FOURTEENTH CELEBRATION
OF THB BIRTHDAY OF
SENATOR CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
BY THE
Montauk Club of Brooklyn
April 22, 1905

(From the Brooklyn Eagle of April 23, 1905.)
DEPEW S 7 1 ST BIRTHDAY; MONTAUK CLUB BANQUET.

Junior Senator and Wife; Senior Senator and
Wife; Mr. Woodruff and Fiancee There.

MOST OF MEMBERS' WIVES, TOO.

EVENT WAS AN OVATION TO THE BETTER HALVES OF CREA
TION  WHAT WAS SAID IN SPEECHES.
Looking even younger than he did a year ago, when he
said he was 70, Chauncey M. Depew sat down to a ban
quet last night at the Montauk Club. It was the fifteenth
consecutive anniversary of his birthday that he had en
joyed in the same way — the guest of the club, but he gave
definite evidence that he enjoyed this banquet more than
any of the preceding ones, though he divided the honor
with Mrs. Depew and United States Senator Thomas C.
Platt and Mrs. Platt.
It was an interesting affair for many reasons, the prin
cipal one, perhaps, being that women were present for
the first time in the many years that Senator Depew has
been the guest of honor, and the wives, sweethearts and
daughters of the members very generally improved the
opportunity to be present. At the guest table sat former
Lieutenant-Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, the toast-
master, and President of the club, and Controller Edward
M. Grout and Mrs. Grout. At Mr. Woodruff's right and
left sat Mr. and Mrs. Depew, and Senator Platt sat next
to Mrs. Grout, while Mrs. Platt was vis-a-vis with Mr.
Grout.
AN UNSUAL DISPLAY OF FLOWERS.
Another interesting feature of the banquet was the
floral display, the clubhouse walls and ceiling being en
tirely covered and festooned with cut flowers, potted
plants and vines. The clubrooms had disappeared for

the night and the banquet was what might be termed a
two-story one, the tables being laid in the big assembly
room and the big banquet hall on the third floor.
The guest table, however, was in the assembly room
and the tables were all filled with their designated occu
pants when the Hungarian orchestra struck up "Hail to
the Chief" and Senator Depew escorted Mrs. Platt to her
place. There was great applause. Senator Platt fol
lowed with Mrs. Depew and everybody noticed that the
senior senator from New York State was much more
feeble than he was the last time he was in Brooklyn.
Miss Isabel Morrison, the fiancee of Mr. Woodruff, sat
with a merry party at a nearby table, presided over by
William Berri. Miss Morrison made a charming picture
in her simple gown of white and was the cynosure of
many feminine eyes, for she is to be married tomorrow —
Easter Monday — to the man who presided at the ban
quet. When the coffee was finished the banqueters on the
third floor came down to the assembly room and the
"feast of reason" followed the viands.
THE POEM BY MR. AVIS.
It was then that it became evident why the women
folk were invited, the secret being revealed in the fol
lowing poem by William A. Avis, the Montauk Club
poet: The committee for this dinner had to think up something
new,
They were seriously puzzled ; didn't know just what to
do;
The old stag was a chestnut, so, of course, it wouldn't
do—
Who ever heard of chestnuts in connection with Depew?
That's why we brought the girls.

In the wigwam of the Montauks all the men are
changed to boys,
So all the ladies present must be girls to share the joys.
Once more we greet the Senator — a boy at seventy-one.
Just look at him and think of all the things and men he's
done.
That's why we brought the girls.
Would Dr. Osier chloroform at sixty? So they say!
Then let's be thankful that the doctor cannot have his
way.
No chloroform for me or mine ; excuse me, I guess not.
There's lots of fun for boys and girls way past the sixty
spot.
That's why we brought the girls.
We always like to say nice things in after dinner
speeches,
Can we say our honored guest has always practiced
what he preaches?
Standing boldly for protection all his days in public life.
Has he lived up to protection? Didn't he import his
wife?
That's why we brought the girls.
Thrice happy we with Mrs. D. ; the Senator must know
That when he brings his better half he's less than half
the show.
For as much as we like Chauncey, he's not in it with his
wife.
And we're glad she came to Brooklyn for a glimpse of
Indian life.
That's why we brought the girls.
We hope we may be able to create a good impression.
There isn't any doubt of Tim, for he's beyond expres
sion.
Tonight the Montauk firmament takes in the lady star;
We hail it with the old cry of the Montauks — ^Wah
Whoo Wah!
That's why we brought the girls.

