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Show ARTHUR VAN METER HAS BECOME! FAMOUS Man Who Cured Himself by Fasting Receives Hundreds of Letters From Curious Persons. Arthur Van Meter has come to be an acknowledged authority In the science of curing disease by fasting. His fame has spread from one end of the country to the other, and every mail brings him letters from persons who are contemplating attempting a similar cure, and want to know how it feels; from enterprising individuals who think they see an opportunity of getting rich by starting an institution other than a boarding-house for starving people, and from doctors who have been watching the case and have become so interested since a cure seems to have been accomplished accom-plished that they want the details of the heroic treatment. j Mr. Van Meter says he rather enjoys receiving these letters, as they help to make him forget how hungry he Is. His appetite has become so healthy during the past week that it requires a great effort to refrain from eating heartily. This his physician will not permit him to do for a few daysi He is still taking liquid, foods and is gaining in weight rapkllyj |