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r THE SUNDAY OREGONIAjV, PORTLAND. JUNE 28, 1908 PROMINENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO VEGETARIANISM FASTING II ::Slr. Ia yv lfwv .! .v AAll v Li. I A'l , 5S: A A fcT.J.f - .r ff V ff I tisl fc - caves' 9. 2ajr.jaa' IL -V - . -1 W V"C BT JOHIT BIFKBTEI WATKINS. THE fads of the famous for keeping young and vigorous are many and varied. Mr. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Min uter, says he experts to reach 200 by living up to the tenets of vegetarianism and teetotallsm, to which he has just been converted. , "Champagne is poisonous; it makes ona dizzy in the head," said Mr. Wu the other day. "It is good to the palate, but detrimental to one's system. When I gave up meat, for awhile I began to doubt the theories of the vegetarians. I bad always had a close feeling for chicken, especially fried chicken; but that luxury, too, has had to go. I now aee the value of vegetarianism and in tend to be a missionary to my people on my return home, and will scatter its principles broadcast. People must in the near future see its benefits. Life and youth have come back to me, and I be lieve that I will live to be 300 years old because of the practice." Mr. Wu is a convert to the cult of Mrs. Mary Foote Henderson, wife of the form er Senator from Missouri and chatelaine of Henderson Castle, most imposing of the capital's palatial residences, which overlooks the city from the crest of Meridian Hill, highest point in the Dis trict of Columbia. Some time ago, when residents at the foot of the, hill were startled by a descending tidal wave of pungent liquid, they flocked out to dis cover that the millionaire Hendersons . just converted to teetotalism were, amid ceremony, emptying their wine cel lar of its ancient and costly stock. Mrs. Henderson, aside from her work as woman's suffragist and social reformer, has devoted considerable time to dietet ics, having written a work on dinner giving. Her vegetarian and total absti nence dinners have been among the so cial curiosities of the past season, and she has made many converts to her cult. which eschews even tea. Recently, when it was announced that Mr. u u, while at a banquet in Philadelphia, had "fallen off the water wagon," Mrs. Henderson had the Celestial envoy promptly called before a meeting entertained by Miss Janet Richards, the lecturer who period ically explains to the wives of the offi cial set what their husbands are doing in the mysterious realms of politics and statecraft. Miss Richards called upon Mr. Wu for an emphatic denial of the horrifying rumor from the Quaker City and this he made forthwith. lepew Becomes Vegetarian. Senator Chauncey Depew is another convert to vegetarianism, but not through the charms of Mrs. Henderson. "I notice that when the newspapers speak of giving up beef because of the rising price there is universal ridicule. he said a few days ago. "I date my free dom from almost chronic rheumatism to the day when I stopped eating beef; and sleep, digestion and clarified vision such r I have never known before have kept increasing as I have dismissed flesh and fowl for vegetables. With, nine tenths of the world the greatest happi n in life is the table piled with the things one loves to eat and drink and the pleasure of a gorge. But for that. WARM WEATHER GARMENTS FOR BABY SEWING for the baby demands the very best efforts of the practiced needlewoman. It calls for her tiniest stitches In scam and hem and tuck, her most exclusive taste in the selection of dainty trimmings and her best of good sense in designing clothis with a view to comfort and convenience to the small wearer. To be overdressed is an acknowl edged breach of good taste, and an in nocent baby, burdened with long iind heavy clothes, which In their turn are ladened with elaborate and weighty trimmings, Is an object worthy of the pitying consideration of those kind hearted people whose vocation it is to protect helpless infants from inhumai treatment. I once knew a young and ardent mother who cut up her wedding gown of "stand alone" satin to make a cloak for her first-born. The cloak was trimmed and the cap was made of the real lace which trimmed the wedding robe, and to the side of the cap was attached a white ostrich plume, a relic of the 'trousseau. The baby from its simple surroundings (for the new household was a modest one in com parison to the parental home so re cently left) looked forth with appeal ing gaze and sometimes with envy (pathetio in. one so young) at the I. ,..AVi?7iW :: 'Jk. graveyard would be largely out of busl- I luja lC9?X B iCll Tark Twain Has Fasting Fad. I fJTJll Mark Twain confesses to the fasting fad. 