Show SLOW MASTICATION OF FOOD IS BETTER THAN GYMNASIUM NEW E TORK YORK Nov l 15 Hora Horace e Fletcher Fletch Fletch- er er advocate of or slow of or food has just been describing his system and Its effects to the Academy of ot M Medicine So firm a R. believer Is he In his system that he says It Is possible for tor a A. man moro more than 60 50 years old to Increase his mU muscular cular efficiency without systematic ph physical exercise He said ald that his COntention contention con COn- has b been en proved by his hie owns own case and b by experiments In tho the Tale Yale gymnasium slum On his fiftieth birthday Mr Fletcher Fletch Fletch- er said that he rode miles mUes on a ble bicycle ele eleand and ne next t morning he added 50 SO more The Tho lecturer Ie told of ot personal tests teats made at Yale Tale last laet Juno June His previous examina- examina lion at Tale Talc had been In 1903 In the Interval Interval In- In between the l two o examinations ho took no 8 systematic ph physical exorcise but ate In accordance with his appetite and with reliance upon his system In the 18 months preceding last June he w was WAft n In the Philippine Philippines China Burmah India and ond the Vale of ot Ca Cashmere He Be on the food tood of or tho the various countries a d In Inmany many man instances instance he underwent hardship but he suffered no discomfort nor disa disa- I Dr William G. G Anderson who ho conducted conduct conduct- ed d the tho tests at Yale Tale described theIr severity fY It was found that without fatigue fatigue fati faU gue Jue Mr MI Fletcher could go goo through h physical phy phy- ph exercises exercIse regarded as severe severo even cn by trained athletes athlete notwithstanding he hewa he hea wa was a then n nearly lIrly 60 GO years old |