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BP13 Travel and Customs
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Social History
Travel
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Germany
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[A. E. Pickard]
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German
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BP1315b-01 Castan's Panoptikum
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Castan's Panoptikum, Cologne
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Poster advertising Castan's Panoptikum in Cologne, which hosts more than 1000 objects and attractions.
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attractions
cinema
circus
Cologne
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fasting
Germany
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theatre
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BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1
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Social History
Music Hall
Waxworks
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[A. E. Pickard]
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Edwardian
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The Morning Reader, The Partick Star, Daily Record and Mail
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November 1906
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TANTALISED HIM
DAINTY MORSELS.
The hungriest man in Scotland, or, for
that matteT, in the United Kingdom, is the
Swiss named Beaute, who completed the
thirty-eighth day of his fast at Glasgow at
mid-day yesterday.
But during all those 38 weary days of
>■ yearning he was never so hungrv as yester-
day, When a number of youths held up
dainties to him in his “cage.” The tan-
talisation was short-lived, however,- foT the
youths were speedily ejected.
Much interest has been added to the
exhibition,” as the man was said to be
dying ; and yesterday the premises could
not contain all who desired to view Beaute.
Ninety per cent, of the visitors were
women, one of whom expressed a wish to
marry that “poor starving Swiss.”
Beaute was informed last night that his
fast must end to-day, as that is the decision
of the authorities. When he heard this a
gleam of pleasure shot into his face, but
it .was quickly followed by a look of un-
mistakable Tegret.
“ I am very disappointed,” said Beaute,
to a “ Morning Leader ” representative,
“ but, mind you, I did not break down,
could go on for another ten days.
He has lost 2st. 31b. since he began his
long fast. No doctor has seen him since
Tuesday, as all the medical profession of
the city have thrown over any responsi-
bility.
A FASTISG AT AX.
i! c Nest month M. Beaute. the gentleman
|; whose fasting performances at Brighton and j
;ij Southend-on-Sea of 24 and 23 day* respec- r .
dj lively attf'Scted so much attention in Eng- ;
-f land, will endeavour to fast for 46 days in
1 Glasgow. <
• (I ■ The record for a fast ie 40 days, and M. • -
j Beaute will attempt to break that record in J
specially-constructed house in the i;
Britannia, Argyle Street, Glasgow. During f
long period all he will take will be j.
) drinks of Seltzer water and some four or j!
: fcvc cigarettes each day.
! Several medical practitioners of the c : ty &
! will examine M. Beaute each day, and their long trial of endurance, under the super-
opinions will bo published in tho form of r- ' i . r Tr TTM , „ |f
, bulletin. The fast will commence o
.nc am
' j his
: Brif-a
jitha;.
Mr A. E. Pickard is determined to j
i keep abreast of the times, and has I
j secured for his American Museum, 101 ■
| Trongate, one of the greatest novelties of ;
j the day. He has secured Mons Victor ;
j Beaute, who will attempt to put up a i
i world’s record for fasting. Up to the $
j present the record stands at 40 days, but t
'j| M. Beaute will endeavour to abstain from I
food for 46 days.
There was a crowd of interested
spectators on Monday afternoon in
Pickard’s American Musetom, when M.
Beaute entered the little cabin from
which he will not issue again until "Wed-
nesday, the 15th November next.
This cabin, which has been specially
made for the fasting man, is built of i|
! wood with glazed windows on all sides,
so that he is open to view both by night
and by day. It is di\ided into two parts
by hanging curtains — one part containing
an iron bedstead with mattress bed, the
other an arm-chair, one small chair, a
chest of drawers, and a table with toilet
gjj requisites.
There is no door in the cabin, and l;|
i when M. Beaute stepped inside through jjl
J one of the windows, the gap was closed i'jjj
I up and sealed by the Star representative. ;i‘j
• There he will remain until the end cf his | 4
October 1.
STCLl FASTING.
tves
a of|
Mons. Beanies, th. gentleman who on the J
fiT'-.i of the month entered upon a 46 da s
at. Mr A. <!.' l'ip!:ard> Mnaenm in the |
Trongate. tip to last rv an ns,'? hat alwta n<-rt J
successfully from foljd for *iaht day-. 1
still leaves :« <Uys «;• }'?• vathout toae i
(jic food of any def-cription. As .1 tt
.•'stated. Mons. Beaute during In.-;
entirely, on cicrarovi^.s and
1 - foi m r he - - . - ;
•bet dailv. He is rxattiwd dar!?; bv a W'ti
!' cal gentleman, who a mi letm of h-*
I condition: ami «!> '<! .the present all reports
Ih„ l.»en of .1 highly favourable nature
I Afi-eniot to. create .s -world's ^eord <>1 j
Tu 'irfen<e‘ from P'3 Ins ■ oV.r, -i cr: to
icr . .t j,n<r since Hie fast began t Tons...., Is j
',.r interested and enrious spectatoiw oavo
uniseuu* daily to v. r ue-
ci£r&i<sk*s and \va' ,r . ami 01 ]
> consi^nes nuite a large ruro*l
; vision of Mr Harry Hill, foreman to Mr
i Pickard.
Every morning the gauze covering a
j small sliding panel will be removed, bis
j temperature taken by the doctor in
attendance, and his weight will also be
taken. The medical man will then fasten
the panel again and seal it as he leaves it
day by day.
M. Beaute lias visit, d the Boya
Infirmary and surprised the doctors there
by the soundutss of his health and the
strength of his bone and muscle after
undergoing so much fasting as he ha:*
done. As a guarantee of good faith he
gives them permission to come down and
“Tho fasting mac” — which is Mo-ne.
Beauio’b popular title — has ended his fast.
After being shut up in a wooden hut somo j
12 feet long by 9, the rivets, bolts, and bars j
wore removed at midnight last night, and he]
shook hands through th© window with a small \;r
crowd who cheered and hoped ’for him f
“ better luck next time.”
Outside Mr. A. Pickard’s establishment in ^
Trongate there was a big crowd waiting the $
event ; inside there were about two score of '/t
people, as excited looking as the man who
was th© reason of their presence. Two .£
policemen represented th© authorities, so fax 'J,
as could be ascertained, and. contrary to ex-
pectation, there were no doctors. Three :
days ago the attending doctor had withdrawn ; ’
his visits, and then th© authorities took up
the matter, urging that Mons. Reauto was t :
endangering his life, and threatening the ft|
management of tihe place with liability if IS
anything serious should occur.
