The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-02
HOW TO LIVE UNTIL NINETY.
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ph,si,nl T,srtise Set food Ter . Wan wh, 10
MENTAL, tired &c conservation ofInetg,"
the Gcn,rai Nsie Moderation aud S,st.m
>e,cs,si, Take pien,, ~ Rest, brt Al,u
10 Not Tat. Drini ~ smoke Loo Nu,h,
foSros. Soy ia-Ter days 10 three week.
solitary cuuarctue ont. spcut ChncNy In bed. =
tho .a'c.t ErgIish prr-crptior for tired or fu.
Ing mon prd women Vel ones also are al.
VIC thgt such . Icr1Dce faithfully pcrf"ru"i
once a ,enr would solve the whole problem
OF health aUd longevity.
hi. .'. Z tho ~ foo tons 81 the rI'nCi-
pal secret oi louG utr Nuich . large number ~
prominent rp'i.i cd.ral men are preaching
10 all their patients n" q cory, condensed
into a rh't'. Is "cors'r'a''on OF energy
II Is cOiuHtl"l nilh two older 1ud moro familiar
yrccepts- moderation aud system. One -
tho Queen physicians has iust written n rulu-
lar article on the 'uu rct which Is attracting
a great donl Of attention. because In his Gpr IL
cation . ais principles he crmhat- some i5oaS
which lav, long ruled the professional ard
10y mind 70 begin W.At. hs asks NlAt g.,
hfe' That 4. n question. he admits. which ''u
cannot answer, but yuu know one thing It IL
evitably leads To, and that j. death, and In n
general way you know What brings about
death, and that +, the expenditure In ONE way
OF the last remaining ounce Of energy.
Il {, when he condemns the Unnecessary
waste o! energy BY exercise that this eminent
phy.ician surprises ia. The man who works
hard with hi, head all day and then takes a
long Walk for Tn" sake Of e>erc-e mako. a ter
rihle mistake, accordiug to this authority.
"Mrnt-! energy anihodJy cLo.-y, lie declares,
come to the same thing at the finish. Having
freely drawn from tho rtoch Of one. you must
not then tap the other with the idea thatit IL
l.o..D..I ;r T.. Is nat ftlgy, baya "a CpYutunu
source
he cites Mr Joseph Chamberlain, who takes
no physical exercise whatever. as the most
conspicuous example Of the soundEess OF lis
theory.
with regard TO moderation, the writer's
most emphatic warning Is that everybody
eats too much. Pat what YOU Ike, lie say,
but stop considerably short Of fully satisfying
tho appetite. The stomach has far too much
work to do. Give IL les and now and again
let It have an absolute rest
"rractIcc moderation Ia smoking and driuk-
Ing. There "a 10 need whatever for total ah-
attention, FOR there ia nothing In the habits
whic!. IA In the least inconsistent with monaco
narlanisrn. The man who drinks a quart OF
beer a day must not expect great length Of
davs. lie may never he in the least intoSi-
cated and may believe that ha experiences
no III effects Whatever from consuming so much
alcoholic LIQUID. but II IL too much. Give a
strirter meaning to the word moderation.
and drink acCor7.nglv.-
The writer u.r4 beer" In the English sense,
meaning ale. Lager beer, although consumed
in larger quantities every year. has not become
an English national drink. Finally he says:
As far az is practicable. live throughout
your life on The same system. let II be a good
one g. BEGIN with. and then adhere to II I'M
altered. 4 great mistak" il made In suppos-
ing that q man al A. requires this, and at 60
he requires that. FIddis'H Is bad. Regu-
larltv Is n sound principle but II should be
regularity from year TO yelr. ard not merely
from day % day"
These, hs d"olares, are the secrets Of long
life. and he adds, there are no others"