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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
breaks Highways, including the pave
ment of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A ahort, low.rate Waterway from the '
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
A correspondent at Kansas City takes issue
with tiie editor of The Bee on a question that is
hard to approach, because its final' answer must
be a personal one, each for himself and never W
for another. When it was stated in The Bee
that "Luther Burbank's opinion that belief in
God and immortality are mere superstitions"
was given because the great plant breeder and
blender had not developed his spiritual side
equal to his scientific attainments, it was ex
pected that the statement might be challenged
by somebody whose mental attitude is that of
unreasoning acceptance of all things material
yet rejecting entirely the existence of a Great
Cause. The Bee merely pointed out that Bur
bank, Ford and Edison, expert ,and authoritative
as each is in his sohere of usefulness. hav
missed one of the big things in life because they
have not developed symmetrically.
If our correspondent were to spend a few
evenings reading Henry Drummond's "Natural
Law in the Spiritual World," he would discover
that it is possible for a man to deal with scien
tific facts and yet accept spiritual truths. We
answer affirmatively the question of the corre
spondent: "Isn't it possible that a thorough
knowledge of electrical phenomena makes a
man as capable of grasping the gtfeat mystery
as if his 'training had been in a theological
school?" Indeed, if should the better fit him
for understanding things that are veiled,' from
common ken. No force in nature is more mys
terious or less completely understood than elec
tricity, and any comprehending knowledge one
may have of it should be a further incentive to
belief in the all-pervading force of the Great
Cause, Scientific men are also devout believers
in Goa to such numbers as gives the prominence
to the comparatively' few described by Thomas
Campbell, men'
, alas, of heaven directed mien,
f cultured soul and sapient eye serene.
Who hail thee man, the r'lgrim of the day,
Spouse of the worm and brother of the clay.
"The' fool hath said in his heart'ThereJs no
God!" But the wisest and best men of all
generations have turned to Him with faith and
confidence, convinced of the immortality of the
soul, and recognizing a great plan, to tho work
ing out of which, "unseen and uncompfehended
by us, all sin, all wrong, all evil, and all Violence
tend." , We do not know why. these things are
so; profound in apologetics, exegetics, dialectics
i or prognosis as one may become, he yet lacks
the material proof that may be demanded by the
sceptics, but finally each finds in himself the
proof as did the old Athenian philosopher, who
said:
It must be so Plato, thou reasonest well!
Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond
I desire
iThis longing after immortality?
Or, whence this secret dread and Inward horror
Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself and startles t destruction?
"TIs the divinity that stirs within us; "
'Tls heaven itself that points out a hereafter
And intimates eternity to man. ,
No man can declare his God unto another;
each must find God foThimself. Only the stupid1
would say that learning is a bar to belief, arm
only he who does not know is ignorant of the
greatest truth in nature, be he never so deeply
' immersed or certainly convinced of his grasp of
the fundamentals of life. God announces His
presence id everything about us, all through life,
and asks but little of us; to deny Him does not
remove Him, nor in any way suspend or inter-
: fere with the operation of HisLaws. Burbank,
Ford, Edison and our correspondent yet may
learn this, and we hope they do. ... v
use are not proof against the disintegrating
action of light.
This is one of the penalties we pay for
progress. When the colors were prepared for
Michael Angelo, for Tintoretto, Velasquez,
Rubens, Joshua Reynolds, or any of the great
ones, aniline dyes were unknown, but the paint
makers did understand what combinations of
material would produce permanency. That
secret has not died out, but the patience that
ground the pigments by pestle in mortar has
disappeared before the swifter process of turn
ing out the tuhes by machinery,
We have delicate hues the old masters knew
not. save as they approached them by mingling
thefr primary colors, but jilst as we have ex
tended the scale by chemical manipulation, so
have we sacrificed the element of endurance,
and are content, seemingly, to see our tints
vanish almost as they are exposed to the light,
worrying little over their evanescence. If,
however, the painter of today would be sure of
having the work of his brush exhibited in the-
national gallery a couple of centuries hence, he
will have to got about getting permanent colors
for his palette.
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew ts the Lias, let las aulas tall where then star.
ANSWERED. '
"What is love like?" All the poets and sages
Asking and unswering, down through tht ages,
Give us their formulae, show us their vision;
Beauty, variety yet no decision. ,
Love is a flame! - No, love is a flower.
Love is a beggar. Love carries a dower. .
Love is eternal. All love is but fleeting.
Love lies in parting. True love comes at meeting.
