Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-10-31
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siill, to have succeeded in reducing
- to practice In o degree which
rarely attends our efforts to render
The ideal actual. Having just been
oponding = week with them,
know whereof affirm.
In the first place, they are veg
otArlans Of the EXTREMIST sort, hav'
3ne abjured not merely every spe'
oion Of slain Wand which involves
taking conscious life by VIC
loncs. but also every article deriv:
"a from an animal organism, and
having the magnetism offs lower
animal wrought into its constitu-
tion. That IL to say, they eat neith-
u desb, fish, nor fowl, nor eggs, nor
the products OF the dairy.
In the second place, believing
that God supplied the best food In
The state best fitted for mans nu-
'trition, and that anything which
requires cooking Is not meant to be
eaten, they take what grows above
ground and ripens in the sun, as II
comes from the hand of Nature,
ssuntainted by IRE or condiments"
Al such substances, they aver
sscontatn q spiritual essence, which
eoes to build up the body and Is
the clothing OF the soul after quit
ting mortal life." BY cooking or
be-deviling fruits and grains with
Are, you kill the vegetable and sci
free and dissipate In air those finer
volatile principles so precious and
necessary to perfect the human be-
Ing. What il then left for the stom-
aoh goes to strengthen the physi-
cal almost exclusively, giving the
senses too Intensified . power, and
falling to nourish that which ought
20 control the senses. In iother
W0rds, it tends to animalize man,
Instead Of developing him in bar
monious proportions, bodily, men.
tally and spiritually.
Accordingly they eschew even
bread and porridge, and subsist
on live food, so far as may be,
using the various fruits in their
season, nuts and grains, and for
the rest fruit preserved by simple
sun-curing. While 1 was tn ere the
last week in July, we usually COM
menced meal with watermelon
or muskmelon, then ate hall
dozen ears Of sweet corn fresh
from the garden Throwing the
cobb and strips of rind into milk
pans set on the floor behind us) and
eompleted the repast with peaches
or apricols, pears or apples, aud
sometimes ryemeal and washed
Fnisins.
Though convinced before my wis.,
It Of their theoretical correctness,
/ had some doubts as to liking the
peculiar fare and taking to it kind
II; but / took to 1t like duck to
water, and found 1t both delici-
Gus and exhilarating ct is surpris.
ing how fond one speedily be-
comes of raw, unsalted sweet corn
In tbs miik-not cows milk. un'
derstandD AT first some langnHi
would be felt by most persons com.
Ing upon this dietary; but these
earnest folk have proved in two
years experience that even au In
valid and nursing mother, habit
uated to flesh-eeting and tea drink
Ing, may adopt it, to the ultimate
gain la health and strength of both
) herself and her teething baby.
When sun-dried fruit is to be eat
! en-, they simply soak 1t in filtered
water until restored to its original
eOftness. Care should, of course,
be taken to pour on no more than
the fruit is likely to absorb; for IL
would not be as good ii allowed to
become sloppy.
For those whose damaged mo-
lars are incapable of masticating
whole grain, however well soaked,
Il L. prepared without previous
soaking) by grinding in u hand
mill just before meals. Some wet
this new -four in their saucers with
wberry or melon juice; but 1t lie
probably the better way to take 1t
dry, placing but little in the
mouth at once, and rolling it about
until thoroughly saturated with
saliva.
It appears advisable to combine
with pulpy fruit, the seeds of (which
We reject, as apples, peaches, grapes
and melons, those products whose
very germ life we appropriate, as
maize, grain and nuts.
A physician of the old school,
who has been there himself, gives
this surprising testimony about
ssFraternia:" 1--WE believe that
their system OF living, If generally
adopted, would do away with the
great bulk of disease that is now,
under our false civilization, 60 rap
idly decimating the race. We
know that physiological law sane.
lions 1t, and that reason and COM
mon sense approve it. We know
that woman would by it be eman-
cipated from that kitchen slavery
which is now uniting her to be
the mother of healthy, welcomed
men and women" Another ply
sfcian on hearing OF this method
exclaimed: II am ready for it to-
morrow! It emancipates woman
and settles the financial problem
The practice and advocacy of so
novel . mode of life, however ra-
tional and wholesome, exposes
those who adopt it to the jeers and
even the hostility of many who
are violently prejudiced against
al non-conformists, or feel incensed
1T the implied condemnation Of
gross, Incorporate indulgences.
But tending plainly to do away
with SO much needless household
drndVerv and tn abolish the call.
ings Of butcher and baker, dentists
and apothecary, while saying to
unrully passions, "Peace, be still"
this diet commends itself to all
who would enjoy the highest
health, with mental clearness and
serenity, escapes either inflicting or
enduring pain and toll that can be
~ we'll dispensed with subordin-
ate the flesh to the spirit, and glorify
God in their body.
While Southern California pre-.
santa in coil and climate condi-