Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1915 — NOT CONDUCIVE TO OLD AGE [ARTICLE]

NOT CONDUCIVE TO OLD AGE

Youhgster of 80 la Told by Man of 82 He Will Never Be Old Man on Account of Habits. The late John Bigelow, the patriarch of diplomats and authors, and the no less eminent physician and author, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, were together several years ago at West Point Doctor Bigelow was then nine-ty-two and Doctor Mitchell eighty. The conversation turned to the subject qf age. "I attribute my many years,” said Doctor Bigelow, "to the fact that I have been most abstemious. I have eaten sparingly and have not used tobacco and have taken little exercise.” “It is just the reverse in my case,” explained Doctor Mitchell. “I have eaten just as much as I wished, if I could get it; I have always used tobacco, immoderately at times, and I have always taken a great deal of exercise.” With that, Ninety-two Years shook his head at Eighty Years and said: "Well, you will never live to be an old •man!” —Pittsburgh ChronicleTelegraph.