The sun., 1919-04-23
The secret OF Being Young at
Eighty five.


reaches the place in its orbit denoted
in the calendar by the date of April
%. great warm wave of human
friendliness seems to fill the atmos-
phere. People observe it sometimes
without knowing the reason, but they
feel ii all the same. They may at
tribute the phenomenon to meteoro-
logical conditions peculiar TO the
spring season. but they are mistaken.
II one of DE NoE'S billiards. came at
that exact time the day would have,
nevertheless. the same pleasurable
significance to the inhabitants Of this
town. and indeed, to the people of
the United States generally. We do
not exaggerate fact perfectly we'll
known to all who are learned in New
York chronology.
The April % of the year 1884 hap
pened to be a Wednesday, like to-day.
ANDREW JACKSON was President and
HENRY CLAY was Offering in the Sen
ate at Washington a resolution accus-
ing the Executive Of asserting powers
which were inconsistent with the just
authority of The two houses Of Con-
gress and inconsistent with the Con-
Stitution of the United States. Cor
NEIIUs W. LAWRENCE had been elected
few days earlier as the Tammany-
Jackson Mayor of the city. The god
like DANIEL WEBSTER was in town
and had dned at PHILIP Homes
stately and hospitable mansion stu
ated where the Woolworth Building
now stands. JOHN JACoR AsToR was
getting ready to demolish the entire
block between Vcsey and Barclay
streets, in order to erect palatial
hotel, intended to be. as HONE wrote
in his diary, ~ great public ndvan-
tage: an ornament to the city and
for centuries tn come monument
OF its wealthy proprietor" Mr. As
TOR was widely criticised for locating
his new tavern so far uptown. There
was a daily mail 10 Peekskill, except
on Sundays; ii closed at 6 o'clock in
the morning. People were growing
at the postal service because it some
times took newspaper six months to
get from New Orleans TO New York.
and nine months from Mississippi
and yet that was only eishty-five
years before BURLEsoN.
incidentally. THE Sun was seven
months and twenty days old when
CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEw was
born up river and, having breathed
the air OF the world he loves and
which loves him, and having partaken
of full draught from the fountain
of eternal youth. began to call, with
precocious intelligence, for the latest
number of the cOeval journal which
has accompanied his progress through
so many birthdays and now wishes
him many happy returns.
1t is not our purpose 10 say a word.
on this we'll established festival of
friendly sentiment, about the lesser
achievements Of the career, remark
able in so many other ways, that has
made Depew Day n fact. Rather let
us celebrate the bright anniversary by
publishing for everybody's benefit the
SenatOr's--he will always be Senator
DEPEw. even If he lives TO attain to
the ripe age of one of the ma jor
patriarchs in the list in the Bible
Senator DEPEw's own formula and
prescription, set down by him with
precision long ago:
Keep in touch with the young.
Join in their games be n feature In
tho dance, romp the fastest and turn
the quickest in the Virginia reel or
the country dance, go up to the old
college and light your pipe and sing
college songs, take your children to
the theatre and howl with them at
the roaring farce and laugh with
them at the comedy and cry with
them at the tragedy be their conf
dant in their love affairs. and, IL
they are not equal to It, write their
love letters and never stop writing
some for yourself. Thus will the
twentieth century. with its clearer
purposes, it's higher endeavors and
its liinitiess opportunities, welcome
us older fellows as the youngest and