French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-25
HOW TO LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS.
(By DR.. Frank Crane in The Atlanta
JournaI.l

Of course there is no recipe for liv-
ing a hundred years. What We mean,
in sober and careful language, is to
keep the body machine in such good
condition that, barring accidents, we
shall round out our appointed term of
life in health and v1gOr.
To accomplish this theer is nothing
new to suggest, either in nostrum or
health program; but we need to be
reminded of those established rules
that are the result of universal expe-
rience, and Of the application of in
telligence to life. Hence, observe the
following:
Eat intelligently. Learn the nutri-
tive values of foods. Eat what you
need. Let the diet be. simple. Avoid
safety; quit eating before you are
stated. Chew well.
Drink only pure water. Water
containing certain salts and minerals
Drink a-pIenty. Water is mans
greatest friend in nature.
Keep clean. Battle regularly.
Sweat often. II o cannot afford
Turkish baths get a bath cabinet of
your own, or make one, and perspire
freely at least once a week.. Thorough
perspiration is the salvation of the
kidneys.
Take regularly no alcohol in any
form. There is no use in opening this
subject again. The regular drinker
of alcohol beverages is a foolish per
son. He is purchasing a pleasant
Glow - 4hn avnonr4. ~ n hI1nHrod Iic-
orders.
Be out of doors as much as you can.
Fresh air. sunshine, and water are
natures three ~curealls. Sleep with
your windows open summer and win
ter.
Exercise systematically. Modern
life is as a rule no routined that the
muscles and organs of the body are
not tremendously developed. There
are many books and teachers of exer-
cise;. but the principles are few, and
usually the same in all systems. 1t
is regular not occasional and violent
exercise that counts.
Avoid constipation. one of the most
prolific sources of bodily derange-
ment. Take the matter up seriously
Will your pnySlclau.
Avoid excuses of any kind. Be
temperate in all things.
Maintaining the body in a state of
efficiency is largely a matter of
thought, training. This truth is be-
ing emphasized a great deal nowadays,
and rightly so.
Don't worry. 1t is mostly a mat
tor nP h0hif nnnSf Onf into tho NUnV
of it. Worry is the prime life
~shortener.
Don't indulge in hate. Don't al
low yourself to entertain a grudge
against any human being. What's the
use? Forget It.
Don't give way to regrets for the
past, nor to premonitions of evil for
the future.
Keep the mind cheerful. Play and
laugh as much as you can.
Have some part of the worlds work
to do Feel that you are earning your
salt. Be interested in some consturc-
tive and useful activity.
Work at your life by the day and
not by the job. Be satisfied with
each days results.
Marry; have children; the most
wholesome class Of people in the world
are grandfathers and grandmothers.
Believe in the almightiness of good
ness and shun any success that in
wolves a troubled conscience.
These probably sound like preachy
p1atitudes to you; they are; but it is
necessary to keen repeating them be-
cause we are constantly overlooking
or discounting them; We need to be
reminded that they are the best yet
known about the art of living a hun
dred years.
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