Life — August 4, 1910 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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REE buts Bierua HERE'S HOW NELSON APPLETON MILES Born August 8, 1839 General Miles is a Massachusetts man, and entered the army unteer in 1861, commanding an army corps at , the age of twenty-five, and from thence ris ing, step by step, to the highest position as r the country offers. Not only soldier, however, has General Miles become widely known; but his observations of mili tary tacties and his books on the art of war ve become world-wide in their recogni tion. All his life he has been a close stu dent of warfare, as practiced by the various nations of the ‘globe, and what he has to say_on the subject is always of interest General Miles, as onc of our country’s most distinguished citizens, as a soldi zentleman and an we bespeak for you the continuance of birthdays in the land of your fathers. Your hi many happy returns! HORACE FLETCHER Born August 10, 1849 Mr Fletcher is an exponent in the advanced art of masti cation; in this respect he has outbovined all the bovines known to Nature. To a well- known quotation, Mr. Fi s: “Learn to eat’ slowly; all other graces Will follow in their’ proper places. And to all intents and purposes Mr. Fletcher has proved his case. He has sub- mitted to numerous tests and be has always survived. He has done the work of a day laborer on a wisp of straw and a few drops of milk. He believes in happiness, in menti culture and in non-worry, He is a gradu- ate of Dartmouth, a wide traveler and an extensive and intensive author. But why particularize? Our duty is to proclaim his birth- day, to felicitate him upon his gastronomical achievement and to wish him a continuous nutritious life for many years to come. And we do this with the greatest pleasure CIFFORD PINCHOT Born August 11, 1865 Some little time ago Mr. Pinchot was obliged to take to the tall timber. But he did it with so much ease and agilit and he carried so much of the country with him, that instead, of universal sympathy he has been mainly since then open to con- gratulations And now these congratul, tions are to be added to upon our part by wishing you many happy returns of the day. Mr. Pinchot may be termed the Robin Hood of politics. He was born in Sim: bury, Conn., graduated from Yale in 1889, and ‘then began his special studies of the forestry problem, not confining his field to this country but entering upon an exten- sive examination of forests in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Sir, you have done your country an important. service. You have succeeded in advertising our extravagance in cut- ting down our trees, This alone is half the battle. Fearless and unconcerned, you are entitled to a large laurel wreath; and, in laying it upon your distinguished brow, we salute and wish you health and prosperity for many years to come. BENJAMIN TILLMAN Born August 11, 1847 Senator Tillman is a South Carolinian by profession and nativity, his birthplace being Edgefield. He is the founder of two large and important schools, has long been inter- ested in pohtics, has been a farmer, and, in followed a career which without exaggeration may be justly termed “ pic- turesque Certainly, sir, you deserve much credit for many of your patriotic activities. We ignore your faults, if you have any. Your virtues we acclaim as being of the robust kind, and we wish you joy and a long life. FELIX ADLER Born August 13, 1851 Doctor Felix Adler is the son of a Hebrew rabbi. born in Alzey, Germany, studied in Berlin, and in 1874 he ¥ professor of Hebrew and Oriental literature at Cornell. Previoys to this he was gradu ated from Columbia College, In 1876 he established in New York famous Society for Ethical Culture, which has been’ the me- dium through which Professor Adler has given for many years a series of Sunday discourses. In addition to this he is the author of many books dealing with moral instruction and ethics in general, and also has to do with the fnteruational Journal of Ethics So much for “dull, useful information,” as Mr. Ware puts it. But how shall we characterize such an able man? Dr. Adler, we f d unreservedly confess that we like and esteem you; and we are the more ready to make thes acknowledgment because you have never offended us by that peculiar American combination of self-advertising and pose, which is too often likely to afflict those men who figure to the world as being moral instructors You have done a lot of real good, unostentatiously but practically We are most glad, sir, to take you by the hand, congratu: late you on your birthday, and wish you many more of ther ERNEST THOMPSON SETON Bora Avgust 14, 1860 Mr, Seton was born in England, and from 1866 to 1870 he lived in the backwoods of Canada; where he acquired the rudiments of his knowledge of Nature. Since then his activities have been enor- mous. He has even incurred the criticism of John Burroughs. He not only writes but he paints, and his books have had a very wide vogue. When dressed in his Indian costume and posing for his photograph he is a splendid specimen of manhood. Sir, what more can we say? Please con- sider, as we now offer you our hearty con gratulations on your birthday, that our brass bind is playing its loudest on the vil- lage green and that we are bowing in our best ma this auspicious and eventful day May your trail never grow indistinct ! EMMA EAMES STORY Bom August 13, 1867 Madam Story was born in Chin: daughier of American parents, and her having proclaimed itself she began studying in Paris, making her début in Paris Grand Opera, March 13, 1889. It is great pleasure to congratulate such a world-known and distinguished singer on her birthday. That she is an American adds to our satisfaction. Madam, we kiss your hand in grateful acknowledgment of the pleasure you have given us. comicbooks.com