Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
RECIPE FOR OLD ACE
Physicians Health Rules For
Living Over a Century.
TOOK CARE OF HIS STOMACH

In This, the Late Or. w. M. Starr of
Washington Declared, Lay Secret Of
Longevity Which All Might Attain.
Never Went Into Water Above His
Head.
DR.. William M. Starr, Oldest citizen
of the District of Columbia, who re-
Gently died at Washington from cys-
tits lived to be 1O1 years old and told
how he did it.
Or. Starr had varied career. He
was born on what was afterward the
battlefield Of Bull Run, in Virginia.
He Travelled extensively in the west,
where he built and sold log cabins
Then he became a miner in California
IN 1849, a planter in Louisiana, SOL
der in the Confederate army and end
ed his days as a medical botanist in
Washington.
DR.. Starr never had the services of
a physician until his last illness, when
he was attended by Or. ]. Ii. Waring
of Washington.
Longevity is assured every one if
be will treat his stomach decently,"
said Dr. Starr in explaining his long
life. THAT is the treatment l have
accorded mine since | was fourteen
years old. Here are a few Of my
simple rules, to which l attribute the
years that have passed over my head
without leaving the marks l see upon
many younger men around me:
Il never ate as much as l could eat
In my entire life.
Il never drank intoxicants Of any
kind
Il have never used tobacco in any
form.
Il have never taken more than half
glass Of ice water at once.
Il never drank ice water after meals,
thus paralyzing the digestive organs.
Il have never gone in water above
my head. A mans head has no more
business under the water than a fish
has out of it.
Il only learned what foods were in
furious and those which assisted nature
in its work. l always avoided the
former.
II have never remained in a draft
when overheated.
II eat only two meals a day-at a.
M. and p. m"
A short time before his death DR..
Starr said:
For more than thirty years l have
followed a regular programme. l re-
tire early, rise little before and eat
a light breakfast. For the morning
meal l generally order two scrambled
eggs, bread and butter, mashed pota-
toes and stale bread and milk. The
menu for the afternoon meal, taken at
A o'clock, is practically the same, with
the addition of lean meats, tomatoes,
prunes or apple sauce. l eat but two
meals a day. l drink no water with
my food. Under no circumstances
would I take a glass of ice water. Ice
water poured into the stomach at meal
time simply stops digestion until the
water becomes the temperature of the
blood.
"a large part of the human family
dig their own graves with their teeth.
They eat what they should not, they
eat when they should not and they eat
more than they should and then ex-
pect some doctor with poisonous medi-
cines to keep them in health. Every
thing you eat, drink or chew is either
a benefit or an injury to you. Remem-
Der that What not to eat is just as
impOrta nt q G what IN aot
Investigation has taught me that if
you would live long you must put on
the blacklist all pies and pastry, oat-
meal, fat meats Of every kind, coffee,
warm bread and in some respects milk.
Too much milk is not good for any
Onen