Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-12-20
ENDS HIS 6O-DAY TEST
A1rRoRA DOCTOR PRAISES GOOBER
AS FOOD, ALTHOUGH HE LOST
TWELVE POUNDS.
WOMEN SHOULD EAT THEM.
Oil of Nut Makes Skin Smooth and Soft
Will Also Grow Hair on Bald
Heads. He Declares.

AURORA. ILL.,, Dec. 17.-Thomas j..
Allen, the Aurora dietarian who under-
took to live sixty days on peanuts alone
ended his experiment at noon today.
Last night Allen was celebrating the
success of his peanut diet IN Aurora, ao-
dressing a church bazaar early in the
evening on his achievement ana later
telling crowd of athletes at wrestling
match, a la ''Braggo the Monk" that he
could put them ali on the mat.
Today he wound up his experiment Dy
running three miles from the Montgomcc
cry street bridge, three miles south Oh
Aurora, to the city hall, where ne ad-
dressed the assembled populace on Tea
nuts AS | Know Them and What Ihey
Have Done to Me-"
Will Receive New Hat.
He will be met at the city hall steps
by Judge Frank M. Annis, who Will pre-
sent Allen with new hat to replace the
old one he has been wearing al through
the experiment. The diet, Allen says,
did not change the size of his head. In
the afternoon Allen will not cut off pea
nuts from his diet entirely, but will be-
gin to get back to common, everyday
food by tasting a few bananas and
grapes. After he has been given a
chance at a good Christmas dinner a
proposes to make another dieting expert
ment, choosing for his subject the
banana.
Statistics of Aliens experiment show
the changes wrought
Loses Twelve Pounds.
He weighed when he began exclusive
peanut diet $50 pounds; he now weighs
14S pounds, loss of twelve pounds.
His girth at the outset measured thirty
six inches; it now measures thirty four.
His chest when he began measured
thirty-eight inches; it now measures
thirty-seven. His pulse has remained
normal throughout and his temperature
has been normal with but one or two eX-
ceptions
Allen last night, Il enjoyed little
fever"
Praises the Peanut.
Peanuts, | have demonstrated, D."
Allen continued, ARE an excellent food.
| have had a worldwide audience watch
ing me and, | believe, have stimulated
an interest in dieting. [ have discov-
cred that it is possible to live, and live
well, without meat.
Special points of virtue in the pea
nut that l have found are several. The
peanut is the greatest cosmetic in the
world. 1t makes the skin smooth and
soft. Women should go crazy about it.
My skin was as rough as an emery
wheel when I began to eat peanuts; now
it is as smooth as baby's.
THE peanut is very oily and stimu-
lates the growth of the hair, and l be-
lieve that it would grow hair on a bald
head.
To Eat Peanuts All His Life.
"The peanut is not an ideal food, but
it is the richest single article of diet in
the world. | did not like them at first,
but now l almost like them and intend
to eat some peanuts every day for the
remainder of my life. l think that I
have eaten about a pound a day since
l began my experiment; that would be
sixty pounds of peanuts in all. l have
eaten nothing else and have drunk moth
ing but water and lemonade.
Il have found that the size of my
stomach has been gradually reduced be-
cause the peanut is such concentrated
food. In the future I will not need so
much ordinary food as [ used to to sat
isfy hunger"