Show Religion Means Much Of Lifes Life's Enjoyment To J J. J D D. Rockefeller I Aged Millionaire Likes to Mingle With Congregation tion After Worship I Editors Editor's note Following is the second of three articles dealing intimately in In- intimately with the present daily life of or John D. D Rockefeller Sr at Ormond Beach Fla The picture o of his customary activities is of ot particular Interest at this time in view of ot the recent curtailment because of Rockefellers Rockefeller's health of certain of his daily dally habits Copyright 1932 by the United Press Prec ORMOND ORi BEACH Fla Feb 20 20 Next to golf golI John D. D Rockefeller enjoys enjoys en joys his religion more than trum any other phase hase of his present life His lils faithfulness to the church emphasized em by his regular attendance at the Ormond Union church takes the form fonn of generous financial support sup sup- port It is made more personal by his insistence upon taking an active part in the services and services and seeing to it that his family his associates and his servants do likewise l WIT WITH CROWD Rockefeller listens intently to the sermon and when the service is over mingles with tho the congregation outside out out- side discussing the days day's lesson with them asking Gods God's blessing on all who approach him and inquiring of ot the health of persons he has missed since ince the week before I. I On these occasions he dresses formally for for- mally in Jn frock coat and high hat with a flower in his buttonhole Members of his household are exhorted ex cx- to take part in the services acting as ushers taking up the collection col col- col lea lection ion and teaching in Sunday school When hymns are announced he rises and holds the hymn book firmly Jn In his hands lilting lifting his Voice upon occasion high above those in his immediate im Ira- mediate neighborhood In hi religion he tells his friends there is real true happiness His custom of presenting dimes to favored friends and acquaintances grew ew out of ot his devotion to the cause of thrift The dimes he gives away do not mean ten cents They arc are symbols To a Rockefeller a dime dimeis is 15 as 1000 and 1000 is the same as a dime his friends say GIVES SERVANTS DIMES IES Hundreds of these souvenirs are arc sent to Ormond Beach fresh from the mint each year They come in packages of a thousand Each servant servant ser ser- vant receives one or more at some sometime sometime sometime time in the course of the day To Vincent Frasca his chauffeur Rockefeller Rockefeller Rocke feller has given two dimes and a nickel each day for three years years years-on on Frasca's promise that he would save savea a similar amount The bargain has been kept Rockefellers Rockefeller's manner at meeting the public is mild kindly and courteous Even when his temper might well flare into biting speech he maintains his composure His strongest n rebuke buke to an impertinence is to say Please excuse me and withdraw himself Yet he can become be come very positive as members of his bis household know and when he lays saS no flO he means no Contradicting the popular on that an army of doctors and nurses constantly attend the aged millionaire Rockefeller has only one physician and he is called only on rare occasions STILL HAS liAS HEALTH Mr Rockefeller should live Uve to a aripe aripe aripe ripe old age said his personal physician cian clan recently He has no signs of organic trouble and while his diet Is Js is somewhat restricted he can eat about what he be likes It is the constant con tant stant care of ot a nurse plus plenty of exercise and fresh air that keeps him fit lit at his advanced age His home inside and ond out is a model of simplicity It gives the impression of or gentility and culture but not of lavish display He has a garden in front of it that is the pride of his heart As another mother lesson in thrift it ft mi might ht be noted that the Rockefeller family automobile still bearing a high gloss despite its antiquated lines is S s ten years old and still going strong s. |