El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-10
n EVERAL years ago the writer re-
ceived a letter from man eieiiii
- ing to be over 100 years old

n
oeived a letter from man eielii-
- ing to be over 100 years old
At the age of s5 this man had Oeeh
III taking kim himself in hand at that age
he began to live scientifically, &C me
ing to his own understanding u
laws of health. +obscco
and alcoholic and malt drinks NJ on
up meat, fish and fowl ana ~ ~ I'll
cereals, vegetables, fruit ana OF lie
He drank a tablespoonful On O-io1f
oil five times daily. ; ana s5dg sv
Physical Ills Fail Away. i,,,1
As consequence all his physIT-+1+-
ills dropped away. Rheunla ll s9II1 77,9s
heart and liver weaknesses 60 all
ness, shOrtness of breaI1' la'iSN0
these symptoms vanished --f+oli+v
He gained in strength ana FlIdlISs
and enjoyed life with all Lhe zssI "a
a normal youth -. +t,o man
Investigations proved that the MAJ
had written the truth, and Ihal l
had passed the century mark ana nd
his only physical alimehI al ~
vanced age was dimness OF FISlOti- 49,,
without question 80 percent u -
naODIe who believe they have IeaCllet
an age when mortal malaoleS l u.s.
| naturally assail them ana W. -,
middle aged sufferers from C l5 =
tious of diseases could. De LSsIOLS ~ N -
- eDd health would they IOIlOW
such rules of hygiene as TINS man
lowed. ---,,,r7ae Of this
Kind in the worlds history was LlI
Tsor1aro the celebrated ItaIlan nor
man who lived to be lOS years S{-t1,
CornarO was Sickly from - -
at 40 the doctors pronou1G l - L-.,,
cOroDlete physical wreck 4HS-L 80
80 maj he was doomed to an carry
death aroused him to a eaIe14L -
sideratiOn of his condlIl9In . e
wherein his manner OF ~ =
eD0DsibIe for that condition. anu
/ -r11-ed mon q radical change ne LOT
1Iu1ated few rules 1or ms A!etL-o-
/ - iivi1- which should at least insure
/ thar what was left of ms IRE siOuIU
h. Ifve5 tn its fullest Value-
-. q efnDle methOd-easy to Iol-
/ lou -1easant in practice. II neeueu
no drugs no expense OF time VI III 49, -
# DrOVed even more succesSIut I1 Isr
he had expected-prOlonglng ms me
so years beyond the JIl.e at "HioN no
I had been given up to dle' II
His failing vigor was restores, M
! enfeebled faculties renewed men -
falitv. He whose condition al 80 n19
bes77 77ronOunced utterly hopeless llVeu
/ With vigorous BODY and mehtaI LaCul
I ties alert to the end OF century.
/ CorDarO's book. containing mlhule
/ account of his method of HVlnS-a " OEA
/ a. ei-ieTSa7 OF the age of 95-has been
| translated into all cultivated lang uases,
and will ever be esteemed classic
/ and a standard by the medical PROBES
sion and the discriminating puDllc-
! He is the only one who, at the emo
/ of a century ever WrOte-WaS ever aDle
| to write-a statement authorltaJ I'VE
I because based upon experience OF the
means by which others with but little
/ effort on their part could enjoy the
! unspeakabIe delights Of long nIe
/ of uninterrupted perfect health,
] Louis Cornaro selected the diet that
| agreed with him, and kept TO H. he
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| other human being should eat ana
| drink as ne ate and drank, believing
/ that tastes and appeutes ana systems
/ differ.
I human beings who desire health was
/ extreme temperance. Very little 1000.
/ very little drink. he found restored
! him to health after ne had oeen ae-
I clared an incurabl invalid
World Lovely In Old Age.
At the age of SS he said AS years
] multiply lessen the quantity or my
/ food and I may truly say that 1 never
! knew the world so beautiful until 1
J reached old age. Eating but little, my
! apretite is normal, and I keenly en-
( iov bread light brOths, an egg and an
/ foodstuffs that are suited TO the old
| but always in small quantities ana
! only in quantities easily dlgested
barring accident or some quite eN-
/ ceptiOnal circumstance there IS no eA-
{ cuse for sickness, nor for death from
As a rule. he who suffers from SICK
l ness. feebIeness or failing faculties IS
( alone to blame-Wlth MIN reSts the
] remedy. WOeful evidence Of the pres
J ent universal untimely end OF huma n
+ lives-the real race Sulelde-lsSs So az
hand in the official figures OF "Ihe
] American Table of Mortality;
"Of every 600 persons ENJOYING
I good health at the age of go $3.50 are
dead before 40; 1902 are dead before
I so: 32214 are dead before so; 54-Sa9
CmOre than halo are dead beLore tU;
$1,000 are dead before so; S5,5SO are
I dead before So: 5000 are dead before
( 90-only three out of every 100000 men
and women in good health at so live
to be 95"
Few Have Conception of Perfect Health.
And the unhappy close OF unhealthy,
I shortened lfvesI ''What time is wOrthH
! Ask death beds; they can tell!'
/ There are feW-Very few and hard
to fiud-whO are exempt from sick.
/ ness of some kind VINO nave any &C
/ tual and definite conception Of perfect
1 health.
To be free from sickness is to live;
( TO die before ones time, as most DO,
/ How easy it is for man to live the
I healthy natural life that avoids pre-
( mature death is demonstrated IN Luigi
/ COrnaro's account of his own melnora-
Z BILE experience.
( wonderful story of COrnaro's life what
percentage will be willing to exchange
! i'll health and weak old age for visor
| and a youthful body by following ms
! temperate methodist Not one in 100.
/ Hundreds Of people who complain
/ that the necessities of life, with the
I present high cost of living, keep them
i'm debt together with their doctor S
! bills. could easily do away with doc
/ tors and i'm health and tradesmen's bills
and lay q tidy sum in the savings bank
each year by simply using self control