The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY.
now III is Conducted BY THE
WORLDS FAMOUS OLD MEN.

Rules for Eating. Drinking. sleep
ing. Recreation, WOrk, the Use or
Alcoholic StimuIaptS and Tobacco.
and the Means of Preserving
Health in Old Age Are Given by
the Rcv.Robert COIIyer. Lord Arm
strong. the Famous Engineer. the
Duke of Cambridge, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, John Sher-
man. DR.. Thco. L. CuyIcr. Charlotte
NJ. Yonge. Prof. Goodwin smith ana
Others.
New York, Dec. 9-Twenty-three Of the
most famous old men in the world mostly
Anglo-saxons, have given their secrets OF
a long life. They wrote in response TO
the following questions:
@ To what principally, do you at
tribute your success in keeping up your
strength and the capacity for work beyond
the age at which the majority of men
have used up their lives?
% Does your experience show, or do
You consider the habitual Though of
course moderate) use of alcoholic drinks
and of tobacco injurious to health and
menace to longevity?
go Would you say that constant hard
work, mental or physical, Is beneficial or
otherwise providing of course that proper
precautions for the preservation Of
health are Observed?
"a Is there any particular rule-n the
matter of regulating work and recreation,
food and drink and sleep-that has con-
tributed, in your opinion, to help you in
reaching your present seniority?
Rev. DIR. Collier Believs in Smoking.
Although the questions submitted
were in each case the same, the answers
showed wide divergence. Especially in
the response to the second question was
there a difference of opinion among the
famous seniors of the age. The Rev.
Robert Collyer, the veteran preacher of
New York who has been for over fifty
years actively engaged in the ministry,
told a quaint story in answer to the
question.
Il remember that minister of my ac-
quaintance once reproved an old Scotch
man whom he saw smoking, telling him
that il shortened life The old fellow
looked thoughtful and said, Yes dominic,
ma doot yer right. Here be 1 only SO ana
smookin' ma pipe for mair than sixty
year. Ma doot 1 might a. been 100 eff /
hadna smoked
The veteran preacher pulled cigar in
the intervals of his story; so he appar-
emily has not found tobacco a menace to
longevity as yet.
Here am l." continued DR.. Coyer, "a
rather careless fellow about myself, who
all my life have eaten what 1 liked when
j wanted il and who through forty years
of active work never bothered to change
4. my clothes when l got a wetting. l start
ed out in life with a good constitution
had a good father and a good mother
was brought up on oatmeal and blue milk
and plenty of fresh air To these things
and a merciful Providence l hold that
owe my present age"
Two English Lords.
The Duke of Cambridge ascribes his
longevity to "a good constitution. active
life and plenty of work and occupation"
Lord Armstrong, the famous engineer and
shipbuilder who is nearly 80, says that he
has never followed any particular rules
I'm regard to diet except to practice mod
Grafton He has never smoked, always
INDUCED a preference for plain food end
has been a hard worker The only rule
for longevity that he recommends is 1.-THE
practice of moderation and keeping the
mind interested"
The Archbishop of Canterbury.
The venerable Dr. Temple archbishop
of Canterbury, writes:
Il have observed no particular rule of
diet except not to eat or drink what l
found to disagree with me. l have little
doubt that total abstinence from intoxi-
eating liquors conduces to longevity. As
to tobacco know of nothing for or against
its use except that it is an annoyance TO
those who do not smoke"
elaboration" Says Rear Admiral
SeIfredge.
one of the Oldest of Americans consulted
does not agree with DR.. Temple in the mat
ter of liquor and tobacco. This is Rear
Admiral Thomas o. Selfredge, Sr., who
was retired from the navy under the age
limit in 1861 and who stll lives in Wash
ington, being now close to the century
mark. Rear Admiral Selfredge says:
Moderation In work and moderation In
everything in which indulge has always
been my motto. 1 early learned not to
fres over matters that could not be con-
trolled, and have always endeavored not
TO borrow useless trouble. l entered the
navy at u years of age when the service
exposed one to many hardships now I'M
known to naval men. / made it prac-
tice to assume all tasks with cheerful dis
position and always to do my level best
When one does this he is never worried
over consequences that may follow.
Il cannot say that moderate use of al
coholic drinks and OF tobacco is injurious
TO health or a menace to longevity.
have drunk liquor nearly all my life in a
moderate way and for many years have
chewed and smoked.
Il do not think constant hard work
mental or physical. Is altogether conducive
TO long life. The constant strain on either
the mental or physical faculties mus
cause a break somewhere. Then wher
disease sets in a man may succumb.
have always followed an inyarable rule
as to food. drink and sleep, namely, tC
indulge in modera ton in each. In strictly
obeying all the rules here laid down l owe
thanks TO a merciful Father, nearly
century Of life and happiness"
Miss Cobb, the Famous English Re
former, Says sound Parents"
Another outspoken adherent of the mod
crate use of liquor is Miss Frances Powe
Cobb. the famous English reformer, wh'
IS now in her 10Th year. Miss Cobb says:
I attribute my long tenure of vitalit,
N in bax haA