But the fasting man treated the interfer- $1
enoe of the authorities not as a kindness but
as a hardship, and when tho fast had per- «
force to cease, ho wa6 annoyed, as he be- -If
lieved that he could have accomplished the $
feat of remaining for 46 days without food. ( 5
Certainly when ho emerged from his hut last f?
night he seemed fit. And ho himself said l|?
he was, emphasing his statement by giving [3
those^ around him a handshake which hardly jfl
eecmed that of a man whose life was in j-fl
danger.
He was thin, no doubt, but. without the )y
knowledge that he had lost 2st. 31b. since he fl
began the ordeal one would not iiave guessed r
that such a change had taken place.
He began on Is*. October, when lie was list.
exactly: now he is 8st. lllb. Mr. Mitchell, ^B
manager for Mr. Packard, explained that the X
fast had been given up against the per- jn
former’s wish, and at the request of the fl
authorities, and characterised the fact os
‘ bard 1 lines.”
This expression was endorsed by Mons. 'ig
Beaute, who in a speech, delivered in an un-
faltering voice, said he was quite confident p*
of being able to fulfil the self-imposed task, j
AVhen he came out of the “house” he [JSS
drank a half cup of Bovril. and received :
the congratulations— and the sympathies — f
of those present with smiling face, and after HE
conversing for a few minutes he returned to \ J
his seclusion, wihere he told a “ Daily jS
Record and Mai) ” man that be was feeling
fairly fit. and that in the course of eight or
nine weeks he would be ready again to ^
undertake another fast, of 46 days or longer.
This is the nineteenth fast he has under- "<
gone in public, and his achievement con-
stitutes a record, the previous longest being
32 days.
Mons. Beaute will cease his fast after mid-
night, to-night, when t.he doors of his cabin
in Pickard’s Museum will be opened, and ho
will proceed to live as other men.
Tho stoppage of tho self-inflicted task
not of Boaute’s own seeking, and last night
he expressed his confidence that ho could
havo fasted on till the 46 days he had set
.himself were passed. Ho said he felt well,
but he is certainly! very weak now.
Yesterday there was a meeting of the
magistrates to consider what action should be 1
taken in th© matter. A lawyer appeared j
with Mr. Pickard, and offered to end the 1®
fasting exhibition at midnight to-night. Th© -
magistrates, however, came to no decision, ad- ;
journing the meeting until to-day in order .
that they might consult Mr. Ilaxt, the Pro-
Curator-Fiscal.
In a letter to Mr. Hart, tho Sheriff’s Pro- j
curafor-Fiscal. and to Dr. Noilson, the Police |[
Fiscal, AD. Pickard’s lawyer says that, as l[*
advised by his client, he was quit© satisfied |
that there was no danger whatsoever v to 1 .
Mons. lioaute’s life in what was taking plab^i 1
“I may ’mention.” ho continues, “that T U
had an interview with that gentleman this!
(Tuesday) morning, and, except that ho is '
somewhat thin, as contrasted with his con- 1 >y
dition when his fast began, he presented no : ,
indications of danger to ho-a-lth. In tho
couraa of .our conversation his articulation j '
was quite distinct, and he expressed himself
thoroughly convinced that he oould, without,
danger, complete the period of his proposed !
fast.”
II is pulse, adds the writer, which could
easily lie counted through the glass window,
indicated fully 40 beats to the minute, each
pulsation being perfectly distinot through hi«
wrist. " What, however, more than any-
thing satisfied me, was the clearness and dis- 1
tinotness of his articulation, and his assur-
ance to me fhat, he felt sufficiently well to
complete his undertaking without abnormal ;
risk. At tho same time, should you feel it
your duty to order an examination of Mona
Bea.ute, I trust you will afford my client
an opportunity of being represented thereat
by some gentleman of standing.
“ It. is but right that I should inform you
that, according to my information, there i«
no novelty in Alone. Beanie's prolonged
fasts which have been tho subject of ex- 1
hibition for a considerable time, and that
without any resultant injury whatever.
“ At the same time it. is but right, that
T should say on Mr. Pickard’s behalf that
he will not be a party to any exhibition,
however interesting, that would be danger-
ous to life, or that would withdraw from
him that confidence which he has hitherto
enjoyed at. the hands of our Magistrates
and police.” jfiLu. k . '
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BP01.13
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BP01.13 Scrapbook page
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Social History, Variety Theatre
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Pickard's Papers: Panopticon Museum Vol 13
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Newspaper cuttings about A.E. Pickard's exhibit 'The Fasting Man'.
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BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1
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Social History
Music Hall
Waxworks
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[A. E. Pickard]
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Pickard's Scrapbooks collection at Royal Scottish Conservatoire Archives.
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BP01
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Edwardian
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London Daily Chronicle, Scottish Referee, Lloyd's London, Glasgow Citizen, Greenock Herald, The Glasgow News, Daily Express (London).
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October 1906, November 1906
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| : The Glasgow polioe interfered last evening in
■Ttlie e*o of M Beaute. who has fasted for thirty.
^ seven days, and is determined to hold out far
ftfKy- six days. •
; Tho police intimate that they will hold the
j manager' criminally responsible in the event of
•|Beaute’s death. The medical attendant says the
d ’ aKtor Wlli dl0 . and he has thrown over his reuoon
y Bibility. I
I Beaute, however, is resisting- aH attempts *o
‘ j force food into his stomach.
Oct isi Ijob.
A REMARKABLE FEAT.
[j ATTEMPTED WORLD’S RECORD FAST.
U One of the moat remarkable feats of en-
H durance yet undertaken bv any man ie to
i be seen at Mr A E. Pickard’s Museum in
||the Irongate. Within that, establishment
II . here is at present a gentleman endeavour-
SJiug to undergo a fast of forty-six days’
jy. duration. He is known by the name of
wH 0 . ns : B <?aute, and is a .native of Zurich.
SlPp 18 n<>t ‘he first time that he has under-
| taken to fast for a considerable period. On
iff ‘“8 occasion, however, if he accomplishes
(3 the feat, a. Worlds record for faetinv will
J be established. Up to last night, fourteen
J days of his euduranoo had gone, and hie
j. condition is considered highly eatisfactory
by lus medical adviser. Since the oom-
|| niencoinent of the fast, he has lost sixteen
a pounds lq weight, but his health neverthe-
VMoeo is remarkable. Bulletins of bus oondi-
tiou are issued daily, and every one up to
; the present has proved gratifying. He lives
c entirely on soda water, and of cigarettes, oh !
- an average, he smokes eight a dav. At the ,
end of the first three daye he had 'lost Silhs, j
■ - the seventh day tills had increased
,• V,, ,9 n tBe e isbth day he complained
, slightly of headache. Of the eoda water be I
, consumes about one pint bottle a day. The I
f little cabin in which Mods. Beaute is living ;
-is specially constructed with glaee on all
L sle «Ptn? apartment being divisioned
h ™ce the commencement of the fast
Mr Pickard’s eetabliehment has been
crowded daily with curious and interested
■ spectators. This feat of endurance Is caus-
ing widespread interest, and when be has
f- reached half way in his task no doubt the
■ interest will be increased.
