Evening journal., 1909-11-19

I Anusepsis is as ueccssary for food 70
prevent decay as IL rs Tor an open
wound. and old fashioned methods are
useless.
II Is said by scientists that the body
absolutely rcnews every portion Of Ia
tissue each seven years though no one
has yet shown why this process Of re-
neual should cease suddenly nc the end
Of the tenth period. BY some it Is
claimed that the gradual decay is
caused by a germ OF old age and by
othors-and by the major portion-that
Il Is due 70 a fixed mental condition.
In any case all authorities are agreed
that the span Of human life Is need
lessly short and that by proper pre-
ventive methods IL can be largely
increased TO n point where a hundred
years VIII be the rule rather than the
isolated exception that proves IT,
Sanitation Prime Requisite.
when all Is said, sanitary conditions
may be set down as the prime rule of
longevity. for freedom from disease is
the essential. This sanitation, then, we
have learned, should apply equally TO
| the food we eat as well as TO the air
we breathe. and with these two factors
alone we should experience small diih-
Guilty IN rounding out at least one-ninth
Of the Methusalemic period. Metchni-
koff advocates the drinking of sour
milk on the principle that the way to
destroy dangerous bacteria Is to intro
duce other bacteria that will destroy
the FIRST. while other and more numer-
Gus authorities assert that the way C
avoid the depredations Of the microbs
Of disease Is TO destroy the microbe be-
fore Il enters the body. or, admitting iti
continued existence. TO prevent II enter
ing az all.
Logically this reduces itself to food
alone with air as Complementary ex
cuse. and so we are, on the authority
of such men as Professors Metchnikon
Ray Lancaster. Farr, Baines, Finkel-
berg. Welch. etc, enabled TO deduce the
following ten commandments for living
hundred years:
/. Breathe pure, uncontaminated air
II. Be assured that your food is pure
and wholesome I'm the first place
III. Eat nothing that is not strictly
fresh and sound, or
". II IL Is necessary TO eat preserved
foods, be assured these are pre-
pared in such a manner as 10
eliminate all possibility OF dis
! ease by modern, up to date
methods.
v. Drink water that has been either
sterilized or altered.
vi. Avoid IL possible the use OF stim-
ulants in any form unless these
are needed for an emergency, 4
such arise.
VII. Never permit yourself to contem'
plate disease in any OF its forms
for the mental attitude Is 1
fruitful source of HARM
VIII. Avoid worrying over your own o.
your friends troubles.
: TX. Cultivate the habit OF though
that there is no real reasol
/ why you should die until 20
: are ready to do so.
X. Strive to realize that the habit q
: death at any definite period
. wholly a false belief and has n
. authority for it's existence.
With these rules observed by yourse
= and your neighbors you should do muc
Y toward the century goal. and there
= no real reason why 1t should not
s achieved. Many eminent authoritie
4 such as Curtis, Abernethy. Lakin an
, others, have insisted that the cultiva
. ton Of a proper mental attitude towar
\ life will do more than all the drugs !
: the pharmaooepeia, for after all. the
}. say, body Is not the cause. but the e,