Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26

oles of the Egyptian Feilah boatmen. who.
from immemorial times. haye nourtsheo
themselves en- melons, onions. beans. dates
and corn. You know the sObriety OF the
Turkish soldier. He drinks only water and
eats only rice and figs. AS for the por-
ters of Constantinopie and Salonfea. rice
and fig eaters. they. too, their force 10 pro-
verbal. AS strong as a Turk. 81
There have been great Japanese wreS-
tiers" 1 said.
you have heard of the American, DR..
Dewey of Meadville. Pa?" asked DR.. Jen-
rings. 81 have never seen him. never cor
responded with him. but 1 admire his ge.
MUS. And DIR. Keith of London? Keith is
called The Starving Doctor. Both ne and
Dewey. Independently. conclude that so far
from feeding up the sick and ailing. the
true method is to cut down their food
Dewey goes so farm sickness eyen-as to
keep the patient without food for thirty
days. Only water. His very general prac-
tice is to cut on the early- morning meal
entirely DIR. Haig. the London specialist
of uric acid, tried Deweys plan en- him.
self. 1t gave him mornings OF such we'll
being as he had never before experienced;
but he says the final result was to make
him heavy from Overeating at lunch time
such was hts appetite"
Cures by Starving.
You know Mark Twains cure for
anemia. debility. neurasthenia and general
loss of appetite is starving said. Don't
who got shipwreciedY He starved in an
open boat with the others. Then. when
they got rescued It was found that he was
q cured man."
Take the case of SuccL the professional
faster" said DR.. Jennings 1.-The last time
he tasted here In Paris he was troubled
with chronic liberation In the corner of his
eye. 1t healed while he was finishing his
fast which shows that to effect repair 1t is
not necessary to have rich nutriment-he
had none! DR.. Dewey goes on the idea
that every man has reserve of nutriment
in his own body on which he can call In
time Of Illness to keep him in nutrition
without taking food from outside to COM
pltcate his troubles"
do you think the same?'
Certainly"
what Is the signal to begin eating
again?' I asked IAN appetizer
When to Begin Again.
mo. A sick man may eat ravenously
from a craving induced by a stomach out
Of order. The true signal Is Improvement
in the patients condition. Then. when he
gets well, he may regard hunger as a sig
nal. And. note, never eat without hungerl
One of your Dewey's expressions-a happy
one-is two days or three days from
beefsteak appetite!" He says those who
follow such rules will eat more in the long
run than those who force their appetites.
would add three days from beefsteak
appetite-and then cut out the steak!
I'm favor Of rice?"
Vegetarian diet in general. with milk
and eggs. If you wish. or dried fish-like the
Japs. But always lots of fruit, and nuts II
you can go them
'sThere can be no doubt that the vegeta-
rian diet is more cultured more gentle,
more humane and pitiful than meat eat
ing" I said as started off. Even in the
animal world look at the difference! The
lamb Is a vegetarian, while the lion Is q
carniverous reprobate. And so
IN ."
Hum hum" said DR.. Jennings. But
not the turtle dove. The turtle dove gObs
worms and insects. 1t Is a cannibal! I" . 80
you mean that the vegetarian Jap Is
wonder for fighting, I suppose?"
Something like that. Let us not claim
ton much" STERLING HELLO.