The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-23
ARE EATING FOR OTHERS GOOD
A Peanut Eater Says That He'll Live
LoEser on Supply Water A.cne.

LoEGer on Sapply Water A!cne.
Beef eater, sit up and take ne
tice, dIsgraced, discarded. -Four
noble sons of Illinois are proving
this for the good humanity and the
downfall of the food trusts. One
is living exclusively on peanuts
and maintains that on the festive
goober he lives well-too well
sometimes, he says. But 10, there
are others Here is a list of the
participants in the combat:
Peanut eater-Dr. Thomas J.
Allen, food specialist, aged forty
two years, exclusively peanut diet
for sixteen days; has lost : pounds
complains of overlooking on nitro
gen side and is fasting for two
weeks.
Bean eater-Edgar Brobst, foun-
dryman, aged sixty-fve years: ex-
elusive diet on navy beans for
twelve consecutive days; has gain
ed two pounds; does hard physical
work, may switch to lima beans
for variety,
Sauer kraut eater-Harry Spod-
en-, machinist, aged forty years,
fourteen days Oh sauerkraut, moth
ing else, feels all right, but is an
noyed by misgiving Of scientists,
who says he's running his stomach.
Onion eater-James Purcell,
boiler maker, aged thirty-fve
years; funked after six meals on
onions exclusively; other men re-
fused to work on same boiler with
him.
Milk eater-Thomas Allen, milk
man, aged fifty years, has lived
for years on matted milk and little
else.
Out in the Aurora little is dis
cussed save the endurance contest
of the various vegetarians.
There has been a great falling
off i'll the trade of groceries in
everything but those articles of
diet; but that's not all.
Il have been for some time, 3"
SAID Allen, "a student of the nu-
trative values Of different foods,
and when it was announced in the
papers that a girl had died in Nor
ris, Ill, from eating peanut candy,
was sure it was a mistake.
offered to live on peanuts alone for
sixty days to prove their harmless
ness. Since then have had moth
ing but peanuts and lemonade,
II admit it has been somewhat
tiresome-so much so that recent
ly decided to vary it by eating
nothing for while, and have
been fasting for the last two days. "
There were a good many who
thought the vegetarian looked
hungry Notwithstanding his boast
that he has regained three pounds
of his lost ten pounds weight.
What do you think of the
sauerkraut eater in your town."
was asked.
Nothing to it, said the peanut
eater; nothing to it. Onions are
good in their place; but a man
could live on onions better alone
than he could in company with
some one else.
Il will agree to live on water
alone longer than any man of my
power Of endurance can live on
sauerkraut and water.
II found a milkman Yesterday
who was Lying almost exclusively
on milk. We want the bean eaters
and the peanut caters and the pop
corn eaters and the green onion
eaters to add their experience to
the meeting we intended to hold
next week in Aurora. We are
having some fun, but the real bene-
fit is to be derived in the expert
mentation of various articles test
ing their food value. Chicago
News.
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