Now, if when you get home tonight you hang your
evening suit
On the faucet of the bath tub, you can blame imperial
brut.
And your wife will understand it without an explana
tion.
For wasn't she right here herself? There'll be no ex
clamation.
That's why we brought the girls.
Then in the dark brown morning, when the air feels
cold and chilly.
And the lady of the house looks like a drooping Easter
lily.
There will be a bond of sympathy, and you will be the
winner.
At breakfast you will both agree this was a dandy din
ner.
That's why we brought the girls.
THE SPEECH OF MR. WOODRUFF.
After the applause over Mr. Avis' poem had ceased,
Mr. Woodruff said:
"Fellow members of the Montauk Club — We are hon
ored tonight as never before in the long series of these
annual dinners, commemorative of the birth of our dis
tinguished guest. Senator Depew, by having in attend
ance those without whom an occasion of this character
lacks the grace and charm which can only be imparted
by the presence of the ladies.
"Tonight we welcome most cordially our lady friends
and tliank them for consenting to grace this banquet by
their presence. We are particularly honored by the
gracious presence of Mrs. Depew, to whose continued
health, prosperity and happiness we would drink a toast
if the tables and glasses had not been removed, but, all

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the same, we pledge the undying friendship of the Mon
tauk Club.
"Never in the history of this club, by fellow members
and ladies fair, our guests, or, for that matter, of any
other social organization of similar character, has any
thing more extraordinary taken place than the fifteen
consecutive, birthday celebrations in which the members
of this club have been privileged to participate and by
which prestige immeasurable has been conferred upon
the Montauk Club by our versatile, venerated and I'
must also say venerable guest — Chauncey M. Depew. I
refer to him as venerable, not simply because 'seventy
winters have besieged his brow,' but because Louis the
Seventh of France, King George the Fourth of England
and the immortal Shakespeare were all born on the 23d
of April also, and of that incomparable quartet the only
survivor is Depew. Shakespeare was not only born on
the 23d of April, but 'shuffled this mortal coil' on the
same day of the same month at the age of 52, younger
than our illustrious guest will be tomorrow by nineteen
years.
MONTAUK CLUB OWNS THE BIRTHDAY.
"I refer to him as venerated particularly by us, be
cause he has given us the right to say that his birthday
belongs, not to his family, nor to the people of the Em
pire State, nor to the people of the Union, but to the
Montauk Club: May heaven augment your blisses.
On every new birthday ye see.
"What is the secret of the great success Senator Depew
has achieved in political, professional and financial fields ?
Work without worry! What is the keynote of his life?
Optimism! That is why he is no older in spirit or
appearance to-night than when he was our guest for the
first time, fifteen years ago. When Alexander the Great

of Macedonia, before his great Asiatic campaign, divided
his revenues among his friends, he was asked, 'Sire, what
do you keep for yourself?' His answer was 'Optimism.'
This was what enabled the youngest general of the ages
to vanquish all the nations of the earth and then sigh for
more worlds to conquer. At twice the age of this
optimist, who conquered the world and died at 33, Sena
tor Depew at 66 didn't take chloroform and under its de
structive influence go to the happy hunting grounds of
the Montauk tribe beyond the stars, but he took a wife
(so did Senator Platt), under whose invigorating in
fluences he has stayed with us upon the earth and will
remain for years and years to come, unoslerized, cele
brating in this wigwam of ours the birthdays which are
the milestones of life's journey, but in his case seem to
mark no diminution of that superb physical and mental
being which God gave him. The optimism of Alexander
the Great and the optimism of Depew the Great have
proved the most potent powers in the achievement of
conquests in both the ancient and the modern world,
and Senator Depew has, on more than one occasion,
given evidence of his optimism and refuted the charge
of the cynic that an optimist is one who is married and
says he is glad of it. In Senator Depew we have the
personification of the old adage, 'Be old when you are
young, that you may be young when you are old.'
The keen, bright shafts which thou dost fling
At folly still are keen and bright ;
To thy renown the centuries bring
No shadows of a coming night.
ADDRESS OF SENATOR DEPEW.
There was long continued applause as Senator
Depew's smiling face was seen rising above the sea of
faces and it was some minutes before he could proceed.
He said in part:

"Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen — It is difficult
for me to realize that this is the fourteenth of these an
nual dinners which have been given to celebrate my
birthday. More valuable than any material gain or
political promotion is the compliment of several hundred
gentlemen remembering for so many years the anni
versary which made possible for me the joy of living.
I wish I could share with you all its pleasures relieved
of all its pains. For the first time the occasion is graced
and honored by the presence of ladies. Surely this gal
lant innovation is the suggestion of our genial and popu
lar President, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, and in
spired by the happy event which is to occur within a few
hours, where we unanimously wish for his bride and
himself long life, health and happiness.
"The rapidity of everything in our American exist
ence is the marked peculiarity of our national char
acter. There has enough been crowded into these four
teen years to make a hundred for any other nation. The
most striking suggestion which comes at an hour like
this is the quick creation and fading away of reputa
tions. As dear old Rip Van Winkle said, 'How soon we
are forgot!' The first of these banquets was in the last
year of the administration of President Harrison. We
were entering upon a campaign, with the nominations in
June and July, which for the first time since the Civil
War was to transfer the government of the country from
the Republican to the Democratic party. William Mc
Kinley was scarcely thought of as a candidate for the
convention and little known among the masses of the
American people. Mark A. Hanna had no reputation
whatever outside of the State of Ohio, and Theodore
Roosevelt was a Civil Service Commissioner in Wash
ington. Today McKinley holds a place among the im
mortals as one of the best loved of American Presidents,
Hanna emerged from obscurity to make McKinley Presi
dent and to become the Warwick of American politics.

while Theodore Roosevelt has a dominating position
which has not been held by any President in our genera
tion and a unique and original personality which com
mands for him more than any other ruler the attention of
the world.
"But when I think over the full round of fifty years
of my activities in law, business and politics the saddest
reminiscences are those of the reputations which fade
away. Of the Revolutionary period, partisan politics
give contemporaneous interest to Jefferson and Hamilton
because of their antagonistic schools, but as Washington
rises, they drop down. In the middle period a certain
fascination about the triumvirate of Webster, Clay and
Calhoun keeps their memories green, but the schoolboy
and the college man of to-day know little of them. I
have lived for six years in Washington at the house oc
cupied by Daniel Webster while he was Secretary of
State and in the Senate. An English visitor to v/hom
I mentioned this, said, 'Very interesting — the man who
wrote that beastly dictionary whose spelling spoiled the
language !' I heard a story, but do not vouch for its accu
racy, of a statesman in England, who said, 'We
have nothing to compare with your Webster, who,
as I learn, was your greatest statesman and orator, wrote
a dictionary and was hung for killing a client.' Any
schoolboy after the Civil War could have called off easily
the names of three-score heroes on the one side and tiie
other, but now, so far as the universal public is interested,
they know only Lincoln, Grant and Lee. The obvious
lesson is : Do not be a fool and work for posterity. Do
your best in your day and generation and receive their
rewards. If posterity remembers you, it is not your fault,
and you have received your dividends before you died.
"Six years ago this occasion was made a celebration
of my election to the Senate ; tonight of my re-election.
Between the former and the latter it seems but the ris
ing and the setting of the sun of a single day. It has