Love is unselfish; love's marked by exaction:
Love is a spirit; love's fleshly attraction:
Love's for today; love lives for tomorrow.
Love is true joy; love always brings sorrow.'
Raising the Lusitania.
One of the lessons of the war is that if a
ship be merely sunk and n8t shattered, and lies
not over fifty fathoms, deep, it may be recov
ered. The Lusitania went down in aboik forty
fathoms, on a sandy or gravelly bottom, and
salvage companies have great hopes that the
wreck jnay ,be floated with comparative ease.
At any rate the work is to be undertaken, to
the end that the vessel itself and most of its
valuable- cargo may be recovered. The process
is simple. From barges chains will be slipped
under the hull until sufficient to stand the strain
of the lift are applied. Then by alternately sink
ing and raising the barges the hulk will be lifted
and towed to shallow water, where divers can
work on it with ease. Such a recovery would
he a triumph for man's energy and ingenuity,
while the sight of the Lusitania once more
breasting the waves would be prophetic of a
future that is worth aspiring to.
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Art and Applied Mechanics.
Something of a shock to art lovers' is con
tained in the announcement from Paris that un
less some better method of rnixing and produc
ing colors is adopted, paintings being turned
"out today will scarcely survive the century..
As far as the cause of art is concerned, it will
be slight loss if most of the pigments being
smeared on canvas did disappear before the
action of light in the course of time., Admitting
this, a tinge of regret is felt at the statement
that even now the famous works of Millet, hang
ing in Paris, show the signs of decadence, and
that within a few years, unless something :s
done to preserve them, will be but blackened
canvas. Such would Indeed be a loss, just as
the world would' suffer were the great achieve
ments of a number of other of the great mod
ern artists to vanish because the colors they
Religion and Popular Government.
It is a fact, not at all curious, that religion
and government are always intimately con
nected. This does not mean that church
and state are, to be united, or that in a popular
government there is to be imbedded a national
religion. Following civilization back to its
sources, we may interestingly trace the gradual
divergence between the two, until today where
temporal power is divorced utterly, from ec
clesiastical, and where whatever influence the
church has in a political way is the reflection of
its teachings rather than a direct application of
its precepts through the ministration of its
prelates. But the strongest nations h'ave ever
been those of the purest religion, and, just as
their people have yielded to inclination to ac
cept complex or diverting doctrines, so have
they declined, the deterioration of the political
and moral fabric of the nation going side by
side. ,
At Boston last Monday William i Howard
Taft stated the case very clearly. Denning the
religious convictions of the American citizen as
he understands them, Mr. Taft said without
religion popular government can not exist. He
said :
The study of man's relation to his Creator
and his responsibility for his life to God,
energizes his moral inclinations, strengthens
his self-sacrifice and restraint, prompts his
sense of fraternal obligation to his fellow men,
and makes him the good citizen without whom
popular gaverrfment would be a failure.
The force of this must appeal strongly to
the student of history. Governments in the
past failed, not because of lack of religion, but
for the very reason that where their fafth was
not prescribed to the people by a dominating
priestcraft, as in the case of Egypt, Assyria,
Babylonia, even to some extent in Greece, it
was given to them in such quantity, as at Rome,
that w'orshipand devotion became either a sub
mission to earthly power or so perfunctory as
to lose any ' savor of vitalizing energy. ,vThe
ceremonies performed at Thebes, Memphis,
Ninevah, Athens, Rome, Ephesus, or anywhere
that civilization and enlightenment prevailed fell
far short of the humble worship that charac
terized the religion of Abraham, who gave to
monotheism the qualities that have preserved it
through the millenlums and have brought it to
its sublime eminence of today.
It is a comforting thought, because it con
tains the promise of enduring strength, that
America is great because its people fear God
and respect the law because of their faith in
God. A nation so founded can not be swept
away; a people so minded will not be lifhtly
turned from the anchor of their strength. In
time of trouble they will lift up their eyes to
the hills, even as did the Psalmist, and will
renew their4 vigor as he did. Our Lord is a
strong fortress, in very truth, and our land Is
happy because of that ery fact.
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So runs, the argument, tireless, unceasing,
Every pronouncement confusion increasing;
Yet it's as simple as la two times two
What is love like, dear? Why, love is like Tou!
IRIS.
THAT 44.1 per cent gain in California's pop
ulation is made up to a large extent of "retir
ing easterners. California is undoubtedly art
agreeable place to die in.
"BEG YOUR PARlON."
