Show Ir Agree With Dr Depew That Men Ought to Live to Be i By Observing Simple Health Rules I I Fisher Has Fifteen Rules to Prolong Life and Hol Holto Holds to Centenarian Theory If a Man Takes Care e of Himself Himself Himself Him Him- self Common Sense and Eugenics Enter Largely Into the Precept For Those Who Shorten Lives by Worry I Heres Here's a Dont Give a Hang Prescription to Nto o Be Bei i Mentally Applied i iBy By NIXOLA GREELEY SMITH I NEW NEW YORK Nov No 25 Chauncey Chauncey M. M Depew told the mem members els el's of ur the New Nework Nework I ork chamber of ot m medicine that thousands of people have died prematurely just cause King David fixed the duration of human life Ufe at t three score and ten I I Ir r. r Depew who at 82 is as IlS alert physically and mentally us as he was twenty I ears ears ago said King David died in ins the early seventies b because cause he had led lede ledie ledi I ie e life A man can live to be Mr De Depew ew added Prof Proto Irving Fisher of ot Yale university university who vho is chairman of the hygiene p ference board of ot the Life Lire Extension institute of 25 West Vest Forty-fifth Forty street i Id me that tha he agrees with Mr 1 Depew that persons who lead simple healthful I ves yes should live to be and ultimately ma may do so I But I have no opinion as to King David added tho the Yale professor of I I economy e-conomy who is regarded generally as the ablest lay authority on problems in the country today I I We Americans have inherited me- me Indifference to the human mC-l mC od ody Professor Fisher continued For Forat hat at reason the average duration of offe offe offe I fe in the United States Is fifty years his is three years more than it was ight years yean ago when I was a a. memer mem- mem er of Roosevelt's conservation mem 1 board id tid made a report on national vitality hen I placed the average duration f life in the United States at orty even years The life of ot mammals othI oth- oth I r I than man Is ts five times the period of No Now man attains his full tull in about twenty-five twenty years It Gems reasonable therefore to hope bope that ur life period may be prolonged to ears at least when the rules of ot mental I nd physical health are generally un- un and followed Professor Fisher had come to New Nework Nework i ork for a go the Life Lite Exten- Exten lon Ion on Institute which has William Haft H. H aft ait for chairman of ot its board of ot di- di lectors l- l and numbers on Its oard card the leading scientists and health of the United States In- In luding lulling MaJ Gen William C. C Gorgas I Gen Rupert Blue of the Unit- Unit d States public service Herman Berman Migs M MI health commissioner of New Newark Nework ark rork Alexander Graham Bell and C. C 5 Davenport director of the ecord cord office at Cold Spring Harbor he institute was founded by Harold Ii Ley a millionaire philanthropist I lid nd Professor ProCessor Fisher Its purpose Is iso 0 o diffuse knowledge of ot the principles f t hygienic living throughout the I I FIFTEEN FISHERS FISHER'S I i I RULES TO PROLONG LIFE In collaboration with the scientists I II Pro- Pro I ho are members of ot our board I Fisher said Dr Eugene Lyman I f II fisk I isk and I have prepared a book of ot the title is How to Live I In 1 his book we place the rules of health t fifteen The They are ale 1 Ventilate every room you occupy 2 light loose and po porous us clothes 3 3 Seek out door occupations and recreations 4 f Sleep out if you can 5 Breathe deeply 6 Avoid overeating and overt overweight over over- weight t 7 Eat sparingly of meats andI and I eggs 8 Eat some som hard some bulky i some raw roods foods 9 Eat slowly 10 Cleanse leanse the body thoroughly regularly and frequently of its waste 11 ll Stand sit and walk erect 12 Do not allow poisons and In Infections Infections Infections In- In to enter the body 13 Keep the teeth sums gums and andi i tongue clean 14 Work play rest and sleep In moderation 15 Keep serene II A At t th tIle the risk of being a a. Joy killer I lust add that Professor Fisher In- In ludes alcohol among poisons which not be allowed to enter the body I nd remember that his opinion is not ne man power but has the backing f t the leading scientists of ot the coun- coun i ry behind it ft I Alcohol Is not a real brain i ant Professor Fisher said but acts y narrowing the field of conscious conscious- Less ess The man who wakes up under is really going to sleep as far tar faris farj j is s his Judgment and reason are con- con ernes Complete abolition of at conI con- con I is brought about bv by Tent doses dose as when ether or chloro- chloro I orm is taken Under moderate doses muscular is at first Increased a a. little nd then then- lowered the total effect being 1 loss in working power You have a good deal to to say about in How Jow to Live II I reminded he advocate of life lite extension At hat what age e do YOU vou think It most desira- desira ile le to roam marry Between 25 and 30 when the period f t gro growth h has been attained Professor isher replied I believe that as soon soone is s e men and women acquire th the know- know edge that their choice of or a mate will whether or not their I ral 1 end ami mental faults and virtues will reappear in children children they will feel a I sacred responsibility toward marriage Here are some of or the rule rules for the thee selection of a a. mate te put forth by the I j Life Lite Extension Institute I Learn to analyze Individuals Into their inheritable traits traits physical physical I mental and moral Differentiate between socially noble and ignoble traits between social and educational veneer and sterling Inherent capacity Do not expect physical mental a arid and d moral perfection ill in any anyone one individual but look for a a. majority of sterling traits Join your family line to one which is strong in in- respect to the traits in which yours is weak But remember also that injuries can be inflicted on offspring by unhygienic iving In addition to the rules s of ot health and of eugenics Prof Professor Fisher told me t I people who want to live long should avoid the hurry habit should cultivate I a religion of ot healthy mindedness should learn to moderate their desires I and should cultivate the habit of happiness I I know a very wi wig wi i physician who I prescribed to a business man worrying worryIng worrying worry- worry Ing over his financial responsibilities I that he start each day ay by saying over overto overto I Ito to himself for five minute I dont don't dont I give a hang I dont don't give a hang Professor Fisher concluded So o here we are are all all together now If w we want to live long and prosper hy hygienically j We dont don't gh give a hang hangi We dont don't give a a HANG HAN V e A e Y rf M MF F tt k x T Tu u ti d r PROF IRVING FISHER |