SECRET OF HEALTH
OLD MAN'S DISCLOSURE I " | "A FINE OUTDOOR LIFE" l A nice old gentleman of 75 or so went to a physician and requested a general checking up as to the state of his health. } After looking him over thoroughr ]y, the doctor smilingly reported , that everything was fine and shipshape. "Tell me;" he asked, as the old chap paid his fee, "have yjou f followed any regular regimen which would account for your excellent ' physical condition?" "Well, it's this way," his patient replied. "When I was married some 50 years ago I entered into an agree ment with my wife to the effect that whenever I lost my temper and began to blow r off steam. Vie was to remain silent. When sllfe,*'on the other hand, lost her temper f agreed to leave the house. Well, for over 50 years I have enjoyed a , fine -outdoor life, which no dou#'; accounts for my present condition/'
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 182, 5 July 1940, Page 3
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158SECRET OF HEALTH Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 182, 5 July 1940, Page 3
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