New-York tribune., 1908-04-12
HOW TO LIVE 120 YEARS
TO CHEW SOUP HELPS.
Soon 1t Hou't Be Respectable To
Be Sick. Says Fletcher.

In five years from now it will not be consid-
cred respectable 10 be sick"
Many more cheerful promises were made yes
terday morning by Horace Fletcher to an audi
ence composed chiefly Of women. that crowded
the Berkeley Theatre to hear him lecture on
Human Ea1ciencv"
The duration of life should he one hun
dred snd twenty years was sentiment ap-
plau6ed by the healthy.
The greatest source of unhappiness IN the
world to-day Is the mouth" continued Mr.
Fletcher You should eat when YOU feel like ~
what YOU MAY 81 the time, and above
ell. YOU should Chew your food
You may feel like ridiculing the idea that II
Is well 70 chew your soup I viii, however. ask
you n try il. i viii improve the SOUP and help
sou
Never eat when worried. nArvous angry II
IS making and absorbing poison 70 DO SO.
Mention being made that Or Wiley had recon-
ueuded the boiting of meat. unchewed. like d
cog the audience requested 70 try that
method for long enough tirne-sE months was
suEEested-"to test the durability and desirabil-
fly ~ tho plan in action
How about fastinge" inquired woman.
Tasting is natures universal cure for all man
neT Of diseases" replied 1iI- Fletcher Il have
known Of cases Of rheumatism that have been
couPletel- cured hy = fifteen thirry-fve day
fRsr. ] know 3 physician who tasted for twenty
one DAYS. during which time he neglected no pro
fessions duties. and ~ the end OF which he was
cured of his trouble. ] know another man who
had Eri-ht's disease, and a. the end Of fast
continuing for thirry-seven dsys the disease was
gone The man was entirely well wart that
hsd embarrassed him was also gone
What suggestions can YOU offer for daily
meals" asked another woman.
II have answered that two or three times IN my
lecture" Mr.. Fletcher replied calmly IF ! do
not know what viii want eat AT a quarter past
s To night that shall want ANYTHING how
] tell voU what YOU wiz want tomorrow eat
when fee like ir-tvice = day-once veet-as
the ~ase may he I eat moderately. but of the
particular thing want II feel like mince pie
first and soup last why. ] eat my mince pie first
that is all.
'I an nearing sixty. Eighteen wears ago I was
denied hfe insurance 7 had several so-called
chronic diseases I vas weak. discouraged. un-
happy Life had few charms for me then. sup
pose the chief reason ! didn't commit suicide
fear thar might miss something agreeable on this
side Cf the River Styx I am growing steadily
younger. and have been for many years now. 1t is
because n my eating J nurse my appetite up a
high prch Of keenness. Meat Is dis1asreful even
reTuisiVe. IN me Perhaps might Well tell you
something of my habits al the Waldorf
"ob DO" calculated a woman in ;he back Of the
house. Everybody laughed. including the speaker,
who proceeded
''f do most Of my eating between Il a n. and
IN the evening. Usually little soup, potato in
some form
DO you ever crave sweetso' interrupted 2 voung
woman. who stood Up 10 put the question
"WelI-er-aE''- smiled and hestated Mr..
Flefcher The audience roared
II understand perfectly well what the young
woman wants 70 know, and wish 70 reply in the
affirmative" h. continued when ne could NV
principal Purveyor IS vel known maker Of choco-
latAs.r
Mr.. Fletcher said there we're TWO hundred thou
sand families in The country saving Al least &
day through the adoption IF 'F7letcherisrn The
financial benefit was. ne said. The least important
consideration
He stated that his opinion the efficiency OF
most persons could he increased % per cent by
careful eating. Christian Science and the Rev. Dr.
Fellows in Chicago were both he said all right as
Tar rs they went hut they were not sufficiently
expansive
William Gilbert Anderson director Of the Vale
gymnasium. spoke ~ strong terms concerning the
ability ar. Fletcher had shown 20 stand severe
tests a. Yale The lecture was given before the
League for Political Education