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Show I On Th Road o Rosy Chwhm I wOIdAse Theodore H. Culver, I 72 Years Old, Says I that He Has Walked B VERY girl, boy, -woman and Eman should walk, Ccry one should, arid eventually will. live to be 150 year old, according to the phs-leal phs-leal creed of Theodore II Culvor, "2 earu old, 4928 Lotus avenue, is ho has walked the modest distance dis-tance of 22J.760 mlleH, or nearly ten tlmeii the distance dis-tance around th world, In the last forty yearn. 1 Culver, -R ho It & lawyer with offices In the Holland Building, hopes to keep on living until he Is at leat 82 jcars old If he does, he will ha-ve walked approximately 250,000 miles, and tvery pb steal Indication In that he will ll for several oars et, nnd continue to add dally to his present mlloagc Eyes Are Clear. There la nothing "quoer" about Culvor. Ho la a tptcal lawyer of the old BChool. He Ib Independent In-dependent In thought and action, both of which ,'aots add a touch of the unusual to his winning win-ning personality. An a mntter of fact he Is what one might term a mental und physical pioneer, He is not a large mar. phjslcallv. He confesses con-fesses to measuring 5 feet 7 Inches In height. H weighs 150 pounds Ho Is bald-headed and what remnants of hair he has left are gra. His ces arc blue and as clear as costal and thov shine with the unmistakable, glow of health nnd -vitality Desplto his jcars of closo application to his legal work and his books, he still Is able to read without the aid of spectacles spec-tacles Onlj three of his teeth are missing, and these wore knocked out a feu ears igo, when he was walking home from his office and fell Into an open coal hole In the dark Tho teeth which ho has are as sound ns a bell, and he still does not know what It means to hnc to consult a dentist for cither cxtrictlonB or fillings To one who Is accustomod to seeing decrepit old men, It Is a pleasure to look upon tho well- Wk mMSm nLro'&K dd&v fysis &6a?wFy$ ill JlftjvW jSBr knll frame of tills aj,od pulestrl in Ills bones are covered with a veritable nelwoik of muscles mus-cles Those muscles are not of the knottj rind, whose power Is gioat but of short duration dura-tion Instead, they arc large, soft and flexible. Indicating the wondeiful strength .mil" endur-anee endur-anee that lie hidden In them During the last fortv jeurs. Culver has not lived closed than live miles to his ofllce In Hint time he has not missed a da from his work, nor has he ridden on a street car either to his ofllce or fiom theio to his home Cars Are a Joke to Him. Street cars are a Joko to the aged pedestrian, especially If he haa to travel a comparatively short distance, and It Is ncccssnrj to transfer at an point He would much prefer to walk and appears to be willing to place a bet that ho will arrive at IiIr destination sooner than the man who rides on tho car The ten miles a dn which Culver walks Is niticlj a bit of exercise which serves to keep him In fnlrlj good phjslcal condition, he kijh It la on feundajs, when business cares are laid asldo, that he Is free to revel In tho pleasures of his favorite eorclse. Practlcallj every Sundaj during the last foity ears he has taken what he chooses to term a ' little Jaunt " This ma mean to him walking out to St. Charles, Mo. and back before be-fore dark. He often walks out fifteen miles the other aide of De Soto. Mo a distance of slxtj-flve miles, he hjs, to visit with friends over Sundaj He does not attempt to return tho Rainc dnj. Long walks ire not unusual for elderlv men. but fow, If am, of them, would be expected to keep up with the pace of four or four and a half miles an hour that Culver would sot for thorn. He sajs he walks today with the same Impatient stride that marked bis gait when he was bound Tor a circus when he was a stripling of a bov. During his longest wilks Culver takes neither food nor drink. He believes that even a drink of water seizes to make a walker groggy. Food' Well, as roon as one eats a meal after having walked a considerable