j S THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER I
This Generation, at Fifty, Lacks the Stamina of Fathers I
H William Muldoon, Noted Trainer of Men, and 0 envork a Myth, Sa Physical Culture E-
Dr Dudley A Sargent Agree That ''" perts Who Have Watched Fathers and
Modern Play Is Killing nfr-f,j 8 Sons Grow Old and Die j
Rfea af any age like to persuade themselves that they are superior in staying
nnwers. either physical or mental, to their forebears at the same age This is a
onsummation devoutly to be wished by all persons who would like to sec the in
dividual keep stride with the world, which, the optimists say. is always going a little
better year by year, but there is a difference of opinion about the matter
uWnp Imre crnf V,n:.l of n vital topic"
Mid William Muldoon in the rym
nnsinm of the Gedne Farm Hotel
jj i im before he wrni on the floor i " direct
r i? in the exercise of n cins of mature men. "It
i 1 one that should have wide notoriety, f"r
n important charges.
r2PfrM "But any one who starts with the purpose
i-fl of rrovir"t that th0 01,1 rr"n of t,'ay ari
jrf belter In any sense than men eorreaTHJndlnd
' JJ In air were twenty-five vears ago has not
-lj Md of the thing hy the wrong end. Noth-
, ' Jj Ins is to he gained bv deceiving ourselves.
V - however pleassnt It mny sound to say nice
'IL 9 thin Let us toll the truth as we see It."
This famous rehttllder of men was born
1 18 ,n I40 -f n n,re when many men most
O ' ; men. are thlnkln of retiring he Is maUInc
99 v nw nlsns for enlarglne the scope of his
H flB own hard vnrk In fact lie ! a llvlnc
H TH demonstration of 'he poitlve side or tlie
i .mooted question Muldoon i a hit mars X
i i hlbitlng rlns mu'wutif flevslonnJenl wlthmit
ojniir. rl his movements are d':h-
trfjOL n-- ished mind md bodj rorrrtat
W Excellent a hi" -0X"" Iff 8 1 7. it If his
pl 1 head. It Is 'he "fin of his lib." 'ha realty
mBm oroclali..- 1'i'f- 'hp ...- i"1 indeed
I whatever h:md modelled till romnelllnc
face did It In one stroke. Nothing finlckv
about that sculptor. f
"Men Of BO. 70 or over h-Mler than tl
men of that are twentv-flve years as"-'
That is absurd The avernre man of 50 m
day Is not In physique what his father wnc
at tl-;e same ace The ae which led up to
that period of l!fe VAs not likely to pro-
duce duplicates of the old Romans.
Calls Life Too Easy Now
And Weakness Too Commor.
"Life bas been made too easy for mn
Wishy-washy public sentiment which palli
ates their weakneses has harmed them.
The averajre man of r0 of to-day or mav
be I 6hould say yesterday for 1 native ad
vance since the war due to tbe war thnt
gives me courare to face to-morrow the
average man of SO Is played out He tUU
nothing to offer to repay the world for his
experience For from SO on men ought ;o
r r' 2 b"gln to pay back.
,iJh: 3B "The men of the older generations reeot
7 r.lied this debt and paid It. The new cn
' ' 'xiwM are mostly Insolvent. There are exceptions
': 5fB lnow them. We count thern on our
fingers. Thoy ar too few. The old men
Jh who are leaders to-day had beginnings which
-M prepared them for long years of work."
fl Muldoon uttered an ejaculation significant
i of scorn as he said-
I "What do these men of "0 know about
: work? They attribute oil their Ills to over-
l work. Seldom ts there such a thing But
there's plenty of overplay.
'H "Work." he continued, "never hurt any-
! ''-JM body. Too much play, and the wronc kind
j kills. Tn my time what 13 called work has
cVnged so it la hardly recognisable Me
chanical progress has made this chang"
! With all the aids It provides. 80 per cnt. tl
real work has been taken away from tha
. 1 rrorker. And for the 20 per cent, left he
f k Wasn't enough physical and mental strength "
The athlete smiled and added, as It It wre
an afterthought: "Then he comes to mo
j suffering from what he calls "ovrrwork.'
"Speaking In round numbers I have hij
under me for physical rcgencratlnn 17.000
men- Invariably, whatever name the doc-
condition, their own excuse Is 'overwork.
