The Washington times., 1916-11-17
OLD MEN? NO LONGER
EXIST, SAYS DEPEN
When Golf Fails to Interest, Try
= Public Life as Elixir. He Ad.
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NEW YORK. Nov. 1f.-Chauncey n.
Depew told the members OF the New
York Academy OF Medicine last night
that thanks to their good work.
Shakespeare's Seven Ages" were .
thing of the past and people weren't
old any more. lie said grandfather,
who used TO snuggle up to the are
and talk gossip with elder brethren.
played golf these days and that
grandmother had DOTTED her cap and
shawl. He said making speeches had
helped to keep him young. Mr.
Depew's subject was 1.-THE Art Of
Growing Old and the Value of an In.
tercst I'm Public Life"
Happily for the problem OF grow
ing DID, he said. progress, inven.
ton, and discovery have done quite as
much for humanity and for the art
and industries. Ny memory goes
back very clearly for more than sew.
enty years.
"The old men and old women, who
were then In evidence everywhere, no
longer exist. There are older men
and women than there were then. In
age. but they are not as old Then
and for the immemorial time proceed.
ing, with approaching old age. wom-
en- wore caps which emphasized their
antiquity and worsted shawls which
advertised their poverty In blood,
while men retired from their lifework
and sat around the fire at home or
gossiped in groups on the counter and
nail kegs of the country store.
All Needs Supplied.
THE dentist has supplied teeth
w A.
originals; the ocultst and the optician
have provided for the eyeglasses
which, both for long distance and
reading. are better than the ones
nature gives, while as for taste the
caterer knows, and so does the cook,
that 1t becomes keener and moro ex-
acting with the years" y
There were three very remarkable
men In the Senate while was a mem
Der, Senator Hoar OF Massachusetts.
Morgan OF Alabama. and Pettus OF Ala
bama. They were all approaching
eighty. Their intellectual vlgor. their
grasp OF the questions OF the hour. their
vigor and alertness In debate made them
easily the leaders OF the Senate. l came
to the conclusion that their healthful
longeyity was due entirely to unflagstns
Mr.. Depew said that the greatest mis-
take an old man could make was to re-
tire from his life work to spend his
last years In ease.
Mistake TO Retire.
~ have known great numbers OF such
men," he said. They generally believe
that the country, especially the old farm
where they were born. will give them
health and longevity. The first year,
while building and planning and repair
ing. goes off very well: the second year
they miss their former busy days and
become irritable; the third year they
begin to study aches and pains and Ina
agine Them to become hypochondrlcal
and 10 take patent medicines. and soon
after their names appear at the head
OF longer or shorter obituary IN this
daily papers and their heirs enjoy the
estate, Now, the trouble with those
men Is. either that they did not continue
In their business and vocation and find
relief in recreation. or rather IN some
| congenial side pursuit"
After man can no longer swing his
golf club, Mr.. Depew said, the best
thing for him to do is to take a privats
interest In public life and help to drive
the rascals out OF politics. He said this
| was n large field,