been a joyous period, but passed like a dream. The war
with Spain created for us new problems to solve and
put to the supreme test our ability to assume great re
sponsibilities and perform high duties without material
rewards. The splendid vindication of promise and per
formance in Cuba, the burden carried so successfully
in Porto Rico and in the Philippines form a new and
brilliant chapter in American history. From our first
Presidency in 1789 to McKinley in 1899 the world had
cared little for our internal politics and nothing about
our foreign policy. But in these six short years the most
interesting subject in every mart and center of manu
facture and trade has come to be 'The American inva
sion,' and the most acute question in every Cabinet, 'What
will be the attitude of the United States in the ultimate
settlement and disposition of countries, treaty ports and
markets in the far East?'
THE SENATE AS VIEWED BY A MEMBER.
"I have studied the Senate during my membership,
and with each year my respect and reverence for it have
increased. As we grow in population and territo
ries, as our relations with foreign powers become more
important, as our world trade adds to the cares of gov
ernment, as the Monroe Doctrine presents new phases
and new possibilities, as the concentration of industries
more and more absorbs the public mind and attention and
as, growing out of these, is a constant peril of a furore of
passion sweeping the country off its feet, the conserva
tism of the Senate becomes more and more the sheet
anchor of our peace and safety. That there are no limi
tations to debate and no previous question is the fre
quent criticism of this body. It is exasperating to a
degree that the majority cannot have its way the moment
it feels the strength of its numbers, but I cannot recall
a single good measure which has been lost by this ob
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where the power of the minority has given the country
time to think and brought the majority to reason and
sanity. The more powerful the nation and the more com
plicated its interests at home and abroad, the greater is
the danger of haste. It is irritating, but nevertheless
consoling, to find salvation in a flood of talk.
When I was elected the question of the election of the
United States Senators by the people was arousing univer
sal interest. It has in a measure died out. The people do
not care about the abstract proposition that as the Senators
are the Ambassadors of sovereign states they should
therefore be elected by the Legislatures of those States,
but they are deeply concerned in having a voice in their
selection. At my period in life and under the circum
stances of my election I can, I hope, without a charge
of egotism say a few plain words. The popular ap
preciation of an election by the people is a nomination
by the State Conventions of the two parties. The peo
ple then are helpless except to vote for the nominees of
the conventions. Those nominees may be, as Conven
tions go, the incidents of the trading of localities for dif
ferent places on the ticket and not the popular choice.
I have three times seen a candidate for Governor, who
was sure of a nomination three hours before the con
vention met because he was the choice of the people, lost
in the shuffle, he did not know how, between that time
and the calling of the roll, when his name was not men
tioned. The delegates to a State Convention are elected
in many cases by caucuses controlled by a few indi
viduals or delegates. They have no oath of office, and
their action can never be called in question by a constit
uency. "The Legislators, on the other hand, have sworn
duties to perform and ambitions for the future. They are
judged by their acts. In the interval between the 6th
of November and the ist of January, in my case, the
newspapers and the people had two full months to dis
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from the Senate or returned. If the matter had been sub
mitted to the state convention the probabilities would
have been against my receiving the nomination. If there
had not been a popular approval of my course and a de
sire for my continuance in the Senate it could not have
been manufactured. But with two months for the press
to speak out, for the people to discuss the question and for
them to organize in school districts, towns and cities, the
popular will became evident and found its expression in
the vote of the Legislature. It is possible to conceive of
a case where the Legislature might even disregard that.
'ihe primary is the only practical suggestion of an elec
tion of United States Senators by the people. It is ex
pensive and cumbersome, but it has been successfully
tried in several states and proved entirely satisfactory.
I am very happy in the thought that in the final analy
sis the issue in my election instead of being a contest
with a friend was simply whether or not I should be con
tinued for another term.
"I have searched for years for some book in which
had been collated the oracles of Delphi and their effect
upon the history of the ancient world, but have been
unable to find it. It is known that the utterances of the
god controlled the politics and foreign policies of the
classic age for centuries. A most interesting vol
ume would be the ettect of little, apparently trifling
things upon the fortunes of individuals, parties and peo
ples. A single remark of Benedetti, the French Ambassa
dor to Prussia, made to King William at the watering
place at Ems, brought on the Prussian-French War, cre
ated modern Germany, despoiled France of Alsace and
Lorraine and influenced the politics of the world. In a
bill rendered by William L. Marcy, as judge, to the
State Comptroller, when the law required an itemized
account of expenditures, a charge of 50 cents for patch
ing his pants impaired the future fortunes of that states
man and of his party. General Winfield Scott, the Whig

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candidate for President, had won the admiration of the
country by his gallantry as a soldier, and his canvass
was exceedingly promising until in giving an excuse for
the delay in answering the communication of an impor
tant committee he claimed it was due to absorption in a
'hasty plate of soup.' That 'hasty plate of soup' laughed
him out of the canvass. No man ever came so near the
Presidency and lost it as James G. Blaine. Had he car
ried the State of New York he would have been tri
umphantly elected, but the State went against him by
only 1,037 majority. The famous alliteration of the
three R's : Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, in the speech
a few days before election, addressed to Mr. Blaine on
behalf of the Protestant ministers by the Rev. Dr. Bur
chard, alienated tens of thousands of voters and not only
ended the ambition of a lifetime, but changed the course
of American politics. A single remark made at the Exec
utive Mansion in Albany when Conkling, Arthur and
Cornell were in conference led to the creation of the
organization which defeated the third term and nominated
Garfield for President.

