The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
HOW TO LIVE A CENTURY.
DIR. PFARSONs. PHILANT HROPIsT, ON
THE ShCRET or ~LONGLDITY.

senc. Of Worry and Generosity as uslps.
From tho Chtdeo Time, Herald.
DR. ID Il. Pearsons. who Heights in signing
500, 900 checks az gifts ~ struggling Western
colleges ate dinner Att o'clock yesterday afternoon
in his ilinsdalc home. Then he took a nap
When he woke up he said he felt bright a. q nut
ton" and told the way "a live To b. 100 years old
Aud he WAS one day nearer 10 his SOth birthday
which comes a week from ~ morrow,
Moreover. he proposes To 20 on with his maps
and his plan Of eating until he goes 10 the grave
and he says he don't want 10 I'LL he's .
hundre e years old. lie isn't going 10 march In me
Dewey parade or serve on the reception committee
Neither IL he going 10 deliver any more baccalaure-
ate sermons. But he walks from the train 10
his Chicago office every morning. figures on some
more colleges that want money and walks from
the train to his home every afternoon. And
he says he's going To keep cool, give away the
rest Of his money and he happy"
Most men dig their graves with their tee,h.s
he said. "My stomach IL my friend and In
happier than any other man on earth. Old age
depends upon heredity, common sense and a good
stomach. There are a lot Of fellows downtown
who tell me they want To live a short life and .
merry one. | want to live a long life and a Jolly
one in my own way. some men like their clubs
and society. That's all right | don't belong 10
a clab and they couldn't hire me to wear a swallow
tailed coat
banqueting and speech making, Let them GO
I've got a room up here on the hill. 200 feet above
Chicago. with the windows open AT the bottom,
and rs az good as a picnic to me to go TO bed
there al 3 o'clock every night The trouble with
most persons Is that they're eating themselves
10 death.
Western wilderness years ago, and ] don't want
10 die until have given 1t back to the West There
need colleges and schools. and I'm fixing them
up a. fast az ! can. This giving away OF money
is great, fun, its ,eShilarating. Besides, it's
| worth all the big celebrations on earth 10 wake
up from a nap feeling spry as a kitten. That's
why | wrote the Dewey crowd and told them that
il were younger | would go In for a Jolly day
and cheer for the Admiral with the rest"
The venerable henefactor who has given away
his millions 10 colleges and Is heginning 10 give
out the principal, c~huckled as he thought Of the
nap he had been Weakened from, by an Iowa col
lege president who wanted to talk over plans for
the Use OF a big donation. The doctors tell us
not 10 sleep after q hearty meal, but l sleep just
the same, and III ouulve the doctors that are
you see" he continued, this nap business
comes natural 10 me, for it's only going back
to an old habit had years ago. For twelve years
| was q doctor in Massachusetts The people
didn't have time 10 get sick during the day, and
they Yep, the doctors running all night Ihst,s
simply going back to the old scheme,
When Dr. Pearsons was asked how a man
| Could 1--we 10 De q hundred years OLD, ne SAID;
Clock work. clock work, all the veal. round"
Then he wanted 10 know what good II would
do for him to explain, and then added well,
4 ~ 90 any good, II 1T VIII sort OF point a moral.
to himself when he talked Of the chickens OUT
In the yard that lai,l eggs for his breakfast stir
ring himself when he said he did not know what
an arhe OF pain was, and had thrown medicine
out Of doors years agO,
lie says for the man who wants 10 live TO q
ripe old age to keep cool. don't overload the stom-
| arh breathe DuTp Air and lots of II. eat "a vega.
table diet, don't eat late suppers, 70 To bed early,
don't fret, don't 60 where you'll get excited, and
| don q forget To take a nap after dinner
When | came out 10 Hinsdale to live, four
teen years ago" he said, my friends told me
i wouldn't live five years See these trees out
house on the hill, and I'm 200 feet above Chicago.
Pure air The pines help to make II so. sleep
in q room upstairs that has seven windows There
the windows pen and at the bottom, too. Then
when 4 O'Clock comes get under a pile Of com.
forts and sleep IKE a baby. Al 6 in the nom.
tea or coffee. They excite the heart Mrs, Pear.
vegetable and a fruit diet will help a man TO re.
main young It's better than the fountain OF
life or the medicinal baths No pies or cakes-ex .
cept for company, The servants have meat
and the sweets, but none for M,
Il walk to the tram In the morning and over
TO the Office al the corner Of Dearborn and Madi-
son streets, and I'm going TO walk as long az
can bn, not IN stormy weather any more
Y q koh W Wv 'ih'. El""' - H'''p
al business What doing Listening Ia beggars.
These college presidents who are looking for
money. My mail takes an hour. and leave
q good deal Of il for my clerk 10 sift, too. Going
out at night | have ceased dong entirely Oh
once In a very great while ! break the rule.
went over 10 the concert Of the Beloit musical
clubs the other evening, But, you know, the
Beloit boys and are great friends.
There's a lot In this keeping cool habit fr
tn, the" worst 3 thing in the world to ee, angry or cross.
l cured Y man Of that and a thousand imaginary
Ills once down at ST Augustine, Fla Ny. wife
and l were there for several weeks, and at the
man had seats with his wife and daughtr-A
Anticipating giri. Al meal time he used to come
as II he were as old rs Me,huselah.
He snarled at his wife, found fault with the
food and made life miserable for every one around:
One day his daughter, heard me called doctor
and asked me If | wouldn't sea IL ! couldn't help
her father. ! took him out on the veInnda, lis
tened 10 him for half an hour. and said: You're
happiness Of a deserving family, ate early
the next morning and got away before, he came
down. They Told me a%fterward he came In briskiy
near him., smiled at the walter and searched fof
me 10 say that he guessed l was right Don't
iIs, and worry your life away 10 Il 9on'' do any
Referring again 20 the clockwork par, OF the
one hundred year plan he gave me 10, loIlS.ins
9 M-Wnke up and get up.
IA. Mat a light breakfast
8 A. M-Catch q train.
$50 \. M-Reach Chicago.
65 A. M.-Walk Into the offoa.
IL 10 y. M-Board train for home.
+. Mat dinner
las 7. M.-Take a nap
3l5 =. Meet up
$50 p. M-Read. mlk and hda
81. Mat a light supper.
Gas =. M-Read or chat
s 7. M-Retlre.
y. BON Sundays the clock substitutes
Church" for "ofhce"
sNtnu ,n,stnft thipL ,hay rap tvA n hupHN4
years In Chicago" the doctor fastened 20 explain,
while he was talking about the importanoe OF
puro air And besides, the temptation is too
great for rich foods | lived In the hotels for
nearly n score Of years and ! wonder how l got
out Of town alive. Here's q specimen Of my blu
Of fare for a day;
breakfast.
Oatmeal or cracked wheat and cream.
Fresh egg.
Cocoa or cereal drink.
Finest potAtOas N he had.
Chicken or fish.
Beans and other vegetables.
Graham, corn and wheat bread.
Baked apples and fruits.
Boiled rain water. cooled, but not iced.
Supper.
Grainose and granose biscuit
Plain gingerbread.
Fruls
Concluding the diet chat. he looked out Of the
window and down the bill, and was lost in thought
FOR a minute Probably he recalled the after
Moons nap and the college presidents visit Yes,
young and livsns ma up, he said. ! don't care
Tor the notohety the papers give me now and then.
but II used N make me a lot II trouble, Every
time college msn would read Of my giving away