The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-13

~ III tlIuc Is SkeuL Ill WUIIt"
AZ IL ing over it. The youth
NnHkE longs to grow old and the
adult no less keenly longs
30 stay young. Forty-five years repre-
sent in general the turning point in
the process Of developing old age and
usually marks the time when men begin to
realize slight decline in their physical
and mental powers.
Some individuals are young at this age.
Age is purely a biologic question.
In the beginning Of any discussion of
longevity and the processes Of age it is
well to state that in very general way
the higher mammals live about five times
as long as it takes them to reach maturity.
There are some exceptions, but broad
view Of life on earth will reveal the truth
Of this statement. The calf has grown into
a COW at 3 years. and 15year- old COW is
usually at deaths door from old age.
colt has become a horse at the age Of
years, and the 2OIyear-Old horse Is very old.
Every Man Should Reach 80.
The span OF human life. barring disease
and accident ought to run into the nineties
The fact that it doesn't is largely due to
our carelessness in keeping our bodies fit.
OF course, to grow old is purely natu-
raj process We begin to age from birth.
1t Is inevitable that person should age.
He should finally die as nature ordains
for its custom. Without disease our powers
will gradually and surely fail the machine
will steadily run down. If you live long
enough you will die Of old age.
The problem of postponlng this natural
event Is one Of health. Keeping well is the
whole problem. Disease damages us. One
organ or another is involved when disease
sets In; 1t is first damaged, then disabled.
1t Is important what particular organ Is
impaired. If it is one Of the digestive
organs the source Of supply is attacked, the
capped; If 1T is the kidney, the bowels or
lungs the power Of getting rid Of waste ma
terials is lessened Whichever is dis
eased matters not in the acceleration of the
process OF decay. Any organ in an aged
person may give out. but in the case of
death from old age and nothing else all the
organs seem to fail simultaneously
Laziness Ages More Than Work.
Some people are unquestionably born
into the world with better bodies than
Others but the average human being could
add years to his life by avoiding i'll health.
Those who have constitutional weaknesses
may in many cases postpone the wearing
out of their bodies by care in the preserva-
ton Of health.
1aziness ages more people than does
overwork. The man who looks old at As
has been lazy more often than overindus-
trious
No one is really we'll who is muscularly
weak.
OF course. city life Is no harder than
country life but city people don't live
properly. They don't choose to live health
fully. The temptation is more toward iu-
diligence than toward care in taking exer-
else. 1t is so much easier to be careless than
to walk the road Of systematic training.
The social customs. so much more exacting
in the Dry than in the country make it
difficult to avoid cnrclessness without ap-
pearing to be freak. They insist upon
certain hours, upon certain garments and
certain diets. some OF which are not good
for the human constitution. In the free
dom Of country life shirt and ovcralls are
enough, but this attire is impossible in the
city unless the individual is employed on
some job where it Is obvious that he must
work with his hands.
Wise to Follow Impulses.
All dress restrictions are wearying.
They make the person Indifferent to bodily
exercise and thus bring on old age. The
hi9h.hnalad shons which wo,nen Affect