The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-18
John D. Rockefeller AS a
Tidlepiece
An Interesting Lesson for the Young, an Interesting
Fact for the Old

MI. Bartlett AreH who manufactures high class food and
does the work we'll writes to the editor Of this paper
1T was my good fortune to be in Florida Just about the
time that you your doings your speeches
&c E trip must have been quiet IN comparison to y be-
Or somewhat behind John ?. Rockefeller.
You see, MI. Rockefeller is daily advocate Of that
form of exercise which told you about several years ago
We always able to watches by the time he started
Oft every morning except Sunday at io15 and for
panion he had General Ames who eghnin and quite
as spry as man Of sixtyfive or thereabouts.
The young of this country are aware of the fact that
John Rockefeller is weltodo Some people say
fhousand millions He himself understand says and be-
eyes that he has such amount Very likely he could
ground and above it, he would discover himself to Be worth
many thousands Of millions But figures don't matter
And the others he does not waste When man doesn't
squandsr his money setting bad example, on race tracks
q II dissipation and when he doesn't his money to cor
zupt control government keeps working in industrial
doesn't really matter much how much he has
md builders have thousand million or five thousand Nil
Ions i Of little Importance.
All that they have is feabte compared with the
whole national wealth and ell Of absolutely in the people
control under the laws Of Eminent Domain
ng letter for the army Of young that really can
PC bothered with being always on time"
On time much that Mr. Arke says that YOU can ''set
your watch by him, yCu may be sure that Che habit Of
being on time dates back with him Such habit
not acquired after eighty and rarely acquired after fifty
y is q habit Of the utmost value.
y habit that causes other to rely on YOU AND TO
MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH YOU.
man says to himself: II have an appointment to meet
60 -and-sc and know that HE WILL BE THERE" thats
% cent Of the whole business IN favor Of the man with
whom he has the appointment
TO make guess what time you viii arrive sealso
% make him GUESS whether you worth MEETING AT
Successful endeavor in good faith to tell us how thew
have succeeded Often they tell whence comes their
success But study their lives you can find out for
YOURSELF what made them Or part Of the recipe
And when you learn from another person that John d.
rockefeller attends to his various engagements with such alb
solute regularity to make it possible set your watch b
him You be that that regularity that habit az
BEING ON TIME has had great deal to do with the fact
that his enterprises literally spread all the earth
enlargement for old and for those past fifty beginning
Me" 1880 =
The description Of General Ame eightynine years old
ana quite as spy Of sixyfive or thereabouts
ought to encourage many.
From this description let men past middle age learn one
lesson: "You must keep going
You must keep EXERCISING you mustn give up Won
mustn't settle DOWN Old age won't overtake you if Won
keep on going ahead Of it. But YOU STOP old age win
pc on top Of you, in minute
The English understand much better than Americans do the
importance Of keeping ahead old age by regular exercise
cheerfuness, and REFUSING TO BE LAID ON THE SHELF
There ought to be and there will be- one Of these DAYS mil
Hons OF men, years old and nineynne years old
him and thanks for the good example that he sets and the
encouragement that he holds that often worried and
uncertain person. 1.-THE past fifty
Thanks also to Bartlett Arke who supplies the text for
this editorial
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