Medicine: Longevity

Excluding people below the age of 40, one may divide the population of the world into two classes of people: 1) Those who worry about whether they can get something to eat; 2) those who, having enough to eat, worry about what is the right thing to eat.

The problem of this second group was treated, last week, by the classic nonagenarian of the U. S., in almost classic, although not scientific, language. Chauncey M. Depew, approaching his 91st birthday (Apr. 23) wrote for Collier's Weekly:

"Drinking was never really the curse of America. Eating...

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