India Woman Lives 56 Years
On Diet of Salt and Water
BANKURA, India, Saturday, July
11.—A woman, Girbala Devi, who
still vigorous at the age of 68,
claims that she has not eaten any
food for fifty-six years.
After her husband's death in
1880—she was married at the age
of 12—she began to suffer from
melancholia. Medical men could do
nothing for her, and her life was
despaired of. As a last resource
her family called in the a
of a Yogi.
An immediate improvement was
noted in her condition. She
studied Yogi philosophy and
learned how to do without food.
Her only diet since that time
has been an abundant supply of
salt water.
She never feels hungry or tired,
and she has not had even a day's
illness.