The Grit-advocate., 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-elderly in.
creased
few weeks ago | mot in a Chi
cago bank siX-fnot-siX gentleman
who had been enjoying life FOR near.
ly eighty years.
After telling him about my new ill
terest in longevity forces and asking
him for a talk on the subject, he re
piled: Well you have struck me at
bad time. am going East to-nirLt
for three months.
On suggesting that he might give
me in minute 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 | do not feel as
well on account of it
On a 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 j
forty-fivc years. He was a healthy |
man and enjoyed wholesome food. II. |
had high motives and a shining face. |
He made money and used it wisely
You can appreciate my intense
feelings when | read thai a few days
ago he was killed by a train while /
crossing track in an Eastern town. |,
Collected Paragraphs.
Thomas \. Edison says: Il believe /,
the life of a man can be prolonged |
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 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 |
lensthen life. Sensible people nova !
days think the best elixir OF life is |
fresh air, sunshine. the right kind OF
food and good temper"
Or Holmes thought a 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
lifo's stepping stones and kind
warning, but frequently it, by perver.
sion, becomes milestone around a
human neck.
More machinery is ierked 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 a
rest but il is better for it to run
too far than to rest too long.
Keeping we'll is like walking n
tight rope You can fall OFF either
way. and one side is as dangerous as
the other
Find your weak spot. as correct
knowledge of yourself is an essential
in taking good care of yourself.
Now. the question OF all questions
is how to do as well as you know
how and keep cheerful till moving
day when We say goodbye to bones
and muscles. The Arcade Research
Registers are for the registration of
valuable scattered and unrecordcd in
formation. ard you are invited to con-
tribute paragraph containing infOr-
nation which you have read, heard.
or thought of. which has enabled you
to take better care of yourself.