The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-19
by w. r. ~YELVERTON.

by w. r. YELVERTON..
To have reached the one hundredth
milestone Of life and to be still in
perfect health in spite Of the infrm-
tiles of old age is the experience of
Mrs. Cornelia r. Holleman, a twin
sister and twice a widow, who has
been living for the past seven years
at h home of her niece, Mrs. N. Is.
Broughton, on Newbern e Mrs.
Holieman was 100 years old last We'd
nesday, and during the day nearly
lOO friends came to pay their respects
to a remarkably we'll preserved, sweet
tempered old lady. whose mind is still
clear and whose heart has not aged.
The century has not passed
its toll. "Auntie,' AS she is Affection
ateiy known, is not spry. But for the
health of body and mind that is hers
she is thankful. She cannot walk
without the aid Of her trusty cane,
but with that she scorn help in as
cending and descending stairs. One
eye has lost it's sight, but with the
aid Of a reading glass she reads the
daily newspapers and the Bible. Her
hearing is badly impaired, but she
still likes to listen and to talk.
Why h has been granted length
of years beyond other people she does
not know. No formula of living. no
particular diet. no especial denial of
pleasures can be picked out as the
elixir Of eternal youth. h a lived,
cleanly, Of course, and has been happy
In the living. Doctors have often
pleaded that patients physic their
states Of mind.-Many specialists have
prescribed her unconscious formula.
Drink II Longevity.
From the time when the 5OO-year
old son Of Methuseleh was considered
a rather. headStrong youth with a ten
dency to spread wild oats. people have
asked centenarians whether whiskey
is detrimental or essential to a ripe
old age. The answers have furnished
both thunder for prohibition tracts
and ballast for whrskey advertising.
Some did and some didn't and in each
advertisement said h other was the
exception that proved the rule.
Neither side can get any pointers
from "Auntie." Only this: 1t is GER
tain that for more than half Of her
long life, Mrs. HOlleman would have
nothing to do with whiskey, even us 3
medicine. AT one time she was buy.
ing patent medicines for various ills
from a Raleigh druggist, and he otter
asked her to stop trifing with death
and to use whiskey. h couidn''
combine this doctrine with the tenet:
Of the Baptist church. But finally
she did.
She read in the autobiography o.
DIR. Jeter. a noted Baptist divine o.
Richmond, Va, that 1.-The judiciou!
use Of strong drink at my time O.
life l find has a tendency to promote
longevity -." That isn't all, blu
Mrs. Holleman can quote it all. Tha
does not mean that she has taken tt
drink because OF this rood mans ex
perience, but that she takes whiske!
In small amounts whenever n think
1t nay do her good.
Eating a JOY.
When it comes to eating. "Auntie'
doesn't have to think of her digestion
She eats just what she wants in what
ever quantity it takes to anDease he
appetite. And hat appetite is al
ways good. She has no special prefer
ences in the way Of food. Anythin
Is good enough for her. :.
A modern course dinner woul
probably be the ruination Of "Auntie-
She was brought up to eat what wa
on her plate and to make no com
ments. The modern We OF daintil
tasting a dish and pushing 1t aside t
wait for another plate and still an
other selection from an imposing Al
raw Of silver-said array being care
fully noted in advance so that on
may know just how much he may ed
OF each dish-such a W" or display
ing food would in 40 wise suit tn
Injunction of "Aunti-'s' grandmothel
She told the future ear
in the game: "Everything l COOK
good. Fla what's on v"nr plate.
And Auntie does, even to thus oa1
Pointers On Disposition
So would-be long-livers can get q