The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-02
CROESUS is STARVING
John d. Rockefeller Is Very
Hungry.
MUST EAT STALE BREAD
THIS Is THE FATE OF AMERI-
CAS- RICHEST MAN.
CNew York World.)

The richest man in America is starv-
ing Maybe he is the richest man in
the world. The population of China is
not more difficult to estimate than his
fortune Well-informed people say
$20O,000,O00. and let it go at that
His name is John D. Rockefeller.
Not only is he starving. but he works
as laborer in the fields four months
out of every year-works in overaus
from dawn till dusk.
And at dusk hOmeward the Croesus
plods his weary way-to a supper Of
stale bread and SKINNED milk
Skinned, mind you, No cream for
John D. Rockefeller. 1t would make
him very sick
No cream. no butter no meat. no
french pastry-nO pastry of any kind
IN tact-no fresh bread. no white bread
no champagne, no burgundy, no cauIi-
mower au gratin, no nice sauces or
graVieS, no
Oh, it would make your mouth water
70 read a list of the good things John
ID. Rockefeller can't have.
Talk about living on Is cents a dav,
II S safe to say that if the richest man
IN America did not deal with trades
men who make a good stiff profit on
everything they sell. his food would
not cost him much more than that
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because he has dyspepsia.
dyspepsia, as any doctor will tell
you, means starvation. John D. Rookie
teller is just as truly a starving man
as IL ne We're a tramp rummaging for
cursts in ash barrels. A furnace with
a draught chOked so that it will not
burn IS as useless as one that cannot
get fuel.
Would Like New Stomach.
If John D. Rockefeller be worth
$500 100000, it is safe to say that he
would give 800. 1000, 900 for a new stom-
ach- 1t is safe TO say that he would
give $15O,OOO,O oO-$175, 900. OOO-$199, OOO,-
For a new. good stomach that would
laugh at pie crust welsh rabbit" and
lobster salad a midnight don't you
think If you were John D. Rockefeller
you would be willing to part with all
your mOney-fFSt taking out enough
for the wife and BARNS, perhaps-and
taking chances with that wonderful
brain that has built up the Standard
Oil monopoly?
OF course. you would
Think of it, All the philosophers of
all the ages have agreed that health is
the hrst essential to human happiness
Wealth is not an essential to happiness
at all; 1t is only an incident that may
help or hinder happiness. according to
circumstances. John d. Rockefeller is
happ1est-men on the continent
He returned from Europe a few days
ago, starving, as usual. The doctors
who earn large fees by telling him that
he mustn't eat held a consultation over
him and decided thai he was in a very
bad way. They packed him off to the
Adirondacks, and he must stay there
for many months.
SKINNED Milk Beverages.
He mustn't bother his head about the
Standard Oil company, which is pay
ing S4S,OOO,O 600 in dividends this year to
say nothing of the profits from ITS ten
great banks and trust companies He
muslin sit up late, he mustn't smoke,
he mustn't drink anything but
skinned milk and nasty mineral
waters, he mustn't eat anything but
graham crackers. He must take a long
walk every day, whether he feels like
II or not; he must wear a flannel pad
on his stomach, like a sick baby: he
must watch his temperature to see that
he does not get Overheated and no
matter how thirsty he may be. he
must not drink water or milk that is
cooler than his own blood.
That is another deprivation of John
d. ROckefeller-he can't have any ice.
Think how sorry the ice trust makes
you feel for the tenement folk. and
then be twice as sorry for the richest
man in America
Mr. Rockefeller has been a sufferer
from acute chronic dyspepsia for about
nfteen years The disease is said to
be hereditary and therefore, in no sense
punishment for his own over-fn-
diligence.
He was not seriously alarmed about
MS condition until the spring of 1891.