Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-06
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
A New Prescription for Attaining this
Desirable End.

The true secret OF good health and immunity
from disease, says q writer in the London Netcs,
lies In finding out and practicing the golden mean
OF every creed. The vegetarian, for instance.
goes too far but he Is perfectly correct in his as
sumption that most men eat too frequently and
too plentifully OF meat, and not nearly enough
OF vegetables and fruit. The average Englishman
Deneves In good slices from the joint, usually
underdone, and often eaten IN haste, with the
days work but half done. Vegetables are with
him very secondary consideration, partly
because they are often badly cooked and not
tempt1ngly served. Were he TO eat less meat and
more vegetables ana fruit he would De less or a
martyr 10 rheumatism In his Old age than he Is at
present. Nor Is he sufficiently apprectative OF
hah as an article OF diet. Here again, unsatisfac-
general pubic from what is goou Tor them. The
ordinary English cook is as wastefu In her
manner OF OF cSeEg as she Is Careless her
the most justice to his own constitution is he
who compasses an attractive variety in his
1let, ranging through all the navors OF fish,
flesh, fowl and the wares OF the green-grocer
In way that not only satisfies appetite, but
stimulates II. The teetotaler's theory OF lie
Is good Tor those who Cannot restrain themselves
SO as TO leave on drinking when they have had
enough. Water is not what 1t was when the world
was ounger or as II Is even now In places where
IL Is ID England. Various FORMS OF pollution de-
stroy the purity OF our rivers, and the student OF
sanitary science sees thousand horrors In glass
OF cold water. But The golden grain OF truth in
the teeiotalers theory Is not FAR 10 seek. IL lies
In the use Oh Wines spirits and beer without abus-
Ing them. I'LL now man has invented no bel ter no
more Absolutely suitable accompaniment to u
good dinner than well-brewed ale or sound claret.
serbs. Lemonade Is lowering, and its sweetness
SpoilS the SAVIOR OF most dishes. MILK Is not
Always adm rable as dinner drink, especially
when liSh plays any part OF the menu. Tea COZ
fee taken WITH meat is simply suicidal These hot
beverages turn the meat into something resem-
bling leather ana the result tnterferes sadly with
m IN Va I'M dos frn.l
give place to nigh tea" in his daily program. OF
Tea Itself 1t can only be said that IL Is harmless II
NOT IdHen 700 olten or made TOO strong. The
American lady who after several Calls ana a cup OF
Tea at each, remarked that she could 'always worry
down another cup" was probably unaware or the
mischief she was doing herself. No one need
to,alIy abstain IRON tea If they viii only
take the precaution 10 buy It good, not
10 make II strong, not to let 1t inIuse long,
10 abjure IL after O'Clock In the afternoon As to
the man for whose bath the ice has to be broken on
the serpentine ON winter mornings, who can deny
that he Is Incorporate In The matter o. cold wa
Ter? And y I the morning tub Is Indispensable to
all who wish TO live long and healthy life. 1t is
true that there have been centenartans who have
known nothing OF this luxury, uut their longevity
has been IN spite OF that fact, not because OF It,
The bath Is good, but not too much bath. Walk
Ing Is good, but II must not be 0verdOne. Dickens
oyerdld II. Most OF us, however, unueldo 1t, aud
scarcely walk enough. Flesh accumulateS upon
US In middle age because we do not take sufficient
exercise, and then We give up long walks because
we are stout, and consequently lazy, thus
reversing the process or cause and effect
Inc health suffers seriously and way is opened
TO many maiadies. People who assert that they
nave not tlIie to take iong walks should remember
that they are probably cutting snort their own
time by RETAINING from The needrul exercise.
Many people take too much medicine. Morbid
persons with hypuchondrlacal tendencies are al
ways dosing themselves. They appareutly regard
their own interior arrangements as a sort OF
puzzle that has been badly put together, and
tnelr Efforts to sort things out with the AID OF
pills and powders are nut series OF expert
N mi "a
TINS frame OF mind, and cheerIulness is one
or the best ends to length OF days. 1t
Is possible TO cultivate this gu. Atty, and TO the In
teresLS OF those abJut US, no less than In own
1t ought TO be cultivated. II is sign OF a healthy
mind, and enables It's possessor in a certain de-
gree to shake on worry, which is a ter
riole snortener or human life. No one ever
died OF WORK, but worry has killed It's thou
sands. There are many ways OF avoiding II.
Tne chief Is to live within ones income and
thus escape the wearing cares that come of debV
and improvldence, avoiding anxiety for the future
OF those dependent on Us. A little voluntary sell.
denial saves noun lain OF IT, enfOrc, and inevi-
taole just as the proverbial stitch In time saves
nine.