Not 6 per cent of tho number had a right
to that excuse.
After Business Pleasures
Are What Prove Harmful
i "It Isn't tho work a man docs In business
hours that pulls him down, it's what he docs
after business hours. If I outllno the home
I life of an avem man of to-day I gues'
I you'll acknowledge the truth of the picture
I He lnherlta a business usually, and usually.
JM loo, he's bright enough to carry It on auc-
cessfully If he made his homeslde help
I "But he doesn't. He doesn't go home after
I liuslncss to spend an hour relaxing In his
I library, and then dining quietly with h!
family, taking plentv of time to It and cut
) ting out tobacco at the meal. Then to spend
1 a couple of hours or so with his family at
TrJS any quiet amusement This would be son-
Bible and he would go to bed rea.sono.My and
wake up normal and refreshed, ready to do
eomo real work.
"Is this anything Ilka what the modern
man of family docs? No. In Ihc first place
ho doesn't choose a wife that will give him
n family, he picks out a pretty face and
dresses the owner of It like a doll In order
that other men will envy him and try to
take her away from him. If they don't try
ho ceases to value hfjr. Well, the pal: spend
tho evening at the VWatre after u rich and
hasty dinner, and after that at the 'Round
ers' or a cabaret showf dancing 'herr.selves.
j probably, till they're breathless then a sup-
prr and Into bed between 2 an( 3 o'clock
! "Tho doll goes on making plans of this
kind for him. How else is she going to prove
i that she's his wife0 She can stay In bed till
jj noon, a maid massages her. brings her a
l tempting breakfast; she can pick up energy
I fo.- the next similar evening.
I "But lt'3 otherwise with the man. He, pooi
-00b, has to get up at 7 and take any klnc
ot breakfast a sleepy servant la willing tc
Bet him Right away ho has to light up 1
' strong cigar His nerves crave the narcotic
effect.
"Well, what Is an effect like this of to
1 bacco? It subdue the nerves, that s. It
mako ti e man subnormal And that's tl'i'
man that goes down town to attend to his
l-'islness He's a subnormal man. tn a
short tlnir hf's overworked Tn fact, he's a
nourasf henlc rase.
Cites Case of One Youth
Who Was Victim of Alcohol
'Theso are the mild ones. I can tell you of
others that arc uot ro inlld, yet so frequently
Gr.ot with as to be almost types. A fine old
lady came to see me the other day to get
me to take her son In hand. She told me
his history. Whfeh was an old story to me
I had to tell her that she had come to the
trong man. for I don't take alcoholics.
"The son a man of 35 mr.rrh'd. with four
children, had been left by his father, a suc
cessful. sHf-madc man of the old school. In
entire charge of a big business. During
Dip war this business had more than quad
rupled Then the founder of It died His
heir came right to New York and began
buying whiskey at S20 a quart until ho
found that he could buy it by the case for
$110. Then he shut himself up tn his hotel
room and tended arrlctly to liquor until the
bote) clo-ior took him tn hht-.d
"His mnilwr fold me that If her son took
n'l the powders and Mils and other thin: a
preset lbe, for him be wculd be taking m.-1-ene
everv five minutes. She hod I - laiiKl
herself In spite of hr trouble, as she said
'The doctors give my ocy stuff to put him
to sleep and he drinks whiskey to keep him
self awake"
"That's a case of Inherited big business
fulling Into bad hands that can be dupli
cated by almost any man's experience. Now.
would you put this young man In the class
with his father who made the business
originally'"
Here was an opening made to ask Mul
ooon what ho thought of prohibition He
aid:
"I approve of It. but think that thers
will be laws made to soften It. The law
made bv the Anti-Saloon League may be
considered too drastic I don't know. Thero
arc considerations of personal choice that
need to be and will be considered The worst
enemy of drunkenness Is public opinion.
Moke It a crime n social -rlme. to be drunk
and there won't be many drunken men Wo
as a nation could take a leaf from the book
of France, say, wnere it's always been con
sidered disgraceful for a man to bo seen
under the Influence.
"That has been one of the faults of our
virtues refusing to learn from old peoples
who have many centuries of experience be
hind them We are confident sometimes a
little bomhastlc. In our attitude toward these
social subjects Wo refii.se to learn, bcr.ausa
we say old. effete nations can't (each us
anyt hlng
ATen of England and France
Prove Themselves in World Affairs
"It is my opinion that tbe old men of ling
land and Trance are In tho main better
physical specimens than this country can
present. You can read tho brightness of
their Intellect, the moderncss of their minds
In the conferences that have been of inter
national Interest. Our younger statesmen
have been hard put to keep up with them.
