Jim alden biography
James Alden Jr. was a rear admiral in the United States Navy....
The Saturday Evening Post/Idle Hands
ON the stroke of eight, as was his custom, Jim Alden opened his eyes and sat up in bed.
With a brisk movement of his arm he threw back the covers. His mind was racing smoothly, efficiently, ready to tackle any problem no matter how hard or intricate. As his feet touched the rich rug beside his bed he suddenly remembered.
Early career Alden was born in Portland, Maine, on March 31, , and was a direct descendant of John Alden, a Mayflower pilgrim.
A sense of bafflement, of despair, swept over him. His head sank forward on his breast.
Every morning was like this. Every morning he sat up in bed, craving an exciting active day as of old, only to recall a moment later that he was sixty and out of it, that he had retired, that he was dying by inches in a beautiful house in Southern California.
He walked slowly to his window and looked out.
Birth place: Portland, ME. Death place: San Francisco, CA. Addresses: San Fran., CA. Profession: Naval officer, amateur watercolorist.
Pasadena is a city of leisure. There was no one in sight. He sighed and turned to his bath. The empty day that loomed ahead appalled him. It would be like all the other days through which he had wandered like a lost soul ever since he