells us
that Methuselah lived nearly a thou
sand years. but the person who pass
es the hundred mark now is q rare
person indeed. The nineties, eighties
p especially the seventies are the
ages at which the switch Is turned off
and the current Of life ceases in the
played out bodies of those who are
called 'old" in present day life.
The steady stroke Of Father Time
X ,ches the high and the lowly alike
- surely as 1t sometimes indiscrimi-
nately passes by individuals Of all
classes. Men eminent in finance, lit
erature. government, science, who have
become famous through their respec-
i've callings in the nineteenth century
have been spared for the life Of the
twentieth century. Some have settled
DOWN to enjoy the results of their early
oodoavors, while many still have their
Singers IN the pulse Of the world.
Theeo : hundreds Of famous men
Who havo reached their seventies and
are s1ll active In the worlds affairs.
= shining exal-ple II J. Pierpont Nor
0an, Americas greatest anancier. In
- sevsnty-nfth year he il at the
holght OF his fame. His control Of
1oll3ono hAs given him the title Of the
hing of 1nancers," and It was mainly
0rough hls influence that the serious
panic Of 1907 was Strengthened out.
0aGlng down the row Of ~6nanciers
No have passed into old age the name
- An6row Carnegie looms up large.
AlehouGh his business activities have
- greatly reduced in recent years,
- : b. no means idle. He Is now
oovo10-Gtx years old. He entered a
u10anEhropic career shortly after his
IUc1Eomont from the active control of
- Carnage Steel company. now part
= ~ United States Steel corporation.
% - date he has succeeded in con-
oE1D0t1ng TO the welfare Of mankind
oVor o176yO00,O00. This is more money
lnnn any other man has ever given
hi personal purse for the pub
- good. Even after spending all this
Hnxnog1s = By no means destitute. He
ot1ll the possessor Of a fortune Of
UUor 9600yO0O,OOO. He was once report
y - saying that he wanted to die
Old Standard Oil Men.
Dtandard OH mtlli0naires have be-
800 old In harness. Henry Nj. Flag
- vas the FIRST business partner OF
D. Rockefeller. Florida owes a
1Roat deal to Flagler. who Is eighty
nono years old. With his great wealth
y 40 responsible for the building up
- ~ section Of the Peninsular State.
No Rockefellers. John ID. and VIII
are IN the seventies. John y. Is
Dponty-three and Is reported to he In
boot Of health. 1t will be remem-
cGr1 ~ gave up the active handling
~ Standard Oh company several
49, oso and took ZIP golf.
N<n1ona ~ n on his golf links OH his
~ 6otato At I'arrytown-on-the-Hud I'D
~ Will usually lind him ut his
~<13< 5avonue home In Cleveland.
nlIanehr0pies have amounted to
kQeoyO0O.
- 1~lockefeller. who Is seventy
- boen clDkely connected with
ttor % huatneHs. He WAS pres
~ ntnndard OH company nj
~ supreuls court of the
1ntvs oF1ersd the dissolution /
SoNupsNtton,
~ r~sprsssntsd IN tho