distance, there Is little chance of his overcoming tho desire not to move along any further. The uso of any kind of a stimulant on a long walk Is nonsensical, nonsen-sical, according to Culver Voted for Grant. After costing his ballot for Gen Grant for prchldent In 1872. Culvor loft his birthplace, Constable, Franklin County, X. v., whore he w.ih born, April ll, ,SH Ho ,H u doHCondaJU of John Qulnuy Adams, ho sajH. His forefathers fore-fathers cumr, originally from England. From his home In New York, joung Culver, who had jut been admitted to tho bur, cumo directly to fcfL Louis. H ls ' 4fwl Ml C t ; dmk I $$&&&&& WAT'TKECIDOgEr K ' mJr CU1YET3. There was no free bridge or anj other bridge over the Mississippi niver In those du.va, and af'er landing In Hast bt Louis. Culver made the trip ncioss In a ferrjboit St Louis then was little more than 'a good-sized town" Pr?ctlcallv all of the land west of Grand avenue ave-nue wus devoted to farming pui poses, and the onlj homes on tho avenue were those occupied 1 tho better class of farmeif, who prided themselves on being able to live "Just on tho cd(,e of town." "How did jou happen to take up walking as an exercise or as a dlveislon?" Culver was asked "Young man that's a prett hard question to answu," he replied "During the Incum-btnev Incum-btnev of D. It Francis, who was maor of St. Louis at the time to which I refr, I was assistant assist-ant city counselor The work was confining and I decided to walk to and from my ofllce Just for the exercise and the fresh air "After I had made the double trip a fow dajs, I felt so vastly Improved, both niLntall nnd phjslcally, that I decided to make the round trip on foot overj day Like a New "World. "Within a feu weeks, when I hid formed tho habit of walking, there was nothing that could have Induced m to give It up I felt like a man who had been born from comparative compara-tive phs!cal helplessness Into a new world of power and strength ' Most of the knottv problems In law which he w is called upon to solve during his tenure of ollco were solved, If at oil, during these walks to nnd from his office. Culver ms "In oider to think elearlj and loglcallv n man must be abHolutel alone When one valks ns fast as I do ordlnarlb. there la not the least danger of having anv compan. although al-though there Is haidlv a day passes that some ono who knows me, at least by sight, does not 'pick up with me' and hold on at least for a few blocks They soon drop back, and I am left alone to continue mv cogitations " Incredible as It mav nppeir. Culver declares that he has never ben rcalfo sick a da during the last forty jears. and that ho has never taken a doso of medicine since his arrival In St. Louis, nearly half a centurj ngo "Walking nnd more walking Is the best medicine med-icine that I know of for anv ailment." the St. Louis chimplon pedestrian remarked Medicine- mav be helpful to others,' he continued, "but It would be valueless to me I am not a crank agilnst drugs, and If tho occasion arose and I could not be cured In any other wa, It would be 'me for tho medlclno chesL' " Seldom Is 111. At intervals slight Indispositions have taken hold of Culver, he sas. They were of a transitory tran-sitory nature, however, and hK sjstem was In such excellent condition, due to fresh air and j; pULVER say: 'l V If you would live lonfl, happily and ', !; healthfully you must Have healthy parents. '', i Have proper exerclie. ' Have right amount of sleep. ', Have pure food In moderation. ! 