Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26

can foresee: II the world fails to be better
reason will be that men and women whose
| special'duty it is to set right examples and
help In every good work are not true tc
/ eonfided to them
Jay Cooke-seventy-two.
| Il was strong and healthy in my youth,
and spent much time In fishing and hunt
Ing, but was always temperate and kept
the Sabbath. have made no change in my
habits in recent years. except that have
| more time now to play and fish and hunt
more than ever at the age Of seventy-t two.
l sleep eight hours a day, have always been
careful about my food and enjoy simple
| diet the most. 1 ascribe my healthy old
a ag TO and nn dispostion good cons
| recreation, but, above all, to faith and trust
In God and the keeping the Sabbath holy"
! +. Nichols CrOuch-Eighty-hve
From youth to old age 1 have been
strong and healthy, the result of mental
| energy. activity Of body and muscular ex-
e-cise. 1 now sleep six hours daily and en-
| JOY two hearty meals. but never eat be-
tween meals. 1t is the abuse of food that
| gives rise to bodily suffering. The indul-
gence of dram drinking. aquae fortis by
| the gill swallowed neat and to increase the
| decomposition of the liver and digestive
organs. gobbles a glass of ice water to
Never suborn self will or desire to SATISFY
| the cravings of appetite. 1 act engineer
| to my body. When inclined to be feverish
| l slacken speed; II weakened by exertion I
turn off on side track, let of all propel-
| ling power and rest till sense tells me the
| machine Is again IL. working order"
George w. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
II ascribe my healthy old age to having
always taken great deal of exercise in
the open air. to having always lived spar
ingly and to not having oversight myself"
Calvin Fairbank, Noted AbOlitionist-
Seventy-three.
Il was born of strong hardy parents,
whose ancestry for several generations
were remarkably hardy l spent most of
my youth in the open air. and so did my
ancestry. My constitution being good, my
physical conditions were favorably in
n n1en edr by by plain. wholesome food, free
! made no particular change in my habit Of
living during latter years. excepting never
meals or when da asrx ahd nothing be-
TO bathe In cold water when either hungry.
plethoric or tired. l formerly slept eight
hours in summer and nine In winter. Now
l sleep nine in summer and ten in winter.
l ascrfbe my constitutional integrity to in
heritanee mo one plants thistles to raise
peachesl. vigorous exercise In the open air,
simple food, plenty of rest. cheerfulness and
good clear conscientiousness."
Richard Oglesby-Seventy.
las a child I was strong and healthy and
spent all of my waking hours in the open
could lay my hands on and often went to
bed hungry. In my old age still eat and
drink all 1 can get never miss meal
and sleep every spare hour i can find for
tina that purpose War. politics and Office hold
cent years. 1 ascribe my robust old age
to TO- good luck. a good appetite and good d.
Frederick Observation-Disclosures
Il was strong and healthy in youth and
spent the greater part of my time in the
open air-chiedy at hard manual labor.
now sleep seven hours and eat moderately
three times day. I assign my healthy
old age to a good constitution. correct hab-
It's and devotion to a great cause"
Harry ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Cleanliness Is akin to Goodness. At
| twenty-five years of age i had an attack
of dyspepsia. After swallowing the pre-
scriptions Of several celebrated physicians
1 resolved to throw physic to the dogs
| ~, and by proper course Of dieting speed
| lily recovered from the result of uncon-
genial food After my recovery ! abjured
! never failing to wash myself from head to
| foot every morning, summer and winter.
season sanno. = recall f preonssd illness ii ss
| OF any kind. / have no fear OF epidemics
,sua diseases
and healthy Organization, ascribe my free
| to to a lifelong abstinence from alcohol
and nicotine: But all these lessons. cleaned
ttIe eject npon Crescent Sr futuns en
| tons. Men will ever tread the same foot
worn path and tumble into the same we'll
Galushn A. Grow, Ex-speaker of Con-
gress-Seventy.
| II was strong in youth and until twelve
| years old spent the greater part of my
| time in the open air. Latterly have made
| no change in my habits, but exercise great
| care to diet. never eat late at night
nor drink much ice water at any time. /
| sleep eight to nine hours daily and spend
| as much time as l can out of doors.
never used tobacco in any shape or liquors
| ing hale and hearty old age
Gen. James l.. LOngstreet-Seventy-
| four.
| II was strong In youth and always in
| the open air when out of school and not
| asleep. 1 now sleep from seven to ten hours
and eat sparingly three times a day. My
only recreation in recent years has been
| looking after little farm. l ascrbe my
healthy old age to the foregoing, but above
| all to the goodness and grace Of God"
| Mrs. John Drew, Actrcss-Seventy-fou
Il was strong from birth and have lived
! in theaters half my life. For fifty years
have slept from seven to eight hours daily.
observe temperance in diet but when
| performance / made no change in my
| habits on the approach of old age. for it
| came upon me unawares My best recrea-
| alton all my life has been acting and see
| ing others act. | attribute my healthy old
age to the sterling constitution l inherited.
| My mother lived to ninety-two."
| John I. acknowledgements.
| "As a child 1 was healthy and strong
and spent the greater part of my time in
| the open air. 1 sleep about eight hours
daily, and have always been a light eater
| Hard work all my life has been my only
recreation. l ascribe my healthy old age
| to an active outdoor life
Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler - Seventy
| three.
| 81 was strong in youth and spent much
| of that period Of my life out of doors.
| Walking, reading and laughing have been
| my chief recreations in recent years.
sleep seven hours each. night and one hour
| each afternoon. and eat heartily. but touch
| no indigestibe trash stimulants. / as
| cribe my present excellent health to sound
| sleep, active work and a good conscience"
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