Nov ttk 190 ^*
* * . *
j The fast of M. Beaute has been stopped
by the Glasgow magistrates at the
I Fortieth day. Surely this is an interfer- .
jence with the liberty of the subject. It'
| is • not illegal to be a teetotaller, why
yehpuld it So illegal to be a total abstainer^;
.in the fullest semie of the word?
*- ,v,» *. • - • — - I
POLICE & A PAST AT GLASGOW j
One of the sensations of the past ‘
month in Glasgow has been the exlii- '
bition or M. Victor Beaute, a Swiss, j
who undertook to break all fasting :
records by remaining without food ■■
for 46 days. Beaute was taken to 1
Glasgow by Mr d A. E. Pickard, and
has been attracting great crowds at
Pickard’s American Museum, Tron-
gate.
On Tuesday he completed the 37th
day of his_ fast, but the doctor who
attended him since the commence- I*
| meat liad ceased his professional ser- *
I vices, being of ODinion that should the ,
j fast continue the patient would be i
j endangering himself.
1 In .the afternoon Mr. Pickard i".
.j received a letter from the Procurator " S
I t fiscal ffc- Lanarkshire intimating that i
I the exhibition must be stopped. It
1 was added that in the event of the j ;
I death of Beaute as . the result of the . :
I fasting Mr. Pickard would be held ] •’
if criminally liable.
j Mr. Pickard stated that since receiv-
| ln " tne letter he had done all he could ■
if. to induce Beaute to take food, but
that Be_aute insisted on completing his j ’
if 46 days fast.
-ywJ-Qit-ur
Alov 190&
THE FISTING MAN.
A VISIT FROM THE POLICE..
\ M. Beaute, the fasting man at- Pickaras.!
j Mu seam, accomplished his thirty-third- day's 1
. abstinence from food, yesterday, thus break- l
ing his previous best record of. thirty- two [
! days.
He was so very weak yesterday [
morning- that he was ordered *
| to bed. by Dr’ Granger, as stated in the “Citi- |
zen, M informed the management that if his J
patient was no better this morning; he would
give him up for a bad job.
1 It seems that, last week, on several days, \
j Beaute suffered very much from headache, j
backache, and swimming in the head, and his {
medical adviser feared then that, he ‘would !
\ have to relinquish the attempt, to last out
3 forty-six days.
An inspector of polioe and two other
! < fficers called last nigr.t to warn the, man-a-ge-
S ment of tho possible consequences of a fatal
J issue to the long fast.
• The management disclaimed responsibility,
j pointing out that Beaute was determined
i to accomplish the feat, and that a medical
| man had been provided to warn him when
This condition gave cause for anxiety i
; Upon making his usual examination this
ja morning. Dr Granger found that. Beaute had
jd improved considerably with the rest and
Asleep enjoyed by him. and expressed the
(opinion that the patient might possihlv go
^lon for five or si* dnvs yet without endangor-
jintr his future health.
• Beaute. although very much emaneiated-
llooking. and so weak as to be almost in can
able of walking, has only lost 1 stone 13£
jibs, since his self-imposed task was entered
ipon. He drank a bottle of spda yesterday,
md .smoked four cigarettes.
Oct 10 4
ILL EASTING MAN IN GLASGOW.
MARVELLOUS FEAT.
As everyone knows the latest novelty in Glasgow
is a fasting man. M. Victor Beaute has been brought
i to the city by Mr A. E. Pickard specially to break
I the record in the longest fast endured by any man
1 who survived the ordeal.
M. Beaute has undertaken to do without food foi?
| forty-six days. There was a considerable crowd of
j spectators on the 1st inst., in Pickard's American
j Museum, Trongate, Glasgow, when M. Biaute
l entered the little cabin from which he will not issue
! again for a month and a half, or, to be quite precise,
until Wednesday, the 15th November next.
This cabin, which has been specially made for the
! fasting man, is built of wood with glazed windows on
( all four sides, ro that, he is open to view both by night
; and by day. It is divided into two parts by hanging
curtains — one part containing an iron bedstead with
mattress bed, the other an arm-chair, one small chair,
a small chest of drawers, and a table with toilet
requisites.
1 There is no door in the cabin, and when M. Beaute
; stepped inside through one of the windows, the gap
was closed up with glass, and he was, as some one
remarked, “ cut off from the world.” There he will
remain until the end of his long trial of endurance,
■ under the supervision of Mr Harry Hill, foreman to
i Mr Pickard.
1 Every morning the gauze covering a small sliding
panel will be removed, bis temperature will be taken
1 by the doctor in attendance, and his weight will also
be taken. The medical man will then fasten the
Jianel again and seal it as he leaves it day by day.
M. Beaute has visited the Royal Infirmary and
surprised the doctors there by the soundness of his
j health and the strength of his bone and muscle after
undergoing so much fasting a8 he has done. As a
guarantee of good faith he gives them permission to
come down and examine the contents of his stomach
| on the expiry of 46 days.
M. Beaute is a dapper little man, 5 feet 5 inches
in height, and weighing II st. 7 lbs, when he entered
his trial on 1st inst. He is 31 years of age, and a
native of Zurich, Switzerland. He is single, he says,
! with a laugh, which conveys the impression that the
fact goes without saying. This is the nineteenth
I time he has put himself to such a strain, but only the
i fourth time in Britain.
He gave performances of all kinds all over Ger-
i many, Holland, and Belgium. In England he fasted
for 24 days in Brighton, 28 days in Southend, and 24
days in New Brighton. His longest fast hitherto has
been 32 days.
Whilst fasting he lives entirely on cigarettes, cf
which he smokes ten a day, more or less, and on
I water. The cigarettes have been supplied by Messrs
j M‘Kenzie & Co., tobacco manufacturers, 40 Royal
j Exchange Square, Glasgow. Before undergoing the
I fast he lived for a fortnight entirely on beef tea.
Mr Pickard invites any medical man to come down
and see M. Beaute any time either by day or by night
| during the fast.
§lai4oi<r ,
j Tho worst thing about this fasting
| seems to be the danger of becoming a.
