Beaver County News | 1926-08-20 | Page 6 | 1000 Centenarians in United States

1000 Centenarians In United States i i Moses, who lived to bo 120 years old, will stack up like a mere boy ! with the venerable patriarchs of a century or so hence, according to j Herbert C. Hooks in an address iu Chicago recently, In which he pointed point-ed out that average human life is nearly ten years longer today than it was fifty years ago. At the dawn of the Christian era the average span of life was 18 years. In Napoleon's lime it was 32 years, and in 18S0, It was 40 years. Today-it Today-it is close to 50 years. Greater conditions con-ditions of comfort in life and the in-trodution in-trodution of hygienic methods in all manner of environments is responsible responsi-ble for this increased longevity. In the United States day there are more than 1,000 centenarians, Mr. Hooks declared. 1 i