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bPI SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26, 1920. THE OGPEN STANDARD-EXAMINER 7
9 MacS .aey'sFastRecallsMany Notable Starving Cases I
Analysis of Records Indicates Good or Evil
Effects of Abstinence Depend Largely on
1 Subject's State of Mind
T T THAT l the difference between i
JHJ fas. and n hn.igcr strike- T'iW
' .i &BJB m Imnnrtant o,iKrie.o
;.fj MSB! "' worldwide interest n the mho or Mac-
' flH Bwlhey LoM Mayor of f ork, who from tho
'-j . BB ectnd week cf his hi.nger strike maln-
'jAwM laired in prison Ili'nu;, out fhlr.l wool
HJ v"v reported m dally growing weaker px
If 'tIB tiWtng symptom of giddiness ar.d numh-
LjtjaHB ne( and npprcnchlng death. Those signs
H contrary to all those witnessed by phv-
yB "iis" WhO have studied InnumerahV i
"'f. cf voluntary tasting
1 he reason generally given to account
Ta fo the wide differences between fasting
f!tsr''tl"r. Is psyrholnclc.il In it: na-
lk J The mind o, the will according to
Iff M psychologists who nave studied the sub-
- B ?Cl hOJ more to do It! bringing about
j &roe! or fatal result than -the body. But
b.- snm- plnskal condition exists n
PtjJ 1 tail and a starvation hout lh;it is
''f r'ij atwtinence fn ..r any kind the
r'lVflp 'alts will Ond M - wl h
if ll doctor
Carnngton Advodtn Fnttinc
I f "Fasting onri starving,' wrltei lloreward
y ' ' rington In hli repoi to the Amerl
Institute of Scientific Research, are dif-
The latter class do not. deny this. Indeed,
they make n point of admitting the supe
fio power of the mind nnd go so far an ! I
!:ci the universe on spiritual and not a
material support claiming that this has the
support of modern philosophy and also of
the latsat discoveries of science.
"We do not derive our strength and energy
from food alone ' say these modern phl
'osophers "and a recognition of this facl
should revolutionize our lives. The Question
of the food supply, its quality and quantity,
r the great world question to day The evil
effects of overeating are at last being esti
mated, and for all men: the proper balance
and limitation of the food supply Is the one
fe.rt Important to nil: every other Is insig
nificant." The same authorities those who '.Ike
Graham, Dewey. Fletcher Annltags and
Pace, that Is. culde their own lives nnd their
medical practice by this philosophy varied
In their opinions about voTuntary and in
voluntary starvation. The earlie- men. upon
whom there fell during their lles the stigma
of empiricism seemed to be convinced that
n man could be cured wllly-nllly. If a pa
tient would not of his in free will abstain
from food then It had to be forcibly kept
from him. Tinder such conditions there
would not be much to choose between the
chances 01 recovery of one of their patients
forced to fast and a political prisoner like
MacSwlney who refuses to eat for a principle.
,
upton Sinclair
; WHO OF TEN FASTS LONG
BH tercm things. Fasting t beneficial to the
BVR bid) and starvation Is h- reverse."
BhBS "Fasting." he continues in another place.
WBP "ft" never become a poular method i'
Eff 1 unrc, involving a it doe too much self-
rV M rfenlal The itarvll doctor. hOWeve; .,,1-
mKak w.cales properly conducted therapeutic
I M fn tine.1"
sW3 Aod m hi volume devoled to the prar
B i llco of fasting and strongly, even vebe-
I i inertly, advocating Its crucial ajoptlon. this
I , j Iter saj i
J , "Fasting i i scientific method for rld
dlrg the syt.em of diseased tissue and mor-
ijl V bid matter and is Invariably accompanied
If 4 beneficial results Starvation is the de-
jlRrJ Drivatlon of the tissues from the nutriment
g-j "vhlch they require and is as Invariably fol-
mbKj lowed by disastrous consequences
l iv i "Fas'tlncr begins with the first meal that is
Psit -a omitted and ends with the return of natural
ilr? hunger. Starvation only begins with the re-
l. turn of natural hunger and terminates I"
jlfcf death Where the one cndF the ether b-
BJ Dr. Graham, who as early us 1843 ad
vanced Ideas of abstinence from every i.ind of
BJ food as a cure for paralysis, locomotor ataxia
Bi and kindred Ills. :ncludlnc: chronic rhcuma-
Bl tism went further than later mrn have gone
in that he advocated forcible abstention If
BJ neccswry. In i sense, also, this wus the
BJ practice of Dr. Dewey, whose name is every
H lure associated with the practice of fasting
BJ for health reasons. The latter sold.
