Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-18
GEORGE MEREDITH
GOES DR.. OSLER
5 YEARS BETTER
"Die at S." He Says, "Or
You'll Always Wish You
Had"
MAN is USELESS THEN
EneIand's Other Old Men Do Not
Agree With Him, but
Will Continue to
Live On.
MAN is USELESS THEN

London, Special: Geoge Meredith
agrees with DIR. Osler-in the main. He
sets the chlorOform age a little higher.
Sixty-ive is his figure. Nor does he say
specifically that he would use Chloroform
at all But it is his opinion that 65 is
old enough. a man ought to die at three
score and five, he says, and If he does
not he'll regret it.
The English authors angle of observa-
ton is different from the American ply
sician's. He discusses old age from the
old mans standpoint. DIR. Osler took the
view rather of soCiety--raised the question
whether younger people can afford to let
the aged live.
1t will be remembered that George Mere
dith celebrated his S0th birthday recently,
so he ought to know what he's talking
about. He went into the subject in an
interview at his home the other day.
when "A man lives to S,' he said, 1t
means one Of two things-either he Is
greedLly tenacious of life or so insignifi-
cant that the fates have passed him by
Long Life Misfortune.
at is "A misfortune to live so long. A
mans life ought to end when he's Is. He
must stop working then, or the work he
does afterward will be of inferior quality
People will praise it at the time, but
posterity will see its weakness.
when man stops working, nature has
finished with him, and when nature has
finished with him he ought TO go.
For myself, l shall write no moreno
more prose, at least-only a little verse.
The physical labor of writing has grown
tiresome to me.
81 wish | had visited America when l
was Younger | had many invitations. 7
suppose my American friends would have
given me a lot OF dinners and what l
would have been compelled to eat would
have helped me TO do as | should have
done-to nave died at 65.
Other English celebrities do not gener-
ally agree with George Meredith. Many
of them are very old men, and the very
oldest are figuring on how to live to be
sull older A few of the greatest were
interviewed lately for W. 7. Stead con-
cerning the best way to lengthen ones
days.
Eats What PIeases Him.
Il always ate sparingly and insisted on
plain but thorough cooking" said Sir
Theodore Martin, aged 20. After middle
life | have cared less and less for wine
, Today a glass of port, largely tempered
with water, satisfies me. | have always
found coffee the best restorative from
brain exhaustion. / dislike smoking ex-
tremely."
DIR. Alfred Russell Wallace is S. I'm.
til | was 20 | ate whatever | liked" he
said, but | feel that with advancing years
alcohol Lecomes more and more hurtful
l have not smoked since early youth"
II eat meat very moderately, once a
day." explained Sir William Higgins. "a
with a larger proportion Of bread and
farinaceous food. a pint of milk, fruit
and fresh vegetables. Usually ! drinl
only water, and never smoke"
II have always eaten and enjoyed the
good things of the table in moderation -
said Sir William Crookes, 76, "and have
taken wine and smoked as l liked. ]
never noticed any dreadful conse
quences."
There should be little or no smoking
asserted Lord Roberts, also 76, ''and mod
Grafton in food and drink"