I slave to tho habit. Even the orders of
rtho J?rocurator-Fiscal seem to be unavail-
Laug, ( to break Victor Beauto off tho, prac-
30% Oct tyob<
V
30 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Mons. Beaute, the fasting man, has now
reached the 30th day of his 46 days’ fast, i
He has still 16 days to go ere hie unique
■ task is at an end. The report issued by his ‘
j medical adviser last night was highly fav^i
1 ourable, showing little change in his oonL
dition, and Mons. Beaute is determined that'
he will achieve success. He looks remark,
ably well. When he commenced' the
fast at the beginning of this month his
■weight was 11 stone, and he hae by'absti- ;
nence reduced himself to 9 stone. He con- !
sumee about three-quarters of a bottle of i
soda-water a day, but for the past few days |
ho uas left off smoking. Large crowds ‘
a visit Mr Pickard’s museum daily, and view
? Mons. Beaute with curious interest.
| ^ -m—— ii^— -A
Daily London.
' No J. 8 %
FASTING S HOW TO "JEND.
The management of Pickard's American
Museum in Glasgow, where Beaute, the
Swiss fasting man, has been trying to go
forty-six days without food, liave decided,
in deference to public 6entiment, to put an
end to the exhibition at midnight to-nigKF;
Beaute will then have completed foirty
days' fast, and the action of the museum
managers in preventing him from fasting
any longer is taken much against his will.
The Glasgow magistrates met yesterday to
discuss a proposal to insist on the exhibi-
tion being stopped, but the meeting was
adjourned until to-day. Arrangements
have beeu made to render instant aid to
Beaute if he should collapse in the mean- )
time. I
Cih/Tj&rv TVotf & ^ I job.
THE FASTING MAN.
The Procurator- Fiscal Intervenes.
Mr Hart, the Procurator-Fiscal fori it, ©’j
County has this afternoon written to Mr .
Pickard that frqnj information received, j'
there seemed to be reason to believe that the .*
lift- of _Mons. Beaute was now in sonic
danger. He therefore begged to intimate
that the 'exhibition must now be stopped
and that “in tho event of the death of 1
Monsieur Beaute, as the result of tho fasting i
you will in, criminally liable.”
Mr Pickard this afternoon informed . our i
representative thu$ he was powerless in tli« I
matter. He has -i... u; 1( , t .;, e
from the doctor, r-'ol ilia i.ove, communica-
tion done all he could to induce Mona. Beaute
to acoept of food. That, gentleman still j
persists in completing his fibrty-six d B ,*'
fasti
MONS. BEAUTE’S
18ih DAY
OP ms
.WORLD’S RECORD FAST
PICKARD'S ‘MUSEUM,
101 TRONGATF..
Sole Proprietor — A. E. PICKARD, tinli.-nit.
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better
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that Hie
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exactly ;
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fast h&»
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author it
*' hard* 1
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Beaute,
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! FASTING MAN’S FEAT.
RctotcL % M&iJ'
fi/ov. 10 1 H)ob.
WHY HE FASTED.
MON'S.
LIVES 39 DAYS ON SODA, AND ]
SMOKE.
I
—
FORCED TO TAKE FOOD.
BEAUTE \ TELLS
STORY.
HIS LIKE
STARVING FOR MONEY.
Fasting 1 Man Given Up by
' Doctor.
mao ” — which
Mona, j
4 4 The fasting
I BenatcA popular title* — lias ended his fast.
1 After being shut up in a wooden hut some j|
i The “ Fasting Man” still attracts crowds j
J to Mr. Pickard’s establishment in Trong&te, -j:
i! Glasgow, although his fast is actually over.
| Ho will remain ai his present headquarters J
J for some time to come.
At half-past three yesterday afternoon j
i Mons. Beaute ate iiis first meal, which con- ji
j sieted of bovril, oats, and a glass of iron 1
‘Drew. A large number of people were !
present on the occasion, and speeches were j
i made, Mono. Beaute intimating that in the !j
| 12 feet long by 9, the rivete, bolts, and bars j |i <>ourso q£ twelve months he will attempt to
I were removed at. midnight last night, and | fast for a period of 50 days.
1 shook hands through the window with asm-all | ! During the fast just concluded, a “ Daily f
] crowd who cheered and hoped for .him i mm Record and Mail” man was informed, Mona.]
i “better luck next time.” i| \j 'Boa-ute only slept on an average 3g hours ;
Outside Mr. A Pickard's establishment in \WM '-'vvif 2 t*. ^ th *’ stra ' n S cs * feature of the
I Tiron, gate there was a big crowd waiting the «$& ' vho | e * h * n « thafc w® troubled with
evont ; inside Acre were about two score of |S headaches on the I nday of each week.
j -ft- was a strange circumstance that led him 1
M. Beaute has -$een causing the doctors
and magistrates q 2 Glasgow, where he has H
been fasting, some anxiety.
The magistrates met t gk consider what f
stops it would be r prudent to take in view r
of Beaute’s determination to go on for l;
forty-six days. *,
The medical man in attendance had given 1
him up, and his conditioifwas regarded by c?
the authorities as very grave, .although p-
Beaute himself felt no cdhcern#'re marking
that he knew his conditioh better than the f?
doctors did. y '» / -
Lest they should endanger th e*T licence, I
which some of the magistrates ^were in- k
dined to withdraw', tho management of the £
building where he appeared promised to k
o excited looking as the man who ]|
reason of their presence. Two \
people,
was tho
policemen represented tho authorities, so
as could be ascertained, and, contrary to cx- j
pec tat ion, there were no doctors. 'Three I
days ago the attending doctor had withdrawn J
hii> visits, and then the authorities took up
the matter, urging that Mons. Beeuto was;
emidangerirug his life, and threatening the ||
manage meant of the place with liability if |
anything serious should occur.
But the fasting man treated the interior- vS
enoe of the authorities not as a kindness but
as a hardship, and when tho fast had per- |8
force to cease, he wa6 annoyed, as he be- 1
lieved that ho could have accomplished the 8
feat of remaining for 46 days without food IK
Certainly, when he emerged from his hut last I
night ho seemed fit. And ho himself said k
J he wie, em phasing his statement by giving r
j those around him a handshake which hardly
i| seemed that of a man whose life was in j|
{ danger. j
He was thin, no doubt, but without- the |
I knowledge that he had lost 2st. 31b. since ho j'
t began the ordeal one would not have guessed 1:
| that such a change hod taken place,
i He began on 1st. October, when he was list, g
1 exactly ; now ho is 3st. 111b. Mr. Mitchell, n
| manager for Mr. Pickard, explained that tho |
fast had been given up against the per- r.
former's wish, and at the request of the
authorities, and characterised the fact as I
‘ hard lines.”