A DINNER INCIDENT THAT CAUSED A
REFORM.
"At the first of these dinners I took occasion in my
speech, more in the spirit of an after dinner talk than
serious accusation, to point out as sources of Brooklyn's
pride instances of her acquiescence by her votes in notori
ous corruption. The Mayor, himself an honest man,
took umbrage and left the table, and the pleasure of the
feast was marred. Ordinarily such an event would have
been forgotten with the day, but the pulpit of Brooklyn,
which always speaks out, raised the question. 'Why did
the Mayor leave the table?' He should have defended,
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futing these grave charges and not run away. 'Why did
the Mayor leave the table?' thus heralded through the
churches, was one of the causes of the reform uprising
which swept this city and subsequently New York and
then went all over the country. The conditions were ripe
for revolt; the fuse was close to the powder magazine,
and 'Why did the Mayor leave the table ?' was the match.
"The great difference between the United States and
other countries is in the comparative ease with which our
problems are solved. This is due to the universal educa
tion and general intelligence of our people and to the con
fidence reposed in the government of the day because pre
vious solutions have almost invariably turned out right.
JMo matter how grave the question, it arouses interest, but
not apprehension. The occasion may be fruitful in scare
head lines, but there is general calm. Each year has fur
nished its doubts, and before we have again met they
have been dispelled. Present problems are more interest
ing to us because we are nearer to them and they are new.
The Presidency under Roosevelt has assumed closer rela
tions to the people. He has been called upon to use the
prestige of his great office in critical crises where under
the law and Constitution he has no power. The force of
this advice will always depend upon the reputation of the
President of the hour. There must be unquestioning con
fidence in his ability, wisdom, patriotism, courage and
absolute unselfishness. The settlement of the coal strike
was a conspicuous example of this reserve power in the
office and the man. The same is true of his action upon
trusts and railway legislation. From an agitator clothed
with the power of the Presidency such policies as Roose
velt advocates would create dangerous disturbance, with
far reaching and disastrous consequences. But sugges
tions from Roosevelt, with the unique position he holds,
backed by the trust reposed in him as shown by the enor
mous majority which he has received, strengthen public
confidence and enhance values. It is a phase of the Presi-

