The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-26
LIVES CHEAPLY AT WALDORF-ASTOR|A 
 Yale Professor Solves Problem of Spending $i a Day STOMACH GIVES THE RULE Eats Only What His Appetite Demands and He Fills the Walters With
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 New York, December 25.-Dr. Horace Fletcher of Yale University, who since 1895 has devoted particular attention to scientific research in chemical physiology and human nutrition, is living at the Wal dorf on s1 a day, says a dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
 And that is too much," says Mir Fletcher, but it is worth the experi- ment."
 Mr. Fletcher ordinarily lives on about 20 cents a day at New Haven, but he thinks 1t is worth paying 30 cents extra to be able to say that he has boarded at such a noted hotel on such a moderate sum.
 T have all I want here" said he, and never average more than s1. Some days my stomach demands $1.10, but the next day 1t is sure to go down to at least 90 cents. I have known my stomach to ask for only 20 cents, even at this ex- pensive table.
 That may sound strange to you, to thus speak of my stomach as demanding, but the secret of ny system Is that my stomach has perfect control of me, and yet, paradoxical as 1t may sound, l have almost perfect control of my stomach. This has come about through years of practice. My stomach tells me what to eat, and my brain tells my stomach how much. The two influences you see, have through years of discipllne-the psycho- logical conditions, I admit are compli- cated-made my appetite and my desire almost one.
 ITO explain this:
 Stomach Asks for Oatmeal.
 "This morning my stomach said it needed the certain nutritious substances contained in oatmeal and cream. It was as plain and distinct as if my digestive apparatus had spoken out loud and told me in so many words:
 MT Fletcher. this morning eat oat- meal and cream
 "Now, in a perfectly natural state that is, condition in which I would merely instinctively answer that appetite -I would probably have gorged myself on that combination until a condition of digestive saturation, so to speak, had been reached; but with my objective self entering in the argument, l merely said;
 There is sufficient nutrition in one bowl of Waldorf oatmeal and pitcher of 
 your stomach again demands nourish- ment.'
 After eating I would not eat again, you see, until my stomach did demand it. I have often eaten one meal day l whereas at other times I have gone up 1 as high as four meals a day, the ntrn- Der being entirely regulated by my stom- ach. the amount being entirely controll- ed by my mind.
 His Waldorf Appetite.
 Here at the Waldorf my appetite has been reasonably regular I have had oatmeal and cream for breakfast almost every day usually the same or a similar dish for lunch, and almost without ex- ception my dinner has consisted of club sandwich and a cup of chocolate. This | has cost almost exactly $1, and I have not had the slightest desire for anything more.
 It Is easy from critical dietetic stand@ l point to explain this requirement. of my stomach; the amount, as I said before, has been controlled by 8 mental restraint "a knowledge of the exact requirements l of the tissues, etc. For example, oatmeal Is heat producing; it has certain salts which should be given to a rested stomach only; it's fat and proteid, assisted by that l of the cream, makes perfect winter morning food. Two instalments of 1t are l better than one
 "The club sandwich Is a peculiarly we'll rounded dinner, with chocolate, which, as | everyone knows is one of the most nour- ishing liquids Indeed. l could wish for nothing better. The toast have of whole wheat bread-nhy stomach never calls for | ordinary white bread. Then there is veg etable acid and certain valuable salts in the lettuce and sliced tomato. The bacon 1 has all the properties of meat and a sort | of fat that Is invaluable and the chicken, with the cream dressing, adds to the pala- | table quality of the dish. have the dres- sing specially prepared it is not rich, like ordinary mayonnaise dressing, and the | toast is not buttered.
 'I would not advise this diet for every one. I do not claim that all people would get the required nourishment from 1t; but on the other hand. see no reason why | they could not, and have certainly dem- | onstrated that I can. The trouble with most people nowadays is that their appe- tites have never been disciplined, and merely run riot with their bodies. They answer every whim of their desire, usual l ly abuse every wish, and as aresult have a broken digestion in afew years, no en- durance. and no knowledge of what their stomach wants You can't know your stomach without studying it and experi- menting on it. With study care. and ex- pertinent anyone can not only live on 20 cents day. but he will find that. with the proper amount of open air and exercise, he will have better health and wonderful endurance.
 His System of Eating.
 q am 54 years old and have been working on this system the greater part of my life Not month ago took the ..-...