The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-27

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Mnton Ra hbun.
the Fourth Avenue hay and grain dea-er,
! who started to do without food for lorty
days. broke his fast yesterday morning.
after thirty-dve days nd SIX hours. b.
eating an orange.
Mr. Rathbunr who lad lost fyrty-th ee
pounds since he ate his last meal on the
evening Of January Is, sad yes erda, taat
be never felt better In MS iLe q
looked, however, as if he had just aI-sen
from bed Of illness.
he is hollow-eyed. gaunt, and We K.
His clothes hang loose on him. HIS goh
cap comes down over his ears. His col
lar has become several sizes too Ia. ge or
. him.
When Rahtbun went to bed Sunday
I night he had no intention OF b-e4kng
his fast before morning On retiring e
+ felt a slight inclination 10 eat. He aaoae
shortly before midnight fee.i-g raseuous.y
! hungry. he thought TINS a warning that
: lac had tasted long as was good for
him, and decided TO break his fast %
aWOke Mrs Kathbun. and together they
! descended TO the dining-iOou, whe.e e
/ ate the following; Two .anees, enc dozen
oysters. Eve soda crackers. twO-thirds Of
cup OF beef tea. half a cup Of OOIUng
! tea.
After breakfasting Mr.. Rathb-n returned
TO mis- bed. lie aWoke az. IN TWO aours
later stiil feeling hungry. He ate anOtler
orange, and sept sOundiy until morning,
when he ate CRACKERS and mix. Al nOOl
he mad bis first regular luucn. TIL
what he ate: One cup clam broth, one
& I'D . faraa "a
tie soup. half broiled sq-ao. green peas,
potatoes. corn bread, Lemon ice
Besplte the faster s long abstiae- &c from
food, what he ate caused no distress
4 suppose the interruption Of my fast
was ali due 70 a very little a~cld nj, ID
Mr. hathbdn, YEARLY. wLeI see Il his
Mount Vernon home. You see / had lost
all appetite ever since the end Of the SEE
end day OF my fast. l never intended fast
ing forty days, unless ! felt / might Z 81
that long without injury to myself / r.
solved 10 eat only when my appetite came
back
Two days ago saw an orange /
freshly cut in halves I felt then that IL
| vas only hungry I'd like to eat the
fruit / suppose that without rec Izing Il
the orange was in my head 10 stay. Yes
terday morning ! went into my cellar and
saw box Of oranges. ] was temp .eI the .
10 take one. In fact. they all seemed o .
grab at me- I thought al day o. those or
anges, and, l suppose. they gave me my 4
appetite
Desl tie the fact that there are several /
instances On record where men tasted for
a longer time than Mr.. RathbuH. the lat
ter's fast is likely the most remarkable on
record. The most noteworthy feature OF
Mr.. Rathbun's fast was that he appeared
day after day at his business ofiee work
ing Just as hard as be did before the fast
hEu wfr 81
nourishment was water He slept from I
seven 10 nine hours a day
Mr. Rathbun's reason for undergoing the
fast was the threefOld one OF reducing I
weight. OF proving the superiority OF mind
over matter and OF demonstrating a new 1
medical theory that the brain IS the dyna-
mo Of the body and that the brain is fed.
not BY the food we eat but by the tissues
Of the body. Many physicians from all
over the country were Interested In Nj.
Rathbun's fast and wrote "a him asking
for particulars OF bis progress aud expert
snces.
Mr.. Rathbun. who on previous occasion
tasted twenty-eigLt days holds some re-
markabie theories about the benefits 10
health Of an occasional fast.
Half Of the ills Of the human body are |
caused by eating too much, " he says Most
sicknessCs can be cured without the aid OF
physicians and drugs IL only the patient
will consent to fast three OF four DAYS.
Take my own experience, I was formerly
nervous; today ! do not know what nerves
are. Ny sleep used 10 be unsound and
light, now l sleep as soundly as a boy OF
ten. Even my eyes have been cured For
merly had 10 wear glasses. Today / can
read with the naked eye print which be-
fore I had trouble 20 make out with
glasses
Speaking OF Oyereating. no one. for eK-
ample should eat breakfast The man who
boasts OF Z hearty morning appetite is in a
bad way. Sleep Is not a healthy producer
OF the appetite. One should exercise be-
fore he eats 10 keep in shape. I have not
eaten a breakfast in FIVE years. nor has any
one in my family"