The Washington times., 1937-06-16

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Edwin c. Hin are the recipes
for old age as given by those who
have attained it. But this state
ment of Brig. Gen. Samuel E
Tillman, at least, is unique. 1t
almost measures up to that OF
Emmanuel josef of Buffalo, who
when asked how he had reached
the age of 100 years, said:
81 can't think of a single rea-
son why I am alive today"
In my boyhood the golden rule
laid down for longevity was:
Never use tobacco or liquor" Yet
Mary Sizemore, a California WON
an Of 100, advises those who would
reach the century mark to "Smoke
pipe and raise a garden" At
the same time, Capt. Arnold Mil.
Ter, 101, also of California. tell us:
'"Never drink more than =
quart of whiskey a day, never
smoke more than four cigcrS."
PROTECTIVE FOODS
The belief that heredity is the
principal factor in longevity is
not confirmed by modern science.
DR.. Henry C. Sherman, of Column
bia University, says that tests
prove that nutrition is equally i'm
portant in the matter of prolong-
ing life. The average person, he
finds, has it within his power to
add life to his years and years
to his life" by taking advantage Of
recent knowledge in the field Of
nutrition.
"The great majority Of all
people will be benefited" says
this chemist, land the general
level Of public health will be
raised by the simple taking of q
larger proportion of the needed
nutriti0nal Galleries in the form
of protective foods"
In the latest studies Of old age,
we get the interesting informa-
ton that women live longer than
men, and that married men live
longer than single men.
DIR. John Williams, Of Cam.
bridge, Mass, in giving women the
better chance for longer lives, at
tributes it to the probable fact the
female body tissues are more re.
silent and repair more easily.
At the same time, he finds that
women are i'll one and one-half
times as often as men. AS to the
part that marriage plays, Stats
ticlanS of a large insurance COM
pany say:
''The risk Of death is un.
evenly divided among the single,
the married and the widowed.
But one rule holds consistently
throughout life-the married
male is favored over the unmar.
ried and the disparity is not q
mere trifle; it is very pro-
nounced. In fact, over q con.
siderable range Of ages, from 30
to As, the mortality of the mar
ried men is less than half that
of the single"
Actuaries tell us that today man
is the longeSt-liVed Of all nam.
mails and they discount as legends
the stories told about elephants
and whales living far beyond the
century mark.
At the same time, they put nc
credence in the reports which bob
up from time to time of humans
reaching such ages as 112, us, 100
to say nothing of Old PARIS claim
OF 152 years and the 146 years
attributed to Chris Drakenberg,
When Thomas Parr died in 1885
King Charles had him buried in
Westminster; Drakenberg, the
Dane, is supposed to have beer
born on November 10, 1926, ano
to have died October 8, 1872. The
Stat1sticianS say there is no proof
to either of these claims, wherea!
the most careful checking on theil
part convinceS them that rarely
II ever-doeS human life extend
beyond 106 years.
DR.. Raymond Pearl, the Johns
Hopkins authority, has set down
a scale of years for the different
species as follows:
Lower invertebrae, under 100
hours; insects, under 100 hours tc
II years; fish, up to 267 years,
amphibia, to SO years; reptiles, tt
ITS years; birds, 9 to 118 years
mammals, ~ to over 100 years.
DR.. Alexis Carrel sees the posi-.
bility of extending the life of mar
indefinitely, but at the same time
he asks the question:
"Why should it be?"
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