The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-03
GAZE LOCATES THE
FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
EnqIishman Tells Audience of
Old Folks How to Live
on Forever

The human race is getting short
changed out of thousands Of good years
OF life that 1t has coming" declared
Harry Gaze. a life culture theorist, at
Minnehaha hall last night
Mr.. Gaze had created a mild sensa-
ton by announcing that he would lee
ture on How to Live Forever" The
audience was not large, but there were
several dozen men and women ap-
preaching the Osler deadline who had
evidently come out to learn how to
beat the game.
Mr.. Gaze tore up DIR. Osier's theory
| and threw il out the window Then he
gave President Roosevelt's race sui
eide" theory a swift kick and sent it
bowling under the table. Mr. Gaze's
own theory on how to live long is a
cross between Christian science and
physical culture.
Locates Fountain of Life
In a word. Mr.. Gaze maintains that
the fountain of life is within each per-
son. and that Ponce de Leon had a bad
bunch when he took 900 ex-gamblers
and adventures and went providing
| around over the wilds of North America
to find it Proper eating, proper exer-
else and right thinking will do the
work. Mr.. Gaze says.
Human life is limited by our own
knowledge" said the speaker. IF we
knew enough to take care of ourselves
right We would live forever. The old
alchemists were trying to find a chemi-
cal that would solve the problem. It's
good thing that it is within each
| man, and not a chemical If it were,
some j. Pierpont Morgan or Rockefel-
| Ter would have a trust on 1t, and we
would still go on dying"
One OF Mr.. Gaze's theories is that
| people read backward. He says that
We don't grow old at ALL but that we
become old by not growing at all. Old
age is a disease which may be pre-
vented. The length of a mans life
| shows just how intelligent he is
Mr.. Gaze held that the more a man
lived the better fitted he was to live.
He would put away all thoughts of
| death, and held that it was wrong to
| teach child anything about death.
| Particularly does he have a grudge
against the old childhood prayer, Now
1 lay me down to sleep" Such things,
he calculates, will fill the child with an
unnecessary dread.
Mr.. Gaze Answers Questions
After the lecture Mr.. Gaze ran his
| fingers through his Paderewski hair
and said he was ready to answer ques-
! tons.
How old are you?" promptly asked
J woman.
Then the speaker propounded a
theory that would delight every elderly
maiden in the country. While he holds
that person has birthday every day
| in the year, he doesn't think Ii means
getting old, but simply getting new
| again. He said he would be incon-
sistent to say that he himself had an
age. There was some more parrying.
| and then a wiseacre with bald head
| and whiskers shouted
What they want to know is what
year you We're borne
I'm the year 1905"
There were several long drawn obs
| and abs. as the lecturer thrust his
| fingers in his vest pockets and looked
wise. He then told the audience how
a man was being born all the time,
| every minute in the day
One old man, who lifted rheumatic
| leg across a chair, gritted his teeth and
| asked with a cynical smila:
How is ii that we have the same
old aches and pains all the tirne?''
A roar of laughter greeted this ques-
! ton. He of the Paderewski hair ex-
| planned that it was all due to the point
| of view one took of the matter. He
intimated that the questioner hadn't
| lived right.
Flesh Does Not Grow Old
| The lecturer said there was no such
| thing as mans flesh growing old. He
| called it "adulterated f1esh," the same
| as butter or beef or beans or canned
| corn.
But if this theory of yours were
| put into practice the world would soon
| be too small to hold all the people,
| persisted one questioner.
WELL we have been up against that
| for some time" responded the lecturer.
| 1.-The scientists have figured that would
| come sooner or later, and my theory
| would only hasten the day.
One of Mr.. GaZe's theories in regard
| to the propagation of life is that mar
| ried men live longer than bachelors.
| He would have people prolong their
| own lives, instead of reproducing them
| in their children. In this belief. he
| fails TO agree with President Roose-
welt that race suicide" is a bad thing
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