The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04

Fletcher died at slxty-nlne.
Prof Metchnikoff, the famous Rus
sian scientist, travelled through the
Caucasian Mountains and saw the
Kirghiz who subsisted on buttermilk and
lived generally to be centenariana He
Immediately adopted the theory that
buttermilk and the century mark went
together. The result was that all man
kind took to drinking buttermilk. living
on buttermilk and dying with buttermilk.
and then, that It might be more uni
versally distributed, Metchnikoff Invent
ed a system by which It was put up In
capsules. and the commonest thing in life
was to see friends swallow these cap
sules and look forward to an eternity OF
activities. The theory went to smash
because Metchnikoff died at seventy.
when was In the South few
weeks ago a friend Of mine who had a
number OF negro tenants found that one
of them had been detected making
whiskey, a very popular and profitable
occupation in prohibition States. The
Judge said to him. What Is your name p
He answered, Joshua, your Honor
Then the Judge asked, Are you the
Joshua that made the sun stand stillr
No. he answered, I am not that
Joshua. I can't make the sun stand
STILL. but I can make moon shine
Nov, my friends, cannot make the
sun stand still, nor would II could.
but I have done my best during this
long life to shed light into dark places,
to make people contented with their lots
and to extend the area Of companionship
and good fellowship.
when living up on the Hudson, often
| OIL dark night, when the world was not
going very we'll with me or my friends,
I have wandered up on the hills as the
moon was rising, and as its rays dis
PEELED more and more the surrounding
gloom. the trees came out and then the
| old mountain. and then the waves OF the
Hudson glistened as II polished silver,
| and then the whole universe within my
vision seemed radiant with light and Joy
| and hope. May It so be with you and
with me, and may we all know that life
| is worth the living"
Great Heart and Great Mind.
DR.. Butler said that Mr.. Depew pos
sessed "a great heart debating to n
great mind" and that the secret Of his
hold upon the affections OF men Is that
| he SIS a real human being and that his
humanity, his Joy In life and love OF his
| kind has never been obliterated by his
great business and professional inter-
| ests' DR.. Butler told of the investiga-
tor who tried to find out just at what
age man was In the fullness Of his
powers Prof Fisher, who Is 80 years
old, said 40: Herbert Spencer. who was
40. said so: a distinguished English
statesman who had arrived at the age
Of SO was sure that the best age was So
and Oliver Wendell Holmes. who was So
when the question was put to him. re-
piled Seventy"
| I'm perfectly certain. my dear Sen
ator," concluded DR.. Butler, chat Sc IL
the year and all that you have been
g.. doing thus far Ia laying foundation
| for a genuine accomplishment"
DR.. Butler also said that the address
made by Senator Depew on the occasion
OF the dedication OF the Statue of Liberty
would never be omitted from any collec-
ton Of the world'e best speeches. He
only wished that the nation had more
American leaders as forceful in their
patriotism as Mr.. Depew.
| I'VE have room and place for hun
dred Depews,"- he said, and there is
| only one. There were the seven ancient
| Wonders OF the World; there are the
| Ten Commandments, and the fourteen
roints-but there is only one Chauncey
Depew."
Rare Tact in Handling Men.
| II have listened to Mr.. Depew fol
| forty years. and doubt II he evei
ecllpsed his effort of tonight" said w
Bourke Cochran, who was then intro
| duced, land the genuine hope of all OF
us is that he may live forever on this
EARTH
Mr. Cochran told OF the development
Of the telegraph, telephone and OF the
railroads during Mr.. Depew's career and
Of the latter's rare tact during tn
time public Denument was inAamed
against all corporations. the railroads
| especially,
He refused to get angry and rendered
great service by pointing out that moth
ing could be gained save through calm
inquiry. and not through each sid'
shrieking out charges at each other,
Mr.. Cochran declared. Besides tn
difficulties in dealing with the public
the railroad oftentimes encounters
trouble with their employees. In THU
respect Mr.. Depew stood alone. On two
properties where there was no differenc,
| In wages or hours, one might have plaiI
sailing with its men and the other be tieC
UP by strikes. In the first case the lacl
of friction would be due to the fact tina
the road was administered by one wit,
capacity for dealing with men. AnC
the best Of all of these was born eighty
Ave years ago In Peekskill. When n
was at the wheel there was never
breath of dissatisfaction from the vas
army he employed"
The cure for Bolshevism. Mr.. Cochran
said he thought. was to keep the path
way open for men to attain prosperit.
through their own brain and industry
Drawing a lesson from Mr., Depew'
never failing optimism he said:
LET us never become gloomy Of