The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
LONG FAST FOR HEALTH
Air and Water Mans Food
During Forty-6ve Days.
WORKED HARD ALL THE TINE

WORKED HARD ALL THE TINE
J. Austin Shaw OF Brooklyn Lost
ONLY Fwsnt1<six Pounds and Look.
a. II He Had Had . vaeadon-In
Txutu4ns Three Teoss-aas Length
e<sd Psrsods Of Fasting Untn He
T11n1Is BtftE Days Possible.
That a man can work haxd sleep
we1 sod be merry without anything to
eat for forE-f@e days hos recently
been pro~ed tn most extraordinary
manner By ]. Austin Shaw Of Borough
Park, Brooklyn, says the New York
Herald From April 8 to May "a Mr.
Shaw booked not upon food that was
cooked o. uncooked, or, If be did look
upon It. Il was without al1 great
temptation to eat It This fast exceeds
Dr. Tanners famous fasts and many
oth@ se3f starving records.
In all that time Mr. Shaw worked
from twelve to eighteen hours a day,
and at the end Of bis forty-fve days
without eating instead Of being weak
ened and emactated was, II anything,
stronger and healthier than when be
began to 90 without food The expla-
nation 'o1 this astonishing result lies
largely tn the fact that be bad trained
carefully and scientifically for three
years IN the seldom voluntarily prac-
tced art OF tasting
Three years ago Mh shaw weighed
2S3 pounds BE was In fairly good
hee4th, although be suffered occasion
ally from rheumatism A book on
Perfect Health" BY G. G. Haskell, a
gospel Of abstinence tn Diet made him
q convert. Il held that healthy Old age
depended solely on the knowledge Of
how to breathe. eat, drink, think and
sleep.
Mr. Shaw Immediately put the au-
thors.theozies into practice. In the last
three pears he has tasted at intervals,
each fast being little longer than its
predecessor, and be has lost stxty-two
pounds tn weight and gained greatly
In strength and health BE has become
an enthusiastic apostle OF starvation as
a means to bong rfe and has record
Of bis experience backed by photo
graphs taHen every few days during
biz last and longest fast
No Ehaw was asked the other night
bow be accounted fu1 the tact that
fo4yd%e days ON water bad left him
sound and stonG While professional
fastezs Hare eeusrai1y tearfuf1y ema-
etatnd.
) aFrem ar b H,e secret" be said
'Tou may say + fred during the East
SIX weeks On dr. gave up coffee and
msat and breakfast three years ago. I
never taka anything bot q giass OF wa
ter befone noon. I newer drink with
my maah
As to mo hstz. began With three
days etsdtnencs d 9 tme Win two
veeks between fasa Gradually I
hnsthened ote time Of going without
tod to ten days uum recently I found
/ euuA 20 fpRGdve days without eat
mz without The least discomfort I
hsre 20 douot I euu,d have gone 90
tdp ffU da9s q mose, bat I thought It
better not 70 make the test too hard
Il mean to i've to be 100 years om
arA f}1fnk I am on the ri2ht track.
There s no reason we should not all
live to be 100.
The first two days Of my fast were
a little hard. but after that = was easy.
I sometimes drank little weak lem-
onade and once IN a week or 80 a
glass of unfermented grape Juice. The
rest Of my diet consisted Of water,
both bot and cold. -
Temptations to break it? They did
not amount to much. 1t wasn't the
easiest thing in the world to carve tor
my family when we had a particularly
good Sunday dinner. but did not real
" feel the need Of food
This brings me to the most imp">
tant point Of All I had absolute ccn-
fdence In myself and knew was not
in any danger. a doctor examined me
every DAY. Ny pulse was normal at
60, and never went above 72 when I
spvinted lr a train Each day re-
cetved letter of encouragement and
advice from HASKELL My wife helped
me, too, by her faith The mind piays
a btg pole In health fasting Faith and
fresh air are the important elements.
Il tooa my usual exercise and coM
bath tn the morning and worked each
day IN TIE city from twelve To eighteen
hours. ny WORK keeps-ms out Of doors
much Of he ttme"
Mr. Hhaw tunen@ 70 ksep up -
penodrai hasetns tu ne ret df b.
i1te a44 tpetone uezs a. a1 ctes and
any nbd befuA nnn He b connected
vtm a .veatdy Horticultural papes and
Il a1tan some~fat unfet tfv yexrs.
Three a h4s Daughters are % oe
staee. 0ae o. them waS 8 ps3ama gu
tn aTns ttea9 4snes" The youngest
Of them nas fmswurn the bot BIRDS and
cou bodies ehth ate pwnarly sup'