El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-12
Age Is No Bar to Success
Best Work OF Many of Worlds
Greatest Men Was Done After
Age OF 20; You Are Only
as Old as You Feel.
By Madison Q. Peters.
, R. ABRAHAM jacob, the noted

@R. ABRAHAM jacob, the noted
child expert. who recently cele-
- brated his S5th birthday anniver-
sary by his accustomed II hours OF
arduous professional labors at his D.
flee and the hospital and in the eve
ming attended dinner IN MS honor,
reminds US that much OF the World
best work has been done by men far
beyond their prime.
Begin with artists:
Michael Angelo did not rest until he
had immortahzed himself in the marble
OF his Moses. on the walls OF the Sis
tine chapel and in the architecture OF
St Peters, the cupola of which he
raised in his S6th year.
Titian'S Masterpiece Mt -.
Titan finished his Last supper at
u, after working seven years on il and
Continued painting until he was So
DaNlncis great wall picture OF the
Last Supper" the most famous OF all
his works, was begun at AZ and fin
ished at So. As he grew older he cared
more for scientific invention. He Of
ten went to his work at daybreak and
did not come down from the scaIfOl1-
ing to eat or drink till the light had
left him He continued to work hard
till he died at 80.
Claude Lorraine. whose landscapes
adorn the principal galleries OF Eng
land, Spain, Russia and Germany work
ed on until he died at 50.
Nicolas POussin, who has been called
the Raphael Of France, gave US his
most celebrated work, ''Tha Deluge,
at 20.
Rosa Bonheur finished at 70. her
Horses Threshing Corn" the largest
animal picture ever painted, and which
was sold for $4,000. In 1886, on her
18th anniversary, she furnished q paint
ing representing the historical com
bat between two stations to which
lord GOdolphin invited his friends in
1874.
BENJAMIN West painted his last can
vas, reputed TO be his best. at 70.
Finishes ~Faust7 at 81.
Among authors:
Goethe. who said industry is nine
tcnths OF genius. gave the finishing
touches to his Faust at 81.
Victor Hugo, after having for so
years written his thoughts in prose-
verse, philosophy, history, drama. sa-
tire and song, exclaimed: Ny work
is only beginning"
Among musicians:
Hadyn best work was done after
he was so; Handel at "A added intro
ductory passages to Judas Macca beus:
Verdi composed "Falstaff'' at so;
Gluck.s greatest work, "Iphigenis en-
IGuride. was given TO the world at
%; Gounods last grand opera, IA
Iribut OF Zamora," was composed a.
%. He kept on working till he died
at Is, Bach labored 10 65; Meyerbeer
taught until he was Il. Franz COM
posed song-music to the day Of his
death at u; Joachim played the fiddle,
second 70 none, at IS.
Among philosophers:
humboldt began his Cosmos" at T6
and when dying at 80 cried for thou
sand years more to do all his work;
Kant was keen n intellect at so: Leib-
nitz was stiu achieving, still pursuing,
at %; Newton wrote the preface to
his "Principia" at So
Lord Roberts at II was England's
most active military genius.
King Peter, Of Servia, 20 years old
driven from his capitol by the super
lor austrian forces, came back and
said: Your old king has come to die
with you for Servia-" He rallied the
ServtansY reused them to new courage
and drove the enemy from the soil.
TolstOi In Russia; Anderson in Den
mark: Bjcrnson in Norway. Manzouf
IN Italy and JOkai in Hungary. when
past so were soldiers still in the in
tellectual war OF liberation and help
ed to free European thought from its
medieval shackles.
TennysOn Sings Until 81.
Among poets;
Wordsworth wrote until he was 50;
Tennyson sang until he was 81; Dryden
did his best work at 60; Milton com
posed his samson Agonistes' at 63-
CerYantes was 81 when he COMPLETED
=
ant, at the time of his death. 81 was
engaged on a popu4ar history OF the
United States; LOngfellow wrote I'll
TINA Thule" at 73.
Darwin. Spencer. RuskiH, Browning,
Renan. Hugo, Tyndale and SchOpen-
hauer did some Of their best work be-
tween 20 and 90. while John Wanna
maker. merchant prince Henry Clews.
authority in finance. and Charles ".
Eliot all around useful man. are only
few of the hundreds Of Americans
approaching four score, but are still
giving young men a lively chase.
As Old As You Feel.
Refuse to be Oslerized- You are
just as old as YOU feel Preparing Tor
old age brings it on We become like
our thoughts. To keep always young
be ever Of good cheer. Keep your
head down to the minute. Be ever
open to the new ideas Go forward!
Don't stand still