'A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best of medicines and the best of doc tors." says he. "I do not mean a re stricted diet; I mean total abstention from food for one or two days. I speak from experience. Starvation haa been my cold and fever doctor for 15 years and has accomplished a cure in all instances. " Another who cures his ills by fasting is Professor James H. Hyslop, head of the American Society for Psychical Research, and his principal colaborator. Mr. Here- ward Carrington, has just finished a book undertaking to prove that the body does not derive its energy from food but from an external, all-pervading cosmid energy. Edison a Disciple of Cornaro. Edison says that for 40 years he has carried out the ideas of Cornaro and that his forefathers who did the same lived beyond the century mark. Cornaro, of whom Senator Depew is also a disciple, was a Venetian who lived to be over 10$. He was a eport and roue until middle life, when finding his system wrecked and the grave yawning for him. he commenced to restrict himself to a dally allowance of 12 ounces of solid food and 14 ounces of wine. As he grew older he gradually re duced this fare until he accustomed him self to subsist on no more solid meat than an egg a day. At the same time he avoided extremes of temperature, weari ness, hatred and melancholy. Edison be lieves that we can live and work as long as we want to. "Medicine is played out." says he. "Every new discovery of bacteria shows ub all the more convincingly that we have been wrong, and that the millions of tons of stuff we have taken were all useless. The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will Instruct his patient in the care of the human frame; in diet and the cause of prevention of disease. Surgery, quiet and antiseptics these three are the vital things of tne future, in the preservation of the health of humanity. There were never so many able, active minds at work on the problem of disease as now, and all their discoveries are end ing in the simple truth that you can't improve on nature." Sleeps Outdoors Year Around. Charles D. Walcott, , secretary of the Smithsonian, sleeps out of doors nightly. Winter and Summer, not for the cure of any constitutional ailment, but because his early life as an active geologist camp ing In the West proved to him that this method, intended by nature, was the healthiest. He has had especially erected in his Washington mansion a large up stalrs porch for this purpose. He is also neighbor's babies in cambric slips and outing wrapper. Some babies and this In the very best families wear slips, to the ex clusion of dresses, the latter being re served for "ceremonious" occasions, such ae a christening. If slips are to be worn in Its waking as well as in , its sleeping hours, it must be seen to that the wardrobe holds a-plenty. Ten Is a jjool num ber, and from two to four dresses will be sufficient, th,3 number to be deter mined by the socln proclivities of the w ee one. There should be white petticoats to wear with these dresses; tlio number should equal the number of dres3s. A good all-rour.d material for babies' slips Is English nainsook. It is '(ft and pliable, launders prettily and wears well. A very good quality can be bought for 25 cents the yard (a trifle cheaper by the piece). There comes a finer quality, as well as a less-expensive one, but the grade quoted above is good for general wear. The petticoats may be made of Eng lish nainsook, and this material is quite suitable, too, for dre3ses. Fine longcloth is sometimes used for slips and petticoats. Ideal material for the christening robe is handkerchief linen. Bat'ste Is charming and so is French nainsook. The most appropriate trimming for baby clothes is hand embroidery in the V -iUl''r ' jZt$i4 f I ft - JAY SIZ? III . JIH MID -" -. " . " i 3 I F , v v v, v 'ftlli i J.. a i II Ml I t " , i "Jill - - s'J, ('mJ.' , - 111 lilt - " 3 I P- !