The vigor and long life of Bishop Fallows of Chicago are mainly due to his living and mental habits and to his simple diet. He is well over 85 years of age, but few men of three-score years can do as much work, the year round. There are two or three sermons and several public addresses each week, and the work of a large parish--from marriages and christenings to funerals and parish visitings--which is never slighted. An active Grand Army man and Civil War veteran, he is asked to address countless military and patriotic gatherings, and his energy seems as tireless as his spirit is willing. His ability to meet these demands can be traced back to simple living and simple eating. The Bishop is temperate in all things, and refuses to worry. He neither drinks nor smokes. In regard to his diet he says, "I eat very little meat, but take plenty of fruit, cereals and vegetables. I take regularly before breakfast a cup of hot grape juice. I use it frequently at other times. I take buttermilk daily." Night and morning he takes simple physical exercises, and always walks at least a couple of miles each day. The Bishop's ancestors were long-lived. His great grandfather lived to be 96; his grandfather, 91; his eldest brother, 93. His father's death from a fall occurred at the age of 81. He has a brother who is 92. This in itself is evidence that he comes of a family in which right living--which means simple living--has prevailed until its effects have shown in each succeeding generation. The world-renowned American inventor, Thomas A. Edison, now in his 75th year, has today a mind as brilliant and ingenious, and a skill as remarkable for inventing things that are of practical use, as when at 21 he invented his automatic repeater which did so much for telegraphy. And Edison is another spare eater. What he ate at the three meals of the day on which he wrote the following letter, is characteristic of the small amount he eats every day in the year. And you will learn that this is true of every man or woman who has lived long and is still doing active brain work. And so, once for all, let us think right about this matter. We get out of ourselves just about what we put into ourselves or do for ourselves in the way of food and exercise. [Transcriber's Note: The following is the text of a letter from Mr. Edison that was included as an illustration in the book.] From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J. March 2, 1921. Dr. Thomas Clark Hinkle Cawker City, Kansas. Dear Sir: Your letter of February 25th was received. My food for the one day on which your letter was received, was as follows: BREAKFAST Cup coffee 1/2 milk, 1/2 coffee. Two pieces toast, 2-1/2" x 4", 1/4" thick. Another piece toast with two small sardines on it. MIDDAY MEAL Glass milk. Two pieces of dry toast. EVENING MEAL Two glasses milk. Three pieces very thin dry toast. Small piece steak, 1-1/2" wide, 3/8" thick, 3" long. Small baked potato. One piece nut chocolate.