The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31

! possess, but am under solemn promise
| not to reveal it-I drew from him his
| entire theory
Briefly, he believed that old age was
mainly due to the fact that "a waste ma
| ter1als. given off by the body, gradually
clog up the pores-or drainage tubes SO
to spsakmof pea Az the skin In time the ac-
up q condition of ossification. The skin
| OF old people. as you very well know.
| Is almost like parchment. They very sell
dom exhibit healthy looking appearances
Their compilations are white and blood
| less.
Looked Quite Young.
with my friend, however, 1t was differ
| ent He had the neck and shoulders of a
! baby; was ruddy. smooth and healthy
His skin wore nothing like the parch
ment-ifke appearance so often seen in the
| very aged. assure you. though he was
seventy-two. he did not look over fifty.
Though I had, as 1t were, come to
scott. l remained to pray. I resolved to
| follow his advice, and try his method on
| myself.
II must tell you that, personally. my
chances of living very long life did not
| seem great. The history of my family
| was against me. All my brothers and sis
ters.there Were seven-died young, and
! my father passed away at the early age
| of forty-dve from cancer of the stomach
My mother died at fifty
II am the only survivor of the family,
| and my age is fifty eight.
"Of course, I cannot say that / am
positively going TO. live until am 500
years old. only will vouch this much
l know very well that can restore the
| skin of the human body from a condition
| OF mdurated age to one Of the freshness
| of youth.
my first experiences with the remedy
| glacial acetic acid-the basic principle Of
| the treatment-and first tried tt-very
| gingerly. 1 must admit-on one OF my
| feet. / followed the advice of my friend
| e.a@ 6frNv@n r-1rr foot q
| containing about an enghth OF an inch or
| acid. l wore woolen sock on the foot.
Had New Heel.
"I tried for several weeks.
''One evening while at dinner party l
! felt something give way in my shoe.
| was naturally very alarmed, and at first
imagined that my foot was coming off.
| Il left the table and retired to look into
| the cause of the strange feeling. On re-
moving my shoe and sock. found that
! q large piece of my heel had literally come
! off. Beneath 1t was bran new heel
was surprised and 1 may say greatly re-
lieved to ascertain that 1 had been given
| a new heel while losing an old one.
| This rather confirmed me in my treat
ment, and for fifteen years l have been
| applying the treatment.
VIII They Meet Again?
'I might mention that my friend. before
| he left fifteen years ago, came TO me ana
| said that he intended to retire to some city
| on the continent and begin course or
] treatment for his face. He had left his
| face until the last for the reason that he
! did not wish to render himself conspfcu-
Gus by the strange appearance he would
| present should he become q young man
| suddenly, even in face.
.'I examined his skin carefully and as
| sure you that with the exception OF his
| face and the hand which he had failed
| to treat-keeping it as evidence OF what
! he once was-his entire body was as
| youthful looking and as fresh as that or
| Of
| was even softer than that-at was more
| like baby's or woman's than anything
| else.
.sWhen he left me for the last time he
| said: "Wen, 1 am only bidding you tenn
| porary farewell. We shall meet again,
| even if it should be 500 years from now
| still alive, and feel certain he VIII turn
up some day-how far in the future DO
! not know.
| Details of the Treatment.
HE gave me pamphlet when he went,
| giving some of the details of his treat
| since that time. I do not object to Civ
| ing the details of this treatment, as l am
| not attempting to start hair restorer
/ business, Or to form a company TO IN
| crease the sale of acetic acid.
! "I might mention, to begin with, that
| filacial acetic acid is what 1 have used.
| The proper use of this acid on did skin
| will certainly restore 1t from a conaisioh
| In the pamphlet left with me, my
| friend recommended washing the feet and
hands, and bathing In glacial acetie acid
| in the strength of three parts or water 10
| one mart of acid for the hardened portions
| of the heel. For some parts OF the body,
he advised one part of acid to five parts
| of water The acid was to De appleu
with a sponge fastened to square plock
of wood The portion of the body to be
| treated with acid should be first thor
| oughly washed. On shampooing the por-
tion with the hands after applying the the
| acid you will at once begin TO see the
waste material coming out
Requires Fifteen Months.
every one knows how Turkish bath
| brings out the dirt Well. this aclo
| treatment brings it out in even greater
! quantities-not perhaps on the frst ap-
piication but 1t 1T time. me ,ooasses reouire
| attention and perseverance. 1t Wouid
| take about fifteen months for person 10
| become thoroughly cleansed so that no
/ more waste material comes out, OF the
| skin When the skin Is perfectly clean
| and does not take up any more OF the
| acid a wonderful feeling of healthfulness
will be noticed. Even after rev Z, apRiii, ~.
| cations of the acid, one begins to feel this
| exhiliration. The body seems, TO 1unctlon
better and the tone is greatly increased,
| 1.-THE removal of all the waste materlai
| from the skin is certainly worth accom-
nlishing. even If nothing else be attained
However, l claim that a great SSai is
1 attained. ~,
| "I do not, of course, say positively that
| I shall live for 500 years, but see nothing
| unreasonable in such an expectation.
"It is well known that mauy animals
| live TO much longer periods than man.
| and-I do not see why the man machine
! if kept well stoked-that Is, with all waste
material. 'clinkers' 1 might say-remoyed.
| should not live on in health much longer
| than he does at present. -
| I'VE know that elephants live to zoo
! wears: the Greenland whale to 800 years;
| some FISH. notably the pike, 25O years; the
ostrich 12O years. and the, age Of s toads
! has been proved almost beyond belief.
! Why human beings should die at sixty or
| seventy years is not altogether under
| standable It is all very well to speak
! of the supreme decree, but those who
| reIy on this self same decree must remem-
! her that ie- the book they depend most up
/ on the early ages of man were very ex-
| tensive-that is, if we are to credit such
| testimony. ~
II am not extravagant in my belief: ]
| only consider such extreme age possible
! with persons who have no organic fatal
| diseases before they begin trying the
! treatment l have outlined.