Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-06-15 | Page 8 | As I Remember

M Ma a 1 y 1 t tr w N 4 a. a 1 1 See flee that Ihal gentleman over th there then pointing to a man who appeared ap ape peered to be about SO 10 years year of age ae and nd who w. w was waiting on Oft the corner for a street treet car Well Will be ht U Is i oneo one OM o of or the young old oW men mea of the tbt state and there art are more Jou young old ob men arid aM women In Utah than In Itt any other state t In to the tM Union when whoa pope pop population ia b con considered Ill II remark rk caused the party parlY to think about the average ara duration of tt life We and Dd the he speaker looker who was wa a wen well known life Itc Insurance representative produced some figures re regarding the mean town duration of life me It was wall pointed out that of oC persons aged 10 y yeas years 14 die Ale the tint first year and of ot the remainder die the next year Following up the deaths death each aeb ch year until alt all die It is le lea a ascertained that the average age e t to which a member of this group of 1006 survives I Is e 47 years yean T TIa This Is Ia called lIed In other words word ones one's ex expectation ex of life Though many die sooner a 1 boy boy- of 10 years ma may expect expect ex ex- to live to be tie 81 years yr old oW IChe If IC he survives that age hi his hie expectation at 69 it years U is that he will live 14 U longer as that is I. the average age reached by the survivors of oC the original group roup of who attain the a. a age alts of 59 19 This would give glye him a life me tenure to 10 73 3 years year when the number of survivors oChla of oC hla his group roup would be the deaths In that year aggregating gaUng 2605 The Tho question of ut longevity then coming up figures figure were produced a which dl disclosed that longevity runs In families 8 that It Is hereditary and that although individuals Individual who attain a great gre-at age may be exposed to o the tho same exigencies ot of lira life as nor those who die young or in middle life lite the they outlive their generation The Tho longevity of man Is s usually I gh given en as years oars but there are ore many instances recorded of people who sho have reached years but shores above that age are Bre vcr very rare ibis compilation of data which the Insurance representative had athla at athis hit his command was unusually Interesting Inter eating esting as It t disclosed further that the great majority of or long lived heed In Individuals In- In n had been of or medium height and weight of quiet quiet- and regular habits moderate eaters and temperate drinkers or abstainers and that use of or tobacco seemed to play but n small part The Tho figures also disclosed that women Ih live e longed than men Sanitation conditions Improved conditions of or living and the progress progress ress cess of civilization also added to the prolongation of oC life Ufe which has been more morn than doubled within the past te few rew v centuries Each species of pant plant or animal as in to the case of oC each Individual has Its Us term of ot existence ex ca- Its limit of oC growth and duration of or life Tito as the tie ife of certain insects I Is Js spanned nned by tour four or five the hours noun while that of ot the Baobab tree of or the C Cape pe de Verde Islands is years curs In Roman Homan fish fishponds fishponds fishponds ponds have ha loved lived for sixty years Of or mammals only man also the elephant and the rho whale hale live Ive to be years old ld horses and bears seldom reach the age of 40 years ears sheep 15 years and the squirrel squire squirrel rel eel 15 years while white bees have been known to live fh five fhe e years eart r I