Show ELIHU ROOT ACTIVE AT ED O OI I I I IUT BT UT E I ICo Co Ii etoi crl e IIII NEW Nr- cw lORK Feb Elihu H-Elihu 14 Boot ROOI bom boin reb 15 HIS 1815 ha hed his eightieth Eighty years old to almost an- an anono one an-one Ilea ono one s a thinking means nie na a wreck locking In front of ot the Ibo tire fire I oi 01 dozing In the th sunshine un bab bab- bab babbling bab bling ot of trl lal memories sated 1 with dICtion lire and judy leady ic dy for the bent bent- benedICtion But nut Mr bIr Root Hoot still ha has h not had enough of ot lining Ih Ing He tie hadI I through h a schedule men 30 3 ears a might n find I o 0 ci ing I Ho HI speaks pc k front the know kno ledge of oC I his Is seasoned maturity when cohen I hen ho he hoad head ad lac toes I ts V men glo c o older an nd l his lh Ih s le-s Ie a el In the and I more tm In the past they what wh l Inestimable wealth has haa hashe ha hahe he who Mho ho blessed bleEd b a host hoot ho l ot of preset a es the tile generous l antI and noble tand ld d created 11 iii hint him co lila his know knon I MINI 1 1 S are lire millions o ot of working workingmen men with Ith shorter horter hours and nd moro more none ho who don dOli I t i know what ht to todo todo do 10 with their time and are tire un- un un unhappy happ happy and discontented inor mOl e so 0 now 1 when hen h n their hours houra mere Cre filled I Ith la labor bor because they hae hace no capacity for or extracting c tr s from Crom their lh lr Ings The mete I are re thousands of oC orich rich men tinen ho n nt ho dot don dOll t C Know Inow hat V tt hat hatto to 10 do with their riche riehl- riehl who ho found that hat the chief effect of oC oha In bating ln ao so much money ii is that thou thell child en n tire are no not nol going to 10 thu oe ll II because the lie foist acquited cd the he to etI act happiness I front from belt thell the surroundings except through spending mone mon Happiness Is to be sought ought he h b teil tells one through I the llie he spiritual enthronement enthronement is ot of o those PO o of civilization that depend upon what hat men lall are upon Ih the heal t and soul and chancier or of ormen o men J E L LB B KeepIng bust bu bu seem scent to lo b bf be his hison o n ow it pi is hale ate jot for happl- happl ne happl-ne nes s On s It II Is in 1 n Thu he can be found usually In his r of o a morning taking fl a walk alk In the afternoon and eelI at a little dinner with w tOt his family in the It If this Ih day dayIs dayis dayis Is storm he puts jiun on a vy O CI coat ind md wilks all anyhow ho It I li Is a little more than 25 23 vein veirs since ince he became Ic tc s of oC war mar as lit Ie sass sail to ho perform a lance la ii dut upon the c call ill ot of o ther the gret Kr r i 11 cot of oC all our clients chent llie lie go gO gOel el ci nil nt o of our lIe II had haa heel ahead of ot hun him enice serico ai as a seer 1 of state stale and senator and t f hot hosit ho of oC In and out of o office lUSY lS I J 1 OI OLD All those t things before beCore when he reached readied the th se ego of three score ears ear and ten that oge er e he 0 11 the lie 1 York fit A e lIon lIonas was as president o ot of he he Amel- Amel ican lean Ican Bir association was as s tador d II amba to Russia Hussla d t I plan for the r manent Coul Cout of C International Justice Ju-itice J foi fot tile Cite League o of lUon 1 ind md game ga ea e ks k's e a attention to dozens n of or- or or and ond mo movements as pros pros- pres president ident director or trustee Blot out the th mental picture of c an octogenarian and look at I J Root oot as a he may b be seen een sonic night o of er e week mid and d dt on a normal week eek t shapely shapel l genial In l 10 lo h hs she h-she s shI hI he sits at al the he head o of a banquet table There Is i no senile fuss fuss- ness ness fleas omer 01 0 er the good food no ren linc 0 ling hing of oC the match as he lights light's hi hIs long cigar clear no sands tand to the ea Ca d ut utho dihe ho he follows follow the speak speakers n no l 1 begging of o odds on account of tiC isis hiS ears There Is la d I d n us features accented by the tho aug tion of ot bangs banes In III hi his eray cloie white gray hair but it is the I kt en delicacy of oC steel rr lYS RI CLE lie III speaks with ith fire tire and IJ edness ht edness and humor lie He fences with the toastmaster In extemporaneous quip perhaps the ibo It what hat DOUR Doug Fairbanks once Id when they met at t The te- te ic teals eals a knowl knowledge le pf whatever Is the occasion t A f the meeting be It medicine art art edt edu- edu education cation sport or what Ital not noL lu Iu the end nd he gets let around to real ideas of oC depth and conse- conse consequence conse consequence quence A lear ear and a a half ago was as eager for Cor the theono th ono or of o receivIng rc Inc Ing him as ambassador not cof of oC hl hi his age ace nor In spite pito of oC t t 1 but butto to fot the distinction and wisdom the lears ears had brought to this peren- peren perennially peren perennially 11 o spirit I ii Is the man toda today about hom President re- re remarked remarked re remarked marked sears ears ago The Th creale man that on either iid Id or of the Atlantic In my lifetime |