Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1911 — FIFTY DAYS’ FAST FOR LOVE [ARTICLE]

FIFTY DAYS’ FAST FOR LOVE

Charming Brunette of Los Angeles Cures Malady So That She Can Marry Man of Choice. Los Angeles, Cal.—Miss Josephine Gilman, a charming brunette, ended a remarkable fast of 60 days that she undertook for love, and ate food for the first time. She fasted under the direction of the famous Doctor Tanner, to overcome a malady that threatened her life and had prevented her marriage. At the end of her fast, without any food but orange Juice and water, she appeared sprightly, and declared that the last vestige of disease had left her. By her side was her flance, happy over her recovery and helping her plan the temporary dishes she would eat while Miss Gilman declared there no longer was any bar to the /ringing of the wedding bells. With them was a sister, MiBS Helen Gilman, who voluntarily fasted for 30 days so the family could see the effect of the treatment and judge whether the cure was too dangerous for hdr frail sister Josephine to attempt “I just lost all desire for food,” said Miss Josephine. “At'first I was afraid that I might be awfully hungry, but as the days wore on 1 began to look on things to eat as something that was apart from me and in which I had no desire to share. At first I was weak and did want the good things I saw the others eating, but that desire passed. I did not feel the pangs of hunger after the first three days, and I did not lose much strength. Every day I practiced at the piano and then l had my garden to look after, and between those duties and doing some cooking rMt the family, I put In my