WANT TO BE A CENTENARIAN?

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 18, 4 January 1922, Page 6

WANT TO BE A CENTENARIAN?

ft HOW TO LIVE. A little while ago John 1). Rockefeller celebrated his 82nd birthday. There are now less than eighteen years between John D. and the century milepost which Dr. Biggar, the oil king's physician, believes he is going to teach. Not only that—Dr. Biggar says most any of us can do it, too —cau live to be a centenarian —that is, any of us wno follow John D.’s sensible way of living. The doctor, who, by the way, is also 82, is looking forward to a golf match with Rockefeller when both have reached the three-figure mark. “Mr. Rockefeller is in better health now than many a man of 50,” says Dr. Biggar. “He once had indigestion, but he does not suffer from it now. He can eat anything, but he observes one oi the prime laws of health and eas moderately. Often I have heard him remark as he rose from the dinner table ‘I could have eaten more? His good sense tells him that moderation in diet is a prerequisite of endurance. ' “Mr. Rockefeller’s day runs by schedule. He lives. reguarly ami simply, and therefore wisely. He retires early and rises early. He has a certain time for work, a certain time for exercise and so on. Golf has played a great deal in conserving Mr. Rockefeller's life. For men past 50 golf is perhaps the best spout. Horseback is another excellent exercise for men over 50. Tennis, baseball, and cricket are good games for men under 50. Also swimming.” Dr. Biggar looks more like a man of 50 than four score and two. He keeps the same office hours he did twenty years ago. To those ambitious to live a century he advises:

“Food, sleep, and fresh air are thy trinity of health. He lives twice who lives his fifst fifty years sensibly. Nutrition, assimilation and elimination are the three essentials for health and longevity. Some form of outdoor exercise like walking, golfing or horseback riding is necessary. Avoid excess and riding is necessary. Avoid excess in eating. Eat only when hungry and always leave the table a little hungry.

! “What do I do personally? "Well— I’m up at 5 o’clock. I don’t often eat more than two meals a day and I observe a mixed diet. I never eat red mets and only occasionally the lighter meats. I used to smoke cigars, but don’t smoke at all now. I don’t take stimulants of any kind, including coffee and tea. Few stimulants are more injurious than coffee and tea. “Observe deep breathing.” concludes Dr. Biggar, “drink plenty of water and rest a hit after meals, especially if you are a brain worker, and there’s no reason, barring accidents, why you shouldn’t live to be a