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The Washington times., 1922-10-29

his digestion. He retires early and :ises
early. He likes to hear music or rising
and on retiring. Usually some one plays
old tunes or negro melodies on violin.
Golf has played a great part in con-
serving Mr.. Rockefeller's health. For
men over fifty it is perhaps the best
sport"
spends his day when he is at Ormond,
which, by the way, is similar to his life at
Pocantico or Cleveland, or wherever else
he may be, is described by friend.
"Mr. Rockefeller arises at a smart
morning hour and enjoys a breakfast the
same as any other healthy man, eating
bacon and eggs, if that dish appeals to
him, or lamb chops, if chops may sound
better than something else. Then his Sec
retary comes in, but he does not jump
about in 'funkey' fashion, as some might
imagine. His business is conducted in a
calm, frank and orderly manner. There
are no young footmen when Mr.. Rookie
feller enters or leaves his automotil lie, and
he steps into his machine as lightly as
man Of sixty. He is so methodical that
his appearance at the golf links is timed
to exactly 10 o'clock in the morning, ex-
cept on Sunday, when he goes to church.
On the gol1 Inks MS play Is excellent
for his age, and he shows his delight when
he makes good shot by frequently kick
ing his right foot in the air."
It is interesting to know thst Mr.. Rookie
feller attributes his agility to the practice
of taking a tablespoonful of olive oil with
each meal. He considers that this tones
up the system and keeps his joints in suc'
condition as 70 give him the sprghtlines
of much younger man.
Late in life Mr.. Rockefelle, suddenly
discovered cheese-an admirable and
highly nourishing article of diet whit re
had overlooked He is very font of
cheese, and believes everybody should eat
cheese every day.
The only thing that seems to bot Ter
Mr.. Rockefeller nowadays Is the weat YER,
which sometimes keeps him from Under
going his daily exercise.
The medical world is interested n -.
Rockefeller's patient, skilful daily ne
with the forces of dissolution. ( ny
live indefnitely-or one iii o. srel: s.
ness, one sudden chill ~ b.i.,. )A he
end.
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about SO degrees, while the inhaler ai'
had the temperature of the surrounding
air which may be so or Is degrees c,
more below the temperature of the body
and the lungs must raise it to The
temperature of the body. This Is &C
complished through heat regulating
system but in the old folks he -egulatina
centers become weak AND colo all enters
the air cells which have the temperature
of the body.
In the bronchial tubes che 1.ternating
chilling and heating by The. inspired and
expired air produce .Tcetarrh. In the all
cells there occur: :, ush ot blood to heat
them and the nsr:reG air, then the
capillaries are con acte0 oy the next in
spiration of cold ali followed by their ex-
panson to admit NOE blood 20 heat the
new all and the ell hct haG been chilled
again, and thus hex IS succession of
local congestions an, 'n~nias. The lungs
in the aged cannot lccomodate themselves
to these changes, oc'rIiiP from Is TO 20
times a minute, anC ,hc To- aak down o.
become inflamed hi. : much more
liable to happen if y, face of the
body becomes chilled n same time
The chilling of tn, oody alone may
cause pulmonary coi.2c2tiol followed by
inflammation OF fhe lungs. n ms case
the blood Of the surface ( driven oac'
through the contraction Of She usfacc
capillaries accumulates n h: ,'""s nc
elsewhere causing local congestic. rh'S
is an additional reason why he o:1y
should be kept warm and ,c> rrUn colo
lraughts.
Rockefeller's physicians .eep then
selves thoroughly well DoeI., or eve '
new medical idea. Whenever new
theory has proved its 'ncccss ano nay De
applied to their wealtNy patien GO. ,is
benefit, they do not ,es''ate tc rake Ls2
o. It
FOR instance when II. Waite Can
non, of Harva'C I'm 1el NY, discovered
how the ,hor' j. the Drain could in
fuence the stomach M disclosures were
Immediately applied e MI. rockefeller
for reliet # ls GJspepSia, wh'c, has been
the subject " so men" newspaper car
toons and stage Joi'eG o"'nting tosthe fact
that although N Rockefeller was pre-
surnabla the riche- man in the world he
could g, little oIeasure out Of life be-
cause he coulc rot even enjoy a square
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
Danger Signs
for the Aged

