The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-31
THAT FASTER
AT GUTHRIE
EATS AGAIN
Lived Seventy Days on lust
Plain Orange Juice.
DOCTOR DlSSUAOES HIM
From Continuing the Expert
ment Longer

Guthrie. o. T.. March 81. II. Rich
ards. the man who decided that it vas
unnecessary 70 eat 10 live ana commenced
. fasting career ON january g has ceased
his strange method ana BOW takes aour~
/ ishment shree times each day as o,hsr
Oklahoma people do. lachalds was fore-
cd 10 cease fasting in order L. proione Dis
life. lie tasted for many days and h.s
coalition was such that be was combined
GO his bed stul he insisted on not eas-
ing. only taking The 5u.ce ~ an orause
. each day This nourshment WAS net
enough 70 prevent death end on the ad-
vice OF physicians Richards concluded
that x was better 70 ear than die ana cas-
he did
since adopting the methods az other
mortals again. Richards health has iai-
proved ard bee Is now much better thaa
he has been for some time. Bichlr
does not discuss the flliure O. Eve wifa-
our eatlns and keeps his own counsel
about that matter. lie does nottalkahaat
his condition. bur only SAWS that hs
health is regaining since taking naur.sh-
mcnL Those who know the man .et.-
I mateiy state thar he Is peculiar ana co.
! ternined in hts actions rhty think th
/ II it bad not been that physicians ana ets-
/ ers persisted tn their efforts in stany
+ the man 10 cease fasting that he would
/ have carried out his dea of Twins urfH
\ it would have been Impossible fer him o.
/ have recovered
Since Richards did not benefit himself
/ hy fastiue De has determined or leaving
/ the city. ON April 2 Rich rds aud h.s
family wlH leave Guthrie ard Oklahoma
for Mexico 10 reside permanently in hopes
~ cooperating hiss health Richards has
( advertised hts goods for sale auI wul eet
away AZ that time. Since having ended hss
/ fasting career Richards has oltaa herr
4 seen $50 his ara walking back and fafif
/ fer exercise. lie is never stea down az
/ tie sire, Is and this ls an ef the excrrisa
ihat Dee takes lIe uslallv wears a shaw.
around his shoulders while out in ga
yard and attracts much attention from
I passrrs hy. Richards children sams-
times talk ~ his pecuiiarues since tho
father ceased fasting end while they da
not say much state that their father 81
"a peculiar man and is recovering his
health The idea which Richards follow
ed in realit3 came from "a Quack doctog.
who lived in Guthrie some time ago ASH
was very friendly with Richards Ife
and Richards talked alonz tho ilao ~
living different methods and GUS
toms and the idea of flstlng w1e lisrses-
go. After the physician lelt Guthrie.
Richards pursued hia mefifafianE over
the question talked of. amid decided tbaf
he would adopt the plan In January ha
commenced fasting and only took the
Juice OF an orange daily one time sew
erai weeks later Richards ate somc c1fa
meal FrleI Later ou he called phye-
cian DR. Smith. and sfatel 90 him ghat
De- had taken che Cruel and that portion
~ 10 had lodged in Dis throat and the
balance war YET ia h.r stomach Jar
smith gave him medicine which caused
vomiting and Richards VAS much relieve
ed. From thar time on De only uae1
the 5uice ~ an orange each day lrll he
ceased fasting short time ago. Rich-
ard fasting extended over a period ~
nearly seventy DAYS ~ far ~ can b. as
certalged and This le considered re-
narkalle case among hFaicfarr There
ie no question. however. hat what RICH
ARDS would haTa soon uaEi aHr hHd
De- continued fasting Dor fhe 5000 ~ ha
health waa such faat u waH really aer-
i1us matter The actions ~ fre man
occasloued much continent an1 Dad d.
plan proved aaccfssfal % Uosi3 have
been phenomenal and meferg Pr al
relerces rs medicine. Eat r. a'l NOT pfeee
prosperous far H.haras ard Oklahoma
docs nst longer hase @ clr.o-Ity in ta
non-aatag llae.
Richards lH bothered rith stomach
trouble ahirn disease hsa ocrarlsurd a5fa
rufh Tha ans probably ue
cauae re- 600 sdopaa ~ nH llea ~ eaf
e1fiae Richards hnaesr ta 1rf fH
faster grave car.afat taaf tatre
the proper sl f5- the ar1.aarg uafie4
~ sustain lifa