H "Take any food from a sick mnn'n stomach
1 anJ you have begun not to starve the sick
H r.an but the dleease."
The Spiritual Factor
j fll This In a nutshell is the whole science and
JBj philosophy ot tasting It doeM not. however
i jlBj cover the cases of voluntary abstention trom
i fl Food by ferfectly healthy parsons (or per-
- IS "? supposed to be healthy) who have from
! liH political or other reasons, like the Lord Mayor
I tfl "' Cprk and Mrs. Pankhurst. refused to tako
' EMM nourishment, in such case the attitude of
M ri'nd serlousl) operates producing
B results that th falters claim arc legitimate.
!sffl
Later advocates of faatlr.g. in the vast
strides that have been made In the study of
the mind and the will, make a strong dis
tinction between oiuntnry fasting and In
voluntary, which they frankly denominate
starvation and paint In unpleasant colors all
the hatter's Ills. In language sultedto the
common understanding, the difference sought
betwec-n the two things which seem alike to
thar nnderstandirrg is one of scientific and
unscientlllc etarvatlo-n.
Tsnner'i Forty Day'i Fait.
Fosters we have alw-iys had with us. The
Yogis of India have practised It for centuries
and there have been episodic examples which
have stirred the people to curiosity but not
to emulation. Men have only to be In mid
dle life to remember the case of Dr. Tanner,
who fasted for weeks In a public exhibition
at Koster & Bial's, on Thirt -fourth street.
New York when that place of entertainment
was still in existence. Everybody was kept
on the qui vlvc to sec If he would survive
the ordeal of not eating for forty days He
did. and almost everybody doubted not
that attendants had "passed Tanner some
thing " And the same popular onlclsm has
attended later examples of endurance, but
without disturbing the 'faddists," who con
tinue to claim thot fasts of three duy or
nine days or ninety (jays are equally harm
less If properly directed.
Among tho later advocates of fasting, who
bag cheerfully put himself on record as be
ing In tho habit of resorting to it to cure
rrir.sclf of anything from a cold to paralysis.
Is Fpton .Sinclair, who published hi 1010
series of articled on the subject, based on
his own experiences and citing others, which
had como to him by correspondence, but
authenticated. Thus. Richard FaUSSl of
.N'orth Dakota (a hotel keep r and so pre
tainiably In the vicinity of food), who fasted
for seventy -tight days nnd reduced his bulk
of :r, pounds to normal weight. Mrs. L. W
Smith, who fasted thirty days to cure herself
of peritonitis and appendicitis and "who .s
perfectly well now"; Mrs. Vosslllsr ot Now-
rv SfH WHbSE HUNGER
JpT I KE ATTRACTED
Nik, X. J., who cured herself ol tuberculosis
by fasting nineteen day-, and I; 1. M. Hai
zard of Seattle, who found a cure for
diabetes in a long fa-st.
Sinclair himself having already taken
this cure with good results, permitted n cold
1o fasten on him nnd went back to his self
proved remedy He came to New York.
" ' here I could pursue tie fast with diver
sion." Hnd walked about, working, Ac, but
without violent exercise in the course of
the fasting. And, he concludes, " .shii!
continue tJie fast until I feel hungry."
Religious fasting has been common since
! beginning of nny rellglrn. and religious
'asts are rommoo to-day. But the hanger
rtrike of P.lshop Eusoblus. who was canon
Ired after his death, was a result of the
great battle between churchmen on the Issue
ot Arlanlsm. Euseblus vehemently opposed
.Wins and was Imprisoned by his dlaclpleo.
Therefore he refused to eat and drink for
;iar, as ho explained In a letter to Rome, he
held communion with them. It Is a fast of
the fourth century.
The words of Euseblus were: "Unless
they permit my dlscip'.es to come to me and
bring me my froj and drink, I shall accept
i c thing from these heretics und they will f-e
i sponsible for my ddnth.'"
Little cared the so-called heretics, who
uould have let the Bishop starve to death
rind not public opinion forced his Jailers io
admit the Bishop's disciples with food. A
week later 'he Arlans were forced b the
s-ime power to release him from prison.
