Show ELIXIR OF YOUTH GOAL OF AGED MAN frenchman 93 blends wine and secret powder Paris r aris edouard branly illustrious inventor whom the french credit with having perfected the first radio transmitting and receiving set wants to discover the secret of eternal youth before he dies the aged scientist will be ninety four this year but says he desires to live just five more years to finish his studies other than the fewest of details he refuses to divulge exactly how he expects to arrive at the much sought for formula but declares he is sure he will live to be over one hundred it if he is successful cess ful found at work in his laboratory where he still keeps regular hours as he did 60 years ago branly said you see I 1 am in excellent health it is because I 1 have a secret and when asked if etwas the secret of youth half ironically and half amusedly he replied without doubt yellow powder concocted he then pointed to a container filled with a yellow powder he took a small pinch and put it on the tip of his tongue he then followed the same procedure with another pinch that he said when he had finished is my secret that powder but I 1 cant tell you its name first in order to obtain it it is necessary to be a doctor for there are men who have taken it and died from the results you understand he continued it is necessary to know how and when to use it for myself I 1 find it admirable and after that I 1 have my saint emilion when asked what the latter was he said it was another secret but that he could give more details concerning that wine essential to him saint emilion he explained is the king of wines which is enriched by voyage barrels of it were once sent to palestine by boat but it was returned to bordeaux by the same conveyance it thus obtained a mellowness a warmth and bouquet incomparable to its original state it Is is not a table wine but with my powder and several sips of the wine between meals I 1 am sure of prolonging my life and there he refused to give any more information concerning either the powder or the wine except that they both must be taken in the correct amounts and at the proper time the scientist admits however he attributes his age to a great extent to having lived a sane and rigorously regulated life he is a great believer in vegetables and fruits and has kept the most regular hours for the last 15 years |