The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-08
SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

DR.. Charles W. Eliot, president en-
eritus of Harvard university, was re-
Gently asked the reason for his unus-
ually vigorous health at the age OF n.
His reply was:
Il attribute it to a good constitu-
ton, moderation in eating and drink
ing, a habit of taking some exercise
and some fresh air every day, and Of
avoiding all sorts of luxury and
the constant use of any drug, such as
alcohol, coffee, tea and tobacco.
Since l was IL years old, my sports
have been walking, riding horseback,
driving, rowing, sailing, to which, after
/ 65 years of age, added riding a bicy-
Gle. am still good for all those sports
hin moderation, and still enjoy them
/ THE use of dumb-bells and clubs
has been for me only an inferior sport
In bad weather. When / am prevent
| ed from getting any exercise in the
open air, 1 still use light dumb bells.
| When asked about the habits which
are most conducive to a long, active
| life, / generally answer, Moderation
in eating, full allowance of sleep, and
no regular use of any stimulant what
ever"
The secret of long life-if secret
at all--is an open one and has been
such for centuries. Summed up in
word, it is moderation,
Cornaro, a Venetian nobleman, dis
covered it in the sixteenth century. At
10 years of age he was a wreck from
dissipation. Thereupon he adopted a
strict course Of daily exercise and fru-
| gality in eating and drinking-and
lived for century. lacking one year.
His essay on temperate living, written
in his SD year, has been translated
into many languages.
The secret has long been known
but never generally applied. So rare
is the application of it that even now
when it is found it becomes a matter
Of news.
Temperance with reference to drink
ing alcoholic liquors has had to fight
its way through centuries to the place
1t now occupies in the Observance of
men. Little thought or observance un-
til recent years has been accorded to
temperance in eating.
Modern science is now enforcing the
lesson Of moderation here also. 1t is,
in fact, gradually working a revolu-
ton. 1t is effectively applying all de-
partments OF hygiene to the life of the
people.
Fresh air and proper exercise have
only in recent years come to be es-
teemed at their true worth.
The beginning Of the twentieth CEN
fury will probably be known as the
time of the re-discovery of health. A
thousand health agencies are now at
work to bring about conditions-and
teach lessons that make long, active
lives the rule instead of the exception.
az What's become or Walter Well
man7
EE This Is the time of the year when
a little mud looks better than flying
dust.
GT Many towns are already getting
ready to celebrate a safe and a sane
Fourth.
"a" Go to church tomorrow and wor-
ship preliminary to holy week and
Easter services.
eT Fargo has innumerable oppor-
tunities knocking at her doors. win
she grasp them?
~ Fifth street north will be one Of
Fargo's favorite retail centers in few
years. Tag this.
II A paragrapher says New Workers
| are people of paradoxes. That's GER
tainly letting them down lightly.
Rgr A skeleton recently found in Eng
land is said to be 10000 years old.
1t must have been that OF populist.
"a Germany is to launch six new
dreadnaughts this year. What has be-
come Of Andy Carnegie's peace fund
! 9g' Some people still call the Rio
Grande river despite the fact the dust
on the bottom is about steen inches
thick.
- Senator o'Gorman. recently elect
ed to. succeed chauncey M. Depew ID
New York. is the only Catholic mem-
Der Of the upper branch Of the new ma
tional congress,