Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-10-04
GOING WITHOUT BREAKFAST.
Connecticut People who Eat only
Two Meals q Day.

Connecticut People who Eat Only
Two Meals q Day.
The very latest is the skip-your-
breakfast and -be-healthy-idea. It has
been tried by more than 100 persons
in this vicinity, says the London Day,
and as result of their experience you
could not get them to eat breakfast if
you were to set before them a feast
such as Lncullus was wont to enjoy or
imagined he enjoyed.
Chas. c. Haskell, president of the
Henry Bill Publishing Co., OF Norwich,
Conn, introduced this novel idea to
the people of this vicinity. He got it
from DR.. E. H. Dewey, of Meadville,
Pa, who has been practicing it for the
last twenty years and who finally
wrote book concerning his theory.
This book fell into the hands OF Mr..
Haskell for publication and being
convinced that its reasoning was sound,
he has been going without his break
fast for some time, and others have
followed his example until there are
more than 100 persons in Norwich
alone who save on their hotel bills
when they travel.
And they declared with sincerity
that never before have they felt so we'll
as since they have tried this new plan.
Several OF them who were suffering
from troublesome or dangerous diseases
quickly recovered after they began 60
ing without their breakfast.
There is really something more to it
than going without breakfast. The
whole creed in brief is to eat but two
meals per day, omitting breakfast; eat
only when hungry, even if one may
have to wait for hunger for day,
week or longer, drinking during all
that time all the cold water desired;
drink nothing while eating, and drink
only cold water at any time; eat what
ever the hunger calls for, which will be
the food that will make the richest
blood.
The point against breakfast is that,
after a person has been sleeping, his
system does not really need food, as q
rule, and the stomach has also been
resting, so that it is not in condition
to receive food to advantage. But how
the followers of this idea make the
food disappear at dinner time!
Mr.. Haskell cites the case of J.H.
Alexander. dentist of Mystic, Conn,
who was wounded in the civil war and
ever since has been in poor health,
each year finding him little weaker.
Physicians differed in their diagnosis
OF the case. He had bad cough and
asthma, besides other troubles. Some
physicians decided that he had
asthmatic consumption.
Four years ago being very feeble, and
having worse attack OF asthma than
ever before, he gave up to die. His
suffering was terrible, and all his
friends supposed he could live but a
few days. For four years he had not
been able to dress himself without as
sistance. June 6 last he weighed q
pounds, was mere skeleton, and was
very feeble. Haskell explained the
new idea to him, and for eight days he
ate nothing, taking only cold water.
During that time his cough diminished
one'half, bis strength increased daily,
and his tongue was clean for the first
time in many years. On the eighth
day be was hungry, and ate a hearty
dinner. Within two weeks he was able
to dress himself without assistance,
and within three weeks was able to
drive his horse and had gained twelve
pounds, and is now able to attend to
light business. He is gaining every
day.