Show goes back to nature A son of a portland ore phy has created a sensation by the startling method of living which he adopted and which he advises all to adopt who desire perfect health he advocates a return to the primi alve way of living wilhoit clothing ernest W darling son of dr J W darling Is the man who advocates the return to ways primeval until a year ago he lived in portland but was compelled to seek a sunnier clime on account of his health for the last year he has lived on the sum mit of a hill on the outskirts of los angeles cal lie does not occupy a house nor even a tent ohp sole hab ita en Is about seven by four feet and two feet in depth in that peculiar place wrapped in blankets he seeks rest he Is an ardent lover ot na ture and believes that by his method of living he Is able to commune more closely with its invisible forma and at the same time build lp his bonef gutlon which was shattered by dis ease good health Is the arst requisite for religion or anything else he says when questioned concerning bis novel ideas I 1 firmly believe that it we take perfect care of our health avoid ing all accidents or disease we shall live eternally in these bodies of ours every person should learn gradually to live outdoors and to live on cat araa food that Is food just as it comes irom the hand of nature personally I 1 breier the fruit of the tropics bananas persimmons dates which have been proved to give as great strength and endurance does any mixed diet the objects in living on natural food are first to mal e us more natural in thought and in action second from an economical standpoint it Is far cheaper where these fruits grow it la well known by travelers in the tropics that we can live on 1 a month or less third there Is a very decided hu iesue in this diet no ani mal has to suffer imprisonment and final slaughter in order to feed the fruitarian the fruitarian will take his meal directly from the tree and eat mr darling has evidently found these results in his mode of life tor he has built up wonderfully when he left portland a year ago he weighed ninety while now be weighs about one hundred and seventy five pounds it wag done without a drop of medicine he rises at daylight takes a colit shower bath then runs half a mile or so then he goes through call exercises before eating breakfast ot fruit he eats regularly three times each day and always hag a good appetite |