Evening star., 1907-11-16

/ first wear. as did We on the island Siu'a
/ my friends have gone to Algiers I've
! Joined tent crowd at Auteul on Mo-
/ body's ground of the military zone THIS
| year they re going to sleep out all win
ter
What ahout going barefoot In Paris?'
Il can't We kick our sto : and stock
ings off after hours: and stuff this
time: but that's why m of for Algiers
man can dress as he pleases down
there
And YOU live al right without meit?.-
| asked.
There's something mighty queer COM
from the ground and air aud sunlgh, poo
the young clerk conffded To me. AT Ga,
island Club W. took II lot Of sun hats
Those chaps at AGteuil have nsgri ul
shelters-to sit around naked Now ,u
autumn, take an hours exercise. un
dressed. each morning early and again
at. evening. Then. the sleeping un fh-
earth-you don't need meat food We n
YOU live like that. | think some f,r-
comes fTon he earth. IS he SAWS. mod.
ding Ia the man OF natUrn,. radium
emanations. helium. rare gases
A prof Of chemistry i eoi = Z.
catch helium gas that issues from hn,
spring AT Luchon in the Pyrcra 49,
answered 1T can do great things in
medicine. only it Is too expensive
Il get something from the earth. j.:
sisted the young fellow. 1t can't be
the food | eat-cooked vegetables. great
quantities of fruits and nuts. that's all
We cut out eggs. milk and milk products
One-third of the vegetables / eat ate
raw. Pm like a lighting cock. WAY. my
clothes stih6 me. wear this bic>,r
suit-just what you see-hut don't tain,
| need it. Down there in Algiers I'm
going about the truck farm in shorI
pair of linen drawers, I'm too strong
I'm afraid of breaking things | touch
he laughed. as he tipped his hat and
started away on the bicycle
Be careful" cried the man of mature
smiling. There ara beautiful and fragil
things made by God. Do not break them
Educate them up to be strong as
you
Then, turning to me. he explained. III,
is engaged to one of the most beautiful
girls you ever saw. Sha fears To appear
ridiculous by living nationally. That is
why he's going to take her To AlgierS
when they married -
Have you many successes like that
young MANI" / asked
Hundreds; but 1t Is discouraging the
grip of modern conditions on IN, wno
have to make their living in cities Sales
men in shops can't throw tn in jobs up
Only few energetic ones dare try to live
In tents--and where would there be room?
That is why want to first revitaiize the
rich; they go off and live close to
earth on the grounds of their chateauX.
Later when they see what the whole sys-
tenn does for them, they will be grateful
and help the less Fortunate
l wondered if they would but did not
say it. Instead. I asked if he had mage
rich converts
Mine out of ten of my succp SECS ara
| among the swell Parisians." he afrlrlnel
But. unfortunately, They're afraid of
ridicule-afraid Of being thought cranks-
afraid. even. of seeming in earnest about
anything. could give you twenty names
that would surprise you-the pick Of
Partisan fashion. If. [ give you one
name. will you promise not To print 1t -
AS l promised, so | keep my promise
Suffice TO say, the man of nature gave
me name that did surprise me-a name
that any reader of these lines would
read with smiles of incredulity an inter-
national name that something like a
year ago occupied much space. of man
much blamed much sneered at as
sybarite and weakling.
1 went to him, and when he learned
that / came from the man of nature he
received me like brother. He, too.
asked me not to mention his name. Not
that l am ashamed to have become
new man. he explain. but don't want
to have the look of bidding for rehabilta-
ton with Americans."
Do you really eat raw beans?" I
That's a detail" he laughed; no I
think l rather prefer them steamed.
though there are many vegetables and
all fruits that are most nutritious raw
l have become a thorough vegetarian,
would not do the trick Salomonson's
wonderful secret Is contact with the
earth--and air and sunlight"
''Radium emanations?''
why not?- | don't care what name
you give it. Scientifically 1t Is known
the earth gives out radiations. By con-
tact with radium Prof Bordas trans
forms corundums to rubtes. Miraculous
things are being discovered; but it's not
necessary to wait for the scientific ex-
PLANTATION to profit by the system of the
priests of Java"
You've slept on the ground?"
All summer a the chateau even when
we had a lot of guests; nobody knew Il;
and I'm sleeping out yet, except when L
come, like this, to Paris. I've gone bare
foot and bare-headed. Nothing's easier.
kneipe's patients got cured by it alone!'
And the underclothing?' I asked.
II can't stand it" replied the man
America imagines to be wornout and ef-
Terminate So / left him. liv -ly, saucy,
spunky beyond description.
When next l saw the man of nature
said to him:
IF you make a few more cures like
that you will be famous
Il don't know" he answered. Men Of
that rich set don't like to give certificates
They'd rather pay me money. But when
the word passes round among them. I
will have hundred orphan children In
some big place outside Paris. Then the
world will see the secret of the priests of
Java" "
And ne banged the Paris asphalt with
his pilgrims staff and laughed tri-
umphantly. STERLING HEILIG.