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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
HE writer recently tried that
fasting scheme of Sinclatrs.
Upton Sinclair. you, Of

HE writer recently tried that
fasting scheme Of Sinclairs.
Upton Sinclair. you. Of
course. recall. is the young
gentleman who, besides writ
ing books and things, has been telling
us in magazine articles that, taken as
general proposition. eating regular
food is q poor sort OF a plan. inimical
to tho physical. spiritual and moral
health.
He believes profoundly in the scheme
Of not eating any food &C., at all every
from three to thirty days. Not only
has he tried this himself, but he prints
before and after pictures Of himself
showing how it worked out He looks
just about the same in the before as
he does in the after pictures. except
that in the latter he is shown chopping
wood and doing other energetic things.
He attributes nearly all of the ills
Obvious to the
theory. entertained for many centuries,
that not eating Chat is, not being able
to get enough to eat) has been at the
bottom Of a lot of the worlds misery.
The scheme had impressed us so
greatly that about fortnight ago we
decided to take a hack at it. The world
had seemed bit gray and out of whack
to us for day or so. We thought of
And SO, in the still watches Of one night.
or morning. we should say, we decided
to roll the crusher over our habit of
eating food.
We decided that about thirty days Of
absolute fasting would be long enough
to get us back to prime condition. At
first We thought that sixty days would
ticket hl1f uya fol hot
we protracted our fast this long we
might be causing persons interested in
us an unnecessary amount of Solicitude
At the time Gin the black dark Of
in the morning.. when we thought this
thing all out we felt that there, per-
haps, never would come a time any
more when we should really care for
passion that had finally gone out %aS Of
our lives. We were through with it. we
considered.
It may be that the ofrhandedness Of
given it's more direct imp aIsef BY ths
fact that. before turning in that night,
we had partaken of three Swiss cheese
sandwiches (rye bread). with moist
obligato.
1t was when we awakened at the
dark, dank morning hour. extremely
cognizant Of Swiss cheese sandwiches
(Which have sort OF stability remind
ing one of the common stock of the
Erie railroad), that We searched our
conscience and decided that it was food
that was killing us. We sat up straight
in bed, casting aching eyes around the
black room, and devised new and In
genious maiedictions for food; any old
kind Of food: not Swiss cheese sand
witches at midnight particularly, but
Just food. And we decided that nary a
morsel Of the everlastingly bedinged
and mathematical article called food
should pass our resolute lips until ga
full thirty days had seeped into the
ebbing sea Of time.
We informed the family Of this as
soon as she awoke. The family smiled
q slow sardonic smile.
Not even any coffee this morningr'
the family inquired tantalizingly.
served to be.
mo coffee on this or any other morn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
I faint slightly to carpet.

I faint slightly to carpet.
why do you suspect this quaint
TRUTH" is first gasp from me- Out
doors is covered with frosting, zero is
seen everywheres and Hon. Wind blow
20 earnestly that Hon. Aviator cannot
make Sufficient nightly to be killed.
why you suspect that Spring are hang
ting around American"
Hon. Wilson snatch to pocket with
fashionable mitten- He remove out
small Almanac decorated with Fire In
sursnce and other art
This are the Time Table which shows
how all seasons are expected to arrive
for year 1871" he report husky. kind
ly to notice In this Almanac one edu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

HIS is going to be
about some winter
sea bathers at At
Iantic City. IT'S a
theme to make the
KEYS OF ones type
writing machine
feel icy cold TO the
touch. 1t Is q
theme, likewise
that might be cal
cuIated to make
one emit a long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

