The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
THE ANI|-bREAKFAST Fad.
EL6IN, ILL. Is CONVERTED TO THE
THEORY.
Morning Meal Is Eliminated In the
Households of a Coed Many Prom
fnent Cttixen>-Phfiosophy of the
Fast - DIR. Dewey's Treatment.

ETGIN. HI. Der. is--As q result OF a
litle missionary work iE EigIn for a 1ew
weeks. a good many citizens haze ''thxnwrn
phTssc 20 the dogs" and. il might BE- sad
their breakfasts, too. fer they have a5an-
Gofaed the morning saeal and VI! have
none OF IT, IL other words. they hAye
acted ugson pr Edward Hooker Dewey 5
advice and giving their stomach q resi-.
A few months ago. about Tia tire the
a1ti-GFsak!ast missionary APPEARED here
The Record contained a paragraph ah2ae
new fad that had taken possession OK
many people i'll the east. Whether L x
faa or not, IL has come 70 stay Ii E.lgsn
and he results afe said 10 be already sss-
parent IN the improved feeling and appear
a;lce ct those who have adopeel sha '-trus.
science Of living" and those vho have
tried II longest spsa& most highly IN its
praise.
60 without your breakfast and quit
between-meai n.hblsng. Drink when
thirsty and eat whatever your appetite
Graves" These. III brief. are the in5g:ne-
tons laid down by Dr. Dewey and which
he aas given for score Of years. There
Is 10 medicine whatever connected rita
tas treatment.
Among the enthusiasts III Elgin are
members OF the clergy and others N profess
sional life. They include the Rev. 4. II.
Rosers. pastor OF tae First Universalisf
N't1-Nias III" iAtF, IL otAlS. taFlDer pastor
or thai church. Superintendent George
Hunter. OF the EIgin National Watca
company. and Miss Cecil Harvey. ubrar-
ian o. this Gall Borden public library Mr.
Rogers Is convinced thai he Is cured OF
chronic complaint from which he haa al
most despaired OF securing relief: Mr.
SHADE. Win his eighty years. Is as spry IS
. cricket. and has prepared q sermon 20
deliver on The New Gospel. Mr. Hunter
who has been very little at his office in the
watch factory. Is now found there every
DAY, while Assistant Superintendent W II
Clouafnan. who sees the excellent results
IN his chief, is tapeFing of to a light
breakfast and hopes soon TO have suffi-
Gent fortltude 10 abandon forever the
habit or IAartaking OF The morning meal
Miss Harvey became converted on reading
Or. Dewey's book and purchased copies
for the library. These have done much 20
point 20 the error OF old ways. Nearly
every one who has read 1t has since wor-
ried along on TWO meals 4 day and feels
tue better for 1t. There is talk OF orgauiz-
Ing an anti-breakfast club in Elgin.
majority or the people 10 whom the two
meal plan Is preached admit that they eat
too much, bur az first they think it would
be better 10 abstain from supper
ms foundation on which rests the argu-
msut OF the anti-breakfaSt advocates is
that restful sleep Is not a hungor-creatins
PtV~ess' tnde pftahlSiStifi iS a mere habit.
that eating when food Is not required IL A
positive injury, giving the stomach too
much 10 do. tnat the rest afforded by alb
straining from food from supper time till
uinner Time gives 4 change for the accu-
mutation Of gastric juices. which at once
takes hold Of the dinner fn the process OF
digestion Ii has been shown by expert
ments that this way Of living is alike suit
able 10 the person Of indoor habits and TO
the farmer. la'orer and craftsman of every
line. Dr. Pentecost. the eminent London