The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-29
Glib Food-Fad Cultist Is Visitor
He'll Perform at Chamber Forum Monday
Explains Reason For His STRENGTH
ey CASEY DAWSON
Gastric Chemistry Reporter

arthur Blackmer. VINO eat
lots of apples but spits out III
peeling because monkeys dc
is a rather spectacular expo
nent of the food-fad cult. III
is currently a Tacoma visitor
The personshle and glib younl
man this age is secret IL viz
tusl encyclopedia Of dietary pstts
calculated 70 sstound. amaze AM
convert the average person int
giving I'd the idea Of ever eating
anything again.
Arabs eat lots 81 dates and
the records show they enjoy
an average life span Of u
years. California dates are the
best In the world. I eat some
every day.
Cooked oil-either vegetable OF
animals practically a poison ii
the human system. Imported olive
oil has to be at least partially
cooked to pass inspection: Cali
fornia olive oil is raw" BLACK
ner's home is in HollywoodD
a constant diet of any sin
gle raw fruit or vegetable Is
sufficient 10 provide energetic
good health. I once lived for
eight DAYS In Wenatchee On
apples alone and felt fine"
tYour reporter. who eats almost
nothing but blubber and whisky
and will probably die before finish
ing this essay. frankly was unable
70 handle the avalanche Of stats
tics Blackmer readily cites to prove
his theories about proteins. gastric
chemistry. ergs. calcium. etc.
They were indisputably interest
ing. however, and seemed to be
reasonable enough, at that
Blackmer advocates the simple
diet as cure of virtually all
kinds of mankinds ills, including
badness but excepting fallen
arches: he claims he once was
completely bald (see photo above
for dietary developments) but
quietly admits his feet are still as
flat as the drawing board he
used when he was a landscape
architect and ate steaks with
French-fried potatoes coffee with
cream later, please) and apples
cooked In pies under ice cream.
Blsckmer seriously and sin
eerely advises everybody he
meets land he lectures to an
average of 5000 students each
week. to eat BEAUTIFULLY Of
raw vegetables and fruits,
nuts, eggs and lean meat.
Cooked oil, he says, the Great
Enemy.
Matter OF fact. be admitted.
while lecturing in public schools
of Minneapolis, he told students
about yummies like raw carrots,
California dates, celery and Mime
sofa apples-and they quit eating
the famous Minneapolis flour and
cooked oil sandwiches 30 enthusi-
astically that the Better Busi-
ness Bureau ran him right out OF
town.
In addition 10 his simple
rules of healthful and ener-
xetic diet, Blackmer also advo-
Gates a few minutes Of daily
stretching exercises.
Animals Gagged in ZOOS are con-
stanty at peak strength. Their
exercise is stretching only-never
or anything violent"
Blackmer has gathered much of
his lecture material at various
Zoos throughout the nation, as well
rs from interviews with univer-
sity professors and from labora-
tory experiments he has observed
during his travels.
Until four years ago he
lived and ate just like any
body else. Declares he felt
simply lousy, TO coin a phrase.
Then came the new life through
1iet. His lecture tours since then
nave taken him all over the coun-
Try, and included two solid years
of appearances at the New York
Worlds fair.
HE receives s25 lecture at
institutions, and slight
v more for appearances before
,uch gatherings as the Chamber
If Commerce forum luncheon
Monday. Says he averages two
ectures day, nine months a
year. He doesn't sell anything
although he'll admit certain
brands of food are better than
others; he'll demonstrate his fit
hess by towing with his teeth
.hree automobiles If they are a
.ertain make; for a half-doIfar
tell also part with copy of the
booklet he has authored.)