The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

aH Ellttl4 ktAT stomach. HM the EftatIGlE Oh
tie Gay take "a glass Of buttermilk.
agree with Mctchnikon that curdled
milk is very beneficial The grease has
largely been taken out Of the milk ia
the churH, and the different foodstufs
are left in almost the right proportion
Never drink while you are eating 10 is
fatal TO good digestion. Even coffee
should be taken after meal and not
with 30.
Would Emulate the Romans.
'In the midst Of congeniaI surround
iugs answers the question where 10 eat
am ii crank about that" said Prof
Mason. Sights. sounds. 0dors. ana
tastes must be pleasing You should
eat TO the music of the spheres. What d
difference 10 makes in the enjoyment
Of q meal II il is eaten among cougeu-
ial and entertaining friends How quick
ly a quarrel destroys the pleasure OF a
good dinner. The china should be taste
fui, the service good, flowers should
adorn the table, and music in the dis
lance II IL be possible Certainly the
old Romans knew how 10 eat. although
they carried their baHuuests 10 too great
an excess
Prof Mason IS an advocate OF regular
exercise, bat without apparatus. III
you use weights constantly there aIvys rs
comes a time when the weight is not
sufficiently great. for as time grows On.
ana the muscle becomes stronger. YOU
need 10 increase The weight Then, too.
/ the weight may be too heavv. on the
other hand. if you make your muscles
act against each other, there is sure to
. be the right amount Of exercise AT all
times. 1t is said Of fat persons thar
they must. al least, have at one time
DGcn just TIE right size. The same MAY
be said Of exercising with apparatus.
All extremes do harm. The ice cold
bath is an denomination. Zach bather
should look 20 il that the temnera ttlre
Of the water be right for himself. II
should be only cold enough 10 produce
a good reaction,
"One rule that the aged should OBJ
serve is 90 avoid strain, fatigue and
over excitement"
Although Prof AIetchnikofrs plan 10
proIoHg life is the most recent and nm
to-date scheme by which man may cling
TO life, IT is by NO means the 1rst. The
struggle TO retain life began when life
was young. and throughout the centuries
there have been learned men who have
endeaVored to discover means OF pro-
longing that most precious possession OF
mankind. Some of the plans proposed
have been visionary i'm the extreme
Ponce de Leon sought the fountain OF
perpetual youth, and numerous were the
elizirs OF life prepared by the aIchemists
OF Old but none of them ever attained
"a great age. on the other hand. there
have been scientific men who. not SO am
bilious as TO desire to equal the gods
themselves, have tried merely 20 nro-
long life by rules for the government
thereof
CornarO Defes Death.
OF all these sages none is so renowned
as Luigi Cornaro, the Venetian CEN
tenariau il might also be truthflTIv
said that none other was so successful.
For practlclug what he preached. Cor
marc lived TO be nearly l04 years old
He was born in the city of Venice i'm
1864. and died in Padua in 1866 The
most remarkable thing about Cornaro.
however, was not the fact of his great
age, bat that he retained his health dur
ing the last half century OF his life. In
fact he grew healthier and healthier as
the time went on, and in his nintv-hfth
year lac completed his treatise on the
art of long living.
When CornarO was about thirtv-hve
years old his life was despaired of bv
the physicians. He could not live
another year they declared But Cor
marc determined 90 live and began a
course of living that has been famous
ever since. Up 10 that time lac had been