This expression was endorsed by Hons. *
Beaute. who in a speech, delivered in an ur.- j|
faltering voice, said ho was quite confident
of being able to fulfil' the self-imposed task. |
When he came out of the “ house ” he fl
1 drank a half cup of Bovril, and received g
tho congratulations— rand the sympathies— j
of those present with smiling face, and after
conversing for a few- minutes he returned to I
1 Iiis -collision, -whore he told a Daily
Record and Mail ” man that he was feeling |
fairlv fir. and that in 'the course of eight or .
| nine" weeks he would be ready again to
undertake another fast of 1 46 days or longer. -
This is the nineteenth fast, he has under
gone in public, and his achievement con-
stitutes a record, the previous longest being
32 days. —
I take to fasting as a “profession.” He is ]
j; a man slightly under average height, with
| sallow features adorned by an ample mous- !
i tache, and his gestures -and accent when 1
• j speaking at once intimate his foreign birth. (
Ho is a. Swiss, hailing from Zurich, where |
ji ho was born 31 years ago. To look at his !_
J, thin frame one would never suspect that. |
;j about seven years ago he was a stout man, p
!| turning the scale at about 16 stones. It waft |
If this superabundance of adipose tissue that?
■ ji led to his being “ a fasting man.’*
1 wanted to reduce my stoutness, ao j
j fasted privately — first for six days, then f or Jf
, nine, and then for 13 days. I am a chemist V
I by profession, and have many medical men ij
j among my friends- and they doubted the jti
ij truth of my statements. So I offered to fast- f
j in public, and I have done bo several times |
now — nineteen in all. I have been fasting | t
jl in towns in Germany, Belgium, and Holland- j[
I and this is my fourth performance in Britain, |
but first in Sootland. The other places in }
J this country were Brighton, 24 days; South- |
j end-on-Sca, 28 days; and New Brighton
. Tower, 24 days. The longest fast I ever
j previously did was 32 days, done IS months
j ago in Halle.
I Mons. Beaute will not dine in first-class
l style henoeforth right away. It will take
j him eight or nine weeks to regain his
ii strength, so that ho will bo able to make
i another attempt. His diet during that
| period will be principally Bovril for break -
j fast and “ tea,” with perhaps a biscuit, and
] for dinner boiled rice will bo added, with
! duck eggs now and then.
jSfei put an end to the long fast when thirty
® nine full days have been completed. I
H During the fast, a number of youths held ft
up dainties to Beaute in his “ cage.” The ji
tant&lisation was short-lived/ however* for 1‘
the youths were speedily ejected. *
He has lost 2st. 31b. since he began his [
long fast. I
Zoi+doi* TtiJrtunl.
Nov 7. /5 06
37 DAYS
WITHOUT
e
FOOD.
GLASGOW AUTHORITIES ORDER
FAST TO BE STOPPED.
News. OckoW-
THE FASTING JIAN.
IMPROVED CONDITION.
Mons Beaute, who is undergoing a fast at
Pickard’s Museum in Txongate. was stated
yesterday to he in a very weak condition,
and it was decided that if his condition was
siill unfavourable this morning, the fast
would be abandoned. Several medical
gentlemen paid a visit this forenoon, and
after examination, it was found that his
condition wa3 more satisfactory, and the
doctors believe that he will be able to ab-
stain from food for at least another week.
THE FASTING MAN.
DOCTOR REFUSES TO TAKE ANY
FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY'.
Mot!©. Beaute, the fasting man whose test
of endurance at Pickard’s Museum in Tron-
gate, Glasgow, has reached the thirty-seventh
day. goes on now at his own risk. Dr. John
P. Grainger, who has been watching the pro*,
gross of the experiment throughout, threw
up all responsibility between two and three
o’clock this morning.
Tho doctor, who had paid three visits to
Mons. Beaute yesterday, beoa-me anxious as
the evening went on, and in the early hours
of the morning personally warned the ex-
perimentalist and wrote a letter to the
management stating that the experiment had
entered on “dangerous” ground, and that
“ the fast nyist cease.”
Mons Beaute, however, refused to aban-
don the test-, saying good-humouredly,
“You frightened! All r-r-ighc. I no
frightened. All r-r- : ghtl” He expressed
emphatically hie determination to go on, and
; tho affair now takes on a new end exciting
1 aspect. It is, however, not •improbable that
I the authorities may interfere in the cir-
cumstances.
One of the sensations of the past month in
Glasgow has been the exhibition of M. Victor
Beaute, a Swiss, who undertook to break all
fasting records by remaining without food for
forty-six days-
Beaute was taken to Glasgow by Mr. A. E.
Pickard, and has been attracting great crowds
at Pickard’s American Museum, Trongate. He
completed the thirty-seventn . day of his fast
.yesterday afternoon, but the doctor who at-
tended him since the commencement had
ceased his professional services, being of
opinion that- should the fast continue the
patient would be endangering himself. Yester-
day afternoon Mr. Pickard received a letter from
the Procurator Fiscal for Lanarkshire intima-
tiiuL^hat the exhibition must be stopped. It
vHfi ra jkied that in the event of the death of
Beaiiue as the result of the fasting Mr. Pickard
would be held criminally liable. Mr. Pickard
stated yesterday that since receiving the letter
he had done all he could to induce Beaute to
take food, but that Beaute insisted on complet-
ing his forty-six days’ fast.
Eveni'VLfl Til f£f>.
0c t ^ o6<
THE FASTING MAN.
Glasgow, October 29.
g^-I should like to know- why such a thing
as this is allowed in the city of Glasgow, and
in a civilised country? Tho man is doing
nothing else than attempting suicide. People
will talk and argue that “this man has a free
will, and his life is his own. and he is harming
nobody although he were to die before his 46
days are up.” I maintain that ho is in a worse
position than a man who throws himself in the
Clyde and attempts suicide. Tho only differ-
ence is that the half-drowned man gets 14 daj-s
imprisonment as soon as ho recovers, and the
starved man gets the applause of the people.
The drowning man has a free will, his life is
hi, own and ho harms nobody oven if he did
drown. Why put the law on one and not on the
j other? — I am, etc., \ox Poptjli.
jl * NoV£nu^r
mi ^
THE FASTING MAN.
Quite a large gathering of the* public was
present yesterday when at ' haJf-past three
Mons. Beaute ato his first meal after his long
fast. It was not what might be called a
sumptuous repast. The menu consisted of
bovril, oats, and a gloss of Iron Brew. Then
followed a bit of after-dinner oratory, Mon*.
Beaute stating that he would attempt a- fifty
days’ fast during the course ' ’
i twelve months.
the
next
U ZOUdoh
No* lit lyob.
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the fasting man.
FEAT ABANDONED.
At midnight last night Mons. Beaute had
reached the 39th arid final day of bi« fast,
which beats his previous record, but is
within the period established by Sued at
the London Aquarium. As has already
been stated, the authorities interfered and
ordered the exhibition to be stopped. Mons.
