Evening star., 1926-05-03

Chauncey NJ. Depew has had an.
other birthday-his ninetysecond-
and again his friends the editors are
commencing to their readers the wis
dom and good cheer radiating from
the veterans anniversary interview.
"At 80 Mr.. Depew is able to survey
the world Secrenely and declare that
it's health is good. like his own" says
the Manchester Union. I'VE have so
much of the other sort of thing, so
much of the insistence that everything
is going to the demnition bowwows,
so much wailing that the clouds are
getting thicker and thicker, that the
cheeriness of this veteran is all the
more refreshing. Other people may
despair of the republic, but not this
highly qualified server. AS he nears
his century mark, he still finds it a
good world and a. mighty good coun'
try"
Mr.. Depew's personal qualities cause
the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
to describe him as IAN American in
sttution. the warp and the woof Of our
social and commercial fabric. Other
nations have their heroes" continues
the Democrat, "but we can recall none
who have won the esteem of the peo-
pie and held it through the hours of
both peace and peril as has Chauncey
M. DepeW." The Louisville Herald
Post, also. after referring to the fact
that che has spent many years close
to the powerful of the earth" declares
that with the single exception of DIR.
Eliot of Harvard, he has been 'promi-
nent' for a longer period than any
other living American
The famous old gentleman's advice
to those who would rival him in age
is received with interest. ITO follow
Depew is to live long," remarks the
Charlotte Observer, but one must ad-
just himself to strict regulations. some
Of which are hard of accomplishment
to the average man. First is the
admonition to think about cheerful
things That is not so hard. 1t is
also easy to be an optimist, bat it is
not always so easy not to be angry
or to hate things Then, one should
laugh always and make others laugh,
and the searcher after long life should
pick out his own grandparents. 1t
is a good prescription to cultivate the
young people and to be moderate in
all things Depew gives simple pre-
scription in dieting. If you find your
diet is wrong, give up the thing you
| like best, for that's the thing you
eat most off, And If Depew had
rounded out his advice with state
ment that the dining table sends more
people to the graveyard than the auto
mobile does, he would have had it
down about right"
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Commenting on the injunction to
be moderate, the Salt Lake Deseret
News says: "He has had ample oc-
casion to put this doctrine to the test.
Few men, perhaps, have attended
more social functions than he; few
have been brought face to face with
greater temptation to eat and drink
to excess, yet through it all he has
exercised the wisdom of moderation y
The New Orleans Tribune also views
| the advice in favor of moderation as
the feature Of the customary birth.
day interview" and adds: why, it
seems only few months since
| Chauncey Depew had a birthday. Did
you think that as you read the an.
nouncement? Thousands did. If
you did, If these annual interviews
seem to appear every few months
then that is a sign that you, as well as
Chauncey, are growing old"
With commentator for the homage
marian as one who can either take II
or leave it alone" the Omaha World
Herald winds up its eulogy with I'm
1practicing his policy of moderation and
with a firm reliance in God, the United
States, the Republican party, the
tariff and the World Court, he hopes
and expects still to be here dispensing
| the pearls of a genial and optimistic
philosophy at the age Of 100.
| x x X
| Mr. Depew's statement that he
thinks his age is due to the fact thai