The Celebrated Caw of Ann Moor
A most celebrated case Is that of Ann
Moor of Tutburs-. StrafTordshlre, F.ngland
lltr extraordlnap abstention from fooci,
i.ould and solid according to physicians vvhn
h. id her In charge and to other creditable wlt
i endured for three years. This case
Is related In an old pamphlet printed by
Thomas O Bangs. 70 State street, Boston,
which was sold for a shilling a copy, or
75 cents for a doren copies. It Is a part
of the Oordor Lenox Ford collection In tho
New York Public Library.
Dr. Robert Taylor, member of the Rov.d
College of Surgeons. London, Is the auth r
j! "he pamphlet, to which he appends the
testimony of many physlclnns and laymen
who had the woman under observation. Her
fast lasted from November 4 1S06. to July
iR09. The last solid food, consisting of a few
It.lslnS, was given her In January, 1807. "At
that time she was removed from her own
home to a Mr. Jackbon's, who was convinced
that the woman was shamming. Thcro shj
a'hs surrounded by strangers, who kep her
in view clay and night.
In this long period the woman's pulse fcl!
from 74 to 68. and II gradually became paln-
ii for her to He In bed, so she was proppeo
up. For a time she took a few drops ot
water, but U distressed her, and thereaftei
'io was satisfied to have her mouth wiped
out with a damp rag.
Now," goes on Dr. Taylor's narrative, "she
Indulges herself pretty freely In snuff. She
Is talkative and cheerful. Air seems to bo
her only ailment: she cannot endure bring
without a fiesh current of It "
This woman died at f8, never having re
covered from her mysterious illness. In op
position to the pamphlet which furnished the
quotations others were printed In London,
professing to b able to prove that Ann
Moor was a fraud.
George E. Davis petit nt of Dr Dewey
who followed Dr. Graham In this country as
a leader In the fasting school for curative
purposes, appears In the records as an In
teresting case. although as he withheld fiom
food but sixty-one days he la not In the
Moor woman's class In his own words Davis
says that he had no hunger from the third
to the fortieth day. He weighed 228 pounds
when he began his fast and came out of !
weighing 171 pounds
"I am cured of paralysis," testified Davis.
"My strength is normal, my digestion per
fect, mv vision strong. I have no dread of a
second stroke. I have been working In Bt
Peal, Minn . ten miles from my home, and
make the trip to and from dally. I am more
robust than since my I oyhood."
Another patient of Dr Dewey was George
W Tuthlll of Minneapolis. Minn . who was
i when he went under the regimen. He
broke his fast before It was completed and
had a relapse. In his second attempt he re
mained without taking food of any kind for
fcrty-ono days. Coming out of this second
fast TuthlP weighed but seventy-two
pounds.
At. absolutely unbroken or "finish'' fast
provides tHo only reliable testimony, say
the advocates of this cure
Americans Finance Orphanage
As Tribute to British Heroes
THE establishing by means of American
funds of a home in England for
British boys orphaned through tho
war. the sons of Brltisr" navy and army
heroes, puts a new link In the chain of
international friendship that binds us to
those of our own strain across the sea.
The orphan home financed by America
Is at Reading, forty miles from London. It
Is an "adopted" home, the Natlona' Allied
Rolief Committee through Its English rep
resentatives deciding, after much searching
and many investigations, to take over what
is known as the St. Andrew's Home of tne
Waifs and Strays Society of England, an
institution already equipped, perfectly fitted
for their purposes. It would have been a
year or more at the least, before there could
have been built and fitted out such a build
ing. The St Andrew's Home, "ready made"
lb Ideal and the offer of the Waifs and
Strays Socletv to turn It over way gladly
accepted.
Col. the Hon. ArMiur C. Mur.ay Is chair
man of the British Management Committee
Of the National Allied Relief Committee.
Major the Hon J J, Astor, treaxurer.
Evelyn Wrench of the English-Speaking
Union, secretary, and Lieut. -Col. A. S
Cleaver, Robert Grant. Jr.l G. Mills McKay
and Jamed Van Allen Shields Ita other mem
bers. Tho now orphanage Will be under its
direction and under the protection of the
British Ministry ot Education.
At the meeting ,u the Savoy Hotel formally,
founding this American orphanage in Eng
land, America's memorial to British heroea,
the check for Its carrying on was presented
by John Moffat, who had brought It from
America. Only a few days before Mr ..loffat
was received at Buckingham Palace and dec
orated ns Commander of the Order of the
British Empire, King George tendering him
the thanks ot the British people for his work
for the Allies during the war.
