The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
OLDEST CITIZEN DEAD
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began the battle of life over again. Added
TO his financial reverses was the loss Of
his wife and child, both OF whom died
while the war was in progress.
Moved TO Washington.
In the late COS DIR. Starr returned 10
the West, where he remained ten years.
In 1876 he removed to Washington TAX
ing up his abode at zoo q street, whore
| for thirty-one years ne had pursued his
vocation as a medical botanist. Since
becoming a resident Of Washington he
had published several booklets on health
and longevity. and had engaged in the
manufacture of several proprietary medi-
cines, which he distilled from herbs and
roots gathered by his own hands
In q recent interview Dr. starr said.
For over thirty years ! have followed a
/ regular programme. ] retire early. rise a
/ little before S and eat a light breakfast
For the morning meal / generally order
! two scrambled eggs. bread and butter,
mashed potatoes, and stale bread and
milk. The menu for the afternoon meal
/ taken at + o'clock, is practically the same,
with the addition of lean meats, tomatoes,
prunes. or apple sauce. I eat but two
/ 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 your blood.
Dig own Graves.
- 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 expect some doctor
with poisonous medicines TO keep them
/ in health. Everything you eat, drink, or
chew is either a benefit or an injury to
you. Remember that What not to eat is
] just as important as what TO eat In
vestigation has taught me that If you
would live long you must put on the
/ blacklist all pies and pastry, oatmeal, fat
meats of every kind, coffee warm bread,
and in some respects milk. Too much
milk is not good for any one.
/ Every. person is at some period in life
endowed with a good stomach, explained
/ Dr. Starr, unless born of unhealthy par
ents. This stomach viii perform its func-
/ tions if you give it a chance. The trouble
/ is that ninety-Hine out Of q hundred be-
/ gin early in lie to abuse it, and once the
| stomach becomes deranged, 1t is just like
/ a corn upon the foot; 50 long as you have
no corn a shoe won't hurt the foot but
I after you acquire one, feather bed will
cause pain. That's the whole secret OF
/ life in a nutshell
| According TO Dr. STAIRS theory. a per
sons life is in his own hands. and atten-
| ton 10 the dictates of common sense will
make it possible for almost any person to
= ~F7 80 h., F.7
always aspired and which he achieved
stop Taking Medicine.
/ 'It will be one of the happiest mo-
ments in my life when take seat at
the banquet board of my 1OOth ami
/ versary,' said the doctor recently. This
same happy moment would be possible
/ for nearly every one if they would but
/ observe the simple rules Of health have
/ laid down and live the simple life Stop
/ taking medicine. never had a prescrip-
/ tion filled in my life, and to-day I can
walk, talk and see as well as I could
twenty years ago"
! DR.. Starr. to all appearances, scarcely
seemed more than seventy-hve years old
| His step was quick, even for that age
/ his eyesight good, and his memory and
Z
! spirits excellent
/ He talked interestingly of the Wash
/ ingtOn OF thirty years ago, when he es-
I tablished himself in this city. At that
| time S street was the city limit on the
north and the doctor said he had fire.
/ quenuy wandered in the blackberry
patches then adorning what IS now one
/ of the most populous parts of the city
! He remembered perfectly the first cleo
/ tTic car passing his q street home. In
/ recent years he had spent much of his
/ time on the front doorsteps watching the
/ passing street cars and the hurrying De-
/ destrians, many Of whom had known him
/ for number Of years and always had
a CHEEKY n0d and "a pleasant smile for
/ him.
Promptly at and o'clock DR.. Starr
/ dropped everything and walked unaided
10 nearby cafe, ordered hearty meal,
chatted a while with the proprietor and
walters, and returned 20 resume his watch
/ on the doorstep until bedtime arrived.
Specialist in Botany.
/ Or. Starr was a specialist in medical
botany, and had no faith in any medi-
cine except that which he himself OBJ
tanned from the herbs and roots of the
field. He began the study of botany
1 when fourteen years old, in this respect
/ following the example of a number of his
/ forefathers, all of whom were botanical
specialists, living in advanced ages.
Arriving at the age Of fourteen, ac-
cording to DR.. Starr, he climbed upon
the lap Of his mother and informed her
of his theory how to live to an advanced
age, He pointed out that the stomach
was the barometer of the whole body.
and announced the intention from that
day forth of adhering to the laws OF
nature as he construed them.
Ny mother agreed with me" said DR..
Starr, and she became interested in my
studies. She began to diet and tabooed