(From the Freeport Journal-Standard.) '
There appeared to be a mistake in yester
day's paper regarding William Cromwell.
Instead of him being placed in jail Saturday
night and released on Sunday evening, he
was placed there early Sunday morning ,
and was released a few hours afterwards .
and he had his dinner at hqme. '
, MRS. LOUIS KERBIG. .
"PREACHER Denies Belief in Hell Takes
Up Much-Mooted Question." Springfield Re
publican. We fancied that the " question had stopped
mooting some time ago, didn't you?
We'll Order It, at Once.
Sir: Observing your occasional half-hearted
yielding to Conrad as an alleged translator of
the "feel" of the open sea, and also bilgewater,
I am' wondering if you ever had the' education of
reading Trelawney's "Autobiography of a
Younger Bon." ir you haven t, why, there s a
new printing of it out for persons who are
privileged to read with their brains as well as
their eyes. Whether he was more creator than
recorder I know not; but he puts the finest
stuff over the plate. Then you can revise your
Conrad. Huh! WYEEAA.
"THE old lady in the berth opposite," re
port a reader enroute, "said she could only
sleep with her head toward the west. As the
train was traveling northwest she had to reset
herself by the compass" every little while."
&URFEW SHALL NOT RING TONIGHT.
Sir: The practice of ringing the 9 o'clock
curfew at Lewellen, Neb., has been discontinued
owing to the many protests from the inhab
itants. As Lewellen Is geographically located, 9
o'clock arrives in the middle of the night; and
the railroad agent, who was the only bird up at
this hour, loses a job. LOU ELLEN.
PERUSAL of the fiction in the Sunday paper
is ewarded by many a happy figure of speech.
As frexample: "Some strange influence was
drawing me with invisible neurotic wires. The
sound of my heart was like the beating of a
rug."
Chance of a Coupla Lifetimes.
Sir: In Kansas City some of the merchants
at least are hitting h. c. 1. an awful wallop. I
saw in a hair store an offer of a special for
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday twenty-four
curls for $3.9$. I can see no reason for any one
being without them. If one should feel she
can't use them all she might form a Curl Club;
in this way three girls could get eight curls
each for $1.33, and eight real fuzzy ones will
make most of the present day damsels look
topheavy. Of course, if a girl's father is a
plumber or something, and she doesn't have to
consider expense, or if she is proud and does
not want to Join a club, she can use what she
needs for herself, put the rest on the dog, or
send them to the foreign missions. B. A.
HOWEVER, we were prepared for the fern,
fashion note that "the new suits are unimportant
as to skirts."
IN WHICH FORBEARANCE ALMOST CEASES
TO BE A VIRTUE.
(From an Eau Claire; Journal.)
To the Public: City boys, bathing in
the creek that runs through my place a
mile or two south of Eau Claire, stole ap
ples from my tree and broke it down and
are stealing plums though they are not yet
ripe. I pay for my farm 'and pay taxes on
it and if I miss any more of my crops I '
shall get a bulldog to protect my property.
HENRY MARTIN.
WHERE but in Boston would one lamp the
following:
"This graven token that marks the
lengthening chain of years, set with modest
jewels of loyalty and duty, a presage and a
pledge of golden years to come, genuine
with fair stones of close knit fellowship and
tireless service, a tribute to cherished lead-
ers, The honored house of Jordan, Marsh
& Co. is given by the Quarter Century ,
Club." i '
THE FRENZIED PIANO MAN.
"And throughout our four great floors
you will behold ultra-mag'niflcence,' entirely
new and original in artistic thought and ar
rangement indeed, the most super.bly
sumptuous exposition of talking machines
and pianos in ivory finished, gold decorated,
exquisitely draped, highly lighted settings
and rich environment. i
"BROWN Beetle Attacking Corn Observes
kxpert. Carbondale .tree Press.
But as the expert appeared inoffensive, the
beetle resumed its attack on the corn.
KVENING.
The sun has set, the glimmering world is still,
And in the near-by meadow, solemn trees
Past their green prime and by the wayward
breeze
This hour unvisited, reflect at will.
Much have they gleaned from both the sky and
wind.
Their tranquil breathings seem to find my ear,
And from the shadowy hedge I hear
A hundred voices delicate in kind,
Most 'friendly, fluting, soft, and unafraid
A scarcely broken ring of choric sound. 1
Twice in the lane old Dolly stamps the ground,
Then lays her down unseen in thickening shade,
Seeking the rest which all the earth deems good,
Save from one"Mrd that quavers from the wood.