-W L k m" JfiCfirX a mountain-climber, a pedestrian and by far the healthiest and most vigorous-looking official of the capital's scientific co terie. John V. Rockefeller has tried more health fads than perhaps any other man now in the public eye. At first It was the bread and milk diet and then strenuous golf, but more recently the Knclpp cure walking through grass of early morn ings In his bare feet. Another who golfs regularly Is Mr. Justice Harlan, who Is six years older than t he oil magnate, and daintiest of designs and a little lace, fine in quality and pattern. Hemstitching or feather-stitching is sufficient adornment for the simple clothes. Join the seams with entre deux when practical. Flannel or outing flannel makes nice little "nighties" for cold nights. Silk and wool flannel is more satisfactory than all wool, as It does not shrink with the many necessary washings. French flannel or cashmere makes the useful little wrapper; . while eacques may be made of the above named materials or of challls or outinir flannel. Cashmere Is good for the cloak, and silk may be used. For Summer .here are lingerie cloaks with a lining of In dia silk to add warmth. These have the double advantage of being daintily attractive and at the same time wash able. Caps may be of muslin or silk. Great care should be taken that the wee baby is neither inconvenienced nor hurt by buttons or pins. One young mother kept her sewing basket beside the baby basket. Each morning she sewed Mr. Baby up in his clothes and each night she ripped him out. Pursuit of the White Ball. New York Sun. It pleased many persons last Summer to prophesy that the ancient and royal game of golf was in a state of decline. w therefore 75. Andrew Carnegie, in spite of his 71 years Is another enthusiastic golfist. James Bryce, the British Ambassador, now at the age of 70 owes his present wonderful vigor to the fact that he walks anywhere from five to ten miles a day. He is also a mountain climber. Another enthusiastic pedestrian of the capital is Ambassador Jusserand, of France, while Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, despite his 66 years, will this Summer continue his fad for cycling through Europe, by way of exercise and recreation. Edward Everett Hale, who still pre and that in the course of a few short and pathetic years it would follow Into innoc uous desuetude ping pong and whist un abridged. But the pursuit of the white ball continues with unabated interest, and indeed with some evidences of increased ardor. For a time it looked as if the open championship of . the Metropolitan Golf Association might go begging, but it has been placed and the contest will be played once more. This in itself is an ev idence of keen Interest in the game, be cause the association has no funds avail able for the expenses of the tournament, which must therefore be voluntarily financed by some one of the constituent clubs. Furthermore, the social side of the game has been greatly developed. Golf clubhouses are gradually increasing their accommodations so that they closely re semble country clubs, and visiting be tween members of different organizations was never more common than it is now. Marriage Vp To Half. Chicago Record-Herald. Her name wa Mrs. Fanshaw when she moved into the flat. She was Mrs. William Bertram some six months after that; It appears that he and William could not ffet alonp at all. 6o she married Mr. Fergus, and moved across the hall. In a little while they parted, and. becom ing Mrs. Know, She had her goods and chattels taken to the floor below. But be and she discovered that It wasn't lasting love. So, becoming Mrs. Triscott, she eecured a flat above. When she moved out of the building to live on the boulevard After being Mrs. Perkins she was Mrs. "Mspenard : And this happened two years after she had moved Into the fiat. But In these days such a record's not a thing to marvel at. serves his faculties at the age of SS. has no health fad beyond striving to live up to his precept that one should spend at least ten minutes each day in the pres ence of one who is his superior. Dr. Rob ert Fletcher, the noted anthropologist, and editor of the "Index Medicus." who, ar though lie Is 83. I yesterday found at his desk as hale and hearty and active of mind as when I first began visiting him 14 years ngo, said that he had never practiced any longevity fad beyond grad ually eliminating what he found, in the course of his years, to disagree with him. When I asked him for some other in formation, he disdained troubling his as- THE ORIGINAL ELEVEN JOKES ?ISS AGNES REPPLIEIl, lecturing I I on "The Mission of Humor," at the Colony Club, New York, said she had been informed that there were 11 orig inal jokes in the world. . After she had. said her allotted say, Joseph H. Choate arose and, gallant as ever, remarked that he was now sure there were 22 original jokes. Any man or woman who produces 11 original Jokes in a lecture is a world wonder. With all due respect to Miss Reppller, we are Inclined to think that Mr. Choate was too- amiable and too receptive. What are these 11 original, funda mental, baste jokes, not made for a parish, or an occasion, necessarily hu