Tho vitality of the British Matesman haa
been recognized for centuries, and It comes
from his paying some kind of reasonable
obedience to very simple natural laws.
"Nature Is a long suffering creditor. Phe
never sends in a bill, but she Invariably
collects one. Just owe her something for a
break in one of her laws. She'll go on pa
tiently lulling you to sleep until you think
the debt is outlawed. Then In a minulo
down she pounceH
"If you had asked me at the start If tho
sexagenarians of Great Britain of to-day
ware equal mentally and physically to tho
men of the Victorian era at that age I
would have taken a chance and said they
Were, because of what I know about tho
stolid British temper and his customary
obedience to health lawa.
"In part our breakdown in this ma'ter
comes from not giving these laws attention
and in part from our more nervous tem
perament. But thero la no sense in believ
ing that we cannot restrain the latter and
learn to observo th formti-
"We're a democratic people and wo need
Itaders who can advise, Ws need tho strong,
hale old man who hove experience. In ths
cases usually offered to try to provo that
m
WILLIAM MULDOON
urs. ife SSSSi
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Four men active in world affairs who belie the general opinion of famous physical trainers that the modern man is past his best efforts at
the age of fifty At left is "Uncle Joe" Cannon, born in 1836. and still a power in Congress; next is John Burroughs, naturalist, born in 1837.
active mentally and physically, then there is Thomas A. Edison, whose routine of work and little sleep is unparalleled; at right is Elihu Root.
75 years old. dean of statesmen and authority in international affairs.
we have them It Is found that they grew up
under exceptional circumstances. They were
born on a farm. They went to simple schools
and they did chore? before school time an l
after It. When vacation came they were
not sent off to luxuriant camps or to lull
abound In Idleness at some resort, thev co
a plate on a farm ! they were tn at the har
vest, and tolled at the ploughing and plant
ing Besides, they ate 'men's' food nnd so.
mentally and physically, they built up a
strong man.
"Under the samo or almllar hardy condi
tions we can still produce men who at sixty
and seventy nnd older will ho our most val
uable asset. They are not to be found in
the fifty and sixty vear class to-day.
'I look for better men In the next gen
eration becauso the war showed so many
yr.ung men what physical perfection meant
1 l.ey never 'nought of It before Kxaitly
as New York Itself improves, because It
now the custom to put up solid, everlasting
buildings, so New Yorkers will begin t the
beginning and build ooys up into strong men
who will live long enaugh to repay the coun
try for what It has given them
"I guess," said Muldoon with a quizzical
smile, ''you've got tome recollection of tho
leoky old 'ank that used to occupy tho
rifth avenuo end of Bryant Park Now
they have marble library there that will
stand for who knows 1 cw many hundred
vears. The country has got to got rid of
the bad. leaky old ways of bringing up boys
and put a fine foundation In them before It
can have the race of old men It deiervca
and needs"
Dr, Dudley A. Sargent an Example
Of What Regular Exercise Can Do
AIIL American men In their alxtles
and seventies In better shape to
day than they wero twcnty-flvj
years ago?" was tho question put to Dr.
Dudley A. Sargent. "Certainly not.'' he
flashed back. "Why should thoy be, with
by far the lorgur part of the men of to-day
using tho automobile, taxi, trolley car or
escalator to save thcmaelvts steps? '
Tho noted physical training Instructor ad
mitted that you could put your hund on a
man here nnd there to-day whose tine physi
cal condition for one of his advanced years
would have a tendency to make the aver
ago man envious. Such a man seemingly
gives tho He to the statement that tho
average Ls lower rather than higher But
Dr. Sargent maintains that these men are
the exception that provo the rule, tho very
attention they attract when on tho street
by their evident henlth proves they are the
exception It ls the unusual, not tho com
monplace, that catches the eyo.