that is place where foreign immigration
arrives first. Firstly make walk-in to
Hotel Plazastor where Hon. Head Clerk
was there doing so.
20 please, Mr.. Sir" hol1a. have you
seen some footprints Of Spring around
these whereabouts?'
I'm yonderly corridor 1 see Baseball
Magnet talking to reporter" snuggest
Hon. Clerk. Spring must be some
where's near to where this happen
I find Hon. Baseballer and Hon. Re-
porter setting in plushly chairs sur
rounding Ancient Roman cusspidoor of
hotel appearance. Quickly Distinguishing
my face to look like a gilt chandelier I
stood close up and listen what was.
Frank" say Hon. Magnet, National
League this season will be field Of
daisies. 1 am going to bring forth
herd Of yearlings that will make Matty
look like load of turnips. have got
a crop of new stars planted in Boston,
Chicago, Pittsburg & New York. I am
getting together some Of tho nvliest
colts that ever danced upon the dia-
mond. And more yet"
More YETI" require Hon. Reporter
with bug voice.
Indeed Isl" Hon. Magnet say-so. I'VE
have dishcovered a new Hay Maker!'
us he a talented harvester" renounce
Hon. Reporter.
Sure isl" holla him with National
League eyebrows. This new-mown
RUDE can harvest anything ever knocked
of tho willow
evaporate away with brain filled
with vioIets from that springtime con-
versation.
Draped 1onesomely befront a New
York Central mansion which cluttered
Fifth Ave. observe Early juno Poet
shovelling snow for slight price Of labor.
Have you observed any Spring sig
nails around this direction? I require
neg1igently.
'Hoshl" he snagger. Spring are
here!"
'Herer This from mo.
'Here!" That from him.
He pause doggishly and wipe tcicles
from his glove.
II have got positive evidence that
sweet Spring IL residing in our midst"
he say-so.
How should you prove this startled
statementr' I Investigated.
Hon. Poet remove childish blue en-
velope from his interior overcoat
Read that If convenient" no holla-
ope Hon. Envelope and read with
brain following Intelligence:
Dear Strive are strangely delight
ed with your Spring symphony entitled
o April Showers & Primrose Bowers
Therefore we send It back. We are now
making up our magazine for Thanks
giving, 1911. and cannot use anything
so green, Send us about 50 worth Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
Winter Sea Bathing at Atlantic City

laugh is on them. but the mulish In
dividual never takes any cogni7ance
of a fact Of that kind. We never yet
met a man who'd bitten off his nose
to spite his face who didn't glory In
going through the world noseless.
or the third and final class Of win
ter sea bathers are those who believe
that winter sea bathing does them
good. I know quite a few OF, these.
several Of them women; and. odd as 1t
them certainly appears to prove their
claim.
There is. for example, a womanb GER
tainly not less than sixty. proprie-
tress OF a novelty bazaar on the Board
walk. who. as regularly as day fol-
lows day. takes her dip in the sea ev-
cry morning at exactly 9 o'clock.
would not take her to be moro than
forty-eight or fifty. but 1t is well
known, and she herself unhesitatingly
admits, that she is above sixty. I
ding around ankle or even waist deep.
but submerged over her head and
swimming with all the fun in life
when great northeastern was blowing
air; when the temperature has been
close to the zero mark. Nor does she
merely dip: she stays in ten or fifteen
minutes. She is a big, rugged. power
full woman. Her cheeks are as smooth
and colorfu1 as those OF a young wom-
an. Her eyes have the clearness that
denotes absolutely perfect health
Yet, five years ago she was. I am
told. tall. gaunt. raw-boned woman.
pastyfaced. anaemic, threatened with
consumption. She had some queer
kind of a .hunch that open-air sleep
ing and bathing in the sea every day
of the year would help her. II not
cure her. Now she is what she is. 1t
is more than remarkable; 1T Is con-
vincing. 1t may not prompt one to
rush into the wintry sea, but it does
impress. And every one Of the other
folks know who battle in the sea all
winter for the physical good Of the
are extraordinarily well people. They
say that the winter swims or dips
came mortal hard at first. but that
gradually they became used to the
stimulation Of such baths. and that
along without their everyday winter
dips now. Some Of them even told me
that at first they didn't react" after
their cold plunges. but instead shiv-
most loosened; but that they persisted.
generally against the advice OF their
medical men. and finally made them
selves react" after their plunges.
* X
I have not mentioned as a regular class
the folks, occasional visitors here, who
go into the sea on bitter winter days
and the winter here In Atlantic City has
been the bitterest in thirty-two years.
according to weather bureau ngures-on
wagers Quite a number of young wom-
en- figure in these wagers. More often
than not these wager-bathers of the
form profoundly thoughtful part-of-the-
picture parts with musical comedies
making midwinter visits to Atlantic City.
While being plenteously Toasted by their
casual but attentive and adoring en-
tertainers here. the subject Of winter
bathing comes up: tho entertainer gayly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
Detective Togo Goes
S1euthing for Spring

