The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-14
DRINK BUTTERMILK.
IF YOU'D LIVE LONG
DR.. CHARLES BARKER, HEALTH
EXPERT. TELLS HOW TO.
PROLONG LIFE.
President Taft's Medical Adviser Lee
lures at Chautauqua on "How
to Live 100 Years."

If you want 10 live long, drink but
termilk.
That is what DR.. Charles f. Barker,
health expert. told the thousand Chau-
lauGuans who We're under the big tenn
AT Bridge park last night. Celebrating
on the subject, the man who for sew
eral years was President Taft'S phys
ical adviser told how in Bulgaria re-
search revealed that the world-lamouS
longevity of the. population was due
to healthy intcstineS resulting from
the sour milk or huttcrmlk habit.
In Bulgaria, ii is estimated. the av-
rrage life is ~ years longer than in
America and % years longer than i'll
France There are in that country of
5000, 900 population more than 400 peo-
pie more than l25 years old. while in
all the Untcd States hut two are re-
rordrd-one an Indian in Washington
and the other Il nrgrrss in Alabama.
DR.. Barker spoke twice at Fridays
rhuutuQua. His afternoon subject was
THE Finest IF the Fine Arts" AT
night he told How TO Live 100 Years.
His musical prcludcS were given by
the metropolitan artists. three eXcrr-
lionally talented musicians. in the
course of his evening talk Or. Barker
spoke In part as follows:
There are four organs Of elimina-
tion-the lungs. skins, inlcsLines and
kidneys.
"'Three minutes of breathing cycr-
ciscS should be taken each day 10 keep
>, II n normal
THE pores OF the skin should h"
kept omen. either by exercise or a
daily friction bath with flesh brushes
or dry fbrouS mitts.
"l'ndcrwear. especially in the win
Ter. clog the pores the skin and To
offset this Il friction bath is very
helpful.
Third organ Of elimination. the in
testines. has much to do with Me
health or disease.
Though it is Il very prevalent dis
stipation shorlens life many years and
leads TO many other very serious all
mentS.
/ But it is entirely unnecessary and
can in nine cases out Of ten b. cured
by exercise and proper diet. Exercise
each morning the muscles Of the abdo.
men--don't eat meat until cured. but
partake freely Of cereals. green rcge-
tables and fruit, and drink from eight
to ten glasses Of water each day, in
Guiding one glass Of hot water the first
thing in the morning.
How to Eat
| "In the second place the diet plays
big part in the matter Of health
and disease.
by studying the habits Of the Bull
garianS. who live mucn longer on the
average than any other race Of civil.
! lied people, DR.. Metznikoff. who is the
greatest authority in the world on pro-
| longing life, gives as his conclusion
that meat should never be eaten but
once day and that sparingly; that
the habit Of drinking some .buttermilk
every day will do much to keep one
we'll and lengthen life.
One should learn TO chew food
slowly Most of the stomach troubles
come from the habit of eating rapidly.
On the Bright Side.
Third, eheerfulness and content
ment will do much 10 lengthen life.
Many people bring ON disease and
shorten their lives by years by. get
/ ting into the habit Of worrying.
This, like any other habit, can be
changed by any man or woman who
will use determination and will power
and learn 10 always look on the bright
side Of life.
Last, but not least. get into the
habit OF taking some kind OF regular
systematic exercise each day. Not the
/ kind Of exercise taught years ago,
which develops merely the arms and
. limbs, but that kind which brings into
! play muscles OF the abdomen and
chest. Any system Of home exercise,
II taken moderately every day, will
do wonders In keeping the body in a
state of magnificent vitality. but most
people are TOO lazy TO do this.
The best time TO exercise Is the
first thing in the morning. but 1t can
; be done before the other means or be-
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