Oct. 8, 1922: How to put off death indefinitely

Oakland, Calif., Oct. 7. – (By Cosmopolitan News Service.) – Seventy residents of this city have signed a pledge that they will attend a banquet of the Indefinite Physical [Life] society at the Palace hotel, San Francisco, in the year 2000. A room has been reserved for that date. D.W. Starrett, president of the organization, aged 62, has the appearance of a man 20 years younger. He declares that by using his system anyone can live indefinitely. Those signing the pledge have been practicing his methods of prolonging life for several months.