The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-16

WORLD.

ways-slways till you die. Alas! neither
AdeIina nor Metchnkoff has yet found a
recipe cYainst the fatal gasp that ends all.
However. the inevita bleness of having to
quit it is not by any means the saddest
feature of life. What's Calling is the
gradual, merciless destruction of ourselves
which goes on hour by hour.
one day II is tooth that goes; the mex
day your hair departs or turns senile In
cclor, then the first rheumatism is felt
in Joints which had so far performed their
work nimbly; soon our eyes need glasses,
and the wrinkles come which no finger
smoothing before the mirror will efface.
We have scarcely ceased to grow when
we begin to decay.
Now don't be flippant-be candid and ad-
nit that this puts an undercurrent OF
poignant tragedy in the daily life of each
Of US, however happy otherwise.
An. If we could remain robustly younsl
The experience and advice of the rare PEG
pie who have partly succeeded in resist
ing decreDitude are always interesting.
That's why 1 went to Adelina Patti for a
consultation.
A few DAYS since I saw her reappeer on
that Paris stage from which she first fas-
cinated the brilliant court of Napoleon
Upon my word, she could never have been
more freshly sweet forty years ago! Inc
audience went wild at her feet and shout
ed repeated ovations. And 1t was not sole
ly because of her singing, nor of the MIS-
toric interest that is attached to her. She
appealed more, I thought, by the maSne-
1isxn of her radiant womanhood
Patti was born in Madrid, in 1S43. All
encyclopedias are agreed on the GATE Yet
that lady OF nearly sixty summers Is
alert and pretty as girl OF 20 her eyes
beam with aggressive lustre; her smile is
wttchery itself; she can rouse the enthus-
iasm of the most cynical public In the
world. and It is a now well-revealed fact
that to the 3o-year-old husband she last
year selected for her third, she appears
as youthful as the proverbial young bride
When / called this marvellous creature
was playing with some poodl but
precious little beasts, no doubt, for tender
words and caresses were lavished upon
them, and they wore ribbons of red satin.
Mime. Patti herself was In a fimsy house
garment also adorned with little pink
bows-a costume sffectedly youthful.
I disclosed my purpose with crafty pru-
dence for when you intend to approach
a mature woman on the ticklish subject
of her age and astonishing state OF pres
erVat1On even WIN the pSSI Oh HlotiFeS as
your excuse. you need ah the tact that's
in you.
I spare my space and the details of
that preliminary maneuvering and now
quote with religious accuracy:
How 1 keep myself young, healthy and
in good spirfts3 Ha! ha! That's what
YOU want to know, is lit An article
see"
she laughed Hal hav' whereupon the
various boobies barked their joys and l
fan relieved, for we had come to the
roint without accident.
ssIt Is simple, simple, sirnpiei Every wo-
man, IL she Goes not begin too late, can
attain the-same result.
WIN you now give me out of your ex-
pertence q set OF rules for what you cali
ssanStble livingP Take your time, my dear
baroness. Reject that you are about to
sneak for countless women and men who
hate 70 grow stiff bald and decrepit and
would fam remain perpetually young, as
YOU have done"
Thus officially consulted the oracle pat
ted the head Of her usliest pup receive
~ for a time ana SAID:
TO be healthy Is the natural state, and
disease is in nine cases out of ten. our
uoaistment for some indisoretion or ex-
cess.
'sKSvery time we are Ill 1t is part Of our
remaining youth which we sduander.
Every recovery, whether from headache
or pnsuxneni&. is accomplished by siren
nous effort Of vitality. and Is therefore
a waste of your capital Of life.
'srherefore, don't let yourself be Ill.
the hast plan to avoid illness is to
live regularly, simply, with a frugality
that stupid persons alone will deem pain
full or eccentric.
''Sleep eight hours In every twenty-four.
'-Ventilate the rooms You work and
sleep IN Very few people, even among
those who think they are wen up in mod
ern ideas, have any conception of what
ventilation means. Even when my voice
was the only thing / had in the world
slept with my windows wide open. sum-
mer and winter, and never caught cold In
that way.
Examine seriously into the list of your
social obligations, have the good sense 10
recognize that there is neither pleasure
nor profit in most of what YOU regard as
essential in that line, and simplify your
social life-simpllfy 1t all you can.
Complicated living breeds worry, and
worry is the main enemy of health and
happiness-the one fiendish microbe that
does more to destroy the health and hap
piness of mankind than any other.
Make your home a pleasant place,
cheerful. but well within your means.
Drink nothing but water or milk-espe-
cially drink lots Of water. You never can
drink too much OF It.
"On the other hand, remember that al
cohol Is poison which does untold dam
age within you; that wine, beer, coffee
and tea are poisons, too. Shun all of them
as you would diluted vitriol.
Remember also that while the medi-
oine you take may cure the disease your
physician aims at, the drug never stops
at that but goes no one knows where 10
do no one knows what Therefore, live In
holy fear OF medicine and take II only
when absolutely necessary.
Meat, and especially starchy products
like bread, potatoes and rice, have been
shown to cause all sorts OF injurious Sc
cretious. TO clog the system and stiffen
your Joints.
Keep your mind on the fact that II
tokes very little real food TO keep the
body In full strength, and fruit is by fal
the best and cheapest food. In England
know a family of gigantic blacksmith'
comprising three generations-in all eigh'
big rnsn-who have for over thirty year,
eaten nothing but milk. dried fgs and
uuta
win that do?' queried Nine Patti
with the demure smile Of sweet six
teen"
That's how to retain or regain health
Bat what about remaining young2''
Health Is youth. Losing ones hair Il
ts a disease, the stiffening of the joints
rs disease, the wrinklins OF the skin II
a disease But these adiiotkana ara rou