The Detroit times., 1911-11-11
YOUNG MEN TEST DIET
ON HIKE ACROSS COUNTRY
Pedestrian Who Is Limited To
Vegetables In Better Shape
Than Opponent.

DENVER. Col, Nov, lo.-Let veg
etarians sound the cymbals and loud
ly rejoice
The Buffum brothers, Jesse 7, and
Warren II. are here They are the
scientific tramps whom Or. Dudley A..
Sargent, physical director OF Harvard
University set 10 walking across the
continent from Boston 20 San Fran
cisco on July 10 last DIR. Sargent
wishes 20 test the relative value or
meat and vegetables in sustaining
man under physical strain, Jesse
must eat meat Warren must live on
vegetables. both must sleep outdoors
whatever the weather may be, neither
must touch alcohol Jesse is twenty
five. Warren twenty-three, both are
normal, healthy young men.
And. arriving here Warren is in
much the better physical condition.
Jesse's face is drawn and he has
not the healthy glow in his cheeks,
nor the elastic step that his brother
has. When they started Warren
weighed three pounds more than his
brother, now he weighs fifteen
pounds more
SO let yegetarians make merry al a
banquet from which all flesh meats
are excluded, from soup 10 nuts But,
soft-While Warren Buffum acknowl-
/ edges the value OF vegetables as fuel
for the human mechanism, he is not
true vegetarian, for he longs for
the heshpots of Egypt
II am in much better condition than
my brother" said Warren Buffum. Il
am convinced that my diet keeps a
man in better physical trim than his
| does.
| But when we sit down 70 eat. |
envy him When | see him getting
away with juicy beefsteaks fried
chicken. tender broiled mutton chops
or boiled FISH feel as if could not
stand my diet another minute The
worst OF IL is | cannot always get
good well-cooked vegetables. OF
| course, in most places We put up
can insist on good cooking and prop
ef seasoning. but often IL is impos-
sible to get a palatable dish.
Anyhow, | am hungry all the time !;
no matter how much | stun myself
with vegetables. only take of the
edge OF my appetite. But just grit
my teeth and keep on eating EN- |
console myself with the thought that
I'm going TO finish this walk in fine
condition Jesse will be a walking
skeleton when We get TO Frisco. OF
course, he's my brother and | want
to see him finish in good health, but
when you start to beat a fellow at
anything you want 10 beat him, don't
you?"
Jesse Buffum was laughing at his
brother by this time.
He's a kicker" said Jesse. He
lives like a prince. And I'm in fairly
good condition and certain that shall
finish this trip. | have eaten as great
a variety OF meat as | could get: prin-
clpally beef, no pork except a bit OF
fried ham occasionally I've eaten
vegetables too, OF course The condi-
tons are that | shall eat meat and
vegetables Just as most people do
every day. II | had tried 10 live on
meat alone. / would not have lasted
a month.
Warren. here, has eaten vegetables
with the most nutritive value. He
does not eat cabbage. for instance. He
eats little wheat bread taking more
nourishing food. He eats eggs only
when he has to-that is We stop
sometimes at farmhouse and eggs
are about all there is in the larder.
He drinks all the milk he wants; what
more does man need"
"Beefsteak, chicken, fish" sighed
Warren.
The Buffums registered at the AL
bany hotel yesterday
"A double room, gentlemen" ask