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Show CHANGES It statistics do not He we aro assured as-sured of courts, that figures can not the latest study of llfo expectancy by tho health department of New York obscures Professor Irving Tlsh-cr's Tlsh-cr's promise of a hundred years of golden existence In . tho realm of Bometlmo as much ns ever since tho time Methuselah Inspired tho hope by example. Wo take caro of our children better than our parents took caro of us, but wo do not take caro of ourselves so well. Thus, tho llfo expectancy of a child at the ago of four has.bcen Increased nearly 11 years. By comparison wljh some statistics sta-tistics of 1882 it appears that the child may expect to live to bo nearly near-ly 62 instead of only 41. But after 40 the expectancy diminishes. At 45 one may expect to live only 20 years where as in 1882 tho expectancy was, more than 21 years, After that the; decrease is progressive. Modern' sanitation accounts for the. improvement In "the Infant's prospect.' too much meat, too much drink rush and 'worry; electric cars and auto- oblles, for tho diminution of the chance of tho adult. Grown man Is JPPJJ Mlko too restless nnd too comfort- JppJJ able. If ho did not travel so much, JPpH and travo'cd mora on tho legs orlgl- .JJPJ nally provided him, that might extend PPH his chnnco. Two years Is tho expec- ppJH tancy of 85, though It wai Ilvo years tjJPH a generation ago. The conclusion IPpH from these statistics must bo that tho lppH century goal Is a constantly 'dlmln- ppJH lulling prospect. Some physical econ- pfH omlst, no doubt, from other tabula- PjPjH tlons can provo that tho finding i pJH all wrong. Providence Journal. PJH ssLsfl |