Dr. Sargent cities the Government experi
ence tn the world war draft, when 33 per
cent of the young men called to tho colors
had to be rejected as unfit, as evidence
that the American men are deteriorating,
physically speaking That draft called up
the pick of tho country, young men between
?0 and 30 vears of age, yet fully one-third
had to be sent home because they lacked
the phvslquo that practically every young
man of those years should enjoy, and would
If he had been given proper physical train
ing America runs too much to the brain and
too llttlo to tho body according to the Har
vard expert's view. Parents Insist upon a
lot of book learning for their children, whllo
taking It for granted that tho physical sldo
of their natures will develop Itself Dr. Sar
gent maintains that the proper corrective
Is tho compulsory physical training of our
youths. Ho realizes, however, beforo such
a step can be brought about the public must
be educated on tho subject, must realize
that the present tendency to shut their
eyes to the physical welfare of their chil
dren Is little short of criminal
Exercise for everybody Is his motto. He
lives up to It himself, for In apltc of tho
fact that he has a fully equipped gymnuMum
In connection with his big school for physi
cal Instruction for girls there being 450
girls In the school within a short walk of
his house, ho has a small gymnasium In his
own home Every day rinds him exercising
on tho horizontal bar. uing dumbbells, &c.
And Dr Sargent Is Just about 70 years
old In actual yearr. though to look at him
and watch him swing on the horizontal bar
one Is tempted to doubt the figures. Ho ls
a fine example r.f the putting Into actual
practice that which he ao strenuously urges
others to do.
When asked for some of the causes of
the failure of the man of 60 or 70 to-day to
measure up to the man of the same ago
twenty-five years ago. Dr. Sargent laid It
largely to our Increasing love of luxury and
dislike for anything that savored of exer
cise. In addition to tl ever growing habit
of taking a conveyance, InUeacl of walking,
whenever one had a few steps to go. ho
noted the fact that while hundreds of thou
sands turned nut each year to watch tho
collego football games. In which perhaps
thirty to forty playora actually participate
per gajne, th 1 crowd was content to alt
iherc and watch the th'rty or forty getting
tho only real benefit out of tho game; name
ly, the exercise. So, too, with baseball and
athletics generally, It's the few that really
got Into action and th many who do tho
looking on.
Aa to leas strenuous events, he finds tho
average man after his dty's business going
to his club or the th Urc or perhaps read-
0
Ing at home, all passive in Its nature, and
ever shunning anything that suggests per
sonal effort 00 i.is part. He wants to bo
mused, perhaps .o enjoy himself, but In
sists somebody !e should do it $Ic Is per
fectly wllllns lo pay for the hiring of tal
ent, but begs 10 ' excused from doing any
thing himself "Slow," snys Dr. Sargent.
'are we golnx 10 get healthy physiques by
ueh tactics''"
If Dr Sarcoid had his way. he would
have the avor.-i-e hnslnees man walk, not
ride, to and rrnrn His business, and wher
the distance from Ills home to his office l
too jjreat to permit of his walking he would
have the man walk the final mile or two.
'herby certlns the benefit of one of ths
healthiest of exercises, walking, i't 'he open
air He would have the same m"n walk up
and down stairs occasionally. Instead of
utilizing the escalator and elevator every
'Ime they have a flight to travel. He would
have them, devote a few minutes on rlslnc
in the morning to the simplest of athletic
exercises. He firmly believes that a fair
trial of this would result In a nation of
walkers,, rather than riders, and would de
velop men who loved athletics for the exor
cise they afforded, rather than view athlet
Ici as a spectacle to be enjoyed, but not to
be Indulged In Tn short. It would result In
men who could challenge the best when It
came to fitness, good health and fine
physique.
Many Noted Boston Men
Are Active Despite Years
Boston h is a few men who share Dr Sar
gent's belief. Such men for Instance as Dr
Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Hsr
vardi Bishop Lawrence head of the Episco
pal Church In eastern MasachUKetts . Gen.
CItarles H. Taylor, publisher of the Ros'nn
(tlohc, and Thomas N Hart, banker and ex
Mayor of Boston. All these men are firm
believers In exercise as a means tn perfect
health, nnd all enjoy excellent health Mr
Hnrt. dean of the group, now In the eighties
maintains walklnir Is the best of exercise
He makes It a practice to never ride when
he can walk.
Bishop Lawrence Is another who prefe"-t
walking to riding, and can be seen nny di
when his time permits, walking 'rom his
home on Common t ealth avenue down to the
diocesan house on Beacon Hill Like Gen.
