The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
THOUSAND NILE
WALK IS ENDED
Mrs. David Beach Comes strolllng In
to Chicago After Her Long Hike
Without Eating Any
Meat.
POLICEMEN
Not a Corn or Bunlon as a Memento
Of the Journey Which Lasted
Forty-Three
Days.

4 i l
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, May 2S. Striding stead
lily and rapidly, smiling broadly and
followed by crowd Of newspaper re-
porters, plain clothes men and the
curious, Mrs. David Beach. wife of
New York business man, walked into
the city hall and romped up five
flights of stairs TO the office OF May
or Harrison That was the destination
of her 1910 mile hike which she prom
ised. when she left the office of the
New York Globe forty-thre days ago,
to make by June I.
Municipal business waited while
Mayor Harrison received Mrs. Beach.
She bore letter from Mayor Gaynor
of New York which introduced Mrs.
Beach as the woman who would try to
walk to Chicago and live upon fruits,
! vegetables and nuts The letter con-
cluded. Il don't think she can do IT,
| but If she does, am sure you viii ac-
cord her the welcome she deserves. I"
Gladness both Of the mayor and
Mrs. Beach was expressed and Mrs.
Beach said, Il like your city very
much, Mr.. Mayor. It is beautiful, and
/ its streets are SO clean. ut rained
!. in Chicago last night
Followed by her guard OF reporters
4 and policemen Mrs. Beach proceeded
at once to the office of the Chicago
Daily News where she was immediate
" surrounded bS stenographers ans
began the recital of her own story o
the long walk.
The policeman in plain clothes WHIT
had walked with her from The Oaks
! an exclusive golf club house where
Mrs. Beach spent the night on Seven
) ty-Second street, were breathing heay
lily when they reached Sixty-Thfrt
street. Mrs. Beach did not hesitate
, but sped UP bit and the painting po
, licemen kept short distance in he
wake. They were assigned to walk VI
town with her, and tnere was M
: shirking the assignment. When the.
, had climbed up and down the city hal
, stairs, and walked with Mrs. Beacl
to the newspaper office. all of then
phoned to their captain and asked
: May we be relieved from furthe'
, duty for today?"
Mrs. Beach is the wife of wealth.
5 business man of New York. She IL
good looking, young, refined, of med
{ ium height, dark hair, clear brow
eyes and she smiled great deal of tn
!. time. When she walks she Is constan,
!, ly on the watch for some one to wav
t CHEEKY greeting to and she did no
9 pass horse or dog in all the lon
4 walk from New York, without stoppin
: to administer several kindly pats.
. Strictly a vegetarian in her die'
Mrs. Beach ate no meat during he
: tramp. She lived upon fruits, nuts an
9 vegetables. Much of the time she wa
unable to obtain her favorite foods
/ carrots, spinach and beets, and wa
compelled to be content with lettuce
. cabbage and dandelions, with raw pr
e tatoes, green onions and French sala
e dressing Her menu also included al
I, pies, pineapple juice, orange and len
K On juice mixed, and she said that sh
t found her thirst was quenched NOR
e Satisfactorily with lemon Juice tha
S with water.
l. During her trip farmer stoppe
e and offered to give her a lift" Sh
declined the offer and explained
: him what she was doing.
|. "Well. declare said the farmer
p MY wife's got to hitch up the teal
i every time she goes to town" /"
), That's the worst fault have
find with women, said Mrs. Beacl
d they want to be beautiful and hay
j nice figures. but they want to depen
upon tight corsets and peauty doctor
h instead of exercise and correct ca
g ing. A mother should begin teachir
# her child what and how to cat befol
r the child is born. Every human bein
d ought to pay more attention to foe
9 and the eating of it than to anythir
$ else. 1t means longer life, healt
T. success, joy and hope. There is on
q one thing in this world that you real
u own. That is your body :
T Mrs. Beach's feet, according to HI
own admission, bear not a callous n,
corn. She does not wear tight sho'
and while on the long walk, she car,
4. for them thus: First she rubbed {
e into them then bcthed them in h
e water, followed by cold salt waite
d This treatment hardened them. 81
a changed her shoes three times eat
day.