The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
Fine Art Of Living
Continued From Seventh Pase.)

Continued From Seventh PaSeo
1 obviate loss of interest in current af-
fairs by n diligcnt pcrusal of the news
papers i work six days of the week
in trying and deciding cases--beine
still a judge. I live OH eggs and milk
eating no meat OF any sort. without
any soporihc. sleep eight hours. re
firing at o'clock and rising at ..
1 never lie down during the day. !
take care to have warm covering on
nv bed and leave the windows open
for fresh air. or books. l read but
little. and those exclusively old &C
aualntanccs. ] am happy for Il chat
with any friends who do mo the kind
ness 10 call l walk mile or two
every day. / smoke three mild cigars
q day, one after each meal Above all.
never taste any liquor stronger than
coffee two cups of which l drink ut
breakfast"
What Archbishop Kcane Advises.
ia far rather never talk about my
self" aaid Archbishop Keane. hut since
YOU think that a few words as TO the
style of living which leaves me hearty
and CHEEKY old follow of nearly sev-
entv-fve would he interesting and
maybe useful TO others. why here they
arc
MY first Item is that spranE from a
father and mother who always lived
pure clean, upright lives.
when | was 4 noN OF seven years
my father and toEether took the total
abstinence pledge from Father Mathew.
ana have kept it faithfully all my
life
Il have never kept late hours My
rule always has been early to bed and
wealthy for I would scorn 20 he
wealthy: bu; l hope it has helped 10
ruake me healthy and wise
Il never poisoned my mind and
heart with foolish or corrupt literature
never had other time or taste for i:
My early vocation to the holy priest
hood and my daily offering up of The
holy mass have kept me striving TO live
for God and for humanity, and not for
self. or for the world. or for the flesh
And so, when lately said to friend:
Though I am nearly sevenlvfve.
feel like man OF sixty he answered.
You act like a man of fifty"
Mrs. blackwell at Eighty-Eight.
Nearing her eighty-ninth milestone.
which She will pass In May. Mrs. An
toinette Louisa Brown blackwell. noted
Unitarian clergyman, woman suffragist
and author, had this 20 say:
"a tendency towards longevity is
probably hereditary with me- Some Of
my relatives in both lines lived to n
good age.
My grandfather, Joseph Brown.
served in the Revolutionary War from
office and with health impaired by
hardships, still lived TO good age.
Ny father. Joseph Brown, lived TO be
ninetithree. with fair mental powers
10 the end of life.
MY habits have been usually along
medium lines. Without either poverty
or riches. with childhood spent much
in the open. and having been neither
ovcrfed nor underfed. ovcrworked nor
underworked. physically OF mentally,
have always kept to about the same
ratio Of active, vigorous life and of
miscellaneous work, alternating with
rest as needed. For more than sixty
five years I have taken n bath prob
ably eight or nine days out of every
ten, and daily mental and some physi-
cal exercise almost invariably.
But greater than all of these aids
TO longevity added together, ! believe
has been AN active, vital, practical in
terest in the worlds work and it's i'm
perativc needs A real living interest