Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
GRASS HIS DAILY MEAL
Eusebio Santos Says He Finds
1t Good to Live On.
THE PARKS SUPPLY HIS FOOD.
Declares the Diet Has Cured Him of
Nothing Else For Months other
Foods Do Not Tempt Him-wiII Eat
Nothing but Grass.

That a person can live on grass and
cold water and be well and hearty
seems TO have been proved by Eusebio
Santos Of Brooklyn, says the New
York World. For more than six
months Santos has been living on this
| diet, and he says he is steadily gaining
flesh. Santos friends say he has re-
! fused all tempting dishes set before
| him in that time.
Before taking to the grass and wa
ter diet Santos was a nervous wreck.
he says, aud that now be is as healthy
as any one. lie eats three or four
meals a day. two quarts of grass be-
ing his usual allowance at each meal.
Santos is twenty-five years old. He
weighs about no pounds. He was
born in Laredo. Spain, and for many
years lived in Cuba. Prior to coming
TO the United States, several months
ago. he was employed in Havana as a
clerk. He speaks several languages.
lie has been getting his supply of
grass from Sunset park, South Brook
Ign, and from Prospect park. He is
rather particular about the kind he
gets. He says some grass is bitter.
some salty. some sour, some peppery
and some sweet. The sweet grass. he
says. is very nourishing and leaves n
pleasant taste in the mouth, so be pre-
fers il. Santos is fond of flowers of all
kinds. and for a relish he at times adds
them to his grass diet
Santos began eating grass about q
year and half ago. in Cuba. He was
then troubled with severe headache
and other disorders and it was impos-
sIble. he says. for him to sleep. He
consulted physician. who advised
him to starve himself and at times to
chew a little grass. Santos says he
followed this advice and soon cultivat-
ed the taste for IL. He ate IL with
sweet potatoes at first, then gave up
potatoes
Santos gathers his food In the morn
ing. He uses no knife or scissors, but
has trick of breaking it of with his
hands that enables him to fill bag
quickly without pulling up roots.
When reporter called at his home
the other night he was beginning TO
eat his evening meal. While others
were enjoying a hearty supper be was
quietly eating grass. He ate a large |
dishful
IF person only knew the good that |
they could get from eating graSs.r he
said. "he would never leest in9{l
else. 1t is most nourishlng La deli |
cious. II people would take to eating
1t | feel convinced their lives would
be prolonged for many years OF course
can eat all kinds OF grass. but pre-
fer the sweet grass because II is more
pleasant. / do not pepper or salt it.
but eat IL just as pull II up.
II much prefer to go to Sunset park
or Prospect park. for the grass there Is
much cleaner. Each day | gather
supply large enough TO last me for
three or four meals. always like to
gather and eat the grass when the
dew has fallen omit. for then do not
have TO drink water with IL.
zone would be surprised to find how
even the temperature OF a persons
body is kept by living on grass and
cold water When winter sets In In.
tend going south In order that I may
to live on my diet. will
never eat anything else as long as
i've"