Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-14

IINu6IUue > IuI0 VA ClGNIuy every
mouthful thirty-two times us based
on false theory. "The number of times
food should be chewed varies accord.
ing to the nature of the food. Thirty
two chews might do for some sorts Of
pabulum. but others might require
300 or 400 to prepare them for involun-
tary swallowing"
Saving Millions For the Public.
The tremendous campaign Mr..
Fletcher is waging against interna-
tional dietetic prohigacy has vital
economic side. Under his system the
amount eaten by the individual is so
much less in amount and cost and the
increase of the efficiency of the indi-
vidual is so markedly increased that
all classes Of persons can add to their
usefulness while reducing the cost Of
living. Owing to the thousands of per-
sons following the teachings of 1.-The
man of many chews'' today it is esti-
mated by recognized statistician that
Mr.. Fletcher, in enabling them to cut
down their food bills 40 to GO per cent.
has brought about saving Of over
$20,000,0O0 a year in the United States
alone. And his propaganda has spread
wider proportionately in foreign coun-
tries than in America because of his
long residence in Italy.
Another competent statistician is
authority for the statement that more
than 100000 families are saving from
dollar day upward as the result of
the practice Of Mr.. Fletchers teachings.
This estimate was made more than a
year ago, and the number is increas-
ing in geometric ratio.
Students of political economy are
amazed at the possibilities of fetch
erizing as q contributor to the ma
tons good. When nine Yale univer-
sity students. Messrs. Bauer, Edwards,
Reeds, Taylor and Weyman, were
formed into an eating club to test Mr..
Fletcher's claims that he could in
crease their physical endurance
through proper mastication, many pro-
fessors scoffed. Yet at the end of the
test period Irving Fisher, Phi. D., pro-
fessor Of political economy at Yale,
wrote a voluminous report, in which
he said, "Our conclusion in brief is
that Mr.. Fletcher's claims are justi-
fed"
Ten Benefits Obtained.
Demonstrations at other institutions
in England, Belgium, Italy and Amer
lea have shown conclusively that Mr.
Fletcher's teachings produce unmis-
takably the following results:
First.-Reducing half of the former cost
OF nourishment.
200 per cent in physical endurance.
Third. - Immunity from sickness and
that tired feeling"
Fourth.-Suppression of craving for al
coholic stimulants.
Fifth.-Suppression Of morbid desires.
| sixth.-Restitution Of nerve soundness.
Il Seventh.-Eltmination of various poll
sons from the body. natural purity.
4 Eighth. - Progressive recuperation OF
muscular and mental tone in those al
ready past middle life who had begun to
decline. renewing youth and memory.
Ninth:-Renewal Of native assurance,
confidence and ambition.
~|PkAulStA AIAA uapEluES68 1QSI6dQ
Of pessimism and unhappiness
A Gentleman Of the, Worlds School.
4 Theodore Roosevelt has said that
4ecur greatest national physical asset
| Is our national health" No man is do
ing as much to put American, health
and happiness bonds above par as the
discoverer Of fletcherizing-this man
who persistently refuses to consider
financial return for himself to be i'm
portant Quite remarkable, quite un-
believable. one might say, for a re-
former to be laboring purely for re-
form and not with motives Of gain.
Yes, quite remarkable until one meets
this unassuming gentleman Of the
worlds school, who has lived without
losing his ideals, who uses his wealth
and talents and time to uplift not only
the poor, but the rich as well, and
whose one weakness is kind heart.
The personality of Horace Fletcher
Is a greater force than any Of his
teachings, any Or all Of his books or
his theories, for all of these are but
outer manifestations Of his personality
and character. They are but frag-
mentary testimonies of the spirit
which actuates him in dwelling in the
diminutive rooms of the Phipps tene-
ment, giving free instruction in living,
with lessons in hope, to the stricken
poor, while his silk cushioned Condo
las swing idly in the tide at their
moorings beneath the marble balconies
of the Palazzo Saibante. on the Grand
canal.
Making Rare Lettuce.
Mrs. Francis G. Newlands, niece Of
Ward McAllister and wife of the Ne
vada senator. has succeeded in grow