. , A. B.
"SOLDIERS at Belfast surprised a body of
Sinn teiners at bombing practice in the hills.
May not a group of healthy, good natured i
boys enjoy a bit of recreation in the morning
unmolested by the meddling military:
THE END OF A PERFECT MORNING."
(Emington, 111., item.)
Reports reached this office that Albert
Jacobs of Kempton and Miss Margaret
Ewing of Emington were married at
Loretto .at 7 p. m. Wednesday morning.
C. B. FALLS, we note, with pleasure, won
first prize in a poster competition conducted by
the Victory Hall Association. Charles made
one of our books worth while by drawing illus
trations for it.
THE SECOND POST.
(A Jap section 'man to his roadmaster at
Sheridan.)
, Dear Sir: When Mr. Supt in a good hu
mor, will you ask htm if he can let me have
.old scale house at Dietz that dismantled
otherday for wash house? Very much ap
preciate if let me have as. too, many kids in
the house and best things for woman to
wash day In out side.
"PUPPIES Born in the Sky." headline.
Not plane dog, ventures J. T. L.; and' he
offers choice of airdale, sky terrier, sun dog,
and But roll your own. '
TOO EASY.
Sir: Add dangerous ocrupatiorfs: scoffing
in Canada. The Station Hotel at Welland ad
vertises "Quick Lunch Gasoline," and a sigq
in the Clifton at Niagara Falls says Tomain
Dining Room. Now to dash off a heading:
Those who came to scoff, remained to . . .
'Sfarzicango. If you don't print this I'll know
It is because you can't finish it either.
N. G. B.
MR. HUGHES says the League has "a bad
heart." And so according to that other
emineht diasnosiirian. . Dr. Wilson has the
world. B. L. T.
What Boys of 1920 Are Reading '
(From (ilia Loch)..
"A Tip as Is a Tip."
The sophisticated city man, wise in his own
conceit and full of a sense of that wisdom, will
snicker when he hears of how a Nebraska "rub6"
gave a hotel belt-hop a big red apple as a tip.
But just let the "smart Aleck think a moment.
.-., Giving of apples has had some material and
permanent effect on the destiny of the human
race. Vt started right at the very beginning,
when Mother Eve gave one to Adam"; and from
that day 'to this the train of events theft set in
motion has been troubling mankind. That of
course is a familiar story. Then there is the
episode in which Venus permitted Paris to
present an apple to Helen, which simple little
act "launched a thousand ships, and burned the
topless towers of Ilium." Apples, that grew only
in the Garden of Hesperides brought something
of fame to Hercules, but he gathered them.
In fact, the history of the race teems with in
cidents in- which an apple has had something to
do with shaping destiny. We may turn away
from that and consider the point in a more ma
terial aspect. Had the farmer given the boy a
dime, it would have been in strict accord with
conventions. Yet the boy would have had some
difficulty in exchanging that dime for a big red
apple. He could not eat the dime, but he could de
vour, ingest, digest, assimilate and enjoy the fruit.
Therefore, just in the degree that the pleasure of
eating a large and juicy Nebraska grown apple,
no matter what variety, exceeds the slipping
of a thin dime into one's- pocket, so did the boy
gain through the farmer's generosity. It was
some tip, all right, rare enough, and therefore
the more noteworthy. J
And in closing, brethren, let us' direct your
attention to the fact that the man who has an
orchard of bearing age anywhere in the vicinity
of Scottsbluff, Neb., comes as near having a
collection of money-trees as one is likely to get
in this world.
Some enterprising investigate with a gift
for figures might give us an idea of the amount
of potential energy that is wasted in pots now
bubbling to make "home brew." t
It's a safe guess that the democrats would
have liked Hiram Johnson lot better if he had
kept silent till after election. "
These first days of autumn seem to presage
an Indian summer of the customary Nebraska
variety. !
Straw votes may not finally determine, but
they do show the trend of public thought.
Slowly the procession headed by Henry is
gaining in numbers.
And the carnival 'also was a great success.
WHAT ARK THE HOYS BEADING?
Fifty years ago Hhe boys of America
were reading; Dick Turpln. Ctauile Iu
va) and other favorite IVndle publica
tion; (the Jack Harkaway etorleu In
the Boba and Oirla Weekly, the Chim
ney Conner, the Waverly Magazine and
the New York Ledger, ff their parents
had no supervision over their litera
ture. In Ins latter case "Vnels Tom's
Cabin," "Sanford and Werton." Oliver
Optic's stories and the Youth's Com
panion wer prescribed, and those tlrat
mentioned proscribed.
