Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
For the Individual
Desirable
Longevity

Very old men with young hearts
have always interested me.
When l began studying the daily
sources of desirable longevity my in
terest in the healthy-elderly in
creased.
A few weeks ago met in Chi.
cago bank a six-foot-six gentleman
who had been enjoying life for near
ly eighty years.
After telling him about my new in
terest in longevity forces and asking
him for a talk on the subject, he re-
piled: well, you have struck me at
q bad time, l am going East tonight
Tor three months"
On suggesting that he might give
me in a minute a few hints for young
! men, he told me this:
Extreme regularity in eating,
sleeping and working have been my
rule. My Sunday is not as regular
! as other days and 1 do not feel as
well on account of it."
On a previous occasion he had told
pme that he ate what he liked and
wanted and that he had not lost an
office day on account OF sickness in
forty-five years. He was a healthy
man and enjoyed wholesome food. He
had high motives and a shining face.
He made money and used 1t wisely.
You can appreciate my intense
feelings when read that a few days
ago he was killed by a train while
crossing track in an Eastern town.
Collected Paragraphs.
Thomas A. Edison says: 81 believe
the life Of a man can be prolonged.
Man ought to live to be a hundred
years of age"
The Chicago Record says: within
less than thirty years the average
| duration of life has nearly doubled
in Chicago"
One doctor says: Good care has
more to do with longevity than in
herited qualities"
Another doctor says; Hard work
seldom kills--it doesn't wear us out
very fast, but it is the running con-
stantly and the overstrain Of one part
that causes the trouble"
A jolly old centenarian said stop
when you have eaten enough"
An educator says: Becoming thor
oughly interested in a good spare
time hobby is very likely to improve
ones health and lengthen life"
"As long as the world has existed
mankind has been searching ways to
lengthen life. Sensible people nova
days think the best elixir of life is
fresh air, sunshine, the right kind OF
food and a good temper"
"Dr. Holmes thought mortal sick
ness an element of longevity, and it
is true that serious weakness is not
only frequently coupled with great
ability, but with unusually long living
also"
Sickness is intended to be one of
LIES stepping stones and kind
warning, but frequently it, by perver-
sion. becomes a milestone around a
human neck.
More machinery is jerked out than
worn out, and many more men are
executed by useless hurry and worry
than are consumed by necessary du-
ties.
Discriminate, as suggestions useful
to the sluggish are unreliable for the
excitable.
Even locomotive must take
rest, but 1t is better for it to run
too far than to rest too long.
Keeping well is like walking a
tight rope. You can fall of either
way, and one side is as dangerous as
the other.
Find your weak spot, as a correct
knowledge Of yourself is an essential
i'm taking good care of yourself
Now, the question OF all questions
is how to do as well as you know
now and Keep cheerful till moving
day when we say goodbye to bones
and muscles The Arcade Research
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tribute paragraph containing infor-
nation which you have read, heard,
or thought Of, which has enabled you
to take better care of yourself.
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