The Mankato free press., 1903-08-14

HOW TO LIVE CHEAPLY
Mankato Business Man Subsists on
Less Than a Dollar a Week.
Eats Uncooked Foods and Grows
Fat and Is Healthy.
Takes Exercise and Is Always in The
Pink of Condition.
Drinks Large Supply of Waller and
Swallows Raw Eggs.
From Mondays Daily.

Living on less than dollar week,
and growing fat and looking the pie
| ture of health. This is the experience
of a Mankato business man " men he
made the statement that his living costs
him about 10 cents a week the incredu-
| lous listeners shook their heads in dis
sent. Its fact" continued the man
who has adopted the reform" methods
of living. He referred, Of course, to
| table board, and meant the cost of food
only.
| ''You will see that I look pretty
healthy" he said "and I an much
healthier than year ago, and have gain
ed in weight. | adopted the new method
as an experiment, but l would not go
| back to the old. | used to have great
trouble with my stomach. but now
haven't taken any medicine for six
months, and | lay it all to my new way
of living"
Then he explained that he was
disciple of the idea of living on un-
cooked foods, which, by the way, has
many followers in the United States.
In the eight or nine months in winch he
has been trying the system he has eaten
scarcely any cooked food and he has
discarded meat entirely.
In answer to a question as to what h;
ate, he said: "My principal article of
food is wheat-the whole wheat kernel,
Just as it goes to the mill or is fed to
horses. This | allow to soak over night
and eat it with milk and little sugar,
if desired; but sugar is heating, and in
the summer time [ eat as little of it as
possible. Then | eat raw oatmeal, very
often mixed with berries and fruit.
salt this, but do not use sugar. Eggs
are another staple for my table. These
are eaten raw, with a little salt but no
pepper. Then i eat great deal of fruit.
Il eat but two meals a day. he con-
tinued, dinner and supper. No, | do
not eat any breakfast" he replied in an
swer to the question, ''and | don't miss
it. Ny wife, who has also adopted the
new method, continued to take breakfast
for several months. but she finally has
dropped the practice almost entirely. al
though she sometimes eats something
before dinner"
When asked by one of his auditors
if this kind of diet satisfied him the gen
tleman replied:
entirely, at first | wanted to eat
something else when [ would be around
where people were eating cooked foods,
but now I have lost all desire for them.
l relish my meals, but do not get very
hungry.
every few people know what it is to
be really hungry" he continued. IF l
feel my old stomach trouble returning,
[ simply 90 without eating until it is Ill
right. / have gone two or three days
without eating, and even then | q not
get very hungry. Of course | drank all
the water | wanted, and | try to drink
several quarts of water every day
1t may be explained that the young
mans business is such that he is kept
indoors almost continually, and his work
is not of the kind to require any amount
of physical strength, and consequently
gives him little exercise. He is supple
menting his raw food diet with liberal
amount of physical exercise, and he gives
this credit for making great difference
in his condition from that which 1T was
formerly.
1t is suspected that number of able
bodied men in Mankato will adopt the
reform methods of eating. Live on 10
cents week, take on flesh and be
happy: at the same time swell your bank
account