THE LONGEVITY OF WOMAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12452, 23 December 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE LONGEVITY OF WOMAN.

It is well known that women live longer than men, but so far there is no satisfactory explanation a why this is so. Out of a million people, 225 women and eighty-two men reach the ago oi a hundred years. Maybe it is because a woman gets more sleep than a man, loi the longer a person sleeps the longer will life last. Nearly - all longlived people have been great sleepers. When M. de Lesseps was on the ocean he would sleep twenty hours at a stretch. Gladstone averaged twelve hours' sleep a clay. A man o» woman who would loam to sleep eighteen hours a day might live .200 years. One of the secrets of longevity, therefore, is to take plenty oi sleep. Other rules which the seekei after length of days should observe are these: — , Sleep on the right side. Keep the bedroom window open all night. Don't take a cold tub in the morning, but a bath the temperature of the body. Don't allow any pets in the living-room. They may carry disease germs. Take daily exercise in the open air. Occasionally change your occupation. Take frequent and short holidays. Watch the three D's—drinking water, dampness, and drains. Limit yom ambitions. Keep your temper. Worry less, work more; ride less, walk more; drink less, breathe more; eat less, chew more; preach less, practise, more.