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Show Old but Famous. How old Is an "old person"? Tho World Almanac, wo obscrvo has named Adcllna Tattl In Its list of "famous old people of 1501," and sho is but CO. It Is a long flight from Mme. Paul's bird-like perch on tho ladder of tlino to tho round occupied by Hiram Cronk, aged 101, who heads the honorable Hat, and who belongs be-longs In this catalogue of "famous old people ' simply because his age Ikib made him famous, Mr. Croak being but a modest mod-est pensioner of the AVar pf lSlU, otherwise other-wise not Illustrious. Mr. Crpnk'B presence In a list which Includes kings, dukes, soncrals, admirals and statesmen Is alno a suggestion that by the year JSCS any one of us who has nt the present day achieved tho ago of -10, oral woo hits not yet succeeded in laying violent hands on tho bubble reputation, may get Into tho "famous" column, If he can only rnunage to keep alive. There are more sorts of fame than one. Yet If is shocking to sec in this particular particu-lar famous list some names that are there, tancv, for Instance, Palmer Cox, the playlul brownlo man, being lined up among the notablo old people, simply bo-cniiHo bo-cniiHo he Is KM The presumably fresh Oulda, tho Impassioned novelist, michi malco a protest, too, since she has not vet atta ned her Hth birthday. William C Whitney, we remember, retired hlms.Mf as an old man at C to tho world's hi-flnlto hi-flnlto surprise. And yet here Is Plus X Just on the threshold of his pontlllcnl career ca-reer at US. while Senator Dcpew gives points to the youngsters, though ho Is tho Pope's senior by a year. Among those who are hale and younir at an age greatly exceeding these last, there are several who suroly may make old Adam's claim that thoy attained their frosty, but kindly, status because. In lamb, luCy "cvor A. avl'y hot " rebellious re-bellious ll.juors to their blood. These are JJaroneas Burdett-Coutts, SO; Ituswll Sage, S7, and Julia Ward Howe. SI. wo roar tho same claim may not be mad'o ,i.mec 0t.8Uch, scnlal type as tho ven-nr ven-nr " lSo,l!llors Ir?m -Alabama, the Junior of whom la Horvlce. Is Mr. Pottus, aired t? . nnd.thc nse,1Iot 3h'- Korean. agcd79. irn,,mnl,cnds' i,crh?P. much on teni-poramcnt teni-poramcnt ao on one's habits cn.d. aftor aU' as I-owoll said, "the first seventy years arc Uio best."-Ncw York Mail and Express. |