Gated paragraph marked SEASONS"
Hon. Wilson turn to page where was.
This paragraph say-so, Year 1911 will
be divided crossw1se into four Seasons
to be entitled Spring, Summer, Ottum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

Nature. a pair Of serious knucl1les make
fap-tap to door Of my Detective Office
till It aroused my dog O'F1do to several
bow-wows.
Come inwardsi" I hol1a.
It did so.
A national figure of Old Homestead
appearance encroach through door. His
face included whiskers to any extent.
He wore a mufr-skin cap to avoid the
enraged weather.
ct am Hon. Jas Wilson. Secretary of
Hay Culture" he pronounce distinctual-
ly
II am aware Of" report with safety
razor expression peculiar to Old Sloth
the Detective.
NO Government Secrets are safe from
you he gollup.
I stop back.
Togo he Whisper with horse voice,
"I have arrived here with information
of sneekret and mysterious nature
DO not fear to speak," I snuggest.
Everything you say will be repeated"
Hon Wilson make look-see under sofa.
so as to be sure he was completely lone
some Then he drew my ear close to
his voice and say with missy lungs,
81 have reason to suspect that Spring
has came!'
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apart point. and pient1fully spr1nkled with
salt ana pepper Il has several points "a
q lot Of things 10 eat when you're hun
cry. This. We see. Is tantamount 70 IN
admission that by this time We wo1e
hungry. Well. We were We werN -
hungry that the spectacle OF that oaf OF
a street-repairing foreman biting great
crescent-shaped hunks out OF his SOUP
meat sandwich filled n with an aS1ta-
ton OF spirit. mingled with a stomanhic
yearning. which no phrases or set Of
phrases possibly could describe The
worst OF II was that as soon as he had
hurled that one soup-meat sandwich
Where ri. dinner bs.,.st laS and Hv pulled
out another one. Then wo turned away.
The family had roast lamb for dinner
when We got home. II was one OF those
roast lambs what was. The mint sauce
filled the room with the unforgettabls
toes on the side were creamy. The gravy
was rich and dark.
We looked at the layout woifshiy. The
family saw our wolflshnesD and smiled
''Oh. como on and eat" said the fam
lily. There's nothing here that could
hurt you
We muttered something excessively
simple. feeble, faced and silly about our
having declared in the morning that We
intended to be either a man or a mouse
But / like mice-the cunnin' little
said the family, convincingly.
It's pretty soft to have family that'n
let you down as easily as all Like that.
Size pointed to our chair at the table
and she Put the carving knife and FORK
into our tremuIcus mitts.
Oh, well,
But we think Mr. Sincair's plan is all
right. and we certainly are going to take
a fall out OF it one OF these days.
e. l.. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

& Winter. Spring, If respectable. must
arrive March / and make farebye May
81 If this report is truthful" say
Hon. Wilson. Spring must be here
somewheres hiding behind the weather"
do you believe In AlmanacsT' re-
quire.
do II" holla Hon. Jas. IF I didn't,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