man and universal? Look over the comic weeklies from the beginning of Punch and you will find the same lines of humorous thought, endless repeti tions of a fool-born jest, ponderous elaboration of a trifle, changes of an old Idea to suit time and place. The old jest books Joe Miller's, and before his. Poggilt and Bacon show how our predecessors anticipated us. Plutarch's "Morals" is full of jests and jocose an ecdotes that are now fondly thought contemporaneous. Turn to his "Apo thegms or Remarkable Sayings of Kings and Great Commanders," and you will find this quip: A prating bar ber asked Archelaus how" he would be trimmed. Archelaus answered: "In silence." Read "The Banquet of the at a desk close by his own and. with the elasticity of a man of 50. rose quickly from his chair, walked briskly and ae straight as a ram rod into the adjoining room to get what I asked for. Professor Otis Mason, the well-known ethnologist, who is the happiest man In scientific circles, confessed to a strict reglman of life to v.'hich he attributes his remarkable recovery from a stroke of paralysis brought on by overwork ten years ago, since when he has accom plished his most noted scientific work. This regimen includes deep and rhythmic breathing, one breath to so many pulsa tions of the heart; the drinking of water five times a day, six Bwallows at a time, and never at meals; eating but twice a day, always "with attention, apprecia tion and pleasure," and never swallow ing a particle of solid food without sa liva; bathing regularly In tepid water at the body's own temperature and never stimulating the skin with extreme tem peratures: purifying himself with not only fresh air but. quite as regularly with the blue ray of the sun, "the vivify ing element of health"; resting daily with seven hours of sleep and one hour with out sleep; exercising dally those muscles not used In the routine of work; working with the avoidance of all strain or fa tigue; regarding all contentions among his associates with a sense of humor and exercising the patience to create as cor rect a thought in the mind of a child asking a foolish question as in that of a scholar seeking the solution of a pro found problem; dressing by the thermom eter absolutely and not by the senses and therefore not wearing a zero weather shirt in a 90-degree room in Winter. Pro fessor Mason added that ho varies his outside garments rather than his under clothing to differences in temperature and thus keeps always at hand what he calls his "70 coat," "80 coat" and "90 coat." AViley Kats Meat Once a Day. Dr. H. W. Wiley, father of the pure food law, eats meat but once a day In warm weather and eschews tobacco. He has no other hobby beyond keeping eter nally happy. "We will yet see profes sorships of amusement In our colleges and universities," he told me. "The rec reations of men are of quite as much im portance as their vocations. It is quite as Important to know how to amuse one's self as to have the leisure and op portunity to do so. The President is another nonsmoker. He is also said to observe a diet for the reduction of hU weight and to have con sulted the Government dietary specialists concerning it, but they are nonoommital as to this. Among big men who, like Mr. Wu, are teetotalers, are W. J. Bry an. Vice-President Fairbanks. Senator Bailey. General O. O. Howard and David B. Hill. And on the list of those who, like Edison, have given up drups for the cure of diseawe, are Senator Clapp, Dr. j. w. Fewkes. the noted archaeologist; Charles Klein, the. playwright, author Seven Wise Men," Englished by Roger Davis, A. M., and there a sage is thus reported: "In this mistake, however, I'm much of the youth's mind who, throwing a stone at a dog, hit his step mother, adding: 'My throw is not lost, however.' " But what do you not find In Plutarch? The Rev. B. S. Lombard, of London, who stated recently that garrulity Is the cause of many nervous diseases and the increasing amount of insanity, might well consult Plutarch on talkativeness. "The tautologizing babbler," says Plutarch, "Is everywhere drunk In the market place, at the theater, in the public porticos, or deam bulatories, as well by night as by day." The favorite jokes in this country have been for years based on the mother-in-law, the farmer and the Summer boarder, the city boarding-house. Spring cleaning (and the stovepipe played an Important part), the greedy goat. The mother-in-law was natural ly the victim of the first jocose son-in-law, while there could be no Joke about the stovepipe before the existence of the pipe. There is the cannibal mis sionary joke that