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Show HOW TO LIVE LONG. Sir William Crookes on his eighty-first eighty-first birthday described as "active, alert, with an expretsive countenance on which Father Time has not as yet set a single wrinkle." advises those who would live long keeping young Of course, to work hard v. Ith the brain at an agreeable occupation Sir William Wil-liam is a physicist and chemist He enjoys his vocation He Is an author! ty in sanitation, and he invented among other scientific appliances, the Crookes' tube which Is remarkable for approximating what we have been t old nature abhors, a vacuum Theie are other forms of such tub-s, but Crookes' Is distinguished for the pro ductlon of the X-ray His vacuum is so extraordinary that It is said to reveal re-veal physical properties not before known a "fourth state" of matter supplementing the classic solid, liquid and gaseous. Like most rules of conduct, Sir William's Wil-liam's Is not universally available Only On-ly on Mars, so far as is surmised, dos everybody work mostly with the brain. Physical culture Is a secondary second-ary consideration, according to Sir" William "When I say hard work. I do not of course, mean physical labor" la-bor" Plato thought attention to health a waste of energv The underlying un-derlying prescription is to have agreeable agree-able occupation But Is that always to be had? A speaker at a gathering of workmen recently railed upon those who relished their tasks to rise. Only a few responded. They were all man ual lahorers Those engaged in intellectual in-tellectual pursuits would probably disclose dis-close a larger proportion in love with their work. Man- su h have shown readiness to suffer physical privation rather than take uncongenial employment employ-ment with promise of a comfortable income Environment, of course, is a con sidration of the task's enjoyment worker may find the natural satisfaction satisfac-tion derivable from his occupation diminished di-minished by his surroundings Th ideal Is such independence as Sir William enjoys, or Sir George Bird-wood, Bird-wood, a sprightly young man of th same age, who also holds that atten tion to physical health has nothing to do about it. or Lord Wemyss. who is 94 and master in fee simple of 62.-11O0 62.-11O0 arres However, is there not something to be suggested in tho way of cultivating a relish for whatever you have to do in whatever circum stances you have to do it in'' "A certain cer-tain playful deviltry of spirit." Sir George testifies, has helped him Im-mensely Im-mensely over the bumpy spots of life Lb nearly as can be the universal rule, perhaps, is contained In two words. 'Cheer up! "Providence Journal 00 |