The new orphans' homo will care for forty
eight boys Its purpose will be to develop
ihem Into strong upright and efficient Br'.t
ishers The home that American funds arc
paying for Is a picturesque old gray stono
building, with lawn, playgrounds and gar
"n space.
The boys attend the public schools In
Reading, and also receive all necessary home
training at the hands of Head Master J. G
Churchill, who holds a lieutenant's comml
slon In the British army and Mrs. Churchill
who Is matron of the home. The boys are
also attached as a cadet corps to the Berk
shire Infantry Regiment, which gives them
both military and physical training.
The National Allied Relief Committee. Inc.
sponsors of this new movement. Is made up
of Americans who from tho early days of
the war saw a great duty lying beroro them
It Is composed of New Yorkers who have
travelled widely, know the countries abroad
and have many close friends In them. As a
body It saw the needs of England and
France as If It were actually on the ground.
During the war It sent over many hundreds
of thousands of dollars hundreds of thou
londs of pounds. Indeed for relief of tho
Allies. When war camo to an end it found
Its work must bo continued.
Some Claim Beneficial Results From Longer fl
Periods of Fasting Than Caused H
Hunger Strikers' Collapse H
"Wo know we can go without nutriment
of any kind with safety and honc'.t.' ns-
rtn Hereward Carrlncton In his physio
logical work entitled "Vitality Fasting and
Nutrition," and he ndds." "and that for - a
period of time not less thr.n several weeks
fn all observed conditions nature will clear
Iv indicate when food Is needed by sending
i p an urgent call for It. Why not continue
the treatment to Its legitimate conclusion?"
When the legitimate conclusion Is reached,
that la when nature tells the patient that
the fast Is ended. Carrlncton prescribes hi
' king at first liquid food only, prefornbh
foo Juices freed from the pulp The sec
or.u meal, consisting of grape Juice (unfer
mor.ted) or orange juice. Is to be given six
hours later, and after another twelve hours
lh patient may receive a light luncheon.
' It Is astonishing.'' says this firm believer,
'how small an amount will bo called for
o: ce the 'danger period' has passed "
"Fasting Is nature's cure.' writes Charle-s
Brodle Patterson In ' The Will to Be Well."
and he leaves It to nature to appoint the
lime for a faster to eat again ' The spon
taneous and precisely coincidental clearing
of the tongue nnd the sweetening of tho
ireath Will show when the cure has been
ejected.' He urges the sick "to put faith
In o'.her things and forget tho body tin the
. nse of centilng care upon it), and the
body will b(H-omo well nnd strong and re
main so."
Tho "habit hunger" lasts two or three
days after the faster has begun treatment
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the b?isls of Fletcher's effort In the direction CI
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and sociology on a physiological basis. HB
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the uses of "the first throe in hes of the all-
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SUFFRAGIST, WHOSE. HUNGER STRIKE fvlADE HER FAMQLT3
but It then finally disappears, although th
Hme naturally varies In Individual enses
When once this period hiLs passed no hunger
will, in nny case, bo experienced until the
fast Is completed Is ready to be broken and
natural hunrer then announces itself and
shows that the system Is free from Its previ
ously diseased condition. This It now the
different professors of fasting speak of its
progress. They havo not the same una
nimity when discussing v. hat to glvo the pa
tient after the fast Is broken.
Dr. Dewey's star patient. Mlllon Rathbun,
took for his first meal oysters, sod i crack
ers, beef broth and Oolong tea. Such a
first meal filled other Masters with horror.
Bcrnarr McFadden has compiled a list cf
forty-eight fruits as being especially suit
able. Dr Hamlsh advises popcorn. Oirrlng
ton says It Is a matter of habit and custom
the native of India will ask for rice, tho
Esquimau for blubber, and tho American
and Englishman for roast beef and boiled
potatoes Horace Fletcher said on this
point .
'Appetite will cotne only for those foods
which the system requires, and this appetite
CSJ be safely and Implicitly followed."
Here Is Introduced the name of an Ameri
can known the world over for his original
views on food. His theory may be briefly
set down iis the more a man chews the less
he needs to out. Malnutrition is the rod
rag that Hoi ace Fletcher waved throughout
his life
Appetite, said Fletcher, always should be
consulted. ,s this Is the way the brain In
t. i puts tho wants of the body Ills rule
tor eating was to wait until some special
food Is desired, then to eat In tho regulation
way, with complete mastication, until suf
ficed. After a time, ho said, tho appetite
demands little meat.
Si lontlflo tests of the Fletcher theory were
made at Yale under Dr. William G. Ander
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