The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29

Is. temperance In eating. observance
OF full quota OF sleep, particularly up
to eight hours; plenty OF exercise in
the open air, and freedom OF mind
from disturbances and annoyances
This can often be secured by exercise
OF the volition, and mental control, II
properly exercised, is available, 1
think, every hour in the day. and may
be made contrihutory and conducive
to u happy freedom of mind. and un-
pleasant actions can generally be
avoided.
Il believe that nincty-nine out OF
100 persons living eat u great deal
moro than is necessary for sustenance.
thereby overburdening the organs, re-
sulting in their becoming diseased and
therefore unable to perform their
rule the amount of food consumed by
persons can easily be cut in two, and
by proper choice of food that Is nour,
ovcrburdcning the organs"
Cardinal Gibbons's Advice.
Cardinal Gibbons WHO Is now in his
eightieth year, would only say that
regular, abstemious life and good
conscience conduce TO Longevity
Il have, so far as recall. followed
In regard to my health" said Senator
his sevcntysecoud year.
was brought up on hard work and
served In the army for three years Of
the Civil War. Since Their. have had
much thought OF anything else"
~ have never formed any partienllar
celebrated his eightieth birthday the
past winter. Il am not tectotaier
nor regular drinker--occasi onaily
perance-i. e.. moderation"
The publicist and Civil War veteran.
son. Charles Francis Adams, now in his
sevsnty-ninth year. said:
Throughout my life 1 have always
eschewed fixed habits. rules OF life.
of mental control. If l have had any
longevity fads | should be utterly un-
say that have lived and taken life as
it came"
Attributes Longevity TO Libby Prison.
eral officer OF the Civil War. General
Edwin Louis Hayes. of Bloomfield, y.
J., now in his ninety fifth year. told me
general engagements. forty,on Skin
mishcs and Il term in Libby Prison.
Following the Civil War. he served for
Il served In Libby and other prisons
eleven months and three days. ne eX-
planned. Il weighed l3S pounds the
los pounds when exchanged My doc
tor attributes my longevity partly to
this incident. My system had been re-
iuvenated. l was never in moro per-
feet condition.
My ancestors on both my fathers
and mothers sides were lonG-lived.
had aunts and uncles who reached the
age OF 100 years.
II have lived temperate life. al
though | have not been a tcetotaler.
During the greater part of my life
have been actively engaged in health
full employment.
My habits now are uniformly the
same. / take a short wall; each day in
fair weather. / take tho world as l
find tread the news OF tho day and
try TO enjoy life the best j can"
Bishop Tuttle's Reasons.
The Episcopal Bishop of Missouri, Rt.
Rev. Daniel 5. futile, gave me this
statement:
Gods providence gave me ten :
pcratc, godly parents, and n strong
physical constitution. My father lived
to be eighty, my mother to be seventy
six.
1T has done me no harm, I think.
that / have never used tobacco.
1T has been rule with me to
breath some fresh air and to get som g
exercise generally walks) daily.
''But my soundness of condition at
seVenty-scvcn attribute mostly to tn e
fact that ] have never been much of :,
night worker. For many years | have
. turned into bed at o'clock and have