But there are gamer girls, and these, SO
far, have not belonged to the theatrical
profession. A month or SO ago, when
all the winds of Upernavik, which is close
to the top pole, were blowing upon At
lantic City's strand. a girl from Pittsburg
was doubled-dog- dared by several idol
atrous members Of her train to lave her.
self in the marrow-numbing waters.
Did the young woman from Pittsburg
take the dare? Does anybody from
Pittsburg ever take a dare?
Placidly. flicking her riding whip. she
strolled in her divided skirts of khaki to
the brink OF the sea. Removing her rid
ing hat and handing the same to one Of
the male courtiers surrounding her, she
strolled TRANQUILITY into the icy sea. Not
one ''Ouch!' did she utter. She kept
right on going, too. as IL bound at least
for the Canary Islands. When she had
got waist deep the courtiers on the beach
implored her to come back-told her she
had won hands down. But come back
she would not until she had had swim.
It appeared She liked to swim in icy
waters with her riding habit and all Of
the rest of her clothes on. She swan
never resting. Then she calmly swan
and walked back, adrip. but happy.
That's Pittsburg. All Of the florists
shops in Atlantic City were looted Of
orchids and roses and things that after
noon. The girl from Pittsburg got them
all. CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

rccial Correspondence Of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 4, l91.
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I was situated in
my cozy chair
near oiled stove
in New York city,
n. Y, where I
was attempting to
a " OF d infiuenzas
which was blow
ing outside in
midst Of 1 c q d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

how should I dare to look my Farmers
in the face?"
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Trying the Upton Sinclair
Health Fasting Scheme

ing until one calendar, legal month, has
ooZed into the void OF eternity" was
the reply she received. Nor anything
else remotely resembling food. No
proteids, fats, or-er-what's tho other
food element or factor or constituent?
But 1t makes no difference Nothing!
Not any-thing!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

To Editor Sunday Star, to who join
myself I'm sending all the complaints
of the season:
Hon. Mr.
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didn't know It, all crops would fail.
This would wreck the Republican party
and when you find some signs Of Spring
inform me by Immediate reply
So I dishguise myself with smilax to
look as salad as possible and go seek
for Spring in New York City, because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
Stand Patti
st. Pats Day VIII soonly ArrivA
Hashimura Togo. Detective. WIN
Follow Footsteps OF That
DISTINGUISHED GREEN
GHOST
Next Week.

his throne in tho back OF every human
dome suggested, with persuasive tons,
that We might easily toss In a little In
ternal pabuIum and nobody, Including the
family, would be the wiser, so that tho
ulan-mouse thing couldn't possibly be
hurled up to us. But. somehow. We hated
to sMtch- There are times when ono feels
that he must be either a man or a mouse
not only by word OF mouth but really and
truly
our Office who. during the luncheon hour.
had been too busy to eat his lunch look
ed UP from his desk with a sigh Of ac-
compEshment. The stunt that had kept
him from his lunch was finished He
touched the button and sent an Office
boy out for something to eat. The some
thing to eat was brought back presently
It consisted OF two turkey sandwiches.
The unspeakable ruffian who held the
fee simple to these turkey Sandwiches did
not, OF course, know that we were just
embarkng upon q thirty-day Upton Sin
clair fast But somehow we couldn't help
but suspect that he did know all about It.
For before he started to dredge into the
first sandwich he looked over at In q
triumphant, leering sort of a way. He was
a man who, up to that time, had always
seemed to US quite a passable. decent sort
OF q chap. We had been. In fact, quite
chummy and chubby with him. But how
We despised and loathed him at that mo-
ment, and for many succeeding moments.
while he propelled those two large, ornate,
murallydecorative turkey sandwiches into
his contemplate frame. 1t took only q
short time for the penetrating. satisfying
flavor OF the turkey meat to reach our
nostrils In the miserably dissattsfying
form OF q mere Irritating fragrance. We
had to get up from our desk and shut
that sight out Of our eyes.
We went into the street for Q little
space There was some street repairing I'm
progress in front Of our building. The
white foreman Of the black gang OF street
repairers had. 1t appeared, experienced a
banker for food but q moment before We
cast eyes upon him. He was walking up
and down the side OF tho gasmain ditch,
biting av1dly into q heavy, rtch-looldng
sandwich. The meat between tho layers
OF bread looked to VI like soupmeat. Yea
know sopp meat.
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never dare to 50 much as moisten even
one Of her slippered tootsies in such
frig1d brine. He Wagers, In fact. things
Of value, including regular money that Is
not wet; and somewhere We seem to
have heard that these silent but lovely
fgurantes of the musical comedy stage
are not lacking In a sort of passion for
regular money that Is not wet.
And SO she instantly, even boisterously,
accepts the bet. The terms of the same
generally are that she must go in i'm
mediately. Immediately in these in
stances nearly always means after night
fall, for It's In the hours of darkness
that feasting here is at its highest.
We have seen several Of these wagers
"won'' by ''f1appers'' or squads" as
they are denominated, connected with ex-
travaganza companies that have enliv-
ened this place this winter. In several
instances the girl out to win the wager
has got into cunnin' bathing suit,
wrapped heavy fur coat about that.
and. accompanied by her encourage. has
to the sea and submerged
herself almost If not quite up to her
ankles. Then she has raced back to her
beach-front hotel room and declared her
self tho winner. OF course such q decla-
ration goes, and the rash Trainer OF the
bet has to 'toss in." meaning deliver tho
merchandise.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-05
CaTAPULTS TURNED
LOOSE THEY Think
l.. .. JOHNSON ENTERS COM-
PLANT AGAINST STONES
FROM ROGk Cru SIIER.

