Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-05
GKRMANYs GREAT SOLDIER.
Plenty Of Air, Plenty of Sleep and Regularity
in Habits.

L
| In Habits.
Marshal Won Moltks SO long the com.
mander Of the German army, writes very
| explicitly as follows:
As child my health was only fair,
though passed the first ten years of my
life in the country. It has so often been
demonstrated that a rural life is much more
conducive to the health and longevity OF
children than the artificial existence of the
city that it is not improbable that though
not especially robust during that portion Of
my childhood which 1 passed in the coun-
try, was nevertheless laying up q capital
of vitality and 7igor to be drawn upon late
| IN life. Still L did not pass more than a
| few hours daily in the open air and did
not have nor do I ever have a stipulated
number to pass in that way.
was eight years of age when I began to-
attend school. That was in 1903, and I
studied four hours a day for the next two
years. After that time I studied ten hours
day during the remainder of my scholastic
course.
All things considered, my youth was not
calculated to conduce to my longevity, as ID
was passed for the most part away from
home and lacked sufficient nourishment Il
was unpleasant and unhappy. AS a rule
did not play athletic games or participate ins
gymnastic exercises. One thing strongly in
my favor was that invariably enjoyed ten
hours ofsound, refreshing sleep every night,
When / arrived at manhood and began nv
preparation for the profession of arms i
passed my time in the city. My hours OF
sleep were then reduced from ten to eight.
had no regular stated number of hours for
work each day. The amount of time T.
labored daily varied greatly. My favorits
recreation has always been horseback riding,
in which I INDUCED very regularly and
freely till after the completion of my 8Sth
year.
On reaching an advanced age made no
change whatever in the habits and customs
by which L had previously regulated my
life. From my 50th to my 80th year I
steadily continued to work, and to work
hard. Still never had any regular, stipu-
lated number of hours for working each dsy,
l now spend more time in the open air by =
great deal than 1 did in the days of my
childhood and youth. I am convinced that
pure, fresh air and exercise are not only
among the best medicines for but also the
best preventive Of disease, and that they are
therefore important factors in the promotion
of great longevity, while nothing has greater
influence upon personal eomeliness Of both
face and form. 1t would be well if ladies
generally would bear this in mind and
would permit sunshine and exercise to paint
the rose and the lily in their cheeks instead
of resorting to the powder puff and the rouge
pot for the accomplishment OF that end.
now spend, when rusticating on my esq
tate, fully one-nalf of every day in the open
air. still am careful to faithfully observe
my old rule of always sleeping at least eight
hours out of every "a. 1 find that do not
now require a great deal of nourishment,
and therefore eat very little, and that Its
tie is composed largely OF those concentrated
food extracts whose use is now so general.
Ii asked to name the factors which in my
opinion have contributed most largely to
my great longevity, should say that they
are, first, temperance in all the affairs Of
life; second, exercise in the open air daily
under all circumstances, without regard to
the inclemencV of the weather. no day ever
being spent without portion of it being
passed in the open air; third, regularity in
my hours of sleep, my diet and all my other
personal habits; lastly, and above all, to the
grace, mercy and goodness of Him who 50
wisely and benefcently rules the universe.
COUNT Won MOLTKE
Field Marshal.