The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-14
like CAMEL,
LIVES. ON HIS HUMP
i TWENTY-TWODAYS
A policeman going on /. hunger

A policeman going on a hunger
strike!
Sounds foolish, doesn't It:
But II 10 nevertheless true. for
Desk Sergeant Charles o. Turner. OF
the Second precinct. has refused to
touch any food, solid or liquid, for
twenty-two days since January 4. The
frst fast started January and end
ed January 10; the second began Feb
ruGry IS, and LASTED until March. IL.
He has reduced his weight forty
Eve pounds.
Behold the Camel.
That 10 the secret of his fasting.
Sergeant Turner once had the repu-
tetioa of being the stoutest "cop" on
the force. Three months ago he
weighed 243 pounds, and worrying
ever his size didn't seem to help him
70 reduce any either.
So he started thinking. "a camel
lives on the fat stored in his hump
for q period of many weeks. All the
time that he does, the hump gets
smaller and smaller. Why shouldn't
II have the same effect on a man.?
That line of reasoning, together
VIII IA SOSAS
magazines written by health sharks"
turned the tide, set Mr. Turner's
heart stonily against the good things
% life, and started him on the road
ID showing Mr.. Hoover that there
were ways OF saving the wheat and
meat that he had not yet even
thought of.
The only food placard that he ig-
zored was "Save the fats" and the
fats were sacrificed forthwith
Lived On His Hump.
The actual work of reduction was
sccomplishsd by two facts, each of
eleven days. duration. According to
tie bIue-eoated ascetic. ''living on
ypur hump" IL not half so narrowing
an experience as might be expected
. ~ those who have never tried 1t Or
~ those that have never possessed
-humps-"
!He claims that after the third or
fourth day Of q fast all hunger and
desirs for food vanishes utterly, and
70 only felt again when eating is re-
eommenced- After each fast, he says
the capacity for food Is reduceu great
II, and II takes q considerable length
q time to resume a regular diet
Dimes On One Lemon
His first meal after each imitation
q the starving BeIgiSns was the Juice
~ = lemon. He followed It by fruit
Jhloes and milk. until at length he
Vas able to resume a regular diet He
- still on abort rationB while recov-
efing from the effects Of his last or
deal, which ended March IL.
II feel like q new man." said Serg-
can't Turner to a Times reporter to-
day. II feel lighter, mentally as well
a. physically, my head is clearer, and
I:have a sense of general well-befng
that have not known IN years.
AS you look at me today you see
= man WEARING q standing collar
TIRES months ago / was unable to
wear one. And IL you want proof
that am thinner, IoolCFs and he pro-
ceeded to draw out the wsistbsnd of
his trousers until room enough for
another policeman Appeared.
Must Rebuild Trousers.
They fitted once and used to FIJI
them up," he said, with just . touch
OF regret In his voice.
Sergeant Turner lives the simple
life with Spartan hrmness. In addi-
lien TO his endurance tests In the mat
ter of food he walks daily from the
station house to his home in George
town, q distance of three miles At
TIE wftchlnG hour OF midnight he re-
tires with clock-Iike regularity to the
inner rscesses Of the station house
and brayeIy steps under an Icy shower
hath.
During the periods OF his fasts he
has BEEN at his work without missing
. Cay. Or a night rather, for his
hours are from p. m to a. m.
He firmly believes that regular and
ayntsmRtIe fasting prolongs life, aids
health and improves appearance.