We wondor what the boys of 1S20,
between 10 and 16 years of age, are
reading, and how their natural selec
tions would compare with those of the
boys of (0 years ago? Omaha (Neb.)
Bee.
The above editorial comment of a
leading western newspaper was very
generally copied by newspapers
throughout the country. "Hank."
whose "Letters to his parents" was
a feature of the August Gas Logic
and who spent the' summer in a
lamp with about 170 other youths,
was asked to make fa canvass of his
comrades and let Gas Logic know
just what manner of literature most
Interests the blys of today. His
answer, printed herewith, is highly
illuminative. ''-Hank" was 14 years
old last November, , ,
"To the Editor of Gas Logic: In
your letter you asked me to tell you
what books and papers boys read
today. I have asked the fellows in
our tent and many others and they
all have their favorite authors. In
father's day it was Oliver Optic, but
his books are not read very much
by boys nowadays.
Our counselor often reads to us
evenings and Sherlock Holmes and
stories about Robin Hood are the
ones that the fellows like the most.
The most popular magazines with
the boys in camp are The Open
Road, American Boy s Life and Pop
ular Mechanics.
The books that are easy to read
and exciting are ''Base Ball Joe on
the Big League" and books like that,
"Tarzan" is the most popular book
all around With boys and counselors
alike. There are a bunch of them.
There are more books by the same
author "A Trip to Mars" and other
books with names like that. There
are others that were just as popular
last winter and the winter before,
such as "Jimmy Dale," supposed to
be a noted "safe cracker.
Then there are the stories for the
fellows who are 14 and up. The
favorites are Poe and O. Henry, all
of Doyle's detective stoVies, and
Scott. There ar what I'm getting
to like best.
I hope this will give you a better
idea of what the boys of today like
and read. HANK."
Pity the poor author who writes
for the small boy of today. His is
not the simple task of spinning
ihrillingj narrative as it was 25 or
more yearsago, for the modern boy
not only demands reality and accu
racy of fact, but he is a relentless
critic. Travel stories written by one
of those persons whose farthest
journey has never taken him out of
his home town, no longer have the
power of holding his attention. The
boy of today is keenly alive to na
tional and( international conditions,
chiefly through the medium of the
newspapers, and as a result of his
deep and tireless interest in the war.
In other words, the modern boy is
not satisfied with merely surface
knowledge. He is not so easily
misled as was his grandfather, for
be has seen so much of the world
in the making that he never hesi
tates to question. ' , v
The war made daily lite replete
with excitement of the sort a boy
likes and no artificial sensational
ism was needed to hold his interest.
Stories based on purely imaginative
happenings could not compete with
the reality of the big things which
were occurring: daily. The latest
scientific discoveries and inventions
which the demands of the war
caused to develop-with startling rap
idity, thrilled youthful readers quit
as much as the exploits of "Dead
Eye Dick" and "Frank Merriwell"
enthralled a former generations In
deed the librarian in charge of the
children's department at the public
library at Fifth avenue and Forty
second street says that it was neces
sary to transfer some of the war
books dealing with the scientific side
of the conflict, from the adult to tho
children's department in order to
have enough copies to meet the in
sistent demand made by the youth
ful seekers after information. "Old
Sleuth" was forgotten in the race to
find out the very latest in airplane,
submarine and wireless invention.
Moving pictures have (heir shitrf
in moulding a boy's reading. The
Tarzan books are widely read for
this very reason as well as other
books by the same author, such as
"A Trip to Mara,"
. The Boy Scout movement also has
begun to show its influence In the
selection of books made. Dan Beard,
books on camping and outdoor life,
all have great appeal which has in
creased considerably since the boys
began joining "the scouts."
Jules Verne is -qujte as popular
as he ever was, but Horatio Alger
is "out." Oliver Optic is also con
sidered as belonging to the past by
the greater number of boy readers
today The boys themselves say of
this type of book that "after you
have read one or two of them you
find they are all alike. There's
nothing, new or different in them."
an indictment their grandfathers
would never hav thought of bring
ing against those "boy classics."
The general trend of boys' read
ing shows the chief difference be
tween the modern boy and his
grandfather. The modern boy is not1
taken in so much bjmystery and il
lusion as such. He has, a broader
cutlook on lije and a larger yisiqn.
will not prove fata to any of the.