When J.. C.. Johnson and has family
awake in the mornings they some
time, think they are living in the
day. of the historic Grecian wars and
that catapult- are being used in
.amuari.ug the johnson domicile.
Yesterday Mr. johnson appealed TO
,ne ".'E officials for aid in preventing
ihr Frye rock crusher on the south
'4s, part of tae city from send.n a
shower ot stones into the back yard
of his home every morning
Sometimes these stones are so big
that they ,udaueer our lives and 1t is
nothing short II miracle that We
have u1t been badly injured or kill
.i already Johnson told Comm Sc
.rer Wheatley and city Attorney
Ramsey l have made several APP
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-05
These Are the Symptoms:

Pain IN the hack
Too freq ent desire 70 urinate
3-BHrning or obstruction OF urine
Pain or soreness In the bladder
5-rrostatic trouble
Gas or pain In the stomach.
7 General debility. weakness. fir- ness
S-Pain or soreness under right rib.
9-Swelltrg IN any part Of thc body
10 CoHstiDati OF liver trouble
II -P1 pits'ion or pain undtr thc heart
l2-Paln IN the hip Joint
lS-Pain in the neck or head
14-Pain or soreness in the kidneys
1b-Psin or swelling Of the joints
l6-Pdn or swelling Of the muscles.
l7-Pain or soreness IN nerves
1s-Acuts or chronic rheumatism.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-05

No matter what YOU want
is viii save you time and
MONEY if Won viii use The
Worlds Wants.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-05
YOUR STOMACH.

Will, the first rule OF good cooking
is cleanliness, the first rule of clean
iiuess is to get % good cook The ape
p,tiziug wholesome meals We serve
proves that We have one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-18
The Pastinc.

Another fine program for Sunday.
"Daddy's Boy and Nanny" Vita
graph. Amid scenes of war and dan
ger of detection, "Daddy's Boy" helps
his father escape capture by risking
his young life in his behalf. 1t is a
story of the civil war and contains
strong situations and some humor, in
troduced by Nanny and Sambo,
her boy.
"Reparation." Essanay. 1t hap
pened at the Kankakee District Fair.
While the Grahams are looking at
the prize cattle. Warren. the pic
ture's hero, is losing all his cash to a
three card monte man. When his
money is all gone he risks a locket his
sweetheart, Miss Graham, had given
him He thinks he has been cheated
and makes a disturbance and is ar
rested. Miss Graham breaks off the
engagement. The reparation is made
by the sharper. who falls in love with
Miss Graham, but finds she still loves
Warren.
Turning the Tables" Edison.
Broad comedy, telling how a hem
pecked husband turned the tables on
his wife by making her believe her
first husband had come back.
Maiden of the Piefaced Indians" A
western burlesque Full of laughs
from start TO finish
"The Spirit Of the Gorge" Edison.
Unusually thrilling story with scenes
Of great beauty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-18
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