The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
WU'S PLAN TO
 LIVE 200 YEARS
CHINESE DIPLOMAT EXPLAINS HOW
 IT CAN BE DONE.


 FIesh Food In Order to Cure Aheu-
 xaatlsu--Tvyo Meals q Day and
 Keep Your Windows AL
 ways Open--0ther
 Ruies.
 
 Washington Special.
 The dietary system by which Mir Wu TInR-fang the Chinese minister. ex- poets to live to be 200 years old Is per fectiy simple, and there is no secret about it. Since so much publicity mas been given to this matter MT. Wu has received no end of letters from per- sons in every part of the United states Minister Wu was asked to tell some thing in detail about his new manner of living, whereby any man, be he Christian or confucian. rich or poor. may live and feel young at lb0 or so.
 Certainly" said Mir. Wu, his eyes brixhtening with enthusiasm. Of course. I'm not selfish. expect to live 200 years. wish others to live as well as myself It will be pleasure to Induce others to adopt my plan.
 MT wu hastened to give to an Amer lean due credit for starting him on the road to an indeterminate longevity. and he distinctly says that there Is nothing mysteriously Oriental about his amiabie doctrine. which for the hack neyed and somewhat convivial while we live let us live substitutes i've as long as you like.
 The minister was seated in the drawing room of the legation, at Nine teenth and U Streets, whither he had proceeded from the dining room after his first meal of the day (about noon1 and where he expressed his cheerful readiness to tell all about It.
 Three years ago." he began, when was in the foreign ofhce at Pekin. received a suggestion from lady friend of mine residing in Washington as to a course of dietary treatment. I had sciatIca. Have you ever had sci- atica? I also suffered from dyspepsia. but the rheumatism was worse. It was terrible. I wanted to die; what was the user My life was sedentary, sit- ting in a chair all day. very little walk ing or other exercise. Why, you know. the sciatica was like barometer, the runners of weather changes and storms Bad weather succeeded bad attack of sciatica just as surely as the sunshine comes after rain.
 Well the advice of this lady in Washington. who had written a book on the subject, caused me to change my diet. I gave up all flesh food. Oh. flesh foods are bad you know: they contain uric acid; uric acid In the blood. you know. it means sciatica or rheumatism. I began to feel better. became interested In dietary subjects and wrote to various doctors and au- Ahors of health books. Many of them wrote letters to me recommending this thing and that and such advice Is ap- pealed to my judgment I tried. Of course not all of 1t appealed to me. I exercised my own judgment and noted carefully my experiences. I gave up all meats of very kind, tea. coffee and spirItuous liquors I didn't smoke, so l didn't have that to give up. What did take in place of these things? Eggs milk---they contain the neces- sary clements of food; many wegeta- bles. especially rice, which contains are a nne thing. Then, l drink hot water, allowing 1t to cool to a com fortable temperature after 1t Is brought to the table.
 'Tt was wonderful. Before I left Pe- kin to return to the United States l was feeling much better. No more sct- atica. no more indigestion: And have cultivated a new taste for food. At first I was tempted to eat flesh foods. hut now I have no desire for them. Why. meat now seems to me actually repulsive. look upon 1t merely as a piece of carcass, of a dead body. My appetite is fine. I relish my food eat 1t eagerly and enjoy It.
 T eat only two meals a day. the first at about II o'clock in the morning and the second at In the evening. What time do I rise? Six o'clock or 6:3O. l drink hot water in the early morning. but eat no food until II o'clock. Each meal takes a full hour As far as pos sible I conform to the doctrine of Hor- ace Fletcher. masticate my food, take much time in eating, remembering that EHA ta tfnnnEt r. ant factor in the digestive system. No, one meal Is much like the other all though the evening meal would prob ably be considered the principal one.
 Then there is physical exercise to he considered. and take exercises and practice deep breathing"
 MT wu rose to open one of the win dows. remarkfng:
 And I always keep all the windows open. These are closed just now be- cause the dust Is coming in clouds from the excavation work across the street there. But I always have the windows open wide, both night and day, summ CT and winter. Now. in Pel<in the climate is very cold. you know; colder fin win ter than 1t Is here. The windows In my house were kept open just the same night and day. Of course more cover ing was required at night and more clothing in the day time; but the win dows must always be kept open. Even when it showed the windows were open wide"
 Mir. Wu evinced much enthusiasm on the subject of open windows in winter and on every other branch of the health doctrine which he expounds. His manner was almost that of a young eoIieglan discussing the athletic vic tories of his alma mater.
 ''This matter of ones age, or rather of youth, which sent Ponce de Leon on a search half way around the world be- fore there were any maps. is as simple as can be-" says Minister Wu. The discussion became so interesting that MT. Wu was reminded that he had in his American residence acquired rep utation for asking questions, especial ly as to folks ages. How old was he !?
 T have never answered" said the diplomat. Not that 1t matters; but what Is the use? Sixty years, 70 years. 80 years-it Is nothing. It means nothing. I am 90. we will say. A man says, T am growing old How fool- twt. la ka attafara