The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
For the Individual
Desirable
Longevity

Very old men with young hearts
have always interested me.
When | began studying the daily
sources OF desirable longevity my in
terest in the healthy-e elderly in.
creased.
A few weeks ago I met in Chi.
cage bank a siX-foot-siX gentleman
who had been enjoying life for near
ly eighty years.
| After telling him about my new in
teregt in longevity forces and asking
| him for a talk on the subject, he re-
! piled: well, you have struck me at
a bad time, am going East tonight
for three months"
On suggesting that he might give
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 | do not feel as
well on account of it,"
On previous occasion he had told
me 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 it wisely.
You cal appreciate my intense
feelings when | read that few days
ago he was killed by train while
crossing a track in an Eastern town.
Collected Paragraphs.
Thomas A. Edison says: Il 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 ovcrstrain of one part
that causes the trouble"
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 lengthcn 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"
Or 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
lfes stepping stones and a kind
warning. but frequently it. by perver-
sion. becomes 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 a locomotive must take
rest. but it is better for it to run
100 far than to rest too long
Keeping we'll is like walking a
light rope You can fall off either
way, and one side is as dangerous as
he other.
Find your weak spot. as a correct
knowledge of yourself is an essential
n taking good care of yourself.
Now. the question of all questions
S how to do as well as you know
low and keep cheerful till moving
lay when we say goodbye to bones
nd muscles. The Arcade Research
registers are for the registration of
aluable scattered and unrecorded in c
ormation, and you are invited o.con-
ribute a paragraph containing infor- /
nation which you have read, heard, '
r thought OF. which has enabled you I
0 take better care of yourself. g
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tanners, voicc. speaking iHbe', fele-
homes. telegraph, lciicrs and MeSScn-
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