New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

Howard Taft is president. Mr.. Ley
naturally holds an active interest IN
the work.
Henry Ford Il Interested
The institute is stock corporation,
selling its services 10 insurance com
panies and to employers among the
latter Henry Fora. IL also has an
eleenosynsry side, which now is seen
in operation.
when the Health Commissioner OF
Chicago got together his famous 40
cents a-day diet squad, officers OF the
institute looked on tolersntly from the
side lines. Forty cents, as they fig
ured it, was LOT OF money TO poor
man, and, further, there shouldn't be
any mystery ia providing adequate
food for that amount
A few weeks ago, when the hula
balloo from Chicago had died away, the
institute got into touch with Police
Commissioner Woods, who had already
given evidence Of desire to make the
force Of greater help to the community
than il had been N the days when the
night stick was sceptre.
10 was explained to Mr. Woods that
the institute wanted 20 do some dietary
experimenting, for the public veal, on
small group Of men Eho should not
only be committed TO strenuous
nhysica life, but should be under the
restraint OF discipline. The Commits
sioner thought at once OF his rockies
in the training school.
They have the rudiments at least OF
the discipline. and certainly LIE in the
gymnasium under the roof of the Head
quarters building is strenuous enough
Tor any one. Two hours and a half Of
every day they spend at athletic stunts
devised by triumvirate Of descend
ants of Samson. Spartacus and the an
cient Sam Lloyd, who tied the Gordlan
knot.
Mr.. Woods invaded the cloisters, eX-
planned the free grub proposition and
called for volunteers. OF twenty
thrifty ones-oh, well, public spirited,
then-he selected a dozen. The sue
cessful candidates bound themselves by
a mighty oath 10 partake OF no food
or drink except that provided by the
institute. The heroes are these; Henry
Stoffers, James Hanlon. Felix McKenna
brother Of the famous eater, Arthur,
Matthew Shea, Joseph Rockingham,
Sigurd A. Robertson, Charles j. Gilroy,
James Hogan. John J. Fournier. Ber-
nard +. Reilly. Richard +. Lyons and
John n. A. Smith.
Nine o. the twelve don't drink any
thing stronger than tea, il has been
discovered, and only six are users OF
tobacco.
Professor Mary s. Rose. OF Teachers
College. will oversee the eating OF the
diet squad. and her assistant, Miss
Walker. will spend all her time AZ the
Kitchen. There will be a cook, a cooks
helper and a waitress in attendance.
The waitress has been selected on a
Civil Service basis, in which looks"
count y per cent and bets at even
money are being laid that she will be
related by marriage TO the police force
before the year IL out-the trencher-
men Of science all being bachelors.
There will really be two squads OF
six men each. One squad will have
meat twice day, the other once a day;
ard each day every man will be ex-
smined by DR.. Eugene Lyman Fiske,
medical director Of the institute; Pro-
lessor Henry c. Sherman, food chemist
in Columbia: Professor Irving Fisher.
Of Yale. and surgeons OF the Police De-
partment and Civil Service board.
IL am not at liberty to announce the
menus" said DR.. Fiske yesterday. FOR
they have yet to be approved. We're
consulting the tastes OF the squad so
FAR as possible.
I'VE elected 20 use policemen in the
test, because there's more public inter
est in them than in a squad OF college
students or nondescripts, such as were
picked up in Chicago. And it's the pub
lie we want to reach. Tests that get no
wider publicity than that offered by a
technical magazine are practically
worthless.
Twenty-Five cents has been set as
the maximum daily cost OF food for
each man, but likely enough IT may be
only 20 cents. Supplies will be bought
in the stores Of the neighborhood, to
show there's no trick about IL. Any
family in the city can do the same thing
Al the same cost-and live longer
Moreover, men doing the work required
of these we have chosen require 5000
calories a day to stoke them, whereas
the average man needs no more than
., 800"