Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-09
HOW 10 Keep Youns.

cause, for one reason or another
disease. misfortune or sorrow--th they
have come to feel that life is no long
or worth living. Then they are will
ing to go and take chances on the
future. Some. in their desperation,
hasten the process by wearing out
their lives unnecessarily or by laying
violent hands on themselves.
Old rs- is the best part of life to
the man who is anything of a philos-
opher. provided he is able to enjoy
it. Whether he is able to enjoy it or
not depends largely upon himself.
10 grow old gracefully. to keep an
interest in life to the last, is as high
an achievement as falls to mortals.
There are several things that tend to
prolong lite, health and its pleasures.
Riches will not do it., In fact, riches
frequently shorten a mans life. Men
shorten their lives by forgetting or
ncclccting some of the very elemental
principles OF living.
Some men eat too much. They
have been accustomed to eating about
81 much during their period of activ-
ity they keep on eating about that
much after they have ceased to
live an active life. II they have ever
studied live stock problems, they
should understand that all they need
is the food of support. the amount
and kind of food that is needed to
keep the machine running. They
have no need of the food of increase.
They should simply keep the ma
chine running. we'll oiled and in good
order. They forget that when a man
is no longer active, when he likes the
easy chair. dislikes to work, and dis
likes to take ever the needed exer-
else. the amount needed for the food
OF support is greatly lessened. Hence
men who are on the downhill road
usually eat too much.
The old man can very well lay
aside meat; we'll, perhaps not alto
gether; but he needs very little of it.
He should find out what foods he can
easily digest. We don't much be-
lievc in spoon-ieeding an old man, or
any other man, for that matter.
That's all right for babies, but not
for men. either young o old. We
don't believe in predigcsted foods.
They simply make the stomach lazy
and unfit to do its duty. Let the
man in declining years eat the food
that he likes, just what he needs. and
no ore Let him eat a little less
than he could cat with comfort. and
shut down on his eating when it caus-
es any sort of discomfort. Let him
eat slowly. The man who does not
know he has a stomach. except for a
feeling of hunger at certain times, is
pretty apt to live a long time. The
man who is reminded that he has a
omach bv pain and discomfort after
every meal, is very likely eating his
head off.
The old man should sleep-how
many hours? Well. We can't n Y
because men differ widely in that re-
Spect. Some men say they can 1--we
on four hours sleep a day. We doubt
it. Others find eight hours too little.
let the man in declining years sleep
just as long as he wants to. Don't
IKE up that old fellow for breakfast
in the morning. If he is sleeping.
let him sie> T. he is building up and
re- to!ing the forces of nature.
He should sleep in pure air; keel
the bedroom window open. but keel
Tut of drafts. Put more covers %,
the bed than usual, because the Oh
man needs more covers than Ii,
Young. Ii he can let him get wool
~. Young ( TX, can get along Wit