Taylor and Mr. Hart, he banks a whole lot
on the delightful walk down Commonwealth
avenue, across the Public Garden and over
Boston Common Dr Eliot, while a great
walker, in spite of his advanced years, admits
a fondtus for the bicycle. Ho holds It ls
better than the limousine, os It combines
exercise with the open nlr. while too oftn
!n the machine one Is practically shut In.
Francis Peabody. prominent Boston lawyer
while somewhat younger than this group,
can bo fairly classed with them In his love
for tho open. His particular hobby Is horse
hack riding. He Is a familiar figure on the
a'reets of the Boston park system.
What the Records Indicate Among
Prominent Men of United States
In the necrology of tho generation cover
ing the birth years from 1 SI 8 to 1330 a
noticeable (act Is the length of days granted
to it Few of the notable men who wero
still active In 1395 nnd who Mid farewell to
earth between that year and 1000 were less
than 68 at the tlmo of demise, and many of
this generation lived beyond their SOih year.
Length of days seemed to be the rule with
this generation, and tho necrological study
reed not be very deep to prove It, A Cow
lnst-nce3 mo bo sufficient If they embrace
the professions:
Thnrles A Dana, noted Journalist, died In
1897. ho was born In 131'J Junius Henri
Browne, o contemporary writer, died at 69;
Austin Corbln. born In 1839. died In 1902;
DanU-1 Butterlii'ld, a distinguished soldier,
died at 70; Dr William Henry Draper, at 71
Amos R. Eno born In 1318, lived to bo 88.
Charles Henry Adams died at 78; William
Henry Appleton. publisher, was born In 1814
and died In 1890' Philip D Armour, born In
1811 died In 1901, Rear Admiral George E.
Belknap U. S. K.. was 75 at his death.
The Catholic Archbishop Fcchan died at
73; Thom.is Qallaudet lived to be 80; Dr
Richard Judson Gatllng, the Inventor, died
at 85: Abran fv Hewitt, Mayor of New
York, dkd at 81: Samuel French, publisher,
lived to be 80; Senator Ingalls waa 67 and
Robert G Ing-'rsol) 66 whrn they died
A famous architect. Napoleon Lo Brun,
kept active to the day of his death, when
he was 80 years old, Max Maretzek, cele
brated in musical annals, died at 76, John
Saialn, a palntrr of the Hudson River
school, wielded tho brush to 89, Secretary
of the Navy Thompson lived to bo 91; tho
Episcopalian Bishop Whipplo died at 7i;
Charles Godfrey Lelar.d. a legendary literary
genius, died when ho was 79; Senator Thur
inan of Ohio lived to bo 82.
George Bliss, well known New York
banker, was 80 when he died. "Oliver Optic."
beloved of boys, whoso author he was, wroto
Ha m
until hi death, which ocrurred In his sev-enty-flfth
year Dr. .1. R. Buchanan was
8." when he died. Keeley. founder of ths
"KeelOjf cure." died at 68. Delancev Floyd
Jones, a soldier and one of a famous famil
lived to 76 vears Archbishop Corrlgan died
at 63 William M Evam at 83. Benjamin
F Aver at the nge of 78. Rear Admiral John
H Russell died at 70 and Reor Admiral
L. P. Lee. V S N . at S3. WM
Next Generation Under 70. I
Btif Facts Are Not Conclusive
A comparison of the necrology of tbe gen
oration following this one reveals the pre
vailing death age to be considerably under
70 and while such comparisons are far from
being convincing still the impression is that H
men born ln the period of the civil war died
at a much earlier age than their forebears.
Of the generation born In 1845. using that H
date as a mean, there are happily many left.
and of these the names that come most
quickly to mind are those still active In
the world's business and. though they have
passed the meridian of life by s lustre or
so they remain creators and directors of
thought ond action
In such a list appear trie names of two
who should be counted bv right In an earlier (
generation. One Is Joseph Cannon. "Unc'o
Joe." born In 1836 And the other Is John
Wanamaker. whose blrthdav was Jul 1' J
Mr. W..namaker at 8; is still the he,d of
his glg:.ntir business affairs In Philadelphia
and New York His day Is nn busv and 1
varied by as many duties as the youngest
assistant manager's could possibly be He
Is at his store her or in Philadelphia among
the earliest arrivals of his clerks and bs
attends personally to .-, h.rge number of let-
tors that have been sorted out of the day's
mall for him. Moreover, he sees buyers
leads conference, wherein he listens to sug- I
ce.-rlons of policy and gives the deciding 1
vote on them, and whenever he has an hour I
or less free from appointments he delights
to stroll about his great store, studying Us
various departments and learning nt first - M
hand their needs nd where they may bs '
enlarged eliminated or Improved.
