The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-09

culture, and on the strength of the the ory they have organized the National Longevity club, incorporated. A char ter has just been granted at Springfield, says the Chicago Chronicle, and the organization is now authorized to spread the idea among tIe neighbors that the complete moral tone of the community may be elevated few notches and incidentally that the aver age longevity of the compOnent units may be extended beyond the reach even of an Osler. .-. .--
 The headquarters of the society is on the eleventh floor of the Masonic Tenn pie. far above the murky current of standardization which ebbs and flows through the channels of frivolity and sordid commerce There, on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, the little band of men and women-mostly wo- men as yet, they say-assembles to dts- cuss methods of making life's tenure a species of linked sweetness long drawn out, like huge stick of sugar candy.
 We believe implicitly" said Mrs. c. H. Besly, one of the incorporators,
 
 the spiritual development. No other el- ement has the slightest effect on the length of ones days except the eleva- tion or lowering of the moral tone eith- CT of the individual or of the communi- ty.
 Remember that we do not say that long life depends partially on refraining from sin, but entirely on such a pre- mise. AS yet We are a mere handful of enthusiasts in the new thought, and most of us are women-just one or two men--but we expect to grow into a large organization. y3. :.S.e e.
 We meet every Tuesday afternoon at our little room in the Masonic Tem' pie and will be glad to see anybody and everybody who can believe as we do or who may be interested in studying our theory" ssssr
 ~ As yet the bearing of each individual indiscretion has not been figured to a fraction by the believers in the hypoth- esis, but some of the penalties are suf- ficiently severe as to act as a thi1l-ice sign to the citizen who stops to think. The knowledge for instance, that each lie told by the grocer regarding the longevity of his eggs will discount his probable tenure by six months is likely to make him hesitate before. he quotes the familiar strictly fresh"
 Who would stare blankly into space while the street car conductor makes his promenade for nickels down the aisle if he knew to a certainty that thirty days dating was to be granted him on his funeral as a penalty for his petty larceny?
 That one's life is to be abbreviated one week because a newspaper is pur- Joined from the stand while the boy is hunting for change is a warning which even the meanest man must heed.
 E In regard to the greater sins society has long recognized the fact that a murderer's life may be shortened by many years-if hei,is caught-lbut it is of the penalty for the infinitesimal sins that the world is careless. It is the smaller sins, too, that the Longevity club hopes to kill in their infancy be- fore time and its accruing interests have had opportunity to develop them into crimes. saa
 While there are always multitude of !thoughtless individuals who are ready to contend that life is not,really longer for the moral citizen, but only seems longer to him. 1t is still hoped that a large number of thinking people will fall in line with the new thought that their days may be long in the land.