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dency that its duties, responsibilities and power are more
interesting than any other development in our official
history.
MONROE DOCTRINE A VITAL FORCE FOR A
GENERATION.
"The Monroe Doctrine has been a vital force for a
generation, but its real scope, meaning and responsibility
have been largely academic. The request of the San Do
minican government for us to intervene has compelled us
to face the Monroe Doctrine under aspects never before
presented. We cannot say to these Republics, 'You shall
not trade with the people of foreign nations nor permit
their citizens to engage with their capital in business
within your borders,' nor can we say to foreign nations,
'We will not permit, without a war, your exercise of the
rights granted to you by international law, and about
which there is no dispute, in the protection of your citi
zens and the collection of your debts.' Some of these Re
publics have felt safe in inviting the citizens and capital of
other countries and then at the whim of a revolution re
pudiating all obligations. They have done this under the
belief that the power of the United States behind the J\Ion-
roe Doctrine would save them from the consequences of
such acts. The question is now upon us, presented in its
best form by the request of San Domingo to take posses
sion of her customs and adjust her debt or else to per
mit foreign governments to take her ports and do that
work themselves. The latter course would defeat the
vital principles of the Monroe Doctrine and leave foreign
powers in practical possession of an island, with ports and
harbors for rendezvous, on the line of our Isthmian Canal
and commanding our island possessions and gu\i coast.
Our duty is difficult, but the duties and responsibilities of
government to a great and free people are always difficult
and they are dangerous unless courageously and wisely
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THE STRENUOUS VS. THE SIMPLE LIFE-
HARD WORK AN INSPIRATION TO
ACHIEVEMENT.
"We have the strenuous and the simple Hfe before us.
The first has its attractions. I bought the second in the
five cent edition and confess it is hard to read. When one
has passed three score and ten the natural life has the
same charm which appeals to youth. It is folly to strain
or simper. Retire at sixty, cries one. Quit when you
have enough to live on, says another. The Judiciary in
our state and the Army and Navy have an age limit. It
prevents some exhausted or played out officers from in
juring the service, but deprives the public of many of its
ablest and best equipped men. Dr. Osier's chloroform
should be not for age, but incompetence. I have known
those whose fires were burned out at forty and those who
did not fully mature until sixty, and the succeeding twen
ty-five were their best years. Napoleon had lost his grip
at thirty-six and Byron his genius earlier. Nothing
equals the sustaining power of work or the life giving in
spiration of achievement. Inanition and death are the
sequels of idleness at any age. Prestige, whether from
things done or inheritance, counts for much. Officers of
distinction in business and financiers of vast wealth and
experience defer to the judgment of a tried veteran and,
curiously enough, pay a measure of the same respect to
the green and undeveloped youth who is heir to the situa
tion. The septuagenarian who drops the sustaining
force of power and the incense of deference advances
rapidly through Shakespeare's seventh age to the grave.
If he visits the office or counting room the clerks no
longer see him, and the manager or partner, who was so
cordial in the active days, says : 'Excuse me, old man ; so
busy, you know. Come around Sunday to dinner if you
have nothing better on hand.' He finds no place in the
talk at the table. It is of the shop, with which he has
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made memorable evenings, and every period in life merry
and wise, or filled delightful volumes, but now bonds and
stocks of steel or copper or rails or mines confine it within
the exchanges. Once we had quick recognition, racy re
views and keen enjoyment of authors, new books, art and
adventure at home and abroad, politics, the opera or the
drama. I spoke of them the other evening to a charm
ing woman, who said: 'Oh, those things are old fash
ioned and a bore! Tell me about 'Smelters.' Are they
going up?' After dinner the men discussed on which
side to speculate in view of Union Pacific's $100,000,000
stock issue and its possible purchases.
"With diplomats and statesmen intent upon the dis
cussion and outcome of grave international relations, and
men of letters drawn to the Capital by its unequaled
facilities and opportunities, Washington is almost the
only place in the United States where mind can separate
from matter and enjoy the lights and shadows of the
higher life. The actors on the national stage know little
and care less about the fluctuations of the stock market in
New York or the hysterics of the pit in Chicago. They
live and move in the bracing atmosphere of home and
foreign policies and politics. A large majority of the
leaders of thought, debate and action have passed the
Osier chloroform period. Speaker Cannon in his seven
tieth year holds and guides the wild horses of tiie House
with unequaled skill and firmness. It was an inspiration
to hear Senator Hoar at seventy-seven brilliantly en
countering the ablest orators of the Senate, and Senator
Platt of Connecticut, whose death yesterday was an ir
reparable loss to the country, at the same age during the
last session wielding commanding influence among his
colleagues, while Senator Morgan at eighty held the floor
for hours against the assaults of a host of adversaries
with unimpaired vigor of mind and body. Senator Alli
son at seventy-six is head of tiie Committee on Appro
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conditions of the country he is the advisor of other
statesmen and with rarest wisdom and tact he adjusts ex
penditures to income in the appropriation bills. One of
the greatest lawyers and genial wits of our country. Sen
ator Evarts, when near the close of his long career re
marked at his Christmas dinner, 'When we began you
saw a turkey stuffed with skge. ; now behold a sage stuffed
with turkey!' Which meant that, though many years
past the allotted time, he enjoyed life with the zest of the
youngest. "Death is an accident. It may happen to the child or
the centenarian. Work, temperance and fun are the
sources of longevity. Our thoughts should not be of the
grave, for we are a long time dead, but of the uplifting
duties and pleasures of this glorious old world. A phil
osopher once said — I cannot quote him literally: 'We
begin life naked and bare. It is full of trouble and care.
We go God only knows where. If we are all right here,
we will be all right there.' I am not a philosopher, bilt
as the outcome and experience of an unusually busy life
let us offer an amendment to his philosophy :
We begin life naked and bare ;
It has troubles, but more happiness rare.
If we do our best, God will take care
Both here and there.

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