Beaute, himself, however, on being spoken
to on Wednesday evening, said he was cer-
tarn tie could, if allowed to continue com-
plete the 46 days. Tlie fasting man’s con-
dition this week has. been very satisfactory, t
the only complaints being slight headache j
^Jid weakness in the legs* It seems a pity j
that ^he had thus to abandon his attempt,
as > he had been Allowed to continue till |
to-morrow evening a world’s record would
nave been established. Since the com- 1
mencement of his fast on the 1st of Octo-
ber he has lost in weight a little over two
stone, yet it is remarkable the vitality he
displayed to the last. He regrets that the I
performance had to end before the time de- t
terminer upon, and gives his assurance that
he_ would have “lasted” till next Thursday.
In the interests of his business Mr Pick-
ard informed Beaute that he must starve
no longer. It may be stated, howeveT, that
although the fast ended last night Mons. i
THE FASTING MAN.
Earned by medical attendant.
Dr Granger, the medical attendant of Mon?. H
Beaute, who is at present endeavouring top
] break the world’s fasting record in Pickard’s j
j Museum, Trongate. visited him at two o’clock*
’this morning. Thereafter h'e wrote ns fdl-R
! lows to the management : —
“Mons. Beaute has received intimation from i
1 me that he is venturing upon very dangerous E
j ground, and that the 'fast’ must cease,”
Notwithstanding, Mons. Beaute has so far
| refused to partake of food.
\ecorA a TfaiZ (qfabqour'
OcU
THE FASTING MAN.
FEELS
; VERY ILL AND WEAE ,
„ IS RESOLUTE.
BUT
• Beaute will remain in his “cabin” for some fi
jtime yet.
■ j Last night, when it was known that the j!
ifast was to end, the museum was visited Dy j
| hundreds of curious spectators.
MONS. BEAUTE’S PROTEST.
Mons. Beaute has written ns as follows: —
jl learn with regret that the city authorities
j have felt it their duty to interfere with my
protracted fast,* and that notwithstanding
I am at the present moment in per
that
feet health, and quite able to complete my
1 undertaking. Mr Pickard, however, quite
| imperatively insists that my contract with
him shall terminate at midnight to-night
(Thursday), and terminate it shall. Even
had I been permitted to complete my con-
tract I should have required to refrain
from food for a day or so, and I therefore jl
propose only beginning taking nourishment !i
to-morrow (Friday) at 3.30 p.m., when I i
shall have completed forty days’ fast, and f
therein constituted a record. I leave my j J
present secluded residence at midnight to j .
bight (Thursday), and will be glad to in- j
terview my friends in the course of to-
morrow. Assuring you that I am in per-
fect health, and repeating the expression
-' of my regret that I should have been pre
t vented completing mv undertaking.
THE FASTING MAN.
The interest in Mons. Beaute, engaged in L"
•j endeavouring to accomplish a record fast of P*?
'j 46 days, increases, and the windows of
J the temporary house built for him at |
j Piokard’s ’ Museum, Trongate, Glasgow, are |
3 thronged daily and in the evenings with IT
j interested spectators.
1 An ominous bulletin was signed yesterday
1 by Dr. Granger reading as follows: — . ;
1 “Number of days, 24; weight, 9st 4£lb. ; j-
| lost weigihrt, 1st. 9^1bs. ; respiration, 19 per I
2 minute ; pulse, 66 per minute ; temperature. }
| 98 Fahr. ; feeling, very ill and weak; doc- j
J tor’s opinion, not well.”
This hardly a.ugurs well for the record ! -
a being established, and the interview which X
onr representative had last night with M. j-
S Tveaute further strengthens such a premoni- j,
I jjgggl tioriv. Asked as to how exactly he .felt, the b
ain! faster slated that ho. suffered considerable
discomfort from pain in the stoma oil and !1
^-.^4 head, but announced his intention of trying |j
to hold out.
M. Beaute has, previous to this trial, fasted <
for a period of 32 days, but he never at any [,
•time suffered the discomfort be did yesterday. |
Dr. Granger has eaid something to the effect I
that, should hie condition show no improve- rt
ment to-day, he may consider it his duty to j.
disassociate himself from the case. In that jj
contingency Mr. Pickard will exert himself jj
to the utmost to obtain another doctor to J
take his place.
M. Beaute is on view all day and night, g
Glla&qc*/ Hcuri.
Nov. ^ * iqois.
GLASGOW’S FASTING MAN.
j B ® a ”. te yesterday completed his
J6th day of his fast at Mr A. E. Pickard'" !
Museum in the. Trongate. His condition
last night was lairly satisfactory. On mak-
ln £ his daily visit this morning, Dr Grain-
ger found Beaute to be very weak.
We have received the following communi-
cation which was made to Mr Pickard aftei
the doctor’s examination:—
“Mons. Beaute has received information
rrom me that he is venturing upon verv
dangerous ground, and that the ‘fast^
must cease. — John P. Grainger.”
Tcof I&S y<xirtAU. it
Oct lo 4-
That very enterprising gentleman, Mr A1
LE. Pickard, is reviving the old-time gloriet
the Britannia Music Hall in Argyle Street [
Is is now called that Panopticon, and is ruh 04 .
the continuous principle from two o’clock <15 •
the afternoon till eleven in the evening. 1 1
hear that Mr Pickard is meeting with no littlt. j
success in his efforts, and certainly he is doin$
his utmost to reach and entertain a cla.se that f
do not. generally attend the larger variety s
houses in the city. Mons. Beaute, the fastinf
man. js undergoing his long fast under th« ]
auspices of Mr Pickard, and to the smaller ;
establishment at the east end of Argyle Street j
large crowds are being attracted. Mont j
Beaute is getting thinner and thinner by de*
grees, but ho hopes to beat the world’s record!
for strenuous fasting.
I The Fasting Man Very III.
Yesterday completed^!* * 1 ', 25j.li (My of " the I
{■ ijig aiEii’s'i’ pdHc»EB»noc in. Glasgow. Ho!
last night tSai he was fueling much:
than on Wednesday. The doctor’s re- j
peyrt ia that he. is. keeping fairly well. Mons.
Beaute i Bgpra ssod 'ho opinion last night that I
i,naaTOul<t'E*^ed fin his task of fasting for
-- 1
The report issued last night at
; the conclusion of the twenty-fourth day regard-
i ing M. Beaute, the fasting man at Pickard’s
j Museum, is unsatisfactory. He has lost 23£lb.,
] and now weighs 9st. 4£lb. ; the respiration is 19
j per minute, the pulse 66 per minute, the tem-
perature 98 degrees, and he is described as
j “very ill and weak.” Yesterday he only drank
. three-fourths of a bottle of soda water, and
did not smoke.
