The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-13

/. dressing, two wheat-cakes. and a cup
of custard. He chewed everything
thoroughly. We returned TO New
York the same afternoon, and at seven
o'clock went to dinner. Mr. Fletcher
lives at a fashionable hotel when he is
in New York, but he eats his meals at
dairy-Iunch restaurants.
Why do you eat at these restau-
rants?'' I asked him
Because I get the amount Of food
that I want. People are likely to eat
too much food because more food than
they can eat is placed before them
At the table he asked: What kind
of food comes in your mind first?r'
Raw oysters I said. He ordered
oysters. Il will eat them with you,
although don't need a relish
But what are you going to eat?'
1 asked
'Griddle-cakes,' replied Mr.. Fletcher
He chewed each oyster thoroughly. II
required an average of thirty move
ments of the jaw. At the end he took
a small pulp out of his mouth THE
juice is all out of this. The stomach
does not need it, he said Every
mouthful of griddle-cake was carefully
chewed by thirty movements of the
jaw. He drank coffee which was four
ffths milk When he ate the cakes he
drank no coffee and when he chewed
the oysters he took no bread.
DO you ever mix foods?" I asked.
NO. If I did I would defeat the
purpose of taste, which is to get all
the pleasure possible out of a single
article of food he replied. He snolz-
ed another cigar and walked back TO
the hotel. At midnight Mr.. Fletcher
was active and strong and I was tired.
The next morning saw him at half
past nine O'Clock. He had been UP
since five and was using his typewriter.
We walked and talked during the
morning During that time Mr. Flet-
cher ate three pieces of candy. It was
honey of wheat encased in chocolate.
Candy is frequently his substitute for
breakfast. He ehewed it slowly. At
half-past twelve O'Clock he said: 7
have an appetite
But are you hungry?" I asked
Il never get hungry as people who
eat more food get hungry. Appetite
with me is a desire for some simple
food
This time We did not go to the dairy
lunch. We went to one of the principal
hotels I was curious to see the effect
of this environment and a tempting
bill Of fare. But the same thing that
had happened at the dairy lunch hap
pened here.
What are you going to eat?"
asked. Walters were passing with trays
of steaming soups. appetizing meats,
and rich pastry.
flashed brown potatoes" said Nj |
Fletcher. II can't think of anything
in the world that I should prefer
He put a spoonful in his mouth and
chewed it carefully. His face beamed- |
Again he drank milk with q dash of
coffee He ate half French roll. For
dessert he poured the cream that was
left over half a French roll and broke |
a piece OF lump sugar into it.
That afternoon he walked TWO miles. /
At haIf-past eight o'clock at night he |
ate a small portion of corned-beef hash |
which was four-fifths potatoes. and |
slipped a glass of milk He had eaten
,ne-third the amount Of food that had /
eaten during the day, and at midnight
le was fresh and I was tired, AT half
past twelve he was sleepy. and when
lie went TO bed he fell asleep at once.
His food that day had cost sixty cents
and he had eaten one meal at the
Hotel Eaten at the
iairy-luneh restaurant Il Would an
AVE cost only thirty cents.
Ten years ago. when Mr. Fletcher
vas rejected by a life insurance com
,anv. for a stomach trouble. he was
surprised and alarmed What 1oes
his nean2" he asked He had looked