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Show MACFADOEN'S FIRST ARTICLE ON "EAT AND SAVE MONEY." Eat Only When Hungry By Bernarr MacFadden Ta the war rillii ilistrict 'of Europe liuiifrT -gaunt ami terrible terri-ble ha ftrourpcil ami ilexf roved it vii-tini by tbr thousands. Not ' only ,itrnii mail hut women and little children have wasted away day after day for the want of food. And now we are told we are threatened -- we too may have to j feel the rour(;inp hand of famine. What enu we do to protect ' onraerve f It aeemn to me our first patriotic duty is to Mop overeating. I have Raid in and out of m aon for many year that the average AinerieRii eata too iiineh, hut my plta-nire loving eountryinen have paid alipht heed. Now, will they do for their country what they would not do for tbcmaelvenf In thia rrmis auy man or woman in America .should be ashamed to lie fat. j Te be fat shew cenelusively tfce luxuriove habrta of rbe slacker, far we have been told that the food wasted in this country every day jaiauld aaiily feedcJtm'esofjtr,,,, aliiea. This witMte ;n rn tn prMftiraily ctery home snd in rvmy business eritHrprlf devoied to the nerving of fnmi Any 1 housewife rHiid poiut out ihMunre of waste o thi Mnrt. but what I want to do tn (he prenrni Instance t fu 1 call attention tn Hie u s in which eronomlcsl feeding would lie f tnep-timabV tnep-timabV value in the fmei aenrlt-i th;tt msv he befote us It is x eiSKgerailon to ny thut at least one-half of the American pen-pie pen-pie eat twice the amount needful to nourish the body. Edition hns nalrt that the American people are m)I KI with fod, and there In no quentton as to the accuracy of this atatement. Long life depend m on prnpr fnnc-rtong. fnnc-rtong. Hcientiriu fvedln would therefore there-fore require on flrt of all to mnite a test to determine the amount of food which most Mitisfactortly maintains normal weight and strength Title must be an Individual test, as men snd women wo-men In dfffrent walks of life mid of different temperaments retiulrt varying imnunli of food Thi habtt of eating beyond th bed try requtramerd is due te a large' esrttn to our REGULAR MEAL HABIT. Of all fs Usees the ' meet fallaeieua the REGULAR I MEAL habit. If this war does nothing more than call attention of the, world to the nnn. lHrie prs'ed bv dor torn and laymeti uhuui '.u TT eefs jiTTy nr rejfulJir nt aahrrri will hardly hsve been In vain. j The t iin to eat ik viieu you Urf hungry -himI nt no othrtime. If you jre hungry really hungry 1 hihJ nor tennondinK to that habit of mind which ss you must eal regular meais when cttlled, then la the time tn ' eit. Hut you musr forever eliminate from your mind fhe idea thst when the meal is ready ou must sit down to the t;ible and fill your stomach until you fv-el xtuffed. Homertne on the outside of the crowd ak: "How will I know when I am : reslly hungry?" i Anl I auswer: "When your mouth 'wafers st the thought of the simplest , kind of food." The regular estlng habit is the most slavish of modern slavery, snd mothers Hie fonltuhly Indulgent, ti the hurt of their children, when they Insist thst a child shall eat at mealtime when the child complafns it Is not hungry. No one can he hurt by misaing a meal or two, and sich a course, either In a child or nn adult, will quickly ad ;uHt tiin appet He to both quantity and ch racier of food necessary to the leant ate in energy, efficiency and health. Cqo |