Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-28
April %, 1911.

Here, in brief, are the rules of Dr.
Charles w. Eliot, former president Of
Harvard, for the man who would live to a
good old age, retaining his faculties to the
end in undated vigor;
Go to church.
Keep clean heart and a good conscience
Give your mind exercise as well as your
| body Really think.
Exercise regularly. Eat in moderation
rake 1ull allowance of sleep.
Avoid indulgence in luxuries and the
habitual use Of any drug whatsoeVer-not
only OF alcohol, but of tobacco, tea and
In celebrating his ideas on how to pro-
mote longevity DR.. Eliot said:
II am not one of those who believe that
1t is necessary TO abstain wholly from the
use Of alcohol, tobacco tea coffee or other
| stimulants. On the contrary feel that
there are times when stimuant used in
moderation is beneficial What am CD
posed to is the habitual use Of stimulants.
even in moderation.
"Pre-eminent among such forms of ex-
ercise I place walking, driving, horseback
riding, rowing, sailing, bicycling and play
ing golf. All OF these can be made com
| petitve, but they are in their nature in
dividualistic."
And" he was asked, how about exer-
cising the mind?"
THAT consider fully as important as
exercising the body No man can hope to
retain his mental any more than his phys
| ical faculties in full vigor unless he exer-
cises them. Too many people let others do
| their thinking for them or else think in a
narrow rut, which gets narrower as they
grow older. The result is mental atrophy
similar to the atrophy that develops in I'M
used muscles / ALSO feel strongly with
regard to the matter of sleep NV own
allowance is eight hours ana am inclined
to think that a man cannot get along on
much less and do his best work. Some peo-
pie require ten hours.
II might add that a most powerful aid 10
right living is systematic church-going. MY
advice to every man is 10 join some church
and attend it's services regularly. He should
do this even though he may feel that the
religious motive is not very strong in him.
The influence OF the church service is in
variably to turn his mind to lofty things
and to keep him acquainted with the noblest
ideals Of life."
In talking Of the movement looking
toward strtcter governmental supervision
and control Of great corporations and pub.
lie utilities. Mr.. Eliot said:
''In this movement, as you know, Mr..
Roosevelt has been particularly active and
I feel that he has been unjustly attacked
| by those who assert that he is preaching
pure socialism, What he really is advo.
eating is collectiveism. q very different
thing, as myself have tried to make cleaI
in courses of lectures delivered at the
University OF Virginia in the fail of 1900
''In those lectures pointed out that col
lectivism values highly social rights; OBJ
jects to an individual initiative which does
mischief when left free; holds that the In
terest OF the many should override the
interests OF the individual whenever the two
interests conflict and should control action
yet does not propose to extinguish the in
dividual, but only TO restrict him for the
common good, including his own Socialism
advocates the ultimate ownership Of all IN,
means Of roduction-lncluding the land
by society as whole. and. as a step II