The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25

principle of universal love. for that is
the highest moral doctrine"
Elixir of Continual Work
That Ponce de Icons spring OF per-
petual youth is tinctured with the
elixir of constant occupa ton In con-
genial pursuits has been discovered by
most of these Geniuses as we'll as BY
many others ahead of them In this
jealous race against old age. And to
this category belongs the venera Bile
Shelby NJ. Cullom, who. since pa ssing
his eighty-first milestone, mas assumed
the responsibilities OF chairman both
OF the caucus and of the steering COM
mittee of his party in the United
States Senate, and who IS now engaged
in writing the memoirs OF his sixty
continuous years In public life.
And other living patrlarchs who
largely owe their longevity to the
stimulant of continuous employment
are Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
who gave the literary world a volume
at eiShty-six: Lord Strathcona, the Ca :
madam high commissioner, who lately
celebrated his ninetieth birthday in
Characteristic fashion. hard at work
at his desk. laboring to advance the
interests of the Dominion; John Bige-
low our former minister to France,
who the other week, when past ninety
finishing touches on his new book
dealing with the tariff and the high
cost of living; DR.. James C. Hepburn,
Of East Orange. y. j.. who passed his
ninety-siNth birthday last March; and
who. since he was seventy, has pub
lished a translation OF the Scriptures
In Japanese and a dictionary of the
Bible in the same language: and Isaac
c. Johnson, the inventor Of Portland
cements and the master of many Ian
guages, who, since winning the cen
fury goal the 2Sth Of last January. has
been continuing his work of translnt-
Ing the Gospel OF ST. John from the
Greek t,a
VIII Live 40 Yenrs. M
Longevity fads. odd ana wondrous,
are being daily developed as a result
of the worlds interest in this spirited
race for the hundred year go3il. Profess
sor Ellie Metchnikoff. of the Pasteur
institute, offers a span of 1o0 years
or more to those who will adopt his
"zoolak," the curdled milk diet of the
long lived Bulgarian peasantry. And
another famous Paris physician. DIR.
Doyen, promises that his jellylike
"colloids" will prove preventive of
disease as we'll as cure, and Will
prolong life by fifteen to twenty
years" Then there Is DIR. Wainwright
Atkinson. who has lately been feeding
Londoners with his phosph crescent
"vitrog en-" which he claims will make
new men and giants to walk about
the land" He has also promised lon
gevity to those who will take his
chocolate drops !nclosing colonies of
benevolent microbes. And while ne
has been prosecuting his experiments
a biologist, Professor Quinton. has
heen preaching the doctrine that in
asmnch as all animal life originated
In the sea, and that fishes retain more
of natures original vitality than any
other crea ture, the injection of sea
water beneath his skin will renew
mans tagging youth.
For the same purpose there was
lately opened in London an establish
ment where persons AFFLICTED with the
disease Of old age can. rejuvenate
themselves by taking "radium baths
and by. drinking "rndium water."s
Several duchesses. many baronesses
and countesses clothed in kind OF
white sack, with bare feet and flowing
hair. have been living on wild fruit
and vegetables and taking sun ana
snow baths, we are told in colony
lately promoted by Herr Holman, In
sGIsrmaRy, fer tha ppFsgit Of longevity,