He finds reality far more enticing
and startling than imagination. Hjs
needs for mental entertainment are
correspondingly Rfeat and the type
of straightaway f'.ction book without
basis of fact fails fa interest as It
once djd.
The daily newspapers are widely
read, too, "and the youngsters con
centrate particularly on the sport
pages. In the magazine Held they
find their chief interest in "The
American Boy," "Boy Life," "The
Open Road," "Youth's Companion,"
and "Popular Mechanics."
It. isn't that the modern boy is
so radically different from his an
cestors, for he still loves the adven
turous type of story whether of
Indians, pioneer life, exploration ,or
detective sleuthing but hb broader
knowledge of events has made him
more particular as to the ' telling of
a story as well as to its subject mat
ter. Many mothers go to the librar
ian and ask, "How can Ueep my
boy from reading cheap detective
fctories?" The answer given by the
understanding librarian is "By giv
ing him the very best type of de
tective stories there are. Uncon
sciously you will find that your son
will naturally become interested in
the better grade of books of this
type after1 he has read a few of
them. The best way to protect your
uuuu s reading is not oy placing re
strictions which, the normally bright
child will be aihfost be sum to over
ride because . he is made curious by
your keeping something from him,
but to "choose for him the best types
of the books which seem to have
the greatest appeal for h'm.
It is the opinion of the children's
librarian that as1 a rule a .boy's ap
preciation and intelligence 'are rated
too low and that, other thines be
ing equal, with a little skillful guid
ance in selection, a normal young
ster will invariably prefer the well
written book to the slovenly one: It
is just a matter of pointing out to
mm tnat there really are ineresting
books which are not in the least
goody-goody.
A taste for reading, however, ac
cording to the librarian who has
made this her life study, must be
rormed before the age of 12 vears
to make that person a real lover of
reading Just for the jby of it. While
no set rules can be set down as to
the proper method of cultivating a
love tor, good books, yet it is her
idea that if a child were to hear
bits of good poetry and Mother
Goose at the age of 5 years and this
were to be followed with the best
types of fairy tales, folk lore and
legend Kipling's "Jungle Books"
and "Just So 1 Stories," etc. that a
fairly firm foundation wouid be laid
upon which the child himself under
not too evident guidance, would
learn to choose books of the better
sort.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene, sanita
tion and prevention of dlaeaae, sub
mitted to Dr. Evans by readers ol The
Bee, will be answered personally, sub
ject to proper limitation, where a
stamped, addressed envelop la en
closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diteases. Address lattsrs In care of
The Be. ;
Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
RETAINING ONE'S YOUTH.
Dr. Adam Wright, one ot the fin
est old men In Canada, gives his re
flections on how to live to a ripe
old age. He says a man who
reaches 50 In ordinary health and
vigor should live to reach 90 or 100.
life quotes Chauncey. Deptw's plan.
Early in life Chauncey smoked 20
or more cigars a day. He found
that was making him nervous.
Twenty years ago he reduced his
daily allowance to two cigars. He
is sparing in his Indulgence In alco
hoi, limiting himself to one pint of
champagne a day. This sir rier
rt.an Weber, who wrote a book on
longevity, in common with most
others who have written on the sud-
kject, would not approve. Not so
Adam Wright, however, ror ne ad
vises old men to take a little good
rye whisky daily. Although Chaun
cey has a world reputation as a
Cine, he eats very sparingly. He
gave up eating teef 30 years ago.
Now we come to the emphasized
rt of his plan in Dr. Wright's
sWtement. He works 44 hours a
week and takes a keen interest in
current events. He is of a cheerful
disposition, is even tempered and
gets lots of pleasure out of life. All
who heard him speak to the repub
lican convention last June will agree
that he has many years of happy
vigorous life before him.
No kid in the convention could
match wits with this wonderful old
man, and, in spite of his years, he
held ttiat audience of 15,000 as no
younger man was able to do.
Dr. Wright says for 50 years no
man in Canada did more work than
Sir George Ross, premier of Ontario.
However, he may have been in his
youth, in his old age he was very
careful and methodical in his habits.
He worked eight hours a day, but he
broke his day into short work peri
ods. He would drive hard for two
hours and then stop for a short rest
ing spell. After that he would drive
for another two hours.
Each afternoon he slept for three-
At
quarter ui on - -,,
night he slept eight and one-hair
hours. During his later llfu he was
crippled from rheumatism and could
take little exercise, except stih as
he could get in the wiy of gymnas
tics in his bath room.
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