Henry Gcs is one of the voungest old
men In Wall Street, but also a survival of a
forgotten era the Jay Gould era. Memorlea
d- not hamper him or prevent his being
strictly in the a'mospnere of to-day aa a
listener to hi Ave minute talks utter-d
spontaneously as occasion prompts them In
his Broad street r,mc frill agree Born In 'M
Staffordshire England, eighty yeans ago. he
Still looks like nn Englishman In spite of his
many American years and varied activities.
in which he has been author, dry goods mcr-
chant, banker and lecturer,
Edison Breaks Health Laws 4
And Is a Notable Exception j
Thomas Alva Edison, bom In the mlddla
West February 11, 1847. is an honored mem
her of this famous generation and as per-i-!stentlj
Inventive and scientifically curious
tO-daj Kfl Wt -n many years ago Paris III
crowned him as "The Electric King." This
wonderful man has bioken all his life every H
prescription ur long living, working at ths
Itaat seventeen hours every day. Going to
bed early, which is one of the leading articles
In these prescriptions. Is one he carries out
by frequently going to bed at 6 A.M. aftor
a long, studious nlht In his laboratory at I
Orange. Exercise, another rule of health
never to bo broken without dire resultt. '
Edison takes by strolling occasionally
tl. rough his plant. fl
The Inventor of the phonograph, telephone fl
transmitter, Incandescent light and mors
things of nn eerie nature than can be sasily
Inventoried Is working now with the ardor
and ambition of a boy on a delicate little
Instrument Intonded to help the spirits on
the other side of life In their supposedly
honest efforts to communicate with the llv-
li " In pursuing wh-it many persons think I
la n will o' the wisp Edison carries out hla
usual programme of concentrated, well nigh fl
uninterrupted work. He comei, It is true fcfl
of a long lived fomlly. his father lived to
bt) 94 and his grandfather passed the hun- "
cred mark.
At the office of Chauncey M Depew In the
New York Central Railway office building
cn Iexlngton avenue, an office which has
tho word "chairman" painted on Its door,
that octogenarian Is to be found every busl-
nesa day when ho Is ln town. Of all the V
"young old" men of his generation, Mr,
Depew shows how lightly rest the yeat
when they have been devoted to work of
an agreeable kind In whfrh intensive In-
trrest drives nwnv worry. A strong political
bent nnd a variety of tastes have lightened 1
life for him. while his own humorous bent i
founded on human understanding couldn't
fall to keep him young. H
Two Old Yocpg Men
Who Disregard Statistics
John Burroughs and Luther Burbank, fa- M
mous as naturalist and arboriculturist, are
both what the statisticians call old men. but
they do not recognize statistics. Tho dis
coverer or creator of various spineless and
t hornless and sr dies fruits is tho Junior
of the poet-n2turallst by ten years. Both
do ometi,inr' cverv day and do It welL
One more Invtance to glorify the genera- H
tlon of "45 may be pardoned although noth
ing new remains to be said of Ellhu Root.
Born In Clinton N Y., his youth and early 1
education were what these things have been
In the lives of most of his contemporaries.
Although he had been admitted to the bar
when he came to New York, what he sought
then was 0 clerkship, not the opportunity to
practise ar.d Incidentally starvo whllo wait
ing for clients 1
Labor, early and late, has been from that
time to this his life, and he has never found II
It drudgery Secretary of War. Secretary
of State, this man's fidelity to clients saw
no ch.inije when that client was his country.
At hlH office In Nassau street ho is to bs
found every day devoting his high talents
In tho whole, souled and efficient way that
has marked h,s entire career :
It would ho impossible to find In ths Uvea
of the generation that had reached or passed
tho allotted age of man ln 1895 examples
more remarkable than tho men enumerated
nnd briefly considered above. Perhaps they
would not be found to bo surpassed by rep- J
rrsentatlvcs of any generation since thess
States joined ln a union But will the gen
eration Immediately following them or ths
generations crowning that one take up "ths
wondrous tale" and repeat It to ths admira
tion of tho children Just born?