MR. FLETCHER IN UNION

Mr. Horace Fletcher, the well known writer on diet, gave a very practical talk last night in the Union on "The Power Behind the Man Machine."

In the fierce competition of today, said Mr. Fletcher, when the smallest advantage is effective, superior personal efficiency is a power for success. This efficiency may be gained by economy of nutrition. The primitive man ate only when he was hungry, and he chewed his food thoroughly, because nature made it hard. The man of today eats when he is not really hungry, and because much of his food is liquid or soft, he does not chew it enough.

In attempting to make our diet hygienic we may seem to have no guide. We have, however, a perfect guide in the promptings of a normal appetite. If thorough insalivation and mastication are practiced, the appetite will tolerate only the exact amount of the different foods needed to renew the various parts of the body and to furnish energy.

A few simple rules contain the gist of Mr. Fletcher's system. They are: Never eat unless you have a well defined true appetite. A false appetite will always refuse simple food. Give the appetite an opportunity to choose the food it craves. Chew the food until the swallowing impulse is overmastering. This practice will enable the body to run perfectly on one-third the amount of food under the old system, and will yet satisfy the appetite. Enjoyment of food is necessary to digestion. Do not be disturbed either while eating or digesting food. Any disturbance arrests digestion and assimilation.

Election returns up to the time the CRIMSON went to press this morning were uncertain. The most reliable reports from New York City indicated that McClellan was elected mayor by a plurality of 15,000, and that Jerome was defeated for district attorney by a small margin.

Massachusetts elected Guild governor and Draper Heutenant governor by pluralities of 15,000 and 3,000, respectively.

In Philadelphia the City Party won a complete victory.