The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12
Oh! NEVER Chew WHENANGUY
Mr.. FLETCHER WARYS AGAINST
SOME EVILS ~ EATING.
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Horace Fletcher confded to the Lesgie
for Political Education in me Berkeley
Lyceum yesterday morning that critics
had uniustly accused him OF reducing all
the problems Of life 10 chewing,
sThere il something in il, though he
continued, 'only I've careful not to bite on
more than you can chew,
He then went on to explain that the
popular idea that a true Fletcherlte always
allots thirty chews TO a mouthful was
utterly fallacious. Frequently not more
than half that number were needed.
But he added earnestly, remember
that your must chew even soup"
He then told all about salivary digestion
and used technical terms which his hearers
listened 10 with an attentiveness that almost
'betokened understanding.
His manipulation Of the technicalities
proved conclusively that one must eat
konly when hungry. But II one is enraged
because the waiter has brought the steak
we'll done instead Of rare, why, then no
lmatter how hungry one is one shouldn't
Nat at all.
The reason for that lie that anger inter
lferes with salivary digestion-in fact 1t
mot only neutralizes Its benefcent effects
but actually goes further and converts the
food consumed into actual poison.
The better the food tastes to the one
who happens 10 DO eating 1t the less chew
ing IL needs because pleasurable emotions
are the first aid to digestion. Therefore
bnstead Of concentrating the mind on the
brooass Of chewing and carefully enumer-
Lifting each chew one should simply resign
himself TO the ecstasy evoked by the flavor
And the chewing will look out for itself.
OF course IL takes time for a person who
lhas acquired the canine habit OF boiling
his food without chewing il at all 10 sub
lSitute the Fletcherian method Of chewing
blntil swallowing becomes an involuntary
lind therefore a physiological process.
Eating went on MIR. Fletcher-"that is,
proper eating is a service on the altar OF
shlciency. while careless eating is posi-
lively a saorilege. ] heard that two ner-
vous invalids we're made i'll by trying too
hard TO follow my method Of careful masti-
A1AN ~
cation and some ono has used this as an
argument against my theories. That is
very unfair Ajust as unfair as II would be
10 say that because there are religious
maniacs the whole religious system is
wrong Why, / have proved by actual
Ia1perimeut that by following my directions
concerning the way to eat it is possible to
Arst along with two hours less sleep than
when paving NO attention 10 the Tune or the
manner Of that important function
After relating his own experiences with
rAFletchensn.' which he said had con-
Certed him from a depressed invalid into
q hanpy, hale and hearty individual who
was growing younger every day, he said
that many prominent authors, actors,
statesmen and physicians were trying It
with MAGNIFICENT results One OF the
latest recruits ia Mns. Humphry Ward.
who teetifes that she finds the system very
beneficial.
nAtor. founder and inventor, not only
doubles a mans efficiency but il ia an inn
nortant economic factor. II one chews
the way Mr.. Fletcher tells him his appetite
will not last nearly 90 long as under the
old method. but he will get even more true
nourishment than he would from more
food and lees chewing
WHY" said Mr.. Fletcher. there are
2oo. on families In the United States who
are saving a dollar a day by my method.
And that makes a total saving 10 the people
Of this republic Of 375, $4,000 a year,
aNy theories about digestion are SPLEEN
.didry Illustrated by some experiments
which have been made on oats, he con-
tinued. Then, seeing a disturbed express
,sion on some faces in the front rows, he
added hastily Il don't believe in y~ivisec-
ltion The cats to which | refer were fed
with their f~avorite food IN which had been
mixed SOME nitrate Of blsmuth. The bls-
muth rendered the food Opaque, and when
the cats we're fastened 10 a screen and the
y rays applied II was perfectly. easy to OBJ
serve the process OF digestion. .
while the cats we're comfortable ana
happy. the process went on beautifully, but
when their fur was rubbed the wrong way
until they showed anger even the muscu-
la movements were stopped.
Then Mr.. Fletcher had something o. say
about what one ought 10 do when one is not
feeling well. =
Natures sole remedy for all diseases, y
he declared. ais fasting. NV own daughter
has fastod for forty days with excellent
Ireenlts.' 4 man | know very well lasted
thirtv sever days and at he end OF that
period no was entirely cured NJ several
diseases which are popularity described as
chronig. In addition, a wart winch he had
ALWAYS had on his forehead had entirely
disanoesrAd
This anacdote brought forth a few gigg les
hui they were quickly suppressed when
MIR. Robert Erskine Ely, who was presiding,
TroWned Mr.. Fly then announced that
Mr. Fletcher would he very happy to an
swer ahy Intelligent questions, whereupon a
woman demanded what q fletcheTite would
take when he was fasting.
Water was the stern reply.
DO Won go 10 he'd when YOU aren't eating
AnNthinQ?7 inquired q second.
"Oh. just ss you please about that, said
Mr.. Fletcher.
what about feeding children" asked
another thirster after truth.
fortunately. replied the truth dispenser,
Il have had two grandchildren 10 practice
IN. and ! find that the best results are OBJ
tanned bv giving them food only when they
eipreas a desire for Il. | do not believe in
feeding an infant every two hours. Children
should follow the dictates Of their appetltes
ljust as we'll as grown PEOPLE
But demonstrated a pale, slender
woman in the back Of the house, 1T really 10
necessary for there to he regular meal hours
in a we'll ordered household. ,
The audience seemed highly delighted
With this point OF view, but Mr.. Fletcher
didn't zee anything in 1t
an nv home in Venice he replied, "our
principal meal ia served anywhere from II
10 ? o'clock. Every one in the family does
. days work before eating
How do YOU cure rheumatism! muir
INJURED a plaintive voice. j.
sBy seventeen to twenty-five days OF
fasting" replied the one who knew,
After Mr. Fletcher had told that his chief