The Way of Longevity
Stir,—Last week four veterans, A, B, C and D, two soldiers and two civilians, met. Their ages were respectively 91, 90, 90 and 89. Except that all four live in the country, are in good health, and enjoy the food put before them—B eschews ices and C coffee—and none of them smokes cigarettes, they have no ways or habits in common.
C and D suck pipes all day long; A and B do not smoke. A drinks whiskey, C cider, B lemon-barley (between, not at, meals), and D abstains. A plays golf and is a doughty antagonist and drives his car; C being a little bent and using a- stick takes no exercise; B and D potter in the garden and in walks observe a three-mile limit. A and B perform P.T. after the bath; the others do not. A, B and D rise early;'. C does not. B does much reading and some literary work; the others cannot owing to weak eyesight. B has an excellent memory; D's is very poor. A wears a " hearing aid "; B and C ought soon to do so, None of the four comes of a particularly long-lived family.—Your obedient servant, B.
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