Nature has provided warnings and
gate at the end, but some persons will take
chances and disregard the warnings until
they crash into the gate. Joints become
stiff and they pain if they are exercised
too actively or too long. When muscles
are actively employed fatigue toxins or
poisons are formed as we'll as waste, and
If these poisons are not removed rapidly
they remain and affect the muscle nerves.
There is then first an ache and weakness
of the muscles and finally complete paraly-
sis, the condition we call exhaustion.
In the body's effort to remove the waste
and fatigue toxins through the blood the
circulation is hastened, the heart works
harder and faster, and the lungs must
keep up with the heart, one respiration to
creased rate the heart and lungs break
down more rapidly and may even reach
the limit of their functional activity and
stop permanently. The shortness of
breath and palpitation of the heart are
final warnings is the gate that
separates life from death.
The old man who disregards all these
warnings has seldom a chance to repeat
his foolhardy stunt. If he is sensible, al
though he doesn't know the physiological
need for exercise, he takes exercise, but
to him as discomforts.
The sensible old man shows the same
respect for the warnings that mental ac-
tivity has reached the point of fatigue or
brain fag.
The late DR.. Abraham jacob, who died
at the age of eighty-seven, gave a good
illustration of this when he wrote the in
PRODUCTION to one of my books. The in
PRODUCTION was written on a number of
small sheets, each sheet representing the
work done at one sitting, and many sheets
showed that he stopped in the middle of a
sentence, the moment brain fag set in.
While golf playing is probably the best
form of physical exercise for the aged,
few old men care to indulge in it. Most
of them are satisfied with short walks and
the little physical exertion required in
dressing, eating and like simple muscular
movements. All the waste is not derived
from these voluntary actions. The heart,
lungs, kidneys, liver, stomach, bowels,
bladder, blood vessels, etc, are in con-
slant activity, producing muscle and other
tissue waste which must be repaired, and
there is a constant chemical action going
on in the body with consequent production
of heat.
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Nature Cannot
Be Speeded Up

In old age the repair processes are not
active, and it is not possible to stimulate
them. We can give more food, even food
partly or wholly digested, and we can
give thyroid gland or its extract, but this
has disadvantages greater than the ad-
vantages. Thyroid gland has other actions
beside regulating metabolism. Its secre-
tion stimulates some other glands to great
or activity or increases the activity of the
secretions of these glands, and it retards
the activity of other glands or opposes
the action of their secretions.
So natural is the degeneration or break
ing down of the thyroid gland in old age
that if we try to increase its activity by
taking thyroid gland as medicine it pro-
action in earlier life. There is increased
waste and repair, but the repair does not
equal the waste, the circulation is in
creased, heart action is much more rapid,
blood pressure is increased, and there is
a feeling of nervous activity, just as oc-
curs in goiter, which is due to excessive
thyroid activity. After taking thyroid for
a few days palptation of the heart often
sets in and this becomes so distressing
that the treatment must be discontinued.
As for increasing the amount of food,
that Is useless, as the body will not take
nm more than certain amount. If we
nse predigested food we save the stomach
and bowels lot of work, and they will
become lazy and won't work on any other
End. But II will not increase the amount
that will 90 into the system at one time
or meal. The excess will remain in the
stomach and bowels, and as these organs
act much slower in old age the food is
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CONTINUED from Preceding Page)

putter with long steel stays supporting
striking face that lies across the shaft of
the club. 1t looks more like hay rake
than a regular putter, but enables the
player to hole out the ball better than he
could with a commoner and simpler in
strument. Mr.. Rockefeller is greatly
pleased to have the photographers and re-
porters refer to his "long drives" and
there is little doubt that the encourage
n1ent he receives in this way benefits his
nervous system and his health.
Physical activity is very important in
old age, but fatigue is far more dangerous
then than in earlier life. The waste, like
!. the clinkers in the fre-box, must be gotten
rid of and If it forms too rapidly the kid
neys and the skin cannot carry it off fast
enough. In old age, when these excreting
tissues do not respond as rapidly and as
actively as in earlier life, some of this
waste remains in the blood and in the It's
sues, interfering with all the functions of
the body.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
The Less
Meat the Better

