Evening star., 1921-04-24

jerks the old man gently from hi
old ways.
The oldest American of Nice is 70
the sun amid the roses. Andres
buying interests in France befor'
the department stores were drearne,
Of is eighty-seven years old. alert
gay. going everywhere.
Il am told OF n cockatoo 100 year;
old and still laying eggs" says Mr.
Lille. The elephant is known q
live UP to zoo years. the eagle A.
120 years. the tortoise several cSn
turies-there was 5oo-year-old ou'
in the Mauritius not long ago. Hum
ooidt tells OF an orinoco parro
which. the Indians said. no one ccul,
understand because il spoke the Ian
guage Of an extinct race"
Mr. Lille looks YOU straight in thu
eye.
"A whit. headed vulture was Vep
in the Dresden Geological Garden TO
lis years he says. And. notice. al
these long-iived creatures live con
tinually in the hot sunlight-all tn,
year round"
THE majority of our erandly pre-
served American representative,
at Nice. ii mus: he admitted. ar.
strong for solf-Prof Mark Baldwin
\
Bishop. Maj. Frank Glasier, Commo
dore Beaumont. Rerry Wall. c. A
Spreckels and Admiral Rodgers.
Arthur Baifour, the English states.
man. who has not missed above thre,
Riviera winters since he was fifty.
| hve. is hard tennis PLAYER at scv.
enty. Lord d'Ahernon (former 81,
Edgar Vincent. who comes from
bleak Berlin. where he is British am.
nassador. is golfer OF s;xty-six with
the physique of man Of thirty. RuI
quantities of ruddy Enxlishmen-he.
ginning with their chief. the Duke oil
connausht-just sweat in the sun
light OF rose gardens between noun.
tains and the salt sea.
Sir James Camille aged six;y-.eyen
an illustrious doctor, claims that ex.
ercises,rW mountains sea OF
sun-viil do the trick and Mai
Cruden. aged sixty-nine. who served
as British private 1T the front Joins
with him. claiming that the old age
feelins is go; rid Of down here very
much by mingling with ,he mass o:
! hnskIes who refuse to believe in IT,
Hum. hum, The Two ioin, equally
in coming 10 the Riviera for thcir
own personal absent treatment
Awake says Sir James. arse
To" many of us get thin. cd. wo--
ried and in!i-n'. when we oura; 30
older the" cor,n'ain OF :heir rheSma-
tIsr and lumbago. They say .hat
they cannot get I'D in the morning
that they cannot move and a lot OF
, other nonsense.
"E erc;sa is better for you than
sanatoriun-s baths and other treat
ments.' Shear dog and varnish him
and he will die in day. You want
to perspre. Many men say that
they cannot perspire. but it is non
take down the warming pans. Your
grandmothers knew the use OF the
warming pan. but your wives hang
them on the wall for silly deco-a-
! tions! Take down the warming pan
and get into he'd with il. Catarrh
and hardness Of hearing. in o.d peo-
pie. are caused by rAglecting the
AiFhtcap. Your grandfathe- wore
a nishtcap and he had Bright ewes.
an erect head and an alert step"
himself start growing o'd. He Sid
to himself: 'I'll min Il in thu brd'"
Age Of the hody docs not d"nAnd
unon the runher Of y"a-s t',at have
been lived" says the .rrat-rrr ndson
than .Ne'r friends 81 for.y nec-ntfy
a nrssimis''c nhvs'-isn ,iar,ned III.
, middle-aged by telling them th~t y
: man begins to show nalrable signs
of wear and tear when he reaches
fifty. Men with eocd rhanc. ~
living to be eighty hogan TO inarine
thnt thew had tr'tt;e arteries h;-h
hlood pressu-1 and auto-iiljo ira+io~.
We we're told thct a man Of ef-v 80
too old to compete with his 'unio"'.
f-a% fr-f, y
o-ore it se.s tH's ,-'r- OF the SUI
'"ss north
THIS tabl" tai: 10 from tire d'n:r,
-nonl ard ~ r,r-:c -oom wh-r,
he king sits after din~"-. chattinc
18th friends irrc-taat Gredes and
cthers-he has hn., co-'i-- TO Moo
= lnrC time. The other ruests neither
crowd him mo- avoid him. hut the
little music room IS loft to his party.
Tor the most part. whera he is = it'll
is. yet not Of us-it beirg wide open.
an embrasure on tho CALLER. whar.
everybody is chatting and playing
cards. Often the royal conversation
has to do with eating and drinking.
The king appreciates fine cookery
and yet
Men who look and feel old ~
hfty-fve." he says. ARE generally vic.
TINS of their own indiscretions On.
sign of advancing age is corpulence
Cthe king is tall and slender,. IL
most cases. it is due 10 the pleasure.
of the table and neglect OF exercise
Mos, fat hen deny. with indi .natior,
that they are hearty eaters, They de.
ceivs themselves.
Is it astonishing that these ht
are fortunes favorites should no,
know their subtle enemy-as great
an enemy. perhaps. as poor man.
hunger" The Duke of Connaush,
brother Of the late kinH-Edward VII
is seventy-tWo yers old and Just,
proud Of his physique. Yet there are
no temptations of high living which
prince Arthur" brother O fthe lie.
gendary Prince of Wales. has not en-
countered. daily. throughout his long
life. He Willingly gives tips" &c
those around him.
"A little gourms ndizng up - thir-
ty." he says. need not set nan OF
active habits on the wron3 tr0ek
but il he continues to yiel6 10 the
pleasures OF the table after thirty
FIVE. he will begin 10 look middle
aged at forty-five. The temptations OF
the palate. are doubtless alluriug to
the decent. honest man; but beware
a niddle-age. Would you be portly.
scant of breath, puffy in the tissues,
with bags under the eyes at sixty"
TIE Duke of Connausht has been
much Impressed by a man in India
force in India" He passes over
GandhTs enmity 10 western civilizs-
tion-factories. railways, telephones.
hospi,als-and even his -disarmins