The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

larlity in work and some recreation IS
the best recipe for old age that 1
know Of think that work properly
regulated, is an aid to longevity, but
some kinds of work, notably that which
falls to the lot of a man in public life,
is wearing, because of the. long-con-
tinued strain which it often places upon
him..
DR. Theodore L. Cuyler. the aged
Brooklyn preacher, wrote from a sum-
mer hotel at Lake Mohonk in the
Catskills:
Let me say that 1 have no claim
to longevity-being only rs; and a gen
tleman to whom I showed your letter
playfully said, You are the youngest
man in the house 1 have been active
ly engaged in the ministry for tifty-two
years, preaching continually. I have
never spent a Sunday in bed in my life,
Under a kind providence, [ owe my
VIGOROUS health 10 q good constitution,
and q careful observance of the sinlpl-
est laws of health. My only physician
is DR.. Prevention I avoid all indigesti-
BILE food and all alcoholic sitmulants,
and have never smoked a cigar l
sleep soundly with bountiful bowl
of bread and milk before retiring) and
never drive either body or brain after
I am weary, My amusements are rad
ing, walking and lively chats with
friends: and I find that old age is
more a matter of temperament than of
the almanac
WITHOUT AN ACHE AT SO.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton gives
her ideas on longevity as follows:
Il am now SO years DID, in perfect
health, without aches or pains. [ have
always been a. great sleeper, q moder-
ate eater, and have taken much exer-
else in the open air. My hearing is still
good, teeth sound, but my eyes are
dim My mind is active. L have al
ways had subjects of deep interest for
thought and action, and am still writ
ing every day and have recently spoken
in the open air to large audience on
the question of Women'S suffrage. An
active mind has much to do with health
and longevity, and so has the true
philosophy of life.
I waste no energy in regrets of the
past, or fears for the future. l attribute
much of my health to being free from
all superstition"
Another famous old woman is Mrs
Kelley, the mother of the English
stage, who is now SO.
1T is impossible to say what has lee
| to my living so long" Mrs. Kelley said
Il was the eldest. of eight; all the 9th.
| erS have died. and l alone am left. But
who can say why? I have set no rules
for my manner of life, and perhaps the
only special care have taken is to be-
very moderate in everything. [ have
! always been a very small eater, anC
| have not taken too much Sleep After
our work at the theatre was over, Mr.
Kelley and I never used to go out t.
! supper. but would come straight bacl
home; and in summer days I would bt
! up at in the morning, out in my gar
! den. [ love the open air and outdoor
life.
But if you come to me and ask m,
how you, too, can live long, I say tina
I cannot tell you. All 1 can say is liv,
simply and quietly and regularly.
! have never cared for drink of any kinC
whatever, not only intoxicating drinks
! but liquids of any sort. 1t is almost
| punishment for me to drink wine. Re
Gently l have been taking a glass o
wine day just to oblige my doctor
but after doing it a week or two 1 hat
to stop"
MISS YONGE LIKES PALE ALE.
Miss Charlotte NJ. Yonge, the well
known English historian, who is nov
| 10, admits that she finds the moderat
use of pale ale and sherry helpful, TAX
| ing them on the advice of her physi
clan. She prescribes plenty of countr.
air as the best of tonics.
Professor Goodwin Smith writes fron
Toronto: Il have never observed an
particular rules OF diet, except that o
general moderation. I have Away
avoided working late at night 1 hav
always taken a good deal of outdoo
exercise. When young. wandered o.
the Alps, went out shooting, rode wit
fox hounds. L perhaps owe something
to having been in early boyhood a
u L,
later years have owed a great deal t
the care of a loving wife,