Show Strong at Eighty Mr David Dudley Field My recipe for selfpreservation is exercise I am a firm believer in exercise I will tell you my mode of life I am a very temperate man and have always been so I have taken care of myself and as I have a good constitution I suppose that is the reason I am so well You must ask the Almighty why I have lived so long and how long I shall live I am perfectly healthy and strong and though I have nominally retired from the law I am I busy as you see from morning until night I I well is that m Another reason am so my I mind has always been occupied I am i never idle in fact I have no time to he I ill When I was a young man I had very i severe headaches In 1846 1 bought a i horse and I have not had a headache I since Every morning I arise at 6 oclock I have done so for forty years I take an I icecold bath dress myself jump on a horse at 7 oclock and ride for an hour I I then breakfast and work at my house until 11 oclock when I walk down town I a distance of four miles I remain at my office until 3 oclock then walk home I and dine at 6 At 7 I sleep for a half I hour after which I am ready for anything any-thing I retire between 10 andll oclock I have done this for over forty years I attribute my hardihood to horseback riding Have I ever taken a drink No sir never except a glass of claret at dinner din-ner Like Pere Hyacinthe I must have my claret at dinner Whisky brandy or any liquid of that kind I never touch My advice to young men is to get eight hours sleep every night and drink only chocolat coffee and tea The young men of today are too fast The candle can not burn at both ends and last long I have never smoked tobacco in any shape and never will Do as I have done and you will be strong at SO and probably at 90 |