has done yeoman's service, but it cannot be older than the appearance of the first missionary. What are the primeval 11 Jokes? One of the oldest known to us begins "Old Noah, he had three sons. Sheni. Ham and Japheth." but there must have been Jokes before the flood. What were the 11 that were preserved In the of "The Music Maftter": Richard Carle, the comedian; Robert C. dowry, presi dent of the Western ITnion Telegraph Company, and Richard F. Outcault, comio artist the creator of "Buster Brown." and Howard Chandler Christy, the art ist, all of whom are Christian Scientists. Flctclierism's Founder a Cornarolst. Horace Fletcher, founder of "Fletch erism" and "Mentleulture," also author and lecturer, is. like Senator Depew and Edison, a disciple of Cornaro. He found himself a physical wreck at ten years before the age when the A'enetian cen tenarian changed his mode of living, and at this period had three chronic diseases, no life insurance company being willing to accept him as a risk. By eating and drinking less than the ordinary person would consider a bare sufficiency of life, Mr. Fletcher says he had tso built him self up Inside of five years that he was able to cycle 200 miles in a day, at the same time astounding the head of the Yale gymnasium by taking with ease the severe course of exercise prescribed for the varsity crew. "Chew your food not only your solid food, but milk, tea. coffee, wine, soup anything that has taete," is one of Mr. Fletcher's maxims. Reduced His Food One-third. Professor R. H. Chittenden, director of the Sheffield Scientific School at Tale, claims to have proven upon himself, and later upon 13 soldiers and eteht athletes, all doing active work, that the body sus tains its weight and increases its vitality upon one-third the proteid food generally considered as necessary for the healthy man and by proteid food is meant the principal constituent of meat, milk and eggs that which supplies nitrogen to the body. On this diet he says he and his subjects showed increased strength and Improved responsiveness of mind, while almost every man stored nitrogen rather than lost it. "The so-called cravings of appetite are purely the result of habit," he says. "A habit once acquired and persistently fol lowed soon has us in its grip, and then any deviation therefrom disturbs our physiological equilibrium. Anyone with a little persistence can change his habits of life, change the whole order of crav ings, thus demonstrating that the latter are purely artificial, and that they have no necessary connection with the wel fare or needs of the body." Eats Curdled Milk for Longevity. But the very latest food tern which we have imported is Metchnikoffism. The. founder. Professor Elie Metchnikoff, of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, lives strict ly in accordance with his discovery and eats curdled milk every day. as a regu lar diet, in order to fill hiss Intestinal canal with bacteria, which he .believes to be the deadly enemies of the microbes causing old age. This savant declares that the average man ."should live 120 years, and he advocates cutting out the large intestine, as a further means of prolonging .life. Perhaps this latter ope ration may become as fashionable among us as that for the removal of the vermi form appendix: but as yet there ha been no bulletin from Professor Metch nikoff announcing that he has had it per formed upon himself. Washington, D. C, June 2". ark? No doubt the gag about the ele phant bringing his trunk was coine.l by some irreverent lookcr-on. who saw In the embarkation only food for mirth. Death by drowning was too good for him. But what jokes did Noah and his sons take with them for daily recrea tion? We can be sure of only one the mother-in-law Jest. Will not Miss Rep plier tell .to the world the other 10. Boston Herald. The Mud of It. TjOiiden Punch. Some tragedies there are that teach How powerle?s is human speech To comfort or relieve When at some sudden stroke of fate. Hopelessly inarticulate. In mute despair we grieve. Bitter is unrequited love: Grievous the split of new-bought glove; Cruel the broKen gut That lets the biggest fish go free; The careless gulp of scalding tea; The foosled six-inch putt; The heavy hammer on the thumb. But. though for some brief moments dumb In accidents like these The sufferer in time can turn From thoughts that breathe to words that burn And And in language ease. But. ah! no adjectives avail. Verbs in all moods and tenses fall To soothe such grief as mine. Splashed, by a. hansom passing by. With mud on collar, shirt and tie. When driving out to dine. V