The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-25

eating and food economy. they could
fare well on q few pence day.
Realizing the value of this, the char
ity boards OF London. and various
governmental boards throughout en-
gland. are planning TO apply &c
Faupers criminals. and other public
charges the principles of Fletchcrlsm
It is believed that with the knowledge
and practice o. food economy AM
/ proper eating. there would Ee a cca
siderable decrease in poverty ana
hence in suffering.
An experiment was successfully
tried recently at a . mai sz4s-4 -,c,
il Belgium. The prisoners were put
ON q restricted diet ana were told
now to eat properly. The result was
that they became better behaved, and
did more work. Some, who had been
regarded as desperate, were given
3aro.e and not one violated it.
The rapid spread Of hI=teDellsln has
caused people to be careful of the
preservation OF their teeJh. DR.. Wa
liam Osle1. in an address at the Royal
Dental College of London &c lare5
that ii should be the aim of all
dentists 10 convert the great mass OF
ars OF food. In this connection It is
interesting to say that every patient
Of the lnfirnary OF the Harvard
Dental School is given a card on which
is printed something like the follow
ing:
HORACE FLETCHER'S RULES
FOR EATING.
~ Eat only in response to an
actual appetite, which WI De sat
sfied with plain bread and butter
(2l Chew all solid food antiI it is
liquid and practically swallows itself |
go Sip and taste all liquids that
have taste, such as soup and lemonade. |
Water has no taste and can be swal- |
lowed Immediately.
(4) Never take food while angry or |
worried, and only when calm. Wait |
ing for the mood in connection with |
the appetite is a speedy cure for both |
anger and worry.
90 Remember and practise these
will be 9ne.
INCREASING HUMAN MOTIVE
POWER.
Nothing is more indicative Of the
appreciation Of the value of /
food economy than an offer recently
made to Mr.. Fletcher by the managers
Of a large firm that organizes peoples
They asked him to prepare
a plan TO increase the human motive
power OF workers; in other words, to
adapt the principles of economic nutrf-
ton to make them more efficient. N'or |
example, suppose a clerk earns 800 o
month and spends $50 for living ex-
penses. It is estimated that if he is
Il householder, large percentage of
this goes for food. If, by food eeono-
my and right living, this is cut down
the man has more money,
his efficiency is increased, and he is
generally better off. The working plan
will soon be in operation. i win con-
sist of talks to the men and women
4 bout food economy and right living. .
All the expenses OF securing this in
struction will be borne by the pro-
orietors of the various establishments
seeking to increase the efficiency OF
heir employees.
I talked recently with Mr.. Fletcher
about his work. He was ruddier and
healthier looking than when I saw him
.wo years ago. At fifty-six his step
s springy, his eye clear, and his O.
oacity for work prodigious. He rarely
goes to bed before midnight. he is often
1t work by five o'clock in the fnorn-
ng. He spends a great part Of his
line writing and featuring. Not long
lgo he addressed an audience Of chill |
iren at Cambridge, Mass, on how to
lat properly. Previous to that he had
spoken before the students OF two large
schools for boys. In this way, the
-oung people are early given lessons
n right iving.-The Worlds Work.