Ocfc
THE RECORD FAST.
TWENTY-THIRD DAY REACHED..
Mjons. Beaute, the fasting man, who is r '
just now undergoing an abstinence from
food for a period of 46 days, will this even-i ■
ing havo completed the half of his wonder- ; ■>
ful task, and although he is steadily losing;.!
flesh there is every likelihood of the en- j .!
durance for the month and a half being g-
carried through to a successful end. It is t .j
remarkable tlrat during the past 22 days’, *- i
except for an occasional attack of headache,
ill a fasting champion has been free from 1 $
any other complaint. Great interest lias j :
been manifested in the fast, and large I ;
crowds of people visit Mr Pickard’s cstab- ! i
lislrment daily.
3W&
The fastiug man has at last attracted the
: attention of the authorities. I suppose they
will have to charge him with not keeping
the piece when it is offered to him.
Ife&ndt
Oct 18
uJiql
* V-
THE FASTING MAN IN GLASGOW.
MARVELLOUS FEAT.
As everyone knows the latest novelty in Glasgow
is a fasting man. M. Victor Beaute has been brought
to the city by Mr A. E. Pickard specially to break
the record in the longest fast endured by any man
who survived the ordeal.
M. Bsaufce has undertaken to do without food for
forty-six days. Thera was a considerable crowd of
spectators on the 1st in3t,, in Pickard’s American
Museum, Trongate, < Glasgow, when M. Beaute i
entered the little cabin from which he will not issue
again for a month and a half, or, to be quite precise,
until Wednesday, the 15 :h November next.
This cabin, which has been specially made for the
fasting man, is built of wood with glczed windows on
all fesr sides, so that he is open to view both by night
and by day. It is divided into two parts by hang?n°-
curtains— one part containing an iron bedstead with
mattress bed, the other an arm-chair, one small chair,
a small chest of drawers, and a table with toilet
requisites.
There is no door in the cabin, and when M. Beaute
stepped inside through one of the windows, the gap
was closed up with glass, and he was, as some one
remarked, “ ent off from the world.” There he will
remain until the end of his long trial of endurance
under the supervision of Mr Harry Hill, foreman to
Mr Pickard.
Every morning the ganze covering a small sliding
panel will be removed, his temperature will ba taken
by the doctor in attendance, and his weight will also
be taken.. The medical man will then fasten the
panel again and seal it as he leaves it day by day.
M Beaute has visited the Royal Infirmary and
surprised the doctors there by the soundness of his
health and the strength of his bone and muscle after
undergoing so much fasting as he has done. As a
guarantee uf good faith he gives them permission to
come down and examine the contents of his stomach
on the expiry of 46 days.
M. Beaute is a dapper little man, 5 feet 5 inches
in height, and weighing il st. 7 lbs, when he entered
his trial on 1st inst. He is 31 years of age, and a
native of Zurich, Switzerland. He is single, he says,
with a laugh, which conveys the impression that the
fact goes without saying. This is the nineteenth
time he has put himself to such a strain, bnt only the
fourth time in Britain.
Ho gave performances of all kinds ali over Ger-
many, Holland, and Belgium. In England he fasted
for 24 days in Brighton, 28 days in S mthend, and 24
days in New Brighton. His longest fast hitherto has
been 32 days.
Whilst fasting he lives entirely on cigarettes, cf
which he smokes ten a day, more or less, and on
water. The cigarettes have been supplied by Messrs
M’Kenzie & Co., tobacco manufacturers, 40 Royal
Exchange Square, Glasgow. Before undergoing the
fast he lived for a fortnight entirely on beif tea.
Mr Pickard invites any medical man to come down
and see M. Beaute any time either by day or by night
during the fast.
facruLiHtd.OA 17 4 Hjoi
THE FASTJXG MAX.
Mon*. Beaute. who has undertaken to go,
through a. period of fa--: 'big in .Pickard s |
I Museum, Glasgow, complo-tod tiro 26i 1 da.v ,
of Iris task yesterday. lie was reported lust:
night to 'lie “very well, although suffering
I from a slight headache.”
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October 1906, November 1906
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FASTIN
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FASTING FEAT IN §LAS®@W.
We are truly living in an ago of record-
breaking. But all the same, it is given to few
to. toy with the human system as, for example,
Mons. Victor Beaute, a young Swiss' is doing \
at the present time in Mr Pickard’s American j
Museum at 101 Trongate. Yesterday afternoon {■
this remarkable man commenced a fast which jj
he proposes to last 46 days, and thus break j
world’s record. Small of stature, light of |
build, and displaying a nervous-looking tom-
peramont, Beaute looks anything but the man |
who would care to undergo such an extra- j.
ordinary ordeal. But although only 31 years r,
of age, the Swiss has great experience in this j
particular line — it is, in fact, his eighteenth jj
experiment. The longest fast he has under- |i
gone was 32 days, and his last was 24 days, 1
accomplished recently at New Brighton. |
Beaute is confined in a neat and specially- if
erected cabinet measuring 10 foot, by 7, |
an examination of which will show that it is [I
impossible for him to receive nour&hment of J
any description. Indeed, Beaute is supplied il
with nothing but soda water and cigarettes, l
from 10 to 12 of which he smokes daily. '!
Before entering the cabinet. Beaute wstsj
examined by Dr Grainger, who found his pulse- ;
beat to be 114, and on weighing he - tipped the I
beam at. exactly 11 stone. Doubtless his
future progress will be watched with keen
interest not only by members of the medical
\ profession,, but the pubiio generally.
uT 7* cyvtc^,
Nov/ b ‘b i<jo(>
THE FASTING MAN IN
GLASGOW.
Beaute’s Condition.
At. 3.45 this afternoon M. Victor Beaute com-
j pletcd the 37th clay of his fast in Pickard’s
American Museum, Trongate. Dr John P.
Granger, who has attended Beaute from the
I start, has now ceased his professional services,
being satisfied that, should the fast continue
I longer, Beaute will be “ venturing upon very
j dangerous ground.” Beaute. however, is do-
! termiuod to go on until he has established
i world’s record, namely, 40 days, and mean-
j while the Museum is bcinfc visited by enormous
! crowds.
Procurator-Fiscal Intervenes.
Mr Pickard has this afternoon -received a
letter from Mr James N. Hart, the Procurator- j
Fiscal, stating that from information -which he
has received ho bolieves that the* life of M. :
fleaute is now in some danger, and, therefore, !
he bogged to intimate to him (Mr Pickard) that
the exhibition must now bo stopped, and that
in the event of the death of Beaute as tho
result of the fasting he (Mr Pickard) would ba
held criminally liable.
