Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

OF 10 princes. They were King Edward
~. Edward v, Richard III. Henry VII.
Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary
tBloody Nary, the great Elizabeth,
James I and Charles I. BY the order
Of King Charles /. a post-mortem ex-
animation was made Of the remarkable
mans body. Court physicians were
amazed to fnd hts internal organs in
perfect shape and his cartilages I'M
oSsified. 1t seems only to have been the
change OF air and diet and the excite
ment OF romping around London with
the giddy Earl of Arundel and his
friends which cut him down.
In the matter of marriage FARO Agha
was q faster worker than old Parr
Parr did not take his first bride until
he was 60 FARO Is reported as right
now negotiating TO obtain q divorce from
his seventh wife. He candidly explains
that it is his ambition to find an heiress
IN America who will marry him. He
wants an heiress. he says, for he Is not
well-oh and thinks he should make
some provision for his declining years.
He is quite hopeful OF making a match,
being rather vain about the complete
new growth Of hair and set of natural
teeth which he developed at the age
of l2O. His only infirmity is slight
deafness. which he regards as an ad-
vantage in matrimony.
Have Centenarians Of Our Own.
While he cannot produce legal proof
OF MS age, every one in the Tophane
quarter OF Galata at Constantinopie,
knows him for an honest man and will
swear TO it. He has always said it was
the truth. FARO has been attached to
the Stamboul prefecture but has re-
signed his position and is saying his
fareWelIs in the cafes and bazaars pre-
paratory to sailing for the United
States.
These two cases may bring nope TO
such people as are fearful Of dying not
knowing what awaits them MethuSaleh,
We are advised lived to be 900 years
OF age, but students argue that the
years referred to in that computation
were not the same kind of years that
we are using now. Science shows that
people are living very much longer on
an average than they did in old PARIS
time or even 100 years, so years ago
Under modern conditions old Parr might
have lived to be 200.
Certain types of people achieve greater
longevity than others Personal habits
obviously have nothing to do with long
life. One man will celebrate his 100
year mark by telling the newspapers
that he owes his long life to total alb
stlnence from alcohol and tobacco. The
next centenarian will bless those prod
ucts as being responsible for his con-
tinued vitality
John Voorhis, president of the board
OF elections of New York CITY is one
OF our present-day centenarians of spe-
clal interest. He was 100 years old
in July and still is active. Twenty
years ago Mayor Gaynor declined to
appoint him to some Office for which
he had been recommended on account
OF his great age, but Mayor Gaynor is
long dead, while Mr.. Voorhis carries
on blythely
The people of Northern New York
State in the Adirondacks live to great
ages. Scarcely week goes by that
the county papers of some of the many
towns scattered through that section
do not report that some man or woman
gave q party to celebrate a Tooth birth
day anniversary. The death notice
column OF the newspapers of the re-
gion list many persons over 100 years
Of age. If any one dies under 80 1t is
assumed there must have been some
accident. The same is true in sec
tons of Pennsylvania, peopled by the
mountains OF Kentucky. Tennessee. Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, 100 years ID
no more than a green old age.
Old Parr is dead, but FARO had bet
ter not be too sure that he will not
find a challenger If he lands on these
shores. Only the good die young, ac-
cording to a very old saying and any
reformer will tell you that. with the
exception of himself. none Of Us
amounts to very much In the way Of