EAT LITTLE LIVE LONG.
THREE CENTENARIANS’ ADVICE. NE$ YORK, jgfe*&j-The collective wisdom’ oi three —;Cenlen!irians who unanimously brand "ever-eating as the greatest cause of ill-Healtli and premature”,death' is made available to-day through a coincidence. Two centenarMr.’ John A. Stewart, the oldest American banker, and Mr. Barr Spangler, presideritrrof tho*-. First National Bank .of* IjShcas.ter, Pennsylvania, celebrated. thjir. hundredth birthdays yesterday. 'Jhe third is Dr. Stephen v Smith,. father Uf"-Anrericaix.pnbljc health, who diad yesterday within a few weeks of cbffipletipg-a**-eentuiy-of life. s , A favorite saying of Dr. Smith was: “Every man who dies before 100 practically sneaking dies by his own knife and fork.” . ■ ’ His ten maicjms areEat hardly &ny,' meat. Drink lots of milk; if it disagrees with you, drink more. 1 Take e; 10,: or .15 minutes’ nap after luncheon arid dinner,. Sleep 10 .hftws,. t t Sleep out of-doors when the weather permits, . ..fj.'ZZ / Don’t smokfl... : Don’t eat sweets. No’ alcdhbliq_qi'_ other ..stimulants.
Avoid the f»3sy- ■•chair; absence of work t is .the. first step to the grave. Just be natural. . • / Mr.' John A. Stewart’s great rulo is moderation. Eating too mufh is as bad as drinking too much, he says. Mr. Spangler attributes his long life to moderate eating—“l take but two meals a'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15955, 17 October 1922, Page 4
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207EAT LITTLE LIVE LONG. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15955, 17 October 1922, Page 4
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