WITHOUT FOOD FOR 46 DAYS.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE RECORD.
Yesterday afternoon, within Mr A. E.
- Pickard’s Museum in the TTongate, there
was begun by Mons. Beaute, a native of
Zurich, the task of abstaining from food for
a period of 46 days, and, if the gentleman
i who has undertaken the task is successful,
\ a worlds record will be established. When
\ the feat was entered upon yesterday there
' was a considerable crowd of interested spec-
| tators when M. Beante entered the little
' cabin from which he will not issue again
J until Wednesday, the 15th of November
, next.
| The “little house” has beeiT specially con-
| etrocted) and is divided into two paTts.
There is no door, the four sides of the cabin
j being windowed. There is one apartment
1 curtained off, which contains bedding ac-
! commodation, and in the other apartment
] are a small chest of drawers, an arm chair,
a small chair, and toilet requisites. Dur-
ing his long fast, Mons. Beaute will live en-
( tirely on cigarettes, of which he smokes on
an average 10 a day. He will drink seidhtz
t water. Every morning he is to be examined
\ by a doctor, who will take his termpera-
'3 turn, and hie weight will also be taken.
] Before commencing his fast Mons. Beaute
| visited the Royal Infirmary, and underwent
an examination by the doctors in that in
| stitution, who were surprised at his health
j and strength. As a guarantee of good faith
j he has invited the medical gentlemen to
j egarn ino his stomach, at the expiry of the
ICuT Toinet,
r it iqffS .
THE FASTING MAN IN GLASGOW
Nov. J
Decision of Magistrates.
As stated < in our later editions yesterday afi
Boon, Mr Pickard, of the American Musei
Trongate, received a letter from Mr James
Hart, the Procurator-Fiscal, stating that, fr
»nformation which he had received he belie
that the life of M. Beaute is now m so
thngcr.and, therefore, he begged to inti m
jo Mr Pickard that the exhibition must®
*>e stopped, and that m the event, of the de.
J * l re . s J ult - of tho fasting 1
lickard would be held criminally liable.
This morning Mr Angus Campbell, agent i
I.Ir P.ckard, called upon, Mr Hart, and stat
"rt. • ? ° f the Ma S is t r ates hod bo
fhev r , \ f0ren .u 0n fo con3i<Jpr what act!
they should take m the matter. Mr Hart stat
that in view of that meeting he would not ta
any proceedings in the meantime. When t
wd»h*M*P* { nCt j Mr S ! * , 2P b * !l «Ppe»red .llo
• yj-th Mr Pickard, and aHewd ’ to. end -*be : fa
.ng exhibition at 12 o’clock to-morrow night
the. Magistrates, after consultation
■ private, intimated that they had decided
adjourn their meeting until to-morrow in ord
that they might consult with Mr Hart
In conversation with M. Beaute to-day
*till expresses his confidence, if permitted
go on, to create world’s record To-dav
entered upon the 38th day of his task. For
oays is world a record.
i
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car CihtyW'
^ # 906 .
There was quite a "run” on Mr Pickard’s
American Museum at 101 Trongate yesterday * 1
j to see Mons. Victor Beaute, the fasting man, j
j nailed up in the apartment which he hopes '
; to make his home for the next 46 days. “A -
j Swiss. 31, single,” was how the man described ■!
i himsetf - to the doctor who examined him j
j prior to hi3 entering the apartment. “If !
;j you were double, I don’t suppose you would
last tivice as long,” laughingly replied' the [
I meSical man, as he intimated to the modern ■
| Dr Tanner that his pulse was 114 to the !
| minute. The unusual rapditiy, however, 1
(i was owing, in part at least, to the excitement '
jj under which the fasting man laboured as he j
j completed his arrangements. In his box—
I for, measuring as it does, 10 feet by 7, it is c
little more— Beaute had a good supply oft
Mackenzie’s cigarettes and Barr’s soda-water, j
and theso will for the next 45 days be both i
food and drink to him. As a guarantee of I
good faith, Massrs Thomaa (Limited) were 1
asked to supply the furniture and fittings for |
the apartment.
Nov 6 *
THE FASTING MAN
PROCURATOR FISCAL INTER.
VENES.
FURTHER EXHIBITION
FORBIDDEN.
I This afternoon Mr A. E. Pickard, of !
!j Pickard’s Museum, Glasgow, was the re- i
I cipient of the following letter from Mr J. j
tj N. Hart, the Procurator-Fiscal
j Sir,— My attention has been called to the
t fact that there is at present being held in j
j the premises tenanted by you at 101 Tron- '
■■ gate, called Pickard’s Museum, a public :
j exhibition of .Monsieur Beaute, the fasting
i: man, who is stated fo have lasted for 35
| or 36 days successively,
f From information received by me there !
seems reason to believe that the
* life of Mons. Beaute is now in some 1
j danger. 1. therefore, beg to '-intimate to i
| you that this exhibition must now be I
j stopped, and that in the event of the
;; death of Mons. Beaute as the result of
S the fasting, you will be held criminally
j liable. * \
j Mr Pickard has placed the matter in the
hands of Mr Angus Campbell, writer, and :
I meantime Mon. Beaute refuses to listen to
any suggestion that he should shorten the
| term of the fast. Mr Pickard, however,
\ has all manner of restoratives, &e., ready 1
: in case of emergency. J i
^Peop *7o rev.vnX ,
(rcjte&eL 6 r?
THE FASTING CHAMPION
Living on Cigarettes and
Water.
Endurance Feat in Glasgow 1 Show’
(“ Journal ” Special.)
Many and varied are the ways in which some
men seek to earn notoriety or a livelihood,
ono of tho most original and sensational being
volunta ry starvation for a given period. There
are sections of the public who think that such
exhibitions of human endurance should not be
allowed, but, after all, the chief sufferer is
the individual himself, and there is also the
off-chance that medical science may indirectly
benefit.
Ono of the most enthusiastic and during of
the fasting men, M. Victor Beaute, has just
entered on an ordeal in Glasgow, which, if
successful, will create a record for such ex-
hibitions. On .Monday last, 'in Pickard’s
American Museum; Trongate, M. Beaute was
sealed up in his self-selected orison, where he
hopes to remain till Wednesday, 15th Novem-
ber.
His apartment, which is 10 feet bv 7, is
constructed of wood and glass, and is divided in
two by a curtain. He has an iron bedstead
on ono side, while the other is occupied by
M. Beaute’s chairs, chest of drawers, table,
&c. His temperature is taken every morning
by a doctor, who opens a email sliding panel
for the purpose.
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