The New York herald., 1921-04-23
Depew Day.

The affectionate regards not merely
OF TAE New York HERALD but also
OF some five or six score millions Of
fellow Americans-not to speak of
returns from outlying nationalities-
are due to-day between the present
hour Of reading and Il midnight to
CHAUNcEY. M. DEpEw, who hereupon
attalns the threshold OF the eighty
eighth year Of unique career.
This is the date of the annual
Depew dividend. 1t will be paid
cheerfully, as always, ungrudgingly,
lovingly by all the debtors 1t is thus
paid for many reasons: In recogni-
tion Of a long lifetime Of active and
useful public service to State and
nation extending over a span of full
sixty years; In admiration Of the
mellow wisdom and sane philosophy
and alert perception of true inward
ness which he has brought to the con-
temptation OF all sorts Of human af-
fairs and has SO freely shared with
the brethren during two generations /;
in responsive tribute to the eloquence
Of utterance and charm Of speech and
wit Of rhetorical expression which
have delighted so many audiences of
all sorts and sizes and safeguarded
so many mahoganies from deadly d.
gestive perils.
But when every other claim to dis
tincticn and gratitude has been
catalogued and admitted by common
consent there still remains the crown
ing achievement, and 1t Is on this that
we like most to dwell on his birthday.
What citizen, living or translated, can
dispute Senator DEPEw's title to be
honored as the chief perfector and
legislator, if not the original dis
coverer, of Sunlight Saving in the
hearts and souls OF people?
To the beautiful art of generating
and dispensing happiness and making
it chronic he Is what ROBERT FULTON
was to the steamboat, or MORSE to the
telegraph, or BELL to the telephone, or
EDISON to the photograph and electric
light, or HoLLAND TO the submarine,
or the Wrights to the bird flight Of
men. From youth to patriarchal age
DR.. DEPEw's teachings Of healthy
optimism have been continual. He
has enforced by precept and illus
trated by example that preservative
law Of life and happiness which was
born into him at Peekskill a year and
thirteen days before THE NEW YORK
HERALD, further downstream, printed
its first paper.
Let US celebrate the bright anni-
versary by publishing once more SEN
ator DEpEw's own formula and pre-
scription for being young at 81. The
subjoined remarks Of his on the sub
ject date from SO long ago that they
have become part OF the common law:
Keep in touch with the young.
Join In their games. be feature In
the dance. romp the fastest and turn
tho 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. II
they are not equal to II, write their
love letters and never stop writing
some for yourself Thus will the
twentieth century, with It's clearer
purposes, It's higher endeavors and
its iimitiess opportunities. welcome
US older fellows as the youngest and
most vigorous of those who are to
solve It's problems ana mako Its
record"
And years later, ON his eighty-fourth
birthday, the same CHEEKY philoso-
pher OF the life worth living and
successful practitioner Of the prin-
ciples Of eternal youth recorded In
simple and homely phrase this COM
pend Of his experience and obser-
vations:
This is a mighty good world TO
live in, and the people. take them as
they come. a mighty good sort 10
live with"
That Is the kernel OF the optimism
which makes CHAUvcEy DLPEw love
the world and which makes the
world love him.
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