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Fay Morgan of the University Urnverslly of ofI ofCal.1forma ofCalifornia cCalifornia I Cal.1forma Cal1forma California . has tried to isolate Isoiate a new newI newvltamm newvitamin ne nevitamin I vitamin vltamm \ whose chose hose abl absence > cnce from the theI thebody thebody thbody I body is at least known to br ng on onI onmany omany I many symptoms of premature ageI ageIn age ageIn I Inorkmg In \ working \\orkmg orkmg \ with rats Dr Morga Morgan Morganhas : , has concentrated on diet perfectma perfectmga perfectinga perfectmg perfecting a filtrate factorhose factor \ whose \\hose hose \ absence absenceresults absenceresults absencresults results in rapid ag ng rag Among or ordmar ordinary 01dinar dmar dinary ; ) foods t the e constituents constJtuents of thIS thisYt thi s t7 t7Y t7i Yt Y i d dw - ' w A CENTURY PLUS-Tony PLUS Tony PLUSTonyBodance PLUS - TonyBodance Tony TonyBodance Bodance of Acio 1ew t1ew 1\ 1 t1 \ ew York Yor Yorkcelebrat ! . celebrat celebrated celebrated celebrated ed his hu 105th birthday by dorn do'n don doin'the dointhe ' ' ' the shag ivilh with iettls his Ills nurse lIu fits lIurectpe fitsrecipe Hisrecipe rectpe recipe for longetity longeuty longettty , No meattobacco meat , tobacco , , alcoholor alcohol-or alcohol or alcohol - or women womenfiltrate womenfiltrate . filtrate .flltrate flltrate factor are bel eved eyed to be becontamed becontained becontained contamed contained m in yeast whole rice and andrice andrice andrice rice hulls eggs milk mllk and many manyvegetables manyvegetables manyvegetables manyvegetablesScience vegetables vegetablesSCience Science has certainly certamly determined determinedthat determinedthat determinedthat that overeating overeatmg is not conducive tolongevity to tolongevIty tolongevity longevIty It has long been a prov proverb proverb proverb erb that gluttons d g their graves graveswith graveswith graveswith with their theu teeth and laboratory laboratoryrats laboratoryrats laboratoryrats rats allowed to eat all they wanted wantedactually wantedactually wantedactually actually did experience expenence shorter l1ves lives l1vesthan livesthan hvesthan than those . whose v.hose vhose diets were con controlled controlled controlled controllednope trolled trolledRope trolledHope nope Rope Hope to Boost L Life e SpanAlthough SpanAlthough Span SpanAlthough Although it is recognized recogmzed that along a along along long life lile is often inherited mberlted from an ancestors ancestors ancestors cestors who possessed the same sametralls sametraits sametraits tralls traits some scientists actually hope hopethe hopethe hopeI the average life hfe span can be In Increased increased mcreased | creased to 100 years Nor is th sall s sall sall all they promise for a long old oid age ageof ageof ageof of feebleness is not conducive to tohnppme tohappiness tohappiness hnppme happiness s Science bel eves rather ratherthat ratherthat ratherthat that if mankind mankmd will co operate it itcan itcan itcan can avoid death by d sease or other otherace otherace otheraec ace dents unt tint I 1 1 the t t me comes for fora fora fora a quick qwck old age and sudden endSoclolog endSociolog end endSoclolog Soclolog Sociolog sts are arc heartened by a amodern amodern amodern modern reversal of the recent trend trendtoward trendtoward trendtoward toward junk ng old people as un unfit unfit unfit fit tor for profitable employment It IS ISnow isnow isnow now conceded that both youth and andage andage andage age are needed tor for a proper balanceof baianceof baiance balance of the community and old oid people peoplethemselves peoplethemselves peoplethemselves themselves are arc realiz renllz rcaliz ng that their theirmental theirmental theirmental mental outlook on the world and 1 1 fe feIS feis feis IS as much a part of staying y } ) oungas oungas oung as anyth ng clse else Cite Franklin Franklm s WorkH WorkH Work WorkH H stonans storlnns storians po nt to mnumerable innumerable mnumerablecases innumerablecases innumerablecases cases where people have done the r rmost rmost rmost most notable work at an advanced advancedage advancedage advancedage age Benjamin Franklin Franklln was serv servmg servmg servmg mg the United Uruted States as 'lmbassador lmbassador ambassador ' ambassadorto . to France when he was 79 and sev several several several eral years later was making makmg some someof someof someof of his most important scientific selentlfic d s scoverles seoveries scovenes scovenesMoses coverles eoveries coverlesMose eoveriesMoses Moses Mose , v gorous Israel Israelte te leader leaderwas leaderwas leaderwas was past 90 when he led his peop to . toto oto to the promised landFrenchmen landFrenchmen land landFrenchmen Frenchmen still talk about NJnon Ninon NJnonde Ninonde Ninonde de Lencios LenclOS Lenctos a lady Indy who lived in the thedays thedays thedays days of Louis Lows IV Although never neverbenutlful neverbeautiful neverleautiful benutlful beautiful she was so witty and had hadsuch hadsuch hadsuch such a lively 4vely mind mmd that men were werem werem werem m love with her when she was past past80 past80An 80 80An 80An An : Engi Ingl Engl shwoman Jane Lewson Lewsona Lewsonattained Lcwsonattained a ttained attained the age of 116 before she shed shed shed d ed in 1816It 1816It 1816 1816It It is because science believes pre premature premature premature mature largelyby death is caused so largely by accidents of youth that medl medlcal medlcal medlcal cal men lay great grent stress on pro protecl protect protect tecl tect ng children from diseases that thataffect thataffect thataffect affect the heart and other vital vltsl or organs orgaps organs gans gaps No offer of help heip is held out to tothose tothose tothese those who seek repa r of such bod Iy ly lydamages Iydamages damages yet Dr Morgan found that thatrats thatrats thatrats rats which hid h"1d h1d " gray hair and other other51gns othersigns othersigns 51gns signs of pi picmature premature emature old age sho\\ sho shocd shoited shoitedmprovem showedmprovem-'nt showedmprovem 'nt nt \ cd cdmprovem'nt mprovem'nt mprovemnt mprovem " ' ' - 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