Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
"Don't Eat White Bread; Don't
Drink Plain Water" Travellers
Striking Health Recipe.

The youngest old man in the world
old, looks like he's 40, and acts like
he's 30. His skin is firm and ruddy'
his eyes bright and clear and spark
ling. and he's got his own teeth and
hair, and lots of them, too.
He has muscles on his arms and
back like the well known village
blacksmith. and he skips about on
73-year- old legs that are as Timber
and flexible as those of tango ffend.
He can even kick himself with his
heel--and II you don't believe that is
considerable of job even for mid
dle-aged man, just try 1t once.
His name is John r, Rogers, but
he's better known, in newspaper and
theatrical circles, as yours Merrily."
Rogers is also the oldest press agent
In the world, and is here arranging
for the appearance at the Atlanta
Theater next week of the group of
silver throated singers comprising the
San Carlo Grand Opera Company.
His Rules for Health.
Mr. Rogers affirms that he has re-
tanned the vigor and efficiency of 30
at an age when most men are ready
for the scrap heap by treating his
body like II was an engine and by
observing the following very simple
rules:
!. Don't worry
?. Don't take medicine.
3. Don't eat white bread.
T. Don't eat in hurry.
s. Don't drink plain water.
s. Don't use the elevator, always
walk up a flight of stairs.
7. Sleep regularly.
IL stopped taking medicine, eating
white bread and drinking water 81
wears ago" he said. land | haven't
had a cold, a headache or pain in
any part of my body since. The last
time | was sick was in 1880, when
had a slight cold that lasted few
days.
Body Great Engine.
THE human body is the greatest
engine ever constructed, and the
stomach is its furnace. II you don't
fire your furnace with the right kind
of fuel, your engine will not run.
That's the reason | stopped eating
white bread and drinking plain wa
ter 81 years ago.
Nobody ought to eat white bread
with the possible exception of men
who do the hardest kind Of manual
labor, for II requires the stomach of
an ostrich to digest the stuff. And
plain water Is the worst thing a man,
especially a man who Is forced TO
travel a good deal, could drink.
drink anything else want, but never
water.
Il kept samples Of water got in
different places for month, and II
was the worst looking stuff I've ever
seen
'All anybody has to do to feel like
30 when they're 20. is 10 take care
of their body like they would an en-
sine, You don't try to overwork your
machine, you fuel II correctly and
you lubricate all its joints properly,
and when II runs poorly YOU shut IL
down and give II a rest. DO the
same for your body"
Plenty of Exercise.
Here Is Mr. Rogers daily schedule
of caring for his engine"
Il arise one hour before breakfast"
he says. and jump AT once into a
cold bath Then ! take a rough towel
and rub my body until I'm warm.
Then so through 81 calesthenic mo-
tions enabling me TO Intricate every
Joint in my body. which occupy from
20 to 30 minutes. depending upon
how | feel and Row late I've been out
the night before.
Between Z: 80 and 80 o'clock |
eat my breakfast of fruit, oatmeal,
soft boiled eggs and one cup OF cof-
fee, the only coffee | drink during the
lay.
Between 12: 80 and so eat a
light lunch. usually Of eornbread and
huttermilk OF soup Then eat moth
ing else until dinner. which is be
tween s and O'Clock. For dinner
eat everything from soup 70 nuts
changing the kind OF meat every day
Some time during the evening
usually DRINK about two battles ~
beer, but rev 'f N4 StY rget.