Fat is another article of food that
should be cut down in old age, for there
isn't enough physical activity to use it in
energy, and the amount of bile, which
changes the fat so that it can be taken
into the system, is diminished. If the olo
man Graves meat, let it be the lightest
kind, such as veal, lamb, tripe and the
white of chicken, thoroughly boiled and
chopped fine. But the old man does not
need as much food as the young, active
individual, for there isn't much waste to
be repaired, and if he has lived so care
fully that he has been able to reach ripe
old age he will continue to live carefully
to prolong his life.
When folks get old they need a great
and physically fatigued much sooner than
in earlier life, and sleep gives rest and the
opportunity for repair at a time when
there is little waste. They take a nap
after meals, but they do this because dur
ing digestion large amount of blood goes
to the stomach and the amount in the
brain is diminished. There is shortage
causes sleep.
Let them sleep and snore, but if they
fall asleep at the table and the head falls
forward and the face becomes flushed,
push the head back or make the person lie
down. Old persons often complain that
they cannot sleep at night, but the diff
Guilty is really inability to fall asleep with
in few hours after they had a nap.
Another reason why they do not fall
asleep readily is because the bed is :old,
and they cannot fall asleep until the heat
radiated from the body has made the bed
warm enough to feel comfortable. This
can be overcome by placing a hot water
bag under the quilt or blanket for half an
hour before the old person goes to bed.
A cup of hot milk or matted milk will
sometimes help to produce sleep, but the
best plan is to have an early supper, let
the individual take a short nap, waking
him if necessary in about an hour, then
let him remain awake until he feels sleepy.
If this is not practicable, let there be a
late supper, say at 9 o'clock, and let him
90 to the warmed bed afterward.
Although plenty Of sleep is necessary
in old age, prolonged lying in one position
or even sitting or reclining in one position
is liable to bring on "hypostatic pneu-
monia," the most frequent cause Of death
in old age. This is not the active acute
pneumonia that is caused by germs, but
a dull, passive condition caused by the
slow settling Of blood in the lowest part
of the lungs when sitting, or in the back
part of the lungs when lying down.
II we raise one hand over the head and
leave the other hang down we will find
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
"Old Age," Explains How the
His Strength and Pr0lOnging
SUUI71g "EUen the
Pennies of HeuLth'

liable to decompose or ferment and cause
stomach and bowel troubles beside auto
intoxication. In autointoxication some of
this decomposed matter is taken up into
the system, and it produces mild poison
ing, such as occurs in persons who are
constipated.
Mr.. Rockefeller had stomach trouble
for years, and he is obliged to be ex-
tremely careful about his diet, even to
this day. When the teeth fall out in old
age it is natures signal that food that
requires mastication must be avoided. The
principal article of food that requires
mastication is meat, and this is the prin-
cipal food that must be cut down to moth
ing, or next to nothing.
Of course, one can get new teeth, but
when the teeth fall out the stomach also
begins to degenerate, and one cannot get
a new stomach. 1t is interesting to OBJ
serve how nature works to kill us off, yet
does it so slowly and gradually that if we
follow natures laws we do not notice that
we are slowly dying.
Meat, the principal protein" or tissue
forming food, causes hardening of the
arteries and high blood pressure. Other
protein foods do the same but not to the
some extent. As the blood vessels get
harder the heart must work with greater
force to send the blood through the ves-
sells to all parts Of the BODY. an6 this grad
ually wears out the heart muscle. To
prevent too rapid hardening of the vessels
nature provides an obstacle to the intro
duction of the substance, which is mainly
responsible for the change in the vessels,
namely, meat. This obstacle is the re-
moval of teeth, which are necessary to
masticate meat. II meat is not masti-
Gated it is swallowed in Jumps and re-
mains for hours in the stomach, while the
stomach juices dissolve the fine connective
tissue which binds together the bundles
of meat fibres before attacking the meat
fbres themselves.
More gastric juice is required, and the
stomach must work hard and work over
time to digest the meat, and this wears
out the stomach. The stomach can stand
lot of abuse, even in old age, but there
is limit, and when that is reached it is
almost impossible to get it back in good
humor. When the stomach becomes
grouchy through abuse in early life a
clearing out, days rest without work
and little care for few days will put it
in good condition again. In old age, if
the stomach has been abused until it re-
bells, it may take weeks with the ightest
kind of work, giving it simple foods like
pap, mush and milk, toast and tea, thin
broths. etc, to get into shape.
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tC sss ~ week., irc Great sri'.lr aisnL ID
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-28
ton that has arisen in connection with