'I Have plenty of pure water. IwHave your mind concentrated on your !; work, Have purity In thought and action. ; Have patience and eat and drink slowly, ALU Wl oxrclse. that the genus of any disease that might seek lodgment were thrown off aulcklv. Colds nre caused by germs and are contagious, according to his opinion He sas he never recalls having caught cold by sitting In a draft Inclement weather has no teirors for the elderly lawi Whether thore Is a bllrard or not does not give rise to any question as to whether he will walk to hln olllce and home or not He simply does, no matter how fierce the storm maj be As a matter of fact, he rather enJos fighting his wa through snow and sleet storms; ho a8 Kaln finds him prepared with n ulncoat nnd rubber These are the only protection he asks from the elements "When asked whv he did not wear an overcoat even on the coldest dajs In winter, Culver replied re-plied that he did not feel tho need of such a garment "Why do ou CHrr it, then, on )our arm, ns jou arc doing now?" he was naked. "Well, I do that Just to keep 'tho bojs from JoBhlng me about being unable to get It out of hock That's all. if it woro not for that, I would never own or carry an overcoat, except a raincoat "As a matter of fnct. If It were not that I would be ridiculed, I do not think I would ovor wear a hat, winter or summor. Wearing a hat Is what has made me bald-headed, and It Is the cause of most of the baldness among our mn folks." In speaking of the phi steal and mental benefits bene-fits derived from walking, Culver grows eloquent elo-quent Every muscle In the bod) Is brought Into play Ir ono walks properly, .he declares, and the lack of violence Is one of tho attractive features of the pantlmo Culver Is a strong exponent of sleeping In a cold room, winter nnd summer, with all of tho windows open. Children, evon In their Infancv, should be trained to sleep in such quarters, ho believes. "IIovv old do you jsxpect to live to be?" tho Interviewer Inquired. "I have no Idcn as to that. However, I can tell jou this, oung man, I havo developed a crtat deal physically during tho lost year '" "'?? W sis u 1 IS m x ?$ . r pr W - ' m fflW T mi - m despite the fael that I am approaching the E?j thr-e-quartcis of a century mark. You can K diaw our own Inferences ns to how long I ' Cfll Illf live A it Aveiage Age to Be 150 Years. j:ag 'The time will come.' he eontlnued. "when tSSa l"0 .venis will be th aveiage age nt which Wjk men and women will il( Theie Is nothing un- J MJ icasonable about such a doolrln- All anlmuls, P t-tudv will show, live five tlm. s as long the 1 IHg number of euis It taki s them to itach their 5jii full Htago of devvlopniMit In man that Is 1 Wt about thirt cars hj should nut the same vM i ult nppl to him as to thf other animals? fm "As n matter of act, it would If he would i jL obev tho laws of inture, as do lh- wild anl- IIP malp. which live close to nature Man. a crea- K ture endowed with reason. Is the only on of fMtf God's eicatuit.a to dlsobe nature's law, and Wt he Is the onl one to pav the penaltj." i 5Va Chlldn-n being reared todn by the more In- Sl telllgent class of parents will live longer than itm their fathers and mothers, because the-, are fa!? inching belter cue and are being housed IS clad and Ml hotter than children of bvgone 1 WTd I das vver. Culver saj K Although he l old, as the age, 0f men eo Jt Culver Is as agile ns a kitten and m,,ch ffi stronger than tho average man of 25 vears olcL Sb He can Jump S feet standing and Is able to out- tKe run any of his grandchildren, several of whom f Sfe he sas are quite noet of foot 3l0U He join them dally and nightly n their Ski romps pranks and panlmes This form of diversion serves, he belies, to keep him 2 Bit oung In mind nnd body as they are He" IS stnnd on his head longer than any of them anS ' &! can tun, somersaults better and faster n l tho average lad of 16, nan rfirT In order to demonstrate what he m,t u f En a good fast w a.k. Cu.v er Invited the Trlter Z W walk around the block with him. After wlli tJ8f 1 lnB out of the Holland Building the two turn I f 9t nor h to Ollvo street, west on 0IU 7tr Z S.S TilBhth strcot. south on rir.i,M, "treet to f 1' rteht there Culver Jegan" to" t? r reporter rounded tho corner at Klghtr iEf Pino streetij. Culver wn, r,i,m "th and fcl, and Pine streeto. PUU,n Up at Senth f jgjt Smlllnglj tho elderl man greeted hi. f'Sk.' er companion, shook hands wlthi.il J'0Un- - on his nightly Ave-nT " s !; pULVEH saTsi "SWsw tjjjjjj. Ha,0 insufficient exercise. i I SUt i?-s' -J if J Havo whisky instead of water W I ss:;S;L; j |
