Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29
LIVES AND THRIVES
ON 5 CENTS A DAY

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March pa
Harry Cloud, 63 years young" civil
engineer, wanderer extraordinary, and
mechanic in Nashville garage, is the
only man in the world who has solved
the problem of subsisting on cents
a day.
His sturdy body and active mini
are evidence that a nickeIs worth of
peanut meal and dash of sawdust
will turn the trick
Cloud told of his dietary experiments
that have covered a period of five
years.
A shrewd man is Harry Cloud, and
he has the H. G. of L. backed off the
boards. During the months he was
employed at a powder plant he lived
at an expense of tx cents day for
food, and is now living on less than
5 cents day.
He is known throughout the West
as the millionaire tramp" and has
crossed the United States by rail,
motorcycle, bicycle and on foot with
a cart and burro.
Resorted to Simplest Life
"At 81 l was down and OUTER" he
said. 81 started out and walked 4,6OO
miles, over deserts and mountains,
and found that l could live well on the
simplest food, with lots of water and
fresh air, at a few cents a day.
the good of humanity by teaching self
control.
people eat too much. 1t doesn't
matter what one eats. The thing is
to keep the body clean, and in har-
mony with the mind 1t is matter
of will power, and perfect happiness
can come only that way"
He has set 120 years as his term of
life, and says he is already recovering
the vitality that he lost during the
years he lived amid the flesh pots Of
modern Egypt
'Ill not sit down. | feel more like
running" he said, and told how he out
ran street car in Nashville. He can
chin himself thirteen times, and exer-
cises mornings by repeatedly bending
forward with his knees stiff and plac
ing the palms of his hands on the
floor He calls fresh air and water
the "ambrosia of the gods''
This Is His Diet
The seasoned traveller is preaching
gospel of abstemiousness His usu-
al diet consists of well-soaked corn,
ground, or oatmeal, mixed with pea
nut meal; cakes made of self-rising
flour and peanut meal. AS it is all
solid food only few ounces suffice.
81 usually mix little sawdusr with
the meal 1t isn't food, but l want 20
demonstrate to the world that it does
not matter what one eats" he con-
tinued
"Sawdust alone does not cook well,
as it will not stick together"
When asked about seasoning he
said: 81 read in a book in st. Louis
that salt is not good for one, so
threw away my salt and haven't used
any since. The food tasted flat at
first, but l like it now. | use no but
ter or milk. Of course 1 use a small
quantity of sugar to improve the
taste l haven't cooked any meat for
years."
The peanut meal he advocates is the
ground product of the kernel and
shell after the oil is pressed out. 1t
! is used for feeding stock at Macon,
Ca, where he first discovered it.
Good for Men and Animals
"It is as good for men as it is for
animals" he said "Of course, when
Pm invited out, eat what is put be-
fore me, for it doesn't matter what
one eats"
81 am better physically, better men
tally. better intellectually, and better
spiritually. l am the richest man in
the world" he added. Il have it all
over Rockefeller and Carnegie, for l
have contentment."