ton that has arisen in connection with
the tax; whether or not the tax can
be collected from estates that were in
process of distribution at the time the
inheritance tax act became n law.
There are number of estates now in
process Of settlement in various parts
of the state, where the testators died
before the enactment Of the inherit
ance tax law. The question has been
raised in connection with such a case
in Richland county, that the estate is
not subject to the tax. This case viii
probably be taken to the courts to set
tie the point in question. The inherit
ance tax became a law February Y,
1922. ..'.. "...
Blank forms on which reports Of es-
tates and benefciaries are to be made
have been sent by the tax commission
to all probate judges and instructions
for reporting the amount of estates
have also been sent.
The state tax commission Is a busy
agency these days. Its office force Is
being increased to take care of its
work, more than doubled over night by
the recently enacted revenue meas
ures. Collection of the gasoline tax.
the income tax and the inheritance tax
as we'll as the equalization of assess
ments agrinst other classes OF proper
ty, is now the work Of this commits
sion.
Gases to test the constitutionality of
the state income tax and the test case
in regard to the inheritance tax are
probably to be brought, but the COM
mission will proceed with its duty as
provided by the new law, according to
a statement by the tax commission.
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CONTROL OF HAY FEVER.
(Continued From Page One.)

en-. The pollen extracts are in no way
like dope, but the process Of immuni-
zation is similar. Beginning with one
part of the pollen to 10000 parts of di-
luent, eventually the doctor works up
to injections Of one part Of pollen to
only 100 parts of diluent.
If the patient fails to react to this
strong dose If pollen it is presumed
that she is no longer sensitive to that
particular agent Of hay fever.
If her nasal membrance is especially
sensitive it may be that other untested
agents will still attack it and she may
suffer from hay fever in spite Of i'm
munization to one kind Of pollen, but
the chances are good that the patient
will escape, or. at. most she will have
slight attack.
Successes and Failures -
The clinic doctor says that accord
ing to the experience of men working
in this field 25 to 80 per cent of the
cases given preventive treatment are
cured. Ten per cent. are not benefited
the first year. The rest are benefited
so to rs per cent
Hay fever is not easily cured. Once
a person has an attack, the membrane
of the nose is weakened. Thereafter
that person Is apt to be less able to
withstand the pollen in the atmos-
phere. Regularly the attacks come at
the time of the year when the air Is
filed with the agent which affects him,
unless he is cured by some treatment
or unless he goes to a. place where the
disturbing pollens do not follow.
I Doctors. find that II the attacks are
prevented for several years the resist
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JUMPED FROM TRAIN
Willy Negro Prisoner. Makes Slick
GETAWAY.

