Show BILL CLARK i st louis mo jan 29 bill dark i the belfast chicken is 80 years old and Is as sound and strong as any man of his years in the world at his little birthday party at his swimming school here the other day ho boxed three rounds with a local boxer and gave him a run for his money william clark was born at belfast ire january 1828 he commenced fight ing when he was 16 years of age hla first bout was for of IG shillings but he demonstrated his ability in a few minutes when asked what the secret of his long life and remarkable vigor ho replied it aint exactly a secret fr once upon a time I 1 told it t a couple 0 women folks pm surprised y heard it in yr travels theres just one way t live long an make good an that Is otake care 0 yr self all care 0 means three squares a day gettin enough sleep taken a bath whenever y need it which Is whenever y have time t tako one and doln yr best t be happy find out what y were cut out fr an let anybody stop y try in t place evry man was cut out tr it may be swe epin out the spoiled money in th mint r keehln shoestrings but whatever y do go at H as if y meant it many a man thinks he s done his share in th world a work when he takes in fr bis wife the belfast chicken has a very practical philosophy philo rophy which bus won many friends for him if one of your rich uncles dies and leaves you a million he says get busy an spend it get rid of it iii a hurry an havo it with an than go to work doln something useful but when yr spend in th money do something elih it kep somebody who needs a lift dont u aya library fr some poor lad that needs a joeal an a word 0 cheer more than shakespeare r upton sinclair r fr a hard woman who bm u so a pair 0 shoes an get along without th books books are good things but if a mans rawln wood r digging ditches tr livin th only thing ne aas time to read is th directions on the predigested predl sawdust packages th breakfast table keep a and dont worry th below who wears a smile an has little in this world Is happier than th lad wearle a shousan tho usan dollar diamond laih is shirt front an owns a ban kj an automobile an a steam yacht th first has only himself f look out fr whilo th man with th damon cant sleep fr fear his clerks 11 slip away some dark night with everything in ali bank but th safe an h telephone directory keep away arm th booze I 1 dont mean intake th other side 0 th street evry ev ry time y seo a beer sign r t knock people down tryan t get away when a brewery wagon comes along but be moderate know how much your system will stand without gettin tha worst of t an then drink about one fifth that much th man y see leanen up against a bar is th lad buy in th diamonds tr th bartender when th kids at home arc walten tr father t come an tell em fairy tales get enough sleep Y dont need t sleep any certain number 0 hours but sleep allf yr rested some men can get along on five hours sleep an some fellows need eight r nine just as some men can live as well on 10 a week as the next lad can live on his rich relations napoleon slept only four hours a night an he was all th time the days were 28 hours long so hed have time t read th papers an answer his cifes letters he was a great man they say but th greatest everald eVerd ld amy notion was alvin s long s he did A healthy man cant get along without plenty 0 sleep any more n th lad that follows th conlea can do without a pawnshop seven months 0 th year I 1 abend three r four hours evry moraln in th swimming swim min tank an in winter I 1 begin th day with a cold plunge many a man misses his cold bath irth morn ln because th hot water Is turned oft but take my word tr it cold water wont hurt y it yr in any kind 0 hape at all cither as a drink r as a bath an while I 1 think 0 it th lads that have made good in life an the ones that th grateful public cheers when they get up to say a few words on what coln to do with th coun arys money never had pie tr break baet liea they wera doln th porch clim blu act f th heights 0 tame no mo lad but they got there just tho same |