Willy Negro Prisoner. Makes Slick
Getaway.
Jumping from a window of moving
train between Greenwood and Atlanta,
Wesley Davis, said by officers to be the
wiliest desperate ever sen. to the
chaingang of this county, once more
ESCAPED from Greenwood officers last
Sunday. w. ]. Canfield.N superintend-
ent was on his way back from Atlanta
with Davis when the prisoner escaped
near Howell's station, short distance
out Of Atlanta.
Davis claimed to be crippled and
was walking with crutch. The hand
with which the crutch was grasped
was not handcuffed. Being allowed to
enter a lavatory on the car, Davis
thumbolted the door and jumped from
the window before Mr.. Garfield could
have the. door unlocked. The negro
left his crutch and a small wallet con-
tanning several bottles of medicine,
tattered Bible and few letters.
g. Sent up for year for attempting to
break Jail where he was confined'for a
minor offense, Davis escaped from the
Greenwood county gang last March, re-
leasing six other prisoners, two OF
whom were. life termers. He was ar
rested In Atlanta on minor charge
and while waiting trial is alleged to
have stolen $50 from a fellow prisoner
later receiving a. prison sentence for
the latter offense. At the expiration
of his sentence in Atlanta Greenwood
authorities were notified to come. for
him. '..... .. .. ..~. ..-
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nor any disaffection toward the kings
person"
A remarkable uttefance and re-
markable man. The, statement itself
would surely be worth reading. 1t Is
not hard to imagine its effect upon
Gandhi's followers as l t spreads
through India. They will soon know
it by heart; and we may be sure that
the brief summary which has come
over the cables, though indicating ac-.
curately it's character and contents,
conveys a picture Oft pallid as well
as incomplete. 1t remains to be seen
whether Gandhi in Jail will not give
the British government more trouble
than Gandhi at liberty.-News and
Courier. !,
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81 Goina Soms--Felix Lamond, direc-
tor of the music department in the
American academy at Rome, was at
ono time assistant conductor of the
Carl Rosa opera company of which
Luigi Arditi was the conductor. While
Arditi was conducting a rehearsal one
morning, his valet arrived all out OF
brsath
'Signor Arditi," he gasped, come
home quick. Your wife has a leetle
boy 49,.
Arditi continued to direct the or
chcstra. : ,s
,t-"After rehearsal is time enough" he
said calmly .- .. e.
Al few minutes later the valet
again returned breathless.
-Signor Arditi," he cried, "you
moost:a come home quick. Your wife
hes also a leetie GIRL" r. &C. r.! @'
SignorsArditi went on conducting.
s"1Adl-at right, aha" right" he said
After reheartM come"
.s;"Not ten minutes elapsed before the
yaletyrushed in again. "
"Signor: Arditi," he exclaimed, you
moost-a come home. 1t is triplets."
signor Arditi turned to Felix La
mond. 49, 81. q,
sLamond, take the baton" he said.
"My wife goes too. far. I've got to
run over to the house and stop this
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1,anlarnl,s Department.

u, Sure He'd Catch lt.-In the days
before prohibition, the temperance
orator always pictured a drunken
married man as going straight home
from the saloon and beating his wife
However there have been instances OF
a drunken married man going home
and being, beaten, by his wife. Thomas
,E. Woolwine, the district attorney OF
Los Angeles county, tells of an in
stance where married man was so
often and so severely punished by his
wife for arriving home peacefully
drunk, that the neighbors protested.
when ne comes home loaded like
that, why don't you treat him right?'
they said. as
81 do treat him right" she replied,
1.-The last time 1 nearly broke his
neck" {. rlt,a ....
'But why ), don't you try kindness
for a changer" they suggested. when
he comes home like that, make fuss
over him. Hand him his slippers and
his pipe and fix him a nice hot cup Of
coffee. See IL that won't cure him
Accordingly the next time he arrived
home drunk. instead Of greeting him
with a fiatiron, she led him to a chair
in front of the fire, unlaced his shoes
brought him his slippers and few
minutes later he was slipping a fresh
made cup Of coffee. rf
There, my dear" she said. How
do you feel now?" -,
Y He pressed her hand and spoke 10
her affectionately ifpa trihe muzzilyI
~ Il f-feel f-fine," he said. But III
catch it from my wife when l get
home" .... ..s-
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Showing En- Around.-An' Oxford
undergraduate. famous for his impu-
Sience. was showing some country
relations around his college quad
rangle. They arrived, in front Of the
masters residence. l..'.
a. THAT" he explained, ."is the mas
ter's residence ~, ..........
=. He pointed to some. rooms on the
second floor. L., ......... s.,
a '"rhat's the masters study" he said.
paHe next indicated a large bay win
dow. 80. &c.,.
,'.That is the masters study win
dow" he continued.
Then he picked up stone from the
walk and threw it at the window. 1t
broke with startling noise, and in
stantly, an old gentleman-his face
purple with rage-appeared at the
ruined sash. .r....
"And that" the undergraduate con-
cluded fmperturoably, ''is the master
himself" -. So. ......
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Part of Him Native.-"Are you a
native Of this parish" asked the
Scottish sheriff of witness.
"Maistly, yer honor" was the reply
81 mean, were you born in this par
ish?" ....
ma. yer honor, wasna born in this
parish. But'm maist a native for a
that"
"You came, here when you were a
child, I suppose you mean?" said the
sheriff.
mo. sir; I'm jist here about sax
year noo."
"Then how do you come to be near
ly a native of the parish?"
,".Weel, ye see, when 1 cam here sax
year sin. / jist weighed eight stane
an I'm seventeen stane moo, sac We
see that about nine stane O. me be-
longs to this parish an the ither eight
comes from Camfachie." g H. 81